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-Marlon Couthouy Smith, in Argo.-y.
THE DEATH OF PRINCE
Bit A MO VAN.
f flMIl SILT." (II- V-" Baala. (
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JT was in (lie year 1714. Constntitin
Br&BCOVaO bad been governing for I
length of time as voivnd of Wallachia
He was now Dearly UO years old; a wise
prince, nnti much beloved by his people.
Four handsome sons had been born tc
him, who were the pride of his house,
ahd the consolation of his old age.
Renewing In these noble princes his
own youth. I'rijK'P Hrancovan nml hii
utill beautiful wife, with their daugh
ter, Princeti Roxandra, lived a sim
ple, uneventful life In their capital city
of Bucharest The people looked upon
the prince as their father, nnd he justi
fied this attitude by the pains, he took
to make his rule n blessing to them.
in these days there doet not remain
any trnce of the insecurity in which the
inhabitants of the two principalities'
then lived, and which compelled them
to conceal their treasures in wooden
coffers, which, covered with carpels
and the richest Turkish stuffs, formed
part of thr furniture of a chamber,
and were capable of easy removal to
a place of safety when their enemies,
the Turks, made a raid into the country.
Prince Constantln Prancovan had
long grown distasteful to the snl!an
because of his wis? and noble chamc
ter, nnd of his having innde'himself be
loved by all his subjects. He had;aiso
accumulated vast wealth, and had
caused gold pieces to be coined; this
was looked upon as nn net of insubor
dination 1o his suzerain.
There were certain individuals at the
porte willing enough to aggravate the
anger of the sultan, and amongst these
was n Greek doctor who had presumed
to full in love with the beautiful Prin
cess Iioxamlra.
With his courteous ways and knowl
edge of men and countries, he found
favor with tlie four young princes, and
accomplished his desire of being now
and again with the Princess Uoxandni
herself. What had at first been mere
ly a passing whim now became the
necessity of his being, nnd the (ireek
passionately resolved thnt, in spite of
her rank and his nationality, the prin
cess should 1m- his.
At lubt. having dime all that he
could to further iugratiiitc himaeli with
Prince Brancovan, the Greek ap
proached the question, lie dwelt upon
hi-, wealth (which he hud taken care
it give an appearance of during his
stay in i he capital), bis influence with
the Turks, his desire to see Wallachia
freed from her bondage, and, unfut
trreil, beginning a nobler future. Then
lie touched upon his personal holies.
Hut lie hud hardly expressed himself
before, the prince interposed. Haught
ily and emphatically he declared it im
possible for such a request even to be
considered. And when the Qreek
presfl his suit. Prince RranCOVan,
Usually so calm, grew angry, and sum
marily dismissed his visitor. That was
the end of the Greek's hopes, but notof
his design.-. He hod, in his selfish de
sire, pretended to be w hat he was not,
and he was no sooner out of Prince
BranCOVan's presence than he began to
think of revenge. ' He at once removed
to Constantinople and sought all menus
of ingratiating himself with the sultan,
lie was- so servile and fluttering that
he soon became a prime favorite, and
then, with subtle cunning, lie com
menced a lystetnatlo persecution of
BmnCOVan, He represented himself to
the sultan as a friend of Turkey and
anxious that the provinces over which
she possessed suzerainty should be un
der more effective control than was the
Case at present. He proceeded to relate
that lie had visited Wallachia in order
lo ascertain the opinions of the people
and t heir ruler with regard to Turkey;
and then repented parts of conversa
tions he had had with Prince Hnm
OOVan, taking care to magnify the
prince's patriotic expressions into
threats against his Suzerain, He also
fold the sultan that vast stores of gold
find been accumulated by the prince,
nnd that there was little doubt but
that this was to be devot-l to the rais
ing of an ar'in when the time should
be ripe for the Wallichiana to rebel;
also that the prince was conducting
regular and secret correspondence wit h
some of the neitrhboring states. The
unfortunate prince was speedily taken
prisoner, as well as his wife, their
beautiful daughter, his four sons, nnd
his nephew anil Prime Minister Vacar
escu. It was just before Eastertide that the
prisoners were forcibly lrac-ged to Con
stantinople, nnd cast Into the prison of
'he Seven Towers. This famous prison
sltua'ed nt the end of the land wall
jf Constantinople, where it meets the
Sea of Marmora. Many askd harrow
ing are the tales of mystery and blood
shed associated with its ancient walls.
