4 AM ATT
I By Ansa Katharine Green, J
COPYRIGHT, inO, ?V ROI
CHAPTER XXIV. I
Continued. I
He was still puzzling over tbis mat- ^
Iter, and "wondering if the scene be- 1
tween Mr. <3rycc and his prototype was c
Ho be heightened by tbe entrance of *'
this pair, when the fir6t of the two J
darted out of the house more rapidly 1
than he had entered it, and hastened at *
(full speed down the street just as the
Whistle of an approaching train was
heard. He was followed, but not im- t
mediately, by the second person, who, I
(hearing the train blowing off steam at 1
the station, rusbed after bim down the
street with all the determination of an 1
ardent pursuer, while from the great t
front door through which tbe two had
come rushing there now issued a half *
dozen or more curious Individuals, anx- c
ious to know tbe termination of an en- i
counter which had evidently aroused 1
their ereatest wonder. |
While he "was noting these persons i
tand "wondering what was taking place 1
at the station where the pursued and i
pursuer were likely to come up, the art- I
ist felt a hand on his shoulder and
heard whispered very quietly into his
ear: t
"I should like you to hear Mr. De- 3
graw's story. It is a very curious one." i
With a start he turned toward the de- t
itective, and blindly obedient to the 1
signal which he gave rose and followed i
Tiim -intn hniise. As he did SO he t
?
sufficiently subdued the fresh excite- i
<ment "which Mr. Gryce's summons had 1
(occasioned to remark: 1
"These people are watching a chase.
Mr. Degraw's valet just put in an ap- s
pearance here, bat he "was followed by
a man, isjio evidently frightened bim e
80 that he ran out of the house again, i
JThe other one started in pursuit, and s
(the two are now racing down the street i
jtoward the station." t
i "Is that so? Well, Byrd is a lively j
tone. We can safely leave him to his
own devices. Come!" And he led the c
Way up stairs into a large and comfort- t
ably furnished room, probably the best c
Iiahpa offnr/lo/? f
lYTiiAlJU LUC UVUOC Uliviuvw. %
Mr. Degraw, of Cleveland, "was
tawaiting them, standing in the middle
of the room, and -what astpunded the
artist was not only the e.ase and dignity
with which his namesake and rival
greeted his appearance', but the undoubted
respect shown him by the detective,
"who first bowed and then observed
mildly:
"There is no need of an introduction
here, I believe. Gentleman of equal
etation understand each other. BeI
sides, I believe you have already met
to-day." '
The artist, thrilled as -well ns dazed,
for the other was looking at him with
etrange and unexpected benignity,
bowed, wondering if he was in a-dream
.while the gentleman from. Cleveland
pushed forward chairs with such an
air of hospitality that it was easy to
see that Mr. Gryce had not yet re
veaiea ms uusmebs tu uim, <ji mat ju j
revealing it be had fo^nd the tables so 1
completely turned upon him that there f
;was no longer question of arrest or i
even suspicion. ' i
That the latter 'was the real case the i
artist soon inferred from what the -de- i
tective now said to him: i t
"I have brought you here," he calm- t
ly remarked, "with the consent of this t
gentleman, -who has some strange rev- *
-elations to make to us. Though the ?
Interviews "which you have hitherto
tad together have not been marked by t
the most pleasant understanding he is i
eo convinced by certain revelations
twhich I have made to him tliat you T
iad ample excuse for your disgust, ?
that he is disposed to regard you rather (
in the ligl?t of a fellow-sufferer than in f
liiill UJL till iUlCUUUUUi tUCUJjr, lUC Oiili"
Jlarity of names having led to a 6imi- t
larity of experience, both having been c
arrested on a charge which in both in- 1
stances was a. mistake deeply to be re- 3
gretted by the Inspector and myself." c
"Then," began the artist, thrown en- i
tirely off his balance by this sudden 'j
and unlooked for issue to a mysterious -y
affair, "you have heard of a third Hamilton
Degraw, or found Indisputable
evidence?" here he glanced at the table j
on which various documents lay scattered?"that
this second holder of the r
name is not the gentleman who has
lately made himself so inimical to girls i
&; * named Jenny Rogers." ' t
"On the contrary," broke in the ?
other, "I am unfortunately that very y
person. But my interest in these girls t
had Its cause in motives so different t
from those naturally ascribed to me by c
the police that I think I should rather e
oe regaraea wua sympamy man wuu g
distrust. Sliall I tell you my story?"
"Certainly," responded the artist, his r
more generous instincts coming to the c
surface. "Certainly, I shall be very j
glad to hear our name completely ex
onerated from all suspicion of evil." j
And yet he could not forbear thinking 1
that whatever tale the other might tell <
he could never explain away all the j
doubtful circumstances that surround- j
?d him with an atmosphere of crime?
the box of poisoned bonbons, for instance,
and -wondered why a man of t
Mr. Gryce's perspicacity and well known
discretion should be so easily 3
iturned from a suspicion so well
mviiinflpd in comDromisinfr f?r>ts Rnt _
then the artist forgot that Mr. Gryce j
? was not the other's rival in matters
that ever affect the judgment and ?
' harden the prejudices. If he had he t
might have doubted his own clearness i,
cf vision. t
"It is a long story," the stranger ob- E
served, "and I shall begin at the beginning.
Had I known that by telling r
it sooner I should have saved others j
from consequences I now tremble to ?
think of, I should certainly not have
* retained my secret so long, as my only \
^rish has been to do my duty, disa
greeable as I have sometimes found it, <
and difficult beyond anything I have j
?yer before undertaken. j
"I am ii native of Cleveland, a bache- ,
lor and a roan of means. I board at a
?lnb bonse and I bare hot. a responsi- ,
tfitltj is tlie worli, gave suota as every i
ii,K ' ILIONS.
Jl
AoUior of "The Forulten I
Inn," Etc. |
ICNT BONNER'S SOW. M
nan owes to himself and to 6ociety.
1 am not even engaged in business.
rVhen, therefore, a lawyer friend of
nine stopped his boggy one day at our
lub house, and, beckoning to me, said:
with m? nrWl spe a curious 8icht.'
