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, right. Martha, and the stage titan- ' correspond with V. hat wo use.
the palace; the finest and beet near
the Princess's palace aid the stoutest
the furthest away. All the painters
and artists most supurintcnd the du-
coratious.
"'fake the army, take the huspi-
W• Death Struggles
- tuts, take the prisons. Eery ono
most work. n:) ono must stop to eat.
or drink lo -night. Go, and remem-
ber that your very lives depend upon
[ween These Two !
YOUNG
FOLKS
lager will sew that your 'tnukc. up' i Verso 45. "Philip lindoth Nathan -
!brings you out a beauty. The prulti- ; ael." Those first dirn•iples were tilled
Lest girls often look the plainest on with a great enthusiasm.They il-
tho stage." lustratod tho Ifebrew word for
"Ws brains, brains, brains we I"prophecy," which means "to bub-
OOo00o‘o0000000000000-:r0 want now, Martha," prattled Alice tyle forth." What wo have in 1'sr.
Dunham, the school jester and dar- 45. 1, "My heart is indi(1ng a goo.
'1.1(ANSMUTED SORROW. cling. "and we believe you more matter," strictly means, "My heart
There was no doubt about it; than ordinarily supplied with them. is bubbling up of a gond matter."
your success." Ilcnce thirst—this opportunity to So the disciples
11'ithuut a word the Ministers fled Murtha had been crying. Her too- ['( Y1I.s were "buhlliug up."
iniurediutely from the palace. lu leas thee, father and brother excite aged make your everlasting histrionic They had to tell others about
spirit indeed is willing, but when we make a proverb of it and than an hour there was nott, it palace surprised glances that. Martha was hone- You've got to take the part, Jesus; they couldn't keep still.
f;t:vh is weak.—Matthew xxvi., ! use it as a sort of absolution foraura house in the city nor it single too absorbed to notice. Her entireMartha. that's all there is to it. For Verso 45. "Philip flndeth Nathan -
wrong doing. We say when coned- tillage in the country where the In- attention was centered upon the ef- if you don't—you utast!" ael." Some years ago an elderly
German lady living in a city not far
from New Turk invited her German
servant girl to accompany her to
church. The kindness of tho lady.
together with the preaching of tho
gospel to which she was compelled
to listen, persuaded the girl to ac-
cept Christ. Not many weeks passed
before she in turn was the means of
!motley another German girl to t'ho
Master: both united with the church.
This second girl returned to Ger-
many for a visit, and on her return
voyage mut a yaung woman and hor
brother whose destination was the
city in which she lived. She culti-
vator) their acquaintance, and was
tho means of loading both to Christ.
The brother married into a (•hristiau
fancily, and tho sister also married,
bringing her lutetium' with her into
the fellowship of the church. Eery
member of this group of persons—
the elderly lady, the two servant
girls. the brother and sister, and the
sister's husband, are still faithful
and aggressive workers of the same
little German church, and through
their earnest personal efforts others
also have been Incl to Jesus.
Verse 46. "Come and sero." Tho
seeker sees, the itxlitierent is blind.
And wo :see what wo seek. Ile who
looks for deformity will discover it,
and he who looks for beauty will
find it. Ask, knock, seek—and bo it
good or evil what you ask shall bo
give, the gate at which you knock
shall be opened, the thing you seek
shall be found. The seeker after
truth is always hopeful, because
there is an instic'tivo assurance that
the truth will be found by those who
make quest for it. Long ago Sop-
hocles said: "But what is searched
for is to be got at, while that which
is tmregarded escapes.''
Verse 47. "An Israelite indeed,"
That meant genuineness, sincerity,
not pretense and semblance. Robert
Browning makes ono of his best
characters say:
"There was -no duty patent in tho
world
Like daring to be good and true my-
self,
Leaving the show of things to tho
Lord of Show,
And Prince o' the ]'ower of tho
.lir.'
