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THE PROLOGUE. 3
Continued.
This was a very exclusive idol, und
a visit from it was esteemed as an
overwhelming distinction throughout
Mysore; 'n fact, it only went out once
a year to confer with an extremely
well-connected idol of Vishnu at a
mandapam, or sacred rest house, half
way from their respective temples,
but on this occasion Ram Chunga's
influence had enabled the rule to be
relaxed in Siva's honor.
Here it was accordingly, and a
rich pavilion was put up at one end
of the compound, within which the
distinguished visitor was installe",
and, this done, the Brahraans entered
the temple and carue out bearing the
wonder-working image of Siva, whic'i
was hailed with acclamations while it
was being reverently deposited in the
pavilion by the side of Brahma.
And then, as the gods would necessarily
have many things to say to
one another, the hangings were
drawn, and the priests made a ring
round the pavilion, and stood guarding
it from vulgar curiosity.
At last the gods had had sufficient
time to exchange views, and it was
time to gratify them with the ministrations
of the dancing girls, before
the united idols were placed upon the
chariot and carried home together in
pomp.
So the tom-toms were rattled and
thumped with fervor, and the torches
made the compound light as day. as
the dancing girls, in robes of purple
and orange and green, edged with
glittering silver tissue, prepared to
go through their dreamy and deliberate
evolutions, accompanied by
chants like the cry of the midnight
cat. and Ram Chunga gave the signal
for the hangings to be drawn
back.
A universal shriek marked their
withdrawal, as the torchlight shed its
fierce glare upon the interior. Ram
Chnnga grew green, and his teeth
chattered, as well they might; even
Acharya Chick, as ho gazed from
afar, could hardly trust his eyesight.
For the sacred idol of Brahma was
oroken into a dozen pieces; his arms
were planted, witn consiaeraDie taste
and fancy, in various corners of the
floor; and worse still, the hardly-won
idol of Siva was in the same plight,
its fragments arranged in a pyramid
upon the principal throne, upon the
very summit of which squatted, with
a bland smile on its smug features,
the despised image of Chalanka, the
least and lowest of the Jain tirthankars.
The haughty Ham Chunga, savagely
acccpting his defeat, wrapped his
shawl about him and made his way
through the shivering dancing girls
and awcstruck villagers, out of the
precincts of the temple where he had
been so signally discomfited.
The Jains, realizing that their
"ugly duckling" of an idol had
proved more than a match for the
chief personages of the Hindoo mythology,
now ventured boldly forth and
carried Clialanka's image with rejoicing
into the idol chamber, where
they were joined by Acharya Chick.
"Henceforth," cried Murli Dass.
trumphantly, hcur reverence is due
to Chalanka alone; he has delivered
us?he has shown himself mighter
than the gods of old; mightier than
the blessed tirthankars! Tell us, oh,
Father, is it not so?"
Acharya Chick looked at the idol
with an uncontrollable feeling of repulsion.
"It is even so," he said. |
"and may he prove himself as benevolent
as he is mighty."
* * * 3 * * *
From that hour the fame of Chalanka
was established, and spreading
further with every day. The other
tirthankars were entirely discarded
by the JaiDs of the locality, who
transferred their entire homage vo
the last translated saint.
Thus, for some years, shrine and
Idol flourished, and the village found
spiritual and commercial benefit from
the circumstance, until the bad times
came when Tippoo Sahib took it into
his ill-regulated head to force the
Mussulman faith indiscriminately
upon all his subjects.
Temples of various denominations
were wantonly destroyed, and the
idols buried by their custodians until
brighter days should dawn; and possibly
some such fate as this befeil
the shrine of Chalanka, for no record
of it is to be found later than
the fall of Seringapatam and the annexation
of Mysore by Great Britain.
Scene, London. Time. 19th Century.
CHAPTER I.
Sol*-Restraint.
