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CHAPTER XXXVII.
Continued.
wns sorclv beset: the heart
which bad been> torn and trampled
upon by another felt a throb of life at
the prospect held forth to her by this
good man. Here was refuge, liere was
solace, here was balm for her braised
pride. He was honorable, too, and of
a distinguished presence. He would
guard her honor, and he would not ask
her to give up her millions for a
whim, only to scorn her when she bad
shown herself willing to make the
sacrifice.
Smiling upoD him with a certain
wistful grace, she asked if he would
take her without explanation.
For reply, he drew her to bis heart,
and when the little clock on the parlor
mantel struck 11 o'clock that night, it
sounded in the ears of a solemnly engaged
couple.
"When he bad been gone a little
.while Clairette, her maid, entered.
"I beg your pardon," said Clairette.
4,but a gentleman called while you
were talking with Mr. Degraw. I
could not let him in because you had
forbidden it. but I thought if you knew
his name "
She thrust another card tinder her
mistress' eyes. Jenny read it, and
then read it again. Hamilton DegTaw?
Hamilton Degraw? Who was he? Not
' A1 - " " 1\?~> r}
Hie geMiieuaaii iu >? jlkjlu out aiuu. jum
engaged herself! Ob, no! Ob, no!
Who, then? Not the artist? He bad
not come and gone -while she bartered
Iber life away for a comforting word?
Yes, yes. the face of the girl told her
what this miserable card failed to do.
He had been here and she A wild
scream went up from her lips, and she
lay, in the next moment, senseless and
Inert upon the floor.
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P.: # CHAPTER XXXVIII.
JEANNETTE AND "VIRGINIA.
Jenny Rogers realized all that she
tad jeopardized by her sudden engagement,
but was not disposed to submit
to the consequences of her folly without
a struggle. Since the artist still
loved her, she would meet that love
and hail the return, whatever it might
might cost the man who had taken advantage
of her momentary weakness
to bind her to himself. To break away
from the man who held her troth, that
she might fly to the man who held helheart,
was all her hope, all her purpose
To insure fulfillment to this
hop? and to make certainty of this purpose,
she sat down after breakfast to
write her betrothed a letter.
But when she came to take the pen
In her band, she trembled. Ab, this
was not so easy a task after all! If she
had recoiled at times from giving up
the millions that had come to her in so
wonderful a way, how much more reason
had 6he for recoiling from an net
hnt not nnlr mpfint flip saprifire of her
fortune, but the betrayal of a secret
L- that invof ?d her honor and every
claim to happiness "which she possessed.
I do not think she could have
proceeded -with her confessions if
Clairette had not brought her at this
critical moment a letter, -which pave
her the impetus necessary to carry
through her project. It was from the
artist and ran thus:
"My Best Beloved?You have refused
to see me. . Is this because I have
come too late? Darling, I had my excuses.
I -will explain them to you if
you will give me the opportunity. Do
not judge me 'without knowing the
farts for -whatever indifference I mav
have shown you, I here avow that my
heart has been beating with yours
throb for throb, ever since the moment
you drew my eyes to yours, and
made me see that you were willing
to give up all the world for the devotion
t>f your artist lover.
"HAMILTON DEGRAW."
fe* I
: Such words, coming at this moment,
made her path plain before her, or so
the desperate child thought. A fiery
ardor of devotion awoke within her,
and though her trembliug was not lessened
and her cheeks took on the hue
of fear, she seized the empty sheets
before her, and transcribed the burning
words which she knew would effectually
sever all connection between
herself and her true-hearted benefactor.
It was noon when her letter was
completed, and her feverish eyes and
pallid lips evinced what the task had
been to her. But she gave no evidences
of flinching, and folded up the
letter and addressed it to Hamilton
Degraw, Esq.. with unyielding determination.
Only when it came to her
taking from a certain secret drawer the
deed and various papers upon which
her fortune depended, did she show
any signs of weakening. And then,
not because of any secret longings
toward the wealth represented by these
various documents, but because she did
not feel quite assured that she had
said all that was necessary, in her
long but not exhaustive letter. She
had told her secret and repudiated the
Delancy legacy, but she had not named
her successor. Should she? Had she
tLe right? No; but it would be so
pleasant to think that the dear little
school teacher who had every virtue
and every charm save that of an tinhnltinsr
gait, should reap the benefits
that were no longer liers. As she
thought of it. she took a resolution.
She -would visit this lady and see for
herself if she was worthy o' this good
fortune.
This resolve once taken, she locked
np the letter and tiie deed together,
md donned her simplest street garments.
Her first move was to consult
a directory. It was a successful one.
for almost at first view she lighted
upon the address she sought under the
name of "Rogers. .Teannette; teacher,"'
and, elated with her anticipations, she
betook herself to the street and num-'
Der nameu, use a lt-iuiue niuuuu ?i
BaschKI. '
She, was fortunate in finding the
jrouns schoolteacher at' Borne. Slie was
.
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| Author of "The Forsaken J
OBERT BONNCR'6 SONS. ?
1 ushered into the parlor. In a few min
utes, that seemed long to the impatienl
visitor, a light and almost bounding
I step was beard in the ban ana tne aooi
opened, and a pretty, bright and archly
i smiling girl stood before her.
"I wish to see Miss Jenny Rogers,"
she explained.
"I am Jenny Rogers."
Our Jenny faltered back astonished,
then burst out with the irrepressible
exclamation:
"But she is lame! I was told that
she limped fearfully, while you "
The young girl before her broke
forth in a merry laugh.
* * * 1 Ttmfi
"un, i nave ueeii iuujc, uut. lam ouut
I Lad an operation performed npon my
ankle, and it cured me entirely, and
now I can even pirouette?see!" And
the pay young tiling took a whirl
through the room, pausing suddenly,
however, to exclaim, with irresistible
demureness: "Pardon me; I am forgetting
my manners."
The signorina?we must call her so
again for the nonce?experienced a
strange sensation. Not lame, this girl!
Then it was surely God's providence
| that hd her here. How strange it all
was! The mistake of considering permanent
a defect that was only temporary
had turned Mr. Degraw's attention
from this blooming girl.
