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Mr. Sabin addressed his ball with
-ogre, and played it deliberately on to
the green. Then he returned to the
subject.
"I think that you must have done."
he said suavely, "or I should scarcely
have known it. Was he in the room ?
"All the time." Wolfenden answered.
Mr. Sabin drew another little breath.
"lie was there when. the fellow bolt-
ed?
Wolfenden nodded.
"Why did he not try to stop him?"
Wolfenden smiled.
'Physically." he remarked. "It would
have been an impossibility. Blather -
wick is a small man and an exceed-
tngly nervous one. He is an honest
little fellow. but •I am afraid he
would not have shone in an encoun-
ter of that sant."
Mr. Sabin was on the point of ask-
ing another question. but Wolfenden
interrupted him. He scarcely knew
why. but he wanted to get away
from the subject. He was sorry that
he had ever broached it.
"Come," he stud, "we are talking
too much. Let us play golf. I am
sure 1 put you off that last stroke."
Mr. Sabin took the hint and was
silent. They were on the eleventh
green, and bordering it on the far
side was an open road—the sea road"
which followed the coast for a mile
or two ' aand then turned inland to
Derliigham. Wolfenden, preparing to
put, heard wheels close at hand, and
as the stroke was a critical one for
him ho stood back from his ball till
the vehicle tiad passed. Glancing care-
lessly up, he •saw his own blue liveries
and his mother leaning back in a
barouche. With a word of apology to
his opponent, he started forward to
meet her.
The coachman,who had recognized
him, pulled up his horses in the mid-
dle of the road. Wolfenden walked
swiftly over to the carriage side. His
mother's . ap;rearance hat alarmed
him. She' was looking at him, and yet
pant hdrn. Her cheeks were pale. Her
•eyes were set and distended. One of
her hands seemed to be convulsively
.01u -telling. the 'side • of the carriage
nearest, to her. She had all the ap-
peara:n e of a women. who is sudden-
ly face to face with some terrible
vision. Wolfenclen looked over his
shoulder quickly. He could see myth -
tug more alarming in the background
than the figure of his opponent, who,
with his back partly turned to them,
was gazing out to sea. Ile stood at
the ease of the green on slightly ris•
lag ground, and his figure was out -
lb aod with aimost curious distinctness
against the background of air and
sky.
"Has anything fresh happened,
mother?" Wolfenden asked, with con-
cern. "I am afraid you are upset.
Were you looking for me ?"
She shook her head. It struck him
tha t she was endeavoring to as-
sume a composure which she assur-
edly did not possess.
"No: there is nothing fresh. Natur-
ally: 1 am not mete I am hoping that
the drive will do me good. Aro you
enjoying your golf ?"
•"Very , much." Wolfenden answered,
"the course has already been capi-
tally kept. We are having a close
match."
Wee is your opponent?"
Wolfenden glanced behind him care-
lessly. Mr. Sabin had thrown several
balls upon the green and was prat•
tieing long putts.
"Fellow named Sabin," ha ans.
veered. "No one you would be likely
to be interested in. He comes down
from London and plays a remarkably
finegame. Rather a saturnine -look-
ing personage•," isn't he?"
I3e is a most unpleaeaat looking
man," Lady Deringham faltered,
white now to the lips 'Where did
you meet him ? Here or in London?"
•'In London," Wolfenden explained.
"Rather a curious meeting it was,
too. A fellow attacked him ooming out
of a restaurant one night and I In-
terfered—just in time. He has taken
a little house clown hero."
"Is he alone?" Lady Deringham
asked.
He has a niece living with hien,"
.Wolfenden answered. "She is a very
charming girl. I brink • that you
wonld like her."
The last words he added with some-
thing of an effort, and an indiffer-
ence which was palpably ,assumed.
I ady Deringhann, however did not
appear to notion them at all.
slave no more to do.with him than
you can help, Wolfenden," she said,
leaning a little over to him, and
speaking in a half -fearful whisper.
I think has face is awful."
Woifen den la.ugatod.
4`1 nm not likely to see a great, deal
of him,"rhe declared. "Lna feet,' I can't
say that he seems very cordially dis-
posed towards ine, considering that
1 saved hirne from rather a nasty re-
eldent. 13y the bye, ho said something
abont having met the Admiral at
Alexandria. You have never come
across him, I suppose ?"
