Christian Nation Vol. 18 1893 - Rparchives.org

10. CHEISTIAN NATION. volume 18.asked anxiously, if she were ill.How she wished she could saytruthfully that she was, and allowhim to take her away. Bnt Barbarahad never been guilty of falsehood,so she sat quietly in her placeduring the elaborately served dinner,and when the wine was pouredby the obsequious servant, placedher hand over her glass to preventthe filling.A stir at the table, and Dr. Miriam,the eminent physician whois paying such assiduous court toMiss J essamine, arises to proposea toast to the guest of honor, " MissBarbara of the starry eyes andnut-brown hair."Instantly a slender, white robedfigure is on her feet, her face, show-.ing by its quivering color, that sheis fully conscious of the unpleasantsensation she is about to create inthis circle of beautiful women andmen ; conscious too, of the anxiouswonder in her aunt's face ; and Ithink some of the courage musthave shone from the brown eyesthat looked out of the gray ones ofthat other Barbara, as she floatedher country's flag " over the headsof the rebel host."I wish I could paint her for youas she stood tbere. Can the flashof an eye be painted? How muchless the flash of a heart ; and allBarbara's heart was in words, andechoed in the tones of her sweet,clear voice as she said :" I hope you will all pardon me,and feel sure I do not wish to woundyou, or to treat your intendedkindness to me with rudeness ; butI must decline the toast. I cannotallow my name to be associatedwith wine in any wa,y which maybe avoided. It is not a whim, receivedfrom the narrow social circlein which I have spent my life.Drinking is common thera, as wellas here. It is, instead, a principlewhich has come down to me fromthe wisest of men.once wrote' Lookwine when it is red.' And for thebest of reasons, ' At last it bitethlike a serpent.' It is because 1would avoid this last, that I shunthe beginning. And because onewith greater authority than kingSolomon, and with greater wisdom,teaches his followers that ' Nodrunkard can enter the kingdom ofheaven,' and each one is bound tobe his brother's keeper, T refuse tolend even t*ie approbation of silenceto an act acknowledged to bean evil in a dirty down-town saloonamong ignorant men, And, dearfriends, if it is an evil there, itseems to me to be less excusablehere, among such surroundings ofwealth and culture ; every advantagefor the highest developmentof soul and body ; every opportunityfor aiding other lives uot soblessed in their struggles for ahigher plane, and I must ask younot to pledge me in wine."You expect me to tell you therewas an instantaneous revolution ofsentiment; and Barbara waspraised and thanked and congratulatedfor her brave words.I wish I could.The distinguished doctor merelybowed in dignified silence. AndJessamine's voice broke the significanthush which followed Barbara'sbrave words by saying in hermost frigid manner, " We will pardoncousin Barbara since she saysshe did not mean to be rude." Andthen her mother gracefully dismissedthe table, and led herguests into the parlors.What good did it do? you ask.And I asked the same questionof Barbara, herself, as she told methis same story from her standpoint.And she said tearfully," Not the least bit, and even papathinks it would perhaps have beenwiser to have declined to be presentat the table. Yet I felt so sureI was doing right."But I happen to know that EossHarper was heard to say, " If I hadbeen given a sister likeher, I shouldhave been a worthier man. Had Iknown and associated with ladiesof such principles, and such finehigh courage in defending them,my life would have been moldedafter a higher model ; for. Jessamine,no matter what we may sayor do, we know cousin Barbara isright. I would like to adopt herstandard." 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