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FUIILIMHKU IN CKNTKK COUNTY.
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INTERNATIONAL LESSONS.
BV REV. B. p. IUKIBRH. N n.
FicnitUAßY 20.
Lesson 8:
Tho Froaching of Joaus.
l.t'K t 11 14—21.
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till' (IfMpt'l til ttlP l.llKl' t t S .
Ventral Truth : —l'rophecv in fulfilled
in Jesus.
Subsequently to the events nitrnited
in the last lesson we have tho baptism
of Jesus tiy John, and the divine alien
tation of hm person and character, then
ttio history ot his temptation in the
wilderness, his first miracle, his memor
able interview with Nicotlemus and also
with the Samaritan woman, and the
miracle of the healing ol the nobleman's
son. After these our Lord returned to
Galilee by divine guidance. This was
his second journey into Galilee, and he
makes a visit to Nazareth.
By this time ho had become very fa
mous in all the region, though this does
not imply great personal popularity,
ttur Lord was never popular, though he
otten attracted crowds to hear lii
preaching and to see his miraculous
works. Itut the men ol Nazareth—his
own town—rejected him, and when lie
came to his own, his own received him
not.
At his second visit to Nazareth, he
went into the synagogue, as his custom
was, showing that he had always been
in the habit of attending public wor
ship and in taking part in the services
as a reader. The arrangements of the
synagogue much resembled those of
our modern places of worship. The
people sat in the front part of the
building, facing the pulpit or desk,
where the reader or speaker stood.
Behind these was a row of elevated
seats where the Scribes and Pharisees
were fond of silting, they being the
"•hief places.'" A chest stood near the
pulpit, where the manuscript rolls of
the law, or the Scriptures, were kept,
from which the reader selected the jxir
tion to be read or expounded to the
people. After the exposition, prayers
were offered, and at the close, the bene
diction was pronounced, to which all
the people responded Amen, and the
service was concluded. The service
was not conducted by ordained minis
tors, and any competent person was at
liberty to act as redder, and could even
add his own comments by permission
trom the ruler of the synagogue Jesus,
by rising in his place, signified his wi-li
or intention to read, and the roll was
therefore brought to him by an attend
ant, and he read the portion which was
in course for the service of the day.
The lesson was in the hook of Isaiah,
and it was most appropriate to the Mes
siah. llis reading excited profound
attention, and the eyes of all were ft
cried upon him. After he had closed
the book he said to the peopde : This
day is the Scripture fulfilled in your
ears." This was equivalent to claiming
that he was the Messiah, and that the
inspired prophecies were spoken of
bim. His claim was a bold one, and he
simply asserts it, offering no argument
to p'ove it, contenting himself with the
simple authoritative declaration that he
was the Christ, the annointed Hue sent
by the Fattier.
Jesus was perhaps astranger to many
, of his hearers, at least they might not '
have heard him expound the Scriptures
before in public, so that they listened
to him intensely and hpsrd him with
astonishment and interest.
The usual length of the lesson read
was about twenty-one verses, and the
reader stood during the reading, and
was seated during the exposition. hi
this occasion his d-scourse must have '
been of a very interesting character, for
we are told " they wondered at the gra
cious words which proceeded out of his |
mouth." It was the first distinct pub ;
lie announcement of his Messiahship,
and it stirred the hearts of many who
were looking and longing for the good
tidings of the hope of Israel. There
were many who were waiting for the
coming of the Lard, and were ready to
receive him into open and anxious
hearts.
i-BarriesL BCOOBSTIOXS.
1. It is a characteristic of the Gospel I
that it is first addressed to " the poor."
This is a proof of its universal adapt
ation. All men are spiritually poor.
Hin has itn|>overished the race. It has
stripjied men of all true wealth, and
reduced them to spiritual bankruptcy.
The true wealth of the soul is that
which is in accordance with its nature,
and lasting as its duration. Holiness
and (he favor of God alone can tpake
us rich. Hin has robbed us of both, and '
without the Gospel we must remain
hopelessly and forever poor. Earthly
wealth cannot supply spiritual needs, f
We may spend money for that which is '
not bread, for man cannot live by bread
alone. The supplies of riches, the
offers of pleasure, the promises of fame,
are but a mrw'kerjr to the lost sinner
seeking a wy of pardon and peace.
When a man realizes his |>overty
of the spirit, this bankruptcy of the
soul, then he can appreciate the value
of Christ a* one who was "annointed
to preach the Gospel to the poor."
