The Hartford herald., 1879-06-11

We found the sameereeks and branches
hills and hollows, and the deep tangled
wild words that greeted our eyes in
the long ago, and we. wandered with
peculiar delight over those places which
made US sad with the memory of other
years. Not q vestage ofour fathers
house remains. Just where the houses,
the garden and the orchard were, there
Is a beautiful field of growing corn and
the shrubs plantedat the graves of father
and mother are now large trees, sadly
reminding US that the sands Of time are
rapidly moving, and that soon our
course viii have been run, andour bodies
will return to dust. But, as We stood
beside those graves, and thought of the
scattered family, and the destroyed
house, we could say with the inspired
Paul, that 1--WE know that il this earth
ly house of our tabernacle were dissolved
we have house building Of God an
house not made with hands eternal in
the heavens"
Ii may be remembered that Allan
Miller was called 1.-The boy preacher
Of Ohio county, more than twenty
years ago, that he went to school in
Russellville, returned, taught school fpr
year, preaching at Mt Zion and Cool
Springs churches, that he entered
upon the work Of the ministry and was
called toa distant field of labor, and
that he returned just twenty years ago
last March, and took his brother with
him, entered upon his studies for the
ministry. And il may not be improper
to say that our whole livs have been
full oflabor, that We have both been
quite successful, and that we are both
pleasantly located i'm important fields,
where our labors are being abundantly
blessed
Finding our brother 30 much better
than We anticipated, of course We We're
expected to preach while there, and
We did preach four times to very large
congregations, composed Of the people
of the community at large, irrespective
Of denominational, political, social or
any other peculiarities. The people
came out en- Dsdsse, andthey seemed to
be interested. Quite a number resolved
to seek the salvation of their souls, and
the interest was 50 great that we prom
ised to return this summer and hold q
meeting of several days.
The only remaining sister of our
mother we found quite well and hearty.
Our stepmOther is also living
and looking quite natural.
She is a truly good woman. Our two
sisters, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Jamison,
we found well and doing well Old
Uncle Jimmy Stewart IS one Of the
land marks Of that part of the country,
and he looks, talks and acts just as he
did twenty years ago. He is truly a re-
markable man, and it is refreshing to
find a man of his age keeping up 80
yEal 10 hna lr.- Ill
of whom seem to be doing well One
of his sons, Willis Green, is preaching
and teaching school Alex. Davis and
his family, seemed as little changed as
any family there. His oldest son, Jas.
C., has a good farm, and is pastor Of sew
eral churches i'm that part of the eoun-
try. Henry and Dow Taylor, William
Henry and John James Leach, Burge
Thomson, Willis Stewart and others,
were found to be worthy Representatives
of their noble and departed parents.
The limits OF this article forbid furth-
er illusions to persons and matters in
the neighborhood Of our childhood and
youth As our faces had to be turned
50 this communication, al
ready becoming too long, must be
brought to q close.
On our return home, We had the
pleasure Of spending the night with
Rev. j. 5. Coleman, at the beautiful
home OF his wife, near Buford. His
health is rapidly improving, and he
hopes to be able to enter actively upon
his ministerial duties i'm short time
What the Doctor proposes for the fu-
ture, we cannot say, but il would seem
that it would take a loud call to induce
q man to leave such a home as he now
has, to go to anywhere else. DIR. Cole
man will, however, obey the calls of du-
ty, as his past history fully shows; and
II 'the pillar of cloud moves he will
A telegram vas received
while We were there, announcing the
death Of one Of his sons, which east
deep shadow over his usually cheerful
spirits. The Lord bless and comfort
him and may he and his noble wife
long live to do good.
We reached our home safely-found
our family well, and we are now active
" engaged in our respective fields of la
Dor. A. b. MILLER.
EVANSVILLE, md, May 81