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Diana , who feared him with an in-
.tcnsity that increased as time sped by ,
was left more and more alone in the
little set of rooms at Montreal , until
Hfo became a dull and hopeless bur
den for her. There was no ray of in
terest In her heavy face tonight as she
aaked for her husband's news. Paul
on the other hand , was quivering with
unrepressed excitement.
"I have got a fortune in my fingers ,
Diana a. fortune , I tell you ! " he said
jubilantly , as he drew up his chair to
the little round supper table , from
which Diana had risen to greet him.
Paul had so often brought home
fortunes that seemed at his fingers'
ends fortunes that crumpled into dust
ere they were grasped that she felt
little or no interest in them now. She
was growing tired of the whole thing ,
particularly as she was now cut off
from all participation in her husband's
more Intellectual ventures.
"I can't ace what good it's going to
do you , " she said at last , when he had
explained. "I guess this girl ain't go
ing to die off to suit you , Paul , and you
can't live on that bit of paper. "
"What fools women are ! " savagely
broke in Paul. And his dark face took
on an ugly look as he remembered that
men , likewise , could be fools , when
they saddled themselves with such
burdens as that of the heavy , dejected
woman opposite him.
. "I'm going to Europe tomorrow
to England , " he said shortly.
Diana looked up from her pie. "Shall
you be gone long this time , Paul ? "
"I can't quite say , " slowly said the
scientist. "It "will depend on many
things. But I promise you , Diana , that
I shan't come back until I've got this
in my clutch in hard cash. " Paul's
fingers played with the sheet of paper
outspread before him.
Diana Andsell shivered , and her
white , fair face grew still more pallid
in hue. That this man , her husband ,
was capable of the vilest scheming to
win his way she already knew. Noth
ing was sacred from such an arch-
plotter. And as she furtively watched
his frowning , dark face while be pored
over the handwriting before him , Di
ana told herself half fearfully that
Paul Andsell would keep his promise.
No would return to her with the for
tune , or he would never come back at
all.
CHAPTER VII.
It was Christmas Eve , and true old-
fashioned Christmas weather.
The country round Temple-Dene
was glittering with hoar-frost , every
tree shining and sparkling in the sun ,
every pond and stream and pool fast
bound in ice.
The low , red sun of the afternoon
was shining full on the old house , sur
rounded by the frost-silvered pines ,
and its many windows twinkled a
brilliant welcome to the expected heir
and his bride.
There had been a great stir , a sim
mer of wild excitement , under the old
roof during the weeks preceding
Christmas.
Lady Jane had done wonders in
freshening up the tarnished and faded
glories of the home. She had a free
hand , to be sure , in her wholesale im
provements ; for could not Gervis af
ford -to pay any amount of bills that
might ensue ?
"If I could only rouse up poor dear
Francis , before they come home , " the
busy lady said , energetically.
But the master of Temple-Dene was
the sole member of the house indiffer
ent to the advent of the heir and his
bride. Amid the turmoil of prepara
tion he sat listless and silent in his
library , "the world forgetting , by the
world forgot"
If it had not been for Leila Des
mend , it would have fared ill for the
stricken man. The gentle-natured
girl , with heart full of womanly in
stincts , felt irresistibly drawn to the
lonely , silent man. He and she had a
.grief in common , and it bound them
-together. It was only at the sound of
Leila's sweet voice , and the touch of
Leila's tender hand , that Francis Tem-
jpleton ever stirred from his trance of
misery.
But even Leila could not make the
unhappy man comprehend that Tem
ple-Dene was saved , nor could he take
In the meaning of the light-hearted
p preparations going on around.
"I'm glad , glad , that Uncle Francis
H doesn't care , that he won't care ! " said
little Syb almost viciously to her elder
sister.