Jssus said this when bo found the fence pierces or self -condemnation rs-
disciples asleep in Gethsemane iu- es, '•0, the spirit is willing, but the
stead of wakeful and watchful. His flesh is weak," and we think that.
Judgment on them is his estimate of wipes out the wrong. Such a use of
bt"uunity. He measured butt its Christ's ward is fatal to its saving
st►ength and its weakness. Ifo said, intent. Its real use is to make us
:"1`here is that. in Hutu which strives vividly conscious of the two great
upward and there is that which forces in opposition in every man,
drives downward." Christ did not that Wo ourselves inay bring these
start his estimate of humanity with two forces into tremendous conflict.
wholesale cOndeulnation. His idea of This is the true battle of life. A
conversion was not that you must willing spirit• but weak flesh!
first pulverize and then reconstruct What death struggles have :waged
betweut.r these two! The higher your
ideals of right rise the more into. o
that struggle is within you. Satis-
fied with tt low level of life you do
not feel the impulse that stakes this
struggle between the higher and
lower forces in you. and that is an
evidenoo that - your whole spiritual
nature is tuned to a law key. It is
an evidence thut you think meanly
of yourself and that is a long step
toward becoming mean. The ratan
who thinks
NOBLY OF ]HIMSELF,
-•the whole nature. His idea was to
feel along the whole character until
he found something the divine could
touch or weaken. then he worked
with that. So ho dealtwith Na-
thaniel, with the Boman Centurion.
with %acchueus, even with tho thief
on the cross. Study his dealings
with these people and see how ho
touched on their possibilities or
something good in them. anti work-
ed with that.
It was a gracious thing to say
this: "The spirit is willing but the
flesh is tweak." 11. was so large in
pity, NO groat In forgiveness. But
it was more than that. It was n
just thing to say. It gave credit to
•he good ns well as admitting the
Vit. We get into the habit of form -
ng our opinions and judgements en-
tirely out of the worst. conditions.
The Christ fairness teaches to tem-
per the worst with the hest. Christ
never preached that every one must
first 1e crushed to a felly before he
can lie reshaped, reformed. recreated.
Study his dealings with people and
you t, ill find how he took the rough
block of human nature and by the
action of divinity upon it. he brought
out
THE "FO1tM DIVINE."
Jesus never condoned or smooth-
ed over sin. No words as fiery as
his against evil. But. he did not
lump everything indiscriminately, he
analyzed every man. Among all tho
rubbish he always found something
that was worth shying. "The spir-
it is willing," he saki, "but the flesh
is tweak." • A mutt cannot bo as
good as he wants to be, because his
Lower nature is Loo weak to keep
ace along the track his spirit maps
t. Ills lower nature needs to be
r•ngthenod into the temper of his
gher spirit. That is widely dilTer-
entfrom imagining that the lower
nature is to bo destroyed ere the
higher can prevail.
Do not, however, mistake Christ's,
meaning. Ile did not excuse the
disciples for their unfaithfulness, He
Aid not palliate their selfish sleep.
It is a bad use we make of his word
in whom self-respect rives to high
tide, will feel most keenly this litni-
tation of his lower nature and will
make tho most manful efforts to free
himself from the captive entangle-
ments of the flesh. A true nun will proposed a tido through the park to
ask "Is my spirit really willing? is see tho magical springtime. Tho de-
the Christ estimate a true measure lighted Princess clapped her hands,
of me? Do I in my spirit level up and the brilliant procession of gayly •
to the devino definition of possibility clad courtiers headed by the Prince
in mc? Do I reach the dignity of and his daughter started slowly,
human nature that Christ puts upon down tho winding avenue.
it?" Blessed is tho soul to whom What a doli•:ious perfume scents
such a gospoling of queations•comes' the nlr'" cried the Princess.
