The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-06-25
SPRING HILLITEMS.

1.-THE SALE OF PEwS IN HEAVEN"
| Under this head "The Christian at Work
| hi some hard blows at those churches
| Who by the sale of pews, shut out the poor
| rom Ihe benefits of the Gospel. In an in.
| tetyieW with lad, son Of distinguished
| minister of this State, who was spending
| tl'r summer, with friend of his fathers IN
| this nelghborhood, the question was asked
hln' is your father still the pastor OF
| --Church?" He is not. "OTwhat church
| IS he now pastor?" =" He breaches at--Hall y
| why did he dissolve his connection with
-Church? 1.-THE pews Of his Church
| were all rented, none reserved for the poor
| WHO were unable to rent, many OF these
| poor people said to my father, eve want TO
| attend your church and hear you preach,
| but there Is no place there for us" The
| good man heart was touched by this an
| peal, ana he applied to the to appro
| pirate ut least, some Of the back seats TO
| Gods poor, but his appeal was rejected. He
| then said, at is my duty to preach To the
| poor, as well as to the rich, and though my
| heart Will be panied at the separation from
you and l may thereby be cut off from "A
support for my family, yet the poor must
nave the Gospel preached to them" To-
| doy, he is fulfilling this mission and when
we have another Church erected in our
town, which it is hoped will be no distant
| day, may he be the settled pastor Of IL, and
receive even in this life, a rich reward for
the sacrifice which he has made, in behalf
of the poor, many of whom are itch I'm faith
and heirs of the promises Of God.
HAMPSHIRE DISTRICT CONFERENCE.
DIR. McFerTin is announced rs one of the
distinguished ministers who is to be pres
eut on that occasion. More than forty VsarS
at Mt, Nebo Camp Ground, not far a isfaut
from Hampshire, as q young flaming Her
alb of the Cross, he electrified the thousands
WHO hung with rapture upon his burning
words. His venerable father was the Pre-
siding Elder. The Suttons, Peaks, Patiilos.
and others like them were the tent holders
and that old neighborhood, famous yet for
good living, will find il di fRWg4t now TO a ~
pcnSe more generous hospitality than did
the fathers ofthis generation, at old Nebo
Camp meeting. n few of the old veterans
may remain 70 greet their friend of other
days, now in the sere and yellow leaf of
ltfe's pilgrimage, with the weight of forty
year, and moro of hard ministerial labor
upon him, yet they will find him with a
mind undimned, and an intellect unclou-
ded, full of fire and electricity as In his
young days, and the most remarkable man
of his day and generation now living. lie
was the most intimate friend of President
Polk, and his spiritual adviser in his last
illness, and had the honor of receiving in
10 the Church, this the fayorite son OF old
Maury. Nothing could give suTer support
10 the hearts OF our people than TO know
that he was the Intimate, personal and pu-
litical friend Of James X. Polk.
a YOUNG COLUMBIAN
came out to carry a charming young lady
OF Thorn pSon'S Station cOun r. TO the Hon
ut the Nelson House, In such splendid style
as TO cause the report to be circulated that
the nuptials had been celebrated, and that
he had taken the fair lady, as his bride, to
his home in Columbia. The report proved
untrue, but as coming events cast their
before them, il would not be sur
prising if some young men hereahouts. lost
: prize before long, for which they have
been thriving for months past.
THE WHEAT HARVEST
is usually season Of hustle and hurry.
Every farmer is bending his energies 10
getting his wheat harvested in good time
and in good order, and the amendments"
look forward to the fat prices which are
usually paid them for this work as "A iubi-
lee. Not less than three hundred able |
bodied colored men, are at this time at MIR. |
sam Pointers, mostly from Columbia and !
saving his large and fine crop of
wheat.
The general opinion is, that the wheat |
crop will be above an average ana some |
Fl Ids in this neighborhoOd IL is Thought |
Will yield at least, twenty bushels to The |
We have had rain almost daily, since the |
harvest commenced, and consequently cot
ton and corn crops are both getting grassy, /
and for the next week or two, there will |
have to be push. II is a gratifying fact |
hat freedmen in this section OF country
he working better than any time since the |
war ana me crops generally look remarka- :
ply promising,
PERSONAL.
The Rev. Mr.. Gray, pastor of the preshv-
erlan Church in this place, together with |
lis highly accomplished and Intelligent
ady, expect TO make a visit next month 10
heir OLD virginia home, from which they
Mrs. Gray will probably remain several
months, but he will return b8sthe duties of
rs paStorate in a few weeks.
Mrs. Col. ID; +. Wade made visit to her
iSter-in-law Mrs. H. p. Wade, who has re-
eltly been very dangerously sick, and who
$ At this time but little, if any bet ter.
or several weeks past,gladdened the hearts
i her many friends, by her appearance az !
hurCh on last Sabbath.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
MAJ. Brown had a fine mare killed by :
Ightnlng near his house, on last Wedncs- |
ay. Capt. Reckwith was considerably !
lnned by the same bolt,