The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-07-10
nav p. O. Items.

There will be a Sabbath School festival at
this place on this Saturday afternoon, July
10th. There will be ice cream, confectionery,
etc. All are invited, and large crowd ex-
pected, the school being large, numbering ls4
scholars, with a supply of teachers, all far
exceeding our most sanguine expectations.
And the welI-wishing people who take part in
or encourage the good work, will not fail to
receive the Masters promised reward to those
who give but a cup of cold water to one OF
these little ones.
To whom it may concern we would say by
way OF obviating a misrepresentation OF CIR,
cumstances which led 10 a psychological
query applied to us, to the following purport:
WHAT was the use of his undertaking to
corner u clergyman" Now the quenst was
not present, and as all know who were, he
takes in a situation which never existed, as
suming as granted that which is false in the
premises Before commencing his censorious
argument he should have stated his case; and
before he stated his case, he should have
known whether or not he had one to state
without assuming it as foregone conclusion
.sWhat the use of undertaking Well, no
use at all, had we undertaken; and had there
been use we were not such undertaken. HIS
remark bears no relation to the facts, which
are as follows: We CHANGED to meet the
learned Divine at the house of mutual friend
he seeming to be not the less an amiabie
gentleman for his learning, but perfectly ap-
proachable to the humble and unlearned, as
well as his to peers-which is one of the most
pleasing evidences of live heart, the more
for being backed by brain power. And he
extended an invitation to those who wished
information, to meet in social circle at some
future day, when he would answer any ques-
tons they might see fit to PROFOUND. Several
months after, a friend sent for us to be pres
ent on a certain evening, as ice supposed on
some business affair. Instead the Rev. gen
tleman came, and we were told that the
| meeting was arranged pursuant to the long
before limited of questioning. Our unobtru-
siye nature at once prompted the remark,
sshad we known as much we would not have
been there Soon the Rev. gentleman APP
pealed to us personally, and pressed us with
others to PROFOUND such questions as we
MIGHT elect. till we remarked that ia fool
might ask as many questions in an hour as a
Sage could answer in century;" while the
pleasant and kind respondent babe us pro-
coed. Such are the facts substantially.
The formidably barbed partition between
ours and the querists pasture lands IS no
longer impregnable; yet we are criticised on
the one side for stepping over, and ON the
other side for taking Lamb and bringing 1t
to pasture and pet on our side-where we
were so very content, till an angel swooped
down and winged her away like dove, not
to her former place, but to the Elyslan helds
ofwhose amaranths Milton sang. This should
convince our querist that we never stepped
over that barbed partition to confront either
the Shepherd, or any horned one of the tiock;
we only sought to while with the Lambs on
the green. And if we did breathe soft, low
love murmurs till we lured one ofthe gentiest
lambs of the flock home with us, now that she
is in better pastures than she left there, or
found here, we think it would have been
much more appropriate in the sterner stuff OF I
the flock to have extended to us cup OF cold
water, than to have tossed after us cup OF
accrimony, the contents of which we have so
lately received. And if our querist finds us
tresspassing over there again, he may feel
assured that it is just to while with the lambs;
meanwhile we will try to dodge the horned
ones of the flock, nor presume to confront the
Shepherd; and not even ask a question, un
less invited as before, and then we we will try
to do it Just as unostentatiously. Had he
heard our questions, we think he would have
felt more like being our paraclete than our
prosecutor.
What has become of the Lisbon jottings?
Can Lisbon not produce an echo since the
Telephone left? Is there not a humanlphone
echo there? We hope Egyptian darkness has
not fallen upon them.