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I'll joys u:<r<.' than poi I u ijix! i lie hoi;.ie ,V?w t ini ' he o a n " We, t \vi ad," a pretty <? u ni 1 1>?* :? e*>H!r;?\ h" hit:-, >!<? '??!?: <m ! uui; > to itldillfe ihl:t <:ts!e. ,\l i K:ryi' : 1 i : 1 1 ? ,.'!y \v .s h - ? :i thai. I..- cured for i: hiiij; < .*? . s .1 i,ul!' ' uil.u ? i.i t, for ti i i.mI ? ? : ' 1 1 ? : y )<? r l'- : 1 or niiivcii lent 1 . 1 ,1. ? hos.e- iu a tijiiliini.il *>I:j f 0 of ' : !i" .-.id une ilay. whin ! t l)?'j ' ;i 1 ? ? ? d : 1 l.i' a : 1 1 ;;h ? lull in j lil-' a? !? " ,n.\v 1I1. i.i vim have t hi' | Well : V, 1 ji i: alljl I III* I >' >1 1 1 1? :? t'< ? j cloli" I 1! -:.i. I'll have a little ufler- j noon :< ;i . .?>' Ftid.iy. if y< a are sure you ; won; It I ? t ! ! -. ! 1 1 m another arbor < >r ! mal;:;-; o. . r i!u> f; 1 iu 1 h, or put ti:n; : any in--:'*' !i'"v \vindo\\'K It) the fii.umn j roo;.i I'll :t<al!y 1 1 Ut* to havt> company | oik'-.' v hen she place waVn't Uttered j "wl'h hlndlitn? Wood ami shavings, I 1 1 1 !?:?! 1 (>: cmn-.n, dear, I like all your | impn \ ??!>-,. ?. . r. ' ' ? "i ! M *ry 1 c{ id Km my improve ment. 1 '? hr ; you I'li.liy." Kaye vo lutin '. .1 bit snnmpily, for he nit that his la! r ? v.* tint fully :i;.;)i ecialcd ,"111 ; > ::i Krblav for the da> , uiio 1**' 1 vd y, wt . ompany have the j pin*'? to y ?? \ os. " "Why, lie'.asvl. you Kftow I'd !o\o to ; have \ r>' 1 1 ?-?!-?? " "Y< >? ft nit;:-;' >, Nell, hut 1 really nhou.M ro m iiiwn ofteiior. and you la >v I ... specially fund of tea Ymh-i\ ;? !<?>.-. ic" li/rii .' how true this ^ 1,1.1 . 1... - i !? 11 > turt Iter pro to: I a : !. r I. 5 ? : 1 : ?? 1 - ah-emo. She J w;? ? ? ? 1 ' y 1. ? ly Is'.s M-it-denial ' In : . j : : 1 . : i I :.! ' < 1 h"r ten t Iu1 J 1 ? . . * t!i>' ! ; " ? ? 1 ? and the ^ fui; 5 .1 ?;?!! porch seat. \v I ? 1 I ? i. v. . ; I. he hid i I) litl lid. 1 see: ?: : r;,d:ate 1 report - i U'.i ? "I ). . : v.-ercn ' po't;^. Ho ; la!:-!. a I, !: I-'. tiiertiitii; ! ( ;u.;, ; : 1 1 : ., > i- ;d for tiro to .. .ir : > 1 1 .1: 1 a ay ii! . ; > .:i 1 1 i -? e , 1 be*. 'el (Ml ?? ? ? ? I..'-. : ? t I"'! try to pe' : c\ . 1 > : .1 ? .! . ' h-? 1 {'he so I c.i V ;i .. .* a'i \* ue K :.H i Ret i lie j pl .c ?? :ti <1 - h-p | M K ? i : ; ? I in -Irile .1".d lfWiK i!:n > \v iv. d h::: a v^ood-by j V ' ? . . '.t In- felt I ! In ? . ..?? tii '? 1 o. for I.e v 1 . . bet . .i d : - t i.r' ji.v. t y j lit \ ? A ; ?>. ? : . ; !; .. I a*ld 1 help \ >. .?:!.?!?' .1' '11 v out - Vpoki'i: V Mi -?1 ' e ;? wok .1 ; .? : i d. .. ?? and idle I ?? . i.. .. . w . . !. .1 . a ! . I:u-k '?? i:-" v. V. v ? V..-: ch. ? : < ? ? ? - ii,-. ? 1 ? 1 .. '?? 1 :? . ami :?!!:???? ^ . ? is yl; ? ? ; 1: ' '? ? '?? ?<???? ? ??? -A b . . ?' ? *1 ? \ I ? t in - . ? ? in: : ' ? ? ? ? , h !<i bio . .1 id I '. . .. . w t! ? .. ? ,M-y it .! ? : ?? . a:.d h id IV h e ? : ? j. wli? i. . !\.: 1 ?? a .1 '! !'> \V?" " ' ' 1 > '? ri" ? o;' ??ci ? l.o.i-c. Hftrc Mi Kayo 1 ,.i . . :.i !i .be j.ori h. he u.aii.s came ; iU'? ..!i wl.'.re, : ared fa/ cs. I "it t.i AucK:, "u?> . CO.'! ill"' U<M ?!>'? ii?V' TI.?>IC's sol:.:* n.w;n! in 'ho 1 1 . '?m aior r.