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Cpon returning lo his senses be told
me, with great excitement, that he had
igaln seen Madeline; moreover, this
lime he had hccii a man with her -a
man who had placed his hand upon
her wrist and kept it there, and so,
according lo Oarriston's wild reasoning,
became, on account of the contact, visi
ble lo him.
lie told me he had watched them for
some moments, until the man tighten
ing his grip on the girl'* arm, endeav
ored, he thought, to lead her or Induce
her to follow him somewhere. At this
Juncture, unaware that he was gazing
at a vision, he had rushed lo her assist
ance In the frantic way 1 have de
scribed- then he awoke,
lie also told me he had studied the
man's features and general appearance
most carefully with a view to future
recognition. All these ridiculous state
ments were made as he made the for
mer one*, with the air of relating sim
ple, undeniable farts one speaking the
plain, unvarnished truth, and expecting
full credence to be given to his words.
XII.
T was too absurd!
loo sad! It was ev
ident to me that the
barrier between
his hallucinations,
* dreams, visions, or
whatever he chose
to call them, and
pure iiisaiinj,
now u very slight
and fragile one,
Hut before I gave
his ease up as hopeless I determined to
make another strong appeal to his rom
inon sense, 1 told him of his cousin's
visit to me of his Intentions and prop
osition. 1 begged him (o consider what
consequences his extraordinary beliefs
and extravagant actions must eventu
ally entail. He listened attentively and
calmly.
•'Yon see now,'' he said, "how right 1
was In attributing all this to Ralph
Carrlston how right 1 was to come to
you, a doctor of standing, who can
vouch for my sanity.”
"Vouch for your sanity! How can I
when you sit here and talk such arrant
nonsense, and expect me to believe It’
When you Jump from your chair and
rush madly ut some visionary foe?
Wane as you may be In all else, any
evidence I could give In your favor
must break down in cross-examination
If an Inkling of these things gut about.
Come, Carrlston, be reasonable, and
prove your sanity by setting about this
search for Mlsa Rowan in a proper
way.”
He made no reply, but walked up anil
down the room apparently In deep
thought. My words seemed to have
had no effect upon him. Presently he
seated himself; and, as If to avoid re
turning to the argument, drew a book
at hazard from my shelves and began
to read. He opened the volume at ran
dom, but after reading a few linen
seemed struck by something that met.
his eyes, and In a few minutes was
deeply Immersed in the contents of the
honk 1 danced at it to wee what had
so awakened hi3 interest. By a curious
fatality he had chosen a hook the very
worst for him in his present frame of
mind- Gilchrist's recently published
life of William Blake, that masterly
memoir of a man who was on certain
(toiiita as mad as Carristou himself. I
was about to remonstrate, when he laid
down the volume and turned to me.
"Varley, the painter," he Maid, ‘'was
a firm believer In Blake's visions.”
"Varley was a bigger tool than
Blake,” 1 retorted. "Fancy his sitting
•town and watching his clever but mad
friend draw epee) iat heads, and believ
ing them to be genuine portraits of
dea l kings whoa*- forms condescended
to appear to Blake!"
A sudden thought seemed to strike
4'arriaton. "Will you give me some
paper and chalk?" he asked I’poo be
r ing furnished with these materials, he
seated himself at the table anti began
to draw. At least a doaen times he
skew hed. with bis usual rapidity, sow
object or another, and a doaen limes
after a moment‘a conalderalton. threw
each sketch aside with an air of dta
appointment and began a fresh one
At last one of his atiempls seciuml to
come up to his rr<|tilrcwruts. *i have
II now, ssaeltj?" he < rled. with joy
even triumph In his «o!re lie *pew’
some lime in pulling finishing tout he*
to the successful sketch, and then he
handed i»e the paper.
