The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899, January 21, 1897, Image 1
The Sioux County Journal, VOLUME X. IfAlKLSOX, NEBRASKA- THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1897. NUMBER 20. r -rr-rz HOW DICK INTO A Anyone of tin- name of Aili worth, born on Jan. -T in the year ISibs, ! invited In communicate cither personal ly or by letter with A. ., postotfire, Ha xelworth. They must he able to produce certificate of hirtb. Mm) other references when they may hear of something to their ' advantage. RICHAKO AINSWOKTH read the paragraph over again at tentively li.v the not too brilliant light of tnllow candle, fixisl In a lieer bottle. "It U probably tt hoax. Most things arc; but iic; again, why not'" "Head I go; tail I don't." solilo quised Altwworth, tossing tii a win. "Talks. Pniph, bnd tow! Try again. "Tall again! The fate are against t my baring a day in Hip country evi dently. Well, once more for luck!" The sovereign turned and twWted In he air and tiouuced on Hip In hie. "Heads! That decide It," wild Alns wortb. pm-l i-Ung tbe coin. "I shall go." Tbe licit day found him seated lu a third-class flunking carriage of the 12:3.", to Iluzelworth. In hid pocket hia birth certificate, hi mother marriage certificate, mine odd and end letter of reference, and the paragraph In quftstion, torn from tbe agony column of the Time. Arrived at hi destination, he In quired for "A. 7,." at the kal postof flee, and waa referred to Mr. ISaltye, No. 1 Anton villa. Mr. Battye proved to be a country solicitor of the old chord. "Your name, you nay. I Hlchard AInsworth?" queried Mr. Battye. AInsworth answered in thp affirma tive, and bunded over hi certificate of birth and other document, The law yer pern d them carefully. "These, of course, can be verified later on," he said. "Now. tell me, have you any living relation or connection of 8ny nort?" 'Tve got a sort of cousin uuew here." nald AInsworth; "but he never asks me to dine, and so I've cut him." "I mean," said Mr. Battye, "yon have ih tie of any sort? No one ho take an Intereat In you?" "Only my landlady." said A in wort b cheerfully. "I owe her $2.r0." "Oon'f be so fllppanl, young man. This may be a serious matter for you. An eccentric client of mine wishes to adopt some one of your age." - If. said Aluswortii, "any one is .yearning for my youthful affect Ion, they are to be had In exchange for a orofortnble home. Please go on. lr; I am ail attention." "Well, the . stand like thin." said Mr. Battye. c'earlng hi throat. "I have ii very eccentric client of the name name a yourself - an old man and a liaihelor. "For a long time a nephew ,,f hlsiof the same nam", AltiHwortb. and of ex actly your ago) lived with him. He had the loy educated and treated him a If he wan hUt own on. Much to poor old Mr. Alnawnrth'a disappointment, how ever, the boy turned out badly. The Umax came when, one fine day. young Arthur, that wax the boy' name, form ed hi uncle's signature on a check for .jt fairly large amount. "The forgery wa detected and the liank wirt the check down to my client. He nurhnrir.ed them to pa; the money, -gave the forger a further check for .Vi. and turned him out of the house the same day. "My client, wlin I now an old man, sind In ft very feeble slate of health, I fanciful, a all Invalid are, and look It Into hia bead that he wanted to adopt tome one of the Mine name and age a bi nephew. He said he wa lonely. nil wanted omehody to talk to and Hteer htoi nj. "Ttir upalMd of It all la that he lnii--d noon putting that advertieiiient lu the pa-ra agnlm-t my advice. A a re ult, I have leen plagued with wonie h nod ml of letter and rlxll from A In worths, real and imaginary. ' Yon may be able to fill Die kHuhHoii; 4 coorae that la not for me to decide. X Flrongly dlapprve of the whole Idea, and ( know no reaon why I aliouldu'l liapprov of yon. You aeeni to Ik- able to fnlflll the condllinn. however. Yon nrr elncacd. and apparently a gentle rnan." . The dhiciMnhm wa long-Kb-hard A ln worth difficile, ami lluttve aiw plclon. But the old gentleman neemed to take a great liking to Dick. be called Mm; and, In aplte of Mr. Hattyr'a grumbling, perauaded him to atay for Ihrv month to ee how be liked It. Ptrk tried It, liked It. and finally ac eeptM tb pout permanently. He got fraalodr attached to old L'mle A In wortB, and after a time managed the Ito far him, and mad hlmaelf gen CAME FORTUNE. . $ erally iiMf-f ill. So It came aliout that Wck clothed blinoelf lu purjde and line llMm and called himself a lucky dog. Tt wa about two year after IMck bo-anie a nephew by adoption, that, walking home one evening, with a gun over hi arm, he was aware of an In dividual witting on a tstlle and glaring at him. A he wanted to get nn iii k ly, he axked the man if he had bought tbe whole utile or only a part of It. "I low do yon like nursing, eh? My expectable uncle a not yet dead, 1 hea r." i 'O, said IMck. "vonr name u Arthur Charle Hnrdman Ainaworth, I mip- poae?" It used to lie," aid the Individual on the wtile; "if Henry Milt now The other wna er too long. I found It Inconvenient." "Yen." said IMck. "It's a long name. Are you coming up to the hoiwc?" "No; curne you:-' said the man aav- ngely. "A yon please," aaid I tick. "Only I thought your unele might Ik- glad to ee yon. that's all." "Well, kindly attend to your nursing and leave my bimlnc alone ttce '! And don't tell my uncle you've een me." Mr. Mllen thereupon let loooe a choice and varied aHortmcnt of oatlm, ending Willi a wih that he, Dick, would Im mediately depart for a warmer rllmate. "Weird tcclmen," thought IMck to hitnuolf a he Ktrotle homewarda. "Rather tinwaHhed, nanty, Khlfly eyea no, not nt all a nice ornament in any liouae. Iliad be didn't come along, af ter all; it would bave upet the old man dreadfully. Corlou bi turning up here when every one thought he wa ome 4.IHKI mile away. Now, I wonder what he' after? and why he' no keen I'Dde Joe ahouldn't know that he I In Knglaml?" IMck Minnie along for the next quar ter of a mile with a Ihoitghtfnt frown on hi iiMiially placid face. "I've half a mind to go and tu-c old Battye," he muttered to hlnioelf. "I think I will go and ee Battye.." "Well. IMck, what I It?" ald Mr. Battye, biiHtling Into the room. "Have a glawt of Khcrry?" "Thanks." mild IMck, "I will; my nerve are dlMordered. I've been try ing to think." "I'mpli!" growlcil the little lawyer. "When you've ijiilte ftnlfhctl your non- MctiBe perliMp you'll conilcneeml to el me what you've come 'for." "fan you keep a icret?" anki'd IMck. "Suppofo I can. It' my trade." "Well. I Juki met an individual call ing hlniKflf Arthur Charle Hardman A I u wort h Hitting on a t lie about three ipiarter of a mile from here; that' all." "Alxoird!" Mild the elder man prompt ly, "The aiiiuer owning that name I Komewbere at the back of ligo." "Ottielally Kpeaklng. your Informa tion I accurate," aaid IMck. "but. he I visiting thl particular dlatrict under the plealng pwendonym of Henry Mile. O, he' the real original, right enough. I recognized him from hU picture." "Whew! What a mean!" exclaimed the lawyer, "What did you do?" "1 adviaod him to come up to the limine and try and patch thing up." "Old you now?" aald Mr. Battye, looking at Olck curiotwly. "Ye," itld IMck; "and he refuecd the Invitation with much iinncceKary cumllig. lie made me promipe not li mention that 1 had eti him to T'ncle Joe, and I am pitxxlcd to think why he ban come here." "From what 1 know of dnr Arthur I aliould ay he bad come after the family plate." rewpoudod Mr. Battye. "Quite o; but what I to I doner' "My dear hoy, you ninnt Juat all aiill and await development," ald Mr. Battye. laying hi hand on IMck'a shoul der. "There are not many ieople In your position who would have tried to Induce him to patch matter up. Not that 1 think old Mr. A In worth would have conaented." Well, you ee" aald Obk, "Ihe fel low I an awful mump; hut I feel that I am playing It rather low down on him, all Ihe name. . Now 1 mut hurry off or I shall h late for dinner." "Oick!" said old Mr. A In worth later In Ihe evening. "Yes," ald Oick without looking np. 'Tve seen Mr. Battye today, my tsiy." "(I! What up?" "I've made a new will, Olck. I'm gel ting old and shaky, and I've got a lot of money, you know." "Yea," aald Dick candidly, "yon'i dlgntlngly rich." ' Ho will toh bfor very long. T:mu,evMus IeieDeA "You iijUNtn't do that," answered Oick very quiet ly. "It's awfully good of you, and don't think I'm not grate- ful, but It'a not fair, I'ncle Joe. I'm no relation to you, and I've not the aligbteKt claim on you. You've been f? n,i ... , tk i. some one else who baa a right to b ' your heir." "It's no ue dinctinfiing the uiatter," j aaid Mr. Aim worth abruptly. "I ! wotild ml her leave my money to to ! provide Kugland with an endless aup- j ply