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

W was a treat TO hear how all the con.
sIeSauon joined i'm the neral thanks
giving. In the evening ll was repemed
Ihe Rev. Theophilus took occasion Ia
stllke while the iron was hot. and To
nldhe some earnest remarks in his SER
I A-hA 81 he efficacy of prayer ~OT W6ICh
we have just had so remarkable an I'M
stance in the recovery of her for whom
we prayed last sunday and in whose
thanksgiving words W have all ioinad
so heartily today" a preacher knows
nctiYely when he is holding his
congregation. Ours knew that ne was
holding his then. He fell cheered inyfg-
Grated. refre shed. What If this sickness
| ana recovery OF poor Lucy Grey might
| prove to be the one touch Of nature thar
! should henceforth make him kin win
/ his gruff parishionersl
IL certainly looked like that Afiar
church several OF the farmers waitej
outside the door to shake him bv the
hahii ana one burly giant more out
spoheh than the rest, llyered himself
or this encoura cement:
Thee beat right sart. plsson. dapg-
ed If thee bean't. Ond from this dav
my gels goa back To L SUNDAY srhule"
The farmer was as good as his worJ
His girls came back 70 Sabbltb ecbooi
the very next Sabbath-and moi his
only, but the children OF all the Other
deserters. The church. too Mas oui+a
fun. morning and evening. and so con.
tinuei The peop,e. when they mst him
were all as cordial as could bn. II was -
wonderful transformation our parson
could not understand II. The mere facf
or the illness and recovery Of one voung
woman. for whom ne had pravsd i'm
church, seemed insufficient 10 accnunt
for such a change. Yet the change mn
doubtedly dated from that memorabl4
We're very peculiar. There was no cnn,.
pretending them. Still, il was pleasant
Very pleasant--to have gut nm tnuCb
with them; to feel that he was liked
welcomed. AS far as n yyas
able, he would take good care not to
forfeit the esteem which he had en-
strangely and suddenly won. p,rbans
by and by he might discover how he
had won IL
He did discover it-about three weeks
atcr It was a Thursday ait rnbnn
our parson was reading the Yorkshire
Post Of that days date. which did nor !
each Grabham Thorpe until midday !
IN turning over the pages his evo |
hanCCd 10 fall on something which A.. |
ested his attention. He read a. Nn |
Expression OF dismayed amazemrnt |
his countenance \ b,rri. |
led ejaculation escaped his lips. Tbcr
bringing frum his chair and catching |
p his wide-awake he hurried-witb ths |
aper still i'm his hards--to The village
mHhy. He FOUND the propri tor alone
moking his pipe i'm the doorway.
Job Bergman he said stprplv
how dared YOU deceive me I'm maj
lamcful May?'
"Aw never deceived thee. passrn"
piled job stolidly.
Never deceived me?" cried his row
.ence. excitcdly. "Didn't you tell mo
iat Lucy Grey was a young woman
ho--"
Jaw never said Lucy Grey vos =
ing CONAN passon. Aw said o, had
we'd here. So 90 he'd. What ais tbee
thot?'
What ails me. indeed can't Won
q that to-tO--pray tO the AImightv
church under such Circurnstanres
as an appalling act of profanfv?"
Aw can't" was The mp art urb3bIa 70.
" "Aw don't see noa prpfenifv in
lyiug to 4 Almighty fu any ~ -
Wi-hty's cfeaturs. Now. inst thee
to me. passon.' continued tbe
-h clerk Tor once in his /. RI. vaxiuy
ID, Iual. "seeing hot o. Almighty an
rrl our PRAYERS Us plain mot 4
mighty diln't fIk ofeuss AMI N q !
N "hty dilut tIk. ] Jul1't .,4 thot ;
h-N on} rlH to. y thuf I'm de-
'ntth1t i'0k 300 asiuu hy Lucy Grey's
'..t = max thee d. summat unbe-
Wn fn ~. SGD. which should sct thee
nV feet iu q parish fJrrNcrmore.
ft I'D iinteol thor'd Ter hey got - |
~ o. g Yarkshire tyke. Thee didn't