The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-18
When a Deacon
Broke Loose
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Went 10 together In the building and
used II alternately. AS the village
grew the different denominat tons built
churches for themselves, and finally
the OLD church was left to one This
happened to De the poorest one tinan-
ciaIly. and it wasn't In human nature
to look around Oh the newer editices
and not feeI a bit envious.
AS matter OF fact. the old meeting
house was little better than barracks
II reckon any one can praise the
Lord from the midst OF brush neap IN
the woods out / also reckon that ne
can do it with a leetle more steam IN a
romtortable meeting house. SAID Dea
con Pegram.
The deacon was the financial man of
the "burch. out it was years ana years
before be saw his way clear for the
erection OF new edihce Severai
freight cars loaded with cement got
smashed up in the suburbs OF the town
ana the deacon was told to nelp MIN
self.
for that New meeting mouse was 70 be-
a concrete one rhe concrete industry
was then In IT'S infancy out Deacon
Pegram mad found man to put the
matter through and guarantee saus
factory JOB
lrlah struck town, and things were
changed. be Knew all about the &c
ment business and was ready to take
of his coat and carry the job through
ii any tamll! would board him gratis
in return. Deacon Pegram jumped at
the chance. Urlah was tod to eat all he
couid and go to the head OF the class
and manage things He took mold IN
If he had da billed 10 cement all his life
Urlab hustled He made everybody
else hustle. IT any one Jagged ne was
right on the spot to say:
Now. then don't do no loafing on
the Lord rhis Is his job. and he ex-
poets things to move lively
We all know now though few knew
at that time. that there are several
grades OF cement and that cement
together in a haphaZard way There
must be due proportions, according TO
the work to be done. Oriab simply
Went ahead and. Shoveled. Providence
STOOD back OF nim With dry weather
until the Wallis were ready for the
roof. anO then she got tired of good
thing There were those who said the
docks were TOO soft and others who
Thought they could see DuIgeS in the
walls an0 still others who predicted
tnat two hours rain would spoil every
thing out to all such Deacon Pegram
SAID:
Didn't the foods rage and the lum
beI coIne DOWN.
"les'
"Dlunt W. discover the sand pit in
the nick OF timer"
Yes
didn't Brother Riggs see the error
OF his ways just when we were Won
derlng what we should do for the
Dr1cks!"
"He did -
And didn't Providence ordain that
those freight cars should be smashed
I'D and the cement scattered over an
acre OF groundY
''lt looks like it."
And then came Oriah Kingston. At
the crossroads be might have turned to
the left ana gone to Liverpool. buI
Providence guided him TO the right and
to US"
but 1t may rain, and 1t it does''-
'.It will not rain for month to come
Providence won't permit it to.
The deacon talked that way and be.
lieved what be talked. and Urlah talk
ed and believed still stronger. And
then the rain descended. 1t set IN al
dark one day and came down IN way
TO soak things. Just at daylight next
morning. with the rain still coming
down. the two men crept forth to see
how it Jared with the enterprise. Tnere
were no walls left. In place OF them
was a small lake OF mud. Every last
block OF concrete had melted IN the
rain. The deacon and Oriah stood and
gazed for i've long minutes like men
stupe6ed.
Aud then Deacon Pegram broke
loose 1t was years ago. but they still
date things from that day. He whoop-
ed. He threw down his hat and jump
ed on it, He knocked Oriah down and
Jumped on him. AS people came out
TO see what the trouble was he threw
them into the lake OF mud and whOop
I'd again. He went home and kicked
his dog and cuffed his wife's ears. and
then be ran amuck through the streets
and tore gates off their hinges and
uprooted sidewalks Men ran and
women lodged. and it took two light
ming rod men and q chicken buyer TO
tie MIN up. he continued to whoop
until his voice gave out, and for three
days he was expected to die. These
three days allowed Oriah Kingston to
get sixty miles away and the lake OF
mud to crust over, The deacon's pas
Tor called when things had Quoted