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What he said, as nearly as I can recall it, was as follows: "Befo' I pernounces de benediction, I wants ter 'spress de thanks o' dis chu'ch ter de 'oner'ble visitor wha' set 'isse'f so modes' in de las' pew dis evenin', an' den sen' up de bigges' conterbutiom, fulfillin' de words o' de Scripture, which say de las' shill be fus' an' de fus' shill be las'.
"Sometimes we worked on Sat'day a'ternoon, owin' to de crops; but women all knocked off on Sat'day a'ternoon. On Sat'day night, we mos'ly had fun, playin' an drinking whiskey an' beer no time to fool 'roun' in de week time. "Some went to chu'ch an' some went fishin' on Sunday. On Chris'mas we had a time all kinds eatin' wimmen got new dresses men tobacco had stuff to las' 'til Summer.
But ef she had a'tempted to walk up a chu'ch aisle wid Joe an' me still onmarried well, I wush dey'd 'a' tried it! I'd 'a' been standin' befo' de pulpit a-waitin' for 'em an' I'd 'a' quoted some Scripture at 'em, too. But dey acted accordin' to law.
"Ef air ole mule wagon ur a donkey-kyart was stallded out in de road in front o' dis chu'ch don' keer ef it was loaded up wid pippy chickens, much less'n de Lord's own freight dey ain't one o' yer but 'd raise a wheel ter sen' it on! You know yer would!
"There is a saying," he remarked, "once a priest, always a priest. I cannot imagine myself as other than what I am." "But o'thodox no maw," she said. "Orthodox self-satisfied, no longer. A priest who seeks, an exploring priest." "In a Chu'ch of P'og'ess and B'othe'hood," she carried him on. "At any rate, in a progressive and learning church." She flashed and glowed assent.
"I would 'a' waited," she added, presently "I would 'a' waited a reas'nable time, 'cep'n dat Pete started gwine ter chu'ch, an' you know yo'se'f, missy, when a well-favored widder man go ter seek consolation f'om de pulpit, he's might' ap' ter find it in de congergation." As I sat listening to her quiet exposition of her scheme, it seemed monstrous.
"The gospel ez Stone preaches it seems plain ez the nose on yer face, but when the 'five p'ints' is discussed, I git all uv a muddle." "But, Mason," asked Gilcrest, "you surely believe in the Confession of Faith of your church, do you not?" "Why, I s'pose I do b'lieve it leastways, I subscribed to it when I jined the chu'ch; but I'll be fetched ef I understand it."
Now, how kin I pray, not to say pray, out yer, in this yer lan'? They ain't a chu'ch in a hunderd mile o' yer, so fer's I kin tell, an' they shoh'ly ain't no chu'ch fer cullud folks. Law me, Miss Ma'y Ellen, they ain't ary nother nigger out yer nowheres, an' you don' know how lonesome I does git!
'Cordin' ter de chu'ch books dar's forty-seben women b'longin' to our meetin', an' ef each one ob dem dar has got seben debbils in her, I jus' wants you ter tell me how many debbils come to chu'ch ebery clear Sunday ter hear dat ole Uncle Pete preach."
"Mike," said Phoebe, solemnly, "don't you go and do dat; mind, I tell you, don't you do dat. You give me them five dollars, and jes' let that c'lection alone. No use you wearin' youself out a walkin' to chu'ch, and all the feedin' and milkin' to do besides." Mike laughed. "I reckon you think five dollars in th' pahm of th' hand is better than a whole c'lection in the bush.
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