joe bundeb

Tea over, thanks

Tea over, thanks returned, a prayer offered up, and brother spyke, having taken a seat on the sofa beside mrs. Swiggs, opens his batteries in a spiritual conversation, which he now and then spices with a few items of his own history. At the age of fifteen he found himself in love with a beautiful young lady, who, unfortunately, had made up her mind to accept only the hand of a clergyman hence, she rejected his. This so disturbed his thoughts, that he resolved on studying theology. In this he was aided by the singular discovery, that he had a talent, and a call to preach. He would forget his amour, he thought, become a member of the clergy, and go preach to the heathen. He spent his days in