T love not less though less the show appear,
Thai love is merchandized whose rich esteeming
The owner's tongue doth publish everywhere.
There are parts of London which
never seem to have been thoroughly
assimilated. Any one who is at all
familiar with the metropolis will be
able to recall at least one neighborhood
of this kind.
Ill UJ1U Ul tllV qUieit-SL K?'l IIIOM UJlImpeaciiable
roads in St. John's Wood
there is a little two-storied house, or
rather cottage, with an acacia in
front, and at the back a long outbuilding
whose big north light proclaims
its use.
It was. in fact, at the time of
which I am writing, the studio of a
young painter who was already beginning
to be known in art circles,
ajfci who was at work there on the
particular afternoon in early spring
with which the narrative opens.
llonald Cainpic-m was too fond of
somewhat daring experiments to have
(Iliite guinea tne connueure ui me i
British art patron, and. so far. such
praise as had been accorded hini was
greatly ia excess of the solid pud- I
ding.
K<? was not strictly a handsome
Juan his face had a Dower
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and attractiveness of its own, and his
figure would have appeared to advantage
in one of the becoming painting
suits in which many less wellfavored
men indulge, but while he
was not of the order of squalid geniuses,
there were no more traces of
an eye to effect in his dress than in
his studio.
So much engrossed was he that he
did not look around when the door
which communicated with the house
opened, and an elderly man with a
cross-grained walnut-colored face
made his appearance. "Mister Babcock
to see you. sir," he announced,
with a certain grim relish, as he
stood at the top of the short flight of
steps.
Campion muttered something
which did not sound like delight.
"Hang it, Bales, couldn't you tell him
I was busy?" he said.
"Just precisely what I did tell
him," said Bales, with an injured air;
"but it wasn't no use; he's comin' in.
he is?wants to see you on important
business, 'cordin' to him."
As he spoke he stood aside to make
way for the visitor, who seemed to
have no misgivings as to his welcome.
"Well, my dear fellow, how
are you? Hard at it, as usual, I see.
Never saw such a fellow," he began,
in the tone of one who rallies another
upon a rather ridiculous foible.
"I thought I'd drop in and look you
up?fcan't stop long. I wanted to
see you about a little matter of
mine "
And be glanced at the model with
a meaning which Campion affected
not to understand, for he continued
nainf "Well " hp sniri "von won't
mind my going on? I can listen and
work too."
"Oh, I'll wait till we are alone.
I'm not in such n hurry as all that.
I can take a look around till you're
ready/' said Babcock cheerfully.
He had come upon a large easel
and canvas which had been rolled
into a corner, and which he now
wheeled out to the light. "I thought
I recognized her," he cried. "Miss
Elsworth, by Jove?little Sybil!"
"It is Miss Elsworth," said Campion,
rather coldly. "What of it?"
"What astonishes me is that Sybil
should never have breathed a word
about it to me?we've always been
such particular chums that it is odd
?she always carries all her little
troubles to me."
"Perhaps this was too big to
carry," said Campion.
"Oh, ah/' said Babcock, perfectly
unabashed, "that reminds me, I
pleased our dear Mrs. Staniland immensely
the other day, brought a
chela to see her I had met out at
Bombay when I was over there.
You know what a chela is? sort of
budding Buddhist, sucking Mahatma.
Calls himself Axel Nebelsen, Norwegian
or Swede or something, I fancy.
Went out to India on some scientific
expedition, and turned Theosophist.
Now he's over here, dining out and
advertising the religion. It hasn't
been started long, but it's pushing its
way, don't you know. And the women
run after him a good deal, queerlooking
chap, talks till all's blue?
ever meet him?"
"Never," said Campion, "What
does he do?"
"Mild miracles?sort of parlor
prophet, don't you know. Goes out
to dinner and pecks a little rice all
the time, and then has a trance upstairs
over his teacup. Says he sees
everybody with an aura about him,
so have I?after dinner. And he's
learning to manage his astral body,
but he daren't let it outside the door
yet. I think he's a bit of a humbug
myself, but he amuses me."
