Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-12-01

grave. but there was the light of the
great happiness in his gravity.
Il have resigned" he told her.
That was part of what she had
Known.
And not for met" she exulted. It
was not a question. She saw that in
him was no doubt. no quandary. no
struggle between faith and disbelief.
Il see my way clearly" he smiled
down at her; "and there are no thorns
to cut for me. | shall never change"
And We shall walk hand in hand
about the greatest work in the world"
she softly reminded him, and there
were tears in her eyes. But what
work shall that be, Ted?" She looked
up at him for guidance, now.
ITO shed into other lives some of
the beauty which blossoms in our
own" he replied, walking with her in
to the great dim nave, where the
shadows still quivered with the under
echoes of the mighty Bach prelude. 81
have been thinking much of the many
things you have said to me-" he told
her, land particularly of the need, not
for new religion, but for a re-birth
of the old; that same new impulse to-
wards the better and the higher life
which Christ brought into the world.
have been thinking on the mission of
him, and it was the very mission to
the need Of which you have held so
firmly. He came to clear away the
thorns of creed which had grown up
between the human heart and Godi
The brambles have grown again. The
time is almost ripe. Gail, for q new
quickening of the spirit; for the sec
ond coming"
She glanced at him, startled.
"For a new voice in the wilderness"
she wondered.
Not yet" he answered. I'VE have
signs in the hearts of men, for there is
great awakening of the public con-
science throughout the world; but be-
fore the day of harvest arrives, we
mus. have : sign in the sky. No great
spiIitpas reviva; has ever swept the
world without its attendant supernat.
ural phenomena. for mysticism is a
part of religion. and will be to the end
Of time. Reason, by the very nature
Of itself, realizes its own limitations.
and demands something beyond its un-
derstsnding upon which to hang its
faith 1t is the need of faith which
distinguishes the soul from the mind. "
"A sign" unused Gail, her eyes aglow
with the majesty Of the thought.
1T will come" he assured her, with
the calm prescience Of prophecy IT,
self. CAS- no great spiritual revival has
ever swept the world without its at
tendant supernatural phenomena. so no
great spiritual revival has ever swept
the world without its concreted symbol
which men might wear upon their
breasts. The cross! What shall be its
successor? A ball of fire in the sky
Who knows! If that symbol of man s
spiritual regeneration. of his renewed
nearness to God, were, in reality. a
ball of fire, Gail. l would hold it up in
the sight of all mankind though IL
shriveled my arm,"
The thin treble note stole out Of the
organ loft, pulsing its timid way among
the high, dim arches. as If seeking a
lodgment where it might faster its
tiny thread of harmony. and grow into
song of new glory, the glory which
had been born that day in The two
earnest hearts beneath In tbs avenue
of slender columns. The soft light
from one of the cleresto.y windows
flooded in on the compassionate son Of
man above the altar. The very air
seemed to yibrafe With the new in
SEPARATION which Lad been voiced in the
old Market Square church. Gail gazed
up at Smith Boyd, with the first CON
tent her heart had ever known; con,
tent in which there was both earnest.
ness and serenity, to replace all her
cropping. He met her gaze with eyes
In which there glowed the endless love
which it is beyond the power Of speech
to tell. There was moment of ecstasy,
of complete understanding. of the per.
feet unity which should last through
out their lives. In that harmony, they
walked from the canopy of dim arches,
out through the vestry, and beneath
the door above which perched the two
gray doves cooling. For an instant Gail
looked back into the solemn depths.
and a usefulness came into her eyes.
1.-THE ball of fire" she unused. When
shall we see it IN inc SKYE"
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