1867-1808.] During the month of May he preach ed in the Augusta Church nineteen times, in the Colored Church twice, and in Hamburg and Bethesda each once. " He went, joined the church, was converted, became a useful local preacher, and was at Bishop Pierce's bedside when he died, I will tell you face to face--too tedious to write. Let the bereave ment bind you and Sallie more closely to God, and duty. " Eight roads diverge from this point; and the traveller has use for both eyes, and must needs show his kinship with the great Yankee nation, by asking sundry questions, or he may find himself on the wrong- train ; on this day the con fusion was great, and is no less, perhaps, any other day, The engine whistles, the caterers for the city hotels, the porters, the hackdrivers, the agents of rival routes, ail take part in the noise and bewilderment. Would that we could do more. on Church Unity. He knew that he was no apostolic prelate, with miracle-working powers, upon whom the Church rested, one who made priests, and who ruled them. The story of his efforts to save the college he has not told. On examination, it was found that the king-bolt The congregation -was good and attentive, and I hope some good seed was sown. training. I .admire your spirit, your genius. women, and children, whose loving remembrance Is turned that you desired all the data you could obtain in reference to Give money to the missions, and help send the Gospel " GOLESBOE.O, May sgth. " I could get through to-morrow, but will drag along till Monday. patronage and alienate the confidence of the country. The cars \vere full, and the rush of the iron horse was but a type of the spirit which seemed to move the people. . They talked calmly of the wrongs of the Territory, of the outrages upon unoffending citizens, and of the necessity laid upon them to expel, by ball and bayonet, the perpetrators of these lawless deeds. Anxious as I am that the subject of this biography should be seen in his most attractive garb by all men, I am not willing to deny or conceal any fact of his history which was plainly brought out, and I cannot deny that Bishop Simpson. " home. " Tlie hero of the story had fired his own revolver, shot his own hat, and played a trick upon the sleeping citizens. " At the Con ference in 1842 he "was removed from Macon and sent to Augusta. On inquiry, the inn-keeper told me that he paid sixty-six dollars a thousand for every foot of lumber he was using. The young elder, leaving his fair -wife and his babe at the home in Greene, went on his way. Vast sums are annually expended in repairing the streets and keeping up bridges ; and very often, when the work is finished, the next rain sweeps thousands away, and the repairers of breaches are called upon, for new plans and fresh labors. And if these exhibitions served no higher purpose than to afford a brief relief to the oppressed man of business --a day of respite from brain-toil to the overworked student --an hour's forgetfulness of himself and his infirmities to the weary, languid invalid--or taught the dull misanthrope that the great heart of humanity, on all fit occasions, pulsates with a kindred throb, they would still have their moral uses, and the benefits -would compensate the expenditure. thority and intelligence and supervision are necessary to de shocking : a well-located railroad in this region would realize bears fruit to this day. " My first appointment was a District Meeting at Augusta, Ky. Augusta is a nice town on the Ohio River, and was once famous in the history of Kentucky Methodism as the seat of a college, representing the Church in two or three Confer ences. 'tis all I ask or wish for--too much XIV. Will you do it ? Life and Times of George F. Pierce. This Circus seemed to liaunt me. Some say there are two thousand people present. Well, it is a good work ; and I hope will go on till the whole land is well sup plied ; but let us beware we do not substitute it for better things. Oh, me ! for. I have too many clothes along. Milledgeville . " XXH. " He concluded to try diversion, and so He had no ambition for place or power, save for the "The Lord make his face to shine upon you all." In the morning, before daybreak, we were crowded into what they very properly call a mud-'wag'on. they were born to bless? felt while there, and still feel, an attraction toward them, We had a short and pleasant session. Indulge no feeling -which makes you unhappy. While he was stationed here, the war which had begun with England in 1812 was still raging, and a draft of the militia was ordered, and Lovick Pierce was drawn as a soldier. I de termined to go round by the cars through Ohio, but the