, 1876-07-08

,n,ir puns Hasten the glorious hour,
,,hrn all BURGERS to iryc drinking shall
l.. hro>cn down. Grant Us fruitful sea.
sans that grain may be plenty and cheap,
.u,t that care for the peace ot society.
.., ,hc rood of the Notid, III the smallest
.i.,rrc but ask niI in the name of
money and for my own sake; amen
Mr.. GlliIml read this prayer to one OF
nj. plrishunrrs in Odo, named Suthcr.
land vino was putting up II distillery,
,ud the man gave up his project lmmc.
ln,trly. Mr.. Stewart said that in those
..,rIy DAYS everybody drank whisky.
Ills ia,hcr put in n barrel Of it for daily
r.r as hu did flour Church members
and officers drank it. He had known
ministers to go into their puIpits 50
trunk that they had to he held up.
Or. Rush used to say that every wo-
man in Philadelphia was u drunkard.
Now how changed; no minister or
member ot any Church can drink it
without rcproach. lie was thankful for
il. hut we must continue to work until
every man, woman and child is saved
from this curse, lie attends and takes
An active part in the Srmiahmoo Tenn.
pcrance SUcctys monthly meetings,
i,oing tour miles in boat, and on foot
over rough trail, with h Child,cn and
Grand. children, to do so, and thus he
has the joy OF looking upon sober
household, from the oldest to tie yoaSgcSt.
His love OF the Bible and care to keep
the Sabbath has instiled this principle
into the family, and the blessing OF this
holy day has made its impress upon them,
although they have been always am'ng
the front ranks OF American pioneers.
1t happens to this class OF our people to
he required TO do many kinds OF hnnd!-
work. Taught to make spinning wheels
aud chairs in his fathers shop, he also
learned the blcksmitll's trade while set
20 blow and strike for hired smith.
Ills first work WAS to make pair OF
rompasscs; his next the irons for the
spi ming wheels, OF which he made
more than two Thousand before factory
GOODS" put them out Of use. His wagon.
making began by filling Il broken.down
wheel Tor a man, who was fifty miles
from II wagon shop. His skill increased
until his own shop turned out the best
wagons aud chairs in the region. His
own room is furnished with tables
and chairs of his own make since he
came to this coast three years ago.
Nearly all his sons have learned of him
10 be good mechanics, and his grAndsons
sre doing the same. While we were
talking yesterday his son came in from
the blacksmith shop, saying, Father, u
difficult piece Of work has just come :
will you come out and show US how to
do it?' His leather apron was put on,
and he was soon ut the forge tcnpering
and welding the iron, swinging the ham
mer in regular stroke with another while
turning the ring.
But it is us u minister OF the Gospel
II that he exccls. During the last week he
has attended meeting every day or
n evening, aud taken q part, walking from
one and a half to two miles. He hns
gathered a church of 20 members, and u
congregation of 80 or so, to whom he
ministers regularly. His pen or his voice
or his hands are always employed. He
has no wealth, and no property laid by.
lie has, within two years, published u
well prepared essay on the Holy Trim
ty," and second carefully revised cd
ition is now ready Tor the press. While
he is pastor of the Congregational church
OF Semiahmoo, he is cordial and ac'
ccptablc worker with other Christians
and philanthropiSts in all the region.
On arriving in the country he published
a letter upon the great advantages OF
this northwest Tor settlers, and scattered
many copies in Iowa and Illinois.
Such patriarch OF the past century, q
soldier Of the wax Of 1912, n Christian
and temperance veteran of that early
time, an unfinching defender of tae
American principle of human freedom
against the practice of American slavery,
until 1t was abolished--not as he hoped
and laborcd aud prayed, by tho moral