New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-28


ucus To tiorgy &C ali.d upon ITO ID CT Z, 4
sf.r st' wing h, "'b, site 10, an ths ~ on
sstrd si't az ,srrnt Seriousness. d.. Emn a., c,n
| g"o ieb me .ts: sm t. understand BY the sosi OF
si~o :" No. as. tho reply, IA cannc; ted man
| bat tas ~ got 0nK.'
| lie 'tss rbUked be. sho der improper stimulsot,
p"eaued IN t1e p'e-euee Of teverai b, ISLANDERS, %
| claim 1Jtie,lsr acquaintance with bin. DE- En-
bot r.cosbixug the Acquaintance. tbs fJr sari
risD excis ued sWbai. do you not know me, ID 49,
| trl have Md cbs ,trrup for you 10 modot your
| horse many tine when wa were at mY gc<od-
futi ere" "Hs,s ysu" replied the Do,tori ''yoa
hok as II you bad lever besa N 50 good business
,uce."
Let it Lot be supposed that bic pithy .aynes wers
oil ri kHd 'o excite smile. IL ~ss FIR vthcrs 20
When ssked wh,t was the advantage Of such sys'e
1btotgy rs be had preached, be sad: IS rot
Cavib'sni onnss Gvd nes- TO u.s. ali oPposnS systems
ke- ii IN Ell = d.siobce
Speaking Of The elder and younger Edwards, hs said
iht fsher I'D more than his SON. bot tne son
SIS Rrsster reasOaeT than his f.thor."
ReuIbded that he differed essentially from the great
td-nrds Or a particular oOctrre he r-uiarked that
Whatever President Edwans III est yaed fcs ain-
.ei be urders Goa AID mastered; bu' 10 his Treatise
ID Original Sn be took bis trst principle trust,
aid htI Wa like kreat horse toundering 10 tue
more he tlies to prsh through the deeper in
be gets
In speaking of The ministerial office he said: "No
other profession dednai De baif dch usnts labor
'urs II cay, very cay, TO preach, but very bard
tn preach well have of en wondered at my self that
| ever AGREED to be re-poDs bic for ,so sermons =
week; it nskes me shudder at times TO think ever
isr-d TO do IT,"
When toa bov fueItly preact er had spoken on =
certain oceash n though Unexpectedly csei upon be
nmHked: " liz IL great blessing 20 pe able 10 tak
bali an hour about nothing. The great body OF e.
tenpoIe preachers are pro empore preachers
On icing tlld Of one who ~as not remarkable for
sIsency OF statement ia different sermoos, oe sac:
1T IL of the gre1test Importance that preacher be
established 10 fret principles other wise he will be
iDDally contradictng himself
IN sr,ofhe lan rx-a| l.,
moDs always have plan, aod let every help
10 accomplish that Dlan Let your sermons and your
pray err have beginning middle, anO cad. Don use
a your be 1t thoughts at first reserve the most inpr
tnnt u the last. The close of sermon shoud bs
like the approach Of a ship Ia the wharf-rrk al sqds
standing. BE short in sj your exercises in the pulpit
Better TO leave the people longing than lo.thlDg No
eonre' SONS after The hour Is out.
The following letter on the character OF the Rev.
Louis Dwight, which We copy entire, derives It's
principal interest from the illustration which it
affords Of the fs:ile adaptation of the writer's pen
~ themes beyond the usual range Of his literary
pursuits. 1t retains many Of the ecceutic felici-
ties OF expression characteristic of the author:
IDLEwILD, July 2j 1856
nv DEAR SIR: The great pleasure feel in comply
III with your request is mingled With soue reuse Of
.urpiise, that the tribute of nv mos; weekd " and
worldly pm throw any light up the enineuce in
he sacred profession which it 10 the object of your
work TO illustrate. secoId thought suggests, how
ever, tina, it is the common mason who builds the
pedestal 10 the statue, and that the hsowed ch rsce;
Of The g}man may be lifted into is best light an
relief by showing separately how he stood upon th5
common level a. man. MIR. DIV ght was my brother
in-aw end intimate friend. aud, by that nearness 10
his purity and goodness IL pearIess which, pray God,
may be we'd aud strengthened in the better world
to Wbich 10 has goue, enabled perhaps, to speak
more definitely than another OF his unprotessoaal
qualities
The life of the friend of whom speak given,
wholly successful y the of g Prison Dis
cplme Prison Mercy, it should more properly be
called, by tbs feeling always uppImost In his mu 81,
mat IL would seem as if by his devotion 10 il and nus
su, CESS be bad fulfilled but the erradd, allotted to
him by Providence with his constitution aud temper.
