Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-05-09

tie IN uyht ri aro, her night IN the swamp.
ii- u"u!m that u m,ym b.. ,,s has, n,yh,
upon earth. tie tl,onvM OF ,h- dark FOL-
ling river. and OF the celestial CITY be-
SMd.--tt.s hra1 swehnd with giahness.
/ a"b his en,,i,m tound vent IN me Of HIS
tav"r"- aymns:
Peace. INV >.",i iho,r need'.t nor fear
Tue great Provnirr still is near
H.. sung the " hole hum, then ann,he,
nmi -,'l! nn'.thef. |. ok,i,g round III the
cl'~e. liz >as m.nl,er, anI .inu HERS, and
Devr.%s. all II, tears ''tl-re. ) lily, get
'hr preacher II snod sup,r, md Pete. you
/ put up hi h sse he shalt stay II wrek. if
h- plra-es. ~,d the w"iuw. s.. jimmy
paid for hts snpper with song.
M,W years after. Father H .xiev a,,en.
d-d tue General Ccnf.rencr "a, R,In,nnrr
AMI q" Sunday WIS appo'",rd TO prrach
IA the oldest church lie rose an | '.lne,I'
the FIRST verse If the hymn. When the
ch",r rose T." sing, AL the aul,enr- turmsd
r"hn 4" them. PRESENT. ~ their backs T."
the preacher. Jrmlnv was a-,.n,,Sred.
tie had mever seen such II proceeding.
ani II appeared =" him u breach Of yund
. manners that deserve -rbukp. When
hr wis ahn,, to give On the second stan.
~. the AUDIENCE turned round asain T."
hun ,ni then f'ceh the CHOIR as they
sang- The preacher. ih-,ef"le. turned
his "wn buck 10 them. H.. h.. ,rd then,
turning ,nct 10 hear the 'IIniny' ii the
ueN s'a"za. Sui he KEEP, his hack
toward them. do vou th.nk this looks
welt p He, a, Ieng h. asked. is this
g'"'J mannes>! And vet NV back looks rs
we'll as an, # yours Fto,n ,ha, d.y To
the pres. n. thai Con .f-gati'n has never
Hg II, turned ,k-,r backs Ia the preacher.
during sin.'n,.
, A,nn"h,'r General Con ference. fierce,
| might say. a no, -d,scus-ion arose upon
,o'mr p",,r of li>ri plnr. a, the Ct .>- nf
TIE session, the 'r>h,p requested Father
Hax ey, WIN" had taken no par, i" The DIS
cu-..n !" lead tnpm ,ievnt,4n,s. which he
p,ore-dei II. do ~ l. II W.:
, Now, O l. nd, thou knowest wha, u
time we have h,d discussing aud ar.u,n,
ahon this question al elders. Thou
knwr-t Wiz, .''r feelings are i; that We d.,
MT care what b e,"ne~ .,f .h- team; il is
"nl, VIII" shall dive The ,xrn."
Tie preached a"r"ny p."p'e Who were
all -hari'Sh"''ter-. and he had learned how
4 IL h,i the na,l the head. when he had
orc ,>i'n ~ ad,I,n,>t-, II rehukp
These old preachers. even though re-
siding in slave states, were usually anti
livery men; and they ha the pluck to
express tn 'ir s,ntim ,nts whore thc sys-
TEN existed. honor them for it If
man is IN antislavery man let him dare
avow it. and take the consequences
Thus did a famous old Tennessee, preach
er. Father Craven preaching once in tn,
he rt of Virginia. rebukc whal h, deemed
the sins of the 'eoplr
hcr, said he. arc great many pro-
f,ssors of religion. sleek md good loo {.
ing. Yet you are MT the thing you
ou ht to be. You know bushcl of
wh a ought to weisn sixty or sxty.tour
p 'unds; but YOU sometimes ser VII ,at
with roun''. plump kernels. AMI. when
GU come to weigh it, is only forty five
| p'uH'ts Aou p" u" tuCIc 10 So'h VII x
tn IN ,tt"r with tn wheat You take u
-;rain Of it between your thumb and fin
,cr. and squeeze it, AMI out pops a
ve,vil. Now inc ofyou good looking
Crristi.ns only weigh '.rty-tive pounds
70 the hushel. instead Of sixty. our. a. you
ought. Squeez, you betweel the thumb
OF the Law and tn, 6.g,r OF the Gospel,
ind out will pop wniskey- bottle and IA
woollcy head
AMI now, said the lectu er. there is an
old frien of min :. now livin +, in Illinois,
my frst pr sizing elder, Peter Cart.
wri sht, Of wnom must rel te An ancc.
dote. which illustr ,tc- several pe:u iar'-
Ties t tn, cla.s to which he belonged.
AMI of some Of ,h,ir experiences among
tn, r,d, borI.r people.
When the state Of illinois was alneit-
ed nto tn, U ZION. it was fr.e state.
Not long after. the q,es ion was largely
discussed whether the constitution of the
state sho I'D not b, so am ,nle as to per-
nit slavery. Cartwright. who then re.
sided in Tennessee, WIS q strong Oppo-
ncnt VI slavery. an uetetn'u u ~ t"hS
par' in tn, settlement of the question
So he was app ,inted presidin; elder over
"a district abo t as large as Englani. llc
kept his appointments, and. after preach
in, on sunday, WIS wont to announce
that ON M,nd.y he woul deliver a stamp
speech. II. soon became re ,arlei as a
po itician, AMI no little ang rw IS excited
against him One day. coming to ferry
across the river. where he was not p ,rson-
ally known. he heard the f,rrym.i I'D
in out in bi,t .r ter MS ,ainst that oil
reae ,ad,. pre6xins sandry emphatic ex-
pletives to thai Aattering term. Pete
Cartwright, declaring that he would
drown him if he ever ca ne that way
Ait r while. Peter engaged the ferry.
man to put him over. They were alone
in the boa'. an wh,n they re e,ch,d the
centre of the stream. in full sight Of the
shore. the preacher. throwing the bride
Of his horse over post. ordered the ferry
m IN to put d,wn his pole.
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