The evening world., 1920-07-27
No. LIBRARIAN and Sarah.

No. IA brGhdm and Sarah.
ABRAHAM, one Of the original psth-N
~ finders on this old gritball Of an
earth. knew just what he was
about when he fell in love with Sarah.
A wife is either everything in the
worldCto a man or nothing at all, q
handicap rather than helpmeet, \
great weight to drag him down In
stead of.wings to help him rise, and
in Sarah Abraham found the help
meet, the wings, the inspiration of nu
the success that came to him.
Sarah was beautiful-beauttful u
the fairest dream-but she was moro
than that. Sarah was OF prlncely
blood and bearing; but that was not
her GROWING glory Sarah possessed
the blandness and urbanity OF soul
which are ever so charming in wom-
ankind. but even that was not her
chief virtue.
AS another has said, she had the
sparkle which wins love. but not on
that rests her epltaph. She had the
physical lovellpess which commands
admiration, but not on that reposes.
her glory. The one quality by which,
she lives in our memory is the stead
fnstness Of her conjugal devotion.
From morn to eve, in storm and in
calm, in the flush of youth and In the
falling leaves of autumn, she is ever
by her husbands side. Pros berity doeg
not divorce them. adversely does not
divide them.
While a young man Abraham fels
that he had TO go out from his coun-
try and kindred to seek a ney coun-
try. TO build a new home. Where7
God alone knew. Old Oliver Cromwell
said one day, "a man is never so wise
as when he goes without knowing
where he Is going" II was so WITH
the Father of Israel The voice oc
God called him-somewhere-a he
started out, not knowing where his
path would end. ,
And would Sarah love him enough
20 go with him-fOllowing the for
tunes of a visionary young man who
had not a possession in the world aud
no prospect but his dreamsP
The answer was, Yes, / will make
the great surrender. I will give up
home, friends, country for the ons
! man that I love"
Love can go no further than this
But hold! 1t can, and In Sarah >
case 1t did go very much further.
In the land of the Pharaohs Abra-
ham feared that he would suffer from
Sarah's great beauty. Men would 50
| envy him his wife that they would
| kin him, and in a moment OF coward
! ly selfishness the Man OF UZ said 10
| her: TEL them you are my sister.
that you are free. and 30 save my
life"
Without n murmur Sarah accepted
the suggestion. II it came to tina
worst, II that thing which TO woman
! Is dearer even than breath should be
put in jeopardy, she could die by her
own hand.
But not even yet has the depth 0f
Sarah's devotion been sounded. Ao-
raham was now rich, but he had
no heirs. She understood the deep
| chagrin, the unutterable pain that
| this fact gave Abraham, and in order
| 10 brighten his life she effaced herr
| self in favor OF one OF her bonds
women. She was willing not only to
| die but TO cruelty her highest and
! hottest ideal, IL by so doing SHE could
add to the happiness Of the one man
| she loved.
| And that man, was he worthy OF
such supreme devotion? Let ths
answer be that the literature or the
aces does not contain anything more
beautiful or touching than the story
OF the sweet tenderness with which
| Abraham laid Sarah away for her
long sleep in the sepulcher at Aach-
pela.