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THE TROLOGUE. 2
Continued.
He sent for his too zealous subordinate
and censured him severely;
but, unfortunately, a vow of silence
for that day prevented the offender
from making any attempt at selfd#>fpns#>
hevonrl shakius his head with
much vehemence.
That evening, as Acharya presided
over the distribution of the day's offerings,
he was even more careful
than before to restrict Chalanka's
portion both in quantity and quality.
It was vain to tell himself that the
Brahman's story had had no influence
upon him?a slandered saint is
like a damaged plum, something is
gone from him that can nev6r be restored?and
then, too, the Jain had
had his doubts from the beginning.
But the very next morning revealed
an outrage of the grossest irreverence.
Every one of the tirthankars
had been turned upside down
in his niche, except Chalanka, who
was almost hidden under a mass of
flowers!
Acharya well knew that no Jain
would be guilty of such impiety; he
saw in it the hand of his unscrupulous
adversary, Ram Cliunga, and was
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and wrath.
He got the idols replaced in a normal
position before the worshipers
arrived, and as soon as the morning's
rites were ended he went down to
the village and had an interview
with the headman, Fattekhan Gul,
to whom he disclosed what had happened.
The headman sent him to the Mussulman
guard, who having a splendid
contempt for Jains and Brahmans
alike, might be trusted to remain impartial,
and who were posted around
the temple in such a manner that
none could approach unchallenged.
And then the idols were all carefully
oiled and bathed with sandal
water, and left for the night with a
strong conviction on Acharya's part
that their tranquillity was not likely
to be again invaded.
But when he entered the idol
chamber at dawn next day it was to
find it in a condition at the sight or
which he staggered back confounded
and appalled. All that had gone before
was child's play to this. Every
niche on the lower tier was bare, and
in the centre of the pavement was a
pile of images, each one of which
proved to have been mutilated?its
nose, its ears (which were disproportionately
large) and the triple umbrella
above its head had all been
chipped off, and upon each altar a
nose, an umbrella and a pair of ears
were laid out with derisive neatness I
Acharya almost lost his senses at
the sight, for he had spent the whole
night in watching, in going from post
to post, and he knew that for this
second outrage the Brahman could
not by any possibility be responsible.
Yet a complete and valuable set of
iiriasroc hnrf hpen ruthlessly defaced
by some one, and the pious Jains
would soon be at the gates to perform
their morning's devotions.
What would they think?what explanation
could he give them?
To his more enlightened mind the
images were but emblems, but this
was a doctrine wholly beyond his
flock, and be trembled to tbink of the
view they might take of such a wholesale
destruction.
The reader, who was quick of resources.
proposed to restore the idols
to their niches and trust to the semidarkness
to conceal their imperfect
condition, but Acharya was too dejected
and, be it added, too conscientious,
to resort to any such evasion.
And so, when the earliest braziers
and coppersmiths, after depositing
their offerings in the porch, came
into the idol chamber to walk around
three times and make obeisances to
the images as usual, they found their
priest standing, with bent head and
his white robes torn, behind a heap
of mutilated divinities, and they
stood aghast.
Gradually the chamber filled and a
buzz of dismayed curiosity rose from
the various groups. If their gods
were cast from their shrines what
was left for them to worship? And
while some of the less devotionally
minded were rather relieved to have
a legitimate excuse for non-attendance
in future, the majority felt a
pious regret for their gods ? their
bland, sleepy, smiling gods, who
never gave any trouble and whose
faces had become as the faces of old
friends.
"My children," faltered the priest,
perceiving * they were waiting for
some explanation, "the destroyer has
been at work in the darkness. I
know no more than ye why this has
come upon us to humble me and perplex
your hearts."
"It is the evil spirits!" whispered
Mnrii riacc tho pnnnprsmith. and the
congregation took it up and cried
"Yes, it is the evil spirits?it is the
saktis!" And they fell on their
knees and struck their foreheads,
and Acharya, whatever his private
opinions might be, did not contradict
them now.
