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> a of the two old men mot ;
ster flushed slightly , while
dry HpB assumed the shape
taken when one is about to
longed whistle ; but no sound
did your reverence find the
On the dooratane , did you
nister nodded. Thereupon
valkcd over to the chair , put
of brass-rimmed spectacles ,
cted the child much as his
d done , but with prolonged
us shakes of the head ,
reserve us a' ! " he muttered.
> n , " cried Mr. Lorraine im-
"wlut's to be done ? "
i scratched his head , then
ghtened with sudden inspira-
e answered :
2 thing whaur ye found him.
oorstane. Lea' him there
o' ocrs. Maybe the mither
back and take him awa' . "
inister's face flushed indig-
h a night as this ! Solomon *
: kit. if you have no more
advice than that to offer ,
; o back to bed. "
i was astonished. Seldom
en his master exhibit such
tempered with indignation ,
ing how to reply , he effected
n.
" he said , still inspecting the
it were some curious species
be cratur's wrlngin' wat ! "
is the fact , though it had es-
mlnister's agitated scrutiny.
1 and under-dress of the in-
soaked with rain or melted
my soul ! " cried Lorraine ,
own by Solomon's side ; "and
body is quite cold. Fetch
ipson at once. "
i shook his head ,
i away the night wl * her
t the Mearns. "
here's only one thing to be
ed Mr. Lorraine , with sud-
on. ' 'We must undress the
ace and put him to bed , and
rning we can decide how to
j leave him like this he will
d. "
m to bed- ! echoed Solomon ,
room , Solomon , unless you
j to take him with you. "
il I'm no used wi' bairns ,
sleep a wink ! "
e shall stay with me. Look ,
now pretty he is , how bright
ire ! Fetch me a blanket at
warm it by the fire. "
i left the room. The minis-
the burden in his arms , and
SPTER i the hearth. Then ,
and awkwardly , he undid
and put it aside ; loosened
outer garments , which were
and drew them gently off.
iged , the good man was in-
icture to see his soft eyes
irith leve and tenderness , his
led and troubled , his little
nds at work with clumsy
i entered with a blanket ,
for a minute at the fire , and
> d it softly under the child ,
aw x lay mother-naked as
I bright a little cherub as
mother's milk.
j the sexton uttered an ex-
reserve us all. It's no a man-
It's a wee lassie ! "
raine started , trembled and
Dpped his load ; then , bash-
tenderly , he wrapped the
ike ; around the infant , leav-
s face visible ,
lassie , " he said , "the Lord
in our keeping ! "
; to the hearth-rug , Solomon
n it a tiny chemise which
there , and examined it with
horror. Suddenly his eyes
something which had es-
Lorraine's nervous gaze ,
the chemise was a piece of
i some writing upon it
meenister ! " cried Solomon ,
the paper and holding it up ;
letter addressed to yoursel'
11 read it ? "
ly. " „
alomon read , in his own
jnt , which we will not re-
tese words , which were writ-
clear : though tremulous fe-
Lorraine By the time you
: he writer will be lying dead
a Annan "Water. You are a.
and a clergyman. Keep the
gift of God , and as you use
Dd use you ! "
ls all. Solomon stammered
e words in horror , while Mr.
[ steaed in genuine stonish-
meenlster1" exclaimed Solo-
nantly. "Did I no' tell ye ?
dal. an outrage ! Keep the
eed , ttfd a woman-bairn !
tion ! "
Solomon , " interposed the
ile7.in'y. "I begin to see the
i i In this. "
the bedclothes , he placed
In a iozy spot , and arranged
ts tenderly around it.
oloittca ! Is Bhe .not bonny ? "
Solomon gave a grunt of doubtful
approval.
"Good night , Solomon/ ' continued
the minister.
A word of'protest was on the sex-
tdu's tongue , but he checked it in time ;
then with one last stare of amazement ,
perplexity and surprise he left the
room.
"The warl's comin * to an en' . " he
muttered , as he ascended the stairs to
his room. "A woman-bairn in oor
house ! a lassie in the minister's ain
bed ! Weel , weel , weel ! "
Meantime , Mr. Lorraine sat by the
bedside , looking at the child , who had
almost immediately fallen asleep.
Presently he reached out his arm and
took one of her little hands into his
own , and his eyes were dim and his
soul was traveling back to the paBt !
