i -.-.v . a THE YTT $(jKK DANDOLPH QDTI1L snd LILLIAN CHESTER n. ILLUSTRATED ii or Tuc Kfo Book CORPORATION SYNOPSIS. At vrstry meeting of tha Market f)iinr church Oall 8arKnt listens to discussion about the sala of the church ttMiHiutiiitH to Edward K. Alllsnn, local trarthin king, ami when nskt-d her opin ion of the church by Hev. Hmlrli Huyd. ays It Is uppanntly a lucrative business ent.-rprl. AUIan takes Oall riding In tils niutor car. Whun he suggf-sta he la entitled to rest on the laurels of his iv'hlrvi-ment. she aks the disturbing question: "Why?" (Jail. returning to lir Vnele Jim's home from her driva with Al Unon, find rold dlHapttruval In the eves of Hev. Hrnlth Hoyil, who la railing there. At a lw.lwte.1 party Call finds the world unronifortahly full of men, and Allison telle .llm g-irgcnt that his new ambition Is to roncjuer the world. Allison starts a campaign for rorisolhtatlun and control of the entire tranapnrtatlun syatem of the wnrhl. Call becomes popular. AUI"n gains control of transcontinental "rutllc and arranges to absoih tho Vedder court tenement property of Market Stpiare church. Gall visits Vedder court and meet ing It.ivd there, tells him thut the cathe dral Market Ho,uar church proposes to build will be out of profits wrung from s'tualor. She ttecomea the center of mag netic attraction for tha men of her aunt s social set. At a meeting of tha seven financial magnates of tho country, Alli son organises the International Transpor tation company. CHAPTER XI Continued. For Just one second the rector's mother felt an Impulse to shake Tod Iioyd. Gail Sargent was a young lady of whom any young man might ap prove and what was the matter with Tod? She was beginning to be humili ated by the fact that, at thirty-two, he had not lost his bead and made a fool of himself, to the point of tight shoes and poetry, over a girl. "Why?" and the valce of Mrs. Boyd was not cold as she bad meant It to be. She had suddenly felt some tug of sympathy for Tod. "Well, for one thing, she has a most disagreeable lack of reverence," he stated. "Reverence?" and Mrs. Boyd knitted her brows. "I don't believe you quite understand her. Shu has the most beautifully simple religious faith that I have ever seen. Tod." The Rev. Smith Boyd watched his soup disappearing, as If It were some curious moving object to which his at tention had Just been called. "Miss Sargent claims to have a new religion," he observed. "She has said most unkind things about 'Market Square church. She says that It Is a strictly commercial institution, .and that Its motive In desiring to build the new cathedral Is vanity." He omitted to mention Gail's further charge that his own motive in desiring the new cathedral was personal ambi tion. Candor did not compel that ad mission. It did not become him to act from piqued personal pride. Mrs. Boyd studied him as he gazed somberly at bis fish, and the twinkles once more returned to her eyes, as she made up her mind to cure Tod's Irritability. "I am ashamed of you," Bho told her son. "This girl is scarcely twenty. If I remember rightly, and I'm sure that I do, you came to me, at about twenty, and confessed to a logical disbelief In the theory of creation, which Included, of course, a disbelief In the Creator. Tou were an Infidel, an atheist. You were going to relinquish your studies and give up all thought of the church." The deep red of the Rev. Smith Boyd's face testified to the truth of this cruel charge, and he pushed back bis fish permanently. "I mosi humbly confess," he stated, and indeed he had writhed In spirit many times over that remembrance. "However, mother, I have since dis covered that to be a transitional stage through which every theological stu dent passes." "Yet yon won't allow It to a girl," charged Mrs. Boyd, with the severity which she could much better have ex pressed with a laugh. "When you dis cover that this young lady, who seems to be In every Way delightful, is so misled as to criticize the motives of Market Square church, you withdraw Into your dignity, with the privilege of layman, and announce that 'you do not approve of her.' What she needs, Tod, is religious Instruction." She had carefully ironed out the tiny little wrinkles around her blue eyes by the time her son looked up from the profound cogitation Into which this reproof hnd thrown hlm. "Mother, I have been wrong," he