-om! I'm thinking it's .1 wild animal howl Ins.' "lis likoly soau* th levin' tramp (;(Nio < v isile I'"1 was stealin' for It's ft m. in's v<?iOi? raving most fearful, ma'am, and poundln' and jumpln" too," 6ald Saiah. "Morcy! How dreadful^" What can It lx>? cxclainnvi all tho ladle? at once; EJid then Mrs. Kayo announced, as firmly as b?r trembling voice would allow, that ah? would go to Be? what the trouble wu. "1>> bo careful, ma'arn!" implore* Angle "A crazy i ramp in dreadful danger* oiih," added tfunih. "You hliall not go alono," said one of l)jo a tiny woman In u p?arl coiored ailk. 1 II protect you whatever Impfwus." "We'll all go Willi you," announced another; and in a moment the whole pariy wa>i Hoiking into thehoufce. Mrs. Kayo led (hem (hrough iho (lining room ami Kit* ben' to tho door of the litilo refrigerator- room, orw of the fc/.'liiov<iuMit? of which 1i;j builder, Mr. Kh>(\ waa most prou.d, ' Why? (!?m'L? -yot kd? mo out 7" ' * i i ' 1 1 a terrlblo.vobv, in fierce hlutca'o; and then whack, whae.k :it the door ho violently tiiut. had not tu builder mad# it triply ifiick to l.< ?*i? in tiio cold, it Hur^ly would have crashed beoeadi (he blows. Tho worn* n t. lured lit each 0 her for a moment; and as Mr?, Kayfi put her band on (ho door-knob, they all jsa?|M>d, for liio voicu began yelling with redoubled forco. Their liofctwn hesitated only an in>>tantv and then bravely threw open the door to bo con fronted hy I ho disheveled Ugure of her husband, whoio first almost wild look (|iiirkiy ,elwuig(d into an oxiirebaion of chagrin. "Ob, Roland, how did you come hero? 1 thought you were In towii." "I c?nu> home on an early train, and slipped in th(! Bide way with a new rprihg-lock I diwaivored in the city. It's jmt what wo needed hero, and i I?nt It on (ho door for a h^rprjHH for you, and It swung shut. It only opens from tho outside. 1 " Jns( then the released cup l\e caught sight of the curious g:o;ip i'.:.;;lng into Ills prison at blui. and bowing, lie naid, "I ? I? hope 1 didn't disturb the par.y." Most or uje i i -Ilt.-pi were too polite to laiu'li, and they (inly smiled when Mrs. Kay?> :a!d. lai.'^hlligly . "I'm so glad you came home I<j.' the tea after all." Youth's- Companion. A.NCICNT CHINESE LITERATURE. How Recotds Were Kept ? Books Cast From Moulds. Il is now absolutely certain ihat neither ? lay, ha lie:-, parchment nor lilt- papyrus was a! any date ever lined by i he ancent Chinese for the purpose of making irroids, which l'art alone /.oiK'S far lo negative any prehistoric < < nneo:ion with Hgypi, liabylonia or Persia, touching which, ntoreT.or, there is no! ihe faintest specific evidence tc be f(;u ud in f'a.;;eii! or Western rec crds. It seems ;;!.-o equally certain that 'he Chinese never used a metal style to MT;ir<h character:-- upon wood, bam boo or palm leaies, as natives of India lor instance, lianyaa bankers ? may Le s vn do: n ;; .any day, even now. not only i ji India itself but also in SitiKa poie and p"rhaps Ik.ngkong. What the Chinese used was a slick . r stylo of bamboo, r.uh as one or two of ihe older historians describe as be ing very like the Chinese joiners' "ink stick" or "wooden stick and line" of the sixteenth century (when first mentioned ), and also like that of to- j day. As there were and are no bam boos in Khoten the natives, and prob ably also the Chinese of that place, in imitating as best they could their own bamboo slips and styles had perforce to avail themselves of the tamarisk, a tree which. I he Russian traveller t'iz- j ewalski found thirty years ago aJl over ihe Taritu valley. I Prom the most ancient times Ink had i la en employed in China chlelly for the purpose of bnirl tins; the foreheads of; criminals, but it had also been used eonru : rent ly with varnish, for inscrib ing bamboo and w?>.