of (lerinan bands than leave a far lung of It to the person you refer to. It waa on Ihe fifth evening after tba day that IMck first saw Arthur Aina worth that he came across him again for the cotid and last time. Old Mr. Ainaworth, who had com plained of feeling aeedy, went to bed directly. after dinner, and Dick, who was tired after a long (Jay'a shooting, went tn his room soon afterward, about 10. He undressed leisurely, smoking cigarette, and prepared for a quiet houroroof reading in bed. Tbe book proved Interesting and be had finished the first volume about 12:30. Not feel- Ing sleepy, he determined to get the second volume from tbe library. lie had already reached the bottom flight of stairs, when a alight grating sound made him pause. . He listened again anil realized that It came frow the side door leading into the garden. Klowlng out his candle, he slipped into the hall and flung a ?Vge, dark cloak over his light-colored pajamas. Stand ing cbo up against the wall, he listen ed and watched. The fumbling with the latch lasted two or three minutes longer; then tha bolt shot back with a sharp click and the door was captiously opened. A man ckwed the door again and stole noise lessly past lilin along the passage. "Tbe only Arthur!" muttered Olck, "Humph! It's not tbe plate he's after," be reflcj-ted, as tbe figure turned aside from the passage leading to tbe kitchen and pantry. The house was perfectly silent, o silent that Oick could distinctly bear the quick, nervous breathing of the man In front of him, Nolseleswly the two men crept up tbe utalr. The intruder had removed hi boot, and Olck was In hia bare feet. Atthctop tbe man turned to the right. and IMck' face grew stern. Hitherto be bad made up his mind that tbe visit waa Intended for himself or tbe plate chest. But now tbe man waa moving toward Mr. Ainswortb'a rooni. All of a sudden Olck darted back Into the shadow of a reee. The man. had turned on his lantern. He had a wire Instrument In his hand, and was evidently prepared for the door being locked. He was saved the trouble, however, as It yielded easily to hia pressurf. lie crossed quickly to the bedside, and Oick caught the glitter of & small, wicked looking knife In his hand and stood ready. I"p went the hand, and at the same Irisiiiiit Oick caught it scientifically In a grip like iron, and seizing him by the throat with the other hand effectually prevented any unseemly nolae. .VK ne u. u so ne caugui signt m i uele , .liw's face, and dropped his prisoner with an ikiIIi. "Good Gist!" muttered the latter, al.to ' looking nt the ImmI. "He's dead!" j IMck reverently covered up the face with the sheet ami turned to the would- 1 . , . , ,. , 1st munlerer. who, by a sudden revul- , slonof feeling, wa standing while and! limp with horror, plucking nervously j at the U-d curtains. "Come." he said briefty. and the man followed him out , of the risnii. Olck led the way to Hie library, light ed a ca mile, ami motioned to the man to stand ttcfore him. ..,ve mat K.ii.e, sain locking Ihe door. j The. knife was banded over. "Yon came here Intruding to murder your uncle lo-nlghl." Oon't!" said the man. sbiveilug n "I saw you come In. and followed joii. I watched you the whole time. I thought, at first you might have come to try and cut my Ihroal; that would hae Ix-en excusable, seeing that your uncle disinherited you In my favor just Iiefore he died. I ,, . i . .. i , , ' "If you hadu t come here lo-uight to try and murder your uncle I mlgbl eventually have handed Ihe property j back In you; a It Is. I'm hanged If I will. By the way, I mipMe you menut to try and faalen Ihe crime on me If Ihlnra had been otherwise? Have von got any mowy?" The man nhook his head. Olck unlocked the drawer and took out I'JfiO In note "Now," he aaJd, "I'll give you twenty four hour to get nut of Knglaud. Write mo an address lb New York that will And you on that slip of pasr. In a fortnight' lime I will arrange to send you a check (o Ihe address for fft.000. The share In the property which 1 should have otherwise restored to you ahall go to a hospital lustead. ' Now, clear out and be thankful.' 8a Arthur Charle Hardman A Ins worth vanished Into the night. And, Richard A in worth, tbe Interloper, reigned In hi atead.