Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-05-18
WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA.

ut remlnds me OF DR.. Plumcr's first seu-
tence in II sermon, when he said: Il once
made journey of hundred miles to sec
ny aged mother on horseback.
lilo was one of the ablest dobatcrs of tho
age. His power in the General Assembly
was INNER Sc. Ga the platform or at tho
bar, if he had been in civil life, no orator
or statesman of tho day would have sur,
pissed him. When he was settled in
lt'chmond, w., n legal question u regard
% taxation OF ministers came up, aud the
clergy appointed Dr.. Plumcr 10 represent
thru in resistance to tho proposed measure.
INC bur OF the State WIS urlayed against
hlm. The gentleman vile related the re-
suit to INC said: "Ilc beat them all, aud was
wrong besides"
lie probably never did better work, aud
he said SO himself wheu dyirg than in tho
mighty meeting in Phi adelphi,. when he
stool up aud answered Mr.. Moody's dues-
t'"ns in regard to the plan Of salvation.
The questions aud answers were reported
IN thousands Of newspapers, aud were then
made into u tract of universal circulation
DR.. Piumcr was us ull of the Holy Spirit
IL giving thos" answers us tho divincs of tho
Westminster Assembly when they nswcred,
"What is GodY'
Yet he was man Of sorrows. All great
natures are disci plincd by trials, aud it may
| be that such men need far greater burdens
than others to make them feel the weight.
! Probably the two greatest of these were his
srparntions from the two Scmiuarirs which
! he served with vast ability aud usefulness.
| When he was constrained to retire from
! Alleghnny, the pressure nearly broke his
heart. lie cnne to New York aud poured
the grief ot his soul into mun asked
hin to ride out with me aud strove to d-
vert him by pleasant talk aud the sight Of
| pleasant things AZ we returned at the
edge Of evening, whcn thought ho was
less disturbed, he bowed his head on my
| shoulder and wept sore, saying:
81 AIN n anguish Of spirit: it seems as
thnugh were fo,saken of God aud man."
10 me there vas Something awful in the
sadness aud dc>pnniency CT such Il man.
80 1t pleased God to bruisc him. rhen
grace triumphrd, aud the saint was ma lie
lilustrl"us over tie suffering man. Greater
; usefulness remained for him, and he went
away to Lis newly opened Icld, wiling
worker anywhere, hrUIing .'ns into glory
like the Captain whom he followed, made
perfect through suffering.
lie brought forth fruit, seen down to
old age a son of thunder aud "a sou of
cnnsoiation, bIeuhd, with . voice like the
voice Of many waters wIpn be shouted, and
soft nsDny lutte IN is lower t"nrs, his natu-
RAJ furcc wls nj abn'ed Under the weight
ut eighty years. Chidrrn und prreuls
hun. on his lips as il one were speaking
who had risen from the dead. This is one
l,,f, ., ,,,l Il H., !
And the deep bass vn,ca that cnne from
tci.inh hls f,winy venerable heard height
enea q ci'iu,i,n, aud II, de the m,n in the
pnipI' pictur'>qn aud snbimc.
Tie mn"noI aud circumstances of his
death "rr" a'I"ng the mysteries of Him
whsc ~a>~ are past iipIlng out Blessed
be Cad, Ills nays nr" hi i-:hcr aud better
than nn,s. Very few OF the martyrs Gu
durrd mo'" physical "rouics: none of them
we're su,t.iLrd with more abundant ciTu.
sions oi divine grace A painful disease
| required u surgch operation, the anguish
| OF the disease hci,g mtoIcrable, and the
, operation promising relief it the sufferer
| survived When his hour drew nigh, he
| said
IL can. ahd do trust God who has al
WAYS been Father to nc Yes, will
| trust hini Though he shay me Aud has
not Jesus Christ givcn me many tokens Of
his love tnH more ina sixty years, aud
| a,'0w'd me to prcsrh his G:~pcI morH than
fifty i"ur gears, ard shall NOT look to him?
think, tw. the Blessed Comforter viii he
"ilh me to The end tie has often made
my heart leap lnr joy aud sing praises.
bcio7e in God, the Father Almighty, Ma.
| kGr Of Heaven aud E,rth, ami i'm ,Jrsus
Christ. His Son believe in the HOLY
| Ghost"
hen the operation was over and the
| symptoms were b. cotnc untavcrublc for his
recovery, he lnsi.tci that he had done his
whole duty and the issue WIS altogether
with God llo declared with great en-
| phass:
Jesus Christ has most lovingly died for
NE, und bronght in glorious aud everis =
| ing righteousness, which is infinitely we'll
! pleasing 10 his Fu,hers sight. [ trust him
| II trust him forever. | wanted to give
| my testimony that the Gospel [ have
preached for so many years has not failed
me IN NY hour of uccd | did not want to
die without giving my testimony on this
bed that God is u faithful God
So the days and nights passed wcarily on.
| how wcar,ly to him none can ever know.
81 change the place aud keep the pu,n;'
"lnsnpporlahIc agony; am in n,mc-on
fire. Qnos4mc Domino? Q~osQ"e DomincH
GLOW Iong, y Lord?) agnin aud again.
He said; 81 know now what the mar
tyrs felt when tied to the stake as witnesses
fpyf | Iii, 4.