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% ???? ?????? ?j /\_MATT I By Anna Katharine Green, ? CHAPTER XI. Continued. ( T3 \r>. fl-ftrna moant of nnCP tf) KPP. X1C1, lUlt V?ij\.v WVWM% ? ? r but in the meantime there "was another matter to settle, and this 'was: Who had purchased the candies which had, doubtless, brought destruction upon one of these unfortunate ones? As the name of the maker was upon the bix It was not difficult to determine where they had been bought. But when he had reached the store and inquired of all the girls who waited upon its customers as to the sort of person who had bought this especial box. he thought that he should certainly fail in bis errand, for not one of them could remember anything about the purchaser till he suggested that it might be c gentleman of black mustache and elegant appearance, when one of the girls epoke up quickly and said: "Oh, yes, I remember now. He was very particular as to Tvhat kind of candy I gave him. 'Nothing deleterious?' he said, as if we ever sold anything hurtful!" I 1 r*TJ K TDTT?T> "VTT I , JL JLU A* AVXA. v MADAME'S LITTLE D00E. Next rlay Mr. Gryce had an adven- j tnre of which he is never fond of c speaking. When asked about it he shrugs his shoulders, says he is getting i old, and turns the conversation upon t Jiappier topics. Having a regard for t Mr. Gryee we should be glad to sus- i tain him in his reticence, but as this 1 adventure forms a link in our story t we shall be obliged to describe it, c though we "will not do so without mak- g Ing our apologies to the aged detective, whose record, after all, id chiefly one of triumphs. As I have already intimated he had J his own suspicions as to tbe identity of the woman believed to be the instigator of the plot formed aganst the i girls of the name of Jenny Rogers. To < prove these suspicions well founded be ? took the first occasion to visit this j woman. It w?as not easy to gain ad- j mittance to her presence, but by dint j of a little man^uvetlng at the door he t succeeded in getting Into the house, ] when the first move he made was to 1 push by the girl who guarded it and j hasten rapidly up stairs. t He found "Madame," as she was \ called, drawn up at the further end of ( the large front apartment. She "was in t morning dress and looked frightened, \ &ut he did not appear to notice this ] fauy more than he appeared to observe \ that tbe room was in great disorder, \ though it was in the middle of the day. i "Who are you?" she cried. "Why do I you come here? What right have you to push yourself into my room in this way without an invitation?" "You will pardbnme," said he; "with a humble bow, I-tell you that I Lave been sent here by your friend, Mr. ," and he whispered a name in iier car. "He is ill himself to-day, and asked me to come and see if everything Is going on right, and If you can do without him for the present." Her eyes, which had flashed open nt the sound of the name he had mentioned, fell suddenly at his final words. Turning her back on him with an in<Iescribable air of disdain she. drew toward the open door of a small closet and reached out her hand toward a rshawl, which she took down and trapped about her. "You are an impostor!" she said, with sudden vehemence, "i aon t kdow uuy person by that nanie, and if you persist j in staying here I shall call for help." "I don't think you will raise your voice," said he, "even though I shut "this door behind me and lock it, and put the key in my pocket, so. You are too afraid of tbe police, Madame Jenny' Bogers!" "Afraid of the police!" she mocked. 4iDo I look as if I "were afraid of tbe police? What have I done to fear them or you or auy one, for that matter?" "Shall I tell you?" he smiled, looking about the room and satisfying himself that it possessed no other outlet than the one he himself guarded. "I can tell you many more things than you think I can. For instance, just what your accomplice aiisnneu ??uu nucu you BUggested that you were not the j fei only Jenny Rogers in town." She started, turned pale and flashed j upon him two very dangerous eyes. ] But she said: "Accomplice for wbat? I have no accomplice; you are talking like a fool. < and like a fool I- shall treat you. Stand . .away from the door!" i "No," saM he, "not till you are ready 1 to accompany me. I have no warrant ] for your arrest, but I shall have in \ about half an hour, if my man outside i there is spry." And lifting a whistle i < . to his lips he blew a peculiar call upon i n .... _ ' instantly a cnange paestru u?n un ( I- \ face. She did not move, but he In- ] etlnctively put hi8 band to his pocket. 1 "No tricks," he exclaimed, warningly. ] "Who are you?" she simply cried. j "I am Mr. Gryce of the police force," < "he grimly answered. She seemed to measure him with her < ?ye. 1 "I am stronger than yon," she said. He drew his hand from his pocket; i It contained a pistol. / i She gave a horrified shriek and ] bounded into the closet, shutting the i door behind her. ; "Put ii away," she cried, "put it ^ awry and I will come out!" < He smiled, drew up a small table j to his s>de and laid the pistol on it. "There. I have done it," said he. ] "Don't stifle yourself in that place. Come out and talk." .She made no answer. < He took up the pistol again and 1 crossed the room. 1 "Come out," he commanded, and s pulled at tiie door. It was locked. He was old and weakened l>y rlieu- ( tantism. but was very angry, and that ] made him for the moment strong. Catching hold of the knob he wrenched t *t the door and actually tore it oDen ( .. . : ?' -'-.<-.5 ?V. . .... ER * P LIONS. Author of "The Forsaken 1 CRT BONNER'S GONC. f "Now!" he cried and stopped. An ;mpty space was before him. He said to the inspector, in relating he story, that he never before felt so 'oolish. Had she gone through the loor? Had she evaporatd into air? 3e stood for a moment baffled; then ie tore down the clothes hanging on jegs before him, and searching the walls found the evidences of a lock in he back partition. But it was a spring ? -- -i*- UnAl# U iOCU, ana as lor iue parunuu nocu u was so strong that it scarcely shook mder his "weight, though he cast himself heavily against it. Disappointed, but. above all, mortlled at what promised to be a complete Jasco. he came from the closet, and jpening the door into the hall, rushed aastily toward the back of the house In the hope of being able to cut short aer escape. But here he was met by i blank wall. On this story of the louse the only communication between i.