,the ,quiver #c_/aijj ,illustration3 7,drawn by ,percy ,tarrant47 ,,easter ,,blossoms4 ,,the ,,centenary ,,of ,,the ,,church ,,missionary ,,society4 ,by the ,rev4 ,a4 ,r4 ,buckland1 ,m4,a41 ,morning ,preacher at the ,foundling ,hospital4 ,at ,the ,castle and ,falcon1 in ,aldersgate ,street1 on ,april #abth1 #agii1 there met1 in all the solemnity of a public gathering1 sixteen clergymen and nine laymen4 ,they founded there and then the ,church ,missionary ,society for ,africa and the ,east4 ,that ,society keeps its ,centenary this month2 no longer an inconspicuous organisation expressing the hopes of a godly few1 but a great ,society which has girdled the earth with its missions4 ,when1 in ,november1 #ahih1 its ,estimates ,committee surveyed its position1 they found that its roll included the names of #hjb ,european missionaries1 of whom #bie were ladies1 whilst1 of the #hjb1 no fewer than eighty-four were serving altogether or in part at their own expense4 ,some of them represented the missionary enthusiasm of ,australia and ,canada2 a fair proportion were duly qualified medical workers1 men and women4 ,illustration3 ,,mrs4 ,j4 ,a4 ,,bailey4 7,the first lady missionary of the ,society47 ,with the exception of ,south ,america1 there is no considerable quarter of the globe in which they are not represented4 ,they may be found ministering to ,esquimaux within the ,arctic ,circle1 and to the ,indians of the vast expanses of ,canada2 they are shepherding the ,maoris of ,new ,zealand2 in ,india their stations may be discovered alike amongst the wild tribes of the northern frontier1 the strange aboriginals found here and there in the continent1 and the milder races of the south2 in ,africa the ,society begins in ,egypt1 but goes no farther south than ,uganda1 though it is both on the east coast and the west2 it is strongly represented along the coasts of ,china1 as well as in the inland province of ,sze-,chuen2 it works both amidst the ,japanese themselves and that strange people the hairy ,ainu2 it is domiciled in ,ceylon and ,mauritius2 it has not forgotten ,persia4 ,from ,madagascar it has retired1 and it has shown a wise indisposition to enter upon new fields whilst the old are still insufficiently manned4 ,it has ever been known for the strictness with which it observes the comity of missions2 and it may fairly be said that the zeal with which its friends have worked in behalf of foreign missions has reacted on all the missionary agencies which have their origins in ,great ,britain1 as well as upon some which express the zeal of ,america and the ,colonies4 ,from ,greenland's icy mountains1 ,from ,india's coral strand ,where ,afric's sunny fountains ,roll down their golden sand1 ,from many an ancient river ,from many a palmy plain ,they call us to deliver ,their land from error's chain ,what though the spicy breezes ,blow soft o'er ,ceylon's ,isle ,though every prospect pleases ,and only man is vile8 ,in vain1 with lavish kindness1 ,the gifts of ,god are strown ,the heathen in his blindness ,bows down to woods and stone6 ,illustration3 ,,bishop ,,heber',s ,,missionary ,,hymn4 7,facsimile of part of the ,original ,,ms47 ,the ,church ,missionary ,society was really one of the fruits of the ,evangelical ,revival1 though when the ,society was born that movement was no longer young4 ,its first leaders had passed to their rest2 it was their successors amongst whom the ,church ,missionary ,society took its origin4 ,they were1 as history judges them1 no mean persons1 though in their own day they fell1 for their religious zeal1 under the condemnation of polite society1 whether ecclesiastical or social4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,board ,,room ,,at ,,the ,,mission ,,house4 ,that meeting in ,aldersgate ,street did not include some of those to whom the foundation of the ,church ,missionary ,society must directly be referred2 but1 if we look at the circle they represented1 we shall find that it was one of rare distinction in the religious history of the country4 ,it included ,william ,wilberforce1 ,zachary ,macaulay1 ,charles ,grant1 ,james ,stephen1 and ,henry ,thornton on the lay side2 ,charles ,simeon1 ,john ,newton1 ,thomas ,scott1 ,richard ,cecil1 and ,william ,goode amongst the clergy4 ,the impulse which moved them was moving others1 for the ,baptist ,missionary ,society had been founded by ,carey in #agic1 and the ,london ,missionary ,society in #agie4 ,the ,religious ,tract ,society also began its existence in this year #agii1 and the ,bible ,society was founded in #ahjd4 ,it was a fruitful epoch4 ,yet it has to be remembered that it began under ecclesiastical discouragement1 and amidst