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LADY
Of
THE SEQUEI
BY MRS. O
CHAPTER X. 12
Continued.
Janet "was greatly bewildered "by
the look in his eyes. She glanced at
him, then turned her eyes away. She
could not think what had happened.
He was not angry; he looked quite
kind; almost more kind than ever.
But she could not look at him any
more (she said to herself) than she
could look at the sun shining. He
was leaning down toward her from
his big horse, and Janet felt*very uncomfortable,
confused and distressed.
"Oh, but you must not," she said?
"not keep her for me. It is very
kfnd, and I will never forget it, to
let me rfde her?and she is a delightful
pony. But I could not take
her as .a present, I could not buy her,
and you must just?you must just?
never mind, for I cannot help it. Oh,
I am afraid it has been all wrong,"
cried Janet, though shg could not tell
why.
"Not- a'bit," said Charlie Blackmore.
"It's been the happiest time
I've had all my life, and if you will
never forget, as you say?"
"How should I forget?" said Janet.
"You have been so very kind, and
she is the most delightful pony I ever
saw. But please let us go home now,
for they will be sure to miss me, and
everything is in a confusion, for it is
our last day."
"That's just the very reason why
I -would like to keep you a little
longer," said Charlie; "for what am
I to do after you're gone? I will just
wait and think it a long time till you
come back. It's a long, long time
till next year, and I'm feared you'll
never think more of me, or the pony,
when you're gone."
"Oh, yes, I will, indeed I will,"
said Janet. "Oh, Mr. Charlie, let us
go back. I am afraid somebody will
see us?and mother will be vexed."
"Well, if it must be so?here we
are at the little gate," he said, with
a sigh. He got off his horse and
fastened it, then lifted her off the
pony. "What are ye going to give
me for my hire?" he said, holding her
for a moment. "I've been a good
groom to ye. Just a kiss for my
pains before you go."
""Oh!" cried Janet, wrenching herself
away. Fright, and shame, and
anger gave her wings. She darted in
af the little gate which gave access to *
a sidepath toward the back of the
house, and fled without ever looking
back. But she had not gone far i
when she ran full upon Beaufort, who
was going tranquilly along across the
park, just where the path debouched. <
She was upon him before either of
them perceived. Janet was flushed
with shame and terror, and her eyes
full of tears. She gave a cry of
alarm when she saw who.it was. t 1
"Janet! What's the matter? You <
look as if something had happened." 1
"Oh!" -she cried, with a long i
breath. "It's nothing wrong. Beau. ]
.1 was only frightened." j
wno ingnienea you: ne saia. i
"What's the matter? Why, child,
you are trembling all over. Are you j
running from anyone?" i
"No?no!" said Janet, drawing 1
herself away from his observation? '
and it 'flashed into her guilty mind 1
that she had passed some cows peace- 1
fully grazing. "I was frightened? <
for the cows," she said. 1
"The cows!" It was greatly in !
"Beaufort's way that he was too much 1
a gentleman to be able to suggest to <
anyone, especially a lady, that what i
* ?he said was not true. He said, with 1
*some severity, "I did not know you :
were so nervous. You had better go s
at 'once to your mother. She has <
been looking for you everywhere." i
He took off his hat in a grave way, i
"which made Janet more ashamed I
than ever, and went on without even 1
looking back. She threw herself <
down on the grass when he was out i
of sight, and cried in a wild tumult 1
and passion which she herself did 1
Bot understand. Beau did not be- 1
liere her. What did he think? What 1
would he say? But this was not 1
wnat maae Janet cry.
Mr. Beaufort walked on startled to
the gate, and when he emerged upon
the road he saw someone riding off
in the distance, a tall figure on a tall
horse, which he thought he recognized;
for Charlie Blackmore was a
very well known figure. The horseman
-was leading a pony -with a lady's
saddle. Beaufort did not put two
and two together, "being too much bewildered
by the suggestion of something
mysterious that darted through
his mind. But he shook his head as
he walked along, and said "Poor
Carry!" tinder his breath.
But Lady Car did not see Janet till
she had bathed her eyes and calmed
herself down. She had not, however,
quite effaced the traces of her agitation.
Her mother called her to come
to her, and put an arm around her.
"Janet, I can see you have been crying.
Is it because you are sorry rto
go away?" j
"Yes, mother," said Janet, trembling.
)
"It is very strange," said Lady j
f!ar- "and T am p-lnrf nv T n.o I
could feel alike, dear, you and I. 1 l
used to think a girl would always fol- ?
low her mother. The boy might take
his own way, but the girl? Why >
are you so fond of the Towers, dear?" i
Janet trembled, for she was not t
thinking of the Towers, nor was she 1
sorry, but only startled and fright- j
ened and confused. But she dared t
not throw herself on her mother, and c
tell her what was in her mind. She s
said dully, with a summoning of old k
artificial enthusiasms which would 1
not answer to ber call, "I suppose it i
is because we were born here." r
"I suppose that js a reason," Carry s
said. '1
"And then it's father's house, and f
it will be Tom's," said the girl. f
Her mother loosed her arm, faint- c
Jy, with a sigh. "Yes, my d.ear,, these q
CAR;
t.