~ fmnf on/1 tha ronr Inv throueh the I ^loset, and this was effectually closed. Remembering that the house opened jpon an alleyway in the rear, he at >nce lost heart. "She is pone," he whispered to himself, and blushed, though there was no me there to see. And his fears proved true. Neither hen, nor for months afterward, did he police succeed In laying hands upon his mysterious woman. She had seen mprisonment in Mr. Gryee's eye and led opportunely, and all the satisfacion they got out of the matter was the . ertainty of her being the woman they nought. ________ ; CHArTER XIII. I CHARGE THAT WOULD SHAKE MOST KEN. Two weeks went by; two long and vearisome weeks for Hamilton Dejraw. who, having received nothing >ave two wholly unsatisfactory notes Torn Mr. Byrd, found himself the irey of Innumerable anxieties, which ather showed a tendency to increase han diminish with the lapse of time. Ele had not been idle, but his work jad been entirely expended upon the )icture of the signorina, which he was iransferring to canvas. In this he !ound delight, but no pleasure whatever in anything else that he under:ook to do. Even the society of friends was burdensome, and, if he eft his studio at all it was to stray in :he direction of the police beadquar:ers, or to haunt such places as had jecome of interest to him through aslociation with the name of Jenny Rogirs. It was tow June and very warm. 3e was sitting by open windows jainting. He was tired and heart iick and discouraged. The work upon which he should be engaged stood leglected in one corner, while the work which alone interested him was o him at once a pain and a.disappoint nent He could not catch the look ivhich made her beauty so individual ind alluring. It "was in his mind, it aras in his heart, but it would not jrow from beneath his brush. He had m impulse to make a bonfire of sketch md painting both, and had even half isen to tear them from his easel when i rude knock was heard at the door md a messenger boy came in with a elegram. It was from Byrd, and aised his spirits at once. "Found; all is well; will see you ;oon." He was gazing rapturously at the sketch which now appeared beautiful o him when the young detective came n. He was looking fagged out, but ubilant. It was evidently a great satsfaction to him that he had succeeded n his efforts. "I am on my way to report at police leadqufcrters," said be, "but I thought t "would relieve your mind to Know ust where the signorina is." "It will, it will! You are a good felow, Byrd, and I am sure you mel-it nore than my mere thanks. "Where n the city is she? Aud how does she ook, tor I take it for granted you have seen her." "She is not in the city at all. She is with Miss Aspinwall at her country seat in Great Barrington." "With Miss Aspinwall! She could not be in better company, could she, Byrd? But how came you to find her, ind have you seen her or not?" "No, I have not seen her. In the be ?lJLLiJlil? Ui. i-U J ccauu X 1 WUCU iVllOD Aspinwall and astonished her very nueh by telling her that the signorina aad come to life. She had seen her in her grave clothes, and was disposed for some time to doubt this astonishing assertion of mine, but when she svas fiually convinced she showed so nuch pleasure in the news that it was rery evident she was a true admirer Df the slcnorina. So I gave her some idea of the anxieties suffered by the friends of the missing singer, and easily elicited from her a promise to let me know if she reeeis-ed any knowledge of the signorina's whereabouts. [ looked for no results to follow this effort, but herein I was wrong, for this morning, just as, in sheer despair, [ was on the point of giving up my search, came a letter from this lady, saying that the signorina had suddenly appeared in the same town as herself?that is. In Great Barrington? ind that if I wished to communicate rr?ifVi liar T chnill/1 fin/1 of +Vir? ?r'e own bouse, where she had been nduced to remain for a few days." "If I only knew some one in Great Barrington!" sighed the artist. "Pooh! You must know a dozen." Degraw shook his head, but lie w?<? rery cheerful. notwithstanding: life lad reassumed its ancient aspect, and ie cast loving glances at his lately de;pis-.'d painting. Mr. Byrd smiled, uttered some words >f admiration and then turned to go. 3ut before he left he remarked: "You must not be astonished if in he event of your finding your way to Sreat Barriuzton vou run across a detective there. You know tlie opln' i Jon has changed about the death of * the s?rl "who was found in the alleyway. She is now thought to have ^ been murdered, and as the murderer has not vet been discovered it is only common prudence that the girls who Lave been or are likely to be subject ' to his machinations, should be onder the guardianship of the police." Mr. Degraw assented, and the two young men parted, Mr. Byrd being j anxious to respond to a summons he f had received from the inspector, and I the artist being equally eager to put * into execution a plan that had sug- j gested itself to him just as Mr. Byrd 1 was leaving. This referred to the 1 possibility of getting a certain brother g artist of his to join him in a sketch- B ing itour among the Berkshire Hills, t There had been Rome talk of such a * thing the year before, but It had fallen 5 through. This time lie was deter- c mined upon reopening the subject and t bring it to a definite conclusion. He, * therefore, soon followed Byrd into & the street, and before nightfall so sue- i ceeded in infusing his own entliu- <! siasm into the mind of his friend that c he procured from him a promise to undertake the expedition at once, t Elated and gay with hope the light- a hearted artist returned home. Life, jj earth and nature seemed changed. c He sang as he-bounded up the stairs c leading to his room, and the sound of J his cheerful tones seemed to shake the great buildings and lend sunshine to e its somewhat dismal halls. But he 1 a did not sing long. As he reached the : ^ floor where his own room was situated j he perceived two men standing like a | ' couple of eliadows before bis door, i ? and the surprise cfcilled bis blood and j * bushed bis gayety, for the fa'ce of one j 1 was tbe face of Byrd, but so changed a from what it bad been a few hours ? before that he would scarcely have j, known it if he had not recognized in j 1 lijs companion tbe famous Mr. Gryce, I 3 who had been introduced to him at po- ! J lice headquarters. J a At his appearance both of these per- j v sons turned, and for once it was the i ^ older detective who came the nearer ; E to meeting bis eye. t "Mr. Degraw, I believe." said he. J ' The same." returned the artist. 