INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION
CHAPTER I.
T !• always a
thankless office to
give advice In these
matters,” said Mrs.
Charles Itomalne,
discreetly. "Your
brother and I have
decided not to at
tempt to influence
you in any way,
Constance; not to
bias your Judgment
in favor of or against Mr. Withers. You,
as the one most nearly Interested In
the consequences of your acceptance
or refusal of his offer, should surely
be able to make up your mind how to
treat It and him.”
“I should be, as you aay,” responded
the elster-ln-law. "But I cannot.”
She was a handsome woman, In the
prime of early mulurlty, whose face
seldom wore, In the presence of others,
the perturbed expression that now be
gloomed It.
“That does not affect the fact of your
duty,” answered Mrs. Itomalne, with
considerable severity. “There are times
and circumstances In which vacillation
Is folly—criminal weakness. You have
known Mr. Withers long enough to
form a correct estimate of his charac
ter. In means and In reputation he Is
all that could be desired, your brother
say*. Either you like him well enough
to marry him, or you do not. Your sit
uation In life will be bettered by an
alliance wltb him, or It will not. These
are the questions for your considera
tion. And excuse me for saying that a
woman of your age should not ho at a
loss In weighing these.”
Again Constance had nothing ready
exrent a weak nlirase of reluctant ac
quiescence. "I feel the weight of your
reasoning, Margaret. You cannot de
spise me more than I do myself for my
childish hesitancy. Mr. Withers any
sensible and honorable man deserves
different treatment. If I could see the
way clear before me I would walk In
It. But, indeed, I am in a sore dilem
ma.” She turned away, as her voice
shook on the last sentence, and affect
ed to be busy with some papers upon a
stand.
Mrs. Romaine was Just in all her
dealings with her husband's sister, and
meant, In her way, to he kind. Con
stance respected her for her excellent
sense, her honesty of purpose and ac
tion—but she was the last of her
friends whom she would have select
ed, of her free will, as the confidante
of such Joys and sorrows as shrink
from the touch of hard natures—refuse
to be confessed to unsympathizing ears.
Her heart and eyes were very full now,
but she would strangle sooner than
drop a tear while those cold, light orbs
were upon her.
In consideration of the weakness and
ridiculous sensitiveness of her compan
ion, Mrs. Romaine forbore to speak the
disdain she felt at the Irresolution and
distress she could rot comprehend. ‘‘Is
Mr. Withers personally disagreeable to
you?” she demanded, In her strong con
tralto voice.
“I liked him tolerably well—very
well, in fact, until he told me what
brought him here so regularly," Con
stance stammered. ‘‘Now I am embar
rassed in his presence—so uneasy that
I wish sometimes I could never see or
hear of him again.”
“Mere shyness!” said Mrs. Romaine.
Such as would be pardonable in a
girl of seventeen. In a woman of seven
and-twenty It is absurd. Mr. Withers
Is highly esteemed by all who know
him. Your disrelish of his society is
caprice, unless"- the marble gray eyes
more searching—"unless you have a
prior attachment?"
Constance smiled drearily. "I have
never been In love in my life, that 1
know of."
“You are none the worse for having
escaped an infatuation that has wreck
ed more women for time and for eter
nity than all other dtdusions combined.