The sun was warm and the wind
had dropped, or Wolfenden could al -
West have declared. that his...mother's
teeth were chattering. Her eyes
were fixed aside in a rigid stare
which passed hint by and travelled
beyond, Ho looked over see shoulder.
Mr. Sabin, apparently tired of prat.
tieing, was studding directly facing
them, loaning upon hie putter. He
Was looking steadfastly at Lady Der -
Ingham, not, in the least rudely, but
with a faint aahoty of curiosity and n,
emile whdeh in no way improved his
cippearnnce slightly parting his
lips. 14fuetiatg his gaze, Wolfenden
loolcocl away with an ocld fteling of
le/least nese.
°"Yon are right," ale said. "Filo facie
is really a handsome one in a way,
but he certainly is not prepossess-
ing -looking !"
Lady Deringham, had recovered her-
self. She leaned back amongst the
cushions.
"Didn't you ask me," she said,
" whether I had ever met the man'?
I cannot remember—certainly I was
at Alexandria with your father, so
perhaps I did. You will be home to
dinner?"
Ile nodded. •
"Of course. Hew is the Admiral to.
day 2"
"Remarkably well. He asked for
you just before I came out."
"I shall see him at dinner," Wol-
fenden said. 'Perhaps he will let me
smoke a cigar with him afterwards."
He stood away from the carriage
and lifted his cap with a smile. The
coachman touched his horses and the
barouche rolled on. Wolfenden
walked slowly back to his companion.
"You will excuse my leaving you,"
he said. "I was afraid that my
mother might have been looking for
me."
By all means," Mr. Sabin answer-
ed. "I hope that you did not hurry
on my accoant. I am trying," he add-
ed, "to recollect if ever I met Lady
,Deringham. At my time of life one's
reminiscences become so chaotic."
He looked keenly at Wolfenden, who
answered him after a moment's hesita-
tion.
"Lady Deringham was at Alexan-
dria with my father, so it is just
possible," he said.
CHAPTER u:XI. .
H'arcutt's Inspiration.
Wolfenden lost his match upon the
last hole ; nevertheless it was a fine-
ly contested game, and when Mr.
cabin proposed a round on the fol-
lowing day, he accepted without hesi-
tation. He did not like Mr. Sabin any
the better—in fact he was beginning
to acquire a deliberate distrust of
him. 'Something of that fear with
which other people regarded him had
already communicated itself to Wol-
fenden. Without having tile shadow
of a definite suspicion with regard
to the man or his character, he was
inclined to resent that interest in
the state of affairs at Deringham
Hall which Mr. Sabin had undoubted-
ly manifested. At the same time he
was Helene's guardian, and so long
as he occupied that position Wolfen-
den was not inclined to give up his
acquaintance.
They parted In the pavilion, Wolf-
enden lingering for a few minutes,
half hoping that lie might receive
some sort of invitation to call at Mr.
Sabin's temporary abode. Perhaps,
under the circumstances, it was
scarcely possible that any such in-
vitation could he given, although had
it been Wolfenden would certainly
have accepted it. For lie had no idea
of at once relinquishing all hope as
regards Helene. He was naturally san-
guine, and he was very much in love.
There was something mysterious
about that other engagement of which
ho had been told. I•ie bad an idea
that, but for Mr. Sabin's unexpected
appearance, Helene would have of-
fered.him a larger share of her con-
fidence. He was content to wait for
it,
Wolfenden had ridden over from
home, and left his horse in the hotel
stables. As he passed the hall a fa-
miliar figure standing in the open
doorway hailed him. He glanced
quickly up, and stopped short. It
was Harcutt olio was standing there,
in a Norfolk tweed suit and thick
boots.
"Of all men in tine world 1" he ex-
claimed in blank surprise. "What, in
the name of all that's wonderful, are
you doing here ?"
Harcutt answered with a certain
doggedness, almost as though he re-
sented Wolfenden's astonishment. •
"I don't know why you choutd look
at me as tliough I were a ghost," he
said. "If it comes to that, I might ask
you the same question. What are you
doing here ?"
