Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-12-20
denIaI Than d'd ST., n the rcstraln,s aud

fuliillment ana expression OF heE untaiIS-
fie craving for knowledge, the p0Ssessor
of those fair fields of though which duty
forbade he to explore.
James stood and looked in at the win
dow, an [ saw her sorting and arranging
the famil men ing, busy over piles or
stockings and ;hirts, while Gil the table
beside her lay her open Bible. and she
was singing TO herself In low, sweet
undertone, one OF the favorite minor-keyed
melodies of those days:
% God, our help in ages past
Or hope for years TO come,
Our shelter from the st rmy tlast,
And our eternal hC me-"
An indescribable feeling, blended OF
pity and re erence, saelled his heart as
be looked at her and marked the wuiten-
ing hair. tire thin, worn 1t lie hands 50
busy with their love work, AMI Thought
of | the bearing and fOrbearing, The
waiting tee wa ching, the long suffering
that rad made up her lite for so many
years. The very look OF exquisite ca m
and resolved sire < IA In her patient eyes
and in he gentle lines OF her lace had
so nething whicn seemed TO him sad and
owful-as the pure spir tunl always
looks TO the more animal nat re- With
his blood bounding and tlngling In his
We. ms, his strong arms pulsatng with life,
amt hi, heart full of mans vigor and re-
solve. his other, life eemed TO him to
be one of WEAKNESS and drudgery OF
cons an and unceas ng self negation.
Calm he knew she was, alwa sustained,
new T faltering but her victory was one
which like the spir tual sweetness in the
fac OF the d ing had something OF sad
ness for the liv ng heart.
l.. q I,a md
down by ner on the floor, and la d his
head in her lcp.
Mother, y u never rest yod never
stop wo king
&" no." she sa d gaily, 'I'm just
going to st p now. Aad only few last
/ thin wanted to get done.
'Mothe,, 1 can't bear to tn nix of you;
| your lie l. too hard. We all have ouT
amu>e ents, our rests, our changes; your
work is never done; you are worn cut,
d get no time to read, no tine for any
thing but drudGery
Don't say dludgery, M boy-wark
done for thOs we love never Is drudgery.
m 70 happy to have you all around me
never eel It, "
'.iut neither, you are not strong, and
don't see how you can ho.d out TO do al
you 10
We'll" she said simply, when my
strength is all gone 1 ask God TOR more
and lie alwa ri es 1t. They that wal
TN the o Il shall renew their S rength,
and her hand involuntar ly fell on the
open Bible.
d" rs, | know f., h said, following
: her hand with her eyes while-"Mother,
he aid. II want YOU TO give me you
Bible and take min think yours
would do me m re good ="
There was a bright ush and pleased
smile on his mother face
- er,ainly. my 10y, | WIZ.
IL zoe you have marked your favorit'
laces, he aided. lit will seem like hear
ing you speak to re, ID hem.
with all my cart. " she added, taking
up the bible and kissing his forehead a
She put il into his hands.
There was a struggle in his heart hOj
10 say farewell THOU Ia ing it-wI h
out letting her know that he was going b
leave her. He clasped her in his arm
and kissed her again and aga n.
Mother, he said. IL | ever get int
heaven IL will be through you.
''.;on say that my son-it must b
through a better frien than | am-wh,
loves you more tan do. l have no
Cied for you-lle did"
h, that knew where / might fin.
Him then Gu ! can see Him can
not
II s mother looked at him with a fac,
IN of lance, pity and hope.
feet sure you will, she said. "YO
are consecrated she added in 10y
voice, la ing her hand on his head
men. salt James, reveren ia
tone. lie feel that she was at that INC
mrnt a. sne or.en was silently speaking
to he Invisible OF and 70 him aud Til
sense of 1t stol over him like a benedic
tiun. There was pause f EN- Ter silenc
tor many miLutes.
Well. IN S, not keep you up an,
long r, mother dear it's time yoI wrr
le tag. u Od-ulg t.. And with 10
EN- "a e AID kiss hey separated. lie ha,
ct hitecn milrs to wal 10 reach the mid
J III ht nge that was 10 convey him t
Saicm.
- 10 was starting from the house will
10 handle in his hand, the sound OF ga
Tau C me through the slant shrub
he y. Ii was lana and Bill returning
from The hu kim. astily he concealed
himself behind a clump OF old lii a
b"she1 ill they emerged into the moon
Rht anu puSSe III NOUS. IAN
Wa in on; OF hose paroxys ny OF yoInj
cir; frol VIII CHI are the 'ervescence o
youD B, healthy bloUd as natural as tn
x ration OF q bobolink on lover head
James was thinking of ark nights ant
stormy seas. years OF exile, m Dtier SIR
rows, home perhaps never to be seen NOR,
and the .augh ar,d on him like terri
d, bic dis ord. lie |atcled her 60 Into tn
house, turned ard WAS gone.