Ifere is a great stage of salvation Surprised, the duimio realized that
to reach : "1 in my intrinsic self It 111 the soft odors of the spring flowers
greater, stronger, more dominant
than my lower, meaner self. I as-
pire to greater things than my pas-
sions. I ami capablo of nobler con-
ceptions than my lusts. I am fitted
for better things than my selfish-
ness." This is reaching out toward
tho divine, this is "co • g to your-
self" as Christ puts it in the parable
of the prodigal son. Consciousness
of your true self, that spiritual self,
which Christ digi:dficd by his recogni-
tion, consciousness of the high pos-
sibilities in you will slip at last
into the consciousness of the need of
God in you to bring the whole of
yourself. both lower and higher, into
the region of God, which is Christ
manifest in the flesh. Any way that
you can opera upward and Godward
the better willingness of your spirit
is the way' for you to welcome the
incoming (hod, the Christ of the con-
version of weakness into strength,
the Saviour, who is the spirit of
willingness, the determination for
the right, the true, and the beauti-
ful.
habitants were not making flowers, •fort to keep back more tears. Ilesutr: this w -as the unanimous
and if one had looked that night After dinner it all canto out—in tho rehearsal group verdict' given as
from the daimio's palace ho would upper room to which Mrs. Dayton the merry laughter always following
have soon t�lousunuls of lanterns had followed her usually cheery
Alice's sallies died away, "Lucy
bobbing about among the trees in daughter. A rehearsal of the school knows she can't act, and sho
every directiuu• ploy had taken place that afternoon wouldn't try it for anything. She's
The next morning, as her women often said so. And she's on the
nnd Martha, dressing behind a screen
finished dressing her, Fiaki heard tho reception committee for tho play
in the corner of the drill hall had evening, and too dear and sweet. to
bo spared front it oven if we havo
►10 play itt all."
"You look simply fine in that cos-
tume, Martha," Ann Johnson ex -
"Lucy .Inlet would look twice us claimed as the comforted girl made
well in her part." her transformed appearance. "Talk
of not I Bing pretty, goosio 1'd
"Yes, but Lucy can't act," had give anything to be as straight and
been the quick answer, but this an -
Jail as you are. And, honestly, I
steer Martha scarcely noticed. She never see anything of you but your
was stung through with a strange eyes and your smile!"
pain and sorrow. Never before had It was her last battle of this or -
she thought touch about her personal der, and the night of the school play
Languidly the Princess walked out appearance; never before known that brought to her not only u charniing
upon tho balcony. But what a cry sho was "plain." Character, ha- success because of her spirited act -
of joy and surprise broke from her havior, kindness, good humor, these ing, but also it pleasantly unexpected
lips! Flowers, flowers, in every were the st+.ndnrds in tho Dayton confirmation of her another's words.
direction and as far as she could see. family. Personal appearance was "What, do you think, Martha!"
The Princess rubbed her eyes. 1Cas seldom discussed. cried Ann Johnson, catching hold
it a miracle? Now, however, Martha faced hor of her as sho slipped into her cloak
"Father, father!" she cried as the mother with keen inquiry, deternin•
noble Prince entereet her apartmenit,to go hohhappened
so funny
ed to know tho whole truth. —to mo—has huppeiwd that I must
"truly you aro a god." "Mother," sho questioned, whnep tell you.
The daimiio, smiling with pleasure, Mrs. Dayton had embraced sono of '.
My Aunt .lane, who doesn't know
any of you girls, thought you looked
so sweet and pretty in your cos-
tume, and she asked mother if you
were always so good-looking as to-
night.
"And mother—this is so funny be-
cause wove known you always—just
looked at 18o in the queerest way
you can think of.
" '1s she good-looking always.
did imdcad fill the air.secret dinnry, your hair nothing remark -
But. Ann?' sho asked me. 'I really can't
was that every few rods a (ire of remember. I don't believe anyone
sweetest incense burned in carefully 8110 and your trace freckled. But, ever sees or remembers anything
dearie, you are anything but unnt-
hidden braziers. about Martha Dayton's looks only
Presently an e -specially beautiful
pink plum tree caught the attention
of the Princess.
