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Today Not Computed
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Not FaJ. Behilzd Rockefeller , . Who
Confess'es to a Qllarter of a Biil ol ,
Come , . N t . a , FewEstates . . . : ' alld Private
.Fortzlnes Which Run Into Nine Fig. .
res.-oImpossfble to Estilnate Great- ,
'e8tHoldi : gs"-Ain rew C Vltegie , Sen-
.at r Clark , Mrs. WallerA " tile Asters
, al1d the Gugg.enheims , the 'Vander-
ilts and te , Gaulas Probably Do Not. .
! . : ' . Kno.w WfzatSums.Their'Riclles Reach
: New Yorl-Jolm D. Rocl\Ofeller's
fortune , according to li'redorlclt ' 1' .
) -Gates , his almoner , "cannot exceed
$250,000,000 to $300,000,000. " This
statement was made on 1\11' . Roclte-
I 'feller's own estimate. While this fig-
I ure Indicates n smaller sum than Mr.
!
Roclwfeller has been popularly sup-
llosed possessed of , It leaves him still
_ the richest man In America , although
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t , ' may provo eventually to be the richest -
\ est man In the United States. Owing
> t . to his great undovelolJetI mining properties -
erties his fortune cannot bo accurately
estimated.
Ii'nrthermore , great fortunes which
may be placed In the same class as
that of 1\11' . Roclwfoller's are by no
\ ; , means Infroquent. The great fortune
. .4 , of to-day hovers around the $100,000-
" , 000 mark. Half a dozen men and os-
W , tates arc rated at sums ranging anywhere -
; " . where from that flguro to 1\11' . Rocke-
feller's $300,000,000. Such fortunes are
sufIlclently numerous to fix the standard -
. . \ ard In sums of nine figures.
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; Mr. Carnegie's Vast Accumulation.
When the Carnogle company was
formed in Now Jersey In March , 1900 ,
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" as a preliminary to the formation of
the United States Steel corporation ,
Mr. Carnegie was credited with $86-
382,000 In stoclt and $88,147,000 In
( bonds , or $174,529.000 In all. Ho retired -
tired from business In the following
year. At that tlmo his fortune was
estimated at sums ranging from $166-
OOOOO to $250.000,000 , and his Income
at from $24,000,000 to $26.000,000 a
'Year. His Income Is now about
$15,000,000 a year , according to a 1'0-
cent estimate. Conceding that his Income -
como for six years has Il\'eragod $20-
000,000 or $120,000,000 In all , he could
, , ' 1111vo given at least $100,000,000 without -
out impairing his c pltal.
Astor Millions Are Inherited.
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. The Asters , Vanderbllts , Goelots and
: Goulds represent a class In which In-
1wl'lted wealth has been preserved and
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, largely Increased by succeeding gener.
I utions. D ' this method and , In some
Instances , b ' the creation of trust
funds , a substltuto has heen found for
the law of primogeniture and entail In
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Englanll-a s 'stem which Is Corbldden
: in America.
.Tolm Jacob Astor , the first , died In
. , 1848 , the riches man of his da ' , His
estate was worth $ .10,000,000 , 'fho
built of It was left to his son , William
D. Astor , who devoted himself sedulously -
lously to the family real estate husl-
. : . . , ness. On his death In 1875 hp loft
- ' v. . $130,000,000 to his sons , $70,000,000
.
given to .John Jacob II. and $60,000,000
to William. Doth devoted their attention -
tention , 1I1tc tholr father , to the CalUll '
real estate. When William died , In
1892 , he Is said to have left about $70-
000,000 , although the fortunes of his
wife , 1\1rs. Astor , and his son , the present -
ent John .Jacob Astor , arc now considered -
ered larger.
Although William Waldorf Astor Is
an Englishman by adoption his wealth
represents an American fortune. His
father Is said to have bequeathed to
him a fort uno of between $100,000,000
and $150,000,000. The present value
of the WIII am Waldorf Astor estate
Is fixed at the latter figures.
How Vanderbilt Wealth Grew.
Commodor Vanderbilt believed In
the concentration of the family
wealth In competent hands. Ho left
$90,000,000 , the bulk of his estate , to
his son , William H. Vanderbllt , and
one-half of tho' remaining $15,000,000
to tho'latter's sons. When William H.
