LADY
o
THE SEQUEI
BY MRS. C
V U t H H M M M * < M > t
CHAPTER XII. 14
Continued.
Presently she became able to yo
DUt, to'be drawn in a chaise along the
sands, or away in the other direction
to the line of the eastern coast, with
-.11 J+O nnpinnc rn^lrc nnr? pnvpc. AbOllt
ail HO VUi 4WUO ? vv?u V.?
ten days after her arrival in St. Andrew's
Lady Car made one of these
expeditions accompanied by Beaufort
and Janet. They took her in.her little
vehicle as far as it would go, and
then she walked a little down to the
shore, to a spot which she recollected
in her youth, where a grassy bank
of the close short seaside grass bordered
a ridge of broken rocks higher
than the level of the beach. Over
this line of rocks there was a wonderful
view of the little town isolated
upon its headland, with The fine clus-1
ter of the ruined cathedral, the high
square tower of St. Rule, the gray
heap of the destroyed castle, and the
little port below, set in the shining
sea; and great breadths of the blue
firmament banded with lines of pearly
cloud. Here Carry sat down to rest
tvhile her companions went further od
the coast to the curious little bay
with its bristling rocks where stands
O n i n ^ 1 n 1 o f r <jrnnntr t V) P
Hie iauiuuo ui'iuuiv., iviv v?v
sea-pools by some gigantic Norman
of the north. The wide air, the great
sky, the sense of space and freshness,
and separation , from all intrusive
things; and, on the other hand, the
picture made by that cluster ot human
habitations and ancient work of
man defaced and worn, standing in
the rays of the afternoon sun. which
streamed over it from the coast, made
a perfect combination. The ridge of
red rocks and piled .stones which cut.
off all vulgarities of the background
and relieved in warm color against
the gray headland and the wonderful
blue sea, made the foreground of the
picture shut in Lady Car's retreat,
though the coast road wound on behind
her, communicating by a rocky
passage, almost like a stair, with the
sands below. Lady Car seated herself
upon me grass. dub uiu uul tare
even to sketch; all her old pursuits
had dropped from tier. She was content
to sit still, with her eyes more
often upon the wide line of the horizon
than on any intermediate point,
however attractive. There was a sort
of luxury of the soul in that width of
stainless silent air which required
nothing, not even thought, but filled
her with a faint yet exquisite sense
of calm. The peace of God?did she
dare to call it so? Certainly it passed
understanding. That she should sit
in this beatitude in a calm so complete,
with so many?oh, so many?
things to make her anxious and to
make her sad. Still so it was.
She did not know how long she had
sat there in that wide universe of sea
and sky when her attention was first
called to voices underneath the ridge
of rock. The sands beyond were on
a lower level, and it might well be
that people underneath might discuss
the most private affairs without any
thought of possible listeners above.
Carry had heard the murmur of the
voices for seme time before she took
any heed of them, or distinguished
one from another. These tones she
presently observed were very unlike
the peace all around; there was a
sound of conflict in them, and now
Q nrl tVlon a Kmlr on rtAi a on if 4V.a
iaiav* u. Ui VIVC11 XAVJV^ as 1L Lilt;
woman sobbed. For it was apparent
at once that the two './ere a man and
woman, aDd soon that there was some
controversy between them. When
Lady Car began to awaken out of her
dream of caim to become aware of
these two people below and in discussion
or quarrel which was every moment
increasing in intensity, she did
not perhaps know how to make her
presence known, or rather, perhaps, it
was something in the sound of one of
the voices which bewildered and confused
her. At first she thought with
a vague trouble it was a voice she
knew. Then she started from her
grassy seat with a horrible sensation,
as if she were hearing over again,
though not addressed to herself, one
of those mocking, threatening, insulting
floods of words which had once
been the terror of her life. Torrance!
Had she lived to hear him speak
again? She had escaped from all
imagination of him in this beautiful,
and distant scene. What was it that
like a terrible wind of recollection,
like an hour come back from the miserable
past, made her hear his voice
again?
She had risen up in her dismay and
alarm, almost with an impulse of
flight, to get out of his way, lest he
should find her again, when an impression
almost more terrible still
made her pause and hold her throbbing
breast with both hands. She
turned her face toward the rock with
a faint cry, and sank down again
upon the grass. There could be no
doubt that it was a man speaking to
a woman over whom he had almost
absolute power, a husband to a wife
?or, perhaps?but Carry knew no
other relationship than that which
permitted such tones, and when her
first irrational panic was over she
became aware that it was the voicc
of Tom.
To whom was he speaking? She
did not ask what he was saying. She
could not hear the words, but she
knew them. A woman who has once
borne such a storm rpencniioc it
again. To whom couid Tom speak in
that voice of the supreme??mocking,
threatening, pouring forth abuse and
wrath. To whom did the boy dare
to speak so? He had no wife.
The voices grew Jouder; the two
seem to be parting: the man hurrying
away, discharging a volley at his
companion, as he left her. the woman
weeping, following, calling him back.
