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My Confession
The day was cold and drear in December 1844, when I bid goodbye to my friends at the Worcester Depot, in the good city of Boston, and embarked on the train for Norwich en route for the great West.
I was in my sixteenth year, full of life, yet felt sad and downhearted enough at leaving home for years if not forever.
What a change the last few months had made in my prospect for life From a promising member of the Baptist Church in Bowdoin Square, and a prospective.
Theological Student at the Northam ton Institute, I was now, to quote the language of the Rev. R. W. Cushman, of the above Church, “worse than the Devil
What had produced this change? Who was to blame? Well, I confess I was to blame, I was the cause.
I had been strictly brought up under religious influences, my reading confined to the Bible, and the usual books of a Sabbath School Library, and at fourteen.
I considered it my duty to become a member of the Church. At fifteen I unfortunately for my religious career joined the Junior Class at Sheridan’s Gymnasium, on Washington Street.
And here under the tender instructions of “Belcher” Kay and “Prof.” Joe Long in sparring and “Monsieur” Huri in the stick and small sword, I soon developed into a muscular Christian.
And alas, such is the pernicious influence of the ungodly that one night in a set-to with the Professor, when I succeeded in getting one in on his “nob,”
I felt more elated than if I had just been ordained over a flourishing Church. Then I got hold of Scott’s immortal works. What a glorious new world opened before me, how I devoured.
One Sunday on my way to Church I was insulted by a rough, and on my remonstrating with him for using profane language on the Holy Sabbath, he with a fearful oath struck at me.
Now while I was ready to forgive the sinner for his insult to me, I felt it was my Christian duty to punish him for his blasphemy.
With my right I neatly stopped his blow, and landed a stinger on his “potatoe trap” with my left “duke,” drawing the “Claret” and “sending him to the grass.”
The Rowdy got up and ran down Chardon Street, and I turned to cross over, when I saw one of our good Deacons with his two lovely daughters passing.
From their looks I knew they had witnessed the little unpleasantness.
This alarmed me at first, but when I caught sight of a merry twinkle in the good Deacon’s eyes and an admiring glance from the young Ladies, I felt safe.
Other members had seen the incident, and the matter was brought before the Church.
I was cited before a committee, where I somewhat astonished the worthies by my plea that “I consciously believed that I had acted as a good Christian should act, and for the interest of the Church!”
My good friends appeared for me and I was cleared of all sinful intention in this wholesome rebuke to a sinner.
Without egotism I must confess, however painful it may be to my feelings, that I had always been rather a favorite with the young Sisters, but this little aflEair gave the darlings such inflated ideas of my prowess that I was in great demand as an escort for them home on Prayer Meeting nights, monthly concerts, etc.
Among the many beautiful girls, there were two who were allowed by all to be pre-eminent, yet of different styles.
One, a splendid brunette with magnificent black eyes and hair, Miss Annah D — a, was all the world to me. The other, a blue-eyed beauty with the face of an Angel,
| Author | Samuel Chamberlain |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 314 |
| PDF Size | 56.3 MB |
| Category | Biography |
My Confession By Samuel Chamberlain PDF Free Download