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FORM VERSUS REALITY
During the Civil War the late Colonel Bouck organized a regiment, says Everybody’s Magazine, which he controlled as a dictator. It was while the army was resting after the colonel’s first campaign that an itinerant evangelist wandered into camp and, approaching the colonel, asked if he was the commanding officer.
“Ugh!” snorted “Old Gabe,” as he was affectionately called, “what do you want?”
“I am a humble servant of the Lord endeavoring to save the souls of the unfortunate. I have just left the camp of the —th Massachusetts, where I was instrumental in leading eight men into paths of righteousness.”
“Adjutant,” thundered Colonel Bouck, after a moment’s pause, “detail ten men for baptism. No Massachusetts regiment shall beat mine for piety.” (Text.)
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Formation Versus Reformation—See [Economy in Work].
Former Days—See [Crime in Former Days].
FORMER LIFE, CONSCIOUSNESS OF