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J' I TALMAGE ON ANGELS. A SERMON RELATING TO SUPERNAL EXISTENCE. The Oharacterirt,cs of tho C;elet il Iteing., as Gnthiered from State,uente ii Holy WrIlt. Dr. Tahuage on Sunday announced as his text Judges xiii, 19: "And the angel did wondrously." Follow ing is a report ot his sermon: Firo built on a rock. Manoah and his wife had there kindled the farew for racrifiee in the praise of God, aiSn honor of a guest whom th.et oted to be a man. But as tke : rose up higher and higle1 their sianger guest stopped into tho flame and by one red leap ascended into the skies. Then they knew that he was an Angel of the Lord. "Th< angel (lid wondrously. Two hundred and forty-eight tiime does the Bible refer to the angels yet I never heard 'or read a sermI1oi ol aingelology. The whole sub1jetl is relegated to the reahnl iythic"al weird, spectral and unknown. Sucl adjournment is un1scriptural amlt. wicked. Of their life, their chutrne ter, their habits, thuir actions, thei1 velocities, the B3ible gives us full length portraits, and vhy this p1'o longed and ab1solutu silence con)1tce.nl iug them? Angelology is my thtete There are itre two ittions otangels %nd they aro hostile to each oiher the nation of good Iangels and the i: tion of had angels. 01 the forier I chiefly speak to day. Their capital and their headquarters, I tl'ii gn:unl reldezvous, is heavent, 1111 ili' c1m1 pire is the timiverse. 'hey are a dis tInt, race of crentures. No ltunum 1being enn1 ever' join their (Oil 'rater ni ty. The lit tlie chilcl Wlo in ite Sa bath school sings, ''I want. to lie :ii angel, will never lutve her w ish gnit jfied. 'they are superhunutn hu they are f' dlifferent alcs 1111 ranks, not, aii all Onl th1e samne levrl, ut the same hP1iglt. Tiny have t li superiors and intfer iors 111d e(tuals I pol)posc no giessing ont this suilject b uit takte the Bil1e for m1ty unly au tiority. Phl:to, 1hu i pil( osoh)1e1 guessed. aw 1(l divided the ang is iii t suer5' celestial, ('Ie 'sina :ti itdi sub e( lestial. 1)yonysis I I u Areotia;gi I _tu(ssed, andu dlivided' themt into Ilt-et clatsses --t he supreethte. m tidldle :111 the last--mud (lach of these inttihrct'e 01th1er classes, mulaking ntine in all. Philo said t:tt. the :ngels welte rE lated to (God, as the rays th I stu Fulgentims said Im1t they we(re col1 htosed of body anld spirit. (leiei said they were1" ineorpo real. AUgus tine said that they itd Iteet n in dnn ger of falling. hat. now they :re le yondl being temp11ted. Bhut the on1 antlority ol this subl ject that I ns sl ect ays they are diVided in 1to (1 ei1 ub im, seratlmn1, throntes, domtinat tI5)ns, Prineiptalities, 1)ower S. Th'Iui c(olunlua1dr-ji ehief is \iichael. I);imi ed. him ici(heai. These suplermda lbe mlgs are miore' thlor'oughily or'gaize<i mlor'e r'adiant than a=v mloringll,. thi'tt @verV ('1114 down thle sky. The1i~y lmve mine'. thant any hbeing ill I hIe univers(' *Ixcep't (God. 31ayi the Anlge'l (of ih Newv C2ovemnit, whol4 is tilE Loi ,Je 5115. enj41 (1ur1 4yes i iii tuhei (1m1 tongue, and1( rouse our11 51oul, whIile w< speak ott their dea'lthlessness,'5 their1 in 1 (lligen ce, thir1' numbier's, thieii Yes, dleathbless. Th1ey hlad at cradle. but wvill never' have 'a grave. Tiin Lor'd r'emiemberids wvhenii te vwVFn horni, buit 1 nol on shall ever see tiir slow up, ori this existenle 1termiiliate. The oldest (if them11 have 111t a wiii kle, or a decr'ept it ude, or aii hilance:" as young aft er sis thousanld yearsI' as a't the (close oft th 114irst hour11.' (hrist sid of the good ill heaven, "'Nitihei cain they die aniy more'(. for th'e14y ani equlal uiio thle imig(els.' Yes, dtIlh less 1are thlese wonderfu''tll ('reaturles l