This was the place to which Brancovan,
his sons and nephew, were conducted,
and in which they were immured until
the following August. Brancovan- and
Vacarescu were put to the most ex
cruciating torture in order to oompel
them to confess where they had con
cealed their accumulated riches, for
the Turks had not found as much gold
as they expected, although they
searched for snd destroyed everything
wherein they thought it might have
been hidden.
Hrancovan had sent part of his large
fortune to Venice, but he would not
reveal the fact, in spite of all the ter
rible tortures to which he was sub
jected, and which are described by one
of his secretaries as being so atrocious
ss to make one's hair stand on end
simply to rend the account. At length
the Turks understood thnt they had
nothing more to gain from the prince,
and bade him prepare for immediate
death. On hearing this, Brancovan
summoned his sons to his presence, an
said to them:
"Mv children, our fortunes nre
our lives are about to be sacrifice ; j
we must not lose our precion ! I
I Tie brave, my beloved ones. :iot
death; you know what CUr;r ered
for our sake, and what s death
he cn J tired! I pray you l i stead
fast in your faith, flitter at all in
the face of the world." The four hand
some youths stood respectfully before
their father, bareheaded, and listened
to his words. Bach In turn kissed h:s
hand, nnd he looked with dimmed eyes
upon these his sons who were the pride
of his life, the hope of his house, and
whom he was now exhorting to die ns
Christians should. When he came to
his youngest born, who was still n
child, his eyes overflowed with tears.
Soon footsteps were heard In the ad
joining room; n Pasha entered, and
bade them all accompany him to the
presence of the sultan.
The aged prince soon stood before his
suzerain.
"Brancovan," said the latter, "is this
true which I hear of thee, that thou
wouldat throw- off thy allegiance, and
declnre the independence of thy princi
pality Say, is it true thnt thou hast
even dared to coin money from thy own
gold? Thou a rt fearl ess as i f 1 hou- w ert
thy ow-n master! Whst hast thou to ,
plead in justification ?"
"Whether I have governed well or ill
Cod above is the best Judge; bnt if I
were once s power on the earth, see
now to what ignominy I am reduced!"
replied the captive prince with dignity.
"Brancovan, measure thy words;
thau and thinenre condemned todeath;
not one of thy rebellious tribe shali es- I
cape his doom!"
"As Ood wills it; our lives are In
your hands."
The populace crowded to witness the
executions. Brancovan looked calmly
down on the multitude; amongst them
he recognized the princess, his'wifr.
and their daughter Roxandra, whom
the Turks In their refinement of savage
cruelty had compelled to witness the
terrible spectacle. The prince's face
darkened as the Mueziu -or Turkish
priest ndvsuced. nnd after making the
usual three salaams, thus addressed
him:
"My master, we have an ancient cus
tom here, to the effect that a con
demns! prisoner may be pardoned if he
be willing to change his religion, and
embrace our holy Mahomedan faith."
Then the sultan called in a loud voice.
"llraiicooan, renounce thy dog-like
Christian lelief, thou and thy sons, em
brace thnt of our own, and then shall
ye all go forth free!"
"Better that my race should perish
than thut we shotrld deny our sacred
religion," was the undaunted reply.
"Then must ye ail preipare for death,"
said the mrtsn. frowning, nad gave
oiilers that Vacarescu should be the
first on whom the soldiers should lay
their hand.
"Become one sf our followers, fbi
snke thy master, live, be rich and hap
py." said the liuezin to him.
"A Vacaresou docs not betray his
prince or his church 1" said the ex-minister
prondly, and, tawing his head, he
was instuntly recapitated.
