The National tribune., 1903-06-04

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intellect, and he was trying hard to make
an infidel of himself. As / was the only
preacher present, this young lawyer kept
pushing his conversation on me. in order
Ito get into an argument. tried, to eyade
an argument, In the first place considering
it breach of good manners to interrupt
the social conversation of the company. In
the second place ! plainly saw that his
J head was muGl softer than his heart, and
that there wefa no laurels to be won by
vanquishingf or demoliShing such a COM
batant. and ipersisted in eyading an ar
gument. This seemed to inspire the young
man with more confidence in himself; for
my evasiveness ,he construed into fear. l
saw Gen. Jaekson's eye strike fire, as he
sat by and heard the thrusts made at the
| Christian religion. At length the young
lawyer. asked me this QUESTION:: -.ny ..r.i
| Mr.. Cartwright, do you really bellevc
there is any such place as he'll, as place
Of torment| ar
Il answered .sromptly: Yes, do
.'..To which hs responded; We'll. thank
God l have. too much good sense to be-
| lieve any such thing" -es;e --,,e ~,
81 was pondering in my own mlnd
whether l would answer him or not, when
Cen. Jackson FOR the first, time broke into
the conversation, and directing his words
to the young. man, said, with great ear
nestness: .. ..,n..-.
"'WelI, sir, thank God that there is
such a.place of, torment as hell
'.This sudden answer. made with great
earnestness, seemed to. astonish the young
ster. and he exclaimed:
"'Why. Gen. Jackson, what do you
want with such "a place OF torment as as
1 help -, '..t..
.gTo which;the General replied, as quick
as lightning: TO put such id rascals
as your are in that oppose and 'vihfy the
4 Christian religion IA. -. z4 ..s 3.
81 tell you this was a poser. The young
lawyer was struck dumb, end presently
! was found missing"
A DANCE TURNED INTO A REVIVAL.
J : In 1920 Cartwright went as usual to
the General. Conference, aud it was long,
tedious ride, on horseback. of many hun
dred miles. He had "a fellow-delegate, a
lDreacher of his own stamp for. companion
n considerable distance on his honewnrd
trip, but finally their ways separated and
our hero proceeded OH his journey solitary
'-antf alone Saturday night came 7on and
found him in a strange region amid the
hills. knobs and spurs of the Cumberland
| I.Alountai ins. He greatly desired to stop on
the approaching Sabbath and spend it with
i "a Christian people, but was now IN q eoun7
i try where there was no Gospel munster
1 for many miles around where many OF
1.-the scattered population had never heard
sermon in treir lives, and where the. in
I habitGnts knew no Sabbath, oniysto hunt
and visit, drink and dance. Thus lonesome
| and penSiye, late in the evening, he halted
at toierably decent house and asked for
quarters. The landlord said he could stay.
hut was afraid he would not enjoy himself
as n traveller, inasmuch as they had
party meeting there that hight to have n
| little DANCE. Cartwright inquired bow far
il was to house of entertainment on the
road, and was told that it was seven miles.
After some parley he decided to stay, and
| accordingly dismounted and went in. The
people collected in large numbers, but
there was not much drinking or rowdyism.
The visitor took his seat in a corner,
ard the dance commenced. He sat quietly
I nusing, total stranger, and says he
greatly desired to preach to this people.
Finally he concluded to spend the next day
(Sabbath) theSe, Hand ask the privilege to
preach to them, He had hardly settled
this point when \ beautiful. ruddy young
lady walked very gracefully up to him,
dropped a handsome courtesy, and with
winning smiles, invited him to dance with
| her. ,fiy
He thus DESCRIBES what followed: 81
1 can. hardly. portray my thoughts and feel
ings on that occasion. However, in mo-
ment l resolved on desperate experiment
l rose as GRACEFULLY as could; will not
say with some emotion, but with many
emotions. ;. The ;young lady moved to my
right side; I grasped her right hand with
my left hand, while she. leaned her left arm
on mine. In this position we walked on
the floor. The whole company seemed
j pleased at tAisopct of politeness in the
Il IaJ, chr <<o CT n nol
oPetl man, eWko MAS the fiddler BEGAN tf
put his fiddle in the best order. l then
spoke to the fiddler TO hold q moment, and
stated to the company that Tor several
years !, had not undertaken any matter
Of importance without first asking the
blessing. of God upon it, and now desired
to ask the blessing of God upon this beau,
\ tiful young lady and the whole company
il that had shown such an aetaof poIiteness
to a total stranger. e---- =.
a-sH ere I" grasped the young iady's hand
tightly, and said: Let lis all kpeelu down
and pray and then instantly dropped or
my knees. and commenced praying with al
the power of soul and body that / could
command, The young lady fried to ge'
loose from me, but he'd her tight. Pres
emily she fell on her knees. Some of the
company kneeled, some stood, some fed
some sat still, all looked curious. The id
dler ran off into the kitchen, saying: Lord
marcy, what de matter? What does da,
I niean!' ~ '
while prayed some wept aloud, and
some cried for mercy. l rose from my
knees and commenced an exhortation, aft
er which sang hymn. The young lady
who invited me on the floor lay PROSTATE
crying earnestly for mercy. I exhorted
again, sang and prayed all night. About
15 of that company professed religion, and
our meeting lasted next day - and mex,
night, and as many more were powerfully
converted. l organized society, took 81
into the church, and sent them n preacher
4 My landlord. was appointed leader, which
post he held for many years. This was
the commencement Of great and glorious
revival of religion in that region of the
country, and severa, If the young men con.
verted at this Methodist preacher dance
! became useful ministers of Jesus Christ >
HOW CARTWRIGHT EARNED A SUIT OF
CLOTHES.
: Cartwright's writings betray the expect
! ed spirit of religious rivalry and sectariaI
zeal which is well known to have beer
prevalent in all rural communities at the
period under review. His special aversion
seems to have been the Baptists, prob