"Oh ! I'm at home," Wolfenden an-
swered promptly. "I'm down to visit
my people ; It's only a mile or two
from here to Deringham Hall."
Harcutt drop'ned his eyeglasses
and laughed sitorelY.
"You are wonderfully filial all of a.
sudden," he remarked., "Of course you
had no other reason for comilig f"
"None at all," Wolfenden answered
firmly. "I came because I was sent
for. It was a complete surprise to
me to meet Mr. eabin here—at least
It would have been if I had not trav-
elled down with his niece. Their
coining was simply a stroke of luck,
for me."
Harcutt esteemed a more amiable
expression.
"I am glad to hear it," he said.
"I thought that you were
stealing a march on me, and
there really was not any necessity,
for our interest., do not elaish in the
least. It was different between you
and poor old Dens.ham, but he's given
it up of his own nccord, and he sailed
for India yesterday."
"Poor old chap 1" Wolfendett said
softly. "Ile would not tell you, I sup-
pose, even at the last. what it was
that he had heard about these peo-
ple ?"
"He would' not • tell me," Harutt
answered ; "but he sent a message to
opt. He wished •me to remind you
t.het you had been friends for fifteen
years, and he was not likely to de-
ceive yon. go was l•eaviaLg the coun-
try, Ile said, because he had em '
hath and definite information con-
cerning the girl, which made it ab-
solutely hopeless for either .you or
.flit Lis d•'; to of
1
ho to think q �r l ,i t LA, 0
y
was to do the sane.'
el do not doubt Denehn m,'' ',Y 111n1.
demi said, slowly ; "but 1 doubt his in
formation. It came from a woman.
who .has been Dorisiraat.'s friend, '.['heli,
again, what may seem an insurmount-
able obstacle to him, may not be so
to me. Nothing vague in the filmier
of warnings will deter me."
"Well," Rareutt said, "I have given
you Denshanl's message, and my re-
sponsibility concerning; it is ended. As
yon know, my ow -a interests lie in a
different direction. Now, I want t.
few minutes' conversation with you.
The hotel rooms are a little too
public. Are you In a hurry, or can
you walk up and down the drive with
me once or twice?"
"1 can spare half an hour very
well," Wolfenden said; "but 1 hlioulcl
prefer to do no, more walking just
coldyet. ." Come and sat down here --it isn't
•
They chose a seat looking over the
sea. Harcutt glanced carefully all
around. There was no possibility of
their being overheard, nor Indeed
was there anyone in sight.
"I am developing fresh instincts:
Harcutt said, as he crossed his legs
and lit a cigarette. "I am. here, • T
should like you to understand, purely
In a professional capacity—and I
wasit your help."
"But, my clear fellow," Wolfenden
said, "I don't understand. If, when
you say professionally you mean as
a journalist,• why, what ort earth, in
this place can there be worth the
chronecling? There is scarcely a sin.
gle person known to soeiety in the
neighborhood."
"Mr. Sabin is here!" Harcutt re-
marked quietly.
Wolfenden looked at him in sur-
prise.
urprise.
"That might have accounted for
your presence here as a private in-
dividtial," he said; "but professional
ly, how on earth can he interest
you?"
"He interests me professionally Yore
much indeed," Harcutt answered.
Wolfenden was getting puzzled.
"Mr. Sabin interests you profes-
sionally 2" he repeated slowly. "Then
you have learnt something. Dir. Sa-
bin has an identity other than his
own."
"I suspect him to be," .Harcutt
said slowly, "a most' important and
interesting personage. I have
learnt . a • 1 ittle concerning him. I
am here to learn more; I am con-
vinced that it is worth while."
" Have you learnt anything," Wol-
fenden asked, " concerning • his
niece?"
" Absolutely nothing," .Harcutt
answered decidedly. "I may as well
repeat that my interest is in the
man alone. I am not a sentimental
person at all. His niece is perhaps
the most beautiful woman I have
ever seen in my life, but it is with
no thought of her that I have
taken up this investigation. Having
assured you of that, I want to know
if you will help me?"
" You must speak a little more
plainly," Wolfenden said : " you are
altogether too vague. What help do
you want, and for what purpose?"