Hours passed thus , and he still sat in
a dream.
"Marjorie , my bonny dee ! " he mur
mured aloud again. "Is this indeed a
gift from God and you ? "
CHAPTER III.
VJcL/ \ _
T FIVE clock the
next morning ,
when Solomon
Mucklebackit , can
dle in hand , de
scended the stairs ,
he found the min
ister sitting by the
bedside fast asleep ,
with his gray head
resting on the side
of the pillow , and
his right arm outstretched over the
counterpane above the still slumber
ing child. At the sound of Solomon's
entrance , however , Mr. Lorraine awoke
at once , rubbed his eyes , and looked
in a dazed way around him ; then his
eyes fell upon the infant , and his
face grew bright as sunshine.
"Bless -meenister ! Hae ye been
watching here a' nicht ? "
" 'I fell to sleep , " was the reply , "and
I was dreaming , Solomon , such 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 Scotch
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
siiOW was thicKly falling , 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.
"What's to be done now ? " asked
Solomon , gloomily. "I maun awa' an'
feenish the grave , but Mysie will be
here at six. "
"I will watch until Mysie comes , "
answered Mr. Lorraine ; then , bending
over the bed , he continued : "See , Solo
mon , my man , how soundly she sleeps ,
and how pretty she looks. "
Soloman grunted and moved toward
the door.
' "Will I put on the parrltch mysel' ? "
he demanded. "Ye maun be wanting
something after sic a night. "
"Nothing , nothing. Go on to the
kirkyard. "
An hour later , when the old woman
appeared , having let herself in by a
key at the back door , she was at once
apprised of the situation. Having
learned by old habit to keep her
thoughts to herself , and being of kind
ly disposition , and the mother of a
large grown-up family , she at once ,
without questioning , entered upon her
duties as nuwe. The child having
wakened , crying , she took it up in her
arms and hushed it upon her bosom ,
where it soon became still ; then , pass
ing to the kitchen , she warmed some
new milk , and fed itwith a spoon.
By this time day had broken , and
when he had seen the child comfort
ably cared for , the minister put on hi3
cloak and walked forth to make in
quiries.
The village consisted of one strag
gling 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 the threshold with a drowsy
stare , having just thrown open the
door ; and on questioning him Mr. Lor
raine gained his first and only piece
of information. A woman , strange to
the place , had entered the inn over
night , carrying an infant underneath
her shawl , and asked for a glass of
milk , which she had drunk hastily and
flitted away like a ghost. Her face
was partially hidden , but Jock was
certain that she was a stranger. Stay ! .
yes , there was something more. She
had inquired for the manse , and the
inn-keeper had pointed out the direc
tion of the church and the minister's
abode.
Further inquiries up and down the
-village elicited no further information.
Perplexed and weary , the good man
trotted back to the manse. Here , in
the rudely-furnished kitchen , he found
a bright fire ourning , his breakfast
ready , and Mysie seated by the ingle-
side with the child in her lap , in
voluble conversation with the old sex-
toa.
„
The wretched mother , whoever sh
was , had indeed chosen wisely when
she had resolved , while determining
to abandon her Infant , to leave It at
: the gentle" minister' door. Days
passed , and in spite of Solomon's pro
testations , it was still -an inmate of
the manse. Mysie Simpson under
stood 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 the bur
den of twenty years had been taken
from his shoulders ; had it indeed been
his own offspring he could not have
been more anxious or more tender.
And Solomon Mucklebackit , despite his
assumption of sternness and Indigna
tion , was secretly sympathetic. He ,
too , had a tender corner in his heart ,
which the child's Innocent beauty did
not fail to touch.
One morning , some seven or eight
days after the arrival of the infant , '
v. hen the Btorms had blown themselves
hoarse ' , and a dull black thaw had suc-
cseded the falling and drifting snow ,
news came to ; he manse that the body
of a woman had been found lying on
the brink of the Annan , just where its
waters meet the wide sands of the
Solway , and mingle with the salt
stream of the ocean tide. Greatly agi
tated , Mr. Lorraine mounted his pony ,
and at once rode along the lonely high
way which winds through ttie fiat
reaches of the Moss. Arriving close
to the great sands , he was directed tea
a disused outbuilding or barn , belong
ing to a large sea-facing , and standing
some hundred yards above high-water
mark. A group of fishermen and peas
ant men and women were clustered at
the door ; at his approach the men lift
ed their hats respectfully , and the
women courtesied.v
f
On making inquries , the minister
learned that the body had been dis
covered at daybreak by some salmon
fishers , when netting the river at the
morning tide. They had at once given
the alarm , and carried "it" up to the
dilapidated barn where it was then
lying.
