The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-10-22
MHTHoDIsMINTHE BACKwOoDs.
AausING INCIpnNTs.

hs.sr oats"s' ,n '0"' p'or'''
preacher OF the West is at present leo
turing in Philadelphia. He is represented
10 bs a man Of athletic frame. somewhat
.,,or;nn w;.h l.,ro ro,nd faat,,,,.d 6. %
S'oop'ns, a,A'',n WV - M -s ' Is .'' y,
ana o heao sufmounsea oy a mass ol
griszly, curly hair. For htty-six years
Mr.. C. has been q Methodist preach or
and IN .dd;t;on 10 that . ,raat odd;tv
- ~ ~ =, -. g s......a :,
his leetufss "nion Me feporf'eu o :
length, are rich with incident and exceed
iualv amusing. We print below few
sbo;c. .xtracts ., ,..,..-, "a
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"..' FASH ioofn' '" .'. t
was what modern young Americans
call fast youth: rl delighted IN hunt
ing, gambling, in horse racing, In playing
the fiddle, and dancing The yery gay
before was soleTmn!y conv!cted, ! nad
was aoual to about $40 600 in these davs,
Cav 7 telI Won dollars wera very scarce n
that country, and for the first time in my
life got drunk on the back Of it, (laugh-
ter,) and for the last time, too, thank God
for it'll Twas so elated at the idea, (for
ii looked like q tremendous big pile-this
5000; had never seen so much money
in nav life,) that hardly knew whether /
was in nv skin or out Of it, SO I took q
little too much, and it took me off,
Laughter. But oh! what we're my
pangs Of repentance, when on my return
home met my msther-that mother that
shed tears over me, that had prayed over
me, that had .nurssd me in religion. Her
heart bled at my folly, and it was dagger
to nv heart-a wound from which ne YER
recovered until I found pardon through
the atoning merits of the Son Of God.
As soon as / became convicted, | begged
my mother to take my fiddle and cards
and burn them, and she did it-decently
too-and shouted over it, and ] shouted
too. Laughter. / was glad then, and
have been ever since. ~ to-. i' I
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Nh' oAhr"hH''ha ao,,n,u1n., unAvnAp A' UNA"
ooNDi.1oI'
We had in the nslghborhood scotch
Doctor, very well educated man, pue an
infdel at heart. lie got under dreadful
concern about my cracked ana crazy
condition he came to my father and
tried to persuade him to nave my heaa
shaved and ohsteE,piasIer pus on;
Laughter NOW, teil YOU shas wakeo
me up. Ihank tod haa latner VINO
had little more sense than the DOCTOR
told the Doctor tnat II ne Wouia come
to hear me preach would satisly nim
that could get alsng without plistsr-
piasters or shsven heaa. ne came l
h"ntot;on, g., IL was nothing w;se unon
earth; it was no ssrmonizlng eat, under
my speaking, the Lord reached the hearts
of several who were, ior those days, fasn, 2,
ionable, gay people, (youu would not call
them SO now very fashonabie young
lady, with whom l had often danced, got
under strong conviction, and tell prostrate,
praying to God for mercy. The Doctor
up with his hartshorn and his nsstrums,
and vigorously applied them to her nose.
Laughter. But called on the Doctor
to cease his operations, and told him that
as she was my subject at my meeting, !
would take care Of her So we went TO
prayer. In the midst Of it she obtained
religion. She sprang to her feet with
shout of Hlory glory! and turning to
the Doctor, she caught him in her arms,
crying, "Hallelujah, and hosanna to God
and the lamb 1t scared the Doctor
nearly to death. As if the devil had been
after him he started to run crying, "Take
her away! take her away!" "Oh" said
!, Doctor, blister-plasters and shaved
heads" Laughter stuf.t-.a.
stf r,mxa . MOE a r.
At one of my appointments in this vii.
derness Of country, l had long ride Of
about forty-six miles, and there was no
house that would receive Meth odist
preacher. / tried, reckon, nearly q
Dozen At last ! found an old scheol
house in which to preach, but was told
that il ! attempted to do sol would surely
be mobbed. "Well," said I, ''Pm willing
to risk it; ] amt afraid Of a mob 81
I appointed a time, and fonnd about fifty
persons to heer me. Among them was 1
band Of young men called the mob, ant
outside tho school-house the bully of tn,
neighborhood, who, at the request of hi
wife, had come to fight for me. 1t wa'
rather warm, and l took OF my coat ant
neckhandkerchief, and got upon th'
stand. Well" said !, II understand