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international RREM Association. C1IAPTKR XVI — fCoumrsn.) Indeed, in this particular winter, aft er the finding and losing of the treas ure, the Desprezes had an anxiety of a very different order, and one which lay nearer their hearts. Jean-Marie was plainly not himself. He had fits of bee tle activity, when he made unusual ex ertions to please, spoke more and fast er, and redoubled In attention to his lessons. But these were interrupted by spells of melancholia and brooding silence, when the boy was little better than unbearable, "Silence,” the Doctor moralized— •‘you see, Anastasie. what comes of si lence. Had the boy properly unbo somed himself, the little disappoint ment about the treasure, the little an noyance about Caslmlr’s Incivility, would long ago have been forgotten. As It Is, they prey upon him like a disease. He loses flesh, his appetite is variable, and, on the whole, Im paired. I keep him on the strictest regimen, I exhibit the most powerful tonics; both In vain." "Don't you think you drug him too much?” asked madame, with an irre pressible shudder. "Drug?” cried the Doctor; "I drug? Anastasie, you are mad!” Time went on, and the boy's health still slowly declined. The Doctor blamed the weather, which was cold and boisterous. He called In his con frere from Bourron, look a fancy for him, magnified his capacity, and was pretty soon under treatment himself— I It scarcely appeared for what com- ! plaint. He and Jean-Marie hud each j medicine to take at different periods of the day. The Doctor used to lie in I wait for the exact moment, watch In hand. "There is nothing like regular .Ifty," he would say, fill out the doses, : and dilate on the virtues of the ! UIHUQMVl 4*44 14 4MV J WVV»»vW MVH - the better, the Doctor was not" a? alF TS woSr * ”*' **&£"* Gunpowder J>a^_ the boy was pafUc ^arly low, It vvas Scowling, squally wealKer. Huge broken companies of clouds sailed swiftly overhead; raking gleams of sunlight swept the village, and were followed with Intervals of darkness and white, Dying rain. At times the wind lifted up its voice and i bellowed. The trees were all scourg ing themselves along the meadows, the last leaves flying like dust. The Doctor, between the boy and the j weather, was In his elements; he had a theory to prove. He sat with his watch out and a barometer In front of him, waiting for the squalls and noting their effect upon the human pulse. "For the true philosopher,” be remarked de lightedly, "every fact In nature is a toy." A letter came to him; but, us Its arrival coincided with the approach of another gust, he merely crammed it into his pockets, gave the time to Jean Marie, and the next moment they were both counting their pulses as If for a wager. CHAPTER XVII. T nightfall the wind rose Into a tempest. It be sieged the hamlet, apparently from every side, as if with batteries of cannon; the houses shook and groaned; live coals were blown upon the floor. The uproar and terror of the night kept people long awake, sitting pallid faces giving ear. It was past twelve before the D?s nrez family had retired. By hulf-uast one, when the storm was already some pant Ha height, the Doctor war awak ened from a troubled slumber, and aat up. A noise still rang in his ears, hut whether of this world or of the world of dreams he wus not rertaln. Another dap of wind followed. It was accom panied by a sickening movement of the whole house, aud tu the subsequent lull Despres could hear the tiles pouring like a cataract Into the loft above his head. He plucked Anaatasie bodily out of bed. "Run!" he riled, thrusting some wearing apparel into her hands; "the bouse Is falling! Tu lh* garden!" title did not paure to je twice hidden; she was down the stair In an Instant, tihr had never before suspected hersell of such activity. The Doctor mean while, with the spee.l of a piece of pan tumlme business and undeterred by broken shins proceeded to rout out Jean Hade tore Aline from her vir gin slumbers, seised her by the hand and tumbled downstairs and into th» garden, with the girt tumbling b-bintl him, stilt Sot half-awake The fugitive# rendesveused In the *r her by some common