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YOUNG ntCVCIILll i
Bf T. s. Auriiun. j ;.
An aged traveller, worn and wea
ry, v is. gently urging on his tired
Least, just as the sun was dropping
behind the range of hillsthat bounds
IfaThorizon fof that rich and plctur-
cadue country in the vicinity, of
Springfield, Ohio, ; It was a sultry
ftucusfevening; and he had jour
: nie tl a distance of thirty- five miles
aiuee morning, his pulses throbbing
under toe influence of a burning
. sun. At r airfield he had been bos
pitally entertained by one who had
neounise J the veteran soldier of
he cros. and who had ministered
to- hini'forliis Mister's safce, of the
henefits himself had receired from
tht! hand ""w filch Teedetb the young
lions when they lackVaud he had
travelled on irreshed in spirit.
But many a " weary , mile, had he
jrrurned over since .theft, and now
the tvenm shades darkened a
ro;ud, :W' fett the burden: of age
and teif'lieavV nnirfcin and he
ees,reu the pleasant retreat he had
pictured to himself when that'day'a
.,... f , - ,
pilgrimage snouiu oe accompusn
, It was not long before the old
nan checked his tired animal at the
rinoTf the anxiously look for haven
of rest. 'A middled aired ' woman
wafat hand, to whom 4 he mildly
applied for accommodations Jor Mm,
. J dont know,' said; the, coldly,
liter scrutinizing for seme time the
apnearancejKf the"veller hich
was not; toemost promising, Jtha
we cm Jke you in, pieman. You
ueem tired; however, and I'll see 1
the Minister of the. clrcu't who is
here to night, will let yon -lodge
with him.
The young circuit preacher soon
made his i appearance, and , conse
quentially swaggering: up to the
oia man, exammea mm lor some
" moments inquisitively, then asked
a few imprrtinent questions and
finally, after adjusting his hair Jialf
a-dozen times, feeling his smoothly
shavin chin as often, consented that
the. stranger should share his bed
for the niht, and turolng upon his
heel entered the house." J . '
The traVellcr, agedand weary
as he was, dismounted, and led his
faithful animal to thestabte, where,
with hit own hands he rubbed him
tlown, watered him and gtve him
food, and then entered the inhospi
table mansion where he hd expec
ted so much kindness. A Metho
dist family resided ft the house,
'nd as the circuit preacher was to
- there that day,-fjreat prepara
tions were made to entertain him,
and a number-of the Methodist
young ladies of the neighborhood
hadJieeklkvitedithat-quite '
- party met the eyes of the stranger
as he entered, not one of whom took
the slightest notice if him, and be
wearily sought a vacant chair in the
corner, out of direct observation.
but where he could note all that
was going on. And jiisanxious eye
Miovteu that he was no careless ou
sejrvgr of what was transpiring a-1
round hitar
The young -Minister played his
inrf wili all the frivoniy and fool-
. : 'hut-s-i uf a ci y beau, and nothing
i' n'iu esu aped hi lips. . Now
he-.w cluttering and duidying
senseless compliments, with this
roung lady, and now engaged in
triflling repartee with another, who
was anxious to seem interesting in
liis eyes. ; ,
The titranger, after an hour, du
ring which no refreshments had
been prepared for him, asked to be
shown to his room, to which he re
tired unnoticed grieved and shoc
ked at the conduct of the family
and the minister. T&kT1S',rniB n,
saddlebags a well worn Li Mr, he
Seated himelf in a chair, and was
soiin buried in thought,-holy and
elevating, anJhad foWlo eat which 1
t'fnse wild passed him by In' pity'
jwiid . worn dreamed not of. Hur
jtf'H-r hour pied affray and ni one
car. 2 ti
ra i-.I:;,
, to pii'.c f t!.j S ixuii
trwl.'duvis r irvt i tclov.