1 "Will you come in?" And lie bast- j cned to unlock the door, from which a they bad momentarily stepped aside. c "Xo bad news, I hope?" he murmured, ? as be brushed by Byrd. 5 But the young detective forbore to , ? reply. He was evidently not in love ' ? with his errand and preferred to pre- j T serve a non-committal silence. Mr. i n Gryce,-on the contrary, was alert and j * at his ease. He cast aamiring giances i 6 over the studio and paused before the i painting of "A Poet's Dream" with I t hearty appreciation in every feature, j J But he lost no time. I "Mr. Degraw," said he. "we have j i come upon a disagreeable errand. Iam i 1 charged," and his eye left the picture, j J though it did not travel to the artist's | ? face, "with a warrant for your ar- ! 1 rest!" j ? "Arrest?" The artist laughed; what ridiculous joke was this? f r "I fear you do not understand," ob- ; ( served the detective gravely. "The . r charge is murder, and here is my war- ? rant!" j r CHAPTER XIV. j f MASTER OP THE SITUATION'. i fl I t There are some blows that fall with j, such suddenness that they daze the ; * faculties and make the recipient of \ * them seem unfeeling. Such a one was J a ? /1oto/>+it7o tnolr from his f iuxo. ili3 iuc uvkvv%*f V ?vw? - - ' ? pocket a folded paper Mr. Degraw J stared at him utterly unmoved, and j ? when the document was thrust into n his hand he opened it and surveyed its a contents as if he were obeying the i * beck of a friend in a matter in which j f he possessed no personal interest. But j at the sight of his name, with the offi- . cial signature beneath it, he flushed, j ^ and tossing the paper back cried has- j ^ tily: I 1 "This is too much!" and glanced at v Byrd as if still influenced by the idea I . that it was all a joke at which he had j ^ the right to become a trifle impatient. I n "It may prove too much," responded j t Mr. Gryce. "So serious a charge is J ? ""I'l* wlthftnf nvnnf tr> hsrlc it. i * 11UI UiUUt' H11UVUI, vv ?w v You are in the hands of the police, sir. \ d Is there anything you would like to ? do before going with us?" j .Then Mr. Dcgraw turned pale. j r "Byrd!" he cried, "what does this i< mean? What has happened? Is auy ! ? one dead, or am I under the influence ' \ of some vile nightmare?" j " "Yes," assented the detective, "some j h one is dead. A young and innocent j ? girl, who trusted you?" a To be continued. e v Hinta For the Bleb. t< The following literary hints for tne j t< wealthy aad cultivated were taken J1 from a German publisher: jj A gentleman does not use eau de col- 0 ogne and read greasy volumes from a j c circulating library. | ? A gentleman doeB not borrow good j ti works when he is in a position to * buy. jj A gentleman does not talk about the n latest literature when he is acquainted ; * only with what has been said of it by i P the reviews. J " A gentleman does not cut books with j ; his fingers, even after having washed i c< !-!_ 1 J. si lilS 11UUUS. A gentleman does not possess a box j ^ of carpenter's -tools, but no paper p knife. jj A gentleman does not receive books q for review and then give tbem away *< or sell them without opening them. tl A gentleman does not make presents ^ only of things which are entirely with- v out intellectual value. e< A gentleman does not send to his P book seller for a parcel of books on ! ' approval, and after having read them, J p, return them, saying that none of them j ? suit him. j rj A gentleman does not buy only cheap u, editions. t< A gentleman does not depend for his reading upon the daily journals and ^ illustrated weeklies.?London Author. w Tmmway Brake*. It seems to be indisputable that with suitable power brakes half a dozen recent tramway accidents would have i is _ ! w ueen avoiueu. i^uteuve ui antra ui 5C?* jr eral types can be obtained, and though the choice may not be altogether an lo easy matter, it can and it ought to be t* made.?Tramway and Railway World. pc A good fellow is generally one you fi: can borrow money from. . v I - .. . LSERMON FOR SUNDAY t LEARNED DISCOURSE ENTITLED "THY KINGDOM COME." .'he Iter. I)r. Clorenrn Arcgrnstus Barbour Makes an Eloquent Flea For Fellowship? Cause of the Dearth of Candidates For the Ministry. Brooklyn, N. Y?In the Emmanuel Japtist Church, St. James' place and Laayette avenue. Sunday morning, the Rev. )r. Clarence Augustus Barbour, pastor of he Lake Avenue Baptist Church, Rocheser, N. Y.. preached on the subject. "Thv vingdom Come; a Plea for Fellowship." The text was from Matthew vi:10: "Thy :inedom come." Dr. Barbour said: Matthew's gospel is distinctively the ;o6pel of the kingdom. but in a very true ense the Bible throughout is the book of he kingdom. If, as one has suggested, he conception of a suffering Redeemer uns as a blood-red cord throuzh the scripture, it is no less true that tne coneption of the all-embracing kingdom and he all-conquering King runs through all he Scripture as a cord of royal purple. My fundamental proposition is that the dngdom of supreme and transcendent mportance. The kincrdom of God, that livine nolity over which Jesus Christ if ting of Kings and Lord of Lords?that Iaims pre-eminent fealty. The kincrdom ifl of greater importance han the local church, of greater importnee than any communion in any community. of greater importance than any ing.'e denomination With any diff?rent onviction the denominations easily beome ''sects," something cut off in symtathy, as well as in organization and beief. from the rest of the Christian world. There is real danger that the local hurch or the denomination be exalted bove the kingdom of God. You know hat our Roman Catholic friends say thai protestantism is split up into innumerable ittle sects, quarreling among themselves, 'In the Protestant missionary work _ ol fapan." they say, "the Japanese, seeinj he headquarters of fifteen different and ion-co-operating sects in the square oi rokio, wrote to Amcrica. 