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•CHAPTER L
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Which' introduces a Lady and Two
Gentlemen.
Dressed in plain white shirtvvalet
and an equally plain. black cloth skirt,
• Mies Hazel Weir, on. eveeltdays, was
merely a unit In the office of Earring-
totIc Rosh, linpleereent manufacturers.
Neither in' hersontility oor, in garb.,
WouM easualeglarme -have hifferenti-
siteh%lreh' from 'the other female units,.
ocethieetit !eariOns desks. A'inisineed
°Oleo ii.nopittee for a woman , to,pa-
radi personal 'charms. , Thehneas-•
, ire et,her., worth there is simply the
ineowarehof her efficiency at her ma-
,
chine htledgers. ,ho that ifany mem-
., .
beriof thelirm had beenasked what
sort tot width Miss Hazel' Weir- might
be, he would-probably;'haVehreplied—
and heithetitnatist tenth—that Miss iWelr
thtthoh hhiot ethellit'Oet 'Wife Ito'. hithhi the. *he,
•Iilheth $ehati alog reiese to the
weller'e edge, an& taklOg t :at theret:
tosiieh :morsels eto the 1b1rde "and eiMie
•terea to ,eaeli 'ether, ;
Tateaka" .She aaid iiiidatinih; "berth*
q.40y. eeteeined eniployers, if. yeti
jeleahee; Ten% ,notlee thatitehs,welleing
100ittai 1tit 'WOWS. 'Net We i&i� Gee
hinero, •everyday •reertals."
Barrow, gieneeti .pest and
her•se* 0.
het, :Telt": ;
eehheh th 1,0110, `1$11400t
• verifi:Jq -.eel R11;644141011
11 t'9.1) helte.h. •
.
, Beall
.0,1' his
glaii,
"I1- t e ell ei ve
• ,
litely, you."
And Hazel' Went hack le her oho/
rather tall middle-aged. man his boo. aloe! wee(lerielf wig' she had bee*
eeehee who' ;hey, meheeehaw,emee, • requested he do those lettere wise*
Nello Morrison Mid nothing better to
dreesed With exceeding nieetee *ea tO•
' ,hoetlien elt-pleking at her type' Istelso
•
a .flOW ikts omit lapel,
lhe• ,hhildl Wi'habeethPlek
• eewly aonhte pth •that bore
rhJemmedhe,
ignifcance' °t•t hh
the pond. ' 'next enorniat however, white the eV
Me gaze werniered to'theni and the 1 the bohlopl her that mho, wee 'wielded
, cool, well-bred stiti!e gradually gave th,Mhhhtush. eThie, time h,f11,41. She Mee
Way to slightly puzzled Coprespieti. 'tereett'Nellyetliforrhsonhs Oa -
He moved et.etep or two and seoted11 'ethethhhihoethiyas going through Ws
,himeelf ceha benchiilse•Witir heetinteih 'Mail. He weeec1 he,i- th a chair.
Sinew* that ho was o1dngat her moot ...- hffuet ea ,minntehh-heherthl ,
of the time as be sat casting the' bite Presently he wheeleel from the dealt
of hread to the swans and aucka. It stud reoarded her withdieconceeting
made her self-eonseities. 'She' did not , frankness -has if .he were stopralodng
know why she should be of anetpartice hot, pointby pointso to speak,
'Mar interest. • hMy—ab—dietettion,-to you yesterday
"Let's walk trotted a little'," she' suit Wed In the nature of 'a tre-out, Mises
SUN AY AFTERNOON
we, whose souls are lighted
ith *lad/0M from on high,
Can "We to Inca benighted «
The lamp of We deaY?
$alvatioh 0 Selvatioe I
The jOarftll aOtind preciaizo,
Till each remotest -nation
Has learnt MesSiah's Perna,
(Begirield Heber)
PRAYER'
Almighty God, it bath pleased tine
to build thY hOuse -upon. the earth,
3,n4 even here thou bast a living
Clipreh; amid all the darkness •and
turnrat; thou hest still a hiding place
for thoee who lover thee, and an open
•way to thy heaven's fee- those wJ
put their trust in thee: May we no-
derstand the meaning of thy provt-
deace in -talarang thy .house here. The
LOrd -have us • all in his holy, righty
keeping. Amen, 'Joseph Parker.
