Evening star., 1907-11-16

man who certainly might join Gideon's
band. He was sent as manager to the
Saints Rest coal mine. where the last
manager, though a strong and brave man,
had admitted that no money could induce
him to face the perils OF another pay day.
The miners looked upon the new man
ager with contempt, for he had but one
arm; he was church member. and the
very first Sunday was elected superintend-
ent of the Sunday school. The miners felt
that such a man could never quell a riot.
Moreover,it was discovered that he prayed
earnestly Though he wore the button of
the Loyal Legion he d!sp aged no military
title. He went to work quietly. managed
the affairs of the company well. turned
out doctor who mad been negIecting the
miners. and put II a good one who at
tended TO his business; he also made sew
eral helpful sanitary improvements, but
still the miners had doubts of his cour-
age One day nan had committed an
outrageous crime. He was found b. the
enraged miners and shut in a box car
with mob about him to be lynched as
soon as the whole company could be gath
cred together and rope brought. Tne
manager heard of 1t, walked calm y into
the crowd, up the slanting railroad tie to
the box car and before any one coul1
oppose him was leading the cringng p.:s
oHer out through ihe crowd and into his
own office. where he protected him at the
point of his revolver. against the angry
mob that soon gathered. until the sheriff
could arrive. While this was going on
the mine boss" telephoned that the
mine had caved ard four men We're
buried in the debris. AS soon as the pris-
oner was safely in the hands CT the sher-
if TIE manager went into the crowd of
excited II en tellin., them briefly what had
happened and calling them to come and
help. At FIRST they would not be'ieve
him. but following they found it was
them through the perils of the re~cue. be-
ing everywhere himself in the face of
death until at last In the early dawn of
the next morning the men were all found
and resuscitated. Then the manaeer said
a quiet Good morning. boys" and rode
to his lodging amid the cheers of the
men who had at last proved his mettle
and believed In him thoroughly. We need
more men Ike that In the kingdom of
Christ
When Lyman Beecher was labo-ing
successfully in Boston some one asked
him the secret of his success. and he re-
piled 1T IS not l that do tit is my
Sabbath, and then I have four hundred
members who go out and preach every
day of the week." o that more ministers
might be able to say this Of their men,
bers!
There is a story of young man that
came up with a little handful of men to
attack king who had a great army of
1900 men. The young man had onlE--W,
and the king sent messenger to the
young man, saying that he need not fear
to surrender. for he would treat him
mercifully The young man called up
one of his soldiers and said: Take this
dagger and drive it to your heart and
the soldier took the dagger and drove II
to his heart And calling up another he
said to him, Leap into yonder chasm
and the man leaped into the chasm. The
young man then said to the messenger,
Go back and tell your king have got 300
men like these We will die but we will
never surrender. And tell your king an
other thing-that I will have him chained
with my dog inside of half an hour. And
when the king heard that he did not
dare to meet them and his army ned be-
fore them like chan before the wind.
and within twenty-four hours he had that
king chained with his dog. g.'-Moody.
How to Help the Leader.
Determine in your heart whether you
could stand the test of faint-heartedness,
and if not, confess this to the meeting
and say you mean to try to do better
Or, If this Is too personal, tell the story
of some glorious battle won for right
political or for some temperance or social
reform, and won by a handful of fearful
fighters.
Parallel Passa ges-Proverbs, xiv DC;
Psalms. xviii 80; Psalms, xii; Levitlcus,
xxvi:3 Judges, vii:23; Zachariah. iv6;
Judges. Will; Judges, VIA; Judges,
vi:15. 49,
Hints to the Leader-The Endeavor
Hymnal. 100. 132. 1875. 1877. 1873. 140. 1853.
If there is any special work needing to
be done in your society and needing
workers, now is your chance to plead its
cause In your opening prayer ask the
Heavenly Father to send His Spirit to be
with each heart present. influencing 1t to
yield to His call. Ask that the meeting
may be a sort of sitting time for hearts.
and that the fearful and the ease-loving
shall either be found out or reused to DO
better Then after song read your Scrip
ture lesson and make your own brief re-
marks, closing with a statement OF the
special work the society should be doing
this winter and the special part you wish
each committee or member might take
Then throw the meeting open asking
members to say what they think about
your suggestions. Do not forget a time
for sentence prayers. in which try to
have all take part
Count me Ger earths chosen heroes-they were
souls that stood alone.
While the men they agoniZed Tor hurled the coh-
tumelius stone. ,
Stood serene ami down the future saw the
golden beam incline
To the side of perfect justice mastered by their
faith divine.
BY one mans plain truth to manhood and to
Gods supreme design.
Lowell