Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-10-01
K E Ii GI0 u s.

!
A Story ABoUr FoRaIvEsEss.--The late Rev.
J. Il Sharp related to me the substance OF the
following story:
| Several years ago there lived in church 10
central Georgia, two men bearing the name of
J. and #. These men so far as known, were
| regarded as good brethern They were on terms
OF peace in the church.
10 process of time, however, J. went TO his
brother F. to buy some wheat. The wheat was
| purchased at so much q bushel, perhaps one
dollar, aud part of the money WAS paid for
1t. After this, j sent for the wheat, but strange
TO gay, p refused to let him have il. F. il is
said, teund, after bargaining with j. that wheat
had advanced in price and he wanted the ad-
| vance. Of course j. insisted ca his sht 10
| what he had contracted and partly paid for.
F. refused positively to fulfill his agreement.
| This was the ground work, as might naturally
have been expected, of terrible difficulty be
| tween the two brethren. The one feeling in-
Jured, gave public expression 10 his in dgna-
ZION; while the other, conscious perhaps OF
| having done wrong, and yet possessed ef an
obstinate nature, sngriy defended himself as
best he might. Things went on in this way
for months, perhaps; al least till the matter
| was talked OF all over the county. Having
| borne with the bretEern as long as possible
the church to which they belonged was OF the
eve of taking up the matter, when brother
the injured party began TO come 10 himself
| He had told +. ut their last interview, that he
would sue him. Now he began to think the
matter all over. Was it right, be asked him
sell, 10 injure the cause of Christ, to disgrace
the church, TO cast away brother +. who, up to
that time, had always seemed good man-to
DO all this for the pitful amount OF few dol
| lars, or few bushels of wheat2
| j. went al night '1to IL solitude TO place the
whole subject before the Lord. While there
the Lord helped him. He found the spirit OF
| forgiveness there at the throne of grace. He
| brought it home with him. ln the morning
early, j. mounted his horse and started to see
+. Il. saw him coming, and tried to get out
of sight, by leaving his house by u back way
j. saw this and called him. f. seemed no. to
hear; but as the call was still repeated, +.
came at last to see what was wauted-with
very poor grace, however. The two bre;heru
face to face, once more. j. began his speech
| Brother f., have come to tell you that we
must settle our difficulty. We are iniuring the
| cause OF Christ we are destroying our peace
| as men and rs Christians: we are about to in-
volve the church in great trouble. We must,
| repeat it, make an emu oithis matter. | told
you, brother f., at our lsst interview, that |
would sue you lhave done so. (F. looked
sullen.) Last night carried your case before
the Lord, and got verdict against you. You
| have done wrong, my brother: but listen TO me:
| | forgive you for the wrong from my heart |
forgive you. Keep the wheat brother f., and
the money too the whole ofit is not worth
'uaking fuss about, ! am sorry that ever
allowed myself to be troubled about il at all. If
have done you any wrong, ny brother, am
very sorry for it, and ask Jour forgiveness
During this speech, F. had wonderfully soften
ed down in his feelings. Before it ended, hts
hands were over his eyes, aud the great tears
| were chasing each other down his cheeks
When able to speak, he said, Brother j., want
you to forgive me. will send you the wheat.
No, said J. don't want the wheat. | forgive
you all the debt. Yes, said f., but you must
have it. will send it to you this very even-
ing.
Need we say that brethren j. and +. parted
as brethren should d02 Need we say that they
had no church trial-thaL brotherly love ~Rs
restored between them?-[ Christian Index.