S. S. LESSON FOE SEPT. 16th,
ege$
Lesson Title—Luke, the Beloved
heated. The last of the crumbs leer, Weir," lie flimsily volunteered. "Miss PhYsiejall-
• , t:t; 16:9 -15; (hhh 4:14h 2 Tun. 4:11.
hone, , , 'mon-leen has asked to be trausferree Lesson Passage—Luke x:1-4.' Acts
e "All right," Barrow assented. "Let's to our Midland branch. , Mr. '..A1 as Goldlen, Text—Pro. eetze.
'pee up the ravine." recommended you. The work *1,11 not
They left the log. Their cenrs's up be herd. but I must have eemehhe d'h' gives the reason why he Should de -
Luke ax -e. In -these verses Luke
the ravine took them directly past the vendable. and discreet, and careful to
gentletnan on the benea. And ,when
• -they came abreast of biro, he rose and ;
lifted his bat the very slight
nation a was weir's head.
' hIlow he you ho Miss Weir?" saidd
' he. "Quite a View ant after/tooth". '
To the beet of Hazel's knowledge,
-
Mr. Andrew Bush was little given to
friendle iecognitior, of eraployees,
particularly public. But he seemed ,
Inclined to We talkative ;,,and, as she,
eaught a slightly inquiring glance ot-
her escort, she made the neceseery
troduetion. Bo for a minute' or two
the 'three of them stood there excitant.
'Mg polite banalitiee. Then. Mr. Bush.
,aveid erhorsi, I think -you will Mastage
.1t iero nicely If you—ehhim,he he
ob-
ection-tte giving up th'e more general.
work the,ohice for .thiss.„.The eatery
will he. coisidetablh; oeohy
h hit' you 'collidet thitt, :Work. Will'
eke Satisfacterych' 1 se ',Weir began.
46Di:think there's, ahhedeubt hate
,• that score. iYou 'Ithothreeinhi
the' 'Oftlen," lhe interrupted 'ounilingly.
. •
• "Now .ne .get ;to work and eleati up
,thia„coreeependeoch." • e., •,
7T4tli her, heir.;aptiO' "'hheria.
vreiseetoeir ef„quietizi the prate of -
greater ahpeinimeut,
thiefahle etenograplier..e. which suited Miss ..Hazel Wobt to a,
Butwn Saturday evening released • hewed- and passed sae." -nicety. ! The work was no morsel ditlie
kiiii'1100'Wgr -heat:thre-ehhin hr.iek . _eete_ he& ofthe' higgeet gunFs ; in, cult than she had ben iccustontett te
..aegee bulfdlag, she becamei• she:, orairille,: they sate" hack' blesereed. '401hehreeh ie hs"in;•.:7,01.1hese, and
,
'doissed her Worhiog clothes at 7 a. nt, hl, Wohldn't .inind having mente' of his' 'Mere' ear:cling In attention to det,I
• Me,taday.Moretieg, quite a higarent Both beeinetio „he handle., 'He sheeted with.. ;hod necepiarilx ther'o eopildentael, for
of 'he,,,persOn. In ether werds, she', _neithitigt.tOO, aceordieg to alt acconntse khr. .A:10tew. Bush had hik'fiiigee, theo
:chueketh,thet plaineshirtwaist 'and the We*, that's what I call suCcess." ..ett Othit:igh,beitiness.
such ,tee dress as at normal , girl. of ------------ '," Hazel responded.. -.'"But he's, .heeelTed in.her weekly envelope war
plainsakirt• into the 'discard, • .61 into,- • "Oh, yes, in a business.' way. he's a •owe 'of tile A
4mid
• i.2
•tWenty-two delights toputon, and de- ayrfully curt most of the tiina around ' illereesed, fax behoadchehe eillehts, , tions.
