The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-09-16

way of the Lord; make his path
straight"
For me thou hast searched long and
to-day, through great tribulation and
suffering have ! been guided to thee
that thy soul may rejoice and that thou
shouldst minister unto me as thou
woudst minister unto the Son, and
that thy mission might at length be
accomplished"
"No mortal hath revealed it unto
thee. Men scoff at the prophet of the
Son who cometh unto his own. In 9TH
err times he came unto his own and his
f, own received him not. They stoned
his prophets of old and in these latter
days they have derided his messenger
/ whom He hath sent before his face as
the voice of one crying in the wilder
ness, saying, Prepare We the way of the
Lord; make His path straight. i"
81 suffer much. Bring water that |
may lave my limb which an accident
hath injured. Oh, hasten, hasten; l
suffer-"
( Behold, oh Mother of the Son, am
thy servant and only thine till He be
come, when | will be His servant first
and in being ais servant shall be also
thine, Let me therefore hear thy COM
mands that | may obey; only, till He
be come, / may not leave thee"
Bring water"
/ The Prophet produced the great
i pitcher which was full of water and at
her bidding slowly poured the cooling
element upon her tortured limb. Her
relief was great and when the pitcher
was empty she sent him to refill it. Up
on his return she said;
This foot is wrenched from its place
and the pain is almost more than l can
bear Do you understand surgery?"
Her pain and her anxiety were so
great that she forgot to maintain her
sacred forms of speech, but the Proph-
ct did not notice the fact.
THE Father will give me knowledge
as | require
you must carefully exert the great
strength He has given you as direct
Take hold upon this foot thus" and
1 she fixed his hands upon the heel and
over the instep, and pull upon it with
all your power, straight away, till it is
replaced. Mind me not if should cry
out or faint; for | know not if l shall
he able to endure it."
even as thou wilt, shall it be; for
the Father hath sent thee to me for
care as thou shalt require"
she placed her uninjured foot firmly
against the foot-board of the bed and
laid hold upon the head-rail with
| both hands. Then, nerving herself for
the agony, she babe him pull. His
touch was torture to her, yet he was
tender and reverent and pulled as she
had instructed him; steadily, firmly,
straight. When the strain was felt she
screamed, but maintained her position.
Precipitation gushed from every pore
and when the joint snapped into place
she tainted.
When she revived the Prophet was
kneeling in prayer at the altar. She
babe him bring water and with great
difficulty she sat up in her place and
bathed the swollen member. Then she
said:
Bring bandages that l may bind it
up"
There are none here will pray to
the Father and he will provide"
Again he knelt at the altar and
prayed This time as confding child
asks simple gift from an induleent
parent, he asked for linen wherewsth
to make bandages as the Chosen Virgin
might have need.
| While the Prophet prayed Miss Stel-
la tore from one of her muslin skirts as
much material as she required and
made bandages with which she tightly
bound the injured limb.
4 Having concluded his prayer the
D,o,> lnk ,nt,, rl -, l ~
she was already provided with the
bandages he evinced no surprise what
ever and said in the most matter-of
fact manner:
Ask we and ye shall receive mo
good thing will he withhold from them
that ask him. Why do the sons-ot
men refuse to learn that they should
ask for what they want and want only
that which is good?"
Miss Stella emptied the remainder OF
the water upon the bandages and asked
the Prophet to bring more which he
did at once without remonstrance OF
reluctance. When that was all used
she sent him again. This time he was
gone long and she feared that he had
forgotten her and his errand ard had
perhaps gone away for one of his fire..
Quent evangelizing trips.
Her spirits fell; the gloom of the
place acted upon her mind. A great
fear of-she knew not what--some-
thing intangible but terri, ole overcame
her.
The air of the subterraneous cell sti-
fed her; the place became an awful
tmpenetrable prison in the in.
accessible bosom of the earth;
why did not the Prophet return!
Could he have forgotten the Virgin?
Had he wandered away to preach
among the people as he often did?
Oh, the horror, the awful horror OF
the place.! She could not endure it;
she must escape! She get up to go out
but she had not the strength to stand
up and she fell to the floor. Feebly
she crawled back upon the bed She
cried aloud for help. She was sure
that hours had passed sinae the Prooh-
cts departure! She you'd be left there
to perish alone under the earth out OF
the sight of men! Forever out Of the
sight of men!
/ An awful agony OF terror was upon
her; the horror WIS greater tim she
could bear; her ieason stdcated to
terror; her MIND became ehaos; dsliri-
UNI directed her imagination.
She was no Longer alcne. She saw
! about her a multitude OF living terrors
in distorted forms; kideous dwarfs,
horrible giants. grinning olownsh
gnomes. impish plgnlies, fe ocious
hobgoblins, inhuman creatures in
/ human forms, with heads of
hawks and owls ard ugly birds of
prey, whose hands and feet were tai
Gus, and whose talons and healis
pinched and pierced and tore her Embi
/ The whole cave was filed with re-
pulsive reptiles and dangerous beasts.
/ They hustled and fought each other for
space and opportunity to attack her.
/ They chung to the walls and hung from
! the low roof. She was buried in
] writing, wriggling Lizards; bats
whirred and swooped and ducked about
in every direction and some burrowed
in her hair. Kissing serpents crawled
and coiled on every side, lurlzed among