ILLUSTRATIONS COPYRIGHT 1908 fy THE COPYRIGHT 1909 THE 10 8YNOP8I3. Count (II Roalnl, the Italian ambus, udor, l at dinner with diplomats when 1 messenger summons him to ttin em bassy, whero a beautiful young woman aka for a ticket to the embassy ball. The ticket la made out In the name of Mlaa Isabel Thome. Chief Campbell of the secret aervlce, and Mr. Grimm, his head detective, ore warned that a plot la brewing In Washington, and Orlmm goes to the atate ball for Information. Ilia at tention la called to Mlas IhhI.iI Thorne, who with her companion, disappears. A jliot la heard and Senor Alvarei of the Mexican It-a-atlon, la found wounded. Grimm la assured Mlaa Thorne did It; he vlalta her, demanding knowledge of the effalr. and arreata Pletro l'etrozlnnl. Mlaa Thorne vlalta an old bomb-maker and they discus a wonderful experiment. Fifty thousand dollara la atolen from the ofllce of Benor Hodrlguez. the nilnlater fmin Venezuela, and while detertlvea are In vestigating the robbery Mlaa Thornu ap aeHra 111 gueat of the legation. Orlmm Lenses her of the theft; the money la restored, but a new mystery occurs In uie uisiippearniice or Monsieur Bolaaea-ur the French ambaaaador. CHAPTER XII (Continued.) "MonBleur," be went on, and there as a tense note In his voice, "the tmbassador 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 Be usually wore wag In the hall, and ill his other hats were accounted for. You may remember, Monsieur, that Tuesday waa cold, but all his top coats were found In their proper places. So It seems, MonBleur," and repression ended In a burst of excitement, "if be left the embassy he did not go out Dy either door, and he went without tat or coat!" He stopped helplessly and his gaze tlternated Inquiringly between the be nevolent face of the chief and the ex pressionless countenance of Mr. Grimm. "If he left the embassy?" Mr. Grimm repeated. "If your search of the house proved conclusively that he wasn't there, be did leave It, didn't be?" Monsieur Rlgolot stared at him blankly for a moment, then nodded. "And there are windows, you know," Mr. Grimm went on, then: "As I un derstand It, Monsieur, no one except v Her Hand Still Rested on the Switch. and Urn stenographer saw the Mibassador after ten o'clock In the morning?" Ri?iUl: tMonsler. C'est-" Monsieur "igoiot began excitedly. "I beg par- I believe that Is correct." therefor! h'm about ten' yu ranh Jr ""v "9 e"ept the stenog-' rPher .aw him after ten o'clock?" That It also true, as far as I know." Telinh Ca"er8T LeUe? Telegrama? Phone messages''" word. S .T he reply' 1,1 have tne wer ,. 8tenogranher th' "ere ers no callers, and the statement of teteDhnn0graf.hw thftt there were n C8J18 or t"6rams. There onal,r'Hr tor bin per- de.v V 1 " lnem- ueSK here thov -.. on his Mr. Grimm looked them over leisure to'nt.ui Wers corononplace enough. S tnoth,u'hat might be con- til Ta toT the 'isao- The lett "ictatert Z naieur iiolssegur had t oErnher..,ald on hls desk by the Z hw" Monsieur Rlgolot rushed ai Tkff . . n UBoiVi excUed,y- "I" the anxiety ther. !. Wers alIowed t "main Horblnn. . gnt' 0n Wednesday "Mature In ht. . .""".r nw jj r " "u uanawriiing! ' fH UDo m , Ded bls ll8tle88 ey68 'ceTrn Monsleur Rlsolofs perturbed "k I 8cant 'OBtant h queried"' " h'8 8lnatur"' nSld0D8l8"r' non!" the secretary Jnied 1 emphatloi,. "Vous avei- 1 hav known his signature for ausiw JACQUES fUTRELLE ;W M.G.KKTfrvKr- ASSOCIATED SUNDAY MAGAZINES D05D3 - MERRILL COMPANy years. There Is no doubt. The letters were not of a private nature. If you would care to look at the copies of them?" He offered the duplicates tentative ly. Mr. Orlmm read them over slowly, 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 Monsluur Rlgolot re sumed: "And Wednesday night, Monsieur, another strange thing happened. Monsler IlolsHegur smokes many clga- rettes, of a kind made especially for him in France, and shipped to him here. He keeps them in a case on bis dressing-table. On Thursday morning his vulet reported to me that this case of cigarettes bad disappeared!" Of course, observed Mr. Grimm, "Monsieur Bolssegur bus a latch key to the embassy?" "Of course." Anything unusual happen last night that is, Thursday night?