>d*n tablets with Written counnanh a: ions. Presumably the ink w;.v< the j..: -1 :*? iti both < ases. For books not him: but baiaboo -ei?.ns in h;:ve been used, except that records of dynastic? import :? mo and stale laws were also occasionally cast from molds upon metal uipo.ls in order to secure! permanency. As the bamboo stem is usually no thicker than a bran ly bot tle it follow.-. !ha the plane surface available for writing characters iould ntevr be very broad; accordingly we bt.d thai the nn>st important' works, such as the < lassies, w?s?? win ten uimhi .-lips of pared hamlxui about two and one-half Kngltsh fee: long and about one inch bioad Works of rather sec i t iiury importance witi> iusctii.ed on narrow strij-s of half the length. The number of idei graphs i t: each pltce of I amboo varied wi'h the im pedance atul dignity of '.lie s\:bjec?. ni in no ca-e det-> i; appear tv> have , \e--eil--l Ibiltx. The:-'- l-aatbro laths "Milil tlnn li>ie r"-.'T'ible our va : iouslv ? ..!?(! modern l>; \\vi>od p;.p -r knives, i: m iv be r? is usably i-uppo.-id that :.e-r of the s'i?t!.t>; wo aid at.ot" g i .> the ou 11 > ?? m , l"t' wun'.a to the ? .a;:.e, or incu t < ? ?? ? :o L' to the ! , iiilll. to the size of i he -:njks Th'ir> an :iu>i me bosk of t uo nuiinr, . ?<>.<!. b> a modem I'hiro pcun publisher, would \?ei<h the best jKi ' ? !' bu i.|i < dwci.nh' . ? !? roni th? Asian tju.il el I \ Ke\ lew. Slang in England. tlotten s *1; vi. in:: nt slang terms for lr.<" briery won: ft tx^ ::s< fnl In |x>IIc?' court:! if t.islnon did not m> quickly change In this roppcc*.. The following wore chx-sCicd :is denoting mild in toxication : lirrry, bemused. boozy, hosky. 1miiT>. corned. toKgy, foil, fresh, hazy. < 1< 'Vfcicd, Ki>Ky, lushv, moomey, mugvy. muz/y. on. s? rrwivl, stewed, tiulii and vinoy. In an Intermediate rhiss stood podgy, beargered, blued, cut. primed, Innipv. muddled, plough ed. obfuscated, swipey, three sheets In the wind and topheavy. ? London Chronlele. Thote Mechanical Toys. Fond Mamma ? What! broben nl ready? If I'd given It to your father lnvtead It would have kept him quUt for hours! ? Punch. FOR BOYS ADD GIRLS The Uuiy Child, I have *<? many thliiK? to <lo, I don't Uiiow whun l ahull u?5 through, Tii'Jftj' I had lo watch thr- niin Co mi- MJidliitf down thi' window -pane. Aii'l I wim liiiimnliitf. <>11 tlx; time. Ajo? ihd my neuu, a kind ol rhyme, A (i 'J lj|-)wl))j( syfll/ on the glrtim. JO *????- fill' ijiilllnr-irt I OIIIC till* I p<lliH. 1 iii, i. It a pixituru,-, Willi my br<-;i l)i iliibhed oui, to uliow tliv uiujci ncath, 1 hull! a .lis on tlui Hoof; A i lil I lien I Weill ami vva? a Wur; Ami 1 t<fci/n ped, li ?iii H(|u;uc lo rs<|i|alO thai'* iiivt in-r n>i tli?- carpet; tlieru, I'tiHI at In w t I i-umo to ('*: J Jul It w/i n yi ty uumerouH, Mi-rui:si', ll I lia.l ttt'eppr-il Outride, i maul l.iin , ii l ?iiuujij liiive died Ami nov, I ij.iw the la, ml to mend, Aihl all our MiipptM lo pl4Jl? lni, 1 am ho |!ij;ty, all the day, I liavi n't any time to.piuy. ? .)osi-jih!ne I'reMioii I'valiody, In the ! CiwIhiiui Kt'Kifcter. Harry's Animal3. I Harry, who was upending a Hummer in the mountains, stood one: day caressing a Scotch collie. Tito younu nii'.n who owned the do& MC.eing the hoy's admiration, for the | COllle, asked: "Have you any animals at home, Harry?" At this the little lad replied, after pondering for a moment: "Yes, we have files."