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CHAPTER XVIII Continued.
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"Exactly. Ami they snw nothing."
'Tour pardon, my colour!. They
came hack In n cold Bvoat, nnd thoy
upent Iho night on their knees. The
woman was there again. You have
ern the salt sen nt night? Well, her
face was aglow, like that, no they said.
They heard the clanking of chains, too,
ami the sound of hammers, coming
from the very howels of the earth. It
Is nil plain enough, when yon know
tho story. Rut It Is terrify I tig."
"This Is Indeed amazing," Cobo nc
knowledgcd, "hnt of course there Is
Rome simple explanation. Spirits, If
Indeed there nre such things, are mndo
of nothing they are like thin ulr.
How, then, could they rattle chains?
Yon prohably saw some wretched pn
cltlcos In search of food nnd Imagined
tho rest."
"Indeed I Then what did I hear with
these very ears? Whispers, murmurs,
groans, nnd the cllnkety-ellnk of old
Sebastian's chisel. For his sins thnt
old slnve is chained In some cavern of
the mountain. Soundless 1 I'm no
baby I I know when I'm asleep, and 1
Know when I'm awake. That place Is
uccursed, and I wnnt no more of It."
Cobo fell Into frowning meditation,
allowing his cigarette to smolder down
until It burned his thick lingers. lie
was not a superstitious man and he
tmt no faith In tho supernatural, nev
ertheless ho wns convinced that his
norgennt wns not lying, nnd reference
'to Pnncho Cuetn had set his mind to
working nlong strange channels. He
had known Cueto well, nnd the hitter's
stubborn belief in the existence of that
Vuronn treasure had more than once
Impressed him. He wondered now If
others shared that fnlth, or If by
chance they had discovered n clue to
tho whereabouts of the money and
were conducting a secret search. It
was ii fantastic ldon, nevertheless.
Cobo told himself that If people were
prying uhout those deserted premises
it wns with some object, and their ac
tions would wnrrnnt observation. The
presence of the woman a woman
rffl raw h2ws5S:3
fenlo
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"Good I I Shall Visit the Place."
with tho glow of phosphorus upon her
face wns puzzling, hut tho whole affair
was puzzling. Ho determined to Inves
tigate. After n time ho murmured, "I
eiiould like to see this spirit."
Tho sergeant shrugged. It was plain
from his expression that he could not
account for such a desire. "Another
night Is coming," said he.
"Good! I shall visit tho place, nnd
if I see anything unusual I well, I
ahull believe what you have told me.
Meanwhile, go see your priest by all
means. It will do you no harm."
CHAPTER XIX.
How Cobo Stood on His Head.
All that day, or during most of It, nt
leuBt, Itosn nnd O'llcllly sat hand In
bnnd, oblivious of hunger and fatigue,
impatient for tho coming of night,
keyed to tho highest tension. Now they
would rejoice hysterically, assuring
mch other of their good fortune, again
they would grow sick with tho fear of
disappointment. Time after time they
stepped out of the hut nnd stared ap
prehensively up the slopes of I.a Cum-
lire to nssuro themselves that this was
not nil n part of some fantastic Illu
sion; over and over, In minutest de
tail, Johnnie described what he had
seen at the bottom of tho well, lie
tried more than onco during the after
noon to sleep, but ho could not, for the
moment ho closed his eyes ho found
himself buck thero In that pit upon the
ridge's crest, strninlng at those stub
born rocks and slippery timbers. This
inaction was maddening, his fatigue
rendered him fevcrlik swd irritable.
.Jacket, too, felt the strain, nnd after
several fruitless attempts to sleep he
rone and went out Into the sunshine,
where he fell to whetting his knife. He
Mulshed putting u double edge upon the
blade, fitted u handle to It, nnd then n
cord with which to suspend it round
his neck. Ho showed It to O'Reilly,
and ufter receiving u word of praise he
crept outdoors ugtiln find tried to for
get how sick ho was. Rluck spots were
dancing before Jacket's eyes; he ex
perienced spells of dizziness and nau
sea during which he dared not attempt
to walk. He knew this must be the re
sult of starvation, und yet, strangely
enough, tho thought of food was dis
tasteful to htm. lie devoutly wished It
were not necessary to climb that hill
again, for he feared he would not havo
tho strength to descend It.
Luckily for tho sake of tho secret,
Kvangellnn spent most of the day
searching for food, while Asenslo lay
babbling upon his bed, too ill to notice
the peculiar actions of his companions.
