_ __
4 <11 a otl'ii virii /# 'ftvtixi ^ ( ''Most Httrtiirwllv I nuiMt hooii KO. Mv i
To go to Edinburgh would take her
too far from her beloved dead, while
the thought of living with Miss Heth
erlngton at Annandale Castle positively
appalled her. She said “No
The lady of the Castle received the
refusal kindly, saying, that although
Marjorie could not take up her resi
dence at the Castle, she must not alto
gether avoid it.
"Come when you wish, my bairn,”
concluded the old lady. "You’ll aye be
welcome. We are both lonely women
now, and must comfort one another.
During the first few days, however,
•Marjorie did not go. She sat at home
during the day, and in the dusk of the
evening, when she believed no one
would sec her, she went forth to visit
the churchyard and cry beside her fos
ter-father's grave. At length, how
ever, she remembered the old lady’s
kindly words, and putting on her bon
net and a thick veil, she one morning
set, out on a visit to Annandale Cas
tle.
Marjorie had not seen Miss Hether
Ington since that day she came down to
the funeral; when, therefore, she was
shown Into the lady's presence, she al
most uttered a frightened cry. There
sat the grim mistress of the Castle in
state, but looking as worn and faded
as her faded surroundings. Her face
was pinched and worn, as If with heart
eating grief or mortal disease. She
received the girl fondly, yet with some
thing of her old imperious manner, jnd
during the Interview she renewed the
offer of protection.
But Marjorie, after looking at the
dreary room and its strange mistress,
gave a most decided negative.
She remained with Miss Hethering
ton only a short time, anil when she
left the Castle, her minu wus ho nm oi
solicitude that she walked along ut
terly oblivious to everything about her.
Suddenly she started and uttered a glad
cry of surprise. A man had touched
her on the shoulder, and, lifting her
eyes, she beheld her lover.
The Frenchman was dressed as she
had last seen him. In plain black; bis
face was pale and troubled. Marjorie,
feeling that new sense of desolation
upon her, drew near to his side.
"Ah, monsieur," she said, “you have
come—at last."
Caussldiere did not embrace her. but
held her hands and patted them fondly,
while Marjorie, feeling comforted by
hla very presence, allowed her tears to
flow unrestrainedly. He let her cry for
a time, then he placed her hand upon
his arm and walked with her slowly in
the direction of the manse.
"My Marjorie," he said, "my own
dear love! this has been a sore trial to
you, but you have borne It bravely.
I have seen you suffer, and I have suf
fered, too."
"You have seen, monsieur?”
"Yes, Marjorie. Did you think be
cause I was silent I had forgotten? Ah,
no, my love. I have watched over you
always. I have seen you go forth at
night and cry as if your little heart
would break. But I have said noth
ing, because I thought 'Such grief is
sacred. I must watch and wait,' and
1 have waited.”
“Yes, monsieur.”
“But today, Marjorie, when 1 saw you
come from the Castle with your face
all troubled- ah, ho troubled, my Mar
jorie!—I thought, I can wait no longer;
my little one needs me; she will tell
me her grief, and now In her hour of
need 1 will help her.’ So I have come,
Marjorie, and my little oue will con
Hilo hnr um*rn\VM to nu*.'*
Then the child In her helplessness
clung to him; for he loved her and
sympathized with her; and she told
him the full extent of her own desola
tion.
The Frenchman listened atten
tively while she spoke. When . he
ceased he clasped her hands more fer
vently than before, and said:
"Marjorie, come to my home!'*
She started and drew her hands
away. Mhe knew whut more he would
say. and It seemed to her sacrilege,
when the clergyman had been so re
cently laid to his grave. The French
man. gathering from her face the state
of her mind, continued prosaically
enough:
"I know It Is not a tint* to talk of
love. Majorle; but It la a time to talk
of marriage! When you were in
Kdlnburgh. you gave me your promise,
and you said you loved me. I ask you
now, fulfklt your promise; let us be
come man and wife!"