"That la the man I «aw Just now
with Madeline he said "When I Itnd
hlut I shall And her " Me spoke with
all sincerity and conviction I laoked
at the paper with I am hound to say,
• great amount of curtustly
Ns mailer lr«» what visionary
source t'aritsiua had drawn bis Inspir
ation, bta sketch »a» vigorous wad nat
ural *uouah I have already mu aliened
his wonderful power of drawing per
irntla from metnur i so was wllttag iu
gram that he might base i^produced
Ike out line of seme face ablell had
S*m*whefe situ- k bun Vel ah> shook)
it h*«e been this one* Ills drawing
fepresentod the three g‘carter fate af a
sue an erdinarv man apparently he
tsec n forty and Afty vents of age It
was n coarse bauinl >11 la cored fats
w ik « ragged ruA si hair rwttnd the
•ft • |i naa ms1 the tie* af a gentle
man, gar even the fac* of a gently nur -
fared man and the grttst by n few
sunning esiwkee had made ti wear t
unity and sullen Ieoh The shetefc, a»
1 write thlH, lie* before me. ho that I
am not speaking from memory.
Now. there are some portraits of
which, without having seen the origi
nal, we say, "What Hplendld likenesses
these inuat be." It wan ho with Carrla
ton'H sketch. I.ooklng at It you felt
Mine It was exactly like the man whom
It waa Intended to reprnaent. Ho that,
with the certain amount of art knowl
edge, which I am at least supposed to
possess, It was hard for me, after ex
amlnlng the drawing and recognizing
the true artist's touch In every line, to
bring myself to accept thp fact that li
was but the outcome of a diseased Im
agination. As. at this very moment.
I glance at that drawing, I scarcely
blame myself for the question that
faintly frame* Itself In my Innermost
heart. "Could-It. tm possible could
there be In certain organization* pow
ers not yet. known not yet properly
Investigated ?’*
My thought supposing such a
■thought was ever there was not dis
couraged by Carrlston, who, --peaking
as If his faith In the bodily existence
of the man whose portrait lay In my
hand was unassailable, said:
"I noticed that his general appear
ance was lhai of a countryman an
Ktigllsh ncasant: so In the rountrv I
shall find my love. Moreover, It will
he easy to Identify the man. as the top
Joint Is missing from the middle linger
Of his right hand. As It lay on Made
line* arm I noticed that.”
I argued with him no more. I fep
that, words would he hut wasted.
XII],
DAY or two after I
had witnessed wtiai
I must rail Carrls
ton’s second seiz
ure we were favored
with a visit from
the man whose ser
vices we had se
cured to trace Mad
eline. .Since he
had received his In
structions we had
heard nothing of Ills proceedings until
he now called to report progress in tier
son. Carriston had not expressed the
slightest curiosity as to where the man
was or what he was about. Probably
he looked upon the employment of this
private detective as nothing more use
ful than a salve to my conscience, That
Madeline was only to be found through
the power which lie professed to hold
of seeing her in his visions was. I felt
certain, becoming a rooted belief of
his. Whenever I expressed my sur
prise that our agent had brought or
Kent no Information, Car ids ton
shrugged his shoulders, and assured me
that from the first he knew the man's
researches would be fruitless. How
ever, the fellow had called at last, and,
1 hoped, had brought us good news.
He was a gllb-tongued man, who
spoke in a confident, matter-of-fact
way. When he saw 11s. he rubbed his
bands as one who had brought affair*
to a successful Issue, and now meant
to reap praise and other rewards. Ills
whole bearing lold me he had made an
Important discovery; so I begged him
to lie seated, and give us his news.
Carriston gave him a careless glance,
and stood at some little distance from
us. He looked as if he thought the Im
pending communication scarcely worth
the trouble of listening to. He might.
Indeed, from his looks, have been the
most disinterested person of the three.
He even left me to do the questioning.
"Now, then, Mr. Sharpe," I said, "let
us hear if you have earned your
money."
"I think so, sir," replied Sharpe,
looking curiously at Carriston. who,
strange to say, heard his answer with
supreme Indifference.
"I think 1 may say I have, sir," *-en
tlnued the detective; "tha* It. If the
gentleman can identify these artifice
xx het iif ! hi* ladv'i tiroriHrtv "
Thereupon he produced, from a thick
lettercase. a ribbon. In which wa* aturk
a atlver pin. mounted w ith Scotch peb
ble*. an orWMWttt tliat 1 remembered
having aeen Madeline wear. Mr. Sharpe
handed them to I'arrlaton lie exam
turd them, and I aaw hi* cheek* flock
und hi* eye* grow bright
• Mow did yon contr by thta?" he
cried, pointing to the allver orttamtni.
