The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-05-30

held IN Ms nano, ana hn eorvany
turned dejectedly away. He was toe
loyal q follower Of the prophet to nee
from him. II he was to perish, he
would perish with him. but he felt GER
tain that to remain In Dothan meant
to certainly fall into the hands Of the
Syrians.
Perhaps the Lord will yet send my
master away" thought the young man
to himself as the afternoon wore away;
there is yet time"
| But the prophet remained busy with
his reading and gave no sign that he
would do aught but. remain where he
was. The young man watched him
with falling heart as the evening
shadows began to fall He noted the
earnest look upon the prophets face
as he read along and then he saw q
look Of triumphant Joy fash forth. and
heard him exclaim under his breath:
1T Is Gods word. He win not
fall"
Hath God sent thee word to 90
thither?" eagerly exclaimed the young
man, breaking In upon the prophets
reverie.
May, we shall remain here" and
the prophet rolled up his precious
scroll and placed 1t in the bosom Of
his mantle. He had been reading the
Psalms Of David. and had fallen upon
that portion which read: "The angel
of the Lord encampeth round about
them that fear him and delivereth
them" The words seemed to fash
forth q message to his own heart In
It's hour of need. It was enough. And
as he went about his preparations for
I retiring for the night, after their sim.
pie meal was over, he kept repeating
the words over softly to himself:
"The angel of the Lord encampeth
round about them that fear Him to
deliver them"
He felt as though God himself had
spoken to him and. resting in the per-
feet assurance that God would not
fail him. he went to sleep.
Not SO with the servant. Little sleep
came to quiet his troubled heart In
imagination he pictured the army of the
Syrians gathering about the city, and
as occasionally he would drop on into
a fitful sleep he would dream that the
whole army with spears before them
were closing In upon them. And then
he would start up and find that dark.
ness still prevailed and that all was
quiet about, and he would lie down
again upon his couch. Thus the night
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breaking he again dropped on into q
troubled sleep. This time he dreamed
that the rulers of the city had seized
him and his master in answer to the
demands of the Syrian general and
had carried them to the walls of the
city and then threw them OF the high
parapet into the hands of the waiting
soldiers below. He awoke to find
that the terror of his dream had
caused him to throw himself from his
couch with start and he had landed
upon the floor. He was all a-tremble
and the dream seemed so real that he
looked about to reassure himself that
he was not In the midst of a hostile
army. But no. In the light of the
early morning he could see his mas
ter still sleeping over there as peace
fully as when he had lain down the
night before, and all without was
quiet.
But the army must be about the
city!" he exclaimed to himself. ooh
know we cannot ESCAPED" and. rush
ing forth. he strained his eyes to the
rising hills without the city. With q
wild cry he rushed back into the
house and, falling down In terror BY
the side of his masters couch, hi
shook him rudely, crying the Will,
that the hosts OF the Syrians wer,
upon them.
Alas, my master! How shall w
dot" he continued. as he led the wa,
to the door and pointed to the horse,
and the chariots which filled the hill
sides opposite.
1.-THE angel Of the Lord encampetl
round about them that fear Him Il
deliver Them" calmly spoke tn,
prophet.
May. rather does 1t seem to be tn,
hosts Of Syria which are encampet
about u.s." was the almost impatien
rejoinder.
"Ah. but Gods hosts are there"
The young man looked at tn,
prophet half in wonder, half in fear
Had his master gone insane that b,
should talk thus, and be 80 Indifferent
to the certain destruction which wal
before them? He saw the prophe
lift his eyes to heaven. He saw hi
lips move. He knew he was in prayer
Then, as he ceased and opened hi,
eyes again, he pointed In the direction
of the Syrian hosts.
The young man turned his eyes ii
that direction, and the vision that me
, his astonished gaze made him fairl.
. shout with Joy, for behold! the hill
sides between the Syrian hosts ant
the city were full. of the horses an,
chariots Of fire of the Lord.
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