The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-11-20

!. Strange looks, ard low murmure,
words ran through the congregation
and the minister seemed to share til
/ surprise Of his audience, and lo0ket
and preached as though under painful
4 embarrassment. He recognized i'm tn
/ stranger, a minister, whose reputation
was World-wide-no other than tn,
rich and the distinguished Presiden
College, from which he wa,
Il graduate.
Professor c. remembered his former
pupil, but it must be confessed he wa.
both surprised and disappointed. Hc
had given the young man credit for
individual talent, but this sermon was
a repetition Of poor ?latitudes, and {
trucking to public opinion, which
showed a weak and little mind.
After service, the President stopped
moment until the preacher came for.
ward, and when the greetings were
over he said, kindly: My sister wrote
me that Richard Forbes was preaching
here. bat l did not connect the name
with the memory of my former pupil
"Your sistern' said the embarrassed
young man. 81 was not aware that |
had ever had the honor Of preaching
before such a hearcr. You do not
mean to say that the woman with
whom you entered is your si~ter?''
And why not?" It is now Prof. C's.
turn to look surprised.
Sure enough. why not? What did
he know against the woman Of whom
all had been ''spoaking eviP' for the
last three moGthS.-He had taken
these cruel -urmises for granted, and
had been so far Influenced by the scan.
dial that he had failed TO call upon the
strange A sense Of the impropriety
and guilt of his conduct rushed across
his mind-supPose the woman was re-
ally the disgraced and guilty being
that ubIic opinion-the public opin-
ion of the village claimed, was it not
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his mission? And yet he stood in his
pulpit and claimed to be a follower Of
the meek amt lowly Savior.
''Therei ~somethinga this matter
that cannot understand" said Prof.
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