The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-01-25

iHaieatf aA interest," where ah ,RifIf'
woald tell
+ Al Jas, dozen ormore Of the ganngr
lsdies came together, with their necdb
aud thimblts, gu1 formed club. Bsfor
long box went ap aud down cur street
knocking at all the parish doors, askiu.
leave 70 open H. contents for o. 20 Sc
and buy s. We choose---piahall-, needl
books, bIb-, aprons, uighlcsps, cushion.
The "Chapel Club Boxr Il was labeled
40 Oh deacon amos, home blessed tb
advent Of tie little box, and slipped lel
dollars, almost hi. last Offering fui bi
Lord on earth, into It. empty golfers
Oar first and best gin, said the work
lers, sud Il came IN the nick OF lime;
sign Of approval and favor us unexpected
a. IL was gratifying. The box was yen
modest booking box; bat, How pretcn
tiou-l said one, How impertuent! cried
another. How simply absurd exclaimed
a third, DO they expect boS to buiId d
chaFelr \ beginning IS made, whispered
one. Wmt isiihl echoed another Will,
Others .miIed small, sympalhiling, inercd.
leus smiles, aud everybody bought.
The Club worked quietly, patiently,
/ diligently pcddliug their small wares,
executing some small commissions, aud
holding one Or two small sales, often ennb.
bed and entitled al, yet keeping the snb.
pct indirectly open, and compelling the
parish to au occasional thought that way,
Aud 50 Il weni oG and on, until Il leaked
out one day TINT the Club had Thousand
dollars in The bank to furnish the new
chapel with.
And there Il may stay, growled q COW
etous pari.hionor.
olet EN- dad lot-~lct EN- lind lot !
cried bis fellow, with a chuckle Of salis-
itction IKE thala farmer feels IN corner
ing refractory calf.
a revival interest sprang up In town (;
the parish was moved and quickened /;
people unused to church came in; PRAYER
meetings filled, the sunday school picked
M its lost lambs; older people wanted in
slructiou; the ltllr chapel wns too strait
for the number. which crowded In. Who
could help thinking of more commodOuy
quarters though nothing wrs said in
presence Of the more momcntous concerns
Of the soul.
Alb, | never expected to soc a new
chapel IN my day, said Timorous, who
forgot that il is darkest just before the
break Of day.
| do! cried one Of the Great hearts.
a sweet and godly woman, the last Of
her family, with broodiug, mother love
over the dear old church, through which
her precious oues went to the "house not
made with hands, had looked with interest
on the still small labors of her younger
sisters; and as oiteu as the box knocked
At the door of her house, it seemed also to
knock ai the door OF her heart, And as
she sat ia the solitude other closet, silent
~ asking, Lord, what more viii thou have
the do before 20 hence2 at length an an
swer shaped itselt, having chapel outlined
round il,
As she thought on these things, a young
man was moved to drop ia and see her,
aud among other things he spoke of
beautiful garden spot to be put into the
market Oh the Monday next; aud nice
spot that for anew chapel, he added Ali
Within tweuty-fuur hours the lady had
bought the lot, aud the offer took wings:
Miss Rogers will give this land to the
church for a new chapel, on conditions
hat ten thousand dollars he raised IL
forty days 10 build It; wise condition,
allowing none Of that sober second
thought which euds IN dallying and doing
nothing.
OF cuurse, the opportunity could not be
lost. An offer like that could not be re-
iected. Tue inexorahIe mUst put on his
screws Everybody was offered the priv.
ilege Of having a share ia the concern, and
everybody did, but the few, IN every
church aud parish, who eant afford part
In the Kingdom Of Heaven. II does eos,
something, but 1t PAYS.
The gentlemen came manfuly 40 to
their duty, for there was the lot. In sums
ranging all the way from one to seven
hundred dollars, the money was readily
raised within the time prescribed; blest
by how many prayers and thanksgiyings
and seli-denials, who can teli2
The building went up. When joiners,
plasterers plumbcrs,an painters had done
their part, the little Club stepped forward
with seventeen hundred dollars to furnish
il with for besides the main body Of the
building, for lectures aud Sunday school.
beyond Il are fuur parlors with folding
doors, two above aud two below, for the
sociul meetings Of the different societies
connected with the parish, prayer meet.
ings, committee meetings, II short, given
70 The various agencies Of . living and
working church. The uow chapel 4 far
u shed and dedicated, aud have told you
its simple story 10 show what faith can Do.
wa al felt tie stir ol Il. might whether
we would or $50; and il les. aron.ing Ia its
edscl- than IN other days, ils tests none
tic le.s ry what manner ofChlyliaus we
are ~ The ChFfatgu Aimoaoc.
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