'xv-.ii.i-:.V'i: 330 Old Grimsby's Pride By NELLIE C. .-sliv entered tha room r-U tllKB t" hls hat on 0 tabl! rrBijiin.o. .,,i!v.nttw( iad dre-v up a cu.. ... n., Lining d'.-k. Ho I'Icked up ft pen, 5h I In In the Ink and poised blm t lf for composition. All at once his wandering gaze ga th ree" I Into concentration, narrowed Ug face up, before him. And no t rthstandlni that "Mr. Peter Harwell lOrtKby -Sixth avenue, New YorK aty" Hi in the bablt of receiving jur'siicn a letter, addressed in the U.iulcal hand, seven, and sometimes tte'it tlms a week, his heart began U perform Its usual gymnastics as ho the seal of pale gray wax and r.i: Tar Ptr: "It Is all over between us. Under lipurnte cover I am expressing your ISlngs to you. Don't ask me for an Mplunatfon, dear. I cannot, consist ently. Rive it Let it be sufficient that I 4,,e,n this course the wisest, and be Ue roe, I have the best of reasons for taking the step. "Sincerely, "JULIET." Up S. :t Is nothing you have Oti" All over between them! The lndlg Bant crimson gushed Into Grigsby'a Uniple Only the afternoon belore be had left her with her parting kiss wsrm upon his Hps, and she had prom m1 thnt when he came again she would name the all-important day. It wa for this purpose he had hurried home to lunch and to write and beg hr to make the date some time next month If possible. And now this! He fl''lz(l his discarded pen. Yielding to a hcM'-d Impulse, he dashed down single line: "U 6(inie man at the bottom of tbJB?" t1!ie aner came from Juliet 12 ttouis later. It wns even more brief. "Ti-s," sho wrote simply. There was no address, no signature no formal Uttle !ir,i!.o beneath whoso lines he mlcSit gUmpae the old spirit of tender- MbS In the meantime the express pack tie had arrived and without oven opening it his grief was too fresh to He H,irr-J Unsteadily on the Door. pern I. i'i) to gaze upon the bilter of a driir, dead past he or Ki culler to "chuck It In tlio rtiiili .! deiui i'i, attn-" ' xxo !: i,dv.. a cbiu.i to i Inter, ho wns surprised to minions from his father to i" I.-iM't's study at once. " n led to understand," the began roldlv. wavlnir til m 1"! h'.lc older ii. in t i !. ir. "that my son has bo far for.ott.n himself as to engage in a ft; lev,, l ir .ir with n young person by t4c n;'M:.' of Downing." V'1 lovi' Juliet Downing. If that Is What yn;i mean." .The mmy crimson flared up In the others fa,0. "Then the sooner this Mnscufe Is abandoned the better It 'nil he lor all concerned." I' You m. an " lcter Grlgsby broke ot sharply, surveying his father with mdlRnaut, unhelleving eyes. p mean, simply, that you cannot "'ry any woman out of your own And 111 have no more time ti.(l in sentimental tomfoolery." f Clrde!" Peter laughed derisively Miss Downing la a lady. Is not that iiRh?" "Decidedly not -for a ' Grlgsby! Where 8 your ancestral pride?" The ow man's knotty flat came down with tnud on the arm of his chair. An i 1, ' oiu, lamer. if I choose to set aside the silly wauil He t?e fi U may nt a fnrfeK nf lorliinc i n in ,n. i a uiduiutfru you, oy iVounK (jrlRli, paled ..,.d forfelt h'Mi ot heaven," he said calmly. in juuet Downing." ""a uvuiuiiuy wiin l'"l VOII m H fwl I'n, aal ... .tillfil V villi ' - 1UV.1 (I11U I 111 5H- NodrlRsh af"''l t look at a Wl illl! " ho burst out vehe- iby has ever before woman below bis ln'' '"H Is not below my station. I ;A )l)''nllltT f 1 .... nir b l" ner nneai uescent, '10 1 rtrp 11 k 1 14 ov. - i - ..h lv imiiiw ii. one in 11 Itllcl luirp nn,l I.,,. .-.I -U...J 1 " becomng my wife-" Descriptive. v nn la ik 4 cnin "-"ow wearing a suit calliope clothes?" l"t!armti,fo ...... le away." D0 beard I Ihl , . Heartls. 1 think " .u 'ng no,. ... u 18 en"ualastlc "tely 1 ,.h,;'v '"vented an ab- "Clicu , oi .onnet" edl'rr ... 181U" replled the ' v, hL U thB nIV 0r'8lnal "n possessed FT1 GILLMOKE "Stop! You humiliate me beyond endgrance. Give up this wild Infatua tion, or look for oilier quarters Im mediately!" The outrage was so unexpected, was such a complete shock to lilm. Hint I'eter Grlssby was struck dumb by bis father's decision. "Furthermore," continued the other, "no woman with proper delicacy would consont to enter a family where It wns distinctly understood she was not wnnted." "What do you mean by that, fnther?" ".Merely that I have met your Miss Downing. She was graciously accord ed me as a dinner partner at the Westons! 