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CHAPTER II.-CASTING [ n. )
Ralph had invited a couple of young
gentlemen with their sisters up front
the city , and Misa Ireton came over to
the Rock with a gay party of her own
friends. Boating , picnicking hunting ,
¶ . fishing and strolling in the woods filled
' up the days , and in the evening they
tr . had danchig and music and conversa-
. Miss Ireton professed a great attachment -
tachment for Agnes , but toward Marina
f
she was always frosty , though sutfi-
. clently gracous ! to avcid attracting attention -
tention ,
' .
rr , 1L alpli _ aw plainly whither his mother
' was drifting. She had set her heart
" upon his making lmogene his wife. She
1 . . : had never told him so , in just so many
: , words , but her every act spoke her de-
r - sire. Ralnh loved his mother , and he
most devoutly wished to know whether
; ' he loved Miss Ireton. Sometimes when
4'
' she sat hcclde him , her faced dt00Pell ,
x her eyes rowncast , her fragrant breath
warns on his face , he fancied she was all
the world to him , and then a single
tone of Marina's sweet voice would dls-
pcl even the memory of Imogene's pres-
. eptce.
One surety afternoon , the party at the
a , , Rock wens for a ramble clown the
s shore. Imogene swinging her straw
hat on her arm , walked by the side of
Ralph. Growing far down in a cleft
I of a rock she spied a bunch of purple
flowers. She chiped her hands with
childish glee.
- "What lovely blossoms ! Sucht a per-
' feet shade of purple ! Haws I wish I had
. . them for my hair ! My heliotropes are
ugly by comparison ! " And she tore
" the odious things from her massive
h
braids and crushed them in her hand.
Marina , too , was looping clown at the
coveted flowers. Ralph stepped toward
theirs , Lynde Graham and Mr. Vcr-
stein both spoke together , .
"Don't go , Trenholme ! It looks dan-
gerous' "
Ralph laughed.
"Gallant gentlemen , to think of dana -
a ger where a lady's gratification is concerned -
cerned ! Icount myself fortunate to be
3 allowed the privilege of risking so little
, for so much ! "
? Miss Ireton blushed with triumph.
}
: Marina's eyes were downcast.
. Ralph swung himself over the cliff. !
Both the girls advanced to Tool , over.
: t. He gathered the blossoms , put them in
his bosom , and prepared to return. But
he placed his foot on an insecure stone ;
it gave way , and lie was precipitated
, downward. A clump of spruce broke ,
somewhat , his fall , but those who
looked over the brink hardly dared
hope that there was anything but death
beneath !
I , Miss Ireton fell back , pale and trem-
bling. Agnes lost all consciousness in
a swoon , but Marina leaned over , and
called Into the depths , with her clear ,
soft , voice :
"Mr. Trenholme ! "
She always called him so now. . It
was no longer Ralph , as of old. There
was on reply. She rose up , pale as death ,
but there was no tremor in her voice
as slut said :
. "Dr. Graham , we must get him up.
there are ropes and a boat a few rods
abote. "
Graham was off for them and back
again in a moment. The gentlemen
looked at each other inquiringly. There
was .no way to reach Trenholme , save
by descending the face of the cliff.
Marina took an end cf the rope and
made it fast around her waist.
They read her purpose in her eyes
and strove to dissuade her , but she
answered , calmly :
"No , I can go best of all. Your
strength will be needed to draw us both
up. And I have lived among these cliffs
from childhood. "
They offered no further resistance ,
but lowered her carefully down. She
touched the hand of Ralph Trenholme
-it was warm. Her heart gave a great
bound. She knew that he lived. She
disengaged the Tope' and put it about
him , and in rapid succession both were
drawn up to their friends.
Trenholme was only stunned , and the
' motion revived him. He rose to his
feet , and took the flowers from his
bosom. Some deep purpose glowed in
his eyes. He turned to Marina , who
i stood a little apart.
! "They are children of the salt spray ,
like yourself , Marina , „ he said. „ Near
them and do me honor. "
- She colored slowly , bowed her graces -
1
s fu1 head , and fastened them in her
curls. Imogene's eyes flashed dangerously -
ously , but her voice was cool as she
said :
"Dear me , how pretty ! But purple is
hardly becoming to a blonde , though
r no one , objects to purple and gold , I
' believe. "
After that , Ralph devoted himself to
Marina , and not all the blandishments
. of the black-eyed syren could win him
from his allegiance. Once only , she
tried palpably to bring him back. H
3 had premised to teach Marina a new }
y , move in chess , that night , promised ink'
. the hearing.of Imogene. As he was
, I y I
F 'l ' ,
passing the conservatory on his way to
the little room occupied by the girls
In common , he heard his name called :
"Mr , Trenholme. "
He knew the voice at once , and went
to Imogene.
