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INTERNATIONAL RRES8 ASSOCIATION. CHAPTER XV. HEN Mine Hether I union left the Frenchman'* room* that afternoon, ahe tottered like one enfeebled by the *udden oncoming of age. M o n * I e u r Cauaaldlere wai be alde her; It waa hla hand which placed her In her carriage, hi* head which bowed politely a* the carriage moved away. Hut the lady aeemed neither to »ee nor hear, Her face waa deathly pale and her eye* were fixed; aha entered the carriage mechanically, and mechanically lay back among the moth-eaten cti*hlon*; but, ahe never came to heraelf until the carriage atopped before the door of An nandale Caatle. The approaching carriage wheel* had been heard by the Inmate* of the Caa tle, ao that when the vehicle atopped there xtood Handle Hloane ready to aa alat, hla ml*tre** to alight. With her u» ual erect currlage and firm tread, Mlaa Hetherlngton * tapped from the vehicle, and walked lip the atone alepa to the Caatle door, laying, aa ahe puaaed 'In old aervlng man: "Handle Hloane, come l>en wl' me!" She walked on, Handle following, They walked Into the great dining room, and the door closed upon the two. What passed at I hat Interview no one knew; hut half an hour later Handle came forth, returned to the kitchen, and sat there crying like a heart broken child. "Mysle,” said he to the housekeeper, "Mysle, woman, I'm turned awa' oot on the world. Clod help me! The mistress has shown me the door of An nandule Castle.” It was not till two days later that Mr. liorralne, happening to call at the Castle, heard that Miss Hetherlngton could not see him, for she hud taken to her bed and was seriously 111. He heard also from Mysle, who seemed scared and wild, that her mistress had never been herself since that night when Han dle Hloane had been driven from his situation. The clergyman, more shocked and mystified, asked to be al lowed to see the lady, but Mysle re fused to permit him to place his foot Inside the door. After a little persua sion, however, she consented to allow him to remain on the threshold while she went and Informed her mistress of his call. In a short time the woman returned, and Mr. Lorraine was at once admitted to the bedside of the mistress of the house. Mr. ixirraine Degan lormwiui to cx presa hi* regrets at the lady's Illness, but he was at once stopped. " ’Twasna’ o’ myself I wanted to ■peak,” she said In her bard, cold tones; ” 'twas o’ something that concerns you far more—where Is Marjorie?” “Marjorie la at the manse.” returned the clergyman, dreading what the next queatlon might be. "At the manse! and wherefore Is she no at school? She should have gone back ere this.” "Yes; she should have gone, but the lassie was not herself, so I kept her with me. She Is troubled In her mind at what you said about the French les sons, Miss tletherlngton, and she Is afraid sbe has annoyed you." “And she would be sorry?” "How could Hhe fall to be? You liae been her best friend." There was u great pause which was broken by Miss Hetherlngton. "Mr. Lorraine,” said she, "I’ve aye tried to give you good advice about Marjorie. I kenned weel that twa sil ly men like yersel' and that fool Solo mon Mucklebacklt wanted a woman's sharp wits and keen eyes to help them train the lassie. I've watched her close uud 1 see what maybe ye dinna see. Therefore I advise you again send her awa' to Fallnburgh for awhile—'twill be for her gude.” "To Kdlnburgh!" "Ay; do you fear she'll no obey?" 'Not at all; when 1 tell her you wish It sbe will go." Miss tletherlngton sat bolt upright, and stared round the room like a stag at bay. "I wish It!" she exclaimed "| dlnmt wish It mtnd that. Mr. 1/irralnr. If anybody daura say I wish It, ye ll tell them 'Us a leg. You wish It; you'll ■sad her awa'; 'lla for the bairn's good!