Smyrna times., 1858-10-21
The Famous Apostrophc to
WATER

/ w ator.
some Time since, says the Lancaster Err.
press, We alluded to the famous n anos,rnnha ~
water which John b. Cough, the elooner,
lecturer on Temperance, has repeated 70
eIec'Flned thousands in America and Enc.
lahu' Mr. Gough never informed an audience
t'iat ne was not the author of that apostronbo q
"nu IoI years has enjoyed the undlsputed credit
! ~ - n' we sla'ed That it originated with paul
Deh'oh an Itinerant of the Methodist church in
eAaS' and that It was delivered at a barbacuo
winch Denton prepared, and to which be ;nr;
'ed the rangers. 1t has been years since we
'eaop 'he incident, and we are delighted 10 find
IT III an exchange, credited TO Texas Daner
we leeI sure our readers will be e0ualiv do
lighted w!th It's persual: ue-
ne smoking vlands were arranged ON tbs
tables by scores Of slaves, and the throng mo
Pdred To commence the sumptuous meal whom
d voice peaIed from the pulpit, loud as the blast
OF a trumpet liz battle, "Stay, gentlemen and
iauleS' till the glVer Of the barbecue asks Gnd,o
blessing -
Every heart started, every eye was directed
t"0 sPedheT' ana whlsperless silence en-.
49, 'o' al dLKe were struck by his remarka.
oIe appearance. He was almost n 0innt :;
tnong ngh scarcely thirty years Of age
LllS halr' dark as the ravens wing, flowed down
his Immense shoulders in masses Of natur.1 ~.
gie's' his eyes black as midnight beame9 ILL.,
stars over face pale ParIan marble. calm
PdsslohIesS, spiritual, and wearing a sinonIar
'hCeHhdDie expression. The heterogeneons
crowd hunters, gamblers and homicjdes oo-
Zed Ih mute asiOnlshmcnt. The missionor,,
prayed but 1t sounded like no other PRAYER owe,
addressed to Throne of Grace. II was H.
cry OF naked soul, and that soul a beggar for
the bread and the water of heavenly lje6t
lie ceased, and not till then, did becon,o
conscious OF weeping. looked around tbronnh
my tears and Saw hundreds Of faces wei as with
rain. VII"
"Now, my friends" said the missionorv
P'Ftahe OF Uon's gifts at the table, and then
'oIle ana sit down and listen 10 his Gospel"
II would be impossible TO describe the swoo.
tone of kindness in which these simnie S"es1 s
were uttered that made him on the instant fua
hundred friends. One heart, however. in ,to
assembly, was maddened by the evidence of ibs
preacher s wonderful power .
Coi. watt FOrman exclaimed in a sneerincr
Ioice; !" Mr. Paul Denton, your reverence bas
leu' lou promised us not only good barba.
'ue, but better liquor. Where is the limo ~,
There! J! answered the missionary. in tonos
d 'huhder, aud pointing his mutoness 6nger
II the malchless Double SpriDg gushing mn in
Wo strong columns, with a sound like a sbont
d Joy from the bosom of the earth. "Tberam
ie repeated, with look terrible as lirbtn;nr
SnlIe his enemy actually trembed at his feef
mere Is the liquor which God, the eternal.
tI"s .J loF nIs children. Not in the simmering
mi over Si"oky hres, choked with poisonous
'"ses' ana surrounded with the stencil of sick
ming odOrs and rank corruption. doth vorr g.
her IN heaven prepare the precious essonoo oc
lie, The pure cold water. But in The oroo,,
lade and grassy dell, where the red deer ,yoa
ers' ana The child loves to play. There Cod
reWs II ; and down--down in the deem vallovs
mere the fountains murmur and the rilIs sin1
hu hlsh on The tall mountain tops where The
aKed granite glltters like gold in the en-.
mere the storm-cloud brOods and the tbundor
'nes crash, and away far out on the wide w;Ja
ea' where the hurricane howls music and tho
y waves roar The chorus, sweeping the march
uod; there he brews it, that BEVERAGE nf
le' hedI'h-g giving water. And everywbeTe II
thihg oil beauty; cleaning in the dewdron
nglhS IN the summer rain, shining in the &C.
e'' t'li 'hs trees all seem turned to lvnq
golden veil over the SET.
"s su"' or whlte gauze around the midniebt
oon sporting I'D tne cataract. sleeping in the
lacler, dancing in the hallshower foiI;nn -.
'Ight snow-curIaIns softly about the w;n,rr,
GRID; and weaving the many.coIored ;r,S
lat seraph's zone of the sky, whose woof -
e sunbeam OF heaven, all checkered over ui,h
'les'iaI howers by the mystic hand of refrac.
On. Still always it is beautifu-that blessed
e-Waler NO poison bubbles on its br;rt
roam brings not madness and murder ~
oou stains It's liquid glass; pale widows aud
ar'lng orphans weep not burning tears in ;,s
ear deP'hs; no drunkard's shriekinq obost
pm the grave curses it in words of Eternal
sPar Speak out my friends, would you ex-
ange 1t for the demons drink-aIcobol ="
a shout like the roaring of a lempest an
'ered No. ""-
Critics need never tell me again that hack.
'"dsmen are deaf to the divine voice of eIa.
ence, for saw at that moment the missnO
held the hearts of the multitude. as !, ,vor.
the hollow OF his hand, and the popular fool
ran IN current SO irresistible that even
. duellst, Watt Forman, dared not ycn,"ra
other interruption during the meeting. The
mp meeting continued aud revival ettendnS
such as never before or since was witnesssJ
Texas.