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VOL. I.
GAZETTE.
. "WAYNE HALL, DELAWARE 00., PA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1871.
N 0. 24.
“AROUND THE STOVE.”
I reel old lg! creep o‘ar me,
An gr.
Bat rhould l llv. tluv‘ ngrr,
And be cun.lpel'd to run:
our gain-ring “round the stove."
There were will and 1, and George and John,
wit choer.
and jest and thin oontrul'd those hour-
0 love and rrianasnlp dear;
We aurrrul laughed, and plIIck'd a liar
From t In .- gray.
I n traul'd o'er each continunle
Thl'o' many a toolloua null
I've honrd each country‘: rmindelay,
And haulrld in beauty‘: nmlla;
we rpeut "around the stove."
There Temp-rnnea rt-lgu'u, and no extra
Our harmony o'er mind;
We vlew'd the pan. and kindly spoke
Bleomrules hattla genre 7
1 emulation Itrova . .
mite to pm the night g
in pleasure “round the stove." V
Then give in: huclr, it but an lmur, ,
That joyous Limo again;
Let IAthrc's wave. eagalph the rpm ‘
-,, , . ,
nt since day: “lang ayno,"
‘Winn happier than o'er ova -
We cllnkkl the gllas In lrlendahlp pledfd
While gathord “round the Ilovs."
[For the Weekly Wayne araettc.l
THE REV. JAMES W. Dill), D. D.
The aubject of this notice has been iden-
tilied for more than a quarter or a century
with the best interests of Delaware county,
and has taken a prominent part in every-
thing that has tended to promote iLa moral
and religious ‘well-being. During all this
time his immediate neld of labor has been
scarcely rhanged until almost the present
writing.
Within tlle last few weeks he has been
called, in the Providence of God, and under
circunlstancea which left him not a shadow
of doubt unto the course he ought Iopursue,
to give up a hold long and faithfully occu-
pied, and in which he can scarcely be said
to have built on any atherman’s foundation,
that he might enter upon a new field of
romise, where, surrounded by the
kindliest influences, and sustained by a
united and intenuely devoted band, there is
anticipated for him a prolonged and exten-
aively uaorul ministry.
The present is deemed not an unaniuible
. timeto presentafew facts of his life, in
which his personal trienda and others who
are familiar with his name may be inter-
eel
The father of Dr. Dalo was Richard C.
Dale, )1. 1)., of Maryland, and bi. mother
was Miss Margaret Fitzgerald, of Philadel-
phia, wlioae rather married into one of the
old “'ela'h familia of Radllor. ‘ ,
It is worthy of remark that the pamollllge
or the woyno Presbyterian Church over
which Dr. Dale has just been installed
pastor, and for which the ootnmunily and
the church at large areindebtcd to the muni-
Ecence or J. Henry Askin, rho, aL't.nda
upon the farm of one of the former family
connections. ’
Dr. Dale wail born in the State of Delu-
w:tre,butnl1er the death of his father, in the
city of Wilmington, where he practiced
medicine, the family removed to Philadel-
phia. Here young Dale prosecuted his col-
legiate studies witll great diligence, gradua-
ting'wiLh clinlinction from the Univeraity of
Pennsylvania, then at the head of the col-
legiale institutions of the land, having re-
ceived the honor of Vlll9(llC'.Ol’ltll1 of his
class. ,
Immediately after receiving hia degree of
Bachelor of Arts he commenced the atudy
of law, entering for this purpose the law
mice of the lIon.Joseph R. l.ngeraoll,al‘tei-
wards Ambassador to the Court of St. James.
Among hill fellow students were the late
llon. Judge Thompson, Benjamin Gerhard,
, the Hon. Charles Gilpin, late Mayor
or Philadelphia, Charles 1‘. Lex, nap, City
Solicitor and Pnslident of the Board of Di-
rector. of Girard College, and the Hon.
Pennsylvania
During the prosecution of the study of
law lllr. Dale became personally interested
in the aubjoct ofrcli 'on, slid prorcsaod his
faith ill Chriat, uniting with the Arch
Street Prezbyteri.-in Church, of which the
Rev. Thoraaa ll. Skinner, D. D., war the
popular and auocmsrul pawtor.
This not changed the entire course or his
life, and wllateverplnnaof ambition lie may
previously have formed, or however ralr
and promising his prospects or success in
his chosen and honorable profession, he
felt binmelrcalled upon to give up all and
enter upon ntudies preparatory to the
gospel nriniatry, than laying all upon the
alubr uiGod,vl.ut God might be glorified
through him and Illa kingdom advaiicell
among men. '
The that year: of hiatheological course
were spent. at Andover Theological semi-
nary, alum, which then atiordedjspecinl ad-
valitiigt-.4 for the study of the Greek and
Hebrew languages under the distinguished
Protouors, Moses: Stuart, 1:. D., and Edward
Robinson, 1). D. Subsequently he beoauie a
student at Princeton Theological scrninar,
where the Rev. Drs. Archibald Alexander
and Charles Hodge were not liss illustrious
mi teachers of theology.
