THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURQ, PA. '
feOMMNDOLPnCOEIL
and LILLIAN CHDTER Tr.
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8YNOPSIS.
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At a, ventrjr mrellnn of the Market
tiare Uiurch O.ill ftirjfent tnlM Uv.
Hniilh lluyd that Mnrkut Hiuur church
l Aipari?nlly a lucrative bunintHs enter
prlu. A His in taKna dull r.illntc In 111"
oioLor car. Win. llml cold tllmipproval In
ie eye of Krv. Hmlili liny, I. Allison
Atari a cump.ilKn for i-oriHtiliilntlon und
control of tin- enilrn triifmpnrtiitlon yn
ljn of Hit world. Gail heroines iMuul:ir.
All'mn gulim control uf transvuntlnonial
tra.'llc and iirruiuci-a to fi)(.rb the Vt.l-tti-r
court tvofimnt property of Market
Hi oaro t-huri-li. Oil tel. a Boy, I that the
cttliettrul M.irkel fr-ijuure church propose
tj build will be out uf pi oil i wrung from
flualor. At a tr-etlnK of the aeven linar.
in, ironies of t!i country. Alliaon or
tftnii. s the Lnternailonul Transtiortatlon
roimntny. Kcv. Smith Uoyil uinlertuke
Gull a aplrltunl Imnrui-tloti unci Call un
conaclmialy gives AIHkoii a hint that solve
n Vulilcr court prolixin for lilm. ttn
am InHjHH-tlon trip In AlliMon's new sul
WAy tlic tunnel cavea In. (Jail ri. b back
to her homo In the VVmt. Her frlcnilM lure
tier ami Arly back to New York. In the
ntluat of A atruicla with the oVex of hu
manity In Wilder court Ft' V. Smith Boy,l
Hililenly rind that he la a real l:vln
nl kivinif tn.tn. Ho propone to Gail
twl. on t!:e verxe of accplanee. she re
.uniberi their rellilou dLfferencea, un,l
refinui. ThroUKii Allison' connivance
lth the politic il boia Vedder court I
mnilrmncil hv tle city a unsnnltarv.
Itev. Hiuilli lloyd prop , sea to the ve rv
o. r"p'nce the uhl Vediler court bttllflins
ay lb inoilel temoncnta Allison makes nr
rangienrnis w tn forciuti n-pn-iii-ntnth vs
fttr the cor-.nl), l.-it'on of the, trunsporta
t0 Inlenalo of the world.
CHAPTER XIX Continued.
The ncat-wal.-Ued caller, with the
first slow motion bo bad used since
lie canio into the room, drew the blip
ot pnptr towards him again.
There followed another banker, a
ruddy-faced man whose heavy features
were utterly Incapable of emotlou; and
lie sat at Allison's table in thick
Jowled solidity.
"There are about to begin Interna
tional movements of the utmost Im
ittrtance." Allison told him "There
Is a mar scheduled for tie-.t month,
which 13 likely to embroil the whole
f Europe."
The banking gentleman nodded his
fcead almost imperceptibly
"Mr. Chiaholm advised me that your
otirces of Information are authentic,"
lie stated "What you tell me Is most
drplorable."
"Quite." agreed AlliFon. "I am in
formed that tha company jou repre
sent and manage has the practical di
rection of the entire banking svstem
tf Kurope. with the exception of one
Country. Resides this, you have pow-
O-ful Interests, amounting very nearly cntlty bpfore any individual, quite ap
to a monopoly. In Egypt, in India, lu pr0vd of Mrs. Davies. and was In no
Australia, and In a dozen other quar-; wige tcai0Us of belne so distinctly out
le r of the globe."
"lou Beem to be accurately In-,
formed." admitted the banking gentle-
man, studying interestedly the glow-
fn- coals lu Alllscn's fireplace.
"If I can show you how a certain at-'
Utude towards the international com-
plications which are about to ensue
will be of Immense advantage to your
tanking system, as well as to the In
terests I represent, I have no doubt
liat we- can como to a very definite
understanding."
The solidly Jowled banking gentle
man studied the glowing coals for two
minutes.
