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soon as I could, on the bare back of tn
unfortunate steed for Midcombe. whlcl
place, after my night's experience
seemed gifted with merits not its own
I was surprised upon leaving th
house to find that it was of larger dl
mensions than, from the little 1 saw o
It during the night. I had Imagined
It was altogether a better class of resi
dence than i had supposed. My aurlj
friend accompanied me until he ha<
placed me on the main road, where
could make no possible mistake. If<
was kind enough to promise to assls
any one I might send out In getting th<
dog-cart once more under way. Ther
with a hearty wish on my part that 1
might never again meet with his like
we parted.
I found my way lo Midcombe with
out much trouble. I took off my
things, bad a wash, and, like a sensible
man for once, went to bed. Hut I did
not forget to send a boy straight ofl
to the nearest telegraph station. My
message to Brand was a brief one. It
simply said: "Tell your friend I hav*
found his man." This duty done, I
dismissed all speculation as lo the re
sult from my mind, and settled down
to make up arrears of sleep.
I was surprised at the reply received
that same evening from Brand. "We
shall be with yon as soon as we can
get down to-morrow. Meet us at sta
tion.” From this it was clear that
my friend was wanted particularly
all the better! I turned to the time
table and found that, owing to changes
and delays, they could not get to C-,
the nearest station to Midcombe, until
3 o’clock tn the afternoon. I inquired
about the crippled dog-cart. It had
been brought In; so I left strict In
struction* that a shaft of some sort was
; GEN. “JOE” SHELBY.
THE HERO OF MANY BATTLES
5 RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.
1
After Being; Left on the Field at the
C’loee of the Civil War He Marrhed
Into %letleo to Aid Mailrolllan Against
the Patriot .luarei.
EX. J. 0. SHELBY
died at hia farm
near Adrian, Mo.,
tbe other morning.
General Shelby
was horn In Isl
ington, Ky., In 1831.
When 18 years of
age he went to La
fayette county, Mo.
At tbe outbreak of
tbe Kansas border
war, be espoused the southern side and
went to Kentucky, where he raised a
company of cavalry. He took tbe Held
In Kansas, and rendered great service
to the pro-sb.very settlers. When the
civil war broke out. he Joined General
Price's command. Courage, courtliness
and chivalry came to Shelby by Inher
itance. Hls grandfather was Isaac
Hhel y, the first governor of Kentucky,
In whose days the fighting of Indians
was a common occupation. Hls father
wag Col. JaineH Shelby, who played a
part at the battle of the Thames under
William Henry Harrison, and came out
of the war of 1812 with the luster of
STRONG KINCS.
Ruler* Who Huve lleeii Fumon* foi
Their Physical Strength.
It is astonishing what a large num
ber of kings and other rulers have been
famous for their physical strength
says Tit-Bits. The late czar of Russia
and the late German emperor were
both remarkable for their strength oi
body. The latter. In fact, thought suf
ficiently well of his powers to oppose
himself to a professional strong man,
who wrestled with and defeated the
monarch with difficulty.
Augustus II., elector of Saxony, wax
a man of immense strength. He once
seized a monk who hud concealed him
self in the royal sleeping apartment
by the waist and flung hint out of the
window into the court yard beneath.
Maurice, count of Saxony, a natural
son of the above elector, was as noted
as his father for his feats of strength.
It needs no small amount of strength
in the Angers to enable one to twist a
long, thick nail Into a spiral. This
Maurice did and afterward used it as
a corkscrew to open bottles of wine
at a luncheon. At another time, while
stopping at a farrier's to have his
horses attended to. he broke haif a
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
A REVIEW OF THE FIRST QUAR
TER OF 1897.
Golden Teit: “The W ord of God Grew
and Multiplied**—Act* Mirth,
Program and Royally of 'he R'hnreb
• f God.
OKI>. 1 am thin*,
entlialy thine.Pur
4-liM-*ed and saved
by tdiaid divine;
With rull lomenl
thlua I would he.