Bot always thought that bis more prominent natural
qualities were Ief unemployed by bis profession The
curly original choice OF IL 10y his parents aud trieods
for hD) was probably owing to tue very egibe n.
print upon his copDtenaLc CO Of his mere Qualities OF
besIt- the sincerity and eanestness that as the natural
pauessi,n Of the face see ~ mark il for the pulpit
TIuintujy and unmistak ably as thus much was told
by bis fehtores however, there some ming In the
u,olc Of bis face in tie eye and the occasional ex
pJ. ssion as well 10 the build and movement Of MS
frame which told Of stronger Qualities He was born
for some OF boso esdeishps OF life that require
great tIergy and courage. Heroc.ly e,ress, promp
~ sesacri icing he would have been the pat tot for
hs c, upys critical hour, the soldier for the 'forl IN
bope The martyr for the Trial If principle and nerve
Chan pionshp and dagger were Louis Dwghts natural
sleu ent
You will pardon me for saying that there q
CHARM for me in my fret acquaintance with him he
then a Divinity student ut the Institution near
which was at schocID, in tie frank AMI everyday
ioyouspess OF go q fellowship that marked hls nau-
u.Is Never wanting in good advice, or 10 rel glous
Influence at its time and pace his f'ncee plety gave
unLstura restraint 10 his demean IT. no affe ;taton
to bis l. ok or lie, no reluctance T. hr sympathy wuh
q mnoD hfe His Constitution al and aabtaal reverence
of feeling was pei,her expressed il "phy lactecy,'
nor in 'uakirg broad the hem Cf his garment; bat
he bIeah.d it, a. wore it, aud inspired II Is nlllary
IL as III The unconscious mague Ism OF Tbs voice aud
tearing TO hear him pray "as to De no less hold
tie bao not gone into the presence OF God to speak Tor
you-he had t,ken you with bim.
To the last day G. AZ. Dsights life, had with him
al unlimited interchange OF c'hhdence. VIM h's Own
,t.tl,ss pilgrimage OF duty and With my chockered
aid worldly expe fence there would be thought To be
title syupatby Yet bis teuder aud famiar interest Ia
sH that oolcerLtd me- bis Counsel his rans blame or
encouragement ready the grasp OF hl- hand
We had taste in common II Is true HIS love toe
a file torse wes passion. We both reoiced in the
power to add the strength If tine ANNUAL ~ our con-
cioushess Of life and motion. Tue very las, wax we
tick together IF may nc nion suct trfs 10 con-
aection with the menory Of sach mani ws TO show
ue per of sprrs of peculiar construction which
10 had found at q harnese makers in Boston. We
we're both at that time trusting h the ,dde (uuder
Gods PiovideDce dc a iast hope OF covering from
"a p.raie lln He Grove out 10 show me h- favor
te hoiss hut the euety which had, repeatedly be-
fore rescued him apparently from the jsss of DEATH
failed the one of Who best prepared to abide lie
i,sue.
Mr. D. gIt hsa gres. physical strength. He
built for 81 athlete and bis keen eye aquine nose
ara sroi Jaw with tie well--et muscular neck aud
ia chr II, would have given hini tie preenlnence Of
Ceoi 60 Lion III the lines ot tourney WIN thess
sul riortIes wholly uncaDed uPon, however (&uc,
couGtless to-e cesree weighing upon bis ilie aud
Learh unemployed faculties ~iD) he Wa the more
ub.ct 10 that # the brain and the powers
Of eteGton which ultimately proved fatal to hun
lF,.k 49, had fuy