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CHAPTER XII.
ILIi you have the
kindness to ring
that bell again,
Harriet, and In
quire whether Mrs.
Withers has return
ed?” fretted the
convalescent. “It la
after six o’clock,
and I am faint for
want of nourish
ment.”
endent obeyed, then
slipped from the room to push Inves
tigations upon a plan of her own. In
a quarter of an hour she reappeared
with an agitated, yet Important counte
nanoe, that arrested Iter cousin's re
gards.
"What Is It? Where Is she?” he de
manded, impatiently, “You have heard
something. Tell me at once what It
Is’’’
Harriet collapsed as gracefully as her
unpllant sinews and stays would allow
Into a kneeling heap upon the floor at
hts feet. “My beloved cousin! My dear,
deceived angel! I have heard nothing
that surprised me. I dared not speak
of It to you before now, agonizing as
was my solicitude. You would have
driven me from you In anger had I
whispered a word of what, has been the
town gossip for months, to which you
only were blinded by your noble, your
generous, your superhuman confidence
In your betrayers. I see that you are
>• partially prepared for the blow,” as he
grew pale and tried without success
to Interrupt her. “Brace yourself for
what you must know, my poor, III used
darling! Your brother and your wife
have eloped to Europe in company :
For one second the husband stagger
ed under the shock. His eyes closed
suddenly, as at a flash of lightning,
and his features were distorted, as In :
a wrench of mortal pain. Then all that
was true and dignified In the man ral- j
lied to repel the Insult to the two he
had trusted and loved. “I do not be- i
Hove It,” he said distinctly and with
deliberate emphasis. "You are the dupe j
of some mischievous slanderer, my good
woman. Edward Withers is the soul j
of integrity, and my wife's virtue is j
incorruptible. Who told you this ab
surd tale?”
"Mrs Withers stated to you that she
was going to drive alone this after
noon, did she not?” Harriet forget the
pathetic in the malicious triumph as
she proceeded to prove her rival's guilt.
“You heard her say It,” laconically,
and still on the defensive.
“Yet John says she called by the of
fice to take up Mr. Edward Withers,
and that they drove In company to
the wharf, where lay an ocean steam
er. He saw them go on board, arm in
arm, and, although he waited on the
pier as long as the vessel was In sight,
y they did not return."
“I will see the man myself.”
Crossing the room with a firmer step
than had been his since his Illness. Mr.
Withers rang the bell and summoned
the coachman. His evidence tallied ex
actly with Harriet's report, and she flat
tered herself that the Inquisitor's man
ner was a shade less confident when the
witness was dismissed.
“You have said that this disappear
ance was no matter of surprise to you,
and added something about vulgar gos
sip. I wish a full explanation,” he said,
still magisterially.
Thus bidden, Harriet told her tale.
rJFIUre 111*11 ICIUIU H • «***’ v*»*j III vu
autumn, she had seasons of anxiety
relative to the intimacy between Mr.
Edward Withers and ills beautiful sis
ter-in-law. Not, the unsuspecting vir
gin was careful to affirm, that she
doubted then the good faith ami right
intentions of either, but she feared lest
Mrs. Withers’ partiality for the younger
brother might render her negligent of
her husband's happiness and comfort.
The winter festivities had brought the
two into a peculiarly unfortunate po
sition for the growth of domestic vir
l*> tues. and eminently conducive to the
progress of (tie fatal attainment which
wtis now beyond tin- possibility of n
doubt. Although one of the family,
and known to he wedded to their In
terests, she hud not been aide to deter
vti.tsy-bodie* from sly and overt mention
1/ the scandal In her hearing. Site had,
cn such occasions, taken the liberty of
rebuking the offender, and maintain- J
tug. in her humble way, the honor of
her benefactors' name. Hut she could !
not alienee a city full of tongues. and
they had wagged fast and loudly o' ,
Ihe husband's Indiscreet confidence in 1
the guilty pH,‘tlea, and their shameless
treachery.