1 undertook, in a delicate way of course, to let my views be known" Peter Orlgsby started. A curious ex pression flashed over his features. "So you acted the part of a cad. I'm glad you told me." "If you must put It that way yes. I did It, however, to save my own flesh and blood from future mortifica tion." "Very thoughtful of you. Still, for the sake of decency, you might have spared yourself the rudeness." The old man checked an exclama tion. Instead, he said quietly: "You don't see It now, my boy; but the day will come when you'll realize the wisdom of my course." The words fell on deaf ears. Young Grlgsby was lost In thought. All at once he smiled. The whole thing was suddenly clear to him; the reason for Jullefg strange action, the "man" at the bottom of It. "I'm sorry this nipture has come, father," he said ln a softened tone, "but I think we understand each oth er tho better for it I shall take rooms nt the club." Peter Grlgsby's first move was to send a letter to Juliet, telling her that he understood everything and setting aside In advance nny protest she mlj;lit make. In duo time her reply came. "Pear Peter: "Now that ynu have discovered the truth. I shall make no effort to deny It. Yes; your father made It quite clear to mo that hls onl pon. descend ant from a long lino of blue-blooded ancestors, could never wed any but a girl with the samo aristocratic pedi gree. "I had never looked nt things from that standpoint, but of course now. I could not do anything but give you up. You are his only son, his nil, utid It Is natural for blm to feel that way about you "Please do not try to see me, and don't write again. This Is final. jn.lKT." Nevertheless. Peter Grlgsby did try to see her. She declined nn audience. He wrote her a score of letters. They were returned unopened. He tried to Intercept her on the street. She evad ed him. , Meanwhile he had taken up hls resi dence at the club, spending Ills nili's In the rooms and crowding the days with labor. A month pns.-cd. He find nor once spoken to bis lather except In the briefest business way. One tillit. when he could endure l! no lonner, he went to th" c!ul and re quested to be shown to Ills son's rooms. He rnpp. d unsfe'idllv on the door and waited In a tremor lor Peter to open It. The hoy held out his hand. "Come in, father," he said poiiily; "you look tired." "I've come to as-k you to come bnck borne, Peter." ho said In a husky voice. "I cannot." He puPeil up a chair and the old man sunk liitu It wearily. "I'll give you anything in the world you want. I'll double your Inheri tance. I'll" "You can never undo what you've done, father. You've broken my heart and ruined two lives." The old man hitched uncomfortably In his sent. A dash of red streaked hls withered cheeks. "Are you still mop ing over thnt fool business?" he de manded Irately. "I am a very unhappy, disappointed man." "Then why In thunder don't you marry her and be done with it? Prob ably she's heard about your altered fortunes and the pauper racket Is a bit skittish, eh?" Peter Grlgsby held back his angei and said coolly: "Do you want me to tell you the truth? Do you? Then listen. Juliet Downing Is too proud and high spirited a girl to come Into a family like durs where the head of the house has not even the Instincts of a gentleman." Despite his 70-odd years, Horace Grlgsby bounced, literally, out of hi", seat. He sputtered, fumed, sat down again and gripped the arms of bis chair. "And she she refused you, huh?" "Precisely." Horace Grlgsby grew purple. "Won't won't hnvo you! Pah! Yes, she's right; I was a hog to her. Put I'll go further now; I'll mnko of my self a fool a fool, do you hear? I'll get down on my knees. I'll move heaven and earth to make her marry you. l!y the eternals! Where's the pride of my race? D'you think I'll sit still and havo It snld that that any body under God's bluo sky refused a Orlgshy?" Where Law Ends. "It was William Pitt, was It not, who said. 