1 I WfffF mm Count ill Itimlnl, thn Italian amhu sailer, tH at dinner with illplimiatM when a nieaxeiiKxr summons lilm to the em bineiy, where a beautiful yoiinn woman h-hks for a ticket to the embassy hull. The ticket Ih made out In the nnme of Mien Isabel Thorne. Chief Campbell of the secret service, anil Mr. arlmm, his ne1 detective, are. wnrneil that a plot Is brewing In Washington, and Orlmm goes to the Hate hall for Information. His at tention Ih culled to Mis IhiiIxI Thorne, who with h(r companion, disappear. A ehot la heard and Benor Alvares of the Mcxlcun legation, la found wounded, (irlinm la uamirml MIh Thorne did It; he visit her, demanding knowledge of the affair, and arrest t'lutro Petroninnl. Mi Thorno visit an old homl-mttkr and they dlai'uaa a wonderful experiment. Klfty thonaand dollnra la atolen from thn office of Senor llodrlguej!, the minister from Venemeta, mid whllo-Hetectlve are In vestigating the robbery Miss Thorne ap penra a a Rueat of the legation. lrlmm aoi'Uie her of the theft and threaten! tier with deportation. CHAPTER XI (Continued.) "Hut If I am Innocent?" sho pro tected. "You must prove It," continued Mr. Grimm mercilessly. "Personally, I ara convinced, and Count dl RobIiiI has practically assured me that " "It's unjust!" she Interrupted pns elonutely. "It's It's you have proved nothing. It's unheard of! It'i beyond ! !' Suddenly she became silent. A min ute, two minutes, three minutes paused; Mr. Orlmm waited patiently. "Will you give me time and oppor tunity to prove my Innocence?" she demanded Anally. "And If I do con vince you ?" "I should be delighted to believe that 1 have made a mistake," Mr. Grimm assured her. "How much time? One day? Two days?" "I will let you know within an hour at your office," she told him. Mr. Orlmm rose. "And meanwhile, In case of accident, I shall look to Count dl Rosin 1 for ad justment," he added pointedly. "Good morning." One hour and ten minutes later be received this note, unsigned: "Closed carriage will stop for you nt southeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Fourteenth Street to-night ot one " He was there; the carriage was on JACQUES f UTRELLE ILLUSTRATIONS hy M.G.ICjrltfv&r- COPYRIGHT 1908 by THE ASSOCIATED SUNDAY MA0A21NEJ COPYRIGHT 1909 by THE B0BB3 - MERRILL COMPANy 8YN0PSIS. I stakes ore hlKh. She nlavtd and won and played and won, and on und on, until her winnings were about eight thousand dollars. Then luck turned. Sho began to loso. Her money went, but she continued to play desperately. Finally some old family Jewels were pawned without her father's knowl edge, and ultimately they were lost. One day she awoke to the fact that she owed some nine or ten thousand dollars in bridge debts. They were pressing and there was no way to meet them. This meant exposure and utter ruin, and women do strange thlugs, Mr. Grimm,, to postpone such an ending to social aspirations. I know this much Is true, for sho re lated It all to me herself. "At last, In some way a misplaced letter, perhaps, or a word overheard sho learned that fifty thousand dollars would be in the legation bank over night, and evidently she learned the precise night." She paused a moment. "Hero Is tho address of a man lu Bal timore, Thomas Q. Grlswold," and she paused a card to Mr. Grimm, who sat motionless, listening. "About four years ago the combination on the lega tion sufe was changed. This mnn wag sent here to make tho change, there fore some ono besides Senor Rodriguez does know the combination. I have communicated with this man today, for I saw the possibility of Just such a thing ns this instead of your steth oscope, lly a trick and a forged let ter this girl obtained the combination from this man." Mr. Grimm drew a long breath. "She intended to take, perhnps, only what she desperately needed but at sight of It all do you see what must have been tho temptation then? We get out here." Thero were many unanswered ques tions In Mr. Grimm's mind. Ho re pressed them for the time, stepped out and assisted Miss Thorne to alight. The carriage had turned out of Penn sylvania Avenue, and nt the uumient he didn't quite place himself. A nar row passageway opened before them evidently the rear entrance to a house possibly In the next street. Miss Thorne led tho way unhesitatingly, cautiously