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Peasant Fields of Holy Writ
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-TENNYSON.
imentaryon the International' Sunday-School Lesson
Second Quaxtor, Lesson XU., June 1905.
It,]
adder
the QUARTERLY review.
HE twelve lessons of the
quarter are like the twelve
jewels in the high priest’s
breastplate. They are if
priceless value. Each has
jts own peculiar charm.
After its contents hav*
been apparently exhaust
ed, each is sure to emit
an unexpected ray. Thsy
are so placed with refer
ence to each other that
cuch enhances the other.
The two parables, “Th;
ghepherd" and “The Vine and the
ir!w rhcs.” illustrate' Jesus’ method of
etching.
spake of lilies, vines and corn,
•pje sparrows, and the raven,
d words so natural, so wise
Wer' on men’s hearts engraven,
,d yeast and bread and (lax and cloth
.tjid eggs and fish and candles,
la how the whole familiar world
He most Divinely handles.
fn HTs parable of the Good Shepherd
■R^jfscn I). Jesus held the mirror bo
ife.re the hierarchy of His day with a
Karless hur He showed i 1 .s mercenarv
twtgIfeniat. It w Tked havoc in the highest
^Mrierests of men. It killed in the realm
K; spiritual values. On this dark buck-
J'rus projected the ideal of the
™J®Rrije «heph- • d He enters upon His fune-
** pin in the appointed wily. His life is
l pent in care of the flock. He oalleth
0* p-jdath, P'Jttcth forth, goeth before.
j“ The tin' 1 (lasson \ i) was one of th>
Ktnost familiar and beautiful of natural
Krbjects-1\>- king of fruits in Palcstin •,
, .faurcr- of .vcalth, joy, and strength to
* J hf P £ '"f ,,e - 1,1 p ver>- respect it was
ivorthy ■ he dignirted and emblematic
fuse Jesus made of it
ahla:
In this allegory
His fundamental relation
He is source of .spiritual
l Jesus
to* • ito Biinpyiit .
||Mi> and frultfulnes. Abiding i n the
Jjiock (Jesus) and pruned by the hus-
■ Sandman (the Father), the branches (to-
b Misdrles) live and bear fruit. Apart from
■the stock the branches they .wither pig
fcSy!' ,nffUaSP C ° Uld n0t be USed
P , arabIeS ar ° mirac,P3 ^ word
| H s m1ra '’ , * s are parables in deeds Th-
S M of the raIsi ”S of Lazarus (Del
I ron II, Is the parable which teaches th u
the resurrection and Immortal life aro
rot far off abstractions, but that they
,re concreted in an immanent Christ
Those who are . joined to Him whether
1 or .xing (as wo use (he words- live
on the higher meaning which Jesus' has
|K the no W ° rd ) Tb0 de «* have not
■ . f / U '* ng cann °t lose this immortal
I Jesus art f ^ S °" hat
..u." j. noted out still another parable
on v' re r W ; a8 ^ d His
Ifrramhle \\ W? ! S t0 reb,,ke thp unseemly
(engaged in whirh H!s aiwlplw
(engaged at the last supper, that Jesn =
111084 mortal task of the
nl ' Hp 4,1,18 an ™d to
IJf(V ar P f C , e and I’ r <*fedence. Henceforth
lr! disciples, must cherish such a feel
0np another would make
L* "? U ' ! ' Iln * to perform the most lowly
|Service for each othe,.
social occasion arid a great popu’ir
eva,;on next arrest our attention. The
supper at Bethany (Lesson Illy was a
liigh and loving courtesy shown to Jesus
Dne significant and timely deed 'if ed
f this feast to the. level of a sacrament,
i -'fu-v brought out of her boudoir an Ori
ental -ruse of alabaster filled with liqu’d
(Perfume and poured it upon Jesus’ head
■find feet. Mary gave Jesus a momentary
embalming; He embalmed her forever in
he incense of His praise. The popular
®v)tion was on His entry into Jerusalem
(Lesson IV)- It was not a mere pass
ing incident—an accident of His approach
tn the city. Jesus planned this entry,
d-signed to make It efTecm-e. He wag
roi aptured by the multitude; He cap
tured it and used it for His purpose.
The orderly precision of all His move
ments indicates this. He openly came to
His own. The issue was pressed. They
must accept or reject. The test was
made In no dark corner—nothing could
ha.e bee.n more conspicuous.
Jesus puts a period to His ministry
with a prayer (Lesson VII), commonly
railed “the high priestly prayer." The
high priest of the old dispensation Car-
Tied the twelve tribes upon his bosom
before the Lord in the twelve precious
stones which formed his breastplate. The
high priest of the new dispensation car
ried the twelve apostles, upon His hnsom.
Jesus stahds with the little group of
men to whom he bad made the greatest
possible revelation, and whom He expeo*s
in their turn to be revealers of His truth
He must needs leave them. If they fail,
all is lost. He cries to heaven for them.
rtha.t they may be kent
their unity preserved 1 ^ Sanctlfte<1 an<i
es! W c°ontr P .^ ° f u chara cter come in sharp.