3 f
:1s eleven o'eL
;:; the r; in
ter caiae up stairs, and without
aujo cr nravcr, nastily tnrcw o.i
us clothes, and got into the very
middle cr a small tea, waicn was to
e the resting place of the old man
as well as himself. After a while
he atred stranger Jose up, and after
partially disrobing himself, knelt
down and remained fyr many min
utes in fervent prayer. 'The earn
est breathing out of his soul soon
arrested the attention of the young
preacher, who began to feci ome
few reproofs cf conscience for, bis
own neglect oi tnis uuiy. . inc oia
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man now rose from his knees, Ana
after slowly undressing himself, got
into bed, or rather, upon the edge
of the bed, for the young preacher
had taken possession of the centre
and would not; voluntarily, move
an inch.:' InUifs uncomfortable po
sition the stranger Uy for some time;
in silence. At length the younger
of the two made a remark, to which
the elder replied in a style and man
ner that arrested his attention. .On
this he removed over an inch , or
two and made borewoar-
iHow far have yo'i come to day,
old gentleman?' ; . ' "
i.urtyfivr in ilea-? k. V
'i 'From where.'. ' ..." . .
fr .
'From Springfield.' ,
'Ah, indeed! - You must be tired
after so Ions a tourney, for one of
your age; ; '..;--Vt v
lesr this poor old body is much
woriildowp i by long 'and constant
travel, and I ftel that the journey
of to-day-has exhausted' me much.'
" The young minister moved oyer
a little. 5 ;V-'.:vV.C"'-'...':;
I 'You do not belong to Springfield
,'No. I have no abiding place.'
'I have no continuing city. J J fy
home is beyond this vale of tears.'
Another move of the minister, ,
How far have ; ydu Uravelled on
journey f h.? r:tr
rrorn Philadelphia.' ;
'From Philadelphia!- (IT c?i
dent surprise. ) The Methodist
General .Conference was in session,6 desired to teach them a lesson
there a short time since. Had Ucu at iueytoum noi easuy ior
broken np when vou left?' i?
'it adjourned me day oeiore i
started.'- r;-yk- '
'Ahi indeed!' moving still far
ther over towards the front side of j to present himself for ordina
the bed, allowing the "stranger bet- tion as arDeacou; and .Bishop
ter accommodations;
iiaa uisnop
George left when you came out? ,
Yes he star ted at the same tine
I did, we left in company.'
, Here the circuit preacher relin
quished.a full half of the bed, and
pojitelyjrequested the stranger to
occupy a larger TpaceTPTTo "Twrr
;llowidlhe Bishopiook? ileis
getting quite old now and feeble, is
he not?', F;--.': P-:Z
He carries his a re tolerable well.
But his labor is a hard one, and he
begins to show , signs of failing
strength.'. -
'lie is expected this way in a
wef kMwo 1 low glad-1 ahall Iz
to shake hands with the old Veteran
of the Cross! But yon say you left
ii company with the good old nan
how far did you como together?'
'We travellcdalone for a lung dis
tance.' " "
Yon . travelled alone with the
Bishop , ,
Yeid we have teen intimate for
'You intimate .with Bishop
George!' . . TV
4 Yes, why not' " - , w
; Blcss me! Vby did I not kft9w
that! Biitmay I be so bold as to
enquire your name?'
After a moment's hesitation; the
stranger replied-; y-K ' t '
HGeorgeiVV:R:,,j;:?;f.v
,:ifGeorgcl; George! 4 Not Bishop
George?'';; Vi 'K-
'They call me Bishop George,'
meekly replied the old man.
rvi,y-why--bless me! Bishop
Gecr exclaimed 0. s
cd M'v. t snrin'.' f .
be! : hzue hid ;
.' I
will i..:t:;.ily 4 all up tUc u:.;i!y.
