file which includes the original illustrations4 ,see #agaeb-;h4htm or #agaeb-;h4zip3 7https3_/_/www4gutenberg4org_/dirs_/#a_/ g_/a_/e_/agaeb_/agaeb-;h_/#agaeb-;h4htm7 or 7https3_/_/www4gutenberg4org_/dirs_/#a_/ g_/a_/e_/agaeb_/agaeb-;h4zip7 ,,rosa',s ,,quest ,or ,the ,way to the ,beautiful ,land by ,,anna ,,potter ,,wright ,the ,moody ,press #aec ,institute ,place ,chicago ,copyright1 #aijd1 by ,the ,moody ,bible ,institute of ,chicago ,printed in ,united ,states of ,america4 ,to my mother1 who abides in the beautiful land1 ,i dedicate this1 my first book4 ,,contents4 ,,chapter4 ,,page ,i4 ,how ,much is the ,fare8 #i ,,ii4 ,esther's ,perplexity #ai ,,iii4 ,rosa's ,mother ,moves #bf ,,iv4 ,life with ,mrs4 ,gray #cg ,v4 ,the ,way ,sought #ea ,,vi4 ,the ,way ,found #fh ,,vii4 ,victory6 #ia ,,viii4 ,dust to ,dust #aje ,,ix4 ,a ,little ,child ,shall ,lead ,them #aab ,afterword #aba ,illustration ,i4 ,,how ,,much ,,is ,,the ,,fare8 ,rosa6 ,rosa6 ,yes'm1 ,mis' ,gray1 ,i'm coming4 ,well1 fer land sakes then1 hurry up1 you lazy girl6 ,i've been a-hollerin' till my throat's sore4 ,you're always underfoot when you ain't wanted1 then when you are wanted1 you're no place to be found4 ,if you wuz my girl1 you'd be learnt to know more'n you know now1 ,i can tell you that4 ,i believe in young uns amountin' to somethin'1 but it's mighty little you know4 ,but1 ,mis' ,gray1 faltered poor little ,rosa1 mother was coughing awful1 and ,i didn't hear you4 ,yes1 your ma ag'in4 ,i don't know what you'll have fer an excuse when she's gone1 or what'll become of you either4 ,i know one thing1 though2 ,i won't have you4 ,but it'd be a heap sight better fer you if ,i would1 and a real blessin'1 too4 ,why1 where's mother going1 ,mis' ,gray8 asked ,rosa with wide-open and frightened eyes4 ,there1 there1 ,sary1 don't talk to the child so6 ,never mind1 ,rosa dear1 ,sary don't mean it4 ,sary's a good woman1 yes1 a very good woman4 ,i do too mean it1 father1 and ,i jest want you to keep still4 ,you always take her part4 ,yes1 ,i am a good woman1 or ,i'd never kep' you after poor ,tom got killed4 ,i have to sew my finger ends off to git us enough to eat and to pay the rent4 ,i always did have bad luck from the day ,i married ,tom ,gray4 ,he would insist on keepin' you1 and you wuz sick that summer he couldn't git no work4 ,he'd walk all day a-tryin' to find somethin' to do1 then set up all night with you1 though ,i told him it wuzn't necessary4 ,i washed and ,i sewed and ,i done everything1 but our little home had to go4 ,i thought then1 and ,i think now1 that we could a-kep' it1 if it hadn't been fer you4 ,if ,tom could git hold of a cent at all1 it would go fer medicine1 or somethin' fer you to eat4 ,after you got well1 he found a place to work1 and wuz a-tryin' to git back the home1 when he went and got killed1 a-tryin' to keep a poor1 good-fer-nothin' beggar from bein' run over by the streetcar4 ,all he left me wuz you to look after1 and you ain't never had a bit of sense1 since the day he wuz brought home to me all torn and bleedin'4 ,there ain't many that's had as much to put up with as ,i have4 ,i guess most daughters-in-law would jest have told you to leave1 but no1 ,i've been a-keepin' you fer the last five years1 and no tellin' how much longer you'll live6 ,and you didn't mind me this mornin'1 and ,i sprained my ankle a-goin'-- ,grandpa1 broke in ,rosa1 heedless of ,mrs4 ,gray's irascible tongue1 what does she mean about mother going away8 ,why1 ,i don't know1 child2 ,i ain't heard no talk about her leavin'1 but then ,i git things so mixed up since ,tom died4 ,rosa ,browning1 ,i didn't call you in here to ask foolish questions4 ,i want you to deliver this package1 and quick1 too4 ,if you hadn't talked so much1 you could be well on your way by this time4 ,it goes to that lady over on ,lake ,avenue1 where ,i sent you once before4 ,oh1 where ,i heard the beautiful music8 ,yes1 but don't you loiter on your way to listen to no music6 ,fine music ain't for the likes of us here on ,burton street4 ,it's a shame fer me to have to pay your carfare1 but ,i 'spose you can't carry that big package so far4 ,if you'd spend a little more time a-workin'1 and a little less a-lookin' after your ma1 you'd have more strength1 ,i won't have it said that ,i git work done fer nothin'1 so ,i'll give you ten cents besides4 ,you git a piece of beefsteak with it1 and ,i'll broil it fer your ma's supper4 ,you couldn't fix it fit to eat1 nohow4 ,i hope to goodness she won't cough all night and keep me awake4 ,oh1 thank you1 ,mis' ,gray1 you are so kind1 delightedly exclaimed ,rosa1 her wan little face lighting up with genuine pleasure at the thought that mother was going to have something good for supper4 ,now do be gone1 and don't talk no more4 ,you're enough to set me crazy1 you and father4 ,i'm off now1 ,mis' ,gray4 ,goodby1 grandpa dear1 she affectionately said1 kissing the old man's withered cheek1 for these two children of the tenement1 the one eight and the other eighty1 were the best of friends4 ,rosa1 called once again ,mrs4 ,gray's shrill voice1 as the child was making her way across the dark hall1 come back here6 ,yes'm1 ,mis' ,gray1 here ,i am4 ,you're so awful careless1 you see to it that you don't lose that money ,i give you4 ,if you do1 you'll be sorry4 ,you won't git the pay fer the work2 ,i wouldn't trust you with that1 nohow4 ,now hurry up and don't waste another minute6 ,wait6 can't you give me a chance to tell you what ,i want8 ,you're so provokin'4 ,be sure to tell your ma where you're goin'1 and that it'll take you about an hour and a half4 ,i don't want her a-gettin' scared and a-hollerin' 'round and a-sendin' some one after you1 like she did that day you didn't git home till dark4 ,she acted ridiculous1 as if she thought you never would come back4 ,i couldn't fer the life of me see what made her do so2 it was real silly1 and ,i told her so at the time4 ,i did think1 though1 that you'd ought to be licked fer not hurryin' up more1 but she jest kissed you and cried all the more when ,i said so4 ,go and tell her now1 and be sure you don't drop that package in the dirt4 ,this time ,rosa started on a run1 lest she might be called back once more4 ,she feared the tyrant1 but vainly endeavored to love her for grandpa's sake4 ,he so often told her that ,sary was a good woman1 yes1 a very good woman4 ,mother dear1 she said1 upon entering their one poverty-stricken1 but scrupulously neat1 little room1 ,i'm going to deliver a package over on ,lake ,avenue for ,mis' ,gray1 and will not be back for about an hour and a half1 she told me to tell you2 and she gave me ten cents1 too4 ,ain't that nice8 ,i'm going to get some beefsteak1 and she'll broil it4 ,but1 mother1 she said something about your going away1 and didn't know what would become of me4 ,you won't move1 will you1 without taking me along8 ,i don't know what she could have meant4 ,what did she mean1 anyhow8 ,why do you cry1 mother dear8 tremulously inquired the child1 rushing impulsively up to the side of the bed4 ,we'll talk when you come back1 darling4 ,kiss me1 my precious2 and the sufferer fell back upon her pillow1 coughing violently1 and moaning for very agony of spirit4 ,with a heart heavier than the huge package1 ,rosa sped down the steep stairway1 out into the bitter ,december weather4 ,oh1 she said1 half audibly1 how cold it is6 ,i'm glad ,i haven't far to go to take the car4 ,quickly her nimble feet carried her1 and in a few minutes she was scrutinizing the faces of her fellow-passengers4 ,sitting across the aisle from her was a young lady1 who to ,rosa seemed the embodiment of beauty and elegance4 ,while intently studying the fair face and neat costume1 this object of her admiration suddenly crossed the car and sat down by her side4 ,the sweet smile and cordial greeting made the child forget her timidity1 and soon the two were conversing most familiarly4 ,and so you are going to deliver that package over on ,lake ,avenue1 are you8 ,yes'm1 and ,mis' ,gray gave me ten cents fer it1 too4 ,i'm going to get some steak1 and she will broil it for mother's supper4 ,ain't that nice8 ,i'd think ,i'd be happy1 but ,i ain't a bit4 ,i keep wondering what she meant about mother going away1 and she didn't know what would become of me4 ,why1 lady1 mother just can't move now2 she's sick and has a dreadful cough6 ,she hasn't even been in to see grandpa and ,mis' ,gray for a long time4 ,then ,i know1 anyhow1 she'd never go and leave me4 ,of course she wouldn't1 for we're always together4 ,she couldn't get along without me1 'cause ,i take care of her1 and ,i know ,i couldn't get along without her at all4 ,mis' ,gray ought to know that1 for we've lived by her a long time4 ,what do you 'spose she meant8 ,i can't think about anything else4 ,why1 my little girl1 replied the stranger1 while ,rosa was more mystified than ever to see the blue eyes fill with tears1 sometimes when people are sick1 they go to a better country than this4 ,do you know about heaven8 ,not much1 ma'am4 ,when ,mis' ,gray goes away and mother's working1 grandpa gets his old violin and sings to me about the beautiful land4 ,he says that's heaven1 but he can't explain it much to me4 ,he says he can't think right since ,tom got killed4 ,you know ,tom was his boy4 ,grandpa is so good4 ,when mother moves1 ,i know she will take me1 and ,i wish he could go too4 ,but1 lady1 do you 'spose that's the place where mother's going8 ,i hope so1 dear1 for she would not cough any more there4 ,oh1 wouldn't she8 ,i'll tell her about it1 then4 ,but how much is the fare8 ,we're poor1 you know4 ,you do not have to pay any fare to go to that beautiful land1 because ,jesus paid it all long ago4 ,oh1 how kind6 ,he must be so good4 ,last night ,i wakened1 and mother kissed me and said that ,jesus surely would take care of me4 ,are you real sure ,he paid the fare for everybody8 ,yes1 ,i know it1 for ,god so loved the world that ,he gave ,his only begotten ,son1 that whosoever believeth in ,him should not perish1 but have everlasting life4 ,ain't that pretty6 ,but where do you start from to get there8 ,your mother could go right from your home4 ,but she just ain't able to go any place2 she can't sit up much now4 ,i'll tell her about it1 though1 then when she's better1 we'll both go4 ,does it take long to get there8 ,no1 not so very4 ,i wish we'd known it before it got so cold4 ,it might make her cough worse to go out now4 ,are there many people in this land8 ,yes1 a great many4 ,are there more going8 ,yes1 they are going all the time4 ,do people here in the city know about it8 ,yes4 ,then why didn't somebody tell me before mother got so sick8 ,i just can't bear to see her suffer so1 and we might be there now4 ,i'm afraid it will be a long time before she's well enough to start4 ,oh1 if ,i'd only known6 ,i'd think somebody should have told me4 ,do folks have enough to eat there8 ,sometimes since mother's not been able to work much1 we get so awful hungry4 ,they have everything they want1 and never get hungry4 ,everything they want1 and never get hungry8 ,yes4 ,and is it cold there8 ,no4 ,do they have to pay rent8 ,no1 for ,jesus has paid for everything4 ,oh1 oh6 won't it be nice8 ,how glad mother will be when ,i tell her1 for it has been so hard for us to get along this winter4 ,the rent is due next ,monday1 and we have nothing to pay it with1 but if mother is just well enough to go1 it won't make no difference4 ,but the very best part of all1 she won't be coughing any more6 ,oh6 half screamed ,rosa1 ,i forgot to get off1 and have gone a whole block past ,lake ,avenue4 ,what would ,mis' ,gray say to me8 ,without another word she was gone1 for already the car was beginning to move on4 ,scarcely realizing what she did1 she ran after it for a short distance4 ,with a great pang1 she remembered that the girl had not told her the way to the beautiful land1 where mother might go and never cough any more4 ,half stunned by bewilderment and disappointment1 and with her heart heavier than before1 she delivered her package1 purchased the steak1 and in due time was again at the sufferer's bedside4 ,illustration ,,ii4 ,,esther',s ,,perplexity4 ,the day was gradually fading into darkness4 ,esther ,fairfax1 with sadness upon her usually sunshiny face1 was sitting before her cheery open fire1 fruitlessly endeavoring to become interested in her newly-purchased book4 ,her room was by no means elegantly furnished1 but every article it contained1 from the rugs upon the floor to the pictures upon the wall1 reflected the refinement and culture of the fair young occupant4 ,presently1 closing her book and tossing it carelessly from her hand1 she settled back upon her couch for good solid meditation1 while tears gathered in her deep blue eyes1 chasing each other in rapid succession down her flushed cheeks4 ,for some time she lived over the events of the afternoon1 recalling minutely the details of the unusual conversation with the untaught but interesting child4 ,oh1 she thought1 ,i shall never forget those words1 ',how much is the fare8 ,we're poor you know4' ,if only ,i knew where she lives1 that ,i might go and see her and minister to the comforts of the dying mother6 ,the hungry wistfulness of those eyes seems burned into my very soul4 ,father1 ,i am so glad you have come1 she said1 hastily rising upon hearing the familiar footstep in the hall4 ,i have been waiting a long time for your return4 ,why1 my child1 you have been crying4 ,what is it8 ,are you ill1 or have you received an unwelcome message8 ,no1 neither1 father1 but ,i am so troubled about a little girl ,i saw in the car this afternoon1 and who disappeared almost magically4 ,come into my study and tell me all about it1 ,esther4 ,although ,dr4 ,fairfax was the pastor of one of the largest churches in the city1 he always had time for his beloved and motherless daughter4 ,when ,i was coming from down town this afternoon1 she began1 a very small girl with a very large package in her arms stepped aboard the car4 ,her face was so sweet and innocent that one would notice it even in a crowd1 but overshadowed by an expression of care far too heavy for her baby years4 ,her eyes were large1 dark and unusually lustrous1 while her wavy brown hair fell about her face and neck in rich profusion4 ,her clothing was scant and old1 but clean and very neatly mended4 ,the whole appearance of the child was so pathetically irresistible that ,i went and sat down by her side1 taking her cold little hand within my own4 ,she talked freely1 telling me that her name is ,rosa ,browning4 ,as ,i now recall the conversation1 ,i find that ,i know but little indeed of her actual circumstances1 and nothing at all of the location of her home4 ,she spoke most tenderly now and then of 'grandpa'1 and occasionally mentioned ',mis' ,gray'1 who1 ,i imagine1 is not specially noted for her amiability4 ,but oh1 father1 when she would refer to her mother1 it seemed that her heart was almost crushed with anxiety1 and that her burden was greater than she could bear6 ,with tears still flowing1 ,esther then told of ,rosa's bewilderment concerning her mother's rumored moving1 and of her own efforts to explain what this moving probably meant4 ,the strong man1 accustomed as he was to the tales of woe and misery among the poor and outcast1 bowed his head and wept also4 ,the pathos of the child's simple1 direct questions impressed him quite as much as it had ,esther4 ',but how much is the fare8 ,how much is the fare8' he repeated over and over4 ,truly you answered well1 daughter4 ,we have no fare to pay1 no1 none1 for ,jesus paid it all6 ,but what a price--the life of the ,son of the ,most ,high ,god1 who1 being in the form of ,god1 thought it not robbery to be equal with ,god3 but made ,himself of no reputation1 and took upon ,him the form of a servant1 and was made in the likeness of men3 and being found in fashion as a man1 ,he humbled ,himself1 and became obedient unto death1 even the death of the cross6 ,for some minutes they remained in silence1 lost in the thought of the price of redemption4 ,it is unfathomable1 father1 at last ,esther said softly1 and to think that ,his death was for even little ,rosa1 and the poor child knew nothing about it6 ,i felt ashamed and speechless when she asked me why she had never been told before1 having no reasonable answer whatever to give4 ,i wish ,i could tell you with what earnestness she said1 ',are you real sure ,he paid the fare for everybody8' ,a fact so stupendous seemed quite beyond her power of comprehension4 ,yes1 daughter1 ,his death included the fare for her as well as for you and for me4 ,in every soul ,he sees a pearl of greatest price4 ,but ,rosa left before ,i could explain anything to her about the way of salvation4 ,perhaps she will find no one to tell her1 and her mother is almost dead4 ,oh1 that ,i knew where she lives6 ,all she needs is some one to guide her1 then perhaps she would lead her mother and grandpa1 and even ,mrs4 ,gray into the light of ,his love4 ,why is it1 father1 that so few ,christians speak of ,jesus to those whom they meet8 ,they talk fluently of everything else1 but the mentioning of ,his name seemingly paralyzes their tongues4 ,this city is full of churches1 with many thousands who profess to be the ,lord's1 yet ,rosa in reality has never heard of ,him4 ,every day of her life1 as she goes upon the street1 or is in a car1 she comes into contact with some one who might lead her precious