Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-09-01

seaIuesu0flaf IN MS ffEht mana .5}5% sSEsss1
/ Whiies the will was being made, tn
4 preacher came-eyen he who.held the pas
toral charge Of The good church, who's
pew doors bore sanity names on silve
plates and whose seats on the Sabbath da,
| groansd beneath the weight Of respectable
ity, bfoad>cloih and .salin.s =
i He came and said his prayers
! ly and in measured words-but neve
once didaihe dying man relax his lhold o
dollar. ,sEas ~
e9"Can't you read me sometime, COY
quickly, don't yonasee I'm going r. a
length said the rich man, turning a fright
ened look toward the preacher.1
The preacher Whose eravat was of the
whitest, took d book with golden clasps
from d marble table. And hesfead:ss IL
! "And / say unto yon, il is easier for O
camel to 60 through the eye of needle
tbnn for d rich man to enter the kingdom
Of God" - -. So s.ss.ss 2 .s7o.as5
s"Who said these. words-who who
who z, fairly shrieked The dying man, sha-
/ king the hand which clutched the dollar at
. the preachers head.si sssHo a4x sss
The preacher hastily turned over the
| leaf and did not reply. - asfT
| sWhy did you never tell me of this be,
fore Why did you never preach from
it as I sat in your church. Why-sohy?"
The preacher did not reply, bu, turned
over another leaf But the dying man
would not be quieled. = e 3 -
s.And it is easiers for q camel TO 90
through the eye Of a needle than for rich
man 10 enter The kingdom of God, is i,?"
Then what's TO become Of me! Am not
rich 2 What tenant did I ever spare, wha.
debtor did | ever release and vou stood
up Sunday after Sunday, and preached
10 us and never said oneswofd about The
camel. ~ sssssH1s8sz1 tts4atsS .4s<s7;y,5 .ss
The prencher in search of consoiing
passage turned rapidly over the .eaves,
and in his confusion, came TO this passage
which he reads Is a. .--y--..r..z< -.
EGO to now, ye rich sfnen, weep and
howl, for your miseries that shall come up
on you. Your gold and silver is cankered;
and the rust Of them shall be witness
against you, and eat your flesh as if it
were FIRE; ye have teaped treasures toge,h--
er Cor the last days. Behold the hire Of
the laborers who have reaped down your
fields, which you kept back by fraud, cri.
eth, and the cries of them: which have
reaped are entered into the ears Of the Lord
Of the Sabbath." SO ita$s9
= @And yet You have never preached that
to me /" shrieked lhe dying man. - s5.'s4
The preacher who had blnnderd through
the passage from James, which we have
quoted. knew NOT what 70 say. He was.
pefchanee, terrified by the very look Of
his dying parishioner. esF5ss ss,ss...lsyr g.s4
Thenstbe wife drew near and stroye TO
comfort him, and the son who had been
reading the will, attempted word or two
of consolation TO bis sdying father.
And with The dollar il. bis hand he sank
into death, talking of stock, Of rent, of
copperan1ines and camels,of tenants and
of debtors, until the breath left his lips
Thus he died. :, 5ss7 ~ = 55.E.'a
When he was cold, the preacher rose
and asked the lawyer whether the deceased
had left anything to such and such a chari.
table society, which had been engralted2|
upon the preacher's church.. ~ a
And the wife closed his eyes and Tried to
wrench thesdeliar from his hand, but in
vain. He clutched3 itas sthough it were
the only Savior 10 light him through the
darkness Of eternity /
And the son sal. down with dry eyes and
thought Of the hundreds and thousands
which were now his own. 4
4 Next. day there was q hearse followed
BY "a train Of carriages nearly half a mile
in length.4There was q crowd around
an open grave, and an elegunt sermon up.
on the virtues ofthe deceased BY the preach.
er. 'esas ;iss T. = - . 's7ss s'tsS
There was futtering of Grape badges,
and rolling Of caIriag ges. and-no .tears.-1
They left the dead dsman md returned to the
palace, where sorrow diedseven as the Grape
was taken from tfe door knob. ass %s57k}
And in the grave the dead hand still
clutched the dollar. ass1s N#s