Vanderbla died In 1885 ho had Increased -
creased his Inherltanco to $200,000,000.
His sons , William K. and Cornelius
Vanderbilt the second , received $50-
000,000 each. Each of his olght chll-
dern received $10,000,000 , one.half In
trust and $20,000,000 was dlstrubuted
in prlvato bequests. Thus theh two
sons acquired an Inheritance the pres.
ent value of which Is difficult to esti-
mato.
In this story of great wealth , two
women appear as strangely pathetic
figures. They arc probably the richest
women In the world , yet are radically
different from each other. Each Is
well past the meridian of lIfo and their
money Is moro of a responsibility than
a pleasure. One Is 1\Irs. Russell Sago
with at least $75,000,000. She has difficulty -
ficulty In spending it. 'l'he other Is
Mrs. Anne WOlghtman Wall\Cr , with
$120,000,000. She has to fight to Itcep
it.
Mrs. Sage's Fund for Charity.
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Carnegie , : \lrs. Sage Is the wealthy
glvor most In the Imbllc ere. Many
have heard of the gontle-faced , childless -
loss woman In her seventy-seventh
rear , who cares nothlnJ ; COI' soclet .
and In whom dignity and hU1l10l' are
dominated by a Itlndlr Hlllrit and
graye responslhlllties which she Iwen-
ly regrets. Bet. declining ) 'ears I'e-
Ilect the slmlJle life she lived so long
with her husband. Russell Sage , the
"Doan of Wall street , " the so.called
"High Priest of Puts and Calls. "
When Mr. Sago's will was filell on
July 27 last , : \h's. Sagu became the
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1t'lr to thl' bulle nf his prOlJl'rt ) . . Tw'n.
t "flt : relatives \I"l'ro the beneficiaries
of legacies of $2 ,000 eaoh , which 1m vo
lat'geb' bel'nlnereascd slnco then. Af-
tOI' ' slllall sts Il
l1a'lng prlvale belllsts \
was nnounced lhat the rest would ho
, ; In'n awa ) " bl1's. . Sage. Before the
w1l1 was filed , ono l'sllmate oC the slzo i
of the fort uno was $130,000,000. This
was declared to be much too low. 'rho
estlmato of Wall street was $100,000-
000. other esthuates since the w1l1
WIlO filed have \'l1.l'led from $13:1,000,000 :
to $93.000,000. 'I'he halanco which
1\11'S , Sago w1l1 distribute Is said to bo
moro than $7 ,000,000. '
America's Richest Widow.
The storr of 1\1rs. Anne Weightman
Wallwr's $120,000,000 Is not wIthout
its clements of tragedIost of her
fortune clUno fl'om her father , W1IIIam
Weightman , of Philadelphia. Starling
as a penniless boy In a laborator ) " , 1\11' .
Wellhtman laid thl ) foundation of his
wealth In the qUlnlno trade dmlng the
civil war and by Introducing Hugur
coated qulnlno 1 > 1IIs. It was swelled
rapllr br real estate Investments In
the heart of PhlladehJhla , Including a
theater , Hotels , ofIlco buildings , and I
business and residential blocls.
His friends were IUnazed when he
died , leaving his entire fortune , except
for n few small bequests , tolrs , Wal.
ICCI' , his daughler.
'l'here wore absoluteh' no rostrlctions
on her use of the monoy. 'rho will
contained no charitable bequests. His
other descendants were I1racticall '
Ignored In the wlll. The ) " wore the
two sons and five daughtel's of his
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dead SOllS , Jo t1 Farr \Velghtman and
William \Velghtman , , Tr" and three
grandchildren , 1\1rs. Jones WI star , the
widow of William Wolghtman , Jr. ,
since remarried , started to contest the
will on behalf of her children-a suit
which created a sensaation In Phlla.
dellJhla society and dragged for
months throuh ( the courts ,
Hetty Green's Millions Grow.
