Exeter Times, 1901-1-24, Page 7LOVE WON AN r
, have teen eerlouslY exieestalat'a
g with leeraint on this very pobat
essure you, I havg fe1e. a great (let'
ression ever since that woman, wit
e beut,fa fo. sign face, entere
aide lamest; tben neere is tbe child,
ane urging strcnegly that he Weal' le
----'' at the mentien of the chile
lzette streve to bear witat they ever(
ne,yleg, but tate wean had sunk to a
IW, maudible whisper.
"/ beartile agree with you," re-
@enacte1 the stranger, "only pester -
day I teld, your daughter: 'Take oare,
my dear Mae. Ulvesford, this child
does not prove a thorn in your path
of roses 1' Is the child pretty 2"
"Decidedly ece" aoswered airs. Lor -
rimer; "yet there is sexnething about
that child that puzzles me. I have
told Loraine so, but she only laughs
and replies: 41 -law fanciful you are,
metbere Still, I repeat it, I ele awl
like the child,"
"What does Mr. Ulvesford think of
the plan you propose V"
"Ile hag, not beard a tt yet, Jo hvill
vertainly cbject. I assure you Ite ii
quite Interested In tha.t ehild."
"Tbat is a very startling idea," ex.
elebned the visitor; "it reminde rie pat
the eerteus trouble a friee4 of mine
ouee experienced. Her husband and
sbe,. althengh dearly hiving oltild-
res. were dless; that boon wee
denied them. She to a neighbor's
cbild into her home. Husband and wife
never seemed the same to each other
after that ; imperceptible at first, the
husband turned from his wife to thet
eland. When at at an her of then
Owe was born, it was to late; non pow.
er on earth could alienate the bus -
band's affeetions witith were lavisbed
Upon tbe stranger. 'Hee yourpg win
lived to see her own cbild turned from
ite owu fatieer's door, its place usurp-
ed by la etringerat
"Your story tkuite frightens me,"
'replied airs. larreiner; "if I antielpat.
• 6uch a dencuerneet in this eaae, dc
yeu Itnow wine. I should lie tempted
to (le r
In vale Izetta strove to catch the
next few werds.
"Heaven help me Psbe cried. rook.
g borselt to awl fro, "surely the
Id not wish to separate beby and me
Sl e collie Ives the distant rioebling
be storms witielt were gathering
Iwer her future. One thenglet only
r»ed iteelf upon her --they did not
Fwant Ler lIttle
I" slit.: gales), atarting evith nee
to her fret; *any darling, you
all I have in this wide, wide
No one Stall take you from
IC Viten turn us (rem their door
ve sLiU stflt 'ewe Inch other; and i
i.e find the NN;;;;Iloi Vie cold, baby, you
d 1 van die tregether."
1m remembered bow the dark wat
lanced tipped by the silvery light
tbe titers; these waters wide'
ently laved the carat bed will eh en
embed her grandfather ; sh
led hard to put these dark the -nett
way -fer baby's sake.
Then she .quite laughed aleuel ; she
tad et, un 'e sto d the
Haw eould any One Mean to several -
her frero ber tittle Child
.Slie remembered they had Bald M
Ulvesford was epleasel with baby
they said of him, too, that he we
kind of heart.
Sbo would tell hinatei avian beeetal
teat xeleeelefitad beheaven to her; he
fibe would kneel at his fret and WI'
him site must keep her little see will
ber. Better, homeless pennilese our
in the perils ete tbe storm again, that
parted from ber little child.
Suddenly tbe sound of a clear, ring
beg step was beard on the stair; la
telitedow of a tall, dark form fell be
laween Izetta and the sunleglit, •
istanng, white band pushed bnel:tb
p.artkelly cpened door, and a pair of
dark blue eves flasbed picesantly a.
bout the room, observing at onto the
BLight figure b,v the fireside, and a
voice, whose cadence fell upon her eitz
like tbe menu:ire of some forgotten
aream, said courteously:
"Mrs. Ross, I beLieveTe
.A. deep patience fell between theme.