A rational marriage founded upon
mutual esteem and the belief that the
social and moral condition of the par
ties to the contract would be promot
ed thereby—Is the only safe union. Th*
young, inexperienced and headstrong,
repudiate this principle. The mature
In age know U to be true. Hot, as 1
have said. It Is not my Intention to di-1
reel your Judgment. This Is a momen
tous era In your life. I can only hope
and pray that you may he guided
aright In your decision.**
I .eft to herself to digest this mursi-l
of pious encouragement. Constance
drew a low seat to the hearth regis
ter, clasped her hands upon her knee*,
and tried, fur the hundredth time mat
day. ta weigh the facia of her position
fairly and impartially
Ithe hat been an orphan for eight
years, and a resident in the house of
Iter elder brother Her senior by mote
than a dosen years, and in the sv.tt
tag awing wf savcwssful mercantile life
he had little hlwie for the study of
at* sister'a I sales at. i trails, whrn site
Ami became his wai t and conceived
the task la be aa own senary em wow
that the was ta he a Mure ta his lam
Hy. sod appeared ta «•> .»« smoothly
with hts wife, la troth, u g»*er o*
enrred la him ta lay a diet ohms anger
gptm th* ttaieel wheel at the dowat'k
machinery IHa respect N h < immse'•
gteceute aad admtatWretHe audit «*
vrm Mseeded only hr her tee* leu.e ta
her awa power*. AM was M»*. irassi
Us. had he haaw that she ' has*
kora* dawa vaHnly aad *•*«•'**'»*
III *!(•«» pi H I#U*H***#* '* ^
orations as minister of the Interior—
the ruler of the establishment he, by a
much-abused figure of speech, called
hla home. A snug and elegant abode
ahe made of It, and, beholding Con
stance well dressed and well fed, habit
ually cheerful and never rebellious, he
may be forgiven for not spending a
thought upon her for hours together,
and when he did remember her, for
dwelling the rather upon hla disin
terested kindness to a helpless depend
ent than speculating upon her possible
and unappeased spiritual appetites.
For these, and for other whimsies,
Mrs. Romalne bad little thought and no
charity. Life, with her, was a fabric
made up of duties, various and many,
but all double-twisted Into hempen
strength and woven too closely for a
Bhlne of fancy or romance to strike
through.
She bad coincided rendlly in her hus
band's plan to tuke charge of Ills young
sister when her parents died. “Her
brother’s house is the fittest asylum for
her," she had said. “I shall do my
best to render her comfortable and con
tented.”
She kept her word. Constance’s ward
robe wag ample and handsome, her
room elegantly furnished, and she en
tered society under the ehaperonage of
her sister-in-law. The servants were
trained to respect her; the children to
regard her as their elder sister. What
more could a penniless orphan require?
Mrs. Romalne was not afraid to ask
the question of her conscience and of
heaven. Her “best" was no empty pro
fession. It was lucky for her self-coin
I' * *1«_ j uiui nut; i nui'j/ivwcu 11 uub
years of barrenness and longing these
eight were to her protege.
Constance wns not a genius there
fore she never breathed even to her
self: "I feel like a seed In the cold
larth, quickening at heart, and longing
for the air.” Her temperament was
not melancholic, nor did her taste run
after poetry and martyrdom. She was
simply a young, pretty and moderately
well-educated woman, too sensible not
to perceive that her temporal needs
were conscientiously supplied, and too
affectionate to be satisfied with the
meager allowance of nourishment
dealt out for her heart and sympathies.
While the memory of her father’ll proud
affection and her mother’s caresses
was fresh upon her she had long and
frequent spells of lonely weeping—was
wont to resign herself In the seclusion
of her chamber to passionate lamenta
tions over her orphanage and Isola
tion of spirit. Routine was Mrs. Ro
ma ine'e watchword, and In bodily ex
ercise Constance conformed to her
quiet despotism—visited, studied,
worked and took recreation by rule.
The system wrought upon her benefi
cially so far as her physique was con
cerned. She grew from a slender, pale
girl Into ripe and healthy womanhood;
was more comely at twenty-seven than
at twenty-one.
CHAPTER II.
c:-- tTT all this time she
was an hungered.
She would cheer
fully have refund
ed to her brother
two-thirds of her
liberal allowance of
pocket money If he
had granted to her
with its Quarterly
v ' ' payment a sentence
of fraternal fond
ness, n token, verbal or looked, that he
remembered whose child she was, and
that the same mother love had guard
ed their infancy. Her sister-in-law
would have been welcome to withhold
many of her gifts of wearing apparel
and Jewelry had she bethought herself
now and then how gratefuiy kisses
fail upon young lips, and that youthful
heads are often sadly weary for the
lack of a friendly shoulder, or a loving
bosom, on which to rest. She did not
accuse her relatives of willful unkind
ness because these were withheld. They
Interchanged no such unrcmuneratlve
demonstrations among themselves.
