The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-06-09

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another house Of Joseph and Mary at
the other end Of the. towp; owned'by
the Greek Catholics and running in
opposition to this one which belonged
to the Roman Catholics, and which
was considered the most authentic,
We were in doubt which to .accept as.
the true one, when il happily occurred
tor Us that neither of them was gen.
uine, because there is ar, old tradition
sanctioned by the infallible Pope,
which declares that at the beginning
of the I3ths century the house of
Joseph and Mary was lifted up bodily
from IL lrby1l lsndearrisi fhrough
the air on NE widss and shodlders of
apgels acrpss the Mediterranean and
tke Adriatic and set down again IN
~ tpNn 4 sIsoretto in Italy y The
81; spaitis there 10 this very day,
ehclosed masnifcent cathedral.
TIE Pope says 50, and sticks 70 II and
proksbly xip - long Is there Is money
IL SAc~tng in ~ thousands
yeaHy from the pockets Of Pilgrims.
And of course its own duty to believe
him. VI a
Our foute from Nazareth to the sea
Of Galilee led over the hill where
Sisera lighted off his chariot and fed
away on. his feet, with victorious
Barak close.after him. We came to
Cana of Galilee, and it was washing
day.INow have learned in my short
experience as a minister that if there
is one day above another in which
people like TO be called upon, and
are full of rejoicing when they look
out the window and see the minister
coming in at the gate-it is on wash
day. II is true there are some who
feel differently, but of course it is not
reasonable, and if they would only
remember that there are at least So
wash days in the year, and if yousub-
tract them, and 81 Sundays besides,
and another So days for bad weather
and SiSkpess,A y9q IhSayye 9ply Iabont
400 days remaining during which if
the,minister should average one call
a day, he would be able to visit each
family in his church of 200 members
about once 4 year. Which while it
would really be about as much as he
could do and attend faithfully to his
other duties at the same time, would
only be, justsenough to have the whole
congregation down on him all at
once, and with all their might. He
would pass some of them on the street
and have them turn their heads the
other way and not speak to him, and
being a man Of sensibility he might
say to himself, y swell 1 don't care"
and try to whistle, but nevertheless he
feels it. He cant help it. Or if they
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do look at him, it is with such a face
full of vinegar, and a tone Of such
freezing formality that makes his teeth
chatter and the cold sweat start out
all over him, that it is impossible for
anyone who hasn't had any exper-
fence of it to realize what a terrible
feeling it is. He says to himself 81
can't stand that anymore. I would
rather die out Of the world entirely
and have done with the whole bust
ness than Ito meet that person on the
street every day, and live in
continual misery. I will have to
cali, that's all there is about it. But
then, there's somebody else that I
haven't called on at all. Well, never
mind he is a good fellow, he don't
care, and SO the minister starts out to
make his call. 1t is n of these
doubtful days when some people think
it's cold enough to have a fire, and
others think it isn't, and the minister,
as a matter of course, has to agree
with both, and argue one side of the
question in one house and the Other
side in another. They see him com
ing, and Immediately there is conster
nation, turning the furniture dowr
side up, throwing the dust brush at
chair, and frightening the cat out thu