instinct Th«« came a bull s eve dash »f si rugs Ha« moonshine, which disclosed thetr foui Agur>» standing huddled from the win la a ruMe «f Ay tag drapery and no without a etsaalderahh» need Iw mure At the humlltatiag spe t* ie hhaataalt clutched her night dress desperately about bar aad burst loudly Into leap* The Doctor A*# tu vsasola her hoi ah* allowwl him away, Ah* suipeciarl everybody at b*ia« lh* general pub'k aad tbaoght the da.kavas as* allvt with aye*. a amber gleam aad another stolen) goat arrived together. th* h riia# in a*oa tat rush on its foundation, sad juat as lh* light was ■ eclipsed, a crash which triumphed over the shouting of the wind announced Its fall, and for a moment the whole gar den was alive with skipping tiles and brickbats. One such missile grazed the Doctor's ear; unother descended on the bare foot of Aline, who Instantly made night hideous jvith her shrieks. By this time the hamlet was alarmed, lights flashed from the windows, hall* reached the party, and the Doctor an swered, nobly contending against Aline and the tempest. But this prospect of help only awakened Anastasle to a more active stage of terror, “Henri, people will be coming," she screamed in her husband's ear. “I trust so,” he replied. "They cannot. 1 would rather die,” she walled. “My dear,” said the Doctor reprov ingly, “you are excited. 1 gave you some clothes. What have you done with them?” “Oh, I don't know—I must have thrown them away! Where are they?” she sobbed. Desprez groped about In the dark ness. “Admirable!” he remarked; "my velveteen trousers! This will exactly meet your necessities." "(Jive them to me!" she -Tied fierce ly; but as soon as she had them In her hands her mood uppeared to alter— she stood silent fora moment, and then pressed the garment back upon the Doctor, "(five them to Aline,” she said—"poor girl,” “Nonsense!" said Ihe Doctor. "Aline doeH not know wliut she Is about. Al ine Is beside herself with terror; and at any rate, she Is a peasant. Now I am really concerned at this exposure for a person of your housekeeping habits; my solicitude and your fan tastic modesty both point to the same remedy—thg pantaloons." He heid the^ read^ Jtk *.«**,«— X‘ 4 "It Iff Impossible. You do m»t under-, stand," sTm said, With dignity. *“ Hy this TTnie rescue was at band. It had been found impracticable to enter by the street, for the gate was blocked with masonry, and the nodding ruin sti’ll threatened further avalanches. Hut between the Doctor's garden and the one on the right hand there was that very picturesque contrivance, a com mon well; the door on the Desprez’ side had chanced to be unbolted, and now, through the arched aperture a man’s bearded face and an arru sup porting a lantern were introduced Into the world of windy darkness, where Anastasie concealed her woes. The light struck here and there among the tossing apple boughs, it glinteb on the grass; but the lantern and the glowing face became the renter of the world, Anastasie crouched back from the In trusion. "This way?" shouted the man. "Are you all safe?” Aline, still screaming, ran to the new-comer, and was presently hauled head-foremost through the wall. "Now, Anastasie, come on; it Is your turn,” said the husband. “I cannot,” she replied. “Are we all to die of exposure, ma dame?” thundered Doctor Desprez. t ou can go: hoc cncu. un, go, go away!' 1 can stay here; I am quite warm.” The Doctor took her by the sboul I (lera with an oath. “Stop!" Bbe Bcreamed. "I will put 1 them on.” She took the detested lendings in her hand once more; hut her repulsion | was stronger than she. “Never!” she j cried, shuddering and flung them far | away into the night. Next moment the Doctor had whirled | her to the well. The man was there and the lantern; Auustasle dosed her eyes and appeared to herself to he about to die. Mow she was trans ported through the arch she knew not: but once on the other side she was re ceived by the neighbor's wife, and en veloped In a friendly blanket. ('H APT Kit XVIII EDS -v«re ma.h ready for the twe women, clothes ol very various slx<> for the Doctor un I Jesn Made; and fut the night, w hlli ntadante doasd ii and out un the bur derland of hyalet Ice, h« r