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JSTT ^ PP"' J I iHoldenhi omrMM M by ? CHAPTER XXVL Continued. As X wopcmd along tbe lonely road, I mercilessly dissected sod criticised my past conduct, resolving with aril the strength ef will I could exert to be henceforth more sceptical in all things, more deliberate in action, and more secretive. The voluntary and generous declarations of Constance Marsh absolved me. I thought, from my former cherished resolve not to mttrrj unless mj resources were at least as great as those of my wife; and I would therefore at once return to America, claim the hand and heart ( had woo, aad while endeavoring In an things to gratify my youthful wife, devote a large part of my time and saeans to some work for the genersl good. Reconciliation with my father * * ?* ? ??? a twin* after WBiq UOt UU w ww? m I ?- . .. the lapse of a Utile time; and as friendship is bo less contagions than enmity, might it not reasonably be feeped that the peacemaking would be yet further extended? In this mood I arrived at Bmj St Edmund's, and having walked up Abbeygate street turned aside into the Butter Market and entered aa iaa there, where not many minutes afterwards 1 was sitting la a private room at a table spread with writing materials. The letter which poor old Adams bad brought from Ohevlngton on the day st hla death had not yet been acknowledged. It was sn inquiry by Mrs. Butterwell for the address of ths Bev. Mr. Evan Price. "That gentleman." wrote Mrs. Butterwell. "I sacs or twfcu had ths pleasure to bear preach la ths little church at Holdenfcurst Minor, and his manners im jfiiitJ in* aa everything that ?u right and proper in a clergyman?audi dundag elncidatloua of Scriptural difficultlae! such admirable discrimination in hia bearing toward propriaton, tenants and peaaantry! I hare tag Intended to benefit thla very desnint young men aa soon as the opportunity to do should arise, and the tiring of Kingsthorpe being vacant |ust now in conseqoence of the deatb of the Bev. Mr. Obadiah Hornblowei (poor dear man, he waa only seventytwo, and till thla year waa never troubled with bronchitis In" summer!) I hsve decided to offer it to Mr. Price. The living of Klngsthorpe is worth nominally ?1300 a year, but owing to Up badness of the times the Income la now not much over ?80a It is a great depredation, of course, but in these days the living Is still regarded aa a ' food one, and I have received hundreds M letters from unbonellced clergymen begghig for the preferment, aome of them written aa soon aa It became known that Mr. Hornblower waa not likely to recover. Do pray oblige me with Mr. Price's present address, for I shall not offer the living to any one else until he has rejected it" As I pondered over Mrs. ButterweU'a letter the bitter things?bitter chiefly because they were true?which Mr. Price had mid of the Truman family when convening with Constance Marsh at Tarry town, were vividly reproduced by my memory, and 1 thought, too, how persistently he had continued his suit after he had plainly perceived that I waa preferred to him. Though I could not entertain these recollections without some bitterness, and in a foolish moment waa hall tempted to' withhold all knowledge o( thai coveted preferment from my rival aay better self prevailed. No; 1 would mot inaugurate my new course of con duct with a splenetic fresk; I should he forgiving and charitable; and would srr|te a friendly though brief note tc Mr. Price, enclosing therewith Mrs i II'- (Phi. 4... T WI11W WW m KkiVti AUi? uuuv * W*VM another note informing Mrs. Batter well of my action In tbe mutter. And new I bad to communicate witfc ancle Bam. What should I say to him! Of tbe failure, or worse than failure, of the conrae he had adriaed, be knen at pceaent nothing. For a long whih I paused and stared vacantly upon a blank abeet of paper with my pes grasped ready to record my thoughts bat, alas! those thoughts were toe painful and too chaotic for me to gin them cohesent y expression, so af tei much waste of time I contented my sell with Jndlttag two telegrams. One wai to my uncle; and merely stated thai my mission bad foiled, and 1 was 01 my way So New York; the other, ad dressed to Miss Marsh, ran thus: "Mj own! No treasure but you. Returnlni to claim your promise. Tour lorinj Srnest" o nor a wvtt ?? , at ran vdmob mm, nv.iou. On a certain Sunday In tfce month oi October tbe food steamship Caxnpanli was made test to her berth at th< quay in New York City, and the de lighted passengers, hastily abandoning the floating palace which had so quick ty and luxuriously transported then from the old to the new world, bur risd hither and thither, greeting th< friends who awaited them, inquirlni After Wsfgase. or hafllng hackney car flages. One passenger, however, quick Iy made bis way through the cagei throng. and at be bad no other lrnpc - dbsenta than a small handbag, am wan oblivious of the bawling of tin expressmen, be was the first whoir the Custom* officials permitted to pa& Into the street. The weather was superb, -the sea ion being what Americans call tbeli "Indies summer." The excessive heal M summer had passed away, but Hi brilliance remained, and there was a delightful coolness In the air. The folbad pot on a golden tint of exiremi^heauty, the ski was cloudless, fcndjULexternal conditions of a sort to . human! ty. But the gloec; jraflPpM taken possession ot me irst.'flHattj i WALTER BLOOMFIELD S ?m Inrni Roam x | when I embarked at Liverpool bad ! steadHj increased daring tbe voyage. ! mmA m* Hm?t i hid hardly been able t to endure my own communings. After the exhaustive consideration of m7 position and prospect* engendered by eight days of self-sought Isolation in my cabin, the vista before me did not appear nearly so rosy as I had at first pictured it Thoughts of the death of Adams now tormented me more than was the case Immediately after that tragic event Though I could not in Justice reproach myself with having killed the old man, and was comforted by tbe positive evidence of Dr. Tburlow to that effect yet I well knew that a at beet my act had hastened the old man's decease, and who could say by bow much? Aa I reflected how deli* cate was the distinction between my act