-' Nothing, Monsieur that is. noth ing we ciui find." Mr. Grimm sat silent for a time and fell to twisting the seal ring on his finger. Mr. Cumpbell turned around and moved a paper weight one Inch to the left, where It belonged, while Monsieur Rlgolot, disappointed at their amazing upathy, squirmed uneusily In his chair. It would appear, then." Mr. Grimm remarked, musingly, "that after his mysterious disappearance the anibas sador has either 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?" Lertainement, Monsieur I mean, that seems lo bo true. Uut where Is he? Why should he not come back? What does It mean? Madame Bolsse- gur is frantic, prostrated! She wanted mo 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. Grimm Let It rest as It Is. Meanwhile you may reassure mudame. Point out to her that If Monsieur Holssegur signed the letters Tuesday night he was, at leust, alive; and if he came or sent for the cigarettes Wednesday night, he' was still alive. I shall 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. Grimm continued, "please collect all the re volvers that may be In tho house and take charge of them yourself. If any one, by chance, heard a burglar prowl ing around there tonight he might shoot, and In that event either kill Monsieur Dolsscgtir or or me!" When the secretary had gone Mr. Campbell Idly drummed on his desk as he studied the face of bis subor dinate. "So much!" he commented finally. "It's Miss Thorne ngaln," said the young man as If answering a question. "Perhaps these reports I have re ceived today from the Latin capitals may aid you In dispelling that mys tery," Campbell suggested, and Mr. Grimm turned them over eagorly. "Meanwhile our royal visitor, Prince Benedetto d'Abruzzl. remains un known?" The young man's teeth closed with a snap. "It's only a question of time. Thief." he said abruptly. "PI find him I'll find him!" And he sat down to read the re ports. CHAPTER XIII. A Conference In the Dark. The white rays of the distant are 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 mahogany cabinet caught tho glint of llglil and reflected It dimly OuUlde was the vague, Indefinable night drone of a city asleep, unb'rokon 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 against the high arm of leather, with bis feet on the seat, thoughtfully nursing his knees. If his attitude Indlcatod any thing except sheer comfort, It was that he was listening. Ho bad been there for two hours, wide-awake, and absolutely motionless. Five, ten, fifteen minutes more passed, and then Mr. Grimm heard the grind and whir of an automobilo a block or so away, coming toward the embassy. Now It was In front. "Honk! Hon-on-onk!" It callod plaintively. "Hon-on-ouk! Honk!" The signal! At Inst! The automo bile went rushing on, full tilt, while Mr. Grimm removed his feet from the seat and dropped them noiselessly to tho floor. Thus, with his hands on his knees, and listening, listening with every faculty strained, he eat motion lebH, peering toward the open door that led Into the hall. The car was gone now, the sound of It swallowed up In the distance, still he sat there. It was obviously some noise In the house for which ho was waiting. Minute after minute passed, and still nothing. There was not even the whisper of a wind stlrrtd drapery. He was about to rise, when, suddenly, with no other noise than thnt of tho sharp click of the switch, tho electric lights in the room blazid up brilliant ly. The glare dazzled Mr. Grimm with lis blinding Hood, but he didn't move. Then softly, almost In a whisper: "Good evening, Mr. Grimm." It was a woman's voice, pleasant, unsurprised, perfectly modulated. Mr. Grimm certainly did not expect It now, but he knew It Instantly there was not another quite like It In the wide, wide world and though he was b 111 blinking a little, ho came to his foot courteously. "Good morning. Miss Thorne," he coriected gravely. Now his vision was clearing, and be saw her, a graceful figure, silhouetted against the rich green of the wall drnperles. Her lips were curled the least bit, as If she might have been smiling, and her wonderful eyes re flected a glint of of was It amuse ment? The folds of her evening dress fell away from her, and one bare, white arm was extended, as her hand still rested on tho switch. "And you didn't bear me?" still In the half-whlspcr. "I didn't think you would. Now I'm going to put out tho lights for an Instant, while 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. Grimm, 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 shs handed him a sheet of paper. "I want you to rend this read It carefully then I shall turn out the lights again. They are dangerous. After that we may discuss the matter at our leis ure." Mr. Orlmm read the. paper while Miss Thome's eyes questioned his Im passive face. At length he looked up Indolently, listlessly, nnd the switch snapped. Sho crossed the room and sat down; Mr. Grimm sat beside her. 