The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-11-22
uAMALiKL aUsH.

rrwped my hands with both OF his and
cried out with characteristic elusive
ness: "My dear friend, am delighted
i. see you again. 1t seemed an age
since I rad the pleasure Of hooking
upon your facr, which isalways radiant
with intelligence and goodness = After
had been literally dcluged with conf
pllmcnts | asked Gamalicl how they
weie getting aiong in his chmch, for he
isa Baptist. He drew close TO mc,and
replied In low, confidential tones; II
tell You, Old School, just between our
selves, that Ecw preacher Of ours won't
do. Why he gave us yesterday two Of
The drycst sermons that ! ever heard.
Half Of the people were asleep before
he finished his drawl.n
told him | wns sorry, for had
hoped That Mr.. A. would prove to
he the right man in the right place.
We walked on for few minutes, and
Just as | was trying to get away q
stranger with n white necktie came
along. had not seen Mr.. -----, the
new Baptist preacher, but guessed in u
moment that II was he. And was
not mistaken. As soon ms Brother
Gush raw him he disengngcd one Of bis
hands from mine, and with II he seized
the newcomer and cried "Now this is
Providentinl! ] have longed for the
pleasure Of making you two noble men
acquainted with each other. know
that you will appreciate each other, for
you are two congenial spirits
After fulsome dose OF similar COM
pliments he turned to Mr.. A. and
la stage whisper which he pretended
Twas not TO hear, but meant that ]
should, he said: my dear Brother
A., / want TO tell you how delight
cd We all were with those excellent
sermons yesterday. Your expositions
ofScripturc were so able, and your Illus
trations 40 graphic, that ] could have
listened an urlonger without getting
weary. ] believe that the Lord has
sent you here to great work. j hope
that He will spare you to our church
for many years. But / am afraid some
Of the other churchas in the association
vii try 20 ste-l you from us"
WINS 10 disgustcd that tore myself
away frrn the clinging grasp Of Mr..
Gush and left him soft-soaping the
minister. The poor man seemed toen-
Joy the operation, and TO believe that
he rully had VAIN friend and ar
dept ndnirer In the fulsone fiatterer.
A few hours after, meeting Mr.. Gush
again, / button-holed him and said:
'See here, Gamaliel, how could you
talk to Mr.. A. about his sermons,
when nou had just told me how dull
and uninterestlng they were?" "Why
my good friend Obadiah he replied,
without even the semblance ofa blush,
sayoa know that had to say some
thing to Mr. A. OF course, could
not tell him whit told you, 50 told
him what / knew would please him.
want to be on good terms with him
as long Us he Is our minister"
"And in order TO please him you told
him pack Of lies. Do you think that
was right? And how about what you
said to me? Were you as sincere in
that as IN what you said to him? When
you saw me coming did you tell some
one else confidentially that | was u
miserable old fogy--that it was u great
bore to meet with me, and then rush
up and declare that you were delighted
to meet me? DO you always say TO
people just what you think viii please
them, not caring whether il Is true or
false?"
GaInaliel saw that he wis caught.
He tried TO escape in u profusion of con-
fessions. us certain fish muddy the wa
ter In order to hid from the fisherman.
But ! held on 10 him until ! had given
him faithful lecture upon the sin OF
lying. / assured him that in the day
Ofjudginent he would dot find any dis
tlnctions Of color in lies, some white,
some black, and some gray, but that
all liars, the polite ones included, would
have their part In the lake that burn
eth with fire aud birthstone. (See
Rev. xii, s..
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