-Tlt-HIt. CAREER OF A PRINCE "RICH, YET FOR YOUR SAKES HE BECAME POOR. t , Rfr- Dr- TIaKeTell. That Remark- able Story of Christ'. Career In New Way-The Celestial Departure and K.rthly ArrlvaU Our Washington 1'alplt. Ia this discourse of Kev. Or. Talmage the greatest story of all time is told in a f(ir ;;,, ration. His tMt wa8 . J . thians, riii., P, "Ye know the grace of our Ixird Jesus Christ, that, though be was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor." That all the worlds which on a cold winter's night make the heavens one great glitter are without inhabitants is an absurdity. Scientists tell us thac insny of these worlds are too hot or too j ,,.n,.p. 15utj if not nt for human coin or too raretiea of atmosphere lor res they inny be fit for beings different from and superior to ourselves. We are told that the world of JupUer is changing and becoming lit for creatures like the hu- ra ana tnut Mars wonm ao for the human family with a little change in the structure of our respiratory organs. But that there is a great world swung somewhere, vast beyond imagination, and that it ia the headquarters of the universe and the metropolis of immensity and has a population in numbers vast beyond all statistic and appointments of splendor beyond the capacity of canvas or poem or angel to describe 1 as certain as the Bible is authentic. Perhaps some of the astronomers with their big telescopes have already caught a glimpse of it. not knowing what it is. We spell it with six letters and pronounce it heaven. That Is where Prince Jesus lived nine teen centuries ago. He was the King's Son. It was the old homestead of etern ity, and all its r-vtle were as old as God. Not a frost &ad ever chilled the air. Not a tear had ever rolled down the cheek of one of its inhabitants. There had never been a headache or a side ache or a heart ache. There bad not been a funeral In the memory of the oldest in habitant. There bad never in all the land been woven a black veil, for there hud never been anything to mourn over. The passage of millions of years had not wrinkled or crippled or bediinmed any of its citizens. All the people there were in a state of eternal adolescence. Wrhat floral and potnonlc richness! Gardens of la-rpetual bloom and orchards In unending fruitSKe. Had some spirit from another world entered and asked. What is sin? What Is bereavement? What is sorrow? What Is death? the brightest of the intel- llgeacet would have failed to rive defini tion, though to study the quest ton then waa silence in heaven for half an hour Tha Prince on the Throne. The Prince of whom I speak had hon ors, emoluments, acclaniu lions such as no other prince, celestial or terrestrial, ever enjoyed. As he passed the street the in hubitants took off from their brows gar lands of white lilies anil threw them in the wsy. IK never entered any of the temples without all the worshipers rising up and bowing in obeisance. In all the processions of the high days he was the one who evoked the loudest welcome, sometimes on foot, walkiug in loving talk with the humblest uf the land, hut at other times he took chariot, and among the -0,000 that the psalmist spoke of his was the swiftest and most HainiiiK, or. as when St John described hini, he took white palfrey, with what prance of foot. and arch of neck, and roll of mane, and gleam of eye is only dimly suggestisl in the Apocalypse, lie was nut like other iiri(w-i-H. u-uitinir fur tin futlii.r In li Mint . ttk). tU(. thr(1I). Vheu year ago Uu artist in Germany ,.iade a picture for ihe royal gallery representing the Km- peror William on the throne and the Crown Prince as having one foot on the ",,'J of ""' ,l"""1 l1"' Kmpemr William ru'"'' ,h" .I'i,'tur- changed ami said. r Let the prince keep In foot off the ,,.,. t , ,,,,,. it - Alr(.a(lv ,,, tta , ,av,.nv f.riU(.p ,p Mi(1e H ilh thr .-lltll,.r. What a circle of dominion! What multi- tudes of admirers! Whsl unending round of glories! All the lowers chimed the Prince's praises. Of all tile inhabitants, from the center of the city, on over tbe lulls and clear down to the beach against which 'tin -ton n (if tniiiiiniait w c.,llu ii m.. ,h, frim-e was the acknowledged favorite. No wonder my text says that "he was rich." Set all the diamonds of !!' earth in one scepter, hiitld all the paiaees of the earth in one Alhambra. tior all the pearls ol the see in one .1 ' . .1. -.11.1... I r . l ..