Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-11-24
The Inner Circle.

When Napoleon marcneo up tnrough
Germany into Russia and captured Mos
COW the victory turned into one of the
mos, terrible defeats that a general
and his army have ever suffered. He
had expected to spend the winter in the
civ and live on the inhabitants, but
they, willing to make a great sacrifice
and left him and his army to face the
Russian winter without protection or
supplies.
The only thing for the army to do
vas to try TO get back home II was
= long march in bitter winter weather,
and of the great horde that had gone
forth so proudly only few returned
TO France. The cold was so intense
and they were so far without protec-
ton that they died by the thousands.
When they could they built great
fires and gathered round them by hun
dreds. But they could not at all find
place in the inner circle, and many
would crowd in behind in an attempt
TO reach the warmth that meant life to
them. AS they lay down to sleep those
in the inner circle, who were somewhat
protected behind and who were near
enough to the fire to feel the heat, slept
soundly and awakened for another days
Journey. When morning came, many
of those in the outer circle lay still on
the ground, frozen to death.
What a terrible picture il leaves in the
mind, and what a wonderful lesson il
brings to us on our spiritual journey
amid dangers that surround the path
How bitter the trials and how heart
less, the temptations that beat upon the
soul like the night wind Of winter!
There is death outside, but the sinner
circle" finds comfort and warmth and
life in Jesus Christ. The nearer we
keep to Him the more nearly perfect
will be our safety The farther out
in the circle we remain the farther we
are from his life-giving love and his
tender care. Those who are close to
his loving heart live and rise and jour
ney on toward the heavenly home,
those who lie down so far away from
Him pass out into the night and are
lost forever. AS the bitter cold of the
Russian winter nights drove Napoleon's
soldiers nearer the fire, so NAV tn.
trials, the temp atoms and the danger
in the spiritual life drive us nearer 10
Him wto IS light and warmth and if j
A Page From the Wizards Book.
If you would know how the world
began, bark to the words of wizard
from the interior of China: "The first
snow that fell on earth was red, yell
low and white and finally turned into
twelve men! That was the very be-
ginning" Mr.. Samuel Pollard, who
saw the wizards book, gives the whole
account in Travel:
Three of the men started plough
ing the land; but herds of wild boars
came and rooted it up, and then young
men and maidens from another world
brought brooms and swept the soil
away, so that nothing should grow
One brother proposed that they kill
the sweepers; another proposed that
they cut them to pieces; but a third
said, "Let us not kill them, but in
vite them to hearty meal"
That pleased the sweepers, and they
told the kind-hearted brother that God
did not wish the land titled, for He
was going to send a great flood. The
sweepers advised him to make large
cupboard to sleep in.
Twelve days afterwards the flood
came, and the brother, with his float
ing cupboard, saved the lives of many
creatures, including a snake, bee and
crow.
Finally, he became lonesome and
wished TO marry one Of the divine
daughters, but he needed some one to
speak for him. The snake offered to
do it; but when he carried the reptile
to the house Of the girls father it bit
one OF the daughters. The father
agreed 10 give him the girl if he cured
her. Though he did so, the old man
refused to fulfill his promise, and the
brother went away, disappointed.
But he tried again, thi. time with
the bee as an Intermediary, and the
old man gave him the girl and all the
seeds the couple might need except
the seed Of hemp. But the girl over