admitted, and be seemed ever so much brighter for the confession. He drew his fish toward him and ate It. Later the Rev. Smith Boyd present ed himself at James Sargent's house, with a new light shining In his heart; and he had blue eyes. He had come to show Gail the way and the light. If she had doubts, and lack of faith. FOR PRESERVATION OF BIRDS ' t-'forta to Be Made to Prevent the Heavy Mortality In Utah and California. The mortality of waterfowl near great Salt lake has attracted wide spread interest In recent years, and there have been many speculations as to Its cause. Thousands upon thou sands of wild ducks, snipe, Baud pipers and other birds have perished, and the situation Is of more than local Impor tance, as Immense numbers of birds stop In this region while migrating, and many of them succumb to the prevailing malady. A similar mortal ity has been reported at Tulare and Owens lakes in California, and prob ably occurs at many other points In the West. This matter has recently beeo Investigated by the U. S. biolog ical survey, which finds that in all probability the trouble- Is due to an slkailue poison. The birds probably slckeu in the shallow water bordering tho tntid flats. As these flats dry af ter b'gn water, salts and alkalies crys tallize an the surface of the ground. CD.RHODD and flippant Irreverence, It was his duty to be patient with her, for this was the fault of youth. He had been youthful himself. Gall's eyelids dropped and the cor ners of her Hps twitched when Rev. Smith Boyd's name was brought up to her, but she did her htilr In another way, high on her head instead of low on her neck, and then she went down, bewildering in her slmplo little dark blue velvet cut round at the neck. "I was afraid that your voice was out," remarked Gall, In a tone sug gestive of the fact that that would be a tragedy Indeed; and she began haul ing forth music. "You haven't been over for so long." Rev. Smith Boyd colored. At times the way of spiritual instruction was quite difficult. Nevertheless, he bad a duty to perform. Mechanically he had taken his place at the piano, standing straight and tall, and bis blue eyes softened as they automat ically fell on the piece of music she had opened. Of course it was their fa vorite, the one In which their voices had soared In the mo.it perfect uni son. Gall glanced up at him as she brushed a purely Imaginary fleck of dust from the keys. For ,an Instant the brown eyes and the blue ones met. He was a tremendously nice fellow, after all. But what was worrying him? "Before we sing I should like to take up graver matters," he began, feel ing at a tremendous disadvantage in the presence of the music. To obviate this, he drew up a chair, and sat fac ing her. "I have called this evening In the capacity of your temporary rector." Gail's eyelids had a tendency to flicker down, but she restrained them. She was adorable when she looked ! prim that way. Her Hps were like a rosebud. Rev. Smith Boyd himself thought of the simile, and cast It be hind him. 4 "You are most kind," she told him, suppressing the Imps and demons which struggled to pop Into her eyes. "I have been greatly disturbed by the length to which your unbelief has apparently gone," the , young rector went on, and having plunged Into this opening he began to breathe more freely. This was familiar ground. Gall rested a palm on the edge of the bench behind her, and leaned back facing him, supported on one beauti fully modeled arm. Her fuce had set seriously now. "However," went on the rector, "I do not expect to be able to remove the spiritual errors, which I am com pelled to Judge that you have accu mulated, by any other means than patient logic," he resumed. "May I discuss these matters with you?" His voice was grave and serious, and full of earnest sincerity, and the musical quality alone of It made patient, log ical discussion seen) attractive. "If you like," she assented, smiling at him with willful deception. The wicked thought had occurred to her that it might be bcr own duty to broaden his spiritual understanding. "Thank you," he accepted gravely. "If you will give me an hour or so each week, I shall be very happy." "I am nearly always at home on Tuesday and Friday evenings," sug gested Gall. "Scarcely anyone calls before eight-thirty, and we have din ner quite early on those evenings." She began to be