little soul to ,christ4 ,just one moment of conversation would help her so1 and is it possible that there is none who cares8 ,why is it8 ,how can those who know ,him truly be so utterly indifferent8 ,my child1 you ask me what ,i cannot answer4 ,i spend many hours of prayer and study upon every sermon ,i preach1 and seek to deliver it in the power of the ,holy ,spirit4 ,then after having cast myself utterly upon ,him1 it is simply crushing to know that at times the message falls upon deaf ears4 ,the tide of worldliness sweeping over the churches is at the root of the whole matter4 ,many to whom ,i preach are saved1 but oh1 so few surrendered6 ,they want just enough of ,christ to help them in times of trouble1 to make sure of heaven being their ultimate goal1 and just as much of this world as they can possibly carry along4 ,it is their ambition to be ,his for eternity1 but not for time4 ,oh1 that they might know the unspeakable joy of a consecrated life1 and of leading souls to ,him6 ,after once experiencing it1 the charms of this world sink into utter insignificance1 while the realities of the next become more and more certain4 ,the weight of my responsibility well nigh crushes me at times1 for the ,lord knows that ,i want to lead ,his people aright4 ,how ,i yearn for absolute surrender upon the part of myself and of my church6 ,when ,i remember ,christ's words1 ',out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh1' it makes me fear that many1 indeed1 of this generation shall say in vain at that day1 ,lord1 ,lord6 ,it is a fearful thing for those who profess to know ,him1 to go up into ,his presence1 leaving behind some still groping in darkness because of their unfaithfulness4 ,if it is possible now for the ,saviour ever to be unhappy1 surely lukewarm ,christians must pain ,him the most4 ,father1 ,i want to find ,rosa4 ,if ,i had been more eager for her soul and for the glory of the ,lord1 ,i should have left the car and followed her4 ,how can ,i begin the search8 ,it seems so utterly impossible1 yet ,i must4 ,my darling1 it would be folly for you to try to find this child1 but let us ask ,god to send her to us4 ,he can direct in some way4 ,he sees her this very moment1 and sees us as well4 ,a new and radiant light flooded ,esther's face with joy1 as they arose from their knees4 ,i am sure ,he will hear us1 father1 dear1 she said1 for it was by no mere chance ,i saw her today4 ,the ,lord's directing hand was in it4 ,he will1 ,i know1 forgive my unfaithfulness and open another opportunity4 ,let us sing ',the ,home of the ,soul'1 father4 ,how mother loved that song1 when she knew that soon she would behold the beauties of the place6 ,the two voices1 the one a sweet soprano1 the other a fine tenor1 blended in the old-time hymn3 ,i will sing you a song of that beautiful land1 ,the far away home of the soul1 ,where no storms ever beat on that glittering strand1 ,while the years of eternity roll4 ,at the conclusion of the song1 ,esther kissed her father and quietly left the room4 ,illustration ,,iii4 ,,rosa',s ,,mother ,,moves4 ,miss ,browning1 here's your steak ,i broiled fer you and some toast and tea4 ,i fixed some fer ,rosa1 too you're so mighty queer1 ,i knew you wouldn't eat unless she had some4 ,i can't afford to buy her any more1 and there ain't many that'd done it this time4 ,i have to work awful hard fer all ,i git4 ,thank you1 ,mrs4 ,gray1 you are very kind1 but1 she added softly1 lest ,rosa who had run in to speak to grandpa might hear1 if only ,i knew what would become of her6 ,oh1 my poor child6 how can ,i bear to leave her1 and what will her future be8 ,the moans of the poor1 tortured mother1 whose life was fast ebbing away1 were most piteous4 ,now1 ,mis' ,browning1 don't take on so2 chirk up a bit6 ,she's plenty old enough to work and make her own livin'4 ,of course you couldn't expect me to say ,i'd keep her4 ,land sakes6 ,grandpa's all ,i can manage now1 and he's gittin' worse and more tryin' every day4 ,why1 jest this mornin' when ,i wuz that busy ,i didn't know what to do a-finishin' up that sewin'1 what should he do but stumble ag'in the coal pail and upset the whole thing right on the floor1 and jest after ,i'd scrubbed1 too6 ,then ,i thought ,i'd git rid of him a few minutes by sendin' him to the grocery4 ,of course ,i never trust him with a cent of money4 ,they know him at the corner grocery1 so it's all right2 but it all comes of my credit a-bein' so good1 that's the reason4 ,well1 ,i told him it wuz not necessary fer him to be gone but fifteen minutes1 but when he wuz gone twenty1 ,i had to put my work down and go after him4 ,i'd better have gone in the first place4 ,that's always the way when ,i trust him fer anything1 it jest makes it that much harder fer me in the end4 ,i had to go clean down the stairs1 and in some way twisted my ankle1 so ,i ain't got over it yet2 then ,i saw him a-comin'1 but that slow1 it made me real provoked4 ,if he'd jest a-hurried up a little1 it would have saved me all that trouble4 ,he said he wuz tired1 but ,i think ,i wuz the one to be tired1 a-hurryin' down them steps so1 and a-gittin' hurt1 too4 ,land sakes1 ,mis' ,browning1 ,i'd think you could see ,i have my hands more'n full now1 though ,i don't wonder you would like to have ,rosa brought up by me4 ,i could train her mighty well1 so as she'd know how to do somethin'4 ,she's old enough to work1 and ,i'll keep an eye on her and correct her whenever she needs it1 and that'll be often4 ,i'd think you'd ought to be satisfied with that4 ,there ain't many that'd take sech an interest in a homeless little waif1 ,i can tell you4 ,you eat your supper now1 and ,i'll tell ,rosa to come home4 ,that's one thing she'll have to quit1 a-wastin' so much time4 ,what she sees in grandpa is more'n ,i can tell1 fer he ain't got a bit of sense4 ,often in the night he wakes me up a-hollerin' and a-carryin' on a-thinkin' he's a boy ag'in4 ,there's not many as patient as ,i am1 or they wouldn't put up with it4 ,every word was a knife thrust through the sensitive1 bleeding heart of the distracted mother4 ,oh1 she thought1 that some one in this great1 crowded city might love my darling1 and that she need not fall into the hands of this woman6 ,mrs4 ,gray1 she asked excitedly1 and with an effort controlling the great dry sobs which were choking her1 won't you promise me one thing8 ,won't you keep ,rosa at least till spring8 ,what can my baby do without a home and without a mother1 especially when the weather is so bitterly cold8 ,the mere thought of such a possibility drives me insane with fear and grief4 ,she can run errands for you1 and grandpa loves her so4 ,do not deny me1 for ,i am almost dead6 ,mrs4 ,gray half staggered backward1 for never before had she heard ,mrs4 ,browning speak with such intensity4 ,the dark eyes riveted upon her conquered even this unfeeling heart1 and before realizing the import of her words1 granted the request4 ,but1 she added in the same breath1 there ain't many that'd do it1 ,i can tell you that4 ,and be gentle with her1 ,mrs4 ,gray4 ,she is so affectionate1 she will miss her mother and the love ,i have always bestowed upon her4 ,thinking that other promises still more difficult to fulfill might be exacted1 ,mrs4 ,gray hastily left the room4 ,thank ,god1 the mother murmured falling back upon her pillow1 my baby will have food and shelter at least till spring1 but how she will miss the love6 ,the hot tears began coursing down the flushed cheeks1 causing ,rosa to give a cry of alarm as she stepped up to the bedside4 ,mother dear1 do you feel worse8 ,why do you cry8 ,my darling1 mother is tired now and cannot talk4 ,pull the little table up by the bed1 then if ,i can eat some supper1 we shall talk afterward4 ,there is something ,i want to tell you4 ,mechanically she obeyed1 weighted beneath the feeling that something dreadful was about to happen4 ,the trembling of the tiny hands and twitching of the delicate face betrayed a heart suffering which a child of her tender years should never know4 ,the odor of the steak1 while being broiled1 had given ,rosa an appetite1 for her dinner had consisted only of boiled potatoes4 ,now1 however1 that mother apparently did not relish her supper1 it seemed that every mouthful would choke her4 ,with a feeling of relief1 the supper things at last were cleared away1 and ,rosa sat down by the sufferer1 taking her hot thin hand within her own4 ,you need not talk1 mother1 if you do not feel like it1 but ,i do so want to know about the moving1 and you won't go without me1 will you8 ,but oh1 ,i have such good news1 ,i must tell you the very first thing6 ,mebbe it will change your plans and make it easier to know what to do4 ,i saw a lovely lady today1 and she told me about a beautiful land some place1 where folks never cough no more1 and they don't have to pay rent1 and they have all they want to eat4 ,and she said1 too1 that it don't cost nothing to go1 nor after you get there1 'cause ,jesus paid all the fare a long time ago4 ,i wish ,i knew where to find ,jesus1 so ,he could explain all about it4 ,i had to leave the car before the lady could tell me the way4 ,i think ,he must be so good to pay the fare for everybody4 ,there's no mistake1 'cause she said something about ,god so loving the world4 ,i don't know what she meant1 but it was so pretty4 ,i know ,i'd love ,jesus so1 if ,i could only find ,him1 and ,he'd tell us how to go1 ,i'm sure ,he would4 ,oh1 mother1 why do you cry so much8 ,don't feel so1 for ,i'll try my very best to find out the way1 then we'll both go4 ,it will be so nice1 won't it1 for you not to have a cough no more8 ,and mebbe we can manage to get off before the rent is due again4 ,the anxious little nurse1 old beyond her years1 tenderly kissed the pallid brow1 repeating soothingly the assurance that in some way she would find out how to reach this beautiful land4 ,o ,god1 at last the invalid faltered after several minutes of silence1 forgive me and take me to that beautiful land1 for ,jesus' sake1 and care for my darling6 ,rosa dear1 my breath is growing very short1 but ,i must tell you something4 ,you are too young to know what it all means now1 but try to remember1 and sometime you will understand4 ,just ten years ago today ,i was married to your father1 ,harold ,browning2 and you are so like him1 precious4 ,i was left an orphan at the age of fourteen1 and from that time till the day of marriage1 made my living by clerking in a down-town store4 ,your father1 too1 was alone in the world1 and how we loved each other6 ,we rented a small furnished flat1 which to me was a paradise4 ,your father was a bookkeeper on a comfortable salary1 and for a time all went well4 ,at the end of the second year you were born1 and then our joy knew no bounds4 ,every evening while holding you in his arms1 we would plan for the future1 you being the center of everything4 ,there was not a shadow over our lives1 till one morning he was not able to go to work4 ,in a few hours he became so very ill that in great alarm ,i summoned the doctor4 ,then followed weeks of suspense1 the days being divided between hope and fear1 till at last all thought of his recovery was given up4 ,my anguish was too deep for tears4 ,i went around as one stunned1 not knowing at times what ,i was about4 ,your dear father tried to comfort me1 pointing me to ,jesus whom he loved intensely1 but who ,i said was cruel to allow our little home nest thus ruthlessly to be broken up4 ,what happened the last days of his life to me is a blank1 for ,i myself was very ill4 ,when ,i recovered and paid all the bills1 there was not one cent left for us4 ,i could hold the flat no longer1 so moved here on ,burton street1 making our living1 as you know1 darling1 by the day's work4 ,it has been very hard1 for often ,i have felt unable to be out of bed2 but then ,i could not let my ,rosa suffer4 ,the intervals when the poor heartbroken woman had to stop to regain her breath1 were growing more frequent4 ,but1 dearest1 she continued1 and in her earnestness she raised herself partly up1 the worst of all has been that ,i have tried to carry the burden alone4 ,your father told me that ,i must be brave for your sake1 and that ,jesus would help me2 but ,i would not let ,him4 ,last night and today ,i have been praying much1 and now1 thank ,god1 it is all right6 ,rosa wondered at the expression of joy flooding her mother's face1 immediately followed by one of deepest grief4 ,bend closer1 darling1 my voice is becoming so weak that you cannot hear6 ,i am so sorry that ,i did not do as your father said1 and have never taught you of ,jesus1 and now it is--too late6--,i'm glad--the lady--told you4--,yes1--,he paid--the fare6--,i'm--going--to move--now--to that--beautiful land6 ,oh1 mother1 sobbed ,rosa1 beginning to realize a little of the import of her words1 please1 oh1 please don't leave me6 ,what could ,i ever do without you8 ,nobody loves me but you and grandpa1 and ,i just can't stand it1 if you go away4 ,with her last atom of strength1 the dying mother kissed her child1 whispering just so that ,rosa could hear3 ,find someone--to tell you--the way1--and come--to that--beautiful--land--where you will--find ,jesus--and mother6 ,so calmly did she fall back upon her pillow that ,rosa1 though awe-struck1 thought she was sleeping4 ,still clasping the thin hand1 she noticed the chill4 ,cautiously1 lest she might disturb the sleeper1 she slipped off her little flannel skirt1 the last article made by her mother1 and wrapped the cold hands within its folds4 ,the scant coverings she also tucked up more closely and put their last bit of coal upon the fire4 ,till midnight she sat by the bed1 wondering why mother was so very still1 and why she was growing so cold4 ,at last1 being able to endure the suspense no longer1 stepping across the hall1 she called for ,mrs4 ,gray4 ,land sakes1 child1 why ain't you in bed this time of night8 ,please1 ,mis' ,gray1 ,i'd like to borrow a comfort1 'cause mother's so awful cold1 and ,i can't get her warm4 ,well1 when a body's as accommodatin' as ,i am1 ,i 'spose they must expect to be bothered any time of day or night1 too4 ,i'll git up and see what your ma wants4 ,glad of one thing1 she ain't kept me awake by her coughin' tonight1 anyway2 but it comes from me fixin' her a decent supper1 ,i reckon4 ,mrs4 ,gray stepped to the door of ,mrs4 ,browning's room1 but something impelled her to stop4 ,a fear seized her1 while involuntarily she clutched ,rosa's trembling hand4 ,there was no light in the room1 save that which shone from across the hall1 the faint rays falling directly over the motionless form upon the bed4 ,mis' ,browning1 she cautiously asked1 do you want anything8 ,mother doesn't hear1 ,mis' ,gray1 said ,rosa sobbing violently and throwing herself within the cold arms1 kissing over and over the lips hitherto so responsive to her own4 ,mother dear1 don't you hear me8 ,oh1 wake up1 please do6 ,i want you so4 ,i don't know the way1 and will get lost to go alone4 ,rosa1 said ,mrs4 ,gray almost gently1 git up and go and stay with grandpa till ,i tell you to come in here1 and don't you come before4 ,i'll have to go down them steps ag'in fer an undertaker4 ,what is an undertaker1 ,mis' ,gray1 and what do they do8 ,will they take mother to the beautiful land8 ,didn't you hear me tell you to go in and stay with grandpa8 ,so go right this minute1 and ask no more questions4 ,you do beat all fer askin' questions1 anyhow4 ,you might as well learn now as any time to mind1 since ,i have to keep you till spring4 ,i ain't the woman to go back on my word1 but there ain't many but what would1 a-promisin' under the circumstances4 ,the little heart was nearly crushed with a feeling of perplexity and of indescribable dread1 but1 after all1 there was some comfort in being alone with grandpa4 ,stealing softly into his room1 she found him sitting by the stove2 and climbing up into his lap1 pillowing her tired head upon his shoulder1 the two lonely children1 soothing each other1 were soon fast asleep4 ,illustration ,,iv4 ,,life ,,with ,,mrs4 ,,gray4 ,the events of the next few days were like a troubled dream to ,rosa1 as she in vain endeavored to comprehend the meaning of all the mysterious things going on about her4 ,only once was she allowed to look upon the silent sleeper4 ,that was just before the arrival of the great black carriage1 which1 she was sure1 would take her mother to the beautiful land4 ,rosa ain't goin' to the burial1 ,i can tell you that1 announced ,mrs4 ,gray to a neighbor1 or she'd be a-hollerin' in her sleep all winter4 ,i've been broke of my rest so much that ,i ain't goin' to be bothered with her any more'n ,i can help from now on4 ,i didn't promise to keep her only till spring1 but ,i can make her run errands and sich1 so it won't cost me a great sight4 ,i can't afford it no other way1 and ,mis' ,browning was unreasonable1 anyhow1 to ask it of me4 ,rosa and grandpa stood hand in hand1 watching the small procession until it disappeared around the corner4 ,grandpa1 queried ,rosa in a tearful voice1 do you know where that beautiful land is where folks never cough no more1 and where they don't have to pay rent8 ,that's where mother's going1 and she told me to find out the way1 so ,i could go too4 ',pears like ,i'd ought to know1 child1 fer that's where ,tom went4 ,i can't think much somehow1 but1 ,rosa1 he added tenderly1 drawing her up closer to his side1 ,i don't want you to go and