It was with u strange, nightmare
feeling of unreality that the trio
dragged themselves upward to the
ruined qulnto when darkness finally
came. They no longer talked, for con
versation was a drain upon their pow
ers, and the reaction from the day's ex
citement had set lu. O'Kollly lurched
as ho walked, his limbs were heavy,
and his liveliest sensation was one of
dread nt the hard work In store for
him. The forcing of that door assumed
the proportions of n Herculean task.
Hut once he was nt the bottom of
the well und beheld the handiwork of
Sebastian, the sluve, just as he had
left It, his sense of reality returned und
with It n certain measure of determina
tion. Inasmuch us he had made no
visible Impression upon the bulkhead
by his direct attack, he changed his
tactics now and undertook to loosen
one of the Jambs where It was wedged
Into the rock at top nnd bottom. After
n desperate struggle he succeeded In
loosening the entire structure so that
he could pry It out far enough to
squeeze his body through.
"I have It 1" he cried to Rosa. Seizing
the cnndle, he thrust it Into the open
ing. He beheld what he had expected
to 11ml, u small cavern or grotto which
had evidently been pierced during the
digging of the well. He could appreci
ate now how simple had been the task
of sealing It up so as to bailie discov
ery. Rosa, poised above him, scarcely
breathed until he straightened himself
and turned his face upward once more.
He tried to speak, but voiced noth
ing more than u hoarse croak; the
caudle In his hand described erratic fig
ures. "What do you see?" the girl cried In
an agony of suspense.
"1 It's here! B-boxes, chests,
casks everything I"
"God be praised I My father's for
tune at last I"
Hose forgot her surroundings; she
bout her hands together, calling upon
O'Hellly to make haste and determine
beyond all question thnt the missing
hoard was Indeed theirs. She drew
perilously close to the well und knelt
over It like some priestess nt her de
votions; her eyes were brimming with
tenrs nnd there was a roaring In her
ears. It was not strange that she failed
to see or to hear the approach of u
great blurred figure which material
ized out of the night and took station
scarcely an arm's length behind her.
"Ho Intended It for his children."
sho sobbed, "and providence saved It
from our wicked enemies. It wns tho
hand of God that led us here, O'ltellly.
Tell me, what do you see now?"
Johnnie had wormed his wny Into
the damp chamber and u slim rcctnuglo
of light was projected against the op
posite side of the well. Itosa could
hear him talking and moving about.
Don Estebnn Varona's subterrnnean
hldlug-placo was large enough to store
a treasure far greuter than his; It was
perhaps ten feet In length, with n roof
high enough to accommodate, a tall
man. At tho further end were ranged
several small wooden chests bound
with iron and fitted with hasps and
staples, along ono side wns a row of
diminutive casks, the sort used to con
tain choice wines or liquors; over all
wns n thick covering of slime and
mold. The Iron was deeply rusted and
the place Itself smelled nbomlnnbly
stale.
O'Hellly surveyed this Aladdin's cavo
In a daze. He set his cnndle down, for
his lingers were numb mid unsteady.
Cautiously, as If fearful of breaking
some spell, ho stooped and tried to
move one of the casks, hut found that
It resisted him ns If cemented to tho
rock. Ho noted that Us head was
bulged upward, as If by the dampness,
so ho took his Iron bar and aimed n
sharp blow at the chine. A hoop gave
way; another blow enabled him to pry
out the head of tho cask. Ho stood
blinking at tho sight exposed, for tho
little barrel was full of coins yellow
coins, largo and small. O'Hellly seized
a handful nnd held them close to the
candle llame; among the number ho
noted n Spanish doubloon, such as
young Ksteban had found.
Ho tested the weight of tho other
casks and found them equally heavy.
Knowing little about gold, ho did not
attempt to estimate the value of theli
contents, but lie Judged they must rep-1 his head from side to side for a bet
resent a fortune. With throbbing ter view. He seemed to rock over the
pulses he next lifted the lid of the
nearest chest. Within, he discovered
several compart merits, each stored with
neatly wrn qiod nnd Inbeled packages
of varying shapes und sizes. The writ
ing upon the tags was almost Illegible,
but tho first article which O'Hellly un
wrapped proved to he a goblet of most
beautiful workmanship. Time had long
mouth of tho well like it huge, fat,
luack spider, lie was the lirst to speak.
"Am I dreaming? Or have you
leally discovered that treasure?" ha
queried.
