Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-05-04
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and consulted his family physician
The doctor looked more grave than he
expected, and after several office visits
suggested visit to N specialist. He
also looked grave, and the patient
said:
You needn't hesitate 80 tell me the
truth. What's the matter with me,
and what must ] do to gel better?"
"You are not likely to be any bet
ter" replied the specialist. II can
only confirm what your OWE physician
has feared from the first. You have
only q few months TO live"
1t was blow to stagger any man,
and most of all a strong man.
ut cant be true, doctor." b. said.
"Why, see bow well | am except for
this little discomfort l have always
been we'll / have had so much health
/ haven't known what TO do with it,
You must be mistaken"
But the silence Of the physician tod
him more than argument and he sat
there with a sinking sensation as the
truth slowly forced itself upon him.
When he rose to go he turned faint
and reeled.
Sorry to trouble yoH So" he said, as
his strength came back. You see. it's
total surprise. | don't know how I'm
going TO adjust myself to 1t. | have
had all the nerve I've needed hitherto,
but | don't know how my courage Will
hold out with nothing to hope for"
To face death calmly when life has
ebbed out and the pulse beats slow Is
not SO remarkable test, but to feel
well and strong and yet know that
death Is inevitable Is quite another
matter. To fight for life while hope In
hanging In the balance Is almost In
Etinctive, and the struggle brings its
own supply of desperate courage; but
to wait calmly for death while full of
all the Joys Of living calls for courage
Of another order.
His first thought was Of his family. !
his next of his Christian faith. He
said to himself, "If have any religion |
this Is the time when 1t ought to be
an asset" He began testing his faith
at new place, to see II it would bear
his weight
1t held.
The test was not an easy one. There
were Impulses of hot rebellion. There
were days when he doubted and cues,
toned But the comfort grew of a
faith that believed that God still lived
and was good.
The signs which the doctors had seen
We're not long in showing their full
meaning. He had scant time to adjust
his business and set his house In order.
Then he lay down to die
Courage to face a hopeless issue
that was what he prayed for. Faith to
be strong when love was at food tide
and the world looked beautiful and IN
vitins-this was what he sought
lie shut his eyes and looked In imag-
nation up and down the street, and
pictured to himself the activities of
his neighb0rs and friends. then opened
them again and saw the four walls
and remembered that he was never to
move outside them. In the long wax.
Ing hours of night his mind went NV
leaps that seemed to compass his whole
HE in single bound, and then emma
PACK TO the inyariable and inevitable
Issue.
III those nights there was verse
from one of the old prophets that ran
through and through his mind. 1t
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which he had sung when young man.
Inc hrst part had a tender melody
or trust, the last strong and conf |
gent movement, where the soprano |
flowed In an even tone and the bass
rose with full and increasing volume:
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on thee, because |
pc uusteth In thee. Trust We in the
Lord forever; for in the Lord Jehovah
Is everlasting strength"
He sang it through to himself hun
dred times. A hundred? Yes. mil
Hon, 1t seemed to him, and 1t expressed
his growing calmness and rising faith
He died at last, cut off In the midst
or his years, mourned by a multitude
OF friends. But his life, which had
been pure and strong, was crowned by
those closing weeks In which he not
only learned, but unconsciousIy Taught
the lesson Of faith that gives courage.
both for the fight that may be won, and
Tor the sorrow for which the only hone
lies IN the life Observation-Disclosures
Companion.
Church Built from One Tree.
"A large Baptist Church that stands
In the city OF Santa Rosa, Cal, eniovs
tie distinction of having been con
structed entirely from a single tree"
says the Technical World Magazine
~Of course, that includes the woodvor,,