THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG. PA. BMW KEML Si? Harrj COPYRIGHT BY A.C eYNOPSIS. Olorla Korr, a motherless girl, who has pent most of her llfo In sohool, urrlvts at her fu.her'i home In Belmont. David Kerr la the political boss of the town, nd Is anxious to prevent hl.i daughter tearnlnir of III real churacter. Kendall, ...-.........I.... f').l.nun f.iK-kerft. Is he- collating with Judn (Jilhert. Kerrsohl'f adviser, for a valuuble franchise. They fear the i, .monition of Joe WrlKht, editor r.-ii minor Kttrr usks the aH' litnnce of Judire Gllbirt In Introducln .Uloriu to llelinoiil soi.iuiy, aim to help him put throuxh the packers franchise and lot hlrn have all the Kraft Olorla meets Jo Wright at the ol berts. 'It appears they are on Intimate terms, Ihavlng met previously on a touring party 'In Europe. The Gilberts Invite lllona to .stay with them pendlna the refurnishing of the Kerr home. Wright begins his fight against the proposed franchise In the col umns of his paper, the Belmont News. 'Kerr, through his henchmen exorts ev ry Influence to hamper Wright In the publication of his paper. Gloria takes up Settlement work. Kerr and his lieutenants decide to buy Kerr's paper and ask the editor to meet them at Ulinerrs ouu-e. ix.ni.. .1 oniiKi-t'a office to solicit a do- nation Olorla meets Wright, lie proposes and Is accepted while waiting to be called Into the conference. Wright refuses to veil Ms paper and declares he will fight to finish. The Helmont News appenrs with a bitter attack on Kerr. (Jlorla calls Wright a coward and refuses to listen to any explanation from him. llrokon-heart-d, Olorla decides to plunge more deeply Into settlement work. She calls on a sick Tlrl of the underworld, mimed Mia. Bhe "earns for the first time that her father Is the head of a notorious gang of political rafters. Hounds of n conflict are heard Tn ii. mom over Klla's. Olorla finds Wright unconscious, a victim of nn at tempted nssasslnatlon by thugs In the pay of the political ring. She hides him In vti.'. .,,n and ilcflea the thugs. Bhe we them bv announcing that she Is Kerr's daughter. Klla threatens to give ..n uvii'hi to the tbtius and Is choked In to unconsciousness bv Olorla. who then falls unconscious on Wright's body. They are rescued by Dr. Ilnyes nnd his wife. Wrlffht decides to sell his paper nnd leave Belmont. Olorla hears that Wright Is going away and calls upon him to ask his forgiveness for her harsh words. CHAPTER XXIII. Continued, r Tatty, tired of listening to a con versation she could not understand, and. remembering the vlBltor, asked: What shall I tell him?" ' "Walt a minute, Patty." Wright motioned the child to the door. Then lie turned to Gloria. "You can leave by this side entrance. No one will be the wiser for this visit. The minute the door closes behind you, Patty and I will have forgotten that you called. Rut I will not have forgotten your kindness and consideration. Be fore you leave I want you to know that I can't value too highly the mo tive that prompted your call. To the end I'll treasure It as a memory hal lowed by the parting from the only oman I Good-by." ft He felt he could not complete what Jie wished to say without a show of emotion to which It would not do to give way. The only thing he could do was to hold out bis band and say, 'Goodby." Gloria put both her hands behind rer back, and shook her head. "No, I refuse to go." "What do you mean?" "I mean just what I say. I Intend to stay here and meet my father and liear w hat he has to say to you." Wright gazed at her Intently, but the did not quiver under his scrutiny. "It shall be as you say," he assent ed. "Go, Patty, tell him to come In." jAfter Tatty closed the door there was nn awkward silence which he broke ,'liy saying, "I must say that this meet ing Is 111-advlsed." She sighed and shook her head. "Oh, Ill-advised or not, my mind Is made up. Tilings cannot go on as "You Kin Come Over to My Way of ThinklnV 'hey are. If henceforth I am to di rect my own affairs, why shouldn't 1 begin now?" 