Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-01-31

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souls, sometimes gave to his languages Ill
the aPpositeness Of genuine wit. On ond
occasion, while r.fcuit missionary afirf
preaching he met the class, or members Of
the society, and spoke with ,I,em, as is GUS
lomary, respecting their religious experts
ence. AT fer going through with the meng
bers, he turncd to an elderly man sitting
apart, and inquired afer lis spiritual siafd.
The old gentleman, after some hesitation,
replied: IL am like old pauE.-zwhsr l
would do good, evil is pr sent with me-"
TO which, Nj. Hull answered. " I'm aftaid
you are like old Noah too drunk son,e.
times lie was a perfect stranger 20 him.
but it was a center shot, for the roor old
man was drr.nkard.
Billy llibbard was one OF the most eca
ceniric Of characters, but wi;hal a most
agreeable person, and a man of unbounded
and universal good viii. OF large general
information, with an ease of manner which
made him at home in the highest or Tie
lowest circles, his remarkable powers of
conversation and exbbsrant yet. sensible
pleasantly, together with his enterprisine
religious zeal, made him wonderfully popu.
lar and successful in his calling. No man
was ever heartier Arminian than he, and
the " Five Points Of Calvanisn, were al
most always sure to receive blow some.
where in his sermon, no matter wnat the
theme or text. Yet he was always on the
most intimate terms with the preachers Of
the antagonisiic theology. Brother Hib.
bard said good Presbyterian friend, 'you
hurt my feelings yesterday. .Why, how,
Brother, did do that?" He referred
him to some docirinal remark in the dis
course. co. said Hibbard, SIN sorry
you took that,-I meant that for the deviL
and you have stepped in and taken the blows
Don't get between me and the devil, BROTH
er, and then you won't get hurt.'
On one occasion he had newspaper
controversy on some theological topic with
DR.. Lyman Beecher, the disputants being
personally strangers. Not long after, while
Journeying on horseback in Connecticut,
The two met. Mr. Beecher suspected his
companion TO be preacher, but could not
draw out the fact by any Indirect ccnyersas
ton till he asked him plumply, Are you
not minister of the gospel?' q am"
said libbard. Do you belong to tie
starding order?" No, / belong to the
kneelns order" So characteristic reply
Enthusiastically Indicted Billy Hibbard to
the shrewd mind of his interlecutor, and he
at once introduced himself. The acquaints
ance thus formed was an amiable one.
/ His ready wit seldom failel him. Oncd
when the roll-call of the conference gave
his name as William, he arose and objected
to answering to that name, insisting that
his name was Billy. why, Brother Hib-
; bard" said Bishop Asbury, Billy is lii.
tie bcy's name.s " Yes, bishop" he re.
Piled and was little boy when my
father gave it to me"
, This quality in these pioneer preachers
, was by no means a rare one, and it some-
: times become most effective weapon in
: silencing an antagonist, repulsng a caviller,
/, or giving zest TO social intercourse. OF
/ Jesse Lee, the early apostle Of Meihodism
/ in New England, it is related that one day,
, while travelling on horseback, he fell in with
. two lawyers, who, taking place on each
J side of him. began TO quiz him. They ask
4 ed if he was a man Of liberal education.
t Sufficient he said TO get about the coun-
i try" They inquired if he wrote his sera
mons. He replied in the negative. But
5 do you not sometimes make mistakes, for
instance in quoting scripture 7" "Per-
r haps so, sometimes, but not often" When
J. you find you have made mistake, do you
correct it," Not always; if it involves
nothing essential, let it pass. The other
day tried to repeat the passage where il
e says the devil is liar and the father oi
o them; got it, The devil is a lawyer and
: the father of them; but hardly thought
a it necessary to rectify so unimportant an
f error" BY this time one of the young
:. sprigs was prompted to remark TO the other,
that he hardly knew whether the fellow
: was knave OF a fool. Lee glanced mean
; ingiy on either hand, ard replied, "Perhaps
e between the two" The young gentlemen
0 by this lime concluded to leave the itinerant
: to his own meditations.-YorA A,nericns
f Rcyieio.
MATRIMONIAL IScfDESr.-On Tuesday
: of last week, young couple one belonging
at Nnrfhamntnn and the niher al Amliar raj,