304  LIFE  OF  ELDER  JOHN  SMITH.
"  Do  you  believe  it,  my  sister  ? "  asked  Smith,  speaking
aloud  to  her  from  the  stand.  "  Do  you  believe  what  this
gentleman  says  about  your  colt  ? "

"  Certainly  I  do,"  replied  the  lady.
"  But  do  you  think  that  your  faith  will  ever  bring  that
colt  back  to  you  ?  Must  you  not  now  go,  or  send  for  it,
before  you  can  be  benefited  by  your  faith  ? "

"  Yes,  I  must ! "  she  said.
"  Now,  friends,  here  you  see  an  illustration  of  the  nature
of  faith,  and  how  it  is  that,  without  works,  it  is  dead."

"  There  now ! "  said  an  honest  fellow  in  the  crowd,  loud
enough  to  be  heard  by  all  around  him,  for  a  new  idea  had
flashed  into  his  mind,  "if  all  that  Billy  Vaughn  has  said*
in  two  hours  has  n't  been  kicked  to  pieces  by  a  little  dun
colt!"

But  the  good  Elder,  unconscious  of  the  injury  done  to
his  cause,  by  such  means,  had  already  reached  the  meeting-
house, and  was  sitting  unconcerned  among  the  pillars  of
his  church.
When  the  Association  adjourned,  Smith  set  out  for
Mayslick,  for  he  had  an  appointment  to  preach  there  the
next  day.  Elder  Vaughn,  who  really  had  the  kindest  re-
gard for  him,  and  who,  of  course,  had  refused  to  listen  to
him  on  Monday  from  no  ill-will,  went  with  him,  to  hear
him  preach,  and,  if  necessary,  to  reply  to  him  again.  He
sat  in  the  pulpit  with  him,  with  his  pencil  and  paper  in
hand.
