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JL, ROBERT HARDY’S
SEVEN DATS,
A DREAM AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
io;;.<i:,p. s:ie uiapkcn tin- i n filer tor
it, and yvluu the hour came for Rob
in go down to the meeting she
blessed him -mid prayed heaven to
BY REV. CHARLES M. SHELDON,
Author of “In His Steps." “The Crucifixion of Philip Strong“Malom JHrk,” Etc.
[Copyright, 1900, by Advance Publishing Co.]
Wed.
Tburs.
3
4
Sun.
An, niotner love: it is toe most won-1 and done what be could.
There was
tierful thing on earth; next to the love j nothing in particular that Mr. Hardy
of God for tiie sinner. It Is even that, j could do in the case, so he went out
for it is tiie love of God expressing it- about 1 o’clock and entered his office
self through the mother, who is the at the shop, hoping as he went in that
temple of Hie loving God. | he would..have no trouble with the
George dashed a way a tear and then, | men
going up to his mother. Iaid-liis cheek j Mr. Burns reported everything quiet,
against hers, and she folded her arms and the manager, with a sigh of relief,
about him and cried a little and asked proceeded with tiie routine duties of
no questions, and after a moment’s si- ] the business. Nothing of any special
leuce lie stammered out a few words interest occurred through the after-
of sorrow at having caused her pain, ! noon. The storm had ceased entirely,
and she joyfully accepted his broken \ and the sun bad come out clear and
explanation’ of liow lie had not known i warm. People were clearing off the
of tiie accident to Clara and the others, walks, and the ringing of sleigh bells
It was true lie had goue out the even- j was distinct in the office, even over the
in*, before, fully intending, to go down incessant hum of the big engine.
to the scone of the accident; 'hut, com
ing across some cf his old companions,
lie had gone of with them and spent
tile night in a disgraceful carouse and
throughout tiie day had been under the
influence of liquor more or, less, dimly
conscious that a great disaster hail
happened 'down the' road, but not
sober enougli to realize its details or
its possible connect ion with those.of
his own home. '.
The sudden meeting with his father
had startled him out of tiie drowsy in
toxication he had fallen into as the
day progressed. Now, as lie felt his
mother’s arms around him and realized
a little what tiie family had been call
ed upon to endure, he felt the shame
and disgrace of bis own conduct.
Mr. Hardy went up stairs and con
sulted with the doctor, who wondered
at his protracted absence. There was
no change in Clara yet. She lay in a
condition which could not be called a
trance nor a sleep. She did not seem
to be in any great pain, but she was
unconscious of all outside conditions.
After a little talk witli his mother
George came up and inquired after
Bess and Will. They were both sleep
ing, and after the doctor had gone out
the father and mother and son sat
down together in the roomlwhere Clara
lay.
Mr. Hardy did not say a word to
George about the incident of the even
ing. The shame of it was too great
yet. When men of Mr. Hardy’s self
contained, repressed, proud nature are
pained, it is with an intense inward
fire of passion that cannot bear to
break out into words.
George had sense enough to offer to
relieve his parents of the burden of
watching during the night, and during
the exchange of watchers along toward
morning, as Mrs. Hardy slipped into
the room to relieve the boy, she found
him kneeling down at a couch with
his face buried in the cushions. She
raised her face in thanksgiving to God
and went softly out.
The morning dawned gray with snow
which still whirled in wreaths-about
the sorrowing homes of Barton, but
Robert Hardy thought of tiie merciful
covering it would make for the ghast
ly piles of ruin down'under the bridge
and along tbe banks of the fiver.
He said to himself; “This is my
foui-th day. IIow can I best spend it?
Wlmt, shall I do?’’ He kneeled and
prayed and'rose somewhat refreshed.
The forenoon went rapidly by, and
before he knew it noon was near.. The
time had passed in watching Clara,
visiting with Bess and Will and doing
some necessary work for tiie company
in his little office down stairs. He did
not feel like saying anything to George
yet.