Why did you hot tell us vw. you
were! 4
?Htop stop my friend,' said
the Bishop gravel v, I want no sup
per here, and should not eat any if
il were got lor me. ii an oiq man,
toil'Worn and wcry, fainting with
travelling through all the long aum
met day, was not considered worthy
of a meal by this family w ho pro
fess to have set up the alter of God
in their house, Bishop George sure
ly is not. ' lie is at best; hut a man,
and has no claims beyond those of
common humanity.' '
s A night of severe mortification,
the.yqung minister had never ex
perienced. The Bishop kindlyad
monished hira, and warned him of
the great necessity there was of his
adorning the doctrines of Christ, by
followiug lum sincerely and humbly
Gently but earnestly he endea'vor-
ed to win him back from his wand-
ering heart, and direct him to trust
more in God and leds in his own
stpength.J--v-f-'v-" r: v
v lo the morning the Bishop pray
ed with him, long -and fervently.
before he left the chamber;, and
was gTad to see Ins heart melted in
to contrition,--Soon after the Bish
op descended, and was met by the
heads of the family with a thousand
sincere apoligies. " lie mildly sil
enced them, and asked to have his
tforso brought out. The horse was
accordingly 3oon in Tctdineaj, an d
the IJishcp, taking up his saddle
bags was preparing to depart
i! 'But surely. Bishop,' urcred the
distressed matron, 'you will not'thus
leave us? wait a lew minutes-
breakfast is on the table.' '
'No, Sister L , I cannot tale
breakfast here. ' You did not con
sider a poor. toil worn traveller,
worthy of a meal and your Bishop
has no claim sot such as humanity
And thus4 he departed, leaving
me umiiy anu pinisur in contusion
and sorrow. Xlla did" not act" thus
for resentment,' for such an emo
tion lid not rise iri his heart,' but
i. . t : 1 1 1 . t .1 -
get
Six months from this time the
Ohio' Annual Conference met' at
Cincinnati, and the young minister
; "'bZrL.z :"B l'"-,,u,aS
uisnop, ,: - -. ...
Sin the first day of the asscr.!!in-
of the Conference, our mii.Lur's
heart sank within him as he saw
the VeneraUc Bishop take his sat.
So great was his grief and agitation
that he was suoa obliged to leave
the room.' That evtuiag, as the
liishop ;was seated - alouc .'in his
chamber, the Rev. 3!r. was an
nounced, and he rrrjuestcd to Jbe
shown up
He rrasped the young, man by
the band with a cordiality which he
did not expect, for he made careful
enquiries, and found that since they
naamet Deiore, a greaLchange had
oeen wrcugnt in mm. ue was now
as humble and pious, as he was be
fore sclf-suQcientand worldly-min
dcd. As a father would have re
ceived a disobedient but repentant
child, so did this good man. receive
his erring ' but contrite brother.-
They mingled jheir tears tcgether,
while the young preacher, .Wept as
a child, even upon the bosom of his
spiritual father s At the session he
was ordained, and be is now one of
the most pious and useful ministers
on uie umo umierence, . .
, V - Jlthenccum St , fit iter,
? GUARDIAN ANGELS.
Therefore for f pirili, t m to f.r from de
nyng, their eiittnce, Itut I could C4il bf
lie tbut not ontjr whole counlriti, but par
lieuUr person ht4 their tuUelarjr and guar
UitR ttyf el.?, , y-:iltclif i lledifl.. ,
It is one of the most ? beautiful
doctrines ever inculcated, that
. W - r
cn, that hear a friendly regard us.to
their friendly natures on the earth.''
And alt!. : it nay be nought bnt
a dazzling error, yet nankind night
c pardoned for cheating themselves
with soacrreeahle a "delusion. It is
ndctd nue cf the finest ideas ever
conceived, that man is iiot placed
here in an entire reliance upon lus
strength- a poor,' forlorn wanderer,
with n guide, save the suggestions
of his own corrupt nature but that
i - "
mere is ever ueor mm guaruiau
spirits whose kindly counsels at
tend him cn his pilgrimage. -The
argument for sucli a theory seems
at least vtry plausiblelliat if there
is a gradual scale' of ascension in
the order of being, frnm brutes to
angels, such an essence as we may
speak, of may form -l a connecting
link. And who shall say that such
beings do not exist? that they are
not one of the thousand mysteries
which', "envelope our being? ; Life
itself is a wonder, full of inexplica
uie mvsteries. vur verv existauee
And who shall fath
om the immortal soul?r Who shall
resolve its $ur x thus and trace
home. Its mysterious connection with
tne unuvT .nince, then, our nature
and being are so inseparable, is the
theory wikare considettng so i-tart
lbgi iojr?ason?S u rely ;; it Br.