unlocked the door, and to- past." She extended both hands Im petuously. "Please be genorous, Mr. Grlmm. You have the gold; don't de stroy her." Si.nor Rodriguez, the minister from Venezuela, found the gold In his aafo on the following morning, with a brief note from Mr. Grimm, In which there was no explanation of how or where It had been found. . . . And two hours later Monsieur Bolssegur, am bassador from France to tho United States, disappeared from the embassy, vanished' CHAPTER XII. The Vanishing Diplomatist. It was three days after the ambas sador's disappearance that Monsieur Itlgolet, secretary of the French em bassy and temporary chargo-d'affalres, reported the matter to Chief Camp bell In the Secret Service Bureau, add ing thereto a detailed statement of several slngulur Incidents following closo upon It. Ho told It In order, concisely and to tho point, while Grimm and his chief listened. "Monsieur Holssegur, the ambassa dor, you understand, Is a man whose habits are remarkably regular," he be gan. "He has made It a rulo to be at. his desk every mornlug at ten o'clock, and between that time and one o'clock he dictates his corre spondence, and clears up whatever routine work there Is before him. 1 M Ilk ip 'Now, Monsieur, There Are Only Two Entrances to the Embassy." I I "But If I Am Innocent?" ' '"o; and my lady of mystery was In 8" o. Ho stepped In and they swung out into Pennsylvania Avenue, noise ltsslv over the asphalt "Should the gold be placed In your hands now, within tho hour," she wrled solicitously, "would it be nec essary for you t0 knQW wh(j fc Uiu thief?" "!l WoulJ" Mr. Grimm responded without hesitation. t-ven f t destroyed a reputation r He pleaded. "The Secret Service rarely destroys iZTu-,8 Thorne' "hough It no err 'I 0886 WU' ; 'lrrt'8t or Prosecution, because of r reasons which appear to be good." note T woulun," nd there was a Eti tv C"ge.?t88 ,n her lce- "The never 8U"ty Per80n woul ueer appear" In Our v0 " matt6r 0f TT& I?, Bt, ,'enst n this one Instance." ornmre 1,8 881 B"ent 'or a bl ha'vlT' mlt' Mr Grlmm' tht you ab'o S?imev,nto a remark- -y gim B Z Beemed winced 'tl iou 11' and' lf you'U Pard0I me. ompulSQrv S0D: then you mad8 11 oo thn, ?' he on,y wa' fr ne to don."",.10 fl,nVb9 gUllty one' 1 U'afttVedy" m bCaU89 JjMJrlnm, waited. clety ' m P1,1-1 b,8h ,n d'Plomatlo so h, hL h!r than lucrative one; wtiuu fit iivoted to brhUe, and gether they entered a hall. Then 1 there was a short flight of stairs, and they stepped Into a room, ono of a suite. She closed the door and turned on the lights. "The hags of gold are in the next room," she said with the utmost com posure. Mr. Grlmm drugged them out of a dark closet, opened one there were ten 'and allowed the coins to dribble through his fingers. Finally he turned and stared at Miss Thorne, who, pal lid and weary, stood looking on. "Where are we?" ho asked. "What house la this?" "The Venezuelan legation," she an swered. "We are standing leus than forty feet from the safe that was robbed. You see how easy !" "And whose room?" inquired Mr. Grlmm slowly. "Must I answer?" she asked appeal ing. "You must!" "Senorlta Rodriguez my hostess! Don't you see what you've made me do? She and Mr. Cadwallader made the trip to Baltimore In his automo bile, and and I" She stopped. "Ha knows nothing of It," Bho added. "Yes, I know," said Mr. Grlmm. He stood looking at her In silence for a moment, staring deeply into the pleading eyes; and a certain tense ex pression about his lips passed. For an Instant her hand trembled on hla arm, and be caught the fragrance of her hair. "Where Is she now?" he asked. "Playing bridge," replied Miss Thorne, with a sad little smile. "It la always ao at least twice a week, and he rarely returns before two or half- have Known him for many years, and have been secretary of tho em bassy under him lu Germany and Japan and In this country. I have never known him to vary this general order of work unless because of Ill ness, or m-cpssary absence. "Well, Monsieur, last Tuesday this' Is Friday tho ambassador was at his desk as usual. He dictated a dozen or more letters, and had begun nnoth er a private letter to his sister In Paris. He was well along lu this let ter when, without any apparent rea son. he rose from his desk and left the room, closing