Lady Car sat breathless, her terrified
eyes fixed on the path behind, up
which ?he heard him coming. "Go
back. I tell you: I have nothing mor?'
to eai ;<j you." hs cried. 1
CAR;
re.
L OP A LIFE.
JLIPHAINT.
His countenance flushed with rage;
appearing above the edge of the
rocks, while he half turned back
waving the other away, brought confirmation
certain of Lady Car's fears
She rose again and made a step toward
him, tottering in every limb as
in other days, when his father had
beaten her to the ground with suet
another torrent. But to whom, tc
whom was the boy speaking? She
cried out in a voice of anguish:
"Tom!"
He started in his turn so violentlj
that he stumbled on the rocks anc
almost fell. "Mother!" he cried, instinctively.
Then.turned round with
a hoarse roar of "Back! Back!" curs
ing himself for that betrayal.
"Tom, what is it? To whom were
you speaking? Answer me! To whon
did you dare to speak like that?"
44What are you doing here,?" he
said. "Listening! I never knew yoi
to do that before, mother?come
along! this isn't a place for you."
?1 -?*?-? onoQUnc
"'lO W IIU UI WCIC V u U 01J^uniuc
Tom?"
"Me? I was speaking to nobody;
there's some sweethearts or some'
thing carrying on down there. I don'l
meddle with what is none of my con'
cerns. Come along! I am not g'oinj
to leave you here."
He seized her arm to draw hei
away, and Lady Car saw that his rag(
had turned to tremor. He looked al
her from under his lowering eyebrows
with that fierce panic which is
sometimes in the eyes of a terrified
dog ready to fly at and rend any one
"I am not going from here till mj
husband comes for me?nor till ]
know what this means," said Lad)
~ A U1I O-r,^
uar. one was iremunug an utu, ?u<.
her heart so beating that every wile
throb shook her person. But she was
not afraid of her son's violence. Anc
other steps were drawing near. A:
Lady Car leaned upon a corner of th<
rock supporting herself, there grad
ually appeared up the ascent a young
woman in very fine but flimsy attire
her face flushed with crying anc
quarreling, dabbing her cheeks with i
handkerchief like a ball all gatherec
up in her hand. The impression oi
bright color and holiday dress so in
consistent with the violent scene
through which she had been passing
and the probably tragical circum
stances in which the unhappy gir
stood, threw a sort of grotesque mis
ery into the midst of the horror.
a0h!" cried the newcomer, "h(
called you his mother, he did! If yoi
are his mother, it's you most as ]
ought to see."
"Hold your'cursed tongue,"' criec
Tom, beyond himself, "and get of]
with you! I've told you so before
You're not fit to speak to my?to ?
lady. Go! go!"
"You think it grand to say that,'
cried the girl, evidently emboldened
by the presence of a third party, "bul
you must just give it up. I'm not
ashamed to speak to any lady. I'vt
done nothing to be ashamed of. I'v(
got my marriage lines to show and mj
wedding ring on my finger. Look al
that, ma'am,'' she cried, dragging ?
glove off a red and swollen hand. II
was with tears, and trouble, and excitement
that she was so swollen and
red. She thrust her hand with, indeed,
a wedding ring upon it, in Ladj
Car's face. "Look at that, ma'am;
there can't be no mistake about that.'
"I must sit down; 1 cannot stand,'
said Carry. "Come here, if you
please, and tell me who you are."
"She's, not fit to come where you
are. I told you to go," said Tom
"Go, and I'll send somebody to settle
?you've no business here."
"If she's your mother, Frank, ]
won't deceive nobody. I'm Mrs. Fran
cis Lindons, and I've got my marriage
lines to show for it. J I'm nol
ashamed to look anybody in the face
I've got my marriage li?"
"Mrs.?what?" said Lady Car.
"Mrs. Francis Lindons. I nevei
thought but what he meant honorable.
And my own mother was at the
wedding and everything right. He
wants to say now that it's no marriage;
but it is?it is. It's in the
register all right where we signed ir
the vestry. Oh, Frank, I know you're
only talking to frighten me, but you;
mother will make it all risrht."
Lady Car and her son exchanged
but one glance?on her part a look
of anguished inquiry, searching his
face for confirmation of this tremendous
statement; on his, the look of s
fierce but whipped hound, ready tc
tear any one asunder that came near
yei abject in cbnscious guilt. Tht
mother put her hand to her breasi
as if to hide where the bullet had
gone in. She said in a voice interrupted
by her quickened breathing:
"Excuse me a little, I am not verj
well, and tell me everything?tell me
the truth. Did you say that you
were?married to this young gentle
man?
"She'll say anything," cried Ton:
hoarsely. "She'll swear anything,
She's not fit to come near you. Gc
away, I tell you, curse you?you shall
have everything you want if you gc
away."
"Ee silent, Tom; at present she has
me, not you, to ansyer. Tell me?'
