Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . and the entrancingscenery. He says, The sun wasshining from a cloudless sky andthe fresh breezes fanned us as we rode by well cultivated fields,waving with their rich and ripening harvests. After a short jour-ney we came to the encampment. A broad beam of daylight, inthe forest, showred things to advantage; and I could but thinkas I gazed from an elevated point, and drank in the sweet songsthat reverberated through the grove, of some of the scenes ofthe Scriptures. My rebel heart was constrained to cry within me,How goodly are Thy Tents, O Jacob, a
Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . and the entrancingscenery. He says, The sun wasshining from a cloudless sky andthe fresh breezes fanned us as we rode by well cultivated fields,waving with their rich and ripening harvests. After a short jour-ney we came to the encampment. A broad beam of daylight, inthe forest, showred things to advantage; and I could but thinkas I gazed from an elevated point, and drank in the sweet songsthat reverberated through the grove, of some of the scenes ofthe Scriptures. My rebel heart was constrained to cry within me,How goodly are Thy Tents, O Jacob, and Thy Tabernacles, OIsrael! As the valleys are they spread forth: as gardens by theriverside. Dr. Thomson says further of Bigelow as he saw him thisbeautiful August morning: Never was I so disappointed ina mans personal appearance. He was below middle stature andclad in coarse, ill-made garments. His hair hung loosely overhis forehead. His attitudes and motions were exceedingly un-graceful, and every feature of his countenance was unprepos-. Russel Bigelow. Russel Bigelow, the Pioneer Pulpit Orator. 2(Tr>. essing. Upon minutely examining him, however, I became bet-sr pleased. The long hair that came clown to his cheeks concealed aroad and prominent forehead; the keen eye that peered fromeneath his heavy and over-jutting eyebrows beamed with deepnd penetrating intelligence; while the wide mouth depressed corners, the slightly expanded nostril and the tout ensemble,idicated sorrow and love, and well assorted with the message,Home unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I willive you rest. As he announced this Scripture as his text, I/as determined to watch for his faults. ?? Before he had gone through his introduction, I discovered:is words were pure and well chosen, his accents never mis-laced, his sentences grammatical, artistically constructed; bothor harmony and effect; and when he enterd fully upon his sub-ect I was disposed to resign myself to the argu
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