"I wish a branch of that tree,"
sho cried, happily. "It will bo a
memory of one of tho most beautiful
promenades of my life."
The dnimio looked uneasily at the
Minister.
"She will discover the cheat," he
thought.
But Nai-da-tsih did not tremble
nor grow pale.
"Grant mo the honor to pluck it
for you," he said.
He rode up to the tree and brought.
back a superb brunch. The princess
seized) it, burying her face in tho
fresh, rosy flowers.
The duimio was more surprised
than before. 110 did not guess that
the Primo Minister had emptied all
the greonhohselt of all the palaces
and had prepared many tree:: for Just
such an occasion.
"You are a wonderful man." the
Prince cried to his Prime Minister
sound of sweet singing and many in -
overheard a quiet but startling rir
strunun len0ath her window. , mark that had changed all the world
it
"Ah! it is my birthday to -day,
6
she said, with a shiver. "Why aro for her.
the gods so cruel as to cause it to ' What a pity Martha's so plain,"
fall in the winter tithe?" Iter wont- ono comrade had said to Another.
en pulled aside tho curtains from tho
window.
"What a beautiful day, mistress,"
they said.
Indeed, as if it were a courtier, rho
sky was clothed in richest blue, in
which the sun like a golden jewel
shone proudly.
1
Princess Fiaki's
Birthday.
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It was winter and very cold, and
the p+.ncls of costly wood, carved
With art. and wealth of detail, had
been carefully closed around tho
Prince. making the room in which he
sat %cry small.
Many beautiful robes lined) with
warms wool and covered tvith price-
less silk lay crossed in contrasting
colics on the dint]]]' s breast, and
on en•' wide sleeve of the outermost
gI1rnu•nt was embroidered to star
formed by five balls encircling n
sixth. This twits the crest of the
illrsti ions ]muga family, which knows
no e:p!nl throughout all Japan or
anion, the i -lands of `hen:l.ti and
`ntsumn.
'the Prince, in spite of his vassals,
is lands ant his money. felt never -
Jet •-s that he was very poor and
17'1 table. Ar.d the rtmson was that "'1'o -morrow Is my dnugliter's birth -
for oevernl days he had tried to think day." he leaan, coldly. "I desire,
of something for the anniversary of (lo you understand, T desire that by
his datghter's birthday nnd lie could (taybrenk to -morrow the trees nnd
think of nothing. hushes of the ark nn,' the entire
It was unfortunately true that the co: nary mimeofinethe thalace shall
Princess, who would on the morrow be covered with flowers. ns in the
attain the uit'IiIly of sixteen, already first months of the springtime. You
Possessed everything flint it was pos- may go."
slide for 11 young lady to fu)svese. "Your will shall be obeytel in all
but flits was no consolation to tho th•ngs," tnnrnriri•(1 the Minister, bow-
ilafmho. Stint was the use o' being ing h.•nsclf out bnckwnrdf.
Primo. of olivine such wei 111, if Once outside he clutched his hand;
he could not otter her somethinc now In the ;rrotecting sleeves of his gar -
and ;leasing? . mont.
Pres• ntly he erose. "it is exile, 1l is death!" he
Week patches painted very high oft
l it fon ehoad.
As the Prince enteral. Fiaki hid
her face for an instant in the ;ism.
F i• -e. es of her robe, thus greet 111,E hor
father with a tender and modest sa-
lute. The dnimio smiled with plea -
sore at the grace and beauty of the
child whom he adored. He over-
whelmed her with eares,•ring names,
asking her if she was happy and if
there was nothing she desired.
"Ali! illustrious Prince and father,"
cried) Flaks, (1719, lux her ban is sor-
rowfully. "how can I be huppv [chile
the earth su11(9H? How can i smile
when the s\ices weep? Ali, the gods
are cruel to have create:1 the winter
season! i feel liken poor little ex-
iled ;innt, barely nlit•e, and yet un-
able to die!"
