Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-03-16
CHAPTER XVIII.

THE CAMERONIAN DIET OF WORSHIP
There were not many distractions for
boy of active habits and restless tend
encies during. the long double service of
two hours and bittock in the Cameron
an Kirk of Cairn Edward The minister
was Rev. Richard Cameron, the young
est scion of famous Covenanting fam
ily. He had come to Cairn Edward as
a STRIPPING. and he was now looked upon
as the future high priest of the sect in
succession to his father. at that time
minister of the metropolitan temple of
the denomination. Tall, erect. with flow
ing black hair that swept his shoulders,
and the exquisitely-c hiseled face of some
marble Apollo, Richard Cameron was an
ideal minister of the Hill Folk. His
splendid eyes glOwed with a still and
chastened fire, and he walked with his
hands behind him and his head thrown
back, up the long aisle from the yestry.
His successor was Il much smaller, dap
per man, who wore black gloves when
preaching, and who seemed to dance a
minuet under his spectacles as he walked.
Alas. TO him. also, came in due time the
sore heart and the bitter draught They
say in Cairn Edward that no man ever
left that white church on the wooded
knoll south of the town, and was happier
for the change. The leafy garden where
many ministers have written their SER
mons has seemed to them a paradise in
after years. and their cry has been, "Oh,
why left / my hameY
But it was happy days for Richard
Cameron when he brought his books and
his violin to the manse that nestled at
the foot of the hill He came among men
strict with a certain staid severity con-
cening things that they counted materi-
al, but vet far more kindly~hearted and
charitable than of recent years they have
cot credit for.
Saunders did not object to the minis
ter's violin, being himself partial to a
game at the ic and willing that another
man should also have his chosen relaXa-
tlon. Then. when the young man began
to realize himself, and lay about him in
me pulpit there We're many who would
tell how they remembered his father
preaching on one occasion the sermon
that fenced the tables" on the fast day
before the communion, when the parti-
IONS We're out and the church crowded
20 the door-heing oppressed with the
neat craved the indulgence Of the con-
Sregatlon to be allowed to remove his
coat, and thereafter in his shirt sleeves
struck terror into all by denunciations
against heresy and infdelity, against all
eVil doing and evil speaking. barring the
NV l>blh " an SAiNh Dis ia I
,ahced or followed after play-actOrs. or
I4a{e behaved themselves unseemly at
Melton Hill or other gatherings of
,Ie ungodly, or have frequented public
houses beyond what is eXpcdient for
""lul entertainment. against all such
~ swear minced 0aths. such as Josh,
SoSh' fegs 'certes, faith and all such
n swear by heaven or earth. or visit
-npF nelghbOrS' houses upon the Lord 5
'dA. n no
NI 10 }hfshouse of the Lord"
Inc Young man could not be expected
az once to come up To the high standard
lhlS' which indeed proved 10 be too
long Tor any but 4 few of the Sterner
i'HeC bearers. who had never heard their
lo'1tf elders weaknesses so properly
Iaudied before; hut they had neverthe-
ny n.y. 70 go round the people and tell them
.,el what the great city doctor and faith
IN The faith had said was to be under
Nd spiritually. chiefly as a warning 10
denominations. or there had been
uiih Kirk and but one spare table in
'a4 Of the usual four or five at once
a. ,nr DAY of high communion in the
-yrh Edward CamerOnan kirk.
g. ailer could he a quiet boy in church
,n., certain time. He did not very
s r'n ENJOY the service except when they
,JuS Old Hundred or Scarborough. :"
-, 4e would throw back his head and
a'9'' delightedly with the best. But
ma listened attentively TO the prayers.
t1 tracked the minister over that we'll
S44ie1 ground. Walter was prepared
v,a, us regular stint. but he did not hold
,baJ tHAer additions or innovations. He
-r. 40 know how far he was on in the
a5'F and it was with an exhausted
GP - relief that he caught the curious
Al" ing OF the preachers voice which
XXI snat the Amen" is within reason
wa. Instance The whole congregation
M good at that. and began to relax
a. l>'4YeS from their standing pastures
or ~ minister's shrill pipe rounded the
WI. and tackled for the harbor: but
bo,rarr1 was always before them. Once,
Wa VT VT after he had seated himself. ne
5enirp aI TO shame by the minister sud
bsr;, aarung off on a new excursion.
s7r+EEs remembered some other needful
,a- '-,sallon which he had omitted. Wal
II n. ~ quite regained his confidence
VA. cameron .,fter that. He had al
rss thought him a good and reliable
,rra hitherto, but now he was not so
'Dce when the minister visited the