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LAD!
THE SEQU
BY MRS
CHAPTER II. 1
Continued.
They all came home, as people
?though it was 110 home to wfc
they were coming, though they ]
been very much at home in this S\>
villa. It was rather a depressed !
downcast family party that arri
after a brief but rough crossing
the Channel and all the wear and t
of the journey?Lady Car, very p
with lines on her forehead t
showed all the freshly awakened a
iety with which the sight of her
tive country, involving, as it did,
renewing of man> responsibilities )
of life in its commonest aspect al
a long holiday, had filled her; li
Janet, very fretful and tired, aim
paler than her mothrer, with
black brow, and black hair, and
blue eyes accentuating the whiter
of her face; Tom, distracted with
confinement and the impossibility
any play or commotion beyond t
which could be carried on within
limited space of a railway carria
exasperated and exasperating; and
attendant group of tired maids, r
dered half frantic by his pranks i
the impossibility or Keeping mm
order.
Next morning the whole party -i
revived and cueerful. The chiidr
when they burst into the room, af
a long enforced waiting in the t<
porary nursery which looked to
back, and from which they saw nc
ing but chimneys and the backs
other houses, rushed to the large ^
dow of the room in which Lady <
was breakfasting, with a scream
pleasure. To look out -upon the b
road full of carriages and people, i
the trees and space of Hyde Park
yond, delighted them. "Little T
stood smacking the whip which t
his perpetual accompaniment, i
making ejaculations. "Oh, I s
What lots and lots of people! Thei
a pony! but he can't ride a bit, t
fellow on it. Where's he going
ride? What's inside those gates?
It a palace or is it a park, or whan
it? I say, Beau!?what a liar he
Jan! he said there was nobody
London?and there's millions!"
"Tom," said Lady Car, "if you i
such things you will be sent away.
"Let him talk," said Beaufort; 4
is quite right from his point of vl<
You must remember, Tom, th
though you're a clever fellow, 3
don't know everything; r.nd th
may be millions of people in Lone
though there's nobody."
They both turned upon him incr
ulous faces, with that cynicism
childhood which is as remarkable
its trust, overawed by a sense of
superior knowledge, yet quite Tinc<
vinced of his good faith. Their fa
were very like each other?rati
large and without color, their e
brows shaggy and projecting, th
large round eyes a fleur de te
Janet's little red mouth, which v
her pretty feature, was open w
suspicion and wonder. Tom's bore
expression of half-assumed scorn.
. was a little afraid of "Beau," a
had an alarmed belief in him, at 1
bottom of much doubt of his meani
and resistance generally.
"You seem to have a great budi
of correspondence this morning, Ca
"From the house agents there sei
to be houses to be had everywhe
Instead of any difficulty in findi
one, we shall only be troubled whi
to choose. What do yo'i say to Rii
mond? The river is su lovely, a
the park so delightful for the cl
dren, and?"
"If Tom is going to srhool, a*
suppose he is, there will only be c
child to consider, and little Jan is i
difficile."
"Am I to go to Eton straight <
mother? I want to go a good lo
way off. I don't want to be n<
home. You would be coming to f
me, and Jan, and kiss me, and call:
'Tom,' and make the other fello
laugh." ,
"What should you be called t
Tom?" said Lady Car, with a smil
"Torrance!" cried the child w
pride, as who should i>ay Plantagen
She had been looking at him, smilii
but at this utterance of the boy La
Car started and turned burning ri
then coldly pale. Why should sh
Tslnfhfnp- rnnlrl hp mnrs fantastic mr
absurd, than the feeling. She h
done no harm in makiug a seco
marriage, in which she had fou
happiness, after the first one, whl
had brought nothing but misery. S
had offended against no law?writt
or unwritten. She had wiped c
/ Torrance and his memory, and all I
longing to him (except his mone:
for years. Why should the nai
which she had once borne, which w
undeniably her son's name, affect Y,
so deeply now? The smile becai
fixed about the corner of her moul
but the boy, of course, understo
nothing of what was passing in 1
mother's mind, though he stared
- 12111^ ?? i e u ~ a : a t.
iier u nine us ji ue uiu, increasing u
confusion. "The fellows never c
a fellow by his christened name," s?
Tom, great in the superiority of wh
he had learned from various scho
.boys .on their travels.
"You'd better come and have
stroll with me, Master Tom." sa
Beaufort. "I'll show you Piccadil
which is always something; as for t
park, you wouldn't care for it; the
are no riders in the Row now. Y
see, as I told you, there's nobody
London, Come, get your hat, quic
ly."
"Mo. too." said little Janet, with
pout of her small mouth.
Not any ladies to-day, only t^
fellows, as Tom says, taking a sin
together."