So Babcock rattled on, not much
caring whether he was listened to or
not, until he ran down, and Campion
hoped he was going in earnest.
Campion looked at him; he was
not distinguished or impressive looking.
He was short, with dark hair
parted in the middle, a pale, rather
flabby face, a loose mouth; he had
done nothing so far except talk, and
was never likelv to do more: but for
all that, Lionel Babcock was a personage
in his way; if he bored most
men. women found him both instructive
and amusing; he was fluent and
self-assured; he was particularly weloff.
When he had gone Campion broke
into a laugh, which was rather savage
than amused. Then he went to
the portrait and studied it. "Was
that ass right?" he was thinking;
"does that look on her face mean?
boredom? Isn't there a touch of
something like sufferance on her lips?
It didn't strike me so while I was
painting her, and yet?and yet?confound
Babcock!"
He wheeled the big easel back into
the corner again, and returning to his
classical picture touched in some details
from the studies he had made
for them, but after a while he stopped
with an impatient sigh. "No good,"
he muttered, "I may as well stop
work for to-day?the light's getting
bad, too. I'll go and get some calling
over; no, I'm hanged if I do, I'll turn
into the park.
And presently he was crossing one
of the canal bridges iu the direction
of the park.
And. as it happened, Fate was kind
to him for this once; for while he
was inside the radius of erchantment,
he saw a dainty figure coming
tnward him frnm nnp nf The hriflETPS.
and the figure was that of the enchantress.
As she came nearer there was the
least little dimple in her cheek; she
recognized him evidently, she stopped
and held out her hand, and even
called him by his Christian name.
Even that dull and unpleasant type
of person, the "most ordinary observer."
would have instantly suspected,
from the manner of both, that
they were on terms of some intima,
cy; and so they were, for they were
?Dgaged.
CHArTER n. I
A Remonstrance.
There's a present for j'ou, sir! Yes,
thanks to her thrift,
My pet lias heen able to huv me a gift.
?London Lyrics.
Ronald Campion had indeed succeeded
in winning Mrs. Staniland's
Ovi>ii i?,,t tho olrlpr larlv had
not as yet been consulted, and it was
by no means likely that the engagement
would meet with her approval.
It had gone on for more than a
month now. this most unsatisfactory
of engagements. They saw one another
but seldom?indeed for part of
the time she had been away at Eastbourne.
She wrote, and her letters
were gay and affectionate; but when
he met her again she gave no sign by
her manner of greeting him that he
was more to her than others were.
It is true there were others present
at the time, and true that she contrived
to reassure him before he left
by some apparently careless speech,
to which her eyes and voice gave a
sweet and special meaning; but, for
all that, the strain was telling on his
self-respect, and he chafed under his
false position more and more.
What he suffered under Babcock's
reference to Sybil will after this explanation
be readily imagined; and
now that by a happy accident he had
met her, he felt the time had come to
speak plainly.
She was the first who spoke. "I
thought this was one of the things
we agreed we wouldn't do?" she observed,
though with no very great
show of displeasure.
"I didn't know I should have the
luck to meet you just now," he said,
"and you must let me speak to you
Sybil?there is something I want to
say."
She arched her pretty eyebrows.
"Something serious?" she inquired.
"Yes, rather."
"Then suppose we find a seat
somewhere? I can be so much more
serious sitting down."
They found a sheltered bench near
the water's edge, where the wavelets
were lapping half-heartedly. "Now
tell me all about it," she said, looking
distractedly lovely as she settledherself
comfortably to listen.
"It's simply this, Sybil?I can't
stand this secrecy any longer."
"Oh, Ronald! but why? where
would be the fun if everybody
knew?"
"After all, Sybil, one doesn't?at
least I didn't?get engaged for the
fun of the thing; and if! had, I've
had very little of it."