lie chei keil her when she would have j
Hated upon Ihia division of her sub j
l*ei "I will have no hearsay evidence
What have you seen'
Harriet demurred blushing!*. not. as ;
it presently appealed, because she had
seea SO littls but SO much. I»uets. |
vocal and 1 net rvi mental had been the
vehicle* of living interim*ree hind
mtueeaittg, meaning sighs and whi*p*rs '
Her blood had often bolted futluuslv
ta beholding the outrageous luaneciv* j
•re practiced ia the very sight of their
ttwsttng victim Her eves, la pasetna
from their smite* of evil import, their
languish lags sad care see* ta the serene
lev* ■ at aver the vhc*a board, er
,k 1« in nomat stunt had alter
* g »i#lv averRuwed with leare sad glow*
ed with Ihdignatlun
), It
pared with my seaaatteae sti the taarn
Ina of the dav ta who h y ■ 1 ma t v>*ur
! will t snaring la eater ymw drew* j
I g lag r>K«m oa a>v to i« •«-». I**d#»4e
' I surpits* t till tt iihvt * * Mr Rd
• ar t Withers staediaa i<d**lnr, h*r
head upon hie tmmrn hie arms »t* *«»•
lag her, while ha ahteperad lotlgg
J
words in her ear. He kissed her at
the very moment of my silent enlranro,
with this remark: ‘We have too much
to live and to hope for, to nurse un
healthy surmises and fears.’ I could
testify to the language In a court of
Justice, and am positive that his ref
erence was to your possible recovery."
"No more!" The mischief-maker was
scared out of her gloomy exultation by
the altered face turned toward her.
“I’lease excuse me from going down
to dinner today. I am very weary, and
shall spend the evening alone,” pur
sued Mr. Withers, with a pitiful show
of his old and pompous style. He arose
as a further signal t hut she must go,
when she threw herself before him
and clasped his knees.
"Klnathan!" the beady eyes strained
In excruciating appeal, “do not banish
mo from you In this your extremity!
Who! Who should be near you to sus
tain and weep with you hut your poor
devoted Harriet she whose life has
but. one end—the hope that she might
serve and aid you; but one reward,
your smile, and so much of your love
as you may see flt to bestow upon so
worthless an object?"
But In the honest sorrow that bowed
the listener’s proud spirit to break
ing, her factitious transports met no
response beyond weary Impatience. The
cajc'ery that had flattered the unworthy
complacency of his prosperous days
rang discordantly upon his present
mood. He wanted pity from no one,
he said to himself, and, In his rejection
of hers, there was a touch of resent
Hi' ill | i '/II c i J 14 Ij IJ i i hi lies uunjiui
Ing denunciation of Constance. Ho
might come to hate her himself soon.
Just now he almost abhorred the one
who had opened his eyes to his own
shame. "You mean well, I dare say,
Harriet," ho said, In his harshest tone,
"but you are Injudicious, and your of
fers of sympathy are unwelcome. I
am sure that I shall shortly receive a
satisfactory explanation of this mys
terious affair. As to your gossiping
friends, I can only regret that your
associates have not been chosen more
wisely. Now yon can go."
She made no further resistance, hut
hers was one of the chamber doors
that unclosed stealthily when, at mid
night, the rattle of a latch-key sound
ed through the front hall, and was fol
lowed by the entrance of the two sup
posed voyagers. There were more
wakeful eyes under that roof that
night than ftie master recked of, and
a bevy of curious gazers peered from
the obscurity of the third story Into
the entry, where Mr. Withers had or
dered the gas to he kept burning all
night.
“You see we are expected,” said Ed
ward to his companion.
Mr. Withers met them at the head
of the staircase, clad in dressing-gown
and Blippers. "Ah, here you are. How
did you get back?"
"The obliging captain hailed a Ash
ing yacht and put us on board,"
answered his brother. "Have you been
uneasy about us?"