"You must wonder who I am and
what my errand is. Well, I have no
errand; I only wanted to know you?
perhaps because of your name, which
is identical with my own."
" 'Jeannette Rogers?'"
" 'Virginia Rogers;' but we are both
called 'Jenny'?at least I am."
"Ah! how curious!?to meet one of
my own name, I mean. And you are
so"?"beautiful," she wanted to say,
but lacked the courage.
The signorina smiled. Somehow her
heart felt quite light.
"Oh, I like you," she impetuously
?'T fool 00 if "nro rroro nlfl
^A\.iUiUiVU> A AW1 MO il uv " v? v w ?
friends. Have you never experienced
any unpleasantness from the possession
of this name? You know, I suppose,
tbat it has been much in the
papers of late; that unusual prosperity
as well as adversity has been the portion
of some who have held it, and
that it is a doubtful blessing to be
called 'Jenny Rogers' just now."
"I know that a promising singer of
tbat name has lately become the owner
of a large fortune. Is that the
doubtful blessing you allude to?"
jl ij t? aivuuco.? ui u^i iuuik wiiujvu
the innocence of her heart, hut the signorina
lost her voice all the same and
hesitated some minutes before remarking:
"I have the money, yet I am ready
to part with it. It is not always an uumitigated
joy to hold it. But, money
of itself is good, do you not think so.
too, Jeanuette?"
"I do, Virginia, so good that I can
never have enough of it," she laughed.
"It is not that I am mercenary," she
protested, "but that my pay is so small
and our wants so large. I should
like " She paused, while n flush
dyed her earnest young face. "I forgot."
she resumed, "that you were not
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ii? jJUUl LUJ3C11. JLUU V_Ui_LLiUC UUUV1stand
"
"But I can," broke in the signorina
eagerly. "And I am as poor as yourself?or
soon will be?for I sball bave
nothing -while you?"
"You will have nothing?"
Nothing but what a kind husband
'/rtll give me, but that is everything, is
it not?"
"I do not know," retorted the other,
quaintly. "Some day I may be able to
answer when I have graduated in other
lore tnan that we learn out of books."
"I have graduated." whispered the
signorina. Then, suddenly: "I am the
singer you alluded to! Will you be
my friend?"
"I. your menu:' criea tne otner.
"Will you be mine?"
"Will I not?" exclaimed the signorina.
And the two girls glided into each
other's arms, impelled by an attraction
tbat was almost irresistible.
When the signorina went away she
wore almost a joyous look, and the
first task to which she turned her attention
upon reaching her home was
to take out her letter to Mr. Degraw
and inclose in it the following note:
"If you have any hesitancy as to
where to place the large fortune thus
thrown back upon your hands, let me
suggest that you remember the little
school teacher, who is no longer lame,
and who, as you must recognize, is as
WU1C.JJJ lip X U1XJ UU\>Ul UiJ', ?IliU. u& utruutiful
as any one who bears tbe_name
of 'Rogers.'" * ;
OEAPTER XXXIX.
ANOTHER TURN OF THE WJ1EET-.
Miss Jeannette Rogers, accompanied
by Mrs. Dutton, called on Hamilton
Degraw at his studio to give him her
reply to his note in person. He greeted
her joyously, but perhaps his eyes
more than his words spoke his erect
ing.
Ho directed her attention to one of
his pictures, which he called "Love's
Reality." and taking advantage of Mrs.
Dutton's considerate preoccupation
with the sketches she saw everywhere
displayed, he tenderly asked Jcannette.
"Can you guess who was aij
model for that?"
Jenny's eyes met his. and h^ thought
he never saw her look more glowing.
"May I guess that it is your future
wife?" she whispered.
V.'ith difficulty he suppressed the impulse
to c-lasp her then and there to
his heart. But he pressed her hand,
which had somehow stolen toward his
own, and his face told all the rest.
"Oli. my darling!" lie breathed.
"Would we were alone for one short
minute!"
"We are." she laughed. "Mrs. Button
is very short-sighted, and so deaf
when she thinks it best to be that she
cannot really be looked upon as un intruder.
We can talk unrestrainedly
i and that is a great privilege, for we
f have much to say to each other, have
we not?"
"Much; we have to plan for a lifetime,"
he declared.
"And you have to explain why you
left me for three days hovering between
hope and,despair."
His face fell; a shadow flitted dark
and threatening across his satisfaction.
He sighed and reluctantly admitted
that he had relied upon the judgment
of a friend who had conceived an inexplicable
distrust of her. She felt as
if an axe had been laid at the root of
her happiness. She falteringly asked
who was this person, and when he answered
"Mr. Byrd," her eyes looked
wild and her speech sounded thick.
; She pressed for an explanation of this
; man's distrust. Her lover replied that
he did not know. He only told her
why he had not gone to her after her
loving revelation at Miss Aspinwall's
' reception.
"I yielded to his earnest entreaties."
he said. "Mr. Byrd asked me to wait
a wppk until hp could substantiate his
( doubts. I see now that I did wrong.
I should have trusted you implicitly. I
; withheld myself from you for three
days. Then my love triumphed. I
went to him and told him I could not
and would not believe that you were
not all your sweet face promised, and
pave as an argument in your favor the
fact that you were ready to give up
your great fortune to. please my whim.
He was overwhelmed, and confessed
that he had a total misconception of
your character. This was at 8 o'clock,
Jenny. At 9.30 I was at your house.
There were lights in the parlor, but I
was not admitted."
"It was through a mistake," she murmured,
with lowered head and brow
turned away. "I " Ana tnere sne
paused. How could she go further?
How explain this situation? Besides,
she felt weak and shaken. That any
man should have distrusted her and
made her lover share her doubts, if
only for a few days, was terrible to
her. She did not know how to bide her
agitation, nor how to keep back her
tears.
"I love you so," he said, forgetting
Mrs. Dutton's presence, which, indeed,
oid not obtrude itself, "and my trust
is so completely restored! I can never
doubt you again, nor will I ever in the
future listen to any one's words against
you. Jenny, Jenny! my queen! my
life! Look around, give me your hand,
breathe sweet forgiveness, and forget
"
At this Juncture Miss Aspinwnll entered,
and great was her astonishment
at the scene before her.
