Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-11

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Grace whieh Is ticketsd a. coming from
the Reformed % Established or Rs-es-
tihl1shsd This- taator-the-oshs r Church
South. sy tne Hsrsishsll Aquatic church
k0eSiag northwest The sesnE1,r1se en-
Credentials IaRst De pretty busy some
ties settling the question Of whether
rzain prayed for oy the higa chnren shall
e@ Supplied OK Fhe cessation of rain re-
anested By the low charca- or whether
good t4Iaes wit3 unlimited coinzge shall
be gwen Ok seilest Of ,il- Up-aRd corr
ing Chufca Sonth or good tiEnes with a
Restricted eErrsncy be seat To the eoan-
Try Ia answer % tne requests OF tue Up
sEi-conslng Church North
A nau tesrnsT wao = a pronounced
Epis'o. slii.H aud who Is jealous as al
ai.o sisi be - every walk Of life. got into
C.fhcalty few weezs ago not far from
ny eanin home he and the mother II
a young grl Of the neighborhood had
Baked tae matter over aud decided TO
enter the a.sme OF the girl as an apph-
cant for membership ia the Episcopal
church but al that time a revival
brs5l1e ont IN the community. led by a
han with limited Information but great
lang fso~eT de was a plain man, with
IA active d a on the back of Ms neck.
His heart WAS good bat his blood
was bad IN the language OF q tarheel
acquaintance Of niue.
Tue girl. however. was led away from
the teachings IT the Established church
by the more passionate prayer OF the
reyivaiist. together with the vociferous
song service led by him with the aid of
little black walnut organ in which the
treinalo had Deen pulled out so far that
II could not be got back. The mother
tried 10 show her how it would pain her
10 be saved in this informal and vocifer-
Gus manner. bat she still attended the
revival, obtaining thereby much com-
fort and steady company 10 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 20 with her
TO the meeting and see if he could not
persuade the young woman 70 return.
lie 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; bat he had promised
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.
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 man
teacher should have had more sense than
10 10 in there and try to snatch brand
from the burning when it was really an
other mans brand When you food with
another mans brand out where used
10 live you suddenly find yourself feel
ing around with your feet for a fou,
barrel which some rude hand has kicked
away. (1'he idea Of kicking away flour
barrel by means Of the rude hand ii
original with mel
Well. 10 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 rs the child
OF bell and heir presumptiye to that low
maltrIal piece Of property. Ii was 1
prayer that wonld peel the varnish of
an or.linary pulpit and scorch the fringe
Oh the altar cloth. II was replete with
sensational Information and crisp edi
tc-ial comment. II had hard words IL
il. and was highly favored with refer
ences to he'll rs railroad center ani
general outhtting point for people who
foyesi with brands which others were in
the net Of snatcisirS from the burning.
The result was that in the back par
of the sanctuary feeling was created
10 that extent tia; in fifteen minute!
the man teacher led. followed by a mob
one or two of whom be saw pulling then
knives as they came. The mother rar
one way and the man teacher the other