But there was a sudden stir in the
crowd; several rose to their feet and
made way as if for some person of
distinction, and Acharya, with an
agony of mortification, saw his rival,
Ram Chunga, approach ? the very
last person he wished to witness his
embarrassment.
A village in any part of the world
is not the place for a secret. The
Jain's suspicions and request for a
guard had not been long in reaching
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taking in the situation with no small r
bewilderment. "What is this, O ,
Acharya Chick?" he inquired at last.
"Behold," said the Jain, "the effi- .
gies of our blessed arhats have been ^
found mutilated and dishonored, as ,
you see, and by whose hand we can- .
not tell!" *
"Why," the Brahman asked himself,
"had this wretched old creature
destroyed the gods by which he 8
lived??for of course this was his f
work." Ram Chunga was not above "
conducting a manifestation or arranging
miracles himself, but he did j
not understand a portent on such a
scale as this; it seemed wanting in ?
common judgment.
And then suddenly he saw through j
the design; this Jain priest in his .
mulish obstinacy had actually de- ^
stroyed his Siva rather than deliver
it to his rival, and then to divert suspicion
had been forced to deface his v
own images. n
"Where is the image of Siva, the
undying?" he demanded with a black ^
frown. "Bring it forth that I may ..
look upon it." . .
"It is there, behind you," said the
Jain dejectedly, and Ram Chunga, g
turning, beheld for the first time the
idol on which he had grounded so ^
pretty a quarrel. Till then he had
had no particular desire to possess it c
for its own sake; now the sight of it t
strengthened his determination to get t
it out of alien hands. ^
It was really a handsome idol, rather
antiquated perhaps in design, but t
still of excellent workmanship and,
notwithstanding its somewhat ques- r
tionable origin, orthodox in all its
details; it would do credit to the v
best appointed temple. t
And to his intense surprise he
found it absolutely uninjured. Evi- r
dently this old fool had not had the
nerve, when it came to the point, to
deface it and render it useless (a mu- .
tilated ?Iindu idol being, of course, 1
about as formidableas a spiked gun). ?
What could have made him attempt
such a piece of reckless folly? Was r
it?and the Brahman's brow grew 1
darker at the idea?was it intended a
to throw suspicion on him? If that r
were so he should find he had made r
a slight miscalculation.
He turned upon the Jains with a c
magnificent gesture.
"Hear me, O Acharya Chick," he 2
said, "and answer truly. Did not I
but two days since make demand of c
you for the restoration of this image *
of the god from which you and your
followers have turned away? Did I 1
not warn you of the indignity, you ^
did him in introducing a miserable
yogi, who but yesterday was in our s
streets, to be his fellow god and com- *
panion in your idol chamber?"
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' Miiven so, nam ^nuiiga, saiu mc Jain,
"nor will I now deny it." *
"Behold the warning fulfilled!" the
Brahman cried. "Siva, the beauti- *
ful, the blue-necked, has spoken; he
has shattered the gods whom he has
suffered so long!"
But Acharya's suspicions of the
Brahman rose again at this attempt
to turn the situation to his own advantage;
he was resolved to dispose
of these outrageous pretensions if he
could. "What sign have you, O Ram
Chunga, that it is as you have said?"
he inquired.
"A sign?"*said the Brahman! "Is
not the image of Siva unharmed?
Are not yours defaced and discredited?
And you ask for a sign!"
Acharya. in glancing round the
idol chamber, had already observed
a fact which he did not at first mention,
for it only perplexed him more,
but now he turned it to account with
desperate readiness.
"Siva has wrought it, because his
image has gone unharmed!" he exclaimed.
"How, then, has he spared
the very image which you assert to
be the main cause of his wrath? If
Siva is untouched, much more then
is the image of Chalanka, for look
you to what honor has he been exalted!"