voted ,hitilf• an hcnir Or SO 10 ."dOtrig"' the_ office. / -wonder what made him ,,, hfellY Morrie/Mt had drawlhtWeeth dol., Theophilus showing ,a greater free-
heithhitir. Miss, Vaeir then bee2.MS 'Mr" thaw out so today?" -- , • lora et. week. ' Miss Harher,,WeVzt ' dom. as thotigh the first letter had
entlth at Which felv Persons of either' And that question' reenreed to her ' twenty -111'6-h' a" subatantialhil drawn them closer together, and thus
, $ ' failit.a to take4a: second glance. . • mind, again in the evening, when jade -6hter 'Who -tithe had reeeivedihortiahherip% a greater intimacy had sprung up be -
Pon. * certain Saturday night Miss had gone home and she wee iitfinr, ' pint 'depterent; eeWith Mate t • tween teacher and.pripil. Just as in
. ....... .. , his former letter he could not give
liv,-*- ean.a! .hoine from an informal . in •her • wn morn. • She . Wheelia Ve'f '; Y1,9110. 'there 'Were -plenty 'hot' e
iii details of all aliat Jesus did and
little Phrtrceiteil .by a (*.Mg man, ehlhalrarove aiiii, took a steady le-iiir : thithelie snid get fOr the'hielhe
elare, his belief in the things that
had. a late stirred his world.. It is
just a simple introduction to a let-
ter. ,Sent to his friend Theopilus—a
letter written, to apsure his friend of
the truth of. the things that were
being taught to him.; he himself hav-
ing, as he says, had a f'perfect un-
derstanding of all' things from the
v-ery first"—the things "Jesus began
both to do and to teach" (Acts I;t).
Jesus -laid the foundation of all. that
wee to be taught and done in the.
Christian church and Luke havirig
received . his information from those
who were eye witnesses passes it on.
These -irerses are as it were, a mirror
reflecting the nature of Luke's desire
that -another (and through hire all
the world) 'should share in the _won-
derful knowledge that had come to
Acts. r:a the inspired historian
begins his nArrative of the Acts. of
tbe Apostles by referring to his
fornier letter to his friend. We no--
tice, a slight difference in the style
of -address. There it was "most ex-
cellent. Theophilus, here it is "0
•taught, fer We are told that the
,heltiheY stOpPe allraiont.ga e. ::11144,4`lk a hied: rastntih
het, wor NVould. not centain the books if
e fTil be here at teti sharp,h ,never Mit extreme plainzetsh of feah., VithigNflIOV
.e.%••••••d•tt,•,, g
' ag;
goo sleishe
etoiht flael Thgt, -cerifefinded ef-
sat, to' thinar of hou drudging
storayhae it.' wish we were ready
•
he0h, bother -the .officel", slit 'replied
lightly. "Anyway, I don't imind. It
doeen't tire me. t jiU he' ready at
Us this time. Good might, dear."
"Good night, Heele," he whispered.
"Herele a -kiss Ito dream on."
Misat Well broke away from him
Istaghlagly, ran along the path, and
I* the steps, kissed her -finger tips to
• lingering figure by the gate, anh -
Went In.
eheehtleid," she soliloquized, "Is the place
ter rih rightquickly if I'm going -to be
ed along irt Lon r4,"--hatr all his doings and teachings had been
Oho; aid`she may dehrecato her 'oefk. nels -for„ two .monthe or 'more; •befere
'faihriess, if 'she be poseeseeti of fair:, Hazel became- aCtively. aware ;that a-
niMS, hut she seldorte lees any Illusion subtle change was.growing,manifest li
about one '�r the othei." She 'knevra.. the 'ordinary manner of Mr., Andrew
Hazel 'Weir 'knew that she wag for Bush. She shrugged her etlionlden at
, above theiveragetin point of looks, thet idea at lihste 'But she was e *en-
. Ike was smiling at .„,herself just as sae moreover,.a vternan of intelfigelatle,
she had been smiling at Jack Barrow heir perceptive' fachltiee, • nit-tiro/ay
while they eat on the log and fed the keen. ;
strand. But ehen though Miss Weir The first symptom Vies hoovers, dais.
recorded, so he in the Acts of the
Apostles outlines, for the most part,
their doings. In Co]. 4:14 and 2 Tin).
