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The separation of the two parties was completed when the new church at Skippack was dedicated, on June 22. 1729. On that day Weiss took possession of the church, which, as Bohm claims, his elders had begun, but which was seized by Reiff and his brothers because "they insisted that they had loaned most of the money and thus had the largest claim on it." (These facts are taken from a letter of Bohin to the Classis of Amsterdam, dated November 12, 1730. )
This state of affairs became at last intolerable to the congregations of Bahn, which would not give up their beloved leader. Hence they appealed through the Dutch Reformed ministers at New York to the Classis of Amsterdam for the ordination of Bohm. This carnest request was granted, and Bothm was ordained at New York on November 23. 1729. On the following day a reconciliation was effected between Weiss and Bohm, by which Weiss recognized the ministry of Bochum and prom-
*Boehm considered as his congregations not only Falkner Swamp. Skippack. Whitemarsh, Conestoga and Tulpchocken, but also Philadelphia, where he had preached before the arrival of Weiss, although there is no evidence that he had or- ganized a congregation. If there had been an organization, he would surely have mentioned it. His silence seems to imply that Philadelphia had only been a preach- ing place, when Weiss arrived in 1727.
In all his letters, written from Pennsylvania to Holland (twenty-four. in num- ber), Buthm refers but once to his activity at Philadelphia before the arrival of Weiss. In his report to the Synods, dated July 8, 17H, he writes as follows:
"Now concerning the congregation at Philadelphia. Do. Weiss took the same at his arrival, with the help of the above mentioned opponents" (Peter and Michael Hillegas and Dr. John Jacob Diemer) "out of my hands, for I had alcorly protected
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ised to interfere no more with his work, but to retire from the congregations of Bæhm, especially Skippack. That Weiss did not keep these promises is evident from his continued preaching at Skippack, and that his recog- nition of Bohm's ministry was not sincere will clearly appear from his later conduct in Holland.
The "wooden church" at Skippack was the first church building of the German Reformed people in Pennsylvania, at least as far as is known at present. (The corner-stone of the Reformed church at Germantown could not have been laid by the Swedish minister Dylander in 1719, simply because he did not arrive in Pennsylvania till 1737, and, more- over, a report made on January 9, 1733, by the Philadelphia merchant. Arent Hassert, makes no reference to a Reformed church, while enumer- ating all the other churches of Philadelphia and Germantown. The Ger- mantown church of 1719 is a fiction, which ought to be dismissed from our history. ) There being but one church for the Reformed people in the province, the need of other church buildings was keenly felt at many places, especially at Philadelphia, and as the people were too poor to erect these necessary houses of public worship, they finally agreed to send Rev. Weiss to Europe to collect the necessary funds for the creation of one or perhaps several churches. Weiss suggested to the church of Holland that four additional churches be built.
The reason why Jacob Reiff was associated with him in this under- taking is explained in a letter of Rev. Rieger and John Diemer to the Sonodical Deputies, written on March 4. 1733:
"When Domine Weiss, about three years ago, resolved to go to Hol- land and Germany to present our need to good-hearted souls, eager to ad- vance the honor of God, a doubt arose in the minds of some of us. whether he might not allow himself to be persuaded to remain in Ger- many, whereby our good efforts would prove fruitless. For this reason we associated with him Jacob Reiff, a naturalized citizen of this country and a well-to-do man, who intended to travel to Germany, and we gave him a special power of attorney, by virtue of which he was requested to take charge of this collection in case Weiss would not return, and act in accordance with the order of the consistory of Amsterdam and Rotterdam. " This statement throws some doubt on the claim, set up by Reiff three years later, that he had no other business in Europe than this collection. and went to attend to this affair exclusively. This claim is more fully disproved by the minutes of the Synod of North Holland, held at Enkhuyzen, July 29-August 7, 1732. At that time Rev. Wilhehnius, of Rotterdam, informed the Synod that "the society of merchants had bought a large district in Pennsylvania, but that they were going to sell this land again, for which reason Jacob Reiff had been sent to the Palati- nate to act in this affair. The above mentioned Mr. Wilhelmius has proposed Rev. Hottinger to Jacob Reiff, in order to send him to Pennsyl-
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vania to organize the church. Jacob Reiff has written to Mr. Wilhelnius that he had spoken with Mr. Hottinger and that there was hope that Hottinger could be persuaded to go." There was still another business to which Reiff attended on this journey. The Dutch Reformed people in Bucks county had long been without a minister, hence they gave Reiff a letter to Rev. Wilhelmnius and Rev. Knibbe, of Leyden, dated May 3. 1730, asking them to send them a suitable pastor. They also gave Reiff a sum of money to pay for the travelling expenses of their new minister. On May 29, 1784, Rev. Wilhelmius reported, "the money which Reiff has handed to me in your name, is still in my care."
