. The Hoosier school-master : a novel . hink hed help a poor, unlarnt Flat Cricker like me ? I think he was a sort of a Flat Creeker himself, said Ralph,slowly and very earnestly. You dont say ? said Bud, almost getting off his seat. Why, you see the town he lived in was a rough place. Itwas called Nazareth, which meant Bushtown. You dont say? And he was called a Nazarene, which was about the same as backwoodsman. And Ralph read the different passages which he had studied atSunday-school, illustrating the condescension of Jesus, the storiesof the publicans, the harlots, the poor, who came to h
. The Hoosier school-master : a novel . hink hed help a poor, unlarnt Flat Cricker like me ? I think he was a sort of a Flat Creeker himself, said Ralph,slowly and very earnestly. You dont say ? said Bud, almost getting off his seat. Why, you see the town he lived in was a rough place. Itwas called Nazareth, which meant Bushtown. You dont say? And he was called a Nazarene, which was about the same as backwoodsman. And Ralph read the different passages which he had studied atSunday-school, illustrating the condescension of Jesus, the storiesof the publicans, the harlots, the poor, who came to him. Andhe read about Nathanael, who lived only six miles away, saying Can any good thing come out of Nazareth ? 124 THE HOOSIEE SCHOOL-MASTEK. Jus< tthat Clif ty folks says about Flat Crick, broke in you think I could begin without being baptized? he add-l not? Lets begin now to do the best we can, by his hflp. You mean, then, that Im to begin now to put in my best licks or Jesus Christ, and that hell help me ?. THE CHURCH OF THE BEST LICKS. This shocked Ralphs veneration a little. But it was the sincereutterance of an earnest soul. It may not have been an orthodoxstart, but it was the one start for Bud. And there be those whohave repeated with the finest aesthetic appreciation the old Eng-lish liturgies who have never known religious aspiration so sincere THE CHURCH OF THE BEST LICKS. I ..) as that of this ignorant young Hercules, whose Lest confessionwas that he meant hereafter to put in his best licks for JesusChrist. And there be those who can define repentance and faithto the turning of a hair who never made so genuine a start forthe kingdom of heaven as Bud Means did. o Ralph said yes, that he thought that was just it. At least,he guessed if there was something more, the man that wasputting in his best licks would be sure to find it out. Do you think hed help a feller? Seems tome it would benumber one to have God help you. Not to help you fight ot
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