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TILE PROPHET AND THE VIRGIN


the wilderness, saying, Prepare We tl'
way Of the Lord; make his patti
straight.
The words at first apparently away
away, miles away, then close at hand
aroused the fainting girl and she open
ed her eyes and saw the Prophal
standing over her.
From childhood the Prophet h2e
been Mss Stelia's familiar terror. Now
when she was weak, exhausted, Grip
lied and helpless, the sight of him
there, was more terrifying than woUld
have been sight of the spectre IL I'M
clad bones and she tainted again.
Tho time is ripe! Father! Thou hast
revealed unto NE the Virgin! 14s
chosen one whom all creatures and
men and angels shall hal!OW. TIE
virgin whom He hath blessed
Once more she heard that deep voice
and awCke to find herself claSpad in
the strong bare arms OF the Prophet as
he bore her toward the iTCnclad door
of the Stone hut. Her terror was now
so great that instead Of depriving heI
of her consciousness as before, Il
reused all her faculties to their high
est. she made an effort 10 RELEASE
herself but lie was unconscious Of he!
purpose and chung to her with tender
care. She continued her struggles as
she said:
You are the good Prophet, John The
Baptist. are you not?
lie hath revealed it unto thee. Thou
art the Inspired Mother; 10 man hath
revealed it unto thee. / an that
Prophet; but no man is good; Gea is
good"
please take me homer"
God hath prepared for thee habi-
tation for the nativity of HIS Son; For
as the lightning cometh cut of the east
and shineth even unto the wes,, so also
shall the coming Of the Son Of Man be-.
Once was lie born in manger as it is
recorded in the sacred books OF his
chosen apostles; now shall he be born
in cave as it is enormously written
that he was aforetime."
"Ch, take me home; please take me
home? l am hurt and am lost
who can understand the deep myS-
tories of God, save them to whom He
hath revealed them? He hath chosen
thee from among all thy sex and now
art thou revealed unto me whom He
hath preserved, commanding me to
minister unto thee that His name may
be glUrifed.
Il must treat him as q crazy man,
she said mentally: then, aloud: Since
it is Gods will that you should minis
ter to me, bring ne TO the water and
then hasten to town and bring some
one skilled in surgery for am badly
hurt"
blessed among women and forever
70 be revered among men art thou.
stree thou art the second Mother of the
Son. Surely it is His will that l shall
minister UNTO thee.
She new felt assured Tat he r1aant
her rrn f:lTrn: that he regarded her as
eorred ID himSpif rs he" servan', h
sidered himself her only servant, an,
that he would allow no one but hlmsel
to serve her. Therefore she remained
silent, revolving what was expedien
and what was possible as he bore hel
within his hut.
He carried her through two darl
chambers, into a third where he lalc
her upon a bed Of hay, spread upor
rough boards that were supported by
unhewn posts.
This chamber was long, wide ant
very irregular in form; so low that th'
Prophet could not quite stand erecl
in it. There were three stools-olo
chairs without backs, given to TIT
Prophet by the people; large pitcher
a few cheap dishes of odd sets, Wasf
basin; two lamps, one Of an old fash
ion, being a triangular iron pan fillee
with melted fats in which fioated bi
of cotton cloth, one end hanging ovel
the edge of the pan and burning. Thi!
lamp stood upon small broken stanc
which was arranged and draped as al
altar with curtains of old cotton prints
and an open Bible was upon the altal
beside the burning lamp.
BY the dim light upon the altar Mis-!
Stella was able to see that the apart
ment was only chamber in the drift
of a coal mine and she concluded tina
the hut had been built at the entrance
to an old mine that the drift might b'
thus utilized for habitation.
Having deposited his burden upo1
the bed the Prophet approached the al
tar where he knelt and prayed, fervent
ly praising Jehovah for his goodness
and mercy and long-suffering. He ear
nestly petitioned for the speedy re
demption of the world from sin ant
death and the elect from suffering.
While the Prophet prayed Miss Stel
la reflected that she must depend upoI
him for relief and release. She real
lied that to control him she must hui
NOR his hallucination with which sh'
had been familiar since long before sht
was able to comprehend it. Although
her suffering was eXcruciating her owl
orerpowering individuality and thu
wonderful strength of will and amaz
ing self command that she possessed
enabled her to see the lighter side O
Der unfortunate position and she ut
tered her reflections to her own ear:
81 certainly was not born for thu
stage; l know that; but before thi
limited and martial audience / mus