Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-17

incomes, who have large families to
educate-will they stand by their princi-
pies tomorrow"
The doctor half closed his eyes, medi-
tatlVely, as If he saw unseen things Il
have heard a great deal of talk, on my
own side of the house. as to that" he
said There will be fifty says one
There Will not be twenty says another
only such as the deeply compromised or
have chapels of ease in the large cities
cries a third. l have heard the number of
ministers who will leave their manses and
endowments put as low as the ten right
eous men whom Abraham vainly desider-
ated in Sodom-and still there was doubt
whether or no they would be found 1 have
never held these ignobe opinions
Doctor Augustus Caesar paused again
and something noble Welled up from his
heart and showed In his countenance
No-l think better of my country" he
cried. Il may believe you are wrong
headed, enthusiastic incapable of looking
at both sides of a question. But what YOU
have said you will stick to. 1 think the
work of tomorrow will surprise all the
world. Gad sometimes l wish l could
think differently and that had been COM
ing with you! But at any rate l came to
tell you that whatever doors are shut to
you, there will always be one where YOU
will find a welcome waiting-and that is
at the manse Of Kilgour. Veronica also
bade me say so on her account That is.
supposing that heaven does not send you
some increment of common sense before
the morning."
On the next day John stood waiting out
side st. Andrews Kirk among the thou
sands who lined the wide, breezy trough
of George street. Clear, fresh and cool, a
pearl Of day it was the white clouds blow
Ing high over doomed St. Georges at the
streets end. Then down every north-look-
Ing vista. 10! the green fields. the intense
indigo strip of the and the dim blue
hills of Fife gracious in the distance Across
there. too. folk were waiting with eager
hearts, straining eyes and ears for the
hosting Of the ancient banner of spiritual
independence-for the trumpet from the
walls proclaiming Come We out of her"
waited breathless for the issue
They, are long! What can keep them?'
Nonsense, don't tell me! They will not
come at all! Catch 2 minister signing
TALK Twenty aesmost.-" wei, thirty
So ran the talk and5gossdb along causeway
and pavement. II
-, There . yers the Sarewdtlawyers there of
keen-eyed and graFely courteous; and the
jovial. openly facetious; ostormily 1ocular.
All the world was out to zee.
These knew ut5aalittle.sl.as little as the
about circus procession Equally igno-
rant were the busy trDdesmen who had
snatched an hours holiday to watch the
event. But there .were others. some like
within. but waited patient and silent to
take part in the last act of that trium-
plant surrender which had cost them so
many anxious thoughts. 'f
And there, more owing than aught- else
for those with eyesTto see. dotted here and
there among the throng. quite recognizable
by their anxious looks and pale faces.
stood certain women, also of the grayer
sort-on whom that days work would fall
Infinitely more heavily than even on the
men who stood in the battle front These
were the wives of the seeding ministers.
the outed mistresses Of manses, women and
mothers whose well-accustomed places
should know them no more. But no tear
fell while the great concourse stood wait
Ing, or at least none which was not in
stantly brushed away by the hand of faith
as il it had been a matter Of shame.
Suddenly hush, a murmur, a vast cleo
trio throb! An actual sob seemed to run
swiftly insurgent through the mighty
throng. The universal heart moved re-
sponsive.
They are COMING" Here they GOMEZ,
"Ah, look!-Hats off therev"
There was no shouting. no cheering as
tor great deed DONE but instead only ST.
lence and awe and reverence Yes, there
they were descending the steps, Welsh ana