The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-12-23

same thawinp oioct upon the bone
nclarics as might touch Of sunlight
upon tho outside world A. a facial
expression II was In many respects re-
mnrkablc. beginning at the corners OF
the mouth. gradually taking IN the
whole mouth In its progress, extending
to the shorn upper lip. and ,lcn swift
~ onvoloplng the entire lower portion
u the fact
Several times tho smile was repeat.
cd. each time with the same roviylfy.
ing effect upon the recipients. as the
leader made his way to his appointed
place In front Of the copyrighted
class. Int Il never quite reached nor
included the steel Eray eyes which
possessed the extraordinary oharac-
torlstic of never blinking. 30 far aa
could he casually observed.
Smiling his sixth. or maybe HIS sew.
onth. consecutive smile. the young
leader reached and assembled the
slightly elevated platform Although
In doing 10. he had has back 90 the
audience Tor fraction Of a minute
ho conveyed a curious impression OF
not having taken his eyes from the
nssomhlago Choosing an ample chair
NJ Titan plush the young man sat
down. folded his arms. and calmly pro.
cccdod 10 survey the faces turned
toward him with their varying degrees
of age and experience Simultaneous.
~ with this movement and as sud.
denly as the genial expression had
appeared In his face on his entrance,
II was oclipsod az though by tran.
STORY cloud OF some impenelrable tex.
turc.
Something about the silent. thought.
ul figure ON tho platform bespoke the
leader His domlnnncy over the class
was never Tor a moment weakened or
lost Did any one present permit his
voice 10 touch an upper register or
his foot 10 fall with disturbing echo.
the trunsgfcs8or Immediately directed
an apologize glance toward the plat,
form as though 10 excuse the dorcllc.
tl0n Yet there was a homellko quail
ity In tho atmosphere which even tho
blonl, end bare interior could not
quite dIspcl
CHANGING at his watch and noting
that n was time 10 begin. young
Rockefeller arose and announced the
professional hymn Everybody stood
up and. led hy a male quartet of ok
oeptionally good voices recruited from
tho class members Joined In the song.
Vooally the leader could be dlstin-
guished by MIS- manner N prolonglng
the final notes after tho other voices
were lowered or hushed.
with the conclusion of the process
slonal he remained standing while tho
class was seated There was no suF
gostion Of q smile now, as, locking his
hands behind him aud squaroly facing
his auditors while he swept them with
his Dyes, he announced that the text
for the lesson would be the parable OF
tho hidden treasure
Whether II was coincidence or
whether the Rockefeller Bible class
has O weakness for teXts dealing with
strictly material subjects remained
unexplained. In o conversational tone
young Rockefeller added that the text
for the following week would be based
upon the parable Of the pearl, On the
preceding Sunday, as he said, the par
ables OF the mustard seed and the
loaven had been respectively under
consideration.
Raising his voice 50 as 10 reach
every corner OF the audience room.
and with a cearcut, inclslye tone,
he repeated Matthew. xiv. a.: Again,