Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-06-17
Orauil,, Nai,g Butte RetorA.
WEDNESDAY, MORNING, JUNE II. 1867
The Pulpit and the knife.
A HUNTED PREACHER.

than from any manifestations OF logical
acltcne or pole cal g'n'us.
The petit n to Heaven was ended.
Tbo.c who had bowed to the earth IN
real simulated adoraiior resumed their
seats, AID, for five mInu's afterwards,
there prey lied solemn slIence-the
profound calm OF expectation. 1hen
sudden V slender figure, that nobody
had obse we'd before, assembled the
pl torn, and pale yet luminous face
Inning with two tar"est, starry eyes,
u need >lowly and calmly around the
vast assemblase, AS If si' ntly measur-
inc th r capacity tor he rec pt'on OF
the truths about 20 b" ennnc'ated.
He did not open the Blbl --hc did
not formally Ike Il text. bat all at
once he crred out, in trumpet. tones,
which caused every nearer 10 sart on
his seat, 'Brhod make all things
new = And then he spread all the
sa,ls fimas pati n, and launched bold
" for h into an ilmitab.e occr Il
tloalonce. The burd II of biS dis
C urse. in ITS fl It DIVISION, was the
susc ptibiity Of thr ma erlaI molecules
compos NJ h" tangible universe f"r
end e>s tran,formatio 5 of utility and
trance"d, beauty thrOugho 1t the
endless grs eter'iy tie demorstra-
ted, from e lat 81 discoveries OF che
n.iStrv, and the h, ST established truths
of all phv-ical science, that matter Is
not that q oss, tl>g ctIn= thl"g which
he ntnestic philosophers and som" SUI
persntious tn oIogans won d have Us
to beIev". but that all its a~p"c OF
rrpulSlvenesS, If w etnesS, OF sub i'm.
ity and Of terror dep nj upon tn" ar
raocmeut Of its atoms and the compD-
sition os its elements.
As thr speaker went on advancing
into thu he IT OF his subject, the pale
II s. gradually left his face which a:
last q wed like frey furnace, aud
tn, az re of his eyrs turned to red,
md literally i-htene around IN, and
a,he clos d the fl branch Of hts sub.
jcrt, describing th'. bcntitnd" to be en-
loved IN the new heaven and earth,'
toe fual h IN Of the sinrs in liglt, q
gene raj and irrepresSIble shout OF en-
thusia>m brok fort among the faithful.
He then commenced the second di-
ison of III, dscours', with the slngu-
lar remark that thoug 1t was decIar-
ID that ali things shOu d be made new,
there wus no iutma, that all persons
should be made NV, but tn t an oppo-
site inference might be ceducci from
tnr tier ard split of The text And
Notwithstanding as every it'cl 'gent
re der vii at Once perceive, that his
construction was iaucled aud hr-
fe cned play upon mer'' words, the
orator mad" it iounda ion 70 the
most spp II NJ denunc'a' n against
sinners pc h'ps ev''r heard trola the
p.lp.t He paint d the dlhrreat c'as-
ses of Offenders against the divine law
in coors 80 black as to Justify, with
out ii figure, the epilhet Of inf rnal.
And hr'e also his eloquenoo proved o
ia lure. 'r -om,'hing wor, Q, for Instead
Of woolng 81 ,nrrs and herctics into the
arms of orthodoxy, his bitt'r invective
f,ed their hea is with hostility and
revenge. II made, that one day, at
least five hund'ed inpacabe enemies.
Att rwards, travelling around his cir
cult, ne pursued The sa." unwaverlng
coarse, til owing the whole country in.
to ferment, and creatin. with every
sermon a h"st of friends and enemies,
the latter, however, usually p.edoIAip>
aUng both N vehemence and nu bers.
At length he gave mortal OIL nee to
Jonas Sne d, wealthy pl.ntrr. Of
Howard county. aud man OF great
personal popularity, although it MAS
we'll known that his wrath was deaiy
AS the poiSon OF the ra;tl. snake. The
difficulty a'ose in this naapner
John Snred, notwiths anding his
many virtues--and h' rea ly possessed
many, an aveasipBal gambler, as
indeed might he said the majority OF
the irreliglous Of the country H,' was
also dueiIs', whenever tae c"de Of
horor, as recognized in that region.