"You wish me to marry you nuw.
monsieur*"
"Ah. yea. Marjorie '
“Although l am a penniless friend
lees, homeless lass*"
"What la that to me nt dear* I
tore you, and I wish you to lit my
wife'"
"You are «ery good
"MwjMur
"Yea."
“Tell me. When Will you make me lhe
happiest man allvaf *
Marjorie looked at her hluck dints,
sad hat nysu tiled with tear*.
“I do nut huow I raw nut tall. h«
said * Nut y si
"K* Men' hut H must not ha hum
delayed The deems of Jest lay hurry
us uuward You will sum* ha thrust
from tbs mesas as you say, uhtky I
mast rstura Ml Pvuusa"
ate poiag auafl**
future is brightening before me. anil
I am glad-thank heaven! there are
few Tlark clouds looming ahead to sad
den our existence, my child. The ty
rant who desecrates France will one
day fall; meantime his advisers have
persuaded him to pardon many politi
cal offenders, myself amongst them.
So I shall see France again! God is
good! When He restores me to my
country he will give mo also my wife.
Fut your little hand in mine and say,
I.eon, I trust you with all my heart.’
Say it, my child, and, believe me, your
faith shall not be misplaced."
He held forth his hunil to her. and
Marjorie, tremblingly raising her 'yes
to IiIh face, said In broken accents. ”1
do trust you.” So a second lime the
troth was plighted, and whether for
good or III, Marjorie's fate was sealed.
( WAITER aVIII.
HE day following
her final promise to
Caussldlere, Marjo
rie received intima
tion that the now
minister was com
ing without delay
to take possession
of th- living. Her
Informant was Sol
omon Muckleback
It, whose funereal
despair was tempered with a certain
lofty scorn.
On the following Saturday arrived
the new minister, prepared to officiate
for the first time In the parish. He
was a youngish man, with red hair
and beard, and very pink complexion,
but his manners were unassuming and
good natured. His wife and family, he
explained, were about to follow him In
about ten days; and in the meantime
his furniture and other chattels were
coming on by train. Shown over the
manse by Solomon, he expressed no
*‘w,v nouiir (■* 4*1 iiinii'Hs WI’.JV IWU
or three rooms furnished, and those
very barely.
"Mr. I^orralne never married?” he in
quired, as they passed from room to
room.
"The meenlster was a wise man,” re
plied Solomon, ambiguously. "He lived
and he deed in single sanctity, ac
cording to the holy commandments of
the Apostle Paul.”
"Just so," said Mr. Freeland, with a
smile. "Well, I shall find the manse
small enough for my belongings. Mis
tress Freeland has been used to a large
house, and we shall need every room.
The chamber facing the river, up stairs,
will make an excellent nursery.”
"My aln bedroom!" muttered Solo
mon. "Weel, weel, I'm better out of the
house.”
At the service on the following day
there was a large attendance to wel
come the new minister. Solomon occu
pied his usual place as precentor, and
his face, as Mr. Freeland officiated
above him, was a study in Its expres
sion of mingled scorn, humiliation and
despair. But the minister had a reso
nant voice, and a manner of thumping
the cushion which carried conviction to
the hearts of all unprejudiced observ
ers. The general verdict upon him,
when the service was over, was that
he was the right man in the right
place, anu u giauu preucuer.
The congregation slowly cleared
away, while Majorle, lingering behind,
walked sadly to the grave of her old
foster-father, and stood looking upon
it through fastly-falllng tears. So rapt
was she in her own sorrow that she
did not hear a fuoistep behind her, and
not till Caussidiere had come up and
taken her by the hand was she aware
of his presence.
"So the change has come ut last, my
Marjorie," he said; "was I not right?
This place is no longer a home for
you."
“Monsieur!"
"Call me l*eon. Shall we not be man
and wife?”
Hut Marjorie only sobbed.
