: M E L V I N J / M E S O N Wit/z Appendix a ; to Lowejoy Monument Eta Et c a Et . , , SCR T O M W ET MO RE AN , 8: Co . Pub/i441 ”: R O CH EST ER N. , Y . l a 0 C . 9 ‘ Q Q ’ g g 0 0 0 o o o ‘ 0 . 0 0 0 ‘ ’ 9 s Q . 0 a . o a . o 0 0 0 $ 4 \ 3 0 ' 4 0 0 s Q E C Q O Q O ” ‘ 0 CO N T E N T S PAGE PREFATORY NOT I NTRODU CTORY NOTE ELI J A H PARIS H LOVEJOY AS A CH R I STIA N A PPENDI X I LLU S T RATIO N S S I LH O UETTE OF LOVEJ OY MO N ME NT I L L U . LOVEJ O Y , ALTON , E L E I L L o v o . HOM OF j y , ALTON , M. O C. PORTRA I T OF HON WEN LOVEJ OY , PORTRA I TS OF T WO DEFENDERS OF T H E FOURTH P R E S S PORTRAIT OF WE NDELL PH I LLI PS LATER PORTRA I T OF WE NDELL PH I LLI PS 446298 r o [ F m Defe se a n d A eal to h i ! Fellow Ci i z e : o St . L ou s Nov . 5 n pp t n f i . T he o f dut lai o I lk thCl’Cl n c i path y lies p n bef re me , and must wa . en o a - - w le d to pp p . th e tar . o r k . 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O JOY firpfatnry Nun» HE occasion of the address , here pre sented to the reading public was the 1 897 at . proposal to erect Alton Ill , in , ' as a m onu m ent to Lovej oy , who . patriot and philanthropist , was generally and cordially acknowledged to be worthy o f such a tribute . To ac the present w riter , however as one < quain ted with his li fe s to r ' fi it see m ed de ! Th e w riter w ish es to ac k n o w l edge h is i n d ebte d ’ ! n e to H en n n e o o k Th e M o m o f ss ry Ta r s b , artyrd o e o B an E e -W n e n ed th e Fe L v j y , y y it ss , pri t by rgus P n n 1 1 - fo th e n o f Co . C o 88 r e ri ti g , hicag , , facts giv ' o e o e as w e as fo r th e e x n o e L v j y s l i f , ll tracts i tr duc d ’ h n fro m t e m artyr s utte ra n c es w ith to n gu e o r w ith pe . — ’ ’ Th e eye w itn ess character o f Tann er s testi m o n y see ms to vo uch satisfacto rily fo r its trustw o rthi n ess ! w m o e n o H as hat d r hist rical w rit ers call a s o urc e . e e o th e e x en e e te m o n o f tw o giv s als t d d , valuabl sti y o e e e- w n S m f e w e e W o . G n o N th r y itn ss s , i thr p il a , Yo k n D m a d r . S e W o f C o o r . a u l il lard , hicag , b th o m e e en o f A o n S n m k n o ~ f r rly r sid ts lt . i c e a i g q u ta ’ o n o m Mr n n e o o k th n ti s fr . Ta r s b e w riter h as b ee favo re d by th e l o a n o f a rare Co py o f th e o rigi n al Mem o o f o e o e in 1 838 h is o e ir L v j y , publish d , by br th rs o e C. an d O wen o e o to w Mr n e J s ph L v j y , hich . Ta n r ive credit fo r m uch h elp in th e co mpilati o n o f h is g00!? 8 E L I JAH PARI S H LOVEJ OY si rable an d i m portant that attention should be cal led to h i s rare p iety an d loyalty to Jesus T o f his Chri st . hi s aspect character w as , ’ therefore , presented to the w riter s congrega tion in Alton , at the Cherry Street M ission t Y . o . M. Chapel , and soon again the C A Of to th e and Alton . and yet once m ore Facult y students o f Sh urtleff College in Upper Alton . ' It i s rare fo r a c ity to be s o undesirably notorious as Alton w as for m any years o n account o f having had the m isfortune to be the scene Of the first bloodshed in the conflict with — the Slave power in . Havin g beco m e ‘A m erica o f o f o n e o f a resident the city , as pastor its 1 860 ch urches , earl y in . and soon going to Cin cin n ati o n a brief visit , the present w riter , being introduced as fro m Alton , Ill . , to that war O f horse Abolitioni s m , Dr . Nathaniel Colver , received fro m the m assive m an the pro m pt , A lto n ! I t is co v er ed w ith e m phatic response . blo o d ! At ho m e , re m inders of th e sad trag ' r o edy in the city s hi story , though less p n o un ce d , m ight w ell have been even m ore 9 AS A C H RI STIA N . to i m pressive thoughtful m en , fa m iliar with th e occurrences o f the preceding generation . T here , for in stance , was the house i n which Lovej oy resided ; here was the stone building f occupied for hi s printing O fice , which the m ob broke into at night an d to tallv destroyed press o f w as and printing m aterial f here . course , o n w as the street which he waylaid ; there , the f between the river and blu f , was the spot where he fel l ; and yonder in the ce m etery was T his sadl y neglected grave . hen ca m e the great exci te m ent o f the war brought o n by o n slavery account Of which , m ore than twenty o f years before , the peace Alton had been SO T fearfull y disturbed . hen ca m e Owen Love o y to o u r o n o f j speak in City Hall , behal f To the cause for which h is brother died . that cau se he had dedicated his li fe by the side Of ’ — hi s brother s bullet riddled body , at th e ho m e n T o Cherry street . hen ca m e m any h undreds O f Confederate prisoners , landing fro m M issis sippi stea m ers , and passing close by the spot w to here Lovej oy fell , be safely guarded by 1 0 ELIJ A H PARI S H LOV EJ OY ' O ld L .