T\flAr?nTTT! TcnnTr! T ili/l Tint
iUl. JL/c^iau . uvxjuj . * vw
think to find you here together," she
ejaculated, "with a pointed look.
Jenny seized hold of a small table
near her to steady herself, and oast an
entreating glance upon her friend.
That friend did not see it, or failed
to understand it.
"I have just come from nn interview
with Mr. Degraw, of Cleveland, whom
I met unexpectedly at Tiffany's this
morning," Miss Aspinwall continued.
"He told me you had engaged yourself
to him, Jenny, and I came here." Her
full, cweet look at the artist told why.
But nobody saw that look. He and
Jenny were both absorbed in the one
wild glance each had cast upon the
other at the utterance of these fatal
words.
"What facts are these?" exclaimed
the artist, after one terrible moment
"You have engaged yourself to my
rival, and now come here "
T net ftvnloin " "? n t *>7*rVl Ofl
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Jenny. "I can explain it. He came
when I thought myself deserted, offered
his hand without conditions, and
?and?I listened to him."
"And are you solemnly engaged to
marry him?" 6temly continued her
lover.
"Not now, not now; I wrote to him
to-day, after I heard from you. I could
not keep my word to him when I j
found that you still loved me, and I
told him "
"What?"
She did hot answer. She was paying
like a reed.
."What, Miss Rogers?"-'
"Ah!" Her cry rose from <i wounded
heart. She turned and fled toward
Mrs. Dutton. "Take me home!" she
cried, then suddenly tottered and j
turned upon them with a drawn and i
frightened face. "I have no home,"
she moaned, "I sent the deed with my
jener; x uuve -ueiuitrr uumc ui iiivuuo- I
This was too much for Hilary and j
too much for him. They both sprang j
and caught the unhappy girl in their
arms.
"You sent him a letter and the deed?"
he repeated, but this time in gentle
tones., "What did he reply?"
To be continued.
' i
The Dnet of Cities.
As we approach the great centres o 1 1
population, says La Nature, the quan- j
tity ol' dust held in suspension by the J
air increases enormously. According '
to Sir James Cricliton-Browne, the air j
of London contains 150,000 proportional J
parts of dust to Paris's 210,000, while j
in Argyleshire, Scotland, there are only |
200. The air of cities is impregnated j
with dust and filth. To combat their j
deleterious effects the streets should j
be freely ventilated and watered. Wind >
and rain are the great destroyers 01 ;
dust.
The substances designated as "vari- i
able" in the composition of the atmos- j
phwo, says in comment the Sanitarian, ,
are but feebly suggestive. From the j
fields the wind lifts the debris of vege- I
tation?pollen, seeds, spores of fungi '
and bacteria; the dust of the soil? |
silica, silicate of aluminum, carbonate ;
and phosphate of lime and peroxide of
iron. In and proceeding from volcanic
regions fine particles of carbon and
dried mud are taken up and wafted
hundreds or even thousands of miles, j
In and round about cities and towns :
tne finely ground dust of the pave
inents, fragments of 6traw, hair, stable j
?- ? ? -1 - V OriAf ?ni. 1
uiinjure, ueuns ui jubcvis, suui, vi? |
xhelia from floor sweepings or shaken j
from rugs, carpets and bedding, to- i
gether with gases and other volatile :
emanations from factories, rendering |
establishments, abattoirs, tan-yards :
and compost heaps of all sorts, though |
not of the air are in it, in so much as !
to be in some degree almost every* j
where present.
King Edn-ar;l'* Gift to >Tone1ik.
It is reported from Jibuti! that King
Edward's gift of six pedigree cattle and
six pedigree dogs for Menelik appeals
| to the Abyssiniansj as a testimony of j
1 the frieudsliip of Great Britaio, '
; A SERMON FOR SUiND
j ADISCOURSE'ENTITLED "CHRtSTI
OUTSIDE THE CHURCH"
The Rev. Robert MncDonald Expr
the View Thiit to Be a Bellevi
i unriRi ig not umerent rroin cei
Believer Sn Man.
Erooklytj, N. Y?"Christians ou
the Church" -was the subject of the
mon Sunday morning by the Rev. R<
Mac-Donald, pastor of the Washington
nue Baptist Church. It was the first
series of five sermons. The text was
John x: 36: "Other sheep I have w
: are not of this fold." Mr. MacDc
i sajd: .
So important and many sided a su'
| as this must be looked at from more
! one view point. Numberless are the <
j tions to be considered. Numberless
I opinions favorable and unfavorable,
and false, to be confirmed in these
' mons or repudiated. Numberless the
I pie interested in so practical and pen
i a question, some of whom love the ch
| better than life; others of whom hate
j cnurcn more man any oiner iiibiih
in existence; some who trace their loi
aspirations, their deepest motives,
holiest desires back to her as a fond n
er who lives to nourish her children
her own rich life; others who have i
received the least benefit therefrom
which they are conscious and boldlj
].sert that little benefit to humanity
j emerged from her portals. Some go si
I as to make the church synonymous
j Christ's kingdom, and maintain tha
j be a member of the one is to be a mei
i of the other, and consequently yield t<
j a fanatical reverence. Others swing
j to the other extreme and consider
j church nothing better than the pre
j of a jealous rivalry for pre-eminence
j other institutions of earth, else the
prossion in wood and stone of overwro
j sensibilities. Therefore, the monumei
! a most irrational superstition. WhiL
j innumerable many identify themsi
j with the church because they believe :
j be a beneficent ' institution ordaine*
i God. without which the world woul<
morally and spiritually impoverished,
through -which the spirit is working
the redemption of humanity, in whicl
vine strength can be had for the ill
life.
I desire that our starting point in t
discussions should be in favor of relij
j toleration. As love is the centre of
j Christian system, so must it be the m<
| in every church claiming to be a Chrii
I chruch. As Christ our Master was t
I ant of and charitable toward those
were not numbered among the tv
disciples and forty apostles, so musl
as His followers be tolerant in thoi
word, act, to those not of our number,
outside our communion. There is gr<
need of toleration to-day than at any
I vious period of the world's history.
