784

Date 1912-02-29

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Page 4 MEIMCIN LAL NEWS: ebruary 29th, 1912 Thursday, hand and denexins him to the door be held Aside, Look. Be said. there tx the empty pulpit waiting for you Walting for me? stammered the new comer sr fur me At thar te threw back bis shoulders and with head hugh he moved swiftly forward, mounted the steps, stood 4 thoment in silent prayer, then bolding out both bands ln a gesture of invitation, sald clearly Let us pray? Al knelt or bowed themselves forward, and pres- ently were agreeably surprised at the tild invoca tion, He uid not assume that shocking alr of fa millarity with the Delty so much too common n pul pit. His attitude toward bis Lord seemed combined Of tenderest love and profoandest awe. His praver was brief and earnest, and afterward people recalled how be had implored for himself grace of speech, touch of divine Are that he might move closed hearts to open and recelve the aacred message of the day. Az soon as be was on his feet he took the hymn Book briskis. opened It, ruffled the pakes, bent close to them; then suddenly be cast the book from him and turning his head sharply away closed hix lids : after the manner of a man who bas suffered from his a CB Gl M. 5 eyes. Before the fush bad faded from his face he said: Let us sing bymn number six six v ar. hundred and sixteen, and then, as if fearing the BWo avn S Sutil ood ee erent ea suniled brightly and clearly sang the line, I need g Thee every hour, and instantly the organ responded. LTHOUGH she has long been We sat staring People exchanged surprised glances as they sank As UGH she has long veer ifebston at the emjucy pulpit, where the Uebuy closed Bible And thought this te the strangest sappy 5. RUINS APES Unpression inbospitable they noted the tall, boyish gure, the close cropped. A crated ae ner Cwence of avaingle Wavy brown hair, the bedriiess face, in which the Dlood rose and sank sensitively, and the blue-gr TE Wosduunt ehisperet to a front pew, There eyes that seemed sternly penetrating in looking from . au unspoiled dinner In the parish if thia S0,roung a face se i fhen the organ suddenly The hymn edded, the young preached advanced g Ie ee eae Ge upening notes the deak, and with quick, practised hand opened the See eee cheaiicnce. reat Bible, turned the leaves, paused. passed his dictated the tale to her husband, Mr He eee eee ramny oMeiais had band across his forehead, bent down close to the book. riot stelen ie Where they compared then slammed it shut again vith closed. Il Se eee Sk ant cinis/pameraby. turned Bisiface Away. whlle pained red spread Oe oak weutieuman, all batless ax he was descended over It calmly aunounced: The service to-day may neces iy be somewhat abbreviated, but If our thoughts was growing restless which originauy yielded he: fame ard for- and hyin tune, Clara Morris continues to foll her la and stern, vocation of auth ude f defles severest adv is the latest piece of Tt gains added in writer not only s aficted with par 1B wascawas xvacn tion. He was not a man of ma They this was bh authoritative wot declared or a comy put in the matter And a gentleman i bys. good wishes an fe breakdown. sir Now. not am Ea were ns nameless as they rch for which he haj hen John Merling had entered tie had fonnd ryth RE Ca, ane saeco feart of Jah Merling wee hitter wishin The satisfaction ereainainl ance of attent an almost bovine eunjestn dinner being still safe Jola Me slonate tment at his failure to hol longed to ery You are church mewbers burs a) Which of sont really joves Chere name or follows Hix axcred footstens? So sorely did these doubts welsh apon hin. wae seized w tela waken, shake the ignorance of hi things. Then when on partnre be had escaped ghd the smiles and the complitner Hons upon the sermon buried hin face tn his hands. imed: My God and known haw fo knock at the fully and skilfully enon pit and have left it cold T missed the way? Show me late, and I be proved an now rt that wae why the Rev John hearily upon bis vacation. Meantiine thoveh be hind be weeks his people were fretting and zruslh bevond all else complaining of the quailty of the sup plies provided bythe main office tthe absent pastor's place Three ministers in three weeks groaned Sister Hanlon. What will Brother Merling *hink of us? By the way. Mrs. Hanlon. naked Mixx Connie Roberts, whom will to-morrow s supply dine with, do you know? fT can only guess; my dear. If he seems. valian trencherman who may enjoy bix,food, Dr and Mrs Woodward will entertain him, for they certainly have the best cook In town, But if our visitor ix faddy. Glety sort of person, of course Mre Wilson wil Iake him in tow. But. objected Miss Roberts. how wil) they know that he dis They won't, smiled Mra, Hanion. bir Mm Wil son will; she