The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-09-06
Captain Kinsler has


been recently giving series of in
stguctiye and entertaining lectures on
the, Bible to theiBethel congregation,
we acknowledgement some of them !;
and must be permitted to say we have
never known any speaker so entirely
to enchain or engross the attention of
an audience, he is very fluent and
eloquent. t.speaker--never at a loss for
words to express his sentiments. But
on this occasion he seemed to be in
spired (if possible( with more zeal and
animation. His discourse was ox-
tremely impressive, after paying a
handsome compliment to the choir he
said, that it was far from his intention
or desire to mar the festivities of the oc-
casion; or to cause any sad or painful
emotions within the breast of any
present, or to awaken any sorrowful
recollections of the past, but that in
justice to his own feelings he could not
forbear paying prssing tribute to the
memory of the many noble youths
whom he had been accustomed to see
mingling with that congregation be-
fore the war and whose vacant seats
too WE'LL, too sadly told the tale.
They too had offered up their lives on
the altar Of their country, battling for
the, Lost cause of the South. Yes,
those gallant youths Bookman, Craig,
Gibson, Russell, McKinstry, Frazier,
Lyles, Camaok, Kennedy, Prapp, the
Browns, Tinkler's, Wyrick's and 9TH
ers, whose names we do not now re-
member, were all missing. But
their names would ever live fresh and
green, Inscribed on the tablets of me-
mory and enshrined in the hearts of
their countrymen. His remarks so
feeling and touching produced quite. a
sensation and caused many tear to
course its way down the cheeks, not
only of the tender, lovely female, but
those also of the sterner sex. The
speaker then passed on to setforth the
great benefits which have accrued to
society from q proper conductance of
Sunday Schools and highly lauded the
institution which has contributed SO
n,neh Ito Aady&nos, intellectually and
morally the great mass Of our people.
In conclusion he addressed. himself
particularly to the ladies and. endeav-
ored to impress on them that theirs
was'a great responsibility, in as much
as the mother, nine cases out of ten
held the destinies of the child in her
own hands and showed conclusely by
several true and beautiful illustra-
tions that first impressions were gener-
ally most lasting. But we are doing
injustice to the speaker in attempting
even ON outline, as to have appreciat-
~ Ao1 OhS hiuoO udV0 .MGdrO MIN.
Their is such an earnestness of man
ner about him that we are borne along
with his remarks almost unconsciously
There were other speeches made
also by the Rev. Geo. Boggs, Rev. j,
A. Cauthern, and Col. Finley. We
regret that we have neither time nor
space to give even synopsis of their re-
marks, suffice it to say they were very
appropriate and we'll received, after
the speaking was concluded and the
benediction over, dinner was announc-
ed, a procession was Immediately
formed and conducted to the table
which was as is usually said (groaning
under the weight of good things.) But
in this instance Messrs. Editors we as
sure you il was literally true, the sup