Ke pointed as he spoke to the centre
niche in the topmost tier, the
Diche lately occupied by the portly
idol of Mahavira. There, looking ludicrously
disproportioned to its cell,
squatted the newest and smallest tir- ?
thanker, basking with a smile of sub- i
dued and private enjoyment in the
flood of m3rsterious glory which had
so lately belonged to the deposed Ma
havira!
The congregation, who had not noticed
this before, saw it now with a '
cry of rapture?surely Chalanka.who
had weathered a storm in which so
many deities of, so to speak, far higher
tonnage, had foundered, surely he
must be a god of sound and solid
qualities, a god who could hold his
own. with the whole Hindu mythology
!
The Brahman sneered. So this,
after all, was what the Jain had been
scheming for! He had sacrificed the
greater part of his sacred stock to increase
the value of the remainder?
well, he would checkmate him there
at all events! "Does a tiger lie in
wait for a rat?" he said, "or shall an
elephant charge a tortoise? Fools, 1
all of ye, and blind, not to see that c
this Chalanka of yours owes his im- ?
munity to his insignificance. These
others are in a measure divinities, j
but he is less than all, and therefore j
the mighty, magnanimous Siva scorns
to lift up so much as the little finger
of his sixth hand in wrath against
him. He hath set him thus on high
in his derision, as the god before '
whom it is indeed fit that such as ye t
should bow!" |
The Jains veered round again. Ram (
Chunga was wise and spoke with as- s
surance; he must know best. i
"Set up your maimed idols," the 1
Brahman continued, with biting "
scorn, "worship them as before, for
what concern is it of mine or Siva's?
But detain his image no longer, yield i
it to me, his servant. For the last ?
time I demand it!" i
The Jain was about to refuse once
mor?\ !;'.it his followers would not
hear of it. "Yield it," they cried, J c
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oh, yield it, lest harm overran*- x._
Iso!"
And Acharya Chick knew that hia
:old over them was rudely shaken, if
ot lost forever. Suddenly he turned
o the Brahman and said: "Take it,
nd trouble us no more."
The Brahman was not precisely the
lan to spare a defeated adversary a
ingle pang. It was good policy to
lake as much of his advantage as
ossible, and, besides, it was clearly
mpossible to walk out with the surendered
idol under his arm.
"This submission is tardy, but pruent,"
he ^.id, "and I accept it in the
aighty name of Siva, conqueror of
eath. With glory and rejoicing phall
he sacred image of Iswara be conucted
to a more seemly abode. At
he hr r of sunset the idol of the
ver-L...jg Brahma shall come hia*elf
to escort him. See that your
ates are open to us when we arrive,
nd should any unseemly encounter
ake place between our respective folDwers
I shall hold you responsible."
Acharya Chick bent his head in sient
resignation; he felt a sullen im
atience to have the measure of his
Lumiliation filled to the brim; the
aainspring of his simple, inoffensive
ife was snapped, the good he had
ried to do all undone, and he felt a
litter protest against the apathy
rhich could allow sush things to be.
At last he came out of his reverie
.rith a groan and fled like a haunted
nan from his dishonored temple, and
ip the rocky heights, till the noon-1
ay blaze forced him to fall panting
n the shade of a projecting crag, and
he temple attendants went their own
irays, and the temple itself was deerted.
The Brahman meanwhile had gone
lown to the village bent upon organzing
as magnificent a display as
ould be procured on such short noice.
He was excessively pleased at
laving so completely outwitted the
typocritical and cowardly old Jain,
,nd he arranged in his mind where
he new idol should be set up; it only
leeded a little purification, a few
nantrams, to be as good as ever.
And before the day declined the
/bole Hindu portion of the viliagers,
hanks to the Brahman's endeavors,
i-as in a ferment of religious excitenent.
Acharya, greatly cast down, spent
he greater part of the day crouched
n such shade as he could find, his
nind possessed by a kind of stupor,
lis main impulse the childish deternination
to mortify himself to the
itmost. But as the sun began to set,
tnd the plain below steamed with the
nists from the paddy fields, he grew
nore collected; some powerful atraction
seemed to be drawing him
lown the slope to where his temple
tood; he was impelled to be present
it his own humiliation.
