JUNE 2, 1906.] 

threw down his lapstone and awl and went 
through the country to stir up the people to look 
after the consarns of their better end, enforced 
the necessity of perseverance in good works by 
comparing a true Christian to an opossum up a 
tall sapling in a strong wind. Said he, “My 
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the flesh and the devil compose the wind that is 
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