"I should he Interested In learning
lie exact details," he Cually suggest
rfl. Allison drew some sheets of papwr
from an Indexed file and spread them
before the financier. It was largely a
matter of credits In the beginning, ex
tensions here. curtal!:ncnt3 there, and
All on a rcalc so gigantic that both
gentlemen went over every Item with
the imaginative minds of poets. In
every line tnere wus a vista of vast
empires, of toppling thrones, of altered
tKJundarlts, of such an endless and
Shifting panorama of governmental
farces, that the minds of men less In-urr-d
to the contemplation of commer
cial ard political revolutions ml?ni
ave grown fagged. On the third
page, the solid banking gentleman
who had not made a nervous motion
Clnce his grandfather was a boy,
looked up with a start.
"Why. this affeets ,my own coun
try!" he ecl;. lined. "It affects our
enormous shippin ; Interests, our great
transportation lines, our commercial
rjirnilicnlliiis tn all parts of the globe!
It cripples us on the land and wipes
us from the sea! Il even affects my
Own government!"
"Quite true." admitted Allison
The banking gentleman drew a
long breath
"What you predict may not come to
pass." he maintained, although the se
cret Information which had brought
liim to AI1!:-pu had prepared him to
take every stiittTient seriously.
"1 can Hhow ycu proofs! The war
which Is to be started next month Is
ml ,he keystone of the political arch
SURELY HAS EARNED REST
French Sadler, Crippled and War
Scarred. Is to Become a Citizen
of the t'mted States.
Throm;h the inuenee of the French
consul a wounded Frenrh soldier
1-eon Graux of 347 East Flftv-seventh
treet. was released from Kills island
and reftored to his wife, who had
celved news six wceki ago that Iib
tad be:n killcl in buttle.
After inn French llimr Rorham
teu arrived from Bordeaux at her
filer, foot uf Wori Fifteenth street
ITrs Graux received word from her
brother Pierre that he believed l.eon
as on the ship. She hurried to the
)tr and was Informed that her hus
band had gone to Kills inland with the
leerage passengers She pought the
French consul, who obtained permiK
Blon from the Immigration commH
loner for Graux to land In New York
Lnon Giaux was a crippled and war
scarred veteran when ho walked
ashore from the Ellis island! forryrwot
leaning on his wife's a-rrn. He had
1v hul'!. wound In his arms, legs
C.D.RHODES
of the entire eastern hemisphere.
There are a dozen wars, each bigger
than the other, slated to follow If
needed, like the pressing of a row of
electric buttons. Knowing these
things as you shall, It Is only a ques
tion of whether you will be with me
on the crest, or In the hollow."
The caller moistened bis lips, and
turned his gaze finally from the glow
ing coals to Allison's face.
"Show me everything you know,"
he demanded.
They sut together until morning,
and they traversed the world; and,
when that visitor had gone, Allison
gave his globe a contemptuous whirl.
The balance of them were but mat
ters of detail With a certain prlde
ful arrogance, of which he himself
was aware, he reflected that now he
could almost leave these minor pow
ers and potentates and dlguitarieB to a
secretary
Intoxicated with a sense of his
own power, he went buck into his
study, and drew from a drawer the
photograph of a young ana beautiful
gill, who seemed to look up at him.
out of an oval fuce wreathed with sav
ing brown hair, and set with beautiful
ly curved lips which twitched at the
corners In a half sarcastic smile, from
two brown eyes, deep and glowing and
fraught with an intense attractiveness
Kvery morning he had looked at this
photograph the priceless crown of bis
achievement, the glittering Jewel to
set in the head of his scepter, the
beautiful medullion of his valor!
"Only a little longer, Call." he told
her with a smile, and then he saluted
the photograph. "Call, the maker of
maps!" he said.
CHAPTER XX.
The World at Gail's Feet.
Callers for Mrs. Helen Davies, and
a huge bouquet of American beauties
for Gail. Into the Louis XIV room,
where N'icholas Van Ploon and Miss
Van Ploon sat with unusual lmpres
Biveuess, Mrs. Davies came arrayed
in the black velvet afternoon gown
which gave her more stateliness and
more Impressive dignity than anything
in her wardrobe. Miss Van Ploon,
w ho was a true member of the family.