husband sal beside the Are and held forth to th< admiring ueighbure. Me showed them at length, Ihe vauaea of the accident tor yearn. he explained hr tell b< been Impending, on# sign had ltd lowed anothet, Ihe Jutnia had t>p<n*t Ihe plaster had tracked, the old wall' bowed Inward; last, sol three weeh ago, the cellar door had begun to worl with dlfltully in Its groatca "Tto cellar! he said, stately •baking hr head over a glow of mulled win* That remind# m* of my p*»»r iIxitin It* a maalfesi providence the M-><ml age use nearly at an end Due bottle I lose I ut txt tootle of thxl tecum par able w we |t had ton eet spar *ailtt*t Iran Mat.• » wedding XVe.i I must lay down some more. It will b is iliilftl In life, I am howetsi a nxx xontt what advanced In year. 'k> gttal Wo.c* to u-< * buried IU tb (all of my gamble roof, H will »*•* to tump let e-l my name will hate toe writ la wwler And yet t*.o And m calm—I would say cheerful. Can your priest do more?" By the first glimpse of day the party sallied forth from the fireside Into the street. The wind had fallen, but still charioted a world of troubled clouds; the air bit like frost; and the party, as they stood about the ruins In the rainy twilight of the morning, beat up on their breasts and blew into their hands for warmth. The house had en tirely fallen, the walla outward, the roof In; It was a mere heap of rub bish, with here and there a forlorn spear of broken rafter. A sentinel was placed over the ruins to protect the property, and the party adjourned to Tentalllon's to break heir fast at the Doctor's expense. The bottle cir culated somewhat freely; arid before they left the table It had begun to snow. Tor three days the snow continued to fall, and the ruins, covered with tar paulin and watched by sentries, were left undisturbed. The Despreze* mean while had taken up their abode at Ten talllon's. Madame spent her time In the kitchen, concocting little delica cies, with the admiring aid of Madame Tentalllon. or sitting by the fire In thoughtful abstraction. The fall of the house affected her wonderfully little; that blow has been parried by another; and In her mind she was continually fighting over again the ba'tle of the trousers. Had she done right? Had she done wrong? And now she would applaud her determination; and anon, with a horrid flush of unavailing peni tence, she would regret the trousers. No Juncture In her life had so much ex ercised her Judgment. In the mean . i . t V. A Imn.tm o ttuaf lit I IKK.; IIIV -- -» pleased with his situation. Two of the summer boarders still lingered behind the rest, prisoners for lack of a remit tance; they were both Kntllsh, but one of them spoke French pretty flu ently, and was, besides, a humorous, ugile-mlnded fellow, with whom the Doctor could reason by the hour, se cure of comprehension. Many were the glasses they emptied, many the topics they discussed. "Anastasle,” the Doctor said on the third morning, "take an example from your husband, from Jcan-Marle. The excitement has done more for the boy than al^my tonics, he takjj. t^U lirn as sentry with Sbsftlve &A yd'I roe! yftu behold me Tffive Tnade ■friends with, the Egyptians^ and, my Pharaoh Is, "i swear* It, a moat agree able companion. You alone are hipped. About a house- a Jew dresses? What are they in comparison to, the 'Phar macopoeia’—the labor of" years lying burled Selow stones and sticks in this depressing hamlet? The snow falls; I shake it from my cloak! imitate me. j Our income will be Impaired, I grant it, since we must rebuild; but moder- i atlon, patience, and philosophy will gather about this hearth, in the mean while, the Tentaillons are obliging; the table, with your additions, will pas*; only the wine is execrable—well, l shall send for some to-day. My Pha roah will be gratified to drink a decent j glass; aha! and 1 shall see If he pos sesses that acme of organization—a palate. If be has a palate, he is per fect." "Henri,” she said, shaking her head, | “you are a man; you cannot under- i stand ray feelings; no woman could shake off the memory of so public a humiliation." The Doctor could not restrain a tit ter. "Pardon me, darling.” he *ald, "but really, to the philosophical