WAX. X ' I f 10 JACQUES fUTRELLE ILLUSTRATIONS by M.G.KszrtttvKi- COPYRIGHT 1908 by THE ASSOCIATED SUNDAY MAGA21AE3 COPYRIGHT 190g y THE B0BD3 - MERRILL COMPANy SYNOPSIS. Count (II Roslnl, the Itallnn ambae ador, li at dinner with diplomats when E messenger summons hlni to the em assy, whero a beautiful youiiif woman asks for a ticket to the embassy ball. The ticket Is made out In the nnme of Miss Isabel Thorne. Chief Campbell of the secret service, and Mr. Grimm, his head detective, are warned that a plot Is brewing In Washington, and (irlmm noes to the state ball for Information. His at- tentlon Is called to Miss Isabel Thorne, who with her companion, disappears. A shot Is heard and Senor Alvare of the Mexican legation, Is found wounded. Grimm Is assured Miss Thorne did It; he visits her, demanding knowledge of the affair, and arrests Pletro Putroxlnnl. Miss Thorne visits an old bomb-maker and they discuss a wonderful experiment. Fifty thousand dollars Is stolen from the office of Senor Kodrlguez, the minister from Venezuela, and whllo detectives are In vestigating the robbery Miss Thorno ap pears as a guest of the legullon. Urlmm cc uses her of the theft: the money Is restored, but a new mystery occurs In the disappearance of Monsieur bulssegur the French ambassador. CHAPTER XII. (Continued.) "Monsieur," be went on, and there f as a tense note In his voice, "the imbussador of France had disap peared, gone, vanished! We searched :he house from the cellar to the serv ants' quarters, even the roof, but :here was no trace of him. The hat ne usually wore was In the hall, and ill his other hats were accounted for. You may remember, Monsieur, that Tuesday was cold, but all his top coats were found In their proper places. So (t seems, Monsieur," and repression r-nded In a burst of excitement, "If he left the embassy be did not go out by either door, and he went without bat or coot!" He stopped helplessly and his gaze alternated Inquiringly between the be oevolent face of the chief and the ex pressionless countenance of Mr. Grlmui. ' "If he left the embassy?" Mr. Grimm repeated. "If your search of the bouse proved conclusively that he wasn't there, he did leave It, didn't be?" Monsieur Rlgolot stared at him blankly for a moment, then nodded. "Aud there are windows, you know," Mr. Grimm went on, then: "As I un derstand It, Monsieur, no one except years. There Is no doubt. The lettors were not of a private nature. If you would care to look at the copies of them?" He offered the duplicates tentative ly. Mr. Grimm read them over Hlowly, the while Monsieur Rlgolot sat nerv ously staring at him. They, too, seemed meaningless as bearing on the matter In hand. Finally. Mr. Grimm nodded and Monsieur Rlgolot re turned: "And Wednesday night, Monsieur, another strange thing happened. Monsier Rolssegur smokes muny clga rettes, of a kind made especially for him In trance, and Bhlpped to him here. He keeps them In a case on his dressing tablo. On Thursday mornlug bis vulet reported to me that this case of cigarettes had disappeared!" "Of course," observed Mr. Grimm, "Monsieur Rolssegur has a latch key to the embassy?" "Of course." "Anything unusual happen last night that is, Thursday night?'1 "Nothing, Monsieur that Is, noth ing we can find." Mr. Grimm sat silent for a time and fell to twisting the seal ring on his finger. Mr. Campbell turned around and moved a paper weight one inch to the left, where It belonged, while Monsieur Rlgolot, disappointed at their amazing apathy, squirmed uneusily In his chair. "It would appear, then," Mr. Grlmtn remarked, musingly, "that after hla mysterious disappearance the ambas sador has cither twice returned to his house at night, or else sent some one there, first to bring the letters to him for signature, and later to get his cigarettes?" "Certalnement, Monsieur I mean, that seems to bo true. Hut where Is he? Why should he not come back? What does It mean? Madame Rolsse- gur Is frantic, prostrated! She wanted me to go to the police, but I did not think It wise that It should become public, so I came here." "Very well," commented Mr. Orlmra. "Let It rest as It Is. Meanwhile you may reassure mudauie. Point out to Mi fc Her Hand Still Retted on the Switch. fou and the stenographer saw the 'ubnasador after ten o'clock In the nornlng?" Hi?."': 1Muns,er. C'est-" Monsieur d n , . gan excltey- "I beg par-0un- I believe that Is correct." thJ.fU 8aw hlra about ten. "r. tZ 1,0 one W.the stenog f"Pner saw him after ten o'clock?" That Is also true, as far as I know." Telenh Ca"ers? Liters? Telegrams? 