_ OF A LIFE
tLlPHANT.
are all good reasons," she said,
suming her habitual gentle calm. 5
had not been able to help making i
other little futile effort to draw 1
child to herself. And It had not b<
successful, that was all she kn<
She could not have guessed w
what tumultuous passion that yoi
bosom was beating, nor how diffic
It had been for Janet to keep do
her agitation and say no more.
CHAPTER XL
lt was some years before the Tc
ers was visited again. Tom went
Oxford and had a not very fortun
career there, which gave his mot!
a certain justification in resisting
attempts to take her back to w]
she felt to be so ill-omened a hou
Beaufort took the common-sense p
in these controversies. What did x
house or another matter? he sa
"Why should one be ill-omened m<
than andther? As well say that <
ford was ill-omened when Tom i
into scrapes quite as great as he coi
have done ^elsewhere; indeed, ei
Easton, the most peaceable place
the world, had not been without di
gers for the headstrong boy wh'
passions were so strong and his p
dence so small. A boy wh0- is not
be trusted to keep his word, ^
cares only for his own pleasure, ^
likes everything he ought not to li
and cares for nothing that he ong
how should he be safe anywhe]
Beaufort was too polite to say
these things about Carry's boy, 1
he tried his best to persuade her t]
the disciplire of having guestB to <
tertain, and the occupation of sho
ing?"something to do," which is
essential for every creature?woi
be the best things possible for Tc
Probably he was right, and she in
dicioue. Who can tell beforehe
what procedure la the best? I
poor Lady Car could not get out
her eyes Tom's wild aspect as he r
burst into the hall on that dread
evening, dancing around the track
the procession going in to dins
Peccadilloes of this kind since t
been kept ont of her sight, and t
had tried to convince herself that
was the place and not the boy w
had been in the wrong. And Jai
somehow had come to share 1
mother's disinclination for the Tc
ers. Janet had received a letter, i
long after her return to Easti
which had plunged her into the de<
est alarm; which had, indeed, reach
her innocently- enough without a
remark, being taken for a letter fr<
one of her cousins at Dalmylian, I
which frightened her more th
words could say. She had dispatch
a furtive note in reply, implori
"Mr. Charlie" not to write?oh, i
to write any more?and promisi
eagerly not to forget either him
the pony if he only would do wl
she asked, and not write again. A
poor Janet had been on the tent
books for a long time, terrified evt
day to see another missive arri
She could scarcely believe in t
good fortune when she found hers
unmolested, but she was too mu
frightened to wish to return to t
Towers. And thus time went <
which is so much longer to the you
than it is to the old.' Lady Car, :
ieed, was not old, but the childr
were so determined in believing 1
so, and in her life disappointmei
had been so many, that she fell ve
sarly into the passive stage. All tl
she had done had been so ineffectu
Lhe result had been so completely i
rssnnnRivo tn hor efPnrto* of loaat
. V vw "V* VU.V. vw, ?V *VM>WV|
seemed the only policy to acc(
everything, to attempt nothing. L
it Easton had accordingly fallen ir
in exceedingly cosy routine, Bet
fort's beautiful library was a pl?
where he read the papers, or a nov
3r some other unfatiguing bo<
Sometimes his studies were classici
that is to say, he went over his ;
vorite bits of classical authors, in (
llghtful dilettantism, and felt ti
[lis occupations were not frivoloi
but the highest that could occupy t
nind. He was quite content*
though his life was not an eventl
Dne. He had, he said, no desire
shine. Sometimes he rode into C<
ielton to the County Club. Son
trues he went up to town to t
\tnenaeum, to see wiiat was goi
Dn. His wife's society was alwa
p!aasant to him in the interva
Nothing could be more agreeab
more smooth, and soft, and refin<
md pleasurable than his life; not
ng more unlike the life of high ?
ieavor and power of which Lady C
lad dreamed. Poor Lady Car! S
lad dreamed of so many things whi
t o rl /ir\m V? In ? A wl /v V*
iau \*\j iix >? lU ilUlUiUt,. AUU DllC 11
nuch to make lier happy?a sere
ind tranquil life; a husband full
affection. Her son, indeed, was lit
ly, people thought, to give her trc
jle. No doubt she had reason to
anxious about her son. But, ha
lily, he was not dependent upon 1
>wn industry, nor was it of very mu
mportance to him to do well at c<
ege. A young man with a go
.slate may sow his wild oats, and j
je ^ ell. And this was the only rui
iled leaf in her bed of roses, peof
raid.
