The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-01-04
Jim's Probation.

meeting and revival times. Even good !
a Brother Parker, who was ever looking |
.tor the lost and straying sheep, gave him
., IS beyond recall.
Dat Jim he said, "Oomph, de debbil |
une got his stamp on dat boy, an dey
il' uo use in tryin' to scratch hit off. -
+gut Parker said his master, ''that' S
lid. gory sort of man you want to save.
'rI Nou know it your business as a
.5api the gospel TO call sinners to repent
lWd. Mas Mordaunt," exclaimed
i. I'D man, my ice done got hoa' Sc
uHA Jim, too long ergo to talk erbout.
H ,es got to let him 90 long maybe
.uu - desc days he gwine slip up 90 de
-a-ltl an tall plum inter salvation"
Eeen Mandy, Iim's wife, had attempt
..* urge the old man to some more active
rN.sii IN her husband $ behalf. She was a
ri'lac in the church herself, and was Woe
u'v disturbed about the condition of
I'M soul. Indeed it was said that half
,t The time it was Mandy's prayers and
.Aortalions that drove jim into the woods
with his dog and his axe, or an old gun
That he had come into possession Of from
one the younger Mordaunts.
Jim was unregenerate. He was fighter
d hand drinkei, tiddled on Sunday, and
Lad been known to 90 out hunting on that
.s.,,,,d ,i,, S,ifsra,tla3 rho wbela mace
when Mandy announced one day to few
.l, MAS ',r,{..r ,,,n,ictio, - IL had
.......,+ l.,,,,t;,,,.. mo sunday niobt and
~, ....si.., ,,,t',,,-.1 ,i,e s,sam,, had soften
-It .l.''-.,,rI.1,. ,,,at a,d oL.lIe, and
a., o,,1t,.,..J. AZ ec,,te
r.,,Ir..ta4f.r,, v-ITYb Mandy Ia. ppInfed
,-t ,, liz" 'Ir Ji,1"r tr.I5,6snl Of
LII ~ ms. An Mandy
.... .,',,-.,gr ..t.j firalIy.
,,ir he naNed
{ 1.-...,..,.l 10 look II, rbe
... ..,,.,,.s ia. fl,e good Of
...... Mandy said. .lat Jim
.. l,s sins mos powab-
...... .-. ,,. .,hcumatjcs.'' said
d.. .iftunee Nba' de in
...- N.,,r, ,rui5rI .thit's de
.',.. '..--'jr
Y- .,. ,,,,.,,,J St,art Nor
..r. ... .0,.Y,... frt,ts.lv interest
...Iio. I,sy ,,oul1 convert Jim.
... ...fI (,lfisria7, of hin, Nould
....I.,.t... am liam plantation. 1t
r.I :
...r..-,.. mana d, secret ride and
-l...lts many 3, broken head
g.n, lovn f.. labo, viii, Par
5,.sr..st of r,e sinner
...,,..,,.p,f,, yit2', said Parker
g.r l,rt rliuL NOV, is :, onod
........ .s.rds m his mind =
Ell .5,a ,, ''' n ,,-' ..racl.,n
....tIl. },.. lin, ..,Jnna ,lveII dem sins a.
..... If HIN, a., tassin, an crvin' an, A
LIN, Denim he time ENOUGH to
...Nsd him illus willin, to do INV
u,., ,,t,r.,rt I,mt v,en hit comes IT,
...' .i,.,.,ts Isl, I,n daliava in law
,,' isr +ha s,,a,it Al, no stririn, ),
.t pa,yar >, laid his master I,vo,,
....-...f know that the Bible Saws that the
iii NOT aIwavs strive >;
a., de,' ,1,,,, ,,,,, 7,,,, .,,,oo, 7
... ..a.,i'' A., .1,,arit :
..., smart Ndrdannt was particularly
.tIst Inn. : stan niobt he rnrnea
~. diroo+i1r IL ,S,a., met
.... .,1,,,,, MA n,,ar tbai, minds tIair
',5,',I,l ,.a1i1,;',,, tad 40 ha fal+
,ja no nnc1 ga+ lin, ins;de tho
+t,. oh,rob and ,nt him an unard
'ro reiig,on If wanld mean the
+.,t.,. of his sb,,ots and ,,,,1,ots
,,..,,.',oI,ad tI,a oId ,,raachar and
,r t,nt;dant,al tona
.>... lad, hara parLar >, Two oo+ =
~ taat ,,ond old rohaoco vow lilo
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