Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-05-12
beacon Quirk's Interview with
One in Affection.

IL
ii, fo. me- L waited for Phoebe to
,eiio up his name, desperately
,.1,inp to her heavy Steps, and
Ht,ino her knock three times before
It-we,ed. / confess to having
Len my hair down twice, washed
hands TO 4 most unnecessary eX
H and been long time brushing
,Irese: also 10 forgetting my
.":nfkerchief, and having To go back
II after was down stairs. Deacon
n,irt looked tired Of waiting. /
lopr he was
- what an ili-natured thing to
~ What is coming over me
s1i,at would Roy think What
.4.uid he
Good evening, Mary" said the
..aaon severely, when L went in.
prohalIv he did not mean to speak
averaly. but the truth IS, L think lie
as n little vexed that L Kept him
waiting. / said good evening, aaa
ntagIzed for my delay, and sat
n ai'oina a. far from him as / coHyen
..ntly could There was an awful
II came in this evening" said the
D,acon breaking it with cough,
- came-hem to confer win
vou-"
looked up. Il thought some,
IL had ought to come" continued
az. Deacon. ssto confer with you as
christian brother on your spiri-
,a,aI condition" Iopened my eyes:
no confer with your spiritooal
..ondition. y repeated my visitor. II
n,'Iarstand that you have had some
tlnfnrtoonate exercises OF NINA uhdeI
nr at,tction. and | observed that
r,n ahsanted Yourself from the toih-
,nunion Tatle last sunday
II did
Intentionally
Intentionally.
IA, seemed to expect me To say
,.,,,.fb hing more and, seeing that
t,..,,Ua xas no help for 1t, L ansWefeu;
"a Ola not feel tit To 60 l should
moi hay4 dared to go. God does not
.aan, 10 me lust now what He used
Ne has dealt very bitterly with
na But. however wicked L may
- 7 Will not mock Him. L think,
Deacon Quirk, that l. dld right 10
stay away"
..\yeu y said the Deacon, twlriing
HI. bat with puzzled look, per
mans YOU did. But l don't see the
aT..use for any such feelings as
would make it necessary: thinh i,
my duty To tell you, Mary, that !
an sorry to see you III such ropel-
luu- state OF inlnu-
made no reply. ~,
tf,ictions come from God" =" he
s.f,.lryea, looked at me AS intl'fes
lily a. if he supposed that L had
pagrS heard the statement beiore,
"A fStatians come from God, ana,
EnweVey affiictin' or heweVer crush
ttey NAV be, it is our duty'.to
-uhnit ta them Glory in tribooia-
ton. St Paul says glory III tripeoia-
tiOn.N
/ continued silent.
..T evmpathiZe with you Ia thie
-ad dispensation," he proceeueu:
.'Of course you was very ioiiu "I
Royal it's natural you should o9
quite" He stopped, pefPieAe', l
suppose, by something IN my race.
j. III. very natural poor human
nature setsa great deal by earthly
urou- and affections. But it's your
iaty a. a Christian and church
member, 10 be resigned.
tapped the floor with my foot.
began to think thet | could not bear
much more.
TO be resigned, my dear young
friend. 70 say Abba, Father, anu
pray that the will oil the Lord may
ue done"
Deacon Quirk - said |, II am not
resigned. pray the dear Lore WIN
all my heart To- MAKE me 80, but
viii not say that an,-if ever that
time comes. As for those words
about the lords will, | would no
more take them on my lips than l
would blasphemy, unless | could
speak thena honestly,-and that L
cannot do We had better talk of
-,Qmethiur else now, had We not -
Deacon Quirk looked at nle- III
struck me that he would leok very
GR ach 80 at a Mormon or Hottentot,
aud oudes ed whether he We're
soing "a exeommunicate me on the
pot
A. soon a. he began To speak,
move VeG, | saw that he was only be
aiiierei, honestly hewt.iefeI, ana
honestly shocked | do not doubt
that lad said bewildering anu
a4osking thing.
NV fiiend ae said soleRnly, Il
shall pray for you ani ieaVe you IN
the hands Of God. Your brother,
whom He has removed from this
earthly l:fe Ior His own wise"
We viii not talk any more about
Royal, ii you please" | interrupted y
he i happy and safe
Hem II hope 80, he replied,
moving uneasily IN his char Il
believe he never made a profession
of religion, but there IL no limit To
the mercy Of God. Ii il very unsafe
Tor the young To think that they can
rely on a death-bed repentance but
.-aur God il covenantkeeping
God, and Royals mother was a pious
woman. Ii you cannot say with
certainty that he j. numbered among
tile redeemed, you are justified, per
.AapS, in hoping so
/ turned sharply upon him, but
words died on my lips. How could
/ tell the man of that short, dear
letter that came To me in December,
that Roy's was no death-bed
repentance, but the quiet, natural
growth of i life that had always been
the life of the pure in heart; of his
manly beliefs anu unseltish motives /;
af that dawning sense OF friendship
aith Christ of which he used 10
peak so modestly, dreading lest he
should not be honest with himself :
Perhaps | ought not To call my
-eif Christian be wrote,-I learn
vi the words by heart land shall
make no profession L. be such, TIL
ana sure of ii, but my life has not
seemed To me for Il long time to be.
nly own. Bought with price
ja-t expresses it. | cannot point to
40 time at which / was conscious by