4:uwe read that Luke accompanied
Paul on some of, his journeyipgs, and,
so his record is again first hand
knowledge passed on to Theophilus.
that his education may be continued,
and that again he may know the
certainty of those things whereby
the church of Christ was being_ estab-
lished upon earth. In Acts 16:9-15
is given a detailed account of Paul's
vision in ehich he by the spirit is
called from one country to another
and is the means of the conversion
of the first woman in Europe. Paul
and his colleague, Silas, were preach -
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are indicative of earriestness, honesty 'Conversion work is heart work. It the faith. It is the teak of the
:was twenty-two and far from mum- ty bouquets of which began to epeeist'
and need. It was as though a man was the heart of Lydia God wrought Christian hurh to hasten 'that dair
phisticated, it did not strike her that Ms ids desk. Coincident with this, Mr.
mure, bureinesslike office person in so- into talk on eubjects nowise related help, as much as any people; we in Not only was Lydia's heart touched, that in the mirla of Goeitqs tro fic-
bar black and„white to a radiant crea- to Mosinee*. Hazel accepted the toth- Macedonia are as ignorant and as but her mind was opened so that elle tion; It is a connecting link between
tilre with the potent influences of love- uto to ber sex reluctantly, giying.,bins careless in religion, as any ojeeple in gave good heed to what Paul had to the human mind and the divine mind,
anti opal bzieghteninti her les and no en-ealetgemeethoheet•teev, thh etr-
e_ the world are; are as idolatfous as say and the outward sign of the It is a po-wer as real as electricity,
stood face to face with Paul and upon as Paul opened up to them the by prayer. Whatever man' -may
the transition of herself from a de- Bush evinced an inclination to drift said aloud: "We have need of thy scriptures that day by the, river -side. think of prayer we inaknbe assured„
is vegerf cereal h r ere mai bound of ozatity. Abe ate ing in the regions of Phrpgia and Ga-
.. a.ny. therefore, 0 come, come with inward thange was she and her light or gravitation. We should
household were by baptism received therefore, use it, expecting results.
• 14Edy .firt3 o'ciahh, T hdeb T whhhheta, contril'foi the Baden f 7;1, ZAck Vuilhirmore fished hi _tile Ishii tad Increated IT
. were estab-
v erses 'After Pa.ul had seen into the visible church of Christ
where the churches .
;supple rhiovernent, eget etatiee- solutely tau e o erse ill-141510er love chnI all speed. among us,.
mheand Irealled land 1.1taye that lunch
•aftlell a Faecal/head—or els* thikt I Mr. Aadreih shi, — Attlee= Bee , thoega well' piejetv--1-,,, tulth ers y,
hey purpose to she e cornmunica e
a'aaaat.. b d 'I " T d • • h ' t d 't to She then wished to show in some EGG REGULATIONS AND FARM -
'pore rif-• • 1** * • ..• •drawing elose to fifty- ai -;Tvii. go from there into Asia proper but those of his coMpai-iy amorig whom way her gratitude to those who un -
whIell Tiff s 'Tamped Miss ‘Wari itapaepared for what tvrnitty-two. Tina in ithe fasitilhaTieg ER'S MARKETS
_ . idently is Luke for we read der G•od had brought this blessed ex- -
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a
r. '110-ftry. 136 -Canoe, for pore wur.ricin7 sublauently tranapired tie a reeiht her. . hhh-e-hoohh-
gurh" Miss' Weir was fairly well con- of tha.t casual euemilier with. thetehar.: %he third month el! her teller.
Were "forbidden by the- spirit," the '
,
Lord having' -some different work for
the, Rom= eaten.), ei philippi. Be_ pretation. they put upon the vision She, therefore, opened her home to
fore , this the Gentiles to whom Paul
them to alo in a more neetby place— the words "we and us." The inter- perience to her and her household.
now,
1 , . 4•11,a,
pteached were Greeks who were less was that it was a call frorn God God's ministers and constrained them
and, being ready to go wheresoever to be her guests, "Come into my
obnoXious to the Jews than.the Ro- the Spirit led, they at once began house and abide there" (verse rs)
mans, whose armies were designated ' 0- . t'o is for the journeore blesseu to give --- to re-
.
as the "abomination of desolation.,,
Henceforth the trend of the gospl
was westward rather than eastward.
• Verse e. The vision Paul had was
in the form of a man presented eith-
er to the eyes or his mind, but most
real, ' 'giving him ap invitation to
come over to his country. It was,
given inethe name of Ms conntrymen
and with e'reat ufgeney;—"Prayed,
•Come over, Help us;.. all these words
Four weeks ago the Act was en-
forced on the Edmonton Market.
