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Continued.
"Well, then," he urged, "wait;
wait and watch him. We may ever
get to know him. They are different
from us, these Englishmen, foi
they can throw aside their work entirely
for a time, and take it up agair
whoro l nav rirnrit>o<1 it when thf? mn
ment comes. He will probably b<
doing nothing now for some time
and then who knows what his nexi
?mission may be? They are a universal
people, these, and try man?
things; they have no discriminatior
in their judgment of men. Do thej
not make statesmen of their generals
and naval lords of their men of letters?
Mistley may go into Parliament,
and do nothing more in thf
world."
"If he went to Parliament," said
the girl, forebodingly, "he would b(
more dangerous still."
"Well," urged the young man, witi
pleading eyes; "but at all events givt
' him a week or a fortnight."
"Then I must leave this forsaker
place and live in London," said the
girl, with determination.
"Yes; I will take lodgings in Bedford
Place, and. you will join rat
there. You will be my sister again
Marie."
"Yes, Ivan," she said, with a little
weary ring in her voice, as she laid
her hand on his; "I will be your sister
again."
He raised the cool, lifeless fingers
to hia lips, and left her alone m tne
darkened room.
CHAPTER VI.
An Amateur Villain.
To Colonel Wright this home-coming
was full of delight and sweet anticipation.
His life had been broken
up by many wanderings, many campaigns,
and many separations. All
that was now to bs left behind, and
before him lay a prospect of active
leisure, a life of intellectual ease, of
pleasure r-d loving companionship.
He had passed so many years in the
East that he brought home with him
an Anglo-Indian:.freshness and energy
for home pleasure. He was young
enough to be still of an active mind,
and leisure with him by no means
meant ildeness.
That first breakfast was an event
to be remembered. So clean, so
bright,,so home-like was everything.
Burely there never was a cloth so
white, no silver ever shone so brilliantly
as those forks and spoons.
And never had happy father so fair,
bo dainty, so sweet a daughter to
pour out his coffee, with just,a little
movement of shyness in the curve of
her rounded arm.
"Then they are coming this evening?"
remarked Lena, when they
were seated, looking across the table
toward her .father without ceasing
ber occupation of filling a coffee-pot,
which maneuver successfully directed
the nourishing beverage into the
saucer.
Mrs. Wright noted this result, and
immediately gazed intently at the
ceiling with a marvelous expression
in her face, which distinctly gave
one to understand that she saw the
cofTee in the saucer, knew how it
came there, and from the entire proceeding
deduced that it is always
.well to look before one pours.
"Yes," replied the colonel. "They
are coming this evening, the sailor
being included."
"Mother." said Lena, presently,
have you told papa about the invitation
to Broomhaugh?"
"Yes; and he is quite ready to go."
"Oh, I am so glad! Papa, it will
be simply lovely. Charlie has told
me all about it. It is a melancholy
old house, built by some remote Mist?
leys, who was a cattle-lifter, or a
Borderer, or something romantic.
The Mistleys have lived there ever
since?in the intervals between their
wanderings. Great, bare hills all
round, and a little colony of pinetrees
round the house, which is bleak
and gray, like an old fortress. Below
the house, at the foot of a sort oi
cliff, there is a trout-stream, wherG
you can fish all day; Charlie knows
every inch of the stream, and talks
very wisely about flies, 'MarchKi-nmiio
? 'nrnfessnrs ' and all SOrtS Of
imposing names. Then we are going
to get up some theatricals; we have
arranged it all, and chosen the piece.
Charlie says that his brother acts
splendidly."
"Oh, yes! He can do that," replied
the colonel, sapiently wagging
his head. "He is always acting. In
fact, it is very hard to say when he is
and when he is not. I have watched
him listening to a long story, which
he knew to be a fabrication from
beginning to end, and the child-like
innocence of his expression was a perfect
study. He is the very man for
theatricals; he was always stagemanaging
something or other out
in India."
"Perhaps he will be too good for
us," suggested Lena; "but it would
be very nice to have a really good
actor for the principal part, because
the whole piece depends upon it."