: had no motive for refusing him, and
mmediately jumped fnto the buggy
ind took my seat at his side.
" 'What sight? I asked.
*' 4I am on my -way to a dying man
o tell him that he has fallen heir to a
arge fortune. Do you think It "will
nake him take up bis bed and walk?'
" 'Such miracles have happened,' I
eturned. 'Who is this man and' how
)ig is the fortune?
" 'The former question I cannot answer;
I have only his name and adIress
to go by; the latter I will reserve
eplying to till we have seen whether
ie is still living when we get there. It
vould be something like the irony of
Uie tw JJUU mat -Utr uicaiusu
ast before touching a dollar of this
noney -which he has been so long exacting.'
' 'Does it come from a relative?'
" 'No. A law case has just been setled
which has been dragging on for
rears. No one anticipated a decision
n his favor, least of all himself, and
hough, in one minute it has raised
lim from the condition of a pauper
nto that of a man of wealth, I fear
he result has come too late to do him
nuch good. But we will soon see, for
lere we are in Sheriff street, where he
s said to live.'
"I was interested by this time, as we
ire in all human dramas, and was glad
vhen we drew up before a small, oneitory
wooden structure of mean but
lot uncleanly aspect, to hear, through
in open window, the sound of a rackng
cough, vhich seemed to assure us
hat the sufferer still lived, even if hi6
>rospect of living long was small.
"We were met at the door by a peuliar
looking "woman of foreign aspect
o whom I at once took an invincible
lislike. But I had not long in which
o indulge this feeling, for at the first
ntimation of the lawyer's desires she
lung open the door of the sick room
md we passed in.
"A remarkable face greeted up, a
lungry face, staring from rags of bed;lothes
that could not disguise by their
;qualor the fact that this man, perishng
in penury and neglect, "was a man
)f mind and once the possessor of posiive
beauty. He was no longer young,
jut beneath the death-damps that al eady
bedewed his forehead one could
liscern intimations of a character of
io mean stamp. A fitting inheritor of
i great fortune, but oh, how sad that
t should have come too late!
"The friend at my side advanced into
he desolate, and miserably appointed
oom. I ifoHowed him, shutting the
loor behind toe. The man on the bed
jpened his eyes still wider, and his
toce took on a strangely eager look.
Bad he seen no kindly faces for days?
tVas his hunger one of the soul? I bejan
to feel a strange stirring at my
leart-strings, and forgot the wretchedless
of the surroundings in my yearnng
pity for the man himself. MeannKiln
Viir* wnc nrtf nnnn
TU11C, JUAO Qil^iiUVU HUO UAtU, liUl UJ^Vii
he lawyer, but upon myself, and beween
the coughs that constantly disurbed
him', I saw something like a
smile of welcome stir his feeble lips
md irradiate his feverish eyes.
44 'Are you Michael Delancy?" asked
he lawyer, speaking in a kind but
jusiness-like tone.
4' 'I am,' issued faintly from the ?ick
nan's, mouth. 'Michael Delancy, once
i#gentleman and a student, but now
lying in loneliness and rags, a poor,
orsaken and utterly friendless wretch.'
44 'No, no,' cried the lawyer, striving
o encourage the poor man, who, inleed,
looked as If he had not many
lours to live. 'JTou have friends and
rou are not poor. Though comfort
:omeg late, it comes surely. We are
iere to make your last days cheerful.
f not to provide you -with a cure that
vill yet make you a well man.'
41 'I do not understand,' his gesture
:eemed to say. 'I am very sick; nothng
will ever bring me cure but death.'
" 'Can anything bring you happiiess?'
I asked.
44 'Oh,' he sighed, 'I should like to die
n the face of some one's smile and
;indly look. I have lain here months
ind not a gentle word have I heard.
Fhe very doctor they bring in now and
hen is harsh and gruff. I am not used
o roughness, as I am not used to disirder.
I should like to breathe in a
weet atmosphere, and feel my light
jo out in a place of peace and beauty.'
"'You shall! That you shall!' cried
ay lawyer-friend, with the impetuosity
>f which his long experience had not
ret robbed Him. "If you are strong
>nough you shall be moved at once.
Nothing that money can provide to
aake you comfortable shall be lacking.
3heer up, my friend! We have come
ate, but we liave come "with a pur?ose.'
" 'May I ask,' the sick man inquired,
vith a feebleness -which proved that
he excitement of the moment was
veakening him, 'who you are and why
rou are so kind?'
"He addressed himself to me, but it
vas naturally my friend who cnswered
lim.
" 'I am Israel Cutting, of the law
irra of McDonald & Cutting. This genleman
is Mr. Degraw If we seem
.ind it is because your condition seems
o call for any honest man's sympathy
ind consideration.'
" 'But the money ? you spoke of
noney. I have not any. I cannot even
>ay for my?my ' A cough cut him
short.
" 'We do not always know what we
lave.' observed the lawver. auietly.
Sometimes, when we think ourselves
juite poor providence pours an unexpected
fortune into our laps. You need
not worry about money; you have
yiough.'
"I thought the man would rise up out
rf his bed in the sudden eagerness
which seized him. '
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44 *A3i! "what is thlsf he cried. 'What.
do you mean by "fortune"?"unexpected
fortune"?"fortune poured into one's
laD?" Is there money for me? Real
money? Not charitable bounty, but
money that is mine through law and
justice? Has the case been decided?'
"We did not answer; we did not dare
to, lest he should fall dead before our
eyes. We only smiled, but with great
encouragement, and, as I hope, with
great sympathy.
" 'Ah!' he murmured, after a moment
of silent survey, 'you look as if I had
not guessed amiss. It has come, then;
come, after years of hopeless waiting?
come to pay for my burial, after having
failed, to provide me with medicines
and care.'
" 'But we will have no burial now,'
exclaimed my friend. 'Such an event
should inspire you with new life.'
" 'Too late! too late!' sighed the
other, and his arms, which had been
lifted in thankfulness to heaven, slow
]y dropped, "while his head settled duck,
and only his eyes showed the triumph
which this.sudden knowledge of riches
had awakened within him. 'You are
not deceiving me? he now said. 'I
have really won the case?'