In that she considered the Van Ploon
shone In personal appearance. Mett
olas Van Ploon also surveyed Mrs
Pavles with a calculating eye, and
bobbed his round head slightly to him
Eelf. He had canvassed Mrs. Helen
Davies before, and had discussed hpr
in family council but this was a final
view, a dress parade as It were,
Half an hour later Mrs. Helen Da-
vies, leaving her guests In the Louis
XIV room, paused at the head of the
stairs to calm herself. The Mrs. Wa
verly-Galtes' annual faded Into dim ob
scurity. Mrs. Wavcrly-Galtes would
la
When the Visitor Was Gone Allison
Cave the Globe a Contemptuous
Whirl.
beg Gail on h'ir bended knees to at
Lend the annual, and Mrs. Helen Da
vi.;s could attend if she liked She
went Into her own roum. and took a
drink of water, and sat down for thirty
or forty seconds; then she went Intt,
Gail's suite, where she found that
i ai,d b0ly- company or sao.
iiiui i-u ei7 ot, lie num. nun ins uauir
of Solsons. In which both his hands
were soerely torn by shells In fol
lowing etiga cements Graux had a hul
lot in his right shoulder, his left leg.
nnd finally had his right thumb shot
away After each engagement he was
patched up and sent to the front
again and was decorated by the
French Government for bravery on the
battlefield.
Grat.x gave up his Job as a hair
dresser In this city shortly after the
wnr started and went home to fight
Now he is r"lt'g to become a citizen
of the CnitoiJ Ftates and live here
with his wife and two children elvht
nnd fourteen yean old. New York
Times.
Nature Fake.
Tbe story of the lotnuto plant graft
ed on to en eggplant and producing
a splendid fruit with a purple ulun
deep red meat, few seeds and wonder
ful flavor, survives and goes the
rounds.
This particular nature fake persists
because of the lack of borticulturtil or
young lady, all unconscious of .the
honor which was about to befall her.
leading a six-hundred-page critique of
Chopin's music, and calmly munching
chocolates out of a basket decorated
with eight shades of silk roses.
"Sit down and have a chocolate,
Aunt Helen," hospitably offered Gail,
slipping a marker tn her book.
Mrs. Davies consumed a great deal
of time tn selecting a chocolate, but
she did not stt down.
"Shall you be at liberty this evening.
Gall?" she Inquired, with much care
lessness. "Why?" and Gall, whose feet were
stretched out and crossed, In lazy ease.
looked up at her aunt sidewtse from
under her curving lashes.
Mrs. Davies hesitated a moment
"Houston Van Ploon would like t
call."
"Are they still downstairs?" Call
suddenly unveiled ber eyes, and
brought her slippers squarely tn front
of her divan. AIro she sat bolt up
right. "Yes," and Mrs. Davies betrayed
signs of nervousness.
"Are they making the appointment
for Houston?"
"Yes." The word drawled.
"Why?" and Gall's brown eyes be
gan to cracklo.
Mrs. Davies thought It better to sit
down.
"My dear, great honor has come
to you."
Gall leaned forward towards ber
aunt, and tilted ber chin.
"Houston wants to propose, and he's
sent his father and sister to find out
If he may I" she charged.
"Yes," acknowledged Mrs. Davies.
driven past the possibility of delay or
preparation, and feeling herself unjust
ly on the defensive.
"I shall not be at home this eve
ning," announced Call decisively, and
stretched out her feet again, and
crossed her little gray slippers, and
took a chocolate. "Or any other eve
ning," she added.
Mrs. Davies lost her flutter Imme
diately. This was too stupendously
serious a matter to be weakly treated.
"My dear, you don't understand!"
she protested, not In anger, but In pa
tient reason. "Houston Van Ploon has
been the unattainable match of New
York. He Is a gentleman In every par
ticular, a desirable young man In every
respect, and gifted with everything a
young girl would want. He has so
much money that you could buy a
kingdom and be a queen, If you chose
to amuse yourself that way. He has a
dignified old family, which makes mere
social position seem like an Ignomini
ous scramble for cotillion favors; nnd
it Is universally admitted that he Is
the most perfect of all the Van Ploons
for many generations. Not exception
ally clever; but that Is one of the rea
sons the Van Ploons are so particular
to find a suitable matrimonial alliance
for him."
Gail, nibbling daintily at her choco
late, closed her eyelids for a second
the long, brown lashes curved down on
her cheeks, and from beneath them
there escaped a sparkle like the snap
of live coals, while the corners of ber
lips twitched In that little smile which
she kept for ber own enjoyment
'You cannot appreciate the compli
ment which has been paid you, Gail
Every debutante for the past five
years has been most carefully consld
ercd by the Van Ploons. and 1 sincere
ly believe this to be the first time
they have unanimously agreed on a
choice. It Is a matter of eugenics, Gall.
but in addition to that, Mr. Van Ploon
assures me that Houston Is most fer
vently Interested."
