The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-03-12

fore us all calmly surveying the DC"
of faces turned in wonder upon him.
He was tall and massive as | have
said, but when his face was once fairly
turned toward US, no further thought
seemed possible OF aught save the sad
blue eyes, the broad noble forehead
from which on each side fell his long
snowy hair, and the perfect repose of
a face smooth and soft as a child's and
with that beauty which goodness
alone can give. For full minute
dead silence reigned. 1t was broken
by his voice which smote the ear as
full of such sadness as must have
filed the tones of Brutus while pro-
nouncing sentence Of death upon his
son. 1t pealed forth-if its depth and
its music could be called a peal
these words:
Though 1 speak with the tongues
of men and of angles, and have net
charity, l am become as sounding
brass or tinkling symbal."
"Brethern l write no new command
ments unto you but an old command
menf which We had from the beginning.
He that loyeth his brother abideth in
the light and there is none occasion
for his stumbling IN him."
"Whosoever doeth not righteous.
ness is not of God, neither he that
loveth not his brother"
"If man say, L love God and
hateth his brother whom he hath seen,
how can he love God whom he hath
not seen ?"
Never, never, can | forget the thrill
ing eloquence, the grandeur and the
power of words or the lightning
flashes of the human eye as saw and
heard them there. Rising as the ma
esty of supermanhood in the presence
of arrant hypocrisy he lowered high
and flung upon the yielding covering
heads CT those who felt their guilt
burning its way through the;. faces to
his awful gaze, those words too oft for
gotten by those whose voices are ofLer
heard chanting their own righteous
ness then speaking comfort to the sor.
rowing. In the grandest msments OF
Forrest or Booth they never reached
that point SO successfully where the
enuncistion Of pathos in rebuke-'hat
most difficult achievement in oratory
could produce both trembling and
tears as did this unknown Aeschyl lus.
When the storm of commotion and
confusion had su5sided he fixed his
mournful piercing eyes on my friend,
the owner Of houses, and again began;
but not until all that congregation
knew where his look was fixed, for it
seemed within his power to direct their
very thoughts by his powerful magnet
ism. yesterday, on Elm street, q
widow, sick aud with two helpless
babes, was turned cut by heartless
landlord, to die if must be, because
the weeks rent Of three dollars wa:
not, could not be paid. Inasmuch as
we have done unto enc Of the least
of these, my brethern, ye have done
unto me.
Rapidly confronting the banker, ht
continued: To-day an officer of th,
law pounced upon and sold the last
bed, the last chair, and the last stove
of poor carpenter whose wife lay dy
ing Of consumption, and to nurse
whom he had left his daily labor anC
to procure comfort for whom he haC
given a chattel mortgage upon hi
poor furniture adding slowly, "Anc
at the suit of a private banker of thi
city" and as if in solemn mockery,
'Jesus paid it all,
All the debt l owe"
Again facing man | did net knoy
he continued, "a poor, dying womaI
E of the town sent for a Christian T.
pray for hor. The messenger found
. professor of religion instead, and wa
, | told that his character would be jeop
. ardlzed by such visit Let him tha
| is without sin cast the first stone.'" ""
ga poor, penniless traveller applie
to-day for food and rest at hotel c
e this city, and was rudely repelled an
narrowly escaped injury. 4 was a
}. hungered and ye gave me no meat,
s was thirsty and ye gave me no drinl
$ l was stranger and ye took me nc
e in" saw his gaze fixed upon m
landlord and remembered the seen
he discibed.
had no time for pity for his ashe
face, for again the voice pealed ou
"a little starving boy asked bake
for a bun which tempted his hungr
= gaze, and when refused and kicke
out he crept back and took enc whe
e he thought no one saw him. He WI
Y watched and his hurrying little foo
]. steps were followed home, and the of
o Ger found his little sister eagerly d
), vouring one-half while Il sick motht
h was moistening a part for her bal
which found no nourishment at j
|, natural fountain"
l.