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DFFFODIL
)lY L171.,\1) 1e, BENTON,
OIIAPT111It VI.fug up the stairs, Tho Interview site cx•
Tho thorns that I have reaped nrrlf rho tree Pouter[ f flowed and with Iio isafacoeof lance
me
A planted; they have torn nneand !Ileal, of the grim sour, r 1osa
I should havo known what frtditoltld spring visitor came a burst of sobs and she thr)w
from moll a rood,
"IIow tired we aro, m3' hart anal I,
Wo seem of no use In the artd ;
'We eortooly ore to look 0000))
A pretty ohlkl or :fie b111eloneen
Wo fool so tired any hoose! L'
,kra, Browning.
This sadlittloetanra eohoe through Daffo•.
cline mind over and over as Ile sat with an
aching load, so1110 two year later in a 00)011
back roorrn in an obscure erect in Detroit,
A couple of letters lay on U0 bare table bo.
ore her and an nntrinintel walking hat and
a pair of thread -baro glows, Her figure is
much slenderer that it oras, her beautiful
hair as soft and brigit, her mouth as
sweet and oy0s as bite, blit ah 1 Dallo-
dil, whore is the girlish rose! bloom
the saucy curve of the ted lips nod the wilful
gleam in the hyaointhilo oyes? What does
Dickens say—"Light hearts, light hearts,
that float so gayly ono 8000001 stream, that
are so sparkling and tuoyant in the sunshine
—how soon ye sink in troubled waters 1"
And Daffodil, lighthearted, omelette, gay,
impatient in prosperous youth is now dos.
pairing, disconroged, saddened in unfortun-
ate womanhood. Like all young romantic
girls she believed she could win her way to
fame simply by her pretty face forgetting
that hard work, fatigue and long hours of
study aro disastrous to beauty and that its
worshippers are fickle changing their object
of adoration as often as a new claimant
appears -upon the scone. It might have been
different had sho histrionic talent to supple-
ment her charms of permit, but, though she
filled private and theatrical parts very well
amongst familiar friends, when she Pied a
sea of upturned faces before real footlights
she found that the words of her role would
not come to mind readily and that her voice
was very 11111011 too low and her manner too
embarrassed to find great favour with the
public. Poor little girl 1 sho had (hail 0 herd
struggle to find even an obscure part in
stage life. There were a groat many more
vacancies behind counters or in °tunes (to
say nothing of the perpetual 0031 of wanted,
a servant girl), than unfilled leading ports
for would-be stats fu the thcatrioal line ;
and she would long ago hove taken advan-
tage of something like this for subsistence,
had it not boon for her foolish ambition, or
fled to her sisters, or fallen hack upon her
husband, who 10105 living in this very eity
now she know. Thus between liar ambition
and pride she had lived fu the midst of
every vicissitude of fortune for two long
dull years. And now today the full re•
ahzation of all her folly and vanity came
upon her. She had just returned from a
rehearsal of a poor little play booked for a
week at the—theatre, and site Unloosen-
ed her coils of hair to ease the pain 0 her
mead. The tears burned her eyes but she
did not let them fall, "No, no," she said,
" I will weep no more. It has been naught
but tears every day. I will be braver."
And she sat staring out of the window at
the horizon beyond the chimneys and roofs,
which was beginning to be tinged with the
setting of the sum.
"I am only twoutyone" she said aloud
again, "and stere I aha, broken down in
health and spirits toyed about bythe waves
of adversity 1 \\ hero will this life of mine
end ?'
She saw the letters then ea she dropped
her eyes and took thein up. " Two ; " she
murmured in surprise. " When have I had
any at all before I " This one is from Jock
I presume—yes, care of Lawyer Marks! It
will be same old story. Return to my
arms, darling --forget, etc. ; when will he
learn that I never loved him l
She opened it impatiently, and a twenty -
dollar bill fell out. Theewero it few lines in
a strange hand.
DEAR, ))EAR DAraonur Dearest Jaok
bids me write to you and say, in our happy
home, there is a place for you whenever
you wish to cone. He tells me to write
this time and coax you to accept our invita-
tion. Jaok is so kind and loving. He
thinks of every one. You mush visit us. I
am sure you will onjoy yourself. Pray lot
100 !tear front you soon. Tell me yon are
not staying away because you envy me may
happiness m taking your place in Jack's
heart. I )snow you are wedded to your
profession while I poor little me—only live
for one heart—you five for the admiration
of thousands -1 for just one.
Your happy happy friend.
HAIDER IiDit•ROY D:oYORR,
Daffodil dropped the letter. " That is the
girl we met in the restaurant in Buffalo,
lie has married her after all. And that
means divorce 1 Alt well I"
She put her face down on the table. Not
that she envied their happiness, only was
more miserable by the contrast.
Tho other letter was from her sisters
in Toronto. Tull of reproaches, words of
wounded pride, urgings to fall back ou her
erstwhile lhusbaud.