? Beohlvo. My First Real Rifle. For tho money I 'received for Christmas 1 bought a four to -en-shot rop< c-ifng rlflo. It shoots 22-calibre shorts only and ejects the exploded 'shell out of the side. One flue day during vacation my hroiln r < who also has a rifle) and 1 \v< nt aerjVs Hudson Itiver on tlnT Foil Lee l'erry to the Palisades for target shooting. We set up (wo tar M"*. one at a distance of 125 feet ?..::d i \w other *5 fe? t, In less than iv o hours we found that neither of us was a good shot at a long dis tance. because after firing about thirty shots each we r.ad lilt the target only five times, and none oj these were in the centre. We had belter luck with the target at a shorter distance, hitting It about thirty times out of forty shots. Four of these shots came a quarter of an inch from the bull's-eve. f ho*:e that all the "Little Men" will enjoy the experience of i?hoot and tine rifle, for it's great sport and fine training. ? eorge C. Cooper, in the New York Tribune. Charley. Charley is a white rut and is very tame. He lives in a cage tilled with hay, in which he burrows, and sleeps almost al! day. Toward even ing he will come out and run about the house. Then we start a little distance from the cage and. call him, and he will come to us, take food from our hands and carry it to his cage to save until he is hungry. The door of his cage is usually open, but one day. when it happened | to be closed. though unfastened, j Charley, wanting to come out, push |cd it open with one of his forefeet. | and held it there, while he looked | out. as if to see that all was safe. I Sometimes he will run away and hide. One day after looking almost ; everywhere- for him, we found him I covered with soot, crawling out of an ' id stovepipe In the attic. At first our cat followed him about as if she would like to catch him, and I e woi:!d always run to his cage and hide, but one day he turned | and chased her :il! around the room, itnd now she lets him alone, and (often jumps on a chair to get out of j his way. | We have other pets, but I think Charley the most interesting. ? Annie I C. Klwin. in the New York Tribune. Goner. When he came, to school ? a little black haired, blackeyed Apache In dian bey? ho told them his name was "Goner," and Goner ho had al ways been. lie loved to go to school until Miss Kmma married Mr. Hunter, the su perintendent of the hiu: copper mine. Miss Kmma didn't tench school any more, and Goner was unhappy. In su ad of going to school he spent i. s* uf his days sitting in the sun s' 1 ine about the mouth of the shaft an t watching t.lu cases go up and ilowi: \Vh--n the Indians saw the cage, as the li !<? cHi" is called. go out of siubt, tin/ shrusg -d their shouldt r3 and u.'.iO "I'gh." Thev knew it went iY''wn down, hundreds of feet, str.ii-.ht int.) the ground. Tlv- ne u w ??: ?-: i i> u about the mine j often invitid tiii- Indians o go down, | but always they would shake their heads a' d shrug their ? shoulders. ! Stum ' ii.ies they would go to tl-.e top , of the shaft and look down Into the biacivTiess. (loner liPked down more often than any of the others and wanted very much to go down, only he did not date tell any of the other Indians I BO. L Ore day as he was looking down, Mr. llunttr came past. He wore n long rubber coat and a hemlot, and carried a candle, so Goner knew that ho was uoing down as soon as the cage came up. "Hello, Goner," he said, and then, n? tho gong sounded for the cage to start dovn, he picked Goner up un der his arm and down they went, Goner kicking and screaming, and all the other Indians dancing about at the mouUx of tho shaft. They thought boxiju Imrm would