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" 'But I ruined all your' happiness ! 0
' Regina ! my wife ! It has been this accursed -
(
- cursed pride that has wrought it all ! If
we but haal our lives to live over again ! "
" 'Hush ! ' she said softly. 'Let it be
as God wills ! He knows best. And
there is , a hereafter where all these
broken goiclen threads can be taken up ,
and joined again together. In that we
find our compensation , '
"She remained with him until he
died. Two days of watching passed ,
and one morning he quietly breathed
his last in her arms. We took his remains -
mains home to Auvergne , and there we
burled him beneath a tree that he had
planted on the day of his marriage.
"On an examination of my father's
affairs , it was found that he had left
his whole vast possessions , without reserve -
serve , to his wife ; and counselled me as
the son and heir prospective , to make
every exertion to discover my lost
ter.
" : try mother survived him only about
six months ; she had been failing gradually -
ally , but we did not think her in any
mmedlate danger. One day she called
us to her and made me promise that
wlien she was dead I would dispose of
t the estate in France , and go home to
, my grandfather in England. And then ,
having seen Genie provided with a suitable -
able home , she desired me to cross the
Atlantic , and ascertain if possible the
fate of my sister Evangeline. I promised -
ised her faithfully to attend to her requests -
quests , and then I left her-she wanted
to sleep , she said. When we returned
to her room she was sleeping the steep
.
eternal ! "
St. Cyril bowed his face in his hands
for a moment , then mastering his emotion -
tion , continued
"I had little to guide mom n my search ,
but I determined to undr-rtatce it at
once. I disposed of my estates in
France , and took my sister to England.
We were greeted warmly by our grandfather -
father , who had sincerely repented his
cruelty towards my mother , and after
remaining with him a few months , I
made arrangements to come to this
country. Genie insisted on accompany-
lug me. We could not persuade her to
stay behind. We took passage in the
Alsamo , and ten days out she encountered -
tered a gale which made her unsea-
worthy , and the captain was about to
' return to the nearest port , when we fell
. in with a merchant vessel , bound to
I Portlea. The captain of this vessel very
kindly offered to take us on board , and
those of us who were anxious to reach
the States accepted his proposal , my
sister and myself being among the inm-
ber. I think providence must have directed -
rected us to the very spot where we
know that our search is ended. Now
that I know the fate of Evangeline , it
only remains for me to discover the villain -
lain who abducted her. I would give
balf my life this moment for the privilege -
lege of putting a pistol shot through his
heart ! "
1 "BY what means can you trace him ?
(
how identify him. asked Ralph ,
"I have seen him once. I remember
his face distinctly. It was dark ,
strongly marked , heavily bearded and
lit up by eyes that gleamed like fire. "
Some sudden thought seemed to
strike Ralph rather forcibly. He
I started up and paced the floor with Iuur-
ried strides.
"Was there no peculiarity ? Nothing
by which this man could be distinguished -
guished from all other men with heavy ,
beards and dark complexions ? "
"There was. He had lost the third
and fourth fingers of his right hand. "
Ralph gave a sudden start. St. Cyril
noticed it.
"You have seen him ? " he said. "You
know of him ! Only give me a clew to
his hiding place , and my life shall be
at your service ! "
"I think I have seen him , " said Ralph
guardedly , "but I am not sure. IIr. St.
Cyril I thank you for the confidence you
have reposed in me. I will help you to
bring this man to justice , if he still
lives. I must go home now. I will see
you again before night. "
The two gentlemen shook hands cor-
dially. Ralph bowed to Miss St. Cyril ,
and left the house. All of his terrible
dread of the past night came over him
the moment he stepped out into the sunshine -
shine and saw the glitter of the sea. He
' shuddered as he passed the little cove
where last night they had embarked in
the boat. He felt like one suddenly bereft -
reft of all power over his body as he
turned into the path leading to the
Rock. What should he find there ?
Had the body of Imogene been tossed
up on the shore , or had she made a repast -
past for the fishes ? God help him , '
His brow felt as if an iron band bound
It round , the world was dark as night ,
bis head whirled so that he had to
steady himself by the door knob before
he lifted the latch.
He heard voices in the sitting room.
Wit > a desperate courage he approached -
preached the door. He might as well
face the worst at once. He entered the
room ; all was bright and cheerful. His
mother was sewing in her great chair
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before the fire , and there sitting quietly
by the south window , witli some fancy
knitting in her hand , was Imogene
Trenholme !
CHAPTER Y.V.
" RALPH stood like
one thunderstruck.
He was tempted to
pinch himself to
make sure that ho
was not dreaming.
"Come in , Ralph , "
said his mother ;
"we have been anx-
' bus about you ,
o
Where did you go
so early ? "
"I-I was called away , " he answered ,
with some agitation , looking into the
pale face of his wife. But she betrayed'
no conscious sign that she knew any-
thing-perhaps she did not. He could
not tell. Just tlmen he could not hear to
go in to listen to his mother's kindly i
gossip. He wanted to be let alone to
collect his scattered faculties.
He started to go up to the library.
On the upper landing he met Helen Fulton -
ton , She was singing gayly a stanza I
fronn "Comin' thro' the Rye , " but something -
thing in her face made Ralph Tren-
holme lay a strong hand upon her arm.
"Miss Helen , where were you last
night ? " lie asked abruptly. I
"In the body , at your service , Mr.
Trenhome : , " dropping him a curtsy.
"Don't trifle if you please. Answer
Inc truly. Did you save me from the
commission of a crime the remembrance !
of which must have embittered my
whole life ? "
"I ? Pie ! Mr. Trenholme ! What did
you intend to do ? Kiss the soulery :
maid ? She's rather good looking , and }
her hair would be auburn if it wasn't
red. "
"I do not want to jest , Miss Fulton.
I am in earnest. " i
Lord bless us ! I-low solemn the man
looks. Did you ever hear about the
toad ? "
"I do not know to n list you refer. "
" Well , once upon a time , a very good
nan , a member of the church , I guess ,
became so disturbed in his mind that
sleep forsook his pillow. He grew pale
and haggard. His anxious wife inquired -
quired the cause , and after a great deal
of hesitation lie informed her that lie
had committed a murder , and buried
his victim under an apple tree in the
garden. The good woman got a couple
of men to dig for the unfortunate re-
mainis , and after a hard two hours' work
they turned up the skeleton of a toad.
Now I would respectfully inquire if you
have killed a toad ? "
"You are incorrigible ! But you shall
not evade my question. Were you out
in the boat last night ? "
"Don't ! You hurt my arm ! And
you'll break my bracelet. And it cost
a heap of money. Yes , I was out in the
boat. "
"Did you go to the Rover's Reef ? "
"I did. "
"For what ? "
"To see the Rover , of course. "
"Pslmw ! Did you see me when I
went there ? "
"I did ; but unfortunately you were
not the Rover. You are not dark
enough , and you don't wear a mous-
tache. Why don't you ? "
"Will you be serious and tell me who
you found on time reef ? "
"You are inquisitive , Mr. Trenliolme.
If I were speaking to a third person , I
should say you were impertinent. Can't
I go to meet my true love a1 ! by the
shining sea without giving an account
of it to you ? "
"Who did you find there ? "
"I found Mrs. Innogene Trenholme
and a man bTck as Othello , Moor of
Venice. Only I did not know that the
Moor had cut off two of his fingers"
"How came you to go to the reef ? "
"I saw that my lady and her gallant
had lost their boat , and thought it almost -
most too cold a night for salt sea bath-
jug. "
"And you took them off ? "
"I did. And they offered ine untold
gold if I would keep it a secret. I told
them I'd never tell of it unless 1
changed my mind. But I'm in a great
habit of changing my ntincl. I've done
it several times in my life. "
"I should think so. Well , Helen Fulton -
ton , you know something about me that
no one else knows ; you can keep it to
yourself or not , as you choose. I will
tell you something more. That man has
ruined my peace ; he has destroyed my
confidence in my wife. A terrible
temptation to leave them there to perish -
ish beset me last night , and but for you
I should have been a murderer. You
do not know how deeply grateful I am
for my salvation ! "
"Thank you. And if you will allow
me to offer you a bit of advice , keep
quiet on this matter ; the boat drifted
away from the reef , you know. "
"But this man-this Moor , as you call
him-what became of him ? "
' Ah ! You want a litttle more vengeance -
geance , do you ? " '
"I want to know whither he went ? "
"He went in time direction of Portlea.
I know no more. Don't tease me fur-
ther. I must dress for dinner. " And
she danced away.
Ralph went to his room , and sinking
on his knees he thanked God from a
full heart that he had been saved from
this terrible sin. By and by he returned -
turned to the parlor , and sitting down
beside his mother he told her the story
of the St. Cyrus. Mrs. Trenholme IIs-
tened with Interest , and was delighted
when he had closed.
"Then Marina was of noble birth ! "
she cried , delightedly ; "and it was no
mesaliance : for you to love her , Ralph.
Popr child ! 1Ve must have her brother
and sister up here at once. "
"Just my owns thought , mother , " then
turning to Imogene , "Have you anyoh-
jection to offer ? "
"None , " she answered coldly ; "Mr.
Trenholme's friends will always be welcome -
come at this house. "
So after dinner the Trenliolme carriage -
riage and Ralph went down to the Reef
House and brought up Mr. and Miss St.
Cyril. They met with a cordial welcome -
come from llrs. Trenholme and Agnes.
But when Imogene was brought face to
face with Genevieve , tha agitation of
the haughty woman was something almost -
most appaling to witness. She turned
white'as marble , her eyes glowed with
feverish fire. But in a moment she recovered -
covered herself and bade Miss St. Cyril
welcome with a grace that few could
equal.
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Time passed. Still the St. Cyrus lingered -
gered at the Rock. They were pleased
with America , and Ralph would not listen -
ten to them when they spoke of going
away. His mother was delighted with
the brother and sister ; it was very
pheasant to have such distinguished
persons for guests. It gratified the
pride of the good lady.
Before a fortnight had elapsed Guy
St. Cyril was in love with Helen Ful-
ton. And such a life as the gay girl led
him ! His tenderest speeches she
laughed at ; his flowers she made into
wreaths to deck Quito , and when lie
asked her to walk or ride she said she
must stay at home and finish a pair of
stockings she was knitting for her papa.
But one day , by sonic stratagem , he
beguiled her out to ride. They had not
gone a mile from the Rock before she
challenged to a race. She rode Agnes'
horse Jove , and Guy was mounted on
a stout but by no means agile beast
that he had taken at random from the
stables.
The road was smooth and a little de-
scending. IIelen gave the word , and off
they started. She dicl not put Jove up
to his best pace , for she wanted to be
near enough to witness Guy's discomfiture -
fiture when he shou.'d discover that his
horse was not built for sneed. They
swept down the hill at an easy canter ,
down to where the highway was crossed
by a brook that was spanned by a stone
bridge. Helen was looking back laughing -
ing at the sorry figure Guy cut with his
heavy going horse , and did not perceive
that the late rains had torn the bridge
away , until she was on the very brink
of the gorge. It was too late to wheel
Iner horse ; she gave him the bridle ,
closed her eyes , and lie leaped the
chasm. Guy came up on the other side
and hesitated. Helen felt reckless.
"I-Ia ! " she called out to him , "so you
are afraid ! There i s a ford a few rods
above , where you can come through and
not get drowned. The water isn't more
than two inches deep. I'll warrant you
that ! "
Her tone stung him. He knew the
inferiority of his horse , but he could
not endure to be dared thus by a
woman. He struck his beast a sharp
blow. The animal reared and plunged
over. Time water was deep and time current -
rent rapid , but the horse was strong
and reached the opposite shore , but not
before he had cast his rider headlong
upon the rocks in the bed of the brook.
Helen looked back pale and startled.
Her heart felt cold. She turned Jove
and plunged into the water. Guy had
been partially stunned by the fall , but
time coldness of the water had brought
him to consciousness. She reached out
her hand to him.
"Come , " she said : "let me hcp : you
out of this. I suppose they will all say
I got you in. "
Do you want to help me , Helen ? ' ;
tTO ] 5 CO.\TLNUEU. )
Identified by Ills Halo.
Signor Luigi Arditi , the famous conductor -
ductor of opera , and the composer of
much delightful music , is entering the
fiftieth year of his public career , and on
its completion will publish his remin-
iscences. The conductor of an operatic
orchestra soon learns more about great
singers than they themselves could tell
him. He knows their moods , can un-
clcrstand their temperament , and is
,
probably the only person to accurately
gauge the limitations of their art.
Hence Signor Arditi's book will throw
a new and interesting light on many
favorites of time operatic stage. To all
opera goers the halo surrounding Signor -
nor Arditi's head is familiar , and the
maestro tells a good story about it , at
his own expense. It was in the days
when the Mapleson opera company ,
from Her Majesty's , was in America ,
and at one of the towns Arditi went to
cash an open check payable to himself
and made out by the impresario. He ,
reached the bank and presented the
paper to time cashier , who looked first
at the check , then at him , and said , "I
must have some proof of identity. This
is an open check ; you may be Mr. Ar-
diti or you may not. " This was awk-
ivard , for the musician had no card or
papers with him , whereby to set the
question of identity at rest , and he did
not want to have a journey back to his
motel. At last a bright idea struck him.
"Do you ever go to opera ? " he asked
the cashier. "Yes , I have been several
times , " replied the cashier. "Then , "
cried the musician , turning round suddenly -
denly and lifting his hat , "do you mean
to tell me you don't know Arditi ? " The
familiar back-view at once convinced
the cashier , and , with many apologies ,
the money was paid.-From the Sketch ,
A boa constrictor in Indianapolis has ,
diphtheria. Think of the amount of .
throat his snakesltip has to gargle.--
Chicago News.
ALM AGL JX01. ,
"AMERICA IS FOR GOD" LAST
SUNDAY'S SUEJECT.
"And I Bolloid 11not1ier Beast Coming
Up Out of tiw Barth ; and lie Mad
Ttro lorn3 Like a Lamb , , cncl io Space
ns z Drag on"-Itcv. , xiii : 11. -
S America mentioned -
tioned in the Bible ?
Learned and consecrated -
secrated men who
have studied the
inspired books of
Daniel and Revelation -
lation more than
I have and understand -
stand them better ,
agree in . saying
that the leopard
mentioned in the Bible meant Gre-
cia , and the bear meant Medo-Per-
sia , and the lion meant Babylon , and
the beast of the text coming up out
of the earth with two horns like a lamb
and the voice of a dragon means our
country , because among other reasons
it seemed to conmo up out of the earth
when Columbus discovered it , and it
has been for the most part at peace like
a lamb , unless assaulted by foreign foe ,
in which case it has had two horns
strong and sharp , ad the voice of a
dragon loud enough to make all
nations hear the roar of its
indignation. Is it reasonable to suppose -
pose that God would leave out from
he prophecies of His Book this whole
Western Hemisphere ? No , no. "I beheld -
held another beast coming up out of
the earth ; and he had two horns like a
lamb , and he spike as a dragon. "
I start with the cheering thought
that the most popular book on earth
today is the Bible , the most popular
Institution on earth today is the church ,
and the most popular name on earth today -
day is Jesus. Right from this audience
hundreds of mein and women would , if
need be , march out and die for Him.
Am I too confident in saying "Ameri-
ca for God ? " If the Lerd will help me
I will show the strength and extent of
the long line of fortresses to be taken ,
' and give you my reasons for saying it
can he done and will be done. Let us
dccn m.e , in this battle for God , whether
I we are at Bull Run or at Gettysburg.
i There is a Fourth of Julyish way of
bragging about this country , and the
most tired and plucked bird that ever
flew through the heavens is the Ameri-
t can eagle , so much so that Mr. Gladstone -
stone said to me facetiously , at Hawar-
den : "I hear that time fish in . your
' American lakes are so large that when
one of them is taken out the entire lake
is perceptibly lower , " and at a dinner
given in Paris an American offered for
i a sentiment : "Here is to the United
States-bounded on the north by the
aurora borealis , on the south by the
procession of the equinoxes , on the cast
by the primeval chaos , and on the west
by the Day of Judgment. " The effect
of such grandiloquence is to discredit
the real facts , which are so tremendous
they , need no garnishing. The worst
thing to do Ji any campaign , military
or religious , is to under-estimate an
enemy , and I will have no part in such
attempt at belittlement.
This land to be taken for God , ac-
' ording' to Hassel , the statistician , has
fourteen million two hundred and nineteen -
teen thousand nine hundred and sixty-
seven square miles , a width and a
length that none but time Omniscient
can appreciate. Four Europes put together -
gether , and capable of holding and feeding -
ing , as it will hold and feedaccording to
Atkinson , the statistician , if the world
continues in existence and does not run
afoul of some other world or get consumed -
sumed by time fires already burning in
the cellars of the planet-capable , I say ,
of holding and feeding more than one
billion of inhabitants. For you must
remember it must be held for God as
well as taken for God , and the last five
hundred million inhabitants must not
be allowed to swamp the religion of the
first five hundred million. Not much
use in taking the fortress if we cannot
hold it. It must be held until the arch-
angel's trumpet bids living and dead
arise from this foundering planet.
You must remember it is' only about
seven o'clock in the morning of our
nation's life. Great cities are to flash
and roar among what are called the
"Bad Lands" of the Dakotas and the
great "Columbia Plains" of Washington -
ton state , and that on which we put
our school-boy fingers on the map and
spelled out as the "Great American
Desert , " Is , through systematic and
consummating irrigation , to bloom like
Chatsworth Park and be made more
productive than those regions dependent -
ent upon uncertain and spasmodic rain-
fall. All those regions , as well as those
regions already cultivated , to be inhabited -
habited ! That was a sublime thing
said by Henry Clay , while crossing the
Allegheny mountains , and he was waiting -
ing for the stage horses to be rested , as
he stood on a rock , arms folded , looking
off into the valley , and some one said
to liim , "Mr. Clay , what are you thinking -
ing about ? " He replied , "I am listenIng -
Ing to the on-coming tramp of the future -
ture generation of America. " Have you
laid our home missionary scheme on
such an infinitude of scale ? If the work
of bringing one soul to God is so great ,
can a thousand million be captured ?
In this country , alreauy planted and to
be overcome , Paganism has built its
altar to Brahma , and the Chinese are
already burning incense in their temples -
ples , and Mohammedanism , drunk in
other days with the red wine of human
blood at Lucknow and Cawnpore , and
now fresh from the diabolism in. Armenia -
menia , is trying to get a foothold here ,
and from the minarets of her mosques
will yet mumble her blasphemies , saying -
ing , "God is great , and Mohammed is
His prophet. " Then there are the vast-
er multitudes with no religion at all.
They worship no God , they live with
no consolation , and they die with no
hope. No star of peace points down to
the manger In which they are born ,
and no prayer is uttered over the grave
into which they sink. Then there is
alcoholism , its piled up demijohns and
i beer barrels , and hogsheads of fiery
death , a barricade high and long as the
Alleghenies and Rockies and Sierra
Nevadas , pouring forth day and night
their ammunition of wretchedness and
woe. When a German wants to take
a drink , he takes beer. When an Englishman -
glishman wants to take a drink , ho
takes ale. Whin a - acoiciiman wants
to take a drink , lie takes whisky. But
when an American wants to take a
drink , he takes anything he can lay
his hands on.
Plenty of statistics to tell how much
money is spent in this country for rum ,
and how , many drunlcards die ! But
who will give us the statistics of how
many hearts are crushed under the
heel of this worst demon of the centuries -
turies ? How many hopes blasted ?
How many children turned out on the
world , accursed with stigma of a debauched -
bauched ancestry ? Until time worm of
the distillery becomes the worm that
never dies , and the smoke of the heated
wine vats becomes the smoke of the
torment that ascendeth up forever and
ever ! Alcoholism , swearing-not with
hand uplifted toward heaven , for from
that direction it can get no help ; but
with right hand stretched down toward
the perdition from which it came up-
swearing that it will not cease as long
as there are any homesteads to despoil ,
any magnificent men and women to
destroy , any immortal souls to damn ,
1 any more nations to balk , any more
civilizations to extinguish.
Then there is wlmat in Ammerica we
call Socialism , in France Communism ,
and In Russia Nihilism-the three
names for one and time same thing-and
having but two doctrines in its creed :
First , there is no God. Second , there
shall ho no rights of property. One of
their chief journals printed this sentiment -
ment : "Dynamite can be made out of
the dead bodies of capitalists as well
as out of hogs. " One of the leaders of I
Communism left inscribed on his prison !
wall where lie had been Justly incarcerated -
cerated , these words : "When once you i
are dead , there is an end of everything ;
therefore , ye scoundrels , grab whatever !
you can-only don't let yourselves be
grabbed. Amen ! " There are in this
country hundreds of thousands of these
lazy scoundrels. Honest men deplore I
it when they cannot get work , but those
of whom I speak will not do work when ,
they can get it. I tried to employ one ;
who asked me for money. I said , "Down I
in my cellar I have some wood to saw ,
and I will pay you for it. " For a little
while I heard the saw going , and then
I heard it no more. I went downstairs ,
!
anti found the wood , but the workman
had disappeared , taking for company
both buck and saw.
Socialism , Comnmunism and N hilism
mean , "Too wicked to acknowledge
God , and too lazy to earn a living , " and
among the mightiest obstacles to be
overcome are those organized elements i
of domestic , social and political ruin.
There also are time fastnesses of infidelity -
fidelity , and atheism , and fraud , and
political corruption , and multiform ,
hydra-headed , million-armed abominations -
tions all over the land. While the
nmiglitiest agencies for righteousness on
earth are good and healthful newspapers -
papers and good and healthful books , ;
and our chief dependence for intelligence -
gence and Christian acimievement is j
upon them , what word among words in
our vocabulary can describe the word
of that archangel of mischief , a corrupt -
rupt literature ? What man , attempting -
ing anything far God and humanity ,
has escaped a stroke of its filthy wing ? ;
What good cause has escaped its bin- ;
derment ? What other obstacle in all
the land so appalling ? But I cannot
name more than one-half the battlements -
ments , the bastions , the intrenchments ,
the redoubts , time fortifications to be
stormed and overcome if this country
is ever taken for God. The statistics
are so awful that if we had nothing but
the multiplication table and the arithmetic -
metic , time attempt to evangelize America -
ca would be an absurdity higher than
the Tower of Babel before it dropped
on the plain of Shirar. Where are the
drilled troops to march against those
fortifications as long as the continent ?
Wliere are the batteries that can be
unlimbered'against these walls ? Where
are the guns cf large enough calibre )
to storm these gates ? Well , let us look
around and see , the first of all , who is
our leader and who will be cur leader
until the work is done ? Garibaldi ,
with a thousand Italians , could do more
than another commander with ten
thousand Italians. General Sherman ,
on one side , , and Stonewall Jackson , on
the other , each with ten thousand
trcops , could do more than some other
generals with twenty thousand troops.
The rough boat in which Washington
crossed the icy Delaware with a few
half-frozen troops was mightier than
the ship of war that , during the Amen-
can revolution , came through the narrows -
rows , a gun at each porthole , and sunk
in Heil-Gate. Our Leader , like most
great leaders , was born in an obscure l
place , and it was an humble homeabout
five miles from Jerusalem. Those who'
were out of doors that night said that
there was stellar commotion , and
music that came out of the clouds , as
though the front door of heaven had
been set open , and that the camels
heard his first infantile cry. Then he
came to the fairest boyhood that mother
was ever proud of , and from twelve to
thirty years of age was off in India , if
traditions there are accurate , and then
returned to his native land , and for
three years had his pathway surrounded -
ed by blind eyes that he illumined -
ined , and epileptic patients to
whom he gave rubicund health , and
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tongues - that he loosed from silence ink t ,
song , and those whose funerals he
stopped that he might give back to bereaved - j
reaved mothers their only boys , and
whose fevered pulses he had restored
to rhythmic throb , and whose paralytle 1
limbs he had warmed into healthful
circulation-pastor at Capernaum , but #
flaming evangelist everywhere , hush-
lug crying tempests and turning roll-
ing seas into solid sapphire , and for
the rescue of a race submitted to courtroom - i
room filled with howling miscreants ,
and to a martyrdom at the sight of
which the situ fainted and fell back In f
the heavens , and then treading the '
clouds homeward , like snowy moun- ( '
tam-peaks , till heaven took him back r
again , more a favorite than ho had ever
been ; but , coming again , he is on earth
now , and the nations are gathering to
his standard. Following him were the t
Scotch covenanters , the Thoban legion ,
the victims of the London Haymarket ,
the Pledmontese sufferers , the Pllgrint
Fathers , the Huguenots , and uncounted
multitudes of the past , joined by about
four hundred millions of the present ,
and with the certainty that all nations
shall huzzah at his chariot-wheel , he
goes forth , the moon under his feet and
the stars of heaven for his tiara-the ,
Mighty Leader , he of Drumclob , and
Bothwell Bridge , and Bannockburn ,
and the One who whelmed Spanish Armada -
mada , "Coming up from Edom , with
dyed garments from Bozrah , traveling
In the greatness of his strength , mighty
to save , " and behind whom we fall into
line to-day and march in the campaign
that is to take America for God , Hosanna -
sanna Hosanna ! Wave all the palm- ,
branches ! At his feet put down your
silver and your gold , as ht heaven you
will cast before him your coronets. i
With such a Leader do you not think
we can do it ? Say , do you think vro , ,
can ? Why , many ramparts have a-
ready been taken. Where is American
slavery ? Gone , and the South , as
heartily as the North , prays "Peace to
Its ashes. " Where is bcstfal polygamy ?
Gone , by the fiat of the United States
government , urged on by Christian sentiment -
timent , and Mormonism , having retreated -
treated in 1830 from Fayette , New
York , to Kirkland , Ohio , and In 1533
retreated to Missouri , and in 1S4G ro-
treatedto , Salt Lake City , now divorced
from its superfluity of wives , will soon
retreat into the Pacific , and no basin t
smaller than the ocean could wash out '
its pollutions. Illiteracy going down
under the work of Slater and Peabody
funds , and Sabbath schools of all the
churches of all denominations ! Pugilism -
ism now made unlawful by congressional -
sional enactment , the brutal custom
knocked out in the first round ! Corruption
r
ruption at the ballot box , by law of 1
registration and other safeguards , made
almost impossible ! Churches twice as
t
large as the old ones , the enlarged supply -
ply to meet the enlarged demand ! Nihilism -
ism getting a stunning stroke by the
summniary execution of its exponents
f
after they had murdered te policemen
in. Chicago , received its deathblow from ' l
the recent treaty which sends back to
Russia the blatant criminals who had
been regurgitated on our American I t
's
shore. The very things that have been's
quoted as perils to this nation are go- ,
Jag to help its salvation. Great cities , 3 r
so often mentioned as great obstacles-
the center of crime and the reservoirs
of a1 ! iniquities-are to lead in the work
of gcspelization. Who give most to
home missions , to asylum , to religious
education , to all styles of humanitarian
and Christian institutions ? The cit-
ies. From what place did the most
relief go at the time of Johnstown flood ,
and Michigan fires , and .Charleston
earthquake , and Ohio freshets ? From
the cities. From what place did Chnit
send cut his twelve apostles to gospel-
ize the world ? From a city. What
place will do more than any other place ,
by its contribution of Christian men
and women and means , in this work of
i
taking America for God ? New York
city. The way Paris goes , goes France.
The way Berlin goes , goes Germany.
The way Edinburgh goes , goes Scot-
land. The way London goes , goes En-
gland. The way New York and a couple -
ple other cities go , goes America. May
the eternal God wake up to the stpen #
deus issue ! _
OBSERVED OF OBSERVERS.
One of the latest re-enlistments in the
navy is that of Tohmi R. Knowles , the
sailor who lashed Admiral Farragut to
the rigging of the Hartford in her memorable - ,
orable fight with the confederate iron-
clad ram Tennessee in Mobile bay. t
Knowles has been in time service forty-
seven years. 4
Mrs. Levi P. Morton and eighteen
other women well known in New York
in various branches of philanthropic '
work have undertaken to establish a t
co-operative employment bureau for tha u
Supply of .its patrons with all sorts of , w
"
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help.
The British chemist who recently
found in a terrestrial mineral the clement -
ment helium , hitherto believed to exist ,
only in the sun and a few stars , was
Prof. William Ramsay.
Miss Braddon intends to write no S
more novels. She has already given to -
the world more than fifty worlcs of
fiction.
Monsignor Cape ] , the well known Re-
man Catholic ecclesiastic , became a
ranchman in California a few years rage
ago , and is now said to be very m
wealthy. Formerly , the pink of perfec- t
tion in dress , lme has ron become indifferent - I
different to his garb , and alwrays appears -
pears in the rough costume of m } ranch-
man. He was a brilliant social figure
in London , and ] s said to be the original
inal of Catesby in Disraeli's "Lothair. "
The Tennyson memorial to be erected
near the poet's old home on the Isle of
Wight will bear the legend : "Erected
by Friends In England and AmcIca. "
The late Oliver Wendell Holmes was
the first American contributor.
Hiram S. Maxim , the inventor , says
that New Englanders are the best mechanics -
chanics in the world , and that the
French are the best mechanics in
Europe.
Some folks ara a long timo-in finding out , '
that it never pass to worry.
Eery man makes uucrltten la ra th
others have to keep.
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