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A Repentant sinner Organizes a
Sunday school.

A Repentant sinner Organizes a
Sunday school. D.
From the Cedar FallsGazette.l
A man living in the suburbs Of Cedar
Falls, feeling his guilt Of conscience, or
not travelling in the path his parents had
pointed out, resolved to do something
for the promotion Of religion. Looking
about for a field of labor, he saw an
opening at certain school-house on the
Waterloo road Said he, as the twig
is bent the tree is inclined" I'll organ
ize a Sunday school there next Sunday.
After the school had been organized, he
found other duties devolving upon him
besides organizing classes and appoint
ing teachers. There had to be prayers
offered. lie Jared very well for the first
two Sundays, as there were church mem
bers present; but the next Sunday, D,
horrors Time for the exercises tocom-
mence no church members present, and
he had never thought of prayer through
out the entire week. He had nevtr done
the like at home, and could not hink of
practicing abroad for the amusement of
other peoplel If you ever sawh young
bear tied to stake and watched his
maneuvers, you can form somS idea Of
his motions. His sorrow, however, was
soon turned to joy. Looking put of the
door he saw brother X. coming up the
road. He knew brother r. was very
accommodating, and woult just as
soon lend him a prayer asnot, but he
was determined to get out gf that posi-
tion lust as soon as possible, or else
never to be there again before the church
members. He insisted on brother X.
taking the school, and used the very
forcibIe argument that he didn't know
how to run the darned thing" After
Sunday School had closed, one Of the
officers handed the librarian the books,
which were carried in a basket to his
home for safe keeping. The superin-
tendent and librarian both came on
horseback. The superintendent, s.,
being a Judge of horse flesh, discovered
there was some gits' to LIS horse.
Saws he, Halo, L., is that a running
horse of yoursG Yes" says L., he
gets over ground pretty lively. That
is Just the case with mine, says s.; he
never suffers any grass to grow under
him. Say we try their springs" }" All
right" says L., that is just my style
exactly. SO L. hung the library on a
fence stake, and S. deposited his Bible
in fence corner. After all prelimina-
ries had been gone through with, such as
taking of hats, coats, boots, in fact any
thing that could be spared which would
catch the wind, or in any way impede
the progress of the horses, and still
appear respectable before the Sunday
school, was taken of. (There were no
side bets, as the members of the 5. ).
we're opposed to betting on Sunday }
All ready, says L.; one, two, three, go,
Of they went, down the road about half
mile. Well, says s., you beat me com
ing down, but don't believe you can
do it going back. All right, says L.,
we'll try It over again--as well be hung
for an old sheep as lamb So back
they went urging their horses to their
utmost speed, SIS horse still bringing up
the rear. S. declared his horse would
beat, but he started on the wrong foot
both times. To cut a long story short,
that was the last time S. ever went to
that Snnday-school. We do not know
whether he is ashamed because he got
beat in a horse race, whether he thinks
brother r. will not be so liberal with his
prayers hereafter, or whether he has
concluded he can run horses better than
he can a Sunday-school.