, 1890-04-10
BY THE STILL WATERS.


was free man, and he knew IL, hut
he preferred his old way of living,
his old friends and the most ofall his
old Bible. Nothing could induce
him to make change.
His Bible lay up his knee open,
while his dim eyes wandered har,
far across the placid river before him
to the mountain tops many miles
away and into the ether dim still
beyond. Jude could not read u
word, vet all the gold Of Ophir
could not have bought his Bible.
The only way he could tell when he
had IL right side up, was by looking
inside the cover, wherein he had
pasted picture of Massa Lincoln.
Jude had, next TO his Bible, an
intense affection for the wild and
reckless though brave and honorable
son of his old master, and IL was by
Jude's good advice that young
Massa Bert was kept out OF many
scrapes.
He would quote Scripture to Bert,
getting things badly mixed up, and
would wind up by saying, "Its de
truf, Massa Bert, and | kin prove 1t
To We in liz five minutes. An de
Lawd saycd--n Long before the
five minutes were up Bert was out of
reach Of his sable monitor, hut he
soon returned to help him find the
| "pluccsN In the Bible which Jude
seemed To love more tlali 1.hvis'
HIS memory was Noh,erluilS ue-
Veioped ana ne never ,oIsot any
thing nc once heard ana wished 10
remember
Aiter hndihg lhe place once
Jude could always ma IL secohu
time, and his way OF hhdlhg IL was
certainly unique.
He had many mvoritc passages
aud each ono wa. marked by
folded'down leaf, "A bit or red string,
rlDbon, Hover or picture;
lhe oldest one 81 All was the PIC
.uIu oi !" l"chpSi nicSIu 49,. w ,I sS
,n,i'" ~, NJ W niHn ,o,''i h''''S :"
'"l IN, sl"Iu on r"uo.n'.h. -, aud
itls yu'e VT ,yry pfI.ii ~ n;hno ILL.,
~ M"u'u Ic'u lLoiil e,
ncLc ~ rir .h'V riNuEn, .n ,,'I'
.hIough .ile ueei' ~ an3lse 'ntouI,
.h. ls,,' WliuernSsS' 'ha' 'ney shou'u
hot s,uihnm' A..
Juie eNiuehtlN th"uen' qua, u'e
Ior1e ~ 'iiv p'c'utH I'hl u" pitHs ,in,,'
,hrongl tle Wrl''eIl,r-s' "y
"1,u WY, WY stSl, Voiiloi, u''..
1ere NlnsSl br,tr reauy pencl'
ii'i9 le'Isu t'le o,i nun hlehlory,
UNI UNI, i,r i'"u ula"li ~ ,uuu lhil'sv"n
WIN l'iS gI,en pastures nlln s,iii
wutorS, nlu weary pIlgtin WIN
ms S.a'i, l.uuellS uoWa,u tnVih,
A. hvn ilot YOU l'cnr,s Oe 'ivup",''
10 ocncNc ~ w. ucileNe nlSo III
Il'c, ~ ny '"I'sJ, n""t "Ie
,''n',y .i'nn7,,s' ~ " ",ro 10, 80
! Mo.nu haVe .oni S"u' 90 o pie,
pure P'mn ~, you, icie W,'s ,ne
plo'ure oi i'ers IiutheI aiu IL Wls
siic Who llu', HIs, le",' 'n9 Tu"'iiu,
chhp'rI lI"ih Jo',' " .'uuu' u%uu %
from ner nc hau learlled u ny
heart'
am me way, the truth ana the
ne, ana whatsoever We shall ask IN
my name that VIII do. am the
vine, ye are the branches"
But jude was more fohd OF the
Startling literature OF Revelation
tlan OF any 0ther part ol inc blbie'
mat ", while lac loved dearly the
comforting texts to be found IN
other parts there was morbid
tasclnntioh ior nun IN the weird
crcal uTes oi lhe writer's oN'rdrawn
inspiration or Imagination. Tho
story OF the great red dragon was
nlhrkeu ny rcd ribbon ana ne
colild repeat tncNhole chapter word
Tor word Inc struggle OF the
woman and her ilnnl triumph over |
the great red dragon was intensely |
Interesting to hinl ana he seemed To
S,t the woman WIN her TWO WINGS |
OF Hreat tagie nylhgawhN from thc /
serpent, VINO WINS casting HOOD OF
"lil@r ollt oi ms mouth after her'
iileh the Beast with seven heads |
'hl zen horns, IKE unto leopard,
and b Is feet he the feet of "a bear, |
anu rs NOUN ~ the mouth OF u |
mon |
lile lhst seven piaGucs ana vial OF /
WNIn'n. iAnyiohs destruction, the /
ilrst ana last resurrection, where he /
'7aw an. angel come down from |
heaven, having the key. to the hot |
tonlIcHs pi' hhu a. Sfehi chhin In his /
ilnn", anu nc lnld hold OF the dra-
, Iom tmnI t oaa ssrpeht winch Is tho
,,, isn u aliI snlnl ana oouhd nm IA /
'hV'l'ahu years. ~
Nima n" 'u''' nIter repcatlngiili TINS,
"su ,"n,u his Vo,ce nlgh ana loua, .
" Mour' citilcn nls hs' ana prlng ~
u1"m wv, su'in '"rce, as ne wound
UP WIN p2uha MN u ihonsand
SiIin,, ~ .,,,rrT,, WHICH, III ms inihd' meant