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as he was dangerous man he was not
arrested. There was always danger ir
the air, however, and his wife lived al
the time on high tension Of apprehen-
sion. One day she announced her in
tention of going to Washington to see
President Grant. The proud and high
strung old warrior swore that she
should not, and repeated his determine
ton to ask no favors of the govern
ment But Mrs Mosby was made of
the same stern stuff as her husband;
she was resoute. Quietly she proceed
ed to. Washington, where she was
promptly given an audience with the
president. He received her with mark
ed courtesy, and spoke of her husband
in the generous terms which one brave
man naturally uses of another He
heard her pathetic story, and immedi-
ately issued a general order extending
to Colonel Mosby the benefits of the
amnesty. He went further and asked II
there was anything more he could do.
When she returned home and informed
her husband Of what she had done and
detailed to him the gentle and courte-
Gus manner in which she had been re-
ceived, the old soldiers heart melted
with gratitude. He went to Washing
ton in person and thanked the presi-
dent; and they became fast friends. 1t
| was this friendship for General Grant
that led Colonel Mosby to become de-
voted adherent of the party he had al
ways hated
Such tenderness rests upon intelligent
and reverent appreciation. 1t is not a
matter of soft speech and indiscrimi-
nate petting. 1t puts oneself In the other
mans place; 1t leans to mercy in judg-
| ing; it throws opportunity in the way,
so that the rescued and nourished soul
confesses with gratitude Thy gentle
ness hath made me great" That was
the tenderness of Jesus. There were
never any eyes in which a man looked
so large and precious as In His, or hui
man interests seemed so vast and 50
valuable.
These were the qualities that shone
Respondent in the character of Jesus of
Nazareth and back of them was love
whose tide was deep and warm and
quenchless. And because these qualities
were in Him the prophetic angels could
sing above His cradle, GLORY to God in
W
men," Nothing glorifies God and sets
the foundations of a permanent peace
on the earth like this humility which
patiently commits itself unto Him who
judgeth righteously;" nothing promotes
goodwill among men like the sympathy
that is response to need and the tender
ness that is reverence.
The appeal of Christmas is, Come to
Gailee, and behold this great-souled
man who not only told us what God is,
but showed us what we ought to be-"
And the undertone of the appeal, ever
breaking through it's wooing call, is this
clear affirmation Of the chief apostle:
IF any man hath not the spirit of
Christ he is none of His" None of
His! Then he is not in line with the
forces that are ultimately to triumph;
he is unmoved by the highest ideals,
out of sympathy with the best things
in life and the most beneficent things in
civilization. He is outside the great
world movement that is ever pushing
man on and up; he is an onlooker in the
universe-he is worse, he is a hindrance
and a drag, so much inertia that soci-
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