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The Community
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Thomas had heard something, it is true, about hard times on the farm, There was that very bad time when two successive seasons of wet weather ruined the wheat and hay crops, and the potato crop failed. There was much suffering over the whole countryside; and there was no government relief. People helped one another as much as they could. In the churches, the clergymen prayed for rain. Leaving Thomas for the present to his re?ections, let us compare his plight with that of his progenitor, farmer Barnes, when hard times occurred. The farmer knew exactly where the trouble lay and what would remove it. His clergyman prayed for rain. Thomas was far from seeing clearly what was at the root of his difficulties, though he spent a good deal of his time making bitter guesses on the subject. His clergyman could not help him. The farmer knew that, if he could only hold out for a time, the weather would right itself; Thomas could only hope for something to happen  he knew not what.
Thomas had heard something, it is true, about hard times on the farm, There was that very bad time when two successive seasons of wet weather ruined the wheat and hay crops, and the potato crop failed. There was much suffering over the whole countryside; and there was no government relief. People helped one another as much as they could. In the churches, the clergymen prayed for rain. Leaving Thomas for the present to his re?ections, let us compare his plight with that of his progenitor, farmer Barnes, when hard times occurred. The farmer knew exactly where the trouble lay and what would remove it. His clergyman prayed for rain. Thomas was far from seeing clearly what was at the root of his difficulties, though he spent a good deal of his time making bitter guesses on the subject. His clergyman could not help him. The farmer knew that, if he could only hold out for a time, the weather would right itself; Thomas could only hope for something to happen  he knew not what.
236 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2024
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John MacDonald
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