Pilate for t , Wben Jesus appears before
time r a1 ’ I Lesson VIII.) Pilate
k ”! hirT Wh ° 8e rUUng molive was 10
condemn P m° e ’ , to do wllich he would even
innocent ’ Jesus, king in
he realm of truth, whose subjects are
th ytrs 04 Hutli. The outcome of
Wo types is significant. Pilate’s
f ®erving had small reward. He kept
ice only six years longer. Jesus’ do-
inion, on the contrary, ever augment-
'g. ms lasted for twenty centuries, and
extends from sea to sea.
T. he procession to the cross (.lesson IX)
was the most pitiful earth has ever seen.
e ev angellsts Incidentally suggest how
we should treat that pitiful scene. Their
quadruple description o£ the crucifiixion
is a literary marvel. Though a circum
stance of transcendent' importance, the
account is surprisingly condensed. Na
ture herself drew a veil of darkness
around the scene. The seven words from
the cross yield riener gains than any
morbid spinning out of mere physical
pains.
The open tomb (lesson X) was convert
ed into a bureau of information for the
troubled disciples.. White liveried at
tendants were there to point them to
the place were the Lord lay, and to the
grave clothes, laid in such orderly fash
ion as to preclude the idea of a hasty
and clandestine removal, and to announce
the blessed truth, "He is risen:’’
Prepared message (lesson XI) always
comes to prepared' person. It was 110
accident that this man had this vision.
By a long course of schooling, to which
he submitted intelligently, lie became
singularly open to the divine. By the
same process he was prepared to sub
mit what lie received. The Apocalypse
has been called a “Tract for Bad Times.”
It was written in an age of persecution.
Its purpose was to assure foreboding
minds of ultimate victory in spite of
current contradictions. It opens the vista
of the future, and pictures Jesus tri
umphant.
Under the material emblem (Lesson
XII) of a city adorned and beautified,
the spiritual betterment of humanity is
shadowed. Theplan and fashion of the city
is from heaven. The ideals of right hu
man living- are divine. As these Ideals
are realized, and in that proportion God
lives with and In men. Tn the ratio of
righteousness (right living) tears are
dried. Wrong living (sin) Is the soie
cause of tears, painful death, sorrow,
and crying.
(Copyright, Dap'ls W. Clark.)
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR AND EP-
WORTH LEAGUE TOPICS-
June 25. 1905. Isa. lv. 1-13.
OUR NATIONAL HERITAGE.
The beautitude of Jesus, upon the one
who hungers and thrists for righteousness
is antieipated here by a thousand years.
The prophet knew of an eating and drink
ing more refreshing and Invigorating
than any ordinary eating and drinking—
the water, wine, and milk for the soul. It
can not be bought in any fair or market.
The priee of it is the forsaking of wick
ed ways and unrighteous thoughts. The
certainty of nature with which the enib'n
Is watered is a sign of the certainty
with which grace supplier the sou] that
hungers and thirsts. In proportion as
individuals multiply who are living right
will the millennium of universal right-
living (righteousness) come—when the fir
shall supplant the thorn and the myrtle
the brier. This happy state shall be
God's monument on the earth.
Household Letters
CONTINUED FROM SIXTH BAG!
CHRONICLES OF LYNN
SEL1ME DURJtMTE
. Chapter II.
Seline Durante had just returned from
a pleasant picnic on the river. She was
leaning against the vine-wreathed pillar
musing. Judge Wadron had ' Just left
her, even yet the faint echo of his swift
horse's hoofs could he heard. Seline's
thoughts were of' the judge. He had
told her that his long ride to Che city
would not he lonely, as he would be 1
thinking of her. The look In his eyes,
his earnestness of words and manner
could but make her aware of his devo
tion, and the probability that he would
a-sk her to be his wife. She had made a
conquest over which the most brilliant
belle in the city would have exulted. She
could not help being thrilled at the pros
pect It opened (before her, and yet she
was anything but happy—at this moment.
She was anxious, undecided and self-re
proachful; her thoughts 'had passed quick
ly from the man who had just held her
hand» in a lingering pressure to another;
and she had scarcely spoken to Howard
Croome today.
He was escorting Violet Fane, who had
never looked prettier, and his wit flashed,
his laugh rang out merrily on all occa
sions, 'but she knew they did not come
from a light heart. .
The click of the gate latch aroused
her; there was Howard coming toward the
house. He stopped beside her and held
out a book.
“I na.d to pass your .house, and I
thought I would ■oill and return T^anier s
poems. I have read them with pleasure,
and thank, you for the loan.”
“But I gave you the book, Howard
as a little birthday present. I remem
bered that last (Sunday was your birth
day. ’Sunday’s child is full of grace,’
you know. It is hardly gracious to return
my little gift.’’
•T wish I could put out of my life
everything that would remind me of one j ..j, niatters greatly—to me. 1 believe
who has treated me so heartlessly, said | us fully a s 1 believe anything, that a
or a woman loves truly only once
“I have not meant to treat you heart- j 'n life. You know that I love you and
Mr, Elkin was convicted that father re
signed his place In the. bank?”
“Yes; and what a foolish thing to do!
Even if he did ‘believe Elkin was wrongly
accused, was that any reason for his
giving' up a splendid position—when he
had no prospect of getting another and
a family to support? He had no cool
busings calculation about him, and you
are a chip from the same block. You
don’t look out for your own interests
half the time. Here you are risking the
chance of making the finest match In
the country by keeping that beggarly
fellow, Howard Croome, dangling after
you.”
