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CHAPTER XIX. 12
Continued.
The gallant officer was by no means
fond of talking, and Enid certainly
gave him no encouragement to continue
the exercise, for she looked
colder than usual, and only replied to
his polite speeches by monvsyllables.
Nevertheless, the young man was
nothing daunted. His conceit was
piqued by this girl's determined resistance
to his offer of friendship, and
he admired her more than any specimen
of her sex he had ever met.
Enid, finding she could not get rid
of him or his compliments, relapsed
into proud silence. Finally, he stood
still and faced her, putting a hand on
her arm.
CHAPTER XX.
The Captain Leaves.
The evening dusk was creeping on,
for their waik had taken some time,
and Enid could see that the young
man's face was fixed and rather disor?rl
hnfnro cVid hnr? fimp to
ctuv* ivi v w -think
more, he was pouring out vows
of love, and finished by asking: her tc
be his wife.
She stood very silent till he had
finished, and then coldly and politely
refused his offer.
"But I don't understand you!" exclaimed
Roger Leicester, angrily.
Could his ears have heard aright?
"I thought I made it clear. I thank
you for your offer, Captain Leicester,)
but I must beg to refuse it."
"On what grounds, Miss Leslie?"
"Surely you do not need me to go
further into the question. I am distressed
you have asked me, Captain
Leicester; I dislike giving pain, but
I must refuse."
"And I won't take your refusal!"
Ihe young man exclaimed, beside himEelf
with injured pride and disapnnlrtmont
"Vftn milCt hp Tt1V WifP.
pnid!" " I
"Must!" She drew herself up with
& gesture of indignation, then drawing
back a little, she said, quickly, "I
must request you to leave me, Capfain
Leicester; I prefer to be alone."
The young man glared at her for a
few seconds, then with a smothered
exclamation strode forward, caught
her suddenly in his arms and kissed
her several times.
Enid uttered a cry, and as he released
her and went hurriedly away,
she sunk down on the ground and
burst into tears just as some one else,
who had been walking up the avenue,
hearing her cry, jumped on to the
sidewalk and saw her thus plunged
in her distress.
"Miss Leslie! Good heavens!
,What has happened? Are you hurt?"
j Gervais bent down and lifted7the
girl to her feet.
Enid was weeping bitterly.
"How dare he! How dare he!"
she said, thinkiug only of the insult
and not realizing anything else.
"Some one has insulted you; who
It it?" the earl said, gravely, standing
beside her and conscious that a
strange mixture of .tenderness and
anger was struggling in his heart.
Enid grew a little calmer and dried
hor ovoc with trfimhlinf hnnHc
"It is nothing, Lord Derriman," she
murmured faintly. ,ri. ->
Gervais waited a mement.
"I am afraid I can't accept that
statement. I think I am like Darius
of old, who refused to take a falsehood,
even from the lips of a weeping
woman."
*" She answered him quickly.
"You are right?I spoke falsely; it
was something that made me cry,
- Lord Derriman. But?but let it pass,
please. 1 was foolish and unnerved
at first; now?"
"Now you have handed the affair
to my keeping, and leave me to settle
it," he ended very quietly. "Now,
w^g.t has happened ?"
r"Enid hesitated a moment before
she spoke, then cvttin? out her hr.cc!,
she said with a tiny tremor in her
voice:
"I can not thank you enough, Lord
Derriman, for your Wndness. Believe
me, I?I am grateful, but I cannot
tell you the cause of my tears.
I?I have very good reasons. I am
only sorry that you should have been
here just now."
"I will not press the matter further,
since it gives you pain, Miss Leslie.
I will only tell you that you need
fear no mo'-e insults from the gentleman
who was with you just now."
Enid started and colored deeply.
"Then you?you saw?"
He smiled, drew her hand through
his arm, and led her slowly up the
avenue.
"I have this very moment caught
sight of Captain Leicester leaving the
path and going up to the house, and
60 I conjecture I have found the man
I seek. We will say nothing of this,
Miss Leslie; let it be a little secret;
but if there is a spark of manliness
or honor in that cub I will rouse it."
Enid stood still and looked up at
bim hurriedly, her face looking deli
v:ait: auu iu\ci> iu iiti a^iiciuuu.
"Please, Lord Derrimau, do not
cay?"
"Your name shall not be mentioned,"
he said,divining her thoughts
easily; "rest assured." And then they
walked in silence up to the front entrance
and there separated.
As they sat down to dinner, however,
Dulcie Lowe, who was tired and
cross, made a discovery.
. "Captain Leicester is late again.
We ought to institute a fine, Lord
Derriman."
Gervais looked down at her from
the head of the table.
"T d~n't thin!: i: v:i3I be needed,
Miss Lowe, as Leicester has left us."
"Lef*-us!" exclaimed Lady Lowe
and Dulcie in the same breath.
"Yes. Got a wire from Sir George
this afternoon, so he had to go quickly.
He had no time to say good-by
to any one."
