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Electric Boai ' '
"Five oents a bar. full size, just
reduced from ten ami your choice o!
130 2' cent hooks scut free, for each
3 wrappers, ami 7 cents for pohtat,',
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Christian S cwardihip.
BY CHARLES M. SHELDON.
Am nor f ta I ii M.-pe i k Ursai
Li on " i I'lihip btrnng." " i.u'uert
JUrdj'a beta fJn." "Ml
i um Kirk." hie
cufTtwitr, 189fl. lit coKanriMTiomi.
til si -.;., sniuoi. h fusuimi nfirrt.
You pan'1 see liini He's hurt. Br
Isn't lit t(i see nuy OOef slinuteil till'
doctor, who Htood Just beblnd Stuart
in tin- doorway
"What do you want to see liim for?"
Bskeil Btuan calmly,
The spokesman appeared confused
ami tliil nut answer at once. Then
here anil there through the crowd roue
cries from tin- men.
"There's been foul play!"
"We'll string up the men that did It!"
"V. s, bang 'era!"
"Slum us Eric. We want liim with
us tonight!"
'Men.'' Stuart raised his voice, "Oor
ilmi lii ie can come In and see for you
thai Krlc is not able to move. Come in.
Uordoii, and see." continued Stuart,
speaking to the inliier w ho was stand
ing lipoU the steps.
The miner, after a moment's hesita
tion, wetti into the house ami the doc
tor Weill Ith him into the room at the
l ii'ht of I In- hall where Ki le lay.
While they wen- gone smart told the
men how Krlc was hurt. There was
breathless attention while Stuart was
Bieakiug. .lust as he finished Gordon
came out.
"Hoys," In- said as he appeared mi the
veranda, "Eric's out of it tonight We'll
make it hot for the cowards that's done
this."
"Aye, that we will!" cried a dozen
voices.
"Three cheers for Mr. Duncan!" sud
denly cried a voice, The men could not
help knowing from their experiences
in the mines thai Stuart hail staid by
Eric diirlui! the danger, although be
bad said very little of himself in his
narrative,
The cheers were -.riven heartily, and
Small felt lor tin- lust lime in his ill
tl.at perhaps the day would come w
"
these men would understand him. lie
stepped mil of the doorway, however,
and, pointing in to where Andrew
llurke was standing, said: "Thank you,
nun. Hul If ii hadn't been for Mr.
llurke here Eric would not he safe.
IWC olll
lives iii him.
f" rudely nsked some one
mlnisti r at St. John's, I
replied another.
"Willi's III
"'I lie new
ku . s hi in.'
". minister,
b i Idni anyway
W ell, three cheer
cried another.
I he cheers were given, and Hie men
1 gan i.' move away. Stuart felt nttx-
Ions, an. I exhausted as lie was by thei
given, and the men
evening's adventure he could not help
feeling Hint rough work would mark
the night before it was over, lie felt
as if here was nn opportunity to say a
word while he was in favor with the
men,
"Mi n. l v.i. ni lo say a word. 1 un
derstand Hoops are in the toe. n to
night. I hope you will nil be lav, abid
ing and"
"Ave. We's heard Mull till we's sick of
II :
'I'll.
Idently thill of a
drunken man.
small for the tirst time rcntlzcd thai
the eletiienl of the saloon had entered
into tlie problem. Heretofore lie- men j
had kepi it way from l he drink
"Ml III 11
others. "I
lug."
"I say."
hope Veil u
exclaimed Cordon and
M r. I Ittucan lair hear
continued Stuart, "Hint '
II nol commit any violence.
I am tnlkin
in von as I I, now Eric
WOUltl if lie W
"But how :
take the breii
"Aye. ll. i.l'
hiit for them,
ere here."
i bout men brought in to
tl nut of our mouth -:"
the slut: : We'll make it
troops or no troops."
"These are nut my orders, you under
stand," said Stuart, feeling every min
ute more conscious of tin- nature of a
restless moli of men who wen- deprived
of their regular lender,
to go to your holm a in
inw we ill Investlgati
I ndvls
quiet. T
you
inor-
the bii
lillg of
the engine house and the iuju
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"Wl ill's the ma! ' :
to
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I ti d
'Hold! Wait a mtnutcl"
at the top and have them somewhere
in hiding at this moment. Are. nuy of
the Davis mine men here?"
