The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-07-10
"rhc Last Hal, :"

The hfc Of a preacher, in new couu-
try, in a secular point Of view. is hard y
az smooth aud free from difficulty as .
pos ilion in popplIus and cultivated com-
munites usually appears TO be. The
people are think, seattercd hero and there,
enIaRca in diffrent pursuits, though
chic ~ agricultural. Being eolle ctcd
from all psrls Of older Su As and gather.
ed from eSery class Of society, they meet
upon the same common ground, en- terms
Of easy familiarity and restrained ly no
rksome eOnVen,ionalttics. People in a
new county generally have apretty
hard time Of il. Ghcy have sort oi
"rough-of tppblc" life, wearing vut their
b, st Efforts in a struggle for isrnco.-
Und, th ese circumstances, the material
sometimes sbsprbs completely the spirit
ual; aud the people not unfrcquently get
so fur behind" with the preuch,r they
have frequently TO be Powerfully "s,irrcd
up" from the pulpit.
On one occasion, we bad a visit from
the presiding elder Of osr district at one
OF our quarterly meCungs. We had net
paid our circuit "nary dime" as the boys
say, aid We expected rcohiRg from the
eldor.
Well, we were not disappointed. The
elder preached us Il moving dh Course
from the text, "Owe no man anything"
At the close Of the sermon, he cGmc at
once to the subject in hand.
"Brcthrcn," said he, "haye you paid
Broihcr---an anything this yrsrl Nothing
at all, understand. Well, now, your
preacher cnu't live on the air, aud you
must pay up-poy ur, that's the idea.--
Ne needs twenty-five eollars now, und
must have III Stew ard, wen take pp a
collects ion now"
Here some Of the audience near the
door began TO slide out,
! Don't run!p exclaimed the elder
"Stcword, lock that dos aud fetch the
hey to met he continued, coming down
out Of the pulpit quickly, and taking his
scat by the stand table in front.
The steward locked the door. and thcn
deposited the key GU the table hy the
side of the elder. ...
"Now, steward" said he, ego round
with the hut. must have twenty-five
dollars out &C this or, wd before ono Of
You leave the house"
1 Here was fix. The congregation was
taken all uback. The old FOLKS looked
astonished; the young folks Uttered
The steward gravely proceeded to tie
dischar.e of, fliciul du =. The hat was
tpussrd around, aud at l. Myth deposited on
, the elders table. The elder poured opt
the fupdG on the table, aud counted the
amount
! Three dollars npd ball! a slow
start, brethren, Go round again Ste
ward, We mp pull pp heap stronger
than that"
J AROUND went the steward with hig ha,
again, and tiNalIy pulled pp at the elders
stand.
"Niue dolars and three dollars and u
hall! Not sufficient umopht yet, Go
round again, steward "
= Around goes steward the third limel
Twelve dollars and hall! Mighty
slow, brethren (! 'Fraid your dinners will
get cold before you get home ~ eat 'cm.
Go round again, steward =
! BY this time the aud9nce began TO be
! fdgetty. They ovi0 emily thought the
joke was getting to be serious. But the
/ elder was relentless. Again and aga n
circulated tie in ], fatigubIe hat, and slow
ly but surely the pile ON the table swell
cd to the requisite amount.
"Twenty.iour dollars and 4 half 1t
only lacks halt COLLAR now. Go round
again, steward"
! Just then there was tap on the win
dow from the outside, hand was thrust
! in holding a halt dollar between the
thumb aud finger, Ind young fellow
outside exclaimed;
"IIere, parsoL--hcrc's your money {!
Let my gal out o there, I'm tired o.
waitin' foy hcr,"
1t was the last hais that brpke the
camel's back, and the ~, acber could ex'
claim in the language Of "Ike Turtle
This 'ere me-, tins done, bust W :"