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CHAPTER XXIII.
Continued.
Once or twice in oar upward pro- '
greet toward the bouse did we torn to i
look at the scene below, which waa aa
beautiful aa mind can conceive. The
top terrace reached, we lingered for
several minutes, and I expressed my <
admiration without reserve.
Ml in always much era titled. I am <
wire, when an Enfl'shman admire* <
American scenery," laid Mrs. Van 1
Rensselaer. "Some parts of yoar 1
Thames, I think, are very charming j
and peaceful, bnt none so bold as this. :
My friend, Mr. Dennis O'Connor, has 1
brought an English gentleman with i
him to-day, who had a great desire to
ee the river from this point, whose <
praise Is as unqualified as yours," and !
the speaker pointed with her fan to 1
the lower veranda, -where sat Mr. DenBis
O'Connor and Mr. Evan Price, the j
latter pnfflng a cigarette and watching
as with intense Interest 1
This little incident, which not many 1
hours before would have greatly dls- :
turbtd me. added to my gratification. '
? Now. I thought, will 1 demonstrate to '
ay rival that his suit Is hopeless, and '
compel him to retire from the field. 1
''Connie." I whispered, "my own lit- 1
tie wife that is to be, do you see who 1
la sitting taerer*
"Tea,' dear." abe answered softly. |
1 "He will find an opportnnlty to talk
with yon to-day. I am aare. Ton will 1
know what to tell him?"
"Trust me.** said my faithful Constance.
returning the pressure of my 1
fend.
. "I will,- I responded. 1
Never shall I forget the dellghta of
that long autumnal day. It la true 1 ^
waa aometimes obliged to surrender
?n; Constance her friends, but for
the moat part I contrived to keep her
to myself, and waa surprised to observe
that beyond a formal bow of
recognition when we first entered tbe
house Mr. Evan Price Ignored ns both.
I suspected thit that transformed
cleric was reserving what lie bad to
say until be perceived an entirely favorable
opportunity, and acquainted
Constance with my suspicion, who
agreed with me. These remarks were
In KIma iVMcvlat# Mam wKam i
uiauc 1^ IUC UIUC UIUT* IU(| ?w*Uf " MV#V
the greater number of Mrs. Van Renss,
elaer's guests bad assembled Just as
evening was closing In.
"If you leave the drawing room by
tbe door.** said Constance, "and re- 1
turn again at once by tbe veranda,
you can sit at that small table at tbe
back of that bamboo screen. From
where Mr. Price Is now sitting he can i
see your departure but not your return.
If he comes to me you will hear our
conversation and can reappear to Interrupt
it at any moment you please.
Give me this opportunity, dear Ernest,
to set your mind at rest once for ever 1
as to whether I care anything for Mr.
Price or not"
' . "My dearest Connie.'* I exclaimed >
fervently. "I don't doubt your faithfulness
tbe least In the world: nothing :
you can say or do can Increase my per- 1
feet trust in you. But I will do as you
si|ggest.M ]
And the next minute I rose from my
eat and walked away. To carry out :
the plan proposed by Miss Marsb oe- 1
copied more time than we supposed it 1
. would. In the first place. It was neces- 1
sary for me to pasa along three sides i
of the Rensselaer Mansion, which was '
of treat extent, in Itself tbe work of at I
least Ave minutes, but I failed to ac- 1
complisb It In less than double that 1
tlmfl in eonseonence of meetine mv I
act and Mrs. Van Benseelaer. \rlio 1
detained me with questions. However. 1
I escaped from these ladles as soon as
I decently could, and re-entering the
drawing room from the veranda took
op my position as arranged. Mr. Evan
Price was already at the side of my
Constance. The expression of his face
betrayed the earnestness of his pur
pose, and be spoke so low that though
I waa less than three feet distant from
him. it was with some difficulty that 1
could make oat all he said.
MI cannot conceive why it Is." he was
saying, "that you should refuse to ac
cept this ring. The stone is a beautiful
one; I selected it with great care
myself, and drew the design for the
mounting of it The mere acceptance
ct the ring will not Imply that you are <
In any way engaged to me. You will ]
only confer upon me a favor for which
I shall always remain grateful. Let us |
agree, that the gift signifies nothing; <
only accept it. 1 beg of you."
"I really cannot accept it I told
you I could not before you bad it
made." answered Constance firmly.
"Why has this change come over <
you?" he asked.
"No change has come over me." replied
Constance warmly. "All I ever i
waa to you. that I am now."
"1 think you were more kindly dls?wi?ml
toward m> when wa vam fallnar
passengers on the Etrurla, and I am
mire you did not avoid me so carefully
before tbe advent of that English country
boy as you have done since."
"My recollection does not agree irith
Jours, Mr. Price. If It is your pleatinre
fU> construe ordinary American courtesy
into tbe sort of kindness to which
you attach a special meaning, I am not
iresponslble for that I regret, but can
not help it Aa for the English connfey
boy yon speak of, I must really ask
yon either to not refer to my future
bnsband. or to employ a leas offensive
leacription of him."
"Impossible!** exclaimed Mr. Price;
are not mad!**
"O dear no." replied Miss Marsh very
eoolly; "I believe not Are you. sir?"
"I am heartily sorry for yon." said
Mr. Price, closing the hand upon which
he had been exhibiting a very fine
ring, anil replacing that bauble In bis
pocket. "I should have thought that
u Truman would have been sufflelent
for your family. If not for all
' America. If yon knew all I could tall
ritiiHaBl
f <?T
.LTEH BLOOM FIELD
>
ui B?mi Son
yon. your plan for your future life
would differ very widely from that
which you have adopted, even If I were
till excluded from It"
"If my sister's husband were here I
hare no doubt he would be able to effectually
reply to your Insult" said
Miss Marsh Indignantly.
"I have Insulted nobody," protested
Mr. Price. "What I hare said is true,
ind so is what I am going to say. The
English country boy who has been youi
companion to-day Is unworthy of your
band. He Is what I called him?an
English country boy. without fortune,
experience, or, so far as I have ob
served, talent, ue oeiong to a ramiiy
which has enjoyed exceptional social
idvantages for more than 900 years,
jret In all that time no one member of
It baa distinguished himself in any
ivalk of life. 8uch social position as
las has be<?n theirs is now on the wane.