" But nothing of ooming to them," Daf-
fodilsaid bitterly. "They want nothing
to do with ane. Then why harass me with
their reproaches. I do not think Laila
would turn! rite out, though. It is
only Clotildo and Hormones -who write.
But I am ashamed—ashamed to go to
even Laila, God pity ane if Hopetor's deoi•
sion is not favorable,"
And when a moment or two later, a little
boy brought up to her, a note with Mr,
Hopeter's chirography on it, slto opened it
eagerly, desperately anxious.
Olt the despair that seized upon hor as site
react the curt sharp words of dismissal there-
in. She need not oven expect the smallest
recommendation towards procuring a poi -
tion in any other troupe as it could not bo
given. It was almost an insulting letter
and the poor girl turned it over in bowild•
ormett. What was this afew words on the
book pencilled iu a different handwriting—
the very same as in tate letter from Haidoe
Iltnfroy Dopier as sho had signed herself 1
Dear Mr. I'Iopoteo, it ran,—allow me to
ask you to 5onc1.111e word before I leave itet'o
who that woman was whoployod Genevieve
iu'tlno rehearsal this afternoon. 1f ft le Miss
or Airs. Dopier I ant quite astonished at
your choice of oharaoters in 0 eonpaty you
expect me to p0tronizo. I may bo mistak-
en in rho person but I c10 not think 1 ant.
You will surely sono her, abbot her business
at once i f you ogre for my influcnee in so-
dety. She once injured 0ttr name in a most
disreputable manner aucl Mr. Doyoor dons
not countenance her at all If it htconven-
en0e5 you financially to dieniss her I my-
self, will recompense you.
H. I9, DAvoin.
Daffodil did not know what to think,
After the letter she herself Itad received
from Jaolt s wife sho could not bring herself
to believe oho itad m oniony in her stomess0r
in Jaolc's ofloctiou0, It puzzled hor much
but tho main thing to think of now was the
foot: of ho
troupe. her
115orfailure
hea:t failediltor evenlain More 115
sho heard Mre, Saxons, her landlady, nom.
herself on her bed in at unrestraih:ed 111 o
weeping.
Night oropt on, No nipper mac
brought up to her and penniless
and deserted she seemed uuthosglht
uneared for, in the world. Me. Swain
ha 1 told her if oho could not pay up by the
next day oho must "pack oil aonewhoros
elec." .And dawn stole into the 000111 After
a night of unrest and reminded her than oho
must go out into the street within a few
hours.
A tall dark dissipated looking gentleman
standing on a Darner noir the markotsquar8
looked after the ball form of a slow trieel-
ler down the street with interoet—it nes a
girl whose deathly face startled him at sho
turned back, groping with her hands 18 if
she could not see. Another moment 0nc1
she hal fainted. The man sprang to her
side and raised her stead. As he looked in.
to tho fano ho muttered to himself—" It is
the very sane. What an opportunIy to
win Haideo by serving hor I"
110 decided in a moment what he wished
to do, and hailing a oab, with the assietan0e
of a policeman placed the em001180i0us girl
Inside, gave a number and street and ;Limp-
ed in himself.
And some hours after Daffodil moused
Iron a long series of fainting fits to fird her
self in a strange, gloomy, illy.fnrtished
room in a horse she knew nothing of. The
woman who waited on hor world tell her
nothing. In an agony of fear sho looked
from the windows of the room, but .house-
tops and obscure unknown streets only, met
her gore. This was a horrible stale of affairs;
If she even knew who held hor prisoner—for
(10310300 she certainly was, the door being
locked and barred with each coming .0 and
going out of the evil visaged woman. That
was a dreadful day, She thought some-
times it was a mad house and that she was
rattily insane. 00, the awfnln0se of that
past of folly and vain Omtailings after apples
of Sodom. 00, the future 1 Ur would there
11e any future?
Steps of a man approaching towards even-
ing made her shudder and grow pal's, Slow-
ly the door opened, eagerly, yet fearfully,
she looked at the appearing figure. It was
Calta —Rap C0100, unchanged, unaltered,
Sho recognized him with wonder, hope, de-
spair.
Is it you who has dared to offend the
laws of freedom in such a bravado manner,
sir?" she demanded, all the passionate anger
in her nature leaping up.
'It is I," he answered, coolly. " Do volt
not find yourself comfortable? Far bettor,
it seems to me is captivity in shelter than
freedom in the pitiless storm of friendless
adversity,"
"Whatever it seems to you is of no conse-
quence to me. All I ask of you is an explan-
ation and my liberty."
"Mrs. Dayeer," this man answered hor,
with something of his professional tone. "I
can give you the explanation in three words.
I love yon.
Daffodil put her hands out. She was
thoroughly frightened. "You take astrauge
way of showing it," "she said, her pallor all
gone. "Oh stand aside and let the go. Let
me get away. You are creel os Nero to treat
one lel this manner.
