The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-01

and friend: but when mad, they take
/ delight in making a sinner fall out
With the church, and. with Christ as
we'll. The devil wouldn't have any bet
er agents, in this world than grum-
bling. complaining, fauIt-fnding, lazy,
stingy llickers in the church They
suit him to a gnat's heel. and, strange
to say, they seem to love him SO we'll
they never fail out with him. They
may fall out with the preacher and
With brother church members, and say
nard things about them, but you can't
make them abuse the devil, nor try to
curtail his power.
l guess the reader knows just such
people as are above described, and he
knows, also, how utterly worthless
they are to the church. Not only
worthless but damaging along all
lines. Nevertheless. the church is car
rying them, hoping that the grace OF
God will eventually purge them Of
|all filthiness of flesh and spirit. and
perfect them in holiness.
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was sorry for Dr. Kingsbury,
when | saw last Sundays News and
Observer. in which the printer made
him the writer of the article on Aaron
and the golden calf. / didn't object
to appearing as the author of the fine
hated that he should have to father
mine. But, / guess the reader discov-
cred that there had been d mixing up,
and he got the matter right: neVerthc-
less, | could but feel sorry for the
Doctor
have snapped hats a few times,
but, for various reasons | didn't feel
exactly right about it. Although, in
one or two cases, / had the better hat,
SNfatI .Iere. I
afraid the other fellow might think
/ was endeavoring to give an old for
a new, or a worse looking for better
looking nat In this case | had 10
hand in the swapping. When man
calls me by some other name. that's
his fault Sometimes, however, |
don't like that; especially if | am
mistaken for man who is not so good
looking as | think | am, ! feel like
resenting it as an insult: but | take
comfort in the thought, that. perhape.
somebody calls somebody else WHIT
aker," and insults him, SO, [ try to
look pleasant and imagine / have been
communicated when I'm called Jones
or Smith. / have been mistaken for
General Gordon and Senator Ransom;
and orce when ! was IN washington.
meandt ring about the grounds Of the
White F. ouse / imagined that people.
who WORE strangers tnefe, IfhStDoK ne
fer the Pr side,>t. | am not sure ~
Z at; but, | had suspicion they did.
rom tho way they gazed at me.
felt fattered by that gaze. at the
time: but afterwards. the thought oc-
Cured to noe. they might have. sus-
picioned that I was Guiteau or
Scholgozs Watching for a chance to
shoot the President.
No. d;idn't write that most exrel-
lent article of last SUNDAY which,
went forth with my hat on It's head
nor do I make any complaint against
the printer who swapred our hats
for ] gote the better of the swap,
and | know. from experience. that
Mistakes will occur in a printing Of
flee.
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/ have not exactly made up my
mind whether I shall shake hands
with the President. When ne comes
to the Fair or not. shook hands
with James K. Polk ana James such
2, anan before the war w ri5a,t ~ was s 2
big thing to shake a Presidents hand
Soon after the war | shook with ANDY
Johnsorl; later with chester Ar
thur, ard some wears later with Gro
yer Cleveland. So I've hoWdy with