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SERIAL
STORY
MELUSIVE
ISABEL
By
JACQUES FUTRELLE
Illujlrationj by M. KETTMCR
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(mini ill rtoalnl. the tlnllan imbm
Ktiloi . la at dinner with iliiiloniHtM In
tl'p national capital when a mesHenger
tiriiiKH it note directing hint to mini- Id
tl fintiiiMHV At once. Here a ucautirui
young woman Bake that ahe be given
a IliiKt-l to me emoaaay nun. i lie uck
et li made out In thu name of MIhh In
al-l Thorne. t'lilef Campbell of the
h.' r-t. Mi'ivlie, and Mr. (Jrlmin, nm head
detective, are warned that a plot of the
I. aim rncea aKHliiHt the Kngllsh apeak
li'V races la brewing In Washington,
ami firllnm gnea to the state bull for
Information. In a conacrvatory hla at
t. ntlon la called to Mlaa Iaahel Thorne,
who with her companion, mum disap
pears. A revolver ahot la heard anil
Campbell and (Irlnuil huatnn down the
hall to find that Rennr Alvarca of the
tv,'m legation, hna been ahot. A wo
man did It, and Orlnim la axmircd It wiia
Mla Thorne. He vlalta her, demandlnK
knowlelu of the RfTuIr mid (here arreata
a man named Pletro Petrozlnnl.
CHAPTER VII.
The Signal,
"And the original qneKtlon remains
unanswered," remarked Mr. Campbell
"The original question?" repeated
Mr. Grimm.
"Where U Prince Benedetto d'Abruz
zl, the secret envoy?" his chief re
minded him.
"I wonder!" mused the young man.
"If the Latin compact is signed In
the I'nlted States?"
"The Latin compact will not be
signed in the United States," Mr
Grimm Interrupted. And then, after
a moment: "Have we received any
further reports on Miss Thorne? I
mean reports from our foreign
agents?"
The chief shook his head.
"Inevitably, by some act or word,
Bhe will lead us to the prince," de
clared Mr. Grimm, "and t ho moment
lie Is known to us everything be
comes plain sailing. We know she Is
a secret agent 1 expected a denial,
but she was quite frank about It. And
I hud no Intention whatever of placing
her under arrest. I knew some one
was In the adjoining room because of
a slight noise In there, and I knew
she knew it. She raised hpr voice a
little, obviously for the benefit of
whoever was there. From that point
everything 1 said and did was to com
pel that person, whoever It was, to
show himself."
Ills chief nodded, urd"rstandlngly.
Mr. Grimm was silent for a little, then
went on:
"The last possibility In my mind at
that moment," he confessed, "was that
the person In there was the man who
shut Senor Alvarez. Frankly I had
half an Idea that that It might be the
prince In person." Suddenly his mood
changed: "And now our lady of mys
tery may come and go as she likes be
cause I know, even If a dozen of our
nien have ransacked Washington In
vain for the prince, she will Inevitably
lead us to him. And that reminds me:
1 should like to borrow Illulr, and
Huntings, and Johnson. Please plant
them so they may keep constant
watch on Miss Thome. Let them re
port to you, and, wherever I am, I will
reach you over the 'phone."
"Hy the way, what was In that seal-
packet that was taken from Senor
Alvarez?'1 Campbell Inquired curiously.
"It hud something to do with some
railroad franchises," responded Mr.
Grimm as he rose. "I sealed It again
unl returned It to the senor. Hvldont
' It was not what Slgnor Petrozlnnl
expected to find in fact, he admitted
It wasn't what ho wa looking for."
For a little while the two men gazed
thoughtfully, each Into the eyes of the
other, then Mr. Grimm entered his
Private office where ho sat for an hour
"h his immaculate boots on his
'hak. thinking. A world war he hnd
heen thrust forward by his govern
ment to prevent It subtle blue-gray
pyR his Highness, Prince Benedetto
i'Abni.la haunting smile and scar
let lips.
