The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-13
POOR PARKINS0N'S TRIALS.
NOW THE coon NAV FELL AMONG
TUE JERSEY pHILISTINES.

when SrN reporter called on Capt.
Parkinson. the canal boat revivaltst Of weehaw-
tsn. Yesterday. the CAPTAIN was on his knees on
,tenalr VI his cabin cutting out scollOped pa
,,rco,crs Tor his shelves. 1--WE been sick abcd
,u,c got out Of prison" he said, but the
f.rl has hcrn with me-" The Captain thank
flilvreccived $3.50 that had been sent to THE
srx for him. and remarked that 1t was the
gort's gift. II have been prosecuted" he said
"on account q the work I ain doing. j am go
ing 10 sell the old boat and 20 to Australia,
wherc have friends. aud where | Will be pro-
,ectcd. want to thank THE SUS tor doing jus
tlce to the good cause have tired to work Tor
and shall not forget 1t II 20 to Australia and
do missionary work there"
cant. Parkinson then gave an account OF the
din ulty which led t. his imprisonment. a
penusylvnnia boaimau came to me-" he said,
"and asked for some reading matter. told
him TO come on the boat, aud / would give MIN
some. when he came was writing to my sister
about the boatmens church which was TO punt
In IIohuken, and Of which expectcdto be SUI
Ierln' ndent. We got to talking about money
aud banks. and he said the newspapers repre-
scented that IA ! no money and h" Id that !
fraud. an that he meant To mud OUT, what
] vas. He continued to bother me, and told
Linn to go away. lie would not 90 away, and so
nut him out with little trOt ble us possible.
When he was going up the steps he turned.
and | thought he was going to strike me,
iHl I struck him. | contend that l had
right to hold NV fort. Tnis little
cabin is INV castle. " It Il hum BILE. and have
risht tn defend II. know / did nothing wrong
aud l would drive such a person away again
The next day the const BILE arrested me and
they keut me in prison. In solitary confinement
iuost of the time, for two weeks. while was
ca prison a man came 20 sec me from Colorado.
lie was an old frend-we had been boys To-
thought he had dropped from heaven. lilo
gave me some provisions. MY brothet-in law
ami two uicces whom had not seen in seven
years also came to me In my affection.
JAIL COMFORTS.
"Thcre was prisoner ia the Jail nsmed Van
Horn. lie bad been converted IN jail, and his
e. him good deal and he lent me book called
The lAfc of Christ and the Apostles. J reae
II Ss Kew "% sssa she s %s IN a
too. Ct hold Of other good books and out Of
one Of them | copied tueso verses which gave
me great comfort:
"How canst thou call me poor An thires are mine.
Nhafe'er nsA NV tod replies It's thine
suhr ny stor IN cir-t, count e,s .un.
lsa.ure , 'i nv rieh.. tseS conten ne"
.h.N nave tnir good mi lgs nov, for mine wait
DO" SSTe'' theirs at Oe'' the e''' Of "n' no"
The Captain road these verses with tears In
his ewes, from little. much worn blank book.
IN which they were written IN \ cranped hand.
The me hook cont lined OF extracts from
religious works, which the revivalist said he mad
Selcc ed as golden texts to be used In his mis-
siOnary mi revival work. Many of them had
been copied out Of the books lie read while In
while | was in rrison," he continued. 81
cent 10 my boat and got some books and .rIcts
which distributed among the rrisoners. and
they were glad to get them. tell YOU had
hard time. | felt that was locked up for no
crime. and II | had not been a Christian, and
had not had Van Horn to talk to, would have
been tempted to make away with myself. /
hardly slept nights. felt so BADLY. d. F. Newton
oi5DWest Twentieth street, who paid my 1ne and
got me released. | never saw before. and when
vented TO give him my note TO repay the money
dunk h FOR ' me and al the Other fends Who
have helped me. Franklin Ferguson Of Bur
iingion, VINO telegraphed to the Judge to know
how much II would cost TO get me out came too
late. He took very kind interest In me, and
yhen he went away wanted mo to give him q
keepsake. All had to give him was pearl
button had in my pocket. lie took that, and
eaid he would keep II to remember me. stiid
hoods friend C. f. Handy, at Yonkers. feel
very much hurt anout nv i'm prisonment and
h9ts iha ~ It Toni get to the e,rs Of my friends
charge me with nghting! despise it, Sighting
L. only for dogs"
THE OLD MANS TROUBLES,
"vhat awssened your interest in religion,
Three years ago my wife lett me- She caused
me good Zeal Of trouble. contracting debts
much downcsst, aud my thoughts turned to
serious subjects Happily one day there tlut-
The words Of 81. Paul; Hold fast thai which ia
good These words burned into my mind.