1 el phono messages" Murmur lnqU'.r8 10 that dlrectlon orj or f:M the rM- "I have the nd or ,1. e 8ervant t the door were n 8tenographer tnat tne the , .1 1 Ier8, and the statement of tlebi (,rKrapher t,,ftt ther ! call. or flegram.. There dly0nlyHr ,letterS t0t blm " OesWh H left "em all on bis Mr they ar" r. Grlmm looked them over lelsure- , ' ""re com ontsini . v""""n piace enougn. 'tni.d ' , UDlmnB lut might be con trance rart,n Ior the di8ap 1latedlei;te, ,MonMo"' Rolssegur had nil uiino . ""lHU'y- in tne anxiety I Zt fol,owlng the dlsap- tlier8 T wers a''led to remain mine MnlgJht' 0n Wednesday hPr.5 on8"amI he hesitated 'WaTui ,'TTtWo letters bora hl8 Mr. g I nandwrltlng!" ""I UDon xt -" iiDLit-os eyes , " eur Il8olot'i perturbed turned his listless eyes fur Onn BAM. I . "tin a --oui lusiani. mB!;l0n8l8ur' non!" the secretary emphatically. "Vous ave ' 1 bav known bis signature for her that If Monsieur Rolssegur signed the letters Tuesday night be was, at least, alive; and If he came or sent for the cigarettes Wednesday night, be was still alive. I ahull call at the embassy this afternoon. No, It Isn't advisable to go with you now. Give me your latch key, please." Monsieur Rlgolot produced the key and passed It over without a word. "And one other thing." Mr. Grlmm continued, "please collect all the re volvers that may he in the house and take charge of them yourself. It any one, by chance, heard a burglar prowl ing around there tonight he might shoot, and In that event either kill Monsieur Rolssegur or or me!" When the secretary had gone Mr. Campbell Idly drummed on his desk as he studied the face of big subor dinate. "So much!" he commented finally. "It's Miss Thorne again," said the young man as If answering a question. "Perhaps theso reports I have re ceived today from the Latin capitals may aid you In dispelling that mys tery," Campbell suggested, and Mr. Grlmm turned them over eagorly. "Meanwhile our royal visitor. Prince Denedetto d'Abruzzl, remains un known?" The young man's teeth closed with a snap. "It's only a question of time, Chief" he said abruptly. "I'l and him I'll And him!" And be sat down porta. to read the re- CHAPTER XIII. A Conference In the Dark. The white raya of the distant aro light filtered through the balfdrawn velvet hangings and laid a faintly Il lumined path across the ambassador's desk; the heavy leather chairs were mere Impalpable splotches In the shadows; the cut-glass knobs of a mahogany cabinet caught the glint of light and reflected It dimly Outside was the vague. Indefinable night drone of a city asleep, unb'roken by any sound that was distinguishable, until finally there came the distant boom of a clock. It struck twice. Seated on a couch in one corner of the ambassador's office was Mr. Grimm. He was leaning againBt the high arm of leather, with bis feet on the seat, thoughtfully nursing his knees. If his attitude Indicated any thing except sheer comfort. It was that he was listening. He had been there for two hours, wide-awake, and absolutely motionless. Five, ten, fifteen minutes more passed, and then Mr. Grlmm heard the grind and wblr of an automobile a block or so away, coming toward the embassy. Now It was In front. "Honk! Hon-on-onk!" It called plaintively. "Hon-on-onk! Honk! The signal! At last! The automo bile went rushing on, full tilt, while Mr. Grlmm removed his feet from the sent and dropped them noiselessly to the floor. Thus, with his hands on his knees, and listening, listening with every faculty strained, he sat motion less, peering toward the open door that led luto the hall. The car was gone now, the sound of It swallowed up In the distance, still he sut there. It was obviously some noise In the hoiiKo for which he was waiting. Minute after minute passed, and still nothing. There wns not even the whisper of a wlnd-stlrrrd drapery. He wns about to rise, when, suddenly, with no other nolso than that of tho sharp click of the switch, tho electric lights In the room blazed up brilliant ly. The glare dazzled Mr. Grlmm with Its blinding Mood, but he didn't move. Then softly, almost In a whisper: "Good evening, Mr. Grlmm." It was a woman's voice, pleasant, unsurprised, perfectly modulated. Mr. Grlmm