The girl’s face flushed deeply. Sho got
up and stood before her mother. “1
may as well tell you, mother, once for
all, that 'I intend to marry Howard
Croome. 1 am not unwise enough to
marry him now. but I shall wait for him
until he Is In a better position. I shall
discourage a proposal of marriage from
any other man. Oh, mother, forgive me,
for speaking so sternly!" she broke oft
remorsefully, as heg mother uttered
scream and threw herself on the 'bed.
She lay there sobbing and screaming
hysterically by turns, while her distressed
daughter ministered to her. She had
often seen her mother in these hysterical
seizures, but every time she was alarmed,
for a physician had once said that Mrs.
Durante had a weak heart. Toward
midnight Mrs. Durante fell asleep, and
Seline. sitting beside her, wrote a long
letter to Howard.
MIZPAH.
THE TEST.
And this is the photograph of your
Old sweetheart. Robert Winton. Is the
likeness good. Edltha?"
"Yes; the picture looks very much as
he looked."
It is a.frank, boyish face—such a face
as might attract a young girl’s fancy anil
cause her to mistake the attraction f or
lot e. )ou knew this Robert Winton when
you were 16 years old—nine years ago.
Looking back now. in the light of your
mature judgment, do you think you loveu
this boy, Edltha?*’
"What does it matter whether 1 loved
hint or not?”
A Chance To Make Money.
I have berries, grapes and peaches a
year old. fresh as waen picked. I used
the California Cold Process. Do not heat
or seal the fruit, just put it up cold,
keeps perfectly fresh and cost almost
nothing; can put up a bushel in ten min
utes. Last year I sold directions to over
120 families in one week; any one will
pay a dollar for directions when they see
the beautiful samples of fruit. As there
are many people poor like myself, I con
sider It my duty to give my experience
to such and feel confident every one can
make one or two hundred dollars ’round
home in a few days. 1 will mail sample
of fruit and full directions to any of your
readers for (19) two cents stamps, which
is only the actual cost of the samples,
postage, etc. Francis Casey, St. Louis,
Mo.
lessly.” she said .
friends and comrades—perhaps something
more-«*but a have made no promises,
and—”
"Will you say that you have not in
a hundred ways led me to believe that
you loved me and would marry me?” he
interrupted, jjassionately.
“We do wrong tilings sometimes from
Impulse and without forethought, How
ard.”’ she answered, gently. - down
and let me put the situation franklj hi.
fore you.”
“Howard, I am « poor girl, and must
take care of iny mother. Brother will
soon be through college, and then I Inmil
tilings may 'brighten up. but until I can
gee my way clear, I must put awa> a
thoughts of marriage. You seem to take
it for granted that because Judge >'ai-
dron shows me some attention I will
marry him. l I know that a marriage
with him would benefit me in many ways.
I do not love Judge Waldron, hut I ad
mire his talents and 1 owe a debt to
him. He was' father’s friend, and after
I began mv humble attempts for bread
and butter on The Herald, he became
my friend. 'I owe my present position to
should be no concealments between us;
therefore, I ask you to toll me, looa'tig
deeply into your heart, if you have loved
another. If you have, you cannot ey.re
for me .with your whole heart as I wish
and demand. Did you love this boy? i
have the right to ask that you tell me
all.”
“X do not know that you have this
right. No one has a right to search the
inmost depths of another's heart. If 1
tell you that T love you. I do not sec
why you should care—If years ago, be
fore I ever knew you. I had loved nn
other. ^ Turn the searchlight upon your-
BGlf, \\ 111 you affirm that there has never
been another woman’s image inshriried >n
your heart?”
”1 have never loved any woman but
you, Editha. You knew, before I con
fessed It. that you were more to me than
all the world beside. No other woman
has occupied this high place In my heart.
Can you say the same? Once more I ask,
did you love this boy, whose picture I
hold in my hand?"
"V es. T loved him. I will not he so
false and cowardly as to deny it. I
loved him. God only .knows how well
A misunderstanding parted us-a false
hood tol’d by a pretended friend When
I knew the truth hi
my friend, n owe my pn«m I knew the truth he was far away-I
him. also Will’s college education, for ho, tlid not know whorc> so T pou , d not
helped mother and me in securing a | him know. The spring of mv life seemed
scholarship for Will. 1 receive his at- broken; it was long before I could care
tentions as I would any old friend of
our family, and also for his own sterling
worth. Judge Waldron has ne.ver made
love to me. So’really. Howard, you need
not be’jealous. Then, too, you seem to
find great pleasure in Miss' Violet’s com
pany of late.”
Howard smiled a fit tie to himself. This
was a new revelation, Seline Jealous.
“I know I am a poor man, but, Sel)ne,
all that 1 have il would share with your
mother. .'I am afraid the judge’s com
pany. has made me appear to a disadvan
tage as regards education and achieve
ment, but ,1 give you an honest love.
Promise me that you will’ not marry the
judge; give me a few .years to make a
home tar you and your mother, and I
will be satisfied.”
Seline mus.cd a few seconds before she
answered this last passionate plea. She
loved Howard, and yet—there was moth
er—It, did not seem right to burden him
. . . care
for anything. Two years later. I heard of
Ills death. f mourned for him deeply—
remorsefully. - T oanrtot think of him now
without a keen heart pang. I never
thought to love again-ttntil I met you.