leave me1 fer ,i'm so lonesome4 ,sary's a good woman1 yes1 a very good woman1 but it seems like ,i need you1 too1 dearie4 ,grandpa1 if we'd start out together1 don't you think we could find it8 ,folks have all they want to eat there1 and ,i'm hungry now4 ,why1 yes1 yes1 mebbe we could6 ,some way ,i'm gittin' homesick4 ,i don't like it here in the city1 and it seems like ,i used to know more about that land than ,i do now4 ,since poor ,tom got killed1 ,i can't remember no how4 ,sometimes in the night ,i git that happy1 but if ,i make a little noise1 ,sary wakes me up1 'cause it bothers her1 then that spoils it all4 ,i think ,i'm back in the country ag'in1 and the church bell is a-ringin' of a ,sunday mornin'4 ,tom's mother and me start out from the little cottage1 and ,i'm a-carryin' ,tom4 ,we walk down the cool grassy lane with the brook a-runnin' on one side1 and the trees is a-wavin' in the soft breeze1 and the birds is a-singin'1 and ,tom's mother stops to pick some wild roses4 ,and the little white meetin' house with the steeple a-p'intin' straight up4 ,my ,rosa1 ,i wish you could see it1 and with vines a-growin' all over it6 ,i can 'most git it1 then it slips away ag'in4 ,if ,i could jest be inside of that meetin' house once more1 it would all come straight1 ,i know1 fer there they used to talk and sing about that land and ,jesus4 ,yes1 grandpa1 you know it was ,jesus that paid the fare4 ,wasn't ,he kind to do that8 'cause if ,he hadn't poor folks couldn't go4 ,yes1 mighty kind1 mighty kind6 ,rosa1 after a pause1 come real close1 and the faded eyes sparkled with a new thought2 ,i want to whisper somethin' so nobody'll hear4 ,the very first day ,sary's away1 let's start out1 and mebbe we can find some one to tell us how to go4 ,will you1 child8 ,oh1 yes1 grandpa1 good6 then we'll find mother4 ,in her delight she clapped her hands for very joy4 ,sh6 sh6 child1 ,sary might hear1 and that would spoil it all1 though of course ,sary's a good woman1 yes1 a very good woman4 ,you won't tell1 will you8 ,no1 no1 grandpa1 this'll be our secret4 ,i'm just sure there must be lots of folks that can tell us1 for the fare is paid for everybody1 and they're going all the time4 ,but ,i do wish we could find that pretty lady again ,i saw on the car4 ,yes1 dearie1 ,i wish so too1 but ,i think we'll find it anyhow4 ,i'm a-gittin' so very homesick1 we jest must4 ,sing about that land1 won't you1 grandpa8 ,all right1 you git the fiddle4 ,that's the only song ,i can remember4 ,they used to sing it in the little white meetin' house with the steeple a-p'intin' straight up4 ,wish ,i could remember more1 but ,i can't4 ,in a quavery voice he sang many times over the grand old hymn3 ,i will sing you a song of that beautiful land1 ,the far away home of the soul1 ,where no storms ever beat on that glittering strand1 ,while the years of eternity roll4 ,oh1 that home of the soul in my visions and dreams1 ,its bright1 jasper walls ,i can see1 ,till ,i fancy but thinly the vail intervenes ,between that fair city and me6 ,that unchangeable home is for you and for me1 ,where ,jesus of ,nazareth stands2 ,the ,king of all kingdoms forever is ,he1 ,and ,he holdeth our crowns in ,his hands4 ,oh1 how sweet it will be in that beautiful land1 ,so free from all sorrow and pain1 ,with songs on our lips and with harps in our hands1 ,to meet one another again6 ,that must be the place1 grandpa1 for it says ,jesus is there1 and that we'll meet one another again4 ,yes1 yes1 child1 it's the place1 ,i'm mighty sure of that1 and ,i'm so glad we're a-goin' to find it4 ,i'll like it so much better than the city4 ,i wonder ,i ain't gone before4 ,the two sang and talked till the twilight began to fall1 then they heard ,mrs4 ,gray shuffling up the stairs4 ,now don't fergit and tell1 ,rosa1 hurriedly whispered grandpa4 ,oh1 no indeed1 and we'll go the very first chance we have4 ,won't mother be glad to see us8 ,land sakes1 ,rosa1 you look and act a heap like you'd jest lost your ma4 ,i heard that fiddle and you a-singin' with grandpa long before ,i got up the steps4 ,but it is real lucky fer you1 though1 that ,i'll have you to manage till spring4 ,you'll learn how to do somethin' a-stayin' here with me1 or ,i'll miss my guess4 ,why ain't you got a brisker fire started up fer supper8 ,do it right this minute4 ,it'll be somethin' new fer you to have a cooked meal every day1 and sometimes two or three of them4 ,but you'll have to earn them first1 or eat by yourself1 and jest what you can git4 ,i ain't a-goin' to keep you fer nothin'4 ,hurry up now1 fer ,i'm cold1 and my ankle's 'most a-killin' me4 ,father'd ought to be shook yet1 fer causin' me so much trouble4 ,no tellin' how much longer it'll pain me1 and ,i shouldn't wonder if it'd lay me up4 ,thus rudely was ,rosa's reverie broken in upon1 bringing her face to face with her present dingy surroundings in general1 and with ,mrs4 ,gray in particular4 ,her first impulse was to run home1 then in agony she remembered that her mother was not there4 ,patiently she worked away till the fire was started4 ,mrs4 ,gray's bulky form in the meantime was swinging energetically back and forth in the one rocking chair of her two-room apartment1 while her voluble tongue wagged mercilessly on4 ,you can cook them potatoes and fry some mush and make me a cup of tea4 ,you and father can drink water2 tea ain't good fer children nohow1 ha1 ha6 ,ugh1 this fire feels good6 ,i'm glad ,i ain't where your ma is tonight4 ,why1 ,mis' ,gray1 half sobbed ,rosa1 didn't mother go to the beautiful land8 ,you be still and git supper1 and don't ask me no questions6 ,there1 there1 dearie1 don't cry6 ,of course your ma went there4 ,it was grandpa who spoke4 ,a heap you know about it1 father1 and ,i jest want you to keep still1 too6 ,look out there6 ,don't you spatter no grease a-fryin' that mush1 or you'll wish you hadn't4 ,i believe in the good old-fashioned rod1 and there's one stuck up over that door1 handy like4 ,see it8 ,to her great dismay1 looking in the direction indicated1 ,rosa beheld a cruel whip1 the first one ever intended for her4 ,her little frame shook so violently from fear that grandpa could endure it no longer4 ,tut1 tut1 ,sary2 ,rosa ain't the child to need no whippin'1 and don't skeer the poor lamb so4 ,never mind1 dearie1 reaching out for her a withered hand1 ,sary don't mean it2 ,sary's a good woman1 yes1 a very good woman4 ,father1 ,i want you to remember right now that you ain't to put no say in when ,i correct her4 ,there ain't but one boss here1 and that's me1 so there6 ,do you understand8 ,i 'spose not1 though1 fer you ain't got no sense4 ,you're tryin' enough1 goodness knows1 that there ain't many but what'd use the rod on you4 ,so blinded by tears that she could not see what she was doing1 by accident ,rosa dropped a piece of the fried mush upon the floor4 ,there6 shrieked ,mrs4 ,gray1 what did ,i tell you8 ,i'm a-goin' to lick you this very minute1 now you jest see4 ,i guess you'll learn to mind after ,i've done it a few times4 ,grandpa6 and with a bound ,rosa jumped into the old man's outstretched arms1 while tears chased each other in quick succession down his faded cheeks4 ,making an effort to arise hastily from her chair1 ,mrs4 ,gray with a sharp cry of pain1 suddenly sank backward again4 ,oh1 my ankle's plum give out--,i can't take one step6 ,but you never mind1 ,i'll lick you some other time1 and you needn't fergit it neither4 ,git right down and clean up that mush1 and fix some hot water fer me to put my foot in4 ,seeing the helpless condition of the tyrant1 ,rosa waited long enough before obeying to kiss grandpa1 and for him to whisper encouragingly3 ,never mind1 dearie2 we'll go the very first chance we have1 and if we can't do no better1 we'll run off4 ,illustration3 ,there6 shrieked ,mrs4 ,gray1 what did ,i tell you8 7,page #dd47 ,with some degree of composure1 ,rosa performed her tasks1 for evidently1 judging from the groans of the patient1 the promised lickin' would be indefinitely postponed4 ,while eating supper1 ,mrs4 ,gray divided her attentions about equally between the two helpless victims of her wrath4 ,the sprained ankle was entirely due to the fact that grandpa was gone twenty minutes instead of fifteen1 and that she1 obliging woman that she was1 took it upon herself to make all the arrangements for ,mrs4 ,browning1 instead of looking after her own welfare4 ,not many could be found who would do half as much for others as she4 ,the grease from that mush would stay in the floor all winter1 seriously injuring her reputation of being the best housekeeper in the thickly populated building4 ,she never could endure dirt and disorder1 though poverty-striken from the day she married ,tom ,gray4 ,on the whole1 ,rosa was so thoroughly miserable that very little supper could she eat4 ,the thought that she and grandpa would soon find the beautiful land and mother1 was all that gave her even the slightest ray of hope4 ,but1 she added mentally1 ,i am sure mother would tell me to stay and take care of ,mis' ,gray till she can walk again4 ,she always did do more talking than anything else1 mother said so1 mebbe she won't whip me4 ,the evening was long and gloomy1 but ,rosa was kept busily employed1 carrying out the peremptory commands of the cripple4 ,she bathed and tenderly rubbed the offending ankle till her arm ached cruelly4 ,at last1 with a sigh of relief1 wrapping herself up in a blanket and lying down upon the floor1 she dreamed till morning of mother1 the beautiful land1 and of ,jesus who paid the fare4 ,for three weeks ,mrs4 ,gray was unable to take a step except by using a crutch1 the pain at times being so severe that sewing was out of the question4 ,her slender savings not being sufficient to meet the emergency of the case1 ,rosa in her spare moments was obliged to run errands1 tend babies while the mothers were out working1 or to do anything else chancing to come her way4 ,her allowance of food often was meager1 though never once did she complain4 ,every day she was growing more thin and pale1 her eyes more large and lustrous1 while her heart was almost breaking4 ,night after night the swollen ankle had to be gently rubbed1 or ,mrs4 ,gray could not sleep4 ,no word of praise ever escaped the cruel lips1 but fretting1 scolding1 and threats of the much talked of lickin' for that grease spot upon the floor were the only reward the weary little worker ever received4 ,there was one1 however1 though his mind was badly shattered1 who saw and understood1 causing the feeble old man to suffer quite as intensely as did the child4 ,they could snatch opportunities only now and then for a word1 fearing that the ever-vigilant ,mrs4 ,gray might discover their cherished secret4 ,be brave1 dearie1 grandpa would sometimes whisper1 the very first chance1 you know6 ,then ,rosa's pensive face would light up with a smile angelic1 reflecting some of the very beauty itself of the land of which they were so earnestly thinking4 ,one ,thursday afternoon1 just as ,mrs4 ,gray was beginning to walk again1 the postman stopped with a letter1 a rare occurrence4 ,land sakes1 who can it be from8 she exclaimed1 scrutinizing the envelope quite long enough to have read the letter through4 ,i'd like to awful well1 at last she soliloquized1 but don't 'spose it'd be safe to leave grandpa and ,rosa here alone4 ,no tellin' what they'd be up to4 ,there ain't many that'd be as self-sacrificin' as ,i am1 and keep an old man that ain't got a drop of your own blood1 then take in as good as a street waif1 too4 ,if it wuzn't fer them1 ,i'd do it1 ,i jest would6 ,rosa's curiosity was aroused1 but experience had taught her the futility of asking questions4 ,rosa1 commanded the speaker1 bring me that tin can up there on the shelf4 ,i guess ,i could manage the streetcar fare1 she announced a few minutes later1 counting over several times ,rosa's earnings in pennies1 nickels and dimes4 ,my old neighbor over on the south side wants me to come tomorrow and stay till ,monday4 ,bein' that ,i've had it so awful hard1 ,i jest guess ,i'll do it1 and you can git along the best way you can4 ,let me see3 ,i'll go tomorrow afternoon1 and be gone all day ,saturday and ,sunday and till late ,monday afternoon4 ,i'll leave you fifteen cents apiece to live on1 and ,i guess you won't starve4 ,instinctively grandpa and ,rosa cast a glance at each other4 ,at last their opportunity had come1 and a better one by far than for which they had dared to hope6 ,the time intervening between the reception of the letter and her departure1 ,mrs4 ,gray spent mostly in giving directions to her two charges1 as she delighted to call them4 ,after having gone down the first flight of stairs1 she called back3 ,rosa1 ,i'll lick you sure if you git another speck of grease on that there floor1 while ,i'm gone4 ,but ,rosa heeded not4 ,tomorrow she and grandpa would start for the beautiful land and mother1 for ,jesus had paid all the fare4 ,illustration ,v4 ,,the ,,way ,,sought4 ,early the next morning ,rosa and grandpa were up1 eagerly preparing for the events of the day1 their every motion evidencing a subdued excitement1 while joy beamed from their eyes4 ,i'm going to make you some tea1 grandpa1 'cause it's cold1 and ,i think you'll feel better to drink it4 ,mis' ,gray told me ,i shouldn't touch it1 but since we're going away1 ,i guess it won't make no difference4 ,we may have to travel a good ways1 you know4 ,mother used to drink tea1 when we could afford it1 before starting out to work all day4 ,my1 ain't ,i glad we're going to find mother6 ,and she won't be coughing no more4 ,i want to see her so bad4 ,of course ,mis' ,gray has been good to give me a home1 but ,i'd rather be with mother4 ,she's different some way1 and ,i love her so4 ,it seems so long since she went away4 ,thank you1 dearie1 fer this tea2 it's real bracin' like1 and ,i can't remember when ,i've had none before ,tom used to git it fer me1 and anything else ,i wanted4 ,yes1 ,i'm mighty glad we're a-goin'1 mighty glad1 fer ,i'm a-gittin' homesicker all the time4 ,i think we'll find ,tom1 too1 and ,tom's mother4 ,there's a lot ,i want to tell 'em4 ,sary's so busy1 she don't have no time to talk to me4 ,last night ,i dreamed ag'in that ,i wuz in the little white meetin' house with the steeple a-pintin' straight up4 ,the green vines a-wavin' in the breeze wuz a-growin' all over it1 and the roses smelled so pretty4 ,and the man wuz a-readin' out of the ,book1 ,rosa4 ,wish ,i could read1 then ,i'd know it fer myself4 ,what was he reading about1 grandpa8 ,dunno as ,i can tell you1 child1 only somethin' about a river1 and a tree by it1 and fruit1 and the folks don't git sick no more1 and--well1 ,i can't tell you1 ,rosa1 but hurry up1 let's start6 ,when we git there1 we'll know all about it then4 ,here1 grandpa1 put this bread in your pocket1 please4 ,p'rhaps we'll need it4 ,i'll take it fer you1 ,rosa1 if you say so1 but ,i don't think we'll need it4 ',pears like the man said somethin' about their not gittin' hungry no more1 nor thirsty4 ,but then mebbe we'll want it on the way4 ,all right1 all right1 ,rosa1 but are you 'most ready8 ,seems like ,i can't wait4 ,yes1 ,i'm ready now1 but ,i'm so 'fraid you'll be cold1 grandpa1 dear4 ,no1 no1 child1 we'll soon git there4 ,the two children trudged down the three long flights of steps1 the younger leading the older lest he should trip and fall4 ,the morning was dreary1 with a cold wind blowing and with snow flakes scurrying through the air4 ,both being insufficiently clad1 they were shivering before having gone a block4 ',tis mighty cold1 ain't it1 dearie8 ,i had no idee about it2 but then we won't mind1 jest so we git there4 ,yes1 grandpa1 but ,i hope it won't take us long1 for the wind blows so awful hard4 ,it used to make mother cough to be out in a wind like this4 ,the big black carriage that came after her1 went 'round this corner1 so we'll go this way too4 ,i'm sure nobody on ,burton street knows the way anyhow4 ,i'd think they would1 though1 when the fare's all paid2 but p'rhaps they've never been told about it4 ,when we see a pretty lady dressed fine1 we'll ask her1 for ,i guess she'd know2 but then it's for poor folks1 too4 ,i wonder why nobody ever told me about ,jesus before8 ,i'll be so glad when ,i see ,him4 ,tenderly clasping each other by the hand1 they walked for blocks1 meeting hundreds of people1 though none of them appealed to ,rosa's fancy4 ,she was looking for a beautiful girl with blue eyes and a blue suit1 who would look down upon her with a smile4 ,a feeling of uncertainty was beginning to depress her1 but to grandpa she continued to talk hopefully4 ,at last realizing that he was becoming very tired1 she determined to wait no longer before inquiring the way4 ,singling out of the jostling crowd a well-dressed woman with a fur cloak1 which ,rosa thought looked so warm1 she stepped up to her1 and said3 ,please1 ma'am1 grandpa and me want to go to the beautiful land where folks don't cough no more4 ,mother's gone1 and ,jesus paid all the fare1 and it don't cost nothing to live there1 neither4 ,won't you please tell us the way8 ,what a very singular question6 was the unfeeling reply1 the haughty face relaxing not at all as the woman passed on4 ,i think she didn't understand1 grandpa1 said the disappointed child1 but ,i'll try again4 ,there's a lady dressed in blue4 ,i'm pretty sure she'll know4 ,in a tremulous voice the question was repeated4 ,why1 you queer little