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CHAPTKR II.—fCoMTiavBO.)
The eye* of the two old men tnel;
the minister flushed allghtly, while
Solomon'* dry llpa aaaumed the ehape
generally taken when one I* about to
give a prolonged whlutle; but no aound
frllowed.
Whaur dbl your reverence find the
h; Irn? On the dooratane, did you
any
The m In later nodded. Thereupon
Solomon walked over to the chair, put
•>ti a pair of braaa-rlmmed apact*clea,
and Inapected the child much an his
master had done, but with prolonged
a.io dubious shake* of the head.
"lyOrd preserve na a'!” he muttered
''Solomon,” i rled Mr. I/>rralrie Im
patiently, "what's to be done?”
Solomon acratched hi* head, then
Me, face lightened with audden Inaplra
L jtfnn. as he answered:
Bftxjfr ''Put the thing whaur ye found him,
mMw tin the dooratane. f<ea" him there
he’* uane o' oor*. Maybe the rolther
I ■will come back and take him awa',”
p The minister’* face flushed Indlg
nantly.
"On arch a night as this! Solomon
SMucklebacklt, If yon hav* no more,
Christian advice than that to offer,
you can go hack to bed.”
Solomon was astonished Seldom
had he aeen hla master exhibit such
authority, tempered with Indignation.
^ Not knowing bow to reply, be effected
a diversion.
"See, air” he said, still Inspecting the
child u* If It were some curious specie*
of fish, "the cratura wrlngln' wat!"
Such was the fact, though It had es
caped the minister's agitated scrutiny.
The shawl ami nnder-drea* of the. In
fant were soaked with rain or melted
ft now
"B'e*» my soul!" cried l»rnilne
bending down by Holomon’* side; “and
It* little body I* quite cold. Ketch
My*le Hlmpson at once.”
Holomon shook his head,
' Mysle'* away the night mi' her
kinsfolk at the Mearns.”
"Then there’s only one thing to be
d< ne." cried Mr. Uirralne, with sud
den decision. "We must undre** the
child at once and put. him to bed, and
In the morning we can decide how to
act. If we leave him like this he will
die of cold."
"Put him to lied!" echoed Holomon
"Whaur ■"
"In my room. Holomon, unless you
would like to lake him with you."
"Wl’ me! I'm no used wl’ bairns.
I couldna sleep a wink!”
"Then he shall *tay with me. I»ok,
Holomon. how pretty he Is, how bright
hi* eyes are! Ketch me a blanket at
once, and warm It by the Are."
h Holomon left the room. The minis
ter lifted the burde.n In hi* arms, and
sat down by the hearth. Then,
nervously and awkwardly, he undid
the shawl and put It aside; loosened
the baby’s outer garments, which were
quite wet, and drew them gently off
Thus engaged, the good man was In
deed a picture to see—hi* soft eye*
beaming with li ve and tenderness, hi*
face puzzled and troubled, hi* little
•j.Iinnp band* at work with eltunsy
klndne**.
Solomon entered with a blanket,
warmrd it for a minute at the Are, and
then placed It softly under the child,
which now lay mother-naked- as
«weet and bright a little cherub a*
ever drew mother’* milk.
Suddenly the sexton uttered an ex
clamation.
"Lord preserve us all. It's no a man
child ava! It's a wee lassie!”
Mr Lorraine started, trembled and
almost dropped his load; then, bash
fully. and tenderly, he wrapped the
warm blanket around the Infant, leav
ing only Its fare visible.
"Lad or lassie,” he said, "the Ixml
ha* left it In our keeping!"
Stooping to the hearth-rug. Solomon
lifted from it a tiny chemise which
bad fallen there, and examined It with
ludicrous horror. Suddenly his eyes
perceived something which had es
f raped Mr. l/urmlne's nervous gaze.
Pinned to the chemlze was a piece of
paper with some writing upon U.
"Look, meenisler!" cried Solomon,
unpinning the paper and holding It up;
"there’s a letter addressed to yoursel’
here. Will I read it?”
