The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-11-10


Messrs EiitorS-You have SO mucl
to publish Of lugubrious strain, about
the treatment OF ministers by, thei,
congregation, that ! must, with your
permission, give you q sample ofsomc.
thing different. j can tell you Of al
least enc country minister, who, 50 far
from having any complaints in finding 9
terms suitably to express his sense oi
kindncas Of his people. ..t1 o...:-..
In the first place he receives q fair
salary; onethat with economy hec0uld
live on. This is always promptly paid,
sometimes even before quarter, day
In addition to this he receives uni
formly kind treatment. lie has been
more than fifteen years with his pres
ent charge, and not the slightest his
understanding between him and them
has ever occurred. lie, can call to
mind no word or act during all that
time, on the part of any 'inditidu;i,
that seemed to manifest disrespccttul
or unkind feeling On the other hand,
he has been continually receiving
most marked, and often most subs tam
tial tokens OF. afcctonate regard,
His pcop'6 have a way, to6, Of doing
kind things wocthy aof all imitation,
as he thinks, When they wish, ~
make their minister a present" thcre
is no passing round the lIat," no
raising a subscription; mo- asking Of
one and another '5what viii YOU igire?"
Above all, there is no taking lin and
his house by storm no iHunddtt5n Of
good things; no committee OF conrty-
ancc; and no speech making Wat
ever is done, is done quietly, and
just as, and when, each one finds it IN
his heart to do; and mary are the con
veniences, and comforts, and luxures.
that come in from time TO-, time in
this way. During this very writing
there is knock at the door, and a
fine bunch Of wild game is left. And
ftlTat is the way things come, one af.-
ter another, and not all in q heap.-4.
One as you sec, sends game; another,
at another time, Il fine piece Of beef;
another (on some festival day, pcrhapsl }
a tat turkey ;another, in summer time,
a bunch Of trout, fresh from the noun.
tain stream Aud then there are rolls
of sweet yellow butter, and baskets Of
fresh laid eggs Cat time, too, when
eggs are selling at thirty and forty
cents a dozen and baskets of luscious
fruits and rare vegetables, and bou-
quets Of scarce and fragrant flowers
Only think of it, Mcssrs. Editors. an
obscure country ministcr-not even a
D, D.-but seldom heard Of through
the newspapers, but little known out
of his own neighborhood, and vetsup-.
piled with such delicacics as TURKEY,
and partridge, and trout, and Antwerp
raspberries, and Bartlett pears, &c!
He is farnished with food for the
mind too, as well as the body. Valu-
able books, such as Sprague's Annals,
and Conybeare and Howson's Life Of
st. Paul, both in fine binding articles
of clothing too, and even articles Of
UertW, are among the gifts he receives.
In addition to all these there comes
to him, now and then, through the
post office, note to the following
purport :-'Please accept the enclosed.
and oblige your friend" lie cxam-
ines the "enclosed," and finds it to be
from thirty to fifty dollars. As Tie
gentleman says please so handsome
ly, and 'oblige your friend 1.what can
the minister do bat oblige him and.
accept? Not long ago gas was. intro
duced into the town where this minis
ter lives, and at once one gentleman,
ut an expense Of nearly a hundred dol-
lars, introduced it into the minister's
house, and another gentleman fui,-
nished another hundred dollars to pro
cure chandeliers and other fixtures
And it looks now as if there was to Be
a continuance of this kind Of treat
ment toward this iavoured maB.--I
The Christmas gifts to him aud hisiI
little family amounted to between Six
ty and seventy dollars in value, ahd
on New. years day IL beautiful port
monnaie, containing fifty dollars in
gold, was handed TO, him, with the
compliments of the SEASON." from
the ladies"
"Ah,' "you will say, ~that drght to
be a grateful minister 81 he ought.
He wishes and prays to be great
deal more SO than he is. lie wishes,
too, that all his brethren in the mia-
istry were faTourti IN these respects
and others rs lie is, anl lie has penn.
ed this statement (Which might be
much EXTENDED in Tho hops OF stir
ring the minds OF some to more, gen7I
erous feeling and conduct toward
those who serve them in the gospel.
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