The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-12-31
LECTURE OF REV. PETER CARTRIGHT
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Last evening the Rev. Peter Cartrght, D. D.,
lectured in the Exeter street Methodist Episcopal
Church. The floor of the church was crowded
and the galleries well filed He commenced by
saving that his lecture would consist of recital Of
incidents connected with his early labors in the
cause of Methodism. He had been connected with
the Church for sixty years. the largest portion of
which time had been spent in the frontier service.
"a few months after my conversion" said he, ga
miaister of the Gospel gave little piece of pa
per on which he had written order to allow me
to exbort and that is all the authority have ever
had to preach" At this time there was but one
Conference west of the mountains. "At this time, -
he continued, "my library consisted of part of a
Bible a hymn-book, and a Discipline. lt was five
years before had opportunity to purchase a
Bible and have that Bible yet, all written over as
concordance, and would not take fifty dollars for
it." He was sent a circuit by the presiding
| elder and labored for six months, at the end OF
| which time he received for his compensation six
dollars. In 1904, he joined the Conference, since
which time he had never been superannuated, su-
! pernumerary or local for day. He had been in
active service all the time. His father wanted to
| make lawyer of him, but his mother a shout
ing Methodist, and wanted him to be preacher. He
sided with his mother. The Conference assigned him
| a circuit five hundred miles from his home, and ii
took him six weeks to 60 round it. he travelled one
year. and at the end received $40 for his services.
| He was then removed BY the Conference three hum
| dred miles further west. His father opposed bis
going saving: s'Peter, you'll starve to death, or
come home naked" His mother told him to go,
| and he went 'In those days." said he, eve had
to travel on horseback, and if had seen either
| locomotive or a steamboat then, | would have
thought it was the Devil, and that he was after
me-" He labored on this circuit for two years.
| and at their expiration, had no money, scarcely
any clothing to his back-his horse was blind-hi:
saddle out-and the cattle had eaten his bride
up. In this plight, he started for home.
| The speaker then recounted many of the Incl.
dents of his trip, one of which the following
al stopped said he, 'at house one evening, told
my destitute condition, and asked for a nights
lodging. | was told l could have it. After supper
| was told l could retire, when l addressed the
landlord, saying Friend, Pm in the habit of having
prayers before [ go to bed, have you any Objec
j tions? 'No, Sir said he, wait minute Ht
| went out, returned in minute, took me into
as you want Ethought that bad treatment, but
concluded could match him and the Devil will
him. So l went to praying as loud as ] could.
heard his wife say, Husband, that mans distracted
| he'll kill us ALL In another minute the wa
| in my room, and taking me by the collar, said he
Stranger, what's the matter with your You'v'
not got a wellbalanced mind, have your Tn
praying said /, 'and you said might pray muci
as pleased Nobody said he, expected you Il
| below 1t was some time before i could conyinc
| him that was not crazy" The speaker said tina
few evenings after the aforementioned he stopped
at house, and in the night time he was awakened
by the terrible shreks of woman. He jumpet
from bis bed half dressed himself and went to tn
room from whence the shrieks came. He met tn
/ husband at the door who said, "My wifes got tn
hystercs." She was suffering from knowledge 0
her SINS al prayed with her and she was blessed
Then, turned to the husband and said, get dow
on your knees, till pray the Devil out OF you'll