"How careless of them," criticized
Gail. "They have neither asked for
my measurements nor examined my
teeth."
"Gail!" Her chaperon and sponsor
was both shocked and stern.
"I positively decline to even discuss
the Van Ploon eugenics," stated Gall
pushing aside her chocolates, while a
red spot began to appear on her
cheeks. "I shall not, as I stated be
fore, be at borne to Houston Van Ploon
this evening or any other evening."
"I shall not deliver that message,"
announced Mrs. Davies, setting her
Hps. "As your present sponsor, 1 shall
Insist that you take more time to con
sider a matter so Important."
"I shall Insist on refusing to con
aider it for one second," returned Gall
quietly. "I am vary fond of Houston
Van Ploon and I hope to remain so,
but I wouldn't marry him under any
circumstances. This is firm, flat, and
llnal."
Mrs. Helen Davies dropped patient
reason Instantly. She was aware of
an impulsive wish that Gall were in
pinafores, and her own child, so she
could box ber ears.
"Gail, you compel me to lose my pa
tience!" she declared. "When you
came, I strained every influence I
possessed to have you meet the most
desirable ellglbles this big city could
offer. Just as If you were my own
daughter! I have succeeded In work
Ing miracler,! I have given you an
opportunity to Interest the very best!
You have interested them, but 1 have
never seen such extravagance in the
waste of opportunities! You have re
fused men whom thousands In the
botanical knowledge Even Burbank
himself could not produce a new fruit
by grafting Such fruits can only be
produced by pollenlzing. Every school
boy who has studied botany or a
primer on farming which always con
tains Instructions an grafting, knows
that the selnn or bud, grafted on to the
root or stock, governs the kind of fruit
lo be produced. Otherwise, every
graft might produce a hybrid or freak
one may graft half a dozen kinds of
orange scions on one sour stock, and
each scion will Invariably produce Its
own kind of orange, tnd not a cross
between the sour orange and that of
tbe tree trom which the scion was cut.
Famous Portrait Painter.
The firdt portrait painter of the Unit
ed States to win general fame was
Thomas Sully, who was born 132 years
ago One of the first celebrated Amer
lean historical paintings. "Washington
Crossing the Delaware," was the pro
duct of his genius. Sully established
himself in Richmond as a portrait
painter in lf03 but soon removed to
New York, and In 1810 to f'blladel
utila. which o" was afterward his
highest circles have sought; find now
you refuse the very choice of them
all! What or whom do you want?"
Gail's red spots were deepening, but
he only clasped her k.iee In her Inter
locked fingers, ber brown lialr waving
about her" fuce, and her chin upttlted.
'You can't always expect to retain
your youth, and beauty and charm!"
went on her Aunt Helen. "You can't
expect to come to New York every
year and look over the ellglbles until
you And one to suit your fastidious
taBtel You're , capricious, you're un
grateful, and you're unsatisfactory!"
Gall's eyes turned suddenly moist,
aiid the red flashed out of ber cheeks.
'Oh, Aunt Helen!" she exclaimed In
Instant contrition. "I'm so very, very
sorry that I am such a disappointment
to you I But If I Just can't marry Mr.
Van Ploon, 1 can't, can I? Don't you
see?" She was up now and down
again, sitting on a hassock in front of
Mrs. Davies, end the face which he
upturned had in It so much of beauti
ful appeal that even her chaperon and
sponsor was softened. "I was nasty
a while ago, and I bad no excuse for
It for you have been loving and sin
cere In your desire to make my future
happy. I'm so very, very sorry! I'll
tell you what I'll do! You may go
down and tell Mr. Vtn Ploon and his
daughter that I will see Houston this
evening," and then she smiled; "but
you mustn't say, 'with pleasure.'"
The soft air which blew upon Gall's
cheek was like the first breath of
spring, and there was the far-off
prophecy of awakening In the very sun
shine as she sped out t.ie river road
with Allison In his powerful runabout
"It's glorious!"-exclaimed Gall, her
cheeks answering to the caress of the
air with a flush of blossomlike deli
cacy. She was particularly contented
today. Allison had been so busy of
late, and she bad missed him. With
all his strength, be was restful.