The misshapen girl looked on almost
Hft as gloomily at the hurry and fuss as
did the master of the house. She
clenched her thin little fingers every
time the bland , self-satisfied tones , so
new in Lady Jane's voice , fell on her
ft ear.
ear."Little Syb" Leila turned her wist
ful eyes on the girl "it hurts me when
you speak so ! " *
"Hurts you ? Oh , I could beat you ,
Leila , if I didn't love you so dreadful
ly that I should kill anyone who struck
you ! Hurt you ? Oh , why were you
made so good and I made so bad ? All
the time I am wishing that some ac
cident will happen to those two a
shipwreck or a railway collision and
that they will never , never reach Tem
ple-Dene ! "
"Syb ! " again cried Leili , And this
limo she gathered the -distorted little
Ogure on her lap , and laid her own
against--the passion-
> BOft < rouud cheeks -
whlto lips. "What > has come to you ,
my dear one ? Have you forgotten
that 'Love worketh no 111 to this
neighbor , therefove love is the fulfill
ing of the law' ? How can you 'put
on the Lord Jesus Christ , ' who -lied
for you and me , and for those who are
coming home to us , if you let yourself
say such things ? I know it is only
saying them I cannot believe you
think them. " Leila's fresh mouth
kissed the angry eyes.
"But I do think them ! I feel what
I say. Leila , -what right has that Amer
ican girl to take your Gervis from you ?
Everybody knows it was you he want
ed all the time , not any other. And
everybody about the place is saying
so ! " hotly said little Syb.
"Hush ! " Leila winced at Syb's last
words. "As for her right , we must re
member every minute in the day that
God has given her that right as as
Gervis' wife. "
Bravely the words came , but they
wrung the heart of the gentle speaker.
"And , Syb , can't you take it in , once
and for all , that we are not sent into
the world to snatch at as much happiness -
pinoss and self-pleasing as we can ? In
order to copy our dear Lord , even
faintly , we must each give up some
thing , and go on giving up until the
end comes. If Gervis had not given
up his his wishes , the old home would
have been wrecked , his parents would
have been beggars. I I think it a
great thing to sacrifice all yourself for
those dear and near. Syb , I could give
up anything for you. "
"Fore me ? Could you , Leila ? Such
a miserable , humpy , crooked little
thing as I ? "
Syb's lips quivered.
"What matters it whether our bodies
are straight or crooked ? It is our
souls that will live by and by in Para
dise , if they are straight and true , the
homes of pure thoughts and gentle
deeds. Oh , Syb , try and cast out that
passionate nature of yours. And when
Gervis brings home his bride , let -us
be loving and kind to her , a stranger
amid us all think of it ! "
"But shall you-Leila ? " tSyb stared.
"Shall you really welcome her and be
nice to her you ? " she demanded ,
wonderstruck at such a possibility.
"God helping me , I shall , " gravely
said Leila , and she meant it.
It was not that her old love for
Gervis had died a sudden death ; but
because he was now the husband of
another woman , bound to love and
care for her "until death them di
part , " that Leila could put him ou
of her life , save as the man who had
saved his old home and his parents
from earthly ruin.
If Gervis could attain to such a sac
rifice as he had made , could she her
self not imitate his self-abnegation in
her life ? And the passion-distraught
little sister must be brought round
somehow , and taught to welcome the
new comer into the family.
It was a difficult task to persuade the
untamable spirit. Though Syb was but
thirteen years of age , she had a grown
up mind and one as distorted as her
poor little body.
"I should like to see her lying dead
that American girl ! " said the deformed
gill when Leila's persuasive voice
ceased. "You see , " went on Syb , "if
she were dead , Gervis would have all
her money , of course , and he could ,
marry you. "
Leila groaned. This horrible , in
human wish was the only result of her
efforts to soften the ungoverned heart.
"That's why I keep on wishing
something would happen to them ! "
vehemently insisted Syb.
"Happen to whom ? " Lady Jane's
voice startled the sisters , and Syb slip
ped off Leila's knee. "I've just had a
wire from Gervis. " They are in London
and will be here today , " she went on
hurriedly. "And they are bringing a
friend with them , a Mr. Ansdell. I
fancy it is the same man who saved
the whole train , you remember , from
a terrible fire in the midst of the prai
ries. "
"Yes , 'Ansdell * was that man's name ,
dear aunty , " said Leila , "a Avell-known
scientist , Gervis said he was. "
Leila spoke the name of her lover
she had lost in a controlled , calm voice.
The help she had sought was vouch
safed her abundantly.