:At last telmont talvesford and Izet.
la had met-ftioe to face
•
Vent
batee, seet 1.11 UM 4,
"a•-1/1. xic niece "1 itever knew a
day's 'Jame in my life; Wm.; one LI
aeways beunding nee d eve fir money
I staked my all on winnine the heir-
ess ot Lerrimer elate even ney moth
-
ern cam =nem, Into a frightened bird
to wiegs end flew away wade un-
aer nay rery gees "
Vetal was jest on the point a telt vengeance, tine cripple in the /roust
lug the great secret he had but yes- Was enatigll• And a" ntYstec1ees13
-terday unearthed, oreep Lome under cover et the night
As he was driving slowly pest 131- shunning the gaze of Men Like a felon
hed seen a mate. I 'What doles all this mean? Answex
tere• ified face Ituat had lust Jetty yan inc. Ffeath Hampton!. I have the
rigiat -I demand to know this nese-
ished from the Window, a. her gaze
not
dwarf, tery you would keep from me, here teen oe the
".No," he toed himself, "the secret and n°Avi"
will keep.; it will 1» worth meney te
(MAP:1V/ XXVII.
me in the future; it was net worth ,
witile to divulge it just Tem; Havap" The Roblary. Planried,
ton has no money to pay for it." "1 linty have reaeene or my ae-
"Wee t are you merabl.ng abeet
den't you speak eto, man ?" crie
birstetup,Ittio4a., angrily, sttippieg short i
neecause there's ao cause for mY
Baying anything,a_growled the dwarf
snapping his white leeth viciously to-
gether, hie small, ferret -like eye
flashing fire.
For a at, need Heath Hampton re- de nervously together. "1 havo borne
garded the creature befere him eltt patieatly with you or Tears, and yoet
a. eeen, critical, searobing gaze. ' would beggar rae in my old age, a
end teen tem raeta lute the have teleed and schemed, taunt nu
with my crime.. I rearea you a gen-
tiernaut eee bow little it avails you.
You might have retrieved your for-
tune with tbe mone,y, bu
yea let it slip, and wasted your time
abroad; then, worst of all, you carat
leapeo me. a cripple," she criee
pointing to the seari ed hand, so bid.
newly seamed, "I believe it it
dens, which I no not choose to
close," responded liamptou. "You
will be wise not to intereere in mY
aefairs. aloteey is the only thing 'that
will help nee; advice is a oheap emu-
zooitliteey
"You ehati never love another cent
antil I die,- sbe retorteelt steroly.
• white, thin, jeweled hands Weep,.
"Ibere's no tese in our quarretin
over traps, 'Vatal," he weld, with
forced, grating taught "honest neer
get tbeir just dues whea regues fah
out." never loved anything in Jeer solitary ce's1 vmuld g° 4:nek 4124 bei; bet
He did net notice the dell &am. lit mt. Inlet had she uot undergone aot to yeentioe it; and, tureing eteleet
the dwarits eye, as he turned im- lag saltee lesely, be retraced his stops a,nd eth
partiently on bis heel, resuming -his "Listen, Mother," he cried; '1 a1t- was about to speak, when mut-
tered,
quick tread up and. down the retina ' peal to you for the last time; ad.
if I had captured the heiress,"
"All would have gene well with rne ' eanee tne a thousand dollars, and ed 3 a at n
clueuslyehtbasue seri d atftebleiona.me en her
116 will never eel; for another cent!"
muttered, excltedly; "all this would "Poor Vatal," she said, wita a
Her face watt rigid us tbe marble hard, dry 50.,
never have happened but for that I Flow, again5t wilich she leaned, n "His lefirinity sbouid
patens of his bends 11$ tbe imprecation -"Mark me ;vet one cent." • •She rocked herself to and fro.
"^i° 11° Iti*" 11° gla°131iI3'; "'Twas all or geatlee sake," she
muttered, • f I
Total could not explain the no-
OirarsseeIt
curtains, witere he could see and
hear unobserved. ;
"Fool that I am, 'tie too late now
to give vent to sorrow thus," elle
cried, touching a taper to the fire,
and eeeurely fastening tbe doge.
"Heatb shall bave Just tlus
once," sae muttered; and, drawing
Itrone lier bosone a peculiar, /Mita
thin key, she parted, the hangIng cur-
tain of an alcove, diheeelag IllicaTh
iron °host, which she hastily line
toetted.
The iron tloier creaked nosily back
Mita rkl„Sty hnnee. Veen], the safe size
tee* tt."-0 Mabogeny bow,
which ehe placed' an the table, draw-
ing up her rocker close 'beside them,
and proceeded to exatnitte their con-
tents.
Ono was filled with papers- most
of them dingy with age, at sight of
vthich for a moment she lay back so
sebite ad atilt in her chair, Vidal
thought she rapst bave fainted.
