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V? J JEAN (CorntioBT, Robkbt B CHAPTER XX. (Continued.) "Hush!" said Beatrice, commnndtogly, lifting ber face for an instant toward Bess. There was a tender Ugbt upon her face and a soft note In fcer musical voice. "This is only a swoon, Bess, she will be better presently?she must be better presently! There! See! Bhe Is smiling! Alecia, dearest, yon are better now? It was dreadful, but it is all over. Rub her hands. Bess, and we'll make her stay conscious." Bnt Alecia Graham bad always been ft remarkably perfect woman physically, and even this blow upon her head, although It left her nervous and weak for several days, proved no more serious. The thoughtful atten boas of her friends was very delightful to ber during these days of lan* guor. though not one of them guessed Che thoughts that filled every waking hour and throbbed in ber heart and her souL John Winthrop had saved her; had saved her when else she would have died, they said, saying othing of his condition, lest It needlessly startle her?and what was John Wlnthrop's life or death to ber? And yet John Winthmrop had not come to her or sent her any message during all those days. She would not ask the cause; she was too proud to crave bis tenderness; he could speak quite calmly of the accident, and Mr. Wlnthrop'a kindaess. but she did not once ask why he remained away, never dreaming of the cause. How could the know that he was lying deadly 111 bnt three doors from ber across the corridor? To be ore she had asked at first with ber usual tboughtfulness If he were injured. but ber friends turned the question aside, and she never guessed that he was dying giving her back to llfo. Even Mrs. Wlnthrop came to her when she waa not with her son; and still no one told ber. How could they know what it meant to this proud woman whether or not her husband's enemy came to ber? Perhaps Beatrice juessed. but If the did she gave no sign. She had not forgiven John Wlnthrop. even though he lay dying after Mvlng her sister's life. "How strangely quiet the house is." Alecia said one day, lying back among the cushions of her lounging chsir at the window, turning her tunny bead x and meeting Beatrice's eyes. "I have noticed It so often these last few days. Why Is It Bee? Do they think that I am very III or is there anything truly wrong more than I know?" 8b? leaned forward In sadden newborn excitement, reaching out her hands to her sister, a faint, quivering anile upon her lips, her eyes striving to search ont the trnth in the other's quiet face. MYou must not excite yourself, Alecla," said Beatrice, quite calmly, taking her sister's hands in hers and patting them affectionately. "Why should 70a, Indeed? The heat is incense fOOO|U, Bum J, IU Uiaac ui; vw <|U-VM It may be because you are in this room. Instead of out of doors that you notice the quiet." Aleda turned away her bead restlessly upon the cushions, and watchlag the group upon the sands, and the lifting and falling of the breakers, a soft sigh on her lips. "Perhaps you are right, dear." she said, gently. "Only if you are deceiving me in any way I shall find it hard to forgive you. Bee! Life is too short for misunderstandings! I have learned that lying here." She turned back to her sister again after a moment, a new touch upon her face. "There is always good in life. Bee." she added, softly, a wistful look in her eyes, a slow, radiant smile on her Hps, "If we take it at its best and Make U better! No one Is ever all bad or all good, and looking for the mote In another's eye one may overlook the deadly beam in one's own!" Beatrice changed color, and then langhed, rising as Frances entered, and stooping to kiss Alecla ere she left the room. "Vn wntulor nliilnxnnhers choose soli tade," she said, lightly. "If it brings such wisdom, AleciaT' "I wish that this bad never happened." said Beatrice, as sbe descend?d the staircase on leaving Alecla's loom. "Who knows wbat it may lead to If be sbonld recover? Alecla bas neb strange Ideas of bonor! Bnt after all tbere is little fear, wben tbey say that be can scarcely snrvire tomorrow, poor fellow!" Softness was slowly creeping into ber heart for this man who bad rescued ber sister in spite of his own condition, but in ber pride sbe fought fepek even the thought, and would acknowledge It to no one. Sbe recognized the kindly thought under Alexia's words, and realised that sbe was unjustly harsh toward John Winthrop wben ber own heart was hard, tout even so abe would not yield be pride. Gregory Benson hurst was in the pa illon as abe approached, and sue would not turn back now. He saw ber also and rose to meet ber. perfectly courteous, otherwise merely a friend. His lazy brown eyes lightened and flashed looking into bers. but that was all. "You have just come from your sister. Miss Beatrice? I trust that she Is improving? Ibis deadly beat is overpowering to any one. especially one who is weak. They say that Winthrop is sinking fast, poor fellow! Ibey have two doctors now, you know, from the city, and they never leave him. but what can they do. when be is so low? Some mental trouble, joo. they said. 1 think. .Some weight apon his mind that makes it worse for him to pull along. It is ^ very sad. Wintbrop's a thoroughly good man.'