Daniel Quorm and his religious notions . to be abused in proverbswas thus to Danel much as it had been to somesturdy old puritan had he seen honest bulletsbeaten into roofing for the shelter of traitorsand rebels. Never did the one little eye twinkle Brother Quoiin s Prejudice. 43 with such flashes of indignation and joyous hu-mor, or the pursed-up mouth so fling out itswords, as when he demolished such religiousphrases—good in themselves, but made falseand harmful by those who used them. 44 Daniel Quorm. CHAPTER V. BROTHER QUORM AT CLASS. iROTHER QUORMhad two classes;and, as we havesaid, had
Daniel Quorm and his religious notions . to be abused in proverbswas thus to Danel much as it had been to somesturdy old puritan had he seen honest bulletsbeaten into roofing for the shelter of traitorsand rebels. Never did the one little eye twinkle Brother Quoiin s Prejudice. 43 with such flashes of indignation and joyous hu-mor, or the pursed-up mouth so fling out itswords, as when he demolished such religiousphrases—good in themselves, but made falseand harmful by those who used them. 44 Daniel Quorm. CHAPTER V. BROTHER QUORM AT CLASS. iROTHER QUORMhad two classes;and, as we havesaid, had altogeth-er on his booksmore than half theSociety at Pen-winnin. The larger andmore popular classmet every Sundaymorning at eightoclock. They metin what was called by courtesy the parlor—really the sanded front-kitchen—at ThomasToms. Next to the leaders own name, onthe class-book, was that of old Sally Toms,or Granny Toms, as nearly every body inPenwinnin called her, who had her bed in thatroom, and always lay there. An old woman. Brother Quonn at Class. 45 bordering upon a hundred, she had been in theSociety for eighty years, and declared that sheshould take her death if she didnt go tomittin regular, which was scarcely accurate,as the meeting always came to her. There shelay, with the thin withered fingers clasped onthe clean white sheet ; the face, with its clearruddy complexion, bordered by the hair of suchbleached softness, and framed by the cap thatgathered round and set it off like a off as she was from all other services, thisunited singing and prayer, the faces of her oldfriends, and the talk about good things, washer solace and strength. There was no doubtabout it. It did her good, as she said, Body andsoul, bless the Lord! body and soul. And tothose who came it was as good as a sermon—better than some sermons, perhaps—to look ather. Altogether it was an arrangement to meetthe case of an old member, such as might wellbe imitated in thousands of p
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