'Do not send he my more kinds ot religion." we or tne Jatholic Chuch are everywhere the same? n America, in Africa, in Asia, in Europe, a almost every city and village of every and: the same form of worship, the same rticulate and compact organization. We ,re the church, one and united." We night answer that this is not necessarily i ground for self-congratulation; that wherever there is freedom nf inouirv, freelom of opinion, freedom of will, there is ound to be diversity. But we are not iow- discussing the truth or falsehood, he good or evil, in Roman Catholicism; re snv that this argument the Roman >tholic u?es with powerful effect. True it is that narrow denominationalsm is helittling and deadening. That was , significant remark made by one of out olles:e presidents. "The men who least omprehend what I am tryin- to do in this ollege are some professors of the college, rhev are nob'e, self-sacrificing men. but ach one considers his own department the inly really important one, and the idea if building.un .1 university is somethins vhicb none nf them can graso." So there re self-saerificing denominitionalists, whe lave no adequate concention of the dig' lity and importance of the church univeral?the vast embracing kingdom cf God. "The field is the world." says our Maser, nothing less; any smaller conception 9 a carieatiTre of Christianity, a belittHnc if our faith: any ideal short of united ffort for the conquest of the world-field b an ideal unworthy of the Christian lame. "The gocl peed, these are th? sons if the kingdom;" the words immediatelv ollow tbe reference to the world-fie'd "Ihe good 6eed. these a'-e the sons of the :ingdom." not the membership of any loal church, nor of aqy single denominaional body. I believe that we are coming to recogn'ze th?? essential unity of the kingdom oi xod. Many mountains, one globe; many avines, one mighty earth mass, vastly xeater than the wrinkles on her face: nanv regiments, one army; many denomitations, one church; manv creeds, one aith: many ways no the hill, one city at he top, where sits the King on His h'rone. Denominat.ionalism. wisely manged. may be used for mutual provocation to love and good works. Perhaps it ? better to be broken tip e-ternally. that ach denomination may do its own work. Jut there must be recognition, and that ecognition more than a normal one, of he practical fellowship, the co-operative eJlowship of believers. I tim a Baptist bv birth, by training, bv onviction. I yipld to no one in loylty to essential Baptist principles. There re f^npreMtional'sts and Presbyterians iid Methodists wifh eo.ual loyalty. But he Christian should bo no bicot. and no necies of bigotry -s more offensive than hit of the denominational bigo*-. Lot no one misunderstand. We are not f those sentimentalists -who decry eccleinstieal and denominatiornl organization. Te are not of th^sc who ideate the man rho nerches on the denominational fence, 'he fence-sitter is nauseating as lukewarm rater. We counsel no sncr.'ficp of conviction, ut. a mirrorintr forth of the snirit of our ivine Lord, who prayed for His disciples nd for those who should believe on Him hrough their word, "that thev all may bp ne, even as Thou. Father, art in Me."and in tnern, r.mt xney rifo may ue in ua, hat the world mav believe that Thou idst send Me," that as of old the world >av recognize us as Hi?. in that these IbHsh'ans "We one another." Such a spirit ;s a loner way beyond the pirit of "toleration." Yet even toleration j in advance of what we have known, ven in this "'and of the free." In the Jarvnrd baccalaureate of this yar Dr. ran Dvke eloouentlv said of the Pnritan: Something too little of sunlight may ave come in t^rouch the narrow windows f his house. But that house had fonnda:'or?. and the virtues lived in it." With 11 deference uue to our national forefathrs?and to them deference is due?there 'ere tenants in the house other than hose readily recognizable as virtues. Inference. Intense and bitter, was charac?ristic of Pi'ritani?m. The Puritan failed a annrehend the first princinles of relig us liberty. That it was his independence f conviction and his demand for freedom f worship which banished him from his ative land, but render^ his failure in this pspect the more conspicuous. He had no baritv for those who read the truth I ...Ik 41 Tk? 7?,v, hich he demanded for himee.f lie wou'd ot accord to those of different faith. To is view of truth the who?e community lust vieM assent; to .his standards of 'orship all must conform. And this purose to secure uniformity of worship did ot content, itself with seeking to correct rror by the gentler arts of Dersuasion; rror must be rooted out. at whatever ost. The arm of the State is invoked to cure uniform'ty. Upon the shores of fie New World arc re-enacted scenes of 'hich these exiles should long since have rown weary. The Puritan rivals in cruItv the persecutors from whom he ha? ed. We see Holmes, and Clark, and randaJl dragged before the Governor and ;ntenced to henw punisnirent. We hear be shrill crv of their clerical accuser as e smites Holmes before the judgment ?at, "The curse of God jro with thee." Fe see the three frail Quaker women jourgfd through the settlement, until rerieved at. last, at the noir.t of death. We ?e Ann Hutchinson, her reason well nigh sne. driven through the deep snows to erish at the hands of sa-ac;es. No elelent of horror is wanting to the scene. ine?, imprisonment, wmpping. muti;aons. banishment, death, await those who cricr stress of present convictions seek > be faithful to the lesson ol fidelity to mscience learned from their Puritan ithers and associates in the land from hich they have come. Such intolerance as hideous enough, though it was based i Dart upon strength of conviction. To-day the pendulum has swung to the ther extreme. We are in a day -when lischievous moral malaria steals subtly ito the fiber of si. onjr endeavor. The age drunk with materialis::. the south wind lows softly, and multitudes are enervated r its soothing touch. Some would seem ) think that in this day the (towers of a fty Christian life and character and of le great snlendid structure of the ldngjm of God are going to lean up in the ight like Jonah's gcurd; that we are :ing to wake up tome fine morning to id the building miraculous:;-* finished, ithout our endeavor, to tte j..rret-stoae. Understand md, he lir?art of Uc church still beats strotu anil "true, but great masses of nominal Christians a>"e in