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CHAPTER XVIII.
CONTINUED.
"Ob, I know that's just what lio
will do!" cried Mademoiselle de Sezannes,
relapsing again into hysterical
weeping and beginning to wring
her haiide. "Ob, please, Madame
^ Vernon, tell the coachman to take us I
back! *' We shall all be murdered this j
very night!"
The suggestion was infectious.
Pauline caught the chill of fear, and
Mrs. Vernon lost control of herself at
an unguarded moment.
The carriage rumbled on through
the forest, and, if there had been any
person to hear, the voices of the
women crying in discord must have
/sounded strange indeed under the circumstances..
The coaehman must also have been
affected, for he urged his horses impatiently
and kept increasing their
speed until they were making a rather
reckless dash of it along the road
within view of a broad grassy marsh
stretching away to a shining sheet of
water.
Mrs. Vernon drew all the curtains
close over the windows,;' as soon as
she could command herself, and began
to chide Mademoiselle de Sozannes
and Pauline for their foolish
excitement.
x?a iu.? rtrcD +>10. annnd of a
UU31P kLLOll IUOIU nuu .
horse galloping by in -an opposite
course to that of the carriage. Pauline
looked out of the little rear window,
her eyes still streaming tears.
"Why, it ia Lieutenant Bailanclie!"
she exclaimed. "Why didn't he stop
and speak to us?"
Mademoiselle de Sezannes almost,
thrust her from the pane in her eagerness
to look out. jdi'
"It is! It is!" she qu."? b.id> Calj
fS to him! Stop him! Oh-?,?"
j She clasped her hands an<3| gazed
f while the vigorous bounds bf the
house bore the young officer iarther
and father hack along the meandering
road between the trees, and presently
lost him behind a fringe of bay
bushes in the distance*.
"Oh, he never looked back or made
?ten a sign; and he must have ?nown
us!" oried Mademoiselle de Sezannes.
In a few minutes vae carriage was
: j v drawn np in front of the plantation
house, which wrb a one-story, wooden
etrnctnre set npon a high foundation
of oak posts connected by a lattricev
work of slender boards. An orauj^
grove, dark and rioh, stood in
background, aud over a squat, b|^H
veranda grew a closely-matted jasj^HB
vine. In the distance were ro^^^H
cabins bnilt nnder the shade flBK
mense moss-draped live-oaks. jH|H
The coachman dismountec^^^H
opened the carriage door
ladies, and little Lizette, flnfij
daughter, ran out of tho
greet them. A sharp, salt^H^H
from the marshes not far otf
ing merrily.
Mrs-. Vernon descended ^KQh3?
lowed by Mademoiselle do
and .then Pauline precipita^J H
npon Lizette, whose dark^^^BS
J face was all dimples and
The sun came out, too, t^KKMgml
way with a flood ofgoy^RBwH^HSj
the gloom that
journey. ^^Hk?9I^K&^HmhH
' ''Weii^K9KwKfiHBaHn|
much
ridea^H^MfflB|^Hng|
wBSraBi
griu^HHH|^9H0H&RH|
iug i^HSn^HSBHHIHBB
otterpareut^D^^B^HKH^SSHK
goin'. j iMffflffliMn
it.
He turne^^^^^^^Hlked awlHi
as straight as 'brilH
as a boy; but^^V^^^^Hd gone fafl
he looked back^Bpp^^^Rpeared to '
Teflect a momenWad tflBcalled back
to them:
^Qott rttnotvi inrf fnllra T'll f ul 1 tra
ucouiiu^ ivinoi A. *?. j-w
what: Ef I see any sigu o* Britishers
eroun' *yar, w'y, I'll jes' Btep in an'
tell ye, bo's ye kin git up an' skin out
afore they qotch ye."
There was something honest and
earnest in the ifng of his voice, and
the'gleam from his steel-blne eyes, if
not wari&, was Bteadfast and friendly.
When he was gone, Mrs. Vernon remembered
this and wondered why she
hod not thanked him for his proffered
kindness; but the mention of British
soldiers, coupled with the suggested
probability that they might visit the
jplace, so alarmed her. that she could
not think of anything else for the moment
that he was speaking.
They found the house most Comfortably
prepared for them, and when
iLapin arrived later in the day, with
ilvA fl Tlfo fvnm PVio fon n
iCUVU KJl IUC "OCA tauiQ AAVLU VUUtVUK
d'Or as Mr. Vernon liad thought best
to send, there came snob a sense of
homelike security that they could not
lielp looking at one another complacently
in silent acknowledgement of
what, it now seemed, had been a
mood of undue nervousness.
Lizette had brought in from the
flower garden great bouquets of roses
aad violets (for, despite the unusaul
cold weather, the vines and tangled
. beaswe/e still a mass of bloom), and
with these she had deftly decorated
%he airy and fresh smelling rooms.