"You cal! him Tom.'1 said the
young woman, with surprise. "It's
perhaps a pet name?for he said he
was Frank Lindons, and that's 011 my
cards that I got printed?and that's
who I am. and I can bring witnesses.
My marriage lines. I've got 'em in the
hotel where I'm staying. If you're
his mother, I'm iiis wife, and he can't
deny it. Oh. Frank! the lady lookskind.
Don't deny it, don't deny it!
She'll forgive you. Don't deny the
truth."
"The? truth," cried Tom, forgetting
himself in his heat. "You can sec
how much truth is in it by the name
she tells you?and I wasn't of age till
last week." cried the precocious ruffian.
with a laugh which asaiu was
like the fierce bark of the whipped i
hound.
All Lady Car's senses had come
back to her in that shock of thisi?orror.
"You married her?in the name
of Francis Lindons?thinking that,
and that you were under age would
make it void. If you've anything to
say that I should not believe this,
say it quick, Tom?lest I should die
first and think my boy?"
She leant back her pale head
against the rocks, and one of those
spasms passed over her which had
already scared the household at the
} Towers, but the superior poigDancy 1
of the mental anguish kept Lady Car
' from complete unconsciousness. She
! heard their voices vaguely contend
ing through the half-trance; then
slowly the light came back to her
' eyes. The youitg woman was kneeling
beside her with a vinaigrette in
5 her hot hand. "Oh, smell at this, do!
it's the best thing in the world for a
1 faint. Oh, poor lady! I wish I had
1 never said a word rather than make !
! her so bad!"
Lady Car opened her eyes to see
the stranger kneeling' with an anxr
ious face by her side, while Tom I 1
stood, lowering, looking on. It(
crossed her mind that perhaps the 1
1 boy would have been glad had she .
died, and this disclosure been buried ,
I with her. The stab of this thought 1
} was so keen that she came completely
1 to herself, restored by that sharp 1
remedy of superior pain.
5 "I do not think she is bad," she 1
1 said faintly. "I think she has an
- 1 * 1 i? +V.O+ frnia?" ' '
I llULieSL ItttC. lUUi, 1 d cuac u u?*
"It's all a piece of nonsense, moth- (
ei, as I told you. It was just to please
J her. She was not too particular?to '
have the show of a wedding, that was 1
all. She knew very well?" '
t "I'll tear your eyes out," she cried, ;
- "if you speak like that to me! Ob, J
' lady! we're married as safe as any ,
clergyman could marry two people." 1
"You fool!" cried Tom, "there's no :
i such person as Frank Lindons. And i
t I wasn't of age."
The young woman looked at him
5 for a moment confounded. The color J
I left her excited face, she stood staring ,
i as if unable to comprehend, then, as
r her senses came back to her, burst i
[ into a loud fit of sobbing and crying,
' throwing herself down on the grass. I
I "Oh, oh, <?h!" she cried, sobbing and
I rocking herself. "Oh, whatever shall J
s I do? Oh, what will become of moth- ,
I er?" Then rising suddenly to her |
3 knees she caught Lady Car's dress. |
; "Oh, lady, lady! you've got a kind i
- face; do something for me; make him I
do me justice; make him; make him 1
?oh, my God, listen to him!" cried 1
the girl, for Tom, in the horrible j
triumph he thought he had gained, |
was pealing forth a harsh laugh?a ,
sort of tempest tone, of exultation
over the two helpless women, at his I
feet.
Eeaufort, with Janet at a little dis- 1
tance behind him, came suddenly j
' upon this strange scene. He thought .
at first that his wife was ill, and hur- (
ried forward anxiously, asking,"What (
is the matter?" He saw Carry palo I
as death, her mouth drawn, her eyes I
dilated, leaning back against the
I rocks holding the hand of a girl un- '
known who knelt beside her, while ]
Tom, who had laughed, stood over '
the pair with still that mirthless |
grimace distending his lips.
I "Edward." Ladv Car said. "I have i
' something to ask you; something at i
I once before you ask me a question. '
t A marriage under a false name?is
t that no marriage? Tell me,?tell me (
; quick, quick!" ,
; "What a strange question!*' he j
r said. "But I know nothing about i
t marriages in Scotland. You know I
i people say?"
t "It was not in Scotland. Quick, 1
- quick!" ]
I "A marriage?when a false name (
is given??meaning to deceive?"
' She said "Yes" with her lips without
any sound, a faint flame as of
' shame passing over the whiteness of
' her face. Tom thrust his hands into
i his pockets and screwed his mouth as J
if he would have whistled, but nd^
i sound came. The girl faced round,
always upon her knees, a strange intruder
into that strange group,
"I don't understand why you
should ask mo such a question. The
marriage is good enough. The law
doesn't permit?"
"Not if the man is under age?"
"He can be imprisoned for perjury
if he has sworn he is of age?as some
fools do; but what in the world can
you want with such information as
that?"
"Edward," said Lady Car, with 1
some difficulty, her throat and lips
being so dry, "this is Tom's wife."'
To be Continued,
i
> J Blazed Her Way.
