Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-04-03
For the Chronicle.
FROM NEW PROVIDENCE.

EDITORS CHRONICLE:-T substl-
tuition of the word practice for pic
mic in my last destroyed my meaning.
1t is Sunday School picnic, May II
and mass meeting of the Sunday
Schools at night, in the Methodist
church and an Grafton by DR.. Gupton,
so says madam runor.
The turnpike has been the scene of
business and thrift during the past
week. The honest yeomen from the
sweat of whose honest brows not only
themselves and their families, but the
shifty and thriftless alike get their
bread, seem more determined than
ever to court mother earth with their
kindly culture, that she may more
abundantly bless us with bountiful
yield. God speed the plowshare and
all that guide it, from the stalwart
man to the bobbing plow-boy.
Yesterday was Easter Sunday. The
council of Nice acted wisely In settling
the dispute as to the day on which
Easter should be celebrated-ifindeed,
it should be celebrated at all. If at
all, it should be on Sunday as that is
the day on which our blessed Saviour
arose from the dead. AS for me, /
would prefer celebrating this key
stone of the gospel every Sunday rath-
er than only every Easter Sunday, and
l would prefer spiritual feast to the
gorgeous displays set before kindred,
friends and neighbors. Jesus said
when thou makest feast. cali the
poor, the manned, the lame, the blind,
and thou shalt be blessed for they
cannot recompense thee; for thou
shalt be recompensed at the resurrec-
ton of the just" That is christian
FEAST Did you ever attend one? If
the lintels and doorposts of our hearts
had been sprinkled with the precious
blood of him who who was typed by
the paschal lamb, then Gods poor
would oftener share our bounties.
There is but one christian feast in es-
tablished orthodox churches, and that
is the Lord 5 supper. There the rich
and the poor meet together, for the
Lord is the maker of them all. When
! ever the number has been increased
in the church ithas been abused by
Incidence, voluptuousness and crimi-
nal practices. Nay let US rather rise
on Gods holy Sabbath morning and
sing:
| "Welcome, sweet day of rest,
That saw the Lord arise,
Welcome to this erring breast
And these rejoicing eyes,"
Rain rain rain /! l do not re-
member to have seen so many inclem-
ent Sundays during any winter Of my
life. Our people have had abundant
opportunity for the enjoyment of home
religion. Our Methodist friends having
service twice every Sunday, feel not
the effects of the inclement weather so
much as our Baptist friends. whose
pastor, Rev. Mr.. Kendall visits them
only semi-mouthly. But no pickering
churchanity raises its hydra head
among us, and we all enjoy the unity
of the spirit in the bonds of peace.
Either of our chapels is large enough,
and frequently does accommodate
the church-going population of our
village.
The initial minutes of our "Loafer-
ing Organization" have jostled our So
cial pillars. There is strong under
current here, favoring the idea that
the whole thing was done according
to Gunter" Nevertheless the commu-
nication goes wandering about the
streets with
"No one to love, none to caress,"
much less to claim the paternity. II
the man who struck Billy Patterson
would own up, he might get a compli-
ment. The thing that hurts so bad is
YOUR marvellous circulation here. AL
most every pigeon-hole in the post
office is duly CHRoNIcLED once week,
and no telling how MANY copies are
worn out with loaning, especially when
everybody in town feels that there is
something in the CHRONICLE about
them. CRAYON.