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Dorothy had sent her husband ?
away. ,
Her lieart was throbbing wildly, j
but the pain was not neuralgia or any j
other bodily ailment; the throbbing
came from the mind?an excited,
overheated, madly wrathful mind. ]
Laxon's letter had been intended to j
alarm her so terribly that she would (
be forced into granting him all he ^
asked, from the shock and surprise as ^
well as fear.
Laxon bad fixed tne wooas xor meir ^
meeting, and she had to make her g
plans carefully. It was a great risk, "j
How was she' to get there and hack
without being discovered?
She left the study by the long
French window. The night was dark,
and she was soon on the lawn in front
of the house; from thither she got
noiselessly across to the paths she
had to take.1 . /
Any woman might well have been
nervous and timid of that dark, weird
walk; but Dorothy had no fear. She
glanced neither to the right nor the
left, but walked on quickly?so
quickly that her heart beat to suffocation
and a sharp pain came in her
side.
She passed the tennis court, on and
on, till she came to the rose garden?
now a dead and withered wilderness
?and turned her face down to the
woods.
A little way from the gates she
sioppea. v
"Hist!" she breathed, rather than (
spoke, j
A footstep answered her, and the E
voice she loathed came to her ears. }
"All right, Dolly; I'm here. Ah! I ?
thought you'd bring an answer to my ?
note!" i
CHAPTER XXI. 1
The Dagger For George. 1
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As he spoke George Laxon lounged {
carelessly forward; it was too dark to j
see his face, but Dorothy guessed well ^
that there was a look of triumph on (
it. i
"So this is how you keep your oath, r
It it, George Laxon?" she began in a ^
whisper that was hoarse from fatigue ^
and agitation. "This is your promise j
to go to Australia and let the secret t
of my past be buried? You wring t
my money from me and think that I g
shall submit; but you are mistaken,"
sne added, nerceiy. a Dargain is a t
bargain, and as you have broken your c
share, so will I break mine!"
Laxon took the cigar from his lips, T
and shook off the ash deliberately. ^
"Softly, Lady Derriman," he said in
smooth tones; "we ain't come to talk- a
in' about breakin' bargains just yet. c
I've got something more to say to you
what'll put a different light on things, s
I dare say." t
Dorothy passed her delicate lace- F
edged handkerchief over her cold g
lips; there was a sinister touch in his a
manner and in his words. a
"What does all this mean?" asked j.
Dorothy, in the same hard, dry fash- f
ion; her hands, burning as with fever,
were clinched tightly together. She ,
shivered every now and then from the c
violence of the tempest that raged t
in her heart. "Come to the point at t
once!" r
"Very well, then, I will!" Laxon a
flung his cigar away, and folded his s
arms across his b~east. ".The point c
o' the matter is just this, Dolly; I've ^
a mind to be somebody, and you've r
got to make me that somebody! a
Money don't give me all I want. I j.
look forrard to the day when I shall r
be at 'ome in the same place as you v
is now; as I should have been if I'd.
been yer husband. You've got a home t
'ere, and many others besides; the g
earl don't want ycur .things. There's j.
Knebwell; give it to me, and our bar- [
gain's struck." g
Dorothy made no answer.
Laxon waited for an instant, then r
Jiis_eagemess went; he became sav- s
age. "-- s
' Come, give me yer answer. I tell e
you you'll never live in Knebwell
Hall again. You don't want to be e
haunted?do yer? Haunted by your j
i father's ghost?the man as you poisj
oned!"
Dorothy gave a fearful start, and
her hands pressed closer to her heart
and seemed to gather nurnose and o
strength from the contact. a
Laxon moved nearer and nearer. f
"Yes, poisoned!" he went on. "It l
might 'ave been a mistake?oh, of t
course!?but then, you see, there was s
such a good reason. Yer father had I
just cut yer off; he was goin' to leave g
every penny to that young girl, yer i
cousin. Ah! yer little thought I was i
so near?but I was. I hid just out- t
side the winder, and I heard every v
word. The old man wasn't very nice f
?was he? And he hit hard. I see 1
your face change as he spoke, and r
then, as he got bad and seemed like t
faintin', I see you pour out that lau- c
danum and give it to him. Now,
perhaps, you'll .go to your husband
and tell him what yer are?a murderess
an' a?c
Dorothy gave a choking exclama- v
tion?her right hand left her breast, ci
She struck at him suddenly and 7io- t
lently, rage and passion lending her 8
strength, and Laxon, with one sharp I
cry, staggered back and stumbled to s
the ground in a heap. s
It was the work of a moment. c
Dorothy stood motionless, hearing a
nothing but her heart beat with those 1
I horrible thuds in her ears. Then her (
j fingers unclosed, and the dagger I
| Roger Leicester had given her c
j dropped on the grass and weeds at s
' her feet. I
CHAPTER XXII.
A Murder. .
I *
Enid was crossing the hall to the ;
large staircase. A dark figure glided \
j from a corner and went rapidly up (
before her. The figure never turned,
j but hurriedly unlocked the countess'
j door and entered. It. was Dorothy , a
i p = ; ??!?. Enid went swiftly down tbs 1 c
)assage and knocked. At first thcra j
vas no answer, but finally Dorothy, (
)ale and disheveled, opened the door, j
Snid tremblingly asked if she could
)e of assistance, but was dismissed
vith a rough "No!"
