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li'Me / = | 1YO ^ Anglo-Indian \ |^| |( O * ?^j SecretService ' CHAPTER IX. S Continued. "Yes, yes," Interrupted the girl, impatiently. She haa "been following the description as if it were tamiliar to her. "'And his face?" " 'Face, intelligent and much sunburned; eyes gray, of some penetration, though usually wearing a smile. Light mustache, somewhat fairer than the hair, which is brown. Profile good, and expression of determination/ " Meyer stopped. He had been Teclting in the monotony of a school 1-1- '1 _11 . W..+ DOy wno Knows ms lessuu wen, uu<, he had been watching his companion's face steadily., and now he saw her change color. The faint flush left her cheeks, while the shadow beneath her eyes deepened. The brilliant redness of her lips was startling in comparison with her pallid face. "Marie! Marie!" he exclaimed, taking her cold hands within his. "You are killing yourself with all this excitement! For God's sake listen to reason. This man?" Marie Bakovitch rose suddenly and "walked to the window, which was open, though the thick curtain was drawn across it. She jerked it back and looked through the branches of a geranium plant out into the deserted street. "1 traveled from London -with iim," she said presently. "In the same compartment?" in&> : - quired Meyer, anxiously. He had - ? -x j v. ,*,1^ risen ana was siauuiug ucoiuc u?, looking down upon her fair bead. "No; in the same train." "Thank Heaven you did not know him!" exclaimed he, fervently. "I did know him," the girl replied, softly. "I knew hi mby his resemblance to?to his brother!" "Marie!" exclaimed Meyer, suddenly, "Marie, you must wait! As long as he is here he can be doing.no harm. The moment he stirs from here, instead of placing difficulties in your way, I will help you." "So you have placed difficulties in my way?" she said, wonderingly, as she looked up into his sensitive, fee . hie face. Eut he did not meet her gaze. "You will never understand my , love for you," he said, by way of reply, and his voice was wonderfully soft and patient. As she looked at him her blue eyes slowly filled with tears, and it was a proof of her ignorance of love that she did not hide them from her lover. "Good-night, brother," she said, gently, holding out her hand. "Good-night, Marie." He took her lingers and was abont to raise them to his lips, when his eyes met hers. Something he saw there made him drop her hand and cross the room tc open the door for her to pass out. CHAPTER The Artist. The terrr.ce was a charming feature ;.v _ of Broomhaugh. It was formed by an old wall built up sheer from the . sloping bank of the Broomwater, and was paved by huge slabs of rough stone, now worn smooth by the tread of many feet. The house itself was low and gray, "being built of the same stone. Grim and sturdy, it harmonized with .the bare hills around and aboye it. Signs there were still ol the old fortifications, notably the . wall forming the terrace, which had rendered Broomhaugh practically impregnable from the riverside in the olden times. Below it, amid tht whispering leaves of silver birch and mountain-ash, ran the little river?a - trout stream, such as one .finds onljy within the shadow of the Cheviot? and on this fair morning its gentle ripple scarcely reached the ears oj those upon the terrace, for rain was sadly wanted. A downpour of twc hours would convert tlie clear browr water into & yellow torrent rushing down to the sea, as if ashamed of its own impurity- Then would the aii at Broomhaugh grow heavy with j dull roar Tlsing from the tree-clad ^ valley beneath, and old Lee, the gardener, would peer down through thf Kror?nVioe 1mnf f 44XT'V> K11+ K/4 OlivuvO auu UIUVV^A ? XJUf UUt OUC k a big watter!" As the waters gradually subsided, the old fellow was wont to hobble away to his little cottage, and there with trembling, clumsy fingers, would adjust his roc and laboriously disentangle his cast in readiness for Mrs. Mistley's suggestion that he should go down tc the burn and catch a basket of fist for breakfast. As Lena and Winyard paced slowly backward and forward on the terrace awaiting the colonel, the ripple of the stream awakened within the fellow's heart a fisherman's longing for the Bight of running water. Presently Lena stopped at the corner of the terrace, and stood motionless, gazing down the narrow yallej where, like a silver thread, the X5ruuuiuaugu ran its lunuuutj course. "I have never understood before,' she said, slowly, "what the love ol one's native country is. You see, ] have never had a native country. W? have always- been wanderers upon the face of the earth. But when one car call a place like this one's home, ii is very different?the most heartless person could not help being a patriot," "And yet," said Wiayard, "what wanderers we are. It has even come to my being a professional wanderer, vou see: while Charlie is a sailor. which means that he will aerer be . quite happy anywhere uptus dry j