The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-07
"The Man that Came After tho
Angel"
la Minister'S Experience, Profitable
also to tho Laity.

1t was rather q bitter laugh to
come from young, strong follow
with good natul ad face. But there
in his lonely study, thawing at the
stove from tho cold Of q long wintor
drive and the chill Of half warmed
church., sat Rev. John Brown, B. A.,
| During his round OF visits that day
he had conc to old Uncle Billy Wood
! yatt, who "enioyed" at once, as he
said, "poor health and second wife"
"No," sand Uncle Billy to the min
istor, rs ho sought from him sympa.
| thy for his various troubles and came
at last to tho subject of his second
wife, "No, amt got nothing to say
against this one, bu' my first was an
angels"
| And Rev John Brown laughed
bitterly as he repeated quietly to
himsolf, "nothing to say against her
--but tho first wes al 'angel,'" then
he added softly, "poor thing" Then
he began musing while tho fire
burned, and said again, "Poor thing,
to come after an 'angel,' but it's just
my luck, too. There was my brother
Bob, his pants lasted longer, his
boots were always better blacked, his
lessons botter learned, and if I said
anything out Of tho way it WAS, Bob
would never have said that or done
the other thing At school old
| Dominic Wilson used to say, Your
brother Robert would never have
made that mistaken In the games,
too, no matter how we'll | did, the
boys used to say to tho now comers,
oh, but you ought to have seen Bob
Brown
"ln college Cousin Tom was tho
angel and won al the medals and
delivcrod the valedictory and WIS
held up to mo by all tho professors,
and now"-and there WAS an Hide.
fined humble that sounded very
much like "brother tako it," "and
now--it is worse than ever. Nothing
to say against me! oh, no! not at all,
but the first was an angel,'" and
again the rather grim laugh echoed
through the lonely room, for Rev.
John Brown, B. A., was only human
and good deal tired and rather dis
pored to be blue.
| Now John Brown was naturally a
CHEEKY, hearty fellow, good average
student and athlete, fairly good
preacher and thoroughly honest
above board fellow, whom oil men as
well rs women liked and children all
trusted. But today he had con-
siderable overdose of "the angel"
"The angel" in this case was Rev.
Frederick Klttering, PHI d.. Johns
immediate predecessor in the pastor
ato of the Evanston Congregational
church. He was q good man, there
was no doubt of that, for John knew
him, but, as John said, "You know
the fellow must have been an 'angel,'
for Deacon Jones said, 'Mr, Kittering
used t hold prayer meeting every
Tuesday evening at Bottoms Corners
and Wednesday in our home church
and Thursday at the Landing while
Deacon Sitwell who lived eight miles
in the other direction from Deacon
Jones said, yes, sir. rain or shine,
Mr.. Kittoring never missed a prayer
meeting. Tuesday evening at the
Glen school house (ten miles from
Bottoms Corners and at the same
hour) and Thursday at the: Old
Union church in Springfield (thir-
teen miles from the Landing)." zs
Then John learned that Mr.. Kit.
tering used to preach 'teyery" snn-
day afternoon in two places sixteen
miles apart at the same hour and,
moreover, that he twas the greatest
man for exchanging with his brother
ministers" though when he got the
time John could not tell, B. 81