s>urcly- bt> fall I: i in . tioiKir did not recover entirely from hit> fright until they were back in tho sunshine; but, as sr-op a* he stepped <jjit of tho c<m(\ ho was the prod limit hoy in Arizona. All the other Indians crowded about hlui, und for days ho was busy lulling every one he knew about his wonderful experience under the grounds Anuio I/oulso Ih-nuy, In Sunday gchool 'l inn ?. Cjmq With Picture Cards. With twopty-blx "pjeturo cards on amusing fciimo tnuy In* played. The cards may ho made l>y pasting all over piece# of cardboard of uniform h|/,c pictures of small objects cut from newspaper ad verth:< incuts, or a pack of children's alphabet cards may be used. In the upper 1 < ? 1' t hand corner of each curd print or paste one Jotter of the alphabet so that you have tho entire twenty-fcix. Tho objects on each card may be of any description, regardless of thy letter on that card. To play tho game place the pack, face up, In the centre of the table. Any number may play. The. player who begins must name an object on the exposed card beginning with the letter in tho corner of that card. The next player in order docs the same, imd so on in rotation, if one falls ti> name an object beginning i with the letter on the card or fails to nr.nrc one wllhln a minute he Us out and the game continues without him. When all the players but one are "out" for that caid one player taker- it and the game proceeds with the next letter of the alphabet ex posed on tho next can!. ? X-i_nhu:in^- ouUtiL uauui an. ulijuc.1. oil. . any card that has already been named. The player who h >lds . "the greatest number of cards at tin1 ? ml of the. game win:?. If it is to much trouble to laako the cards a child s alphabet picture hook "may be used, of the game wins. If it is too n:ueii amusement is played with a le'ter ti at has bren written 'beforehand with blank spaces left where the ad joe lives belong. The writer does not let the players know what he has written, but asks each far an adjec tive, placing the adjectives so given in the blank spaces In regular order. When the spaces haye all been filled the letter is read to the e nnpany, and it never fails to be amusing. The game may be varied by leav ing a number of blank spaces, and instead of asking for adjectives to fill them the writer may ask for any part of speech that the players may choose to give him. As no 0110 knows about what the letter is writ ten, a very incongruous epistle will he the result. ? New York Herald. Misfortune of the Sugar Bowl. A china closet stood In the east corner of the dining room. Among the many valuable pieces in the closet was a susar howl. This sugar I howl was white and gold, and was imported from France. It km w of its' beauty and looked upon the other china pieces as if they were of no value. One day the maid put the bowl on the table with other pieces. ?"I told yon I would be selected," called the bowl to its neighbors. "I am handsome, and articles like me are seldom found." "Why is it you have such a high opinion of yourself?" m< -:*kly asked a little blue pitcher. "I came from France," said the j bowl. It was about to continue the I conversation when someone said. "Please pass me the sugar?" This time he was placed beside a salt shaker. "Oh. you insignificant thing!" the bowl said to the shaker. "What?" said the shaker, in amaze ment. The bowl was about to continue the conversation when he was taken out Into the kitchen. There, the maid placed it beside some glasses. The bowl began