* "It is very sad." said Beatrice gently. SLe could not drive blm away wben be was speaking of death, and he could not And it In her heart to be other than truly sorry for the man so UL ? "And your sister. Miss Beatrice r Bfej. ; 31 NottL KATE LUDLUMf; wm'i 8o*?. ia?a. j "Alecla is recovering more every i day," sbe answered, steadily. "It seems strange, does It not, that they 1 two should be the ones to have been most hart. Mr. Bensonhurst?" Then sbe bit ber lip and paused, shaking out her parasol to raise it. It were better to forget that day on board the Banjo?better every way, for remembering it she must also remember the strength of his arm and his tender words in ber fear. Sbe felt the deepening color in her face and hastened to raise her parasol. "It is so provoking!" sbe said impatiently. He took It from her bands with quiet authority, and, raising it. held it over ber, walking at ber side. They were upon the sands and alone, save a few straying far up the beach. "Beatrice," be said, and she knew what he would say from the gentleness of his voice, although he did not offer to touch even ber hand, "some time ago you sent me away w' " a ?An?i Van AlA *IA? toll 4 1UU1V VU J UUi lipj. AVU UtU UVW ?V (? me that 70a did not love me. bet you sent me away. Perhaps you told me there was no hope, bat I would not alIjw myself to believe that, for I loved you too truly. So I waited with wonderful patience, hoping that you would recall me, but you did not. Beatrice, that day when all of us might have met death, I knew that I had waited long enough to learn your heart I can be patient no longer. I ask you again to-day If you can tell me truly, as you would tell the man who loves you. If still there Is no hope?" 8h s frowned, her eyes studiously bent upon tbe sand, trying to keep ber Hps steady and stern. But she must answer him; sbe would not let blm think ber weak and foolish and incapable of sending him away if she would. "I am waiting, dearest," said Gregory Bensonhurst. quietly. And then, as though some powerful wave had risen and swept away ber > anger and her pride and left only love, she lifted her eyes softly and sweetly to his. uttering no word, and clasped her two hands around his arm, her lips trembling, her face radiant. "Alecia was right." be said, by and by. as they sat on the sands, watchUiflr the ocean and tbe shiDs and the light summer clouds, but very happy in their Indolence. "All things do come to him who wilts, my dearest" "Yea." said Beatrice, slowly and reluctantly, as though even In her own happiness she could not wish happiness to come to the man she had so resolutely hated. "And who knows but it may come even to John Winthrop, Gregory? I liaTe feared so. I am wise, too, maybe, if I am not Alecla. Perhaps the great mantle cf charity that we hear so much about, but seldom see. has been folded away so long, save a scant corner that is dragged heavily upon some shoulder, that we have almost forgotten to unfold It as we do our other good wrappings, to discover whether the moths have gotten in it or no. We sometimes unfold precious old stuffs, you know, only to find that they fall to dust and ashes in our hands. And who knows Ka tKn mrtth that /lis. uui uvaiu luu/ w iuv m?v?? ? ?... covers the forgotten mantle. Gregory ?death lays bare so many things!" "What do yon mean, dearest?" questioned her lover. But Beatrice shook her head and would say no more, though he shrewdly knew that it was of John Winthrop she spoke! But one might have thought she knew as well as her lover of what was passing unseen, for at that moment Mrs. Winthrop. tapping upon Alecia's door, and being summoned to enter, crossed swiftly to her side, a smile on the beautiful woman's face lifted to hers bending above her. as she held out her bands, keeping her voice steady by strong will, as she said In her gentle voice with the tender accent: "Mrs. Graham! If thee loves me. or if thee loves uj son, come to him! He is dying and aalls for thee!" CHAPTER XXI. K1TBIBUT10!!. Mrs. Graham's face was like the faco of one dead, as she cat for a moment speechless and stunned by the sudden rush of the truth upon her mind. Those who loved her had kept this from her, believing that it was right for them so to do. Beatrice bad put her question aside only an hour before, and she bad told her?what had she told her save that she would find it hard to forgive should she discover that they were deceiving her. abu wmie sdc una oevu coiaing uuter thoughts in her heart of John Winthrop he was lying at death's door? and she had not known. He, her husband's enemy, the man 1 (the loved?for she knew thut she did love bim in that one swift moment when truth struck deep in her soul. Cowardly, perhaps, to kiss the band that wounded; undoubtedly disloyal to 1 her husband's memory; but she was facias truth, and this was truth. Frances crossed the room swiftly to her sister's side, seeing this change upon her face. She stooped tenderly beside her. in her great love. t "You should not have told her. Mrs. Wlnthrop!" she exclaimed, an indignant flash In her usually steady eyes. "She did not know?you knew that we kept It from her?and it is a severe shock to her in her weakness. Why should your son always work her ! harm?" i But the sorrow in the gentle face ' disarmed her anger, and her voice was soft like music as she added: "Forgive me. dear Mrs. Winthrop! '! I am so very corry ror you: nui yuu do uot know?bow can you know what uiy sister has suffered through him!" "Thee does not know my son." said Mrs. Wintbrop, simply. "Will thee come to bim. Mrs. Graham? He asked for tbee or I should sot have I come. Remember that he is dying." Alecia crushed down the tumult In > her heart. She pushed gently aside ner slater's detaining bands and arose. I Was it a wonder that even her bustatifcrlmfrfti foiimrir i band's enemy should can for ber when be lay dying Prances thought bitterly, watching her as she moved slowly but resolutely across the room, her hand In Mrs. Wlnthrop's very warm and close. No words passed between them as ;hey crossed the corridors to John Wlnthrop's room. Some subtle magnetism made known to each the other's heart, without the need of speech. At bis doorway they paused for an In Btant for Alecla was still very weak, to regain composure, and then quietly entered the silent room. Tbe sick man's eyes were closed, bat tbey opened Instantly, resting upon Alecla's face, and a smile stirred the white lips. He reached ont his band falterlngly, and she crossed over, taking it in hers, her smile answering bis in spite of ber trembling Hps and tearful violet eyes. His love for ber illumined bis face, wan and pallid tbougb it was. and broke down all barriers of hatred or pride In tbe presence of death. MMy dearest!" be said, faintly and slowly. "Forgive me. I could not die without seeinc vou once more, even though I know how you scorn me!