We have thus learned that the object of Reiff in going to Europe was at least threefold. First and above all, to act as an agent for a land com- pany; secondly, to assist Rev. Weiss in his collection, and if necessary to secure another minister for the congregations of Weiss; and, thirdly, to assist the Dutch Reformed people of Bucks county to get a minister from Holland. Reiff was evidently a thorough business man, who made use of every opportunity presented to him. Shortly before their departure. on May 10, 1780, the adherents of Weiss wrote two letters, one to the Classis, and the other to the Synods, in which they protested against the ordination of Bohm and asked the Classis not to force Bohm upon them as their minister, but to notify him "that he has to give up his ministry. abstain from preaching and the administration of the sacraments, that we poor and oppressed people may be delivered from further scandals and vexations."
These two letters were handed to Rev. Weiss to present them to the authorities in Holland. But before Weiss left he arranged several fare- well services with his followers. On May 1. 1730, he celebrated the communion with his adherents at Skippack and on May 7 (AAscension Day) and 17, he preached two farewell sermons. By these services. as well as by continued ministerial acts in his congregations, he offended Behm very much, who regarded them as a breach of the promises made at New York, and hence complained bitterly to the ministers at New York on May 17, 1730. The severity of his language is pardonable, when we realize his feelings. All his fond hopes that through the reconciliation at New York, peace would be restored in his congregations, had been shat- tered and hence he writes, full of indignation: "To sign such a covenant with one's own hand, before such venerable men, who had done their utmost for the honor of Jesus, to promote the best interests of the Church and then to break it again in such a disgraceful way, is not only dishon- orable, but far from godly, and unworthy of a teacher, to set such an example."
Nor was Bahm delighted about Weiss' journey to Holland, but could only see in it a great danger to the Reformed Church, especially as Weiss was reported to have said that "he would go to Holland to obtain
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the money which had there been collected in answer to his letter. This he would put on interest, so that he could live on it after his return."
1. Two days after Bohm had sent this report to New York, Reiff re- ceived his power of attorney, on May 19. 1780. The original document is still in existence in the archives at Lancaster.
Furnished with letters of recommendation, and the above mentioned papers and instructions, the two travellers set out on their journey in the latter part of May, 1730. The good wishes of their friends followed them, but on the part of their opponents there were but anticipations of coming trouble and "brooding mischief."
Holland and Pennsylvania.
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HOLLAND'S CARE OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN PENNSYLVANIA.
[Continued.]
It is now well known that John Philip Balta organized congrega- tions of the Reformed colonists, in the year 1725, at Falkner Swamp, Skippack and Whitemarsh. He framed rules for the government of the infant churches, which were duly adopted by the members. He was for- mally called to the pastorate, and, although not ordained, he accepted the call. The necessary preparations for the celebration of the Lord's Supper were made in each congregation. The first communion was hekl at Falkner Swamp on the 15th day of October, 1725, with 40 communi- cants in attendance; at Skippack in November, of the same year, with 37 communicants, and at Whitemarsh on the 23d af December, following. with 24 communicants. In the course of the succeeding two years con- gregations were established in like manner at Conestoga and Tulpchocken. The first communions at these places were held: At Conestoga, on the 14th of October, 1727, with 59 communicants; at Tulpchocken, on the 18th of the same month, with 32 communicants. These facts and dates are obtained from cotemporary manuscripts preserved in the Reformed Church archives at The Hague, Holland.