O'Reilly's upturned face was j'hast
ly. He wet his lips. He managed to
whisper Rosa's name.
"The riches of the Varomis ! Whnt a
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that It was of solid silver. Kvldently
he had uncovered a store of old Span
ish plate.
In one corner of the chest he saw a
metal box of the sort lu which valuable
papers are kept, and after some olfort
he managed to break It open. Turning
hack the lid, he found first a bundle of
documents bearing imposing scrolls
nnd heavy seals. Despite the damp
ness, they were In fairly good condl-
avern in the rock. Well, well! And
; mi are the spirit of Sebastian, chained
i i the bowels of I,:t Cutiibre. Hut
iliese nre the gho.-ts " He began to
hackle, but the sound of his niulevo
ii nt merriment was like the hiccough
ing of a drunken man.
"Itosa ! What have you done "
Cobo ran on unheeding: "It must be
n great treasure, Indeed, from all ue-
units the ransom of a dozen kings.
tlon, und there wns enough left of the j That's what Cueto Mild, The ransom of
writing to Identify them beyond all dozen kings!' Those were his very
question as the missing deeds of pntent I words."
to the Vuronn lunds-those crown , ,,., f v con(lnuci to sway ilim.
grants for which Donna Isabel had j M.,f ,,.K.,. ,, fortl ,)L.erln 11S 1 1i!m
searched so fruitlessly. Hut this was .,..,.. ..,.... ... , llIs ,,..,, .....
not till that the smaller box contained.
Heneath the papers there were numer
ous leather bags. Thee had rotted;
they came apart easily In O'Hellly's
fingers, displaying a miscellaneous as
sortment of unset gems some of them
at first sight looked like drops of blood,
others like drops of purest wnter. They
were the rubles und the diamonds
which had brought Isabel to her death.
O'Hellly waited to sec no more.
Candle In hand, he crept out Into the
well to apprise Hosa of the truth.
"We've got It ! There's gold by the
barrel and the deeds to your land. Yes.
nnd the Jewels, too a quart of them, I
guess. 1 I can't believe my eyes." He
showed her a handful of coins. "Look
at that ! Doubloons, eagles ! There ap
pear to be thousands of them. Why.
you're the richest girl In Cuba. Rubles,
diamonds yes, und pearls, too, I dare
Bny" in. choked und began to laugh
weakly, hysterically.
"I'Te heard nbout those pearls," Hosa
cried, shrilly. "Pearls from the C'arlb-.
bean, ns large ns plums. Isabel used
to babble nbout them lu her sleep."
"I found those deeds the first thing
The plantations are yours now, beyond
any question." i
ltosn drew bnck from her precarlom '
position, for she had grown limp fr.c.i '
weakness nnd her head was whirling.
As she rose to her feet she brushed
something, somebody, some lloh-nud-blond
form which wns standing almost
over her. Involuntarily she recoiled,
toppling upon the very brink of the pit.
whereupon a lH'iivy hand reached forth
and seized her. She found herself
staring upward Into a face she had
grown to know In her nightmares, a
face the mere memory of which was
enough to freeze her blood. It was a ,
hideous visage, thick-lipped, llut-fi.i-Hired,
black; It was disfigured by a
scan from lip to temple and out of It
gleamed a pair of eyes distended and
ringed with white, llko the eyes of a
mnn Insane.
For an Instant Rosa .made no sound
and no effort to escape. The appari
tion robbed her of breath, It paralyzed
her In both mind nnd body. Her first
thought was that she had gone stark
mad, but she hud felt Cobo's hands
upon her once before und after her
first frozen moment of nmazement she
realized that she was In her ful'est
senses. A shriek sprang to ner lips,
she tried to light the man off, but her
weak struggle was like the llutterlng
of a bird. Cobo crushed her down,
strangling the half-uttered cry.
Terror may be so Intense, so appal
ling as to be unendurable. In Ho.-n's
case a merciful oblivion overtook her.
She felt tho world grow black, fall
away; felt herself swing dizzily
through space.
O'Hellly looked upward, inquiring,
shurnly. "What's tho matter?" He
heard a seullllng of feet above him, hut
received no answer. "Hosa! What
frightened you? Rosa I" There was a
moment of sickening suspense, then he
put his shoulder to the timbers he Imd
displaced and, with a violent shove,
succeeded In swinging them back Into
place. Lnymg hold of the rope, he be
gan to hoist himself upward. He hud
gone but n little way, however, wh-n,
without warning, his support gave way
nnd ho fell backward; the rope cmne
pouring down upon him. "Hosa!" he
called again In a voice thick from
fright. Followed nn Instnnt of sllen.-e ;
then ho flattened himself against the
side of the well und the breath stuck
in his throat.