and manslaughter I suffered pangs of remorse. Consideration, too, of my other affairs was not calculated to afford me much relief. Here was a young Englishman with little or no experience of the world, homeless, heir to a small Impoverished estate which be would probably not Inherit for thlr? ty years, owner of 200 pounds and a handbag, come to New York to marry 1 a young lady worth millions of t 1 larsl Why. the idea seemed too pre: posterous for anyone but a dreamer to entertain. But the die was cast and the course entered upon must be persevered in to the end. Had It been possible for me in livo my days over again I should probably have made ' other and equally disastrous errors. Though It was 8unday, and the great : stores 'were dosed, Broadway was ' thronged with well-dressed, prosperous looking people, not much unlike such > as one tees In the principal thoroughi fare* of European capitals. After a i long sea voyage a walk is essential to moat people for adjusting the physical equilibrium which has been so rudely . disturbed. X foond It so, and graspi lng my hand sachel bent my steps up . town as I bad done on the occasion of my first coming to New York. Not i long afterward I paused before my un ; cle's house, and was struct wiin con- j i sternatlon when I observed that the 1 > b lis da were all drawn down and the < , nhutters closed. > Sounds of mneh unbolting and uni barring reached me before the door i waa opened in response to my sum- i i mons, and then I waa informed by a 1 i man servant, whose face I rememi be red, that Mr. .Truman waa staying i at the Windsor Hotel, and had left < i word that he would like me to call 1 upon him there. i ( "Are Mrs. Truman and Miss Marsh i with him?" I Inquired, greatly sur- < ' prised at thla Intelligence. i i MI believe not," replied the man. 1 : looking askle In a strange way that 1 , discouraged further questioning. How ever, I inquired of him the where- i , abauts of the Windsor Hotel, and being Informed that It' waa close at l , hand on Fifth avenue, I went there as quickly as I could, more perturbed than ever. When I presented my card ^ to the clerk who bad charge of the en- ] , trance hall of that colosaal hotel, he , at once deputed a waiter to conduct 1 me to my uncle's apartments, at the i same time telling me that Mr. Tru- j man had remained Indoor* tne wnoie of yeaterday la expectation of my ari rlral. "Ah!" exclaimed nncle 8am, aa be > laid bis cigar on the mantelpiece and > advanced to meet me, "yon are tbe man I needl I received your cable[ gram, and would bare replied to It bad . It been possible, but yon were already I on tbe water. Z perceive yon are well, I so lose no time In telling me aa briefly , aa yon can about those infernal sequins*, for I sm in haste to tell yon | something of Infinitely greater Impor. tance." Hy nncle's manner alarmed me He j , seemed to be laboring under supI pressed excitement, and as be resumed ' | his cigar and walked up and down the * ' large room, his whole aspect impressed ! , me as strangely different from the self[ possessed, confident man who bad ex- 1 , cited my boyish wonder. Could It be 1 . that the enormous resources of this | able financier had at last been broken ' , by a combination for that purpose 1 . such aa one not unfrequently hears of 1 p In the country of his adoption? I , could not conceal my fear, end gave ' timid nrnruttlnn (n If , "No, no," said uncle Sam, lmpa. tlently, as a forced smile overspread r bis features: "nothing of the kind. Get , on with your story." ' To hear was to obey. At no time was uncle Sam a man to trifle -with, and least of all at the present moment When X had completed my account of my mission to England be paused in front of me (for during my recital be [ bad not once ceased to pace tbe room), i and throwing away tbe end of bis ? cigar said: "It Is as I supposed. Tbougb you i C are probably now farther off than ever . f^om tbe recovery of tbe sequins, and > tbe result of jour expense and trouble > is merely tbe addition of another ln habitant to the unknown world. 1 I bave as little doubt as ever tbat tbe old man bad the gold, and tbat be bas - bestowed It where It will rent until It r Is discovered bj some other thief. - And now please oblige me by never I mentioning this matter to me again. * for I do assure jou I am most heartily i sick of it.** i My uncle took two cigars from his pocket. One of them be threw to me across the table, and having lit the r other he again paced the room. A t minute, or two elapsed before he ( spoke. When at last be did so it was t with intense bitterness. ( > "Of all that yon bare done or failed ^ to do tbat which vexes me moat Is , yonr forwarding Mrs. Butterweira let- i i ter to Price. Bat I don't blame yon in i , any way; It was impossible that yon 1 i i could know of the deep hatred I was ' 1 o soon to bear to tbat unspeakable I ininbng. Tbe fault Is my own for laving, in tbe exercise of my natural I enerosity, foolishly suffered myself [ o befriend on^ of bis canting, bypo* ritical caste. Wben I picked tbat unonscionable beggar out of tbe 8uffolk aud be was not ten cents sbead of bis lebts, and tbe utmost racking of bis rits produced blm an Income about ine-flfth as much as I pay my cook." Uncle Sxim paused a moment, puffed orth a cloud of smoke in a way suggestive of tneffsble contempt, and re* turned: "As you know, I brought bim hero tnd gare* blm tbe management of a lew spa per I own, paying him largely or us raemcieiu uiiciurKe ?u uuuw vhlch I bad to teach him. He atached himself to Connie, and did bis >est to win her, but Connie, with prulence worthy of ber father, wonld | lave none of blm. When yon appeared j ipon the scene and gained almost with>ut effort the price for which be bad rontended In vain, be made the girl 'or whom he need to profess the most extravagant regard the victim of his evenge. His Inability to injure her vlthont Injuring Mrs. Truman and me n a greater degree did not deter the rlllaln. His method was this. Know* ng that Constance was devoted to ber ilster, and that anything which wonld rouble on% must needs disqniet the >ther, he showed her (In your presence, [ understand) a letter he had received Yom another pestilent Suffolk parson, exposing