"it is •ccrtnin there is nothing she
desires tae much ns springtime."
thought the Prime) to himself, nitro
mora back in his little room.
ile scowled fiercely at the gray
clouds (outside. Suddenly he tom -
mantled the presenro of his chief Min-
ister. Nat -shot sin hastened to learn
tine wishes of Iris illustrious lord, but
the Minister's heart sunk at (ho sight
of the Prince's sombre face.
"1 will go to her npnt'hnenls. I er-
b:tt•s, unrons-•iously, sho will tell me
what sh.' would like," he said to
Milena.'](.
He street: n bronze gong nntl Int-
sncdintely the earre:l panels rullel
open. discleeing ennless hells filled
with sntnurats of noble birth. psget,
gene's and mcniale. The snnnn•nie
w!' ,
were the two swords bowed deep
+! all the others prostrated thein•
sec on the groend.
I w itt t isit my daughter," said
.lana.
F'i:,:l, or flay of Sunshine. sat on
tit i ih• of cesldi0ns in the hall of her
tar' 1• h1 ttcnlar palace. The fold!: of
er n'+•cni,iri•nt robes were so ranged
inntet i;e;!'t tl,ou.1.aule alt tome col-
. +!''hut most alt • it
Iles the w rful kimono of 1)1
tin e': ery w embroidered with
er webs i icii were caught
wiry col. ' „el(1ls of summer
Ors -
The your,
�Itmt, hoe
ay to dl5;
•th. coil to • .
'mower of I',
u, vett an t
thought. bitterly. "Went can f have
done that should disgrace Hie?"
1ie examined his conscience severely.
"\outing," he said at last. "'1•h.•
Prince really desires that the s[rring Slowly nnd humbly the older arose. nnnlysing your personal appearance bees - m s nr t . 1 n s t
ficlent number accompany it heck
and assist in quickly withering the
the hurt and pain into the back-
ground, "am I really so plain?"
I•'or answer Mrs. Ilayton again
kissed the round, rosy, honest -eyed
face of her daughter. ']'hen sho
spoke the simple truth.
"Dear," she said, gently, "1 want
you to hear mo through before
thinking any more about this mat-
ter. You really aro plain. Martha,
in that your features aro very ot'-
when the • rctut•ne I to the, iniac•
tractive, and I ant sure you know
that I would not deceive you. I
have always tried to tench you to
lo spotlessly neat and dainty, and
your expression and ways aro pleas-
ant. 1 don't believe nine out of
every ten people you meet would no-
tice your looks in the slightest. I
am sure few of your friends would
admit you really plain."
"Who aro the people you admire
most of all your acquaintances?"
she continued, as Martha was silent.
'I know. Your -Aunt Alice and
Mrs. llrewly, your Sunday school
that she'[, always pleasant and as
nertt,ns a new pin.'
"Just think of that, Martha, when
you've grown up on the same street
with mother, and she's seen you
times and times every day! Just
fancy! She simply couldn't remem-
ber how you looked only that you
were nice to see!"
Ann flitted off to spread the mer-
ry joke broadcast, and Martha, her
eyes bright with unwonted moisture,
was glad her friend had not waited
for an answer. It was so pleasant,
despite her fine resolutions never
teacher. :Well, dearie, both of again to bo troubled because of her
those dear lnuien are very plain. If lack of personal beauty to find that
;anyone ever cured to consider such it really, mattered not at all.
matters. But both are su sweet and
lovely, so kind and gracious, that _♦_"�
nobody -ever does."
"1 admire yon more than anyone
else In the w. 11," sobbed Martha,
wretched, but always in love with
her mother.
Mrs. Dayton. rising. laughed soft-
ly.
t y [ e.
