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SYNOPSIS.
Count dl Roilnl, the Italian ambas
lador, la at dinner with iliplnmiita in
the national capital when a mesnenuer
brings a not directing him to come to
the embassy at once. Her a beautiful
young woman auk that she be given
a ticket to the embaaay ball. The tick
ft In made out In the name of Miss I
Ibel Thorne. Chief Campbell (if the
iwii-t aervlre, and Mr. Grimm, hla head
InlHctlve, are warned that a plot of the
atin races agulnat the English speuk
ng races la brewing In Washington,
ind Orlinm gie to the atate bull for
information. In a conservatory bin ut
tent'on la called to Mi Ha Isabel Thorne,
who with her companion, aoon dlanp-
feurs. A revolver ahot la heard and
utnpbell and Orlinm haalen down the
hall to find that Snnnr Alvarea of the
Mexican legation, haa been abut. A wo
man did It, and Orlinm la aaaured It wan
Ml Thorne. He vlelta her, demanding
knowledge of the affair, and there arrenia
a man named Ph-tro I'etrnalnnl. Mini
Thorne vlnUa an old man, I.ulgl, appar
ently a bomb maker, and they apeak of
a wonderful experiment. Fifty thouennd
ilollara In gold la stolon from the office
of Senor Rodrlgiiei, the mlnlatcr from
Veneauela. While rittctlva are Inveatl
(atlng the robbery Mien Thorn appeara
a a guest of the legation.
CHAPTER X.
A 8afe Opening.
Together they entered the adjoining
room, which was small compared to
the one they had Just left Senor
Hodrlguez used It as a private office.
Ills desk was on their right between
two windows overlooking the same
pleusant little garden which was vis
ible from the suite of tiny drawing
rooms farther along. The safe, a
formlduble looking receptacle of black
enameled steel, stood at their left,
closed and locked. The remaining
wall space of the room was given over
to oak cabinets, evidently a storage
place for the less Important legation
papers.
"Has any one besides yourself been
In this room today?" Mr. Griiuni In
quired. "Not a soul, Senor," was the roply.
Mr. Grimm went over and examined
the windows. They were both locked
Inside; and there were no marks of
any sort on the sills.
"They are Just as I left them last
night," explained Senor Rodriguez. "I
have not touched them today."
"And there's only one door," mused
Mr. Grimm, meaning that by which
they had entered. "So it would ap
peur that whoever was here last night
entered through that room. Very
well."
He walked around the room once,
opening and shutting the doors of the
cabinets as he passed, and finally
paused In front of the safe.
"What are the first and second fig
ures of the combination?" he asked.
"Thirty six, then back to ten."
Mr. Grimm set the dial at thirty-six,
and then, with his ear pressed closely
against the polished door, turned the
dial slowly back. Senor Rodriguez
stood looking on helplessly, but none
the less Intently. The pointer read
ten. then nine, eight, seven, Ave. Mr.
Grimm gazed at It thoughtfully, after
which he did It all over again, placidly
and without haste.
r.uw, wen iook inside, please," he
requested, rising.
Senor Rodriguez unlocked the safe
the while Mr. Grimm respectfully
turned his eyes away, then pulled the
door wltlo open. The books had been
plied ono on top of another and thrust
Into various pigeon holes at the top.
Mr. Grimm understood that this disor
der was the result of making room at
the bottom for the bulk of gold, and
naked no questions. Instead, he sut
down upon the floor ngaln.
"The lock on this private com
partment at the top Is broken." he re
marked after a moment.
"SI. Senor," the diplomatist agreed.
Evidently the robbers were not con
'tit with only fifty thousand dollars
ri gold-they Imagined that some
thing else of value was hidden there."
Was there?" naked Mr. Orlmro
"lively. He didn't look around.
"Nothing of monetary value," the
senor explained. "There were some
Important state papers In there they
re there yet-but no money."
"None of the papers was stolen?"
No. Senor. There were only nine
Packets-they are there yet"
"Contents all right?"
"Yes. I personally looked them
over.
Mr. Grimm drew out the packets of
Papers, oue by one. They were all
unsealed save the last. When he
reached for that. Senor Rodrlguea
"Hie a quick, Involuntary motion to
ward U with his hand.
"This one's sealed." commented Mr.
"min "it ,oesn-t happen that you
opened it nnd sealed It again?"