'Where la"- ends tryanny begins?' " "Perhaps It was, but ln this coun try law never ends. There are too many higher courts to which a case may bo carried up." Utter Waste. "We all sigh for something unattain able." "That's right. My wife has never been able to find any good use for the burnt matches." r ' I Clara's Questions. My sister and I wish to havo some rallng cards engraved. I used to heiir quite frequently the saying: "Never give yourself a title." In thai still in force, or Is It proper for mo to have my cards engraved: "Miss Clara Helen Mlschler?" My slHter Is the older. 1 suppose hers should bo Just "Miss Mlschler. . Can you give me an Idea of how a progressive dinner Is con ductedhow many courses and what Is served with each? For Ini li.nce, for the soup course, Is Just one kind of soup served? CLARA. What you have heard does not ap ply to visiting cards for young wom en. Tho prefix "Miss'' Is always used, to otn't It is very bad form. A progres rlve dinner Is arranged by each host ess assuming tho responsibility of one course, how many to be decided by thoso who give It. I think four or live ample. Only one soup Is served, but oysters may precede it, adding an other course; then the meat course, the salad and dessert. After dinner coffee with bonbons or cheese and crackers may bo still another course. "Nemo's" Questions. (1) What would you suggest for a wedding breakfast for, say. Just the immediate family? (2) What is tho best form of acknowledging wedding gifts when no invitations, but an nouncement cards only, are issued? NK.MO. For the wedding breakfast have chicken croquettes, hot finger rolls, olives, celery, an aspic salad with hot cheese balls, loo cream, cake, coffee. It makes no difference In tho acknowl edgment of wedding gifts whether ono has Invitations or announcements. Polite, cordial notes on one's very lies' stationery should be sent each pers in who sends a gift and these notes should go Immediately after tho Baby's Playground A c , lil CC WALL tt TP T T 3L J WALL inff!? i n ruufelkHl I t n $ fflr in TO portion olT a part of the n.iv-.ry in which King Haby may be left for short periods to irnuse him self unattended.- Is n very desirable thing, but to achieve this object satis factorily is no easy matter. In our Hketch and dlacrams one practical so Iutioti of this difficulty will lie found, nnd It can be curried out with liltlo trouble and at no gieat expense. In tho first place, two threefold clothes horses should be obtained and thin bars of wood nailed In upright j positions to tho parallel bars of the , horses. A glance nt the s'.etch will explain this. Next, two pieces of board should bo firmly nailed to tho nursery wall, at a distance apart equal to the width of two of the divisions of ono of the horses. The horses can then be fastened with hinges to these pieces of wood fixed to the wall, and diagram "A" Illustrates this. Tapes should be attached to the posts at further sides of the horses, and it is an easy matter to place them in the position shown In the sketch and tie the posts together. When not required, the horses can be folded flat against the wall, and diagram "H" showi u ground plan of this, "P.B" representing the board uiled to tho wall, and "HHP." the horses partly folded back towards the wall. N VOGUE The newest skirt Is the aeroplane model. Almost all dress bats are of exag gerated size. Slippers and hose must muteh the gown exactly. Dress the hair In puff-curl effects and bandeau decorations. Handsome moire bags are some times trimmed with gilt. Shaded feather trimmings Is the latest Taris Bensatlon lu fashions, Sleeves of different lengths and different colors are worn ln tho same gowns. The broad ceinture or girdle Boems to be appearing again on the latest frocks. Dainty nndcrinusllns In the advance -lng stylet are richer than ever with unroldorjr. ft - .j ---i - lit " - '- - gift Is received. If you send me a si I f -iidd reused stamped envelope in care of tho paper I will be glad to forward you the namo and address of a book that will answer your letter at greater length, as my space Is lim ited nnd the requests are many. "A Reader's" Queries. I have been