Fhe 8qulre of Holdenhnrst has scarce*
ly yet reached middle age. and a long
time must prohahly elapse before
jroong Ernest succeeds to bis estate?
i poor property, worth, perhaps, some
tlx or seven hundred a year at most
decreasing in value every year, and
perhaps soon to be confiscated by tbe
revolutionary legislation which now
prevails in England."
"I know nothing of all thla, and am
Dot much Interested in it but my sister's
husband Is a Truman, and tbe
people here do not account him a dull
man."
"That is true, I admit Still, if your
ister were aa free aa you are now, I
have that in my pocket which would
prevent her marrying him."
"Indeed!" exclaimed Miss Marsh,
"that la more Interesting than credible."
"Still, It Is true." persisted Mr. Price.
"No family was ever more glaringly
misnamed thau that of Hoidenhurst?
It has never produced a true man, and
the one clever member of it your
brother-in-law, counteracts his ability
by his falsity. His faithlessness to
his wife, to whose father was due lila
first step toward tbe great success he
has achieved, is deplorable. The letter
I have in my pocket reveals a state of
affairs which In this country would
enable your sister to obtain a divorce
from her husband. Will you read It?"
"I take no Interest in it, I assure you.
My sister is happy, and has no wish
for a divorce, but even were that not
bo. It wouia Dot oe niv aaair.
"Accepting as final jour rejection of
my snit, my last request?made to you
in the hope that you will pause and reflect
before you change your own fair
name for the tarnished name of Truman?is
that you will read this letter.
It reached me this morning from the
Rev. Mr. Fuller, rector of Hoidenhurst
Major. It Is very brief, and will not
engage your attention for more than
two or three minutes. Surely, Miss
Marsh, you will do so much to oblige
i bitterly disappointed man."
"Very well. I will read It since you
so greatly wish it," and extending her
delicate little band, my Constance took
from Mr. Price a letter which he
pleadingly extended toward her.
The first part of this colloquy greatly
inflamed that consciousness of victory
which had possessed me ever since
Constance Marsh bad declared herself
mine. Mr. Price's tirade against my
Family, and particularly .his animndrersions
on myself, amused me. But
it wiiii nlalnlv annarent that the peru
tal by Constance of a letter from tbe
Rev. Mr. Fuller, detailing tbe circumstance
of my uncle 8am's connection
with Annie Wolsey, might be fraught
crith very serious consequences to several
persons. I resolved to Interrupt
tbe reading, and returned to my Constance
as speedily as I could, tbis time
tiappily without delay, but when I
reached the other side of the screen
I found that Constance bad risen from
tier seat, and that Mr. Price was walking
away from her. a malicious leer
upon his face as be replaced a letter in
Ills pocketbook.
"Well, darling Connie," I said. "1
tiave beard nearly all. You are a brave,
faithful little woman. But wby are
jrou so pale? Thank God. tbe worst
that envious wretch can say or do is
powerless tu num u?.
"Ob. Ernest, dear, if only I was sure
of that! Ten minutes ago I was happy:
now I am very wretched."
"Why, what has happened?" I asked
in alarm, and with dismal forebodings
of the mischief my enemy had sown.
Bat at that moment the electric light
was turned on. streams of people began
to pour Into the drawing room
from the terrace, and a German professor
took his seat at the piano.
I sought to lead my prize out of the
throng to some obscure nook, where,
secure from interruption she could relate
to me the couients of the letter
which she had just read, and we could
together discuss its Import, but failed
to find an opportunity to do so. Aunt
Gertrude, Mrs. Van Rensselaer and
Mr. Rosenberg now appearing, the latter
began to rally me upon my monopoly
of Miss Marsh. "It is not fair, you
Tanman w nol/l that rvuntlo.
AUUIV, MJT. Aiuiuaut o?r? ?MM V
man. "There Is, I am sare, at least
one other gentleman present who la
partial to the company of Miss March,
and there are of course many others
betides. Aa in most assembles there
are more ladles present here than gentlemen.
Will yon permit me to introduce
you to some of tbem? I shall be
be very pleased to do so."
"Perhaps you. had better go with him
a little while." whispered Conatance:
"I feel rather better now, Ernest, dear,
and will tell you all as we go home."
I turned, bowed to my future wife
and accompanied Mr. Rosenberg to a
distant part of the room.
1 am sorry that your uncle could not
make It convenient to come here to
day," said Mr. Rosenberg, "and so if
Mrs. Van Rensselaer. He works toe
hard, and allows himself too llttl* r?
#
taxation. Did 70a liuow the late Mr. ?
Van Rensselaer? No? He was a man
somewhat like your uncle, and so wa*
Mr. Marsh. I have often thought that *
If each of those three could have lived
for a hundred yeai*. and the? had
worked together, they would have t
owned North America between them.
Your uncle's skill in bargaiulng Is
something marvellous?I would give a
cool million to have his power for six
months, and yet be dollars In pocket, b
Do you see that gray-bearded old man
over in that corner by the side of the b
young lady in blue? That is Angus [ C
Mackenzie, the petroleum king, one of . V
the richest men in the United States, 1 '
When he came from Aberdeen forty j tl
years ago he wasn't worth ten dollars, j "
and your ancle says his success has j ?
been due to a porridge-built constitu- tl
tlon. Allow me to Introduce you to ?
Miss Mackenzie." ^
The young lady in blue rose and was [ h;
Introduced to me in formal terms. gi
"And so ye're the nephew of Samuel .
Truman?" crooned Mr. Mackenzie, ?
who deemed very old and decrepit. <
"Well, well; It's a pity such a clever V1
> man should be without a son o' his *
verra own, but dollars won't get every- h
tjlng, and a nephew's no' a distant relation.
If 8am is as fortunate in his ! *
nephew as ye're In your uncle, he's j
done vrell." * fi
I did not care to enter into conversa- *
tlon with this old Scotsman, whose ?
garrulous tendency was evident. Mr. j v.
