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\ \ BY M.T.CALDOR.
i INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION *
CHAPTER XIII. fCoNTiKDBn.i
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| _ _ Whereupon he rose , and went out Into -
\ % \ to the street. He strolled aimlessly
jj' around until the gray twilight wrapper ]
v. ; ( the great city in a gloom more dense
* ' than that of the smoky day-time fog
until a thousand blinking eyes opened
"bright and glittering along the straighl
line of the street's humble relief sentries -
' tries lor the stars , that had hid them
selves in sullen clouds of black. Then
ie sought admittance at Collinwood
House. Owing to the indisposition ol
Xady Annabel , the drawing-room was
free from visitors , but Eleanor came
• down immediately upon receiving his
name. She looked tired and dispirited
! "but smiled oheerfully when she saw
j him.
' "I should not be glad to see anyone
! "but you , Walter , for I am somewhat fa
tigued. Mamma has been ill all day
I . and I have been extremely anxious
But I shall look for you r.o c-omtorr me
I -as you always used toi in the old days ,
Sit down and talk , and let me luxuriate
i - in listening. "
M He sighed.
Ijju "I fear I shall scarcely .enliven you. ]
'jfl am somewhat dull myself , but I will dc
ill my best"
I ji' So they strayed off into a conversa
il f tion , commencing with preaent London
V experience , but soon wandering away tc
fl the old life. They forgot present griel
X and care to recall the wild beauty ol
W those far-off haunts. They talked ol
H the cool green shadow flung by the Hi-
biscus.tree over the grave of Tom ol
II I the musical dash of the surf * beneath
H j the coral rock of the tall palm from
ll. which so long streamed hopelessly
Ml their tattered signal-flag of his fa 'th-
MMer's watchful care Tom's simple bul
il j noble nature , and his heroic devotion.
| 1 g Was either aware how utterly had been
| | f | fulfilled the prophecy of Mr. Vernon ?
| I j TPhey had gained the world its prizes
M | of fame and wealth and honor , and yei
Ifl their bruised hearts yearned wistfully
19 • toward the innocent tranquility , the un-
ffl ! troubled peace of the retreat beneath
U ! the palm and bread fruit grove.
Wm ! The time passed rapidly , and they
Wt | -were startled when a servant entered.
Ifl j "My lady wishes to know if Mr. Ver-
| | j non is with you , and if so she would like
MM I to see you both in her apartment. "
IB I "Has my uncle gone ? " asked Elea-
3ior. "I left him with , her a few mo
rn anents ago. "
mm j "Lord Collinwood has been gone an
'If ' liour or more. "
jlX "An hour ! Have we talked so long1
; | | -Come , Walter , let . us obey her sum-
fl mons. "
9 They found Lady Annabel in an easy-
II -chair , dressed in a- snowy Cashmere
jfl -wrapper , which set off becomingly the
St glittering dark eyes , raven braids anii
jig feverish cheeks of the invalid. She was
| | vevidently somewhat disturbed.
II I "I sent for you , Mr. Vernon , " \said she
II at once , " because the admiral has just
If ) related a rumor that came to him on his
I | [ way hither , and it has made me very
If | uneasy. I trust you will contradict it.
8 j Heport says there is to be a duel be-
B I tween my friend Geoffry Dacre and
If ! yourself. "
It j Walter's eyes fell his face showed
111unmistakably the truth of her suspi-
-l | clon.
"I am deeply grieved , " said she , lean-
It ing wearily against the damask cush-
If ion. "At any time it is ' so revolting bul
If lor you "
It "For me It Is as hateful as for any
fl tme else , " Interrupted Walter , proudly
fl "but. I am driven into it. I assure you
fljl I have no thought of taking youi
Iff friend's life. I shall not even fire the
flf pistol but if he demands a chance tc
fl : shoot at me , he is welcome to it. The
flconsequence matters not to me , and few
j flviUl mourn for me. "
flj Eleanor had listened aghast with
91 "horror. She could restrain herself nc
flj , longer-and regardless of her mother's
fl presence she sprank forward and caughl
flj .his hand.
