THE HIDDLKBUBGH POST.
GEO. W, WAGEXSELLER,
Editor and Proprietor
Minn.KBunoD, Fa., Ai-uti. ii2, 1897
Northern papers are just awakening
to the (act that Mississippi is fatten
ing few cattle for tbe Chicago mar
kets, Daring the. lust 20 years the railways
of tbe world Luvo absorbed .00,(500,000
tons of steel, or almost balf the total
product
Recreant men cashiers of several
Minneapolis establishments liavo been
relaced by women, and tbo action
Las led to a discussion whether women
aro more trustworthy than men.
The Boston library has C28.000 vol
times, with 1:1,000 separate editions
of Shakespeare's works. It stands
second to the Congressional library at
Washington in the number of its vol
umes. Germany pays foreign countries
about $7,000,000 a year for fruit. Tho
recent movo against American apples
may have been toward reducing ex
penses and not because tho deadly ba
cillus was present in them.
President (ieorge Falloon of tho
Ohio fish and giuno commission snys
that tho supply of fish in Lake Erio
will be exhausted in two or thrco
years unless tho existing laws regulat
ing tho catch aro quickly revised and
thoroughly enforced.
Tho chief proofreader of the Lon
don Times is a Camhridgo graduate,
who bus a salary of S.'iOOO; but then
ho is a grout scholar, not only in the
English language, but in all ancient
and other tongues, not excepting Asi
atic) ones. He is permitted to query
find suggest excisions or additions to
tho work of tho writers and editors.
How fur tbo officers of militia or
ganizations may go in punishing mem
bers is a question which has recently
come beforo tho supreme court of
Minnesota. That tribunal has decided
that tho captain of a company of tbo
national guard of the state when it is
not acting as a militnry force has no
authority summurily to punish a mem
ber of hit company by imprisonment
for refusal to ober his orders.
Tho jsckrabbit, long regarded
by the farmers of the great San
Joaquin valley in California as
o pest, may yet be esteemed for
Lis fur. Tho hatters of tbe East
are discovering that this particular
kind of fur is excellently adapted to
the mnuufucturo of felt of the best
quality, and in the near future we may
hco big shipments of the shins to the
Lut-muking centres unless in tho mean
time we have tho sagacity to utilize
the product at our doors and cnf;ago
in the manufacture of felt on our own
account. .
Some facts of an instructive nature
relating to tho stotio industry aro fur
nibbed by Mr. )uv iu tho annual re
port of the I'uited Slate geological
ttu'vey. ft nppeurs from this that cer
tain of the Southern states are grad
ually coming into prominence as ex
tensive producers of atone, and also
that the sorts of stone quarried Lave
been modified of lute years. An in
stance in point is to be found iu Ala
Lama, which in WJo furnished more
tbun $-o0,000 worth of stone, mostly
limestone, although sorno saudstoue is
worked there. A similar illustration
is presentod by Connecticut, which
once divided the sandstone yield
with New Jersey, bnt produced last
year very little more sandstone than
MuMBchusetts, while New Jertey
showed only one-third as ranch as
Connecticut and little inoro than Kan
aus or Michigan; and Pennsylvania,
unknown a few years ago as supplying
sandstone, recordod a product in 1895
about cqnol to Connecticut and New
Jersey combined and more than any
other stato except Ohio. In granite
production Massachusetts keeps the
first place, with Maine not far off,
while Vermont is rapidly overtaking
Maine, aud Iibode Island keeps np tbe
output from its splendid quarries in
and about Westerly to nearly $1,000,
009 worth a year. New Ilainpabiro
cornea fifth ou the list, with about
half as much. In marble Vermont, as
muni, lead all tbe other states, its
output being abont double that of
Georgia, which is second in amount;
TcfcU eimee u lliir'L
lODiniUeration.
Ml!kmnn-Ir me! My srU-Hian
well bus bnrst and the water Is all
running to waeto.