sincerely Interested in the project. She had never given herself lime to quite exactly define her own attitude towards theology as distinct from religion, and she felt that ehe should do It, if for no other reason than to avoid making Impul sive overstatements. Rev. Smith Boyd would help her to look squarely Into her own mind and her own soul, for he had a very active Intelligence, and was, moreover, the most humanly forceful cleric she had ever met. Be sides, they could always finish by singing. I "I shall make arrangements to be over as early as you will permit," de clared the rector, warmly aglow with the Idea. "We shall begin with the very beginnings of things, and, step by step, develop, I hope, a logical Justification of the vast spiritual revo lution which has conquered the world." "I should like nothing better," mused Gail, and since Rev. Smith Boyd rose and stood behind her and filled his lungs, she turned to the piano -and struck a preliminary chord, which she trailed off Into a tinkling little run, by way of friendly greeting to the piano. Later pools from rain, or a steady wind blows the water over the flats; the highly soluble salts are taken up by the water; and birds feeding In the water thus charged are poisoned. Concentration of the salts by evapora tion In poorly drained pools leads to the same result. Measures for keep ing the water fresh are the only rem edy thus far Indicated. Scientific American. Justice to the Old Minister. There Is no more pathetic figure than that of the minister who, having served bis church faithfully for many years on a small salary, li left to want In his old age. Certainly the minister, whose life work Is devoted to the well-being of his fellow man, la as deserving of a pension ai the city official, the teacher, the fireman or railroad employee. Leslie's. Good Word for tha Braggart "De man dat brags," said Uncle Eben, "mos' generally don't mean no barm an' mebbe you otter be com plimented dat he's goln' to such paint to git you Interested in 'im. ' "We shall begli with the en pursued the rector, dwellln pleasure, on the idea of a tl progress through the mazes o lous growth. There were vague points which he wanted t up for himself. "And wind up with Vedder She had not meant to say thi Just popped into her mind, and w off the end of ber tongue. "Even that will be taken up due logical sequence," and Rev. Boyd prided himself on bavin ready displayed the patience 4 be had come expressly to exercll Gall was Immediately aware no was exjrcising patience, ne reproved ber, nevertheless, and coldly, for having violated the agreement to take up the dlffe phases of their weighty topic only their due logical sequence," Th tor, In this emergency, wo' found no answer which wot the test, but Gall had the imnl vantage of femininity. "It altogether defends at which end we start our sequence," she sweetly reminded. "My own Impression Is that we should begin at Vedder court and work back to the creation. Ved der court needs Immediate attention." That was sufficient. When Allison called, twenty minutes later, tbey were at It hammer and tongs. There was a bright red spot In each of Gall's cheeks, and Rev. Smith Boyd's cold eyes were distinctly green! Allison bad been duly announced, but the combatants merely glanced at hlm, and finished the few remarks upon which they were, at the moment, en gaged. He had been studying the tab leau with the Interest of a connois seur, and be had devoted his more earnest attention to Rev. Smith Boyd. "So glad to see you," said Gall con ventionally, rising and offering him her hand. . If there was that strange thrill In his clasp, she was not aware of It. ' "I only ran In to see If you'd like to take a private car trip In the new subway before It Is opened," offered Allison, turning to shake bands with Rev. Smith Boyd. "Will you Join us. doctor?" For some reason a new sort of Jangle had come Into the room, and It affected the three of them. Allison was the only one who did not notice that he had taken Gail's acceptance for granted. "You might tell us when," she ob served, transferring the flame of her eyes from the rector to Allison. "I may have conflicting engagements." "No, you won't," Allison cheerfully Informed her; "because It will be at any hour you set" ' "Oh," was the weak response, and, recognizing that she was fairly beat en, her white teeth flashed