asked myself, Am holding fast that Which
gan TO mediate more seriously on relle-
ION. About tnis time nv father, who
had come with me from England, died. In my
sorrow and distress OF mind l wrote TO my
mother, aud she. who " a good Christian wo-
man, told IRE TO put my trust in the Lord. / did
as best could aud 1t took nan my trouble
away. 1 was living gt that time in a small cana
village in western New York, where ITacIised
my trade OF snip cduleor. here was Baptist
ehurch IN the place. aud with my newly aroused
Interest in religion fully awake, one Sundny
rs.fel - I I.f.ls
lbg for seat an usher said 10 ms. Don't 40
into tnat seat; II Is deacon so and SOS, and he
won't allow Guybcdy la IT. turned to another
seat, but he turned his back and p.id
D. attention 20 me- l felt my aldoI
where they won't give man n seat AT that
instant the minister came In. and perceyng m y
60 come and occupy 1t as oftea as | chose. Thai
Ityenied tGy leaving tue 'hurch in disgust
Attcrward some OF the church members be-
cane ashamed OF the treatment had received
Hhd apolog.zed 10 me for IL. think now shal
g. ha x an Try t. start a revival in that very
~ urea where ! was received so unhindIy Oh III
iIst appearance.
GolSG TO WORK WITH THE BoYs
"Afterward went 10 Ehzaeethport and Their
went to Sew York aud gOt into the boating
business. ] Used often TO 20 10 the Mariners
'iuicn Ia New lotk, hno | think gnoO deal OF
ils la-tor. the Rev. Mr. Murphy. one day OF
not attend tue Appleton Mission Church. re-
oiled. have left my Sunday clothes behind
hhA lufN won I WelcOlno III TINS WoThl ~
IT, lie SAID, Yes ttey Will and went witt
him. | go kindly received with words Vi
encouragement snd YARN hand shakings that
my heart WAS touched. felt a deeper Interest
~ religion than ever before, and at ny
second visit, tiink 1t was, became really con
ed. That WIS last August. one Of tn,
Speakers at the mis- ion was Young captain o
AGO narre. lie and became warm friends
and Nc used - mold prayer meetings-We two
meiines on his boat, aud sometimes on mine
became more aud more into est"d, and
waited the bows On the river t. know how goot
" was. | got tracts and test mcnts, ana gave
then to the uoatni~n, ana IN the evenings anC
on SUNDAYS talked with them about religion
III these discOuragtug umes though there wa
nothing 40 good for them 10 near thr thirty
seventh ps tm r it was one 0f the great means
oi my conversion. and read II to them owe
aud over again, aud tell you some 81 them lei
encouraged by Il. | will read II fOr YOU"
Tao Captain, his face aglOw win eunestness
theO got down wel-thu nDed BiDle, AniCI
opened ~ the right lace without Tue aid OF
book mark, aud IN full, urnulOus voice h
read the ihirty-seventn Psalm, beginning;
ret thYee because OF evil aOers, neither b
Ntn eu'lous asalist ths workers of iulquity
He ~ "a the whole ch tpteT, ~ piping occl
sion y 20 say; "On. tnts ~ excellent." Wnel
be came the phrase, " Ia the DAYS OF fdmin
Nsy shaii he satisfied D" lie cad pc his hand u DO
lhe table ana exclaimed: " hats IL. | nav
htd 90 hina 10 90 lnce Curlstm IS, nut the LJt'
has provided according % us PROMISE"
d" ~ III bOu not become DISCOURAGED by helm
PEI sec .teudand give up the work - asked In
reporter.
now PARKINSON WORKS