Husband and wife were courteous in
their demeanor, the one to the other;
their children were demure models of
tltial duty at home and industry at
school; the training in both place* be
ing severe enough to quench what fee
ble glimmer of Individuality may bate
been born with the offspring of the
methodical and practical parents, t'ou
s:ance found them tiiremely uninter
<sting, notwithstanding the natural
love for children which led her to court
their companionship during the earlier
seeks »t her domestication In their
house. It was neat to a miracle that
she did not stiffen la thia atmosphere
into a buckrim image of frmlatue pro
priety a prodigy of starvh arid virtu#
such a* would have brought calm de
light to the we'l regulated rntad of h#t
rtfwylvf, and effvvttMliy chased all
thoughts of iwaiftiMuay from those si
masculine b#holder* Had her dtsewa
lent with her allotted sphere been lea*
active, ihe result would have been cer
tain and deptorablev gh« wn*. in* *1
popular among a«r t<qoaiutaa, i* of
both aevee, and had tunny friend*, tl
few tavern Thia taltar detetency had
glvew her wo concerw unlit wiihiw tws
yearn At isikii live tk* opened b> i
*yen In wide amas# upon the ihtnnini
ran ha af her virgin anewcfatten, and he
tan a*rtooaiy to ponder the saw*** that
had left hot wasowght. save ky Ie* v*n
sill* a«d wiierty laeltg hi# strains a bom
nvertwrew were, in her etaeem. pro
sumption that wan only too rldtawiowi
to be Insulting. Her quick wit and
knowledge of the world helped her to
a solution of the problem. “I am poor
and dependent upon my brother’s char
ity,” she concluded, with a new and
stifling uprising of dissatisfaction with
her condition. "Men rarely fall in love
with such—more rarely woo them.”
She never spoke the thought aloud, but
it grew and strengthened until It re
ceived a startling blow from Mr. With
ers’ proposal of marriage.
He was a wealthy banker from a
neighboring city, whom business rela
tions with Mr. Romalne drew to hie
house and Into his sister's company.
Ills courtship was all Mrs. Romalne
could desire. His visits were not too
frequent, and were paid at stated Inter
vals, as befitted ills habits of order and
punctuality. His manner to the lady
honored by his preference was repleto
with stately respect that was the an
tipodes of servile devotion, while his
partiality for her society, and admira
tion for her person, were unmistakable.
He paid his addresses through Mr. Ro
maine as his fair one's guardian, offer
ing voluntarily to give his beloved
whatever time for deliberation upon the
proposal she desired.
"you had better think It over for a
week,” advised her brother, when he
had laid the case duly before Con
stance. "It is too serious a matter to
be settled out of hand.”
After that, neither he nor his wife
obtruded their counsel upon her until
the afternoon of the seventh day. Then
Mrs. Itomalne, going to her sister's
chamber to communicate the substance
of a telegram Just received by her hus
band to the effect that Mr, Withers
would call that evening at 8 o'clock,
was moved to grave remonstrance by
the discovery that she whom he came
to woo had no answer prepared for
him. Constance was no neanr ready
after the conversation before recorded.
“I cannot afford to he romantic,”
she had reminded herself several
times. “And who knows but this Irra
tional repugnance may pass away when
I have once made up my mind to ac
cept him? This may be In ull likeli
hood It Is my last chance of achiev
ing an Independent position. It has
been a long time coming, and my
charms will be on the wane soon. True,
a marriage with Elnathun Withers Is
not the destiny of which I have dream
ed, but then dreams are but foolish va
garies after all. Life is real and ear
nest.’’
(TO MB CONTI VC BO. I
A ZOOLOGICAL DIVERSION.
An Klepliant Tliut to Vlmr » < I*T*r
ITU k on VUItora.