has had Ofteen years experiener wi her husband, who Is in that way Poor Mrs, Wilson Oh, Mrs Lewis : mamma an hour ago, She said the dear old cute th a desir have not Look. He Said. There is the Empty Puloit Waiting find gone to the city, in all this beat, to Invite the wew supply to come up and pass the night at bis hi nay there's a freight wreck beyant hinge divi, oUF hearts with our God, the i before service eee ncn Elder Lewls opened thr Inner wing not hear the Word read today. but yom will not inbee he not the dearest okl man7 rxvinimed Mr AC anv and moved lowly Up to the alia, andevery itmoch Ab, suit tink yuu will, but you ave In eror Hanlon, And our chur apnile of tits SE ae eve be wan arent ti disnita Uetiblen weer rare and didicult to obtain, If you cae eye. Well, must run Feat tied the Raw by) Nip, faces ther he oe y here trembling with eagerness to. hear the sacred them But before he reached the pulpit some ome Word tu te wuiazed by tts wisdom, Umpressed by tts poreb, Ob, that late white nr Bloom How exquisite it ix) The lems white to the heart rose ey cated it to the church, dit you n. Yes, and If Mr. Merling were tid white roses on the pulpit desk 1 But, my dear, you meant he by of your roses to be au expression not for this creature. however dear servant 6 not greater then tar 1 Taoched bis arm, calling bis attention to a beckoning land at the door. and be hastily returned to. the ari by its gloriol promixes then, Indeed, thin Miibule. expecting message but this wax WDAt ould jie a deprivation. But you are so familiar with nd happened. Holy Writ: you lenrhed vermen by beart as children, The two anxious old watchers vutside suddenly you attended I classes later on, and finally lotleed a rapidly moving young man, who, though some promised reward you raced the great Hook wearing battered atraw hat had on a sult of black. through (od forgive you and the result is that Na he came in line with the church, seeing the doors when the chapter ond book are given out you say to wide open, be paused and locked inside, In that yourselves, (h, ses, that s the Parable of the Sower, fone of the watchers notived a high straight or if one nnnounces Paalm 137 you say, I know, By iness, charhial by its beauty and thrilfed to the Little Miss Roberts hung ber ke a reproved mom CS eee te so atten, and Sire itanlog, nak cit Waletceat, the other dincorered a roman collar, the waters of Kalyion we nat down and wept. and ber leave. was Cnotigh They grasped and dragved the you sink back snd mind allps away to household fr the steps: one took off the dirreputable matters, and sou wonder if sou left the key in t gt; Barly next morhing the Woodwards aud (ue koberts stmnxer pected minister was the Key. Mr. Brewat and be ing for you Meanwhile the other official was mo really cannot be missing the less so very much pid sald to be saproasie, very scare) and up to wok Elder Lewis. thts sing. ME re wat ace Ce Sie, sreeicelnim aries are cnimer mata eo eharae cieoee Mee eee eteertc abate The wan great Hoh alting long. and lavish expentines, Pleuratively speaking, 1 see yuter doors stood wide open.as dil the windows The Sar1 moment Eider ews bad grasped ihe joi this vnfire hulidiag as upan the dgtires of thks regation clearly and legibly stamped the On every face there Is contentn utter und complete aa to verge upon self: yes, and beauty rare and unblemished: too his roving glance halted a moment, el in his steady eyes) The love Dlessed of God and honored by the Church, and every face, be It old or young, looks. But' be spoke now in re you Justified in this self-satisfaction? almost he whispered the words , are you Chris: He threw up bis hand quickly as if repelling Ob, church members- church members Obedient to the precepts of your ct, faithful In your attendance upon services, gen erous in the matter of tithes, regular in approaching the communion table, yet even all that is not enough Phere is one little word that seems to be the key that unlocks for us pot only all the Joys of this life Dut all the glory of heaven From almost any the wonderful word glows and beams at us. the Muster s own longing cry wildest tumult, tisfaction, ana here, smile touched his lips aud bean Jooks 0 kind anxious (one doabitug, an answer. Yes, loyal after and that word page of the Testament But it ts that stirs the heart to Lore Me (bere the passion in the higher and higher; thrilled along the nerves of every hearer Love Me Lore Me, and ) my commandments Go back a bit in your memories, you grave faced Did you never as a boy have an unpopular perhaps an is love overstern, Obey me ' figurativ Obey me you must, and love me if you can my commandments and love me it was with them, and you kept them after some sharp reminders, but your love was more like a fearful.sort of respect, oF itn awed