"Charlie?" suggested the colonel,
wun tne gnost 01 a iwmsie iu uis ejc
as he looked at his wife.
"Charlie won't take it," replied
Lena, w,th perfect innocence. "He
insists upon having a minor part, as
he is to be stage-manager."
x "What part do you act?" asked
' Mrs. Wright.
"Well, we have not quite decided
yet. Charlie wants me to be the
heroine, and a Miss Sandford, who
lives close to Broomhaugh, to take
the part of a sprightly widow. Now
I think I would do for a sprightly
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widow much better than for a de- ,
voted heroine; but Mrs. Mistley says
no. Let me see?if I were the widow,
' Winyard 7 istley would be my son?
a source of endless woe to his re.
lations. If I were the heroine? Oh! \
he would have to make love to me!"
"Ah! he would do that," said Colonel
Wright, with conviction. "He
? would do that well!"
"I think I would rather be his
mother," said Lena.
"Nonsense!" exclaimed Mrs.
T Wright, incredulously.
"I once saw him making love," be- ]
r gan the colonel in a tone somewhat. (
suggestive of a long story.
| "Indeed!" said Lena, indifferently.
and she extended her hand toward
, the morning paper. .
"Yes." continued the colonel. "It j
L was one of the funniest sights I have
i ever seen, and yet Mistley was as ,
"i-svp ss a iiirta'P'. She was a Rus
, sian: her complexion was of a dull
, yellow; she appeared to be ignorant .
of the primary use of water, and she ,
[ smoked very bad cigars. Added to
, that, she was somewhat older than '
his mother!" j
"Why did ho do it?" asked Lena, .
> smiling. She was more interested '
now in the little story, and had laid
aside her newspaper.
"He wanted some information
[ which he knew her to possess."
"Are you sure you did not makelove
to her, too?" asked Mrs. Wright, 5
; with a smile, which the old soldier
. fully appreciated.
"I tried," was the candid reply,
"but could not get on at all. The
best of it was that she half suspected
what he was about; but she was so
anxious to get some information out '
of him, that she encouraged his lovemaking.
In fact, it was a game of (
cross-purposes."
"And who won?" asked Lena.
"Oh, he did," replied the colonel; "
| and he returned to his toast as if
I there could only have been one an- .
swer to that question.
Presently, after some moments
spent in deep thought, Lena looked
up with a twinkle of merriment hov- .
. ering in her eyes.
"I think, papa." she said, "that he 1
will do very well for the par. we
wish him to take. Your description
of him sounds" dark and mysterious,
and that is what we want."
"Excuse me, little one. I never
, ,said he was dark and mysterious. As
it happens, he is rather fair and the J
very reverse of mysterious, for he (
ia open and almost boyish; though, 3
| indeed, his manner changes so much (
, and so suddenly that it is nearly in- .
I possible to say when he is in earnest j
or in fun. Generally the latter, I '
think."
"Because," continued the girl, "it 1
, is a villain's part?a very nice villain, ^
. though!"
"The part, he takes in life is that '
of the light comedian, I think," said
, the colonel, thoughtfully stirring his ]
coffee. "He usually plays the light
comedian to my heavy schemer, if I '
, may put it thus; but then it is only s
because he has found it convenient
, to do so. People consider him a
, frivolous, iight-hearted boy, and he ^
is content that they should do so; 3
but I know him to be different. The 1
, fellow is a born organizer, foreseeing 1
everything, ready for every emergen- ^
cy, which he meets vith that imper- ]
. turbable smile of his, as if he were 5
enjoying himself immensely."
"I am rather afraid of this para- '
gon," said Mrs. Wright, rising from 1
the table. ' '
"My dear," replied the colonel, 1
who was occupied in selecting a cig- 3
arette from a very polished leather !
! case, "if it were not for this paragon,
I should very probably not be sitting (
^ here now. You must not let my '
praises prejudice you against him, as ^
. praise is very apt to do. Winyard
, Mistley is a clever fellow, and what
is better still, he is sincere. He does
his work well, and he does it because ]
hp loves it. It is such men as he ,
who get on in the world?provided
> they do not marry."
| "Why should the poor man not i
, marry, papa?" asked Lena, who was i
. busy with some flowers at a Bide- <
, table. ]
"Simply because marriage would ]
. completely spoil his career. You see. ;
[ a man c.nnot go roaming about in i
disguise in the heart of Central Asia, 1
; when he has a young wife fretting 1
her life away at home."