girl6 ,are you talking about heaven8 ,i don't know1 ma'am1 only it's where ,jesus has paid the fare1 and where there ain't no rent days to come 'round4 ,really1 ,i scarcely know what to say1 only you and this poor old man ought not to be out on this cold day4 ,we thought we'd soon be there1 ma'am1 but 'tis dreadful cold1 she replied1 her slight frame shivering violently from head to foot4 ,can't you tell us8 ,we want to go so awful bad4 ,i should think you could1 since it's for everybody4 ,it is too cold and crowded to stand here and talk1 child4 ,do you go to ,sunday school8 ,no1 ma'am2 what is ,sunday school8 ,you poor little heathen6 ,don't you know what ,sunday schools are8 ,they have them in all the churches4 ,find one and go tomorrow4 ,they will tell you what you want better than ,i can4 ,take this quarter and get something to eat1 then go back home4 ,you will meet no one on the street to help you4 ,having thus somewhat eased her conscience1 this church-member of many years went on to complete her shopping4 ,however1 things did not go well the rest of the day4 ,the wan face1 the sad brown eyes and the pathetic earnestness of the little questioner were constantly before her4 ,stopping to see the church treasurer on her way home1 she left a check for fifty dollars to be used in city mission work1 feeling confident that at last her responsibility in the case was at an end4 ,it was nearing the noon hour1 and ,rosa was hungry4 ,i think instead of eating that dry bread in your pocket1 grandpa1 that we'll get some warm sandwiches4 ,you wait3 ,i can get them in here1 'cause ,i was in one time before with mother4 ,very soon she returned1 bringing with her their feast4 ,let's go down this alley and sit on that box4 ,i guess the p'licemen won't care4 ,all right1 dearie1 but it's a mighty long ways to the beautiful land1 ain't it8 ,i thought we'd surely be there by now1 and ,i'm gittin' so tired and cold4 ,i think if ,tom knew we'd started1 he'd come and meet us4 ,while they were eating1 ,rosa was frightened to hear suddenly the abrupt question in a gruff voice1 ,what are you doing here8 and before her terrified eyes loomed a great policeman4 ,she1 like most children of her class1 feared instinctively these city protectors1 and would have run1 had it have not been for grandpa4 ,oh1 she replied1 with as much dignity and composure as possible1 we are going to the beautiful land1 and are just eating our sandwiches4 ,it don't cost nothing to go1 'cause ,god so loved the world and ,jesus paid all the fare4 ,mother's gone1 and folks don't cough no more there4 ,you don't have to pay rent1 and can have everything you want1 too4 ,so astonished was the policeman at this unexpected reply that he forgot to order them away4 ,well1 ,i never6 at last he ejaculated1 being unable to think of anything more appropriate for the occasion4 ,but let me tell you1 little girl1 you and that old man want to turn in wherever you came from before dark1 or you'll be more likely to go to the police station than to this beautiful land you're talking about4 ,so saying1 he started off upon his beat4 ,the mere thought of spending the night at the police station so thoroughly terrorized ,rosa that her heart for the instant almost stood still4 ,billy ,bruce1 the boy who lived next door to ,mrs4 ,gray1 had told her blood-curdling tales concerning his oft-repeated experiences in being locked up for the night1 and1 moreover1 according to his criterion1 he was always innocent of any misdemeanor4 ,but the worst part of all1 he had confided1 is a goin' before the judge4 ,you know the judge is the man what's made to git folks into trouble4 ,what should she do8 ,her childish eyes could see that grandpa was about given out1 but the mere thought of returning to ,burton street filled her with a feeling akin to terror4 ,but1 she argued1 ,mis' ,gray won't be home till ,monday1 and mebbe it's too far to the beautiful land that we can't get there today1 anyhow4 ,and ,i know mother'd feel awful if we'd get put in the p'lice station4 ,say1 grandpa1 she suddenly inquired1 why didn't we ask that p'liceman the way8 ,they're on purpose to tell folks how to go4 ,i wish we had1 but then ,i'm afraid to speak to another4 ,i don't know1 child1 but ,i wish we wuz there4 ,i'm so cold and tired1 and ,i want ,tom4 ,i'll tell you1 grandpa1 let's go back and get warm and rested4 ,you know there is some of that bushel of coal left ,mis' ,gray got the other day4 ,then tomorrow we can try once more4 ,the lady said something about church and ,sunday school1 but ,i don't know what she meant4 ,mebbe we can find some yet to tell us1 when it's for everybody4 ,i'd think we could4 ,jest as you say1 dearie1 jest as you say1 but it 'pears like we must find it1 'cause ,i'm so homesick4 ,slowly they began retracing their steps1 the old man leaning heavily with one hand upon the stick which served as a cane1 and with the other clasping ,rosa's4 ,turning a corner1 they suddenly came face to face with a well-dressed gentleman who1 ,rosa thought1 could certainly tell them4 ,oh1 say1 mister1 she said running up to his side1 won't you please-- ,no1 ,i won't1 you little beggar1 ,i have nothing for you4 ,for the instant she was so surprised and indignant1 that she could not answer1 but1 collecting herself1 shouted after him3 ,we ain't either beggars1 and ,i don't want no money4 ,i just want to know the way to the beautiful land4 ,but the man was lost in the crowd1 and the weary1 disappointed pilgrims started on4 ,so frequently did they have to turn aside into some alley or secluded spot for grandpa to rest that ,rosa became alarmed4 ,what if night should overtake them1 bringing to pass the policeman's direful prediction8 ,she was so tired and cold1 and her heart so heavy from repeated disappointments1 that the tears began rolling down her pale cheeks4 ,what is it1 my little girl8 unexpectedly some one gently asked4 ,in unutterable surprise1 she looked up into the face of another policeman who was smiling kindly upon her4 ,many a warm heart beats beneath the policeman's star1 and ,rosa's evident sorrow had aroused the sincere sympathy of this one4 ,you and the old man step up here out of the wind by this building1 and tell me your trouble4 ,are you lost8 ,no1 sir1 we ain't lost1 but just can't find the way4 ,not lost1 but can't find the way8 ,how is it8 ,i don't understand4 ,maybe ,i can help you1 if you will explain4 ,at this ,rosa broke into uncontrollable sobs1 and for several minutes could not answer4 ,at last1 with many a pause1 the whole story was told4 ,and oh1 she added1 with all the earnestness of which her intense nature was capable1 can you really tell us8 ,please1 oh1 please do1 for ,i can't stand it any longer without mother1 and she's looking for me1 'cause ,jesus paid the fare4 ,i just must go6 ,illustration3 ,rosa broke into uncontrollable sobs4 ,page #fj47 ,ah1 sweet baby1 he faltered1 his massive frame shaking with emotion1 ,i've a mother in the beautiful land looking for me1 too6 ,long years ago ,i promised to meet her there1 but1 no1 ,i've never found the way4 ,i cannot tell you4 ,if the way's so hard to find1 how do folks get there8 ,and lots of them are going1 for the lady said so4 ,i do wish mother'd come back for grandpa and me2 and again the child broke into sobs4 ,don't cry any more1 little one4 ,they say the way is easy to find4 ,let me think a minute2 maybe ,i can help you after all4 ,there's a big church on the corner there1 and ,i know the pastor loves poor people4 ,if you should go there tomorrow1 he would tell you the way1 ,i know4 ,now cheer up1 and get back to your home as soon as possible4 ,it will be getting dark presently1 and you will half freeze4 ,i will walk down to the corner with you1 and point out the church4 ,rosa's hopes were beginning to rise once more1 but upon beholding the massive stone structure indicated by the policeman1 she felt less sanguine4 ,are you real sure1 mister1 we could find the way if we'd go in there8 at length she said4 ,yes1 ,i know it1 for the pastor has wanted many times to teach me the way1 and ,i wouldn't let him4 ,rosa had no idea who or what the pastor might be1 and forgot to inquire1 because of her unutterable surprise4 ,it was simply unthinkable that any one could deliberately refuse the information which she and grandpa so earnestly coveted4 ,mister p'liceman1 why didn't you want to know the way8 she gasped1 impulsively grasping his big1 brawny hand4 ,wouldn't you like to know now8 ,yes1 little one1 ,i would1 and by ,god's help ,i will4 ,but come1 you must be gone6 ,it is almost dark4 ,i'll watch for you in the morning1 and take you to the door4 ,be sure not to disappoint me4 ,goodbye6 ,that evening in the quiet of his room a wonderful thing happened4 ,tucked away in the bottom of his trunk was a ,bible1 given to him years before by his mother1 when he was but a mere lad4 ,this he brought forth1 and till a late hour poured over its precious contents4 ,then falling upon his knees1 this prodigal of many years found in ,jesus the true way to the beautiful land4 ,he ,himself said that no man cometh unto the ,father but by ,him4 ,and an unspeakable peace filled his soul4 ,the last half mile of their walk seemed almost interminable both to ,rosa and grandpa4 ,as the darkness began to gather1 every shadow to her excited imagination was transformed into a policeman coming to lock them up4 ,after the trying experiences of the day1 it was a relief to be back once more in the dingy rooms which they had expected never to see again4 ,rosa soon had a fire feebly burning in the little stove1 then prepared a scanty supper1 offset by another cup of tea for grandpa4 ,the shabby couch she pulled up by the stove for him1 and did all within her power to make him warm and comfortable4 ,sitting by his side and watching him solicitously1 she was beginning to fear that he might not be able for the journey tomorrow1 for without a doubt he was much exhausted4 ,at last the tears began rolling down his face and fell upon her hand4 ,oh1 grandpa1 what is it8 she asked1 the tears coming to her own eyes4 ,you ain't sick1 are you8 ,no1 no1 dearie1 but mighty dis'p'inted4 ,i thought we'd be there tonight sure1 and ,i'm so homesick6 ,too bad1 too bad1 ain't it1 when the fare's all paid1 and they're a-looking fer us8 ,we wouldn't git hungry nor cold there1 neither1 nor tired4 ,yes1 but1 grandpa dear1 the p'liceman said we could find the way tomorrow in that great big building4 ,of course he must know1 don't you think so8 ,say1 ,rosa1 he asked excitedly1 not noticing her question1 and rising partly up1 while his eyes sparkled with new hope1 ,i can't remember1 but did it have a steeple a-p'intin' straight up8 ,yes1 such a big one1 grandpa4 ,it must go pretty nearly to the sky4 ,then it'll be all right1 ,i'm mighty sure of that1 but it 'pears like it'd ought to have green vines a-runnin' all over it1 and with roses a-growin' 'round4 ,wuz there any8 ,no1 grandpa1 for this is winter1 you know4 ,the roses won't be blooming outdoors now1 but sometimes ,i see them in the stores4 ,and so we'll git there tomorrow1 ,rosa1 he added dreamily1 and not be dis'p'inted no more6 ,i'm so mighty glad1 so mighty glad4 ,grandpa was asleep1 but becoming more and more restless4 ,his hands no longer were cold1 but felt hot to ,rosa1 as she vainly endeavored to keep them covered4 ,the flushed cheeks and rapid breathing convinced his faithful and experienced young nurse that it would be wise for her to sit by his side till morning4 ,the hours were long and dreary1 and at every sound her overtaxed nerves would cause her to start4 ,sometimes she was sure that a policeman was coming after them2 and again ,mrs4 ,gray was about to enter the room with a cruel whip in her hand4 ,so certain was she once of hearing her mother call that she jumped to her feet to obey the summons4 ,then before her vision would stand a lovely girl dressed in blue1 smiling down upon her and saying3 ,jesus paid all the fare long ago4 ,toward morning grandpa grew more quiet4 ,the little watcher dropped her head upon his pillow and fell asleep1 dreaming that mother was holding her in her arms1 softly singing as of yore4 ,illustration ,,vi4 ,,the ,,way ,,found ,it was late before they awakened the next morning4 ,rosa1 though not much rested herself1 was delighted to see grandpa apparently so well4 ,she could not remember ever before having seen him step so lightly around the room4 ,his eyes were shining1 and every few minutes he would sing snatches of his one song1 while assisting her in the preparation of their light breakfast4 ,we're a-goin' to find it today1 ,rosa1 ,i'm mighty sure1 yes1 mighty sure of that2 and ,i'm so glad4 ,i hope so1 grandpa dear4 ,yes1 we are1 fer he said so4 ,who said so8 ,why1 ,tom4 ,don't you remember8 ,we seen him last night1 ,rosa4 ,surely you ain't fergot4 ,we wuz a-crossin' the pretty brook on the bridge under the willers1 when all to once ,tom come a-runnin' up1 and wuz so glad to see us4 ,jest then the bell on the little white meetin' house with the steeple a-p'intin' straight up begun a-ringin'1 and it sounded better'n music4 ,oh1 it wuz so mighty sweet1 ,rosa6 ,i can 'most hear it now4 ,and when we got there1 the people was a-singin' about the beautiful land4 ,everybody wuz so happy1 'cause the fare wuz paid and they all know'd the way4 ,tom he says1 ',don't be dis'p'inted no more1 father1 'cause you're a goin' to git there1 and no mistake6' ,now1 ,rosa dear1 he continued1 while walking rapidly back and forth across the room1 let's git ready and start right off1 and not lose no more time4 ,we're goin' to the big meetin' house today1 didn't you say8 ,yes1 grandpa1 the one the p'liceman showed us1 you know4 ',pears like we'd ought to fix up a little bit then4 ,my shoes look most mighty bad1 don't they8 ,it might worry ,tom some4 ,i don't like to have him find out how poor ,i've been1 but then it won't make no difference after we git there4 ,say1 do you think ,sary would miss it1 if ,i'd take some of her stove polish and black 'em up a little8 ,oh1 ,i don't believe she would4 ,then ,i'll take jest a tiny bit1 not that she'd care1 fer ,sary's a good woman1 yes1 a very good woman1 but mighty partic'lar about her blackin'4 ,rosa patiently assisted in the process1 but it would have been difficult for the aesthetic eye to have discovered the improvement4 ,grandpa was satisfied1 and that was enough4 ,i don't want you to get cold like you did yesterday1 grandpa4 ,the wind's blowing hard4 ,wish you had more to put 'round you4 ,well1 ,i ain't got it1 dearie1 but ,i don't mind1 fer we're a-goin' to git there today4 ,tom'll look after me then4 ,here1 you take this3 it'll help a little1 and she slipped from her own neck a well-worn muffler formerly belonging to her mother4 ,she carefully pinned together his thin shabby coat1 for the buttons long since were gone1 and wrapped the muffler about his neck and face4 ,her own clothing1 since mother moved1 had grown threadbare and ragged1 forming but little protection against the cold1 cutting winds4 ,their hearts1 notwithstanding all outward difficulties and the disappointments of the preceding day1 were buoyant with hope as they started out once more upon their pilgrimage4 ,their one friend1 the policeman1 saw them coming and met them a short distance from their destination4 ,good morning1 grandpa and my little lady1 he cheerily called1 ,i have been expecting you for some time4 ,i had almost begun to fear that something had prevented your coming4 ,follow me1 and ,i shall see that the usher gives you a seat up in front4 ,i know you will find the way in here1 and ,i have at last1 thank ,god1 found it myself6 ,rosa wondered at this1 but could ask no questions4 ,they were entering the imposing building now1 while throngs of well-dressed people1 eyeing her curiously1 were surging by4 ,she was disappointed1 for her past experience had convinced her that no well-dressed person but her one girl in blue1 knew the way to the beautiful land4 ,while she was considering the advisability of an immediate retreat1 the policeman called to an usher3 ,here1 ,dawson1 are some friends of mine whom ,i want ,dr4 ,fairfax to meet personally4 ,send a messenger for him at once4 ,i know he will be willing to come2 then give them good seats where they can both hear and see4 ,do just as ,i say1 for these are my very special friends1 he added1 as the usher looked at him both quizzically and uncertainly4 ,and1 ,dawson1 tell him1 too1 that ,i have found the way1 praise the ,lord6 ,i must go now1 and ,god take care of you1 ,rosa4 ,you have taught me what you so want to know yourself4 ,the old ,book says that a little child shall lead them1 and it is true4 ,the usher hesitated somewhat to break the pastor's quiet half-hour which he had always spent with a few faithful workers before going into the pulpit1 but seeing the tears beginning to roll down the sweet1 sad face of the child1 he sent the messenger post-haste4 ,very soon a tall1 handsome man appeared4 ,good morning1 ,mr4 ,dawson1 and what may ,i do for you8 he pleasantly inquired4 ,something about his voice and kindly manner attracted ,rosa immediately1 and1 characteristically impulsive1 not waiting for ,mr4 ,dawson's reply she ran up to the stranger's side and said3 ,oh1 please1 mister1 won't you tell me how to go8 ,the policeman said you could4 ,grandpa and me want to go to the beautiful land1 and mother's gone4 ,folks