corresponding with a young man whom I met last Bummer while on a visit In Canada, Ho has asked me twleo In letters If I would send him my photograph. Not know ing what to do, I write you to advlso me. I am not engaged to the young man, but would very much like to win his atteniloii. A UKADI:K. if you know the young man to bo worthy In every way I see no harm in exchanging photographs, with him. Tell blm It is something you rarely do and make him understand you are conferring an honor upon him by granting Ills request. Tell him when he sends you hls, you will return with yours. Regarding Party Calls. If one accepts an Invitation to a party from a lady who haH not called on you Is It necessary and proper to make tho usual party call? I have attended a number of pnrtles whero the hostess has not called on me, and I nm undecided 'as to w hether I owe a party call, In such cases. MRS. 0. F. If tho hostess enclosed her card with her invitation, that is equal to a per sonal call; also If she explains to you that she Intended to call before her party, that Is sulllcioiit, and you pay tho call. If neither of these apolo gies were mado I would accept the In vitation, and you do not owe an after cull if you go. MADAME MICRni. ..'u":iiii "("' Illustrates the borsi S in I'oi-M ifii , ami hire again "CC" indi ernes tie h.'ard on the wall, and '(''("' the horses. Wl.cn l he i'ki ground has been com I'le'eii, all the woodwork can bo paint- d a nice dark green or, perhaps, a color to match the wallpaper, nnd w hi n told, d back against tho wall, will practically lake up no space In the nursery and will be almost in visible. The playground can, of course, bo iiriauged In a moment, and the horses, being hinged firmly to the wall, can not possibly fall over. It Is not neces sary that the space, enclosed should be of the squaro shape Illustrated, and tho horses can bo easily placed In oth er positions If desired, and yet effec tually apportion a part of the floor from which tho llttlo prisoner cannot escape and go too near the fire and get into mischief in other ways. With a few toys spread out on tho floor, a little place of this kind will prove a paradise for a small child, who can "make believe" to any extent In this little house of his own, where ho cannot possibly como to any harm. Older children might ninuse them selves also in a similar playground on a larger scale, and with the help of some old curtains, or a Bhawl, or rug, wonderful tents' and houses can be mude. Broom Pincushion. A very dainty novelty Is the broom pincushion. For this you will require a large flat cork, a meat skewer (a new one, of course) and a few yards of baby ribbon In sonio bright sbado Cut a small hole In the cork and In sert tho skewer firmly through It. Now wind skewer nnd cork together with the ribbon until they are entirely cov ered. Two bows on the skewor will hold the ribbon tight bo far. The broom effect you will gnln by the pins; they must be driven thickly into the under Bide of the cork, hold ing the ribbon at that point, and at the samo time giving u very good Imitation of a tiny metal broom. Those make very nice favors at Informal par ties, club meetings, etc. To Remove Rain Spots, It Is said that If any fabric becomes rain Fpotied the spots can bo removed by ironing the material on the wrong side, placing a piece of clean whlta muslin between (he Iron and the gar ment to be pressed. I have never tried the experiment, but pass on tho liii'jiuiailuu. ? If Christ Had I! Not Come By DR. JOHN A. EARL Pator Bcltien Avnu Church, Chicago TEXT If I hud not onme nnd nv.ki.n unto ilit'in ... If 1 hail mil rii.nn nmimi? th.'in tin. works which none otln.r till. Pulin 1i'2:-!t. An Innovation In sermons as deliv ered by tho more modern ministers was listened to by a large congrega tion the other evening when Doctor Karl delivered his sermon In verse. If Jru hint not cnni In rarth. If uniC'la hod not mini; liH li'rth. If wlo men lin1 not vn hin worth, Mow poor the world would he. . If .lemm Imd not until Ih word, Th like of which had ne'er hern heard, How mi for you and me! Tf Ji.rub tind not come from heaven, Our ln could not hHv been forgiven. And