"Mr. Cutting bowed, and showed him
some documents which be drew out of
his pocket The 6ick man looked at
them, smiled proudly, and seemed for
a minute to regain a certain strength..
" 'I knew the money ought to be
mine,' said he, 'but I never expected a
jury would agree with me. Ah, if I
had only two days before me, or one
day, I would '
"The lawyer interrupted him.
" 'Have you any relatives?' he asked.
"The sick man shook his head.
** 'I have neither kith nor kin,' he
answered. 'I have not even so much
- - - A ?
US U. UUUB1U ILL ILIJS ITUilU.
" 'Is it possible!' exclaimed the
lawyer; 'whom is this money going
to?'
" 'How much is it?* asked Mr. Delancy.
' " 'Oh, a large sum, hundreds of thousands.'
"The sick man uttered an exclamation,
then looked slowly and with an
expressive comment round the room
that would not have been considered
a decent home for an ordinary hodcarrier.
" 'And I owe for this!' he exclaimed.
'May I ask,' here he turned with
strange persistency to me, 'that one
of you gentlemen will be good enough
to pay the woman who rents me this
room all that I owe her? I should
like to see it done with my own eyes.
Perhaps 6he will swear at me less and
let me have a cup of tea that is not
stone cold.'
"The lawyer sprang to the door with
alacrity, v As he did so we heard a
bustling sound without, but when he
had reached the hall, he found no one
and had to call again and again before
the horrid old woman, who seemed to
be the sole owner and inhabitant of
this establishment, appeared.
" 'What does this gentleman owe
you?' was the lawyer's bTusque interrogatory
as her wicked face showed
itself inside the door.
"She stammered, seemed at a loss to
mention the sum, and finally said:
" 'A hundred dollars.'
" 'No, no,' came from the bed. But
the lawyer, with a wave of his hand,
calmed the man behind and intimidated
the woman before him.
" 'A hundred dollars!' he repeated,
-Ior a room wunout a carpei, a ueu
without sheets, a plate without food!
If you get ten,, you ivill do well. Iam
a lawyer, -woman, and I have seen the
like of you before. Where are thli
gentleman's clothes? And Hie watch
that used to hang in that case, and the
books that used to He on that shelf?'
" 'Gone,' she cried; 'he pawned them.'
"'And gave you the money! It id
not ten dollars you want, but a month
in the penitentiary. You have been
paid for all he has had from you, over
and over, and now you owe him. Give
us the hundred dollars you ask. It
would not buy the' books you have
stolen from him.'
"Her face, which was as brown as
old parchment, took on a livid hue.
She slunk back and disappeared from
sight, and the lawyer, with a quiet
chuckle, flung a silver piece after her
and shut the door. '
" 'Excuse me,' said he, 'but I cannot
see even a rich man robbed.'
jLuen, oDservicg now paie me sica
man was becoming, he grew suddenly
alarmed, and whispered for me to go
for the nearest doctor, as he really
feared that Mr. Delancy -would not
live long enough to make his will.
"But when I started to go, the sick
njan showed so much distress, that 1
paused astonished.
.? To be continued.
The American Male.
The historic glory of the Matanzas
mule furnished an ample vindication of
the warlike qualities of his race, and
now, in the face of a Western judge
who recently handed down a decision
impugning the character of the American
mule, the Bureau of Animal Indus*
try is sounding the praises of this animal.
Recently the foreign demand for
tho Amapi^an mnlo Tina hoAn cn < rroat
that the bureau has interested itself in
the matter. It does not seek to discourage
exportation, but to encourage
farmers to go more thoroughly into the
raising of mules. Ten years ago the
number of mules exported from the
United States "was only 1965, and their
value $138,591. From that small beginning
the traffic grew. It did not
take the American mule long in the
countries in which he was tried to
demonstrate his sturdy worth, so that
the exportation now is running from
30,000 to 40,000 a year, the average
value ranging from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000.
The Government scientists
who have been collecting data on this
topic are proud of the fact that the foreign
trade of the United States in
mules is exclusively an export trade.
The mule, as America knows him, tireless
in peace and not readily bluffed in
war, cannot be imported. America is
his present habitat, and hither come
the nations seeking his help in theii
campaigns. Primarily it lias been the
mule's stoical service in battle that has
raised his reputation and his market
value. In addition, it has been found
by the foreign nations that the animal
in peace "was equally indispensable,
and consequently the American mule is
being installed not only in the military
reservations of all Europe, but also in
the countless avenues of industry.?
New York Tribune. i
.. :, ..
A SERMON FOB SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED
.TTHE CHRISTIAN'S MISSION."
The Rev. T. J. ViHers, One of the Most
Popular Clergymen ia Indiana, Delivers
a Strong Sermon, the Theme of
nnicu is JLvanKeiiBiu,
INDIANAPOLIS Ind.?The Rev. Thomas
J. Villers, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, of this city, preached Sunday
morning a strong,-sermon, the theme oi
which was evangelism. His subject, was
"The Christian's Mission to the World."
The text was chosen from John xvii:18:
"As Thou hast sent Me into the world,
even so have I sent them into the-world."
Mr. Villers said:
Ihc farewell discourses to the disciples
were ended. Gethsemane with its mental
anguish and bloody sweat was but a alep
in the distance. The shadows flung from
the cross were deepening and darkening.
Jesus knew that before another sun should
set His work on earth would be done. In
7se last moments He betook Himself to
prayer. Dying words are undying words.
We embalm them in fragrant memories.
With eyes uplifted toward the Father, the
divine Suppliant first reviewed His own
ministry. I have glorified Thee on the
eai*tb; *1 have finished the work which
Thou gavest Me to do." Then His mind
turned toward "His disciples; He prayed
for them, declaring their mission to be a
Anntinnafinn nf Him own. This thought He
emphasized before His death, on the"earthward
side of Calvarv, while standing in
the deep shade and gloom. "As Thou dast
sent Me into the world, even so have 1
aiso sent them into the world." The same
thought emerged with Him from the tomb,
and dropped from His lips on the heavenward
6ide of the cross, while standing in
the light reflected from the crown. "Then
s.ud Jesus to them again, Peace be with
you- as My Father hath sent Me, even so
send I you." Thus with the emphasis of
repetition our Lord announces the Christian's
mission to the world.