"Mr. Sabin," .Harcutt said, " is en-
gaged in great political schemes. He
is in constant and anxious communi-
cation with the ambassadors of
two great powers. He affects se-
crecy in all his movements, and the
name by wteich be Is known is
without doubt an assumed one. This
much I have learned for certain.
My own ideas are too -vague yet
for me to formulate. I cannot say
any more, except that I believe hint
to be deep in some design which is
certainly not for the welfare of
this country. It is my assurance of
this which justifies me iri exercising
a certain espionage upon his move-
ments—which justifies me also, Wol-
fenden, in asking for your assist-
ance."
"My position," Wolfenden remark-
ed, " becomes a little difficult. 'Who-
ever this man Sabin may be, noth-
ing would induce me to believe ill
of his niece. I could take no part
in anything likely to do her harm.
You will understand this better,
Harcutt, when I tell you that, a
few hours ago, I asked her to be
my wife."
" You asked her—what ?"
" To be my wife."
" And, she'?"
"Refused me !"
;Harcutt looked at him for a mo.
meet in blank amazement.
" Who refused you—Mr. Sabin or
his niece?"
"Both!"
" Did she—did Mr. Sabin know your
position, dict he understand that you
are the future Earl of Deringham 2"
" Without a doubt," Wolfenden an.
swered drily ; " in fact, Mr. Sabin
seems to be pretty well up in my
genealogy. He had met my father
once, he told mo."
Harcutt, with the natural self.
artiness of a man engaged upon lits
favorite pursuit, quite forgot to
sympathize with his {riend. He
t•houglit only of the bearing of this
strange happening upon his quest.
"This," he remarked, ."disposes once
and for all of the suggestion that
these people are ordinary adventur-
ers."
"If anyone," Wolfenden said, "was
over idiotic enough to entertain the
passibility of suoh a thing. I• may
add that from the first I have had
almost io thrust my acquaintance
upon them, especially so far tis Mr.
Sabin is concerned: He has never
asked me to call upon them here, or
in London ; and this morning when
he found me with ha niece he was
quiet•iy, but furiously angry."
"Lt is never worth while,' Harcutt
said, "to reject a passiibi:ity until
you have tested and proved it. What
you 'say, however, settles this • one.
They are net adventurers in any
sense of the ward. Now, will you
answer me a fete questions? It may
bo just as much to your advantage as
to mine to go into this matter."
'Wolfenden nodded.
"You can ask the questions, at any
rate," he said; "I willl 'answer them
if I can." .
"The young lady—did she refuse you
from personal reasons ? A man can
always telt, you know. Hadn't you
the impression, from her answer that
it was more the force of circumstances
than any objection to you which
prompted her negative? I've put it
bluntly, but you know what x mean."
Wolfenden did not answer for near-
ly a minute. Itc was gazing steadily
seaward, recalling witth a swift effort
of bis ilmagination every word which
had passed between them—he meld
even hear her voice, and see her face
with the soft, dark eyes so close to
his. It was a ,luxury of recollection.
"I will adntiat, ho said, quietly,
"that what you suggest has already
occurred to me. 11 it hod not, I should
be match more unhappy than .I am at
this moment. To tell you the honest
fa�uth i was not content with her
answer, .or rather the inuriner of it.
I seauid have had some lubpo of in -
during her to, at any rate, medley
it, l)ut en. Mr. .aa.biin's unexecuted
appearance.• About him, at least,
there was ne hesitation; ho said no,
and he meant it."
"That is what I' iunrtgi.nod might be
the case " Harcutt said thoughtfully.
"I don't want to have youink. that
I linnet's; any diAtrespeot to the young,
lady, but don't you see that calm
she and Mr. Sabin must stand toward
ono another in an equ:ea:al ,position,
or else they must he in altogether a
different station of life to their as-
sumed one, when they dismiss the
subject of an allianoe well you so
peremptorily."
Wolfenden flushed 'up bo the tem-
ples, and his eyes were lit with fire.
"Youmay dismflss all idea of the
former possibility," ho said, with om-
inous quietness.. "la you wish me to
discuss this matter with you further
you will be particularly careful to
avoid the faintest allusion to it."
"I have never seriously 'entertained
it," Harcutt assented cheerfully; "I,
tet, believe in the girl. She looks
at once too proud and too innocent
for any association of such thoughts
with her. She has the bearing and
the manners of a queen. Granted,
then, that we dismiss the first pos-
sibility."