Jaad." pv:: fc." > sr.: \ jR r\ * 1 UNG \ Henry fe rLEY fc / Merriman. !6 ? y ... | / & 16 "But -still, it is something to thini of in your wanderings that you hav< a home like this to come back to; that these hills will be the same?th< house, the stream, this old gray wall everything. Adonis knows what ] mean?do you not, you solemn olc thing V Hereupon followed an embract which Adonis bore with good grace but failed somewhat to appreciate. "I understand what you mean a: well as Adonis," observed Winyard with grave humility. "Although perhaps, I do not look so solemi about it as he pretends to be. I nn Horetanrl if- and T RlinnOSft I feel i' all; but the spirit of the tramp li very strong in the family., I an afraid. After all, it -would never d< i to sit here all one's life, as -we ar< sitting here now upon this wall ii the sunshine, admiring the scenery If you were a man, I know you woulc not do it." "I wish I were," she said, softly. "Thank goodness you are not!" h< exclaimed, fervently, in a low tone. And then they sat there and saic never a word, while Adonis watchet > them with his left ear lightly raised i Presently the colonel appeared a the open window equipped for th< ' fray, and eager to begin it. Instant!: Winyard became the polite host. The two fisherman arranged tha Winyard should walk two miles dowi stream before commencing to fish up while tho colonel appropriated thi water immediately below Broom haugh. So they parted at the gate and Winyard went swinging aloni the road Sit a pace that promised t< make short work of the two miles. Winyard Mistley possessed thi happy power of giving his whol mind to whatever work or pleasur< ho might for the moment have ii . hand, and his entire attention wa ' therefore accorded this morning t< the skylarking of harmless fish Tirunry onH n rprtnin ar.tivf HUCU bUV J VUV4A wu- v. ty of brain, combined with a livel: heart and a hearty digestion, work ii ' unison, there are few deeds withii human reach that are not feasible and none that are not worth trying With practiced eye and an untirini r wrist the young fellow cast his cun , ning flies on to the rippling surfaa of every likely pool. The fish wen inclined to encourage duplicity an< , cold murder, for they invariably an swered the call made upon them | not only the young and foolish, bu I large and burly fellows with mis shapen mouths and stout hearts fo an up-hill fight. While his master was engaged 11 . studies piscatorial, Adonis was grave [ ly employed in botanical research with one vigilant ?ye devoted to thi [ inward swing of the silver line?hi , fly-catching days being over?he di< not forget for one moment the pleas ( ant chain of slavery that hung arouni his neck, and the spirit of sniffing in qulry was held in check by a steri sense of duty., which forbid an; 1 straying away. Occasionally, alsc , Adonis considered it only polite'am , respectful to take an interest in am [ inspect the vanquished foe as he la; | panting on the turf, if only in con 1 sideration of his master's feeling as i . sportsman. ! At first the stream ran through ) level meadow, where the grass wa [ ncn and green compared witn tn I scanty brown covering of the hill. I j was the widening of the valley, am [ the hills stood far apart, as if draw - ing back to make their farewell bo^ > to the pleasant laughing water whicl > did not despise their aged company [ and brightened for awhile with it l smiles and glancing merriment thei r grave and time-worn melancholy. As Winyard progressed up-stream from pool to pool, by ripping shal lows and stony runs, the vale nar 5 rowed in, and the great bare slope > began to dictate to the yielding wate 1 and measure out its path. The voic > of the stream grew louder as its exis 5 ence became more eventful, and th " difficulties thereof greater. Ther 1 were big rocks to be circumvented 1 and to be laughed at when passei and gleefully avoided. Soon thsr ' were little leaps to be taken wit! 3 smooth curve and snowy froth, wher - underlay the wise trout awaiting . 3 chance worm torn from the broke] bank a little higher up. In and abou . jthese variations of flow lay deep am I tranquil pools, where the water re . covered its bright purity after th disturbing influence of eddy and fall > Hers ^lwelt the larger trout?fish o 1 a certain standing in life, with right of way and habitation, originally ac quired by strength of tail or fin, am now held by reputation and rights o 5 long possession. 1 With gentle turn of wrist, am ' clever calculation of strength, dul; allowing for the cool breeze hurryini down the valley, Winyard seache< | each pool and corner for the feedisl nsn; ana aireaay me weigui ui ui ! creel was of some consideration upoi ; his back, with every now and then ; , thrill of life as some brave trout gav : his last convulsive kick. [ Presently Adonis, who, having con [ ceived the idea that there might b water-rats about, had turned his at ^ fnnfiAn +r\ i?ivor*Q nfTcP lnnVoi L^UUIVU CV-r buv llf Vi u VVi0V| | up and broke the silence. "Woff!" he said?an internal In terlabial bark, the sound of whicl appeared to strike the gleaming bar , ricade of teeth, and travel dowi again to the inward parts of his mus ' cular person. i "1 beg your pardon," observed hi; master, absently, being at that mo meat absorbed in the deft placing o v>V7(,- . .... I ' ' ' ': ' .