The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-11

taolished other Church
South, or the Hardshen Aquatic church
looking northwest The committee on
credentials mnst be pretty busy some
times settling the question of whether
rain prayed for by the high church shall
be supplied or the cessation Of rain re
! quested BY the low church. or whether
good times with unlimited coinage shall
be given by request Of the Up-end-com-
! ing Church South or good times with 8
restricted currency be sent TO the coun-
! try in answer TO the requests Of the Up
and-coming Church North.
A man teacher, who is a pronounced
Episcopahan and who Is jealous as al
should be in every walk of life, got into
difficulty few weeks ago not far from
my cabin home. He and the mother Of
young girl Of the neighborhood had
talked the matter over and decided to
enter the name Of the girl as an apph-
cant for mem Dership in the Episcopal
church But at that time q revival
broke out in the community, led by a
man with limited information but great
lung power he was plain man. with
an active boil on the back Of his neck
His heart was good but his blood
was bad, in the language OF a tarheel
acquaintance Of mine.
The girl, however, was led away from
the teachings of the Established church
by the more passionate prayer Of the
revivalist, together with the vociferous
song service led by him with the aid Of
a little black walnut organ in which the
tremuIo had been pulled out so far that
it could not be got back. The mother
tried to show her how it would pain her
to De saved in this informal and vocifer-
Gus manner, but she still attended the
revival, obtaining thereby much COM
fort and steady company to and from
The mother became quite exercised
over this matter and her housework to-
gether, and SO called in the man teacher
and asked if ne would not go with her
to the meeting and see If he could not
persuade the young woman to return.
He had a kind heart, and 80 he said he
would He went in while the mother
remained outside waiting As he came
in he saw that the young girl was on the
mourners' bench; but ne had promised
her mother, and 50 be went to where she
stood All were singing. he spoke to
her softly and asked her to return with
him and have some style about her, but
she shook her head.
Then the leader said, Let US pray"
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on the man teacher, "the devil that had
come among US to steal away the lambs
of the fold" etc. The prayer was no
doubt actionable. OF course the man
teacher should have had more sense than
to go in there and try to snatch brand
from the burning when it was really an
other mans brand. When you fool with
another mans brand out where used
to Live you suddenly find yourself feel
ing around with your feet for -four
barrel which some rude hand has kicked
away (The idea Of kicking away -four
barrel by means of the rude hand is
original with me.)
Well, to make long story short, an
other hymn followed and then prayer
that left the Throne of Grace fully in
formed regarding the record of the man
teacher 1t referred to him as the child
of hell and heir presumptive to that low,
malarial piece Of property 1t was
prayer that would peel the varnish off
an ordinary pulpit and scorch the fringe
on the altar cloth. 1t was replete with
information and crisp edi-
torial comment. 1t had hard words in
it, and was highly favored with refer
ences to hell as railroad center and
general outitting point for people who |
toyed with brands which others were in /
the act of snatching from the burning.
The result was that in the back part /
Of the sanctuary feeling was created /
TO that extent that in fifteen minutes /
the man teacher fed, followed by mob, |
0ue or two of whom he saw pulling their |
knives as they came. The mother ran
one way and the man teacher the other.