intelll- ; (fence, the Incident appears so small a trllle. You looked extremely well—’* "Henri!” she cried, (TO BTCOXT(TCS3.» Narrow F*<ap«**. Adam Vandever, one of the original settlers of Tallulah, Georgia, was a famous hunter and trapper. The his torian of Georgia relates several of Mr. Vandever's hairbreadth escapes, from which we select the following: At one time Mr. Vandever was en camped on a lofty mountain In fnion county. To make an observation of his surroundings he climbed upon an Immense boulder which stood upon the brow of u precipice. Just then he heard the howl of a wolf In the woods below. He stepped to the far side of the bould er. hoping to get a better glimpse of the enemy. As he moved, the great rock, which chanced to be delicately balanced, began to roll, and an Instant later It was plunging over the preci pice, Fortunately au ouk tree drooped over the boulder, and In that moment of peril the woodsman gave an up ward leap and grasped one of the | brunch** and huug suspended In mid 1 air while the great stone went crash { lug down the mountain side. "I felt my hair turn white,'' said the I old gentleman afterward, "when I real ised how uear I'd come to going along ' with that rocking stone. The limb I * hung too wa n't over-stout, and w hen I swuug hack from ovtr the cliff and dropped to the ground I felt as weak as a baby •» ms tiao 1**101 , | Harts of the skeleton of a pr*hte ' ! loft, animal were found on the ta-ui 1 of Alc«»nd*r Graham of l.':ntj town > > ship lad the fragment* indicating 1 s that the Mutual • law waa probably I too. fee: long A part of th> Jit it In s-asd ieitdit.cn, as are sin« of the . tasth which are shout a foot . ' I hut mat of iha bone* were so far de ! cenipcaed at. a inrnsttf that issf ’ I arum* led t j ■ mi OP ...M. . I—*M * I la frgt t*« HPHl i j t*$MMt.***'i p* ,*t 14 1mvtb> ftf iN# ' Hois Pplrtt When We tin Ih* 'loll „ j Spirit lath** on ihruoth »*•»* on* II and a wa and we tu*t *.«!»* «. • r u$h*M oar ktoe. and sake* Mc.e keenly i someGwea than tn hty kal.li »| Met HP. Uaerge IN THE ODD CORNER. QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS AND EVENTS. Tlir Hurled City of Ceylon—Their Kuln« Found In the Vniit Forent* of Thnt ImIm ltd A Two Headed Turtle—A lilant I'teroanur. Kludneee le the Word. “ HAT In real good?” I asked In mus ing mood. "Order," nald the Haw Court; “K now ledge," nald the school; "Truth," nald the wine tri a n ; "Pleasure,” nald the fool; "Love," 'nald the maiden; "Beau ty," nald the page; "Freedom," suld the dreamer; Home, said the sage; .. "Fame," sajd the soldier; "Equity, the seer— Spake my heart full sadly: "The an swer in not here." Thc*n within my bo»um •oftly tin* I hf’B ril * "Each heart holds the secret—'Kind ness' Is the word." The Hurled CItle. of Ceylon. It may he still counted among things not generally known that In the luxur iant forests of Ceylon the ruins of cities are concealed not Inferior in boldness of conception and richness of design to any In the world. They lie In the northern half of the islaud, al most hurled among vegetation, and in some cases still difficult of access. I in y uatr i/r» u biiiiucii «ii w/bvuv «n■ « by the fury of conquerors, they have suffered yet more severely from the hand of time. Trees have taken root on walls and roofs and have wrenched them asunder, the rank forest vegeta tion has burled ornamental carvings and scultured figures. Yet what re mains Is wonderful, and what would reward excavation may he easily In ferred. The ruins belong to very va ried dates, some going back to well be fore the Christian era, others to three or four centuries after It, while one very beautiful and extensive group be longs mainly, If not wholly, to a com paratively late period In Singhalese prosperity, the middle of the twelfth :?ntury. Their connection with Bud dhism Is very close, the most cjnspictt jus remains at the present times being •ommonly temples, monasteries and iagabas—huge, dome-like structures, which in magnitude are not unworthy rivals of the pyramids of Egypt, One of the most remarkable of the groups or ruins Is Mimtntale, the mountain city. A rocky mass arises abruptly from the plain to a height of 1,000 