Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-19

tunnel homo t1c nFoEl l'>>'--OI III
a,o:Ler yoiLr.p. Not long after tlii5
incident. h. va fortunate enough TO
get possession Of a copy OF flutarchs
Live. What fields Of though; IT. pc
ru-Al opened up to the stripping,
what hopes we're excited in his youth
fll breast. what worthy models OF
prObity, Of justice, Of honor, and OF
devotion to great principles he re-
solved to pattern after, can he readl-
~ imagine by those Who are tamil-
iar wiki h. subsequent career, and
who have themselves fingered oycr
tue same charmed page.
Listening occasionally to the early
bach.ooIs preachers, was another
mean. which, more than schools, and,
perhaps, quite as much as books, aid
el in Developing and forming the
character Of Young Lincoln. Among
the backwoOdsmc of Indiana. at
that period. Scctariani>m did not run
as LiYh a. it probably does in the
same section nov. The people were
Glad OF an opportunity 10 hear ser
mon. whether delivered by one OF
their own religious faith or not. Thus
il Wa al lcas, with the father and
mother or Young Lincoln, who never
failed to attend. with their family.
upon religions worship, whenever held
within reasonable distance. They
gladly received the Word, caring less
i0r tie LDctriual teuets OF the preach
~ than for the carne-tness and zeal
with which he enforced practical god
lines. No class Of men are more de-
serving Of admiration, than those
who hay. been the first TO carry the
Go-,,-l 10 our frontier settlements.
If ever m.r have labored in the cause
Of their Divine Master and for the
salvation Of their fei!ow-mortalS.
iiapei.,d ty motives eatircly free
from aav dro-s Of Sclii-Aue>S. surely
HAT honor should hc awarded TO
,D.,n. Many OF these early pioneer
preachers we're g.f,eI with rare ell
oqu"uc". Inspired always with the
grandeur Of their theme. cOmmunlng
a.i,y with nature while on their long
ant solitary i,urneyiurs from settle
m"nt 20 settlement. they seemed to be
favored. hcvoud human wont, with q
very near approach to the source of
all Inspiration and coming with this
preparation before an audience OF
-imp.c-m.uiei settlers. preacher and
people freed from conventional re-
>,raint. :hr-a men almost always
moved the hearts and wrought upon
the i,Ha-'na;.o" If their hearers a. on
IL those gifted with tie truest c!0-
pgcucc can. OF course the iAmedl-
ate result Of -lch preaching was 10
awuEen the religious clement. rather
than 10 inform the understanding AZ
I, doctrines and tu-mas-tO lead TO
spiritual cNal,ariou and religious fer
v0r. rather tAau TO q clear knowledge
and appreciation Of those points of
theological controversy which for so
many centuries have engaged the at
teutj0n of di-putatious diyincs. Its
not intended to decide which of the
two methods Is the better calculated
TO oyau-ciize tie world. But as 10
the great value of the preaching hero
spoken Of. and lis singular adaptation
to the people to whom IL was address
cd. there can be but one opinion.
That it CXcrted a marked influence
upon the character Of Young Lincoln
that it thoroughly awakened the re-
li-iouS clement within him, and that
hi, subsequent life has been greatly
Influenced hy it-are facts which the
writer desires 10 place upon record
for the encouragement Of other labo-
rcrs in the same field, and as dis
tiuct recognition OF the further fact
that there can be no true and lasting
greatness, unless its foundation 10
laid in the truths of the Eible.
And thus young Lincoln grew to
manhood, constantly engaged in the
various kinds Of labor incident 10 tho
country and the times-tciling tho
forest. clearing the ground OF the un-
dcrcrowth and Of logs, splitting rails,
pulling the croas-cut and the whip
saw. driving the frower. piowirr. har-
rowing planting, hoeing, harvesting,
a,-..tiu. at hOu>e-raiS.H@S, Iog-rOll-
in.S auI coru-hUskings minglnS cor
daily with the supplemented, honest
people with whom his lot was cast,
developing kindly nature, and cyin-
ciar ,ocia. qualities which rendered