At about the moment he roRe to go
out, Miss Thorne, closely veiled, left
the Venezuelan legation and walked
rlldly down the street to a corner.
vv"ie. without a word, she entered a
siting automobile. The wheels spun
M the car leaped forward. For a
"Hi" or more It wound aimlessly In
"nd Ollt, Occasionally hlurWIno- II.
i Path: flnntiu t.:. m . . .
i imibo i nurne leaned ior-
ard and touched the chauffeur on the
"N'nw!" she said.
The car straightened out Into a
reel of stately residences and scut
M along until the placid bosom of
ne utomac came Into view; besides
. tt few mln"tes. then over the
ornigo to the Virginia side. In the
dilapidated little city of Alexandria.
ilcfr,dlJ nt slacken Its speed, but
strZ ana out through dingy
for h ,',PaSt ,umb,e-dwn negro huts.
Man , ,,Bn hour bcfore u
2.2' 10 frnt of an M
PE$T OF GOPHERS IN TEXAS
Estimated That There Ara 50,000,000
T Lltt'9 Animals on Spur Ranch
1 In Lone Star State.
Spur City, Tex.-Chnrles D. Moore
engaged In poisoning gophers on
" hpur ranch of 463,000 acres, In
' 'un"nB' Kett. Garza and Crosby
tlher 0 expresses the belief that
ia,8re;!lout 60,000.000 of the little
fn. T he8e Sobers cut down
f ury wa, a flei,j of Bra,Q ,n ,
"TbU g number ninety-seven," the
chauffeur announced.
Miss Thorne entered the bouse with
a key and was gone for ten minutes
perhara. She was readjusting her
veil when she came out and stepped
Into the car silently. Again It moved
forward, on to the end of the dingy
street, and finally Into the open coun
' try. Three, four, Ave miles, perhnps
out the o'd Baltimore Road, and again
I the car stopped, this time In front of
an ancient colonial farm-house.
Outwardly the place seemed to be
deserted. The blinds, battered and
i Btrlpped of paint by wind and rain.
were all closed, and one corner of the
small veranda had crumbled away
from age and neglect. A narrow path
strewn with pine need'es, led tortu
onsly up to the door. In the nar of
the house, rising from an old barn, a
thin pole with a cup-like attachments
at the apex, thmst Its point Into the
i open above the dense, odorous pines,
It appeared to be a wireless most.
Miss Thorne passed around the bouse,
I and entered the barn.
A man came forward and kissed her
a thin, little man of Indeterminate
age -drying his hands on a piece of
cotton waste. His face was pale with
the pellor of one who knows llttlo out
door life, his eyes deep-set and a gllt-
Ur with some feverish Inward fire,
and the thin Hps were pressed togeth
er In a sharp line. Behind him was a
long bench on which were scattered
tools of various sorts, fantastically
shaped chemical apparatus, two or
three electric butteries of odd sizes,
and ranged along one end of It, In a
row, wore a score or more metal
spheroids, a shade larger than a one
pound shell. From somewhere In the
rear came the clatter of a small gaso
line engine, and still farther away was
an electric dynamo.
"Is the test arranged, Rosa?" the lit
tie man queried eagerly In Italian.
"The date Is not fixed yet." Bhe re
plied In the same language. "It will
be, I hope, within the next two weoks
And then "
"Fume and fortune for both of us,"
he Interrupted with quick enthusiasm.
"Ah, Rosa, I have worked and waited
so long for this, and now It will come.
and wltb It the dominion of the world
again by our country. How will I know
when the data Is fixed? It would not
he well to write me here."
My lady of mystery stroked the
slender, nervous hand caressingly, and
a great affection shone In the blue-
gray eyes.
"At eight o'clock on the night of the
test," she explained, still speaking
Italian, "a single light will appear at
the apex of the capttol dome in Wash-
"With That We Control the World,"
Exclaimed the Man, Triumphantly.
Ington. That Is the signal agreed up
on; it can be seen by all In the city.
and Is visible here from the window
of your bedroom."
Yes, yes," he exclaimed. The fe-
verl.-h glitter In his eyes deepened.
"If there Is a fog, of course you will
not attempt the test," she went on.
'No, not In a fog," he put In quick
ly. "It must bo clear."
"And If It Is cleur you can see the
light In the dome without difficulty."
