St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-11-17

TIE CnuRCu On THE BEST LICKs.

ilickercd and burned low, and lust n
, Ralph with a heavy bu! not quite hope
. less heart rose to leave, the latch Iftc'
r and Bud re entered.
Il wanted 70 say something" he STAN
mercd, ''but yUu know its hard to say
it. | hadn't no book-larnin' to speak Of
and some things is hard to say when :
man ha'n't got book-words to say 'cm
with. And they's some things u man
; can't hardly ever say any how to any
body,
! Here Bud stopped. But Ralph spoke
, in such 4 matter OF course way in reply
that he felt encouraged TO 20 on.
'lou gin up Hammer kasc you thought
she belonged TO me. That's morc'n I'd
4 done by a long shot. Now, artcr
left here jest now, | says 10 myself, 4
man what can Gin up his cal on account
OF such 4 feeling fer the RIGHTS of a Flat
Cricker like me, why, dog On it, says /,
scch man is the man as can help NE
do better. don't know whether You
are Hard>hcll or sait>hcll, or a
Methodist, or Il CImpbclitc, or Il New
Light, or Il United Brother, or Il Miller
itc, or what not. But ! say., the man
what can do the clean thing by ugly
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Of r,,r ,n t;n,nn
IIere Bud stopped in fright at his own
volubility, for he had run liz words Oft
like a piece learned by heart, ~ thou9h
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couIJ Oft II, GOOD ont of Ho.aw with his
,yL;.Ley and ,nn,nrc,. And want to
H., Norrt Tabor church o,ce, Lo,rI
= man d;srussin' L,n,ism AMI rcorrera-
ton. and 81 on. That didn't seem no
cure for M, | went (, a revival over
at Cltiv. Well. 'tvarn't no use. Frs;
ninht they WAS a man that spoke about
Ie.u. Christ m se,h = WAY that | yant-
,I =, tlI.r him rvrrvwh.r, Emit
TJ,,.t fool ft \,.>t u;,L, r,,u. L,cL
with ,y mind mad, mn th,; I'd fry
Jesus Christ. and see # he'd Lave me
Hut laws, they was Il hi. man that
prcached hell. Not that | don't believe
ihey's a he'll. Thc,'S plenty not Il thou
and miles away =. deserve. il. and
don't know a. I'm :oa .coI for il nv
self Bat l.r pitched it at ns. and stuck
, il in our face. in sech 4 vav rba. GOT
mad And saws. We'll. ci God sends
m. 10 he'll lac can't make m, LolIcr
'nnu,h pohow. You sec NV dandcr WIS
mn. And when nv dander', M. |
wouldn't ON M fer the devil his.rli. The
preacher was 50 in~ultin with his way
/ Of LnIu' :, II, seemed +, ha LiuI of
|ulad that we was 70 Lc damned, and he
preached somrthin' ike some folks
swear.. l. didn't sound bit l;ke the
Christ the little man preached about the
ninht atore. SO what docs NE and a
lot of (ellers do but ,Iip ont and cut of
the b;n rreachcr's s:irrlp>. and boun
t1em on 70 the rider Of III, fence. and
set his hoss loose. And from that dav.
sometimes I did and sometimes | didn't
want to Inc he,trr And tn-d,v il s.rm-
ed to me that Won must know somc,hin'
AS would help me-"
/ Nothing i, worse than RELIGIOUS cx-
pericnce kent ready TO be exposed to the
oaze of everybody, whether the time is
appropriate or not. But never WAS a
religious experience more appropriate
than the account which Ralph oaye to
Bud of his Struggle in the Dark. The
confession of his weakness and wicked
selfshncss WIS u ,rat comfort to Rpd
"Do Won think that Jesus Christ
would-would-welI. do YOU think he'd
help poor, unlarnt Flat Cricker Ike
me ?"
| think lie was a sort of Flat Creek
cr himself" said Ralph. slowly and very
earnestly.
"You don't say ;" said Bud, almost
getting off his seat.
"Why, you see the town he lived in