The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-11-05

ilrSt, the nNmn that brought
solace to Nurse Cavell in her last mo-
ments on earth, abide With Me;
Fast Falls the Eventide," soft as an
angels whisper, then the solemn
psalm, "Out of the Deep l Have Call
Unto Thee. Lord" then the Lords
prayer. Thy Will Be Done on
Earth" and then the tremendous
words, thrilling up to the roof and
going through and through us: Il
am the resurrection and the life"
Sometimes it seems as if voice
from that despised and dishonored
grave in the prison yard at Brussels
were speaking to us here in st. Paurs
Sometimes as if a cry from the in
most part of man against suffering
injustice and wrong were going up to
the Great Being who is so far away
and can only be reached by a cry
and sometimes as if through the
waves of sound that roll over our
heads, we were hearing the very voice
and promise of God Himself: BE
comforted, My children, your Father
is in Heaven; all will be well with
His World"
CARRIED TO SCENES PHYSICAL
LY REMOTE.
1t is part OF the mystery OF music
especially of sacred music-that
under its magical spell we forget our
surroundings and are carried away to
scenes physically remote, but spiritu-
ally near.
Something Of that kind must have
occurred to many of us.
l. occurred to me as / listened to
the service in memory of Nurse
Cavell that pictures of her life SEEM
ed to pass before me in swift review.
pulsing and throbbing out Of the
darkness of my closed eyes.
What a tragedy they represented!
yet, what glorious triumph, too.
First, her visit of Ia months ago to
the little home of her mother near
Norwich. There she hears of the
outbreak Of the war and Of the en-
erance of the German army into
BRUSSELS. She must go back to her
hospital; suffering is certain and
nursing will be necessary, so mother
must be left behind, although the fire
on the hearth of her old age is burn
ing low.
Then, back in the hospital at Brus-
sells. The battle Of the Marine has
oeen lost and won by this time and
brought in from the firing line Some
Oh them belong to the enemy coun-
try, but her big heart makes no reck-
oning with that. She nurses all who
come to her, never asking which is
German and which British. for. in the
empire OF suffering, nationality is un-
known
Months passed. Fugitives of her
the tyranny of an alien government
that controls the city
| HELPS THEM FLY ACROSS THE,
| FRONTIER.
To save them from captiyity-
perhaps, death-she first shelters
them and then helps them to a..
across the frontier. "'
some of them reach England o,d
write letters from here to thanl, Ln,.
.heIr letters lead to her dctncti,,,,
~" is arrested for conspirocy and
thrown into Jail. anu
IM" other months pass while Eurs,
'aV'II has been lying i'm prison IN,
Ihititary governor OF Brussels M,
Euilt-burdcnod man. dressed in y, liz
tie brlei authority and drunk with IN,
passion or blood and hate. has boe,
trying to prove that she is n spv III,
mas sent spies of his own across f.
Norwich TO interrogate her friends Il
trace her movements, and, if possihle
TO intercept her correspondence.
His efforts to establish the prav,
charge against his prisoner have beer
irultless, and at last he has brough
her to trial in the senate house O.
Brussels.
me military president sits on ;
dais with his military colleagues t,
support him.
me military prosecutor is in tn,
well below, with the civil defender O
the prisoner by his side. Never sine,
Joan d'Arc stood up to be question e<
against herself by the corrupt bishol
or Beauvais has the light OF HEAVIER
looked down on travesty OF the Law
more merciless and brutal
me nurse, in nurses costume, il
In the dock. She is charged with har
boring enemies of Germany and helm
ing them to escape from the country
She makes no defense; offers no ex
| cuSe. She admits everything and 1,
condemned to death on the night O.
the same day.
We are in the bureau of the Ger
| nan governOrgeneral The issue o.
life or death is in his hands, and tn,
splendidly brave and fearless younl
secretary of the American legation
accompanied by the chivalrous min
lister of Spain, has come to ask for 9
reprive. The prisoner is nurse
she has nursed wounded German sol
diers.
What she did was done out OF a
womanly impulse of humanity and Il
has borne no fatal conseqenc ces; even