Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-11-28
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me5Ior asking ptaee IN The column ~
fotir y.aI,ir FOR tliis short notice ef.things
Is they ne, and things 80 they should be
ia his part 81 the Old Dominion.
| BENG somewhat 81 stranger in yourI
ommnIlity, and given somewhat 10 RAM
Ia. ,akinlr 4 1,t,le here AMI there OF wha,
passes. IN Chur,sh. and Slate. and as am
inclined 10 tie opinion. aftet y'sitihg the
Edifferents PLACES Of worship in Your village
from Inc, extreme Northefa regions sot the
old Methodist Church, To the more luke
! warm bslweeus 81 the hjgh Church 4 Z
\ England down 70 the good uIlsehstlealra
blue stockings, hard 10 please in The mat "a
lterssaf Cha en- doctrines Of the present
Iday. that / would pay5a VISIT to hear the
4 Rev. Mr. X. Of the more genial Southern
\ cline. ofsihe new Methodist Episcopal
i Church, aoulh.. Accordingly. on the
evening Of The Goth insf..11 learned, by
Itenquiry. that the reverend gentleman 4
4 wished to hear, was 70 preaclF that night.
Uuceremoniously, alta eafik hour. re-
! paired 10 The place Of worship. which !
i found, when entered. 70 be tar+the neat
est Church edi6ce had been in, during
my rambles. 8
i Hound. when entered. that the min
! ister had afreaiy arrived and taken big
position In the pulpit. There was good
congregation, considering titat large
quarterly meeting was in progress TO the
j North Of us, as well as serrnpn to besdef
.1liyefed at Til, Presbyterian Church h-
i tie South East OF us. he High Church.
as Understood. bsins od99 fSession- !This
4 edifce being now under 4 cpllse Of thor
ouhgh repair. thiag, by-the.by, much
needed. and no congregation IS uBde under
stand more able 10 incur the esp+nses.
~ Aftera few minutes, the preacper arose.
'I.and read tie latter part Of the 81 cchapt.
\ and the first verse Of the "a b fhapt. ot
4 .Paul's Epistle loille Church Al Cpdossiarls.
! which lie announced as his text for the
evening discourse. ,+
Heis i man Of rather ordinary appear
4 ance, seems to be somewh hat careless IN
{ hist dress and style at tirsl glance! but
q what was my surprise wlieli he defined
and subdivided his text into Such portions
aszcoaId MOI faiI;to give an orator and de.
\ finer 3 chance 10 explain as he went ;
well. what was my surprise. when ! dis
covered the speaker had, BY no means,
D oYertaxed his ability. He most elaborate
j ly ana eloquensly defined the duty Of the
! wife 10 the husband. He portrayed, in
vivid eioquencesihe duties Of the hus.
baud to tie wife. he here enchanted the
. the attention Of his eongte satioh in u style
pef delivering. which made me ina cine
I thai II was un Ier the sound oil the per.
sp4Sfxe Elder KNAPP. III
r He Rext pass to the 1dutysof the child
to the spafent, which he d@elt upon in a
i man nerhismy credible to his profession.
: fhen came theSduty Of the parent 10 the
/ EchilI. then camsstRat tone oil voice, thai
n style OF delivering and power trapsferred.
I as 4 imagined, 10 the presence oEthetcrlf
). &ebrat.d Cummin; AFTER 2@elipg on That
i. point for perhaps 20 minuhs. he pa sed
ii The last sectiuh Of The subject, namely,
THE .luly Of the slave u the aiasesr aud.
the scene changed. A torrent ofAargu-
ment burst farth, like an avalanche Athe
:; congregation, AS well as myself, seemed
q bewlldr red.g History, sacred and imlial,
Z law, neral and divine. were delivered in
r rapid surcesstopsathat perfectly amazed
u eOeH5if il displ-ased some who was pres;
ent. they must admit the truth and force
. fofhis Argument as for myself, ] was per-
!. frctly carried away, as we'll MS many who
, sat beside 4me, attentive listhers. fearful
we would looseza cord Or syllable. IL was
amazed at my agreeable disappointment,
! as we'll as those who accompanied me.
n Was il | was deceived? WAS il some
: stranger ia the land who had dropped
! down upon the people Of Charleston, Oh
was it really the Rev. SamnelsEzelly. ol
B tie M. &c. s. ] Welooked again; il wa.
!. him.l but that plain, unpretending, com
j mpn looking man was changed, his
whole soul was aroused and wrapped in
: This subject; he defined every point with
power lhst would not be dispai aged BY q
/ Rosser OF Dogget his position was ,'ife
that every man might understand, and
understanding it, must exclaim. Wonld 70
] God. that Virginia was filed with such
{ menas Samuel Kelly; and werwoum soon
tbe clear Of the necessity Of having 4
s laianding army to execute the laws Of oul
il land, il such was the ease.
His sermon was by nomesns politics
al one. it had44in no sense bearing il
that way; il was clearly ehutch SERMON
!, Ia religious sermon. founded on pure re.
! ligion, with gnoS o-mixtufe Sof. mill
and water. no dra Wing aud driEeling il
WAS. plain. wholesome medicine. kind
)! that will. if fnlloWeti MP closely. do much
good, in purging this land u very pow.
!. srful and destructive epidemic, lha, rs
Q now peryading tos some extent. in This
) particular locality; disease that is cal;
! calated 10 destroy the happiness Of our
i herto6pre social county, aud our moral
!. friendship one tothe other. / hope his
!. effort may be renewed, that II may tell in
hill. dale, and hamlet. Such views aud
such opinions will ACT as beacon light
upon the mountain tops, Of our wide
: spread Commonwealth. and the watch
4 word will be peace on earth and good
; wilt 70 all men. May kind Providence
e speed him on in bis patrol csrear is the
D common prayer Of The RAMBLER.
EKANAWHA RIVER IMPROVEMENT
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