Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-15
Vincennes Corresnonsence.


Vincennes Correspondence.
Your correspondent could not proceed
further on Saturday, than Vincennes
SO be, in q very good humor, concluded
to lay over and take the early train on
Monday NOTWITHSTANDING, in the
meantime, to spend his time in the best
manner possible. mn gagaaa
/ always, both from a motive of prin.
ciple and pleasure, attend church on
the Lords day. In this, seriously be-
lievs, / spend time to greater advantage
than if lounging in the house, or office,
or at the hotel Many loaf on Sunday.
Many doze on that day. Many hunt, or
fish, or VISIT play, and many others
enact the most stupendous crimes known
on earth on the Lords day. What
history will the Sabbath day be in eter-
nifty l. Ashistorg not in book, bnt in
the conscience and heart, to be read by
the eyes of memory, while life and
strength, and being last, or Immortality
endures $50 Fgssgmfrss y
But went to church. The new Meth
odist church was to be dedicated. Bish-
op Clark, an eminent divine of that
church, from Cincinnati, was to oficiate,
and | anticipated it would be a time of
interest, so / went there. A pproaching
the church, observed it was not quite
finished The cupola with its we'll pro-
portioned and piercing spire, yet needed
its covering, and would have had it, had
not the workmen been delayed by the
weather. ! learned it was the old church
reconstructed-th latter house, whose
glory was to be greater than that of the
former entered and obtained a most
excellent seat; though the house was
croS ded to its utmost capacity-seats
and aisles and altar and pulpit. could
hardly realize that this was the church
| was in years ago Indeed it was not.
Only q. little of the Old bailding was
left-the cupola, the roof, the ceiling,
the windows, the platform and pulpit,
and choir stand, and many other things
were all new.
There sits the Bishop, suppose.
Nearly 200 averdupois, / should Judge;
"a large. round, rudy face, sandy hair, |
specialized eyes,, most benevolent and 4
intellectual face-evidently d man OF 7
thought and man of prayer, living for |
time and yet only for eternityl Yes,
that's the Bishop; be rises to Introduce I
the services. In his hand is a little |
black book, from which he reads the part
Introductory to a dedicatory serpiee.
Then hymn is lined and prayer offered
by one of his assistants. Then the /
Scriptures ore read, and then-the SER
mon. The text is. from one of the
Psalms-The sOord of the Lord is tried
Fine allnsions are made to the history of
the Psalm. Then there commenced a
play upon words-the sUOrd Of the Lord.
never supposed that it was so many
sided IN import. Its place was fxed--
fixed Ikea gem in the Mosaic he had
already prepared as a back ground.
Then came the word tried 1t, too, was
honored. with as many sensesas man has.
But all the rubbish was taken away from
the one it had in this case, and then it
shone in its own brightness. Then came
the theme-The Threshold Trial of the
Word: tried BY time tried by its con.
Jticts, and by the test of adaptation.
That was the sermon in toughest outline.
No description could do it justice. II
every word Of it was printed in finest
type, on pnrest paper, with mntchiess
art, even then you could have no con-
ception of it-for sermon-and this
one must be heard, and seen, and felt,
to be appreciated I was satisfied; it |
was worthy of the occasion aud the
cause. aHF 9IfEA
just here, there was change in the
and smother exercise Of q
most interesting character was intro.
luced., $3.50 I5ass 81 so
The announcement was made on be-
half Of the Trustees, that 81, 200 was =
wanted to free the house of all claims
against it. ~ ~ y 90
The Sexton was directed to stir up. the
Tres, but could not think9th announc- .
nent had produced the chilliness.
had learned the Church was fnan-
tally feeble, as well as few in numbers,
md that they had already taxed them
elves nearly $4,000 90, and had heard
eyeral intimations, that in their great
eal they bad swamped themselves. l.
ooked on with interest. The Bishop
poke a few encouraging words, and
allied for some hundred dollar men.
Tx said, put us down 800 apiece. And
hen twelve more men and women said
ut, us down $50 apiece. Having 8
nade these two bounds, hope began to
righten, faces looked little aglow,
nd eyes began to sparkle. A score or
lore said, "put us down S25 aach. ~ s
'eally, the sun seemed to shine. And
neu, from every part of the house the
Ollectors were calling out, "brother
-, SO; brother -, $40; brother
-, $40, 7 faster, / thought, than the
amescould be taken down by the Sec
stary, until perhaps two or three hum
red dollars were taken in this way.
he Bishop, in the meantime, apparent-
! the most interested of all, kept calling
Ut the decrease Of the great s., 200, un-
! it was said, :" only tao0 hundred to
Use now" The scene here beggars
As the audience saw the
arden rolled nearly to the top Of the
i'll, they caught new inspiration, and
lere was a perfect shower of green
acks in the forms of SIS, SIS, $3s,
IS, and $l0's, until it was found that
aetly $50 more than was asked for
as in the treasury There seemed to
) a change Of heart in the whole con-
sudden one, too-the-
Try thing these Methodists believe in,
I'D ali went away happy over the unex-
scted result. 1t was a joyous day for