The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-01
tor In her hand. Malcom took It from

tor In her hand. Malcom took It from
her.
"lf we are not going to mail this,
what 10 you think we ought to do with
it," he asked, looking ut the stove sig.
nificantly.
Save the stamp. Malcom." said Dor.
othy. You may need it If we are rot
going TO live In Boston"
He tore off the corner of the envelope
where the stamp was and opened the
stove door and threw the letter into the
fre.
$50 that settles It." said Malcom
gravely. There was pause in the lit
tie room. Il feel better" he added.
looking steadily at his wife.
"Do you" said Dorothy gently. She
kissed him. and they both seemed to
remember their promise made in the
little church. Dorothy knew well
enough that for man like Malcolm to
do anything that in the smallest de-
gree contradicted his convictions
meant for him continual torture of
mind. The minute she saw that his
action ~ leaving Conrad meant that
sort OF moral conflict she knew there
was only ore course open to them. and
, that was to stay in Conrad and battle
out the l!fe tlnt duty called them to
live there.
la al this n,'h.ng hut the great and
trustful love q ~ felt for each other
made posi- le etrh n complete and un-
Qucs, 'uninc C'.nya OF plans that af-
fcci"l their whC,e future. Malcom
would not i.as" been the man he was
II he had 10; ~rlt constrained to stay
in Conrad. toro.hy would not have
been the woman she was II. once see
Ing t,i!r hrr r,3sOand's moral strength
drpend,d on this decision. she had at
tempted 20 argue him out of it or had
failed 10 accept the situation cLeerfully
and once for all.
So. then, these two children Of the
All Father. having settled thus simply
but decidedly this question. faced the
lie before them brayely and silently.
and no one in Conrad knew until years
afterward how near they had come to
losing two Of the greatest souls that
ever came into the place. Malcom ncv
cr told his church people. He simply
picked up the thread of his affection
for them where b" had seemed for
awhile to drop IL and went on to love
them more and more. aud they. IN
turn. never dreHn.ng ~ tho moral
L.
love him because they were enduring
hardship together.
At the first church meeting held aft
er that cvCntful night nad day In Nal
CONS and Dorothy's lives Ma!com bold
ly called on his members to rally
around the building Of new church.
Hc read the two letters, the one from
the superintendent ana the other from
the church building society. The mem,
bers listened in silence. Malcolm look
cd into their faces quietly. They were
gathered In the little storeroom in the
main street Next door was saloon.
and that Sunday. as on many others
the congregation Could hear the chink
ing Of glasses and the drunken laugh
ter OF the men at the bar
Eve might as well accept the facts
said Malcolm. and as he talked 1t Is
certain that the Holy Spirit was pres
ent in that little room in wonderful
power as he always Is after tempta
ton and IN overcoming. I'VE shall
have to build this church without out
side help. You know what my views
are about raising money by means Of
fairs and suppers. | think the Lord
will show us better way. We are
all poor together DO not need to
say that l am willing to share this
struggle with you. We are not only
going to build n house Of wood in
which to worship, but a church Of Je-
sus which has for its habitation the
throne Of a human soul. This saloon"-
halcom paused, and In the silence ev.
cry one could hear through the thin
wall the noise in the other room-"this
saloon represents a destructive force
that we rs church must, by Gods
grace, overcome. How much do we
value the church? Are we ready to
sacrifice, TO go without some necessi
ties even. to build up the kingdom and
destroy the works of the devil? If we
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