the door behind him. His stenographer's Impression was that some detail of business had occurred to him, and he had gone Intc tho general office to attend to It. 1 may say. Monsieur, that this Impres sion seemed strengthened by the fad that he left a fresh cigarette burning In his ash tray, and his pen was be hind his ear. It was nil as If he had merely stopped out, Intending to re turn Immediately the sort of thins Monsieur, that any man might htm done. "It so happened that when he went out he left a ncnti nee of his lettel Incomplete. I tell you this to show thut the Impulse to go must have beer a sudden one, yet there was noth!i; In his manner, so his Btenographei says, to Indicate excitement, or anj other than his usual frame of mind. I' was about live minutes of twelvt o'clock high noon when he weni out. When he didn't return Immedl ntely tho stenographer began trnn scribing the letters. At one o'clocl Monsieur Bolssigur still had not re turned and his stenographer went t( luncheon." As ho talked, some Inbred exrlto ment seemed to be growing upon him due, perhaps, to his recital of facts and he paused at last to regain con trol of himself. Incidentally he won dered If Mr. Grlmm was taking th slightest Interest In what he was say Ing. Certainly there was nothing It his Impassive face to Indlcnto It. "Understand. Monsieur," tho serre tary continued after a moment, "tha I knew nothing whatever of al! thli until late that afternoon that Is Tuesday afternoon about five o'clock I was engaged all tlay upon some im portnnt work In my ofllce, and had had no occasion to see Monsieur llols fegur since a word or so when he came In nt ten o'clock. My attention was called to the affair finally by his stenographer, Monsieur NetUrvllle. who came to nie for Instructions. Ho had finished the lntt ftrt nnil tha n.,. ' bassador had not returned to sign them. At this anllit I began nn in vestigntlon, Monsieur, and the further I went the more v.nensy I grew. "Now, Monsieur, there are only two entrances to tho embassy tho front door, where a servant is In constant attendance from nine In the morning until ten at night, and the rear door, which can only be reached through the kitchen. Neither of tho two men who had been stationed at the front door had seen the ambassador since breakfast, therefore he could not have gone out that way. Comprenez? It seemed ridiculous. Monsieur, but then I went to the kitchen. The chef had been there all day, and he had not seen the ambassador at all. I Inquired further. No oue In the embassy, not a clerk, nor a servant, nor a membr of the ambassador's family had seen him since he left his olllce." Again he puusxd and ran one band across his troubled brow. (TO En CONTINUED.) For the Hostess A Daisy Table. In many localities daisies grow wild In profusion, a hostess who re joiced in fields of tbem used this de lightful combination; she made long chains of daisies and smilax and out lined the nlaces at table which was set with a cluny lace cloth over pale blue. . The candlesticks were of glass with white candles shaded with white over blue with a fringe of white beads. The center piece was a glided basket with daisies, the bundle tied with a huge bow of white and blue satin rib bon. The guests were all members of an embroidery class, so for favors there were gilded embroidery hoops tied with pale blue satin ribbon. For place cards there were hund-palnted marguerites tho petals cut out, names of the guests being done In gilt. At each plate was a corsage bouquet of daisies tied with blue ribbon. Every one exclaimed "How lovely" when tho doors were opened and the pretty table disclosed; the china was white gold band ond the effect was so cool and refreshing A simple sum mer menu was served, the salnd being the only thing characteristic of the decorations. It was made by hard boiling eggs, cutting the whites length wise to make petals ami mashing the well seasoned yolks to form the round centers of the "daisies" which were carefully formed on the blanched hearts of head lettuce. For a Japanese Party. Write the Invitations as the na tives do up and down. Instead of across, using the regular Japanese sta tionery, which comes In rolls, or use paper napkins. Sometimes 1 have seen little notes enclosed In tiny lan terns or tightly clasped in the arms of small Japanese dolls; If either are used, of course the Invitations ure de livered by messengers. Thero Is scarcely any limit to the decorations, an there are so many arti cles to use. screens, fans, parasols, bead portieres, bamboo tables ami chairs, with a profusion of pink tissue paper cherry blos.