such popular contempt of missions to the heathen as was reflected in ,sydney ,smith's essay4 ,i do not propose to trace in detail the history of the ,church ,missionary ,society3 within the space of a magazine article such an attempt could do little more than produce a list of names and dates4 ,it may be more useful1 as well as more interesting1 to look at some of the ,society's great workers at home1 at some of its heroes in the mission-field1 and at some of the romances which diversify its history4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,church ,,missionary ,,society',s ,,mission ,,house1 ,,salisbury ,,square4 ,of the men who helped to found the ,church ,missionary ,society the first place must be given to ,charles ,simeon4 ,he was not at ,the ,castle and ,falcon meeting1 but it was he who1 at the gathering of the ,eclectic ,society in ,march of the same year1 when missionary plans were again under discussion1 urged immediate action4 ,there is not a moment to be lost1 he said2 we have been dreaming these four years1 while all ,europe is awake4 ,the precise old bachelor1 fellow of his college at ,cambridge1 and incumbent of ,holy ,trinity ,church in that town1 was not a person easily daunted by obstacles4 ,as an ,evangelical he had had to face the most strenuous opposition in his own parish4 ,but he had been deeply stirred by plans and hopes for missionary work in ,india2 he was the friend and mentor of ,henry ,martyn4 ,he was able in time to wield at ,cambridge an influence which the late ,bishop ,christopher ,wordsworth compared to that of ,newman at ,oxford4 ,later generations somehow came to think of him as something other than a ,churchman2 but they were quite wrong4 ,a careful scrutiny of ,simeon's works1 letters1 and diaries will show that he was consistently loyal to his ,church and her formularies4 ,of his influence upon foreign missions it is difficult to speak in exaggeration2 but one or two illustrations may serve to show its extent4 ,henry ,martyn was the first ,englishman who offered to go out under the ,church ,missionary ,society4 ,but ,simeon was especially anxious about ,india1 and so ,martyn went there as ,chaplain4 ,his brief work in ,persia1 the example of his singularly beautiful character1 and the swift end of so promising a career1 still influence the minds of young and old4 ,and the influence of ,martyn1 is1 in a sense1 the influence of ,simeon4 ,less popularly known than ,henry ,martyn1 but in some respects of wider power1 were the others of the famous ,five ,chaplains who went out to ,india1 the fruits of ,simeon's zeal for that land4 ,these men left an indelible mark upon the ,english in ,india during their time1 and did much to prepare the way of the missionary4 ,thus ,claudius ,buchanan helped more than any other man to create the public opinion which opened ,india to missionaries1 and led to the consecration of the first bishop for all ,india1 the ,bishop of ,calcutta4 ,thomas ,thomason was the father of ,james ,thomason1 who1 as ,lieutenant-,governor of the ,north-,west ,provinces1 ruled 7and taught others to rule7 in the fear of ,god1 and with the warmest sympathy for missionary enterprise4 ,through him1 when the ,punjab was annexed in #ahdi1 it felt the influence which had flowed from the rooms of ,charles ,simeon at ,cambridge4 ,illustration3 ,,secretaries of the ,,church ,,missionary ,,society ,,rev ,,thomas ,,scott #agii-ahjb 7,l4 ,,coss pinxt7 ,,rev4 ,,josiah ,,pratt #ahjb-ahbd 7,h4 ,,wyatt pinxt7 ,,rev4 ,e4 ,,bickersteth #ahbd-ahcj 7,,alex4 ,,mosses pinxt7 ,,rev4 ,,william ,,jowett #ahcb-ahdj ,,rev ,,henry ,,venn #ahda-ahgb 7,g ,,richmond ,r4 ,a4 pinxt7 ,,rev ,,henry ,,wright #ahgb-ahhj ,,rev ,f ,e ,,wigram #ahhj-ahie 7,,photo ,,elliott ,,fry7 ,,rev ,h ,e ,,fox appointed #ahie 7,,photo ,,elliott ,,fry7 ,robert ,a ,shield #ii ,the name of ,edward ,bickersteth seems a natural succession to that of ,simeon4 ,the influence of both is still unexhausted4 ,when the ,church ,missionary ,society kept its second ,jubilee in ,november1 #ahih1 the sermon was preached by ,bishop ,e4 ,h4 ,bickersteth1 the son of ,edward ,bickersteth4 ,and the influence had been wider than the limits of any one ,society1 for ,bishop ,edward ,bickersteth1 of ,japan1 who died in #ahig1 represented another generation in this line of truly apostolic succession4 ,edward ,bickersteth had been a solicitor in prosperous circumstances when zeal for missions led him to take holy orders1 and join the ,church ,missionary ,society as ,assistant ,secretary in #ahaf4 ,almost at once he was sent to examine the ,society's work at ,sierra ,leone4 ,there he admitted the ,society's first ,african