THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO. PA
The Daughter of David Kerr
SYNOPSIS.
rjiorla Kerr, a niotherles Klrl, who has
diii ni rnnnt of her life In school, arrives
I her father's home In Delinont. David
Kerr If lha political bom of the town,
and l anxious to prevunt his dauber
learning of hla real character. Kendall,
rrr.-mntlnir the ChlruKo puckers. In n"-t-.it
riilna with Judice illlTt. Kerr a rhluf
nUwi-r for a vulunhle fritnclilnB. They
fi-.-ir iiio g)!tlon nf Je Wrlaht, editor
of i In reform iiipT. Kerr asks the a-it-inr'i
of JuiIkh (lllhi-rt In Introducing
( ;i, rhi to Itclinnnt wulfty. unci promise"
to help him put tliroiiuli me picm-in ,
finm-liise mid let lilin have nil the iiriirt.
V,x rla meeM Joe Wright nt the tilllx rli.
It apM-nra thoy lire on Intimate terms,
linlnn ini't previously In a touring piriyi
In Kurope. The illlfrl Invite Ulnria 10
lev with them pending the refurnishing
of the Kerr home. Wright ImBTtiiH Ms IIkM
agJilnut the proposed franchise In the col
umns of hla pnpi-r. the Helmont Sewn.
l.-.. l.r.n.rrli l.lu liAfwhnien. pxerlfl ev-
r-ry Influence to hamper Wright In the
iiihllrullnn of his papur. Uloria realize
lm ! not lielng received hy the boat sn-
rleiy and In uuhnppy. She take up set
tlemtnt work. Kerr mid his lleut'-nants
ilc.-lrte. to hiiv Kerr'a paper and nek the
editor to ne-t them at Ollhert'e office.
Calllnir nt fllllierfu office to millrlt a do
nation Gloria moots Wright. He proposes
and Is accepted while wiiltlng to ho called
Into the conference. Wright refuse to
sell his paper find d.-clnrea he will Oglit to
H finish. The Helmont News nppears with
a hitter attack on Kerr. Gloria rnlls
Wright n coward and refuses to listen to
any explanation from him. Urokan-henrt-ed,
Gloria decides to plunge more deeply
Into settlement work. She calls on a Hick
clil of the underworld, named Kiln. She
learns for tho first time that her father Is
the head of a notorious gong of political
traffers. Hounds of a conflict are heard
In the room over Klla's.
CHAPTER XIX. Continued.
"I must know what's going on," Glo
ria cried.
She rushed across the room and
wrenched open the door. At the foot
of tho stairway just before her was
tho body of a man, limp and motion
less. "It's a man. He's hurt," she called
back to the sick woman as she knelt
to examine him.
He had fallen so that she could not
get a good look at him in the dark
hallway, and she rolled him toward
the door to get him on his back and
see his face. As she gazed upon his
countenance the fingers of death Itself
seemed to seize her by the throat. Her
heart gave one great leap and then
stood still. On tho floor before her
lay tho body of the man she loved.
"Joe!" she screamed. "What are you
doing here? Joe, Joe, speak to me!"
But there wus no answer. His eyes
wore closed, and the pallor of death
seemed to be upon his face.
With strength beyond what she had
ever known herself to possess, Gloria
seized the motionless form and dragged
and rolled the man into Little Ella's
room. Before she turned to him itRaiii
she closed and bolted the door. Then
she bent over him and begged him to
spenk to her, to open his eycB and
know that she was with him.
"Joe, don't- you know me?" she
pleaded. Thtn to Utile Klla, "He's
dead, he's deed. Eie, ho dor.sli't
move."
"Yes, ho does," answered the other
woman. She had been sitting up in
bed, an excited spectator of all that
Gloria Felt for Hi Heart.
had transpired. "He's breathin'. Tear
open his slii it and feci his heart
bent."
Wright was a pitiable object as he
lay on the floor like one dead. His
coat and waistcoat were gone, and his
collar and cravat had been torn away.
On his white shirt were bloody stains,
Gloria felt his heart and was rewarded
by Its feeble beat. She next dashed
water from the pitcher over his face,
tout without avail He showed no sign's
of roturnlng consciousness. From a
wound Just above his temple on the
right side of his head the blood began
to trickle down over hla face, making
lis pallor all the more ghastly. She
FOUND A USE FOR THE STOVE
French Physician Probably Made Pres
ent of "Pernicious Object" to Hit
Mother-ln-Law.
