The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-11

Hands that was In any way satisfactory
1 to Basil
| But az lie sat In the great silence Of
| the night and read over the heads Of
| the sermon n great sense OF comfort
came to him. He felt a mysterious sense
| the work was good, but something be-
/ the work was good. but something be-
! yond that. He was conscious that for
| some reason or other that particular SER
! mon which he was about to preach was
/ one on which much depended. Flo could
not say how or why he knew the thing
! vas fraught with destiny to himself or
/ others. lie only knew II.
Many years afterwards he remembered
that quiet night. and the help which
| seemed to come to him suddenly, re-
! newed hope and confidence after tho
| mental misery Of the day.
! When he looked back on the terrible
| and stupendous events In which he had
| played so prominent part. he was able
! to see clearly the chain OF events, and
to place his experience about what he
always afterwards called his "Resurrec-
ton sermon" in their proper sequence.
| Looking back through the years he
| saw that q more than mortal power was
| guiding him towards the fulfilment OF
| Divine purpose.
But that night as he said his prayers
before going to sleep ne only felt sweet
security as he glanced at the MS. on tn,
1 chair by his bedside.
Tho future was not yet revealed to
him. God spared him the torture of fore
| knowledge.
| The pulpit was high above tho heads
| of the people much higher than Ia usual.
| lOX OF etOnN IN, .
| the clancel.
! AS Gortre stood for moment. after
the prayer. he kissed tho stole and placed
| It, as yoke, upon his shoulders. He
looked down the great building and saw
the hundreds of watchfu, expectant
faces. with an uplifting sense OF power.
| He felt as II he were mouth piece OF
strange, unseen forces. The air seemed
| full of wings
For moment the preacher paused and
sent keen glance over the congrega-
ton below. He saw Sir Michael Mani
chloe. dark aquiline. Semitic sittlns in
HIS front pew. A few seats behind him,
| with sudden throb OF surprise but
nothing else, the calm and evil beauty OF
Constantine Schuabe's face looked UP at
| him.
| The strangeness of tho appearance and
the shock OF 1t had ut that moment no
menace or intimidation for him. Stand
| Ing there to deliver Gods message, In
| Gods house, his enemy seemed to have
| no power to throw his brain into Its old
| fear and tumult.
| Another face. unknown to him, ar
rested his attention.
| The sexes were not separated for wor-
| ship in ST. Mary's. In tho same seat
| where Schuabe sat was a woman. dark,
| handsome, extensively dressed. el7
She also was Jewish In appearance,
| though 1t was obviohs that there was no
connection between her and the mil
lionaire. Her face, as the young clergy
! mans eyes rested on 1t for second
seemed to be- curiously familiar, as If he
| saw it every day of his life. but it
nevertheless struck no personal note.
| Gortre began to speak, taking for his
text part of a verse from the Epistle of
| ST. Paul to the Romans--"Decared to
| be the Son of God with power, according
| to the spirit of holiness. by the resur-
rection OF the dead
TN this world of to-day he began
calmly. and with certain deliberation
and precision in his utterance. what
men in general are hungering after Is a
positive assurance Of actual spiritual
| agency In the world. They crave for
something to hold by which is outside
! Themselves, and which cannot have
grown out of the inner rsuaslons Of
men. They cannot understand people
who tell them that whether the evests
Of the Gospels actually passed upon earth
or not, they may fashion their own dis
| positions all the same. on the supposl-
ton that these events occurred. II I
can tonight show that any appearance
OF the risen Lord is attested in the same
way as are certain facts commonly ac-
ccpted as history, I shall have accom-
plished as much as can hope.
Then, very carefully. Gortre went
through the scientific and historical svl-
denccs for the truth Of tho resurrection.