*' Mr. Lorraine began to be of optnlou that Miss Hetherlngton'* brain was af fected, he could But account for her ee reatrlclty ta any other way. Nevertbe leaa her whims had to be atteaded to; aad aa ta this case they would cause no great lacunv entente. he promised tar pllril obedience to her will “Yea. you are right Mtaa llethertng tog; 'twill do the child good end she shall go.” he said, a* he rose to tahe hi* leave. Hut the lady called him two h “Mr, Lorrwa* she said tend Mar' |wrle ug to »e to say good-bye.” sad having agala promised to obey bet Mr Loffwiae red tied relieved to tad that hie fo*t*» ehIM was ftb • 4 • U«H | Hit | I tiMMMri*** • ahe waa to go to her lister's house In Kdlnburgh for a lime. The young girl was reluctant to leave her home, but did not dream of disobeying any wish of her foster-father. By early the next afternoon all was done, and as Marjorie was to start ear ly on the morrow, she, In obedience to Mr. I^rralne's wlah. put on her bonnet and went up to the Castle to wlah Mlaa Metherlngton good-bye. She had heard from Mr. Ijorralne that the lady whs Indisposed, bill he had uot spoken of the malady us seri ous, and ahe was therefore utterly un prepared for what she saw. Hhe was admitted by Mysle, conduct ed along the dreary passage, and led at once toward Miss lletherlngton's bed room. "Shu's waitin' on ye,” said Mysle; Mile M Del'll waillll on yr an nay. Marjorie atepped Into ttie room, looked around, and theen ahrank fear fully back toward the door. Could thin be MIhh lletherlngton thin little •brlv eled old woman, with the dim oyea and thin allvery hair? Hhe glanced keenly at Marjorie; then, aeelng the girl ahrlnk away, ahe held forth her hand and Maid: "Come awa' ben, Marjorie, my balr nle; come ben." “Vou you are not well, Mlaa Hetli erlngton," aald Marjorie. "I am mo aorry." Hhe came forward and at retched forth her hand. Mlaa lletherlngton took It, held It, and gazed up Into the girl * face. "I'm no JiimI my*el‘, Marjorie," abe Maid, "but while* the heat of u* come to thla paaa. Did ye think I wua Immor tal, Marjorie Annan, and that the pai nted Anger o’ death couldn't be pointed at me aa weel a* at another?" "Of death?” aald Marjorie, Inallnc tlvely withdrawing her hand from the old lady'* tremuloua graap. "Ob, Ml** lletherlngton, you aurely will not die!" "Wha can tell? Hurely I ahull die when my time cornea, and wha will there be to abed a tear?” For a time there waa alienee; then Mlaa lletherlngton apoke; "What more have you got to aay to me, Marjorie Annan?" The girl Minrted a* If from a dream, and roae hurriedly from her aeat. ’‘Nothing more, she Halil. "Mr. Lor raine thought I hail better come uml wlah you good-bye, I am going away.” “Mr. Ixirralne! you dldna wish It yerael'?" "Yes, I—I wished It -” "Awcel, good-bye!” Hhe held forth her trembling hands again, and Marjorie placed her warm Angers between them. "Good-bye, Miss Hetherlngton." Hhe withdrew her hand and turned away, feeling that the good-bye hud been spoken, und that her presence was no longer desired by the proud mistress of Annandale, Hhe had got half way to the door when her stepa were arrest ed—a voice called her back. "Marjorie! Marjorie Annan!" Hhe turned, started, then running back, fell on her knees beside mIsh Hetherlrigtoti’H chair. For the Arst time In her life Marjorie saw her cry ing. "Dear Miss Hetherlngton. what is it?” she said. " TU the old tale, the old tale," re plied the lady, drying her eyes. “Won’t you kiss me, Marjorie, and say only once that you're sorry to leave me sick ening here?” “I um very sorry,” said Marjorie; then she timidly bent forward and touched the lady's cheek with her Ups. Curiously enough, after having soli cited the embrace. Miss Hetherlngton shrank away. "Cold and loveless,” she murmured, "nut, Marjorie, my bairn. I'm no blam ing ye for the sins of your forefathers. Good-bye, tussle, good-bye.” This time Marjorie did leave the room and the Caatle, feeling thoroughly mys tlAed as to what it could ull meat* CHAPTER XVI. N the outskirts of the town of ladth, und on the direct road of communi cation between Leith and Kdlti burgh, stood the plain abode of the Rev Mungo Men tellh. minister of the Free Kirk gf Rem laud the Reverend Mr Menteitb had es poused Isis In Ilfs the only sister of I Mr, luurraln*. n little, timid, clinging I woman with fnir hair and light blue { »)n», who was as was in the bony | hands of hvr pious husband At the house of the pair our morulnn ! In surly summer arrived Marjorie tu I nan escorted thither In a hired #v front Edinburgh by the Minister It was bv no means ksr trst visit and the wel tome she I evened If a little Melancho ly, was not altogether devoid of sym palht Her aunt was an vltti tluttete • feature though weah and eoper.u Homs and Mr Meatteth tike many uf hi* . lass, was hy no nteans ns hard as ■ he dovtrines he upheld They had l»*» children uf their own. and the .tuning uf one m pretty and s». rlwae of hta was Ithe a gleam uf sunshine A week pa seed nwgy with one super natural? dreary Sabbath, spent in what may be railed, figuratively, wailing and gnashing of teeth. At last there came a day of terrific dissipation, when what la known by profane Scotchmen as a “tea and cook ie shine” was given by one of the eld ers of the kirk. (Carly In the evening Mr. Mentelth was called away, and when the meeting broke up about nine o'clock Marjorie and her aunt had to walk home alone, ft was a fine moonlight night, and as they left the elder's house and lingered on the doorstep Marjorie saw standing In the street a figure which she seemed to know. She smarted and looked again, and the figure returned her look. In a moment to her utter amazement, she recognized ('aussldlere. Startled and afraid, not knowing what to say or do, she descended the steps to her aunt's aide. As she did ao the figure disappeared. She walked up the street, trembling and wondering, while Mrs. Mentelth talked with feeble rapture of the feast they had left and Its accompanying ' ed ification." Marjorie made some wandering re ply, for she heard footsteps behind her. (Dancing over her shoulder, she saw the figure she had previously no ticed following at a few yards' dis tance. She would have paused and waited, but she dreaded the observation of her </imiiunlnfi Mo mIip ulrnnlv walked fuater, hurrying her aunt along. They panned from the afreet, and •till ahe heard the feet following behind her. At, laat they reached the gate of the mlnlater'a houec. Here Marjorie lingered, and watching down the road aaw the figure pauae and wait. Mra. Mentelth puahed open the gate, haatened acroaa the garden, and knocked at the door. In a moment the figure came up rapidly. “Huah, mademolaellel" aald a fami liar voice In French and almultaneoualy ahe felt a piece of paper preaaed Into her hand. Hhe graaped It Involuntarily and before ahe could utter a word the figure flitted away. Meantime the houae door had opened. “Marjorie! ” cried Mra. Mentelth from the threahold. Marjorie haatened In. “What kept ye at the gate, and who waa yon that pawned ?" “A man a gentleman." "Did he apeak to you?” Without reply, Marjorie puaaed In. Ah aoon aa poaalhle ahe haatened up to her own room, locked the door, and there with trembling flngera unfolded the paper and read aa followa: "I have aornethlng Important to way to you. Meet me tomorrow at noon on the Edinburgh road. Fray loll no one that you have received thla, or that I am here. "I.eon Cauaaldlere." Majorle aal down trembling with tha paper In her lap. Her flrat Impulae waa to Inform her aunt of what had taken place. A little reflection, how ever, convinced her that thla would be undealrable. After all, she thought, she hail no right to assume that CaiiMldiere'* mes sage had not a perfectly Innocent sig nificance. Perhaps he had brought her news from home. It was not an easy task for Marjorie to keep her appointment on the fol lowing day; Indeed, everything seemed to conspire to keep her at home. To begin with, the family were much later than usual; then It seemed to Marjorlt that the prayers were unusually long; then Mr. Mentelth had various little things for her to do; so that the hands of the clock wandered towurd twelve before she was able to quit the house. At last she was free, and with palpi tating heart and trembling hands was speeding along the road to meet the Frenchman. (TO HE CONTINt'EI*.) How OKtrichfl* linn. Considerable misconception prevails us to the manner In which the ostrich rims. It seems to be still generally held that when running It spreads out Its wings, and aided by them skims lightly over the ground. This is not correct. When a bird really settles It self to run It bolds its head lower thau usual anil a little forward, with a deep loop in the neck. The neck vi brates sinuously, but tht head remains Steady, thus enuhllng the bird, even at top speed to look around with unshak tn glance in any dltactlon, The wings lie along the aides about on a level with or a little higher than the back, and are held loosely, just free of the plunging "thigh " There is no attempt to hold them extended or to derive any assistance from them aa organs of (light When an ostrich, after a hard run, Is very tired its wlnga sometimes droop; this Is due to exhaustion They are