.Tames Caxton had been in. and the
first.thing be had mentioned had been
bis own net in tbe meeting the -night
oerore. iur. naray tnanuea uoa tor
it, and a prayer went out of his heart
for his own sou, that the Spirit might
touch him in his sin and bring him in
to the light of Christ
A little after noon the storm cleared'
np, and Robert prepared to go down to
the shops. Clara had not yet come ont
of her sthnor. Tiie doctor had called
Toward 3 o’clock one of Mr. Hardy’s
old friends, an officer of the road, came
in and said there was a general move
ment on foot through Barton to hold a
with a -message to the people which thy
heart must deliver, it is a duty even
uiore sacred in some ways than what
1 owe to my own kindred. I am aware
that tiie hearts of tiie people are shock
ed info mmibuess by the recent horror.
I know tiiat more than one bleeding
heart is in this house, and the shadow
of the last enemy has fallen over piany
thresholds in our town. What! Did
I not enter into the valley of the shad
ow of death myself, as I stumbled over
the ghastly ruins of that wreck, my
soul torn in twain for the love of three
of my own dear children? Do I not
sympathize in full with all those who
bitterly weep and lament and sit in
blackness of horror this night? Yea,
hut. m. ii of Barken, why is it that we
are so moved, so stirred, so shocked, by
the event of death when the far more
awful event 'of life does not disturb us
in the least?
-We shudder with terror, we lose
our accustomed pride or indifference,
we speak in whispers, and we tread
softly in the presence of the visitor
who smites but .once and then smites
flic'body-only, lmt in the awful pres
ence of the living image of God we go
our ways careless, indifferent, cold,
passionless, selfish.
“I know whereof 1 speak, for I have
walked through the world like that my
self. And yet death cannot be com
pared for one moment with life for
majesty, for solemnity, for meaning,
for power. There were 75-persons kill-
make his wm-ds_to tiie people like the j ..ffiju j he accident. But in the. papers
words of God. I this morning I read in the column next
Father, what do you want me to t0 ,b a t j n which the accident was
do? Shall i stay here?” asked George, 1 p 1P .-igt.d in small type and in the brief-
who had not stirred out of tiie house est <( f paragraphs the statement that
all day. lie had watched by -Clara a certain young man in this very town
faithfully. She was still in that iriys- [ D f om - s lmd been arrested for forging
terious condition of unconsciousness | lis f a tIiei-’s name on a clieek and was
which made her ease so puzzling to the • i n [; u > unisp of the law.
doctor. I “Ami every day in this town and In
Mr. Hardy hesitated a moment, then every town all over the world evenis
said: “No, George. I would like to Rice that and worse than .that are of
have- you go with tne. Alice can do all frequent occurrence. Nay. in this very
that is necessary. But let us all pray
together now before we go out. The
Lord is leading us mysteriously, but
we shall some time know the reason
why-”
So in the room where Clara lay they
ail kneeled down except Will, who ltf$
upon a tounge near his unconscious
sister. Sir. llardy as he clasped his character, the death of purity, the dc-
wife’s hand in his" own poured out his stroetion of honesty? Yet they have
town of oitrs more than 75 souls are at
this very moment going down into a
far blacker hell of destruction than the
one down there under that fated
bridge, ami the community is not hor
rified over it. IIow many mass meet
ings have been held in tills town witli
countenance the sentence of our con
demnation just as certainly as if we
had gone out in a body and by wicked
craft had torn out the supporting tim
bers of that bridge just before the
train thundered upon It. for djd we
not sanction by law a business which
we know tempts men to break all the
laws, which fills our jails and poor-
houses. our reformatories and asylums,
which.break women’s hearts and beg
gars blessed homes and sends innocent
children to thread tbe paths of shame
and vagrancy, which brings pallor into
the face of the wife and tosses with
the - devil’s own glee a thousand vic
tims into perdition with every revolu
tion of this great planet about its
greater sun?