train was hours behind, and could not make connections. A little before dark we came to an Indian cabin, and by signs and gestures made known our wish to tarry for the night. Thank God ! thing and lose himself if I did not keep an eye on him. " 165 Better wait for the omnibus. The trial had been progressing for several days, conducted with marked ability on both sides. The passage was short j a plunge or two brought the horses to a little firmer footing ; and so we were once more, not on On yesterday we travelled forty-five miles without a drop of wa ter, except that which the cattle had fouled with their feet ; literally mud-holes, some of them covered with a green scum, which the Indians skim off, and then dip up and drink. The next paper contained the following : Never having visited this por tion of Texas before, I was anxious to sec it by day, but the trains run at night, both ways, so that, although I doubled on my track like a hunted rabbit, I was indebted to the moon and the stars for all the light I had. It very soon appeared, however, that, in his own conceit, he understood the subject far better than I. 640 The rain was falling heavily, the streets were empty, not a carriage to be found, and, getting a dray to carry our baggage, we footed it through a drenching- shower, two miles to the parsonage. Amid rain and cold we arrived at Springfield, which, like ' Fame's proud temple,' rests upon an eminence, up which the traveller toils with slow and laborious steps. For the first time Canton. Anxious I am that perfect harmony between the sections of our once--and alas still, to a sad degree--divided country should be restored, I cannot think the best way to secure this result would be to suppress truths or tell things that were not true. 543 The only mishap, save an upset in which nobody was hurt, was that one night, about one hun dred and twenty miles from San Antonio, In changing- stages and transferring baggage, Mrs. Pierce's trunk was left. I trust it may be so. You would laugh to hear them talk. I am here in a large fine room, have not been to the table yet and cannot say much of my accommodation. Never give up your authority. on with this theological training idea, and without any ex pressed statute to bar their entrance into the ministry, all, well nigh, who cannot avail themselves of this kind of prepa ration, will smother their convictions, and thus imperil their souls and bereave the Church. xvi. *' On the 3Oth of December, we left on board the Mexico, bound for ISfew Orleans. When, he came to speak: of the application of these principles to the matter in hand, he said : We were fed and lodged, and transported back and " After inquiring the way to Marshall we drove through ; and as we had been told to follow the telegraphic wires, we found no difficulty In sticking to the right track. flexible as a flute. Mr. Pierce was a young member, and the jour nal does not show that he made a motion or made a speech. All honor to the fiery old saint, whose courage and fidelity, whose faith and zeal pioneered the Church in the wilderness, and helped to bring her into ' a large and "wealthy place," a goodly heritage of honor, influence, and usefulness. It is late at night, and I cannot give you a long letter. A very de cided home-feeling came over us. There was only one other church in the city--St. Paul's Church, in which the Presbyteri ans had service. He at last reached Fayetteville, and writes to his grandson : xix. and sympathies of the whole Church. Life and Times of George F. Pierce. This was a matter of great solicitude to him. honored and outcast, reel by day and night from the dram shop to the gambler's den, and live only to break the hearts We talked with him of providence and grace, and prayed that his Indeed, not only did the Church and the world render to him the homage and veneration due to his extreme age and long service, but they heard him with a zest and wonder and admiration unsurpassed even in the meridian of his strength. The climate is charming. The Church re quired no such sacrifice for her unity or her character. They seem to regard the knowledge of it as one of the chief agents of their elevation, and as a security against the relapse into their former ignorance and superstition. Must they be cast off", as though never included in It may justly be said of him, ' Nascitur orator.' Kiss them all for me. \Ve haved saved fodder for two years, I think. Innocence and love were twin sisters whose presence always made his home happy. "SAN ANTO-NTO, TEX., October 19. B. before he was nineteen years old. The other day I drove them to John's and back in four hours. The bishop's correspondence with him goes over some length of time, and shows how he was concerned about the college. Just after fording the river we met three men, travellers, and all, as the phrase is, in liquor. ? 