never, by a running bird exerting Itself to the utmost, held out away 1 from the sides to lighten Its weight or ! increase Its pace. Hut the wlnga appear i to be of great service In turning, en 1 abllng the bird to double abruptly even when going at top spaed From the | Zoologist V VSsH.f Ml X * Mister Millie a ante to know if you i 1 won't let us lake yoor trig awning* I I »>be a going to give a yon h party to mono* sight and waste to hate it us | the plaeaer * Wants my easing1' 1 try Mbs would have hot vowed the Joheees , but lb.Ife la blue, you |y„y, i and Millie's balf la ted Cleveland j Flgia tmatef * f bare e not another btl of firewood I on b»aytd, natal the .twamhogi en- . . »*ef What a ike mailer with thg tug ingulfed the kandlwbbee 1*1x11 i gdetpjvte North Anyetirgg TALMAGE’S SERMON. THE POMOLOQY OF THE HOLY BIBLE. (1ml Among lb# Orchard* ’Ths frail Tran Yielding fruit Aflrr Ml* Kind"— (Inwlii Chapter L. Venn II. Why Wu tbs Orcbnrd firstr T IS Wednesday morning In Para dise. The birds did not sing their opening piece, nor the fish take their first swim until the following F r I day. The solar and lu nar lights did not break through the thick, chaotic fog of the world’s manufacture until Thursday. Before that there was light, but It was electric light or phos phorescent light, not the light of sun or moon. But the botanical and po mologlcal productions came on Wed nesday-first the flowers, and then the fruits. The veil of fog is lifted, and there stand the orchards. Watch the sudden maturity of the fruit! In our time pear trees must have two years before they bear fruit, and peach trees three years, and apple trees five years; but here. Instantly, a complete orchard springs Into life, all the branches bear ing fruit, The Infertile forces, which have been doing their worst to destroy the fruits for six thousand years, had not yet begun their Invasion. The rureullo had not yet stung the plum, nor the caterpillar hurt the apple, nor had the phylloxera plague, which has devastated tho vineyards of America and France, assailed the grapes, nor the borer perforated the wood, nor the aphides ruined tho cherry, nor the grub pinictuccd the nectarine, nor the blight struck tho peur. There stood the first orchard, with a perfection of rind, and an exyulslteness of color, and a lusciousness of taste, and an af fluence of production which It may take thousands of years more of study of the science of fruits to reproduce. Why was the orchard created two days before the fish and birds, and three days before the cattle? Among other things, to Impress the world with a lesson It Is too stupid to learn iiiui mm *11t in iM'uiiiiH'r liiiiit uicai diet, and that the former must pre cede the latter. The reason there are In the world so many of the Imbruted and sensual is that they have not Im proved by the mighty, unnoticed fact that the orchards of paradise preceded the herds and aviaries, and flah-ponds. Oh, those fruit-bearing trees on the banks of the Euphrates, and the Ot hon, and the Hiddekel! I wonder not that the ancient Romans, Ignorant of our God, adored Pomona, the Goddess of Fruits, and that all the sylvan dei ties were said to worship her, and that groves were set apart as her temples. You have thanked God for bread a thousand times. Have you thanked him for the fruits which he made the first course of food In the menu of the world's table? The acids of those fruits to keep the world's table from being Insipid, and their sweets to keep It from being too sour? At this autumnal season how the or chards breathe and glow, the leaves re moved, that the crimson, or pink, or oaffron, or the yellow, or brown may the better appear, while the aromatics fill the uir with Invitation and remi niscence. As you pass through the orchard on these autumnal days and look up through the arms of the trees loden with fruit, you hear thumping on the ground that which Is fully ripe, and, throwing your arms around the I Miinl/ tmn niito n aYia l/n Ihnt nnn/Va down a shower of gold and fire on all aides of you. Pile up In baskets and barrels and bins and on shelves and tables the divine supply. But these orchards have been under the assault ot at least sixty centuries - the storm, the droughts, the winters, the tnsec tlvora. What must the first orchard have been? And yet It is the explor er’s evidence that on the site of that