The miners, familiar with every face
In the Champion mines, answered In
many places:
"Not a man!"
"Nobody's seen Davis men since tbe
baft was fired 7"
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"Mr. Duncan's bit It. lie s a nrigbt
one."
"Now. then. men. If I'm right alum!
It tbe men are In hiding with (he Mavis
crew. Tbey can't be far ofl '
"We'll tlmi em." yelled more than
one voice.
"Hold: Walt a- minute:" cried Stuart
as the men began to move again "1
want you to give uie your word that if
the men are found you will not at
tempt to punish them yourselves. They
hnve been guilty of breaking the law.
Let the law deal with them. You have
couimemleil your eause to the world so
fnr by your i-onduet. The minute you
resort to violence, of any kind public
aynipathy will vanish Olte me your
werd i.'w that you will hand these
men over to tbe authorities If they art
f mi ml "
There was a pause, ami then from
different ones came tin- response: "We
promise. Aye, we's give the word."
Stuart felt satisfied, although there
were several lawless men under the in
Bucnce of drink who had not respond
ed. The men moved off the lawn, and
Btuart and the doctor and Mr. Hiuke
saw the larger part of them go directly
up the hill toward the smoldering ruins
of the engine house. The rest straggled
off down Into town.
"There will be trouble In this town
tonight." said the doctor. He went in
to see Eric again, and Stuart and the
minister remained In the hall. They
talked together a little while, and Stu
art was expressing his fears of the out
come when his telephone rang.
He went to it ami conversed n mo
ment. Then milling to Mr. Burke he
said, "I'o you feel able to go out this
evening'.'"
"Yes, 1 am lame a little and I do not
look very presentable, but I feel able
as far as that goes."
Btuart went to the hall closet and
brought mil an overcoat for Mr. llurke.
He then put on his own. saying as he
did so, "I've just had a message from
the Iron Cliffs company that the min
ers are gathering in a great mob down
in the square, and tin y think 1 had bet
ter come do" n ami use niy .Influence
to prevent an outbreak."
"I In you feel able':''
"Yes, 1 guess so. I'm sore and lame,
thai's a tact, inn no bones broken, and
It seems a case of duty. Tin' doctor will
slav Willi Eric."
"He will, eh!" sail
the
doctor, who
lllsl I III II I II I Ill
of li e room behind
much in need of
Take oil' I hut over-
sit ii-i rl '-Y ni'ri. :i
watching as Eric.
coal and go up stairs lo bed:"
"Now, doctor," replied Btunrl w ith a
sad smile. "I don't like In say I won't,
hut I shall say il this time. 1 feel as if
1 ought to go down i" the square, There
J Is going to be a bad night's work, I'm
afraid, hut nol without a protest from
Mr. Burke and ill self."
i "All rleht. go vor.r ways: And if you
: get your Heads uroiten uon i semi cor
Hie lo glue lilt- pieces logeiuer I1KUIU.
Tu, ..,..,,. wen bnck to la ic and
gtunrt, after sending word that he ami
.. ,, ,.,,, ..,wi i... rtirtit rlown and
after ordering the servants to bring
around a heme and buggy, drove hur
riedly away
As they sped down ihe hill they pass
ed several groups of miners swinging
along the road al a Binnrt loot pace.
But when they reached ihe Bqunre
there was so large a crowd gathered)
overflowing Into the sin-eii.. that Stu
art drove around Into one of the al
leys and hitched his liorsi ar Ihe
church al tin- rear, lie a ml Burke then
came out Into the space bounded by
the church ami tl,e railroad depot plat
form. Tin- miners had not been In the habit
of assembling at night, All their meet
ings up to this time had been at noon.
Their present gathering was a new
development of the strike, and as St n
ai t and the minister crowded in at the
corner by ihe church they both said to
themselves thai there were elements of
a very dangerous character compressed
Into that spot, ihe commercial anil so
rial center of Ihe tOWU.
In Hie first place, there was an mi
usually large number of drunken men
in ihe mob. It was growing noisier
every lultllltc. The band stand was
crowded with miners. Two of them
were Hying lo speak at the same lime
on opposite sides of Hi,- stand, ami
the confusion was doubled by their at
tempt. 'I he lliob of men SWnyed rest
lessly nbout Ihe stand, which was
lighted by an electric banging lamp.
