Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-11-27

said. ''Why do you do thatf" oh said
the visitor, II DO not know what mighty
man may yet be developed among them
At that instant the eyes of one of the boys
flashed fire. Who was IT, Martin Luther
4 lad on his way to school passed door
step on which sat a lame and invalid child
The passing boy said to him, "Why don't
you 90 to schoolia "Oh, l am lame and
can't walk to school, Get on my back"
said the well boy, "and viii carry you to
school" And so he did that day and for
many days until the invalid was fairly
started on the road TO an education. Who
was the well boy that did that kindnessY
don't know. Who was the invalid he
carried2 1t was Robert Hall, the rapt
pupil orator of all Christendom. Better
give to the boys who come up from Naza-
reth TO Jerusalem crown instead Of a
cross.
THE OLD MILL SHOP.
On this December morning in Palestine
on our way out from Nazareth we saw just
such a carpenters shop as Jesus worked in,
supporting his widowed mother, after he
was old enough to do so. ! looked in, and
there were hammer and saw and plane and
auger and wise and measuring rule and
chisel and drill and adze and wrench and
bit and all the tools of carpentry. Think
of it, He who smoothed the surface Of the
earth showing a plane; he who cleft the
mountains By earthquake pounding
chisel: ne who opened the mammoth caves
of the earth turning an auger; he who
wields the thnnderbolt striking with
hammer; he who scooped out the bed for
the ocean following ladlei be who
flashes the morning on the earth and makes
~. n.
constructing a window ] cannot under
stand it, but believe il. A skeptic said TO
an old clergyman, II will not believe any
thing cannot explain Indeed" said
the clergyman, you win not belive any
thing yon cannot explain. Please to ex-
plain TO me why some cows have horns
and others have no horns. Mo- said the
skeptie, ~ did not mean exactly that. |
mean that | will not believe anything
have not seem Indeed, - said the cler-
gyman, "you viii not btlieve anything
You have not seen. Have you a backbonep
Yes" said the skeptic. How dc You
know said the clergyman. "lIape yoa
ever seen i'm This mystery Of Godhead
aud humanity interioined I cannot under
stand and | cannot explain, but believe
it. ] am glad there are 50 many things we
cannot understand, for that leaves some
thing for heaven. II we knew everything
here heaven would be a great Incidence.
What foolish people those who are in per
petual fret because they cannot understand
all that God says and doesl 4 child IN the
FIRST juvenile primer might as well burst
into tears because it cannot understand
| comic sections In this world we are only
il the a i Q class, and we cannot now un
derstand the libraries OF eternity which
put TO utmost test faculties archangelic. l
would be ashamed of heaven II We do not
know more there. with all our faculties in
tcnsiilsd 4 million fold aud at the terof
the universe, than we do here with our
dim faculties and clinging to the outside
rim Of the universe
CANA n GALILEE.
In about two hours we pass through
Cana. the village Of Palestine where the
mother Of Christ and our Lord attended
the wedding OF a poor relative having
come over from Nazareth for that purpose.
The mother OF Christ-for women are first
10 notice such things-found that the pro
visions bal fallen short and she told
Christ, and he 10 relieve the embarrass-
ment Of the housekeeper, who had invited
more guests than the pantry warranted.
became the butler OF the occasion, aud out
Of a cluster Of few sympathetic words
squeezed n beverage Of a hundred and
/ twenty-si,, gallons Of wine in which was
not one drop Of iutOXicant or 10 would
have left thet party as maudlin aud drunk
IS the great centennial banquet in New
York, two years ago, left senators, and
| governors aud generals, aud merchant
princes, the difference between the wine
at the wedding in Cana and the wine at
| the banquet in New York being that the
! Lord made the one and the devil made the
o.her We got of onr horses and examined
some Of these water jars at Cana said to be
| the very ones that held the plain water
| that Christ turned into the purple bloom
| Of an especial vintage. ] measured them
and found them eighteen inches from edge
TO edge and nineteen inches deep, and de
eined to aceept their identity. But we
realized the immensely of a supply Of a
hundred aad twenty-six gallons Of wine.
/ What was that fort Probably one gallon
would have been enough, for il was only
an additional instailment Of what had al
ready been provided and 1t is probable
/ that the housekeeperoou not have guessed
more than one gallon out OF the way. But
a hundred and twenty-six gallonsl What
viii they do with the surplHsg All, it was
just like our ord Those young people
were about TO start ia housekeeping and
their means were limited. and that big
supply, whether kept in their pantry or
sold, viii be a mighty help.
You see there was no strychnine or log
wood OF nux Vomica in that beverage, and,
as tie Lord made it. 1t womb Eeap. He
makes nsountains and seas that keep thou
sands o. years, and certainly he could
make a beverage that would keep four or
five yeais. Among tine arts and inventions
Of the future hope there may bee some one
that can press the juices from the grape
and so minglr hem aud without one drop
Of damning alcoholism that Il will keep
for years. And the more Of it you take
the clearer will be the brain and the
healthier the stomach. Ard here is a re-
markable fact in my recent ioufney-I
travelled through Italy and Greece and !
Egypt and Palestine and Syria and Tur-
key, and how many intoxicated people do |
YOU think | saw in all those five great |
realms! Not one. We must in our Chris |
tanned lands have got hold Of some kind /