Jesus is called the apostle of our confession.
He is God's sent one, whom we confess.
He repeatedly laid emphasis on this
fact, declaring Himself to be the one whom
the Father sanctified and sent into the
world. In John's Gospel alone He speaks
ol Himself thirty-six times as being sent
of God. He was sent to preach good tidings
to the poor, to proclaim release to the
captives and recovering of sight to the
blind, to set at liberty them that are
bruised, to proclaim the acceptable year of
the Lord. Having finished the work which
God gave Him to do, He formed a new
apostolate, dignifying all disciples as His
apostles: for wJiile His commission "even
scsend I you" may have primary .reference
to the twelve, it applies with equal force
to all who have obtained a like precious
fai.L. God sent Him; He sends us. In
the Acts we read that when Stephen suffered
martyrdom there arose that day a
great persecution against the church at Jerusalem.
And they were all scatter <d
timniiKniit thp rpflrionR of Judea and Sa
maria, except the twelve. They, therefore,
that were scattered abroad ? not the
twelve, for they Btayed at Jerusalem, but
the laymen, the rank and file of the church
?they that were scattered abroad went
about preaching the word.
Do you plead your iack of eloquence, affirming
that you are slow of speech and of
a slow tongue? Listen! The gospel is good
newr and good news does not need ornamenting,
it needs telling. Listen! One
night at Corinth, after a day of depressing
toil, when there had been little to cheer
Paul's soul, Jesus appeared to him in a
vision, saying: "Be not afraid, but speak."
The word which Christ used is significant.
It is not the term for a formal set discourse.
It suggests the simplest fom of
human language. It means merely to talk.
Our Lord did not want Paul to suearcoat
his message with poetic, rhetorical descriptions
of the glory of Corinth's two seas,
flecked with white sails from many landsdid
not want him to wax eloquent ami<!
that pageant of islands and mountains and
groves of cypress and pine bathed in the
'low of Grecian sunsets. Jesus wanted
Paul just to talk the gospel. At the apostle's
feet lay the blue waters of the
Aegean. Jesus did not want i'aul to pre
pare learned disquisitions, whose profundity
would eaual the unplumbed sea, like
the preacher who was sajd to be invisible
six aays in the week and incomprehensible. ;
on the seventh. Christ only wanted Paul
to talk the gospel. In the distance j
gleamed the snowy summit of Helicon,
whose muses had inspired Iiesiod and his
tchool of writers. Jesus did not want Paul, <
with a head as cold and a vocabuiary. as ]
icy as Helioon'6 summit, to show the rhetoric
loving Corinthians that he was as cultured
as themselves. He wanted Paul just
to talk the gospel. Towering within sight (
stood two-peaked Parnassi: ?, whose side
poets had climbed for inspiration. Jesus
did not want Paul to give the impression
that his inspiration had been kindled on
Parnassus, lest, coming with the enticing
words ol man's wisdom his message should
b? made of none effect. He anted Paul ;
limply to talk the gospel.
O beloved, this is what the church and
the \70rld need to-day?not more clergymen
to expound the gospel, out more men
and women to talk tne gospel: talk it in
the home, talk it in the office, talk it in the
Bhop, talk it in the factory, talk it in the J
store, talk it on the farm, talk it on the
streets, talk it on the trains?talk it everywhere.
Suppose people call us babblers. ;
That is what the Athenians called Paul.
Jesus says: "Be not afraid; keep talking." '
Suppose they say that our spccch is con- I
tomntihle. That is what the Corinthians
said of Paul. Jesus 6ays: "Be not afraid;
keep talking." Suppose they affirm that
the old gospel will not do in these modern
days, that it must be refined and intellectualized,
trimmed and lopped und polished
and perfumed. Jesus says: "Be not afraid; .
keep talking."
It is profoundly significant that when the (
Holy Ghost came on this day of Pentecost
He appeared in the shape of a tongue, ,
which sat not only on the twelve, but on J
each member of the church, and when that ,
tongue of fire touched them they began to :
speak as ttie/ Spirit gave them utterance. ,
It is by the tongues of God's peojbjfev>that (
His gospel must be published. We may (
try to excuse our silence by sayipg that !
actions speak, louder than words,, .and so ,
if our life is right, speech is unnecessary. (
It is true that the life may be eloquent,
and ought to be. It is true that words ,
without works are like faith without works <
?dead. But no excuse that we can frame ,
will satisfy Christ for our dumbness. More J
than once He healed men who were pos- i
sessed by dumb devils, and it must grieve ,
Him that so many of His people in our
day are similarly afflicted. My brother, it' (
you have a dumb spirit, let Christ cast it
out, that the string of your tongue being ,
loosed, you may speak the reconciliating ,
word.
A commercial traveler recency stood in
my study and gave me a chaDter in his his- ]
tory. Ten years ago he had fallen so low
through sin that he was utterly forsaken, j
cast out even by his own wife. One night
he wandered into a Chicago mission, where j
he heard someHhing about the love of God.
He went back every night for a week and !
listened. Chords that were broken began 1
to vibrate once more. On the seventh
night, after the' mission service, Le groped
hi- way through the darkness to an o!d
board fence near the house where his wife
lived, and there behind that fence threw <
himself down, hoping that when morning f
dawned he might peep through the cracks, i
and see at the window yonder his little i
child, whom he Avas no longer permitted t
to visit. As the eastern sky began to f
fli.ek witW Tiromisp of the dawn, wearv and 1
hungry antf lonely and heart-sick, he "crept
ud to the feet of Jesus. "And preatly to
my surprise,"' he said. "Christ didn't scold
me. He knew I'd beeti sco'.ded enough already.
And He didn't give me nny adv'ce,
either. I'd long ago had plenty of that.
No," he added, with trembling . voice.
