Memoir of Rev. Joseph Badger: Fourth EditionHolland, E. G. (Elihu Goodwin)
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Memoir of Rev. Joseph Badger: Fourth Edition
Holland, E. G. (Elihu Goodwin)
Badger, Joseph, 1792-1852
"On Friday, the 8th, I rode to Mr. Rundle's, at Lee, where
I held a meeting in the evening; Saturday to Newmarket,
where I was comforted in visiting the saints; Sunday, held
meeting at Mr. N. Gilman's, rode to Exeter in the evening,
and spoke at Lieut. Thing's, which was a time of serious
thought, and of weeping among the youth. I remember the
kind treatment and the good spirit of this respectable
family. On my return the next day to Newmarket, I met a
young man whose appearance in every respect struck me as
being a gentleman until he spoke. His first remark was a
challenge to swap horses; and though my answers to his
several bold and sportive remarks left him somewhat ashamed
of his familiar assault upon a stranger, I felt sad to
think of the way in which the young men of our land, who
might be respectable and useful, destroy themselves, and
dishonor their connections, by corrupting their own hearts
with evil manners. The 12th inst., went to Brentwood and
preached to an attentive assembly; the 13th, at Esq. M.'s,
of Lee; the 14th, at Mr. Laton's, of Nottingham, to a full
audience, from Ps. 89: 15: 'Blessed are the people that
know the joyful sound.' Many spoke afterwards, whose words
were as falling showers. The meeting lasted till about 12
o'clock; and with the exception of a few North River
gentlemen, whose behavior was not so modest and civil as it
ought to have been, the minds of the people were seriously
fixed on divine things. The 15th, at Mr. Hilton's, of Lee,
I spoke from Luke 2: 11; the next day, as I arrived at
Newmarket Plains, where my appointment was for the next
first day, I heard that Mr. Richardson would preach in the
evening. I went to hear him. His text was Isa. 61: 1, 2;
which was so good that it was with difficulty that the
speaker spoiled it by causing it to speak Calvinism, which
seemed to have been his whole aim. After he had spoken two
hours, several of us addressed the people, not on doctrine,
but on the love of Christ in the heart, which soon caused a
change in the atmosphere of the meeting. Dea. Chatman
wished me to speak the next day, to which I consented,
though my invitation to preach was from three of the
committee. In the forenoon I spoke from Zech. 3: 9. 'Upon
one stone shall be seven eyes.' I spoke of the stone as
meaning Christ, and the seven eyes of intelligence that
gave a comprehensive vision on every side, I represented by
his character, which looks every way towards the
satisfaction of human wants; also, in another sense, seven
eyes were upon him, the eye of God, of Angels, of
Patriarchs, of Prophets, of the Jewish nation, of Apostles,
and of believers, all which disclose him as the Mediator,
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