The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-07-29

OF her own. and that ny WE III
broke down with her trouble. >aln,
you'll lay it on thick, and l slant
blame ye none, neither.
The deacon jumped up, picked n ais
fallen mantlcs ana passed them over %
his wife. sayiE-, in = voice y nose ger.
tlcncsS startled he: Her Re1-,
you'll obligc me 10y foldin' thcec up md
putin 'cm away. L shan't want a
no more. It's CROWN lcs..e warn
Yes. sam. YOU may tell Dca Turner ~
take charge Of tn mcctiT to-Inorr"r'
''All right, deacon, you'll do fust .,
! don't doubt. Every body knows yea ..
got more ability than any other IAN
in the parish
AN hold on, Sam. I do.'s wait
none o. yer soft soap boat ability bat
/ do want you to come to-Iu0rr5w g
hear me. I've got a special ason."
BY George, ! will I've had d new
mcctiu' coat for most a year, a Z there
haint nobody asked me 10 wear it.
Now's my chance. I'll be there"
~ dcacou's meeting in The town OF
PeachblOw had never been q very Wild
~ exciting occasion, ard such services
were thinly attended but il wa, under
stood that a brand-ncw canCId; 2, Par
son Peter. was TO set forth ui- claims
to orthodox soundncss that day and
soundnosS IN doctrine wa q fa.r -lOre
potent key To the kiaEdom than sound
ness in living, in the Podcnbl,w estula-
tion 81 valUcS-and al the inhabitants
had turned out to hear him. Their disa y
pointmcnt was not very well conceded.
The deacon saw it IN. f,!- iJ us he
gave out the Opening hymn, bat he lad
anticipated il and was strong IN hls
4
the prayers offered. the notice given,
and again the deacon cleared his throat
and rose upon the low platform Ia frrnt
Of the pulpit He had no book Of ser
mons from which 10 read
My friends he said. and his voice
had a slight trcmOr, I've been % dca-
con for thirty years. We prayed wi,h-
in these walls for the outTo'..iu of The
Spirit. for the upbuildin' of thc church,
for the spread Of the GOSPEL, for TIE
conversion of sinners and for the sane
tification Of believers. NV / want to
ask ye all to pray for mc--for the sal
walton Of my soul. I've been g. r-i--
in myself. and l amt got or claim %
bein' called a child % God. I've really
cared Il great deal moro T.. -'.c clea-..'
up % my farm tlau | have tor the r..,-
fyiu' OF the church. I've I'll 81 'org beer
willin' L. DO more an % further for the
carryiu' out Of my oSyn mad tcrgi-r
than ! have for the sprcad1r of tie
gospel I've prayed for the out ,our.a
of the SPIRIT. and I've been q ahIttin
my heart against it all the wE''o.
When it told me / was &-du.n' wrOIg 4
said twas other folks, and not Ele.
When il told me | want actin "a Chris
tian. ! thought back % the time vine.
see u kind Of a light. and heard am
thin speak 10 me when there want no.
body round, ana was sure that was
conversion, and - for stayir' convert
ed. | want no Methodist. I'd II avs
heard say II was dishonoriu' t. cod u5t
to believe that llc'd keep a "Trip "a a
man hen He once got il. And So here
be. au obstinate, selfish. worlGiy cd
man that my own children eau. I'VE
with" and something very HSe so.
chokcd further utterancc. Brethren.
pray for me" at last hc gs,sped, and sat
down.
There was prolonged silence. The
surprise, the sympathetic mood Of self
accusation, the awakening voice of con-
science in each heart produced deep
impressions. No soul felt itself pure
enough to respond 10 the pathetic
appeal.
At length the other deacon arose,
read a few verses from the Fiitv-firsU
Psalm and pronounced the meeting
closed 4 business meeting was held
during the week al which .Jea Crabbe
insisted upon rcsiguinE his Office. and
in recommending as his succ,.. .or 4
quiet young man whose life o. sclf-de-
nial and loving sacrifice for his inv-id
parents had won the love and conf
dencc Of all.
The spirit Of self condemnation went
round. There had been no such deep
spiritual carncstnesS manifested IN the
parish for years. Little comment was
ever heard upon the dcacou's words.
All knew that a. much might hl said
Of their own fruitless lives. There y as
a humble seriousness. a faithful effort
at quiet righteous living. that had not
been known in all the history OF the
church, and vet there was no revival
and no extra meetings. When people
accuse each other there i q rebOund of
resistance which foils all attempts at
lasting impressions, but when ones
own heart and conscience are the ac-
cuscrs there iS none to rise up and de-
fcnd. and the voice must be- heard.
"WcI, Reny," said the deacon a
twelve-month later, Its the first of
May. amt il? DO you want ! should
help move the things before ] go out 20
worll?'
NO. LOTHIAN. | was just a-thinltin'
we'd better wait fortnight later. We
may have some more cold weather
vet. .''-Julina O. Hall, in Springfield
(Mass.) Republican.