Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-12-22
decent man OF you yet, and perhaps a

decent man OF you yet, and perhaps 1
christian
Ned groanrd.
'Ihe second thing require of you, IL
togo to Pumpkinvino Geek MeoliD.
house, and hear me preach lo-morrow.
Ned attempted To siamIneT some eX
cuse-'I-l-that is-'
" hen the divine resumed his devo
llonal hymn and kept time with the mu'
SIC, striking him over the face with the
ileshy part Of the hand
|"Nly soul mounted higher, On n chariot OF fire
Nor did envy Elijah his seat"
Nrd's promise of punctuaity caused
Tho parsons exercise 10 cease, and the
words, ,redoleDt Of gorgeous imagery died
away ~ echoes from the adjacent crags
Now the third and last demand
make of YOU ls prremplory.' Ned wn'
all attention To know what was Ia come
neat. 'Gou are 10 promise 10 seek re-
llsIon, day and night, and never rest un.
III YOU obtain it AT the hands of merci.
iul Rcdeemcr.' The fallen man looked
II, the declining sun, and then AT the
parson, and knew not what to say, when
the latter individual began 10 raise his
voice IN song once more, and Ned knew
whni would come next.
IN do my best, he said, in hum.
bled voice.
'Wrli that's n man. Mr.. Stubbleworh
said. Now get up and go down 10 the
spring and wash your face, and dust
your clothes, aud tear up Mr.. Paine :
testament, and turn your thoughts or
high
Ned arose with feelings he had never
experienced before, and went to obey
he lavatOiy injunction of the preacher,
"hen that gentleman mounted his horse
took Ned by the hand aud said Keep
your promises and IN keep your counsel.
Good evening, MIR. Forgeron-l'n look
for y on Tomorrow > and of he rode ilh
the same lmprturbable countenance,
singing so loud as to scare the lets
from their eyre, in the ovcrhanglng
rocks.
Wei, though, Nrd, this is nice busi-
ness What would people say if they
knew Edwa,d Forgeron whip't before
his own door IN the gap, and by IA .Meih-
Odia preacher, too - But his musings
were more in sorrow than anger
The disfgured coun cnance Of Forge
ron, was OF course the subject of nuiner-
Gus questions that night, among his
friends, to which he replied with a stern
took they well understood, aud the vague
remark that he had mel icM an accident.
OF course, they never dreamed of the
Tue cause. Forgeron looked in the
glass, and perhaps compared The chang
lng hnes of his black eye from recent
scuille,' TO the rainbow shIpwreck scene
-'blendng every color into one Or,
perhaps he had never read that story /;
and only muttcred to himself, 'Ncd For
geron whipped by n Methods, preachcrr
Ills dreams that night were Of IA conlu-
sed and dIsagrecable nature and wax
ing in The morning, he had an indisllnci
memory of something unpleasant having
orcurred AT first he could rot rec"lIe,t
the cause Of his feelings, but the bruises
on his face and body, soon called them to
mind, as well as The promise. lie mount
ed his horse in silence, and went to re-
deem it.
From that time, his whole conduc,
manifested change Of feeling. The
gossips OF the neighborhood observed it,
and whispered tha, Ned was silent and
serious, and had gone TO meeting every
Sunday since The accident They won
dored at his burning the books he use to
read SO much. Strange such were cir
culated as to this meiamorphosc of The
joviaI dare devil blacksmihin to gloomy
and tnciturn man. some supposed, very
sagcly, that 'spi.P had cnllced him
into the mountains, and after giving him
Il glimpse into'he future, had mlsled him
TO crag, where he had fallen ana
bruised his face. Others gave the
prince of darkness the credit Of The
change but none suspected the Metho~
dist preacher, and as the latter gentle
man had no vanity 10 giatlly, the secre,
remained with Ned.
h'S Sho'iy s'"'c VI iHinu tbIliUutN
until Forgeon visited a camp-mc citing. =
The Rev. Mr.. S'ubbleworih preached n
sermon that seemed to enter his soul,
and relieve it Of burden, and the song
Of
slow happy are they, who their Savior obey
was only half through, when he felt like
, new man. Forgrron was from that
line "a shouting Methodist AT "A love
east, short time subsequent, he gave
n his experience, and revealed the mys-
ery of his conviction and conversion toI
,is astonished neighbors. The Rev.
simon S,ubbleworlh, who bad faithfully
,cpt the secret until that time, could con.
ain no longer, but gave vent to his
ceiling in convulsive peals Of laughter,
rs the burning tears of heat. felt JOY
their way down his cheeks :
US, my brcihren,' he said, IFS all
tact did maui The grace into his un-
soul, there's no DOUBT
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