"Well , we must be good to him in
that case. But. our bouse has been
filling up this week until there's hard
ly a decent room left for this stranger.
And , Leila , my dear , I want your help
again. Our arrangements are not
quite finished. "
Lady Jane rushed off as rapidly as
she had come.
There was to be a large party of old
and young on Christmas night at Tem
ple-Dene. For years there had been
almost no entertaining in the partially-
ruined home. The Christmas gather
ing was , therefore , looked forward to
by the neighborhood with keen expec
tation.
"It is to be quite an old-fashioned
Christmas party , with a tree and blind-
man's buff and romps neither more
nor less , " Lady Jane , warned them.
"It should have been , properly speak
ing , on Christmas eve ; but our dear
young people will "not arrive until that
day , so our merry-making must be on
the twenty-fifth. "
It was late afternoon when the fam
ily carriage , newly furnished , came up
the steeps from the roadside station ,
and reached the Temple-Dene avenue
of tall firs , whose stately trunks were
redding in the sun's dying glare.
"We're at home now , Gladdy ! We're
on our own land at last. Welcome ,
dear wife , to Temple-Dene ! "
Gervis bent forward and lifted In his
the little hands lying listlessly on
Gladdy's lap. Perhaps , if they two
hau been alone , he would hav'e kissed
his welcome as well as said it ; but they
were not alone. From a corner of the
roomy old carriage a pair of dark rest
less eyes roved over the snow-covered
landscape.
Gladdy , at her husband's words'lift
ed her head to look out also , and it
was startling to note how she had al
tered. There was a peculiarly wasted
appearance and an unutterr/cle listlessness -
ness not natural in one so young. It
needed a distinct effort for her to sur
vey her new home ; to speak she made
no attempt. Gervis drew back disap
pointed.
"Haven't you a word of praise , my
dear , for your own home ? " he asked.
"It's all very nice , but it is so cold ,
and I never liked pine trees , " Gladdy
forced herself to say. And she shiv
ered under her Parisian wraps and her
costly furs. "They always make me
shudder , they are so gloomy , " she add
ed piteously.
"She's fearfully nervous , " thought
Gervis.
But there was no sign of it when
Gladdy stepped out of the carriage and
into Lady Jane's widely welcoming
arms.
A self-possessed , wistful-eyed little
bride it was who lifted her cold cheek
for her mother-in-law's kiss ; a dainty
figure , in truth , in its costly furs.
But the face under the green velvet
toque , with its diamond buckle and
nodding feathers , was not the face of
a shy , happy bride , and for a moment
Lady Jane stared , half puzzled.
Then Gervis was clasped in his
mother's arms and held tight. If her
ladyship had a soft corner in her
worldly , ambitious heart it was for her
boy , the son who had done so much
for herself and the old home.
The bride stood apart , a pathetic
little figure in her momentary loneli
ness. Leila , who had been shrinking
behind the person of Lady Jane , quick
ly noticed it , forced herself to go for
ward.
"May I bid you welcome ? I am
Leila. Perhaps Gervis has told you
that his cousins , Sybil and I , have lived
here since we were almost babies
Syb , at least , was a baby. "
Leila's winsome , tender face was
bent close to Gladdy , who was slightly
shorter in stature than she. Her low ,
rich voice , with its caressing note ,
stirred sometning in Gladdy's heart ,
and she moved eagerly forward so
eagerly that their lips met in a cling
ing kiss before Leila had quite made
up her mind to greet the bride with
anything warmer than a stiff hand
shake.
"I didn't know there was any Leila , "
said Gladdy , in her sweet , childish
tones. "Gervis did not tell me. But
I am so glad ! Please take me away
somewhere. Let us go together , you
and I , I am so weary ! "
Leila Avas startled. Go away to
gether , the bride and she ! It sounded
bewilderingly strange.
And and had Gervis forgotten her
so utterly that her name had never
been uttered to his newly made wife ?
The thought wrung her gentle heart.
( To be continued. )
FRUIT FLIES.
Small Insects Among Canned Fruit on
the Shelves.
