The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-02-03

geon. coming tue next day TO do bis
Mork, found the hand 20 much better
that a%mputatiou was postponed, and
the hand go, well. The pastor, telling
OF this In a sermon. concluded by hold
ing up bis hand aud saying; THAT Ia
the very hand that was spared IN au-
swer 10 prayer, and | hold Il up, a moo
umeui OF Divine mercy"
Again. ibe hand Is the chief eNecu-
tive officer Of The soul when wrung In
agouy. Tears Of relief are sometimes
denied TO trouble, The eyelids at such
times are as hot aud parched and burn
ing as the brow, Al such time even
the voice Is suppressed, and there is no
sob or cutlery, Then the wringing OF
the hand tells the story. Al the close OF
4 life wasted in sin sometimes comes
that expression Of the twisted fingers
the memory Of years that will never
return. Of opportunities the like OF
which will never again occur u cou'
science 10 its wrath pouucing upon the
soul and all the past a horror, only o
be surpassed by the approaching hor-
ror. SO a man wrings his hands over
the Casket of a dead wife whom be has
cruelty treated. SO = mau wrings his
hands at the fate Of sons aud daughters
whose prospects have been ruined by
his inebriety and neglect and %deprsvity.
So the sinner wrung his hands when
after a life full Of otferS Of pardon aud
peace and heaven be dies without hope.
When there are sorrows too poignant
for lamentation on the lip and too hot
for the tear glands 10 write In letters
of crystal on the cheek, the hand re-
cites the tragedy with more emphasis
than anything in Macbeth" and King
Lear"
Worse than the wringtng OF the
hands was the punishment that Gran
mer gave his right hand when be put it
In the fire of the stake and without
finching said: "Forasmuch as my
hand offended in writing contrary 10
my heart, my hand shall therefore be
the first punished. 1t shall be the first
burned. This was the hand that wrote
it,"
or course there Is a wicked shak-
ing of hands, and Solomon refers 10 il
when he says: Though hand JOIN ia
hand, the wicked shall not be unpun'
ished." Shake hands in conspiracy 10
damage individual or community or ma
ton, shake hands TO defraud. shake
hands to stand by each other 10 wrong
doing. You help me stuff this bal
lot box, and | will see that when ! am
in power you shall have promotion.
You help me in my intsmy, and will
help you in your infamy. oh, that is
proclamation of a holy rite; that Is sac
rilege against a Divine arrangement;
that is gripping your " destruction
Plate and Herod, though antagonists
before, shook hands over Christ's pro.
jected assassination.
But shake hands the way William
Penn shook hands with the lndlani
for their civilization. Shake hands the
way Missionary Carey shook hand,
with the Hindoos, for whose salvation
he became a lifetime exile. SLRk,
hands the way Havelock shook hand
with besleged womeu at Lucknow
whom he had come to save from mas
sacre. Shake hands as David Brainert
did with the American Indians whom
be offered a glorious Heaven through
the Gospel. Shake hands as L.incolr
shook hands with the agitated mother
to whom be gave back the boy who
had fallen asleep from oyerfatlgue al
a sentinel. Shake hands as during th,
civil war Anna Ross shook hands with
the wounded soldier iD Cooper SHOP
hospital, Philadelphia. Shake hands as
Van Meter, the city evangelist, shook
hands with the waif Of the street com.
ing penitent into the midnight mis-.
sion. Shake hands as heaven SHOOK
hands with earth that night when a
doxology In the gallery Of clouds wok,
the Bethlehem shepherds.
But il is not always 10 such glaC