The elephant at the Jardin des
Plantes, at Paris, used to play his vis
itors a trick, which could not have
been thought of but by an animal of
much Intelligence. Hia house opened
upon an Inclosure called the Elephant's
park, containing a pond, in which he
would lay himself under the water,
concealing every part of him except the
very end of his trunk—a mere speck
that would hardly bo noticed by a
stranger to the animal’s habits.
A crowd would assemble around the
inclosure, and, not seeing him In It,
would watch In expectation that he
would soon Issue from the house. But.
while they were gazing about, a co
pious sprinkling of water would fall
upon them, and ladles and gentlemen,
with their fine bonnets and coats,
would run for shelter under the trees,
looking up at tue clear sky and wonder
ing whence such a shower could come.
Immediately afterward, however,
they would see the elephant rising
from his bath, evincing, as It seemed,
an awkward joy at the trick that he
had played. In the course of time his
amusement became generally known,
and the moment the water began to
rise from his trunk the spectators
would take flight, at which he appeared
exceedingly uengniea, getting up ns
fast as he could to see the bustle be
had caused.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
USES OF ICE WATER.
In ll#4lth It Khoaltl Not It* 1'irtl for
Drinking l*urj»t»•#*».
In health no one ought to drink Ice
water, for it has occasioned fatal lu
Pamnialion of the stomach and bow
els, and sometimes sudden death. The
temptation to drink It Is very great In
the summer. To use It at all with
safety the person should lake but a
Mingle swallow at the time, take the
i glass from the lips for half a minute,
■ ami then another swallow, and so on.
| It will be found that In this way It be
- cornea disagreeable after a few month
’ ful*. On the other hand, tee Itself may
be taken as freely a» possible, not only
without Injury, hut with the moat strlk
; Ing advantage In dangerous forms of
| disease If broken In sties of a png or
bean and swallowid us lm ty as pra -
i tleahle, without much chewing or
crunching between the teeth. It will
of'rn be rtit, lent In chreklUg V crloos
kinds of d arrhea. ami has cured vio
lent canes of Asiatic cholera .A kind
of cushion of powdered Ice kept la the
enure scalp has allayed violent inP Me
ntation of the brain, and arrested fear
ful convulsions Induced b> let atu H
blood there In croup, water as odd
as Ice can make it, applied freely In the
throat, neck and chest with a vssayc
or clo'h very often aflord* an a*nto*t
miraculous relief, and If tkU bn fat
lowed by drinking cop ouvly of I hit
same Ice-cold ckweat. Ike welted pat's
wiped dry. and the child wrapp | up
well In the bed dethea. It falls Into a
delightful sal Itf giving •lumber,-*
j New Vork l ed* r.
•V-iCi **i#*a I c«tMi««
In Case,la no campaign kilt g • rib
i bens ar badges can be wem between
non,iK,tton sad polling da> The carvt
lag of flags a* a party bade* ta also fur
1 j bidden Tke penalty Is a flne sf |l«
nr three months in pu*m nr lock. -
i j basso•> journal
NNNa«OCM6£
| DR. TALMABE’S SERMON. |
Washington, D. C., Nov. I, 1896.—
Clear out of the ordinary style of ser
monlilng Is this remarkable dtaeourse
of Dr. Talmage. Hla teat la: Rom. 9:
8: “i cSSld wlah that myaelf were ac
cursed from Christ for my brethren,
my kinsmen according to the fleah.”