And own thy acv
ereign right In me.
Thin* wooltl I live,
thine would I die,
H« thin* through
all eternity;
The vow ta part be
yond rapaal. Anil
now I aet the aol
e rn n atMtl
Do thou aaalat a feeble worm The great
engagement to perform;
Thy grace can full a.a«lat»nce lend. And
on that grace I dare depend
Han"iel Davie*.
REVIEW HCHEMW.
The theme The Apostolic tJhufch. Our
PART II.
CHAPTER III.—(CojcnircaD.)
As a rule, the more churlish the na
ture, the more avaricious It Is found
to be. My promise of liberal remun
eration was, after all, not without lta
effect upon the strange couple whose
refusal to afford me refuge had so
nearly endangered my life. They con
descended to get me some tea and
rough food. After I had disposed of all
that, the man produced a bottle of gin.
We filled our glasses, and then, with
the aid of ray pipe, I settled down to
make the best of a night spent In a
hard wooden chair.
I bad come across strange people In
my travels, but I have no hesitation In
saying that my host was the sullenest,
sulkiest, most boorish specimen of hu
man nature I had as yet met with. In
spite of his recent Ill-treatment of me
I was quite ready to establish matters
on a friendly footing, and made several
attempts to draw him Into conversa
tion. The brute would only answer In
monosyllables, or often not answer at
all. So I gave up talking as a bad
job, and sat In silence, smoking, and
looking Into the lire, thinking a good
deal, it may be, of some one I should
have met that morning at Ellymere,
had that wretched snow but kept off.
The long clock- that cumbrous
dgbt-day machine which inevitably
occupies one corner of every cottager's
kitchen struck nine. The woman
rose and left us. I concluded she was
HI* feature*, a* 1 looked at them with
keener Interest, seemed to grow more
and more familiar to me. Where could
I have met him? Somewhere or other,
but where? I racked my brain to as
aoclate him with some scene, some
event. Although be waa but an ordi
nary countryman, such as one sees
score* of In a day's ride, only differing
from his kind on account of hi* un
pleasant face, I felt sure we were old
acquaintances. When he awoke for a
moment and changed his strained atti
tude my feeling grew stronger and
stronger. Yet puzzle and puzzle as I
would I could not call to mind a for
mer encounter; so at last 1 began to
think the supposed recognition was
pure fancy on my part.
Having smoked out several pipes, I
thought that a cigar would be a slight
break to the monotony of the night’s
proceeding*. So I drew out my case
and looked at it* contents. Among the
weeds was one of a lighter color than
the others. As I took it out 1 said to
myself, "Why. Old Brand gave me that
one when I was last at his house."’
Curiously enough, that cigar was the
m l*aln ar llnb In cknln of mar mom..
Huiub iv uru. it nv i cut icu uvt* »
husband showed no signs of retiring.
He atlll sat over the fire, opposite me.
By tbla time I was dreadfully tired; ev
ery bone In my body ached. The hard
chair which, an hour or two ago,
seemed all I could desire, now scarcely
came up to my ideas of tbe comfort I
was Justly entllled to claim. My sulky
companion bad been drinking silently
but steadily. Perhaps the liquor he
had poured Into himself might have
^ggdered big frame of mind more
pleasant and amenable to reason.
“My good fellow,” I said, "your
chairs are excellent ones of the kind,
but deucedly uncomfortable. I am hor
ribly tired. If the resources of your
establishment can't furnish a bed for
me to sleep In, couldn't you find a mat
tress or something to lay down before
the fire?'"
"You’ve got all you'll get to-nlgbt,”
be answered, knocking the ashes out of
his pipe.”
' “Oh, but I say!”
“So do I say. I say ihU: If you
don't like It you can leave It. We
didn't ask you to come.”
"You Infernal beast,” I muttered—
and meant It too. 1 declare, had I not
been so utterly worn out, I would have
had that bullet-headed ruffian up for a
few rounds on his own kitchen floor,
and tried to knock him into a more
amiable frame of mind.