Annie Wolsey?the writer, a . raven-hearted windbag named Fuller, j laving got his Information from old SVolsey or your father. Connie, wiser ban most women, kept ber knowledge jo herself, and Price, suspecting this .'rom the fact that there was no upset n my house, forwarded Puller's letter | jo my wife." Tbe malicious leer upon Mr. Price's Tace at tbe moment when I last looked :pon htm was pictured in my memory ind not likely to be forgotten. That It was the ontward and visible sign of j k diabolical nature I had never doubt*' id, and his strictures upon my family j >n that occasion helped to confirm the j ipinlon. bnt ncne the less was I aston- j iabed to learn in what circuitous nraya this man bad worked to injure people who, so far from giving him tny cause for enmity, had done much to earn his gratitude. As my uncle again paused I ventured to congratulate him on the futility of Mr. Price's ict seeing that Me. Fuller's letter con Joined nothing which aunt Gertrude lid not already know. "My affairs are hardly as smooth as that." continued uncle Sam, forgetful it, or diplomatically Ignoring, a pre* , rtous declaration he bad made. "My wlft has left me, and I cannot induce tier vn return home except by substantial insurances that I have Anally reasetf to correspond with Annie Wolley." "Good heavens!" I exclaimed. In great affright "Do you know where ihe baa gone? Is Constance with ierr "Don't talk so loud. I am not deaf, ind there Is no necessity for Informing j very body; the affair Is sufficiently knewn already. You have no cause for alarm. I shall give my wife the issurances she demands, and In a day jr two at farthest she will reaasume tier rightful position. It is a pity you forwarded that old lady's letter to tiim." "Where Is my aunt and Connie?' 1 isked bluntly. 'in Oraage, at a nouso wnerc ineur rather used to live." "Is that far from here?" "Only a few mller. Orange is in New Jersey. the other sido of the North River." A sigh of relief escaped me when 1 heard these words. To know that I iras so near to my dear Constance was u one faint .streak of light In a dark iky. I lit the cigar which I had been nervously twirling between my fingers luring the progress of this conversation. and took a seat by the open winlow. Uncle Sam. too, became somewhat calmer and seated -himself opposite to me. A long pause ensned, which nras at last broken by uncle Sam sudienly breaking out Into a load laagb, luite in his old style. 1 looked ap at Mm in surprise. To be continued. Londra'i Undermined Honwi. Underground London Is, no doubt. a rery convenient, picturesque, and, nrhen properly confined in tabes, safe ?noogh place, bat too much of It be?mes awkward. An underground city might prove too much even for tbe Lord Mayor aad the foart of Aldermen. And yet a strong disposition appears to have seized certain parts of the "square mile" to get down below, probably to escape tbe cold, and they ire consequently crackling in an ominous way. Uneasiness prevails among property iwners on both sides of Finsbury pave meat, owing to gaping fissures which have appeared in many large business premises. Ground floors, upper floors and basements have alike suffered, ind in several instances the cracks are laid to be most curious. Many of the properties bare been recently surveyed, md reports arc being drawn up in regard thereto. It is supposed that new excavations are responsible for this disquieting instability. ? London Telegraph. Wsarins Oat tho Nerves. Many people wear themselves out needletrsly; their conscience is a tyrant. An exaggerated sense of duty leads many a person to anxious, ceaseless activity, to be constantly doing something. over-punctual, never idle a second of time, scorn to rest; such are in unconscious nerve tension. They say they have no time to rest, they have so much to do, not thinking they are rapidly unfitting themselves for prob- I nl*lf? tPAtilfl Kava Knon thoil* houf I HUIJ II UUi II VtU\| IIU * t UVV.U luv it VVH* and greatest work ia after years. Selfcontrol of nerve force is the great lesson of health, and therefore of life Itself. To understand bow to relax is to understand how to strengthen nerves. Hearty laughter is a source of relaxation, a? are also all high thoughts, as those of hope, beauty, trustf^'ove. Relaxation is found in Uj^H^^,oudon Doctor. ^(^^ ^H^n^'Say, para, t~heara i goi^^HIH^tiuutes ago." Blind j me It. I [ coaldirPI^^^^^^^L unt.t msiness 'VHW ' 7 A SEBMON FOE SUNDAY _____ % AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED "LIVE IN THE SUNSHINE." Til* RfT. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman S?T? Faith Product! Man, and Their LItIhr in tha World it Contend lac Tor the Faith?Keeping In the low of God. New York Citt.?The following *erdob, entitled "Lire in the Sunahine." haa been furnished for publication by the distingaiahed and eloquent evangelist, the TV .T Wilhnr f!hinmin. It was preached from the text "Iveep yourselves in the love of God." Jnde 21. Jude's in me of the briefest of all the letters in the Sew Testament, containing only twenty-five verse*. It is. perhaps, the last of the epistles. Though the date is not definitely settled, it was probably written after the destruction of Jerusalem, when most of the apostles had finished their work. There is a most delightful spirit of humility in the letter. The writer called himself a servant, and the bondsman of Jean* Christ and the brother of James, and that : a besutiful modesty, for, in fart, it is generally believed that he was the Lord's own brother and the son of Joseph and Mary. ' To no particular chnreh or peonle was the letter written, but the acconnts make it esp?ciallv applicable to us. It if very practical. The heart of Jnde was stirred because eert^iii men were denying Ood and the Lord Jesus Christ. He' said, because of this, "I exhort you that you should contend earnestly for the faith once tn tin* Mint* " Th?t ecnre?sion in the Greek, however, read* for the faith delivered "onee and for all" to the saints. So the doctrine in the Mine to-day a* in the daya of Jade and before then. Reading on to the twentieth and twenty-fifth vertea thev indicate that we are expected to contend aa did the early discipks. It haa always seemed to me