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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA* TUESDAY AUGUST 31 188G
TALMAGE’S SERMON,
SERMON PREACHED YESTERDAY
ATTHB HAMPTONS.
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Text: “It Is He That Bitteth Upon
Circle of tho Barth."- IntaresUng. \
Tee Hamptons, August M.—XBpmIaL]—
H, Bus. Dr. T. DolVitt Talmigtf’a /text to.
.day wa:: I.aiaU *1, 22: "it U Ho Ha L . sit-
loth upon the circle of the earth.” Following
'fa the sermon: . -V
While jet people thought thet the;, world
wts flat, end thousands of yean before they
found out.that it was round, Isalsh in my text
intimated the shape of It, God sitting upon tho
circle of the earth. The moat beautiful figure
in nil geometry is the circle. God made the
nnlvy xrp on the plan of s circle. Theft are in
the natural world straight lines, angles, par-
•Holograms, diagonals, quadrangles; But these
evidently are not God's favorites. Almost
everywhere you find Him gcomotrlzing you
find the circle dominant, and if not the circle
then the curve, which is a elrelo that died
young. If it had lived long enough it would
have been a full orb, a periphery. An elipso
is a circle pressed only a little too haiflat tho
aides. Giant's Causeway in Ireland shows
what God thinka of mathematics. There aro
ever thlrty-five thousand columns of rocks—
ectsgopal, hexagonal, pentagonal. Those rocks
seem to have been made by rale and by com-
paa. livery artist has his moulding-room
where he may make fifty shapes, but he
cheeses one shape as preferablo to all tho
others. I will not fay that tho Glant’a Causeway
waiiihe world's mouidingroom. but I do say,
out of a great many figures God seems to have
Selected the circle aa toe best! “It la He that
altteth on the circle of the eerth.” The start
in a circle, the moon in a circle, the sun in a
clirlr, the unlvcne in a circle, and the throne
of God tho center of that circle.
When men build churchee they ought to
imitate tho idea of the great architect and put
the audience In a circle, knowing that the
tides of emotion roll more easily that way
than in straight tinea. Six thousand years
ago God flung this world out of Hla right
hand; but Ho aid notthrowitont In a straight
lino l ut curvilinear, with a leash of love hold
ing it so as to bring it back again. The world
stalled from His hand pore and Eienlc. It
has kem rolling on through regions of moral
ice and dlitemper. How long it will roll God
only knows; but it will In dnetlme make com*
plttccirCu it, and corse back to the plug where
it started—the hahd’of God, pure andEdenle.
The history of the World goes in A circle.
Why it it that the shipping in our dny is im
proving so rapidly? it la because men aro Im
itating tho ola model of Noah’s ark. A ship
carpenter gives that aa his opinion. Although
*o much derided by small wits, that ship of
Noah’s time beat tho Etruria and the Ger
manic, at which we boeetso much. Where is
n ship on the lea today that could outride a
-deluge in which the heaven and tho earth
were wrecked, landiog all tho paaiongors In
eafoty, two of each kind of living creatures,
thousands of species? Pomology will go on
with its achievements until after
many centuries the world will have
plums and pears equal to tho Paradisaical
The art of gardening will grow for centuries,
and after the Downing and liltcholls of the
world have done tbolr beet, in the far futuro
the art of gardening will come np to tho ar-
horescence of the year one. If the makere of
colored glue go on improving they mayin
some centuries be able to make something
equal to tho oast window of York Hinator,
which was tmlltln 1,200. Wo aro six con-
tuties behind these artiste, but the
world most keep on toiling nntilitshall make
the complete circuit and come np to the skill
ef those very men. If the world continues to
.improve ip mssonary we shall have after a
IwhCbi Verhape aft# tho advance of couturier,
mortar equal to that which I saw In the wall
of anexhnmad English city, ball! in tho time
ofHomans, sixteen hundred yean ago—that
mortar today al good aa the day In which it
was made, having outlasted the brick and the
atone. Isay, after hundrede of yean masonry
may advance to that point. If the world
stands long enough wo may have a city as
large as they had. in old times. Babalon, fivo
times the size of London. Yon go Into tho
potteiiiji of England and yon find them mik
ing cups and vases after the style of the cups
and vases exhnmed from Pompeii. Tho world
is not going back. O, no! but Is la swinging
in a circle and will corns back to tho atyles
of lottery known so long ago
oa the daya of Pompeii. The world must
keep on progressing until it makes the com
plete cl i cult. The curve la In the right direc
tion. Tho enrvo will keop on until it becomes
a circle. . .