A French physician called on one
of his patients a lady who was com
plaining of headache and general
prostration.
"I'll tell you what's the matter
with you. madam," he said, promptly;
us that stove you have over tuere,
BETTER THAN ANY LECTURE
Colonel's Method of Rebuking Young
Officers Probably More Effective
Than Severity Would Be.
t
Thi colonel of a German regiment
on garrison duty near a lively city
"as very much annoyed by the way
his young officers went about town in
civilian clothes contrary to the regu
lations of the service, the articles of
ar, and the spirit of Prussian mill
tail ppoke verv ' ' 'bout
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W a Ml
By Harry King Tooth
Illustrations by Ray Walters
Cojrrlfbt by A. C lCeClurg a Co., 1911
had no means of knowing how serious
this was, and naturally came to the
conclusion that It was a death-wound.
There was only one thing to do: get
a physician. ,
As she started to her feet sho heard
two men running down the stairs and
making a search from room to' room
on her floor. These must be the men
who had attacked him. Sho rould not
let hii.i full Into their hnnds, ard there
fore she could not leavo him to go for
aid. Tho Impotence of her position
made her feel like screaming to relieve
the nervosa strain.
"What do you know about this?
How did he come here? What has
happened to him?"
"I duiino," answered the woitnn.
"There's soniethln' doln' all the time
in this dump."
A eudiien knock at the bolted door
chilled Gloria with terror.
"What's that?" she whispered
"Somebody's at the door," replied
Little 1 ' 11a, in the same low tone. This
fact was obvious.
"They can't come' In," Clorla contin
ued.
Again came the knocking, louder
and more insistent.
"I can't let anything happen to him,"
murmured the unhappy girl in agony,
remembering how the day before she
had demanded that he bo punished.
"Joe, Joe, what does It all mean?"
Hut Wright nuido no answer. He lay
like n log as the girl he had loved bent
over him, wiped the blood from his
face, and brushed back his disheveled
hair.
With the next knock came the voice
of a man demanding entrance.
"Klla, Ella, open this door."
Gloria rushed over to the bed.
"Tell him you can't get out of bed,"
she Implored In a whisper. "Tell him
there's nobody here."
"I can't git out o' bed. There's no
body here," Little Klla called.
This answer did not pacify the man.
"That's a lie," he shouted. "There's
somebody in there or the door wouldn't
be locked. Open this door, do you
hear me, or I'll bust It down."
The tone of his voice made Gloria
feel that he would make good hl
threat. There In the center of the
room In full view lay the man whom
they were seeking. Once they burst
the single barrier they would be ii)on
him, to do what further harm she
knew not. It might be that he was
now already beyond all human aid. He
still breathed, however, and Gloria
was willing to fight if there was even
only one chance In his favor. Hence
it would not do for them to And him
the minute they broke down the door
Sho must hide him somewhere to give
her time to parley with his assailants.
.She looked vainly about for some
place to put him.
"For God's sake, help me hide him,"
she beseeched. "I can't give him up.
Where does that door lead to?'' She
pointed to the door close by the one
which led Into the hull.
"That's only a closet under the
stairway," was Little Klla's whispered
explanation. "They'd find him tnere
in a minute."
"You wouldn't let them kill him,
would you?"
"I can't help you. I'm so weak I
can hardly turn over In bed."
"Open this door, I say," came from
tho man without as he pounded on
the door ominously, "or I'll crack you
over the head."
Gloria understood that there was
no time to temporize. She must do
something and that quickly. Close
by where she stood next the bed, and
on the side away from the door, was
Little Ktlu's trunk. Behind it on
hooks hung a number of garments,
and on a chair were more clothes. It
was the only chance and Gloria took it.
How she ever managed to get him,
a dead weight, across the Intervening
space and safely stowed behind the
trunk she never knew. She dragged,
she hauled, she pulled, she rolled, and
the forlorn hope that she would save
him yet gi.ve her strength. As she
snatched skirts from the hooks and
all tho clothing from the chair to pile
upon him, the pounding upon the door
became more and more vindictive.
The girl was out of breath, but as she
bent over the prostrate form of the
man she loved, she managed to gasp:
"Joe, listen to me. If you can hear
me, dear, listen. Don't stir, don't you
hear me,. Joe?" Hut he was deaf to
all entreaties. Seeing this wus so
she turned to Little Klla: "Get him
to go away. Offer him anything, prom
ise him anything. I'll do It; only keep
that mau on the other side of that
door."