Rosenberg perceived the state of the ; )<
case and hurried me away. Although J
not so deeply anxious as I bad been e.
before my Constance bad given me ber h
hand. I was much concerned in the un- d
expected event which had acquainted >},
her with a matter I had hoped she j c<
might never bear of. and could not ' Jj,
?J A. A-U. ?IM I T
DHUg myKil lO UK UJUCU imnrn <u I 0,
the va rious persons to whom Mr. Ro- j n
sen berg Introduced me. Indeed, that j y.
gentleman noticed my abstraction and Jj
remarked upon It, but readily accepted , ^
my-excuse (a very real and true one) : a
that I found the new scenes among j ?
, which I was cast, the presence of so ?
many strangers, and the manners and ?
customs of American society, in such ! ?
. violent contrast with my surroundings ?
in an English village, that I was con- ; t,
I fused by the change, but that I hoped o
to be quite at my ease after a little j
more experience of these things. Mr. j t
Rosenberg then proposed that we i c
should take a seat near to the piano, i
as Miss Inez Junrrez, who had a fine | "
voice, was about to sing. I gladly ; h
agreed. The natural gift and the skill ?
of Miss Juarrez were evidently known , J
, to the company present, for no sooner 0
was It whispered that she was about t
to sing than a wide semicircle of ad- *
miring listeners was quickly formed *
In front ol' the piano, and among the t
, foremost I observed my Constance i
. seated between ber sister and Mrs. I ^
Vun Rensselaer. Sbe still appeared 1 v
unusually pale, but when sbe pereelred , )i
me ber cbeek slightly flushed, ber eye , v
brightened, and sbe bestowed on me a j1
glance wbicb caused my beart to flut- : n
ter. and all care and anxiety to depart i ?
from me. }]
Miss Inez Juarrez bad a full, rieb : p
soprano voice, wbicb sbe controlled j r
witb admirable art. Her song was j c
simple enough from a musician's point ; i
of view?the work probably of some t
South American composer unknown to i jj
fame?but it was aH highly impassioned i ,
as the words to which it was wedded i h
?words In the Guaranl dialect, the j s
language of the Paraguayan people, i ?
This song made a great Impression ^
upon me. I a
As the last plaintive note of the sing- ' j1
er ceased to vibrate I narrowly ob- I
served aunt .Gertrude, who bad been ; ]j
nn nftpntive listener, but I failed to [ ?
detect In the expression of ber face ; J
any sign which could be Interpreted j h
as a silent recognition on her part of a
a parallel between the fable of tb?
verses and her own circumstances. On
the contrary, being asked by Mrs. Van n
Rensselaer to sing, sbe readily com- P
plied, and charmed everybody present ?
by her skillful rendering of an Italian c
romance. I
Not so her sister, my Constance.
For her the Paraguayan song seemed r
to have some special and painful mean- C
ing; she became paler than before and *
with difficulty concealed her agitntiou. n
To be continued. . a
t
Tramp* on the Can. e
The box car in often entered bj c
springing the door off its iron wuy at t
the side opposite the seal. A party go- i *
ing one way will do this for a party j f<
going the opposite direction, and then, I ?
when all are in, springing the door j t<
back again. Since everything exter- I h
nally is in the best of order, long trips j ?
may be made in this maimer without ti
disturbance or interruption. c
Now and then the prisoner is ex- .
posed to danger of starvation. A case ?
of this kind has been related to me, t!
where only the accidental visit of a *'
train band saved a man from death. ?
The brakeman inspected the intruder's m
tiaru.ru and flmllnir Hint thev showed i ti
rMI'v' " ? ? m * ?
him to be in good standing In bis union, "
took blni out, fed bim up, and then re- b
placed bim?to finish bis journey in n
peace. Tbe hero of tbe incident Is a a
printer, who bas been leading a settled
life now for thirteen or fourteen years, b
But be says be still feels a longing to u
be off again whenever spring comes. *
A railway accident, whether by n
water or fire, is a very serious affair v
to passengers of this sort. You have *
doubtless read more than once, as I
have, of tramps drowned like rats, 3
or burned or crushed to death while |j
stealing rides in this fashion. Riding f.
the trucks is done In various ways, fi
A locomotive engineer of my acquaint- j1
ance bas shown me the precise spot tj
from wbicb be bas taken out two n
men at one time. It was on tbe rear n
'ruck of the tender. They were rest- ?
ing. face downward, on the truck ?
beam.'with Just eleven incbeii of ver- f<
' tical space for their bodies, by actual ?
measurement.?'The Independent. n
y
I ns Ufa ration of Kftllwajr Sritew*. tl
The tirst railway systems in tha *
world were inaugurated in tbc follow- a
> ing years, says tbc Mechanical Eugi- t\
! neer: England, September 27. 1825; ?
i Austria, September 30, 1828; France, w
October 2.1828; America. I>ecember 20, n
' 1820; Belgium, May 3. 1835; Germany, b
i December 7, 1835; Russia. April 4, l'
1838; Italy, September 4.1839. ?|
Depth of tho li|ilih Channel. ,
i The English Channel Is nowhere j*
i more than !XX) feet deep; the Irish S?a ?
la 2180 feet deep. n
L SERMON FOR SUNDAY
N ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED
"A THREE-FOLD CORD."
h? Rpr. Dr. .T. Wllbar Chapman Points
Oat Why Keen Seemingly l'nf?rtnB?U
Mortal* Have Better lleaioni For
Thanksgiving Than For Faaltflndlng.
New York City?The Rev. Dr. J. Wilur
Chapman has furnished to the press a
tost striking and popular sermon which
> intended for all tnofe who would rise to
etter things. It is entitled "A Three-Fold
ord," and was preached from the text, "A
uce-foM cord is not tiuickly broken." Ec
leniastcs 4: 12.
Did you ever stop to think how many
lings you have in your life for which vou
ughl to be grateful to God? Doubt 1cm
>me of my readers mav pause and say "1
ave very little for which I need to be
(lankful,' and then, as a matter of fact,
e have had more of jov than of sorrow,
tore days of sunshine than of storm, and
we were honest we should be obliged to
ty that there i* more reason for thanksiving
than fault6nding.
