Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-13
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But the Master came not like the Bap-
fist; He came eating and drinking; yea He
went unto the marriage of Cana in Galilee.
and He blessed little children and said,
For Of such Is the Kingdom of Cod Thou
knowest Lord, that / have loved Thy chill
dren. and when a BARN has smiled In my
face as / baptized 1t into Thy name that 1
have longed for one that would call me
father. When have seen man and his
wife together by the fireside and l have
gone out to my hiding place on the moor
like a wild beast to its den, l confess. OH
Lord. I have watched that square of light
so long as 1 could see it. and have Won
dered whether there would ever be a home
for me, and any woman would call me hus-
band. Is this the weakness of the flesh: Is
this the longing of the creature for COM
fort, is this the refusing of the cross; is
this my sin? Search me. oh. God and try
me-" And again the gentler mood re-
turned. "Didst Thou not set the woman
beside the man in the garden? Has not
the love of Jacob for Rachel been glorified
in Thy word? Art not Thou Thyself the
bridegroom, and is not the kirk Thy bride?
Are we not called to the marriage supper Of
the Lamb? Is not marriage Thine own or
dinance. and shall l count that unclean, as
certain vain persons have imagined, which
Thou hast established? Oh, my Savior.
vast Thou not born of a woman? My
soul is torn within me, and unto Thee.
therefore. do look for light: give me this
day a sign that I may know what Thou
wuudst have me to do, that it may be well
for Thy cause in the land and the souls
of Thy servants committed to my charge.
He is unconscious OF everything except
the agony of duty through which he is
passing. and his words, though spoken low.
have a sweet and penetrating note, which
arrests the attention of one who has come
down the gallery. and is now standing at
the opening of the alcove where Pollock is
hidden. 1t is his hostess, the widow Of
Lord Cochrane, the eldest son of the Earl
Of Dundonald, who was still living. though
old and feeble. and who left the manage
ment of affairs very much to Lady Coch-
rane. Like many other families in the days
of the troubles" the Cochranes was a
house divided against itself, although till
now the strength had been all on one side.
Lord Dundonald had been loyal adherent
of the Stuarts, and had rendered them
service in earlier days. for which 1t was
understood he had received his eardom;
but he was broken man now and had no
strength in him to resist his masterful
daughter-n-law. She was a child of the
Earl of Cassilis, one of the stoutest and
most thoroughgoing of Covenanters; her
husband had died in the year when the
battle of Bothwell-Br had been fought.
and his last prayers We're for the success
Of the Covenanters. His younger brother
had been one of the Rye House plot men,
and now an exile for the safety of his
life in Holland. By her blood and by her
sympathy, by everything she thought and
felt. Lady Cochrane was Il Covenanter, and
in her face and figure. as she stands with
the light from the window falling upon her,
she symbolzes her cause and party. Tall
and strong boned. with q lean, powerful
face and clear, unrelenting eyes. yet with
a latent suggestion of enthusiasm which
would move her to any sacrifice for what
she judged to be righteousness. and with an
honest belief in her religious creed, Lady
Cochrane was of the godly women of
the Covenant. Tie old earl had no chance
against her resolute viii, and contented
himself with 4 quaVer.ng protest against
her ideas. and beating disapproval of her
actions When she denounced the council
as a set of Herods. and filled the house
with Covenanting ministers and outl2Wed
persons his only comfort and sympathizer
was Lady Cochrara's daughter Jean. This
young woman had of late taken on herself
the office of protector. and had shown
tendency to criticise both her mothers
words and ways, which led to one or two
domestic scenes For though her iadyship
was loud against the tyranny Of the gov
eminent she was an absolute ruler in her
own home. AM that day she was going to
assert herself and put down an incipent
rebellion.
Il give you good morning. Mr.. Pollock
said Lady Cochrane. and l crave your
pardon if I have done amss. but since you
were. as l take It, wrestling in prayer !
had not the mind 10 break in upon you; l
have therefore heard some portion of your
petitions. 1t seems to me, though in such
matters l am but blind of eye and dull of
hearing. mat CIOu lHUetu Is giving d Sign
of approval when He seems to have been
turning your heart unto the thought of the
ma rriage between the bridegroom and the
bride in the Holy Scriptures, of which other
marriages are. l take it. shadow and
foretaste
1T may be your ladyship is right. said
Pollock after he had returned his hostess
greeting but We shall soon know. for God
hath promised that light shall arise unto
the righteous. For myself. declare that
as it has happened on the hills when l was
fleeing from Claverhouse. so it is now In
my affairs. ! am moving in a mist which
folds me round like a thin garment here
and there l see the light struggling
through. and it seems to me most beautiful
even in its dimness; by and by the mist
shall altogether pass, and | shall stand in
the light which is the shining of HIS face.
But whether / shall then find myself at
Cana of Gallee or in the Garden of Geth
semane. ! know not.
1T 1t were in my handling said Lady
Cochrane, regarding her guest with mixed
expression of admiration and pity, we
would find yourself, and that without over