103 A young man, chaste, modest, religious, a tree in Well, I must stop now. The man's anxiety to get rid of a doubtful bill made him a fool. Fie spent about six months of every year remote from home, and while he was resting he spent his time in careful supervision of the Georgia work. . ries of learning. Money can always be got for a good cause by an honest, earnest effort. Write to Austin immediately. Paid Bill to Haff and M. " Mv DEAREST ANN : I have been so disappointed here that I have been ill-natured, I fear. 370 Years afterward, on her birthday, her father wrote her of the joys of that morning, and of how he gave his daughter back to God, and of how he had always been grateful to God for the gift of his little glrJ. He was a mag netic speaker, a perfect orator, of splendid appearance, com bining all the essential elements that go to make a charming, I know not how we shall come out trading. Surrounded by a laughing trio, Julia Burnet, Aunt Fanny, and Mr. Mifnin, who was painting Roservelle, the little dog. She con tinued a manner of subdued and inquiring heart, until the month of July, at a camp-meeting in Hancock County. Hamilton would show by figures, based on distance and time, that it was the very worst thing we could have done. He made a hurried visit home. Montgomery, where he presided over the commission in which . He was a great favorite with the ladies, to whom I often had to surrender him. This wicked strife, with all its horrors, Is developing some of the best traits of human character among the people. The peo ple are the trustees and managers of Church property, of colleges, of missionary funds. It was a mile and a half to Cairo, and, afraid to leave my trunk, lest it should be missing when a boat came along, I undertook with George's help to carry it. In all the range of their acquaintance, none such were to be found. The presiding elder, who knew him well, walked out to where he was, and, laying" his hand on his shoulder, said : ** Doctor, you ought to be a Christian." otic P.M., arid got two letters from yon, one from Ella, one This concerns me much. The universal testimony was that he had never been equalled in our pulpits. We go aboard, and find the captain a gentleman m manners and spirit, and the crowd of passengers orderly, sedate, and all disposed to contribute to the general happiness. He made his home with Bishop Andrew, and when Andrew went to Philadelphia he had charge of the church until after his colleague returned, a bishop, when Cassell Harrison was sent in charge. No preacher ever feared his displeasure, and what to a Metho dist preacher is even worse, his indifference. I will write to him about selling it, Life and Times of George F. Pierce. I go for the Church now and at the long run. culty is in the subject and its conditions. That text was his motto through life j it has been mine. I do think ' evangelical sermons better than critical lectures." Life mid Times of George F. Pierce. "In the afternoon we crossed the channel where, in wet weather, the Frio River runs, but now dry as the sum mer threshing-floor. I wish you a long and happy life. He had backslidden. get off at Onaiicock and preach. Kiss Ellen for me and tell her to say come back. " THE BISHOP, 1854, AGED 43. to my memory, at least very dear. In fine, here is an empire in extent and resources, but in the slowest process of evolution, and yet destined to population, wealth, and power. Except in the eating line, it was rather a dull time for two or three days, and the preachers would scold the young men when, after escorting the girls to the stand, they would go back to the tents and smoke their cigars. Drought--hard times-- scarcity of money--these \vcre the apologies. Life and Times of George F. Pierce. getting, by the world forgot,' he was beguiling his dull voca tion of its weariness, and obviously enjoyed his success. Yesterday we got the news of another great victory at Fredericksburg. He came to his father for light, and in a long and most carefully prepared article the doctor makes effort to answer the ques tion as to whether the Divine Nature suffered in the sufferings of Christ. The raw material abounds ; let the spinners and weavers go to work and vindicate the prophecy. The results always mar and poison the enjoyment. After that I expect he will cave. Content with checkmating his self-conceit even for a moment, I let him go on. ' CHAPTER IX. Indeed, all along, by Paris, Mulenburg, lege). Life and Times of George F. Pierce. He