orchard there Is not an apricot, or an apple, or an olive- nothing but desert and desolation. There is not enough to forage the explorer's horse, much less to feeil his own hunger. In other words, that first orchard is a lost or (hard, llow did the proprietor and the proprietress of all that Intercotumnl aiion of fruitage, let the rich splendor slip their possession? It was as now most of the orchards are lost; namely, by wanting more. Access they had to all the fig-trees, apricots, walnuts, al monds, apples—bushels on bushels,— and were forbidden the use of only one tree lu the orchard. Not satisfied with all hut one, they reached for that, and lost the whole orchard. Ho right down through the business marts of the great elites and find among the weigh ers and drrkk and subordinates, men who onre commanded the commercial world They had a whole orchard of successes but they wanted just one more thing one more house, or one more country-seat, or one more store, or one more railroad, or one more mil lion They glutrbed for that, and lost all th-y had gained Pur one more tree they lost a whole orchard Thera •re business men all around us war ned m arly to death. The do tor tells them they ought to atop Insomnia or Indigestion or aching at the tease uf the brain or ungovernable nerve* tell them they ought to atop They ranlty have enough for themaelvs* and their hmlllss Talk with them •bout their overwork and urge ueure prudence and longer rest gad they ewy “Yew you •re right after I have aaeomptiehed ope mure thin* that t hate on my mind. I will hand over my boa!newt to at swan ami go to Korop* and gull the kind of evhausttag life I hate Wee* living for the tea thirty yewr* theme morning you open your neper *nd berk tag at Ike death column you tnd be suddenly departed this life. In try ing to win just one more tree, he lost the whole orchard. Yonder Is a man with many styles of Innocent entertainment and amuse ment. He walks, he rides, he plays ten-pins In private alleys, he has books on his table, pictures on his wall and occasional outings, concerts, lec tures, baseball tickets, and the Innu merable delights of friendship. But be wants u key to the place of dissolute convocation. He wants association with some member of a high family as reckless as he Is affluent. He wants Instead of a quiet sabbath, one of ca rousal. He wants the stimulus of strong drinks. He wants the permis sions of a profligate life. The one membership, the one bad habit, the one carousal robs him of all the pos sibilities and Innocent enjoyments and roble Inspirations of a lifetime. You see what an expensive thing Is sin. It costs a thousand times more than It Is worth. As some of all kinds of quadrupeds and all kinds of winged creatures passed before our progenitor that he might announce a name, from eagle to bat, and from lion to mole, so I suppose there were In paradise specimens of every kind of fruit tree. And In that enormous orchard there was not only enough for the original family of two, but enough fruit fell ripe to tho ground, and was never picked up, to supply whole towns and villages, If they bad existed. But the In fatuated couple turned away from all these other trees and faced this tree; and fruit of that they will have though It cost them all paradise. This story of Kden Is rejected by some as an Improbability, If not an Impossibility, but nothing on earth Is easier for me to believe than the truth of this Hdenlc story, for I have seen the same thing In this year of our Lord 1897. 1 could call them by name, if It were politic and righteous to do ho, the men who have sacrificed a par adise on earth und a paradise In heav en for one sin. Their house went. Their library went. Their good namo went. Their field of usefulness went. Their health went. Their Immortal soul went. My friends! there Is Just one sin that will turn you out of paradise If you do not ouit it. You know what It Is, and Ood knows, and you had bet ter drop tbe band and arm lifted to ward that bending bough before you plunk your own ruin. When Adam stood on tiptoe and took In his right hand that one round peach, or apricot, or apple Satan reached up and pulled down the round, beautiful world of our present residence. Overworked artist, overwrought merchant, ambitious poli tician, avaricious speculator, better take that warning from Adam’s or