, 1874-06-12

thotno, massor of his audience, nnt1, moro nnt
bettor, ,naster OF his bost and moat oonp!et
Aelf
Nature gevo him gront powor, toalous ,sas nl,t
Of It, so doop1v hidden al,a ourio,lBIy ogorlait
that 1t could not DO for common uso, mud 10 bo
como chcap aud vulgar, 1t WAS only whom
great want WAS to bo mot, Bomo aoro mood oryin{
to hin VIII pnta 9ud anguish, whom porils a,lt
might WAS unlocked MD tho armed man CAM
forth; M often OH tho floor OF tho House, whore
amid tho n!ceo Of tho hcatly tlEhtn, of ahlycrot
tahco, anu battle-ax, his ptumod load neyor wou
down.
LovAnLE AND LOVING,
tentlcr and true, with hoart Of poronnia1 you'll
aud warmth, which informed .atltt inspired hi
manners, tleso It was which drow all tho young
Of his circle to him, md gavc him Tint atoad!
md enduring hold upon tho affections. Of twt
generations, educated by lts teachngg, fashioned
by hia hand, and drawn to him by Ills roraona
magnetism.
n1B wonEB.
fine odftdou Of N1r. uillings' speeches IN.
published In Boston md London in 1858. II
165S appearod hla Exiloa Of Florida,' Ill his
torical sketch, Of much boauty md foroo. OF the
fortunos and faton Of tho runaway elayos whc
took refuge with Tho seminooa. The iator 9? ct
history Of Tho Robollion 1tH Authors at,t
Oausos," which Ii lucid and very spirited
narrative Of tho Congressional history ofHlayory
and wa. published III 1864.
HE NAB AF1pIHIER NOHbQAFuENLEaA
to tho British Provinces in March, 1901 and
died at Montreal A1ay q, 1861. Tho t!mn hat
not come for Just comparative estimate OF tllt
leading mon whose words aud works wrought
out tho grent roHuts Of thouo last days.: I have
always folt tint, although h1r. 0iddings wat
gront1y lonorod III lts tiny, stil that ho was
ilncli undorestitnnted. An asAaflant Of old con.
yiotionu, old preudicos, tic rolcntloss champion
Of ideas 30 old and long forgotten that tlloy
seemed now, ho too was long tho object Of 4 Bit
tor Pre- udico, which, .ll,conHciously i'll tho minds
Of the mass, withheld from him Tho full rooog-
nitton OF his morita aud great sorvicos, When tho
canso Of that prejudice had coasod.
When tho tino comes. nnd Homo thonShtfnl
broatl-browctl student shall como, who will know
moro OF 1ts than VIC know Of ourselves, the men
and the events OF our tno will bo lralHi4lled to
their final places and mn wsong In supposlng
that Joshua need 0iddlngs will stand with tho
first?
PERSONAL RECoLLECTIoNs CON-
NECTED WITH THE MURDER OF
LOvEJoY.
The following paper, writton by tho Rey. T.
i. Hurlbut, Of Upper Alton, ILL.,, wna presented +:
= 1t has not infroqusntly beon objected to the
lenders Of tho Anti-Sayery and kindred reforms.
TINT they became lux and Bkoptcal In their re-
llgious views unsettled and visionary in matters
Of theology. A reply mnde by tle Hon. Owen
Lovejoy to my wifo rocura to mo: "Ia it not
strange TINT go many Of our old Anti -Slayory
triouds have run wild In religious mattors p
"Not at all, to me-" was his answer, II only
wonder that I over SEQ my of them out Of O
straight-jackct."
So much has thoro been in tho practice OF tho
Christiau Church, in past years, to cauae DOUBT
md usboltef In tho minds Of those who hold TINT
active loyo to man must cooxiat with ardent love
to God, that I may, perhaps, DO indulgod in
dwelling somewhat disproportonately upon
THE RELIGIOUS CHARACTER
OF the subject Of these personal reminiscences.
Elijah Parish Loroioy WAS Of the old Puritan
stock Of Now England, and Of tho old Puritan
faith.- When he WIS fully settled III his convic-
tious OF truth and duty ho WIS as firm and I'M
movable ns bis native graniso mountains.
uo was cminontly truthful in act to his own
convictions of right. All tho oxpetlioncy he
knew WAS foprlossly to do his duty, His boefB
wero deep and strong. Ho believed not only in
4 pcrsoual God, but In n truthful, loving God
in mans moral accountability mud pornonnl I'M
mortality III spccial Providence, ,that "not
sparsow falla to tho ground without Our
uoavenly Tnthcr." IIo believed tint "tIle
Christ d" was divine" tho brightness OF the
Fathers glory and tho express image OF IlIB per-
son "-in tho Holy Ghost the divine comforter
sent into tho world to onliglten, guido, and
sanctify mon for Heavon. Hosbolievcd iii the
ministration of angels, "sent to minister con-
solution to those who arc tho heirs Of salya-
tion; !" in tho duty aud efficacy Of p1ayor-tlat
"tho prayer Of the righteous nun ayaiIoth
much" He was himself man of prayer, wl1o
daily walked with God. 1Io believed III tho re-
wards of tho righteous and tho punishment Of
tho wicked, both iu this world and the world to
come. Ho believed TINT "it is not in man who
walteth to direct his steps that men aro raised
up, and appointed by infinite wisdom to tue &C.
con,pllshmout Of specific onda In the divine pur-
poso of salvation to tho world, and that the man
who does not Btand firm to tho post aBsignol
him ia q rebol against God. This ha Expressed ia
his
MOST AFFECTING srEEcI
to the assembled citizons OF Alton, d fow days
before hiH aBsnssinatson:
I mn, entreated 1y frion1s IN nl directions. from
Maine to Missouri, TO rtaud fast; and by the hop Of
God, Itritt st1a. You can crush ms If you will: but
saIo It. II tue laws Wi not protect ms in my inale-
aoe ghtts thsse h Is nn wy for mo t9
that, Col holping me, viii mover le. You may hang
me lip the mob hung up tho lndyiduula At yicts.
burg You 1nay burn mo At the stake. as they did Me-
Or throw ms into the niassapp,, as you hayo otten
threatened to do, But 10 deny my Lord aud Master,
tie deepest Of all ssgruco. lie died for mo md
wero 1noAt unworthy to bear hls name Should re-
fuse II neoa b. to dio for hia,: n4t thu other nigh
my house; AMI scarcey had entered, my Windows
wore broken BY their missiles. lam hunted az part
power Of the uw look In yin for protection aganst
violence. Hir, fully Of Ill ln eacrldre
a1s IN ere pegng ysei M to continue thts eoutsst
attempt it, shontd feel tint tho nnysl Of tho Lord
with hts flaming sword was pursuing ms wherever