that faith prodnced men, and their living in the world waa a contending for the faith. We hare the pattern of the life of the apostolic Christian given to n*. If you studv the Acta of the Apostle. the letters of Pan), Peter, John. and. better still, the wonderful prayer of Christ in the seventeenth chapter of John, yon will see that there were three great elements in their character. They were in the world, bat not of it; they were constantly looking for the coming of Christ, and they were filled with missionary fire and zeal. These three ehsracteristics mnat predominate now if the ehnrch is to have power. Whca one is in the world and not of it he realizes he is a pilgrim and a strancer here, tnd he endures trials and temptations because he knows that they are bat for a little while. The second characteristic has jnst as grent an influence. The disciples were constantly exp*ctinr the return of onr Lord; they remembered the testimony of the men who had heard the angels on the slopes of Olivet. and again and again they onened their wm nmrtiiir (a behold Him face to face. It vii thin bone in their heart* which inspired their lives. transfigured the ern*s and its shame and kept them pure in the midat of all temptation and sin. The third cbararreriatic is equally important. How murh we need to long for the salvation of others! Nothing so touches the hidden springs of the <*!hri?tian heart as to feel in some mea?ure thst he is respon*ible for tho?e about him. ?nm? one has said, wben God would draw nut all the Sathomless lore of a woman's heart, H? lays a helpless babe npon her 'vwotp. and it ti true that the ?*hureh will awake to power when she awake* t? reftoonaihility. There is something wh*>h I hare in mind which will five u* nil tb? things I hare sooken about. Tt is described in the text. If ther* could be any mhieot growing not nf the text to describe it. T should nay thjt it would be "Lire in the sunshine." I know what the *unshine docs for th* cloud*: it gives them a silver lining. I know what it does for the crass and the trees and the flowers; it warm* and nourishes until tbe'r blossom into beauty and frnitfuhtCM. Take the plant away from the light and it will droon and die; place it where the sun will kiss it and erejy leaf rejoices. This is the rerv poorest illnstration as to what the lore of God will do for us, so let ua keep ourselves in the love of God. I. That word "keep" is the k*r word of Jude'? epistle. In it we ere told that God will keep u?. but we are also told to keen ourselves. We are told to persevere, hnt it is also *aid we will he preserved. This is God and man working toother, and it i* singular, to sav the least, that the word |ucaci f aiiti ii c ?u,u jwrrFr* cic " c rompowd itf exactly th* Mtni> letter*. The literal rendering of the exnre?sinn *hat God will keep us ia "* in n garrison." ITow secure. then, we must. he! HOW MAY WE KEEP OURSELVES IN THE LOVE OF GOD? 1. No wav so efficient aa by prayer. JThere are different kinda of prayer. Jacob prayed when be met the angel of Jabbok. and had hia name changed from Jacob to Iarael. Moses prayed when he plead with God to look with favor apain upon Hia chosen people. Cbriat prayed in the garden, for it ia raid: "Being in an agony, He prayed more earnestly." But thia is not the kind of prayer I'have in mind: it ia rather the kind that Christ offered when He was alone on the mountain with God. I imagine the Father talked with Him more than He r. itb the Father. It is the kind that David describes when he says:. "My meditation of Him shall be sweet." Faith ia the eye with which we can rae God. and meditation the wing with which we fly to Him. It is the kind of prayer offered when the auppliant feels that he is the only one in all the universe: it ia the kind of prayer which if our mother could hear, or the dearest friend we had on earth, we ahould feel that it had been diverted and had not reached God. It ia the kind of prayer we offer when we let God talk to oil aa well aa talk to Him. This will keep us in the love of God. 2. Few things will so help as this old book, the Bible. Two gentlemen were riding together, and when they were about to separate one asked the other. "Do you ever read your Bible?" "Yes." said his friend; "I do, but I receivc no benefit because I feci that I do not love God." "Neither did I." replied the other, "but God loved me," and that answer fairly lifted the man into the skies, for it gave him a new thought. The oucstion is uoc at all as to how much I love God, but rather as to how much God loves mc. RaaiI Hia RIKIa itt irnr .-inrl if \rill linlri you to live in the text. Love dictated every word, love selected every sentence, love presented every providence. love tent Christ to die upon the :rbai, and you can not rrtid it in this way without keeping yourself in the love of God. 3. All the means of grace will keep us. but if there is one above another it would be the Lord's Supper. The very coming to the table and taking that which reuretent* His body and Hi* blood really lifts the soul into such a condition that it is one with Christ. He that hath seen Christ hath ween the Father, and he that is in Christ is in the Father. What better waxcould there be of entcreing into His love? It. There must be emphasis upon the preposition "in." The Creek dignities the closest connection, the most intimate association and the most perfect communion. All these things are possible. The soul or Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and there mn* be just as c!o?e a fellowship between Christ and His followers. Now and then in thin world wc tind j>ei>o?? whose lives are so Mended that they almost 'ook alike. Thin is oftentimes true of the husband and wife. Tennyson had it in his mind when he said: "In the long years liker must they grow." This communion of the believer with Christ w suresttd by the stones in a buiLlinp. which take hold upon the foundation; by the branches which take hold upon the vine; bv the ?lift ?. 