preached three times every Sunday, and on Wednesday night. This little incident endeared Bishop Pierce to that class of clever young men. Conse The sermon was in power." xvm. They were admitted on trial in the South Carolina Conference in December, 1804. ful piety. She had taken him He was at his best, and the sermon was one of great power. WM. In one of them, I3r. And such I fully believe you aim and intend to be. This being done, Brother Watson and I entered, and found, to our dismay, that we could not sit upright with our hats on. Prospects fair for food and raiment. I gave you to God when you were born, and, thank God, you have always been a pleasure and a blessing-. II. Life and Times of George F. Pierce. Down we got, and having provided for our horses--being waited on by a Creek Indian who could not speak a word of English-- we entered the house, and found a retired soldier's fare not bad to take at the end of a long day's journey, It is a great ad vantage to travel with a man who knows the country and the people. Others of the class became distinguished. I am in trouble about my appointments. The ride on Monday took us through a wilderness. There were now two thousand five hun dred white members and one thousand colored, who were scattered over ten counties. As soon as the boat began to rock, Lovick, though greatly excited by the novelty of everything around him, and watching1 with eager eye the various water fowls that followed the vessel, shared the fate of most voy agers upon the deep. The Of course we did not interrupt him, but waited patiently for the end. She loved him as an older sister -would have loved him, and he loved her; and when her husband had made up his mind to go to Africa as a missionary, if the Church said so, she wrote that " George Pierce says he will go with us." After supper a while it "was amusing to look round upon the little fellows, as they lav in every direction before the fire-- on chests, on the floor, fast asleep. For years he had been very feeble, but he was strangely preserved. Church is enlarging her views, multiplying her enterprises, 1850.] Among the rest I feel a deep concern, yet am cheerful with hope, and confidently expect Doc and Henry and George to return. It is my happiness to make you happy. Life and Times of George F. Pierce. MRS. BISHOP PIERCE. Cheer up the dear old soul. The preachers say I look better to-day than yesterday. The cattle--of the finest stock and the best of their kind-- keep fat on blue-grass and clover, and, compared with our Southern runts, make a Southern man feel like coming home and slaying \\\% pony herds. On the stage I had charge of a man deranged. If he lias, I adjure you not to lay violent hands upon him ; if he has, I ask brethren to pause, and say if, in. May the dead Newton-- buried in English ground--still speak to the ministry and the Church in the living records of this American reprint of his biography. said I. the weather here very pleasant. Pierce saw some Indians yesterday, and to-day has been much excited. It was my privilege to More strong, bold men are wanted, not to fight, but to pray ; not to quarrel, but to preach 'the truth as it is in Jesus.' is to have de fogs '--and sure enough ' de fogs ' brought on a' premature night, and so we cast anchor and longed for day. We have trusted too much to an arm of flesh, and not in the living God. We are all sad. 223 \Vhen young Pierce received his appointment it was to the Alcovi Circuit, with Jeremiah Freeman as his senior preacher, and with his old friend, John Howard, for Presiding Elder. At last they got down to the bottom. tell tales and laugh. The care of all the churches is no small burden. The boat was going on to Wetumpka, and we had to go \Ve have done them a service which they are not likely to acknowledge, and for which thev are not as thankful and as loving as they ought to be. Early in the afternoon we reached Scullyville, the Choctaw Agency. Dr. Edwards, who had been even then for twenty years a prominent preacher, and who still wields a ready pen, has given me the following letter of recollections. His successive letters give a very satisfactory account of his long and weary journey. He was full of all generous sympathies. I thank God that you have been delivered so often and so long, that you have been spared from wounds and disease, and that hardships sit so lightly upon you. What a vigorous, sym metrical, well-filled-out frame ! "In the afternoon we passed through one of the finest prairies I have ever seen, and through its bosom there rolled a limpid stream In quiet beauty. The District Conference was to meet at Jackson, and a church was to be dedicated. He said some things in private correspondence that were for his son's eve alone. They need help. 1843-1844.] He must give up his place as a preacher. Save in the dark and dreamless grave ! " ** Here a company of Missourians came on our boat, en route for ICansas and the war. "When he was with us, and not engaged, he gave us every opportunity of seeing the city and the strange places we could never hope to visit again. on the income. " ' Have you another cup of coffee ? ' Does Pierce grow ? Ephraim Judah. I went at the time, and the Lord came down in mighty power, and in a few weeks nearly every family in trie settlement was in the Church. 