converts to the ,holy ,communion4 ,in #ahbd he succeeded ,josiah ,pratt in the ,secretaryship of the ,society4 ,he was never an autocrat in the sense that ,henry ,venn was2 but his work for the ,society in the country was enormous4 ,it has ceased to be the kind of work which is mainly done by the ,honorary ,secretary of the ,society1 but at that period it was work which was of inestimable value4 ,it was the more important because public opinion at home still presented a front of mingled contempt and indifference to missions1 whilst abroad the outlook was far from hopeful4 ,illustration3 ,,zenana ,,work4 ,,bible ,,selling ,,in ,,eastern ,,bazaars4 ,,teaching ,,the ,,young4 ,,lecturing ,,to ,,chinese ,,helpers4 ,,itinerating ,,through ,,the ,,villages4 ,,some ,,methods ,,of ,,work4 ,a greater figure than that of ,edward ,bickersteth in the annals of the ,church ,missionary ,society is that of ,henry ,venn4 ,here1 too1 the name appears in more than one generation4 ,the first ,henry ,venn belongs1 with ,wesley1 ,whitfield1 ,romaine and others1 to the beginnings of the ,evangelical ,revival4 ,then comes ,john ,venn1 who took the chair at ,the ,castle and ,falcon meeting4 ,then1 in #ahcd1 ,henry ,venn the younger1 the son of ,john ,venn and grandson of the first ,henry ,venn1 began regularly to attend the ,society's ,committee4 ,he was ,hon4 ,secretary in #ahda1 and held office for thirty-one years4 ,he is the standard by which1 doubtless1 for generations to come1 ,hon4 ,secretaries of the ,church ,missionary ,society will be compared4 ,he was a strong man in every sense2 a statesman and an autocrat4 ,but1 like some other autocrats1 he clung to his work too long4 ,he resigned only a few months before his death1 and left the ,society in a condition of discouragement1 from the failure both of candidates for the mission field and of means for carrying on the work4 ,under his successor1 ,henry ,wright 7who was drowned in ,coniston ,lake in #ahhj71 the ,society began almost at once to enter upon new life and activity4 ,here again the hereditary influence1 so manifest in the work of the ,church ,missionary ,society1 is evident1 for four of his children went to the mission field4 ,his successor1 ,frederic ,wigram1 was one of the most munificent benefactors the ,society ever had4 ,he died1 after resigning office1 worn out by its responsibility and toil4 ,he1 too1 has sent children to the mission-field4 ,in his successor1 the ,rev4 ,h4 ,e4 ,fox1 the hereditary impulse is manifest again4 ,mr4 ,fox's father was one of the founders of the ,society's ,telugu mission1 and one of the most devoted of its workers in the foreign field4 ,and now let us glance for a moment at some of the ,society's agents abroad4 ,the task of selection is difficult4 ,there are names on the list that all men who care for missions have heard of4 ,samuel ,marsden1 ,samuel ,crowther1 ,valpy ,french1 ,pfander1 ,john ,horden1 ,james ,hannington1 ,alexander ,mackay--these1 to name but a few1 and many others1 are familiar far outside the limits of the ,society's own friends4 ,but there are more1 less widely known1 whose work deserves not a whit less to be had in remembrance4 ,illustration3 7,from ,photo3 supplied by the ,church ,missionary ,society47 ,,church ,,missionary ,,society',s ,,training ,,college ,,at ,,agra4 7,with students in foreground47 ,amongst these was ,william ,johnson1 one of the first missionaries to ,sierra ,leone4 ,he went out in #ahaf1 and began an extraordinary work amongst the slaves released by ,british cruisers and landed at ,sierra ,leone4 ,he died on the voyage home to ,england at the early age of thirty-four4 ,those were the days in which to face work in ,sierra ,leone meant facing a peril so imminent that each volunteer needed the courage of those who go upon a forlorn hope4 ,there was ,william ,williams1 first a surgeon and then1 after graduating at ,oxford1 ordained for work in the ,colonies4 ,he went to ,new ,zealand in #ahbe1 when its people were a race of cannibals1 not one of whom professed ,christianity4 ,he lived to see the whole country more or less fully evangelised4 ,his wife died as recently as #ahif1 and his son1 baptised in #ahbi with the children of one of the most savage of the ,maori chiefs1 became ,bishop of ,waiapu in the land the father did so much to open up4 ,william ,williams had a brother1 ,henry ,williams1 who preceded him in the field4 ,so great was the influence he won that1 on the news of his death reaching two ,maori camps1 in which rival tribes were preparing to meet in battle1 they at once proclaimed a truce1 attended his funeral1 and settled their differences in peace4 ,illustration3 7,photo3 ,g4 ,p4 ,abraham1 ,keswick47 ,,mr4 ,,eugene ,,stock4 7,editorial ,secretary of the ,society47 ,illustration3 7,from ,photo3 supplied by the ,church ,missionary ,society47 ,,the ,,library ,,at ,,the ,,mission ,,house4 ,there was ,ludwig ,krapf1 whose name1 with that of ,john ,rebmaun1 should ever be joined with the origins of our growing empire in ,eastern ,equatorial ,africa4 ,he began his missionary work in ,abyssinia1 had to leave as the result of ,french intrigues1 sailed down the ,east ,african coast in an ,arab boat1 and in #ahdd settled at ,mombasa4 ,from the knowledge of the interior gained by ,krapf and his companion1 came the chain of ,african discovery which issued1 as long afterwards as #ahge1 in the publication1 through ,mr4 ,h4 ,m4 ,stanley1 of ,mtesa's appeal for missionaries for ,uganda4 ,how little could ,krapf ever have dreamed of the vast results1 political as well as spiritual1 that would flow from that early disappointment1 his expulsion from ,abyssinia6 ,there was ,david ,hinderer1 who1 upon the other side of ,africa1 did so striking a work in the ,yoruba country4 ,the prosperity of his evangelistic labours1 the virtual imprisonment in which he and his wife--half-starved and in deadly peril--were for five years in the town of ,ibadan1 and the ultimate discovery that their work stood the severe tests of isolation and persecution1 go to make up one of the most interesting chapters in the history of ,african missions4 ,there was ,george ,maxwell ,gordon1 the pilgrim-missionary of the ,indian frontier1 a pioneer who saw little direct fruit of his labours1 yet left missions where none had been4 ,acting as chaplain to the ,british forces shut up in ,kandahar1 he was killed1 when seeking to succour the wounded1 in ,august1 #ahhj4 ,but this is a list that might be almost indefinitely extended1 and still would seem invidious4 ,let us come to some striking pages in the ,society's history2 again1 of necessity1 passing by many of the most impressive as well as some of the most familiar4 ,the city of ,peshawur1 upon the ,afghan frontier1 has long been a centre of missionary work4 ,the fanaticism of the people when it was first occupied by ,british troops seemed to make missionary enterprise impossible4 ,one ,commissioner--he afterwards fell by the hand of an assassin--refused permission for missionaries to come1 on the ground that they would excite the fanaticism of the people to a dangerous pitch4 ,the arrival of ,herbert ,edwardes changed the situation4 ,a meeting of ,english people1 military and civil1 was called in ,peshawur itself2 a sum of #c1jjj was raised1 a memorial sent to the ,church ,missionary ,society1 and1 in response1 missionaries provided4 ,here is an example of what is so often forgotten by critics of ,indian missions1 that they in a large measure owe their origin and support to men actually or formerly engaged in the administration of ,india4 ,the ,church ,missionary ,society has been peculiarly happy in the number of men of high distinction in the ,army and the ,civil ,service who have served on its ,committee4 ,now from the ,punjab men are pushing still farther afield2 ,quetta has long been occupied1 and the medical missionary has found a welcome from the ,afridis themselves4 ,let us take another mission founded in answer to an appeal from without1 and that an appeal from a layman4 ,people who recall the missionary meetings of a generation ago will remember that no more thrilling story was told at them than the history of ,william ,duncan's early work amongst the ,tsimshean ,indians of the ,north ,pacific coast4 ,it was a marvellous example of courage1 tact1 and patience1 rewarded by the conversion of savages of a singularly unapproachable type4 ,it was a naval officer1 ,captain ,prevost1 who suggested that mission to the ,society1 carried ,mr4 ,duncan thither1 and landed him at ,fort ,simpson in #aheg4 ,in ten years' time he had baptised nearly three hundred adult converts4 ,in #ahfb the ,christian community was moved to ,metlakahtla1 where the spectacle of a cannibal and violent people living in peace and industry was long deemed one of the marvels of missionary enterprise4 ,i pass by such striking histories as those of ,uganda1 of the attempt of ,j4 ,a4 ,robinson and ,graham ,wilmot ,brooke to reach the ,soudan from the ,niger1 and of the massacre of ,english women at ,hwa-,sang in ,fuh-kien1 to recall romances of another kind4 ,what could be more moving than the careers of some of the ,society's converts8 ,is there any more striking history of its kind than that of the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,imad-ud-din1 a learned ,mohammedan1 who had