Into the dim circle of radlanco ul.ivc
n head was thrust a head, a pair of
wide shoulders, and then two anus.
Tho figure bent closer, and O'R- illy
recognized the swarthy features of that
man he had seen at the Matatizus r.iit
road station. Thero could be no doubt
of It It was Cobo.
Tho men stared nt each other silent
ly, and of tho two Cobo appeared to be
tho moro Intensely agitated. Afur a
moment his gnzo fixed Itself upon tho
opening Into tho treasure chamber and
remained there. As If to iuuko emireiy
suro of what ho hud overheard, he
Htmtehed his bodv further, supporting
lt by his outturns urinB, then moved
:i long moment ot two he utterly disre
garded O'Hellly, but finally us he
gained more self-control his gnzo shift
ed and his expression altered. He
changed his weight to his left arm and
with his right hand he drew his re
volver. "What are you doing?" O'Reilly
cried, hoarsely.
The colonel seemed vaguely sur
prised nt this question. "Fool I Do you
expect mo to share It with you?" he In
quired. "Wait! There's enough for all of
us," O'Hellly feebly protested ; then, as
he heard the click of the cocked
weapon: "Let me out. I'll pay you
O'Hellly had been standing petrified,
his body forced tightly ugnlnst the
rough surface behind him, following
with strained fascination the deliberate
movements of the man above him ; now
he saw Cobo, without the least appar
ent reason, twist nnd shudder, saw hltn
stiffen rigidly as If seized with a sud- i
den cramp, saw his eyes dilate and
heard him heave a deep, whistling sigh.
O'Hellly could not Imagine what ailed i
the fellow. For tin eternity, so It j
seemed, Cobo remained leaning upon
his outspread arms, fixed lu thnt same
attitude of paralysis It looked almost
as If he had been startled by some'
sound close by. Hut manifestly that
wns not the cause of his hesitation, for
his face became convulsed nnd an ex-
prosslon of blank and utter astonish- .
ment was stamped upon It. The men '
stured fixedly at each other. O'Hellly ;
with his head thrown buck, Cobo with '
hhi body propped rigidly upon wooden j
arms and that peculiar shocked Inquiry
In his glaring eyes. Hut slowly this i
expression changed; the colonel bent
ns If beneath a great weight, his head
rose and turned buck upon his neck, he I
filled his lungs with another wheezing
(By Rov. I II. lTTZWATEU, D. D.,
Teacher of English Hlblo In Uio Moody
Dtblo Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright. 10IB. Iiy Wrutrrn NrvTpptr Union.)
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 1
SOME LAWS OF THE KINGDOM OF
GOD.
LESSON TEXTS-Luko 6:30-33: 21:1-4.
GOLDEN TEXT-Uemcnibor the words
of tho Lord Jesus, how ho said, It Is moro,
blessed to give than to receive. Acts 20:
So.
DEVOTIONAL READINO-II Corln
thlnns 9:0-15.
ADDITIONAL, MATERIAL FOIt
THACIIEHS-Luko 10:0: Romans 12:8; II'
Cotlnthlnns 9:G-1G; Hebrews 13:10; Ezra 1:'
2-4; I Chronicles 29:1-G.
The principles of ethics which shnlli
prevail In the earth when Jesus Christ
shall be king are entirely different
from those of the world. The worldly,
spirit nlwnys Inquires ns to what gulm
will accrue from an action or service.
Its policy Is doing good for tho sukoj
of getting good. Those who have been'
'mndo partakers of the divine nature.i
who are really subjects of tho king-'
dom, do good because they have tho
nature and spirit of God, not because
thoy expect something In return.
I. Give to Every Man That Asketh
of Thee (v. 30).
This does not menu that nny request,
thnt may be mndo by the Idle, grcedyi
und selfish should be granted. Only
evil would result from such lndlscrlml-
nlgh. Ills teeth ground together, hla j unto and unregulated giving. Such
head began to wag upon his shoulders ;
It dropped lower and lower; one hand
slipped from Its hold am! lie lurched
forward. An Instant he hung suspend
ed from the wnlst; then he appeared to
let go limply us nil resistance went out
of his big body. There came a warning
benevolence would foster Idleness and
Kelllshness. Oftentimes the worst
thing you can do for n mnn Is to glvo
him money. The drunkard will only
spend It for more drink f the gambler
will continue his dissipation. Tho
meaning then is, give to the ono ask-
rattle of dirt nnd mortar and pebbles; i lng the thing which lie needs. Tho
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the next Instant he slipped Into the
well nnd plunged headlong down upon
O'ltellly, an avalanche of lifeless llesh.
