The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1850-01-31
% Let no one lay down our paper, without first

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reading the following beautiful sory-most ofus have
Bibles with missing leaves. Too many.
LOST LEAVES.
" As was coming to breakfast, - said Mr.. Green
TO his employer 81 saw piece ofHalI's fence down
As soon as the COWS are turned into the pasture they
VIII make their way into his corn-fed.'
ga man must see to his fences, if he wishes TO
preserve his crops, ," said MIR. Williams
! Alter breakfast Green and Watson, who was also
IN Williams employ, set out for the meadow, in
winch they were constructing drain. When they
nad gone little way, Green stopped and turning to
Mr.. W., who was within hearing, said clad mt
better step aside and up the fence that drove of
cows wall make sad work with the corn
"fiall must attend to his own business, as do to
mine, . said Mr. Williams
Green and his companion went on their way.
When they came in sight of the exposed corn-feld
Green remarked, ''lf were Christian, | should 90
and put up that fence; and as it is should go and
DO 1t, IT were not at work for MIR. Williams; my
time belongs to him.
shall has not treated Williams very well,'' said
Watson 81 do not wonder that he is disposed to let
him manage his own concerns''
cit is human to be sure and vet one ought to he
nelghborly suspect Williams has lost some leaves
out of his Bble.''
''What makes you think so 20
because he acts as he does. He processes to
square his life with the Bible. Now the Bible. at
least the Bible that my father used 10 own had some
such rules as these Thou shalt lore thu neighboras
myself. DO good to them that hate uou / can't
say how much Mr.. Williams loves himself, but if he
does not love himself better than he does Hail. he
can't be on as good terms with himself as most ner-
sons are can't say but he does good to Hall but
Il ne does, he sticks very closely to the rule not to
let the left hand know what the right hand doeth.-
judging from what | see of his conduct, conclude
he must have lost out of his Bible the leaves con-
tanning the passages just now quoted and some 9TH
ers like them.
five reason in that way we must conclude that
there are great many leaves wanting in some folks
Bibles But the fault is not in the Bible None arc
perfect Some have one failing some another: we
must be charitable
''Ihat Is just what the drunken man said, when
ne wanted to be taken into the church; but the min
lster would not take him. We ought to be charita-
Die; but II man steals my pork, do not think chart
~ requires me to believe him to be an honest man
and to treat him accordingly. And so if man vio
lates fundamental Bible rule charity does not re-
quire me to believe that he is a Christian
| Don't you beileve that Williams is Chrstian,',
1T does not become me to say who is and who is
not Christian | am great way from being one
Inyseh' 1here are great many good things about
| Wlillams; lie Is an honest man-perfecdy so.
do not believe that he ever wronged a man ont of
penny in the world He is liberal 10 the moor i
strict IN keeping the Sabbath. Some of his annie
trees once blew down on Saturday night. | offered
to right them up on Sunday but he would not let me
and SO he lost them all. He seems to want 10 do
good sometimes. don't know but he ALWAYS docs
The only thing find it difficult to get along with is
ms stubbornness If ne gets set against man, there
Is no turning him. Now here is Hall. Williams
won't do anything TO injure him to be sure. but he
won't do anything to benefit him. Hail has been
greatly TO blame; but still there are the words oftha
Book. DO good TO them that hate qou: BIT If no
fofgaue not men their trespdsSes neither qciu yoxr
Rather forgive youw treSpasseS do not see any
getting away from these words.
''Ihere must be some way: for thora l. . rood
deal OF hard feeling in the world among Christians
II don't see how they can be forgiven; and
Christian with his sins unforgiven can't be a thou-
sand times better Ethan sinner But here we arc
and must go to work.
After they had wrought for some time in silence
Watson looked up and said, 81 say Green what i
the reason, seeing you know so much about the Bible
that you are not Christian -
''Ihere are great many reasons-n,ore t,o
can stop and tell you now.''
'" on must have studied the Bible a good deal y,
II cant clam any merit on that score-What
Know otthe Bible learned when was youno Whom
was boy, my father kept me at home on the Sab
Dat' that Is, out OF meeting and made me read the
biole'-Cnldren We're not allowed in those DAYS. to
iaSe he lelus, ana orchards, the Sabbath as thev
DO now Parents looked after their children more
than they do now-may be because there ,vpra no
Sunday schools hen-ifs So it was all the better for
them.'' "o "e''ei ior
set seems that your father didn't make GOOD man
of you after ALL w. man
- am better man than should have been ifbo
nadn't taught me to keep the Sabbath and read tbo
DlDe' tell you Watson, | have passed throuub
some pretty hard times, and should have been en-
enemy to religion, if had not known enough TO dis
tingush between genuine religion and its counterfeit
but must not spend time in talking that balonos
! to the man who hires me-
when Williams parted with his men in the morn
ing ne went TO his pastor, to consult with him roe
Pecting some affairs which were required for the noo
ing house When the topic had been sufficiently Dis
cussed the pastor called the attention ofhis vision :.
me spiritual edlce, and produced deem CON,
Vichon IN his mind that some effort in relation n i
was necessary. :"
Williams went home and retired to his closet and
made the matter subject Of prayer. Almost The
lrst thing he thought of after he left the closet ,as
Tn, tne exposed condition of his neighbours corn-Geld
mere was, apparently, very little connection be,,voa
me cornheld and efforts for the conversion of oon
After few moments reflection, he went 10 the corn
neid, drove out the cattle, which were lust commenc
ing their dePredations and put up the fence. He
then returned to the house, and felt strongly ncnad
70 repair 10 his closet again and TO make Mr. Hall
subject OF SDecial eunnlicot;o,