The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-03-21
CoEKY STILES


~ ytsf, tga people 81 class acre maeI
better tc.fasutei agb The Bible lbst
fa.tstts rovs5sYs, sbA ibere ussGt sto
tt,t ruc ui eu 10 che Whole Coaaeeaea'
rsHey from the C,u.aa line 90 The squad
tbat could ssai up Iosssi3e Of Cauky
sucs sod 4aale Scripture. Well, be
kaeu the wbo.e thtus by hesIi, Ifom Geu.
#e5+. etsItrri Go tie ameu a. tbe eui 4
the Revelation Of 81 John tbe DIVINE.
Ibaf's lle vLolr tusiutss 10 auuhhrlt'
g.. rsme vssat Coaty We ca led bin
Coaf} ilr sbolt HE real name VAS stIss
Stlts tot oue lime OF SUNDAY school
coarlroa Mr. Hubbdl The u,aister.
srakr lion sea yetitsble concordance
of 10, lluIy Scriptures, and 80 Ne boys
uud,rnot to cal Lrm Couec rlsGee, tut
llmtby ttst usme got Whitfield down to
Carky. aua Cotky stuck to him al the
ratIIIt ute Not bad aue for hin.
ualtb ,. o.. uamas go Heap uore oI1li
ded than s.!
Ny ht.,r always Insisted That Conky
got 1l.tt tim the Scriptures 10 this ssf
Corky's NoDks lived for about five yests
|shile Cody wssa boy in the old Ran,
ION t,l.,.. Thor next Del hbors were
the CuI,,- add l1-t over aeross the rad .
liyed u, I.ays. Maybe you We heard /
oftbe Coo y X -lsey debate? N? Funny, /
isptIl I.a soon lo.k- forget events aud .
,pDc1s Al rbIogs Fifty years $50 uoiht
ius elsr b.t Caoy kelsey debate was
mixed ,i' Hampshire county, sni yet
hert VrIrf t,iu 10 this intelligent slate
|ctIII.it I'd It's GO lars to dougLuut7
tbat b # ,ur people never card Of LAW
yer X ley ,rul DaGcou Cooley
w. ,,,, tu. descou was high rr III the
Corltr.u'i.lal church, and be believed IL
/ bsJt,z. aL.oh is the Greek for the Con,
grcpbtIolaI dec ne OF sTrrkliu, Law
| yer X ls,y al u,yer been converted and
| hsd I,,,r r.tde a profession; but, havIu
/ Lrc ict vi d was Bal tst minister III
P,tL-y .ypuip, lie VBs counted wit the ,
| BsI ust, too, aud guets he was Bop
tlsl If be was anything, although like as
oct. - hay. said be WAS a heather # be +
ooul1 get o an ar umeDt by sayIu 1t, for
Of sIi tre folks yen ever saw Lawyer kelI ,
s,y VA, the worst for keel log things Stir ,
r d up. O Tine Deacon Cooley md .
LtWt,r keIs, y came together aud locked {
TO O., uu tia word bsptyzo. Lawyer kel n
sly maI. thulu tLat the word wasn't 0
tlauaut be bart,zr but taptidz), and
50 y,utlow, Of course, there is as much =,
dIfi-rcace be weeu baptyzo and baptldzo +
as tblre is between fog and g thunder 4
shouet T.
W,Ii for tbout Fix months they had 1t Y
up ii aud down dale, IN slI the meetln -,
bouses and sci oolhouses and yestry rooms -
aud town halls ~ the country. and it did
beat all bow much l.arnin they got ont ,
Of tue ooks and die ioraries and what ;,
long s,lmons they m tde, aud what sem
satlon they sde an ong the unbeIlevers -,
as well as The ,lectI guess they'd bsve l..
been arguing vet if the ireshet haint
come an distracted public attention by -,
oarryln away the Nor hampton bridge and T.,
the Holyoke dan, -,
It happened that while this theological
cstacyfm was at its height Conky Stiles, !.
bein years oli, was born again, and, rel .,
peutn Of bis sins, made a profession Of n
faith. And from that time he never lap.
sed OF cksided, but was slwsysa con- /.
scieuDious aud deyout follower, illustratln ,
10 bis daily walks (as Mr.. Hubbell the -.
minister, ssId) those priceless virtues
y Inch lad Illuminated the career Of bis y.
C0Vl,s, lady esteemed ~
net more by the elder. for her pety than !.
by the younger folks for her cookies aud -.
'qn sh pies. -
When Couky was S y,ars old. be got be 80
pfjz at our Sunday school for bayin CON -,
united to memoly the Il o,t Bible verses ..
10 tie year, and that tume pprinR he go -
up al d rrclted every hle OF the Acts Of -,
the Apostles without haylrg to be prompi e.
ted rlce BY be tine he was u years y,
old be knew the whole Bible by heart and .a
moet Of he bymnbook to although, az Il.
bava ssI !, the Bible vas his speciality.
Y { he wasn't one Of your palefaced stu
'l.u' b"yr' no. s'F' 1o' ~ 'i III ne de
tu,k lust as much 60 toat 90 10 plsylu
bree old cat and barn ball aud hockey as
,ty # the rest Of us bCyE. aud be could