a lotus-eating atmosphere, listless, idle, unaccomp'ishmg. Toleration is a long advance from intolerance, but toleration easily becomes indifference, and both are utterly inadequate to express the ideal relationship between bodies of Christ's followers. Toler, ate? Endure? Be indifferent? Shama on those who would thus crucify the Christ afresh! "Like a mi^htjr army movesi the church of liod," siiouiaer 10 snouiuer, heart beat answering to heart beat, steps swinging in time to the martial music of the church militant and the church triumphant, "Like a mighty army moves the church of God." No regimental sacrifice of conviction, but above the flag of the regiment, the flag of the army above the standard of the denomination, the white banner of the Captain of the host, the Commander of the armies of the faithful, the King, omnipotent and eternal! Not intolerance, not toleration, not indiffer1 ence, but fellowship, is the rallying cry, and we may believe that it finds a sympathetic chord in every heart of this great I company. 1 A good beginning has been made. Federation is fellowship put into practice. ! Federation of churches and of Christian | workers has ceased to be a dream. It is far from uncommon to-day, in single com' munities, in counties, in States. Let me 1 indicate a very few of the lines which have been suggested and actually followed in this federated work. A religious census of a given community, resulting in a religious directory, showing church and Sundayschool membership and attendance; Christian citizenship efforts, including those against the legalized saloon, and against *v.? Jnoom-otlnn nriH Annihilation of the day of rest, a bulwark of our national life now thrown down and trampled in the I dust?our brethren under other national 1 flags are not free from the bitterness of this assault; a common rallying for the ; preservation or the securing of an ideal . public school system; where it can be done a wise direction of denominational enter: prises in the way of the founding of new r churches, thus tending to economy of ef! fort and wise stewardship of resource, but : chiefly, chiefly, co-operat:on in the vital, i invaluable work of the church universal in ! evangelization, this above everything else ?the joining hands of those who believe , that the world is lost without Jesus Christ ' in harmonious and loving fellowship of i action for the world's salvation. In all of i these endeavors we may work together, > our hearts beating as one in our common ' love and loyalty to our common Lord. ; Let me suggest two thoughts which may strengthen us in our fellowship. i First?The enemies of Christ- and Kia ; followers are neither dead nor sleeping. , Luther said, as a representation of the church in his day: "Who would paint a i picture of the present condition of the church let him paint a young woman in a wilderness, or in some desert place, and ?J I/**- U in fiffj -p linn a whnfl^ ; I' U UII Li aUUUl IltJL ICb UlUi ..vuvy .. ? eyes are glaring upon her and whose ; mouth3 are open to devour her substance i and her beauty." That is the natural condition of the church. When the church : in that ape, in this age. in an" age, is trulv > alive, and is fulfilling her destiny, she will find about her, as of old. men more cruel ; than ravenous beasts. The gospel meano ! battle. It is rightly on the offensive, not i the defensive. The gosnel divides, when; it is manifested in a disciple whose em bodying of the gosDel is strong enough to divide anything. The block will bear al. most unmarked the edge of an axe hani died by the feeble fin -era of an infant, but < the axe goes cleaving through the wood I when the edge comes down under the | sweeping power of a atrong man's arm. i True, multitudes of nomiual Christians i live on most amiable terms with the world, and know next to nothing of any tribulation or opposition occasioned by > their profession of Christi-nity. But that . is not because there is anv real alteration . in the consequences of close union with Jesus. It is because their unio i is so very slight and superficial. The world loves ita own. and what can it find to hate in the , shoals of people whose religion is confined , to their tongues mostly and has nothing to do with their lives? It uls not ceased to be a hard thing to be a real and thorough Christian. ; To be sure, opposition finds different i foes to-day than in some other days. You . know to what lengths it. has gone. The . Inquisition, the massacre of St. Bartholomew, the reign of Philip II. of Spain, the Duke of Alva with his satanic deeds in the Netherlands, the fires of Smithfield, these ere not so far in the past that mists of ' oblivion have shrouded them. But let I us understand, mv fellow Christians, that the world and the flesh and the devil are against Cnristian building and Christian , living still, just as they always were. I do not believe in people looking for j trouble, searching for some one who will ; consent to persecute tbem. but I have an idea that the stiDg of Smithfield fires and the wrenching of Tornuemada's rack, if those experiences could be reDeated, might coircct some vagaries ot modern theology. The thundering summons of the enemjr at the door might be a wholesome antidote for some conditions in our churches of to-day. There is something in the call to battle, battle for a cause which i9 righteous and supremely worthy, which stirs the deepest and the best in us. Is it true that there is to-day little of the horrnV in rplicrirm te anneal to men? Alas for us if that be so. The statement comes from some of our theological seminaries that there is some dearth of candidates for the ministry. Why? Why is it that the ministry doei not appeal to every stalwart, able, earnest, unselfish Christian man in his college days: It does to some. A part of the product of our seminaries to-day was never surpassed. But why does not the claim o^ this great vocation press upon every such an or.e until it is eoberly settled one way or the other? It is not because young men are afraid. There was no difficulty in filling up the ranks of the Rough Rider regiment, though every man knew that he was taking his life in his hands when he volunteered. There was no lack of volunteers for service when the Merrimac was to be sunk at the mouth of Santiago bar bor, though it meant a voyage into me jaws of death. Eight men were needed; you