The farmers and others offering eggs
heit with her lot. She had no MO de- aging partner of the ftrus. By the tline drifted by, and beyond the for sale were previously advised that
the next market day they nmst sell
•
lip•endent ou her—a state of affairs she vvent to worhebn Monday morning glances aftsretraid, Mr. Bush rehaain'id
only graded eggs. Consequently
toes, 'hoe ,,,eovapeneationsh/. Heir .in Gra.,32‘1,11:9 Dark. ea': 'Ffeaelespent AundaYs's as 'she hid the city installed a candliree ronin aad_
µ
if it ogetunon'aily,,leads to lohv ne- she had almoit orgotten the meeting tentatively friendly and nothing More,
• galarY stethogrehher amply: coy,. Hazel a, 'work 'consisted hlargelte et, , spe,nt. them .feh. year priata4with aneal
ered her liethh.eipenseS; and evel perh. • dictation' ft-oM 'the shipping; 'manager, .-BerreasSf, setnitfines 'aarehilais afoot in
.zeitted her .-fev, put by a few dollars,- .letters. relating tto the.: ceitilitry,.;,er,,Wthe'petieh'ionsetimess
Simehad grown,uP in Gran- .rents of implements.' ' twitintng t.h*!',Inx-ury of,,a hired
gihe •had ' her ow* ,ehteta . •‘0as therefore .atimething of a' bulga' -tor e dthe
.Tnon. ., •
eids So that she was 'contfortablo,, ;14uprise to be called Into, the office Put Mr..Iiiiitiatook h‘r. breath away
ivere .happy, In the present—awl Sack'. the managing partner on Tuesday aft-, 'stt the ed in.' ea' 'manner totally_ up..
.Birrow proposed t� settle the "prob. ensoon. . Bush's private .stenographer expected. He finiehed dictating a
leen of her fliture with youth' is on- sat at her machine in one corner. . batch.of letters eae afternoon, and sat
. tinhorn, they two eonsidered it already
hettled. '.Six months more, and there
, wets- to be a wedding, a. three -weeks'
-honeymoon, and a final settling down
• in a. little cottage. on the West side ;.
• .evetibody in Granville yrho amoonted,
,ha, atything .11,ved on the West side.
'Then she would have:nothing to do'
hut t Make the home nest cozy,' while
J,Selt kept paee with a real-estate bus!-
' 'hese that wag growing beyond his Mat
. ,
sanguine expectations.- •
he kissed her finger, eipe to him
„hole across the rooetops • all grimes!
„With a .winterht soot, .and within, ilf-
thee militates Hiss Weir was Xotibd
hiMeeP. '
• • * 0 0
.• She We. the lie; for once,. to the Say-
' ',Mg that a Woinati is never, ready et the
, . •
hitheeolitted tishoeby being oh thihriteps
• nil, ten Writhes heroes Jack *row
20peared, 'they walked to the corner
•ethic) Caught a Mir, *nil in the epee of
• an hoer get 'off at Granville park.
The city fathers, lien:meted in &eye
bY with lack of monk:1W beide,
tih left, the. twohnindred-acre
; the perk. Pretty OM& es, nature
tti that. to 'lay; there wail ae
astetaPatitirig, •,no atterePt at land-
• etipe hoirdenithg. Graseellle park. wee
it Of the old Ontario weiedlastil, Mad
Snell elheirded it phottearrt :00620
,tb the Mummer. mehihe,' '
When lack/hart:pee land Mosel hie .
theithillhelehhhdash the Are*
chentifiny With a•lietle ittoop theit
**hued Ottineee, hatiteted. octets*
tehir bread and deka trite a, paper hat
Borrow WhielOpted to her "hat's; ho,
own and teehtt ahhhiha.' :Plot ho
• . eon' be. atvoly
The nodded 'assent, and they .departh
ed ittotily lest *Ono of . the. *thin*,
.610.:1010,110kAltetL(004100..4,1'
_ . .
- Mr, Bush turned from his deek at
Hazel's entrance. • '
"Vitas 'Weir," he said, "I wish you
to take some letters."
Hazel went back for her notebook,
wondering Mildly evby' she ehould be.
calleh apon to ohouider a part of Nolte
Morrison's work, and a trifle dubleue
at the prospect of facing the ,raplet-hre
hietation Ur. Bush was said to infliet
theon Ma stenographer now and then.
When she was seated, Buile took up
tilteef of tattoos, and dictated teplies.
