National Baptist world., 1894-10-26
ANECDOTE OF DEAN STANLEY

! The Happy Result of His UnselGsh Inter-
est in Behalf of Two Soldiers-kindness
and Self-Sacrifice Can Always BE Under
stood.
In 1882 a gentleman entered a rail
way car. He was going from Norwich
to Liverpool. At Rugby. where the fa-
nous school is, every passenger got out
OF the compartment but two soldiers
! and himself. One of the soldiers soon
after took tract from his pocket and
began spelling it over with his mate
1t was entitled ''Wycliffe and the
Bible" and when the gentleman ex-
pressed surprise that they were reading
d religious tract they begged him to
take it, for they had read it twice; it
was, they said, 80 good every body
should read it"
After little conversation the gen
tleman learned their names and destina-
ton, and then happened to mention
that his home was in Norwich.
"Why, that's where Dean Stanley
lived!" said one of the soldiers.
Yes" he answered, what do y0u
know about Dean Stanley?"
The traveller has never been able to
forget the expression of the faces of
those men as the soldier said: Me and
my mate here bless the Lord that we
ever saw good Dean Stanley, sir, can
tell you"
Then he went on to say that having a
day for sightseeing, they had reached
the great abbey of Westminster just as
the doors were closing. Great was
their disappointment. While they were
blaming themselves for having spent so
much time elsewhere, gentleman ap-
preached and said:
Cant you come tomorrow"
When he learned that they could not
see the Abbey at any other time, he
turned to the beadle, and taking the
keys, invited them to 60 into the alb
bey with him.
After pointing out many things
wOr tn seeing," continued the soldier,
earnestly, 'he came to marble monu-
ment erected to one of our soldiers
Seeing that he looked at it with inter-
est, he said: You wear the uniform of
her majesty, and I dare say would like
to do some heroic deed worthy of a
monument like this
eve both said we should. When we
said this he put his hands on each of
us, and said: My friends, you NAV
both have more enduring monument
than this, for this will molder into
dust and be forgotten; but YOU if your
names are written in the Lambs Book
of Life, will abide forever
eve neither of us understood what
he meant, but we looked into his earn
est face with queer feelings in our
hearts, and moved on.
Just as we were leaving the abbey
our guide told us that he was the dean,
and more than that, that he invited us
to the deanery to breakfast the next !
morning. We did not forget to 90.
After breakfast the dean came to say
good by, and again earnestly told us to
be sure that our names were written in
the Lambs Book of Life, and then. if
we never met again on earth, we should
meet in Heaven.
And SO we parted with the dean;
and as we travelled home we talked |
about our visit to the abbey, and puz-
zled much as to the meaning of the |
Lambs Book of Life
This is the simple story of the CONVEX
sion of two English soldiers, and their
wonder on the way home recalls the
wonder of the disciples of Christ when
they could not understand all that their
Lord was saying to them. But the sol
diers did understand enough to make
the deans kindly feeling and earnest |
word the turning-point of their lives
The curious thing about this incident |
is that probably Dean Stanley never !
suspected that the soldiers did not |
know what he meant by the Lambs |
Book of Life"
Conventional religious phrases do not |
always appeal to men, and win their
of religious truth; but the
sincere spirit, the loving heart, the un-
selfish deed, the taking of trouble for
those who have claim on us. these dis
arm criticism and make religion attrac-
tive. Kindness and self-sacrifice can
always be understood d.-Youth's Com
paniOn.
TRUE POLlTENESS
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