The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-02
let no one lay our paper down without read
r'ng che following beautiful atoy-moHt Of us
have Bibles with missing leaves. Too many
LOST LEAVE

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"As yaB coming 10 breakfast, said M
Greene 10 his employer u saw piece Of
Halls fence dowa A. soou as tho COWS arc
turned into The pasture, they win make thoir
way iAlo his corn field
a man mustsse 10 HE fences, II he-wishes
Go preserve hs crops, said SIR Wlliamu
Amer breakfast Greene and Watson, who
,yas alo IN Williams employ, aot out FOR The
moadsw, 10 which they were constructing q
diam When they had gone a little way
Greene stopped, and turning 10 Mr. W, WHO
was within hearing sad Had NJ better step
Ns,do md put up tho fence that drove ofeowa
WIti make Had wofk with the ssFa.
HAL must httead TO bis own business, as |
do 10 mine, said Mr. Williams.
Greene and hiseomPnnion went on their way
When thsy came in sight Of the cEposed corn
field Greene remarked, 'lf were a christian
1 should 70 and put up lhatfcncci and aa Il 10
q should do It, # were not at work for Mr.
Williamsburg time belongs 10 him, G
Ilallhas not treated Williams very well,
said Watson, ! DO not wonder that he h. dls,
posed 90 let him manage his own concerns
1T 10 humaa nature to be sure, and yet one
ought to be ncighborly. suspect Williams
LAS lost some leaves oct Of hia Bible
-What makes you thiGk 30 %
'Bccnufe be acts ~ he docs he professes
10 square his life with the Bible, Now the
bible, at least the Bible ibai my father used to
own, had some such rules as these. Thou
shall love Thy nc,ghhor as myself Do good
90 them that hate you can't say how much
MIR Williams loves him,elf bat II hc does not
love himself better than he loves Hall, lie can't
bo Oh a. good terms with himself as most per.
sons are. I cant say bat hc docs good to
Hail; but ifhc docs Il, sticks close 10 the rule
40, To let the lclt hand know what the right
sloclh Judging from what see Of his con.
duct conclude hc must have lost out or his
z.-1-1 90 I1.7-5 c7T1S-5,,g - ---- Coz
sauoLcd, and some others like them
'di WE 0rbson IN that way We must conclude
Shat there ATE a great many leaves wanting IN
Solk's Bibles. But the fapt is not in the 49,.
Die. None are perfect Some have one fail.
iug, some another we must be charitable.
THAT Is whas the drunken man said when
sac wanted 10 DC taken into the church, but
she minister would no, take him. we ought
80 be ehariiablci but If a mau steals my pork
I do otthlnk charity requires me 20 believe
him to be- honest, and to treat him according.
". And 90 v a nun violates fundamental
Di6lc rule, charity does not require me 10 be.
: ieVe that he is christian
'Don't you believe that Williams is a CHRIS .
iiani'
1T does 1d bceomc mo TO say who is, and ,
Nyho Is not Christian, am a great way .
from being one HyseIf- Thete are great
many good thing about Williams. lie il an
honest unexpectedly 30. | do dot believe .
hc ever wronged man OUT oCa penny in the I
world lie is liberal to the poor, IL strict in /
Aeeping the Sabbath. Some Of his apple trees
once blew down on Saturday night siTtrcd /
30 right them up on Sunday; but he would no,
let me, and so lost them all. lie seems to
want 10 do good sometimes don't know .
tut he always does, The only thing | find it |
difficult 10 get along with, is his stubbornEcss I
If he gets set agansi man, there is so turn
ing him. Now here is Hail. Williams wont
do anything to injurc him 10 be sure, but he T
wont do anything TO benefit him Hall has
loecn greatly to blame; hut stli there arc the .
,wordS Of the Book DO good 10 tlcm that
hate you' But ifyou forgive men not their
trespassos, neither win your Father forgive .
your trcspasscs. do not see any getting a.
svay from these words
There must be some way for there is good
seal Of hard feeling in the world among chris.
tiuns
Il don't see how they can be forgiven and .
n chTistidn With hIs slns unTargivcn cant be;
a thousand times bcttcr-oF than a sinner
here We are and must 60 TO work
Aftcrthcy had worked for some time in silence
WATSON looked UP aud said, u say Greene,
wha, is TIE reason, seeing you know so much
-rhoul the Bible. that you are not christian
rrhere are n great many rcasons-morc
than can stop 10 tell you now
you must have studied the Bible good
deal
Il can't claim any merit on that score. 1900
What know Of the Bible learned when
was young. When was a boy my fathcr
kept me at home on the Sabbath, that il out of
meeting and made mc read the Bible Chill.
drcn were not allowed in those days to range
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