-oms. Burn Japan ese Incense; If cards are played, lovely ones are obtainable with Japanese scenes on the backs; Instead of a bell use a gong for starting the ganioi and for keeping score use small Jap" ariose favors of which there Is a great variety. For finding partners it Is a pretty Idea to match fans. Any tium her of Oriental articles are obtainable from which to select prizes, such as dollies, lacquered boxes, bronzes, carved ivories, handlelesa cups in Can ton china. Serve Ice-tea punch during the gamo, then a Japanese salad com posed of a number of vegetables served In chrysanthemum paper cases, cherry ice, rice cakes, Chinese nuts, and, for tun, chop sticks could be pass ed tied with yellow ribbon for souven irs. Use on tills occasion a good qual ity of tissue papor napkins. While there Is nothing very new lu the Jap anese scheme, It Is always effective und people never seem to tire of It. The Tin Wedding. Invitations for this delightfully In formal tin wedding anniversary pnrty were issued on cards smoothly covered with tin foil, the writing being done with a dull pencil. The hostess car tied a bouquet encased In a tin funnel, and the guests sent all sorts of tin presents most elaborately wrapped; a tin dipper held white roses, a bread pan served as a punch bowl, a dust pan arrived tied with white satin ribbon, tin candlesticks, apple corer, toaster, canisters for tea and spices were all carefully sent In boxes by special mes sengers. Opening these parcels and reading congratulatory telegrams and special delivery letters furnished a good share of the evening's entertain ment. All of these had been cleverly planned by the guests, and there were several good toasts arranged In rhymes. Refreshments were served on tin and the bridegroom was the re cipient of cigars Ingeniously done up In tin receptacles MADAME MERRI. Usually the Case. "Harold never has told mo what ha pnld for the engagement ring." "Well?' 'I'd like to know." "What do you want to bother hlra for? It's a cinch no pnld all he had." Dresses for Girls REGARD ALCOHOL AS POISON In Some Case Gives Little Evidence of Pretence Until Strain Is Put on Organism. Br. Howard Dickinson. In an article In the Lancet, on the relatlvo Impor lance of exciting and predisposing :auses In disease, expresses very de elded opinions on the question of al SohollHtn In relation to tuberculosis. Thirty years ago, ho says, In the jourse of some Innulrles on the nath- ologlcnl effects of alcohol, I camo tip sn evidence which apx-ared to me Conclusive and which has Influenced later medical opinion, to tho effect Ihat this agent docs not prohibit but encourages the growth of tubercle. With a view of ascertaining the ef fects of alcohol In the production of srganlc disease I applied myself to the tdmlrablo records of this hosnltal and hy their means Instituted a detailed comparison between the postmortem Bppoari.nces of persons whose occu pations had to do wlih liquor brew ers' men, potmen, waiters, and tho like and others whose callings neces sitated no familiarity with it. I re lied upon the general rule, as applied to the class from whence the London hospitals draw their patients, that those who get drink for nothing will drink more than those who have to pay for it. That comparison, It is needless to observe, was not between liquor and no liquor, one dlfllcult to place on a sure and sutllclent founda tion, but between more and less, based on tho fundamental character of thn Anglo Saxon. The records to which 1 have referred presented In thirty years tho post mortem examinations of 149 traders In drink, to which I opposed the samo number of post-mortem examinations of persons not so oc cupied. The results with regard to tubercle were striking. Of tho alco holic sixty-one had tubercle of the lung and of the non-alcoholics forty-four. wun regard to other organs and struc tures liable to tubercle the brain, tho liver, the kidneys, the spleen, the bow els, the mesenteric