At the close of his theologiml counts Mr.
Dale felt contltrained to give himself up to
the self-denying work or preaching ‘the
gospel in heathen lands, and for this pur-
of 'commiaiionou for Foreign Misuiolla,
which accepted luru, and dorignatod him to
the mission, and delayed the conaummatiorg
of his plans. In the meantime the young
missionary, that he might be the better
fitted for his prospective work, commenced
the study of medicine in the University of
Pennsylvania from which he received his
diploma in doctor ofmedicine.
Aathe foreign board was still unable to
send him abroad, be aooc ted an appoint.
ment from the Bible Society of Philadel-
phia, the tint bibla society established in
the United States, and under its nuapicea
took charge of bible-distribution in the en-
tire State of Pennsylvania. In this field he
labored most urlliririglyand auocontully ror
more than aevon years, uuublirhing local
organizations, nnd supplying about seventy-
tive thousand familial with bible.
As the way was still barred against his
length yielded to a second call to enter
upon the work of homtnevangelization in
Delaware county, recognizing the not that
it was nlimionary ground. ‘
On the Zlat of June, 18-15, he accepted a
call from the Rillley and Middletown Prea-
byterian churches, which were united in
pasklrn c
“'hen Mr. Dale took charge of these
churches the families connected therewith
were scattered over one hundred square
miles. At that time there was not one
evangelical church or any denomination
aelr-alnltaining,‘ and there was but one other
Presbyterian minister in the county. It
will thus he been that the held oflabor
upon which he entered was emphntiatlly
missionary ground, and opened up pros-
pects of uaorulnou scarcely inferior to those
presented for otl‘ among the Gentiles. As
to the manner in which he has discharged
the duticw of his prolonged ministry, and
the results of it, illblllialldsl of all dellomilla-
tiona cen taltify. From the day be entered
upon in labors, he did a work and endured
haniahipa which would have completely
broken down men of ordinary constitu-
tions. For over twenty-live years he has
preached regularly three times every Sab-
bath, never ooniining himself to parochial
duties, but going beyond the limits or the
church building be has preached the goe
Judge Sharawood, of the Supreme Court or pelseve
pose offered himselfto the American Board P4
Rajpootann, 11indoatan.' Pecuniary em- the
ban-aatlnient prevented the esmblinllment of
going out on foreign missions, Mr. Dale at tlam
scarcely a house in the county that ha not
been converted into n sanctuary for the
worslllip of tho Triune God.
To bu indefatigable gaunt, lielf-denial,
personal superintendence, and indomitable
ranoe, name or our beat churches
owe a debt ofgratitudo they never can pay.
The church of Crookville, than which
there was no church in Ilie bounds oi‘ the
Presbytery or I‘hilatlelphilt more complete
in its equipment, until the blight of infi-
delity fell upon it, was a Iuonulnl.-nt of his
incluatry, even as it wax also of the muniti-
cence oiits founder, lllr. William T. Crook.
To birn, also, the tint chureli of choator
was indebted for its origin, and the relation
ofdepcndence ao early formed has never
been lost sight of, nor llll-i it aver looked to
him in vain for counsel or service.
The church at Media was follntled, foo-
tered, and established solely through bin
agency as preacher and (illalicicr, hia own
property having been more than once mort-
gaged to secure the payment or the very
last dollar of hit indebte lness.
In addition to his ministerial work, no
well done, Mr. Dale was compelled to draw
largely upon his own rorourooa tor suppo ,
and to give to the tail of teaching school
time that he craved for church extension.
It in well when a ministry so laborious
can point to relulta in aulue degree coni-
nienaul-ate.
There are now tour pastors lltburing on
the field in which be commenced his labors.
Of the rcllttive denorninational growth in
the county we will allow Dr. Dale to tell
his own story: '
"Twenty-Eve yearn ago there wero men M. F.
churches. now tlrero are eleven; Eve rm. Eptvco
cnurches. and now eight; tar-o iznptlat
churches, and now are; we Roman catholic, and
now roar; none colored, and now two; four Yreaw
hyteriall. and now ten; rlrooon Friends, and now
To his untiring oliorta and eloqlientadvlr
cacy oftbe cause of temperance the oountry
is indebted for the incorporation of a
borough whom charter forever prohibits the
sale of intoxicating and malt liquors, and
in this respect Media has an enviable and
honorable pro-eminence.