The barn was without a door , and
partially roofless. Day and night the
salt spray of the ocean was blown up
on it , incrusting its black sides with a
species 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 bare headed.
Stretched upon the earthen floor was
what seemed at first rather a shapeless
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
back 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 unrecognizable , 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 hfmthe
minister trembled and prayed. Then ,
d'awlng the covering still lower , he
caught a glimpse of the delicate hand
clutched as in the agonies of death ;
and sparkling on .the middle fingerB
thereof was a slender ring of gold.
- "God forgive me , " he murmured to
himself ; "if this is the mother of the
\hild : , I did he. a cruel wrong. "
"He stood gazing and praying for
some time , his eyes were dim with
sympathetic tears ; then , after replac
ing the covering reverently , he turn
ed away and passed through the group
which clustered , watching him , at tha
door.
( TO BE CONTINUED. )
The Mashonnland Boll.
No doubt the 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 by 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 , noseless wreck of rags that
has been its favorite hitherto ! Some
thing causes other children , besides
Helen's babies , to dislike "buyed dollies -
lies , 12' 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
Mashonaland. It is an innocent , arm
less sort of affair , without any such dis
figurement as waist or shoulders might
cause , no knee joints to get unfastened ,
and nothing at the end of its legs to
cause expense at the shoemaker's. As
regards dress , it is inexpensive , the
whole suit of apparel consisting of a
piece of string threaded through a hole
humanely bored through the head. *
The Strand.
Xovelty in Type Material.
A new idea in type material is the
combination of glass with celluloid or
hard rubber. The body of the type is
made of rubber or celluloid upon which
glass-topped letters are firmly cement
ed. In order that the face of the type
in the form may not touch , the ex
treme face is a trifle smaller than the
body portion. Great advantages are
claimed' for this sort of type , among
them being that glass will wear very
much longer than metal , and the print
will therefore he sharper and clearer.
-With the slightly elastic base and the
small sections in which the letters are
made there is but little danger of
breakage , even with very rapid work
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TALMA&E'S SEKMOtf.
"LIKE THE STARS. " LAST SUN
DAY'S SUBJECT.
'
From the Text , Daniel xil , S : "Thoy
That Torn Many to Itis'itruitH-
new Shall faliluu u * the Star * rormer
and fever. "
t
VEItY man has a
thousand roots and
a thousand
# branches. His roots
reach down
through all the
< S § > earth ; his branches
-dfT TY C * spread through all
iQpiy tes. the heavens. He
• wnEQrgSHP speaks with voice ,
< y& "f with eye , with
hand , with foot.
His silence often is loud as thunder ,
and his 'life is a dirge or a doxology.
There is no such thing as negative in
fluence. We are all positive in the
place we occupy , making the world
better or making it worse , on the
Lord's side or on the devil's , making
up reasons for our blessedness or ban
ishment ; and we have already done
work in peopling heaven or hell. I
hear people tell of what they are going
tc do. A man who has burned down a
city might as well talk of some evil
that he expects to do , or a man who has
saved an empire might as well talk of
some good that he expects to do. By
the force of your evil influence you
have already consumed infinite values ;
or you have by the power of a right
influence , won whole kingdoms for
God.
It would be absurd lor me , by elab
orate argument , to prove that the
world is off the track. You might as
well stand at the foot of an embank
ment , amid the wreck of a capsized
rail-train , proving by elaborate argu
ment that something is out of order.
Adam tumbled over the embankment
sixty centuries ago , and the whole
race , in one long train , has gone on
tumbling in the same direction. Crash !
crash ! The only question now is , by
what leverage can the crushed thing
be lifted ? By what hammer may the
fragments be reconstructed ? I want
to show you how we may turn many
to righteousness , and what will be our
future pay for so doing. ,
First. We may turn them by the
charm of a right example. A child
coming from a filthy home was taught
at school to wash its face. It went
home so much improved in appearance
that its mother washed herface. , And
when the father of the household came
home and saw the improvement in
domestic appearance , he washed hi3
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 Its 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 his
face and holy consistency in his be
havior is a perpetual sermon ; and the
sermon differs from others in that it
has but one head , and the longer it
runs the better.
