The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-05-06
A Search of the Scriptures, and
What the Minister Found.

Don't you find something new in the
Bible every time you look into it 2 asked
a Calais lawyer of preacher as they were
seated together on a train coming into
Bangor.
Every time, said the young minister.
Il never open the book but | find some
new food for thought, and speaking of
ft.od for thought, must tell you what |
found in the Bible last week, and the
minister smiled a regular orthodox smile.
"You see, a family moved to st.
Stephen this fall, and the first Sunday
they came to our church and | found they
wanted to join us on letter from their
former church. | appointed time to re-
ceive them and give the right hand of fol-
lowship, but when the time came it had
to be postponed because they could not
find the letter from their former church.
The lady said she had mislaid the
letter 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. | was anxious to get them into our
church out of the cold, so | suggested
different places for them to hunt for it.
Finally. saw Bible on the table,
and suggested that maybe they had it in
the Bible. The lady said maybe, but if
it was in there it was lost, because they
never could find anything in the Bible.
II took up the good book and opened
it at the New Testament, and IN the hrst
chapter of Matthew | found paper and
opened it, the brother aud sister looking
over my shoulder. Opening the paper,
was about TO read it, when the lady sand
that was not the letter; it was only re
eipe for making face powder.
II let up on that and turned over few
leaves, when I found an envelope, and
opening 1t | learned how to make mixed
pickles. In Luke struck pay dirt, turn
ing up an old Confederate $40 bill which
was good for its face in two years after the
Acknowledgements Of the Southern Confed-
eraey
There were couple of long hair pins
in Luke, llso a piece Of black coars plaster.
In Genesis found a remedy for rheuma
tisul and little further along was a formula
for preparing 4 gargle for sore throat, aud
over a leaf were two blocks all patched
ready tor a silk quilt, aud the tail of sew
eral neektieS
When opened on Deuteronomy |
thought had the letter. There was an
envelope with something in il, and opened
+ it. bus Il WASH church letter IL was
ten share, of stock in the Rev Mr. Jerne-
gan sal, water gold mine at Luhee, and
/ on the back of the envelope was written in
pencil The greatest fraud on record ?
deuteronomy didn' pan out any more
except recipe for making salye, but
I when struck l.eviiicus there seemed to
T BE- a grand field for research. There was
new white kid glove with the thumb
half torn Oft. and lcck Of curly hair which
( brought tears 70 the eyes of the brother
I and SISTER who we're aiding me IN the search,
+ and knew il Wa from the head Of their
/ darling who had been taken away from
/ them
+ ''On the next page was 4 recipe ior
/ making preserves oi' watermelon Finds, 4
root be,.r recipe, and chrome from tea
store,
In Paurs Epsstle to the EpbesiAns |
I ran on a recipe for making soft soap. aud
> clipping from an agricultural paper telling
how 10 start a bslky horse, besides form
Z ula fGs an insect powder
The search was becoming interesting.
/ When | got to Chronicles new beauties
we're opea to me. aud found a porous
plaster and photograph oi Langtry.
I Proverbs contained rs,sipe for sauerkraut.
II tackled Revelations and after reading
\ glowing account Of how tn wash aanneis
- they wuuldn, shrink. We found the
letter We were booking for in an envelope
with a prepared mustard plaster. so |
think have shown you that be who
searches the Scriptures, in the ordinary
family Bible, will find much that will make
/ him tired