Moreover, a delicate luncheon was
nwaiting them, set in a cozy alcove
where low, broad windows let in a
Boft liijfut which was first filtered
through a screen of magnolia boughs
and a gray fringe of Spanish moss.
Under the circumstances, it wa3
quite impossible for three women, all
cf them French, to be otherwise than
ssst- " _ t
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Y ISLAND
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: DURING THE WAR OF 1S12.
THOMPSON.
>3 Robert Bonner'? 3on?.
enthusiastic, even if their enthusiasm
did consciously root itself back in a
heavy sense of but half suppressed
iread.
Mademoiselle de Sezannes was, perhaps,
the most cheerful one. She
even tried to be gay over the conduct
of Lieutenant Ballanche, whom she
persisted in accusing of willfully
passing her by unnoticed.
It is due to the young man to say,
however, that he was scarcely aware
of the carriage as he rode past it. His
head was down, and his thoughts were
fixed on almost important duty; for he
was* flying to General Jackson with
news from within the enemy's lines.
a donf nf harcrps heavilv manned with
A uoww V* VXOQV.J ? ^
finely equipped soldiers, was on Bayou
Bienvenu, and in a few hours the English
would have an army safely landed
below the city. The information this
time was authentic, for with his own
eyes he had seen what he was to report.
Naturally earnest and intense in
his disposition, he felt to the fullest
measure the responsibility resting
upon him. He would not trust any
courier to bear the message which
might hold the fate of New Orleans
and the country. So he rode all the
way as fast as he dared urge his horse,
and on his nerves lay the strain of an
all-absorbing excitement. The carriage
whisked past him as a mere
formless, oolorless incident of his
flight to headquarters. He remembered
afterward well enough when he
would have given his life to know that
he had halted just long enough to bid
the coaohman turn baok and drive at
once to New Orleans. Everything
and every person visible about tbjfl
^arriftce came out strong and cl<^|
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like a*8uddenly develo wed photogj^hfl
in his mind. The horses, the j^^RH
faced, snowy-wooled coaohm|^HH|
closely drawn curtains, th^H^H
flecked yith sandy mud?e^HB
man riding on the projectj^^^HHB
the high-curved spring|flM^Hn9|
see all so plainly and
a film of horrible
that closed vehiol^HHfl^99HM|
him, the girl
so lately
was goinguS^^^HH|gH|^H
pear aa^i^H^HHHR^HB^Hj
as
H&hBhbHHB5^P"?'
nB^^^MMBSHnHnoiiy to
ffGHBHowlHSfeiVy?what the
to-night
meet!" Pauline
founc^coi^^e to sny. "It is they
who have the right to be wretched;
and yet I dare say they never think of
complaining."
"I know I am heartless and selfish,"
Mademoiselle de Sezannes half
sobbed, "but I can't help it?it's
dreadful! "Why did they 6end us away
off out here alone in the dark? And
then to think that he would ride right
past like that!" '
Mrs. Yernon smiled wretchedly.
"How could he know, dear, that
you were in the carriage?" All of the
curtaius were closely drawn, you remember,
and he could not have seen
any of us."
"He might have stopped us?lie
didn't look?he "
Just then there arose a trampling
sound, as of- men crossing the ver
ancia. Home one KnocKea on me uoor,
and they heard voices.
Mrfl. Vernon sprang to her feet, the
girl? clinging tightly and breathlessly
to her.
Lapin ca<e in from the kitchen
when he heard the knocking and stood
irresolute. He still held his pipe in
one hand, while with the other he was
aimlessly fumbling in the pocket of
his jacket.
'feo to see who it is," Mrs. Verson
managed to say.
Lapin went gingerly to the door
and cal(eA out in a weak voice:
"Who's there?"
"A friend/' was the prompt answer.
Pauline and her mother started aud
looked at each other.
It was tho voice of Colonel goring.
"Open the door immediate^!" he
commanded gruffly. "There's jo time
for ce' einony!"
Lapin, in a very aguo of tear.,
: ~ 'J1 "T
fambled at the bars and bolts. His '
bands shook so that he made slow
work of it, and when at last he quak?
ingly pulled open the heavy wooden
shutter, he fell back aghast before the
tall form of the incomer and gasped
hoarsely:
"Pierre Rameau!"
CHAPTER XIX.
the shadows of dark days.
When Lieutenant Ballanche re? !
turned from his reconnaissance in the
direction of the moutn of Bayou Bienveuu,
he brought a report which
caused General Jackson to issue orders
immediately for the doubling of
all the outpost pickets and for all the
troops to hold themselves ready to
march at the tap of the drum.
As yet the reinforcements, so long
and bo aniiouply waited for had not
arrived, and the situation was most
perplexing. Erom a hundred sources
came the infoimation, doubtless exag-t
gerated and over-colored, that the
Creoles of the city were concocting an
uprising in. favor of the English.
