The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15

looking northwest The committee on
credentials must 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-and-com-
ing Church South or good times with
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
Episcopalian and who is jealous rs all
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 appli-
cant for membership in the Episcopal
church. But at that time a 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 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
little black walnut organ in which the
tremulo had been pulled out so far that
1t could not be got back. The mother
tried to show her how it would pain her
to be 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 homework to-
gether, and SO called in the man teacher
and asked II he 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 SO 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 he had promised
her mother, and so he went to where she
stood. AL 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
His prayer consisted of a general attack
on the man teacher, 'the devil that had
come among us to steal away the lambs
Of the fold" ETC. The prayer was nc
doubt actionable. Of course the mu,
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 flour
barrel which some rude hand has kicked
away. (The idea of kicking away flour
barrel by means of the rude hand il
original with me.)
Well. to make long story short, an.
other hymn followed and then praye,
that left the Throne of Grace fully in.
formed regarding the record of the man
teacher. It referred to him as the child
of.hell and heir presunptive to that low,
malarial piece of property. 1t was q
prayer that would peel the varnish of
an ordinary pulpit and scorch the fringe
on the altar cloth. It was replcte with
sensational information and crisp edi
torial comment. It had hard words in
it, and was highly favored with refer
ences to hell as railroad center and
general outfitting point for people who
toyed with brands which others We're in
the act of snatching from the burning.
The result was that in the back part
Of the sanctuary feeling was created
10 that extent that in fifteen minute:
the man teacher fed, followed by mob
one or two of whom he saw pulling thei1
knives as they came. The mother ra1
one way and the man teacher the other