News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-05-27

! the library. With sense of relief she
found the room empty and quietly
went out of the archway and back to
her fathers house.
But the man that she had left had
| cried her name just as she closed the
door. 1t was just one cry. Then he
| struggled down upon his knees, and
for a time his soul beat about in the
dark for help, crying and sobbing in it's
! poor human weakness over what was
gone. Finally God drew near and COM
! forted him. When he got up again, he
| felt something like a sudden illumina-
ton of his spirit. This woman-was
she not right? How could two walk to-
gether except they were agreed? Could
| love hesitate or doubt or be uncer-
tain over the future and be love? Did
he care for heart that must be driven
to his by force or lured to it by pity?
Was the hunger of life ever satisfied
with the husks of reality? Up from
the lowly place of his spirits depres
sion be rose step by step until he rested
| Ills dltCliOIIS III HIS SlOh HIS AtttN tiiN't
! the future would satisfy him with a
! human love that knew no such thing as
doubt or fear.
During the day that followed this
growing strength that looked into the
7 future with confidence he had several
interviews with friends who came to
! Hope House to congratulate him on his
recovery and talk over the work of the
settlement
among these calleraaSsSay was Mr..
Gordon" he said frankly after he
had expressed his interest in the pro-
posed use of the property he had turned
over to the settlement, Il am deeply
sorry that you and Luella have decided
to go your ways apart. She needs just
your strength. She is going to lead
life of aimless effort"
1T is best as it is, sir" Gordon had
answered.
There is no possibility of any recon
| Citation, them
"No; we have not quarreled we have
simply understood. There can be no
other way for her or me-"
81 am sorry" Mr. Marsh sighed.
"She needed you, and so do ~
He spoke wistfully. Gordon read in
| it whole history of human weakness,
struggling up toward light and
strength.
He put his hand into the older mans.
eff my friendship is of any value to
you, Mr. Marsh, you have it,
Marsh went away, and Gordon unused
over his future. How far would the
| man lsAa his wealth, his education, his
responsibility, to help the weak and
overcome his horror of humanity's sin
and trouble because he learned to love
instead of tremble?
Paul FalsSouth was welcome visit
or. He was much encouraged over the
results of the city campaign.
| Il learned my share from it, he said
after giving Gordon his experience
with the young peoples civic league in
his church THE church is not all bad.
There is great hope in its young life.
There is where | am going to put my
! own strength and enthusiasm. | have
! stopped preaching great sermons to old
people. | have begun to teach my chill
dren.~ have begun to learn that the
office of the ministry is not to draw the
crowd. but to instruct a handful and
make disciples. Gordon, | see some
/ hopeful signs in the church of the flu
! ture."
"Glad to hear it." Gordon answered
gladly. 81 always believed the church
contained leaven. There is always
hope for any institution that has leav-
en- in it"
"The leaven Of the church of this
century is its children" the minister
said and went his way leaving Gordon
to muse over the power of that force
that represented9fhrough all the ages
the love of Jesus, an organization OBJ
scured and at times almost extinct,
! but glowing yet with an inward illumi-
nation that has not forgotten the COM
mands of a Master who loved tho
, church and gave himself for it, that he
might sanctify it and make of it an in
stitution at last without spot or wrin-
kle or any such thing.
Mrs. Penrose was one of Gordon's
most interesting visitors She CAME in
and chatted Familiarity and at times
fiippantly of all things on earth and
under heaven. AT last she said sud
denly:
ITO be concluded next week
Monarch over pain. Rurns, cuts sprains,