Lena looked around, and then j
' turned again to her flowers, which
' she continued to arrange thoughtful- 1
ly for some moments.
"I know," said Lena, partly to herself.
and partly to her mother, when
the colonel had left the room?"I ,
know I shall be disappointed in him." J
ixr T-; rrht coir? n/ltVlinp" Shf>
, was standing near the window with ,
the newspaper in her hand; but she j
was looking rover it into the sunlit ;
street. She was thinking of the lives (
of two women who had married sol- .
d.ers?lives that had not been quite
a success?lives made up of weary J
waiting and anxious watching; and ,
running through these thoughts was
a vague desire that this visit to
Eroomhaugh might yet be .-.voided.
CHAPTER VII.
Winyard Arrives. 1
It happened that Winyard Mistley (
heard Lena sing before he spoke with
her; and in after years that first im- j
pression remained uppermost in his j
mind. He never afterward doubted j
i the presence of a deep, true woman's
. heart beneath the gay and almost
frivolous manner she chose to assume i
before the world. Perhaps he was j
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judging !n some degree from himself.
He knew that the gay and somewhat
shallow youth, known to the
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aot the true inner .thinking * man,
tvho ambition was fortunately tempered
with a whole-hearted sense of
patriotism rarely met with in these
self-seeking times.
When Winyard arrived at the door
5f Colonel Wright's house in Seymour
street, the postman was just turning
away from it, having dropped a letter
into the box and given his recognized
rap. Thus Jarvis, the old soldier-servant,
saw the shadow of a
visitor upon the ground glass of the
door when he came for the letters,
and did not wait for a second knock.
The old warrior knew who this
brown-faced stranger was at once,
and stepped back, holding the door
wide open.
Lena was singing in a small room
immediately opposite the entrance,
and the door of this room was wide
open. The old soldier's movements
were quick and noiseless, as a soldier's
movements should be; but
Winyard-. was quicker, and, with a
touch of his hand, ti.e stopped Jarvis
from going-forward to announce him.
"Wait a moment!" he whispered.
1 "nnrmcMrmfllV. She
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had heard the postman's knock, and
recognized it, but was not expecting
any particular letter, and therefore
aid not interrupt her song.
The two men stood outside the
Joor and listened in silence?the old
soldier?whose fighting days were
done, and the young man, whose
Lime was vet to come. One?a
sturdy, powerful figure, very straight,
with a peculiarly flat back and
square, honest face; the other somewliai
taller, of lighter build, lean and
wiry, active as a cat. They could
just see Lena's shoulder, and the
play oi her white hand and wrist.
Occasionally, as she swayed a little
io one side with the rhythm of her
music, they caught sight of her
Jainty head, with the soft, dry hair
3rawn well up and clustering down
again.
When the last note of the accompaniment
had died away, Lena swung
rather suddenly round upon the music-stool,
and fount! herself face to
face with Winyard. He was standing
with his overcoat still upon his arm,
md ft first Lena thought that it was
3harl<?s Mistley. So quick was her
movement that she caught Winyard
looking grave?a luxury he rarely indulged
in.
Instantly Leni rose, and although
;he blushed, she smiled with perfect
:ol?-possessioi!.
"Mr. Mistle/,'" she said, extending
tier Land, "I never heard you come
n."
Then they shook hands, and Jarwith
Winvard's coat.
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"I am afraid," 6aid Mistley, locking
a trifle guilty, "that I have been
standing outside since the end of the
Srst verse."
Lena gave a little laugh, which
was not quite free from embarrassment.
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"That was rather mean," she said.
"I am afraid it was impertinent,"
said Winyard, quickly, "now that I
lome to think of it,* but at the moment
I hardly thought of what I was
Joing. You see, I came in with the
tetters, and then, as soon as I stepped
nside the door, I heard?you singng.
