The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-03-09

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crave. but there was the light OF the
great happiness in his gravity.
81 have resigned" he told her.
That was a part OF what she had
known.
"And not for mel" she exulted. II
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
10 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 ~ him for guidance, now.
"io shed into other lives some OF
the beauty which blossoms In our
own" he replied, walking with her In
/ to TIA great dim nave. where the
shadows still quivered with the under
echoes OF the mighty Bach prelude. u
have been thinking much OF the many
things you have said TO me-" he told
her. "and 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 II 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 God!
The brambes have grown again. The
time is almost ripe, Gail. for a new
quicxening OF the spirit; for the sec
ond coming"
She glanced at him, startled.
"Eor q new voice in the wilderness.
she wondered.
Not yet" he answered. 1--WE 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
must have q sign in the sky. No great
spiritual revival 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'
derstanding upon which to hang its
faith. Il Is the need of faith which
distinguishes the soul from the mind. y
"A sign" mused Gail, her eyes aglow
with the majesty OF the thought.
1T will come" he assured her, with
the calm prescience of prophecy It
self. LAS 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 crossl What shall be its
successor? A ball of fire in the sky
Who knows! If that symbol Of man q
spiritual rejuvenation, OF his renewed
nearness to God. were. in reality. a
bail of fire. Gail, would hold 1t up In
the sight of all mankind though II
shriyeled 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 II might fasten lbs
tiny thread of harmony, and grow iutc
song of new glory, the glory which
had been born that day in the two
earnest hearts beneath in the avenue
of slender columns. The soft llght
from one Of the clerestory window;
flooded in on the compassionate son o.
man above the altar The very all
seemed to vibrate With the new 10
spiration which had been voiced In th'
old Market Square church. Gail gazeC
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 hel
cropping. He met her gaze with eye'
in which there glowed the endless lov'
which It is beyond the power OF speed
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, the!
walked from the canopy of dim arches
out through the vestry, and beneatl
the door above which perched the tw,
gray doves cooling. For an instant Cal
looked back into the solemn depths
and a wistfulness came into her eyes
"The ball of fire she mused, "Whel
shall we see 1t In the sky?"
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