Neighbor (sytupatblzIngly)-Oh, vrcji,
don't try over apllt mlltc.-Xtw 'Vor;
J'fvaa.
A SONO OP OOLDEN .CURLS.
Stay a tittle, golden curls-twinkling eyes of
blue;
Stay and see ths violets, for they are k'.n to
you; '
Linger where the frolte win Js around ths
gardens race, I . '
Cbeelu like lovely mirrors where the re J rose
seeks Its face.
"Sweet sweet!"
All the birds aro singing!
."Sweot sweet!"
Tbe blossom-boils are ringing;
Kisses from tbe red rose
Kiss's iron tho white,
Kissing you good-morning'
And kissing you good-night!
Stay a little, golden curls brightening eyes
of blue;
The violets are batoning for the lovely stops
of you;
The white rose bids you welcome, tbe red
rose calls you sweet,
And the daisies spread a enroot for tho fall
ing of your foet.
"Sweet sweet!"
All the birds are singing;
"Sweet sweet!"
Tbe blossom-bells are ringing;
Kisses from the red rose
Kisses from the white,
Kissing you good-morning
And kissing you good-night!
Frank L. Htanton. In Atlanta Constitution.
"There's Many a Slip-"
AM very sorrv to
liuvo to cause you
this disappoint
ment, Mr. Nenl. 1
esteem and thank
yon for your oiler,
but my plcilgo is
ftlrearlv tivin to
7&k. another."
rsKiX!) "And that other
. l f im. ' r -
is " exclaimed tho
young man, almost
involuntarily, and
without removing
his intent gnza from the girl's beauti
ful face.
' A vivid blush sufTused Kcnnio's fair
checks for n raomont; thou her lips
parted in a frank, happy laugh.
"I do not mind tolling .you, Mr.
Neal, since you will know to soon. I
am cngugod to Roscoe Farnhnm."
For tho first time Ncal'a oyci.
dropped away from hers ; but the look
that tlashod through them during that
brief interval was as quickly veiled as
he said, in tones whoso slightly trem
ulous accent soeuiod quito natural
under the circumstances:
"Accept my sincere congratulations,
Miss Lawroncol"
Then with a pressnro of tho hand,
ho wus gono.
Onco outside of tho house, however,
tho mask fell from his countuuanuo.
"So," ho Lisped between his eot
teeth, "Roscoe Farnham, tho only
rival 1 feared, has sapplantod mo t
But let him bewaro 1 his apparent suc
cess in no way weakens tho forco of
my determination to win Rennie
Lawronco for my wife. lie has a
pledge, but ho has not yet tho lady;
and tho old ad ago holds good, that
'thore's many a slip 'twixt oup and
lip.' What luck has won, craft may
despoil him of."
Ifut no threatening of the Hccretly
vowed ruvengo was apparent for a
time.
Tho young men met each other on
apparently tho most frioudly terms,
and Neal had promised to bo best man
at the prospective ceremony.
Calling upon Mr. Lawreneo one
evening, Neal desired a private inter
view, at the close of which P.eunio was
summoned to tho library.
"My child," said her father, with
manifest excitement ; "you have
bestowed your afl'jctions upon a man
devoid of honor or principle. Tell
her, Neal."
"Spare mo, Mr. Lawrence," said
Neal, averting his faco. "You tell
her. I will assist you if necessary."
Between them tho story was told.
How Neal, in consequence of alleged
suspicions, hud been investigating Mr.
Furnham's antecedents, and had
learned that his lovo affairs in various
places were quito notorious.
That, just prior to his engagement
to Konnio, ha had cruolly broken a
previous betrothal, and finally that
his employers were even then investi
gating grave charges against him,
which wero likely to lead to his dis
missal from tho Arm.
"Now, my daughter," said Mr.
Lawrence, in conclusion, "will you
wait to bo publicly iuvolved in this
man's inevitable disgrace, or will you
act the part o( wisdom by dismissing
him at onco?"
ltennie had listened without word or
sign, but now she raised her beautiful
head proudly.