Sho aroused bereelf, crushing the
papers hastily beck into the box; she
did not notfce small, well- worn
paekage that slIpped from her grasp,
rolling noiselessly to Vatars very feet.
Had tele turned ber head ever so
sltgbtly, she must have observed it;
if she put forth her band to recover
It, detection must bave surety fol.
vac dwarf knew that, and in an in-
stant he stooped GOW.I1 and possessed
himself of the package, which be haste
y thrust into bis pocket.
The contents at the other box ab-
sorbed Alas. Rarer:Irons attention.
The dwarf fairly held Lis breath
as the glimmering light fell upon its
contents, heaped to the brim with
bright, shining gold.
The very sight made the fire leap
through Vatal's veins.
She carefully counted out one thou-
sand dollars in coins, piling them lute
on the table, replaced the boxes in
tbo safe and the key About her neck,
tied the coins in her kerehief, and
after placing them soeurely under her
pillow, tossed herself upon the couch
to rest.
'The eyelids slowly closed over the
tired eyes, and her regular breath-
ing showed Vatal that she slept.
permitted."
Altaough the metaer knew toe well
his many aentee, she awed tees hathie re.entioned this interview to her son,
1, abroad, arid come to asa when lie
1
will return.'
I "Yee, yes," she aewers, abstract-
edly; "Yoe may go now, 1Vatal. Sweet'
.' see called, es he was about te quit
i the room, "You are quite aeatent.
, eci, are you not, Vatal?" -
(ler trace was turned away,
1er
there wee a than of wistfulness hi
vaiee. '
The dwarf was amazed. This cote
1•weeene, who had not deigeed even so
• lima as a glaxtee oe aim or years,
he as hen in be- the miserable, des.
pieed dwore-etlie tool of ber eapricioes
son was conteated. He wondered if
he bad heard aright.
, The deep silence annoyed bor. •
"You are contented with your lot
ia lide, are you not, Vatal? Never hav-
ing had we.attle, edueation, or pecury,
you do not realize the loss o them
You are sans ied, are you, not?'"
"I,Viaat good would it do -me it I
were note" he aoswered. "I was ac-
cursed, from the boar of ray birth,
and abandoeed--'•
"For Godes sake, spare me," she
cried; then almost instantly recover-
ing loran',
Tbe ;aver: gazed at ber with a
1g Mee t 0- e leg
had a.nnoyed ber by saying too
"a now', now, Vatal."
astantly he obeyed. •
Otte thought troubled bine. -If elm
segue, darin reckless so as sae§ had lie dared not think oe the coesequen-
mimed tilvenford I" have used pity, not hatred; all
He cleeched Ids .nails deep into the "No," she fetid, °not unotber cent eirould bave been bier '
buret from his lips. The loss of the but 1 s t . i 1 . b .
to aim. •egeetever 'teepee,- vzas not tiler-
. e ... +if _ . i.
"It is evIdent that I must have eatiblY , IN:wk.:4;g L.11e,iyobill',14$:r adineigit-et
nreney," he mattered, "no matter and 1!,0; wile. a 0
where I get it, or hew." nave been redeemed by Love."
His brow darkened vindictively. "1 are certaialy at. a loss to un-
"Avlant's the time Vatal ?"
,
Tirre was na rasp n e, and, turning
round, be found the dwarf Led silent -
y ra, mg ney.sele to the heughty 'heiress of
"Curse that fool I" he muttered; "he 0 larriener Hall, only to be re used ear
Mast be watched like a sleuth -bound. i my pelas, I had never met any n."0 -
If be was only out a tae way 1 could man thee whom 1 thoualet I could
breathe freer. lie ktzetws too touch - i love for /termer,"
attegether too much; wo heve worked j Mrs. Hampton's cold, cliiii tering eyes
in the barmen tether too long; he 1 rzever once le,t her SOWS white fate.
Merit be effectually swept frint my 1 as lee eoatinneet
patli la 1, "I cursed the .I'ate that swept that
A decal diatarlieel Piet whs revolving grand estate from my grasp; wealth
in Heath Hampton's brain, a fa tel plat L waree Waal; suddenly my heart awoke
gulden prize hn.d been a hitter blew- )au 0 a ways remove ei
'
derstand you. What do you .neat?"