whlom1 I spealk. Th'iey will sEE' work aifter world go out,ln'uit t here slu:til h<4 nio fadling of thleir' oiwn biiillianle Yea, after the last wor'ld. hais tala(' its last flight. they' wvill be4 ready 1(oi swe(ep as eas~y ats a piigeonii 4'cicls :1 atre never('i (exilmsted'. T[hey need' I sleep, for they ar'e nlever' tired. At God's commiand( thley smlot e withi ('ighlty live th ouis:,ild of Semiach11 erib's ho(st, but1 no0 fat ality ('nn smilte t hemi. Eof Ihs nu'5'l'tlianlt fol1k is int ell igene'. Thel( womlan oft T1ek(oah was rigiht wisdomn of an1 anigei. says they have to sitdy tha~t. Thecy have been st udying it.11 allhouIgh 11h' fully grasped iat the4 w'oner of1 re?1 high, so a1 y, so) gr'and, so sil 11(e1 dous1, 54)mangntitiecent that e'veni 1114 in te'lligcee (If anigeilhood is ('on1 tOun! ded4 before it. The( apo)st1' le say, ''Wh ichI inugs 1.he. iangels desire to look int. i' tilhme 1hat1 str'ainls thEir facultie toS 4 the utmost. TJhat is ihigher' ita can (live. 'They hiav(e a de(sire( for somnethinig tooI big for' thleir' 'omipre hensIion., "Wichd thinigs 11he anlgels dosire to 14ook int." .But that does not dliscre'dit the(ir' imtellbgence. N(o one14 but God him-i self can fully unlder'stalnd the4 w~onl ders of redemption. If ll h aMven1 should study it for' fifty e'tern'iti4's they wouhl4 get aniy farther thau thle A B C of tihat iniexhausibleIf sillbjec. But nearly all oIther r'eahn1is (If knowl. edg~e they haIve rarsackedh and( e'x phcored and compassed.. Nol onie '1ut God can tell thlem aniythinlg they do nlot know. They hlave real( to the last word of the( line (of theo last page of thle last volume (If inves' tigation. And what delightsmne most is that all their intelli ence is to 1be aV our disposal, am1( ernAingi into4 their presence, they will tell us mlor'e mn fie nnutm, tan e(ailan one hundred years of earthly >urmis. i1g. A further chbra(cteristic of these immortals is their velocity. This the Bible puts sometimes under the fig ure of wings, somletiimes undler the figure of aflowiiggarmengtt,,somnetime5 under the figure of imked feet. As these suer1)h1um1as ar"e without bod. i(s tlhese eXpressions are of COUr"se figurative, anId inean 1 w at Vifiness. T1he B:le tells us that Daniel wan pray ing, and Gabriel flew from heaven and! tc.'ched him before lie got 11) from his knees. How far, tici, did the angel Gabriel have to fly in those imomnieiits of )aniel's 1rayer? Heav en is thought to lie the centre of the uiniverse. Our suni and its planets olly the rim of the wheel of worlds. In a momntelt, the angel Gabriel flew fron that ceiltrc to this periphery. Jesus told Pet.er he could instantly have sixty thousatd angels 1resent if he called for them. Whluat foot of an telo1)e or Wing of albatross could equal tlha1t, velocity?' Law of gravita tion, which grips a1ll things else, his no mflueice upon angehic moiieitum. ImI)eLnsiti0s beore theimi open a(1 shut. like a fat. They are here is 110 retson) why tlery should not be 11 (11tuttii ion of Imiles hence the niext ifminute. Our bodies htindier us, but OUr miindls01an (circle the earth in a1 inullltte. Angelic heings aire bodiless 1(1 11v(' no linlitatioi. God mity with his higer point downt to somue - worldl in t.roublle on the( ouitmost Imn its of creatiOn, and instnitly an an gehic (01h)1 re there to help it. Or sont- 0 5lest iul may be st:aling at the hurtherm) ost outPost of immt111ensity, iud (o tity say "Come!" ad in stantly it is in his bosom5i. Abrahamlu, Eli"jahl, Hagar", Joshua, Gid1eon1, Ma noah1, Paul. St. .Jolni. could tell of their unhinlerel locomotion. The r(l ft(I. of sPun1uer light nig are slow Scom0 r suedl wit hi their Iiegiras. This dtouhles up1) 111 clpresses iilii l uIes it o inlinitesil:tls. This Puts a ;ll (the astruonmi("al hleav19ns into a1 stnt(i' like the 1halls of a chilld's rattle. 