Dorothy waited with her ear close
igainst the door till the sound of
Snid's soft footsteps had died away. I
She was trembling all over from the j
jffects of excitement, the great fear '
;hat had come upon her in the woods, |
ind lastly by the dread of detection .
vith which she had struggled, on her
stealthy passage back to her room;
vith almost superhuman swiftness
she had thrown off her cloak and
slipped her loose silk peignoir over
aer dark tweed gown, shaking down
ler hair as she did so.
She was careful to stand with the
loor only^partially opened, so that
Enid might not see anything strange
n her appearance, or catch a glimpse
if the thick boots that were wet from
;he moisture of the weeds and grass
;hrough which she had Just come.
Once alone and safe, Dorothy sunk
:or an instant on to an ottoman that
itood at the foot of the bed, and bendng
forward, buried her face in her
lands and tried to calm the fluttering
)f her heart and the trembling in her
imbs; but suddenly she started up,
!or the dim light fell on her right
Dalm, and she noticed for the first j
;ime that a stain of blood was
smeared on it, left there from the
moment of finding the wound in
Faxon's arm. She rubbed her hand
'everishly with her handkercmer, ana i
hen went hurriedly to her dressing I
*oom and held it under a running j
iteam of water, having first thrown I
he piece of cambric and priceless lace i
.0 be devoured by the fire.
She shuddered every now and j
;hen with a long-drawn shudder of j
lorror. It was a wise precaution she |
lad taken in shutting Gervais and her ,
naid from the room, for assuredly j
ierv condition would have provoked j
nuch alarm and many questions. |
Shivering as if struck by some sudden i
shill, Dorothy crouched down by the 1
5re and tried to gather warmth and !
itre'ngth from it, but the strain on her :
nental powers had been so great that j
>he could not control herself, and in
sheer desperation she rose to have 1
ecourse to other aids.
By the earl's orders, Virginie had j
jrought up a dainty tray, with some
ulirtortw waa "ho^lr hnrnfviv'o truant j
cvy nvu uwv,n juviwi.aj u umuv |
ippetlte, and a small bottle of chamjagne,
which Gervais had sent up, ,
laving heard from Lady Lowe that it
vas so good for neuralgia. This Dor- j
)thy had despised, simply bidding i 1
/irginie leave it and not return; but [
low it came as a friend to succor her. i
iVith feverish, trembling hands she ! .
ried to unfasten the cork, and, find* I
ng her fingers powerless, she struck >
he neck off against the marble man- !
le pillars and drank the bubbling
;olden liquid without drawing breath.
The effect was almost instan- I
aneous. Of late Dorothy had had re- ]
:ourse to brandy and other stimuants,
and the exhilarating wine ran 1
vith strengthening fire through her ,
reins. j
Her courage gradually stole back, ?
.nd something like self-disgust and i
nn+omr-?f Vtar Vioarf I
uuicuj^t ua&u uv* uvm? v>
"I am a weak fool!" she mused '
harply. "If I go on like this, I shall 1
ie soon discovered by my own stuildity.
After all, why should the '
ight of blood alarm me? It was only ,
i scratch, and he is a coward and I .in
safe now. I feel I shall be rid of ]
lim. Six thousand a year! It is a i
ortune, but it is worth his silence." '
She swept to and fro and laughed
rith triumph as she caught a glimpse :
if herself, and saw that the color was
tack in her cheeks and the firmness (
o her bearing; then she took off her j
ieignoir and removed the gown, ex? '
mining it deliberately to see that no <
tain of blood was on it,' or on the |
loak either; this done, she threw the j '
Iress down carelessly for her maid to j ]
emove and brush and hung the cloak ! :
.way in a cupboard; then she drew ! (
ler peignoir round her again, pulled j j
tp a chair to the fire and sunk into it j
vith a sigh of fatigue. . 1
" i? ? -vii J i w .1, ? ' i
"fie swore uy me umiu; sue mmered,
gloomily, as she gazed into the 1
flowing red embers, "and this oath
le will keep sacred, for he loves her. I J
must write him in the morning, dis- j ]
;uise my hand, so that the inn people
nay not know it, and send or take it j
nyself. Send," she repeated to her- j i
elf. "I can trust Enid. What a i
trange thing that I should trust her, !
iven while I hate her."
She leaned her head back and her !
lyelids drooped; the wine was mak- !
ng her drowsy. (J
To be Continued.
_
Jamacian Cotton. ,
Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Department )
f Agriculture, reports that cotton of i
. primitive type, collected by Proessor
N; L. Britton and Mr. William
larris in coastal thickets in the ex- J
reme southern part of Jamaica,
eems to be undoubtedly a wua piant. |
t resembles a type of cotton which |
;rows wild on the Florida Keys. The :
nterest of the discovery lies largely I :
n the suggestion of Prof. Britton
hat this cotton may prove very vallable
for breeding purposes, cince it
urnishes a new point of departure. J
The existence of wild cotton in Jaaaica
has been affirmed before, but ;
he evidence hitherto has not been
onviucing.?Youth's Companion.
Preserving Fish in Paper.