Thus to the commanding general it
appeared that with an overwhelming
alien enemy before him, he should
have to move his little army down the
river and leave behind him a horde of
traitors, who were but waiting for an
rin-nortnnitv to fall uuon the supplies
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in the rear and so render defeat inevitable.
It was at this point that Mr. Vernon
came to his aid with three hundred
,men well armed and equipped. They
were not a soldierly lookiug battalion,
measured by the ordinary stand6rd-iof
military taste, but there was fight' in
them; and JackeobfWho read meA- at
a glance, felt their efficiency, as he,
looked them over in a haatv review.
Mr. Vernon had aoted with amazing
energy in the matteri sending* out
runners to call a meeting in one ot the
publio/Squares. Singularly enough
these couriers did not seem to notify
the better class of people, hut entered
the gambling dens, the low cafes, the
haunts of the .Chats-Haunts, the huts
of the river rats and the garrets of
the quadroon quarters. And out of
theser)k|j|BAfed^?]wand youths
BHBn e*que,
WBgagm |nH^V especially
HHiUV1 <3? -(Vbattjhem.
H^HHper was reported
HH|Kiir.t Bnppasing
MWH enemies, thought
fijHroe to disperse tbem;
j^^HE^Bsj^Hcrained after muobjperH9|fl^BKiborne,
Edward Liviug|HHHB^Hmodore
Patterson. 4
BBBBM an event hung* the
H|BR^BBprlean8, Had that Aeet^^^SH^BHwless
ones been inte*H^Hp^^^ft^the
slightest by/ the
HHHKty would.have been
^vund, with a result of
l^flHJ^Hl^Hhe already suffering
had caused a small
erected in the square;
I^^H^^Vaddressed his motley asMDW
English, in French, in
I^MKtd: ia German. He knew
onTT tr> Hicm Iinil -iiiaf V?ntv
HHS His huge frame and power^QMKgnetic
face were strong auxilHE9Bo
liis eloquent words and richHHRnorous
voice. Almost immedi^JHy
the vast crowd beneath him was
Rid with enthusiasm; their shoots
^vere heard at Jackson's headquarters,
Akither word was quiokly brought
a popular movement was being
^Hecessfully agitated in his favor by
H-. Yernon.
he iron chieftain's, face lit up with
ope' and pleasure.. Ordering his
Bprse, he at once rode to tho scene,
JRmiug up at' .the time when the
Hpwd was at its hi^hest:.pitch of exKtement.
Mr. Yernon took quick advantage
^Lthe incident. Pointing to the rfen^Blas
he sat like a grim statue in his
H^Ue, he thundered forth:
H^Aehold, citizens! Yonder rides
^HHleader?:your unconquerable genWJ^Bry
-face was turned, and every
riveted upon the gaunt form
BH^Klaioable face of Jaokson. He
^BSHps hat and waved: it with a slow
^KHnHround his head. For a moHE^^Hpy
saw the shock of bristling
H ft stern browtf and tho firm
ggj^saw^steely eyes gleam
RvTthe Re7S^i|^flred1M^
Brernon, with the TO^jf
''Live the brave general who has
| come to save New Orleans and Louisiana!"
He spoke in French, and his words
were the signal for a very tempest of
vehement applause. The excitable
rabble took up the cry:
(to be continued.)
'ITott a PriuceB* Vtciine the 0 teen.
. The following account of how the
Princess was informed that she had
succeeded to the throne is taken from
the "Diary of a Lady of Quality:"
"On Juno 20,1837, William lV. died.
The scene closed at 2 a. m., and in a
very short time the Archbishop of
Canterbury and Lord Conyngham?
the Lord Chamberlain?set out to an*
nounce the event of their young sovereign.
They reached Kensington
Palace about 5 o'clock; theyknocktd,
they rang, they thumped for a consid
erable time before they could rouse
the portsr at the gate; they were
again kept waiting in the courtyard;
they turned into one of tbi lower
rooms, whero they eaemed torgotten
by everybody. They tang the bell,
desired that the attendant of the
Princess Victoria might bo sent to inform
her Royal Highness that they required
an audience on busiuess ot importance.
After another delay, and
another ringing to inquiro the cause,
tho attendant was summoned, who J
stated that the Princess was in such a I
sweet sleep she could not -Anturo to j
disturb her. Then they said, 'Wo are i
come to the Qneen on busiuess of the j
State, and even her sleep must give I
way to that.' It did: and to prove
that it was not she who had kept them
waiting, in a few minutes the Queen
came into the room in r. whito nightgown
and shawl, her night cap thrown
oft", and her hair failing upon her
shoulders, her feet in slippers, tears
in hor eyes, but perfectly collected and
dignified."?London Truth.