"Isn't it a perfect night ? " she said ,
looking out into the clear moonlight.
"It is so sweet , it makes me restless.
I wish you would go and walk with
me on the . Will you ? " She put
her hand on his arm and looked up at
him with her matchless eyes.
He dropped her hand gently from his
arm.
"Thank you , " he Said quietly. "It
would afford me much pleasure , but 1
, have engagel to 1pia3 a game of chess
i with Marina. I will send Verstein or
Dr. Graham to yon. "
j What a loch she flashed upon him !
{ Her eyes fairly , shot lightning , her face
was like a thunder-chpitd. She closed
i her small hand slowly ; the action was
significant , but the voice in which she
I replied was cool and even :
"Oh ! of course I would not interfere
with any previous engagement. You
t need not trouble either of the other
gentlemen. On second thought , I.must
go to my room and finish a letter which
ought to have gone this morning. Au'
I revior. " I
And she swept away.
CHAPTER III.
, - HEIR game of 1
; ' 1 chess over Tren-
i
: , holme drew B.at ma 1
c q
; out upon the western - r
ern piazza and
front thence to the
; 1i : path leading to the
piss cliffs. They walked
j on silently , as peo-
/ ; pie do whose hearts
\ . . . & , as one-walk-
ed on , her hand in
his , unheeding that the sweet night had
changed , and that the cold wind way
Blooming the s6 , with black clouds.
They sat down togcther ! on a broken
fragment of rock that seemed to lean
out , listening to the murmur of the sea.
Trenholme put his arm around Marina.
tt'1Iy child , " he laid , " iou have known
me a long time. Do you trust me ? "
She looked up into his iaee with the
confluence of a child ,
"Yes , Ralph , as I trust no other. " e
"I am glad. Because I want you for '
lily wife. I lout you. I have loved you , It ,
I think , ever since the sea cast you up b
at my feet , and now I want you wholly h
" '
fly own.
She did not reply , only looked at him , t
in a little tremulous flutter of wonder , d
her innocent heart shining through j
her eyes. ! a
" 3iarilia , I am waiting for you to
speak. " c
"But , Ralph , I have no name , " she °
sighed. .
"I have given you mine ones , now t
I offer it to you for all your life ! " ti
" " i n
"Bat your mother ?
"lIy mother is proud , but she loves i
me. And she will love my wife. Marina -
rina , answer me , dear. " c
"What shall I say ? " a
"Tell me if you love me-if you trust 'I '
me enough to give yourself into my I
keeping ? " ri
His face was bent to hers. She put di
her arm timidly around his neck. s
"I do love you. Ralph , " she said softly , IL
"more than all the world ! And I have Ii
been so wretched , thinking you cared C2
for Miss Ireton ! " h
"My little Marina ! lfiss Ireton Is st
magnificent , but I do not love her. You -
are my light. Nothing shall divide us. "
He took her in his arms , and pressed
his lips to hers.
Just then the storm burst over them.
at
The thunder crashed , the lightning
gleamed blood-red athwart the heav-
ens. Trenholme caught Marina up , and
bounded lightly from rock to rock up p
the circuitous path to the hrouse. Just
the end of the st
across piazza lay the +
fallen form of the old sycamore tree r fc
that had for years waved over the cast- ° 1
em tt gables , rent and riven into splintm
ems by a fiery thunderbolt. Marina ,
grew pale as death and shivered when 'ur
she saw it. !