"I will do this," she' answered
quietly. "I will send him A letter by
James this very night, and' by his own
answor will I judge him. If ho is in
deed dishonorable and unworthy, no
letter that he can write, no matter
bow skillfully worded, can Lido it or
disguise it from me?"
And without another word she left
tbe room.
Twenty minutes later William Neal
took Lis leave, walked a few paces
away from the hons.;, then returning,
concealod himself at a convenient
point and waited.
. Presently a servant man emerged
from tho lower part of Mr. Liwreueo's
house, followed by a roty-cheekod
chambermaid.
"It is too bad, sending you all tho
way down there to night," tho girl
wai saying. You con Id havo dropped
it in tho post box just as woll." .
.."Miss ltennie says it's to go straight
to Lis Iqdgiogs; aud if yoit had seen
tho look on her face you would have
known she meant it," answered James.
Til, be back boforo long, for I haven't
goti to wait or. an answer."
7Je moved reluctantly oft notwith
standing ; and in another moment Neal
touched him on tbo shoulder.
mm
mm
Mm?
'Is that yon, ,Jamer ha called,
cheerily. "Did I hear you aay you
bad a letter to take to Mr. Farnham's
lodgings? I am going that way and
I'll carry it if you say so, and spare
you the . walk and" leave you that
much longer for courting 1" he added,
significantly.
"Muoh obliged to you, air, re
plied James.
And, resigning his trust with alac
rity, he quickly retraoed his steps to
the house, knowing well that he ran
no risk of betrayal from his pretty
inamorata.
For two days Ronnie waited for an
answer to the letter.
On the afternoon of the third day
her father, coming homo earlier than
usual, found her in a swoon upon tho
floor.
"My advice is to toko her some
where," said Neal, who had callod .in
opportunely. "If you have relatives
anywhere in the country, take her
among them and remain with her un
til she recovers in a measure from this
Bad blow."
"But my house here how can I
manage about that in the meantime?"
Mr. Lawrence usked, in a 6tato of
complste bewilderment.
"Y'ou need not shut it up. With
your permission I will occupy a room
hero, so that I ran receive and forward
whatever mail matter comes during
your absence," Neal answered readily.
Tho nrrangement was concluded,
and tho following day Mr. Lawrence
and bis daughter departed from tho
city, leaving Neal in possession of the
house.
Of tho letters that camo, ho for
wurded all but two, which niter hav
ing been carefully steamed open and
perused with evident satisfaction, were
sealed up, enclosed in other envelopes,
and returned to tho sender.
At Neat's urgent suggestion, Mr.
Lawrence's absence was prolonged
from throe months to five, by which
time ho felt they could bo tafoly re
called he having learned that Farn
ham was preparing for a business trip
to Europe, expecting to bo absent
two years.
"That will do," ho cjacnlated.
"Long I oforo he retnrns Rcuuio Law
rence wiil be my wife."
When the heart beoken girl re
turned, Nenl was the first to meet her,'
and becamo her very shadow, oflering
no word cither of conlidcnce or love,
but rendering tho thousand little at
tentions which sooner or later win
their way.
For a while he used his influence, to
keep her from society, for the purpose
of avoiding nny chanco meeting with
Fumliairi, who was still iu tho city;
but ut lust ho decided upou attending'
n concert nt which some celebrities,
wero to appear, having been informed
that the ship on which Roscoe, had
taken paseago would sail early in the
afternoon.
It required considerable importun
ing ou his part to indiico l'.cnnio to
accept his escort or iudulcro in any
recreation of thejiind ; but sho yioldod
at last, and Neal felt that ho had
scored his second movo iu tho game ho
was playing.
For a while sho sat beside, him, list
lessly indifferent aliko to the concert
and his occasional whispered remarks.