"There's at least two of 'em."
"That doesn't 11181101' a thousand
volrs of poison the deadliest things
lu the world."
"Hut that stove cost me one hun
dred fraucs!" protested tho lady.
"Never mind that. Hetter lose any
amount of money than your life. I'll
toll you what I'l do; I'll give you
twenty five francs for It, and find
some way of getting rid of the perni
cious object"
Tho lady consented, and the doctor
removed the stove. .
A few days later, the patient, who
thoucht of changing he.r residence.
it and threatened the extremest pen
alties If anybody were caught doing It
again. The warning served for a time
at least the offenders were more
careful.
Presently, however, two young lieu
tenants took a chance. Thoy slipped
away Into town In modish afternoon
clotheB of the latest English cut, with
top hata on and the rest. Suddenly
they ran Into the colonel. The next
minute they had vanished Into a gro
cer's shop. One minute more and the
door of the shop opened.
It's all the same. Get them to go
away."
This was easier said than done, but
Little Ella was willing to make the
effort.
"You git away from that door, an'
leave me alone."
"Open this door, you she-devil,"
threatened the besieger, "or I'll"
And then Interrupted another voice
with a suggestion that made Gloria
grow faint.
"Aw! Let's bust It In. He's In there
all right."
"Let 'er go," answered the first
one.
Then ciime the heavy thuds us the
men threw themselves against the
door. The knocking at tho gate in
"Macbeth" had no more portentious
sound In (lie play than had tins at
tack upon her stronghold to Gloria.
She felt all the nervousness of troop?
under fire that must remain Inactive
awaiting orders. There was no'hiug
she could do but wait until the door
was buttered down.
This was not long In happening. As
she stood In front of the trunk uer
voutiy twisting her handkerchief In
her hands, at one last mighty fieri
the holt yielded, tho door Mew open
and two men stumbled Into the room.
Lltllo Kiln recognized them both In
stantly. Thoy were Huck Kelly and
Turkey Hyan, notorious denizens of
tho underworld. If ever there were
two vicious-looking cutthroats, these
men answered their descriptions. To
make their rulllaiily appearance worse
they bore the marks of their recent
encounter. Kelly's left eyo had
swelled ultnost closed, and Ryan had
a long cut across his cheek where
Wright's ring had left Its mark with a
slashing blow. He had done even more
damage than this, hut these showed
the plainest. Needless to say, their
tempers had not been sweetened by
the episode.
"Now, damn you" Ryan began
savagely.
"Stop!" Gloria commanded. "What
are you doing here?"
Until she spoke they hnd not seen
her, and boih men were taken much
aback. To find a lady there was
something they had not expected.
"What the " Ryan gasped, but
checked himself and then continued
In a slightly moro respectful tone. "I
begs yer pardon, miss, hut what aro
you doln' here?"
"That's none of your business. You
clear out, both of you."
This encouraged Little Klla to take
her part In the discussion, which she
did with her most strident tones.
"What do youse mean, huttln' into
here? Heat It, you two. I'm a lady,
an" when I have a lady frU-n avisitin'
me they ain't no place for bums. On
yer way."
it was not this tirade which had til"
most effect upon tliwn. lloth quailed
before Gloria, who stood eyeing them
sternly. Then they looked at each
other, utid without a word of apology
shambled out into the hull.
CHAPTER XX.
If Gloria believed that she had pit
to flight, for all time such gentlemanly
assassins as Mr. Kelly and Mr. Hynn.
her feeling of triumph did not hist
long. As the door Into the hall was
still open she did not dare make a
move in Wright's direction. Sin1 d
termlned to close the door and pull
the withstand in front of It, wciIkIiiv
It under the knob, before trying fur
ther to succor the Injured man. When
she walked toward the door, It again
framed the forms of Ryan nnd Kelly.
As a result of a short conference pint
out of earshot, they had decided to
return and get their man.
"What do you want?" Her heart
sank.
"We're lookln' fir a man," Kelly
snarled.
"And he come Into this room, too,"
Ryan added doggedly. "We dm)''
want to make you uneomf'lable, lady,
but we gotta git that man."
Tho wuy he said it made Gloria feel
that he meant business. All slut could
do was play for time and pray for
Mrs. Hayes to return.