Now r have told you the truth, and it is
flrl ■ over botwofn up. A^rording- to your
theory, my love for vou Is worthless
and you reject it. VeiS- well. Go now.
and let me nof meet you again, for f
loved Robert Winton. His memory is
dear to me. Had he lived; had he re
turned to me. I would have wedded only
him of all the men on earth. Now go.”
1 will nor rro. f shall never leave
von again; Editha. mv true love. Brave-
>’ n " have stood this hard test. I know
that you have been true to me as I have
to you Editha. do yoii not recognize me
now?”
"Robert Winton! mv Robert! Oh !♦
is impossible! And yet, I have seen in
your eyes—’*
”1 know yon have, dearest. Many times
he heard a cry coming from the depths.
He crawled to the brink of the abyss
and, looking down, saw by the light of
the moon his sweetheart on a project
ing ledge of rock about forty feet below.
He ran to a shepherd's hut and pro
cured ropes and returning yvith the man,
he rpecued Zona from an awful death,
for a few hours later old Popocataple
belched fire and lava over the beautiful
valley, on the south side.
The two men had meantime dressed
Zone’s wounds and carrying her be
tween them, had fled down the east side
of the mountain to escape the wrath of
the fire god and of the people, should
they discover that tbie sacrifice had been
made void. Affer many days of hard
ship, they reached a place of safety,
where they tenderly nursed Zona back
to health. When she was able to travel
with them, they journeyed further south,
till they came to a strange white race,
or rather remnant of a race, for they j
now numbered but a few hundred. They
spoke a strange tongue, but they re
ceived the strangers from the north with
kindness. In time the prince and Zona
became their king and queen, and they
began to build the marble city, which
for beauty, grandeur and mystery sui*
passes anything that Is known.
Who this strange race was. whence
they came, and how they came to be
there In the heart of Mexico, will never
be known, unless our learned men who
are so eagerly watching the explorations
being made among fh^ ruins of The mar
ble eifv. should succeed in deciphering the
hieroglyphics carved m the pillars.
EZEKTET/S DAUGHTER.
Knight of the Wire, send your address
to M. "V. Jackson. Splendora. Texas.
A PRAYER.
Give me. O gods! of the .stronger drink
That I may be strong as a man may
be! ,
Bear me O Truth, to the farther brink
That men may a witness find In me.
Dower ipe. O iMuuse, with melody's art.
And grant .me, O Love, the thrill in the
heart
That shall carry home the word I
^Elwyn Hoffman, in Sunset Magazine
for June.
V
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CHANCE
GET A
SHARE OF
1,000
DOLLARS
IN GOLD
with her family, but she could not give ■ T , -
— - I 1 naVP jour glance search my eyes
up her duty.
“Howard, let us remain as we are. true
friends. If T make a promise, I like to
see my way clear to fulfilling it. The
one light before me now is—duty to my
home. Pm aside these jealous doubts and
fears and just" be my "friends, won't you?”
Howard caught her hand, and then
asked quickly: “Is this just a way of
getting rid of me? Can you be as false
as this? You have led me on until 1
could almokt swear you loved me, now
you talk of friendship. Seline, which
shall ft be—strangers or my promised
wife?"
“I do love you, Howard, but I cannot
consent to your burdening yourself on
my account. ' Wait, dear, until cur paths
are lighter. 5 am not playing with you.
for 1 mean to marry you.”
Reluctantly he agreed to her terms.
He remained until late that evening, talk
ing about his future plans. He told
Seline he thought of going to the Klon
dike as a representative for a mining
concern. He had been offered a lucrative
salary, and by hard work he might soon
have a home to offer her and her moth
er. After his departure Seline entered
her mother’s room. Mrs. Durante had
been an only child, also Indulged by her
husband, and since his death,- petted by
her daughter.
“'Seline. what do yon mean by encour
aging that penniless young man ? Of course
you can’ t be In earnest, but by let tin
and feared you would probe my secret
before I had put you tn the test. Rut
nine years under a tropieal sun ripens o
• v to a man. with many changes Ffg-
complexion-all have changed-
n i,' H bPOrt ’ E ' Jitha : that has re
mained the same, r told you truly. You
are the only woman I ever loved ”
ESTHER MASON.
THE MARBLE CITY OP THE
TOLTECS.
In southern Mexico there is an ancient
city built of pure marble—“though in
ruins and halfsunken,” probably bv earth
quakes"—which is puzzling the minds of
the learned men who are exploring it.
Great pillars of marble carved witli pic
tures of the chase, of war, of queens,
and kings are to be seen there today—
“monuments to a departed race.” I will
give you a brief sketch, “traditional,”
of this strange city.
Many years before Cortez entered Mex
ico this country was occupied by a race
of people almost white. They were fire
worshippers and they ljad built a great
temple to the .tire god near the temple
erected to the god of war. The famous
mountain, Popocatapelpi, was then an ac
tive volcano, and before an eruption deep
rumbling could be heard for days and
ks. The priests said the fire god
him take up your time you may lose the was angry and wanted human sacrifice.
