The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-04-05

Scotch lassie walking through a field of
rye, or any other grain? The river Rye,
at Daily, in Ayrshire, is meant. Before
the days Of bridges it was no easy matter
to cross rivers without paying such a pen
atty as has immortalized Jennie in the old
ballad. Burns wrote the ballad and Brown
modernized it. AS Burns wrote it, il in
dicates the river plain enough
"Jenny's a wet, puir bodie
Jennys seldom dry
She drag II a her pettcOaie
Comm thro' the Rye"
Rye is spelled with capital II. The
air is pentatonic-the only 4 which occurs
in the melody being very characteristic
and effective.
The following is the origin of Longfel-
lows changing of the Crane I"
A dozen years ago, shortly after the
marriage of Mr.. I. b. Aldrich, Mr.. Long
fellow visited the young couple and took
tea with them at their charming little
house in Boston. The supper was laid on
very small table, indeed; but the poet,
always vigilant in search of new ideas,
took the smallness of the table as a theme
for discussion, and associating the ideas
with an old Arcadian custom, then and
there spun the thread Of his future poem.
GAS the family increases, said he to
Aldrich, "the size of the table must be
n ,I;lIaseu H.. " neu, Hi'er lons year, lhs
womanhood aud have left the fold, the
aa su' .aDi e. WIN asalu IS reRiacep " the
.. 1 ho JUG III n 'ne '~o Oiu lo'As "io iiuseF
nc, " os a. nue you ~ nav picture Vi
, me- u 'no s'o" .-, u tne iamiyi anu as
- ~ "ao Ia pG w.. ons i upon literary ga,
oosa,s a" Mn nav, W. alea ;, "..''en sone so2u
ioo, - I WY ~ "'''s u" essay y" '"0 SUI
NJ hms;ot n;-
Tho 80" e. T., h,,t " 'n."~ I III ~
naarcJ III ~ -. Sa' ~. ~ 'oA - sau ap
,ha von,,,or Doo; 'aas s ~ '"' . Iiaei anu
,benrh. e ~ r. .,a,,o sat- NJ "Ie you
csIloS nwb;oS 7 Urono.o I', 10 , .q'' NI Iuga
,;me 900 ~ or hardr t ,Loa,h, L LOns
dred ,;mos - ranl;od NJ iIdr;oh d., ~" 7
cannot nal aIv,L;na or -" I'm a -
;ect rovor,s 10 mo ,ben snid ,ha $50 1as
sble moo, and =, onao - - -, oV'''
fO''' saw '"'' ''e"D ~ "'''
rue 's"is are out ana gone are All the guests
He completed the poem and sent it to
MIR. Bonner, receiving in return the prince
ly compensation OF a thousand dollars. In
the ensuing winter, after its publication in
Ihe Ledger, the poem was put into the
elegant holiday volume in which it may be
san ~ 'n,1 pee"he "'uely Ano"n'
nection 10 reCor ~ RiaSon Hahsr ,S So
otber nooms whoso Ia"rnad a.. 80.
lectures and able articles in TIe 0par'
teyL P,rie,o oro ws;obed down he hi,
SINGLE ma,cbloss m;ss;on,rr brm1 7,
came about n ,L;s VIZ.
WbiIo ba was rector of ,ho Fn;.oo,.r
cburob =, Hodno, IL ebUanshira f. RI
q visit to his father.in. law. DR. Shirley
/ IL US ur
| tue lear OF Nrexham, on the border oil
/ Wales I'm tho nevt dov ,vh;cb ,yas ,h a
! q -, Ji ".n was .ne
| sabbath, DIR. Shipley was TO deliver a dis
| ,,,,-,, &: l.llc Il 40 -. q -
| SO"iS0 III "OhaiI VI thc SOeie'y loT tut
tan5aiI T ~ sn' eoIPe' III to,eis'
bannv o;r, i rnn;s oan ~ AOn-ia,'aM ",s
10 b;nw AVE- .a,, III o'is'on, 'o sa''
ot tbe ,n;..;oaarv so,r;"a ~ ~, - - s.'t
;rgm NV "'O'''" "O' II
Shor, no,;o, ,h., Co. Ii,
b;s ;omo.,.i;,, tIl 10 /" n'a" ~ 1'nie,
a@ 'H1 20 w. iiopsf ie''reI 70 anc'h
49, r' y ~ tHe 'oon' aHu !" NIUE t'"i'
rom~ona;n" 80 ''''' VI '"' p'Pu'ar uni
'0"s
from oreeniands icy mountains
DIR. Shipley was delighted with the pro
ductioD but Hebcr was not satisfied
i'The sense is not complete" he said. Ii
spite Of DIR. Shlpleys earnest protest, He
Der retired for few moments longer, and
then, coming back, read the following
glorious bugle blast which rings like thu
reyeille of the milenial morning
wan. waf, We wind. the story
"A; And 4 you, Y waters ron,
itspTe pre- de from ron ~ pS SISt q polel
TIL Th or l. our T ran sIaS n ast
Redeemer, King, Creator.
" "'AS 'V'u''s 70 reign
The next morning the EeePle Of Wrex-
ham church listened to the first rehearsal
Of lyric which has since been echoed by
millions OF voices around the globe.
No profame hymn-tinkcr has ever dared
to lay his bungling fingers on single syl.
liable Of those four stanzas which the Holy
Spirit moved Heber to write.
On that Sabbath morning he caught
the first strains of his own immortality
He "builled better than he knew" He
did more to watt the story Of Calvary
a.ouhu Tue eartn than II ne hau preached
| like Annllns mr. had foundad n hoard o(
~ Va
missions. IN concerts held IN school houses,
"a frontier capins, on the decks OF mis-,
slonary ships bound 70 Csylons Isle, and
IN vast assemblies oil the American Boards,
heoer trumPethymn has been sung with
swelling voices and gushing tears.
cowpers Great LYNN of Providence,
w. "au "iS'o'y he "ro'e u aiter
those two sweet devotional gems, 40 for
N Closo. NIL ,.;,l, Ga a t,,rt. = = :
S'Vsei nMn VITA JUL ahu inert
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