Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-12-27

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humble little parish, preaching simply to the
hoers of corn and planters Of potalues butlhert
sits Governor D.. aud there is Judge r.. and
Counsellor F., and Judge G.. Ia short, he i.
before refined and literary audience. Bul
Father Morris rises he thinks nothing ofthis
he cares nothing he knows nothing, as he him.
self would say, but "Jesus Christ and him cru.
eifed." lie takes passage Of Scripture tc
explain perhaps il is the walk To Emmans.
and the conversation Of Jesus with his disciples
Immediately the whole start out before YOU.
living and picturesque; the road to Emmaus is
New England turnpike; you can see its mile
stones, its mullen stalks, its toll gates. Next
the disciples rise, aud you have before you all
their anguish, and hesitation, and dismay talk.
ed out to you in The language Of y6ur own FIRE
side. You arc amused vet you are touched
aud the illusion grows every moment You
see the stranger approaching, and the mysier-
ious conversation grows more and more inter-
esting. Emmaus rises in the distance, in the
likeness of New England village, with white
meeting house and pire You follow the tray
ellers; you enter the house with them nor
do you wake from your trance unlil, with stream
ing eyes, the preacher tells you that "ihey saw
il was the Lord Jesus-and irhot a pify IL iras
they could not have known before -
II was after a sermon on this very chapter
Of Scripture history that Governor Griswold in
passing out Of tie honse, laid hold on the sleeve
Of his first acquaintance pray tell me, SAID
he, "who is this minsleri"
"Why, it is old Father Morris" "
"Well, he is addiiy and a genius TOO,
declare, he continued. 81 have been wonder
ing all the morning how could have read the
Bible to 50 liule purpose as MOTTO see all these
particulars he has presented" j"
once heard him narrate in this piciurescre
way the story Of Lazarus Tic great busilinr
city OF jerusalem first rises 10 view, and you are
told, with great simplicity, how the Lord Je-
sus fused to get tired Of the noise !" and how
he was "iifed Of preaching again and again, TO
people who would not mind a word he said -
and how, "when ii came evening, he used to
90 out and see his friends in Bethany" Then
he told about the house Of Martha and Mary,
"a little white hpuse among the trees, he said.
"you could just see it fiom Jerusalem " And
there the Lord Jesus and his disciples used TO
60 and SIT evenings, with Martha, and Mary,
and Lazarus.
Then the narrator wen, on To tell how Laz.
arus died, describing, with tears and choking
voice, the distress they were in, and how they
sent message to the Lord Jesus, and he did
irol come, and how tley wondered and wonder
ed and Tins on he went, winding up the in
ierest by the graphic mnuiia Of an eye witness
Ill he woke you from the dream by his irium-
phani JOY at the resurrection scene.
On another occasion, as he was sitting a,
tea table, usually supplied with cakes and sweet
meats, he fouud an opportunity n'-.-- I.'~,.-
i'--i -llusion 10 The same family story. lie
said that Mary was quiet aud humble, sitting
At her Sayiour's feet to hear his words bu,
Martha thought more Of what was TO be got for
tea. Martha could not find time to listen to
Christ Mo- she was "cumhered with much
serving "--around the house frying friilers and
making gingerbread.
Among his own simple people. his style Of
painting was listened to with breath.
less interest. Bot it was particularly in these
rustic circles, called conference meetings, p
that his whole warm soul unfulded, and the Bi.
Englaud osin,;nos
lie na,,icnla,Iv loyed no o,.o,o,;., cii.n
IN, tho C,o,s,ors ~ 1.s,. CT, I.''i,'
m hi. words rsne.,;n, oysr ,nJ osa, ,ho rr
,,o,ies ,r uh,, be did vi,h al ,ho c,rs s,.asr-
,,ion Of nm olJ and c,y,red sery,n,
Somo,imes ,on he would ,iye ,he narr,,;,.
m oxceed,noiv prac,,cai ,urp. as ons examnt,
will sllos,rala,e'
lie had noticed falling ofr in bis liuI. cir.
,le that me, Cn, social n,aver ,nd ,noL occ,-
sion the frs, time he collec,oJ , ,ols,aLl. ,n.
lenee. 10 tell concerning ,.,be conference meet
mo thai the disoiples amended ,Ger ,he ,osn,.
ieeiion."
"But Thomas was no, vyi,b ,bo, >, "Tbom.
as no, with them =, said The old man IL ,so,.
rovGl voice .Wbv ub,, could Loon TIL
as await Perhaps. J, said he. clancing At some
If his backward audi,ors ..Thn'n,s soo,ooIA
hearted and was afraid ,boy uould ,st hin 10
make the first PRAYER or nerhnns - sa;J he
ookinp At some of the f,,n,srs ,.Tbon,s ,.o,
afraid the roads ,yere had or ,erh,ns Ia ,dd- /