Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-02-08
SUNDAY READING,

| DUNDAY READING.
CHAPLAIN LIrrLE.-Dear Chaplain Jo
Little, where:ars youi 1t is years since
l met YOU, filed o. you were with phil
ahthropic schemes for educating tn
poor whites of the South. There may b.
men more capable of carrying through
a practical enterprise, but there neve
was a more enthusiastic, unselish ant
hardy spirit. A college, a theological
seminary, and musical academy al
graduated Chaplain Little, but net al
together could take tbs freshness ant
the oddly Of his genius out of him
When spiritual adviser to regiment o
wild West Virginians, he told then
stories, sang them funny songs, adop
ted their dialect, and won their opsI
hearts by manly open heartedness
When Mosby captured Little it was al
unlucky time. Orders had been issu
ed on the Federal side, BY Genera
Pope, ! believe, that bush " ackers should
have no quarter, and Mosby prepared
to retaliate Ivy shooting prisoners.
at looked pretty solemn" said the
chaplain, "when they cast lots to SEE
who should inherit my horse"
But he took his little nondescript
harmonium and began to sing for dear
life. All the droll sengs that ever were
invented, this doomed captive sang to
the bushwackers there in the noun
tains.
81 think | ought to shoot ycu," said
Mosby, at length. A fellow that keeps
up mems spirits as you do is too valu'
able to the Yankees for me to let him
off.
But let him off he did. Nobody could
shoot such combination of goodness
and drollery as Chaplain Little.
Once, after battle, a certain church
was turned into hospital, and wound
ed and dying lay all up aud down the
floor. 1t was blue time, when men
were dying not OF wounds alone, bu: of
the despair which was like an epidemic
in the very atmosphere. A severe
chaplain added to the terror by passing
about sxhorting the poor groaning fel.
lows to prepare for death. Chaplain
Little, seeing how fatal this despon-
dency must prove. walked up into the
pulpit, planted his little melodeon on
his knees, and struck up a ridiculous
song known as "The Ohio Girl" Sun
light came in with the rich melody of
the chaplain's voice and the humor
OF his song. The surgeons took heart,
and life seemed to come back to batter.
ed and hon-sick men. But the aust.re
chaplain in the middle of the church
called out:
Chaplain Little, you ought to be
ashamed of yourself to sing such stuff
to men who ought to be preparing for
DEATH"
Whereupon a colonel, who had Just
had a let amPatated, raised his head
and addressing the last speaker, said:
Chaplain Blank, wish had two
legs, so that could kick yen out OF
doors"
A cowardly hesitation about doing
the right is the crying evil Of our age,
concerning which We need a widespread
and especially deep stirring revival.
A godlike adherence to right-godlike
is lust the word TO describe its illus
trated all through the Eble, and all
through the uninspired history OF Gods
people. When Polycarp was told that
If be would i.ny Christ h. might .s-
CAPE barring. and h. realized. eighty
and six wears have served Him. and
He never injured m.. how then can 1
plaspa,eme INV King and Saviour. - wss
he thinking. ..If / b,aspheme Chris
now, j shall make Him unbappy. or
hurt tn. feelings of semebodv.n or WAS
there a noble emotion like this. q
must do right now. IN this nv trial.
God helm M. TO do w.. a. God know an.
proy-s.,;
Right is a subliurr thing than m.r.
regard TO ha,pjn.ss. Riphteons ness
a broader t.rritorv than poli.
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and il inApit4lv .;.vated' ahov. them
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