"There's no man here," she ex
plained lu her most winning manner.
"You can see that plainly for yourself.
I came over from the mission to take
care of Mils sick woman. You are
only making her worse by bursting
into her room In such a rude fashion.
I'leaso go out gently; she must have
it perfectly quiet."
Turkey Ryan so far forgot himself
in the presence of his betters as to
grin at this explanation.
"We don't want to have to make
you give 'lm up."
wen out to Inspect a suite of rootiu,
and the first thing that met her gaze
wus tlio stove.
"Who lives here?" she a'sked of the
servant who was showing her over
the rooms.
"Madame A., madame," said the ser
vant respectfully "Doctor U.'s moth-er-In-law!"
Gentle Hint
Doctor Johnson to the contrary not
withstanding, puns are occasionally
excusable. This one. attributed by
"Good afternoon, gentlemen," said
the colonel. The pair stood before
their suparlor silent and dismayed
while a grim smile spread over the
soldier's face.
"Young lady,1' said tho colonel, ad
dressing the shopgirl, "give me two
flvo-cent cakes of soap and wrap
them separately." The girl obeyed
and the colonel gravely gave her ten
cents. Then he turned to the young
officers and banded each of them a
cake.
"Here, gentlemen," he said wltb a
This threat had an unpleasant
sound. Hitherto the girl had not
feared for her own safety, but hit
surly remark frightened her. The one
thing that kept her steadfast was the
thought that she was protecting the
man she had loved; yea, the man she j
now loved more than she ever had.
She did not know how he happened to
be there; she did not know how he
regarded her; she only knew that she
loved him, that she would give her
life a sacrifice to save him.
Ryan next appealed to Little Ella.
"Ella, that guy come In here. Where
Is he? We ain't goln' to be scared
by any fool girl. She don't know who
wants him. Now give 'lm up."
"Don't say a word," Gloria told her.
"You gotta Btlck by us, Ella. This
ain't no ordinary Job."
At Ryan's Injunction to stick by
htm. Little Ella seemed to waver.
"Don't you ferglt who yer friends
are. Who keepn you from beln'
Jugged? Mike Noonan. Who lets you
stay here when you can't Jay,vn'
feeds you? Mike Noonan."
"That's so. He has been good to
me."
Gloria was quick to catch tho note
of Indecision. "Hut now I'm going to
take care of you."
' Yes, goln' to. goln' to," sneered
Kelly. "You know what church prom
ises .Is. Don' you ft rglt we gotta
sl.m' together down here, all of us."
It was the old, old appeal of class
to serve a Hellish end.
"Yes, that's true. I don' want to
nay anything, but "
l!an Immediately pressed the ad
vantage ho thought he had gained.
"This Is yer chiinct, Klla. You
know what the'd say to you If you was
in In r house. Are you with us? I'll
see you git yours."
It was a moment when a man's lifo
was at stake. Gloria believed that
if the woman told and thoy tore
Wright from her she might nevur see
"You Can't Fool Vt With That Soft
Soap Talk."
him alivo again. She had prayed si
lently for help to come, but she was
still alone. Already she was giving
up hope Trom that quarter and was
conscious that upon her own efforts
in all piobahility the very life of the
man sho loved would depend. To add
to her anguish was the fear that he
miplil regain consciousness and be
tray himself hy a moan.
Now It all depended upon Little
Klla. It had been a clever stroke,
that of Ryan's, asking her hov xhe
would bo treated In this woman's
homo. Against this appeal to class
prejudice Gloria hud not scored.
"I'll tell," said the woman.
The two nu n looked at each other
and smiled.
"Stop!" cried Gloria, looking not
at the men, lmt at the girl who lay
pale and trembling upon the bed. "Do
you remember what you said a while
ago? What you accused mo of? You
swore that I hadn't loved. Kven to
my sorrow you shull have proof cf it
now that I do. The very man whom
I'm defending from these bullies Is
the one man on earth 1 love." Ryan
and Kelly looked at each other In
am.tzciiif nt. "You shall see If you
loved more than .1. You've gone
through fire nnd storm for a man? I'll
do no less. If need he. I'll dii) for
Mils man here and now because 1
love him." The fire died out of her
eyes. Sho stretched out her hands
lo Klla pathetically and begged hum
bly, "My whole heart s happiness Is
hero. Aie you Eolng to help tn.-m try
to take him from me?"
The woman, a creature of Impulse,
wns moved.
