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H'"h IN" san, Viii take nv >uiirr.n. :;
| can make no pledges" The whip was
raised above him, but one cried, Don't
strike The man with the whip replied:
" feel that ought to, but | drn't like Ia
:" against my party. Get up and gp home -
with an oath.
With Jones on his horse behind him, ana
guard in front and rear, be rode three
miles, when the mob left him. He and
Jones went into the woods, read the 4th
chapter OF Acts. and prayed. That night he
preached IN the house OF Mr.. Jones' cousin,
ana both the man and his wife cavenantcd
to be the Lords
The church in Bcrea became terribly
alarmed. and advised Mr.. Fee To- le.re the
State. For four weeks no man but Ham.
rawlings entered MC. Fees yard. None
but women attended church. That brave
man, CassSius NJ. Clay, though still friend
~ 10 Mr.. rec, notwithstanding their differ
ence on the higher law question lMr Fee
holding that A law Coniessedly contrary t.
the law Of God ought not, by human courts,
to be eulorccfD, advised him to leave. But
he continued his labors, Mr.. Waters con-
tlnued us school, and the excitement gradual
" died away. But in the meantime two
lawyer had been engaged to prosecute in
behalf at Jones. The mob met in Richmond
ani s"ore they would give five hundred
t4ahc' t. any lawyer who prosecute the case
he grant iury never Inquired into it,
Thirteen months after the mob, Professor
Rogers closed "A session of the school with
nlnety-siX pupils, and aud all exhibition, at
which there were five hundred in attendance.
-Four of the principal leaders of the mob
soon came to violent deaths. - it waswith
/ all the mobs several of the most active in
them soon died in violence. And it became
a common saying among them "bll master
is against u.s.
/ In lSjS it was determined to establish
college. Trustees were appointed and a
constitution adopted. Upon the adoption of
bylaw declaring that this college shall Ice
opposed To sectarianism, slaveholding, and
castles, three OF the trustees resigned. The
charter was finally obtained in 1865,
After the raid OF John Brown, in 1853. tbi,
whole region became intensely excited.
Hrrea was believed to be in league with him:
and most marvellous stories of load, ot
Shapes rifles and other weapons Struggled
in were circulated and believed A county
meeting was held at Richmond, and a COM
mlttec OF sixty man appointed to break up
the school and eNptl all who were active in
sustaining 1t from the State. Mr.. Fee, at
this time, was in Massachusetts, attending a
meeting Of the American Missionary Asso.
cation, ana the committee of sixty, amply
armed, pail their addresses to Professor
/ Rogers. 1t is needless to remark what has
been 50 often published. Mr.. Fee met the
retiring people i'll Cincinnati. He went over
to Erackcn county TO fulfill an appointment,
notwithstanding Mr.. Mallet, a teacher from
Obcrn, had recently been mobbcd there,
aud Mr. Davis, a preacher, also from Obcrlin,
had been mObbcd i'll Lewis county. A county
me ting was called, eight hundred in attend
aucC.
n committee al siXty-two warned him aud
others to leave. He made no promises but
to do what should seem to be duty All
friends advised him to leave. \ day Of fast
ing aud prayer was observed. His decision
was, that he had no right seriously to I'M
peril his friends against their will, and he
left.
After some months he brought the corpse
"i his little boy to the cemetery of the Free
Church of Christ, in Bracken, and left with
the impression that he ought to return to the
state. He came with grave Stones for the |
little mound, and a mob took him from the |
omnibus. But they soon released him, ard |
he preached the next Sabbath.
In 1862 he sent his family forward to bis |
home in Berea, but in attempting to Join them |
was stopped by the battle of Richmond, and |
Tor ten weeks no communications passed be- |
tween them.
That year he was mobbcd in Augusta. lie !
vas taken into the office of hi, COUSIN and |
after being threatened with death if he should |
ever return, hc was put across the Ohio river |
al midnight. Two skilf-Oads crossed at the |
same time, swearing that they would whip |
hn like hell but on landing they failed to |
find him. -Four Of the leaders of this mob |
died sudden and violent deaths.
Five weeks after he returned to Brackcn |
county, ANA while waiting for the stage, at |
the house of 4 PRESBYTERIAN minister, was |
mObDcd. He was committed to five men, to !
be taken to Augusta. a friend joined the |
company, and adrotly diverted them to !
MayayilIe, where he crossed the river. The !
next day he returned, sent for his family, and |
remained ten months when he returned to |
Ec.ca, and his viii: and daughter opened Il !
school.
iIl the close al the war much OF his time |
was passed i'll Camp Nelson, where he aided I
IN establishing schools for the cOlOrcd soldiers !
aud their women and children. A bright |
cOlDrcd female teacher was introduced, and |
i've OF the seven white teachers refused to |
eat with her. He was advised to remove |
her, but refused. The school in that place |
still continues.
The school in Berea was revived 1865. |
After two months four colOred youths we're !
admitted aud more than half the white stu !
dents left. But all, or nearly all, returned, !
and the number OF colored greatly increased; |
and the school, which in 1865 was accommO- !
dated in an Imprinted, upholstered district !
schOol-housc, has numbered for the last live |
years from 80 t. 300 pupils year, and, in
stead OF one or two teachers, there are now
five inan and six women.
The temporary buildIng- erected ia i-GG
are giving place To mofc costly and suhstan-
tIal structures. Howard Hall was erected
in 1862 At uco-t OF siS,UJO. The new Ladies'
Hall, just completed, Is valued At 5000,
and the college seems established On firm
and permanent basis, and j. growing in favor
with all classes Of people.
MIR. Fee insist, That II vas no foresight Of
his, nor any Threading plan that led him 10
adopt principle Of reform that sure TO
triumph. Ia all those years Of darkness
one simple rule vas III. guide, "As we would
that men should 10 to you, do ye even so to
them No one j; more amazed al what
God has wrought than he, and he mOurns
owe. h.. lack Of iJ3th in those days Of dark
nee-.
The question j. frequently asked, ITO
what denomination la, SIR. Fee belonged
slice Ia leit the rlrsbyterians >" NJ an
-aef l., I'll" ha- done all he could ~ belong
to none He embraced the dsc,iine Of i'm
merton, after uush investigation, ia lej2,
aud .iiii adhere. 10 il; but lac earnestly ln-