'iUit how explain your being here?" "If he can't believe what I have to "ay he Isn't worth the slight esteem with which I still regard him." " lore be conies." ,- "Let him see vou first." Shn re created to a corner of the room where nor father's first glance as he entered would not discover her. Patty opened 'ne door and David Kerr walked Into tho room. The two men looked at each other without any attempt at a feigned cor diality. "Mr. Wright," began the boss, and t mention of hit name the newspaper wan bowed slightly In recognition of greeting, "I met Dr. Hayes this wternoon. He spoke of you, and what , lulu no has led me to break a cus tom of years; I've come to see you. In "is town it's always been the other ,J' He Bnke with all hlB accus ' ?3 ,oree. and seemed even more fluent than usual as he added, oiin . wa7 W,H continue, sir, but l.t lg J? hat yu mlnt caJI. the re ,'WonBhlp that once-- oui thundered Wright In aston FTi Viwj Tootle MSCLUIC &t CO., 9I ishment. Covertly he looked at Gloria, to find his own amazement tnl. rorud on her face. "Hound us, I thought I'd com to see you," the boss continued, not heed ing Wright s exclamation. "One minute, sir." Wright was not willing for him to proceed without his knowing that his daughter was in the room with them, "lieforo you speak further you must know that we're not alone In this room." "We're not?" He looked about him, and at the sound of a familiar voice turned sharply to confront his daugh ter. "No, father; I'm here." Sho ad vanced coolly to the center of the room, and waited for him to speak "Gloria! My daughter here!" Ho managed to gasp. Wright, determined not to have his hand forced, waited to see what card the daughter would play. "ait a minute, please, sho re marked quietly, the most self-pos sessed of tho three. "Are you so blind you can't see you find me here be cause I wish It so? My visit to Mr. Wright surprised him Just as much as did yours. When you were announced, I told him I would stay." "So that's It. Is it?" her father raged. "Have you turned against mo, too? Why didn't I raise you like you ought to 'a' been!" It was with an evident effort that he was restraining himself even as much as he was. "Would to heaven you had!" Gloria exclaimed In a low tone. "You gave me only the roses of life, and now the thorns all that life offers mo seem sharper than 1 can bear." Wright had thought his heart had been so wrung that nothing could hurt him worse, but this confession of un- happlness to her father made his own unhappiness greater than he bad be lieved It could be. "Gloria, this la distressingly painful. Please don't," he begged. Then he turned to her father. "Why have you como here?" "Why Is she here?" "Father," now she spoke timidly, a maiden telling of a dear, dead love, "for a little whilo Mr. Wright and I were engaged to be married. I don't think you know what that means to a girl, what It meant to me. Hut you do know how it ended. Yet we're still such good friends that I felt I could come this afternoon to As she spoke, a great light began to dawn upon her father. At the words "good friends" ho saw his whole plan successful, although worked out along lines a trifle different than what had been In his mind when ha had deter mined to call upon the editor. Your successful general Is' a great opportu nist, and David Kerr was quick to seize this opportunity. "Good frldlids!" he echoed. Inter rupting her. "Then I'm glad I found you here. Just listen to me a minute. I ain't got much to say, Mr. Wright, but we understand each other pretty well. Now then you gave us a pretty hard bump, an' I admire you fer it. Of course, you're new to Belmont an' It looks all right from yer p'lnt o' view." His tone was now suave and conciliatory. "But you're too good a man to be blockln' tho wheels o' prog-, ress in this town." "Things were running pretty smooth when I came here, weren't they?" Wright was willing to admit that much. "Exactly, exactly." Kerr took a step forward and glanced at Gloria before he went on. "Now then, what do you say to this? You switch over an' Join mo. If Its too strong fer you to go, I'll cut out that Maple avenue railway line, an' we'll go at It some other way." Gloria looked at her father in as tonishment. Wright did not Interrupt him, wishing to hear all that he hud to say. "This campaign's taught me I'm growln' old. Some day somebody's got to take my place. There ain't a mar. in the party with your sense. I need you, an' what'B more you'll profit by belli' with me." "Mr. Kerr, it won t take me many words to give you your answer." Heading disapproval In the remark, David Kerr craftily replied with his kindest manner, "Take yer time, take yer time. The more you think It over, the more you'll like it. Besides, I'm thlukln' of Gloria. You two talk It over. Sues "Father!" The girl was perfectly horrified and her sense of the fitness of things outraged by having her name dragged Into the discussion. "Would you dare connect my name with such an affair!" To tho coarse nature