The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-09-09

The preacher, whose cravat was OF the whitest
took a book with golden clasp from a marble
table. stg .,..4.-.
And he read
"And say unto you, II is easier for camel Il
go through the eye of needle than for ricf
man TO enter the Kingdom Of God.n 1A a
"Who said those words--who, who ~ fairly
shrieked the dying man, shaking the hand which
clenched the dollar at the preachers head
| The preacher hastily turned over the leaf, and
| did not reply h-5is H ~
| "Why did you never tell me of this before ,
Why did You never preach from IL as sat in your
churchY Why--why? ?" a "A e Aias'
The preacher did not reply but turned over
another leaf But the dying man would not be
| quieted.
"And il is easier for camel to 90 through the
eye OF a needle than for a rich man to enter the
Kingdom Of God, ia IL Then what's to become
of mes ANIL not rich |? What tenant did
ever spare? What debtor did ever release !?
And you stood up Sunday after Sunday and
preached TO, us, and never said one word about
| the camel" 5,sa 8Ht .5a5 s
The preacher, in search Of consoing passage,
turned rapidly over the leaves, and in his confi
sion came to this passage, which he read :I Va.
TO to now, ye rich men, seep and howl for
your miseries that shall come upon you. Your
gold and silver is canlered, and the rust Of them
shall be witness against you, and shall eat your
Hesll as II were fire; you have heaped treasure tor
gether Tor the last day Behold, the hire of the
laborers who have reaped down your fields, which
is Of you kept back by fraud, crieth and the cries
ofthem who have reaped are entered into the ears
! ofthe Lord Of Sabaoth n, ot a t4aH ay Il.
IL And yet you never preached that 10 me!
shrieked the dying man. a.b ~, ,.,,.s@.t {
The preacher, who had blHndered through the
passage from James, which we have quoted, knew
| not what to say. He was perchance, terrified by
the very dying look of his dying parishoner
| Then the wife drew near and stroye to comfort
him, and the son (who had been reading the WHY
| attempted word or two Of consolation. l0'
And with the dollar in his hand he sank into
death, talking of stock Of rent, Of copper mine and
camel, of tenant, and of debtor, until the breath
| left his lips Thus he died.
When he was cold, the preacher rose and asked
the lawyer whether the deceased had left anything
| to such and such charitable society, which had
been ingrafted upon the preachers Church.
And his wife closed hiseyes and tried to wrench
the dollar from his hand, but in vain. He clutched
it as though it were the only savior to Hight him
through the darkness of eternity.
And the son sat down with dry eyes, and thought
OF the hundreds and thousand swhichiwere now his
own i''' '
Next day there was hearse followed by'a train
of carriages nearly mile in length. There was a
crowd around open grave, and an elegant
sermon upon the virtues Of the deceased, by the
preacher.
There was futtering Of Grape badges, and roll
ing of carriages, and-no tears. They left the
dead man, and returned to the palace, where sor-
row died even as the Grape was taken from the
door knob. ...... ~ t--t
Andin the grave the dead hand still clenched the
dollar. s -.s