" You do not know how I have tried to
see you to tell you before. This morning
when you fell fainting near ur0, I said this
is an opportunity. in a thousand. I am not
cruel, T an saving you from misery, from
destruction—why would you rather be
wandering about in this greet city alone
than he befriended by one who would always
give you a shelter?"
"It is not befriending me 1" the distract-
ed girl cried. And then she sank on hor
knees by a chair and cried bitterly.
TEE BRUSSELS POST.
"Tho beautiful wilful blonde that J00itSUNDAY READING. s)Iirit," On has to conk right over .the
JAPAN'5 EARTHQUAKE.
Ilan worshipped through all ?" - _. Iwoids u,il tcla•ltilrge of the lutolleot jus
ll'aldoe winced but elle said " The seine, ax ,lacus lid, !'hero is la hfgh01' amenity than Further pendia 01'Thu; llerrtblc• plsnsi ere'
You were at 0110 time ROX1008 to Poral a The Simplicity of 'aitl!, the lu y p
cloeoraec[uuiutancowithherwereyounot?" ]fisc ) 6
Air, Kaytor assented, with interested 5011•
eall0ns,
" You would like to do en yet 1" the girl
iteked leaning over a little and fixing largo
hold a oro en his.
" Yes,"with emphasis,
" I have arranged for a ohen00, Mr. Ray -
tor, Yon have only t0 play the part of a
hero and rescue the Princoasfrom captivity
and you have taken one step in the direction
1007 pointing out,"
The second step will accomplish my object.
You may take what others you please. am
done with her then,"
Iiayter looked into her blaok eyes with a
comprehensive gleam in his own languid
orbs,
" I may marry her?" he said, musingly
and half interrogatively.
Haideo laughed. "You may for all I
cath," alio returned. Then, in a more buni-
ness-like tone, sho emibin00 . " But this
second step—will you iteconpllsll it?"
After he knew what it was, the said, "yes,
if possible."
"lt must be possible," she declared, dark-
ly, and loft him presently with the idea
that this plan of hors was a last desper-
ate scheme to win the affections of Jaok
Daycer, For he knew her and knew her
history too. As he played with the key sho
had left and mused over this unexpected
chance of seeing again, and this time within
his power, the lovely girl whom he bad never
forgotten, he laid his plans with a careful
pr00isfan and proceeded to sot upon them.
Daffodil, it her gloomy prison had almost
wept herself to sleep that evening when she
once more hoard a men's steps approaching.
With face laid down upon hor hands as they
rested on the noble before her she
waited, hope numbed in her hardly throb-
bing heart.
A hasty turning of the key and
rapid opening of the door inado her
look up with faint curiosity. When
she saw Altro Kay ter she stat-
ed np with a low cry. He advanced
and In a strange 0autioue whisper said, "I
have conn to roleaao you, Do not make the
least sound. We mast he (00 still as death
if we would be successful.'
Daffodil caught the hand held out and
moved lifter hint with alternate feelings
of ,joy and misgivings. She had not seen
this ratan fora long tiin0 but she remembered
with a burning flush that thelast time ahoy
had stet, Lo had offered her his name, and
sho, yet nndivoreecl, thou 1 But she follow-
ed on and presently the fading light of day
was all about titan in the street. Kayter
conducted her 'cross the way to a dilapidat-
ed, little frequented hotel and ordered a
room for her.
" on will excuse me delaying ex-
planations Mrs. Dayeer," ho said,
in soh a courteous kind tone that
Daffodil felt bewildered—and much re-
lieved. " But if you will but do as I ask
yon for this evening you shall know all soon.
d. train leaves at eleven o'clock for Ptnkside
where your sister, Leila lives, and you shall
be on your way thereat that time if you will.
I will go with you myself, in case that villain,
Calfa, turns up again. But as my company
play in a new piece to -night, it is absolutely
necessary I should be present. I will bring
yon such attire as will enable you to accomp-
any 070—"
"Nay," the girl said, quickly. " I will stay
here till eleven.
" I could not come after you in time,"
he told her turning on his heel and leaving
the room. She looked after' him with thou.
blod eyes. What slid ho mean by his sud-
den change of manner. Just this, she con-
cluded, that either she would do as he said
or she need expect no further kindness from
him. She wondered if she had not gotten
out of the frying pan to fall into the fire and
with a sigh, ascended the ill -kept emirs to
the room ordered.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Conlcl sho havo seen the man's face as ho
looked down at her she would have been
astonished. His eyes softened and he ap-
peae d to be regretting his action.
But he went out presently without &tying
o and looked the door behind him. Daffodil
looked up in surprise at the abruptness of
his departure but the gloom and fear in her
heart olid not subside.
Ca1ta want downstairs to a room that per.
hops was tlto parlor—though a kitchen in
merry a horse was bother furnished.