Some interesting experiments in
onncction with the carriage of fcsh
vere recently made by M. Alfred Golles,
president of the fishery scction of
he Brussels Chamber of Commerce,
loles caught by Ostend boats off the
'ortuguese coast were packed in a
pecial vegetable paper, and alter '
t~~Jm r.n **rwl {r? miioll lioffpi* !
uuja ?*% ?uuvM ,
ondition, as regards both freshness
<nd flavor, thnn those packcd in ico.
.'his paper was recommended at the
)stend Fishery Congress of 1907 by
lerr Soiling, inspector of Danish lish- I
Ties. It coctu little and takes up but j
mall space.?Harper's Weekly.
Try If on the Dog. I|
"Cullivatw a picr.sant tune of voice |
>7 practicing on the dog," saya a j
iansas man. ' He doesn't care eo
iiucli what you say, but he is very
articular, how you say it."?Kansas
;:ty Journal.
Confucius: "The superior man !?
low ia his VDi n3 ?.tii -ivmM in ills
onduct." i
ffiit
San&aii-^cfiool?
IXTErtNATIQ'NAL LESSON COM- I
MENTS FOR AUGUST 8
I
Subject: Paul's Instructions to the j
Tliessalonians, 1 Thess. 5:12-24
?Golden Text: 1 Thess. 5:15?
~ Commit Verses 1C-18.
TIME.?A. D. 52.
PLACE.?Corinth.
EXPOSITION.?I. Christian Conduct
Toward Those Who Are Over
Them in the Lord, 12, 13. Paul was
an apostle and had the authority of
an apostle, but he was absolutely
free from the domineering, spirit. He
besought men rather than commanded
them (cf. ch. 2:6, 7). His example
is worthy of consideration and
imitation by all ecclesiastical rulers
to-day. While all believers are brethren,
it is the appointment of God
that some be "over" others. The
duty of those who are "over" others
is to labor among them (the word for
labor" Is a very strong word; it
means not merely to work, but to
work hard) and to admonish them.
Those whom they admonish are under
obligation to esteem them very
highly (R. V.) in love for their
work's sake.
n. Christian Conduct Toward All
Men at All Times, 14, 15. The "disorderly"
(particularly those who
would not work, cf. 2 Thess. 3:6, 11;
1 Thess. 4:11), they should "admonish,"
"the faint-hearted" they should
"encourage," "the weak" (those spiritually
weak) they should "support."
The word for "support" is a very expressive
one. It means to take hold 1
of so as to support (cf. Gal. 6:1, 2; \
Ro. 15:1; 1 Cor. 9:22). "Long suf- i
fering toward all." "There is no believer
who needs not the exercise of
Datience "toward" him: there is none !
to whom a believer should not show
It." Under no circumstances must we
pay back the evil that any other man
does us (cf. Ro. 12:17; 1 Pet. 3:9;
2:23; Luke 23:34; Acts 7:60). We
should "always, follow after (as a
matter of eager pursuit) that which
is good, one toward another," and not
only so, but "toward all," even the
bitterest infidel and persecutor.
in. The Will of God, 16-18.
Three things every believer should do
all the time?rejoice, pray and give
thanks, this is God's will in Christ
Jesus to usward. A Christian should
rejoice every day and every hour (cf.
Phil. 4:4, 6; Rom. 14:17; 12:12;
Acts 5:415 Jas. 1:2). A Christian |
should, pray, not intermittently, but |
constantly. Every day should be a !
"day of prayer" (cf. Eph. 6-18) Phil.
4:6). Only as he prays without ceasing
will the Christian rejoice always,
[n everything, absolutely everything,
should the Christian give thanks (cf.
Eph. 5:20). '{
IV. Entire Sanctification, 19-24.
When any one receives the Holy
Spirit he receives a holy fire (cf.
Matt. 3:11; Acts 2:3>2 Tim. 1:6, R.
V., Marg.). This fire should not be
quenched. We quench this fire in
ourselves by not yielding to the fire
that burns within. We quench this
Are in others when we throw cold
water upon them as they seek to obey
the prompting of the Holy Spirit.
Some in Thessalonica thought lightly
Df the utterances of others who spoke
under the Holy Spirit's influence. Yet
they must not accept every man's
claim to speak by the^Spirit. They
should "prove all thing?' (cf. 1 Jno.
4:1). They should seek to find out
whether the claim was true or false.
Every claim to speak by the Spirit
3hould be tested by a comparison
with the teachings of the written
word (cf. Isa. 8:20; Acts 17:11; Gal.
1:8, 9). No man's claim to authority
and infallibility should be aceeptsd
merely because he makes the
ilaim. That which stands the test
and is found to be good we should
"hold fast" (cf. Luke 8:15, R. V.; 1
Cor. 11:2, R. V.; Heb. 2:1). On the
Dther hand, tbat which proves bad,
"every form of evil" 6R. V ), should
k^v nWolnfl/l f r?r\m HPhia twPTlHpt.ll
L/C auoiatugu b ?
perse is constantly misinterpreted to
mean to abstain from all appearance
Df doing evil if we can without doing
actual evil in order to avoid the mere
appearance of doing evil (cf. 2 Cor.