** She bent pityingly above him. "There is no scorn in all my heart" she said, sweetly. "Do not think of that any more, Mr. Winthrop." The physicians bad moved to the windows out of hearing, and Mrs. Winthrop would also have gone away, but her son reached out his band, drawing ber down upon tbe bed upon the other side. "Do not go away," he said, gently. "Too know how I love Alecia, mother. Promise me that nothing shall come between your friendship for her." "Tbee knows," said Mrs. Winthrop, softly, "bow I love ber, John." "No one," said Alecia, still very sweetly, "could help loving your mother, Mr. Winthrop! Need I promise more than that?" John Winthrop smiled. There was some strange radiance in his face llftod to hers. "Such friendship," be said, slowly, a pause between bis words, "is tbe beigbt of my desire. Alecia Grabam, living I would never bave told you of my love, knowing so well your scorn, but, dying, may 1 not say wbat it bas been to me to know tbat even unsuc* cessfully I bave loved sucb a woman? You called me bard and unjust. If I was so It was tbrougb mistaken zeal, and because then you bad not come Into my life! Alecia Grabam, every tender chord of my heart was wakened and vibrated for you. I love you as I think few men can love. "Doubtless, were It not tbat I am dying, even now yon would turn rroto me with scorn, as upon that other day when I dared tell you of my lore. I will not, although 1 am dying attempt to exonerate myself from the charges of cruelty made against me by yoa and jour friends. I can see. perhaps, clearer now, and recognize that I must have seemed very hard to you with your tender heart! I do not know why I should have loved you; I seldom saw you; but for three years your face has been in my heart to soften my judgment! I struggled against it?for 1 -" Alo/>ls hnt hnw ran UU1 J'i UUU, iw, ?M?VNi MW .. ? one crush out love like miner' He paused, exhausted, but would oot let go the soft hand he held, nor close his eyes for longer than a moment lest he lose sight of her face. A quivering, beautiful, tender face, indeed. for dying eyes to rest upon! She was struggling with her pride and the memory of her hate, and bad not answer for a few moments. Then her womanhood and gentleness overpowered even this strong barrier, and, kneeling down beside the bed she laid '-- w 1.?.I0 noon Mo on arnnitlfa flush UUIU uauua vfvi uio, MM of color upon lier face, her eyes popple with the depth of her tenderness and pity as she murmured, with soft distinctness: "John Wlnthrop, had they longer kept from me that you were so ill, you would hare never knoWn but that I still hated you. Perhaps I should still bate ycu. Sometimes I could almost hate myself for not dolDg so. for you were very, very cruel and bard with me when you might have been kind. Still, in spite of that, John Winthrop, and in spite of everything?1 love you!" The sudden lightening of his face was like the glow of sunset. The old flash deepened in his eyes looking up to hers. Strength from her slim fin J ??ol/wi aaomoil In TUB gere auu uiunvu iv>n *cvwv? .. ? along; bis blood. "Alec-ia!" be said. (To be contlroed.) Tbcj Enjoyed Thrmwlfei. Tbe senior partner of a large business concern not a hundred miles from Manchester takes a kindly Interest in tbe welfare of bis employes, and never misses an opportunity of "bringing tbtiii on." as be terms It Tbe otber day an industrial and fine art exhibition was beld in a neighboring town and be accordingly arranged for a number of his work people to pay a visit there and thereby improve TVio iwrrr rnnilurtHl by lUl'U UllliUP. *MV !'?> v ? their foreman, duly went, and returned highly delighted with their day's outing. But when the senior partner naw the foreman on the following morning the interview, short as it was, gave him a shock. "\VeL, D he begen. "and how did you git on yesterday? See all there was to be seen, eh? Tick up some Lew ideas;*' "Yes, sir, thankee, sir." respSffded the foreman, cheerily, "and a very niec time wo had. sir. It was this way. When we got to the exhibition we was considering wLat wan best to be ?lone. to we appointed a deppertation o' three to see what it were like, ?nnniou <1111 1111(1 fiUVH it miu n ui'u im j VVU4W ? ?w _ _ were all pictures and sculptures we tbougut it a pity to speed our sbilliu'a on em. so we went to a tea garden and 'ad a blow on the river, sir. and worry pleasant it all were, sir. Than tee kindly. sir "'-Tit-Bits. Icr au luaalmtor. It bas been demonstrated by actual test on Mount Blanc tbat a tele graphic wire laid directly on a glaciei will work satisfactorily without insu lation. In the test referred to a naked galvanized wire was laid on the lc< and messages were sent over it be tween points more thau a mile distant from each other. London has 2300 mile* of sewera, Faria only 400. * a DB. CHAPMAN'S SERMON A SUNDAY DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED PASTOR-EVANGELIST. fobjrrt: A TI?lon of His Ftc>-Tb< Chris* I Ian World Ha* Ever Hmb Living la tlx Hope of Thi* Proml?e?Wo Shall Roe Jmbi ID Eternity. New York City?The following ?erdiod ia one prepared for publication by the Dr- J. WilburLhantnan. America's best known evangelist, who is now preaching to overflowing congregations in this city. It is entitled "A \ ision of His Face," and is founded on the text. Rev. xxii: 4, "And thev shall see His face." The Apocalypse, or Revelation, as it if more frequently called, is supposed to have been written A. D. 85 to 97, and thus for 1800 years the Christian world has been living in the hope and inspiration of this text of Scripture. The glaa cry of the faithful everywhere has been: "As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied when 1 awake with Thy likeness."