Snior Rodriguez stood staring at
him blankly for a moment, therf some
sudden apprehension was aroused, for
siartled look came Into his eyes, and
gain he reached for the packet.
Woe mlo!" he exclaimed. "let me
"o, Senor."
"Going
Grlmni.
to open itr asked Mr.
beforV" 8eDr 1 hd 0t thouht of H
Senor Rodrlguet opened It. with
"ervous, twitching fingers. Mr. Grimm
nan turned toward the safe again, but
anJ 1 th crackle of Parchment as
ome document was drawn out of the
Tr u ? and then carae deep sigh
iL. . Havln8 satisfied his sudden
rears for the safety of the paper, what-
offc WS the Benor PUcel U to an
it!!r nTPe nl aealed It again
tw. ,!abOTte care. Mr. Orlmm
JPP4 into the iwlTel chair at the
wT'" h ,n1lred pleasantly,
In .m dauKhter and Miss Thome were
" mis room yesterday afternoon?"
J?'Veplled the diplomatist as If
urprlsed at the question.
what time, please?"
'About three o'clock. They were
lng out driving. Why?"
fl"nd. lust n"e, please, did you
fcr Grimm handkercnlef r continued
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ty M.Q.KItvcr-
"Handkerchief?" repeated the dip
lomatist. "You mean Miss Thome's
handkerchief?" He paused and re
garded Mr. Grimm keenly. "Senor.
what am I to understand from that
question?"
"It was plain enough." replied Mr.
Grimm. "Where did you find that
handkerchief?" There was silence for
an instant. "In this room?"
"Yes," replied Senor Hodrlguei at
last.
"Near the safe?" Mr. Grimm per
sist! d.
"Yos," came the slow reply, again.
"Just here and he Indicated a spot
a little to the left of the safe.
"And when did you find It? Yester
day afternoon? Last night? This morn
ing?" "This morning," and without any
apparent reason the diplomatist's face
turned deathly white.
"But, Senor Senor, you are mis
taken! There can he nothing! A
woman! Two hundred pounds of
gold! Senor!"
Mr. Grimm was still pleasant about
It; his curiosity was absolutely Imper
sonal; bis eyes, grown listless again,
were turned straight Into the other's
face.
"If that handkerchief had been
there last night, Senor," he resumed
quietly, "wouldn't you have noticed
It when you placed the gold In the
safe?"
Senor Rodriguez stared at him a
long time.
"1 don't know," he said, at last. He
dropped back Into a chair with his
face In his hands. "Senor," he burst
out suddenly, Impetuously, after a mo
ment, "If the gold Is not recovered I
am ruined. You understand that bet-
"The Lock on This Private Compartment at the Top Is Broken."
ter than I can toll you. It's the kind
of thing that could not be explained to
my government." He rose suddenly
and faced the Impassive young man,
with merciless determination In his
face. "You must find that gold, Se
nor," be said.
"No matter who may be who may
suffer?" inquired Mr. Grimm.
"Find the gold, Senor!"
"Very well," commented Mr. Grimm,
without moving. "Do me the favor,
please,' to regain possession of the
handkerchief you Just returned to
Miss Thorno, and to send to me here
your secretary, Senor Diaz, and your
servants, one by one. I shall question
them alone. No, don't be alarmed.
UnleBs they know of the robbery they
shalt get no Inkling of It from me.
First, be good enough to replace the
packet In the safe, and lock It"
. Senor Rodriguez replaced the pack
et without question, afterward locking
the door, then went out A moment
Inter Senor Diaz appeared. He re
mained with Mr. Grimm for Just eight
minutes. Senor Rodriguez entered
again as bis secretary passed on, and
laid a lace handkerchief on the desk.
Mr. Grimm stared at it curiously for
a long time.
"It's the same handkerchief?"
"SI, Senor."
"There's no doubt whatever about
itr
"No, Senor. I got It by I"
"It's of no consequence," Interrupt
ed Mr. Grimm. "Now the servants,
please the men first"
The first of the men servants was in
the room tro minutes; the second
the butler--was there five minutes;
one of the women was not questioned
I at all; the other remained ten min
utes. Mr. Grimm followed her into
the hall; Senor Rodriguez stood there
helpless, Impatient
"Well?" he demanded eagerly.
"I'm going out a little while," re
plied Mr. Grimm placidly. "No one
has even an Intimation of the affair
please keep the matter absolutely to
yourself until I return."