'I feel like a new man at this time
of the year," returned Allison, glanc
ing at Gall with cool appreciation. A
car full of men passed them, and the
looks they cast In bis runabout pleased
him. "Gall, do you remember tbe first
time we drove out herei"
'Indeed yes," she laughed. "With
the snow In our eyes, and the roads
all white, with the lights gleaming
through tbe flakes like arctic wlll o'-the-wlsps.
We ran away that night,
and dined at Roseleaf Inn, and wor
ried the folks to death, for fear we bad
had an accident."
'I bad more than an accident that
night." said Allison. "I bad a total
wreck."
Gall glanced at him quickly, but his
face was clear of any apparent pur-
Calmly Munching Chocolates.
pose. He was gazing straight ahead,
bis clean-cut profile, always a pleasant
thing to look upon, set against tbe
shilling background of rocky banks as
if It were the one steadfast and unal
terable thing tn the universe; and be
was smiling Ictrospectively.
"it was about here that it hap
pened," he went on. "I think I'd been
bragging a little, and I think you
meant to slyly prick my balloon, which
I will admit soemed a kind and char
itable thing to do."
"What was it?" wondered Gail, try
ing to recall that unimportant conver
sation. "Ob, a gentle Intimation that 1
hadn't done so much," he laughed. "1
had Just finished consolidating all the
traction cars In New York, subways,
L's. and 'surface; and I felt cocky
about it I even remarked that I had
at bteved the dream of my Hie. and In
tended to rest a while. All you said
was, 'Why?' " and bis laugh pealed out
"I used to be conspicuous for Im
pertinence," smiled Gall. "I'm trying
to reform." I
"I'm glad you hadn't started when I
met you," returned Allison, steering
around a sharp stone with tbe firm ac
curacy which Gail had so often ad
mired. "1 never had so stinging a re-
home. In addition to "Washington
Crossing the Delaware." bis famous
historical paintings include "Tbe Cap
ture of Major Andre" and "Miranda."
As a portrait painter his most notable
subjects were Thomas Jefferson.' La
fayette, James Madison, John Mar
shall, Fanny Kemble and Queen Vic
toria. He visited England to.palnt the
girl queen tn ber coronation robes.
Sully lived to an advanced ago, dy
ing tn Philadelphia tn 1872.
Youth and Age and Whiskers.
As whiskers are tbe oldest living
things, so they are Hk youngust
Youth and age are accentuated by
whiskers. As tbe wind blown upon
hot soup (two objeevs associating
themselves naturally with whiskers)
as the vlnd bluwn upou hot soup cools
the soup, and as the wind blown upon
cold lingers warms the fingers, so is
a dual role played upon yerung and
old by the facial appurtenance, f'tn
ing in tb's wvrld looks as old ar an
old man wearing a patriarchal beard.
And nothing In Ibis world looks as
young as a young man fondly Irnagiu
tag that be Is wearing a "Van Dyke.
.III" ife
tmt
proof as that little why. It uld ..it
more good tban any sermon 1 ever
heard."
Gall looked at him In questioning
perplexity. She could not gnthor what
he meant, but she bod a sense of some
thing big, and once more she was Im
pressed with the tremendous reserve
force In the man. His clear gray eyes
were fixed on the road ahead, and the
very symbol of him seemed to be this
driving; top speed, a long road, a
steady band, a cool determination, a
sublime disregard of bills and valleys
which made them all a level road.
"Why? That word set me out on a
new principle that never, while I had
strength In me, would I conaider my
work finished, no matter how great an
achievement I bad made. I am still at
work."
Something within ber leaped up In
answer to tbe thrill of exultation In his
voice. To have been the Inspiration of
great deeds, even by so simple an
agency as tbe accidental use of a
word, was In Itself an exalting thing,
though an humbling one, too. And
there were great doeds. Bhe was sure
of that as she looked at htm.
'When I was a boy 1 lived on an
cient history." be went on, with a
smile for the bygone dreamer be had
been. "I wanted to be a soldier, a
great general, a warrior, tu the sturdy
old sense, and my one hero was Alex
ander the Great, because be conquered
the worldl That's what I wanted to
do. When I grew older, and found
how small was the world which Alex
ander had conquered not much bigger
than tbe original thirteen states, I
grew rather disillusioned, particularly
as I was working at obout that tlmd
for a dollar and a quarter a day. I
spent a few busy years, and had for
gotten the dream; then you said "why"
and it all came back."