admiration for that was.the rule o: But how i It with mother? tween you made obedience easy but now and then you found your feet in sllppery mere dare schoolmaster, whose rule read, ler love, be generally speaking, but you promise . way home you pianned your altbl and mother was decelyed that was an easy matter: she was auch a trustful woman bedtime came; then with leaden feet you slowly crept we stairs and to bed, sheepishly neglecting to say How you tossed and tum. perhaps it inkling (bade el) 30, All went well tll your usual brief prayer. for You. your throat sry: reaking of UD and noth lit you knew sh flame to prot Brat hot They at lust en Towed at the head of her hand abont the candle F was there. was onreing t you from softly straightenew the tumbled quilts moothed the pillow with her dear lps ttle arms w sorrow and mel, beginning With inevitable boyiab IJ plumb forgot re it was asked, for words of forgiveness ever Ile clone and waiting at a mother's Not that her boy's lapses do not cause her paln her unfailing, toretve seventy You could bear ne more nt abont her neck and all the ree rushed fort +1 didn't go and your par ty do it, mother came al and terrible bat beca asurable love makes t posal times seven' falls from grace and you were happy, 0 irged from jour wrongdoing, strong ni never to fail her again forgiveness, If obed oa dear finite human being meant re it If vou ean ( 6 through love ch joy to you, It comple the pure: ny have the one return that we can fireetves to Fim Come ante me heed the gentl make fe to xlve and when At nt you de you con He pleads. bringing your broken heats, your suffering bodies crushed. with sorrow, oppressed with ain, you creer to the Divine knee, allp off your burdens, and those tender arma And pity, pardon, peace Are you afraid that by lorlug Christ your homan happiness tay be dimmed? Ob, not so With Jesus in your heart the pleasures of the world will take on a bloom and glory beyond all words to tell Sanden and emphatic Amen came from the reat of the church. 'Yva look so kind, went on the speaker. Nay, you are kind whenever rim want tovebes you with ite bony hand and arouses you from a too Kreat con, tentient. There not one among you who could sit comfortably in your warm, cosey home whi through the window you saw shivering on the porch A human derelict whose emaciated body shuddered At the piercing outdoor blast that found with cruet Certainty each rip and rent frtils sodden rags, whowe face bore marks of dissipation and of ain, whose tim idiy pleading eye would make It Impossible to draw the bolt against bm. You conld uot give a cold de- hin to such a wanderer from the nether world Bot here te another wanderer, who, holding In abeyance His glorious and stupendous power, stands as the Man of Sorrows outside your close barred bearts, With weary feet and fainting soul and heavy, tired eyes He waits Divinely hopeful, He gently knockst Oh. nave you not felt the thrill of that faint Kmock- Ing at your heart ere now? Tragedy of the Crucifixion. At that moment the young preacher leaned oat over the pulpit, black frown on bis brow, an accusing light in bis eves, as he sharply asked. Do you know the chapters that are the least often read in this Holy Testament? Ah, some of you dot T see that In drooping eyes and flushing cheeks. You will not read Matthew 27th, Mark 15th. Luke 23d, and. above all, St. John 19th, because they picture with too photographic exactness the crucifixion of our blessed Lord The awful tragedy jars upon your sensibilities. trains your nerves, hurries the beating St your hearts. know the justification you offer to yourselves Why need we dwell upon that painfal vpisode? We know the price our Lord Jesus paid for our redemption; we know His passion and His agony Why dwell upon It now? It ts all passed and gone forever For Him there remains only the glo Fious rainbow throne, and never a grief of pain aguin for all eternity That you aay and you He Un- consclously perhaps but yet, you lle, Tsay For He suffers sti Strangely no angry glances were exch..ged, but + every eye was fixed upon the speaker's working, Paltd face and the twisting bands thet wrang each Gther in piteous plea, In the slight pause that fol Towed x ng was plainly heard, whfe a heavy man's lips Lard tind closed hearts here to- Ing girl impulsively cried, No, not hen draw the bolts, open wide your hearts and cive your glorions Guest And in that moment of tensest feeling there was a e lt;winging door. A group of men en- hy a stocky man, ted faced, gray from his garb a minister. Be: two sturdy fellows in brass buttoned, geste the man in black Checked Thongh one whispered loudly, the athors oThar's bln Meantime up 1s silence tn the pulpit, the oc. idly From the eses, fixed r intruding tm light of exaltation had faded. while a