"In a moment, Beau!" cried To
<!e!ighlcd, rufiiing to get. his hat.
to!.' you, Jan, old Beau's a gentlem,
v.>:?!?iin:es?," the boy added, as 1
iau afior him to se? what s
I 'n^
thii
{ CAR? 5
^ her
?OR.?- and
EL or A LIFE. are
? J>ft idei
W ^ his
5. OLIPMANT. rep
pon
and
"~~~~ whi
i rangements of her own she could ho^
make to the same end. pla<
"You are very good to them, Ed- fori
say ward?0h! very good. How can I prit
licb ever thank you?" said Lady Car, rea
bad with tears in her eyes. Her nerves ims
^ss had been a little shaken by that felt
&hd shock, and by the vain perception cesi
ved that stole over her of two parties in thn
the family, two that would become I
ear more distinctly two by the progress mil
ale, ,0f years, unlike in nature and consti- dov
^at tution, and -even in name. It is not sur
nx~ necessary to insist npon the family Bes
na" name of children traveling with their up
the mother. No one bad been much the old
Mlfl +^ABA ITAQUO nf Tt/ on/1 or. {n 1
W 1SC1 U Ui iufj IUCOO JWJ Vi lil I
fter iBg, gut Tom's "Torrance!" was a vivi
ttle revelation., and opened before her dre
l0St possibilities unknown. leas
ker "Good, am I? That's all right, -voii
^*6 that's something to the credit side, tie
tess but I was not aware of it," said Beau- snu
the fort, in his easy way; "all the same," hin
he added, laughing. "Master Tom-will hail
hat want looking after if we are to make so i
the anything of him. He will want a tight littl
hand, which, I fear, does not belong asn
an either to you or me." she
en" It cost l.ady Car a pang to "hear par
md even this mild expression of opinion fori
in about her boy. A mother says many say;
things, and feels many things, e*out see:
was her children which no one else may Wh
en? say before her. She looked at him do
'ter wistfully, with a faint smile, which whi
was full of pain. "He is only a child," dre
the she said, apologetically, "and then he thri
ith- Win get that at school." She could turi
?* not contradict him, and she could not ten
rin- argue with him. Poor little Tom! of
Car he was her own, though he might not use'
?? be all she wished him to be?the sale
usy piea rose to her lips unconsciously you
ind that he was fatherless* that he had ficti
be" drawbacks to contend against, poor Wh
om child. What a plea to form even un- tha
vas consciously in her mind. She looked nes:
md at her husband with such a troubled ban
ay! and wistful appeal that his heart of
e's smote him. He laid his hand upon had
bat her head caressingly, and stooped to to
to kiss her. for
Is "To be sure," "he said; "the boy mei
t is win be all right, Car. He has plenty him
is. of spirit, and that is the best thing lusi
,n after all. Ready, Tom? Come along, had
then. I'm ready, too." was
say ish?
"he CHAPTER in. taiE
Jw The house was found after a great
-x* many not unpleasurable researches?
rQU' little expeditions, now and "then, ^ 1
ere which Lady Caroline and her husband aer
Ion tooIc toKether, with reminiscences of arr?
their first honeymoon travels, which pers
a_ had been so sweet. s.eai
0j The house was near one of the timi
ag charming little towns of Surrey. It ami
his was on ,tbe slop : ot a kill, a house For
3n. Partly antique for beauty, and with a ^tc
ces new Part'built-on behind, happily out 0CC1
of sight, for comfort. Carry had all ver^
the delight of a bride in furnishing mei
oJr her house?nay, of a bridegroom, too, ?11
for one of her chief cares was to fit iUttL
^as up a study for Beaufort, in which ^is
ith every 'taste 6hould be -satisfied. 6clic
an Though sbe was hy nature so gentle one
He and yielding a woman, she it was who foss
- was the purveyor of evervthinc:. who or }
had the purse in her hands. The only deli
' thing upon which Beaufort had maae s0 1
a stand at the time of his marriage ^acl
t was this?that-the money which was Plea
* ? hers should remain with her; that he recc
' should have nothing to do with Its an^
re expenditure. He had his own little PreE
' income, which was very small, yet ca^n
sufficed for his personal wants. Her thos
Jh_ drawing room was fitted up according
to all the new lights. But even an^
the anxiety to secure everything right !
in the drawing room was secondary vo'c
j j to her anxiety about the library, inis<
>ne was to Beaufort's room, the and
iot future centre of all his occupations. ^rig
It did please him, or, at least, he wer'
graciously declared it did, with an 11
enthusiasm perhaps a little strained, sud(
ns but Carry, who was half crying with time
Jar joy and pleasure, never found this ^ttl
out, if, Indeed, there was anything to the
me find out She ran about the room, ,llc"
WB pointing out everything?all the de- PaSB
tails of the arrangements, the drawers Paui
rat for papers, the portfolios for prints, asm
e. the shelves that could be filled at tb?l
ith pleasure, the space that still was va- milv
et. cant to be filled up. Everything that ^
ig. heart could desire was in this diletdy
tante shrine. There was a little picsd,
ture on the mantelpiece, an original,
ie? a lovely little Fra Angelico, in the ^
>re daintiest of carved shrines, which gent
ad good luck had thrown in their way in ,ll0r
nd Italy?a eetn for an Emperor's chest, stud
nd He gave a little.cry when he saw this. I Sirls
ich "Carry, your own picture ? the one l>apt
ihe you love best!" , has
en "I shall love it better here than of NV
>ut anywhere else," said Carry, falling a- amo
>e- weeping and a-laughing with a joy "J
>'), that was not hysterical, but only cork
tne driven to the bound of all things to whit
as find expression. She was so happy! Ai
ler She had new in all her life been is. c
ne so happy belore. mak
th, * * O;
od After a great deal of traveling in
1's the most beautiful scenery in the '
at world, and after the excitement of
ier settling down, of furnishing, of ar- fhe !