"You are absolutely a magician. "IN,4: , T am very, t"8 Plain, ctnr-
llut, tell are, what can I do next ding," she answered; "so—T suppose
year to pass this marvellous foto?" the newel is quite plain, too."
The Prime Minister smiled slowly.' But Martha would not be comfort -
Nor could pointed to a charming young fed. Nor could sho bring herself to
son of the Prince of antstma, i be sensible. For nearly n week she
who•wils hiding the Princess Fiaki to; went about with the look of ono Verse 87. "The two disciples heard
alight. from her conch. .confronting a hopeless sorrow, while him." The first conquests of Chris -
"When another year has passed and family, friends. teachers, comrades• tinnily were not [nude by an appeal
the Princess re:eives another birth- everybody but her mother wondered. to a multitude. Ono matt pointed
day as a gift from the gods, give Then Mrs. Dayton. finding her alone two other teen to Chris, and then
her for it husband that charming and brooding suddenly held before ono of them went and told another
Prince. She will love him more her sad (nee n mirror. Irian of Him whom he had found.
than she dues the springtime." "Now, indeed. you look plain," Christianity has grown by individu-
'I'he (Infiniti handed the Minister a was her simple continent. Mart la, al c siutnmiicntion.
key of bronze, incrusted with gold. flushing, looked ohstinat.'ly nwny. V',•rs0 41. "We hose found ti
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
JAN. 15,
Golden Text: "Thou Art the Son
of God; Thou Art the King
of Iara 1.John i. 9
Israel." 4 .
"This is the key to my treasures,"
he snid. 'Take it and slake Whnt
Lase of It you will. You are more
valuable to me thnn gold or prec-
ious stones "
1C11Y iiF: FAIL1:11.
He was an elder of a chs le% in n
little (:lamorgnualliro town. lie was
0180 a tiudesman, and he fell upon
evil days. Itis creditors pressed hien
and he was forced to filo his Petition
in hnnkruptey.
His fa,lure was the talk of the
town. He felt his position acutely,
and kept us notch ns possible with-
in doors.
Then the brethren decided to hold
a tueetiug, and t ho unwort1:, elder
was summoned to attend. The pas-
tor spoke first. ile urged his people
to be considerate and tender.
Iie was followed by a man who
made an (•lmquent speech on honesty
in trade, and concluded by moving
Hint the elder be suspended from
oEAca for n period to give him time
to purge himself of his heinousness.
A seconder and supporter spoke to
the same effect.
The brethren looked severe. tiutir
countenances were set with the
sternness of a righteous wtnth, n
deep silence pervaded the roots.
Mrs. 1lnyton sat down beside her and �icssins." One of the largo pictures
drew her to her arms, in Tissot's series of paroling» of the
"I knew haw you fe'd•1, dearly," she life of Christ is called "Tho inward
said; "i remember the time when T Voices," This is the description:
first learned that I was not pretty. '••1'ty() poor wretches have taken ro-
And I love beauty just, as you do, fuge in it ruined building. '0 God!'
Martha. I have always longed to they 18081: nuiid their complaining.
be physically lovely. But—my own
rd Thus unwittingly they cull on blot.
dear [pother helped Inc over the hard A thrill creeps over thorn. A Being
place, dearest, ns 1 dun tryinr, to is near. ile shows them his blood -
help you. She didn't preach to me stained bonds. 'They instinctively
or scold, but she made Inc promise know the Christ. Thief are mado
to look in the mirror every time T to unt'erstand the meaning of atone-
felt
0t19 pnrtirulnrly mournful or joy -
moil. ii anent. through suTering, that ransom
ods,
and the first gloomy reflection of tho soul of redemption by sncri-
taught men great diel." flea."
The recollection of the gloomy face Verse 42. "l(e brought him to
just shown her taught Merl ha a Jesus." There is a icKcu4 that. Al-
wasgreat deal, nlso.