chard and atop before you put out for that one thing more. But I turn from Adam's orchard to Solomon’s orchard. With his own band he writes: ”1 made me gardens and orchards.” Not depending on the natural fall of rain, he irrigated those orchards. Pieces of the aqueduct that watered those gardens I have seen, and the reservoirs are as perfect as when thousands of years ago the mason's trowel smoothed the mortar over tuelr gray surfaces. No orchard of olden or modern time, probably, ever had its thirst so well slaked. The largest of these reservoirs Is 682 feet long, 207 feet wide, and 60 feet deep. These res ervoirs Solomon reffers to when he says: “I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that brlng cth forth trees." Solomon used to ride out to that orchard before breakfast. It gave blm an appetite and something to think about all the day. Josephus, the historian, represents him as going out "early In the morning from Jeru salem to the famed rocks of Ktam, a fertile region, delightful with paradises and running springs. Thither the king, In robes of white, rode In his chariot, escorted by a troop of mounted arch ers chosen for their youth and stature, and clad In Tyrian purple, whose long hair, powdered with gold dust, spark led in the sun.” After Solomon had taken his morning ride In these luxu riant orchards he would sit down and write those wonderful things In the Bible, drawing his Illustrations from the fruits he had that very morning plucked or ridden under. And, wish ing to pralso the coming Christ, he says: “As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so Is my beloved.” And wishing to describe the love of the church for her lxird, he writes: “Comfort me with apples, for I am sick or love, unu desiring to mane refer ence to the white hittr of the octoge narian, ami Juat before having noticed that the blossoms of the ulmond tree were white, he suya of the aged man: "The almond tree shall flourish." The walnuts and the pomegranate*, and the mandrakes, and the flg* make Hol omotTs writing* u divinely arranged fruit basket. What mean Solomou's orchards and Solomun'a garden*? for they seem to mingle, the two Into one, flowers under foot, and pomegranates over head To me they suggest that religion la a lux ury. All along, the world has looked upon religion chiefly as a dire nee*# •lly -a lifeboat from the shipwreck, a I ad dei from the conflagration, n soft landing place alter we kave been shov ed ulf the preclptp* of this planet As g consequence so many have said; "We will await preparation for the future | until tb< ciaah of the shipwreck until i the conttcgratiott Is in full bias*. un | ill we r«*«h the brlub of lb* prect : t-Ur* ’ Mo doubt religion I* Ineaprenel | bit important leer lbe last ealgettcy Hut what do the apple* and the flg* and the melon* and the pomvginnale* and the citron, and the oils** of goto nut ewe hard mean* t.uaurpt They . moan that out religion la the luactaw*. ' the arematt*. the pungent the arbu cement tbn eglurenceni. the Mtnged. I lb* nutbragecius They meafl ubat khlaard ftltea Meant uben be deglav • I ' If Ml bapplneao •untlnue* in In ctuaae I * anno* eccppurt M nark Inn get It meant what Maps Pud man 11 a Hindoo convert, meant when be said. "I long for my bed, not that I may sleep—I lie awake often and long: but to hold communion with m> *0< • It means what the old colored ma said, when he waa accosted hy cor, porteur, "Cncle Jack, how are y°u" "I is very painful In my knee, 11 • thank my heavenly Master. I'm cause to be thankful. My good Master Just gilt me nuf to make me humble. Ana do you enjoy religion aa much now. Uncle Jack, as when you could go to church and class-meetings?" Yes, 'Joys him more. Den I truss to de people, to de meetings, to de sarment. and when I hear de hymn sing, and de pray I feels glad. nut. all dl* aln t like de good Lord In de heart, God's love here." It mean* sunrise Instead of sundown. It mean* the Memnon etatue made to sing at the stroke of the morning light. It means Christ at. the wedding In Cana. It means the “time of the singing of birds Is come. It means Jeremiah's "well-watered garden.” It means David's oil of glad ness.” It means Isaiah's "bride and bridegroom." It means Luke’s bad hoy come home to a father's house. World ly Joy killed Leo X. when he beard that Milan was captured. Talva died of Joy when