"I ain dealing in plain acts; first. I
followed Tie.= iestructions by offer
-
which led, to the sorritst of erimee.. to frac sotto joettinnii a v63,,
"I b t le t 11
Ia.,. .14 4i ng Mena atee-- do not start, mother, it
; yet,' he said fof : dhl not Is true -yet you kept us asunder, yes,
Hobert Bruce of Seutiand, fall a *core
CeletaeiTeelt XXVI,
The Plot Deepens.
,,In ahe library at Hampton Place
quite antither scene was being °fleet-
ed.
It was early morning, yet the lights
remained as they ha.d been lit the
previous evening. The fire was burn-
ing how and fitfully in the grate.
There was a haggard expression on
the fate of Heath Hampton in the
flickering fireligat. He strode up and
.donvn the room in deep thought.
• No word had broken the deep
aiktnee for an hour or more.
ale clenched the letters he held in
his hand, as if theywere seasible of
hi
the pain
e would nflict upon the
alter if he could.
"Read these letters again, Metal,"
he commanded; "I say 'there must be
some loop -hole."
Slowly the pee picked up the let-
ters that had eeen bossed into his lap,
•smoothing them out carefully with his
hand. The first was marked "Official,"
-pate marked, "Switzerland," and
,reed as feelowe
"My Deem. Hampton: As per agree-
-meat, 1 asee.rtiained, upon close in-
-veatigation, owing to the extraordi-
nary complications which surroued
ifhls uncommon cane, that a warrant
or the extradition papers, for the
enraoval of Ulmont Invesford back to
,Switzerland on the charge of mur-
der in the first degree, &mid be ob-
4es'ined if the facts in the case were
.elearief Proven, as stated.
"True, the eurgeon who officiated
e es dead; and the opposite parties left
Ithe ground betore tae extent of the
fnjury had been declared.
"My testimony • was corroborated
• by the finding of some poor fellow's
mangled remains over the cliff, utter-
ly unrecognizable.
• "Every one at tbe inn admits the
knowledge of a disturbance. '0 pon
the sta.wl, Wyliner Lee admitted that
the 'duel bad token place on the very
-edge of the pretipice, though he ta-
sisted that death had nol taken place
.alt the time he departed' in company
with IfIvesfoerl. •
"Of course, old fellow, I say now, as
I said then, yen were foolish in re-
turning to Axnerida. You should have
remained abroad.
"I am lost in wonder when I
'imagine you back in a locality where
you are so well known ; if you were
.once recognized, all our work here
would he in vain..
"Thts officers in charge of the nee -
v papers sail ed On the steamer
Cresson. I hope to hear in
reply of tbe successful issue of
enterprise.
"Yours very truly,
"De Riefler."
with a grating, Sardonic laugh,
aterapton took the letters trent
of times ere he reached liLs grand suc-
cess I"'
ffamptort did not stop to Mason
that that cause bad been an honest
; one. Ile smiled as he tie iught of the
dartng bravery of King Itieba.rd III. h d , te h11
you; had you permitted me to woo
aod win your late companion or my
wife, I might Lave beee a different
man to -day. I loved ber pas,sionate-
ly, madly, yet you, hope lid asunder,
Peasottecl. her against me; now she
I"What are my tow petty deeds" be 1 114 runt Me' an( uz her
cried, "to the many daring deeds / ?tones ue my ever lee -dines a better
Ilichard before be eeainen the rown 1
Vatal boa been a willing tool, but �IeIletsbea 11.8 sentence wItil
; his days of usefulnees are over; his herd, later, mooking laugh, that
i Knowledge weal make lem a danger- I grated harshly on his listener's ear.
j etes foe." "Ali this is the reason, thee, Miss
' • Suddenly attracted by a slight Menu fled from us so unceremoniouti-
euatie in the roena, he rai el hie ogee 17," elle said, slow;y.
"Mother," be said harshly, fixing : She had been so vigilant lest Is-
les keen, pemerating eyes sharply upe etaa should meet her son, yet they
on her, as if he would read her (very ° had rnet; she wondered where and
thoughts, "tell zee how long you evhen,
' aave been lore," 1 With a quick motion she advance:
"I bave just entered" 6110 replind.
"Wbat is the meaning, Heath,of the
brightly burning gesni
ight n the
broad glare of day. Surely you have
not been up all night, have you, my
son?
She Mid her hand wietfully on her
son's arm .; He shook off her light
touch nmpatleatly.
"Don't annoy me with your impor-
tuning -s," he said, ungraeleusly.