sought the peace of ,god by every available means1 and at last found it in ,christ8 ,or what would they who distrust converts say to the career of that once notorious ,border bandit1 ,dilawar ,khan1 baptised in #aheh1 who served as an officer in the ,guides1 and died in ,chitral whilst in the service of the ,british ,government8 ,but it is time to leave these things and to speak of some aspects of the ,society's work which concern all missionary enterprise4 ,illustration3 ,,in ,,the ,,uttermost ,,parts ,,of ,,the ,,earth4 7,the peoples amongst whom the ,c4,m4,s4 ,missionaries are now working47 ,twice in its career the ,church ,missionary ,society has definitely committed itself to a policy of faith as it has committed itself to sending out all who offer and are found qualified4 ,it is a policy which1 judged by the most secular standard1 must be accounted a success4 ,the growth of its staff in recent years1 under this system1 has been most striking4 ,the ,society has had its periods of stagnation and disappointment2 at times its directors have felt driven to retrenchment4 ,thus in #ahei the number of ,european missionaries on its roll was #bbf2 ten years later it was only #bbh4 ,but1 whereas in #ahhi the number was #cfj1 in #ahih it had risen to #hjb4 ,during the first ten years the ,society sent out five agents2 in the ten years ending with its ,jubilee the number was #aai2 in the nine years ending #ahih it reached #gai4 ,the income of #ahdh was #ib1hbc2 the income of #ahih was #cca1eih4 ,its latest statistics show that there are about #bdj1jjj natives associated with its missions1 and of late it would seem that its clergy baptise on an average about twenty adult converts every day4 ,illustration3 7,photo3 ,a4 ,g4 ,carlile1 ,exmouth47 ,,sir ,,john ,h4 ,,kennaway1 ,m4,p4 7,president of the ,church ,missionary ,society47 ,in this month of ,april all round the world--from ,north-,west ,canada to ,new ,zealand1 from ,palestine to ,japan1 from ,central ,africa to the ,indian frontier--men will be keeping the centenary of that meeting at ,the ,castle and ,falcon1 in ,aldersgate ,street4 ,for a hundred years of work1 considered in relation to the power and the wealth and the responsibilities of our nation1 there may be little to show2 but1 for such as there is1 men of many races1 and once of many creeds1 will1 with one accord1 give thanks to ,god4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,church ,,missionary ,,society',s ,,map ,,of ,,the ,,world4 7,the shaded portions indicate the present-day fields of work47 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,masterful ,,young ,,man ,a ,,complete ,,story4 ,by ,margaret ,westrup1 ,author of ,they ,furriners1 ,etc4 ,he stopped in the shade of the high old wall and listened4 ,a smile shone in his blue eyes as the sweet1 childish voice sounded clear and high in the still1 scented air4 ,what now1 ,jeannette1 shall the mistress of ,ancelles fall in love like an ordinary mortal1 then8 ,there was mischief in the pretty voice1 but there was pride1 too4 ,but yes1 mamzelle6 ,love comes to all--high and low--and spares no one its pangs4 ,pangs8 ,ah1 bah6 it shall have no pangs for me6 ,ah1 mamzelle6 do not be rash4 ,how will it take me1 ,jeannette8 ,tell me1 that ,i may be prepared4 ,will it come like a fiery dart to my bosom1 bringing a light to my eyes1 and a colour of roses to my cheeks8 ,or will it take me sadly1 rendering my cheek pale and my spirits low8 ,tell me1 ,jeannette4 ,not the last way1 mamzelle--the voice was slow now--for you are too proud4 ,you are right1 ,jeannette1 ,i am too proud6 ',tis not ,i who must be pale and afraid4 ',tis the other4 ,love must come to me humble and suing--to be glad or sorry at my will4 ,is it not so1 ,jeannette8 ,how should ,i know1 mamzelle8--sadly--,i dread its coming at all4 ,bah6 what matters it8 ,and why should it come8 ,i1 for one1 do not want---- ,ah6 do not scream so1 ,jeannette--it is a man--he is hurt4 ,the man scrambled to his feet1 and tried to bow1 but his face was ghastly4 ,i beg your--pardon---- ,you are hurt1 monsieur4 ,do not try to apologise4 ,jeannette1 help him to the house4 ,follow me4 ,the man leant on ,jeannette's stout shoulder1 and followed the stately little figure through the sunny1 twisting paths1 sweet and rich with their wealth of roses1 up to the old chteau with its narrow windows gleaming in the sunshine4 ,here1 ,jeannette1 said the little mistress of the roses and the chteau4 ,monsieur1 you will rest on the sofa4 ,he obeyed the wave of the small white hand and lay down4 ,jeannette1 send for ,dr4 ,raunay4 ,jeannette departed4 ,the man opened his blue eyes4 ,i am so sorry---- ,you must