Often housekeepers who do not take
sufficient pains with the sealing of the
cans of fruit they put away in the1 fall ,
find on the surface of the contents lit
tle , slend'er maggots , feeding on the
contents. These larvae are probably
of the species called fruit flies. They
belong to a class of insects containing
some thirty kinds. The flies are light
brown in color. They are so small
that they are commonly thought of as
ordinary gnats. They are attracted by
the acrid odor of vinegar as well as
fruit. 'Stone ' jars simply covered with
a cloth to allow the fermentation of
vinegar are easily invaded 'by ' the in
sects , which lay their eggs on the
pieces of fruit that are projecting
above the surface of the fluid. The
hatching of the larvae is soon follow
ed by the formation of the pupae ,
which are found on the sides of the
cans , usually. Some four days later
the flies issue and begin the round of
production again , multiplying with
great rapidity. It is a characteristic of
the larvae of these flies to live only
in upper layers of the fruit and this
fact makes it possible to save at least
a portion of the contents of the jars.
Fruit put in cans and sealed up air
tight is safe. Eggs laid upon cloth
tops or near slight openings between
lid and can often hatch " into worms
that find a way inside. Pyrethrum
powder used in the fruit room or cel
lar will have a good effect in clearing
out the flies and this , with the pre
cautions mentioned in connection with
canning , should rid a place of the in
sects. George Edwin Black in Indian
apolis News.
Veterinary Surgeon's Hard T-ucIc.
Veterinary surgeons are complaining
of hard luck. With the cable cars , the
trolley cars and now the automobiles ,
their business has gone to the dogs ,
metaphorically speaking. Soon there
will be as many surgeons as there are
horses. It is nearly as bad as that
now , and , as automobiles become
cheaper and the likelihood of airships
coming in to supplement them grows ,
the prospect is not a bright one. Lots
of New York veterinaries are giving
up the attempt to make a living and
are coming west.
There are at present thirteen Incor
porated automobile clubs In the United
States.
SSJSSa
TALBIAGE'S SERMON.
SPEAKS ON ONE OF THE CHIEF
CHRISTIAN VIRTUES.
Tuo Kcccl of Grace In tlio Affairs o-
Dnily lfo Turns Discord Into Ilurf
inony Final Kowiird of Patience
Cauie.4 of Pessimism.
( Copyright. 1SOO , Louis Klopsch. N. Y. )
Washington , Doc. 2. Tina discourse
of Dr. Talmage is a full length portrait
of a virtue which all admire , and the
lessons taught are very helpful ; text.
Hebrews x , 36 , "Ye have need of pa
tience. "
Yes , we are in awful need of it. Some
of us have a little of it , and some of
us have none at all. There is less of
this grace in the world than of almost
any other. Faith , hope aad charity
are all abloom in hundreds of souls
where you find one specimen of pa
tience. Paul , the author of the text ,
on a conspicuous occasion lost his
patience with a co-worker , and from
the way he urges this virtue upon the
Hebrews , upon the Corinthians , upon
the Thessaloniano , upon the Romans ,
upon the Colossians , upon the young
theological student Timothy , I con
clude he was speaking out of his own
need of more of this excellence. And
I only wonder that Paul had any
nerves left. Imprisonment , flagella
tion , Mediterranean cyclone , arrest for
treason and conspiracy , the wear and
tear of preaching to angry mobs , those
at the door of a theater and those on
the rocks of Mars hill , left him ema
ciated and invalid and with a broken
voice ; and sore eyes and nerves a-jan
gle. He gives us a snap-shot of him
self when he describes his appearance
and his sermonic delivery by saying ,
"In. bodily presence weak ami in
speech contemptible , " and refers to his
inflamed eyelids when speaking of the
ardent friendship of the Galatians he
says , "If it had been possible , ye
would have plucked out your own eyes
and have given them to me. "
Patience Under IMfllcuUIo.s.
Some of the people ordinarily most
excellent have a deficit in this respect.