Neal was searching Run trio's faco with
an expression of triumphant admira
tion, overcast, nevertheless, with a
shado of anxiety, whilo tho girl woro
an absent-minded, far-away look,
tinged with hopeless melancholy.
But after a whiln some of tho iiiumc
seemed to arouse her attention and in
terest, and Mio listened breathlessly to
the song iu which tho ftinger, a tenor
of rare power anil sweetness, was
throwing all the strength of urtistio
skill nnd appreciation, bringing out its
subtlo sentiment with a power and
pathos that stirred the teuderest emo
tions of her heart.
Anil not less deeply concerned, bnt
in n widely different fepsc, was William
Neal. Uo saw that tho whole tendency
of tho programme thus far was to leud
her thoughts further away from him
and back to tho past from which ho
wished to draw her entirely; nud ho
watched bcr intent faco with a furtive
uueasiuossand perturbation, conscious
that he had mado a gravo mistake.
Finally, us tho curtain foil at tho close,
of tho first part, to be followed by a
short interval, Neal rose with evidont
relief.
"I sec a friend in another part of
the house to whom 1 wish to speak, if
you will excuse mo for a moment," be
said. Then with a forced luugh : "I
hopa they wiil give us something n
little more cheerful in tho remaining
numbers of tho programme'. This
high-strung sentiment is rather too
raritled for actual every-duy experi
ence." lie turned away without waiting for
an answer; aud Rcnnio wus sitting
with her head bowed, and hor eyes
fnll of tears, when a step sounded
near her, and a voice vibrating with
earnest pathos, sincerity and grief
said :
".May I sit here and talk with you
for a few moments? May I, Miss Law
reuoe?"and lifting her head with a
sudden start, sho looked into the frank
but troubled face of Kosooo Farnham.
Where was doubt, mistrust, sus
picion now?
Gone, before the whisperings of
that truer voice, whoso acconts no
heart could mistake; or disbelieve
that voice that bade him welcomo to
her si do. .
"I tbonght yon had gono to Eu
rope," sho filtered, scarcely knowing
what sho said. "Mr. Neal" then sho
stopped abruptly. .
"Mr. Neal told yon' ho," snpple
merited Rocoe, with involuntary bit
ternos. "Perhaps it may provo to be
not tho first misrepresentation for
whioh I am indebted to Mr, Neal."
Then, with a quick movement drawing
a letter from his pocket : "Tell me,
Ronnie,' what does this mean? - Did
this indeed come front you? It-seems
impossible, and yet the writing is
yours."
Mechanically Ronnie took tho letter
he offered. - ", '
A glanoe at tho Address brought an
expression of astonishment to her
face. Then taking out tbo enclosed
sheet she read it to tbe end.
"The writing is not mine," she
said, trembling violently. "It in a
clever forgery, I admit ; but I never
saw this letter before. I did write you
on that date, but I did not direct it to
that address, for I did not know you
were ont of the city."
"Thank Heaven !" ejaculated Ros
coe fervently ; then, more earnestly :
"Rennie, it is William Neal. But as
I looked at you both to-night from
where I sat, I read admiration and
triumph iu Neat's face, but neither
lovo nor intorest in yours; and iu
spite of all that had passed, my heart
gave a sudden bound of renowod hopo
and courage. So when Neal left you
just now, I resolved to avail myself of
tho first opportunity I had found to
approach you since the receipt of that
cruel letter. I am convinoed that
there has been some terrible wrong
some shameful treachery. Tell me,
did you see Neal tho day thie loiter
was written?"
For answer Rennie related briefly
as possible what she knew of the whole
matter.
"Neal knew that I was called away
from the city by a telegram that very
evening," said Roscoe. "He accom
panied mo to the cars, and received a
message from mo to you, with the
promise to write in a day or two I
expecting to be absent for about three
weeks. He evidently thought that
would give him time for his sinister
work ; and having heard you make'
the declaration that you would send a
letter and let mo witness for myself,
ho doubtless contrived, by bribing tho
servant, or in some other way, to ob
tain possession of tho letter, aud imi
tated your handwriting in preparing
this ono a very clover forgery.