"Only lest you might be carried
some distance out before you fell in
with a returning vessel. You look very
tired, Constance. I shall not let her
go with you again, Edward, unless
you promise to take better care of her."
"Tell him Just how it happened,
Connie,” laughed Edward, and the con
ference was over.
"They played their parts well all of
them," muttered Harriet, stealing back
to her sleepless pillow. "But they need
not hope to gag people now that the
scandal has taken wind; ‘murder will
out.’ ”
Her sagacity was proven tty tne ap
pearance in the next day’s issue of an
extensively circulated journal of a con
splcioits article headed "Scandal in
High Life!” setting forth the elope
ment. per steamer to Europe, of the
junior partner In a well-known hank
ing house with the beuutifu! wife of
Ills brother, the senior partner of the
aforesaid firm. The intimacy of the
fugitives, the chronicle went on to
say. had been much talked of all win
ter in the brilliant circle to which
they belonged. The deserted husband
was a eft Urn whom all delighted to
honor for his business talents, his
probity In public life, and his private |
virtues. ‘ This affliction falls u ion
him with the more erushing severity
from the elreumstgnce that he ass j
been for some months an invalid, lie
has the sillcen sympathy of Hie entire
romntunlt)'.’*
The editor of the humane sheet, at j
belt not unused to eating his own
words, never penned a tuure humble
and explicit retraction of the "unluck) .
error Into which, through no fault of
outs, we have fallen.” than graced hi*
■ alumna the following murnlng lie ,
could hardly have expressed hiineel* j
more fore I hi) had Kdward Wither*
really horsewhipped hltu. Instead -if
threatening to do it, and to bring an
action fur liboi aa well
t'oualance breakfasted In M at her
husband a request on the day ei i*ei|
1x4 the !*>departure Tb* pep
alar dally, above referred to lav a*
uiial by Mr Wvther* plate when h«
went down Stalin, folded with who' :
wa« known to US >>in riant readers a*
the naughty corn*? outermost liar
riel naa engaged In tornisiHu bet
•usin g O p of kuimii ibuectale
when he opened bin sheet but she both
wan and heard the paper rnatie Ilk* *
paper h«* ,h «* n« a storm Ik s
grow utddaalt and onnaiuinily etlil <
Mken Mr W liber* lowered It tk»t* ww
nothing n vvdte nr #tpfe**M*o to a# - i
rrev tn hie brother that unghi naa
>nUt M hen *1 meal was #*»( he
rryt rr>l is I > w.fe > ruaru taking
with hint the *i * •p,t'1 f with aa a a*.
I
jot. 83 was his custom, offered to pass
to Edward
Without a word he spread It before
the pale woman whose haggard coun
tenance should have moved him to de
lay her accusation and itence. One
swift glance took In the import of the
cruel article, and she burled her face
in the pillow with a cry that destroyed
what faint remnant of hope might
have lingered in his bosom. "My sin
has found me out!”
A heavy hand was laid upon her arm.
“This Is childish, (’onstanre, and you
have shown yourself to be no child
In craft. Nothing short of your own
confession would have persuaded me
that much contained In this paragraph
Is true, that, you have abused tny con
fidence, sullied my name, and mado
me the object, of universal contempt—*
you and und my brother!”
(TO HS CONTIRUSU.I
Tama Catamount
Probably It Is true that some rnen
have by nature a peculiar power over
wild animals, and It Is a matter of com
mon experience that animals sometimes
strike up sudden friendships with per
sons they have never seen before. An
extreme instance of UiIb kind Is de
scribed by a military correspondent of
the New York Hun: "Perhaps of all the
wild animals that may he at least par
tially civilized or tamed, the Porky
Mountain lion or catamount offer* the
leaal promise; and yet In the writer’s
experience one specimen was as gentle
and docile as human kindness could
make him. Me followed his master
around like a dog, obeying every wish
or nod, but would allow no other per
sons to approach him with offers of
kindness or anything else. This crea
'■"C » lull l vy ll UJ'MIIII |J1|| null,
(hat for some strange reason had taken
u fancy to a Cheyenne Indian. Wheth
er in camp, on the prairie, or in the
post, the brute could always he seen
quietly following the Indian, but he
would never leave his master’s heels
for any reason except at his master’s
bidding. Often would he accompany
(lie buck into the poet truder’s store,
where his entrance was the signal for
all dogs to get out and for bipeds not
acquainted with the situation to lose
no time In taking to the counters. The
officers of the post finally persuaded
the Indian to part with his pet for a
consideration, and the lion, after being
securely caged, was shipped as a pres
ent to the National Museum at Wash
ington.”
