Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-16

musing on the dominion the Prince of
this world had over the souls of his sub
Jects The thought stimulated him to
more earnest endeavor; and though, in
his sermon that night, he innocentlv
clouded the Lord by mass of verbiage
which even those who knew it best com
pretended but dimly, his earnestness pre-
vailed upon many, and led them to seek
him whose power is perhaps best mani
tested by the ease with which He makes
himself visible-despite the thick wells
which men place between him and his crea-
tures-to all who really wish to find Him.
AND In the morning he rode back to the
BEND, believing that the Lord was with
nm, and that he would make straight
the way of his handmaiden
Sam kavvery gazed upon the young
man with plainly visible disfavor.
Mister" said Sam, "Ips hez ben a-ask-
IN. the mother an me what some Of the
Things you've ben sayin' to her means :;
an neither of us can tell her,
though the mother tells her they
re all right. Now, l hain't got no obiec
tons to her hevin' Bible larnin' but
what | want to know is, amt Their no
plain English in the Bible nowhar ? or is
it'writ only for fellers that's ben to col
lege? Pears to me good deal like talk
IN Dutch-the Dutchmen understand it
themselves; but nobody else does"
just then there sauntered out of the
house middle-aged welldressed man,
who bowed to Breton, and said
Golng by the boat, sir 90
No, sir" replied Breton.
F" am" said the stranger; "and sup
pose can wait a day longer in this con
founded hole.''
am minister of the gospel said
breton, and am at present tutor to our
hosts daughter''
Indeed" said the stranger. 81 SYM
pathlze with you; for eighteen months
after [ left Yale y
"Yale?" interrupted Breton ''you must
have enjoyed rare spiritual advantages"
UNI oh, yes! certainly" said the
stranger. "But somehow they never
seemed to benefit me much. The fact is.
| was so puzzled and confused about re-
HglOus matters, that [ never knew what to
believes; and don't know to this day."
Mr.. -" began Breton.
Hartinger,' said the stranger.
"Mr. Hartinger, would Won object TO
joining with us in prayer 20
Not in the least" replied Mr.. Har-
finger.
Breton called the family together, and
delivered short but earnest PRAYER.
Sans structures were still fresh in his
mind; and he found, in attempting to pray
IN different language from what he usually
used, he made several awkward and pain
full pauses. After the prayer, Sam and
Mr. Hartinger adjourned to the bench to
smoke; and Mrs. Kavvery sought the cot
ton--patch. Breton approached Ipsie, and
took her hand tenderly.
My dear girl" said he, "has the Adj
versary left your" So
| guess not said she; leastways I've
been puzzlin' my head all night and hav-
emit got anything for my pains If reli-
gion is intended for everybody, why isn't
it ever talked about SO any one can I'm
derstand it?'
In his prayer, Breton had realized that
language, except such as he habituallv
used, was not convenient to his tongue.
He had determined to practice the utmost
simplicity of speech; and his intention
was powerfully strengthened by the sight
OF lpsle's face, always handsome, but now,
under the influence of trouble, made in
expressibly tender and womanly and pure.
For few moments, Breton labored as he
had never done before, yet only to clothe
simple truths in simple language. In
those few moments he found that during his
ministry, he had been fondly repeating SEN
fences which had no meaning to most of
his hearers; had been using obsolete flo
ures OF speech; had been making refer
ences, and drawing SMILES, which no one
but theologian, OF a Jew skilled in the
literature of his forefathers, could have
comprehended; and had been sealing up
the fountain from which he implored
people to drink
My child" said he at length very slow
~, Good made the world, and us, and
every thing we have and need He asks
no pay OF us except our love; and he asks
US TO prove our love by doing right The
Bible tells us great deal about right and
wrong; our consciences tell us a great
deal; and our experience constantly
lnstructs us. God wants us to regard him
as father; and he showed His great love
for us by sending Christ to live on earth,
like other people, and to die for our sakes.
God is a real being; and though we can
not see Him, we can become acquainted
with Him, if we show by our thoughts
and actions we want to be. And He wants
us all to 60 to him when we die, and to
be with Him forever"
1HoC . al pldlH; L understand all
that" said Ipsie
'Then you understand all I can tell
YOU" said Breton.
"But the horns of the altar, and the ark
Of safety, and passing from death to life,
and the blood of the Lamb, and wrestlin'
with the angel, and"-
"They all mean only what I have al
ready told," said the young minister,
blushing guiltily under the half-indignant
look the wondering girl gave him; 'but I
have been foolish enough to suppose
these figures Of speech were as familiar
to others as to me-"
'But there's free-will and election, and
all those things mothers black books tell
about" said Ipsie
"Those matters are Gods business, and
not ours" replied Breton; "and no one
ever gained anything by meddling with
them. God does not expect you to know
everything, but rather to love with all
your strength. Do you suppose your
father and mother love you any less be-
cause you do not know all they do?'
NO" said Ipsie, with an absent look
in her face, which made Breton think
she would, for little while, be her own
best company. AS he stepped out of the
house, Sam Kavvery confronted him.
Mister" said he, "the door bein