New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-25

hss5e h,ss or ,pr timer durpy the rest Of the week
All Isrks focked 70 hear hn, and row even ,he Epss
copal churches all opsn TO hin. lne sant1ly e
fees Of his former Iaeors were everywhere osaS
He made excursion from tse city over c'eoit OF
hundred and fifty miles, preaching every DAY. >,
many doors were open, fe wrote, taat be knew not
which way TO turn. He turned finally TO Nev.f YORK,
where lie preached 10 Congregations iargsf ,A"i
ever He passed up the Huisol River, and mate 8
tour Of NOR, than tive hundred miles pTeaebi0g ST Al
bany Schenectady, Great Barrirgo,. sni many other
places He had reached the New.lork frontier OF tos
day. for late as the Revelation the whie popula-
zion west Of the Hudson scarcely extended back sky
miles 10 Cherry Valley, Josnstovn, and some scat
tered sett emspts in Oseeo, M0ntgomsryi and herk-
uer Counties II such stll! the power Of the In
Clan tribss that during TIE var Schenectady Itself Was
likely az ie time TO become the prominent pOl1t OF the
western boundary of the Stste. U what new scenes
Of usefulness are oceuug Ia various points OF TINS
world wrote Whtetied, as be returned. lie saw tue
yates Of tie Northwest opening. those mighty gates
through which the nations rave snce been passing As
in grand but De was not TO enter here tue
everlasting gs.es were opening for h,n,, and he Was
Fastening toward them. The last entry in his memo
rsnda a,es 10 his labors this tour up the Hudson
heard sfterw Ard that the void ran and was gior-
fed. Grace! grace He had presehei WIN ms
usual real and at every possible point IN churches III
streets in fields, and at one time on the comm OF
erin al beneath The galows, TO thousanc sot hearers
Solemn solemn lie wrote eusctua gooo,
hope wss done. Grace! grace"
Fr6m Nex.York be we1t to Boston, aud wrote in
one of his latest letters thst never was the word re-
ceved with grest.r eag'rness than now sho Una. eh
oppo.iton seemed to cease. He paseed on 20 New
buiy where he was attacked with sudden illness; but
recovering be resumed his route to Portsmouth, \.
N. Durirg six days he preached there and IN the
vicinity every day. Returning, he addressed aVast
ssenbly in the open air az Exeter. lbs emotions car
ried him swsy and be prolonged his discourse through
two hours II was an effort Of stupendous eloquence-
l, last fed triumph the last Of tuat series OF mighty
seruo ons which had been resoundlpg IKE trumpet
basts thirty .four wears over Englan6 and America
na he me iav n NewburyDOlt, Wuere
il was expected he would preach on tue morrow
While st supper the pavement IN front oil the house
ard even its hall, were crowded with people, inpa.
tient 10 hear few words from his eloquent hps out
be wss exhausted and rising from the table, SAID 10
o1e of the clergymen who were with him, Brother,
you must speak to these dear people; caonot cay
word" Taking candle he hastensd TOWARD n,s pea
room but before reaching il be was arrested ~ the
sugge Of his generous heart that he ought NOT
thus to desert the anxious crowd, hu7gerng Tor tee
bread of life from his hands. lie ptused on the stairs
to address them. lie had preached his last Sermon
this was TO be his ast exhOrtston IL would seem that
some pensive msgivpg, some vague presentiment
touched his soul with the saddeAng apprehension thss
the NONE ns were too precious To De lost IN res' nc
fingered on the stairway while the crowd gazed up at
him with fearful eyes, as Eltha at the ascending
prophet. His voice, yer, perhaps surpassed IN us
music and pathos forced until ne candle whtcN he
held IN his hard 6urn.d drdy ana ~ex oE c. !" a
socket! The next morning ne was not, for God had
| taken him
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! THE PIONEERS By J. FrNINoRE Cooprs. Illustrated
from drawing, by y. o. C. DssLEY l9no., pp 5o VA.
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