She herself never disclosed to an
)ody what was in her inmost hea
she had a smile for them all. T
rnly matter in which she stood f
lor own way was that question
;oing to Scotland?not there, n
here, but anywhere else?anythii
'Ise. She fell into a sort of peti
ante during these years. She sa
ihe was not ill?not ill at all, on
anguid and lazy; but gradually f<
nto the quiescent condition whi
night be appropriate to a mother
seventy, but not to one of fort
fom and Janet did not see much d:
erence between these ages, and
or Beaul'ort, the subdued and gent
harm of his wife's character w
[uite appropriate to a cessation fro
^ active ventures. He liked her bett<
almost upon her sofa, or taking
Quiet walk through the garden leai
ing upon his arm, her wlsheB all coi
fined within that peaceful inclosur
happy to watch the moon rlBe and tt
sun set># and apparently caring f<
nothing more. He talked to her <
- the light and shade, the breadth i
the quiet soft landscape, the stars :
the sky, or about the new books, at
sometimes what was going on?ver
thing he could have said. They wei
spectators of the uneasy world, whl(
_ rolled on as If they were outside <
2S it in some little paradise of their ow
watching how men "play pranks b
f?" lore high heaven as make the ange
?he weep." He was fond of commentii
an" on all that, on the futility of effoi
ier on the way in which people fiui
Jen themselves against the imposslbl
trying to do what no man could ev
*v" do, to anect xae movement. *,?*. n
lD6 spheres. He would smile at state
men and philanthropists, and t
wn kinds of restless people, from b
little throne on the lawn, looking 01
over the peaceful landscape. And Lai
Car would respond with a smile, wll
>w- a glance that often lingered upc
to him as he talked, and in which 1
ate sometimes felt there was somethii
ler which he did not quite understan
all But what should that be?somethii
aat that he did not understand? He u
se. derstood most things, and talk<
art beautifully. He was the most perfe
)ne gentleman; his every tone, his evei
lid. thought was full of refinement. At
ore Lady Car was well pleased, who cou
Dx- doubt, to lie back in her deep cha
got and listen. What happiness could
aid woman?a woman no longer youn
ren not in very good health, an idealist,
in minor poet?what could she desi
an- more?.
ose There came, however, a time wh<
ru- the claims of the Towers could i
to longer be ignored. Tom came of ag
rho and Lady Car could no longer comb
'ho the necessity of going back to ho
ke, the necessary festivities and put hi
ftt, in possession of his lands and h
re? home. Tom had come altogether
all blows with his college and all i
sut functionaries by this time, and hi
hat been requested to remove himse
en- from the university in a' somewh
ot~ hasty manner, which he declan
so loudly was very good fun, but did n
nld perhaps in his secret heart enjoy tl
im. joke of so much as he made appea
|ju- 'for. he had a great deal of that Scoti
md pride which cannot bear to fall, ev<
Jut when he had done everything to brii
of the catastrophe about. He had n
lad met with many reproaches at hom
ful for Lady Car was so convinced of tl
of great futility of her own exertion
er. that, save for the "Oh, Tom!" wii
1 ? ^ i "U? on/4 fllQ ?Af
lou VYillDU LLC VY&D iCWCiTCU, uuu I.UU IWI
she which made her eyes more lucid the
it normal, :She made no demonstratic
ho at all of her distress. Beaufort look<
let very grave, but took little notice. "
ler was evident that this must have con
iw- sooner or later," he said coldly;/wil
lot a tone in which Tom read contempt,
in, "Wbr did you send me there," tl
5p- young man cried, reddening sullenl
ted "if you knew that this was wh;
ny must come?"
5m "I supposfe your mother sent you)ut
because it Is considered necessary f<
an a gentleman," said Beaufort.
ie(* "And I suppose you mean I'm n<
nS one," cried Tom.
lot ??i never said so," his stepfathi
n& answered coldly. Janet seized upc
or her brother's arm and drew hi
iat away;
"Oh, what is the good of quarre
8r~ ling with Beau? Did you expect n<
!ry body was to say a Word?" cried Jane
ve' "Well, said Tom, "they can't pr
ie^ vent me coming of age next yea
8 whatever they do, and then I shou!
like to know who will have any rigl
' e to say a word?"'
,n' "Mnth pr will alwavs have a rid
ng to say whatever she pleases, Tom."
n~ "Oh, mother!" he said. Jam
'fin
shook him by the arm she held. SI
[gr
cried passionately?
* s "I wouldn't if it had been me.
!I7 shouldn't have let anyone say thi
Ia. what was needed for a gentlemc
' was too much for me. Oh, I woul
have died sooner!" Janet said.
He shook her off with a mutter<
oath.; "Much you know about gei
tlemen?or ladies either. I kno
something of you that if I were to te
lu" mother?"
LCje "What?" Janet cried, almost wit
' a shriek.
* "Ob, I know?and if you don't.sic
^ * very small I'll tell; but, mind, I'
not say Oh, dear! like mother. I'
~ turn you out of house and home
you carry on with any fellow whe
jj' you're with me."
. To be Continued.
3d.
fill -
to | Where the German Language Score
3r- The poverty of the English lai
guage is exemplified by a circuit
he which is making the round of
nS suburb and inviting subscriptions 1
iys a testimonial to the station maste
Is- It comes from one who styles himse
le> "the longest resident," the sad phys
-d, cal fact being that he is probabl
b- the shortest, although in bulk an
n- rotundity he makes up for the inche
!ar he lacks in height.
he Here is a case in which the ver
ch clumsiness of the German languag
ad would be inestimable help, for the
ne this gentleman could quite correct]
of describe himself "the for-the-longes
time-herein-residing," or even pel
,u* haps "the for-the-longest-time-her*
in-residingest" individual. Thos
'P~ compound adjectives of the Teuton
may be awkward, but they eipres
ch v/hat the use means, and insures a<
fl- curacy.?London Chronicle,
od
Pathetic.
