Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-01-24

OeJter dDu reau tue DlOle aOQ learn
The catechism better than ours. SO
l declare my 6retheru their chill
dren are larnt that Westminster
Catechism by the time they begin
to talk plain. 1t ain't three weeks
since was out a cattle huntin for
two of NY yearlius had strayed of
and l stopped 10 at Brother HIrk.
ley's on Mud Creek and took din.
ner, he's deacon ia the Presby-
terian church over there. Well as
sure as l stand here, my brethein
Sister Hartley bad her little gal y
standing right before her With her
toes just even With The crack v the
door aud her hands were a hang
ing down 10y her side and her
mouth turned up like a ch ckel
when it drink, she was putin this
question to her out o. that cate
chism. "What are the bentfi
IN this lie, do either accompany
from justification adoption AMI
santifcatiOn.' Now the question
was enough to break the child
down but then she had to begin
and cay that question all over
again Itor that's the wa, it was IN
The book) and hitch the answer to
it and which all togather made
this: Tue benefits which IN ihs
life do either accompany or flow
from Justification, adoption, aud
santiflcatiOn are peace of conscience
joy IN the Holy Ghost, increase OF
grace aud perseverance, theIe unto
the end. l thought the child was
the gralest wonder III ever seen in
all my life. She tuck 1t right TOO
without balkin-or missiu the irsl
word and she spoke so sweet and
looked so Ike little angel that
before | knowed it the tears was
running down my cheeks as big as
buck shot. I've seen the day when
could have mauled and split a
thousand rails quicker aud easier
than | could haYe larnt that thing
and said it like she die. Now my
brethern that child ddh't uuder
stand or know the meaning of one
word o that. 1t put me up to all |
know to take it IN myself, tut just
let that Presbyterian young 'un
grow up and every word of that
eatechism will come back to Der,
aud her character will stiff n up
under her aud Shell have the back
bone of tue matter in her for life.
Now can't put things into nv
children that wav. NOthin dOn't
stay some how, Its like drivin
0ail into a rotten log. tell you
my brethern if our children had
little more catechlsm and the
Presb teriau's o little less it would
be better for both.
Then we don't pray in our fam.
lies like they do. | know their
pray erS are mighty long, and they
pray all over creation but after all
its the right way, its better than
pray IN too little. Now my father
and mother was good Baptist and
raised their children to be honest
and Industrious but never heard
one OF them pray in my lite and l
was most grown man before /
prdI ed a pray er myself aud it was
on this wise ThsIe was 10 be q
meetin over in Elbert County and
| knowed a pretty gal over there
that | wanted to 60 aud see, so |
borrowed a little jersey wagon
which WAS tylish IN them days.
| went over TO her bsuse and
stayed all night and engaged her
to ride to mee;In with me the next
day which was Sunday. We went
aud had glorious time aud ] may
as well say here she afterwards
became my wifi bat a comm back |
met with a powerful accident thai
l never got over 10 this day. A. !
was comm down steep bill some
part of the gelrin gave away
and let me and the wagon on NV
creatures heels aud bein 20 lug Az Il
skeery and not much used to
wheels, she wriggIed and kicked
and tore from one side of the load
to the other, till was pitched
head foremost as much as ten foot
into deep gulIy'and its a merical
of mercy that my neck was not
broken on the spot. Expectin 10
be killed every mint l thought l
ought to ask God for mercy, bat as
l had never prayed before in my
life l couldn't think of anything to
say bat the blessin my father used
to ask before eating when We had
company, and which was this,
Lord make us thankful for What
we are about to receive. Now nv
lhraf.,arin do .uan. lnOoa QnV