"He was so good. He was my tirst,
my only friend’"
"Peace tie with him," returned the
Frenchman, tenderly. "He loved you
dearly, mlgnonne, and l knew his only
wish would be to see you happy, laiok
what 1 hold in my hand. A charm •
talisman parhleu. it is like the won
derful lamp of Aladdin, which will car
ry us, as soon as you will, hundreds of
miles away."
As he spoke he drew forth a folded
; paper snd smilingly held it tiefore her
"What la it. monsieur?" she asked,
perptesed.
No; you must call me l,eon th*a I
! will tell you
’What ta It |*son *"
" the special I r use Marjorie which
permits o« to marry when and where
I V9 •HI.'*
I M iUrt«4 mil tr«mbi«r4. ihti
. *Im» wM4ty il lb* |r<tV9
* N«*i yvi, * nil* ni4imtifi:4 iiu i i
■ ash me y«t *
lie glanced p**otol no one was hear
[ ssi wMb a not h moosist h* drew her
’ to him, aad htesed her busily on the
I ll(K
Vote hate n<> bom*, n. • he tt(*4
attaagwr* • a** to dispbh* y»o to
t* ta post out into Iks cold world Hot
y a have one who luvea ywo a thoo
a* id Haves hatter h*r yonr sorrow ami
b «p povsrtr ah its, i know pen are
ga r‘ and who wilt he yonr to«ing
pro ter Ur 101 the and '
ffce looked at him in wonder. Ah,
how good and kind he was! Knowing
hei miserable birth, seeing her friend
less and almost cast away, he would
still ’>e beside her, to comfort and cher
ish her with his deep affection. If she
had sver doubted his sincerity, could
she dfubt It now?
«••••*
Hali' an hour later Caussldlere was
walking rapidly In the direction of
Annandale Castle He looked supreme
ly self-Fttisfied and happy, and humm
ed a llgvt French air as he went.
Arriving at the door, he knocked,
and the serving-woman appeared In an
swer to the summons.
''Miss Hetherington, If you please.”
"You canna see her,” was the sharp
reply. "What's your business?”
"(live her this card, if you please,
and tell her I must see her without j
delay."
After some hesitation the woman ear- ,
rled the card away, first shutting the
door unceremoniously In the visitor's
face. Presently the door opened again,
and the woman beckoned him in.
He followed her along the gloomy
lobbies, and up stairs, till they reached
the desolate boudoir which he had en
tered on a former occasion.
The woman knocked.
' Come In," said the volee of her mis
tress.
Caussidiere entered the chamber,
and found Miss Hetherington, wrapped
m an old-fauhloned morning gown,
seated in an arm-chair at her escri
toire. Parchments, loose papers and
packets of old letters lay scattered be
fore her. She wheeled her ehalr sharp
ly round as he entered, anil fixed her
eyes upon the Frenchman's face. She
looked inexpressibly wild and ghastly,
but her features wore an expression of
indomitable resolution.
Caussldlere bowed politely, then,
turning softly, he closed the door.
"What brings yon here?” demanded
the lady of the Castle,
“I wish to see you, my lady," he re
turned. "First, let me trust, that you
are better, and apologize for having
disturbed you on such a day.”
Miss Hetherington knitted her brows
and pointed with trembling forefinger
to a chair.
"Sit down” she said.
Caussidiere obeyed her, and sat
down, hat In hand. There was a pause,
broken at last by the lady's querulous
voice.
"Weel, speak! Have you lost your
tongue, man? What's your will with
me?”
Caussidler.’ replied with extreme
suavity:
"I am anxious, my lady, that all mis
understanding should cease between
us. To prove my sincerity, I will glvs
you a piece of news. I have asked Miss
A n nu it In mneeir mu n n/I urlth tmns
consent she is quite willing.”
"What!" cried Miss Hetherington,
half rising from her chair, and then
sinking hack with a gasp and a moan.