"j1* He was very sad. His confidenc
' e in some of his best friends had bee
rudely shattered. He had just a<
knowledged that he had been mis
[ ' trken and they had not contradicte
hi:::.
c?
of
Austrian Women Barbers.
ng Women barbers are admitted t
the Austrian Union, but they are re
icl quired to apprentice themselves fo
ly three years before they can go int
business on their own account.
ch
of
y Our National Flower,
if- Everything drooped except thos
as stalwart American Beauty roses, s<
le costly, so splendid, so hard and s
as unrouiantic. O, national flower o
m Americans!?Mrs. John Lane.
jlH The Pul/o/t
* | A SERMON'
ir | BY TrtE REVf[IWV//kNDEI^r^JSgp
In "
id
y Subject: The Nearness of G<
Acts 17:27: "Though He be n(
Dl | from every one of ub."
n. The consciousness of the reali
e- a power outside ourselves is a fi
Is mental in the religious experien
jg j the race. Tne understanding
t j the inexplicable and universal ?
' nal potency is Deity marks ai
s vanced step in the spiritual ic
e> gence of humanity. The sense c
er proximity of divinity is characti
ie of the most advanced explanatio
s- the religious experiences of men.
Lj] religion offers the most satisfa
jg practicalities and theology whi
t possessed of the clearest compr<
sion of the reality and preset
ly the God in whom we live, as
th 6ays, and move and have our be
A mighty reason for assertini
ie supremacy of that religious sj
xg that we call Christian lies in the
d that in it we hate the efflorescec
' the thought that out God is n<
k absentee but near. The God
n" Father of us and of our Lord
3d Saviour Jesus Christ is not far
ct any one of us who knows Him
ry endeavors to keep His comn
id ments, neither do we postulate
Id as far from those who, out in tb
. country of iniquity and folly an
ceitfulness, are feeding their
a on food unfit for swine.
S' The God of Christ is as nes
a ever. His Spirit is with us and
re in us. His presence is a feature
a force, and may be if we will a
sciously accepted fact and pow
our lives.
10 In the consciousness of the
e, ness of God there is to be founi
at power, the peace and the inspir
Id beyond compare. And in the i
m of the all presence of Jehovah
js lies the alone hope for the spii
to regeneration and the moral refc
tion of the race. For the sen
ts the nearness of God, moulding
in the moral life of man and inl
If fier of spiritual vigor as it is, is
at requisite that we may have tha
s(j vival of religion for which we
Qt and pray. It is impossible to :
a man anything about the sup
God or to make him understan
r? holiest obligations to God and
children of God until he has a 1
Jn consciousness of the.reality and
lg ness of God.
ot The sense of the nearness of
e maices ror power. ix su-engiueu
' arm of man and stoutens the '
of man for Christian service. II
plifies the moral faculties of
Just in proportion that a man is
if scious of the nearness of God
in doughty In the service of God
jn careful of the moral integrity c
;(j life. The man who has little
of the proximity of God does litt
Him and lives little like Him.
man who habitually practices
presence of God, having an ever
ent measure of and incentive to i
10 eousness, endeavors constantly
y, well-pleasing to God and wort]
His approbation. The man
doesn't have thought of the nea
of God never feels tho need to
? as God would desire him to liv<
ir The sense of the nearness of
makes for power not only in th
3t dering of the internal moral li
man, but it makes for valor ii
warfare against sin. No careful
dent of history can be cheerful i
,n | contemplates the morality of
m world to-day from the standpoi
one who would transform mora
the power of the will of men.
0. more can we hope to transforn
" world by the energies of man .tha
are able to rid ourselves unaid<
e" the grace and empowering of
r? from sin. But when a man u
Id stands that the God of the woi
at In the world, and that the God
has commanded that we shall re
Sin staiias Wlin us ana H-uiuea w
' us then the mass of sin loses il
surmountable aspect and th<
et slaught of Satan becomes corres]
ingly less terrific.
The sense of the nearness of
] makes for peace. It ministers
the peace and comfort of mat
in things, though we should never
, - get that by seeking .the kingdo
God first we shall soonest enjoy
blessed life when all men shal
^ joy the material comforts of
i- world, but it gives to us the spii
w peace of God incorruptible, und<
;j] I and fadeless, which is the gi
God to those who in sincerity
u truth try to do His will. It mini
not the peace of satisfaction
things as they are. But it does
l8 us peace ineffable in that it as
11 : us that though we may be unat
11 | rectify the evils of the day and
if though we have neither time
strength nor opportunity success
to overthrow many a mighty w
tJod will labor where we may
He will be here when we are gon
will succeed where we must c
s> He will accomplish in His time
we cannot achieve in ours.
The sense of the nearness of
it I makes for inspiration. The n
a ! we conceive God to be, the near<
;o are sure He is, the more are w
r spired to do our work in our
time under His direction, to saci
. to suffer, to be patient, forbea
obedient. There in nothing
y disheartening than to attemi
d carry on the fight against
:s unaided by the help of
ever-present God. Nor is
y anything more inspiring than t<
P0 dertake the positive and progre
program of righteousness that
toward the kingdom of God "J
ly ultimate and ideal, possessed o
t_ assurance that the God who was
r- His people in the past is near to
5- to-day. The r;ense of the nearne
I r*.r\A ffom Al*!?n)iam hnnp Rnri J
(0 I UUU to"- ? W -vrw ?