oertulnly did not expect It now, but he knew It Instantly there was not another quite like It in the wide, wide world and though be was still blinking a little, he came to hi f.ot courteously. "Good morning. Miss Thorne," he corrected gravely. Now his vision was clearing, and he saw her, a graceful figure, silhouetted against the rich green of the wall draperies. Her lips were curled the least bit, as If slio might have been smiling, and her wonderful eyes re fleeted a glint of of was It amuse ment? The folds of her evening dress fell away from her, und one bare, white arm was extended, as her hand still rested on tho Bwlteh. "And you didn't hear me?" still In the half whisper. "I didn't think you would. Now I'm going to put out tho lights for an Instant, whllo you pull the shades down, nnd then then we must have a a conference." The switch snapped. Tho lights died as suddenly as they had been born, and Mr. Grlmm, moving noise lessly, visited each of the four win' dows In turn. Then the lights blazed brilliantly again. Just for a moment," Miss Thorne explained to him quietly, and she handed him a sheet of paper. "I want you to read this read It carefully- then I shall turn out the lights again. They are dangerous. After that we may discuss the mutter at our leis ure." Mr. Grlmm read the. paper while Miss Thome's eyes questioned hla Im passive face. At length he looked up Indolently, listlessly, and the switch snapped. Slio crossed the room and sut down: Mr. Grlmm sat beside her. "I think," Miss Thorne suggested tentatively, "that that accounts per fectly for Monsieur Ilolssegur's disap pearance." "It gives one explanation, at least." Mr. Grlmm assented musingly. "Kid napped held prisoner fifty thousand dollars demanded for his safety and release." A pause. "And to whom, may I ask, was this demaud ad dressed?" "To Madame Rolssegur," replied Mis Thorne. "I have the envelope In which It came. It was mailed at the general post office at half-past one o'clock this afternoon, so the cancel ing stamp shows, and the envelope waa addressed, as the letter was writ ten, on a typewriter." "And how," Inquired Mr. Grlmm, after a long pause, "how did It come Into your possession?" He waited a little. "Why didn't Monsieur Rigolot report this development to me this afternoon when I wus here?" "Monsieur Rlgolot did not Inform you of It because he did not know of It himself," she replied, answering the last question first. "It came Into my possession directly from the hands of Madame Rolssegur she gave It to me." "Why?" Mr. Grlmm was peering through the Inscrutable darkness, straight into her face a white daub In the gloom. shapeless, Indistinct. "i have known Madame Rolssegur for half a dozen years," Miss Thorne continued, In explanation. "We have been friends that long. I met her In Tokio, later In Berlin, and within a few weeks, here In Washington. You see I have traveled In the time I have been an agent for my govern ment. Well, Madame Rolssegur re ceived this letter about half-past four o'clock this afternoon; and about half past five she sent for me and placed It In my hands, together with the singular details following upon the am bassador's disappearance. So, It would seem that you and 1 are allies for this once, and the problem Is al ready solved. There merely remains tho task of finding and releasing the ambassador." Mr. Grlmm snt perfectly still. "And why," he asked, Blowly, "are you here now?" "For the same reason that you are here," sho replied readily, "to see for myself If the tho person who twice came here at night once for the am bassador's letters and once for his cigarettes would, by any chanco, make another trip. I knew you were here, of course." (TO BR CONTINUED.) For the Hostess : i Guessing Contest for Porch Parties. Qlrl who have been to recent after noon porch parties tell me of these contests which were used while the hostess was putting the last finishing touches to her refreshments. For the first one cards were passed having bumble bees In water color on the first page, and the second page re vealed the following questions, all to be answered by words ending In "sting:" I, a sting that cures fatigue; 1, a sting that cures hunger; 3, a sting that tidies your room: 4. a sting that makes you laugh; 6, a sting that cooks your meat; 6, a sting unwise people Indulge In: 7. a sling that browns your breud; i. a sting