?Psalm xvii: 15. I wish we might see Him now. We have had hints of His beauty, and little glimpses of His glory, but oh, to behold Him! We are greatly indebted to the artists of the world for what they have shown us of their rision of His grandeur. "Christ Before Pliate" was a picture so real that a little girl, when she looked upon it wanted to be lifted up that she might untie His hands. Hoffman's "Christ in the Garden" is such a masterpiece that one can not look upon it without having his emotions stirred to *L- P.intinn. kt? luc vcrj uc^wuo. a m?.? ... , done their work. They nave stirred the imaginations of the people. They hare strongly impressed the beauty of-His character t Jon hearts everywhere. They have fixed the thoughts of men upon Him. They have drawn the Christian nearer to Him, and they have done much to stimulate fellowship with Him always. Some, indeed, have been won to Christ by simply looking upon them. Count Zinzendon. founder ot the Moravian settlement, ssia that the deepest impression that was ever made on his life came to him when looking unpn a picture of the sufferinp of Christ. He saw these words underneath: "I did all this for thee; what hast thou done for Me?" And vet, valuable as they are, they arr not to be relied upon because they are not ancient enough. The early Christiana abrank from any material presentation of a human Christ, and thua it ia that art, as we have it to-day, boa pasaed through certain definite stages. In the earliest age Christ was presented by the use of symbols. The representation of the fish was to draw attention to Him who made men fishers of other men. The drawing of a vine was to draw the attention to Him who said, "I am the vine." The picture of the cross was supposed to fasten the thoughts of the people upon Him who was its willing victim. The second stage of art waa the use of Old Testament types. In the picture of Moses striking the rock, one could see a representation of Christ, who said: "If any roan thirst, let him come uato Me and drink." In the sacrifice of Abraham both the lore of God in the gift of Hi* Son, and the love of the Son in the gift of Himself shone forth. In the three children in the fiery furnace there is a perfect representation of the Son of God seen in the form of the fourth, "which was like unto the Son of God Himself." In the third stage of art New Testament allusions were used, and a shepherd became a picture of Christ, who was "the Good Shepherd," the "Great Shepherd" and the "Chief Shepherd." T? *L" Won f ft in 1IIC C1|IUU vcuiui/ luvti (k... paint His ]ikeneM m they conceived it, but it in easy to understand that theae representations could not be reliable because every trace of His physical appearance wai lost. Not a syllable in the (iospels or the Epistles tells us how He looked when He walked upon the earth. Why is this? Surely the disciples had not forgotten His appearance. It may be for several reasons: First, because the first ages of the church were distinctly spiritual, and they would shrink from anything that would make Christ even seem to be material. Second, they never thought of Him after His departure as the amictcd one or the suffering one, but they saw Him at the right hand of God in the glory, and as they had no power to present a picture of Him j there, so they had no inclination to present Him in His humiliation. Third, because they still felt His presence with them. They haa no need to put His face upon canvas. I would a thousand times ratner ? .?? ? 1 ?;.v A< nave me piciurr i imr* nwuk ??u j??. *?? Christ, which no artist has e^er painted, or ever can paint, which I could not deI scribe to you in words, even if I had the tonpuc of an angel. It is far beyond any j earthly art. The early disciples roust have : felt this. Fourth, it may he that because ; when they saw Him after the Resurrection He was so different from what He was before that they could not paint the first ! picture, and they would not try to paint the second. And yet we do know much about Him. It woul-i not have been difficult to tell how | Stephen looked. We have but to read Acts vii: 55, CO?"But he, being full of the ; Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into i heaven, and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. 1 And he kneeled down, and cried ! with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said I this he fell asleep." So it is with Jesus j Himself. We have had some hints of His beauty in the legends of old. The story I of St. Safroniea; of the handkerchief used i to wipe His face a* He went to Calvary. upon which the impression of His face was i left, and which was to be seen as it un[ folded in the presence of Mary, His mothI er. This is Romish, and has no foundation j in fact. The story of one Puhlius Lentulus. who was said to be President of the people of Jerusalem, to the Roman Senate, runs thus: "There came one among us, tall in statI ure, beautiful in appearance, His hair I wavy and cri?p and falling down over His shoulder*. Ilia brow, brond. smooth ana ! most serene. His face without spot or ; wrinkle or any such thinfr. His nose and j mouth faultiest. His beard abundant and , hnzel color like His hair. His eyes promij nent and blue. In denunciation, terrible; i in admonition, calm and loving. He was 1 never seen to laugh, but often to weep J His hands beautiful to look upon. In j speech, crave, resen*ed. modest. Indeed, ; He was fairer than all the sons of men." All this is beautiful and interesting as a legend, but it is said that there , was no such office as President of the peo; pic of Jerusalem to the Roman Senate, and that Publtus T*ntulus never lived. I \Vliy all this absence of Christ in marble and Christ upon the canvas? Wh* is it I that the pen 'ia<? never described Him so J that we might reproduce His face? It cer; tainiy must all be of Cod. One reason may I in order that we might know that He ' belongs to the wide world, and to no race j of men in particular. If He were known , to be white, the b'ark man might feel that j He was not in sy map thy with him. If He J were known to be black the white man i would certain!** feel a barrier between I them. But rat it is. He is .fe?us. the Light ... < > ?J .1. r, :? ?l? A \f??. j ot [IIP worm, una inr i aunmuu, > ? ? ?.. ; golian, the^ African, all can ?ay together: ; "Fnde. fade each earthly joy. Je*u? i* j mine." Anil yet, there are phrases of | Scripture whicfi seem to give us hinta not j to he pasted by silentlv. j I. HIS FACE SET TO JERUSALEM Luke is: 51?"And it came to pass when I the tim?! was come when He should be re ! ceived up. He steadfastly ?.et Hid face tc ' go to Jerusalem." He loved the city of Jerusalem, but at j the time He went toward it, it wa? a city I of shadows. and every step He took wav into the deepening shadow* of Calvary'* cross. I need not describe His going. He was like a conqucror. In the very way He trod the streets of the city, and walked the highway of the land He loved. He was filled with courage, and when He beL" ?