"Hurry!" commanded Gall. "Curl
oslty Is bad for me."
"Let me build It up. step by step,
for you. Incidentally, I'll give you some
confidential news which you will be
reading In months to oome. I hope,'
and he laughed, "that you will not tell
your friends the reporters about it".
"Cross my heart I won't," she gayly
replied. Tbe sting or her one bij
newspaper experience bad begun tc
die away.
"When you asked 'me why, ,1 wai
trying to secure Vcdder court for I
terminal Btatlon for my city tractloi
lines. Vedder cert quickly became
In my Imagination, the terminal poln
not only of the city traction lines, bu
of the world's transportation. Fron
that I would run a railroad tube to tbt
mainland, so that I could land pnssen
gers, not only In the heart of New
York, but at the platforms of ever)
street car and L and subway train."
"How wonderful!" exclaimed Gall
In enthusiasm. This was an Idea Bin
could grasp. "And have you securer
Vedder court?"
"It's a matter of days," he returnei
carelessly. "The next step was tht
transcontinental line. I built It up
piece by piece, and today, under mj
own personal control, with sufflcleni
stock to elect my own directors wht
will Jump when 1 crack the whip, I
posess a railroad line from the Allan
tic to the Pacific so direct, so straight
and so allied with ninety-five per cenl
of the freight interests of the United
States that, within two years, there
will not be a car wheel turning tn
America which does not' do so at the
command of the A.-P. railroad. Thai
is the first step leading out of Veddoi
court The news of that consolidation
will be In tomorrow morning's papers
and from that minute on, the watei
will begin to drip from railroad
stocks."
"How about Uncle Jim's road?" Gal)
suddenly interrupted.
"I am taking care of him," he told
her easily. "From Vedder court run
subways along the docks."
"I see!" interrupted Gail. "You
have secured control of tbe steamship
companies, of the foreign railroad's, ot
everything which hauls and carries!"
"Airships excepted." be laughingly
Informed her.
She was silent now, and he left her
silent, brooding, himself, upon the vast
scope of his dreaming, and planning
still to center more and more the
fruits of that dreaming within bis own
eager baud.
Roseleaf Inn. Gall recognized It wltb
a smile, as they turned In at the drive.
Sho was glad that they bad come here,
for It was linked In ber mind with the
beginnings of that great project of
which she had been tbe Impulse, and
in which the thing in ber that had
been denied opportunity because she
was a woman, claimed a hungry share.
At his suggestion It was more like a
command, but' she scarcely noticed
sho telephoned that she was going to
remain to dinner wltb Allison; and
then they enjoyed a two-bour chat of
many things, trivial In themselves, but
fraught now with delightful meaning,
because they had to think on so ma'iy
unexpressed things, larger than thf-.se
Idle people about them could conceive.
or grasp If they knew.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
To Remove Brown Stains.
From earthenware dishes ant plater
caused by putting tbem tn tb oven,
soak In stronr horj and hm nir.
Says Women Help Bring War,
Women's love of the martial music
and trappings of war was given some
blame for the European war by Mrs
Phillip Snowdec. wife of a member of
the British parliament, in an addresr
on "Woman and tbe War," before the
National Educational absncatlon.
"It Is possibly our own fault thl
war." she asserted. "We must admit
that We love tbe ujtform We worn
en affect military styles in clothing and
we even allow our children to dress In
a military way V'e must have lest
admiration for the uniform and mor
hate for war "
"Education." she said. "Is the rem
edy rnr war and for al! social, Indus
trial and political conditions wbicb
make fr-r war "
The Truth at Last.
"What s tbe matter wltb your eye.
Tonmiie?"
That boy next door struck me."
"What lor, pray?'
"He said I struck blm first."
"And did you?'
"No. honest I dldn t nintner."
"WeU. whv dtdnt muT
The Wrath
of God
By REV. J. H. RALSTON
Secretary of Corretpondence Department,
Moody Bible Iaititute of Chicago
TEXT For the wrath of God Is in
vented from heaven against all ungodli
ness and unrighteousness of men, who
hold tha .truth In unrighteousness. Rom.
1-18.
What are the good tidings of great
Joy as announced by the angels to
the shepherds?