And all your plans are working out
well?"
Yes. And yours?"
I don't think there is any question
but that both England and the United
States will buy. Do you know what
it means? Do you know what It
means?" lie wus silent a moment, his
bands working nervously. Then, with
an effort: "And his Highness?"
"His Highness Is safe." The subtle
eyes grew misty, thoughtful for a mo
ment, then cleared again, "lie Is
safe," sho repented.
"Mexico aud Venezuela were ?" he
began.
"We don't know, yet, what they will
do. The Venezuelan answer Is locked
in the safe at the legation; I will
know whut It Is within forty-eight
hours." She was silent a little. "Our
difficulty now, our greatest difficulty,
Is the hostility of the French ambas
sador to the compact. His govern
ment has not yet notified him of the
presence pf Prince d'Abruzzl; he does
not believe In the feasibility of the
plan, and we have to to proceed to
extremes to prevent him working
against us."
"Hut they must see the Incalculable
advantages to follow upon such a com
pact, with the vast power that will
be given to them over the whole earth
by this." He Indicated the long, lit
tered work-table. "They must Bee It."
"They will see It. Lulgl," said Miss
Thorne gently. "And now, how are
you? Are you well? Are you com
fortable? It's such a dreary old place
here."
"I suppose so," he replied, and he
met the solicitous blue-gray eyes for
an Instant. "Yes, I am quite com
fortable." he added. "I have no time
to be otherwise with all the work I
must do. It will mean so much!"
They were both Bllent for a time.
Finally Mis Thorne walked over to-
night. Their destructive propensi
ties are wonderfully developed. They
store their winter supplies In the fall.
Allowing from 100 to 300 to the acre,
they Boon denude the land of grass or
any growing vegetable or grain.
They ure disappearing like the In
dian, buffaloes and antelopes. They
can't live where the white man holds
sway.
When the hands of the clock are ar
rested they stop doing time. Ifg quite
different with a man.
the long table and curiously lifted one
of the spherlods. It was a sinister
looking thing, nickeled, glittering. At
pne end of It was a delicate, vibratory
apparatus, not unlike the transmitter
of a telephone, and the other end wae
threaded, as If the spheroid was made
as an attachment to some other d
vice.
"With that we control the world!"
exclaimed the man triumphantly.
"And It's mine, Rosa, mine!"
"It's wonderful!" she mused softly
"Wonderful! And now I must go. I
may not see you again until after the
test, because I Bhall be watched and
followed wherever I go. If I got an
opportunity I shall reach you by tele
phone, but not even that unless It II
necessary. There Is always danger,
always danger!" she repeated thought
fully. She was thinking of-Mr. Grimm.
"I understand," Bald the man sim
ply. "And look out for the signalthe
light In the apex of the capltol dome,"
she went on. "I understand the night
must be perfectly clear; and you un
derstand that the test Is to be made
promptly at three o'clock by your
chronometer?"
"At three o'clock," he repeated.
For a moment they stood with their
arms around each other, then tender
ly his visitor kissed him, and went
out. He remained looking after her
vacantly until the chug-chug of her
automobile, as It moved off down the
road, was lost in the distance, then
turned again to the long work table.
CHAPTER VIII.
Miss Thorne and Not Miss Thorne.
From a pleasant, wide-open bay win
dow of her apartments on the second
floor. Miss Thorne looked out upon
the avenue with Inscrutable eyes. Be
hind the closely drawn shutters of an
other bay-window, farther down the
avenue, on the cornor, she knew a
man named Hastings was hiding; she
knew that for an hour or more he had
been watching her as Bho wrote. In
the other direction. In a house near
the corner, another man named Blair
was similarly ensconced, and he. too,
had been watching as she wrote. There
Khould be a third man. Johnson. Miss
Thorne curiously studied the faco of
each passer-by, seeking therein some
thing to remember.
She sat at the llttla mahogany desk
and a note with the Ink yet wet upon
It lay face up before her. It was ad
dressed to Sigtior Pletro Petrozlnnl In
the district prison, and read:
"My Dear Friend:
"I have been waiting to write yo'i
with the hope that I could report
Senor Alvarez out of danger, but his
condition, I regret to Bay, remains tin
changed. Shall I send an attorney to
you? Would you like a book of any
kind? Or some delicacy sent In from
a restaurant? Can I be of any service
to you in any way? If I can pleaae
drop me a line.