" 0 Ralph ! Ralplp ! " she cried , cling- in
fug to him , "it is an omen ! " a-
He kissed her , to soothe her fears.as
"My darling ! it is nothing. The lightof
ring likes an old tree , and this has kept i a
guard here for ages. Do not give it a e
thought. To-night I shall speak to my i th
mother. Sleep well , dear ; remember WI
you belong to me. " pr
He left her at the door of her chainbe
ber , which was in the east wing , on the th
second floor , and whose bay windows be
had always been shaded by the great fla
tree now fallen. in
Neither Ralph nor Marina had seen , is
crouching under the fallen trunk , the ( th
weird form that looked at them out of er
great , revengeful eyes , that clutched an
its white hand through the gloom , mutte _
teeing hoarsely : of
"My hour will come ! and then belit
ware ! " da
Marina crept into bed , trembling at : Fr
the fierce raging of the storm , yet filled 1 ca
with a strange delight. Her lips yet an
thrilled with his kisses ; she held her hi
hands tenderly to her heart , because im
his fingers had pressed them. W
Ralph went into his mother's little it
private boudoir. He found her sitting to
there alone , as lie had expected. He
vent at the subject at once :
"iliother , Marina is to be my wife. " R ,
i
She stared and grey , pale as death.
What she had so long dreaded had
come.
" Swell'1" she said , a little haughtily.
"I ask you to accept her as a daughter -
ter , and to love her , if not for her own
.she , at least for mine. And she deserves -
serves even your love , in justice to leer
merits. "
"Partiality may influence your 01)1-
ion in regard to Marina's virtues ; but
I have ndthing to urge against her
character. I helped to form it myself.
Ralph , I have feared this far a long
time , but I hoped fcr a different result.
I am frank with you. I had set my
heart on seeing you the husband of
Imogene Ireton , She is beautiful , she
is year equal in wealth and rank-and
more , she loves you ! "
"Mother ! "
"I know you think , my soft , that one
twoman should never betray another's
secrets. And perhaps she should not.
But I hoped this fact might have an
influence with you. "
"Anti it has not. I love only Marina
-none other. :1rd she loves me.
Mother , will you accept her as I ash
you ? "
"Ralph , how can I ? I am of a proud
race. I believe in blood. And this girl
has not even a name ! "
"She will have mine. It is an honorable -
able one. No fairer lady has ever borne I
it ; and the world knows many noble
and beautiful women have borne it
worthily. "
" ; gill nothing move you , Ralplp ,
"Mother , words are useiess. My mind I
is fixed. Forgive me if I seem unchtt
fu ! , forr in lowing Marina I have not ,
t
eeased to love mw mother , but in marriage -
riage love shoud : be first always. "
He caul : down on one knee before
leer , anti put his head in her lap , lust
as he nsecl to do , when a child he came
have his little troubles soothed away.
"louver , dear , bless me , and promise
to lore Marina. "
He looked up into her face , and the
ooh conquered. His eyes were like
those of his dead father. She bent over
rim and kisced his forehead , her face
vet with tears. He understood the gesture -
ture , and went away from her content.
The next clay at dinner , the engagement -
ment was announced.
I
CIIAPTER IV.
- HE preparations for
i l . . the wedding of the
. - heir of Trenholme
, ? house were oi a
magnificent sca.e.
r s. Trenholme
, < : t having once yield-
t'2' ; , x . ed , tiroud ! do the i
o
( generous thing , and
c
\ = . Marina would be
J- married with all
the pomp and core-
- motty that she
would have given to Agnes in the same
ase.
The gentle bride took very , little in-
crest in the preparation. She liked
est to sit out on the cliffs with Ralph ,
her hand in his , her sweet eyes look-
iig out to sea from whence she came
o him. And so the blissful summer
ays went by , and brought nigh the
wentieth of September , the time set
part for the bridal.
Miss Ireton had been profuse in her
engratulatloas , and it was by I'Iarian's
\\-1 ! request that she came over to the
Rack a week before the wedding day , ,
o assist in various items of the bride's
ousseau. And she was to be brides-
aid and remain until they had set
) rth on their wedding tour.
The twentieth arrived , clear and
Ioudless and bland. A large party , had
ssembled at the Rock two or three
ays previously , and was matte still
arger by constantly arriving reinforce-
ients. The ladies-in-waiting had I
essed the bride and left her to her- I
elf. The haur-hand on the great clock
the hall pointed to ten. It was the
our set forr the ceremony. The bishop a
me forward in his robes. Mrs. Tren-
oime spoke to the bridesmaids as they
cod in a group before her. t
p
; T0 r : CONTrXUCU i j
PREPARATION OF MEATS.