"Never mind,” I said, "but remem
ber, civility costs nothing, and often
gets rewarded. However, If you wish
to retire to your own couch, don't let
your native politeness stand in your
way. Pray don't hesitate on my ac
count. l^eave plenty of fuel, and I
shall manage until the morning.”
“Where you Btay. 1 stay,” he an
swered. Then he tilled his pipe, and
once more relapsed Into stony silence.
I bothered about him no more. I
dozed off for a few minutes—woke—
dozed off again for some hours. I was
in an uncomfortable sort of half sleep,
crammed full of curious dreams—
dreams from which 1 started, wonder
ing where 1 was and how 1 got there.
1 even began to grow nervous. All
sorts of horrible travelers' tales ran
through my head. It wus In Just such
places as this that unsuspecting voy
agers were stated to have been mur
dered and robbed, by Just such unmiti
gated ruffians as my host - I cun tell
you that altogether I spent a most
unpleasant night. 0
To make matters worse and more
dismal, the storm still raged outside.
The wind moaned through the trees,
but It had again changed, and I knew
trom the aoutid on the window panes
that heavy rain had succeeded snow. '
V» the big drops of water found their j
way down the Urge old-fashioned
chimney, the fire hissed and sputtered
tike a spiteful vizen. (everything com
bln«d to deprive me of what dog * sleep
I could by sheer persistency snatch.
I think I tiled every position which
on ordinary man. nor an acrobat la
capable of adopting with the shItUio
of a common wooden chair. I even lay
■town on ihe hard flags. I actually
tried the table. I propped up the
upper half of my body against i he cur
nee nails uf lbs room, but fnund no
• eat. At last i gave up nil Idea of
■temping and fully arnuasd myself I
•m tor led myself by saying tbni my
misery nme only temporary that ibe
longest atgbt must come to art cad
My rampant** bad be* «wc<umbed
la fatigue, nr ta tha cambtaed rflwn
of fatigue end gia and eater fits
Mad wee baagtag side ears aad M
slept fa a meat oucomfur«abh> altitude
I rhatN as I lashed at him fueling
guile ear* thai If nuh a «t*<d was rap
able of dreaming at aU hi* dream*
moat be aorta etea thaa mige I fliWd
another ptge pehed the emeMbrtag
laps |gt« a Mae*, aad sat alaMmt aear
and Aaeos ever tha flee, Audios some
»m warts **> ta epeeaiating upon ibe
readme* of tbs churl he Kite at# and
ndd e as a*4 id* ante
leal- an id*n fl**hs d
e bliss he fur* Mat
could as romemhnr
ory. As I held it In my hand I knew at
once why ray host's ugly face seemed
familiar to me.
About a fortnight before, being In
town, I bad spent the evening with the
doctor. He was not alone, and 1 was
Introduced (to a tall pale young man
named Carrlaton. He was a pleasant,
polite young fellow, although not much
In ray line. At first I judged him to be
a would-be poet of the fashionable
miserable school; but finding that he
and Brand talked so mueb about art I
eventually decided that he was one of
the doctor's many artist friend*. Art
Is a bobby be hacks about on grandly.
iMem., Brand’s own attempts at pic
tures are simply atrocious!)
Just before I left. Carrlston, the doc
tor's back being turned, asked me to
step Into another room. There he
showed me the portrait of a man. It
seemed very cleverly drawn, and I pre
sume he wanted me to criticise It.
‘‘I am a precious bad judge,” 1 said.
"I am not asking you to pass an
opinion," said Carrlston. “I wanted to
beg a favor of you. 1 am almost
ashamed to beg It on so short an
acquaintance.”
He seemed modest, and not in want
of money, so I encouraged him to pro
ceed.
“Dheard you say you were going Into
the country,” he resumed. “I want to
ask you If by any chance you should
meet the original of that drawing, to
telegraph at once to Dr. Brand.”
"Whereabouts does he live?”