I church of to-day is more advanced
I the church of yesterday. Its intelhc
| is greater: its light clearer; its aft
with the Holy Spirit more personal
hold upon the cross of Christ, that pi
of redemptive love, sacrificing itself
J unto death, stronger. The church of
! twentieth century ougnt to De, ana er
I upon ub if it is not, more spiritual
! the church of the thirteenth centurj
| even than the church of the ninete
[ century.
j But not only in view of our sup
; spiritual enlightenment, also in vie\
| our peculiarly complex state of li
! should we he tolerant. It is the aa
i differentiation and of classification. E
| significant fact of life has been force
1 submit to division and subdivision to
amazing extent. Look, for instance
education. Trace It through the mo
university curriculum. Contrast it
the most comprehensive collegiate ins
tion of a century ago. You are <
whelmed with the multitudinous de]
ments, and subdepartments and bran
of instruction, and professional chairs
these necessary, you say, to educate
youth. To adequately impart knowl<
to meet the ever increasing intellectua
mand? Yes. The renaissance that ci
A?ao f\( *lnfal1o<
! XiUrupC JlUJIi J I/O uni XV Ckftv-D V/* <tiw.*v<
i slumber has not yet spent its force. A
j ure the term, medicine, or surgery with
I imposing stature of the general pr
j tioner of twenty years ago. The eta
I is no longer imposing. The specialie
j a single bodily Junction is more impc
j now. And for the human body the i
j of the one has been divided into the
I of the hundreds and each unit in the
| aggregate is more authoritative than
one. The term philosophy no longer
j ognizes the old vague divisions of n
j and intellectual. Each division has
! differentiated, and each differentiation
| gests to the mind content and compre
; siveness, richer and more compact
| the original classification from whic
sprang. Metaphysics, theism, ideal
empricism, economics, sociology, psy
! ogy, biology, and many more are the t<
now familiar to our thought. And
| vast the field of consciousness coverei
any one of these significant terms.
nomics, a very moaern xerm ior huh
postulates for us; the land question;
tenement house problem, the theor
wealth, industrial organization, all sc
istic and communistic relation.
The 6ame in jurisprudence, in comna
and trade, in everything of worth,
difference between the big departi
Btore and the little trader illustrates
idea. Yet how surprised we are thai
Bhould have wandered religiously
afield from the primitive apostolic cht
with our highly differentiated credal
ritual expressions, our numerous eccle
tical orders, our multiplicity of or|
zation. Bless you, it only shows we
alive and growing and anxious to a
the gospel of Jesus to all sorts and c<
tions of men. The worldly minded c
ttyat denominationalism is distracting
sigh for a Christian unity that will e
low up all religious divisions. But, be
me, aenominationalism makes more
the glory of Christianity than for
shame. The only shame about it a
that denominationalism at times nurt
a spirit of Phariseeism that sees no
in any other division of the Christian
tnan lis own. it nas oeen ooiy u
years since the medical students of !
vard fellowshipped the aspirant for v<
inary honors. The term "horse doc
was the term of salutation. The veti
ary student, as the student of dentil
was occupied with such inferior sul
matter. Yea, but necessary subject :
ter. So of the Aneelican churches and
non-conformists 01 England. The on
poor stuff to the other, tolerated onl
the point of taxation to support t
schools. Similar intolerance was felt
word the great Booth movement in A
ica by all the churches, because that m
ment ignored their cut and dried ec
iastical methods and brought into ri
sition the public square and the sec
hall if by any means they might save s
the churches could not reach. The t
intolerance is now characterizing us
ward that growing, so called, Chris
f-i i. 117! ...ill
ocience movement, outu win wc bcc
"powers for good" that are ordainei
God? When will we believe that any n:
ment, however erroneous in nine
points of test, if adapted in its twenl
point unto the blessing of men, is wo
of our tolerance, even our sympathetii
gard.
Even religious bodies quarrel an
themselves in defining orthodoxy, and
noniinational respectability, instead
praying together for the salvation of
world. No wonder Christians outside
church pass bv on the other side of
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roaa "YVI1CU v_>m icuaus nioiuc buc wu
forget the purpose of their existence,
thumbscrew, rack, fagot and stake
looked back upon as relics of a barl
ege, but their spirit still lives. Every
of the leading denominations have wi
ten years either persecuted, else mac
very unpleasant for some intrepid thi
who saw more clearly and spoke i
fearlessly than the rank and hie.
Methodist Church in our leading New
land city is to-day exalting the spiri
the Pharisees instead of the spirit of
Wesleys in trying to excommunicate
leading scholar, just as fresbyterianis
few years ago in persecuting its i
scholar went back dangerously near
standard of 350 years ago, raised b:
illustrious ancestor, John Calvin, wh
1553 burned Servetus at the stake in
eva for doubting the equality of the
eoji? oi "the Trinity and the validit
A V infant baptism. Christ dealt more loving-a-J
ly with hcretice. To Thomas He uuveiled
Mis side and loved him into the necessary
belief. Phariseeism, on the other hand,
IANS crucified Christ and stoned Stephen to
death. Loving as brethren those within
the church; tolerant as Christians toward
those without is the ideal that should rule.
How refreshing to reflect upon such a
eases pagsage 0f Scripture as that which stands
Br in at the bead of this sermon. It is a plea
br ? for religious toleration and sets before u?
a standard of religious liberty it would be
tside we" to ^ve "P to' aIC 80 'nc''ne<* to
become narrowed in our views of truth;
i i we are so prone to live under the shelter
Ave_ of some creed that the vistas of truth
of a strobing ahead of us everywhere become
from narrowed and hidden, and before we aTe
hieh aware ^ peculiar dogma we cherish
' ij or the certain fact we advocatc is magnified
into identification with the truth itThere
is at least danger here. Thus,
tifian ^ow needful t0 be olten carnea out mio
lues- ^road ^e Gospel opens up. Look
the at scene revealed here. Jesus is havtriip
inS another of His oft-recurring talks with
ser- P^arisee8' but, as of old. they do not
? * understand Him. He is a fanatic, or at
jonal kes*? a "'"^born Partisan, who, while proh
fessing to lead tnem into larger freedom,
, t. seems only to break up their honored inition
stitutions. So this peculiar saying falia
ILrR from His lips. As Hp speaks how precious
their 0U^00^- -There He leads His follow;?.i
ers through the old loved fields, out under
the blue sky. their life and His identified,
icver bound together by a common fidelity of
i of ^ru^- even ^is freedom seems nar'*
* row in view of what is yet to come. These
ever are s^eeP> He says, and for them I lay
far down ]VIy life; but aJso other sheep I have
LU which are not of this fold, and as we conWlth
* nt rr!,,.