' I There is a story about Alasu.i ar.a
. ;..s people in which is mentioned a '
11 man who chose a bride from among
: I some of the Indian tribes up toward
5 [ the Chilcoot pass. He took her to
I h large city, Montreal perhaps, and
- j leit her in a splendid hotel while he j
>: went out to see some one about a
, j do^i;. She missed him sadly. She sat
; i :it the window looking out on the
: j street four stories below. Solitude
I became intolerable. She decidcd to
find her husband. There was an elevator,
but she didn't care for it. Soft'
ly as moccasins could carry her she
:' issued forth. When she had gono
i J nut a bellboy saw queer marks on the
j balusters and door casings. The In1
dian bride had blazed her way with
, 1 :i tomahawk so that she could find '
. ! her way back. The Indian bride was |
> ! merely living up to her education, :
1 ! for it is very necessary to know how
' lo blaze a trail in Alaska.
? Judge Not. j
Never pass final judgment on any (
;, one from first impressions. We aro i
; i all such creatures of limitations. | i
Eyes are faulty, and the elements oi i
' character which elude us often more '
i than compensate for the faults we [
see. Look again, look deeper. You |
s will be surprised at the number of 1 1
! stars in the night sky if you look j !
. long enough. Most people have more !
! virtues than are soon by snap vision,
j I5e charitable and patient. Do not |
11 spoil your world by peopling it with . (
imaginary beings. 1
1
Hitherto the French President's , ]
? rook has always been a man, but M. j
i Fallieres has employed a woman. (
I Visitors say her uishes eurv.es? thoss j
i ;?!' tl'e bt.-'C i
COOPERS CONVICTED;
PEM 20 Hi
Defense Claims Mistrial Because
of the Previous Disagreement
DEFENDANTS OUT ON BAII
Jury First Stood Six For Mnrdei- ii
First Degree, Five For Secom
Degree, One For Acquittal ?
Sharp Goes Free.
Nashville, Tenn.?Guilty of mur
der in the second degree with twent:
years' imprisonment as the penalt:
was the verdict of the jury in th<
case against Colonel Duncan B
Cooper and his son, Robin Cooper
charged with the murder of formei
United States Senator E. W. Car
mack.
The jury acquitted John D. Sharp
co-defendant, the day before.
Immediately the defense moved t<
set aside the ver<??ct because of th<
verdict of disagreement of the pre
vious day, and asked the Court t<
declare it a mistrial. Judge Har
Baid he would listen to arguments 01
this motion later. He then fixed th<
defendants' bonds at $25,000 each
which amount was acceptable to botl
Bides. The verdict, coming as it die
upon the heels of Foreman Burke'i
declaration of the day before, "'thai
we are hopelessly tied up as to t.h<
Coopers," was a decided surprise.
me jurors looKea worn oui, anc
when the Court remarked: "I thant
you, gentlemen, for your patience anc
devotion to the State and dismisi
you to your homes and your persona
avocations," the entire twelve mei
sprang from their seats as one mai
and hurriedly left the courtroom
The defendants and their counsel re
mained to complete the bond prelim
inaries and the motion for a nev
trial.
The first bondsman to arrive was
John J. Greener, who signed for $10,
000 on each bond. Walter 0. Parmei
arrived and signed for the balance.
"I will sign for a million for these
men," he remarked.
The jurors were not inclined t<
talk, but one of them said:
"On the first ballot we acquittec
John Sharp and disregarded the con
3piracy theory. On the same balloi
we stood six for guilty for murder ii
the first degree, with mitigating cir
cumstances, five for murder in th<
second decree with twentv vears th*
maximum penalty, and one for ac
guittal. The ballots for two dayi
showed the same result. Then th<
man who voted for acquittal wen
aver to murder in the second degree
but demanded that only ten years b<
assessed."
The Cooper-Sharp trial just endec
lias been one of the most remarkable
murder cases in the history of the
South. Because of the prominence
3f the victim and the popularity o!
the defendants in the State of Tennes
see, the case has been watcbed witl
?reat interest not alone in the little
courtroom where the proceeding!
have been going on, but throughout
the country.
Ex-Senator Edward Ward Carmaci
was shot and killed by Robin Coopei
in a street of Nashville on Novembei
J last. The shooting was the outcome
ot scathing editorials which appearec
in The Nashville Tennesseean, o1
which Carmack was editor. These
jditorials attacked the political meth
ads and character of Colonel Duncai
hooper, the father of Robin.
What brought more interest int<
the case was the fact that Colone
Cooper gave Carmack his start ii
public life. Colonel Cooper, after be
Ing mustered out of the Confederal
service, went to live in Columbia. Ii
the same town also resided Carmack
then a young lawyer, doing som<
newspaper work. Seeing the'abilit:
3f the young man Colonel Cooper
then owner of the Nashville Ameri
:an, took Carmack on his paper, mak
ing him chief of the editorial staff.
DIES IN WIFE'S ARMS.
Politician Taken to Her Home bj
Mistake After Voting.