An old friend of mine, blind from his
irth. told me that he had never seen the
in rise and had never looked upon his
in'a face, and th?n he said to me, "Have
ou ever thanked u'od for your eye sight,"
nd I never had up to that time. In the
ity of Hartford, going through an insane
ospita! with the attending physician, I
topped with him at the door of a room
here a young girl frantically said, "Docir,
I must have a breath of fresh air, for
am being consumed with an7 inward
re." The doctor gently closed the door
nd said, "This has been her mania for a
ear," and then we entered a room where
i close confinement was kept a man who
as reckoned one of the most brilliant
rarnalists in the city, who said, "These
alia are coming nearer together, and the
oor and ceiling are every day approaching
ich other, and my enemies nave kept me
ere until my life is to be crushed out." I
oubt not but that he suffered as much aa
: it were an honest fact. I turned away
-om the hospital with a heavy heart, but
indemned, too. because np to that time I
ad never thanked God for my reason,
here are so manr things for which we
light to be grateful, but most of all to my
lind there is cause for gratitude in the
ay God baa sought for the lost world ever
ince men have begun to wander from
[im. Adim no sooner sins than God seeks
im in the garden and criea out, "Where
rt thon?" God will not unlock the fountin*
of the deep and bring the flood until
e sends Noah for 120 years as the preach*
r of righteousness to warn the people, nor
rill He let Sodom be destrovea until the
nrfel visitors take hold of Lot and drag
im forth from the city, and also strive in
very way to bring the inhabitants forth
o a place of safety. Every representative
f a father in the Old Testament is a nicure
of God. Jacob's concern for his cnilren:
David, who stops and criea. "Oh,
LbsaiOm." are but hints as to God's conern
for His own lost children, and He is
9 every way seeking them and calling
pon tbem to return. In the Old Testasent
He gives the law that they may beold
His nrecepts written upon tables of
tone, and when men trill not heed His
rritten word He opens the windows of
leaven and with an angel choir sends His
nlv Son and locates the place of His birth
iv the star of Bethlehem, and leads the
nepherds to adore Him with sounds of
ngels' mu?ic, and this Son of God. Jesus
f Nazareth, went up and down the land
eaching and preaching, but most of all livng
in orrirthat men might one day
hrough Him come back to the Father.
.i 1 J i
vnen me worm oceanic y*u ^kuicu m
rickrdne** that they would not have Him
ive in their presence because their live*
IT ere a condemnation in themselves He
aade His way to Calvary and died upon
be cross. the just for the unjust, that He
night bring us to God, and when He had
*en crucified, placed in the tomb and
iad risen He dwelt with them at .Terusapm
until they should be endowed with
rower from on high. They kept His comsand*,
and when the fulness of. time hnd
orne with a rushing sound as of a mighty
rind the Holy Ghost came upon them,
'hey were immediately changed men; they
egan to speak with other tongues as the
Spirit gave them utterance. From that
lay to this the Ho'y Ghost has been in the
rorld, and so that half the trinity of God
as been all but repelled in the interests of
inful man. The God of law. the God of
race, the God of power. This three-fold
ision we have had of tne Divine One and
a every disposition He is seeking. This is
most solemn subject, because we are livng
in the dispensation of the Holy Ghost,
he last cord as it were of the trinity.
When the Octire went down on the Engish
coast, oue bov. Stewart Holland, by
iame, became a hero because while the
*ssengen were Iran nc ana ine omer seasen
and officer* were otherwise engaged
ie broke into the powder magazine and
gain and again fired off the xhip'a cannon
hat he night arouse the life savers and
ft them know of the perilous condition of
he ship and her crew. It would seem to
?c that this in the time when those who
ireach the gospel ought simply to stand
nd cry*aloud. "Flee from the wrath to
ome, flee from the wrath to come." beause
we are in the dispensation of the
loly Ghost.
I.
This is a ?o!emn subject because of the
ecu'iiar kind of sin which may drive away
iod'a spirit. In the Old Testament the
in of the_ people was largely idolatry,
"hey woaiu nos have God rule over them,
nd so they bowed down to gods of wood
nd stone. That is not ^our particular
rouble to-dav. In the New Testament
nvy and jealousy hounded Christ to the
row; men feared Him and because they
rere iealous of Him they hated Him, hut
hat is not our special sin to-day. The
in of this present day sc?ms to be indiftrcnee,
and it is a dangerous sin because
I will drive from our presence the Holy
>ne of God who pleads and waits for us
9 turn. Every time one say* no to Christ
e is in danger of saving it for the la?t
? " I? U- 1...?
ime. ana every time m- *.i?? uc i>ut
ardens bis henrt the more, until at last
he very pleadings of God Himself be[>me
of no effect.
In the day* when the plagre swept over
<ondon and funeral proees<ions by the
e?re wended their wav to the grave, and
here was scarcely a home that wa* not
Duelled with death, ministers, indeed,
reached as dying men to dying men. they
ried aloud and spared not. Old time
eemed to ray to them. "Strike now." and
he anjrel death seemed to say "if you do
ot strike I will." These demands to-day
re almost as serious. Men's hearts are
ecoming hardened, their wil'n more and
lore stubborn. It is the time to cry
loud with no uncertain tone.
II.
A three-fold cord is not quickly broken,
ut there is one way to break it easily:
ntwist the cord and break the strands
enarateJy. and if you are bound as a
risoner you can easily go free. The rettesentative
of the Godhead >n the wor'd
D-day is the Holv Ghost. We may ?in
gainst God, the Father, and there is foriveness.
A father in the South sent his son
'orth to college, and when he graduated
e came back rot only with his diploma,
ut with the habit of intemperance ?o
istehed upon him that he disgraced his
ither's name and broke his mother's
eart. ar.fl still his tat iter iovea mm. .nac
!r* went front bad to worse until one day
bey met on the street. and when the son
lade a request of the father which wu
ot (granted he struck him in the f.irc. The
Id father staggered, then stepped into his
trraige and drove home. He made hit
av out to the family burying ground and
II down upon his knees and shrieked
gain and a<rain, and when the sm came
ack he said to him. You have diszraccd
le and broken my heart and I have loved
ou; now you must go awav, and he
urned and walked from his father's hou?e
n outcast. A human father can do this:
lod has not vet done it. We may sin
gainst Him, but He will forgive us, and
*c may sin against the Son of Man and
[e has promised forgiveness. How men
in do it ia something! cannot understand.
