, 1873-10-12
"Reminiscences of Some Of its
Great Men.
William McKendrco, Josso Walker, Pctor
Cartwright, Pctor Akers, and
Jonathan Stalnpor.

to their fields Of labor and trial for auother
gear, d sketch Of eomo OF its noteworthy mon.
nud Of sconoB In tho carly relgious history
Of our State, may not DO out OF place In vour
columns. as I looked over tho Copforenoe I
fonnl but four veterans who woro In thoir primo
whom first 1nado ncauaintanco with Tim hodv.
fvo-anl-thirty yeara ago, Potter Akora
John s. Darges. Barton ", Randle. and
Richard ". 1Ianey. Tho last named. Il IN
tr1c, waa only boy In the ranks whom I first
know him. and ia now l. n,onator of the Central
Illinois Conference. Tho sight of these apci
mon recalled tho memory Of many nob1e sons Of
the Church, who once touched clbows with them
as they boro the banner OF tho Cross through
hardship and danger to now triumphB. At such
time, one cannot roprosB the mourufrl cry.
81 Onr fathers, whore arc they ?" They sleop In
honored or forgotten gravos, scattered over tho
Valley Of tho Alissisaippi; thoy rest from
their 1abore, and their works do follow them.''
It la not we'll for us that tho record of their
namcB, Belf-saori1ceY, and achievements should
pass from our recollection. They cloth tlom-
eeycH with honor who koop aliyo and h1eas the
snemory of their noble dead,
In tile year 1860
w1111A,, u'gEspnEg
on horseback, crossed tho A1Ieghanv Mountains
on his way from Virginia to Koutuoky. The
*'Old Dominion" tho mother Of great mon.
never boro q worthior eon,-ope Of finer form,
mora commanding presence, more heroic In
character, or imperial In soul. notwithstanding
the host of mighty orators whom VIRGINIA and
Kentucky haye given to thu forum and tho san
ato, doubt If either of thom has ever produced
ono superior to McKeudroo !. aud il ia to bo
questioned whether tho air of tic Western conn
try has over boon stirred by strains of moro
overwhelming oloquence than those which fell
from his lips. The lato Hon. JOHN
Mclean, ono Of tic Justicos of tho
United States Supreme Court thus pneaka
of him ..Nctura had t,rr,o1 liz, l., 1,.r r,,aat
.,s 80, ~ A0~' '11A1 - ~ n"eo'
n.olu' LIS n'sh ana Woil-doVolopod forehead,
his prominent aud piercing eyo, tho beautiful
proportions of his face. his benign aud inteli-
rent oxproasion. tim h,ondnosa ~ his ron,,or
and +1,a av,,r,otr. ~ ~. 49,, s,xa.o..sa
liz ,n.t ;.I1o.s y. nIe .of' aioaonseu one o,
wv :, 'no'' .uptoss1ns aR"ses LIME ever occupied
Inc sacIeo desk. TIC Was, IN tho highest Eenno,
m eloquent man. With great simplicity and
grace Of delivery he united forco and haautv
NJ ituRtrafion That aDnro.chod Yoarar ~ 49,
earn,n,' ~ ~. 's 1rst neatos ~ 1no
sermon On tne honnt than oTor hoard from
my ono else. child could understand him,
md. at the eano time. he commanded tho pro-
fourtIcst attention of the Iesrned.u
alcKonlraa's nrrout7 to tn tha 1 :. dirk md h1oodx
. a.o4eorouous o!iuna " tno aarA @no plooa5
groana ae AentucAy waa called, Was not to
mcguire lands in tho beautiful Blue-Grass re-
gion, to gain worldly wealth, to win civil dis
tinction. uolit;cal fan,o or honor He cnmo na y
' ,>, po"ssse r.1, !"o.o ~ nouo4 ~ eun1o ID
euuPnol" " 1o!o 'no IL" scat'etoo sneep o1 Inc
Wilderness, and as M ambassador Of tho Highest
"to command all mon everywhere to repent"
Tlaor ~ liz Wostor, n;atrict In torriter, y,
40 '. ~ "o''n 'o' ,4n' ,, ~ 'otAA'o4y W
winch mclnaod ali tho whte settlomente be-
tweon tho mountains and tho Missiasippi,
tha anti, ona tho rront T,nkoa m t],o ,,orth
g. 49, 1870 a., - ,sa l..,a,,1 - $500
1ui ,' 'nse Sas' neia ne nAo H'nu'o, VI opscuio'
!iiteTato preachers, whose only hook vas the
WORD OF God, WHOSE one paeslon Was to 40 good
70 t. tho bodies and souls Ct IN mon. They wrought
iike heroes. and suffered lko maTtytBi and We
hayo entorea mo tho y1neyaras y and orchards
which they planted, nnd dwoll a. peace IN the
d1a 80 much 70 1rame pug conserve.
About the tl1no or McAondreoe coming,
THE = GREAT REVIVAL,
as it was called, began Mt Cane Ridge Meoting-
house, III the very heart Of Aeniucky,-wlere
the !" "caanp,meetlng" hui its birth. french IN
hacilty anu eross lmmora!ity wore almost uni
sofeai IN the West, Wnen tue arm OF Jehorah
was inaao paro ~ eonlo Oh tao most signal anu
"onder1ui MAnl1pstatlone tnat nave beeh VIZ
nesaea sahse tho Gays OF Inc Anostlas. 10 cane
Ridge, and wherever sacranental meetings were
apponted' ehe @ sottors ,a aoGted M H. from tar sna
e as aey tG o
or % used thoir wagons OF the ground for bunkB.
AZ worldly business was laid aside religion be-
saano tne absorbing pursuit, ana me thonging
thousands remained on tho grounds Tor days, and
oomotmss Tor weeks. ,,-....
Mr; Mohondroe and hia preachers Joined
heartily - these meetings, but kept - clear
IA possible OF the oxtravagancea into which
aomo others were hurried, and, instead Of max
,ng roRo or eand, az was said Of WhitAeld 10
eogod night nnd day to form compact organic
GRAFTON to generation. Most Of the laborers
thus far ~ tho bread zelda Of tile West wore
men who Aaa come from the other side Of the
monntaans from th1s time forth, . minority
Or tho preachers wore natives OF the Great
Valley, OF, at least, had grown up here. Among
those called to this Hacred work, in tho frat
quarter Of the century, we're Petor Cartwright,
Henry B. Bascom John r Darbin, aid9 W'hiiiiiDw, Wiiiian,
Minans, peter Akess, anu other5, the girth Of