To say to men to
day that God
loves them? Yes,
but only announc
ing that part of
the Gospel the
preacher is act
ing cruelly, be
must announce
that there is
wrath with God.
Many years ago
the bishop of the
central diocese ol
New York said to
a class ot young
men about to en
ter the ministry:
The truth is, half of God's word Is
law. The Gospel without a promise of
retribution Is emasculated. It Is not
only a theological mistake, It is not a
Gospel." The text proclaims that
there is wrath with God, and there are
scores of Scripture passages speaking
of the wrath of God and many ot them
axe in tbe New Testament
What It the Wrath of God?
When the ancients saw the moun
tains that are now the witnesses ot
the wrath of man against man rocking
end reeling, they said the gods were
mad. Cut we cannot so think of the
wrath of God. That wrath Is real In
dignation against Its object, and this
indignation carries with It the idea
that the object of tbe wrath will be
the subject ot God's opposition. The
wrath of God la always based on Jus
tice and reason that take into account
the rights and prerogatives ot men as
moral agents. Yet God's own char
acter for holiness and Justice will be
vindicated whatever may be the Impa
tience ot man with such a statement
Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall
he also reap" no limitation or modi
fication. ;
The Wrath of God Against All Sinful
Men.
We know God bates Iniquity and all
evil deeds, but it Is a more serious
matter for us to note that the prepon
derance ot scripture testimony Is
that the wrath of God Is against sin
ful men and logically so. Sin is an
abstract thing, and cannot be in itself
the subject ot the execution of Jus
tice, but the sinner can be. Jesus
told Nicodemus that tbe wrath of God
abode on elnnlng man. Paul told the
EpUeslan and ColosBlan Christians
that the wrath of God would come on
the children ot disobedience. He told
the Thcssalonlans that the day Is com
ing when Jesus Christ will be revealed
from heaven taking vengeance on
them that know not God, and obey not
the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Wrath Provoked, Slow In Develop
ment, and Fearful ih Visitation.
There are three things concerning
the wrath of Cod that should be care
fully noted: First: The wrath of God
can be provoked or called out The
Israelites provoked the wrath of God
repeatedly and plagues broke out on
them. In the second Psalm men were
urged to kiss tbe son lest be be an
gry and they perish from the way
when bis wrath was kindled but a
little. The wrath of God will nover
be manifested without the positive act
of man calling it out, or provoking it
and une of the strongest evldonces ot
the love of God Is that his love has
been frequently provoked and was
most mercifully restrained. Second
ly: Tbe wrath of God is slow In its
development "The Lord ia merciful
and gracious, slow to anger, and plen
teous In mercy." One of the minor
prophets teaches almost exactly the
same thing, saying: "Turn unto the
Lord your God, tor he is gracious and
merciful, slow to anger and of great
kindness." Thirdly: The wrath of
God Is fearful in its visitation. The
time comos when kindness, merciful
Indulgence and longsufferlng, are at
an end, and the most terrible Judg
ments fall. This was illustrated in
the destruction of the race by the
flood, by the fate of ' Sodom and
Gomorrah, by the plagues on Egypt
by the wholesale destruction of many
of the enemies of Israel. Not Icbs
fearful, Indeed rather more so, will
be the awful visitation of God's wrath
in the future as indicated in 2 Thes
salonlans 1:7-9.
Thank God there is a refuge, or as
Paul teaches by the Holy Spirit, that
being now Justified by the blood of
Jesus Christ, we shall be saved from
wrath through him.
If ever In the biatory of the world
the attention of man ought to be
called to the wrath ot God, It Is now
when the wrath ot man against man
man ao glorified by himself as to be
almost a god Is manifested with
bitterness and hellish bate as never
before.
In the awful experiences in the war
swept regions there la something of
the wrath of God.
Men have forgotten God and he la
making himself known in wrath.
John the Baptists are needed to
urge men tc flee from the wrath to
come.
Praise for Works of Fiction.
The most Influential books and the
truest In their influence, are works
et fiction. They repeat rearrange,
and clarify the lessens of life, dis-
eniratre us from ourselves, censtrafn
us to the acquaintance of others, and
show us a web of experience, but with
a slnele change that monstrous con
Burning ego ot ours struck out. R. L
Stovenson
Be not too early In the fashion, nor
too long out of it; nor at any time In
the extremes of it Lavater.