- '" " '"""' '-arm in one i-oin, the aggregate could not express liih n Ml iii.iic Yu,. Si Iii! u u u ft,,!,! Solomon had in gold uno.insmkni pounds ami in silver 1.irji..:i77 pounds. But n greater than Solomon is here. Not the millionaire, but ihe owner of all things. '' dewrils his celestial surroundings Ihe Bible uses all color, gathering them in rstUAld,M .,.. ,h ,, lllw. ,. , ,,,,. in , twm.le window. nd hoist- ing twelve of them into a wall, from striped jasper at the bam- to transparent amethyst in the capstone, while between ,"' tr,,', '' emerald, ami snow of pearl. " "mh ' "Mipiiirc. '"' yellow ot topa. , gray of i hrisoprase. and Same of jacinth. All Ihe loveliness of linnK-ape in foliage 'ami rier and rill and sll enchantment Hquaniarlue, the sea 'if glass mingled with tire as when the sun sinks in' 'lie Mediterranean. All the thrill of music, instrumental and vocal, hnrps, trumpets, thixiilogtci. There stood Ihe Prince, sur rounded by lliose who Itnd under their w ings the velocity of millions of miles in second, himself rich in hue, rich in ad oration, rich In power, rich ju worship, o h in holiness, rich lu "nil the fullness of ihe Godhead Ixslily (iff for the Wreck Km oue day there waa a big disaster in a department of God's universe. A race fallen! A world lu rnlns! Our planet the scene of catastrophe! A globe winging nut into darkness, with moun tains and seai and Island an awful cen- trifugal of sin seeming to overpower 1bo-; beautiful centripetal of righteousness,' and from it a groau reached heaven. Such a sound had never been heard there. Plenty of sweet sounds, but never an outcry uf distreas or an echo of agony. At t .ne groan the Prince rose from all t. . iKsful circumjaeence and started from the outer gate and descended into the night of this world. Out of what a bright harbor into what rough sea! "Slay with us," cried angel after angel and potentate after potentate. "No." said the 'J"'e '"'J Sammy w as right when, be'Jtg Prince, "I cannot stay. I must be off examined for adimnxion into church men for that wreck of a world. I must stop bership. he was asked, "Whose work that groau. I must hush that distress, was your salvation?" A nd he answered, 1 must fathom that abyss. I must re- "Part mine and part God's." Then th deem those nations. Farewell, thrones examiner asked. "What part did you d, and temples, hosts cherubic, seraphic, Sammy?" And the answer was, "I p archangelicj I will come back again, posed God all 1 could, and he did tka carrying on my shoulder a ransomed , fet !" Mi, the height of it, the depth of world. Till this is done I choose earthly ! the length of it, the breadth of it, tha scoff to heavenly acclamation, and a cat- 1 grace of God! Mr. Fletcher having writ tie pen to a king's palace, frigid .one of, ten a pamphlet that pleased the king, earth to atmosphere of celestial radiance, i the king offered to compensate him. and I have no time to lose, for hark ye to the ' Fletcher answered, "There is only one groan that grows mightier while 1 wait!! thing I want, and that is more grace." tarewell! Farewell!" "Ye know the grace of our Lord .Tea. is Christ, that. though he was rich, yet for your snkes he became poor." Was there ever a contrail o overpow ering as that between the noonday of Christ's celestial departure aud the mid night of his earthly arrival? Sure enough, the angels were out that night in the sky, and an especial meteor acted os es cort. But ail that was from other worlds, and not from this world. The earth made no demonstration of welcome. If one of the great princes of this world steps out at a depot, cheers resound, aud the bands play, and the flags wave. But for the arrival of this missionary Prince of the skies not a torch flared, nol a trumpet blew, not a plume fluttered. All the music and the pomp were overhead. Our world opened for hi in nothing lietter than a bnrn door. The rajah of Cashmere sent to Queen Victoria a bedstead of carved gold and a canopy that cost $750,000, but the world had for the Prince of Heaven and Karth only a litter of straw. The crown jewels in tha Tower of London amount to $15,- 000,000, but this member of eternal roy alty had nowhere tu lay hi -ad. To know how )sor he was ask the camel drivers, ask the shepherds, ask Mary, ask the three wise men of the east, who afterward came to Bethlehem. To know how poor be was examine all the records of real estate in all that oriental country and see what vineyard or what field he owned. Not one. Of what mortgage was he the mortgagee? Of what tenement was he the landlord? Of