BY MRs IizclmtCtrri'ut litrxl'i1,
"He, hearing Ilia cross, went forth Otto
a place called the place of a skull," Tho
history of Jesus Christ Is the Watery of ono
who, knowing that ho owns immense pos•
sossione, token upon Iihnself the estate of
the lowlicet people, not to give to then as
if they were objeota of His charity, but to
teach them how to have 00 11100h as Ifo 1100,
IIe ie tlio history of one who takes upon
Himself all kinds of siolhee0oo0 to teach sick
people how to got well.
He is the history of ono who takes the
deepest grief upon Himself to teaoll how to
rise out of ft•, Ho is the history of one who
teaches how to got very wise and su000ssful
while being ignorant and untortuuate, In
other words, He bore the °rocs of the world.
If he, being rich, had given largo provt-
Bions to the poor he would !leve been a fall -
um. If he, being powerful, had simply
healed a few and lifted up a few and en.
lightened a few he would have boon as great
a failure as thoee other powerful people who
condescended in the time of the cholera in
Naples. A very rich iman rode among tltu
poor people in his carriage carrying broths
and medieines, but they were so enraged at
him that they mobbed him, broke his oar.
riage in pieces, tore the harness off his horses
and neatly held a riot in the oily. King
Humbert went among them, dressed just
like one of them, helped that nurse their
siek and bury their dead, and they never
touched him, though they knew that he
was richer than the other man.
This was because he did not flaunt the
difference of his position in their faces.
Now, if King Humbert had told them that
they might as web havo sixty and a hundred
fold inorp poseessiotts than they had, and
oxpininecl it to them bow they might be as
powerful and well fed as himself, it would
have been something like what Jesus Christ,
dill.
He born your very experiences and told
you the exact way to Its out of them. Ho
was offered money and houses and aastlee
\Ye111" said a young lady sitting there,
turning up expectant blank eyes.
" Well I' returned Colts, disoontentedly.
" I gave her to understand I abducted her
because I want her to marry me. I tell 3 on,
I'Ieidoe, it was no easy matter either. She
doesn't deserve such a fright. I can't see
why yon want to distress her so, But I have
clone my part, now you do yours—thele
Domes the reward."
The girl smiled up into his eyes with a
similar fondness. Deceit was part of her
nature,
"Only to snake hien hate and despise her
—and then tho reward," she whispered.
"Then the reward."
" Haideo !" Orate said with stern empha-
sis, "If you aro fooling me this time I
shall kill you "
The girl drew book just a little but even in
the shadow of the falling twilight the pale-
ness of the 01hee1(0 could be seen.
"Did I. frighten you, my darling?" asked
her companion, relaxing hie moodyfeatares.
"I am so fearful of losing you. Y Toll me
again, I shall have my reward. You mist
nob trifle with me,"
Heiden rose up and wont away from him.
"You shall have your reward 1" she told
him, mainly. But don't talk. to me that
way. I do not like to hoar you,"
'Calle followed hor to where she stood,
" Well remember, Now, 0 you are going,
kiss 1110."
The girl kissed him, %Vith that odd calm
experienced way of hers—not a pleasing way
to the lover of innocence and modesty. But
her lover's face lit up, as much as such a
dark face could do so fund ho sighed as silo
said, "I must go, Give me the Ito You
part is done. I have now to gqo see 1kaytor,'
They smiled at this and Otalta said Ho
will be hero post haste."
No," she denied. "That world spoil
it all, I will inetruot him."
They ported then and I'Iaideo wont to a
oorbain hotel where the Kaytor troape was
registered. Altro Kaytir remembered hor,
with a smile, as the girl Cabo had been
running offer for years, remembered, too,
with a little surprise her adoption by Mrs,
Johu Dayeer, senior, at Onto instance of hor
son, Jack
'Y bitiss ]Bmfroy 1" he 'said inquiringly,'
" Or is it Mrs. Dayeer now?"
111 eo verlan id not d one hand tightened 1Whiter
0000' hor
aha s
little node monllale.
" Mies Ithnfroy," she said, thereby giving
the lie to her inehlttatiolta fn'hor lotto'? to
Daffodil, " I havo called about Mrs. Day.
cot, .however, Mrs, Dayeer 01100 7011 ]mens
I I het a•,tldn you, It iso irit Intel -
hall is ma powerful than muscle. It is
inure successful than muselo, Intellect fe
as unreliable, however, as mueolo. Tim
powerful A,telleetwill tell us that mu0t
not give to the worthy poor because if we
(teed to every sty of pain we won id 511071 be
as poor as the poorest, Spirit says
feed
every 0110 with a portion of your, bounty
and you will have all the more. Intellect
says 1 I must put my money into institutions
that will praise my name, and cutdown n1y
employes afterward,
Spirit says I must put every creature into
the way of earning its own living. If it eon
not do the ways of the world, so muolt the
more cause for my protective care and wise
inetruction. I moat not do my alms to be
seen of men. Honor among this generation
counts for nothing, The future will read
my motive clear as a book.
