Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-15

,morniug, while Squire Jack Was yet lin-
4 @ ing over his pipe in the kitchen, there
was a loud, sharp rap at the front door, on
90, ming which the squire bt held standing
on the porch the Rev. Solo con Sly with
his wife and three children. Before the
squire could say good morning, and
without intt ed, waiting for any invitation
10 enter, the Rev. 5 Dlomon, reverently
stretching forth his right band, sa'd, i'll a
grave aud impressive voice -"Prace be
unto this house And walked in. follow
ed by wife and children. n Nv, although
the squire could Lot Up but notice some
thing UNUSUAL in the manner # his rever-
end guest stran e, self cor Fl lent air, as
it were, amounting almost TO bDldne yet
still be regarded this V sit Of the reverend
family as only a matter of usual occurrence
past Iral visit, as 1t were on large scale /
AND such, i.deed, it eventually turned cnt
to b.. Only before all WAS over, the whole
occurrence presented itself to the mind of
the squire rather in the. light of pastoral
visit atom than of q pastoral visit,
Far the Rev. Solomon and family had
evidently come 10 spend the day. TIE
morning was spent il pleasant Conversation
hy the old folks, while the children played
and romped ON the lawn. Dinner came,
and right royal dinner it was, TO be sure;
for the good squire, however he might
praise fasting as pioos prGclce b9ntling
thought of numbering himself among me
| herb eating weaker brethren, but believed
| in good beef as profoundly MS the best
| EDgiishman thst ever carved roast
| Alter dinner the Rev. 5 ,lomun, excusii &
| himself on the plea of pastoral Work 10 be
| donc in the parish lett wfs An children
| to the care of Squire Jack and family, re-
| m 4rking rs he put on MS hat In the hall,
| that he would return ut five o, tlock.
| Aft r tea they stay ed, and stayed, ana
| stayed, until it became terlously eVldent
| that the whole parsons family bad come
! to spend not only the day, but also the
night Such indeed, was the solemn and
unavoidable truth. They did spend the
night, and right comfortable night II was
| to be sure, under the rsof Of SO uire Jacks
com mOdioIs mansion.
Prayers and breakfast over the next
| morning, Rev Solomon asked to be shown
| to some quiet room, SONS 'propheuc up
per chamber" where he might devole the
morning hours to meditation, praye and
study. ITO be sure said he Il have no
| books or lib AIRY with me; nor indeed do L
naed .ny NIie of the apostles had
| lib ary, nothing in fat but Bible # ven
| so much as that: and after due consld tra>
ton, have arrived at your c~nctusl)n
Squire Jack, that preachers row a-day
| are not Whit better than the apostles
| were: and it is now my fixed and seS LED
last lett r " With which words the Rev.
) 10 non ascended with slow and eel mn
ire d to The upper chamber OF the prophet.
Squire Jack was too thick-ski ned intel
lectually To see tie full dFi # All this at
| on e; and it WAS not untti Two, three, four
five days of pastoral visitation OF thls sirt
| had ELAPSED that a. began 10 suspec rs h g
| remarked to Mrs JACK, 'thst this here
pa-tor of our'n ein't got his name If sly
| fer nott5n' |" ard so w0ncarirg what
| this strange procedure mi ht mean, aud
when ard where it was all gning 10 end,
and after sundry Gpirited internal de-
batings tn himself, to say nothing of
| frf que sColdir gs when alone with his
| wife he determined ut last to Il elk an in
terview and ak ala ex plan ton from the
Rev. Solomon himsr t.
| Which accordingly came Oft on the front
porch on the MOI ming of the siNth day {;
| when and where, aflrr many ihetf CT al
| hints the worthy squire managei alter
much cicarirg of bis throat, to ask in
pl in English how long the Rev SCION n
and family were going to tarry at his hous,?
To wnicn honest lIqniry the V. Solomon
replied with merry twinkle If the eye
| which he could not tor the soul Of him re-
press that h purposed to abide nnder the
shelter of good SURE Jacks maUsion unit
he took his 'urhey hence-in snort, so
long as he remained pastor OF the IL 'ckofy-
town Church. what nev 20 CIV mp
livin' IN the parsonage? ssio Squire Jack.
| Yes the Rev. Solomon bad given up the
parsonage, and would never occu 1t
again, for he tended Dad oere rig'dly to
the practice of the npost es, none of whom
you know" id he, 'ever had ANY par,
sonage" At which, when Squire Jack
expressed his wpn1er. and asKeu whether
his salary was not efficient to enable him
to live Without going sround in this way,
the psrson inter upted h'R with ''SalafS ,
| sirl L have given up my salary and hati
never rec i've another c. Mt from thn Hick-
oryt ,wn C7urch rs il is my solemn pur-
pose to inform all the people in oaen III "s,J-
ing Tomorrow Sunday moaning. FIR
none ofthe a ostl ever had any sal7ry,
and ministers nova lays are not one whit
better than the apostles w-re 1t they bad
no salary then viii have none. i am
about to sell off all my little household
furai'u 9 have already given away al the
coats have, except the one on my back,
and mean, so long hs remain here m
Hickorytown to d. precisely as the spos-
ties did,
w ell" said The squire, ito be sure til
was all aig 1t But fhe was goin' to take
to ooard,n' round. he would see Deacon
Smith and neignbor B'ggs whe. her they
). good squire y said Parson Sly, II am posi-
lively forbidden to do anything of the sor
/ mu b ss desire it. For on thi, point my
: instructions are very positive aud plain.
am not to go from house to house. Int,
whatsoever city or town ye enter. inquir.
who in it is worth = aad there abide Til Y,
= 60 hence That is Nj 4tthew. And Luxe
says. and in the sanne house remain, eat
i Jog and driaking such things as they Civ,
= gbnot from house to house.
t should greatly indeed desire to relieve yo,
!, o the bur Zen If keeping me and mine b
8 having o hers sh re- tn. burden equal
p with yourself; butm instructions on thl
D point are clear: Their sense is PLAN: b ,art
srounu 1t L cannot; here, under you
ample and hospItlole roof must rem alt
till go hence' -a
What was to be said or done? Turn tn
0 parson out of doors he could not aud dar
not | st be shake the dust off his feet for
testimony against him. There WAS nothin,
2 Tor it; he tught in his ex-getica
f trap and twist how he nj ght ard grit nj
n tt eth AS he won d. he c"uld net escape. Ii
had found practiea, and quite uncom
t f,rtsble appl cation or his wn doctr u
. which he had preached f.r twenty yeer
h past, that preachers new ,dsys wasn't
!. bit better'n the apostles was His chicktl
4 had come HON to 100 t.,
n The next day the 4 " Solomon resigned
t and shortly left Hickory town for gooj an