A third woman must bo added to
this list , 1\Irs. Hettr Howland Robin.
son Green , the woman finuncler. 1\1rs ,
Green has } Jassed her three score
'ears and ten , anl1 spent moro than 40
) 'earB In active business lIfo. She 18
probabl ) ' the second richest woman In
the countr ' , her wealth being estimated -
ed at $100,000,000. She Inherited
$6,000,000 in 1865 from her Cather , a
whaler of New Bedford , 1\Iass. An
aunt subseql1elltl ' added $6,000,000
more. She nearly doubled it before
she married Edward H. Groen. Her
most ImlJOrtant IIl'oJert ) ) ' Is the ChemIcal -
Ical National hanlt and her heh"s are
her two children , ] dward Howland
HolJlnson Green , who lives In 'l'exas ,
and ! IIlss Sylvia Green , 1\Irs. Green's
f1'\1lal life , her BIIII as a llnanclet' , her
ability as a mOlW ) ' lender. and many
eccentricities have resulted In In-
numemble anecdoles that have ma e
her IJel'sonaHt ) ' familial' .
Millions from Railroad Deals. ;
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.Tames J. Hili , Ill'ealdent of the Great
'
Northern ralll'Oad , nnd ono of the
masters of American railroads , Is re-
Il\lted to be worth $100,000,000 , Ho Is
I 68 years old , and owns transllortatlun
I facilities covorln , ; almost the entlro
I continent and 8toam8hlll lines to the
orient. His rise has been swift and
I compuratlvcl ) ' recent. He saw his first
oJportunlty ) In 1879 , when ho galnf'd
I control of the Sl. Paul & Pacific rail-
roall , reorganized It , and startOlI to
develoJ ) the 110rlh'\'C'F.t. In 1893 Iw
comillotell the Great Northern to thf'
Pacific coast. with its G.OOO miles of
lines and 1,000 miles of "ards and , sid.
IngsIe owns a s\lllOrh Hoet of steamships -
ships on the great laltes , Including the
I heats of the Northem StoamshlJ )
comlllln ' ,
Several of the great fortunes of the
couutr ' must rClllaln largely a matter
of slleculaton. ! ' ] ' 0 this class helong
the accumulations oC J. Plol'JJont ! IIbl"
an , 11. H Hogor , and I , H. Han'l.
mun , 1\11' . l\torgan's Cortuno was re.
cently cstilnateil at $50,000,000 , hut
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I ' hazardous would ho an estlmato ot
the , , ' ( 'altb of I dward H. Hnrrltnan ,
the giant of Wall street nnd master
of 29,000 miles of rallroalls cxtemllng
ft'om ocean to occan , and valued at
more than $2,000,000,000. A man ot
nearl ' GO 'e\rs , taciturn , seeretivo ,
oveu amen .hls associates , unostentatious -
tatious In his many benefactions , Mr.
Harrhnllll's wealth has been ostlmated
at HiOOOOOOO. ' ' but
$ , , PI'obabh' no ono
himself It\JowB how nl'arly his fortune -
tune al1Pl'Oxlnmtes thlt ! sum.
Great Gould and Field Estates.
' 1'ho O.stute oC Marshall Field , the
great merchant. has bel1n vulued at I
mOrO than $100,000,000 , amI this Is con- ,
shlered a consl1rvntl\'o esthnato. 'rho
stores , belonging to the eslalo In Chicago -
cage transact buslncss amounting to
moro thlln $50,000,000 a ) 'ear. 'rho
relll oslato Includes not loss than 20
building sltes In the heart of Chicago ,
bloclt aftel' blocl. of land nel\r the Unl.
\'Cl'slt . of Chicago , lUlIlIh'cds of ucres
In the Calumet region , further south ,
and Iron lands In l\tlchlglln. Of the
stoclts are largo holdings In the Dal.
tlmoro & Ohio , Chicago , l\lIIwaultco &
St. Paul and Chicago & Northwestern.
.Ja ) ' Gould followed the e : < l\mlJlo of
the VlUlIlerbllts und AstorA In seeltlng
to concentrate and con801"0 his VIlSt.
fortune , It onslsted chien ) ' of slocl\B
amI bonds of the vnrlous corJorations )
In which ho was Intcrested when ho
died , 15 ) 'ears ago. 'l'hey had at that
time a marltet value of $81,000,000. .
Ills "cat estate was valued at $2,000-
000. 'fho net value of the estate wns
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trust under'cCl'taln conditions for his
children.
Senator Clark's New Palace.