-?** . ;? T?if? ?K;? (It'll] Ilie I'll)' nr ?rpi .v. ...v a* a picture and there is nothing finer in art. Take it an a xentiment. and there ii not tun? deeper in human pathos. Take it a* a revelation of (Jod. and no one need h; afraid of Him. Philosophy mav speculate about Him and try to reconcile His two nature*; theologians may attempt to define Him as Ix-ing infinite, eternal and unchangeable, but the common man grown confuted, and all that he can say is that the One to whom he has given hia soul ia the Son of God. who wns divine enough t? go to Jerusalem is the very face of death, and human enough to be bHnded with Hia tears aa He looked upon the city. He knew all about the Buffering of Jerusalem from all eternity, and yet He went on. When He ate the Paaaover and spoke of the one who ahould betray Him, He knew what wax coming, and atill He went on. When Pilate mocked Him He knew it waa but the forshadowing ot the suffering* of the ctom, but still He went on. When He endured the pain of the scourging He knew that thia wan but the beginning of agony with which the pain of the cross was not to be compared because it was so gTeat, and yet He went on. The world has never seen such a conqueror as the Son of God, "who died that we might live." n. HIS FACE IN* THE DUST. Matt, nri: 36-39?"Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. And He took with Him Peter and the two aona of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith He unto them, Mv sou] is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death; tarry ye here and watch with Me. And ? - - ?i f?n T?;. ne weni b ihuc i?n mci, auu i?*? VM ? face and prayed, saying: Oh, My Father, if it he possible, let this cap pass from Me; nevertheless, not u I will, but as Thou wilt." In the thirtieth verse we read that when they had sang an hymn they went out. Row simple, and yet how profound the meaning! There never had been rueh a going-oct before; there never ha* been such a going* out rince. From the rapper He made Hia way with the faithful few to Gethsemane, where the agony was so great that Gethsemane ha* stood for suffering ever since. "Ob, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me!" I wonder why the crv? Some one has said it was because He was about to be branded as a sinner, treated as a sinner, put to death as a sinner, and it was His horror of sin that wrung the cry from His soul. Yet we have trifled with it, and sin has always been the same, is to-day, and shall be till the end of time. Dr. Qregg tells of a story in Fox's Book of Martyrs, where a Christian was to die a ""> ? KAmWii dpith?Iwinir placed in a ack filled almost with venomous reptile*. As he looked at it he uid: "I can etand this for Jens' sake." Yet when they pnt him in the sack and he felt the first touch of the reptiles upon his face he rave a shriek of agony that could not be described. It is said that no one has ever really known what prayer is until he has learned of the Spirit to put into practice this one offered in Gethsemane. It is not the kind that is offered to the congregation, or that ia said at the bedside before we close our eyes in sleep: it is the kind that ia crushed out of us. It is the cry of the Syroohenoecian woman, "My daughter is greviously vexed of the devil." It is the cry of Jesus in Gethsemane, "My Father, - # ?? let tnis cap paw irom .ue. Yon uy, "What! Hi* Father and all Hit suffering?" Yea, Hi* Father, atill. and yours, also. In the midst of an agony that may hav# almost broken your heart, yon might have cried: "My Father!" When there was not a hope in-your life yon might have whispered, '"My Father! And if the cry had come from the heart yon would have got* ten as quick a response: "Be still, and know that I am God." UI. HIS FACE SPIT UPON. But there js still another picture of His face in the New Testament. Matthew xxvi: 62-68?"And the high priest arose, and said unto Him, Answerest Thoa nothing? What is it which these witness against Thee? But Jesus held His ixfece. And the high priest answered ana said unto Him, I adjure Thee, by the living God that Thou tell us whether Thou be the Christ, the Son of God. Jenus saith unto him. Thou has said; nevertheless I say unto you, hereafter shall ye see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high pnest rent bis clothes, saying. He hath spoken blasphemy; what fur* ther need have we of witnesses? behold, no'v ye bare heard His blasphemy. What think ye? They answered and said. He U Silty of death. Then they did spit in His :e and buffeted Him, and others smote Him with the pilms of their hands, say* ing, Prophesy unto us.* Thou Christ, who is ne that smote Theer' Have you noticed how quiet He was in all the mocking* and the scourgings? It must have been because of the Gethsemane experience. There are scenes in our lives that mike talk a sacrilege. When you came back from - following your child to the grave, or reached your home after being at the new-made crave of your mother, not a word was spoken; the house was a* still as the tomb where they rested. A night with God would have the same effect. They may spit upon Him and strike Him, but He feels it not, for while He walks the earth He lives in heaven. Paul found this out: "I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago (whether in the body I cannot HI. or whether out of the body, I cannot tell; God knoweth) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth) how that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakaole words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. 