“I have no idea. If chance throws
him in your way, please do as I ask.”
"Certainly I will,” I said, seeing the
young man made the request In solemn
earnest.
He thanked me, and then gave me a
small photograph of the picture. This
nhntnernnh rm- tn koon in
my pocket-book, so that I might refer
to it in case I met the man he wanted.
1 put it there, went my way, ami am
sorry to say, forgot all about it. Had it
not been for the strange eigar in my
case bringing back Oarriston's unusual
request, to my mind, the probabilities
are that 1 should not have thought
again of the matter. Now, by a re
markable coincidence, 1 was spending
the night with the very man who, so
far as my memory served me. must
have sat for the portrait shown me at
Brand's house.
"I wonder what I did with the
photo," 1 said. 1 turned out my letter
case. There it was. right enough!
Shading it with one band, 1 carefully
compared it with the sleeper.
Not a doubt about it! So fat as a
photograph taken from a picture can
go, it was the man himself The same
ragged beard, the same coarse features,
the same surly look. Young Carriston
was evidently a wonderful hand at
knocking off a likeness. Moreover, in
case 1 had felt any doubt on the matter,
a printed note at the bottom of the
photograph said that one joint waa
missing from a right hand finger. Sure
enough, m.v friend lacked (hat small
portion of hla miabegouen frame
This discovery threw me into an
eeataay of delight, I laugher! wo loudly
that I almost awoke the ruRlan, I
guessed I was going to take a glorious
revenge for all Ihe tliMomfoils t had
Sufferrii. No Ulte, I fell sure could Ire
looking for such a fellow as this to do
any goo I lo him i watt quire happy
ig the thought aad for the remainder
oI the night gloated over the idea of
putting a spoke ig the wheel of ua*
•ho had hewn with a so ace of canning
my death I resolved the moment I
got hmh to > |pllltaitoa to send the d*
Sired intelligence o It and and got*
! for Ihe best
IV
Mb, end of that
• ret, hed night
t ame at loo th he a
the wel-otus WNren
lag broke I hote l
that t great • hang*
had lake# place out
I followed had dried l|t iwad* Will
! slush > sod raptdt) ibawtag <gow I
moMgwd to estwrt some sort gf <
1 hreghtgat from mi host, then bav 1st
[ rtongtpwgswil him a** coding Its m«
promise not ht« ds**-1* tried *
IV VC I *1 IU ■ IUH I VI • VI# VI • IV
over the next day and meet the doctor
and hla friend
They came as promised. It was a
comfort to see friends of any descrip
tion, ho 1 gave them a hearty welcome.
Carrlston took hold of both my hands,
and shook them so warmly that I be
gan to fear that I had discovered a
long-lost father of his in my friend.
I had almost forgotten the young fel
low’s appearanee, or he looked a very
different man o-day from the one I
had seen when last we met. Then he
was a wan, pensive, romantic, poetical
looking sort of a fellow: now he
seemed full of energy, vitality, and
grit. Poor old Brand looked uh seri
ous as an undertaker engaged in bury
ing his own mother.
Carrlston began to question me, but
Brand stopped him. "You promised I
should make Inquiries first," he said.
Then he turned to me.
"l,ook here, Richard" when he calls
me Richard I know he is fearfully In
earnest- "I believe you have brought
us down on a fool’s errand: but let ue
go to some place where we can talk to
gether for a few minutes.”
I led them across the road to the
Railway Inn. We entered a room, and
having for the sake of appearances
ordered a little light refreshment, told
the waiter to shut the door from the
outside. Brand settled down with the
air of a cross-examining counsel. 1
expected to see him pull out a New
Testament and put me on my oath.
"Now. Richard.’ he said, "before we
go further 1 wan* to know your rea
sons for thlnkiug this man, about
whom you telegraphed, Its Cariston’s
man, as you call him."
"Reasons! Why of course he is the
man. Carrlston gave me his photo
graph. The likeness Is undlsputable
—leaving the finger Joint out of the
question."