telling more of his history, but was interrupted by a glass. ? "I shine all day, and my life is more useful than yours. Everyone admires my sparkling appearance." "You are mistaken," said the bowl, "I never hear anyone speak of you individually. but when they speak of me thfy say 'That sugar bowl.' " It was continuing to boast of Its history when it felt itself falling, falling ? when at last it reached the floor in nieces. It was then put in the ash barrel to be carried away by the ash man. The other pieees of china were glad of the sugar bowl's absence, but thev little knew of the bowl's misfortune. 'Hie occupants of the china closet lived in happiness until the mistress nf the house purchased another sunn r bowl. This one was still more beautiful, yet it never had a boastful word. Although it never boasted, it was .continually quarrel ing. ? Stella Kenther, in the IlrooU lyn ICaRle. Rebates Window's Mite. Wo had the temerity to dun n well to-do widow (not morry, but red-head ed) for her {subscription to the Now Era, duo nine months, and what sho said about "that old thing trying to ; collect from a poor 16ne widow" war a plenty. Now, really, Jane, honey. If we rebated on all our charging widows wo would soon havo \o put crepe on our doors, but as you do not belong In thla das* wo will make a ooneesslon In your ftvor.? Mart (Texas) New Er*. THE PULPIT. A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON QY ' THE R6V. JOHN WESLEY HILL. Theme; Tlu\KluB*!iip of I'titioncc. Now York city. ?The following. Impressive <! Ix.f nurse wa* *1 ??*! i Vered in the Met ropollian TompStt (M. FJ.) by tin* pastor, tii?i Km'. John W<?#|?y Hill, who Is by far at present ?ho most prQK>* vt* of New York's preachers. The subject of tJia mou wan "Tli. ? Kingship of. Patience/' aiul (ho text, Itovplfttloii l;9; "I. John, your brot her and companion In tribulation, ptul in the kingdom and patience of J csus, Christ. " Mr, Hill said : Patience. doi-B not appeal to us as a regal quality. Why should a king wait? Having power to accomplish at once, why should be hear with tho duluess and obduratencss of his sub jects'.' Commanding swift agencies, why should he delay their execution? And right here wo encounter a seem ing contradiction; our text introduces a divine interpretation. It teaches that kingship is not divorced from pa tience, hut bound up with it; that th<5 divine kingdom is inherited through patience; and that' spiritual sovereignty is acquired not by a sin gle bound, but through tho long, plodding pilgrimage which patience alone can make. This is a truth which permeates the entire spiritual economy, finding Its supreme exem plification in the being and nature o? God. Christianity Is solitary in its rev elation of patience as a quality of Cod. No pagan god was ever crowned with this virtue. The coarse mind of man n?-ver evolved a gentle deity. The go is of 1p; irai^geiilus are great In imminence fovea and resentment. This conception o* Itnpailenee as tho prerogative of di-lty is not or.lv at the root of t.ie grotesque forms of pagan 1*? .. but it. i ; responsible for many of tii" fa Is-' and tno:is'.\'Us views of Cod titp.y have "fomHi?vhWy wny into t he BOrcalh.d "Chrlsilau theology." Wh'Mi theologians paint Pictures of ? Cud ? t-Nn ? ftt-nmp i'im with remorse less absolutism; when they say that Ced mu.-:t by Jusr. and may be merci ful. a:id s-jt ihvnjSi'Ivcs i > parceling out the divim? nature lino sections, tracing the boundary lines with ma tii 'Mil?! leal ppcisien, and then setting watches upon the frontiers le.it low* should eti'voar h upon truth and 111. tcv stipphrst justice; then they fo:g.