aI1 ranging, of putting all your future in!=
l'd life in order, there is apt to follow a
iat certain blank, a somewhat disconcert- mon
ing consciousness that all expectation
is now over, when vou are left alone
a with everything completed to live rm'n
that lite to which you have been for n,l'l
so long looking- forward. Lady Car the
*ie was very conscious of this in her
;re sensitive and delicate soul, although
?u there was for a long time a sustainin
ing force of expectation of another
:k" kind in her that kept her up. All the T1
people in the neighborhood, it is need- twee
a less to say, made haste to call upon ente
Lady Caroline Beaufort, and she most
lVO i found them a little fiat, as country so- -man;
ciety is apt to be. She went out with teres
her husband a number of times to menl
diuner parties, especially convened in tent
her honor, and did not find them en- jobs,
a" livening. She was one of those worn- prov
,is en who never get rid of the ideal, and child
if- alwavs retain a vague hone in com- Ivevi
to a nc5.' plan iii beginning any- asset
ig new that the project is at last ? MA,
5e revealed to her. The good so- ?
y, the spirits d'elite, whom she ?
so longed for but never yet en- ? __
nterfe'l, she not did encounter
e any more than in other places, Gene
[ a sense of dull certainty settled child b
m upon her, after a while, which birthda
s depressing. Such impressions turning
modified after a time when the where 1
ilist finds out that however much at the
or her surroundings may cost the on the
utation," there is always a certain as, at I
d of goodness and of the agreeable in the
[ sympathetic in the dullest mind amusin
*n you come to know it. Surrey, Among
pever, no more than any other perienc
ce, discloses these homely, com- negro <
ting qualities all at once, and the it was
le of disenchantment came. The soldiers
1 light upon the glamor of the veston.
iglnatlon may come, and Carry guilty,
herself settle down. It is a pro- clear ag
3 which every dreamer has to go ing the
ough. upon t
Jut it was a long time "before her could n
id would consent to the settling "is 3
m, which took place slowly, but the Fe
ely as the days and years went on. eveTy f
tufort was in reality a little stirred acres o
at first by the revival of so many because
plans and thoughts, though it was receive!
lis mind, not in hers, that they re- He has
3d. He was constrained by a bun- these w
d subtle influences to resume at United
st the attitude of a student. 'Her mule ai
:e, whith was so pretty., the gen- it to yc
feminine music of a true though ing to
ill singer, was such a reproach to prove <
1 as words cannot describe. "She not gul
[ picked up her thread, so slight, can no
fragile, as It was, and resumed her have bf
le melodious strain with enthusi- "Tha
1 not less, but greater, than when gar., "t
had dropped it in the despair of returne
ting with her lover. Her little don't b
m brought back to him faint un- the oth
able echoes of that past which but we
med to be a thousand years off. Uncle 8
at was it that he had intended to
that she remembered so well,
ch to him was like a forgotten _
" ?? '? tTf* /><mi 1A niaTt hfc I .
am ; lie cuuiu uui i/iva Tfl6
sad; "he had smiled at himself by ^ol 0j
qs during the progress of the Inrenlng
centuries over the futility ^ ma
his forgotten embition. "I, too, own ^
d to mean great things," he had pope<
I with a laugh and a sigh to the
nger men?the sigh had been If at
itioiis, the laugh more genuine, fritter
at a fool any man was to think i
t he could do! What a silly busts'to
think that with your feeble Sleep
ds you could upset the economy Buny
ages! The conceit, too! but he
been very young, he had said The ,
himself, and youth is an excuse tbat 8t]
everything. That any faithful tlce.?J
nory should preserve the image of
i as he was in those days of de- ^ rag
on, ambition and self-opinion, kindred
seemed incredible to him. He
i half affronted, as well as astonid,
that Carry should have re- uje jleg
led that visionary in her mind, j Huds
still her expectation was a curious
lulus. And the first steps into ^ife j
ch he was forced by it deluded ^hich
as well as himself. He began to w:tjj UE
inge his books, to search, as he jam j<ej
juaded himself, for old notes, a
ch which occupied a great deal of gJn j(
a and involved many discoveries, kancj.
ising to him, delightful to her.
weeks together this investigation* Thert
>ugh all manner of old notebooks, not t0
lpied them both and kept Carry ci^eerist
r happy. She was lull of excite- outward
it as .to what each new collection yet be (
ild bring forth. He had a great tears.
ly notebooks, dating not only from
college days, but/even from his <jreat
>ol times, and there was rarely S0UrceSof
them out of which some little
il of the past, some scrap of verse gest
;ranslation did not come. Carry, thing ir
ghted, listened to them all as to there b
nany revelations. She traced him giving,
? to his boyhood, and fou;?l a p]uta
.sure beyond description in that
ird of all his intellectual vagaries,
the hopes an'1 mbitions they exised.
Perhaps had she read them e ? 1
aly with her own eyes, although ac01
;e eyes were full of glamor, faint
ts of criticism might have arisen Mora]
revealed the imperfections. But thai
read them to her in his mellow 11 ls a.h
e, with little explanations, rem- demand
:ences not disagreeable to himself, Physical
which suggested other and more almost a
htened recollections, all or wbicn l
e delightful to his admiring wife, by day.;
was not till Christmas, when she
lenly woke up to the passage of Life's
? by 'the startling reminder of st?LO
e Tom's return from school for
holidays, that she suddenly reibered
how much time had The *
ed. ,To be brought suddenly to a ness *
se in the midst of one's enihusl- he ls to
is always disagreeable, aud the
ight had been moving in Carry's consists
d for several days before she put to God,
nidly in words: an<^>
To be Continued. d? as
Paine.
