Semi-weekly interior journal., 1883-08-07
BRO. BARNES IN SCOTLAND.
"PRAIsE THE LORD"

would not get anott2r letter soon But We
are imprisoned by the rain, with the glass
falling and ! am not sorry, for there is
much TO write and little leisure 10 do il.
Dor next days visit was to Edinboro',
behind Dora, the pet mare, who makes the
wheels Of the basket pb'elon whiz when she
gets in harness. Ordinarily the pretty
creature has a very lazy life Of it, with the
run Of the lawn and grounds, or fed by
hand with a dainty bit Of bread or cake or
sugar lump, 80 that any Of the family can
call her up at any time by simply holding
out the hand and speaking her name. She
has been reared on the place, az her moth
er before her, is nearly thoroughbred,
limbed like a deer, coat a soft, bright bay,
gentle as kitten, spirited and fleet in hsr.
ness or under saddle, family treasure, in
short. Our quartette seated, Marie, Edith
Piper, John and myself-John holding the
reius-we drove into +. by one charming
road and out by another charming road,
and had a charming visit n the city, with
the dear LORD in company, without
whose presence
1.-THE midsummeT's sun shines but dim,
And helds strive in vain to look gay"
First, Dora duly set TO munching sweet
hay at the livery stable where the Tods
give their patronage, we walked up to
"Gray Friars" church.yard, where lie
buried hundreds Of martyrs of the olden
time, in the same "potter's field" appropri.
ated to thieves and murderers, who had
suffered the last penalty Of the law. The
memorial tablet says that $4,000 suffered
martyrdom in 27 years-though only few
hundred Of these we're executed in Edin.
boro' "Grass Market"-now solidly bull,
over, but the site we'll known. We saw our
guide of the previous visit escortiug anoth-
er party and gave the old fellow friendly
nod of recognition and then were so fortu.
nate as to be escorted over the premises by
the warden Of the burial-ground-a man
hale and hearty, though advanced in years
and perfect cyclopedia touching the
times gone by. He was the very "nlon"
we wanted and we thanked the dear LORD
for sending him to us.
Gray Friars is one of the most interest
ing places in the city. We were shown the
very tombstone that served for writing
table when the solemn league and covenant
was signed, that was sealed in blood by
many OF the writers not long after Tombs
of Scotland's greatest and best are there
by the score, whose very names have
no space to enumerate. The burial
ground of murderers and martyrs was of
course the most interesting spot. Pious
love has turned the sacred enclosure, meas
uring 80 or 40 feet square, into flower
garden. Nothing could be more sppropri-
ate than this. The warden told us that
after every heavy shower, fragments Of
bones and human teeth are washed up still
We had drenching rain the day before
our visit and he remarked as he let us into
the little garden, there may be some such
brought TO the surface by the recent show
er." A little search among the flower beds
revealed two teeth, in different places, but
whether Of saint or sinner none may now
know. We tenderly rein,erred these frag-
ments Of humanity, perhaps dear to Him
who watches 10 awaken them in a coming
day, when the "vile body shall be fashion
ed like to His glorious body, according to
the mighty power whereby lie is able to
subdue all things" ever relaxing the grasp
OF "the last enemy" who thinks because
these dismembered fragments resist mans
power TO bring them together again, the
LORD will be bailled. Not 30; for they
shall come together "bone TO his bone;D
perished tissue restored; flesh Of immortali-
ty replacing that which vas "sown in weak
ness;" and the precious severed from the
vile, caught up together with us who are
alive at His coming, to meet our Jesus "in
the air" "Blessed Hopep However mot
that is first which is spiritual, but that
which Is natural" and | must confess that
the first hateful thought had was to put
one Of these teeth in my waislcoat pocket
and preserve il as a curiosity or relic.
Praise the LORD for the well-known "sec-
ond sober thought that promptly mega
tives these conclusions Of nature aud like
the younger son Of the parable, who said,
81 will not" but afterwards "repented and
went" comes out all right, after a struggle,
little or great, between the flesh and the
spirit. So l buried it, lovingly, instead
the first thought not for a moment allowed,
but put away before inaicting sting or
causing an injury, Are there others, let
me ask here, who never know these
prOmpiings Of the aesh, nor these suggest
ions Of the devil, but do immediately the
right thing, without a hint Of the wrongY
/ frankly confess know nothing Of that
life. A life Of almost ceaseless victory
do know, Praise the LORD. but can not
imagine victory without conflict This
seems TO me the good fight Of faith" the
scripture speaks Of. The presence of the
flesh, /" the temptation Of the "deyil' and
The snar~ Of the "world" are as compatible
with true holiness as the presence Of Satan
among the Sons Of God" who yet abhor
him, as does Jehovah Himself For my
'elf, can only say what may be helpful
% some, now upjustlY and cruelty charg
ng themselves, as if"temptation" were
I'M that sweeily victorious as my life con
family il, | do not know thing the LORD |