The officials then seised on the third
son of the prince, a haughty youth
with eyes full of lira end hair
as the '-fj
"Deny tkey 3
thee."
"Io not ii
said the boy, snd
head was severed from his BOly, ejBu
rolled to his father's fact!
The old man sighed heavily, and his
long beard trembled, as he said: "Lord,
thy will be done!"
The sultan then pointed to the sec
ond son, who fell imploringly at his
father's feet. The prince grew pale
with fear, lest his son should fail him.
but the latter, blushing, raised hii
iMjnetrnting eyes to those of his fa
ther and said:
"I. alone, of all thy children, have
caused thee trouble nnd vexation,
through my wnrward heart and my
quick blood. I cannot go to sleep, the.
sleep of eternity without kissing ty
band, and craving thy pardon!"
The old man's face ngnin grew placid,
nnd fervently blessing his kneeling son.
be snid:
"At this very hour every fault is ex
piated! thou r: rt going to Cod." The
young man bared his neck before the
yntairhnn of the executioner, while 'he
eldest son. whose manly face was set
off by a heavy beard, looked nt hi)
brother's corpse, and burst into violent
tears.
On perceiving this the sultnn cried:
"Forsnke thy rrligion! I see thnt life
's sweet to thee, embraceourfaith.be
rice, bo happy!"
The young Brnncovnn did not seem
o hear these words, but took from his
'est nn Iroana a .-nrred image which
he worst next to his heart, and ho'
it out said:
"If any among ye here ha ve p' ,mdq
sue, lei him rend this holy 1 n i j to
my dear young wife. It will' conso
lation to her until the h of her
death."
Not a hand was raiser' take the
holy jewel, and ensti it on the
f round, and crushing iUthil foot,
e exclaimed: "So ctiAfld a relic
shall not be defile your Pagan
touch!"
Kneeling dowr
nants of the bv
to the exei-ii
Prince Dl
deeply, bu
Kissed the rem
. nana, and signed
.o do his work.
D sighed once more
tain: "flood Lord.
Thy will 1
Then t
"Brn i
rema i
sacr'
I in called:
il single ehild now only
el ICeflect before thou
T nee locked on the form of his:
de itoy. on his wife below, who
1 i'i iated and was happily still to
d'l'.a, on his beautiful daughter who
I Jioking with convulsive sobs, ami
.f. r making the sign of the cross
ap-iin s.'id:
"The Lord's will be done!"
"Child! "cried the sultan. "If thou
wilt embrace our faith, thou shnltlivc
and be happy!"
The boy's soft eyes sought those ol
his father, as if to gain strength and
courage.
"I die willingly, my father," he said,
in a firm tone. "It is true that I ntu
joung, but 1 ain of thy race!"
And shortly his youthful head
crowned with rich dark curls, waa sev
ered from his body.
Then, and then only, did the old
man's strength fnil him, as he fell on
bis knees nnd kissed the headiest
corpse. At length he rose in great fury and
cursed his enemies, crying out: "Pa
guns! you have slain my four sons!
May God destroy you and yours, may
He wipe you all from the face of the
tnrth! May you have no ground in
which to be buried and may your soul
never know peace or rest!"
The sultan and his servants were sc.
highly incensed at this anathema that
they tore off his vestments In shreds
it is even said that they tore the skin
from his flesh, the while cnllins; him:
"Ghiour! Dog of ,i Christian!"
Brancovan raised his voice for the
Inst time:
"Tou can cut my flesh into morsel,
nevertheless Constautin Bra&oovan
dies a faithful Christian. Though for
saken, and abandoned by all, he will
rest in Christ Jesus!"
The yataghan of the executionei
closed Lis early career.
Then the grandchild of the old prince
who had hidden himself In a woman's
skirts was perceived by the execu
tioner, who caught him, and holding
him up by his hair, cried:
"Is this one to remain alive, or shall
he follow his elders?"
At this moment a woman bent her
way through therrowd.and holding up
a child high in her arms, saidi "Stay
your hand! thnt is my child, thiaone is
HrancoTan's grandson?"