The Schoolboy lirain.
ne of the most substantial and Los
iine of delights for those of hu- ^ Fr(
ous appreciation consists in a nostjcat<
y of the answers made by school- use (
? and schoolboys in examination tw^ q,
;rs. A writer in Harper's Weekly jnVgnt n
collected a new batch of these, 8re CQin
hich the following specimens are qu^jjiy .
ng the most choice: PeoDl'
Jlood consists of two sorts of than
screws?red corkscrews and ^ey wjl
e corkscrews." time 1
3ked to explain what a buttress nermann
me boy replied: "A woman who sue~p!,te
? hnttor " .HUggeHlS
forgotte]
tie pupil defined primate as "the 8cendant
of a Prime Minister." they are
Gravity was discovered by Isaac th t
ton. it is chiefly noticeable in become
luturcn. when the apple., are fall- th
from the trees." delights
> the question, "What is a limited La(jy's p
archy?" This answer was reed:
V limited monarchy is govern- Color
t by a king who, in ease of bank- Weste
cy, would not be responsible for time th;
entire national <lsbt. You have Qn the (
same thing in private life in Abyseini:
Led liability companies." ekin.
From
Why Many Arc Unemployed. color of
le time which usually elapses be- this the
n me cnuu leavmg scnooi aim i a iuum
ring regular employment is the ered wit
; dangerous period of its life; in ception <
> cases the parents take small in- certain g
it or trouble in seeking employ- The fun:
t for their children, and are con- stroy th
to have them at home doing odd place coi
running errands, not always im- clear as
ing errands, and leaving the family f
Is luture to cbance. ? Empire nutritive
ew. Globe.
KING UNCLE SAM'S '/
WORD GOOD. J
[From Success Magtzlns.]
HMttMeMteioeimS
ral Tom Edgar, the first white
orn on Galveston Island (his
y was In June, 1837), was re- to
Galveston from Houston, God' *
lie had been an honored guest when
dedication of a tablet placed __ e
site of the first capitol of Tex- When^
iouston. We were seat mates when
smoking car. He told many r
g stories of the early days. When
others, he narrated his ex- what8
e aB a juror in the case of a t
an trial for stealing a mule. Grant
in 1865, while United States por B0,
i were still in charge at Gal- 8
The negro pleaded not
but the testimony was pretty Give 1
;ainst him. His lawyer, ignor- Qjve a
testimony, based his defense j
he assertion that the negro Teach
ot possibly be guilty. How t
t not a fact," he said, "that e
deral Government promised God ii
reedman two mules and sixty j *
f land? No man can deny it, r
! it is a fact. My client has not r can o
3 his promised span rjf mules.
, Indeed, got but one mule, as 1C^
itnesses have testified, and the God, <
States still owes him another 1
id sixty acres of land. I leave *
>u, gentlemen," he said, turn- _g
the jury, "if the facts do not
:onclusively that my,client is
lty of stealing this mule and Th<
it, under the circumstances,. "othe
sen guilty." erally
t argument," said General Ed- pYer'
ickled us so that we actually
d a verdict of 'not guilty.' I iooms
elieve the darky ever did get thoug
er mule and the sixty acres, exact
i did all we could to make ideas
lam'B word good." almos
vision
really
WORDS OF WISDOM. izensl
- .. amid
universe is but one vast sym- In
God.?Carlyle. wett's
Rev.
m should never be ashamed to nla(^e.
it he has been in the wrong.? ?g ^
maint
he qu
first you don't succeed, don't menci
away your time explaining Chrisl
Puck. tincW
. aband
is sweet to the laboring man. ^u et
an* in tui
__ L v
weanebt arm la bli uu& ciiuugu lOr OI
rikes with the sword of jus- himse
ohn Webster. It \
of thi
ical grown rich has lost all his cienH'
.-Italian. ld(
maint
real secret of an unsatisfied citizei
in an unsurrendered will.? one.?
on Taylor.
Is at best but a froward child, A g
must be coaxed and played indivi
itil the end comes.?Sir Will- transl
, dium
nple* inal t
Christ
it loose speaks punishment at er for
Cowper. Has
your e
5 is no Christian duty that is Orvill
be seasoned and set off with ^^t I
iness?which in a thousand . ;^
1 and intermitting crosses may jntg jj
lone well, as in this vale of are w
Milton. record
to the
floods have flown from little more
?Shakespeare. make
comini
of all is it to preserve every- ^^t^J
1 a pure, still heart, and let f^end'
e for every pulse a thanks- stead
and for ievery breath a song, itude
rch. and b
health
disapr
n wno is young in years may tempt;
a hours if he has lost no time. cause
good.'
' Christ
I pnnrairD ia rnnro wnrth "hav- ,
i physical?not only because i
ligher virtue, but because the .^ov
for it is more constant.