"Absolutely and for ever," Wolfen-
den said firmly. "I may add that Mr.
Sabin met me with a distinct reason
far his refusal—he informed me bis
niece was already betrothed."
"That may or may not be true,"
Harcutt said. "It does not'affect the
question which we are considering at
present. We must come to the con-
clusion that these are people of con-
siderable itnportunce. That is what I
honestly believe. Now, what do you
suptpose brings Mr. Sabin to such an
out-of-the-way hole as this 1"
(To be Continued.)
THE LATE IiING MILAN.
Som Causes That Led to His Utter
Dowutail.
The product of untoward circum-
stances and the victim of his own
lack of stability, ex -King Milan may
be compared with the "hooligans"
that represent the failures of a hum-
bler social grade. He was intelligent
and energetic, but lacked self-control
and the ordinary moral qualities
which build up character. From the
very first he was an "outsider." He
went to Paris in 1865 to be educated.
His school was the Louis -le -Grand
Lycee, and he boarded at the house
of his private tutor, Professor Huet.
Ile was a sullen, surly boy, very
touchy, and apt to look down on non -
princely fellow -students. His class -
fellows for this reason were glad to
annoy him by imitating the grunts
ants other noises of a pig.
1e was not born in the purple, and
he certainly had not been fitted by
his education or training for the role
he was called upon to fill under the
most difficult circumstances when a
youth of less than fourteen years.
But in justice to him It must be ad-
mitted that everything was against
him. It seemed almost as if fate nap-
ped out his wretched career from the
very first. He certainly felt this was
the ease. "It Is you who had the care
of my bringing up," ho once retorted
upon DI. Itistics, when that Servian
statesman had remonstrated with
him upon one of bis exhibitions of ex-
trav'agance end duplicity. "I am just
what 3 ou have made ate."
He was warned against the mar-
riage with' Natalie by an old ser-
vant of the future Queen, who said
to bin, "Sir, yours Is an imperious
nature, and so is Natalie's ; neither
of you can bend. Listen to an old
woman's advice, and abandon this
marriage." The counsel was not ac-
cepted, but being communicated to
the young Queen by her husband, led
to ttte dismissal of her faithful at-
tendant, who is said to have died
broken-hearted in Russia not long af-
terwards.
Everything conspired to make him
unhappy. After the Servian war of
1885 ho threatened, in a speech be-
fore the Armistice Commission, to ab-
dicate. He and has son lunched to-
gether with a few members of the
royal entourage after the ceremony
was over. A painful restraint pre-
vailed, and there was little con-
versation. Suddenly the young I{ing,
looking up at his father, said to him,
"Papa, itvhe.n do you leave ?" King
Milan was evidently much) taken
aback by his son's apparent im-
patience for his departure.
A more unsociable man never lived.
He resided in the Avenue du Bois
Boulogne, and had there a Servian,
wilt) was his personal attendant and
bodyguard. His servant was a giant.
The late Lord Lytton called him "the
chucker-out." Everything points to
the fact that the ex -King wore him-
self out by les style of living. He
w..as suffering from a chronic disease
of the heart, and nothing could ag-
gravate that so much as card -playing
for high stakes, and hopes, contin-
ually deferred, of remittances from
Belgrade.—Daily Express.
Catarrhozone cures Catarrh.
A Lost Opportunity.
Maud—Oh, hubby ! to -day was bar-
gain -day at some hardware store and
I didn't even see it advertised in the
papers. 1
Oscar—Heavens! are the hardware
stores beginning it ?
Maud—Well, I hoard Mr. Budge, this
afternoon, say to a gentleman friend,
`"Come along, Ned ; let's get a ten -
cent stove."
Their Taste (foes Wrong.
Even the beet judges of tobacco
can't always bo ciepondod on. Some-
times their taste goes back on them,
so to speak, and remains blunted
for a ween at a stretch. Profes-
sional samplers of tobacco take a
week off every few months and
never look at the weed until they
return to duty. In that way they
keep in condition. -
Ilia AimAll Right.
"You ought to have seen Bagley out
shooting with his revolve]) the other
day. He coa:dn't hit a barn -door."
