Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1867-08-16
vi | - & ELL Ny
THE TRIAL SERxoS-A Story OF
TO-DAY


quite ano'hcr 20 ;hc poor minister whom
'hey hal sent to preach on trial. lie had
gone 10 his present country home. in the -
tired little country town among the rugged
and bar-vn Ne- England hills. ubcn he
hf'' len the divinity school The four han.
trei dollars salary ,hey lad offered him
bad seemed quiie oomre,ence in those
days; and whcn he mlrried and brourh,
bone bis ~iic, snd they gave Lim r. Adj.
ton The rent ofibe LITTLE psrsoaage close
" 'he cd church. he bal been vel sati..
hcd. AMI thoushi Be could live AMI die
'herr. Bot a. the wear. passed on and
three chiidrvn played in r. snail Rooms
three Children to b. warmed and elothed
and fed .--and then the var came. AMI pr
ees doubis 4. tunes grew har,l With hirn. and
b. Snsw that some cbange mn-s be made.
The minister dil not blame the little p.r-
ish of bis 6rss love. Times were hard wi,h
them too. They bal raised NJ. salary one
hundred dollars. and Eve hundred a ,ear.
ess''ies the pArsoossc. was a. mueh a. thev
eoud aaoF'l ios Aaong The fArming reonIs
of his PARISH money ua. not made easily.
ard noas u tbem wsrc ueh. Henry Eas,-
nan would have been glAA 10 remain NH
them lie kns~ that no other people snd
10 other place wosld ever be 80 dear. But
q seemed 70 him ia; al his energic. ~rre
used ~ ia ihe single struggle 70 keep oct
q debt an every year his Children need
ed more. we're crossing more eSpensive.
Nes. be mast 60 and the Woodburn ehurrh
mast oon,ent thenselse, again With some
young nan. hoPcial and snenbarrassed as
he ~as once. ~ho would he Wiling o. come
70 them for his uiinisteriAl novniafc. They
understood It az and though rheir hearts
chang 20 hin, they wcIe unscif,h enough TO
-ishhim God-spced
And % Il Lad cone about. through The
influence oi 4 cousin of one q his Wood
burn people, lady ubo had listened 20
kim 10 many a suauer yisit-tLAG o. haa
besn seu, for by TIE large AL infsential
parish % Colonofe. 20 preach a trial ser
mon in thsr jast thea Vacant puipit. Il
"a one triAi AMONG many % thcm. Tlev
we're sorc Of being suited by-ana-bv anI
couii aHord O. waif To hira x uss Al
epoeh % the most intense aud feverlsh IN
tcrest
Before b. leh home b. hal iaIkea The
~hoie thing over Nth nj. wife IL "a. a
great matter % choose shat sermon % take.
sraong ihe eirhs or ten Which he accounted
his best. UsuAily his wife va tie most
simple and unworldiy Of women. She
sesraed aisos, 70 forget ihst God bid con-
troll in this a. weu a. IN other concerns a
hic. Her check, glo~sd. and her band
was ieverish. Her voice hiriy tremblsd as
she I'D the very Ia; ;bing
20 Henry. donf tbink of hiEnr. Re-
mcmber tie chii8ren-hos soon they'll
need % 20 90 school and eoliege-ho~
much youu -ani % see them srow Up ir
the ui,i.t of rsfneusst and culture
Sie had not ihought Or spoken % her
scif-Alire never did lie thoughi of her
more the iess. ho~ever. - b. rois or. IN
- iambering farm wagon. towards the
fse-miles-of station. vherc hc va to 80
or on 81 journey % Coionore. How prci-
~ BE hai beer ter wears ago. bow younr.
boz hrirht' He kne~ that something
more than ten years hsj ebanrcd ber o. the
pale hoiiov-cycd aoman 10 had iu-t bil-
Cen bin good by TIE csres vhi,h bad
rresssd tesvily rnourh on hiu. bad fallen
-i'h soubic weight on her. 10 kneu hou
she had lost youth sni brightness ADD o.
shat good b. ,ssol himself. in a ihanklcss.
aiuosi dsrrairing nicoA
A. there VS. % BE- a Saibaih school con-
cert IN Ire aherroon. De- vas uot expected
90 preach but haf oftie day. and BAL chos-
on a, iast amonc his sermons. orc from tie
test" ID ny Faher's bouse are many
marsionss { it vcre no. so ! would have
t0I yoa." This va a di-c0urse % 'he
ti-i uhicL ofenls no one. yei au agree in
Describing ty fhe adjective .bsaatiisi 81.
Eastman hai chosen t becauss ii coaM Jar
uToa 20 ores ~, jl..-es. for Coionore sas.
veil. DO as sav--a very conservative parish.
There are iov sa,b eh in Connccticut.
To- be n sroken 70 vold rot do 90
preaeh 90 item that fsry sermon in vtieh.
a. his oid desooa grimly told hia he hss
proved himseli very " 80 10 tbaaler. -
iron tho teKt
o. Bot B.. viking % iusiiiy hirrs,f. sail
urio Jesus. ard vho - ny neirhborg-
Somcumes. perhaps. that very . eru,or.
~fh be- stem denunciations of sron-. fs
ierssui clam oi nsighboriood aad BROKER.
hood ior al fices. and classes of kindreds
q n.sn. uight d. these Coionoro people
good. Dot that mua bc sfef D. Lad