"Certainly.’*
Then Solomon read. In bis own
broad accent, which we will not re
produce. these words, which were writ
ten In a clear though tremulous fe
male baud:
To Mr. Uirralne lly the lime you
read this, the writer will be lying dead
oud cold In Annan Water. You are a
good man nnd n clergyman Keep Ibe
child, ns a gift of llud, end as you use
her raey find u.te you!”
That waa alt. Solomon stammered
through the worda lu horror, while Mr
Istrralne listened in genuine astonish
■tent.
"There, mennlator1" esrlalmsd Solo
■>on. Indignantly. "Ind I no’ tell yeT
It s a scandal, an outrage’ Keep the
helm Indeed, and a woman bairn’
* Absurd notion**
’Hush Kolomna," Interposed the
■italaier solema'r ”1 begin to tee the
Send o il««d la this ’*
ttpeeigg the hodelulhe* he plaesu
the lafaal la i e<wy spot, and atraaged
the Hansels tenderly around It
"Urwh, Koteasoa* It the not bonny P’ ,
Holoinon gave a grunt of doubtful
approval.
"flood night, Solomon," continued
tbe minister,
A word of prutMl waa on the aex
ton’s tongue, but he cheeked It In time,
then with one laet atare of amazement,
perplexity and eurprlae he left the
room.
"The warl'e cornin' to an cn’," he
muttered, a« he ascended the stairs to
his room. 'A woman-bairn In oor
house! a laasle In the minister’s aln
bed' Weel, weel, weel!"
Meantime, Mr. l/orralnc sat by the
bedside, looking at the child, who had
almost Immsdlately fallen asleep,
i'resently he reached out Ills arm and
took one of her little hands Into hla
own, and hla eyes were dim and his
soul was traveling hack to the past!
Hours passed thus, and he still sat In
a dream.
"Marjorie, my bonny duo!" he mur
mured aloud agal.i. "Is this Indeed a
gift from Ood and you?"
CHAPTKIt III,
T KIVK o'clock the
next morning,
w h e u H o 1 o in on
Mucklebacklt, can
dle In hand, de
scended the stairs,
he found the min
ister sitting by tbe
bedside fust asleep,
with Ills gray head
resting on the side
of tbe pillow, aud
his right arm outstretched over the
counterpane above the still slumber
ing child. At the sound of Molomon's
entrance, however, Mr. l/orralne awoke
at ones, rubbed his eyes, and looked
In a dazed way around him; then his
/.i/ou foil nnnn lha Infant an/I hill
fare grew bright an sunshine.
"Bless me, meenlster! Mae ye been
watching here a’ nlcht?”
”1 fell to sleep,” was the reply, "ami
I was dreaming, Solomon, eneh bonny
dreams' I thought that I was up yon
der among the angels, and that one
of them came to me with a face I well
remember- ah, so bright,!—and put a
little bairn—this bairn—Into my arms;
and then, as I held the pretty one, a
thousand voices sang an old Hootch
song, the ‘Land o' the Leal.’ Dear me!
- and It Is nearly daybreak, I sup
pose?"
Solomon did not reply in words, but,
pulling up the blind, showed the outer
world still dark, but trembling to the
first dim rays of wintry dawn, while
snow was thlcaly fulling, and the gar
den was covered with a sheet of virgin
white. The minister rose shivering,
for the air was bitter cold; his limbs,
too, were stiff and chilly.
"Whafs to he done now?" asked
Solomon, gloomily, "I maun awa' an'
feenlsh the grave, hut Mysle will he
here st six.”
"I will watch until Mysle comes,”
answered Mr. I»rralne; then, bending
over the bed, he continued: "See, Solo
mon, ray man, how soundly she sleeps,
and how pretty she looks."
Soloman grunted and moved toward
the door.
“Will I put on the parritch mysel'?"
he demanded. "Ye maun he wanting
something after sic a night."
"Nothing, nothing. Go on to the
klrkyard."