feet. The slopes arc now covered with dense forest from the base almost to the top. except on the spate where a gigantic stairway of granite slabs leads up to the summit. This might well be taken for a part of the natural hill, In reality it Is a huge ruined edifice, the remnant of a dagaba. In the construc tion of which millions of bricks have be en employed. Near It arc other dag abas of great size, and, besides these, rock-cut. chamber™ arid many other re mains of the ancient monastery. The city Is associated with sacred memories In the history of Ceylon. Here it was that the, nation In the third century before Christ, adopted Buddhism. Go tama himself Is said to have vlsitpd the Island, the Inhabitants of which j «cte then snake worshippers, and to j have converted the king. On a second i visit he left his foot-print on the rock as he rose into the air from the sum mit of Adam's peak. But this sign is \ appropriated, as is well known, by the I followers of different creeds to diverse personages. The Mohammedans at- i tribute It to Adam, the Portuguese Christians were divided In opinion as I to whether it had been left by St. . Thomas or by the eunuch of Candace, queen of Ethiopians. Indeed, some critics, go bo far as to doubt whether Buddha ever visited Ceylon at all, I whatever rnay he the origin of the foot print. (slant rt«*r<»aitur. An expedition ha* been formed and equipped by the American Museum of Natural History of New York city to dig fur the fossils of extinct flying monsters during the coming summer. The party will have its base of opera , tions in the western part of Kansas, i where fossil* of these flying reptiles | have heeu found, and It Is hoped that the future Marcher* util t ring tu tight •<>mt new t> |<» uf the |»tebi*l«rtt ausatar*. That# firing leyiilee have l«*n rail Mi gteroaaur* by atlenttaif. Nontviita** lhay are al*» t#rgya*l |t**r<>4a< rla, «m *lng Unger *4 nwlww Thera la »«ty »n* ragtlte »hith h*a 11|< yuarar uf aUatalUlgg I tea If in the air It ta the 4r«>u Vuiana. ur the H» lag 1*4 »r4 It «au aagrfly b* regard ■ d w i tying animat A br .a.4 *«i*« • ;.an «l ahm »uihw<»i*4 by It* htn4«r j*.r ul rib* lha • >»!* u| a l*(**bgi* enabling tha tfeature tu tyring fr>*« Ira* tu tree by mean# ul *g«*a4*4 U ay* Hut tkaaa |Mef>Mawra fur ahleh the at mi urn Muter* will aearth it»ul4 ty Mag 4i*lan>ea gt mm a ere nut tartar than n «y«r rt «. uthera eg a* I In aiaa tu tha «w>4 r.«h while there were atilt other* which had a spread ot wing of twenty flvs feet. They could peu-b on trees, hang against perpendicular surfaces, such as the edge of a cliff, stand firmly on the ground and probably crawl on all fours, with wings folded. The pte rosaur did not have wings like those of a bird, but a thin membrane, such as a bat has, though It was supported dif ferently. These pterosaurs had Immense heads in proportion to the body. Some were provided with teeth so that they could swoop down upon the surface of the water and eaten fish. Their habits are thought to have been nocturnal. The pterosaurs had powerful chest muscles, so that they could give rapid movement to their wings during flight. The creatures had long tails. In some instances the tails supported a small, Irsf-llkemembrane, used as a rudder In flight. Such a pterosaur is now on ex hibition at the Vale university mu seum. An A nr lent l.nrk. The old lock and key attached to the door of th'* Temple church,off Fleet street. I/ondon, have been In use ever s.nco the Crusades. The key weighs 7 pounds. Is 18 inches long, and, unlike other keys, was not marie for the lork, but the lock was made for It. The present church was built by the Knights Templar, and Is one of the fr ur circular churches built by them 'n 1185, after their return from the sec ond Crusade, the other three being at Cambridge, Northampton ami Maple stead In Essex,—Tit-Bits. A Tw» llrmlril Turtle. A wonderful freak of nature Is own ed by Dr. A. J. Hannah of Umatilla, Fla. a two-headed gopher, or two gophers In one shell. There are two beads, four single legs, and one leg within two feet, all inside of one shell, the double foot growing between the heads. Either head can control the double foot, but only its own side