New came a check to Bahm's progress in Church work. In Septem- ber, 1727, Rev. George Michael Weiss, a regularly ordained minister of the Reformed Church, arrived at Philadelphia. Upon his arrival the Reformed residents in Philadelphia organized a congregation and chose him for their pastor. In 1728 Weiss found his way to Skippack, where Bæhm had organized a congregation. The irregularity of Bochm's as- sumption of the ministerial office was made clear to the people, and division and confusion ensued. Weiss also went to Conestoga, after Boehm had visited the congregation several times, and by disparaging representations turned the people against Beelim. "So hat Do. Weiss
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mich bey dieser Gemeinde," so wrote Bochum to Holland, "durch einen sehr schimpfl. Bericht (den ich in handen habe) verlästert umnb sie da- durch irre gemacht und dieselbe an sich gezogen, aber bald wider ver- lassen."
Preliminary steps were taken in July, 1728, for Mr. Bohm's ordina- tion. After a tedious correspondence with the Classis of Amsterdam, Mr. Bohm was publicly ordained, on Sunday afternoon, November 23, 1729. in the Reformed Low Dutch church in the city of New York.
While these matters were going on in America, the church authori- ties of Holland were giving careful consideration to the state of the Pen- sylvania Reformed congregations.
The ecclesiastical organization of the Netherlands at that time was made up of eight Synods, and each Synod comprised a number of Classes: The Synods met once a year. At these meetings written reports were received from the other Synods and delegates attended. By this cumber- some system of intercommunication the general work of the Church was kept before all the several parts of its jurisdiction. There was no general Synod, as at present. In 1727 the Synods were:
Zuid Holland, (South Holland )
Gelderland, Noord Holland. ( North Holland )
l'tregt, ( l'trecht )
Friesland. Overijssel, Stad en Landen.
The Classes in the Synod of South Holland were eleven in num- ber, viz:
Zuid Holland. Delft en Deltland. Leyden en Neder Rynland. Goude en Schoonhoven. Schieland. Giornichem, Voorn en Putten. 's Gravenhage, Woerden en Over Rynland. Buuren. Breda.
The Synod of South Holland met in 1728 at Woerden. July 6-16. The president laid before that body a communication from the Chief Church Council of Heidelberg, conveying a request for means to be applied towards building a church in Pennsylvania for the Reformed brethren who had gone thither from the Palatinate, who were there compelled to hold religious service under the blue heavens. They regarded this as affording a field in which, with the blessing of the Almighty, a rich harvest might be gathered for the Church of God; and
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they desired to recommend the subject to the carnest attention of the Classes and through correspondence to the other Synods, in order that in the coming year a generous assistance might be given towards working out the purposes of God. A proposition was made that the charities collected by the deacons should be set aside for the support of the brethren and the churches persecuted for the truth and in need of help; also to petition the States General for a definite sum yearly to apply to this purpose. Consideration of the subject was postponed.
In 1729 the South Holland Synod met at Cuylenberg. July 5-15. Collections for the needy Pennsylvania churches were taken, amounting to six hundred and ninety-six guilders, twelve stivers.
Delft, etc., Leyden, etc ..
f. 116
180
Gornichem,
107
Voorn & Putte.
54
's Gravenhage.
Woorden, etc.
73 15
Broda, etc.,
157
'Total,
1. 696 12
This sum was handed to D". Mardus Tiele, preacher at Rotterdam. to be paid over to the Pennsylvanians.
( To be Continued. )
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Falkner Swamp Reformed Church.
This congregation hold its first communion October 15, 1725. It is the oldest congregation of the German branch of the Reformed Church in the United States. [See Historical Notes, page 86, et segmentes.]
THE PRESENT CHURCH EDIFICE
was built in 1790. The same year the Synod-officially termed. Der Ehrwürdige Cætus der Hoch-Deutschen Reformirten Gemeinen in Penn- sylvanien, Maryland und Jersey -- met in Falkner Swamp. Nicholas Pomp was the pastor.
CHURCH DEBT.
