The mountain Democrat., 1864-07-30
OUR MINISTER'S TRIAL.
BY hEv. W. II HAYWARD.

BY kEv. ". Il HAYWARD.
A good man was our pastor Rev.
Thnrnton Haven, aud on Of no cnmmot
eloqnrnrr Our b ST. had almost writ.
ten good -chutch nrnihrr> lik, d him.
am sorry to sav that II few. tiornrd ny
the V",hS which fell t,om his lips when
hc cndcnvorcd to excite his brethren and
Sl>teiS to
"A closer Walk with Cod"
regarded hIm With "Ihcr ,uutions than
The tulrS ot the >riit.
Like all other gnnd mrn, he was care
fuDy watched hy those irn w"nl have
been trau>iu,td with fcnd likr delight
could they have found flaw in his con.
duct.
WtlI!w,l." said Ms Monroe, the
whe,lW right, wife, 10 her husband, a.
they >at AT the b, akfa>t table one morn
ing, suppose MIR. Haven did kiss Fanny
Law tom, She was almost one nf the fam
ily what in the WorII vas the halm :"
But" >a;I 'Lc whrrIwrighr, 81 don't
hcli"v" ,tat he Kissed hl,."
Fanny hr'>rii said he did, replied
l.t wI;,.
1n> sc n,d 10 hc clinyh,r to Mr..
Monroe H. deliberately Vip'd his face
NiIh hi> E,ardkricii f. and with down,
cast tn ug"tiul iouk, and much slower
pace than usual, wett to h,s shop.
H. tad hardly taken his Shave in his
hand ard begun Ia r.y it on an uutini>h-
,l sInkv. before Deacon B.nWn came in.
and stood awtiIr chcWIuE a small trag.
meut ii shaving AND taking about this,
that and nothing Suddenly hc Snid {:
"Botavr Monroe, have you heard
about "u, mili>',., :"
/ ~ :" replied tn" brotarr
! Thcn there WAS not word sInkcn fnr
; >r>eral uuu're TIE vh eiNtisht lU>ti.
+ IS worked rn ne spoke the Deacon
'ouk i "ui ri tht Hi,i"w,.
At l,nG!h MI Mruroe asked il 4 low
t.u" IT 'v,'ic,
W NJ i t. tr dunJ'T'
S,rlrthinc must" WAS The Deacon'>
ar~Acr, "or the cause vii suffer"
"Wtat i the story about MIR. iIaven'S
lmp'";or treatment "t young ladies =
asked IA" c1rjtH' lawyer Thompson Of
Wo,.i1ari. iar tavern kerrer.
y Why ,aj t',r riAcr Of sherry cob
N'rr- amt drn scr ot strong beer, "the par
.on j. ~ better than oth,ls."
Have you hear! Of that sanity priest
iIvv''> ta.l:" ga, the question o: Que IN
hd.i Ia auolrpr.
Yes .j1>t II, thought it would be
ha, ha, ha!
$50 n tang must b. lonr," were the
words of Drocon Brown, "an" that soon,
hr .o4gi,t, hnt did not speak.
50 from the whrrlNrjght'> he vent to
the house ol aroIh'r Deacon Benton
} J,hn~on. he hau heard the story, aud,
hrjns an n. my. believed it, ana vas de.
trrmi' -et ,o deal with the utf"nded
he pacou> called ON the minister. -
prar"" Johnson vas spokesman The
>ro'y ia full was that Mrs. Barnard. a
.ra>s widow that i, Wnnan whose
hu>br had gone off because he could
tot i've VIII her had heard, a. she vas
.a>>iug The rarS"nag". Fruu' Llwiou
say to N" If the cLidicn, You !n>t =
Ns> from your father by net being in the
house when lie got home this afternoon
from the loAcr village, and got it,
NJ. Haven de- c,rl ever having kissed
the GU, and >n-g std that the Dcaron>
>hourd wtitr t" Farny, Who wn> teaching
school about tAcuty rulr> distant. and
get The truth nf the matter.
The Dracon> did They sty;'. INTO
the minister's study and wrote. t.. - lev
day. there came a reply.
Inn ask me if un one occasion Rev.
Mr.. Haven gave m kiss where We
we've aud whu we're present. In answer
stat Rev. Mr.. Haven did, one after
nonn, whI' | Vas staying At his house, in
thr sitting room. give III" a ki>>. No per
son hut ourselves wrrr.pre>"nt
ID aeon .john>on was eated, atll immc-
dIatrly wrote 10 his " lies cnu>in,a voung
"anhldatr. there would br a vacant parish
where he, no douht. would receive a call.
ID, aeon Brown was thuudrr>trnCk and
DIS ,ppninleh. Fanny Lavton'> word wa
tot to be d"uhtcd it was 50 plain mat
ter tIat there could be- no mistake. Mr.,
Haven, after all, VAS wolf in Sh,cp'S
colhing. Still the minister d. MED the
charge. He cnnlh not do Snch thing
vit'."r't being aware Of it. anil knew that
IIc Hhil iltN y hI>>t'l tilS SlIls VI any 'lIH
sirl hut his wifr, III fore marriage or since.
in his life
Deacon johnson hronght the entire
matter before the churcn He was cx-
crllent on such cases Til" charge con
tanned to" distinct allrgatinn< :
|. Rev. Thornton Haven had been gail
tv Of great impr"prlctv. which rendered
it rxprdirHt that he should be dismissed
from the parsonage.
H. He had Ii d IN the matter.
Fanny LaWtnn was sent for, and the
church called together Rev. Solnn Dick
in>0n. the pastor Of neighh"iing church
was present to modrratc the mreiing
The meeting house WAS filled. Every
memh. Of the church. hut old bed ridden
Polly Strarns, was present. The tavern
was vel represented. All the srotf RS
and ScnrnerS within hnlf IA score Of nllrs.
who conld get there were in attendance.
The church meeting WAS duly opened.
Deacon johnson then brought forwa'd
his charges.
Fanny was called to testify. Her tes.
.timOny was:
"O1e aftercoon--I think II mus. have