The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-27

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-@-Y business.
They we're part Of streum Of people
which was pouring out Of the doors Of
an uptown church, and they had been
listening 10 o well-kDown preacher.
aHow - you like him2" Don't like
him AZ all !" was the curt reply The
ouestioner turned upon him hall
amused look, as he quietly asked.
aWhy not?" rCold as an iclclel All
intellect! Too much work to follow
him Doesn't touch your feelings at
all. Now, like pr -. That man
will make you cry even when he gives
out notice. He doesn't know quar-
ter as much as this one, but he gets
hold Of You somehow When he gets
through well. you don't know what no
has been preaching about but You ieei
warmed all through"
The TWO men were evidently close
friends. and the FIRST speaker replied
with o plainness which assumed per-
feet mutual understanding, and with
touch Of warmth in his tone; LOOK
herel DO you know what you are talk
ing abont? Didn't follow him DO
You know what You have thrown away
this morning? You may hear sermon
like that once in q year or two hot
oftenor, unless you 60 TO hear that man
often. shall live on that sermon for
the next fix months. IL a can live on
sermon for the rest Of my life, so mucn
the better for me.
The stout man looked up at his com
pahion with wido-opened eyes, and the
I other went on: @Cold as an iciclel MY
4 poor fellow, you have keen enough eye
for men ID general. Isit possible that you
don't know the difference between
oarnestness aud gush? DO you mean
4 10 tell me that you didn't see that that
man was in earnest, and was working AZ
his highest power to drive his con-
yiction into You and me? Comel You
know the difference between bed o.
anthracite on fire from the bottom OIL
4 the way up and burning without sput-
ter, and quick blaze OF shaylngss
/ Feeling That sermon WAS full q w.
az the man i'd fall Of it, Geld a. an
iciclol You hal en't seen him as have
at the bedside g tho aich poos. Ala III
tho dYinsafnly hsI8s Y n sss Hrs lass.
they hold On 10 his hands as long o.
] their fingers can close. saw him pick
up poor little beggar that fell in the
etreet Yesterday, and wipe away the
tears from his dirty face with very nice
looking pocket handkerchief No, he
isn't popular; but happen to know
how many careworn, sorrowtuL uoupt,
ing mon and women 90 TO his study and
toll him what they will tell nobody else,
and 40 away comforted. Do you know
that one OF the most brillient preachers
In America told me, not longbgo, that he
Ind lust been travelling awE up in New
England. and had found this mans
hooks living on the farmhouse tables be-
aide the Bihlee Do you know that one
little book Of his has brought hundreds
ii not thousands to belieyf IN CHRIST
The stout man smiled ieebly and IN
forced kind of way, aud said nothing,
having nothing just thea to say; no ln-
yited his friend TO GOMEZ IN which ne
did without hesitation, Evidently ne
had not said his say opt They were
hardly seated when he opened again
you're Off the track Aand the trouble
lies good deal deepeI than your dis-
sntisfaotion with his particular
! preacher. There are fndreas Just Ike
, you, and you all have radically wrong
idea OF the church sdvice and OF the
| pulpit in particular. iou don't 80 70
| the church for the hght thing. 10
come down TO the hard-pan Oh the
matter, you go to ch9ch to DO enter
tanned; and if you AZ not entertained
You think yourselv9 deIrauded, and
, Law the blame on thepreacher, and be-
rate him as uninteref'ng, You reason
that it is his business y interest you,
and consequently, that he fails he does
not understand his husihss. 1t does not
sssm 10 occur to you thu there are two
, ,,art;aa TO that matter, OIL that you as
; we'll as the preacher have something to
: az with vour beng intereted. Why, |
sratnhoa Won tho Their niAnt when D.
I MS ASTONISHING the Mckinley bill.
n. As Won know, is notNa hrst-class
speaker: and is likely toNbe little
tedious when be has MOUNTED his hobby.
His sentences came out With rogb
! edoas: but he had something 10 IS
and Won never took your eyss oiillm
until he sat down. Thereasoh vssnat
. Won were IN some uOubt - 70 Nc eAa.
d hin bore upon your own bnsine, and
Il Won we're very much in earnest know
e IRE truth about il and so you ought
4 vour interest aleng with you.
q sNow. Won aont 50 to chur IN that
" ~ You are p1t hungry for e truth; !
h voar mind he not been Nupymg /
e itself With thl bearing Of Z or that
part Of the Ride on yourde. Lea
!. bring no intel q With yoa, d you box !
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= Il You itfthere as sonuch Lead ]
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