Litchfield enquirer., 1856-10-02
So have hay out" added Mir. Peck |" We won't have it rain tonight"
 Then let it be tomorrow"

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 It will take me all day tomorrow to get my hay in," said Smith.
 Thus the objections came up for the two sue ceeding days, and at length, by way of con- promise, Mir. Sharp proposed that they should have rain in just four days. For," said he, "by that time all the hay that is now out can be got in, and we need not cut any"
 / .'Stop, stop," uttered Mrs. Sharp, pulling her worthy husband smartly by the sleeve That is the day we have set to go to Snow hill. It masnt rain then 1"
 This was law for Mir Sharp, so he proposed that the rain should come in one week, then resnming 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 con clusion at all, for the people found it utterly impossible to agree upon 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, i've must all trust in the Lord" And after this the people followed him from the place.
 Both Deacon Smith and Mr. Peck got their hay safely in, but on the very day that Mir. Sharp and his wife we're to have started for Snowhill, it began to rain in right good ear nest Sharp lost his visit, but he met the dis appointm 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 the result was the same as before. Many of the people had their muck to dig, and rain would prevent them. Some wanted the rain immedately-somei in one, some in two, and some in three days, while others wanted to put it off longer. So Mir. Surely had not yet oc- casion to call for rain. -.. the people of Fallowdale 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 to the fact that this world would be a strange place if the inhab- tants could govern it. While they had been longing for power they did dnot possess, they had not seen its -absurd.ty, but now they had in good faith, tried to apply that power, under the belief 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. Surely's settlement at Fallowdale he offered to break up his connection with the parish, but the people would not listen to it. They had become attached to him and to the meetings, and they wished him to stay.
 !" But can no longer rest under our former contract with regard to the weather" said the pastor.
 " Nor do VIC wish you to-" returned Sharp "Only preach to us aud teach us and our chi- dren how to live, and help us to be social and happy"
 And, added the pastor, while tear of pride stood in his eye, as he looked for an in- stant into the face of his own happy wife, All things above our proper sphere we will leave with God, for He dceth al things sreA r'