The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-02-12

in the eighties that July morning, but the
religious temperature of that meeting was
near zero. The Elder uncovered the ele-
ments on the altar-table and behold an
/ uncut loaf of bread lay before him. He
called on brother Taminy to cut it. Brother
T. rose, stepped softly to the altar, replaced
/ the napkin and started out to do the caro-
! ina. When near the door, the Elder called
out: Brother, you need not 60 on long
! journey to do that" Brother t., who was
| as quick as finder box, returned, replaced
| the bread on the altar and resumed his
seat. Whereupon Father White took his
knife from his pocket, and the way he
made the pieces fly, would have done credit
| to a York State Yankee whiting single
when driving hard bargain.
| The bread was thus cut before the audi
ence, and it and the water passed round as
! was usual on such occasions.
| During the early part of the meeting Sis
ter G. spoke. She, like many other diff
dent people, had a habit of turning her
/ face from the audience while speaking.
! When she sat down the Elder said: ISIS
ter, your experience might have been very
encouraging for aught l know, but it eas
| all lost on that ,caH.'
! A young woman, recent convert from
| Romanism, who was in lore feast for the
| first time, with her heart full of new born
| love for the Saviour, rose to tell her story.
Realizing the novelty of her position, she
! became embarrassed and wept and sobbed
until brother White called: "Sister tear
those artificial flowers from your bonnet,
! then open your mouth and God will give
you utterance." That sister drapped.
| After love feast came the sermon, and
such scathing as that Devils Excursion
Party" as he called it, received. Whew!
1t was terrific. He addressed the preacher
| in charge, and told him if he did not cite
every one of his members who were on
they gave satisfactory evidence of contri-
! ton, that God would require their blood at
his hands, at the great Judgment day
During the sermon a young merchant who
|
sitting Immediately in front of the pulpit,
head inclined backward, fell to sleep. The
| Elder looked at him for moment, then in
thunder tones cried out: Young man, for
| Gods sake, wake up. Here | stand be-
tween heaven and earth to preach to you
the truths of Gods word and you sleep.
If some devilsh Mormon were talking to
you, your eyes, instead of your mouth,
would be wide OPEN" 1t is needless to
add, that James McC. ",eoked."
| During the sermon, some persons who
became offended and FESTIVE under the
severity of the preachers remarks, left the
church. Brother White understood their
purpose as soon as they rose from their
seats. He paused and waited until they
had nearly reached the door, then said:
"When l shoot into flock of wild fowls,
| though some Of them flutter and fall out of
my sight, know that my shot has done
least "crtppled ducks"
But incidents crowd upon me too numer-
Gus for letter. One of Rev. Jas. Smith
and l will pass the Elders.
Is there one who heard him can ever for
get how he moistened every eye the Sun
day morning after he had preached, when
at the close of his sermon, during the tax
ing up of the collection, he stood in the
pulpit and sang the then new song
| The Pearl that worldlings covet
Is not the Pearl for me,
| 1t daZzles for moment
| Like sunshine on the sea.
But there's Pearl
Sought by the wise,
| IT'S called the Pearl
OF greatest Prize
o. that's the Pearl for me, &c.
Of the stationed preachers there were
Greenbank, Virgins, Colclazer, Gilroy,
McMichael, Mason, Elliot, Townsend, Taft,
Ham and others of later date. Greenbank
was scholar, and sometimes enlightened
his audience on the derivation of words
from the Latin, Greek and Hebrew. n.
Bile could have translated an article
that recently appeared in The Cecil Demo-
crat and made it ineligible to the readers
Greenbank sometimes made mistakes, and
in his attempts to correct or explain, "put
his foot in it,"
At a camp meeting, on a Sunday, while
the collection was being taken up, Mr..
Greenbank called on the collectors to 60
out among the stragglers This gave offense
to some gentlemen who were standing at
the head of the grounds, outside the circle
of tents, and they refused to contribute
Mr.. G. was informed of it. Expressed his
regret and said he would explain at the
afternoon service. He did so and went
into an elaborate definition of the word
stragglsr-giving its derivation, &C., and
closed by saying the word was not properly
offensive in it's import, but that many per-
sons of great pretensions were as ignorant
Of the English language as ,oas Balaam's ass
Did not certain editor publish letter
from a visitor to Teachers Association,
rejecting upon this town and ridiculing
some of our citizens, and afterwards in an
editorial, made an explanation that was re-
garded as "rubbing in - the insult?
But Mr.. Editor shall have to pass by
many pleasant incidents that l recall in
connection with the other preachers have
named, else you may not find room for this
letter.
One reflection before l step down from
this old wall. The second church was built
in 1889. In 1S40a general conference of
the NJ Z. Church was held in Baltimore.
Among the notables who visited Port and
preached in the old church were Bishop
Waugh, James o. Andrews elected Bishop
at that conference, who in 1S4S was the
occasion-not the cause-of the division
of the church North and South, DR.. Pierce,
of Georgia, afterwards Bishop of NJ. E.
Church South Peter Cartwright of back
woods notoriety and others.
In May, 1876, another general conference
will be held in Baltimore for the first time