News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-12


ed up TO Sunday school as they ought
to, along back; but | was busy here
and there, and there didn't seem to be
real chance to get to it. Well,
twould take the evenin' to tell it all
but L found one real sick, been abed
for three weeks, and was so glad to
see Inc L felt fair ashamed. Seemed as
though | heerd the Lord for the first
time sayin', 'Inasmuch as We did it hot
TO one of the least of these. We did il
not to Me- Then another mans old
mother says to me before he came in
from the shed, says She, He's been a.
sayin' that if folks pr&ctised what they
preached you'd ha' come round to look
him up afore now, bat he Ieckoned
You kinder look down Oh mill hands.
I'm awful glad you come Drethring,
so was | tell YOU that days work
done me good. | got poor opinion
of Josiah Elnmons, now tell We; but
l learned more about the Lords wis
dom than a month o Sundays ever
showed me-"
A smile he could not repress passed
over Mr.. Parkes' earnest face. The
deacon had forgotten all external issues
in coming so close TO the heart of
things; but the smile passed as he
said:
''BrOther Emmons, do you remem-
Der what the master id,-'lf any man
will do His will he shall know of the
doctrine, whether it be of God, or
whether speak of myself?'"
"Well, it's So" answered the dea-
con, sits so right along. Why, l
never thought SO much of my Bible
class, nor took no sech int'rest in 'em
as | do to-day-not since l begun to
teach. l b'lieve they'll come more
regular now, too"
Now come fellowship day. ]
thought that would be all plain sailin';
seemed as though I'd got warmed up
till felt pleasant towards everybody ;
so l went around SEEM folks that was
and twas easy; but when |
come home at noon Philury says, says
she, Square fuckers black bull is into
the orchard a-tearin' round, and he's
knocked two lengths of fence down
flat!' Well, the old Adam riz up
then, you'd better believe. That black
bull has been a-breaking into my lot
ever since we got in tn aftermath, and
it's Square fuckers fence, and he
won't make it bull-strong. as he'd
oughter, and that orchard was young
one jest coming to bear, and all the
new wood crisp as cracklin's with
frost.
"Iou'd better b'lieve l didn't have
much feller-feelin' with Amos Tucker.
| jest put over to his house and spoke
up pretty free to him, when he looked
up and says, says he, Fellowship
neetin' day, amt it, deacon?' I'd
'uther he'd ha' slapped my face. l
felt as though 1 should like to slip be-
mind the door. L see pretty distinct
what sort of life I'd been Twin all the
Years I'd been a professor, when
couldn't hold on to my tongue and
emper one day"
"Breth-e-ren," Interrupted a slow
larsh voice, somewhat broken with
emotion, "Fll tell the rest ont Josiah
Emmons come round like a man an a
Christian right there. He asked me
or to forgive him, and not to think
twas the fault of his religion, because
twas hisn and nothin' else. | think
more of him to-day than l ever done
before. l was one that wouldn't say
I'd practis with the rest of We.
hOught twas everlastin' nonsense.
I'd ruther go to forty-nine prayer
neetin's than work at bein' good a
week. l believe my hope has been
If them that perish; it amt worked,
md leave it behind to-day. l mean
o begin honest, and it was seeiu' one
honest Christian man fetched me
'ound tot"
Amos Tucker sat down and buried
lis grizzled head in his rough hands.
"Bless the Lord!'' said the quaver-
ng tones of a still older man from
ar corner of the house, and many a |
listening eve gave silent response
$50 on, Brother Emmons," said the
mister.
"Well, when next day come, | got
p to make the fire and my boy Joe
ad forgot the kindlin's. Id opened
" mouth to give him Jesse, when 1t
1me over me sudden that this was the
av of prayer for the family relation.
thought / wouldn't say nothin'. /
lst fetched in the kindlin's myself, |
nd when the fire burnt up good L |
allied wife.
" Dear me- says she, I've got such
headache, 'Siah, but I'll come in a
1innit.' | didn't mind that, for women
re always havin' aches, and | was jest
goin' to say so, when L remembered
be tex about not bein' bitter against
I'm, so | says, 'Philury, you lay abed;
expect Emmy and me can get the
titles to-day / declare, she turned
yer and give me sech a look; why, it
truck right in! There was my wife,
hat had worked for an waited on me
wenty-odd year most scarf because |
poke kind of feelin' to her. | Went
nut and fetched in pail O. water she'd
lwavs drawed herself, and then |
mixed the COW.
ssWhen come in Philury was up
ryin' the potatoes, and the tears
on her white face. She
lidn't say nothin', she's kinder still;
,ut she hadn't no need to. | felt
eetle meaner'n / did the day before.
But 'twan't nothin' to my condition
when | was goin', towards night,
Town the suller stairs for some apples,
;o's the children could have q roast,
md | heerd Joe, up in the kitchen, say
o Emmy, Il do b'lieye, EN-, pas goln
o die why, Josiah Emmons, how
rou talk We'll, do; he's SO ever
astin' pleasant an good natered lcan't
Dut think he's struck with death
81 tell We, brethren, set right down
)n them suller stairs and cried. l did,
RELY. Seemed as though the Lord
had turned and looked at me jest as he
did at Peter. Why, there was my
own children never see me act real
fatherly and pretty in all their lives.
I'd growled and scolded and prayed at
'em, and tried to fetch 'em up,-jest as
the twig is bent the trees inclined, We
know, put 1 hadn't never thought
that they'd got right and reason to ex-
pect I'd do my part as well as they
theirn. Seemed as though | was find
in out more about Josiah Emmon's
Shortcomings than was real agreeable.
"Come arund Friday got back to
the store. Id kind o. left it TO the
boys the early part of the week, and
things was little cuterin', but | did
have sense not to tear round and use
sharp words so much as common. |
began to think twas gettin' easy TO
after five days, when in come
Judge Herrick's wife after some curtin
ralicn [ had a handsome piece, all