"During tho period you wero ab
sent, I wrote twice, begging you to
explain that Estrange letter. Those
letters were roturnod unopened see,
here they are we can gnoss cow by
whom. Never mind, darling,''Jie
added quickly, as ho saw her; no-n
deadly palo,. "it is all right n PI I
hope, twill furnish your fntber say
Fan
credentials ho may requiro in refer
ence to my business and social stand
ing ; as for Mr. Neal, his character is
pretty thoroughly established. Bnt
see, they are preparing to go on with
the entertainment.
"1 will just add that I would havo
been on tho ocean to-night, but for an
accident to tho machinery oi tho
vessel ; aud having nothing better to
do, I concluded to attend this con
cert, which proved, nfter all, the very
best thing 1 could havo done. My
nailing will bo doluyod for a woek, and
a great deal can be doue in that time.
To-morrow I will call upon your father
aud invite him to accompany us you
and I, Rennie when we do go on our
woitding journey. May 1?" '
Ono glad, grateful, joyous look
answered him ; and as ho prowed her
huud nt parting, a step nt 1 1 is side
announced tho rcturu of William
Neal.
A dnrk frown overspread Neal's faco
as their eyes met; but with a quiet
bow ltoscou Farnham passed him and
returned to his seat. 1
"Take mo home, pleaso!" were Ron
nie's first words to bcr escort. "I fool
uuabloto remain nny longer."
Without comment, Neal obeyed.
The carriago was called, aud a short
time later Rcuuio was ut her own
house.
"Good niht!" sho said, quiotly,
without offering her baud ; and the
next moment William Neal was stand
ing outside tho door, alone, iu a very
bewildered framo of mind, und in
wardly cursing the imprudence that
permitted him to leave her for a ninglo
moment unguarded in a public place.
Just what mischief ha.l beou done no
could not determine; there was no help
lor it hut to wait anil see.
His enlightcumeut curao very soon
in tho form of a brief uoto from Ren
nie, informing him that their acquaint
anon was at an end absolutely and for
ever. ltoscoo Farnhnm called tho next day,
had a long interview with Mr. Law
rence and a longer ono with his daugh
ter, at the close of whioh Rennie
whispered, as ho kissed her for a briof
good by :
"Let us forgive him, Roscoe, for ho
did us ono good turn iu prevailing up
on mo to go to that concert. If I bad
remained at home, as I wanted to,
you would have left tho city without
un opportunity for an explanation, and
we should have missed our life's hap
piness forever."
" 'There's many a slip 'twixt the oup
and lip,' " laughed Rcscoe, uncon
scious that he was quoting the very
expression his rival had used. "Hut
the slip was not ours this time, darling
and so we will forgive him." Duhliu
World.
A Coitlv Clock.
Baron Ferdinand Rothsohild pos
sesses an old "grandfather's" olook
tbat originally cost over 8150,000.
The mechanism records the day of tho
week, months of the year, the phases
of the moon aud strikes oaou hour.
Tho quarters aro chimed with a differ
ent bell, and (a rare thing with these
clocks) it has a second hand. The omo
was mado by Wertheimer and stand
fourteen feet high. It was originally
the property of Louis XVI.
Romance of Czar anil Czarina.
Russians have a popular version of
tho Czar's proposal to the Czarina.
When the young Czarowitz popped the
qnostion he said : "The Emperor, my
lather, has commanded mo to make
you tho offer of my hand and heart."
To which Princess Alix of Hesse re
sponded: "And my grandmother,
Queen Viotoris, hai oommandod me
to aocept tbo offer of your hand ; your
heart 1 will take myself." And thus
'he royal troth was plighted.
sttEci KUBDH.ena ;
Ths Lord of us all Ukes Id His hind .