One of the member* of my church told
le that he had constructed many of the
into manufacturing building* in Ireland,
ut one day he saw that one building wan
lit of line and stepping bark he called to
f?e workmen who were working on a ?cafjlding
to *tep aside that he might see
'here the difficulty was. One man lost his
alance and started to fall, and said my
riend. a man standing by my side, a
orkman. ran with outstretched arms and
ftught him. He broke his fall so that he
ru scarcely injured it all. but bis own
arms wore driven into their aocketa and
his back was twisted out of shape. Ho
never recovered, and was ever after that
an object of pity as he made his way alone
the streets. The man who had been savea
gave half of all he had to the man who had
saved him. His wages were always divided
with the one who suffered for him, and we
understand this as being right and true,
but when Christ suffer* for u* we do
naught but reject Him, yet in the facc of
all this rejection God *ays, "I will forgive
you." but if we sin against the Holy Ghost
there is no hope. We may snap the two
cords in the trinity, but when we snap the
third by indifference and sin it is a dan-,
gerous thing.
In the days of the flood on the Ohio
River at that point in the river where
three bridges one after another span the
river, when frequently men and women
are won drifting upon rafts and striving
frantically to be saved, ropes are let down
from there bridges in order that they may
attempt to catch them. If they miss the
two bridges m?n stand upon the second
bridge and shout after them as they go.
?" mnrt> hrirlffe. and as a
x net c n ?'uv viiv _
rule it is their la*t chance. So it is with
u*, except that the atatement of God's
word is that if we sin against the Holy
Ghost there is no forgiveness. Our refusal
may one day be accepted.
III.
We arc not so familiar with. the Ho!r
Ghost as with the Son of God and witn
God Himself. . We have learned concerning
Hia personality, we have had visions of
His power, we read atories of Hia work,
but it ought to be remembered that every
impression we have toward good in theae
days cornea from Him, for He talk* of the
things of Christ and ahows them unto us.
Sometimes His seeking* have l>ecn in
trouble, always in a revival. He calls
sometime* bv the ministry. There is a
special call given to ua frequently in God's
providences; generally through our friends
who are Christians He speaks to us the
things of God. One of my friends took a
scat in a railway train next to a man, and
in hia conversation learned that he had
just become a Christian. He said that it
was through a letter written him bv his
mother. My friend asked to see the letter
which would mean the conversion of a
??< li? finawereH. it ia not *o much
in what she My*, but it is the trav the
signs her name; you can see that her hand
has trembled, and when I read it I said,
if ahe diea no one elae will ever ask me to
be a Christian again. This is true of the
Holy Ghost. It we sin against Him there
is no hope for us. A three-fold cord is not
quickly broken, but we have, as it were,
snapped two of the strands and the third
is day by day swinging just to our hands.
To say no oncc again may be to reiect
Him forever.
Scir-Snrrendar.
There will come to every manly man
tiroes in his life when he will see that
there ia something which is legitimately
his, something which he has a right to,
something which nobody can blame him
if he takes and enjoys to the fullest, and
yet something by whose voluntary and
uncompelled surrender he can help his fellow
man and aid the work of Christ and
make the world better. Then will come
that man's trial. If he fails and cannot
make the sacrifice, nobody will blame
him; he will simply sink into the great
multitude of honorable, respectable, selfindulgent
people who take the comfortable
thingi which everybody savs they are
entitled to, and live their easy fife without
a nuestion. But if he is of better stuff,
and make* the renunciation of comfort for
a higher work, then he goes up and stands
humbly, but roallv. with Jesus Christ. He
enters into the other range, that other sort
of life where Jesiui Christ lived. He it
perfectly satisfied with that higher life.
He doe* not enw, he does not grudge, the
-tt ?? i: i.~ k?. I.h
rii induigcm liven n UIUI lie linn ? x.
hind. He doe* not cQunt un what he hat
lost; he does not ask whether he ij happier
or less happy than he would have
been if he had kept what everybody said
he had a riaht to keep. It is not a question
of happiness with him nt all, hut gradually,
without his seeking it. he finds that
the soul of the happiness which he has
left behind him is in him still. Like fountains
of sweet water in the sea it rises un
and keep* him a living soul. He has left
the world's pleasures and its privilege*
onlv to draw nearer to its necessities,
which arc its real life. So what he gave
he keeps a thousand fold in this present
time, ?nd eternity is still before him. in
the end everlasting life.?Phillips Brooks.
Sermons the Preacher's Deepest Thoughts
"Almost no preacher to-day dwells exclusively
upon sin, salvation and the relation
of Christ to the sinner," says the
Congregationalism of Boston and Chicago
"Important as these themes are, other aspects
of the mission of Christ in the world
and of the purpose of Christianity are
being brought to the front. We regard
this as extremely desirable. Preaching i?
something more than the reiteration ol
traditional truths in conventional ecclesiastical
language. A sermon is the embodiment
of a man's deepest and most real
thought, phrased in words which everybody
can understand and addressed to the
real needs of real people. Jesus Christ was
a popular preacher. He emploved parables
and talked about the lilies and the clouds,
the barrel of meal and the play of little
children, and weighed carefully all Hi*
word* with a view to nuking the truth
which filled and flooded His own soul
plain, winsome and powerful in the eyes of
others."
God's Merer.
The more we fear crosses the more reason
we have to think that we need them.
Let us not be discouraged when the hand
of God layeth heavy woes upon us. We
ought to judge of tne violence of our disease
by the violence of the remedies which
our spiritual physician prescribes for us.