tho Roman senate honored him. Dlagora died of Joy because his three sons were crowned at the Olym pian games. Sophocles died of Joy over his literary successes. And reli gious Joy has been too much for many a Christian, and hi* soul has sped away on the wing of hosannas An old and poor musician played so well one night before his king that, the next morning when the musician uwoke he found his table covered with gidden cups and plates, ami a princely robe lying across the back of a chair, and richly caparisoned horses were pawing at. the doorway to take him through the street in Imposing equip age. It was only a touch of what comes to every man who makes the Lord his portion, for be has waiting for him, direct from his King, robes, banquets, churlots, mansions, tri umphs, and It Is only a question of time when he shall wear them, drink them, ride In them, live In them, ind celebrate them. You think religion Is a good thing for a funeral. O, ye*. But Solomon’s orchard means more. Religion is a good thing now. when you are In health and prosperity, and the appetite is good for citrons, and apples, and ap ricots, and pomegranates. Come in without wasting any time In talking about them and take the luxuries of religion. Happy yourself, then you can ■ .1_ a__ t(..L. i.iat Mtm iiuinr wuicin person happy every day, and In twen ty years you will have made seven thousand three hundred people hap py. 1 like what Wellington said after the battle of Waterloo, and when he was In pursuit of the French with Ills advance guard, and Colonel Harevy said to him: "General, you had bet ter not go any farther, for you may be shot at by some straggler from the hushes,” And Wellington replied: "Let them fire away. The battle is won and my life Is of no valuo now." • * • While there is enough of the pomp of the city about heaven for those who like the city best, I thank God there Is enough In the Bible about country scenery In heaven to please those of us who were horn In the country and never got over It. Now you may have streets of gold In heaven; give me the orchards, with twelve manner of fruits and yielding their fruit every month; and the leaves of the trees are for "the healing of the nations; and there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be In It, and his servants shall serve him; and they shall see his face, and his name shall be in their foreheads; and there shall be no uight there, and they need no candle, neither light of the sun, for the Lord God giveth them light; and they shall reign for ever and ever.” But Just think of a place so brilliant that the noonday sun shall be removed from the mantle of the sky because It is too feeble a taper! Yet, most of all. am I Impressed with the fact thut 1 am not yet fit for that place, nor you, either. By the reconstruct ing und sanctifying grace of Christ we need to he made all over. And let us he getting our pussporta ready it we want to get Into thai country. An earthly passport Is u personal mailer, telling our height, our girth, the color of our hair, our features, our complex L.n <.*..! SUSP live I <•:* It Ill it u..l InlA .. foreign port oil your passport. nor can you get In on mliic. Kach one of us for hliuself need* u divine signature, written by the wounded hand of ihe Son of Ood, to get Into the heavenly orchard, under the laden branches of which, In Hod's good lime, we may meet the Adam of the Hrat orchard,and ihe Solomon of the second orchard,and the Ht. John of the laat orchard, to sit down under the tree of which the church In the Hook of fan tide* speak* when It »a»*. "As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so |* my tie loved among ihe sons | «„ down under hla shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. • and there It mat be found that today we leaiued the danger of hankering after one thing more and that religion la * tutor), and that there la a tMviae antidote for all poisons and that wa had treated lu u* an appetite fur beaten, and that it was a wholesome and saving thing Km us t« have die (nursed on Ike pomology of the Itthte, or tiod Among the Orchard* Our fniik Is sane and yetpmnahte, uith Us rsdtsnt faet*. its aonrin.Ing principle* U« simple •omsvssdmsaU, lit pis- >i. si Mitten Its aide sympa ihies a religion with Ihe ml of hlus shute Ha head and the homely WIM duwsre round II* feet He I John Waigan