Tbe leaden hammer railed Anguish,
And beats on tbe hearts "
Of His people V
Totrv them, if they be strong
In His bope, in Ills jwaoe, in Ills love.
And to each one lie speaks
If they listen ,'
"I am with thee, so be
Not discouraged ;
Only those whom I love
Do I chasten ; and when
Thy small, painful years shall have ended,
Aud thou seest before tbee
The glorious light.
The plan and purpose of life,
Then shalt thou see thut
The leaden hammer called Anguish
Is My Infinite Question,
Which Is put to the souls of men ;
And If ye unswer. My children.
Willi unmurmuring, loving submission,
Thun will I lead you eaeh
Homo by the hand.
Into ine!Table joy."
X. Y. Evangelist.
life rru. or fbaojients. n
I.ifo her Is t-hort even nt tho lougi-st. We
cannot finish in threescore slid tn years
the great things wu dream of in our best
mood. Then, only comparatively a few
lives n-aeh this full limit of ago. It is but a
little that we can do in our short, broken
yours. We begin things, aud w are Inter
rupted In the midst of thwn. Ile.fore they
am half Mulshed we are called Away to some
thing else, or laid aside by Illness, or our
life units, and the work remains incomplete.
It is pathetic, when a busy man has been
called away suddenly, to go into his ofllee,
his study, ur his place of work, and see the
unfinished things he has left-tho letter half
written, tho bonk half reud, the column of
figure half lidded up, the picture begun but
not completed. I.ifo is full of fragmenl.
the mere beginning of things. If there were
nothing beyond death, liltuj would eonin of
this poor fragmentary living and doing.
Hut when we know that life will go on with
out serious break through endless veurs.it
puts u now meaning Into every noble nud
worthy beginning. Kvery right and L'ood
thing, however small it mav seem, shall live
forever. J. K. Miller, Il.'lJ., In "Things
to Live For."
ONLY rillT OK TIIEU1IKAT WHOLE,
l.very deed Is part of one greut drama
through which flow one vast purpose, by
union with which purpose alone docs any
deed Ik? strong. What folly It i to b self
ish ! It is one wheel of the vust engine un
belting itself from all its brother wheels, say
ing, "1 wiil spin my own music ; 1 will not
be impatient," and lo ! 'it w hirl wildly into
spiien minute nnd then drops into tho
sand and dies. That Is dissipation; that
is what men sometimes call life. Messed is
it it the. poor, wretched, dissipated wheel is
taken up by tlx) kind master of the engine
nnd reforged in any hot furnace of puin.aud
set once mure in its true placo from whence
it Hew. That is blessed ; but H thousand
fold more blessed it is for the wheel which
catches from the llrst the glory of service,
makes every revolution a delight in respond
ing to the throb und heat ot the central
power. Ilnds every deed dignified lv the
entire motion of the whole, loses itself and
so Ilnds Itself, and lives by obedience, and
live over more and more abundantly.
Phillips Brooks, iu "The More Abundant
Life.'1
THE UOI.V SI'IHIT A lUIIMIItB,
I once climbed the long Itight of steps to
n lighthouse. I expected to Und a monster
lamp iu the tower, but wus shown small
ones, not larger than our parlor lamp. If
one were set in the window, It Would not
cast light twenty foot on the wnter. The
lighthouse keeper explained whence came
it power. He set a lamp within a fower
fill magnifying glass globe, nnd rellected Its
light twenty mile out upou Lake Michigan,
and thus protected many precious human
lives from being dashed upon tho treacher
ous rock. That visit taught me a lesson.
How often are Christians content to remain
like those small lamps, ousting such feeble
ray I If wo ire lnilued "the light of the
world." we must put our spiritual lamp
under the magnifying power of the Holy
Spirit. Then we shall bo beacon lights to
guide those who lire upon the ocean of life
mid amid temptations hard to bo eonipiered.