That wis all. The door opened and
closed, and he waa gone.
At the end of an hour he returned,
passed on tin i.. ,i to the diplomatist's
private office, sat down In front of the
locked safe again, and set the dial
at thirty six. Senor Rodriguez looked
on, astonished, as Mr. Grimm pressed
the 'soft rubber sounder of a stetho
scope against the safe door and began
turning the dial back toward ten,
slowly, slowly. ' Thirty-five minutes
later the lock clicked. Mr. Grimm
rose, turned the handle, and pulled
the 8a fe door open.
"That's how It was done," be ex
plained to the amazed diplomatist,
"And now, please, have a servant hand
my card to Miss Thorne."
CHAPTER XI.
The Lace Handkerchief.
Still wearing the gracoful, filmy
morning gown, with an added touch
of scarlet in her hair a Blngle red
rose Miss Thorne came Into the
drawing-room where Mr. Grimm sat
walling.
"I believe," he said slowly, without
preliminaries, "this is your handker
chief?" He offered the lacy trifle, odd In de
sign, unique In workmanship, obvious
ly of foreign texture, and she ao
cepted It.
"Yes," she agreed readily, "I must
have dropped It again."
"That Is the one handed to you by
Senor Rodriguez," Mr. Grimm told
her. "I think you said you lost It in
his office yesterday afternoon?"
"Yes?" She nodded Inquiringly.
"It may Interest you to know that
Senor Rodriguez's butler positively
Identifies it as one he restored to you
twice at dinner last evening, between
seven and nine o'clock," Mr. Grimm
went on dispassionately.
"Indeed!" exclaimed Miss Thorne.
"The senor Identifies It as one he
found this morning In his office," Mr.
Grimm explained obligingly. "During
the night fifty thousand dollars in
gold were stolen from his safe."
Miss Thorne snt motionless, wait
ing. "All this means what?" she Inquir
ed, at length.
"I'll trouble you, please, to return
the money," renin sled Mr. Grimm
courteously. "No reiuion appears why
you should have taken It. Hut I'm not
seeking reasons, nor ntn I seeking dis
agreeable publicity only the money."
' It seems to me you attach undue
Importance to the handkerchief," she
objected.
"That's a matter of opinion," Mr.
Grimm remarked. "It would be use
less, even tedious, to attempt to dis
prove a burglar theory, but against It
Is the difficulty of entrance, the
weight of the gold, the Ingenious meth
od of opening the safe, and the as
sumption that not more than six per
sons knew the money was In the safe;
while a person In the house might
have learned It in any of a dozen
ways. And, In addition, is the fiurt
that the handkerchief Is odd, there
fore noticeable. A lace expert nssures
me there's probably not another like
It in the world."
Ho stopped. Miss Thome's eyes
sparkled and a smile seemed to be
tugging at the comers of her mouth.
She siirend out the handkerchief on
her kneos.
"You could Identify this again, of
course?" she queried.
"Yes."
She thoughtfully crumpled up the
bit of lace in both hands, then opened
item. There were two hnndkerchletA
now they were Identical.
"Which is It, please?" she asked.
If Mr. Grimm was disappointed
there was not a trace of It on his face.
She laughed outclght, gleefully, mock
ingly, then, demurely:
"Pardon me! You see, It's absurd.
The handkerchief the butlor restored
to me at dinner, after I lost one in the
senor's office, might have been either
of these, or one of ten other dupli
cates in my room, all given to me by
her MaJ I mean," she corrected
quickly, "by a friend In Europe." She
was silent for a moment "Is that all?"
"No," replied Mr. Grimm gravely,
decisively. "I'm not satisfied. I shall
Insist upon the return of the money,
and If it is not forthcoming I dare say
Count di Roelnl, the Italian ambassa
dor, would be pleased to give his per
sonal check father than have the mat
ter become public." She started to
Interrupt; but he went on. "In any
event you will be requested to leave
the country."
(TO BB CONTINUED.)
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A Unique Lemon Party.
Just as 1 was trying my bust to con
lure something new for you this week
and wondering what it would be.
nionit conies "Holly." my never falling
one. all bubbling over with her "Lent
o:." party. Sounds refreshing, doesn't
It? She cut the Invitations out oi
slightly rough yellow stiff paper, tied
with a little bow of lemony saun no
bon. When all the guests arrived
they went on to the porch and wore
elven lemon-shared cards through the
top of which a spray of fragrant lemon
verbena. On the table there was a
pile of lemons; each guest drew one.
cut It open with a silver fruit knife
and counted the seeds, writing down
the number on her lemon card, also
writing her name. The lemons were
then taken to the pantry and soon re
appeared in the shape of lemonade.