* 1__ his flies beneath an overhanging branch across the stream. "Wolf!" repeated Adonis, showing all his ribs with a sudden drawingin of breath. "Indeed!" 'said Winyard, with kindly interest, ana ionowing me mrection of the dog's eyes, he saw the cause of Sis annoyance. This was the form of a young artist, who, seated himself upon an humble camp-stool, was transferring to his tiny paper a very pretty glimpse of the Broomwater. As the fisherman passed, the artist slightly raised hie hat with foreign politeness, which salutation was immediately returned, and Mistley continued on his way. When he had passed out of sight, the artist prompt, ly rose from his seat and packed his > materials away into e. portfolio. "He does not remember me?as' suredly!" he murmured in Russian, as he turned and walked rapidly j down stream toward Walso. But in j this Ivan Meyer was mistaken. CHAPTER XI. Was It Love? Wlnyard reached Broomhaugh be3 fore the Colonel, and as he climbed the narrow stone steps cut In the solid wall, he saw Lena on the'tertopp She was sittine reading in the . corner whence the view of Mistley's t Gap was obtainable. 3 '"Back already!" she said, looking , tip with a smile. j "Yes," he said, slowly. "Back al5 ready." i He seated himself on the low wall . beside her, and swinging his creel 1 round he opened it for her inspection. Presently, without looking up, he said: a "I must write to Charley to-day about the theatricals?what am I to 2 say. Miss Wright?" His eyes were quite grave, but his lips were twitching with suppressed i laughter as he gravely awaited her 3 reply. ^ "You are to say, Mr. Mistley?" "Excuse me, you appear to find a little difficulty in saying Mr. Mistley," he interrupted. "It is awkward, 1 I know?people have remarked upon ' it often. Mistley is one of those names with which 'Mr.1 goes badly. You will find 'Winyard' much easier I to say?I think." * "You are to say," continued Lena, 5 carefully omitting any name what ever, "that Miss Sanflford will take 5 the heroine's part, and that I will s have much pleasure in doing my best B as the sprightly widow." 1 "And I will commence at once to s study the part of the domestic ser3 vant who comes in once and says, 'The carriage Is at the door.' " " "No?we settled that you should ^ take the principal part." 1 -You did?" 1 "Yes!" said Lena, with a decisive nod. ^ "And I settled that you should be = the heroine." observed Winyard, meekly. e "But I lannot act It." ! "Why?" "Because thiere Is too much pathos in It, and I cannot do pathos; It is ' not in my nature, I am afraid." "You forget," said Mistley, "thai I have heard you sing." : "Oh, that Is a mere matter of tuition!" a Winyard slowly shook his head " "You never learned to sing that song as you sung It the evening I listened 9 behind you in the hall." R Lena shrugged her Bhoulders and * laughed, "Tuition," she said again. "Then/'said Jtonyard, tu.nlng to3 ward suddenly Jjjjfckmjjjkp your tutor, - If y<?u would! iart, I kno^i a we could man^ ~-SS. Witt 7 Mabel sanaiora p ' V a 7Z do it; she h?~. '? ^he 1 character, ^ a . ^ eE I you see M wledge 7 that I am< ,:nce ol -course. Mfe..-:. -fA ? a- least poW'j ,li- ? tad only} !OTn'" a sha woul&\ 7 s two .mum Wjw e old aunt y }*, ac t counts, cq : fr \ ":; tsr - ment wil . YT. . v "I am i** a not my % - - i H< maintains^ M s large rol Tr a' r well; anr " .^an' ager, bec: *#? / sc : ?c;L" &W- i I ' r A British^ at e making forclprj? / <& ir ren region in\ jii e only food. Ti, , ,. it e er portion of . * . ,a I tives the water' - .'it i But after a tern V>. e soldiers on their /H'-HCouni (j and weary, whi^ Jjyldierj e on their rice wj^^^E?r??^ru full 01 a health, and vig^^LontWa" Eveninf a Standard. t One hundrec ana fifty of the G7( [1 members of the new House of Com (_ inons are total abstainers. e Turbine Automobile!. f Is there not a good chance that th( _ turbine principle may eventually b< b adapted to explosive engines? Ther< 3 are already several inventors who clain f that they have solved this problem At any rate, now tha. the present pe trol engine has reached not quite final * ity but comparative perfection it i! y time that some totally fresh line wer< 5 struck out, and if Great Britain strike! 