An hour later, when the old woman
appeared, having let herself In by a
key at the hack door, she was at once
apprised of the situation. Having
learned by old habit to keep her
UIUIIRMIM Iff uri»u-ii, auu i;rmn iyj mini
ly disposition, and the mother of a
large grown-up family, she at once,
without questioning, entered upon her
duties ns nurae. The child having
wakened, crying, she took It up in her
arms and huaiied it upon her bosom,
where it anon became still; then, pang
ing to the kitchen, ahe warmed Home
new milk, und ted it with a spoon.
By this time day hud broken, and
when he hud seen the child comfort
ably cared for, the minister put on his
cloak and walked forth to make in
quiries.
The village consisted of one atrag
gllng street with numerous small cot
tages, a few poverty-stricken shops,
and a one-storied tavern. Jock Stev
ens, who kept the latter, was stand
ing on ihe threshold with u drowsy
atnre, having Just thrown open the
door; and on questioning him Mr. lair
ralne gained hla Ural and only piece
of Information K woman, strange to
the place, had entered tbs Inn over
night, rarrylug an Infant underneath
her abawl, and asked for a glass of
milk, which ah* had drank hastily and
Hilled away Ilka a ghost. Mar fare
was partially hidden, but Jock was
certain that she was a airangar, Stay!
yaa, there was something more Hh«
hod inquired for the manse, and tua
ten keeper had pointed out the dires
lion of ike rburch end the minister's
abode
further inquiries up and down the
tillage elicited no further Information,
I'erplnsed and weary, Ike paal maa
trolled be< k to Ike manse Mere, in
• he rudely fur a i *hed hlirken, he found
a bright Rr« ouraiag. kle breahfaal
ready, and Myale sealed by the ingle
tide milk Ike »hi!d la her lap. la
talubia iwaieisatioa with iba old eat
lea
The wretched mother, whoever she
wa*. had Indeed chosen wisely wb*n
she had resolved, while determining
to abandon her Infant, to leave It at
the gentle minister’s door, flays
passed, and In spite of Solomon's pro
testations, It wst still an inmate of
the manse. Myale Simpson tmdsr
atood the rearing process well, and
since the child, as she had surmised,
had never known the breast. It throve
well upon "the bottle,” The minister
went and came lightly, as If th* bur*
1 den of twenty yeara bad b*eu taken
from bis shoulders: bad It Indead been
hla own offspring be could tint have
been more analous or more tandar.
And Solomon Mucklebacklt. despite hla
assumption of sternness and Indigus
tlon, was secreity aympathatle, H*.
too. hail a tender corner In hla heart
which the child’s lanoesnt beauty did
not fail to touch.
Otic morning, some aevan or sight
days aMer the arrival of the infant,
when the storms bad blown themselves
hoarse, and a dull black thaw had suc
ceeded the falling and drifting snow,
m ws came to he manse that the body
of a woman had haen found lying on
the brink of the Annan, Just where iu
water* meet the wide sands of th*
Solway, and mingle with the salt
stream of the ocean tide. (Jrsatly agi
tated, Mr. Tarrialne mounted his pony
and at ones rode along the lonely blgb
way which wind* through th# flat
reacbeu of the Mosa. Arriving dose
to the great sands, be was directed t«
a disuse* outbuilding or barn, belong
lug to a large tea-facing, and standing
soma hundred yard# above high-water
mark. A group of fishermen and pea#
ant men and women ware clustered at
the door; at Ilia approach th# man lift
ed their ha’s respectfully, and th#
women courtealed.
On making Inqurles, the minlatar
learned that the body had been dis
covered at daybreak by some salmon
fishers, when netting the river at the
morning tide They bad at once given
the alarm, and carried "It” up to the
dilapidated barn wnerr it wan iuc»
lying.
The barn was without a door, and
partially roofless. Day and night tha
salt spray of the ocean was blown up
on It, Incrustlng Its black sides with a
specie* of filmy salt; and from the dark
rafters and down the broken walls
clung slimy weeds and mosses; and
over It a pack of sea-gulls wheeled and
screamed.