Tho intellect is proud over muscle. Spirit
is proud over nobody and nothing, but for
transcends all the powers of all creatures.
Intellect has its place in the skull, Jesus
Christ has no place, Fi11e all plane—nn•
bounded, limitless, infinite. Algazali, a
pious Arabia", living about 1058, said that
he was completely astonished when he found
how tho senses deceived hien, and his judg•
mote had to be all eorreoted by his niton•
leer. Ho noticed how the stars aro report-
ed to be small as money pieces by sensation,
but corrected by inlellootare called suns and
worlds. He was sure of everything and
everybody being different to the judgment
from what the senses state. Then he began
to doubt the reports of lis intellect,
Ho saki 110 was satisfied egouglt with his
8011000 until mtelleot denied their testimony.
Then he grew dissatisfied with intellect and
wondered if there wore not some higher face
ulty atfll that would correct it. Jesus her -
explains that he will teach us a higher than
the greatest intellect.
Pilate, the representative of the world that
acts according to its feelings, jestingly and
wilfully calls the spiritual teaching the rul-
ingintention of Judaism.
The coward does the way of the world.
and kingdoms if he would tako the world 5
He
says claims tot do everything, tual world is chimerical
afar
way of getting thorn. Ole was shhowl as the sees does nothing, Religious teachers
able a financier Mo was by nature ; (COLow able try to explant that indeed they do not be•
a ruler ho would make ; hownoble he would liove in spirit as their provider and healer
appear as a prince, and if he would deal rho arid teacher. " We do the same ways you
world's way he could overtop even the do ; Wo try the tricks of all trades jest Ihke
you ; we believe in ways, and w e employ
doctors to examine our pulse and preoaribo
for our livers just like you ; we study books
00 hard as over we can to learn abort God's
latus with earthquakes and cyclones. In-
deed, please, great worldly mind, don't
think for a Inrnient that l00 are so foolish as
to believe in Spirit." "Write not, Ring
of the Jews,"
But the world always will insist that it is
the very nature of religion to teach a better
way than material performances to be suc-
cessful and happy with.
There Was no anguish you con go through
with of mind or body auy greater than this
groat Jesus Christ took upon Himself to
show you the words to speak to set you
free,
Here He shores that if you feel anguish of
mind or body you may be sure sohnothing
good is coming to you. You can hasten its
coming by saying. It is finished." If you
have been very sick and you let that thought
within you speak, saying, "I and Jesus
Christ," and then you asked that thought to
make you well, you will very likely have a
very strange feeling of mind and body which
no word will express better than anguish.
This teeling shows that a great good is to
Caesars,
He saw that he [nal magical healing.pow.
ors ; that ho could perform all the mighty
brinks of legerdemain Solomon has excelled
at. It had been considered that Solomon
was wonderful, beoaeee he could pierce a
delicate pearl, string intricately perforated
diamonds, and answer peculiar conundrums.
All this was so simple and easy for the
young Jesus.
But he said: " 1 will not get my great-
ness that way, I will get w10e in the know-
ledge of spirit. I will got all my powers
from God m straight communion with God,
and not till I ettn explain how God as the
Father is impartially good to the children
of men will 1 take anything of the goode of
earth.
I believe in God as elite and willing to
do all things that mankind can ask or even
think. I do rot believe in there being any
poor people or old people or unhappy peo-
ple, I believe God is good to ell or that Ho
is not good at all. I do not believe in ignor-
ance. I do not believe in failure. I do not
believe in dishonesty. Those things are
not necessary. There is a noble, satisfac-
tory way of living. That way I will de-
monstrate in such a fashion that not one
creature can be too ignoble to imitate." be born to you. Anguish gives birth. You
And he did. The seemingly !heavy human. are to say, "It is finished. Jesus Christ
affairs that despite the goodness of God He took this cup and said I need not drink it,
bore and said, " Be not afraid ; I have l He said 1 might refuse it. So I
overcome." " The flesh profitoth nothing," refuse to bo in anguish, I declare that
" The devil is a lie from tho beginning_" what was meant for me is here now, aceord-
°tKeep my words." 'illy words aro life. ung to Jesus Christ. I am perfectly well
" Aly words tell tho power of spirit. Seek now.
first the knowledge of God and all these Keep on speaking these words. Yon do
thanes shall be added unto you that y ou de- not have to be put through any pain or ser.
sire." row or humiliation at all. But if you have
He sold God was in Him. He said God got into rheas straits there's a quick way
was and is in all He said that this God 0 out
The Dying Soldier.
[From Roumanian Polk -songs. Collected by
Bolen Translated
ljla ad by Gannon
ylva and Alma Strett
A ho lay a•dying tete soldier spoke :
Iam cottent1
Let my mother be told in the village there,
And my bride in tho but be told,
That they must pray with folded stands,
With folded hands for rhe,"
Tho soldier is dead, and with folded hands
I'Iis bride and his mother pray.
