The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-04-29
No. 1856.

You call l0f meeting Gt the members of
the parish, will be with YOU this evening""
With this the applicants were perfectly
satisfied, and forthwith they fastened to call
the folks together.
Now you'll see the hour of YOUR dis
grace" said Mrs. Surely, after the visitors
had gone. Oh, lam very sorry you under
took to deceive them so."
/ u did not deceive them."
"Yes, YOU surely did,
We shall see," responded the pastor.
g So we shall see" added the lady.
| The hour Tor meeting came around, and
Parson Surely met his people at the church.
! They were all there; most Of them anxious
and the remainder curious.
"Now, my friends" said the pastor.
arising upon the platform, d" have come to
hear your request. What is :"
: We want rain" bunty spoke Farmer
Sharp; "and you know you promised to
give it to u.s."
Ay, rain rain p repeated half dozen
voices.
Very well, Now when will you have
! it,"
This very night. Let it rain all night
long" said sharp, to which several others
Immediately assented.
No, no; not tonight !" cried Deacon
smith; ] have six or seven tons of we'll
made hay in the field, and would not have
il wet for anything"
g SO have | hay out" added Mr.. Peck.
We wont have il rain tonight"
Tlen let it be tomorrow"
" 1t viii take me all day tomorrow to get
my hay in," said Smith.
! Thus the objections came up for the two
succeeding days, and at length, by way of
compromise, Mr.. :. proposed that thev should
have rain IN just four DAYS. " For" said
he, BY that time, all the hay which is now
out can be got in, and we need not 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. 1t mustn't rain them"
| This was law for Mr.. Sharp, so he proposed
that the rain should come in one week, and
! then resumed his seat. But this would not
do; many of the people would not have il
put of 80 long. " Ii we can't have rain
( before then, we'd better not have il at all"
said they.
/ In short the meeting resulted in just no
conclusion at all, for the good people found
! II 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, "we must all trust in
the Lord" And after this the people fol-
lowed him from the place.
! Both Deacon Smith and Mr.. Peck got
their hay safely in, but on the very day that
Mr.. sharp aud his wife were to have started
for snowhill, it began 10 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 the same as be-
fore. Many Of the people had their muck
to dig, and rain would prevent them; some
in one, some in two, and some in three days,
while others wanted il put Oft longer. 80
Mr.. Surely had not yet occasion 10 cali for
rain.
/ One year rolled By, and UP to that time
the people Of Fallowdale had never been
able 70 agree upon the exact Kind of weather
they would have, aud the result was, that
thes began to open their ewes TO the fact that
this world would be a strange place l. as
inhabitants could govern il. While they
had been longing for power they did not
possess, they had not seen lis absurdity; but
now they had, In good faith, tried to apply
that power under the belief that il was
theirs, they saw clearly that they were get.
ting beyond their sphere. They saw that
Natures laws we're safer in the hand of Ma.
ture's God than in the hands Of Natures
children.
On the last Sabbath in the FIRST year Of
L Mr. Aurutpt9 ZsNH#lHutasa8 4e EHtf.gv.f.N.s L..
offered to break M his connection with the
parisA-but the people would uut listen TO it.
Ihey had become attached tD him. and TO
the meetings. and thry wished him TO STAY.
. " But can no longer rest under our for
tner contract with regard to the weather."
said the pastor.
" Nor de We wish you to, returned sharp.
/" Only preach - a., aud teach w. and our
children huw to live, and help Is to be social
and happy"
sud" !" added tac pastor. uhilc tear cf
pride stugi IN his eve. - hr looked for an
instant iaiu tl'e lace III his EaB harpy wife.
" ail tiiHss above uBr proper sphere we
will leave wit'l Got. iug lie agstit I'll things
VEIL"
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rany the ofirr Hsailt. a number vi ladies' be-.
, ing present. wien y"uug nan rrnpu>cd
rouaHdtnn. which he said he bad rad in the
papers. II vas this;
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There was pause" Give tUr." sail az
aroHHd when. 10 tic infinite lt,rrur ui inc
whulr party, the gncri>t exclaimed,
" when shes little buggy"
Nnbmit tlduchetl--some Wttu denure-sonc
indignant. and some 10 tau5t in,tiup,l IL
! serateh--thc qurfist's G4ec li'flpred lie was
. Disappointed FInbIu. in Ills pucket hc
. pulled Uut a paper. which consulting lnr A
moment. he ciaralaie,l. 40, ! beg taBr par.
b ,lhu. la,lieN, ! nade 4 mistake, Tile at.sWrF