A few weeks azo two lions escaped
from a circus in Valencia. Spain, and
injured several persons iu the Btreets
before the keeper succeeded in caging
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LATEST TRIUMPH IN Th
Look at this immense block of grani
think of the amount of work that mu;
perfectly toiyid, Ijiffh-pollshed column,
taken only a fyiw days later with the
form ready for the polishing process,
transformation is the latest triumph
etone lathe, and the work tl*it it has
demonstrated that it is a success. T
and has been installed in the granite
columns of many.sizes are being turne
Divine, New York City, This great
thirty-two 'granite columns' fifty-four
will weigh when completed 1G0 tons e
innumerable columns of smaller dime
perform this'work is eighty-six feet, a
13^0118. It has swings six feet six in
eight^utters. Each tool takes out a
euttera reducing the column twentyover?*?e
sto&e. The block of granite
is sixty?e^en feet long, eight and a ha
WVtiW^VW.Vrf.SW.V?
| Gun With a " |
| / Remarkable Rangep
/rhc 16-Inch Rifle and tlie 20-Incb /
Smooth-Bore Compared. [
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In our decent article' of the new army
sixteen-inch gun, we, described the
construction of this powerful weapon
I and gave some particulars of Its rej
markable ballistic powers. ' It was
I oVinnri- <lint If the frnn WPT(> set nn at
the Battery, New York, with an qngle
of elevation of forty degrees, and fired
with a full charge of smokeless powder,
the shell would reach a maximum
height of five and three-quarter miles,
and range to a distance of just under
twenty-one miles. With a view to
showing what a vast arep would be
dominated by such, a gun, we present
the accompanying map of New York
City and vicinity, from which our .cos-,
mopolitan readers tnay. readily df&ermim?
Whether their nightly ride of one
hour, rior? or lesg, into the. lubtirbs
would be sufficient to place Jthem be-'
yond ihi zone of fire.
By the ceurtesy of the War Department,
we are enabled' to present the
MAP OF mt*w YOEK AND VICIKm SHOWING
A^HA DOMINATED BY PlBE OP
BIXTEfo-moH GUN>
cccompaDy"jng photograph shbwiug a
full-ilze^' model of the new sixteenlnch
ar^Jr suspended aboye two
of tho largest coast-defense guns of
$vil War period. The one to the
l^Pfis a twenty-inch smooth-bore Rodman,
the largest smooth bore in the
world. The gun to the right of it, be*
low the chase of the sixteen Inch tfun.
is a 300-pounder Parrott rifle, which
also is the only one of its size ever constructed,
all the other Parrotts being
of eight-inch, six-inch and' smaller
bores. The twenty-inch Rodman close
r ly resemuies iu uumue jiujli remuvc
proportions the celebrated fifteen inch
smooth bores, of which so many were
used In the Civil War. The length of
this gun is twenty feet three and a
half inches,, the maximum diameter
five feet four inches, the diameter of
the muzzle Is two feet ten inches, and
tlie total weight 315,200 pounds. For
the sake of comparison we recapituTHE
NEW Alc.MY 16-1KUH JUttfiCli-LOi
INCH RODMAN SMOOTH-BORE AND
late some figures of the new sixteen- j
inch army rifle as follows: The length i
ui iuu guii is lorry-inne ieei incurs, i
the maximum diameter at breech live
feet, and at muzzle two feet four
inchcs, und the weight of the finished
gun 300,000 pounds. The weight of ihe
shot for the twenty-inch smooth-botV
was about 1000 pounds, whereas the
shell for the sixteeu-inch gun will
weigh 2370 pouuds.?Scientific American.
Her Definition. j
"Yes," said Miss Cayenne. "He is 1
undoubtedly a cynic." J 1
"What is your idea of a cynic?" '
"He is a person wliojceeps you con '
^
ieIndustrial wo'rldT
te shown at the top of the picture and
st be put upon it to convert it Into a
. Then look at the companion picture '
granite already reduced to cylindrical
The machine -which works this rapid
in the industrial world. It is called a
been doing since it was Installed nas
his lathe was' built in Philadelphia,
quarries at VinalAaven, Me., where
I
d out for the Cathedi^l of' St. John the
new cathedral Is to have no lees than
feet long by six feet In diameter, which
ach. In addition to this it'will have
nslons. In length the lathe that will
nd when in working order it weighs
ches by sixty f^et, long, and it has
cut three Inehes deep, the entire eight
four inches in diameter at one pass
in the illustration weighs 310 tons; it
If feet'high by seven feet wide.
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A Picturesque Chinese Residence. '
l'hls cut, from the Illastrirte Zeltuhg,
a h oy s a peculiar and'picturesque sum-,
mer lesldence on a cone rock at Chin
Kiang. This rock can.Jbe scaled by a
AN EXAMTLE OP ^I^ESE VEBA5TCE
wide stairway. constructedrout of the.
rockJkt^&B The stairway, the attractlv?i^^N|^the
slope of,the rock,
and*L:+omni?\a the'summit are>evi
deo^Ht jthe"r^ma!h^,Ie perseverance
Pact* About Swltjevfefldc /&? .
S Switzerland enjoys the iniiifflftVl'i
distinction of having a larger, percentage
of lunactics than any other country.