at him In a smile of humor. "Suppose we say ten o'clock tomorrow morning." "I am free at that hour," stated Doc tor Boyd, In answer to a glance of Inquiry from Allison. He felt it his duty to keep In touch with public Im provements. Also, beneath his duty lay a keen pleasure In the task. "YdVll be very much Interested, I think," and Allison glowed with the ever-present pride of achievement, then he suddenly grinned. "The new subway stops at the edge of Vedder court, waiting." , There was another little pause of embarrassment, in which Gall and Rev. Smith Boyd were very careful not to glance at each other. Unfor tunately, however, Rev. Smith Boyd was luckless enough to automatically and without conscious mental process fold the sheet of music which had long since been placed on the piano. "Why stop at the edge of Vedder court?" Inquired Gall, with a nervous little Jerk, much as if the words had been Jolted out of ber by the awk ward slam of the music rack, which had succeeded the removal of the song. "Why not go straight on through, and demolish Vedder court? It is a scandal and a disgrace to civi lization, and to the city, as well as to Its present proprietors! Vedder court should be annihilated, torn down, burned up, swept from the face of the earth! The board of health should condemn it as unsanitary, the building commission should condemn It as unsafe, the department of public morals should condemn It as unwhole some!" Rev Smith Boyd had been engaged In a strong wrestle within himself, but the spirit finally conquered the flesh, and he held his tongue. He remem bered that Gail was young, and youth was prone to extravagant Impulse. His spirit of forbearance came so strongly to bis aid that he was even able to acknowledge how beautiful she was when she was stiffened. Allison had been viewing her with mingled admiration and respect. "By George, that's a great Idea," he thoughtfully commented. "Gall, I think I'll tear down Vedder court for you!" CHAPTER XII. The Survival of the Fittest. A short, thick old man, gray-beard ed and puff-eyed and loaded with enor- MANY ARE DEAF TO MELODY Numerous Instances of Persons Who Were Denied One of Life's Chief Pleasures. It has been said of the late Dean Stanley that "he had not a note of music In his kead," and could scarcely distinguish one tune from another, d fact which caused his biographer, Row land E. Protbero, to express surprise that "one so destitute of musical feel ing" as Stanley should have been the first person to Introduce Bach's Pas sion music into the religious services of the church. It Is not easy, perhaps, for the aver age person to understand tone deaf ness. But Just st some poople ire color blind, so there are others who are melody deaf. Empress Catherine of Russia used to say that the would have given the world to be able to ap preciate and love music, declaring that for her "music was noise, and nothing but noise." President Grant la tald to have been able to distinguish only two tunet: "Yaakee Doodle" and "Hall to the Chief," which were recog- 4 ' . I aat V v.r V 1 I mm & IN an cret Impression omen bad no business, here. Tim Corman, who had carefully seen to It that he had a seat between Gall and Arly, touched Gall on the glove. "Reudy, tharjc you," she replied, glancing brightly at the loosely ar rayed fat man, and she could see that Immediately a portion of that secret Impression was removed. With an easy glide, which Increased with surprising rapidity Into express speed, the car slid into the long, glis tening tunnel, still moist with the odors of building. Tim Corman had adroitly blocked Gall Into a corner, and was holding her attention. "Ed Allison la one ot the smartest boys In New York," he enthusias tically declared. "Did you ever see anybody as busy as he Is?" "He seems to bs a very energetic man," Gall assented, with a sudden remembrance of bow busy Allison had always been. "Gets anything he goes after," Tlra Informed ber, and screwed one of bis many-puffed eyes Into a wink; at Which significant action Gall looked Introduced Himself With Smiling Ease as Tim Corman. out "at the motorman. "Never tells his plant to anybody, nor what he wants. Just goes and gets It." "That's a successful way, I should judge," she responded, now able to see the humor of Tim Corman's vol unteer mission, but a red spot begin ning to dawn, nevertheless, In either