A tough passage. Indeed, for those
who taka Paul literally. When some
of the old theologians declared that
they wars willing to be damned for the
glory of God, they said wbat no one
believed. Paul did not In the teat mean
ha was willing to die forever to aave
hla relatives. He used hyperbole, and
when ha declared, "I could wlah that
myaelf were accursed from Christ for
my brethren, my kinsmen according to
the flesh,” he meant In the most vehe
ment of all possible ways to declare
hla anxiety for the salvation of his
relatives and friends. It was a pas
sion for souls. Not more than one
Christian out of thousands of Chris
tians feels It. All-absorbing desire far
the bettermen of the physical and men
tal condition Is very common. It
would take more of a mathematician
than I ever can be to calculate how
many are, up to an anxiety that some
times will not let them sleep nights,
planning for the efficiency of hospitals
where the sick and wounded of
body ar© treated, and for eye and i
ear infirmaries, and for dispensaries (
and retreats where the poorest may j
have moat skilful surgery and help
ful treatment. Oh, ft is beautiful and i
glorious, this widespread find ever- |
Intensifying movement to alleviate and
cure physical misfortunes! May God
encourage and help the thousands of I
splendid men and women engaged In
that work. Hut ail that Is outside of i
my subject to-day. In behalf of the
Immortality of a man, the Inner eye, |
Innir par thp InriPr ran.iritv for
gladness or distress, how few feel any
thing like the overwhelming concen
tration expressed In my text, Hnrer
than four-leaved clovers, rarer than
century plants, rarer than prlma don
na*, have been those of whom It may
be said: "They had a passion for
souls." You could count on the fin
gers and thumb of your left hand all
the names of tho»o you can recall, who
in the last, the eighteenth century,
were so characterized. All the names ‘
of those you could recall in our time !
as having this passion for souls you
can count on the fingers and thumbs
of your right and left hands. There j
are many more such consecrated souls, j
but they are scattered so widely you
do not know them. Thoroughly f'hrls
tian people by the hundreds of millions
there are to-day, hut how few people
do you know who are utterly oblivious
to everything In this world except the
redemption of souls? Paul had It when
he wrote my text, and the time will
come when the majority of Christians
will have it, if this world is ever to be
lifted out of the slough in which It ha*
been sinking and floundering for near
nineteen centuries. And tb* better
ment bad better begin with myself
and yourself. When a committee of
the "Society of Friends" called upon a
member to reprimand him for breaking
some small rule of the society, the
member replied, "I bad a dream In
which all the Friends had assembled
to plan some way to have our meeting
house cleaned, for It was very filthy.
Many propositions were made, but no
conclusion was reached until one of the
members rose and said: ‘Friends, I
think if each one would take a broom
and sweep Immediately around his own
seat, the meeting-house would be
elean.’ ” So let the work of spiritual
Improvement begin around our own
soul. Some one whispers up from the
right-hand side of the pulpit and says:
“Will you plcaBe name some of the per
sons in our times who have this pas
siou lur Hums: wu.uo: i nai would
be Invidious and Imprudent, and the
mere mentioning of the names of such
persons might cause In them spiritual
pride, and then the Lord would have
no more use for them. Home one whis
pers up from the left-hand side of the
pulpit: “Will you not then mention
among the people of the past some who
had this passion for ttouls?" Oh, yes!
Samuel Kutherford, the Scotchman of
three hundred years ago, his Imprison
ment at Aberdeen for his religious aval
and the public burning of his hook,
"Lw Keg.” In Kdlnboro, and his unjust
arraignment for high treason, and oth
tr persecutions purifying und sancti
fying him, so that his works, entitled
“Trial and Triumph of Faith'* aud
"Chri.it Dying and Drawing Sinners to
Himself," and. above all, his two bun*
tred and tlftreii unparalleled letters,
.bowed that he had the piunlon for
Mills. Milliard llaa'cr, whose para
phrase of the New Testament ' eaused
him to be dragged before Lord Jeffries,
who howled at hint as “a rascal" and
sun sling |*n abytrrtsn." and Impris
on* I hint for two yntw lit tier, writ
I mg one hundred and slsiy-elght roll*
gtcNia books, his “Call to the t neon
I terled ‘ bringing uncounted thuosaud*
! mtu the pardon af the ti-rapet, and his
•rtamta Kv«rlv»'taa Heal" o,cuius
teiten to a h.» Utnn e ,aM*. Hi. h
lid Well Thomas a K’->eps, wrtHbg
kts “lint 'i <1 of < >'|s( * fur all a*< i,
, Harlan fan*. Uoo»rt M X'be*ne, Net
tletua, ITaa»> And w»re wh-m I
miaht at -tilieu, the dUfsetw tc as ef
whine It tee was an soul >»*itug paw
Mao l.«r «<aU % It Furl, the lUpitd
taugeUM, h» I I I t* to.ktp the
Mrilu-.int net *«dt*t had it, Jar-.a
; Knapp had It, I r Ha has, pr««t t«u.
