The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-04-08

They went on their separate ways,
and on the return journey they did
not meet, but the mans faith had
kindled little warmth in the wom-
ans heart, and the ice therein began
to melt. She left her roses on the
mound that covered her boy and hid
him from her sight. But that even
Ing she went to Settlement in which
he had been interested, and although
the young men were mostly Hebrews.
to whom Easter in its Christian sig
niftcance was a mockery, she bore to
them a gift. not merely of fragrant
| flowers, but of sweet womanly love.
She said to the leader of the group
with whom Harold had often met, II
want TO do something for these boys
| for Harold's sake, to keep his mem-
ory green. Yuu must tell me what to
| do"
She sent other flowers to a hospi-
tai in which there were many Grip
pied children, and the nurses told her
day or two later that she would
have been more than repaid had she
seen the eager clutch of tiny claw
like hands, and the light on little
wizened faces when flower was lait
beside every pillow. Her regret was
that she had not asked her fellow
passenger his name. She would have
been glad to have helped the daugh-
ter whom he had mentioned as an in
valid in his home. He had said his
word in season, and apparently
| passed altogether out of her sight.
/ l., l. bo L.,
it unlikely things are always happen
/ ing.
The Easter music in its trium-
phant cadences had floated up to join
the angels song, the Easter flowers
had faded and summer had come.
Long rows of great houses on stately
New York avenues were closed for
the summer, and those who fingered
latest were preparing to depart to
the seashore or the mountains. Har-
olds mother had fingered long. but
she was going at last, and the express
company were taking to the station
her trunks and boxes. Stepping out
to pay the expressman who had
placed her trunks in the wagon. she
was struck by something familiar.
and suddenly recalled her friend or
Passion week She took his hand
and looked into his eyes, her own f1ll-
ing with tears, not wholly sorrowful.
"Oh. | am glad to see you!" she said.
You opened the door for me. al
though you did not know 1t, into a
new world, a world of courage and If
good cheer. What you said that day
led me to study my Bible, and now |
believe that heaven is a reality.
can wait for 1t. Tell me where you
live. | want to get acquainted with
your little Sophy and her mother"
Something like a falling curtain
for an instant obscured the steady
courage and quiet serenity of the
mans strong face. 1T will be so
good in you he said. "Sophy has
lonely time of it. poor child. Her
mother has been insane for three
years" Then the curtain seemed
to rise. 1T Is the will of God" he
said. God knows what is right"
The lady deferred her journey for
day that she might visit the little
fiat which was the home of her friend,
the expressman, where his daughter
Sophy sat by the window most of the
day. The neighbors were kind and
the father was accustomed to doinS
much woman's work, so that the lit
tie fiat had a homelike aspect. The
first visit was one of many continued
after the summer had gone, and a
skilled physician was found who was
able greatly to benefit the invalid
girl So the blessing of Easter made
/ 4 long path of brightness in the lit
tie home as in the large one.
One never knows on what errand
he may be sent between sunrise and
, sunset. One never knows what mes
senger is coming from the King with
, command, a greeting, or bit OF
consolation. Gods angels come TO us
sometimes as unseen visitants,
breathing into our ears thoughts that
vibrate with the melody of heaven
But all the angels do not stand
around the throne of God. An angel
is a messenger, and the woman who
works In your kitchen, the man who
tills your fields. the minister who
breaches to you from the pulpit and
the friend who writes you a timely
letter may do angels WORK and bring
, you angelic cheer. CHEF among
Gods angels dwelling here. or wing
ing their flight to us from over there
are those who teach us to believe
that the Lord is risen indeed.-Chrls-
tian Herald.