5 fop. xii: 2-4. And v*t in Doint of fact Paul was lying at the gate of Lystra. People though him dead. Hit back was bleeding. His wha!e body was bruised. It ia a possible thing for us to be transfigured bv the power of God, and become insensible to every earthly experience. Just u when the hell-hounds were let loose against Jesus Himself, and they smote Him and spit upoa Him, they never touched Him. IV. HIS FACE HEREAFTER. We have hints as to what He is to be like in the hereafter. "For God, Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness. hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."?2 Cor. iv: 6.) We are told how He will appear to the sinner: "For the gre-.t day of His wrath is come; and who ?hall be able to stand V ?(Rev. vi: -17 ) There was a time when as they smote Him they covered His facc: "And some began to spit on Him, and to cover His face, and to buffet Him, and say unto Him, Prophesy: and the servants did strik? Him with the palms of their hands." (Mark xiv: 63.) But not now. Hi? eyes pierce His beholder* through and through, and their uniorgiven sins in awful procession pass by. The cry of the lost soul ia "Mountains and rocks, fall upon us, and hide us from His lace." "And 1 caw a great white throne, and Him that sat on it, from who?e face the earth and the heaven fled awav; and there was found no place for them. (Rev. xx: 11.) This passage gives another touch to the picture, and what a change there is! Once there was in that fa.* that which brought little children to Hiiu, and made women love Him; and now the very earth and the heavens have tied away from Him. "For the eves of the Lord are over the righteous, and His earj are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.(1 Peter iii: 12.) (Jod'a words are always true. Let him that hath ears take heed. V. We have also some hints as to how this vision *liall affect us when wc sec Him. John ?j.y?: "I fell at His feet as dead."? Kev. n: 17. It is supposed mm me ?inun was so startling, the face so sublime. Just as men in this world are overpowered because of some wonderful en|ierience, so John fell before Him in the skies. The transfiguration scene is another representation. "And after six days Jesus tnketh Peter. James and John bis brother, anH l.pm??th them ur? into a high mount tain apart. ami wa# t ransbgured before them: and Hi* fate did shine as the sun, and Hi* raiment wa< white as the light. And behold, there appeared nnto them Mose? and Elias. talking with Him. Ther. answered Peter and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to lie here: if Thou wilt, let us mak# here three tabernacles, one for Thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias." (Matthew xvii: 1-4.) l'eter said, "Let us lire here forever." In this he was but expressing the longing of every Christian heart that l>eat after his, and what Peter ionired for (iod had promised to jive us. Jesus at the transfiguration is an exact picture of Jesus as He stands in glory, and as we shall see Him in eternity. If your bottle is full of self, God cannot pour Himself into ? ?ty it of wlf, and God will fill it, \ ???? ** V THE SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JUNE 15. A abject: Pan! Ckmwi to Europe, Acts svt., 6-10?Golden Text. Acta xxll.. 14Ktrnorjr Verwt, 9, 10 ? Commentary on tbo I>ay'? Leuoo. Introduction.?With thi* lesson we begin Paul's sccond missionary journey. We are now entering upon a uew epoch in the development and growth of the church. Thin widespread missionary effort by which the gospel was carried into Europe has probably accomplished more for civilization anu religion in its far reaching results than any other expedition in the history of the world. We now leave this most interesting history, during the remainder of the year, and with the next quarter resume cur studies in the Old Testament. 6. "Phrygia." This is an undefined region round about Antioch of PUidia. Hurlbut thinks the reference here is to "a tour among the churchcs ut Iconium and Antioch." There is nothing to show that he preached in any new^churches in thi* district, "lialatia." me great central table-land, north and east of Phrygia. This is his first visit to this province. Into a single sentence is compresicd the labor of months, of which we can obtain a deeper insight through the epistle to the GaLatians, which shows that the go*Eel was at first received witb enthusiasm, ut as quickly forsaken when Judaiatic teachers appeared to pervert bis influence. "Forbidden." Either by some special providence, or by direct communication of the Spirit, in order to lead them into a wider and more important field, the very heart of civilized heathendom. The restraint was only temporary. Three years later Paul came to Ephcsus (18: 19), and for three years preached to Jewr and Greeks in Asia. Chap. 19: 10; 20: 31. "Asia." Not the continent, nor Asia Minor, but the Roman province, bordering on the Aegean Sea, of which Ephcsm was the capital. 7. "Myna." A province on the Aegean Sea. "Assayed." Were intending to go. "Bithynia." Northeast of Mysia, on the nor'hwest shore of the Black Sea. "Suf{ fered them not." The Spirit bpr uresis tible intimation! restrained riai bq ia*i no other route remained open except that one on the seacoast, and thence to Europe. 8. "Pawing by. They were obliged to pas* through Mysia in order to reach Tro&H, but "tney omitted it u t preaching place." "Came to Troaa." A noted seaport, where traveler* from the upper coast* of A?ia commonly took ahip to pass into Europe. Here Paul end hia assistant*, Silas and Timothy, were joined by Luke, the writer of thia history, and a native of Antioch, who to the profession of a physician had joined that of a Christian minister, or evangelist. 9. "A vision." . This was the third supernatural revelation; not a dream, but a walking virion. "A man." Not an actual representative, stood before Paul, but probably an angel in the form of a man. The heathen do not present themaelvea before us, but God caste a tbadow o| their need, and Himself calls us. Not lack of visions, but lacic 01 ooeaience m oars. "Macedonia." Tbia most celebtated country lay to the north of Greece. The**.v lonica was its capital. "Come over." Understood by Paul to be a call from the Lord to preach in Macedonia. 