The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-06-26


our religious contemporaries, and not few
clc,gymrn;sare urging the general establish.
ment offrce seats in churches, that aU may
hear the preached word. Rudgers street
church, under the lead of one OF the most
c,nincntmnisters in the Presbyterian clurcl,
makes ample provision in this kind in its
own house of'worslip, as do many other
churches of other aud various denominations
i'll the metropolis; where even pew rents
arc SO reasonable that any one who can af-
| ford to pay at all, may hire Il scat. But
| where pcwS in fashionable churches (.fush-
ionobie churches do but think of the
term are put up at auction, what chance
Is there for person of moderate means to
obtain Il seat That acute observer and
eminent philosopher "DocSticks" well sets
! forth the evils Of this pew auction system.
| lie attends n crowded one:
".I very soon discovered" he says, "that
no "dca,lhcals" were allowed on this lnc
and that il man couldn't pay, he WAS pnt
of the train. After some preliminary chat
! about the foreign news, the state of the mar
kcts, the hope Of Il revival of religion, the
rise in Erie" the progress Of the work OF
grace, aud the price of pork, the ones gath
cred around, and the srIc began. Those
! pcws nearest the pulpit, or perhaps | should
! say, those seats next the locomotive, were
! sold first ,Ecv brought seventy, eighty, and
even one hundred aud twenty dollars pre-
MUM the price was to he pail merely for
| choice of seats, in addition to the regular
rent. instantly saw that hadn't money
enough to take Il trst-cl:,<s cabin passage,
but hoped there might DC Il place for me
somewhere. Jones bought ticket, and
Smith, and 'rnmpiin, but there was not II
single seat tllat came down TO my pile anl
felt must give up the journey, or find Il
cheaper conveyance, for certainly couldn't
afford TO 90 to heaven at such cxolbitant
. rates"
! lie makes Il little "c;.lculaion," and finls
, that to be saved ut hai church would he n
greater expense to him than his sins had
ever been ''Pravcrs cost inc forty cents All
! hour, and sermons fnur dollars and half
apiece /; an'l il I'm as great sinner rs tl,e
minister SAYS am, it would break the
Bark of England 10 get me into, the inIl =
, unless they ran get Il heavy discount, fear
shall have TO give it mp and ~ to the devil.
! knickrrI"ch1r .N"go=ins
- .
n FAIR NIcrIM OF TIE Hellenic ErI-
. DEMrc.-A Young lad V of our city
; pretty an,! interesting. OF fcoursc-rclurstctl
private interview with her papa, in his
! library. one day last week. and toll him
+, That she had tixcI her affections upon n
gentleman whom she kuew he wouhl bc
! unwilling shc~ should we'd; but without
WHOM she could not aud would not live.
Papa rc1nesledihe name OF the gentle
man who had Won his daughters heart
, but she, going into dramatic p!alilules, de-
cared she felt assured hc would not give
his consent, but that fate had united them
i'll soul; that the hcliotropc of her existence
must ever turn to the sun of his love that
the harmony Of earth and heaven would be
marcel if two 'a,loring spirits were divided
if the divine stream of their life did not
unite, aml llpw through the veil Of Time,
clear, bright AMI lcnu,iful:
"l'ut who, who is nc Pray tell me-" in-
| terposc,l the father.
! The name was given, and .sthe parent
without mo,hcnls hesitation, consented
. to the union.
The daughter then burst into Mc,lcan
storm OF seeming grief which very natural
ly astoniShcd her parent
"Why, villa: aiIs you, my dear child
Have / not .,ranlcl your wish am per.
fectly willing you SHOULD marry him you
love. What more can do?"
! Sighs, tears, groans, and wringng OF
hands, were the only answer.
! "Tell me, NY darling, why are you
! wrctrhed Have not given my consent? 2
! "fes, yes, (sobLing violcntIy)-Lut-
: but"
"But, what :"
"Wfy, now, now-I can't-"
+ .."Speak out, my chiId--what is 2"
81 can't-(with great burst Of cmotion)
i can't; ., dear falhcr-l an wrctclcd
for now-l can't elope.
! .% Cincinnati Gazcttc.
! 1HFLrENcE OF A LITERARY TAsrE.-To
a young man away from home, friendlcss
and forlorn i'll great city, the hours o.
peril are those between sunset and bed
time; for the moon and stars see more
evil in single hour than the sun in his
whole days circuit. The poets visions o.
evening are all composed of tender and