'I think," Miss Thorne suggested tentatively, "that that accounts per fectly lor Monsieur llolssegur's disap pearance." It gives ono explanation, at least," Mr. Grimm 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 demand ad dressed?" "To Madame Bolssegur," replied Miss Thorne. "I have the envelope In which It came. It was mulled at the general post office at half-past one o'clock this afternoon, so the cancel ing stamp shows, and the envelope was addressed, as tho letter wag writ ten, on a typewriter." "And how," Inquired Mr. Grimm, after a long pause, "how did It come Into your possession?" He waited a little. "Why didn't Monsieur Rlgolot report this development to me this afternoon when I was 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 iuto my possession directly from the hands of Madame Bolssegur she gave it to me." "Why?" Mr. Grimm was peering through the Inscrutable darkness, straight into her face a white daub In the gloom, shnpeless, Indistinct. "1 have known Madame Bolssegur for half a dozen years," Miss Thorne continued, In explanation. "We have been friends thnt 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 Bolssegur 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 I are allies for this once, and the problem Is al ready solved. There merely romalns the task of finding and releasing the ambassador." Mr. Grimm sat perfectly still. "And why," he asked, slowly, "are you here now?" "For the same reason that you are here," sho replied readily, "to Bee for myself If the the person who twice came here at night once for the am bassador's letters and once for his cigarettes would, by any chance, make another trip. I knew you were here, of course." (TO UK CONTINCKD.) The Other Way Around. Mr. Angus "If you knew how to cook we could save money." Mrs Angus "If you knew how to save money we could employ a cook." Answers. I For the Hostess Guessing Contests for Porch Parties. Oirls who have been to recent after noon porch parties toil me of these contests which were used while the hostess was putting tho 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 atlng that rurea futlicnA; 1. a atln that cures humcr; 3, a atlnir that tldlea your room: i. a sting that mnkea you laugh; S, a sting that rooka your meat: 6, a atlng unwise peoplu Indulge In; 7, a atlng that browna your breud: 8. a atlng that apolla your tools; 9, a atlng that makea you read a book through; 10, a atlng that trlea; 11. a atlng thnt adiipta; 12, a atlng that almp-keepera dlHlIke; 1J, a atlng we obnerve In Lent; 14, a atlng tea experta do; 11, a winter aport. These are the correct answers: 1. resting; 2, feaatlng: I. diluting: 4, jcaf. Ing: 6. roasting; 6, boasting; 7, toasting; 1. rusting; 9, Interesting, 10, tenting; II, adjusting: 12, minting; 13. fuatlng; 14, taatlng; 15, coasting. Honey cookies and Iced tea were served and the prize was a cako of boney from the hoBtcss' own bee hive. This contest was used at what the hostess termed "an Informal porch ten." The cards passed were white, with quaint little ten pots and cups and snucers painted on them with the following queries done In gilt paint: I, T before a glrl'a name forma a cat; 2. T before a hevrage forma a atory: S. T before craft forma a amitll pin; 4. T before shower forma a line of earn; 5, T before foolhardy forma rubbish: fi. T be fore a request forma labor; 7, T before a Kiin forma something trivial; 8, T before regret forma alncerlty; 9. T beore every thing forma height, 10. T before to rent forma to plague, II, T before a mistake forma fright: 12. T before humor forma to blame; 13, T Iwfore fluleh forma watch fulnesn; 14. T before enmpetent forma a piece of furniture; 15, T before embrace forma a criminal; 14, T before a uaelesa plnnt forma a river In Hcofland: 17. T before a content of apeed forma a mark; 11. T placed before a veiy hard aubstance growing on the bead of some anlmula forma a spine. Answers: 1. tahhy; 2, tale: 3. tart; 4, train; 