"How did that happen ? I thought
Bagley was a. good shot."
"Well, so Ile is ; but, you, see, there
wasn't a barn -door to hit,"
A page, digested is better than a
"olunie hurriedly roo•t,—Macaulay.
Men do loss than they ought unless
they do all that they can.—Carlyle.
If a proud man makes inc keep my
(Hstance, the comfort Is that he keeps
his at the same ytlane:—Stveft.
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TWENTIETH ANNUAL STATE
North Aeric;.n Life
Dec. 30, 1899. To net
Dec. 31,
Dec.. 31,
Assurance Company,
HEAD OFFICE -112 AND 118 KING STREET
WEST, TORONTO,
e'er the Year Ended December iJ.ste 1900.
Ledger Assets ...•..;.... .. .............. 63,836,710 21.
RECEIPTS,
1900. To Cash for Premiums .,, ... ... $822,929 00
1900. To Cash Income on Investments, etc. •
,.. , ... 183,041 55
DISBURSEMENTS.
Dec. 81, 1900. By Payment for Death Claims,
Profits, etc. ... ..{... ...... .......... $304,679 33
Dec. 31, 1900. By all other Payments .., ... 264,493 35
Dee. at_ 1900.
•
•
$1,005,971,55
$.4,342.0 79
569, 7172 68
$3,77$,508
ASSETS.
By Mortgages, etc...... ... ...... ...... ... ...... ...$1,282,389
" Debentures (market value $739,199 47 729,813
"'Stocks and Bonds (market value $1,031=
680 00) 1.01 x3,779
"' Real Estate, including Company's building 389,751
Loans on policies, etc. ... ... 2119,779
°" Loans om Stocks (nearly all on ca11) 91,580 +.
""Cash In Banks and on, Hand ..... ..... • 26,4731 9
$3,773,508
. " Premiums outstanding, etc. (leas cost of
collection) - ... 1CT?.071. 1 Interest and rents clue andaccruedd 40_684'
$8,977,2,68
LIABILITIES.
Dec. 31, 1900. To Guarantee Fund :..... .. $ 60,000 00
" Assurance and Annuity
Reserve Fund .... 3,262,709 000
Death Losses awaiting proofs,
etc. ... ... ... .. .._ 54,862 44
Net Surplus
Audited and found correct.
The financial position of the Company is
of net surplus to liabilities exceeds that of
New insurance issued during 1900 ...
Exceeding the best previous year (except
tory o1 the Company.
Insurance In force at end of 1900 (net).....
3,474,07£ 4
$500.192 3
J. N. LAKE, Auditor.
unexcelled—its permutes
any other Home Compan
$4,153„1-50
one) in the his-
...... ............... 24,882,0.
FRE.SIiet NT.
JOHN L. BLAIKIE
VICE -PRESI Dr +iNT5.
HON. G. W. ALLAN, - HON. SIR WILLIAM
DIRECTOiiS
HON. SENATOR GOWAN, K. C., LL.D.,C. M. G.
L. W. SMITH, Esq., K. C., D. C. L,
, D. M'CRAE, Esq., Guelph.
31ANAGING- DIRECTOR
WM, McCABE, LL,B,, E"1,A9,
SECRETARY
R. MlF'1tl; ttli1"i3, 1 .
E. GURNEY. Inset„
.1. K. OS.B.ORNE, lis
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ME0lOA1, DIRIIOTOR
L. GOLDMAN', A. I. A. J. THORBURN M. I)., Edln
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Thotghts ;1n Church Gkcbag
""For where two or three are gathered together in my
name, there am 1 in the midst of them."—Matt. xviii. 20.
In a recent article on church go-
ing, an editorial writer in the New
York Journal holds that going to
church is not any mere matter of
"morality" or "good conduct " or
"setting a good example," and, con-
tinuing, says : "Many men will tell
you that they do not attend church,
but that they are "as good as their
neighbors who do." Others will tell
you, justly, that it is better to act
Christianity and fail in its forms
than to do the reverse. Stili others
declare that the entire earth is
God's temple, and that he who
spends an bour of Sunday contem-
plating God's power in His woods,
or His fields, is as good a Christian
as he who attends (Atwell most reg-
ularly.
