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A #WIFE eFC By THOMAS A. E . I *aow there i tery associa ted wi'' - *r 0 0 ife. You have told -.j. a Cg:in and yet agaiin W. 95< inot let me share wi y(u':. Your burdn ":i' Na h al :he lighter. Tliere was an intensity, a al a1xiety in the ian's tones - r.-tynd a deep n emotion. The womau-a sweet-faced. liguted woman. from whose M'Us --yes there beamed forth a gr yi m - pathy-was silenlt, s rangely siseii . oued as though she was rtetin u, t.' whether she should ya him tur secret. 'Twas a pathetic mtieat. -!id the man even fancied '1t. the I vry atmosphere was somehow 1harged wIth an element of romance. j d mu the sulight the doves cooed thear .tave and the thrush sang i "What is it. Evelyn? Whz t it tk? I have a right to know. you nve tod me you love me." 'Oh. Richard Halifax. why w- I - persuaded into that mad . .ies 's;on? WVhy' Whvy' And as Evelpn repeated the cues ,.oa her voice thrilled with . sion tie sorrow. e true." Yes. 'twas true." said the ir .iie was little beyond her n - il o t fiercely. "'T-..as r4 :b t ; ft.ve no right to love you." 'Twas true." echoed the b.' t.dner. "and you have no rigtlit :eI me? Why, you stupid child. 1'lded h:, attempting to rake her in h'. rar. :ou are pos-essed o1ly bF :Dme -.Iuixotic fancy." She retreated from him : re pelling him with her hands, lowinvg him with eyes that g: von 11m pityingly. 'You shall hear why." she - re *;iuteyher voice hoarse the m LotioL which a great cour'1 1t I .ii.tpired. F1or two or three .seconds v a. .dIent. Her lover waited witi an oatience, standing near her 3s ."iuh 1 iP guard her against some m. - vii. The suimer sun pier. i i1he room. and for a mom -rounded the two with a war -. She sighed-t 'was a wear - - ::1d commenced her story. 'You know m, Richard Ha .s vehyn Maynard. I have a-: "tat name." Richard interrup'ed with j I - Why. child, ha ven't I knor~ :-u . 'ither and mother for year~e Wht mfancy is this? You have ni 'd a night to the name as I hary Hai The girl only wenit on. motn ri':.t. but with hanIds tighty Clb..:-in "'embling fever. 'You are about to h.ear ma 4:ei *iou remember. Iihard, lhb.' r .ears I was supposed to be c'n ' .iI tio my Aunt Rachel. I left h'o' for she purpose of staying with u"e.b ( i not remain with her !5'-.' .1 "Shortly after my arrival isi . nI U receiced the a trenijion of Atib-:n lings. I fancied myself in i.. ih him-ferventiy in love wth :. Richard Halifax started -.o pained suerpri ". Poor Richard, you :iave ;:. Sa vdethan this. He woe -- e "Medly. I will not stay to than ~a tIis purpose was. I know tbh0 ,-. ian miay together and that we w-- r 'ned." She noted the agony in her 62-:t0e: tice. but dared not dlelay' her r-y not benW W 'c~did I .no-t (discover ti m's -haracter ea :ietr? I sooni leai that I ( ihadnobenh uyic:. ai Ieast I was his wif". * We lived together at ht -ser. jear. First he trea ted me 93 7 iten as an au'tmbr'tance. thei ae -rj my aunt. to my fathler, to i.-:oe -'iy to let h:1t i' free. Ha " ':net -lhat the arrtiauc should: I~ Ie 'mnown. I ref'use. a i! his . -. r.'jected ll his~ ovtu:~re. m-- ; A~t last he left me--left ur iseart- I broken and pennilesS. I beame ill. Aly poor aunt found mue andi nursed 1 'ie back to health. She lived r? ieace ful seetisioni. and, dreading 'he' end ofC "iy escapade. 'ad confessed t !s nno but my father He. stern in b -es --' famnily digtmty. had Ii *-i- the I 1.ecret. 'When I recovered. fther 'ught 1 mte home-a rruned. hopeles., "omn. 'M twenty-and. Itiehard H.f ax "Synot." she hurried on nm '*elth S:seagernest. 'that I deceied y . Riebhard Halifax looked at ia.Sh Ce kneCw siL had not w?f yde "e"ed him. -. '. no." l~. ' eaCula ed: - . 1i 1 -n the tr'ts. H-> somnehow~ .tad I ' ther with apr.eals for muoney, ''r he Nd rom to the endti ofnis rastees.' Xi !ast mry father". tire'd of th ' -ak mI;.' ref"'- di ad mra. 