“Men of Barton, say what we will,
we 'are the authors of this dreadful dis
aster. And if we sorrow as a com
munity we sorrow in reality for our
own selfish act- And. oh, the selfish
ness of it! That clamoring greed for
money! That burning thirst for more
and more and more at the expense of
every godlike quality, at the ruin of all
that our mothers once prayed might
belong to us as men and women!
Wliat is it. ye merchants, ye busi
ness men. here tonight that ye struggle
most over? The one great aim of your
lives is to buy for as little as possible
and sell for as mneb as possible. Wbat
care have ye for the poor, who work at
worse lhan starvation wages, so long
as ye can buy cheap and sell at large
profits? Wbat is tbe highest aim of
tis railroad men in the great whirl of
commercial competition which seethes
and boils and surges about this earth
like another atmosphere, plainly visi
ble to the derils of other worlds?
“Wjtat Is our aim but to make money
our god and power bur throne? How
much care or love is there for flesh and
blood at times when there is danger of
losing almighty dollars? But. O Al
mighty Saviour, it was not for this
that we were made! We know it was
not. . . - • -
“To whom am I speaking? To my
self. God forbid that I should, stand
here to condemn you. being myselFthe
chief of sinners for these 25 years.
What have I done to bless this com
munity? How much have I cared for
soul in this petition:
Dear Lord, we know thou dost love
even though we cannot always
know why thou dost allow suffering
and trouble, and we would thank thee
for the things that cannot be destroy
ed, for the loves that cannot suffer
death, for tiie wonderful promises of
the life to come. Only we have been
so careless of the-tliings that belong to-
thy kingdom- We have been so selfish
and forgetful of the great needs and
sufferings and sins of earth. Pardon
us, gracious Redeemer. Pardon me,
for I ant the chief offender. Yea, Lord,
outnumbered tiie victims of this late
physical disaster a thousandfold.
“And what does mere death do? It
releases tiie spirit from its house Of
earth, but aside from that death does
nothing to.the person. But’ what does
life do? Life does everything. It pre
pares for heaven,or for hell. It starts
impulses, molds character, fixes char
acter. Pealh has no kingdom without
enfi. Death is only the lrikt enemy of
the many enemies that life knows.
Death is a second; life is an eternity.
O men. brothers, if, as 1 solemnly and
in tiie last 25 years over the losses of "the men In my employ? What differ-
’ -j-rt pn p e K ma ije tome that my exam
ple drove men away from the church
of Christ and caused anguish to those
few souls who were trying to redeem
humanity? To my just shame I make
answer that no one thing has driven
the engine of my existence over the
track of its destiny except self. And,
oh. for that church of Christ that I
professed to believe in! How much
have I done for that? How much, O
fellow members (and I see many of
you here tonight), how much have we
done In the best cause ever known and
the greatest organization ever found
ed?
“Wc go to church after reading the
even as the robber on the cross was
welcomed into paradise, welcome thou
me. But we pray for our dear ones.
May tiiey recover. Make this beloved
one who now lies unknowing among
us to come back into tbe universe of
sense arid sound, to know us and smile
upon us again.
“We say. ’Thy will be done.’ Grand
wisdom, for thou knowest best Only
our hearts will cry out for help, and
thou knowest our hearts better than
any one else. Bless me this night as I
stand before the people. This is no
selfish -prayer, dear Lord. I desire only
tliy glory; I pray only for thy kingdom.
But thou hast appointed my days,.to
live. Thou hast sent me the message,
and I caunot heip feeling the solemn
burden and joy of it
“I- will say to tbe people that thou
art most important of all in this habi
tation of the flesh. And now bless us
all. Give us new hearts. Make os to
feel the true meaning of existence
here. Reveal to us thy splendor. For
give all the past and make impossible-
in tin* children tbe mistakes-of the par
ent. Deliver ns fi-'om evil, and thine
shall be tbe kingdom forever. Amen.”
