The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-05

1 never knew how William
l was not f~avorably imprarsa' b1t
Brother Dunn when he arrira4 With
rate evening train, a frjstr T." ma
young man, who looked in "a. +"Fbe7
II his night was turned too ~ IS
hlsnt as ne preceded US up n "a
of the church, which was -, aisle
hear him, he showed to nv - 10
sort OF lrreverent confidence 49,. .
grace Of God, as if he ha6 tha .~e
OF It in his vest-pocket r'='s
The service that followed v..
scrlbable in any religious lans-.
even IN any secular Language 80, w
Dunn brought his own hvmr -
with him and distributed then H. rs
congregation with an activity ~, 10
versational freedom that mad -
acquainted at once. The HYMN, 80 49,,
to be nursery rhymes of saIya+io- -
to what may be described a Gght,,.
spinning, dicky-lird music. Anyhn+.
could sing them, nj everybody 49,
and the more they sang the more
cheerfully they looked, but not "a
pentant The service was c9nn4sas
mostly of these songs. intersna-sat
now and then with wildly excrura-,-
exhortations from Brother Dunn 10 ~
pent and believe. He explained. with
an occasional ha, ha, how easy II VS.
to do, and there is no denying that
the altar was filled with confused
young people, who knelt and htd ta.t~
eyes and behaved with singular rev.
erence under the circumstances
The CHEATING begun when Brother
Dunn attempted to make them Claim
the blessing He induced halt a doz-
en- young girls and two or three
youths to "stand up and testify" that
their sins had been forg1ven. Simple
young creatures who had no more
sense OF the nature of sin or the
depth Of genuine repentance than
field larks
Later he frisked home with rs.
praising God in little foolish words,
and rejoicing over the success Of the
service. Shortly after he had retired
to his room We heard a great commo-
ton punctuated with stacCatO shouts
William hurried to the door to in
Quire what the trouble was, He dis
covered Brother Dunn hopping about
the room in his night shirt, slappIng
frenzy. He declared that as he pray
ed by his bed a light had appeared
beside him.
William tried to look cheerful and
blessed, but there is one thing I can
always say for him he was an honest
man in dealing with the most Elusive
and deceptive things men have ever
dealt in-that is, spiritual values. and
the more he observed Brother DuGa
the more his misgivings increased
The next morning l met the eEau-
glist in the hall.
"HaIleuiah!" he shouted.
What for?" ] demanded coldly.
He gave some starnmering reply.
But that was the beginning Of the end
Of his spiritual peace in our house.
After that l consistently punctured
his ecStasies, quoting some Of the
sternest Scriptures 1 could remember
to counfound him.
william demonstrated with me. He
said Dunn said my lack of spirituality
depressed him.
And, William, his lack of reverence
incenses me. If you don't get rid of
that cotton-haloed evangelist every
body in this town will claim a bless
ing without ~repenting or being con-
verted' I replied
Fortunately Dunn dismissed himself
He said hat it was impossible for him
to hold a revival in such an atmos-
phere. He implied AS plainly as h9
could hat he was sorry for William
accepted the sum of ten dollars, Whlch
had been promised him for his seFV-
ices, and left.
1 have never known what to think
of such preachers. No one who ever
knew one car doubt his sincerity,
But they cultivate a kind of spiritual
idiocy and frenzy that is more dam
aging to souls han any amount OF
hypocrisy.
I have always been thankful that
the JOY of William in the reI9'o19
life was a stern and great thing, no
more resembling the ilghtness. TINS
f1ippancy, than integrity reseH1o'e7
folly.