The silent struggle
arduous but soon over. Present- nxnndcr the (:real found a harm
ly she laughed aloud. fren,ing to death. He roomed him,
"Well, 31o4herkins," she observed,
rubbed hips, caused him to 1e -taken
In guile her natural manner, "i to 11 place of warmth and shelter,
suppose 1 might an well make tho
and finally s,ttt him restored and
best of a had barf:nhn. I must. try safe. Then the great general ex -
to net so nicely that my ugliness claimed, "'Phis Is the, happiest day
will he forgiven, must I not?" I have ever known --1 havo saved a
' The tuck of actual henuty. not human life!" l:vc•n greater is the
ugltness," retorted lits. Dayton, joy of one who saves n soul.
"will seldom be noticed so lung ray Verse 42. ''11� hrouKhl him to
you are naturally bright, nnd cheer -
"red
Jesus." ?cientints tell us it is the
f•.1. Your friend provably only no- habit of certain eprrc'iee of bees that
t "red it when she did hecnnse the 111)0n an individual bee of n given
clutrect.er you are to Impersonate Is .sworn rliscovery n nett nnd promis•
stppusc•d to demand great beauty.
ing field for honey -gathering it (lies
Most likely she had never dreamed of direct' hack nnd notifies the other
1, 1I w i r tohereu mai ii -
stook, come to his daughter. Well. "I want." he neirmured meekly, "to before."
I will not trouble abo it dent h. llrtt ; sny it few things based on any led- Never a person of half-wny mh
ea -
is there no other way?" 'ger. Tho mover of the resolution sures was Martha. A fact once nc- ric'lt nr•t•cvt. tihould not every
A suckles ins:drntion came to hits, owes mo .C1(1. 1 offered him three knowledged, she uslhnlly met it with Person who hits tasted the joy of
and he ran swiftly t0 his own
pa_ weeks ago to settle it for 1.12, to calm common sense. She even re- God's pardon nnd love do likewise'
lace, notincr, with terror, tint the save myself from my present posi- trained, upon this occasion, from nnd tell others about that which
short winter ifnv ons nearly ended. tion. The seconder (Mei me C18. i explaining her •unusual bchnvior of he has (mind. bringing them also
Gathering his colleagues around him, told him I would accept Cl0 to pre- the past week. She strove to be into nn i•xperiinl'ntul knowledge of
vent this exposure. Tho supporter natural, almost. cnsunl. In iter man- the same joy of p.u•don?
r ner of freeing her mind. Verse 42. "'1'1 s!init he called
"Wouldn't it he as well," she In- ('ephns." George Vinedonnld in one
quired. when tho rehearsal group had of his stories dericribee nn old Scotch
once more gathered, "to offer my school -leacher w•ho Wave to each of
his pipits a new mime niter he calm.'
to tree the really distinctive quality
in the pupil's character. The new
scholar waited eagerly for the day
when the leacher would give hlm his
name, and in most cases etrovo to
make himself worthy of an honor-
able nem,. Once git'eto t he new
mime wet; the ono thereafter by which
the scholar oras known. Jesusdid
not nerd to trait, but sant the cen-
tral quelilr in '4l non and at. once
called hint Peter, "a atone." (rod
he told them of the extrnordinary de-
mand of the i'rinrc.
"There le only one thing to be
done," he went on, noting the fright-
ened faces about hint. "Listen! We
may yet be saved."Evers one within three leagues
around, men. women. girls and boys,
noble:, mnerchante nnd pensnnts, must
set in-tantly to work with silk. vel-
vet. satin and parer and make snores
of flowers. Let. them cut up their
• 1's ince was whit. 1 �•lothes. their linn,tings, let them make
on li;�s olx'I•esl sli•,,m ,,f their fans, cushions; every -
two recta of tic bine they have
•ebrows, following 11 c "Then, before daybreak, all these
ecele"es, were clo•+ki- I: )MY'S must be tied, fastens,' or
,p1ietid by two llh'e--4 ted to all the tiees and t,uahw , (
of the resolution is in lebted to raw
to the nmount of Ctl."