"Jesus just loved me." And when the sun
got above the horizon that morning a
brighter light was lilling all the chamDers
of his heart. He has a beautiful home
now, and everywhere he goes is telling
what a dear Saviour he has found. Are
some of you out in the darkness?homesick
and sin-sick? Creep up to the pierced
feet. He'll not scold you. He'iJ not advise
you. He'll just love you?love you out
of your .shameful failure and los.?. into the
glorious gain of His cross, out of earth's
sorrows into His balm, out of life's etorm 1
and into His calm, out of distress to jubilant
psalm.
Children of God. apostles of Jesus, as
love was the master passion of turn whom f
the Father aent, bo must love be the roo- i
Btraimnc motive of us whom the Son t
r. .
Beads. Humanity responds to the tooeh
of love. Around on the sonny side of even
the most frigid man there is always a dooi
that opens to the pressure of a loving
heart. "Thou hast loved my soul from the
pit," esclaimed Hezekiah, as he looked
back at his alarming illness; as if God,
bending over His prostrate servant, bad
used His great heart as a magnet to lilt
the sufferer from the grave. lx>ve magnetized
Hezekiah from death. Be ye, therefore,
imitators of God, Paul urges, and
walk in love even as Christ also loved you.
As His sent ones, we are to go about loving
people out of sin into forgiveness, out
of unrest into peace. Constrained, impelled,
urged on, held irresistibly to one
aim by the love of Christ, we are sent to
those yet in enmity against God, to love
them into fellowship with Him.
Continuing, as we do, Christ's mission,
our parish i6 the world. As He was sent
into the world, even so'has He also sent
us. His comm?acTta.-RlBke disciples of all
the nations has : never been repealed.
Within every Christian church 1 wish
there hung a chart, constructed on the ba
sis of Acts i:8: "Ye shall be witnesses unto
Me, both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea,
and in Samaria, and unto the utlerinodt
part of the earth." Four-concentric circles.
A picture of the local church at the
centre. The inner cirrie at the top, "In
all Judea:" at the bottom, "State's Missions."
The third circle at the top, "In
Samaria:" at the bottom, "Home Missions."
The outer circle at the top. "Onto
the Uttermost Parts of the Earth;" at the
bottom, "Foreign Missions." Across them
all in the shape of a cross." "Preach the
gospel to every creature:" "The Field ia
the World."
A sinful world,.-where men and women
are dying without God and without hope.
A sorrowful world, where bleeding hearts
need bandaging,- where many a man never
sees the stars flhine through his cypress
trees. A covetous world, where greed
supplants creed, where the book of truth
and the bottles of hell are struggling for
the supremacy; where, with eyes blinded
by the god of this age. many are hastenins
to become rich, falling into temptation and
a snare and into many foolish and hurtful
lusts which drown men in destruction and
perdition. Into such a world are we sent,
vet must we keep ourselves unspoiled
'? ??i-i ? -r it
irom tne woriu. XI10 npurc UI iuc eau
Jesus immediately followed with His figure
of the light. While mingling'with people,
as salt is mixed with that which needs
reservation, we must be as lights, above
and shining down upon the world. Sometimes
in the hoiy mount with the transfigured
Christ, then down among the people
with the demoniac boy; keeping close
to the Master while keeping touch of the
world; laying hold of sinful man with one
hand and the sinless Man with the other,
and bringing them face to face.
It is profitable to note Christ's interpretation
of His own mission, and to read oui
mission in the light of that interpretation.
Hear His words: "I came down from
heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the
will of Him that sent Me. As My Father
hath sent Me, even so send I you. I came
not to call the righteous, but sinner? tc
repentance. As My Father hath sent Me,
even sd send I you. The Son of man came
not to be ministered unto, but to minister,
and to give His life a ransom for many.
As My Father hath sent Me, even qo send
I you. The Son of man came to sei.'k and
to save that which was lost. As Mv
Father hath sent Me, even so send I you.
He came to minister, and He ministered
to all classes. He welcomed influential
Nicodemus, and explained to him the Dew
birth. He took eaual pains with the de
spised woman of Samaria, and drew foi
I er the living water. The two accounts
are placed side by side.' During His life
Uo Yv,;nn,la/4 niifli nnnr! in Hi* death
He made His grave with the rich in ordei
that He might save both. So is the wil' ol
God in Christ Jesus concerning us. Wf
are saved to serve. With hands full oJ
helpful charity, with a word in season tc
him that is weary, with a heart at leisure
from itself to soothe and sympathize, wt
are ajnt to bring ourselves into contact
with humanity at the point of need.
Ourselves, mark you, not merely our substance.
The human soul is cavernous in
its hunger, not lor things, but for folks,
It is easier often to give money than self,
It takes less prayer, and necessitates lesd
nervous expenditure. Jesus touched men,
and virtue went out of Him. Ho gave llis
life. As a ransom that gift was unique in
its value and effec;. As an offering for
sin it can never be duplicated. Yet ma;
we, in some true sense, give ourselves, as
He gave Himself. We may present out
bodies a living sacrifice. We may pour out
our lives on tne altar of the church's faith,
and count it a joy, as Paul did. We may
imitate the devotion which burned in the
bosom and blazed in the life of my revered
teacher, Martin Brewer Anderson, who
used to say: "It has been the purpose of
my life to live as far as I might for othprs;
like my divine Master, to give myself
for them, and so far to renew in myself
that perfect life."
In view of our mighty mission, are we
in weakness, and in fear and in much
trembling? Let us be comforted by our
Lord's intercessory prayer. He guarantees
YVHpn Hp sneakfi
? I'umpicic C4uiymv<>Ki ,, _
of sending us into the world. His word
means more than a mere sending. It implies
an official, authoritative commission,
together with the necessa-y equipment.
As the.;;Father equipped Him for His ministry,
so He tHoroughly furnishes us unto
every good work. He was anointed with
the Holy Ghost an l with power. Ye shall
receive power, said He, when the Holy
Ghost is come upon you, aud ye shall be
My witnesses. For witness-bearing the
arift of the Spirit is Resolutely essential.