The minister took off his hat and en
tered In hsre headed.
Stretched upon the earthen floor was
what sserned at first rather a shapclesa
mass than a human form; a piece of
coarse tarpaulin was placed over It,
covering It from head to foot Gently
and reverently, Mr Lorraine drew
hack a corner of the tarpaulin and re
vealed to view the disfigured linea
ments of what had once been a living
face; but though the features were
changed and unrecognisable, and the
eye-sockets were empty of their shin
ing orbs, and the mouth disfigured and
hidden by foulness, the face was still
set In a woman's golden hair.
With the horror deep upon him, the
minister trembled and prsyed. Then,
drawing the covering still lower, he
caught a glimpse of the delicate ham!
clutched as In the agonies of death;
and sparkling on the middle lingers
thereof was a slender ring of gold.
"God forgive me," he murmured to
himself; "If this is the mother of Ihc
child, I did he - a cruel wrong."
He stood gazing and praying for
some time, his eyes were dim with
sympathetic tears; I hen, after replac
ing the covering reverently, he turn
ed away and passed through the group
which clustered, watching him, at tb«
door.
(TO BK CONTISCBO. |
The NMlioniiUud Poll.
No doubt tne earliest manufactured
toy of all was the doll. Little girls
play with dolls everywhere, and have
always done so. Indeed, among the
Bechuanans and Basutos at the present
time married women carry dolls until
they are supplanted l>y real children.
There Is for Its possessor a curious in
dividuality about a doll, altogether un
accountable to other people. How oft
en may It be observed that a child
will neglect the splendid new five shil
ling waxen beauty, with its gorgeous
finery, and cling faithfully to the dis
reputable, noseliws wreck of rags that
has been Its favorite hitherto! Home
thing causes other children, besides
Helen's babies, to dislike "buyed dol
lies." even in the presence of an article
made of an old towel. This some
thing. whatever It Is, Is doubtless a
great comfort to the small girls of
Mashoualand. It is an Innocent, arm
less sort of sffalr, without any such dis
figurement as waist or shoulders might
cause, no knee Joints to gel uufaMened.
and nothing at the end of Its legs lu
cause eipense ut the shoemaker's. As
regards dress, II Is Inexpensive, tha
whole suit of apparel consisting of a
p.ece of string threaded through a bole
humanely tarred through the head.-*
The Strand.
Musstly la Type Materiel
A new idea in type material Is lbs
eowblpatuin of glass with rellululd or
hard rubber. The My of the type is
made of rubber or celluloid upon tkldi
glass lopped letters are flrmly remeal
etl lu order that the fare of the type
lu the form may not touch, the et
Iremr fare la a trifle entailer lhau th*
! body purtloM Ureal ad tea (ages are
1 .tainted fnr thle sort of type among
* them being that gtaaa will wear very
, much louger then metal aad the prtal
■ ill therefore he sharper aad clearer
With the slightly elastic baee and the
small sect mas ia ekkk the let lent are
made th*re is hut little deeper of
krceeage e*ee with *ery rapid wart
PALM AGE’S ’ SERMON.
“LIKE THE STARS." LAST SUN
DAY’S SUBJECT.
Iri.n. tin* Test. Iliintwl sli, 3 "They
I li.it Turn Many to lUgl.troii.
itro sliiill *lito•* mm the SIsrM I orevrr
mid I scr.’*
VEHV man haw a
thousand riMits and
a thou Hand
branches. HIh root*
reach down
through all the
earth; hla hranehe*
apread through all
the heaven* He
apeak* with voice,
with eye, with
hand, with foot.
HU alienee often U loud a* thunder,
and hi* life la a dirge or a doxology
There U no such thing a* negative In
fluence, We ore all positive lu the
place we occupy, tanking tile world
better or making It worse, on the
Lord'* aide or on the devil's, making
up reason* for our hle**edne*H or ban
ishment; and we have already done
work In peopling heaven or hell. I
hear people tell of what they are going
to do. A man who ha* burned down a
city might a* well talk of aome evil
that he expect* to do. or a man who ha*
waved an empire might aw well talk of
aome good that he expects to do. By
the force of your evil Influence you
have already consumed Infinite values;
or you have hy the power of a right
influence, won whole klugdoms lor
Cod.
