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WESTERLY, r. l., THURSDAY, MAY "a, 1855.

mer Sharp; "and you know you pro-
missed to give it to US
"Ay-rain--rain," >" repeated half
dozen voices
Very we'll Now when will you
have it :"
Ihis very night Let it rain all
night long" said Sharp, to which several
others Immediately assented.
"No, no, not to night,'' cried Deacon
Smith " have six or seven tons of
well-made hay in the field, and | would
not have it wet for anything"
SO have | hay out" added Mr..
Peck /" We won't have it rain to-
night"
Then let it rain tomorrow"
1t will take me all day tomorrow
to get my hay in,' said Smith.
Thus the objections came up for the
two Succeeding days, anil at length, by
way OF compromise, Mr.. Sharp proposed
that they should have rain in just four
days. Eor," said he, " by thai time,
all the hay which is now out eau be got
in, and we need not cut any
" Stop, stop" uttered Mrs. Sharp,
pulling her worthy husband sinartly by
the sleeve. THAT is the day we have
set to 90 to Snowhill. 1t mustn't rain
them
! Tht was Jaw for Mr., Sharp, so he
i proposed it should rain in one week, ard
then resumed his Seat.
But this would not do. Many of the
people would not have it put off SO long.
"If we can't have rain before then,
we'd better not have it at ALL said
they.
In short, the meeting resulted in just
no conclusion at all, for the good people
found it utterly impossible to agree upon
a time when it should rain.
Until you can make up your minds
upon this point" said the pastor, as he
was about leaving the church, 1--WE must
all trust in the Lord" And after this
the people followed him from the place.
Both Deacon Smith and DIr. Peck
got their hay safely in, but on the day
that Mr. Sharp and his wife were to
have started for Snowhill it began to
rain in right good earnest. Sharp lost
his visit, but he met the disappointment
with good grace, for his crops smiled at
the rain.
Ere another month had rolled by,
another meeting was called for petition
for rain, but this time the result was as
before. Many of the people had their
muck to dig, and rain would prevent
them. Some wanted the rain immc-
diately-some in one, some in two, and
some in three days, while others wanted
to put it off longer. So Mr. Surley had
not yet occasion to call for rain
One year rolled by, and up to that
time the people of Fallowdalo had never
once been able to agree upon the exact
kind of weather they would have, and
the result was, that they began to open
their eyes 10 the fact that this world
would be strange place if its inhabit-
ants could govern it. While they had
been longing for a power they did not
possess, they had not seen its absurdity,
but now that they had, in good faith
tried to apply that power, under the be.
lief that it was theirs, they saw clearly
that they were getting beyond their
sphere. They saw that Natures laws
were safer in the hands Of Natures
God than in the hands Of Natures
children.
On the last Sabbath in the first year
of Mr.. Surley's settlement at Fallow-
dale, he offered to take up his conuec- {
tion with the parish, but the people {
would not listen to it, They had be-
come attached to him and to the meet
ings, and they wished him to stay. 9
But can no longer rest under our
former contract with regard to the .
weather." said the pastor.
"Nor do wo wish you to-" returned
Sharp.
I" Only to preach to US and teach us
and our children how to live, and help
us to be social and happy" I
"And," added the pastor, while a J
tear of pride stood in his eye, as he |
looked for an instant into the face Of