"Sincerely,
"ISAI1KI, THORNE
At last she rono and standing in the
window read the note over, Mde.d it.
placed It in an envelope and sealed tt
A maid came In answer to l.er ring,
and there at the window, under the
watchful eyes of Rlalr and Hasting
and. perhaps, Johnson sho handed
the note to the mold with Instructions
to mail It Immediately. Two nilnutei
later she saw the maid go out alonj
the avenue to a post-box on the cor
ner. Then she drew back Into the shad
ow of the room, slipped on a dark-col
ored wrap, and, standing awpy from
the window, safe beyond the reach ot
prying eyes, waited patleutly for tho
postman. He appeared about five
o'clock and simultaneously another
man turned the comer nenr the pout
box and spoke to him. Then, togeth
er, they disappeared from view around
the corner.
"So that's Johnson, Is It?" mused
Miss Thorne, and she smiled a little.
Mr. Grimm certainly pays me the
compliment of having me carefully
watched."
A few minutes later sho dropped
nto the seat at the desk again. Hi''
dark wrap had been thrown nsldo nnd
Hastlrgs and lllair from their hldlnf
places could see her distinctly. After
a while they saw her rlso quickly, as
an automobile turned Into the avinuo,
and lean toward tho window eagerly
looking out. The cur caino to a stand
Btlll In front of the legation, and M:.
Cndwallader, an under secretary of the
Ilrltlsh embassy, who was alone In the
car, raised his cap. Sho r.odded and
smiled, then disappeared In tho shad
ows of the room again.
Mr. Cndwnllader went to thi door,
spoke to the servant there, then re
turned and busted htuiaolf about the
car. Hastings nnd IHalr wUchctl In
tently both the door and tho window
for a long time; finally a closely veil
ed and muffled flguro appeard at the
bay-window, and waved a gloved hand
at Mr. Cadwallader, who again lifted
his cap. A mlnuto later the veiled
woman camo out of the front door,
shook hands with Mr. Cadwallader,
and got In the car. Ho also climbed
In, and the car moved slowly away.
(TO V.R fOMIM KD.)
Economy' In Smoke Pievntlon.
After remaklng that thero cn be no
hope of the general adoption of means
to prevent tho fnullug of tho air of
great cities with factr.ry a:noke unless
It can be domoiiKtratd that the adop
tion of such means will result In the
saving of money to th makers of the
smoke. Prof. J. A. Sil7er of the I'nl
verslty of Tenatcaeo records the result
of experiments which ho l aj r.-adc
with smoko consumers luscj on the
principle of Injecting, with utoumjoti,
fresh air Into the f'iruneM wiicu-rvrr
fresh fuol is put upon the fires. I'e
finds thai the claim that suoh afpan
tus Increases tha i-niclcticy of the bc!l
era by IncrfrnMug iho evaporntlon of
no water is well founds I, and that
there Is a real economy In tiiolr use.
Youth's Companion.
Catch Gigantic Sail Fish.
Paris. A huge sail flsh, a fish rare
ly met with In the Atlantic, bus been
captured by fishermen off Concar
neau and towed to that port. The
fish measures eight yards long and
four yards In circumference and
weighs four tons. The fishermen are
greatly disturbed over tho presence
in the vicinity of the fish's female
companions, who followed her cap
tured lord throughout the whole ol
the night he was being towed to port.
)
For the
Amusing Pastime.
At an evening party where the
guests were not well acquainted, the
hostess did not have any especial
leature, so she passed to each gueBt
cards bearing theBe various verselets,
being careful to give to those she
knew could do the stunts well. The
first guest had this on hers:
Though riddles do our minds distress,
We'd like two good ones now to guess.
And there were two good conun
drums Immediately forthcoming.
Each guost read her card aloud be
fore complying with Its request. The
following are good suggestions:
We'd like to hear you tell today. .
Rome funny tilings that children say.