It was the nurse who heroically gave
her own offspring to save the last re
maining princely heir! She witnessed
nnflinchiugly the sacrifice of her child,
clasped the other one to her breast and
vowing a holy vow, she fled with him.
After some time had elapsed the
widows of these unfortunate princes
were set at liberty, and withdrew to
Venice. They did not return to their
own epuntry for many years. One of
Brandoran'i daughters. Domnltii Hal
asha, was so deenlv Impressed by
their misfortunes thai she n tired to n
monastery, and would reel ' no part
of her share of the vast inheritance
which had produced such dire misfor
tune to her family.
She caused the flue Brancovan hos
pital at Bucharest to he. erected and
an almshouse for decayed gentlewom
en, as well ns a very beautiful church,
which to 1 his day hears the name of
Domnitza Halnsha.
The Conatry Itoctor if Old.
Is the "old country doctor" of to-day
ns quaint and attractive a figure as he
was 1!) years ngo? Probably not,
though he may kuow more in his pro
fession than his predecessor. The old
doctor's shrewd, weather-beaten face,
was "frosty but kindly." Next to the
pastor he was the most important mem
ber of the village cornmualty, and with
in a circle of ten miles everybody
knew "the old doc," and he knew every
body sad everybody's horse and dog.
Usually he had a college degree and
retained a pretty good taste in litera
ture. Possibly, he was not very sci
entific, but some of his remedies were
of wondrous potency and reached
down clear to where you lived and
stirred up the foundation of things
as the pastor's theology stirred up
the conscience. He gave no sugar-coated
pellets, but good old Calvinistic pills
of his own compounding, of n search
ing nnd uncompromising quality, "try
ing the hearts of men" and calculated
for what Virgil (or is it Horace?) re
fers to as "the robust entrails of the
mowers." Hartford Courant.
Not lollkcly.
This is a lawyer's story of his first
trial in which a farmer accused his
neighbor of stealing his ducks. The
lawyer was employed by the accused
( to convince the court thut such was
! not the case The plaintiff was posi
tive that his neighbor was guilty of
the offense charged, been use he had
seen his ducks in the defendant's yard.
"How do you know they were your
ducks?" naked the lawyer. "I should
know my ducks anywhere." replied the
fnrmer. giving a description of their
vnrinus peculiarities' whereby he could
distinguish them. "Why,'- said the
lawyer, "those ducks cannot be of such
rare breed. I h;i'-e seen some just like
them in my own yard." "That's not
it nil unlikely." admitted the fnrmer,
. 'for they ar not the only ducks I have
and stole-i lately." Detroit Free Press.
FOBLXMAH'S SON HEALED.
Soaday Sefcool Lcooon in the loteeaa
tl I Series for Febrsarr ft,
180SWkB 4143-04.
(Specially Arranged from Peloubet's Notes.
GOLDEN TEXT.-Jesus said unto him.
thy son II vet h: snd himself believed, snd
his whole house. John 4:53.
THE SECTION Includes only the lesson,
with s stance over Christ's ministry
through miracles of mercy.
TIME. -A. D. 2S, early In January, or
late In the previous December. Boon sfter
the last lesson.
PLACE. Csns, s village among the hills
of Galilee; snd Capernaum, a city 20 to t&
miles to the northeast, on the shore of the
Ses of Galilee.
EXPLANATORY.
L A Good Foundation for Faith.
Vs. 43-45. 43. "Now' after two days:"
The two days mentioned in V. 40,
which Jesus spent at Sychar preaching
to the Samaritans. "Went into Galilee:"
Continuing His journey with His dis
ciples, which bad been interrupted by
the incident at Sychar. Jesus left Judea
forGalilec because a deepening opposi
tion was developing in Judea, where He
was born, of whose lineage He was, and
where He would naturally be at home
us th.- Messiah. But "Jesus Himself
testified," from bis own experience,
"that a prophet hath no honor in bis
own country." And therefore He went
to Galilee, till by His teachings and His
works there He could prove to Judea
thnt He was indeed the prophet.
