Our bishops; a sketch of the origin and growth of the church of the United brethren in Christ as shown in the lives of its distinguished leaders . ucts of which the family wassupported. He had a distaste for labor, and it requiredno great inducement to keep him from it. He wasfond of sport, liked hunting, fast horses and the like,and whatever he might not have, he always managedto have a fast horse. He was not an educated man,in the common adaptation of the term, but had a faircommon school education, and in this respect was muchsuperior to those about him. He was not a Christianman but led a
Our bishops; a sketch of the origin and growth of the church of the United brethren in Christ as shown in the lives of its distinguished leaders . ucts of which the family wassupported. He had a distaste for labor, and it requiredno great inducement to keep him from it. He wasfond of sport, liked hunting, fast horses and the like,and whatever he might not have, he always managedto have a fast horse. He was not an educated man,in the common adaptation of the term, but had a faircommon school education, and in this respect was muchsuperior to those about him. He was not a Christianman but led a moral life. So far as he had any relig-ious creed it was of that class who believe that menwill not be punished hereafter, but all of their affairswill be adjusted in this life. When Lewis was converted and joined church, thefather seemed to be very well pleased, as it put him inthe midst of good associates. He believed the bestsociety was in the church, and if it did nothing morefor the boy it would surround him with good father, while genial and social in his nature andfond of innocent sport, never forgave a man who had 388. SEVENTEENTH BISHOP UNITED BEETHKEN IN CHRIST. 389 willfully wronged him, but sought in some way torequite him for what he had done. The father was a large man, weighing about 200pounds, and in build very much like his son, mother, on the contrary, was small, active andvery industrious. She was a gentle, loving womanof warm heart and pure life; one of the old type of new lights then somewhat prevalent in her neigh-borhood. The first and most lasting religious impres-sions ever made upon tlie son were made by the tenderteaching and most faithful example of this devotedChristian mother. There were no family prayers inthe home, so the boy grew up without this help, whichhas given inspiration and guidance to many a youth. In this household, family government was mild butfirm. The children were not punished but they werecontrolled. Lewi
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