don't cough no more there1 and ,jesus paid all the fare1 'cause the pretty lady said so1 and it don't cost nothing after you get there4 ,can you tell me the way8 ,the pastor in his surprise stood motionless for a moment1 then astonished ,mr4 ,dawson by lifting the little girl up in his arms and kissing her fondly4 ,rosa1 he said1 you are the straying lamb for whom ,esther and ,i have been praying for weeks1 and now ,god has sent you4 ,by ,his help ,i shall teach you the way this very morning4 ,this is grandpa1 is it not8 he added1 grasping the old man cordially by the hand4 ,i am indeed very glad to see you4 ,mr4 ,dawson1 you are needed to seat the people4 ,i shall escort these to a pew myself4 ,the trio a few minutes later slowly passing down the aisle was certainly unusually striking4 ,the pastor1 with head erect and thoroughly conscious that many were displeased1 was half supporting upon his strong right arm the shabbily-dressed and feeble man1 while the child in ragged apparel he tenderly led by the hand4 ,an observant eye might have noted various expressions upon the faces in the audience4 ,some evidently were disgusted that their popular pastor would so demean himself4 ,others were interested because of the oddity of the scene1 still others amused1 while here and there was one conversant with the language of the ,master and who prayed ,god's blessing to abide upon all three4 ,belonging to the first-named class was ,dr4 ,dale1 wealthy1 cautiously conservative always1 aristocratic1 exclusive in his circle of friends1 and who wished also to be exclusive in his church relationship4 ,the knowledge of his power over the majority of his acquaintances was a source of constant gratification to the proud man1 but the fact that his pastor would not bow the knee to his wealth and position chafed him sorely4 ,the events of this particular ,sunday morning he took as only another personal insult4 ,umph6 he grunted in deep displeasure1 and reached over to pick up his hat preparatory to leaving4 ,he could not countenance anything so ridiculously absurd4 ,if the pastor's eccentricities continued to develop as they had in the last year1 he would be compelled to seek another and more congenial church home1 where form was more in evidence4 ,prim little ,mrs4 ,dale1 the one person in the world who could influence her austere husband1 gently tapped him upon the arm and whispered3 ,stay1 my dear1 and see what comes of it all4 ,it is really quite unusual4 ,well1 he thought1 ,i'll stay to please her1 and in the meantime take a nap4 ,more to his discomfiture than ever1 ,dr4 ,fairfax had seated the strange pair directly across the aisle from him in the pew with ,esther4 ,glancing over to note the effect upon her1 ,mr4 ,dale saw that she took the little girl up into her lap1 bestowing upon her fond caresses4 ,he looked long enough for ,rosa's large brown eyes to meet his own1 then with a great heart pang turned away4 ,when had he ever seen so perfect a likeness to his own ,margaret1 his only and idolized darling1 who had left his home the year before8 ,something seemed to be clutching at his heart most relentlessly1 while a lump was filling his throat4 ,nervously and hastily lest his wife might see1 he wiped from his brow the gathering perspiration4 ,persistently he endeavored to settle down for the nap1 but with eyes either closed or open1 all he could see was the child across the aisle4 ,one moment he wished to fold her within his arms so strangely empty for twelve long months1 and the next mentally upbraided her for so cruelly tearing open the one deep wound of his life4 ,presently he became aware that the voluntary had ceased1 and that a restlessness was sweeping over the great audience4 ,arousing himself somewhat from his harrowing reveries1 he looked at his watch and found that it was ten minutes past the time for the service to begin1 and ,dr4 ,fairfax had not yet entered the pulpit4 ,while the people were wondering what the cause of the delay might be1 he appeared4 ,an unusual note of tenderness in the invocation prepared the auditors in some degree for what followed4 ,brethren1 he said1 it is recorded in ,holy ,writ that ,jesus took a child and set it in the midst of them4 ,just as truly has ,he set in our midst today a child1 and for this reason the whole order of service shall be changed4 ,god helping me1 ,i shall hide behind the cross1 that the people may see ,jesus only1 and ,i shall present the way of salvation so simply that wayfaring men1 though fools1 shall not err therein4 ,we are living in a rationalistic age1 when by many the ,god of miracles is denied2 when the incarnation of the ,son of ,god is considered a fable1 having its counterpart in nearly all religions2 when a belief in a literal hell and a literal heaven is becoming obsolete2 when the atonement of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 making it possible to escape the one and gain the other1 is held as a relic of superstition2 when the verbal inspiration of the ,bible is ridiculed2 and when character-building is rapidly superseding the belief in the necessity of the new birth4 ,perhaps ,i have not been sufficiently determined myself to know nothing among you save ,jesus ,christ and ,him crucified1 and have spoken too often upon popular themes4 ,today ,i shall not speak upon the subject announced1 ',applied ,christianity the ,remedy for ,social ,evils1' but1 and he looked down upon ,rosa to be sure that she understood1 ',heaven1 or the ,way to the ,beautiful ,land4' ,preparatory to what ,i may say1 ,i shall read the last two chapters of ,revelation4 ,and ,i saw a new heaven and a new earth3 for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away2 and there was no more sea4 ,and ,i ,john saw the holy city1 new ,jerusalem1 coming down from ,god out of heaven1 prepared as a bride adorned for her husband4 ,and ,i heard a great voice out of heaven saying1 ,behold1 the tabernacle of ,god is with men1 and ,he will dwell with them1 and they shall be ,his people1 and ,god ,himself shall be with them1 and be their ,god4 ,and ,god shall wipe away all tears from their eyes2 and there shall be no more death1 neither sorrow1 nor crying1 neither shall there be any more pain3 for the former things are passed away4 ,and ,he that sat upon the throne said1 ,behold1 ,i make all things new4 ,and ,he said unto me1 ,write3 for these words are true and faithful4 ,and ,he said unto me1 ,it is done4 ,i am ,alpha and ,omega1 the beginning and the end4 ,i will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely4 ,he that overcometh shall inherit all things2 and ,i will be his ,god1 and he shall be ,my son4 ,but the fearful1 and unbelieving1 and the abominable1 and murderers1 and whoremongers1 and sorcerers1 and idolaters1 and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone3 which is the second death4 ,and there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues1 and talked with me1 saying1 ,come hither1 ,i will show thee the bride1 the ,lamb's wife4 ,and he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain1 and showed me that great city1 the holy ,jerusalem1 descending out of heaven from ,god1 having the glory of ,god3 and her light was like unto a stone most precious1 even like a jasper stone1 clear as crystal2 and a wall great and high1 and had twelve gates1 and at the gates twelve angels1 and names written thereon1 which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of ,israel3 on the east three gates2 on the north three gates2 on the south three gates2 and on the west three gates4 ,and the wall of the city had twelve foundations1 and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the ,lamb4 ,and he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city1 and the gates thereof1 and the wall thereof4 ,and the city lieth foursquare1 and the length is as large as the breadth 99 99 99 99 ,and the building of the wall of it was of jasper3 and the city was pure gold1 like unto clear glass4 ,and the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones 99 99 99 99 ,and the twelve gates were twelve pearls2 every several gate was of one pearl2 and the street of the city was pure gold1 as it were transparent glass4 ,and ,i saw no temple therein3 for the ,lord ,god ,almighty and the ,lamb are the temple of it4 ,and the city had no need of the sun1 neither of the moon1 to shine in it3 for the glory of ,god did lighten it1 and the ,lamb is the light thereof4 ,and the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it3 and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it4 ,and the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day3 for there shall be no night there4 ,and they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it4 ,and there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth1 neither whatsoever worketh abomination1 or maketh a lie3 but they which are written in the ,lamb's book of life4 ,and he showed me a pure river of water of life1 clear as crystal1 proceeding out of the throne of ,god and of the ,lamb4 ,in the midst of the street of it1 and on either side of the river1 was there the tree of life1 which bare twelve manner of fruits1 and yielded her fruit every month3 and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations4 ,and there shall be no more curse3 but the throne of ,god and of the ,lamb shall be in it3 and ,his servants shall serve ,him3 and they shall see ,his face2 and ,his names shall be in their foreheads4 ,and there shall be no night there2 and they need no candle1 neither light of the sun2 for the ,lord ,god giveth them light3 and they shall reign for ever and ever 99 99 99 99 ,blessed are they that do ,his commandments1 that they may have right to the tree of life1 and may enter in through the gates into the city4 ,this incomparable description of the ,new ,jerusalem1 read in a finely modulated voice1 had a marked effect upon the audience1 though the reader was conscious of the presence of but three1 ,rosa1 grandpa1 and the ,lord ,jesus ,himself4 ,dr4 ,dale was more disgusted than ever1 or at least tried to be4 ,what unreasonable fanaticism6 he thought4 ,when men leave their homes and business to attend church1 they want something practical1 something acting as a stimulus in daily life4 ,being surrounded as we are on every hand by social evils1 strife between capital and labor1 and with anarchical tendencies becoming constantly more prevalent1 we need something bearing directly upon these problems4 ,there'll be time enough for these other things4 ,of course ,i believe in heaven1 for ,margaret is there1 and when ,i die ,i want to go to her4 ,i wish ,dr4 ,fairfax had left these vagrants where they belong4 ,the child's face haunts me4 ,her eyes are almost as starry and full of expression as ,margaret's4 ,that's the queerest little old man ,i ever saw4 ,i can't see how they happen to be here4 ,and so his mind wandered restlessly on during the preliminary services4 ,let all the people1 announced the speaker1 join in singing that old hymn which some of us have not heard in years1 ',the ,home of the ,soul4' ,the great organ filled the vast auditorium with the strains of the melody1 followed by a volume of sweetest song4 ,many were carried back to the scenes of their childhood1 where1 gathered around the family altar1 were the dear ones long since singing in paradise4 ,the strangers across the aisle again attracted ,dr4 ,dale's attention4 ,the old man was leaning forward with both hands resting upon his cane1 his eyes were closed1 and the tears were slowly trickling down the wrinkled face1 while with a plaintive1 quavery voice he was joining in the singing of his well-beloved song4 ,at last it was time for the sermon1 but the preacher1 who by his eloquence and magnetic personality could sway thousands1 felt as helpless as a little child to perform the duty before him4 ,he announced his text3 ,jesus saith unto him1 ,i am the way 7,john #ad3f74 ,the audience wondered why at that particular point he stopped apparently to offer a word of silent prayer4 ,but then they could not see the expression of hope flash across the face of the child1 nor the old man lean still a little farther forward that he might catch every word4 ,rosa1 whispered grandpa1 didn't ,i tell you if we'd go to a meetin' house with the steeple a-p'intin' straight up1 we'd find the way8 ,yes1 yes1 that's it1 it surely is1 ,rosa1 and it's all a-beginnin' to come back4 ,jesus is the way1 ,jesus is the way6 ,i wonder ,i ain't thought of it before4 ,the sermon which followed1 simple in every detail1 began by calling attention to the marvelously beautiful description of the heavenly land as contained in the ,scripture previously read4 ,there are representatives here today of many classes and conditions of society1 said the speaker1 the high and the low1 the rich and the poor1 the learned and the ignorant2 but there is no eye that has not shed bitter tears1 no life unacquainted with death1 sorrow1 crying1 or pain4 ,thank ,god for that glad coming day when ,he will wipe away all tears1 when there shall be no more death1 neither sorrow1 nor crying1 nor pain2 for these things shall have passed away6 ,he spoke of the glimpse the ,scripture gives of the city itself1 the ,new ,jerusalem1 with its walls and gates4 ,there is no language of earth by which its glories can be fully described1 he continued2 where our idea of beauty leaves off1 there heaven begins6 ,even its foundations are made of the rarest jewels we know4 ,but heaven's happiness consists not in mere outward things4 ,god is there1 and the ,lamb6 ,in ,god's presence is fulness of joy1 and at ,his right hand are to be found the truest pleasures for evermore4 ,there the redeemed out of every nation shall serve ,him1 and they shall see ,his face with no veil of time or sense between4 ,this holy city will never be marred by the entering in of anything that defileth1 but only those whose names are written in the ,lamb's book of life shall behold and enjoy its splendor and happiness4 ,i think ,i hear some poor soul say3 ',then there is no hope for me6' ,yes1 there is hope6 ',but ,i have sinned6' ,that is true4 ,all have sinned1 and come short of the glory of ,god4 ,there is none righteous1 no1 not one4 ,we are by nature and practice strangers to ,god1 even the new-born babe having wrapped up within its tiny bosom a sinful heritage and bias4 ,and the soul that sinneth shall die4 ,but sin can be put away1 and its dreadful penalty escaped4 ,shall ,i not tell you how8 ,it is by the love and grace of our heavenly ,father that we can be justified freely through the redemption that is in ,christ ,jesus4 ,god loved us in our sin and rebellion1 and sent ,his only-begotten ,son to bring earth's inhabitants back to ,himself1 that they might share the joys of the heavenly home4 ,ere ,he came to earth1 an angel of the ,lord appeared and said ,his name should be called ,jesus1 for ,he should save ,his people from their sins4 ,when at length ,he was born1 the angel appeared to the wondering shepherds on the hillside near ,bethlehem1 and said3 ',behold1 ,i bring you good tidings of great joy1 which shall be to all people3 for unto you is born this day a ,saviour4' ,he came to seek and save the lost4 ,for thirty years ,he lived a secluded but holy life at ,nazareth4 ,then for three years ,he went about doing good1 working marvelous miracles and saying wonderful words4 ,at length they took ,him1 and crucified ,him on ,calvary6 ',behold1' ,john had said1 'the ,lamb of ,god that taketh away the sin of the world6' ,do you not see how it is8 ,christ died--not for ,his own sins1 for ,he was holy1 harmless1 undefiled1 but for your sins and mine4 ,he bore our sins in ,his body on the cross4 ,believe on ,him1 and you are saved6 ,yes1 childlike trust in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ as your ,saviour gives your soul peace with ,god and makes your entrance into the house of many mansions sure6 ,he went back to prepare a place for us who believe on ,him1 and promised to come again and receive us unto ,himself1 that where ,he is1 there we may be also4 ,jesus ,himself is the way home6 ,so clearly did he explain the plan of salvation that ,rosa began to grasp the truth4 ,all the pent-up love of her ardent nature she began to bestow upon ,jesus1 and in the joy of this new experience forgot her crushing sorrow4 ,the sermon closed by another extended reference to heaven1 with special emphasis upon the fact of its being real1 and not simply a state of blissful being1 as many profess to believe1 and with an appeal to the skeptical to take ,jesus at ,his word4 ,he said1 ',i go to prepare a place for you4' ,is it not ,his positive statement sufficient8 ,has ,he ever proved untrue to ,his promises concerning this life8 ,has ,he ever turned a deaf ear to the penitent sinner's prayer8 ,has ,he ever refused to speak the word of comfort to the heart breaking beneath its load8 ,has ,he ever called one to some particular service in ,his vineyard without supplying the needed strength8 ,has ,he ever forgotten to pour forth ,his abundant and sustaining grace upon the trusting soul about the pass through the dark1 mysterious valley of death8 ,and would ,he say that ,he was going to prepare a place for us1 that where ,he is there we may be also1 meaning only that ,he was going to prepare a state of glorified--nothingness8 ,impossible6 ,it is an insult to our ,lord4 ,he who left the