Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-21
PROM NEW PROVIDENCE.

New clothes! Old things done
away! What a newspaper you are
Peace within your borders and pros
perity within your palaces. But
say, while 'tall the world and the
rest of mankind' are rejoicing over
the bright and sparkling tokens of
your prosperity, isn't there danger
of something like this 4: "Well, they
have been sending me please RENTS,
last calls, and fair warnings as if the
ship was about to sink, and behold,
here they come dressed from head
to foot in a new suit. Is that what
you call hard times? Then come
hard times, and let your friendly
footsteps fall across my Threshold"
Next to an itinerant, a newspaper is
proudest of its new clothes. A
happy coincident-on the very day
that you don your new suit our old
friend Boillin, on the square, will
hand over to your humble servant
a handsome suit with the compi-
ments of kind-hearted lady friend
in Kentucky. Now, may the bles-
sings of heaven rest upon her house
hold, and on those who have ena-
bled you to put on your brightest
and best" Long may the tide of
your prosperity continue!
found in the Cedar Hill c0mmu-
nifty a strong opposition to services
being held during the approaching
camp meeting season. Cedar Hill
camp ground has, in a great meas
ure, failed to meet the object con-
templated in its creation. 1t is, so
far as moves and seconds, resolu-
lions aud speeches are concerned, a
"Clarksville district camp ground )"
but essentially and practically it is
Cedar Hill camp ground. There
are nine camps-Cedar Hill, six (;
Turnersville, in Cedar Hill circuit,
one; Springfield, one, and Clarks-
vile one. OF the fourteen pastoral
charges in GAINESVILLE district there
are only three owning camps, Ce-
dar Hill owning seven-ninths. Al
though the grace of liberality
abounds among these generous and
self-sacrificing people, yet it is I'M
reasonable that they should support
a camp ground accessible to whole
district of country by two different
railroads. And while they have
the cause of God as much at heart as
any people that know, it is mad
ness in them to bring annually and
offer upon the solitary altar greater
sacrifices than their annual church
expenses. The district has not met
the expectation of the people of Ce-
dar Hill, nor complied with the
spirit of the resolution originating
the camp ground; and it would be
infinitely better for Cedar Hill, with
her large population, to add hel
amount expended on the camp
ground to the amount of ministerial
support, and thereby increase tho
amount of preaching and pastoral
work among her people. During
one week they eXpend enough tC
support a pastor and his family one
year. If by this means they were
to double the preaching and pastoral
work it would be seed sown in good
ground. l record with pleasure the
liberality and zest with which
GAINESVILLE has complied with the
spirit of the work. Her offerings
then are doubtless accepted of God,
and her reward is sure. Springfield
has done a great deal both before
and since she built her camp. Adj
ANS Station and Salem have borne
a noble part, though they have no
camps but it must be remembered
that these are appointments in Ce-
dar Hill charge. Allensville, KY,
if not "the noblest Roman of them
all" comes in for her share of praise.
The truth is feel like they are akin
to us.
Last Tuesday, in company with a
rare travelling companion, / called
on Rev. Benz. f. Haynes and his
excellent lady at the parsonage near
Asbury Church, Montgomery cir
cult. Brother H. seems perfectly
at home in his new field, and there
is an air of conservation and salts
faction so manifest in the bearing
| of these servants of God that "FOr
Jesus sake" would be fitting motto
to suspend upon their walls. | am
glad to learn that the good people
of Asbury appreciate these worthy
servant of God. Kind words and
kind deeds to stranger in strange
land brings God and the parties
concerned in close proximity. The
eye of Samuel T, COleridge was pier
cling indeed or he could never have
found the sparkling jewel of his
loved GenevieVe amid so much
beauty and gracefulness. But no
more would they compare with the
heavenly gem contained in the
swan-like bosom than would the
mild taper with the full-orbed sun.
! can't resist the temptation to give
it:
MAID of my love, sweet Genevieve,
In beauty's light you glide along;
Your eye is like star OF eve,
And sweet your voice as Seraph's song.
Yet not your heavenly beauty gives
This heart with passion soft TO glow;
Within your soul voice there lives
1t bids you hear the tale of woe.
When sinking low the sufferer wan
BehOlds no hand outstretched to save,
Fair as the bosom of the swan
That rises gracefully DER the wave,
I've seen that breast with pity heave,
And therefore love l you, sweet Gene
We've"
Leaving the parsonage we zig
Jagged until well nigh night-fall,
my rare companion relieving the te-
dunn of the drive by Mark Twain
ish style smartly chastened by the
grace of God. If Mark was a con-
secrated man (who knows to the