The square was almost as light as In
the dnyflmc, cut on a side track of
l lie railroad which skirted one side of
the Bqttare tin- troops that had come In
that afternoon were quartered in the
coaches which brought them, There
were two Companies, and Ihey hud
been ordered for some reason lo re
main over ,-u Champion that night.
Every allusion to tlie troops seemed
lo excite the miners to anger. Ihe
speakers in the stand mentioned them
often ami pointed toward their quar
ters. A g 1 deal had happened that
(lav to rouse even the sluggish, stolid
men of the north, Eric's Injury, while
lamented by very many, was really
cause for rejoicing by another large
ami rough element who were glad to
have his leadership displaced by that
of more radical but less capable men.
Stuart could not help saying. "If Eric
were only here!" For the first time he
realized what great power Erie bad
possessed. It was no small general
ship to hold this rough, turbulent mass
of uneducated men In check. Then
was no one to take Erie's place.
Stuart had no definite plan to pursue
In coining down to the square. Thci
miners as they saw him spoke respect
fully and asked after Eric. He and
Burke were finally In the progress of
their walk crowded up on the church
steps, which were Covered with men.
It was now about half past 8 o'clock.
and tlie scene was of such a character
that, worn as they were by the day's
events, the two men stond looking out
at tlie faces beneath them with a cer
tain excitement that grew upon them
with every second. The noise and con-
rualon were Increasing. A light of
some kind was already in progress In
tbe band stand. Figures swayed back
and forth there. The police force of
t'bamplon was meager at any time, and
K was as powerless to manage such a
crowd as this as If It hud been com
posed of little children.
Suddenly across all the other Rounds
In the sipiare. rising over them, was
beard the beat of drum. It was no
feeble rattle of sticks, but a deter
mined, vigorous, muscular onslaught on
a bass drum by a strong right arm.
And around the corner by the Iron
Cliffs company's office came a wpiad of
men and women, not more than a dozen
in all. bearing u Hug and shouting as
tbey came:
Our bark Is -altlng o'er life's urn to a lunJ U-yunJ
th, hi- r-
we'rt going Co tnc iruniiftrU una
-I'jnir wnb th.
chown few.
Aboanl the bark there (till la room
fur many,
many more;
So come aboanl and with us go to yomt
hippy
shore.
Our bark in laden ii"wn with wraith, with
1 1' ii
urea rfi 1 anil ran-;
Therc'ii naught like them upon the earth, an i vrc
all may bun- a share.
Just leave behind all worldly ilrusa and come to
Hod's ia u store.
Receive your gifts and with them crosa to yon del
nappy shore.
Straight across the street the Salva
tion Army marched, singing ibis hymn
to Ihe tune of "O a' the nirts the wind
can blow." and as they reached tin
side of the square a peculiar thing hap
pened. Tlie miners mi that side opened up a
passage for the little squad so that it
could puss into the square. Acting on
the Impulse given by mobs at times
the miners began lo crowd buck mi
both sides and tbe army kept ndvauc
.lug. singing its song and marching in
what seemed almost like a triumphal
procession right down through the cen
ter of the square directly toward the
church steps. The great heavy crowd
seemed lo part like magic, and down
tlie avenue thus voluntarily provided
tin- squad marched, beating its drum
The leader was a young woman, whose
pah- fin e possessed a prematurely cged
look, but there was not a particle oi
self Consciousness to be seen upon il
and she marched at the front as proud
ly and with as queenly a bearing as i!
her following was composed of the
picked archangels of heaven's hosts.
High above the shrill treble and the
hoarse bass of Ihe Others her voice
went oul as sweet as any that Stuart
had ever heard, and he woudered
where such a voice had been concealed
In Champion that lie had never heart
It before. It sang lis if the words wen
sacred lo I lie heart:
Just lean- behind all worldly drose and
ti
God's own tolr;
Kecebi- tour nit's and wi'h tt.im crosa to )i"idi-i
bappj short-.
Close nt the foot of the church steps
the band halted. Here the crowd wn
very dense. It seemed a natural van ;
tage ground for testimony and appeal. ,
The millers for the time appealed to
yield to the Influence of this attraction.
Btuart said to himself. "Perhaps Eric
will not be needed after.all." The scene
had an Intense interest for him now.