On the flolci of battle they dug pray. grave,
Androd with his life blood the earth 1000 dyed
The Garth 0
h laid him in.
t
Y
Tho sun looked now" on ,1 spoke;
there and
I am content."
And flowers bloomed thickly upon his grave,
And wore glad they blossomed there,
And when the wind M tho troo tops roared,
The soldier naked from the chop, dark grave:
Did tho banner flutter then f"
"No' so, m)• hero," the wind replied,
" The fight is done, taut 1 h Canner is won,
1hy comrades of old have borne it house,
Ha•0 berno it in triumph hence." dark
Then the soldier spoke from the deep,
grave :
"Iam content."
And again ho hoard the shepherds pass,
And the (looks go wandering by,
And the soldier tasked; Is tho sound hear
The sound of the battle's roar?"
And they nil replied : " My hero, nay 1
Thou art dead, and the fight's o'er,
Our countr • Joyful and free."
Then tho soldier spoke from the deep, dark
grave:
"Iam content."
Then ho hoarath the lovers laughing pass,
And the solclter asses once more ;
Aro these nob the voices of them that love,
That lore and remember me 1"
" Not so, my hero," tho lovers say,
Wo aro those that remember not;
Icor the spring has conte and the earth has
smiled,
And the deed must ho forgot."
Thou the soldier spoke from tho deo,
grave
"1 am content,"
The Sabbath Chime.
Lord God, the Holy Ghost,
In this accepted hour,
As on No day of (Pentecost
Descend in all thy power •
Wo meet with ono accord
In our appointed place
And wait thopl'ontiso of our Lord
The Spirit of all grace.
Lilco mighty rushing wind
'Upon the waves beloatlh,
114o00 wi 111 one 101110100 every mind,
Ono 00111, one 100111/8 breathe :
Tl,e young, rho old, inspire
With wicdonl frail, above; •
And give us hearts and 10111411os of fire
To pray, and praise, end love,
Spirit; of light, explore
Ana °hoe our100111 111000,With tnslro shining moroond more
Unto the ported day 1
Spirit of truth, be thou
• In life and death one Guido ;
OlmlIsanctified.owbjySpirit bn
Are Diode known,
alto brought the train outlines o
the great earthquake in Japan on UM. 23,
but condensed reports gate 110 idea of the
terrible features of the calamity. The earth.
quake was strongoet in the profooturos of
C1i60 and Aichi, where towns have been
overthrown, the country sulnuorged and
mountains are in eruption and railroad
communication is interrupted.
bJp to Nov, 11 etatistica showed 7,524 per.
sous killed and 0,458 wounded, while 00,.
000 homes had bon destroyed. Upward.
of 0,000 sh0eko wore felt during moo days.
The greatest deetruetiou ooenrred at Gifu.
A correspondent there says that a quarter
of million of people were trade homeless in
that prefecture. He adds:
"There are twonby-eight places where
the soil sank more than throe feet, the total
area of this aubsidenoo being nearly three
acres. Fissures in the ground are also fro.
quent. They vary from ono to three feet
in width and some are fifteen feet deep. I
have counted over one hundred large fissures
and as for small ones they oannot bo reckon-
ed. The banks of the Niagara River are
totallydestroyod. In one place near the river
there is a subsidence of over twenty feet.
WTroe BOILIN(1 AIM) IN IT.
" In Sonne parts of the town boiling mud
spouted out of fissures to the (might of tea
feet. Several of these geysers were formed
and the majority of them continued spout-
ing for one or two hours. More than 3,000
wells are totally destroyed. The condition
of liaaoka-Cho after the earthquake
and the conflagration was appalling. There
were 1,000 houses in that district and over
4,000 inhabitants.
"The shock overthrew nearly all the
[Houses, and when the survivors ware strug-
gling to rescue the injured, fires broke out
on all sides. From the fall of the houses
to the outburst of the conflagration there
was an interval of ouiy twenty minutes.
Only twenty-nine bongos remained standing
when the flames were extinguished, and
two hundred people had been either crushed
or burned to death. In some cases whole
families of eight or nine perished. Starving
people may be constantly soon wandering
over the crooked fields in search of potatoes,
turnips or any otter edibles. 1t is a ter-
ribie tate of affairs."
TEMPLES IN TWIN
Not a few people entombed amid the
ruins of houses are Laid to have been roast-
ed to death. Out of 200 temples in Gifu
))tore than one-third wore totally destroyed
and of twenty-five temples in the town of
Sake only three escaped injury. The banks
of the Shohal River in the Kasugai district
wore thrown down by the earthquake and
numerous fissures appeared in the ground.
At a distonce of about two and a half
miles from the bridge over this river. where
theground has been conspicuously.
muddy water and stones and vicious mud
have been ejected from the fissures in such
quantities as to form a kind of small volcano.
on top of which is a hole from which mud.
was thrown out constantly until tine 3002.
The latest telegrams to hand are from
Nagoya, dated the 4th inst., and from
Gifu, doted the 5th mit.
