The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-20

hfieh his entire iS,e@
OF the present lA0pitl1t
before him, as if reproduced
nograph and a magic Mltse8h
plned, was the moving PAM
h entire world. He thought liz
into every home, every public placs
business, every saloon and place a
amusement, every shop and ever
farm, every place of Industry. amuse-
ment and vice upon the face of the
globe. And he thought he could hear
the worlds conversation, catch it's sobs
OF suffering-nay, even catch the mean
ing OF unspoken thoughts of the heart.
With that absurd rapidity peculiar to
certain dreams he fancied that over
every city on the globe was placed a
glass through which he could
look and through which the sounds of
the city's industry came to him. But
he thought that he a~scertained that by
lifting off n OF these covers he could
zeal with greater distinctness the
thoughts of the Inhabitants and see all
they were doing and suffering with the
most minute exactness. He looked for
the place of his w town, Barton.
There it.lay in its geographical spot on
the globe, and he thought that, moved
by an impulse he could not resist, he
lifted off the cover and bent down to
see and hear.
The first thing he saw was his min
isteiss home. 1t was just after the
Sunday evening service, the one which
Mr.. Hardy had thought so dull. Mr..
Jones was talking over the evening
with his wife.
My dear" he said. 81 feel about dis
couraged. Of what use is all our pray
ing and longing for the Holy Spirit
Wien our own church members are so
eai and raspiritual that all his indu-
enee IS ties coyed2 And, You know. /
maao . speeial plea 10 all the members
70 come OFT tonight. and only a hand
Iu. there | feel like giving up tile
struggle. You know | could make a
battar living IN literary work, and tue
children could be better cared for
ften.' p
Bat, John, it was 4 bad night TO get
QUO Won rlust remember that
lin only so out of q church r4en
9ersnip Of 4o0. most Of them living
near byl III doesn't seem lust right TO
me7
Nh. Hardy was there! Did yeu see
ailnY'
Yes; after service | went and spoke
fe him, and he treated me very coidIv
And YET he is tne most wealthy and in
some ways the most gifted church
member we have. He conld 10 great
things for the good of this community
:f''
Suddenly Mr. Hardy thought The
minister 81 aged into the Sunday
school SUP intepden1. ana he was
walking dom the street thinking about
his classes N tie school. and MIR. Har-
dy thought he could hear the superin-
tendent's thoughts, as If his ear were
at a phonogr&ph.
Its too bad! That class of boys I
wanted Mr.. Hardy TO take left the
school because no one could be found
to teach them. And now Bob Wilson
mas got into trouble and been arrested
for petty %thieving. 1t will be a terrible
blow to his poor mother. Oh, why is it
that men like Mr.. Hardy cannot be
made to see the Importance Of work in
the Sunday school? With his knowl
edge of chemistry and geology III could
have reached that class of boys and in
yited them to his home, up into his lab
oratory and exercised an influence over
them they would never outgrow. Oh!
ats q strange thing to me that men of
such possibilities do Q realize their
power!!o
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