'ThIis iiiingles into une the H1er(+ andl the TIhe're, t he NOW aind the ( TIhen, the Ih'yonml lth fle londer"1. A not her rellark I have to iuake -) u("('ruing. those ilhustrious intunor Ials is ti iit ft 1 v are iii ilii t.itudinous. - h1'I(i' (een511 hts II ver 1)eeli taken 1111(1 no0 olne 1 ( Got knows how llny they 1r(. but all the ilihl1 acc unts ,;t1 gest. lI -ir intunenlse" mtunbers. I(' u1. tihiis of ihtlh , s of angels o1 ih(i n, aumltii's of thues, tuintlitol s halo(d Ly i11(n1, s:il"es 1o1pulous with i(utn. John111 sel at ks of atnn'lsi ;ntn ulli-r b('ings nulid he the t hota its Ihen thousand linl-s a in tleousid. -( Now, ne('onlingI1 to my IVn(tlculati(On, 1tn Ihousatnd tiim(s Itn thousandi atre one buu(rnhed niilliun. 3tt these atre only the amuels in 0)ne 1)lacc. David (ounted5 I\wentyv thoutsand of theml rolling duwn thme sky ini (hario)tS. \Vhnod1 :(tns atWay fhin the riven ro(ck of llountSiinai.thine Bible says Iie h;alt lieromp1)aniounship of telm nthousalnd au ;(-ls. i.thiunk tiey are in every ht tle, in every txig'eit-y, at. every birth, I : e('ry 1"' Ii)w, at eve iy h , at ev. lry iioiiientf.T'he (earthI is lull of them11. Thle hea':vens an-'i full ofi themli this world. T'hiey (lutnumbller rani some spi( J 1rit s ini glory. \Vhien Abra ""i i"i?011 his kife oa phi'ted1 to slaiy Is821u1-, if. wa;s an1 an gel who arre'stedl 114 h f sioke, cringl --'A brham21! Abrai luuui!"' It was1 2a stairway of an1ge'ls 11hat .J:n-h iisa2w whe p(1 illwed ill the gel led fte host ofl Isn lif(s ouit of' I'gyptiif 1 Serfd omi. i will lie :ui 1au1 nil withle upliffedl hiand, swear'iig t hazt tunlle s1lu1l1 be no( loniger. Tni the gireatf ti 1u11d iuu'vest of1 thi wtorildI the Lo i stu1d21be rteIvealed fro h 'iiIeaveni 111sf! lHan1k abov r:ui111k! Miflionls on~ miillionis! And all1 on our' side if we will ha21ve themii. This leads me11 t o siieak (of thoiltdic'es chIeer'I, Ito r''eu4', to (scortf, to givte w\hni inl Ihile' timeIs thley sprlead wm11g, or' unsheathed i(' sworld, or rocked 101own PtIniten'lt iaries, 01r filled fill 1n1a11uitins wVithI hose ol5'5(f 11ire hit chied IoI(' clutriots o f fir and 1111( drive b''ly reins11 st'-is a1 himdred1l'( time1s, am11 you1 knew your1 courlhse. T'hey' briouIght somie I hioulght of c'hrlist inni paren'tiage, or' of' loyalty to) yourli own11 1home1, 2and1 that 1someIt~ 8 one shouhl mee4't i ou g atd( thau hrisi andll 1propose sIoeting11 hoor able andi elevit hin1, or41 they1 thek from' (your1 poitItklftsome111 1~Q' ticket. toil'2 amulIsemet, ietI0! Or you never'84111 i'(ound. Iit wa an''5'ltiu angelkl ptod,n perhapst il ery one(4)'d ilhatIl1 uiid you to.reirt sfon11it holly impress' L in t be unsonitan 4)' in'deepon' yor tol, of erft lit'it ed for ulln idnto t ndsououl!11( Or youhi(121 weragsoe k ot'imew boidownlo withl:'' trol, isbe1h reave ent,yo ferelui,tion '',ankrupter, " (hakIgIss An aWl't l m ier hftrohy <11(1t beaIlotmig thirg dsords i'nf you . r i anie. Yous 2 ae p:y'n1ad: ti cannltot smdi ist hiy (lotr.Ilieveha gi I' will( ctke mly life ' i\hee oh the r(1aian,!o I'the eep onavo, sor thte trIn e otha''1t w1iled is 0Iitent ofl thlydt (xIf ane" aul uti'eo iunlyor tyI.ur milOO bisghOte.111 Courag. k 11ame suriimg mio asyo hiertt lel msit, n jalu eyesigt note bief teI emight, b et aiindl myeight,yand d1 pathetio eyesight, helpful eyesight. Men and women of all circuistan cer, only partly appreciated, or not Wp)reciated at all, never feel lonely Ior i regarde(d again! Angels Al ar'oud; angels to approve, angels to help, angcls to rentieiiber. Yea, while all the good angels are friends of the good, there is