"You might be serious without
being disagreable."
"Is it disagreeable to object to
have to play an underhand part?"
"Very, because, don't you see, papa
knows all about it?he must have
had your letter a fortnight ago."
"But your aunt doesn't?you know
how much she has done for me; I
never ought to have kept this from
her."
"Ah! but you coudn't help yourself,
you see!" cried Sybil gayly; "it
was my secret as well a6 yours, and
you were bound to keep it as long as
I wished it kept."
"And why were you so anxious to
have it kept?"
She was looking at him with meditative
eyes. "Will you have a lot of
little reasons, or one big one?" she
asked.
"I should very much prefer the
real one," he said, rather grimly.
"Well," said Sybil, "the real one
was; I'd set my heart on having my
portrait at the Grosvenor this year."
"I don't see ttie connection; 11 an
goes well, it must be there now. Sir
C has seen it, and I only want
one more sitting to finish it."
"And we're coming for that to-morrow.
Yes, but you foolish Ronald, if
you had told Aunt Hillary when you
wanted to, do you suppose you would
ever have had the chance of finishing
it in time? Why, I should never have
been allowed to come near the studio,
till we knew what papa thought of
you?and perhaps not then?all these
weeks quite wasted! So that by that
little stratagem of mine (for you
might have known, if you hadn't been
a goose, I never meant all I said),
just by that stratagem I've saved you
a whole year of "fame?because I
have quite made up my mind that
fViot rnrtrait ie fointr tn makp vnn
famous. And, naturally," she added,
with a little laugh at her own vanity.
'I should like to be a little famous
too!"
"If that is all," said Campion, "now
the portrait is safe, you can't object
to my speaking out."
"But I do!" 6he said; "don't tell
Aunt Hilary yet. Ronald."
To be Continued.
A Tuckahor.
A citizen of Douglas Co'jnty
brought to the office of an Ava paper
what is said to be called by the Indians
a tuckahoe. It was turned up
by the plow. It is a singular vegetable
substance, seldom found except
in the southern lowlands of the United
States. It grows under the
ground and sometimes attains the
size and somewhat the appearance of
q lrtcif of liroarl nnrl is nffen railed
"Indian loaf." or "Indian bread."
It is said that its methods of
growth and reproduction are unknown.
it having neither root, branch
nor cellular structure, for which reason
it has been considered as a secondary
product, caused by the degeneration
of the tissues of some flowering
plant. It was eaten by the Indians
and considered by them a very
dainty dish.?From the Mount Vernon
Fountain and Journal.
Homeless Dogs.
One result of the new act requiring
every dog to wear a collar with its
owner's name and address seems to
be a promise of a great increase in
the number of lost dogs which find
their way to the Battersea Home.
More than 0000 dogs had been admitted
to the home. ? Country Gentleman.
AJ1 the Vowels.
"Abstemious" and "facetious" are
the only woids in English having the
vowels in their order.?Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Often in France a man servant is
employed to do housework which in
l Air.' v!ra generally is regarded as
i woman's work.
New York City.?In this day
j over waists and of similar effe<
I the gulmpo makes an all Imports
feature of the wardrobe. Here
one, that while it gives an exceedlr
ly dressy effect, calls for the smalh
possible quantity of all-over lace
other material of a similar sort a:
which allows a choice of plain
frilled sleeves, In elbow or fi
length. In the Illustration It Is ma
of lawn with the yoke of all ov
lace and the sleeves of lace edgi
to match, but tucking or lace edgl;
joined one 3trip to another, or, :
deed, any pretty material that m
be liked can be used for the yo
with the sleeves of frills as iRustrat
or of the material lace edged, or ma
plain with cuffs. For the foundath
lawn and silk both are correct.