Again : We may turn many to right
eousness by prayer. There is no such
detective as prayer , for no one 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 sea to another continent ;
nor can we , with our small intellect ,
understand how the touch of a Chris
tian's prayer shall instantly strike a
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 to America
and the message gets here at six
o'clock the same morning. In other
words it seems to arrive here five
hours before it started. Like that is
prayer. God says : "Before they call ,
I will hear. " To overtake a loved one
on the road , you may spur up a lather
ed steed until he shall outrace the one
that brought the news to Ghent ; but
a prayer shall catch it at one gallop.
A boy running away from home may
take the midnight train from the coun
try village and reach the seaport in
time to gain the ship that sails on the
morrow ; but a mother's prayer will
be on the deck to meet him , and in
the hammock before he swings into it ,
and at the capstan before he winds the
rope around , and on the sea , against
the sky , as the vessel ploughs on
toward it. There is a mightiness in
prayer. George Muller prayed a com
pany of poor boys together , and then
he prayed up an asylum in which they
might be sheltered. He turned his face
toward Edinburgh and prayed and
there came a thousand pounds. He
turned his face toward Dublin and
prayed , and there came a thousand
pounds. The breath of Elijah's prayer
blew all the clouds off the sky , and it
was dry weather. The breath of Eli
jah's prayer blew all the clouds to
gether , and it was wet weather. Pray
er , in Daniel's time , walked the cave
as a lion-tamer. It reached up , and
took the sun by its golden bit , and
stopped it , and the moon by its silver
bit. and stopped it
We have all yet to try the full power
of prayer. The time will come when
the American Church will pray with
its face toward the West and all the
prairies and inland cities will surrend
er to God ; and will pray with face
toward the sea , and all the islands
and ships will become Christian. Pa
rents who have wayward sons will get
down on their knees and say : "Lord ,
send my boy home , " and the boy in
Canton shall get right up from the
gaming-table , and go down to find out
which ship starts .first for America.
Not one of us yet knows how to
pray. All we have done as yet has only
been pottering. A boy gets hold of his
father's saw and hammer , and tries to
make something , but it Is n poor affair
that ho makes. The father comes ami
takes the same saw and hammer , and
builds the house or the ship. In the
childhood of our Christian faith , we
make but poor work with these weap
ons of prayer , but when wo come to
the stature of men in Christ Jesus ,
then , under these implements , the
temple of God will rise , and the world's
redemption will be launched. God
cares 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 ; but it is the faith in
them that tells. Believing prayer
soars higher than the lark ever sang ;
plunges deeper than diving-bell ever
sank ; darts quicker than lightning
ever flashed. Though we have used
only the back of this weapon instead
'
of the edge , what marvels have been
wrought ! If saved , we are all the cap
tives of some earnest prayer. Would
God that , in desire for the rescue of
souls , we might in prayer lay hold of
the resources of the Lord Omnipotent !
We may turn many to righteousness
by Christian admonition. Do not wait
until you can make a formal speech.
Address the one next to you. You will
not go heme alone to-day. Between
this and your place of stopping you
may decide the eternal destiny of an
immortal "spirit. Just one sentence
may do the work. Just one question.
Just one look. The formal talk that
begins with a sigh , and ends with a
canting snuffle , is not what is wanted ,
but the heart throb of * a man in dead
earnest. There is not a soul on earth
that you may not bring to"God if you
rightly go at it. They said Gibraltar
could not be taken. It is a rock , six
teen hundred feet high , and three
miles long. But the English and Dutch
did take it. Artillery , and sappers and
miners , and fleets pouring out volleys
of death , and thousands of men reck
less of danger , can do anything. The
stoutest heart of sin , though it be rock ,
and surrounded by an ocean of trans
gression , under Christian bombard
ment may hoist the flag of redemption.
Again : Christian workers shall .be
like the stars in the fact that they have
a light independent of each other. Look
up at the night , and see each world
show its distinct glory. It is not like
the conflagration , in which you cannot
tell where one flame stops and another
begins. Neptune , Herschel , and Mer
cury are as distinct as if each one of
them were the only star ; so our in
dividualism will not be lost in heaven.