2. How attractive should be the Gos
pel of Christ to every variety of spiritu
al need.
It lias comfort for the broken heart
ed, deliverance for the enslaved, sight
to the blinded soul, freedom for the op
pressed spirit, acceptance for the guilty
and condemned, relief for every want
and woe! which poor sinners can en
dure.
.3. What a preacher is Christ.
He Is a Scriptural preacher, He is
an intelligible preacher; the common
people hear him gladly. He is a loving
and sympathizing preacher. He is a
faithful preacher. He is sti eloquent
preacher. He it a preacher who illus
trates bis doctrine by his life. He is a
preacher who convinces the understand
lug and,wins the affection of his bear
ers.
4. Would that all preachers would
take the Lord Jesus a* their model.
The great Apostle said : " We preach
not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the
Lord, and ourselves your servants for
Jesus' sake." This is the true title of a
minister, the servant of the church "for
Jesus' sake." A true minister is a
shepherd under Christ, and he thinks
far more of Iho flock than ho docs of
tho floeco.
It is bettor to preach so as to turn
lite critic into a Christian, than to turn
the Christian into a critic. "We seek
not yours, hut you."
The Gospel ministers to our neces
sities rather than to our desires.
When our Lord first begun to preach
he "was glorified to all." But when he
became more pointed in his preaching,
tliey rose up against him and drove hint
out of their city. We must sometimes
preach at thetn, as well a* preach to
them. Then, instead of being canon
ized, we muct expect to fie cannonaded I
0. Every year of the Gospel dispensa
lion is an acceptable year of the Lord.
"Now is tho accepted tinio; behold
now IH ihe day of salvation."
♦
111 a Bear's (latches.
A Vol Nil W OMAN'S IIESPCHATK sTRHKiI.K IN
tt AVNE COUNTY.
The following story comes from Lit
masons, Wayne county : "Lottie Mar
rill, the female hunter of this section,
has just had another adventure and one
which came so near costing her life that
she will probably in the future never
j resume her masculine sport. A few
I days ago, just alter the great sleet storm
I which swept over the country. Lottie
| determined to go deer hunting. I 'onuing
I Iter snow shoes she started to cross
i I'rig fswr.mp, a dense mass of scrub
oaks and laurel. When she had re.ich
ed the centre of the marsh she discov
1 ered the foot print* of a very largo bear
! on the ertist. She followed the trail
out of the swamp for about two miles,
when she discovered the den which the
> animal inhabited. Entering the cave
she found two little cub* on it bed of
I leaves in one corner. The cubs were
about the size of kittens und were casi
| ly captured.
" Lottie was just emerging from the
• cave when she was met by an immense
i she hear. The fie o hud heard the cubs
: yell and was making all possible speed
Ito rescue them. Before Lottie could
draw her ritle to her shoulder the am
inal was upon Iter and grasping her ill
her paws gave her such a terrible squeeze
dial she tainted, when the bear, think
ing her dead, released her grip. She
fortunately soon regained consciousness
and while the old bear plating with
her cubs the plucky huntress drew her
nil-' and shot her in flic side. The
bullet did not strike the animal's heart,
and as the brute dashed at her again
Lottie drew her hunting knife and
i with one hold stroke nearly severed the
fie r's head (rotn the liodv.
" Lottie was just congratulating her
-elf on her successful escape when the
i dead bear's mate made his appearance.
Lottie's rifle was unloded and she was
totally unprepared lor a second encoun
t>-r, but determined to "fight it out."
The struggle was a long one. Forlun
alely the young lady was not encumber
ed in her motions by petticoats, for in
all her hunting expeditions she wears
pantaloons of doeskin, with a long
blouse. When, finally, Lottie thought
Ihe bear was desd she stooped over to
cut hi* throat, and the animal, with
one stroke of hi* monstrous paw, lore
the clothing almost completely from
her body. Luring the protracted strug
gle the bear had reached the edge of a
ciilf fully a hundred feet high and slop
tng Ht an angle ol more than forty five
degrees down to the W alliripaupack -
creek. As the animal grabbed Little
he commenced sliding on the slippery
crust down this almost perpendicular
slope. l,ottie was carried wan him arid
every foot of distance traversed added
to their velocity. When they reached
the fool of the slope they struck against
a tree, completely killing the bear and
breaking two of Lottie's ribs, her left j
arm and one of her limhe. She man i
sgeil, however, to crawl about a mile to
a house, where she receiver! medical i
treatment. The first bear killed weigh
ed when dressed ill-) pounds and the
male one 4*4 pounds. Lottie, who is :
improving lowly, has the cubs in her ,
possession, but she says it will be some |
time before she will lake another exje :
dilion of this kind,"
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Worse Thau kleptomania.
