The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1890-06-02

The Evangelist


J. the yard aud on the pavement
What Is the magnet which hiring
out all thcse people, rain or shine
and holdz them until after lei
O'Clock each nighty Primarily, cur
iosiiy 10 see aud hear . SF0mai
preacher; secondly, q deep aB'
abiding interest in re
viyAi u religion, and, on the part o
scores, a desire 20 fiee the wrath Il
come and +. saved from their sins
.i--they came 70 -e0ff and remain.
I'd to pray
Let US 20 in, II we can get IN
Every seat i fHiI, and the aislet
are full Of Occupied ehaIr-. W,
find a SEAT ~ dint of much push
| ing and croE,iing. and after taking
breath W. turn our eye- pulpit
ward and try ia vain 70 pick oGt
\ the -4Noma:i-gr,aeher- of 9gF pre-
conceived idea A. We conclude
that she ha- not YET arrived an IN.
tiTely aomanly WOMAN arissas aud
says lra rich eohlfsftg voice. -Ler
us sing hymns number tx0.r There
must =. some mistake. Whore arr
the hard feature, the angular fig
ure, the shoTi hair. The harsh. high
Fitche;i voice 81 the typical strong
minded woman: None Of rhesa
characteristics an. here. la their
stead We s,se a woman excuse "a
Il we don't -ay lady, We neyerllked
I the word,-ve sse woman o; me
ldInm height, young in years, u
graceful figure, pleasing and ex-
pressiXe face lighted up BY Il pair
u honest, kindly eyes, and every
feature Indicative 81 great earnest
ness and sincerity Ct purpose. Her
manner Is very winning. in the pull :
pit and ont 81 Il, aud we fancy that
this, coupled with her earnestly
sincere purf'os,., i, the secret u her
success
Tue hymn being sung Miss Cart
wright ask the congregation 10
knetl with h.r aud asa the Divine
blessing. The petition Is \ simple
one. !; j. the request 81 child
asking the parent Tor somr good
thing, and i asked with faith
sJ,d confidence in the belief that
fshe father vitbholds no good thing.
II may D.. that At the clos. u her.
prayer she bursts into = melOdious
expression 81 koPc or - trust or
Thanksgiving. singing a stauza OF
- before rising from her knees.
This ended there i smother fatniI-
lar cong and then Miss Cartwright
tells her congregation what she in--
tends 10 talk about. Ne must b.
born again Thee, words spoken
70 NicOieimus were her text sun
day night. and the bIaek-cpatesi
clergy 1sU szt ai=Ja5 sifv i;.is=5s
might well have eaviea the clear.
simple, effective manner in which
she handled the somewhat worn
but always vital text.
This remarkable woman loses
very little time in prciiminaris-
aud meaningless HSihiugs- Her
sermon, delivered with great earn
esiues- and concentration Of
thought, has tired her = little, that
Is evident, but pushing a wealth OF
brown hair back from her brow
with one shapely hand, she At once
makes ready for her batilc for.
souls. PenItents areinviiei by tile
love 0f ChFi-i-not terrified by the
terrors Of the law-to come 70 the
altar, and they come not singly or
by twos, but by scores Every
available knesling plslcefsoceuPiesi
by humble P..niIents, and with
them and f..r chem this eonsecrattd
woman Prays And IL profcsssd
conversons are the measure % her
success Miss Cartwright ha7 sur
passed. anything known in Louisa
during the recollection OF the writ
er- However TIE world, and Chris
iians, 100, may differ a. 10 she BEST
manner Of Inducing people 10 turn
from eyil ways, OF one thing there
can lie no doub; II these meetings
arc ;hc means Of bringing one sin
1er into the ways Or right-of max
ing him cease 10 10 evil and clus-
ing him to do right-thc labor has
moi been IN vain
The social side Of the woman
preacher is very pleasant. She
believes with the Isoei that
Religion never vas desisIsei
To make our Pieasnre< less
hence she wears no long-drawn
face, hcaycs no hyPocri;ical signs,
uttcrs no Pecksnitlian groans- She
IS bright and chatty, and As We
talked with her in the Farlor Of the
brunswick the other morning we
wondcrcSI why She is not making
happy the home and heart Of some
good man.
Miss Outright i native Of
OHIO and comes Of preaching stock,
( Her father Is minister. one sister
older Ihan she has becn in ihe
work, and a brother Is now PEepar-
ing for it. She has been preaching
eight years. slow old Is She
Well. now, We were rude enough
10 ask her almost everything els,
hut this vital query WE forgot.
What dc yon say I, ~ Make the
lon hand iigarc migaty small,
though, or You'll miss II.