Here Carrlston looked at my cross
examiner triumphantly. The meaning
of that look I have never to this hour
understood. But I laughed because I
knew old Brand had for once made a
mistake, and was going to be called to
account for It. Carrlston was about to
speak, but the doctor waved him
aside.
•TO St C0ST1NCB0.I
HOUSE OF COMMONS DEBATE
l.ant * tort night launtlj ta»oral»l«
Timr for *|M*akiiig«
\ big debate often lasts a fortnight
—that Is to say. it is carried on during
the Mondays, Tuesdays. Thursdays
and Fridays of two weeks, (he Wednes
days being usually devoted to the con
sideration of drills Introduced by un
official ra> inhere, Aka Temple Bar
j The order In whi< IPthe leading mem
* be re of the government and of the op
i position speak Is previously arrange*!
by the ehlp* #! the inherent parties
arnl th« speaker. t«mg informed pri
vately of the undemanding eatla ot
theme members tn the order appointed
no matter ho* niat» small men mat
at the same lime strive (o rati b hli
eve V member of the »ppo*llloa al
a ay* folio** in debate a avatar o
the |uo ament I b- opening of a sit
ting and tabard Its ‘ lea*, ar befan
and after the dinner hour ' that Is
fiom ’ till T • > lu* k and from lu nil I.
are • a* Me red the beet mi nM
favorable time* lor •peek tag It k
during theme periods of the sllttat
that the ’tug tana a «ak side ar<
brought lata •> nan I ader the rule
af the house all spammed kuslaeam mu*
reaaa at I) * he k and the a>at*<
a ho at that hour m><*«» the adfoora
■teat of the de«a<# bee the cigkt ti
opM tt the neti eteaiag (f a mem
her of »h* ■«*e*nmen« apeaha teat a
eight. the ad>* natural af the tenet
la moved ay an opponent af the pn
erameat and the »»isa if a mrteke
of the epgoetttoh ien*tode« at* lym l
at mot eight a soppuitar of the sdmia
Mihiec see urea the edveo egm of re
• ‘•mtng the debate >•• the fvdtweiai
evening
Th* «maiteot talori draaa h» aai
aahytdMl k ef iirtsitt* ta the elttl
teed net Id t* that ahnh the preatden
of the r*p«bli> of Andorra tewitn
It Is |l |g a month or III a tear
(|ivi iw o ucruc. uriirmi ..
self went Into the rebellion »s captain
of the company he had raised himself
and came out of the conflict with a
major generalship and the admiration
of friend and foe. Mistaken he may
have been, but he was masterful as a
commander, gallant as a fighter, gen
MAJ.-OEN. JOSEPH O. SHELBY.
erous as a victor and admirable as a
man. Once having accepted the verdict
of the sword as Anal, he used his pow
erful influence with the unreconstruct
ed element In Missouri, and was a great
factor in restoring peace to this dis
tracted commonwealth. Old foes for
gave Mm his errors, and all Missouri
ans swear by him. Shelby's Missouri
division fought through Missouri, Ar
kansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and
Texas. When hope became hopeless it
was the last organized division of the
confederate army west of the Missis
sippi. Shelby planned to continue the
contest, but his men yearned for their
homes and families. There was a dra
matic separation on the field near Cor
aicana, Tex. There still remained with
Shelby 500 bold troopers, and they had
an abundant supply of arras, ammuni
■on and supplies. They determined to
march into Mexico and become soldiers
of fortune with Juarez or Maximilian.
They marched to Waco and Austin in
a well-disciplined band. Shelby was
urged to Belze the money in the confed
erate sub-treasury at San Antonio for
his soldiers, but he was not a plunderer
and hesitated. Texas bandits carried
ofT the treasure before he reached San
Antonio to protect it as he had protect
ed public funds In Austin. Many exiles
were awaiting Shelby at San Antonio.
