Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-09-12 | Page 56 | Rudolph and his King

Rudoiph andhisKini i of the King, and every hreeze that fanned R'Kiolph seemed to tell him a tale of "the mighty King who ruleth over all." "But there Is no Ktng.'' cried the angry Rudolph. "These voices are but mocking me. There is no King." Once as he stood by the seashore he saw a ship sailing by. The waves as they tumbled over one another In their eagerness eager-ness to reSVh the sandy shore seemed to say. "The King, the King, the King"' Then a great storm came upon the sea. The wind lifted the waves and dashed them high over the rocks on the sandy shores and the wind howled and the waTes roared in giant voices. "The King, the King, the King!" Storm clouds swept across the dark. sky. the lightning flashed and the thunder boomed and rolled and In loud tones called, "The King, the King, the King!" The sailors on the ship lowered their sails and tried lu every way to save their ship, and when they could do no more they knelt and prayed to the King to save them from the perilous deep. Rudolph saw the storm clouds carried away by the wind, the high waves sunk down upon the sea and the ship sailed safely In the harbor. Then he beard the sailors slug a hymn of praise, and the hymn was of the King and to the Klug. thanking Illm for thetr deliverance from danger. "Rut there Is no King." said Rudolph. "How foolish for them to believe It. It Is all a lie; there is no King." Yet everywhere Rudolph went he heard the name of the King and the praises nf the King upon every tongue until lie neither saw nor heard anything that did not praise the King. f At Inst, lu great anger. Rudolph said : "I will climb to the very highest mountain peak. There I shall dud no flowers or trees, no birds nor brooks to sing In me of the King. There 1 shall nut hear the sound of the s,.n murmuring of the King, nor the voices of Hie foolish people repenting superstitions super-stitions which I do not believe." so Rudolph went to the mountains and climbed to lb,- highest ,, hoping that there he might nut hear of a King whom no one had ever seen. As he stood on the mountain top he gazed down at tie we I ful world beneath him. There wen "T peaceful plains with the people and : birds and flowers so far below tbat k " could not hear their songs and storta 1 On all sides other mountains raised:' snow capped peaks and overhead be ss " blue fc . -old and cloudless. As Rode!1 ..; eyes beheld this grandeur he heard a which said. There is a King. The Ol shall live forever, and this Is His a::;::: place." Rudolph bowed hts head and lidtai and it seemed as though Silence bad pt claimed the King not in tones of dm as in the ..-..pen: nor by the sweet a? of the birds in the tree tops, nor by bubbling brooks, btrt Silence had filled & dolph's soul with awe and reverence. Then Rudolph lifted his eyes to ha and said : "There Is a King and 1 ac'sm edge Him. I have done a preat re Oh. (?od, forgive my unbelief. HeneeM my voice shall swell the songs of all earth and air and sea that know and F5 1" Thy name, our King, the creator of I lit:.-.- ' wem down from the ,mr" a . I:.; g-.l man. and ho wont t I bis o bom. s ho passed "'f ' I ' shore he IN;. . . .. the sons of nV I and the waves. He laughed as be I the babbling brook prattling on Us jource I The doves In the elm trees, the thrust -1: t lie hedge, the sparrows under the II even ihc cricket chirping on the hear' I ., core singing of the King, a'"1 R hear; wax glad and he rejoiced to - songs ol praise. y All the earth and the ",'"s?1! y " ' . :. ore beautiful to R f.-i o, !v eeneved iii the sens ltt inre sane, and his heart responded m ha rmony. . , . eieenie his ,1 s i:n Mrh gathered his amis he said gently: "There Is ' "!..! ivs.-t her let s si"c 10 I,, . . .,., His geoilness am abidcth forever and ever." y,., t .;.,,.;, d Me"' ' . . r... ... r,. niahle Tales ' b) 1 ".'sl Is I'lihlished bv Charles Scl'lbuer