It would be al.Kiirtl for me, by elab
orate argument, to prove that the
world U off the truck. You might a*
well stand at the foot of an embank
ment, amid the wreck of a capsized
rail-train, proving hy elaltoratn argu
Adam tumbled over the embankment
sixty centuries ago, and the whole
rare, In one long train, has gone on
tumbling In the same direction. Crash!
crash! The only question now Is. hy
what leverage can the crushed thing
he lifted? By what hammer may the
fragment* he reconstructed ? I want
to show you how we may turn many
to righteousness, and what will he our
future pay for so doing.
First. We may turn them hy the
'•harm of a right example. A child
coming from a lllthy home was taught
at school lo wash It* face. It went
home so much Improved In appearance
that Its mother washed her face. And
when the father of the household came
home and saw the Improvement In
domestic appearance, he washed hi*
face. The neighbors, happening In,
saw the change, and tried the same ex
periment, until all that, street was puri
fied, and the next street copied Us ex
ample, and the whole city felt the re
sult of one schoolboy washing his face,
That is a fable, by which we set forth
that the best way to get the world
washed of Its sins and pollution Is to
have our own heart and life cleansed
and purified. A man with grace In his
heart and Christian cheerfulness In til*
face and holy consistency In his be
havior ls a perpetual sermon; and the
sermon differs from others In that It
bn* but one head, and the longer It
runs the better.
Again; We may turn many to right
eousness by prayer. There In no such
detective as prayer, for no otic can
hide away from it. It puts its hand
on the shoulder of a man ten thousand
miles off. It alights on a ship mid
Atlantic. The little child cannot un
derstand the law of electricity, or how
the telegraph operator, by touching the
Instrument here, may dart a message
under the seu to another continent;
nor can we, with our small Intellect,
understand how the touch of a Chris
tian's prayer shall Instantly strike u
soul on the other side of the earth. You
take ship and go to some other country,
and get there at eleven o'clock In the
morning. You telegraph lo America
and the message gets here ut six
nVlnck the same moi'lllnc In nlher
words It seems to arrive here tive
hours before it started. Like that is
prayer. God says; "liefore they call,
I will hear.” To overtake u loved one
on the road, you may spur up a lather
ed steed until he shall out rare the one
that brought the news to Ghent; but
a prnycr shall eateh It at one gallop.
A hoy running away from home may
take the midnight train from the eonti
try village and reach the seaport In
tlmn to gain the ship that sails on the
morrow; but a mother's prayer will
he on the deck to meet him am) in
the hammock before he swings into !t,
and at the capstan before he winds tin
rope around, and on the sea, against
the sky, as the vessel plough* on
toward It. There Is a mightiness In
prayer George Muller prayed u com
pany of poor iKiys together, and then
he prayed up nn asylum In which they
might he sheltered. He turned his face
toward Edinburgh and prayed and
there came a thousand pounds lie
turned his face toward Dublin uud
played, and there came » thousand
pound* The breath of Klljah'a prayer
blew all the eltud* off the sky, anil It
waa dry weather The breath of KM
jstis prayer blew all the clouds to
gethet, and It wa* wet weather, l‘ra>
er. In lianlrl’a time walked (he van
as a Holt tamer It re*, bed up, and
hulk the sun by lie golden bit, and
stoppe I It and l he moon by Its allvet
hll and stopped It
We have all yet in try the full power
of prayer, The time will come when
the American Church will pray with
Its le'* lowsrd Hit Weet amt all tha
pralnes end Inland rltlea will surtend
er to lirtd, sad will pray with face
toward the aea, and all the latands
and ship* will become Christian l*a
tents who have wayward seas wilt get
down on their taw an<l eat "l<ord,
| send my hoy home and the tray Mi
• ClUloa shall gel right Up from Ike
gaming-table, and go down to find out
which ship starts first for America.
