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Chapter 3

           Iwasnotgoingthere:wewerejourneyingtohearthefamousJabesBranderhampreachfromthetext"SeventyTimesSeven";andeitherJoseph,thepreacher,orIhadcommittedthe"FirstoftheSeventy-First,"andweretobepubliclyexposedandexcommunicated.

           Wecametothechapel.Ihavepasseditreallyinmywalks,twiceorthrice;itliesinahollow,betweentwohills:anelevatedhollow,nearaswamp,whosepeatymoistureissaidtoanswerallthepurposesofembalmingonthefewcorpsesdepositedthere.Theroofhasbeenkeptwholehitherto;butastheclergyman’sstipendisonlytwentypoundsperannum,andahousewithtworooms,threateningspeedilytodetermineintoone,noclergymanwillundertakethedutiesofpastor:especiallyasitiscurrentlyreportedthathisflockwouldratherlethimstarvethanincreasethelivingbyonepennyfromtheirownpockets.However,inmydream,Jabeshadafullandattentivecongregation;andhepreachedgoodGod!whatasermon:dividedintofourhundredandninetyparts,eachfullyequaltoanordinaryaddressfromthepulpit,andeachdiscussingaseparatesin!Wherehesearchedforthem,Icannottell.Hehadhisprivatemannerofinterpretingthephrase,anditseemednecessarythebrothershouldsindifferentsinsoneveryoccasion.Theywereofthemostcuriouscharacter:oddtransgressionsthatIneverimaginedpreviously.

           Oh,howwearyIgrew.HowIwrithed,andyawned,andnodded,andrevived!HowIpinchedandprickedmyself,andrubbedmyeyes,andstoodup,andsatdownagain,andnudgedjosephtoinformmeifhewouldeverhavedone.Iwascondemnedtohearallout:finally,hereachedthe"FirstoftheSeventy-First."

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