Edwardsville, 111.?Three yeari
igo John Grebel, a merchant here
separated from his wife because sh<
Dpposed his political views. Aftei
dragging himself from bed to vote ii
i primary election, he was carrie<
to her home. She first closed th<
3oor in his face, but on his pleadinj
cry took him in and an hour iater h<
died in her arms.
Grebel was fifty-four years old, an<
all his life had been a partisan. H<
roted the Democratic tick'et regularly
and almost always without chance o
success. *~
DEATH OF WOMAN ORGANIST.
Tifnlncp "PTrvnr Af#A1
k71JLA!VZ) JUUVIWS ?V tuv ?
Starting Communion Music.
St. Louis, Mo.?Mrs. George A
Wheeler, organist of the Gibsoi
Heights United Presbyterian Church
jnded her last communion as she fel
3ead while playing the opening hymi
Df the service. With a smile of greet
[ng to the choir, she had turned t<
the song and started the introductioi
when without a murmur she sanl
lifeless to the floor.
At the same moment Mrs. Wheele;
fell from her seat her daughter Adele
sixteen years old, stepped into th(
choir loft to take her place amonf
the singers. The daughter, believing
tier mother had fainted, helped t<
carry her into the pastor's study.
Farm Exports Reduced.
Of the approximately $500,000,001
reduction in the country's foreigi
commerce in 1908. compared witl
that of the preceding year, nearl:
$400,000,000 was in the trade accus
tomed to pass through Atlantic ports
New Blow at Missouri Railroads.
The Attorney-General of Missour
In a statement issued at Jeffersoi
City says that the State will take ac
tion at once to stop Missouri rail
roads from owning and operating coa
mines.
Newsy Paragraphs.
The price of copper metal declinec
to the lowest point it has touched ir
abov t a year.
Hereafter the English languagf
will be taugnt in an me ijuuui
schools of Guatemala.
Sir James Grant, vice-regal physi
;iau in Canada, said the most impor
Lant question in North America was
the utilization of general sewage, fol
[owing Japan's example.
An investigator said Italian emi
^ration officials did not watch care>
fully where the country's criminali
iveDt.
I
4 ^bercdjertbe. w
i j quiet hpoi^ij
RESURRECTION.
Little brown buds on the tips of the trees,
Swaying about in the icy-cold breeze,
"Wrapped up so tightly you scarcely can
freeze,
j Are ye the heralds of Spring?
' Little brown bulba buried de^p in the
ground,
Sending your leaves through the clods that
suround,
Quietly working, with never a sound,
Blooms to perfection bring.
f
if Little brown chrysalide, hidden from sight,
Waiting for sunshine's beneficent might,
Soon to burst forth into radiance bright,
Gladsome as bird on the wing!
I Dearly loved sleepers, laid down. in the
earth!
Buried with you all our light-hearted
mirth!
Ye, too, are waiting a glorious birth,
' Christ's Resurrection to sing.
t Kim nf Tf iVV>t pnncnpao eViinn
3 through our gloom!
Teach us that Life only sleeps in the
tomb.
Soon to awake in more glorious bloom.
Since Thou hast vanquished
Death's sting.
Shine in our hearts, blessed Sunlight ol
love.
Lighten our darkness, as earth-lights re
move,
Waiting Thy promise to come from above,
Joyfully Springtime to bring!
?A. M. L., in London Christian.
Oar Unconscious Influence.
Are there not many persons who
find in the theatre precisely that kind
of recreation and rest which is most
useful for the discharge of their dailj
work?
"It may he," said Mr. Spurgeon,
I "but I don't know any of them. You
see, I live in a world apart from all
these things, and so do my people^
We'argue this way: Granting it perfectly
safe and profitable for mysell
to go to the theatre; if I go, a great
number of those will go to whom it
will do positive harm. I will not be
responsible for alluring by my example
into temptation, which but for my
self-indulgence they would entirely
escape.
"I will give you an instance of how
I this works out. When I go to Mon
I aco. the erounds of the sramblins: hell
t there are the most beautiful in the
i world. I never go Dear them, and
why? Not because there is any dan3
ger of my passing through the gar
J dens to the gambling tables. No; but
a friend of mine once related the fol3
lowing incident to me:
H " 'One day Mr. Blanc met me, ?nd
t asked me how it was I never entered
? his grounds. "Well, you see," I said,
3 "I never play, and as I make no returns
whatever to you, I hardly feel
I justified in availing myself of the ad3
vantage of your grounds." "You make
- a great mistake," said Mr. Blanc. "If
it was net for you and other respect'
able persons who come to my grounds
I should lose many of the customers
1 who attend my gambling saloons. Do
3 not imagine that because you do not
' play yourself yen do not by your pres-',
t ence in my grounds contribute materially
to my revenue. Numbers of
1 persons who would not have thought
c of entering my establishment feel
1 themselves perfectly safe in following i
j you into my gardens, and thencd to
J the gambling table, the transition is
' easy.'"
