The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-03-07

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act. a disgrace to the name Of work.
lngmen and a setback to the cause
There was special indignation express.
ed against the attempt to kill or In.
jure Eric by throwing the mass OF ore
down the ladder hole. for that had
been done. according TO the story of
the men who were overpowered at the
shafts mouth. One or two of them
had been unwilling witnesses to the
| outrage.
The telling Of this story and the an.
pcarance OF the Davis men had the ef
feet of soldering the crowd and caus
ing II to disperse. The troops We're
forgotten for awhile. The new men
sent over the road by the owners Of
the upper ranges wonld not pqSS
through Champion anyway until the
! morrow. Groups Of miners began to
20 off in companies toward their
homes. Stuart saw tnat the danger
for the evening was passed. The Sal.
vation Army had marched Off To its
hall. and large crowd had gone in
after it. The square was now rapidly
being cleared. He felt completely eX-
/ hausted, now that the strain was over
you will spend the night with me.
Mr.. Burfc?" he asked as the two walk
| ed'out of the square over to where the
horse had been left.
"No. Mr.. Duncan. | believe | will re-
main down here. now | am so near my
hotel quarters. Just as much under oh
legations to you. This has been Il great
day of experience for you. | hope you
! will not be the worse for 1t. The dan.
ger from the men seems over for to
night"
"Ycs, think so. Sorry you are not
going out with me. 1t has been Il day
! of experiences. l cant forget my in
dcEtcdncsS to you. We shall know each
other better. | am sure. need to know
all the good men possible these days"
I'm ut your service, Mr.. Duncan
| Good night
Coed night Stuart shook hands
| strongly and drove up t,.e street tin
| Cling again from the pressure Of that
/ grasp. Andrew Burke's hand. ,H,r Su--
gcstcl us much as some mems "raiuu~.
Stuart was SO tired and ready for rest
/ when he reached home that, after >ro.
/ iug Eric and being assured tl&t he
would get through the night with tie
! watching of the nursc sent for by the
/ doctor. he went up 10 his renm.
| He slept hard, lut waEonrd carly and
/ could not 20 to sleep again. He had
/ dreamed Of his experience in the mine
and aWOkc ut the point where h" Had
/ heard Eurkc'S voice. He went over ti'
/ whole adventure again, and tnon !rrr-
siStihly was drawn in thought down t"
the town square and in iacmCrv stood
on the church steps little above the
knccling figure that prayed. He found
himself saying over the words Of t.'
prayer. To his surprise he could re-
member almost every sentence. Then
he began to analyZe his feelings, pro-
voked by the expressions Of the prayer,
But his mind soon refused to crIilciSr
anything and. without any special rca-
son for it, he began to ask If the saving
of men was any more the Salvation
Army's business than his own. lie be
gan to dwell on the word saved rs il
was used so often in the prayer. Then,
by n logical step which he did not at
tempt to argue about as he might once
have done, lie was confronted with MS
own condition. and although he thought
he tried to avoid answering the qu"S-
tion. it persisted in being put: "Am
saved? What is Jesus to me-
The whole matter was foreign to MS
moral code. Besides, how could man
in his present position, with all this Ia
bor trouble confronting him, attend 10
religious questions? Nevertheless ht
was forced to come back to the simple
question: Am saved? What is Jesus
to mc?' All through the strange de-
bate now going on within him h" s'"H'
ed to feel that he was being driven IT.
rcSiStibly to Il point where be nUNI
answer or decide the matter Of his own
personal salvation.
He dressed and in a growing "2r!te'
ment walked the room in the t"u ,hI.
How are men converted! Was ). "i
TarSus expecting to be met hy t.r VI.
sion on the road to Damascus Was
not as sudden and astonishing To ma
as Il lightning bolt out Of II clouI.r,'
evening! Does the Lord have any lee.
bic limitations in his way of reaching
mems souls or in the time he chooses
Stuart tried again and again to stop
the persistent question that rose i'
peatcdly TO his lips. but To no purp''.
He said. Il will 20 down and inquire
about Erie" But lie turned ~ I'.'
walk every time he faced his door anu
again paced back to the wi"Io"'
! which opened on the front Of the mouse.
Gradually as the light Of the Worii
q grew stronger outside another ana "H
} inward light grew in Stuarts soul l'
] watched it grow in awe of its strange
, revealing power. He saw himsclt a> "
child Of God, with opportunities. pc"
ers, values. all of them hitherto hS''
selfshly, and in and through all u'
| rest he saw illum.ned radiant cross
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