When Mr. Hardy and George reacli-
«3 tiie town hall, they found a large
crowd gathering. They had some diffi
culty iiTgaining entrance. Mr. Hardy
at once passed up to the platform,
Where the chairman of tbe^ meeting
greeted him and said he would expect
him to make some remarks during the
evening.
Robert sat down at one end of the
platform and.watched the hall till with
people, nearly all well known to him.
There was an unusually large crowd
of boys and young men, besides a large
gathering of bis own men from the
Shops. togethoi-With a great number of
citizens and business men, a repre-
truiv believe, this is the last opportu-, .. - IBP,, -
uitv I shall have to speak to you in Sunday morning paper saturated
suth lar-e numbers, 1 desire you to through and through with the same
remember, when I have vanished from things we have had poured into ns ev-
your sight, that I spent nearly my last cry day of the week, as if we begrudg-
breati) in an appeal lo you to make 1 ~* nf spvpn
Mrs. Hardy found him kneeling down at
a couch.
monster mass meeting in tiie town ball
for the benefit of the sufferers, both in
tiie railroad accident and in tiie explo
sion of the Sunday before in the shops.
It was true the company would settle
for damages, but in many cases
through Barton the adjustment of
claims would not be made until much
suffering and hardship had been en
dured.
There was a common feeling on the
part of tiie townspeople that a meet
ing for*publie conference would result
in much good, and there was also, as! tentative audience for the Iliac
has been tiie case in other large bor- j brought together under the influence
rors, a craving to relieve the strain of, of (he ji saste r anil feeling somewhat
feeling by public gathering and con-! tbe breaking down of artificial social
suitation. distinctions in tbe presence of. the grim
leveler Death, who liad.eome so near to
them tiie last few days.
There were tbe usual opening exer
cises common to such public gather
ings. Several well known business
men and two or three of the ministers,
including Mr." Jones, made appropriate
addresses. The attention of the great
audience was not labored for. tiie oc
casion itself being'enough to throw
over the people the spell of subdued
quiet.
When the chairman announced that
“Mr. Robert Hardy, our well .known
railroad manager, will now - address
as,” there was a movement of curiosi
ty and some surprise, and many a man
leaned forward and wondered in liis
heart what the wealthy railroad man
would have to say on:such an occasion.
He had never- appeared as a speaker
in public, and lie passed generally In
Barton for tiie cold! ’ selfish, haughty
man he had always been.
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Can you come out to the meeting.
Hardy?” asked his friend.
Mr. Hardy thought a minute and re
plied, “Yes; I think 1 can." Already
an idea had taken shape in liis miad
which lie could not help feeling was
inspired.by God.
o "Might be a good thing if you could
come prepared to make some remarks.
I find there is a disposition on the part
of the public to charge the road with
carelessness and mismanagement.”
•■I'll say a word or two.” replied Mr.
Hardy, and after a brief talk on busi
ness matters liis friend went out.
Robert immediately sat down to his
desk, and for an hour, interrupted on
ly by an occasional item of business
brought to hint by liis secretary, lie jot
ted down copious notes. The thought
which had dime to him when liis
friend suggested tiie meeting was this:
lie would go and- utter a message that
burned within him, a message which
the events of the past few days made
imperative should be uttered. He went
borne absorbed in the great idea. He
bad once in his younger days been fa
mous for his skill in debate. He had
no fear of his power to deliver a mes
sage of life at the present crisis in his
own. He'at once spoke of the meet
ing to his wife. y
“Mary, what do you say? I know ev
ery infinite is precious. I owe to you
and these dear ones at home a very
sacred duty, but" no less, it seems to
me is mv duty to the society where 1
have lived all these years, doing literal
ly nothing'for its uplift toward God,
who gave us all life and power. I feel
as if he would put a message into my
mouth that would prove a blessing to
this community. It seems to me; this
special opportunity is providentiaL
“Robert,” replied liis wife, smiling at
him through happy tears, “it is the w ill
of God. Do your duty as he makes if
clear tu you.”