5. trash; t, task; 7. trllle; S. true; For Garden Party mmmmm 14 mm 1 .IE gown on the seated figure is of pink llnon. The skirt Is ornamented In front with a band of the material, embroidered In ninderla 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 satill. of which the girdle Is also made. The gulmpe and A Pretty Table. Take a round piece of wood twice the size of the irtouth of a coffee cup, a piece of the stout limb of a poplar that has 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 ench of them securely with two clamps of wood, leaving room be tween to nail them on to the large log. Nail on each end of the chunk with a few Btout 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. Take 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 pleats to the foot; cover the top with any old discarded piece of goods you have aud cover with a center piece. 9, tall; 10, tease; 11, terror; 12. twit; tend; 14. table; li, thug; 10, Tweed trace; 18, thorn. Sunday Dinner Market. This seemed such a capital Idea for making money that I give the outline, hoping some "Ladles' Aid" or guild will be benefitted thereby. The scheme was carried out In a suburb and the sales lasted every Saturday during the month of August. Booths were erected upon the lawn and the committees were formed by taking fhe names alphabetically. Sal ads, cold meats, rolls, bread, cakes, cookies, Jams and Jellies, mayon naise, candies and cheese crackets were always made and orders taken for anything In the home cooking line. Young housekeepers found tho sales a great help and strangers at nearby boarding bouses 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 the ar rangements were so perfected that the burden was not heavy upon any one. A goodly sum was added to the treasury, all mudo by a little extra effort during the summer. Place Cards for Engagement An. nouncement. A young woman used these very clever cards at the luncheon her moth er gave to make known her engage ment to a few favored friends. A web of delicate silver cord (like we use for holiday parcels) was sewed upon a pink heart-shaped card, a wee silver heart bt'lng seemingly caught In Its meshes. Tho monogram of the happy pair was done In silver underneath the web. After the dessert was served, stiff white cards seven Inches square were passed with pink pencils 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 lo the new home and Its charming mistress. MADAME MERRI. 7 j '--Vf-r -'M tbe oriiameutul cuffs are of lace The skirt of the other gown Is ol white mous8ellne de sole, covered with a tunic of old blue monssellne da sole which Is finished with a fagoted hem. The corsage Is of lace arranged In fichu fashion and forms a sash end, flrllshed with pearl fringe. The fichu Is edged with blue satin, of which the girdle is also made. The plastron Is of guipure finished at the neck with a double ruffle of lace. Take Out Grease. Magnesia will take grease spots out of carpets and rugs. Get a block of It from the drug store for five cents. 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 Mayonnaise. 'If a white mayonnaise Is wanted, select white-shelled eggs which have r.aler yellow yolks than the durk 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 tbe polish, and If the furni ture has no checks or cracks In the varnish it will shine and look Just like new. PRESENT IS AGE OF LAXITY Every Man Is Inclined to Be Law Unto Himself, and Thinks Most of "Having Good Time." Christians believe tl.at Christ took human form and lived a human life In ordir to ivicut i,j;u i'.o:u that which oegraiju them, and enable them to (it'velop their nobler selves. His work' of salvation was to a large extent effected by putting before men the idea of a Hie of self-control. He desired his disciples to recognize that they also were sons of God, and to live In obedience to the promptings of the divine element within them, und thus to rescue themselves from the lusts of the Mesh and become t'.ue men living the life of fruitful sous 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 be master of himself. Ono great object for which tho church ex ists Is for the discipline of life, by helping men to strive for tho mastery or self, for temperance and self-control in all things. We live In an age of laxity, writes the deen of Worces ter, Eng., In the Temperance. Kvery man Is Inclined to be a