1S I spirLtual vitality. It warmed
i zeal of the prophet and quick
j the pulses of the priests and 1
whose names Israel reveres. It
i mented the spiritual capacities o
apostles, produced Pentecost,
forted Stephen, surcharged Paul
ergized the forces which in the i
of Christ swept the Empire of R
n The sense of the presence of
> has an equal inspirational infli
3- ] to-day, Controlled by it we
d ; dare the impossible, overcome
I overwhelming, change the age
habits of a sinful world. Witho
we can do nothing perdurable, i
lng eternally superb.
He is not far from every or
0 as. Therefore, let us be zealous
us be circumspect, let us trust ar
r worthy. With Him near thei
o | power, peace, inspiration, the ii
I tive to live as ever in His sig'al
A Majestic Outlet.
? There is no more majestic o
o I for all the true love Christ pours
o i our lives than the missionary i
f of the church.?Rev. Marshall Iley.
P Zht
^ $>unfcatj-&dTO
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
MENTS FOR APRIL 4
xL
Subject: Peter and Cornelius
)t far 10:1-48?Golden Text, Ai
?5?Commit Verses 1
inda' Commentary on Day's Le?
ce of TIME. ? A. D. 40. PLAi
that Caesarea and Joppa.
?xter- . EXPOSITION. ? I. A Goc
i ad- dier, 1-8. The central figure
itelli- lesson is a captain in the
if the army. The barracks at C;
sristc would seem to be a most u
ns of j place to find the first Gentile <
That I to Christianity, but there is w]
ctory was found. Cornelius was i
ch is fearing man. He was one who
ghen- keep his piety to himself, but
ce of upon his whole household to s
Paul with him. He was a man of
ing. and a generous giver. He pra
g the light (cf. vs. 31, 32) and fc
rstem the light when it was given.
> fact because he asked for light t
ice of got It (cf. James 1:5). The a
)t an gave to others had much to d
and God's giving the saving truth
and (v. 4: cf. Luke 6:38; Prov. 21
from Cor. 9:6-8). Cornelius doe
i and seem to have been a proselyte
land- Jewish faith (v. 28; cf. ch. 11:
Him he certainly was not as yet a
,e far man (ch. 11:13, 14), but he
d de- the road that leads to salvatio
souls became a saved man by belies
Jesus Christ (v. 43; cf. ch. 1!
ir as There are those who conte
with- should never get a man to pra
; and he is definitely saved, but it
eon- answer to prayer that Cornell
er in the light by which he was save
course, if a man is a deliberate
near- against God, we should not g
i the to pray; for the prayer of suet
ation is an abomination unto God
sense 15:8; 28:9; Is. 59:1, 2). But
there may be a sincere seeker aftei
itual like Cornelius, though he has :
irma- found the truth. There is e
ee of better for him to do than t
force (James 1:5). God will alwaj
:ensl- 'into light all those who sincer
i pre- sire it (John 7:17). It was
t re- Cornelius was praying that ti
hope leadings came to Cornelius,
teach when we draw near unto Go
ernal He draws near unto us (Jas.
d hifl Cornelius was frightened by 1
1 the lestial visitor as sinful man ah
lively by the approach qf the superi
near- (Cf. Dan. 10:11; Luke 1:12-1
5). But Cornelius while frig
God maintained his equilibrium ai
a the ready to obey; he was every
heart i Roman soldier. He was enco
; am- by being told that God had not
men. remembered his prayers and
con- His prayers and alms did no
is he him (ch. 11:13, 14; 10:43). bi
and ha(i prepared the way for his
>f his God takes note of sinceri
sense 5r and 0f the alms that acco
Ie foi them. Praying and giving sho
Th6 wayS go hand in hand (1 Joht
'/ .the 22). Cornelius' faith was pu
pres- severe test; he was told to sei
right- certain unknown man who woi
t? be him what he ought to do (cf. <
tiy ol 14 ^ The angel himself migh
wilC told Cornelius this, but it is tti
rness q0(j t0 have the way of life
1 NY? plain to man by man (cf. ch. 9
e- 8:26). Cornelius proved hh
^0(1 by his prompt obedience. Cor
e or" piety was of the communicativ
fe tor the soldier who waited up<
i tne continually was also a religiou
1 stu- II. Peter Prepared to Pre'a
as he Gospel to the Gentiles, 9-20.
God prepares one man to he
^ Gospel, He also prepares a
man to preach it to him. It ce
! cannot be explained away as
_ ! Creates of a fevered imaginatic
l" Cornelius at one end of the lil
5<* ?* an angel who bade him sei
~od Peter, and that Peter at the otl
of the line should have a visit
"ld 13 paring him for the call just
wno (.jjg messengers arrived, and
Hvn8 ^ear vo*ce Spirit t
him go. There is, beyond ques
:s ln" supernatural world and a pos
} ?j}" of present contact between the
jond- natural world and human life
. tory demonstrates this. One
Go<? I an Atheist or a Deist or Agnost
! n.?, ! by deliberately shutting his 6
tenai | the established facts of history.
