Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-10-25
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swered Fink, because you're the dey
I il himself
The preacher then said over tn
Lords prayer, line by line, and tn
conquered bully responded in th'
same way, when the victor permitted
him to rise.
At the consummation the rowdie!
roared three boisterous cheers, ant
Fink shook Cartwright by the hand
/ declaring
".By golly, you're some beans il
a bar-fght. I'd ratherset to with al
old he bar in dog-days. You cal
pass this 'ere crowd Of nose smashers
blast your picturl'
"AfterWards Fink's party behaved
with extreme decorum, and the preach
er resumed his Bible and pulpit"
Az odd scene that, certainly; and
mot very apostolic say you, sober
reader. We join you in the remark;
but it is characteristic, as we said in
another case.
We give it as a fact from our friend
Finley-a fact that illustrates not on
! ly the character Of the man, but OF
the country and its early tines
Circumstances alter cases, is apopu-
lar proverb in the West, as well as
elsewhere; and even good men are
heard, occasionally, to affirm out
there, that Lynch law is better than no
law.
Mr.. Bungay, in his volume of off
hand Takings of Noticeable men of
our Age says that he heard Peter,
at Boston, during the last General
Conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, and thus describes the
occasion:
The great Western preacher has
arrived, and is now searching the
.well-thumbed Bible for his text
Quite number Of distinguished. di.
vines are present. The preacher
looks like backweodsman, whose
face has been bronzed at the plow.-
His black hair, struggling seven ways
for Sunday, is slightly tiDged with
the frost of age. A strip of black
silk is twisted around his. neck, and a
shirt-colIar, scrupulously clean, is
turned down over it. lie is of ord;-
nary size, dresses plainly, and looks
like man perfectly free from ahecta-
ton. In faltering voice he reads a
hymn. The choir wed the words to
sweet and solemn music--a f5rvent
prayer goes up on the wings of faith
another hymn is read and sung
the 18th verse Of the 11th chapter of
Matthew selected for his text. Now,
the old pioneer preacher, who has wa
ded sWamps, forded rivers, threaded
forests, travelled with Indians, fought
with bears and wolves, preached in
the woods, and slept in the field or
on the prairie at night, is standing
before us. Look at him, ye gentle
men with white neck-cloths and black
coats, who ride over smooth roads to
supply churches with cushioned pews
and soft benches to kneel on.
How would you like to labor for
nothing among wild beasts, and board
yourselves In naclimate where tho ague
shakes the settlers over the grave two
thirds of the year? Would you ex-
change your fat livings, and fine pala-
ces, and unread Libraries, for black
bread and dry venison, a log hut, and
the society Of bears and blue racers?
God bless the brave, wise, and good
men to whom we are so much indebt-
ed for the. blessings we enjoy. He !
says he would make n-apology if he
thought it would enable him to preach
better; fr he is afflicted with a7se-
we're cold. Some folks, said he, say
I am fifty years behind the age
God knows he continued, i am will
ing to be thousand behind such an !
age. Religion is always of age, and
can talk OF run without stills or silver
slippers He concluded an able and
interesting discourse, which elected
attention, with the follow
ing fact: During splendid revival
Of religion at the West, a yonng
preacher manufactured in one of your
theological shops out here, came to
lend a helping hand. / knew he
could not handle Methodists' tools
without cutting his fingers, but he.
was very officious. Well, we had a.
gale-a pentecostal gale-and sin
ners fell without looking for a soft
place, and Christians fought the devil
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