New-York tribune., 1879-12-21

In his remark. III was at me they ihuknc"' nc
grovled. Il see you know i'll | am an awkward
country lad but il is the contrast between us when
struck them. He was right. except that be had no
idea how uncouth he was. His size, his association
with his rough old uncle and energetic mother the
oxen with which he had labored the rocky SOIL the
stormy Winters, bad all left their impress upon
young Tbrlmore. Never had Old Orange seen
more gawky. angular. numbering specimen OF the
rawest of material and the contrast with his COM
panion was such that il was impossible MOTTO laugh
No one was as sensible of this as the Vermont
youth, and with 1t came the instant ana suiieh
spirit of self-asscrtiGp. Dumbly conscious OF re-
serves of strength within, I'll show them yet' III
show them yeti" what he said to himself. ana
he said this more and more every day."
Before completing his college course Thirlmore
had shot up into a truly splendid yorpg fellow. his
stature was in keeping with bis noble bead, his
dark hair and eyes. and swarthy cheeks. whose
Insset health was always tinged with red His
slow way of talking which always seemed 10 he
LAYING down the law expressed the self-assertion,
the unconscious audacity of the man. In spite OF
his physical vigor. he indolent to the last de-
gree where his studies were concerned. Had IL not
been for the daily assistance and perpetual en-
treaties of his cousip the burly Vermonter would
have been long ago dismissed from college. Il sup
poseu said he one day TO Treut " | suppose am
fool But il is because | am little more than an
animal. Even old oxen on the farm Will below
and tear round little when rested and have belly
full of grass. When get out of doors, away
from books, am like a horse out OF harness"
During a little walk of the two into
the country on clustering windy day,
they came within sight of n handsome
mansion among the cedars OH the roadside
- Look at that place, Trent Thirlmore said, the
wind bulieting them as they went, with new fury.
That old rascal has hundreds of acres. do you
see the stables and the conservaores full OF roses.
blooming this moment ? He has thirty thousand
a wear. that fellow has. What difference between
him and us! Go into that house, and you will fiud
parlors. siibrares. sumptuOus bed-chambers. The
dnng-rocm is III keeping with the pictures, bronzes,
mirrors carpets, gorgeous dinners. On one side OF
his fireplace that is sitting this instant, III bet,
fat. comfortable with slippers velvet dressing
grown, the best cigars. and n decanter of the
choicest wine within reach. On the other side sits
his wife, richly dressed, rosy well as fat, with
diamonds on her fingers, and plenty more upstairs
not a care on earth. Between them, on the rug,
and about the house are beautiful children, st Ber
nard dogs and all that. Whenever they take
fancy, they can have any visitors they lke-pretty
women. brilliant men. They have billard-tabe.
and the best music that money can buy. Nothing
to do not a thing to bother about. And here are
We Weg We'll what of us 2 his companion
asked 1t is wicked exclaimed Ihirlmore it
is the animal me. of course, but my miserable soul
howls like hungry wolf for the good things of this
life. can't see why am not as good as anybody.
II is wicked, is it' Wei, God has me iu hand.
suppose. lie can master me, and nobody eise."
After leaving college Thirlmore decides upon the
study of divinity. and ia due time we Gnd him
popular clergyman the pastor of the Church of tho
Drsn odu hiS el
quence if net reyercd for his sanity pety. His
views of the clerical profession were somewhat re-
markable. On his last return home from Old
Orange. he went about his work on the farm as in
dependent if he were not armed and equipped to
wag his pow i the pulpit" His uncle stood by
hm one day as he toiled at one Of the bOulders In
the rocky field which seemed to multiply as fast as
they were removed "The valedictorisn of his class
had laid aside his hat coat and vest and, lever in
hand, was tong at his work i'll way which
brought out the muscles Of his shapely FORM as
well as the perspIraton upon his bronzed and deter
mined face. He will be grander mon than
Tummas Cbawmers,' the white-hesded old Scotch
man remarked to himself. with grim satisfaction,
his ru gged face as set ever. Thrlmore had come
TO be q stronger than even his uncle. OF later
he put what he thought and felt into action. and
left il as much uncomnented upon as his hunger or
thirst That which he knew as he worked was this:
What can do to this rock will be done,-all l
cannot do will be left undone. 1t will be the same
of any church. A church TO me will be merely big
boulder All that happens to it will be what can
make 1t do aud be- Believing this, he changed the
bearing of his lever, this way and that. until he
had heaved the stone over Then he put on his hat,
coat and vest. went into the house with his uncle,
and ate hearty supper After which. he grappled
with one of Chalmers's Astronomical Discourses.
precisely as he had done with the boulder, led in
brief prayer at hls unc.es grutf command and, 60
! ing TO bed, fell sound asleep, Soul and body
| lie was at ono with himself, and an
| OK could not have slept profoundly"
His exploits at the " Holy Orihamme" are described
IN the account of visit to the church by an cratic
freespokcn classnate who wished to treat himself
| to sermon one pleasant Sunday after he landed
| the day before from an absence i'll Europe.
1T is the fret Sunday have for ab how long p!
he said that gives the day this last flavor and fra
grRnce OF Paradise. The streets clean and quiet
d not 30 nnS % @ 50
come walking down the pavement. So cool a.. and
tTs1O'c eVen could write hymn Il he We're TO try.
nj were to sit down % TO it. l. could pour out
from bis vacation, does not preach well such morning
as this he Is oTsie God knows tea, am no Christian
outside of home religion so long whetherrisa rous
sbs +, eSy H. wondsr " where ae his Church
He stopPed the first gentleman he met 20 inquire.
OrifitDme Certainly" the questioned made reply
And he gave directions how 10 fndet with dcgee OF
aacrlty, and pride, which exhilaraed Guernsey
sensitive he was TO everything. IL proved magnl
| cent structure when he reached IL. On entering with
the he found that ThrlmOre had greater ncitc
20 eloquence than anything he had vet imagined
Sus to be sSowa to but the Instant the
the bouquet in his butonhole beheld Guernsey he
knew him from his appearance 10 be distinguished
somebody a ceebrG ted author most likely, aud hast
ened 10 give him seat upon the platform.
From his elevation Guernsey had n view OF the
whole house. There was a small desk with vase OF
flowers upon II at the mont or the platform Behind 1t
was seincrcular OF plants, from between whose
flowers and tropical leaves could be seen the choir