glory-circled throne for thirty-three years of wandering in this world1 for rejection by those whom ,he came to save1 for ,gethsemane and for ,calvary1 will hold up no false hope to lure onward those who love ,him4 ,he who created this beautiful world1 inhabited by fallen sinful beings1 will not forget to provide a home for ,his own who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the ,lamb4 ,yes1 heaven is a place1 where the power of infinity itself is exhausted in the beautifying thereof6 ,no sin1 no sickness1 no sorrow will ever pass through those gates of pearl4 ,the saints of all ages are there1 our loved ones whom we have lost a while are there1 and above all our ,lord and ,saviour ,jesus ,christ6 ,ah1 if ,satan has deluded you into a state of unbelief now1 the time is coming when you will believe6 ,some day with unwilling feet you must part from your ,lord forever to spend eternity in hell2 or with hosannas and shouts of victory upon your lips1 you will pass into the presence of ,him who sits upon the throne1 to praise ,him and serve ,him forever and ever6 ,at the conclusion of the service1 ,dr4 and ,mrs4 ,dale left without waiting to speak to the pastor4 ,mrs4 ,dale1 however1 stopped ostensibly to greet ,esther1 but in reality to look more closely at the child who had attracted her quite as much as her husband4 ,the doctor's perturbed state did not admit of his speaking to any one4 ,he longed for ,margaret1 and both loved and hated the little waif who unconsciously had so remarkably altered the affairs of the whole morning4 ,he had endeavored not to listen to the sermon1 fit only for children1 and not for men possessed of a logical turn of mind1 he said to himself2 but the more he tried1 with the greater persistency did the ringing sentences surge through his aching brain4 ,well6 he exclaimed to his wife as soon as they were seated in their carriage1 ,dr4 ,fairfax is a narrow-minded extremist1 a fanatic4 ,what right had he to bring those street wanderers into the church this morning8 ,the place for them is down at the mission4 ,do ,i not give liberally toward its support8 ,to be sure1 such as they need the ,gospel1 but ,i want them to stay where they belong to get it4 ,but1 my dear1 placidly remonstrated his wife1 there may be qualifying circumstances connected with all this which we do not understand4 ,possibly1 but scarcely probable anything to warrant such an unheard-of innovation6 ,the place for them is down at the mission1 ,i say4 ,and that sermon1 if such it may be called6 ,i thought ,i was at a funeral4 ,there were hundreds of men there1 who like myself went for something helpful and practical4 ,who cares to discuss the heavenly city when our city down here is in the throes of a strike1 threatening to paralyze business for weeks and months to come1 and meaning the loss of millions of dollars1 both directly and indirectly8 ,i know1 dear1 but the ,father's omnipotent hand of love will bring everything out right some day4 ,he has promised1 and ,his promises never fail4 ,is it not restful1 and does it not make one more brave for the conflict1 to know that there is an abiding city1 at whose portals we leave earth's sorrows and perplexities8 ,yes1 wife1 ,i know1 but we are living now upon this mundane sphere1 and naturally our interests center here4 ,a belief in heaven does not straighten out affairs on earth1 nor make the burdens any the lighter to bear4 ,i do not know about that1 since ,margaret has gone4 ,if ,i did not believe what ,dr4 ,fairfax said this morning1 my burden1 at least1 would be much heavier and harder to bear4 ,it does help to know that she is safe1 and that ,i shall join her myself some day4 ,oh1 well1 yes1 of course1 but then it's different when it comes to ,margaret6 ,for several minutes they rode in silence1 when the doctor said3 ,wife1 did you see that child's eyes8 ,yes1 ,i saw them4 ,i wish--well1 we are home now6 ,let me assist you from the carriage4 ,in the meantime1 grandpa and ,rosa were having an experience very novel to them4 ,upon discovering grandpa's weak condition1 a carriage had been ordered1 the first one in which they had ever ridden4 ,esther was quietly explaining to ,rosa more of ,jesus and ,his love for the children1 while her receptive little soul was eagerly taking it all in4 ,then1 she said1 ,i can't go to the beautiful land till ,he sends for me6 ,i do wish ,he would send soon4 ,no1 but ,he surely will send some day1 ,rosa1 and perhaps ,he wants you to teach others how to get there4 ,if ,he does1 then ,i'm willing to stay1 'cause so many don't know4 ,in her broken childish way1 ,rosa told of the many and varied experiences befalling her and grandpa since mother moved4 ,esther and her father were greatly touched by the pathos of the narrative1 but what left the deepest impression was that in her eager quest she could find no one for so long to help her4 ,there in the privacy of their carriage they gave themselves anew to the work of the ,lord1 pledging never again to let a known opportunity to speak to a needy soul pass by4 ,grandpa1 like a tired child1 was resting his head upon the shoulder of his new friend during the drive1 and it was evident that he was very ill4 ,the fever was returning1 the mind partially wandering1 but the soul rejoicing in the light of that land which he so soon was to enter4 ,ah1 ,rosa1 he murmured over and over1 ,i told you so4 ,jesus is the way1 ,jesus is the way6 ,i'm mighty glad it's all come back1 but ,tom he said 'twould1 and ,i think he' a-comin' now to git me4 ,upon their arrival home1 with tender hands the weary old man was put to bed1 while ,esther took charge of ,rosa1 clothing her in more suitable garments1 and talking simply of the ,shepherd who seeks the wandering lambs4 ,illustration ,,vii4 ,,victory6 ,the deserted rooms on ,burton street suddenly became the scene of great activity early ,monday afternoon4 ,mrs4 ,gray's supersensitive conscience would not admit of her neglecting her charges1 so in consequence her visit was made a few hours shorter than first planned4 ,the fire was out1 and no trace could she find of ,rosa and grandpa4 ,she hollered till her throat was sore1 looked in every reasonable--and unreasonable--corner1 searched up and down the hall1 inquired of her neighbors1 visited the corner grocery1 but all to no avail4 ,land sakes6 over and over she repeated to a group of interested spectators1 ,i might a-know'd better'n to have gone off and left them4 ,this is jest my luck1 anyhow4 ,the first time ,i've been away in five years1 then have this happen4 ,i'm jest real provoked1 and ,i don't think a body could blame me1 either4 ,but it all comes of me bein' so obligin'4 ,if it wuzn't fer my tender heart1 ,i'd never kep' ,tom's father1 nor took ,mis' ,browning's young one1 then ,i could come and go as ,i pleased and not be pestered this way4 ,there ain't many that'd do fer others what ,i do1 and ,i never git no thanks fer it1 neither4 ,if ,i hadn't had father to board all these years1 ,i might have somethin' laid up fer a rainy day1 and there ain't nobody but what'll say ,i'm industrious and savin'4 ,but ,i can't think where they'd go1 nor what ,i can do4 ,it seems like somebody'd seen them4 ,i'll fix them when they git back1 so as they'll never do it ag'in4 ,it looks like they'd been gone fer some time1 and ,i do b'lieve they've been into the tea and stove blackin'4 ,i never thought about blackin'1 who would8 but ,i told them not to touch that tea1 fer ,i couldn't afford it4 ,they'll be sorry1 they will1 when ,i git hold of them4 ,here you1 ,billy ,bruce6 she vociferously called1 catching sight of that youth running down the stairs three steps at a time2 come right back here at fast as you can1 and tell me what you know about ,rosa and grandpa4 ,you're always under foot a-knowin' what's a-goin' on1 so ,i 'spose if anybody seen them you did4 ,billy feared ,mrs4 ,gray more than he did the judge or policeman--that is1 at close range2 but when occupying the vantage-ground1 as at the present1 he delighted in revolt4 ,i didn't either see them1 he shouted back1 and don't know nothin' about them1 only ,i'd run off1 too1 if ,i wuz them4 ,at this the greatly abused and misunderstood woman picked up a piece of coal to hurl at the rapidly retreating young rebel1 when1 to her astonishment1 she saw coming up the steps the transformed ,rosa with ,esther6 ,you'd better look out1 ,rosa1 confidently explained ,billy1 she's awful mad1 and you may git that lickin' yet1 you said she'd been a-promisin'4 ,rosa shrank in terror1 her face growing pale and twitching nervously1 while an inclination to run away with her barbarous but devoted champion took possession of her4 ,never mind1 dear1 whispered ,esther reassuringly1 she will do you no harm while ,i am with you4 ,you need not be at all afraid4 ,upon looking into the fearless blue eyes of ,esther1 ,mrs4 ,gray suddenly determined to change her plan of attack4 ,land sakes1 ,rosa6 ,i've been that worried about you and father1 the dear old soul1--where is he8 and where have you been1 and where did you git them pretty clothes8 ,why didn't you tell me you wanted to go on a visit1 and what made you stay so long8 ,of course it wuz awful lonesome here without me1 so ,i won't blame you much1 but children'd ought to tell4 ,not giving the child an opportunity to answer1 a volley of interrogations and information was turned upon ,esther4 ,what's your name8 ,esther ,fairfax1 is it8 well1 now that's a real pretty name1 but do come right in and set down4 ,things is in a muss1 fer ,i've been gone1 and children don't amount to much fer work1 'specially when they ain't been raised right4 ,i ain't had her long1 you know1 or she'd be different4 ,her ma wuz awful queer and silly about her4 ,but where did you find her8 ,you wuz real thoughtful to bring her back to me1 so as ,i wouldn't worry any longer'n necessary4 ,i 'spose you found her clothes in bad shape4 ,her ma's been dead now a while1 and didn't keep things up as well as she might anyhow1 ,i thought1 fer some time4 ,she wuz one of them women that gives up easy1 but that's somethin' ,i never do4 ,i've been a-layin' out to show ,rosa how to sew4 ,she's plenty old enough1 and ,i ain't got no time to do it myself4 ,but then ,i never did b'lieve in bringin' them up lazy4 ,there's a lot in gittin' them started right4 ,and where on earth's the old man8 ,i can't think how you found them4 ,seems like a month since ,i seen him1 but then ,i have more attachment and affection than most folks1 or ,i wouldn't a been so flustered4 ,i hope he's acted with some sense1 so as ,i won't have to be mortified4 ,endeavoring to impress her guest favorably1 ,mrs4 ,gray1 while talking1 was energetically moving about the room1 making some pretense toward bringing order out of confusion4 ,that grease spot down there on the floor by the stove does really worry me a heap1 and ,i'd really ought to-- ,at this ,rosa cast a glance at the whip still reposing above the door1 and tightened her clasp upon ,esther's hand4 ,father's awful childish1 and ,i have to treat him jest like a child1 too1 or ,i couldn't git on with him no how4 ,i've kep' him now1 well1 let me see3 it's a-goin' on six years since ,tom got killed1 and ,i've been a-supportin' him ever since1 and no tellin' how much longer he'll live4 ,if it wuzn't fer my kind heart1 ,i'd tell him he'd have to leave4 ,i've thought of it some lately1 but then s'pose ,i never will4 ,then when ,mis' ,browning died1 of course she wanted me to raise ,rosa4 ,it's a good thing she did die fer now ,rosa'll learn to do somethin' more'n jest to be kissed and cried over4 ,i used to git that provoked at her ma fer actin' so silly4 ,i didn't say she could stay here only till spring4 ,of course she come in real handy like when father didn't mind and ,i twisted my ankle1 but then it's sech a bother to raise a child4 ,when she ain't no more use to me1 ,i don't know how it'll be then4 ,during this recital1 ,esther's face was a study4 ,she had visited much among the poor with her father1 but never before had she come into contact with quite so unusual a character as ,mrs4 ,gray4 ,finding that her only opportunity to state her errand was to interrupt the loquacious speaker1 she determined to wait no longer4 ,mrs4 ,gray1 ,i have come to tell you that you will never again be troubled by grandpa or ,rosa4 ,grandpa is in my home1 and the physician says that he can live but a few hours longer4 ,he has had a raging fever1 but that has left now2 he is entirely rational and wishes to see you before the ,master calls4 ,my carriage is waiting4 ,there is no time to lose4 ,put on your wraps and come immediately4 ,so surprised was ,mrs4 ,gray that for the instant an almost unprecedented thing occurred3 she could think of nothing to say4 ,but endeavoring to gain her normal poise1 she turned upon ,rosa4 ,well1 you heard what the lady said6 ,father1 the dear old soul1 of course he wants to see me before he dies1 after all ,i've done fer him2 but how lonely it'll be without him6 ,seems like ,i can see him a-settin' over there in his chair now1 a-lookin' out of the winder1 like he did 'most all day sometimes4 ,at this appropriate juncture1 she made a fruitless effort to shed a few tears1 but1 to be charitable1 the deepest sorrow cannot find expression in tears4 ,you can stay here1 ,rosa1 and have supper ready when ,i git back1 and make me some tea2 ,i'll need it to settle my nerves4 ,take them fine clothes off1 too1 before you spoil 'em4 ,i want you to learn to be savin'1 like ,i've always been4 ,and give that grease spot another scrubbin'1 and go to the corner grocery and git-- ,no1 ,mrs4 ,gray1 vehemently interposed ,esther1 did ,i not tell you that ,rosa is never going to live with you again8 ,you are about to realize your dream of liberty1 for which without a doubt you are duly grateful4 ,you seem to feel that both grandpa and ,rosa have been intolerable burdens4 ,esther was the repetition of her father1 and when the case demanded could be firm and commandingly dignified4 ,again ,mrs4 ,gray was speechless4 ,for so long she had been absolute monarch in her small realm1 with none daring to question or to rise in rebellion1 that it was a revelation to find in a young woman like ,esther an opposite and stronger force with which to reckon4 ,for the first time in her life she was completely conquered1 and without another word marched solemnly down to the carriage4 ,this is an opportunity1 thought ,esther1 and may ,i be directed in all ,i say4 ,not wishing this woman possessed of a hard heart and a shriveled soul to stand in awe of her any longer1 a few kind and ordinary remarks soon accomplished the desired end4 ,well1 ,miss ,esther1 you ain't told me how it's all come about4 ,i can't fer the life of me think1 and it all seems so strange4 ,i jest can't git it through my head that father's a-goin' to die4 ,are you real sure of it8 ,mebbe there's a mistake4 ,no1 ,mrs4 ,gray1 there is no mistake4 ,in a few hours he will be safe forever in the better land4 ,esther's power of narration was well developed4 ,going into the minute details1 she simply told the whole story1 while ,mrs4 ,gray attentively listened without an interruption4 ,there were indications that the hitherto impregnable fortress of this untutored woman's heart was beginning to totter4 ,but is there after all in this great world a heart so loveless1 so blackened by sin1 or so narrowed by its own selfish domain1 as to be entirely invincible8 ,cannot the love emanating from ,christ ,himself1 flowing through the channel of a surrendered life1 leave its impress where all else fails8 ,esther's observant eye noted the change1 then skilfully she began speaking of the ,lord as a personal ,saviour4 ,presently tears began rolling down the hardened cheeks1 causing the young messenger to feel that victory was almost certain4 ,upon reaching the ,fairfax home1 ,mrs4 ,gray was ushered into a room1 which to her seemed magnificent4 ,grandpa was lying upon an immaculate bed1 while everything surrounding him was far more indicative of loving thoughtfulness than of luxury4 ,in his hand he clasped a beautiful rose1 because during his rational moments he so often spoke of the pretty roses a-growin' by the brook down in the lane4 ,the rose was presented by none other than ,dr4 ,dale1 not--so he assured himself--that he was in the least sympathetic with the ,fairfaxes in their eccentric freak4 ,it was simply for the good of the patient that all small whims be humored4 ,upon a nearby table was ,esther's violin4 ,during the long hours of the preceding night1 when the burning fever produced a great restlessness in the weary sufferer1 nothing soothed him but the low1 sweet strains of music4 ,now he was calm1 and for the first time since ,tom died clothed in his right mind4 ,sary1 how be you8 he feebly asked1 as she slowly walked up to his side4 ,i'm so glad you've come1 fer it's all straightened out now1 and ,i want to thank you afore ,i go fer all you've done fer me4 ,and may somebody take care of you real kind when you git old and can't work no more4 ,i've been a big bother1 ,sary4 ,you've had a good deal to put up with since ,tom died1 but you've been mighty kind4 ,you've always give me enough to eat1 and kep' me warm1 and you've had to work awful hard to do it4 ,i thank you1 ,sary1 and may ,god bless you6 ,but ,i do want you to find ,jesus1 the way to the beautiful land4 ,you won't have it so hard there4 ,he's