April 20, 1865 pg 3

an old minister was a guest and
as the subject turned upon the
causes of this was I got into quite
a warm discussion with my uncle
who is always on the opposite side,
and by -- (I flatter myself) -- a few
engenious questions made him
contradict himself very shortly.
When the old fellow the parson, beg his pardon
if that is disrespectful -- advanced
some views which being a wicked
universalist I could not swallow,
so I ventured to respond, and such
an avalanche as I found tumbling
about my devoted ears! Mrs Gosse
helped him and they repeated to
me nearly the whole of the new
testament which I found too large
a dose and rose to leave the room
when he arrested me by this
momentous question. "If a man
drunk and swearing should fall