Well, now, my friends, what la true In the
material universe la true in God’a moral gov
ernment and spiritual atnugemtnb That la
tho meaning of Ezekiel's wheel, AU com
mentators agree In sajlng that the wheel
moans God’s providence. Hut a wheal la of
no bio uulcsalt turn, and if it turn It turns
around, and if it turn around it moves in a
circle. What then? Aro we parti of a groat
iron n avblnc whitled around whether we will
or.net, tbo victims of inexorable fate? No!
Bo far from that I shall sliosr yon that wa our
selves start tho circle of good or bad action,
and that it will tnrelj coma around again to
naunlrf s by divlns Intervention it bo hlndoxad.
These bad or good actions may make the cir
cuit oi many years; hut come back to us as
they will, as certainly as that God alta on the
circle of the earth. Jtzebel, the wont woman
of the Tible, slow Naboth beesuso she wanted
his vlreyani. While the dogs were eating
tho body of Naboth, Elisha, the prophet, put
down bis compass and marked a circle from
those dost clear around to the dogs that should
oat the body of JeaebrJ, the murdsnas. 'Tea-
possible! ” tbo peoplo said, " that will never
jnappi n.” Who Is that being flang out of the
palate window ? Jazebt-1. A few boon after
they camo around, hoping to bury her. Thay
find only tho palma of bar hands and the
ahull. Tho dogs that devoured Jozobol and
the dogs that devoarrd Naboth! Oh, what a
swift, what an awful circuit!
Hut it is sometimes tUsfease, that this circle
sweep# through a century, or through many
Centuries. The world started with a theocra
cy for government; that It, God was tho presi
dent end emperor of the world. People got
tired of a theocracy. They said: ."We don’t
want (icd directly interfering with the affaire
of the world; give ns monarchy.” The world
liad a monarchy. Fnnu a monarchy It la go
ing to have a limited monarchy. After awhile
the limited monarchy will be gives np. and
the republican form of government will bo
every when dominant ana recognized* Then
tbewoild will get tired of the rfgpbllciu
fojm or government, and it will hsrsan an-
nrehy. which la no government at alt And
then, all nations Ceding ant that man la not
capable of rlghteonoy governing man, wilt
cry cut again for n theocracy, and sty: “Let
God eotno back end conduct tho affairs of
the world.” Every oi*p—monarchy, limit
ed monarchy, republicanism, anarchy,
orly different stops between
the first theocracy and tho last timocracy, or
ecamcntsol tho graat circle of the earth on
Which God aits
Hat do not become impatient because you
cannot r.cc the curve of events, and therefore
ccncluco that God'a government la going to
break down. History tells ns that tn the
making of the pyrsm’ds it took two thoussud
men two years to dr»» one great atena from
tba quarry end put It Into the pyramids.
Well, now, if men, short-lived, can afford to
work so slowly as that, cannot God, tn the
building of the eternities, afford to wart?
What though God should ttka tan thousand
years to draw s cirri-? Shall era take our lit
tle watch which we btve to wind np every
night lest it randown.and hold it np besidethe
deck or eternal ages? If, according to tho
Bible, a thousand years are tn God'a sight as
on* day. then, accenting to that ealonUtion
tkl alz thousand years of the worli'a exist
ence has been osJy to God as from Monday to
Saturday.
But it is often the case that the rebouni Is
quicker, and the circle la sooner completed.
Yon resolve that yen will do what good yon
...la. Id.
2s. 8d.
can. In one week you put n word of counsel
in tho heart of a Sabbath school child. Dur
ing that same week you gavo a letter of Intro
duction to n young man straggling in btulnaes.