"There wns a time, Heath," she
• if I
saa AV en. you would is en to your
mother's counsel ; depend upon It,
without it you. will rush headlong to
your • 1,
He answered her with a bitter,
taunting laugh.
"Toe might as well talk of the
horrors a hanging to the poor wretch
who stands at the gallows with the
rope about his neck. Bah! I'am as
near ruined now as I can bee"
"It is an your own fault, Heath;
you should hoeue--"
"Never thaow up tho past, mother;
want good can that do ?"
",The rocks of the past warn us of ,
the future."
"It's rather late in the day to com-
mence raortnizing now, mother; you
should have praebiced what you
preach years ago. I'm in a series of
scrapes; there's only one way you can
help me out.'"
For a moment this mother and son
stood facing each other.
"If it is the want of money again,
Heath," she said, with tbe slow, oold
tones peculiar to her, "we Will not
discuss the subject; let it drop. I
have huraored your whims, and spent
a fortune upon you. Your wayward-
ne.ss has been. the cause of my deepest
grief. 1 'have raised you like a, gen-
tleman, while the other--"
• Heath Hampton raised his hand
warningly.
"Have a care, mother," he cried,
"walls have ears; trust a woman for
never yet keeping a secret."
His face was pale, and livid lines
ware drawn about bis mouth.
"See how you have repaid mea
cried his mother; in bitter anger, for-
gettingher caution; "a gambler and
a rote., '
• "It's a wonder you do not add mur-
derer and thief in the true bill," he
said, sneeringly, taking a cigar from
his pocket and osemly lighting it.
"The roo.d you are on leads to it,"
site retorted.
How little she knew he stood upon
the brink of it I
"You could help me, mother, if
you would," he answered; "and I
would leave the country."
"Never again," she replied, Stern-
ly. "You have hgdit in your pow -
to do well; you 'have always let
your chances slip. See the terrible
‘.tetifice I made for your sake. If II
er
:Ica: It Hampton leaped to his feet,
ryng hoarsely
"You dare not repent after all these
'deg years ; think how the world
tv:ould rise at such heartlessness and
:1614. Yon think, I, your son,
-mend be faultless. Ask the raven wh,y
he
is not a canary, and he will tell
`fly right of ancestry.' "
Int held up her hand with a low
try.
is it for this," she groaned, "after
•11 these long years -you, for whom
ed to where her son sat, placing her
hand on his dark hair as sbe sniti:
"Heath, my boy, I would rather see
you dead than wedded to a beautn
eul pauper. In me you see a shat-
tered bee, still I know the advent -
ages of money; while you throw
yourself lboadlong at the slinne of it
pretty Cate; from this time on I have
done :with you. Ilea but Dead Sea fruit,
after all," she said, slowly, a spasm
of pain crossing her dark face,
Turning hastily, she lett the room,
her heavy, black silk robes 'trailing
after her on the thick carpet.
She little realized under what eir-
entaseances she would again look up-
on the desperate, reckless face of ber
son.
Late that afternoon she sent for
Petal. It had been years since the
(head had received such a su,m-
mons. ,
"What can she want .at me?" he
muttered, as he made bis appearance
at the door.
"Come in, Vatal," she said.
Her voice had a weary sound in it.
'The dwarf noticed that she sat
with her face partially turned froan
him. She was not a woman to waste
time in unnecessary words.
"Sit down, Vatal."
On this occasion. she came to the
subject uppermost in her mind at
once.
"Can you tell me, Vatal, where and
when my son eirst met Miss Rienzi,
the young girl who so mysteriously
disappeared tram here lately?"
"On the day she first came here,
madam." • "
• "You are in the habit of driving my
son about considerably, are you not?"
"I was, madam, beapre he went
abroad; very tittle sinee his return."
"Try to remember if he ever met
Mess Rienzi before she came here."
"Not to my knowledge; they ap-
peared to meet that day as perlect
strangerset
"Do eou know if they have met
since?" ,
"No, madam; I am sure they have
none ' : -
"Why are you so positive, Vatted?"
Por a •modment the dwarf was si-
lent. .
"I command you to answer me,
Vatal," she said, fastening her flash -
lag eyes upon him those eyes Which
had such a steapege influence' over
b
"I am sure he has Dot met Miss
Rienzi since, for he has moved heaven
and earth almost to find her."
"Yon are perfeetly sure he has not
succeeded, Petal?"
"Periectly sure, *dam; she flit-
ted in all that terrible storm; we
traced her footprints some distance,
only to lose them effeettfally in the
dri ts beyond."