3 first we s^all firmly establish our leac k in the world's motor matters.?Lore s Montagu in the Car. a 3 Lareut Gas Receiver. e The Los Angeles Gas and Electri< Company i9 erecting what will be th( . largest gas receiver in the Unitec e States. It will be 210 feet in heigh' - ? ?mi . and 210 feet in diameter ana wm juuiv 3 5,000,000 cubic feet of gas. Queerest Vegetable. The most curious vegetable in thf i world is the truffle, since it has neithei - roots, stem, flowers, leaves nor seeds 1 In some parts dogs and pigs arc - trained to dig for it, the animals being guided by their sense of smell. s Officers of the navy are known as - officer of the Jine and officers of tiu f, staff. v . , 'SONDAVjfl IYI m R SERMON 1IM UUUJMI Th Subject: "Profit and Loss." * st e: w Brooklyn, N. Y.?Preaching at the w Irving Square Presbyterian Church ai on the theme, "Profit and Loss," the Id Rev. I. W. Henderson, pastor, took as his text Mark 8:36. "For what tl doth it profit a man to gain the whole T world and forfeit his life." He said: n< Jesus draws the picture with hi strength and in a startling manner, is .What doth it profit a man if, in the tt end, he shall have gained control is over the sum total of the material tl things in the universe and have for- ol feited his soul life with God? "The fi question is between that life which sj consists mainly in having and that n which consists in being." The ques- cl tion is whether or no our efforts "w shall tend to self-aggrandizement or- a to soul culture. Shall we devote our tl larger and finer energips to the at- t< 1 tainment of possessions which are of si use in this world alone or to the en- tl i largement of our spiritual powers? si The difference is between getting u and growing. The man whose ca- p reer is given over to getting things is c: measured as a success according to v> the material Wealth he has acquired, d But the man who is a "growing man" n is marked by his richness in grace, n goodness and godliness. p There is in our time a most com- a mendable spirit abroad in the hearts a , of our people leading them to seek b the amelioration and upliftment of o the conditions of life about us. There n is an earnest desire among men of b 1 purpose everywhere to make the o most out of life. We have small pa- II i tience with the shirk and are getting a to have less with the business slave, t . We read of the possibilities of cheap v power in its relation to economic af- t fairs and millions of money trans- a form Niagara into electricity and t rapid transit. Our hearts are ap- c palled at the ignorance of thousands s , of men here in America and we build i schools. We are told that in order 6 , to a successful social system the c worker must have fair hours and a t 1 good wage. The luxuries of yeater- c day are the necessities, and inexpen- d sive, too, of to-day. Our millionaires a - have gold galore for charities and t clubs, and men in all grades of so) ciety put more money into amuse- s I njents than ever before. All this is ? ; well in its way and place. Social r conditions should be bettered and the c standard of life raised. No man t should waste any of his talents, nor t should he give undue attention to t i any one to the detriment of the rest, t The latent wealth of the world should t [ be made productive. No man should i be sent out into the battle of life 1 mentally unprepared. Each member 1 s of this State deserves and should be i enabled to acquire sufficient physical f endurance to fit him for the fight, t ' The man who sells his labor must re- i , ceive a fair wagd and decent oppor- I tunity for enjoyment and for the cul- t ture of other than his "business na- i ture." We cannot have too many ( , eharitable institutions to meet real t need, nor., can we do other than re- < joice over the wealth that lies at our I hands. All of these things are good, i < all are necessary, each when used > properly will "be found to be a means < . to the betterment of this world and t life. j But in our endeavor to utilize the * . possibilities of the present, and mate[ rial life there lies the danger to forget the immortal and spiritual existence of the soul. Education at the 1 State's expense is a cure for many social ills and a salve for many an economic sore. Money may and does , bring happiness to the hearts of all r who, righteously, may possess it. No L. man can deny the value of physical culture in the cure of many bodily ' ailments and in strengthening the ' constitution. Fair pay for a fair 1 day's work Is only just. None of us > begrudges the man of millions except [ we are aware he has robbed us. But > brain muscle and morality are not ) necessarily synonymous. Some of r the most dissolute men the world has ever harbored have been the *. mightiest in Intellect. The antics and excesses of not a few college men but prove that book knowledge and purity of life are not one. Money .T is not an unrighteous thing of itself, but, oh, what slaves it does make of ' men; how soon the greed for it will stifle all that is noble in its lovera. 