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opportunity to marry well. I believe
Judge Waldron will soon propose to you,
and you will accept him. of course. Ho
can give you money and position. You
should not hesitate for your own sake
and for mine. I am not used to hard-
| ships J miss so many little comforts,
land the delicacies necessary to my health,
j Your poor father made such a mistake
! to give up his place in the bank. He
never got a good position afterwards,
and he went into that foolish specula-
; tion.”
“Hush, dear mother. Don’t blame my
father. I know he acted as he thought
best. T have perfect faith in his honor.”
| “He sent money again and again to
.-•■ome woman, for there it was in the
memoranda we found among his papers:
’Sent Mrs. $1,000,’ and at another
time: ‘Sent Mrs. — $1,200; am afraid
she will suspect whence It came.’ What
■ do you call v that?. He a Do sent money tc^
a man—a large sum—that, too. is In the
| memorandum book.”
“I know it Is mysterious, but I believe
i that and everything else which seemed
j strange in my father’s conduct of affairs
I will be cleared up when that sealed pack-
I et in the possession of Dr. Somers is
! opened. When it is to be opened, no
lone knows buf”T>r. Somers, for. of course,
| his father told him. d have often con
jectured what the contents of that packet
can be.”
“I'm sure 41 haven’t the least idea.
Your father never trusted me with his
secrets. He sent for old man Somers
when he was on his death bed and gave
him a package sealed with the county
seal. Tt was some information he had
sworn to before a magistrate—old Judge
Newell—who was then dead. Your fath
er said to Mr. Somers: ‘I know T can
■trust to your honor not to open this
until after the death of the person named
In this letter. - X entrust the package
to you because .1. hrv.’e-confidence In you,
and because the ihfortnatlon' IS of value
to one you love.' ”
“The one lie loVed might be his 1 cousin
and ward, Sadie ..Elkin. Everything con
nected with that poor girl is mysterious.
Papa an4 her father were ^friends. I can
remember hearing Tdm say he could never
believe Charley Elkin ;wa$ jRuilfy pf that
bank robbery. And wasn’t it right after
and so they set about finding a victim or
"bride” to appease the' wrath of the
deity. The most beautiful young wo
man in the kingdom was chosen and
preparations made for a great day of
ceremonies, and an immense feast for the
people to celebrate the marriage of the
tire god who was threatening the de
struction of their fertile valley.
On one traditional occasion, the vic
tim chosen by the priests was the beau
tiful Zona, the anianced bride of a prince
of royal blood. In vain he interceded
to save her; in vain he tried to convey
her away to a secret hiding place. She
was kept confined and closely guarded
until the day of the ancrifiee. When the
fatal day arrived, dressed in regal robes,
the pale trembling bride of death was
led by the priests to the sacred moun
tain. preceded hy bands of music and
followed by a great concourse of people.
Smoke was rising ominously from Popo
catapelpi. and now and then a dread
rumbling was heard deep in its heart-
like the muffled roar of a caged beast.
Up tlie sides of the mountain went the
procession, until the edge of the crater
was reached: there amid loud prayers
and wild music, the trembling but sirent
and unresisting “bride” was hurled over
tlie brink of the crater into the bottom
less abyss. Then slowly the awed people
returned to their homes; all but the
prince, who had been forced to see the
sacrifice of his betrothed, until far in the
night he remained on the ground near
the mouth of the crater. As he lay there
HOW LUCINDA WAS CONSOLED.
Lucinda, had brought in the weeks’
washing. Usually she was chirruppy as
a sparrow: but today she looked so blue
that I asked:
“What is the matter Lucinda?”
“Well, honey: it's jes dis way. f ain’t
got no heart for anythin’. Von knotv m>
ole man was put in jail for stealin' Morse
.Tee Johnson’s horg. and now (ley’s done
tried him an' dey's gnin' to sen' him t'>
de ponetentiary—him. dat’s a pillar of de
churoD an’ so Tigious fore de devil
tempted him wid dat ole horg. i went
to see him tother day, an’ he looked so
sick and he was so sorry 'bout what
ho done; I sholy thought de jedge would
let him of, but no. dey don’t care for
Tore niggers like Job. so dey's goin' to
take him off tomorrow ef he ain't too
s ek, and l can’t hop prayin’ he’ll be sick
enough to die—and so scape dat ole
jedge’s sentince.”
“But, Lucinda, do you remember there’s
a higher Judge than any earthly one—a
Judge that Job cannot escape?”
“I ain't scared but-what Jc.b’ll git off
all right wid de Lawd. Miss Dusky, kase
bc’s too Tigious; he’s said too many fine
P’ar’s in old Bethel church an' shout
de praises er de Lawd louder 'n any of
em. An’ I done tole you ho was power
ful sorry ’bout dat ole horg. De fust
time I went to see him he asrt me to
bring him de Bible he buyed from Brud-
der Toombs; an' when T went ever tim”
afterwards da he was er readin’ it. No,
ma'am, honey, ef Jet) die he gwine go
straight to Heben. Same like I seed
him la' night in my sleep, walkin' de
g( ldin’ street an biowin' Marse Gahrel's
harp. Brudder Toombs say dat pra'
’valleth wid de lawd. kase he pry - las'
year for punishment to come on clem
stuck up folks what has rich Ian's and
big craps on de riher and sildom draps
er niokle In de plate fer de preacher, an'
him er laborin’ wid dem 'twell de sweat
po' down his face. An’ Brudder Toombs
pra'r 'vaileth wid de Lawd. an' de
overflow come an' dem riher folks lose de
craps an' der cattle. An' -so, T prays
fei de Lawd ter release my ole man an'
take him to glory, stid er lettin’ him suf
fer in dat pinitentlry."