253 He preached, worked In the altar, \vent out Into the congregation, talked to sinners, did everything one deeply in earnest could do. I tied my handkerchief around my head, Indian, fashion, and drew my blanket over it ; and the exhibition I made raised such a laugh that pain and trouble were lost in merriment. Love to all." that in the then condition of things there was too much igno 1854.] M. TURNER. horse, whom I named Prince, after a Cherokee chief, I rode him up hill and down hill, and never knew him to tip his toe. There was no conflict on the death-bed, except a purely physical one. Even where a man was under charges, and the evidence strong against him, he would hope against hope that the case was not as bad as it seemed. 684 " What do brethren mean, when they come here and eulogize him, as they have done ? " Pierce, a transfer to Colorado, the loneli ness and fatigue of so long a ride were wonderfully relieved. ded and blossomed, you convert into a serpent that will de vour wellnigh all the virtues of the land ; but let the warm and living spirit of Christianity, as here, thank God it does shed its magic breath upon the youthful minds that crowd your halls of learning, then, shall hope beam over them in the light of hallowed prophecy, and the revolution of Time's wheel shall evolve the destiny of each in the brightness of knowl edge and virtue. had taken the trouble to point out some instances of this, I These gentlemen, bred to arms and living beyond the pale of civilization, yet retain and cherish the amenities of social life, and dispense a noble hospitality even to the pass ing strang-er. She has risen from the dead. As the first-born of his house and his companion more than any other member of his family, and his fellow-laborer in the ministry for well nigh fifty years, the task, with some pro priety, devolves on me. " Early in the session quite a number of us walked with him from the Conference room. In conversation, he is entertaining, quick-witted, and ready at any time for a little fun. These figures show something of the social condition of the family, and of the surroundings of the boy's early life ; culture, refinement, plenty, and, for that time, simple elegance, were about the home. 114 629 The battle with ritualism is to be fought again. Life and Times of George F. Pierce. Perhaps in heaven we may discuss it as one of the providences by which our Heavenly Father works out his gracious purposes. I recollect preaching" there on somebody's invi tation, but have forgotten who he was.' hopes extinguished, their joys blighted, life's aim defeated, The money for the horse will be forthcoming. Life and Times of George F. Pierce. NASHVILLE, May n, 1858, ake-he office After tea and evening prayer, as my son and myself were about to retire, she asked if I would object to sleeping in a room where there was a large pile of apples. Such is my conviction, observa tion, and experience. 257 8,2[/color] - ERATO HARD RIVER[/b][/url], | Breeds nomenclature EN The fourth and the worst was to come. of wrong, deep humiliation, and solemn pledges never to re While wandering alone in the woods, a huge bear, gaunt and hungry, attacked him ; and the brave boy, instead of running, stood still till the furious beast got within a few feet of him, and then with deliberate aim shot him. her in her loneliness will add no little to my trials in leaving We are all well. If anything serious happens to you or Henry, I will come 011 immediately, God willing. I beg this Conference to consider this question in the light of its con nection with the previous action in the case of the appeal from the Baltimore Conference. That night's service profited me--whether others were helped I know not. " His presidency was the perfection of simple grace and case. We saw noth ing, however, but one bear, who seemed to be content with his* swamp fare. The river was swollen, the current strong, the boat a very slow craft, and, of course, our delivery on the other bank a tardy result. On the Sth of October