1 r .L. u?:? irrvm iuniiiXT^ ui uit- mnu imiii. ii^ruui , by the union of the husband and wife; by the union of the Father ami the Son: * > that in this union there is a stability, vitality, con?ciousne?8, affection ami perfect harmony. If one is in Christ, he will live above the world and the storm's effect. The earth may be covered with storm*, but a little way up the atmosphere in clear and the nun in shining. If we wait upon the Lord we Khali renew our strength; wt ahull mount with winge as eajrlen. THE LOVE OF COD. TIT. Would that we might understand the meaning of the expression "the love o: God." It is hinted at in thin world. 1'aw ins along the streets one hear* the word* of a song or catches the strains of a piece of music being played, and he says, "that is from Beethoven or Mozart, X rccoguizc J I 1 the movement." So in this life we eatck strains of the love of God. We behold it. in the mother's disinterested, self-denying hive; we see it in the lover's (low, and in the little child's innocent affection, but these things tre only hints. The Bibl? gives us the best revelation. Beginning with Genesis the scroll is constantly unfolding. Patriarchs and pnophets. judge* and kings each tell their story. So, little bj little we get flashes out of His great heart until they all come together as th? rays o< the sun are converged in the sun* glass; then we begin.to understand. It was not. however, until the Son of Right* eousners arose at the advent that there came the morning light which gives us the thought, not of the administration of GoJ, but of His hca^t. What is infinite love? The nurest, sweetest, tenderest thing known on earth is the overhanging heart j of a mother over the cradle that contain* her babe that can give nothing back; receiving everything and returning nothing ?yet the love of the mother ia hut a drop in the ocean when compared with the love of God. It ia infinite, infinite! There's a widecess in God's mercy i Like the wideness of the aea; There'* a kindness in His justice. Which is more than liberty. For the love of God is broader Than the measure of man's mind, And the heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind. I Over in England an archdeacon, having reached almost the end of his life, had his I home so constructed that he could spend his closing day* in sunshine. In the morning they placcd bis chair so that he could : turn his face toward the past and see the j rising sun; at noontime they wheeled his i chair into the south window, where be j could behold the sun in his meridian, but ' in the evening hours they would place , him in the west window, where be eonld behold the king of day sinking behind the k;h? s? i?t mi> ask vou in the ' morning of your life to keep your facet toward the east window, ana at noontide live in the south window, but when even- I ing comes turn your face toward the west window, so that all your journey through you may live in the sunshine, and thus keep yourselves in the love of God. The Right Vlewo* Life. If we could restrain our often too-ready tongues and fiery tempers until the storms ' of human, every-hour and every-day trials pass over, what shadows we would arise through!?aye, smiling, as we saw them I vanishing into the distant nothingness of oblivion. If we could but reason calmly ; and patiently and resolutely with our- < selves, as we betimes must bear the footbruises along life's rugged pathway, and bathe them in His heavenly dew of hope until even the scars leave not a vestige of their existence as we gaze upon them again with the solacing eyes of eternal faith; if we could only train our human ears to listen to the tolls of sorrow that rebound upon them as we perforce must often see the heavy clouds falling upon some beloved breast; if we could only train our hearts to thrill with the ecstacy of a higher I trust and a supremer love instead of morbid human despfir when some mortal eye, some hand, some voice in which we vainly trusted, oh! so fondly, desecrates the pedestal of loyal friendship and honor upon which our love elected theif endurance, had turned to mock us, or thrown us help* leuly aside, or traduced us by calumny or distrustful suspicions. Ah, ve?! if we only could do these "Rinps how different wonla our lives seem in their passing. But *e must only try. remembering our Saviour's heavv heart nnd cross-wearied shoulders, and His bleeding feet on the lonely road to Calvary. He aluo had to reach the immortal goal of peace through life's bitterest shadows. He smiled angelicalljr at His enemies. and to-day He turns?on! we know not how often?to blot out the sins of His wandering human fold as they cry ont to Him for mercy below.?Christian Work. ' Th# Father's Hand. Nor is the sense of safety all that is awakened in the memory of a father's band. It tells also of guidance and companionship. Not only in stormy evenings was the large band reached down to clan) the little one. But memory is filled with pleasant outlines and beauties of the country, always guided by the father's hand. The hand of father came to mean so much, both of pleasure and comfort, that the phrase is never seen or used but a sacred tenderness steals into the heart. All this and much more the Heavenly Father is to His children. We reserve our thoughts of the Father too frequently to the days of stress and grief, and forget it is the Father who gives the joys and pleasures, too. We think so much of the pitying Father, and imagine falsely that His care is confined to circumstances that call for pity. His hand is a bountiful hand, filled with pleasures. "The way is dark; my Father takes " id nft?n tinnn nur lini. bat iuafc oji true and far more frequently the path has many flower*, all planted by one hand, life has many gifts all planted by one hand, the day* are crowded with joya all showered from one band. And this hand ia "my Father's hand."