Johnsonr Sir Thomas lrowne, and
other great and v.Uc ru n, have be
lieved in the apncarar.cts t f jrhosts,
apparitions, sodothersiiau
we may indulge a belief so fraught
with pleasure and consolation. Of
the same nature,; and tquaUy.tub
lime, is the tcctri::e that the depar
ted spirits of eur friends and rela
t i x- c s a r e p e r ra i 1 1 c cl t o v i i t tli c c arlh ,
and t;j mingle their sympithies with
the objects of their aliection. When
we think of the anguish cf parting
with those we tove, of looking for
the last time upon the face which
has smiled 'away - cur woes, how
gladly do we cling to the idea of
their returning to soothe cur dis
tress, and to lend their invisable
influence to bind up the bruised
heart! ' Such a belief would iGfteir
the bitternesf cf. seperation," and
beguile death of its sting. It is In
deed a! painful thousht that the
forms which hare insensibly entain
ed themselves about ' us till they
have become Jinked with our being,
must he torn away aud wedded
with the dust---ihal the eye which
beams upon us With tenderness un
utterable, must become dim in dcaUi
and the . voice w hose nnnic hath no
oft stilled the aching heart, must
fatter its last farewell. ll?t mere
chilling is the thought, that tl.e
loves and friendships, and all the
other endearments iwhich Jcnt a
charm to existence, must perish
with the heart's last three. But
if thou canst believe ihat the love
once soJuund, faded not with life's
ta per, bu t e en now, boftIy trcm
bits with i pulse as true; as thine
that the' friend once- ao warm 'and
pure, is still sympathising in -thy
joys and wots, cling to the hope,
I - I a l . l
woo ii 10 iny som, pnaninm inougu u
may bei Art thou an orphan, w ee
ping'forjm parent?.dry
the" tear Tiusfi ahe sobbings of thy
young heart. -' She whoso luvc thou
though'st lost to thee for ever, thy
fond mother, Is still4 hear thee,
watching thine every step with an
a.Tcction that never tire," and an eye
that never sin mbers-whispering
words of rntisbtation, in thine ear,
and soothing thy rugged path. Art
thou ah hnsbaud, whose widowed
heart if lamrnting the tender part
ner of thy bosom. Cease thy com-?
plaint. The bvc e'en here so pure,
nowctherealizd and freed from all
earthly allov, with thee in thy wan
derings. List what it says:
"Nnrth!f,i;)l neir ttiee! (truit"tb toui's
derp dreiming? ,' " '-. ,t
phi love It nut in eufthl roifj to the! 4
Ev.t wbtn 1 loir litre ictj itan re bom.
r '"ff. ;,?r, : "j:" '
Thine lmifewwnderi yitb me lliroogh the
i
Gentle shades!
Forms
unseen!
Cv'n I write, at this still and r"
solemn l..r cf hii4!night --peihaps "
ye are 1. vtrii wiiluiutired wings
o'er tire sluraber of the loved"-.
whispering-words cf peace to the
mourner, or, iu -dreams, restoring '
he ohjvcls Vfliis idolizing alTec
tiuns ulliii! the joys. of better
land, .where love- and-fiiendshij,-blootiY
'.'fadeless, and part no more
tor ever: " -- - - i--
v , fnhi Zivn Herat
; CAMP'MiurriNG cKxii;
We extriet the lullowinggranhic des-
eriptioh at a camp meeting incident from
the Knickerbocker, How finely, it wilt 1
be seen, the preacher took advantage of
tho leaping of the fawn into the enclo
sure of the camp ground, at a slitter
frxm the pursuit of -Uio wolf,' and witfi ,
What beauty, carncsiness ami eloquence, '
ho pelzed upon that incident to m anj
sinners to lice to tho fold of God.
Disembarking at Cincinnati, I set olf
on foot to ettlore tlie cavern of Ken.1t
xucKy, ana irgmiA. iravemng later
one jpeening than usual, 1 lost tny way
mono of those extensive forests, which
still slirt aotne of r those western cities.