glands, and the peritoneum, every one of these In the alcoholic class displayed tubercle at least twice as often as In the non alcoholic. Nothing could be more con sistent In associating tubercle wlt'i drink. Commenting on the ahovj at tl.o annual meeting of tho British Tern Iterance Association. Dr. J. M. Cowan remarks: Alcohol, then, must be looked upon ns a poison, sometimes acting alqne, at others assisting the poisons of disease-producing organisms, or arcaln. acting along with the waste product) of the body. It may In certain cases give little evidence of its presence un til some extra strain Is thrown upon the organism, but when that extra strain conies the parts and tissues that have been nffectcd by alcohol are tho first to give way. Those who take al cohol are reducing the margin of their reserve to a limit that may be too small for any extra and special call that may be made upon It. It Is for tills reason that insurance companies are so anxious to obtain total abstain ers as policy holders, and that they look with a 10 per cent, suspicion up on those who do ont abstain from tho use of alcohol, however moderately they may use It Finding of the Book of the Law Sunday School Loioo for July 30, 1911 Specially Arranged (or Tail Paper l.KSSON TEXT-II Chronicles H.U-tt , MKMOKY VEH8K-21. I GOLDEN TEXT "Thy word have I hid,' In nilno hesrt, thnt I might not ala. nlnt thre." I'sa. 11S:1U TIME-II. C 6L'l. In th Hth year of JonUh'i rlnn, when he wm 2d years oleU, BlHf IV of the hint ltsiior. I'LACKThe Tempi unit Palace b Jrriisiilem. 1 PEItaoNS-Jnslnh the kin. Huldnhi the imi)heiem. Kllkliih the hlh priest. Bhapliuti tho scrlba or sicrotury. , Suitable. 'That young painter's wife Is not pretty nor clever, but she Is as good as she can be." "Then I suppose he married her for economy's sake." "What do you mean?" "Why, Isn't It economy for an artlsl to marry a model?" To Do Great Things. The power to do great things gen erally arises from the willingness to do small things. THE first is lor a girl of 8 to 10 years, and looks well In navy blue casement cloth; two In verted pleats turning towards the front are made each side; tho top Is set to a prettily shaped yoke that Is In pale blue braided with navy, a band of the same being placed ncrogn foot. The sleeve trimming and wr.lst band match the yoke. Materials required: 3 yards 40 Inches wide, ?i yard 24 Inc'ies wide for trimming. For tho second blue zephyr nnd all over embroidery are used, the dress Is for a girl of 10 to 12 years. The skirt Is slightly full at the waist. It Is trimmer' down front and about five Inches from foot with bandi of embroidery. The yoke of the bodice Is of em broidery, so are the straps down in joquL Large dots of chenille are seen on many voiles. Tailored suits of linen or silk are showing revers of bright colors. Some smart shoes have white buck skin tops and patent leather vamps. French millinery shows the ten dency for ribbon, silk and velvet bows. Two shades of blue, one very much lighter, are used on linen tailored auits. Braid Is a factor to be reckoned with In the plnuulng of new dresses or suits Irregular shapes and plenty of un curled ostrich plumage mark the lat est large hats as a rule. Striped sheer linen Is favored for Imple little frocks, china blue and white being the most popular. Artificial flowers are being worn In Vouq-iet frm ou tailor made soils I root, and the sleeve bauds are of the same material. Materials required: 3 yards 40 Inches wide, l; yard embroidery 18 Inches wide. The third Illustration shows a very dainty little dress for a girl also ol 10 to 12; It Is In cream veiling ol good quality. The full skirt Is lightly embroid ered round the top of hem. the fronts of the Magyar bodice are embroid ered to match skirt and are arranged to cross over a vest of musllu em broidery. The under sleeves reach Just below the elbow, they are finished with lace like the neck. A waistband of soft silk fastens at left aide under a ros ette. Materials required: 3',J yards 40 Indies wide. or afternoon dressea, the small flow ers being used. The lily of the val ley, sweet pea, heather and forget-me-nots are claiming great favor. Many of the lingerie dresses are distinguished by the new collar. The latest evolution of the collar Is i deep, square, or