Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-06-12


one morning. had taken her tC
Esthwate Water, and we were sitting
on 6 grassy bank. you see the beauty
of the sunlight and the flowers; / dc
not Everything is alike to me-a dull
hopeless blank"
DO you not think you ought to try
to rouse YOURSELF" | asked. 81 know
there are incurable sorrows, but yours
can hardly be one"
She looked at me with faint CLEAN
of hope in her eyes.
What do you call an incurable sor-
row, Kate?" she asked-we were so
much together, and she had grown so
fond of me. that she generally used
my Christian name.
IAN incurable sorrow means,
suppose. a sorrow which there seems
no hope of assuaging." | replied.
And what should you think would
cause such sorrow as THAR she
asked
thought deeply for few minutes;
then | replied
There are very few reasons for an
incurable sorrow. Death would not be
again in heaven; sickness that has no
remedy would not be one. for, patiently
borne, it brings blessing of its own;
loss of money is not one, for life holds
plenty of happiness without wealth
and hard work hurts no one | am
puzzled to imagine what can cause an
incurable sorrow. The only thing
can think of is the doing of an evil
deed for which there is no remedy"
you admit that that is a ground
for sorrow that can never be cured?"
Looking at the beauty of earth and
sky, of the cleaning waters kissing
the green banks, of the myriads of
wild flowers and ferns growing around
us, | was puzzled again. All this was
the work of the great Creator. Would
He who clothed the lilies, who fed the
sparrows. give to one of His creatures
pain that could not be cured?
81 am beginning to think that there
is no such thing as an incurable sor-
row." I said slowly. 1--WE agree that
evil deeds, sin, crime, are the greatest
sources of sorrow There Is no sin, no
crime, so great but that heaven will
pardon IT,"
DO you think so. Kate?" And the
mournful blue eyes sought mine with
the first CLEAN of hope that had ever
seen in them.
81 am sure of it, replied There
Is no sin so great. no crime so horrible.
but that heaven will pardon, II pardon
be asked"
But man. she said-"why does not
man forgiven"
Man acts with human power, heaven
with power divine. Men in this world
judge. reward. and punish according
to human laws"
Then II happens sometimes" she
said sadly. that. while heaven par.
dons, men punish?"
1T must be so" said Take
thief for instance. He may repent of
his sin, and may ask pardon for IL
with pray ers and tears: all the same,
men must punish him He must be
imprisoned, and made, IL possible, to
give back his ill-gotten goods. So with
all other sins, | am quite sure of one
thing--that, no matter what men may
do. heaven always nardons humble
and eontrite heart"
Yet, she said despalringly. nmy
husband will never forgive me. Why
should he be less pitiful. less mercyful
than heaven? II | knelt and PRAYED
To him from sunrise to sunset, he would
wave me away with the same cold
gesture. Oh, Kate Kate do not be
shocked, but think nay,-I am sure
that would sooner have had my hus.
bands forgiveness than the pardon of
heaven" And her eyes sought mine
with wistfulness that made my very
heart ache
NO, you do not mean that. Lady
Culmore, for in that case you must
have loved your husband with a
greater love than YOU have given TO the
creator
Il did, +" she gasped--"hence my sin,
my terrible SIM will be wiser. Kate.
/ will weary heaven with my pray ers
for pardon. and. when II Is granted |
will not cease to seek my husband
forgiveness. oh. my sin, my slnr II
was all for love of him. would have
gone through fire and water for him
and now"
looked at her in wonder and
amazement What had she done
What was the sin of which she spoke ?
There were traces of great sorrow on
her beautiful face. but no traces OF
sin A few questions Tom me then,
when her heart was svftened, would
have drawn her secret from her: but
| would not ask them. After we had
talked for some time she sat in silence,
watching the golden light that played
amongst the trees and shone upon the
waters. Then she spoke again.
Kate" she said. IF YOU loved any
one very much--so much that you for
got everything else in the world. so
much that you forgot all about right
and wrong and you committed a great
sin for the sake of the man you loved.