The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-04-15

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Wait till the good Lord brin gs Ito ye
Himself, and eases thelweight Of 1T by
lending HIS own blessed hand to the
burden. What should start ye before
hand to fear 1t p"Ss :. i. 4 e.s, IS rstJ ". Y
"Ohl don't you seer" Annie tnoaned.
"Don'tyou 81? 5s1tis because If am so
happy that I dread 1t. + am teo hap
py.s I have. never had d sorrow In all
|myslife, NOT one. II have everything
want. I haven't a wish left towish.
My life Is brightsas the year is long.
And the happiness fis ), got to stop
sometime. Aren't we always being
told we must expect sorrow 2 That
every one has to suffer 2 1t isn't natural
to be so happy as T am. Sorrow has
got to come to me- too; and I8know it
is coming noW--in this way--this most
terrible way Of all. am to lose my
very dearest. / am to lose Fred for
ever. And we were 30 happy together
---oh ! sothappyI / loved him so o,
lsNurse, Nursel can't bear it'l'' .
whist, whist, my bairniel Don't
ye go to think the Lord bsgrudges ye
your happiness In the blessings Him
self has give ye to enjoy. Don't 70 GO
to misjudge Him So" 2 -@a@ II
"Ohl If He has taken Fred from me
--if tIe has--T shall hate Him, shall
hate Himl' cried Annie, wildly, clench-
Ing her slender hands. Oh If God Is
so cruel, so pitiless as that, I Will never
love Him, never pray to Him again,
never, while I live ~ 8 i
| "Annie, Annie God help ye, ye
don't know what ye are saying ~ ex-
claimed the poor old woman, with tears
dropping over her withered cheeks.
"How dare ye call Him cruel. IL He
bids ye let GO your hearts dearest,
what right have ye even so to set your
will against Him as made ye, and as
works all thinks together for your
good ?: Ny Jem says there's q reason
In all the Lords doings; it's only our
eyes as Is weak and don't always see
plain. les wicked OF ye to talk so,
Annie, and couldn't asbeac 1t, only
Jem says he is sure the Lord don't
listen when we apeak that we don't
mean; and ye don't mean what ye are
saying now. Why, ye've just said
there's no blessing in the world as has
been denied We your life long. and yet
now ye couldn't take one sorrow from
Him even If He sent 1t ye ~
"Only not this one P" sobbed Annie,
her face hidden In the Old woman's
dress. "Only not this could bear
Eany thing else; but only not this: :l', ~ 3
p 80, Annie It's no for US to- say
what shall be 'of the Lords sending.
What He sends, good or bad, that must
we take; and it's no forWus to choose
the what or the when. If one poor soul
lies dead yonder, then there's sorrow
come into the world some where by rea-
son Of 1t. It's 80 that some one must
bear the grief ye say ye can not, nor
will not, bear. Is others stronger than
ye. then, that ye should be spared, and
your pain put on them What right
have ye. Annie, to claim to be spared,
and take no part Ill the worlds troublep
The very trees has storms sent them,
and stands up against them whilst they
Can. So them that God sends this sor.
row to the day, whoever they chance to
be, must e'en. submit their wills to It.,
and. as my Jem would say, may the
gracious Lord tighten it to the heart He
fixes it upon. S> ~, b.
81 The old woman bowed her head rev.
erently as she spoke, and Annie looked
up at her, half awed, though with
cheeks still wet. with rebellious tears.
And Just there. some one stopped over
them and lifted the young girli, to her
feet, softly saying her name. All what
voice of all living could's say it save
one 1T was as If her lover had been
given back to her from he.very regions
Of the dead, and, after an almost fright.
ened glance at him., Annie threw herself
upon ,his breast, with an inarticulate
cry OF relief and rapture. Perhaps
when souls. first meet In Heaven they
feel somewhat as she felt In tsat mo.
ment.
But the young man gently unclasped
her clinging arms, and, holding her
hands In one Of his, went nearer the
old nurse. and stood looking at her
without speaking. =.
T &"Oh.a Mr.. Fred lni the old woman
cried, catching, his hand, while. look
Of such ul,sel6sh delight irradlated her
wrlnkled face as absolutely transGgured
It. "The Lord be thanked that IL lis
not ye who have bsen taken I" -
"No, not T." Fred said slowly, while
she, in the relief that seemed to set all
her senses free again, heared the cricket
4chirp. and saw how the golden needle
of light had slipped away from her lap,
and felt 1t where it lay bright and warm
across her foot. mot l." he SAID, shut
another" And there he paused again;