'I* .e - w' :,hor iiterval and tonwe:wie newsape en~ing tain- nlo I w*. i r . =d ye , e . Le i - .oc : ::: i : e .bu 'R A LIFE CARDWELL. ii: ifax took her hand in his. He %mi,!,1 have spoken. He howed. kissed he'mblilng fingers, stood a moment -tating. and then. hreathing a sol 'm God have you in His keeping," vi; idre. ItIia rd Halifax. bronzd, bearded ind hardy of linb. stood like tre other wnmbers of tle crowd gazing with hor -itied eyes upoll the flames, as dlefiant if all ob-taeles. they lieked their way n destro:Ang. malicious triumph. It vas a pitabie refiection that a build ng which had been the fruit of so nue'h benevolence and charity should a but a few hours be reduced to :1 nere charred, useless shell. The vic: ims of pain would be the poorer for ie burning of the Sydney Iospital. Richazrd had only conie in froni the utcrior-that half-known, mysterious aud, the L wrne anC grave of so many dvlent1Aous men-the day before. lie iad been tempted to leave his hotel by he overpowering heat of the evening. cud had then hurried whither a lurid lame unexrectedly shot athwart the ky. '"Thank God. the whole of the pa lnts have been rescueO," remarked grave-faced citizen. Suddenly the throng was poseessed y -mething very like horror. "Hal he patient been brought out from thme ever ward?" It was the superintend ,t who had asked this question. The powd was paralyzed by the fell hought-a man stricken tiown with ever being suffocated, perhaps con umed. hy the flames. Naught could pparently save him. A thousand eyes vere directed toward the ward. Then the crowd held its birra-h in nspense. A glimpse had been cauiglit a bearded man Juiminz into tihe aldren of fuma and tightim: his way ) whete a" bad been told :he afulicted non lay. It was but a ticee!ng glance. d the crowd s'arcely' diaredl move 1W as it marveled whe .her this dar nw e.aim would succeed. A mi nute passedl-two-thret'. Eetchl en fan Lour. Not -. cry escaned '.-i:'ong. strung to a tension of ex e:iet in which arti'rlalion was . '-h~ght breath of air fanned the ne:ieee for one second and it was as hough .. curtain had been withdrawn. he bearded hero was seen struggling ibrough the flames with a man in his rem.. Would he succeed. cr would he wrish. t(o? The brief lurid picture h:u had been given to the crowd bad hiown him struggling, fighting, 'aitling. as though making a hIst erole effort for victory. lEven as~ the crowd were moved by ear a g .2 cheer rang out, to ue atenC uip and echoed to the very "a ven.a~ The tr~an. With his burden, had Ca(ched alplace of comnparative safety. bihers from the crowd elimbcd to henm. i.' cre the flames could reach he" spot the two were receiving the iuistrat.ons of sympbathizers. Tihe heio and the paticnt were both teoausious-the hero, burnedt and car:'ed; the patient, strangely enough Ii nel1 d by the flames. Iz'chardi Halifa~x knew not wl~iat hadi titpened when he awoke. He was in s:rupulousiy clean :~partment. which< ad been hurriedly fltied up to receive1 4' rescued patients. Capped nursesi nid grave d3ctors were flitting noise 'ly about. A hospii-al? But why< -as lhe there?1 Then tome memory of' th: previous ght was re-called. Hrl-d lie haen hurt? 1 Then he turned his neavily bui-1 c edI head-burdened with many rappings and much liniment-to the hi-r sidO. Hie saw a man, the occupart of an ther bed. intently regarding him. It asthe f'ever patienit of the hospital. ii inln ine'dents of the night were now 'vived. The patient was no longer rh-ken with fever. Hie was elothed ahis light mind, wve: k. '.11. doomed to u peod of medical car. but sane. "I'd like to shake hiands with yout. ."said be in a (luavering voice. Unti i cant-tihe distancmte is too great t1d1 e'm too weak. Bt for you I'd are ueen e. Itice pile ( t a'lhes. and eeni rpreservedl, perhaps. in a tea rn. The jauntinese of thme .speech was nly assumed. There was sincerity in he voice, sincerity in the eyv<. a cce' ain inflexion t:1at told ihat the main adt been greatly touched. "You're a h~ro, by heatvens, if cver here was one.' he pirocededi. '-And I uess. sir, I'd like to' lnowv t he nmem Sa ivan whoi riskel his life to sv poor, fever-s tricken devil like me." "It's all righe:, l fellowv," gasped out ilifaex. 'n whaet he mea ito 10le a re ssuring, friendly tone. He littie :new how sadl.4 iruoken .:as u~s volt' . My nan~e is Richard l!atiifax." "Elh:" the nian was ;uazing at him rieth open-eyecd, almonx~ tra':e amaze 'T'e nWan Lad ill hs elmoton beeoime ms:d lby an unwonted, unnatural eti: -or :' moi::ent h e leauned on e-bow. 0at then he stink back one * ilT'w with C groan of. inguisl.5t Good4 tGoi l'Richard ijlitax' R:. rigae-d at him in etstonish nien Whaii t counl there' hei~ ini his me hi e'i woruld strike a maniii du:nb viawt a iipe:itred to~ b' t orror? Ew -e h-- imquir-ed if a'liht wvas the nattUe: but no9t at syllahic was vouch ed 1in reply. The uman hay as still a l'eg -only his heavy bireathing in li'a t'd that life was still within him ichard relap~sed, too, into silence. [ho inciden: had strangely affected| m. 