So. feeling faint and weak, he
ilambered painfully down until he
eached a banyan grove, from -which
le could command his own com>ound,
and see all that took place
vithout attracting attention.
Very soon the air thickened with
udden dusk, and part of the village
>ecame outlined in flickering lines
>f fire, while a confused buzzing bejan
to be heard in the direction of
be bazaar.
The buzzing grew louder, swelling
nto a low roar, above which rose the
:lash of cymbals and the screaming
?f chank shells; with a little stretchng
the Jain could make out a dim,
onfused mass swarming up the slope,
ind knew that the procession bad aleady
started to conduct Siva to his
lew home.
Up they came, with clouds of dust,
ind waving banners and sacred insignia,
with leaping fanatics, and
ilow, serpentine movements of the
lautch girls at the head, and in the
nidst, drawn by bullocks, came the
luge, clumsy idol-chariot, with its
>arbaric splendor of carving and gildng,
its dome-shaped canopy, which
:aught the last red ray of the sun.
And now the crowd had surged
hrough the temple gates, and there
vas Ram Chunga with other white obed
Brahmans, keeping what order
vas possible in the wild throng.
And then, the road being clear for
t, the idol-car rolled creaking and
olting over the threshold, whilst the
dol it bore wobbled, with some loss
>f dignity, upon the lofty seat to
Vhicn it nau very yi uuciiu;
strapped.
It was a representation of Brahma
n one of his numerous avatars, the
jod being fashioned as a manlion,
,vith tt*3 usual superabundance of
irms, one pair of which seemed busy
jlucking a small figure which lay
icross his knees and was supposed to
ie a personal enemy.
To be Coutinued.
Divining Rod.
D. W. S. (New York City): Kindly
jive me some information about the
vitch hazel divining rod for locating
vater; how it is made, used, etc.
As usually employed, this device
:onsists of a forked twig, held in a
lorizontal position in front of the
jperator. He grasps one tip of the Y
vith each hand, and the main stem
projects before him. He walks to
tnd fro in search of a hidden vein of
vafer, and it is said that when he is
>ver one the stem will bend downvard.
Thbugh hazel was once considered
e&fefttfal, some operators re
)ort equally satisfactory results with
)ther wood, and even with wire. The
levice does not work in everybody's
lands, and we do not wish to be unierstood
as guaranteeing that it will
succeed in any one's. Nevertheless, a
,'ew of the cases in which the divining
od seemed to reveal water are now
airly well attested.?New York Tri)une.
Literature as an Intoxicant.
According to Arthur Symons,
'there is more drunkenness in a book
han in all the vineyards of France."
[From a report or a iuiure jjuu?
:ourt case: "Prisoner said he was
>orry, but it had oeen his birthday,
ind, one thing leading to another, he
lad taken a paragraph too much.
> ? * ?j?London Globe.
A street knife-cleaner has made his
ippearance in London. He calls himself
the first of his trade. His charge
s two cents a dozen.
Last year the United States proluced
3 09,000 tens cf beet sugar.
King and Quee
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KING GUSTAVE V. A
Appliance For Keeping Cue Steady.
In playing billiards and pool it Is
the custom of' the player to crook
the index linger of one hand to use
as a holder and guide for the cue,
while the butt is grasped by the
other hand to make the shot. There
is one decided disadvantage in this
Prevents Cue Slipping.
tjne of the cue when the hand is damp
or moist from perspiration. The
moisture checks or retards the forward
motion of the cue. Experts use
lotions to present, this perspiration,
and other expedients have been
adopted for the purpose. The flesh
of the index finger also prevents the
delicate and accurate holding of the
cue. These objections are overcome
in the device shown here, which is
merely a sleeve or tube through
which the cue passes, and is encircled
by the Index finger. The inner end
of the sleeve fits the hollow between
the thumb and flnegr, while the forward
end rests against the second
finger. The hand which holds the
cue does not come in contact with the
cue, so that any perspiration cannot
in any way retard the movement of
the cue. The exact amount of pressure
necessary to insure correct movement
can thus be gauged with accuracy
and nicety. ? Philadelphia
Record.
