, 1873-12-21
EfETKODlSM IN ILLINOIS.
TWo Noted rrcactlers->-Wilsen pitNcr
aud William G. Stribbling.
Anecdotes OF Their Ministerial Ca
teor.
Correspondence Of Tho ChirTao Tribune.
JAoEsoAvt1LE, ILL.,, December, 1879.
WILSON pry$rN

Correspondence Of Tho ChfrHao Tri1u,,e.
JAoEsoavt1.Lr, ILL.,, December, 1879.
WILSON rrTHEn
removal to Illinois Ill hs carly manhood. anl
aoo.t fult lho doop conviction. " Woo Ia lno II
prcacl, not tho Gospoli" 1}ut ho had no wnrd-
robe which wou'l 1T him to appear "a q prcach-
or, oven In tho log-cabiltB Of those carly days;
and 1t was resolved, by his devoted brother
Montgomery ana himaolf, that they would mako
ttair way to tho !eatl-tninca ut Gatonn,-thcu Il
roint Of great atlractou-aiu1 carn for him mn
outfit. 1Ee onco described IN tho pulpit part Of
llis experience ut Tint titue, nftor Tits nlarner:
s'Wo worried along ,lusi we pot to TIM 1,nigh-
uorllood of tho minos, but Ind nothing to
ent, antl wcro very hungry Tho klnd-
hearted miners helped nsc,-ono giving
Lie Hon,o corn-nleal and anit nnother somo hacon,
ono como coiroc, AMI anotl'nr ]ont ns pot to
boil It IN. md wood to 1nnRoa fro. Soon wo llaa
Il gtcamtue s,t,por, and, having placed our mcat
and loCacrs OH sou.o big chips for plates, Ai,a
tho gwcct.snclting cUtfcc.pot ulongHide, before
beginning to ont Haid to my brotlior,-thnt lit
Ito dark fellow yon 500 stttiug over thoro lpoint-
ing him out In tho congregational nl,--dutn, feel
ike giying THINKS to God for tho morclcs OF lila
Providence. 1Io sasd, Wits, SO do L. We knolt
down siIo by aidc, and began to pray, anu our
hearts woro Allied with joy md Thanksgiving. 80
wa roae nm w(,i1o our uyes oyortaowetl with tears
Of gratitude, shouted aloud the praisc OF our
King, huggcl md tlanced and. WHOM our ecstncy
vaa over. looked pbout FOR our supper, alid, bo-
hold! wo Ind
KlcKEp 1T INTO THE FinE
und it was all ruinol Don't you Think" no
added, +" that wo should hAve Showed batter
scuse 10 have eaton our suppor 1lfse, thon
danced anl shouted afterwards Everything
ought to bo in it's own good timo, nna wo "ant
common sense in religion as III everything elso.'
In duo tiino ho Was recommended to tho oon-
rcroneo mud received on trial on travelling
p:oacher. AL tlo appointments wore, ut Tint
lay. hard, mud Wilaon waa sont to Tho hardest
hut lie mover tli,,chel or complained. His al-
|owanco rs M unmarried ma1 WIS sloo n year.
md l.o might estcom himself fortunate II ho OBJ
,a;nca ono-th;Yd Of that surn. Tie habits Which
l.o lad acquired Us Il hunter and trapper nov
stood him in good stcnd, and helped hia income.
Ills slot with tho riflo vas infalll-
lie, md many d deer md wild turkey
1 s,nnIIod him. No man on tho frontier had
truer oyo for bce-lino, md mono was moro OK
rcrt in securing tho gum atMl it's loneyoa
:roastlro. Ito know tho haunts and habits or tho
beaver aud otter. and, setting bis traps rs ho
trayclcd tho willo circuits and missions In tue
;,iuly-pcopled country, many good skin ro-
Tardcl Ills crnft.