B "A duel ! Walter , Walter , you will
fl Tireak my heart. Few to mourn for you'
fl Do you not know it will kill me to see
fl 3ou sacrificed in that horrible way
B "Promise me quick , Walle r promise
&j xne , that for my sake , this wicked deed
flf shall not be done. "
* fl "Eleanor , ' * said Lady Annabel , au-
B j t -thoritatively , "come here , my child
fl 3"ou forgefyourself ; leave it with youi
X another to remonstrate with Mr. VerB -
B -non. Now , " continued she , when El-
flj eanor had mutely obeyed , holding fasl
K to her daughter's hand , "may I ask , Mr
H "Vernon , if my daughter can be any way
Hconnected with this affair ? "
B "Not at all , your ladyship. Mr. DaB -
B -ore's anger arises from the fact that ]
I Tefused to be introduced to his wife
I or rather to take her hand after intro-
duction. "
fl She looked bewildered.
I "And why should you be so unreasonable -
sonable ? I do not understand. "
fl "I did not expect you wojild , no one
fl Taut myself knows the injury-and deso-
fl laUon that woman has brought to me
fl through my father's life. I shouVl need
fl a score of pistols to compel me to toucl
mm lier traitorous hand. "
9 "You speak bitterly. I have knowr
| B -my Cousin Annabel from her child-
IB Tiood , and never knew an unkind word
B or deed to come from her. Of course
S I know nothing of your father's history
H Axe you sure there is not some strange
B jmistake ? " .
I "You shall ascertain for yourself , "
answered Walter suddenly. " 1 intended -
, ed to leave my father' .s life for her to
j read. You may read it to-night , and
then answer me if I am not justified in
refusing to clasp that woman's hand.
I Nay , send me word before eight In the
morning , and if after learning that sorrowful -
rowful story you bid me apologize to
f
j Mrs. Dacn3 , I declare solemnly I will do
it I shall only agitate you by remain
ing longer. You know my wish respect
ing the manuscript , which I will send
to you immediately , Lady Eleanor. Do
not grieve for such a hapless soul as
J mine. God bless you ! Good-night. "
Walter returned to his own lodgings ,
dispatched a messenger with.thejnanu-
script to Collinwood House , and sat
down to write what he believed his last
message to Eleanor. He was interrupt !
ed by the viscount.
"I have just seen Dacre , " said he.
"He wishes to change the hour of meet
ing , and make it as early certainly as
seven. The rumor has got out , and he
fears a police interruption. Have you
any objection ? "
"None , " briefly responded Walter ,
keeping on with his writing.
"Ah , Vernoni , I cannot bear to think
what may happen to this hand of yours ,
" so magical with the brush. For mer
cy's sake give me some little word of
apology. "
"Apology pshaw ! That woman
knows what she is about. There can be
no apology ; she thinks my death will
make her safe. Leave me , my kind
friend , if you have no better consolation
than that. "
The viscount took his hat and left the
room without another word.
Only once ; through that feverish ,
restless night was Walter disturbed. A
servant came -to the door , saying a
strange man below wished to see him
immediately. Not suspecting it was a
messenger from Lady Annabel , but
imagining it had something to do with
the police detention , he refused to see
him.
CHAPTER XIV.
threatening
clouds of the past
night gave out slow
drops of rain , pat
tering dismally on
the pavement , as
Walter's haggard
face looked for h
yfiPfy ' window.Jt was
well in consonance
with his feelings.
He went about his toilet duties with a
sort of stolid calmness , wound his
watch with , scarcely a throb of pain ,
when the thought that long before its
ticking ceased his hand might be cold
in death. Then , after a hasty cup of cof
fee , he wrapped himself in his cloak
and wentforth to the appointed rendez
vous with his second.
