The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-29
AS IT SHOULD BE.
The Young People Brought the Congresa-
ton to their Society Meeting at tho Pas
tors Residence-Two Facts Proven
The Pastor Wears Well and the
Young Not Yet Tired OF the
Company of the Old,
From the A. r. Presbyterian. I

From the A. r. Presbyterian
The Young Peoples Society very
often holds its monthly meeting at our
house. 1t is always pleasant to US
when they do so. At their meeting
this month the exercises were so differ
ent and the whole occasion so very
pleasant that we ask leave to report the
proceedings for the Presbyterian.
The Society brought the congrega-
ton to this meeting and their merry
faces betrayed the fact at once that they
had arranged to surprise US with "a
pounding'-and they did so perfectly.
So much was this the case that We
were considerably confused for a time.
We soon found, however: that We were
in the hands Of our friends and were
most pleasantly entertained for several
hours by the older persons while the
children and youth to our great gratifi-.
cation made themselves at home in
rompiDg and hearty merriment. Our
only regret was that they did not come
earlier and stay longer.
We found that they had left US quite
an amount Of goods and chattels. and
dollars and dollars till they amounted
to a pile. The prayer from our hearts
and from our family altar was that the
Father in heaven would remember and
reward each one of those present and
also those absent in person but present
in their gifts. And we hope that it is
no perversion Of our gentle Savieur's
saying, "Inasmuch as ye have done
this to one of the least of these, my
brethren, ye have done it to me-"
We have been with this people long
time as pastorates run now. Agenerous
Presbyterian elder who sent us barrel
Of -four said, in discussing this feature
of the case, ''you have been here since
'32. We corrected him by saying from
time immemorial, for we have really
not counted how long it has been. We
do know this, though, that through all
these years the unwearied kindness and
generous thoughtfulness of this people
have knit them very closely to our
hearts in Christian esteem. In these
years we have had our sorrows and our
joys and they have always shared them
with US, and whenever we have been
in straits of any kind they have come
speedily to our relief. While always
thoughtful and generous, there is one
feature in their kindness that is not as
common in the churches as it might
be.
The wife of pastor has many duties
as onerous as any of his. It is generally
the case that she does the economis-
ing and the stinting and the staying at
home, and he and the children get the
outings and whatever good things are
going. I am very grateful that my
people have the grace of gallantry.
When our Presbytery was to meet at
Barlow, last spring, they not only kept
up their custom of sending their pastor
to the meetings of the church courts
but sent his wife that she might enjoy
the meeting and the pleasures Of visit
to the land of flowers And during
her recent illness their tears and
prayers showed unmistakably that they
fully shared the torturing anxiety of
their pastor about a life so invaluable
to him and so precious to them. Such
experiences make the pastoral relation
next to that of the family.
E. P. McCLINTock.
March 16, 1893.