Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-07
or not, he would do that much its he

lie na0 been tOtd tn1t ne W0VIo o
into things. That the church, was the
would be nurtured and taught, that
by ard by these doubts and fears
would rot trouble HIM. He did not
quite SCENT, how he was to be! nurx
tured on the distant battlefield Of
E'rance but. it was q mystical thing
anyway and he acceptedethe statef
mert and let<it go at that. One thing
that stuck in hts heart and troubled
him deeply was the way the fninister>
|ship with his fellow men. As aNIEen-
era1' thing, Cameron had no trouble
with his COMPETITIONS m life, butSthsre
were one or two, notably WainWrtghty
and a young captain friend OF his ut
camp-1asned Wurtz. toward whom
his N.enmity almost amounted TO
hatred.
He was not altogether sure that.
the ministers suggestion that he
might love the sinner and hate the
W W. w = hs sat E sssre g h.a sssnrd an e
a brief time before the communion,
service ana ne had had to'l et the mat
tt9g so. His soul was fll1ad with q
holy uplifting as he skepped, OUT from,
tho naetor's study and followed into
the great church.
It had startled, him just a little to
find so many people there. IN com
,templatihE this act Of allying himself
with God he had always thought OF
it as being between himself and God
with perhaps the minister and an
place Indicated for him mulch dis
turbed in spirit. II, had always been
an ANNOYANCE to him to be brought to
the notice of. his fellow @toynsmen,
,and>a maj sin uniform. il th(be days
was more than ever an objedr OF in-
l~terest. His tDohbled ,Saze-Was DOWN
ward .dprings the opening hymns and
praxers.. But when hsscame to- stand
and take his vows he lifted hts eyes.
seats Eroapedipa sort OF -transept. he
caught a glimpse OF Ruth Macdonald
standing beside her tall CaAtain-cou-
sin who was home for the day, and
there was a light in her eyes that
steadied him and brought back the
solennity. of the moment once more.
1t thrilled him to think she was
there. He had no realized before.
fact, he had Not thought Of it as being
any Church in partieular,>but as be-
Ing a part of the great church sin,.
visible to which all Gods Children beS
Ilonged.a II had NOT 6ceMrr6d' to him
until that morning, either. that his
mother might De hurt that he had not
ichosen her church. But when he,
spoke to her about it she, shook her
head ana smiled. She was only glad
Of what he was doing There We're no
to stop about creeds. She was sit
ting there meekly over BY the wall
now, her hands folded. quietly in her
lap, tears Of ,joyein her eyes: She,
too, had seem Ruth Macdonald, and
was clad, but she Wondered who the
tail ,captaip BY her Side might be.
It happeneA that Cameron was the
! only person uniting by confession at
that ,ime...f2r h quarant,ne had
had s~pokenrApf when 40 smany were
Joining, and he stood sqlone, tall ana
.fhandsomeS III his uniform, and an
sWered in a clear. deep voice: >"I do"
Il will!p as the vows were put upon
himSone by one. Every word he
E1neapk from his heart, q longing for
1.-THE God who alone could satisfy the
longtngs OF. his soul.
He thrilled with strange new en-
thusiasm Al the, congregation OF
church members were finally called
upon to rise and receive him into
their fellowship, and looking across
he saw Ruth Macdonald again and
his beloved Captain LaRue standing
together while everybody sang: N
Blest be the tie that binds =
Our heartSsin ChriStianslove; sgE-
The fellowship of Kindred minds
Is: like to. that above 1 \
But when tho, Bread and the wine
Had been partaken of, the solemn
prayer Of dedication spoken. %the
beautiful Service was over. and the
nch tones of the organ were swell
Ling forth. he suddenly felt strange
andsshy among all that crowd Of peo-
The elders and some Of the other men
and women shook hands with him,
and ne was trying to AiH away and
fpd his mother when "a kindly hand
vas laid upon his shoulder Ind there
stood the captain with Ruth beside
hum, and a warm hand shake of well
come Init, the church,
have taken this step. You will never
regret It. Cameron. 1t Is food that
We can be of the same company here
4 We haxe failed in other ways"
Then stunning to-Ruth he said:
Il didn't tell you, did I, Ruth, that
I've failed in tryingSto get Cameron
transferred to my zdivision7 I did
everything l could. hit they've, turned
Hke<stupiditY to me. sforSit was lust
thu placy for which he1wa. most ft-
ted, but guess it's because he was
too much Of a man TO STAY in a QUIET
sector and do such work. II he had
beens MANNED or ifalf blinded they
might, have c~onsideredT him. They
NEED him in his presents place, ana !
am the poorer for IT.