"There is Still another question I
would ask, Vatal. Who are these
strangers who persistently haunt this
house?
"They wish to see Mr. Illfaireptonet
"What do they want?"
"They are creditors, madam, press -
ng for money."' '
"Poor Moth," she said, quite un-
der her breath, "I did not dreara it
vas so bad as thane
ellhey believe Mr. rii,unpton is still
eleAPItEll
A Cruel Son.
. PA wild desire had seized the dwarf,
at the sight of the gold, to possess
it.
: t
What Could he not do if it were
only his!
Vatal bad never been totally de-
praved at heart.
There had been moments when
many a generous impulse to do a
• good deed had stirred in the dwarf's
heart; but the world had shunned
and derided. him, and the good im-
pulses were wholly crusbed out by
cruel insults.
The great temptation was more
than he could withstand,
• To possess himself of tbe gold be-
neath the pillow was but the work
of an instant; but. the key to the
chest, how could he obtain that, the
key which held the treasure?
"I must have the gold in yonder
chest, let the consequences be what
they may," fae muttered.
• lies he stooped over the prostrate
form, the door swung softly back on
its hinges.
• 'natal had hardly lime to draw back
lilt° the shadow' of the curtains ere
;Heath Hampton, with white face and
gleaming eyes, softly 'and stealthily
as a panther, glided into the room.
• He carried a shaded night- lamp in
his heed, which lie placed noiselessly
on the table.
"By fair means or foal," he mutter-
ed, setting bis lips firmly together, "I
must have money."
He groped his way carefully about
the reom until. his hand came in con-
tact with the iron safe; again the
curtains were looped back, and the
midnight intruder proceeded to care-
1ull3r dxamine the lock.
Ra drew a bunch of skeleton -keys
from his pocket, inserting them one
by one in the rusty lock.
"The anoney will not be missed for
a day or two," he muttered.
• He drew the Iasi key from the lock;
the desperate frown on .his face deep-
ened --useless
Then commenced a thorough search
through the room; bureaus were
rifled and boxes overturned, with-
out success.
Mrs. lionapt011 y(10Ved uneasily in
her slumbers a.t that moment; the
cord about her neck attracted Lis at-
tention. Without an i stant's dee
liberation be severed it n twain and
held the coveted key t last in his
To be cootie d
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON On FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JAN. 27.
Text of the Lesson, Math, xxli, 34.46.
Memory Verses, 3%.40-.Coldeo Text,
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34, "But wbea tbe Pharisees had beard
that Ile had put the Sadducees to eilenee
they were gathered together:" The gatia
erings together against Him from the
Babel dayof Gee, xi to the last One Of
Rev. mix, 10, are very many, but they are
all the work of satan end shall be °vex -
thrown. After His parable et the mar-
riage feast the Pharis.ees toe& counsel
Itow they might entangle Him in His
talk, so they sent unto Him their disci -
Pies with tire Herediaus (Terse* 15, 1,6)
with a questiou concereing tribute, the
Saddecees follow with their resurrection
question, and now the Pharisees ;done
with the law questtoo. So the world,
rationalisre and formelisne all uebelieve
Ina, are ever one,stioning and arallsng in
their reeellion against Ood.
55, 30. "Master, which, is the great
commenderentin theilitwr This Jo ii1g
question of the lawyer who represents on
this occasion the unbelieving Pharisees,
who, going abont to establish their owu
righteousnees, will not admit to the
righteeusneee of God. They think not 04
anor tram Ged, but do all thiuge to be
en ot men (=ill, 5), They knew math -
ii irt humility nnel cenelethia ot sin;
say think only of pralee of men and high
limes on earth. As we read eor hear the
en Gommandmente islileh were epoken
by'Cled Himself Pot at the relate of tale
lire (Dent. ly, sal do we eensidee Hit)
greatness and helioess mad the bolinese
wbielt Ile requires as revealed in Ole
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37, 98, Ou Lord Jesus pute the first
four contreeenwemts e.i.Q.e it
• Gz•st and great commandment, (w'lt
covers our relative to God, end that is Usa
first great thing to be censidered. Whe
w ee think of us is et AO account unless
we are right with God, and we ere not
right with Hire if wattling bas tile Piece
In our heart wield, He ahem shotild. have.
We meat have no other god, ue one tIr
nothing else bowed down to, ills name
algae exalted, TM INAS but His wrought
In us, As it WM be -in the kluadero.
