Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-08-20
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MORNING LEADER.
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fearful sympathy, to The emotions under which
this beautiful picture Of the "old Village Min
ister, aud the Sabbath Associations Of other
days, must have been sketched
In an eastern paper We read line or two, |
the other day-thS brief announcement Of q |
death. Il was in little type, IL was without
note or comment; only the death Of the old vii
lage minister And so the gray-haired man /
who ministered at the altar Is deadi whose feet, I
as they walked on Zion hill, were very beau
tiful in our eyes How we'll 90 We remember,
when the storm came up, and the sun was hid.
den, and cloud called out to cloud, then we
wished 'tte minister would come, for surely |
no harm could enter the dwelling that he bles
sedl We used % FORGET about the falling spar
rows, but then we had faith In hm and many
time did we wonder and doubt whether he
ever could die like other men; and whether he
would not be waited away like the prophet of
old IN d chariot Of ire. II
Then they had not thrown away the old
deacon aud got one that was new; a sleek look
ing, Juvenile deacon, with glossy black hair -
The gallery was not gay with red curtains on
rings, from behind which came whispers and
songs Then we had st. Martins, st Thomis
and Near .aa1a a1Ia ia p
shall we ever hear Denhatk and Corinth
againi Sweetly rose Dundee'swild warble in
those long-gone days; Old Hundred, and Wells,
aud Peterboro--how grand they were when the
breath Of the great Congregation went up To-
gether, and the voices Of ma'ron and maiden
were blended. .i.. s ~ .m.. ..HI
How distinctly the pictuferises in memory
the plain old church and the people singing be
fore the Lord. The minister "read for their
Instruction every Sabbath morning, and prayed
for the lambs ofthe flock and for those that
were feeble and old that God would have them
all in His good keeping, guide them in green
pastures and lead them beside the still waters,
and gather them alin the fold at last How
much snow there used to be sprinkled about
| them in June--time's snow on the locks of the
cd They tell as there is less Of itnow; that
the children whose feet swung clear Of the floor,
are the men and women 10 day; and the voice
Of the elder is stied, and the prayers that ne
uttered are ended They have removed the old
square pulpit, as high as house, that succeed
ed the swellow's pesCsof predccessor against
the wall; the swallows nest OF a pulpit that
hung there beneath q flower shaped bell that
Linn@us never numbered nor named, 90
We are sorry that the old square lockout be
tween the heaven and earth is removed, for It
was for years smong the mysteries Of childhood,
what miahtrbei in 1t If even an sngel, and
where the minister went when we could not
see him Often had we stood at the foot Of the
stairs that led up to the mystery; but only
once did we ever venture 70 ascend them,---
Judge Of our disappointment was moth.
ing of gold there no glofies that we had read
Of in the apocalypse for We tancied there were;
there was rough, bare floor an uncushioned
bench, an old worn Bible, an ancient copy OF
. Watts Psomody, and little pile Of Sunday
school books in the corner.
+, And it was from thence, ia the midst Of such
place, those words OF eloquenoe had come,
that charm, and thrill, and awe us IN memory
I yet We ascended the little platform and
standing upon tptoe, looked over the higl
! breastwork, upon the empty pews; there wa
. something very grand about 1t, we thought
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