Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-05-10
(F'rom Recorder and Register)
SAVANNAII-A MARSHALL.
SAvASkAH, April y, 1865.

sorts CLEAN Of sunshine, bitter hnst,
and a splitting snow squall, characterized
the day on which y TOOK pssssgc on ths
steamship. The pssssge was fcugh--iar
more tedious than 1 Nave had on average in
crossing the Atlantic. Our passengers
were,as is usually tho case, made up OF va.
rious characters--ihe grave and the gay.
the valetud,arisn, and the faithful
one who stands at the painful post OF OBJ
servation.
There ives one amiAble man, fast travel
ing ~ his long home, yet full Of hope and
confidence that the South would give him
just all he had lost at home-strength, ,ener.
gy.sDd vital power. | could not look at him
indulsiag ssrone hope, and then watch his
true hearted wife controlling her too GER
tain fears, -whbout recalling the Lines OF
Kirke WhAc--
~Lover do not trust ihose e,e,,'
When they sparkle most she Co..
Lover 10 not trust her breath,
Csafors she will breathe ip DEATH"
God help that gentle couple through the
ssany South, till the sufferer shall reach
that river where the passage must be made
oil solitary for though love and affection
may 60 to the rivers edge, and friendly fec,
mny stand in the water, yet the fatal plunge
must be made alone. Human sympathy
fails there, and unless We have "the ark,
the priest, and the passover" Jordan will
indeed be very tempestuous.
We reached Savannah at midnight, took
refuge in tho Pulaski House, and at early
Sabbath morning l found friendly guide
ready to lead me 10 the elegant mansion of
a friend, with whom had enjoyed society
in Europe, and who has transferred tho
arts and elegancies Of Paris to his comfort
able Southern home. Sculpture and paint
ing, and that best food ard medicine of the
mind, u we'll collected library, all 70 to re.
mind one of Paris or Florence. But what
Of the climate? That Sunday morning l
found it bliss to breathe. The air was
balmy and gedolent Of sweets. The trees
were in gayest garni,ure, and the birds
were hymning the high praises Of creations
Lord. have no patience to be told that
birds do not sing in America. Yes, they
do, | know, at the North; and now ayouch
for thefsct ,has sweet harmony rises out OF
every treetop is this sunny cline. | am
told that the seasonis ole month behind
hand, and so green peas and strawberries
have not made their advent
The weather is warm, and is fully up to
our New England June, when June is
sbeery and devoid OF fitful and capricious
temper. The evenings are very 6ne, and
the mornings and evenings now in Savan-
nah are, believe, as beautiful and perfect
as when th"~e divisions Of time received
shc primal blessing-''it is very good" -.
On Sabbath morning | attended divine.
service at the Presbyterian church, o
which the Rev. Dr.. Preston is pastor he
was absent, and his place was supplied by
. New England minister. Tie building 10
very fine, of granite brought from Maine,
sRd Ie interior is noble temple. In the
afternoon determined to hear the rerown-
ed Andrew Marshall, the veteran pastor OF
the African Baptist church. This. soldier
Of ihs cross las wol ld-wide fame, and
very interesting notice Of his pull it servi-
ees may be found in Sir Charles Lyell's
ssavels. ar. Marshall's church is fair
ed Bdasiing, apd in its interior much re-
sembses d New England I'D country meet
ing house.
l looked round upon the congregation,
and noticed that the audience without ex-
ception was well-dressed; the women chief.
ly wore head dresses OF Madras bandker-
chiefs, though many had bonnets, and most
Of the men wore gloves. Mr.. MarshrH, |
should sbserve, is in his Tooth year, his
hair as white as snow. his countenance
mild, without any wrinkles 10 mark decrep-
itude or decay. His voice is one of great
sweetness and power ; he read his hymn
without spectacles, and such reading! In
sober truth, know no Northern Doctor that
can read as we'll 1t was read as S,aug-
ton used to read, and those who remember
that style ofgiving out Psalmody, will long
to hear Andrew Marshall. / came to
church exp citing to hear wreck OF
preaeher-a negro preacher-I found in
the pulpit master in Israel. Age has not
touched his faculties, his mind is as: viva
eious, and its workings are rs true and
faithful as are the intelects of men OF thir-
ty or forty years of age. lie preached for
an hour an exposiiory sermon on the man
out Of whom Christ expelled the devils who
were permitted TO 20 into the herd Of swine.
Mr.. Marshal's sermon will remain in ny
memory associated with the discourses Of
great mon. The exposition was scriptural,
argumentaiivc, full of imagination and
and sbounding in Wit, yet all in keeping
with the place was reminded all through
the sermon Of three great preachers ia the
old country, each emineat in his peculiar
vsy. I refer TO Rowland Hill, Christmas
Evans end William joy. Marshall has
mu,h cf the wit which corruscsted from the
desk Of Ssrrey Chapel, while the graphic
sketehine os the Welsh Demosthenes, and