that spoils your tools; 9, a sling that makes you read a book through; ID. a sting that tries: 11. a sling that adapts; 12, a sting thut shop-keepers dislike; 13, a sting we observe In Lent; It. a sting tea experts do; 15, a winter sport. These are the correct answers: 1, resting; 2, feasting: 1, dusting; 4, Jest ing: 5. roasting; 6, boasting: 7, toasting; t. rusting: 9. Interesting, 10, testing: 11, adjusting; 12, trusting; 13, fasting: 14, tasting; IS, coasting. Honey cookies and Iced tea were served and the prize was a cuke of boney from the hostess' own bee hive. This contest was used at what the hostess termed "an Informal porch tea." Tho cards passed wore white, with quaint little tea pots and cups and saucers painted on them with the following queries done In gilt paint: I. T before a girl's name forms a cat; 2, T before a beverage forms a story: S. T before craft forms a sitmll plo; 4. T before shower forms a line of cars; 5, T tic'ore foothnnly forms rubbish: 6, T be fore a request forms labor; 7, T before a KUll forms something trivial: S. T before regret forms sincerity; 9. T heore every thing forms height. 10. T before to rest forms to plngue. II, T before a mistake forms fright; 12. T before humor forms to blame: 13. T before finish forms watch fulness: 14. T before competent forms a piece of furniture; 15. T before embrace forma a criminal; W, T before a useless plant forma a river In Scoflamt; 17. T before a contest of speed forms a mark; It, T placed before a very hard substance growing on the head of some animals forms a spine. Answers: 1. tahhy; 2. tale; 3, tart: 4. train: 6, trash; 6. task; 7. trllle; S. true; 9, tall; 10, tease; II, terror; 12. twit tend; 14. table: IS. thug; lti, Tweed; trace; 18, thorn. 8unday Dinner Market. This seemed such a capital Idea for making money that I give the outline, hoping some "Ladles' Aid" or guild will be benefllted thereby. The scheme was carried out In a suburb and the sale lasted every Saturday during the month of August. Booths were erected upon the lawn and the committee were formed by taking the names alphabetically. Sal ads, cold meats, rolls, bread, cake, cookies, Jams and Jellies, mayon naise, candles and cheese cracket were always made and orders taken for anything In the borne cooking line. Young housekeepers found the salos a great help and stranger at nearby hoarding houses and hotels patronized them for a cup of tea and a sandwich or a dish of home-made sherbet. There were young girls to serve and tho ar rangements were, so perfected that the burden was not heavy upon any one. A goodly sum was added to the treasury, all mude by a little extra effort during the summer. Place Card for Engagement An. nouncement. A young woman used these very clever cards ut the luncheon her moth er gave to make known ber engage ment to a few favored friends. A web of delicate silver cord (like we us for holiday parcels) was sewed upon a pink heart-shaped card, a wee sliver heart being seemingly caught In lta meshes. The monogram of tbe happy pair was done In silver underneath the web. After the dessert waa served, stiff white cards seven Inches square were passed with pink pencil and each guest asked to plan an Ideal house for the couple; these the bride kept for "future reference." A silver loving cup was passed filled with claret lemonade and each girl drank a toast to the new home and Its charming mistress. MADAME MKIIRI. PRESENT IS AGE OF LAXITY Every Man la Inclined to Be Law Unto Himself, and Think Most of "Having Good Time." For Garden Party M ft J: AK gown on the seated figure Is of pink llnon. The skirt is ornamented In front with a band of the material, embroidered In mnderla embroidery; It Is finished with two flounces, ornamented with the same embroidery and made with fine tucks. The corsage forms wide revers or namented with embroidery and bor dered with pink aatill. of which the girdle I also made. The gulmpe and the ornamental culls are of lace The skirt of the other gown Is ol white moussellne de sole, covered with a tunic of old blue moussellne de sole which Is finished with a fagoted hem. The corsage Is of lace arranged In fichu fashion and forms a sash end, flrtished with pearl fringe. The fichu Is edged with blue satin, of which the girdle is also made. The plastron I of guipure finished at the neck with a double ruffle of lace. The Other Way Around. Mr. Angus "If you knew how f cook we could save money." Mr Angus "If you knew how to save money we could employ a cook." Answer. A Pretty Table. Take a round piece of wood twice the alze of the nlouth of a coffee cup, a piece of the stout limb of a poplar that ha been lopped would be nice; saw It about the height you would like your table, allowing for the thickness of two barrel ends, one for 'the top, one for the foot, which may be small er, which would be much better. Fasten each of them securely with two clamp of wood, leaving room be tween to nail them on to the large log. Noll on each end of the chunk with a few stout wire nails, leaving the clamps on the side tl.v. goes onto the leg. One barrel end will be for a foot, the other for a top. Toko a piece of cretonne or furniture cotton; pleat It very fully and tack It on around the top with preventive tacks and any old brand of blading; catch It In half way between the top and bottom with a piece of old bright rib bon, tying a bow on the front side; then tuck under every three pleat to the foot; cover tbe top with any old discurded piece of goods you have and cover with a center piece. Take Out Create. Magnesia will take grease spot out of carpets and rugs. Get a block of It from the drug store for five cent. Scrape It with a knife Into the fine powder and lay this on the grease spot covering It entirely. Rub It hi a little, and let It stand over night. Re move it the next day with a clean whisk broom and the spot will be gone White Mayonnalte. If a white mayonnaise Is wanted, Select white-shelled eggs which have raler yellow yolks than the dark ones, and use lemon Juice Instead of vine gar for acidifying It. Whipped cream folded In at the last moment Im proves mayonnaise for most purposes. To Renew Furniture, Before - using furniture polish one should thoroughly wash the piece with warm soap suds. After carefully dry ing apply the polish, and If the furni ture has no checks or cracks in the varnish it will shine and look Jimt like new. Christians believe tl.at Christ took human form utid lived a human life In ocdzr n ivmit, i.kii i.o:n thut which ucgnd.-u them, and enable them to ueveiop their nobler selves. HI work' of salvution wus to a terse extent effected by putting before men tue idea of a life of self-control. He desired his disciples to recognize thut they also were sons of God, aud to live In obedience to the promptings of the divine element within them, and thus to rescue themselves from the lusts of the flesh and become f.ue men living the life of fruitful son of God. The man who is unable to con trol his appetites and passions Is a slave and not a free man. A true man must bo master of himself. Ono great object for which the church ex ists Is for the discipline of life, by helping meu to strive for tho mastery of self, for temperance and self-control In all things. We live in an ago of laxity, writes the dein of Worces ter, Eng., In the Temperance. Kvery man Is Inclined to be a law unto him self, and thinks moBt of doing as ho likes "having a good time" us the phrase goes. Drunkenness Is a nu tlonal vice. The obligation to worship Is largely neglected, and the idea of Christianity as a disciplined life 1 weakened. Kainest-mlnded men In these days have to face this condition of thliiKs. and consider how men can be brought to realize the necessity of temperance In tho scriptural sense of self-control of living a disciplined life. How can It be done? Not by taking men out of the world. The ultimate fail ure of many monastic attempts teaches that. Rut If men moved by the spirit of God. of self denial and Belf-sacrlflce, to combat any life un worthy of the sons of God. are to re main In the world, they need to be banded together thut they may have the sustaining support and fellowship and association of those who are like minded. That Is why It Is In these days societies are formed Instead of monasteries. Looking at the nation as It Is, we cannot. If we are honest, fall to see that of all the agencies de structive of self-denial the greatest la tho hnblt of drinking alcohol. In taking It men Intensify the powers of the beast In themselves, and lessen their powers of resistance by weaken ing the will, of all the physical causes which produce moral defects, the consumption of alcohol In any form I the most widespread and disas trous. In all periods of history, and