0
ethotI byVhich the French Butchers o
Exccl in ; heir Callidg ,
Butchers' meat ( in France ) is ipre- b
ared , divided and arranged in the c
I
hCCPS in such a manner that it never i h
lggests slaughter. It is a rare thing
r ene to see a stain on counter , bench ' n
floor. The mode of killing the an- r
als probably has something to do v'
iti this freedom from moisture and
: pping. Maria Parloa , in an article" " e
"The Science of French Cocking , " a :
the Ladies' Home Journal , says the n
pimals are not bled before being IdIled , t
might be inferred from the absence a
moisture , but they are killed in such : u
manner that veins and arteries are a
riptied quickly and thoroughly. Afcr a
is the animal is bouffee , that is , filed c
th wind. The large arteries are
essed open and the points of large T
flows arP inserted into them. While s
bellows worked _ fats
are being a mar
ats all parts of the carcass with a t
t stick. This is to distribute the air W
all parts of the flesh. All this work ° f
done very rapidly , . The inflating of
0 animal in this manner gives a full- t I F
and firmer to e
appearance the meat ,
d , I fancy , empties the veins and arI I n
ties more effectually than they would i
ax
herwise be. The French use very
tie ice , and meats are kept only , a few
ys at the most. Tne best of beef in
ante does not compare with Amen-
El beef , but the veal is superior to
y thing we have. It is valued mcr e 1
I
ghly than ay other product of the
tcher. But no matter what the viand
hen it comes to the hands of the cook
is so prepared that she has but little i
dh to it except to cook it.
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Five charters were asked of the A- '
ci
Lt. last month in Ohio. I
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i ttTn PRODIGAL SOi 11
THE LATEST SERMON BY REV.
DR. TALMACE.
Golden Text : "l'nt a T1n ; on Ills hand'
-Luke xvu2-Itcholtt What Manner
of Love the Lord 1Iaq Cast Upon Us
That Wo May Be Called Sons.
I jijJ !
r
WILL not rehearst ,
the familiar story
of the fast young
man of the parable.
You know what a
splendid home he
left. You know
what a hard time
'
he had. And you !
remember how after -
ter that season of
vagabondage ands
prodigality ho resolved to go 1
and weep out his sorrows on
the bosons of parental forgiveness.
Well , there is great excitement one day
In front of the door of the old farm- I
house. The servants come rushing up
and say : "What's the matter ? What
is the matter ? " But before they quite ,
arrive , the old man cries out : "Put a
ring on his hand. " What a seeming absurdity -
surdity ! What can such a wretched
mendicant as this fellow that is tramping -
ing on toward the house want with a
ring ? Oh , lie is the prodigal son. No
more tending of the swine-trough. No
mere longing for the pods of the carob-
tree. No more blistered feet. Off with
the rags ! On with the robe ! Out with
the ring ! Even so does God receive
every one of us when we come back.
There are gold rings , and pearl rings ,
and emerald rings , and diamond rings ; i
but the richest ring that ever flashed
on the vision is that which our Father
puts upon a forgiven soul.
I know that the impression is abroad
among some people that religion bemoans -
moans and belittles a man ; that it takes
all the sparkle out of his soul ; that he
has to exchange a roistering independence -
ence for an ecclesiastical straight-
jacket. Not so. When a man becomes
a Christian , he does not go down , he
starts upward. Religion multiplies
one by ten thousand. Nay , the multiplier -
plier is in infinity. It is not a blotting
out-it is a polishing , it is
an arborescence , it is efflorescence -
cence , it is an irradiation. When a
man comes into the kingdom of God he
is not sent into a menial service , but the
Lord God A.niglity from the palaces of
heaven calls upon the messenger angels
that wait upon the throne to fly and
"put a ring on his hand. " In Christ
are the largest liberty , and brightest
joy , and highest honor , and richest
adornment. "Put a ring on his hand.
I remark , in the first place , that when '
Christ receives a soul into his love , he
puts upon him the ring of adoption.
While in my church in Philadelphia ,
there came the representative of the
Howard Mission of New York. I-Ie
brought with him eight or ten children
of the street that he had picked up , and
he was trying to find for them Christian
homes ; and as the little ones stood on '
the pulpit and sang , our hearts melted
within us. At the close of the service a '
great-hearted wealthy man came up
and said , "I'll take this little bright-
eyedfgirl , and I'll adopt her as one of 1
'
my own children ; " and lie took her by
: ho hand , lifted her into his carriage ,
anti went away. I
The next day , white we were in the
church gathering up garments fcr the
poor of New York , this little child came
back with a bundle under her arm , and
she said : "There's my old dress ; perhaps -
haps some of the poor children would i c
ike to have it , " while she herself was
t
n bright and b autiful array , and these
i
who more immediately examined her i
aid she had a ring on her hand. It was
n
ring of adoption. I '
There are a great many persons who '
pride themselves on , their ancestry , and .