"You'd better glvp It up, Turkey. I
ain't goin' to let you touch that man."
"Ah, you're a woman," sighed Glo
ria. "You know a woman's heart."
"Nix on that love spiel, Klla." com
manded Ryan. "This ain't no valen
tine party, lady. You can't fool us
with that soft-soap talk. We gotta
carry cut the bosB' orders. Huck, look
in that closet."
(TO 11 K. COXTINt.'KD.)
It He Sure?
Cairo tells us that one of the khe
dive's wives Is missing. How long
since he took a coiisub of tho ladies?
From the New York Herald.
ti,o nrroklvn Times to a boarding-
house keeper of that city, is good
enough to pass muster.
uuu of tho young men who lived In
the boarding house had tho double
tank of slowness in paying his bill and
fusiness about the table service. One
morning ho said peevishly to the land
lady: "Mrs. Jones, will you tell me why
my napkin is so damp?"
"Yes, Mr Wicks." replied the land
lady, promptly. "It's because there li
bo much due ou your hoard' H
grin, "Just bo you sha'ti't bu put to
any expense on my account. Good
day."
And he turned and Btrode out of
the shop. New York Evening Post
His Way.
"I wish that tiresome old Judge
would not carry court practice Into the
streets with him."
"What rV you mean?"
"Why, when he meets an acquaint
ance, first he arrests his progress and
then he tries his patience.
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God Covering
Adam
Br REV. JAMES M. CRAY. 0. D.
Dm of Mood? Bibb lM
CUm I
TKXT-And unto Adam itlno and to his
wife did the Lord Clod make roati of
sklna, and clothed them. (Jen. S:2L
It Is written In
Scripture that
God "covereth him
self with light as
wilh a garment"
(Psalm 104:2).
and thero are
some who think
we have a sug
gestion, here of
way In which our
first parents were
covered before the
fall. Hut If so,
they lost their
outer glory with
the Inner, for no
sooner did they
commit sin, than
"the eyes of them both were opened,
and they kuew that they were naked"
(Gen. 3:7). At oneo they took steps
to conceal their shame by making for
themselves aprons of fig leaves. How
Inadequate was the, provision! And
o we read that, later on, after their
trlul had been held, the penalty pro
nounced, and, blessed be God, the hope
of a Savior held out to them, their
noed In the particular was also met.
The text suggests the plan. A lamb
was slain, Its blood was shed, and its
covering appropriated for the guilty
pair. The whole circumstance is not
only a beautiful, but a most Important
symbol of God's dealings with the sin
ner In the spiritual realm.
1. Sin Is an eye-openor. And this
may be said even though it Is equally
true that tho sinner Is blind. How oft
en he starts on a new career of In
Inquity, expecting satisfaction and
pleasure, only to discover himself
woefully disappointed and deceived.
Happy la be, If at such a time, the
power of the Iljly Spirit works with
in him that deeper conviction of what
sin really Is and does, that may lead
hi in to seek eternal salvation from It.
2. The awakened sinner not Infre
quently attempts by his own revising
to rid himself of tho consequences of
sin. The fig leaves he employes are
good resolutions, the temporary re
linquishment of some bad habit, tho
giving up of some form of vice, stay
ing at homo nights, doing some deed
of charity, attending church, perhaps
"professing religion," as It is some
times called. Hut the frultlessness of
all these things suon appears as the
stress of temptation comes again.
3. God only can cover tho sinner's
sin. "Not by works of righteousness
which we have done, but according to
his mercy he saved us, by the wash
ing of regeneration, nd renewing of
the Holy Ghost, which he shed on us
abundantly through Jesus Christ our
Savior." This Is Paul's testimony to
Titus, and it Is the experience of
every soul that Is really saved (Titus
3: 6. 6).
4. God covers our sin by a method
of his own. As the prophet Isaiah
sings: "I will greatly rejoice In tho
Lord, my soul shall bo Joyful In my
God for he hath clothed me with the
garments of salvation, he hath cover
ed me with the robo of righteous
ness" (Isaiah 01:10). And Paul speaks
In the same way In his epistle to the
Romuns, saying: "Hy tho deeds of the
law shall no flesh bo instilled In his
sight; . . . but now the righteous
ness without tho law Is manifested. .
