The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-04-29
A SEARCH OF THE SCRIPTURES, AND WHAT
THE MINISTER FOUND.

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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 together
on train coming into Bangor.
Every time" said the young min
lister. 81 Eever open the book but I
find some new food for thought, and
speaking of food for thought, must
tell you what 1 found in the Bible
last week." and the minister smiled
irregular orthodox smile.
''You see, a family moved to St.
Stephen this fall, and the first Sun
day they came to our church and I
found they wanted to join US on a
letter from their former church. I
appointed a time to receive them and
give the right hand of fellowship, but
when the time came it had to be post
poned because they could not find the
letter from their former 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. 1 was anxious to
get them into our church out of the
cold, so I suggested different places
for them to hunt for it.
Finally, l saw Bible on the
table, and 1 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.
"I took up the good book and
opened it at the New Testament, and
in the first chapter of Matthew I found
a paper and openedit, the brother and
sister looking over my shoulder.
Opening the paper, was about to
read it, when the lady said that was
not the letter it was only receipt
for making face powder.
II let up on that and turned over
a few leaves, when found an enve-
lope, and opening it 1 learned how
to make mixed pickles. In Luke I
struck pay dirt, turning up an old
Confederate $40 bill, which was good
for its face in two years after the ac-
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 I found
remedy for rheumatism, and little
further along was formula for pre-
pairing gargle for sore throat, and
over leaf were two blocks all patched
ready for a silk quilt, and the tail of
several neckties.
"When opened on Deuteronomy
/ thought I had the letter. There
was an envelope with something in it,
and opened it, but it wasn'ta church
letter. It 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 record 7
deuteronomy didn't pan out any
more except recipe for making a
salve, but when l struck Leviticus
there seemed to be grand field for
research. There was a new white
kid glove with the thumb half torn
off, and lock of curly hair which
brought tears to the eyes of the
brother and sister who were aiding
me in the search, and / knew it was
from the head of their darling who
had been taken away from them.
ION the next page was recipe for
making preservesof watermelon rinds,
a root beer recipe, and chrome
from tea store.
"In Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians
1 ran on a recipe for making soft
soap, and clipping from an agricul-
tural paper telling how to start a
balky horse, besides formula for an
insect powder.
"The search was becoming inter-
esting. When got to Chronicles
new beauties were open to me, and
found porous plaster and photo
graph Of Langtry. Proverbs con-
tanned recipe for sauerkraut.
"I tackled Revelations and after
reading glowing account of how to
wash Aannels SO they wouldn't shrink,
we found the letter we were looking
for in an envelope with prepared
mustard plaster. So / think I have
shown you that he who searches the
Scriptures, in the ordinary family
Bible, will find much that will make
him tired.