"Have ye dared?”
Catissldlere gently inclined his head.
"And Marjorie—she has dared to ac
cept ye, without warning me?”
"Pardon me, she is not aware that
you have any right to be consulted. I,
however, who acknowledge your right,
have come in her name to solicit your
kind approbation.”
“And what do you threaten, man, if
I say ‘no no—a hundred times no?' ”
Caussidicre shrugged his shoulders.
"Parbleu, I threaten nothing; I am a
gentleman, as I have told you. But
should you put obstacles In my way, it
may be unpleasant for all concerned.”
Miss Hetherington rose to her feet,
livid with rage, and shook her extend
ed hands in her tormentor’s face.
"It's wcel for you I’m no a man! If
I were a man, ye would never pass that
door again liviDg! I defy ye—I scorn
ye! Ye coward, to come here and mo
lest a sick woman!”
She tottered as she spoke, and fell
hack into her chair.
• TO UB CONTINUED.)
A PRETTY SCREEN.
Due Whirl. 1‘hii lt« Easily ami lues
pensively Mutle at Home.
Soft pine wood panels of the desired
| size are cut by u carpenter and ar*
1 hen envereil hv sire.china velours.
denim or any plain colored, durable
material tightly across one side, tack
ed Into plate, and the reverse side cov
ered with auy good lining for the part
of the screen not intended to show,
says the Philadelphia Times. The next
step tn the process is to cut stiff brown
paper panels the size of the wooden
ones, and on them draw tu charcoal a
simple outline, conventional pattern.
If one Is nut ortglual enough to do
this stone, ask some friend to draw
one. or copy some good design front sit
art magazine. The center panel should
lie the most prominent, while the slds
ones each have the same design, re
| versed to suit the brauchea of the
screen and tn tts main features bar
m< ntzlng with the center one. When
this tn done, lay the paper on the panel,
lock It In place and along each line of
: the pattern lack In gently upholstery
nails, arranged carefully at equal die
' tsars*.
These should be Indicated by pencil
marks If one has not n correct eye
When tkia Is <tone the paper Is tors
out from benvath the nails, consequent
ly t«m tough pap- r should not be used
and **» h nail is then carefully dnveu
. borne with a hammer uatll H stake la■
! to the body of Ike malarial Itself, giv>
; tag a very rbk metallic effect f*>r
slight coat aad little tagesutty This
style ut seres a M particularly well suit
•4 to dtatag roans or balls aad may
be made almoat as effect!** without
a frame worb uatag lbs plats wwudea
pass la bisged iwgetber after lb* work
■ eg them VS cemptetsd
Art lb* mi kabiu art bora lyraata
IN THE ODD CORNER.
SOME STRANGE. QUEER AND
CURIOUS PHASES OF LIFE.
A Moorish Execution How a Murder#
Was Pat to Heath far Ills Crime —
An Odd Optical Illusion In a Turk
ish Harem.
Killeen Allanna.
II.KKN Alltnna. Kl
leen Asthore!
Light of my soul
und Its quceu
evermore:
It seems years have
lingered since
last we did part.
Killeen Allanna, the
pride of my
heart.
Oh! darling loved
I one, your dear
i smile 1 miss.
My lips seem to
cling to that sweet parting kiss:
Mavourneen, thy dear face 1 see at ths
door.
Killeen Allanna Angus Asthore.
Faithful I'll he to the colleen I adore,
Killeen Allannu. Angus Asthore:
Hoon I'll he hack to the colleen I adore,
Killeen Allanna Angus Asthore.
Killeen Allanna, Killeen Asthore,
The ocean's blue waters wash by the
shore
Of that dear land of shamrock, where
thou dost abide,
Wultlng the day when I'll call thee my
bride.
God bless you, darling, I know you are
true—
True to the boy who would die now for
you.
My heart Is now bleeding to Its Innermost
core,
Killeen Altana Angus Asthore.