The seeds were collected and placed
In a glass fruit Jar, where every one
could see them, and guesses were tak
en as to the total number, the number
guessed being also recorded on the
card. Then refreshments were served,
consisting of lemon aspic salad, sar
dine sandwiches, lemon sherbet and
cakes Iced with lemon frosting. Caudy
boxes In shape of lemons were passed
for favors, each one containing per
fect little lemon quarters In the shape
of candy. Then the prize for the
nearest guess on the lemon seeds was
awarded. It was a straw garden hat
trimmed with lemou colored lurle
ton and a bunch of artlficlul lemons.
The consolation prize was a half-dozen
lemons and a china lemon squeezer.
Every one said It was a most enjoy
able party and "Polly" added anoth
er laurel to her wreath In honor of
her clover ability as a hostess.
An Orchard Party.
We had taken what was practically
an abandoned farm for the summer
ami were mediating how to entertuln
our city friends In sone rather unus
ual way when "Polly" came to the
rescue and said, "Let's have an Or
chard" party. So the artist of the
family did lovely Invitations, with ap
ple trees as the decorative scheme.
We had four small tables each with
rustic baskets for the centerpiece
filled with field wild flowers. The
place cards were made from squares
of birch bark, and the Joke favors
were wrapped In yellow tissue paper
and tied to the trees, from which they
were cut by the guests. Then we
sent In town and got fruit-shaped
candy boxes, which were strung at In
tervals on yellow cord after the meth
od of the old but always funny cob
web parties, and stretched these
strings over a good part of the or
churd. The hunt after the luncheon
for the "fruit" added much to the
merriment. Somot lines It was neces
sary to climb up a ladder convenient
ly placed under a tree to reach the
Petticoats
T.lli first is a good style for ba
tiste or other cotton materials;
it has a slight fulness at the
waist, and Is trimmed at foot by three
spotted bands of cotton. Materials re
quired: 4 yards 27 Inches wide, 1
yard for trimming.
The second might be all In Batln or
HANDBAGS THAT WILL VASH
One of the Newest of Many Varieties
Has at Least One Sensi
ble Point.
The fashion for handbags never
lets up. The shops offer an Infinite
variety thAt never seems to stale. Pat
ent leather gave way to velvet, velvet
found a rival In suede, suede In turn
gave place to ribbed silk and bro
cade, and now we have washable bags
to carry with linen suits. The Idea
Is good.
One can buy these bags or make
them. They come In linen, which Is
boldly soutacbed, and In real and
Imitation Irish lace mounted over
linen, but one of the exclusive kind Is
built of the old-fashioned cord
macreme, which is returned to fa
vor as a trimming for gowns.
It Is nothing but course lattice work
made of linen cord,, which you can
buy In the shops, put over a bag of
plain linen and either mounted on a
metal frame or stiffened like an en
velope flap and folded over to fas
'.e.i rt':i a button.
X
Hostess
"fruit," which was Just out of reach,
and sometimes a rail fence had to be
climbed. The guests were all told
to wear tub suits, and broad brimmed
straw bats were provided.
A Porch Watermelon Party.
The Invitations were melon-shaped
bits of green cardboard ornamented
with a row of little darkles eating
triangular pieces of watermelon, the
words "Den O dat Watermelon" done
In gilt letters across the top. Jack
O'Lanterns made , from watermelons
hung from the veranda, alternating
with Japanese lanterns of various
shapes. The table centerpiece was
made from a scooped out half of mel
on filled with brilliantly colored nas
turtiums; the name cards were ex
tremely odd, being squares of melon
rinds the names etched down to the
pale lining of the rind. A sharp or
ange wood stick was used for letter
ing. The place dollies were made
from melon seeds, the black coloring
showing up beautifully on the pluk.
The first course was Iced watermelon
Juice w ith tiny cubes of the pink fruit
floating In the green bouillon cups.
