Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-05-07

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indignation be overpast. Then He viii
make my bed beside my mothers, an6
[ shall go up, and mayhap be a door
keeper IN that bonny temple, where
there is ma sin and na angry fathers ant
brothers"
g Marselie, my poor child, " said the
minister's wife, with tears in her eyes
"God is as able to give peace to Hi.
children here as in heaven. Cease
these wanderings that are Grazing you
and come to me, and you shall have {
cradle for me and sing the babies tt
sleep, and you and [ will train the vines
and plant flowers when the spring
comes. and you will soon be happy
here, in the peace of God"
9 But Jock, dear leddy2" suggested
Marsele, '' Where I am, there Joel
must be Also"
SFI could not have Jock here amons
my bairnies, but there is home pro
vided for him with Cotter James," saio
the lady. ~ ElE
''Nay, nayl he forsook my fathers
warm home to brave the storms wi me,
Ind I'll ne'er forsake him We are an
outcast pair, and ane could ma live
without the other. Farewell! And
drawing her fine figure to its full
height, Marselie walked away, followed
by the faithful Jock, who only knew
that she, who was sinner in others
eyes, was a saint IN his.
And ever after this, Marselie was a
wanderer, pass ng her nights in desert.
ed cots, or in caves among the crags,
or under the broken arches of the
"Old Abbey anywhere that night
| overlook her and her weak companion.
But in all her wanderings God kept
| the poor crazed creature from sin, and
in his fear. Never, once, did she
charge God foolishly. nor lose hel
faith in His final forgiveness and love.
Never would she allow any one, unre.
buked, to take Gods name in vain, OF
to speak lightly of the work of redemp
ton. Sovereign grace, the plan o1
salvation, and the perseverance of the
Isaintswere themes clearln her mind and
dear to her heart in the darkest hour
and her chief fear was of adding to the
sin for which she was then suffering.
She felt an anxious care over the heart
of Jock, who had a roguish cunning
which often led him to tease her on
topics nearest the heart. In their dis
cussions, the simple fellow loved to
contradict her and to cast doubts on
her faith.
| Once, after they had roved the hills
amid sun and storm for many years, till
they were bronzed by exposure, and
gaunt from priyation, they sheltered
themselves from the rain in q cave
among the cliffs. Marselie was weary
and faint, but her companion was out
of temper with hunger; and they dis
cussed their present extremity, igno-
rant of the fact that two young hunters
were resting in cave near by and en-.
joyind their strange wild conversation,
| Why will ye go hungry foolish
Marcie," cried Jock, &C when the hens
are calm me to wiring their necks from
yonder farm yard? Just ys fa' asleep
moo on yonder dry heather, and when
We awake they'll be chicken roasted,
and eggs lyin about ye, just as the
quails and mama cam to the children
o. Israel" r.G 's tL
i "Jock, hush There's sin in youl
heart, and I ha' sin enough O. my air
and Gamma bear yours too. Rave ye
forgot the commandments, lad2"
"Ugh!" grunted Joke. It's easy
for the commandments, that are never
cold or hungry, but lie snug and warm
beneath twa covers at every warm
ingleside Ye forget th at Ye shall
na steal was said under the auld dis
1 pensation, AMP
"Hush, afore ye say more that's
evil; yell break my heart, lad, if ye
mock God" said Marselie.
"Well, wha stole the shew bread
and the ears o corn2 Tell me that,
will yea They was hungry and mast
eat" =" he said. aFtr.s -a--r
clock! Jock What ails yea"
think I'm an infdel he replied
| "Tush, ye simple lad! Ye do na
ken enough to be an infdel! It takes
a man WI lang heed as weel as al
unsanctifed heart to be real infdel
and ye ken weel that ye were no borr
wi that. The trouble wi ye is there's
sin in yer heart, =" cried Marselie
4" Wha put it there 2 y asked Jock,
with a grin of triumph. 9" I ha' ns
sense emo O. myself to sin ! ="
And then, poor Marselie, shiverine
with cold and faint with hunger, began
a dissertation on original sin, to which
her companion gave little heed. Hi.
small mind was still plotting raid OF
the poultry yard of "Sandy O. the
hill" an honest old man who had fec
and sheltered them hundreds of times
She knew what was in his heart, and
ceasing abruptly from her theological
oration, cried
"Jock, if you lay yer hand On al
egg that's ma yer ain, I'll cast we OF
the parish, and take ma longer the bur
den or the responsibility O. yer sup
; port !"
And this she said with the air of
:. princely patroness to an ungratefu
ward.
'sThen let us eat and de-" said Jock
sulkily.
"Na, lad, I'll do ma snch thing.
I'm o. the seed O. the righteous, ant
my bread shall be given and my watel
surel I've ne'er in in all these years
begged a loaf or shelter, but in plac,
O. that, the people seeing me pass the1
doors, come out and press NE to eat
and drink, and rest WI them, as Abra
ham did the angels. Rise up, th
clouds are breaking; let us ava to th
manse, where there is ever a welcome
for us while we need ane below. Yer,
soon the upper gates will be open, ant
the great welcome will be sounded il
our ears.
When she entered the door of tn
manse, it was to go out no more. From
that blessed refuge, the angel of deatl
bore her to the upper gates, to receiv
, the great welcome, and to rejoice Ii
that grace which pardons and receive
the chief of sinners.
, Jock found a home with Cote
James; but he could not rest quietl
there. He royed all the long summer
) only coming back when hungry an,
sick. When the winter came on, wit
its wild winds and binding SHOWS, h
passed through the upper gates, whicl
are not barred against the weakest 0
: Gods creatures.
9 l want to go to Marselie, he said
where's ma hunger to tempt poo
Jock to steal lock has the sin I'm