know the response to the call for volunteers. Second?The insistent call for servico has not ceased. Dean Frederick W. Farrar, who has but recently passed from among us, has said: "Is not this fatally true, that the lives of very inanv are frivolous, useless, egotistical; that the lives of very many are wasted and self-ruined by their own vilest passions; that the lives of some are like a mere poison and pestilence to all around them; that it is the liVes of few only which are noble ana generous, brave and unselfish, merciful arid just, pure and true? And the main curse of most lives is that they think only of self and live only for self." I hope that the words contain an exaggeration. I can but believe that each of us knows in his own circle lives which, though they be hidden from public view and knowledge, are "brave and unselfish," "pure ana true." But the words of the great churchman are a challenge and an appeal. The insistent call for service has not ceased. Thank God, history shows that the call has not been in vain. In the social stream r\f lifa /\f thi'a wnrlrl if ia <rr?nr1 fcn think of men and women who have not pleased themselves, but have gone about doing pood, great souls who in their stubborn devotion to the truth, in detestation of falsehood and lies, have faced a lying world and the hatred of the base and the storm of weak and cowardly criticism, not homing their lives dear unto themselves. | I hear some one say. "We have no such j call as they," but we have. The only call they had we have?the call of the need, j We might, the humblest of us, b<? useiul. Perhaps very few eyes will be wet for us, and they not for long, while others, with j less of opportunity than ourselves, have | gone down to the grave amid the benedic* j tions of the poor. Ah, the insistent call : for service has not ceased. Can we not strive to rise, to rise unitedly, to rise in ever strengthening fellowship, into such a life as is described by the words spoken of our blessed .Lord, "He went about doing good." The great Methodict leader, John Wea ley. the bicentennary of whose birth has j just been celebrated throughout the Christian world, nobly said: "1 desire a league, I offensive and defensive, with every soldier of Christ." So say we. Let it be repeated in ev?r increasing volume until the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. "We desire a league, offensive and defensive, with every soldier of Chriat." -i* 1. J.I:' /I i-!. Atrf >U.1, . ' s, i .; - - = - ' . "THE SUNDAY SCHOOL i INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR NOVEMBER I. Subject: David and Absalom, 2 Sam. rv.. 1-13? Golden Text, Ex. 13?3Iemory Versos, 4-6?Commentary on tlic Day's Lesson. I. Absalom stealing the hearts of the people (vs. 1-8). 1. "'Afte* this." After Absalom's return from Geshur and his res' toration and reception by David (chap. 14: 21-331. "Chariots niid norpea." - Absalom imitated the magnificence of foreign monarchs in order to make an impression or the people. Horses were ? novelty amraf the Hebrews, only recentlv introduced from Egypt, and were costly and rare. "Fifty." A son of the king riding in a state chariot with fifty footmen as attend' ants would prove a great attraction. David was so indulgent tnat he seems to have taken no notice of it. 2. "Rose up early." Public business in the East is in many places transacted early, before the heat of the day. Possibly hi? larly rising was intended to forestall the king, who was certain to sit in the gate during part of the day. It would thus appear tnat he had the real good of the peoEle upon his heart, and would make a nole king, just suited to their present needs. Those in trouble Avere likely to fear that justice would not be shown tbem, and would eagerly extend their support to one who appeared concerned for their interests. Absalom relied greatly upon his own powers. Though his fatner* was indeed very forgiving he despised him in his heart. 3-6. ''Good and rijrht." Thus to win favor he gave a decision before an investigation was made. Thy case is a worthy and righteous one and ought to be tried, and all thy grievances redressed. "Nc man deputed. Absaiom guards against accusing the king himself of injustice, but he excites in the mind of the people distrust of the king's whole judicial practice by saying that there was no regular judicial process for a just cause. The "hearer" is the judicial officer whose duty it was first to hear,and understand the people's and then lay them before the king. ,JOh, that I." Thus he professed extraordinary generosity and interest in public affairs, yet appearing to have no selfish desire in the matter. Wc do not read of his wisdom, virtue or learning in the laws, nor had he given any proofs of his love of justice, yet he wished to be judge, and such a judge that every man who had any cause would come to him. "Obeisance." The custom* ary greeting, as bowing to the ground, "He kissed him." Embraced him as a friend or brother, apparently forgetful o) his position and honor. "Stole the hearts." By his beautv and pretended friendship with them and anxiety for them he turned the people from his father to himself. "He did not gain their hearts by eminent services, or by wise and virtuous conduct. Absalom suggested that if he could be judge suits would not then be so tedious, expensive and partially decided as they were. ml 1 - J J .11 JLiiua jic unpcsru upuu iuaujt an uvci um land, and led them to prefer a worthless character to the wise, nghteous and pious David. II. Absalom's rebellion (vs. 7-12). 7-9. "After forty years." Rather after four years. It is generally admitted that forty years is a mistake in the text. The time must be the years after Absalom's return to Jerusalem and his beginning to practice the base atts of gaining popularity. "Pay my vow." It seemed to David that conscience had at last prevailed, and that right was to be done. Local sacrifices were still custoniary, and the visit of the king's son for such a purpose would be celebrated by a general holiday, and much feasting at Hebron. David was glad at this indication of religious feeling on Absalom's part. The deceitful son pretended to have been a strict follower of Jehovah even while fce was in a heathen country. "Go in peace." j These were David's last words to Absalom, i They expressed his strong confidence in his J son, as well as a wish for his happiness, i He seems to have been utterly without suspicion that black conspiracy was hidden I under Absalom's avowed object of going to offer sacrifice at the place of his birth, and where he himself had reigned over Judah for seven years. David was nrobablv. at IL;- ? - ?1.1? i ?t,? vii?i time, a, lttcnci iu.