The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-03-09

man, N"thing can keep h,m back. Think
what M'Dufiie WAS then. +and is now. I'm.
prove your '1ninds'~t!l. And, though YOU
may have nothing else. an edura.ion is
more tlAn'a ''fo,rane.; Wealth may b. lost
that stays by you,' etc.
Clay, and 'more clay, and har'ly any
white sand 7 Strange country. No long
leaf pine trees. How: do the folks kindle
fires in these parts Wha, hills
A father mus, not betray any weakness.
Ono! But
My sons, you know your mother will Le
anxious about you therefore You must
write home very often. Your mother will
feel uneasy if she does n,t get letter from
you every week. So take it -turn about,
aud write
= Of course he felt no particular interest
i'll the weekly bulletins!
Now you must behave well. Rcmem.
brr to h polite 10 everybody. II, however
rude boys try to run over Won and abuse
YOU don't whine or back out Fight. even
If YOU get ~hiEred. Stand up to your
rights: use no bad words, though. You
two little fellows are by y"urselvcs-n no lin
no acquaintances, and far fron home.
Stick close togcihcr; take mp fur one an
other
A sad, lone feeling came over The two
little fellows as they stood under the Hickory
tree upon which the hell WAS SWING in
those days. Father had turned homrwarL
and Hector's :ai was'jusrtlisarpcaring in II
turn Of The road, rs lac trotled loose Ter the
gig. " stern hut Iovin, parent, doubtless
he breatlcd to Heaven, AS he left us, that
patriarchal prayer: The Angel that re.
deemed me from all evil, bless the lads
And the lads we're blessed how, !-Sl,u!l
tell. One only is'now left Tie other is
not and he, the father. has passed owe, too
We stood gazing wislluly the way the gi.;
went,loo full to talk. But there is relief
the bell rang to duty.
'C''keshury had, at the opening Of that
session, the finest body Of young men
ever saw. LIE, me see how many Of them
| now can mention aspreachers Zim-
me1,nan, Barnes <Whi'by. Collier. Mood,
MCar,y Denton. Bass, Kilgore, and Conner
One OF the Grahains has since become q
preacher. sAtalhe last South Carolina.
Conference, the Report Of the Education
Committee Stated that fcry-seven of its
active members rccrivrd their. early e,luca.
tionsat that institution. Jacob Nippcr Was
a'Gudsi.r"pil. He also taught the smaller
class. G,eatsin'prayerse 'S"me ofhis pray
"rs sound in my heart 10 this day. Long
ago Il read it in my paper~) he went up
fro,n a.ciraeit or swamp mission to heaven
Mood '(sweet Spiri') WAS tie o:,ly ari>,or,al
in labor hours. Knowing something Of
-!guns'nithery, he had his little board shop
with Jorge. anvil. anh vice; and there he
wond hammer aud file. in the shade, his
three hours. while the rest Of US were in tue
hot SUN. Howl used TO envy his lot!
OF iDenton can relate n striking coin
! cidcnce in the beginning and close Of his
Christian life. but this brings me to the
revival, which was the turning point with
many Of us for time and eternity. The
old wooden-Iagaed and wonderful MAD,
james Danncl'y, was preacher in charge.
.i'owInan was his colleague. Besides ,iisst,
Wiyht'han, Spain, Talley occasionally
preached in the chapel for US. Some time
in F-hruary, the .pous students, observing
and taking a;ivanrage'of serious impres,
sions in the sclool, called prayer-pee,iug.
], was held o6Ssunday night, after preach
ing,in he Of the largest rooms. How op-
porune is n good prayer meeting II is
like shaking the tree when The fruit is
ready To- fall. 1t presents to the sinner
just what he D"eds-an opportunity to pass
from conviction TO action. Such n we'll
timed pay meeting was this. 1t had got
well under wsy before i was aSare Of ii.
Inrn room above. I WAS wfiting One Of those
letters that lad been hcspoken fpr my
mn,her.. A noise, as Of praise and CRYING
Following the sound, I entered half open
ed door. What n scene One Of the
youngest boys had just prefrssed conversion
! All round the room others were kneeling.
Zimmerman was in his glory, and so the
rest. The steward, Gabriel Hodges, 'tbless.
| ings on him If he atilI lives y came in
among the slain ef fhe Lord. 9keoed
Samaritan, pouring. in oil and wine. He
could work Tie boys equally we'll in,aspfayer
1 meeting or = ceiton.p patch. John Tucker,
thoighao preacher. WAS the greatest Of all
in asas eyes. His prayers took hold on
heaven. Gloomy. in. spirit sometimes, apd
With deep. nell lSseyoice hsscried out as
ade pyefunds. ID ahe groves sYa.sdead 81
night, I have soften hsatd him, whrrs he
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