Somerset was waiting for him with a
cabriolet. When they reached the field
they found Dacre waiting there. The
moor looked black and dreary in the
j dripping rain , without the pleasant
j prospect clear weather cave it. missing
i sorely the bright glimpse of the
j Thames , the huge city with St. Paul's
' noble dome rising out of the smoky belt
below , and the white-winged fleet wait
ing around the wharves , like carrier
. doves ready for their mission.
Silently the ground was measured ,
the glittering weapons examined and
handed to their owners. Walter folded
his arms over his with a scornful smile.
Then was raised the fatal handkerchief
and an awful stillness settled a mo-
I ment on the air , but it was broken sud-
j cr'y by a wild scream in aOman's
voice.
All turned in alarm. A carriage came
tearijis through the misty j i.di rie
coachman lashing recklessly the plung
ing horses. Scarcely a moment after
it appearance the door was flung open
and a woman sprang frantically into
their midst. What was .the astonish
ment of all to see , as she flung back her
veil , the surpassingly beautiful , but
ashy white and -mournful face of Lady
Annabel Collinwood. She sprang to
Walter's side.
I "Thank God , I am not too late ! Rash ,
boy ! " she added , with unutterable pathos -
thos . "For what shadow would you
peril the life that is dear to Eleanor ?
I have read your father's woeful story ,
and yet I say you must apologize to Mr.
Dacre and leave this dismal place. "
"Apologize for refusing the hand of
Annabel Marston never ! " ejaculated
J Walter , firmly.
i "Hush , hush , Paul Kirkland's son-
it is I who am the Annabel Marston of
i his story. "
Had a thunderbolt fallen at Walter's
feet ? He stood transfixed in astonish
ment , staring wildly into her face. The
\ pistol dropped from his nerveless grasp ,
j but no word came from his paralyzed
i tongue. J
"Yes , " said she , slowly , "it was I , and
my poorcousinis cleared fromyoursus-
picions , Mr. Dacre. The youth is not so
insane as you believe. He had better
} reasons than you mistrust. The * mistake
arose in your wife's name. We were
both Annabel Marston , of Lincolnshire ;
but it was I alone who knew Paul Kirk-
land. Let me see you clasp hands
bef ro I go. "
Walter extended his hand mechanl-
cally.Mr. . Dacre shook itwarmly. Then
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Lady Annabel motioned for Walter tc
assist her to the carriage. He did so ,
folding his arm carefully around her tc
steady her faltering steps , and yet il
was he Annabel Marston he had taughi
himself to abhor and despise. She
smiled mournfully at his assiduous care
for her , and said , faintly :
. "Go home with me , Walter , and yoi
shall know the secret of the mournfu '
story. Perchance you may feel more
sympathy with your father's destroyei
than you have believed possible. "
Walter took the seat beside her , and
though not another word was spoken
never removed his eyes from the wan
deathly face that lay back wearily
against the cushions. Was this the
proud , stately , admired woman before
whom nobility and genius bowed ir
homage ? that Lady Annabel whose per
fection and superiority shamed evei
the virtuous ? the woman who had de
liberately deceived a loving , trusting
heart , sold herself for dross , dipped hei
fair hands in crime ? No wonder Wal
ter walked as in a dream when he fol
lowed up the polished staircase to the
luxurious , elegant room of Lady Ann
abel.
abel.Eleanor's
Eleanor's pale face just looked in a
moment , and was vanishing , when hei
mother called her.
"Come in , my love ; I need you. Take
away my hat and cloak , and bring my
cordial , without calling Claudine. "
The affectionate daughter complied ,
gently removing the bonnet and strok
ing fondly the glossy ebony hair. Lady
Annabel , rested a few moments after
drinking the cordial , and then said ,
calmly :
"Sit down here by my side , my chil
dren , and I will relate , the humiliating
story , which my poor Eleanor has heard
before , and scarcely yet recovered from
the shock. I was brought up at my
grandfather's , for my mother died at
my birth , and my father lived only two
years after her. My earliest remem
brances , are of the childish terror with
which I regarded my father's sister , the
Hon. PameliaMarston , and of the pas
sionate love lavished upon the only be
ing who cared for me , my Aunt Marcla
Wellesford , my mother's eldest sister.
