The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-09-13

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why" sah Uncle John, s'that's father
Fonn,e. How are You. nv fine fellow"
What you, Mr.. Gordon? How do YOU
10 SAID father Bonnie, graspinc his hand
N his, aud shaking it heartily "Why, they
tell me, he SAID. looking at him with iovial
SMILE, that You have fallen from grace ="
"f.ven so said Uncle John IL am a
sad dog. dare say"
"Oh, tell you what" said father Bonnie.
"hnt 1t takes strong hook and long line TO
pull IN your rich sinners. Your money bags
and your nisgers hang round YOU ike mill
stones. lou are too tough for the Gospel ~
" All SAID he, shaking his fist al him playful
Iy, ''but an goin" to corne down upon Won.
TO day. wI'h the law. ] can tell you. You
want the thundrrs OF Sinai You must have
a dose OF the law"
well, said Uncle John, 'rhundcr awav
| suppose We need it, all of us. But. now, j.,
father Bonnie. vOu ministers are ALWAYS
preaching 10 us poor dog, On the evils Of
riches; bur, somehow. don't see any of YOU
That are much afraid o! owning horses or
ng"erS. or any other good thing that YOU
can get your hands on. Now. hear that
you have got pretty snug l,rlr place. and a
likely drove TO work it, You'll have to look
our tor your own soul. father Bonrir."
a general laugh echoed this rctort for
father Bonnie had the reputation OF being a
>hrewdcr hand at bargain, and of having
more eNprrtncss in swapping horse or trad
IN" negro. than any other man for six
counties round
lies into You. now, old pan," said sew
eral of the h,>tandrr>. Iau.hircly.
10, as to that" said father Bonnie. laurh
inL also, Il 90 IN with Paul they that preach
'h" Gospel must live of the Gospel Now.
Paul was man that stood up tor his rights to
live as other folks do "l>n, it right. saws
he. that those that plant vineyard should
first ear ot the fruit: IIavnt we power 10
lead about >i>'rr. wifi. ," saws he And
it Paul had lived in our time. he would SAID
a drove OF nic.rrs. 'or. M danger about
our ministers being hurt hv riches. while ,ou
Ia,mtn are 50 slow ahout supporting. the Cos
pei ~
At the elbow " father Bonnie stood !, broth
tr munster. who was III MANY respects his
y.
with black eyes and serene sweetness Of
expression. \ thread bare Sult of rusty
black. evidently carefully worn. showed the
poverty OF hIS worldly estate. H.. carried IN
his hand small porrmarttan. probably con-
tanning change OF lincnhi> Biilr, ard iew
sermons Father d., k>on was a nan extern
Sivcly known through all that region. He was
II h,,,. 4
merlra VIII" kept alive our faith IN Chri>ti,ni-
~. and renew on earth the portrait of the old
apostle I'm ionrn wings often. in hunger
and thirst. IN ta>tu. often, IN cold and max
cdnc>> Besides those things that are with
out. that which "nmrth upon them daily. the.
cure OF all the churches. WHO is weak, and
they are not weak Who is offended, and
they burn not :"
Every one in the State knew and respect
ed father Dickson: and like the generality
ot the world. people were very we'll pleased.
and Thought IT extremely proper and mrrito-
rlouS for hIm to bear WEAKNESS and Iainiul-
ness. hunger and cold. in their spiritual ser
vice. leaving 10 them the right Of attending
or not attending to him. arcnrlinr 10 their
own convenience. Father Dick ,on was one.
of those who had never yielded to the com
mon customs and habits of the country in
regard 10 the Io'dir. OF slaves \ few, who
had been lett him hv "A relation, he had at great
trouble and expense Transported to free
State. and settled there comfortably. The
world need not trouble it>r.t with srrkin. to
know or reward such men: for the world
cannot know and has no power TO reward
them. Their citizenship is in Heaven, and
all that can be gwen them in this lite is like
m"r>el which peasant gives in his cottage
to hun " who to- morrow will rciru over kim
dom
lie had stood listening to the conversation
thus tar with the grave. vet indu'.ent arr.
with which he generally listened 10 the sal
hes Ct his ministerial blo'hrrS. Father Bon
me, thOnHh not as mu h respected or contiA-
ed in as father Dickson. had, from the frank
ness of his manners. and 4 certain rude but
effective style of roqn~nce, a more general
apparent popularity. lie lrprodurrd more
>aion on the camp ground could sin. loud
or and louyer. and would often rise mo
flights Of rloqurnce both original and impress
Sive. Many were offended 10y the freedom
of his manner out of the pulpit; aud the
strictrr sort were known to have SAID of him.
''rhat when out he never OnTht to he in, and
when IN. never ont" As the laugh that rose
at his sally died away, he turned to father
Dick son. and SAID:
What do Won think ?"
IL don; think" said father Dickson. mild
", "that Won would ever have found Paul
leading drove OF negroes"
"Whv not. As we'll As Abraham, the father
of the faithful? Didn't he have three hund-
red trained servants :"
"Srrvants. perhaps: but not slaves" said
father Dickson, "tor they all bore arms. For
nv part, think the huviny and selling. and
trading, of human beings, for purposes of
yam Is "A sin in the sight Oi God"
well. now, father Dck>on | wonldn I
have thought you had read your Bible to 50
little purpose As that woudr't believe it
What do Won say to Moses ~
.IIe led ou. a whole armv Of fugitive slaves
through the Red Sea" said father Dickson.
We'll | tel! YOU, now" SAID father Bon
ME, III the buying selling. or holding, of a
slave. for the sake Of gam, is, as you say, a
sin. then three !ourths Of the Epi>copallans.
Mrthoii>ts. Bapti>ts. and Presbyterians, in
the Slave States OF the Union, are of the
devil ~
Il think it is sin, Notwithstanding" said
father Dickson, qu'-tly.
We'll but doesn't Moses say, expressly,
"Ye >hall buy of the heather round about
you: 2"
There 5 into him :" said Georgia trader.
who. having campeI with coffle OF negroes
in the ncishborhood, had come up to camp
meeting.
IAN those things" said father Dickson.
.belons 10 the old covenant, which Paul says
was annulled for the weakness and unprofta-
bleness thereof aud have nothing to DO with