• I'll tell you pieaently, air Ho you
rmogntte l!?1’
"I gate It to Hlai Kuwan nayaolf.”
* Then we are on the right track." I
i tied. >0 full) "Moon. Mi Sharp*
“Too a* ntl*ni«u *r are eort Italy on
the rtgk* tiack hut after all It Ian I
my laalt if the track dul l lead t laetlt
! where tow with You aoe. wh*a I
heart! of tilt miMerton* illaap|e<«ran<e
of the Udt I began to contort my own
theory I aotd lo ntyeeM when a young
and beautiful
'Vanfeon*l ) out ikror lea1 cried far
rtatiM. gerrety Muw« wtth >enr tale
The oa* gatt hta interrupter a aplte
ful gtaa« Well, air. he aald an
you gate me *irl*t laatm. it«n« la
: watch a certain gcattmian iueat* I
1 iibated thecae teclruttteb*. of cuorae
j although t knew I wae etc a fowl# er
rand."
I ’ Will tou go an*** tried t'aillatur
1 ' If you know w hefe Mu* How an i*
' any Ml tout Mob M Will hr paid you the
1 iweoceal I hod her "
* I dob i any I knob eta ilt whera to
rtnd the i*dt hut I tan armo know if
I you a tab are to'"
' fell y-ur tal* your ovo oat hut a#
I ahettly a* gtcmihle I oatd ceetrtg that
act axtttakle f» rad an* preparing h*
ggochet attthbfrt
"I fonnd there was nothin? to be
gained by keeping watch on the- gentle
man you mentioned, sir, so 1 went to
Scotland and tried bark from there.
As soon as I worked on my own lay I
found out all about it. The lady wen
from Lallendar to Edinburgh, from Ed
inburgh to l*ondon. from London to
Folkestone, and from Folkestone to
Boulogne.”
I glanced at Carrlston. All his calm
ness seemed to have returned. He was
leaning against tne mantel-piece, and
appeared quite unmoved by Mr.
Hharpe's dear statement as to the
route Madeline had taken.
"Of course," continued Mr. Hharpe.
"I was not quite certain I was tracking
the right person, although her descrip
tion corresponded with the likeness
you gave me. Hut as you are sure this
article of Jewelry belonged to the lady
you want, the matter Is beyond a
doubt.”
"Of course," 1 said, seeing that Car
rlston had no intention of speaking
"Where did you find It?"
"It was left behind In a bedroom of
one of the principal hotels In Folke
stone. I did go over to Boulogne, hut
after I hat I thought I had learned aM
you would care to know.”
There was something In the man's
manner which made me dread what
was coming. Again I looked at Car
rlaton. Ills lips were curved with con
tempt, but lie still kept silence,
"Why not have pursued your Inqui
ries past Boulogne?" I asked.
"For this reaeon, sir. I had learned
enough. The theory I had coneocte I
was the right one after all. The lady
went to Edinburgh alone, rlgnt enough;
but she didn't leave Edinburgh alone,
nor did sbe leave London alone, nor
she didn't stay at Folkestone where I
found the pin alone, nor she didn’t go
to Boulogne alone. Hhe was accompa
nied by a young gentleman who called
himself Mr. Hmlth; and. whut's more,
she called herself Mrs. Krnith. Per
naps sne was, as they lived like mail
and wife.”
Whether the fellow wan right cr mis
taken. this explanation of Madeline'!*
disappearance seemed to give me what
I can only compare to a smack In the
face. I stared at the speaker In speech
less astonishment. If the lale he told
so glibly and circumstantially was true,
farewell, ho far as I was concerned, to
belief In ihe love or purity of woman.