It is a great argument for our own wretchedness
and of God's mercy that, notwithstanding
the difficulty of our recovery He
vouchsafes to undertake our cure. Let us.
then, draw from our afflictions a source of
love, of comfort and tmst in God. saving
with Hi? apostle: "Our light affliction,
which is but for a moment, worketh for
us a far more exceeding and eternal weight
of glory." "Blessed are thev that mourn,
and sow in tears, because they shall reap
with joy the harvest of eternal glory."?
Feneion.
Confessing Wrong.
One of the most difficult of all thing* Is
for a man openly to confess that he has
been wrong, and make just reparation for
injury done, whether ignorantly or wilfully.
It is such a rare thing to see that
people are filled with astonishment when
they find one so conscientious and honorable
as to do it. and do it freely. One will
say to another: "I could not have done
that." or, "I would have died before 1
would have done that." They only show
bv *uch remarks how much interior they
ere. For there is nothing more honorable
in God's sight than the confession, open,
honest confession, of sin one to another
and to the courts of God's house. It is the
dogged persistence in a conscious wrong
that Goa hates.?Christian Instructor.
Nobler Things.
The law of the earth life is fluctuation,
change. Men change in their likes and
dislikes. Children are interested in trinkets,
toys and gewgaws, but when they be
come men and women no more of these
for them. Riches interest for a tune, but
men either die or leave them, or they fail
to give them comfort in old age. The soul
demands something nobler, more endurinc
than these. But, to love these temporal
non-satisfying things is to become so at
sorbed in them as to fail to consider the il
terests which are eternal; and to li'e an.
die thus loving, thus absorbed in the flesh ;
life, js to pass naked, hopeless, unsaved j
into Xhe eternal world. "Then whose nhall ,
thn?e thing* bp which thou nasiproviueu;
?Religious Telescope.
Mother.
God give us but one mother. Rcmemhw, ]
she has borne for you that which 110 other
human being has or can. Remember that
in the natural course of events the grave
*.vill in a few years, at most, close over
her, leaving you behind. Remember that,
when she is gone, you will think of her
faults and her failings with pitiful tenderness,
and want to cover them from all human
eyes. And remember, also, that the
deepest sting which sorrow has lor us is
hidden in those soul-harrowing words, "if
I oniy had!" or "had not!" It would be
blessed to live, no matter what the provocation.
so that, standing beside an open ,
grave those words could have no (ting for
\u.?Mrs. G. R Alden.
y
THE GREAT DESTROYER
! |
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. |
Alcohol Not > Medicine ? Dr. Kellogg
; Point* Out the Reaulta of Latett and |
U?it Investigation*? Baneful Effect oi
j Alcoholic Medication.
At the meeting of the McHical Tempernn/>n
.lnunAiBtiim nt Sin ?* t r?i?n l)r .T_ fl.
I KelloM read a (taper entitled "The Banc1
ful Kffcct of Alcoholic Medication c*
Shown bv Recent Kxperimental Observations."
The basin of I)r. Kellogjr's paper
' was the fact* recently presented in the
New Voice in the articlc. "Alcohol a* a
; Brain Killer." These fact* IV- Kellogg
developed and demonstrated at lencth,
' citing the latent and best scientific author|
ities, and arrived at conclusion)! which he
expressed as follows:
| "These observation* certainly hare a
' very practical hearing upon the question
' of alcoholic medication, ff it is true that
| alcohol, even in small dose*. acts as an .in|
aesthetic by crippling tJie neurons at the
j centres of activity and control, it is very
evident that no positive good can be exI
pccted from it* use. T?e same influence
i which, through paralysing the vaso-motor
J centres results in dilatation of the nerij
phcral vessels, thus lessening the work of
i the heart, at the same time lower* vital
I tor<e and lessens vital resistance and im[
pain every organic function through the
{ toxic influence of alcohol upon the ncu- t
! roas of the centre* which control the^e |
j functions. Alcohol promotes sleep simply |
I by cautfing retroaction of the neurons of
! the anterior lobes of the brain through it* i
1 toxic influence upon them, rather than by
| removing the cause of the sleeplessness.
which may be an excess of blood in the
j brain >r irritability of the ccrebral cell*.
"It iii true that alcohol lessens the wort
j of the heart, but at the same time it diminishes
the power of the heart to work,
so that thin might easily be the source of
more mischief than benefit.
"Kleefeld's experiments show that the
injurious effects of alcohol are immediate:
that as soon as the poison enter* the blood
it begins it* mischievous work upon the
delicate protoplasmic Rtructure* of the
body which are bathed by the blood and
lymph. That mo*t baneful effect* are not
immediately observed is due. as has been
shown above, to the remarkable power of
resistance of the neurons of the automatic
centres, which yield only very slowly to the
influence of alcohol, a fact which is equally
true of other poisors as well.
"Progressive medical men cannot close
their *vca to the exncrimental fact* which
scientific research has brought out and
which speak in unmistakable terms of the
toxicitv of alcohol and it* uselejsnes* in
evcrv form and in all condition* to which j
the human body is subject in health and
disease. After eenturics of devotion to the
use of this baneful arent, which perhaps
ha* been more extensively employed than
any other drug, the medical profession is at
last coming to recognize that alcohol is not
an elixir of life as supposed bv the ouacl:i*h
Paracelsus, its promoter, but rather a
death-dealing product of roicronic activity,
differing in no essential particular from
other torie substance* secreted or otherwise
formed bv micro-ormnisms. Thev are
s'owly learning that vital energy if to he
derived only from food, and thut we can
onlv aid nature in her work of cure, as
well a* in the maintenance of normal life,
hy th* employment of those nhvsioloyiral
ngenU which promote vitil activity and increase
vital resistance. Curative power is
not to he found in champagne bott'es or
brnndy flasks: hfalth-yivinjnowr is in the
hodv itself, in the blood. in the ti??tie?.
I Paid Dietl. the pupil of the grer.t Rokitanj
sky. a half century ago: "Nature alone can
| cur?*: this is the highest law of practical
i medicine and the one to wh'ch we must
I adhere. Nature creates and maintains;
j she must therefore be able to cure."
Society Tipplers Denounced.
In the course of his address to the delegates
at the thirtv-third annual convention
of tne Catholic Total Abstinence Union cf
Connecticut the Rev. Walter .T. Shannon.