<r .
Would Help Mnsic.
At a brilliant "At Home" given by
a society woman a pianist of world
wide reputation was asnea xo perform.
When he had finished, the
lady's young daughter was made to
sit down and play her new piece. "Now '
tell me, Herr said the fussy
mother to the great artist, "what do
you think of my daughter's execution?"
"Madame," he replied deliberately,
"I think it would be a capital
idea."?Argonaut.
Bccnuse They Wouldn't Cut Hair.
Owing to the vice-magistrates of
An Byen, Chung Pyeng and Kap San
not having yet cut their hair, the
Governor of the province has risen in
his wrath and has strongly requested
the Home Departmentto dismiss them i
from their positions. ? Korea Daily
News.
HISTORIC SUE
/" *r.A Ki? riAnfoHorfltPS for
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Now Abandoned Under the "W
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Saw Attachment.
A great deal of time is consumed
bv a Citl'Mt-MUirl' In # ?11
picking up hip saw. The saw also be'
j
m,m\ 'n
comes rusty ami collects grit upon the I
blade, dulling the teeth, when al-[
lowed to lay upon the ground. In !
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n of Sweden.
ND QUEEN MAUD.
Gambling Part of Religion.
A missionary lay beside a campfire
of birch logs in the Maine woods,
smoking a black cigar and watching
his guide grill trout. ,
"Speaking of gambling," the missionary
said, "I know of a sect that
regards it as a religious duty, like
fasting or prayer.
"This sect is the Hindus. They one
day in each year gamble like mad
from sunrise till sunset. The day is
the festival of the lamps, a day sacred |
to Lakshun, the goddess of wealth, j
A tremendous lot of money changes ;
hands in Lakshun's honor.
"All this gambling is done to test
the financial success that will attend
on each person throughout the year.
If a gambler loses he knows a year
of hard luck is ahead of him. If he
wins he knows he may expect a I
twelvemonth of prosperity.
"Strange to say, a good deal of
cheating accompanies this religious
gambling." ? St. Loui3 Globe-Democrat.
Mmmmmmmmmmm? ?mmmmmmmWMM
EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH OP
AUSTRIA. '
Doubtless.
"Do you believe In an actual devil
who rules over a burning lake?"
"Sure."
"Then how do you suppose he tortures
his victims?"
"He probably asks them if it is
hot enough for them."?Houston
Post.
{.MARINE BOAT,
the Defense of New Orleans in 1862,
alls of the Old Spanish Fort.
.11. Louisiana, in Leslie's Weekly.
i
order that the saw can be easily suspended
on an object so that the
'.mijhIIc wilJ always bf in readiness to
be grasped a California mai. has de- !
vi.sert th*- simple attachment shown in I
tin- illustration There is no necessity !
for laying a saw having this attach- '
ment upon the ground. On the back I
' J " "i'*'"* * ^ lionHlo ic n I
Of tRe Liiaae, ciustr m mc uauuivi ~ .
tapered point, which is forced into I
any convenient object, such as the '
top of a workbench, fence post, etc. '
Trees and Lightning.
The trees most apt to be struck by I
lightning are those that conform most
naturally to the law of electrical motion?that
electricity moves along the
path of least resistance. Flammarion,
the great French scientist, published
in 3 905 a list of different kinds of
trees, showing the number of times
each species had been struck by light
ning during a given period. Tiie
iigures are: Fifty-four oaks, twentyfour
poplars, fourteen elms, eleven
walnuts, ten firs, seven willows, six ,
beeches, four chestnuts, but uot a I
single birch.?The Reader.
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[INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM- I
MENTS FOR MAY 17. j
I
Subject: Jesus Betrayed and Denied. ^
John 18:1-27 ? Golden Text.
Matt. 17:22?Commit Verses 2. j
3?Commentary.