'and he could not tell why. A tie h apse of an hour his se-lf migwats inlterrupT4ted. .t you4 ~i <:i love JV-':-a Mciv I: "- :.' c' his turnl ~ i ' astiotntded. is :e.,ishent wvas meici'led with V- i Wh uitld tis strae be V* was n-e sessed oi lies secret. Whey. - i s eul be. seek to re-open ha 1inl' Th- imali "ii wthe Ui'.h UCount I --- : - p.. llid chr-d: t'j :e.. Se a i "Forgive me. Halifax: I didr't meti to hurt you." He now uttered the name as if sure of it. Another pause; and then the rMail asked: "Do you still want to iarr. her? Would you Marry her if al1 ob stacles were rnioved." Itichard was still possessed I.--,ngr Yet he fel: compelled to :tnsw:er "Marry L-r? Evelyn Maynarl is tin ouly woman who alle can b e m. wife. Iut who are you?" lo asked. it a voice that. despite his weakness. 1i had renuered stern. wlio dares 4;1:j tion ime thus? If you knoiw. .1 *yie let my secret be?" "I an Arthur Itawlinas:'' Perturbed. indignant. perhaps si:T:e possessed-for had he :.ot oifesset his love for this nan's wife---Iiehare Halifax ould only ejaculate. "10 hu~shand: *I beg your pardun." said the m.an "I said Arthur Rawlings." A doctor now arrived. aid sough to sooth thep mystified. angry. I1li fax. He must talk no more that day His condition was distircLly feverish The doctor would, in fact. have to scel the advices of a brother in consulta tion. It was all of no 1se. tlhis warning Trhe mom ent the doctor wi thdre Richard Halirax turned wildly to hi. mysterious fellow patient. "What dI you mean?" he besought. Arthur Riawilings had r-gained hhi self-possession. "Well," saol he. with a lonchialalnce that even Halifax saw was assumed. "you gave Ine my life I guess that if you like I'll give yor .v good wife." Halifax comprehend that tis inlif ference was -11 a cloak; but st.l! tho brutal expression incensed hini. "Here. Halifax. know the truth. blurted out IRawlings. with a vehv aenee that migh; have "ndaugered any strength he possessed. "I wooed Evelyn Maynard in Dar well: I meant her to be mine. I wa. fascinated by her beauty. her swcee' graces. 7 I knew I could only xin het by marniage. I nartried her. It wat no marriage. I was already a hus baud. I treated lier like I hound. a scoundrel. a ;hief. When I heard fron. home dhat you waned to marry her I palnted for what I caih-d reenge Why revenae? God. only knows. I eln warnied her fa tIher tIht I wut-4nil plhte ber oi trial as a bigamist. andI lie as an accomplic: I ever 1woma: eservC.': a good busts ad she d'es. Marry her. mi:n! There. now. we arc neariy uit<. Aitd Itawlings turned rest lessly over ou his pi!!mv. hiS face way from Haulifax. * . .: * * * . What should Halifax dlo? Dared he esiroy the illusions with which Evelyn was possedl? T Dared lie tell her that she had been cozened. deceived into au act which the% worid would seaff at? Would it not be bette: to let her re main in the belief that she was a wife. a forsaken. abandoned wife? Would not her self-esteem be lost with the revelation of the bitter truth': He had not to solve this problem. "Oh. Mr. Ihalifax." said Dr. JTacle son, the next morning to) Richard. who lad in the meantime been removed to 1 separate chamber; "'Rawlings telis ne to tell you that hie caught the mail last night, sending all details and comn rlte corroborative facts to England. le was very mysterious over the busi' ess. What is it all aibout': IRichard only smiled feetbly. At leatst .?e ad not the duty of undeceiving Evelyn. , * * * * i, More thau a year hld elapsed ee .he wedding took place. Potor Evelyn sd bern compelled to go rtrough t hi >rdeal. for the law demuandIed ii. of >reakirg an alliance that wvas no mare -ige--of breaking a bond that did un 2xist. There was no difficulty. but the rdeal was none the less hitter. Aund he world was even s.ympathetic. On the weddingi morn Rtichard Hal!. 'a received a cable---an enigma~ 1. all mt him. "A WVite for a F.fe."--New~ Int the motumainis of .:tayi :iiiu ther islands of the sonth:ern Pil'ip ines moths cau i-e sc'uamil up by th auart. The ntativc: e hyeljearm-~d : 'rize th:-m :ls :t! n : 'ivl o fiifo i and hey now; coleet :ini 0: thi: a ilarF 'uantities. Engravingr on i*!iands las leen Using tools of his ownvi invention. 