A great multitude yet each one as ob
servable , as distinctly recognized , as
greatly celebrated , as if in all the
space , from gate to gate , and from hill
to hill , he were the only inhabitant ; no
mixing up no mob no indiscriminate
rush ; each Christian worker standing
out illustrious all the story of earthly
achievement adhering to each one ; his
self-denials and pains and services and
victories published. Before men went
out to the last war , the orators told
them that they would all be remember
ed by their country , and their names
be commemorated in poetry and in
song ; but go to the graveyard in Richmond
mend , and you will find there six thou
sand graves , over each of which is the
inscription , "Unknown. " The world
does not remember its heroes ; but
there will be no unrecognized Christian
worker in heaven. Each one known by
all ; grandly known ; known by accla
mation : all the past story of work forGed
God gleaming in cheek and brow and
foot and palm. They shall shine with
distinct light as the stars , forever and
ever.
Again : Christian workers shall
shine like the stars in clusters. In
looking up , you find the worlds 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 , sailing through immensity. So
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 oth
ers. Yonder is a constellation of
stately Christians. They lived on
earth by rigid rule. They never laugh
ed. They walked every hour anxious
lest they should lose their dignity.
They loved God. and yonder they shine
in brilliant constellation. Yet I should
not long to get into that particular
group. Yonder is a constellation of
small-hearted Christians asteroids in
the eternal astronomy. While some
souls go up from Christian battle ,
and blaze like Mars these asteroids dart
a feeble ray like Vesta. Yonder is a
constellation of martyrs , of apostles , of
patriarchs. Our souls , as the } ' go up to
heaven , will seek out the most con
genial society.
Yonder is a constellation almost mer
ry with the play of light. On earth
thej' were full of sympathies and songs
and tears and raptuies and congratula
tions. When they prayed their words
took fire ; when they sang , the tune
could not hold them ; when they wept
over a world's woes , they sobbed as if
heart-broken ; when they worked for
Christ , they flamed with enthusiasm.
Yonder they are circle of light ! con
stellation of joy ! galaxy of fire ! Oh ,
that you and I. by that grace which can
transform the worst into the best ,
might at last sail in the wake of that
Beet , and wheel in that glorious group ,
as the stars for ever and ever !
Again : Christian workers will shine
like the stars in swiftness of motion.
The worlds do not stop to shine. There
are no fixed stars save as to relative
position. The star apparently most
fixed flies thousands of miles a minute.
The astronomer , using his telescope for
an alpenstock , leaps from world-crag
to world-crag , and finds no star stand-
Ing still. The chamois hunter has to J
I fly to catch his prey , but not so swift 1
is his game as that which the scientist J
[ trios to shoot through the tower of ob- |
servntory. LlkB petrels mid-Atlantic. |
that seem to come from no shorQ , and !
be bound to no landing place flying ,
flying so these great flocks of worlds
rt'st not as they go wing and wing
age after agi < for ever and over. The
eagle hastes to its prey , but we shall
in speed beat the eagles. You hnve no
ticed the velocity of the swift horse i
under whose feet the miles slip like I
a smooth ribbon , and , as he passes , the If
four hoofs strike the earth In such M
quick beat , your pulses take the same 3
vibration. But all these things are not jj
swift in comparison with the motion
of which I speak. The moon moves-
54,000 miles In a day. Yonder , Nep
tune flashes on 11,000 miles in an hour.
Yonder , Mercury goes 109,000 miles in
an hour. So like the stars the Chris
tian shall shine in swiftness of motion.
