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A DREAM AND ITS I'U.NSLIU ENCL'S
By Rev. CHARLES M. SHELDON
Autlurr of "In Hi Slept." "Tht CruciHrvm ut
I'hUifi Stroiiy." "Sloicom Kirk," t'tc.
(Copyright, 1UUU. bjr Advance) Publishing Co I
continued.
CHAPTER XI.
Those wuraJs of Clara, "I shall go
with you then," filled the family with
dismay. Mr. Hardy bowed his head
ami groaned. Sirs. Hardy, almost be
side herself with grief ami terror, flew
to the side of the girl and. with be
seeching cries ami caresses, tried to
bring back to consciousness the mind
that for a monieut or two bad gleamed
with reason and then hail goue back
Into the obscurity and oblivion of that
mysterious condition In which It had
been lying for three days, but all Id
valu. The eyes were closed; the form
was rigid. The others, George and
Will ami Hess, grew pale, and Hess
cried, almost for the first time since
the strange week began. Robert was
the first to break the grief with a quiet
word. He raised his bead, saying:
"1 do not believe Clara Is goiug to
die w hen I do."
"Why, father, what makes you think
that?" cried Alice.
"1 don't know. I can't give any es
art reason. I only know that 1 don't
believe it win happen,"
"t.iril grant that she may be spared
to us!" said Mrs. Hardy. "Oh. Kob
ert, It Is more than I can bear! Only
today and tomorrow left! It can't be
real. I have battled against your
dream all the week. It was a d renin
only. 1 will not believe It to be any
thing else. Yon are uot 111. There is
no Indication that you are going to die.
1 will not, I cannot, believe it! God
is too good. And we need yon now.
Robert, Let us pray God for mercy."
Robert shook his head sadly, but
firmly.
"No, Mary; I cannot resist an Im
pression so strong that I cannot call It
anything but a conviction of reality;
that somehow, In some way, I shall be
called away from you Sunday night I
have struggled against It. but It grows
upon me even more firmly. God Is
merciful. I do not question his good
ness. How much did I deserve even
this week of preparation after the life
I have lived? And the time will not
be long before we shall all meet there.
God grant that It may be an unbroken
company!"
Mr. Hardy spoke as any one In his
condition could. The children drew
about blm lovingly. Uesa climbed Into
his lap. She laid her face against ber
fatber'a face, and the strong man Bob
bed as be thought of all tbe years of
neglected affection In that family cir
cle. Tbe rest of tbe evening was spent
In talking over tbe probable future.
George, who seemed tborougbly hum
bled now, listened respectfully and
even tearfully to his father's counsel
concerning tbe direction of business
and family matters.
The boy was (Coins throush n strug
gle with himself which was apparent
to nil In the house. Ever since hie
mother had seen hlin kneeling down In
the night watch he had sbowu a differ
ent spirit. It remained to be seen
whether he had really changed or
whether be bad been for the time be
ing frightened into a little goodness.
Saturday morning found the Hardys
weary with the agitation of the week,
but bearing nb,out a strange excite
ment which only the prospect of the
father's approaching death or removal
could have produced.
Robert could not realize that his
week wns almost at an end. Why, It
seemed but yesterday that he had
dreamed after the Sunday evening
service!
As on every other dny, he asked him
self the question, "What shall I do?"
only until he had prayed could he
answer the question. Then the light
came. Who says prayer Is merely a
form? It Is going to God for wisdom
and getting It. It Is crying out for
light, and, lo! the darkness flees. It
Is spreading out our troubles and our
joys and our perplexities and our needs
and finding God himself the best pos
sible answer to them all.
Robert Hardy was finding this ont
lately, and it was the one thing that
made possible to him the calmness of
the last two days allotted blm.
The day was spent In much the same
way that the other days had been
spent. He went down to his office
about 10 o'clock and after coming
home to lunch went down again with
the Intention of getting through all the
business and returning home to spend
the rest of the time with the family.
Along toward II o'clock, when the rou
tine work of the shops was disposed
of, the manager felt an Irresistible de
sire to speak to the men In bis employ.
They numbered about 800 In his de
partment, nnd be knew how impossible
It would be for hlm to speak to them
Individually. He thought a minute
and tben called Iturns In and gave an
order that made the foreman stare In
the most undisguised wonder.