paid for everything1 and it's free fer the askin'4 ,oh1 father1 she said1 dropping upon her knees and weeping bitterly for the first time in many years1 you ain't got nothin' to thank me fer4 ,i've never seen till jest this minute how awful mean ,i've been4 ,you did your very best to please me1 and the harder you tried1 the more ,i scolded4 ,i wish ,i'd been better to you4 ,no1 you ain't got nothin' at all to thank me fer1 and ,i'll miss you so6 ,i don't know why ,i've never seen it before1 and you've always been so good4 ,i'll never git over feelin' mean about it1 no1 ,i never will1 oh dear1 dear6 ,there1 there1 ,sary1 don't cry6 ,it's all right now4 ,tenderly he stroked the hand which many times had been raised threateningly against him1 and tried to soothe the thoroughly conscience-striken woman4 ,sary1 ,i do want you to find ,jesus4 ,it's so mighty sweet to know ,him1 and ,he'll help you over all the hard places1--,he says ,he will2 and ,he always carries the heavy end of the load1 too4 ,i'm too wicked and mean1 father4 ,he wouldn't have me1 she sobbed1 but ,i wish ,he would2 ,i need ,him bad1 and want help4 ,mrs4 ,gray1--it was the minister who spoke and who had been a silent witness of the pathetic scene1--,jesus died to save you4 ,i wish ,i knew it1 she moaned1 but ,i'm too mean4 ,i'm the biggest sinner in the world to treat father and ,rosa the way ,i have4 ,if you are the biggest sinner in the world1 then ,i know that ,jesus died to save you4 ,listen to ,his word3 ',this is a faithful saying1 and worthy of all acceptation1 that ,christ ,jesus came into the world to save sinners2 of whom ,i am chief4' ,you consider yourself the chief of sinners1 do you8 ,yes1 ,i do2 ,i know ,i am4 ,who came to save the chief of sinners8 ,why1 the verse says ,christ ,jesus did4 ,yes1 ,mrs4 ,gray1 that is true4 ,then whom did ,jesus ,christ come to save8 ,oh1 ,he came to save me1 ,he came to save me6 ,how could ,he ever do it8 ,just because ,god so loved the world1 that ,he gave ,his only begotten ,son1 that whosoever believeth in ,him should not perish1 but have everlasting life4 ,do you believe it8 ,yes1 how can ,i help it1 when ,he done all that8 ,then if you believe in ,him1 what have you8 ,everlasting life6 ,everlasting life6 ,dreamily1 yet joyously1 she repeated the words many times1 trying to comprehend their fathomless depths4 ,but1 she anxiously asked1 what about my sins8 ,you don't know how mean ,i've been4 ',and their sins and iniquities will ,i remember no more4' ,oh1 thank ,god1 thank ,god6 ,he's give me everlasting life1 and won't remember my sins4 ,i want to begin all over now1 and do somethin' fer ,him before ,i die4 ,in broken petitions she poured forth her heart in prayer to ,god1 while at the same moment angelic songs were started anew around the throne above4 ,another soul was born again4 ,is there less rejoicing over there when the soul saved chances to be the tenant of a roughly-hewn temple8 ,ah no1 for it required the shedding of just the same precious blood as for the souls of earth's greatest and noblest6 ,an expression of unspeakable peace lighted up grandpa's happy face1 as he murmured3 ,oh1 ,sary1 ,i'm so glad1 so mighty glad6 ,now ,i'll tell ,tom you're a-comin'1 and we'll both be a-watchin' fer you4 ,won't we be happy when we all git safe home8 ,goodby1 ,sary6 ,you've always been a good woman1 yes1 a very good woman1 and now ,jesus will take care of you4 ,goodby1 till we meet ag'in6 ,the effort of speaking seemed to exhaust him perceptably1 and he sank off into a deep sleep4 ,it was evident that the end was near1 and hastily ,dr4 ,dale was summoned4 ,upon examining his patient1 he found that in a few minutes1 or perhaps a half an hour at the most1 all would be over4 ,silently they watched him4 ,rosa understood better now than she did a few weeks before what the moving meant4 ,she knew that she would be lonely without grandpa1 her one comforter through many a dark and dreary hour1 and the tears began to gather4 ,at this ,dr4 ,dale became restless4 ,just to avoid a scene1 he took the little girl up into his arms1 wiping away the tears and whispering words of comfort4 ,mrs4 ,gray sat nearest the dying man1 gently smoothing back the snowy locks from his forehead4 ,his breath was growing shorter and shorter1 but there was no struggle4 ,suddenly his eyes opened1 and with a smile of recognition he greeted each one4 ,oh1 he faintly whispered1 ,jesus is the way1 ,jesus is the way6 ,sing to me my song1 won't you1 please8 ,with difficulty ,esther and her father complied with the request1 while the doctor walked nervously up and down the room with ,rosa still in his arms4 ,oh1 how sweet it will be in that beautiful land1 ,so free from all sorrow and pain1 ,with songs on our lips and with harps in our hands1 ,to meet one another again6 ,as the words of the last verse died away1 the soul took its flight to rejoice forever in the presence of the ,king4 ,o death1 where is thy sting8 ,o grave1 where is thy victory8 ,thanks be to ,god which giveth us the victory through our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,illustration ,,viii4 ,,dust ,,to ,,dust4 ,the events of ,sunday morning had occasioned much comment upon the part of ,dr4 ,fairfax's parishioners4 ,the majority1 after taking time for consideration1 approved1 and became intensely interested to know the outcome of the strange proceeding4 ,during the few hours of grandpa's illness many messengers called to learn the latest news1 and it cheered the pastor's heart to find that after all he was far from being alone in his love for ,god's neglected poor4 ,he had planned a quiet funeral1 and was arranging to that effect when requests from all sides began pouring in that it might be held in the church4 ,it is a signal opportunity1 father1 ,esther had said when consulted1 so a public funeral was soon announced together with another innovation4 ,instead of the customary floral offerings1 it was suggested that the people bring gifts of money to place upon the casket1 to be used in the forwarding of city mission work4 ,at the hour appointed1 the small procession wended its way to the church4 ,dr4 ,dale had found it advisable for himself and wife to join the funeral party4 ,it was natural that ,esther should look after ,mrs4 ,gray1 who never before had been in so fine a building1 and it would be awkward for her to have charge of ,rosa as well4 ,then really the child was very nervous and might suddenly need professional attention4 ,all things considered1 there was no alternative3 he must keep her with him4 ,both curiosity and genuine interest attracted a great crowd1 causing the pastor once more to feel his need of hiding behind the cross1 that the people might behold ,jesus only4 ,in all his wide and varied experience1 this funeral pre-eminently was the most unique4 ,conventionality was laid aside4 ,there was no sermon1 but the story of the last few days of the victor's life was told so graphically that the audience was held in almost breathless silence4 ,brethren1 said the speaker in closing1 how must we appear in the sight of ,god1 who loved us to the extent of giving ,his only ,son to die for our sins1 when it is possible for one to live long1 weary years in our midst with none to tell him of ,jesus8 ,can we expect ever to hear from ,his lips the welcome plaudit1 ',well done6' when we are no more zealous than this for the souls whom ,he came to save8 ,i fear that many who profess to love ,him will fall far short of the 'abundant entrance1' and will stand ashamed before ,him at ,his appearing4 ,can it be true that we are selfish to the extent of being satisfied simply with our own salvation1 when ,his heart of infinite love and compassion is yearning with unfathomable tenderness over the lost8 ,we have the opportunity now which angels may well covet1 that of leading souls to ,christ4 ,this priceless privilege is intrusted to us only for the one brief moment of our earthly existence1 and how we should prize it above all things else6 ,consider the fact that one million of years hence1 yea1 millions of millions of years1 your happiness and capacity for enjoying ,christ and heaven depend upon the manner of your spending this present vapor called life4 ,when eventually we are ushered through the gates of the ,eternal ,city1 it will then be forever too late for this one blood-purchased pleasure of telling salvation's story to the lost4 ,it seems a paradox that it is possible for one to be a ,christian without having a consuming passion for souls4 ,but in reality the whole matter centers not upon our love for those around us1 but upon our love for the ,lord ,jesus ,himself4 ,when we are in unbroken fellowship with ,christ1 the natural result is love for those so dear to ,him4 ',the love of ,jesus is not an absorbing1 but a radiating love4 ,the more we love ,him1 the more shall we most certainly love others4' ,each new revelation of ,himself graciously granted unto ,his followers only draws us the nearer to ,him1 the fountain of eternal love1 where we drink to our fill and are imbued with an all-consuming desire to carry the life-giving water unto others4 ,nor can we gaze long at the cross1 at the cruelly mutilated brow of our ,saviour1 at ,his body torn and bruised by the merciless scourging1 at the five bleeding wounds1 nor can we listen to the cry of ,his broken heart1 ',my ,god1 ,my ,god1 why hast ,thou forsaken ,me8' without being melted with love and filled with a holy zeal to serve ,him every moment of our lives4 ,one real view of the cross changes all4 ,the things of this life1 where we shall be located and how we shall be situated1 will have no more effect upon us1 if only we may glorify ,him4 ,many have taken the first step1 giving into ,his keeping their souls for eternity1 but will you not now1 while beholding ,him hanging on yonder cross for you1 give ,him your lives as well8 ,the only life worth the living is the surrendered life4 ,time is uncertain1 eternity sure4 ,now and only now may we prove to ,him our love1 and know the fellowship of ,his sufferings4 ,i ask every ,christian here today1 who is willing henceforth to yield his life1 his time1 his all1 unconditionally into the hands of the ,master and to go forth seeking those who need help1 to arise4 ,the speaker1 though pale from emotion1 calmly folded his arms and looked over the audience to see what the result might be4 ,he knew that the crisis in the life of his church had arrived1 and should the ,king have the victory1 or no8 ,for a moment there was not a stir4 ,then the preacher himself could scarcely believe what he saw4 ,dr4 ,dale1 still holding ,rosa in his arms1 slowly arose1 love and determination being depicted upon the hitherto cold and dignified countenance4 ,the effect was pronounced4 ,soon hundreds were upon their feet1 while some one started the song3 ,i gave ,my life for thee1 ,my precious blood ,i shed ,that thou might'st ransomed be ,and quickened from the dead2 ,i gave ,my life for thee3 ,what hast thou done for ,me8 ,my ,father's house of light1 ,my glory-circled throne1 ,i left for earthly night1 ,for wanderings sad and lone2 ,i left it all for thee3 ,hast thou left aught for ,me8 ,i suffered much for thee1 ,more than thy tongue can tell1 ,of bitterest agony1 ,to rescue thee from hell2 ,i've borne it all for thee3 ,what hast thou borne for ,me8 ,and ,i have brought to thee1 ,down from my home above1 ,salvation full and free1 ,my pardon and ,my love2 ,i bring rich gifts to thee3 ,what hast thou brought to ,me8 ,at the conclusion of the song the pastor led in a consecration prayer1 knowing that in many the bonds of worldliness were forever snapped asunder1 and that henceforth the victorious1 overcoming life would be theirs1 making themselves heirs of the promise3 ,to him that overcometh will ,i grant to sit with ,me in ,my throne1 even as ,i also overcame1 and am set down with ,my ,father in ,his throne4 ,after a few moments of silence1 the quartette softly sang ,the ,home of the ,soul1 while a vast procession slowly marched before the casket1 placing upon it gifts of silver1 gold and bank notes all in one great heap4 ,at last all that was earthly of him whose simple life and final victory had proven so powerful a sermon1 was tenderly carried out and laid to rest in a beautiful lot purchased by ,dr4 ,dale1 while the setting sun was painting the western sky with almost heavenly glory4 ,god hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise2 and ,god hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty4 ,illustration ,,ix4 ,a ,,little ,,child ,,shall ,,lead ,,them4 ,the day was over4 ,esther and her father1 possessed of a calm1 holy joy deeper than ever before1 were seated in his study1 while with them were ,dr4 and ,mrs4 ,dale1 ,rosa and ,mrs4 ,gray4 ,esther had been undergoing a struggle1 for it would be hard to give ,rosa up4 ,she had planned to keep her as her own little sister1 to educate her1 to train her in things both temporal and spiritual1 and to guard her till she should develop into a pure1 strong1 noble woman4 ,now she felt that it must be otherwise1 for evidently ,god had so determined4 ,knowing that ,his will always would be her deliberate choice1 could she see the end from the beginning as ,he can1 she was growing positively happy at this unexpected turn of events4 ,it was a part of her religion not to be simply passively submissive to ,his will1 but in it always to rejoice4 ,the psalmist's declaration1 ,i delight to do ,thy will1 ,o my ,god1 was the expression of her heart's desire4 ,mrs4 ,dale1 though with an eye upon the child1 was quietly talking to ,mrs4 ,gray of the privileges and duties befalling the ,christian4 ,dr4 ,dale was clasping ,rosa closely to his breast1 while now and then a tear dropped upon her curly head4 ,pastor1 he said after a long interval of silence1 the battle has raged fiercely since ,sunday morning1 but thanks be to ,god1 ,he has given me the strength with which to gain the victory4 ,you know how selfish ,i have been1 how taken up with the affairs of this world and the amassing of riches4 ,for many years ,i have had no vital interest in other things4 ,i have prided myself upon my uprightness and morality1 considering that ,i was a worthy example for any to follow1 and a decidedly successful man4 ,now the fallacy of my position ,i see1 and realize that the best part of my life has been wasted--more than wasted6 ,when you walked down the aisle with ,rosa and grandpa1 ,satan made upon me a relentless onslaught4 ,it seemed that there were two mighty and opposing forces within1 each struggling for the supremacy4 ,i did not yield entirely to the right till this afternoon1 for ,i have gloried in my reputation of being influenced by no one4 ,for years ,i have not been satisfied1 knowing myself to be slipping farther and farther away from ,god4 ,i have longed for the joy of my first love1 but ,he could not take me back with my hands so tenaciously holding to the things of this world4 ,today the tempter told me that there would be no use in my surrendering1 for ,i would not prove true1 and anyhow that it was only a matter of excitement and not of firm conviction4 ,i fully realize that ,i have no power in myself1 and that the first moment ,i look away from ,christ ,i shall fall4 ,i am resting on the promise that ,he is able to keep me from falling and to present me faultless before the presence of ,his glory with exceeding joy4 ,your message ,sunday and your message today burned deeply into my soul1 but it is this little girl whom ,god was pleased to use in the breaking of my stony1 icy heart4 ,i wish to take her as my own daughter1 knowing that she will lead me still closer to the ,lord she loves so well4 ,rosa1 he asked tenderly1 are you willing to be my little girl instead of my ,margaret whom ,god has taken to ,himself8 ,for her answer she slipped her arms about his neck and kissed him1 while ,mrs4 ,dale smiled through her tears upon the happy pair4 ,my brother1 may ,god bless you and keep you1 fervently responded the pastor1 leading you from victory up into victory4 ,you are not the only one to be filled with gratitude for having been brought under the influence of this child4 ,i too view life differently1 seeing more clearly than ever the duty1 nay1 privilege of personal soul-saving work for the ,master4 ,rosa's quest has brought me face to face with the insignificance of this world1 and the realities of the next4 ,her attitude is only what that of every true follower of ,god should be4 ,our citizenship is in heaven2 from whence also we look for the ,saviour1 the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,if we could only remember our position in ,him1 the surrendered life would be the natural outcome1 and1 like ,rosa1 our faces continually would be turned toward the beautiful land4 ,this is only another verification of the fact that a little child shall lead them4 ,yes1 it means a rich and new blessing to me6 ,and to me1 too1 softly sobbed ,mrs4 ,gray1 fer it's all come through her1 the sweet lamb1 and ,i've been a-threat'nin' to lick her4 ,she was that patient when my ankle was twisted1 that ,i'll never fergit it1 no never6 ,i can see now how she'd shake of fear when she'd come up to me1 then run to poor old father fer a bit of comfort4 ,i didn't know it then1 but do now1 that she was 'most a-starvin' fer the kind of love she didn't git4 ,how she must have missed her ma6 ,oh1 ,i've been so