Not one of n* yet knows how to
pray. All we have done us yet has only
lieen pottering A boy gets hold of his
father's saw and hammer, and tries to
make sock tiling, but it Is a poor affair
that he makes. The father comes and
takes the same saw und hammer, and
litlllds the house or the ship. In the
childhood of our Christian faith, we
1 make I,tit poor work with these weup
1 one of prayer, but when wo come to
the stature of men in Christ Jesus,
then, uridir tln-so Implements, the
j temple of Coil will rise, and the world’s ,
redemption will be launched. Ood
j rates not for the length of our prayers;
or the number of our prayers, or the
beauty of our prayers, or the place of
our prayers; hut It Is the faith In
(hem that tells. Believing prayer
roars higher than the lark ever sung;
plunges deeper than diving-bell ever
sank: darts quicker than lightning
ever flashed. Though we have used
only the hark of this weapon Insteud
of the edge, what marvels have been
wrought! If saved, we are all the cap
tives of some earnest prayer. Would
Cod that, In desire for the rescue of
souls, we might In prayer lay hold of
the resources of the laird Omnipotent!
We rosy turn many to righteousness
liy Christian admonition. Do not wait
until you ran make a foimal speech.
Address the one next to you. You will
not go home alone to-day. Between
; this and your place of stopping you
j may decide the eternal destiny of un
Immortal spirit Just one sentence
may do the work. Just one question.
Just one look. The forms) talk that
begins with a sigh, and ends with a
canting snulflc, is not what Is wanted,
hut the heart throb of a man in dead
earnest. There Is not a soul on earth
that you may not hrlng to Ood if you
rightly go at It, They said Gibraltar
could not he tuken. It Is a rock, six
teen hundred feet high, and three
miles long. But the ICngllsh and Dutch
did fake It. Artillery, und sappers and
miners, und fleets pouring out volleys
■»» mu, Mini inmnunoi iin ii » * > •»
less of danger, rail do anything. The
stoutest heart of sin, though It he ris k,
and surrounded hy an ocean of trans
gression, under Christian bombard
ment muy hoist the flag of redemption.
Again: Christian workers shall he
like the stars in the fact that they have
u light Independent of each other, I-ook
up at the night, und see each world
show its distinct glory, it is not like
the conflagration, in which you cannot
tell where one Hume stops und another
begins. Neptune, Herschel, and Mer
cury are as distinct as if each one of
them were the only star; sn our in
dlvidtisllsiii will not lie lost in heaven.
A great multitude yet each one as ob
servable, as distinctly recognized, ns
greatly celebrated, as If In all the
space, from gate lo gale, und from hill
lo hill, he were the only Inhabitant; no
mixing up no mob no Indiscriminate
rush; each Christian worker stundlng
out Illustrious all the story of earthly
achievement adhering to each one: Ills
self-denials anti pains and services and
victories published. Before men went
out to the lu:>i wnr, the orators fold
them that they would all be remember
ed hy their country, und their names
lie commemorated In poetry and In
song; hut go to the graveyard In Rich
mond, und you will find there six thou
sand graves, over each of which Is the
Inscription, "Unknown." The world
lines not remember Us heroes; hut
there will he no unrecognized Christian
worker In heaven. Kadi one known hy
all; grandly known; known hy accla
mation: all the past story of work for
Cod gleaming In cheek and brow and
foot and palm. They shall shine with
distinct light as the Hturs, forever und
ever.
Again: Christian workers shall
shim like the sluts in dusters. In
looking up, you find the world/* In fami
ly circles. Brothers and sisters they
take hold of each other's hands and
dance In groups. Orion In a group.
The Pleiades In a group. The solar
system Is only a company of children,
with bright faces, gathered around one
great fireplace. The worlds do not
straggle off. They go In squadrons and
fleets huIIIiil' thromch Immensity Ho
Christian workers In heaven will dwell
in neighborhoods and clusters
I am sure some people I will like
In heaven a great deal better than otb
ers. Yonder Is a couatellatlou of
stately Christians. They lived on
earth by rigid ri:lo. They never laugh
ed, They walked every hour anxious
' lest they should lose their dignity.