"Shut down the works for a little
while and ask the men to get together
In the big machine shop. I want to
spenk to them."
Hums had been astonished so often
tills week that, although be opened bis
mouth to suy something, be did not
seem able to pronounce the words, and
after staring blankly at bis employer
a minute he turned and went out to
execute tbe order.
The great engine was stopped. The
men from tbe casting rooms and tbe
carpenter abops and tbe storerooms
and tbe repairing departments cam
trooping Into tbe big machine sbop and
sat or leaned on tbe great, grim pieces
of machinery, and aa tbe sbop Oiled
tbe place began to take on a atraugi
aspect never seen there before.
Mr. Hardy crossed the yard from the
office, followed by the clerks and as
slstant officers of the road, all curious
to hear what was coming. Mr. Hardy
mounted one of tbe planers and looked
about him. The air was still full ot
gas ami smoke and that mixture of
fine Iron filiugs and oil which Is cbnr
acteiistlc of such places. The men
were quiet and respectful enough
Many of them had beard tbe man
ager's speech of Thursday nlgbt at the
town hall. Most of them were aware
that some change had taken place in
the man. It had been whispered about
that he hail arranged matters for the
men injured In the Sunday accident so
that they would uot come to want In
any way.
And now that grimy, hard muscled,
hard featured crowd of MX) men all
turned their eyes upon the figure
standing very erect and pale faced on
the great planer, ami he ill turn looked
out through the blue, murky atmos
phere at them with an Intensity of ex
pression which none in that audience
understood. As Mr. Hardy weut on
with his speech they began to under
stand what that look meant.
"My brothers." begun t ho manager,
with a slight trembling of the sylla
bles so new to blm, "as this may lie
the last time I shall ever speak to you
1 want to say what Is true to me anil
what I feel I owe to you. For 20 years
I have carried on the work In this
place without any thought of the 800
men at work In these shops except ns
their names were ou the pay roll of
the company.
"It never made any difference to me
when your wives ami children grew
sick nnd died. 1 never knew what
sort of houses you lived lu except lo
know that In comparison with mine
they must have been very crowded
and uncomfortable. l"or all these 'Jo
years I have been as Indifferent to you
as one man possibly could be to men
who work for blm. It has not occurred
to me during this time that I could be
anything else. 1 have been too sellisli
to see my relation to you ami act up
on it.
"Now. 1 do not call you In here today
to apologize for i!5 years of selfishness
not that aloue. But I do want you to
know that I have been touched by the
hand of God In such a way that before
It Is too late 1 want to say to you all.
'Brothers.' and say to you that when
you think of me hereafter It may be as
I am now today, not as I have been in
all tbe years past
"It is not for me to say how fnr or In
what manner I have trampled on the
brotherhood of the race. I have called
myself a Christian. I have been a
member of a church. Vet I will con
fess here today that under the author
ity granted me by the company I have
more than once dismissed good, honest
faithful workmen In large bodies aud
eut down wages unnecessarily to In
crease dividends, and In general I
bave thought of the human flesh and
blood In theae shops as I bi ve thought
of tbe Iron and steel here. I confess
all that and more. Whatever has been
un-Chrlstlan I hope will be forgiven.
"There are many things we do to our
fellow men In this world which abide
the sting of them. I mean. The Im
press of my selfishness is stamped ou
this place. It will take years to re
move it 1 might have been fur more
to you. I might buve raised my voice
as a Christian and an influential di
rector of this road against the Sunday
work and traffic; 1 never did. I nUgh
have relieved unnecessary discomfort
lu different departments; I refused to
do it 1 might have helped the cause
of temperance lu this town by trying
to banish the saloon; instead of that 1
voted to license a crime and poverty
and disease establishment.
"I might have used my influence and
my wealth to build healthy, comforta
ble homes for the men who work on
this road; I never raised my finger In
the matter. 1 might have helped to
make life a happier, sweeter thing to
the nearly 1,000 souls In this estab
lishment, nnd I went my selfish way,
content with my own luxurious home
and the ambition for self culture and
the pride of self accomplishments.
And yet there is not a man here today
who Isn't happier than I am.