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In Switzerlai;d a favorite dish Js
boiled chestnuts mashed fine and
served with whipped cream.
In proportion to its sizen Switzerland
has more inns than any other country
in the world. The entertainment ofl
tourists has become the chief Industry
of the, land, and has, been officially
computed' to bring in$23,000,000 a
year."'" /J
Little Switzerland comes up with
- < - ?i *nri r/vr <n
L-j.tUm,! men, oi wuuui jlva.uvi a*c iufantry/:37i;8
cavalry and: 21,632 artillery^jThe
cost of her tortay annually
Is aib^tit $3,750,000. '
The waterfalls of Switzerland are
being rapidly .btillzed for tlie driving
of electric dynamos, and it is rare to
find a;iplace of any size which is not
well lighted by the power of some
mountain stream.
The longest tunnel in the world is
that of St. Gothard, on the line of the
railroad between Milan and Lucerne.
It Is nine,.and a quarter, miles in length
and' cost over $13,000,000.?Stray
Stories.
The^Csinel't Hair Brash.
"Contrary to the belief of most people,
the camel's hair brush used by
artists lias1 nothing of the camel in if,"
said a manufacturer of soft brushes
the other day. 4'There was a time
when real camel's hair was used for
the purpose. The ship of the desert,
however, has loug been superseded by
the homely little squirrel. Not only
is squirrel's hair very much less costly,
but it is better, softer, more pliable
and far more durable. At the present
day it is doubtful if you could find ii
JUMi 1HFX.E COMPARED WITH A 20- !
A PARKOTT SOD-POUNDER RIFLE.
[jound of camel's hair in all the brush j
factories in tills country. However, i
there is no cause for fear that the ;
spacefill little squirrel will be cxterm- )
Inated. It is tho European squirrel j
that furnishes the hair for the brushes, j
the covering of the American squirrel j
being too furry and soft for the purpose."?Washington
Star.
The Game of German Kast Africa.
The Governor of German East Africa
reports to the Foreign Office in
Berlin that whilst elephants have ainost
disappeared from the districts
aider his control, hippopotami, lions, |
md leopards of every species abound, j
lie says that the plantation employes j
iave to take the greatest care in pro- j
ecting themselves against night at- j
acks of these, animals. t,? '
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dr. talmaqes^erm6n
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SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.
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Subject: The Welfare of Other* ? We
Should 3anish Selfishness?Job Delivered
From Evil When He Prayed. Fo^
Friends?Happy From Doing Good. (V
[CopyrtRtit mil .J:".
Washington, D. C?Invthjs discourse
Dr. Talmage wars on narrowness of view
end urges a life helpful to others; text,
I Job xlii, 10. "And the Lord turned the
I capitivity of Job when he prayed for his
I friends. ' '
j Comparatively few people read this last
chapter of the book of Job. The earlier
chapters are so full of thrilling incident.
I of events so dramatically portrayed, of
i Awful ailments and terrific disaster, of
j domestic infelicity, of staccato passage,
! of resoundinpr address, of omnipotency
! nroelnimed, of utterances showing Job to
j have been the greatest scientist of his
! day, an expert in mining and precious
: stones, astronomer, and geographer, and
! zoologist., and electrician, and poet, that
! most readers stop before they get to my
i text, which.-'strangely and mysteriously,
I announces that "the Lord turned the canl
tiVitv nf .TnV -when he nraved for his
I friends." .
j Now, will yon please explain to me how
I Job's prayer for his friends halted his
j catastronheo? GiVe me some crond reason
j whv Job on his' knees in behalf of the.
: welfare of others arrepted the lon<r proj
cession of calamities. Mind you. it was
| not praver for himself, for then the cessaj
tion of his troubles would have been only
j another instance of nrayer answered. but
the portfolio of his disaster was rolled in>.
while he sunplicated God in behalf of Eli.pha.9!
the Temanite, Bildid the Shuhitfe,
and Zophar the Naamathite. I must confess
to you that I had1 to read the text
over .and over as-ain before I got its full
iWeterivng?"And the Lord turned the can-'
tifrifcy of Job when he prayed for his
friends." ' ^ .
| "Well, if you will not explain it to me. I
| will explain it to you. The healthiest, the',
| mo|tj?,ecmjeTfj.tive thin;? on earth to do is
i tomato p thinkineso mueb'^bout ourselves[
arid-!: go to thinVma- abft^ the welfare of
fotfiwi. Jfh:had bifceh studyine bis misfor'
tunes, but Jtlje mojre he thought about his
| bankruptcy-the' -poorer he seemed, the
j more Le thought . of his carbuncles the
j worse they hart,the more he -tboupht
: of his an?nrtnu?te marriage the more jrii
tolerable - became, the coniujral relation.
I the more he thoneht of his house'biown
down the mowterrifie seemed the cvclone.'