rounded lace cape collar reaching the belt In the back, and sometimes banging Just a little below lu Instructive Experiment. Recent experiments to demonstrate tho effect of alcohol on animals. In which spirits were given regularly to one pair of dogs nnd withheld from another "chow," says Science, "that of tho progeny of tho alcoholic pair, twenty pups, born In three litters, eight wero malformed and six bora dead. The normal pair produced six teen wh)lps In three litters, and not ono of these was born dal. and only one was malformed. During nn epi demic of distemper one of the nlro holized dogs died, and all save or.o wero seriously affected; none of tha other., dogs exhibited nny serious symptoms of disease." Can Serve but One Master. Tho use of wine, or abstinence from It, Is no longer a private, but a social matter. All men are now divided whether they will or not Into two camps. Some fight against the use of this worthless poison, both by word nnd deed, abstaining from it them selves, and not entertaining their friends with It; others support by precept, and still more forcibly by ex ample, tho use of this poison. Who ever thou ninyest be, thou canst no longer remain between two camps; thou must Inevitably choose one or two courses either to resist drunken ness or ti) support It to Berve God or mammon. Tolstoi. Sashes for Vanity. One of tho greatest aids In varying the white summer gowns Is the use of tho sash, which Is the style as much as ever. The velvet sash of the winter Is superseded by the pastel colored moires and the lighter chiffon ruches, black In color, as an edging, this fin ished with black chenille fringe and flowers ot tho same at the ends, some being decorated with wreaths of gold roses nt tne ends In place of the other decoration These are some of the newer fanclet that seem at once to become popular aa they are shown In some of the most exclusive shop. Liquor Shops In Normandy. There Is one liquor shop for every seventy Inhabitants In Normandy. Taking account of children and ab stinent women anil men. It may be said that every liquor dealer Is sup ported by twenty-three people. The daily hill of food and drink of a well paid worklngman, on tho 17th of Jan uary, 1903, was as follows: Three lit tle glassea, 6 cents; coffee with brandy, 11 cents; two absinthes, 10 cents; two bitters, 10 cents; Madeira, 8 cents; food (eggs, bread, cheese). 22 cents; coffee with brandy, 15 cents; two absinthes and two Ut t lo gasses, 24 cents in all, 84 cents for drink to 22 for food. Our Burdens Made Light. Every Christian is called upon, by the very fact that he Is known as a Christian, to take Christ's yoke upon him. The yoke, It has been well aald, "Is fitted to tho neck of the patient ox not as a load to carry, but as a means to make burden-bearing easier. Christ's yoke Is the way In which he bore the burdens of life. If we bear our bur dens In the same way, they will not gall nor fret us." Before one reach es the rest In heaven It Is possible to find rest on earth. If only the yoke of i w-bether It Is received the Master, In morcy given, Is sub- Wlth hundreds of millions of Bibles . In existence and several millions mor; printed every year, It Is somewhat dlf flcult for us to Imagine how knowledge of the written Bible, and of the exact tenor of Its teachings could be lost Sumo facts will help us to understand. There were at that time very few copies of the sacred books In exist ence. They were very expensive. It was customary for these copies to be kept In tho temple, while the copy which (according to the law) was made for the use of the king, would tnort certainly have perished under such kings ns Manasseh and Anion. Very few of the people could read the law even if It had been within their reach. A modern Illustration Is the ruse of Europe before the reformation, where even In tho monasteries tho Bi ble was a'lmost an unknown book. Lu ther was twenty years old before be. ever saw a copy. It Is plain that the finding of . thl hook "was not the discovery of adme thlng unknown before, but the rescu ing of the temple copy of the law from the hiding place lu which It had lonj lam." It must have been the anclonu copy of the law, nnd not a lxok writ ten, ns some critics think, by unknown persons In the reign of Manasseh, never