Dearrlbe some woman In the town,
Her noK and hair, her dreaa and gown;
Kut do not give ua her addrcn.
Nor tell her name, and we will guest.
We'd Ilka a story full of fun:
You're Rifted, I.yman, tell ua one.
Misery llkea company, they say;
We'd like to hear you tell today
(Don't henllate, but now beg-lnl
Of the worst scrape you e'er were In.
Your talent (fives aa much detlaiit:
We wlah that you would pleaae recite.
Your part In this program to help ua
alona-
Wlll nlve in much pleasure; please sing
ua a song.
If music hath charms, we wlah that today
You'd prove It, and something qutto
charming would play.
Tell some Joke on yourself, your wife, or
your friend.
But we hope that you'll have It pleasantly
end.
Peacrllie aome trip you've taken far,
To Mexico, Europe, or Zanlbar.
Give a tale of old time when settlers were
few,
Of what they had then and what they
did do.
Deecrlhe some fumnua picture.
Whether dark or fair.
Pleaae tell ua all ahout It.
And the artist rare.
Vlthout a bit of R-onalp aweet,
Thla program would not he complete.
I'e suro that while the aeaaona roll.
Thla crowd will never tell a soul.
Moonlight Picnic.
In a few days most all the coun
try houses open and those who haven't
places are planning to take baskets
and go to the "open" for a day.
The properly equipped automobile
carries a tea basket, and meals en
route are quite the proper thing.
There are many picnics planned
and beach parties are popular. What
can he more delightful than Just the
right place, Just the right things to
eat and a perfect moon; tho low mur
mur of the waves making Just the ac
companiment necessary.
Given six girls and six men wltb
a couplo of guitars or mandolins,
cushions nnd bnHkets to satisfy the
inner man and the result Is apt to be
bliss personified. Of course, there Is
always a discreet chaperon or two,
.':A,1i-i.:-i.-i
fillip'
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Window Decoration.
Sometimes a room on which Its
owner has spent much time and
thought may have Its tasteful effect
decidedly lessened by the fact that It
Is at the back of the house.' The rea
son for this is that many back win
dows have not an attractive outlook.
This disadvantage has been overcome
by a clever girl who can paint. She
has decorated the lower sash of the
windows In harmony with the room.
It requires only a moderate amount of
skill in painting, but more artistic
taste. The work Is done with oil
paints and a flower design is used.
A specially effective flower to use
for this purposo la the water lily, but,
of course, it will have the right effect
only when It fits Into the decorative
scheme of the room. In using this
design the glass must be painted with
waving lines of green and greenish
blue, to represent the water, with the
lilies and their leaves resting on its
surface. This is very pretty in a
room with green and white decora
tions. In a yellow room daffodils can be
Hostess
but chaperons nowadays are apt to
fall under the spell of the waves and
moonlight, too, and the saying goes
that there are more engaged couples
resulting from these beach parties
than all the formal affairs could pro
duce In a year. Maybe that Is why
there Is such a tremendous boom up
tbere, for If one traces hack the be
ginning of things there Is pretty apt
to be a woman In the case some
where along the route.
The shops are showing the most
fascinating hampers for picnic
lunches, with baskets and capes ga
lore, so that one can dine or sup In
the very depths of mother nature'
wildest places with all the luxuries of
home. During the week those who
entertain are planning to use as
favors the many novelties shown by
the shops In honor of the nation's
birthday. Children are delighted with
the many conceits in red, white and
blue. Borne of tho boxes are In the
shape of dollB and thu cannon, guns,
drums and flags are ex'jet reproduc
tions.
Let me tell you of a "history" party
a mother has planned for the two
children of the household, aged ten
and twelve. The guosts are asked to
come in costumes representing a
famous war hero; on 'he lawn a beau
til ul cedar tree Is to bear fruit In the
guise of favors of patriotic charac
ter as well as ftngs of all nations.
The children are to be blindfolded,
led to the tree, banded a pair of
scissors and guided to an object;
when the order "snip" Is given a par
cel or flag will be snipped off.