. A ieiIipi;iLt' fcUC WUIUO, HIC liuiu Ul vui .???nber
'8 ^tended, the fields through which
her ^ey paj88 '"den. the visible horizon that
clear hemmed us 'n lifts, the blue dome of the
5? heavens expands until we see all truth
duct fiOU'8 everywhere, known by many
a different name, coming in as the sheep
fold opens to receive them. And we turn
ht our BteP8 homeward, resolving in future to
it of more tolerant f?r the Master's sake,
e an A few weeks ago an attendant upon our
elves church, a lover of truth, a believer in
it to Christ, but who had never made an open
1 0f profession of religion, asked me what I
j be thought constituted a Christian, and if I
and did not think it meant to be a church
for member, and a Baptist Church member. It
! <ji- was that earnest question that called forth
[a 0f these sermons. What constitutes a Christian?
No progress can-be made in our disuntil
11?& oothlo 4lint. miPAhinn. Tir'it
VjQCO V^UDOIVJI UUVI1 nv ??w ?j ? .?
rio to be a communicant of any church? Is it
the to subscribe to any creed? A hundred
times no! All trustworthy sources make it
v?7? to be a believer in Christ. What do
oler- you m an by belief in Christ? Well, what
? do you mean when you tell a person you
reive believe in him, that you believe he is a
we citizen, a faithful husband, a loving
iffbt *ather? You may h'"*ve in him as all
and ^at' ye' no^ wi'l' 0 tru8t him with
>ater a dollar out of your i.ght, or open your
nre- home to him as a frieud. You honor him
The n0^ m0Bt unless willing to trust him with
than money uncounted, your good name, the
enee very sccret3 ?f your heart. A belief that
initv ^oes not exPres8 itself in confidence does
ite n?t count for much.4 All else is cold, imower
Personal opinion. You must not offer
even Christ less than you would your friend. A
. belief in the historic Christ only never
saved a soul, any more tnan a oenei jn
lame 0aegar or Luther or Washington, even
*Dan though you believe Him as more than a
r' teacher 6ent from God, more than a proeDtn
phet, even the very Savioip of the world.
Just as friendship is more.'than an intellecerior
tual opinion, even a possession of the life.
. of Just as love, the divine essential in all
iving true living, without much society, is a
;e of self-centred, self-circumferenced conglomIvery
eration, and the home a den. denying its
d to own existence, is virtue of the heart ina
an stead of a secretion of the brain; so religat
ion has its abiding place in the heart, else
dern nowhere in the life at all.
with To be a believer in Christ then is no
ititu- different than to be a believer in man.
jver- Tell him whom you profess to call your
part- friend you believe in him. When you mil
iches not confide in him, when in perplexity you
. All geek another's counsel, and in sorrow anthe
other's sympathy, ana you have insulted
:dge, faith, and friendship has become in your
1 de- hand nn emntv name. If vou believe in a
Billed man trust Jiim as all men demand you
:tual should. You say you love? Show it by
leas- loving and manifesting the sglf-denial love
i the demands, else your profession is a soundacti
jng brass, an empty name, a dastardly afiture
fair.
Do you believe in Christ? Show it by
>sjnK a ]0ving trust. Othenvise, you believe only
intellectually, and that means you do
not want to have much to do with Him.
It means self first and always. And if
the perchance you start to follow Him from so
superficial a motive be not surprised if the
loral ?r8t; time jjjB demands conflict with your
been plans you turn traitor and swear you
never knew the man. The test is. My
^en' sheep hear My voice and I know them and
they follow Me. That is the test?to hear
|? His voice and follow Him. :
lism, Now, what is the purpose of a church,
chol- an(i jj0W far does church membership
erms constitute a Christian? Church membernow
8hip constitutes a Christian just so far aa
i by a Christian constitutes a church member.
^co" No church, whatever its name and influence
ence, has of itself pow^r to make a man
the |n Christian, unless the Roman Church, and
V . ?f that is only in its own estimation. We
>ciaJ- fa]j jnto one or the other of two errors:
Either of thinking of Christianity as an ablerce
straction, or as a fact identical with an orThe
ganization of earth, when it ia grander
nent than both. There is no Christianity apart
the from the life of its founder. It ia not to
t we he born in a Christian community. It is
far not to be swayed by religious excitement,
irch, Then there is the other mistake of makand
jng the visible church identical with the
sias- reality. Indeed, symbols are important,
jam- We can never tell how much satisfaction
are the religious devotee receives" from the picPPjy
ture of the Virgin or the image of the
>ndi- Christ. The line between the symbol and
laim the spirit may be less attenuated than we
and think. More symbols may lead to more
iwal- realities than we dream of. An object of
lieve. sense may, however, oftener hinder acV31,
cess to the spirit than be a viaduct thereits
to. Many a person joins a church for the
11 is sake of being a church member rather than
ures t0 be a better Christian. Many a person
worships their church and minister rather
fold than the Christ the church represents-and
few the minister preaches. Being a good deHe1""
nominationalist is not necessarily being a
eterj good Christian, although if wc are good
tor Christians we ought to be denominationerin
alists, and better denominationalists than
stry, we are. Denominations give form and connect
tent to Christianity which some souls
mat- would never otherwise perceive. But on
the the other hand, denominationalism should
e is have no content to boa3t of except what
y at the Gospel imparts. Don't think that to
;heir be a Methodist, Presbyterian or Baptist
to- is equal to being a Christian. It may be
mer- go. It may not be so. It depends whether
love- your denomination intensifies or materialclcs
izes Christianity. You may have the form
?qui- of godliness, but your very devotion to the
rular form is a denial of the power thereof. I
iome have in mind a member of a former
same church who would sooner give up
to- Christ than his immersion and comitian
munion. His unspiritual life shows he
the has done that very thing. He has peril
of mitted these two sacred rites to steal away
love- his Lord, and he knows not where they
teen have laid him. Scriptural warrant for ectieth
clesiastical forms is good. But no ecclesrtny
iastical form should take the place of the
i re- pure heart, the Christ spirit. Christianity
is a Christ imparted divine 6tate of life,
aong All within the charmcd circle, whether of
[rde- my church or yours, or of neither mine nor
of yours, are my brothers because also of
the Christ. "Other sheep I have not of this
the fold." Don't forget that. Christ said it.