5 The size and development of your up1 per right arm is in no way an indica$ tion of the strength of soul you possess nor is it a substitute for it. i Bulk of purse, brawn of muscle, ] depth of learning and a fine mentality are both commendable and desir- 1 able if so be they are righteously acquired, but the acquisition of all , these things is as nothing if so be a ( , man has forfeited his soul life for ( . them. To-day we train our youth for ^ business or profession?that is to ] say, for careers of economic useful- , ness. Our main aim in education Is ( to fit men to achieve material sue- > i cess. We demand that our schools t shall turn out men who are able to . s take care of themselves. We pay f but scant attention to individuality , , and to the leanings and peculiarities ' of personality. Any one here can , state, as well as I, how much moral . ' training the schools give our youth. In our fear- that the Bible in the school may savor of denominatlonalism we leave,often, a free field for the ; devil. From earliest yrtith till the ? child is a man dependent upon his [ own resources the continual cry is j I for him to achieve success. Fortun- , ate, indeed, is the man who, by wise ' 1 direction and personal preference, is enabled to choose the way that leads to real and lasting success. But the - pity is that too many or us spell sue- i i cess In the terms of material achieve- < ? ment. Too few are they who know < 5 that success is a matter not so much 1 [ of getting as of being; that it is more < . a matter of soul culture than of ma- i terial gain. Success is measured not < by the amount you have, but by what 1 you amount to. Far be it from me to belittle a proper material success. The world i owes a debt it never can repay to the . I men of money, the masterful mechant les, the learned lawyers, the erudite I doctors, the brainy business men, the ' tireless teacherB and toilers and lead- ; ers who have made possible and apparent the civilization we now enjoy. i I am the last man to deny the value . and advantage, aye, the necessity, of all manner of human development. < ' But what shall it profit us, individu- 3 ' ally or socially, if, surpassing Greece J f for wisdom, the Romans for wealth, the arts of France, the metaphysical . acumen of Gerrqany, the landed possessions of Russia, the commercial < ' /if nur T7!nfirlish cousins. Wfl ( . \ ' -VS l' ^ -*-i - . ^lui iY THfc?RLW-r: W AiW-.H&NDER.S'o^ ^t.IrAMOOSlDiOINE, tall attain material success at the .. cpense of our soul's life? "For , hat doth it profit a man to gain the n hole sum total of material things id have forfeited his soul life withi God?" I The highest measure of success is le permanency of achieved results, he test of service is in the worthless of the labors to which our efforts j ave been applied. If sound money t more important than sound morals , len the teacher of political economy t of more value to the world than le teacher of ethics, that is to say, > f the science of right living. If , eets are of more consequence than liritually minded and' Christ-moved len, then Morgan with his mer- , iant marine is mightier than Moody ' ith his Bible. If cash counterbal- , nces character then let us relegate , ie Christ life to its proper, that is j j say, the second, place in our . jheme of living. If policy is better ian principle and gain at any cost ^ uperior to righteousness, then let 1 s hoist the Jolly Roger to the fore- , eak of the ship of State and de- ( lare ourselves the moral pirates that , ra ore Riit t am nersiiaded that we o not value the material more than j lanhood. I am sure that fundalentally we do believe that princi- , le, purity and godliness are more of ccount than all else in life. We are 11 conscious of the beauty, the no- , ility, the transcendent importance f the culture of the soul. There is ot a man, or but few. men anywhere ut who will admit at once and withut discussion that to trade the soul's I [fe for material success is to strike , poor bargain. I have yet to meet he thinking man, whose opinions are rorth a snap of my finger, who susains any other proposition save that r godly life is the only sure foundaion of society and the.only guarantee if the permanency and efficiency of uccess. Believing these latter truths to be livine why, then, do we hesitate to onnote logic with action? Why do ^e refrain to parallel our academic onclusions with definite effort. Why lo we refuse consistency a hearing ind continue to serve the* god of maerial success? My friends, the whole question of ervice and success is a matter of jetting or being, of self-aggrandizenent or of self-realization and soul :ulture. Getting is as natural as ireathlng. But we breathe not for he sake of breathing, but In order o live. Getting, the acquirement of emporal wealth, may be a means to he culture of our souls. When so ised riches are a blessing. That man s wisest who makes all things in this f tnrvarA hia nntll's deVfilOT) nent. Let us teach our youth that jrowth in godliness is the prime unction, the principal task of hunan endeavor. Let us tell our young nen and our maidens that it is best o serve God and to grow constantly nto the graces .and beauties of 3hristlikeness. Let us send home to he young and impressionable hearts >f our boys ahd our girls the changeess and eternal truth that it