The flag, If guessed to what country
It belongs. Is retained as a souvenir;
It not guessed correctly It Is laid In a
basket to be auctioned off later to a
correct guesser. If a favor Is snipped
off It Is kept. Kach child Is to have
two snips, getting a flag and a favor.
This Is going to be great fun.
Guessing Contest for Men.
Tho other night a Jolly bunch of
young people were at a porch party;
It happened that the men present rep
resented many and varied occupa
tlons. The hostesB said: "I wonder
how many of you men would like to
know suitable names for your future
wives?" Then she propounded the
following questions, allowing a few
moments between each one: They
were first asked to guess the name of
a civil engineer's wife (Bridget), a
gambler's (Petty), a humorist's
(Sally), a clergyman's (Marie), a
shoemaker's (Peggy), a sexton's
(Belle), a porter's (Carrie), a dancing
master's (Grace), a milliner's (Hat
tie), a gardener's (Flora), a Judge's
(Justine), a pugilist's (Mamie), a
pianist's (Octavla), a life-saver's
(Caroline), an upholsterer's (Sophy),
an astronomer's (Stella), a doctor's
(Patience), a fisherman's (Netty), a
gasman's (Meta), a marksman's
(Amy).
MADAME MERRI.
? la erinfc a
I nd DUck, I
J. trimmed will ?
wMtewlnjs. .
used In this woy with strikingly good
effect. In a red or pink rooui pop
pies will bo found a great bucccss.
In a blue room It Is harder to choose.
There are few light blue flowers. Forget-me-nots
nre the right color and
pretty In themselves, but hnrd to
paint nnd too small to bo effective.
The best choice for a blue room Is
apple blossoms, with Ihclr pale green
leaves and slight touches of pink on
the under side of the white petals.
Sashes are worn a great deal with
afternoon tut lots.
Soweet the new parasols are edged
with nnrrow ostrich feathers and have
a big bow of ribbon on the bundle,
also edged with feathers.
For the cotton gowns the predilec
tion Is for colored embroideries. The
colors of the embrolderlas are pink,
rose, old blue, light blue, lavender
and yellow.
Seeing God's
Face
By Reverend Stephen Paulson
TKXT-When Thou aalilat. Se.-k ye my
lace; my heart said unto Thee. Thy face,
Lord, will I s.-ek.-l'aulin 214:8.
Is it possible that we, sinful, as we
now ourselves to be, shall bee the
!ace of God?
To see God Is to be pure. No step
:hut deilleth, nor anything that
auiketh a lie, can stand In his pres
ence. "Illessed," said Jesus, "are the
pure In heart, for they shall see God."
To see God Is to be at peace. Kven
8 chaos became the ordered course of
nature at his word and presence, even
is the waves of Galilee lay down In
peace at the Master's feet, so here
can bo no disquietude in his presence,
for there t he wicked cease from
troubling and the weary ure at rent.
To see God Is to live In love. There
shall he no more curse, but the throne
of God and of the Lamb shall be in It,
and God shall be ull in all, and God
Is Love. In his presence there can bo
nothing of hatred, or envy or strife,
for heaven Is the abode of Eternal
Love.
To attain these blessings Is a
height of which, In our present condi
tion, we may well despuir. Then why
does God say, "Seek ye my face?" Is
that simply mockery of our Impoten
cy? Ikies not our Innermost soul re
spond, "Thy face O Lord will I seek."
And has not God, through his Son,
made It possible for us to seek him
and to see his face?
And Is this a promise for the future
only? Is It only the happy and vie
torlous dead who s God's face? Is
tt not allowed us to catch glimpses of
bis glory? Not fully, for we live In a
twilight, and we see as through a
glass darkly, but then face to face.
Yes, It Is possible for us to see God
even now; and what quest could be
greater? Men give their lives to the
search for hidden things. The world
Is still full of mysteries, and many
things are left to be discovered. Men
explore the earth to Its uttermost
parts; some spend their lives In the
study of the heavens. "The heavens
declare the glory of God, and the
Armament showeth his handiwork."
Shall we not seek the face of him,
who Is the Author of all these won
ders? Is not he the supreme quest of
the human mind and soul?
