Produced by Al Haines THE STORY OF THE INNUMERABLE COMPANY, AND OTHER SKETCHES BY DAVID STARR JORDAN PRESIDENT OF LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY SAN FRANCISCO THE WHITAKER & RAY COMPANY (INCORPORATED) 1896 COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY DAVID STARR JORDAN TO MY WIFE, JESSIE KNIGHT JORDAN. PREFATORY NOTE. This volume is made up of separate sketches, historical or allegorical, having in some degree a bond of union in the idea of "the higher sacrifice." I am under obligations to Professor William R. Dudley for the use of a photograph of a record of Father Serra. This was secured through the kindness of the late Father Casanova, of Monterey. PALO ALTO, CAL., June 1, 1896. CONTENTS. THE STORY OF THE INNUMERABLE COMPANY THIS STORY OF THE PASSION THE CALIFORNIA OF THE PADRE THE CONQUEST OF JUPITER PEN THE LAST OF THE PURITANS A KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF POETS NATURE-STUDY AND MORAL CULTURE THE HIGHER SACRIFICE THE BUBBLES OF SAKI ILLUSTRATIONS. Peter Rendl as Saint John Johann Zwink as Judas Rosa Lang as Mary "Ecce Homo!" A Record of Junipero Serra Mission of San Antonio de Padua Mission of San Antonio de Padua--Interior of Chapel Mission of San Antonio de Padua--Side of Chapel, with the Old Pear-trees The Great Saint Bernard Hospice of the Great Saint Bernard Hospice of the Great Saint Bernard--in Winter Jupitere (Great Saint Bernard Dog) Monks of the Great Saint Bernard Saint Bernard and the Demon John Brown The John Brown Homestead, North Elba, N. Y. John Brown's Grave Ulrich Von Hutten Ulrich Zwingli _Men told me, Lord, it was a vale of tears Where Thou hast placed me, wickedness and woe My twain companions whereso I might go; That I through ten and threescore weary years Should stumble on beset by pains and fears, Fierce conflict round me, passions hot within, Enjoyment brief and fatal but in sin. When all was ended then should I demand Full compensation from thine austere hand: For, 'tis thy pleasure, all temptation past, To be not just but generous at last._ _Lord, here am I, my threescore years and ten All counted to the full; I've fought thy fight, Crossed thy dark valleys, scaled thy rocks' harsh height, Borne all the burdens Thou dost lay on men With hand unsparing threescore years and ten. Before Thee now I make my claim, O Lord,-- What shall I pray Thee as a meet reward?_ _I ask for nothing. Let the balance fall! All that I am or know or may confess But swells the weight of mine indebtedness; Burdens and sorrows stand transfigured all; Thy hand's rude buffet turns to a caress, For Love, with all the rest. Thou gavest me here, And Love is Heaven's very atmosphere, Lo, I have dwelt with Thee, Lord. Let me die. I could no more through all eternity._ THE STORY OF THE INNUMERABLE COMPANY.