all things are course, ana uer iawer scemca sur prised that she should resent the man ner in which he had connected her with the offer. "An why not?" he naked. "I've been thtnkln the mat ter over, an' you an' him would make a pretty good team. "Oh!" Gloria s disgust was unspeak able. Mere rage was useless to ex press her feelings. Kerr turned to Wright, since Gloria appeared to have no inclination to listen. "So I argues, why not fix it up bctweon us." Then he spoke to his daughter in explanation, "Not knowln" you'd be here. But It's Just as well. Now, Mr. Wright, what I say is this: This town wants somebody to run.lt Belmont can't git along without some body to keep the wheels greased. I'll put the paper on Its feet fer you, an' gradually as gradually as you like you kin come over to my way of think In'. Then what'd be more natural than fer you to take over the runnln' o' things especially ai you'd be my son- in-law?" I Wright was about to make reply, but Gloria was too quick for him. "Oh, this Is more than I can bear!' Am I a dog, a home, a pig, that I can bo traded In a dirty deal with not so mur-h as 'by your leave?' I'll not stand It fo.- another Instant One hu miliation after another has been my lot, but this Is the lust. I'm through with you. What has passed has taught you nothing; you'ro the bargaining, trading, scheming politician still, so low that you'd make your own daugh ter, your own flesh and blood, the bait to lure a good man from his purpose. But you can't do It," sho cried, a note of triumph creeping Into her denuncia tion; "he's not your kind. And do you believe that I'd submit to such a thing? What can you think of mo? You put me on a plane with those vile creatures who pay you for protection." "Gloria, please stop!" Wright plead ed. Her father could only look at her In wonder as sho poured out tho pent-up passion of her InmoHt soul. . "No, I'll not stop there's moro to say. Here, within this hour, Mr. Wright asked me again to bo his wife, and I refused refused because of you. I came here to warn him ngainst you, to tell him tho truth, because once we loved each other. No one can blame mo for wishing him well. I camo to tell him becauso I can't bo hero after this to save him as once I did. Over my body I dared your hire lings to take him, and not one moved. Now I'm going away forever and I want him to have what protection tho truth will give. But my warning would be useless; what you offered to do Just now is warning enough In It self. The man who would sell his own daughter Is capable of anything!" "Please, Gloria, stop," Wright en treated. "I'm not accustomed to have any ono else fight my battles for me. I can tuke care of myself." "May be you can," sneered tho boss, "but ever since you've been here you've been hldin' behind my daugh ter. It's because o' bcr I didu't go nfter you hot an' heavy long ugo. An' then when they did como near glttln' you tho other day, Bhe stopped 'em." "You, Gloria!" Wright could not understand. She only bowed her head. "But now, by God! that's all past" Kerr brought his fist down on tho tablo with a bang. His breath came In apoplectic gasps and his face was livid with rage. "She's out of It as fer as I'm concerned. I did every thing In the world fer her, an' It wasn't no use." He turned to his daughter as he hurled out his anger and disappointment between his gasps for breath. "I was ready to stan' by you to the end, and' what do I git fer all my schemln' an' planning' fer you? Nothin' but glum looks an' harsh words. If yer goln' away, go. I dis own you. I cast you off." The girl did not quail beneath his bitter words. They only Inflamed bcr to anncunco the decision she had al ready made. Her Hp curled with scorn, her eyes snapped, as she looked at her father. "You disown mo! You cast me off!" All the contempt she could muster she threw Into her voice. "What right have you, who would barter me away as you would a horse or dog? No, It's 1 disown you!" Wright walked over to her and sought to take her hand gently In his, but she drew away. She would stand alone. Like a blind old bear David Kerr semed to grope his way to the door. There he turned to gazo once more upon the wreck of his latest SEEK BRIGHTNESS OF LIFE Excellent Idea Is That Recently Put Forth by an Eminent English College Professor. A professor in one of our famous universities has suggested a chair of smiling and a course in good-fellowship. We have courses in decorum and courses in composition, and courses in tho direction of energy. Then what reason Is