Another multl.mlllionalro from the I
west Is Claus Sprecl\1os , the sugar refiner -
finer of San Francisco. for many years
known as "tho Sugar King of the
HawaIIan Islands. " 110 Is generally
credited with being worth about $50-
000,000. He joined the so-called "mil.
lIonalres' colony" onlIJpCr Fifth avenue -
nuo last Augnst , when ho purchased
the marhlo honso of Isallc Stern , near
Slxt ) < seventh street.
No rosldenco In this nolghborhood
attracts moro attention than the elaborate -
orate , even fantastic , mansion of Senator -
ator William A. Clarl" I.'lfth avenue
and Seventy.soventh streot. It has
heen In course of conRtruction slnco
1899. Its cost has been ostlmated at
snms ranging from $3,000,000 to $5-
000,000. Senator Clarl { , the "Copper
King" of Dutte , will add a unlquo per-
sonaW ) " to the mlllionalros of Now
Yorlt. His purchases of pictures have
attracted no loss attention than his
bushwsR and political contests. Arc.
cent esthuato of Senator Clark's Cor.
tnne at something over $150,000,000
was considered not oxcesslve.
Two Great Foreign Fortunes.
PaBslng to the great fortunes abroad ,
the Rothschild millions aplJear as
Colossus , to be measured with a foot-
rule. 'fhelr united properties pass far
hoyond the hundred mllllonB. In 12
years the ' loaned nearly $450,000,000
to European govornments. Some Idea
of tholr riches may be gaIned from the
fact that slnco 1815 they have raised
for Great Britain moro than $1,000"
1100,000 ; for Austria , $2 OOOO,000 ; fo
Prussia , $200,000.000 ; . for Franco.
$ .100,000.000 ; for Hah' nearly $300,000"
i 000 , and for Hussla moro than $125-
000,000.
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I Compared with American fortunes ,
most of the other estlltes held In gu.
rope seem small Indeed. ' 1'he property
of the Dulw of Portland , for example ,
Is the second In ] Jolnt of hnllOrtanco In
] ngland. Ills estates COmlJrlse 183,200
acres , Including the famous Welbeck
Abbey and Sherwood Forest , and I..on. .
don Ilropel'tes ! In and around Regont.
WelhlJelt and Wlmpole streets , Cavon.
dish sqnare and Portland road. 'rho
dul < O'8 Income Is estilUated at $1,500"
000 n 'year.
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SERMONETTE.
"Gideon threshed wheat.-
This Is our first Introduction to
our hero. I n the face of dan.
ger , and notwithstanding the
difficulties Gideon was In the
place of duty , and for this rea.
Bon God's angel knew where to
find him.
Now the reason the call to
service do s not come to a
great many people Is because
they are busy here and there
nnd miss the angelic visitor.
Gideon might have been In
town swapping storle3 with hIs
companions , or he might have
been lying under the shade of
that same oak tree where the
angel found a resting place ,
sayIng to himself as he wasted
the precious ho rs : "Well ,
what's the use of threshing out
this wheat ? Just as I get It
done the Mldlanltes will come
along nnd take away the fruits
of my labors. "
You may be sure It was the
sound of that flail upon the hard
threshing floor which caught the
ear of God's messenger and
caused him to pause In his journey -
ney through the oppressed land
of Israel.
God uses busy men. There .Is
music In 'the hum of their busy
hands as they labor over the
tasks lying first at hand , and
God knows that he who Is faithful -
ful In that which Is least Is
faithful also in much.
That is the kind of men God
picks.
That Is the reason God called
Gideon. He l < new he was the
man who could be faithful In
the small everyday task and he
did not fear to Intrust to his
hands the larger responsibility
of delivering a nation.
Gideon threshed wheat because -
cause that was the right thing
for him to do at that time , and
It made no difference to him
what the difficulties and dan.
gel's might be , he was going to
thresh wheat and. he did until
the voice of God called him
away to the greater task.
What doest thou , friend , who S
art looking off In the distance
for some la ge task to do com-
menSlurate with thy abilities , as I
thou dost thInk ? Art thou :
neglecting to thresh the wheat (
that lies before the ? Does the :
flail rest unused within thy C
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hand because It Is not a swora c
with which to lead an army ? c
In the stillness of thy dream. :
lng , while the task remains undone - c
done , God's angel may come :
nigh thee , but hearing no :
sound of busy hand , he will c
surely pass thee by. For God :
always picks his workers from c
among those who serve In the :
homely duties of the moment c
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: l ! : faithfully as .though they :
were the only things to be I
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THE STORY.