The Wisdom of thi) ('row.
A naturalist who is much Interested
in birds says that the crow is the wis
est of all feathered animals. He has
made a number of experiments recent
ly, and declares (hat an ordinarily well
educated crow can count to twenty, and
that he has found a sentinel crow, very
old and very wise, that can count t.o
twenty-six. He made these discoveries
In a very interesting way. Recently
he spent some time in the mountains
of Wales, where a company of hoys
was camping out. One day he found
a flock of crows gathered round the
body of a sheep that had died, and
which lay near a barn. They flew
away as he approached, so he hid him
self In the bam and waited; but they
would not come hack. Then he went
out and walked up the mountain, and
they all settled down again to the feast.
That afternoon he took four boys from
the camp with him and they inarched
into the little building and waited. No
crows came back. Two of the hoys
went out. Still no crows. Then the
other two went, out. and only the natu
ralist remained. But the old sentinel
crow had evidently counted ihent as
they went In, and he knew they had
not all come out. At last the natural
ist left the building and straightway
all the crows returned. This experi
ment was repeated a number of titnea
with varying numbers of boys, but the
crows kept count, and would not come
down until the building was entirely
empty.
hut* About I'unitr# Stun*.
Pumice, uh is well known, is of vol
canie origin, being a trachytlc lava
which has been rendered ligin by 'he
escape of gases when In a molten state.
It Is found on most of the shores ol
the Tyrrhenian sea and elsewhere, nut
Is at present almost exclusively ob
tained from the little island of Idparl.
Most of the volcanoes of ldparl have
ejected outuaceous rocks, but the best
stone is all the product of one moun
tain, Monte t’hlrlea. nearly 2,two feet
in height, with Its two accessory cra
ters. Tlte district in which the pumice
» escalated covers an area of thre.
square lllllcs It has bet-u calculated
that alrnut l.ooo hands are engaged In
this Industry, two of whom are em
ployed In extrlcatlug the mineral.
1‘umlce is btought to Ihe surface In
Urge him ka or In baskets, sud is >ar
ried thus eithar to the neighboring vil
lage or to I ho seashore to be Isheti
there In boats. The supply Is said to
be practically meahauelltde lbrin.ee
Is used not merely for scouring and
cleansing purpose* but also for polish
tag in numerous trades hen- • the fact
that the powdered pumice export".I eg- j
<eeds In •*eight the block pumice lie
tween twentv and thirty merchant* are
• og-ig'd tn the p-.m-.e trad, in tha
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“CROWNS OF THORNS AND
CROWNS OF ROSES.”
From the Trti "Vr Know Ihr (irsrr
of Our l,or«l .lr«u« Christ, That Though
Hr Wua Klrh Vet For Your hakr II*
Became Poor" II. Cor. H : U.
