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Show EVIDENTLY HAD HIS DOUBTS Olfactory Evidence Offered Up by Serlou Minded Old-Time ' Circuit Rider. Atypical old time "Irmlt rider" died recently In Aliitmmn-n mitn whose godly unselfish life will lone be remembered. Many were the ec-I ec-I ccntrh lti of tliln niKKcil old mini. and many encrdotcs nro current anions the MethnillHt minister of the I tnto roticernlnn lilm. I to wax noted : for two tliliiKfi liia denunciation of j ln In nn uncertain tone, anil the familiarity with which ho addressed Ithe Lord In prayer. On one nccnelon he had been preach-Inn preach-Inn In a Ion meeting hnuso In the piny wood of north Alabama. There were evernl young fellow on hand who j bad boon cclcbrntlng by patronizing a I till burd br. Aflor a Ion. fiery ear l's aaon. the preacher nindo a coll for mourner, and oon the rude altnr wa filled mostly by the aforementioned aforemen-tioned young fellow. The old man looked them over for a moment, and I with keen Intuition felt that It wa I perhnp a "Inrk" on the boya' part, but he knelt to pray. "O Lord." he began, "here' a crowd of young fellow kneeling round your altar. They've beon cumin' and awcnrln' and drlnkln' and spcndlu' their time In rlotoiiH llvln'. but they've come up here eemlni!ly penitent. They look llko penitent. Lord, and I ' hope they aro. They weep llko penl- j tent, Lord, and I hope you'll forxlve 1 'em If they are: but. t) Lord. I declare they don't smell llko penitent!" ' Youth' Companion. |