wave of dull, dark red swept over bis fave from chin, to brow fora long moment. Then, sud- denty, the palned, discomfture disappeared, and, re- lt; Self-possesston, he moved quickly to the ya. and, with modest dignity, greeted the ap- early spoken words y(n the sir; perhaps you w 1 lead us in You airy wele mttig prayer? Ignoring the iffered the pusbed past thie lat and, taking his place at the desk, in a7 TA INTeATon Sanh hema Pais heads were howed aiid prayer hegan wet, ii slender tiguret with low bent head we fave, tidown the alate. Two weer him, ech with a hand extended, at sight of wh Jrew bark, saying. Ina whisper: Nor tut, was purely acellental, not an ntended estape. Come, Carter, 20 walk wita: you. hful exe and painte ier nels au And xo jussed droopingly ont of sight the strange Supply fellowed closely hy one guard, while the in answer toa sign froin Deacon White, lottered behind After the singing of a brief and a some. what curt benediction the congregation bexan to dis- ferse. With A marked absence of the usual greetings And shor chats, Friends bowed gravely te one an- other atid passed out, while many wou dre-- down, their veils to lide their tear streaked faces. Drawn a bit-to one side Deacon White stood speake with i blue, and those passing near canghi such llumjnating sentences ae Theological Student: oversindy: complete breakdown. Slow Very. slow. recovery Int getting along now. Sight red partis: in fact, right ax a trivet tales some one sayn clutch gr sermion then he's off, Thin is The second thne be has given as the slip. The other wae of it Shnday But hel come out all The Rev Mr Brewster, who had hastened Sut to meet the meibers. found them not over eager to profit hy their opportunity. The demand of conven- fonal vourtesy drew some half dozen prominent people about him, and to these he fumed over the morning faux pas, Flourishing his handkerchief abont his heated face and nvck, he fairly groaned as be rewall hand car, which had been the sole way of he distance between the freight wreck and his pli destination, And after all my efforts T was not able te spare you from whut you must haye thought ntrange sup- ply. scarcely recall a greater pleve of presumption. n me, Brother Brewster. interrupted Dea- con the young man was in nowise to blame for what ovenrred, Anxious and exelted, In our con- fusion we mistook hint for yourself, seized upon and rushed him into the pulpit, and if the sermon was frie unconventional you most remember Me was pnprepared Huh njacniat 4 Mr. Hrowstor, he gave you rnther froth sh 0 Wanbt. Poor Soule You nist hav you had a strange supply. But unin, I have good, trong, doctrinet, sermon y for you to-night that will, hope, cousole you for this moraine dlsappolutment and make you for- fet Ue enporinaa of thle ernsy Boy. Horsive ine, Mr. Brewster. broke in the ardent soung volce of Contle Roberts, but. we Nave mot teen the victims of craky man's vaporings, bat we have heen the wittessen of an answered. peayer? ha looking about her she ndded: You remember ci yow wane alwayn Fomembes lal prayer? Yeu. ludeed, gravely answered Eider Lewia, that praser wun nutely muamered, for no heart in this mores figee gathering Teslsted that young man's earoent pleading In his Master's cause That night the white roses, no longer withheld, stood upon the pulpit's desk. expressing in thelr beauty and fragrance the renewed lore of young girl's deeply invved heart Return of Mr. Merling. The Rey. John M rling had returned, to the great Joy of hix people. and at his firat visit to the Roberta home Mls Connie had given bia a true and ure abridged story of thelr iorning with the stra : When Mr Merling heart bow the youss anger had openly rebuked hls people for thelr self. Antixfaction his face flushed darkly. For it was hard fo think that this youth had done in one morning's work what he himself had falled to do tn years of earnest endeavor, that hin own people had been. et cessfully uronsed from thelr apathy by another earnest pleading. Still, whatever of patn or tmortia cation he felt, hls Hips remalned silent. He listened in- deals 9 the end, then roe to xo, siressed by the wordless departure, Conte cried: Are you going to be ke Mr, Brewster and teat with contempt this nameless one, who moved all our hearts so deeply 7 Aud the Rev. John Merling tumed quiet taking hoth of ber hands, fervently, anawereds- B4y childs 1 bave but thi to any, and tt comes straight frog my heart: May God bless and soon restore to full healthy our strange supply Thursday, Fe But Shops on Everythi Cured - Main St eS od Real Fire, L Stock Farm veyanc teamsbip T pecial atte Governm J.-F. C IRVINE 050 006O 68 00 61 SCOODOOCOSOSSECESOESSO MEDICINE HE does a large Subact rption Woman's Office Burn weer

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