Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-05-11

What the Minister Found.
Don't you find something new in
the Bible every time you look into
it!" asked Calais lawyer of a
preacher as they were seated ;ogeth-
er on train coming into Bangor.
Every time," said the young
minister. Il never open the book
but l find some new food for thought.
and speaking of food thought. /
must tell you what / found In the
Bible last week." and the minister
smiled q regular orthodox smile.
You see, family moved 20 Ss.
Stephen this fall. and the FIRST Sun.
day they came 70 our church and /
found they wanted 10 join US on a
letter from their former church. I
appointed time to receive them and
give the right hand of fellowship.
but when the time came il had 10 be
postponed because they could not
tind the letter from their former
church.
The lady said said she had mislaid
the letter. l 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 l suggested different places
for them to hunt for it.
Finally, | saw Bible on the IA.
BILE, and i suggested that maybe
they had it in the Bible. The lady
said maybe. but if il was in there IL
was lost, because they never could
find anything in the Bible.
L took up the good book aud
opened it at the New Testament. and
in the first chapter OF Matthew /
found a paper and opened il, the
brother and sister looking over my
shoulder. Opening the paper, I
was about to read il, when the lady
said that was not the letter; il was
only receipt for making face DOW.
der.
i let up on that and turned over
few leaves, when l found an enye-
lope, and opening it learned how
te make mixed pickles. In Luke |
struck pay dirt. turning up an old
Confederate 80 bill, which was good
for its face in two years after the &C.
acknowledgement of the Southern Con-
federacy.
There were a couple of long hair
pins in Luke, also a piece OF black
court plaster. In Genesis | found a
remedy for rheumatism, and a little
further along was a formula for pre-
pairing a gargle for sore throat, and
over a leaf were two blocks all patched
ready far silk quilt, and the tail OF
several neckties.
when i opened on Deuteronomy
| thought | had the letter. There
was an envelope with something in
it, and / opened it, but it was not q
church letter. 1t was ten shares of
stock in the Rev. Mr.. Jernegan'
salt water gold mine at Lubec. and
on the back of the envelope was
written in pencil The greatest fraud
on record 4
Deuteronomy didn't pan out any
more except a recipe for making a
salve, but when ! struck Leyiticus
there seemed to be grand field for
research. There was q new white
kid glove with the thumb half torn
of, and a lock of curly hair which
brought tears to the eyes OF the broth
er and sister who were aiding me in
the search, and | knew il was from
the head of their darling who had
been taken away from them.
On the next page was a recine
for making preserves OF watermelon
rinds, a root beer recipe, and a chro-
mo from tea store.
In Paul's Epistle TO the Ephes-
ians | ran on a recipe for making
soft soap, and q clipping from an ag-
ricultural paper telling how 10 start
a balky horse, besides formula for
an insect powder.
The search was becoming inter-
esting. When got TO Chronicles
new beauties were open 10 me. and
| found porous plaster and a pho
graph Of Langtry. Proverbs con-
tanned a recipe for sanerkrau..
II tackled Revelations and after
reading a glowing account of how
10 wash fannels so they would not
shrink, we found the letter we were
looking for in an envelope with a
prepared mustard plsster. So l
think | have shown you that he who
searches the Scriptures, in the Or
binary family Bible, will find much