Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-06-29

And noWEparson Is ready, III walk with him
to@srlz home; q
Iwsnt to tnank him for sons things; twas
kind efh m 10 come. -
He'sshoyed Christian spirit, stood by us firm
andtrne. % s-sss1 =
We mighsn'thave changed our mind. squire, II
he'd been-a lawyer too.
Therei-How good tAssun fes' and the grass
and blown trees, 70
Something about tsesa layers makes me feel ht
to freeze, -
wasn't bound 70 state particulars to that man,
But IT'S right goa should know, parson. about
our change of plan. -
Wed been some days a wavsrin', a little, aleb
and me- - .AtfbIf
And shed the hate ui paper at the bottom OF
the seas r~rsTgs sssr rrFs7{e,HF -re 3
But guess twas the prayer last evening, and
the few words you said, - - = = -
That thawed theice between us, andlbrought
thing toa head, b,, -,
You see When we came 70 division, there was
things that wonldRE divide, GfH
There was our twelve-year-old baby, she could
n'tbe sal is1ed asse siiI aof1eIsiS5 q! il Z.
To go with one or thso other, but just kept whim-
parini dow,o .sstsIis sEsit 2 ~ lsrs st,7
:'I'll tsywitE papa and mamma and where
they eor1go .s57 ,lsts Z
Then there was Grsnd aIes Bible, he died on
our wedding day,
We couldFH,t halys tns pla BIBLE. and should Il
The .Sesss sSss =: clnisSs nA oth.rs her a SAM
plsr on the wall, ~ y
With the swsesQd Aamzs WORK Aedda7Tryehe.
ma, ana EaAies. dad Eaue W y ?
1t began to be hard then. parson. but it grew
harder still, ao4
TalkiL' OF Caleb established down ct Nc
HsHrysIals sfSj GsfE S5Nk1
Three dollars a week, 'twouid cost him; nc
mendin' nor soes Of care,-
And board at the widow Meaeaem'sa woman
that weass falssihatrs aiG1sIss p
stIIl We went on talkiu'; agreed to knii
some soeks{ I'll 1sH 81 -
And make dozen striped shirts, and a pair Of
wa'mus frocks; 39sfT q s.s'i q fssd ,.s5t
Andhe was to cut sdoor-way from the kitchen
10 the shed,
"save Sph IShnbi1gf steps 1aalsii. in ffosiy
wsAther,s hesaidS = s&keiti - ~
He brought me the pen at llstsI fslsss sinkin
and he
Looked as he did s1A the .agrT, in the spring
of sizty-three,
'rwas then you dropped in, parson; 'twasnr
much that was said,
"LittleShfdFet lpee ono. khothsr!fbat TIN
thing was killed stone dead, a.a
Ishould like TO Emake a confession; not thai
I'm going to say
The fault wss all en- my side; that never wal
Blu: it may bstsee that " v omuen-tho' how tits
can't rec 5gal-if fisass sIs..su &c
Are trthemore sgsrsvatfn' than men know
h7w TO be. o. lssgs2il8 s-' z53 ~
staG = T4aH q
Then. parsons the neighbors. smeddhn'--i
wasnI Ipcushs6nl u
And the church laborln, wish-t1s; twas woss,
than wssted toil, -
And PSe thought. and SO has Caleb. mougl
maybe we are wrong,
Il they'd kept to their own busin ass, we should
have get along.
There was Deacon Amos Purdy. good man a
we know,
Bet hadn't gift OF laboria' except with tn,
scytheand hoe:
Then a load came oser IN. peach tine, from tht
Wilbcr nsl si,nolh ocdx
''seasen Of prayer" they called it; didn't do ar
atpm ef god
I'll tell you about the heifer one OF the kindes
That brother sphsasIq p q gave me, the All he
moved out West,
Pm free to own it rilsd me. that Caleb should
She died of conv llsienr-a cow that mi;keS
/. four gallons day
But I needn't have spoke =uf turuIps. needn'l
have been 50 cross, -
And saidhard things an hintedas II twas al
And IN taks & al bass. psrson mat are sham
ever break cut
Though the COW was ehoked with 4 turnip, J
never had doabt.
Then there are p.inis oi doctrine, and views o
future state.
I'm willing to stop discnssln.; we can bott
afford TO visit; AAs
'Twon't bring tbs miliennium sooner, disput
in abous when los dne,
Although feel an assurance that mine's the
Scriptural view.
But the 6lg&csest, frdfSs, d tie tas BiDisl ",
learned to think don't lie
In the Iexts We HHunt with q candle 70 prov
our doctrines by, -
Bot than that come b US in soirox, and wSeI
wa're on cnrsknsesi sr7 svosa 1oo1 vi
80 If Caleb won't argue ON free will, I'll leav,
alone the decrees. [oTs 9hOe d51l2
a7gd s.l3ad - gssIidiszoq sds - Hio5Ia 3
One notion OF Calebis. parson.n seems rather
misty and dio, ,,---,--..,-.s5
Iwish if IL comes convenient you'd change {
werd withhimsS - - = A. :
Itdon't quite stand to reason, and for gospe
isn'sclears gf1sgA ,fIls}#A q = Slsta
That folks love better in Heaven for havir
euarreled here.
Pveno such an expectation; why parson. 4
that isso,
You needn't aaye worked SO faithful to recon
cilsfoks below, NJ sssftN Z
I hold anothef epiHion and hold isstrzight and
square,
II we can't be peaceable here, we won't bt
peaceable there. .
But there's the request he made, you knowit
parson, about
Bein' laid under themaples that his own hand
set ontr rfsr n frrfrsT q v9TtrE
And me tobe laid beside him when my time
comes 70 go, ..,-rf g.. -,if-..s.,. ~,
AS if-as iEdon't mind me; but twas that on
strung me so.
And now that some scales, as we think, have
fallen from our eyes,
And things brought SO to O crisis have made us
both morewise
Why Caleb says, and so say, till the Lord
parts him and me,
Well love each other better. and try our best
TO agree,