The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-30
Rev. Mr.. MuIlaIy.

We consider that not only our Presbyte-
rian friends but the whole community are
blest in having so able and eloquent man
as Rev. Mr.. Mullaly as a spiritual minister.
Mr. Mullaly has only been with US few
months, but during that time has made for
himself name and character that he may
well be proud of, and has won to himself a
host of friends and admirers Daily his
congregation is growing larger, and his
branch of the church is being strengthened
and built up. Mr. NJ was born and raised
in Ireland, and has had the benefit of a
superior education and of high social posi-
ton. He migrated to this country previous
to the late war and settled in South Carolina
Possessed of a warm and impulsive nature,
at the commencement of hostilities he did
not hesitate to cast his lot with his friends
Of the South and to join her army who're
he did good service, both for his Maker and
his adopted country. We welcome him to
our midst, and congratulate the church and
community upon their acquisition.
Below we give what the Somerville Falcon
thinks of him:
! For more than a week our people have
been blest with the pulpit miuistrations of
| this gentleman. Mr.. Mullaiy is apparently
about thirty Eve years of age. He IS tall,
erect, pale and almost deshless. His features
are of rather delicate mould. His eyes are
! deep and piercing, his head rather small and
crowned with suit of black hair. He i'm
| presses you at once as a thoughtful, benevo-
/ lent and good man. He reads we'll He
prays with great fervour. He utters his
/ text with great soiemnity. He enters at
| once without texordium on the investigation
of his subject. He is splendid in his Illus
/ trations, clear, eOgenT and convincing in his
logic, and overpowering in his appeals. lie
| possesses in a remarkable degree eloquence
of intellect by which he instructs and con-
vinees, and e!Oquence Of passion by which
he moves. He does not appear to have cul
| tiYated to q great extent gFaces Of attitude
/ or gesture He moves from one side of the
pulpit to the other with great frequency and
rapidity. He Is always in motion. He
filings his long bony arms In every direction
He stamps and smites with great energy
Every intonation of his voice, every linea
ment of his face, every fash of his mild
dreamy eye indicate depth Of pathOs anC
power of feeling under which his frail body
seems almost to sink. He has action, ear
nestuess, fervor and vehemence, which
would make his eloquence Demosthenian II
its character aud power He has tender
ness, sympathy and love, which would plac
him alongside of the sweet spirited John
He has fearlesness, directness and positive
ness which ought to place him in clos
F. proximity with the great Apostle of tn
Gentiles. As his unselfsh soul glows upol
his otherwise pale face fires up his mild bu
expressive eyes and appeals in the sympa
thetic utterances of his almost exhauste
voice, he creates a feeling as deep as it
genuine, as fearful as we trust it viii be last
ing Add to all this his deep humility, hi
oneness Of purpose, his JUNCTION, and he be
comes almost a model preacher. God is wit
him and has attended his ministry with Hi
i Holy Spirit and many have been converted