The congregation remained in debt to the Building Committee for the new church for several years. The Building Committee-Baumeister -was composed of Philip Halm, Michael Dotterer, Peter Stoltz, John Smith, John Schnell, Jacob Schneider. October 30, 1802, a congrega- tional meeting was held, at which it was resolved to take a special sub- scription to pay the remaining debt. June 9, 1803, another meeting was called. The effort to raise funds had been successful. At this time the pastor was 1. F. Hermann, and the consistory consisted of
Moses Kehl
Ludwig Worman
George Svee John Reegner Conrad Jaeger Peter Refsnyder Godt. Schler Alabam Dottrer
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The collections amounted to $268 0 1. June 9, 1804, all debts were paid off at the parsonage. A considerable number of the members of the neighboring Lutheran congregation made contributions.
SUBSCRIPTION LIST.
The principal contributors were:
Ludwig Bender, sr.
£ 3 0 0 Peter Martin 3 0 0
John Bender, jr.
3 0 0 George Moor
1 2 0
Ludwig Bitting
5 0 Benj. Markler 0 15
George Buchrer
:: 0 0 George Nyce
15 7
Dieter Buchrer
2 () Widow Nyce
0 7 6
George Dengler 5 0 Conrad Neuman
0 15 0
Michael Dotterer, sen. 6
0) 0 John Reegner
1 10
Conrad Dotterer
250 Sebast. Reifschneider
0 15 0
Abraham Dotterer : 0.0
Andreas Reifschneider
2
0
Hannes Dotterer
2
5 () Abraham Scholl
10 0
Henrich Grob
0 () Andreas Schmidt
0 0
Lenhard Hartranft
1 2 6 Henrich Schmidt
-1 10
0
John Hahn
15 () ()
Hanes Schmidt
5 0 0
Conrad Jaeger
3 0
O Christian Stolz
6
0 0
Andreas Jung
0 0 John Schloncker
1 17
Moses Kchl
7 10 0 Peter Schler
4 10 0
Philip Koons
: ()
0 Christian Schweyer
2 10 0
Henry Knaus
O Peter Schweisforth
1 10 0
George Kayser
3 0 0 Peter Voegeley
3 0 0
Reinhard Kichler
2 5 0 Frederich Weiss
2
Henry Krebs
1 10
O Christian Zoller
3 15
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Franz Leidig
TEACHERS OF THE PAROCHIAL SCHOOL.
Christopher Smith in 1808, and Samuel Schoch in 1821. were the schoolmasters, as is shown by the receipts given by them for salaries;
Empfangen von Mr. Abraham Dotterer auf mein Kirchen Lohn drey Pfund den 20ten April 1808.
£8 0 0
Christoph Smith.
1821. April den Iten.
Empfangen von den Vorstehren für ein Jahr Kirchen Dienst die Sun mit zwey und dreyzzig Thaler den Empfang bezeige ich.
$32.00 Samuel Schoch, Schullehrer.
PAINTING THE CHURCH.
In 1810 the church was painted. The work was done by Jacob Dengler. A committee was given the duty of collecting the money to pay the bill. The sums obtained were:
By Christian Stel € 5 6 103 By Daniel Spies 2 18 9
Henry Grubb 9 3 9 Joseph Freyer 4 3 10
Abraham Doterer 2 15 5 Jacob Dengler 51 19 0Į John Nagle
Johanes Junger
B
() 0 Peter Stelz
Michael Koons 7 10
0 John Schnell
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Barny Dotterer 1 10 0 John Richard
Mich' Dotterer, jun.
2 5 0 Peter Reifschneider
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MINISTER'S SALARY.
The minister was paid in the Spring of the year. April 12, 1811, Rev. Mr. Hermann's salary was paid him for the previous year. It was £50. April 12, 1812, he was paid £70. It must be remembered that the Pennsylvania pound was equal to $2.663. or seven shillings, six vence to the dollar.
The Flight of the Huguenots.
The Huguenots who Hled from France because of Louis' cruel admin- Istration numbered perhaps a million. How they escaped is marvelous. Every means that the most powerful government in the world could take In prevent their escaping was taken. The dragonnade was fruitless. It gained only a temporary spoil. For fifty years the, emigration went on, ind those magnificent industries that Huguenot enterprise had built up, despite all the efforts that Louis XIV. and Louis XV. made to have it otherwise, sank into paralysis and ruin. And France, beautiful France, u land destined by nature to be the home of as prosperous a people as the whole earth can show, became poorer and more wretched and more callous To the instincts of humanity and more indifferent to the principles of jus- See and freedom year by year until in he "revolution" her whole politi- Enland social structure fell in utter and inevitable collapse.