one special angel your bodyguard. This idea, until this present study of angelology, I ul)posed to be fanciful, but I find it clearly stated il the Bible. When the disciples were praying for Peter's dlelivcrancee from prison, anl lie ap peared at the dloor of the prayer meeting, they cauld( not belive it was Peter. They said: "It is his angel." So these (lisciples, in special ieLrness to Christ, evidently believed that every worthy soul has an angel. Jesus said of his followers: "Their angels behold the face of my Father." Elsewhere it is said: "He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways." Angel shielded, angel protecte(d, angel guarded, angel canopied art thou. No wonder that CaIIIrles W'esley hymned lthese words: W h'hl o, Illu pelty kiag " rear i * n ,Iu bo t. r, tuard like ou's. Ku: 11-ei'd fIrIu otr 'ouid h' it's N illi :sil ti.h hoe' 'vi,ly p1'eW r ? Valerius and lillnus 'ere put to (eath for Christ's sake iii the year 287, and, after the day when their bodies had been whipped, and l)outlded into a jelly, in the night in prison, and be tore the next day when they were to he executed, they both thought they saw angels standing with two glitter - iig crowns saying: "Be of good cheer, Valianm soldiers of Jesus Christ! A lit tile more of battle and then the.e crown are yours." And I Im glad to know that before Inany of those who hiVe passed through great. suthering in bhis life Home angel of God ha s held ia blaing coronet, of eternal 'e. w Lrd l'ta; we are to have such a guar dian angel to take us u)waLrd whien our' wvork is lone. You know we are tld an angel conducted Lazarus to Abrahlun's bosoi1. That shows tlatt none shall be so poor in dying lit' can not afl'ord Ingelin' c'scort. It would l' i long way to go alone, and up 1)It.hs we have never trod, and amid 1blazing worlds swinging in uninaginl ali' luomentinu, out and on through such listLnces and aeross such intiti tuides of 81)11ce, We should shiudder at the th ought. of going aloiie. But the Ingelie escort. Will coeiii to vomr lll guislhing pillow, (r tle 1)lace of your fatail aci(dent. and s:tvs: ''Hail, iiii. mt ortal on('! All is welh( God hath sent ime to lake you Iome: a with - out tr(mor or slight(st senise of 1)('ril Vol will LwVy 1id upwurd, furt.her (ll itnl fur51ther 11, unltil aftcr awhile hIaven h('aves iii sight. and the rulm 1ble 'of 'la,riot wheels, ind the i'oll of niighit.y harmonies are hecard in the distance, anid nearer you coie, and nearer still, until the 1brightn'ss is like iany mtornings suit'used into one, andcl th' gutes lift and you are inside the anethiysine walls, and ont the nlaks of the jinsper s'a, fre''er saft'e, fir e f''1tree, forever we,1 or'e........ver rested, torever unite'd, forever happv. Mothers, don't think your lit tie chiil dren go alone wvhien they tiuit this world. Out (If your armsU int o angelie armIis: Out of sickness inito health. Out of thle cirad(le into0 a Saviouir's iosom. Not an inistanit will t he darii lungs be alone betwveen the two kisses, the last kiss of earth anid the first kiss (of heaven. "Now angels, do y.our work !" ''eo ant e'xpir'ing chris tnin. X es, a glurdiani angel for each 01n4 (of you01. Put yourself no0w ini ae cord .with himii. When lie suggests the right, follow it. Whien lie warns you against the wr'iong, shiun it. Sent forthi from God to hell) you in this great. battle ag.inist sini and death, aLccep)t his dlive~'ranice. Paudlihad it right whlen lhe said(: "WVe wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against inilcipalities, augainst powe'rs, against the rule'rs of theo darkness of this wvorld, against spiritual wickednl ess mi high lacews." In that awful tight may Ghod sen1d us miightyv angelic re ''.nforcemenit! W'e want aill their wmlis on our side, all their chariots on1 our side. Thanik (God that those who are' for us5 are miughtier than those who are against us. And that thought miakes me0 juilaniut as to the finial trninph. Blh'gmmu, you know, was the battle grounld of Eniglanid and1( France. Yeai, Blelgimii mlore thani once was the b)at the grojund of opp~osing nlationis. It 54) happens that this world is the Bel gi"'il. or battle gromnd, between the anigehie nations, goodl and bad. Mi chael, the commlland(er'-in-c.hief on one sidle; Lucifer, as Byron calls hini or Me'phistopheles, as Goethe calls himii or Satan, as the Bible calls him, the' commanider i-chief on the other side. All p)ure anigelhiood under the one leadership, and all abandoned angel 1100d uinder thei other leadership. M[any a skirmiishi have the two armies id, blut the great and d1ecisive battle 5 yet to be fought. Either firom our 'arthlly huoiies or dowvn from our mipernal r'esidlences, miay weQ come ini )n the right side; for on thiat side are lod and heaven and victory. Mean vhile the battle is being set in array, mdlO the forces elestial and1( demnonical rIe con fronting each other. Hear lie boom11 of the greait cainnolide al endy op)ened1! Cherubim, Seraph imi bri ones, IDominat ions, Prinucipalities .nd P~owers- are l>eginn ide in own their foes, ando unItil the work comupleted, "'Sun, stand thou still poni (Gibeon, and thou Mooni, in the alley of Ajalon!" -I is ai singuslar fact that, Profes or Max Miller, the' eminent Orien dist, went to Englandl without iiowing a single word of English. lthioulgh at thalt timie a mere youth, I' was deep)ly versed in Scaniserit [ehrew and Arabie. Professor Mil rlhves mn Oxford in the house that rils ago Professor G*oldwin Simith ilt for himinself. He ri""s eartly3 and ads the long, laborious day of the 'svotedl student. He is esp)cially 'oudo of an invention of his which is 'signed to support, the right armi1 lien writmg, and which by ian in mhious5 mechanical contirivance d is mnts the p)robability of wruitri' s --Six boys of Rt. H. Blaskerville and t .P. 'Woimack, ranging in age from ' even to nimeteen y'ears, were killed ti iar Vernon, Texas, Wednesday by .e cavimg in of a sand cave in which" .('y wer e l)laving. A FLIRT'S EXPERIENCE My Cousin, Ilarvey Lewis, had said, the evening before, "Littie coz, I'm coming to take you for a drive to-mor" rOW. ii tho wathtr is line." and the wea':ther being line we went. lie t"as only lly second cousin, but we had always made a great deal of 11e relationship, and he seemed more like a brother thant 30 (listant a con Iection. But on that day he told me how he loved miie and how I only could make his life happy 111(1 Woul( 1 be his wife? At first I could not believe him; yet surely lie could hot be in sport; and I, as usual, began to cry. Theu when lie tried to squeeze my hand, I (rew it away, and sat, after I had recovered from my first outburst, looking red, and tearful, and abashed. I felt as though Cousin Iarvey, whom I loved very mutch, but not in that way, had really done something very rude and unkind. To tell the truth, it was my first of fer, and I wanted some more solicita tions, and more flirting, before I tied iyself down to any )articular indi vidual. To be an old lady at 18, for sooth! Indeed, I was not gling to (10 any such thing; and I. who never kept a secret from l my mother, wisely coin eluded in my new diguity, that I had better not mention the iatter -per haps Cousin IIarvey would prefer that I should not. So I (lrssed myself as usual and went lown to the paI'lor where mam ma sat at her work. "'It seems to me that your ride was inusually short,'' she said, as I en tered. "Ot)h, it was