Hl sun had set and the ovenln ,
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shadows were creoplng ever the
landscape. ' 1'0 the man who wa
Illcklng his way across the fields th
dnrltOnlng face of nature seome
quite In harmony with his Inner slat
of mind. 110 klcltcd with III-ton
pered hnpatlence at the clods c
earth lying here and there as It
passed , mutlorlng as ho did so :
"That for the thieving l\f1dlanItCl
Are we always to suffer at thel
hands ? " And ho lifted his eyes t (
wards the heavonH as ho spoke a
though he looked for answer from th
Blurs which were at that momClI
coming out ono by one.
" 'Veil , " he contlnnl1ed , as hu hal
tened his stepH , "thoy will not ge
the grain 1 have Hecreted hard by th
threshllig floor , 'I'hey would ne
think to look behind a wine pres :
and we will be ahle to SIlVO at lea !
this much of the crop. "
lIe had reached the great oa
which stood by the lofty rock 01
of which had boon hewn the 11\l
wino vats , ono above the o&her , an
ho paused and leaned against tl :
gnarled trunk.
"I am glad I came , after all , " 1
continued to himself. "I gllvo tl
Mldlanltes the slip that time , 1 a
certain. Not very pleasant Rpendir
I the night llero In this place , but
shall bo ready to hegln the threshh
In the early mOl'lllng. It would nl
have been so eas ' to got awa ) ' t
mOITOW. Cor these rascally Mldlanltc
are always on the watch to dlscovc
our secret stores , " And a hea\ !
sigh escalled him at the thought I
all the Ilistresa and oppression wIlle
Israel was sull'orlng at the hanl
of their strong enemy.
"nut I SUJlJloso It Is as the prorih ,
said : Israel hath sin nod and Corsak <
the God which brought thom Ul 01
of l g'llt. " and Gideon rememherl
with trouhled consclenco the alt ,
which his own fathol' ha'd lIet uJl
Baal , and the grove ho had plante
' 1'0 be sure It had won the favor
tlle people of Ophrah who ClilUO thit
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er to worship at the idolatrous shrlno ,
but ho Imow his father had not. done
right , and ho had heM aloof Crol11 the
Iniquitous worship , notwllhstnnaln
the hl1pol'tunltleB and even thrcalH
of his fathor.
In Cact thllt very nfternoon his fn-
ther hnd urged him to romaln to the
festlml which was being arrnnged for
the dar nfter the morrow , for It wan
hOIJI1 ! by thIs recognItion and wor-
Hhlp of the heathen godn that they
might win the favor of the nntlons
about them , aUll secure rollef from
the hnrdshlps they had been forced
to endUl'o. Dut. Gideon manfully with-
slood the pleacllng of his father , sny-
Ing : "
" ' 1'hou well Imowest wo cnnnot se-
CItl'O dellveranco from our troubles by
lliunging furthel' Inlo sin , Dldat not
the prophet who IJassed through our
town 'estol'day declare } llnlnlr that.
bcct1.use wo had dlsobe'ed 0\11' God
who led us out of Eg 'pt antI gave us
this land ull this ovll had como upon
us ? Lot us consltlel' his words. "
Dut his father , fearing the dlspleas-
uro of his nclghbors , aUlI Imowlng
that If ho gave fresh offonao to his
enemlcs ho and hlH househo1l1 would
become the Hlleclnl object of Ilorse-
cutlon , ho refused to IIslon to the
voice of his son. AmI Gideon hal
HIIIIJlod awn ) ' 800n afterwards mill
had como to the place of the wino
IIl'ess , where ho 11n(1 secret1 . placed
a IJortion of the wheat. harvest.
BI'hht ancl early the next mornIng -
Ing ho began the threshing cheorell
by the thought thnt o\'en if the enemy -
emy did dlsco\'Cl' its hiding place and
selzo it , It WOI'O bettor for him to
bo thus occuplOlI limn to bo mlnl.\Ung \
with the worshlJOrH } of UMIat
home.