Fr m th Mlnn*®folia Minn Tril-nn#.
Mr. and Mrs. John Collins, of St.
Paul, are astonished—almost dismay
ed —at a remarkable peculiarity only
lately observed in their son, a boy 10
years old. The boy is a healthy one,
with nothing otld in his appearance,
except that close observers might con
sider bis head disproportionately large,
lie attends a down-town Catholic
school, and in school appears a* a
rather bright scholar, but without
particularly studious habits—just a
stout 10 year-old boy. with a boy's in
clination for play and mischief, but
quick to learn wiien be has to study.
The peculiarity is that the boy's left
hand is a wonderful mngnet. Metal
articles of light weight attach them
selves to his hand so that considerable
force is required to remove thstm.
Knives, pins, needles, buttons, etc.,
enough to cover his hand, will thus
attach themselves so firmly that they
cannot be shaken off. Htill more, the
attraction is so strong that a common
coal scuttle can lie lifted by it, and
heavier implements have been lifted
by stronger persons taking hold of his
arm. With heavy articles, however,
the boy complains of sharp paiu* darl
ing along his arm. In a less degree
his left arin nnd the whole left able of
his body exert the same imwer ; but it
is not at all manifest on his right side.
I HE way of salvation is a highway ;
highways are always free; pheasants
have the same rights as peers; the
lieggar has the same warrant to travel
this road as the monarch: proud na
ture does not like this: "Whosoever
will, let him come."
IIICITISII DEFEATH.
from (h I**ll 11*11 Cl*r.ill.
There are only two wars in our his
tory in which we eau be suid to have
withdrawn beaten front the field. The
Hundred-Year War wit It France ter
minated in the final ami utter discom
fiture of attempts to establish ourselves
in that country. We fought seven ob
stinate years to prevent the independ
ence of the States and failed. From
all other contests we have either emerg
ed victorious or the affair has ended in
a tie. But the number of partial
defeats we have had to endure in the
course of long ivari i* hardly realized
by members of the "Rule Britannia"
school. IV.-simists, on the other hand,
should remember that their country
men have a speciality for retrieving
disasters. Most true i* it that Eng
lishmen never know when they are
beaten.
Ilnllam considers that the naval
glory of England can first be traced
I "in a continuous track of light" from
! tin- pt riod of the ('oniniotiwcalth ; and
I that is about the case. Hut the be
ginning* of that period were singular
jlv inauspicious. It was on the 26th
'of November, 1652, that Van Trump
| surprised and defeated our fleet in the
i Downs. Next day he hoisted the
. broom at his masthead ; but we were
not swept long from the ('hauiiel. In
February of the following year Blake
! came up with the Dutch admiral of
I'ortsmuuth and totally defeated hint,
| rapturing or destroying eleven ships of
| war and thirty merchantmen. In
I June he again attacked them off the
North Foreland, when .-tieli a *|>ecta
r|e was witnessed as we can never ho|>o
to see iii these days—two fleets of
' about one hundred men of war each
engaging. Six Dutch ships were taken
and eleven sunk. The rest e-raped
into (lie ('alais Roads. The Dutch
I were shown no mercy. They bravelv
reassembled the remains of the fleet
and s|><*| northwards, hut were attack
ed off their own coast in August. In
tlii* action they lost thirty ship- and
| the gallant Tromp was killed. Other
triumph* followed under the Protecto
rate ami the earlier years of the R<-*-
| (oration ; hut ('baric* Il.'s govern
i incut ended by so scandalously mis
managing thing- that De Rnylcr one
day sailed up the Thame* nml destroy
-evernl English -liijw of war. The
1 -oilml of the cannon could be heard
at Whitehall ; but the King was
amusing himself the while by chasing
a blue bottle fly, which it i* under
stood he ultimately captured, but not
without a-sistaiice from certain nu ni
! bcr* of hi* court who have acquired
'an unenviable notoriety. This was iu
16(17 ; but the Dutch were not long to
j brag of the humiliation they had in
dicted on u*. The long conflict with
Holland for supremacy at sea was
finally decided six years later, when
-he formally conceded u* the honor of
the flag salute.