1ba' linet. the Paris .isveh-r. has prIodulced some very artisti wo~'-irk. and hias suh r:eeded in polishing ean-ave pan's as~ well as plante surtfaCeS. :1(i it 3. inx freely. Modern thesties .iral withI vara kinds of corptu'. les. hu': nton! Seem !i bie mlore itzli u am' thian ihitw' 0 odrs,' with wvhich wv' have h.?n always stir rounded. So little maittr is giv en ot0 in odors that the b:1;he. c'anntot de teet it. ilodotfirti. for 0:in1 ii9 .siti not more thai a tuene Pa idt' i a cnt isis. has yielde. n-yuaturm~ as high as 7e : eares 1'.. whill the to 40 de' -. A cuih meter oh aceyheae was (1 fud i" derop a it-sev;n itoutand ik'itisht theri units agains abou tv ~el \' toulanl for at lika it;:Imilyt of hyvIion 11. I e mp:oye ol' n a lar eg wa :tt 'veld tg ad proves very satisfaio:-y. The amuomaat' produedant of~ wir fencinar in (ontinuouis ro!!s ia a lati development in electric veling. Gal vanized wires aire fed frm ree.s atr rangedi ver'tically andt parallel to enelt other, and fronm another reel placec tasversely to these are cut ofl enths of wire, which are fed1 lorzcu tally aercess thv' vertical wireS. At the poin s of ineset a of .:ne hioriz.>ma and vertical wires. welds a re imade bi.3 men as ofl2ma ra nsformeriCS. Th< -ee e-tion i: tl.n mo-:'e(d forwart OF Akl.V Plul toI Tax *Atoinobile,. a no' t! ])aII 4.: In-(t yo,1U ., I. j it is ciaiintil liaivt tlXil) It s th14-ivi powe1'"'. 0)1the li44411 . tilt' tatis. t it(! 1 114'n ol*ili h ls'11 1 thn, shot't l I II14 01h1 inxi mnwl. sp-')1.ed lilt' "or -it :L l4 ii t1i'.V : t hil d ivd vh I'ied s tt' rl .1', P'1lit 111.1 !InIl + t !* 1' 0 'Iea ZK' llont.l'" b.t'llSP4I4' t i.11 1 .. illl' t !oif u III'ov inf411]Ctf (1.1:1 w*.e1i~ b" jlt i1j1i 'i'4 i[ ' Sl)rdlui K taxed i ti'j,14''tz i I a :l i v"! '1ft4 i f The us l'aI)IIpil. k4 an an~it~it whenl rlllilu at16. a r-,'o c~ia; tw 't inie an. 1110 .1 11 ' iS, ..:A L!,.,. rs tpiii tha iase hy gray -,I- iis , 111. '.i; tc limitkd is e~cedeti; rho:ttO I Tnw cui'esilto f .r t z-1. .:I~ :tiio ypvll: have biid ()Ilk ted of titnni'iiyn tiiour ris d wihoiueol n i1tt I it\ iu sl 0 1 ' t d ti.' .1. la i .,:1t' .itlbIWEc'.auti aez m:ifkigr I aILl ill :ud ~t'inthe So''Vfdl. Il I Wou))"ld -4 Ji'58 0:t.. 1OL~ 11. t~i whdich they h!tcf121iu 111t''~iy wosfl. tUld fhll~rC ().Ist:."II- 1 'ie they d1o and altc~1 monti Il:'I 1LCY. j, Tt ll'oo~iI tit, Conge-- Ss~ci ii il' p1'iiit 'ton dl4) I.ii teii~et .t11"d p,':empl dnti abc'm oy an p:oh4'y iv Wenrl oviuflt'lit aii.4 108e of 111.).;' twears hnest1'l~ an hur i votrI ayivo-'s. 'IHE PUL'PY. 7 A7CROCARIY~SUNDAY SERMON 81 THE REV. A. H. C. MORSE. roky.N. Y.-In the S rongPiee E:Ipti-r Chu11:%-1. Sunday mri:.the paStir. IhIe Ukv. A. 11. C. Morse, Prenebelj(d .1 1oeg missi.on1 seron.141. tin' reilmieihi yet veI': r much 1.1la to, bw l)oss5eued. Mri. Morise said: There is an allciint Israiel. anid ther. 1s a modern Israel. The t-k before the frmier was the cstablishnwut of the kingdon of God in hlie 1ind o promis.. Alid III task before' I h1' Intr ter i 1 lh. vSt biishmeint of the kinigdomii of God in all the % worl. The work h fore t he- :incient pefnile was ir(nar:: tory .iind tempora. The work b-for% tIh chirch is finl: . What remains be yeomi the work appointed to us is yet hiddl1en.1 behinmd thp hills of eternity. Tho suilp remiie t hing, then, is the eva n geliz1tiollof he wof rbl. And I make IO apoio::y this morning when I (.A! your attenion to this stupendous sub .-iet. It will do us good to lift our eye< froti ouir owvn immediate field. and look :11 1e world whill is the field of God: and to leave our own li ttle benten track. and 1 Swin:: our itro the circle wh4re sweep Iis mi'lty ilans. Cell 1uries hait- elinnsped since our work was an noMnI'el. :nd herculen tasks have been nei'rmei'd. iouinl:ins of preiu dli- havi e hn leveled: rivers of blood have bven fonrded: fires of persrcution lia -on owou idtiorurnsl. and vhiole king 1m, heave ibee1 taken. "Blit there re inna ini yet muh' Ina i n e t 1OS seond." I wint 10 Sneak to you Th1n n11) "The Aniorilty for Fore..*n Mis Sicwi:. anm Their Aitms and TIspira I ion.' in a .i inzle vred. thle aut horitv for C'h 'si i 1 1i: issions mst he founid. not in flw rmbIn s we hold. but in the Per 511 whoi! iwe love. This may be s!en il w verily vlynmolevy of the word. for :nnhoreiity is solmtin.: :hied-dled to) the iabtr t truth or duty. There i 1 i-4 tioi tl y" pa Irt frlil a persOn. W l l11 alI niiortl:ey is a -ked his aithor iky. 1o vites Ihe deisions of a jindge: :4ii when n schar is asked his nu Io:-.; h de4s not exploit hi l nin ions. but ie inimIies his antlor. The miiow rinciupl hhis in r ion. :IId le nilim:::i iuthoityi. mu~st heO a DCI' onij.' d iht pierson imst he thu high rm md in'rever lie imilst bi k04wni. i I.,4 4;S3 to solo. t herefore. lliat a u iteil s i - iiled in ill he so-e:I!