The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-01-07

view. For We are persuaded that neither
Tie Wig nor the NJ. Z. Church will suffer
by IL mention, though very meagre one, Of
his merits as a man and preacher.
Mr.. Hurn is one of those men whom we
may, by prc-emncnce, call seil-made. By
this we do not mean that he is among the
number ofthosc who, IN their struggles for
education. have had none to help them or care
for them. who have wrcslled with hunger and
nakedncss, who have snatcheG an hour here
and moment there from some favorite or
necessary volume by the faint glimmcr of a
chp-firc
| There are men emincntly self-mado, who
are not Of this description. We believe Mr..
IL. passed his collegiate term without being
in perpetual dread of the confronting and
hollow stare of poverty. Yet he is a self
made man and great work9f; We mean
trGiawOrher.
He is yet young, and therefore, in a few
years, has risen TO high position in grow
, ing and powerful denomination Of Christians;
denomination remarkable for the effective
eioquence Of those who i'll its lnIrits, and for
!
the attention it has Of late years been giving
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mitigate its peculiar doctrines
1haeF S"ch circumstances 'Acfc h'"S' DC
some competition. There must be some
striking ofg gifts against gifts, some comparison
Of preacher with preacher, some high author
ny 10 concl'i"'c' So'''c PFN''e l"'''eS" "
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c"oo""'e'' s0"'o i''!"'i'''' '''e"0' ~ W
ih""c OF ioSl' INC he''"u'"' D'S'h''" VIII
eAe"He ""'-"' mean no mann i've i"0N On
'Hcsc '"i'sS "S "O'oi"'e'y """' o""oi'' INC
WON" oe'"S ""1" "@ II 10.
r"NV !" ''r s'""''" '""' mr. nun" mas
RISEN 1hi' us'' SONG, Vi al vi 'HtSG; II Is inc
way oi inc "of'"; " FURNISHES INC element"
Vi S'FtH@'h 10 thvSF WI" pass through t"'
struggle ana ci'lAo the MI. lie has risen TO
the position Wl''ch ~ now hoIdS, not by ioF-
lure or l"V"rl'IS'h, put by HIS own strength OIL
WI! ana ~ the native power that is III nm.
W are NOS Certain that We are "j".se O.!
eloqurnce, or that we can discriminate
between that which, in Il public speaker, is
most effective. and Tat winch is not. We
have often wondered whether there was any
'hIhg more thAh an imaginary standard IN
regard t" these things. Yet we, like others,
receive our impressions i'"m orators and
Speakers an" me mag VIII permit lis 10 say
'''"' VIZ look upon 'Ile SuhJrct ol 'hgSe as
connected remarks as c%ceIied byVtry IL" OF
me determination to Whlch nc belongs, IN the
| quantities ana Accomplishments OF lh' tiHIy
| useful anu Truly powerful speaker. e: III
'f"lh' oeh'Vc That iHcIe are few, N his
denomination, "ec"r"'hS 10 the just Standard,
Il any S"ch iHere Is, lhat ac'udHy no. III gen
er"i' eNcei MN. Ana the Methodist Eca"er
% 1He " h'% we aFF sure VIC lave hNihS
'o' WY 'o''0"I'' " '.e'''' WI" "e"' "''" U'
""''e Say '''''' III '"' ""'''"'e "P'nlo"' "''!
i'' ''""1 's">'"' W." ''i'''''"'"o 'l1 P'i"-
'"'"! why" ~ '""'' ""'"''S '"'''' nave MOI
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'"'o''' '"' ~" 0't' WV ~ w. We "'
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''''"'' =" "rp''N''''o III Inns ioSl'c'' do 'iiS
1N'''' VIZ - 'l'V0''""9 SUNNI '"'' '"''o "t
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''"''' '"o'' Conspicuous PoS''o"S ''i"' "''
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io"l''', VIC arc ''' ''"'l say my '"'l Nc
wan ,'o' "''No At 'n'"c roS'No"S ve'' A'I'1 ,
'"' u. '''t e@''" al" "oilG"' judgment u 'hoSc
IL, ""oS' power Vi p'S'"""' inc! arc '"""'''
nus '"' nave VIC "'l'e''' an" "'e"N On acre J
'h"u@h net because we thiHl We nave
exhausted the material. Nc'hopc no reader
VIII accuse us Of attempting to set up godl-
ness and the pulpit and the clergy in general,
at the highest market value. This we have
neither done nor attempted; nor do we ever
expect TO be detected in such employment.
| W c Slmp!y iasien ourselves to The great amt
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""'ro eA'""'' one" o"'c"feo' P"r''f'e"'
ignored, that whatever is praiscworthy in an
| enlightened and christian world, should have
its praise. Whether such tlibutc is to be
rendered or no, is NOT aItog.ther o,;on,,
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otheVcS' moreover, custom and public
opinion say . write and print whatever you
viii concerning the master shirts Of tb.
world and those whose talents and nosi,iou
.ro ,,o,,,,;,a ,ho aos,i,,;na .r,,. ,a', i.,.,m
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