During the same week you made an oxorta-
tion in a prayer meeting. It is ail gone; you
will never hear of It porhapo, yon think. A
fow yean after a man cornea up to yon and
**}*•' “Yob don't know mo, do you?’’ You
toy. “No, I don't remember over tobave coon
you.” “Why,” ho says, "I was In tho Sabbath
school clars over which you were tho teacher.
One Sunday yon invited me to Chrut. I so-
copied the offer. Yon see that ehurah with
two towers yonder?” “Yea. ’ yon aay. Ho aays:
“That is where I preach.” Or, "Dojrou eeo that
S otemer’a honae? That is where I Uvo.” Ouo
ay a man cornea to you, and sayi: “Good
morning” Yon look at him, and say: “Why,
Jon have the advantage of me; I cannot place
jon.” He eaya: “Don’t yon remember, thirty
yean ago, giving a letter of introduction to a
young man—a Tetter of introduction to a
prominent merchant?” “Yes, yes, I do.” He
aajr: “I am the man. That irks my first step
toward a fortune; bnt I have retired from
bnainese roar, and am giving my tima to phi
lanthropies and public interest. Come up to
my country place and see me?” Or a man
cornea to you and aays: “I want to intro-
dace myself to yon. I went into a prayer-
meeting some yean ago, list back by the
door. Yon aroao to make an exhortation.
That talk changed the cpnrso of my life, and
if I ever get to Heaven, under God, I wl'lowe
my salvation to you.” In only ten, t *euty or
thirty yean the circle asrept ont and swept
back again to your own grateful heart.
Hut sometimes it la a wider circle and does
not return for n great wbllo. I ns a bill of
expiates for burning Latimer and Bldley. Tho
bill of expensea says:
One load of fir fagots. Ss. I
Callage of fonr loads of wood
Item, a pesi
itra, two chains
Hem, two staples
Item, four labours.
That was cheap fire, considering all the clr
cnmelancer; but it kindled a light which
abono all around the world, and aroand the
maityr spirit, and ont from thatjburning of
Latimrr and Hidley rolled tho circle, wlder-
nnd wider, starting other circles, convoluting,
ovnnnnlng, circumscribing, overarching all
heaven—a circle.
Hot whet la true oftbe good is justastraeof
the bad. Yon utter a slander against yonr
neighbor. It baa gone forth from your teeth.
It will never come hack, you think. You
have done tho man all the mischief you can.
Yiu reiolco to aro him wince. You sty:
“Didn’t I give It to him?” That tnrrd has
gone ont, that alanderoua word, on Its poison
ous and blasted way. You think It will novor
do yon any barm. Bnt I am watching that
word, and I tee it beginning to curve, and it
coma around, and it is aiming nt yonr heart.
Yon had bettor dodge it You cannot dodge
it It rolls into your bosom, and after It rolls
in a word of an old book which says: ’With
what measure ye mete, It shall bo measured
to you again.”
You maltreat an aged parent Yon begradge
him tho room In yonr house. You aro impa
tient of hit whimsicalities and garrulity. It
makes you mad to hear him toll the same
story twice. You give him food he cannot
maiticato. You wish ho was away. You
wonder if ho la golngto Uve forovsr. Ho wUl
bo gone very soon. Hla steps are shorter and
shorter. Hole golngto atop. But God has an
account to settle with you on that aubjoot Af
ter a while yonr oyo wiU ho dim and your
gait will halt, and tho sound of the grinding
will be low, and you will tell the
tame story twice, and your children will won-
der if you aro going to Uve forever, and won
der if you will xever bo taken away. They
called you “fethcr” once; now they call you
“tho old man,” If you live a few yean longer
they wiU rail yon “the old chap.” What are
thus rough woida with which your children
are accosting you? Thay am tho echo of tho
very words you uted In the card your old
father forty yean ago. What la that which
you are tryiog to chew, but find it unmtttiea-
bio, and year jaws ache as youaurrandar the
attempt? Ferhaps It may be tho grlstlo which
you gave to your father for hla breakfast forty
years ago. A gentleman passing along the
street saw a ion dragging hlsfather into the
street by the hair or tho head. The gentle
man, outraged at thia brutal conduct, war
about to punish the offender, when the old
man arose and old: “Don’t hart him; it'* all
right; forty yean ago thle morning I dragged
ont my father by the hair of hla head.” It to
a circle. My father lived Into the elghtlaa,
and be had a vary wide experience, and he
■aid that maltreatment of parents was always
punished in this world. Other tins may be
adjourned to the next world, but maltreat
ment of parents to punished in this world.