broken hi'nrt with Borrow riven Would hopi'lean beat and bleed. If Jiu never had been born There, would not ha a ChrlatniHa morn, And iiirlh of Kood thlnxa would b !mrn- Thlnaa that w aornly need. No ChrUtmni. cheer would Hchten hearts. Nor ctoatna; of our huay marta, No Hantn Claua whoae reindeer atarta With jlnKltn bells and iletKh. No "Merry Chrlalmaa" ureetlnt nld. All would be anxlnui, troubled, lad. No Rlfta for Utile laa and lad To lunnllie th day. No Chrtnlmaa tree, no mlatleto. No atm-klmta hanglnc In a row. No ;ood will reaching friend and foa. No Chrlalmaa carda and aweeta. No family gathering round the board. No preaenta brought from placea atored. No glad aurprlaa for thoae adored. No Chrlalmaa aeaaon treats. No hampera for tha poor who need, No kindly word, no generoua deed. Nothing to anve the world from freed A Clirlatleaa world, ulaa' The poor would eat their acanty fare. Their farca pinched, their clipboard bar. And men with plenty would not car To mingle with the nia-sa No house of find would graea the etreet. With open ilm.r. whore Chrlatlnna meet, Wlie nnhle fplre the tiiMvena greet, If J.'KtiB had not com. C.the,trnl never would h:.ve eprung Wl'h vnlued roof nnd fre'i.ea hung. Where prl. of the Cl,rlt are aunf, Wlure nothing run b dumb. fliit In the pt.i,,,, where church would eta n.1 A gnu-shop would prn-empt the land, And Inue on men In uglv brand- A drnnkard'H bh.nled fii'-e. And where the hnnpltiil Hhonlil be . prNon we ilmul.l llkelv wen Ouantliig tho men who might he free If C'hrlat had not sought the rive. If Christ In r.'irndlan hud mnye.l. If sins on htm hnd not been laid. If ransom prlee he had not p:ild, Ilslrea Weill. I be our let. No hope, no imrip.n. no rr!e:me. No Jny, no rlemirflng and no parr. Our growdng troubles never cenHe Wo li.se the battle fought. Tf Christ hnd kept himself away. How empty would our bookshelves stay. And poor Indeed would be our day Of letters' golden store. The iro'.peta four would not appear. New Testaments would net be here. Tor I.Ives of Christ we'd drop n te;ir. And many, many more. All literature we mn-it revtse If Christ remained nhove the sklea, From ("hau.'er to the Drowning wise, For Christ Inspired their pen. And soi.gs shrill lo" Ihelr noble tone From (Iregory to Mendelssohn. And In their place a hop.-tess mnan Will till tin. world of men. The pictures from the wnlls now take: Mreh.ntms are n hie:e mlstMoi. N'.i l-'cee ll'inios loader m. ike K J.-siiH never earn... Tie letters H. C. now destroy. And A. I. never mere e'nplny, For ihev are hut a f.iNe .lecoy, If Christ iti hut n n.uuc. tint Christ h 's come; Ills .I.iv we hall' II. fiO-e tils slur :ill others p. lie; It's song I r.mr forms every wall H's in.int'er Ih a tl'rotie. ttd Bln.-e II-. e.itpe ii ,. hnr-l- n's light: 1 ..'nth l as no ytite:. the future's l.r:;ht; We walk bv fatMi end not by night. And trust In Him alone. Life's Opportunities. Wo nre never at tho end of this life's opportunities not until this lit c has ended for lis. There never comes to any one living the time when he has the right to say: "My opportunity ls gone." A particular opportunity may Indeed have passed us- lo't through our own circle; sness- and sin; but In the Instant of Its passing an other opportunity Is ours, rich and golden. "Life Is In the making as long ns nn hour of life remains." And no ono less than Christ him self, In whom nnd through whom all things are created, Is at hand hotter than that, dwells within us If we will to lay hold of the new opportunity for us and lead us Into It In a triumph that shall bo greater than nny Imagin ing of ours for ourselves In all our life before has been. That Is tho way Cod lavishes his love upon us. lie, the Creator, who calls the things that are not as though they were, Is cease lessly calling Into being new glories and achievements for us in spite of all our wrecks of tho past. If he Is not discouraged about us, why should we be? A Day at a Time. All of us, at ono time or another, bear greater burdens than we ought to; and If we break down under these, the fault Is our own. ded never sends Into nny one's life a burden that Is 'oo heavy to be borne. With