HAT all the worlds
which on a cold
winter's night
make the heavens
one great glitter
are without Inhab
itants Is an absurd
lty. Scientists tell
us that many of
these worlds are too
hot or too cold or
too rarlfled of at
mosphere for residence. But, If not
fit for human abode, they may be fli
for beings different from and superior
to ourselves. We are told that the
world of Jupiter Is changing and be
coming fit for creatures like the hu
man race, and that Mars would do for
the human family with a little change
In the structure of our respiratory or
gans. But that there Is a great world
swung somewhere, vast beyond Imagi
nation, and that. It is the headquarter*
of the universe, and the metropolis of
Immensity, and has a population In
numbers vast beyond all statistics, and
appointments of splendor beyond the
capacity of canvaa, or poem, or angel
to describe, Is as certain uh the Bible
Is authentic. Perhaps some of the as
tronomers with their big telescopes
have already caught a glimpse of It,
not knowing whut It Is. We spell It
with six letters and pronounce It
heaven.
j That Is where Prince Jesus lived
nineteen centuries ago. He was the
King's Son. It was the old homestead
of eternity, and all lts castles were as
old as Ood. Not a frost had ever chill
ed the air. Not a tear had ever rolled
down the checa of one of Its Inhabi
tants. There had never been u head
ache, or a sldeache, or a heartache.
There had not been a funeral In the
memory of the oldest Inhabitant. There
had never In all the land been woven
a black veil, for there had never been
anything to mourn over. The passage
of millions of yoars had not wrinkled
or crippled or bedimmed any of Its
citizens. All the people there were In
a state of eternal adolescence. What
flora 1 and pomonlc richness! Hardens
of perpetual hkom and orchards In un
ending fruitage. Had some spirit from
another world entered and asked, What
Is sin? What Is bereavement? What
Is sorrow? What Is death? the bright
est of the Intelligences would have fail
ed to give definition, though to study
the question There was silence In hea
ven for half an hour.
The Prince of whom I speak had hon
ors, emoluments, acclamations, such as
no other prince, celestial or terrestrial,
ever enjoyed. As he passed the street,
the inhabitants took off from their
brows garlands of white lilies and
threw them In the way. He never en
tered 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, walking In loving, talk with
the humblest of the land, but at
other times he took chariot, and
among the twenty thousand that the
Psalmist spoke of, his was the swift
est and most flaming; or, as when St.
John described him, he took white
palfrey with what prance of foot, and
arch of neck, and roll of niaue, and
gleam of eye is only dimly suggested
in f hn A n/ipulvi\un lin u uu tint
other princes, waiting fur the father
to die and then take the throne. When
years ago an art 1st in Uermany made
a picture for the ltoyal (iallery repre
senting the Emperor William on tie
throne, and the Crown Prince as hav
ing one foot on the step ef the throne
tin Emperor William nrdere 1 the li
t it re changed, and said: "Lei the pritte
keep h.s foot off the throne till I leavi
it.”
Already enthroned was the Heaven!.'
Prince aide l»> side with the Katin ,
What a circle of dominion! What mul
t:tinks of admirers! What tmetidltn
round of glories! All the towei.
chimed the prince's praises. Of all th
Inhabitants, front the e< litre of the ct,v
on ever the MIL and clear down t« the
It 'h cgaitist which the ocean of Int
tcitislly rolls Its billows, the prim
s.ir the a-I,ltd"ledge 1 favorite. N
wonder my text says that "lie w.i
Itch." Met all ilia diamonds uf tin '
earth In uni sceptre, build all the pal j
*c*» of the earth In uus Alhambi t
gather all the |a<atla of the sea lu on*
il.atleui. |>ot all the talma of Ihe cum
In "its vain, the aggregate could n«M
•xpresa hi* affluence Yea, Mt Paul
was right Halotnun had in gold all
huudred Slid eighty million pounds, slid
In stiver ons billion twenty-nine iuti
lion three hundred and **vrnty-e«veu
pound* sterling Hut a greater than
ts hole Nut tii* Millionaire,
but th» on nor uf all thing* To dv
i .be hi* velewt'nl sutroun lings th# I
1 • ..■>«.* *11 cotore * tittering Iht’to s
in ramt»o» over the throne and sotting
v , . . . agate u the tempi* wtn-las j
*.ad h ating twelve nt tb»i» Into * j
w*il. Irant etripnd Jaipur nt the base I
to ttau4pnr*nt nmethyet In the *ng- I
• '-be. shite heiw«*M iregt««a of enter ■ i
aid and show at y»*rl and hlue uf I 1
•apphim, and ynllnw of tepna, gr* > ot I •
hryeoprasn, and dante of Javinth Al I
the hvvelinena of >aoU»* aye In foliage. I
and rtver, an 1 nil aud all enchant tl*
S'at 11 ua ii. trine th" »e* of glavyj1
mlngbd with fit na when th* #01 ainh'l j
* th* tl'MlUrtanewu All th* thrllj
sf music, Inttrtttnen'gl anl naulj
hart i irutnpnt*, dnxoi >gtn» Th*e| I
•tend Vi# pits * lurrovadstl hf lien* 1
v'uo had under their wings the vtlnci:*
of millions of miles in a second, him
self rich in love, rich In adoration, r;c."
