The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-02-03

lawyers, encourage young lawyers by
telling of the time when you broke
down in your first speech. Established
ministers of the Gospel, encourage
young ministers by merciful examina-
ton of theological candidates, not
walking around with a profundity and
overwhelmingness of manner as
though you were one of the eternal de-
crees. Doctors established, by telling
you yourself once mistook the measles
for scarlatina. And If you have moth
ing to say that is encouraging, Gilman
put your teeth tightly together and
cover them with the curtain OF your
lip; compress your lips and put your
hand over your mouth and keep still.
A gentleman was passing along,
crossing a bridge In Germany, and a
lad came along with a cage of birds
for sale. The stranger said: How
much for those birds and the eager"
The price was announced, and the pur-
chase was made, and the first thing
the stranger did was to open the door
of the cage, and the birds flew out into
the sunlight and the forest Some one
who saw the purchase and the liberia
ton said: What did you do that
for?" "Ah!" said the stranger, II was
captive once myself, and know how
good it is to be free" oh. we who
remember hardships in early life, but
have come beyond those hardships,
sympathize with those who are in the
struggle! Free yourself, help others
to get free. Gov. Alexander Stephens
persisted in having business matters
brought to his bedside. There was on
the table a petition for the pardon OF
a distinguished criminal, the petition
signed by distinguished men. There
was also on that table a letter from a
poor woman in the penitentiary, writ
ten and signed by herself alone. Dying
Alexander Stephens said: You think
that because | have been i'll so many
times and got well l shall get well
now, but you are mistaken; shall not
recover. Where is that letter by that
woman in the penitentiary? l think
she has suffered enough. AS near as
l can tell, she has no friends. Bring
me that paper, that l may sign her
pardon" A gentleman standing by,
thinking this too great a responsible
ity for the sick man, said: Governor,
you are very sick now; perhaps you
had better wait till tomorrow; you
may feel stronger and you may feel
better" The eye of the old governor
flashed. and he said 81 know what I
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 dy-
ing hand forever. Oh, my soul, how
beautiful that the closing hours of life
should be spent in helping one who
had no helper!
Encourage the troubled by thoughts
Of release and reassociation Encour-
age the aged by thoughts of eternal
juvenescence. Encourage the herds
man amid the troughs of sin to go
back to the banquet at the fathers
homestead. Give us tones in the ma
jor key instead of the minor Give us
Coronation" instead of Naomi" You
have seen cars so arranged that one
car going down the hill rolled another
car up the hill. They nearly balanced
each other. And every man that finds
life uphill ought to be helped by those
who have passed the heights and are
descending to the vale. Oh, let US
bear one another's burdens!
A gentleman in England died, leav-
ing his fortune by will to his two sons.
The son that stayed at home de-
stroyed his fathers will and pretend
ed that the brother who was absent
was dead and buried. The absent
brother after a while returned and
claimed his part of the property
Judges and jurors were bribed to say
that the returned brother and son was
no son at all, but only an impostor.
The trial came on. Sir Matthew Hale,
the pride of the English courtroom,
and for twenty years the pride Of ju-
heard that that injustice
was about to be practiced. He put off
his official robe. He put on the garb
of a miller He went to the village
W hOlS NhlN u itlA WAC W TAKE place. Tie
entered the courtroom. He somehow
got empaneled as one of the Jurors.
The briber came around, and the man
gave ten pieces of gold to the other
jurors, but as this was only a poor
miller, the briber gave to him only five
pieces Of gold. A verdict was brought
in rejecting the rights of the re-
turned brother. He was to have no
share in the inheritance. Hold, my
lord" said the miller. Hold! we are
not all agreed on this verdict These
other men have received ten pieces of
gold in bribery, and l have received
only FIVE" who are you? Where do
you come from?" said the judge on the
bench. The response was: II am
from Westminster Hall; my name is
Matthew Hale. Lord Chief Justice of
the kings bench. Off of that place,
thou villain!" And so the injustice
was baked, and so that young man
got his inheritance. 1t was all for an
other that Sir Matthew Hale took off
his robe and put ON the garb of
miller. And so Christ took off his