He forgot all about Burke and the
strike ami his relations to It as the wo
man raised tier hand as n signal ior
the drum to cease and then made an
other signal for the little company t"
tneel. Right dow n on the bottom steps
of the Church she kneeled, jllsl bdOW
Stuart, and with the
about her almost swa
" ' "e "
mass of men who singed
noimd
Shi
offered a prayer, the memory of wh!
lingered III Si Hart's heart all his life.
CHAI'TEH IV.
A 1 IIAM.K.
"Lord JCSUs"- the pale face In t!
Balvatlon Army bonnet was ralsi
wholly unmindful "i all the i pie
that great multitude "our hearts a
longing tonight for lost souls win
wandered far away from home,
we know that thou art sorrnwilli
have
And
: over
them now because thou art Ihe Good
Shepherd, ii Lord .lesiis. we wuul you
to come down here tonight and lea 1
some of these sheep into the fold. SlIIIIC
of them are so bruised ami torn with
sin that they will have to be carried;
but, 0 Lamb of Cod. that takes! away '
tlie sin of tbe world, we kuow you are
strong ami can bear them in ihe arms
of Infinite love over rough places. In
side the chasms of sutuu ami through
the wild torrents of death. Oh, for the
cross of Calvary lo be stretched out
like a great arm lo save tonight! Oh,
for the sweet forgiveness of sin I"
touch these human hearts right now:
() Son of Mary, our hearts tire bleed
ing: We are weary lo death of the
long delayed coining of the miracle of
redemption in these souls of men. Oh,
bless us Willi the hi I of Ihe dying
BartoQr! Oh, raise us into new life
wilh him who defied hell ami dentil, al
though Ihey were two to one! .lesus.
I want you to come tonight. These
men, then- women, how precious they
are. Who can tell what will be their
fate If they should be called out of the
world tonight? Their mothers. Lord
.lesus these strong young men. some
of them, bare mothers praying for
them, i ih. I have dreamed of the ter
ror of the judgment lor those who re
ject the Saviour: We are so in need of
the power here and now. Open our
eyes like those of the young man to
see the horses and chariots of Are
around about tonight. Save with the
blood that was shed for all. Come
now. Lord .lesus. We have followed.
Make good the promise. Yes, we want
some souls. We are hungry for some
to cry out, 'Saved, saved!' We want
to go triumphant Into the Judgment.
Wc want to sing halleluiah before the
great white throne with some of those
poor lost sinners here by the side of
us Joining In tlie chorus with us. Oh.
wash their sins away In tlie precious
blood! Save them, save them, Lord
Jesus!"
It was not so much the words of the
prayer as Its Intense self forgetful spir
it that Impressed Stuart as never In all
his life before. He was not a Christian
In tbe sense that he had ever confessed
fir Joined a church. He ban a reverent
nature, and he had always Ureal by i
code of morality that was for film suiti
dent, He was too well educated or In
thought he was. to be moved by am
thing purely emotional or coarse in,,
the Salvation Army ami its itrniiis am
shouts. But .this was illfTerelit some
how. Tlie self forg'-l fulness, the sell
surrender, the agonizing kMtgtut! fei
souls to be saved, all this was a part ol
the prayer as it swept up pnsi bin
from the slight womanly form kneeling
there. And never in all tils expedient-
never in alt his saunterings throiigl
great cathedrals and listening to chant
ed services, i.ad he felt nearer to i.
truer knowledge of what Hod Is In hl
great coUlpclHtig love for sinful man.
All this took very little time, and r
had no thought of acting In any way
on his feelings. But while the woman
was still on her knees a tiling happened
that in the end deepened his conviction
and changed the course of possible
events among the miners themselves.
The crowd was so large that only a
very few could bear or see what was
going on about the' little band then at
the foot of the church steps. It was
true at least it bad been up to this
time that the Salvation Army in
Champion had great Influence over the
miners, it was true still, but the de
mon of drink was abroad this night,
and there is always a large and unset
tling factor to reckon on when that is
the case. The men nearest the little
Squad were pressed hard by those on
the outside who wanted to see and hear
w hat was going on. To prevent being
shoved bodily upon the little company
the miners all tbe while the prayer
was being offered were silently exert
ing their great strength to keep tin
mob back. Before the kneeling figure
could rise, however, a kind of drunken
men burst through the circle w hich had
irrr
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Wril V i5 :' V'-
......
