The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1895-10-04

and manifest form? Statues, at best,
are cold and inanimate + then let DIS take
the highest conception of beauty we
know, even the beautiful life of Christ,
and let ps. try to reproduce that life in
our own. - .
The most interesting hour to me that
I spent in Paris was in one of the sta
lions Of the McAn Mission. It was so
restful, such change from, the noisy
streets. The speaker addressed his au7
dience in the, French language, and II
could only get q word now and then that
l understood; but what Of that? The /
.pne God who is the kind Father of all I
His children, needs no common language |
that al, hearts may worship Him. q
prayer is the souls sincere desire,
Uttered or unexpressed;
The motion of a hidden fire 7asH
That trembles in the breast, +s.,',t-,.
May tell you. briefly. about Robert
S. McAll and his wonderfuI work? His
father, Robert McAll was a brilliant
preacher, the ssilver-tongued'' they
named !. him. On his dying bed he
pressed upon his son the claims of the
IG6spel ministry; but his son had pre-
pared himself TO be an architect, and
i for . long time be did moi. bear the call
lof God. He submitted his plans to Sir,
Charles Barry, the architect of the Par
fliament House at Westminster, and they
were accepted. On. Monday he was to
take his place in Sir Charles. Bafry,s- Of
flee, fame and fortune seemed to be his.
q The Sunday night previous was rest.
less one for young McAlll; but with the
} morning lighth he walked, Ia the light, he
l had given his life to God. He had sue.
1cesafql pastqrateA in Eng and, but at sc
: yearsof age he went to- Paris by. a cal
Q as sudden as that.which. first led, him. into
D the ministry. He came into Paris afte,
8 the historic and terrible struggle of 1871
q ! Many things had perished, the air wa!
! thick with questionings, she minds. of thu
!. Epeop1e were. open to- truth. It was Cod.
t time for Paris, and Robert Stevens
8. MeAH was. the man of God for the time
!, Twenty Two years, and included in then
|. the. history of the most wonderful mission
s lin .Eurepe,.. Included in them. this prov
q tidentai LEADER .toiling with consecra
III top that sfrRnsfis ured severe work. int
e ideiights, bearing pain as il it were pleas
Il ure, standing up Ikea colder agains
It hindrapces within and without, sayinj
b thousands of souls. and Transforming
Z, thousands of homes, .s- -. ,...,.. ,:..'s''i
d. ~ ssTheI kingdom of Heaven is as WON
Is an who hid heaven in three measures @
I meal until the whole was leavened.
lell Will the work of Robert S. Micah leave
n France ?-that is the question. $50
ID the Kingdom of God, as if a man shout
e cast, seed into the ground, and shout
q. sleep and rise night and day. and It'd
a seed should spring and grow up, b
Il knoweth not how" VIII this Gosp'
I'll seed. thus. earnestly planted spring u
70 INTO A GLORIOUS HARVEST, ....
- for Francse that is the Question. 1'hf,
or years after. the Franco ,Prussiap wa
se Marshal .Bszaine. was placed on atria
: He had shown irresolution at the ,sies
- of Metz, resulting IN disaster to IL
i. cause Of France, and when he though
ar to shield himself on the, ground that
vi did not know what was the governmei
~ of the country, or if indeed it had al
or government, the president of the m.lit
~ ry tribunal burst forth on the. Marsh
i with the pathetic cry, ssBut Franceh I, b
a. France 20 Though the Emperor was
=. prisoner, and his. Empire a ruin, thous
tb her army had been swept away by Il
d Prussian artillery at Sedan, and a hosti
At ruler: encamped his troops in the vel
~ heart of Paris, France, the nation, W
!, not dead, All, France, the nation, meal
- more than wide boulevards, monumer
70 al fountains, magnificent public squar
~ and splendid galleries Of art, Fran
A. Emeans the life which her people live
II their thoughts, their emotions, the
i hopes, their desires. Paris may set Il
10 fashion to the world, the hillsides.
- France may groan beneath the heay
= vintage, her Wales may smile with serel
=. loveliness and charm, shut Francs
. but Francel' o God, purify the nation
~ and let not the corrupting streams :,
vice flow from one to the other; b,
- hasten the day when over all shall broe
!, !, the sweet peace Of God.T[ Otis W.. Ba