The guimpe is made with front a
backs. It is faced to form a yol
I which can be made on either rou
j or square outline, and is finished
j the lower edge with a basque portl
j which does away with fulness ov
j ^
i illf
\
, the hips. When frilled sleeves :
I used the frills are arranged o:
puff foundations and are finish
with bands at their lower edges. 1
long sleeves, however, are made o1
fitted linings, which are faced
form the cuffs.
j The quantity of material used
i the medium size is three yards twi
ty-onej or twenty-four, two and oi
half yards thirty-two or one and o;
half yards forty-four inches w:
; with five-eight yard all-over lace, fc
; and three-quarter yards ,of lace f
inches wide for sleeve.
Trousseau Gowns.
"Trousseau gowns are lovel
than ever," says the fashion editor
The Woman's Home Companion, "I
as they have increased in beau
they have lessened in numDer. v?
few brides of to-day, no matter h
fashionable they may be, order
trousseau consisting of a great nu
ber of costumes. The reason for t'
is that fashions change so that It
necessary every little while to hav<
new-style gown if one is to keep p?
with tho capricious modes.
Velvet Embossed Ribbons.
Velvet embossed ribbons in wi
widths aro the best possible oho
for rearranging a damaged gov
and give the speediest results, le:
lug no trace of tl"> former costun
oi New Collar Pins.
:ts Little Jeweled pins and collar seta
are now shown on the counters in
*9 endless profusion,
ig
;st
or Every Day Blouses.
ad For shirtwaists and everyday
or blouses, cashmere, nun's veilings and
all fine cloth will be good.
de
er Scarlet and Black.
ng Scarlet black hose have an ankl?
ng decoration of large red polka dots,
embroidered in groups of three.
These are to radiate on feet in shiny
black patent leather slippers finished
with a big rosette of scarlet chiffon.
Ribbon as Trimming.
Ribbon always has been a popular
trimming, and as it lends itself to
such original ideas, it will no doubt
be used in great quantities on hats
this season. Apropos of ribbon,
notning is pretLit:! uuu mc UCn
shaded Liberty silk ribbon which is
j twelve inches wide.
Plain Blouse or Guimpe.
The plain guimpe is a favorite one
^ for heavy lace, embroidery and maj?
terials of the sort and this season is
being made both with long and with
short sleeves. This model is perfectly
adapted to such material,
while it can also be utilized for the
blouse of silk and wool materials, Id
addition to all of which it serves the
very practical purpose of making a
satisfactory foundation for tucked
lingerie materials and the like.
When used in this way the plain material
can be elaborated to suit Individual
taste before cutting, and the
plain pattern can be laid on so proin_
viding the necessary guide as to
ay shape. In this instance, however,
ke embroidered filet net is used as a
,ed guimpe with long sleeves and the
do lining is omitted. The long sleeves
)n, are much liked just now for net and
other thin materials and are very
nd pretty beneath the short ones of
ce, heavier material, but the full threend
quarter sleeves -gathered into bands
at can be substituted whenever preon
ferred and both are equally correct.
Tho hlmico pnrialsta of the fitted
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ire lining, which can be used or omitted
rer as liked and is made with front and
led backs, it can be adjusted by means
'he of a tape at the waist line as Muster
trated or gathered and attached to
to the lining when that is used.
The quantity of material required
for for the medium size Is three and
3n
I
ide seven-eigluli yards eighteen, three
ict' and five-eighth yards twenty-two or
l*ii I 4 r fwn JinH nnp.hnlf i*nrrtci
1V" j thirty-two or one and seven-eighth
| yards forty-four inches wide.
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INTEPNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MAY 21.
Subject: Jesus' Death and Burial,
John 19:17-43?Golden Text, 1
Cor. 15:3?Commit Verses 39,
40?Commentary.
TIME.?Wednesday, between the
evenings. April 5, A. D. 30. PLACE.
?Golgotha.
EXPOSITION.?T. "It is Finished,"
28-30. What was finished?
(1) His own sufferings were finished.