we rode into Tahlequah, the capi tal of the Cherokee Nation. The result of this failure to strengthen the college was seen painfully before the General Conference of 1882 assembled, and most so when. So diligently had he trained his household in the ways of piety that there was a cheerful acquiescence 011 the part of young and old in all the requirements which official or religious dSty imposed." Had a restless night, slept but little. The reports of our Church interests within their bounds Life and Times of George F. Pierce. MY DEAR SON" ; Mr. H. Lewis will leave in the morn ing for the seat of war, and has kindly offered to take letters to you for us. " 281 Life and Times of George F. Pierce. '' The grounds and buildings cost upwards of one hundred thousand dollars, I heard. A genuine Methodist preacher I love with all my heart. He was a fine Latinist and a good Grecian ; had carefully studied the best books on rhetoric or criticism, and had read all the English classics ; but, had he never seen a rhetoric, he would George was indeed a handsome young fellow, and on that August day, as his eye flashed and his cheek glowed, dressed in attractive garb, when he made his graduating speech and his rich voice sounded through the chapel, he was in appearance to the Methodist of the time sadly unlike one who had abjured all the pomps and vanities of the proud, vain world. The confer ence territory embraced a large part of North Carolina, all of South Carolina, and all the settled portions of Georgia and Florida. Have you received the crockery ? " Who loves the country or does more for it than he? --we congratulate you upon this happy and hallowed occa It was a curious cir cumstance. "When they supposed we were asleep, they came in. " These faculties were all prom inent, and neither dominated the others. "On May 2Oth we set out, accompanied by the good wishes and openly expressed fears of numerous friends. LCHAT. He rarely preached without an assault upon one or more of the " five points," and in the latter years of his life, when the victory had been achieved, he frequently fired a gun to warn any surviving foe, and to keep alive in Get ready. Bishop Pierce was no longer a young man, but to those of us who had known him all our lives he never grew old. What is the matter--what do you mean ?' " It was in. tations the evil compounds itself, for the demand for con They have improved the roads, built fine rock-fences, reared more substantial houses, surrounded them with more tasteful adornments, and hang out more signs of permanent settlement and domestic con tent than strikes the eye almost anywhere in the great State of Texas. Acton Young. The wind and the sun on the prairies both helped on this calamity. This was James E. Evans, the son of a Methodist itinerant preacher, who had been forced to location. Nor did he consider himself in fallible in his judgment, by any manner of means, in making Your clothes are coming too. Breakfast over, we prepared for the long travel. Life and Times of George F. Pierce. " The Presbyterians, never It included in its boundaries a large part of Eastern Ken tucky, in. All this will require effort, prac tice, time, and patience. I3o not alloto hiiJt to tease you about anything. never a controversialist, but the arrogance of High Church- After preaching I "went home with Brother Grant, and next morning, he, McSparren and I, having doubled our team, rose early--travelled fast to intercept the steamboat at Wmton, on Chowan River. Such a world of mountains I hardly ever saw before ; there is no room for any more. Misunderstanding the purpose of those who had sub jected him to a very minute and rigid examination, and be lieving that the design was to call in question his veracity before the Conference and the large audience in the house, he claimed of the bishop the ' personal privilege' of being heard. The chiselled statue, with all Its symmetry, is but a statue still, dumb, blind, and dead. He was over fifty years old, and had been in the ministry for over thirty years. Some married men have caught the fever. Among the class-mates of Bishop Pierce were Nathaniel Macon Crawford, afterward President of Mercer University, and Shaller G. Hillyer, professor of the same college, both of whom became distinguished Baptist preachers ; Thomas F. Scott, who became a Presbyterian, and afterward a Bishop of the Episcopal Church, and John N. Waddell, who was the Chancellor of the University of Mississippi, and then of the Presbyterian University of the South ; whether they began a religious life at this time I cannot say, but I think it cer tain they did.

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