I courage is a virtue which is It lg 'a
.lways put away in the lumber jng aj
Moral courage is wanted day requir
?Charles Buxton. and cc
' 10,00(
ligion
a long tragedy; this globe men.
;e.?Watts. causes
must,
we loi
luty of man is not a wilder- ^e w
;urnpike gates, through which second
pass by tickets from one to love f<
r. It is plain and simple, and win n
but of two points: his duty Christ
which every man must feel;
,h respect to his neighbor, to jjkTab
i would be done by.?Thomas pej
interes
' Christ
ing the Use of Our Legs? Rev^G
2nch journal gloomily progis
that we shall have lost the Pei
our legs in a generation or Whi
he tendency of the age is to but pe
)eans by which human beings from s
reyed from place to place as c
ind cheaply as possible. of alle
certainly walk far less now t be
?y did twenty-five years ago; jn per
1 walk still less in fifty years' rest o:
iVhen a century has passed, consun
as our French contemporary Kingsl
, we shall altogether have
a how to walk, and our deis
will hop like birds when .
on the level and fly whenever wj
the chance. But what will will
of their livers? And how
poor things ever .to enjoy the
of looking at the shops?? "Sel
ictorial. earth.
God-nn
S. H. I
ing an Abyssinian Bride.
rn brides have an easier
in their Abyssinian sisters. The
occasion of her marriage an be the
an bride has to change her j
UUIJI u
ebony she has to become the ar
cafe au lait. To accomplish
expectant bride is shut up in cover t
or three months. She is cov- gardles
h woolen stuff, with the ex- won fa
)f her head; then they burn ing opi
;reen and fragrant branches. Robert:
les which they produce de- press, c
e original skin, and in its tllJ/ITaj
tries the new skin, soft and ^J
, , , ,, . .. circular
a baby s. The elders of tne ^rew j
eed the young woman with sua
forcemeat balls. ? London ker gan
' \:-T
, I * "
A
eugious Reading 0Uf
FOB THE QUIET HOUR. REPO
$ 1
A PRAYER. \ gpi(
pray to Thee for patience when the ^
rorla seems all unfair,
life seems one long injustice, and the C
nd alone despair; n
I'm weary, oh, so weary, and my wne
ears bring no relief, ures 0
I question why Thou sendest to hu- Unitec
nanity such grief; _ Intervj
I ask the use of sorrow, misery and now b
finding pain, _ Prom
the end is; what the object; what tervje,
he meaning; what the gain? ?
me faith as well as patience, and ?
orgive me when I pray *e
me knowledge of the reasons why we emphi
uffer day by day. here 1
, , , ., must
me strength to keep on working, equipi
heerfully to do my task,, habits
le courage, hope, submission; perfect .
oy I cannot ask. vr
me how to give to others tomething ^0 yc
idpfnl, something true. succea
0 make my life worth living, how to does
itart each day anew. life,
1 Heaven, forgive my failures, and Iootir
iphold me with Thy hand. blieht
veak, impatient, restless, and I can
lot understand. *?tj
nly hope, believing there are reasons W be 1
tow unknown, I, at a
sometime, somewhere we'll master, refuse
r? we reap what we have sepwn. frequ<
-.nno Tnnro T onme imnlnrmo1 Thea i...,
vith strength to fill my heart,
; failed, wilt Thou forgive we, and ?,,?,
Thy love to me impart? alizinj
ylva Chapin, in Christian Register. be 8 '
For u
'Other Worldliness." the sa
; gibe of George Eliot about
r worldliness," while never gen- Jr?
true, Is to-day less so than f. .7
The greatest enemy of theih
dare not say, -with any pros- Jl, +
3f being believed, that Heaven f'j
more largely than earth in the
ht of modern Christianity. The ^
contrary is the case. The social ?V*'.
of the time absorb many, to the
t entire exclusion of heavenly ivrT
s. What the Church needs is
a reminder of her heavenly citlip,
a fact likely to be forgotten +h rj
the fever of temporal activity, *~?A
a sermon before Rev. J. H. Jocongregation
at Birmingham, ? ,
J. G. Stevenson, of Brighton,
a strong plea for the recovery
ritual and heavenly conceptions,
ng absolutely necessary for the . f,
enance of practical work; and .?.
oted the case of one who, comng
social service for love o{ . ;
:, gradually dropped all the dis/ely
Christian side of his work, tjP.y.p,
oned public worship, and beabsorbed
in social endeavor. riehL
he time came when the latter an?j r"
n was dropped, on the ground RtrPT,p
"he had worked long enough petite
,/]GTS??IL vvaa time: lu num avi mtjh
If" **
lowed
vould be easy to multiply cases
8 kind. It is a law not suffi- b
y understood that work in the ^lue
can only be successfully car- d '
>n as personal spirituality is d '
ained. It is the true heavenly 1
i who makes the best earthly h
-London Christian. insert
Trust by Being Thankful. talkhi
jreat truth Is never effective In dirties
dual life unless that truth is domJi
ated into life through the me- was n
of experience. One of the card- gels, 1
;ruths for us who belong to when
; is that "all things work togeth* fs ind
good." I ?oi
i the truth been so verified fn I rightjxperience
that you can say with ; Cf thii
e Dewey, "Notwithstanding all ! takes
have suffered, notwithstanding i fiiSt hi
e pain and weariness and anx> | -j f
nd sorrow that necessarily enter I tor CI
ife, and the inward errings that j out ca
orse than all, I would end my tices 1
[ with a devout thanksgiving I econoi
great Author of my being. For j tation
and more am I unwilling to I succee
my gratitude to Him what is j galmb
only called 'a thanksgiving for ' and in
js,' for any benefits or blessings | in a i
ire peculiar to myself, or my | loon."
s. or indeed'to any man. In- i
of this. I would have it be grat- j
for all that belongs to my life
eing?for joy and sorrow, for ] A s
and sickness, for success and m<
lointment, for virtue and for collisi<
ation. for life and death; be- derail!
