The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-11-25

dollars year"
But he allnsi0n 10 matters personal 10
Mr. Larkin. gave lhai gentleman hns op- |
p0nnnily 10 feel offended; Whlrh he did
moi fail 10 embrace and close Ihe intel.
rirw.
This.was Mr.. Elders first elEari IN OBJ /
tain > subscription Gor paving OF the mi .
nisler's debt. II quite dishearied him.
he I'D inienied making Ihree rails on his
way 10 his slore that morning. for the p.lr'
pose Of trying 10 raise something inr Mr..
Malcolm but he lelI 20 discouraged by
the reception he had met with from Mr.
I.arkln. that he passed ON without doing
50. Near his store was = carriage Tep0s-
iioTy. The owner Of II put his hand up
On his shoulder rs he was going by and
said. . Just step in. want 10 show You
something beautiful"
Mr.. Elder went IN. and was shown a
very handsome aud iashiOnably made car
rage with al the modern Improvements.
.This is something very elegant. Ger.
iainly. Who is IL for :"
.One Of the members Of your church"
aAh!"
.Yes. IL is for Mr.. LaIkin."
.lndeed! How much does II cost
him :"
Eight hundred dollars"
.He ought to have fine pair Of hor-
L es for sn fine a carriage"
/ "And so he has. lie bought noble
span last week for thousand dollars"
Mr.. Elder said what he could in praise
of the elegant rarriage; hut he couldn't
saw much. for he had no heart 10 do so.
He felt worse than ever abOui the deiiclen'
: ~ in Mr.. Malcnlm's salary. on the next
. !, lay he was in better spirits, and called in
: hpon one of the members of the church
! ! rs he passed to his store. lie stated his
Grand. and received this reply,
. "I'n tell you what. Mr.. Elder, am o
4 t.arkin's opinion in this matter. IL GU
. minister agreed to come for four hundred
: dollars, he should stick TO his contract
He's no business to 90 in debt, and thel
> call upon us 10 get him out of his Difficult
:. les. Il isn't the clean thing. l don
, mind few dollars any more than you do
! but / like principle. like 10 see all men
/. especially ministers, stick 10 their text
Malcolm knew before he came here wha
=, we could afford to give him, and If h
10 come. '"1Raafs %aH6lai, think of it, an
| always speak on, my mind plainly"
4 Mr.. Elder made no more begging call
a on that day. But he tried il again Oh
next, and found that I.arkin had been owe
i the ground before him, and said so niue
e about 'ihe imposition Of the thing tia
h he could do little or nothing. There wa
}. a speciousness about Larkin's manner q
). abiding to the subject, that carried pee
l. pie away with him; particularly as VIII;
It he said favored their inclination 10 keep
C tight hold of their purse strings. lie Wa
l. piqued with Elder, and this set him ,
|. talking. and doing more mischief than h
thought for.
r. The Rev. Mr.. Malcolm was a man &;
l. bout thirty years of age. lie had take
S orders couple of years previous 10 th
date of his call 10 the parish where h
y now preached. Al the time of his dom
so, he was engaged in teaching schoo
n from which he received a very comforts
II BILE income. The Bishop who orlaine
[. him, recommended the parish at c
4. when Mr.. Pel,on left them, 10 apply f
n Mr.. Malcolm, which was done. The la
IS ter was an honest conscientious man, an
ID was sincere in his sacred office to whic
Of he believed himself called. When the il
vitation To settle at c. came. he lie
e home and visited the parish, in order hi
4. he might determine whether it was h
D. duty to 60 there or not. On his return
IS his wife inquired, wilma good deal of ii
n, terest, how he liked the place, and if h
m thought he would go there.
M a think | shall accept the call,'
said. This was not spoken with niue
Ne warmth.
T. Don't you like the people," inqui
nj ed Mrs. Malcolm
or "Yes; as far as saw them they we
ly very pleasant, good sort of people. b
in the salary is entirely too small :"
b. "llow much -
he "Four hundred dollars year, and Il
be parsonage; little affair that would re-
IT, for about hundred dollars"
mt I'VE cant live on that, said Mrs. Ma
ed colin, in disappointed tone; {" its out
the question"
We No, certainly not. But | was assn
la ed that at least seven or eight hundred W
M be made up during the year. This h
he always been done for Mr.. Pelton, and W
be done for me, if | except the call"
wv "That might do, if we prac'ised clio
,ss economy. But why do they not ma
a the salary sever or eigh, hundred doIla
at once! II would be just the same
ng them, and make the minister feel a gre
to deal more independent"
IN True. But we must let people
a things in their own way. We can Ii
on seven hundred dollars, and | thereto
| think it my duty to give up my scho
&C. and accept the call"