Though rapid, /his, enuncietion
4ThAt.fv •1910: Itheitee He
feerly" anh Hal/MI feellad• hiereeli
Oettith. 414„ est
hheitk fiAh# et#044 tehe—heee' iheeiesee
,
tapping, en his desk with a pencil. Hae
zel waited a secoed or two, expecting
hiin to continue, her eyes en her notes,
and at the unbroken silence she looked
up, to And him storing fixedly at her.
There was no Fatistaklaghthe entre*
Mon on Ids fee*. Hazel limbed and
thrank back Involuntarily: She bed
hoped to wrold that. At could not ,be
anything but unpleitetuat. '
She had small chance to indulge. he
reflection, for tit her dreteelf-coneoloute
move he readied swiftly- and eaught
her hand. . • •
"Mattel,t' be amid' bluntly, "will you
marry met"
Mime Weir gawped. Omens without
Warning duinfounded her. Anh
while her Brost mauled Impulse was
,to answer a blunt "/4o," she was hots-
tered, and e� took refuge behith , a ;
show of dignity,
"Mr. Hugh I" else protested, and thief
to rokooso her hand,
But' Mr. Bush had no htiontion:-ott
*11.1034 her to do that: e.
"Pm in deadly eerneet," he Oftfh.:!
"Vee loved yeti ever Mace that
ihehehi estw yoU to ,the park Needle,
the toriiist want You to be My wile.
,
:„ Apt ieltTi," Hanoi Site
Meted. *he wait juin the teeth t
•,frightened hWhy, ..,,yothreheh' -ili�
'thitig that waii ilIPPeratoot wind)
and whet she settee near ;saying, *Mit
•"toihre old enough to be neh ftitheieh
kid beside Nit2 WWI/ inetootly Saihred
a :vision of lack Nareeir. Of tweets. it
nets absurd—even Omagh shit, approi.
ototed ,the honor,. But Ai did nOt 4.04
13,11 th0'Nrxteriee ahateleitY. cioan.a.
alithelY iitiPoitilible. I oensidet
think, of each a thief(/'
'With net?" he Oohed. '1 lialth Yerah
tau ictieW that -04 00,0* A Okaet
votO .
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you
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tnril ,•••, i,14,1 pet oilitrelb3pv
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FOR SALE
Otte of the best in Huron, with'
good houed,barn 'neve with
.ccimplete :a:fabling' under, 'also driv-
ing house and silo, • rine Maple
bush withjaop trees that tan be
-,tapped.'...Ori good gravel -ad close
'tP School 'a,iad Market. ' Ihte waSte
land. wo,tered. 'Best of rea-
tont' her Seillitg;• : • ';
Per pries andtCeriaa engnite caf
AlmiaXosetts
,
,ilskotiratta lora •,:Keal, 'Estate
Ottt*
The man of Macedonia said "Come" eeve, abuydia, to extending hone -
provided a competent candler to, help
r s, ------------
and Pant took that to mean Godltality, would receive a rich reward,
saying "Go". His thoughts are no ifor she would `have an opportunity the farmers grade the eggs,. Donau- .
longer toward Asia, where they "as- of receiving farther instruction daily :On Government Inspectors were alga
sa.yed" to go only a short time be- for 'herself and her family. In this Present for the- firsf fesk; ';'We'elisin-
fore, but rather it is "we immediate- way, so different -from what they an- structing the city candler.and.generaI-•
1
ly endeavored to go into Macedonia" ticipated from the call of the man ,ly helping get things into sliaPe. '''
and 'they made a direct voyage to ;from Macedonia, did the door for the; The first . week's -grading Sfiowed,
• ,
Philippi, the„ chief city of that dis-1 entrance of the gospel into Europe
. " there were si•xty-six ozen rotteie eggs
trict, . , open, .
1 which
would have been sq14 to the
Notice the welcome they received.ISOw the seed beside all waters -J consumers had they not been stopped
Where was the man upon whose ur-. North and south and east and west, in the candling room. Besides the
gent invitation they . had come? :That our toiling sons and daughters, rOtS there was altogether too large
proportion ` f 1 = -ade eggs The
Neither he nor any other was tnere
to receive them. There was evident -
no J
In the harvest may be blest. ,
1second week showed only six dozen
ly ewish synagogue in the city
WORLD MISSIONS trots and a higher percentage of spec -
but they were not idle on the days Today the task of evaeigeliaing Af-1 ials and extras and a very • small
preceding the Sabbath, for they had rica Is not as great as it was when 1uautitY of seconds.