Those lighthouse lamps must lie kept clean
and bright. Ko must our spiritual lamps bo
polished by holy prayer mid holy living. -Itachael
I'. Keusull, in Northwestern Chris
tian Advocate.
whom Tin: t.oiin i.ovetii iiki iiastknktii.
Jesus Christ take a world of pains In the
making of H llrst class Christian. Some
limes He applies His pruning knife so that
every brunch of his vino may bring forth
more fruit. Knives urn mado to out, and
sometimes our loving Master knife cuts
deep. So doe the sculptor's chisel. Ueforc
tho sculptor's eye there rise u certain Ideal
form which h desire to bring out of the
marble, and lie does not nsk the marble'
permission to apply either chisel or hummer.
I (c fore our .Master's eye there I an ideal of
what you and I ought to be, mid if He can
correct our fault, and develop our grace,
and Increase our influence; for good, und
make us better Christian. He does not hesi
tate to use sharp Instruments. "Whom I
love I chasten;" and the literal meAning of
the word is to ouuse suffering. The Muster
has a great niuiiy plunes for His gold where
He retlues it. May you not bo in just one
of those ihi'i s uowV II so. til u u is mo
be pluoe fjr you. Theodore L. C'uyler,
U. V.
a nuvna fob r-anr-AnATtoy.
O flod, our Father, whose will It Is that
none should perish but thut all should live,
enable us so to use thy gift ot freedom thut
It shall prepure us for the eternal life of
holiness with thee. When In the tempta
tions of the world wn aro sifted us wheat,
grant us that our fuith fall not.
When wo nro In peril from tin lusti
that wur against the soul, Im
thou our guard. For thine own pity
and for the love of those who need us und
who suffer when wo fall, preserve us in the
hour of wenkness. For the love wherewith
Christ lovisl uk, grant us the fellowship of
His spirit when we ure tried In the likeness
of His temptations. And Thou, who hast
helped us to the victory of faith shall re
ceive our grateful service evermore through
Christ, who for our redemption wus tempted
aud overcame. Amen.
a rnATEB roRroNrtiENCE.
Lord, teach us so t 'Iv with the Father
that his love may be lo us nearer, clearer,
dearer than the love of any earthly father.
And let the assurance of bis hearing our
prayers be a much greater than the confi
dence In an earthly parent as the heavens
are higher than the earth, as Uod isiiilluiti ly
greater than man. Lord, show us that it Is
only our unoliildllke distance from the
Fatber that hinders the answer to prayer
and lead us on to the truo life of Qod'a chil
dren. Audrew Murray.
A FBATKB FOB SKLV ABNEGATION.
Father, I thank thee that thy wisdom has
heeded. not, my desires, but my wauts. I
bless tnee that thou art thyself, nnd hast
hindered me from being myself. As often
as I havo proved myself weak to eare for
mysolf, thou hast iiroved thyself wise and
strong nnd loving for me., Aud shall 1 not
trust thoo for the future who hnst rescued
from sin and folly all my past? Father, be
thou my future I Not that I would lose my
self In thee, but that In thee I would Hint
myself, lie thou my future, tho strength
and peace of my coining years, my praise,
my happiness, my work, my love, my today
aiid my tomorrow be thou, who art my only
worthy yesterdiy. And the song of my
mouth, aud the love of my soul shall be thine
forever and over. Amen. .
Hqw asy ft te to, tear a i.u." .
along the line in which it hL "
been folded ! flow ... 1. 1 7 or.n
' I temptation to overcome when .?"
JW yielded to ! A slo that h , ,r
I the victory over our moral m.... " .'"v
fold, as M were, in that nutun. aLlt
Its atraightness and smoothn,,,
when the same temptation ,.B,' " i
time It seeks the weak point w,,!"1
formerly made, ami ulonir tut i, c i
resistance wo are turnotl fr. '
pnnuipies anastrong resolution
inillau.
