, 1873-11-24


about, tito people In tho city began to luok, aud
QUO nftor nliothor wns converted to God. Tho
speaker usually took tho pulpit Oh Sunday morn-
ing, aud dig tho best ~. ho could. Sometimes, 10
ho won't Into tho pulpit with his boota over bis
pantB; and was aa fashionable ss anybody.
III tic evening Brother Burin occupied tic pull
Ind nnti " always with eiroot. 1Il,o aitor.
Moons ,soro devoted to olassos nna prayer
meetings, and sometimes lovo-foastH. Not
preachor cno into Tue f,ty t9 aofd the esat
mailo two official visits a. IN administrator OF |
ii that time the la}o waB oloRcd and tho stage |!
o'eloek il lilo ovoning, through tho mud Of tho
| prairie, fourteen days from New York, bringing |
ua lettora at n quarter npaas,, and We voro worry
glau to get thena at thas. The work went on.
was aas'I prostrated, m and the people bad timo
mud opportunity to 20 to moeting, Among Tho
roslonts wap Augustus Garrett, aftorward
Mayor who came to this city worth ouo s9a
broken fortunos. I1e waa Of Methodist anteco-
dents, and had had a Methodist education, but
hpd fallon into sin, and was lrinkor. profano
awease mud oHaesd7ng howoy'Fi m
rarely oqnaIed. iIo had an auction store on
did quito Aourishlng business. Whom
and and he loit of svearing. liz spoke froely of lis
fooliugu but wnu nfrafdto como to moeting. One
morning whilc otlorng for salo lot ct hand
kerohioTs he said: "dontlonen, whowit bid for
yo II S 1%ns s W for tey ae you
fIS fISoaor r' esf came in. IN sD't Tho Hoosior % Of
generation sgo W. was to.a chnraSsr; ;ar he
nothing OF any importance III tho northern part
Of Injana tl1en, sud tho Hoosiors camo to Chi
cago to transact their business. This uoosior
wen. into Garrots's ono day. aud wanted to pur..
chase some furniture. IIo saw nomo that pleased
lin, but, having somo doubts respecting Its ac-
tual character, 10 took out hisknifo, saying "1a
this all mahogony ?" and WE about loarning If
wa Mnon III ma"p ntGppea % mind xon up
own blninoss., have Thought, Of Joining
but will be id II can do business with you
he couldn't stand It my longer, and ono evening
Lie camo into tho church mud took seat in about
tic contro. Drother Dorin know him. It was
then customary, nftor cannon had boon Haf1, at
g. Srother tMa M Borin spoSe to Er % darret. Tho
noxt night he came again, and arose
and spoke: Tho speaker had hoard many
congregation moved as they were that night.
They wore liko tho oaks III tho forcst avaycd
back and forth by tho wind. Thoy oil knew tho
man, and thought II lte was undsr conviction, II
, |
was timo everybody elso looked to thomaelves.
Said ho: ~ lily wife is with mo in this move
ment she will bo horo Tomorrow night, Sure
enough ehe wsa there, Mrs. Gar Carrot a;,.ysn vas
ter md life. She vas q handsome woman,
lady-like and graceful In hor novcmonts. and
7 divinely tull. Ho had soen somo portraits Of
her, hut to his mind thoy wero simply carleatnrea
The work took frcsh start, and about 100
I rero received,-a large proportion, considering
!. . tho population at tho time.
Tic revival wont into the Baptist md Prosby-
torian Churches also, and thoy. woro greatly
out Of the other Churches. twould ruin them for
it was tho nursory out Of Which thoy obtainead
their young plants. Tho speaker had tnught
. a sooct school At the oul Of Market street, Oh
t tue South Side. Passing along tnoro tho othor
8 | day, he saw tho place had boon swept by the
/ fro. and that tho lot was vacant. His boarding.
> place MAS on tho nito OF the present Garrett
o Block. Randolph street bridge wss thon just
|, lixo any country bridge. Gu tho west eidc o1
9 the river was Attlo hamlet with one tavern
r Ho waB over there but oneo during tho 81,
:. that Lis work was done. and turnod eastward
I Tho first boat Of tho seasou was the Gen
1 Wayne erarriyal created asensation III the city
Aftqr she had discharged her cargo sheran upints
u and started for tho lako. Tho nont boat that ar
" riyod was the Madison. Hc VAS ready t.
O lonye, but hadn't tho means Tho school hat
e hardly paid oxpensos., Nobody had any mono.
n tho1l. lineage was importing nef uouf 1Eou
Al Ohio. ut $40 barrel aho exported nothing, ho
- Ing simply an emlgrant enirepot. He apoke x
% MI. Garrett. tod Mm tlat he vas gong homo
o but was rather :" short" Mr. Garrett introduced
70 him to tho CAptain OF the Madison, Wit
j. agreed to take him to Buffalo 9s reduced rate
~ aud In due time 10 rsaohaa Nc" YORK WITH
~ quarter ~ MY pockot. ,1
u Returning to the New Bedfozd Conference, III
n commenced work and had beon II tno neiu oyo eye
=. sinco. Three .yeard ago Lila health brought 1ln
j. West again. He arrived IN chicago on fsiIai
!, afteFnoon rather late, and wont to Nandolpl
- street bridge. he rocognzed nothing that u
% could awear to. not eyon tho rlvor-it was g
10 unlike what no had seen there before. he Htoos
- at TUG bridge bot'geon 9 and O'Clock as me peo
It pie from the South siae went Wost' sur sur
m prised ana amazed. N boston. -, Ne'
is York, Philadelphia. Baltimore, CncI
10 natl, DO had boon men gong about tlo, 1s
At buslnosa, but here it was rush. phase Or ~
~ 10 had neyor Witnessed before. PreBently tn