\ uiuuaicu. kj\j uc? I went." To perform the most unmanly and I base act a son could commit against a I f&fchcr * I JO. "Sent spies." To find out public ' oDinion and prepare ,to proclaim Absalom king when the signal wis given. "Absalom reigneth." On the sudden spreading of I this proclamation some would conclude I David was dead, others that he had rej signed, and thus they that were in the seI cret would draw in many to appear for Ab| salom, who, if they had rightly understood ' the matter would have abhorred the thought of it. 1 11, 12. "With Absalom went 200 men." I These were courtiers such as usually aci eompanied kings and king's sons on their I journeys. They were probably of the prini cipal men of Jerusalem, whom he invited ! to join him in thp feast on his sacrifice. I They were kept ignorant of Absalom's wicked plot. "Ahithophel?David's counI eellor." It is supposea by the Jews that ! Ahithophel was incensed against David for ! abusing Bathsheba, his granddaughter. He j had been David's most trusty counsellor; ! so highly valued was his advice that men | regarded it as an oracle of God (chap. 16: I 23), and long had the king profited by his j wisdom and experience until the outrage i upon his family made him retire from the king's court to his native city, Giloh, near Hebron. The manner of Absalom's sending for him seems to indicate that he was already connected with the plot. "The I people increased." This shows that deep | and general dissatisfaction existed at this I tmiu against lijc per&uii auu ciuuivjit ui I David. ! III. David's flight from Jerusalem (vs. 13-23). The rebellion proved popular. And Absalom moved swiftly to Jerusalem. As soon as David heard of it he proposed to flee from Jerusalem and leave the city and the kingdom to his son. This action seems j very strange. But, politically considered, David's action was the wisest that could be taken. For (1) so sudden was the outbreak that the city was not in a condition to stand a siege, and the popular excitement had so seriously affected the citizens that David scarcely knew whom to trust. He might be betrayed if he remained. (2) i He would not fight against his own loved ! son. (3) David^ kind nature induced him to spare Jerusalem the horrors of a siege and the risk of being taken by assault. (4) He probably judged, too, ana rightly, that delay woula be unfavorable to Absalom's plan, an opinion which Ahithophel held, i too (see 17: 1, 2), and also Hushai (17: i 7-13). (5) It must also be remembered j that in time of peace David had no standi ing army with which to resist this sudden I attack from so unexpected a quarter. (6) I Possiblv. too. the remembrance of Nathan's prophesy (12: 10-12) tended to paralyze David's natural vigor and incline him to gentle counsels. May Revive 8a;?r NaKinf< Richard Tizard, formerly Superintendent ; of the Rio Grande Sugar Companv, which I flourished about ten years eye under State subsidies, has been at Rio Grande, N. J., . for a week looking over the tract of eev: eral thousand acres still owned by the | company, with a view to making preparai tions to revive the industry. Mr. Tizard ! nays the experience of the eorr.uany proved | that the business can be made profitable | in New Jersey, and it is willing to try ! again. James P. Scott and Charles Eliis, ! large stockholders, of Philadelnhia, are I interesting a number of capitalists, it is claimed, and it is expected that a crop of C?ne will be planted in the spring. Sixty-three M'llcs Lone. A fence is being constructed entirely around the lower Brule reservation, in South Dakota. It will be reirarkab".<? in the way of fences, being sixty-three miles in leneth. It will be comnosed of four wires, placed on posts set a rod apart, cedar and ash posts alternating. In its construction 2o2 rai'es of wire wi!l he used. The work is bein? doie entirely by Indians. It is reported that in the spring it is the nurpose of the Government to issue to the Indians stock cattle, with an idea cf contributing in this way to the eventual selfsupport and independence of the Indiana. Pittsburg TVanta Convention. Pittsbur* is the latest aspirant to entertain the Republican National Convention next year. ' ' ' > .1^1 , THE RELIGIOUS LIFE ti ; READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR I WHEN tHE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. 1 ' r Poem: The Honr With God?Perils of Prlr. . -'vjj liege?Position, Family and "Wealth ID' | 1 Mean Added Responsibility For Those- A Exceptionally Jfavored. a 1 Mv God. is any hour eo sweet, * From blush of morn to evening ^ar, ru As that which calls me to Thy feet, That hour of prayer? Blest is that tranquil hour of morn, ' |*|8 1 And blest that eolemn hour of eve, ,r .When,, on the wings of prayer upborne,. '& The world I leave. ^ Then is my strength by Thee renewed; 1 Then are my sins by Thee forgiven; i Then dost Thon cheer mv solitude . L V With hopes of heaven. / ' $ i Hushed is each doubt, gone erery fear;: . , ] My spirit seems in heaven to stay; i And e en the penitential tear Is wipea away. Lord, till I reach that blissful shore No privilege so dear shall be, 'As thus my inmost soul to pour . j In prayer to Thee. A Da tie* of the Strong:. Christ taught a proportionate respowSbility, says the Boston Congregationalism ' J "To whosoever much is given, of hinv ' 'Sa much shall be required, and to whom they | commit much, of him will they ask the- Y* | more." Great gifts and privileges, there: fore, carry with them a corresponding 'dan-. ; i ger. This is so with personal gifts, it is ;'&{ i ! (InnHu an mifK mtr in f?nrruir*t?. '-*.4 ' | bodies in which we hold a membership. .: -?4 The strong man likea to use his strength. ' ; 1 He may use it for evil, but he is not Htceljs; " : to let it lie unused. In the parable it w ' i not the one who haa ten talents who hide*- : ./ * ' them away unused. The great dangef is* 1more frequently with the weak, who rest | upon the attainment of others, and" fell to* 1 | exert and improve what strength they , ; | have. The perils arising from privilege* ' I are most frequently the perils of the weak ; and the few talented. 