in power, rich In worship, rich in holi
ness, rich In "all the fulness of tU#
Godhead bodily.”
But one day there was a big disasiei
In a department of God’s universe. A
race fallen! A world In rttlns! Our
planet the scene of catastrophe! A
globe swinging out Into darkness, with
mountains, and seas, and Islands, an
awful centrifugal of sin seeming to
overpower the beautiful centripetal of
righteousness, and from it a groan
reached heaven. Such a sound had
never been heard there Plenty of
sweet sounds, but never an outcry of
distress or an echo of agony. At that
one groan the Prince rose from all the
blissful clrcumjacence. and started for
the outer gate and descended Into th<j
night of this world. Out of what a
bright harbor Into what a rough sea?
"Stay with us," cried angel after angel.'
and potentate after potentate. "No,’I
said the Prince, "1 cannot stay; I mu?',
he off for that wreck of a world. I mils'
stop that groan. I must hush that dis
tress. I must, fathom that abyss. I mils
redeem those nations. Farewell
thrones and lemulrj. hosts cherubic
seraphic, archaugeiic! 1 will norm
hack again, cti rylng on my shoulder a
ransomed world. Till this Is done l(
choose earthly scoff to heavenly up
clumallon, and a cattle pen to u king's
palace, frigid zone of earth to utmos’
phere of celestial radiance. I have no
time to lose, for hark ye to the groan
that grows mightier while I wait! Fare
well! Farewell! ‘Ye know the graee
of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though
he was rich, yet for your sakes he he
pflmit nnrr * M
Was there ever ft contrast so over
powering as that between the noonday
of Christ's celestial departure and the
midnight of his earthly arrival? Sure
enough, the angels were out that night
In the sky, and an especial meteor act
ed as escort, but all that was from oth
er worlds, and not from this world.
Tho earth made no demonstration of
welcome. If one of the great princes
of this world steps out ut a depot,
cheers resound, and the bands play,
and the flags wave. But for the ar
rival of this missionary Prince of the
skies not a torch flared, not a trumpet
blew, not a plume fluttered. All the
music and the pomp were overhead
Our world opened for him nothing bet
ter than a barn-door. The Rajah ol
Cashmere sent to Queen Victoria a
bedstead of carved gold and a canopy
that cost seven hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars, but the world bad for the
Prince of Heaven and Earth only a lit
ter of straw. The crown jewels In the
Tower of Ix/ndon amount to fifteen mil
lion dollars, but this member of eter
nal Royalty had nowhere to lay his
head. To know how poor he was, ask
the camel drivers, ask the shepherds,
ask Mary, ask the three wise men of
tho East, who afterward came to Beth
lehem. To know how poor he was ex
amine all the records of real estate in
all that Oriental country, and see wbat
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 he rode/
or the pillow on which he slept. He
bad so little estate that In order to pay
his tax he had to perform a miracle,
putting the amount of tho assessment
in a fish’s mouth and having It hauled
ashore. And after his death the world
rushed In to take an inventory of his
goods, and the entire aggregate wa>>
the garments he had worn, sleeping In
them by night and traveling In them
by day, bearing on them the 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,
"Kor your sakes he became poor.”