Hi" misfortune* grew blacker and b'acker,
hp there was to rome a reversal of these
snd conditions. One day he said to him' elf:
"I hajre been dwefljntr too much
upon my bodily ailments and my wife's
temper anc^ijSv bereavements., It is timeI
bcm.n to ttjnk about others and do
something for otters, and I wii' start now
T>y Flaying for fay three friends." Then
Job drooped npoii. his knees, and he
did so that Ia?t. shiifcle of his ^ptivity of
trouble sns'-ied and fell off. Hear it. all
ye ages of time'apd all ye ages of eternity.
; "the Lord turned the cantirity of Job
when he prayed for his friends."
'.The fault wi^ii most of us is too much
self concen<ira|jon?our health, our fortunes,
our advancement"? our social position.
our achievements, our losses, our .defeats,
;owr sufferings, our persecution, our
life, our death, our immortality. Of course
there is a lawful and righteous selfishness.
In a world and in a time of such activities
j and rivalries and temptations we must.
i look after our own/'interests and our own
I destiny or. we will go under. Do
not wait for .others to take e*re
J of you. Take care of yourself. But
it wiljl not. hinder our preservation and
prosperity if We enlarge the sphere of our
wishes and prayers so ari to take in oth.
- ? mk. i it. _i_i ? u lj
j erg. inp law in ine natural worm wuujm
i /to -well f*r> the moral and spiritual world,
julie centripetal force in ^natnre would
I throw everything in toward the1 center,
i and the, centrifugal fo^ce/in nature would
j throw everything out frctfn the renter, but
j the centripetal and th?? centrifugal work
! beantifolly -together. The one force that
i wouldthrow everything toward the cenpfgy^^^Mtced
by tbe forcc that would
; throw evervthinlW^war^- .if
Our world, with 1
j the pull of other, worlds. No^rorlarrio
nation, no community. no man, no woman,
j ea" afford to exist only for itself or himi
fclf or herse'f. The hour in which Job
1 bis that soliloquy about the e^'artrement
of h-s prayers-so at i take in his friends
and he put into execution his cood resolution
was the hour when he felt a tonic,
a scditive, a'nervine, a cataplasm, that
helned to euro his body and revived his
fortunes', till they were a hundred per
cent, better than ever before, for the
| record is "the Lord gave Job twice as
f mrrh as he had before." and tended to
mak* him a wonder of longevity, for he
I lived 140 years after his troubles were
; gofae. Ob, what a mighty medicament is
. the contemplation of and the effort for
the welfare of others!
' "But," says some one. "it was 'easy
enough fqr Job to pray for his friends.
i AnyDoay can ao mar. .mere ars-mos^
to whom we arc obligated for. years or
kindness. They stand so close to us in
| eympathv and reminiscence and antici!
pation that it is easv for us to pray for
i thpir welfare/' Well, I see you do not
: understand that these friends of Job -were
; the most tantalizing and exasperating
! friends a nnn ever had. Look at their
behavior. Whpn they heard of his be|
reavements and the accidents by whirlI
wind and lightning stroke..they come in
j and sat down by him a whole week, seven
days and seven nights, and the record
i is "none spake a word to him." What
| a disreputable and wicked.' s^ence! Mind
you, they prorees'ed to be religious men.
[ and thev ought to liave;been able to offer
' some religious consolation'.'Tustead of that
j they were dumb as the jubfimx which at
! that time stood in t.'ne Afrtfcan desert and
stands there still. Why did they not say
something about, reutjioti in the heavenly
realms with his children, who had been
i slain? Why did viey nnt talk to him
about the satisfactory .explanations in the
future world of things we do not understand
in this world?" Why did they not
go to the apothecary and., buy a noultice
that, would have fi(3ot.liedv*'thc carbuncles,
or some quieting potion that would yalm
his nerves, or a -few- drops of fehribuce.
that would cool "his1 "heated frame? No!
For seven days an? seven nisihts they did
nothing and said nothing for his relief.
Thev must '-have almost bored him to
death. :.
js .After these three friends hatl co-up^etcd
"their infamous silercc of a weelc 'hey berati
to lecture Job. First Eliphaz the
..Tenmnite owns with a long story about
n dream which lie had in the night and irritates
the sufferer with words that make
things worse instead of hotter, end * sets
him in an attitude of defer.se gainst the
lecturer. Then cott>s Bildad the Shuhitc.
who gives the invalid a round scolding and ,
calls Jiini garrulous and practically tells ,
him that he deserved all that he had pot
and that) if ho had behaved himself aright
he -would not have lost his house or his
children or his estate. He DracHea'Jy
said: "Job. I will tell you what is tiu^
mntt?r witn you. j. ou are u.i'i. iui:
o hypocrite. Yon are now gottincr paid fbr4
your wickedness." .No wonder'that thihe
came from Job an outburst of ir.ditfpation.