From the beginning of His ministry
| the shadow of tne cross darkened tne
! Saviour's life. Now it was all over.
The dread and horror of all those
years was over at last. Thank God!
(2) The mission upon which the
Father had sent Him into this world
was finished. The Father had given
Him a certain work to accomplish
(John 5:36). It was His very meat
to finish this work of the Father
(Jno. 4:34). Now the death in which
that work was to be completed was
right at the door and in anticipation
of it Jesus cried, "It is finished." (3)
The prophecies concerning the sufferings
of death of the Messiah (into
which angels and the prophets themselves
had desired to look, 1 Pet.
1:11-13) were finished. This is the
Immediate thought of the context (vs.
28, 29). The Old Testament prophets,
centuries .before, had set forth
step by step the sufferings the coming
Messiah would meet in redeeming
His people. One by one Jesus had i
fulfilled the details of thoseOld Testament
prophecies. The last prediction
of the long list of sufferings and dishonor
which Jesus had doubtless
often conned until they were indelibly
printed upon His mind is fulfilled and
with a cry of victory and relief He exclaims,
"It is finished." (4) The
work of atonement was finished. The
curse of the broken law must be
borne and Jesus had borne it (Gal.
3:13: 2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Pet. 2:24). It
is finished. There is nothing left for
you or me to do to atone for sin. It
is all done. "It is finished." Would
that we might all believe it and not
try to add anything to the finished
work of Christ. (5) The Mosaic law,
as far as its claims on the believer,
are concerned, was finished (Rom.
10:4; Col. 2:14; Eph. 2:15, 16).
Every claim of the Mosaic law was
settled and the law itself done away
by the death of Christ on the cross.
(6) Satan's power was finished (Heb.
2:14. R. V.; Col. 2:15, R. V.; Jno.
12:31). The death of Christ on the
cross was the death-knell to Satan's
power. It seemed the moment of
T\ OCjf ' If TIT Q CI
Qaiaii O UllgliViCSb px vi.covf lb ttuo ouv
moment of his utter defeat. "It is
Qnished."
II. "A Bone of Him Shall Not Be
Broken," 31-37. It was "the Preparation,"
i. e., "the Preparation of the
Passover," the day before the Passover
began (v. 14: cf. ch. 18:28).
The next day would be a Sabbath,
not the weekly Sabbath, for the first
day of the Passover was always a
Sabbath with the Jews whatever day
in the week it came (Lev. 23:7).
This year it came on Thursday. The
Passover Sabbath was a high day.
The Jews would not endure the
thought that their great day should
be polluted by criminals hanging on a
cross. They were not at all sensitive
about its being polluted by their own,
hands being stained with the murder
af the Son of God. Jesus was dead
f.lready and His legs were not broken.
By this seeming chance tne u. t.
prophetic type of tne Pascal Lamb
was literally and minutely fulfilled
(v. 36). But the soldiers will make
sure that Jesus is dead indeed, so a
spear is thrust into His side. Jesus is
"pierced" according to Scripture
(Zech. 12:10). And then a notable
thing comes to pass; forth from that
pierced side flows blood and water,
not blood only, but blood and water.
John is impressed by the fact and
records it, though in the state of
scientific knowledge then existing h
could scarcely have understood its
full significance. That water mingled
with the blood shows that Jesus died
! Df extravasation of the blood, i. e..
of a broken heart (cf. P3. 69:20).
What broke that heart? Sin, youi
sin and mine. The record of the fact,
which of course could not have beeD
fabricated by one who did not know
Its significance, i3 one of the many
I Incidental but conclusive proofs oI I
j the genuineness of the story and one j
01 tne numerous maicauuns wai
record here given is by an eye-witness
of the facts recorded. Is there
I any spiritual significance in the blood
| and water coming out? Water came
I forth from the rock smitten by Moses,
j and we are told that "that rock was
I Christ" (1 Cor. 10:4). It is from
i the smitten rock, Christ, that.the livI
ing water and atoning blood flow.
