REST AND RELIGION

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 18, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 44.

REST AND RELIGION.

THE farmer folks of Western Onondaga, N. Y., have found that a minister can be something besides a minister and lose none of his dignity. The Rev. J. O. S. Huntington, of New York City, son of Bishop Huntington, of Syracuse, became reduced in health from overwork at the Five Points, and resolved to try the benefits of country air. Unknown as a clergyman or priest of the Episcopal Church, Father Huntington applied for work near the village of Meridian, and was hired by a farmer. He worked in the fields with the other men, and gained strength, but he did not forget his calling. In the evening he usually walked to the village and went about among the men, talking with them on religious subjects. Instead of being ridiculed, his earnestness and bearing attracted the villagers, and he preached two Sundays to them in the open air. Only a few days ago was his identity made known by a friend of his school-days who happened to be in the village, and since then he has drawn still larger audiences. This kind of an outing might not satisfy some of our ministers who are suffering for a trip to Europe, but it shows what can be done by an ardently religious man, who is not careful to let his left hand know what his right hand is doing.—Springfield (Mass.) Union.