She seemed so distressed tha-t i did my
best to cheer her. and for flays.her tear
ful face was before me. A little while
afterwards she left town, and I saw hoi-
no more for six months. Then, what
transformation! Here was Lucinda
bright, smiling and flocked out m so
much finery 'hat I hardly know her.
‘Law. Miss Dusky! ’ she exclaimed. “I
sho’ is proud to see you. Many s do
t'mo I’se memborod bow* yqu eomf’ , ted
me in my trouble.”
“But. Lucinda, your trouble seerns_ to
have gone .Has Job been pardoned .
“No. honev: it’s jes dis way. After
my pra’r didn’t ’vaileth. an Job worn
to do penitentiary, Brudder Toomb’s
be console me, an’ lie low dat Jem must
be cunjered by de ebil spirits, an’ I bettor
have nothing more to do wid him. He
’vise mo to git a ’voroo.’. an I done it;
an’ don—well, you b’Heve it. Miss DuskJ
—with a little apologetic laugh—‘‘Brudder
Toombs be kep worritin T an’ worritin’ mo
to have him. ’twell jes T had to marry
dat man. las’ Sunday, an’ hep him con-
vart sinners to de Lawd.
Such is the negro. He seems to be .=•»
irresponsible and ■">* devoid of moral
sense as a child- Has he a soul? Some
people doubt it-
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Let every head in (reverence bend
To love which heaven’s fulness gauges.
Which knows not heights nor depths nor
lengths.
And changes not. e’en with tlie ages.
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PET LAMBS NAMED FOR HOUSE
HOLDERS.
I miss several of the members of one
large family in whom I am interested.
For instance, Tallulah. I feel almost
sure that she ha-s" married the widower
and doesn’t want to let us know that
she was conquered at last hy his per
sistence. Never inind, Tallulah, we will
give you congratuilatlyns, not criticism,
so come and tell us all about it. I have
a beautiful pet lamb named for you. 1
have a lovely pet lamb named also foi
gifted Fineta, arid one for Cousin Reddy.
1 wanted to call one also for Hope of
Atlanta, but there is a young man of
this name living very near us. and he
would be. sure to think I had named
the Iamb for him. You will wonder h"W
many more pet lambs I have. Weil,
there are six. Their unnatural mothers
disowned them during the last cold
weather we had. Yon will readily guess
from my having pet lambs that 1 live in
tlie country.
I do not think any one has welcomed
Martha., though I am sure that many en
joyed her letter as I did. Martha, you
must come again. And what has become
Her children were my pupils-^spiendid*
promising pupils, (too. So, friends, my* 1
little Household letter did some good. 1
I was very thankful that it did.
Of my eight girls, only five are now at
home. The absent ones are in the deal*"
southland. In school; two of them in AJa-o
barna and one in Mississippi. The old-*j
est. one is preparing for the missionary*:
field. She will go to China. The thirty
daughter is with her sister. This is
first year away from home, hut she i^
contented and happy, because she is with
“siistcr.” But my eldest, my golden
haired mother girl, is alone, and it g(oea
hard with her to be away from home.
if any of you meet my tall, stately;
misisioniary. or my fair (go 1 rje n ->h aired
mother girl, qr my laughing, black-eyed
gipsy, I pray you try to make them feel
at home.
This summer f visited my old home in
the Ohio, where I spent my happy school
days. I had not seen the dear old place
for twenty-two years, and my visit will
he one of the greenest spots in my life..
Twenty-three years ago I promised a
little 5-year-old boy a sack of marbles.
I was teaching my first school, and he
was going to li is first school. I had
forgotten all about it. hut just before
'I made my visit his faither wrote me that
John remembered me because I had pet
ted him and allowed him to go to sleep
every day with his head on my lap, and
that i had promised him a sack of mar
bles. and he ,w;is going to see me and
demand them. His father wrote me all
about it. and I got the marbles ready—•
all sizes and kind's—put 'them in a nice
silk bag. tied a card to it, with this writ.
of you. Solitaire? We want to hear from | ten upon one side; “To my ‘little pupil
you. Ike. your story was fine; no won-| John Henry Oxford from his teacher’
dev you are getting checks. Smiling j Mrs. R . All things come to him
Jonas, you were not unappreciated by me ! who wait ” On the other side was-
nd my sister. Nita-No. I, of the House- •• 1881 - I 904 The fulfill men,: of a promise
We have your picture, amd T would made twenty-three year- ago” John is
you what a young lady said about it, ! now a"high school professor tall and die'
.- I don’t want you to get vain. How- nified. a Christian gentlema
hold
tell
only
ever, all men are more or less self-con-! j 0} . meeting him.
c.eited naturally—don’t you think so? } go many of my first
Carol Elmore, I envy you the op- | me Some time' if ou
an. I did en-
porlunity of enjoying those beautiful,
wonderful scenes in the far northwest.
Ella, do write again. Cousin Reddy, you
have dropped your mask. I recognized
you at once by the boldly-expressed sen
timents in the letter of James Emerson
Cox. Our cousin is taking an active
and noble part in the world’s broad field
of battle. Durward, where are you?