Madeline llowan, that creature of a
poet's dream, on Ihe pve of her marriage
with (lharleH ('arrlston. to fly, whether
wed or unwed mattered little, with an
other man! And yet, she was but a
woman. Carr Is ton cr Carr, as she only
knew him was In her eyes poor. The
companion of her flight might have
won her with gold. Such things have
been. Still
My rapid and wrongful meditation*
were cut short in an unexpected way.
Suddenly I saw Mr. Sharpe dragged
bodily out of hls chair and thrown on
to the floor, whilst Carrtston, standing
over him, thrashed the man vigorously
with hls own ash stick a convenient
weapon, so convenient that I ft It Mr.
Sharpe could not have selected a stick
more appropriate for hls own chastise
ment. So Carriston seemed to think
for he laid on cheerfully some eight
< • ten good cutting strokes.
Nevertheless, being a respectable doc
tor and man of peace, I was compelled
to interfere. I held tUrriston's arm
whilst Mr. Sharpe struggled to hie feet
and. after collecting hls hat and his
porketbook, stood glaring vengefully
at his assailant, and rubbing the while
such of the wales on his back as he
could reach. Annoyed as I felt at the
unprofessional fracas, 1 could scarcely
help laughing at the man's appearance.
I doubt the portability of anyone lock
ing heroic after such a thrashing.
TO SB COSTINUBii. I
ItunUlilpH of Trlrj-ra|>h Vote*.
"Yes,” said Joseph Donner, super
intendent of telegraph for the South
ern raeitle railroad, "fe)egn*pii poles
along the line have a hard time. I’ar
ticularly in this eo out west, where the
poles are costly and station* ane lew
and far lietween. Now out In Ari
zona desert the poles are played the
deuce wtlh generally. There Is a sort
of woodpecker that pick* the posts ab
solutely to piece*, thinking there may
be insects inside the wood They hear
the humming and haven't sense
enough to know what cause* It. Then
near the hills the black bear* imagine
that each pole «ontalas a swarm of
bees and they climb to the tap him) rliow
the gluaa insulator* to pieces, hut the
sand storms are the tb ugs that create
the must havoc. When the wind blows
»trough the sand la drifted at a rapid
rate and the grains cut away ih* wood
at a tearful rate It was a roaiuiott
thing to have au oak pole worn to a
•having In a day's time, while I have
**» poles just ground la the »»> fact
af the earth during a single »te«ni
Thing* are mi bad out liter# tba* the
company dmld«tl u* •ubMItilt* at## I
! pole* for the uak and cedar, bur that
didn't re awed) the evil at alt The waad
ltt»l wore swat the metal Iia each aid#
of ih# pals until ids rwatsr wss as
sharp as a rotor and alt 'be Indian*
used lo shave Ihemorlvea on I be »d§#
Wc dwell) m*m«ged to D« ibisa* tw#i
palUted lb# pole* With »#fl pitch l b#
pitch taught the Mbit sad now #i#f»
pot# la about loo levri ihl* b sad a* solid
aa a rtnh" \«» Ort#ab> rimu
liras i— rsi
be# Street iNkene I eeve.
Ism tukeott Is tiHtwntil tw tiregi j
litilain in proport it a to Ih# inhaOHahta >
than la ah) ath#f IvitUed i«gMt|,
littahaad Thar* * no* thing I -as
•g) lor nt)«#ll eatw«t | bavt ri»a
nt mi it#a vNurts M ile '\*t*r in
the ansrwlog Johb I both# lb#I ,t
take* too eUim tie e# and all t te
hi«tubers of th# kt to*hold tu a** ) »t
| then lhMit>« I'cmiti
TALK AGE'S SERMON, j
"WINCS OF SERAPHIM" LAST
SUNDAY'S SUBJECT.
From the Tear: ‘‘With Twain He
Covered Hie Face, With Twain He
Covered Hie Feel, anil with Twain He
Did Fly- Isaiah « : 1.