. . even the righteousness of God
which Is by faith of Jesus Christ unto
all and upon all them that believe"
(Romans 3:20-22).
e. God obtains this covering of
righteousness for us by the offering up
of tho life of the Innocent for the
guilty. "He spared not his own Son,
but delivered him up for us all" (Ro
matis 8:32). "He mado him to be sin
for us who knew no sin, that we might
be mado the righteousness of God In
him" (2 Corinthians 6: 21). "Whom
God hath set forth to bo a propitia
tion through faith In hlB blood" (Ro
mans 3:25).
Do we not see how purposely God's
covering of Adam symbolizes what
he Is ready to do In the case of any
fallen sinner who realizes hlB need?
Do you realize yours? Are you trying
vainly to help yourself, to cover your
own splrltunl nakedness? Why not
accept God's covering? Why not take
Jbbus Christ as your Savior by faith?
Why not come to him today, and
thus know "the blessedness of the
man whoBe transgression is forgiven,
whose Bin Is covered" (Pslam 32:1).
It Is so easy to do this. As an un
known author has Bald so beautifully:
You ask me how I ever rime lo Christ?
1 do not know;
Thero enme n Innnlng for Htm In my soul
Bo long OKO.
I found enrth't fnlrent flowerii would fade
and die,
I yearned for something that would aat
lefy: And then at lat somehow I neoinea to
dnro
To lift my broken heart to Him In prayer.
' l do noi Know,
I T ran not tMl VOII llOW!
I only know
Ha Is my Bavlor now.
Toil auk me why I ever mme to ChrlstT
I enn reply:
. - ........... .Inru tluton n.1,11
II IB A wiuiiwo
I tell you why
My heart wus drawn at length to seek Hla
face. '
t woa alone. T had no resting place;
I heard of how Ho loved me, with a lov
Of depth o great of height so far abov
All human ken,
I longed such love to share.
And sought It then
1'pon my knees In prayer.
Tou aek me why 1 thought this loving
I Chrlet
Would hoed my prayer?
1 knew He died upon the cross for me,
I nailed lilin there.
I heard Ills dying cry, "Father, forglvs!
I saw Illm drink death's cup that I might
llva;
My head wns bowed upon tny breast la
shame,
He called me, and In penitence I cam.
' :.. ;
I'm jp
Ha heard' my prayer
I cannot tell you how,
Or when, or where;
Only I love Ulra now.
LmWIONAL
SWSOIOOL
Lesson
(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Evsnlng
Department, llie aioouy uiuie oniuui",
LESSON FOR JANUARY 11.
THE MI8SION OF THE SEVENTY.
I. EPSON TEXT. Luke 10:1-1. t .
at 11. i ii.: v tii-xt 'It Is not ye that
spenk. but the spirit of your Kalher that
poakotli In you. '-Malt. 1U::0.
Jesus "came unto bla own and hie
own received blm not" Rejected In
Judea, he turned to Galilee, making
bis headquarters at Capernaum only
to bo rejected there also. "After these
thlnga" (v. 1.) e. g., after his final de
parture from Galilee, and as be was
about to perforin his Poreau ministry.
The ministry of Jesus Is rapidly has
tening to a close, still there Is much
work to do, hence the selection of
those who shull go before him to pre
pare for what proved to be In each
city and town ills last visit.
I. Tho Seventy Sent tvv. 19). Verse
one tells ub of the character of the
work they were to undertake, viz., to
bn heralds; to preparo the people
against his coming, 2 Cor. 6:20. There
Is a plentltudn of work, but, "the la
borers are few." They were sent to
a particular people "whither he him
self would come," 2 Tim. 4:8; Titus
2:13. No matter what may have been
their limitations, the "coming one"
would supply all deficiencies. Jesus
commanded prayer, but also sent forth
those same praying ones (vv. 2, 3).
Prayer and work go hand In hand In
a sane Christian experience. Kvery
Impression demands sufficient expres
sion, If It is to make any lasting con
tribution to our chasacters. The largo
harvest demands attention. We are
sent into that harvest by the King
himself, "Heboid I send you;" and
those whom he sends are not com
pelled to labor alone. Matt. 28:20;
John 14:16. Jesus mentions tour
things about those whom ho sends:
Like Lambs.
(1) Their character. They are to be
(Ike "lambs." We have Just had the
figure of "laborers" presented, labor
ers who were sent. Ib this then a
mixed simile? We think not. We are
to go forth to tho harvesting work as
laborers, that Is our work, but, In our
characters, we are to be lamb like.