among all races of men where alcohol In any form has been produced and passed Into consumption, It hits hud the effect of capturing and aubduic? men's wills, breaking down self-restraint, and producing physical and moral degradation. Temperance re form lies at the bottom of all political, social, and religious progress. Drink Ule curse or the country; it de stroys the lives of one In twenty of thn nnnnlnt l,,n "c "-"ij'nince IHOV9- iiiuiu is a religious movement, nnd de rives Its power from a strong faith In God and tho obligations of tho sons of God, nnd In tho belief that any thing which lends to self-control and' discipline Is furthering the purpose of God. The Rechabltes believed In self-denial and discipline. They had ever been foremost In the fighting;' ranks, and they had always combined enthusiasm with practical wisdom; Let us thank God for what has been' accomplished, but let what has been' done be only an Incentive to further advance And It must never be for gotten that Christian dlsclpleshlp nvoive. the discipline of the whole life discipline nnd self-denial with re gard to other evils, other vices, other weaknesses and tendencies of humnn nature Let us, therefore, associate with others who recognize the need of self-discipline In other directions than that of Indulgence In drink. JEREMIAH TRIED AND ACQUITTED Suaasj Scbool Ltito for AoftitC, 1911 Specially Arranged for Tbll Paper I.E8HON TKXT-Jeremlah 2i. MEMORY VEItSKS-13-H. OOI.DKN TEXT "The Lord Is my light and my salvution; whom shall I fearT" l'sa. 27:1. TIME-Joslah was slain In battle B. a tfiJ, In the 31st year of his retgn. Jeholaklm his son began to reign the same year and reigned eleven years. B. CU K' to W7. PLACE Jerusalem and Judah. JKKHMIAH began to prophesy n. C, t':i, In the 13th year of Joslah. soon after Joslah begun Ins first reforms, and lie prophesied 40 years, to II. ('. M, the year that the Temple was destroyed and Jeru salem burned to the ground. We turn now from the career and character of a good boy who became a good king, to a bad young man who became a bad king; while the same prophet who aided the first for 13 years tried now to stem the tide o evil favored by the other during the 11 years of bis reign. Thirteen years of labors to make bis people serve and obey God bava passed since Joslah entered upon bl great reform. The Pharaoh Necho of Kgypt murched along the peat-oast of Palestine northward to meet the) armies of Assyria. Foolishly and need lessly espousing the Assyrian causa, Joslah met him at Miglddo m the) plain of Ksdruulon. whs defeated and killed. Professor Kent calls this dis aster unquestionably the most traglo event in Hebrew history. The reform party at once placed upon the throns Joslah's third son, Jehoahaz, 23 year old, evidently becuuso he resembled his father, but as soon as (lie victor ious Necho returned from the Kuphra tes he reversed the arrangement, car ried Jehoahaz In chains to Pgypt after a reign of only three months, and left on the throne his elder brother, Klla kltu, 23 years old, rightly Judging hlitt to be of a character more suited to his purpose. In token of vassalage Kllaklm changed his uumo (In form, but not In significance) to Jeholaklm. "Jehovah raLetli up." He proved to) be a tyrant, of whom Jeremiah speak ulways In condemnation. His mag nificent palace, built by forced labor, his murder of the prophet I'rlah and bis persecution of Jeremiah show his chnracter. On Good to Wash With. a recent occasion Kocker of Hern said: "You will he astonished to hear that I am a great friend of alcohol, though 1 have ex perienced myself that when I have to do much and good work I m,.. i drink alcohol at all, and I have fre quently to tell my patients not to drink It, I appreciate to th hihi degree what temperance .ni.i... have been doing for the w!r-- humanity. Your National Temper ance league Is fighting against In one way tne application of alcohol. Ii.r we use alcohol a great deal-to wash our bands and to disinfect them but we are afraid to Introduce It In the body. The only rational usa nf .in,,. not is outside tbe body." A Centenarian Abstainer. Dr. Edgar Jones of Great llnr.t.,..! Essex. England, celebrated lust rI cently hi one hundred and first birth day. He Is the oldest English doctor and has been for nearly sixty years a magistrate for Essex. On the occa sion of his attaining his one hundred and first