Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-12-25
Miscellaneous.
Literature of Maine.
EARLY WRITERS OF THE STArH.
WHAT Has BEN ACCOMPLISHED N iNb
YEARS.
Literature Of Maine.


Hon Joseph Williamson.
In the wear 1900. Samuel Moody, gr-.
uaie OF Harvard college, and man em!nen;
for learning piely and beneyo.ence. "a> Or
dalned a. minister at York, which sInC- the
charter to Glrse>, had been the principal
town in tile Province. No worldly influence
could have attracted him to the position.
Name w4> just recovering from protrActya
Indian war. that had reduced her popula-
ton to les, th4u s.A thousand, and had uY-
liberated a majority Of her stttiemetas.
York had not escaped the general dtsas'a-
ton. Oh, eight Years before It had been
surprised by a party Of French and Ind ans,
which. coming from Canada on SNOW shoes,
in the dead OF win,er. burned most Of the
houses. Killed seyenty-fiye Of the inhabitants
ard carried as many more into captivity.
The Rev. SEubae. hummer. who precet!et
Mr.. Moody. was shot near his own door. and
HI, wife taken prisoner. The whole country
was umpo, vrlsned, and without resources.
There were no mills, no enclosures. no roads;
but on the contrary, dIaPldaied haO.tatioHs.
wide wasted fields, and melancholy runs.
U,1ef sucn d scouiaging circumstances. the
N.uis minister entered upon service whicn
Continued fur neariN halt century, ana
gE.cI terminated /, only with hs Death. Not
ou', i, lie remembered m connection with
obstacles overcome, aita dangers nohit
bra,ed, anI with offerings borne un>hrlnh-
ingiy in The cause rellg.On.- but a. the
pioneer of hterllur Name the author
of the earliest publications written within
cur limits.
As would be naturally inferred from the
spirit Of the age in which Mr. Moody lived,
as well as from his vocation, these publica-
tions were OF religious character. They
we're, IN fact, sermons. At this lapse OF
time few copies of them exist.
The first was delivered during the second
wear Of his ministry, and is entitled 'lhe
Vain Youth Summoned to Appear at Christi
Bar. A Lecture Sermon June %, lOl, al
York, in Maine" 1t contains sixty-iour duo
1 decimo pages This was followed in lIlo
/ by discourse upon 1.-The DiIeful State o
1 the Damned, especially Of such as go tc
| He'll from under the Gospel" and IN lll4
/ BY Judas the Traitor hung up in Chains
| To Give Warning to Professors, Tha
they beware OF Worldly -mindedness, ant
/ Hypocrisy Discourse concluding with ;
| Dialogue; Preach'd at York, in New Eng
I land" The latter comprises nInety-sIl
pages. All were printed at Boston, where
from 1914, printing offices had been main
tanned; the first one in the country havin;
commenced at Cambridge, thIrty-tiNe year
before. Printers were held under strict sur
yeillance until l7l9, and not permitted Il
give anything 10 the public unless approves
by the government
Mr.. Moody,s name also appears as th'
author Of an Election Sermon delivered
in 1921; of Summary Account Of th
Life and Death Of Joseph Quasson, Execute
for Murder at York. June 30, l126; O
.'rhe Confession, Declaration, Dying Warn
ing and Advice of Patience Sampson. VIII
was executed in 1875 )" and of'An Attemp
to point out the final and pernicious conse
ouences of Joseph Bellamy's doctrines re
spectng Moral Evil" printed in 1859. In
Prince Collection contains an anonymou
pamphlet of eight pages printed in 1877, en-
titled "A Faithful Narrative of Gods Ora
cious Dealings with Person lately recos
cred from the Errors of Arminius." IhI'
a manuscript note by Mr.. Prince. says, wa
..Sent from Rev. Mr.. Moody OF York"
was probably written by him.