QUIPS AND CRANKS - 1902 . piration in every good work, and whatever they have done of good each givesthe other the credit of it all. Not being blessed with children of their own, theirone thought has been to bless the children of others. This .sketch consists necessarily of mere cold facts. Beneath them there liesa story of noble self-denial, of consecrated devotion to lofty ideals, that must bean inspiration to all who know Dr. Shearer. As a .scholar, he is exact, thorough,and at the same time broad ; as a teacher, singularly gifted with the power great truths upon the minds of
QUIPS AND CRANKS - 1902 . piration in every good work, and whatever they have done of good each givesthe other the credit of it all. Not being blessed with children of their own, theirone thought has been to bless the children of others. This .sketch consists necessarily of mere cold facts. Beneath them there liesa story of noble self-denial, of consecrated devotion to lofty ideals, that must bean inspiration to all who know Dr. Shearer. As a .scholar, he is exact, thorough,and at the same time broad ; as a teacher, singularly gifted with the power great truths upon the minds of his students, and of training them tothink ; as a man, he possesses great business sagacity, and withal a fund of genialhumor and general information that make him delightful as a companion ; as apreacher, clear, logical, cogent, and in the highest and truest sense eloquent Heis a power making for righteousness, and it is the earnest prayer of all who knowhim that his life may long be spared as a benediction to the LL5 The Pledge of Her Love. /^H, if we flowers would but speak, what stories we could tell, murmuredI J a faded pink rosebud, lying in a tiny Testament. Full well do I^^ remember when I first unfolded my petals and looked around me. Iwas the only bud on a bush that grew by the gate of an old Southern home. Itwas a lovely evening in June, and a few pale stars were gazing down at was trying to bend my stem so that I could see them better, when I heardvoices, and a man and a girl stopped beside the gale. He bent down and kissed her lips tenderly, then mounted his androde away. Suddenly two warm, red lips touched my velvety petals. Littleflower, the maiden whispered, I will have to tell you—I could not tell any per-son ; little flower, he loves me—he loves me ! Ah, God will help me to lie goodand pure and lovely, for my loves sake ; and, little flower, no one else shall evertouch my lips ! and she kissed me again. ;!; ;|: * * * * The next evening
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