'r r.j
, BLESSKDSEMS with (i
Blessedness lleth not in snu ' '.
but In one and oneness. i ,1B ljr s
ednees lleth not iu any creatur,.
the creatures, but it lleth nkn,. ,'
in bis works. Therefore 1 u,in J."'1 1
on Uod and leave on one si,,, n
with their works, and first i, .I11
la like manner, all tho great w ill1"'1
wonders that Uod bos ever ft r 1
even Uod himself with all hu ..,' '?ni
far as these things exist or are , ',."
of rue, can ever make me bless-
in so fur as they exist and ar',i,
loved, known, tasted and felt thiI"' 1
Theologia Uermanica. "
1EJH lift
TOPIC FOR SUNDAY, APRIL jj
What is Trao Liberty, ani Ho J
Won." John vi
it 30-40
Apr. 19.
Apr. 20.
Apr. 21.
Apr 2'2..
Apr. 23.
Mboi-y to do gocd.
as-.M).
Liberty to enoosei v l
211-3!).
Use libertv wl-e'y
!: ix. 11-161
1 IV i
Free, yi-t a slave, j (
Freedom from ( hn.
21-U1: v. 1.
Apr. 21. The spirit of buinl.i ..
12-11.
ScnilTl'ltE YinsKa. ICorr. ,
iii. 17; lial. v. 1; Jus. I. 2J: u i","'
U; Gul. v. IU; 1 l'et. II. ill; :: p,.t,. ,'
LESSON Tllo,,;r,
Christ has no sluves In .,.rv
servants ure children, und ., t.!,.
ure free. " '""
illind, ignorr.nt service S n, t ;r....
Worn I Iim uin....uf ltl.... 1
... ..... 0 lo.tuimg n 1!-,.
ict; Bi-rupuious icgui st-rvi i- r, (
else were the slavish Phuric. ;,. ,:
real knowledge of this truth
uu.-riy: itiui wou, inroun .!.:;,(
onviur, uccrpi US II Ills cflll lr. n
I.-..I. I. ... I u. .. . 1 r . .
i uiiiiiiu piuuy oi won s tv.iM p V"4l -M
uiiu more cieuriy me love i.i t;;,,
und n knowledge of this '.ruth
indeed, lor then every fcrw ;,
compulsion und Is only tlic -j u:nt
of grateful love.
KKLEITIONS.
In Its own measure evrv trill; r.
gives us a sense of liberty. I ii.. ttU!.
ciputes from Biiperstilinn, fr
wuiiing upon mo opinion , f W11
irom all that cranis n. !.!. :
ami stunts mental giowlb. I:.:
dom is freedom from sin, ntA
which brim that freedom u n
Uod the Father, and Jieus ( !iri-i i;J
uus sent.
'TIs so great, yet so awful,
So bewildering, yet so l.ri,
To he king Iu every eunflir:
Where beforo I cruuehni a, a
it s so glorious to be con-it
Of a glorious power wi.1i;ii,
. Stronger than the rallvu.i; f r
' Ut a charged and marslmiWa
Jesus Christ not only give- li!tcsiJ
wuion oeneves in mm. lie u:s . !3iwl
Spirit to descend upon lilm. tii!l
from all enslaving habits. "Kii.-.-iid
you fre, ye shall be free in'li-nl.'
If we should be freed from tin-
m, and nave our eonue im wo
family mude real, rightful, pnsml
only way to enter into that l,t.-i:r
is by faith In the Son of liml, act tin
be manumitted nnd iidnteil w ml
daughters of the Lord .1 Inni.-'itv
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confession to having ii-c"i"!
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RE VI
RESTORES
1st Day. M'!?
IStUDny.
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pro lucee t lie above ro-iili I"
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bot Power Kuillnic M. nmr). ''"'ij'j
ill iiffnrts of m-lf'tbumi ur cirr-'1'
wlurb unnuono for rimy "'"cmjJ2
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