I am afraid I prevented the man
[rom interrupting you. You must
nake some allowance for a wanderer
ivhose manners have suffered, Miss
IVright. You see, I have not heard
mything ".ike that for three years,
ind I could not resist hearing it all.
Do you think L Should have said
Ahem!' or bane^*^V~"'*"!s^eTla into
.he stand, so as! .-(pow that
;ome one was
"No doubt"that
tvould ha\ j 7 1 ^course
.o pursue; f \ patter
xiuch.fsuppe ' listen
o people prfv *V;: *c~
ual harm iij ' ; -ptalrs
.0 the drawi;" Active
mothers are^v .
md Charlie; . Vi
Lena sto?
led the wag i!~*enly
truck her t\ " i f ftae
lame so natiY ^ /was
.his man's bri ^asy
manner of
?ound object!? ?. \
Winyard SV _ /.
it, howevei' V;
umbarrassmenk ."e"
lief at once. T f
(To b< '
U y .
In a certain 6f ct?L,(!;. of
tlie trustees was r---' * ?> V-^T j?ct
Df fire, and whe^ . >001
with the always
confined his ft' .y* Ques"
lion addressed to the to what
they "would do In case buildiug
cauglit nrc. Knowing mis - im.iv
linrily the master bad coached his pupils
as to the answ< r *\hich they should
?ivc. "When the visitor called, however,
he simply said to them: "You
tioys aud girls have listened so attentively
to your master'# remarks that I
(yonder what you would do if I were to
make you a little speech?"
To the consternation of the master a
hundred voices shouted in unison:
'Form a lino and march down stairs."
IIis;!>e*t l'rlc?fl Koo'tor.
The Missouri hog -which sold Tor
52000 has a rival now in a Missouri
rooster which sold for $800. Tbia Js
the highest price erery paid for a
rooster in the history of :b/? State. As
high a? $500 has beca paid on occasion,
but It remained for William Miller, of
Orescent, to pey $S00, the top price.
TJ.c rooster is of the vklt* Plymouth
llock variety, and in various SUte
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SHOWS uas UiJ* wJl li l~CT? n 1? uo . M
Lors.?St. Louis CJobf*- Democrat.
UncnTorvd
The eicavatloua ??t on toot ?t Sparta
)y tie Eugli&h scliool at Athens have
jeguo under happy iwpbs. In ex?
>loriug the walls carved ron*8 have
jcen found baaring Cr^k inscriptions
,>r liie time or tne Komans.
Al a depth of ;hirt"*n feet remains
)f s fJre?k ?trw>t w?ie dis overed, ?lviik
rise to the h?pe that vestiges of the
juiidinpi of the ancient town may be
jrought to Jigbt.
Any man Ln*ws what not to s*y,
jut the trouble i? he doesn't always reuember
not to say It.
New Yortc City.?Such an attrac
tive blouse waist as tills has almos
Innumerable uses. It can be mad
with skirt to match or as a separat
waist, and is adapted to all fashion
able soft silks and wool fabrics. I
this case dove gray crepe de Chin
is combined with lace and with ve
vet a shade darker than the crep<
but while crepe de Chine is a favo:
ite, there are a great many oth<
lovely silks of equal vogue, and vol]
nd other light weight wools ar
auch to be desired. Again the trim
alng band and the belt can be o
laffeta, while the waist is of woe
>r of thinner silk and various othe
tombinations can be made. A chem
fcette of lace is always pretty, bu
ihere are a number of lingerie ma
lerials that are essentially dainty an
make variety.
The waist is made over a fitte
lining and consists of front and back
;hat are gathered at both upper an
lower edges. The lining is faced t
t'orm the chemisette, and the triir
mine finishes the lower edee. Th
jleeves are arranged in tuck shii
rings at their lower edges and ar
anished with shaped cuffs that mate
:he belt. This belt is fitted with pei
!ect smoothness and both it and th
waist are closed invisibly at the bac!
The quantity of material require
for the medium size is four yard
;wenty-one, three and one-fourt
,'ards twenty-seven, or two and one
lalf yards forty-four inches wide
vith one-half yard of all-over lacc
.'our yards of lace edging and eigh
/ards of banding.