It liad bcen.au agitating week to the
wife. She anticipated its.close With a
feeling akin to terror. Wliat would
the end lie? She was compelled to say
to herself that her' husband was not
insane, but the thought that lie was
really to be called out of tiie world in
; some mysterious manner at the end of
lie “rapidly approaching Sunday had
several-, times come over .her with a
power tliiit threatened lier-own ‘reason.
Nevertheless tiie week so far, in
spite of its kn-or and agitation, had a
sweet Her lmsbaud had
cornel the lover as iie once
had be__^B/jith the added tender
ness o£ x^®>cars of thelreompan-
the "most of daily life, to. glorify God
and save men.
“The greatest enemy of man is not
death: it is selfishness. He sits on the
throne of the entire world. • This very
disaster which has filled the town with
sorrow was due to selfishness. Let us
see if that is not so. It has been prov
ed by investigation already made that
the drunkenness of a track inspector
was the cause of the accident. W hat
was the cause of that drunkenness?
The drinking habits of that inspector.
How did lie acquire ,them? In a sa
loon which w.e taxpayers allow to run
on payment of a certain sum of money
into our own treasury,
So, then, it was the greed; or selfish
ness of the men of this town which
lies at the bottom of this-dreadful dis-
aster. Wbo was lo blame for the dis
aster? The -traCk inspector? No. The
saloon keeper who sold him the liquor?
No. Who then? We ourselves, my
brothers: we who licensed the selling
of the stuff which turned a mail’s brain
into liquid tire and smote his judg
ment and reason with a brand from
out tbe burning pit.
If I liad stumbled upon tbe three
corpses of my own children night be
fore lust, I could have exclaimed in
justice before the face of God, T have
murdered my own children,’ for I was
one of the men of Barton fo vole for
the license which made possible the
drunkenness of the man In whose care
were placed hundreds of lives.
For what is the history of this case?
Who was this wretched track in
spector? A man who. to my own
knowledge, trembled before tempta
tion: wbo, on the testimony of the fore
man at tlie-sbops. was and always had
been a sober man-up to tbe time when
a municipality voted to replace
tbe system of no license with tbe sa
loon for the sake of what we thought
was a necessary revenue. This man
liad no great temptation to drink while
tiie saloon was out of the way. Its
very absence was his salvation. But
its public open return confronted his
appetite once more, and he yielded and
fell.
Who says be was to blame? Who
are the real criminals in the case? We
ourselves, citizens; we who. for the
greed of gain, for the saving of that
which has destroyed more souls in hell
than any other one thing, made possi
ble the" causes which led to the grief
and-trouble of this hour. Mould we
not sliriuk iu terror from, the thought
of lying in wait to kill a man-?- Would
we .not repel with holy horror the idea
of murdering' and maiming 75 people?
We would say •Impossible!’ Yet when
I am ushered at last into the majestic
presence of Almighty God 1 feel con
vinced 1 slialL see in. ills .righteous
ed the whole of one day ont of seven.
We criticise prayer and hymn-and ser
mon, drop into the contribution box
half the amount we paid during the
week for a theater or concert ticket
and then when anything goes wrong in
the community or our children fall into
vice scorn the church for weakness aud
the preacher for lack of ability.
“Shame on us. men of Barton, mem
bers of tbe church of Christ, that we
have so neglected our own church
prayer meeting that out of a resident
membership of more than 400. living in
easy distance of the church, only GO
have attended regularly and over 200
have been to that service occasionally.
Yet we call ourselves disciples of
Christ! We say we believe in bis bless
ed- teachings; we say we believe in
prayer, and in the face of all these
professions we turn our backs with In
difference on tbe very means of. spir
itual growth and power which-the
church places within our reach.
If Christ were to come to the earth
today, lie Would say unto us. 'Woe un
to you. church members, hypocrites!’
