4v!ded that she mait take back her pro*?*
ine to attend the eoucert, and go to tho prayer
seeetir.g. •
Ruth *%t in th* houM of prmyar ^tu % eirange
)oy In her soul, singing :
•Meeteous frio« «r!th Tkee Is found. gr%.oo to cover el!
niy aln;
Lot the heal'.nf nlreema Abound, oiaka and keep »•
pure wtihla.
Thou of lift Ue fountain art. freely let «*• Uk« of
Thee;
Spring Tbes tf wlthla my a«»rt. rln to ell enmilT "
i« the music oeased, the girl sprang Impulsively
U bor feet.
“I meant to hear the Bell-Ringers to night,’
■he »aid, “but I decided that 1 would rather com
to prayer meeting: and I nrn happier he- than
■ hould hare been at the concert ; and I am «ur
»o muaio could be aweeter to me than the hymn
we hare Just lung.”
A« the hour for closing drew near, the pastor
arose, and Inriteil any who would give themselves
t* Christ to come forward.
As hr waited, in silence, > lady in mourning
walked slowly up the aisle, and, kneeling, w»*
saewn the way of salvation.
When the servloe was eeded, a friend cause to
Ittrth, and said:
“The lady who went forward wishes te be law
troduoed to you.”
Much a*tnel»hed, the girl weet to mewi-re Kj*
.atroduotinn to Mr*. Walter*.
“1 wanted to tell you," the lady **ld, ‘'that !
ewe th* 'art of ray being a chrtitlan to-night to
yeur tee'imony. I hare not been lDilde of *
ehureh for ten year*. I came here l* plea**
a frlead, and when you did you would give
a concert f r a prayer meeting, and that
ic a»u*io could be tweeter to you than the
hy»v
’ J*a«a, lovar •( mf *•*!/
I thought to myaelf, ‘Thera mint be aoetelh'ng
In religion, »n I l am frying to have It.’ So, I wlah
to thank you that It l» became of your testimony
that I ahull go home to-night a aerrant of the
I/Ot'i Jenna Chriat."
Ruth held out her baud, and prensed gratefully
that of her raw friend.
She knew now the meaning of the angel’a inea
She eouM not tel! Mrs. TC'alte'-a how nearly aha
had ooana to proring recreint to her truat, nor of
the dre*ra that had Influenced liar In the tree
dlraotlon, ao aha unawered aimply:
"I thank you for tailing mh thia. 1 ahall u«»i
i*t get It."
Tat aha little gueised what eaaaa aba weald
fjwarf bar# to rameniher It.
Svth’a henaa w«a ctea baalda lha railroad track
About midnight she wa« awakened by * horrlbl.
crashing sound. *
i Looking from the window she could see where
the midnight upre* and the 11.30 freight bad
collided.
The frmntio cries of the frightened, rnd tht
piercing shrieks of the wounded made her s!md
der. Uut ahe brately put away all fhoughU ol
•elf, and. calling her father, was soon ready to go
* ith him to the rescue.
Anil the first face that looked Into tiers, as
stood beside the burning train, was that of Mrs
Waiters. , , . _
Talc ami peaceful It, was, though showing how
Intensely she suffered.
She was extricated and borne to Ruth s home.
The power of speech was almost gone.
She rallied a little as they laid her on Ruth's
eonch.
Taking her hand, and pressing it to her hp», she
whispered, feebly :
“Child, I’m going —it was my last ehance
what if you had not spoken — what if I had not
taken it?”
And kneeling there, beside the dead, the tears,
raining down her face, Ruth promised her Father
always to do her duty : always to giro her testi
mony ; always to appreciate tbe ralue of A.
Siwnim Sottl. - *rs. A. C. itorro».
L * » r O B°» Jl* HuraUbut*. Pv