Stuart gave the tnitn n Mote.
been Ion I around ln-f. and one of
tin in w iih a kick sent his heavy boot
through the drum, ami another stag
gered, w ith a drunken oath, close up to
the woman and raised his list. Stuart,
us In- saw the lace, thought that the
rum crazed man Imagined the kneeling
figure l" be that of Ills own wife, who
had mote than once begged him on her
knees to spare her and ber children.
It was a Hash of time, and Smart
gave tin- man a blow w ith his list that
knocked him swearing against a man
behind him. Before aiiv one could raise
f r'Am ;
' ' '' - - &
ifi 1" Z o
.... . . . .
Biers kneeling , Ujs naln or strike a blow the mln
.....I ii...1 ... . .
. era had seized on every n
. era ha l seized on every one ol the as
unltnnta nt lli.i noun- llllll n l-im ni nl
up Ii'. in the i mire mass of excited and
angered men. The influence of the ar
my still was so strong with the great
majority that it resented with the deep
est Indignation any Indignity offered its
little hand of officers and men.
! "Duck 'cm in the fountain!" yelled
" some one with more than a touch of
' grim humor.
The "fountain" was a huge cast iron
basin in tbe center of the square which
for several years had been used for a
watering trough. It had about four
feet of water In It. supplied from the
pumping of the mines.
Tlie suggestion was just suited to the
coarse, rough spirit of the crowd.
Struggling in the clutch of a number
of brawuy hands, the offenders were
dragged up to the basin and Hung Into
it. As fa-1 as tbey floundered out, drip
ping ami cursing, ihey were thrown In
again. A great roar of laughter ami
shouts lose from the mob. In the midst
of it all the army marched oul of the
square singing:
Come, llnnere, to the Saviour now;
lie wore the thom crown on his hrowt
lie ihed In- blood tlmi you might he
ftedeemed to nil eternity.
There was the same dauntless look on
the lender's face. No one could say
thai she was disappointed or disheart
ened by the seeming lack of answer t"
her prayer or by the wild confusion all
about her, The squad baited out in the
street, ami there another group gather
ed about them listening to testimony
ami prayer and song.
Btuan ami the minister hesitated
Where they were for a moment, not
knowing what In do now, when tlie
crowd farthest away, over by Ihe rail
road tracks, began lo run altogether to
ward a smaller crowd coming down the
hill from ihe Davis mine,
"1 believe tlie men that did tlie burn
Ing are caught I" cried Stuan to Bui'ke.
The two struggled over ill the direc
tion of Ihe hill and were met by the
same company that had come out lo
tlie house demanding Brie.
Tlie newcomers marched into the
square, ami one of them going up into
the stand told the news. They had
found the engineer, fireman ami pump
men locked In an old dryrooin be
longing lo a recently abandoned mine
about a mile up the hills, tied secure
ly, but uninjured. There was no trace
of the men WbO hud done all tills for
the evident purpose of filing tbe engiue
house and getting rid of Erie and Stu
art as two men who would be likely
to insist upon law mid order ns long
ns they had any Influence. To the
credit of the thousands of miners In all
the ranges about Champion the at-
tempt was regarded by the vast ma
jority as a cowardly and murderous
act. a disgrace to the name of work
Ingmen ami a setback to tbe cause.
There was special Indignation u preso
ld against the attempt to kill or in
Jure Erie by throwing the mass of ore
down the ladder hole, for thai ha,
been done, nccordlng to tbe story of
the men who were overpowered ul the
shaft's mouth. One or two of them
had been unwilling witnesses to the
intra ge.
The telling of this story and tlie np
pearance of tbe Davis men had the ef
fect of sobering the crowd and cutis
ii i It to disperse. Tlie troops wen
forgotten for awhile. Tlie new men
sent over the road by the owners .f
the upper ranges would ted paSH
through Champion anyway until the
morrow. Croups of miners began to
go off In compnnles toward their
homes. Stuart saw tnat the danger
for tlie evening was passed. The Sal
ration Army had marched off to its
hall, and a large crowd had none lu
after It. Tlie square was now rapidly
being cleared. lie felt completely e
hausled, now thai the strain was ovei
"You will upend the night with in ...
Mr. Burke?" lie asked as the two wall,
ed'out of (he square over tb where t.
borSC had been left.