He would say unto us. ‘Woe unto yon,
young disciples in name, who have
promised to love and serve me and
then, ashamed of testifying before me,
have broken promise aud prayer and
ridicule those who have kept their
vows saeredljr!’ He would say to us
men wbo have made money and kept it
to ourselves: ‘Woe unto you. ye rich
men. who dress softly aud dine lux
uriously and live in palaces, while the
CHATTER X.
Mr. Hardy began in a low. clear tone
“Men and Women of Barton—To
night I am not the man you have
known me these 25 years I have been
among you. I am, by the grace of God,
a new creature. As I stand here
have no greater desire in my heart
than to say what may prove to ho a
blessing to all my old townspeqple and
to my employees and to-these strong
young men and boys. Within a few
short days God has shown me the self
ishness of a human being’s heart, and
that heart was my own, and it is with
feelings none of you can ever know
that I look into your faees and say
these words.”
Robert paused a moment as if gath
ering himself up for the effort that fol
lowed, and the audience, startled-With
an unexpected emotion by tiie strange
beginning, thrilled with excitement, as,
lifting his arm. and raising liis voice,
the once cold and proud man contin
ued, his face and form glowing with
the transfiguration of a new manhood:
“There is but one supreme law in
this world, and it is this: Love God and
your neighbor with heaTt, mind, soul,
strength. And there are but two things
worth living for: The glory of God and
the salvation of man. Tonight i, who
look into ‘eternity iu a sense which 1
will not stop (o explain, feel tiie bit
terness which comes from the knowl
edge that i have broken tiiat law and
have not lived for those tilings which
alone are worth living for.
“But God has sent me here tuuiqht
need not lose flesh in summer j
$ nt
$ if you use the proper means *
» to prevent it You think L
| you can’t take SCOTT'S
| EMULSION in hot weather, |
| but you can take it and ci
| gest it as well in summer a:
in winter, it is not like t!.e >
je plain cod-liver oil, which is -
J difficult to take at any time, f
$ If you are losing flesh, i
| you are losing ground and ^
| you need
I Scott’s Emuisit i
| and must have it to keep up
9 your flesh and strength, h
| you have been taking it an i
& prospering on it, don’t fail to
| continue until ycu a e ii.o.-
» oughly strong and well.
% r°'"- :i5t-
. SCOTT &.BOVVSE, town.
Srfc'ife*,
will say tiiat ! have placed in the hank |
the sum of $10,000 to be used as the |
committee may deem wisest and best
in tbe education of children in be
reared homes or in any way tiiat shall
for tiie best good of those In need.
This* money is God’s. I have robbed
him aud my brother man all these
years. Whatever restitution 1 can
make in the next few days I desire to
make.
But the great question with us all,
my friends, is not this*particular disas
ter. That will in time take its place as
one event out of thousands in the daily
life of this world. The great event of
existence is not deatUf't is life. And
the great question of the world is not
the tariff nor the silver question nor
tiie labor question nor temperance nor
this nor that nor the other. The great
question of the whole world is selfish
ness in the heart of man. The great
command is. ’Seek ye first^he kingdom
of God.’ If we had done that in this
town. I believe sueli a physical disaster
as the one we lament would never have
happened. That is our great need.
“If we go home from this meeting
resolved to rebuke our selfishness in
whatever form it is displeasing, to God.
and if we begin tomorrow to act ont
that resolution in word and deed, we
shall revolutionize this town in its-
business, its politics, its church, its
schools, its homes. If we simply allow
our emotions to be stirred, our sympa
thies to be excited to tbe giving of a
little mone.v-on this occasion, it will do
us and the community little permanent
good. God wants a complete trans
formation in the people of this nation.
Nothing less than a complete regenera
tion can save us from destruction. Un-
consecratcd, selfish money and selfish
education, selfish political power and
selfish genius in art. letters and diplo
macy will sink us as a people into a
gulf of annihilation. There is no salva
tion for tis except in Jesus Christ. Let
us believe in him and live in him.
