Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-05

may remember Q report which gaxe
you Of A GrastbGcE ContSreHeer = which
met year sgop aad whichWas attended
by only 0 dozen ninistera- This year
this rebel institution viii eonxene under
very different auspices, and itHwiH De
very interesting 10 see those grave and
reverend diVines in council after three
years campaign against this country,
aud to hear what they win have to say
for themselves and this country now.
Oss thing Z know. They are deter
mined 70 hold this ground, and 70 6ght
loyal snti-slsvsFy Christians 70 the
death. DR.. Sunmers expresses himself
vehemently sgainst any efforts Of North.
eEn Christisns to improve the religious
condition Of the South t ga E
IMPoHrrBrrE u PR4TER--In reeent
sabbath school meeting which we stteE-
dsd, brother vas urging the necessity
OF inportauste prayer, and amohg other
things gave . Bit Of per soHaI expert
enea; saai.edr e2 lcoz q 8as1
81 was down, two or three summers
ago" said be, Gu Connscaicuk II was
very dry. Tkere bad. been no rain for
weeks, and vegetasiou had burned to
crisp. and the roads aud lanes were full
0f dRst EEerymhara the gaEdaRa had
been cut Of and there Was great suffer
ing i'm consequences. Oas Sabbath af-
teFnoon, in the very worst ofths drought,
I h6ppened into n Congregational
Chnrch, where; ut tho close Of thu exsr-
cisea, the minister said he would be
glad to bear amy request for prayer prs-
scented. There was no movement al
the 6rst, none at the second; at the third
c&lla noted inidel la the back part oi
the house arose, and begged permission
20 otter o word. HIS garden, like these
Of his neighbors, Eas pretty much dried
mp. Immsdiate rain was needed 10 avert
immediats suffering. Though not q
Church member Ike most OF those pres
sKS, be was yet willing 10 adopt any
msthod that would bring relief Nov,
friends, said he, greatly stsmmering
| for bis speech never had been good,
move that Jon offer = prayer for rain,
for onr potatoes, and cora, and beans are
likely 70 fail, and We shaIl not be abs
TO put in . second crop; and If you viii
excuse me, I wish As you pray that yc1
would insist spoH IT, No more Eaz
said, but prayers wers offered, AID before
another Sunday the heavy and long
looked-s Cor showers came down eopiousij
upon the thirsty ground, and the pota
toes, aud the corn, aud the beans we're
saved 1t sa er4o = 14a2sd
How EHVx WAS PuxIsHED - Queer
tales have they in Iceland Of witches
and such unknown creatures; yet with
these stories are always conveyed les
sons that all would do well to improve
Here ia one showing bow Euvy wal
punished. If not true, il yet conveys |
lesson which we trust our readers, ole
and young, viii remember; .-4 f'a
Near a ceEt&in farm, long ago, three
children we're playing upon q grasl
mound Ia little girl And two boys
After they hAd played for aome time
the girl, who was the youngest Of them
found q deep hols in the ground--a'
deep that shs could not see the bottom
Of II. STOPPING down, she thrust he
hand into IL, and shutting her eyes, criet
out in fun, te l6s baA 7s-1o g
/ Ut sonSAu3ug IN tuc p1iA OF an Oa'
heggar, and an old beggar shan no
see"
No sooner had abe said the word
than large silver button wes places
within her hand. tece be1 g
When the other children saw her goo,
luck, they we're fit TO burst with envy
and the oldest Of them stopped down
thrust his hand into the hole, too, AM
said, "
".Put semethiug into the hand Of al
old beggAT, and 80 old beggar shall no
seei " for be hoped to get somethiag a
good ~ the little girl had got, if no
better, indeed. Bat no; far from il
When he drew his hand out again, b
only found be had lost the use Of il, an
what IL more, neveE recovered it again
for the eli. who hsts4 envy more thal
anything else in the world, had given
@ squeeze