Please let ns hear from our gifted young
brother in the. woods of far Idaho. I,
too, had typhoid fever almost at the same
time that it had its dread ..old upon
you. but tinlike- you, I was in my own
home among loved ones, who took tender
care of me. How many of you have sent
Ben Knight the recipes he arked for?
GARNET.
Has he a. soul
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THINGS TO LOVE.
(From My New Book. "Moreland. )
I love fife laughter of the dawn.
The glory of the sky,
The stars that scurry to be gone.
When day is drawing nigh.
The music of the morning birds.
The silence of the dew.
The rapturd sweeter than all words
The human heart e’er knew-
The languor of the lily bells.
The johnny-jump-ups’ glow;
The glamour of the scented delis
Where ox-«"ed daisies grow
The green of grass new coming up,
And pansies, smiling-eyed,
On yonder sunny side.
The violet and buttercup
And,'too. the tinkle of the bells.
The lowing of the klne
The dreamy loveliness that tuts
Of something more divine;
The ever-ednstant wonder of
The beauties of tlie morn,
Before the sun is uP. amd love
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JUST ACROSS THE STREET.
(A Bathetic Incident.) .
We had removed .to a different portion
ol the city; naturally, my neighbors wc.e
all strangers, but 1 soon learned tha.
just acrols the way lived a gentleman
who was making a desperate resistance
against that dread disease, consumption.
Often 1 watched him after the day s
work was over, playing in the open .til,
sometimes with his children; at othe-t
times with only hits faithful little. dog
to keep TiTm company.
A peculiar circumstance drew my at
tention. Every day about twilight the
gentleman across tlie street had a visitor,
a lady dressed in black, who walked
with slow, measured step, as if old ,u
feeble. Sometimes, the man met her a
block away, embraced her tenderly and
led her into the house, after which he
seldom came out again that evening.
I was much interested and one evening,
witnessing the usual occurrence, 1 askt, l
the meaning of it of a lady, a neighbor,
who had called on me.
She said: "1 see you, too, have been
observing that pathetic scene which I
have watched every day during the two
years I have lived here. The lady js
Mr. B.’s mother. She is compelled to
live with her daughter in another pa~t
of the city. She comes every night, no
matter what the weather may be, to
stay with M.r. B-, for fear he may be
taken with a severe hemorrhage and' die
before she could reach him.”
Well, the end has come, but not as
she feared it might. Several weeks ago
he was stricken with a lingering illness,
and a few days since he passed calmly
away, not only in the presence of his de
voted mother, but with all his loved ones
about him. When the mother had closed
his eyes and crossed his hands above
his pulseless heart, she felt that her
Vnission had been fulfilled, and the one
great haunting fear which had shadowed
hep so many years was silenced.
O, dear young friends who have not yet
come to understand the true worth of
mother, do not delay until it is too late.
Give her grateful love and tender,
thoughtful consideration today. When
she is gone, garlands of ro-ses will not
atone for neglect while yet she was with
you. Never again wVl you know such
THE LONE STAR BLAZES MESS
AGES TO HOUSEHOLD FRIENDS.
I really feel that it is time for me to
visit the Household, and since some have
been so kind as to inquire for me, makes
me feel that I am not forgotten. This
is the season of commencement, and
several invitations from universities and
colleges have been sent me. Would than
I could attend them all, but shall have to
content myself by attending only one.
This is a beaultiful country now. The
buffalo clover is in full bloom, and the
prairies are a carpet of sweet scented
blossoms, and I am ever humming the
song: “Oh, That We Were Maying." I
wish it was so we Householders could
all meet and go maving here in sunny
Texas. For the benefit of some of my
friends I will state that we people of
Texas are stric'tly up to date. Texas
has the largest state building in the
United States, and only second in size to
the capitol at Washington. It is the
seventh building in size in ithe world. It
Is fire-proof, classic in design. It is
566 feet long, including porticoes, and 288
feet and 10 inches at its greatest -width.
It is 311 feet in height from grade line
to top of statue of dome. lit has 253
rooms, 900 windows and 500 doors. For
twenty years Texas has raised more cot
ton than any other state. We have a
fine system of public schools and uhiver-
slties, and colleges too nurmerous to
mention.
Now, I wish to chat awhile. Gana,
T have found many nice correspondents
in the Household. Solitude has, indeed,
been sweetened many a time by the com
ing of letters from my sweet girl friends,
and you may be as fortunate as Julia
Coman and Rachel Brooks.
Mr. Orton, I like your letters, yet i
think there are many men who can and
do love deeply and steadfastly. What
would life he worth to us weary pilgrims
on the highway of life unless it was
sweetened by love?
Ike, you certainly briught us girlies
to the mourner’s bench. Forget you,
never. We all find you justi as bright as
the Indian head on a new coined penny,
T am not passing you a joke in this.
Xlow, there are many of you I would
like to speak to, but must be like the
“Ships that pass in the night, and speak
each other In passing;
Only a signal showtv and a distant voice
in the darkness;
So on the o>.t‘an of life we pass and speak
one another.
Only a look anft a voice, then darkness
again and silence.”
(J think of you all. and I wish you, each
and every one. would send me a letter.
Give me a letter party along in June. I
have not been well and I sometimes get
lonely.
