Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-08
THIS AND THAT


| tells us, Mr.. Crawley got up to take
his leave.
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He walked seven miles through the
mud to the vicarage, ate breakfast
with the Rev. Mark Robarts and fam
| lily and then took his brother clergy
| man off to the 1atters study.
Mr. Robarts." he said. II have
called upon you on an unpleasant bust
ness. But, as a brother clergyman.
and as one who esteems you much
aud wishes you well. / have thought
myself bound to take this matter in
hand"
What matter is it, Crawley7"
"Mr. Robarts. men say that your
present mode of life is one that Is not
BETTING u soldier In Christ's army"
Men say so. What mem"
THE men around you, of your own
ncighborlfood; those who watch your
life, and know all your dolngs; those
who look to see you walking as a
lamp 10 guide their feet, but find you
consorting with horse Jockeys and
hunters, gallopng after hounds. and
taking your place among the Vainest
Of worldly pleasure seekers. Those
who have n right to expect an ex-
ample Of good living, and who think
And have such men deputed you
to come here?" The Rev. Mark
R0barts, in the language of 1927, was
getting bit riled.
mo one has, or could, depute me-"
replies CraWley, and the reader is
forced to confess that no one could,
not even Lady Luton, had the man
not wanted to of his own free will.
II have come to speak my own
mind, not that of any other. But I
refer to what those around you think
and say. because it is to them that
your duties are due. You owe it to
those around you to live a godly, clean
life-as you owe it also, in a much
higher way, to your Father who is
in Heaven.
Il now make bold to ask you
whether you are doing your best to
lead such a life as that" Robarts
replied that there were few who could
answer the question in the affirma-
tive.
but are there many, think you,
among us who would find the uues-
ton so unanswerable as Yourself? Are
YOU satisfied TO be castaway after
you have taken upon yourself Christ s
armor2 II you will say so, l am
mistaken in YOU, and will go my way
Speak to me, brother, and open your
heart if it be possible"
Rising from his chair, CrawIey
walked across the room and laid his
hand tenderly on Marks shoulder.
| This was too much for the young man.
lie allowed his head to sink upon his
arms, and he buried his face between
his hands.
1T is a terrible falling off," went
on the strange elder clergyman, ter
rible in the fall. but doubly terrible
through the difficulty of returning
You become a hunting parson, and
ride with a happy mind among bias
phemers and mocking devils-you,
whose aspirations were so high, who
have spoken SO often and so we'll of
the duties of a minister of Christ
you, who can argue in your pride as
TO the petty details of your church,
as though the broad teachings of its
great and simple lessons were not
enough for your energies. 1t cannot
be that / have q hypocrite beside me
in all these eager controversies"
Not Unprecedented hypo-
critic" said Mark, in a tone which
was almost reduced to sobbing
But n castaway Is it so that
must call you? No. Mr.. Robarts, not
a castaway; neither a hypocrite, nor
q. castaway, but one who in walking
has stumbled in the dark and bruised
his feet among the stones. Hence
forth let him take a lantern in his
hand. and walk cautiously among the
thorns and rocks-cautiously, but yet
boldly, with manly courage, but
Christian meekness, as all men should
walk on their pilgrimage through
this vale Of tears"
Let the Knockers mock. and the
scoffers scoff-the world needs such
men as this