The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-22

ged the governors forgiveness, and went
to his Office and telegraphed his res2gna-
tion.''
''The lot of some Methodist preachers
is not an easy one" said Rev. J. u.
Andrews, Of Alabama They are thrown
about from pillar to post, going to just
what charge the bishops assign them.
How some of them manage to live I can
not imagine. 1t is said that one poor fell
low no spread the gospel on a circuit
in the northern part Of my state received
for his years work $2.S5, two pairs of
yarn socks, one pair of jean pants, three
pecks of potatoes, and the good old body
who sent them made the request that the
parings be saved as she wanted them to
feed her cow.
The races at Bennings were In full
blast during the conference and a dig
nihed minister said, There are preach
erS in this conference who could go to
the track and pick out the winner eight
times cut of ten. They are the good old
ministers who, in their early days, were
itinerant preachers. From the very ne
cessities of their calling they naturally
became acquainted with the good and bad
qualities OF the morse, and a certificate of
character as to a horse from one of these
good men would prove a great CONNER
cial value to frequenters of the race.
While the itinerant preacher might be
careless as to his personal appearance and
comfort, he always insisted upon having
a good horse.
"Bishop McKindree. one Of the earliest
and most esteemed among his people, in
his will left ample provision for the
well-keeping of his horse while the ami
NAL lived, illustrating that merciful
man is merciful to his beast. John Wes-
ley, no doubt Influenced by the many
obligations he felt under to the faithful
horses that had carried him from place
to place in his long pilgrimage, enter
tained the idea that they have a hereafter
and i'll live at peace and rest in THEN
spirit land -
Down in Thomas county, Georgia.,
said one of the visiting ministers, there
livAl a family named Layton. The head
Of the house was Mrs. Layton, heavy
set, masculine female, who imagined she
was poet Watts and Byron were moth
ing compared to her, as her husband
thought. The couple had bright color
ed girl, who persisted in running away on
Saturday nights and staying until Mon
day. She was whipped about this, and
gave as her reason for leaving: Ole mis-
sus makes me sit all day Sunday an listen
to her psalms and hymns wat she's bin
writin' all de week, an b'lieve de angels
would run out of heaben eff dey had ter
listen ter sich psalms and hymns as de
missus writes -
'In my entire ministry" said Rev. W.
B. Muskgrove, of Tennessee, II never
listened to a more forceful and effective
exhortation than was made by a man in
my church one day. We had tried for
weeks and weeks to raise money to COM
plete the church and to keep myself, wife
and children from starving, and at a
meeting this fellow rose and, holding upon
the pew to steady himself, said They
call me a shiftless fellow, and | am; they
| call me a drunkard, and so l am; they
call me a prOfane man, and it is too true,
and I am ashamed of it; but [ ain't half
so much ashamed of 1t as I am that I
! have to live in a town where the people
are too stingy to build church and give
| the minister a decent living.
There's nothing like getting square
| down to business" said Rev. J. M. Ter
rell, of Virginia, "but I have known in
| stances in my ministerial career where
| the thing was overdone. For instance, I
remember once at a camp meeting hearing
| the eXhorter exclaim: Souls VIII be l0st
| this very Gay for want Of more straw
around the mourners' bench And at an
| other time I heard a preacher who was
| the field agent for one of our religious
| publications say that he did 1ot let the
! converts hair get dry before 1 impressed
upon him his duty of subscribing for the
| Methodist Advocate and paying for 1t in
| advance"