The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-30

table 8 petition lSr tie pardon q 5 distiD
guished criminal, the petition dened BY
distinguished men. There was also on
that table letter from poor woman In
the penitentiary, written and signed by
herself alone. Dying Alexander Stephen
ssidi You think that because have BEEN
Ill 10 many times and got we'll shall get
we'll now, but you are mistaken, shsll
not recover. Where is that letter by that
woman In the penitentiary1 think she
has suffered enough. Az near O. can
tell she has no friends Bring me that
paper that I may sign her pardon" A
gentleman standing by, thinking this too
great. responsibility for the sick man,
said Governor, you are very sick now.
Perhaps you had better wait till tonor.
row. You may feel stronger, and you may
feel better" Then the eye of the old gov.
ernor flashed, and he said, II know what
am about" Putting his signature to
that pardon, he wrote the last word he
ever wrote, for then the pen fell from his
pale and rheumatic and dying hand for.
ever. Oh my soul, how beautiful that
the closing hours Of life should be spent
in helping one who had no helperl
Encourage the troubled by thoughts Of
release and reassociation Encourage the
aged by thoughts Of eternal juvenescence.
Encourage the herdsman amid the
troughs Of sin to go back to the banquet
at the fathers homestead. Give us tones
in the major key instead Of the minor.
Give us Coronation" instead of "Nao,
mi" You have seen cars 80 arranged thai
one car going down the hill rolled another
car up the hill. They nearly balanced
each other And every man that finds life
up hill ought to be helped by those who
have passed the heights and are descend
ing to the vale. Oh, let us bear one an
others burlens
Eternal Inheritance.
A gentleman In England died LEAVING
his fortune by will to two sons. The son
that staid at home destroyed the father'i
will and pretended that the brother wht
was absent was dead and buried. The alb
sent brother after awhile returned and
claimed his part of the property. Judge.
and jurors We're to be bribed to say thai
the returned brother and son was no SOC
Mt all, but only an impostor. The tria'
came on. Sir Matthew Hale, the pride Of
the English courtroom and for 30 year
the pride of jurisprudence, heard that tina,
injustice was about to be practiced. HI
put off his official robe. He put on thu
garb of miller He went to the village
where that trial was to take place. HI
entered tho courtroom. He somehow go,
empanelcd as one of the jurors. TIL,
briber came around, and the man gave ter
pieces of gold to the other jurors, but as
this was only q poor miller the briber gave
to him only five pieces of gold. A verdic,
was brought in rejecting the rights of thii
returned brother He was to have nc
share in the inheritance. Hold, my
lord!" said tho miller. "Hold! We are
not all agreed on this verdict These otheI
men have received ten pieces of gold in
bribery, and have received only flve"
"Who are you? Where do you come from?'
said the judge on the bench. The response
was: II am from Westminster hall My
namo is Matthew Hale, lord chief justice
of the kings bench. Off of that place,
thou villain!' And SO the injustice was
baked, and SO the young man got his In
heritance. 1t was all for another that Sir
Matthew Halo took off his robe and put
on the garb Of miller And SO Christ
took off his robe of royalty and put on the
attire Of our humanity, and in that dis.
guise he won our eternal portion. Now
are we the sons of God! Joint heirs We
went off from home sure enough, but we
got back in time to receive our eternal in
heritance. And if Christ bore our burden
surely we can afford to bear each others
burdens.