The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-03

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washed his garments IN wine, and his
clothes In the blood OF grapes. His
eyes shall be red with wine. and his
teeth white with milk"
Hc read through to the end and then
went back and read and reread the
mysterious passage: Until Shiloh
come; and unto him shall the gather
ing Of the people pe.
After ALL" he thought. "the regal
honors OF Judah are but to lead up to
the coming OF a greater one. Who II
this Shiloh unto whom all the people
are to be gathered?"
He got no further In his reading.
He was held by this new thought How
long he sat absorbed In the new mes
sage he did not know. but at last he
became conscious that all was darkness
about him and the starry heavens were
visible through the open doorway.
Rising, he wandered forth.
Shiloh was coming" he softly whis-
pered to himself. "Who is He?" he
asked. and an intense yearning filled
his heart to know. Shiloh is COM
Ing" he cried in exultation, thrilled by
the thought. From whence?" he again
questioned. and gazed upward intently,
as though he would read his answer in
the stars.
But that Is what the priests of
Egypt think to do. he cried with sud-
den contrition at the thought that he
should turn to the stars for answer,
and throwing himself upon his face to
the ground he murmured: NAY, 1t is
God that giveth answer, and 1t is He
who hath spoken through the words of
Jacob, saying: Shiloh is coming"
Suddenly the irresistible impulse
Shiloh. He was king somewhere,
that was sure, and He was to rule over
the Hebrew people. Feverishly, eager
ly, expectantly he seemed to pass from
one end OF the earth to the other. He
visited kingdom after kingdom and
saw their rulers and studied each one
In turn, but always with disappoint-
ment None OF these could be the Shi-
loh unto whom was TO be the gather
ing of the people. Ages rolled by and
he saw kingdoms rise and fall. He
thought he saw his own nation bowling
before successive kings, but always
with disappointment and looking for
ward to the coming of another and
perhaps better ruler. Discouraged and
disheartened, at last he cried out in
the great yearning OF his heart:
where is Shiloh? Whittier shall
go to find Shiloh? Surely he is not
among men! | have searched the earth
but he is not found" and his voice
broke into great sob of anguish.
It was then that he heard a voice,
saying: II
"Shiloh shall come from above"
His heart leaped within him at the
transcendent thought. He Looked up
and in the distance saw again the light
shining which had held him enrap-
tured when he had beheld the vision
In Joseph's tomb. Toward 1t he sped,
and as he went II seemed that his peo-
pie pressed forward in ever increasing
numbers, all expectant and eager. The
farther he went, until at last 1t seemed
to- pervade everything. Filled with
wonder at the marvellous sight, he lift
ed his eyes upward and saw that the
heavens had opened and there, In re-
splendent glory, was One whose bright
ness was above that of the sun. Bind
cd by the glory and overcome utterly,
he lay there as one dead, and when at
last he came to himself he found he was
still lying upon the ground where he had
thrown himself.
yea, thou Divine One" he whis-
pered, reverently, unto Thee, indeed,
shall the gathering Of the people of all
the earth be-"
So absorbed had be been that he had
not heard the shuf1iing, heavy tread Of
some big animal, or the sound of
voices In low conversation, and the
first he realized the presence near him
of strangers was when. in the black
ness of the night there doomed up at
his side the outlines Of a camel, and he
heard the words:
I'VE would find Moses. Can you d.
rect US to him."
Almost before the words we're out OF
his mouth the stranger, who had been
leaning forward and looking at him in
tently, gave one glad cry OF recogni-
ton and. springing recklessly from the
high seat upon the cancels back, en-
braced him.
The one word mother quivered on his
lips as he turned and responded ten
derby to the embrace, but he did not |
speak the words. He must not, II he
were true to the hope Of his people
and to the vision he had just had, for |
was he not henceforth Hebrew. And
the other, as though she sensed the
thought that separated them as great |
gulf, chung the closer to him and MUIR
Moses. have come to tell you that |
thou hast done right. Thy God is the |
true God. as my soul does testify. And
| wanted you to know that though my
heart is breaking there is sweetness
In giving thee up to follow the light
which comes from Him" Her voice |