I believe that all is meant for otate i
"?Dr. George R. Lunn, in j closing
lan Tntpllicpnner. I th? St
Unlvei
Second-Mile Christians. *
e does not think of counting ^ava^
It never says, "Can I- stop nn/rnt
' "Have I not done my share?" T? th.
characteristic of love to be do* t t?
ways more than is expected or zation
ed. Love goes the second mile mnts
it not a weary thing to go H-Qnat
) more. This is what the re- .
of the second mile does for
It brings heart enlistment. It th j
us to serve not because we ?orrpd
but because we will?because .
re and therefore delight to do ,
ill of the One we love. The
-mile Christian realizes Christ's
Dr souls and therefore tries to Hnnga
len to Him. The second-mile Cou
ian realizes Christ's longing for the Ini
ctension of His Kingdom, and 0us at
are gladly gives according to Jem w
ility for the spread of the Gos- Hunga
Christ's interests become his dealinj
its, Christ's glory his glory, to dis
's cause his cause, under the fectual
compelling restrain of love.? enness
r. E. F. Halloclr, D. D. Primal
all the
rfcct Rest in Perfect Work. Bud
it is true rest? Not idleness, shops,
ace of mind. To rest from sin. spirits
sorrow, from fear, from doubt the ev
:are?this is true rest. Above demon
rest from the worst weariness places,
?knowing one's duty and yet be bui
ing able to do it. Perfect rest and pr
fpr.t work: that surely is the govern
f blessed spirits, till the final tiflcaii;
amation of all things.?Charles pest C
ey. zette.
Good Testimony.
e my health and vigor through* Mtm
and busy life to the Sabbath an(j lg
th its blessed surcease of toll. _
iam E. Gladstone. an
oppose:
, j * it undc
God-Made Men. ^
f-made" rxien exist only on f th
All who enter Heaven must be
ade?"born of the Spirit."? been st
Seen. _
Two
The True Church. I rc
church of the living God will | of virtl
church of the godly life. !
l At ti
Legisla
ilers Must Restore Winnings. caused
1 opinion of the Supreme Court act for
tucky it is held that the loser Conn
ey in a gambling game can re- towns c
he money from the winner res
of whether the money was At th
irly or unfairly. This sweep- the Le
nion came in the suit of Park work w
3 to recover from J. B. Res- clared c
}f Cincinnati, Ohio, the noted Davie
m and owner of Dick Wells, er; ? j
holds the world's record on a total al
track; James Nolan and An- ll0rs d-u
lannagar, of Covington, Ky., j\iy yj,jn
1 of ?3500 that he lost ia a po- bors 01.
le in Covington. without
I
V/: ; v..> . v".
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...
I TEMPERANCE COLUMN. F
RTS OF PROGRESS OP THE
5ATTLE AGAINST RUM.
;ndid Talk on Abstention From
trong Drink by Senator Clay, of
leorgia?Foulest Resort in All
hristendom is a Beer Saloon.
sr*
: of the brightest and best feat?
temperance journalism in the ?
i States is found in a series of
lews with prominent public men
eing published in the Defender,
the most recent of these, an inw
with Senator Clay, of Geore
take the following:
s, sir," said the Senator with *a
isis, "a man to succeed down
jelow, as the poets would say, 8s
have, of course, hereditary of
nent, but his habits, mark me,
?the right kind?can make a tb
natural talent go a long way. 5,
iung. man can hope to achieve be
s in any line of business who it
not lead a sober, industrious 3!
He who frequents the dirty sa- G(
plays pool or lives in the rf
ing atmosphere of the . saloon, at
illy unfit for business, whether fo
lis own or that of his employer. (<
II times, and without exception, 2 J
i 10 employ any young man wno
mts saloons. The moment I us
he spends part or all of his lels- ui
me at one of these most demor- tv
5 Institutions, I conclude that to
mfit to do any work for me. fr
1 there is one special thing that cc
loon is responsible for, it is the ti
ig of a man absolutely untrusty
fii
i, there's only one safe rule and tfc
teetotalism," said the Senator aj
great emphasis. "I advise to -w
tal abstinence. I urge absolute ]i;
sty on the part of every one. tfc
-ate drjnking is a most insidious n(
It rarely fails to lead to excess,
is dissipation. The bloated, p,
ied derelicts, the drunken sots,
we see everywhere, were all 4
noderate drinkers." -w
it, Mr. Senator," interrupted tl
terviewer, "Why condemn mod- (;
drinking? Cah't a man take a 0\
of, say, beer, occasionally? jj
r a drink that has so much food, jg
as beer, taken by a man?not 8a
wn-up baby ? one who knows
he's had enough, and can stop cc
?+ ?Alnf flonnof n>OP?f QIIAh
a(? ^ViUVf vuuuv V hwvm y j
ng condemnation." ni
iybe so, maybe so," replied Sen- tj
Dlay, with fine sarcasm. "But C8
os to your remark, let me say
They tell me that I have consid- t0
( will power, and perhaps they're
but I tell you that I haven't, ;ver
will have, physical or moral -1
rth sufficient to fight a drink aprmly
believing that I never al
myself to touch a drop, no, not
ledicine. And all .that rot about
being harmless, having food J31
and that (and, by the way, we _
i great deal In the papers these
of. that kind of false teaching,
igh I am glad to say the teach- ^
,ve to pay so much a line for its m
ion ? no credit to the editors, 8f
'er). Let's see; yes, we were Wl
g about beer as a food. The w'
5t, foulest resort in all Christen- f?