—Townsend.
A Moorish F.xecnHoo.
A eorrcHpondent at Tangier gives
the following account of the execution
of a native for the murder of Herr
Hassner, a German hanker. In Decem
ber last, gays the London Times. The
circumstances of the murder have re
mained extremely mysterious. The
German legation there put pressure on
the local authorities. After a short
time a woman went over to Gibraltar
for safety and sent word from there
that she could throw light on the af
fair. Upon her Information three men
—a Spaniard and two Moora—were ar
rested and thrown Into the kasbar
(prison). Here they were tortured by
the thumb-screw and the Spaniard
confessed. He, however, was claimed
by the Spanish authorities and what
has become of him I do not know.
The other two were kept In prison.
They lay chained hand and foot by a
heavy three-inch chain In a small dun
geon, where they remained In almost
nUoh Hurlrnnaa f mm tho And of Dfi*
cember, with nothing to eat but bread
and water and very little of that. 01
course, had not the murdered man
been a European, little would have
been heard of the matter,
A message then came from the sul
tan that one of the men was to be
shot. The basha, who Is an authority
here, desired this to be carried out in
private, but the German minister In
sisted upon a public execution. On the
day of the execution I went down to
the Soko (market place). About a
dozen Europeans only were present
and among them were two French la
dies on horseback. A posse of sol
diers soon marched through the gate
way, having In their midst the con
demned man himself, seated on a don
key, with his feet chained together. 1
think he was too much dazzled to com
prehend fully all that was passing.
The prisoner was taken, unresisting,
off the donkey and made to kneel with
his face away from the soldiers. Two
of the men were told off to shoot him.
They refused, upon which the basha’e
head man with asperity repeated the
order. Then they walked up to within
five yards of the prisoner and fired
two shots into his back. He rolled
over, but was not dead. His body con
tinued twitching spasmodically fot
fully five minutes, when an order was
given to dispatch him finally, where
upon one of the men walked up tc
him, placed a gun close to his head
and fired. The corpse was buried in
sacred ground. All the Moors, ever
the authorities, basha Included, looked
upon the prisoner us u martyr. Why
they asked, should a good Mohamme
dan die for a dog of a I'hristian? Th<
feeling is universal and If it were no!
for the legations Europeans would no
j be very sgfe.
Muutlni ttin Donkey.
Donkeys Instead of dogs ntuy soon
. • '"W" MIVCMUUJI Wi
the board of agriculture, with the pos.
| alhillty of the proclamation of a gen
1 era! muzzling order. A man named
| James Knight of Chobham recently
purchased a donkey of known vicious
! character from a person who had been
I unable to do anything with the brute
| Knight, who Is a powerful mgn, set
I himself to cure the animal of Its evil
I habits, lie turned It out on the com
■non and when he wanted to capture
his charge he enticed It to him by hold
Ing out a loaf of bread. This answer
ed well for awhile. The owner wu
, satisfied that his treatment was eflics
clous, but a day or two ago. wh.-n
Knight was endeavoring to secure th>
animat In this fashion. It suddenly
turned upon him savagely sad flse<l
' Its teeth in his throat, and It was will
great difficulty that ihe brute was b*a’
en oil Knight waa fwuud la havt sue
tained very serious injuries and Hr
Mote, who was summoned orders*
his immediate removal tu the neigh
boring inirmary al Htterahan wherv
he now Ilea Aa fur Ihe donkey. ■
awlfl remedy nas ditgytvered Klgttl
men secured It with ropes and drugged
It to a yard where It was shot Us
dun Telegraph
• w<se v O'SS * Messes
gome uf the village houses In gwita
• 'lead have guami sundials upon ih<
front and. where there are very In
, *he»e Is not tafregueatiy aa inarrtp
tion telling when the house was built
and when restored, and perhaps a pi
ous sentence in old German text, says
the Christian Register. The roads j
through this valley constantly excited I
our admiration. They seem built for
all time and are as well kept as a
lady’s parlor floor. These beautiful
highways over the wildest passes
show how effectually a paternal power
watches over the safety and comfort o j
the traveler.