President of the National Union, and retiring
President of the State Union, had
the following to say:
| "The drinK evil, harmful as it is to its
victim, is more disastrous in its effects
on society. Scandal, infidelity, divorce, arc
its fruits. It is working havoc to-day in
the highest grade* of society, and, unfortunately.
amon? those who by social position,
education and refined association, ought to
he the cream of the cream. No one who
has any regard for truth can deny that
there is to-day gross intemperance in high
society and even among women of the
! hiclirst irradeg of societv. Intcmnerancc
j among men in bad, among women it ij
j worse, and among women of high social position
it is one of the worst evil* that atj
flict humanity. Its influence is far-reachI
ing into all grades of society, blighting the
giod that domestic life should bring to the
i community and the nation and sowing the
seeds of moral deformity and manifold iin|
morality. The woman. oueen of the
| domestic kingdom, should give character
| and virtue to the family in the home. If
; she is a slave to intoxicants her realm is a
j hotbed of disorder, vice and mi?ery, and
' the State infallibly reaps disastrous rei
suits "
The Kwlot's Brother.
Did you you ever see a pig in an orchard
with his wnole intellect bent on getting another
apple into his stomach?
His round, shrewd, greedy little eves
scrutinize the earth in all directions. Mis
ear twitclit* quickly to catch the sound of
an ai>i)!e as it falls, and his fat bodv. with I
amazing speed, obey* the message of the
car and rushes to get the apple.
Hut in all his wanderings through the orchard
that pig never looks upward, never
thinks of the source of the apples that fall
i near him. His mind is never raised above
I the around on which he walk*. The apIde.s
on the low-hanging boughs almost
;rush again>t his bristles, but hi* eyes do
I not see them.
The pig's sight and mind and concen!
tratcd attention are all turned downward.
! He is incapable of so much as an upward
glance.
And the pig. voted the lowest of the
animals by public opinion's just decrcc. is
tvnical of the man whom whisky is gradually
depriving of his manhood, changing
h:n into a swine or a swine's brother.?
Nov Yoik American.
Sumt Sound and Logical.
The general asmnption is that men re*
sort to alcoholic stimulation to make tln-in
j feel happier than tkeir normal condition
I would justify. Thev drink to 'rive away
[ the "blues" and to induce a feeling of temporary
mental elation. ^ If this feeling of
mental buoyancy and cheerfulness ?an be
! induced by some other means than aleo|
holic at' nulanti, it is c!car that the de-jr^
f ?r intoxicants will be lesse ned: This i<
the argument < f Professor Guthrie, and >t
scents sound and logical.
Tho Crusade In Trlef.
A man's thinking powers will be tn tn
ver?e ratio to his drinking powers.
I Physiological moderation then, from !ne
i very nature of alcohol, i; practice.Iv im1
possible.
The President of the Canadian Poroin-on
AM iancc f;>r the Total Supproioti of tJ?e
! Liquor Trallie considers the inaugttra'. ?,!
of a great pledgc-Mgnmg campaign roast
important.
(iood fun and good cookery?the < nc to
oe-upy tl.e depressed man's mind anil the
other to steji v his ncrv: ? might he made
i to do a great deal toward suppressing the
I liquor evil.
The A:?ti-?a!oon Lngur of Pennsylvania
[ is very active i.i law enforcement. It has
recently employed detective* to ' alher evs
dnuT (n ll!airsvil!e. Indiana, HjRjcr C*uy,
balt.sburi; and other place*.
The Supreme Council of the Kni^'u* oj
Columbus. one of the Htronjtcst C'athoiie
fraternal insurance societies in the country,
ban reported adversely on the appeal
of neventy hve liquor dealers who had been
excelled irom local councils.
At the seventh anniversary of ihe Temperance
Association of the Flintshire CaN
vinistic Methodist Monthly Meeting of
Wales, held recently, the ?tatcment iva* (
made that seven yea;-* ago there wire only (
54HM- pledged abstainers within the border*
of the Monthly Meeting. Now thc:r uuni- ,
ber is 8997.
i jfifll
ji
THE BELIGIOUS LIFE
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.
Totm : To*clajr?It U Our Doty In tbo Cliristiaa
Life to Hear j'mlt?We NniI
Worry About tho Results^ Look to .
Your Knachn. ?
i'o-day, at least, thon'rt here.
I've journeyed many a year,
Had tor thee many a fear,
And many a hope most dear.
?%< ,.w |
To day we greet at last.
All yesterday* are past.
Now, unveil thy face,
Grant mc thy boom and grace.
To-day, I sec thee same
As days through which I came,
Ihou'it soon be gone as they,
l'he same rcturnies* way.
To-day, oh, that I knew
What with thee now to do!
Thou'rt on my hands till night;
God help me use thee right.
?Preston Gorney.
~ ~ i
Fruitful or rrmum.
Fruit is the oraanic result of the inner
life of the tree, it is not tied on. Many a
lazy tree might enjoy sending to the nearest
market and buying a goodly supply of
oranges or apple* aud having them last*
ened on at the propter time for fruit to appear,
without further trouble, while it used
iti^ roots for legs and traveled about the
earth during the delightful summer weather,
only feeling down into the earth for a
little nourishment occasionally when it
could not live any longer without it. Bat
a tree is not made that war. It must
abide in one place. It must be one with
the soil from which it seta its nourishment.
Neither can its branches take a vacation.
You cannot remove a branch from a tree
and use it to-day to decorate your bouir,
and put it back in place to-morrow to go
on with its legitimate work of fruit-bearing.
It must abide in the tree if it would
bear fruit. It must lire through the long,
cold winter with the tree and face the
same blasts that beat upon the other
branches. It must be there in the spring
to drink the first sweet sap that the trunk *
sends up to it, to catch toe first spark of
new life from the heart of the tree and
carry it on to its fiber ends. It must spend
its whole time in getting ready for and
producing the fruit, which is the great and
final purpose of its presence on the treel
And should a branch with an eye to appearances
work thriftily at the tasV of producing
leaves alone, thinking to hid* the
fact of little fruit by its luxuriant display
of foliage, it finds out its mistake when the
gardener comes by, for he prunes away tbia
fine smart prodigy of green, thereby indicating
to the branch that here is expected
instead a rosy apple or a luscious pear.
