, 1873-12-20
METHODlSha IN ILLINOIS.
Two Noted prcaCllers-.-WiIs0n pllner
and william Z. Strlbbling,
Anecdotes Of Their Ministerial Ca.
feer.
Correspondence ~ This Chiengo Tribune.
1Aokaosy1LLr, ILL.,, Duccnlbor, 1879.

-; Correspondence n This Chienoo Tribune.
> 1AokaoHy1Ltr, ILL.,, December, 1870.
=. WILSON rrpSEn
removed to illinois IN his oarly manhood, nnl
Eoo1 felt tho doop conviction, "Woo is mo If l
preach not tho Goapol!" but l,o hatl ITO ward
. robo which, would fit him to appear us prcacl-
Or, ovcn III tho log-capins Of those carly days !;
mud 1t WAS lcHolycd, by Ills iovotel broter
Montgomery and himsolf, tint tl,oy wontd make
tneir way to tho land-1nlllcH at Galonn Then a
point Of great atraction,--n,,d oaril for lin m
outfit. I1o onco described lit tito pulpit part Of
Lis oSpcrioneo at that tine, aftor this manner: !:
" "Wo worried along .1util VIC got to tho noigh-
horhood Of the mines, hut had nothing to
cat. aud wero very hungry. Tile kind
hearted minors telpal nlo,-ono giving
us sono corn meal aud aalt. another somo bacon,
QUO eon1o coffee, and another lent us n pot to
boil it ilt, a1ll wood 10 naboa fro. Soon NO had
utcnmiug supper, unl, haylng p!acod our meat
nl,l tlottgern on somo big clips for platos, and
tito smelling coffeo-not alongside, before
beginning to cat said to my brothcr,-tliat H.
tie lark fellow ytta SOD sitting over tllero [pont-
Ing him out in tho congrcsationl,- l,-Gnn. feel
Ike giving thanks to God for tho nlercics Of Ills
Providence He uaid, Wills, go 10 r. Wo lsnolt
down silo by uide, and bogau to pray, aud our
acarts wcro filed with joy and thanksgiving. SO
no rooa up wli!o our eyes oyortlowe1 with tcara
or gratitude, shoutcd aloud the praise Of our
King, huggol aul danced al,t' whot, cur ccstaey
ras over, looked about for our supper, anl, be-
lo!l! wo had
KICKED IT INTO THE FINE
Ind it was all ruined. Don't you think" l,o
ldlcd, !. that NO should have showed better
euao to have eatou olr supper tirst, tlien
lanccd aud shouted afterwards ? Everything
ought to bo in its own good timo, and VIC want
common Bonso in religion as III everything c1Bo."
III duo time ho wna recommended to tho Con-
lorence aul receiyed on trinl ns travelling
preacher. AL tho appointments were, at tlat
day, hard, and Wilson WAS cont to tho hardest
hut he mover 1linched or complained. His nj
lcHance as m unmarried mnn waa 800 year,
End ho might esteem l,imac1f fortunate il lie OBJ
tanned one.tiird Of that sum. The ha6itB which
10 lad acquired rs hunter and trapper now
food him i'll good Btcatl, and helped his income.
Lis shot With tho rido was infalli-
,lo, md many deor and wild turkey
t supplied him. No man on the frontier Lad Il
tucr eyo for beo-llno, md mono was more cx-
,crt In scouting the gum and ita honoyed
rcasuro. Ho knew the haunts md habits of tho
,cayor and otter, nud, setting his traps as llo
'raycled the wido circuits and missions in tho
Lln'y-peorlcd country, rnany good skin re-
yarlcd his craft,
When courtiug lis wife, wlao lived some dis
lance from his work. le called uuon al old local
preacher to I'LL Bomo Of his appointments, with
lie promise that he would pny him in otter
sliins. At tho noxt Quarterly Conference tho
I'D man said, "Brothor pitner, did yon know
that those otter-Hkius you gayo me wero mighty
,oor ?" "Certainly," said Wilson, but 30 was
he preaching and
Foon PREACH, roon PAY,
7on know."
