Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-09-24

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and aisle, tho avenues Of the valleys,
the frInges Of the hills ! No stately
SO eternal the Joy Of man, tho COM
fot Of all living creatures, the glory
Of tho earth-they arc but the monu'
meats Of those poor leaves that hll
family past Us 10 die, Let them not
pass without our understanding their
last counsel and example that We ALSO
careless at monument by the grave,
may build IL IN the world-monument
by which men may be taught to TO-
men,beE not where We died, Int
where We lIyed,-[Ruskip'
We ars happy TO sec that frankie
son OF +. n. Billings who has been
confined 10 the house Tor about two
months by inhamatory rheumallsm'
has so hr recovered rs to DO able to
ride out
The pulpit Of tho Congregational
Church was last Sunday ably supplied
by Rev, Mr. Dutton Of Lebanon, ~
II. The sermon Ia tho morning and
the exlempOraneOus one at SIX o'clock
., N. gave great satisfaction. 1t Ia
understood that Rev, Mr. Hicks Of
our village preached in the pulpit Of
Mr. Dutton in Lebanon on his return
last Sunday from the seabord, where
he has been passing his vacation
Some weeks ago we heard q dis
tinguishcd clergyman, occupying a
high position, preach couple OF pow
criul sermons, with great eloquence
aud pathos, but in reading the hymns
he bit his words of leaving aspace
between the words, just like q boy
walking on stills, making dot here
and there, the intermediate spaces be-
ing blank. The effect was bad aud
was spoken OF by his hearers Tho
preacher is very learned and distin-
yuishcd man, whose name Is in all the
churches, but no evidently has never
learned to read.
Rev. Mr.. Dutton, from Lebanon,
introduced TIE Moody q Sankey
method of giving out four hymns at
the beginning Of the meeting at six
o'clock in the lecture room OF the
Congregational church, thus making
the first part Of the meeting a Praise
Meeting, and it had a very good ei-
feet. 1t had the effect Of putting ev-
ery one in accord with the spirit Of
the meeting and occupying the atten'
ton till all were properly seated.
This had been proved by Moody u
sankcy much better way than TO
give out a couple Of verses and then
commence in a cold formal way ac'
cording to immemorial and bad Gus
tom. 1t takes the meeting out OF the
old ruts that every one is tired OF.
After the hymn was given out, he
Strengthened himself up, inflated his
lungs and gave the number of the
hymn again, so that every one could
know what he was singing.
The six days walk in Gilmore's
Garden New York, is creating con-
siderable excitement. Thirteen pc.
destrians are on the track. 1T is a
ego as you please race-that is, You
can make ten miles a day or fifty, just
as YOU feel about it--but the man
who makes the greatest number OF
miles in six days, takes the Ashley
Belt. A man has to make $50 miles
in the six days, anyway to entlt!e
him to a share in the gate money
The gate money amounted to over
$4,000 the first day. Rowell, the
Englishman, is ahead at present writ
inc; our townsman. Norman Taylor,
is somewhat behind in the race, but
we have faith that he will "pull up
the last of the week enough to get
"shake' in the gate money anyway
In our travels the other day We
were introduced to two characters
Judge Joe Bradley, OF the 8 to
fame in the presidential contest, and
Love of the Burlington Reuieao. Mr.
Bradley is pleasant little man, be-
tween 60 and 70 years Of age, and
was en- route to Rutland with Gov.
Bingham to look over the marble
quarries at that place. Love is 9
youth about 40, and from a phreno
logical inspection of him Che had his
hat off we would be willing to stake
''scuIpin,' if we had one, that he
will never be hung or "burnt" at the
stake for his piety. His intellectual
bumps are pretty fairly developed.