3 a beer saloon, and a man, who 1
lade a little lower than the an- 21
jecomes much lower than a hog 11
drnnk with beer. A beer drunk
escribably loathsome. * "m
i, there's food value in beer, all
-food for the most serious kind 01
iking upon the part of him who
it, and of him who seeks to asimanlty
by destroying its sale.
irmly believe," continued Sena- lei
ay, "that any young man, with- -nc
ipital, who is Industrious, prac- m
:he strictest temperance, and is 2:
nical, will thus build up a repu- te
for reliability, and is bound to Lc
d. Tach a young man to avoid cli
ling, drinking, extravagance w
imorality and his future Is safe, de
word, keep him out of the sa- hii
\ fo
, pe
OVf
Liquor and Railroads.
trong light may be thrown on wj
:>re than two thousand railroad lc
)ns' and almost as many train di,
nents reported by the Inter- i0,
Commerce Commission, for the or
; three months of last year, by
atement of Dr. Ennis, of the wj
sity of Heidelberg, that more
ifteen per cent, of all railway pr
nts occurring on German rail- eri
ire due to the bewilderment of
ives who have used stimulants. Q{
can be true of a railway sys- 26
tat has a semi-military organi- 31
in which the use of beer ia ou
Jen to drivers, switchmen and ny
chers, how much more likely
e true under our laxer organiwith
the prevailing belief in e^<
inds of so many men who are en
to 'work overtime that alco- an
rink gives strength and endur- Qr
-Christian Endeavor World. mi
kil
ry's Campaign Against Drink, foi
nt Andrassy, the Minister ol Go
terior, is now devoting his seritention
to the drinking prob- Ae
hich has recently confronted ?r<
ry. A national council foi 18
; with the evil, whose work is P1(
cover the best and most ef- -Je'
means for eliminating drunk,
has been called into being. H1
rily there is to be a reform of
drinking shops. -V1
apest is full of ."palinka" 23
where vile and destructive *re
are sold to workmen. Theto Go
il of strong drinking is to be
strated in schools and other
while a large institution is to
It for dealing with drunkarda ?tr
ovlding a cure treatment. The
ment has determined to scienV
attack the question.?Buda- dalorrespondence
Pall Mall Ga- an<
up<
?? cis<
Temperance Notes.
lesota has 123 "dry" towns j
increasing the list. jor
l opposed to drink because it ton
s me. The work I try to do fur
>es.?Bishop C. D. Foss. yea
outh Carolina nearly one-half con
counties have barred liquor. A no i
ent for State prohibition has ing
arted. yea
important helps in tempereform:
Guard against other
if vice; encourage other kinds 1
le. The
le last session of the Alabama froi
ture the Anti-Saloon League Pasi
the passage of a prohibitory bro
the entire State. troc
ecticnt has ninety-six "dry" *sla
iut of 176.
le recent election in Delaware j
ague got in some powerful gtal
'hen a part of that State de- cujt
igainst liquor selling. Con
1 Livingston. African explorlave
acted on the principle of ^ar
t?stinence from a'coholic liqri?-g
more th*:s twenty years.
lion ^ tbf.t the most severe la- . T
privations may be undergone incr
alcoholic stimulants." *'eai
??" .' " "' /
>Tfa I
Sunbaij-^cTTOof |
fTFRNATIONAL r.ESRO.N COMMENTS
FOR JANUARY 24.
/
ibject: The Lame Man Healed, Acts
3:1-26?Golden Text, Acts 3:1ft
?Commit Verses 9, 10?Expo*
sition of the Lessorn
TIME.?A. D. 30. PLACE.?Jerulem.
The Temple, Door Beautiful.
EXPOSITION.?I. The Lame Begir,
1-8. Peter and John were me?
prayer, and at the regular Jewish
>ur of prayer we see them wending !
elr way to the temple (cf. Ps. 5:
17; Dan. 6:10; 9:21). The ninth
mr was the hour of prayer because
was the hour of sacrifice (Ex. 29:
* 1 V 1 C Q ? \ all onnrno/th fn
if jl xv. xu u u; y uuu an vmvm w
ad in prayer must be on the ground
: shed blood. It "was the very hour
which Jesus died and opened up'
r. us a way into the holiest of ail .
