The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-12
Prayers Of the Congregation.

4 oNAV'f Il III hNlilNs lfl NtlN Afh ~
on worse with their parishloners. Th'
fact Was this clergyman was deicien
both i'm tact and adaptabihty, and
above all. he utterly failed TO under
stand the Yorkshire character. This
was not, perhaps surprising. Having
! lived All his life I'm the South and West
OF England. and that mostly m the
large towns. such a. Exeter. Plymouth
and Bristol. ne found himself. az the
age OF so. presented by an old college
friend 10 an out-Of- -the-waY living IN
the West Riding of Yorkshire. AZ frs.
be was ia some doubt ABOUT accepting
IL. But his health was more or less
! broken bv hard work Ina the towns; his
| doctors were recommending change ana
| prolonged rest. which ne had not the
! means 40 take gratuitously and here
| WAS such an Opp)rtunitY as might new
| tr occur again. Grabham Thorpe was 4
! fairly lucrative living. the work would
! be slight for the population hardly
! amounted 90 three hundred. the air was
| as healthy and iCvigOrating as could
! bc found anywhere. OF course. ne would
| b- rather buried Nuf there i'm the wilds
; nine miles from a railway and twelve
| from town. with no other person Of
/ his own status in he paTsh--fOr II did
/ not even boasts OF a resident squire.
However. as parsons know. resident
! squirCs cut both ways: and 10 a weary,
overWorked man the peace and quiet
OF such a life anpealcd nr, a little. IN
the end therefore. Prinscp decided to
accept The living.
There are those who hold that, under
ordinary circumstances, il is better not
% prefer "a clergyman out of his own
diocese and / cannot help thinking
that this oDinion is. I'm The main, COR
rect Certainly. 10 seldom answers for
one who has bee. accustomed 20 the
Suuth an his life Io be removed. on a
sudden. into a North country parish.
The WAYS Of the NOrtherners and the
Southeners. their language. manners.
habits and methods OF looking at Things
are so utterly different that il is rare.
indeed, for a clergyman who has been
moulded amid the associations of the
onc-unless he have unusual powers OF
au.1biliV-eVer TO find himself really
az nome amid the associations Of the
other
This was ius; Mr.. Prinsep's difficulty.
lie meant well; but he did not i'm the
least understand the character Of his
new parlshiCners. He mist0ok their
bluhness for rudeness. their independ-
ence for insoience. Accustomed as ne
was TO have the laborers touch their
mats TO him; to be greeted by the farm
ers with a civil Good morning. sir"
he resented now finding his advance.
met with suspicious stare Dr surly
glunt. ON ono occasion. indeed he
was pleased 10 see farmer. whom ne
mo, i'm the road. lift his hat TO him. and
ne az once entered into friendly con-
Vetsaticn with the man
Do you know" he said. smiling cor
dlallN. that's the first time I've been
capDed since | came to Yorkshire"
The farmers started at him surlilv.
rudelv undeceived our parson.
On mon, he sid, thee bea mis-
took was nobbut scratchin' my
After which he passed on without
another word
lf the Rev The0philus had been wise.
ne would have abstained from taking
outW ward notice at any rate OF the
churlishness to which as ha fancied ne
was being subjected: and would have
carciullN felt his wav until he had es
tapllshed a friendlier feeling with his
parlshioners. But. like 80 many goo.
and well-meaniug men. hr ,,ds not con-
splcuous for his wisdom He showed his
resentment Now your N0rkshireman
Is not -sln1N- -In-apeAtr4-a Tf+r1TTy77 or
that descrintion. lie threw il back N
passon And soon what had been.
AT iirst merely a North Country can
uon. lnStructing the villagers TO make |
sure OF "passJn" before taking him n |
their hearts developed into a sense of |
sullen dislike. They FELL off from ar |
tendance az Sunday service until the
niue church was nearly empty; they
took their children away from The
sunday school; they looked sour az him
wheh ne visited them in their houses: |
ana at length poor Theophilus began To /
Ieel that IL was his duty 20 resign ebe
wing For-as has been said--he was
thoroughly good man genuinely anx-
Gus to be friendly with his parishion-
rs ana 10 90 his best for them physi-
any ana Spiritually. and iJ distressed |
nm deeply TO feet that they disIilad
md m.strusted him That il was mart.
V ms own fault he did not realize. He
egafded them as a churlish cross ,
grained. cantankerOus lot who were
'mplV making dead set at the South
fher win view to driving him ont OF p,
he parish So he decided 10 resign :
one sunday, after morning service.
Ie mentioned his resolve to .Iob porr,, |
nan, parish clerk and blacksmith VII
as almost the only friend he had in
ne village job was typicaI York
hlreman. silent shreWd. cautions ~.
lade no comment He might not oven
ave heald the remark for any SIGN no =
ave. But after evening service when =
t'N were alone tpgether IN the Neastrv ! =,
q said. abruptlv: 50 ,
AW q not resign Z living. passon." :"
me RcN. Theophius could moi ra- y
ain a smile at this first nottco taIson
remark made several hours ago w
hen he answered deiectedly. t
~ $ not use. Job. / can't Get -, q
ith The Deope here" "" +,
II folk here needs understappi,," ~
plied job stOlidlv And the. needs y!
ldierstannin' thcescr. That be Z hang h'
Perhaps. But there seems NO nroe- IA IA
Ct of our understanding one anotbor, -
mink I'll resign Job" ~
ihee u please thecsaT" said tbs re
tlsh clerk. gruiflv. "Tyc sp0sk" IN
And hc did not again oIludo a.. ch
olegL Ihe SUNDAY services al Crab. re
m Thorpe now rhat the cb,rcb Us eX
empty were very dun affairs pU, ov
Following SUNDAY m1ru.uc ,,, 80 tic
ppeisd which caused Quito - tn,sii sp
r. DuIlnE me singing of Ihe Won up
strange man appeared i'm Tho pa
'o-h. and boCkUnod virur.usl,. -, ~ an
% stood IN the bottom c5mpart,re,,, SIN
the three-dcrher. facing rbc om'
nee job rode down fo ,.lrfn,. ,,ttt IN
,. ANA hv-1ud-hy returned b,rdin. sh;
napef T." ih" rdrsun 0n the nov,
p, Tho latter opened and road a. ~ rct
grcgati'n Wltchiug him .y,,.'.'.,,,''!'' ~ 4"
was nos however. uu ust he ere