Among them were Generals Smith, Ma
gruder, Hindman, Lyon of Kentucky,
Laedbctter and Wilcox of Lee's army,
Governor Murrah of Texas, Governor
Morehead of Kentucky, Governor Alien
of Ixtuisiana, and Governor Trusten
Polk of Missouri. Senator Harris of
Tennessee and Senator Vest of Missou
ri we^e in that despairing company.
Front San Antonio Shelby led his band
under military discipline to New
Braunfels and thence lo Eagle Pass
on in* mo tr ramie. c rousing 10 riearas
Nagiu«. the fugitive told the cannon,
the arm*, the ammunition anil the
accouti rmenta to the aupporiera of Juu
res for tlK.OOO. which was divided pro
rata among officer* and men. Home
Herman* attempted to lake advamage
ef a Mexican la* and *el*e all of Hhc,
b*'» horaea having Me%|- an brauda, and
the t■ >11 heion* Mexican -ohtlere aup
ported them In the scheme. Tha con
federate commander promptly sounded
the call to mount hor*e«. and the ><oo
i Americana only awaited thw word to
begin a slaughter The Herman* fled
, end tha Mexican* wilted Hbetby took
a vote of hi* officer* to determine
, w bather thev would >aal ihair fur tuna*
wtlh Juare* tha Nathan panto! nr
wMh Maximilian lb* emperor eeat to
Mexico hr .Napolawu Thev voted tor
Mattmiaa* the asiiw* buried tbatr
ball)* • erred dag a the aaler* of lh«
Mm H and* with Iwgrful teamoitie*
*ad » artad b M«nt# *» ta |»in the
hear! legion* M Moat ever thw out
aeabd dt*baad*d deg* seat to Mourn*
" to flgb* agatuwt MtklMkUuau Other*
waul is t’*>ih.r*t* Meitl*b Hcmdura*
1 he M*a*it flbaih* asd a trt**ty hand o'
at waul to the flty of Main* and than
•atitad tu tha t'orduva tllaai of far
' hdtg
» *"»
cue# Mt*a»»a aad x I•«»
Ytet*u4a« freeman «bw • led at
I *., -a >i» '• > • ■■ Uiuud <*«
ft Ida' wa* Ibd v*ar oM ta- beau
F b**tw «u Ihtwh. tt I fa? tu New
York II* wa* u maxi up tu hwurty
1 k * eevtatlach »•*■ l« U-J abea h*
ealarwd h*»bo» •*<> »«i»a «ed Miar* in
4 •*» »e*i>h ip t* a **#a *»«*
dozen of the man's horseshoes by the
strength of his hands like as many bis
cuits. That Maurice was equally strong
In other parts of his body is shown
by the following:
While traveling on foot in Isjndon
he had an altercatlou with a ilustmun.
The dispute developed into a quarrel,
which the count terminated by seizing
his adversary by the head and throw
ing him over his shoulder Into the mud
cart, which wag standing near.
It Is related of Horn Pedro I., emper
or of Brazil, that while sailing In a
small boat he suddenly seized hold of
the two magnificently dressed cham
berlains who accompanied him, lifted
them out of the boat, one on each side,
and ducked them in the sea. This was
not done out of malice, but because It
was carnival time and practical Joking
was the order of the day.
Scanderberg, king of Albania, was a
giant In strength. From an early age
he was in the habit of competing in
feats of strength and skill with the
Turkish nobles and was almost always
victorious. He once in a fit of rage
cut In two with one stroke of his sword
two enemies who were brought to him
bound together. The same powerful
sword arm could cut In twain a mart in
complete armor.
METEORA QUITE HISTORIC.
The yueen of .tuolria Will Seek Seelu
kIoii In Midair.
The empress of Austria, with a corps
of scientists, will soon visit the homer
of the monks In northwest Thessaly,
Greece. She will be doubled up on a
net of stout rope and hoisted with a five
centuries old windlass to the top of the
rocky tower, a thousand feet high.
