, 1874-02-14

oolg took breastfaet and suppcr. Ch,nrcap
io[iued MS style in those DAYS althonef his aey
n2ne we're never swollen to such = vast hn1sr
hs; ~, on1orlunatelS, he has never been able to
the impatient ehort-eared hearers of fo.da~ 1rb ~
accord tue palm Of e1ooueuce to tha vnsn ~
Pre3cAes from fifteen TO thirty ninntes r. fs
couia only throw aWsy the first third or half n
n a o1scoutae, ana begin With the teryent interest
alter bali or three-1uarters Of an houFl he wou1ia
pc preacher OF in1mitabto charm ana no1ra~
Ah H. lev men arc 80 instructive in the nnloit
WIN 10 rare union Of intellectual and spjritnal
exceueuces in their diacourees.
so "a g,so ~ Illustration Of the kind OF hearers
P1eaehers Oh the froutior, let me tell
THIS STORY
a nuaEer, famed for his encounters with the
INDIANS, and a'so with the rough men ~ ths
fist.5;anItp nHIpeGed one day-after having settled
his adver5azy-to drop in at q log-cabin where q
oackWoods crcuit-rider was holding forth pjac.
ing hs rifle in the corner, he took hi, stan1
o. pehand tue door, without divesting himself Of
h1 tn1 coon1sk1h SAP, the huletpouch aud powder
aud listened with the utmost interest to the
CHARACTERISTIC, homely sermon, The preacher
useo simple saxon, and spoke OF things which
tne people understood and felt His pictures Of
sao eondnct and character Of sinner wore ao
viYidiy from life that our hunter was satisf|e@}
that his late beaten antsconiat had been teIlinc
tne preacher all about him. He therefore. IN
MS wrath, sT7ore in*ardly that he would vlir
MIN worse than before, - soon as church was
oVor' Inc sermon went on; the appeals wero
the hunter thought; until at last the preacher
fcrvently exclaimed, - Sinner, where are yon 2"
- HERE. 1 IN I"
said the convicted hunter, stepping forward in
hs decrskln hnnting-shirt leggngs, andamoc-
casins, while the great tears co1raed each other
down his weather~beatcn cheeks. The preacher
told hun what he must do to be saved and the
ffontiersman, shoulder1nG his rife started on his
long tramp for home. He tried to throw off the
weight Of his concern. but io rain, He tried
else he missed the deer and turkeys. Reaching
home after night. his kind-hearted wife soon dis
covered that there something wrong, but
could get nothing out of him save that '' He felt
mighty bad, and he was afeard that it Was gone
DAY with him." She said, in much alarm,
John, Why. don't you 50 to The Doctor and ect
some etuR:" He answered, with groa1 !" Oh,
Nancy! no Doctors stuff II do mo any good. F"
lie conld neither cat nor sleep, and before day
ho was of again With his rifle. hneelins down
the day before, he at Inst found peace in beiie,-
ing, Rising with a. shout, be made Decline
for home on the run. crying to his wife, who
came to meet him, Nancy,
IT. AS pLA1E Is THAT,
putting his hands together before him and he
made it SO plain to her, and to twenty or thirty
OF his nelghbors, that they rere all converted
and joined tile Church with him. Fifty years
afterwards. he told the story in 4 love-fe1st
and, through the half lf-century, ali who knew him
by . pious walk and i. sodly eouversation-
Tie saiutlr old man in whom that great change
was wrought died only few years ago, in ONO OF
our Western co1ulies
Chauncsy Hobert had alvars had passion for
the frontier, and, like Aorzham Lincoln, love
for the plain people. After filing nearly all the
principal appointments in th. Conference he
was transferred to the Rock River; and re-
member to have secn him when stationed in the
old Clark Street Church, Chicago rs far back as
1876 Thence ho WAS sent to Wisconsin, sud
thence to Minnesota
WHERE he Is STILL PREACHING
*s in the region beyond" By his sturdy and in
trepid character and his apostolic 1abo1p, he has
won for himself tho title OF 1.-THE Burr-Qak
Bishop" Perhaps might venture to whisper
my opinion, that tho General Conference would
have done itself crctlir by electfng him to the
Eplscopacy years ago; for ! hold that no man In
lie connection is more worthy or better quail
led for the place. Before tal1ing leave OF him,
nay. add story or two CHARACTERISTIC Of the
Within the bounds Of one OF Chaunccy's first
:ircuit, was little village, into Which had rc-
,ently removed come people OF the better
Class from Now Englaud. As lie walked |
torrh, onro, at eseutlde, to mediate on the
sdge OF the settlement. his ear Was caught by q |
concord OF sweet sounds borne upon the breeze. |
BE stopped to listen, and exclaimed with rap t
:urc, ''Was ever Euch set of sheep-beils |
leard :" He was listening to aspiano-fofte for
he first time.
Here ii another: Ono day, finding his boots |
n leaky coudit;on. he stopped ut tho shop OF a |
[rontier-cobbler to get them repaired. While |
he son Of CEispin was at work with awl and |
hammer, another perscn entered. who, gazing |
nth f1cd attention at the pedal extremities |
II ~ friend, exclaimed, Wit, T. mingled p IS,
Stranger,
RESIGN II -FOUR FAron!"'
II beg -FOUR pardon said the pro-tenporc |
,oot1ees divine; II don't comprehend you" |
Howsorndever, notwithstanding, replied tho |
,ther, ''IreaiGn to YOU. You see. I have al |
says been called President Of the Tract Society |
II these parts, because the people said my feet |
sas IS large as Food-sized spades; but give in:
Eowertu1 understanding as you.''