the Therefore, it must be true. There shall
urch be one flock and one shepherd. Not one
The fold, as it is translated. There may b?
are many flocks in one fold.
aaric By and by boundary lines will fade
one away. We think then they will all be
ithin Baptists. The Congregationalist thinks
ie it thev will all be Con?rcgationalists. And
nker the Methodist is sure they will all be
nore Methodists. Ah, brother, better still, they
The will all be Christians. And as some saint
Eng- in glory ten thousand years asks, Who are
it cf tliesc? as they all come trooping home like
the tired children after the toils o? the dav are
; its ever, so some John will answer: "These
im a are they who believed in the Lamb oi
chief God which taketh away the sins of tks
the world." Who knows, .Tesus Himself majp
? its *<iy, "These are they for whom I died,
o in These? These? These are they who camt
Gen- up through great tribulation and have
per- washed their robes and made them white
y of in the blood of the Lamb!
: ;V :,. ?r ; ;" ..^v/v^
-A ' ' ' '. . V
THE SUNDAY SCHOOLP
* ?
j INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS ?
FOR APRIL 3.
' Snl)ject: Jesus Visit# Tyre bud Sidon, Mark I
Til., 34-37?Golden Text, Heb. zl? 6?
Memory Verses, 21-29 ? Commentary
on the Day's Lesson.
i T. A mother's plea (vs. 24-26). 24. '
i "From thence He arose." That is, after 1
delivering the discourses at Capernaum.
I Edersheim thinks that Jesus and the ,
j twelve apostles went immediately to the j '
j north country, while others think there ,
was a short delay in, or near, Capernaum
before starting out. "Borders of Tvre and
Sidon." Tyre and Sidon were heathen cities
on the east coast of the Mediterranean '
| Sea. Their religion was a base and corrupt- ,
ing nature worship. Beelzebub, the name
adopted by the Jews as a name for Satan,
was one of their deities, who was supposed
to be the author of "all the pollutions of
I juoi worsnip. into a nouse. in an
. I probability the house of a Jew. Ederj
8heim thinks He must have tarried here
i several days; the fact that He desired to
; be kept hid, but could not, would sugeest I
this. "No man knew it." He judged it i ]
proper to conceal Himself awhile from the
Pharisees, who were plotting against Him.
"Could not be hid." "It seems that He
was personally known to many of this ;
country, who nad seen and heard Him in
Galilee/'
25. "Whose young daughter." The actual
sufferings of the daughter were great,
but the sufterinp which the mother endured
by sympathy were still greater. Our
sufferings for others are great in proporI
tion to the amount of love we have for
them. Hence, the , greatest sufferer on
earth was Christ. "An unclean spirit."
| Matthew says her daughter was grievi
ously vexed with a devil." This was cerj
tainly a sad case. Nothing can destroy
, the peace of a home more than to have a
1 j daugnter possessed with Satanic influences.
| The spirit that possessed this girl was an
! unclean?a vile spirit. "At ^His feet."
Thia nf atw?p ahnwpH tho hiimilitv af tV?p
woman; Bhe assumed the moat lowly attitude
possible asshe appeals to His mercy.
26. "Woman was a Greek." By language.
The Jews called those who were idolaters
Greeks, or Gentiles. "A Syrophenician by
nation. A Syrophenician. Phoenicia belonged
to the Roman province of Syria.
She was a Syrian, of Phoenicia. "Besought
Him." Earnestly entreated Him. The
case was an urgent one, and, on her knees,
... at His feet, she poured out her request. ,
| "Would cast forth." She believed He
(., had power to do this. Matthew says she
;"cried unto Him saying, Have mercy on
me, 0 Lord, Thou son of David." She
pleaded,for mercy; she knew she could
.make no claim upon Him in any other way.
| ine woman recognized Jesus as tne Jew'
ish Messiah; she called Him "Lord" and
i "The son of David." "The devil, etc."
Here is a plain, straightforward confession.
There is no effort to cover up the
family troubles, and gloss over matters,
and make it appear that, after all, her
daughter is "quite respectable."
II. Faith triumphing (vs. 27-30). 27.
"Jesus said." The woman's discouragements
were great: 1. Her advantages had
been small. She was a heathen woman,
with but little means of even obtaining
; the light of the Hebrew Scriptures. 2.
; At first Jesus did not reply to her request
IMatt. 16: 24). 3. The disciples beeought
lim to send her away. 4. When Jesus
did speak He peemed to repel her. The
j soul, seeking salvation, frequently meets
j these same tests, and manv become discouraged
by them. The children." The Jews,
j "First be filled." They are the favored
people. The gospel was first to be offered
to the Jews, ana to them our Lord's personal
ministry on earth was chiefly re
*j couo bviu uu uiab j-lid uicdit
ings were for the lost of Israel (Matt.)
"Not meet." It is not suitable?not the
proper thing to do. "Children's bread."
To take those blessings that belong to the
Jews. "Unto the dogs." This was the se* i
verest test of all. Tne Gentiles were considered
by the Jewish people as no better
than dogs, and Jesus only used a form of
speech which was common; but it must ?
have been very offensive to the heathen.