And a branch that will not take this bint
is by and by cut off to make room for one
that will.
There is another thought in connection
with thin rlna* relationship of the branch
to the vine. If a branch has been partly
torn away. or if it has been engrafted with
the tree, it is most carefully bound to the
main trunk and the edges where it is joined
sealed with clay or wax that no foreign
substance can get in and interfere with
this close connection between tree and
branch until '.he crowth is fully e?ub*
lished. There is frequently much talk
when a young Christian comes into the
church and w united to Christ, aboits
worldly amusements, whether he may or
in ay not safely indulge in questionable
things thereafter, and some say yes, and
some nay no, and some will leave it to each
individual to decide. Would it not be well
to apply the gardener's rule here, and safe*
lv seal the young Christian from anything
which can come between him and Christ,
until his growth is fully established, leaving
the decision of sach nuestions for him _/
to take up later when he feels that Christ'*^
life is in his life, and that whatever influence
may come about him, whatever ill
winds may blow, or harmful substances fly
about. nothing can enter between him and
Christ, because his life is grown into hi?
M i?te/s and become part of it.
So many Christians never attain to a
* ?J J: -t iL.i aliV.
I rue unacrsiimimit u> mat. u.i.u^ ? >.*Christ
that Hp Himself has said m
tial to growth in the Christian life. Not
that they are not united to Him; licking
that they could not be Christians. But
they often fail to understand the laws that
govern the transmission of spiritual life,
and thus fail to reach that fulneis of life
which otherwise might be theirs.
It i* evident that our duty in the Christian
life is fruit-bearing, and that our business
in the matter is to keep ourselves in
such connection with Christ that our ftodfiven
powers may fterform their functions,
t is eoually true that we need not worry
about the results, for He says it m He that
has cho?en n? for tbis?great work, and H? '
will see it through. We have but to a<k
"in Hi* name" and He will do it. Therefore.
if your fruit does not abo-.tr.d, look
to the end of your branch that licth next
the vine, for it may be some enemy his
stolen in and worn yorr bark awav until
the san is being lost.?New York Mai! r.n-1
Express.
The Joy of *ml?.
The remedy for a joyous life is more
Christianity, more faith and love and service.
and not less. Seeking delight for itself
is courting disappointment. When wc r.re
wholly occupied with work or with companionship
joy comes unsought. The happy
Christians are intent upon the bu?inc?s oi
their life for God, absorbed in the work
their Father has given them, studious t>
serve Christ in ministry to his breiii.Ten.
instant in prayer, which is the medium
and expression of their communion w.ta
God. These things become the condition*
of their joy. If yoa were to ask them
whether they would not he happ'cr if they
neglected service and abstained train prayer.
they would look at you with the amaze*
inent of the miser if vo? asked him wii?t!>er
he would not be happier if he forco: hi*
treasure*. The half-way hottses cf J:f? .to
not the i>'ace? where joy ahidcii. Th.? theory
of day off" happiness h fatal to Christian
i;e?ce of heart. Our joy is joy in Gcd.
We d-i not hold to Ili<n for security's *?ke,
and find our hanpiness in occasional forgetting.
Our faith is inore than a ir.eanj to
happincM>?it i? our hupniness. To ?.trve
?: 4 - ? lio!f>tn)n/>Krf iri nn*
V firiM HI Uifi-Itiruvi. * ?. ? ? ? ? .
a rigorous tank lightened by occasional ho.'iday*
when wc enjoy the respite of doin?
what we like: it i<? it*e!f our joy in life,
the thin? we like to do. More i* at sta'ce
in this deep and lancing jov of (hr.s'ianathan
their own content in life. It i* their
bc*t te?timonv to the world for Cliri?t.
Men will he little moved hv the prom:*"
of ?ome dim and distant heavenly joy. 81:1
when they ?ee a present h-vipine**. in spit"
of toil and sorrow, and because of fiith
and praver. they will feel the now^r of
God. Tlie re*t!c*? and unhappy life b^arx
a false witne*< to the joy of service. When
Me *111(1 our happiness in (Jod v.e shnll ;i!*o
find nurcelve* endowed with powc o|
d ! v rr.eti to Him.?I'on^re-^at!<?:*.i!i?'t.
lite I'ntent lloar.
- ... l ;m
i; is a gvf.ii (iiiiik i" *! >? v.. _
the most favorable hour for i?|ku!i or lor S
action, There art* moment* when we can Sj
(jHin more by improving tlie present than B
Me ran ever hope t? by waiting :or coming I
precious hours, or by scckin;? to make pood JO
past neglected hour*. In (todV service ft
the accepted time ? ever now. We never I
had an occasion >o preeiou* for right I
thought or art ion ith the present time. If I
we neglect thi?. it* like will never conic H
again. H hat a blessing it i* to have s<? I
? ?? ? *i-~ li'iiir1 12ml Jii.!u
TllUCfl piVUl "II llll 1-umM. . _
uo to tni(>rov?? rhe liour aright! And Clod 31
i* rcadv tu ij thin.?Sundav-Schoo! Timoa. H
Tha Kiiitr of rreneh Pfifmt. 1
The interesting fact haa recently Wen H
discovered that Kainer William i* in direct H
descent from the ill-fated Coligny. who H
\r:?a killer! hy the Due de Uui*e on the eve HN
of St. Bartholomew. 1372. William I. of |fl
Orange, nicknamed "the Silent," married [s
a.? l>i? fourth wife in 1583, I/ouise. the only H
child of Admiral Coligny. From this mar- I
riage *;>rang Frederick Henry. I'rince of 9
N'a-sau, afterward I'rince of Oranee. He HM
in hia turn left one *on. Prince William H
If., who married a daughter of (*har!e* 1. IX
[>f England. He had three daughter*, one g|
ft* whom. Lnine Henriette, who became the B
wife of the Great Klcrtor of liiandeuburg, SI
the ancestor of William IL ?6