not speak1 eyeing him with grave1 dark eyes4 ,you will keep quiet till the doctor comes4 ,he submitted4 ,jeannette returned immediately4 ,are you thirsty8 asked his little hostess gently4 ,no--thank you4 ,you want for nothing8 ,no1 thank you4 ,she sat down and waited4 ,then later--,jeannette1 lower the blinds4 ,make no noise4 ,thank you1 said the man4 ,do not speak6--frowning4 ,he smiled a little4 ,mamzelle1 suppose he dies8 ,jeannette1 how dare you8 ,but his face is white2 and--her suspicions bursting out--how came he to fall into mamzelle's garden8 ,jeannette1 leave the room6 ,that ,i will not6 ,no1 ,i will not6 ,jeannette knows what is owing to her mistress1 and to leave---- ,well1 well--quickly--but do not dare to utter another word4 ,jeannette mumbled rebelliously1 but retired to a corner vanquished4 ,the man opened his eyes as a soft wave of air was wafted across his face4 ,a pair of soft1 dark eyes looked down pityingly into his4 ,he shut his own with a murmured word of thanks1 and let her fan him4 ,jeannette came ponderously across the room4 ,mamzelle1 it is not fitting---- ,did ,i not forbid you to speak8 said the haughty young voice4 ,yes1 but ,jeannette knows what is due to mamzelle1 and---- ,mademoiselle also knows4 ,something in the tone stopped the old servant's words1 and once more she retired vanquished4 ,the man smiled to himself4 ,dr4 ,raunay came and pronounced a bad sprain of the left arm to be the only injury the man had received4 ,the doctor's sharp1 black eyes were full of questions1 but ,mademoiselle ,stphanie met his gaze calmly1 indifferently1 and he dared not put one question into words4 ,monsieur1 of course1 will be our guest1 she said when the doctor had taken his departure4 ,the man reddened slowly under his tan4 ,i--really---- ,he raised himself on his right elbow4 ,jeannette eyed him with sharp suspicion4 ,of course1 you will stay1 said mademoiselle1 with her little imperious air4 ,but ,i am quite well enough to go to an inn---- ,there is not one within five miles1 and that--well---- ,a little expressive wave of the small hands and a whimsical smile finished her sentence4 ,i do not like to trespass---- ,it is not trespassing1 with pretty warmth2 indeed1 monsieur1 you must accept of our hospitality4 ,then thank you very much4 ,and--your luggage8 ,is it with friends8 ,they will be anxious--we will send---- ,she was too courteous to ask with whom he was staying4 ,yet she wondered much1 for1 beyond poor cottages1 there were no dwellings within many miles of ,ancelles4 ,i am alone1 he answered2 ,i have walked from ,b---- to-day4 ,jeannette snorted4 ,she plainly did not believe him4 ,b---- was thirty and more miles distant4 ,the suspicion in her stare grew deeper4 ,oh1 said ,stphanie4 ,my luggage---- ,he hesitated2 yet what could he do without it8 ,it is only a small bag--it is--er--outside your garden wall1 he finished desperately4 ,jeannette1 please see that it is fetched at once4 ,no faintest spark of surprise appeared in his hostess's small face4 ,she seemed quite used to having strangers tumble over her wall into her garden1 quite used to luggage being left outside the wall4 ,the man was distinctly amused1 but he was touched too4 ,an old manservant1 with a faint1 indescribable old-world air1 that fitted in with the chteau and the garden and the roses somehow1 brought food to the stranger1 and1 after he had eaten1 showed him to his room4 ,the stranger looked round him with interest4 ,it was a large apartment1 large and bare and old--but everything at ,ancelles was old4 ,but the curtains to the bed1 faded now1 had once been rich and handsome4 ,the tapestry across the door of a smaller room leading from the other1 was still beautiful though worn with age4 ,hugh ,michelhurst shivered a little as he stood there1 in the dim1 dark1 old-world chamber4 ,there was something pathetic in the tale it told of bygone splendour1 something sad and forlorn4 ,then his eye fell on a bowl of vivid red roses standing on his dressing-table1 and he smiled4 ,they at least were not old4 ,their splendour was undimmed4 ,there was nothing faded in their fresh1 glowing beauty2 and who had put them there8 ,he went closer2 he bent over them and drank in their sweet scent4 ,and as he did it the old1 sunny garden rose before him again4 ,the little twisting paths1 the roses so thick and luxuriant that they trespassed forward from their beds2 the old broken fountain1 with the water nymph bending eternally in graceful readiness to dive1 and amongst them--the roses1 the sunshine1 the queer paths1 and the old fountain--the little mistress of them all1 slim1 childish1 with soft dark eyes1 with pretty lips