10. "Immediately." The vision, the Toice, and the call for help, were all Consent, and Paul wu ready the moment the way waa made plain. "Endeavored." By seeking for a ship in which to r?oss thi Aegean Sea. "Concluding." (R. V.) After they were not permitted to remain in Asia, they were no doubt rejoiccd to receive direct leadings from the Lord a? to their field of labor. 11. "Samothracia." A rocky island in the Aegean Sea, near the coaat of Thrace, half way between Troaa and Neapolii. "Neapolia." The same aa Noples. The aeanort of Philippi, sixty-five miles from Troaa. 12. "Philippi." They did not remain at the seaport, but pressed inland abont ten miles to .ne larger city. This was an ancient town, enlarged by Philip cf Macedon, the father of Alexander th* Great, who named it after himself. "A colony." Founded by Augustus. The civil magi* r?tn nnrt militnrv authorities v#ri> Rr> man. The inhabitant* did not settle si they pleased, but were sent oat by auihor ity from Rome, marching to their destination like an army with Dinners, and produced, when settled, a miniature Rone, with Roman laws, the Roman language and Roman coin. 13. "Wc went." Paul, with his fervenl soul and strong intellect; Silas, wjth hit zeal and prophetic gifts; Luke, with hit scholarly culture and' professional attain ments; and Timothy, with his youthful earnestness. These were the gospel work ers. A river side. There was probablj no synagogue in the citv. A place ol prayer (R. v.). The Jewg had euch "placci of prayer" sometimes in buildings, some times in the open air, as was the case ii this instance. Because of ceremonial wash ings they were as often as possible no w a riveinide or on the seashore. Sat. Th< posture of Jewish teacher*. Unto the wo men. Claudius had banished from Ronu and her colonic* all men known to b< Jew*, and *o there were only women in attendance at thi* Hebrew service The Macedonian women occupied a iron than independent position, and were hcid in hijciier honor than in other paru of th< world. 14. "Lydia." A woman of wealth and forcc. She had come from the very prev ince where Paul had been, by the Spirit forbidden to speak. The first Asiatic eon vert on European soil, a? Cornelius wai the first European convert on Asiatic soil These two cases of Lydia and Corneliui were the two spans of the bridge which united Asia ana Europe by the gospel "Seller of purple." Lydian women wen celebrated for the art of purple dye* an<i fabric*, the traffic in which was profitable they being worn chiefly by the princes end the rich. Judge- & 26; Luke 16: 19 "Worshiped God." As a pnwelvte in tin Jewish faith. Lydia and her household worshiping God according to their light were in the way of salvation. "Opened." Enlightened, impressed by His Snirit, and so prepared to rect-ive the truth. "Tc irive heed." (R. V.) She received anJ obeyed the truth* of the gospel. 15. "Household." .411 who miv be in rinded in thi? term joined with Lvdi& in her new faith. "Faithful." If you hnv< confidence in my profession, then do honoi to me by coming into my house. "Abide.' We have here the first example o: Chris tian hospitality which was so lovingly practiced in the apostolic church. Ite*r-Adtnlral gunpioB'i Will. The will of the late Rear-Admiral Snmp son, which wan filed for probate at Washington, bequeath* to hi* daughters Margaret. Catherine, Hannah and Olive the proceed* of a $4000 life insurance policy, and the remainder of hi* estate to his wife, who is named as sole executrix. The will was made at Key West, April 16, lt-iW. The accompanying petition gives the value o? the entire estate as $18/>00. of which SK300 is in stocks and bonds ami SlO.Oflf' j* the estimated value of the Mormon Hill llnl.ipin ('oiintV. tnnr. nvar awiiih>k<i ? , X. Y. fijri 91,000.000 For Text Book. The State Text Book Comminion, after a ?e?*ion of ten day*, ha*, at an outlay of about $1,OOO.OUO, purchased book# for the public *chool* of Kan?a? for the next five year*. The books are purchased under the maximum price law of 1897, and the price* are fifty j>er cent, lower than tlume which formerly prevailed. Contract* go to eight different publishing houses. With one exception the book* adopted have not . luu>n iiu.il in K.inn.m 5n r?urn(rr* Kilted la lOOl. The report* issued bv the British Board of Trade in regard to railroad accident* in England thow that not a single jnwngiT was killed in the year 1901 This is the first time that a record of thi* kind has been submitted. Eleven railway employes and persons who w?re not i-asst ngers were killed and 161 injured. There were 478 passenger* injured. France Fays For I'm of Cabla. France nays England about $500,000 a vear in cable rent. GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN I PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THt I WORLD'S GREATEST PROPHETS. I Foen: God'* Thou*hu?A Sermon on thf M 8abject "How Cm X Know That I Am Hmred?" by Crace Llvlonton H1U"? Betas Oh With God. \ God hat a thought for the maple, I You may read that thought in the tree* I Would you know Hu thought for the granite? ' Look at the granite and aee! Hi* thought for the springing grass la told by the cool, green tod; The rose unfolding its petals v Discloses the mind of God. \ His thought for the butterfly's life Is writ on the insect's wings: The word He spake to the skylark You hear when it soars and sings. We think we are more than the bird, More than the tree and the tod? Yet gay are we living our lives As true to the thought of God? \ ?D. Mclntyre Henderson, in The Inde* pendent. A Little Samoa. Many people are going through life in* tad uncertainty about their own salvation. Pome even count this humble uncertainty a virtue and look askance at bright-faced Christian who say, with a clear ring in I their voices, "I know that I am tared." I t?..? ? D.ui. i.. VUV IUC iiiuic ten?uu uu\.riMiui; ai/vrMw 1 it. "And ye shall know the truth, and the i truth shall make you free." We have then { a right to this knowledge and to the free* i dom which it give* us. The guide-posts along the way are plain* It printed, that he who runs may read. Are our eyes hazy with the dust of th* way that we cannot see, or hare we missed the road entirely? The first corner beyond ! that of hearing is belief. Surely we have not turned a?ide there! It