birthday last year Dr. Jone received a congratulatory letter from the late King Edward and also a sim ilar letter from the Royal College of Surgeons, of which he became a mm. ber as far back a 1834. The aged doctor, no has been a lifelong ab stainer, wag able to leave hi room and receive the congratulations of friends. Interfered With Duty. A constable who had recently Jo'ned a Rechahile Tent sent In his resigna tion, giving his renson that being a Rechablte he could no longer carry out his duties. The commissioner said: "Why, that doe not Interfete witn your duties as a cnnaini.u Yea, sir, It does," said the man. "for If 1 saw a drunken man In the street 1 could not arrest him, because I have to refrain from touching anything con talnlng Intoxicating liquors Jeremiah wns a native of Annthoth, a Ilttlo vlllaeg three und one bait Tillies northwest from Jerusulem. H! father was ililkluh, a priest (not tbe high priest who wus Joslah's -.id), lis was of a retiring, exquisitely sensitive nature, and yet hud a spiritual cour;:ga that triumphed over all weakness, and compelled his body to the most dif ficult and dangerous duties. He never failed. He was the butt of ridicule and scorn. He wa ptr In th stcck.s. He was publicly whipped. Ho wai mlirepresentid us an enemy. He was Imprisoned several times. Hut he kept right on. He wus like an elm tree, whose branches yield to every breeze, but which no storm, not even one that up heaves rocks from thelt beds, can cause to move one hair's oread tb from Its place in the ground. It is no won der thut ho wus someti'iies discour aged, disappointed, almost despairing. Ho has been called "the weeping prophet" because ho lived In such dura; and evil times, but the orly wonder Is that ho ever had such glorious gleams of hope, aud that his prophetic eye ever pierced through the darkness of the night tempest anil saw the silver lining beyond, and the rays of the coming dawn. Ho was u "iiiullorlsl" rather than an optimist. He saw the evil, but he was ever working to make) It better. Like a doctor In a hospital he looked at disease from the curative Standpoint. In the beginning of Jeboinktm'a reign (II. C. 60S) Jeremiah makes aa eurntst appeal to the leaders and tho people, alaiost like an Inaugural ad dress, or the annual sort inn preached In Huston on the Inauguration of tb governor of the state. Tho prophet stands In the court of the tt tuple. Ths peoplo not only of tho clly but of the) surrounding country are nocking Into the court to Join In tho torshlp. Th reform waa halting. Tbe kingdom was Impoverished by tho heavy fine of 100 talents of silver and one of gold '($220,000) which Necho of Egypt had Imposed. It was a fittlni time for aa earnest appeal to repenti.nce. Jerusalem was acquitted by thst princes. They realizod that he bad been the spokesman of God. Tbea sonH of tho elders, the leading people. Instanced tho case of the good king ltczeklah. He did not slay the prophet Mlcah, who boldly threatened the de struction of Jerusulem that Its Bit would become a plowed field, and tbe temple a heap of ruins, u iless they re pented. Hezeklah did not kill Mlcah, but on the contrary he led his people to repentance, and tho Ixrd averted the danger. The verses following tell us of an other prophet who fled from dargcr to Egypt, was followed by the emis saries of Jeholaklm, brought buck and executed. This story Is mount to show bow serious Jeremiah's danger was and perhaps to contract Jeremiah's faith and courage with the timidity of Uriah, who yet did not escape bla enemies, but found a sad end. It Is the strong advene wind that makes the kite fly high toward heav- ' en, provided that It Is held fust by Its cord. Without the string the ad verse winds would simply blow It to Its full and ruin. A heart fixed In God and duty bcld fast to them by a strong faith can rise to the highest usefulness, can overcome every temptation. Revival work and decision days, wisely used, are the most effective re inforcements of the common powers that movo to the choice of the better life. One of tho strongest Influences against choosing the right lies In tbe gang spirit, the power of a populur leader and a band of associates. We need to counteract this downward power by the atmosphere, the motive power, of a number of people filled with the same spirit arl moving ha I
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