there against Inaugurating a course in optimism? Why should not our young people be taught to tklnk along the pattuof sunHhlne, to look for the brightness in life in a scientific, methodical way? Too much of the presont-duy learn ing is Inclined to make gloomy peo ple of us. Smiling, which is a sort of banner of optimism, has too long been the uncertain matter of temper ament Instead of a reliable habit of life. As a rulo, the majojrlty of persons are attracted to others who smile eas ily. These smilors succeed In busi ness, so that success is ofteu said to be the cause of their smiling when perhaps It Is the opposite which 1 true. They seem to radiate happiness and opulence, and w say their paths lie in pleasant places. But maybe they light the paths with their own smiles. There must be a way In which thought can be brushed up with light touches. Athletics teach the man to control his temper; the gymnasium braces up his muscles; a course In ethics sets his face toward the moral standard. There surely is a place for a course In smiling. 1 nd there Is no reason why It bchemes. Ills rage was still hot upon hlin. . "I found you in this this ndventur or's room. I leave you here. Look to yerself, you are no child o' mine." The door banged behind him and Gloria Kerr knew that they had met for the last time. The girl, feeling so miserably alone in the world, turned to find bent upon her the tender gaze of the man whom she had once sworn to follow to the end of the world. For them love was dead, she know, and now life would be for her only a suc cession of weary days. "I thought all but my body died that day we spoke of love to find It but a dream," she acknowledged sadly, "yet there was one cup still more bitter I had to drain and this was that cup's dregs." "Oh, Gloria, believe me, out of un happiness happiness comes. Your place Is with me now. I hadn't told you, but I, too, am going away for ever. And what Is more, I'm going to take you with me." Sho looked nt h I rr) ln wonder, then slowly shook her head. "No, you can't leave Belmont, Joe. You're not a coward. I'm going, but your place Is here." "Do you think I shall let you go alono? Never. Tho ono reason I am going enst Is to sell the Belmont News. I'm through with It. Then I shull follow you over the world until I inako you mine because I love jou." Tho girl looked at him with tho faintest of smiles battling with her Bettled melancholy. Ho was border ing on melodrama, and she was re garding him with the same gentleness a loving mother exhibits toward an un reasoning little child. "How selilsh you are, Joe. All your fine sermons are going for naught You've preached of your duty, and yet at the chance to show your devotion to that duty you're wanting to glvo up tho fight I'm not worth It, .Too, really I'm not. Think of Belmont. A gen eral doesn't desert his soldiers after a victory, Just because ho knows tho enemy has sent for reinforcements. That would be cowardly, und It Inn't like you, Joe. Tho bravo general doesn't give ground, he ndvances. Don't follow me; I would hate you. I know how Belmont needs you." "But I need you, Gloria. And what Is more, you need me and I can't let you go alono. There Is a world elso where, even other BelmontB where we can live and labor und love. I didn't know till your father referred to it that you were at Noonan's that day. Can't you see how I need you for my guardian angel? How did you happen to be there?" Briefly she detailed the visit, min imizing her part In saving hlm. None the less he was able to see that It was to her he owed perhaps llfo Itself. He listened In llencn, letting her tell her story In her own way. "Gloria, I've come to a decision." She looked at him questlonlngly. "I'm solng to do what you've ordered. I'm going to stay here and fight for Bel mont" "Joe, you mean It!" Her faco lit up with pleasure and she held out both her hands to him. Ho took them both, and to her surprise, and despite her resistance, drew her to him. "But I'm not going to stay alone. If I'm to fight tho good fight. I'm not going to light alone. You called me a coward for wanting to go; won't you teward mo for deciding to stay? And out of unhapplncBS happiness will come. You must stay, Gloria; our place Is here." "Our place!" she echoed, and then was silent for a little time, her bead upon his shoulder. Ho held her tight ly, sho could not escape. The feeble efforts site had made to break from him were now abandoned as she thought moro and more upon his words. At last she looked up at him and