TIME.?Wednesday morning early. *
April 5, A. D. 30. PLACE.?Geth- 1
semane and Courtyard of Annas.
EXPOSITION.?I. The Perfldity ol 1
Judas, 1-3. Jesus longed to meet the
Father in prayer. The awful weighl
of agony was crushing Him (Matt
26:38). But He must strengthen the
disciples and fortify them against the
coming trial. To this He attended 1
first. But now this work was done ;
The necessary words had beer
spoken, the wondrous prayer that 1
made their safety sure had been of- '
fered, and Jesus goes forth to the
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Father in prayer and get the strength *
needed to insure Him victory in His 1
last great conflict. This garden was j
a place of frequent resort for oui 1
Lord. It was a chosen sanctuarj
where He met the Father. Those who '
knew Him best knew that this retired !
place of prayer was the likeliest place 1
to find Him at that time of nig1"1 (v.
3). Judas had often been there In
that hallowed garden beneath the old
olive trees he had seen Jesus inter- ;
ceding with God. But his heart had
become so hardened by covetousness
that the sacred sight had made little
impression upon it. His principal 1
thought seems to have been that the ,
garden of prayer would be a good
place to capture Jesus unawares.
Judas had not become so hard^^d
in a day. But little by little, L. .1lowing
the greed of money to usurp
a larger place in his heart, and by
hardening his heart more and more
against the truths that he heard constantly
falling from the lips of the
Son of God, Judas had become what
we here see him. Two bands were to
meet that night in the garden, God's
band and the devil's. Judas had provided
himself with a large company
of soldiers (v. 3, R. V. marg.). Evidently
a great fear of this humble
man, Jesus, had taken possession of
them, and they feared the multitude
also. If Jesus had seen fit to* resist,
their preparations would have proven
totally inadequate (Matt. 26:53).
They did not have to search for Jesus.
Jesus fully realizing His peril, but
knowing also that God's appointed
time had come, went forth and delivered
Himself into their hands (v. 4;
jomp. ch. 10:17, 18).
II. Jesus Protecting His Own, 4-9.
Jesus knew that at last the awful
bour that He had so long looked forward
to with sorrow unspeakable had
come. He knew all that was coming
apon Him, but He did not shrink. He
'went forth" with steady step and uniaunted
heart. He put to Judas and
lis band a question that had more in
it than appears on the surface.
'Whom seek ye?" "Jesus of Nazareth,"
is the quick response. Little
did they realize who He was whom
ihey sought to capture and destroy.
There are five words of awful sadness
- - "'-J -A J
in tnis men verse. juaas was ?t?tuu!ng
with them." Think of it, he who
lad been a chosen apostle standing
with the enemies of his Lord! So tolay
there are many standing with the
snemies of Jesus whom one would
aaturally expect to be standing by the
side of Jesus. Judas standing there
Is an illustration of the brazen effrontery
of sin. But Judas does not
iong remain standing. With majestic
:almness and dignity Jesus simply
says, "I am He," and Judas and his
aellish crew go backward and fall to
:he ground.
lost (v. 9, R. V.).
III. Peter Denies His Lord, 24-27.
Peter following his Lord at this time
got him into trouble. Furthermore,
he had followed hi3 Lord afar
>ff (Matt. 27:58). If we follow Jesus
it all we should follow close. Jesus
bad warned him of his weakness and
bis coming fall (ch. 13:3S). Furthermore,
just before this He had given
His disciples a hint that they were to
go away (v. 8). He had told Peter
on the preceding evening that he
could not follow Him at this time, but
that he should later (ch. 13:36), but
Peter had turned a deaf ear to all
this. He had asked "Why cannot 1
follow Thes now?" and started out tc
do so against the Lord's warning. He
had boasted, "I will lay down my life
for Thy sake" (ch. 13:37), and now
undertakes to make good his boast
and prove his Master mistaken in Hie
estimate of him, but our Lord knows
us all better than we know ourselves.