awful mean6 ,i don't see how ,god can fergive me1 but ,i know ,he has4 ,i never knew'd before that the ,saviour is fer sech as me4 ,tom used to try to tell me1 and ,i wouldn't let him4 ,he wuz good1 and ,i wuzn't4 ,and dear old father6 ,how happy he and ,tom must be tonight1 but it'll be dreadfully lonesome with them all gone4 ,i wish ,i could have ,rosa back ag'in1 though ,i'm awful glad she's to have sech a good home4 ,and ,i made sech a fuss about a-keepin' her till spring4 ,if it hadn't been fer her1 ,i don't know how ,i'd ever got along when ,i couldn't walk4 ,but ,god has fergive me now1 and ,i feel like another woman4 ,i'll go back with you1 ,mis' ,gray1 faltered ,rosa1 if you want me to4 ,no1 my child1 you promised to stay with me1 interrupted the doctor1 but you may visit ,mrs4 ,gray every week1 and ,i shall see that she never wants for anything again4 ,illustration3 ,dr4 ,dale and ,rosa4 ,ain't ,he a wonderful ,saviour8 said ,mrs4 ,gray1 brightening up4 ,i can't see how 'tis1 but ,i love them all over there on ,burton street now1 and ,i used to be that ugly they're all afraid of me1 ,i know4 ,seems like ,i can hardly wait till mornin'1 ,i'm that anxious to git back to tell them all about it4 ,they're all so poor1 and have sech heavy loads4 ,they need ,him bad to help them1 but they don't know ,he's promised to4 ,and ,billy ,bruce1 the poor laddie1 ,i want to tell him how sorry ,i am fer a-tryin' to throw that piece of coal at him4 ,his ma's drunk most of the time1 and so's his pa4 ,he used to come to me fer somethin' to eat1 and ,i wouldn't give him a thing1 but jest scold him and tell him to git out of the way1 fer ,i didn't feed beggars4 ,he ain't never had no chance yet1 and ,i'm jest a-goin' to see what ,i can do fer him4 ,he's got a good heart1 and once he told me ,i'd never lick ,rosa if he wuz only a little bigger4 ,he'll run when he see me a-comin'1 but ,i'll put some peppermints in my pocket1 and mebbe they'd help catch him4 ,oh1 ,mrs4 ,gray1 said ,esther1 ,i am so glad that you are going to help ,billy4 ,i saw him the other day1 and feel sure that you can bring him around all right4 ,i shall come over often to assist you1 and ,i know that many will find the same dear ,friend in whom you are rejoicing tonight4 ,how wonderfully has the ,lord's hand been guiding since first ,i saw ,rosa that cold ,december day2 and the end is not yet6 ,for several minutes the little company sat in silence1 each one buried in thoughts too deep and sacred to find expression in words4 ,presently ,rosa lifted her head from the doctor's shoulder1 her lustrous eyes becoming more luminous than ever1 as she said3 ,oh1 how glad ,i am that ,i have found the way to the beautiful land6 ,mother's there1 and don't cough no more4 ,grandpa's there1 and we're all going some day1 'cause ,jesus paid the fare a long time ago6 ,,afterword4 ,one bitterly cold ,december day1 while riding in a streetcar in a large city1 a frail-looking little girl1 bending beneath the weight of a huge package1 entered the car1 sitting directly in front of me4 ,she was thinly1 though neatly1 clad4 ,her pale face was overshadowed by an expression of care far too old for her baby shoulders1 while her eyes were large1 dark1 and pathetically wistful4 ,there was something irresistible about her whole appearance1 impelling me to cross the aisle and sit down by her side4 ,she told me that her name was ,rosa1 and the conversation which followed1 suggested the story1 ,,rosa',s ,,quest4 ,i asked her if she knew anything about ,jesus4 ,to this she replied3 ,not much1 ma'am1 but it seems like ,i've heard just a little4 ,of heaven and the way of salvation she was as ignorant as a child in the wilds of ,africa4 ,the sad expression of her face did not alter till ,i quoted ,john #c3af1 then looking up with a smile she said3 ,ain't that pretty8 ,for some time we talked1 her hungry soul eagerly drinking in the old1 old story1 but to her so new4 ,suddenly she left the car1 and with a sense of deep depression1 ,i saw her disappear amid a great1 seething mass of humanity4 ,if she has not succumbed to the hardships of poverty1 she probably is still toiling on in that proud ,christian city1 and has any one taught her more of ,jesus than she knew that day8 ,who will be responsible for these lost souls1 constantly coming into contact with those who profess to know the ,lord8 ,why is it that so many ,christians view life from an inverted standpoint1 attaching apparently vastly more importance to the few brief years spent upon this earth1 than to the countless cycles of eternity8 ,why not view it normally1 making our one business that of serving that blessed ,christ8 ,surely the saddest word in a ,christian's vocabulary is indifference4 ,by-and-by many a one would doubtless gladly forfeit ten thousand years of heavenly bliss just to recall the wasted opportunities of this day4 ,it is an incomparable privilege to be a child of the ,king1 and the only way in which one may prove his appreciation and loyalty is by the degree of consecration and quality of service rendered4 ,at the day of ,christ's appearing there will be many an unrewarded ,christian1 saved eternally by the precious blood of ,god's sacrificial ,lamb1 but with no glittering starry crown to cast at those once-pierced and bleeding feet6 ,if the reading of this little story draws any nearer to the ,lord1 influencing them to become more diligent in their search for the lost1 it shall accomplish that whereunto it is prayerfully sent4 ,,man',s ,,questions2 ,,god',s ,,answers ,am ,i accountable to ,god8 ,every one of us shall give account of himself to ,god 7,romans #ad3ab74 ,has ,god seen all my ways8 ,all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of ,him with whom we have to do 7,hebrews #d3ac74 ,does ,he charge me with sin8 ,the ,scripture hath concluded all under sin 7,galatians #c3bb74 ,all have sinned 7,romans #c3bc74 ,will ,he punish sin8 ,the soul that sinneth1 it shall die 7,ezekiel #ah3d74 ,for the wages of sin is death 7,romans #f3bc74 ,must ,i perish8 ,god is not willing that any perish1 but that all should come to repentance 7#b ,peter #c3i74 ,how can ,i escape8 ,believe on the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 and thou shalt be saved 7,acts #af3ca74 ,is ,he able to save me8 ,he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto ,god by ,him 7,hebrews #g3be74 ,is ,he willing8 ,christ ,jesus came into the world to save sinners 7#a ,timothy #a3ae74 ,am ,i saved on believing8 ,he that believeth on the ,son hath everlasting life 7,john #c3cf74 ,can ,i be saved now8 ,now is the accepted time2 behold1 now is the day of salvation 7#b ,corinthians #f3b74 ,as ,i am8 ,him that cometh to ,me ,i will in no wise cast out 7,john #f3cg74 ,shall ,i not fall away8 ,him that is able to keep you from falling 7,jude #bd74 ,if saved1 how should ,i live8 ,they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves1 but unto ,him which died for them 7#b ,corinthians #e3be74 ,what about death1 and eternity8 ,i go to prepare a place for you2 that where ,i am1 there ye may be also 7,john #ad3b1 #c74 99 99 99 99 99 ,,life on the ,,highest ,,plane ,by ,,ruth ,,paxson ,now1 all #c volumes in one book4 #hbj pages1 ,illustration ,the three volumes1 ,,the ,,person ,,and ,,work ,,of ,,christ2 ,,the ,,relation ,,between ,,christ ,,and ,,the ,,christian2 and ,,the ,,believer',s ,,response ,,to ,,the ,,holy ,,spirit',s ,,inworking have now been combined1 without revision and with fourteen colored charts included in one handy volume4 ,these ,bible studies were first given in embryo to pastors1 evangelists1 teachers1 and other ,christian leaders in conferences held in ,china4 ,later1 printed in three volumes1 they brought great blessing to many4 ,other ,books by ,ruth ,paxson ,,god',s ,,plan ,,of ,,redemption ,it will aid one in personal ,bible study or provide a practical outline for study groups4 ,the questions are based on the teaching in each chapter of ,life on the ,highest ,plane4 ,can be used with or without the larger book4 #dh pages1 paper1 ,,called ,,unto ,,holiness ,addresses given at ,keswick's ,conference in ,england4 ,sounds the clarion call to a more holy life4 ,here is victory for the defeated2 deliverance for the enslaved2 rest for the weary2 peace for the discouraged2 and joy for the sorrowing4 #abf pages1 paper1 ,,rivers ,,of ,,living ,,water ,studies ,setting ,forth the ,believer's ,possession of ,christ1 ,how ,obtained--,how ,maintained4 ,multitudes of ,christians are living a dry and thirsty existence when the ,lord is waiting to give them ,his very best--rivers of living water6 ,perhaps few ,christians have heard or read the ,divine plan and purpose for the life of the believer presented so tersely1 simply and clearly1 and withal so lovingly and compellingly4 #abd pages1 paper1 ,,caleb1 ,,the ,,overcomer ,an inspiring account of this outstanding ,bible character1 a man out of the common run of people who lived a life brilliant in faith1 obedience and courage4 #hj pages1 paper1 ,,moody ,,press4 #aec ,institute ,pl41 ,chicago #aj1 ,ill4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,bible ,,lessons ,,in ,,bible ,,order 7,for ,teachers of ,children7 ,,by ,,mrs4 ,,frank ,,hamilton ,vol4 ,i3 ,,the ,,pentateuch ,vol4 ,,ii3 ,,joshua ,,to ,,solomon ,vol4 ,,iii3 ,,the ,,kingdoms ,,of ,,israel ,,and ,,judah3 ,concluding lessons from the ,old ,testament ,vol4 ,,iv3 ,,the ,,life ,,of ,,christ-- ,matthew1 ,mark1 ,luke1 ,john ,vol4 ,v3 ,,the ,,acts ,,of ,,the ,,apostles and ,program ,material ,with the use of the blackboard and objects1 the lessons in ,bible order1 beginning with ,genesis1 are taught in a way that the child can see them as well as hear them1 and thus be able to retain them4 ,each lesson begins with a ,golden ,text1 which may be used as a memory verse1 after which the story is told in a manner that will interest the young4 ,at the close of each section1 blackboard suggestions are given4 ,there are maps and pages of blackboard drawings4 ,teachers of the ,beginners1 ,primary and ,junior grades in ,sunday ,schools and ,vacation ,bible ,schools1 as well as parents in the home1 who recognize the importance of following a consecutive course of ,bible lessons1 will find these books of great value4 ,they are practical and true to the ,word4 ,they are full of suggestions that can be developed by the skilful teacher4 ,mrs4 ,hamilton is an exceptionally successful teacher of children4 ,she had charge of ,primary and ,junior ,departments of large and successful ,sunday ,schools for many years4 ,she has been ,superintendent of ,instruction of a ,primary ,sunday ,school ,teachers' ,union4 ,summer ,bible ,schools have also come within the author's experience4 ,vols4 ,i1 ,,ii1 ,,iii and ,v1 #aab pages each2 ,vol4 ,,iv1 #add pages ,durable ,art ,stock ,covers4 ,each1 #fj ,cents ,,the ,,moody ,,press #aec ,institute ,place ,chicago4 ,ill41 ,u4,s4,a4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,moody ,,colportage ,library ,uniform in size and style1 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7,dept4 ,,mcl7 ,chicago #aj 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,evangel ,,booklets ,a series of brief1 timely messages of supreme importance1 and gospel stories1 by evangelical preachers and teachers1 ,christian workers and laymen4 #cb-page booklets1 self-cover4 #a4 ,god ,is ,love4 ,an appeal to the unsaved4 ,d4,l4 ,moody4 #b4 ,god ,reaching ,down4 ,messages to the unconverted4 ,c4,h4 ,spurgeon4 #d4 ,jack ,winsted's ,choice4 ,a ,gospel story4 ,lillian ,e4 ,andrews4 #f4 ,ruined1 ,redeemed1 ,regenerated4 ,c4,h4 ,mackintosh4 #g4 ,by the ,old ,mill4 ,story4 ,katherine ,elise ,chapman4 #h4 ,the ,day ,after ,thanksgiving4 ,story4 ,mrs4 ,s4,r4 ,graham ,clark4 #i4 ,true ,stories ,about ,god's ,free ,gift4 ,alexander ,marshall4 #aj4 ,lois ,dudley ,finds ,peace4 ,story4 ,anna ,potter ,wright4 #ab4 ,the ,penitent ,thief1 and ,naaman the ,syrian4 ,d4,l4 ,moody4 #ac4 ,adder's ,eggs and ,spider's ,webs4 ,h4,a4 ,ironside4 #ad4 ,samuel ,morris4 ,the true story of a ,spirit-filled ,african4 #af4 ,saved and ,safe4 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,how to ,have a ,happy ,home4 ,harold ,francis ,branch4 #ch4 ,the ,peril of ,unbelief and the ,danger of ,doubt4 ,d4,l4 ,moody4 #ci4 ,moody the ,evangelist4 ,joseph ,b4 ,bowles4 #dj4 ,the ,only ,begotten ,son4 ,h4,a4 ,ironside4 #db4 ,tom ,bennett's ,transformation4 ,story4 ,howard ,w4 ,pope4 #dc4 ,will a ,god of ,love ,punish ,any of ,his ,creatures ,forever8 ,alexander ,marshall4 #de4 ,intercession for ,revival4 ,helen ,c4 ,alexander ,dixon4 #df4 ,with ,everlasting ,love4 ,story4 ,elzoe ,prindle ,stead4 #dg4 ,how the ,word ,works4 ,fred ,j4 ,meldau4 #dh4 ,why ,i ,believe the ,bible4 ,m4,h4 ,duncan4 #di4 ,caught4 ,story4 ,c4,s4 ,knight4 #ej4 ,the ,fruit of the ,spirit ,is ,joy4 ,john ,r4 ,riebe4 #ea4 ,a ,life ,decision in the ,sand ,hills4 ,story4 ,ronald ,r4 ,kratz4 #eb4 ,love's ,danger ,signal4 ,doctrine of future retribution4 ,john ,g4 ,reid4 #ec4 ,pictures ,that ,talk1 ,series ,one4 ,e4,j4 ,pace4 #ed4 ,pictures ,that ,talk1 ,series ,two4 ,e4,j4 ,pace4 #ef4 ,my ,one ,question ,answered3 ,was ,jesus ,christ a ,great ,teacher ,only8 ,r4,d4 ,sheldon4 #eg4 ,modern ,miracles of ,grace4 ,john ,wilmot ,mahood4 #eh4 ,how to ,study the ,bible4 ,a helpful outline4 ,b4,b4 ,sutcliffe4 #ei4 ,what is ,your ,answer8 ,oswald ,j4 ,smith4 #fj4 ,deus ,e ,amor 7,god ,is ,love7 ,portuguese edition of ,no4 #a4 #fa4 ,the ,true and ,false in ,christian ,work and ,worship4 ,m4,h4 ,duncan4 #fb4 ,what ,must ,i ,do to be ,saved8 ,george ,e4 ,guille4 #fc4 ,the ,man in the ,well4 ,other religious faiths4 ,oswald ,j4 ,smith4 #fd4 ,why ,all ,good ,people ,will ,be ,lost4 ,j4,e4 ,conant4 #ff4 ,the ,compromise ,road4 ,story4 ,paul ,hutchens4 #fg4 ,an ,hundredfold4 ,stewartship4 ,david ,mc,conoughy4 #fh4 ,death or ,life1 ,which8 ,a clear presentation4 ,oswald ,j4 ,smith4 #fi4 ,bernard ,enters the ,race4 ,story4 ,anna ,potter ,wright4 #gj4 ,the ,trial of ,jesus4 ,harold ,f4 ,branch4 #ga4 ,the ,christian's ,citizenship4 ,m4,h4 ,duncan4 #gb4 ,atheism and the ,bible4 ,a startling revelation4 ,oswald ,j4 ,smith4 #gc4 ,galatians4 ,god's answer to legalism4 ,b4,b4 ,sutcliffe4 #gd4 ,o ,sangue4 7,the ,blood7 ,portuguese4 ,d4,l4 ,moody4 #ge4 ,who is a ,christian8 ,timely questions answered4 ,oswald ,j4 ,smith4 #gf4 ,broken ,life-,line4 ,story4 ,paul ,hutchens4 #gg4 ,eagle ,christians4 ,harry ,mc,cormick ,lintz4 #gh4 ,elisha ,rice4 ,man of ,god--,mountaineer4 ,helen ,r4 ,blankenship4 #gi4 ,the ,master ,touch4 ,rebuilt ,lives4 ,william ,seath4 #hj4 ,the ,bully of ,stony ,lonesome4 ,story4 ,charles ,s4 ,knight4 #ha4 ,the ,stolen ,pearl4 ,story4 ,paul ,hutchens4 ,each1 #aj;c2 #ab copies 7any assortment71 #a4jj2 #ajj1 #g4jj ,attractive rates on large quantities4 ,,moody ,,press #aec ,,institute ,,place ,chicago #aj1 ,ill41 ,u4,s4,a4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,christian ,,fiction ,,sun ,,in ,,the ,,street--,by ,john ,leonard ,lovdahl ,illustration ,a gripping novel of ,revolutionary ,france4 ,rugged1 ,god-fearing ,georges ,gerot2 frugal1 hardworking ,mama ,gerot2 ,jacques1 the prodigal elder brother who decides to test his own theories of life2 ,franois1 the younger son who becomes a missionary--these are the central characters in this fascinating account of spiritual conflict and romance4 #bfd pages2 cloth cover ,,not ,,my ,,will--,by ,francena ,h4 ,arnold ,strong in plot and characters1 this easy-to-read novel portrays events in the life of headstrong ,eleanor ,stewart who discovers that fortune plays strange tricks on those who try to manage their lives to please themselves4 ,she seeks peace in vain until she surrenders her life completely to ,christ4 #ccd pages2 cloth cover ,,the ,,year ,,of ,,the ,,tiger--,by ,john ,bechtel ,this exciting story of ,china portrays vividly the experiences of the ,tsui family1 and what the ill-omened ,year of the ,tiger1 occurring every twelfth year1 meant to them4 ,written by a missionary who knows ,chinese life4 ,fascinating reading4 #bbd pages2 cloth cover ,,coloring ,,books ,,for ,,children ,by ,dorothy ,grunbock ,johnston and ,emmy ,lou ,osborne ,murphy ,,tognia3 ,school ,boy of ,india ,illustration ,previous books in this series have been eagerly received by children and parents1 for this team knows what appeals to the very youngest4 ,this book is the heart-warming story of a little ,indian boy who comes to know the ,lord ,jesus4 ,the pre-schooler will enjoy painting or coloring the adventures of ,tognia4 #cb pp2 #aa x #ad-a_/b inches ,yakalo3 ,indian ,boy of ,brazil ,youngsters can run the gamut of their crayons in coloring brilliant scenes of ,brazil and primitive life of ,yakalo4 ,a wonderful way to teach missions4 ,shows the ,indians' ignorance of ,god contrasted with the missionary's good news4 ,each page is a true picture of ,indian life4 #cb pages2 #aa x #ad-a_/b inches ,,ching ,,lin3 ,china ,boat ,girl ,this coloring book takes the youngsters to ,china and introduces them to ,ching ,lin1 a little ,chinese girl1 who lives on a river boat4 ,how ,ching ,lin responds to the gospel will win their hearts4 ,splendid for vacation ,bible school1 child evangelism1 and ,sunday school classes4 #cb pages2 #aa x #ad-a_/b inches ,,from ,,your ,,local ,,bookstore ,,or ,,direct ,,moody ,,press1 #aec ,institute ,pl41 ,chicago #aj1 ,ill4 99 99 99 99 99 ,transcriber's note3 ,minor typographical errors corrected4