I III. He Made His Grave With the 1
I Rich, ,38-42. Another Old Testament j
I prophecy is fulfilled in the place ac<l J
manner of Jesus' burial (v. 38; cf. i
I Matt. 25:57-60; Is. 53:9). The death
I if Jesus transformed Joseph and
j tsicodemus from secret disciples into i
j jpen ones. Their discipleship did not !
! :ount for much until they become I
jpen disciples. They had made feeble ;
! nrotests but were soon silenced |
(chap. 7:50-52; Luke 23:50, 51 ). I
Jnless they had come out openly the !
LiOrd would not have confessed them {
ind they would not have been saved |
(Matt. 10:32, 33; Rom. 10:9, 10).
They did their best for Jesus. They j
jmbalmed His body. But this was j
unnecessary, for God promised hunireds
of years before that He would
lot suffer that body to see corrup- !
ion (Ps. 16:10).
Can't See trie Stage.
United States Senator Nixon's I
opera house, which he presented to J
i the city of Winnemucca, Nev., as a
mark of appreciation of the friendship
shown him by his former townspeople.
must be practically recon- 1
structed. Not until the building was
completed recently was it discovered
that the gallery is so built that the 1
stage is invisible to more than half [
the audience. It must now be torn
out and reconstructed, necessitating '
an additional expense of S20.000.
London Ealing Peanuts.
London has just discovered the
peanut. Peatnut roasting machines i
are now to be seen on the streets, and 1
the Cockney small boy lias a new and i
delightful delicacy to spend his pennies
on. Until now peanuts were not i
to be had in England, where they I
were only read of in the American >
comic papers. To-day they are the
latest development of the "Americanizing"
of London.
Australia Helps yurbee I'ark J'lan.
Earl Grey, of Canada, receiver
from Australia $250 toward the Quebec
battlefield park project.
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jfore&JKfi&sl
TWO MISTAKES.
"Your way fa dark," the angel said,
"Because vou downward gaze;
Look up! tne sun is overhead;
Look up and learn to praise!" v
I looked. I learned: Who looks above ""
Will find in Heaven both Light and Love
"Why upward gaze?" the angel said;
"Have you not learned to know
The Light of God shines overhead
That men mav work below?"
I learned: Who only looks above
May miss below the work of Love.
And thus I learned the lessons twain:
The heart whose treasure is above
Will gladly turn to earth again
Because the heavens is Love.
Yea, Love that framed the starry height
Came down to earth and gave it Lieht.
?The Bishop of Ripon.
Don't Grumble. *
Beware of dogs.?Philippians 3:2.
The Jews, as can be seen by numerous
references In the Bible, did not
like dogs. The ancient Greeks shared
this abhorrence, though Homer is not
unjust to these faithful companions
of man, as can'be seen in his exquisite
picture of a dog's devotion to his absent
master in the seventeenth book
of the OdysBey.
St. Paul Is pouring the vitriol of his
Barcasm upon those who would reduce
Christianity to the limits of an ez>
elusive sect, and we are doing no
violenco to the thought of the apostle
when we translate "Beware of dogs'*
to "Beware of grumblers." Are
grumbling and growling our dominant
characteristics?
If they are, then let us not be surprised
if we find ourselves unpopu*
lar. Our friends are only obeying the
sound advice of St. Paul. Because?
and it is said in all charity?grum- J
biers are, if possible, to be severely
let alone. It is absolutely necessary '
for our own peace of mind that we
escape from the atmosphere of theif
querulous complainings. No one can
associate with those who are chronic
grumblers, chronic fault finders,
chronic sneerers and belittlers o)
other men and women without ac>
quiring some of their unhappy char
acteristics. We can see this to per
fection in Sheridan's wonderful comedy
of "The School for Scandal," &
young girl from the country quickly
sinking to the level of My Lady
Sneerwell or My Lady Backbite, &
truly choice collection of growlerf
who bark, snap and yelp against the
reputation of every one of theU
neighbors.