The French have occasionally licat
en ii- at *ca —notably offHeachy Head
iu 1690, an event which can*4*l a
panic in Dtndnn ; nor was our prestige
rea—erlcd till year* later, when Admi
ral Russell gained the great victory of
La Hogue, An Anglo-Dutch squad
ron commanded by Kooke managed to
get itself defeated off St. Vincent in
the summer ol 1693—an affair much
talked of at the time, resulting a* it
did iri the loss of eighty merchantmen
of the Smyrna fleet, but now forgot
ten. From the date of the Seven
ears \\ nr the object of all foreign
admirals ha* lieen to avoid contact
with their Eugli*h friend*. Two inci
dents in the naval campaign of 160.}
strikingly illustrate the pitch of su
periority at which we had arrived.
On July 22d Sir Roliert ( 'alder, with
fitteen sail, attacked the Franco-Span- '
ish tie* t of twenty, rapturing two and
forcing the rest to retire. For thisim
jierfeet victory, though gained agam*t
such serious odds, he was tried bv court
martial and reprimanded. Another
fart : Villeueuve had to meditate in
October a* to whether he should meet
Nelson, and railed a council of war to
decide the knotty question. The ad
vice his eaptains gave him wa* not to
risk an engagement unless he had half
a* many shijs* again a* the English.
I Itimately the want of provisions com
pelled the French admiral to leave
( adiz, and his d<K>m was sealed. The
figures of Trafalgar are these: Eng
lish, twenty-seven sail of the line, four
frigates, a schooner and a cutter;
French and Spanish, thirty-three sail,
five frigates aud two brigs. Their
weight of metal was 2626 guns to our
214*.
On land we have proved ourselves
second to none, without being able to
claim a decisive superiority over
France. The principal defeat.* we
have sustained from the former power
iu modern times are at Ktcenkirk
(1662) and I*adcu < 1693,) both lost
hy William 111. The carnage was
fearful on both occasions, about 34,000
men licing nut hor* du combat on those
two days. Follows next on thisgloomy
roll Almanza (1707,) wheu a French'
refugee, Ruvigny, Earl of Galway,
commanded the English, and an Etig- j
lish exile, Berwick, commanded the 1
French. In a few hours Galway con- !
trived to lose 16,000 men, 120 stand
ards, and all his artillery and baggage.
Never did we get such a drubbing.
Hut Oudenarde, next year, and Mal
plaquet, the year after, were to efface
the recollection of this disgrace.
In the war of the Austrian succes
sion we were twice seriously beaten bv
Marshal Saxe, at Fonleimy in 1745,
and at Laflcldt in 1647 —the Duke of
Cumberland being our commander on
both occasions. He was beaten again
at Hastcmliek iu 1757. All Hanover
was lost hy this defeat. The Duke,
who hud been captain-general since
1744, was now dismissed. And yet,
in the opinion of utile soldiers, the
Duke was uii unlucky rather than an
unskillful general. Even in war suc
cess is not always the measure of tal
ent. Napoleon said of Wellington,
"Fortune has done more for him than
he for Fortune." Those were dark duvs
for Ktigluud. We had just bet u shoot
ing Byng lor losing Minorca when
Cumberland came to such signal grief.
In a couple of years from that date,
thanks to the genius of I'itt, we were
ill the head of the world.
The separate defeats sustained by
England in the first American war
are not worth enumerating. In spite
of some brilliant victories we were fi
lially beaten, and there was an end to
the matter. In the second American
war I Kith sides could claim equal hon
or*, both by land and sea, though we
marched as victors into Washington.
In our war with the first French Re
i public we were defeated ofiener than
| one cures to rememlicr. The Duke of
ork displayed a perfect genius for
being outmuneuvered. Ministers so
, riously thought of bringing him bo
fore a courtmartial, but yielded to the
| entreaties of the king that such a di*-
gi a:e might lie spared hi* house. Tin y
insisted, however, that in future the
commund of armies in the field should
he at the absolute disposal of tliecub
; inet, instead of being in the personal
gift of the sovereign, a* they bad hith-
I erto been. In her contest with the
Empire aud its allies England suffered,
at the most, two or three reverse*.
The gravest was the fuilure of the
Walcliercn cx|<cdition. The Turks
also repulsed an attack of ours on
Constantinople in Ih7, which year
also wiiw d the defeat of General
\\ hiteliK'k by the Spaniards at Humus
Ayres.