every pound of down-pull that Cod lets come Into our life, he Is ready to send a lit tle more than a pound of uplift, If we will but take It. Hut whon we go out end seek burdens for ourselves that c,od never Intended us to have, It ought not to surprise us that we can not find sufficient strength to meet them. These unbearable burdens nre always of one sort: they belong to the future, not to the present. Tomorrow's burden Is the only one thnt brenks the back of today. We cannot make drafts on the future's strength In or der to dispel present worry about tho future's needs. Such worry Is ahvnys wrong, unnecessary, and unjustified. The man who has found the secret of cheery, successful burden-bearing Is he who resolutely declines to consider more than that "evil" which Is suffi cient unto the day. pon't fall to observe thnt the hum blest man never believes himself worthleFB elre he would have nothing worth being humble about. i Emm ATTRIEUTE WANT TO LIQUOR Pauperism, Crime and Insanity Di rectly or Indirectly Traced to Whisky Habit. Sir William Dawson, Into principal of McfJIll college, Montreal, testilied before the Jtoyal Commission: "I havo had occasion to lustltuto Inquir ies In regard to tho pauperism of Mon treal. I can confidently say that neat ly all the want and destitution prevail ing In this city Is directly or Indirect ly attributable to the liquor tralllc." Dr. A. It. Held, ten years superinten dent of the Ceneral hospital, Halifax, N. S.. also testilied: 'The experience of ten years In our General hospital shows me very clearly that though our statistics represented n very large per centage of sickness there as Iho re sult of Intemperance, really If you fig-, tire out tho wide Influence It has, that the percentage would como, I suppose, 'I up to 90." Prink has bepn largely tho cause, direct and predisposing, of the numer ous Insane In our asylums. lr. Panlel Clark, 18 years superintendent of the Insane asylum, Toronto, gave evidence that of 6,000 cases which he hHd care fully examined ho found J'j per cent, were witlmiit any uncertainty pro duced directly by drluk, says the Mon treal Star and Herald. The Hon. George W. Rosa. In his place In the House of Commons, esti mated the annual loss of life ln Can ada through the liquor tralllc at 4,000. And ln 1885 the Hon. George E. Fos ter, ln his plnce In Parliament, said 3,000 denths per year might be safely set down as due to this cause. We are only on the threshold of tho exact study of heredity In relation to vice and crime, yet enough Is known to Justify General Hooth's strong lan guage: "Thousands upon thousands of these poor wretches (the homeless and starving poor of darkest England) are, ns Illshop South truly said, "not so much born Into this world as damned Into It." Richard L. Dugdalo writes of the progeny .of a woman named Margaret, a descendant of Max, a very hnrd drinker, who became blind nnd ninny of whose children Inherited his Intempt rnnce: "In tracing the genealogies of 510 persons who de scended In seven generations from this degraded woman, nnd 1(',9 who were related by marriage or cohabita tion, i;S0 well- ndult paupers and 110 were criminals nnd offenders of the worst sort, guilty of seven murders, theft, highway robbery, and nearly every oilier olTense litiown In the cal endar of crime." He estimates that the cost to the public of supporting this family of drunkards: was $l,:ttis.- (100. TIidh would fall to tell of Rlr Mat thew Hale, Chief Justice of England, who said that "by due observation" he had found that four out of every live cases of crime adjudicated by him have been the Issues and products of excessive drinking. (If Gladstone, who nfflrmed: "It has i been said that greater calamities greater because more continual - have ! been Inflicted upon mntiUnd by inti in- j peralice than by the three hblurlc scourges of war. famine and prstih nee j combined. That Is true, ami It is the measure of our discredit and dis- j grace." These voices were uttered In the! liinuiel'laii'l nut tne spirit or the iluuor trullic Is one, ever and every, w here the Mime, and its fruits abound in our own land. Sir Oliver Mow at, -in inuiu i j i : i : i it iiaiier ii a century j Premier of Ontario, mid proverbial for ! hi.) extreme caution, repeated, afii r a lapse of n core of years, ns his ma ture Judgment, "An enormous propor tion, probably three-fourths of Hie vice 1 that prevails at the present day, of tho crime which they had to contend with, of tho lunacy, the Idiocy, the poverty and the misery of every kind, is owing to the foul evil of Intem perance." "Drinking Habits of Women. An English writer In the Glasgow Herald says: "These are sadly on tho Increase ln our midst. You may shako your dear hend lu unbelief, nnd point lo the records of drunkenness nt the police courtB for deninl of my horrid assertion, for it Is horrid, and I pnused ere I made It, but having made it I keep to it In spite of all the statistics ln the world, for tho evils which I mean rarely come to court. These excesses are hid In the homo, nnd con cealed by the love and the shame of the home people. Only In the shat tered households do you find them In all their blasting realities fiends thnt creep Into a man's house unawares, to wreck all he holds dearest, to haunt his every waking moment with dread, to make his sleep hideous with fore shadowings." Drunkenness In Glasgow. Glasgow, Scotland, has long had an unenviable reputation as a city where In drunkenness Is very prevalent. John Burns, the well-known labor ad vocate, who counsels worklngmen to abstain from drink, stated at a poli tical meeting, that on the previous Sat urday night, between the hours of 11 nnd 3, bo along with two gentlemen made around of Glusgow streets, nnd they calculated they met 5,000 people, and that 4,000 of those 6,000 were ell ti er wholly drunk or partially drunk. They saw girls and children, nearly 30 under the age of 14, who were do cldedly under tho lnlluence of drink. Distilleries Closed In Scotland. An unprecedented state of affairs prevails In the distillery Industry of Scotland. It has been announced that the North Rrltish Distillery Is to be closed down. This makes the fourth large grain distillery which has ceased operations in Scotland during the past month or two. It foreshadows that other dlstlllorles will be closed perma nently. The situation Is unusual nnd showi the force of the strong temper ance sentiment which is sweeping that country. ELIJAH MEETS AHAB Sunday School Lcuod for Feb. 26, 1911 Specially Arranged for ThlJ Paper I.KHrfnN TKXT-I Kings 21. Mfmorf, Verse 17-19. ii.Hi; Tt:XT "Tiiltn hrcl, and ben i ;i re i.f i n. elolinlieis."l.uke 12:16. TIM K- P.ur er llvo years litter tha l&rt lcs.n.ti. Prof. Iteeiiier puts thla atory 1ft tho 11.1 h year of Aliali, H. C. D"6 (or ttS, Assyrian) lutwiea til Syrian campalg-n-I K Ink's -'') mid (In. war described In Kill km l'l..ci:-Alinli' In, use In Samaria, and Niiln.lli'a vineyard In Jeireel, L'O mlloa t tin. north. Eor lour or live years Elijah secmi to have retired from public life. !! was practicing (be lesson he had learned on lloreb. He was at work, but In a different way. His stormy work was not In vain. That plowed, the ground, anil now was tho time for sowing the seed. The seven thousand: hidden believers were permitted to come Into tho open. Persecution had. censed. Others came out and Joined them. The prophets had no longer to be hidden In a cave by Obadlah. Elijah encouraged and was at thai head of the organized communities orl schools of the prophets which exlsteoj as far back as Samuel. In his last; Journey he visited the "sons of the) prophets" at Itethel and Jericho, and Is spoken of as their head master. From these centers and from the. schools at nilgai, Hamah and nibcab. they exerted a strong Influence and their appearance at any particular spot wus often the signal for the out break of a contagious religious fervor. These settlements may be described s training schools for rellRlous pur poses. Elijah was thus educating tbe people In the true religious life. wns working In accordance with tha still small voice of God. Elijah's success was In finding and training Ellsha lo bo prophet ln hla sieiid, training under these newer In fluences and methods. The great prophet, so lonely hitherto, had found a friend. If there was one thing Ell- , Jah needed lo mellow blm, It was that! Naliolh, a native of Jezreel, had for bis vineyard nn ancestral possession. We learn that Naboth was a worship ei of Jehovah, and In spite of the per secution of (he prophets did not shrink from making it known to th king by bis language. Here was nn example of one who bad not bowed the knee nor given n kiss to Haul. Jezebel coveted this vineyard. Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, t.itrm possession of (he vlneynrd. And A hah went. The Septtiaglnt adds that h rent his clothes and put on sackcloth, as though (.hocked at hls crime and nnxiotis to prove bis Innocence to bis own conscience and totho people. Put the hypocrisy of the net was rhowrt by bis willingness to accept the frill's of the crime. This mourning for tho means but acceptance of the fn-t would not be In disaccord with Ahab's moral weakness. Covetoiisness Is "a root of nil kinds of evil." It is the desire, the motive, that lies ln tho heart, "the prolific mother of nil sins, (he cockatrice's egsr from which breaks forth the viper and the fiery flying serpent." It Is not nn awful thought that the deadly sin of Judas nnd of Ananias sprang from M'ccd? "Still as of old, man by him self Is priced; for thirty pieces Judas sold himself -not Christ!" Much of the sin ami danger to our land springs from covetoiisness. Tho t-i'i'f!, the dir. honesty, the liquor sell ieg. the hriln n , the fraud of every I-'U'l. the lining abominable t-nv iikiiis to the -,onr. selling honor nnd uprichtn.'ss to get rich, grinding tlio facts of the poor, dwarfing the dill, (lien by merwork all these jm, many n-ore lion- from the polluted fountain of cox ( tons hearts. A clear vitii'i of (!, ci! covetous. Hess xx inks in tl.p covetous man's own cliiiiiieicr ami destiny. How it d. gratles him, shuts him up In a narro-v. lug prison i.( one described am - ng the torti.iv of ll:e iui.' .',, w h, re the walls drew nearer tiv.eiher by ono notch eat -h day. The doors of oppor tunity nre gradually phut against him, anil his part In tin. blessing of tho great world. The one essential cure Is a chanr'o of heart that lends to a change of character. It Is to give your heart to God, to CMiseemto your whole being to him, to love nnd obey blm, to strlva with the whole soul to build up his kingdom. Ixive Is tho cure of covet oiisness; love to God and love to man. I'se every opportunity of giving and serving others. Don't complain of bo many calls, but rejolco In the oppor tunity; search for opportunities as for hid treasure. God loves the whole souled hilarious giver. Even the poor est can give. They tan say, as Peter said to the lame man at the Heautiful gate of the temple, "such as I have give I thee." There Is much more to give than mere money; sympathy, work, time, aid ln sickness, feeding; the hungry, shelter, care and a multi tude of other things. Elijah confronted the king In his Ill gotten property. The word of the Ix)rd camo to Elijah. In what form we do not know, any more than we knoxv all the ways ln which one spirit Influ ences another, nut that it wns God's word Is a fact. "It Is Implied that Elijah found Ahab strode Into his presence in the vineyard. So had Moses stood before I'hnraoh nnd Sam uel beforo Snul and Nathan before Da vid. So was Isaiah to stand hereafter before Alias and Jeremiah Ik fore Jo holttchlm and John the llnptlst before Herod. So, too, ln later days, Savona rola could speak the bare, bold truth to Lorenzo the Magnificent and Knox to Mary, Queen of Scots, and Illshop Ken to Charles II." Ahab walks around his newly gotten vineyard. He admires trellis and clus ter. Suddenly Elijah stands before him. He had not seen Elijah for five years. And Ahab said to Elijah. Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: be cause thou hast sold thyself to work evil ln the sight of the Lord. His sin had found him out. Then El1 Jah spoke to him his doom. The dogs rlmuld lick his blood In the very spot xx bore JJiey licked Naboth's blood, l.'ls sons slfbuld be slain, his wife, Jezebel, pi rlsh mis erably, his whole dynasty come to an end.
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