Johnnie shielded himself with his up
flung arms, but ho was driven to his
knees, and when he scrambled to his
feet, half stunned, it was to find him
self in utter darkness. There wns a
heavy weight against his legs. With a
strength born of horror and revulsion
ho freed himself; then hearing
sound and feeling no movement,
man In poverty needs to bo given a way
to earn his living, rather than to bo
fclven money without the necessity ot
labor. There is that in the human
heart which refuses charity, and
cries out for a means to honestly gain
a livelihood.
II. Of Him That Taketh Away Thy
Goods, Ask Them Not Again (v. SO).
"Ask" here means demnnd. It doubt-
no i less forbids the forcible demanding of
he ; 'tho return of that which has been
fumbled for the candle and with clumsy ' taken from ono.
fingers managed to relight It. Even ;
after the flume had leaped out and he I
paw what shared the pit with him ho !
could barely credit his senses. The na
il I. Do to Other Men ns You Would
That They Should Do Unto You (vv.
31-34).
This ethic, puts life's activities on
ture of his deliverance was uncanny, the highest possible ground. He does
It Wa3 Cobo.
well make you rich." In desperation
he raised his shaking hand to dash out
the candle, but even as he did so the
colonel spoke, nt the same time care
fully lowering the revolver hammer.
"You are right. What am I thinking
nbout? There must be no noise.
Caramba! A pretty business that
would be. wouldn't It? With my men
running up here to sec what It was
all about. No, no! No gunshots, no
disturbance of any kind. You under
stand what I mean, eh?"
Ills face twisted Into a grin ns ho
tossed the revolver aside, then under
took to detach u stone from the crum
bling emit. "No noise!" he chuckled.
"No nolso whatever."
O'Reilly, stupefied by the sudden ap
pearance ,of this monstrous creature,
.stunned by the certainty of a catas
trophe to Rosa, awoke to the fact that
this man Intended to brain him where
he stood. In a panic he cast his eyes
about him, thinking to take shelter In
the truisiire-cnve, but that retreat was
closed to him, for he hud wedged the
wooden timbers together at tho first
alnrm. Ho was llko a rat In a pit, ut
terly at the mercy of this maniac. And
Cobo wns a maniac at tho moment; lie
had so fur lost control of himself as to
allow the stone, to slip out of his grusp.
It f.ll with a thud at O'Reilly's feet,
causing tho assassin to laugh once
more.
"II". ho!" ho hiccoughed. "My fin-gi-rs
in-,, dumsy, eh? Rut thero Is no
need fir haste." Ho stretched out his
arm ng.dn, laid hold of another missile,
nnd strained to loosen It from Its bed.
".U'wt-is! Pearls the size of plums 1
And I a poor muni I can't believe it
yet." Ilo could not detach tho stone,
o he fumbled farther along tho curb
ing. "1'eurls, Indeed I I would send a
dozen men to bell for ono"
Kiinornnturnl It left him dazed. Ho
had beheld death stamped upon Cobo's
writhing face even while the fellow
braced himself to keep from falling,
but what force had effected the phe
nomenon, what unseen hnnd had strick
en him, Johnnie was at a loss to com
prebend. It seemed a miracle, Indeed,
until ho looked closer. Then he un
derstood. Cobo lay In a formless, bone
less lieup; he seemed to be all arms
nnd legs; his fuce was hidden, but be
tween his shoulders there protruded
the crude wooden handle of a home
made knife to which u loop of cord was
tied.
O'Reilly stared stupidly at the
weapon ; then he raised his eyes. Peer
ing down at him out of the night wns
another face, an Impertinent, beardless,
youthful face.
He uttered Jacket's name, and tho
boy answered with a smile. "Ilring my
knife with you wnen you come," tno
hitter directed.
"You!" The American's voice was
weak and shaky. "I thought" He set
the candle down nnd covered his eyes
momentarily.
"That's a good knife, all right, and
sharp, too. The fellow died In a hurry,
eh? Who does he happen to be?"