(l ro ligionii f nthieism. fllr it poits 11 e.;seoni! h eim:l. It rules :iemh-ioriy also E-l'; nationIaliant. for -easoll. fallIolt rIi 41ipendti e:I nnint le the highest. Anil it iakes authliority fromi A'nosti ismi. for thit deelaires hat (od cimnntut e kmown. U111t I shiallI not pursue this Ibtieel into the mazes of philosophy. F sii in ay tibis down a -.1n openin'g bloujghr that the authlority for Chris ll I nlissiois is found in Christ he aise IH e M is a person. and bertanse He s Ihl hihst person. umil heecause He .an be known. It is in view of this Ih He nn say. "All auihority iS ivel 1milto Me inl henven and ou larth. .I yI. therefore, and teach all nn Authocrity belonegs to Chrilst because Fie is the ciernal word, and is also the mly God with whom we havte to do. I ~now there are secondary sources of tithiority to which we must give ohe lienice. suchl :as to parents and teachiers and to the laws of thme State. But back if :il the'su anmd ov*er thenm all is the' tersonal Chris'. :1nd( Ue alone has a ight to ti'll nw wha~t are truth and luty. And a uthority belongs to Him ~~eiuse Hie has undertaken to dispel lie dar'kness of the world by a speeiP. -cveinltion eof the love of God. lHe haw oined Hlimlfl to humanity to save ii. ~nd it is this revelation of God that Sadded to all the truth we ]hold that mosti tutes the authority for missions. lissions are the propaganda of .Tesus. tmd His methiod of reconciling an an~os a:te humanity. And even if He had aot uttered His great commnissioni. still n-orld-wide inissions would have their Raimns. for they arec but the answverf o the eall from the ends of the enth:J Fr humanity sundered from God feelsi Is dlestitutionl and misery. The whole vorld1 groauis in its hunger. You enn iear it in thme plaintive song of the bird. mad the sighinig of every bireezte. And fter all a worhl-widle mission is only ii answer to a world-wide nieed. The aunthority for missions is "God manifest in the flesh." But what tesh? The flesh of the Anglo-Saxon. We are a wonderrul peole. Let ris Fre(ly mimit: that we are the most virile' racie upon the earth: that our in .rtuins are the best: that we possess the- bulk of the world's culture and re iniem: that we are the suhbiects of thie biest gov.erimnenit: and are the most inge'nious :-.ndl inventiv.e and wealthy. Bunt ie~w came we to have this premier 10sit ion? We1 aire only the great-grand -hiiere'n of lea then and bamri etrous fat Ihers. We owe 011r sup1eriority to I h remaiiing heathen nations to the fniet tihat the Gospel wa~s first preaehedl to us. Wonderful we are. But we :n-e noit thme sum total of the race of mieni. 'Whio dii mien say that I the Soni of All~ nn ?" The son of what mmany Of Abirahami? Of the Anglo Saxon? Of the mnan of India? Or of Atrica? Or the man of the islands of te sea? Thec manhood of humanity was ini the dleshi of Jesus. and I fal back upon01 the' humanity of Christ as iny authority for a world-wide mnissionl. And t hat is what makes mec confidenit thiat the G;ospel is the power of God unito salvation to India and China and A frica. to the islands of the seau. Not thait we hope to make these peoples but a1 pale copy of the Anglo-Saxon: but that we shall develop that gift of thiought and1( heart w-hich God has wrought into their texture, anid that they shl1libe patterned. not atfter us. bult afiter the Son of Mani. The au thority for misionsl is foud inl a uni versa] hunger of the lieart. So muchl lieun for the :iuthiority- for foreignm isisioins. Now I spieaik o1f their aimi am! ins.piratioin. And tIs i..a pha:se ef the subject wi.hich is nolt n! svays uclear in the publie mind. I have read in a missionary piaper, even, timti it foreign mhisins are* to accopiilish~ totn! r eorganiza tionl of the wheeb' sein labiie of the' c-ounetries i'i wiiih tru. Now tha is a' -n ev il dtri. Yo"i. r~an find nohing to ju-ify it ini the i tory, not in thle experienle eof thei church, nor1 in time example of 0our I.ord andl His apostles. They did not aim at reonstrulct inig the social fabie. b ut :it implanmiing thle life of Christ in the hunmant hear't. They sought to renew Ime lives ouf mn'i. and they knew thati these new lives would dnmaml new social (-miniiat ions. They. kniew~ that lie hiuimian tyrannys could exist where .esus Chmrist was King. We iimist not confuse the immediate anim with the secondlary aim. 