cold and win(ly and for lorn. and I wanted to get home." No reply, but a look of sonei sur plrisc; stch an excuse from me was uin heard of. After a pause she asked: "Why, lidn't Illnrvev come in?" "WI'hy. I thought lie iwas be'hiiinid me, and w hen I turnedt at the door he was driving ofI.' Atnother tiuestionling look. I felt an noved. biut :as I wsti eXp('(ein ig cOmlepaniiy--n1o other lhain the son of tlie veal thy bainker. Mr. l'oyiiter Smiith--I speedily donndctl my . wecetcst sin l's u and my lo.t (ncuth:ntiig iimumer for his b)eue lit. l nt lIr. Povter Smithi, junior, spite of b)('ing tailoriie aitl bart'rized to the laist degree, was iieitlialy coim tnonpielae in apl)ltearauce, atn 1ot less ao in ('tt'rsationl. his rtnucrks had n('VeI' ste te I so titt' iUiit ' apitl. I was poitively ashamcd of him1; and when he a'ed inc to go It the theater with him and his sister on a certain even ing, it was only the recollection of his great name, ai(1 great expecta tions, that finally led me to accept the imvitation. "Cousin Harvey Lewis is a great deal nicer. Indeed, I love him tlear. ly!" and I began to feel very liserablo again; 'but I do not tlhink I could marry my cousin: and, besides, just think of Poynter Smith's wealth! Any girl would be glad to get Poynter Suith, or llarvey Lewis either!" and Ily mind reverted to several of my friends who were always raving about him. Nearly a week pased and ousin liarvey, wh ee bene isl mrthntwo dhays at a timi. had no(t umade his app'aancet, aind, wVorst of all, hewas at thle t heater thle ii-hut before with that imeridt little' Bessie lBakerz andl( tier brot t'Mr. I w.as so angry t hat I ioubi br.viOe torn her eyes Ot but I piroteii4led to be per fectly faseinatetd withI P'oynlter. I wanted IIarvey to set lilt. but I wvas not suite that hei didi. Several times I detected himii looking ini that direction, wvhereumponi I inistamntlIy hbee:une abhsorbi ed in P'oynter. Coniing out we weree j3p.st a litltle inl0 ~advace of thIeml. I manlaged it so, anid I was ini thle gayest spirits, <pulte convu' llsedl withI laugh ter, in fact, andt il inlginhg to P oVnlter's airm~ as though I lived him eii rly ist ead of utterly dlesl)isinog him. We 1had( recivetd invyitat ions to a party for the next eveninig. I would nlot have stavetd at home for wtorltds thouwh I had nearly t'rled my eyes out, and had a' violent heatdachie ini conise.. quence. Oni such occasions IIamrvey had al ways5 beeni mly estcort ; butt, of course, hec would take some one else now, and Poynter had asked melt. I had always run (down to exhibiit, myself to IIarvey before thle finmal wvrappjing up, but I could not (10 sto for IPoynter, antd was ais sul1ky as suilky couil ibe whlen I pre senitedl ily3self. What d id I care for his old( riches? I never wouldl marry him, aiid lhe might as well find it (out first, as last. So, when lie remarked oii the beauty of the might, as wve proceeded ini the car riage, I declared that it was the ctld est, bllackest, and most wretched anighit of thle seaison. .An answer so full and e'xhaustive ad( mlittedl of no( rep)ly, and there was a si lence of several minulites. Mr. Lewis was probaly not to lie p)resent at,the parilty, as lht was genteral ly my13 escor't, was the next remark. I was sure I dlid lnot know~ whe(t her lie was to be pre'sent oir not! I was not kept informied of all my cousin's A silence somaewvhat longer t han be fore; but Mr. Smiithu was not to be thiwartetd. Hie hiad set out wvithI thle de. terinlation to lbe agreeable andI sliight obstacles shloul not dIiscouirage hiilm. "'Mr. Lewis appears to be very at tentive to Miss Baker latelv,"' lie .said. "T'hey were riding in ti ako Tuesdiay, I nioticed.'" Such a pang as shot thlroiigh