Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-03-02

was beginning 10 curl up Ueneatn the ei-
fectS OF the druuth. In this extremity the
people bcthought themselves Of the prom
ises Of their pastor, and some oi them
hastcned to his dwelling.
Come, sal Sharp. whose hilly farm
was suffering severely, I'VE want some rain.
You ,einembe your promise
Certainly. etmned Mr.. Surely if you
will call meeting of the parish. l will
be with you this evening
With this, the applicants were perfect
: ly satisfied, and they haStened to call the
flock together.
, Now you will see the hour Of your dis
grace said Mrs. Surely, after the visitors
had gone. i am sony you undertook to
deceive them So
i did not deceive them
Yes, surely you did,
we shall Sec
5 so we shall see.'
The hour Of the meeting came round. and
= Mr.. Surely met his people at the church:
and they were all there; most Of them anx-
ious. and the rest curious.
= Now, my friends, said the pastor, ris-
/. ing upon the platform, 4 have come to
= hear you request. What is it?
5 I'VE want ram bluntly spoke farmer
. Sharp; 'and You know your promise to
:, give it to u.s.
l., 'Ay, rain--rain, repeated half dozen
) voices.
: Very well, now, when will you have it.
}, 'This very night; let it rain all night
a long, said farmer Sharp. to which sever
al Others Immediately asSented.
e NO, no, not tonight cried Deacon
Smith.
! Il have six or seven tons of wel,-maae
II hay in the field, and l would not have it
! wet for anything sail another.
d SO have hay out, added Mr. Peck
S We won't have it rain to night
Then let it be tomorrow.
Fl 1t will take me ali day tomorrow tc
D. get my h,y in in said Smith.
le Thus the objections came up for th
&c two succeeding days. At length, by wa.
e. of compromise, Mr.. Sharp proposed tha
they would have rain in Just four days.
For by that time all the hay that is nov
out can be got in, and we need not GU
IS any
stop, stop uttered Mrs. Sharp, pull
ad ing her worthy husband by the sleeve
he that is the day we have set to go to Snow
cy hill. lfmusn't rain then
Id This was law for Mr.. Sharp, so he pro
In posed tho rain should he in one week, an
". then took his seat. But this would not do
as Many Of the people woul not have it pr
he off so long
h, IF we can't have rain before then, we
h. better not have it at all, said they. !
ny short, the meeting resulted in just no cor
ge clusion at all, for the people found it III
o. terly impossible to agree upon a time whe
ng it should rain. Until you can make II
ed your minds on this point, said the past.
mt as ho was about leaving the church, w
ers must all trust in the Lord And after tn
the people followed him from the place.
n,' Both Deacon NTH and Mr.. Peck 81
hc their hay safely ir. but on the very da
ou that Mr.. Sharp ard MS wife were to ha,
ct. started for Snowfall it began to lain
ar. right good earnest. Sharp lost hi, viSi,
but he met disappointment withgooa gra
re- for his crops smiled at the rain. Ere anotl
cit er month had rolled by, another meetir
rec was called for a petition for rain, hut the r
suit was the same as before. Many of Il
RI, people had their muck to dig, and ia
nst would prevent them. Some wanted Il
lest rain immedia; ely, some in one. some
,nc two, and soma in thee days; while OF
H. els wanted to put it off longer. So NJ
ray Surely had not yet occasion to call f
ne. rain.
son One year rolled by, and down to tn
time the people of Fallowdale had nev
lis- once been able to agree upon the cxa
m kind OF weather they should have, and t
md result was that they began to open the
ecd eyes to the ia t that this world would be
ion strange placeif the inhabitants could 60
yer ern it,
md While they had been longing for pow
her they did not possess, they had not seen
and absurdity; BIT now they had in good lail
his tried to apply that power, under the
and lief that it was theirs, they saw clear
hilc that they were getting beyond tn
nd. sphere. .
-elv They saw that Natures laws were sa
en-. in the hands of Natures God than in I
,ow hands oil Nature's children. On the Il
Sabbath of the first year of Mr.. Snlc'y's $
as. tlemcnt at Fallowdalc, he offered to bre
,sk, up his connection with the parish, but {
and people would not listen to it, They Il
G to become attached to him and the me.tin
i; do and they wished him tos stay.
our But | can no longer rest rnler {
IAN 70 mer contract with regard to the wea
er,' said the pastor.
ince Nor do we wish you to, returned Sha
lcep Only preach to us, and teach lis and
ere children how to live, and help us to be
rely cial and happy
and And added the pastor, while teal
hem prime stood in his eye, as he looked for
ure- instant into the face of his own hal
was wife, 'all things above our own pro
ture sphere we will leave with God, for
docth all things WELL
aim ------'-------h .g
now When Raphael was engaged in pal
, of. ing his celebrated trcscoes, he Was visi
You by two cardinals. who began to critic
his work and to find fault without nnt
: re-. standing it. The Apostle Paul has
red face, said one. He bushes to
d as into whose hands tho church has iall
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