S: 20, 21). Nevertheless it is not the
outward appearance, but the heart
and its purposes at which God looks
(cf. 1 Sam. 16:7; Luke 16:15). Man
consists of three parts, the spirit, received
directly from God and linking
him to God (cf. Gen. 2:7; 1 Cor. 15:
45); the soul, i. e., the animal soul
(cf. Jude 19, R. V., and Marg. and
Greek), and the body. Paul's prayer
[3 that each part of this threefold
rtian be "preserved entire, without
blame." This means the absolute
I srfection of the whole man (cf. Phil.
3:20, 21). When is this absolute
perfection to be attained? "At the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ"
(c?. ch. 3:13; 1 Jno. 3:2). And now
follows, if we take it in its connection,
Dne of the most cheering statements
in the Bible: "Faithful is he that
calleth you, who will also do it." Do
what? Do what Paul has just prayed
?-anctify us wholly and preserve our
spirit and soul and body entire. The
pledge of this is not our faithfulness,
but His. What He has called us to
He Himself will also perfect (cf. Phil.
1:6; Ro. 8:30). "Faithful" means
true to His word. What He has
promised He will do (cf. Jno. 10:2729;
1 Cor. 1:8, 9, 10, 13; 1 Jno. 1:
9). If we would have hearts filled
with hope and strength, we should
look neither at our foes nor at ourselves,
but to our faithful God (cf.
Nu. 13:30; 14:8,9). Never discount
a promise of God, no matter how stupendous
it seems. "Faithful is He,
who also will^do it."
Stop Music After 10 P. M.
City Attorney Anderson has drafted
a law for the apartmeni house
piano, phonograph, accordion and fiddle,
which will also apply to the
apartment house vocalist, songstress
or near sonebird in St. Louis. Under
his bill the lid will be nut on awirt- !
ment house music at 10 p. m., which
[will become a misdemeanor from thai
hour until 7 a. m. Similar laws are
in force in London, Berlin, Paris and
fother European cities. Claude E
Vrooman. owner of apartments,
agrees with the City Attorney.
Kicks Out Dad's Eye.
At Anderson, Ind., George Horde,
fifty years old, is uow totally blind.
He had lost the sight of one eye some
years r o. While asleep in his bed
at lie mo a few evenings ago a little
three-year-old daughter in her play
kicked him in the good eye, causing
injury which destroyed his eyesight.
Voliva Deposed as Zlon Dictator.
Wilbur Glenn Voliva, successor ol
John Alexander Dowie, was deposed
as political dictator of Zion City by
the independent officers elected several
weeks ago. * .... _j 1
THE PULPIT. !
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. H. G. GREENSMITH.
Theme: Limiting Jesas Christ.
Oswego, N. Y.?In the First cap- j
tist Church here, Sunday morning,
the minister, the Rev. Harry Gladstone
Greensmith, preached on "Lim- |
iting Jesus Christ." The sermon
touched upon what he declared to be
the limitations of the Emmanuel
Movement. He also spoke of Chris- i
tian Science. The test was from Matthew
13:58: "And He did not many I
.mighty works there because of their j
unbelief." Mr. Greensmith said, j
among other things:
> Even the Holy One of God, seem- j
ingly, had limitations. He was a
prophet without honor in His own
land. In Christ we find the wisdom
of the ages, the skill of the universe.
He was the "vis medicatrix" of ail
science, religion and medicine. Preeminent
over all, and yet limited.
In Capernaum, per contrary to Nazareth,
. there seems to have been no
limit to the "powers" of Jesus. There
and in adjacent places He had
wrought the 'mightiest miracles
known to the ages. No other man
hafe turned water into wine, or healed
a nobleman's son of palsy. None but i
Jesus has cleaned out devils out ol
the temple of man's soul, or out of i
the visihlp) temnle of God's Kingdom
on earth.
Entering into Jerusalem, His beloved
city, the city which caused the
very nerve centres of His being to
leap with joy, or travail in anguish,
He saw a man impotent for thirtyeight
years. By a word from the'lipa
of this "rejected Nazarene" the man
takes up his bed and goes away rejoicing.
Even here we find limitations.
Christ could do nothing of j
Himself. "I am come in My Father's j
name and ye receive Me not." "The j
Scriptures testify of Me, and yet ye |
will not come unto Me." And here !
we see forthcoming "isms." "If another
come in his own name, him ye |
will receive." And how wild the;
world has gone over Dowie and Mrs, i
Eddy. They set forth a religion in
their own name, and people have gone
wild, and Christ instead of being exalted
has been bowed from His
throne. Eddyism, falsely called ,
"Christian Science," as there is sc |
little of Christ in it, is nothing short j
of idolatry, worse than Mariolatry, j
and Dowielsm, is fast "going unto its 'j
own"?.to its rounder, unrist s pow- t
er Is limited by these two fads.