A brief pause. "Anel now, with
your permission"—turning to the
pastor—"1 will rend out the sums
the others present owe me."
ilo rend them out, calmly and
liberntely, but long ere ho had
fished the brethren had fled.
do-
fln-
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"Is your husband up yet?" inquir-
ed the early -morning caller. "1
should say he is!" replied the stern -
looking woman. "I'd like to say
a few words to him." "So would
I; but bo hasn't come home yet!"
part to Lucy .lalet? T know it so
well I could coach her nicely in
time for the great evening. And
she'd look the part much better,
she's so pretty and ettcet."
'•But she cnn't act!" rose the as-
tonished (herons, "araC, you can."
"Residers," addled shrewd, kindly
Ann .Johnson. nlwnys on the alert to
detect. and allay hurt feeling, "looks
don't matter much in a case of this
kind, excepting when you don't
know anything about theatricals.
Verse 47. "In whom is no guile."
The writer a few years ago was be-
ing shown through a factory- in a
New Englund town where certain
carpenters' Loop; were being made.
Coining to a bench at which a work-
man was employed the guide said..
"'This 311811 is waxing." The wood
of some of the tools had slight sur-
face deft'c•ts, and the man was tilling
these with it petite made of line saw-
dust and glue, and when dried nn[1
smooth dant varnished their defects
were imperceptible. Later, in ac-
tual use. the filling would come out
and reveal the cheat. The trick of
the factory illustrated by contrast
the word sincerity, which [Weans
"without [wax," referring to rho
habit of ancient. makers of furniture
In filling defective places with tvnx.
'Phe character of Nicodemns was
"twithuut Wits." It was whist in
modern phrase would be called
"straight goods."
THE ART OF SUCCESS.
Nothing Moro Than Getting Along
With People.
"What a fine fellow Percy X. is!"•
remarked a Inisirie:se man one day to
a lawyer friend.
"1 -es," rejoined the lawyer," he Is.
But. lie has been with the IC's—nam-
ing a great Corporation—"for ten
years now and he is getting only
8150 per mottle .ile has a wife and
three children, nnd, with their tastes
1 fancy they have all they can do to
live comfortably. Ile ought to be
earning more with Isis education and
capacity."
"11hy doesn't he rise faster?"
"1.11 tell you. ile doesn't rise and
he can't until he learns how to get
along ttith people. 11e can't Haulage
men at hill. if he tries he gets
hitnself disliked, and he keeps then[
in a constant state of irritation,"
A similar conversation was recent-
ly overheard between two business
Hien, Said one: "1 hear that young
Paul (1., only four years out of col-
lege, has been ['laced at the head of
the T. branch of the Y. Company.
I didn't know he was so smart.
What is his strong point?"
"Ile is n great fellow to get ale ng
with people," answered the other
man. "No man would, of course, 1►0
put in a place of such responsibility
ttlthout integrity, fair quickness and
ability, and a good education. But
there aro scores of then who have
all those qualities and yet they du
not go forward, because they can-
not exercise authority. • if they re-
ceive any they either make the then
under thein cross nn(I restive by
petty tyrannies, or else they aro trio
good-natured nnd lose the respect of
the mets—are imposed on by them
and don't get gond work out of
them. It seems to be the rarest
thing in the world to find young
men who have dignity nnd keenneits
enough to maintain disci141ne, [tel
yet thn make their subordinates beer
the yoke cheerfully and render good
service."
A third young man tons chnrncter-
1/0(1 by tho president of a great rail-
way thus: "I haven't had a chance
to talk with hint and find out haw
much he knows, bet I have watched
him several times as he manipulated
a gang of 1ne1, Anel he has for
weeks managed them wonderfully. W0
have rarely had a man fn our ear
ploy who could get 80 mush work
out of a lot of then and at the Name
time could Weep theta •0 dvecltly
good-tcinpere+l.''