me1! I had not the heart to he croiss, so I merely said, "'Indieed !" and ctoughedi, and laughed, antI chiokttd, andt swal lowedl, tt keep ba:ctk a hburst of grief. Of course the first person I saw Oil enlterinig thei roomi was5 Couisini Harvey, with Bessie Ba:ker uploni his arma; buit I afetetd the most suipremie tdevot iton to P~oyniter and( utterly ignored IIarvev's presene. I wvas perfectlIy wvil -la nih,dnin,fitn nI lauighinig as though I never had a care, inasmulch as I heard a genltlemnan remark to an other: "I thik Miss Lewis is the moltst li rht-heartetd tcreatutre I ever saw, w hat a sunb eani she mu lst be at lhonie." After a while Harvey and1( 1 imet face to face, and lie saitd " Gotod even iii g with a careless Sil andlit timrnmed to 1is ua&Lter. ou mno winteri mlomltfs passetd, anld Poyinter wais usually my caval ier, hough now that Hlarvey'sm at tenitions ceasedt, othter genhtlemienl begani to miake idvances. But nonie tof them plleasedI ne, and1 Poynter tdisguistetd milt so that . coul hardly tre'at hdim with necessar.y ivillty. In facet, I was ofteni exces. ively rude to him, which had an effect lie reverse of that desired, and his isits and attentions increased every ay. Harvey, ini the meantime, wvas as tteative to Miss Baker, andi it wvas een te orted that they were engagedh; nid C*O I watSCOl enmnlte a~ l)Ciy It W u M ne ct j,aayea an engagu.cu rinlg.f iarvey had not boon to the house since that last (lay, over three months ago; andu now mamma and papa did not mention hiin. I never told them the cause of our cuarecl, and thep soon tu ceased to <luestion me, though could A not lielp suspecting that they knew. At last, one diay, Poynter Smith asked ne, in a stupid, blundering sort of way, if I would be his wife; where upon I informed him, in a manner suf ficiently positive, that I most assured ly would not. His surprise was im- 2 mense, and he seemned to think I must have matlc a mistake; wanted to know if I really meant it, and said that I 4 shltoldl;have everything I wanted. But 5 the more he insisted the mere emphati ' I became; and he at length took leave, saying that if I should change my nind I nmust let him know. As soon as he was gone I told mam ma all about it; and then she drew from me the story, told with many tears, of harvey's declaration, and how I spurned it, and how miserable I had been ever since; and now he was en gaged to somebody else, and I would never niarry anybody. After sobbing h a little with iy iead in her lap I felta great deal better, and that it would not be so hard to be an old maid after all. My only regret was that, old as I might consider myself, no one else could pos- - sibly consider ine so for- ten years yet, and yet during all that time I should be obliged to go into society. A few (lays after this mamn,a and papa went out one afternoon to make a call and I was sitting alone in the par- f lor. Suddenly sonic one pronounced a my name and looking up I saw C:usin Harvey, who, wien Isprang up in dis nav, caught inc in his arms. Hut I shall not tell any more, save that when papa and m:unma came in they found us sitting very cosily on the sofa where 1larvey held me fast, though I tried hard to assume a more dignified position at a distance When I heard themn coining. There were a great many explana tiois to be mntade, and it finally appear ed that I had been the victim of a con spiracy. Papa and anma had suspected sonething all the time, but had known nothing for certain until my confession. Papa had iin mediately seen Hartey, anil hadl br'ought about this meeting. As for the latter, his attentions to - Miss Baker were intended solely to bring me to my senses, if I had any, as she was soon to be married to a gen tleinan who was then abroad. We were iiiarriel after a short en gageient; ani, though my short mar riedl life has had sonic clouds, they . have resulted, generally, from my own pettishness, and they are becoming inore rare. liut of this 1 am sure, that I never was so happy before, and am extremely gratilied that I missed the very narrow e eape 1 had of losing the main of my heart.