There Is no other way of reaching the
place. The old-time hoisting apparatus,
which has been In use for nearly 500
years, Is simplicity itself, being con
structed of heavy beams. The cylin
der, as well as the lever, is made of
wood, and the rope is likewise a home
product of the monks. The traveler,
after sitting In the net Is made fast
by sticks and boards. The pulling up
process lasts five or ten minutes.
When the car nears the summit, one
of the monks grasps the rope with the
crutch of his crozier and pulls It on
to the landing place. Meteora, the
name by which the settlement is known
in history, means, literally translated,
"floating in the air.” The principal
cloister is a tremendous structure, built
after the manner of a place of defense,
with bastions, towers, and mighty
gates. The chapel Is situated in the
cente- of the courtyard, which has pil
i/~\
MKTRORA.
I#re»i plana* ami lit. a natural
fountain anti a glut of garden laud.
Him •!•«* Hdrluii.
Min* Jane Marlow, the well knutau
| writer of Irish »t.tries and »k*tih«e, l»
1 the daughter of a professor of Trinity
| tolleg. Ihtblln. She llvea with h«r
father la the village of Haihgar. a faw
xt I la* from the irtah .apital So fm
I from living in the midst of the .o.tntry
! sad people with akl.h she deals moat
in her novels Mias Marlow has uoly
.«»* stayed in any other part of Ire
land Sh* has traveled much ua lb«
! .oaitaswl with Mr Marina during the
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*»hlMrea as M Moo- <gh day
anr ill** IIIRIIM > «JI « «i*» ivuimnia
aril) early growth of that greatest Inatf
t til Ion upon earth, the Church of Christ.
I. The story takes in to four plates
It opens at Bethany, on (tin Mount ol
Olives, with the ascension of Christ. Then
we witness the establishment anil growth
of the Pentecostal Church tn Jerusalem.
After the death of Htephen we see the
Gospel spreading to flamarla, arid the
close of the quarter finds It In Damascus.
It began as a Jewish Institution, we find
It receiving Gentiles at the end. anil shall
observe still greater breadth it' Ihe com
ing lessons.
II. Theie are si* Important persona
prominent In this history, i. Peter Ihe
apostle, who appear* In this epoch as the
leader of (he Church Its preacher. Its
ruling spirit, amt It* hold advocate. 2.
Harnahaa. the liberal giver, whose ex
ample of generosity Influenced the entire
Church. I. Htephen. the first martyr,
whose meteoric career throws even the
apostlee Into shadow for jt w»« unques
tionably Stephen who open-d the door of
faith to the Gentile*. 4 Philip the evan
gelist, following In 8teph*i t footsteps,
and preaching the (lo*p>-4 fot the ttrst
lime outside the narrow hound* of Juda
ism.S. The Ktliloplaii treasurer, a no
ble student of the Bible, the first fruits
of a great harvest among the Gentiles.
8 Cast of all. and destined to he the
grealest of all. Saul the ardent, first a
persecutor, then a believer, and soon to
become a leader In the onward movement
of the Church.
III. Kach lesson shows it* a distinct
Aspect of the Apostolic Church, in their
order they are as follow* I A Praying
Church (Reason I). While the disciples
were walling for Ihe promise of the
Father they continued In prayer arid sup
plication. Prayer Is fin- secret of power.
2. A Baptized Church (Resson II), When
the time hud come and the Church was
really, the baptism of lie Holy Ghost
fell upon Its member*, and they received
power for their work ■' A Revival
Church (Resson III). A* • result of the
descent of the Holy Spirit under the
preaching of Peter, a mighty revival
broke out, and thousand* were received
Into the Church. 4. A Miracle-working
Church (Resson IV). The healing of the
lame man Is only one of the many mira
cles of healing In the history of the early
Christian Church. It possessed overflow
ing spiritual gift*. The bodily healings
were an Illustration of Its spiritual power
Greater works than these are now done
through the. name of Christ In the salva
tion of souls 5. A Witnessing Church
(Resson V). When brought before the
rulers, (tie leaders of the Church declare
boldly that through the name of Christ
these wonders have been wrought, and
that his Is the only name that t as power
to save men. ti. A Giving Church (Resson
VI). So close was Ihe union among (he
members of the penlacostal Church that
each fell another's needs as hU own. anil
gave of his abundance for the aid of Ihe
Door. 7. A Royal Church (Resson VII).
