New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-05

able gospel. The Duke do Ia Rochefoucauld
Lancourt, whose book of travels I'm tins coun-
try is well known, visited yemIma, ana IKE a
good Frenchman notices that she had "nhe
teeth and beautiful eyes, The Duke was not
SO much impressed by her discourse, when, ne
says, was "an eternal repetition 0i tne SAINT
topics-death sin, and repentance. ne au''S
that her room was "exQuisltsly neal, anu re-
spmbled more the boudoir OF a fine lazy thah
the cell of a num- it contained Iookng-siass'
a clock, an armchair, good ue"' N"i iainS
nan and a silver sauceI-pleaSant suirouhdinSS
for q p1ophetessW Her garden, ne say " Is
lent in Good order; her springhouse is full of
milk cheese, butter, butchers meat, ana
came -: but even the polite Duke Is Obliged to
add Her hypocrisy may DC traced III ali ber
d,seourses, acJjon, conduct, ana III tho very
manner in which she maDages her countenance."
The Rev. Lorenzo Dow was Well enough
known as an itlnerant preacher nfly or Sixty
wears ago He called himself Methodist, but
his most unmethOdica ways aud his 1eStlVe-
ness under established and salutary discipline,
made him a constant trouble to that respect
able connection. He not only preaeaeu, out ne
printed IA great many astonishing DOORS. Inc
title of that which j have IN my POSSESSION Is
Or,nt essence of LoIenzo's Works. His
tory of CoSmcpOlite; or, the Four Volumes OF
Lorenzos Journal Concentrated INTO One, Con
tanning his Experience and Travels nom
| Childhood to 1914 III which year a was pup
| liShed in Philadel ghia. Lorenzo ieh4i0us eA-
| rerienccs in youth were NOT unlike those Oh
George Fox: there WIS The usual distress OF
| mind and of body; aud 1T was long befote 'his
Connecticut youth obtained deIlVelahce, ana
having been sprinkled III his infancy, ana no"
| feeling not satisfied, had the cclemoly Ie-pei-
! formed Then came the common desire 10 20
and preach the Gospel, ana y ltiVth' WISH
! to trust God by faith (IIke the bras iof daiy
| brrad.H From tins time forth LORENZO was II
! constant traveller He did not meet WIN much
| announcement from the members OF ms re-
! lieious society, but ne travelled all tic same;
| re received his discharge ir0m The circuit, ana
three handherc4lels were soon W. I" lou .
| with his tears How impossible it was to stop
! hIm NAV be gathered nom this record oI ms
| life winch was p constant pilgrimage. lie telt
| il MS duty to travel. and he ana trave great
! deal Yet Satan he says, pursued NE FROM
| place to place; Oh how can people dispute
! fhr,e bciay "A devil! If they underwent as
! mnch rs | do with his buffetIngs, they would
dispute il no more. He throwing IN his heIy
| darts nv mind is halasSed ike punching lhe
| body with forks and clubs" StlIl he went
| aho1t nrcachinc, though he publicly gave up
! the name of Methodist, because the preachers
wuulo not receive hlm az brother. EEeiy-
| thing almost happened ID lhn when couu nap
pcn except good luck. He lost biS gfcat-coat.
! Ills shorS were unfit for tuItnei service lie
! had not a faIthiug OF money. People decIaleh
| HIM crazy. The less chariiaOe or the more
| theological sand he was possessed ol lh3 oeNn.
| an at once he feels called to go 20 = eat britain
to nrcach the Gospel and he goes. Next he is
IN Dublin with only two siillinAs-, 1at pe,ng
tfe insignificant sum to which he Is frequently
| reduced during his pilgrimage yet he gives
! one Of these shiliings to poor starving lllSh
woman with three chlldrfn-starvlng beng ~
| common in Ireland then as unfortunately IL Is
to-day magistrate threatens to SEM nm
| 10 iail as q VaeabO1d. Al Bo'IaSi nc ac'u"uS
| did Get INTO i.sil for preaching III the street
| Presently be Was taken down win me small
| nOx The only thing winch was gwen nln was
| razor. presented by the Rev. Matthew LauD-
| tree Now a razor was precisely the one Jhihs
! which Lorenzo could do very wen W'hout, M
IL. l,o l,nA cnl
! to wear his beard, us it Was guard, sentry, OF
| watch 10 remind me OF my duty" TINS Is
| reason f0! rot shaving which 1t Is 10 he lealed
the present tepidarean age VIII nardiy aP-
Lorenzo got back to America safely ana
sfraigbtway continued his mean lerlDeS ana
missions in all parts OF tie United Siates' lie
seems still TO have had many tuuDGs' Gn W
| ENTRY in his diary records that he Is obliged TO
| sell his watch " to meet his oXpenseS ; all0lnel
that his pantaloons are WON ON nn0ther t1at
he has no stockings nor SHOES Gun ne - sus-
| tanned. One good Samaritan gives nm
ya;stroof the ravens $50 to speak, proNid him
| with au umbrella ami q watch and Few snl-
lings OF spending money. Here Is me s'OiI Oh
! a Southern camp-mecung: MohuaJ, <o[''
| About 3 600 appeared Oh the ground, ana the
rpiOicipg Of old saints, the Shouts 0I young CON
| vcrts ana the cries OF the distressed for mercy
! have caused The meeting 20 continue all night.
! Ia 1895 the WaudCnnS Lorenzo goes b:ck
| araiu TO Great Britain, where he prcacAtS WIN
| various fortunes aad misfC! tunes Doing ~ way
of variety, occasionally stoned. DOW con
! timed his work until 1850, wi Ell he ded. lie
was "A man OF great ecCentriclty; uDcultValtd
! as he wa, he seems to have possessed good
! deal Of native intellectual force; and the only
! tbino for winch cannot forgive HIM Is that he
| Invented Family Medicine, Of which, ~ my
/ infancy. WAS obliged 20 swallow zeal more
than was agreeable 10 me.
| / must confess that aftcI reading great
! many religious books, the authors OF when
cnuld not write dramatically or spell cor
Ipctlv. inc general impression which nave Ie-
| ceivcd has been that OF the slncCIiY OF t"tae
/ writers DO nOt know that have the right to
cucstion this any more thar ii they pos csSed
! the elegance of Addison, the spIcndor OF
! Jeremy TAYLOR, and the intellectual metros OF
| Butler cannot forget that the hnraC re.lSious
fiction Gf may call 1t 50 IN the Englloh IAN
guagc was written 10y an llllterate TINKER.
| Bayle is moved to say OF Bialse Pascal tlat
| the extraordinary devotion OF so excellent
mathematician and 50 greet Philosopher may
serve TO retute the libeIlncs who cannot nov
| aver thai none but small genluseS have plety"
! The Abbot Fureiiere tells us faretlouslY
! " there is no profession but what has produced
| saints except attorneys" He is more witty
than inst bat we will leave the lawyers to de-
fend themselves, as they are amply able 10 DO.
| And p,lhaps at the same time 1t is equally I'M
| necessary TO say word for those who nave
| proved that the wODdrous Evangel came not
only to the great, the learned, ana the Opuient,
| but TO the lOwly, the unlettered, and the poor.
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MADAME MIRAMON.