* .4 Mamtltoa v*v»lhge, had It, and when
) isM h* hit en t half an hour is Itwe,
•aid, “la that *a* thru take at'* nut
4 at* b*d at l plot »* Uj t ai
t»*.l aa I Id M e> »d that lima ,u
alllsf »u tied t»r the Miidos »f the
war Id ‘ A ad to he dwd up it at#
lt«w 1 ’i.| tf>- to been uth r*
1 ahuwe aamsa bare i #« l«>t*s ee'i
In their own family or neighborhood,
and here ami there you think of one.
What unction they had In prayer!
What power they had In exhortation!
If they walked Into a home every mem
ber of It felt a holy thrill, and if they
walked Into a prayer- meeting the dull
ness and stolidity Instantly vanished.
One of them would wake up a whole
church. One of them would sometimes,
electrify a whole city.
But the most wonderful one of that
characterisation the world ever saw or
heard or felt was a peasant In the far
east, wearing a plain blouse like an In
verted wheat sack, with three open
ings. one for the neck, and the other
two for the arms. HI* father a wheel
wright and house-builder, and given to
various carpentry. Ills mother at flrat
under suspicion because of the circum
stances of his nativity, and he chased
by a Herodlc mania out of hta native
land, to live awhile under the shadows
of the sphinx and Pyramid of Olseh,
afterward confounding the LL.D.’g of
Jerusalem, then stopping the parox
y«m of tempest and of madman. His
path strown with slain dropsies and
catalepsies and ophthalmias, transfig
ured on one mountain, preaching on
another mountain, dying on another
mountain, and ascending from another
mountain the greatest, the loveliest,
the mightiest, the kindest, the most
self-sacrificing, most Iwautlful being
whose feet ever touched (lie earth, Tell
us, ye deserts who heard our Savior's
prayer; tell us, ye sea* that drenched
him with your surf; tell us, ye multi
tude* who heard him preach on deck,
on bench, on hillside; I el I us, Golgotha
who heard the stroke of the hammer
on the spikeheads, and the dying groan
In that midnight that dropped on mid
noon, did anyone like Jesus have this
passion for souls?
A stranger desired to purchase a
farm, but the owner would not sell It
would only let it. The stranger hired
It by lease for only one crop, but he
sowed acorns, and to mature that crop
throe hundred years were necessary.
That was a practical deception, hut 1
deceive you not when 1 tell you that tho
<rop of the soul tubes hold of unend
ing ages,
I see the author of my test seated In
the house of Galus, who entertained
him at Corinth, not far from the over
hanging fortress of Acro-Cortnthus,
and meditating on the longevity of the
soul, and getting more and more agi
tated about Its value and the awful risk
come of his kindred v/ore running con
cerning It, and he writes this letter
containing the text, which Chryso
stom admVed so much he had It read
to him twice a week, and among other
things he says those daring and ufart
llng words of my text: “1 could wish
that myself were accursed from Christ
for my brethren, my kinsmen, accord
ing to the llesh.”
Now, tho object of this sermon Is
to stir at least one-fourth of you to
an ambition for that which my test
presents In blazing vocabulary, namely,
a passion for souls. To prove that it
Is possible to have much of that spir
it, I bring the consecration of 2,990 for
eign missionaries. It is usually esti
mated that there are at least 3,000 mis
sionaries. I make a liberal allowance,
and admit there may be ten bad mis
sionaries out of tbe 3,000, but I do not
believe there Is one. All English and
American merchants leave Bombay,
Calcutta, Amoy, and Pekin as soon as
they make their fortunes. Why? Be
cause no European or American In his
aenses would stay In that climate af
ter monetary inducements have ceased.