5 "After I heard that," continued
' Mr. Spurgeon, "I never went near the
1 gardens. And the same argument
applies to tne tueaires. ?ran mail
j Gazette.
| The Higher and Lower Criticism;
j "There came wise men from the
, East to Jerusalem, saying, Where ia
He that is born King of the Jews?
| Fcr we have seen His star. * * *
, [Herod] demanded of them where
Christ should be torn." (Matt. 2':1,
2 and 4).
Here are two inquiries of very
much the same nature, so 'far as
words are concerned. The wise men
and Herod both ask about the child
Jesus, and ask in nearly identical
terms. What is the difference? It
. lies in the motive. The wise men inquire
that they may bring their gold;
Herod inquires that he may kill.
3 There is a reverent, and there is
i, an irreverent, spirit of inquiry. There
5 is a criticism which comes from love,
t and a criticism which comes from
1 lovelessness. There are two reasons
3 why I may wish to study a difficulty;
1 I may want to clear it away, or I may
> want to deepen it. The wise men
2 were the one; Herod was the other.
It is not the subject of inquiry that
3 makes it either good or bad, it is the
i spirit in which it is done. Why do
( you pole over a blot on the manu1
script? 13 it because you want to
take it out, or is it because you hope
it will spoil the writing?
There are things wlufh "the angels
desire to look into;" there may be
students among the angels in all
r worlds. But if I desire to look into a
thing that I may find it dark, if J
wish to investigate on the chancf
j that I may discover a flaw, I belong,
not to the camp of the angels, but tc
j the camo of Herod.?George Mr.theson,
D. D.
I _
j Vanguard of Christ.
) Missionaries in the foreign field are
{ the front rank men in the army of
Christ. Unless we be branded as disr
loyal or cowardly, we. who stand behind
them, are bound to keep them
: well supplied with arms and ammuni>
tion, even though we may not be
> called on personally to fill up the gaps
" > often made in our firine line.?Dr.
Alfred Rowland.
Also True in Religion.
Winston Churchill's recant dictum,
thai "Nobody ought to have everything
till everybody has something." is as
true in the religious as in the economic
sphere, and yields a sufficient
reason for foreign _missions. if there
were no other.?Kev. William H. I
Findlay.
I
. The Real Trouble.
Probably most of the difficulties of
trying to live the Christian life arise
) from attempting to half live it.?
Hturv Drummoud
I Roads to Gridiron Alberta.
The Government, at Alberta, Canada,
guaranteed the bonds on a railway
running from Edmonton to Fort
i McMurray on the Mackenzie River,
! promoted by a Kansas City capitalist,
at $20,000 a mile. The Government
also guarantees 850 miles of Can
adian Northern Railway branch lines
i and 5 00 of Canadian Pacific branch
lines, all in Alberta, at $14,000 a
mile. The total aid given to railways
. in Alberta at one session of the Legis.
lature was $27,500,000 in bond guar!
antee. The intention is to gridiron
the province with railways.
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMEXTS
FOR APRIL 25.
Subject: The .Gospel in Antiocli, Actg
11:19-30; 12:23?Golden Text,
Acts 11:26?Commit Verses 22,
2:??Commentary on the Lesson.
TIME?A. D. 42, 43. PLACE.?
Antiocb.
EXPOSITION.?I. Great Revival
at Antioch, 19-21. It took years for
them tf> learn that the Gospel wa3 for
men of every nati?n. But while these
early Christians had not as yet
learned all things, they bad learned
some things well: (1) what to preach
?"the Word;" (2) how to preach?
"speaking the Word" (R. V.). They
just talked the truth in a natural, unstilted,
conversational way. (3) Wbc
ought to do the preaching?the :ank
and file of the church, for "they that
were scattered abroad" were not the
apostles (comp. ch. 8:1). God had
led on step by step; first, Jews, then
Samaritans, then Jewish proselytes
but at last genuine Gentiles. The
first missionaries to the heathen were
just ordinary lay Christians, win bad
gotten so full of the truth as it is in
Jesus that they could no longer follow
the slow lead of the authorities
in the church, but were forced to
break the bonds of Jewish prejudice
and narrowness and speak out to the
perishing Gentiles. The movement
was of God and soon carried the
whole church with it. The word for
preaching in v. 20 is not the same as
in v. 19. It means "telling good tidings."
Those good tidings which
they told are summed up in three
words?"the Lord Jesus." They did
not expend their strength in attacking
heathen superstitions and immoral
practices. They told the good news
of salvation in Jesus Christ. There is
no proof that these men bad the hand
of bishops, presbytery or council upon
them, but they had "the hand of the i
Lord with them." The great secret |
r,t 4a Vifiro I
01 success in uunsimu nuia ID uvi<.
indicated. The outcome of the
hand of the Lord being with
them was, "a great number believed
and turned unto the Lord." Statements
similar to this abound in the
Acts (v, 24; 2:47; 4:4; 5:14; 6:7;
9:31, 35, 42; 12:24, etc., etc.). We
would do well to ask why the Gospel
does not make the same uniform
headway to-day. The answer, in part
at least, is suggested in Acts 2:42;
6:4; Acts 1:8; 8:4. The faith of
those converts in Antioch proved its
genuineness by its effect ? they
"turned unto the Lord." What is
meant by turning unto the Lord is indicated
by 1 Thess. 1:9; Acts 26:18,
20. We have in these verses a very
clear setting forth of God's part, the
worker's part, and the convert's part.
