Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-10-17
church. and thus aided Peel was soon

on a Sunday. warm. bright and beauti-
full, that hundreds of people flocked to
see him. | remember hearing one man.
a cynical fellow, remark:
"Oh, he has gone off this way for ef.
feet. He knows that il he Ad gone into
q regular church nobody would pay any
attention to him. He always was a
sort of theatrical fellow, anyway"
why do you call him a theatrical
fellow" the mans wife spoke up. 81
am sure that ! never heard of his going
to a theatre"
MARY Ann, you don't know what you
are talking about"
~ know enough not to talk about .
man that is trying to do good in the
world"
Good in the world!' her husband
contemptuously repeated. There's alto.
gether too much talk these days about
men doing good in the world. If a maj
wants to do good. why don't he plant
something and raise stuff for the people
to eaty"
1T is quite as important to take care
of poor peoples souls"
Il don't know about that. The Lord
will fix the soul business all right"
The church was crowded. Montgom.
cry Peel stepped forward on a sort OF
platform, still majestic, but with a
sprinkling of gray in his beard. Ahymn
was sung. a prayer was offered, and then
the preacher thus began:
my friends, | will not explain why ]
have erected this church other than that
have taken it upon myself to preach
the word of God. | do not come before
you claiming to have been directly called
to deliver the word unto you-that is,
heard no voice telling me TO preach, but
| did feel that | could do much good,
and that it was my duty to spend the
rest of my life in this service. l shall
attempt no revolution, and those of you
that have come expecting to hear a new
doctrine, or even a new explanation Ut
an old doctrine, will be disappointed.
believe that immortal fruit grows upon
the tree of sincere repentance. l believe
hat each Of us owes to God a life OF
simple purity and honesty. Our allotted
time on earth is but a few days, and
what should we gain though we were
placed in high position among men, for
high positions soon crumble into the
dust of forge,fulness and men soon pas,
away. Ii is not enough simply to declar,
that we love the Lord. for love is Otter
selfish: il is not enough simply to prais
the Lori. for praise is sometimes the of.
shoot of fear. While protesting to love
the Lord. and while showing that WI
praise him, we must look with tender.
ness upon the faults of Others. we must
speak no evil word of a neighbor, neither
.hall We bear tales. for the man who
comes and tells us that some one has
spoken in our dispraise may profess that
he took our part and hushed the mouth
If SANDER, yet he destroys our happiness
or an entire day. Every Sunday here
after-that is, 50 long as | am able-l
shall preach in tbs house, urging re-
pentance and kindness of heart. Many
people have wondered at the great change
that has come over me. This was "a nat
lral result Of 50 unexpected an action.
Bear with me-come and commune with
me, and ] 10 not think that any one will
ever regret that this humble house was
placed here among the trees"
Many years passed. | grew up and
wandered in foreign countries. Ny
father passed away. and still, a letter
from an old friend told me, Montgomery
Peel continued to preach. | returned
home, and on the following Sunday went
to the log church, now almost covered
with moss. The congregation was sing.
ingahymn when my friend and | entered.
Where is the preacher" | asked when
we had sat down.
Hasn't come up yet. He Ilves in q
cellar Immediately under the floor. and
has grown so old and infrn hat We
sometimes have to W il for him"
The hymn was fin he'd and still he did
not come. Another hymn was sung and
then a man arose an sail that he would
go down and seei if anything had happen.
ed to the reach The man soon re.
turned. ''Brc IN" said he, the old
man Is { I'D : Sc Of you who desire
to do 60 re-" coma Gown and see him."
Nearly tre.y n" : frank back. but
went down into The cellar. The old
man, shriveled and white with age, lay
upon a bed Of straw. The place was
dark, and when we held a candle neal
his face we found a paper pinned to the
bosom Of his shirt. Written on the out
side Of the paper were these words,
Read this to the congregation"
We went up stairs, and the man tina,
had found the dead preacher thus ad'
dressed the awestricken congregation.
Brethren and sisters, we have a commu.
nieation from the old gentleman whose
voice you shall never again hear" lie
then read as follows:
The hand Of death is upon me, and
feel that it is my duty to say a few
words to you, my dear people. You
have been 50 good. SO patient and
80 kind that | love you with all
my soul. ! have loved you ever
since | needed your love. | will tell
you when | first needed your love and
sympathy: Many years ago was walk
ing along "A lonely road. Night hawk:
may have cried, but | did not hear them.
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