We must tarry until we are endued. We
may be richly endowed without being endued
at all. Once, we are tojd. it took
one sermon to convert C000 souls; now it
takes 3000 sermons to convert one ?.<oul V
the statement be true, the reason is clear.
The Pentecostal messenger was Spiritfi!lea.
We must tarry for the promise of
the Father before we can carry th: gospel
of che Son.
Equipped with power, we are given n
message. Jesus went about teaching and
preaching the gospel of the kingdom. As
the Father sent Him even so sends iie u*.
When a man gets the tongue of fire his
theme is not politics or sociology, not literature
or science, not the popular topics
of business or society, but the mighty
works of God. Paul told Timothy that the
Lime would come when men would not en
dure Bound doctrine, but, naving iwrnuji
ears, would heap to themselves teachers
nfter their own lusts. If churches have
itching ears they can always find teachers
md preachers who are filling to Mcratch
their ears. But ear-scratchers are not ambassadors.
In our ministry of reconei.iation
we have hut one message?th?; word
sf reconciliation. God has committed it
to us; or, as Paul says, God has deposited
it in us; as if it is a sacred treasure which
ive are to preserve carefully and bear faithfully
to others.
Parents and teachers and fellow workers
jnto the kingdom of God, while continuing
the mission of Jesus who came to seek and
to save that which was lost, may G?d pivc
pou and me the unspeakable joy not only
if turning men and women from darkens
to light, out also of leading many of the
itt!e ones to Him who carries the Iambs
n His bosom.
JLet U8 ise TnaaKim*
Let us be thankful that we arc a'ivc.
Just to live is pood. There are doubtless
some who find life bitter and sad, but ever,
ivith most of these their dejection is only
i n.atter of mood, which come- r.nd goes,
md is only now and then present with its
;ioom. Let eveu such souls rejoice that,
nowever dismal they may feel at timfcs.
:hey are not always in the shadows. And
ivhen it is light for them, as it is always
'or many of us, how good it is to be alive!
Let us be tnankful for the world. It is
lot a perfect world, but all that GoJ has
rtade is very good. The only evil is of
>ur introducing. And what men brought
n can some day be cast out. What God
hade, meaning it to endure, is all good,
for all the beautv and goodness of God's
,vork in the world let ur be glad.
Let us be thankful for what of God's
ioi e we do not understand?for the sor nw
and loss, for the flood and earthquake.
or the pain and discipli . Some day w
;hall understand the meaning of it all, and
je clad that it was as it was. Let us reoice
in the thought now.?Christiau Enleavor.
God's Purpose*.
The 6urest method of arriving at a
knowledge of God's eternal purpoios about
is is to be found in the right use of the
ire.ent moment.?=F. W. Faber.
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tore&KfiCst
abrouife
At Data.
Gloriovs, golden dawn!
From, the locked., chambers of the night
thou (^most 4
| To waken sleepy earth.
Speechless herald! Thou touchest lovI
: IL. i? I.L.1. ?A ? J
jiigij luc muuuuuu peaivs mat Jsianu
immovable,
And with thy warmth of splendor dost
dissolve the mists of centuries
From the eyes of ever-wakening truth.
Golden, glorious dawn!
The wheels of time that ever onward
move,
Carrying with them all of life's endeavor.
Turn ever round, and in the gorgeous
splendor of thy quickening power
Upward epeed. {
Autumn radianie in the valley resting!
Borrowing from thy life to spread o'er
nature's home,
Rich covering of warmth and light,
Herald of life.eternal! Thee we praise and
in our praising
Find God, and in His temple kneel.
?S. Mabel Cohen, i
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Serving Christ at fifame.
Charles Spurgeon once sajd: "When
. home is ruled according to Goal's word,
angels might be asked to stay a night with
| us, and they would not find themselves
, out of their element," and'it is a home
of that kind that invites our attention toda.v.
To serve Christ in the home ~ia a
[ great thing, for if we serve Him there
j Bervice outside will be natural and 6&sy
I and no higher praise c&n be given .one than
the praise of private virtue that is spoken
[ of by those who know the home life, and
especially when this praise comes irom
I servants or others *ho come to know us
just as we are, rather than aq we appear.
[ in the home, as elsewhere, Christ is to be
, served by obedience to parents, and the
. child that does not do this is not serving
. Christ, even though he may wear nice
. clothes and go to church and take part in
j meeting. Sometimes I have seen boys and
. girls that did not obey and I always felt
! sorry for them. They are unhappy them,
selves, .and- make others#unhappy, and
usually grow up to be of little use. On
the other hand, it is a beautiful sight to
ee$ children render cheerful obedience to
their parents. They are happy and make
| others happy and grow ud to be useful
, men and women. Will you serve Christ
. by obedience to your parents?
Christ is served in the home by symJ
pathy, and in the home wnere He dwells
we find -v.
i "That sorrow flows from eye to eye
And joy from heart to heart."
; In such a home there is kindness, and
each one vies with the other in manifestations
of tenderest sympathy.
We serve Christ in the home by truth
fulness. It is a bad thing for any one
: to lie, and no liar can enter into the kingdom
of God. I once knew a little girl that
' was in the habit of telling falsehoods and
after she grew up. even her own mother
Baid that she could never tell when her
! daughter was telling the truth. Juniors,
* won't you pray for .aU.?uch that they may
\ repent and ask Gbd to forgive them and
i heln them. to be truthful?
[ "Love is the .golden chain that binds" us
! to each other in our homes, and we should
be tender and affectionate to each other,
| or we will not serve our Master. To
1 serve Christ in our homes we must be like
! Him, "Kind to one another, tender
' heartea, forgiving each other" In such
a house as this Christ finds a dwelling
pl^ce. He is the head of such a house, the
unseen guest at every meal and the silent
listener to every conversation.?J. C. B.
| Stivers. , j
Those Who Would Have Must Give.
What would you think of a ror that
, would say to itself, "I cannv, afford
to give away to strangers all m., beauty
and sweetness; I must keep it f<?r mvself.