You hear now of father or mother or
child sick 2,000 miles away , and it takes1
you two days to get to them. You hear
of some case of suffering that demands
your immediate attention , but It take3 ; ;
you an hour to get there. Oh , the joy m
when you shallln fulfilment of the text , m
take starry Bpeed.and be equal to 100,000. •
miles an hour ! Having on earth got1 m
used to Christian work , you will not M
quit when death strikes you. You will ] m
only take on more velocity. There Is , W
a dying dhlld in London and its spirit jf
must be taken up to God ; you are there , n' '
in an instant to do it. There is ai jf
young man in New York to be arrested a
from going into that gate of sin ; you B
are there in an instant to arrest him. , wi
Whether with spring of foot , or stroke1
of wing , or by the force of some new1 ff
law that shall hurl you to the spot ! ft
where you would go. I know not ; butt
my text suggests velocity. All space I
open bffore you with nothing to hinden jH
you in mission of light and love and' ' M
joy. you shall shine in swiftness of motion - M
tion as the stars for ever and ever. II
Again : Christian workers , like the El
stars , shine in magnitude. The most M
illiterate man knows that these things' SI
in the sky , looking like gilt buttons , , II
arc great masses of matter. To weigh ! Ijl
them , one would think that it would re- II
quire scales with a pillar hundreds of } IH
thousands of miles high , and chainal M
hundreds of thousands of miles long.l fl
and at the bottom the chains basins on II
either side hundreds of thousands ofi II
miles wide , and that then omnipotence ! SI
alone could put the mountains into the ! II
scales and the "hills into the balance. II
But puny man has been equal to th % | l
undertaking , and has set a little bal- IB
ance on his geometry , and weighed * [
world against world. Yea , he has pulled - [ H
ed out his measuring line , and anIfl '
nounced that Herschel is 36,000 miles. > 'I
in diameter , Saturn 79,000 miles in , j
diameter , and Jupiter 89,000 miles in , H
diameter , and that the smallest pearl : [ ( H
on the beach of heaven Is immense be- j |
yond all imagination. So all they who. 'H '
have toiled for Christ on earth shall' 'H '
rise up to a magnitude of privilege , and. M
a nagnitude of strength , and a magnl- < < ' |
tude of holiness , and a magnitude of l M
joy ; and the weakest saint in glory be- Ij M
come greater than all that we can imagine - M
agine of an archangel. M
Brethren , "It doth not yet appear M
what we shall be. " Wisdom that shall M
know everything ; wealth that shalL , H
possess everything ; strength that shalL ' H
do everything ; glory that shall circumscribe - H
scribe evrything ! We shall not be like H
a taper set In a sick man's window , or H
a bundle of sticks kindled on the beach. H
to warm a shivering crew ; but you * H
must take the diameter and the cir- H
oumference of the world if you would H
get any Idea of the greatness of our H
estate when we shall shine as the stars j H
for ever and ever. H
Lastly and coming to this point my H
mind almost breaks down under the H
contemplation like the stars , all H
Christian workers shall shine in dura- H
tion. The same stars that look down H
upon us looked down upon the Christian - H
tian shepherds. The meteor that I saw j H
flashing across tha sky the other night. H
I wonder if it was not the same one H
that pointed down to where Jesus lay H
in the manger , and if , having pointed H
out his birthplace , it has ever since l H
been wandering through the heavens. H
watching to see how the world would H
treat htim ! When Adam awoke In the H
garden in the cool of the day. he savr H
coming out through the dusk of the- H
evening the same worlds that grpeted H
us last night. H
In Independence hall is an old cracked H
bell that sounded the signature of the H
Declaration of Independence. You cannot - H
not ring it now ; but this great chime H
of silver bells that strike in ttie dome | H
of night , ring out in as sweet a tone as M
when God swung them at the Creation. M
Look up at night , and know that the | H
white lilies that bloom in all the hanging - M
ing gardens of our King are century M
plants not blooming once in a hundred M
years , but through all the centuries. M
The star at which thp mariner looks M
tonight - was the light by which the M
ships of Tarshish were guided across. M
the Mediterranean , and the Venetian M
flotilla found its way into Lepanto. M
Their armor is as bright tonight as M
when , in ancient battle , the stars in. H
: heir courses fought against Sisera. j |
Corked Kettle * at Sea. j |
Numbers of experiments have been. H
Bade to test the speed and destination. H
3f corked bottles thrown into the sea H
it various portions of the world. The |
jiost remarkable example ever heard oC H
was that in which a bottle traveled M
5,000 miles in about two years and a H
ialf , roughly , at the- rate of six and a |
lalf miles a day. It traveled from 63 |
leg. south latitude and 60 deg. west : |
ongtitude to Western Australia. a |
Baron Krnpp'a Business Card. 3 l
Baron Krupp , the great German iron- u l
naster , uses for visiting cards very thio H
.heets of rolled iron. M
The rich fool frowns on one halt th * |
world , and envies the other half , - • * H