We next see Peter standing
with Christ's enemies and warming
himself at the enemies' fire. Tbe end
is now sure. Of course he does not
sympathize with them and what they
are saying about his Master grieves
his soul, but he is not protesting. He
ought to have stood separate from
them (Ps. 1:1; 26:4-10; 2 Cor. 6:417),
but that would have attracted
too much attention to him and would
have made him appear singular and
exposed him to danger. The same arguments
for conforming to the world
are advanced to-day and are of as
little value as in Peter's day. He
after all escaped none of the danger
he sought to avoid. He only got away
by denying his Lord, and that is the
only way anyone can escape who
seeks to make friends with the world
(Jas. 4:4; 1 Cor. 15:33, R. V.; Prov.
13:20; Eph. 5:11, 12). Bad company
is a good thing to keep out of unlesa
nno f?ne5 intn it to win them fOI
Christ and keeps that purpose in his
mind every moment. Peter had no
?uch purpose in his mind.
Chair of "Good Taste."
Plans were made to introduce into
Northwestern University, at Chicago,
a department of "Art Appreciations"?a
chair of "Cultivation of
Good Taste." This will aim especially
to instill into the feminine student
mind notions of appropriate
flressinsr. All branches of art appre
ciation, including home building and |
furnishing, will be given.
Dirty Hands cf Conductors.
"Help old ladies in black dresses,
but leave the young ones with white
and iight colored shirtwaists to get
on the cars unassisted." was the appeal
made to the street car authorities
of Atlanta, Ga.. by Mrs. Maria
Sprinkle, who declares that her shirtwaist
was ruined by the dirty hands
of conductors.
Slaves to Morphine.
The surgeon of the Nebraska State
Pcnitrntiarv reported that scares 01
inmates have become slaves of thr
morphine habit through wholesale
smuggling ol the chug into th?!
prison.
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fjELIGIOUS ffEAPING
FOR THE QVIJSJl' tnjcj.i?
' THE CALL OP GOD FOR MEN. 1
f
"rora California's shores of gold
To Jersey's coasts of sand.
Voir. Minnesota's lakes and hills,
To Dixie's runny land,
n East and West and North and South*
In valley, plain and glen,
?he call of God is uounding loud
For stalwart Christian men. .
n marts of trade where commerce reign*.
And business bears its sway,
n all our heated, rushing life,
The call rings out to-dav
for men of grace and granite, too.
For men 01 faith and force and vim,
To rise and serve and laud the King,
And bring the world to Him.
-Robert F. Coyle, D. D., in The Interior.
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Steps to Resurrection.
The heart sentiment, as expressed
)y our blessed Lord, in Gethsemane,
when He said: "Not My will, but
rhine be done" (Luke 22:42), Is an
imperative pre-requisite to a resurrected
life. ' .
The Gethsemane experience is suf'
? nf Afft* > <
lering, sunermg iur mc eUi?v
jrs; misunderstood suffering,, conseluently
suffering alone. This Is suffering
unrealized by friends and well
realized and enjoyed by enemies.
The end of self Id to have no rebellion,
no demand, no choice. Self is
simply denied and surrendered. This
suffering worketh patience (see Rom.
5:3) and maketh perfect. (See I.
Pet. 5:10). No one will ever reach
this heart condition any other way
than by this old, yet royal route;
through suffering, yet how sweet to
learn to "kiss the rod."
The statement of Jesus before God
alone: "Not My will, but Thine be
done," proves His purity of heart The
statement before Pilate: "Thou
w-ouldst have no power at all against
Me, except It were given thee from
above" (Jno. 19:11), proves His unlimited
confidence. To see and acknowledge
God's hand when alone in
the midst of enemies is the battle,
won.
Truly Jesus portrayed such an one
when He said: "Blessed are the pure
in heart for they shall see God"
(Matt. 5:8), arid the apostle well corroborates
the statement of His Mas*
ter, when He says: "Holiness, with- .
out which no man shall see the Lord."