True loyalty I* an ardent love for and
fidelity to the state. The state which
these men obeyed was the kingdom of
God. They obeyed the rulers of the na
tion only *o far as was consistent with
the higher law of allegiance to Christ. g
A Triumphant Church (Resson VIIII. fn
the person of Htephen we see how the fol
lowers of Christ are victorious, not only
over enemies, hut even over death, by
faith which sees the opened heaven* and
the heavenly throne. ft A Spreading
Church (Resson IX). The mean* taken
to destroy the Church only promotes Its
progress, for Its disciple*, scattered by
persecution, preach the (lost*-! in m w
fields. Instead of extirpating the Gospel
from Jerusalem the enemies unconscious
ly plant the scattered seed In Hamaria.
10. A Rcrlptural Church (Reason X).
Philip. In preaching to the Kthioplan, did
what peter had done before on the day
of Pentecost; began with the Old Testa
ment Scriptures anil showed Jesus a*
their fumllment. 11. A Transforming
Church (Resson XI). No miracle rould
be greater than that whereby Saul the
prosecutor was changed into Paul the
apostle. Yet that miracle has been re
pealed over and over again in the history
of Christ's Church, la. A Self-Denying
Church (Resson XII). While the follower
of Christ Is free he voluntarily denies
himself his rights, and holds hi* desires
under control "for the Gospel’s sake "
These twelve trait* of the Apostolic
Church are characteristic ol Christ's
people In all ages, and show that the
Church of to-day Is In the true apostolical
succession.
DUG FROM A SNOW-BANK.
Mao l oial.il Ity Two l>»g*, nbiih «ur.l
lllui from lioalh.
Ou the morning of Dec. 1, Prank An
dreas was saved from an untimely
death by hia two noble dogs, says the
MounUinhome (Idaho) Republican, lie
wan ou hie way to the blacksmith shop,
some distance front tbe mine, a hen be
a us caught by a big anowtlide, w hich
started about iOO feet up the mountain,
lie waa carried quite a distance ..ns!
lodged against the gul<h and covered
over with four feet of hard-put ked
snow. Ilia two dogs which are quar
ter Hi Heraard, esrain-tl the uvaUmh*.
They statu banted the|r master auti
ttegan to dig away the snow. My the
faithful work of the dogs an t the use
ttf til* left arm, which was fortunately
In aa uptight poaltlon Vir Amlteas
soon gained a small opening which
enabled him to breath* lie declared
that a f*w moment* more and he
nrmld hat* been dead tine hour and
a half ut hard at niggling and pt king
away th* hard *auw fiowi hi* mads
and throwing It out of the upswing
mad* hy the dugs brought a now wet
tom* relief and one that wtlt aid tuttb
k# forgtdtea Th* gab k proper was
»U*d with Mow ttn trust 4**p tnt *
distant* of Htrilrlti fort
a asset I esee
H w Mitt that in Yellow stow « P+il
•her# i* a hire which ta itmgMf ••
ttr*i> «t beta* of th* era amt Iwchodss
»»*f three hundred selected »pw, „,t*i.c
of •kern hare kma thaw tw*i*e
and «*«* s>*ht has* fourteen pwtats
fhei a ere gatbsrwd ta June |g», M
party Of geattstwea Who focbwd theta
4wf«ag a four 4a>a host all at theta
wtthta a Ini n of tea mttan of ih«
deans ou. Hot itp.mg* VetioaMoas
rath 'eatatas nearly threw th*. «a*s4
elhe They shed Ihelf hu*Wa la a
dwrtwg tgm Mate ar* I err (^J