When courting his wifo, who lived somo dis
tanco from his work. he called upon All uld local
rreachcr 70 fill soma of Ills appointments, with
tho promise that ho would pay him in otter
skins. At tho noxt Quarterly Conference, the
old man snid, 'tDrother pitner, did you Know
that those ottcr-alsius you gave mo were mighty
,,oor? ?" Cortninly," said Wilson, "but 80 was
thu preaching and
you k,,ow.' >,
Showing Lis backwoods loarors once how it
waa impossible for tlom to become just before
God by their own good works ho said, " You
nst as sn wei g ge ham ltD ~ d. eg Ks''o Aa
neani rS'i rom Dr.. 'phias pAIers on TIs Devil IN
Touring Ion," &C., lo was called upon to prny.
Blowing, with his Acad alHogt as 10y M aa hls u
which ho aa just listened, ho began IN low mud
tre,nnlous tines but. as ho advanced. the heac
wns lifted tho tones grow clear and slrons, un
Ill thoy becano almost y shoet y, Lord tht
Devil, TINT spittfuI old lion, is In Tho noghbor
hood iii tllis congregation, in the CHURCH, III ou
hcayls md THOU only cunst save 1ls. Drive hin
ont, o, Lord! with Thy mighty lnnd; drive hin
oEt Of bcar's, trisoi,i ot Of tho Church, on
'of tue congregation, out OF the Heigliborlsood
riyo him {i,to the brush; I'LL his nss.so aud tall
9, Lord with coc!le-burrs, aud give him III
rest, day or night, 10 that. ......-..
SWITCHING AND SCRATCHING HIMSELF,
1e'll let lis alone"
whats lie ,1so preaching grent aormon tt
little congregation, I" 10 onco exclaimed in III
Mhorta,ion; :" its like pulling out tho plug
rom tho sngartreos tire sns and ottng tue sap
Rising to oxhort one night ut 4 cemp-1nceting
lc paused until every oyo waH Axcd upon, hin
md painful Bilonco rosnei1, nrokoi1 only y
he noise ol tho ;atylids, and then cried out, u
l,e little crcaiurcs prasiug their Maker and q
,yerything tAt hah breath praises Him, excep
nan. Iuve you, whom 11iH hnnds layo made
aid to whom liz has giyon living sonl, md 70
sl,osn His 0nls Begolten Bon lla5 dlcti upon III
bite: troe, ,,-havo you no p'aiso aud lovo
.!rer Him T"
lie was onco preaching in naw aottlomoot
near Tho Illinois Niver, where tho nbborbln
tss aSo Yn' at yei S9's and ad0s S1sat %st
house. "1'A tel! yon.' said lo, "w9e, !'
to build, aud rhat.. beEin riEl
here and now. and lot itbo two-stor
warehouse tl'ut will hold " your Treasures ,9 an
COME snfe from nood and fro, for godslnes
Ilath tho promise Of tho life that now is aud
that which il to come. -.
With powerful voice. caphb!o of almost oVe1
mobilization, a brilliant eye, u vivid nature, aud
uoui deeply i'll earnost, he would SOMETHING'S POI
forth
TORRENTS or T1Eny ELoQuExcE
That no human Aonslbllitca could "itlHtan
Let him haye liberty" as It was stylcd.--c
to employ its equivalent, lot linn "awing eloal
in tho troatnant Of subject with which 10 y
familiar. technically caliod IN sugar-stiek,
nnd not Christmas Evans, tho great VOL
orator, could s,,,pass him III tho power Of j
popular appeals. Il could not bo expected I'll
tlloy were independent. 1lo ouce H.d, -
brethren, tllo Apostle Paul declares TINT fai
conlcth by hearing, anl Mr. Wesley says SO to
but tako tho liberty Of differing ftuln bo
onca who viii W dcnf ttstt lio conll not lear /
loudeat thunder and llo had mora laith tllan nj
body ever saw. Now, did Lis fulfil cou'o
hearing:" :" , ,-,.
lIo was subject to fits Of great doprosalt