'I hey loved God. and yonder they shine
In brilliant constellation Yet i should
not long to uet Into that panieului
group. Yonder Is a constellation of
Hinall-hrufttd ChrutlniH asteroids In
’ the eternal astronomy. While sonic
1 souls go up from Christian buttle
I and blue like Mars these asteroids dart
a feeble ray like Y’esta. Yonder la u
•tonstellstIon of martyrs, of aiHsales. of
patriarchs, Our souls, ns they go up t
heaven, will seek out the most con
! genial society.
I Yonder Is a constellation almost iticr
i ry with the play of light. On earth
i they were full of sympathies and sougs
and tears anti raptures and coBgiaittle
tlons. When they prayed their words
took fire, when they sang, the tune
e mid uni hold them, when they wept
over a world's woes, they sot,bed as If
heart .broken; when they worked for
Christ, th*y named with enthusiasm
1 Yonder they are olrcie of light! ton>
stellatlon of |ay! galaxy of Are! lilt
that you and I, by that trace which can
transform the worst lute the beet
wight at Iasi sail In the wnhe of that
fleet and wheel In that glorlooe group
! as the stare for ever aud ever!
Again: Christian workers will skint
j like ib, atars In awtftueew of mutton
, the worlds do not slap to shin* There
are ao Used stars sate aa to retail**
teietttoa The star apparently must
Bcsd a tee I house ads of ntllee e minute
The astronomer aetan hit tstseeup* Cm
aa alpeaetueh. leaps trum world crag
ta sitrld erag and tads so star stand
ing still. The chamois hunter has to
fly to - atrh his prey, hut not so swift
Is hli> name as that whlrh the scientist
tries to shoot through the tower of ob
servatory. l.lks petrels mid-Atlantic,
that seem to came front no shore, amt
be bound to no landing place—flying,
flying -to these great flocks of worlds
rest not as they go wing and wing
nge after age for ever and ever. The
eagle bastes to its prey, but we shall
In speed beat the eagles. Yon have no
Heed the velocity of (lie siv horse
under whose fed the miles slip like
a smooth ribbon, and, us he passes, the
four hoofs strike the earth In such
quick beat your pulses take the same
vibration Hut all these things are not.
swift In comparison with the motion
of which 1 speak. The moon movssi
fit,000 miles In a day. Yonder, Nep
tune flashes oil 11,000 miles In an hour.
Yonder. Mercury goes 109,000 miles In'
an hour. Ho like the stars the Chris
tian shall shine In swiftness of motion
You bear now of father or mother or
child sick 1.000 miles away, and It takes,
you l wo days to get to them. You hear'
of some case of suffering Dial demands
your immediate attention, but It takes,
you an hour to get theie, Ob, the Joy
wlicii you shall,In fulfilment of the text,
take starry speed,and be equal to 100,00f>
miles an hour! Having on earth got '
used to Christ Inn work, you will not!
quit when death strikes you. You will;
only take on more velocity. There is
a dying olilld In Ixmdun and Its splrlti
must he taken up to find; you are there
In an Instant to do It. There Is a!
young man In New York to he arrested
from going Into thill gate of sin; you‘
are there In an Instant to arrest hint..
Whether with spring of foot, or stroke
of wing oi by the force of some new*
law that shall hurl you to the spoti
where you would go, I know not; but,
my text suggests velocity. All space
open before you with nothing to hinder!
you In mission of light and love and'
Joy, you shall shine In swiftness of mo
tion as Ibe stars for aver and ever.