cheek. "What I like about him Is that be always wins," went on Tim. "Nobody In this town bat ever passed him the prunes. Do you know what be did? He started with two miles of rust and four horse cars, and now he owns the whole works." Gall knitted her brows. She had heard something of this marvelous tale before, and It had interested ber. She had been groping for an explana tion of Allison's tremendous force. "That was a wonderful achieve ment How did be accomplish It?" "Made 'em get off - and walk!" boasted Tim, with vast pride In the fact. "Any time Eddie run across a man that had a street car line, he choked It out ot him. He's a wizard." TJm's statement teemed to bo some what clouded in metaphor, but Gall managed to gather that Allison had possibly used first-principle methods on his royal pathway to success. "You mean that be drove them out of business?" "Pushed 'em off!" chuckled Tlra. "Anybody Allison likes Is lucky," and with the friendly familiarity of an old man, Tim Corman patted Gall on the glove. "It occurs to me that I'm neglecting my opportunities," observed Gall, ris ing. "I'm supposed to be running this car," and going to the glass door she looked into the motorman'a compart ment, which was large, and had seats In It and all torts of mysterious tools and appliances In the middle of the floor. nlzable, probably, becauie he heard them ao often. Doctor! seem, to have some difficulty In explaining tfie cause from which tune deafness arlBfea, although It Is generally agreed that nerves have much to do with It Musical applica tion depends to a great extent upon the exerclst of mental and physical faculties, and the delight In music calls for an alert sympathy between the nervet fend the cerebral faculties, without which connection there It a definite musical lack, although the nerves perform their ordinary func tion ot communicating sounds to the mind. Not Settled Yet "Is the head of the house at home?" asked tbe agent at the- mister of the family answered tbe doorbell. Making no effort to answer the question, tbe mister person tald: "I don't know what line of goodt you are Introduc ing or whether they would fit In our establishment or not that phase of tbe matter being neither here nor there; bat let me tell you something: If you cm est&ollsh one for all Just who la etTfl of ecstatlo so, rtxsrt oir ana ner waving .a . vTn hair flowing behind her In the sweep of the wind. To one aide ttood a highly deased motorman. while a short, thick old man, and a careless fat man, and a man with a high fore head and one with a red mustache, all smiling indulgently, cloggod the space In the rear. Allison boarded the car, and greeted hit guests, and came straight through to the motorman'a cage, as Uall, In response to the clang of the bell, pulled the lever. She was just get ting thut easy starting glide, and tha 'was filled with pride In the fact. "You should not stand bareheaded In front of that window," greeted Alli son, almost roughly; and he closed it Gail turned very sweetly to the mo torman. "Thank you," she said, and gave blm the lever, then the walked back Into tbe car. It had required tome repres sion to avoid recognizing that dicta torial attitude, and Allison felt that sjie was rather distant, and wondered what waa the matter; but he was a practlcal-mlnded person, and he felt that It would toon blow over. "I've been neglecting this view," tha observed, gazing out into the rapidly diminishing perspective, then , she glanced up sldewlse at the tall young rector, whose eyes were perfectly blue. ' He answered something or other, and the conversation was so obviously a tete-a-tete that Allison remained be hind. Tlra looked up at Allison with a complacent grin, as the latter sat beside him. "Well, Eddie, I put In a plug for you," stated Tim, with the air of one looking for approval. "How'a that?" Inquired Allison, ab stractedly. "Boosted you to the girl. Say, she'a a peach!" Allison looked quickly back at tha platform, and then frowned on hit zealous friend Tim. "What did you tell Miss Sargent about me?" "Don't you worry, Eddie; It's all right," laughed Tim. "I hinted to her, so that she had to get It, that you're about tbe most eligible party In New York. I let her know that no man In this village has ever skinned you! She wanted to know how you made this big combination, and I told her you mado 'em all