That man who is the impersonation of
amiability , his mouth full of soft
words and his face a spring morning ,
if a passing wheel splash the mud
across his broadcloth , see how he col
ors up , and hear him denounce the
passing jehu. The Christian woman ,
an angel of suavity , now that some so
cial slight is put upon her or her fam
ily , hear how her utterances increase
intensity. One of the ablest and best
ministers of the gospel in America ,
stopping at a hotel in a town where he
had an evening engagement , was in
terrupted in his afternoon nap by a
knock at the door by a minister who
had come to welcome him , and after
the second and third knock the sleeper
opened the door and took the invader
of his repose by the collar and twisted
it with a force that , if continued ,
would have been strangulation. Oh ,
it is easy enough to be patient when
there is nothing to be patient about.
When the bank account is good and in
no danger of being overdrawn , and
the wardrobe is crowded with apparel
appropriate for the cold , or the heat ,
or the wet , and all the family have at
tested their health by keen appetites at
a loaded table , and the newspapers , if
they mention us at all , put right con
struction upon what we do or say , and
we can walk ten miles without getting
tired , and we sleep eight solid hours
without turning from side to side ,
the most useless grace I can think of
is patience. It has no business any
where in your house , you have no
more need of it than a life preserver
while you are walking the pavement
of a city , no more need of it than an
umbrella under a cloudless sky , no
more need of it than of Sir Humphry
Davy's safety lamp for miners while
you are breathing the tonic air of an
October morning.
Causes of Pessimism.
Now you understand how people can
become pessimistic and cynical and
despairful. You have reached that
stage yourself. Now you need some
thing that you have not. But I know
of a re-enforcement that you can have
if you will accept it. Yonder comes up
the road or the sidewalk a messenger
of God. Her attire is unpretending.
She has no wings , for she is not an
angel , but there is something in her
countenance that implies rescue and
deliverance. She conies up the steps
that once were populous with the af
fluent and into the hallway where the
tapestry is getting faded and frayed ,
the place now all empty of worldly ad
mirers. I will tell you her name if
you would like to know it. Paul bap
tized her and gave her the right
name. She is not brilliant , but strong.
There is a deep quiethood in her man
ner , and a firmness in her tread , and
in her hand is a scroll revealing her
mission. She comes from heaven. She
was born in the throne room of the
King. This is Patience. "Ye have
need of patience. "
AVarm Hearted Christian * .
But here comes a warm hearted ,
sympathetic , Christian man. He says :
"There is a man down in the ditch.
I must get him out. God help me to
get him out. " And standing there on
the edge of the ditch the good man so
liloquizes and says to himself , "If I
had had as bad a father and mother as
he had and all the surroundings of
my life had been as depraving as those
that have cursed him I myself would
probably have been down in the ditch ,
and if th'at man had been blessed with
as good a father and mother as I have
and he had been surrounded by the
kindly influences which have encom
passed all my days he would probably
have 'been ' standing here looking down
at me in the ditch. " Then the good
man puts his knee to the side of the
ditch and bends over and says to the
fallen one , "Brother , give me your
hand , " and with one stout grip liftH
him up to God and heaven. There are
wounds of the world that need the
probe and the sharp knlfo and severe
surgery , but the most of the wounds
want an application of ointment or
salve , and we ought to have three
or four boxes of that gospel medica
ment in our pocket as we go out Into
the world. We all need to carry more
of the "balm of Gllead" and less caus
tic , more benediction and less anathe
ma. When I find a professed Chris
tian man harsh and merciless in his
estimates of others , I silently wonder
if ho has not been misusing trust
funds or beating his wife. There is
something awful the matter with
him.
him.We
We also have need of patience with
slow results of Christian work. W ?
want to see our attempts to do good
immediately successful. The world is
improving , but improving at so delib
erate a rate. Why not more rapidity
and momentum ? Other wheels turn
so swiftly , why not the gospel chariot
take speed electric ? I do not know.
I only know that it is God's way. We
whose cradle and grave are so'near to
gether have to hurry up , but God , who
manages this world and the universe ,
is from everlasting to everlasting. He
takes-500 years to do that which He
could do in five minutes. His clock
strikes once in a thousand years.
While God took only a week to fit up
the world for human residence , geol
ogy reveals that the foundations of
the world were cons in being laid , and
God watched the glaciers and the fires
and the earthquakes and volcanoes as
through centuries and milleniums they
were shaping this world , before that
last week that put on the arborescence.