During his ministry many of his sermolul
have been given to the public in a printed
tuna, and have had an extemive circula-
tiou and a deserved popularity.
But, notwithstanding his incessant toil
and the demands made upon hint fur
ministerial and other labors and his “ care
of all the churches,” he has been enabled
to aocomplbh a work which in itself entitles
him to pre-eminence among Chrirltinnpo-
lenlics, and which, had he done nothing else,
is worthy or the labor and research or an
entire life, namely, his volumes on lap
On this subject the llua tl-odden an un-
broken track, and, after long and laboriolllt
and painstaking researcli, has produced a
series of treatises which oonstituw a rich
atorehouae of information for all whowoulll
understand the literature of the subject, and
in which is cmlatructed an argument agaiuat
baptism by imlncraion which we believe
can never be arwwered, and which, so far all
we know, no one has as yet even attempted
to answer.
Already three volumes have come from the
res, namely, “Classic linptisln," “Judaic
Baptism,” and “Johnnnic Baptism," and
one volilme yet rernaina, which will com-
plete the series, namoly, “Cliriatizin nap
in."
Seldom liaa an author been so honored ax
to receive, nlmoat without an exception, the
highest connnenllation and approval of the
bestulaimical and biblical ncllolam of the
land.
Soon after the publication of the that
volume, the learning and ability of the
writer was acknowledged by his having
conferred upon him the literary degree of
D. 1)., iirat by llalnpdeli SidneyOollego of
Virginia, and subsequently by the Univer-
rity of rtnnrylvnnia, his honomi Alma
rllaler.
While we wympalhite with the many do-
voted friends who mourn the removal of
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pel everywhere. In this way there all
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people of Wayne in having mourod a apn-
itual teacher worthy of the ounfltlente or
he ctltiru church.
r le was called to the pastorate of
the ‘Vayne I’resbytevian Church on the llllh
of June, 1871, and iuvtnllod by a committee
ofthe Prorbytory of Chester on the zslb of
September.
It in our clinical prayer that God may use
for his glory, the oonvenuon or aiungrv, and
the edification of saints that learning and
piety and eluqllence which are so humbly
and freely laid at his feet. To this end may
he long be spared to preach the Iul<e.'lrt'lla-
S
ble riches of Jesus (rllrlkl.
WE. lvoohl y wayna can-rte.) ,
THE POWER OF KJZNDNESS.
Kindness in a moral lever atrong enough
to move the world; and yet it does its work
so quicuy and unobtnltlivelytllltt we cannot
realize its power unless its results are either
seen or felt. It cannot be said to exist in
any particular course of action, as it has
the happy facility or adapting itself to the
time and the occasion. Sometimes it will
manireat itaelr in utterances or sympathy,
and at othern by ailence. It may be seen
in both smiles and team, and llivsplayed by
either giving or withholding. It even
probe-N our wounda, but only that it may
anoint and heal them. But though lua-
sumea no many guises it is generally recog-
nized by the recipients thereof, although
sometimes the occasion has’ paxed by cre
we gratefully orclairn, “’Twa.s kindnesal”
Kindness had in birth witll God, and
therefore is or divine origin and baa a di-
vine work. God's kindness and love alone
an win the hearm of His creatures. “'6
fear Him in His wrath but we adore Him in
Ha beneiicence. Neither Hill anger nor
justice can win our affection but His infi-
liite tondernosa and love thrill our hearts,
and we humbly own our insullicienoy and
need of Him. Hunlan kindllem is the
manirestttion or a subtle, inviaible aaence,
dwelling in the heart‘ of man, and out-
gushing in our daily life toward those with
whom we are thrown in contact.
It in a fair bloasom, beauiilul Io M32.
Jlurlng Lhllt for ewhlky;
it is a ray of sunshine, our gloom rliapelllng,
crime and hope forever tcu- g.
It can be appropriated by all ages and
conditions of mankind. The high and the
low, the rich and the poor, the good and
the bad, the happy and the miserable are
susceptible of its intlucnce, and beneiittcd
by it. Humanity is actuated by many con-
dicting influences which nocompliall dif-
ferent results."
In the “battle of life” many faint or be-
come wry-worn and weary, while others
grow proud, cold, hard, and defiant.
Then kindness has a work to do. VVIiat
the gentle shower into the drooping ver-
dure, kindness iato tho deaporuling heart.
it liru it up to the higher regions of cheer-
fulnaia and duly; lt wins it back from
gloom and deepair; it imparts new lice and
vigorto in iruplllaoa, and encoura as it to
“do and bear" yet alittlo while lorvgrr.