Look and 'Feel
Clean, Sweet and
Fresh Every Day
Drink a glass of real hot water
before breakfast to wash
out poisons.
Life Is not merely to live, but to
live well, eat well, digest well, work
well, sleep well, look woll. What a
glorious condition to attain, and yet
how very easy it Is If one will only
adopt the morning Inside bath.
Folks who are accustomed to f3el
dull and heavy when they arise, split
ting headache, stuffy from a cold, foul
tongue, nasty breath, acid stomach,
can, instead, feel as fresh as a daisy
by opening the sluices ot tbe. system
each morning and flushing out the
whole of tbe Internal poisonous stag
nant matter.
Everyone, vhethor ailing, sick or
well, should, each morning, before
breakfast, drink a glass ot real hot
water with a tcaspoonful ot limestone
phosphate in It to wash trom the
stomach, liver, kidneys and bowois tha
previous day's Indigestible waste, sour
bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleans
ing, sweotonlng and purifying the en
tire alimentary tract before putting
more food Into the stomach. Tbe ac
tion of hot water and limostone phos
phate oa an empty stomach Is wonder
fully invigorating. It cleans out all the
our fermentations, gasos, waste and
acidity and gives one a splendid ap
petite for breakfast While you are
enjoying your breakfast the water and
phosphate Is qulotly extracting a largo
volume of water from the blood and
getting ready for a thorough flushing
of all the Inside organs.
The millions of people who are both
ered with constipation, bilious spells,
stomach trouble, rheumatism; others
who have sallow skins, blood disor
ders and sickly complexions are urged
to get a quarter pound of limostone
phosphate from any store that handles
drugs which will cost very little, but
Is sufficient to make anyone a pro
nounced crank on the subject ot in
ternal sanitation. Adv.
Diplomacy Is often a knife in the
hands of the underhand.
A GLASS OF SALTS WILL
END KIDNEY-BACKACHE
6ays Drugs Excite Kidneys fc id Rec
ommends Only Salts, Particularly
If Bladder Bothers You.
When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore, don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with a
lot of drugs that excite the kidneys
and irritate the entire urinary tract.
Keep your kidneys clean like you keep
your bowels clean, by flushing them
with a mild, harmless salts which re
moves the body's urinous waste and
stimulates them to their normal activ
ity. The function of the kidneys Is to
filter the blood. In 24 hours they
strata from it COO grains of acid and
waste, so wo can readily understand
the vital Importance of keeping the
kidneys active.
Drink lots of water you can't drink
too much; also get from any pharma
cist obout four ouncos of Jnd Salts;
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast each morning
for a few days and your kidneys will
act fine. This famous salts ts made
fron the acid of grapes and lemon
Juice, combined with llthla, and has
been used for generations to clean and
stimulate clogged kidneys; also to
neutralize tho acids In urine so it no
longer Is a source of Irritation, thus
ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts Is Inexpensive; cannot In
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
llthia-watcr drink which everyone
should lake now and then to keep
their kidneys clean and active. Try
this, also keep up the water drinking,
and no doubt you will wonder what
became of your kidney trouble and
backache. Adv.
Don't think Iecause a mule takes
to bis heels that he is a coward.
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.
To halt pint of water dd 1 ni. Bur Rum, a
imallliox of Barbo Cimiuuml, and H ox. of
glycerine. Apply to the hnir twice a week
until It beennies the desired sbaile. .'nydiuff
gut can put this up or you van mix U at
home at very little cunt It Will gradually
durkea ntreuked, fnded gray hair aud re
moves dandruff. It Is ex, -uncut for fnllingr
hair and will make htinh hair soft ami glowy.
It will nut clor tho n-alo, is not sticky or
greasy, anl duct not rub oil. Adv
If angels fear to tread where fools
rush In, they should use their wings.
SIRUP OF FIGS FOR
A CHIIUOILS
It is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh phys.c into a
sick child.
Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the "dose" mother insisted
on castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, bow you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different
Mothers who cling to the old form of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt Is well-founded.
Their tender little ."Insides" are
Injured by them.
If your child's. stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only dell
clous "California Syrup of Figs." Its
action ts positive, but gentle Millions
of mothers keep this harmless "fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take It; that it never falls to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en the stomach, and that a teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor
row. Ask at the store tor a 60-cent bottle
of "California Syrup of Figs," which
has full directions for bshles children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
Every man ts a hero in bis mind.
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