Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-01-08
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Nearly half century ago, on Sum
day morning, an old Methodist preacher
preached in, a village on the heights
above Narration, in Cornwall, England,
near st. Hilary Dowas.; After the SER
vice he was invitedtO dine with a member.
of the congregation. The table was some
what richly laden. Fer n minute or two
he seemed 20 hesitate i'm his chair, and at
length said:
Isn't this the place where John IVES
ley sat i'm the saddle and dined OH black
berries from the hedge for want of bet
ter dinner ?" rsysr q ~ - ~ r
Yes it was replied.ts ga - - Z
Then" said he. forbid that should
indulge i'm this plenty. or cat or drink in
this place. Where Wesley had not Il
morscl of bread offered him. i will not
feast. In honor of his memory will 20
out on the downs and fast and pray"
The stalwart oil pilgrim staikel away,
singing
'.Hi- happiness, il part, b. mine,
sSss ss 1870 stsssa s siss.sssfs' a0H
hifsSd with the = sr,iSof finite good,
Ny soul Is lighten'd of its load,
And seeks the things above
Some would think that this came too
near the ascetic; but the old IN an was a
whose veneratiOn for John Wesley and
whose love for his work and thair own
We're master feelings. He was one of the
few who could appreciate John Wesley's
hymn for 1.-The Pilgrim, and consistently
sing it throughout. He was, too, in build
and appearance, i'm physical constitution,
mental character, and intensity of devo-
ton, something like the copy of the man
man who recorded. w esley s pilgrim ex-
perience on st. Hilary sDewns-44J ohm
Nelson; and,like Wesley's vigorous COM
paniOn, could say from his heart, !" BY
the grace of God l love every man, but
fear no man."
Nelson gives us his vivid recOllections
When had been out week, / returned
taSt. Ives. CAS- -flAll' that time Mr.
Wesley and lay on the floor; he hademy
great coat for his pillow. and had Bur
kett's Notes on the New Testament for
mine. After being here three weeks, one
morning about three O'Clock Mr. Wesley
turned over, and finding me awake,
clapped me on the side, saying, Brother
Nelson, be of good cheer. /. have one
whole sideyet, for the SKINS off but one
side. We usually preached on the COM
mons, going from one common to anoth-
er, and it was but seldom any one asked
US to eat or drink. One day we had been
at st. Hilary Downs, and Mr.. Wesley
had preached from EZekiel's vision of dry
bones; and there was shaking among the
people as he preached. As we returned,
Mr.. Wesley stopped his horse, to pick the
blackberries, saying, Brother Nelson,
We ought to be thankful that there are
plenty Of blackberries; for this is the
best country i ever saw for getting
stomach; but the worst that | ever saw
Tor getting food Do the people think
we can live by preaching? / said; Il
know not what they may think, but one
asked me to eat something as came to
st. just, when ate heartily of barley
bread and hOuey,', He said. sYou are
well off; Fhad aithought Of begging a. i
crust of bread of the woman where L met
the people at MOrya, but forgot it till 1
had got some distance from the house,,
In the light of this record of weeks
adventures in the pilgrim-poet's life, his
hymn appears i'm all its distinctive beauty
ana singular appropriateness. Follow
Inc man rom Oxford to Georgia; watch
III, , auliust the disappointments of his
h;s lille Tue nlhng away of weak friends;
n .s pc:lis In the distant wilderness. his 4
ps. iS Ia the deep, his perils at home
s Sae0 hostile mobs, his s;no,e-handed
~ t,nfh p pa.'les against all classes of foes
~ .lusn' MS continuous. rounds IF mis-. |
s,u.,ary travel, his ceaseless variety Of
c.ompauy and accommodated and6;SS -
s .arlnS enorts to bless the world 60 s S;.n
;r stlipes, In tumults, In labors IN yS. IL
mss, !. lasFlngs; as poor, vet making
teuy rich;" look at him, as To this ,s,1ri5
~. 'uneiess, with his back on THINGS that
n mSs seen bis whole soul bent ON eternal ri
, ,,u zone man still, an apostolic pilgrim.
Lingering on the open western Common to-
,scu On Wild berries, and thinking of beg
5;n .s crust from poor woman look at
;"h I, ana then listen, as he pours forth
s gr;m,n song from his heart,-his pill
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