get off; pushed 'era off the map. Take It from me, Eddie, after I got through, she knew where to find a happy home." Allison's brows knitted in quick an ger, and then suddenly he startled the subway with Its first loud lnugh. He understood now, or thought he did, Gail's distant attitude; but, knowing what was the matter, he could easily straighten It out "Thanks, Tim," he chuckled. "Left talk business a minute. I had you hold up the Vedder court condemna tion because I got a new Idea last night. Those buildings are unsafe." "Well, the building commissioners have to make a living," considered Tim. "That's what I think," agreed Alli son. Tim Corman looked up ' at hlm threwdly out of his puffy silts of ey.es, for a moment, and considered. "I get you," be said, and the busi ness talk being concluded, Allison went forward. The girls and Ted came back pres ently, and, with their arrival. Gall brought Rev. Smith Boyd Into the crowd, whereupon they resolved them selves Into some appearance of so ciability, and Allison,- for the amuse ment of the company, slyly started old Tim Corman into a line of personal reminiscences, to replete In uncon scious humor and so frank In uncon scious disclosures of callous knavery, that the company needed no other entertainment. ( (TO BR CONTINUED ) Some Men. In the Revolution we used 231.771 regulars and 164,007 militia and vol unteers against England's 150,(105. In the War of 1812 we had 06,052 regular and 471,622 militia against English and Canadian forces of only about G5.0U0. In the Mexican war 31,024 regulars and 73,532 militia were required to conquer about 46,000 Mexicans. In the Civil war tli United States employed 67,000 -regulars and 2,605,341 militia and volunteer! to defeat about a mil lion Confederate!. , to be recognized as the bead of thla bouse, I'll buy a gross of whatever you've got and pay the catalogue price." Here's a Perfect ' Electric Bell. An original electric bell combina tion Is In use In Paris which is de signed to get rid of all trouble caused by the question of batteries, for these are now lodged within the apparatus itself. The usual box bell shape Is re tained, but the arrangement of tha parts Is different In this rase.- All the magnet parts are now lodged under the gong Itself. Long, Lonely Memories. We shall have long, lonely memo ries of undlscoverable graves In France and Flanders wherein our dead sons are laid; and where we were wont to go for pleasure, we shall for many years go on sorrowful pilgrim ages. It may be that melancholy will pe.tle on our literature, melancholy and thwarted desire and a solemn preoc cupation with destinies. St. J. a. Er vln In the North American Review. Tepared- iiess J. H. RALSTON limipondtnce. Moody Jitutsof Chicago meet thy GxL Amos the word of the n It to preparation for national de- ense. Majiynews- apers and many patriotic cltlzent are now urging the United States government t o prepare for war In the time of peace. This application of the Idea to the nation h a tone strong competitor for consideration and that Is prepa ration for man's eternal welfare. The preparedness first tpoken of Is In connection with a possible enemy of greater present military strength. God Is very strong, and If It It pos sible for man to so act that he encoun ters God at an enemy, Is he able to meet him? i Meeting God. What It It to meet God? Man meets God in hit everyday obligations. Some of these are communal, while others are Individual. Men are as communi ties and at Individual! meeting God and they are enjoying or suffering the consequences. There la a certain meeting of God In death, the soul ttandlng naked before him, and It la a very common expression In connection with tbe death of anyone to say, "He has gone to meet his God." When a Judge In court sentences a prisoner to death he adda, "And may God have morcy on your toul." Hut the chief thing in mind Is tbe meeting of God In the final judgment. Neither taking a chance, reformation, nor becoming religious will make this preparation; only belief In tbe Lord Jesus Christ as Savior' will do It. The Outcome of Preparation. One outcome of such preparation will be an Immediate blessing, the es tablishment of peace with God and the experience of the peace of God. There Is the realization of man's true place In the univerte. He was created in the Image and likeness of God and he can never