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The Black Forge Mills

Chapter 1: THE BLACK FORGE MILLS;
By William P. Chipman
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A narrative set in a mill village follows the pastor's efforts to bring religious and moral guidance to factory workers and the life of a young man, Ray, whose struggles with temptation, crime, and conscience drive the plot. Episodes trace his confession of faith, a burglary and ensuing trial and acquittal, schooling and work at the mills, a labor strike, and a catastrophic fire. Themes include duty, forgiveness, and the transformative power of faith as characters confront social hardship and personal responsibility. The story culminates in Ray's full surrender and the eventual fulfillment of hope for redemption and a settled life.

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Title: The Black Forge Mills

or, Up the King's highway

Author: William P. Chipman

Release date: October 18, 2024 [eBook #74601]

Language: English

Original publication: Philadelphia: American Baptist publication society, 1889

Credits: Peter Becker, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BLACK FORGE MILLS ***

THE BLACK FORGE MILLS;

OR,

UP THE KING'S HIGHWAY.

BY WILLIAM PENDLETON CHIPMAN,

Author of "The Mill Boy of the Genesee," etc.

"Fear not; for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine."

PHILADELPHIA:
AMERICAN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY,
1420 Chestnut Street.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1889, by the
AMERICAN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

DEDICATION.

REMEMBERING THE EARNEST AND EFFICIENT HELP I HAVE
EVER RECEIVED IN ALL MY STUDY AND TOIL FROM HER
WHOM GOD HAS GRACIOUSLY PERMITTED FOR
MORE THAN TEN YEARS TO WALK BY MY
SIDE, I DEDICATE THIS TRUE STORY
IN DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO

MY BELOVED WIFE.

CONTENTS.

I. The Black Forge Mills
II. Miss Squire's New Scholar
III. One Night's Work
IV. Ray's Confession of Christ
V. Old Ties Severed
VI. Long Point Farm
VII. The Burglary
VIII. Guilty or Not Guilty
IX. Ray's Trial and Acquittal
X. Fruit at the Mills
XI. Ray in his School Life
XII. Good for Evil
XIII. The Strike
XIV. George Branford's Home
XV. Fire at the Mills
XVI. What is Duty
XVII. Ray's Decision and its Result
XVIII. Clinton Academy
XIX. Showing their Colors
XX. The Shadow of Death
XXI. The Wideness of God's Mercy
XXII. The Last Year at Easton
XXIII. A Summer's Vacation
XXIV. Life's Work Begun
XXV. Ray's Full Surrender
XXVI. Hope's Full Fruition at Last

THE BLACK FORGE MILLS;

OR,

UP THE KING'S HIGHWAY.