Would this woman resent it? Would her
pride at last be stirred? No. She "shrank
and shriveled" into nothingness at His ;
feet, and her faith still held on for the de- \
sired blessing. ' ,
28. "Yes, Lord." "Truth. Lord" (Matt.) ,
It is all so. The Jews; toe favored ones
ought to be blessed first. I. know 1 am a
heathen, only a Qentile dog.- "Yet." Now
follows (1) an answer to His argument
against entertaining her petition, and (2)
a most touching appeal to His clemency. .
"The dogs; eat of the children's crumbs."
I onlv ask such kindness as the dogs of
any family enjoy. If I am a dog, give me 1
at least a dog's fare. _ i
29. "For this saying." Her faith had I
triumphed. Jesus, said, "0 woman, great
is thy faith" (Matt.) There are several '
other graces that snone bright in her: <
wisdom, humility, meekness, patience, '
perseverance in prayer; but these were the 1
I product of ber faith, and therefore Chris* (
I commends that, because, of all graces, i
faith honors Christ most; therefore, of all i
j graces, Christ honors faith most. "Devil i
j is gone." Now, at this very moment, thy !
request is granted. Though our Lord's t
J mission wa6 to the .lost sheep of lprael, j
J yet He always honored personal faith in 1
Himself, wherever found." "Persevering i
faith and prayer are next to omnipotent, i
j No person can thus pray and believe with- ]
J out receiving all his soul requires. <
I III. A man heaJed (vs. 31-37). 31._"De- ]
j parting." Leaving the "borders" of Fhoe- | ;
j nicia, Jesus made a circuit to the southeast. {
He crossed the Jordan and sought sec.'u- ,
I sion in Decapolis, southeast of the Sea of
| Galilee. 32. "One; deaf." The healing of
j this man is related only by Mark. An
| impediment." He was not a mute, but a
j stammerer. "Beseech." Earnestly en- '
treat. This shows their faith in Christ's j
ability. 33. "Took him aside." The man .
would thus be more deeply impressed, and 3
; a public healing would cause tne people to (
| come together in great crowds. "Put His I J
I fingers, etc." Some external sign was | J
J needed to show to others that the resu't I '
I really proceeded from Christ. He put His I
| fingers into his ears to mark the ear-dnim j 5
j that was to be quickened; he spit and i ]
j touched his tongue to show that its stif- j J
j fened muscles must be lubricated into lim- i "
berness; He looked up into heaven to show i '
! that the source of power was God; He j ]
] spoke the word to mark that the effect ' '
I was instant in time upon the command, i J
j 34. "Sighed." Christ's sympathies were I J
touched, and He sighed when He saw the I 1
I suffering and sorrow around Him. "Eph- 3
{)hatha." The actual Avamie word used
>v our Lord. 35. "Spake clain." When
j (5hrist undertakes a case He alwavs does
i in complete work. In verses 36 and 37 Jesus t
I charged them to tell no man, but they pub- t
! iished it so much the more and w?re as- p
j tonishcd beyond measure. i t
? | c
The Mode] Fanner Found. : a
J The United States Department of -A^I- j 1"
| culture has run up against a practical J t
i farmer who for the time being seems to i f
, have called a halt on scientific agricultural j
j exploitation. The farmer in question is !
j the Rev. J. D. Detrich. of Flourtown. on }
i the edge of Philadelphia. Mr. Detrich j
J twenty-one years ago came into possession j -y
j of a worn-out farm of fifteen acres, which ^
! then had two cows and a horse on it for I E
! which hay Jind to be boueht. Now by the y
] most strict nfanagement Mr. Detrich keeps j
| two horses and from thirty to thirty-five ]
! head of eattie, and is making a large income
from the place, feeding everything
from the Droduce of the fifteen acres.
|
j JNew Specify of Sea Anima& j t
' The creation ot a new species un ,i ?m- .
| Trial is the latest accomplishment o 1 Pro- ) v
lessor Jacques Loeb, the v' yeiologist for- : c
merly at the University . Chicago and j "
' now at tlie University ot California. The !
result was obtained by interbreeding sea- I
j urchin and starfish in an alkaline solution j
! containing salts of sea water and 6odium ; I
i hydrate. Under normal conditions the j a
! species will not amalgamate. An exposi- v
j tion of the manner and methods of the i s
j experiment has been published by Profes* j <j
sor Loeb. J r
" i i
Antarctic Sen.
The Scottish Antarctic expedition. which j (
J has arrived at Buenos Ayres, covered 4000 \ ,
j miles of previously unexplored sea and
J found a new deep sea of 2o00 fathoms about
j WOO miles southeast of the South Orkney
j Islands, abounding with fish and crusta- ?
J CGtLDS. ... .. ? - ?- . J J
SHE GREAT DESTEOTES||
SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUlffl
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. 3H
tfl
?oem: Dare to Annrcr "No"?A VbohS H
ome L??son In the Form of a Cat** H
eta i a in?The Saloon is th? Sternal FoW
of Everything; Good. ;
Bear a white, unsullied shield, lad. on ibm
oaiuenia ui iuc, y
SVaver never, howsoever sore may be th#|B
Steadfast heart and stainless hand, la<L H
many a subtle foe L H|
Vou shall vanquish if youH only learn i4
answer No. j fl
Let you/ life be i. nk and open as thi B
summer skies; H|
rake your pleasure, bat in measure rood-*
erate and wise. H|
[dlene8s looks like a siren?When eh* H|
cometh bo, u
Never flinch, lad, not an inch, lad, stao&jH]
and answer No. <Kj
Fou shall learn how sweet, thrice swee&H]
er, after wo k is play: 1 <fl|
But woes waits on him who ever treanH
the primrose way. jl
Pleasure wears a smiling face, lad, 'warffHg
her crafty blow! B2
She can smile, and smiling unite thee-?^B
foil her with a No. JHj
Li your irieria oe oravc uiu m*?
in woe and weal? M
Bind him to thy heart of hearts, lad. witaMH
a chain of steel.
