Smyrna times., 1858-09-02
MIS- CELLAN b OU S
Rev, John Wewland lIafT.tt.

For twenty-five ycars-years fruitful in ad-
venture, V!cissltude and glory-the celebrated
| man whose name heads this article, was the
| whitfield OF the American Pulpit. From the
! Pen0bScOt to the Colorado from Galena TO tEe
pillars OF the Capitol, the fame and victories OF
the orator osclllated like the Indian Ocean, the
ebb and flow of which, resembled most the
times when Wesley preached in the Babylons
of England Scarcely even in the Papal City
did one man exercise such potent influence.
than IN his mld-career did John New.and Mat
htt WhereVerhc went, whether in the crowd.
cd metropolis, or the hushed wilderness wheih-
"r the religious atmosphere was cold or hot, it
was enc continued scene OF almost miraculous
| triumph. Friendship was converted into feel
'ng akin to alteration and enemies were me-
tamorphe sed into friends.
He had but one hobby-it was that Of the
Crnss-and as If the vision Of Constantine was
ever before his eyes, the preacher held in III,
heaven OF his soul, the august and haI.owcd
Emblem. Like the Roman Emperor, he behcld
inscribed upon il, in letters of inefiabe beauty
" In this conquer"
Men recognized in him everywhere a man.
aud in that man the inspiration Of IN Apostle.
lie accomplished what Genius accomrIishp,
Imong " CTary nation, kindred, tongue and peo-
pie" 1t is idle TO say, that Il radically corrnDr
5eing-a cheat and a hypocrite-a knave clio.
thCd in sacred habilamenls-could have mel
with such unbroken triumpbs the moment his
feet touched the portico of tie Church. FfailI.
Ties he ucquestonably had, but " ho had orea.
er temptations laid to ensnare and entrap him
Cdlumny rose up like mountain in his path
sec pie Of infinite turpltude-enemies thousaur
told more venOmOus than vipcrs, hissed with
poisonous and iorked fongs--but he tod upof
aud .,zt., 4 81 4
and cOmplacent ever Berrver Numbered
down the murmurs around the French Tribune
this man, rebuhed, wIthered, eXcoriated, but
it was in the language of the Sermon on the
Mount, when the Divine Nazarine checked the
irSolencc of the scribes aud Pharsees!
AT length, far away in the land of Benvillc.
hunted down, with faded reputation, stricken
ard III, but with uublenchiHg spirit aud uuaba
ted lire, the Orator of a quarter Of IA century
laid down TO die The malaria of death wa,
10 his noslrils and the inevitable hour had come
Would he swing loose without hope of m
mortality! Would he dash headlong. INTO the
vast ocean of eternity, when the bosom of the
great deep was swelling, distorting, bursting in
the agony Of the storm! Or, would he leave
the world with that tranquil chvalry which
always characterizes the Christian worshiper
Silence! Genius is upon the rack
With his dying breath he declared himself
calumnIated man. Thou sanderer, think oil
that lie said that during his pastoral life, he
had been guilty Of many frivolous but no crimi-
nal acts-torgave his enemies, expressed al
unalterabc trust in the Maker of the stars, and
did not doubt but that all would be well!
Thus passed away John Newland Maifitt
and if the reader will visit Toulminville, from
whence can be seen the spires of Mobile, in an
unObstrusve grave in that tranquil village, his
eyes will rest upon the spot where sleeps the
most splendid pulpit Orator likely to be seen for
half a century to come The star which arose
IN the East, over the bright waters of the dcep
and silent Shannon, eliminated in the Ameri.
can heavens, and went down in the West!
Upon a post-mortem examination, the left
wall of the heart was found to be worn TO the
consistency of thin paper. The physician
schooled in the subteties of his art, would give
this condition of the heart term known in
medical science, but we have a much less
technical name for disaster like this, ha ppen-
ing under the circumstances, to the great orga !
If lite. Sensitive feelings, in a delicate o.
gnnizatlon, long and powerfully worked upon,
struggling against SANDER and vituperatiou,
which, creating emotions of anguish almost un-
tterable, sending the crimson tide with seeth-
ng violence along--mght Greah the heart and
" loosen the silver cord"
With few words about Mr.. Mafilt's mower
of OrateFy, and we have done. lie was pre-
eminen,ly an orator. Il was action, action.
action - that made hIn vital in every part"
in the pulpit. E1e has been accused Of theat-
rical gesture, toHe aud attitude. Grap,ed =
Where do we look fJr accomplished de, lama