A Novel Scheme.
An ingenious way ol markini
:loth has just come in. The tissu
?aper pattern is pasted upon th
:loth, which is then placed in th
iewiDg machine. There is no threat
n the needle. But the paper patten
s stitched along the line of the de
lign. And when the pattern or de
>iga is lifted there is a handsome pat
.ern all outlined underneath. Th<
ittle fine needle has marked it out ii
he prettiest manner possible.
Empire Comb Appears.
The Empire comb has appeared, s
.all and narrow piece of tortoise
ihell with decorations, chiefly inlaid
md characteristic of the period fron
vhich it takes its name, is alread:
ashionable. Side combs have re
ired and the barette takes to itsel
in added extravagance of both sizi
tnd splendor.
Wide Arm Hole.
The very wide arm lioleJs a poln
o remember in choosing a model fo
in evening wrap.
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V
:-| Silk Tailored Waists.
* Many black tailored waists are bee
ing fashioned for morning and th<
e business girl. These are particular '
l" ly neat when finished with fine 01 !
n heavy linen collar and cuffs.
le i
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Dainty Shawl Scarfs.
rI The Parisian fad for shawl lik? 1
5r draperies has brought out some ex- '
le' quisite shawl scarfs in crepe, In soft !
Bilk and in lace, the crepe and silk :
scarfs being elaborately embroidered. (
Very Light Colors.
White biscuit, pale gray, a grayish \
light blue, soft strawberry and green,
the shade of the under side of the
leaf of an apple tree, are all modish ,
and make daintily .becoming wraps
suitable for carriage and evening i
wear.
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Artificial Flowers Worn.
Tne *rencn iasnion 01 weanug
artificial flowers as a corsage bouquet
Is taking, but not rapidly. Such
large flowers as dahlias and abnor- *
mally large roses were not the best 1
selection if they wished any considerable
following.
Misses' Fancy Pony Coat.
Unquestionably the pony coat or
the short jaunty jacket is to be a
pronounced favorite of the season1
and is suited to yoUng girls particue
larly well. Here fc one of a quite
t- novel sort that is trimmed to give the
if effect of elaboration, while in reality
>1 it is quite simple and which is as
r chic as well can be. In the illustrai
tlon the new Russian green broad,t
cloth is trimmed with black braid and
stitched with belding silk, but there
d are a number of fashionable shades
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lV?W \
this season and Jacqueminot red is to
d be recommended for young girls, as
well as the many beautifyl browns
d and tans. The jacket has the great
o advantage of suiting both the cosi
tume and the separate wrap and can
e consequently be made both from suit -
ing materials and from those used
e for odd coats.
h The jacket is made with fronts,
- side-fronts, backs and side-backs, and
e with applied bands that are arranged
:. over the seams above the trimming
d and between which the trimming is
s arranged. The Tuxedo collar finishes
h the neck and the comfortably full
sleeves are finished with prettily
;, shaped roll-over cuffs.
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The quantity of material requiredi
, for a girl of sixteen years of age Is! j
four yards twenty-seven, two and' |
one-fourth yards forty-four, or two' |
* yards fifty-two inches wide, with! i
r twelve yards of braid and three and] >
n three-fourth yards of silk for lining.
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THE PULPIT.
ft. BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY
REV. I, W. HENpERSON.
Subject: The Holy Spirit.
Brooklyn, N. Y.?Preaching at the
Irving Square Presbyterian Church
on the theme, "The HoJy Spirit," the
Rev. J. W. Henderson, pastor, tooK
as his text Jno. 14:16-17. He said
In the course of his 6e:*mon:
As we read this and the two succeeding
chapters of this good news
of, the Beloved Disciple, we appi'eciate,
more and more, the vital, forceful
influence of the Holy Spirit upon
the lives of those who love and serve
God. It was at the close of the Last
Supper that Christ uttered these
words. A few "hours find the cross
claimed Him. Philip had asked,
"Lord, shew us the Father." Our
text : s a portion of Christ's answer.