*or" how the supernatural and i
nJh?: play into one another in Bib
tnat tory. Peter's hunger was natur
1 there is nothing more natura
tn? that a hungry man dream of
but (*od gave supernatural di:
^ to the dream that had a natui
?* gin. God knows how to time
, j1 ! just right. Just when Peter
| a perplexity about the mean
, | the vision of unclean beasts, tfc
g I clean" Gentiles are asking for
sur?3 ! the gate. The Spirit was ver
,le 1 nite in His words to Peter. I
age' | him just how many men ther<
-or at the gate asking for him 0
ituiiy peter had a very practical tes
rong, whether it was the Spirit of
n? ' that was speaking to him. Hi
?' like the confused and uncerta
:ease; tentimes"mistaken) voices that
tell us are voices of the Spirit.
n j the Spirit sends there is nothi
to do but to go and that v
eare doubting, even though we do i
iT 7!? derstand at all (v. 20). Peter'
8 wn was equal to the occasion, he
orders. It was while Peter
ince, praiVer that the guidance came
iring, (v. 9).
more v ' ________________
) U LVJ |
; sin I Breaks His Bridge.
the i He that cannot forgive
there breaks the bridge over whi
3 un. must pass himself; for every m
!SSive need to be forgiven.?Herbert
looks
is an A IJad Plan.
f the Running another down is ;
near TVf.y of making the Christian r?
them
Facob Pensions on French Road:
the Tbe Frqnch Government's ]
:ened to pension employes of the Stal
kings road has been completed an
aug- sented to a Parliamentary cc
f the sion in Paris. It provides f
com- retiring of engineers and fj
I, en- over fifty years of age who hav
name twenty-five years in the serv
.ome. half-pay, and gives pensions 1
God abled men who have fifteen yt
lence service to their credit. The a
may salary of engineers is ?800 ;
the Had of firemen S5fl0
-long
iut it
nath- "Uncle Renins' " Home as Mei
Snapbean Farm and the S
ie of the Wren's Nest, as Joel Cli
3, let Harris styled his home at A
id be Ga., is to be purchased by the 1
e is of "Uncle Remus" and presen
icen- the public as a memorial to t
t- thor.
Legal Aid Society,
utlet The Legal Aid Society, o
into York City, started a movement
vork the Criminal Courts Building o
lart- leeches who prey on the ignora
defenseless.
>
T| TELE GREAT DESTROYER 1
SOME STARTLING FACT8 A HOOT
QJ/ THE VICE OP INTEMl'EllAKCE.
What is a Saloon? ^
rnM [xrom a man in th? penitentiary, who ]
LOM? waa sentenced there for a crime which ha
. committed while drunk.l 1
A bar to heaven, a door to hell? *
Whoever named it, named it well!
, a ftc A liar to manliness and wealth. (
' ' ( A door to want and broken health. t
cts 10: A bar to honor, pride and fame,
3-15_^ A door to sin and grief and shame; (
A bar to hope, a bar to prayer, '
>son. \ door to darkness and despair.
Qjjg _ A bar to honored, useful life.
A door to brawling. senseless strife;
A bar to all that's true and brave,
.ly sol* | A door to every drunkard's grave.
of this A bar to joy that home imparts,
Romar A door to tears and aohing hearts; th
lesares A bar to heaven, a door to hell? ur
nlikel} Whoever named it, named it well! wj
;onverl co
here he The Most Dangerous Tempters. ne
a God- A man who has mingled much with J"
did nol the business and social world was
called discussing the drink habit, in an inshare
it terview with a representative of the tw
prayei San Antonio Express: do
yed foi "It is all nonsense," he said, "for hu
illowed young men to say that they cannot flf
It was resist the temptations of the saloon, ba
hat he As far as my experience goes, the th
.lms he saloonkeepers of San Antonio and mi
lo with the men of 3an Antonio seldom urge hi]
A- * ? ' - ? 1 ? i- J.i.i. murrv
IO D1ID <* yuuiJg mail iu unuA. J. iicj oaj, "
.: 13; 2 'No, I never drink,' or 'I would like th
is not to be excused this time/ that is the
of the end of it. It is all a mistake about to:
3) and a young man being forced to drink if th
, saved he mingles much with the men of the dr
was on town. He can refuse very easily, if va
n. He he wants to; and when it is once he
Ing on known that a man never drinks, he ag
5:7-9). is seldom asked to do it. But the in
nd we real hard people to get away from are w?
y until the jvomen. You can go into a recep- da
was in tion where the punch is strong pa
ius got enough to knock you down, and the his
id. Of first woman you meet will say, 'Do his
e rebel come and have some punch.' ' in
et him " 'No, thank you, not now.' mi
l a one M,'Oh, yes; just one glass with me.' foi
(Prov. "If by a certain amount of rudeness hif
a man you are able to escape this woman, thi
truth the next one you meet will say: 'This in
not yet 18 the most delicious punch. Let me pr;
lothing help you.' ml
0 pray " 'What! Don't drink much?
ra lead What kind.of a man are you? I as- yei
ely de- sure you this is quite harmless.' ha
while "A matronly woman comes along na
le first and says: 'You must taste this he
It is punch; it is made from my special Go
d that recipe and I am proud of it.' na
4:8). "'Don't drink? ; Well, just this fal
the ce- time to please me. I've raised my
vays is children on this punch.' yei
latural "And so on through the evening, wa
9: 24:- A- young man who is strong enough nu
htened to resist the temptations of society of
id was has nothing to fe&r from the sa- na
inch a loons." an
uraged This is the .testimony of not one tei
ed and young man, but several, and it is no ne
alms, uncommon thing to hear men and thi
it save hoys say: "Why will women urge a ehi
it they fellow to drink the way they do?"
salva- There is something peculiar about Re
s pray- wine or liquors of any kind?you are wa
mpany always urged to,take it. You can re- | ha
uld al. fuse hread and butter, meat and po- an
t 3:16- tatoes, and even coffee without a of
it to a w?rd of remonstrance, but never Th
id to a wlne- 601
ild tell m?
