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as follows. He dreamed that he was dead and had s^one to 

 his reward. Having- faithfully served his Satanic Majesty 

 on earth, he was gladl\- welcomed in the lower region. So 

 well had he proved his service here, that the devil offered to 

 conduct him personally through the infernal regions, and to 

 show him all of the interesting objects he had on view. The 

 report goes that my friend asked his guide who were those, 

 "that great crowd of jolly people, singing and shouting and 

 playing cards and dancing, that you have over in this cor- 

 ner?"' The devil said: "Those are my Episcopalians, and they 

 are a very jolly set of people, I have no trouble with them, 

 they are jolly and good natured ; they usually want the best 

 places, but beyond that I have no trouble with them at all." 

 They went on a little further and my friend said, "Who are 

 these people over here? — they are making considerable noise 

 singing and shouting and praying." He said : "Those are 

 my Methodists, and I tell you they are the hardest people I 

 have to manage ; I never know' whether I am going to keep 

 them or not, they slide in here and they slide back again, 

 and I never know whether I have got ICXD or a 1,000; and 

 the crowd over in the far corner by themselves — they are my 

 worst brethren, and are over there holding close communion." 

 "But," said my friend, "Who is this crowd coming in now? 

 They seem to be at home, and they are coming in here as 

 though they knew all about this place." "Oh," said the devil, 

 "they are my Presbyterian friends, I don't bother about them 

 at all ; it is foreordained that they are to come here when the 

 times comes. I know I am going to get them and I don't 

 bother them at all ; the only trouble is I have to keep them 

 from quarreling on doctrinal points." About that time my 

 friend saw a door inside of the passage, with a heavy iron 

 bolt, and he started to open the door, and his guide rushed 

 up and said, "Here ! don't do that, you will ruin me if you do 

 that ! I have got the farmers all in there, and if you let those 

 farmers and fruit growers out, they are so independent that 

 each one will want to start a hell of his own." Now% gentle- 

 men, I don't want you to do that, and I want to tell you just 

 a few things that have been done by farmers and fruit grow- 

 ers like yourselves in the way of effective organization. 