Some of the prettiest villas upon i
these hillsides are the summer houses
of wealthy Swiss cooks, restaurant
keepers, confectioners and hotel pro
prietors to be found in all the large
towns of Europe, and who return to
their native valleys for rest and rec
reation. Though they may not be so
cially distinguished in the places
where they have acquired their wealth
they have as good a position as need
be desired in their early homes. The
castle of the old family has often
crumbled on the hill, but the new fam
ilies In the valley survive and flourish
here as elsewhere.
In a Turkish llarem.
Mrs. Max Muller, in her "Letters
From Constantinople,” tells of her vis
its to the h-rems of the great ladles
and pays her respects to the wife of
one of the ministers:
"She was small and nice-looking,
with brilliant eyes. She told me that
she drove out once, at the utmost
twice, In the year In a shut carriage,
the only time she passed outside of
those terrible walls. She was fond of
her garden and her pets, cats and
birds, hut she had no children, and, I
was told, lived In constant dread that
her husband would In consequence di
vorce her, for very few Turks now
have two wives.
"Her Idea of European life was
founded on French novels, which she
read Incessantly, and she said to me:
'Well, we are happier than you, for
our husbands may fancy one of onr
slaves whom we know, but your hus
bands go about with French actresses
whom you don’t know.' Sweetmeats
were brought in bv slaves and then
cigarettes, but I had to confess my Ig
norance of smoking, and lastly the de
licious Turkey coffee in golden cup
stands. The minister's wife is a good
musician and her sister-in-law draws
and paints, taught by the minister,
who is quite a good artist, but, In spite
of music and painting and French nov
els and lovely garden, I hud a sad feel
ing that she was like a bird beating
her wings against her golden cage.
She had read too much to be content.”
Odd Optical fllufttona.
In the following figure one pair of
lines look gray and the other pair
black. If now the page be held side
ways the lines which look gray now
appear black and the black lines have
become gray.
A very curious illusion is due to the
fact that different wave-lengths of
light arrive at their maximum sensa
tion at different times. Thus if the
disk (figure 2) he cut out (and made
into a top by mounting It on card
board and pushing a wooden match
through the center) it will be noticed
that If spun from left to right the out
er band will appear red and the Inner
most one blue. If the top be spun In
the opposite direction the colors will
be reversed. This is known as Ben
ham’s color top. In the same way If
the disk (figure 3) be made Into a top
and spun the white band as It Is spun
from left to right will appear fringed
with colors.
Another illusion of color, discovered
by Mr. Shelford Bidweil, F. It. S., 1?
3 4
produced as follows: Cut out the
disk (figure I) and mount It on a card.
Cut out the gap between A and B.
Stick a long pin through the center
and push It up to Its head. Now hold
the pin by Its pointed end so that the
card Is suspended a few Inches above
a page of small, sharp print. Spin the
card at the rate of five or six turns a
second by flicking It with the finger.
If you look down on the page the black
letters seeu through the suu of th«
disk will appear a red color, especially
If you take the precaution to avoid
shadows and to see that the print is
brightly Illuminated.
- •
I'amnlss sa,l < airbus
Odd mistakes sometimes happen In
the making of a newspaper. Not long
ago au article on the conversion of the
hcaihcn and a recipe for making to
mato catchup stood side ky side la the
composing room ready to go Into the
form In tow« way they were allied
and this was the result
"They are si< uetuuted to lo gin tkelr
! *■»*•« by securing heathen children and
educating them The easiest and best
way to prepare them ta to itrst wipe
1 hem with a Clean towel, then pi t. «
j them in dripping pans and halts them
until they are tender, then you will
Hava no diftoutiy la rubbing tk >»
tkrougk your sieve and save Urns by
Utd being obliged to rut Ik. m In sibes
and cook for several hours *
Many n man has been arrested lM
forgers simply be use* ke has Irl.d
> •• »«*• • name fur btmasll
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. ,
LESSON X. DECEMBERS PHIL.