The circle turns quickly, very q utekly. Oh,
what a stupendous thought that the good and
the evil we Matt come back to ut. Do you
know that tho Judgment day trill be the only
points at which the cirotoa join, the good and
the bed we have done coming back to a*, an-
lesadlvins Intervention hinder—coming back
to ni, welcome of delight or curse of condem
nation?
Ob, I would like to tee Paul, the Invalid
missionary, at the moment when htolnilasnoo
comes to fall orb—bis lnflaonco roUlng ont
through Antioch, through Cyprus, through
Lystrs, through Corinth, through Athena
through Asia, through Europe, through Amer
ica, through the firal century, through five
ceiitnrlet, through twenty centuries, through
all tho succeeding centuries, through earth,
through htaveu, and, at last, the wave of In
ductee having made foil circuit, etrikee hla
great soul. Oh, then I would like to see him!
No ono eon tell the wide sweep of the circle
of his Influence uve the One who to seated on
tbo circle of the earth. I shonlo not want to
tee the conntenance of Voltaire when hto In
fluence comet to full orb. When the fistal
Ixmonhage seized him at eighty-throe yean
of age bis influence did not ceau. The most
brilliant man of hto century, he had used all
bit faculties for useulti ok Christianity; hto
bad influence widening through Franco* wid
en lug out through Germany, widening through
all Europe, widening through America, wid
ening through the one hundred end one yean
that have gona by ilnoa he died, widening
through earth, widening through bell; until
at lest the accumulated Influence of bto bad
life fiery anno of omnipotent wrath will beat
■gainst hto destroyed spirit, and at that mo
ment it will he enough to make the black
hair of eternal darkness tom white with- the
horror. No one can teU how that bad man’*
influence girdled the earth, uve the One who
is stated on tho circle of the earth—the Lord
Almighty.
fell, now,” uy people In thto audience,
“ibis in aome respects la a very glad theory,
end in otbirs a very tad oner we would like
to have all the good wa have ever dona coma
hack to ns, but the thought that all the tins we
have ever committed will come-hack to us,
fills u« with affright.” My brother, I have to
tell yen God can break that circle and will do
ao at yonr call. I can bring twenty passages
or beriptnre to prove that whan God for
Christ's sake forgives n man, the tint of hla
put life never come heck. The wheel may
roll oa and roll on; hut yon take your position
behind the cross, and the wheel strike* the
Crete and It 1s shattered forovsr. The tins fly off
from tbo circle into the perpendicular, falling
at right anglca with complete oblivion. For
given! forgivan! The ei as neat thing a man
can do is, after aome difficulty has been aat-
cuough to held all the events of the ages,
there to one thing that to turato flip Hla m
my. ono thlni He is sure to forget, and that
is psidoned tnaignasicn. Hondo I know
it? I will prova it. ‘Their tine and their in-
Iqultics will I remember no mere.” Come
into that state thto morning, my dear brother,
my deer slater. “Blessed to the os* whoa*
tiensgresaions are forgiven.”
Hot do not make the mistake of thinking
that thto doctrine of the circle stops with thto
life; It rolls op through heaven. Yon might
quote In apposition to me whet St. John says
about the city of heaven. Ua aays It “lieth
four iquare.” That data leans to mlUtet*
against thto Idas; but yen know there to many
a square honae that baa a family circle facing
each other and in a circle moving, and I can
prove that thia to ao in regard to heaven. St.
John ana: “I beard the voice oi many angels
round a boot the throne, and tba beasts and
the aldera.” Aad agate hasty* “Than was
a rainbow round about tho throne.” The two
former intuncrt. a circle; the last, either a
circle or a semi-cirele. Tho aeata faring etch
othor, the angels facing each other, the men
facing each other. Heaven an amphitheater of
glory. Circumference of patriarch, and proph
et, tod apostle. Circumference of Scotch cov
enanters and Theban legion, and Alhigansos.
