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Show mi. FILLER'S BUCK STORY, The late Dr. Miller, of rrineetotf, ns nil his students will remember, .nbonnded in anecdotes, which he- rehlted to his Classen from'Jcar to year, to itlustrnte the "poVntSniadein hr& lectures, pjie'of them .oCcnrS-'tO lis-just uovr, a; fpeciuly ajipli-cabTe'tblhe ajipli-cabTe'tblhe new'tonyerti: whlehutrave fe cGfltly comeiulo' ths chnrchei within the Uo'ditdt of; our-Circulation. A. celebrated jddge ifi.yirgjrjid wastii his eHMiVrjfCaps," skeptldil ns to'tlie trutfcpf the lilble, and osfwclalii'fts toHIic ralit v of 'experimental religion. He badh. fd.d"fite servant, $rbo acp'mp8n5edJTSim tti' hi? inirtisrourtd Ids circuit.' 'A'theyjwfewl from conrt-bbuso to conrthouse;- they frequently conversed" on the. -subject of religion the servant; Harry, Teuturing at times' to remonstrate wilh likniastei: against hkliifitlch'iy. As tlie" judge had ""confidence hi Harry's hon-' city ond sincerity, he akeil him a great nistiy questions Vs io' liow he felt and w'lin ho -thought 011 various point. ArnofiK other thing?, Harry told his 'master tliaf jie 'Was often v,Ty sorely' tempted imd tried by the devil. Tlie' judge' a?ked lfsirrj- to explain to him how it happplrtd that the ded attacked him (Harry), who wos so yiio'iis a man, so sorely, white' hfe allowed b'inlself, who was an intid-jl nud n sinner, to pass nuuoiicf 1 and untempted. Harry nBtrdj "Arc you right sore, master, that Iks docs let yon pass without troubling yon?" "Certainly, I am," replied "the judge; "riniv'p no dealings with him ntall. Tdo not even so much os know that there is" any such bciug in existence us the devil'. If there Is eny such being; he never treubles inc.9 "Well," said Hurry, "I. know that there Is n devil, and tbat he tries me sorely at tlmM." ' A day or- two' afterwards, when' the. judge had gotten through bis 'docket; bej concluded to 0 bit a hunt for wild docks' oa one 'f lire streams which lay iierpstbls road homeward." .Harry accompniticd tlm".-' A3 they approached thcfrivcii, they espied n ilock or ducks quietly floating on Its surface. sur-face. The judge stealthily crept up the bank and, fired uion them, tilling, two or three and' bounding as many otliers. He at cnc;e threw down Ins guu and made strenuous efforts, with th aid of clabs nod stoucs, to secure the wounded dntks, while he permitted the dead ones to tloat on, for the time, unnoticed by tiim. Harry, as he "Sat on the seat of the carriage, car-riage, watched his master's inovtmenis with deep Interest, and when lie returned, said to him; "Mass?, while you was a splashm' n de water after dem wounded ducks; aiid lettiu' tie dead oncJ float on, It jist come into my mind why it Is dat de dfibjl troubles me so nmch while he lets you alone. Yon are like de deud duch,;' he's sure lie's got you safe. Tin like de wounded wound-ed odes, trying to getaway from Idm, and lie'o afraid I'll do it, so he makes allde fuss after me and jist lets you float on down de,stream. lie- knows he can git yoaany timej but he know It's now or uebber wld rae." If yon witbto begin to flutter; it little; and show slgni Ukc you wc.rlj flgoln' to git away from, blm, he would make jist as big a splaihia' nfte'r yon as be does after me." I'isbytcrisv. ' .t |