what lease was he the lessee? Who ever paid him rent? Not owning the boat on which he sailed, or the beast on which be rode, or the pil low on which be slept. He had so little estate that in order to pay hia tax be bad to perform a miracle, putting the amount f the assessment In a fish s moulh and having it hauled ashore. And after hia death the world rushed in to take an in ventory of hit goods, and the entire aggre gate was ihe garments he had worn, sleeping in them by night and traveling in them by day, hearing on them tbe dust of the highway and the saturation of the sea. St. Paul in my text hit the mark when he said of the missionary Prince. "For sakes he became poor." Tremlina; the Wine I'rean. Tiie world could have treated him bet ter if it had chosen. It had all Ihe menus for making his earthly condition comfort able. Only a few years before, when Pompey, the general, arrived in Brindiai. he wis greeted with arches and a costly column which celebrated Ihe 12,000,000 lieople whom he had killed or conquered, and he was allowed to wear his trium phs! robe in the senate. The world had applause for imperial butchers, but buf feting for the Prince of Pence: plenty of golden chalices for the favored to 'rink out of, hut our Prince must put his lips to the bucket of the well by the roadside after he had begged for a drink. Poor? Born in another man's barn, and eating at another man's table, and cruising the lake In another man's lishiug smack, and buried in another man's tomb. Fom in spired authors wrote his biography, and i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l-.-i til,, lives of Christ have Is'eii published, but lie composed his aulo- biogiuphy in a most compressed wsy. lb' said, "I have trcKlilen the wine press alone." The Holy Land. Only those who study Ibis text lu two places can fully nnllxe its powers the Holy Land of Aiia Minor and the holy land of heaven. 1 w ish that some day yon might go to the Holy Land and take a drink out of Jaeo'.' well, and take a sail on Galilee, and rem! tin; sermou on the mount while standing on Olivet, and see the wilderness whrT Christ was templed, and lie mine afl'Mitoon on Cal vary at alsint It o'clock-the hour st 1 which closed Ihe crucifixion -aud sit un-1 ler the sycamores and by the side of brooks, sad Ibiuk and dream and pray alsmt the Mverty of hiiu who came our souls to save. But you may be denied that, and so here, in another continent and in another hemisphere,' and in cene ns different as possible, we recount as well we may how poor was our heavenly Prince, But in the other holy land above we may all study the richiw thai he left behind when he started for earthly ex-pi-dition. Come, let us bargain to meet each other at the door of the Father's mansion, or on the bank of the river just where II rolls from under Ihe throne, or at the outside gate. Jean got the con trast by exchanging that world for this; we will gel it by exchanging this world for that. There and then yon will under stand more of the wonder of the grace of our l,ord Jesus Christ, who, "though he was rich, yet for your sake became poor." Yes. grace, tree grace, sovereign grace. omnipotent grace! Among the thousands of words in tbe language there it no more queenly word. It means free and unmer ited kindness. My text has no monopoly of the word. One hundred and twenty- nine lima does In Bible eulogicc grace, it ia a door swung wide open to let Into tha pardon of Ood all the millions who choose to enter It. John Nawton sang of it when he wrote; ' xlnc rraca. how sweet the sound. That saved a wretch like me." l'hilip Ooddridge put t into all by-ia hp "Grace, 'tis a charming sound. Harmonious to the ear. Heaven with the echo shall rcsouaS, And all thp earth shall hear." One of John Bunyan's great booka ia entitled "Grace Abounding." "It is all of grace that I am saved" has been oa o'ps of hundreds of dying Christians. ..... ...j i.n,u vuugin urninn, & ! a V T IAJ live by and grace to die by. Grace that saved the publican; that saved Lydia; that saved the dying thief; that saved the jailer; that saved me. But the richet of that grace will not be fully understood until heaven breaks in upon the soul. An old Scotchman who had been a soldier in one of ihe European wars was sick and dying in one of our American hos pitals. His one desire was to see Scot laud and bis old borne and once again walk the heather pf the highlands nd heartbe bagpipes of the Scotch regiments. The night that the old Scotch soldier died a young man, somewhat reckless, but kind-iiearled, got a company of musicians to come and play under the old soldier' window, aud among the instruments there was a bagpipe. The instant that the musicians began the dying old man in delirium said: "What's that? What's that? Why, it's tbe regiments coming home. That's the tune yes, that'a tha tune. 