i
hey glory over the royal blood that h
ours through their arteries. In their
inc was a lord , or a duke , or a prime
t
minister , or a king. But when the
s
Lord , our Father , puts upon us the ring t i
f his adoption , we become the children
f the Ruler of all nations. "Behold
what manner of love the Father hath
b
estowcd upon us , that we should be '
.
p.
ailed the sons of God. " It matters not
d
ow poor our garments may be in this ii
world , or how scant our bread , or hew t
Lean the but we live in , if „ e have the
ing of Christ's adoption upon our hand
e are assured of eternal defenses. ; -
a
Adopted ! Why , then , we are broth-
and sisters to all the goof of earth gt o
d heaven. We have the family ,
a
ame , the family dress , the family keys ,
i s
he family wardrobe. The Father looks
o f
fter 1:5 , robes us , defends us , hiesses }
a
s. We have royal blood in our veins , !
tt
ad there are crowns in our line. If we
b e
re his children' then princes and pvin-
D
esses. It is only a question of time
ci
when we get our coronet. Adopted' I ri
hen we have the family secrets , "The
Beret of the Lord is with them that
ear Him. " Adopted ! Then we have n
he family , inheritance , and in the day OT
hen our Father shall divide the riches e
heaven we shall take our share of the a
mansions and palaces and temples. 1 v
Ienceiorth let us beast no more of an ° f
arthly ancestry. The insignia of eter- si
al glory is our coat-of-arms. This , 1 n
ag of adoption puts upon us all honor pw
d all privilege. Now we can take the I 0 ]
ords of Charles Wesley , the prince of it
mn-makers , and sing : g o
gn
Come , le : us join cur friends above , T
Who have oltained the prize
And on the eagle wings of love re
To joy celestial rise.
Of
Let all the saints terrestial sing p
With those to glory gone ;
For all the servants of our King ,
in heaven and earth .
, , are one.
d e
I have been told that when any of the to
embers of any of the great secret seth
ties of this country , are in a distant fe
ty and are in any kind of trouble , and fu
re set upon by enemies , they have only 1 n
to give a certain signal and the members -
bers of that organization will flock
around for defense. And when any
man belongs to this great Christian
brotherhood , If he gets in trouble , In
trial , in persecution , In temptation , he
has only to show his ring of Christ's
adoption , and all the armed cohorts of
heaven will come to his rescue.
Still further , when Christ takes a soul
into his love he puts upon it a marriage -
riage ring. Now , that is not a whim of
mine : ( Hosea Ii : 10) "I will betroth
thee unto me forever : yea , I will betroth
I thee unto me in righteousness , and in
t judgment , and In loving-kindness , and
i In mercies. " At the wedding-altar
i the bridegroom puts a ring upon the
hand of the bride , signifying love and
faithfulness. Trouble may come upon
the household , and the carpets may go ,
the pictures may ' go , the piano may ' go-
the last thing that goes is that marriage
ring , for it is considered sacred. In
the burial hour it is withdrawn from
the hand and kept ivy a casket , and
sometimes the box is opened on an anniversary -
niversary day , and as you look at that
ring you see under its arch a long procession -
cession of precious memories. Within "
the golden circle of that ring there is
room for a thousand sweet recollections
to revolve , and you think of the great
contrast between the hour when , at
the close of the "Wedding March , under -
der the flashing lights and amid the
aroma of orange blossoms , you set that
ring on the round finger of the plump
hand , and that hour when , at the close
of the exhaustive watching , when you
knew that the soul had fled , you took
from the hand , which gave back no responsive -
sponsive clasp , from that emaciated finger -
ger , the ring that she had worn so long
and worn so well.
On some anniversary day you take
up that ring , and you repolish it until
all the old lustre comes back , and you
can see in it the flash of eyes that long
ago ceased to weep. Oh , it is not an unmeaning -
meaning thing when I tell you that when
Christ receives a soul into his keeping
he puts on it a marriage ring. He en-
doors you from that moment with all his
wealth. You are one-Christ and the
soul-one in sympathy , one in affection ,
one in hope.
