The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-04-11
MISCELLANEOUS.
The O,d. anal Ne~, Broom.


ci himself to the common fate Of common min.
sicts aud sent 10 his resignation. and the church
aud congregation unanimously declared ihemsel.
resigned TO said resignation. But they thought
IL would be most appropriate (it would look ~
WE'LL to drop few expressive tears over the de.
PARTING minister. So, dry eyes suddenly became
moist, aud drops which bore n striking rtsem-
blaze 10 tears of the noses, aud trickled down
the checks, and trcmbled on the eyelids Of all
thosc who had learned how 10 cry in the right
time aud place. This vet testimonial Of afFec-
iion, united 10 dry one in the form OF letter.
full Of heartfelt regret, caused the Rev David
Mclean To wavor little in his decision bat
HTs. Mclean had a woman's wit aud a woman
quick perceptions, well as a woman 'spun~.
aad ,hc said "Ah. David, don't jou 1npa that
there Is nothing but rGisr in those tcars Th'tr
is no sympathy or since riiy 10 them. You have
tccu called the old broom for the lAs, tao yrars.
and the Irrrl, all wish you were safe ~ heaven
or some h.Tc - itr away that you cnn'i never
come back h,fr.
NJ, Mclean told the truth u tic Rev pa.
.d Mclean had concluded To SiAy, ii The tears
aud the heartfelt regrets had made him unre-
signed H. his resignation, there Wonld have been
CRYING on magnificent scale through all the
parish Yes, there would have been such del
ug, rs has never been known since Noah's ark
rode over the waters iha, covered the earth And
The most Heartfelt regrets 90 oh, how they
wouid have mounted up There would have
teen ten thousand more than were put into that
!,''cr. hut the Rev. David Mclean did not con-
,iuir 10 stay. n he wavcred moment, before
~ r 'ts aud heartfelt regrets he was coon
f'u his purpose 10 leave, and for the wise rea-
son N lie lrnvlc wanted him 10 leave. lie had
vfiiiu and pf,nCh'i barrels Of sermons Ia the
paris .'--h, hal 20; ten winters, braved
i.i,t.u. winds aud driving storms on Sundaya
aud nll da,s H. had baptized nearly all Of
the ,hiidicn Of the church. lie had married
,oun. ncn and u.aidtns. and had buried, oh,
how many IT, hAd stood by their dying bcis,
aud pointed the WAY 20 Paradise. Often, At
miduigh'. be- had answered the call aud gone
with the messenger To help the dying 10 die, OF
10 sooihr the anguish of those who bent over the
dead Yes wcarisomc DAYS and wearisomc nights
bad hr'a appointed to him, and they had left
their mark lie Was weather beaten, storm-bea-
ten, l'e-hcnien The furrows In bis cheeks were
d,cp burrows, and his hair was growing gray.
''lle Is an old broom" said the people. "Ilis
ger sweep our Pdrlor, our city ehnrch, but he
nigh, answer for the fubErIs Of q city be nigh,
sweep u while in sotne kitchen"
Poor old broom Poor David Mclean Net
all that was said about him reached bis ears ;
hut elders and deacons, and oficious women,
burdened with q sense Of ofresponsibility, had ven-
iurcd even before he sent In his resignation, 10
suggest smaller AMI plaiaer parish. They
had even gone so far as 10 say (but Of course
expressed their "hsdryeh regref' that different
kind Of ialcn, was needed Tor a modern church,
and modern pulpit, and a fat age. They must
have some one who could draw full house, aud
make church-going aud religion In general both
easy aud popular. This the Rev. David Mclean
could not do, for he had lcarsed, by the expert.
ence he had Of mankind that II was very difficult
aud inconvenieni for some men TO be positively
Aa1 eha s.antl.Rr.f.s nf eall0taa h.
had found out that the form was more popular,
In certain directions, than the power. So Il
seemed 70 be best he should leave, In spite OF the
Heartfelt regret OF the people. And be did
leave. The resignation accepted, the carpets up,
the furniture packed. the trunks packed, there
was nothing 10 prevent them from being gone,
snd no reason why the people should not have
the comfort OF knowing iha, he vas clean gone
forever.
At last the morning-and q rainy morning IL
was--came when the cars were 10 take David
Mclean and his wife aud children--not excepting
poor little Susy, who cried because she "didn't
want 10 go OF and leave Hattie May"-with all
their furniture, boxes, and trunks, Toto where 2
ITO some place that the good Lord will show
Us, ,rus,fnlly and humbly said M. Mclean
but Mrs Mclean said TO herself; The good
Lord often allows q minister 10 look around q
long time for place, and during that time the
minister aud his family feel decidedly unsettled.
This, considering that everybody likes TO feel
anchored somewhere, Is decidedly UNPLEASANT"
Mrs. Mclean did not, however, allow NJ. Nc
Lean 10 see that she for moment doubted that
"the good Lord would show then some place,"
although she was very much afraid he wouldn't
do Il until they were all tired OF hanging around
the world. But, whatever she feared or hoped,
the morning 10 go had conc, come with clouds
and rain mixed with little Suay's tears. When
they reached the cars, many Of the people, with
their Heartfelt regrets, where there 10 say good.
bye. II was thought appropriate that the church
aud congregation should be represented there,
that the minister and his family might leave with
pleasant feelings" "It wouldn't look well for
no one TO be there"
What the poor casl-oT paFson thought when
he found some Of his people at the depot, no one
will know until the day Of doom but AZ he o.,
In the cars with his hat pulled down over his
eyes, and his head bent forward on his breast, be
probably had other than ''pleasan, feelings" II
Is 10 be presumed that he was wondering what
kind Of place ''lhe good Lord would show him"
and how long, would be before be would show
And Mrs. Mclean, what was she thinking
about ? Ah, any physiognomst could have told.
She was thinking that there were two things that
could never be depended upon-two things that
were always changing-.peapie and the rsaihS,
and she then and there determined not 10 hang
her happiness upon either. Occasionally, as the
train moved on, she glanced at Mr. Mclean with
an eye that seemed to say "Poor old broom ~
What place Il was that the good Lord h last
showed him isn't known, or how long Il was be-
fore he showed Il 10 him Isn't tknown. II 10 only
known that he len the city oe--beeause he
was an oidbrooml
This old broom was, or was not, sweeping
somswhere, when the old parsonage was entirely
pulled down, chimnsys and al, 70 be made over
and fitted up for the nsg broom. The Rev.
Theophiius finklebell had been called 70 take The
placeof the old broom, and, although be at hrsl
declined the call, be accepted Al last, 'overcome
by pressing letters" ''Hou are lust the man 10
build Us up in''--In What To The mose holy
faith No there was nothing said about that.
"You are Just the man 10 build ~ up IN nslbsgs."
So ran the letter aud 90 ran many other lolleTs,
until the Rev Theophilus Tinklebell made up