Entering the temple one Sabbath, j
Jesus meets a man whose right hand |
is withered. "What will He do?"
cries the Scribes. "Will He heal j
him?" the Pharisees ask. And in
spite of them, Jesus shows forth His '
power and commands the man ' to I
stand forth. Then after a quiet talk j
on His sovereignty, He orders the |
man to stretch forth his hand, and he
was immediately healed. This in- j
creased the anger of His adversaries i
to madness, and they plotted how !
they might destroy Him, thus limiting ;
again His powers.
Thus far we have seen Christ's I
power over the lower limbs, in that |
He caused a man to walk for the first i
time in thirty-eight years; to another i
He gives the use of an arm that was
useless; others who on the point of
death He restores to strength. These
exemplify His powers over life, but,
entering the City of Nain, He shows
His power over death. The only son
of a widowed mother is being carried
to the grave. Jesus commands him ;
to arise. And the young man sits up !
and speaks. To another born blind j
He gives sight. Surely such miraculous
deeds ought to have removed all j
unbelief. But, sad to relate, He could j
not do in His own city any mighty i
1? Firon I
wui tt.5 ueuauac ui iu^ikuuuciici.
His own disciples at times manifested
this unbelief, or lack of explicit trust.
John in prison shows this spirit in his
last message. Christ's answer was
not sufficient to" remove , all doubt, !
even when He said: "Go, tell John j
what ye have seen and heard: The '
blind receive their sight, lame walk, j
deaf hear, and the dead are raised," j
etc. And all these doubts, limited the i
Son of God.
In the calling of the twelve we see ;
Christ's limitations. He was sub- i
?ervient to His Father's will, and He |
must have helpers with Him. Every |
step He took He counseled with the ;
Father before taking it.* "And He!
continued all'night in prayer to God. j
And when it was day He appointed !
twelve, that they might be with Him, i
and that He might send them forth j
to preach, and to have authority to |
heal," cast out demons. "And as He :
came down from the mount a great j
number of people from all sections
came to hear Him and to be healed |
of their diseases. And the multitude j
sought to touch Him, for power came j
forth from Him, and He healed them
all." Now, this power of healing was
given to these new "Christs," or, as
they were afterwards called, "Christians,"
at Antioch. These men received
their new power and went out
under orders. How well they obeyed
is recorded.
They were to be voices of God.
"For it is not ye that speak, but the
Spirit of your Father that speaketh
in you." "I will give you a mouth j
and wisdom, which all your adver- I
saries shall not be able to withstand !
or to gainsay." And they went? j
preached, cast out devils, anointed
with oil those that were sick, healed I
them all.
All power was given .to them which i
Christ had. "I have given you au- j
thority," He said to the seventy.
Peter was rebuked for not using au- '
thority over the waves upon which he !
" L 1 - 11- M AU ^ C ]
attempted to warn. luuu uj. ix.l- ,
tie faith, wherefore didst thou
doubt?"
The disciples were also rebuked be- !
tause their little faith prevented their j
healing the demoniac boy.
Power had been given them, and !
they were rebuked for their failure
to use it, just as much as the onetalent
njan was rebuked.
These brief suggestions lead to the
question: When did the authority
L,lven to tho .disciples end? Why
should there not be direct manifesta- j
tions of the miraculous saving power :
Dver diseases to-day among the disci- !
pies of Christ as in the apostolic days? J
the closing of the canon certainly j
did not close the door of healing.
Another question arises: Why :
should we limit the power of the !
Spirit? Surely the psychical nature
is not greater than the physical?
I am in great sympathy with the
Emmanuel movement. I am reading
ill I can get my hands on about it,
but when I read the wonderful
changes wrought in so many lives, I
isk, Why could not we cast him out?
Why cannot the same mighty vorks
oe wrought in Boston, as were
wrought in Capernaum? Is this not
putting a limitation on the work of
""Mifiot ; Atwl ia nnf this limitation
simply because our faith is so "little,"
md Christ cannot do many mighty
works here because of our unbelief?. .
THE TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA!
CONCERTED ATTACK ON DRINK
WINNING ALL ALONG LINE.
!
Docs Prohobition Prohibit?
Tour article "Does Prohobition j 1
Prohibit?" which depicts a group of i
several lawyers and ex-Judge express- I
ing the horrible evils of prohibition,
makes one wish that at least .pne
more lawyer could have been added
to the group to give from his personal j
knowledge the results of the enforce- j
ment of prohobition in Kansas City, j
Kan. If C. W. Trickett, Assistant j
Attorney-General of Kansas, had been j
present he would have stated the '
facts which appear below, culled from j
one of his speeches, and xwhich I have |
taken the pains to have verified by j
communication direct with his office, t
On June 8, 1906, Mr. Trickett was ;
appointed special Attorney-General ;
for Wyandotte County, which In- i
eluded Kansas City, Kan., a city of i
about 00,000 inhabitants, and Argen- '
tine, a city of about 10,000 inhabi- j
tants.
At that time there were In the J
county 256 open saloons, 200 gam- j
bling dens and sixty houses of social
evil. Of the saloons 210 were in Kansas
City, Kan., twenty-two saloons
were in Argentine and twenty-four
in other localities. Thirty days later I
there was not a saloon in the county. J
Of the 90,000 population in Kan- I
sas City, Kan., a large part were for- I
eigners. It was and is a manufac- ;
turing city and the metropolis of the |
State. Time and again there had been j
outbreaks of the undesirable citizens
burning property, wrecking trains, )
destroying lives. A few months be- 1
fore the city had elected by 2000 ma- ;
jority a Mayor whose platform was
"Damn the Constitution and laws of
the State of Kansas."