Nearly every barbarous nation with
which we have come into contact ho*
had the honor to win one victory over
u*. Equally, of course, it ha* had to
rue it* triumph. The Ashnntces, the
Kaffir*, the Zulus, the Afghan*, the
( hiue*e, all these have taught ii* the
• lesson that it i* rarely *afe to despise
your enemy, however contemptible he
may nppenr.
SI'KKI If OF !lo\ S. St. ( OX.
IN REOARtI TO THE AI'IMSTION VENT |i||.|.
NOW lIKIoRE CONOR!**.
Mr. Cox cxpluined and advocated
1 the provision* of his bill. Under it
the slave States would gain eight and
| lose two members ; the Middle States
, would 10-e three and the New Eng-,
i land State* would lose three, ami the
\S cstcrn Siati-s would gain ten and
I lose two. 'I he old slave State* would
i make a net gain of two; that i, the
West would gain eight, while New
; England, New York and Bennsvlva
nia would lose six. If any one claim
! < d that that was sectional or partisan,
lie might calculate the net gains North
and Smth from the mitn!er* 290 to
319, ami the South had a net gain
over the North. Under the late cen
sus the general increase of lh* country
had not differed from ante bcllum time*
more than thirty per cent. It inighl
not be accurate to say the Southern
State* hud increased more than the
Northern, though practically they
had done so, owing to the defective
census of I*7o. Whether true or not,
such divisions of the North and South
bad lo*t their significance. In any
event, the North continued to exceed
the South iu Congrcw, in the Electoral
College, in the Senate, ami in popula
tion. Hut the wonderful increase of
fivo State* west of the Mississippi was
the salient feature of the census. In
twenty years they had doubled their
numbers, leaping from one-tenth of
the population to one-fifth. These
five Slates had increased 67 per cent.
No State enl of the Mississippi had
attained to -"id |>or cent., while the Pa
cific States hail gained 56 |er cent,
during ten years. The orb of power
might bo departing from the East, but
yet with its radiance full it was the
star of empire holding its western way
lor new conquests. Along with it rose
above the horizou the Kouthern cries
to add its symbolic cluster to the con
stellation. The Federal representa
tion of this country was in every sense
republican in fact, form am! spirit.
It might be said that with all that
popular basis and its results the people
of the United States had the same
greed for gain, ambition to excel, love
to rule, desire for intrigue and play of
unruly prejudice, jealousy and passion,
that had made the history of other
nations tragical even to their decline
and fall. Still, in spite of that de
moralization in it* worst aspect the
answer might IK- made, who shall
compete with lis in our abundant har
vests ; our rich balances of trade ; our
increase in commerce and our inex
haustible mines of coal, copper, gold
and^silver; our unexampled exporta
tion anil importations ; our attractive
forces ; our stupendous inter-communi
cations and their incomes and outgoes
by rail, canal, lake, river and sea ; our
inventive faculty with its miracles of
manufacture; and above all and be
yond all, what can rival the star
which, as it moves westward, from ever
renewing centers of restless popula
tion, has in a century added 47,000,000
to its active energies ? These extraor
dinary advances in greatness and glory
were due to the representative system
which struck no name, however hum
ble and dependent, from it* roster of
nationality. France and Spain might
indulge in their revolutions; Kuiit
and Germany might trernlle before
communistic and nihilistic terrors, and
England might boast of her rule in
A*iu, Africa and Ireland, and proudly
echo the praise which her I'oet I/a lire
ate lavished on her as
A Ur'l Of -ltu.l
A Uml of ju.t on,| i,|,|
*W fro, t |,,, n
from |>r<* 1., |,fr,
Hut slu; hinl no popular representa
tion in her parliament founded on the
people. It was left tor the |M*oplejif
America, of her colonies a century
ago, to erect a monument high and
splendid around the temple of liberty,
and to guard it with a unity and force
which the division und variety made
by mountain and river and the strut g
passion ot hostile armies could not
sever. Hy it society was assured pro
tection, Stability uud progress. In
rearing this monument every one hud
builder! over against his house as in
the days of dismantled Jerusalem, so
that by the whole muss of the living
people of the I 'nited States freedom
broadened decennially, not "from pre
cedent to precedent," hut expanding
and strengthening like the boles of
the oak, hy the inner growth, drawn
from soil, sun and skv. into intense
robust life, which defied the storms of
i centuries.