45. "The Galileeans Received Him:"
The reason is immediately given. "Hav
ing seen all the things that He did at
Jerusalem at the feast," which the Gal
ileans were accustomed to attend. The
feast must be that referred to in 2:13
25 snd Chap. 3:1-22. And many things,
doubtless, were done at that time which
are not recorded (2:23).
II. The Need of Faith. V. 4ft. "So
Jesus came again into Cana
where He made the water wine" (Chap.
2:1-11): "Because, having once been
welcomed there as a friend or relative,
and having shown forth His glory. Ills
true character, by a miracle, He would
now be likely to receive a favorable
hearing and make more disciples. We
may remember that here was the home
of one of His disciples, Nathaniel (Bar
tholomew) (John 21:2). "A certain no
bleman:" He was some high ofliecr,
civil or military, of Herod's court.
"Whose son was sick." and very low,
at the point of death -with a fever (V.
52).
III. Faith l'ing Means. V. 47.
"When be heard that Jesus was come:"
He had just one hope left, and knowing
that Jesus had wrought cures for oth
ers, he hoped that lie might be both
able and willing to help him in his
trouble. "Besought Ilim that He would
come down:" Thinking that Jesus
must go and see the boy in order to
cure him.
IV. Little Faith a Stepping Stone to
Larger Faith. V. 48. "ICxcept ye see
signs and wonders:" These two words
mark the two chief aspects of mir
acles; signs, the spiritual aspect.where
by they suggest some deeper truth than
meets the eye, of which they are in
oome sense symbols and pledges; and
wonders, the external aspect, whereby
their strangeness arrests attention.
"Ye:" A general statement, suggest
ed by the circumstances. "Will not be
lieve:" Jesus saw that His miracles
had impressed the people more deeply
than the teachings they were intended
to convey.
V. The Earnestness of Faith. V. 4'J.
"Sir, come down ere my child die:" lie
had no strength to reply or explain;
he would be hindered by no seeming re
buke. He showed that he was not wait
ing to see wonders, but could trust
Jesus lo heal his son.
VI. Faith Kewarded. Vs. 60-54. 50.
"Go thy way; thy son liveth:" Here is
the reward of bis faith, and tin- means
to larger faith, ns we soon sec. "And
the man believed the word that Jesus
had spoken:" Here was a step higher
in his faith. He not only believed in
general in the power of Jesus to heal,
but he believed for himself and acted
upon his belief. "And he went his
way:" He left Jesus, and eitherstarted
immediately for home, or went some
where for the night, and left for home
the next morning, which is the more
probable.
52. "At the seventh hour:" Either
one c'oiock. according to the Jewish
reckoning, or seven o'clock, according
ta one lloman reckoning. "The fever
left him." showing a sudden and de-
I clslvs change.
5.1. "Himself believed and his whole
house:" Household, family. He be
lieved what? Believed on Jesus as his
' Saviour. Before he had believed about
I Ilim, now he believed on Him. They all
became disciples. This new increase
! of bis faith was the result of this mi r
; nclc. It confirmed and enlarged his
faith, so that he received the teaching
I and love of Christ deep in his heart,
j 54. "Second miracle:" Not the sec-
ond miracle .Jesus had wrought (V. 45).
but the second in Galilee.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
Let us be carelul not to dishonor the
prophets in our own country the
saints in our own households, the good
in our own church, the talent in our
own families.
He that has faith will act upon that
faith, and through acting upou it the
faith will be increased.
God has patience with weak and im
perfect faith, as a stepping stone to
higher and purer faith.
Facts are a true foundation for our
faith. All that God has done for oth
ers proves that lie can do the same
for us.
It is right to pray for temporal bless
ings, but (Jod cares more for spiritual
blessings which may come to us by the
way He gives or withholds the tem
poral. There are different degrees and qual
ities even of real faith. The faith that
is founded on testimony and on out
ward proofs may grow Into that which
is the soul's experience of the presence,
and love, and power of the Saviour. ,
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