"Don't you know? It It's Cobo."
'Cobo! Cobo, the buby-klllorl"
Jacket breathed an oath. "Oh, that
blessed knife!" Tho boy craned his
small body forward until he was In
danger of following his victim. "Now,
this is good luck indeed ! And to think
that ho died just llko any other man."
"Rosa 1 Where Is she?" O'Reilly In
quired in n new agony of apprehension.
"Oh, sho Is here," Jacket assured
him, carelessly. "I think sho has
fainted." ,
"Help mo out, quick I Here, cntch
this rope." Johnnie managed to fling '
tho coll within reach of his little friend
and n moment later he had hoisted
himself from that pit of tragedy.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
One-Man Pontoons,
niiltdlnir brldccs under fire, tho
greatest ordeal that tho army engi
neers of other cnmpnlgns were sub
jected to, bids fair to go out of fash
Ion. In future u regiment going across
n stream will, if n recent Invention
meets with approval, merely wado Into
the stream and drift across, meuntlmo
utilizing both hands to manipulate his
rifle.
Tho new Invention Is n sort of glori
fied "water, wings" arrangement and
Is adapted to tho fording of deep
streams without tho necessity of
bridge building. Tho encircling buoy
is blown up by tho soldier. It holds
him upright lu tho water with his
shoulders and arms clear of the sur
face. In experiments recently con
ducted n man inado several bull's
eyes on a target 300 yards away whllo
floating across tho stream.
Not Always.
"Tho young fellow who's calling on
your dnughter, Smith, has n lot of
go' In him."
"Not nny to notice when ho'fl callln?
on my duujfhterv"
not say, refrain from doing that which
you would not llko to ho done to you,
us even Confucius taught; but to pos
itively make tho rule of your life tho
doing to others as you would wish
them to do unto you. Loving thoso
who love us, doing good to thoso who
do good to us, nnd lending to thoso
from whom wo hope to receive, Is just
what all the sinners of tho world nro
doing. The child of the kingdom of
Christ Is to be different.
IV. Love Your Enemies (v. 35).
Thnt which Is natural to the human
heart Is to hate the enemy. To love
In the real sense menus to sincerely
desire tho good of even one's enemy
nnd willingness to do anything pos
sible to bring that good. Such uctlon
Is only possible to those who havo
been bom again. Christ loved thoso
who hated him. Ho wns willing even
to die for his enemies.
V. Lend, Hoping for Nothing Again
(v. 35).
This Is whnt the Heavenly Father Is
constnntly doing. Ho Is kind nnd grn
clous unto the unthankful and tho
wicked. Ho sends his rnln and sun
shine upon tho unjust nnd sinners. Ilo
makes fruitful the toll of those who
i blaspheme his name. lie thus does be
j cause it Is his nature to so do.
VI. Be Merciful (v. 30).
Tho example for the Imitation of the
disciple Is tho Heavenly Father.
VII. Judge Not (v. 37).
I To judge docs not mean tho placing
1 of Just estlmutes upon men's uctlons
' and lives, for, "By their fruits ye shall
1 know them." Tho trco Is Judged by
I tho fruit it bears. Tho thorn trco does
not bear figs, nor the applo trco bear
grapes. Our only way of discerning
, tho chnracter of men and women Is
their nctlons. That which Is con
demned is censorious Judgment tho
Impugning of motives.
VIM. Condemn Not (v. 37).
This means that wo should not pass
Bcntenco upon men for their acts, for
to their own master they stand or fall
(Rom. 14:4). Tho real reason why
such nctlon is not wnrranted Is that
tho bias of our hearts nnd tho limita
tion of our Judgments render it Im
possible to righteously and intelli
gently pass judgment.
IX. Forgive (v. 37.)
Those who forgive shall ho forgiven.
Tho ono who has realized tho forgiv
ing mercy of God will bo gruclous nnd
forgiving toward others.
XL Liberality Determined by What
Is Left (Luke 21:1-4).
The rich cast Into the treasury much,
but It was from their abundance. Tho
poor widow cast In all that she had;
there was nothing left. God estimates
n gift by what one has left, not. by
tho size of tho gtft. To glvo tho wid
ow's mlto Is to give nil. For tho mil
lionaire to glvo tho widow's mlto would
menu for him to give his millions.
Genius and Taste.
To sny nothing of Pis holiness or
authority tho lllblo contains moro
specimens of genius nnd tnsto than
ny other volume In existence. Lan-lor.
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