. Christian herald and signs of our times. gal. Sandy, does he know shes here? Cyou tell him? N—n—no ! groaned Sandy. Finally, even Ned was immersed in pifound siumber. The stars kept watabove, and the little camp-tires sputterbelow. In the camp, the half-asleep setry mechanically paced his rounds, whoutside, the lonely picket listened ailooked, listened for the stealthy soundan enemy, looked for the sudden flashsome hostile musket. Janet, in the little hospital, was relieed, and had an opportunity for rest. Homuch would she have slept though, if shad known that not far away was 0Winthrop Melr
. Christian herald and signs of our times. gal. Sandy, does he know shes here? Cyou tell him? N—n—no ! groaned Sandy. Finally, even Ned was immersed in pifound siumber. The stars kept watabove, and the little camp-tires sputterbelow. In the camp, the half-asleep setry mechanically paced his rounds, whoutside, the lonely picket listened ailooked, listened for the stealthy soundan enemy, looked for the sudden flashsome hostile musket. Janet, in the little hospital, was relieed, and had an opportunity for rest. Homuch would she have slept though, if shad known that not far away was 0Winthrop Melrose, an officer in the Unit,States Army, once Janets frienJ, lover, r,trothed? It would not have affected h,mind anv more soothingly had she knowthat nea-by was Tobias Newhall, and hiknown also that he was connected throui,JuJson Skeele with matters of exceediiinterest to Janet. The same small spacequiet sky may cover so much that is turblent and tragic. (To bt Continued.) A*IL 22, 1896 THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. 333. SATANS SERVICE.* CHILD once asked in his innocence,Why does not God kill the devil ?A And the simple query of the childsi?estsa problem that might well exer-cise brain of a philosopher. Yes,Whyd 5 he not kill the devil, and so end all0 temptations and trials? We shallh e that question answered for us oned . but, in the meantime, what if, in-sl d ot killing him, God should be usingh ? Will it not be the masterpiece oftl divine workmans skill, if the veryir ignant hostilities of hell are found intl end to contribute to the sublime pur-p;s of heaven : and if Satan be proved to have helped, all una-w as, to create that which he has beenir ing hell and earth to destroy ? ow do we judge of Satans action asd icted in the Book of Job ? If Job werea mpleter, and a more perfect charactera r his trial than he was before, by»>m was that perfecting brought about?V s it only brought about by the vision0 jid and the voice from the whirlwind
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