be "the whole ot man," as Indi cated by tbe correct reading of Ec tfleslastes 12,: 13, unless bo believes In Jesus Christ. There Is also deliver ance from the power of death, which, while as a Hon In the pathway It may terrify, Is chained. ' This outcome means the ultimate, perfect Individual and also the perfect social order. Man is not "whole" until he has a sound mind In a sound body, and both ot these are tbe Inheritance of the bo Hever In Jesus Christ. A man who does not believe In Jesus Christ as his Savior, Is not of a sound mind. The prodigal was not In his right mind when he demanded his father's goods and when he was spending them In riotous living, and it was only when he came to himself; that Is, when he resumed rationality and determined to return to his father's house, that be became ot sound mind. This sound mind will also be In a sound body. It Is the glory of the Christian religion that it promises a body that Is Incor ruptible, powerful, honorable, glorious and like Christ's body. Tbe blind, the deaf, the dumb, tbe deformed and those lacking members of the normal body, can certainly believe that they will have perfect, bodies tome day If they meet the conditions that God places on thom. When Shall Man Prepare? Many who acknowledge the neces sity of preparation, put it off until aft er death, but while there Is a most dangerous Indifference to this fact on the part of those who theoretically profess It, It Is true that preparation must be made before death. "It Is ap pointed unto men once to dio, but after this the Judgment." That preparation can be completely made now. But, says someone, "That Is too rapid, that is practically miraculous, It is a cre ative act." Precisely so, and nothing less. There Is no evolution in regen eration. Jesus, In his talk to Nlcode mus, settled the matter of man's right relationship to God in speaking of It as a new birth. That preparation can be made this moment by believing In Jesus Christ. Two soldiers In the trenches of Flanders, who were brothers and de vout Christians, belonged "to a regi ment which bad been ordered to make a chargo upon the enemy. .The com manding officers said that there would be a very serious business. Tbe younger of the two brothers said to the other, as they went Into the smoke and the smothering gases, "Brother, we may not see each other again, but It is all right." The older brother came back wounded, the name ot tbe other was found In the list of thoso who bad been killed, but he was prepared. , Luther's Trust In God. -Luther's entire reliance upon God. and his distrust of all human ways and means. Is clearly set forth In the following passage from a letter to tbe German elector who befriended hira: "No sword can help In this affair. God must act alone - without man's care or aid. Therefore who believes most will be of most protection here. And since I suspect your highness Is still weak In fulth I can by no means regard you as the man who can pro tect or rescue me. Since your high ness desires to know what to do In this affair, and fancies you have done too little, 1 answer respectfully that you have already done altogether too much, and should do nothing. . , , If your hlfhucfls believed, you would see the glory of God; but alnce you do not yet believe, you have at yet teen nothing. To God be love and honor forever. Amen!" Christian Sci ence Monitor. V I SiwrSiooi LEs$a (By E. O. SELLERS' Wlilrector ot the Sunday School CouiVX VheJdoody Bible Institute of Chicair.r - (Copyrlfht, lilt, Western Newspaper Union.)1 LESSON FOR DECEMBER 26 JEHOVAH'8 GRACIOUS PROMI8ES TO ISRAEL (REVIEW). LESSON TEXT Hosea 14. GOLDEN TEXT-Jehovah Is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kli'(lnens.