A little later came an intense hatred
of my beautiful cousin Flora , the es
pecial pet and pride of the Marstons.
My father married against the wishes
of his family , and from the moment he
brought his bride to his father ' s house ,
my mother was the object of ais haugh
ty sisters' dislike and persecution. I
know this no better now than I realized
it then ; for the enmity bestowed upon
the mother was not buried in her cof
fin , but survived to torment me.
( TO HE CONTINUED. )
THE "HUNTING" COW.
How a Nebraska Man Deceives the WilP
Geese.
"Hunting Cow" is the name given by
John Sieyers of Ames , Neb. , to a unique
device for sportsmen , says the New
York World. The finest wild-goose
hunting in the United States is found
in the meadows of Nebraska. The fowl
are very knowing , and distinguish the
figure of a hunter a long distance ,
whereupon they fly away. Horses ,
cattle and sheep are not feared by the
geese , and they graze in the very midst
of the flocks of birds. Inventor Sievers
has taken advantage of this by con
structing a machine outwardly re
sembling a cow. The frame is made of
very light willow , covered with canvas ,
painted reddish brown and white. An
opening near the front legs permits
the hunter to enter. His head fits in
a hat-like frame which supports the
head of the cow. A hole in the fore
head permits him to see. When the
hunter walks the hinds legs automat
ically keep step with the forelegs and
the tail switches realistically. The
head can be moved by the hunter in
any direction. When a field is reached
in which a flock of geese are feeding
the hunter inside the "cow" simulates
the movements of grazing cattle until
within gunshot of the game. By draw
ing a bolt the fore part of the cow falls
apart and enables the hunter to use
his gun at short range. The inventor
asserts that other game than geese may
be successfully stalked by the
mechanical cow. The device will sell
for § 30. It is to be so made as to be
easily taken apart and packed for
transportation.
The Xenstretter.
"The Neustretter. " who stirred the
Bois and Champs Elysee loungers with
envy of her clothes and turnouts what
time the Vanderbilt divorce was on the
tapis , is again in evidence with equip
ages of the newest and finest , and an
other New York millionaire has set the
tongues of tout Paris wagging.
The funnyr part of the affair is that
the millionaire accredited with the
present episode is well past the half
century and up to the present time has
lived with-the regularity of an old-time
New England deacon , without a sus
picion of wild oats about him.
In his youth and early manhood ,
when fredaines are to be expected , he
liycj in the odor of respectability , al
though a man of- great wealth , wide
travel and.yachting propensities and
now Ichabod !
Well , humanity is a curious com
pound and men make queer breaks. In
this present case a number of cognate
and connected sinners are chuckling
and conversely several aristocratic
families , whose names are synonymous
with the straight and narrow path , are
plunged into the depths of gloom. -
New York Journal.
Loses Many Things.
"Does a girl lose caste by riding a
wheel ? " asks Harper's Weelcly. Not
necessarily. But she sometimes loses
her complexion and not infrequently
her balance. \
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TALMAGE'S SERMON ,
"ARMAGEDDON" THE S.UBJECT
OF SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE.
from the Text : "And He Gathered Them
Together In > a Place Called In the
Hebrew Tonene Armageddon"
Revelations , Chapter 10 , Verio 16.
EG ID DO is the
name of a moun
tain that looks
down upon Esdrae-
fi I Ion , the greatest
battle field that the
world has ever
seen. There Barak
fought the Canaan-
ff JT ites ; there Gideon
s
° fought the Midian-
ites ; there Josiah
fought the invading Egyptians. The
Whole region stands for battle , and the
Armageddon of my text borrows Its
name from it , and Is here used , not
geographically , but figuratively , while
setting forth the idea that there is to
be a world's closing battle , the greatest
of all battles , compared with which the
conflicts of this century and all other
centuries were insignificant , because
of the greater number of combatants
"
engaged , the greater victory and the
greater defeat. The exact date of that
battle we do not know , and the exact
locality is uncertain. It may be in
Asia , Europe , Africa or America , but
the fact that such a battle will take
place is as certain as God's eternal
truth. When I use the superlative de
gree in regard to that coming conflict , I
do not forget that there have been wars
all along on stupendous scale. As when
at Marathon Miltiades brought on his
men , not in ordinary march , but in full
run , upon the horsemen of Persia , and
the black archers of Ethiopia , and scat
tered them , and crying , "Bring fire !
Bring fire ! " set into flame the ships
of the Invaders. As when Pizarro
overcame Peru. As when Philip the
Second triumphed over Portugal. As
when the Huns met the Goths. As
when three hundred Spartans sacrificed
themselves at Thermopylae. As when
the Carthaginians took Agrigentum.
As when Alexander headed the Mace
donian phalanx. As when Hannibal
invaded Italy. K Battle of Hastings !
Battle of Valmy ! Battle of Pultowa !
Battle of Arbela ! Battle of Tours ! Bat
tle of Borodino ! Battle of Lucknow !
Battle of Solferino ! Battle of Fontenoy ,
Where 100,000 were slain ! Battle of
Chalons , where 300,000 were massacred !
Battle of Herat , where Genghis Khan
destroyed 1,600,000 lives ! Battle of
Neishar , where 1,747,000 went down to
death ! 1,816,000 slain at Troy ! And
American battles , too near us now to
allow us to appreciate their awful gran
deur and significance , except you who
were there , facing the North or facing
the South ! But all the battles I have
named put together will not equal In
numbers enlisted , or fierceness , or
grandeur , or triumph , or rout , the com
ing Armageddon contest. Whether it
shall be fought with printers' type or
keen steel , whether by brain or muscle ,
whether by pen or carbine , whether
by booming cannon or thunders of
Christian eloquence , I do not know ,
and you may take what I say as figur
ative or literal , but take as certain
What St. John , in his vision on the
rocks of the Grecian archipelago , is
pleased to call "Armageddon. "
My eermon will first mention the reg
iments that will be engaged in the con
flict ; then will say something of the
commanders on both sides ; and then
speak of the battle itself and the tre
mendous issues. Beginning with those
who will fight on the wrong side , I
first mention the regiments Diabolic.
In this very chapter from which my
text is taken we are told that the spir
its of devils will be there. How many
millions of them no one can tell , for
the statistics of the satanic dominions
have never been reported and the roll
of that host has never on earth been
called ; but from the direful , and con
tinental , and planetary work they have
already done , and the fact that every
man and woman and child on earth
has a tempter , there must be at least
sixteen hundred millions of evil spirits
familiar with our world. Perhaps as
many more are engaged on especial
enterprises of abomination among the
nations and empires of the earth. Be
side that there must be an inconceiv
able number of inhabitants in realms
pandemonlac , staying there to keep the
great capitals of sin going from age to
age. Many of them once lived in heav
en , but engaging in .conspiracy to put
Satan on the throne , they were hurled
out and down , and they are now among
the worst thugs of the universe. Hav
ing been in three worlds heaven ,
earth and hell they have all the ad
vantages of great experience. Their
power , their speed , their cunning , their
hostility wonderful beyond all state
ment ! In the Armageddon they will ,
I doubt not , be present in full array.
They will have no reserve corps , but
all will be at the front. There will
not only be soldiers in that battle who
can be seen and aimed at , but troops
intangible and without corporeity , and
weapons may strike clear through them
without giving them hurt. With what
shout of defiance will they climb up
the ladders of fire and leap from the
battlements of asbestos into the last
saxapaign of hell ! Paul , the bravest ol
men , was impressed with their might
for evil when he said , "We wrestle
not against flesh and blood , but against
principalities , and against powers , and
against the rulers of the darkness in
this -world , against spiritual wicked
ness in high places. " Oh , what an agi
tating moment , when the ranks diabol
ic move up and take their places for
conflict In the Armageddon !
Other regiments who will march in
to the fight will be the regiments Alco
holic. They will be made up of the
"
brewers' companies , distillery owners ,
I
. . . . _ • • . . . . . . . . . * , i i i-- i -r'm i . . . r
and liquor dealers' associations , and
the hundreds of millions of their pa
trons. They will move Into the ranks
with what the bible calls the "Song ol
the drunkard. " And wbat a bloated ,
and soaked , and bleared , and blasted ,
and hiccoughing , and nauseating host !
If now , according to a scientist In Eng
land , there are fifty thousand deaths
annually from strong drink , and in the
United States , according to another
estimate , ninety-eight thousand deaths
annually from strong drink , what an
army of living drunkards that implies ,
coming up from the whole earth to
take their places in the last battle , es
pecially as the evil increases and the
millions now staggering on their way
may be joined by other millions of re
inforcements ; brigade after brigade ,
with drunkards' bones drumming on the
head of beer barrels the dead march ol
souls. These millions of victims ol
alcohol joined by the millions of vic
tims of arrack , the spirituous liquor of
China , and India , and Arabia , and
Egypt , and Ceylon , and Slam !
Other regiments who will march into
the fight on the wrong side will be the
regiments Infidel. God gave but one
revelation to the human race , and these
men have been trying to destroy it.
Many of the books , magazines , and
newspapers , through perpetual scoff at
Christianity , and some of the universi
ties , have become recruiting agencies
for those regiments. The greatest brig
adier of all those regiments , .Voltaire ,
*
who closed his life of assault upon
Christianity by writing , "Happiness is
a dream , and only pain Is real. I have
thought so for eighty-four years , and
I know no better plan than to resign
myself to the inevitable and to reflect
that flies are born to be devoured by
spiders and man to be consumed by
care. I wish I had never been born. "
Oh , the God-forsaken regiments of in
fidels , who after having spent their life
in antagonizing the only influence that
could make the earth better , gather
with their low wit and their vile sneer
• and their learned idiocy and their horrible
rible blasphemy to take part against
God and righteousness in the great Ar
mageddon !
Other regiments who will march in
on the wrong side in the battle will be
the regiments Mohammedan. At the
present time there are about one hun
dred and seventy-five million Mos
lems. Their plain mission is to kill
Christians , demean womanhood , and
take possession of the earth in the in
terest of ignorance , superstition , and
moral filth. The massacre of fifty
thousand Armenians in the last two
or three years Is only one chapter in
their effort to devastate the earth ol
everything but themselves. So deter
mined are they in their bad work thai
all the nations of the earth put togeth
er dare not say to them , "Stop ! or we
will make you stop ! " My hope is that
long before that last battle of which 1
speak the Turkish- government , and
with it Mohammedanism , may be
wiped out of existence. * *
First of all , I mention the regiments
Angelic ! Alas ! that the subject of demonology -
menology seems better understood
than the subject of angelology. But
the glorious spirits around the throne
and all the bright immortals that fill
the galleries and levels of the universe
are to take part in that last great fight ,
and the regiments angelic are the only
regiments capable of meeting the regi
ments plutonic. To show you some
thing of an angel's power , I ask you to
consider that just one of them slew one
hundred and eighty-five thousand ol
Sennacherib's hosts in a night , and it
is not a tough arithmetical question
to solve , if one angel can slay one hun
dred and eighty-five thousand troops in
a night , how many can five hundred
millions of them slay ? The old Book
says that "They excel in strength. " It
is not a celestial mob , but a disciplined
host , and they know their rank. Cher
ubim , seraphim , thrones , principalities ,
and powers ! And the leader of these
regiments is Michael the Archangel ;
David saw just one group of angels
sweep past , and they were twenty thou
sand charioted. Paul , who in the Ga-
malian college had his faculties so won
derfully developed , confesses his inca
pacity to count them by saying , "Ye are
come to Mount Zion and an innumera
ble company of angels. " If each sou ]
on earth has a guardian angel , then
there must he sixteen hundred- million
angels on earth today. Besides that ,
heaven must be full of angels , those
who stay there ; not only the twelve
angels who , we are told , guard the
twelve gates , but those angels whe
help in the worship , and go on mission
from mansion to mansion , and help tc
build the hozannas and enthrone the
hallelujahs and roll the doxologies ol
the service that never ends. But uioy
ail , if required , will be in the last fight
between holiness and sin. Heaven
could afford to adjourn just one day ,
and empty all its temples , and man
sions , and palaces , and boulevards in
to that one battle. I think all the
angels of God will join in it. The one
that stood" with sword of flame at the
gate of paradise. The one that pointed
Hagar to the fountain in the wilder
ness.
The next regiments that I see march
ing into the fight will be the regiments
Ecclesiastic. According to the last
account , and practically only in the
beginning of the great gospel move
ment which proposes to take the whole-
earth for God , there are four million
six hundred thousand Methodists , three
million seven hundred and twenty-five
thousand Baptists , one million two
hundred and eighty thousand three
hundred and thirty-three Presbyte
rians , one million two hundred and
thirty thousand Lutherans , and six
hundred and forty thousand Episcopa
lians. But the present statistics of
churches will be utterly swamped when ,
after all the great denominations have
done their best work , the slowest of all
the sects will have more numbers than
the present enrollment of all denomina
tions throughout Christendom.
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"Again , the reglmcnt3 elemental will f B H
come Into that battle on the right side. * gr M
The winds ! God showed what he . l ) Lm
could do with thorn when the splintered 1 d 'X Lm
timbers of the ships of the Spanish / f ' tM
Armada were strewn on the rocks ot Y y L Lt
Scotland , Norway and the Hebrides. * l * v JiH
The waters ! He showed what he could | > -
do with them when he put the whole l j
earth under them , leaving It subaque- Jr l
ous one hundred and fifty days. The if H
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earthquakes ! He showed what he could | | | H
do with them when he Jet Caracas drop J r LM
into the open mouth of horror and the f i H
islands of the sea went into entomb- r j H
ment. The lightnings ! Ho showed t . * H
what ho could do with them when he t j [ 1H
wrapped Blount Sinai In flame , and we * p j H
have all seen their flashing lanterns v j H
moving with the chariots of the mid- r i |
night hurricane. All the regiments * f' * | H
elemental will come in on our side In H
the great Armageddon. Come and let H
us mount and ride along the line , and < } ' . H
review the troops of Emanuel , and find f > jj |
that the regiments terrestrial and celestial - ' H
tial that come into that battle on the l fl
right side are , as compared with those l i H
on the wrong side , two to one , a hun- j \ } |
dred to one , a thousand to one. i I1 rf H
But who Is the commander-in-chief / \ l H
on this side ? Splendid armies have * p | |
been ruined , caught in traps , flung.over A % Lm\ \
precipices , and annihilated through the * , , : | H
incompetence or treachery of their gen- j , jr I H
eral. Who commands on our side ? j 5 J H
Jehovah-Jireh ! so-called in one place. < % . W LW
"Captain of Salvation , " so-called In an- $ f 3
other place. King of Kings. Lord of ff |
Lords. Conqueror of Conquerors ! jf H
His eye omniscient. His arm omnipo- 4 1
tent. He will take the lead. . s | i' : | |
But do not let us shout until after ra " H
wev have seen the two armies clash in 'A l H
the v last struggle. Oh , my soul ! The , 1 1
battle of all time and all eternity opens. ' i § |
"Forward ! " "Forward ! " is the com- _ ' ' } Lm
mand on both sides given. The long | H
lines of both armies waver , and swing ' H
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to and fro. Swords of truth against H
engines infernal. Black horse cavalry . , H
of perdition against white horse caval-
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ry of heaven. The redemption'of this ! |
world and the honor of the throne of , H
God to vindicate , how tremendous is ' H
the battle ! The army of righteousness H
seems giving way ; but no ! It Is only a H
part of the maneuvre of the Infinite " . LM
fight. It is a deploy of the host celes- LM
tial. What a meeting in this field of H
