The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-15
Gin q Mysterious Way"

ey in 1t, but 1T would come IRON the sale
of the little house the man occupies and
calls home )" but l don't want to med.
die with the matter, anyhow"
"Got frightened out of it, eh?"
"No, wasn't frightened out of it,,
"I suppose likely the old fellow beg.
ged hard to be let OFF,"
"Well-yes, he did,"
"And you caved, likeIy?"
"No, didn't speak word"
"Oh, he did all the talking, ell ?"
eyes,"
"What in creation did you do?"
"I believe 1 shed few tears"
"And the old fellow begged you hard
you say?"
"No, didn't say so; he didn't speak
a word to me-"
"Well, may 1 respectfully inquire
whom he did address in your hearing?"
"God Almighty"
"Ah he took to praying, did ne !"
"Not for my benefit, in the least. You
see, found the little house easily enough
and knocked at the outer door, which
stood ajar, but nobody heard me; go ]
stepped into the little hall and saw
through the crack of door cosy sit.
ting.room, and there on bed, with her
silver head high on pillows, was an old
lady who looked for all the world just as
my mother did the last time | ever saw
her on earth. Well, I was on the point
ofknocking, when she said, Come, father,
now begin I'm all ready;' and down on !.
his knees by her side went an old, white
haired man, still older than his wife, =
should Judge; and couldn't have
knocked then for the life ofme. Well, he
began; first, he reminded God that they
were still His submissive children, moth
er, and he, and no matter what He saw
fit to bring upon them, they shouldn't
rebel at His will ; of course, twas going
to be very hard for them to 60 out home
less in their old sge, especially With poor
mother so sick and helpless, and oh! how
different it might have been if only one
of their boys had been spared them then
his voice kind of broke, and thin, white
hand stole from under the coverlet and
moved softly over his snowy hair; then
he went on to repeat that nothing could
be SO sharp again as the parting with
those three sons-unless mother and he
should be separated. But at last be fell
to comforting himself with the fact that
the dear Lord knew that it was through
no fault of his own that mother and he
were threatened with the loss of their
dear little home, which meant beggsry
and the aims. house, place they prayed
to be delivered from entering, if it could
be consistent with Gods will; and then
he quoted a multitude of promises con-
cerning the safety of those who put their
trust in the Lord; in fact, it was the
most thrilling plea to which l ever lis.
tened; and at last he prayed for Gods
blessing on those who were about to de-.
mand Justice" The lawyer then coz.
tinued, more slowly than ever, "And-I
-believe-I'd rather 60 to the poorhousc
myself, tonight, than to stain my heart
and hands with the blood of such
prosecution as that"
"Little afraid to defeat the old mans
prayer, eh?"
"Bless your soul, man, you couldn't
defeat it" said the lawyer, 81 tell you
he left it all subject to the will of God:
but he claimed that we were told tomake.
known our desires to God. But of all the
pleading ever heard, that beat all. You
see, was taught that kind of thing my
self in my childhood, and why was sent
to hear that prayer I'm sure I don't know;
but I hand the case over"
"I WISH" said the client, twisting un-
easily, "you hadn't told me about the
old fellows prayer" -
"Why so?"
"Well, because I want the money the
place would bring, but was taught the
Bible all straight enough when I was a.
youngster, and I'll hate to run counter
to thst you tell about. I wish you hadn't
heard word of it; and another time, I
wouldn't listen to petitions not intended
for my ears"
The lawyer smiled. "My dear fellow"
he said, "you're wrong again; it was
intended for my ears, and yours too, and
God Almighty intended it. My old
mother used to sing about Gods moving
in mysterious way, remember"
"Well, my mother used to sing it, too,"
said the claimant, as he twisted his
claim-papers in his fingers. "You can
call in the morning, if you like, and tell
mother and he,' the claim has been
met"
"In mysterious way" added the
lawyer, smiling.-Ghristian Union.