-JOHN EBENEZER BRYANT.
Colonial Church Builders.
INDIAN CREEK REFORMED CHURCH.
In the foundation wall of the present Christ Reformed church, Indian beck, Bucks county, are two stones that were in the building erected in 754. They are brown sandstone. These names, doubtless those of the hilding committee, are carved upon them:
JACOB
JOHN
17
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17
54
ARNDT
VEIS
JACOB RIES * PHILP HENRICH SELER
:17 NICHTAL BIRGE
JACOB LEITE
54
PETER GERHART * WILEM ALTHAUS
JOHANES SCHELEBERGER & ABRAHAM ARNT
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Marriages by Rev. George Wack.
COMMUNICATED BY W. H. REED, PH. G., M. D., OF NORRISTOWN. ( Continued. ) 1832.
528. January
5. Jacob Kropp and Magdalena Hunsicker.
529. Jannary
12. Charles Stout and Barbara Hoffman.
530. February
12. Samuel Ashenfelter and Rebecca Miller.
531. February 19. Charles Newman and Mary Jeffries.
532. February
19. Henry Peters and Mary Lehman.
533. March 4. John Harttle and Susannah Schlaugh.
534. March 22. Samuel Summers and Elizabeth Whitby.
535. March 25. Charles Butterswa and Susanna Mashman.
536. March
29. Samuel Kugler and Elizabeth Kugler.
537. May 20. Isaac Spore and Mary Vanfossen.
538. August
21. David Jeffries and Sarah Meyers.
589. September 9. William Ebert and Elizabeth Rittenhan -.
540. September 13. John Suell and Caroline Carr.
541. September 18. Thomas Dorworth and Sarah Kline. 542. September 28. Andrew Denner and Sibilla Stauffer. 543. October
2. Charles Dickey and Mary Ann Boier.
544. October
7. Henry Fox and Christina Hoffinan.
545. October
7. Jacob Markley and Maria Wagner.
546. October
11. Risdon J. Perry and Dorcas Price.
547. October 14. William Johnson and Mary Hallman.
548. October 21. John Umstad and Susanna Young.
549. November 4. Aaron Leidy and Rachel Cassel.
550. November 6. Isaac Snyder and Christina Henning.
551. November 6. Abraham Wiegner and Magdalena Cassel.
552. November 18. Samuel Williams and Lidia Tyson.
553. December 6. Jacob Allderffer and Mely Dettwiler.
554. December 13. Joshua Heebner and Elizabeth Williams.
555. December 20. Mark Widger and Hester And Drake.
556. December 23. Lewis Pergenot and Herriet Gehry.
557. December 23. Joseph Tohan and Sarah Bechtel.
1833.
558. January
27. Jesse Frantz and Margaret Greenwald.
559. February
17. Peter Dager and Elizabeth Saylor.
560. February
21. Andrew Crawford and Elizabeth King.
561. February
28. Jacob Hauss and Ann MeVay.
562. March
3. John Fry and Mary Stong.
563. March 24. William Hopkins and Ann Smith.
564. March 7. Owen M. Evans and Martha Potts,
565. April 30. Jacob Kramer and Ann Bergstreser.
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566. August 25. Abraham Krop and Susannah Johnson.
