Litchfield enquirer., 1873-09-04
WaShineton.

ne oaDDatn 0chook was presented with camplete set ofDickens works forits, hbraf costing s22,bO, by Nh. F. W. Gum By majority v .vote of the board of nanagezs, the gift was declined as be- ing unsuitable to thesobject fol, which the Sunday School society wasformed; viz. ssTo promote the religious instruction of the young people of the place." It was decided that books not ssilistinetiEeiy ssil 4re-a igious," a term which will admit of di- vers constructions from diverse minds, Eosght not to bs Admitted Whether Dr. Hollands religious experience in Arthur Bonnicastle, and the religions love stories in the religious newspapers, the CHRIS THAN UNION, INDEPENDENT, and others, wonld. be,9acceptable. we do not know. Probably no member of the board indul- ges in such reading on the Sabbath, or. looks at the love story in the lives of Ja-- cob, Isaac, and Ruth. We understand that the question of s. s. literature is to come before the s. s. convention soon to be held in Woodbury, we believe, for dis cussion. The following estimate of Mr., Dickens, from the pen of Calvinist of the Calvinists, Rev. w. H. H. Murray of Park Street Church, may not be amiss. 'T join no dispute above Charles Dickens grave, touching his personal habits, his errors, or his theological views; the cir cumstances and conditions of his life were too unlike mine for me to be his judge. That the man loved his fellow, men, I know; that he loUed has God, Z hope, and have .taath1 to belieue.. In thought l stand uncovered beside the tomb III which his body sleeps, in silent sadness that SO sweet and gentle spirit IS taken from the earth. In reverent grat- itude l thank the Lord that he did bless mankind with the birth of such a mind. I thank him as for blessing vouchsafed to me personally. feel thai am bet ter man than should have been had no Charles Dickens lived. More than once has he frightened my burdens by his words; more than once warmed my heart towards man; more than once assisted me to hate hypocrisy, and detest wrong. Did all other hands bring. thorns, mine should bring the sweetest rose of all the fields, and plant it on his grave. Where else in all the pages of our mother tongue as in his words can you find humor so refined, WI koor vof faoo &pn,o, that mother might read it to her child ren before they say their prayers Where will you find warmer heart, freer hand, a spirit more generous to confess an er- TOT or wrong? Nevermore will the bells ring at Christmas Eve but that to me note of sadness will mingle with their chimes; for he who taught the world the lesson of the festival; who, us- ing 1t as a text, preached, as no pulpit ever preached, a sermon of charity and loVe,-the hand that touched the bells of England, and made the whole world me- lodious with Christmas chimes, is cold and motionless forever Farewell, gen. tie spirit Thou, vast not perfect until now, Thou didstl have thy passions, and thy share of human errors; but death has freed thee. Thou art no longer trammel- led. Thou art delivered ont of bondage, and thy freed spirit walks in glory. Though dead, thou speakest.. Thy voice is uni versal in it's reach. The ages will be thy audience. Thy memory will be as grow ing wreath above thy grave It will take root in the sod that covers thee, and, with the years, renew it's blossoms and it's leaves perennially." Words Fitly Spo- ken. Page 156-7.) '*' It may be. wrong, but we cannot help thinking that works which had so good effect on an old school orthodox mind, ought not to be pernicicus in their effects on minds reared under under new school teaching. 'f' ''
 .,. A. H. Wyant and the Garfield Broth CTS are framing tobacco ware house for w. J. Ford, to be erected opposite the depot. sia4. s-5i eai ..f If .| ti
 -Armond Olmstead has six men at work rebuilding the dam at his mill, wash cd away by last springs flood. w.