The Sacrifice

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Excerpt from The Sacrifice: A Clergyman's StoryI could hardly account to myself how l=had resisted so many urgent solicitations, to visit his beautiful residence, which was only one mile' from town.' One reason 1 believe was, that being young in the ministry, it took up considerable of my time to pr ar'e lectures suitable for the ears ofalarge and s¿u hat difficult audience. Agath er was, (though I was, too proud to own it even to myself) that Mr. Cummings was always accom panied to church by a couple of beautiful daughters, twins, and being no 'ladies' man' at all, as the phrase is, [ heartily dreaded a tete-a-tete with these lovely girls, although one of them was a member of my church. But the Deacon became at length importunate, and would hear excuses no longer. I accordingly found myself one morning stepping very courageously into my Sulky for a drive to Three Hills, as the Deacon's residence was called, from the circumstance of three very singular hills, something, of the form of pyramids, shooting up within a short distance ofthe central building. It would puzzle any one to find either in nature or imagination, a lovelier spot: than Three Hills. Its numerous buildings were arranged in such a manner as to give it, at a distance, the appearance ofa little villa strut out from the commotions of a wicked world - a sweet Paradise for humble and pious hearts. Involuntarilycheck'ed my horse as we reached an eminence from whence 1 could enjoy an uninter rupted prospect, for I was then one of nature's most ardent worshippers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.