1101 with mthe ultinmate result of missions. Ther'e is rue work in all thme worldl so vuowemfn! toe :e'omepiishi seconida ry results as t he wor'k of fereign missions. Of course. the hiabits arme c'hanged and the civi' life reorga:inized. But tha t is not the~ immdiate aim. The immnnieieanim is not social nor civilizin. but relig ous. And I iad r:itlier. ni1 Mr. Speer snys. "Plant rone seed or the, life of ('hrist under Ihe l ernst of lhea then life than c"over that whole crnst over with the veneer of our social habits. or the vesturre of W"Vestern 1i(viliz:1tionl." We re trutees. hut not 1'ri nrily of bettor social IIst Iis. Im or f -I life whi:-l will shane its v own eivilization. The aim of missions iz "vn e.izO tion. anl t:imt is the Piliinf inl all the world of God's ln1 tiins. Thre aim is to innke Christ known in all the worbl. T sinto it thus. for tihough it oes lr w shift wur r.,ipioTsibility, it does l-ht-n our blurdenr. It does not remove thr- obligzationr to lrusten with the proela mation of Chrri11. hut it does relieve us of the imnoszili burdotn of converting the world. We ('nnjl. COrn vert a single soul: hlow shall we eon vert the world? But we r-an present the Gospel in sucih a way to ('very soul in all the world that the rezponsi bility for what is done with it sial! rest no longer upon the chureh ror upon any person in the church. but upon thre man hinseIf. We ean so pre sent the message of evangelization that we enn fiing the responsibility for the world's conversion back upon God Himself, for He alone can renew a humant heart. I dio not preach upon missions be oause I want to challenge your symna. thies for the philanthropie results which they achieve. .ly object Is larger than thrar. I want your aid. in mnking .Jesus known. I know these other thirrgs will follow. I believe that Cod is King. mnni that lie hand that shraped lhe world at first is in all the forces that to-day nre shaping life. He bolds the reins of polities and com merce and -ivilization. It was .Tohn Newton who said. he read the New 'yestament to see how God loved the world. bur he r'ead tire newspaners to sr-e how He governed it. And I am r-onvinced that all our everyday affairs dlo run into tie great goals of God. And these things, our goverrnienits and ruistonis and inventions. are but as the :.baff before the wind as compared with the supreme purpose that God. who is King. shall reign as King, and rule as Lord of Lords. We are gettinig to irdenrlstand the problem. and these la:st years are wit iiessing worrdorful movemnis. The a nnual necessior s to thre ehurelias in tire foreign fields far outrinrrier' those f thre Churr'erbes at home. Amd inn many instanrees tireir offerirngs to this event wor'k go frar before our own. More work is being :ssigned to the tive -rmrcles:. and grater r'esrion-ibilities laid on tler. Molrrn missimi are omiurg. but we (enir :lmost ser the l:,y whren missioln boards will not need to send to for'eIgnr Iieldis greart srnr of uoney. nor Ige nrumbuers of prenrs. For thre In:ive hrches are prolitie in n'enehrs of their own who can find ie Irarts of their peonile much bjetter than we can. And already tie day is come when our lnrgest :rttention 1s iven to the teaching and edueajion of Trhe Mnr'aehers. nnd to the general ad ministration of the work. That is the mteairing of tiis enl! for enlowment for thie great Christian eolleges and sen inaries which are growing up 1n those far off lands. Paul said he was a "prisoner of Tesus Christ." That is the essence of the missionary life. The Lord's pris mer-not the prisoner of Rome. throughr ie lay in a Roman prison, and was courged of Caesar. He caid he. was n "ambassador in bonds." lIe didn't ook like that. His old rusty ebain attled on his wrists. arrd clanked in is empty cell. But he said I am con Iucting~ an embassy in chains. Oh. whnrt limitations the missionaries bave ndured: Sickness anxd suffering and nirmity and separation from wife anrd hildren. Anrd what are they doing? onducting an embassy for heaven in hains and in a limitation which God ermits. They do not comrplain. they feel their freedom. arid are the hap iest nmern in all the earth. I have seen them, battered and worn. r'etur to the hurches at home. But I nrever ap plaud them as some do when they speak at national meetings. We who reain at borne are not worthy to un oose the latchets of their shoes. The story of modiern missions reads like a romance. One hundred years ago it was a forlorn