smiled. "Yes, Joe, our place Is here, and our happiness. Right In this com all my old prldo died. But there has been born a new pride, a pride In you and In me, and in what It has been given us to do." The tears camo Into her eyes as sho thought of what they were to each other. "You are all I have In tho world, dear; you are my world. Make me always proud that I am your wife." Wright drew her closer to his heart and kissed her. And there in tho shel ter of his arms she rested. Peace had come to her. THE END. should not come Into the medical de partment, for . smiles make light hearts, light hearts aid digestion, and digestion Is the root of health. Lon don Tit-Bits. Art of Economy. All economy, whothor of state, households, or Individuals, may be do nned to be the art of managing labor. . . . Now, we have warped the word "economy" In our English lan guage into a meaning which it has no business whatever to bear. In our use of it, it constantly signifies mere ly rparing or saving; economy of noney means saving money econ omy of time, sparing time, and bo on. But that 1b a wholly barbarous use of bciibo, for It is not English, and it Is bad Greek; barbarous In a treble sense, for It is not English, it Is bad Greek, and It is worse sense. Economy no more means saving money than It means spending money. It means the administration of a house; its stewardship; spend ing or saving; that is, whether money or time, or anything else, to the best possible advantage. Ruskln. Why Called "Pin Money." Why is It called "pin 'money?" The answer to that question goes away back to the fourteenth century. Pins were pins in those daysl They were not carelessly lost or cast away as they are now. The law permitted that they be sold only on the first two days of each January, in order that they might not become too common. It therefore became the custom for women of all classes to buy their year's supply of pins on those two days, and the money given to them by their husbands or fathers for that purpose waa "pin money." How to"Eat" the Word of God Br REV. JAMES M. CRAY. D. D. Dau el Moodr B&is iostitate Qticte 44l TEXT "Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy word was unto me the Joy and rejoicing of my heart." Jeremiah 15:18. There la a great difference be tween "finding" the word of God und "eating" it. and it Is the man 'who cats It that gets the benefit out of It. Eutlng makes digestion and assimilation possible, and when these- func tions are normal In their working, the result is health, and strength, and all the uuulultiess and Joy of living. But eutlng comes ft ret. and the eat ing that counts Is that which has ta ken plenty of time for mastication. You must retain the food in your mouth, und get the full tasto of It, and let it mingle well with the sullva, and chow, and chew, and chew, until the least possible amount is left to swal low. The mun who doos this has learned one of the great secrets of his physical being. He has learned how to keep well, and how to eat almost anything he likes without 111 results. Keeping tho food In the mouth 1b the key to It all. Something like this is true in the higher realm. Usefulness and Joy in the spiritual llfo depend on spiritual health and strength. But these in turn depend on tho spiritual nourish ment one tukes Its kind, its quantity. Its condition. Tho only nourishment for man's soul Is the word of God. "Desire the sincere milk of the word that ye may grow thereby," Is the in spired exhortation (1 Peter 2:3), and the more you get of It the better, al ways provided that you can dlgeBt and assimilate it. Here comes the thought of eating again. Holding the word In your mind Is like holding the food In your mouth. That is how to get tho full taste of it Trayer does in the one case what the saliva does in the other. Turning It round and round, thinking of It from this point of view and that asking questions about It, taking It to your parents, your Sunday school teacher, your pastor, searching Its meaning in a commentary, all theBO things corre spond to the chewing that makes good digestion and assimilation. Now, tho only way to hold the word In your mind Is to memorize It. It Is not hard to do this, and when you be gin to see tho benefit of it It becomes a real pleasure. Mnko the task as easy as possible by taking a small por tion at a time. Don't "bolt" your food. In other words, while you aro a beginner let the passage of scripture ba so small that It may be readily recalled several times during tho busy day. And see that you do recall