Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-11-16

oiacn uitdJltd OF tniS my carry pttdHise, duH
thus reproduced persons and lhlugS no more
10 be seen except IN the magic glass of th-
mind. The first singularl,y ! observed was
the nsarness and smniiness Of all external OBJ
jecis, compared with my boyIsh conception
of them. 1t now takes but moment 10 walk
from point 10 point where my little feet were
well wearled in trolling off the seemingly ter
rible distance. Every house has Some al'er-
ed a pect, yet is IndssolubIy associated with
some person or event. Wafer courses have
been changed here, and woods have been de-
molished rhere-yet find still standing the
very beech-trees whose fruits parties oi chill
dren always sought as soon a. the trU>ts c!
Autumn had opened their burrs-!or a winters
supply Of beechnutS, che>InulS, walnuts and
buiernutS was no small item oi oid-!a> >hIoned
freslde happiness. The Lighthouses, where
those poor and homeless families went and
came 50 often. are gone-nJt even achlmncy
or cellar IS left.
But what = yonder great tree - | asked.
''Some years ago, your father got from me a
shoot OF the Balm-"f-G,.ead. which you now
see there hd! mlne from the other side Of
the Lake" Ave, and | remember when we
set out the uny, trembling thlng, which babe
might have broken. or a COW devoured al a
mouthtul-now a mighty tree indeed. land
mark for miles around. Standing under It's
vide SHADE. .atmirIng ihs leaves that c!tseuei
IN the Sunbeams when sITed by The slightest
breeze, | could but thInk--A few years agone,
this tree was less Than myself; We have grown
up together; bat how II now towers above ne!
and how much influence might have been eX-
cried during the same interval upon the word
OF mind, Would that had attained an equal
prominence IN use.ulne>s-cuUid stand as
many strong, cold, bitter blasts, unScahed-
were as deeply rooted, as vigorous, and as
much admired and hooked up To, as that Il'-
lie twig has come 10 be. which the other day
| helped father put ou, IN corner OF our gar
den lot-now Tins Ia /, magnificent, wide
spreading tree, Ii may stand thus, centuries
alIer am iorsotteu-or, II may perish utterly
from sight aud from memory, while some lit
tie influence OF truth or error may set IN
motion shall widen and deepen INTO The ocean
of eternity, Alter all. a feeble man Is the
superior Of the mi sh,Iest earthly product in the
long race of being. The 'Ieaves" ii sheds,
may be rlvaed by the press. "Lea"es have
their time 10 fall, and So do We. They .eaye
and 50 must |.
THE HTETiSG-HNVsE.
The first sought-for object which miss. is
the large, square, while. no->teePied, two-siorey
house of worship. where my father preached
the best half Of over third Of centnry's
ministry. Foryears, II was the greatest bu..d-
ing knew Of, and | seem TO see every WIN
dow of 1t yet II was located IN the middle Of
a Green" or liberal plo, of open ground, at
corner where a cross-road luter>ecIrd a main
road-was built in the ancient New England
STYLE, and IN lis rear had sulabie shed, 10
shelter and feed the horses 10 sumner and
winter. Three doors opened square upon
aises leading 10 the pulpit-a high box,
reached by long stairs. CrhaI PUlpll. BIZ the
way, was for a long time a grea, mystery 10
me; bu; my curious anxiety was once gratI-
fed: for some reason, the preacher took me
into it, and proceeded with his duties, butmy
restlessne>s proved too much for his sense OF
gravity and the connectedness of the discourse,
and was never again invited 10 aid him IN
his pulpit ministratlons y Two stairs led 10
the galleries on three sides--lhere being a
range CT pews next the walls, and three rows
of seats before them. One queer old gentle
man selected his pew upstairs in a corner,
into which he commonly pitched his ragged
old hat considerably in advance of himself
10 the great amusement of such OF the chill
dren as had the privilege Of sitting there,
away from their parents, when, hidden by
the high divisions, they could indulge IN
some unlawful sports. Along the e'front seats"
OF the gallery, the singers were ranged, some
times almost enclrciIng the house, and verify
.'Singing with the spirit and the understand
Ing also," Sill can see the great eyes OF
one Of the leaders, Mr.. E, elevated heaven
wards as his heart went with his voice in de-
wont praise 10 his God. Nor was the lower
part of tine house s.eni-ior Esq. $. would
rise in al! his dignity from pew Ne. !, turn 20
the choir, and his strong voice joined with
many others in the notes of Rochester, tOrOn2-
ton, Colchester, Corinfh, CANA, and a score
OF the well-known Inues which mad body IN
them. How from my central seat next the
pulpit stairs have sazed up TO that band OF
selected singers with soft and subdGed emo
tons as they worshlped, and how many Of
those young and blooming faces are now
wirhered or in the cTaye, The cunsre cations ,
were large and serICuS-Ihat | knew OF the .
preaching was 10 Judge, bail often watched
its effects in the smiles and tears of the hear
erS, and heard their comments as they stood
upon the steps or elsewhere during "intermls- I
sion," or gathered about The stoves IN winter, +
or al our own house, where many pastoral .
visits were promptly returned. The large, 4
square pews, had seats on TWO or three of .
their sides, with sometimes rocking chair /
for grandpa or graDdma-a few hand-stoves
with live wood-coais TO keep the feet comfort
able in cool weather-and in the centre a
stand or table to put hats, coats, umbrellas,
&c. on or under, with drawers for Bibles,
hymn-books, spectacles, &c.-in short, they
we're really family affairs. The boundaries
we're very elevaied-a fashion, 1t Is SAID, H.
roduced in times when people had TO worship
God by stealth, and when high-walled pews
could be used TO hear, according TO the forms
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