We are told by the commentators
that the Holy Spirit, the Comforter
is'^lso an advocate, a helper. Literally
translated the Greek means:
"One who, is called to another's side
to. aid him." To our side, an ever
present aid through all eternity, the
Holy Spirit has befen called by Christ.
Qdmforter,,advocate, teacapr, helper,
guide and eternal friend,-.fuch is the
Holy Spirit of the new dispensation
as granted to us by our Heavenly Father.
The position of the Hdly Spirit
with reference to us is clearly shown
by the prepositions used in the
verses. "And I will pray the Father,
and He shall give you another ComAn
+ Vt rt + TJs\ w*0*f oKM A Wt + Vl VA\1
LU1 IC1 | luai J.1V mcij rtuivtc niwu ,? uu
forever, even the spirit of truth;
whom the world cannot receive because
it seeth Him uot. neither know-,
eth. Him, but ye know Him, for He
abideth by you and shall be in you."
With you, by you, iu you. With you,
"in the fellowship of His everlasting
presence." By you. "in His personal
presence." In you. "as an abiding
personal energy." With you, by
you, in you, in all the eternal omnipotence,
love and wisdom of the
very God Himself. The -Holy Spirit
is the presence of Almighty God and
of His feon Jesus Christ, with you, uy
you, in you. The pronouns, as the
prepositions, are of prime import-,
ance. He is God, with, by and in
man.
The Holy Spirit who is in our
hearts to-day has been the dynamic
in the lives of consecrated.men and
women since time was. In" his journey
up from bondage, it was the spirit
of God that sustained Moses. H3
i^rt!be spirit of which Isaiah,wrote:
And thine ears shall hear a word behind
thee saying, This is the way,
walk ye in it." And again we read in
Ezekiel: "And I will put my spirit
within you, and cause you to walk in
My statutes, and ye shall keep My
iudgments and do them." The spirit of
Samuel and of Jeremiah is the Spirit
3f Saul of Tarsus. The same but, oh,
tow much more full. He brings to
as not merely the wealth of association
that crowds about the national
life of the chosen people of
God. To us, He comes as a consummation
and memorial of the power,
majesty and all-embracing love of
God and of His Son our Saviour,
lesus, the Christ.
The Holy Spirit influences and directs
every good and great movement
that emanates from the hearts and
souls of Christian men. God working
in His Holy Spirit fills the heart
af Henry Ward Beecher "ith an overwhelming
love for the Southern
slave, and the inspired words of that
virile Christian speed the breaking
Df a million shackles. The auctioD of
Lhe slave girl in the pulpit of Plymouth
Church was God in His Spirit
moving Henry Ward Beecher to decisive
action. The Holy Spirit enters
:he heart of Florence Nightingale and
soldiers on every ruddy field know
ihe touch of a loving hand and the
2onsolation of a sympathizing heart
The Comforter strikes hidden, inex>
aaustible springs in the souls of D.
Li. Moody, of General Crittenden, of
Terry McAulay. and myriads of outcast
men and fallen women feel the
;)ower of the, sheltering, upbearing
irm of Almighty God. Tennyson
aears the voice of God within and to
is are given the immortal lines of
'In Memoriam" and of "Crossing the
Bar."
The hislory of the presence of
;he Christ in the lives of nations lies
in the work consummated by His
Holy Spirit. All the great reforms,
ill the great movements that have
lettered humanity have had their inception
in the minds of Spirit-filled
men. Who can say but that the hand
ir.d the Spirit of God have been with
U ? ? i 4> ?f/tn mifVl i n
.1115 lUiiU, cia lb nai r* ilia aoiavi^ *** uw
phenomenal success. To be sure we
have made our mistakes. We are a
Tar cry from the Christ ideal. But
iid we, nationally, revere Him more,
lid we but let His Holy Spirit dwell
ieeper and more lastingly in our national
heart, Ho would bless us fa?
oeyond' our fondest expectations;3od
is the God of nations. Christ
;ame to take away the sins of the
: orld, of Dations, as of individuals.
The Holy Spirit crin fill a nation's
heart if its people will but do God's
will.