2:1-11
Uolflen Text: "Lee ThU Mln<I Me In
Von, Which Was Also In «:lirl.t
Jesus" Phil. •* i A—Christ's Hamaaltjr
iiihI KxaII At Ion.
Time*—A. 1*. A3, during 1’aurs Hnprt*°n*
"iMaie.- This epistle was written from
Home to Ihe church at Philippi, l»
The city of Philippi.—“Philippi. th«
chief city of the eastern division of Mae..
donla. was situated near the border of
Thrace, and eight miles northwest of
Neapolls, which was Its seaport H lay
between two mountain ranges, and a
paved Roman road led over the steep
range Bymbolum from Neapolls to l hinp
pi, over which Paul went." HchalT A
The Church of Philippi. 'The history
or the founding of the church iu «he city
of 1'hlllppl, Ihe birthplace of F.uropcan
Christianity. Is very fully narrated in iio>
Acts (chapter IS). Klcven years had now
passed; years of growth In the midst of
kevere persecution. Twice had Paul visit
ed his Philippian brethren, and thrice had
they sent supplies to Ihetr suffering apn«
tie, and now again a fourth tin e to him
In prison at Rome, The present epistle Is
his response to their loving gift, with lho
simple purpose of expressing his thanks
and showing his deep Interest In them
selves. None of Ills epistles more abounds
with language of true, heartfelt affec
tion."- Whedon.
Analysis of the Kplslle. I Address and
salutation, 1. I, l. 2. MtuafiOfi and Inbois
of the upostle at Rome, I 3-3« 1 'I bn
Lord's example and pattern for the ob
servance of the church, I Z7 l I* 4.
Paul's assistant and colaborers, I! 19-iW. f>.
Warning agnlnst Judalslle false (eaebers
and wicked deceivers, In contrast with
the apostles, 3. 1 4 1. Final exhortation
to co-operation between himself and iho
Philippian t’hureh, 4. i-W 7. Halutallon
and benedict Ion. 4, 31-33." - llfaune,
Characteristics of the Kplslle -"It is ilx*
wurm, spontaneous outpouring of a loving
heart expressing Itself with unreserved
gratitude it tel tenderness toward Ihe fa
vorite children of his ministry. If It ex
hibits to us somewhat less Ilian other '
epistles of Paul’s peculiar teachings It has a
<i.u t.i.-i, ........... ilitat It uhtiU it
lo ii( more of hlx character and furling*.
... In ihlx respect It xomewhnt re
xemble* tin Mecond Kplxlle to cli« Corin
thian*, except Hiut In It Paul lx writing
to thoxe who w<rc klnd-*t am) most faith
ful lo him, whereas toward the f'orln
Ihlanx he hud little i a use for gratitude,
and much need of forbearance. Amid the
Irlalx and xuxpenxe of a gulling imprison
ment It revealx to ux, not directly, bill ux
It were unconxclouxly the existence of an
nmiuenchable happluexx—a |x-acc ax of
the Inrnoxt heart of the ocean under Hie
agitation of It* xurfaoe xtormx It wax
dictated by a worn and fettered Jew. the
victim of groxx perjury and the prey ol
contending cnmltlex, dictated at a time
when he wax vexed by hundred* of op
ponent*, and conxuled hut by a few who
cared for him, and yet the xuhxtance of It
all may he xummed up In two xontencex,
‘I rejoice; rejoice ye.' "—Farrar.