*t that all ilie great moral! mutinies are <!u!v proportioned in the divine nature; that they include each Other in a wav that defies triangtila tion; iftal that patience is the guardian of them all. When the sculptor's vision dis closes the impel i;i the block, he is not discouraged by hardness in the stone nor defect in the grain, lie is bent on actualizing his ideal. The greater t.he d'iflienities, tile more his patience is called Into play. And dare we think of (! k! as conceiving a puronse less sharply or bringing it to | perfection with less patience? Wo fail Into bitter, suspicious, mis anthropic frames of mind over the high-handed insolence of demagogu ism, over social laxity and licentious ness, over fraud and Kraft and god less lu::ury; and because things are crooked, we would hew them to the line of our thinking, lay the scor pion scour kg on the back of con servatism, condemn all v.ho are not willing to march to our music; yea, we are tempted to doubt the divine goodness,, because Cad does not arise in His might, destroy s'n, and usher in the mi'lcnniutn. 'Jut meanwhile, Cod wai:<. lie stands in the midst of the parsing centuries with out stretched hands o? cninuuy. No other aM-'nde w-.uM b,? consonant with His c'larac: < r. S lf-( xistent and eternal, v. i . ;;i,:ning or ending, lie cannot t :? i; ? t ? ! 1 1 of time. Time is an H'-nvtii that di.es not en.fr into 1::^ hv.r.g. lVrT* ction is the mo.iid in which the divine idtuls are cast: i :i ? ? am rr.:' < ? f time is noth ing. It is rot a ?i ?;* -si i*>n of calendar but of ch a >-ac ! jr. The problem re duces itself to j. erf' e; inp. That is the infinite goal toward which all things in t h nr. iv I Jtrr.jj JIT. (! 1 ? II - .... *i llitVi till seen, are sib ntly. slowly, and patient ly moving? 'lie goal of a redeemed, perfected and glorilicd humanity. From this viewpoint, we begin to understand that tin re is a divine philosophy in the impression, the "kingdom and pa'imv of Jesus Christ." In it is hidden 'he mystery of redemption ; above i; is lifted the blood-stained cross; u; >n the cross hangs an innocent Victim, an in finite SacrMlc?\ vicarit us and saving, Cod's gr. a' !ov.? a: -.;- :r.en' to the world. Time, 1 ? rr v i and Cal vary are the fores tl.nt conquer the' soul, and t her .-fore (i >1 waits to give them a chatM-p, watt.- f us to weary of our rebellion, waits i'"i the fever of sin to co.il, waits for the bla-k blood of passion to run on', waits with infinite patience for nr. to turn, demanding no mo -e than obedi etice, and asking or-'.v th^ homage of our hearts, and 'in-n ll> entbrni^ us in the rapture of long dila>ed ivcon ciliat ion Standing thus bcfor?? Calvarv. and' gazing into tin- 1 . -rri f;?f of .J?>?us Christ, we l>etxi:t to r.-nliz" what Is! meant by thp ; ;.t,. ?>*??* of Jcsua Christ, lli.- pau? n< ? i.i an! i!.finit<*ly I more than tin- :>-r. ;t p ? ion of' power of patience; m ? . ii'.?n physical oluJllra,,..? . ?!? ? tl>nn drift ing an'l dr :air. ii:;; i.< ?iP i'c>. The i patience of .! ? ^ u < f'oii-1 i.< a ron- 1 sirnctive force; ir n ' peratv. persist pr' flrug'jsn for spirit- ' ?al manhood. 