I will roll up my petals of beautv; I will
withhold this fragrance for myself. J,t is
wasieiui extravagance 10 give ineae imngs
away." But behold, the moment it tries
to store up, to withhold theon from others,
they vanisn. The fragrance, the beauty, do
not exist in the -unopened bud. It is only
when the rose begins to open itself, to exhibit
its petals, to give its secret, its life,
to others, that the beauty and fragrance
are developed.
So selfishness defeats its own ends. He
who refuses to give himself for others,
who closes the petals of his helpfulness |
and withholds the fragrance of nis sympathy
and love, finds that he loses the
very tmngs he hoped to gain. The very
BDrings of his manhood dry up. His finer
r.ature becomes petrified. He grows deaf
to the cries of nelp from his feliowmen.
His tears are dried up and he stares at
misfortune without wincing.
Refuse to open your purse, and soon yoa
cannot open your sympathy. Refuse to
love, and soon you lose the power to love.
Your affections are paralyzed, your sympathy
atrophied from disuse, and you become
a moral cripple.
But the moment you open wider tn?
door of your narrow life, and, like th?
rose, send out freely your fragrance and
I beauty upon ey^ry passerby, whethei"
peasant or millionaire, you begin to develop
a marvelous power.?Success.
God's Choice. ' V
j When the choice lies between happiness
and usefulness, God always chooses the
latter for His children. This is the key
to many a mystery. We seek joy, God
seeks fruit. We pray for comfort, God
sends tri(d. Not because He is unfeeling,
but because He loves us too much to
fjlease us by injuring us. The care-free
ife is not the cared-for life. The crown
shines brightest upon the forehead where
pain has plowed her deepest furrow. That
life is -the loveliest which has been chiseled
- * .1 it- _t 1. i.?i
| into Deauiy Dy ine snarpcat iuuj uj. dwirow.
God is aiming at usefulness, not
limited to earth, but reaching past all
etars and compassing eternity. God has
chosen us, and into Hie plan is woven
both to-day and to-morrow and the eternal
years; and He will not give us the
happiness of to-day if that can only be
purchased by the diminished happiness of
to-morrow. The most useful men to-day
are not our happiest men. Our sorrow
may be our best helper as we set ourselves
resolutely to our life's work. ?ZionV
Herald.
Practice Ground.
Kindness, gentleness, consideration for
all with whom our earthly lot is cast?
these form the practice ground for the
ultimate satisfaction of the communion
of saints in Heaven.
Gentle Speech.
A single bitter word may disquiet an
fomilv fnr a wholp dnv. One surlv
glance casts a gloom over the household,
while a smile of sunshine may light up
the darkest and weariest hours. Like unexpected
flowers which finring up along
our footpain, full of freshness, fragrance
an'd beauty, so kind words, and gentle acts,
and sweet dispositions make glad the
sacred spot called home. No matter how
humble the abode, if it be sweetened
with kindness and smiles the heart will
turn longingly toward it from all the tumult
of the world, and home, if it Be ever
so humble, will be the 'Hearrst spot beneath
the circuit of the sun.
Knisia's Heonoinlc Condiiion.
According to a confidential report presented
to the Czar by the Controller of
the State in 1902 the arrears in. annual
payments by the peasants for the redemption
of land distributed among them at
the time of their emancipation has increased
from 94,000,000 roubles in 1S97 to
121,300,000 last year. This bare fact is regarded
as typical of the crushing burden
under which the agricultural peasants are
working, and is illustrative of the general
Af + V?o /innnifnr Tiln onmA
ciuuuiiJiv; ncucc ui Aug oc*ui\.
report speaks most pessimistically of industrial
conditions. Over 100,000,000 roubles
had been loaned up to the beginning
of this year by the state banks for the
maintenance of unbound firms, particularly
in the metal industry.
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TEE SUNDAY SCHOoiSj
international lesson comment* H
for january 3. h9
'v ^H33l
/Subject- The Boyhood of Jesna, Luke 11*
40-52 ? Golden Text, Lake H?, c?~"
Memory Verges, 49-51?Commentary' SH
on the Day's Lesson. SB
I. The growth and advancement ok
Jeeus (vb. 40, 52). 40. "The child grew. ^H|
From this verse and verse 52 we learn
that Jesus had a human body and eoul? HP
He was a.genuine boy and grew like otbei
boys, but He wa<? sinless. Evil had n<>
place in Him. "Strong in spirit." In mind,
intellect and understanding. "Filled Witt flB
3 JJ "IT- ._! /? ?
tviBuum. ne was cminenx. ior wjbuuuj- HKfg
even when a child. "Grace of Gdd- fiBflj
Grace commonly means favor. God war
pleased with Hira and showed Hi? favoi.
and blessed Him.
52. "Increased in wisdom and stature.
In the perfection of Hie divine nature
there could be no increase^ but this ie M
spoken of His human nature. H
II. Jesus in Jerusalem (v*. 41; . 42). 4h 8
"The Passover." There were three prin? M
cipal feasts of the Jews. The Passover i? -gj
April, the Pentecost near the first of JuBe, S
and the feast of the Tabernacles in Octo- fl
ber. All males over twelve years of age h
were required to attend these feasts im*
less they had a legitimate excuse. The w
name expresses the design of the celebrA?
tion. The destroying angel "passed over"1
the Hebrews.
42. "Twelve years old.''. At the age ol
iweive a oewian Doy oecume "a aon 01 tae i
law," and came under the obligation of 1
obeying all its precepts, including attend*"
ance at the Passover. It was nrobable that " %
this was the first time that Jesus had been m
in Jerusalem at this feast. To a boy whe
had never been outside the hills of Nazae aB
reth, the journey to. .Jerusalem, the ap*
pearance of the city at this time, filled, ae? '
cording to Josephus, with more than two tfl
and a half millions of-people, a sight of H
the temple, the preparations for the feast -jw
and especially the feast itself, must have
been on imposing .sight. n
Illl Jesus lost (vs. 43-45). ."Had ful
filied the days." Eight, days in all?One H
the Passover, and seven the days- of un- '
ieavened bread.' "Tamed behind." Luke
neither tells us that Jesus remained behind
at Jerusalem unintentionally, no^ H
that Joseph and Mary lost sight of Him BG
through want of nccessary care. A circum- H
stance' must have been omitted, and .we
may safely suppose that Joseph and Mary *.. ' '-H
joined their elder fellow-travelers in the
persuasion that Jesus, who knew of the, .'-^Hl
time and place of departure, was among H
tae younger ones. The more Mary was
accustomed to trust to His obedience and v
wisdom, the less necessary would it be
always co watch Him. .An involuntary mis- H|
take, of whatever kind it might be, sep* flg
arated the child from the parents. Jesus Hfl|
was so intensely interested in the rabbis ERB
that He failed to start with tjie'cara'van on
the homeward journey. "Knew not of it."
