Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-11-10
BISHOP winners DARBY.
Bill APPS Story of an African Whose Ideas
Were Scattered, but Whose Head Was
Level After All.
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Were Scattered, but Whose Head Was
Level After All.
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Not long ago | heard story about an
old darby named Ned, who used to belong
to Bishop Wilmer. Ned was little scat
tering in his ideas of religion, but he con-
cluded to Join the church, and consulted
his master about it. The result was his
admission into the Episcopal church. He
sat alone in the gallery for a few Sundays
and was not happy. Master" says he,
Il does not like TO trouble you, sir, but
you see how it is. sir; Ned are mighty lone
some in de 'PiScOpal Church, sir. | tink,
sir, when | find de church | be so happy
and feel so good, but master, you see how
tits, sir. l set up in de gally and de
preacher away OF and he wears such
curious close, sir, and he 90 back and take
'em off and put ON some more, and he read
and pray and pray, and de folks jump up
and SOt down SO much, sir, dat Ned git all
confuse sir, and when de preacher preach,
sir, he do not preach to de HART, sir, or II
he TO 1t all git cold fore it git to me, sir.
De folks down dar git it all, sir, and Ned
don't know whar IL cum from nor whar II
agwine, sir. II you got no lection, master
would like to jine de Presbytean church,
sir, for deere is some Of my folks in deere,
sir, and dey sets in de gally and not feel
80 lonesome, sir y
His master pitied him and gave his con-
sent, and so Ned joined the church Of his
choice, and for several Sabbaths was seen
in his accustomed place in the gallery, but
still Ire was not happy. With an humble
bow he approached his master one morning
and said: Master, know | trouble you
bout dis ting, hut master, Ned he not hap
py, sir lie tink dat he be happy i'll lie
Presbyterian church, sir, but you see how
tbs, master. gifts along very we'll some
times when lie preacher fire up and preach
To de HART, but master, he fire up 50 sell
dom and he stand up so straight, sir, and
he collar 80 still, and he talk 50 much about
sanktifcation and dopShun and dc riginal
sin and all dat, sir, and his long words
sound 50 dismal, sir, dat Ned git sleepy,
sir, and don't woke up, sir. lie don't
preach to de HART, sir, and SO last Sunday
went to hear the Mefodis, sir, and dc
preacher he Jess roll up his sleeves like he
was ut a lOg-rOllin', sir, and he liven up
everybody, sir, and de folks all sing to-
gether and dey pray and den shout and
everything 20 straight to de HART, sir, and
for knows it was singin' and ShOutin'
wild EN- too, sir. Master you see how it Is,
sir. I is found de church AT last dat | was
q hunten and de one dat suits a poor Niger
wild no larnin, and if you lets me jine him
feel so tankful, sir.
His master lcctured him on his indie
cisiOn, but finally consented, and 30 Ned
was taken into the Methodist church. A
few months afterward his master learned
that Ned had quit the Methodist and join
ed the Baptist church. He was disguised
and vexed, and, calling him up, began to
abuse him, but Ned's humility always
atOned for his sins. His conduct had not
been very exemplary of late. lie had a
weakness-a thorn in the tleSh-and had
been cited to come before the ehurch-the
Methodist church-but ne didn't come.
GLOW came you to quit the MethOdiSts,
SIR" said his master.
Ned bowed very low and said: Master,
| fraid you be mad wild me, 80 | no come
! Ia you to AK You. like the MefodiS, sir,
very much, sir; dey preach to dc HART, sir,
and suit me mighty well, sir, and tink i
git long wild 'em and sit fun of grace, sir,
but master, dey is wrong about one ting,
and dat makes me quit 'em, sir. Dey is
entirely to 'quisitive, sir; dey takes notes,
sir, of ebery little ting and circumstances,
sir; dey 'quires into all my family affairs,
sir; dey is to 'quiSitiye, sir, for a poor mig
yer dat was raised an orfin, sir
well, how are you getting along with
the Baptist church, said his master; ''are
they not inquisitiye, tOO?'
''Oh, no, sir; de Baptist doctrine amt
dat was ut all. Whenyo jiues de Baptist,
sir, it's jest dip and done wild 1t