The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-11-27
The Law and the Testimony.

don't know where he came from.
originally he .rd of him frs. # r
ne had bern converted and hai ent. ID
Upon a succ' ssfui work OF evan2.liz-
ing In tae Far West. His name was
Duncan Elder John Duncan was the
name familiar to his friends in h,s
paimy days. In bis youth he mu {
have been a hard customer, and tough.
for ht was free 10 acknowledge that he
had Come NJ from a low depth. He
WAS a large man, spare and muscular,
and one of the most Jealous exhorters
anywhere to be found. He was of the
Methodist persuasion. and he preached
goodness and goodn. s. before all other
t"ngs. HIVE fl tn in God and in ,b-
Redeem r. and b. gcol aid true. wa j..
the front -, d boy t bis preaching.
Cue day tho Il Ter preached in a
IRON i~r s.tilemen.. where there were
large nan5er IF sinful men. ahci he
'trove with thin nightly, presenting
70 them. In all ITS beauty. what he was
pleased to call the kiagdom of peace.
And he preached peace; and as b.
warmed with his subject he laid dow,
the rul.s Of the gospel testimony for
the government of lifr-a literal rei.-
dering Of g,sod for evil.
When evening came and the elder
rad betSk-n himself to the taver,
where he was forced 10 stop. half n
iszen BRITISH fellow.--roughs and
blacklegs Of the darkest dye-began I.
hector him. One of them. . leslier-m
powerful, two listed re robate-calleG
he preacher to account for the stuff
he had preached during the day, am.
told him he must be either coward or
liar
TIL. burly brute talked in this horri
bile way until even his sinful compan.
IONS were ashamed Of hun, and then
without warning of any kind. he tool
n step forward and struck the presche,
Oh tine che-k
Thar. Now let see f yer'll turn
t other side o yer face for the very ssn.
s,rt !"
Without finching, but with only
slight gathering up of the lips, and
Tightening Of bis hands. Elder Dunca,
turned his other cheek to the bully
VIII. though his companions called out
for him to desist, struck hun furious,
vindictive blow.
my friend" he said, II hava KEEP
he Testimony as given in the Gospel.
In the law we find it written,-.If q
man cause blsmish in his neighbor, n,
he hath done. So shail it be done to him.
Breach for breach; eye for eye; tooti
for TOOTH And now, my brother, J
will expoand to thee the law. r.
The fuming bully found not man TO
take his part He looked stronger
msn than the elder. but he was as
child in the hands of the aroused ex.
FOUNDER. Twice the preacher knocke.
him down. and then holding hin
down. he proceeded to Hog him until h.
hellowed like c.lf. In the end tn.
wreteh promised better behavior for tn
future. AMI was then allowed to skull
.wsy.
In another section of country, th.
good preacher might have been caller
upon To make atnLcment for his esca
pade. But it was not so there. An.
not only the occasion. but the final IT,
suit fully justified the means. Joh'
Duncan beca ne q power for good L.
that region. and it may be safely ssi'
that very MANY were led in the way"
grace. who pht never have been Leo
had they not first been forc-d to respec'
their leader for sonnet hing else than HI
SIMPLE religious peace.