cause. Then the oors of .the nations were locked, and the church itself was either unmnission ry or anti-uhissioniary. Now the sky is ablaze with light and there is no self-respecting church in all the land tat will tolerate a man in its pulpit who 'does not publish foreign missions. And all over the world are to be seen the camp fires of those wino hrave gone away with tihe great evangel. Can we not read the signs of the times? Great days are crowding upon us. and after years of prayer and pa tient labor, the Lord is giving us the attention of this great section of the -ity. Can it be saved? Do we believe in the strong arm of the Gospel? Then pour your life into this great work. Tie church-this church. exists for nc other purpose thran to give tire Gospel to tihe world. Be large in your- interest in our immediate work. But that is not enough. Be large in your effort in world-wide evanrgelization. Christian Experience. Henry WVard Beecher once said: "Shallow waters are easily muddled. After a night of storm the warters of tre baOy. along tire beach. are foul and black withr the mire and dirt. But look beyonrd, out into the deep water, how blue and clear it is! The white caps err tire surfocee show tire violence of tre wind, but tine water is too deep for the storms that sweep its surface to stir up the earth at the bottom. So is Christian experienuc. A shallow ex perience is easily disturbed; the rmerest trifes becloud anrd darken tire sou! whose piety is superticinl: while tihe most furiouis stormn of life fails to da rkenr on' disturb tire soui whricir htts attainerd a dlep experience of the thigs of God-" Fair Bride's Determin~ation. "No," saidl the fair' young brid and in her eye was the light of a fixed resluion-"I .shall go to my mother." "But. my dear," the young husband pleaded. "we have been happy togeth er have we nor?" "I do not den:. it.' was3 the re spose. "bhut my determinartion Is un changeable-I shall go to my mother." "Think hczw bonely myr' home will e without vou! It will be no home, and the long hours of the night and day will drag thems-elves by in unut trab'.e loneliness!" "Nevertheless, I must go to my mother." "Mvr hourse will be left unto me des solate, and" "I just must go to my mother. I really have got to decide what my new dress shall be, andi what do you know about that?" What could he say? For there are problems that knock arny man silly. So he bared his hea d to the blo-,. which fate had prepared for him, and she went to her mother.-San Francisco THE .SUNDAY. SCHfOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MARCH 4. Sub.lect: Jesus Tells Who Are Blessed. Matt. v.. 1,16-GolAen Text, Mat. v.. S-Memory Verces, 2-6-Topic: Bible Secret of the Blessed Life. #0 I. The gathering multitudes (vs. 1. 2). 1. "Seeing the multitudes." The multitudes referred .to in verse 25 of the preceding chapter. Attracted by His miracles the people came in great numbers from all over Palestine. "Into a mountain." According to tra dition Jesus spoke this sermon on a square shaped hill with two tops. which gives it the modern name of "the Horns of Hattin." Hattin being the village on the ridge at its base. "Was set." The usual position for teaching among the Jews. They stood to read the Scriptures, but sat to teach. "Disciples came unto Him." They oc cupied a position near to Him and the multitude was farther away. 2. "Opened His mouth." The ex pression marks the solemnity and im portance of the discourse. "Taught.. them." The moment had come . n the principles of the new covenayt are to be enunciated. IT. The character and privileges Af ^w God's people (vs. 3-12). These verses contain the eight beatitudes. 3. "Blessed." Blessed means more than happy. "Poor in 'spirit." Al the be atitudes are affixed to unlikely condi tions to slow that the, judgment of Christ and of the woid'are different. "TheirN -." Now at this present time. "Kingo!mn of heaven." The kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God mean the same thing. and have refer ence to that spiritual kingdom which Christ sets up in the hearts of His children. 4. "They that mourn." That is. those who, conscious of their spirituAl poverty, mourn. "Comfort ed." The Lord comforts by speaking the wo:'ds of pardon and peace to their heart':. 