Now, the missionaries there are put
down on the barest necessities, and
most of them do not lay up one dollar
In twenty years. Why, then, do they
stay In those lands of intolerable heat,
and cobras, and raging fevers, the ther
mometer sometimes playing at 130 and
140 degrees of oppressiveness, twelve
thousand miles from home, because of
the unhealthy climate und the prevail
mg immoromicn ui uiujh rf-giona com
pelled to send their children to Eng
land, or Scotland, or America, prob
ably never to see them again? O,
lIlesHed Christ! Can It bo anything
but a passion for souls? It Is easy to
understand all this frequent deprecia
tion of foreign missionaries when you
kuow that they are all opposed to the
opium traffic, and that Interferes with
commerce; uud then the missionaries
are moral, and that is an offense to
many of the merchants not all of
them, but many of them who, ahseui
from alt home restraint, are so Im
moral that we can make only faint al
lusion to (he monstrosity of their
abominations, Ob. I would like to be si
the gate of beaten when those mission
arles go |u. to see huw they will have
the pick of coronets, and thrones, and
mansions on the best streets of heaven
We who have had easy pulpits and
loving congregations, enuring heaven,
will, lu my opinion, have lo lake out
turn and wait for the Christian work
era who, ant'd physical su(f<rtrg» and
mental privation and environment at
squalor, have done (heir work, and on <
the principle that In proportion as ant
has been self-sacrtll lag and euflrrtng
far Christ's sake on earth will be thelt
celestial preferment
M ha Is Ihttl yawn* > <u on lb«
worst street In Washington S» w l >?k
t r I*-ados II hie la Hand sad a little
)>*t Wage IS wbl-’h aw SOI-.11 t its of
So divines. sad tie h* r bundle la wh V t
gw I ’ ells' How dare site rt* h< r
«elf ••iotas these "rousha." and srtts
Is idle galas ' She bt use et the q-l <RI
el Proven hunting up Ih* el* sad
hungry, and bed,-re sight she wilt hate
wad Christ * ' let get year h tit pa
i,uot.!ot is right nr tea places and
t 0111*4 ant low th. *a twls the r ght
SnSMgf el |rv;a t«i esse path, eat giv* i
rn f «l la a IsmCy that w»utd e*h*r
t « have had neihtng ta *at telly ;
tad taken the M>«tft» 11 a >1 »I »hid
(hat ah* may piepa<e fi t it a shroud
t «r itfty a< i at kmdaesr ini th<- Pt ty
————mmmmm hm_i|
accompanied with a benediction for tLi
soul. You see nothing but th# filth}
street along which abe walk# and thi
rickety atalra up which aha climb#, bn
she la accompanied by **
unseen cohort of angel# wltl
drawn aworda to dafand her
and with garlands twisted foi
her vlctorlea, ell np end dowi
the tenement-houa# dlstrlot*. I
you there waa not a® much exeUamaa'
whan Anne Roleyn, on har way to hot
coronation, found the Thame* atlrred
by fifty glided bargee, with brilliant
flaga, In which bung small ball#, real
by each motion of the wind, notional
■tending In scarlet, end wharf spread
with cloth of gold, and all the getewayi
surmounted by buxzablng admlrar*
and th* atresia hung with crlmaon vel
vet, and trumpet* and cannon* Bound
ing the Jubilee, and Anne, dreaaed la
surreal of silver tissue, end brow,
gleaming with a circlet of ruble*, and
amid fountains that pored Rhenish
wine, paused on to Westminster Hall,
and rode In on a caprlaoned palfry, ltd
hoof* clattering the classic floor, and,
dismounting, passed Into Westmlnstei
Abbey, and between the choir and high
altar, was crowned queen, amid organ!
and choirs chanting tho Te Deums— I
say, there was not much In all thal
glory which dazzles the eyes of his
tory when It la compared with tb*
heavenly reception which that minis
tering spirit of the back alley shall re*
calve when ahe goes up to coronation,
In this world Ood never docs hid
beat. Ho can hang on the horizon
grander mornings than have ever yet
been kindled, and rainbow the sky with
richer colors than have ever bean
arched, and attune the ocean* to mora
majestic doxologle* than have ever yet
been attuned; but as near as I can tall,
and I apeak It reverently, heaven la
the place where (Jod bus done hi* beat /
He can build no greater Joys, lift no
mightier splendors, roll no loftier an
them*, maren no more impoem*
cessions, build no greater palaces, and
spread out ami interjoin and wave no
more transporting magnificence. I
think heaven Is the best heaven God
can construct, and It Is all yours for
the serious asking. How do you llkt
the offer? Do you really think It Is
worth accepting? If so, pray for it.