(Heb. 12:14). The one who sees
God in all must either become a wil
ful rebel against uoa or iae yjcwij a
is won, and the soul is resting in God, I
for "God is light and in Him is. no |
darkness at all." (I. Jno. 1:5). "If I
we say we have fellowship with Him I
and walk in darkness we lie and da I
not tell the truth. But if we walk fn I
the light as He is in the light, w? I
have fellowship one with another, I
and the blood of Jesus Christ His Sod I
cleanseth us from all sin." (6, 7).? U
Gospel Herald. H
Do You Expect an Answer?
We believe it was Mr. Meyer who
once said: "Some people are always
telegraphing to heaven for God tc
send a cargo of blessing to them, but
they are not at the wharf to unload
the vessel when it comes." We fancy
one reason why many are not at the
wharf to unload the vessel is because,
thnnirh thev have asked for it, they
do not expect any vessel to come In,
They pray only as an echo of halfformed
desires, and when that Is done
too often they take no furthei
thought of the matter. Such petition
mocks God, and it would be arrant
folly to expect asking prayer of this
kind to wrest cargoes of blessing
from God. But the soul that asks In
faith believing, that prays honestly,
earnestly, expectantly, and then
meets the conditions necessary to obtain
the blessing, never has failed
and never will fail of receiving blessing
at God's hands.?Methodist Recorder.
The Naturalness of Religioa.
Religion is as natural as breathing,
It is the natural unfolding of the
powers inherent in the self. It la as
natural as very life. It is not In any ,
way a matter of forced belief or artificial
appendage or practiced form.
It does not necessarily have to do
with churches or creeds or Sabbaths
or psalm singing. These may be an
aid to its expression, but they are religious
only in so far as they are. RemoIKo
ia fnnnrl nnlv In life
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and character and purpose?in loving
life and strong character and noble
purpose. These form the fact and
the fruition of religion.?Paragraph
Pulpit. i
Our Every Day Temptations.
Great trials come at lengthened intervals,
and we rise to breast them,
but it is the petty friction of our
every day life with one another, the
jar of business or of work, the discord
of the domestic circle, the collapse
of our ambition, the crossing of
our will, the taking down of our conceit,
which makes inward peace impossible.-^Henry
Drummond.
Quiet in Our Souls.
Nevr do great thoughts come to
a man while he is discontented or
fretful. There must be quiet in the
temple of his soul before the windows
of it will open for him to see out of
them into the infinite. Quiet is what j
heavenly powers move in. It is in
silence that the stars move on, and it
(s in quiet our souls are visited from
? ujo-v. ?\\7illiom Mnnntfnrrl.
UU llifeu.. imuihw *.*w?
Sympathy. B
Our country needed a baptism of I
sympathy. Times of matchless pros
perity tave untied the heart strings
3f the rich from the poor.?Rev. S. I
Edward Young, Presbyterian. Pitts
Durg.
The Situation That Confronts Us. 9
We have come to the time when w? I
must either live up to our preaching I
khat the Gospel is for the whole world H
)r else we must brin;; our preaching I
1ovn to our living. The day has
:ome when we can and must put to I
1 ' ?1 ?Un^ 1,,A /'liimoH Viofnr?i H
'.HQ iesi WIJcll Vmiuivv% MV*w.v
we had the opportunity to test it.?
Bishop Ward.
A Just Ji'.dgc.
TIiey who know Him r.s Jesus will
cot ie:?r Hiu: as Juice.
Stole Red Hot Stove.
"Wait till I see If the pies are
done," cried John Keishock, as he
was arrested in Doud's alley at
Youngstown, Ohio. Court Constable
Elias Jones had chased Keishock,
who was trundling a roaring hot
cooking stove on a wheelbarrow for
six blocks. The stove belonged to
Mrs. Charles Pull. Jones waited, but
he arrested Keishock as he ate the
last of the two apple pies which had
been in the stove. Keishock had
wanted only the pies, but stole stove KB
and all when he had the opportunity, Ma
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