But tllere are even greater works to be no-
complirlhed than this. More to be pitied
than those who realize that they autler are
those who have been made callous by suf-
faring, thoao who have shut out kindly int-
pulses rrom their hearts, who have no con-
fidence in their fellow man, who have be-
come indiilerent to the wants and woes of
other-a, having no sympathy witll their joya
nor balm for theiraorrowrl. Life must have
had some and experience for them to pro-
duce sill.-h rt-aultt 0, kindness, thine be
the work to make the barren waste and
wildernel-la of their nature to blossom
like the rose! Thou alone carrot uproot
the norioua weella and poisonous vines or
distrunt, jealoiuy, and auvpiuion, and im-
plant confidence, tclnlerness,anll benevo-
lenoe. “'hat a horrible sensation it would
be to trial one’: aclfgradually putrirying-to
realize that the lingers that were no nimble
yesterday were stiifand clumsy today, and
that in the near future they would be cold
and irrlpresaionlora as marble-to know that
Dr. Dale from Media, we congratulate the
reeling wollld eoon cniit but a glassy glare?
Yet more torrible in its reaulta la the petri-
ficntion of the soul; -11 kindly emotions
and tcnder Kympatlliczl bound up in may
return. A difiicult uialr is thine, 0, kind-
netucl to unlooao them; but thou alonc art
able. Kindness, as exhibited by human
agonnioi, llzul frequently been intltruntentnl
in winning back thouo who were that plnng.
ing into tlle aby.oea or rain and shame, and
aroirtcd them to Llre bcigllta on which Maud
the fair tcnlploa of honor and upriglitneun.
Anatllernaa and scorn will not restore any
one to the path of safety who has wandered
rrom it. They will only drive them down
deeper and deeper; make them harder, and
willing to dare and defy those who ile-
nounce thorn, But n kind word, a It-ruler
intcrxt, will often awaken emotionn to
which even they had deemed tllenlsclveu
atrangara.
bolt the poor criminal in his cell.
Does the blludi of shame alnin his cheek
and dye his torclrnad when you tell him hi-
nanle is u by-word and reproach to his race‘!
as he vhow any symptoms or sorrow or
reponlunoo when you reproach and revile
int? Does he not rather brave and acorn
you‘! But when you tell him that even
now, when moat of the world foraalrea aonle
still cling to him and would adrnillixter
coniibrt by their presence or by loving mes-
stages; when you let him see that you do
not utterly loathe him as a foul blot on thin
fair creation, do not the bot tenra well up
to his eyes and bin hcart tbrob with tender
and grateful, yet painful emotions? VVoulll
he notwillingly undo the evil of big ‘part
career, make his ruilurar from duty nuc-
comes, for the sake of those who think of
him so kindly? xot only is rlndnoa the
most powerful and eiiimcious instrument in
saving the lost, but it in a guard and shield
to innocence. How many that are honora-
ble. pure and good to-ilay that would have
fallen save for its powerl The lrinduou
and love of a mother have been the ahlabl
and huckler or many a brave ion, the
atrong tower in which he has been lmfa
when the tempter wan nigh. But, though
the work of this heaven-born power is a
great one, it does not despise the day of
small things, if such there be. The little
child's heart opens and expands to receive
it;tlle path of the agvul ia cheered by in
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widen until they reach the farther shore.
so tlle influence of words and acts or ymlnl
extends through all tlle future ages.
- There la then nodeath fo
Thtlra was never
“'rlttsr.l on tables never lrrolren."
. Be kind to the little ones, tlle cnrea of
life will oomc full soon; be kind to the
aged, they have not long to aluy; be king
to the poor, they have enough to bear witll-
out your adding to their burdens; be kind
to the happy, damp not their innocent
mirth , be kind to yourselves, live no r.-
rnorao may ntver be your companion; live
50 you may have an approving conscience ,
live so on may at last hear the welcome
plamlit, “ Wclldonel” ll. L. M.
VERY 0E.l'EC‘.l'l0XA3‘.'rE HABITS.
One of the great fanltn in modem lulintlcra
is the habit of ilndue and improper fhnlili.
xrity. Some of the clevered or men Elll
into the way uiaqueezing hands in the most
violent manner, of alupping even their ice-
niora on the buck, and in other rude modes
emphasizing their familiarity and asaunlillg
aolouo proximity or person quite Immin-
rortable to persons or good breeding and
taste Others again have an otlcnsil-e and
tarailiar habit of uving profanities, display-
inga knowledge of intimate and strictly
privnle matters which one would scarcely
care to have known to one’! particular
friends, muob leg the subject or rude and
unmannerly conversation by comparative
atruagera.
Wrrriol-r nlodedy, beauty
the gym that now apsrkle with life and
ungruoerul,
learning unattractive.
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