found out that a few good women Robert Moffat returned to Scotland; The third week rots had beeti cord -
were in the habit of meeting togeth-land said to David Livingstone, that; nietely eliminated and the great ma-
er for worship (verse 13). To this , he had often seen, rising in the morn- i iority of eggs were of the two high -
little company Paul; Silas and Luke , ing sunlight, the smoke of a thous- i est grades.
joined themselves, the first congre- ' and villages where the gospel had, The seller, too, was pleased. He
gation in that great city to beln- , never been preahed. What do we i found was bdtat tifh:hte etgogosk coaired.. mofuliciils neigogrse
structed in the things toncereing see today in South Africa? We see he got a better price, a.nd the whole
Christ. Particular reference hi.s made whole -villages and large 'communit-I e
eyettbefore grading came hi..
.han
to one of these women. Four things ies of natives, clad in the garments treaedfifl
are recorded of her: (x) her narne,; of civilization. We see hundreds of o
Lydia; (2) her calling; (3) her birth- churches with their own native evati-; The grading of eggs is entirely
'place; (4) lier couversion. It is a , gelista and thousands of Sunday , new to most people, and many of the
great honor to,be among the women ;school scholars ansi church members.ifarmers did not know just what kind
of the Bible, Of only a cornparative ; The church with the largest corn- :
l
of eggs they really were selling. con -
few can it be said that "Where -ever Jramicants' class in the world is asentiently they tame in for some tura
the scriptures are read there shall .West Africia. We see missionaries: prises In one case there were sever -
this be told concerning ber," but God like Christina Forsyth, the loneliest al dozen bad eggs found in one maree
has, by the gift of His Son, made it ;woman. in Africa, refusing to leave ;basket and a lot of poor seconds. The
pbsaible for all to have' their names ; her post, though none could be found good wife who was standing near by
; to keep her company at 'a mission; exclaimed: "Now, Henry, I told you,
weiaten in the Rook of Life.
. ,Lydia's calling was an aonest, one, i station miles away from another; or ; You should not have left those eggs
though in those days regarded as a; like Dan Craavfora who for manyein the sun all week." .
faf
mean one. It was mTo the great surise of Marty,
ore honorable years was away in the interior with -1
to wear purple than to sell it. The ; out ever once going out to the coast, ! washed eggs were commencing to
one thing thest to be imitated is the , and who, when he returned to his !mould inside the shell on azeonnt of
fact ,that her business did not pre-; work a few years ago, after a visit the germ resisting substance halting
O,
vent her giving a portion of her time , to America, did so with the avowed been washed ff.-.The Westerner
to religious observances. Providetee intention of never again leaving it.; Some country dealers and etheheee
braught-Lydia from 'rhyatira to Phil- , But what else do we see in Afrita?, are still offering eggs On a straight
hi , row
lopi td b4'tiiidei' Paul's ministry and III the north, that part that was gathered basis'This practice is
she made a good use of her oppord the early days all Christian is now: against the law and it is al,so agairist
trinity, She wat previcats to this, one all Nloslern. With an army forty.the law for PersOnf
s to buy rom these
of the devout evomen who worehippea ' millions strong Islam is pressing, Particular dealers on a straight gratli.
God according to herlight and God , southward with its battle -cry of "At.: &•ed basis•
gave her more. light;—"Whoae ,heertlrica for Islam." That mighty host! Some egg buyers are taking it upen
the Lbrd opened, that 'she attended; is t)posed by ten millions it)f Chria-themselVes tO advise stotelteepers
unto the things which were spoken' tiahs, with five thousand missiote: that the latter are not reguarda to bey
of Patti . (Verse ' 141.).• Patti was the ' aries of the Cross leading them on. ,on grad. , Palowlog such adViec may ,
instrument used but the Lord wa‘s WIfich v,d11 win? Is the 15 ..,t. of ln the long run -be stly to the
the' .eitther, Conversion work 'is
GeKt'S VOrk, It is ,Ile who works in
us both to do and to Will; without
GOd'S grate este eeti ilo nothing,
Moffat or a I iving,steee to be storekeePers,
trushed toidera heel of the follow -1
ers of lifahontmed? Africa. is re -I tightnir* wi)11 hit in the oarno
garded as the finest battle -ground a! Place oftener that good hitt,
wino