can lever profit a man to gain the whole vorld and lose his own life within jrod. Then shall we have inculcated he true philosophy of life and hastened the coming of the kingdom of he God of Christ our Lord. Worry and Fear Removed. It is not religion, but the lack of t that makes people unhappy. Yet low strangely and how widely the jpposite view prevails. There are nany who think of religion not only is a galling drudgery, but as the surest source of moroseness, melan:holy and unhappiness of life. Their :dea is that religion is a system of suffering to which many people are willing to submit here in order that they may not suffer hereafter?that religion's only happiness is in the future, its rewards aiier death. Instead, the rer! fact is that religion is i thing of present joy and ever continuing blessedness. It is the gladlest, happiest thing in all this world. 'Her ways are ways of pleasantness ind all her paths are peace." It is religion that gives us the bright things in life and sin the dark things, and not vice versa. Religion goes down to the deepest springs oi Dur mental and spiritual well-being, tt brings untold measures of peace and joy. It takes the sting out of the past and it takes the worry out Df the present. It tikes the fear out af the future.?The Rev. G. B. F. Hallock, D. D. God's Plan, Our Work. 'A /innlnmnnm pv TOrifor fi VPS this XX ?? * avw. o - ? ? rery apt illustration of the duty of sne's own work, and not worrying because the great plan, as a whole, is not comprehended: "A gentleman who was'walking aear an unoccupied building one day saw a stonecutter chiseling patiently it a block of stone in front of him. The gentleman went up to him. " 'Still chiseling?' he remarked, pleasantly. " 'Yes, still chiseling,' replied the workman, going on with the work. " 'In what part of the building does Lhis stone belong?' aske<l the gentleman. " 'I dcn't know,' replied the stonecutter; 'I haven't seen the plans.' "Then he went on chiseling, chiseling. Now, that is what we should Wo hnvo not sppri the sreat plans of the Master Architect, but Bach of us has his work to do, and we 3hould chisel away until it is done." How to Learn Love. It is true that love cannot be 'orced, that it cannot be made to oriel-, that we cannot love because we jught or even because we want. But ive can bring ourselves into the pres;nce of the lovable. We can enter into friendship through the door of Ilscipleship. We can learn love :lirough service.?Hugh Black. w aai< uiuiu muucr. If man's device can produce pure white paper from filthy rags, what 3h(Tuld hinder God to raise from the iead this vile body and fashion it like the glorious body of Christ?? Gotthbld. Time to Prepare For Eternity. Time is given us that we may take care for eternity; and eternity will not be too long to regret the loss of if n-o haro m 1 canont it J LI 1 VI XXL ^ lii 1IW v *. Fenelon. A man's knowledge of doctrine :ounts for nothing if tie neglects lutjr. r "HE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM. T?Tinn*fm?0 -ta MJSW'JL'B f UK JJfiUMJLBiiik Jiu. ubject: Jesas Risen From the Dead, Matt, xxviii., 1-15?Golden Text, Matt, xxviii., 6?Memory Verses, 5, G?Commentary. I. The women at the tome (v. 1.) . "End of the Sabbath." -After the ewish Sabbath was past. "To dawn." The women probably left their homes .t different times. "First day of the ?eek." Christ was in the tomb part >f Friday, all day Saturday find part >f Sunday. The first day of the veek?the resurrection day, which ras called by John the Lord's day, las always been observed by Chrisians as the Christian Sabbath. 'Mary Magdalene." She was a naive of Magdala, a town on the Sea >f Galilee, and was foremost among ;he honorable women. "The other Kary." This was Mary the mother )f James the Less and Joses. II. The opened sepulchre (v. 2). I. "Earthquake." The earthquake ind the resurrection took place previously to the arrival of the women. There was also an earthquake at the lime of Christ's death (Matt. 27:51). 'Angel of the Lord." Luke says "two men," John says "two angels," while Mark agreeing with Matthew as to the number speaks of him as a "young man." These evangelists evidently speak only of the one who did the speaking. "Rolled back." Not that Jesus could not have burst the barrier; but the ministry of angels was necessary to give form to the' transaction to human conception. III. The angel and , his message (vs. 3-7). 3. "Countenance." In the original this word refers not only to the face, but to the general aspect. "Lightning." In vivid and intense brightness. "White." This was heavenly apparel. 4. "The keepers." The Roman guard. "Did shake." The appearance was sudden and unexpected. "As dead men." It id very probable that the splendor of a glorified body Is always sufficient to overwhelm the senses and .prostrate the strength of a living mortal. See Dan. 8:27; Rev. 1:27. . 