The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-12-27
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for simple and severely plain re-
Ngion; when prayer meetings discuss
ed the durability and expense OF varl-
Gus paints, and because red was the
cheapest. recommended that all houses
In town should be painted red, 10 oroer
that the inhabitants might have more
money to give to the Lord; when the
women Of the church lamented thal
their social visits were tanned WALL ~
casional gossip about things not vital vital
To the kingdom Of God-there came TO
the women's prayer meeting one day q
request from young minister for ald
In seeking a wife. !.
That was a boon to be accepted with
thanks. It laid upon the members the
duty Of discussing the relative merits
Of all the young women in town, yet
without sin, for this was not gossip
but part of the service Of the LORD.
After no little discussion, they mar
rowed the choice down to two young
women. Both were to be at church on
the following Sunday, each uncon-
scious OF the pair Of eyes that from the
gallery would be fixed upon her, but
each In charge Of an esteemed matroh,
by whose presence the young man was
to recognize the young woman. He
was to study the two young women
during the service, and then make
choice.
He had prayed for guidance all the
long way back from the bleak North
west; and during the service Of that
morning his heart made choice which
he always believed waS guided by ne
will Of God.
the young man was Selah Goodrich
Wright. He was born IN Po1npey,
N. X, In 1916. When he died, he lack
ed but little Of being 80 years Old
He studied at Oberlin, but his eager
ness to preach cut short MS course,
and soon after 1s40 he went to the
Red Lake country in northern Mime
sofa. where he ,labored among the Ojib-
way Indians.
He established his work there and
made home, and then went back to
Oberlin for wife. How he chose her
has just been told.
ON June s, 1S43, at President Ma
hans residence IN Oberlin, he married
Elneline FarnsWorth. who returned
with him over journey that took
them well into the winter, for China is
not now so far from Ohio as Minnesota
was then. From the Falls Of st. An
thony they walked, and made their
thn aHft1Ynn stars
When at last they reached the O1ib,
ways, and he told them that the Great
Spirit had heard his prayer, and sent
him companion to help him IN the
work, they believed him and rejoiced.
For forty-fve years they We're to-
eether In the active work Of mission.
ary endeavor, and In that time saw
transformations that brought Oberlin
and Minnesota very close together; and
changes, too, III the lives Of savage red
men that brought them into closer re
lations with the white children of the
one Great Spirit. Then, as the years
increased, they returned to eOberlln
where they have lived in quiet for q
quarter century.
TO his friends Missionary Wright
would now and then tell the story OF
his courtship and marriage; ane
though they smiled a little at the meth
cd he had pursued, they felt with hin
that great blessings had resulted.
Is it strange that it was SO? He
who had journeyed on foot many hun
dreds of miles, praying all the way
that his own heart and the heart Q,
one whom as yet he knew not nigh
be united in holy and mutual love ant
IN devotion to a common and self-sacri
ficing work, had some reason to expec
an answer in the preparation Of hi:
own heart and In the swift response O
her to whom that lalor and sacrifict
should appeal. The circumstances ma,
provoke momentary smile, yet the va
ried experiences of long life JUST
fed the companionship, growing no
out Of mere propinquity or inconsider
ate choice, but out of common pur
pose, earnest and sincere.
The home, begun thus reverently so
berry, discreetly and in the fear Of God
Drought joy w many, ahA iol SAAIy
three years was blessing to all VIII.
felt it's influence.
What is called love Is sometimes
very selfish thing, In which two per
sons become "a1l the world to eacl
other and nothing to the world. Blu
1t may be a holy and mutual devotion
to God and His service, meeting til
love of each for the other in the 10.
Of a common elf-den2al. Such love a
that Is the love that lasts.-Youth'
Companion.
Il Thou wilt Lead.
Lord, in the path where must walk