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But the adventure was the ruin of Dispensationism. Mr. Joseph Hull had to give up Mr. John M. Riley's valuables, and return to his seclusion at Bloomingdale. Deprived of the apostle who had set them on fire, and overwhelmed by public ridicule, the Dispensationists lost their faith, got ashamed of their minister, and turned him adrift.
I call you all to witness that I have warned this man of his fearful peril. His blood be on his own head! The blood of your souls will be upon your heads, unless you turn to Dispensationism. I have said it. Amen!" Before he had sat down again I was in the alley on my way to another car, not anxious to become known as the intimate of this extraordinary apostle.
"You're drunk, Sir," returned the landlord, severely. "Keep quiet now, or I'll have you put to bed by the porters." So saying, he shut the door and went muttering down-stairs. This untoward incident put an end to our exercises. A whispered palaver on Dispensationism followed, during which I tilted my chair back against the wall and stole a pleasant little nap.
"Allow me to ask, are you a believer in Dispensationism?" "Not so strong as I might be. However, I have been absent from Troubleton for three months, and only returned yesterday." "Ah! you have lost precious opportunities. You must lose no more. Life is short." "And uncertain," I added. "Especially in railroad travelling."
As its disciples used the word "dispensation" freely, the public called them Dispensationists, and their faith Dispensationism, while their meetings received the whimsical title of Dispensaries. Amid this clamor of daft delusion, Dr.
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