The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-26
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LIS ,, II took three meuto car
- mat poX INTO the house, and when it
was opened there stood a manifcert
e eii'' IN which was every piece of he lost
o"Nef FURNISHED and made 10 lo,okas if il
we perfectly new. With IL was letter
Wh'ch said that this silver had bed taken
~ Young man IN the Union army. who
81 lAe time, regarded 1t as the SOILS of
20 IL never entered his he'd that
pody oil liner feeling would thak that
Inns taxing was. something a little troneer
untll he met d maiden fair. laid rs heart
az her feet, and she conference.-the pick
II up. Her great fad was old siker. So
ne Sald TO her when the wedding eav was
very near: Now, my dearest. / have n
present for YOU that l am sure rou will
loVe-5cautifui bits of colonial SHEER. fine
pieces OF moderp silver. indeed slbh silver
dS you never saw. l must tell vol how I
Sot H. and Tomorrow you can q to the
store with me, look at it and decide
whether the old initials shall be t,ken off
ana The new ones put on.
=, amer she heard the story her adyship
ulsplayed a temper that her sweetheart
nad never dreamed she possessed. and
there and then she, called him thief. and
theh and there she announced that until
tlIdt SILVER was returned TO the people to
whom 1t belonged she would never marry
~ consequence was JndJ NE begged
the lady would write her note.Aannounc-
ing the arrival of the silver. saSing thai
every piece was there. and, funniS enough
ne mad the honesty 10 tell her What ii
would not have been fixed up so hnely if
lie mad not expected to give it TO a sweet
heart
We all laughed over the story, aud now,
Molly, you mayn't believe this part but
it's true. A TALL. thin son of Vermont
nTtf NJ ~
rey's' and my friend nodded his head. and
the Nermonter said. I know the fellow
that took that silver, and he married une
OF the incest girls that ever were born
IN Virginia 1t is funny how war brings
cut romance
''The gentleman from Vermont went on
TO say that when he started out to fight
the gentleman from the South years ago
his mother gave him a Bible In which was
written on the first page his name in full.
At Bull Run, where some little accident
happened to the Union army it was left
in hurry for, as well as can remem-
Der, he must have been so eager to leave
that unhealthy neigh borhood that ne eft
everything behind. including the Bible. A
tiny girl, who lived near, went over the
battlefield some weeks after and picked
up this Bible. Being a child of religious
tendency she said to her mother, I am
going to keep the Bible until 1 can give II
to the man to whom it belongs After
the war considerable Northern capital
went South, and, while at first it did not
attract the men, from the minute of lis
arrival it was conquered by the women.
One of the men who had grown very rich
married the little girl who found the BIZ
Bile. long time afterward he was going
to meeting of the G. A. R., and she ask
ed him to put the Bible in his pocket, for,
as she said with great sense, among some
of the veterans he might come across its
owner Now just think how little the
world isl The man who was elected sec
rotary was the original owner of the BIZ
BILE and the man who had had the good
taste to marry a Southern girl also had
the pleasure of telling the story right out
in meeting and then, presenting the little
book to its original owner. The mother
who gave 1t had been asleep for many
years, and at the sight of the book the
tears came into the eyes of the one who
remembered the day when he left aome,
taking with him a mothers blessing and
the good book.
Sometimes we talk about religion, and
a few of the men advance wild theories in
which nobody is to be punished for his sins
and everybody is to find happiness here
and hereafter. Others arrange future
where everybody is 10 be frozen or burned.
1 generally smoke and keep quiet when
they talk religion. Dear do not possess
a Bible. / have that quaint little copy of
HOLY Living you gave me so many years
ago 1t rests against my heart Molly,
and if a bullet is aimed there it VIII have
to go through the book before it touches
me. The other night when / was on
guard | turned through the book and read
by the light of the moon The little prayer
that | know you say every night, the
prayer for those who lie under the rod of
war | know with what intensity you
whisper: or. gracious Father and merci-
full God. if il be Thy will, say unto the
destroying angel 1T is enough, and,
though we are not better than our breCh-
rem, who are smitten with the rod of God
but much worse, yet may it please Thee,
even because Thou art good and because
we are timorous and sinful, not yet fitted
for our appearance, to set Thy mark upon
our foreheads, chat Thy angel, the minis
ter of Thy justice, may pass over US and
hurt US not Let Thy hand cover Thy
servants and hide us in the clefts of the
rock. in the wounds Of the Holy Jesus,
from the present anger that has gone out
against us, that, though we walk through
the valley of The shadow of death, we may
fear no evil and suffer none. Amen. y
Molly choked a little as she finished the
letter. and her amen" was not said alone.
for ali Of US had some one away off in
the southland fighting for the good cause,
and each one of US had prayed either by
words or in silence for their safety. You,
who are my neighbor, may have said your
prayer outright. ], who surely am your
neighbor. never even whisper mine. II
is in my heart, but it is the prayer OF
silence though, after all, what is the dill
ference? We are each asking in the hour
of trouble that help may come TO us, as
we are each trying in our own way 10
reach the land of everlasting happiness. If
our path is a different one from mine,
DO you think that one or the other prayer
of admission will have NO said an an
swer to it when we reach there? People
are fond of saying that God is just; but,
for me, l like 10 think OF Him as merci-
fuI. That is the belief of a least one poor
simmer she whom Molly calls Bah.
ouestioning Is Not Conversation.
From Chambers Journal.
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