This shews the perfect confidence they , ^
had in the boy. He was probably a a
far advanced in judgment as an ordinary A
youth many years i?is senior. A
44. "In the company." Jesus had en* '
dently been allowed a more than usual
amount of liberty of action, as a child, - Hi
by parents who had never known. Sim
to transgress their commandments or be
guilty of a sinful or foolish deed. 45<
Found Him not." They had probably
left in the night to avoid the heat of the vflj
day, and in the confusion Jesus is lost. 9
The boy had evidently been in company jfl
with some of their friends, and the time ?
of the departure of the caravan was thor*
oushly understood. H
rV. Jesus, found (v. 46). 40. "Aitet n
three dayri?' An idiom for "on the third jfl
day;" one day for their departure, one for. *
their return and one for the search. H
''They found Him." Jerusalem was over
crowded with millions of people packed
into a small area, and they had none of M
thf> fn whioS wp irmiM at nnM W
tor assistance in searching for a lost child ' fl
in a great city. "In the temple." Joseph
and Mary evidently knew where they ffi
would be most likely to find Him. Jesus' I
was probably in one of the porches of the
court of . the women, whore the school* B
of the rabbis were held. "In the midst 9
of the doctors." Teachers of the law, B
Jewish rabbis. "Asking them, question's." K
X he questions were no doubt suggested I
by their teaching. V H
V. Jesus astonishing His hearers (vs. fl
*7-50). 47. "Astonished." The^Gredc - s-fl
word is very forcible. ' The impo<4>. isr ^
that they were in a transport of astonigh- ?
ment, and struck with admiration. "At ^ Jfl
His understanding." He brought with Hub-""" ffl
a clear knowledge of God's word in which fl
no doubt. He had been versed from earliest
fears. They had never heard one so young, . ]fl
nor indeed, their greatest doctors, talk - fl
sense at the rate He did. 48. "Amazed.:r 'fl
To see such honor given to their boy, and . v- fl
to see such boldness in holding a ais<iusiion
with these learned men. "Why,"
etc. This was the mildest sort of a re- >/. $
proof, and was probably given privately.
"Thy father." This form of spt cb waa
necessary for how else could she speak?
She had probably never told her Son of the
peculiar circumstances connected with His
birth. "Soupht Thee Borrowing." Being
not only troubled that we- had lofct Thee,
but vexed at ourselves for not taking more
care of Thee. The word here rendered
sorrowing is expressive of great anguish.
49. "How is it that ye sought Me?"
This is no reproachful question. It i? '
asked in all tne simplicity and boldness
of holy childhood. lie is apparently astonished
that He should, have been sought,
or even thought of. anywhere else than in
the only place which He felt to be properly
His home. "Wist." Know. "About
Mv Father's business." Sec R'. V. "In My
Father's hou6e*' unnecessarily narrows the
fulness of the expression. Better, in the
things or affair/? of My Father, in that
whicn belongs to His honor and glory.
50. "Understood not." They did not
yet understand His mission. His first recorded
utterance is too deep for them.
Jesus was a mystery to His parents, and
He has been a mystery to the world ever
since.
VI. Jesus subject to His parents (v.
51). 51. "Went down with thiem." If
His heart drew Him to the temple, the
voice, of duty called Him back to Galilee; . t
and perfect even in childhood, He yielded
implicit obedience to this voipe. "To Nazareth."
Here He remained eighteen year*
longer. These were years of growth and
preparation for His great life work. "Whs
subject unto them." There :s something
wonderful beyond measure in the thoughfc^^-JM
o: Him unto Whom all things are sul^?et
submitting to earthly parents. No/such
honor was ever done to angejp^S"iva8 now
done to Joseph and Mary; Great r?en
have learned first to obe^ That general
could not eommandjywfmy if by most severe
discipline hejsad not learned to obey,
That college patient could not fill hig
position if he /ad nut learned this lesson.
It as a sign J not of abjectness, but of
greatness, be subject to law. "In her
heart." ^Expecting that hereafter they
would breexplained to her and she would
understand them fully.
#/^Thy Bismarck Wu Dropped. ^
? ond .'onca^iAnul wrflion Ol the
reason for the Emperor's dismissal of the
late Prince Bismarck from the Chancellorship
of the empire in March, 1890. in
printed by newspapers in (iermany. Th?
story is that when Emperor William asked
Prince Bismarck to explain why he was
iiegotiaUng witii Dr. Windthorst, the
Catholic leader, without consulting His
Majesty, the ?'onvenation became hot.
Prince Bismarck was no angry that he
raised an inkstand against ni* imperial
piaster. The story was lo'.d by Moritz ^2
Kgidy, who received it from the King cf
?Jjnnv <
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Find* Kadlam in Utah Ore.
Professor Alexander H. Phillips, cf
Princeton University, has discovered radium
in carnolite. an ore found in Utah
an.d possibly in other of the Rocky Moun
tarn etates. ile has louna on experimenting
that from twenty-five pounds of carnolite
a sample of radio active barium chloride
can be obtained which will give about
1500 activity. ^
Destiny of Shamrock's Mast.
The Hteel mast of the yacht Shamrock
III., which was presented to Cape May by
Captain Charles Barr, who bought the
Shamrock, wUl be pl&ced in a public square
dn New Cape May by the Pittsburg syndi- *
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VJALC. 1U1 ICU^bJJ Ui A<JO ittv "TV
flat cars to carry it,
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