A few days ago my friend was talk
ing with a geologist. As they stood
near a pile of rocks my friend said
to the scientist , "I suppose these rocks
were hundreds of thousands of years
in construction ? " And the geologist
replied , "Yes , and you might say mil
lions of years , for no one knows but
the Lord , and He won't tell. " It it
took so long to make this world at
the start , be not surprised if it takes
a long while to make it over again
now that it has been ruined. The Ar
chitect has promised to reconstruct it ,
and the plans are all made , and at
just the right time it will be so com
plete that it will be fit for heaven to
move in , if , according to the belief
of some of my friends , this world is
to fbe made the eternal abode of the
righteous. The wall of that temple is
going up , and my only anxiety is to
have the one brick that I am trying
to make for that wall turn out to beef
of the right shape and smooth on all
sides , so that the Master Mason will
not reject it , or have much work with
the trowel to get it into place.
Patience Under Injury.
Again , we have need of patience un
der wrong inflicted , and who escapes
it in some form ? It comes to all people
ple in professional life in the shape of
being misunderstood. Because of this
how many people fly to newspapers for
an explanation. You see their card
signed by their own name declaring
that they did not say this or did not
do that. They fluster and worry , not
realizing that every man comes to be
taken for what he is worth , and you
cannot by any newspaper puff be taken
for more than you are worth nor by
any newspaper depreciation be put
down. There is a spirit of fairness
abroad in the world , and if you are
a public man you are classified among
the friends or foes of society. If you
are a friend of society , you will find
plenty of adherents , and If you are the
'oe of society you cannot escape repre
hension. Paul , you' were right when
you said , not more to the Hebrews
: han to us , "Ye have need of patience. "
I adopted a rule years ago which has
been of great service to me , and it
may be of some service to you : Cheer
fully consent to be misunderstood.
God knows whether we are right or
wrong , whether we are trying to serve
Him or damage His cause. When you
can cheerfully consent to be misun
derstood , many of the annoyances and
vexations of life will quit your heart ,
and you will come into calmer seas
than you have ever sailed on. The
most misunderstood being that ever
trod the earth was the glorious Christ.
The world misunderstood His cradle
and concluded that one so poorly born
could never be of much importance.
They charged Him with inebriety and
called Him a winebibber. The sanhe-
drin misunderstood Him , and when it
was put to the vote whether He was
guilty or not of treason He got but
one vote , while all the others voted
'Aye , aye. " They misunderstood His
cross and concluded that if He had di
vine power He would effect His own
escue. They misunderstood His
grave and declared that His body had
) een stolen by infamous resurrection-
sts. He so fully consented to be mis
understood that , harried and slapped
infL submerged With scorn , he an
swered not a word. You cannot come
up to that , but you can imitate in
some small degree the patience of
Christ.
Patience Under Physical Pain.
Again , this grace is needed to help
n time of physical ailments. What
vast multitudes are in perpetual pain
while others are subject to occasional
paroxysm ! Almost every one has
some disorder to which he is occa
sionally subjected. It is rheumatism
or neuralgia or sick headache or indi-
brings on that old spell and you think
you would rather have almost any
thing else , but that is because you
ha\e not tried the other. Almost ev
eryone has something which he wishes
he had not. There are scores of dis
eases ever ready to attack the human
frame. They have been in pursuit of
our race over since Adam and Eve re
signed their innocence as well as the
world's health. It is amazing how
persistent and methodic those dlsor-
world
attack on the
their
in
dcrs are
wWcb
the harves
and how regular is
of pain they
with the sharp BCytho
. No such
mow down for the grave.
army over
disciplined and courageous
suf
of physical
marched as the army
work in the order
fering. They do their
der I name , and you may depend upon
their keeping on in that same order
for a good while yet ; first of all tuber
organic heart disease
culosis. next
next in number of
next pneumonia , ' f !
its victims Is apoplexy , next Bright s
disease , next cancer , next typhoid
fever , next paralysis. Those eight diseases
' of human
eases are 'the worst despoilers
man life. The doctors with solutions
and lancets and anodynes and cata
plasms are In a brave fight against
these physiological devils that try to
possess the human race. But after all
the scientists can do there is a de
mand for patience. Nothing can take
the place of that. It Is needed this mo
ment in every sickroom and along the
streets and in business places and
shops where breadwinners are com
pelled to toll when physically incom
petent to move a pen or calculate a
column of figures or control a shovel.