The next course was watermelon and
canteloupe salad served In white let
tuce hearts In pink salad cups made
from crepe paper, and the third course
consisted of salud cups made from
pink crepe paper, and the third
course consisted of watermelon froppe
served In little bonis from watermel
on rinds neatly cut out with a very
sharp knife, each boat having a darky
doll to steer It After this unique
repast, a quurtet of darkles sang coon
songs for an hour; they were con
cealed by the shrubbery on the lawn
and the music was greatly enjoyed by
the guests on the porch, the moon
time up and It was all lovely and un
usual. MADAME MKKRI.
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IN fOQUC
Many little pllsset. Jabots and frills
show touches of black velvet In the
form of tiny buttons.
Scarfs of satin or supple, change
able taffeta are used on both after
noon and evening dresses.
As a decorative agent in trimming
a tailored suit, there Is nothing so
effective as black and white silk.
Shoemakers' heels are used on
street shoes and boots, while the
IiOtilB XV. heels are reserved for
evening shoes.
The newest form of watch Is that
which Is placed within a pendant.
Still smaller Is a dainty watch set In
a ring.
only the flounce, as preferred; tills
extends from the knees and Is closely
plaited; a band of material heads It;
ribbon Is threaded through the but
tonholed Bills, and a bow and ends
hung thiwn at the left side of front.
Material required: 3V4 yards 40
inches wide.
If one likes this stiff kind of a bag
the effect can lie gained through crin
oline. ' It Is put between the llneu
and an Inside facing or lining. Its
only disadvantage Is that It does not
wash well and one must have the bag
cleaned Instead of scrubbing It.
However, a liberal dose of French
chalk does wonders with alt kinds of
Bpots on the linen or any wash fabric.
Smaller Hate.
A walk down Chestnut street any
afternoon or a glance over any fashionable-batted
feminine assemblage
will convince the most unconvincing
that the femlulna, headgear Is surely
diminishing In size.
The high-crowned, queer-shaped hat
Is high In favor and so, too, Is the soft
little "polo" hat which slips over one'i
puffs and pompadour very comfortably
and has no suggestion of a frame oi
tiny stiffening In Its make-up.
And do not be alarmed If your
chapeaux shows a tendency to Blip
down over your ear or both ears II
only makes It look a bit more rakish,
and to be rakish Is to be In the front
of the modes! Philadelphia Press.
God of
FASHION
RvRav rwtroR TirLurnn.l II
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Ptilor if Glf noldrn Confrrvitioul
Church. PhiUdelphia.
It Is a strange thing that humanity
can't seem to get along without Idols.
There has never been a period In the
world's history that humanity bas not
worshiped some sort of Idols. You
can't read the Old Testament without
having your heart pained; when you
ee how Israel was continually turn
ing away from God, and placing some
thing In tbtlr hearts that ought to
have been occupied by God himself.
Well, now exae'ly the same thing has
been truo In every age and amotiRSt
every people. There Ib a strong ten
dency In the mind and heart of hu
manity to reach out and lay hold upon
something ami put It In the place
that belongs only to God.
The first siraiiKe god that Is
amongst us Is the "Fashion." This
whole subject of dress Is a very Inter
eating one. I always claim that It
takes more brains to build a dress
than It takes to build a liouje and it
takes brains to build a houx-. What
1 mean by that Is, It takes bralus to
build a dress that, In a certuih aeuse,
befits the individual that Is twins
clothed. It doesn't take any brains to
reuch your arm arross to Paris and
lug over here some fashion across the
water anlnidy can do that. Hut
there are compnxrlvely few people
who seem to have the happy faculty ol
building a dress that Just meets tlnilr
own Individuality. Such a dress a
Just fltB you In every sense of th
word a dress that Is the expression
of your own mind and your own soul
that Is an exceedingly hard thing.
What la the result of this thraldom
that Is In our midst this present div?
There Is a deineiitallzatiou and a de
morallzatlon that Is going on In out
American life; It Is enough to pain
anybody deeply. I can't quite under
stand why America should reach
across the ocean and bring her fash
Ion from Paris.
If there is one city on the facp ol
God's earth that Is any lower down in
perdition than another, It Is Paris.
And why should we be enslaved to
Paris for our fashion? In every other
respect we claim to stand on our own
feet; why can't America stand on hei
own feet when It comes to the subject
of dress? It seems to me there are
brains enough in this country to ere
ate a fashion for ourselves and to
break loose from the slavery of a for
eign country.
Hut that Is not the sad part of It all.