First, like the psalmist of old, we
may learn to see the face of God In
Nature. Walking through the world
with open and loving eyes Is one of
the btst aids to faith. In the spring
time of the year, when the earth la
clothing Itself In beauty, God in hit
power and goodness seems nearer to
us. Study and love the works of
God; they will give you simpler tastes
and purer pleasures; In friendless mo
ments they will give you compnnlon-
ship; In troubled moments they will
breathe you peace. And the more you
know of God's works, the more you
will see him everywhere.
Secondly, we may see God In the
minds and lives of other men. Never
was anything good or true or wise
written or spoken without the Inspira
tion of God's Holy Spirit. Hooks are
the great treasuries of God's revela
tion to human minds In all ages,
Above all Is the Hook of Books, the
Bible, which contains depths of wis
dom which the human mind has never
sounded, nnd which the ages will
never outgrow. "Heaven and earth
shall pass away, but My Words shall
not pass.
But most cleary do we see Ood In
tho face of Jcbus Christ. Keep In
mind that great sentence of St. Paul
(2 Cor. 4:6), "God, who commanded
the light to shine out of darkness, hath
shlned In our hearts, to give the light
of the knowledge of the glory of God
In tho face of Jesus Christ." When
you look Into the face of Jesus you see
God as a father, loving and tender;
who deslreth not the death of a sinner
but that all men bo saved; who so
loved tho world that he gave his only
begotten Son for Its redemption.
When yott look Into the face of Jesus,
you Bee a revelation of love that is
Infinite and all-embracing.
Many of us are like Philip of Beth-
snlda: "Philip saith unto Jesus, Lord,
show us the Father and It sufllceth
us.
"Jesus saith unto him, Have I been
so long tlmo with you, and yet hast
thou not known me, Philip? He that
hath seen me hnth seen the Father;
and how sayest thou then, show us the
Father? Bellevest thou not thnt I am
n the Father and the Father In me?
The words that I speak unto you I
speak not of myself; but the Father
tha dwelleth In me, he doeth the
works."
Thou, Lord Jesus, art the glory of
the Father!
Cause and Effect.
The only thing that opposes man
Is the negative human law. If this did
not obtain man would be restored to
his pristine condition as a spiritual
ego. Man Is not depraved because he
wanta to be, but because his mind is
human, mortal and finite, he has no
option than to express a correspond
ing condition. He is under the law of
cause and effect. Rev. F. E. Mason,
Sclontlst, Boston.
Need of Ideals.
If men did not havo Ideals what
would they think about and what
could they live by? Kev. C. K. Car
penter, Methodist Kplscopalinn, Chi
cogo. The Wealthy Ones of Earth.
Taking Into account Australia and
all of the Islands of the tropical seas,
the world may have 10.000 million
aires, outside of North America and
Europe, Russia excluded. The United
States alone must have more mil
lionaires than the total for continents
which contain two-thirds of the peo
ple in the world.
Thoso who discourage us the most
In nn undertaking are the first to tell
us "I knew you would succeed," when
we have attained success.
Jehovah's Suffering
Servant
Soldi? School Unas for July f, 1911
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I.KSSny TKXT-lwiiah 52:13; 53:12.
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OOI.DKN TKXT "The Ird hath laid
on him the Iniquity of ua all."-Isa. M:t
The leaaon la from the second part of
the Hook of Inalah.
Whenever written It belongs to tha time
Of the exile, juat before the return.
It brought hope, Innplratlon, Instruction,
life, and light In the darkeat period la
the history of tarael.
God's peculiar people wore in exlha
among heathen populations. Their
homeland, Palestine, had been devas
tated. Jerusalem lay In ashes. Th
templo was a heap of ruins. The na
tion, was like the stump of a mighty
tree which had been cut down. Tba
tree had been cut down because It re
fused to bear the good fruit for which
God had planted it. But In captivity
the people had been learning their lea
son, and the time bad come when It
was poBslbie for a new Bhoot to
spring up from the barren stump, and
a renewed nation to tako up Its ap
pointed mission. But in order to do
this, the nation must be made to m
clearly what they must he and do, an4
the deepest motives toward this end
be Inspired within them. All this la
a parable for the world.