(Jet not up from that p'W where you
are sitting, nor move one Inch
from where you are standing,
before you get a full tills
for It, written In the blood of the 8o»
of Qod, who would have all men corns
to life present and life everlasting. It
you have been in military life you
know what soldiers rail the "long roll."
All the drums beat It because the ene
my Is approaching, and all the troops
must Immediately get Into line. What
scurrying around the camp and putting
of the arms through t’ c straps of the
knapsack, and saying "Good-bye" to
comrades you may never meet again I
Home of you Germans or Frenchmen
may have heard that long roll Just be
fore Sedan. Home of you Italians may
have heard that long roll Just bsfors
Bergamo. Home of you Northern and
Southern men may have heard It Just
before the Battle of the Wilderness. -
You know lts stirring and solemn
meaning; and so I sound the long roll
today. I beat this old Gospel drum
that has for centuries been (tailing
thousands to take their places In llns
for this battle, on one side of which
are all the forces beatific and on the
other side all the forces demoniac. Her*
the long roll-call: “Who Is on the
Lord's side?" "Quit yourselves like
men.” In solemn column march for
God, and happiness, and heaven. So
glad am I that I do not have to "wish
myself accursed," and throw away my
heaven that you may win your heaven,
but that we may have a whole conven
tion of heavens heaven added to heav
en, heaven built on heaven—and while
I dwell upon the theme I bei^in to expe
rience In my own poor self that which
I take to be something like a passion
for souls. And now unto God the only
wise, the only good, the only great,
be glory forever! Amen!
r LASHES OF FUN.
He My life without you will he a
lonely one. The Heiress- Hut think
huw biiay you will have to do -Lite.
He Have you any reason for doubt
ing what I say? -She Yea, 1 have. He
—What la It? She—I don't believe you.
- Puck.
Tourist (presenting his opened Haed
eker to the coachman) Here, driver, I
want to see the first four pages.-- File- X
gende lllaetter.
"It's all over." As the woman ut
tered these words she dropped to (ha
floor. The baby hnd spilled the Ink.—
West 1'nton Gaaettr.
"l-et's go shopping to-day. Tesa." “I
can't, Dess; I'va lots of thing* to buy
to-day. I've nothing to do to-morrowj
I'll go then " N< w York Sun
"la M!aa Cahoots In?” Inquired tha
caller. "That dep* nda on you Ara
ye* Mtether Jones?" enld llrtdgal.
Yes," "She's gun' out" Harper*
Batty.
Canny Is Mia* Wlll-ur at bum*?
Surah No aorr Canny Well, go up
sialra anil ask her when «h« will be at
bun** Note* tgutngi Vie »arr liar
* r's |b*s«r.
Autdsy g.-Wit T*. i What is tha
"In,si (l-vii a! Chi ai-antty ‘ Tha
Li'tieltt n. I Hi.| throw atona «
tu- he* r i .. t* *,i *nn vat.-he# lay.
f t out p-r.-h
w hat util* are «««* after thta
VSrn aha’ A
I. *ag mas lag |>r • It -<,» | I
- »at tu t.» eartapik t.*«*»*" Atlanta
<'aaaMi«ilaa
L*h*» w la hard loch* What * tha
waiter* "lie has hsi that tael tears
* «p '*■ f**«thal | h<« • huh h« intend
- t • ->i'h h «g .,n tit, ed'.iur - phiia
lelnhta S'sr h Anttrbaa
»"W A>> aa trait Ufa a'opptng
•l llallfaa ag>*«d to ««h« no pur
«h*,*a ta tha all> at atoraa whaea
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