Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-06-10

Z SIX months ago, that man Carried rcVolVe
=, and bowie knife, and possibly a slung-shot
, and to-day he is talking of the work TO b
I DONE and what is doing at the Firemen'
. Meetings. You see he talks sensiby of reli
gon, for he had a religious mother and wen
TO Sabbath school once. Several addresse
| are delivered and prayers offered, and peli
lions read, and quick, clear voice arrest
you once more. Who, you ask By your look
is this nervous, earnest man, who is maxim;
hands and arm. and every feature strive Il
give vent to the feelings which are trying Il
find uterance faster than his glib tongue cal
roll them of! There is no namby-pambJ
there. The names of the Deity come from
his lips as ulterances with which he is fami
liar, yet with reverence which has a hear
in it. That is George II. Stuart, merchant
prince-every inch man. and every inch a
Christian; man whose activity and liber.
alry is measured exactly by his strength and
means, both of which are very ample. You
see by his jerked out sentences, and peculiar
iniexons, that he's true Irishman. There
| is Just one conclusion about which there can
be no doubt, and am sure you have formed
! it-that man feels and means what he says
would 10 God that all christians did He is
not yet in his seat when "Mr. Chairman -
rings through the old dome like voley of
muskeiry, and in a voice which would carry
as Ear as a Minnie Iifle. The man that stands
| before you is the Rev. John Chambers, fam-
l,rIy koown nc ..Iacl (,hap,herS ,pb nc h..
hurls his bold sentences and burning words
at us we almost instinctively dodge lest in
their wild career one should strike. With
the first utlerance, we forget all about Mr..
Stnart's energy and earnesness, which is mere
drveling before Mr.. Chambers, who, though
one of the oldest pastors in the city, is but
about forty or SO in appearance; the mans
indomitable spirits keeping him green as
bay tree. With bold style of defamation,
and powerful voice, he always creates
swell which turns the whole current of the
meeting into whatever course he strikes-but
this is generally TO the point. Mr.. Chambers
is working man and full hand at anything.
But il is almost one o'clock, and We must
travels up hill, each man who has anything
10 say, takes the floor at the first opportunity.
That small man with the shrill voice is King
ston Goddard, OF the Episcopal church. Yon-
der deliberately spoken gentleman is dis
tinguished lawyer. Our pale-faced friend
with the love of neck-te as white as snow,
the carefully cultivated forehead, the spark
ling little golden cross in his bosom, the care
fully displayed and beautifully done up wrist
bands and snowy sleeve-buttons. and nnice
hollow and sepulchral, which measures out
in deliberate sylables his volunteered prayer,
is Rev. Mr.. Garden, whose controversy with
the late Bishop Doane [for inviting Me,ho-
dist minister TO break bread with him contrary
10 the rules of his church, gave him some
notore,y-perhaps placed him on s'bad
eminence." The venerable, quiet, reverend
looking man who talks so alectionately of
Sunday-school children, is Albert Barnes: "a
plain, blunt man," whose Industry and close
thought have accomplished what elegant ac-
quirements and splendid talents never could,
without that industry.
But we must stop to-day and finish the rest
some other time. You have been 10 the noon
day meeting; you have heard how they talk
there, and you have seen the men who go
there. Do you think there is any danger Of
such meeting being givenup Remember,
that for year and a half this meeting has
been what it is now, until the eyes of the world
are turned 10 it, and having reached such
point, in such hands, and with such results to
encourage, and such promises to claim, there
can be no such word as fail. And now, good
bye
"Dut you were interrupted as you were
going to tell me who the individual was
who told some simple story about a little
boy, and then got into a blaze about Sun
day-schools and the important duties of
teachers, and their need of the prayers of
Gods people!" True, had forgotten be-
cause of little account-well, that was-("stat
nominis in umbra'
Yours, SH.F.