, 1870-04-17
Henry Ward Reecher,s Arronr, og
tne f1f@t Time He Went a Fishing,
From tk eAr:+ssan Cnion

/ -. 1HE OLD alwaun"
0h, that blessed dar!
What WIS that? ? Fourth Of july, Gencr,
training day: Thanksgiving? ch1istruas
None cf N these. FIR more Important Ia m1
! alone, A-- eA's . 11sl'nee
Whether " had permission Ts cannot \,
this late period certainly determine, We nrss =.
sutEe; from the recollection Of he an1ietr.
and the distinct remembrance Of ger.ar.f ~
1lufanon, that We had : dispensaton on that
day to ruam. VI. 'A-*s
1heEe is raguo impression, too, Of disrina
Then vent We foTth eastward toTasd ID tbs n H;rs. ,s
Bantam. Now tho R.Ear Bantam WA to o1r
toung hean what the jordan was to a cood
md patriotic Jew. 1t vas the chief stre.5n ~
ssu,,+ oar +neiIshoo1hood I It wa the chiei
t5euSh f It vss ss4.SaaE; hsn3EI ssp Rs1pssss. For,
nan5 places, cas,ly jumped , se7oss s'u ~ -
tn9fe 1eEe pools, and notable one. e,jtai
s.Au AeIu Hole doubtless from Itchdeid
ta1nuy q the name Of Lord\. uhere I a1a.i1
thG.e I eo9la S1s. e 1a n over.head va one OF
y bt7.s over pebble-stones, nov Ind 4bsr
wnenlng INTO quite shee4, and theu. Ike
men who have been TOO eeuerous> rro'ri-,,, 49,
na57oT sgain, md deep. Along its bs,sEs ersS
alder bushes in Abundance, and here And thrra
great trees reached their branches over the
below. 0' "Ases
Not gnA way Above Lords Ho1e vas The
:" old sAwuain :" not that there wae t6en a MN
tnefe, or eren mill dam, bat trxdision s.Si
.oat the1a bad been one. and the Legend was
panoAole, toasmueh as two steep banks on
e.tner Gde, AlopinB up some twenty feet.
seemed to ha@e formed tho wings of dnn,
I snn the T1ter made fan ~ Il. underues.h
ese Eas the remains Of aosae obsuuctn.
on NE blessed day ahoya tneotsoned. bare-
!. .na%J poJ nl9n have bean ssen On June
t. nou. N'th his alder pole On bis a1anulder.
: tE.ppans through the meadow, where darsder
u. LIONS Ard Wild ger1niums vere IN bloo.a- sna
ossS& 1o she Old saamiu- Al soco "a tho
Fas esoased, the fenca scsled snd
: @ oeeeent begun, al familiar obieea Eme
sef,,1 -. - ne osesPoxerang consciousness Of |
! tear. Could ve find our wsy bacT ) W.
- rs bul should CONS out of those bnshe.s
y nAt U g1eas big man should cons alono
Lnd GAIT us OF? To e-ye.r-od Is1T shasss
s9e sely ssl'ous matters And nushirs ccs,Id
l.se 10 well tcased the eagezueea Il cnr .1. n91.
- ~ peraaversnce unler tIee.. eontf..-
!noelanE suggestions. For, realities. h s3to-.
ue, a5e seldom 50 impressive "a irxrinst;ans
1e N eatA{ LIE: 4 chld'a fears sSe cnsI
~ h. ~ !. "a nun tos Hsns Of absolute realities,
helpless 70 1Epel CT to endure them HefA.1
! ooS own childhood eonsdtufe a chs,1te1 ~
nepsA philosophy. ''ssS o'
r. Put no sooner did We see tha spassls o, The
Appy. 'A se@a ADJ
NOV, for the first time IN on, Gres "a n,t
1a3 Hosm. We threw in The hook and trs,e
Ihe book ana tho bait tcu UPON thc vr;n1.os
.te1. vent quietly down taa sTe.m ,nd
9 stone , soeted o,es Itda pod ptg1se ont Of
n !, dnT p0 ht,i eql hstls eyss sar .nethins d.
,ine W unn ta'iG "a naads ~ artremble fea rome,
q, We drew back tha Eas, thara a no = assh a.
lne ~, = wisgla8 hAsh, arl somethiuT
nae ;sn thc 1oeky, gEaEeiy bank behind. Eer1,n.
1Scoas Up "s snn tennd ss,4er, but .las, aaaahed
the Eees es eooa smother and smother farcd
no s,ne manner, and 1t w1s ,ouF bafora | .
co1sd subdue ou nerve 90 ~ nof ,o dssS
e 1=o 70 pieces Our courage g1ew every I