"No. Mr. Duncan. 1 believe I will re
main down here, now 1 am so near my
hotel quarters. .lust as much uuderoh
ligations lo you. This has been a great
day of experience for you. I hope you
will not be the worse for it. ihe dan
ger from the men seems over for tu
night."
"Yes. I think so. Sorry you tire not
going out w ith me. It lias been a day
of experiences. I can't forget my In
del tcdncss to you. We shall know- each
other hi tter, I am sure. I need lo kuow
all tl. giiml men possible these daj s."
"I'm al your service, Mr. Duncan,
Good night!"
"Good night." Btuart shook hand
strongly ami drove up t' i street tin
gling again from the pressure of that
grasp. Andrew Burke's build bake sug
gested as much as some mi n's -M : :i-
Smart was so tired and ready f i rest
w hen he n ached home that, llfh i see
lug Eric ami being assured i!:" lie
would get through the night with tlie
watching of the nurse sent tor by t!;"
di et if. he went Up In his I'OOttl.
lie slept hard, but wnkened curly mid
could HOI go to sleep ngllllJ. lb' llllll
dreamed of ids experience in ti e mine
and awoke at the point where lie Ii i
heard Burke's voice. He WCUI over the
whole adventure again, ami then Irre
sistibly was drawn in thought down in
the town square and in mcmo'-v stood
mi the church steps a little nbove the
kneeling figure that prayed, lie fu '
himself saying over ihe words of t
prayer. To his .surprise lie could re
member almost every seutouee, Then
he began to analyze his feelings, pro
voked by tlie expressions of the prayer.
But his mind soon refused to criticise
anything and. without any special rea
son for it, in' began to ask if the snving
of men was any more the Salvation
Army's business than his ow n. He I"'
gan to dwell on the word "saved" ns it
was used so often in the prayer. Then,
by a logical step which he did not III
tempt to argue about as he might net'
have done, he was confronted with Ills
own condition, and although he tin
he tried to avoid answering Hie ques
Hon, it persisted in being put
"A i
saved'.' What is .lesus In me?"
The w h ile matter was foreign to h's
moral code. Besides, how could a linin
in his present position, with all this la
bor trouble confronting him. attend t
religious questions? Nevertheless In
was forced to come back in tie- -question:
"Am 1 saved'.' What Is .Id' s
to me?" All through the strange de
bate now going on w ithin him lie
ed 10 feel that lie wus being driven Ir
resistibly to a point where he
answer or decide the matter ol hisuwu
personal salvation.
He dressed nnd in a growing i Ite
meat walked the room In the 1
How are men converted? v i
Tarsus expecting to be mei by i v'
sion on the road to Damascus? Wash
not as sudden and astonishing ' l''"1
as a lightning bolt out of a do idles
evening'.' lines the Lord have an,
bio limitations in bis way of n
Iilng
men's souls or in the time he clu
Stuart tried again and again to sti
the persistent question that r :'
pcatodly in his lips, bin lo uo "
He said, "I will gn down and Imi
abniii Eric," Bui he turned In 1
walk every time be faced bis door n
nenin paced back to the
which opened on the front of the I
Gradually as the light of tbe worl
j grew si l unger outside anothci and ii
j Inward light grew in Stuart's soul, n
watched it grow in awe of its straw:
revealing power. He saw blmsi If u
child of God, with opportunities, po"
ers, values, all of ttaem hitherto i
Selfishly, and in and through nil 1
' rest he saw illumined a radiant crosi
j "What was Jesus to htm?" The qui"
tlpn grew with meaning. Why vv:1
the .lesus of history a figure to bo r
snected simply? Of what valu
nib
meaning was the cross unless
It 1
came a personal redemption?
The sunrise of tbe outer world wni
reddening the pines out on the hi'1'
In a little while tbe sun would he looi;
ing out over tlie ranges, and a new duj
would be born. But a new man was
being born in the room of the Chain
i piou Iron mine owner. The sun of
righteousness was rising In him, and
i soon It would be daylight. Btuart
trembled. He was alone. NO man nam
spoken to him of salvation or of Chris
tianity. But tlie divine presence DM
come ut an unexpected moment. '
what might have seemed n most i"
opportune time, and his whole nature
was In the hand of a power that li'
dared not resist. He almost feared in
breathe lest he should drive tbe heav
enly presence away. He sat down
and with bis head bowed waited, H
seemed to him, for something more t
hflDDen. And then he seemed to bear