N A hospital of lap- j
rosy good King l'z- |
zlah had died, and j
the whole land was
shadowed with sol
emnity, and theo
logical and pro
phetic Isaiah wms
thinking about re
ligion* thing*, as
one Is apt to do In
time of great na
tional bereavement, and forgetting the
presence of his wife and two ton* who
made up his family, be haa a dream,
not like the dreams of ordinary char
acter, which generally come from Indi
gestion, but a vision most Instructive,
and under the touch of the hand of the
Almighty,
Tbs place, the ancient temple: bund
ing grand, awful, majestic. Within
that temple a throne higher and grand
er than that occupied by any czar or
sultan or emperor. On that throne, the
eternal ('brief. In lines surrounding
that throne, the brightest celestial*,
not the cherubim, but higher than they,
the most exquisite and radiant, of the
heavenly Inhabitants: the aerapblm.
They are called burners because they
look like tire. Ups of fire, eyes of Are,
feet of Are. In addition to the feature*
and the limb* which suggest a human
being, there are pinions, which suggest
tbe Ilthest. the swiftest, the most buoy
ant and the most aspiring of all unin
telligent creation a bird. Each seraph
had slz wings, each two of the wings
for a different purpose. Isaiah’s dream
quivers and flashes with these pinions.
Now folded, now spread, now beaten
In locomotion. "With twain he cov
ered bis feet, wllh twain he cov
ered his face, and with twain he did
fly.”
Tbe probability Is that, these wings
were not all used at once. Tbe seraph
standing there near the throne over
whelmed at the Insignificance of tbe
paths his feet had trodden as com
pared with the paths trodden by the
feet, of God, and with the lameness of
his locomotion amounting almost to
decrepitude as compared with the di
vine velocity, with feathery veil of
angelic modesty hides the feet. "With
twain he did cover the feet.”
Standing there overpowered by tbe
overmutchlng splendors of God’s glory,
and unable longer with the eyes to look
upon them, and wishing those eyes
shaded from the Insufferable glory, the
pinions gather over the countenance.
"With twain he did cover tbe face.”
Then as God te)Js this seraph to go to
the farthest outpost of Immensity on ,
message of light and love and Joy, J
and get back before the first anthem,
it does not take the seraph a great
while to spread himself upon the air
with unimuglucd celerity, one stroke
of the wing equal to ten thousand
leagues of air. "With twain he did fly."
The most practical and useful lesson
for you and me- when we see the ser
aph spreading his wings over the feet,
is the lesson oC humility at Imperfec
tion. The brightest angels of God arc so
far beneath God that he charges them
with folly. The seraph so far beneath
God, and we so far beneath the seraph
in service we ought to be plunged in
humility, utter and complete. Our feet,
how laggard they have been In the di
vine service. Our feet, how many mis
steps they have taken. Our feet, In
how many paths of worldllness and
folly they have walked.
Neither God nor seraph intended to
put any dishonor upon that which Is
one of the masterpieces of Almighty
God—the human foot. Physiologist and
anatomist are overwhelmed at the won
ders of its organization. The Bridge
water Treatise, written by Sir Charles
Bell, on the wisdom and goodness of
God as Illustrated In the human hand,
was a result of the 940,000 bequeathed
In the last will and testament of the
Bari of Bridgewater for the encour
agement of Christian literature. The
world could afford to forgive his ec
centricities, though be bad two dogs
seated at his table, and though he put
sis dogs alone In au equipage drpwu
by four horsea and attended by two
font mi'll With it 1M IttrtfM I saw* liases* u
during Sir Charles H«|| to writ* «<>
valuable a book un Ihe wisdom of Hod
In the structure uf Ihe human baud
the world could afford to furgtv* bla
oddities. And the world could now af
ford to have another Karl of llrtdge
water, however Idiosyncratic, if hr
would induce route other Sir Charles
Hell to write a booh on the wisdom and
goodness uf (tod in the construction «|
Ihe human foot. Iks articulation of
Its bones, ihe lubrication of Its Joint*,
lb* grscefttlnesn of its line*, the la
penalty uf Ms cnrtilsp**. the delicacy
of tie veins, ihe rapidity of Its muscu
lar oat radios the senalttveaeaa »f n»
Wee vs*
I sound the pi alecs uf th* human
foe* With that w* halt or climb ur
march It la th* foundation of th*
physical labrn It la the baa* ml a
Hod pulsed column With it the war .