5. "Meek." Of gentle and long-suf fering dispqosition: of peaceable tem per: submissive. compliant, yielding. "Inherit the earth." Under this figure our L.:-d promises the abundance of spiritual good provided for in the gos pel. 6. "Hunger and thirst." A figura tire expression. -After righteous ness." The state, or quality. of being right with G<,od. "Shall be filled." With righteousness. Everything else fails to satisfy. 7. "The mereiful." "The merciful." says Erasmus. "are those who weep over the calamities of others. who feed the hungry and elothe the naked. admonish those in error and pardon. the offending." "Obtain merey." As we deal with others God pill deal with us. S. 'Pure in heart." The heart is the seat of the' affeetions. the desires, the motives, the will; with the pure heart these will :ill be pure. "See G That is, possess and enjoy God. "Peacemakers." "Those who contention themselves, and la r store peace wherever it is broken. "Children of God." God is the Father of peace, and those who promote it are said to be His children. 10. "Perse cuted." Those who are pursued by an enemy. "For righteousness' sake." Because of right doing. "Kingdom of heaven." See on verse 3. 11. "Re vile." To slander; "to be abusive In speech or act." "Falsely for My sake." It miust not only be raise, but for His sake; because we are Christians and are bringing forth fruit unto holiness. 12. "Rejoice." To be persecuted for Christ's sake is to be crowned (Rev. 2:10). "Be exceeding glad." Leap for joy. "The prophets." We are to have an inheritance with the prcphets. III. The duties aind responsibilities of God's people (vs. 12-16.. In thxese verses we have the "relations of the citizens of the kingdom to the world." 13. "Ye." Christ's true followers, de scribed in the preceding verses. "Salt of the earth." Salt preserves and puri fies. and so Christians spread the truths of the go'spel '.1by whIch the world is preserv'ed'and piirified. "Lost ia savour." 'That isr.; has become tasteless, and lost its salpe. "Where with-sated. e.equetdii implies that the salt is ~entirely' worthless. "Good for nothing." It is not only good for nothing itself, but it actually destroys fertility. 14. "Are the light." In JTohn S:12 Jesus says. "I am the light of the world." The Christian is not like the" sun. self-luminous, but borrows ,his rays. like the moon, from a primal source. Light is not only opposed to darkness, but overceomes it; so the truth and holiness possessed by -the disciples of Christ. who is the true - light, dispel the world's darkness. by overcoming its ignorance and sin. "Cannot be hid." In the East cities are often built on hills. The illustra tion vividly sets forth -the high calling of the followers of Christ. 15. "A candle." ltather. 'lamp." aS in Revised Version. "A bushel." Rather, "the bushel" (see Rt. V.). that is, the c:ommon measure found in every Jewish house. Strictly speeaking, the modius. translated "'bushel." denoted a smaller measure ecual to about two gallons. "CandIhstiek." Rather. "lampstand." The lamps were of earthenware or metal, in the shape of' a saucer. turned up on one side to hold the wick. Olive oil was used to burn in rhem. The, idea is that even mnen would not be so foolish as to light a lamp and then cover it. and ('er tainly Glod wil' not be so unwise as to Illuminate His people and then kecp them in concealment. 16I. "Light so shine." Where Christ is in toe breart the spirit of Chris: w'il shine out in the life. We' are commanded to shinef in such a manne- that our good deeds will give glory to God. We cover our light by prid-e. worldliness and osten tation: we let our light shine by living j filled with the love of Gtot (Rom . 5:5'. h l lf iu r k .nu Progressive Appreciation.. Sonmc of the country flowers fils trate the truth the "the prophet is not without honor save in his own country" as well as any person could possibly do it. One morning a summer resident started from Brookby with a bunch of flowers in her hand. "Going to tote that whiteweed into thte city?" inquired the man who drove her to the station, with evident scorn. "Yes." said the young woman, quite unmoved by his opinion. On the train she was joined by an other young woman who had formerly lived in the city, but had married a Brookby man a few years before. "Those arc pretty daisies you have," she said tolerantly. "Yes. I think they are." said the summer visitor, smiling to herself. An hour later she handed the flow ers to a friend in a busy city office. "O, what lovely marguerites!" cried the recipient. "I'm so glad you like them," said the young woman, quietly. "I thought' you wonld."-Ynnth'5Companin.