It, that Is the point. Master your will In the mntter until It obeys you almost automatically and you are able to recall the scripture without effort You will be surprised how soon you will bo able to do this, and it will mean so much to you. What I Got One Day. The other morning at family pray ers I read this verse in IProverbs 18: 10. "The name of the Lot d Is a strong tower: the righteous runneth Into It, and Is safe." I at once fastened it correctly In my mind, and as I walked down-town to my office, I kept "eating" it, turning It over and over, and get ting such a sweet taste out of it and such a sense of strength and spiritual satisfaction. "The name of the Lord,'" said I, "why that means the Lord himself! lie is a strong tower." "And the 'strong tower?' In olden time that was a place of defense and protection like our forts today." "The 'righteous runneth Into If Who can the righte ous be, save those who are made righteous through receiving Christ by fnlth as their righteousness?" " 'Run neth,' there is the thought of haste because of pursuit by an enemy," and Taul's word came into my mind, "We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against pow ers, agaluBt the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wicked ness In high places. IRunneth Into it and Is safe.' O, the security and peace of the believer who puta his trust In God!" But that was not all. Before the day was over I needed all the strength I got out of It There wae trials that day, the enemy was on njy heels, and how glad I was to run, und to know the place to run to and le safe! I think this is what the prophet meant when he said: "Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the Joy and rejoic ing of my heart" And this is why I urge every Christian ts memorize a portion of the word of God every day. It gives his soul something to feed upon, and the more he feeds upon, and digests and assimilates it the greater is his spiritual strength, and Joy, and power, and frultfulness in the Lord. Let me illustrate this. The next day after my experience with Proverbs 15:10 I was at a prayer meeting, and being suddenly called upon to give a word of exhortation, I had an opportu nity to pass on that verse to three or four hundred other people. Arid to how many more will they pass it on? They were all bible students preparing for ChrlBtlnn work in the uttermost part of the earth. Can you compute the number of souls to whom they may pass It on in a lifetime, and who, in turn, may pass it on, and on, and on while the age lasts I And all because of that one little bite of truth I got that morning, and because I held it long enough to chew it well! Memo rize the bible If you want to be blessed and become a blessing. MOTIONAL SUiWSaiooL Lesson ;nv K. O. RUM. ICRS. Director of Kvenlns I lepartmenl, the Moody illblo Instllutu, Chicago.) LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 8. DARKNESS AND LIGHT. I.KSHON TEXT-I-uke 1l:14-!6. 83-M. GOI.DKN' TKXT "lAok therefore whether the Unlit that Is 111 thee be nut lurkness." .Luke 11:36. I. The Accusation (vv. 1116.) The fact of demonology as revealed In the New Testament records is here itrongly emphasized. Their existence, their malignity, their evil powers. their relation to the devil, and yet their subjection to our Lord, 1b all clearly set before us. The devil bad o taken possession of this man that he could not speak, yet a word from Jesus, and tho dumb spake. That he should have such power caused the people to "wouder" (v. 14). His mlr teles were for one principal reason (John 5:3G). Matthew tells us (12:23) that In this case they asked tho ques tion: "Is this the Son of David," e. g., the promised Messluh? The record does not, however, Indicate that they believed on him were converted. They knew what had been prophesied about the Coming One (Isa. 29:18, 82:3, 4), yet they hesitated to come out on his sido. Iuto the midst of their controversy (v. 15, Matt 12:24; Mark 3:22) the Scribes and Pharisees projected themselves. They had come down from Jerusalem seeking, "that they might accuse him" (John 19:35, 30). It Is ever thus thut the dovll seeks to divert. Convincing Logic. II. Tho Defenso (vv. 17-20). "But ho, knowing their thoughts." Evident ly they dared not openly to muke their accusations. They would not accept the natural and true cxplanutluu. Jesus endured this contradltlon and theBe charges for us (Isa. 53:3, 4), and must not his disciples expect s like treatment? (Matt 10:25). With convincing logic Jesus reveals their motive (v. 1C) and demonstrates the untenable position and conclusion which resulted from their own charge. Satan Is not fighting blmsolf. A king never sends an army against his own soldiers, but against those of bis en emy. Therefore, out of their own ac knowledgement thut the devils were cast out, he proves that the kingdom of God has come upon them. Such an accusation (v. 15) was to Jesus an ev idence of the depravity of their hearts. There Is keen sarcasm In the answer ho demanded from them (v. 19). Evi dently they, too, had had power over demons, nnd it Is easy to see the di lemma into which he led them. This Is not tho only time that Jesus con victed men out of their own testi mony (Matt. 21:25). III. Tho Application (vv. 21-26). With a true teacher's skill Jesus drives home the truth brought out In the preceding paragraph. Satan Is a "stroug man," but he, Jesus, Is strong er. Ho has power to overcome and to take from the strong man his armor (defense), and his spoil, and to bind him fast (v. 22; Mark 3:27; Rev. 20:2). Those bound by chains of sin are the spoil of Satan, and Jesus is the only one powerful enough to break tho power of canceled sin And set the prisoner free. Cleanse the "Palace." With Chrlat there must bo entire possession; there can be no neutrality (v. 23). We cannot belong to ChrlBt and bo a slave to Sutan, to mammon, to self, or even to others whom we may lovo. The persistence of evil is here indicated. Unclean spirits are ever seeking a habitation. Therefore it is not enough for a man to be cleansed, his dwelling must bo occu pied, and if tho Holy Spirit does not take possession, tho evil ono will. The parable that follows (vv. 21-20) teaches thlp truth negatively. In one case Sutan is dislodged by Christ, lis finds the "palace" (v. 22) (man) to be pre-occupled. In this case the pal ace is empty (Matt 12:44). Tho ab sence of a positive attachment, too, or possession by, Jesus Christ Involves hostility to him. This picture Is that of tho reformed man, not of the re generated man. This latter has bis place pre-occupled, and tho returning spirit can find no place of ubodo. Un less, howover, such bo the case, the latter end of that mnn 1b far worse than his first state; witness the gold cured intemperate men who return to their cups (3 Pet. 2:22); they return because they have no strong dofcudct to drive off tho returning enemy. This application and prlnclplo here propounded may, and does, account for most of the back-sliding ofter many of the so-called conversions, viz., that the germ of character bus not been generated (John 3:7). IV. The Illustration (vv. 33-36). In his teaching, Jesus constantly used fa miliar objects as illustrations. Tin incongruity of placing a candle undei a biiBhel measure rather than in Iti rightful place that it may conspicu ously perform Its proper function Is nt once apparent. Jesus Is the Light (John 7:17; 8:12), so also ts the Christian. They are to be so set bo fore men that, seeing Christ reflected in them, they will glorify the Fathei who sent him. This Is that which ii used by God In redeeming, transform ing and ennobling earth's sinful chil dren, by showing to them the path ol a like transformation and redemption Hence the warning Jesus Bounds in verse 35. Verse 36 is particularly vlr 11, for it suggests the beauty tc be seen through the medium of I charitable eye. What the eye is tc the body so is tho will to the soul If the will be sot upon pleasing God then the whole character will be sur rendered to him, and there Is there tore no danger such as is suggested In verse 26. This also suggested thai many may be deceived by the "stronf delusions" of the devil. That we bi fully surrendered to God is therefor a matter of vast Importance, and no to be thus surrendered is fraught wltt a darkness, a final estate, that is awfu' to contemplate. (Conducted by the National Woman' Christian Temperance Union-) WANTED, BOYSI Walking down the streets of our cities and tovns and viewing the ex pensive window fixtures of the saloons, I can see as plain as the sign over the door, the word, "WANTED." Yes, wanted $1,000,000, the saloon keeper says. It makes no difference how I get it, but I must havo It I pay a big revenue to our grand old gov ernment to be protected and it must protect me. I pay a big license to the city, and in return It must furnish me mnterlul for my buBlnees. It must and will furnish boys. I can no more run my business without boys thun a saw mill can run without logs. Wanted, $1,000,000, and to get this amount