1 | One such jseril is that of narrowness of ' I view. Prosperity is, on the whole, eicep1 | tional, but the thoughtless members of a ,v? successful church or company are apt to- m fall out of sympathy with the unsuccessful members. Members of strong churches hear with some impatience the call for help in mis9ioti fields. They are used to ; strength, their imagination is too feeble to enable theip to sympathize with the strugI gle and hardship in which all great worlc t i narriria TVio T>AfH>Ana11? nmumapAtM L/CK1U2. J- liv ptcwuaui vu^ . . ,.cially the prosperous inrough inheritance,. have little patience with poverty or mi* M fortune, which too often seem like crime*.. But to be unsympathetic is to he dead .tothe fellowship of believera, to whom Christ H prophesied tnat they most suffer tribulaIn the same way pride of family ip often- , WfL i treated as if it were a virtue which the j owner had himself acquired, instead of a \<A j responsibility which God has laid upon him. This view on good descent as a ground of personal merit is as commbn a* it is amusing, but it easily becomes & peril " ' to the soul. The same is often true of national pride, which also is God's tall to- j great responsibilities. To be an American ? is only a matte* of choice to those who- .V | are not born Americans. To be a good . i American is a responsibility and an bp- ' , i .portunity. The dancer is that we ro&y ' think that because America-is so string vG we can afford to be weak or careless ciii- . ' ; zens. To be an American is little. Three assassins of three Presidents have been ! Americans by birth or choice. But to be< the right sort of an American is much. , ^ ! The church is made up of men who lift, ' and men teho lean, of men who are ffced- .1 I ers of strength and men who are parasites. I The world is in need of a whole-souled^ unanimous, growing and Christ-like chorch, r> ,j' ] It is a peril of privilege if any disciple be- '< > j lieves that this need does not include hi* .1 own enthusiasm and growth toward Jii' | strength. The strong can never help the weak as they might dfo, until every church." has all the working force at its disposal > ,3p which God has given. The bracing atmos- ( I phere of struggle may be far better for the ^ | soul than confidence in the attainments '-"''4*? and the strength of which we are a part, ' !A but to which we contribute nothing. This "Warm-Hearted World. <" The last time that Frances E. Wfllajd. -' ~;L spoke to a Washington audience she told. I of a Chicago bootblack, who with his kit ? j on his shoulders and a package of news- < V... ; papers under his arm, stopped at the coll ' f };j of a man with a club foot. He worked j j away at the man's shoes, giving them .as ' J| I fine a polish as he could, ana when the job V j was done the man threw him double pay, 7 ^1 j saying, "No change; I made you more -oM i work than most folks do." . *f| j Quick as a flash the little fellow banded aHl : back half .of the money, saying, with hin ^^EK 1 eyes full of earnest sympathy, Oh, mister,-' I couldn't make money out of your Hflyfli trouble." H Not far from Washington there lives a boy who has to bear the heavy burden of , deformity, but so bravely does he bear it 1 that he is the very heart of his home, the i brightest and cheeriest and most helpful 1 one in the household. > .Not- long ago he went out and hunteo^n^^N up a situation for himself, so that be mightHfflHB J be able to pay his share of the family : peniKB. Somebody ashed him, "Don't you find rather disagreeable going about as yo?^^^H| i have to now?" ^HBR He looked up with his bright. smile, and answered quickly, Oh, no^HEflB everybody is kind to a fellow in my i with a slight gesture toward his back ' he spoke. '"^VhH I There is plenty of love and eympathy^^MM| in the woMo. after all, if our eyes are opeo to see them.?Christian Endeavor World. Re*t. ^ What is rest? It is "to step out of self- ] fife into Christ life; to be still and let j i Him lift you out of ltji to fold your hand* J ' close and hide your face upon the htm of fl I Mis robe; to let Him lay His cooling. 1 { soothing, healing hands upon your soul and j I to draw all the hurry and fever from its 1 1 veins; to realize you are not a mighty mes- ' i senger, an important worker, of His, full i of care And responsibility, but only a little? (/child, with a Father's gentle -bidding to- "4 | heed and fulfill; to lay your bu*y plans V. ind ambitions confidently in His hands, a? j a child brings its broken toys at its motbI er's call; to serve Him by waiting; to i praise Him by saying, 'Holy, holy, holy,' a I single note of praise, as do the seraphim | of the heavens, if that be His will- to cease ! to hurry so that you lose sight of His face; to learn to follow Him, ana not run ahead of orders; to cease to live in self and for self, and to live in Him and for Him; to love His honor more than your own; to be a clean and facile medium for His life-tide to shine and glow through?this is consecration, and thiB is rest."?Atlanta Constitution. . ,r.V All Hare > riace. 1 Every brick in the wall has its place, and a place no other one can fill. It may be hidden from sight in some obscure nook in the building where admiring eyes never rest upon it, but its importance may be far ] greater, and its mission far more essential ' jfl than some that are more conspicuously i placed. God has made some lives to be 1 hidden, some for the night and some for the day. They do <.ueir work unseen, unheralded. No one proclaims it. Their names seldom get into the papers. But in the mind of the Great Builder their inconspicuous p'ace in the divine plan is of great importance.?United Presbyterian. ItnjniyrntiN Number 20,000,000. | Figures fomri!cd by the Bureau of Statistics. at Washington, show t\at rhs total imrnieration into th? United Stages since 1320 is 20.000.000. The number of foreignborn persons now liv'n? in the Uniied States is 10.000.000. and the number of persons or fn-einfu parcntag" exceeds 2?.OCO.ODO. lie fore 1820 no records of immigration Z nere &epi. ' Honor Iaventor of " Skat." ? ' 'A fountain waa unveiled at Altenbarg, capital of the Duchjr of Saxe-Altenburg, Germany, to preserve the historical fact that "skat," the national card game of Germany, was invented there by a lawyer ' named Hempel in 1817. , ^ ? -hi