Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-03-21
C0NKY STILES.
.fst fktf Htt tfAa tNhHI lrt -ft
/ He Was o Workable Concortlance
Of tho Holy Scriptures.

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z Mh;rtv Th voors o,,n 49, Dio'c Us ne aid'
.,,.ah - y h.ttor ooo,,p' ao ptopi9 10 class were
.han XII ore sasda no,,aSl M''nlene l,lple
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,,,,,s;aaNaf e ~ c'I,.'a sne. couiu stand up
sor;,,t,;rs sSvoI," X Ss,ies 1s,as anu quote
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e sns ~ y, -. ~, I'm "cnesis. ohapter
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~ spu usr "noe 9usao's q. ~ - y Iutssheill9 s
~ go, "1er tSe,l ooitny' we called
n S;,aa S.;,na a.. 1aol ms reai name
x n snT es saSs,or J ? -. uuc ,'lneaI sun
uHs . ,,saia.a Ssaoo. eohsehOion , MI lluopell,
III .p1 1850 sl'onc - nm us "verlt-
@ .soa yVn,v''aueo !" nna ~ oi Inc holy Scrip
us ui, "a. CIV nN. ~ wo ooys unoertook to
fcaii n,ui 0on1o1u''nce, .,1, oue olmeby that
lp,he KY %h.s',en eoWn 10 oonky, and
,,sly niAy s'uHn " iippi - eS1c resi- ot his
NV, los p.'s liallie e lor MN, neither,
as n'i'00 ~ nc"p more uaignined than
q %,
10y ~ tas,ur s.. aiways Insisted tnat oonky
= 'gosn-3 su1Ny y'nl,,e scriptures IN this
NJ Nasi Sopnny toths liyeo lor apout tve
years lwnile y0tpl'fyi wns a. ooy) IN the
o,u i'ans9ILi 49, 11 1CSr, ! neir next nelgh-
ooio "oio yno oooieys' anu just over
%o'os. .no ,oau ,'seu Pf .ue helseys. May
Z .eyuu w a'r ,neAra oi 'ne oooley-heisey
.uopu WI ~. nm lsii. H. now soon
y iMoiNS lioiges eventsl ana epocns and nd
ypihRS,tliiil l,iy wears ago nothin' else
N pIS .ne No1ieyJiAr!eliSSey Debate was
"iheu - - i.',iiile s.l,l', coun.y' ana yet
mere we'1,u i'vih IN inns inteiilgent
r. s'aee oi ,iii'i'ois, ana its dollars to
aougnhuIs Vaas nan our people never
nearu oi fAas"yer Messy OF OF Deacon
yoo1ieyt II Y lh II LII
10y s'e' tne ueacon was nlgh up In
the CongreRa.ional cnurch, ana ne be-
neVeu IA oappyzo, which is the
gVgee'k iorNnc Noil1regi'Oioiat uoctrine
Oh sprinhiiIg' Lawyer Messy mad
never oeen converted ana had never
made PROFESSION, put, naving brother
VINO was d napeis' munster M fenn-
sylvania' nc was counted with the
Baptists, too' anu ! guess ne was q
baptist II he.was anything, aithough,
IKE as not nea nave salu ne was a
heaenen y ne thougnc ne couid gee up
an argument by sayln' IT, for OF all the
1olks you ever saw Lawyer Kelsey was
sne worSo ier keepin. tnings stlrreo up.
= one time~ deacon. cooley and Lawyer
Kelsey come together an locked horns
on thao woru paptyzo, Lawyer hei.
sey malntainln' that the word WASH
or shouldn't be "baptyzo," but "bap-
tldzo, and, as you know' OF course
there Is as much difference between
'paptyzoa ana 'oaptiazo as tnere Is Is
between log and thunder shower;
Well, Tor about SIX months they had
IL up NIL ana down uale, III al 1ne
meetin houses, and scnooinouses' ana
vestry-rooms, ana Town mans N .he
country, and IT dld beat all now much
learnin' they got out OF the DOCKS ana
dictionaries ana what long sermons as
they made, and what o sensation tnere
was among the unbelievers as wen as
the elect guess theya nave Deen
q arguin' yet II the freshet haon !. come
and distracted puDilc attentlon py car,
ryin' away tho northampton briggs
and the Holyoke dam. ~
ob 1t happened that wniie .his 'iieo, .
logical cataclysm was ~ l1s nelsn'
Conky stiles, being SIX years olo' was
- born again, and, repentln OF ms sins'
made profession OF 1olth. Anu iroin
that time he never lapsed OF pach'
Sided, but was always cohscien1iouS 1,s
and devout follower, illustrating IN MS
daily walks (as Mr.. Huboeil' the MN
lister, said) those priceless virtues wh,cn
4 h had illuminated the career OF MS
Grandmother Cowles, lady esteemed
not more by the elders Tor her piety
than by the younger folKs for hei
cookies and squash pies.
When Conky was eighs years otu m ns
got the prize at our Sunday school fol
having committed to memory the most
Bible verses in the year. ana tha1 same
spring he got up and recited every line
of the Acts Of the Apostles without
having to be prompted once. ny the
time he was twelve years oia ne hneN y
thewhole Bible by heart, ana most 0,
the hymn book, too; although as
have said, the Bible was his speciai1y
Yethe wasn't one OF your paie-Iaceo
studious boys; no, sir, not q bit OF II
He took just as much consolation u
playin' three-old-cat and barn oali ano w
hockey, as any OF the resi- Oh US ooys
and he could beat us al nshin ~
learnt a new way OF spittin on ms M pai
from his Uncle Lutte Mason VINO wa'
considerable of sport in those Gays.