?Episcopal Recorder. Happy People. . ITow pleasant it is to meet in our daily walks oi life happy faced people, whose countenances reflect so much sunshine of soul. They arc good to look upon; we go our way the better for having met them. Hapninest* is a great beautirier. It mattera not how plain or ill-favored the features if the mind and heart are happy, the joy of living liahtt a face with the wondrous charm which contentment aloue can give. The rarest feeling that brightens the human face is the peace of a loving soul. Ai wc walk the crowded streets of a large | city, where the great drama of life ia being MrnMflv niui'tni uimr in the Droud con- i sciousncss of leading role, others struggling humbly in minor parts; many witn careworn and shrewd countenances, a few with the bright, beautiful expression of happiness, yet the curtain falls, sooner or later, over all. He who has gathered the sweetness from earth's flowers, and distributed it generously among his fellows, is truly a benefactor of the human race, and his name worthy of benediction. Lack of Bom* Foci In*. "More of the evil in the world than we often think for can be traced back to the lack of home feeling in childhood days," s.ivs the Watchman, of Boston. "Where that does not exist, the young man or woman loses the invaluable consciousness of the solidarity of the family. They come to feel that tney stand only for themselves, that they need not consult the interest of others, and they miss that happy restraint of affection for those with whom (jod united them in the closest of ties. In spite of all that is ?aid about the misdoings of the children of devout parents, we be lieve that it will be found almost universally true that the children of happy Chrintian homes turn otit well. They have a spccial guard in their hearts against the eduction* of evil. They do not sin against the home, and the memory of their oivn happy households weaves an ideal of the homes they desire to build, which keejp ll:cm brave and pure and human." The World la Beautiful. God made the world beautiful; man in hi* ignorance has made it in many places repulsively ugly; man in his wisdom must undo the work of his ignorance and make the world, so far as he has anything to do with it. beautiful. Art is not mere decoration; it is the interpretation ? f the world and of man's experience in it ;.i beautiful ways, precisely as the creative mind of (Sod is expressed in the beauty of the skies, the 'ields, the trees and the Howera.?The Outlook. Wlien I'rtrtr Is Needed. It in well to let our spirit of prayer find | expression nceordins to <?otl*i? grace and our needs. It is said that "when a Breton sailor puts to sea his prayer is, 'Kee;> me, my God; my boat is so small, and the | o.-ean is so wide.' " We need (.tod's lovinc ! care at all times, and no place or degree ot danger is la-vond the limit of His ability ?ir re.iditicss to give protection.?Sunday- , School Times. knp l'|> spiritual Tone. Cease to live in the atnosphere of your sin. by which I mean that you must sec to it that your uiind is occupied by thought* j as tar removed as possible from those in j which your temptation can take root. It is a great mistake to joiter around a sin to which one's nature is prone. Your moral strength will de]>ei?d upon your spiritual tone.?K. J. Campbcil. THE SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JANUARY 4. 4Direct: r?al and 811m at Phllfppl. Act* it)., It t4-Golden Taxt. Acts *?!.. SI -Mtmor; VtriH, 3&-S2?Commentary on tho Day's Lesson. I. An evil spirit cast out (vs. 16-18). The missionaries made their home at the house of Lydia (see v. 15) while they continued to preach the gosnel at l'hiiippi. They had good success, ana in this city tiie first Christian church in Europe was found-, ed. But their great victories did not come about without great opposition. There was in the city a certain damsel who was a fortune-teller, who brought her masters great gain. This slave girl followed the missionaries *nd cried alter them. Paul was grieved because of this, and commanded tne evil spirit to come out of her. " * l ? i i l? to v .ina ni* came out, inc value ixnur \v. io/. Why was Paul grieved ? 1. Because her presence van troublesome to him. 2. Hecause it might appear that he was in alliance with ner. 3. Because what she did wax for gain and was a base imposition. 4. Because her state was one of bondage and delusion. 5. Because the system under which she was acting wax then holding a large part of the pagan world in bondage. II. Paul and Si.aa arrested (vs. 19-21). After the evil spirit had kft the girl she no longer had power to make money for her masters by fortune-telling. This made her masters angry, and they" seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the magistrates into the market place, where legal business was transacted. "The Philippian magistrates were excited against tne missionaries by the accusation that they had attacked tne relision of Kome." III. Paul and Sila* beaten and imprisoned (vs. 22-24). 22. "Multitude rose up." An excited mob. This was done without ary form of law. The very magistrates who were affecting such great zeal lor the law were among ine nrst to disregard it. "Rent off their clothes." They ' violently tore the clothe* off of Paul and j Silas. Beat them." Tbe worda mean to "beat with rods" (2 Cor. 11: 25). The Ro- 1 man custom wan to inflict blow* upon the I naked body. 23. "Many stripe*." The Roman punishment was not limited to "forty stripe* save one/' like that of the Jews. 24. "Thrust them." All sore and bleeding. "Inner prison." The dungeon, a deep, damp, chilly cell, far under ground, opening only at the top, without fresh air or light. lv. A great deliverance (vs. 25. 26). 25. "Prayed and sang praises." Their wounds were undressed; tilth and vermin added to their pain; their position was one of torture. Sleep- was out of the question. They passed the night in devotions. It ia a significant fact that the most joyous of Paul's epistles is that written to the church at Philippi, born out of his experience of suffering. 26. "An earthquake." Thus did God answer prayer and prove His presence and protection. No doubt all Philippi heard tbe sound and felt the force of the earthquake. "Doors were opened," etc. The chains were made fast to the wall, and tbe shock which burst asunder the bolts of the doors also released the fastenings which held the chains in the masonry.i A j symbol of the spiritual deliverance tney ?... .1? l. IT.. AO "tic IV ciac^w tU| uvakucu \ ina. i*. lit V. The wilor converted (n. 27-34). 27. "Awaking.' The praying and singing did not awake him, but the earthquake did. He evidently slept in full view of the prison door*. "Drew out hit sword." Tha Roman laws transferred to the jailor the Euni?hment due to an escaped prisoner. [e decided at once to take hi* own life and thus avoid a worse fate. He supposed that all in the prison had escaped. . 