"1 wish you all, In the name of the
good God, who forgives our sins for
Jesus' sake, the wish of a man who
looks into the other world and sees
things as they really are. I do not
wish you to think of my life as a Chris
tian life. It has not been such, but ns
you hope to be forgiven at last forgive
all wrongs at my hands.
"You are living in the dawn of a hap
pier day for labor. There aro Christian
men In business In this town and some
few connected with railroads who are
ill :
"Thavebeen touched by the hand of Ood."
trying to apply tbe principles of Chris
tianity to the business and traffic of tbe
world. My probable successor In these
abops Is such a man In spirit
"God Is love. I bave forgotten that
myself. I bave walked through life
forgetful of him. But I know today
thai lie is drawing the nations aud the
world together in true sympathy, The
nations that stand defiant aud disobe
dient to God shall perish. The rulers
who haughtily take God's place aud
oppress the people shall be destroyed.
The men of pow er ami Intelligence aud
money who use these three great ad
vantage! merely to bless themselves
ami add to their own selfish pleasure
and ease shall very soou be dethroned.
I would give all I possess to be able to
live aud see a part of It come to pass.
Men, brothers, some of you younger
ones will live to see that day.
"Love God ami obey hlm. Knvy not
the rich. They are more miserable
than you sometimes dream. True hap
piness constats in a conscience at peace
with God aud a heart free from selfish
desires ami habits. I thank you for
your attention. You will know better
why I have said all this to you when
you come in here to work again next
Monday. My brothers, Ood bless you!
God bless us all!"
When Robert stepped down from the
planer aud started toward the door,
more than one black hand was thrust
Into his with the words. "God bless
you, sir!" lie fell a Btrnuge desire to
weep Never before had he felt that
thrill shoot through him at the grasp
of the hand of his brother man. His 1
speech had made a profound impres
sion mi Hie men Many of them did
uot understand the meaning of certain
sentences, but the spirit of the man
was unmistakable, ami the men re
sponded in a manner that touched Mr.
Hardy very Btrougly.
lie finally weui Info bis office. The
big engine started up again, and the
Whir and dust ami clangor of the shops
went on. But men bent over their
work there iu the gathering duak of
tbe winter day who fell a new heart
throb at the recollection of the pale
face and sincere word of the man who
hail broken a selfish silence of a quar
ter of a century to call them brothers.
Ob, Robert Hardy, what glorious op
portunities you missed to love and lit?
loved! With nil your wealth you have
been a very poor man all your life un
til now, on the next to the last day
of It!
There Is little need to describe the
rest of this day. Robert went home.
Every one greeted hlin tenderly. His
first Inquiry was for Clara. Still In
that trancelike sleep. Would she nev
er wake? The wife shuddered with
fear. Mrs. Hardy bail spent much of
the time In prayer and tears. The
evening sped by without special Inci
dent. James Cnxton came and joined the
fntnlly circle. His presence reminded
Mr. Hardy of the old quarrel with the
young mail's father. He spoke to
James and said if anything should pre
vent bis seeing bis father the next
day James might tell his father bow
completely nnd sincerely lie wished tbe
foolish quarrel forgotten and bla own
jbare In it forgiven.
So that day came to a close in fami
ly conference, in tears. In fear aud
hope nnd anxiety aud prayer. But
Mrs. Hardy would not. lose all hope.
It did not seem to her possible that her
husband could be cnlled away tbe next
night.
CHAPTER XII.
Alice, with the quickness of thoilglit
that always characterized her. planned
that all tbe rest should go to church
wlille she remained with Clara. Will
was able to go out now. So, for the
first time in months, liobert nnd his
w ife and Bess and the two boys sat to
gether In the same seat. George had
not been to church for n year, and Will
was very Irregular In his attendances
The opening services seemed espe
cially Impressive uml beautiful to Mr.
Hardy. He wondered how he had ever
dared sit and criticise Mr. Jones and
the way be had of reading the hymns.
To be aure, lie was uot a perfect speak
er, but his love for his people aud his
great love for men and his rare good
life every day were so well known that
they ought to have couuted for more
tbau they ever did.
It Is astonishing how mnny good
deeds and good men pass through this
world unnoticed und unappreciated,
but every evil deed Is caught up and
magnified and criticised by press and
people until It seems ns If the world
must be a very wicked place indeed
and the good people very scarce Indeed.