Hoc bra-vs htm*elf lor battle With tl
lb* orator pt«wu himself fits eutugium
With It th* toiler reach** hi* work j
With It lk« out taped stamps his Ib
11* hat toe It* !*>•« ah Ineparabls die
aster. Ha haaith an invalwahis equip,
sesat |f y«u watt* lu know Its thlus.
tak the man *<hu» loot puralyeka hath
ihrtvsied nr machinery hath .rocked
sr aorpson'h keifs bath amputated
The lit Me locator* It hspstlal car*
l-eet thou daah thy lu*-t against a f
Mows '"ha will not sul(*r thy Hud tu
la wanted.ihy leet shall not atumete |
ICapevInl i bald* Keep I hr foot whew
thou socst. to the hojic of God.”
Especial peril: "Their feet shall slide
In due time.” Connected with the
world's dissolution: "He shall pet one
fool on the sea and the other on th*
earth.”
Clive me the history of your foot,
snd I will give you the history of your
lifetime. Tell me up what step* It
hath gone, down what declivities, and
In what roads and In what directions,
and I will know more about you than
I want to know. None of ua could en
dure the scrutiny. Our feet not always
In paths of God. Hornet lines In path*
of worldllne**. Our feet, a divine and
glorious machinery for usefulness and
work, so often making missteps, so
often going in the wrong direction.
God knowing every step, the patriarch
saying. ‘'Thou settest a print on the
heel* of my feet." Crimes of th* hand,
crimes of the tongue, crimes of the eye,
crimes of the ear not worse than crime*
of the foot. Oh, we want the wings of
humility to cover the feet. Ought w#
not to go Into self-abnegation before
the all-searching, all-scrutinizing, all
trying eye of God? The seraphs do.
How much more we? “With twain he
covered the feet.”
All thl* talk about the dignity of
human nature Is braggadocio snd sin
Our nature started at the hand of God
regal, but It has Item pauperized.
There If a well In Belgium which once
bad very pure water, and It wa* stoutly
masoned with stone and brick; but
that well afterward became tbe center
of the battle of Waterloo. At the open
ing of tbe battle the soldier* with ttfelr
sabers compelled the gardener. WIlfThm
Von Kylaom, to draw water out of the
well for them, and It wa* very pure
water. But the battle raged, and three
hundred dead and half dead were flung
into the well for quick and easy burial;
ao that the well of refreshment be
came tbe well of death, and long after,
people looked down Into tbs well and
they saw tbe bleacbed skull* but no
water. Ho the human soul was a well
of good, but tbe urmle* of sin have
fought around it, and fought aero** It
and been slain, and It ha* become a
well of skeleton*. Head hope*, de»d
resolution*, dead opportunities, dead
ambition*. An abandoned well unless
Christ shall reopen and purify and nil
It as the well of Belgium never was.
Unclean, unclean.
Another seraphic posture In the text:
"With twain be covered the face.”
That means reverence Godward. Never
ao much Irreverence abroad In the
world as to-day. You see It In the de
faced statuary. In the cutting out of
figures from fine paintings, In the chip
ping of monuments for a memento, In
the fact that military guard must
stand at the grave of Lincoln and Oar
field, and that old shade trees must be
cut down for Are wood, though fifty
George P. Morrises beg the woodmen
to spare the tree, and that calls a corpse
a cadaver, and that speaks of death us
going over to the majority, and sub
stitutes for the reverent terms father
and mother, "the old man" and "the
old woman," and finds nothing Im
pressive in the ruins of Baalbec or the
columns of Karnac, and sees no differ
ence in the Habbuth from other days
except It allows more dissipation, and
reads the Bible In what Is called higher
criticism, making It not the Word of
God but a good book with some fine
things in It. irreverence never so
much abroad. How many take the name
of God In vain, how many trivial things
Kaid about the Almighty. Not willing
to have God in the world, they roll up
an idea of sentimentality and human
ltarianism and impudence and imbecil
ity. and call It God. No wings of rever
ence over the face, no taking off of
shoes on holy ground. Yon can tell
from the way they talk they could have
raude a better world than this, and
that the God of the Bible shocks every
Hense of propriety. They talk of the
love of God In a way that shows you
they believe It does not make any dif
ference how bad a man Is here, he
will come In at the shining gate. They
talk of the love of God in a way
which shows vou they think it
Is a general jail delivery for all the
abandoned and the scoundrelly of the
universe. No punishment hereafter for
any wrong done here.