The worm cornu nave treated him
better if it had chosen. It had all the
means for making his earthly condition
comfortable. Only a few years before
when Porapey. the general, arrived in
Mrindlsl be wut greeted with arches
and a costly column which celebrated
the twelve million people whom he had
killed or comiuered. and he was al
lowed to wear bis triumphal robe in the '
senate. The world had applause for
Imperial butch>rs. but buffeting for
the Prime of f 'tee. Plenty of golden
iballets for 'he favored to drink out ;
of, but our Prince must put bis Up*
lo the bucket of the well by the road- '
side after he had begged for a drink,
Poor.* Pern in another man's barn
iml eating at another man’s table, nod
cruising the lake in another man's
ttsbins euiack, nd burled III another
man's tomb. Pour inspired ant her*
wrote tiu biugiuphy, nut innuiueriu’.
Ilve# of t'lllist hake been published
but be composed hi* aiiiublogiaph) m
* most compressed way. lie sold, "i
links trodden Ihe Wlne-prsss a’one,"
iiut I lie I row U Prone 04 bin oil
him a mu has lean than the ?»•«■•*. I**“
lhan ths chamoia, for h» was hutttelem.
Ay*. in the history of the universe
there la no other instance of such cow
ing down Who c«n count the mites j
'mm th* top of the Throne to tha bot
out «f tha t'ruas? I'ieopalra, giving a
stM|ue| |u Vntuny, took a p at I worth
4 hundred thousand dotinr* and dis
w!««i tt In vinegar and *«ait«w«d it
Hut when our Prince, si ord ng to the
Kvangattai. n hi* tasi hour*, uwk th»
■ inegsr, in It had been dissolved *U
he pearls of his hss>*uly royally
lwan until there waa no utbnr har
assment tn soger, pwur until there was
hi uihei paupertnm in turtUl*. Millions
it dollars spent in wars to destroy wen,
shu wilt furnish tha slnttstle* of tha j
itlss af that precious Mood that waa
ihed la save us* "T* know tha grace
if our laird Jwsua t'nrtw. that, though
it ags rich. y*| fur yuur sake* h* ho- j
ilos poor "
only 1 hose who study ibt* test In two j
iia«-*a can fully rsoils* it* P»*»f, lh* j
1*4 Land of Asia Minor and lh* holy
.and of heaven. I wi it that some
you might go to the Holy Land and
take a drink out of Jacob's well, and
take a sal! on Galilee, and read the
Sermon on the Mount whlle^standlng
on Olivet, and see the wilderness where
Christ was tempted, and be some after
noon on Calvary about three o’clock—
the hour at which dosed the cruci
fixion—and sit under the sycamores and
by the side of brooks, and think and
dream and pray about the poverty of
him who came our souls to save. But
you may be denied that, and so here, la
another continent and In another hem
isphere, and In scenes as different aa
possible, we reeount. as well we may
how poor was our Heavenly Prince.
But In the other holy land above wo
may all study the riches that he left
behind when he started for earthly ex
pedition. Come, let us bargain to meet
each other nt the door of the Father’*
mansion, or on the bank of the rlvey
Just where it. rolls from under tha
throne, or at the outside gate. Jesu*
got the contrast by exchanging that
world for this; we will get It by ex
changing this world for that, Thero
and then you will understand morn of
the wonders of the grace of our I.ord
Jesus Christ, who. “though he wa»
rich, yet for your sakea became poor."
Yes. grace, free grace, sovereign!
grace, omnipotent grace! Among the
thousands of words In the language
there Is no more queenly word. It
means free and unmerited kindness.
My text has no monopoly of the word,
One hundred and twenty-nine times
'does the Bible eulogize grace. It la
[a door swung wide open to let Into
'the pardon of Ood all the millions who
choose to enter It.