law unto him self, and thinks most of doing as ho likes "having a good time" ns the phrase goes. Drunkenness Is a na tional vice. The obligation to worship Is largely neglected, nnd the Idea of inns:,anity as a disciplined life Is weakened. Knrnest-mlnded men In these days have to face this condition of tilings, 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 tenches thnt. But If men moved by the spirit of God, of self denial and self saerlllce, to combat any llfo un worthy of the sons of God, are to re main In the world, they need to be banded together that they may have the sustaining support and fellowship nnd 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 Bee that of all the agencies de structive of self-denial the greatest Is tho habit 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 la tbe most widespread nnd 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 has had the effect of capturing and stibdulr.? men's wills, breaking down self-re straint, and producing physical and moral degradation. Temperance re- iorm lies at the bottom of all political, social, nnd religious progress. Drink le curse or the country; It do nuoyg me lives of one In twenty of uie population. The temperance move ment is a religious movement, and de rives Its power from a strong faith in God and the obligations of the sons of God, nnd In the belief thnt any thing which leads to self control and discipline is furthering the purposes of God. The Rechabltes believed In self-denial and discipline. They had ever been foremost In the fighting ranks, and they had always combined eiitlitiBlasin 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 Involves the discipline of the whole life discipline and self-denial with re gard to other evils, other vices, other weaknesses and tendencies of human nature. Let us, therefore, associate with others who recognize the need of self-discipline In other directions thau that of Indulgence In drink. Good to Wash With. On a recent occasion Professor Kockor of Bern said: "You will be astonished to henr thnt I am a great friend of alcohol, though I have ex perienced myself that when I have to do much and good work I must not drink alcohol at all, and I have fre quently to tell my patients not to drink It. 1 appreciate to the highest degree what temperance soclotles have been doing for the welfare of humanity. Your National Temper ance league la fighting against In one way the application of alcohol. But we use alcohol a great deal to wash our bands and to dlslnfoct them, but we are afraid to Introduce It In tbe body. The only rational Use of aloik noi is outside tbe body." A Centenarian Abstainer. Dr. Edgar Jones of Great Burstead, Essex, England, celebrated lust r. cently his one hundred and first birth day. He Is tho oldest English doctor and hns been for nenrly sixty years a magistrate for Essex. On the ocra- sion of his attaining his one hundred and first blrthds)y Inst year Dr. Jones received a congratulatory letter from the late King Edward nnd also a sim ilar letter from the Royal College of Surgeons, of which he became a mem ber as far buck as 1834. Tho aged doctor, no has been a lifelong ab stainer, was able to leave his room and receive the congratulations of friends. Interfered With Duty. A constable who had recently loaned a Rochnhlte Tent sent In his resigna tion, giving his reason thnt being a Rechablte he could no longer carry out his duties. The commissioner said: "Why, that does not Interfpin with your duties as a constable." "Yes, Bir, it does," said the man. "for If I saw a drunkon man In the street I could not arrest him, because I have to refrain from touching anything con taining Intoxicating liquors. JEREMIAH TRIED AND ACQUITTED Suadij School Lcuos for Aafait 6, 1911 Spacltllr Arranftd for Thil Ptpor I.FSSON TKXT-Jeremlah 26. MKMOHY VEIISKS-13-14. OOLDKN TKXT "The Lord la my light and my aulvutlon; whom ihali I fearT" Via. 27:1. TIME Joalah was alaln In battla B. CI tOS, In the Slat year of his reign. Jeholaklm hla aon begun to reign the amo year and reigned eleven years, B. d ul to K7. PI.Af'K-jeruaalem and Judah. JlCItlOMM H began to prophesy n. C 6:6, In the 13th year of JoBlah. soon after Josluh began hla first reforms, and he prophesied 4i) years, to IJ. C. 6sH, 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 of evil favored by tho other during the 11 