I wonder If you realize the terrible
extravagance that Is associated with
this one phase of our American life!
I wonder If, you can bring before youl
minds the untold number of homes
that are simply wrecked; or. picture
the hearts that are broken because ol
this terrible slavery, namely the
slavery of America to this god ol
"faBhlon?"
I.et ine Illustrate. Here Is a girl
she Is brought up In a comparative!)
poor home; she him not had any ex
perience In holding money In her own
hands; she marries a comparative!)
poor young man, and they go and atari
a home for themselves. When he.
comes back from his first week, h&
puis his wages In her hands. She hai
had no experience In the use of nion
ey; and what does she do? Almost the
first thing she does Is to rush out Intc
a great city, lose herself In one ol
these big stores and, Instead of bring
lug borne something that is going tc
make the whole atmosphere of that
house rich and beautiful she brlngt
borne something that Is absolutely
worthless to herself.
She spent her money foolishly, and
because the money Is simply thrown
away the home Is wrecked and heard
are broken.
The second strange god to which I
desire to call your attention Is lh
"idol of education." What Is the Ideal
education? Some people say It li
knowledge; some say ft la success;
others sny character and personality
In the eyes of a great many people
education Is that which fits one tc
make success In terms of money; hul
that Ib not my own ideal of education.
It Is flint which fits us to servo our
God and to srve our humanity, and
auythlng that unfits us for the? service
of God ami humanity rail it by any
name you will, but don't call it edu
cation.
One of the, perils of the east todoy
Is that education Is being translated
In terms of dollars and cents, Instead
of In trrniB of character nnd personal
ity. What Is ono of (lie secrets ol
the great succecss of the west? It Is
education, and education of the right
sort, too.
The third strange god that I want
to speak about Is the god of "amuse
ment." Amusement Is a good thing;
It Is a safety valve. I don't know
what we would do with our nervous
temperament, here In America, If It
were not for amusements. I love to
see people enjoy themselves, especial
ly after n strenuous week of hard
work. Hut amusements ought never
to be an end; It ought always to be a
means to an end, and that end must lit
Into the purpose of God and the wel
fart of mankind.
, Vhe real test as to whether an
amusement Is right or wrong Is this:
If It creates In our henrts a distaste
for the things of the spirit Is Is wrong;
If It unfits us for Christian service It
Is wrong. And If It doesn't do any of
these things, but prepares ua for the
real and deeper enjoyment of life,
then It Is r!;ht. and the nior amuse
ment the better It will be for us.
Crow Whips Blacksnake.
Ilangor, Pa. In a remarkable bat
tie between a crow and a blacksnake
nt the Hazel Bandplt, at Mount Uethel
the bird vanquished the reptile. The
crow evaded the fangs of the snake
and pecked the reptile's eyes out.
Not Photographs, However.
"A man In New York state claims he
has a bluck bass that chews to
bacco." "That's nothing. I've seen a great
nany pictures of fish smoking corncot
pleea."
JOSIAH'S
DEV0TI0NT0G0D
Suaday School Uiioa far July 23, 1911
Specially Arranged (or Thi Ptpar
IjKHHON TEXT-II C'hronli lea M:l-U
MKMORT VER8E9-1. I.
GOt-DKN TEXT-' lteini-mbiT now thr
Cruator In the daya of thy youth." Eool.
L'l.
TIMKJoalah b--an to rln B. C. S3S,
In the 34Mh year of Judah aa a separata
klnit'lom.
Ho rrlKnod SI yrara. till B. C. ftt.
Pl.ACE-Judah and Joruaiih-m. Hut hla
reform rxtenl-d over a considerable part
of the territory of the Northern klnilom
whl.-h had become extlm-t In 722-71. M
yiv before Jualuh came to the Ihron.
Jolah was. the grandson of Man
esseh, whose career we studied In our
last lesson. He was born at Jerusa
lem, B. C. 64G. His futher was Anion,
who followed the example of his fa
ther's earllor years. He reigned but
two years, when he was murdered by
his courtiers In his own palace. The
people rose against the conspirator
and made his eight-year old son king
In his place. Jobluh's mother was
Jedldah, the daughter of Adalan.
They belonged In Poscath, a town near
I.achlxh In southwestern Judah, In the
plalr.s toward the Mediterranean sea.
While King Atnon was au Idolater, and
his court was corrupt, It Is possible
that Joslah's mother kept the true
faltfi.