Afier waudcringaboul orfsome lime, r
on turninjfa precipitous ridge which ob
structcd my course ; I came suddenly
upon one of Uioso singular gadicringi of
ihe diurch militant,, caik'4 vamp, myet
ins. .Before me stretclied a grove of
tall pines beneath wbc dark fuilae, '
and in striding contrast wiih the same,
w ere pitched 7itmierot w hil-kkntsflv
bracing a sofi of, several acres in ex-
tent, tndcrbrush, and xarjted with tho
falling tresses of tlebvcr!ianj;tcg
bougus. " On one side of this eneksure, '
several feet from the ground a plain
lodge, quadra pgularly formed of rough
boards nailed to Ujc trcrt? w hi!e the pul
pit iofroatrtnd J benches arotind tho
sides, for the elders and the minister
wJho wc
Frtwn, this spot- to various points in the
enclosure; stretched in diverging lines,
tlie sUraliiht poles of lofty piiKS,. felled
fortlie occasion, across whose pros
trate length, with the interspace of her
and Uicre a long . drawn .ailac,' were
laid die rude scats of those hardy wor
shipnctsV s Innumerable kjmps were sus-
wnded on all sides of die encamnnwat,
dcndinUicir flickering light w ith tho
glare of pine torches from, 7iho several
tents where Ue evening's repast was in
preparation,- whiU-millions cf fircigi
sh(t liko - tiny. meteors along the dark
openings of the surrounding forests, and
tho eyes of die sleepiest stars looked oa
a if to witness , tho devotions of thai
primeval tcmnle. : ; - . -.V. " --
As I paused to survey the wonderful
scenec, tha wild Iwwl tof a wolf rang
t!.r.T-h tlic shtkldcnng sir, and a mcv
ment after a fawn tJaSscd we, and
boundins into the enclosure, dropped r
doiwn exhausted in one of the open aisles.
This singular instance was . succeeded
by a dead silence, which was presently
interrupted by tho Voice of die speaker,
who had just finished the last discorse ef
the evening, and was about reading ths .
concluding hymn. welcome,' said mo
aged man, widi compassionate emotion,
welcome, poor, wearied and persecuted
wanderer, to the relug? and rest j c seek
not in vain!. Ye did well to flee hither
front thv ravcnotis iMirsucr. for thereby
: ; . . . .. . "
have vour da's been Jt-ngincnea anayc
snail yet ranqc mrougn- ino grcco pa
ces ot mo wilderness, w ucr iw ,
ofGoi bringcth forth the tender herb .
and the pleasant water courses, even ior .
creatures such as ye. ' Pilgrims of the
world, continued he, turniug to his hush-
cd auditory, 'iliall tho; beast that pcrih
bo wiser in tlicir day ,: and generation
than vc, who are fashioned after the im- r
tna w oft tXll-wiscl'Icg VtiT
of fiod!. ,Tho wild pigeon shrinks la-,
her Covert at tho jscrcaai of llto wood
hawk, and the roebuckl bounds fleetly
from the yclf of the pantlicr,- while ye,
who arc" encompassed with mftny fcV"
having cycs see not, and ears, hear not,
or heed not the voico of the prowler.
W1 ye not that ye, like that wr pant
ing hind, wcro hunted up and do
Uiis dark wilderness of tho world. ' IV
to tho fold of Gml! Both not temptatioa
haunt your footsteps front tho rwinS J t
tha son to the going dow n thciwC l
not remorse dart his fiery arrows into
1,lw.l'infT ttAirti nf eVLTV tUTB."
fold of God! Do not, tho cares ot uj
world, its vanity andycxationof spiw
surround ye, w hen ye ' rise up and w'
yocam d reams? i Flwto the foW.
God! . Is not death tho ever pr1 -shadow
cf your carthliness, and doUii J,
the Prince of tho wiwer of the sirwi ?
mighty Nimrod of your'princelcss sou
trace your guilty fouls alonjj this Pr
I M .1 .
JJotn not conscience smiioyc v"" f t
vcnizlng sword whenever yeturnaae
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