1 28. "Paul cried." Anticipating the jail* or's fear for his own safety, Paul raised his voice to secure attention at once. His Curpoee of suicide was a great sin. "All ere." "Strange for a prisoner to be so* ticitous about nis keeper. But Paul was passionately trying to save men. and the whole kospel is an appeal to men to do themselves no harm." 29. "Called for a light.'* Which could be carried in the hand. This care for his welfare begat a tenderness in the heart of the keeper. It was the arrow of conviction which had reached his soul. "Came trembling." Not for his life or his office, but for his soul, which he felt was in danger of eternal loss. A moment before he was readv to destroy his life to escape the wrath of man. but now he was eager to find the way of life. 30. "Brought them out." "From the j inner prison, where they were contined in ; the stocks, into the court of the nrison. or into hiii own apartment*, baring no fear that they would (ictpe, but rather eonvinced that Cod wan overruling all things for them." "Sir*." "The Greek word implies an acknowledgement of great superiority. Those who had been his prisoners were now his lord*." "Saved." "He had called for a light to look for his prisoners. He now call# for the true light, to go forth out of his own prison." 31. "Believe." etc. The sum of the whole gospel l. the covenant of grace in a few words. Faith in Christ saves us, (1) because it is the acceptance of Cod's wa> of salvation by the atonement in Jesus; ; (2) because it is the act of taking the things offered to us by God; (3) because it is the act of committing ourselves to an infallible teacher and guide: (4) because it unites us to Christ, the holy and pcrfcct being; (5) because it fills the heart with love to God and to Jesus; (6) it makes spiritual and eternal things real and ef- . feetivc in our lives. . .12. "Spake unto him." Then they proceeded. more at leisure, to pour into h;s attentive ears the history of Je*us Christ, to declare His doctrine, and to explain what it was to believe in Him. 33. "Washed their s'ripe*." "He had , not concomtd himself about their suffer- ' ing condition when he put them into the inner nriion. but now that hi* *in* were wiwlied sway hi* thought wa* to mini*ter to the needs of those who wefe instrumental in his salvation." 34. "Set meat." _ Aa they were the in- ! strumenta of bringing health to hi* soul he became the instrument of health to their bodies. "Rejoiced." The joy that filled the heart* of Paul nnd Silas, making the priiton a delightful place to them, now fillet! the heart* of the converted heathen, and made their family circle the scene of boly worabip. A Home For BadcllA Rtndsat*. Relatives and friends of Mrs. Louis ; Agassiz, President of Radcliffe College, at j Cambridge, Mass., on the occasion of her eightieth birthday preaented her with | $116,465, to be devoted to a Radcliffe stu- | dents' home. It ia aaid $30,000 of the sum j waa contributed by the Agaasiz family. J Contribution* ranged from $1 to $1000, and j came from 452 persona, in addition to grad- , uatea, who contributed in a body. The building, which will be named Agaasiz Hall, will be built next spring. The Brains of Anclcat Egyptl***. j New fields for research are continually j cpenifig up. The but illustration of thi# j i* the discovery by Professor G. Elliot I Smith that it is possible to map the convolutions of the brains of non-mummified I ancient Egyptian*. the hrain is naturally preserved in the vast majority of the IhxXie-? in Kgvptian cemeteries from iire-dyna#tic to recent Coptic, the favoranle condition* being burial in dry noil and removal from al! direct access to the air. Pangerons Ice Cr*aia. According to Xature, t!ic Health Department of the city of l?ndon ha* recently had a number ot samples of ice crcam bacteriological! v examined. Many of these , samples had set up gastro enteritis in buys employed by the pontoflice. In several of > them micro-organisms were very numer- i ous. while in some virulent organisms of , - * ? >- ? ?? i cne Da_ma-H con type were |irmut, Thine* la Frnlt Skim. Twelve million bacteria inhabit the *kin? of a half nuitnd of cherrie*. according to j Dr. Ehrlicn. a (itrmin scientist. Currant* j have 11,000.000 ;>? d grape* 8.000,000. I)r. Ehriich urge* .hat all fruit he peeled or washed before eaten, according to a consular report frop Frankfort, Germany. 4a Aaitrlin Caatoia. Servants and people of menial rank in Austria are accustomed to ki?i$ the band of tbeir employer. I 1 THE GREAT DESTROYEB SOME STARTLING ACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. la a Pswtrfol Ultorltl th? X?w Twl latrlcu Considers tk? Rrankanl'l Slds of the Question-First Thine Uriah ittadw to W II iTMpttlwdl You lucky, well balanced one* talk much, and sincerely, of the horrors of drink, and of the drunkard's weakness. You thjnk the whisky drinker oujht to stop. Do you aak yourselves whether or not be can stop? Let us consider to-day the drunkard's tide of the cue. Let ua see what my tw aid on his behalf. Very often physical weakness c*u*ea drunkenness. Many a man ts':es a drink because the task pat npon him is heavier than he can bear. The whisky does not help him?it hnrts him. Bat it cheats him ana makes him think that he is helped. You realize that whisky drinking settled on man as a habit must be fought with weapons of tome kind. Will power is the great weapon to us* in onr own behalf. You tell the drunkard to use his wiO power. But you forget that the first thing thaff whisky attacks is oar will power. Yoa remind the drunkard that his weakness brings suffering on others, and yoa appeal to his conscience. But yoa forget that whisky weakens conscience eveif more (has ii weakens the nerves. Yoa forget, too, that whisky makes its victim suffer. If ha could free himself be -would do so, if only for his own sake. And you must not forget that whisky argues ingeniously, in addition to its telling of lies. A man is overcome with some great grief. Whisky make* him forget, or at least it makes him not care. A man is suffering under some great humiliation. some sense of personal ohort:oming, that is intolerable to bim. Whisky pffers to relieve him, and for the moment II aoet relieve lull). 