When Mr. Trickett was appointed
under instructions to enforce the prohibitory
law in Kansas City, Kan., he
was met by delegation after delegation
of business men to protest
against the closing of the saloons, j
They said if ths saloons were closed | gc
it would stop the city's growth, de- i ai
stroy the business of the merchants, [ q
deplete the deposits of the banks, :
stop the erection of buildings, render |
houses vacant, increase taxation, re- j
duce .the price of real estate, causa | ?
people to go over to Kansas City, Mo., 6
to do their shopping and would ruin ^
the town generally. The delegations f?
were composed of bankers, real estate
men, lumber men and business
Interests and professions generally. "]
Mr. Trickett proceeded to enforce
the law. with the result that the same
men who came to protest now admit .
their mistake and declare that if the ^
State administration ever lets up they fv
will raise any amount of money nec- P.
essary to prevent going back to the *7
old regime." J"
In the first twelve months after ~~
closing saloons the combined deposits ,
of the city banks increased one and 1
a half million dollars. Mr. Trickett
ca
says:
"The real estate man says rents .
are higher than ever before.
"The lumber man says so many new
buildings are being erected that it is vj
almost impossible to supply the de
mand. and this in mid-winter.
"The taxpayer finds that it has put R
nioney into the public treasury instead
of increasing taxes. X,
"The furniture dealer finds that j J?
he is selling more furniture than ever j 11
before. J11
"The timekeeper of one of the
large nacking houses tells me that if UI
the saloons are kept closed they could
afford an increase in wages, because
of the increased efficiency of the men. T1
The shoe man reports likewise.
"Recently Mr. Newton, of the firm b
of Dengel & Newton, stated to me Be
that one astonishing feature of the f1
increase in their line was that it was *a
largely in footwear for women ond j A(
children. Why is it that when the |
saloons are closed the women and |
children buy more shoes?"
Here are some of the effects on
crime:
Reduced expense of criminal prose- ,
cutions more than $25,000 per year. '
Smaller police force required, making
another saving of $25,000.
The criminal docket in District
Court shows that before the saloons j jn
were closed it required six or more j w,
weeks to try criminal cases. Since I jj(
closing the saloons no term has ex- I je
ceeded three weeks. 0j
Before the saloons were closed I
there were from ten to thirty in the : B0
police court every morning.. Since j
tnen very few arrests. On Septem
ber ll, iauo, me oiai icpwnw aiJ
not a single arrest had been made in
twenty-four hours.
In the fall of 1906 a carnival was
given with 50,000 persons gathered on
in the heart of the city and parading f0
the streets. There was no drunken- th
ness, no picking of pockets, no row- ta
dyism. ca
No longer need for a detective to
force: thieves and burglars followed er
the saloon out of the city. en
In January, 1907, the police Judge is)
of Argentine said: "There is not one th
case now where there were fifteen be- gr
fore." go
Formerly from fifteen to twenty |
young men were sent from Wyan- I th
dotte County to the reformatory. I Br
With the saloons closed Wyandotte
County sent only two prisoners in a
year.
What was done in Kansas City
could be done in New York City. The bo
same problems of lawless element w]
and foreign population were met w<
thpre as would be encountered here, ro
Prohibition may not prohibit, but tri
regulation does not seem to regulate, fa
No law ever passed is more persist- | by
ently and flagrantly violated than the tic
high license Raines law.?Alfred L. he
Maniere, in the New York Evening ar
Sun. he
ge
Temperance Kotes.
First, the man takes a drink; then
the drink takes a drink; then the
drink takes the man. gv
City officials believe that in future Gc
Chicago's income from saloon licenses Yc
will never fall below 57,000,000 a an
year. Rc
Arkansas' law prohibiting the
drinking of intoxicants on trains in
flie State or on station platforms,
though framed rrly to put down row- W]
dyism, will materially affect the busi- aIj
ness of the buffet car. ,
All the high class magazines now
refuse liquor advertising, Harper's
being the last to join the ranks.
The strange commentary upon the pU
claim that Prohibition is an enemy nc
of hotels is found in the fact that the pi
annual convention of the National co
Association of Hotel Men was held In ya
Atlanta, Ga., on May 13. is
From this time forth, the man who ty
makes mere temperance addresses Pr
will be rated as a good-natured, un- aI:
conscious traitor to our cause; and m
the man who is too broad to be true oc
will be rated as our most dangerous *?
enemy.?Professor Aaron S. "Wat* ?c
kins. i "l'
ci<
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/or my dally range I
A'VifSniono th? frteajanf fields J$\
rVVof rtoly Wrif T mifthr despair.*}/
~TemJS??Ji>
tXV?
THE STRAY LAMB.
A little lamb went straying
Among the hills one day,
Leaving its faithful shepherd,
Because it loved to stray;
And while the sun shone brightly,
It knew no thought or fear,
For flowers around were blooming*
And balmy was the air.