It throws no little light on our les
son to realize Its relation to the
prophecy as a whole. According to
all critics the whole lesson really be
longs to the flftythlrd chapter of
Isaiah, the fifty-second ending at tha
twelfth verse. The prophecy consists,
of 27 chapters, of which the fifty-third
Is the central one, making the whole
prophecy to consist of three sections.
First, the first thirteen chapters are a
trumpet call to the captive Isrealltea
who have been "hanging their harps
on tho willuws," unable to "sing tha
songs of Zlon," to awake to faith In
God, and obedience and loyalty to
him, and to be prepared for their de
liverance. Second: Chapter 63 pre
sents the means by which the re
demption can be accomplished, tha
heroic service of his people, and tha
supreme self-sacrificing love of hla
son. Third: The succeeding thirteen
chapters present the results of the re
deeming nation, and the redeemed
world.
The service of God was a commis
sion to witness and prophesy for God
upon enrth." Israel was "elected not
to salvation, but to service," or rather
as In the case of any Individual, tha
nation was elected to salvation that
It might be of service. It was neces
sary that the "servant" who was to
carry out God's purpose of saving tha
world should be a nation, from tha
condition of the ancient world. "Of
all possible combinations of men tha
nation was the only form which In tha
ancient world stood a chance of sur
viving In the struggle for existence."
The servant of God was the nation of
Israel.
Jesus Christ cHd God's service for
the world's redemption by bearing tha
sorrows and sins of man. Ills suffer
ings were not because he himself had
done wrong, but In order that he
might save us from them. He bora
them on his heart end sympathy. Ha
bore them away by his healing power.
He bore them as the martyr and tha
hero suffers that he may save the op.
pressed and the wrongi d and perse
cuted from their sufferings. Ho bora
them away by transforming them Into
character. He bore then by giving
his life for our sins, so that by re
moving sin he removed most of tha
griefs of man. Christianity has been
the chief power In removing the grief
and sorrows of mankind.
The prophet foresees these things
fulfilled in Jesus Christ. The picture
in these verses is almost a photograph
of what took place five hundred yeara
later. He was oppressed, his Buffer
ings were unjustly inflicted on him.
Head the story of his trial. He opened
not his mouth In protest. Ho submit
ted to the wrong.
Jesus was put to death with tha
wicked on the cross, nnd they thought
to bury him In a criminal's grave.
They appointed his grave with tha
wicked, but by a striking providence
the same authority gave permission to
a rich nlnn, Joseph of Arlmathea, who
provided him with an honorable burial
In his own rock hewn tomb.
Yet It pleased the Lord because he
saw the good to be gained. He shall
see hla Feed, his spiritual descendants,
filled with his spirit nnd carrying out
his plans. Ho shall prolong his days.
He rose from the dead, ascended to
heaven, and Is the everlasting leader
and king. Of all kings he Is the most
glorious. Of all kingdoms Ills Is tha
largest, noblest, best beyond all com
pare. This far-off vision of Jcrus, and of
the redeemed world, Is one of the
strongest proofs of a revelation from
God. Professor Ramsay declares that
the Bible Is unique among ancient re
ligions In that "to tho Hebrew proph
ets, and to them alone, the better age
lay always In future."
"The best Is yet to be,
The last of life for which the first waa
made."
We see In this lesson the one gourd
of power for saving man, and trans
forming the world. The path of un
selfishness Is the path to power. Tha
business of all followers of Jesus Is to
be servants of Jehovah, to do as far aa
In them lies the same kind of service
that Jesus did.
Rivulets and tha Rivera.
All are to be men of genius In tbetr
degree rivulets or rivers. It does not
matter, so that the souls be clear and
pure; not dead walls, encompassing
dead heaps of things, known and num
bered, but running waters In tha
sweet wilderness of things unnum
bered and unknown, conscious only
of the living banks, on which they
partly refresh and partly reflect tha
flowers, and so pass on. Ruskln: Tha
Stones of Venice.
Dally Thought.
If every one did anct of dally kind
ness to bis neighbor, and refused to
do any unklndness, half the sorrow of
this world would be lifted and disap
pear. Ian Maclaren.