“1 have said my message, i trust
you have understood it. I would not
say otherwise if I knew that I should
step off this platform now and stand
before the judgment seat of Christ.
God help us all to do our duty! Time
Is short: eternity is long. Death is
nothing; life is everything.” ;; TT
Five years after tiiis speech of Rob
ert Hardy to the people of Barton iu
the town hall one who was present in
the audience described tb'e sensation
that passed through it when tiie speak
er sat down to be like a distinct elec
tric shock'which passed from seat to
seat and' held the people fixed and
breathless as if they had been smitten
into images of stone.
Tbe effect on tbe chairman of the
meeting was the same. He sat motion
less. Then a wave of emotion gradual
ly stirred the audience, and without a
word of dismissal they poured out of
the building and scattered to their
homes.
Robert found George waiting for
him. The father' was almost faint
witli tiie reaction from liis address.
George gave ills arm. and the two
walked home iu silence. __
We must pass over hastily the events
of the next day in Robert Hardy’s life.
The whole town was talking about liis
surprising address of the night before.
Some thought he was crazy. Others
regarded him as-sincere, but after tiie
first effect of his speech hadrtvorn off
they criticised him .severely for pre
suming to “-preach'-* on such an occa
sion. Still Otilei-s were puzzled to ac
count for tiie .change in th'e man, .for
that, a change liad taken place "could
not be denied. How slow men are to
acknowledge tbe. power of God iu the
human heart! Mr. Hardy -went about
his business very little moved by all
this discussion. He realized that only
two more days remained.
He spent the.afternoon and evening
at home, but was interrupted by sev
eral calls. After tea tiie entire family
gathered in the room where Clara lay.
She still remained unconscious, but liv
ing. As Mrs. Hardy was saying some-
thing to her husband about bis dreant
and the events of tbe day before Clara
suddenly opened her eyes and distinct
ly called out the words:
“Father, what day Is it?”
It was like a voice, out of the long
dead past Mr. Hardy, sitting by the
side of tl[e bed, replied quietly, while
his heart beat quickly;
“This is Friday night, dear child.”
Another question came, uttered in
the same strange voice:
‘Father! bow many more days are
left for you?”
"Tomorrow and Sunday.”
The voice came again:
"I shall go with you then.”
The eyes closed, and tiie form be
came motionless, as before.
It was very quiet in the room at the
close of Robert Hardy's fifth day.
' [TO BE CONTINUED.]
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poor cry aloud for judgment and the
laborer sweats, for the luxury of the
idle! Woe unto yori who speculate iu
flesh and blood and call ifo man broth
er unless he lives in as fine a house and
has as much money in the..bank!
Therefore ye shall receive the greater
condemnation!’ _
“O self, god of the earth yet! With
2,000 years of the Son of God written
into its history, still goes tip the cry of
those who perish with hunger; who
break into tbe sanctuary of their souls
because they cannot get work to do
and are weary of the struggle of exist
ence. Self, thou art king, not .Jesus
Christ. But. oh, for-the shame of it,
the shame of it! Were it not for the
belief in tiie mighty forgiveness of sins
I would stand here, tonight with no
hope of ever seeing the paradise of
God. But. resting iu that hope. I wish
to sav to you who have beheld tliej;x-
ample of my selfish life I repudiate >t
all. In .tiie world 1 have, passed as a
moral citizen and a good business man;
in society there has been no objection
to my presence on account of my
wealth and position: in the ebureii I
have been tolerated" because I gave it
financial support, but iu tbe sight of
that perfect arid crucified Lamb of God
I have broken tiie two greatest laws
wbic-li lie ever announced. I have
been a sinner of the deepest dye: I
have been everything except a disciple
of Jesns Christ. I have prayed for
mercy. I believe ray prayer has been
answered.
“1 am conscious that some here pres
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has been in poor taste: that it lias been
an affront to tiie object of the meeting
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• Now at last she gave her consent, for
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More marriages are affairs of tiie
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A Hustler.
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