Carol Elmora. j. agree with you as re
gards to slat** -While I do not claim
to he Derfcct in language, yet I’ve never
used slang.
Frances. I send you congratulations, t
know of some widowers who are not so
persistenir, and are very nice.
Lomacita, 1 have some friends in your
city, and we may meet some day.
Jonas, do not be so sensitive. We all
like your letters, and your picture was
very nice, and so are all of the pictured
faces that have graced our page.
With lovo to you all, I trust you all
will noit forget. GERALDINE.
Texas.
A PROMISE KEPT AFTER 23 YEARS
1 suppose most every one ha/s forgot
ten "Juanita,” who visited you a year
ago, but ’I have not forgotten one of our
charming circle. I feel (that I know you
every one. and I do lovo to weave little
delightful fancies about you.
Soon after my Household missive was
published. J received the dearest letter
from my lost friend of whom I inquired.
Another letter came to me from Texas,
written by one of my former pupils, who
is now a teacher. She wrote that she
came home from school tired and dis-
coi^kiged. She picked up a copy of The
Sunny South and began reading my let
ter. Before it wais finished, she felt sure
I had. written it. When ithe family as
sembled. she said: “Listen. I’m going to
read ’you something which I believe Mrs.
R — wrote.”
Such a sweet, loving letter she sent
me,’telling me" how what I had written
•cheered her, and liow she felt encour
aged to go on with her work.
Still another letter came from an old
friend in Tennessee, who said she knew
me as sppn as stye read, my letter, .and
that she felt better .-from having read it.
pupils came to see
r dear mother per
mits 1 shall tell you my experience
teaching among the Indians.
„ „ . JUANITA.
Box, 35 Calhoun, Kv.
(This letter was inadvertently neglected:
Juanita is always welcome, and her ex
periences among the Indians are sure to
be interesting.—M. E. B.)
THE TALKATIVENESS OF WOMEN.
I’ve read every letter in the House-'
hold for over a year now, and can
honestly say that I find the department
the most fascinating feature I have yet
seen in any paper. I am convinced,
that the contributors, as a whole, mer
it, in a large measure, the success at
tained. But necessary skill, tact and
judgment in selecting, correcting and
pruning available material, displaying
same in unique variety each week, and
the chatting, encouraging and lecturing,
cutting out creed and sectarianism,- fore-,
stalling controversies, smoothing incip
ient dissatisfaction, gives to the. mater
(utar Mrs. Bryan) the great credit for
tlie department's steady growth in ao-
preeiation and improvement. The wom-
ar’s page has grown into a veritable
“bohemia” for both sexes of every sta
tion of life. And no one prizes their
membership in the large circle of con
genial spirits higher than I. Nut that
I wish to exploit my ideas often, but
when I do I appreciate nice- company.
Then one is .permitted to unbend, or
pose, and speak their mind on a sub
ject, without one's friends sneering.
In this visit J will refer to the ultra-
talkativeness of the “eternal feminine.”
We all know of the three most rapid
means of news transmission—telegraph,
telephone and tell-a-woman. This,
though, is modernized to wireless tel
egraphy. girlless telephony and cease
less telling women.
My observation is that all women talk
enough, many of them talk too much,
and that some are terrors. J will
rot dilate on the latter class here—
the “he said” type of girl and the "John
cid” specie of woman are a study in
themselves. The girl that tittle-tattles
everything to her giddy girl friends,
that “Harry said,” or. perchance, how
exquisitely funny “Jack's fuzzy lip
felt” on the tip of her nose; and never
stops to consider the wrong she is do
ing herself and family (and Jack), if
she is fortunate enough to marry, will
invariably air her domestic affairs,
whether her husband is a gentleman or
a brute.
Some women are always on the.apex
of a had fix because they did or they
did not. both or neither, when the first,
opportunity eame. And they, too. must
have our lenient ear. T can hear Lady
Bess pleading “Advise me what to do.”
and really it seems the dear girl has
done a plenty already. In the first
place. T've as little use for a flirt 'duped
er otherw-ise), as any individual allowed
In respectable .society. However. I think
Bess did wrong, for T can’t see the right
eousness in a retributive justice that’s
a wrong in itself. That the fellow
needs- the treatment T have no doubt, and
a good licking hy her “friend’s" hro-h-
er. to boot. But that does not justify
Lady Bess in deliberately deceiving hgr
suitor, though lie he a confirmed flirt.
She says the matter is very, near her
heart and conscience now. Tt speaks
better for her that her conscience' is
bothered, hut why is it so near her
heart? There is poor excuse to go into
jimmy fits now because her victim dies
hard, after his neck is wrung.
So. dear Bess, cheer up, our friend G(g
ton will tell you the fellow is only ’pos-
snming now. and has been posing all
n 7 f;nK _it being only his pride that is hurt
by your refusal. For a man is "incapable
ef the emotion of love, because he is as
heartless as an oyster,” says Brother
Orton.
But T wil say F. T,. O. can’t come
it over this benedict in that fashion.
Tor I know that T know better. Though
he might fool- some people if he did not
get on every side of the question. Hon
estly, ever since that absurd assertion I
have looked for a half column of syllo
gisms proving “black is white,” or a nine-
verse poem on “Old Lucifer is a Dutch
man ” or something else equally ab
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