River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-05-09


was ha more holy in His own eyes than
many self-righteous men are in theirs,
speaking peace to my broken spirit, and
wi His own hand wipes away these
tears o repentance I'm in the dust
now, dear man o. God, trampled under
feet and reviled by sinners like myself.
But though have fallen. l shall rise
again, and rejoice in the mercy o. a
sin pardonipg God. Aud my redemp-
ton draweth nigh. I'm in the furnace
now, but soon | shall come forth glori-
fed, and there are men in the kirk to-
day, who will then strive for grasp o.
my hand. God cannot fail me"
ii You believe this so firmly, why
cannot you cease your wanderings, and
trust God now Z"
What, and rush unbiddon out OF
his furnacel Nay, nay There's ma
escaping His hand that way. I will
face the flame because His hand kind
led 1t, and when / am purified He will
blow it out "
Poor Marselie, take care how you
rest on your own suffering and humil-
iation. They can never wash away sin
nor give peace, said her friend.
i ken the danger weel, SIR. I've aft
been led astray in my search for peace,
and found myself striving by penance
to please God. IL Gamma be done.
There is but ane sacrifice | must
walk awhile beneath His frown, till His
indignation be overpast. Then lie will
make my bed beside my mothers, and
| shall go up, and mayhap be a door
keeper in that bonny temple, where
there is ma sinand ma angry fathers and
brothers"
Marselie, my poor child, said the
minister's wife. with tears in her eyes,
God is as able to give peace to His
children here as in heaven. Cease
these wanderings that are Grazing you,
and come TO me, and You shall have a
home ut the manse. You may rock the
cradle for me and sing the babies to
sleep, and you and l will train the vines
and plant flowers when the spring
comes. and you viii soon be happy
here, IN the peace of God.
But Jock, dear Teddy suggested
Marselie, +" Where / am, there Jock
must be also
81 could not have Jock here among
my bairuies, but there is "A home pro-
yided for him with Cotter James, said
the lady.
NAY, nay he forsook my fathers
warm home to brave the storms wi me,
and I'll ne'er forsake him! We are an
outcast pair, and ane could ma live
without the other Farewell y And
drawing her fine figure to its full
height Marselie walked away, followed
by the faithful Jock, who only knew
that she, who was a sinner IN others
eyes, was a saint in his
And ever after this, Marsehe was a
wanderer, pass ng her nights in desert.
ed cots, or in caves among the crags,
or under the broken arches of the
cold Abbey'-anywhere that Aipht
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 her
faith in His final forgiveness and love.
Never would she allow any ore, unre-
buked, 10 take Gods name in vain, or
to speak lightly Of the work OF redemp.
ton. Sovereign grace, the plan of
salvation, and the perseverance of the
saints were themes clearIn 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 royed the hills
amid sun and storm for many years, till
they were bronZed by exposure, and
gaunt from privatlon, they sheltered
themselves from the rain in cave
among the cliffs Marsele 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
Z were resting in cave near by and en-.
joyiud their strange wild conversation,
Why will We go hungry foolish
Marcie,' cried Jock, "when the hens
are callin' me TO wiring their necks from
! yonder farm yard just We fa' asleep
moo ON yonder dry heather, and when
We awake they'll be chicken roasted,
3 and eggs lyin about We, just as the
} quails aud mama cam TO the children
o. Israel
! jock, hush There's sin in your
heart, and | ha' sin enough o my ain
: and Gamma bear yours too. Have We
I forgot the commandments. lad o.
Ugh ~ grInted Joke. 4" It's easy
for the commandments, that are never
cold or hungry, but lie snug and warm
beneath twa covers at every warm
ingleside. We forget that We shall
ma steal was said under the auld dis
pensation, aud 49,
"Hush, aiore We say more that 3
evil ven break my heart, lad, If We
mock God, said Marseie.
Well, wha stole the shew bread
and the ears o. coml Tell me that
will We! They was hungry and mast
eat, he said.
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