Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-09-20
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"'rIrrv are some sermons OF mine
jus oven !our head, Everard; who
knows uu, Some lulling influence may
HAY" .'u,JuNttHl from them?"
~, icSrS ut sears that never felt
n wound You Scoundrel, You know
very we'll that the sleep of the Just Is
murdyud the moment you begin
thumpius The pulpit-cuShion," said Ev-
rrard WITH :, banter which veiled an
homes, enthusiasm for his friends gift
~ SUPPOSE | ought to say something
neal with regard TO the elegance with
whicu vou take off peoples legs and
tie up tN'jl arteries. But, YOU see,
my .Huralr, is So total"
"EN:t,',tN. Genius in our profession
is ku"wu ".'lv to the initiated, while
in yours it - impossible to hide its
ligh; Uut"" 4 huShel Lucky fellows.
you parsons Not the minutcSt spark
OF worth in You escapes observation. =
"Iru AaNe hit on the weak point
in cur profession. Henry said Cy9il,
drorpiu. his air of banter. Seriously.
it is " Yer! ,wful thing to he placed
us "" AZ, in the full light Of public
observation. an our weaknesses. fail.
ing> aud .rrors heightened hy its
glare. and do'ug-oh, the SmalleS OF
them. >u.u worlds and worlds of
harlu.
'StuH, Maitland! That is where you
parsons err. You think too much of
your example and influence. You don't
suplo~". uau, that we think you SUI
pcriOr 10 hruau weaknesses? Not a
pit vi II; "" should loathe you If we
did. F'ur "ooducsS sake, Cyril, don't
take Nj witt, these superinc pricstly
notiHuS. Ky the way. why didn't YOU
80 tC sleep: You look as if you wanted
ii badly enough. Have you got some
infcrual marhinc SccrctCd under your
waiSi'oat to wake You with Il timely
dig IN ease you succumh to natures
weakness. ,l%cordins to the rule of st.
What S-hiH-uamcT
NV d",ur Fellow" returned the other,
with 4 puiuetl look, you mean no
harm i"It yun handle certain subjects
with z lrrtt-"
"Ccm" uow. Cyril. we are not tread
ing CA noly ground. Your conscience
and jn"tiuEs are in n state of hyper
aeSthosiH you have been working too
hard. didn't mean that parsons were
not expected to practice what they
preach q little more precisely than
other m,'u or that any grave lapse on
hniu IL, ;,, hn
in others. Hut l object to This morbid
Sclf-copS,:touSneSs and conscience.
Searchiu%. Surely clergyman who Is
honest In uiS faith ought to be able to
lead . CHRISTIANS life with sufficient
ease :" prevent him from torturing
diilocs. which are all taken for granted,
on his tpck
There arc no peccadilloeS for us. -
returned Cylil. with a deep sigh. But
row, Henry. let me speak out my
anxiety about YOU as Il friend mere
ly. not Is = priest Many things YOU
have said lately have grieved me deep
ly'
oh | know! Because | don't he
lieyc n rh" devil. | am in a parlouS
state. You priests have great ten
derne>S l"r that absurd old devil of
yours. H. his pardon; will speak
more respectfully of him in future.
Drive on.
Your p"l"S>lon," pursued Maitland.
with = look of shocked forhcarance.
lis a nottl" one; nay, in some respects
it is ut"rt noble than the priesthood
itself though lacking the special stamp
of saDctitN which that bears. 1t is
more nnhl" because II involves SO much
more self-Sacritce. But it is one beset
with special and awful dangers. Your
minds lr" 50 constantly set upon the
are tempted to lose sight of the Spilitu-
al"
THAI aImit," returned Everard.
You riSE your souls that you may
heal OR bodies, and the Italian pro
verb. Where there are three doctors
there ~" wv" atheists. is daily ver-
fled"
tfahbtl. But J am not on" o. inc
atheists. happily for me-
Not yet: but ] tremDle for you,
Henry. That light tone grows upon
you. And YOU reason every day more
and more from the point OF view of
the man OF science. You learn NOR.
ard more I" dlstrust everything that
can NOT In proved by the evidence Of
the senses"
"Of reasou."
1T amounts 10 the same thing VIII
you promise to pray against this,
Henry" asked Cyril. with intense sup
plicatior.
My friend" returned the other
with a slight shake Of bis BODY. like
that do gives in issuing from the
water, you accused me just now Of
treating sacred things with levity.
Now your words jar upon my sense
Of reverence which Is strangely If
ferent in q priest and a layman. You
are accustomed. you see, 10 handle re-.
ligious topics freely. | am not And
as hay" no words 10 express them in
! would rather leave them alone !"
Cyril hrav.-d profound sigh. and