But when comrades stoop to counsefJ^E
aught that's mean or low;- ifl
Aught that shuns the light of beavtrig^H
dare to answer No. - \
-By Robert Richardson, 3M
A. Timely Lesion. BH
The Epworth League, Chicago, presen^Hj
a timely lesson from the catacnism of thft^fl
Great Reform, thus: 'Jma
^ What is the chief lawbreaker of th^M
The Ralocn. 1
Where are the schemes hatched
which promote the most dastardly foraijB
of civic corruption? J^E
In the saloon. H
Where does the midnight assassin go
nerve himself for his murderous mission?,
To the saloon. JBH
Where do the police ro in search of tUfH
skulking thief, and murderer? V
To the saloon. (H|
What institution is hard by the brotheHH
and the gambling hell? 4gt
The saloon. % _
What lays its hands upon political paW^H
ties and dictates who shall be nboguutedH
and elected to office? * ^
The saloon. 1
What impoverished the American ljkpnMH
ingman ana fills him with the spi?A
discontent? ?.?
The salOon.' 1 jQ
What takes the bread from the mou?MM
of starving children?
The saloon.
iX7Vio+ />WW with rtn refined voifliffl
who once lived in affluence?
The saloon. V
What despoils young manhood and senoflH
it reeling and tuning down the street?
The eadoon. 4H
What crowd* oar prisons to theirn^^H
most limit? .Jiff
The saloon.
What peoples our madhouses with. pi&^H
iable victims? -? ,
The saloon. K
What drags from its throne of respeo^^n
tabiBty and influence our best manhoodj^H
and, smiting it with unspeakable physt^H
cal, mental, and morafl deformities, sendflH
it, despairing, over the precipice into
horrors of an eternal doom? . jJH
T>i? ?fll rvon.. yQM
What is the arch despoil er of the lionM
and the fruitful source of domestic,
What is the eternal enemy of the ChqrcUB
of Jesus Christ and the cmef impediment?!
to every moral reform?
The saloon. JJBB
Should this institution be allowed
live? Should it be authorized and proteefc^H
td by lav?? Should the good citizenahip^B
of the Republic not arise, and, as one man.^H
ab^te the awful, blighting curse? ShouldSH
not the whole damning cosiness be
verized and trtfept down into hell frouyflH
shirh it came? : vBH
Blot out tliis curse! ?
Deadly Draft la Wiliky. HI
Br. B. H. Warren, State Pure' Food^D
Commissioner of Pennsylvania, has madq^H
? startling discovery regarding the chealg^H
grades of whisky sold all over the Staro^H
In Altoona he said: "Most of the cheaft^H
whisky sold in Pennsylvania, I have dis^H
covered by analysis, is manufactured froimH
wood alcohol and red or India pepper, theSH
latter element raving the deadly dose tho^H
desired 'snap.' I was astounded when the^H
chemists informed me of their findings in
number of cases, and immediately had ovq^H
LOOO samples taken up over, the fitate^H
Ninety-five per cent, of the eamples eo fai^H
examined have shown the presence of wood^B
alcohol jn poisonous quantities, along withJH
the pepper. Some samples contained ar^H
senic. turpentine and traces of prussidflH
acid. ' Dr. Warren said he had instituted^H|
proceedings in over 100 cases where thtflH
leadly stuff had been sold, The total num^M
ber, from present indications, will excced^H
1000, and may, before tne inve?ug?wiMi
completed, reach 5000. "No wonder," sai<]^H
the doctor, "that our asylums are
An Illinois Garden Spot. ^
Edwards County, in Dlinois, is a
ible garden spot. There is not a singly dM
prisoner confined in the county jail,' nan9H
has there been for several years. Thejfr^^H
ih used exclusively as a shelter for traj=
during the winter season. The coua$^H
xlmshouse is without a single inmate.
Circuit Court in that model county s^xlom^H
lasts over two days, owing to the remark-^M
ible absence of litigation. In the pa9t two^H
v,QO Tint. Vuv>n a sincle crim^H
^ cai D UUUW uuw MV* ? ? __ w ^
inal case tried there, and but one jurjAH
trial in all that time, and that was brought^H
dv a man who sued his mother-in-law fozflB
ilienating his wife's affections. The coun-^B
;y has not sent a prisoner to the peniten^^B
tmy in thirty years, a record perhaps un-^B
equaled. Reason why: In thirty year^^H
;here has been but one saloon in the coun^^H
;y, and that was operated but ? aingU^H
rear.
A New Departure.
A Methodist Episcopal minister ia Borf^Hj
on, Mass., has made a new departure in^H
emperance effort. Those who sign th<am|
>ledge he offers bind themselves not onljfMK
o be total abstainers from intoxicants foi^H
ine year, but to deposit with bim a smuing^^H
. day?the price of four glasses of liquor-^^H
le agreeing at the end of the year to
urn the total amount save in the form olHfl
uel and other provisions at the
Srnskitrdt and Marriage; EQ
Tn WaJdeck, Germany, there is a lan^^*
vhich prohibits the marriage of any indi^^S
-idual who has the habit of over-drinking^^B
md once identified with tlie hebit, an ine^^H
)riate must produce sufficient proof o^HI
eformation to warrant bis receiving
icense at any future time. MS
Moro Vulnerable. tt
1 n-oll Irnnim to
rictru uuun?-io U4v i*vm >?.?
norc vulnerable to many diseases tbai^HS
eniperate pdrsons. Of etery 100 alcoboH<^Hfl
it tacked by pneumonia seventy will die^^H
vhile of every non-alcoholics so attaeke<^^H
mlv twenty-three will die, says a medica^H|
utnonty. CUB
Significant Item*.
The following three items from Callen'^^M
ndianapolis Standard, a liquor journ*l^H|
ire eignificant as showing the aggre88iv^K|
k-ork which is being carried on by the anti^^H
aloon forces in Indiana: "Saloons ar^^H
Iropping out in Kokomo like daisies by th^^M
oadside. Connersvil'.e has hoisted th^H|
ilack Hag of prohibition, ana no more sa^H|
oons -s the war cry. Even Franklin ii^^H
.gitating another attack of blind tigerisn^^H
)r.e dose ought to be enough for a fev^Hj
'ears at least."
Tn Maine. Kansas and North Dakot^^H
hey have prohibition by State law,
birty-eigbt othei' States they have it
ocal option.
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