RESIGNATION.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 40, 11 July 1877, Page 2

RESIGNATION.

(From the Leader.) I like to hear of a man resigning himself gracefully to the inevitable. A gentleman who sat for many years in Parliament, but who was unsuccessful last month, alluded touchingly to his defeat at a prayer meeting a few nights afterwards. I cannot give his speech as it was reported to me, as it might be considered to savour somewhat of irreverence, but the substance of it was to this effect : He humbly thanked Heaven for the tribulation that had fallen upon him. ; He knew it was all done for the best, i During the time he had sat in Parliament < he "acknowledged that lie had thought < more of earthly than heavenly things, i Ho had associated, with ungodly men, and i his moral nature had suffered ; but now s that leisure for reflection was given to c him, ho hoped to make up for all be i had lost. During the ensuing three t years he would devote himself to the care s of his soul, and when he nest presented t himself for election, he trusted— he r humbly trusted— that his backsliding a might be forgiven. Uriah Heap, in c short, in the model prison, was not more r full of 'umbletiess than this nfflicted li gentleman. ' ' " o