The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-03-29

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preston in the Bible; but he Observation-Disclosures
passages 70 prove u WIS the duty OF the
woman 10 pray. she ssiq she haa no time -
the consent of her mistress. This dOEe. he hired
| the woman's time for one day, Ia which she was
to pray. The pay was 10 be 81. Dow called in a
hand for one days labor at PRAYER, The woman
weakened al the last moment ana begged 20
rescind the cOntrlC.- Dow WAS implacabie. lie
said. in stern ana sober voice, rs he threw her
the dollar. II call upon those present and God
TO witness this contract" Turning to the woman
he said:
'-iF you GO TO HELL
1t may follow and enhance your datnnation.r
Ten days elapsed. The wOm9n's conscience
| burned. The salvation money haunted her. She
could not rest. She iead the Bible, prayed, was
converted.
At that Stage in HIS life Dow was miracle in
himself People ran wild over his eloquence. In
| his own lonely way his lGbors were far more
/ fruitful than those now performed by Moody, the
great evangelist His travels IN some respects re-
| tonized Christian belief in The communities he
visited. He was fought by uHbel.evers, tTiei by
becl0uded Justices, msrshaled. detained al his
work retarded. But the word of the Gospel
fourlshed in his hands. He made two or three
trips 10 the John Bull countries. He travelled
through the South aud In the wilds of New
England, scattering the Protestant belief Ike
seeds to the winds All this before he was
twenty-f years OF age. lie had many escapes
the Genital aud New England states at that time
-iSU3 Bat ne had one mishap. he says, while
travelling in Ireland and spreading the Gospel
rom which he escaped not.
HE FELL IN LOVE.
He met beautiful maiden there. She was
born In Massachusetts. ] 90 not remember what
she in Ireland for. The mystic lOve-tie may
have drawn her there. Dow says he loved her al
sight, and ne was of opinion that love at sight,
like nrst thought, j. hest. He soon proposed. she
hesltated. lie SAID ne loved her dearly. She still
aesita7ed. she took the matter under cOasidera-
ton. When he returned, two years later, they
married Peggy
name of Peggy Dow appears often ia the diary
which tells OF MS verlegaied life. This was in the
horse feed nj that day and Dow said he had 10
ssch his hOrse TO eat IL.
Not many years after his marriage Dow and
Peggy went To England. He was not very sue
cessful: he grew discUnsolate, and often saying,
where reason fails, there faith begins
For mans extremity is Gods opportunity"
ne turned his face toward his native country.
Dow was a true American, and no doubt believed,
especially after this returp in the full sense Of the
Monroe doctrine. The John Bulls must have been
hlppant WITH his theories for be spoke OF the way
they contradicteo Biblical terms in this language:
You eau aud you cant. YOu shall and you
shan't, you will aud you won't. and YOU will be
damned ii you DO. and on viii be damned If you
don't" Seeing, however, that he cOuld not please
everybody. he turned upon them with the consOl-
ing lines
LET takers talk, sick thou 10 what Is best;
To think OF pleasing al Is all jest"
which is an acknowledgment that he knew well
mis- iallibiiity.
Dow was a great believer in The marriage ties.
tie advised sli good young men 20 Woo aud wed,
aud he encouraged tie young ladies IN the suda-
ole acts of receiving and returning love. Long
1go Is his days were, he
FOREsAw THE EVILS OF P0LYGANY,
and of taking plural wives delivered This opin.
ION: some men nave y plurality % women. but
they can not be married To them all: If the Irst
marriage was lawful, the Others are rot. for Two
satin He mot JhTee) shall be one flesh More
oyer, when Two persons enter into marriage they
af-s, 10. all nff 10 halt
priests IL the Roman Catholic Ch.rch should
marry. and said be could fad no authority in the
Bible FOR ,heir remaining single. 10 the siddy
fok of the wOild he LETT the title saying that
Beauty j. but skin deep"
Although The legal profession had progressed to
4 hot very high standard ia LIS day,
DOW HAD POOR OPINION OF LAWYERS,
as may be Inferred il the verse he so earnestly
quoted:
Should be lawyer. I must lie ana cheat,
For homes lawyers have no bread 20 eat.
IT'S roeues aud villains fee the lawyers high,
And Tee the men who gold and silver buy"
Dow failed 10 record his opinion Of editors. but
It's said he had very exalted opinion OF that
class oi industrious ard conscientious gentlemen
;or he was aided materially b. them in that early
PEGGY Dow
kept diary OF her travels with her itinesaDt hu
band, but IL does moi appear ON the shelf q! me
modern book store. IL As remarked OF her that
she was patient AID kind aud held her husband
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projected grove Of Lorenzo for slab telling
where Peggys remains rested. | saw none. The
guide shook his head and said he knew not
where this good woman was buried, but he sup
posed that she was in spirit with LOienZ) IN the
mysterious, enjoying the soliloQuy she had
Dcuned:
There on G.green and flow'ry mount
Our WEAR svUis shall sit;
And with transporting joys recount
The lsbors of our feet
On almost every hand were monuments marx
ing the gIaves of men noted I'll battles, but there
was only an indication that this man had en-
gagged in the Army Of the Lord, ard this solemn
facs chilled the ardor OF ambitious fame on cory
fields 10 candid awe.
Hard by the grave of Dow towers the sand
stone monument over the bones OF
EDWARD VI. STANTON,
who was born December 49, ISl4 and died De.
eember ~ 1862 The life OF Stanton. the War
Secretary of War. is too fresh in the memory of |
the average reader TO require even a reminder. |
Some flowers grow over the grave but there is no
railing or other display. His life career Is n
sufficient ornament. There is no attempt at in
scripiion on his monument The name of Edward !
NJ. Stanton speaks for itself.
AN ELEGANT sARcoPHAGUs
a little farther down the terracing, contains all
that IS mo- tai of General J. c. McsEran. L. 5. A.
The. sarcuphagus is simply an above ground
vault, of marble. OF sufficient Size only for one
coffin, and is becoming popular in the East.
Turning west from the latter grave | espied |
another strange old stone slab. paused aud read