-Psa. 103 ;8 R. V, The burden of punishment descend ed upon - Iijrael, not because , of the vindictive character ot Jehovah, but because of the persistent pursuit ot tin on the part of the nation. The lessons of tho past quarter ex tend from the latter days, of Elijah, about 906 B. C., to the tall and cap tivity of Israel (the northern king (Jom)B. C. 722 jReechor, a peHod of 18'Oearii. Some contend 'that th"e les.' son for November 14, Daniel at the King's Court, is chronologically the last and ought to have been put at the end of the series. During the past quarter we have studied about six kings, Ahab, Joash, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Nineveh, Uzzlah and Ho shea; also six prophets, Elijah, Ell tba, Daniel, Jonah, Amot and Hosea; and one soldior, Naaman. A good method of review would be to have assigned to different scholars or classes each ot the foregoing per sonages and to give a report of his chief characteristics. Material for such a review Is easily accessible. An other method of review would be to take up tne lessons serially and In connection with each read some ap propriate Scripture verses that will serve to emphasize or to Illustrate the chief fact of each lesson. Lesson I. The weak King Ahaz (strong In his perversity) Is easily persuaded to do evil In order to grati fy hi covetousness. Elijah at God't command goes to meet Ahab who cries out, "Hast thou found me, 0 my enemy?" In reply Elijah delivers God's word; that word to us Is found In Ex. 2C : 17. (Let each Scripture ref erence be read In full.) Lesson It. The veteran champion Elijah Is about to go home and his more, youthful follower, Ellsba, has one chief desire (see II Kings 2:9), which persistently followed Is abund antly rewarded. Tbe lesson for us is found In the master's prayer, John 14:16. Lesson III. The stricken toldier, Naaman, at a child's suggestion, ap peals to God's prophet, Elisha, for healing. He Is directed how he may be cured and after some hesitation returns home cleansed. The lesson for us Is that of bolng faithful amid life's experiences and of doing and living for others (see also Romans 12:20, 21.) Lesson IV, The servant of Elisha is very much excited. King and camp are In despair, yet the prophet Is not disturbed. Why? Let ut read II KInga 6:17. Remember that Jesus. the master of men, refused to avail himself of like angelic assistance In hie great battle concerning sin (See Mart. 26:53). Christanity is a religion ot love, not of force. Lesson V. The faithful priest pre serves the rightful king. Joash, and makes a covenant between him and the Lord, viz., that prince, priest and people "should be the Lord's people" (II Kings 11:17). Through the mer its ot our high priest there has been made a better, even an everlasting covenant (Heb. 13:20, 21). Lesson VI. Again refers to the good king, Joash. The neglected temple is restored and refurnished through the liberality of the people. This temple Is a type of our bodies, which are spiritual temples (Eph. 2:22), and the lesson I'or us Is not only the care of ' the body, but of liberality towards tho work and worship ot God's house. Lesson VII. This is the lesson which is chronologically out ot order, but Is used for Its temperance applica tion. Daniel, the clean youth, staked hit life and position upon obeying the word of God (Dan. 1:8) The lesson for us is the exhortation of the apos tle Paul (Eph. 6: 13-17, see also I Pet. 6:8). . Lesson VIII Is the foreign mission ary lesson. Jonah's life story Is not a flattering one, yet when he faithful ly proclaimed God's word It wrought marvelous transformation In great and wicked Nineveh. (Read carefully Mott. 16:10 and Isa. 65:10, 11). We are to herald, witness to the truth and leave the results with God. Lesson IX presents Amos, the stur dy prophet of civic and moral right eousness, the great messenger of the "rlghtness" of things (Amos 5:14) Tbe gist of this lesson for ut will be found In the words of Jesus (Matt. 6:33). Letton X. Uzzlah la that king who could not withstand prosperity and who, In the development ot his pride (II Chron. 26:6, 16), assumed to dis obey the word of God. Lesson XI. Enter Hosea. Let the entire school state the message of tbe prophet to the poople of Israel, "1 will heal their backsliding. , I will love them freely" (Hosea 14:4). Thon lot all recite the "little gospel" (John 3:16) "For God . to loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever belleveth In hlm should not perish, but have everlast lug life " To Be Taken Literally. Tho curtain had dropped on the ict of the amateur play. "Ladies gantlemon," said the youthful st manager, stepping to the front ofj stage, "you will observe that the gram says that there 1b an Interv two years between the first' and V ond acts. This will be fully c out. Tho leading lady hat lust V' lowed the powdor puff undor th presslon that- It was a marshm.' and I think it will be about that before she will be able to go on.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers