The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-05-28
A6vOnturOo Of d p
1ofhodfsf Preacher.

FlTWtANyARs ~" @'~S s'~
Robey streets, for the benefit Of the
Cicerp Msthsxiistw Mission School.
There was ! very fun Attendance. The
saee:nisr - opened sy !, Rsy, AZ. aa-
Rev. Mr.. Baylis, the pastor Of the
chsashs rsl,sSy bsisAyws introiuced tin
speaker, characterixing Mr.. Cartwrix ~
- one who e0inmenced his work in -
N aS.s 81: d|dcoss sssKs hiA
(applausr,l . man now In the s3d year
,sEo5s saiSskf1sck rss.haI
Mr.. Cartwright then took the stang
n4Y.4a fol1se TN ~ %
AL1dtH p1brsSu16n14 i my
voics, and since com Ing to your city, !
have 'rs:s very assR:s;s s;me cold sh.n
lecture once. The state Of the country
aud Of the church in my early days, are
necessarily connected with myself
TherVNpeo, ysu will-exeuse anEegotism
which may appear. am 3 virginiah
by birth, and the son Of revolutionary
Aoidier. In my sixth year, my parents
0nsisrstesl to Kentucky. and J spent the
: erestef part of my lie In that State
when 1t was q wilderness. Young
America has outstripped me: cannot
possibly identify myself with the pres
emit generation the ypung People Of
today seem to pass me with an ar that
I do not undertake. have been Q citi-
rem or the West seventy-eeven Year,.
did not zee . newspaper, religious or
seealar, for Twelve years Of my life
We never heard Of teamboat or rail-
car, aud il had seen locomotive on
the prairie / would have thought the
devil Was after ME. Our little cabin,
otDnt fourteen by sixteen. vas in the
wilderness. Bishop Asbury hearing
that my mother was professor, called
aud preached there. and y was from
that time that 1 date my coaSersion.
Ju>t about thss time 3 gentleman
nom Geurgia csled az QUE c1bin who
possessed 4 deck OF cards, q fiddle and
race horse. was al apt scholar, and
soon wen the cards, the Fl die and the
race horse. There was good deal Of
whisky about the country at that time,
and one evening took foo nneh, and
that was the first and last time was
drunk. We had an old Scotch doctor
In the settlement vino WIS All intidel.-
He heard from my friends that was
mtieh troubled in mind ~ he called, ex-
anii,ed my tongue, fsItmy pulse, &C.,
and finally determined that I had a
rush OF blood to the head, and advised
applied:
Shortly after this, I became so i'm
ii prs. I'll a;:!. the truth Of religion that
u-e! 10 20 from house to house exiiort-
ing eli to turn from the errors Of their
Way mad embrace the Gospel. One
evening Invited the Old doctor to at
tend. That evening young lady
aewnoned away. She happened 10 sit
e 1te6r the old da,etoe, WHO attic ,npted to
revive her 10y the usual means, when
che. coming tn, threw her arms about
his neck and crteti, ""Glory to God, y
which very much decomposcd the old
s doctor. r-vct~w EEa9E5{f
II Is a question to me this day, how /
managed with my first sermon, but at
the close ~ NIhere came nh Old gentle
man to me and handed me six dollars
Qnarterage.- There was young scape-
grace In the village wnom | frequently
enticed into the woods to pray !; l usu-
nifty PREY with MY eyes shut, and when
Iopenei my eyes he was generally ab-
sent, WHICH mode Of procedure was
very nn,,,,ying to my religious flesh
My experiefite ~ THIS time was very
varied and soon found the avoration
had selected sho siHecure. have rode
n / nm the oldest TRAVELLING PREACHER il.
y Tie rnited ,tates. If ere l. IN Older
preacher I sl,a,lld Hike to see and know
ewho he h.. When l. Joined the Metho-
dist church, sixty.seven years ago,
there Wa a:.iy aae conference west ri
the AlleYhanies: and only twenty.fiv
ministers 10 cover the while northwes,
and southwest,and anl the only survi
vor of them. 1 have no father, mother
sister. no brother. and sometimes | fee
lonely. But although 1 have Travelled
. y thousands of miles. and brought hun.
,ase,ls into the Methodist Church, and
you, that if had my life to live over
a.ain. should choose to be a Methods.
preacher. .tsEEf#
~ This is the Thirteenth General Con
ference that | have been electfd to
serve. At amy one Of my meetings q
long time ago there were two young la
dies very nicely dressed who appeared
Il to te very much affected. After meet
ing ascertained that they lived about
half mile away, aud that their moth
er was according to my informant, .
pretty hard case. determined to cal
OH them, and did So. When | visite,
and Immediately knew she was angry
/ asked her if the young ladies wer,
her daughters, and she said they were
but that was none Of my business.
said, madam have come over to tall
with your daughters aud pray Will
them. She saii should do no suci
thing, shook her fist under my nose
told mel should not pray, and that
must leave her house. told her to 81
down, for I should pray. and if She Gu
up any fantram~ / would put her out o
doors. Then she said, Put me out O
doors II yoa dare then commenced
but knew that had to watch as we'll a
pray 20, Lord, this lady wants t,
lead her husband uAd daughters to hell
She has more devils in her than Mar,
Magaalene had. If there is any mere,
for her, shaw it now if there is not
xii! her instantly" for | was afraid sh,
woul! be after me with stool. Three
weeks rfter ] came back, and the frs
person | met WAS the old lady, VIII,
shouted, "Giory to God" aud told m.
It was the happiest day of her life tina
she met NE.
As n politician am Jackson man
and not ashamed of it. Once whel
] preaching at Nashville. General. Jack
Z 0(1n came In and there was no room fi,l