There is no power on earth or hell to
effect a divorcement after Christ and i
the soul are united. Other kings have
t
turned out their companions when they
got weary of them , and sent them adrift
from the palace gate. Ahasuerus banished -
ished Vashti ; Napoleon forsook Josephine -
phine ; but Christ is the husband that
is true forever. Having loved you once ,
he loves you to the end. Did they not
try to divorce Margaret , the Scotch girl ,
from Jesus ? They said : "You must
give up your religion. She said : "I
can't give up my religion. And so
they' took her down to the beach of the
sea , and they drove in a stake at low
water mark , and they fastened her to it , '
expecting that as the tide came up her
faith would fail. The tide began to
rise , and came up higher and higher ,
rrpd to the girdle , and to the lip , and in ,
the last moment , just as the wave was
washing her soul into glory , she shouted I
the praises of Jesus.
Oh , no , you cannot separate a soul !
from Christ ! It is an everlasting mar- i
riage. Battle and storm and darkness
canirot do it. Is it too much exultation
for a man , who is but dust and ashes
ike myself , to cry out this moment : "I '
im persuaded that neither height nor
depth , nor principalities , nor powers , I s
nor things present , nor things to come ,
ror any other creature shall separate i 1
me from the lore of God which is in '
Jesus Christ my Lord ? " Glory be to
God that when Christ and the soul are
married they are bound by a chain-a , t
golden chain-if I might say so-a ' I
hamn with one link , and that one link I
he golden ring of God's everlasting e
eve.
I go a step further , and tell you that
, hen Christ receives a soul into his love
he puts on him the ring of festivity.
You know that it has been the custom
a all ages to bestow rings on every u
appy occasions. There is nothing t
more appropriate for a birthday gift
tan a ring. You delight to bestow q
rich a gift upon your children at such a
me. It means joy , hilarity , festivity. i
iFdell
Fdell , when this old man of the test
anted to tell how glad he was that his a
oy had sot back , he expressed it in this t
-ay. Actually , before he ordered sanh
ais to be nut on his bare feet ; before g
e ordered the fatted calf to be killed °
o appease the boy's hunger , he corn- r'
manded : "Put a ring on his hand. e
Oh , ft is a merit' time when Christ
°
a d the soul are united. Joy of for-
f
iveness ! What a splendid thing it is
si
feel that all is right between my God
r
nd myself. What a glorious thing it
to have God just take up all the sins i it
my life and put them in one bundle , w
id then fling them into the depths of o
to sea , never to rise again , never to 0 f
talked of again. Pollution all gone. f o
arkness all illumined. God rrconp
led. The prodigal home. "Put a
ng on his band. "
Every day I find happy Christian peo-
le. I find some of them with no sec- s
d coat , some of them in huts and ten- i to
cent houses , not one earthly comfort m
forded them ; and yet they are as hap- ' ° [
o
as happy can be. They sing "Rock
s
Ages" as no other people in the world
rig it. They never wore any jewelry fo
their life but one gold ring , and that at
as the ring of God's undying affection.
, how happy religion makes us' Did
make you gloomy and sad ? Did you
with your head cast down ? I do , a
of think you got religion , my brother. ; o f
his is not the effect of religion. True i P
tigion is a joy , , "Her ways are ways al
Pleasantness , and her paths are s o
pace. "
Why , religion lightens all our bur-
ns. It smooths all our ways. It in- w
rprets all our sorrows. It changes i , So .
e jar of earthly discord for a peal of
1
stal bells. In front of the flaming
mace of trial It sets the forge on s
nch scepters are ha nmered cut. a
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Si
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Mould you not like this hour to comi
Up from the swine-feeding and try thus
i religion ? All the joys of heaven would i , $
/
come out and meet you , and God would
cry from the throne : "Put a ring on
bls hand , i
You are not happy. I see it. There is
no peace , and sometimes you laugh
I when you feel a great deal more like 1
crying. The world is a cheat , It first
i
wears you down with ltd follies , then It
kicks you out into darkness. It comes
' back from the massacre of a million
souls to attempt the destruction of your
soul to-day. No peace out of God , but
r
here is the fountain that can slake the t
I thirst. Here is the harbor where you
can drop safe anchorage.