(2) Their environment, "among
wolves." That Is to say, surcoundlng
each harvest Held, and frequently en
croaching as far as they dare, are the
wolves, a type of the evil one and of
his agents. Those who go thus Into,
or by the way of, danger will not carry
any excess of baggage, 2 Tim. 2:4.
(.1) In the third place, they are to
go forth with complete dependence
upon God's providing care (v. 4). rIlie
exact letter of these Instructions Is
not always Incumbent upon his ambas
sadors, chapter 22:35, 30, but tho spir
it of absolute faith In a Father who
will provide, must always possess bis
representatives.
4. Ab to their bearing, It must be
that of dignity and self-respect (v. C).
Social demands consume n great deal
ot energy lu diplomatic circles, and it
is here that many ChrUtians waste
precious energy, as well ns becoming
involved in worldly practices. Their
first thought upon entering a house
must be for tho good of the home
(v. 6). not for their personal comfort.
If a "Bon of peace," (v. 6), dwelt there,
one to whom pence rightfully be
longed, their benediction would bring
to that home a blessing. Hut If he be
not thero their peare was not to be
lost, for It would return to the giver.
(5) Their mission was to offer, not
to force acceptance. Tbey were not
beggars, going from house lo house
(v. 7), they hud something worth
whllo and were worthy of their hire.
Tho fawning, cringing sycophnnts that
pass for Christian worker Btand re
buked before thU teaching. However,
this does not sanction tho dogmatic,
domineering methods of some. They
are to accept whnt Is offered (v. 8),
not demanding, "a worthy compensa
tion.'' Tho church of Christ stands
condemned for the meager salaries
given' Its representatives, yet It Is also
true that a man usually, and in the
long run, getB about what ho Is worth.
God'e Truth.
To build up character brings a far
richer compensation, and more last
ing results, than to obtain earthly
prestige, ease or wealth. Therefore
the ambassador of Christ can afford
to wait with glad certainty the final
casting up of accounts, accepting In
the meantime the lowlier seats among
men, Luke 14:7-14. illowever. these
ambassador do have an exalted work
to perforin. They had a commission
for both body nnd soul. Tho Gospel
of Christ is for the whole man (v. 9).
To minister to the bodies of men must
however be accompanied by the her
alding of tho coming klndom. That
kingdom which Is everlastingly to be
vlslhle upon earth, Dan. 2:44.
II. The Seventy Received (vv. 10
16.) These heralds were to proclaim
that the kingdom was "nigh unto you."
In this section we have set before
us not only the probablo manner
whereby the ambassadors may be re
ceived, but also their attitude towards
those who shall reject them. Jesus, by
his anathemas pronounced upon Chor
azln and llethsalda (vv. 12-15), Inti
mates what shall bo the fate ot those
who reject the ambassadors of the
King. Ho emphasizes this by saying
(v. 16) Hint he Is heard and despised
when these, his repreientatlves, are
heard or despised. This shaking off
Of the dust Is a testimony of God's
abhorrence of their deeds, Luke 9:6.
If men will not receive the Gospel, we
are to pasa on (Acts 15:61; 18:6).
This does not, however, In any sense
set aside, nor Invalidate, God's truth,
Rom. 1:16. The words of that para
graph contained In verses 12-16, are
among the most terrific ever used by
Jesus, perhaps the most severe It we
except his denunciation of the Phari
sees. Exalted because of great oppor
tunities, these cities Buffer a worse
fate than those of the plain. Can the
boasted civilization of this century es
cape an equal fate. If It neglecti this,
the day of Its visitation?
(Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperancs Union.)
SUFFERING TRADES.
(BTllONtf WO ROD BY TtJNTON H.
HOWARD TO WORKINO HEN.)
What la it that keeps labor em
ployed, factories busy, wages high?
Orders.
That Is what 150,000 commercial
travelers are out for orders. Tbey
represent manufacturers.
On what does the manufacturer de
pend? On the retailer.
On what does the retailer depend?
On the customer with needs to sup
ply and money to buy.
It Is the home market and the for
eign markets that keep the wheels of
Industry going round.
In what way does the saloon affect
the name murket?