According to the former earthquakes still
continuo to be felt, but the interval between
them is gradually increasing and the inten-
sity of the attacks diminishing. From the
commencement of the disturbance up to the
time of dispatching the telegrams there had
been no less than 6,610 shooks, which means
thirty-eight shooks per hour or more
than one every two minutes. She first
of the above two telegrams gives an-
other and increased statement of casualties
in the Mont prefecture. The record stands-
thus
tandsthus at present : Aiehi prefecture, killed,
2,423: wended, 3,110; houses totally de-
stroyed, 42,345; mouses partially destroyed,
1,818.
11
The Japayy,, Mail says 1 Of 4.434 houses
constitutinfthe town of Ogaki 3,556 are
completely overthrown and 765 are parti-
ally ruined. Fire hos destroyed 1,463. The
number of persons killed is 747, the num- ,
ber severely injured 520, and the number
each of us is able and willing to help us in
Josus Christ fn you the Mope of glory is alightly injured 750. Appalling as is the
wonderful ways. Nothing is too hard for our freodom. There IS nobody so free as magnitude of the calamity still more terrible
Him. He explained that nothing is too your
one who lets hie name be spoken within is the report which comes front Gifu pre.
common -place for us to lay before this God itis mind, He finds that if he does not facture as a whole
and got aid fn. choose to go into the slums of the city to
He said he himself was the bodily demon• work he can help people while sitting in his
etratton of God. But he ]ofd groat stress owls room. He finds that if he does choose
upon tho fact that just talking end thinking to gu into the slums ho has a right to do so,
as he did (being absolutely right) would put He is under nobody's orders and no
hint and his powers forth from each of 11r. body's criticisms weigh with him. He
A very poor woman unt tong ago telt that is not afraid of the terror by night, nor
she hoard the voice of Jesus Christ speaking the arrow that fiiett by day. Criticism,
within her mind saying, I am Jesus calumny, censure, praise, they are one to
Christ." She said, "Yes, I know, but I do lint. It is finished, ho says. Jesus Christ
need help so mold Won't you please help in you speaking tells you that all evil is
me .pay my rent?" The voice within hor finished. It is ended. Those things shall
mind never said, yes. She listened to iter not be upon the earth. You can speak this
own mind and so gently and lovingly the name within your mind till the kingdom of
sante word carte, I am Jesas Christ 1•' If heaven is open to your sight. In you the
0110.11ad lot this voice speak aloud through Gentiles will trust, As it is written, "In
hor lips her neighbors would have said she my name shall the Gentiles trust." Thetis,
saidblasphemous. Sar she did not. She p you keepn lettingu;5 con Jesus °hrthe divine ot," elin. The ven manufacturing firim in Glasgow, ne of the x Scotland,
said again, " groes dear Jesus Christ, I know per wet y ,
you ata the highest thought of my mind— the people who do not believe in spiritual Thirty years ago, a barefoot, ragged urchin
able to do all things, wont you please help laws as transcending intelleotual methods presented himself before the dusk of the
pay myrent?„ will trust you, will lean on yon. principal partner and asked for work as an
And again all she could get wa0 the affix- Jesus received the vinegar. But you errand boy.
enation stronger and fuller from the deeps 1leen not receive the vinegar of having to " There's a deal s' running to be
gge dune,
of Iter own mind. And immediate] after take foyers front the hands of those who said hlr,Blank , jesyogly, off affecting
o broa
d
that she had help on her way, "Ye shall hove wronged you. He said that to de- Scotch qualification
ask what ye tt ill to my name." dare it is finished and to hold His Home wed be a pair o' :Moon." y'
According to Jesus Christ you do not steadfastly in mind would keep you free The boyy, with gga grave nod, disappeared.,!
have to ask any man or woman or corpora- from all the pains and sorrows and shames He lived
t under doing oh stalls. nthe mar etm, an
tion to help you, Jesus Christ will attend to of human experience. I am victor over apt u der oe he had eased enough moth
it. Not the hietorio man of Galileo Mut the those things, In your nlitd first and then o buythe shoes. Then he resented him
omuipotentJosus Christ quality of your own iuTho ebody
ed salvations n none other name, self bfore Mr. Blank onomorning,and held
mind.package.
Jesus Christ is Ole demonstration of good, but in my name the vinegar and the gala out a have e shoo)), err," Me said quietly.
