Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-04-17
EARLY METHODIST PREACHING

lahlhe October number of the Jondo
Wesleyan Quarterly lReriac, in an articl
on the Methodist Episcopal Church of A
lDierica, has among its paragraphs the fol
Elowing:' a,5 ~ ,ii4 hn snfn3 HFiirc Il
The records of early Mothodism ind
merica reveal an amount of suffering en-
tdured by the itinerant preachers such a
Ecoald not, we fear, be borne at tho presen
time Their suferings were of every kind
The mere drudgery of travelling was, q
ITSELF in the state of the country at. tha
time, sufficiently harrassiug BoundIes,
forests, infested by wild and hostile Indi
ans, had to be threaded, often without the
semblence of roads, and with no other di,
rectionin their wanderings than the 'baze
ION the trees, that is, the portion striped of
from the bark. The settlers log hut be.
ing reached, there was nothing but the
meanest fare-hard biscuit, often the floor
or q plank, rarely the more questionable
luxury of bed, while the hut and the
preacher had to- be guarded through the
Io,,aahSI, ', POI ''o :, 'n'
and scalping- knife. We often find that in
~ P'"'' ''io tio'iouis'
evangelist had to join a sort of caravan of
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20 - 80 ~ ~, .1,,,. - [,''' VI uio "iiu
hu,ia" ma @ uansers
20 yr.ao =, 4, 80 ifS Vssins
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x.,h go - 80 ,,S5i = 'iieiii 1N.ii
l Z YVs ",''' s'ia snow ram ram
b,S - ~ oas,,lta. ;s'di pSpi' anu M0issS'
~ " ~ ~ ITs's'0'vN u constant .s'. success
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~ ., rD'' s'iH NJ - fif,4n'o '"oy nau cnieny
the ravens to give meat to Elijah Rat
we do find Bishop Asbnry sometimes di-
|yiding his wardrobe and his pocket money
for he carried his treasures in his pocket
--and selling his watch to find board for
his poorer brethren. Passive boro;sm mov
excel active heroism and mo, who co,ld
suffer these priyatiops year after veor and
still hold on their course were not dovo;d
of the heroic spirit. Tbov could easily
have planted themselves in n farm, have h.
Gated in town. have taken n secular or If
fitted for II, some scholastic emnlovment.
for n Ameyiea then ,T as now lobor Of of cyery .
kind was sure to find repumerat;no mar.
ket But no. thew repo,,nced ali tb;s ond
fought out the battle maaAillv aa,inst s1s
ferinc and want as tbev did naa;nst scorn n,D
derision and contempt m IF Must tbov 10. y
have heard q voice moro con ma = j ~ ~ ~
even the. yoice of tbe;S own sdns;,;Sa -
ture?--t tho voice bf Goas' y " ~ 4
i1sa1 q ----L- ---.-..- : : ~ Y 2 egi'.,,'a
90 80 80 ~ =. s'','' 4
me fhiladelphia 6@f'st"a thus dlsppses al
the Boston IbstS story about the original
copvs Of Wosbington's ForeweIl AaJtess
having been stolen from Tho STATE Danorrt,
ments itpf 5F aae3
The original draft was never in posses
sion of tha Government. II was sent by
Washington. at the time il was written 10
be nnbl;sbed in this div hv NJ Clovnoolog
Tho latter had Il ,.set nm, v1;tbont ,ia.,a
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ei'y Dy 'lc teirs oi Mr' oiaypoole'- Ooh'
gress entered iAto competition for the prize,
but after spirited bidding, it Was Knocked