The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-04-23
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"A Search of the Scrip tures. and What the
Minister Found.

Bangor, Me-, April 1O-"Don't you
find something new in the Bible every
time you look into it?" asked a Calais
lawyer of preacher as they were seat
ed together on a train coming into
Bangor
Every time said the young min
lister. II never open the book but
find some new food for thought. and
speaking of food for thought, I must
tell you what I found in the Bible last
week." and the minister smiled regu-
lar orthodox smile.
You see, a family moved to st Ste
phen this fail, and the first Sunday they
came to our church and / found they
wanted to join us on a letter from their
J former church. 1 appointed time to
receive them and give the right hand
of fellowship but when the time came
it had to be postponed because they
could not find the letter from their for
mer church.
The lady said she had mislaid the
letter I called at the house twice and
they had not found it.
The lady said she was sure she had
laid it away somewhere, but could not
find it. I was anxious to get them into
our church out of the cold. so 1 sug-
gested different places for them to hunt
for it.
Finally, I saw Bible On the table,
and I suggested that maybe they had
it in the Bible. The lady said maybe
but if it was in there it was lost, be-
cause they never could find anything
in the Bible.
II took up the good book and opened
it at the New Testament, and in the
first chapter of Matthew 1 found
paper and opened it. the brother and
sister looking over my shoulder. Open
ing the paper, 1 was about to read it,
when the lady said that was not the
letter; it was only a receipt for max
ing face powder.
II let up on that and turned over
few leaves, when 1 found an envelope,
and opening it 1 learned how to make
mixed pickles. In Luke 1 struck pay
dirt, turning UP an old Confederate SO
bill, which was good for its face in
two years after the acknowledgment of
the Southern Confederacy.
There were a couple of long hair
pins in Luke also a piece of black
court plaster. In Genesis L found a
remedy for rheuma tism, and a little
further along was formula for pre-
pairing a gargle for sore throat, and
over leaf were two blocks all patched
ready for silk quilt, and the tail of
several neckties.
When I opened on Deuteronomy 1
an envelope with something in it, and
1 opened it, but it wasn't a church let
ter. 1t was ten shares of stock in the
Rev. Mr.. Jernegan's salt water gold
mine at Lubec, and On the back of the
envelope was written in pencil The
greatest fraud on recordr
Deuteronomy didn't pan out any
more except a recipe for making a
salve, but when Istruck Leviticus there
seemed to be a grand field for research.
There was a new white kid glove with
thumb half torn off, and a lock of curly
hair which brought tears to the eyes of
the brother and sister who were aiding
me in the search, and T knew it was
from the head of their darling who had
been taken away from them.
''On the next page was a recipe for
making preserves of watermelon rinds
a root beer recipe, and chrome from
a tea store.
In Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians I
ran on recipe for making soft soap,
and a clipping from an agricultural
paper telling how to start a halky horse,
besides a formula for an insect powder.
The search was becoming interest
ing. When 1 got to Chronicles new
beauties were open to me, and 1 found
a porous plaster and a photograph of
Langtry. Proverbs contained a recipe
for sauerkraut
Il tackled Revelation and after read
ing a glowing account of how to wash