Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-01-23
SSclctt G ale.
THE DREAM OF CALEB EDMONDs

ChristiaDitv, indeed :" said Mr.. Edmouds
as he Looked over his hooks in tLr l,itln hork
par,or hchjnd the sbon II am d,srusleJ
with Lypurrjsv."
Taere was dark rrown unon the brow Of
the man Of business as he spoke these words,
and an irrl,,.-,Iity in his manner of tnrni,G
over The leaves Iaforn 81 Him NV, which snotn II
some bad debt tropblino his mind and rob.
b!ng him of his GOOD tanIer
NV hat is the matter - asked n checrrpl
little woman by the fire, al whose side a bas.
ket of stockings told of Il LARGE runiIv, and a
ccnsrurrn, dnm,rd for s,irlarv
| M NIitrr, - arLosd ,La husband "do ror
not know that Welstord owes me four nounds
fen and sixrrnc. >"
"Wru hr viii ,,ov T srnroson
"\o, hn The n1nI, u,aro nnrchosod mara
than a yenr oro and bova NOT mad a nennv
vn, y
| : ..VLot doc. Iva eo- uLo, va, soo hin, ~
asked Mrs EJmnnLt Who avi',nntlc Laval f.,
! lonL ot The hr,Lt sijo
"Snyl lie dGes not saw mnch to mo cor
trII vtn liza him rny ,n' ,,arrr nna vi,i,
his svcn,os boz So ,,,,' a ~,
he need not cross my ,ionr STAN 9,,,in ,i,l Ls
rorld 4, ,Lot -
~ am sorrr for bis ,iC,r so;d ,ha ,i,,1o
storking ,ran,i,r ,,rnyantI,. .sLa a,'roors ~
he n trriy ,ioI,. ,,nmo,
"pion: " r.,or,"I her husband .yos
md 50 is hr. ,tis that disrns,s mo Hi
OHM indapd' aud bn owes r,. forr norrds
Ion and siyp.,rn ! ,bnrphi ,Ln Ruho s,;J
.pwa no man o,v,l,incT rLr,,ti,ritr Car
sonth :"
Mr. CoIab Fdmoo5s was q bicllv rosrer,o.
Lle procsr IN ,In ,nur or Norll,vin r,ct n
man of substance. for bnsinnss had nrosner.
ed with him lie woe industrious ond ohlir-
ing. r;.rnr oo,iv worlinT hard and ,hms
/ rr6m small beoiTninrs he had risen n Tho
/ possession ri Considerable wealth But. al.
! ibouph an excellent man Of business Mr.
Edm0nds was n very ordinary Christian
Trna. he had Le0,p, The race but he did mot
,,ess toward the mark. Alas. for the cares
/ of His world and the dccei,fuluess Of riches ,
I And il is the characteristic of A low standard
of piety TO be harsh and censorious in our
Judgment of our fellow Christians; so Mr..
'Elmouds. when he heard Of any defect in the
character of professors around him. was al.
WAYS tine first 10 exclaim. "CLristinpitv in.
! deed -
l. not thi, foo common wirh us allq Do
we not. even if we give no expression 70 our
thought doubt and hesitate mucb more than
we should doubt and hesitate. regarding the
rapIrv or tho rnIipior nr onr ..r.sdr ia G,It >,
and .FeebIe minds ~ Do we moi set nm n
standard of rerrgctjop for our fellows. which
were too loriv. in our view. as a standard for
ourselves? And are we not TOO ready TO ex.
claim orairst tIe wonderjnrs Of others eyen
wLi,a ,ro trrn aside into trp C,rhiJIan notbeS
parhors srch ,Lomgh,s as tLasn had nosssd
through The mind Of Mrs. Ednonds as She
snt ovpr her worl, for when She rosa 70 ie,ye
her basket for some more active household
duty, she bent over her husband for a mo.
ment and said gently, Caleb, do not like
to hear you say christianity, indeed ! as you
say just now. Suppose your fellow-Chrs-
tiaus were to Judge OF you as harshly as you
of them You often say it," she continued
hastily; "you doubted John Watsons rcli-
gion yesterday, because be lent money To
your riVIi ana lhorh'o" 5, because ne oppo'
ses yon III business auu you SHOOK your
heau anoIt MISS MLWoou p'eiy because sue
uIEsu WIN you against to,aI SUS''nehee az
'I'ge not tnat ye oe NOT Jnuseu. -,
long o'teI MS Nhe i''S n'n' 'mss0 "o'u'
'"us ~ .aleo earsE Tuuse st. u"t ,..
az naSt as 1'i ne sas Ih cue m @ t"sns Ues"'e w"r~
!