Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-04
When a Deacon
Broke Loose
Bv NJ CLAD
Copyright. 1872. oy Associated Lit
SraFy t'reES.

RartiStS Tres bytPrtanS aud ADJ eutt<ts
W-rd III together ~ the Uui3drng aud
u>"d II alternately. A. The vita II
grew The different d"nOuinhtiuns bnIli
churches TOR IhtnSelves. ana finally
the uid church waS ieft 10 one This
barf"n-'d To be the IsOrr>t one imam
;'inNA, ana II wasn't ~ LuInHD nature
{" iOuk around Oh In- uewtI etiItiCe>
and not f+"I TN tn0lOTS.
A. II uat'eI OF fa"t. the Old meeting
b"n<+ was Irtie better than barracks
- ~ kou any one can praise the
! LORD from ;n- mld>; Of a brush heap IN
th+ W0Ud>. tut / Also reckon that ne
van ~ II WITH itetIe more steam IN a
ruH. I""tahI. meeting nouse." SAID lea
CuU I-GrHm.
IL d-aron was The tiuanriAI man OF
! IT, 'nurrh, Uut II was years ano years
t~-t"re lie saw his way cIeaI for the
! +t.-.IIun or Dew edince Severat
freight rarS :oadnd Win cement got
! SIIia n'-U al, ia me suburbs OF TN. town
hhd. The d"actn WAS toI0 10 neip nIm
silt.
| lie cot wagon loads Of the stnff
tor mat urW Injecting hou>e WAS to be
! n rnnrt~te Que Inc concrete Industry
wa~ IIr+n ~ Is lutanry. DuI DEACON
I"gram had h"ind man TO put the
maI'"' through ana guarantee y saus
| tarIOr, IUu
ran struck town. and things were
| chnu@rd He kn,w att about the &c
tn-nt bIsInpSS una was ready 10 take
On LIS roat aRo carry the JOB through
II Nm! tamil, would board MIN gratis
IN return Iracnb I'PCram jumped at
th- rhan"e. urtah was tolu to eat all ne
ron q aud go Ia the bead OF the class
anh uIana"e things He took mold az
u he had da billed IN cement all mis- life
rIah hustled. lie umde everybotty
e'>e hustle. II any one Jagged ne was
right on the spot 10 say:
Now, then. don't do no loadng on
the LORD. This IL his job. and be ex:
i'e,ls things to move lively"
We all khow now. though few knew
at that tirne. that there are several
grades OF cement and that cement
workers DO not shovel sand and cement
together in a haphazard way. There
uI'iSt be due proportions. according. TO
thu work To. he done. I'riah simply
writ ahead ana shovtled Providence
stood back OF hin with dry weather
unIiI the walls were ready for the
roof. atlu then she got tired of good
thing There were those who said the
DIh'k$ we're TOO soft and others Whu
Thought they c'uuiu see buiges in the
Wallis ana >tilI others who predicted
that two hours ruin would spoil every
fnlne. bur to MI surh Deacon Pegram
saiG:
didn't the floods rage and the Ium-
bel rotn- down"
hes"
''Ihtnt We discover the sand pit in
the nick OF timex"
- e. ~
"Innn't Brother Hfggs see the error
OF his ways Just when We were won
o"rlne what we should do for the !
brukS:" ~ -, -. 49, .r
"And didn't Providence ordain that
those fright cars should be smashed
up aud the cement scattered over au
acre OF yroundT -,
at looks like t."
And then came Uriah Kingston. At
the CROSSROADS be might hare turned to
the left and gone to Liverpool. but
guided him to the right and
to us" .........
"But II may rain, and If II does"-
1T will not rain for month to come
won't permit 1t TO-"
The deacon talked that way and be-
Iiered what he talked. and Uriah talk
ed and believed stiII stronger And
then the rain descended. 1t set in at
dark one day and came down in way
10 soak things. lust al Daylight next
with the rain still coming
down. the Two men crept forth to see
how It Jared with the enterprise. There
were no walls left. In place Of them
was q small lake of mud. Every last
block OF concrete had melted in the
rain Tue deacon and Griah stood and
gaz-d for dre long minutes ike men
stuprhed,
And then Deacon Pegram, broke
loose 1t was years ago. but they stiIl
date things from that day. BE whoop-
pd He threw down his hat and jump
I'd on H. He knocked Oriah down and
jumped on him. As people came out
10 >re what the trouble was he threw
hem into the lake OF mud and whUop
q again. He went home aud kicked
his Dig and cuttpd mis- wite's ears. AND
net nr rnu amrrk through the streets
Al nj tore gates "f1 their hinges and
l;i1hrlrd >idrwHlk< Men ran HHd
NuIn-n ttndgrEi auu il took TWO hight
I!u9 rOG nreII and y rhrkpn buyer 10
IL hlm up n- con'Iuu, tn wnoop |
lntil MS voice gave ont. aud tor three
1H,> n" VAS tNrHN'trd tu die These
i"". 1aN< allowed riah Kingston to |
49, >!>lN niles away AMI the lake OF
''"d =" ..r',>t over The deacon ~