In repentance and conversion. The
workers preached the word, the Lord
Jesus (vs. i?, cm).
II. Barnabas Follows Up the
Work, 22-24. As' soon as tidings of
the Gentile revival at Antioch reached
Jerusalem there was great interest
there. They sent one of their best
men to investigate and co-operate.
"He was a good man." It is far more
Important that a man be good than
that he be brilliant if he is to edify
young converts. He was also "full of
the Holy -Ghost." He was also "full
of faith," and no man that is not need
undertake the work of instructing
and developing young converts, especially
converts, from heathenism so
dark as that in Antioch. He was free
from the love of gold (ch. 4:36, 37).
He was free from personal ambition
and jealousy in his work (vs. 25, 26).
He was very sharp-eyed to see the
sincerity and promise of a young convert
(ch. 9:27!). "When he was
come, and had seen the grace of God,
was glad." Barnabas was in sympathy
with Gad and His work. It is sad
to say that not a few who see the
grace of God wrought through other
hands than their own, are mad, and
try to belittle it. Note the character
of the working of God's grace fn Antioch:
it was a grace that could be
"seen." We need more of this visi
ble grace in our churches to-day. war- i
riabas knew just what to do. Exhor- I
tatlon was Barnabas' forte (ch. 4:36,
R. V.). His exhortation was precisely
that which should be given to all
young converts. It is not enough to
"turn unto the Lord," they must
"cleave unto the Lord" or continue
in the Lord. This must be done with
"purpose of heart." There is always
much in the way of persecution or
worldly allurements of one kind or
another to draw a young convert
away from the Lord, and unless they
cleave to Him with fixedness of purpose,
there is little hope.
III. The Ministry of Barnabas and
Saul at Antibch, 23-30. Barnabas
showed his largeness of spirit in still 1
another way. He said to himself, I
"This is just the place for Saul. I
will go get him." For a whole year
Barnabas and Saul worked together
in Antioch, and their work was greatly
blessed. Their ministry consisted I
_ cvef om n t ip inrii]- I
largely in icavuiuj,, ,nikv.u?..v
cation of revealed truth. The disciples
got at this time the name by
which they are beat known since?
Christians. The name was given to
them by others (perhaps in contempt,
cf. ch. 26:28; 1 Pet. 4:16). It was
a glorious name and they clung to it.
The real prophetic gift was manifested
in the church (vs. 27, 28; cf.
ch. 21:10, 11). The self-sacriflcin^ j
love of this young but rapidly grow- I
ing Gentile church in Antioch to their
Jewish brethren in Judea is very
touching. No sooner did they hear
of the hard times coming than they
determined to send relief "unto the
brethren that dwelt in all Judea."
Taft Interests King Victor.
Edmun^ Billings, of Massachusetts; I
Samuel Pariah nf Npw Vnrk- fMtv and I
William Hooper and Nelson Gay, of
Boston, who have been engaged in
distributing American relief to the
Calabrian and Sicilian earthquake
sufferers, were received in private
audience bf King Victor Emmanuel,
at Rome. The King showed much
interest in the assumption by William
H. Taft of the duties of the Presidency.
Prenchcd of Death; It Came. '
"No one of you can tell at what |
hour death will come," said the pas- i
tor of tUe Presbyterian Church at
Poland, Ohio, in opening his sermon, i
Hardly had he spoken the words
when Mrs. Matilda Williams fell from I
her seat, dead of heart trouble. > The j
service was brought to a close with a
prayer by the pastor.
i
Oldest Iowa Resident Dead.
At Des Moines. Iowa, Mrs. Ruth
McPherson, who died at the advanced
age of 102 years, was the oldest person
in Iowa, and was born in Tevson
Countly, Virginia. August 22, 1907. f
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OUR TEMPcRANCE COLUMNTH
REPORTS OF PROGRESS OP THlljJ
BATTLE AGAINST KUM.
