Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-07

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general circulation.
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bedside, and ere long be was not more
glad that he had come than was the old
sailor that be Was there. There Was a
wondrous sympathy between them, and
when the reverend visitor, genially and
with graceful ease. brought himself down
to converse upon the ignorant mans own
level, the latter was glad. We say, igno-
rant, meaning according to the books
but in the great science of heart and
soul, he was well-educated, though he
knew it not.
At length the clergyman proposed that
he should pray-that the sick man should
join him in petition to the Throne of
Grace-to which the sailor assented with
evident pleasure and satisfaction, for
Father BIS conversation had deeply i'm
pressed him. So the good old man knelt
by the bedside, and lifted bis voice in
earnest prayer, tho patient, with folded
hands and half. closed eyes listening with
earnest attention; and even those who
sat near at hand-attendants of the hos.
pital-were deeply moved by the fervent
supplication, and moro than one pair Of
eyes grew moist.
By.and.by, with increasing fervor and
pathos, the clergyman came upon the
sick mans spiritual needs, and he prayed,
10, Father of Mercies, give to this, our
stranded brother, a new aud regenerated
heart"
At this point the sick man put forth
his hand and touched the clergyman's
forehead, that being the bodily part bent
nearest to him, and broke in upon the
prayer. His speech was 50 earnest, so
directly simple, and SO imploringly pa
thetic, that his purity of purpose could
not be questioned.
"Aye- no! - Avast there, Parson |
You're all wrong-sll in the wind. Taint
my heart ats out o. fix, That's all
sound. It's my poor liver that wants
prayin' for!"
For little tine the clergyman was
taken completely aback; bat when he
looked up, and marked the earnest, pray
erful look upon the swart, corrugated
face, he knew there was NO guile, and
with such self-control as he could COM
mand, he briefly concluded the exhorta-
ton, not forgetting to pray that the suf-
ferer's whole bodily frame, together with
the inner spirit, might be healed. And
he did not smile again until he was away
from the hospital, and alone, and then he
laughed heartily, as he has done many
times since-Ss he does, in fact, whenever
he tells the story.-S. orr, tn NeD York
Ledger.