John Newton sang of it when ha
wrote:
^'Amazing grace, how sweet the sound,
Vhat saved a wretch like me.”
Philip Doddridge put It into all bym
oology when he wrote:
“Grace, ’tis a charming sound.
Harmonious to the ear;
Heaven with the echo shall resound.
And all the earth shall hear."
When Artaxcrxes was hunting, Tlre
bazus, who wuh attending him, showed
the king u 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
commanded him never to wear It, as
It would be Inappropriate. But seeing
the startling and comforting fact, while
our Prince throws off the robe. He not
only allows us to wear it, but command*
us to wear It, and It will become ua
well, and for the poverties of our spir
itual state we may put on the splendor*
of heavenly regalement. For our sakes!
Ob, the personality of this religion!
Not an abstraction, not an arch under
which we walk to behold elaborate ma
sonry, not an ice castle like that which
the Empress Elizabeth of Russia, over
a hundred years ago, ordered to b*
constructed. Winter with Its trowsl
of crystals cementing the huge block*
that had been quarried from the frozen
rivers of the North, but our Father’s
bouse with the wide hearth crackling
a hearty welcome. A religion of
warmth and Inspiration, and light, and
cheer; something we can take Into our
hearts, and homes, and business, re
creations, and Joys, and sorrows. Not
an unmanageable gift, like the galley
presented to Ptolemy, which required
four thousand men to row, and Its
draught of water was so groat that It
could not come near the shore, but
something you can run up any stream
of annoyance, however shallow. En
richment now. enrichment forever.
PERSONALS.
Richard Croker will return to this
country in December.
R. D. Jefferson has completed the
feat of riding a bicycle a distance of
(i.f)74 miles In ISO days.
Mrs. Mary C. ('. Bradford has added
COO members to the suffragist clubs
since her arrival In Idaho.
Kveiy morning Mrs. John Burns, wife
of the great labor leader, reads for
tour hours before breakfast.
Gov. Build, of California, says ho
thiuks ihe fraudulent coyote scalp
claims will aggregate $10,000.
The siiluiu of Turkey of late has been
given quite a number of nicknames.
The last to come to the surface is that
of “Hamid the Hangman.”
Hr. Livingstone u-ed to tell how.
while traveling In Africa, he was so
Hard ret for food t'., he made a meal
of two mice and a light, blue-colored
mole
The queen of i ip N ti tnds is not
as strong us a igiit hi an ,i has he-n
decided to lake her t;i 1' y, and, |»et
haps, to l'Taypt, for a good p*.n of the
winter.
i'sar Nl holes .it*. . c,e ■ ■ t pair n of
IHtmtur> He has eomtu. *»b’b*d M,
litciiutm ta tasks a to.l u.;t of the
popular soegM s:.d pair otic bsILds of
hltl Cll. (I,. I
* Mr. U<cr « I'ii i,t*I I*h> i •• ih* new
lord mayor-tie t t f Is, d.. ># t he
fourth Jew to h >td th*t oflle*. IH*
fathsr dir Ben’atton I'h !' *. it » was
lord mayor lit id*, w.i« t c tt a.)
dir Henry It vit g « <*; the > «t
awotd-tu* u lu Hti*ai**i n* it t.V te
I teed s.’ten: V sw L - <r for
Many years, flee ■,! h ; t..t* mas
ters oaa I'tof Ui |*t< i m a of U'yiu
pla
The oldest I t t( | , ' • Of liar
«ard la Hr At! mm t. >n tta-aMl
or Harr* Mesa wb . w « lit Hi class
of 94. Ms la also net* lee slantttus of
the sit’dl‘ 1 M it,M»l h> wg IN the t law
uf ‘91
The twin tan gotwruatswt he* |oat
ts’iifsi t*t the titk I’twss Of the drat*
rlsae opow a u*»w of the mama wt
Achilles \ stcUrt .tme IN *» egUlHott tf
hta hating utwl Us Ufa 1 King lew
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