The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-04-17

-E,Tr was sad Easter for Mrs.
NH Farnhnm Three times
II N since tho lilies last bios.
w. n aumoi had death come To-
r #A her house. Her mother. her
~ J husband aud her boy had
h'lod her heart Lacking
'hoR Il was empty aud % achcd with
l strange porpiaNoI grief q confused
question qs to the purpose OF her life,
which now seemed 10 her a shrunk
and wlthcrod thing.
She went TO church on Easter morn.
.ng because her beautiful house was
intolorablo 10 her. rather than because
She expected to find comfort The
MASSES N white flowers. with the sug.
HoaiiyonoGs Of their heavy fragrance.
carried her back 10 the funerals OF tho
lIat year The familiar words OF the
service sounded Ike mockcry 10 her
Lot us keep the feast" Even so
ln Christ shall an be made alive"
Set your affection on things above. not
ON things on earth" One by one she
caught ut tho phrases. only 10 ilnd
each was poworlos3 90 help her
The hymn was mo- bctcr
Tho strife ia DER t.r battle done.
The victory uf iIfo H wont
Fer her strife was just beginning.
and defeat instead N victory seemed
hcr fate She could not lilt herself
out Of her personal woe FAR enough
10 apply the words to anything but
herself
She lofi the church, avoiding speech
with any one. aud. with her heart Ike
ice "a her bosom, she took an electric
car toward her dCsolatc home
a half block before her house was
reached the car stopped with q sud.
dennoss which startled the passengers
Mrs. Farnham got OF, thinking that
she would walk the fow remaining
steps: but she saw the motorman with
n white face raising n small boy In
his arms from under the fender OF the
car. The little fellow was unconscious.
and there was an ugly bruise on his
temple and n deep cut on his neck. BE.
fore Mrs Farnham realized what she
was doing the child was carried into
her house. and she was enlisted with
the doctors In a fight for his life.
For n week the issue was doubtful
/ Consciousness flckered and waycrcd
but would not come back. Meantime
Mrs. Farnham had learned that tho
| boy was nobudy's child lie had sold
papers since he was hardly more than
baby lie had lived wherever hC
could find a shelter. and had eaten
whatever he could get The fact oI
home was something he had never ex
perionced The grioylng woman for
got her grief In her devotion TO N,
walf who had been cast at her dool
by the strange decree Of what We cal
accident
The day came when the boys heayl
oyGlids lifted and his childish curiosity
at his surroundings Embossed hi
tongue To open TO him the doors o
new life was the most wonderful o
Joys for his fostor.mother. After hi
long silence II was as II he had com
back from the dead. That he coul,
talk and laugh and eat and loy,
seemed like a proof Of the power O
life over death Somehow Mrs Earn
ham came to believe that It was suc
proof and that II was sent TO he
IN her dosolation
Out OF the boys almost fatal acc
dent there was wrought for him IN
miracle OF home and love and the OF
pcrtunity for an educated and useh
manhood and for the grloying woma
the springtime brought new hope a
the lonely winter passed by God
way, which Is not our way, Taste
spoke It's old message OF new life
Youths Companion.