Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-03-17
COLUMN
By j. c. shetland.
A Love Story.

power to help men. Judge Owen was
engaged to one of the fairest I
daughters of the south. But they |
differed and parted unreconc1ded. He |
fella victim to typhoid fever, was
taken to the hospital, where his un-
conscious words revealed the story of |
his burdened heart. He lay long in
fever, sank very low, the best of med
ical skill and care of nurses carried
him past the crisis but he did not get |
well. The weight on his mind pulled
down the forces of life and seemed
likely to draw him into the depths. |
Doctors and nurses saw the danger
and knew the reason. Judge Owen
of magnificent manhood, with great
prospects if he could live, was dying
of broken heart. The head surgeon
saw but one course to take. He went |
straight to the sweetheart in her own |
home. He found her beautiful, full |
of womanly grace, surrounded by |
every comfort that money will bring,
but with sadness in her eyes. He
said ''your friend Judge Owen is ill.'
''Ill! [ did not know, tell me-" He
has had typhoid fever has passed the
crisis but is likely to die" "Dying"
she echoed with white lips and yet
has passed the cricis. Explain"
"My dear young lady, his words utter
ed in the fever told us his love for
you. We have done our part. But
the shadow grows on his face. He is
dying for want of your love. Help
lies with you" There was silence,
then sigh like a sob from the lips of
the trembling woman. Tears was
coursing down her cheeks as she .said
| E'come with me-" In the conserva-
tory she plucked the rarest blossoms,
filled basket, put a note beneath
them, handed it to the surgeon, a new
look of loneliness on her face.
When Judge Owen woke and saw
| the flowers he weakly lifted one and
drank in it's prefume, then said
''Doctor, this is kind of you" "Not
mine" "Who sent them" "There
is a note in the basket" With trembl-
ing eager search he found it and read
t"Dearest, accept these with my love
and forgiveness and earnest hope for
your recovery" He pressed the note
to his lips. He held the flowers to
his heart. The death shadow left his
face The light of hope was in his
eyes. The shrunken body seemed to
thrill. In few days he sat up, few
more, he could walk, a few days more
and wedding bells rang merrily for
the Judge and his fair bride.
Divine love has infinitely greater
power. God loved this world, gave it
millions of baskets of flowers and
fruits. made it beautiful for US to live
in; with front door of rosy dawn,
and a back door of sunset hues that
makes us think of Heaven, with vol
cano chimnevs, and valleys like para
disc, with air pure as the breath OF
| God. He left not himself without
witness, filed our hearts with food
and gladness But sin separated men
from God. The estrangement grew
SO great that men did not know how
God loves. They called him tyrant
instead of EtOur Father in Heaven
Sin made this world hospital, with
the drunkard's ward, and the iber-
tines ward, and the gold maniac Is
ward, and so on. Man was sinking
under the disease of sin. He did moi
think God loved him.
But God sent special gift, sent il
with a convoy of angels, who let down
a ladder of praise from Heaven te
earth good will to men and glory tc
the Lord, good tidings to great joy
''Unto us child is born, unto us sor
is given, the government shall be
upon his shoulders, and his name
shall be called Wonderful Councillor
the mighty God, the everlasting
Father. the Prince of Peace" "GoC
so loved the world that he gave his
only begotten son that whosoever
believeth on him shall not perish but
have everlasting life" Love is in
carnate. The Spirit that reigns in
Heaven came in human form, show
ing how near to Heaven a child may
| be; teaching youth subsection to
parents; proving that soul filed
with the Spirit, may be tempted yet
sinless; mastering the forces of nature
more easily than Ulysses bent his bow,
present Lord whose feet could be
clasped in our penitence, on whose
breast his disciple could lean; with
us in our rejoicing, weeping with US in
our sorrow; speaking words whose
wisdom have changed the world,
created new literature, transformed
the nations; taking the terror from
death, leaving light in the tomb He
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