Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03
NEW PROVIDENCE.

gregatl0n. Had the day been beautl- |
full and bright, the house would not
have accommodated the audience.
Forty FIVE years of ministerial toll
have bleached his locks but he en-
Joys fine health, and breaches with the
vigor of youth. 1t was delightful to
listen to him as he discoursed to the
friends of his younger days of the only
plan of human salvation Faith IN
Christ. The congregation went away
highly pleased with the sermon. and
are anxious to have him at Bethel
again during his stay amoug us. He
breaches in the NJ. e. Church in this
place next Sunday at II a. m, and will
doubtless have large congregation.
The month appointed by the Bishops
of the NJ. E. Church, South, for col
lections for the relief Of the Publishing
House has passed away. I wonder
what has been the result If every
member of the church loved it and its
institutions, then | would have no
tronble in estimating the result. But
alas those who can not and those who
aoiU not must be carried by those who
will. 1t is estimated that twenty-five
cents per member will relieve the
house. My charge has paid its prorata
and added the same for those who can
not, making fifty cents per member. /
have not taken a collection for those
who can and will not, thinking that
they may yet see that they are equal
stockholders and under obligations to
aid in relieving the house. Here is a
clause in our Discipline that, it seems
to me, would move any conscientious
Methodist to action in the premises:
will you be subject to the Discipline
of the Church, attend upon its ordi-
nances, and support ats institutions -?
Ansa0er-I viii endeavor so to do, by
the help of God" Dis, p. 217. Well,
this house is an institution of the
Church they, the Observation-Disclosures,
have had the help Of God,' and yet
they do not 'endeavor so TO do" /
am glad to see that GAINESVILLE and the
district generally responded literally.
Mr.. Ely Trice, an old citizen of
New Providence, died last Sunday
Mr.. Trice had been in bad health for
some time, and it has been evident to
his friends that he was falling both in
mind and body. He leaves a widow
who has the pathies of her neigh
bors and friends; her life of late years
having been spentin patientselfde denial
aud anxious watching. But con-
seriousness of having performed her
duty is her sweetest sOlace now.
"Camanche Jim" made us a call,
examining the craniums of the curious
and the credulous. Being a silken tie
between the pale-face and the red
skin, he comes from the ignorance of
the one to enlighten the intelligence
of the other. Marvellous man of dual
blood | did not hear him lecture,
but learned from those who did that
he was full of himself aud 'the hero
of his own story" [ met him on the
turnpike on his return to GAINESVILLE
that night, and as he walked along be-
tween his joachim and Boaz" l thought
| detected an air of success.
Our fellow-townsman, Samuel Buck
ley, and Miss Isabella Prewitt were
married on Wednesday last. do not
remember to have spent a more en-
ioyable day on an occasion of the
kind. True six or seven miles of
rough road is no small matter, especi-
ally when the one most reasonably ex-
pected TO know the way gets lost.
Tom seemed determined that Mr.. B.
should have new house-keeper, and
rushed to the front. There is wheel
within wheel" May all the bright
hopes of family and friends be realized,
and heavens hand guide the destiny
Of the Buckley house.
Aunt Lizzie Long, whose death you
mentioned last week, was born in Stu
benville, Ohio, Feb. 9, 1872 Her pa
rents soon after moved to Carroll
county, Ohio, where she remained I'M
til 1913; she then came with her broth
err, John Long, to the South remained
with him until his death, and with his
widow and children until her death,
which occurred Feb. q, 1877.
She was a member of the German
Reformed Church (Presbyterian) and
had been for many years. [ visited
her during her affection and found her
a great sufferer She was anxious for
religious services, and enjoyed them
very much. Of her future she talked
like christian woman with strong
faith in God, and perfect resignation
to His will. Not doubt disturbed
her mind, but a prayer for grace to en-
able her to suffer His will, and it was
granted. She died in the arms of love
and tenderness, and we put her away
in the beautiful and quiet Long buri-
al ground" pronouncing, amid the
sobs of sorrowing ones. Il am the res
direction and the life"
Rev. Josiah Carneal, of Kentucky,
occupied the pulpit of the NJ. Z. Church
on Wednesday night, delivering COM
forting sermon on ''tribulation the way
to the kingdom" Brother Carneal is
one of the most active men in agricul-
ture and religion that | have ever met
Earnest, faithful and wise, in domestic
and Church life he has blessed the
world by living in it, and it will be
poorer when he dies.
T. j. DUNCAN.
THE Nashville American of Feb.
81 hos tb;S 70 COW Of Tud1a ChacEaI