5. "Said unto the women." The angel who sat upon the stone had entered the tomb as the women drew near. 6. "Not here." Tombs and Roman guards and seals could not hold the Prince of Life. "Is risen." The manner of the reuniting of Christ's soul and body in His resurrection Is a. mystery, one of the secret things that does not belong to us. "As He said." See Matt. 16:21; 17:23; Luke 9:22, 44, 45; 18:31-33. "See the place." Pointing doubtless to the particular cell .in the tomb. 7. "Go quickly." The resurrection did two things: 1. It-revived the dead hopes of the disciples. It was a time of gladness and brought (1) Joy, (2) victory, (3) faith. Only the fact of the resurrection can account for the marvellous.change that came to them, by which they ,were filled with cour age to suffer and die. 2. Tfce resurrection brought hope to humanity: (1) It brought the hope of immortal life. (2) It gives assurance of our own resurrection. (3) Christ is alive and is thus abld to make His promises good to us. (4) The risen Lord is the remedy for every trouble. (5) The fear of death and the grave is removed. "Tell His disciples." Instead of anointing Him as dead they may rejoice in His being alive from the dead. IV. Jesus appears to the women (vs. 8-10). 8. "With fear." Fear at what they had seen, joy at wjiat they had heard. 9. "Jesus met them." This was the second appearance. The first appearance was to Mary Magdalene (Mark 16:9). It seems that when she told Peter and John of the empty tomb they at once ran to the sepulcher to see for themselves (John 20:2-10), and she also returned at once to the tomb. During her absence the other women had received their commission from the angel and had hurriedly left. Peter and John soon left also, and Mary remained aione at the tomb weepine. It was then that Jesus appeared unto her (John 20:11-18). Later in the morning Jesus met the other women who had gone to tell the disciples, who were prohably scattered and may have been some distance away. "All hail." Literally, rejoice; the Greek salutation on meeting and parting. "Worshiped Him." By falling on the knees and touching the ground with the forehead. 10. "Shall they see Me." This public appointment was made In order that the whole body of disciples might meet the risen Lord. V. The Roman guard bribed (vs. 11-15). 11. "The watch." We suppose the quaternion or guard of four soldiers. 12. "Taken " counsel." They probably had a hurried, informal meeting to consider the hest course to pursue. "Large money." It took a large bribe to induce them to thus criminate themselves. 13. "While we slept." The absurdity of this position is apparent: 1. The disciples could not have stolen Jesus away had they attempted it. 2. The disciples were as much amazed at the news of the resurrection as were the priests. 3. The Roman soldiers set to watch Jesus' tomb would not all be asleep at the same time. 4. The council could not have voted large sums of money merely to have reported a truth. 5. Sleeping soldiers could not know what tock place. 14. "Will persuade him." Perhaps by bribes or by threatening to report his evil deeds to the Roman emperor. "Secure you." From the penalty of sleeping on guard, which was death. 15. "Until this day." The story started by the soldiers was reported until the time of the writing of this account by Matthew. ?cr"? New Use of Gamecocks. Dealers in pet stock say that suburban residents of London are adopting as the latest fad the raising of game chickens. The stately carriage and brilliant plumage of these belligerent fowl make them valuable for decorating purposes on the lawn to people who would, however, never dream of putting their combative qualities to the test. The dealers are prophesying that before long the old-time fancy of keeping gamecocks chained with silver chains on the lawns of i. T J 11 V/v LUUUtljr ilUUoco will UC 1CTAYCU. Britain's Foreign Trade. The foreign trade of Great Britain showed an increase in imports for tho month of August over the corresponding period of 1905 of $10,000,000, while exports increased less than ?8,000,000 in the same time. The returns seem to be satisfactory to British editors. I China Uses Colored Wallnaners. China is using colored wallpapers, unknown till recently, for house dec* oration. ;r/ { * "".4 ' $C:, ry^SA MY NEED, - I need Thy truth?food for my famishe$ soul? 'And lamp to light my way, __ * :' To guide me onward to the shining goal, And nourish day by day. I need Thy etrength. Oh, faltering and, weak Thy child, and prone to fall; > ; Thy power to gird, uphold, and stay, fi geek To find Thee all in alL - f| I need Thy love, to' whisp& hope and . cheer When eorrowB hover round; To prove Thy wayward child to. Thee dear? - - ... The lost one truly found. \ I need Thy Spirit, here within, to show. How false a heart may be; To drive out eveiy foul and larking toe, And hoia*itJLord, for Thee. ?Apne H. .Woodruff, in Rain's Horn. _ The Bread of Life. I am the bread of life.?John yl.