'ITi a nk God, I bave got home once more!" "Bonnie Scotland and Bonnie Ooon!" were tbe last words he uttered as he passed up to the highlands of the better country, and there are hundreds homesick for heaven, some because you have so many bereavements, some be cause you have so many temptationa, some because you have so many ailments homesick, very homesick for the father land of heaven, and the music that you want to hear now is the song of frea trace, and the music that yoo want to hear when you die is free grace, and for ever before tbe throne of God you will sing the "grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, though he was rich, for your takes became poor." ' For Our Sake. Yes, yes, for your sakes! It was nor, on a pleasure excursion that he came, for it was all pain. It was not on an astron omical exploration, for he knew this world at well before be alighted as after ward. It was not because he waa com pelled to come, for he volunteered. It was not because it was easy, for he knew that it would be thorn and spike and han ger and thirst and vociferation of angry moli. "For jour sakes!"' To wipe away your tears, to forgive yottr wrongdoing, to companionship your loneliness, to soothe your sorrows, to sit with you by the new made grave, to bind up your wounds in the ugly battle with the world and bring you home al last, kiudiing up Ihe mists that fall on your dying vision with the sunlight of a glorious morn. "I or your sukes!" No: 1 will change that. Paul will not care aud Christ will not care if 1 change it, for I must get into the blessedness of the text myself, and so 1 say. "For our sakes!" For we all have our temptations and bereave ments nod conflicts. For our sakes! We w ho deserve for our sins to be expatriated into a world ns much poorer than this than this earth is sjorer than heaven. For our sakes! But what a frightful coming down to lake us gloriously up! When Arlaxerxes was hunting, Tire har.us. who was attending him, showed the king a rent in his garments. The king said. "How shall I mend it?" "By giving it to me," said Tirebazus. Then the king gave him the robe, but com manded him never to wear it, as it would be inappropriate. But see the starlling and comforting fact-while our prince throws off tha robe he not only allows us to wear it, hut commands us to wear it, and It will become us well, and for the poverties of our spiritual slate we may put on the splendors of heavenly regalement. For our sakes! Oh, the personality of this religion! Not an abstraction, not an. arch under w Men we walk to behold elab orate masonry, not an ice castle like that which the L in press Llir.abclh uf Russia, over 100 years ago, ordered to be con structed, winter, with its trowel of crya tals cementing the huge blocks that had been quarried from the froxen rivers of the north, but our Father's house with Ihe wide hearth crackling a hearty wel come. A religion of warmth and inspira tion ami light aud cheer, something we can take into our hearts and homes aod business, recreations and Joys and sor rows. Not an unmanageable gift, Ilk the galley presented 1o Ptolemy, which required 4.000 men to row, and ita draft of water was so great that It could nst come near Ihe shore, but something yon can run up any stream of annoyance, however shallow. Enrichment now, en richment forever. Keaaember. "Hemeniber for what purpose yuu were born, and through the whole, of life look at Its end; and consider, when that conn's, In whnt will you pi. ynr trusi? Not, In the bubble of worldly vanity, It will be broken; not In world ly pleasures, they will be gone; not la great connections, they cannot serve yatt; not In wealth, you cannot carry It with you; not In rank, in the grave there Is no distinction; not In tbe raooJ lection of a life spent In giddy. conform- ' Ity to tbe silly fashions of a tnoofBt lass and wicked world; but In tltot af a "dfe spent soberly, righteously tat ' godly tn this present world ' Mahay Wfltwon.