;h. n: , The Uses of Adversity. th<
t have "Grogan," said the head of the de- wa
le plan partment store, eying him sharply,. 'To
1 made "you've quit arinking. haven't you?" *h<
1:6-17; "Yes, sor," answered the red-headed bei
i faith Hibernian who worked in the packing no
nelius' department. "I haven't taken a hu
e sort; dhrink av annything sthronger th'n
m him iced tay f'r three months."
s man. I am glad to hear It, Grogan. I'll wa
ich the make it an object to you to stay quit. ret
While But how did you break yourself of ne:
ar the the habit?" .* { las
nother ' "Be hittin' me thumb-nail wid a mc
rtainly hammer whin I was packin' a box o'
empty goods." nu
m that i aon t see now mat couia cure ? ?;
ae saw you."
ad for "Well, Misther Barker, It was this r?
ter end way. If I'd been sober, d'ye moind, er*
m pre- I'd niver have done it, but I wasn't,
beforo Whin I whacked me thumb instead
should av the nail I was thryin' to dhrive, it D01
lidding made a black spot at the root av me ab.'
ition, a thumb-nail. I says to mesilf, 'Gro- ml
sibility gan, I'll punish ye f'r that. Ye sha'n't of
super- have a dhrink av ayther -beer 'r aQ1
His- whusky until that black spot has Pa]
can be gone.' < as?
ic only "Well, sor, it was two months be- nei
iyes to fure it had growed out to the end o' str
Note me thumb an' I cud cut it off, an' be mi
latural that time I'd lost all me appetite f'r we
Ie his- beer an' whusky. j
al, and "Thin I says to mesilf, 'Grogan, I'll an(
,1 than reward ye f'r that. Ye're a sober a J
eating, man now, an' ye'll stay sober.' That's C01
rection | the whole story, sor."?Youth's Com- gla
al ori- panion.
things ev<
was in The Saloo:i u Parasite. a ^
Ing of Business men are coming to realize (
ie "un- that there are two'wealth producers ?
him at 0n earth?one is the hand and the
y defl-1 bther the head. All wealth is created Z
Ie told by work. For a city or State to be
e were prosperous two things it must have?
v. 19), men an(j women with steady hand it (
t as to and cloudless brain who are at work.
truth These are our money-makers. Sa- f
ow un- loons make no money. They gather ,
in (ofr jn a jot of it from those who do make
people it, bUt wealth is produced only by
When those who toil with the hand or head. b
ng left The saloon is the greatest curse to ?
without the business producing interests that wa
lot ue- js known to civilized men, and the
s faith business men are coming to realize , "
obeyed jt. They know that it unnerves the ,
was in hand and paralyzes the brain of
to him everyone under its influence. jetl
wh
The Best Way. ka<
others The most successful wa^ to pro- hir
rh he 151016 abstinence from liquor, says mo
an hoc Forward, is to invite men and women wh
to give their hearts to Christ., The km
fight against habits is vain without an<
His help, but when He holds the as
hand of the tempted man the victory liv<
a pOOr . cnrp na?
tee. *?
s. The Real Source. r
project temperance movement is not ?0'
te ran- ^ue tQ jocai or ephemeral causes,
pr.e" writes Dr. Samuel J. Barrows, in the *aJ
)mn?js- Outlook; it springs from a public con- faav
or tne ViCtion which the United States Su- eYe
iremen preme Court has well rendered, of
e been nameiyi that "the public health, the a11
ice on pUbijc morais and the public safety 't?1
to (Us- are endangered by the general use of et?
:flf ? intoxicating liquors;" and that "the
verage idleness, disorder, pauperism and
1 >ear crjme existing/ in this country are ,
largely traceable to this evil." ,
norinl Oklahoma Done With it.
j Qj Oklahoma voted, at tlie recent
aiidler e^ection? t0 abolish the dispensary
tlanta 6ystem> and Governor Haskell has Ge<
'riends' 30W declared it; at an eri(*- is saic* ^e?
rpri to l ?^at the action leaves ',he citizens of ser
he au- '^e ?tate witll0ut an2' lawful way of Go
' " purchasing liquor for iven medicinal tak
purposes, which make3 it impossible for
.o work off on the druggist the old the
jxcuse of "a misery in the bones."
^torrid Laughing Schools.
f le^al What will drunkards' wives do I
nt a'nd "hen the saloons are wiped out? $1,
?Start laughing schools. by
riA/TUGHTS 5
olhe-T^TOUR I
I WO.NPEB WHY 7 - B
There's joy and gladness everywhere, II
Jke gentle snownakes in the air; 9M
I wonder why? n
The angels sang good will to men; HJ
j'.veet tiding are proclaimed again, H
And that is why. M
Christ came to earth a little one; B
:o lowly, vet He was God's Son; H|
1 wonder why? . B
5od gave Hi* fioa froaj Heaven ?oore H
That we might ore; for God if loVe; W
And thatris why. > SB
?Wm. Harvey Erh. H
A Lorei- of God.
iso matter what the calendar said, H
e month ended uniformly on a 3at? - B
day night at Saints' Rest. Till* B
is because the mine operator? B
anted on two or three days' idle- B
3s after pay-day, and thought It B
ill that Sunday should be among ^B
em. B
They had experimented once or B
ice, paying a?.l the men In new one* B
Har bills. There wer& about two B
indred men. and the average wad B
fv i^nllsN to 3 man PnfnrA th* 19
nk closed On Monday afternoon
e numerous saloons had deposited
are than six hundred of those new
lis. But the monthly wage ol
leophilus Lloyd was not among
em.