Mr. Hardy joined In the service with
a Joy tiuknowu to him for years. He
bad come to It from the reading of his
Bible Instead of the rending of the
morning paper nnd from prayer In
atead of from thoughts of his business
or a yawning stroll through his library.
His mind was receptive of the best
things In the service. He entered into it
witli the solemn feeling that It was his
last.
And when the minister gave out the
text, "For we must all appear before
the judgment seat of Christ, that ev
ery mail may receive the things done
In his body, whether they be good or
bad," he started and leaned forward
Intently, feeling that tbe message of
the preacher wns for him and hlm
alone und strangely appropriate for
bis own peculiar condition. Tbe first
statement of the sermon arrested his
attention and held him to the argu
ment Irresistibly to tbe end:
"Tbe Judgment seat of Christ will
not be a dreadful place to a man whose
sins have been forgiven in this world,
but If he comes up to It seamed and
scarred and stained with Bins tin re
pented of and unforglven because be
baa not asked God to forgive blm it
will be a place of awful fear to bis
soul. Tbere are men here In this au
dience who are as ready to die now as
tbey ever will be. They have made
their peace with God. They bave no
quarrel wltb their neighbors. Their
accounts are all square in business.
They ure living in loving relations
with tbe home circle. They bave no
great buroena of remorse or regret
WOMEN are assailed at every turn by troubles peculiar
to their sex. Every mysterious ache or pain is a
symptom. These distressing sensations will keep
on coming; unless properly treated.
The history of neglect is written in the worn faces and
wasted figures or nine
tenths of our women,
every one of whom may
Teceive the invaluable ad
vice of Mrs. Pinkham,
without charge, by writing
to her at Lynn, Mass.
Miss Lula Evans, of
Parkcrsburg, Iowa, writes of her recovery as follows :
"Dear Mrs. Pinkham I had been a constant sufferer
for nearly three years. Had inflammation of the womb,
leucorrhcea, heart trouble,
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and medicine."
Weighing them down, and if God
should call them this minute to step up
to the Judgment seat they would be
ready.
"But there are other men here who
are not at all ready for such a tremen
dous event. They may think they are,
but tbty are mistaken. How can they
stand before the greatest being In all
the universe and have no fear when
they are unprepared to answer blsques
tlons: 'Why did you uot confess me be
fore men? Why did you uot do aa I
commanded and hear the burdens of
the work Instead of pleasing yourself?' ,
What will the man say then?
"It Is true that Christ is all merciful,
all loving. But will it make no differ-
ence with a soul whether It comes up
to bis judgment seat out of a life of
elfish ease and Indulgence or out of a
life of self sacrifice and restraint?
When every possible offer of mercy la
held out to men ou earth and tbey will
not accept It. will It he all tbe same aa
If tbey bad when they come before the
Judgment seat of Christ? Why, that
would be to mock at tbe meaning of
the Incarnation and tbe atonement It
would be to cast scorn and contempt
on the agony In the garden and tbe
crucifixion. It would make unnecessa
ry all the prayer aud preaching. What
possible need is there that men preacb
a gospel of salvation unless tbere la
danger of the opposite?
"If we are all going to be saved any
way, uo mutter whether we accept
God's love in Christ or not, what use is
the church? And why should we be
anxious any more about our children?
And what difference does it make
whether they go to the bad here in this
world If In the world to come tbey will
all be saved? For eternity will be so
much grander and sweeter and endur
ing than time that we might as well
take it easy here and not pay much at
tention to the message, 'God so loved
tbe world' that Is, if we are going to
be saved anyway.
"Wby should we care very much If It
does say In tbe revelation of God's
word that the wicked shall go away
into everlasting punishment If we
don't believe It? Why, the wicked will
stand just as good a chance of eternal
glory as tbe good If the Judgment seat
of Christ does not mean a separation
of the good from the bad. Let us close
our chinches and go home. Let us eat
and drink and dance and be merry, for .
tomorrow we may die; and after death
the judgment, and after tbe judgment '
glory and joy and power and peace and
life eternal In the presence of God.
"It Is true we scorned him on earth,
but that won't make any difference;
be will receive us Just tbe same. It Is
true we refused to believe in bis only
begotten Son after all be suffered of
shame and agony for us, but that
makes no difference; be will say, 'Enter
Into the Joy of thy Lord.' It is true wo
made fun of Christians nnd mocked at
prayer and sneered at faith, but that la
not much to be afraid of. it Is true wo
bated our uelgbbor aud would not for
give an Insult, but that Is a little thing.