I
Would you not like , I ask you-not
perfunctorily , but as one brother might
talk to another-would you not like to
have a pillow of rest to put your head
on ? And would you not like when you
retire at night to feel that all is well ,
whether you wake up to-morrow morning - ;
ing at G o'clock , or sleep the Bleep that '
knows no waking ? Would you not like
to exchange this awful uncertainty
about the future for a glorious assurance -
ance of heaven ? Accept of the Lord ,
Jesus to-day , and all is well. If on your
way home some peril should cross the
street and dash your life out , it Would
not hurt you. You would rise up im-
mediately. You would stand in the celestial -
lestial streets. You would be among
the great throng that forever worship S
and are forever happy. If this night
some sudden disease should come upon
you , it would not frighten you. If you
knew ydu were going you could give a
calm farewell to your beautiful homo
on earth , and know that you are going
right Into the companionship of those
who have already got beyond the toiling -
ing and the weeping.
You feel on Saturday night different
,
from the way you feel any other night
of the week. You come home from the
bank , or the store , or the office , and you
say : "Well , now my week's work Is
done , and to-morrow Is Sunday. " It
is a pleasant thought. There is refreshment -
freshment and reconstruction in thu
r
very idea. Oh , how pleasant It will be ,
if , when we get through the day of our
life and we go and lie down in our bed
of dust , we can realii.e : "Well , now the
work is all done , and to-morrow is Sun-
day-an everlasting Sunday.
Oh , when thou city of my Coo.
Shall I thy courts ascend ?
Where congregatlons ne'er break up ,
And Sabbaths have no end.
There are people in this house today
day who are very near the eternal
world. If you are Christians , I bid you '
be of good cheer. Bear with you our congratulations -
l
gratulations to the bright city. Aged
men , who will soon be gone , take with
you our love for our kindred in the bet- S 1
ter land , and when you see them , tell
them that we are soon coming. Only a
few more sermons to preach and hear.
Only a few more heartaches. Only a 1.
fevr more toils. Only a few more tears.
And then-what an entrancing specta- -
: le will open before us !
i
Beautiful heaven , where all is light.
Beautiful angels , ciothed in white ,
Beautiful strains that never tire , r
Beautiful hurps through all the choir ;
There shall I join the chorus sweet ,
Worshiping at the Savior's feet.
And so I approach you now with a
general invitation , not picking out here
-
and there a man , or here and there a
woman , or here and there a child ; but
giving you an unlimited invitation ,
aging : "Come , for all things are now
ready. " We invite you to the warm
ieart of Christ , and the inclosure of the
Christian church. I know that a great
many think that the church does not
amount to much-that it is obsolete ;
hat it did its work and is gone now , so
ar as all usefulness is concerned. It
s the happiest place I have ever been ID
xcept my own home.
God's spirit will not always strive
With hardened , self-destroying man : '
Ye who persist his love to grieve
May never hear his voice again.
May God Almighty this hour move
pen your soul and bring you back from
he husks of the wilderness to the
Father's house , and set you at the ban-
uet , and "put a ring on your hand.
1
Great Sliver Nungo : .
Attention has lately been called to i
nugget of native silver weighing
OG. , ounces troy ; one of tfpe sixty that ,
ave been found at the ' , Greenwood' ' Y
roup of mines in the state of Mich- ,
Lean , Mexico. The other nuggets
eighed from one to tipirty-tivo pounds
xch. The large nugget is entirely
worn , except in cavities , where s ome
f the crystals are rounded andthe , r
arm is still visible. It is almost furo } t
lyer scarcely a trace of any gangue 1
ock being discernible. This spe + , i-
men was found on the surface , and , in '
s original state it is said to have s
eighed twelve pounds more. It is
ne of the most remarkable nuggets
silver ever found. The geoIonica1 '
rmaton : ps limestone with outcrop.
ings of limonite.-Great Divide. i
'Fuse Seventccntlr. ,
It is a serio"s matter in Armenia
houid a maiden attain her seven- '
erth year with no prospect of
arriage , for so surely as the festival
St. Sergius comes round she is
bhiged to fast three days and then eat
afted fish , without the right to quench
er thirst unless some kind swain be $
and who will promise to take her t
d be her ' mastsr. "
An .bused t'ife.
Married daughter-Oh. dear , such
time as 1 do have with that husband
miner. 1 don't have a minute's
eace when he s in the house. Ic is
wa-s calling me to help him do
mething or other.
Mother-What does he want now ?
Daughter-He wants me to tramp
ay up-stairs : ust to thread a aeedio
r him , so he can niend his clothe. '
eW York Weekly.
Thus far no one has had enough as- p
urance to suggest that the nc ; "worn-
l's bible" be read fn the public sehoos. !