The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1923-07-07

CLOQUET, July Especial to
the Rip-saw. Rev. Dwight D.
Tallmah, late pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, has preached
his farewell sermon to his aristo-
cratic flock, vacated the parsonage
and, undoubtedly, will be on his
way as soon as the Lord gives
him a call to another pasture. The
sawlog aristocrats are hoping and
praying that Rev. Mr.. Tallman's
successor will not be man who
feels compelled to preach the cause
of the Cross to the rich, strong and
fortunate the same as he does to
the poor, weak and unfortunate,
Time will tell, however. Time re-
yeals many things to those who
watch, wait and use their ears.
Once upon a time, Rev. Mr.. Tall
man told story In the pulpit, the
moral of which did not seem to
please the powerful. prosperous and
.complacent members of his flock.
That story ran something like this,
viz:
"a cattle buyer, who previously
had been a regular church attend
ant, was noted by his pastor as
missing from the sanctuary on the
Lords Day, whereupon the man Of
God spoke to the stockman about
the failure to properly perform his
religious duties.
"The stockman replied that his
conscience bothered him so much
that he could not bear to attend
church services for the reason that
attendance upon them made him
feel like hypocrite.
''The preacher asked his parish
Toner why he felt that way and the
stockman informed him that, some
time before, while driving bunch
Of cattle to market, a white cow
strayed into the held and he took
her along with the rest. AS result
of that action, his conscience had
bothered him very much. because
of the thought that the animal may
have belonged to some poor widow
who needed it.
''The preacher advised the stock
man to hunt up the owner Of the
animal and pay for 1t. The stock
man followed the advice and. sure
enough, he found that the cow
actually did belong to poor widow.
He paid the poor woman a proper
price for the animal and he then was
able to go to church with q clear
conscience. ]"
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Lumber barons and others in Rev.
Mr.. Tallman's congregation appear
ed to see a pointed moral In the
tale and 1t did not improve the
taste OF their sumptuous Sunday
dinners. es
The sky pilot of the Westminster
congregation at Cloquet on another
occasion narrated Bible story that
failed to make q hit with many.
The story was about the time that
Moses brought the Israelites out of
bondage in Egypt.
Moses had no heart for the
responsibilities of leadership" de-
clared the ecclesiastical story-teller,
'.but he took up the task merely
to do his Masters bidding. He. had
succeeded in getting the Israelites
well out OF the Jurisdiction Of King
Pharoah and was leading Gods
chosen people In the direction of
a promised land flowing with milk
and honey.
AFTER many weeks OF trials and
hard travelling. Moses and his fol-
lowers reached the foot OF Mount
Sinai. where the march was halted.
the soiled raiment washed and hung
out to dry, while the weary Heb
rews fed and rested up for further
advance on their road to freedom
and happiness.
During that period OF rest and
reeuperation, Moses was summoned
to the top Of the mountain by his
Master and there received instruc-
tions as to his further leadership
and teaching. Last Of all. Moses
was given the tablets of stone on
which were written the Ten Conn
mandments.
During the absence Of Moses
UP the mountain, his brother Aaron,
smooth spell-binder who had been
acting as spokesman for Moses, con-
verified all the golden ornaments