Just to Nitron to the one thought that chis- and the wormwood of human experience aro " recalled
pore within yon 10 your demonstration. nothing. I promise you immunity from Oh 1" Mr, Blank with difficulty reepcalled
It is nob right for yon to bo pour. It is anything, if before you hove got into trouble thin thosertoaas myYou want
aon place
ce
not right for you to bo sick. It is nob right you will speak my name, But of you
11 lane Not have te hhouse"
dis
t is not rf lit for ou to be never• been taught tl e p tv
for app , fall. I g Y
unhappy, Why will you bo when Jesus and are amt in great anguish, soy that your The boy hesitated a moment, and the
Christ says : " 1 ale within you able o do refuse the cup of trouble,0and declare
tloul ed before 1lotlrot nr0100rdde. ntlyottthead s�
all things. Nothing is too hard for Mo, DolI in ,you am 00 ` y coarse re her garments. Alr, Blank's
not look afar auto Ale, but lot My namo bo from poverty, debt, disgrace, desolation, g
eolcenwithnyou, and love ivleamdbelhive lsiolcuoss, say, 'It is finished," .At alto tolorootwoked tstruse attentively, For
rhefrstHttsnm
iu Me.o eleventh hour call open naeand I will Meat. bloodless face showed that lta boon st c
Yon can do everything 101le1 Christ Jesus ' keep my word 01111 live." I can not be
B and bythe world crucified ; I am not be entoubed. Nothing himself of food for months in order to t..w
is will
no thiol hoed, 0 „ d those clothes. The manufacturer now ue
will not spam heavy to you. Youtvilluotbe is too hard for n1c. Nolo is rho ncaep0o rt tell rho bo eorofull and Found to hi
orlon on hs shoulders but thio. Now tl d y f anlvation.' y y,
Atlas with the w ra ret that he could nether road nor write�,
g
,Y '
that you should do both
It is mammy
before wo could employ you in carrying
homo packages," Ito said, " Wo have no
ploco fob: vett."
Tate lad's fano grew paler ; but, without
a word of complaint ito disappeared, lie
now welt fifteen miles into the country,
and found wnrk iu stables nose to to night.
school. At the end of a year he again pr,
rented himself before Mr. Blank.
" I call road and write," ho said briefly,
0 I gave him the place," the employ.r
HUNDREDS KILLED.
A telegram despatched on the afternoon j
of the 1st inst., gives the number of killed
6i eas5000
- the
num-
ber
le prefecture 0 thew o ,
P
of wounded as 15,000 and total number
of hooses destroyed fifteen to sixteen thou-
sand. These figures of course, include the
oasualties at Osaka. They aro evidently!.
approximations, but that they are much
exaggerated can scarcely be hoped when
remember that, in addition to the de-
struction
a rot n
seructfon wrought in the towns of Gifu and \r
Osaka the smaller towns of Ichanomiys,
Kyosu. Kasaiatsn and Takegathanaare said
to have been wiped out altogether.
Determined to Snooeed,
"Adam," said Nye,
As they went out the gato
When ordered o leave,
"Is my hat on straight?"
Mother (reprovingly to little girl just
ready to go for a walk). "Dolly, that hole
was ot iyour glove this mooning." Dolly
(promptly) --"Whore was it then
• , i0) -10 a O .
Josue with tate world under his feet. Yoln• TwoLittle Feet,
whole business in life is to leorn of Ino,"
or to learn how to lot the Jesus Christ pit, 1111 so prodlgnl of lila 1
thought within you rein su roue. This 0h, loveundd00tlmgatstrile1
thought that is named Jesus Christ is tlto 011, Wards o full
Ofhus feet! qe scoot
noblest thought within your mind. Lot it '[.Qac IlIere 110 reel,! M1I1lhiat I'011. aOl
keeps saying I am Joann Christ," 'fenny per two more Vinton soft. and smell t
5011 cepa repeating his own name till he felt Mara 0lmrd flat orot 611 myle 011 0,
as if lie Were as big as the edouot. SonMO a10
ia 111ys. lily din o that had aro many ways
tics, kept repeating certain syllables, but Oftn01110 000utifu111fe's (Myst
Jesus Christ said, Repeat my name. Then , o room lT 01• titer it may bo
you will not foal aro if yo WOYe thepinueb but Barth
i dtnnly knowao i T k VIM Y aeon thee,
as if the world were under your foot. Yon Thy mot nm'ose, thy lovingkiss, said years afterward, " with the convict °
will nob become sansclesssyllablos, by speak. Tho Plotter of thy door, smal font, that, u1 1 ocoss oP time, ho would tanto manic
ingg my mance, bub will aorto Into your Thy linnd6liamiele t ro1nety la c sol! street I ff )to mado up his hind to do it, bion ris,
inihoritance of health, wisdom, and 5ucaoas, mo
10,111 a al
Ts h1to a l that now mentors. slowly in Santoh business hottaos, but ho
The pia® of a skull %AS whore they cru, 'I'wolit le foot 'heath earth's brown sod, etre chief formal."
acted Him. Your intellect is suppo0od to Two whito whipsomevhe"" vale warn, God,
be loaatod within our, Anil, This intellect, ' r +m.-»- •^^
is a rear enemy to J onus Christ. " The What appear to be oalautties aro often the "Thomas "000im's, 011 the 0vorage, thirty
VINO; wino tinto5 in ever, X 0
natttralman recoivotlt not the things of the aonrchs of ortunoe, y r 00 nan0s,