The Oldest bamniuirc I pnu Hurth.
The story goes that three old nun
a Mohammedan, a .lew and a Brah
| min—seated on the ground beside a
i well, disputed together as to which
was the first language spoken upon
' earth. The discussion waxed so hot,
the voices were raised so loudly, that
the sound drew to the spot a young
Englishman. The youth had been
nut shooting; with his gun in hi
hand, and his game at his feet, he now
stood, leaning against a tree, listening
to the discus-ion Iretween the three
men.
The Mohammedan, with vehement
gesture*, mid many an oath, declared
that no lauguage could c<|ual the
Arabic.
"Is it not the language," he cried,
"in which Mohammed i>lc*cd In- his
name!) received the holy Koran? l
it not that in which the Most High
gave law* to the faithful? Will ve,
oh ye unbeliever*, cast dust on the
grave of the Prophet by doutiting that
Arabic is the oldest lunguage on
earth ?"
Ihe Jew shook hi* gray head, and
hi brow was knit into many wrinkle*
u he made answer. "The language
which Abraham our father, which
I-aacbiul Jacob |K-acc le on them!)
spake, must IK- honored above all other
tongues. Surelv it was beard in Par
adise, before Eve plucked the forbid
den fruit ! The oldest atnl most sacred
language assuredly i* the Hebrew."
1 hen spoke the Hrnhmin, intone*
of scorn : "All language*' corn pa red
to Sanscrit are as the bulrush com
pared with the spreading banyan.
Nay ; even a the banyan semis forth
shoots, when they touch the earth,
spring forth young trees, so other
tongues spring front the life giving
Sanscrit. He must be void of wis
dom, and ignorant a* a woman, who
doubU that the most ancient language
is Sanscrit."
The disputants grew so angry, that
it seemed as if to words might succeed
blows, when the young Englishman
stepped forward.
"Ob venerable men!" he said with
courtesy, "vou have numltered many
year* and i hut a few ; yet let me ar
bitrate betw-ecu you. I know what is
the most ancient and honorable lau
guage spokeu on earth."
"Vou know!" exclaimed the Mo
hammedan in surprise. "You have
but down upon your lips, and will you
taeh grayln-ariis like us?"
The Hindu muttered to himself—
"The Sahib log think that they know
everything! They can make roads
and bridges, and semi messages through
wires ; but what can they tell of an
cient languages to a Brahmin ?"
"The language of which I would
inform you is not only the first spoken
on earth, hut it s the one now spoken
in heaven," said the Englishman.
The three men stroked their beards,
and uttered reclamations of astonish
ment at the presumption shown by the
youth.
"And yet more," continued the
youth, his eyes, blue as the sky, spark
ling with animation as he went on—
"without learning to speak this lan
guage, no man, whatsoever nation he
be, will ever be suffered to enter
heaven."
"Does your honor know this lan
guage?" a-krd the Mohammedan
quickly.
"Yes, (tod be praised!" the Eng
lishman replied.
"And where did you first learn it?"
asked the incredulous Jew.
In a softened tone the young man
replied, "I learned it first from the
lips of my mother,"
The three men glanced at each other
in surprise ; and then the Hrahmin in-
Suired, "And what is the language, O
ahib ?"
"The language of truth," said the
Englishman. • ,
When the word was spoken, the
clouds cleared away from the faces of
the three; they stroked their beards
and cried, "Well said. Truth is the
language of God; truth is the lan
guage spoken in hcavau."
"Hut it must be learned upon earth'"
said the Englishman earnestly. "He
fore I came to this laud, I gave up
pleasures by day aud rest by night, iu
order to leant the language of Hin-
doostau. Were I not to know it, I
could not remain in the honorable ser
vice to which I belong. And thus it
is with truth, the language of heaven.
(ol i truth itaell,and a lie in to limi
an accursed thing. It in written in
bin Word,' Lying liare an ahomi
j nation to the Lord.'
Again tin; three men glanced at
each other. 1 here wan not one of
them that would not hate lied lor the
nake ol making a few pence more pro
fit on a bargain, lie* were to them
common a* the iiu-<pjii<*; which buz- fL
j zed around lh<*ir head*; not one of
them had ever thought of falsehood an
a deadly ciu, abhorrent to
Ihe Mohammedan was the one to
npeak first.
j _"U|mn what authority doe* the fra
■ hih utfirm that the gate of heaven is
closed against those who speak not the
language of truth?"
