Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-10-17

get through" there was a rustic of discHr
J. tent, all over the house. and when thi
, clean and comely man closed his Bible an
= his benediction. | whispered to fiien
and esluirei what was the mItt.r Nv ~
(said she) don you snow; ''he is Re
: p blican from up north, the other is fror
Tennessee.
After a short intermission. the friend
f came together again to part;ka of the sac
, r,ment, when the third speak.r gave tn
brethren and friends long dissertation
unon the necessity of baptism. and the pos
tive wrong of allowing any one to commun
with them that had not submitted to tina
, holy ordtmce. He admitted there nigh
he christians without it, and possibly som,
, misht get to heaven, as for instance tn,
ief on the cross did-thcy could not den,
that, for Chri.t himself had declared Ito
day thou shalt be with HE in Paradise -
"The reason of that was no doubt, tha
it was no wise convenient just then fo
him to have attended to it, 1--WE thought h
was certaiAly in the right.) He asserte,
that his own mother, that had borne hin
! a great many years age. and that nurse'
him ON the knees of her affection. if Sh'
was living could not be permitted to par
ia with them. ''yOu see brethren how i
is,'"' (saiJ the speaker, lit is, just thi,
way. me and my son all, was d ing O
sum last night al. out Oh the porch ah
over there to my house ab, only just lasi
night al, and bad got it almost done ah
all but few figgsrs ah. and | was sure il
was all right ali. and said to my son ah,
it war'nt any Use to 60 any furder ah, fOr
[ could see clean through. ah. but he said
it war t all right ah, and he 6ggerd it up
agin ah AMI there had made mist ke
of a few fractions of half cents al. and
just them fractions of half cents.
made all the difference. ah, and | owned
right up to the wrong, to my son there
on the porch ah, that | was wrong ah,
and that's the way brethren | want you to
do, own up you're wrong to the Son of God,
repent and be baptiscd ami then brethren
and friends you can come and Partake with
U.s." He became SO earnest that he bowed
and pulled off his coat; he regretted that
Brother -. was not there to cficiate.
but as he was not, be would do the bet
he could.
But / will 20 no further. after the sac
rament there was loud shouting ami scream
ing among the women. praying, singing,
shouting groaning and the crying of chill
dren. all mingled in strange confusion. till
Brother W. in his rich and quiet voice led
in prayer, when like oil poured upon the
troubled waters, all was calm and still,
and the crowd of two and three hundred
departed as they came, to their homes, on
the farms around.
l have not written this to carricature
these people. but with a view to reveal
their exact state of developemsnt; have
not exaggerated one item-nay. have not
given the full measure, even; for in some
things dare not
Shall We ask why these things are 50,
in this rich and fertile country. SO full of
all glorious prophecies of the future? the
answer is soon found; this region was set
tied by an migration from the slavehold-
ing States; large portion of them cannot
read or write, and have no ideas of the
value of education.
Brought up under State government
that m kes it a penal offence for the ma
jOrity of the laboring class to be taught to
read. Il. E. the slaves and where of course
schools for the common people are danger
ous-how can it be otherwise-than that
those who are poor should suffer the conse-
quences? ..-l.
..rhe trail of the serpent Slavery is
over them all. yet they know it not and
are ready even now to fight fierce battles
for the hideous mnnster like their nursing
mother the South, they are anxious to dis
card every teacher from their log cabin
school houses, that halls from the North,
especially if he does not at once give in
his adhesion to the soundness to the .pe-
culiar institution, and so they live, so they
worship, sincere they undoubtedly are. and
so is the blind worshipper Of waxen I'M
ages. or faithful believer in the efficacy
of holy water or Priest blessed Palms /
Here and there, scattered among this
population, is found a southern man or
eastern man, or Yankee, who tills his farm
with skill, raises crops that astonish the
natiyes, sends his children abroad to school,
has . barn for his stock, gratis his apple
trees. takes newspaper, and whose wife
and girls do not smoke long pipes. but
they are scarce. /
The number is increasing. education is
being talked of in the towns, seminaries
are springins up, and with them revolu-
ton is going on in the hearts of the peo-
pie. and the right of free labor free speech.
and free schools. viii we trust ere long be
held as self evident propositions J