It is true when tbe Holy Spirit pleaded
with us a year or six months ago to
confess Christ in public we told him to
leave us; we were ashamed to do it in
the plot tfiOl of men, to confess him
who spread out bis arms on a cross of
bitterest agony for us, but for all tbat
we feel sur; tbat when we march up to
tbe judgment seat of Christ be will
treat us just tbe same aa be treats the
disciples who have laid down their
lives for the Master.
"i hen let us tear out of tbe Bible
every line that apeaks of retribution or
punishment or judgment for we don't
like those passages; tbey hurt our feel
lugs and let us leave only those words
tbat speak of love and mercy and for
giveness, for those words are tbe only
ones that can be true, for those words
don't make us feel uncomfortable.
"Away with everything that hurts
our feelings, that makes us anxious,
tbat sends us to our knees In prayer,
tbat makes us confess Christ and live
a life of self denial and service, for
WOMEN WHO
MEED MRS.
PINKHAM'S AID
bearing-down pains, backache,
headache, ached all over, and
at times could hardly stand on
my feet. My heart trouble was
i bad that some nights
was compelled to sit
up in bed or get up
and walk the floor,
for it seemed as
though I should
smother. More
than once I have
ibeen obliged to
have the doctor
visit me in the
middle of the
night. I was also
very nervous and
fretful. I was ut
terly discouraged.
One day I thought I
would write and see
! you could do any
thing for me. I followed
your advice and now I feel
like a new woman. All
those dreadful troubles I have no
and I have found Lvdia
when the judgment seat is prepared)
and Christ sits down there und we ap
pear before him he will receive us as
we come before hlm tbe pure and the
Impure, the selfish nnd the proud and
the humble nud the believer and tbe
disbeliever and iufidels and scoffers
and cowards and despisers of God's
love on tbe earth, all the class of men
who fell back on weak and Imperfect
Christians as an excuse for their own
weak lives, and tbe drunkards and tbe
liars and the oppressors of tbe poor,
and everybody who heard a thousand
sermons full of gospel aud despised
them because of some Imperfection In
the delivery or elocution, and all those
tnen who went through the earth be
trayers of the borne, and tbe selfish
politicians who betrayed their country,
and all tbe men who read tbe Bible
and believe only the parts tbat didn't
hurt their sensitive feelings, and the
young men who lived fast lives and
sowed wild osts because a wicked and
false public sentiment
think It was excusable i
necessary, and all the oth
women who lived as tbey ,
gardless of God and eternli
all these shall appear before
ment seat of Christ he will
them all as one soul and with i e
of gracious pardon will reach c ds
almighty arm and sweep then all
alike Into a heaven of eternal b,isa,
tbere to reign with him In glory and
power, world without end!
"But Is this what Christ taught the
world? Suppose what we have said Is
true. It turus his whole life Into a
splendid mockery. Foolishness and
absurdity could go no further than to
create a life like bis and to put into his
mouth such teachings as we have re
ceived If at the Judgment seat all souls,
regardless of their acts In this world,
are received on an equal footing aud all
received into eternal life. And where
Is tbere any room in tbe teachings of
Christ for a purgatory? Do we believe
tbat? Is it not tbe plain teaching that
after tbe judgment tbe destiny of souls
is fixed forever?
"But what could man wish more?
"I had female trouble for eight
years," writes Mrs. L. J. Dennis, of
828 East College St., Jacksonville,
Ilia " Words cannot express what I
suffered. sought relief among the
medical profession and found none.
Friends urged me to try Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. When I com
menced taking this medicine I weigh
ed ninety-five pounds. Now I weigh
one hundred and fifty-six pounds
more than I ever weighed before. I
was so bad I would Tie from day to
day and long for death to come and
relieve my suffering. I had internal
inflammation, a disagreeable drain,
bearing down pain, and such distress
every month but now I never have
a pain do all my own work and am
a strong and healthy woman."
tick women art iaritcd to eoasalt Dr.
IHrrce. by letter frm. Correwpoodance: pri
eale Addrra. Dr I V. fter-ee SnSmlo. NT
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