feet, and unless both heads arc of one rrlnd neither can move the shell. Both heads must be fed, which shows that there are two stomachs. Its habits ire similar to those of all land turtles, ind it is in its liveliest moc.l between the hours of eleven and one in the morning. The Vanlthed Klvcr's Track. Explorations made last autumn brought to light many Interesting facts about what Is known to geoloists as the "Nipissing-Mattawa River.” This is believed to have been the ancient outlet for the Great Lakes—Huron, Michigan and Superior—before their waters began to flow through Lake Erie. The old river bed was traced, in the Canadian province of Ontario, tram Lake Nipihsing, near the north ern part of Georgian bay, to the val ley of the Ottawa river. At one place the site of an ancient cataract was dis covered, and reason was found for be lieving that the Bize of the vanished river was very similar to that of the St. Claire and Detroit rivers, through whlcn the Great Lakes now have their cutlet. The Until I Jaw. Prof. Max Muller of Oxford In a re cent lecture, called attention to the largest hook in the world, the wonder ful Kuth Daw. It consists of 7L’ft parts In the shape of white marble I lates, covered with inscriptions, each plate built within a temple of brick. It is found near the old priest city ot Mandalay, In liurmah. and this tem nle dtv of more than Too itmmrlau vlr. tually make* up this monster book— the religious codes of the Buddhist*. It Is written In Pall. Rather strange to say. It is not an undent production, but Its preparation was prompted by the Huodhlst party of this c-ntury. It was erected in 1ST,7 by the command of Mltidomln, the second of the last king* Of Itiirmah. Home Journal. Wnpiiu nf Olteuse. The native* In the liucherganj dis trict of Bengal have been deprived of their gun*, and since then they have resorted to the native bamboo In their hunt for defensive »capon. '('hey hollow out the bamboo, load It with an iivrr or two of native powder aud a handful of Iron slug* and touch It off with a fuse In the Immediate neigh terhood of the offending person An other way Is to employ the hambsei as a fork with a cobra plaited to the far tad An application of ike cobra Is •H iff Is a«««eearr to the sleeping tiody < f an enemy lo*v %•>«• t'aees The paper used in making Itank of I.ngland U the despair of r >u ». tcifeMera It la thohet in Ike upper 'left k*od t uner lu suable It to p. tain a hrighur in* r*#ai« n of ike vtg. i Pella there, and II Is also Ihk hel In Ike dark shadwWe >»| the ieltesa tn Ike ten let an t beneath Ike ng.»«. * at the ends of ike noiee tS,uni*rfeii*ra hate not k*en able to •op* With this digit .lily and In the beat imitation of in* note# the paper has b*»n *.f the earn# ika| nsaa throughout THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON III. JULY IS PAUL AT THESSALONI A. Golden Text: "They Received th* Word with All Keadluess of Mind, “d Searched the Mrrlptiire* Hally** Acte H-11—Growth of the I’lirUtlau Kellgow I'R lesson for to day Include* vent** 1 to 12. Aria, Chap ter IT. Time. ai>out the close of the year 62. The city of Thessalon lea. In which Home of the events reco r d e d, look place, was sit uate on llie Ther mal:: Gulf (now the Gulf of Huloniklb Its ancient name was Thermit, and It was called Thessalonlca after a sister oS. Alexander Hie Great -the wife of < ■** rander, king of Macedonian. In commer cial Importance and population it was virtually the capita! of Greece, Mace donia, and lllyricum. It was taken three times In the Middle Ages by Hie Bura rens, A. 1>. MM; by the Normans. A. U. 1166; and by Hie Turks. 