Yet when he had lived near Scran* *
a, there was not a wilder man in
e mines' than he, nor one wha
ained a deeper glass, till the Sal*
tion Army got hold of him, and
Iped him on his feet. But he f&P
ain and again, for his .companion*
evil were many, at a the habit
is strong upon him. And so on<
y he came homfe with a month'*
y in his pocket, gave half of it to
3 mother, and with "the rest paid
3 way to the new Saints' Rest mine
East Tennessee; for he- was deterned
to make one last effort to recm.
And before he went he gave
3 testimony in. the Army meiettngat
he wag leaving home 'sober ah$
the fear of God, and h6 asked the
ayers of all his i friends that he M
ght be faithful tor the end.
His mother encouraged his going/
l wept in his arms, He was ali she
d. Some one had told her that the
me Theopbilus, which she found ir?
ir Testament, meant "Lover of
r'd." She had given,her boy that
me?her only boy, born after hi* .
:her's death. , * '
Somehow she lived; through the .
ars of his childhood, and till h6
is big and strong, and could dig at
my tons of coal a day as the best
them. And be wfcs true to bi?
me till he got to earning moneji
d drinking. After that came bit
years, but years of hope, for stye
ver could bring herself to bellev* it
some day be would not be what
e had named him.
Once a month from the Saints* v
st mine came the surplus of
ige, and it left no margin for bud
bits. The letters were full of' hope*
d written with increasing strength
will. From the day of his arrival* . \
eophilus had taken his stand as &
}er man and a Christian, and that
ide it not so hard. At Sci^ntonBy
all knew his past, but here it
is as if he had always been joher.
e superintendent encouraged him;
3 mine "boss" befriended him; the
st men were his associates. It wast
always feasy to go by the saloons, : 1
t it was not impossible, and he did
Two years went by, and the time*
s in sight when Theophilus would'
;urn home. Pay-day was to come
xt Saturday. He would collect hi*
it month's-pay and return to his*
>ther. .
Then out of a, clear sky came thejssage
to his mother, Theophiiusr
d been killed in a drunken fight.
"O God," cried the agonized mothuis
this the answer to my pi ay
I
Theophilus was shot on Saturday
;ht and buried on. Sunday afteron.
While the minister preached
ove his grave,- a group of dran]cei?
ners near by quarreled over a keg
beer, until they came to a tight*
i the defeated portion of the comay
took refuge from pursuit In the'
;embly, and so augmented the fu- ;
ral company. And one bullet
uck the tree, fehich stood at the 1
nisterV^back. If the conditions
re not favorable to pulpit oratory,
>y gate added.\point to the temper:e
sermon. And back in Scranton
mother .wept, and said, "O G0d, I
lid give him' up willingly, almost
dly, if he.had<not fallen!**
But in the quiet of the Sabbatb
:ning, as-she prayed, there came
strange peace, and a conviction
ich brought comfort. Her boy had
t fallen.,} ?he would not believe it.
had. remained true these two
irs;'ehfe. would not believe that he
i failed at tho last moment. /
It was Wednesday before she knew
y whole story. The minister wrote
aut and sent it to her, and the su intendent
of the mine added a letconfirming
it. Theophilus had
lepted his month's wages, nearly
enty dollars, and had the money in
pocket. He was returning to his
irding-place yrhen a fight occurred, *
i he attempted to make peace, and
s shot. He played the part of a
ive man to the end, and left a
an record behind him.
rhev': superintendent sent the
ney, and the minister forwarded &
ter, sealed and ready for the mail.
lcn xney iounu in ma puuiri.
i intended that it should precede
0 By a few hours, and assure his
ther that he was on his way. Just
at it contained, only the mother t
ew; but it brought her comfort,
1 she knew that her boy had died,
during the years of trial he had
3d, a lover of.God.?Youth's Comllon.
^ Turn to the Cross.
rhe cross is the great centre of
I's moral universe! To this cenGod
ever pointed, and the eye of
ih ever looked forward, until the *
riour came. nuu uu w w c iuusu
r turn to that ci-oss as the centre
all our blessing, and the basis of
our blessing, both on earth and in
aven?in time and throughout alt
rnity.?D. L. Moody.
Grows as It Gives. ' '
The light of love always grows a?
jives itself awi>".
Disc For Hooker Telescope. '
Word has been received by Dr. ,
Drge E. Hale, at Los Angeles, Cal.,
id of the Mount Lowe Solar Obvatory.
that the glass works in
bain, France, will at once undere
another cast of the 100-inch disc
the ( servatory, to be placed in
Hooker telescope to cost $50,000.
? *
To Build Tenements. ' ^
Urs. William K. Vanderbilt gave
000,000 to fight the white plague
building sanitary tenements.
jj