years of bis reign. Thirteen years of labors to mnke bis peoplo serve and obey God have paused since Jim I all entered upon bis great reform. The rhnraoh Necho of Kgypt marched along the eear-oast of I'alestine northward to meet the armies of Assyria. Foolishly and need lessly espousing the Assyrian cause. Josluh met him at Mtglddo on the plain of Ksdraulon, was defeated and killed. Professor Kent culls this dis aster unquestionably the most traglo event In Hebrew history. The reft'B party at once placed upon tho tlirora) Joslnh's third son, Jehoahaz, 21 years' old, evidently because he resembled his father, but as soon as the victor lous Necho returned from the ICuphra tea he reversed the arrangement, car ried Jehoahaz In chains to Kgypt after a reign of only three months, and left on the throne his eldrr brother, Flla kim, 25 years old. rightly Judging hint to be of a character more suited to his purpose. In token of vassalage Kllukim changed his name (In form, but not in significance) to Jeholaklm, "Jehovah ral.seth up." He proved to be a tyrant, of whom Jeremiah speak always in condemnation, ills mag nificent palace, built by forced labor, his murder of the prophet I'rlah and his persecution of Jeremiah show bis character. . Jeremiah was a native of Annthoth, a little vlllaeg three and one-half miles northwest from Jerusalem. Hla father was Ililkiah, a priest (not the high priest who was Joslnh's -.id). He was of a retiring, exquisitely sensitive nature, and yet had a spiritual courr.ge 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 wai put In th? stccka. He was publicly whipped. Ho was mlsrepresenti. d as an enemy. He was Imprisoned beverul times, r.ut he kept right on. ' He was 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 breadth from Its place In the ground, it Is no won der that he was sometimes discour aged, disappointed, almost despairing. Ho has been railed "the weeping prophet" because he lived In such dark aud evil times, but the otly wonder is that he ever hnd such glorious gleams of hope, nnd thnt his prophetic eye ever pierced through the darkness of the night tempest and saw the silver lining beyond, and the rays of the coming dawn. He was a "mullorisl" rather than an optimist. He saw the evil, but ho was ever working to make it better. Like a doctor In a hospital be looked at disease from the curative standpoint. In tho beginning of Jeholaklm'i reign (II. C. 60S) Jeremiah makes an earnest appeal to the lenders and the people, aloiost like an inaugural ad dress, or the annual sort ion preached In Boston on the Inauguration of tho governor of the state. The prophet Btands In the court of the tt mple. Tho peoplo not only of tho ely but of th surrounding country are flocking Into the court to Join In the worship. Tho reform was halting. The kingdom was Impoverished by the heavy fine of 100 talents of sliver and one of gold ($220,000) which Necho of Egypt had imposed. It was a flttlni time fur aa earnest appeal to repenti.nce. Jerusalem was acquitted by tho princes. They realized thnt he hnd been the spokesman of God. Then somo of tho elders, the leading people, Instnncod the case of the good king llezeklnh. He did not slay the prophet Mlcah, who boldly threatened the de atructlon of Jerusalem that Its sit would become a plowed field, and tho temple a heap of ruins, u iless they re pented. Hezeklah did not kill Mlrah. but on the contrary he led his people to repentance, and the I-ord averted the danger. The verses following tell us of an other prophet who fled from durger to Egypt, was followed by the emis saries of Jeholaklm, brought back and executed. This story is moant to show bow serious Jeremiah's danger was and perhaps to contravt Jeremiah's faith and courage with the timidity of Uriah, who yet did not escape hla enemies, but found a sad end. It Is tho strong advene wind that makes the kite fly high toward beav- ' en, provided that It Is held fast by its cord. Without the string the ad verse winds would simply blow It to Its fall and ruin. A heart fixed in, God and duty held faBt 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 th strongest Influences against choosing the right lies in the gang eplrlt, the power of a popular leader and a bund 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 im tbe same direction.
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