Circumference of the good of all ages. Peri
phery of splendor unimagined and Indescri
bable. A circle! A circle!
But every circumference must have a con
ter, and what to the center of this heavenly
circumference? Christ. Hto nil the glory.
Hto aU the praise. Hto all the crowns. AU
heaven wreathed into a garland round about
Him. Take off the imperial sandal from hit
foot, and behold tho soar of tho spike!
Lift the coronet of dominion from
Hto brow, and too where was tho
laceration of the briars. Come closer, all
heaven, Narrow the circle around Ills grost
heart. O, Chrkt, tho Saviour! O, Christ, tho
man, 0, Christ, the God! Keop Thy throne
forever, seated on tho circle of the earth,
teated oa tho circle of tho heaven!
' On Christ, the solid rook I stand:
A1I other ground Is shifting sand.
LIGE PEAKE.
During our civU war many attempt*
wore made on both tides of tho line to Invent a
destructive and death-dealiug bomb of oztraordl-
nary power. Some of the inventions were tolera
bly successful, but they did not comouptothe
popular Ideal. What waa wanted was a machine
that would exterminate men by regiments, and at
the same time spread a conflagration that could
not be extinguished by ordinary means.
One of these bombs created quite a sensation In
lie day, but the experiment with it did net prove
altogether lalltfactory. It was invented by a pri
vate In Urn Georgia militia. Hla company waa
itattoned on tho Chattahoochee to Intercept Sher
man's march lo tho sea. To vary tba monotony
of compute, Uga Peake tent to Atlanta and oh*
talucd a lot of chemicals, with which ho proceed
ed to manufacture an explosive of great power,
Uge was tn adventurous character. He bad
been engaged In gold mining In Hextao, and one
of hla tales waa that while in that oountiy he bad
aeon a mountain split in two, from top to bottom,
with a small tube containing an exploslse manu
factured by a German scientist. The secret had
been revealed to him, and he was satisfied that be
could get np e bomb that would wipe out the yaa-
kecs, hundreds at a time.
Captain Tump Llmberley took* wonderful In-
tcrcit In Llgc’a pet hobby, and a*on became
a firm believer In It. The other officers in
the company had (heir doubts, hut kept them
tolhemiclrea One dev Llge tried on experiment
with hla Greek fire. It wea quite successful, bora-
lug so fiercely that water seemed to add to the
Dame instead of putting it out. He explained that
tho materials used wars only a part of those con
tained in hla proposed bomb, After the explosion
ofhlsmlssUo the Greek firepertof the business
would put In Its work.
Gradually Captain Tump Llmberley grew more
and more Interested. He detailed Llge to perfect
his invention and assigned him aUttlalog hut
near tho river. In this quiet laboratory Private
Peake epant nearly all hla time at work. Several
prematuremlahapaoccurred, audattbo eadofa
week tbe experimenter had all tho hair on one
tide oi his head tinged off and both eyebrows were
At last the day arrived when a public test was
to be made of the new weapon ot warfare. Cap
tain Tump Llmberley waa tho blggostandtho hap-
pleat looking man present, no had invited aev-
eral officers to be on hand, and altogether than
were about a dozen spectators. The place arise tod
for the trial was a deep hollow noar tbe river
hank. The officers Mood on the water's edge and
viewed Ligt and hto machine rather auspiciously.
Llge bore hlmaeir with the dignity and solemnity of
a man who waa about lobe blown into fame or
eternity, be hardly knew whiob. He stood down
In the hollow by a giant oak, one of the monarchs
of the finest. A hole had been drilled through
the beat of too tree, end In thto had been Inserted
toe Iran tube containing toe myateriona explosive.
A long toss waa attached to to* tube, and Llge
carried too loom end toward to* rtvar, where toe
offiotnwere.
Tray, Llge,” Jelled Captain Tump Llmberley.
‘AU right, cap.”
‘But It may not be all right. An you certain
about that blamed thing?”
'Ob, yce,” replied Llge, “it wiU work. It will
tear that tree to flinders.”
At tola some of too crowd becamo a uttlo nee
rout, end a major asked:
“Aro you sure there to no danger?”