567. September 15. George Butz and Elizabeth Levan.
568. September 26. Jacob S. Tyson and Susannah Dettwiler.
569. October 15. Benjamin Beyer and Hannah Cassel.
570. October 27. Reas Butterswa and Margareth Hall.
571. October 29. Jacob Wanner and Ano Derick.
572. October 27. Peter Manst and An Curuh.
573. October 31. Jacob Schmied and Rachael Davis.
574. November 17. Philip Stong and Sarah Fry.
575. November 7. Christopher Heebner and An Mitchell.
576. November 20. Thomas Clark and Rebecca Slough.
577. November 21. Peter Wagner and Margaret Lebold.
578. November 26. John L. Adamson and Mary Ann Hooth. 579. November 26. Abraham Dettera and Mary Hart.
580. December 12. Nathan Moore and Elizabeth Pannebecker. 581. December 17. Andrew Hyser and Rebecca Custer.
582. December 17. Heury Nungesser and Mary Aun Byer.
583. December 22. Joseph Fretz and Maria Markle.
584. December 25. Wells Tomlinson and Hannah Artman.
585. December 26. Isaac Cassel and Elizabeth Ruth. 1834.
586. January 587. January 588. February
12. John Detterre and Mary Boyer. 30. Benjamin Jones and Margareth Shambo.
27. Jonas Ashenfelter and Margareth Davis.
589. March 18. Henry Allebaugh and Hester Hunisicker.
590. May 20. Joseph C. Fronfield and Eilen Boier.
591. July 3. George Tarrence and Clarissa Davis. 592. September 7. John Kneezel and Eliza Rhoads.
593. September 11. John Matlock and Cathrine Fight.
594. September 14. Isaac Yost and Mary Reiff. 595. October
9. Peter Mundshower and Lois Steward.
596. November 9. Henry Harley and Anna Kolp.
597. November 16. Peter Johnson and Elizabeth Custer.
598. November 23. David Hamer and Mary Dewees.
599. November 29. Jacob Singer and Mary Ann Thomas.
600. December 4. Samuel Klaire and Hester Martin.
601. December 25. Joshua Beal and Elizabeth Eberhard. 1835.
602. January 12. Abraham Klaire and Veronica Koogler.
603. January
15. Alexander Gray and Cathrine Drake.
604. January 18. Benjamin Baker and Mary Ann Hoover.
605. February 22. Jacob Detteree and Ann Place.
606. March 5. Michael Longenfield and Christiana Deishlay.
607. March 1.5. Thomas Wowel and Elizabeth Rambo.
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608. March
15. Charles Walker and Ann Koch.
609. April
9. Charles Smith and Ann Spere.
610. April
16. Othiel Sands and Cathrine Wisner.
611. May .5. Jolm Ashenfelter and Cathrine Johnson.
612. June 21. Jolm Custer and Sarah Custer.
613. July
6. William Baker and Susannah Funk.
614. July
19. Philip Stong and Sophia Fry.
615. August
9. James Farley and Hannah Cassel.
616. August
11. Heury Clemmer and Margareth Harley.
617. August
11. Abraham Fly and Elizabeth Meyers.
618. August 29. Mahlon Weber and Ellen Matilda Burn.
619. September 5. Samuel Fenstermacher and Lidia Met.
620. December 28. Conrad Boose and Sarah Ann Ward. 1836.
621. January
3. Aaron Frantz and Sophia Warmer.
622. February
18. Joseph Fetter and Cathrine Walker.
623. April
11. Michael Heckler and Hannah Rittenhouse.
624. April 17. Francis Beyer and Maryann Kinelmer.
625. August
16. William Wimmer and Susannah Custer.
626. October 16. John J. Swartley and Hester Tyson.
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20. Jacob Beyer and Elizabeth Cassel. ( To be Continued. )
The Young Preacher's Visit.
He arrived in Gainfield on Saturday evening, was met at the cars. and carried off bag and baggage to the house of Mr. Absalom Strapiron. It was soon known that the preacher had come. The children proped in on him through the crack of the door until those behind, in their ager- ness to get a sight, pushed those before into the room, and then the whole herd scampered off as if a tribe of Indians was after them. The glossy black clothes of the young preacher fully corroborated the idea that he must be well off. . Besides these, he wore patent leather boots. and had a silk umbrella and a gold watch.
At tea, the children, about a baker's dozen in all, would put a spoon- ful of mush to their mouths, look first at the young clergyman's feet. then at one another and snicker, till their maternal put six or eight of them through a process she called "smacking." and sent them into the kitchen till prayer time. Albeit Mr. Meagre wore his clothes as if all unconscious that they were the subject of any remark.
Sunday morning came. Up the aisle moved Mr. Meagre. The whole congregation looked towards the door as he entered the house, the choir peeped down over the gallery, and he felt that he was the observed of all observers. -P. SEIBERT DAVIS, in The Young Parson.
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