Part 17 (2/2)
”Revival!” he said, calmly ”What is that?”
”The special services in my church”
”What services?”
This evidently was enough He went out of the roohtful, and said nothing, but was clearly beginning to suspect that the judg
In course of the luncheon I told ain by the host's attentions, and ietables” ”Have you any salt?Will you take solass of wine?” It was quite evident he wished the story at an end
My friend said, ”That is one of your parishi+oners he is talking about”
”I suspected so,” he replied ”All I can say is, that if Mr Hasla as I have, he would never speak of him as he does This is not the first profession he has ed several times before this, and has always beco Haslam says,” said my friend--”that some reformations are all flesh, and not the work of God; and, as such, can never stand I believe the man to be converted by God this time”
”We will see--ill see,” said our host, quietly helping hilass of wine ”For s”
My friend and I exchanged looks I was silent, but he continued, ”I am bound to say that I was never converted before, nor yet hter, or , ”you h! I don't wish to hear another word about your conversions after that! I can only say that if I were half as good as Mrs S---, I should be well satisfied”
”Well, now,” replied my friend, ”do come over and see her, and hear what she has to say about it herself”
”No, thank you,” he replied; ”I have no desire to interfere in sucha wall of separation between the two clerical brothers, who had together professed to be Evangelical, and cordially hated sacraion They had also professed to believe in salvation by faith only; but for all this they never urged upon their people to perform any acts of faith--they only expected them to receive the doctrine I found that such people opposed h Church men
My friend and I returned home, and he told his wife and sister the result of our visit They said that they were not surprised, for they had made up their minds on the subject, and were quite sure that Mr -- had no personal experience, though he was so intelligent about the doctrine of salvation by faith
The work, in the meantime, went on and spread Some of the people came over from Mr --'s parish to ask e sail-loft, which they had prepared for the purpose My friend would not consent to ive theain, not to ask me to preach, but if I would just come over to visit a sick man as anxious about his soul My friend hesitated at this also I said, ”Why do you object to e to talk to the vicar hi to one of his parishi+oners”
”No,” he said, ”I cannot; that is quite a different thing”
Seeing that he was unwilling, and that it would displease hiers and said, ”I cannot go”
They were not satisfied, and asked ”if the ladies would please to go;”
my late dear wife and Mrs S (Mary), whos
My friend did not see any objection to the ladies going, and the one They visited the sick man the next day, and after that were asked ”just to come and speak to a few people up here” that was, in the adjoining sail-loft On entering the place, to their astonish quietly waiting
”What is this?” asked my wife
The man said, ”I only asked a few, but all those people are coive the a large company like that, and Mary was shocked at the idea; but still, they were afraid to refuse; so they mounted the carpenter's bench, which was placed there with two chairs on it; and after a hymn and prayer, Mrs H