made for laughter1 with the sun caught in the waves of her brown hair4 ,his hands wandered gently over the roses as he stood and thought what a gracious little hostess she was6 ,how sweetly she had welcomed him1 asking no questions6 ,a wave of colour surged over his white face4 ,but he smiled as he sank down on to a chair4 ,his entry into the sweet1 old-world garden had been supremely ridiculous4 ,moreover1 he was terribly ashamed of himself as well as rueful4 ,but his sense of humour was strong enough to save either feeling from overpowering him4 ,his arm began to pain him badly again4 ,he shut his lips tightly and sat still4 ,outside he heard a gay young voice4 ,it is a pity1 ,jeannette1 that the sun does not shine into his room now4 ,see how glorious is its setting to-night4 ,a pause4 ,hugh ,michelhurst guessed how the pause was filled by his little hostess's mocking answer3 ,why1 ,jeannette1 how cross you are6 ,and1 anyway1 in the morning the sun will wake him4 ,it may rain1 mamzelle4 ,rain8 with a little burst of prettiest laughter4 ,why1 where are your eyes1 ,jeannette8 ,rain8 ,with that sky--that sunset8 ,all1 no6 ,even ma tante would not say that1 and she always predicts rain1 you know4 ,it is her rheumatism1 mamzelle2 she feels it in her bones4 ,yes1 carelessly4 ,jeannette1 he will need assistance--how careless ,i am6 ,it is that ,i am so unused to entertaining a guest1 and yet once ,ancelles was noted for its hospitality---- ,the pretty voice died away into the distance1 and a few minutes later there was a discreet tap at the stranger's door1 and the faded old manservant appeared1 and1 with an air1 offered monsieur his humble services4 99 99 99 99 99 ,two mornings had ,stphanie's prophecy been fulfilled4 ,two mornings the sun had wakened her guest1 and now he was wondering if he dared stay and let it wake him a third4 ,madame ma tante had put in an appearance once4 ,she had welcomed the stranger with a stiff yet courteous stateliness that was as old-worldly as the garden and the chteau and everything pertaining thereto4 ,she was a confirmed invalid1 and1 till she sallied forth to welcome her niece's guest 7,ancelles belonged to ,stphanie71 had not left her room for nearly two years4 ,hugh ,michelhurst was duly presented1 and made a favourable impression on ,madame ma tante4 ,in half an hour the impression had faded4 ,in an hour it was gone4 ,madame ma tante had forgotten his existence4 ,he was sitting now on the old1 worn steps leading to the second terrace4 ,his right arm rested on the step above1 close by his hostess's dainty little feet4 ,the air was sunny and warm1 and sweet with the scent of roses4 ,he wondered dreamily what had become of the world---- ,illustration3 ,she smiled softly at his words4 ,g4 ,g4 ,manton ,a little breeze came and scattered the rose leaves in her lap--the soft1 fragrant heap that she had gathered for pot-pourri--and roused the man4 ,he stooped to gather them up1 but she stayed him4 ,there are plenty more1 she said4 ,yes1 he said2 what a lovely old garden it is6 ,he watched the pink deepen in her cheek1 and the little dimples come and go as she smiled softly at his words4 ,then he sighed4 ,my arm is better1 he said4 ,i--doubtfully--must go to-day4 ,must you8 ,will you not stay a little longer8 ,it--wistfully--is nice to have a guest4 ,he looked up at her with his blue eyes full of love4 ,it is good of you to say so1 he said earnestly4 ,ancelles cannot offer much1 she said1 with a little stately air1 but it offers you a true welcome1 monsieur1 and one that will never fail you so long as you will stay with us4 ,i have never1 he said slowly1 had such a true welcome before4 ,his eyes made her restless4 ,she crushed the rose leaves in her hand1 and scattered them abroad4 ,he picked them up and kept them4 ,do you never wonder1 he said1 how ,i came to fall into your garden8 ,we are only glad that monsieur so fell1 except for the sprained arm1 answered the little mistress of ,ancelles4 ,i heard your voice1 he said1 looking up into her face4 ,i stood and listened1 and then--,i wanted to see the owner of the voice1 and ,i climbed to the top of the wall and then--,i fell4 ,i thought only schoolboys behaved so1 she said1 but her pretty lips parted and her eyes smiled1 in spite of herself4 ,if ,i had been a schoolboy ,i should not have fallen4 ,why8 ,because a schoolboy does not lose his head as ,i did1 mademoiselle4 ,and your footing1 monsieur4 ,the one was an outcome of the other4 ,she looked away across the sweet1 smiling sunshine4 ,monsieur--suddenly bending her gaze upon his face--how came you to lose your head8 ,he glanced at her in swift surprise4 ,he was no chicken-heart1 