Along towl\1'ds noon aa ho pansed In
hit ! work and 100ltIJd out from behind
the rocl5 ho was startled to see sit.
tlng undOl' the oalt a man. 110 had
heard no ono nllproach , and he ) lad
kCIJt shl\1'll looleout all mOl'lllng to see
thut no ono crept In upon him un.
I\wares , And 'ot In some mystorlous
wny this stranger had gained his retreat -
treat 'nnd was reclining under thl
trce as though ho hud been there all
morning. 'rho newcomer cnught Gld.
oon'o slartled look , and before the
latter could uslt who ho wat ! or whither -
er ho had come , ho greeted him with
the salutation :
" ' 1'ho Lorll Is with theo , thou
mighty man of vulor. "
Who was thlt ! man that ho shonlll
spealt so famllluly : anll so reassuring-
Ir ? Surely ho wus not of the enemy ,
as hlB face nnll ralmont IJlalnly
showed , Hecovorlng his comllosuro ,
Gideon salll : "Sir , If the Lord bo with
us , whr , then , Is ull this befallen us ?
and where bo all his muscles which
our futhers toll us of , saying : 'Did
not the Lorll bring us up fl'om Egypt ? '
But now the Lord hath forsalwn us ,
and dellvored us Into the hands or
the l\Udlanites. "
As ho spolto Gilleon , felt the eyes
of the strunger soarchlng him and
even whllo he was charging God with
lIesortion Ihe became conscious of the
sin of Israel which had brought all
the evil upon them. In confusion and
shame ho let his eye a fall and stood
silent. Why shoulll ho bo so abashed -
ed In the presence of this stranger ?
ho asltcd himself , and then the
thought came to him : ' 1'hls must be
some ono sent from Goll. Dut the
voice of the stranJer roused him.
"Go In this thy might , Gideon , and
thou Ehalt save Israel Crom the hat1l1
of the l\lIdlanltes ; have not I sent
thee ? "
"Whorewlth shall I save Israel ? "
o\clal : med Gideon Incredulously. "De.
hold my family is 11001' In Manasseh ,
and I lun the least In my father's
house. "
Again came the confident reply of
the atrunger :
"Snrely I will bo with thee , and
thou shalt smlto the l\Udlanites as .
ono man. "
The heart of Gideon leaped within
him as the stranger thus continued
to address him. "Could this bo the
Lord himself ? " ho asked himself , and.
thcm eager to test him and know
that of a surety It was the Lord who
was .spenl < lng with him ho looked UIJ .
half appealingly , and said , In faltering
voice :
"If now I have found grace In thy
sight , then show mo a sign that then
talltest with me. Depart not hence ,
I IJray theo , until 1 como unto thee
and hl'111g forth my present and sot it
before thee. "
With quiet dignity came the re-
pl ' :
"I will tarry until thou como
again. "
And Gideon hastened away and made'
reudr a kid and unleavened cakes of
an ephah of flour : the flesh he put
.k
In a hnsltat and he put the broth In n
It
Ilot and brought It unto the stranger
; 0 under the oak and presented It to him.
Id 'fhen In accordance with his Instruc.
Ie tlons ho took the flesh and the unleavened -
leavened caltes and laid them up < fn
U10 roclt and ) Joured out the broth ,
and then while ho beheld the stranger
reach(1 ( forth his statY and touched
the offerlnJ ; and hohola thm'o rosa
fire out of the rock and consumed It.
nd e"on whllo Gideon hehold , the
Lord-Col' now ho knew It was non6
othcl' than ho-arose and departed
out of his sight.
Gldoon fell uJon ) his Caco , a great
fenl' being upon his , and ho cried
out :
"Alas , a Lord God ! for because 1
have seen theo fnco to face. "
Dut oven while ho lay there trom.
t bllng there clUne a voice Crom above.
m him , saying :
lit "Peaco ho unto thee ; fear not ;
d thou ahalt not dlo. " A quiet peace
1\1' IUlIl cont1llenco stele Into his heart.
to 110 arose and bullded an altar and
Id. worshiled ) , snrlng : "For Inasmucb
o c s ho hath called mo to doll VOl' hIs
:11. : lIOOIJlo. " ,
. .