He. n or use, among the Jews before. That an unknown book with no a.tt liority behind It should produce the effect on Josiah and Ills peoplo, wli'ch this book of the law produced, borders on the absurd. Moreover many of the laws must have been familiar to Joslah for they had been acted upon hy his ancestors In every reform, and by himself In the reforms he began six years before, In the twelfth year of hla reign. It would have been Impossible to Impose upon the people, and make them believe that a new book, never before heard of, was the law of their kingdom from God. When they brought out from tho old. chests In the temple the money con-, tribute, 1 fop repairs, which had been deposited In the safest hiding place, Hllklnh the priest, who had charge of tho money, In searching the chest found at the bottom a book of the law of the Lord, the law given by Moses. Hllklnh delivered the book to Shap han, King Joslah's secretary of state, as tho fitting person to show It to the king. When Shaphan reported the contributions and the work on tho tem ple, he brought the book with him, told? how It had been found, and read It to the king. The king heard the book rend, nnd lie assembled the elders nnd priests. atul the Levltes. They made a public covenant anil pledge. The king him self first made a public covenant bo fore the I ml, to walk alter the Uird. and to keep his commandments, with all his heart. This was very similar to the great meeting under Joshua on the slopes of Mount Ehal nnd (ierlzlm eight centu ries before, on taking possession of the I'romlseil Land. The same motives were presented, nnd the same cove nant made. And the king might well have said to the people ar. Joshua did: "Ye aro witnesses again it yoursolvea that ye have chosen you the Iird, to servo him." And they siid, "We are witnesses." ', t The covenant was maoe under tha power of the strongest and best mo tives that could be brought to bear upon them, when their minds were up lifted Into clearest vision, above the smoke and clouds of earth. That waa the right time to make a decision. God hns given us feelings on purpose to move us to decide aright. Joslah restored the regular temple services under the priests and Le vltes; and he celebrated a passover, such as had not been celebrated from the days of the Judges that Judged Is rael, nor In all the days of tho klnga of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah. From all parts of the land the peopln (locked up to the renovated temple and Joined with every demonstration ot gladness In the eight days' festivity prepared for them. Thirty thousand males of full age attended. During all those days the services of the temple) (ln)lr were brought Into requllstlou the singers of the famous clan of Asaph chanting, in relays, the psalms for the season, appointed centuries be fore by David, Asaph and Jeduthuii. The Bible may he lost today by neg lecting It neg'ecting to read It dally. Neglecting family rending nnd prayers. Neglecting to rea. I its stories to little children. By dlsob'ylng It. Disobey Ing Its precepts dulls tho conscience, nnd the whole mornl nature, so that It may bo said, "Eyes have they, but they see not, ears have they but they hear not." i By being so absorbed In worldly things that while he henreth the word with his ears, "the care of this world, and the deceit fulness of riches, choke tho word, and he becometh unfruit ful." By keeping the Word far from dally life, so that all Its blessed truths are admired, but not geared on to right a.ttlon. They are to be hearers "as a very lovely song of ono that hath a pleasant voice and can play well on an Instrument; for they hear thy worda, but they do them not." lly making the Bible unattractive. I have heard a number of ministers read the Bible so poorly that people wera not Interested In It, listened careless ly, and liked it less than If It had been unread. Then the printing of the Re vised Version Is so solid ns to be un attractive and difficult to use. By les sening Its authority. It makes a vast difference In tho power of the Bible, aa only the thoughts of men, or as a message from mlsslvt'ly and Joyfully borne end en dured. God. By neglecting all the light that Is shining upon It from many aourraa.
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