The most vital necessity in the life
3f the Christian and of the church is
the Holy Spirit as He descends, constantly
freshened and refreshing,
From the throne of God. Having accepted
Christ and His plan for our
i-edemption. He is the first thing that
rre must gain. The apostles, men of
Sod and with Christ as they were,
;ould do naught in the work of the
svangelization of the world and of
iiftinr; mankind to the level of the
Christ life until they had received
;he gift of the Holy Ghost. For in
ho first rlinnter nf the record of the
A.rts of the Apostles we road that
'the Apostles being assembled together"
after the resurrection, our
Lord "commanded them that they
should not depart from Jerusalem,
but wait for the promise of the l'a*
:her, which, saith He. ye have hearc
Df Me. For John truly baptized with
ivater, but ye shall be baptized of the
Holy Ghost not many days hence."
On the day of Pentecost they were
ill with one accord in one place, and
;he Holy Spirit descended upon them.
Sfou know Rie story. You know also
he glorious assertion: '"And the same
Jay there were added unto them
bout 3r00 sculs, and the Lord added
:o them daily those that were being
saved." The Holy Spirit was necessary
to the Apostles. To us He is
ndispensable.
We complain o-f the la:k of sincerity,
of vitality, in the Church. This
ice is heralded as an age of doubt
ind of disbelief. The Church stands
tlmost still. Her flags flap limply
n a breeze of progress that holds
straight out the ensigns of the minons
of Satan. Sin confronts us on
;very hand and we make but insuf- I
icient headway against it. We regret
hat the Church does not enjoy a
evival of the blessings of God upon i
ler. We mourn that for one soul
)orp into the nf God a
more than equal number are seized to j
the snares of Satan. We pray foi *
the upliftment of the world and we
see the world slip from its.
Something is wrong. God was with
the early Church. God is with the
missionary in the farthest East.
Thousands are being brought, ta
Christ In India. Within our midst
the multitudes of the unchurched an<t
the unsaved appall us. Glance over
the records of the apostolic church. *
Read the story- of her growth. Is- h
there not something wrong with us'.', "
What is the matter? Let us see. It
is not thdt we have not the money
to prosecute our work. We have
more than at any tfme since our be*
ginning. It is not that we have not
numbers or able leader# or that '
Christ has proven' falfce. The fairit
lies with us. The Church of Jesus
Christ is not alive to the.possibilities
of the indwelling of tne'Holy Spirit
The Church needs Christ in her
heart.
The fault lies not with God. It J
lies with us. We, It is, who have been
content with but a portion of His
grace when He would have given to
oil Wo if fo havfthoan or\y\m J
tent to drift and almost to drowi)?
rather than to lay hold upon the eter-r
nal saving power of the Holy Spirit
Let the Church awake from her
lethargy; let her unite under the banner
of the cross and follow true; l$t
her live the life that sheaiever weal- _
les to preach; let her snow to the>
world that the Ghrist life practical \
life .writteir large^let her appropriateto
herself the Holy Spirit with His fj
uplift toward Christ and the Father; ;
and then will come *a return of tb?j
miracles of the early Church, vpf V?
which it is written, "and the same dap .
there were added unto them about H
three thousand souls." The
essential requirement oI fh-*/
Christian life is not to he able to decide
definitely the date cf the Flood,
or to be able to assert the exact authorship
of the books of the Penta- M
tench, or to be able, more or lear jjjj
intelligently, to .quibble over the
points of ecclesiastical dogmatism . .da
Be not deceived, to know the Bible , Jfl
word for word is not. to be. a Christian.
, Spirituality is tie ;gj"eat sine ?3i
qua non of the Christ life. That we ' *?
may be able to purify ourselves and S
to lift others up to the Christ we #
need the Holy Soirit "good measure,
pressed dtfwT^, shaken together, raft ning
over in b^ir hearts." Ere we ca?";
experience tire depth, the nower and
the world-wide inclusiveness of God's
love, we must be reborn of God'y ,
indwelling Spirit.
Open the doors of your heart an#
let the blessed sunshine of-God's IV
luminating Soirit glow in upon you.