1430. Under Its modern name of Bulonkl It Is tin: neenrst city In European Turkey. Its populalkm Is seventy thousand, ot. '-balf of wlilet* t* composed of Jews. 2. tierea. Another largo city In Macedonia, about sixty miles from 'flu -Hsiilonlr ,i Its mtslerii name I* Verrla. It contains twenty thou sand Inhabitants, and l.a ri rnoJiiu of Greek and Homan buildings As In the case of I'hllllpl. Luke'* *e curacy Is shown In Ills Incidental refer ences to Thesaalonlea. The Greek word (polltarchs! by which he designates ttie rulers of the town Is an entirely dif ferent title from that given to the mug - titrates of Hhtlllpl, hut In perfect ac cordance with the different conwtltutUa* of the town. The title lr found nowhere In literature hut In this chapter. Thew salonlca was a munlclplum, nr free city, which enjoyed the right of self govern- \ rnent and was free from the control of the provincial governor. The Hornarus conferred this privilege upon towns t«» return for some signal service rendered to the slate or on account of tliolr celeb rity. They left the form of government which they found existing. Hence Use mode of government In different free Ht les varied. Thessalonlca had won this distinction on account of liuvlng taken the side of Augustus In the civil wane No Homan soldiers were stationed In It. nor were there any outward signs «f Homan domination. I.uke tells us <ver*» 6) that the mob sought to bring out tin* apostles, not to a governor or msgtr* trate, but to the people, the Greek word signifying a supreme popular assembly. A triumphal arch, which until lately stood on the main street, had uu tr. serlptlon which told that the city sn governed bv seven polltai hr. It Is now In the Hrltlsh Museum. The names of the seven are given. Three of them are Identical with the names of three Mue« (Ionian friends of I’uul Sopater, Gains, and Hecuadua. Athens. Ephesus, and Tursus were also free cities. f’onnectlng Links.—Having lighted the* first candle on the dark shores of Eu rope, Haul departed from l'hillppl. I.uke. It seems, was left In charge of the in fant church there, while Haul, Milas, and probably Timothy journeyed toward Ath ens, the eye of Greece. Their Journey was over a portion of the famous K«r~ natian VS ay, \vhlcH stretched live hun dred miles arid was murked from end to end with milestones. An their plan wan to plant the Gospel in the greater c»pl tals of the world they rapidly passed through the lesser towns of Amphlpollw and Apollonlu, and after r>ome three days’ travel reached the imposing city of Thessalonlca. Finding here many Jews ami a synagogue, tip missionaries decided to halt and labor. Haul still bon tiaces of the treatment received at Htill Ippt (1 Thes. 3. 3), and was compelled pre vious to the arrival of the contributions of the Hhlllpplan church to follow hbi trade of tentmaklng In order to supply his tempoial necessities (3 Thrss. 3. fc)_ For at least three Sabbaths he reasoned with them out of the Scriptures. Thu usual results followed. Sonin Jews and a great multitude of Greeks believed. In. these the higher social circles arid edu cated classes were well represented. Kn vious and angry Jews stirred up perse cution. To escape their rage the mis sionaries started for Berea by night. Its people were noted for unbiased minds, receptive hearts, and daily reverent study of the Scriptures. Many were convinced arid believed, and a large an 1 nourishing, church—the third in Europe was term ed. I.csson Hymn Before thy mercy seat. O Lord, behold thy servants stand, To ask the knowledge of thy word, the guidance of thy hand. Let thy eternal truths, we pray, dwell richly In each heart; T hat from the safe and narrow way we never may depart. Help us to see the Sailors love beaming from every page; Anil let the thoughts of Joys above our Inmost souls engage. * —William H Bathurst. Hints to Teachers. T. The Spirit of Thessalonlca I A narrow, sectional spirit, looking at trulls from the Jewish standpoint. «„.l not wili ng to Investigate the Herlpturea concern Imc n *■' A pri jutllcwl, unfitndId spirit ^ pre-JinlgiiiK the truth, not listening tu it 1 with readiness to accept It s a pervert lug spirit; not reporting the facia lairtv but wilfully misrepresenting them rotor lug them for u purpose, and doing iiiIum tlc* lo tile ChrlslUn teachers < A -e_ and wicked spirit; using the lowest in struments, and appealing to the lowest motives 8 A persecuting spirit; trying; to put down opixialiig opinions i,„ ""1 b> aillllorlly 4U>, Iniirr I he aptrll of Tin.'.alum. a in |h* of pi i •.■ ■uuoii •viryalara Vni noialih.iamhi.* ih.-e I,alt. «f ||» j,.ml tail li.arrra. a I'lion It <n dtrlai "•»' •"» N««.. of tin .'larmUM^ lira mi I Tliraa. | J im mieroa. 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