1; is a power which j makns a kingiy man and not a stoical j petrifaction. inscnaihle to "the tilings; and arrows of outrageous fortune." i Now, there can b?? no kingship In i tho absence of patiencp. Protracted | discipline la tho condition of r salted i character. It is thus that man wins' himself from the wrecking forces ot life; thus that ha loams thf* truth and feels the power of Christ's Im mortal maxim, "in your patleneo ye shall posses^ <wlu> your suuIb. " It was thus that Joiin, the author of our text, won self-mastery. Think of It. The man who iiv the early stage of his Christian llCctdeslred that ho and his brother James might sit on the right hand and #n the left hand In tho kingdom, of jphrlot; the man ot dignity and of Vmbltlon; the man 1 who In his unbrlflert rage wanted to Mil Art 4own trim beavoa upon the] inhoeptU Bn chastened HplsucT by I led and sits dowl r Jj at vol<)( and wrlti; aijout till' and patio) brought u was the Master tli arroKanW* hfltfhts. of and teijdt> lopoay an KHin of Id of trlbiiiu) bo becamjv with overs filwn hlmsd I Johiu-'yojii and .pat leu i .N'ot onl; noblo and 4 parts to?Jjf. pernpectlvu to Titian, "Oh, you d| tor; "It too It." You ci of art, ev?r, every shad? II Kured by i Its wealth i onds. You there, surr i home, until before Iteuj Cross," who Hud i>lace, ^ morning un? minded that arrive;!. excl until they g the patience hidden thlnj divine intent and enables turieii say ag, find dellveraj 'ho instant." has been call ' becomes our coiuo Iiu pat it U is the chj ill) the seed 1 ?ee whether 1 in tlfls respe<~ dreri of a lari of this inn; a, many ways. It produces substitutes a tor the \vhol< by a f(>w ypg weighs the in eternity. "ij0 we often ask. woes of broker which human many years, th pestilence, fin earthquake, p permit such comes to the r< interpreter of that they are pi that "work fomentations ti heart, hammer hardened will purify the at grinding the ha fining the gross ters teaching ut school the less friends, let us g right of way. ourselves, What need? than all i about accidents brought about. Finally, patien and there is res sense of uncerta rest. We ail fqe who op.n keep sti position is stipp and therefore hi and he can affor never boisterous, in noise, but rati That Jesus Chi 1"R3 before PilaU rave in the fury the one supreme <il 1 human his ton excitement of tl serene, in the flet li unity, with the r His face, His ve most searching kj upcn a human sou into the conscien judge. rang the ramp of his fears, a thousand mem transformed him coward. He saw since have seen, t who took up no d ured all the wrat and understood th had a foundation 1 no; be shaken. lit the midst of eter rounded by imrao servants, One wh power was given u needed, only to spea forces of the unive His defense. Thl; Him calm and cro' 1'iiv solitary King o the ages. Oh, let us gav.e silent, serene, expe once more the inspi tietit life, and go fo "assurance of fait! and strong in the ex Christ, the dawn c glorious coming, al ulcam of promise a< horizon.. The Sweetest "How I wish I hn when we started ou a lather said to .his ) Dr. Norman McLc who said the sauic never forget the In upon me during the \ ministry by a mcchai visited, and on who paramount duty of One day he entered hurst into tears as h? member my girl, slH only chtld. 8he died morning. She has R? God; but If so she can now breaks my heart heard a prayer In her or from her father's she were with me bu moroV " There la no fragrwn ens a whole house like, prayer. If we want to be to spiritual kingdom our 4 purified end refined by of tke Holy Ghost. JoweU. M ?. THIEi W Despatch pri * ?? Mombas Mombasa fcj Come Thgjx corn i lis lm; to the intr Ijik eeason. 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