The Elder's Prayer

The Itev. II. D. Fisher conlrt not resist the teinptation to teil a story on a brother minister : "It was Preaiding Eider Still of the Methodist chnrch. The good old man is dead uow, and H eau 't do any harm to teil this story oí liim. "The early traveling of tho eider in Kansas was uot easy. He bad a mulé on which he used to ride, and this ruulo was not aJways obedient. One day the eider and bis mule ercountered a swollen stream. Along the edge of the strearn the eider and his rnule strayed iu hope of finding a safe crossing. Finally the eldrir found a tree that overhung the stream, and froiu which he believed he coull swing to the other side. But the umie couldn't swing. He could swim, liowever, which the eider couldn't. "All the extra ciothingand the Bible were made into a bundie and tied on the mule's back aud the animal led to the water. He swam safely across and began eating grass on the other side. "The eider looked at the swinging limb, and dropping to his knees, prayed fervently that he might make no mistake in getting across. Then he swuug out and landed safely. "He knelt and thanked the Lord. ' ' But there was a new obstacle. The mule was having a good time in the grass and refused to be caught agaiu. Several well directed efiforts flew wide of the mark, and the good eider was in desperation. He must keep his appointment and he couldn't walk it. There was but one thing for the eider to do, and the eider did it. Down in the damp grass be dropped on his knees and prayed the Lord to help him catch the mule. "This is the only instance I ever heard of in which a man called on the Lord to help him catch a mule, and to his dying day the eider firnily believed the Lord did it, though it took them both soné time. "-