The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-20

brother was lust as happy, i think hapDier than
anv OF you here IN your rich churches.
He had many tales 10 tell me OF ev ~ usak
for they brought to his memory many IN ,dents
Of lie amoDgth mountains. Pointing t. some
highest in the Rocky Mountains he said, ~
had bad time once in The winter of 1862 No
enc would caIIy the mad through the winter,
and they came to me to ask N II would carry
it.n Said he, ~ had TO carry 1t on my back,
wearing Swedish snow.shoes that were ten feet
long and FIVE inches broad. My colleague says
ten inches long. but say ten feet long, for
saw them. My colleague only knows by hearing
Of them; but my eyes have seen them. You will
readily understand how awkward and cumbrous
they are. Well" he said, ~ started from
Clover GUlch 10 20 over to BuckskIn Lelge"-
not very classical names TO give to localities
'and there came up most dreadful storm;
/ never did see 1t snow so. The storm
cane in head ways; and the wind, which
had been my guide for awhile, was no
longer any guide, for il took to blowing in
circles, and the snow came SO ine / had to
keep my hand over my mouth TO keep from
suffocatiDg. | found was lost, aud / didn't
know what to 90; and 1t was 50 bitterly cold.
thought must try to get over the mountains.
AT last came to big rock, leaned up against
II, and made little prayer, and theu thought
could make the ripple. After struggling along,
! found at last was on the top of the noun
tains. I started down that Gulch yonder, trying
TO cross from South Peak to the high Peak OF
Mount Lincoln, and the first thing / knew my
foot went down. l knew then where 1 was.
lueIe was u pTeClplCo lncIe OF Sixty feet, and II
was filled with new snow. knew that If fell
into that snow 1t would be all over with me. 1
instantly threw myself back, and catching
snow shoe under each arm, held myself as firmly
as l could, and left IL to Providence to guide
me. Down l went, swifter than q locomotive,
il seems to ne; if had struck rock, SHOULD
have been killed. 1 made that dreadful descent,
aud, my mail was safe, being strapped to my
back"
You think 1t is great matter to help these
poor frontier men to build a church. | wish
had letter here which l received from this
old man ten days ago. 1--WE are building
church." says he, "and l work all day and
preach at night. hope to get snug church
here, but it is hard work. Those are the kind
of sacrifices that our brethren by scores and
hundreds are making, from the Gulf of Mexico
up to the Rocky Mountains.
Do not think that this nation is vet supplied
with all the churches that it wants; do not
think that these ministers and laymen who sit
here in their offices on Arch street, have no.
thing to think about and plan about; do not
imagine that because we have twenty thousand
churches, we do not need any more. Ii we had
twenty thousand more tomorrow, we should
not have more than the people demand and
more than we could fill. Do not allow your
zeal to cool; but use your utmost efforts and
activity to further the cause. l do not feel
that, with the presence of the Secretary and
my friend, DR.. Eddy, l ought to detain you any
longer in remarks of this kind. / think YOU
other respects, that it is duty re ting upon
US, as the people in a free Commonwealth, to
plant churches in these remote and destitute
regions, and to send out missionaries to gather
the people together and to train them up for
God.