“X don't think there to,” utd Lift. “When I
touch off Uu Aim I'U join you end we'll all squat
down behind that ridge until toe explosion to
over. It la all right twiasal have made a miscal
culation. In that event It wouldn't surprise me to
a hole blown oltao down to tho bowels of tho
earth.”
Hia hearers shuddered, but It sres too late to nt
away, and they all dropped down on their knees
on toe river rideoftoa ridge. lot moment Llge
was among them looking very pale. Be ex
claimed :
“Fve fired toe flue!”
“WhlahUj-whUh-fizz-whlahUy—whtohl”
"Great powers’.'’ grunted Captain Tump Lins’
btrley, who was then lying flat on his stomach. -
•Whlshlty—wblih-llzz—nhlsb-zlp!”
'Great Goddlcmlghty!" ejaculated Captain Tamp
Llnbcrly.
"Whlsser—whlsh-zlsz-slp—wbUHy-i.r.r.n”
“Kcrthugl”
It wss captain Tump Lfmbarley, who had
Plunged into toe river, and waa exhibiting noth-
iug above the water but a baldhead and a palrof
big tyta.
"Zip—whlah—<lsri”
“KcKbugl”
This time It was the colonel of toe regiment who
had tumbled into toe water. Then there was a
luccm.'on 0/precipitous "kerchugs," and tho en
tire crowd Including Private Peake threw them*
reive, into toe water.
“Whlahlty—wblah—whist”
For tally ten minutes tola dismal and alarmlog
noire kept up and than all waa alienee. Five
minuter more pasted end Otptaln Tump Limber-
ley scrambled eat of toe water, swearing and
•fluttering. Ha was quickly fallowed by toeoto-
r officers, also sweating and splattering.
“I say, Llgo rcakc," roaring toe captain,
"whai'a toe matter with yonr domed old nsa-
chine 1"
“Weil, Cep, I basted tola time,'
Uge* “I didn't mis toe ingredlanta right'
A hoarse murmur of dlssatlsfutlon stirred the
sir.
’it’s my opinion," said Captain Tump Umber-
ley, “that Life Peeke it tn Infernal good-tor-
nothing ntcal."
There waa e general chorus of Indorsement, and
.he drenched end disgruntled officers marched
back to camp. Llge begged lor one more trial,
but they were all against him, and toe poor fellow
was put to work digging tranche*.
Feibaps Captain Tump LUnbeiler was too Im
patient, too hasty. With a fair showing Llge
Peake might have produced an explosive IhM
would bare scattered .Sherman's army and changed
whole course of toe war.
Aa Old Citizen of Atlanta, Oa.
LEMON ELIXIR* _ •
By the rercommf ndaUon of Bey. C. C. Devfel
ed Dr. Money's Lessen Elixir for e seven
curtate cue of ludltesdaa, palpitation endiraegu.
. . »--- Ss# rail “ I M
ABOUT BILL ARP.
Whet is Thought and Said About Him
Abroad,
From toe Nashville American,
Major Charles H. Smith was a lawyer of
Borne, Ga, at the outbreak of the war, and
when hla neighbors becamo tarioua at Hr.
Lincoln's call for volunteer soldiers, he, with
equal seal for hla section, wrote a criticism,
ludicrous in character, and it was a hit. On
a street comer he read the artielo to some
friends, and when the crowd had laughed
heartily over it, serious tl waa the Iirhiect
treated, be eatd he did not know
what signature to give it. In tho crowd
wa* the country wag, Wllllaui Arp. who had
never dreamed, perhaps, that' typo would
•pell hla name, and he said, “Put my name to
it.” When tho war raged and tho humorous
articles ovor that signature became popular,
the real Bill Arp would call attention of hit
ootusadM to thorn with a pride quite like
Blind Tom exhibits at the applause over hla
wondorful music.
Tbe picture herewith presented la the belt
yet published, although thoro if wanting In it
n bubbling and a twinkle which gives to com
panions Incrraaed pleasure in Bill Arp’a hu
mor. A grandchild wanted to know why he
didn’t have any hair on the top of hit head,
and he replied that grandma had snatched
him bald-headed, and then the little fellow
ran to her and naked the question: “Grandma,
what made yon snatch grandpa bald-headod?"
