The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-08-13

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Mr.. Jones. Goodmorninc. Mrs
E True, hope | end YOU all well ,hi
morning,
. Mrs. True We are all pretty wei
thank you, how is your family hav,
, YOU got comfortably settled
, Mr. Jones We are pretty well
thank you; please to accept on
thanks for the assistance of YOU
servant whom YOU 50 kindly sent il
to aid Us. it was very kind. for ny
wife is not strong. Now that W.
have things somewhat arranged
thought | woald take a tour through
, the village and get acquainted witt
the people; and as your house i mex
10 mine | have called here first.
Mrs I. That Is right. Bro. Jones
we shall be always happy to see you
! We always feel glad to entertain any
of our preachers. hope you will b
/ a frequent visitor
! Mr. J | should like very much tC
be, Mrs. True, but the poor, sick and
afflicted need mere attention than
those in comfortable circumstances
I And, besides this, the weak members
Of the church need seeing after more
than the strong.
I Mrs. T. | enjoy the company OF
preaching brethren from the fact they
DO not condeseend TO gossip in their
] conversation
Mr.. j. hope you are not ;roub-
/ led with that here, Mrs. True: that
consider does more to ruin the in
( fiuence of a preacher than any thing
else | mention this to YOU for YOU
have been highly recommended TO
me a. one who IS not only rue in
name, but also in character. And
4 preacher feels strange where, amid
the perplexities Of ministerial life he
realizes that he has few true breth-
ern TO stand By him
Mrs. T. think you can RELY upon
Mr.. True and myself We know how
il has been heretofore in this place
Some people VIII fan out and take
great offence with their pastor, for
that they would be ashamed to with
ANYBODY else; they quit coming to
meeting, and make his faults instead
Of his favors, topic TO talk about,
and thus create q prejudice against
him, and in the end, away he goes
somewhere else and another comes
in his place 10 pass through the same
expense We have one member.
Mrs. J., who is an exemplary Chris
tiaa in every respect but her talk.
She is perpetual pest, never salts
hed unless she is talking about and
against some as good, if not better
than herself. She annoys ne at times
very much, and / do not like to incur
her dislike by telling her that gossip
is disiasteful to me, for, if there is anv-
thing | do despise, it is a constant
elasher. But | ought no, 10 have told
you this, but allowed you to find il
out for yourself. for you, no doubt,
begia 10 think me a gossip myself
Mr. j. Not at all. Mrs. True.
only take it, that YOU are warning
me Of very troublesome character
that infects almost every church in
existance. There are some people.
who YOU will generally notice 10 be Of
little minds whose sole idea Of mo-
raiity Is TO constantly pry into other
peoples business | know of neigh
borho0d which is almost entirely Civ
en- up to such people. They have
almost worldwide reputation of be-
ing q nest of scandiemongers. There
are a few among them. ike the few
in Sardas that have not soiled their
garments. Should 3 stranger move
in among them, they at once CON-
mence to pry into his private affairs,
and end in crusade Of scandie against
him, and if possible ruin his charae-
ter and drive him awav, or If he pass
es through the frey ordeal he almost
invariably becomes more ~ less .int-
ed with the same disease. They are
never more happy than when they
have got some strange news 10 tell
about some one. Should q Young
couple get married, and through mod
esty desire the important event to re-
main unknown for time. this peo-
pie. are shure to fad it out, almost
before the ceremony is finished. and
the ink drys on the certificate.
Mrs. T. That must be terrible
place to live in This is not quite
but stop. | see Mrs. G., and Miss b, F.
coming down the road, and they are /
coming here. Now do you Mr. Jones, |
just step into the dining room and
leave the door ajar, and consent to
endrop little if Won want q speei- |
men of our tittle-tattle.
Mr. j. Bat Mrs. True, would if be !
altogether right,
Mrz T. Trust to me. Sir, no one
shall ever be any the wiser. and you
may then know from experience whom
you have 10 deal with. FOr-warned !
is for-armed, you know; (knocks), |
there they are at last.
Mr.. j. I'll go, but you must help
to bear the consequences Exit
/
Eater Mrs. g., and Mss B.,
Mrs. G.. 4 fine morning. Mrs. I
True. Miss B, and / thought We
would call over and see how YOU are
this-morning, an2 how YOU liked the
Sunday,
Mrs T. Ienjoyed il very much in
deed. 1t was very fine day, and
good turnout, and the preacher being
q stranger added much to the inter I
est of the meeting The discourse
in the morning on Christian Love, |
thought very applicable, and the con-
trast between the love of the world, !
and the love that Christians ought to !
manifest for each other, was very in
| never noticed what a !
great contrast there was before.
Mrs S Oh Yes, it was very
fine discourse, but as the old saying is !
A new broom sweeps clean" and
after little II will be the same old
The same old two and six
pence, mark my words. Mrs. True. |
Did you notice him sneeze. How |
loud and unbecomingly.
Mrs I. / did not notice that, Mrs |