of money 100,000 boys must bo sacrificed. What kind of boys aro wanted? The boys who have made a failure at everything they have under taken? No, the boys of worth and of high birth and good parentage. Most desired is the boy whose parents have faced the financial dilucultles of life and started the boy out well equipped. It makes no difference bow his mother worked and contrived; It makes no dif ference how his father tolled In both heut and cold, all the liquor trade wants Is to get the boy started down, the toboggan slide of life and strip him of money, honor and virtue before he realizes his true condition. Mrs. Cora Wright In Union Signal. RED RUM MURDER. A barrel of whisky contains some thing moro than an ordinary barrel of the same size; for, In addition to the regulation forty-two gallons, it contains: A barrel of heuduches, of heartaclfes, of woes; A barrel of curses, a barrel of blows; A barrel of tears of a world-weary wife; A barrel of sorrow, a barrel of strife; A borrel of all-unavailing regret; A barrel of cares and a bnrrel of debt; A barrel of hunger, of poison, of pain; A barrel of hopes ever blasted and vain; A barrel of falsehood, a barrel of cries That full from the maniac's lips as he dieB; A barrel of poverty, ruin and blight; A barrel of terror that grows with the night. A barrel of crimes and a barrel of groans; A barrel of orphans' most pitiful moans;1 A barrel of serpents that hiss as they pass From the head of the liquor that glows In the glass. Beware, all men of the glass! A FAILURE IF. A Judge of Knoxvllle, Tenn., when asked If prohibition hud fulled in that city, answered: "If lurger and more regular attendance at Sunday school, preaching and other services in our churches; If a larger and more regular attendance nt schools, by better-shod, better-clad children; If $10, 000 more for Increased room, better equipment and better-paid teachers; if sixty per cent decrease In arrests for drunkenness and kindred crimes, if a decrease even greater In the per cent of murder and all grades of crime; if $1,000,000 spent for neces saries is Icbs helpful than the samo amount spent for liquor If these things indicate failure, then prohibi tion baa failed In Knoxvllle." GREAT CRISIS. Health boards, armed with police authority, eradicate the carriers of typhoid and quarantine the victims. but alcohol, a thousand times more destructive to public henlth than ty phoid fever, continues to destroy. Al coholic degeneracy Is the most im portant sanitary question before the country, yet henlth authorities do not tuke action becauso alcohol Is en trenched In politics. We are face to face with the greatest crisis In our country's history. Tho alcohol ques tion must be settled within the next ten years or some more virile nation will write tho epitaph of this republic. Dr. T. Alexander MacNieholl. OUR VITAL ASSETS. Taking the estimate of the money value to society of tho average human life as $2,900, Dr. David Starr Jordan reckons our "vital nssets" at approxi mately two hundred and fifty billion dollars ($250,000,000,000). The phys leal wealth of tho United States he places at one hundred and ten billion dollars ($110,000,000,000). Speaking of the attention given to the preserva tion of this physical wealth, he in sists that "oven the most arrant materialist miiBt admit that the con servation of forests or the eradica tion of disease among cattle and hogs Is not to be compared In Im portance with the conservation of hu man life." SALOON A MURDER MILL. In 1909, Jefferson county, Alabama, In which Is locnted the city of Birm ingham, was without saloons. That year the county had 130 murders. In 1910 city nnd county were still under Prohibition and the number of mur ders was 138. In 1911 the city and county were without saloons for nine months, had saloons the last three months, and tho number of murders for the year was eighty-eight. In 1913, the first full year with reopened sa loons, the number of murders in Birm Ingham and Jefferson county was 308. LIVE ISSUE. The temperance question is fast be coming a live Usue In our national legislative hulls. The time has come when the temperanco people all over this nation are going to demand of candidates for Congress that they un equivocally declare tholr position on the temperance issues likely to come before the House and Senate. Con gressman Sam R. Sells. Enthusiasm Is the genius of sin cerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without It Bulwer Lytton,
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