'which calls out the other quondam
friend, Zophar tlic Naamathite. who^begins
denouncing Job by rrtling him. a liar
and keeps on the discourse until Job responds
to all three of them in the sarcastic
words, "No doubt but ye arc the
people, and wisdom shall die with you."
Oh, what friends Job had! Heaven
deliver ua from having one such friend,
to say nothing* of having three of thorn.
It Mas for such friends that Job prayed,
and was it not a religious triumph for
him so to do? Would you, the very best
of you, be in a very devout mood and
capable of making intercession for people
who had come to you in a day of trouole
and said: "Good if or you. You ought fo
be chastised. Ytm-U're being taken in
hand bv eternal justice. If you had behaved
yourself aright, you would not
have been sick or perseeuted or impover- ,
ished or made childless." Oh, no, m*T JS
friend., you would not have felt like Jobh
when he prayed for his friends, but mprtf "" j|
like Job when he cursed the day of am- J
Let us all make simitar attempt topray
for those who vex and misrepreeent J
and tantalize us. You may bev^ry popu-j
lar in the city or neighborhood where yott "i
live, but I warrant if you are in active] A
life there are those who wish you the op-j J
posite of wishing you well. Are you betH v&S
evolent? They say it is on your part m Vl
matter of personal display. Are you elo?' jjM
quent or learned? TKey declare you arer*?
overrated and that what you say or wrifc6j?5j|
is of no importance. Do}you try to inaka, flg
yourself effective in churdh or hospital o^i^H
board of directors? They call you 0I5IS
ficious. Are you well dressed? They
you are proud. Does a false report ptartj'J^B
in the community against your character?! -JH
They believe it all and add another storjn
to the fabrication. Some of them pretend
to be friends, hut they have the cudgeldi .jM
all ready for you?Eliphaz the Tcmanite^rSH
Bildad the Shuhite, Zophar the Naama*h*htjB
ite. Now, pray for them. "Oh!" yotff/^S
say. "I cannot do that."? I thought yOttj.&S
could not. Tut you will grow iq grace hh?j 'JII
til you can do it as easily and as well
did Job pray for hia exasperators. YoV
nnorlif tn nitv them, 'for defamers and
tractors and the envious and jealous
not happy. They hurt themselves moTeJsH
than they hurt you. Better be the pnrajflH
sued than the pursuer. Better be the
fant Christ than Herod the robber df\ 5
the Bethlehem cradles. You want : 'IB
be a better man. You want tb be a betMiiMa
ter woman. Then scale this heis&fc 'of. M
triumphant prayer, and you will be tea' J
times more of a Christian-than yon evetftS?
' Yon people who weigh over 200 pcundg '|1
avoirdupois had better never lose yowgiSH
temper, for at such times apoplexy.is
far off. Get the equipose ol Job infbak|Mj
text, and it will holp you in busi'ieBS &&3S
rectioos. Praying for'all offender?, ryoaJsM
will have more nerve for, large undert&^^BH
ings: you will have a better 1ukmce&^jM|
judgment; you will waste no valuable ;tinj(rS^B
in trying to get even with your enemie?'*iiM|
Try. this height of prayer for your an~\3M
tagosiist to-rlay, and if you fail try i{;
morrow. Keep on until you accompIjAcQH
it, and I should not wonder if, in, additiOfl^HK
to the moral and religious strength
gives you, it should add a hundred:
cent, to your worldly, prosperity. Jo?. xlH,,^.''?
10, "The Lord gave Job twice a* m'ucb-.*?
he had before. |
What we all need is to get out df iterselves
and go ..to helping others, whet&fcr . jl
friends or foc3. ^As beautiful an
of how this cart'be done I foonoi^^^^H
summer in London in the person of ;\<'M
ence Nightingale, the heroine of hoq^#i?:' 3
and of- battlefields when there
hospitals. Tlie lounge on wuu:iujh?h^b
prostrate is a throne of potrfK^feEKlH
though she has passed into the.. <5afotw8k'' 9
she trains nurses for sickbeds. and -fyer ,;r31
fiuence is now felt among the
in South Africa, while her. memory
of the. story of Balaklava, SevasWwgHBv M
Inkerman. where England and
and Russia grappled. She -told Tfr-JtoMtejm
she had net been happy until-she TUMMHKgfl
took to a'leviate suffering and that tqjMttfiK
she began'that work she had nev^r'mBMH
an unhappy day. To thatwork sbe.tWfiaBa
secrated her life, her classic at to ;nmefitaJj&j9
her social position, her brilliant pMnflfl
ality. Her whole life for others, nnd -twfcjja
face Ehow^it. I think so much of hefl^HpHl
is to be found in no other hliman <x>BMi|BI
tenance. Tennyson's 'Charge of the
Brigade" i* not more thrilling to me thaWa-l
the woma^nlv bravery and- sacrifi<&*juHm9
took care of those who were sheOfluMB '"M
the^ saddles of the "Imhiortal six-'Imra 1
My .textI en threes prayer and 4
a scepter <4o wave over our' ten^poj^^^nMlfl
fixed up1 his finances and . rcstored'^hiS^'fJJ
homo nr/3 mnde him 80 robust 4f3
that he! lived fourteen decaderf^,?WHB
some <pne says, "I do not r?2
prayer! for friends and foes, .becalnj3l*fflH/^
not think that God ?s going to chafigt^ilEpr^^
laws of. nature because we ask- Him rcfVjjH
do." yXeither do I think fhat.Q<ni :.Vw|a
change Ithe law of mature at otfr-reqwHSH
but I am sure that He ans\vere'UprafflJBjB (
through natural law. ' - . '7Jsuk?I
A business man may, be in
extric&ible?mortgages against hutt
closing,, goods to be sola for somraiHtfe^B|
beconye unsalable, new invenff|^^HHH^H
ebinery making the old ra^^EHE^Ej^^BQ|
factorW worthless, all
ck^noubles pouncing
^K^f^business
crisis, bu?Ni^
facturer get7\jJt
the
less for making
to be for
of fabric, the stock of
not be sold comes into
m'and, and whereas all things
him all things are now for
No law of nature is broken aadsp&JHHN
of_trade. Pl-ayer may have giveft
extrication. God, by making a lav,, awa
not tie His own hinds with it.:
are free to do what you are asked to' do,' v ?