"All this is apart from the ques-
tion. The religious instinct in man
is his highest, and it is that instinct
which accounts for his progress. All
men save the unreasoning and ego-
tistical atheist will admit that our
welfare demands the cu,tivation of
our religious instincts. It is the at-
mosphere of the church that arouses
and maintains the religious feeling
in man.
"T.bo woods and the fields encour-
age thought and inward devotion.
The church, the congregation, the
outward forms of religion stimulate
religious feeling and spread among
men intensity of devotion.
" God's strougeet agent;y in the rul-
ing of Iris creatures is association.
Wherever two or three are gathered
together, the feeling which animates
them Is multiplied in strength by two
or three at least, end, oftener, by two
or three hundred, The gregarious in-
stinct with mete as with Clod's matter
wards, the ants and bees, Is the
strongest instinct, and the most
fruitful of gond results. You steed
alone and dwell on patriotic thoughts.
You may thin,e that alone you are
as good a patriot as; it Is possible to
be. The man who d'os's not go to
church may think that away from
church he is as gao.I a man and as
good a Christian as it is possible for
him te, be. But both are mistaken.
Let the former mingle in a crowd
greeting soldiers returning from war.
Bit soul Is set on. fire by the enthus-
iasm of those about him. livery cry
of patriotic joy that reaches his ears
calls forth a patriotic response. Alone,
he it mildly a patriot. Ia a great
crowd, recognizing with his fellows
the beauty of national devotion. he
Is an ardent enthusiast, and he finds
that lie has nbsorb"•d earnest feel=
Ings that transform his character and
make . his farmer solitary patriotism
a mere sham and sltadowe
"01 the man who does not attend
church, the same may bo said. By
ltiritscif, he intagines that be real-
lzes the goodness of the Creator. He
thinks that he feels the force of re-
ligious devotion. But let lean mingl
with a devout congregation, and
finds that his former mood was on
of supine, characterless generalize
tion. The atmosphere of the claur
to the Christian is Like the atmos
phere of parading troops to the pa-
triot. One man's devotion fires tit
man next to ihim.
"The earnest mood of the eongregea,
tion fires, inspires and lnstructs t
clergyman. Association in rnitgioan
is the most important factor, next
to divine inspiration. Assoclatiee
among men is the key note to all
progress, as among bees and ants.
If we wish to strengthen and pee•-
petuate the religious emotions, we
must attend church, strengtliett
, churches, encourage clergymen, and
emphasize each of las in our own .pee-,
son the value of religious feeding.
"Is religion an important factor,
In human life—is It an essential fac-
tor in life ? We shall take—not the
testimony of an ardent believer—but
the testimony of a reverent ngnostte.
estimating the power of religion on
purely historical and accurate
grounds, not on the grounds 0.1 seas--
timent. This quotation is freer
Eeriest Ronan : -
"Disastrous to Reason the rear
when she should stifle religion 1 Qua'
planet, believe me, 1s toiling at some.
mighty task. Do not pronounce rashe
ly upon the inutility of such end seek"
of its parts ; do not say thn.t It is
needful to suppress this wheel -work,
which seems only to thwart the leas
out the others. Nature, which •has en-
dowed the animal with an infallible
instinct, has put into htemanity noth..
ing deceptive. From his organs yon
may fearlessly Infer his destiny. kat
deus in noble. Religions are False
when. they attempt to prove the in-
finite, to define 11,, to ineairnate it
(if I may . so speak) ; but they arA
true when: they affirm It. The great;
est errors they import into that afe
firmation aro nothing compared' tee
the value of the truth which they
proclaim. The simplest of , the shn--
p1c, provided he practise heairt-.noire
ship, is more enlightened as ter the;
reality of things them the material;
1st who thanks be explains everytitimp
by chance or by finite oausesa°"
Catarrhozone cures Catarrh.
Inconsiderate 'rouble.
Son (fresh from college)—•Betttiele
weather 1 And when you mane lel
think of it, that adjective applies
to the weather in general, and to
the general run of things for •bha,t
matter,
bather ---Don't bo too sever in
your criticism of suoh matters, my
son. You simnel boar in mind thee
possibly Providence hasn't ad the
educational advantages that Yon
have teen afforded.--Bostr;an Col le