With you, by you, in you, let th?
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Ciomiorter auiae. id uurrow nc nu<
sustain you. In care He will comfort
you.v He will strengthen you in life
He will rob death of its sting.
"Let not your heart \>e troubled, y?
believe in God, believe also in. Me.
In My Father's house are many mansions.
I will not leave you orphans.
But I will pray the Father/and He
shall give you another Comforten
that He may abide with you forever.*'
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A Lesson From the Butterfly.
A naturalist qne'clay was studying ij
a cocoon, in' Which a Tfntferfly was (gk
struggling to be freei, V:He heard k *
beating against the'sidefr its little
prison, and his heart went o^it in pity, v
for the helpless creature.
Takiug a tiny lancet he cut away,
the fragile walls and released the little
captive. But to his amazement it,
was not the beautiful creature that
he had expected to see. It-lay struggling
upon the table, unable to walk, ?
unable to fly, a helpless, unlovely ob- ^
ject. In place of the gorgeously col- ,-.v
ored wings that he had expected to
see, were weak, shriveled members.
What was the matter with thflt ^
creature that should have been so
lair? The prison gates had been
opened too soon, the obstacle had
been removed before the struggler
had developed sufliciently through
struggling to be ready for Ms glorious- .
flight into the sunshiny skies and . f!
among th. e. perl umedflow era.- O God,
wh en the - walls seem . to - dose .about
us, when we. struggle and agonize to - j
be free, wjien Thou doat not cut away J|
the barriers-, is it not because, in jj
Thine infinite wisdom, Thou dost see ' *
that we are weak and dost want us to- '/a
become strong? Then- at last, when a
the struggle is- finished, like th<; but- . J
terfly, we may come forth, not per- -M
haps, in glorious robes of splendid
colors as it is, but in the e^ /lasting --jB
robes of righteousness.?Christian
Observer.
The Text Clung.
A man came into our church one
Sunday night when I was preaching,
writes a prominent minister. He was
a determined infidel, and had not *
been1 in a house of God for fifteen ;il
years previously. Somewhere in my.
sermon I quoted John 6:37, "Hiiii i
that cometh unto Me I will 'in 99
wise cast out." It just Stuck and
rankled in his . memory.' He went
home and went to bed, but, try as he :
would, he could not. forgejt the text. {
%T ? J f /* nrnrlrv
:Nexc uay ue gut up o> ? w _
with the words ringing in his ears? J
"Him that cometh unto Me I. will la V
no wise cast out." He plunged Into
sin and tried to stifle the voice. Dajj
after day, week after week, he coala
not rid his memory of the haunting
words, "Him that cometh unto Me I
will in no wise cast out." At last,
after six weeks of determined effort
to forget the verse, he came into our
Friday night prayer meeting. He
got up and told the audience how he
had heard the verse six weeks previously
and could not get rid of it<
Thank God he didn't get rid of it
He was saved by it. One verse from
the Word of God carried home by
the Holy Spirit to a man who was determined
to go the wrong way turned
him out of that path into the road
that leads to life eternal.
A Man Worth Knowing.
1 should like to know a man who
I iiiof mindpri his dutv and troubled
himself about nothing; who did hia
own work and did not interfere with .
God's. How nobly he "would work? '
working not for reward, but because1
it was the will of God! How happily
he would receive his food and clothing.
receiving them as the gifts of*
God! What peace would be his!
What a sober gayety! How hea'-ty.
and infectious his laughter. What a
friend he would be! How sweet higj
sympathy! And his mind would bei
so clear he would understand every- '
thing. His eye being single, his ^
! whole body would be full of light. ^
j No fear of his ever doing a meant
thing. He would lie in a ditch rather.'
| It is the fear of want that makes men
do mean things.?George Macdonald.
What We Should Never Forget.
Let us never forget that what we
are is more important than what we
do; pnd that all fruit borne when not
I nf fVin
! UUlUlIJg 1U V/Ul lOl> 111 UK2 M UJV Ul Hiw
i flesh, and not of the Spirit.?J. Hudson
Taylor.
, Walking in faith is walking in th*
1 licbt of His face.
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