Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24
.T1ow wise We are--too lntel-

"How wise we are--too latei~
Shall we walk any more cautiously
when the next y untrled pathway
opens7" he added. somewhat sadly, al
he recalled the errors of the past.
I'VE ought to- IL experience has any
value" said Pepeeta
But has It? Or does It only inter.
pret the past, and not point out the
future?"
Something Of both, think"
We'll, we must trust it,"
"But not It alone There is some.
thing better and safer"
What Is that, my lover"
THE path-hndlng instinct of thu
soul itself"
DO you believe there is such an in
stinct2"
"As much as I believe the carrier
which you told me. You see, remem-
Der my lesson like an obedient child"
why, then, are we so often misled ?"
he asked, tempting her.
Because we do not wholly trust It'll"
she said.
But how can we distinguish the
true light from the false, the instinct
from Imagination or desire? II the
soul has a hundred compasses pointing
in different ways, what compass shall
lead the bewlldered mariner to know
the true compass?"
HE who will know, can know"
Are you speaking from your heart
Pepeeta2"
tGUA-o,v, l&o
And have you no doubts that what
you say is true7'
None for learned it from a teach
er whom I trust, and have justified it
by my own experience"
"And now the teacher must sit at
the feet of the pupil! Oil beautiful
instructress, keep your faith firm for
my sakeI have dark hours through
which I have to pass and often lose
my way. The restoration Of my spir-
itual vision Is but slow. How often
am tewildered and lost! My thoughts
brood and brood within mel"
Put them away" she said, cheerily.
I'VE live by faith and not by sight.
We need not be concerned with the
distant future. Let US live in this dear,
divine moment. l am here. You are
herel We are together; our hands
touch; our eyes meet; our hearts are
one; we love Let us only be true to
our best selves and to the light that |
shines withinl Oil have learned so
much in these few months, among |
these people OF peace, David! They
know the way Of life! We need go no
farther to seek it. 1t lies before us.
Let us follow it,"
Angel OF goodness" he exclaimed,
clasping her hand, 1T must be that su-
preme Love reigns over all the folly
and madness Of life, or to such a one
as I, a gift so good and beautiful would
never have been given!"
She pressed his hand for response
or her lips quivered and her heart was
90 full for words.
And now, through the CHASTITY light
which magnif1ed his size portentiously
md painted him with grotesque and
errible colors the child reappeared,
'egrimed with smoke and wild with
he transports of a power so vast and
n accomplishment so wonderful
The three figures stood in the bright 8
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lie. The flames. as If satisfied with
had died down.. and fifty
reat beds of glowing embers lay
pread out before them, like sort OF I
errestrial constellation.
The wind, which had been awakened q
nd excited to madness as 1t rushed 6
/ from the great halls of the forest to
IN the fires, now that it was no long :
r needed, ceased to blow and sank
ito silence and repose. Little birds, .
eturning TO their roosts, complained
that their dreams had been a
isturbed, and great owl from the 4
'p of lofty elm hooted his rage. b
1t was Saturday night. The labors u
the week were over The time had :
ome for them to return to the farm
Ouse. They turned away reluctantly
aving nature to finish the work they
ad begun.
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