splendor and wrath , of the angelic and ( LM
of the diabolic , of hosanna and bias- H
phemy , of song and curse , of the divine H
and the satanic. The thunderbolts H
of the Almighty burst and blaze upon ' LW
the foe. Boom ! Boom ! By the { M
torches of lightning that illuminate the ' Lm
scene I see that the crisis of the Arma- \J M
geddon has come. It is the turning ' m\ \
point of this last battle. The next mo'A |
ment will decide all. Aye ! the forces ' ' |
of Apollyon are breaking ranks. See ! J'm \
See ! They fly. Some on foot , some i Lon \
on wing ; they fly. Back over the bat- " ] JH
tlements of perdition they go do.vn \
with infinite crash , all the regiments i LX
diabolic ! * * * A
The prophesied Amageddon of the ! / . % L\ \
text has been fought , and Christ and jH
his followers have won the day. The il
kingdoms of this world have become L\
the kingdoms of our Lord and his H
Christ. All the Christian workers oi / B
our time , you , my hearers , and you , my r'f * 9
readers , and all the Christian _ workers * " • * H
of all the ages , have helped on the magnificent - ' H
nificent result , and the victory is ours H
as much as theirs. This moment inviting - H
ing all outsiders , through the ransomed - H
somed blood of the everlasting Covenant - H
ant , to get into the ranks of the Conquerors - H
querors , and under the banner of oui * B
Leader , I shall not close the service fl
with prayer , as we usually do , but immediately - H
mediately give out the Moravian hymn , H
by James Montgomery , appropriate H
when written in 1819 , but more appro- Amm
priate in 1S96 , and ask you , with full •
voices , as well as with grateful hearts , fl
tc chant it. H
See Jehovah's banner furl'd ,
Sheathed his sword : He speaks 'tis * fl
done 'fl '
And the kingdoms of this world fl
Are the kingdoms of his Son. m
ABOUT LANGUAGE. I
Within the limits of the United ' I
States in 1801 there were 5,250,000 Eng- tM
lish-speaking people ; now there are 70 , - f I
000,000. |
At the beginning of this century the \
Portuguese language was in use by \ / 1
7,480,000 ; in 1890 it was spoken by 13 , - , A fl
000,000. \S \ fl
At the beginning of this century < J * fl
there were only 5,000 Spanish-speaking f fl
people in the United States ; now there / -.fl
are 650,000. If | l
At the beginning of this century ' -efJ
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the German language was used by H
30,320,000 people , while in 1890 it was
employed by 75,200,000. •
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In 1801 it was estimated that the / -
English laguage was spoken by 20 , - *
520,000 people ; in 1890 the number had
increased to 111,100,000.
The most learned philologists declare
that the origin of language is an insoluble -
soluble mystery , and language itself is
an uncontrollable problem. /
The alphabets of the various langu
ages have , usually , from twenty tc
twenty-six letters , this number being
far from equal to that of the sounds
In Wales * "
the people claim that
Welsh is the most ancient language on '
the earth , and'that Adam. Eve and Y
the serpent chatted Welsh together in '
Paradise.
Every known language contains
ZtJumeS M CUck0 °
' Pewit. whip- ;
pcorwill and others , in which the
sound emitted by the animal is utilized 4
as the name. x
rUSCan' S ° far ' . 1
thlfl f , ' as kn0WQ. *
the first
language I
spoken in Italy , and J
Li8 rSPeCtfd by Some PhilologistsJ& §
Tuscan.Lati * 'ect ' of th , * ? \
What kin Is the door mat to the , „ • Jmm
door ? A step-father. " " fll
Why does an old maid wear mittens ? IB
To off the ' 5' fl
keep chap3. , /
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