Showing bis backwoods lcarcra oncc how It
Kas impossible for them to become juht before
God by their own good works ho haitlt Ynu
might as woll get into a; big kettlo and try to
raiao it from the flaor b.; tho bull
Profoundly impressed by II sermon ho Ind
hoard from Or. Akers OIL "The Dovil aB n
noarng Lion," .So, ho was called upon to pray.
Do~ing, witt, Ills head almost rs low as hs
k,ocs, avering at tho vivid vord-rioturo to
tren,mlons tones but, MI ho nt1vn,lce, tho head
was lifted tile tones grow cloar and strong, un-
Ill they became almost shout: Q, Lord! tho
Devil, TINT spitcful old lion, in in tho no'ghbor-
hood, in thia congregation, in ahe church, III our
hearts. md Tllou only canht sayo lis. Drive him
ant. 0, Lord with Thy mighty hand drive him
out OF ourhoara, drive him out OF tho church, ont
of the congregation, ont Of the ne:ghborhood;
drive him into the brush; I'LL his n,ulIe md tal,
,, Lord! with oocile-blrrs, aud givo him no
est, day or night 20 that,
eN1ToH1Sa AND SCRATCHING HIMSELF,
1o1 let us alone."
'.wlat's the uso rreaclling I. great sermon to
/ little congregation! I" ho onco exclaimed IN All
from tho sugar-treos, and lottng the sup run
when there are no pans to catch It."
Riang to oxhort ono night at a camp-meeting,
he paused until every eyo was tixoa upon, him
tho noise Of tho katydds, and then cried ont, III
y voice Of thunder, !" Hails !-l,ark !-harlt to
tho little creatures Draiaing their Mixer mud 30
everything that hath breath praisos Him. except
,nan. Have you, whom His hands layo made,
md to whom Ho has given A living soul, and for
whom His oulv Bosotteu Son Inns died upon tllo
bitter tree,-..liavo you no praise aud love to
ctrer Him ~
Flo vas once prcaching in new settlement
se neat tue 1ea Ea hya at wot' the the a1aSng
1n sfe Gas stsamhoat.laudi"s s:' aud 'Hs sare.
to build, mud what. Begin right
here, and now, and los itbe n two-story
uli your hopes, for this world md for tho world to
corne, safo from flood uDl tto; for go0linens
Eath the promise Of tlo life that now il aud Of
that which is to come."
rnodulaton, brilliant eye, a vivid nature, md 4
soul deeply i'll earnont, he would sometimes pour
forth
TORRENTS or FIERY ELoQuEScE
That no human aensibitios. could wit!,atand
Let him have "liborty," NJ it was stylcd.-or,
TO employ its equivalent, let him swing clear "
u the treatmont Of q subject with wllicl. ho was
familiar, technically called ''a gugar-utck,-
md not Christmas Evans, tho great Welsh
oratolr could as,rnass lin in the powor Of his
?eopular appeals. 4 could not lo expected TINT
ais cxposltlous wonld always DO III correct ns
;llcy were independent. Ito once said, "a1y
oscIhren The Apostle Paul declares thai faith
but tako tho liberty Of differing from botll
.hosc distinguished gentlemen. 6new man
oacs who wis dcnt tlIat !1e con!1 not ear tho
oudest thunder, and ilo ll'l more faith TINT, any
body ever saw. Now, did his faith como by
aearlnS:"
To was subject to f1ts Of great depression.
On recovering from ono of these, n friend asked
him how ho foit Oh coming out Of tho fog md
ylootn. "Fecl!' Ac exclaimed; "why, as if my
'onl wore running lorsc~racea in tho grand prai-
lie Of Divinity"
In preaching ho once Baid: ~ look upon