But every pastor could show you In
stances of complete happiness under
physical suffering. He could take you
to that garret or to that hospital or to
some room in his parish where sits
in rocking chair or lies upona pil
low some one who has not seen a well
day in ten years and yet has never
been heard to utter a word of com r
plaint. The grace of God has tri
umphed in her soul as it never tri
umphs in the soul of one who is vig
orous and athletic.
of Cir .
Now. let us this hour turn over a
new leaf and banish worriment and
care out of all our lives. Just see how
these perversities have multiplied
wrinkles in your face and acidulated
your disposition and torn your nerves.
You are ten years older than you
ought to be. Do two things , one for
the br-tterment of your spiritual con
dition and the other for the safety of
your worldly interests. First , get your
heart right with God by being par
doned through the atonement of Jesus
Christ. That will give security for
your soul's welfare. Then get your
life insured in some well established
life insurance company. That will
take from you all anxiety about the
welfare of your household in case of
your sudden demise. The sanitary in
fluence of such insurance Is not suffi
ciently understood.
Many a breadwinner long since de
ceased would now have been alive and
well but for the reason that when ho 1
was prostrated he saw that in case of
his decease his family would go to
the poorhouse or have an awful strug
gle for dally bread. But for that anx
iety he would have got well. That
anxiety defied all that the best physi
cians could do. Suppose these two
duties attended to , the one for the
safety of your soul in this world and V
the next , and the other for the safety
\
of your family if you pass out of this
life , make a new start. If possible have-
your family sitting room where you
can let in the sunlight. Have a music
al instrument if you can afford it ,
harp or piano or bass viol or parlor
organ. Learn how to play on it your
self or have your children learn how
to play on it. Let bright colors domi
nate in your room. If there are pic
tures on the wall , let them not be sug
gestive of battlefields which are al
ways cruel , of deathbeds which are al
ways sad , or partings which are al
ways heartbreaking. There are enough
present woes in the world without the
perpetual commemoration of past mis
eries. If you sing in your home 01
your church do not always choose
tunes in long meter.
The Ileivaril of Patience.
This last summer I stood on Spar
row hill , four miles from Moscow. It
was the place where Napoleon stood
and looked upon the city which he
was about to capture. His army had
been in long marches and awful fights
and fearful exhaustions , and when
they came to Sparrow hill the shout
went up from tens of thousands of
voices , "Moscow , Moscow ! " I do not
wonder at the transport. A ridge of
hills sweeps round the city. A river
semicircles it with brilliance. It is a
spectacle that you place in your mem
ory as one of three or four most beau
tiful scenes in all the earth. Nape
leon's army marched on it in four di
visions , four overwhelming torrents of
valor and pomp. Down Sparrow hill
and through the beautiful valley and
across the bridges and into the pal
aces which surrendered
, without one
shot of resistance
because the ava
lanche of troops was irresistible.
There is the room in which Napoleon
slept , and his pillow , which must have
been very uneasy , for oh , how short
his stay ! Fires
kindled in all parts
of the city simultaneously drove out
that army into the snowstorms under
which 95,000 men perished. How soon
did triumphal march turn into horri
ble demolition. Today , while I speak
*
we come on a high hill , a glorious hill
of Christian anticipation. These hosts
of God have had a long march , and
fearful battles and defeats have again
and again mingled with the victories
but today we come in sight of the great
city , the capital of the universe the
'f It61"6 ° ! the King' and tfae tome
of those who
are to reign with him
for ever and ever. Look at the towers
and hear them ring with eternal jubi
lee. Look at the house of many man
sions , where many of our loved ones
are Behold the streets of burnished
gold and hear
the rumble of the
lots of those
who are more than
oacT-il tSh fr ° m beins
back all the twelve
gates are wide
open for our entrance. We are march !
mg on and
marching
on. and our ev
ery step brings
nearer to that city.
To teach one who
has
no
curiosity
is to Howa'aw ?
tnjearn without pto-