The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-29
AN OBJECT LESSON
GIRLS DESIRE FOR MANIFESTO
TON FULFILLED.
Simple Incident Proved to Her That
Love Was Still the Ruler ct
the Universe-Her View
Broadened.

The girl was not quite happy. she
had Just been refused a favor when
she had asked of somebody who ought
to have granted it, and the refusal
ranked. Besides. she did not know
how that which she desired was to De
accomplished. IF love-" she thought
lis the principle of the universe. why
is IL not manifested?'
She made q struggle with self-pity,
ENCOURAGEMENT, resentment and sew
eral other imps that were Offering
themselves to be bowed down unto as
rulers of man and as powers able to
overthrow good. and went on her way,
according to the New FORK Press.
Her errand took her into far Harlem.
When it was completed she turned
homeward, when suddenly the heavens
opened and a splashing, heavy down
pour of summer rain flooded the
streets, almost without warning. The
girl had barely time 10 take hasty
refuge in a doorway.
1t proved to be the entrance to a
wine shop. The girl was a Puritan In
onymous to her. OF people who pur-
veyed such iniquity she had never
known anything. They and their kind
were for the other side of the street
from her. She was vaguely alarmed
at finding herself in their vicinity. She
glanced around with misgivings. In
their open doorway she saw the pro-
prietors of the shop-a mild-faced
Harlemite and his wife, smiling kind
ly on her. Come in out of the wet,
suggested the man, with easy hospital
ity. The girl accepted, and stood
with the couple, looking out of the
open door at the storm.
On the curbstone, under tree that
stood in front of the wine shop door,
they saw tiny sparrow. Apparently
ii had dropped or futtered down from
the tree and il was either injured or
too drenched or frightened to fly or to
escape from the pelting rain. In its
extremity it hoped for the open door,
reckless of the presence Of human
creatures.
Take it up" said the woman
softly.
The big wine seller stopped and ten
derby lifted the little, dripping creature
in his hand
1T is not hurt" he said. only wet,
cold and trembling. 1t is a young bird,
not quite able TO take care of itself"
The woman brought warm, soft
cloth and they wrapped birdie up
The man put it carefully on a desk and
the woman banished the family cat.
The girl watched them care for the
bird. with many thoughts surging
through her mind. She knew that she
had seen him face to face, and she re-
membered the angels injunction to i'm
petuous Peter, Call not thou any.
thing which God has made common or
-unclean."
Then the storm cleared and the girl
went on her way. The next day she
returned to the wine shop to express
her appreciation and to learn what had
become of the bird.
After 1t got dry and warm. IL few
into the window the woman told her.
and when we saw that il wished to be
out we let 1t CO."
Love-" said the girl to herself. "is
still the ruler OF the universe and not
a sparrow falleth to the ground with
out my Fathers care"
Her desire that love might be mani
tested had been answered-not to the
personal self, but to that which looks
for his infinite manifestation and sees
it in the face Of his brother man.