Abiding Peace
“They came from the farms, from the fishermen’s cottages, and the garrison houses. Samuel preached with passion, although his hours for preparing the sermon had been severely curtailed that week. His words on justice thundered through the rafters.
Christine sat very straight and still in the new boxed-in pew, center and front, just below the pulpit. Her eyes were fixed on him so intently that Samuel had to force himself not to look down there too often. When he did, though, he saw that John was ...wriggling, and Christine paid the boy no mind. Half of Samuel’s mind hoped Brother Wentworth would see and rap John smartly on the head with his staff. The other half hoped he wouldn’t, and thus save him the embarrassment of having the entire congregation know that his son had misbehaved in church.
At the noontime break, he shook hands with each of the church members and greeted them. Several of the men asked about his journey to Portsmouth and when the magistrate would arrive.
At last he left the church doorway and found Christine on the green with the children about her.MoreLess
Christine sat very straight and still in the new boxed-in pew, center and front, just below the pulpit. Her eyes were fixed on him so intently that Samuel had to force himself not to look down there too often. When he did, though, he saw that John was ...wriggling, and Christine paid the boy no mind. Half of Samuel’s mind hoped Brother Wentworth would see and rap John smartly on the head with his staff. The other half hoped he wouldn’t, and thus save him the embarrassment of having the entire congregation know that his son had misbehaved in church.
At the noontime break, he shook hands with each of the church members and greeted them. Several of the men asked about his journey to Portsmouth and when the magistrate would arrive.
At last he left the church doorway and found Christine on the green with the children about her.MoreLess
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