The Tipton advertiser., 1877-05-10

ed. For many years, my dear friends
| have been among you as one sent by
the Physician of souls; but it is only
within the past year that l have be-
gun to comprehend that the soul may
be treated-very often should be treat
ed-through the body; and that,
though the frequent effsctual prayer
of the righteous man availeth much,
the exercise of that which was made
in the likeness and image of God is
not TO be idle. The nlammon of un-
righteousness has been the salvation
of many, my dear friends; and il has,
| verify believe, guided toward hcav-
enly habitations those who have ap-
piled ii to the necessities of others.
But, my dear brethren, the harvest is
truly plenteous, but the laborers are
few; pray ye, therefore, the Lord of
the harvest that he will send forth
laborers unto the harvest: but take
heed that ye follow the example OF
Him who, as he commanded US thus
to petition the throne of grace, ceased
not to labor in the harvest field him.
self; who fed when he preached and
healed when he exhorted"
Harry wainwright pounded on the
floor with his cane, hearing which
Tom Adams brought his enormous
palms together with great emphasis,
and his example was dntifully follow
cd by the whole of his own family,
which filled two short side seats. Faith
er Baguss shouted "Glory to God"
and Deacon Jones calculated That's
so.' but the hearers seemed disposed
to be critical, although the parsons 5
address had been couchcd in language
almost exclusively Scriptural. While
they were engaged in contemplation,
however, old Bunley dropped mel
low cough and stepped to the front
Ladies and gentlemen" said he,
''it's the style in this town, and every
where else, ! suppose, To kick man
when he's down, and then to trample
on him. know one man that's been
there, and knows all about it. Twas
his own fault he got there, and there
thore were plenty who told him he
ought to get up; but how kicking and
trampling were to help him do it he
could never see, and he made up his
mind that folks did as they did because
ii suited them, not because il was go
ing to do him any good. So he's been
hating the whole townful for years,
and doing all the harm he could, not
because he liked doing harm, but be-
cause he never got chance to do any
thing else. Suddenly a couple of gem
tlemen-I won't mention names-came
along and gave the poor fellow a hand,
and gave him the first chance he's had
in years to believe i'm human nature
at all. And, all this time, everybody
else around him was acting i'm the way
that this same poor fellow would have
acted himself if he had wanted to play
devil. The same couple Of gentlemen
went for good many other people,
and acted in a way that you read about
in novels and the Bible (but mighty
seldom see in town; and those fellows
believe in these two gentlemen, now.
but they hate all the rest of you like
poison. don't suppose you like it,
but truth Is truth; you might As well
know what it is
Several people got up and went out,
carrying very red faces with them; but
Fred Macdonald stood up and clapped
his hands, and the Adams family and
wainwright helped him, while the
broad boots of Father Baguss raised
cloud of dust, which formed quite an
aureole about Baguss himselfas he got
up and remarked.
Brethren and sisters: Squire Tom
pie hit the nail exactly on the heed
when he said that hollerin' an singin'
makes hypocrite of a man if he don I
open his pocket-book. If you don't
believe it, remember me. If any
body ever liked his own morn | did,
he's a curiosity. don't hate money
q bit now, and I'm not goin' to try to;
but the hardest case | ever got ac-
quainted with was me, Iedekiah Ba-
guss, when ! couldn't dodge ii any
longer that | ought to spend money
for feller-crtter. | won't name no
names, brethren an sisters; but if
you're huntin' for any such game,
don't go to lookin' up drunkards until
you smell around near home fust."
Reputation be blowed higher than
a kite" exclaimed Captain Crayme,
springing to his feet, .but I've got to
say just II word here. Gentleman, I'm
off my whiskey, and I'm going to stay
off; but might have been drinking
yet, and have kept on forever, for all
that any of you that's so pious and
thought enough of me to come and
talk to me-talk like man, and not
preach q sermon; more than that, he
moi only talked-which the biggest
idiot here might have done just as
well-but he stuck by me and brought
me through. Any of YOU might have
done it, but none of you cared enough
for me, and yet I'm business man,
and I've got some property. How
any poor fellow down i'm the mud is
ever to get up again, in such u place, |
don't see; and yet Rarton's as good a
town rs ever touch at"
The interest Of the NEE ting was de-
parting, 80 were the attendants; but
the Reverend Timotheus Brown limp
ed forward and exclaimed:
Hear, then, the conclusion of the
whole matter: Not every one that
sayeth Lord, Lord, shall inherit the
kingdom of heaven, but him that
doeth the will Of my Father which is
in heaven There has been a blessed
change wrought in this town within
q year, and work has done il all. He
whu taught Us to say Our Father
made of every man his brothers keep
cr, and no amount of talk can undo
what He did. 4 few men i'm our midst