I-t lMt Jones, tho English member
of parliament, answer that question:
"I met the finished product of the
saloon, lie was lying In the gutter,
lie had no bat, the bat trade was suf
fering; bis coat was full of holes, the
clothing trade was suffering; he had
on tho remnant of a shirt, the woolen
trm'.e was suffering; he had on no
sttlts, the hosiery trade was suffer
Lig; he was dirty, the soap trade was
suffering; I can hardly mention a use
ful Industry la the country' that was
not affected by that man's Insobriety."
Follow this man home and you
would find by an Inventory of his wife
and children that the millinery trade,
underwear traclo, the dress goods
trade, the ribbon trade, and a hundred
other trades were suffering. Look)
about his home, and you would find
that the furniture trade, the carpet
trade, the picture trade, the dinner
ware and cooking utensil trade, and a
hundred more were suffering. Sp with
the toy trade and the Christinas tree
trade; all suffering because of one
man's Insobriety.
A round million men were arrested
for drunkenness and disorderly con
duct In this cuuntry last year. A mil
lion more eluded the watchful eye of
our vigilant police, were sobered up In
the back room of the saloon, or stag
gered unmolested "borne."
Two million makers of the home
market knocked -out ot the market by
the saloon! They have needs to sup
ply, but no money to buy. Add their
wives and children, the usual average
of four with mother, and you have 10,
000,000 consumers In the home mar
ket Impoverished by the American
saloon!
lt labor close that tremendous
leak, lift his brother from the gutter,
send him home to his family Bober,
and with his pay envelope unbroken
by the robber liquor trafllc that gives
its customers only sorrow, disease and
shame in exchange for labor's wealth,
and It would give up a new home mar
ket for Amcrlcnn-mado gooda every
year equal to our present foreign mar
ket around the world!
What could be dono with that vast
turn of money now poured Into the
lap of the saloon?,. M
We could build 300,000 homes at
2,000 each, put $1,000 worth of fur
niture and carpets Into every one of
the 300,000 homes, $1,000 worth of
clothing and wearlug apparel in the
closets of every one of the 300,000
homes, 100 tons of hard coal In every
cellar, and deposit In the savings bank
$1,000 to the credit of every one ot
those 300,000 homes; do all of this,
next year, and every succeeding year
that those saloons were kept closed!
A GREAT COMPARATIVE LES90N.
Dr. J. II. Kellogg of Ilattle Creek
sanatorium. In a stercoptlcan lecture,
pictures the decay of nations by a se
ries of bIx trees dying at the top. Bul
garia has the lenst dead wood, repre
senting the fact that one person In
every thousand In that country live
to pass the 100-year mark, and not a
few live for half a century longer.
The United States comeB next, but
with only one centenarian In 25,000.
Then the record grows worse and
wrose: Spain 44,000, France 190.000,
England 200,000, Germany 700,000. it
Is not mere accident thnt the nation
whose favorite drluk Is buttermilk
stands nt tho head, whilo the nation
which of all these countries Is most
given to beer drinking Is lowest In
the group.
DRINK AND DEATH RATE.
English Insurance companies Inves
tigating the death rate of various
classes of people, have Bnounced
that of 61.215 average people, 1.000
die annually; of 61,215 total abstain
ers, 660 die annually; of 61,215 liquor
drinkers. 1.642 die annually, and In
other words, the death rate for the
three classes Is as follow: Average
death rate, 16.33 to the 1,000; total ab
stainers. 914 to the 1,000; liquor
drinkers, 26.82 to the 1,000. Kansas
Is conceded to be the dryest state In
the Union. The death rate there be
fore the advent of total abstainers
was 17 to the 1,000. Now it Is 7.6 to
the 1,000 the lowest In the world.
GOOD FOR GERMAN ARMY.
There Is good news from the Ger
man army. At the emperor's order a
manual on "Alcohol and Tobacco" has
been prepared for the service by Dr.
Buchlnger, one of the leading physi
cians of tho marine.
VITAL QUESTION.
It Is not a question of the saloon
OR the blind pig, but of the saloon
AND the blind pig. Chicago, with
7,200 saloons, has more blind pigs
than Maine, Kansas and Oklahoma
combined.
HUSBAND TOOK THEM.
"I)o you take any periodicals?"
asked the clergyman on bis first round
of parish vIbUs.
"Well, I don't," replied tho woman,
"but my husband takes 'em frequent
I do wish you'd try to get hlui to sign
the pledge." Judge.
ALCOHOL QUESTION.
The alcohol question presents It
self at every corner to every man and
woman desirous of solving the great
social problems that await solution.;
Sir Versey Strong.