The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-01-12


beueoth the weight Of responsibility, broad
cloth and satin. ttr.,n
lie came aud said his ptayer--d9eorods-'
ly aud in measured words, but never once
did the dying maurtlax HIS hold of the Dol
lar. Ivy roo 81 ucitl 1RgsyHd
Cant you read me something, say quick.
don't you see lm going 2" at length said the
rich man, turning heightened look toward
the preacher. tf' tat Eih7ol" 9A' %
The preacher, whose ctnvat was the viii.
test, took q book ~hh goltleti clasps from
marble table, aud read: q in n'13' 4hf
" And say unto you il is easier for q
camel TO go through the eye Of a needlps
than rich man to enter into tue Kingdom
of God' ''uf.7 ia 20" No0s'rP
o" Who said those words-4who --whoLs
who 2" fairly shrioked the dying mans
shaking the hand which clenched the Dol,
| l,r, at the preachers head.
The preacher hastily turned over the leaf
and did notrcply. He- ra3aad
"Why did you never tell me Of thislba-l
| fore ? Why did you never preach from it
as sat in your church2 Who--why 2"
The preacher did not reply, but turned
over another leaf, But the dying man
would not be quieted mo cd liir
Aud it. s easier for eomel to go through,
the eye of needle than for n rich man 10,
enter the kingdom of God, is itS Then
what's to becumo OF me I Am not rich 7
What tenant did | everspareH What debt
or did ever rccaseH And you stood up
Sunday after Sunday and preached TO us,
| and never said word about the camel. Not
u word about the camel" tt'. 'a ul'''
The preacher, in search of consoling
passnge, nedrNpidly over the leaves pand
in his confusion, came 10 this passage which
lie read;
Go to row, ye rich man, weep and
howl, for your miseries shall some upon you.
Your gold aud silver is oaneereds and tho
rust of them shall be witness against you,
and shall cat your flesh as With fire ye
have hcaped treasures together for the last
1 days Behold the hrers OF llaburers who
have reaped down your fields, which is of
you kept by fraud, crieih and the cries of
them which have reaped are entered into
the ears of the Lord OF SabbatG"m o. ,E'nh
And yet you never preached that TO
me shrieked the dying, man. yd rgl b7ca
II preacher who had blundered through
the passage from James, which we havc
quoted, knew not what to say. He was
perchanco terrified by the very look of the
dying parishoner. Then his wife drew
near and strove to comfort him, and the son
(who had been reading the willy attempted
a word or two Of consoation. M t'f".@
But with the Dollar in his hand he sank
into death, talking of stock, Of rent, Of cop,
per mine and camel, of tenant and debtor,
until the breath left his lips.
Thus he died. t7ite iHt.'
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 bctn eiig,alted upcn the
preachers church. r'll2Hal lN 1865
|
And the wife closed his eyes und tried to
wrench the Dollar from his hand, but in
vain, lie cluched it as though it were the
only savior to light him through the dark
: ness of eternity. 19phl1oFo' % lifH
5 Aud tile son sat down with dry eyes and
thoughtof the hundreds Of thousands which
: were now hsuwn. ,4
Next day there was a hearse followed by
8 tr,iu of carriages nearly milo in length
There was a crowd around an open grave
! and an elegant sermon uren the yirlnes o
a the deceased by the preacher. There wal
ilnttering of Grape badges, and rolling Of
J carriages, and-no tears. They left thC
dead man and returned to their palace where
I sorrow died even as the Grape was taker
from the door.knob.
And in. the grave the dead hand stil
! clenched the Dollar.