The Bible givea two descriptions of
God, snd they are just opposite, and
they sre both true. In one plsce «he
Bible says God la love. In another
place tbs Hlble esye uod is a consum
ing Are. The explanation la plain as
plain can be. Ood through Christ Is
love. Owl out of Christ Is Arc. To
win the one and to escape the other
we have only to throw oureelvee body,
mind and soul Into Christ's keeping.
"Nn.** any* Irreverence, "I want no
atonement. I want no pardon, I want
no intervention; I will go up and face
Ood, and I will challenge him. and 1
will defy him and I will ask him
what he want* to do with me.'* Ao
the Antte confronts the Infinite, so a
tack hammer tries to break a thunder
bolt so tbe breath of homsn nostrils
defies tu>< everlasting Owl. While the
btereirhv of heaven bow the heed and
bead the hues aa the King's rharlut
goes by. ead the archangel turn* away
because he eaanet endure the splendor,
end tbe chorus of oil the empties of
heaven comes to wltb full diapason.
"Holy, boly, bolvf*
Reverent# for sham, revere*** for
ibe old merely be. ause it l« aid. rever
ence for stupidity, however learned,
revere bee fur incapacity however An*
ty inaugurated. I bare none Hut we
weal mare revet*nee fur Had more
raver* me fur tb» aaeramaau. move
revert pee fur the Hr trie mueo revet
•pc# for (be pure, mute reverence far
lb* avwvd Hevereme a character mtt*
of all great nature* Von b*ar It in
the rail Of the Warner •rilariM You
see It lb tbe N vpbssta and Titian* aad
Obirtabdaioa You study H la the at
rhimture of the hhaltah* aad t'bits'u
pb*r Wtees Hu not be Aippaat about
Ood lb* bat |»lr about death lv>
not make fua ef the Htbte Hu bat de
ride the Eternal The brightest and
k
mlght'est seraph annot lock ;ma
bashed upon him. Involuntarily the
wing* conic up. "With twain he cov
ered Ms fare • * •
As you take a pint h of salt or powder
between your thumb and two fingers,
sc Isaiah Indicates God takes up the
earth Me measures the dust of the
earth, the original there indicating that
God takes ail the dust, of all the con
tinents bet won the thumb and two
lingers. You wrap around your hand
a blue ribbon five times, ten times.
You say It b five band-breadths, or It
Is ten hand-breadths. Ho Indicates the
prophet Gist winds the blue ribbon of
the sky around his hand. "He meteth
out the heavens with a span.” You
knew that balances are mad* of a beam
suspended in ihe middle with two ba
sins ai I he extremity of equal heft. Ia
that way whaf a vast heft ha* been
weighed Hut what are all the bal^
a nee* of earthly manipulation com
pared with the balances that Isaiah
saw suspended when he saw God put
ting into the si ales ihe Alps and tha
Appenines and Mount Washington aaet
the Hlrrre Nevadas. You see the earth
had to hi ballasted. It would not do
(o haw loo much weight in Europe, or
too miuh weight in Asia, or too much
weight in Africa, or In America; so
when God made the mountains be
weighed them The Bible distinctly
says so. God knows the weight ol the
great lunges that cross the continents,
the tons. th< pounds avoirdupois, the
ounces, the groins, the mlllegrammes
---Just bow much they weighed then,
and Just how much they weigh now.
"Jle weighed the mountains In scales
and (be bills In a balance."
Bee that eagle In the mountain nest.
