Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-10-10
Correspondence.

B Correspondence.
fConcluded.)
4 Ia the afternoon the fellow traveller.
whom had len behind TO seek their rest
in Bangor. came packed Ike herring In =
tub Tor SIN worse. like the uniucky pas
scn.crs ia Boston street car. or on a
hot summers day In our penny steamers Gu
the Thames in two coaches. and were an
p"riioned a. guests among the hosplt able
houscholders OF the Ellsworth church.
One Of them had Travelled the whole NJ
miles on sort of wooden gridiron bchind
the coach. hanging on by q strap. And
thereby hangs tale. This gentleman
and III wife were the heroc, OF the iay
The latter Mr.. Bartlett. born not far from
Charlotte Bronte'- home on the Yorkshire
moors. had in early lite rmi.Iaici with
her family TO Leicester. Massachusetts.
>citln: after marriage in Northern Maine
She had IN her ncv home founded Uni
tartan Society. and with her hu. hai,d came
a. delegates 90 the Conference. trevrtu.
- miles by road from their home to Water
vile. thence by rail and then again 81 miles
by road from Bangor to Ellsworth. their
i"urnr, costing more trouble aud time
thau the ~ miles OF rail and road from
Ncw lofA 10 Ellsworth. With such
devoted member, the Maine Conference
may b. ui good cheer. and mother ork-
shire may bc proud Of the children il
these are fairly represented by Mr. Bart
lett ~ New Portland. ou, poet preacher
IN Chicago. Rev. rho,. Nickers Of Ciucin-
Natl who ! a, much esteemed by the
m'uhcr, OF the German Union nf Fro.
lroie-tant churche-. OF which he l. See
rc;a;y, A. by those Of his own church. or
the former master OF the Iorkshire school
OF Ar AT Leeds. HOW ArtpreBieT of Mas~a-
chusett>-W alter Smith. The friends who
fearing dearth Of beds at Bangor had
Travelled via Belfast. were delayed by the
boat and arrived late at night The
exercises Of the Conference were opened
by discourse by the Reverend Edward
Everett Hale OF Boston. On the circum-
stance related la Act, III. Il. That the
discourse wa- beautiful application Of
old faith To urw IDEAS. adapted to the
peculiar circumstance OF time aud place.
adorned with proiu,e wealth Of lllustra-
ton. scholarly aud Vet plain aud clear.
all who know tie editor 81 Old and Se,,
will believe
The sermon closed with an appeal 10 the
Conference TO make good the advantages
%. IT, position. In state which +. -till
II the edge al :he wilderness. hi, con
ference can do missionary worA in the
Apostles spirit without leaving home.
The next morning al s-lJ We assembled
for Il devotional service aud the presence
OF delegate from the old country. ,ug-
-c,led the extension OF Mr.. Haie'- re-
marks on the community Of churche, and
OF states to the community OF Nations;
who have also yet 10 solve the problem Of
maintaining their own rights aud Vet
aaiiing in the service Of the great God who
Pr male of one blood all nations of men.
a. followed the Secretary's report and
here again the unaccustomed names were
Calais, and Pressure Isle. and LalDoine aud
Lagrange reminded me that France too had
contributed her share 10 the culture of
cosmopolitan United States of America.
which may, by and bye. help us to organ
lie the United States of the World While
remark IRON Mr.. Hale about the differ
enee between our English way OF adapting
ihuiAn names, ., z. in Passamaquaddy.
shd the French version of the same ending
ia Acadie, reminded one of French in
luence ON forms and manners MANY
delegates had come under great iii difficulties.
some from lumber camps in the distant
woods OF Northern Maine Others from
seaports at the New Brunswick frontier.
others again from distant manufacturing
towns, giving de facto proof that these
sturdy Yankees are not mere Philistines
lost in The worship of the almi ghty dollar.
n some OF our modern apostles OF ..sweet
ness and light would have us believe, but
that there Is vein of idealism running
through them as beautiful and as vigorous
a any in our ancient world. and that if
the light rays of the sun OF culture do not
shine through them all so brilliantly as
through an Emerson or Bartol. its hie-
giving heat rays glow everywhere 10 our
want of knowledge all seems dark. The
main news in the Maine report was that
Augusta was not dead, but sleeping, and
she must be supported, and in the course
OF free discussion which lasted the
Whole day, it was resolved that each of
the preachers present should visit Angus Ia
IN turn, preach to her, and report upon her
condition, and that a part of the funds
granted by the A. L. A. to the Maine Con-
ference for missionary purposes should be
devoted 10 Augustus resuscitation. Au-
gusta the Capitol of the State of Maine.
had up to 1853 a very fiourishing Uni
tartan church under the devoted pas
torate of Sylvester Judd. ! am told that
after his death some unpleasantness was
caused partly by the more radical preach
ing. vehement anti-slavery sermons of his
successors, who like NJ. c. Conway in
Washington, Theodore Parker, and indeed
most Unitarians, dared to preach the truth
out Of season as in it. and after . split in
the church the small party remaining was
too weak to support public worship.
While however there seems some ground
for hope that if Augusta, like Mrs.
Dembey, will make an effort, she will
survive, it has seemed to me. that most
State (saus<nls 1sko n>.--h-- ara-