He began to reign when he waa
eight .wars old. Uke his grandfather,
Manaiweh, he must for several year
have been guided, and his kingdom
controlled by his mother or by prim
ministers. The worshipers of Je
hovah must have been in control at
the palace, the wise and religious
teachers of the true God and the tnt
religion. So that for the first sixteen
years of his life the young Josluh must
have been under good Influences, whll
he also would know of his futher'
tragic death, and his grandfather'
sins, sufferings, and repentance. And
his ancestor, David, was ever before
him as his Meal, his hero, his saint.
About tho time when Josiah wa
twenty years old, and in the twelfth
year of his reign, when he had begun
his reforms, there came an Invading
host from the far east Uke a cyclone,
an overwhelming srourge. Jeremiah
foretells them In vivid pictures. Hut
HerodottiB tells us who they were, th
Scythians "from the regions over Cau
casus, vast nameless hordes of men,
who sweeping past Assyria, un
checked, poured upon Palestine. W
can realize the event from our knowl
edge of the Mongol and Tartar Inva
sions which In biter centuries pursued
the same path southwards. Living In
the saddle, w ith no Infantry nor chari
ots to dolay them, these Centaur
swept on with a speed of Invasion
hitherto unknown. In 6P.0 they had
crossed the Caucasus, by 626 they
were on the borders of Egypt.
The prophet, Jeremiah, describee In
picturesque terms this Invasion. "The
lion Is come up from his thicket;"
"The destroyer of nations Is on his
way;" "Heboid he cometh as clouds,
and his chariot shall be as the whirl
wind;" "The.r quiver Is an open sep
ulcher, they are all mlghiy mou;
"They are cruel and have no mercy;
their voice roareth like the sea; and
they ride upon horses, set In array
as men of war against thee."
It Is enjty to see how this terrlbl
Invader, coming so near, Just as Jo
elah was beginning his reforms, must
have Interfered with his plans.
Josiah began his reformation In hi
twelfth year, but the Invasion of th
Scythians soon after this beginning
Interferred with the work. The sav
age and cruel host came close to
Judah's borders. Scattered bands may
have entered the kingdom. Terror
reigned. Defenses must be strength
ened. Outsiders rushed to Jerusalem
and the fortified cities. How far th
reformations had progressed we do
not know. Hut the chronicler having
recorded the beginning simply goe
on with the story, as Is frequently
done by historians.
The restoration of tho Templo was
Intrusted to a committee of throe
Shnpnn, tho secretary of slate; and
Mtuisolnh, the governor of tho city,
the mayor of Jerusalem; and Joati
the recorder, the keeper of tho rec
ords, the hlHtorlan. Tho temple built
by Solomon, was completed 390 year
before. It was repaired by Joash 240
years before Josiah began his restora
tion. The ravages of time, with neg
lect and abuse during the sway ol
Idolatry must have rendered It sadly
In need of repair. It was during these
repairs that tho Hook of Ijiw wbj
found.
The work Interrupted by the Scyth
ian hordes Is now resumed with great
ly Increased Intensity nnd enthusiasm,
through the now consecration of kln
and people, due to the finding of the
Hook of the Law.
Tho first condition of salvation foi
l-jlvlduals or nations Is the putting
away of sin at ony cost. Tho second
Is the building up or the good. H
that confesseth and forsaketh shall
find mercy.
Ono of the greatest revival of re
ligion ever known was begun In meet
lugs where the pastor called ivpon nil
church members on a fast day to con
fess and forsake their sins. "How
many of you." he asked, "have nes
lected your fumlly prayers?" Several
arose and one was called upon te
pray. "How many of you have beei
speaking evil of others?" Severs.1
arose. One led In prayer for all. Anl
so through the list
There baa been a remarkable r
vlval In the territory made famous li
the Japanese Russian war. The move
ment began In Llaoyang, spread at
once to Mukden, and, toon after, t
Halcheng, Fakumon, Newchwang, and
numberless towns and villages and
hamlets of less fame. A mighty out
pouring of the Holy Spirit came to the
Christiana Immediately after the open
lug of the meetings, and his power be
came manifested at once la
heart breaking ooufeBslon of sin; the
In outbursts of prayer, both petiUoa
and Intercession, In great Joy. and,
finally. In thankofferlngs to God ol
money and of service. It was a cae
i coiuulele surrender to God