1 Yon who talk nobly of temperance and advocate laws governing other men are apfc to be proud of your own self-control. Perhaps you have never drunk?then jrou are absolutely unable to judge others, or the effort you aak of them. Perhapa you have been a drinking man and have stopped. But yon do'not know, how much lighter whisky's hold may have been upon you than upon other*. Suppose you worked hard every. day, very week and every year. Suppose you had no pleasure in life, savs the fictitious pleasure and excitement that come from whisky. Suppose you failed, and failed and failed again?and supposs that whisky was always ready to praise you, make you feel proud of yourself, make you hold others responsible for your own failures?are you sure that you could let whisky alone? Suppose that manv misfortunes afflicted jrou and that you nad a friend able to make you forget them all. Would yon not seek out that friend most eagerly? To many, many thouaands of men whisky, is such a friend?and so they seek whisky. It is a lying friend, and daily pushes them further down hill. But it lies ingeniously ?an A it arire forget fulness tar the HUH ment. rS In your condemnation of those who cut in whisky drinking jrou most renin' ber that what is easy tor one man is vet H hard for another. H Suppose you should urge two animal* t? fo without meat?one of the animal* being a tiger and the other a sheep. Would yoaH praise the sheep for its faithful keeping V of the promise? Would you blame the I tiger for breaking its word, if the temp**- I tion to eat meat were offered? 2 In men's nervous systems, in their erav- I ing for alcohol, there is as great a differ- I enee between different temperaments as I between the appetites of the sheep 4bd ths I tiger. One man is dragged toward gulf by whisky with a force of which yq^H can have no conception. ^Hj You look with contempt at a bopc!css| drunkard, shuffling along toward destrac- I tion. I There arc thousands of such men who I every day of their lives make an effort of I the will of which you would be incapable. g Rut that rffnrt. irmt u it 11. il not I great enough to save them?whisky drags them too hard in the other direction. 'Is the drunkard'* case hopeless? No. Is any drunkard'a case hopelesa? No. But the drunkard will not be cured by upbraiding*, by contempt, by the preaching* of those who do not understand him? and tb? drunkard will not be cured by prohibitory laws.?New York Americas. Pl*d|t-Si|alag 1st?sat. A itrong movement for pledge-iigmnft against the uae of alcoholic drmks has been inaugurated. It will cover all tb? Enclish-speaking countries and has been undertaken after much study and preparation. In the United States the general direction will be under the National Temperance Society, but the work will be organized and managed largely through spe* cial committees. A general committee has been appointed for the United States, headed by Henry B. Mctcalf, of Rhode Island. A similar committee for Great Britain and Canada is beaded by the Archbishop of Canterbury. It was plsnned to inaugurate the movement simultaneously in aD the leading cities and towns of th? English-speaking world with sermons in churches and suitable exercises in 8abbath?L?At aiim kv nnkHfl K'UWiS, W UC IVIIVftWM ? VMVV W# r meetings and the circulation of the pledge for signatures. loiaalty la ladfa. Thit the result* attending the use of fa* toxicating drink* are the came all tbo world over ia shown by some statistic* of lunacy in India which were published last year. Of the 1300 lunatics admitted into asyhims during the year 1809, 177 wero Christians (of whoa 129 were European* and Eurasians), 810 Hindus and 330 Mo* hammedans. Bearing in mind the fact that the Christians and Europeans are less than one in 100 of the population, and that tto rest of the community are mainly total ab* tamers, these figures are painfully significant. Among the chief causes of insanity the use of "ganga," against the sale of wh'ch temperance friends have nerer ceased to protest, is the most prominent. As ImyWsst RanssNss. i Discussion about the food value of alcoho* m is closed by the Journal of the America M Medical Asaociation with these wise wor/ M "Whatever may be said for alcohol wiK oeH utilized unscrupulously bv advocates of th liquor interest. Give tnena an ;nch aouH they will take a mile. We believe it triljfl be found far safer for medical men to stanoH on the facts opposing the general use of a'^J cohol than cren qualificdly ?o advocate i H usage, except exclusively as a medicine at. H under medical prescription." The bei minds in the profession arc undoubtedlj^B agrrcu un uu? fuiui, %*# > *? ?>? keeper * monopoly of the Injuor bd?'nrs---^B and to send him no customers.? \ r'^H Companion. w Th* Cruinlr la Brief. When S.?t.in cannot come hinueif nH| ends *trong drink a* a messenger. San Francisco 14 credited with havini^fl one sa'oon for every twenty-two adult mal(H inhabitants. H A new Catholic temperance society liaafl been organized at Stafford. Conn. M's^H Mirgarct II. Smith is the tir-t preodert.^H it is said that in Kofu. .Japan, a clan* meeting for daily student* ha* been htarted, Wing held for hair an hour afiet < rchool every Monday afternoon. The tem pe ranee meeting* in this connection are most interesting and helpful and at each meeting there are generally additions. Measure* to promote temperance in Swiss town* arc impeded l?y the tac-t that its nearly all hotel* an>l rctaurants guest* are expected to drink wine or beer. In accepting nomination for the Lord Mavoraltv of Sheffield, Knglatid. Aldenn.n J. Wyciiff- \V ilson ha< stipulated that a> I his total ali-tinence anil non smoking principle* are well known, hi* colleagues im-t not expect him to make provision in the>e directions in any hospitalities that may take place if he is elected. Iowa has a law which provide* for the confining of habitual drunkards in in*ane asylums. It is popularly known a? "the old tope.- law," and its enforcement is reported to l>e having a wonderful effect. Many men WHO lor year* riung to the haoit of getting drunk regularly have retornied and become mure or less useful as citizeiM, 9 ? I I