-V. 1. Evening Wurld. This Cause of Pain. w An ache or paii is not of itself a e disease, it is but a symptonm, and a warns the sufferer that there is some " thing the matter with his physical it organ iza/ion. Weak kidneys, bad blood an lld nervousness are frequently . the sour1ce or cause of the many mys terious atch ing sensations that afflict the bodyv. You enn remove the cause of such distress by using B. B. B3. (Botianic Blood( Bahn). C. H. Roberts, Atlanta, Ga., writes: "My kidneys were disordered and gave mte excruciating pain. A singlej bottle of B. B. 13. helped me wvonder fully." Wm.11 N. Nelson, McDoniough, Ga., writes: "B1. B. B. has benefitted my - (daughiter ver'1y munch. She was afilict ed with severe niervousnes. I think it the best family medicine-" *W. 1R. E'llis, Brunswick, Ga., writes: "I have tried B. B. B. and itis a great thing for the lood. It also cured ume of rheumatic pains." The Negro in the Church. (CHAnai:sTiox, S. C., April 2.--The wvar in the Episcopal Church here abtlout thle admuission of negroes to the D)iocesan Convention is waxing hot. Tihe elections of delegaltes to the Dio ('(sanl Convention are bekl( on Mon.c (lay next. and niost of the congrega tionis are dlivided1 into negro and anti niegro parties. A circular issuied to (lay niominates a ticket for delegatesI to rep)resenlt St. Philips' Church who ar'e ledCged to the ablsolute seI) arationi of the races in the EpiscopiQ 0 Church. The comlpromise party are seeking to athnit the Rev. J. H. M.w Pollard, the coloredl rector' of St. , Mar'k's Church, andio to draw~ the line vi there. Thle slogan of the straight i out pat'y is '"no ne~groe's nieed apjplyV.' 1 ti P'ianos amn Organs.P N. W. Ti'unn, 134 Main Street, Co- dv hunbia, S. C., sells Pianos and Organs N dlirect fromi factory. No agents' coim missions. The celeb)rated Chicker- ~ inig Pianmo. M'~at.husek Piano, cele brated for its clearness of tone, light ness5 of touch and( lasting (ualities. Mason & Handin Upright Piano. Sterling Upright Piano, from $22 Arioni Pliauo, from $200 up. Mason & Hlamlhin Organs, surpasse Ste'rling Ormgeanls, $50 up. Every Inlstr'ument guairaniteed for six year's. ifteen (lays' trial, ex- ki l)enhses b othi ways, if not satisfactoro. Sold1 on eunstallbnents. A Inecayinug Corn nuniit. Tlhie North Star. of Danville, Ver imiont, founded ini 1806, hias suspend. C( itd p)ublicationi. Several months ago both the town andI the paper sufferedl It st.uniniiug blo0w from fire, and busi- BI iiess was prostrated. i)anyille, one :f the towns in thme northern part of P the State, hais fallen behind in recent l'ars' ini population and1( busminess; it *s chIiefly a farmiing c'ommuniity, and1 li unan~y of its farms have been abn lon ed. The Springfield Republican 'egards the su spension as sigificaut, umd ini(uire s: "Shall we go fromi thanditoned farmis to (deserted vil - ages?' D)iseases Peculiatr to w~om en, esp.. 'ially' mnonitly disorders, are cured by ~ het thinely' uiSe of Brait(teld'H Female Henri11y M. Stanley iN iln the field (5 01' "h)oodle." He saidl to a friend F efore he left this 'ountr'y in searc(h >f Emin Pasha; "I'm getting on past muddle age. I have not saved a cent. 113' 1.>0ok and lectures shall pay me vithm the next five year's enough to| aanke my 0o(1 age comfortable. 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