' ( n the authority of God's holy
| Word, which cannot he broken," re
plied tbo Englishman. "Hear, omy
: friend*, what i* declared of the abode
ol the lileMwd hy Him who cannot
utter untruth : 'I here eltall in no wine
enter into it anything that defileth,
neither whatsoever workelh üboiuiua
j tion or niaketh a lie.' "
"Heaven will Im- very empty,then,"
: said the .lew with a Miecr. "Vour
favored Saint I'eter, aecordiug to your
own Scriptures, lied thrice, and with
oath* and curses. Shall In: lie shut
out from lieavcii, or shall his sin aione
! go unpunished ?"
"I'eter's sin win punished," replied
! the Englishman gravely; "hut it was
l'eler s Dud, the Master, whom I'eter
had denied, who bore the p< naltv for
| bini Ibe blood that flowed from the
Saviour s wounded side can wash away
all sin, whether ol thought or word or
deed, the sin of falsehood among the
rest. Hut those who would be forgiven 1
like I'eter, must, like I'eter, believe
! and love. When (iod's spirit comes
into the lu-art, He comes to drive
awav evil from it; the unjust becomes
just, and the proud become* meek, and
the lips that often were stained with
falsehiwal learn the language of heaven
the language of truth."
I'ope l/co's kind face.
] ll'ttie ( ITM||i .'bijenca, < bt' Al't TlS<
At last all the others were gone,
; and we knelt at the feet of the pope,
while a motisignorc in violet silk lean
ed over and rem! him our names. I
was surprised at the genial expression
of hi* lace, the kindliness of hi* keen
black eyes, so |*rly [sirtraved in hi*
I photographs. His rulie was of white
cashmere, and a gold chain hung
around hi* neck, and on his head was
a white skull-capf fringed with his
• ilver hair. His feet in their crimson
-lij|H-rs rested upon a cushion, and
(ieople ki.-sed the gold that was
j embroidered upon theni. He sat in
an nrnie>l chair, upon which was
] thrown !t scarlet cloth, nnd an attend
ant in the back ground waited with
i his white mantle and crimson velvet
< hat corded with gold. The marchesa
, held his hand ami spoke with him for
several minutes, and then he turned
ami extended it to me, and I kissed a i
large amethyst on hi* ring, and looked )
up into his kiudlv eyes.
The marche*a having repeated that \
I was an American,and that I desired \
his blessing lor myself ami all the v
family, he laid his hand upon my
head, and, turning to her, said : "An
American, and how then did you come
|to know her?" "Holy Father, she
j lives in mv house," was the reply,
j "She is good," added his Holiness,
with a merry smile in his eye*, and I,
not wishing to rest under false pre-*
J tences, said : " tteatieeinw Padre son o
I'roteeiania," whereufwin he a
j little wry face, laughed, shook his head
at me, and laid his hand in blessing
upon my head a second time. I took
courage, raised the rosaries, and he
covered them with his hand. Then
we went away, and I saw him heave a
sigh of weariness. It rnut indeed be
very fatiguing to see so many people.
I have becu informed since that two
hundred persons were presented that
day, and ['ope Leo is far from strong.
He has recently been ill. and his voice
trembles from weakness ; his hands are
unsteady, and altogether his extreme
feebleness is apparent to every one.
"GRIMLY DAX," the hero of Man
tana, led a wonderful life. He was
once set on by a whole tribe of lu
dians and obliged to run for his life.
He headed for a cliff "00 feet high,
dodging the bullets fired at him as he
ran, being able through long practice
to tell the course of a hall by the
sound as it approached from the rear.
Grizzly Dan unhesitatingly leaped
over the cliff, to the amazement of the
Indians. As he was falling Dan turn-
Mi, raised his Winchester rifle to his
shoulder and pulled the trigger. An
Indian toppled over with a hall through
his left eye, and while he kept falling
I>an kept pulling the trigger until
seventeen redskin* had ball* through
their left eyes and were falling over
the cliff after him. The eitrhteenth
shot only carried away an Indian's
nose, as the air was to full of falling
Indians between Dan and the top of
the cliff that his aim was a little con*
fused. He strurk feel foremost in
the river below, and swam to the op*
poaite shore before the last ludian's
dead body struck the water.
WitKJt a hoy has a mild watch pre
sented to hint he will cheerfully travel
two mile* to regulate it in the pret
ence of hit enemies.