is our businew to apply the testa God has given us if we would know of our salvation. Do we believe on Jesus? Yes? Then, "He that beleveth in Me shall never die." We know that we arc saved, because we believe God's promise, "He that heareth My word and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life." Can anything be more sure* A little further along we find another teat. If we would be sure we are on the straight road to heaven let us look into our hearts and see if we "love the brethren." Ab! Perhaps it is just here that the trouble lies. We love moet of them. alT but a few?perhaps all but one, ana that one we cannot love because be hae nnned against us, and ire cannot lorpve that tin. But here the road turns sharply away from the straight and narrow path, and broad and downward leads even unt* death. In letters of living tire is written the warning that we moat foraive if w? would hope te he forgiven, ana with the i forgiveness we must love. Has not Christ' done so with us? And if we eaanot lor* the brethren, Christ's children, wc know we are not saved, for "He that loveth not ; his brother abideth in death." 1 I But there are other tests. We most' > have the spirit of God or we are "none of i u~ " nr. - ko i~t t.v ?<int T<? | hare thi* spirit. to be led by daily, 1 hourly, m every thought, word and action. , thi* it ia to Know intimately the Lord ; Jeaoa Chriat; to hare Him aa the cloaeat, deareat, earthly companion. Then it 1 i brought to pass within us that miracle of ; miracle*? which never, until they have ex' perienced it can the children of thia world i comprehend?the spirit bearing witne* i with our spirits that we are the children of ; God. We cannot explain perhapa, wc do i : not know the reaaon why, out quietly, triumphantly. unanswerably, wc can say, "I know!" His apirit baa told us so. F. B. Meyer says: i | "Understand that vou are so truly on? with Him that you died in Him, lay with i Him in the garden tomb, roue with Him, ' aacended with Him back to God, and have i been already welcomed and accepted in the beloved. Remember that His Father it , I your Father, and that you a re a sor. in the I ' ! Son, and as you dwell in theac truths, ; opening your heart to the Holv Spint, He ! will pervade your soul with a blessed cooi i viction that you have eternal life, and that ; vou are a child, not because you feel it, h it j becauae God says so." Th? Sclencc of Good Chacr. Religion i? the science of rood cheep. That in its muwion in the worla. It is not { an unpalatable do? of medicine to make | you die comfortably, but a glorious hope that it will make you live comfortably. It i tell* you how to get out of sorrow all the I compensation it contains. How to bear a I burden with equable temper, and how to die with the consciousness that when at j last you fall asleen some one will wake you i to a higher >nd Detter life. If your religion fails to do that for you it is certainly i adultcraated. You must throw the old i ftaisfa mid finil better ones to t j kilUU^U ko HVIMV , ' guide you through the mare of coming yearn. You cannot always be calm ana j j trustful, and if you arc both of these you , | will be a* chcerful a* the circumstances 1 admit. Good thoughts, high thought*, bring hope, and hope is suiuhine.?George i i LI. Hepworth. J Batter Than Being Loved. Loving is better than being loved. This I is so as surely as that doing good is better I than trying to get good. We get more by ?riving than by striving to secure gain rom having. This is the aame in every re, j lation of life, even the most sacred. One j who wants to be married in order to be j made happy is likely to fail of securing the , i desired object; and it is well that this ! should be so, for the object is an unworthy 1 j one. On the other hand, one who marnes I { with the purpose and dr.'sire of making the l other person?whether it be a husband or a j wife?nappy, is likely to find marriage a | success. At all events, such a person will ' i live a worthy life, and will have happiness. j or, what ia far better, will have joy. in ttie ; ennobling endeavor to (rive it. Giving is ? I the only sure way of getting, and it :? the I only satisfactory nay. i i Coat of Being King. He who would rule mutt ?erve. Not all : arc willing to be ruled, but all are willing > ! to be nerved. And so it u that a crown ia ! ready for whoever will wear it. But a f ! crown i* not a pleasant ornament, or an ! ea?y burden, for one who wear* it worth1 ily. Carlyle say* truly, "Every noble j crown is, and on earth will forever be. * I crown of thorns." It require* self-sacrifice, | and cost* endurance and xuffering. to serve I others m thin world and life. Jesus said j to the sons of men, "I am among you as [ he that serveth." And He who van the j King of king* wa? crowned with a crown I of thorn* bv those whom Hi* came to nerve. ) But kinship demand* service, and he who j ?* worthy to be a king rejoice# in true *cr ice with all that it eofts. The Wrath of God. No man i* excused from the wrath o! j G?>d becau>?? of ignorance, no matter whether he lie a savage or an enlightened civilized being, but all men are not to be i judiifd by the name standard, but by the ! standard of light within their reach.?Kev. j Dr. ?mith, Methodist, Hedlandi, Cal. Political Corruption. SB With the palitic.il corruption of the daj H i facing us as in the*e day*, there i? great J? j peril before u? a* a city, but the ca?e i? not JH I no;?eIe??. It j? po*?ihlc when men who are H | true to Hod i?pjrin to live and exert an in- H I fluence it will item tins awful tide of ini- #1 uiur iwfmj-iwo rnra m iiu><? ? A letter mailed at ?a?t Liverpool, Ohid; h to Alva Dunham, Cleveland, on January Kg 13, 1880, ha- juat U-cn relumed a* an- H claimed. Jt was cent by Goodwin tz ffl Klenke. pottein. l>oth now dead, and be* n| came lo?t in the Cleveland po?totfiee. I a Nm tearing down the building the letter has ftB ju?t come to iiglit. and been returned ju?t !fl ? "a* k-i+ar* nlli.ii (f\T in f liA u>iu! ten day#. ffl Tli* HudMt Metal Kaewa. ? Iridium, worth more than $780 a pound, H in the hardest metal known, and u u?*d to H j tip guld peua. ... 9