What will save us from becoming
chronic grumblers? Surely we hav?
the answer in the prayer of the
psalmist: "Create In me a clean
heart and renew a right spirit wlthir
me." Change my disposition, 0 God.
so that I shall not grieve and wound
my friends by sneers, inuendoes and
petty cavilings, and grant that as long.
h$ I live I may never De a growling
and snarling dog, but a human soul
that believes in sympathy, in kindness
and In following closely the-footuteps
of the Carpenter of Nazareth.
One of the horrible ways of killingthe
early Christians was to dres?
them in the skins of wild animal*and
then set a pack of savage dogf
upon them to tear them in pieces
Those hard old Romans loved to be !
hold human suffering in every conceivable
form, and a lot of helplessmen
and women worried to death or
the sands of the arena was a rart
spectacle to the mob of the imperial
city, and also formed, no doubt, many
a Jest to their masters as they rolled
home in their chariots along the Applan
Way.
And yet, we are to-day very different
in cruelty when we grumble anc'
snarl all day long, poisoning the lives
of those about us, breaking thei?
hearts by our ill humor and drivingtbem
at last to despair by our cbronk
nagging? ? Rev. George Downing
Sparks, Christ Church, West Islip, N.
Y., in the Sunday Meraia. _
A Definition of Christianity. I
Preaching recently at Oxford to ani
audience largely composed of uni- I
versity students, the Bishop of Lon- I
don swept aside all considerations ot
philosophic theories of the atonement
and placed the way of salvation clear^^^H
ly before his hearers. He said:
"Christianity is net a story about
good man named Jesus Christ, wh^HHB
died on the cross. Christianity is
belief in the sacrifice and outpouring
of God Himself, or it is nothing thai
concerns the world; and if once you ,
believe that tho eternal Son of God I
emptied Himself of His glory, and I
came down and poured out-His life, m
and His blood, and His treasure od i
this earth, for us men and our sal- H
vation, then you will cry: Love sa H
omo-rinc no Divine, demands my love. g
my life, my all!"?London Christian.
When the Stars Are Seen. " H
They say that our most illurainat- I
ing experiences are the aftermath? H
of pain and sacrifice. In the night
time all our world is dark, but the H
firmament of myriad other worlds i? 39
in view. We see the light of other H
worlds in the night of our pain. H
The real distresses and darkness H
are alone with those that wilt their H
eyes on the shadowy earth. Do not
look there when it is night. Look. H
out to the shining skies for our light. H
It is bright all around and above us. H
We need only look. SB
When the pain is upon us it is the 9
time really to rejoice. Our expanded X
spirit dares rejoice. It is freed from H
some confinement. It breathes a H
larger space.?Washington Star. H
nf T.ifp. ^
Life has no other utility or aim H
than the throwing of ono's self heart- H
ily into the supreme struggle. Noth- a
ing is lost in it?grain of sand or SB
cornerstone; all that man's effort
brings to it finds by the eternal laws H
its appointed place, goes to strength- H
en either the bulwarks of evil or tho- H
city of God. Woe to him who folds. jfl
his hands because of his insignifi- H
caDce: to do nothing is the very
worst fashion of doing evil.?Charles
Wasuer. |H
One Thousand Foot SteanisJiips. W
The new one thousand foot steam- Hi
ship, the construction of which is to
be commenced later in the year for
the White Star Line, at Liverpool, BB
England, will be named the Olympic.
It is possible that two leviathans of
this size will be built for the South- ?mB
?rn New York trade. M|
Prince a Village Priest. HB
At Hermannstadt. Hungary, Prince Wj
Carl Egon of Hohenlohe has been in- |9
stalled as pastor. His Highness wasr SH
previously attached to the Papal sBm
Court in Rcmo r.s almoner. 9B
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