The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-30

much i'm pressed VI slla him. A. Few days
later be went to the funeral Of child
In the same neighborlioOd. No one who
was there could ever forget IL The
minister had made hfs lonE prayer
when q man suddenly entered the
room. came toward the coffin and
placed his hand On the chl1d's fore
head. The room In an Instant was as
still as the death that had called rs to-
gether. The stranEer was tail and OF
commanding presence: his eyes pierced
our very hearts, and his marvellous
voice penetrateds to depths 10 our souls
that had never BEEN reaeiied before"
''Was Lee better. speaker thap my
6ather!% asked Ivory. who. dFeaded bis
mothers hours of complete silence even
more than her periods OF remtnis-
cence.
'He spoke as If the Lord. OF HostS
had given hiin inspiration; as If the
angels were pouring words into bis
mouth just for him to utter, replied
Mrs. Boy MON Your fatlIer was spell
bound, and I only less 50. When he
ceased speaking the chiid.s mother
crossed che room and. swayInEs to and
fro, fell Mt his feet sObbing nd wall
ing. and imnIorihg God To fc=giye her
sins. They c,rtlled her upstairs. and
when We looked abour after the con-
fusion and ezcitement the stranger had
vanished. But we found, hlEn again!
AS Elder Cochran sud: 'The prophet
Of the Lord can never be hid; no dark
ness is thick enough to cover him"
There was Il SIX weeks revival meet
ing In SoFtIr S;ice. where 800 souls
were converted. and your father and /
were among them. We mud fancied
Ourselves true BELIEVERS for years. but
jacob Cocnrene unEtopped our ears
so TINT we could hear t1le truths Te-
vealed to hfia by the Almighty. IL
was all so simple and easy at the be
ginning, bat it grew hard and Srievous
afterwurd: hard 70 Keep the path. 1
mean / never quite knew whether
God was, angry with me for baci1siid-
ing ut the end, but could not always
accept the revelations tliat Elder Ccch'
raner and your father had!''
Lois soynton's hands were now
quietly folded over the knitting that
lay forgotten In her lap. but her low
thrilling voice had a note in Il that DID
not belong wholly to earth.
There was n long silence; one of
many long silences at the Roynton
hresIde. broken only by tho tlckin2 Of
ehe clock. the pufrinE or the cat and
tile clicking OF Mrs. Boyhtons needles.
as her parox ysrn Of fcminIscence over.
size knitted ceaselessly. with her eyes
on the window or the door.
Its about time for Rod to be COM
ing back. isn'e it," asked ivory
..ae ought to be here soon, but per-
haps he Is gone for good. 1t may be
that he thinks he has made US a long
enough visit. don't know whether
your father Will Hike the boy when he
comes home. lie never did fancy
company in the house"
Ivory looked up in establishment
from his Greek grammar. This was
an entirely new turn of his mothers
mind. often when she was more than
usually confused he would try to clear
the cobwebs from her brain by gently
questioning her until she brought her
SELF back to clearer understanding OF
her own thought. Thus far her vaGa-
ries had never made her unjust to any
human creature. She was uniformly
sweet and gentle in speech and de
meanor.
why do you talk of Rods visiting
US when he is one OF the fannily:"
Ivory asked quietly.
rs lie one of the family? didh't
know it" replied his mother absentEy-
Look at noe. mother. straight IN the
eye. That's right. Now listen. dear.
to what say"
Mrs Boynton's hair, that had been
in her youth like an auFeole OF corn
silk. was now a strange yellow white.
and her blue eyes looked out from her
pale face with a helpless appeal
You and / were living alone here
after father went away" Ivory began.
II was little boy. you know. You
and father had saved something. there
was the farm. you worked like slave,
I helped. and we lived somehow. do
you remenber?'
Il do indeed. 1t was cold. and the
neighbers We're cruel. Jacob Cochrane
had gone way, and his disciples were
not always true to him. When the
magnetism OF his presence was with
drawn they could not follow all his
revelations. and they forgot how he
had awakened their Spiritual life at
the first of his preaching. Your father
was always staneh believer. but
when he started ON his mission and
went to Parsonsaeld to help Elder
Cochrane In his meetings the neigh
bors began to eritieise him, They
doubted him. You were too young to
realize IT, but I did and It almost broke
my heart"
Il was nearly twelve years old Do
you think / escaped all the gossip.
motherT
YOU never spoke Of ft to me, Ivory"
scNo, there is much that never spoke
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