In tho preparation of this sketch I aonght
*ila aaaiatesco, but, while not unfriendly tc
the project, be aent this reply, after etatla <
that he wee “too mnch crowded to write any
thing for Hr. C." Born in Gwinnett county.
l&SG; fathers native«i Massachusetts, ana
mother from South Carolina; father camo U
Savannah when a youth, taught school ann
wedded bit pupil, and never returned north
B. A. grow up with all tho othe>
town hoys, and waa about as bad
went to school some and worked
aomr; was brought up n merchant; went t.
oolleae at Athens, Ga; studied law and go
married, and when tha war came commences
willing rebellion! letters, and continued to
write while in Virginia In tbe army,” After
tbe war he bought a splendid farm near Car-
tcrsvUle, Ga., where he now live*.
He la not a “host” on hla own farm, aa the
old ncgi oca would aay, hut ho always leads the
gang of flsld hinds, and both young and old,
black and white, among the neighbors have
learned what it la to follow him down acorn
row. Ho la prend of hla mettlo, and goes into
all tha work of a regular farm hand with a
determination to outdoall who work with him.
And whllo he laMs he keeps ahead, but he
works too hard and fast to fiat tong. A few
t ears ago, from early dawn till 10 o'clock,
o pushed hard hla four grot
•ont, who would attempt to k< .
abreast of him. But suddenly he would stop,
shoulder hie hoe and march for the front
pltasa, where he would cock hla haela on tho
banisters, light hla pipe, and with hla hoe still
in handa, as If he Intended to retain, he would
fall Into cogitation, “keoplug ono eye the
while on the fonr boya” he had left In the
field. By-end- by hla hoe would be laid aside
and his pen become hla weapon for the rest of
the day. At noon he goes to tho spring for a
fresh bucket of water, with which
to lofreah tbe tired laborers. If
the cook ia away ho goes to the
kitchen, allpa lu quietly aa as not to ahum
His. Arp, and gets dinner for the family.
A vernllle writer ayahs la Sydney Smith
and Lawrence Sterne combined, having all
their excellence and noneof their faults.
A lady, in going to a trunk for aome work,
goad I 'cannot bear to tear them
’■X'arOhtrywoman said: "Don’t
AraWl
things tha plainest 1 I have laughed till I
cried over tome of hit tetters, for the asmo
things had happened la oar own family, and It
seemed that he must have boon right hare in
tho houre when ha wrote It.”
An admirer atatea: "Hla writing! are not
alwsje equally spicy, but they are nil replete
with sound practical acuso, and his great noble
heart, filled with lore and
sympathy for the
every-day cares and trials of hla feltew-man,
throne Hie an undertone of ranate la every
•entases—now rippling In laughter over some
little comical teens in his own hotuohold, and
then melting to exquisite patboe by aoma
touching Incident In hla vicinity, ora backward
glance to tbe besutlfbl meadow land of hla
boyhood. Ah, ho I* a pool 1”
The Courier-Journal said of hla tetter to
Aitemna Ward in July, 1863, that “It waa ths
first chirp of any bird after tha surrender, and
pave relief and hope to thousands of drooping
Another paper said: “Hla' writings aro a
delightful mixture of humor and philosophy.
There la no cynicism In bis nature, and he
always pictures the brightest tide of domestic
life, and enoouraget his readers to Uve np to
ana enjoy it. ‘Carps diem,’ la Ua motto. Old
folks andchlldran alike eqjoy his genial srri-
tlnga, and hla Ietten are welcome In every
houtebold where ho It kootro*"
Tbo position he occupies in the world or
southern literature, and toe affectionate ad-
miration th* southern proplo have for him,waa
recently meet flatteringly lltuatratad in Co-
lnrnbia, S. C., where ho mi invited to lecture
during the ecsslon of the legislature. That
hedy adjourned to give him the ace of their
ball, end he wu escorted upon the stage by
Ike governor and ex-governor and the Judges
of tho inpreme court, the speaker of tho house
and the president of the senate, all of whom
were stated near him, and he waa Introduced
to the large audience by General Yonmana, in
an elequenl and feeling tribute to him as *
man and author. No inch ovation was ever
given to a public laetorer In th* aonth.
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