The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-03-24
THE KING AND HIS SCOTCH COOK.
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The witty Earl Of Rochester being iu
company with King Charles H.. his queen
lac chaplain, and some ministers Of state
alter they had hcea discoursin. on business
The King suddenly exclsimed: "i.et GU,
thoughts TIE unaendeJ from the cares d
state, ana give us a generous glass Of vino,
thai eheereih. as The Scripture saith. both
God and nan" The Queen. hearing this.
modestly said she thought there could be 10
such text IN the Scriptures, aud that il va.
little else than hlaspheny. The king re.
Piled that he was not prepared 10 turn 10 tn
chapter and verse; but was sure he had
met with II IN Scripture reading. Roches.
ter. suspectng the king 10 be right, slipped
oat OF the room 10 enquire for Blue T.
pretty king b. The grace o. God, and detea
der OF the Faith. and = pretty chaplain Il
King, that c3aid no; muster a Blbe be.
tween theal among tue servants. None
OF them Could read bat David. The Sc3tcil
ceok. and he, they id. was vel acqus int
ed With the Scriptures. D,yfd vas called.
and on being asked the question. produced
his Dibie anu read he iexl. Ii was from
The parable OF the tree oil the woods eoiue
forth to appoa, king over them. Judges.
9TH chapter, and 18Th verse. "Aa1 The
vine saith uaio them. Should leave mt
wine, which cheereth God and nan, ana o
BE- promoted over The trees" The king
smiled, the queen begged pardon, the chap
lain blashed. Rochester then asked th,
doctor Of divinity If he could inierpre, the
text now i. was produced The chaplain
was mule. The Earl therefore applied t.
DAVID for the exposition. The cook imne
diateiy replied allow much vine eheereih
msn Cooking Rochester ii The e,es) youf
lordshi2 knoweth, mo doubt DAVID had seen
him fer dozen tlmes); and that it cheer
eth G,d. beg leave 10 say that under the
Old Testament Dispensatipn. there were
meat offerings aud drink offerings; the lat
ter consisting Of wine. which wss typical
Of The blood Of he Mediator, which, hy a
metaphor. vas said 10 cheer God, as he
was well pleased with The way II salvation.
that he bud appointed, whereby bis Justice
was satisfied, bis law fulfilled. his meret
reigned, his grace ir;umphed. his periec-
ton harmonzed, the sinner was saved, aud
God 10 Christ gloritied,-
The king looked astnni-hed. the queen
shed tears. Rochester. after some severe
reflections GA The chaplain. graselg moved
that his majesty would be peased 10 send
The chaplain toto the kitchen 10 tJrn cook
and that he would make the co6k chaplain.
Now. 5y way Of conclusion to This historical
fact, will onls remark Thai this same cook
i true specimen OF what t.le Scotch pe,s
antry are. al the present day. Few Of them
learn more q, schoo! .haB to reld the Bib
and write Their own name, bat The beauti
fll and sublime language in which the mar.
-atlye l. conveyed. The true and concise
descriptions Of men and matter. e. make
those whose Bible was their school book.
and who made it their Companion bv lhf.
way, 10 be wiser than their teachers.
Hence In the heather bills among the shep-
herds. and 10 lie loHiaDds among he
piowmea Of Scotland. sou viii find ibau.
ands deeply read 10 almost every science
and language. Theg are The rnnst pro
found engineers, the most scientific gard.
eners and botanis,s, the most learned phs
sIcians, surgeons, anatornistS, learned inde.
pendent aud Conscientious preachers OF
righteousness, aud by them the gospel j.
preached 10 The poor.
Now, Mr.. Printer. | challenge all the
Popes, from the days Of Miss Pope Joan
the First down to the present incumbent,
to produce as many Bibles In any ceuntr,
under The sun, ot,,he same dimensions. a.
are to be found III Semland II Is therefor,
fair inference, thai the Bible alone ma H. :
Them 10 differ from the restless Frenchnan
the ferocious Spaniard, the German serf,
the Russian boor, md elher white slaves
10 Europe The goddess Of liberty, when
sent from above. was no1ri-hed aud cher
ished in the Bible shops IF America.
The present policy Of The crowned head.
10 Europe, popes, priests. and cardinals. i
10 blot The name uf Republic from The earth.
No Bible. ~ Republic, is their @aichvord
Hence, when they see Bible in the hand
OF a white slave, they trembie on their
thrones. The church of Rome. ALWAYS The
right hand agent oftyranis. is now in the
full tide Of successful experiment TO drive
the Bible from our schools. colleges, and
6resides; this accomplished, the Republic
dies