is n3t God just as free, or are you
er than your Maker? ' <JgH
What an opportunity is prayttj-3SHB
not oftener use it praying for oUnjmBB
and, like Job, praying for others?
better work would we do, what
lives would we live, what better hopes ,jS
would we entertain, if we multiplied and.
intensified our prayers! J
Some one asked a soldier of Stoneywg^^B
Jackson the secret of the great general'#
influence over his men. "Does your gen-jjg|
eral abuse you, swear at you, to miakfe
inarch?" "Swear!" rcpliod the soldier;'
"No! Ewell does the swearing;,
wall docs the praying. When Dtonen&^Sjl
wants us to march he looks at ub sobet}y> ;.|?
just as if he were sorry for us, and
'Men, we have got to make a long ma^cot^j^g
We always know when there is going tQ.^Sj^H
be a long march and right emirt
for Stonewall is powerful on prayer just iBj
before a big fight." When St9oetarall
Jackson was asked the meateing of thtjjmH
passage "instant in prayer," He said: ''???3ki
you will not mistake and think I am set-va^H
ting myself up as an example, which I^jBH
am not, I will give an illuBtratioa..^^JHH
my own haOit. X nave so nxeu mc
of prayer in my mind that I never rais?7^^H
glass of water to iny lips without a
ment's asking of God's blessing; I flefijgjBw
seal a letter without a brief sendingv^Ri^E
my thoughts heavenward; I never changffiftjB
my classes in the section room withontf|^|
a minute's petition for the cadets who gtsnfl
out and those who comc in." V
Now, if God has during 'these remauk^Sw
shown us the uses, the importanoe^itJqi^^H
blessedness of prayer, suppose we tra;WjHyj
do what Job did when he prayed
exasperators. Many of r.s at the
ning of this subject felt that while'"mi ,JH
could pray for ourselves and pray:, 'for
those who were kind to us we never could
roach the high point of religious Upfr-ij?|
rien.'e in which we could pray for
who annoy ns and make us feei worse ibOflflj
stead cf feeling better. That was 'a Mat-wM
tcrhorn, tnat was an Alp, to the top oi
which we feared we could never clirab^jBS
hut Ave thank God that by His omnipotent
grace we have reacbsd that hcight^fljj
at last. Let iis.pray! Oh, Christ, who
didst prav for Thine assassins, we notrmJ
pray for those who despitefully use us andjKl
iav all manner of evil against us. For aftfll
their eternal salvation we supplicatel'^^B
When time is no more, may they reign on
thrones and wear coronets and ?wajr;5JM
sceptres of heavenly dominion. Mean-l
while take the bitterness from their soul n
and make them Soon think as well of
as now they think evil. Spare their bodies.
from pain and their households from be-( '
reavemcnt. After all the misunderstand*
ings and controversies of this life are oveif j Jj
may we keep with them eternal jubilee j|
in the mansions on the hill, and as Thou
didst turn the captivitv of Job when hq -'.9
had prayed for those who badly used him, S
and health came to his body and prospe^j 'jfl
itv to his estate, now that we t have bjj
Thy prrace been able to make'sumjlic^ flj
tion for our antagonists, cure ouir dia? 1
eases. if ye arc ill. and restore our^BtateJ JB
if it hasf been scattered; and awaken glad- .J
ncsa in "our homesteads, if they have been JH
bereft; and turn'Jie captivity of our phys? Jffl
ical pain or financial misfortune or mem-^'.^^tj
tal distress, and Thine shall be the king?H^H
dom and the power and glory forever &n?. j^B
ever- Ampul ??-" *? jSUL