But night came over quickly,
The hollow breezes .blew?
The sun soon ceased from shining,.
All dark and dismal grew.
The little lamb stood bleating,
As well indeed it might,
So far from home and shepherd.
And on so dark a night!
But ah! the faithful shepherd
Soon .missed the little thing,
Ar?/^ /m"i Yttq r?rl n>ar?f 4>y\ ???!. *
**"V* V*4'*<*4.VA ??tut w OCC&. IV,
It home again to bring;
He sought on hill, in valley,
And called it by its name?
He sought, nor ceased hia seeking,
1 Until he found his lamb.
Then to his gentle bosom
The little lamb he pressed.
And, as he bore it homeward,
He fondly it caressed.
The little lamb was happy
To find itself secure; ./
And happy, too, the shepherd,
Because his lamb he bore. V
And won't you love the Shepherd,
So gentle and so kind, N .. .
Who came from brightest glory
His little lambs to find? /
To make them, oh, so happy*
Rejoicing in His love,
Till every lamb be gathered
Safe in His home above.
?Albert Mid lane, in London Christian.
Forgiveness. '
The.first prayer of every awakened
iul Is, "Forgive, O Lord, forgive!"
id the answer of God is, "Forgive,
man, forgive!'-' and In this answer
e does not mock us. When He
iys, "Forgive, and you shall be foiv
ven," He only reveals the law of
ace.
The Kingdom of God is within you.
e has planted it there. It lies in
ie heart like a grain of mustard
ed, lost in the dust of a sordid
!e. There is no magician in Heaven
on earth that can make It spring
) all at once into the greatest of
?rbs. It must be watered, it must
5 cultivated, and the culture must
; diligent and patient. It is so of
e Kingdom and it is so of each of
i graces, only the merciiui can odIn
mercy; only the peacemaker#
n have the peace of God; only those .
ho love even the unthankful and
e unworthy can be conscious of
Dd's love; only those who forgive
n be forgiven.
There is such a thing as insufflent
grace?grace that falls short of
Ivation. It is only full grown grace
at saves, and grace reaches its marity
only by cultivation. The grace
forgiveness can grow only by forving,
and only as it grows can it
ing forgiveness. "But, Lord, how
ten shall my brother sin against
e and I forgive him? till seven
nes?" "I say not unto to thee,
itil seven times; but, until seventy
nes-seven." Never cease to forgive
itil you no longer need to b'e forven;
and then you will still forgive,
r you will have become like God. ,
le grace that forgives you is God's,
ace, and it is as truly Divine in the
;art of a sinner as it is in God HimIf.
But it requires much grace, and
ace matured by much forgiving, take
atoay sin.?Nashville Christian
ivocate.
A New, Complete Heart.
It is nothing less than character,,
ithing less than a new, complete
art, a fulfilled manhood, that Christ
trying to give us. Therefore, weay
be patient, and be sure that the
rfection of His gift cannot be all at
ice. i
He who enters into Christ enters
to a region of life and growth
aich stretches far away before him.
s steps across the threshold and his
et are glad with the very touchingthe
blessed soiL Christ is so One
at all which He is ever to be to the
ul He is in some true sense already,
it none the less there is much which
3 cannot be until the soul is more,
id so can take more of the life tore
by.
The world can give you blessings
lich will be complete to you at
ice. It is able and glad to set forth
r you at the beginning of the feast
e best wine it has. But Christ will
ke you, if you let Him, into His
lm, strong power, and lead you on
ever richer capacity and ever richblessing,
till at last only at the
d of eternity shall your soul be sat5ed
and be sure that it has touched
e height and depth of His great
ace, and say: "Now I know Thy
odness wholly."
Oh, at the end of our eternity may
ose words be ours!?Phillips ooks.
What God Sends is Always Good.
Whatever falls from the skies is,.
oner or later, good for the land;
iiatever comes to us from God is
jrth having, even though it be a
d. We cannot by nature like
Duble any more than a mouse can I
11 in love with a cat, and yet Paul
grace came to "glory in tribula>n
also." Losses and crosses areavy
to bear, but when our hearts'
e right with God, it is wonderful
w easy the yoke becomes.?Spuron.
The Sovereign of Will.
Christ is sovereign of the will. Toll
to do a thing is almost to do itit
we must have a sanctified will,
id helps a man who helps himself.
iu can become mentally, spiritually
d physically what you will to be.?
:v. A. T. Osborn.
Greed For Gain.
It Is the greed for gain that is
ecking society. Money making is
: right: but it should be made le.imately.?Rev.
J. Wesley Kill.
Dreadnoughts Begun.
The construction of the new Rusin
battleship Poltava, of the Dreadlught
type, which is to have a disacement
of 21,000 tons, has beei>
mmenced in the Government dockrd
at St. Petersburg. The Poltava
the first of six vessels of a similar
pe which the Russian Government
oposes to build. The Government
so intends to lay down six large arored
cruisers and twenty or thirty
ean going torpedo boats of 1000
ns each. The plans of the torpedoiats
have not yet been approved,
it their construction has been deled
upon In principle.
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