104'JOQLOAPd k4Uahtb*rw'oe Pam bowed
der4 earl the Lord alone exalted" (lea
11, la, 17), so It shouhl be new and will
be, by His grace, in every retleemen Oise.
"Tbat Goa may be alit' is the highest
paint itt Scripture Cor, xv, 2S).
39, 40, Ile sums up tbe Inet az gout-
mautireenta la "Thou *halt love thY
neighber as thyself," -which very same
Words are found in Lev. xi; IS, just aa
Ills summary of the qrst tour Is found In
recut. vi, 5, tor He is only bringing to
their minds things which they knot, or
should bave kuown, tieing written In
their law. Mark says (chanter xU, 33)
that when Jesus hail given this summary,
ft scribe said unto Him, "Weil, Mester,
thou bast saki the tattle for there ie oue
God, and there la mine other but Ile, and
to love Him with all the heart and with
all the understanding and with ell the
5001 and with all the strength and to love
his neighbor as 1111316dt is mare than all
whole burnt offering's andsacrilleeset Upon
which .Iesus said to bine "Thou art not
Inc from the lcingdom of God." Had lz
known that in Christ alone this righteous.
mess was ever seen, that He Is the end ot
tbe law tor righteousness to every one
that believeth (Rom. r, 4), and received
Him as the Christ, he would bave become
a and of God (John 1, 32). Love is tbe
fulfilling of the law (Rene xill, 10). God
Is lore, and Christ was "God manifest in
the flesh."
41, 42. "While the Pharisees were gathe
ered together Jesus asked thetn, saying,
What think ye of Christ? Whose Son is
He?" Ile now turns questioner. and Ens
questiou is of Inc more importance than
all they had asked Him. If we put with
this the question in cluipter xxvii, 22,
which was asked by Pilate, "What shall
I do with Jesus, who is called Christ?"
we have, it seems to me, the most im-
portant question that any one can be
asked or that any one can ask himself.
On March 11, at Rangun, Burma, Rev.
D. L. Brayton, in his ninety-second year,
having been 62 years a missionary, began
his last message to the Karats thus:
"Tbere is one thing I wish to impress
upon tbe minds of all my brethren, Ka -
rens and others, as my last message -
What think ye of Christ? You cannot
be right in the rest unless you thiuk
rightly of Him." He gave a clear state-
ment ot the gospel of salvation by the
blood of Christ alone and said, among
otber things, "If we are not using all
the abilities God has given us to make
known this gospel truth that Christ is
the only Saviour, we are without excuse."
43, 4-1, "He saith unto thern. How,
then, doth David in spirit call Him Lord,
saying, The Lord said unto my Lord."
In answer to His question, Whose San is
He? they replied, "The Son of David,"
and then He asked this question, quoting
Ps. ex, 3, and summarizes it in the next
verse -in these words, "If David, then,
call Him Lord, bow is He his son?" In
Mimpriss' harmony„of the gospels there
is this note: "This question can only be
answered aright, as recognizing the tact
that Christ proteeded forth and came
from MR leather in heaven, and thus is
David's Lord, while as being man He
was 'of the house and lineage of David'
and so was David's son." In Rev. xxii,
10. He says of Himself, "I am the root
and the offspring of David." He was
truly God and truly man, equal with
man, equal with God. This the Phar-
isees would not allow, but on one occa-
sion took up stones to stone Him, be-
cause, as they said, He being a man,
made Himself God (John x, 33). Apart
from some of His miracles, which were
never duplicated through any of the
apostles, as far as we know, one of the
•strongest words concerning His divinity
is that in the beginning of His prayer,
"And now, 0 Father, glorify Thou Me
with the glory which I had with Thee be-
fore the world was" (John xvii, 5).
46. "And. no man was able to answer
Him a word, neither durst any 10 110
from that day forth ask Him any wore
questions." True( God gave Hiu a
mouth and wisdom, which all His adver-
saries were not able to gainsay nor resit".
(Luke xxi, 15), Mid Ile promises the
same to His followers. It is written of
Stephen's adversaries, "They were net
able to resist „the wisdom and the spite
by which he spake" (Acts vi, 10). Mark
says in connection with the close of our
lesson (chanter ali, ot), "The common
People heard Him gladly." The things of
God are still hidden from the wise and
prudent and revealed mite babes. Bleas.
e4 are the common people who hear,
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