2/6 FROM A NEW ENGLAND HILLSIDE. 



LIV. 



&quot; THE rains descended and the floods came 

 and the winds blew and beat upon that 

 house, and it fell not.&quot; And it rained, and 

 it rained, and it rained. It was really like 

 old times. The rain came on rather gently 

 and intermittently, but gradually gained 

 force and continuity until after nightfall, 

 and then we had it in earnest, a steady 

 downpour. The fountains of the heavens 

 were opened, and hour after hour the deluge 

 fell, making glad the thirsting fields and the 

 hearts of men. We remembered that in for 

 mer times, under the old dispensation, we 

 had had such rains, and there was a grateful 

 sense of something familiar which had quite 

 passed from our memory, but which had 

 suddenly been again brought to mind. 



The following morning the sun came out 

 bright and clear. I went up the hill, pass 

 ing upon my way the pool in the marsh, 

 which I found full to the brim, and weeping 

 over its low embankment. The cottage was 

 in its place, but it held more water than I 