< ; 35. Jesus' has just miraculously fed the 5000. In company with Hi3 disciples He passed over to Capernaum* | The multitude follows Him; many are impelled hy selfish motives?for the loaves and fishes. Jesus, knowing this, admonishes them to labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto eternal life. Thus arousing their fa- * terest, He preaches to them this mag- x nificent sermon, in the midst of which1. He makes this wonderful declaration:: . "I am the bread of life." Wbatmust ( be Christ's -own conception of Eift j, greatness and value when He can thus say to a hungry multitude, am the staff of life!" Yet there; i? no ^ egotism or self-assumption in. His claim. It is the literal, truth. For what bread is to the body that- is . Jesus Christ to the soul. Bread la all sufficient tor Hie. ivj# is a perfect food, containing all the elements needed for* nutrition. Maui':i will thrive on a bread diet Nor is it 1 otherwise with Jesus. In Him there; ^ is everything that we Heed for life ana character. He is a covert front the tempest; rivers of . water in drought; loaves of bread in famine;! the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. For the polluted He is purity; for the irritable He is pa-r' ?, tience; for the faint He is courage*,' for the weak He is strength; for the ; ignorant He is wisdom; for the hun^ " gry He is food. God, who knetf the! needs of our bodies, stored in the wheat all nutritive qualities for us to assimilate according to our need/ ' And knowing the needs of our souls He stored all the elements required; ,, for <Jur spiritual nutrition in Christ,' . leaving us to appropriate theih as we will. - >",-*4 Bread must be appropriated be- f fore it becomes life giving. Very, r complicated is the process; of nutri- ' tion. It Includes prehension, masti- g cation, insalivation, deglutition, stomach and Intestinal digestion! absorption, sanguification, circulation, assimilation?thus only lis the bread > built up into flesh and baie, brain and brawn. Non-appropriation is nonassimilation, and non-assimilation is physical weakness and decay. Unwairor mnch hrmd Ilea around it does not appease banger unless It la appropriated and digests. And ; what digestion Is to food th.it devout and loving meditation on the life, character, words and work of Jeans <: is to onr souls. In the on a process there Is a vital union between onr bodies and the bread; in the other a vital union between bur spirits and the risen Christ In the former we extract the principle of life from the bread; in the latter the principle of spiritual life from Christ Jesus. Feeding upon Him we derive strength to suffer and power to achieve. But this text speaks of sacrifice. What Is necessary for the- golden wheat to become bread? It must submit to the blade.of the reaper and the flail of the thrasher and the grinding of the mill and the kneading of the baker and the fire of the oven before it becomes bread. The"golden wheat sacrifices itself to be? come bread. So in this text we seq " the sacrifice, of the Son.Of God. He lived a hard and'Iaborious life, en* - - 3 ? i?.1*- a# TTI? onil aureu me iubuiis vi mo submitted to the ignominious death * of the cross in order that H& might become the bread of life.' Because He loved us and gave Himself for us we never weary of, Jesus. He is manna for our famished souls. He Is food for intellect, heart and soul-r* the glorious ideal, the flower and consummation of the human race, the all-sufficient Saviour. ? A. Lincoln Moore, D. D., Riverside Baptist Church, Manhattan, in the Sunday Herald. ^ Begin With the Cross. "Being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death/even the death of the Cross." Except a man's faith begin here? with the Cross of the Lord, with the . broken body and shed blood, as God'| own sacrifice for sin?it is Impossible to understand how he can have penitence enough, or freedom enough, or love enough to enjoy and fulfill the J life to which this death was the redemption. But if he has remembered ; Chris1: here, there is in truth, by the i reality of the incarnation, no part p* common life which may not equally be a remembrance and memorial of His glory.?George Adam Smith. Filled With the Divine Essence. The heart which can carry the burdens and sorrows of even the most forsaken, which can make room for the griefs and toils and cares of ^ the hapless multitude, is filled without measure with the life and love of God.?Charles F. B. Miel. Right Kind of Judgments.' A?m o+ nncfdrifi: Christian judg ments upon things, and beware of worldly judgments.?Norman Mac* ^ Importations of Goatskins. ] Thirty-two million dollars' worth of goatskins were imported into the United States in the fiscal year .1906, against $10,000,000 worth in 1896, only a decade earlier. These are, of course, round figures, the exact fig ures of the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor being, for 1906, $31,773,909, and for 1896, $10,304,395, but a statement that the value of goatskins imported in 1906 is more than three times as great as that of 1896 would be accurate and perhaps interesting