It looks so sick, so ragged-feathered,
so worn-out and so half asleep. Ia
that eagle dying? No. The ornltbol
rifikt will (All wm It la (ha moult In tf
season with tbal bird. Not dying, but
moulting You see tbnt Christian sick
and weary sod worn-out and seemtntf
about (o expire on what is called bis
death-bed. The world ssys he Is dy
ing. 1 say It Is Ibe moulting season
for hie soul tbe body dropping sway,
the celestial pinions coming on. Not
dying, hut moulting. Moulting out ot
darkness and sin and struggle Into
glory and Into Ood. Why do you not
about? Why do you sit shivering at
the thought of death and trying to bold
hack arid wishing you could stay here
forever, and speak of departure as
though the subject were filled with
skeletons and tbe varnish of coffins,
end ss though you preferred lame fool
to swift wing?
O people ol (Jod, let ua stop playing
the fro) and prepare for rapturous
flight. When your soul stands on the
verge of this life, and there are vast
precipices beneath, and sapphlred
domes ubove, which way will you fly?
Will you swoop or will you soar? Will
you fly dowi rd or will you fly up
1 ward? Ever, thing on the wtng this
day bidding us a-pire. Holy Spirit on
j ihe wing. Angel of the New Covenant
j on the wing. Time on the wing, flying
| nway from u*. Eternity on the wing,
j flying toward us Wings, wings, wings!
Live so near to Christ that when
I you me dead, people standing by your
j lifeless body will not soliloquize, say
; ing: "What a disappointment life was
tc him; how averse be was to depart
ure; what a pity it was he had to die;
what an awful calamity.” Rather
standing there may they see a sign
' more vivid on your still face than the
vestiges of pain, something that will
Indicate ihat It was a happy exit—tbe
i clearance from oppressive quarantine,
the cast-off chrysalid, the moulting of
! the faded and the useless, and the as
I cent from malarial valleys to bright,
shining mountain-tops, and be led t#
say. as they stand there contemplating
1 your humility and your reverence in
! life, and your happiness in death;
| "With twain he covered the feet, with
twain he covered tbe face, with twain
I he did fly.” Wings! Wings! Wings!
brave Children.
The Denver Republican quotes air
Interesting story of childish heroism,
related by Mr Hpearman, attorney for
the department of Justice at Washing
ton. He has been taking teatimony
concerning miiuf Indian depredation
ilalRiH. In taking such testimony, ha
hay*. 1 frequently hear interesting stor
ies concerning early frontier life. I re
meml>er one case in particular, one of
the most remarkable eahlbttiona of
courage in uu eight-year-old boy that
1 have ever beard of. It occurred near
the loan ot Beaver, in Utah. A ranch
*tr utta< ked by Indiana, and a man
a bo wa* vlulling the ranchman was
killed and foi a while It ueemtd aa It
the whole (tarty, wife and children
would tall a prey to the aavagee. Thu
houm wn* *utrounded by the Indiana,
and the people within defended them
•elve* a* Iwul they could, but the
rau. tiuiar watching hia opportunity
; lowered hi* Utile boy and bla daughter,
who wa* but twelve years of age. from
| lh* back window and told them to try
and make their way to the <anon and
. follow ti down to Heaver where they
IcouM obtain help Tht children »ur -
»reded ta reactOM the > aituw uaoU
j wived and with preeeatv »*f mind and
i bravery which I think r*a>*'hahte for
I 4 • hlld «t I Lai age. the boy laid hie
: «t»l*t to lo.io* one ante of the < anoa
■ and he would follow the other an <
| that in mi* the Indian* iknuM itg.t
one of Ike Ml lh* other Uilgbl uui B
obeervuet t he ehlhitea goi *af*ly i*
Heat. * Let* a party wee »rgaata*d
whhb Iu-hmu it. the rwurti* of the
iueteg*. Ai he beginning of <g«
■leg* lh* India a* had (Mwfd the hit -
dr*it lh lh* hone*. «ad aii»a*ag their
*«♦*#* th* alert aavagea di«...«*red
that th«* had g»a* and ea't*avarwd ta
ot . flake t • «. Lett beta# lima* teas
fui. anu it. wik* that help it. am uu .a
urine ib*> wuhdtew helium the iwg»
cue** uuhi iteeh iha ranch
A da» « tun has hat eieaelly da>
*i aaeeng ta# the igat haadreu »,*,*