Approach lo the I-exxon, 'When the
apoxtle I'aul would enjoin the 1'hlHppluox
to ’look every man on the thing* of oili
er*,’ he point* them to 'the mind which
wa* alho In Chrlxt Jexux.’ iln doe* not
content hlmxelf with merely xtattng the
fact of our J-ord’s eondeacenalon and
death; hut, ax If the Immenxlty of the
xtoop which Chrlxt made were too great
to b* comprehended at once, he follow*
him downward from point to point till he
ha* reached the lowext depth of hlx humll- /
latlon. Ax If he felt convinced that the
amazing xpeetacle could not fall to anni
hilate xeinxhnex* In every other heart,ax It
had In hlx own, hlx only anxiety lx that It
should be vividly prexented before the eye
of the mind. Having carried our thought*
up to that Inllnlte height where Chrlxt had
been from eternity In the hoxom of the
Father, he xhowx ux the Hon of Ood di
verting hlmxelf of hi* glory, and then he
detain* our eye In u prolonged gaze oil '
hlx dexcerfdlng eourxe; condescend!tf to
be born; voluntarily xuhjectlng hlmxelf to
all the humbling condition* of our nature;
taking on hlmxelf the rexponxlbllltlnx of a
xervant; xtlll humbling hlmxcir, xtlll paxx
Ing from one depth of Ignominy to a low
er xtlll; becoming obedient unto death,
and that death (he moat humbling, the
most replete with agony and *hame-!hu
death of the croxx."—Harri*.
I.esson Ilymn
Comc, O Thou greater than our heart,
And make thy fulthrul mere It*
known;
The mind which wax In thee Impart: Thy
conxtant mind In ux he shown.
O let ux by thy cross abide, Thee, only
thee, resolved to know.
The Istnib for sinners crucified, A world
to xave from endless woo.
Take ux Into thy people'* real. And wo
our own work* shall cease;
With thy meek Spirit arm our breast. And
keep our minds In perfect pen ••
—Charleg Wesley,
Hints to the Teacher.
There are two topic* in thlx h xxon
Christ and the I'hrlxtlan
I. Notice the aspect* of t'lirlxl us he is
revealed In these verses, l, t'hrlHl as pre
existent. Verse X. He Is represented us
living before he wus horn; a strange para
dox. lie wax the Hon of Mod In heaven
tiefore he came ax the Hon of man to
earth 2. t'lirlxl ux divine. Verse d. Ilo
wux "In the furm of Mod," and It wus his
right to he ei|ual with Mod (lleb. I 4. Hi.
3. Chrlxt ux human. Verses ti, 7. The lit
eral trgnslai on of the clause awkward
ly rendered "though! It not robberv.” ele .
!». "He thought not hla equality with clod
a thing lo be gruapcd at, hut emptied him
eclf." In other word*, lie claimed not hla w
divine honor, but humbled himself to tie I
come man 4 t'hrlat aa dying Verna r
lla could have eaeutied the croaa If he had
chuarn lo do ao. Ilut he waa willing to
d e, that he might aave men. 8. Chrtat ax
• sailed Vcrae tt-ll. Kmm hla alatn of
humiliation he waa lifted up lo n.eone
Lord of all lit heaven and earth.
II The apostle urgea lha example of
t’hrlet In hie appeal for a true i'hrlettau
character. 1 i'hrlettau unity. Vereee I.
I It la widen! from many alluaiona in
th» rpiatle that there Were atnfra and
division! Ill thle church Haul exhorts the
disciples lo a spirit of mutual love and
fellowahlft. 1 t'hrlsltau humility Vera.
I The world honors ambition, self aesei •
lion, self.erehiog, t’hr at hoo.ua lowll.
oraa of mind *. Christian arm path)
Varae t We are to luoh on the thing'
of utbrra." nut in the eplrtl of rnvy am!
depfet latino, but with a cordial interest
In one another a welfare The ,i « ipie
ehould cultivate * ,b. a> inpathiea for hla
ftilow llaelplea i Chctaltan a. If demaJ
Verses La A. < hriat . orpiied himself. r.
m.«j«vd h»e glory that ho might as. a
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