:f. Luke 23:44, 46; Heb. 10:19,
)). The man had been there often 1
?fore and was expecting nothing unreal
that day. But soiri&ttthig *ery
lusual was to occur simply because v
to men who really knew God w?rs
i pass that way. All he expected
om Peter and John was some7 small
i i n, hut he was to get vastly1' more
ian he expected.
n. The Man of God, 4-7a. Peter
:st took a good look at the man and
ien demanded his attention. Hers
e two good points for any one who )
ould bring Christ's power into the ;
te of another. Peter did^not give
ie man what he a9ked for, he did '
jl utivt? it lu give, nib puc&eus wcm
npty, but he was full of power< ^
eter had had an excellent opportuity
to get silver and gold (ch. 2:45;
: 37). As a rule It has been the men
ithout silver or gold who have done
te most for the world's highest good
t Cor. 4:11). It is an utterance full
! meaning that fell from Peter's
ps, "What I have, that give I." t
very Christian ought to be able tr-JeSfl
.y that (1 Pet. 4:10, 11), Peter
ide the man do the very thing he C
tuldn't do. But that which is natrally
impossible is possible "in the
ime of Jesus Christ." The power
tat there was in that mighty; name
ime Into that man's Impotent feet
le moment he believed and sough!
? obey (v. 7; cf. v. 16).
HI. The Man Made Whole, 7a-10, v
ake's training as a physician cornea
it in his details about feet and an*
e bones. It was the gladdest moent
of the man's life; he leaped up,
ood a moment in wonder, began to
alk and then began to leap and
aise God. No wonder. He walked
a good place with his new strength
-God's own house. He couldn't do
uch but praise God. There was no ;
lesswork about this miracle. The
an was well known to all the. ob?
rvers, and the reality of the cure
as evident and unmistakable. It
as utterly different from the cases
many to-day who proclaim that
ey have been healed, when to all
ipearaaces they are as sick as ever,
le peonle who witnessed the change t
ere filled with wonder and amaze* L
ent, and many were converted,
IV. Jeans, the Holy and Righteous
?e, the Prince of Life, 11-16. The.
saled man held fast on to Peter and' ' '
ibn. He was afraid they might get
ray from him. He had not yet
arned to lean directly on Jesus and
it on the Instrument He uses. The
Iracle drew a great crowd (cf. ch,
6). Peter immediately .turned atntion
away from himself to hit
>rd. How unlike many modern,
limants to healing power. Pete*
is not at all puffed up by the,won?._
r that had been wrought through
b instrumentality, nor did. he fancy
r a moment that It was due to an;
culiar power or godliness of his
rn (cf. ch. 14:11-15; Gen. 40:8; 2
?r. 3:5; contrast Num. 20.'lO)./ He
shed them to get their eyes on the
>rd, not upon him. With an almost
stressed earnestness he cries, "Why
jk ye so earnestly on us?" In the '
iginal there is strong emphasis on
is." He used that name of God
lich would show the Jews that it *;
is not some new God that he
eached, but the God of their faths.
The one doqtrine that h? ?m*
asized was that of the resurrection
Jesus (cf. 1:22; 2:24. 32; 3rl5k
; 4:33; 10:40, 41; 13,:30, 34; 17r
). The sin he especially pointed
j. J.;.- n^
t was LUC 51X1 ui rejecting auu uc*
ing the One whom God had-so ex;ed
(cf. 2:22, 23, 36; 4:10; 6:30; *
5?). There are four counts in Pet&
>rrlble indictment of his hear-.
i: vl) Ye delivered up God's servt
Jesus. (2) Ye denied the Holy
ie and the Just. (3) Ye desired a
lrderer instead ol' Him. (4) Yd
led thft Prince of Life. He used
lr very significant titles for Jesus:
d's Servant (R. V.), the Holy One,
i Righteous One, the Prince of Life,
id this was the one they had deliv- ^
denied and killed. And this
thv -ie men reject, deny acd-tram^ I
i under foot to-day. But while"7he
ws bad thus misused Jesus, God >
d glorified Him. He had raised I
m from the dead and exalted Him
His own right hand (cf. Jno. 17:5;
,tt. 28:18; Jno. 13:3; Eph. 1:20;
Phil 2:9-11). How awful man's atment
of Christ appears against
d's! Perhaps it was the recollecn
of his own denial of his Master
it led Peter to dwell so sadly upon
sir denial of Him. The same monous
choice that the Jews made in
siring a murderer instead of the
ince of Life is repeated by many to:,
indeed by all who reject Jesus
i accept Satan. The condition
jn which the name of Jesus exerts
its power is "faith in His name."
No Quick Divorces.
fudge A. W. Frater, in the SuperCourt
of Kings County, Washing,
made a ruling not to grant any
ther divorces until at least one
r had elapsed since the parties
cerned were married. "There Is
aeed to be in a hurry about obtaina
dhorce," said the court, "and a j
r rolls around soon enough."
Quick Trip Across Pacific.
"he United States army transport H
>ma8 arrived at San Francisco
m the Philippines after a quick
sage of twenty-five days. She |
norVif o nnmhor nf nffiopTG flTirl I
ubul- **
)ps returning from service in the
nds.
Iowa Leads in Horticulture.
owa was awarded first place on 4
te exhibits at the National Hortiural
Association exhibition at
ncil Bluffs; Idaho, second; Wash:on,
third; Utah, fourth, and H
viand, fifth.
Japan's Growing Exports.
'he machine exports of Japan h^^VBB
eased in quantity five times^^e ^
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