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"No! No!" M
There's a very small word, but some folks^JH
are so weak, "
That they find it a terrible hard one to^H|
speak; BB
Though one syllable only, at tipes theyMB
are slow,
When asked, "Will you just take a drinkf^^^B
to say "No!" fl^Hj
There's many a drunkard who reels througbj^B
the street, ' J
With jrnin all on fire and with staggering^^H
Who would never have looked such a pic-^BH
ture of woe I I
If, when first asked to drink, he had boldly^HE
said "No!" H
Some say "No!" so faintly, we cannot but^^H
guess,
That N. 0, in their ccse means Y, E, S,BB
If we d live sober lives, we decision should
show, ^H|
And reply in .fiim tones, unmistakably,HI
"No!" SHH
Now, all who aTe here, heed the word,^H|
though so small.- \
When invited to drink, you'll be safe from^H
its thrall, 9^B
And onward in health and prosperity go,
Protected and savfed by one syllable, aN<JI*',^BB
Inside Information. KB
Rev. M. C. Hawks, D. D., dropped
into a car seat with a good looking,.
but flashily dressed man. He got^B
into conversation with him, and final- ^B
ly, discovering that he was a travel-BH
ing man, asked:'
"What is your line?" H
"Liquors." SB
ocqu vvcoi;
"Yes." HH
"Travel any in prohibition States?^
"Oh, yes." j. mm
"I presume the'honest truth is yoa HB
sell about as much liquor in prohibition
States as in any other?" I
''Not much, we don't." W
f"Oh, come now?you know better. B|
Of course, you do not want to giro
away your friends. The fellows are |H
doing an illegitimate business, of H
course, and you ought not .to \tell of
it, but you quite likely feell nearly as
much liquor in Kansas and the prohi- H|
bition counties of other States, as yoa HI
do in license States." ^9
"Well, not on your life; I do not
I'll sell more whisky in three cities?
in Wisconsin than I did in all the
the prohibition States where I hare
been. It stands to reason that a customer
of ours is not going to lay ln'avery
large stock of our goods when &
State officer can come in any day and
take his goods and pour them into
the gutter. He'd.be a fool to do it,
and we don't ^xpect it. If this pro- '
hlbition nonsense goes much further'
I'll be out of a job. What's your
line?"
"I'm a Methodist preacher."
"Well, elder, I'm not going to takeit
back now, because it is true. If I
had known you were a minister, of
that church especially, I might have
spoken with more caution, but It Is,
nevertheless, true what I said. T
will sell more whisky right here in
Wisconsin in three cities than I could
possibly sell in three of the prohibition
States, with the exception of one
city in the West, and that has gone
gone dry lately, and will no longer be-s
a promising field."?American Issue,
His Sign Down.
A* disheveled man. ihuch the worse
fo.r liquor, staggered out of a Maine
"speak-easy" and laboriously propped
himself against the door. For a while
he owlishly surveyed me passere-oy.
Suddenly his foot slipped and he collapsed
in a heap on the sidewalk. A
moment later and he was snoring. .
A hurrying pedestrian paused, reflectively
surveyed the fallen man for
a few seconds, and then poked hi?
head in .the door. "Oh,
Frank," he.called. "Frank.
Come out here a minute."
Presently the proprietor of the*
joint, smoking a fat cigar, emerged.
He blinked in the bright sunlight.
"Hello, Hud," he said, pleasantly.
"What's up?" <
Hud jerked his thumb toward the !
slumberer on the sidewalk.
"Yer sign has fell down," he ex?
plained, and briskly resumed hiswalk
uptown.?Everybody's Magazine.
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Berlin's Booze.
A German physician, Dr. Hirsch*
field, has been computing the quantity
of alcoholic drink consumed in
Berlin. Berlin possessed three years
ago 12,892 drinking shops?one for
610 inhabitants?in addition to 301
where wine only is sold. During the
period the Berliners consumed 438,939,532
litres of beer, 24,704,525
litres of brandy and 19,956,062 litres
of wine. This works out an annu&L
average consumption a head of ther
population of 236% litres of alcoholic
drink, at a cost of 100 marks,
a mark being one shilling. As the-,'
average income of the Berliners, including
women and children, is about
6S3 marks, it may be said that the
Berliner spends a seventh part of his
income in intoxicating drinks.?Lond~n
Globe.
The Young Man Who Drinks.'
The time is coming fast, indeed .
has already arrived, in our commercial
life, when a young man who has
habits of intemperance is narrowing
very rapidly the possible range of
openings in which he may make a
living.
Across the Years.
There must be no bargains, no
compromises, no trades. We must
close up our ranks, keep step with
the music of "Home, Sweet Home,"
and press forward to certain victory.
?John B. Finch, 18S7.
Train the Moral Sense.
The victory for total abstinence
can come not by legislative enactment
alone, but by the training of the
moral sensa of individuals, until they
make ud their minds that, for their
own sake and the sake of others,,
they will resolutely abstain from
I'quor. The laws of man may closfr
the doors of the saloons; only a new
heart, awake to the requirements of
he Lord Jesus Christ, can drive out
lust and appetite.?Forward.
A Hard Pair to Beat.
The Liquor Dealers' Club of Chi*
cago, at a recent meeting, declared
that to beat temperance reform, it
will be necessary to drive the ministers
and the women out of the fight.
"If the minister preaches prohibition
in ;he pulpit; if women, as in Philadelphia,
will march the streets, singing
"Onward, Christian Soldiers,' *
there's no force that can beat a fight
like that." *
A wry face may be made1 cheaper
than a rye face, and is more easily
cured.