Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-06-14
Pa RDo ILLUSTRATED.

There is an incident in the career Of Henry
81 Stanley which beautifully illustrates the
9Nerc1>e OF pardon on the ground Of subStl-
tuition. In his recent explorations III Africa
he had a great deal Of trouble with his
assistants on account Of their propensity to
steal. Finally, he decrecd that the next Utah
who was caught stealing, should suffer the
penalty Of death. Not long after. great was
Mr.. >tanley's grief. Upon learning that
Lledi, the brave>t and noble>t Of his follow
ats. had been detected in committing theft.
u a peculiarly aggraNating character. This
man had saved a hundred lives, b,sidcs his
own, by his brilliant daring and skill. and be
was always successful and very kind. Very
sorry therefore, was Mr.. Stanly that Uledi
had violated his commandment, but more
sorry that he should have to be executed
for his deed.
Bat Mr.. Stanley resolved to find a way out
Of this serious affair without compromising
the majesty of his government of the men
81 he called them ell together and constitut-
them the gravity Of tledi's crime. reminding
them Of his own severe decree. and saving
that he could not feel like executing 1t. Tie
WOULD not shoot Uledi, nor would he de
fnand that any OF his men should do what he
himself would not do. So, he left it With
the council to decide what must be lone
with the culprit; and they agre q that be
should be logged.
When the decision was announced. Uledi
lay crOuched at the feet of Stanley, while the
council gathered more closely around the
two. At that point one man, whose life was
saved by lledi under circumstance Of re-
markable peril, stepped forward and said
Give me half the blows, MASTER Then,
another one, with tender 4ccents and falling
tears. said VIII the master gi,e his slave
leave 10 speak:' Mr.. Stanley replied. Yes"
Then the Arab went to ledl'> side, knelt
down and. suid The master is wise. He
knows AL that has been, for he writes them
IL 4 book. | ain black and know not. Nor
can | remember " hat is past What We saw
yesterday Is today forgotten.
But the master f0rget> nothing. He puts
il ali m that book. Each day something is
written. Let your slave fetch the book,
master, and turn IT. leaves. Nav be ttsere Is
something that tells how he saved Zaldi
from the white waters OF the cataract how
saved many T4en,-how many | forget
lin Ali. Mabruki, koni-knsi- Others, too
how he i worthier than any three Of u.;
how he always listens "heu the master
speaks, and flies forth at his word.
"LoOk, master AT the book. Then, If The
FLOWS must be struck. ~>liulnaTi will tfke
half and the other half. The master will
H. "Aat i right, eayWa has spoken" [ poa
hearing this lnterceding and yathe tic speech,
Mr.. Stanley threw away his whip, and said :
'Cleii Is free. Shunari and Saywa are
parduled.' This i. i beautiful picture Of
pardon. on the ground OF q prorfered sutsti-
luton II two elbow men. III behalf # an.
other Uut il does not extend 20 far as t1od's
scheme II pardon does.
Nor dos The sub>ututionary feature II IL
oyer the anne extent u ground that "a seen
IN the work 0t Christ: for he actually took
the sinners place. and received the flows
Will i the II" VI God bad. said that tie sin.
l5er tssrrSed And yet, We may We'll admire
Tie scene which j. pictured h u III the
alo}e narration. because 1t shows th. pi,y
winch was evoked. III behalf OF One Who had
y.1!atci his commanders flaw 1t does not
suggest any appreciation OF the culprit's act
a. sympathy With biz sin. but a pity for
bun, ~ lis condemned condition.
Besides this. the moral Influence u ths,
Whole. transaction Seems 10 have been
healthy 9ui effective. 1t doubtless did more
II restrain the forgiven man from repeating
thr st than tie threatened logging would
have Zone had X been executed. Aud nav
We not say, that " hen We have felt 4 sense
+ s!Nlne PARTON for some specially aggraya-
ting SINS committed the effect la. been
more, subduing and stronger resolves 10 SID
n more have Been made. tLan would have
bees The case. Lai We hot exp erienced such
. sense u pardon We think that such 4
the case + Religious Herald.
Whatsoever We beg OF God. let Is also
wo-k for i,.-.jereny Taylor.
The whole system Of hfe is full CT divine
AID memorable compensatloa.-tCanon