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' 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
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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
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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
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"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
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| 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
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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
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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