Again Christian workers, like the
stars, shine In magnitude. The must
Illiterate man knows that these things
In the sky, looking like gilt buttons,,
arc areal musses of matter To weigh
them, one would think that it would re
quire *i ale* with a pillar hundred* oC
thouaand* of mile* high, and chutlmi
hundred* of thousand* of rnllea long,!
and aL the bottom the chalna ha*lna on
either aide hundred* of thouaand* of!
mile* wide, and that then omnipotence!
alone could put the mountain* Into the!
aoule* and the hills Into the balunc*-'
llut puny mail ha* been equal to thi*
undertaking, and ha* act a little bal-;
mice on hi* geometry, and weighed!
world agiiluat world. Yea, he ha* pull-:
ed out hla irieaNurlng line, and an-.
noiiDred that ller*che| I* 3*1,000 iiiIIimo
In diameter, Saturn 79,000 mile* Ini
diameter, and Jupiter 89,000 mite* In;
diameter, and lhat the Miaalleal pearh
on the baocb of heaven la Immenao lie
youd all IniiiRltmllon. Ho all they whir
have tolled for ChrlHt on earth aliall*
rlae up to u magnitude of privilege, aiul>
a Magnitude of Htrength, and a magnl
tilde of bollne**, and a magnitude ofi
joy; and the weakeat uulnt In glory be
come greater than all that wo can Im
agine of an archangel.
Brethren, "It doth not yet appear
what we shall he," Wladotn that obeli
know everything; wealth lhat *hall
poKHeaa everything; Htrength that aliall
do everything, glory that shall etreum
acilliu evrything! We *hall not he like
a taper Met. in a elck man'* window, or
a bundle of atlckr. kindled on tbe beach
to warm a ahlverlng crew; but you
mu*t take the diameter and the cir
cumference of the world If you would
get any Idea of the gieatpe** of our
eatatc when we ahull ahlne a* the tar*
for ever ind ever.
Igiatly and coming to thl* point my
mind alrnoal break* down undet the
contemplation like the »lar*, all
j Christian worker* aliall ahlne In dura
tion The nit tut iilara lhat look down
! upon u* looked down upon the Chrla
j tluti whephenla. The meteor that I hiiw
Mashing acre** the *k> the other night,
I wonder if It waa not the aami one
that pointed down to where Jean* lay
In the manger, and If, having pointed
j out hla birthplace, It ha* ever »lnce
! watching to nee how the world would
treat him! When Adam awoke In tlie
gulden In lh<' cool of the day, he Haw
jioniing out through the duak ol the
' evening the Hattie worldH that greeted
' uk laat night.
In Independence hull In an old ernekad
hell that founded the Hignature oi the
Declaration of Independence. You can
' not ring It now; Inn UiIh great chime
of silver hellr that ►trike in the dome
of night, ring out in tut aweet a tone .•*
when Uod awting them at the Creation,
latok up at night, and know ihut the
white I! I lev that hloom In all the hang
ing gardenia of out King are century
lilautu not binotic n„ once in a hundred
1 yc.iia, hut through all the centuries
The tar at which tl.e icarluer look*
tonight wua the light hy whhh the
tthlpa of Ti»tah‘«h wire guided nci'oea
the Mediterranean. and the Venctlnn
flotilla found i Into t.eitittle
Thelt at tour la . bright tonic It a»
win in ancient tattle, the alaiu m
their rouraee fought ataiiut tdaera.
liltiOl Unlit, i ill Hit,
Numli* of »*tar uic..lj have he**
lead# to teat the »pe-. >1 at I deiilnattou
of cor tod tad I lea thrown Into I la mw
at tar ou* portion ni the world Th*
it'ovt r< mark a to* ►tuaylr Hrr inaul ol
w.i» lltal lit * •;» t» hot tie trawled
g,iot< nil lea It* atom I wo year' and a
halt roughly at the tale of ala and a
half uni** a Jay It trawled from ft
deg. Miulh latitude and W dag teat
lougtftud* tu \V«»wn» Anatralta
gaiua ai*ra'* nMitm t aut
tlwuit Kiupp, the gowt iloaun tram
Htwaicr. ***** fur vtalttug card* very thtg
ahewta of rultvd trow
The rWk fmd frown* «>« on* halt the
world, and th* »*ih«r half.