yet something in the proud little face made him hesitate4 ,but he was proud1 too4 ,because directly my eyes fell upon you ,i loved you1 he said steadily4 ,stphanie started to her feet4 ,monsieur1 you outrage my hospitality1 she said haughtily4 ,he got up and faced her4 ,never6 he cried4 ,i did not mean to say it--yet1 but---- ,you insult me1 monsieur6 ,pardon me1 mademoiselle--his tone was cool as hers now--but the offer of a man's heart and home can never be an insult6 ,an honour1 perhaps8 mockingly4 ,it is at least his best1 mademoiselle4 ,and seemly within a two-days' acquaintanceship1 monsieur8 ,her pride1 the haughty little smile curling her pretty lip1 maddened him4 ,he bent towards her4 ,seemly or unseemly1 he said in low1 tense tones1 you shall love me6 ,her dark eyes flashed4 ,i shall not1 monsieur6 she cried1 and shut her small teeth closely4 ,with a haughty inclination of her pretty head1 she left him--left him amongst the roses1 in the sunshine1 but cold at heart at what he had done4 99 99 99 99 99 ,he wooed her persistently4 ,he was persistent by nature1 and all his life he had never wanted anything as he wanted her4 ,he bore the discomforts of the little inn without a murmur1 and every day the roses on the little twisting paths found him among them4 ,mademoiselle was proud and cold2 mademoiselle was proud and mocking1 proud and wilful1 proud and laughing1 proud and non-comprehending--every mood in the world1 one after another1 was mademoiselle1 but proud always--proud with them all4 ,and at last he lost heart4 ,so there came a day when the scent of the roses sickened him1 when the twisting paths maddened him1 and he stood before the little mistress of them all1 white1 stern1 beaten4 ,i have come to say good-bye1 he said1 and the tone of his voice had changed4 ,good-bye8 she repeated1 and she gave him her hand without another word4 ,i would like to thank you for your kindness to me1 he said dully2 but--well1 perhaps some day you will understand what ,i feel now4 ,i know you are too good for me4 ,i don't see why you should ever have cared for me2 but oh6 my little ,stphanie1 you are just all the world to me---- ,his voice broke1 and he turned away down one of the little sunny paths4 ,but there amongst the roses love came to him at last2 for ,stphanie1 with a sudden radiance in her face which sent all the pride away1 ran after him1 and he1 seeing the radiance1 straightway took her into his arms1 and the scent of the roses grew sweet to him again4 ,and all the explanation mademoiselle ever saw fit to give of her many unkind moods was--,you were so masterful1 monsieur4 ,you hammered out love1 love1 love1 and 'you must1' and 'you shall'--till that day--then you wooed me as ,i would that ,i should be wooed4 ,and he1 remembering the words he had overheard when he stood beneath the garden wall1 smiled and thought he understood4 ,not all peace was his wooing even now4 ,his little mistress still had her moods1 and was tantalisingly chary of her soft words and caresses4 ,moreover1 she possessed a will that had never been thwarted1 and she did not understand the words shall and must1 never having had them said to her4 ,so that1 sweet as he found his wooing1 at times his brow grew dark2 for he too had a strong will1 and it irked him to have to make it give way to hers4 ,and at last there came a matter in which he would not yield1 and so they parted4 ,for mademoiselle declared that always must ,ancelles be her home4 ,when you are my wife1 he said1 you must come with me to my house in town--in ,london1 you know4 ,what a change it will be for you1 petite6 ,and then mademoiselle1 her eyes kindling1 declared that never would she live elsewhere than at ,ancelles4 ,he was aghast4 ,for to a man1 strong of limb and strong of brain1 the life that was a dream amongst the roses could not suffice4 ,in vain he urged his views upon her4 ,she rebelled against his tone of authority4 ,at last she stood before him with head erect1 and eyes that flashed on him from under their long lashes4 ,choose1 she said peremptorily3 ,london or me4 ,but1 child1 hear me---- ,i will not hear you4 ,pray choose at once4 ,i would have both---- ,with a little scornful laugh she bade him begone4 ,stphanie---- ,she waved her white hand towards the gates of ,ancelles4 ,you have chosen4 ,adieu6 ,she turned away with a scornful smile on her lips4 ,he sprang forward4 ,stphanie1 you must--you shall give way to me in this---- ,her small hand clenched4 ,monsieur1 allow me to pass6 ,he stood aside4 ,you will repent1 he said4 ,for an instant she turned her great eyes dark with pride on him4 ,never6 she said1 and walked away4 99 99 99 99 99 ,at ,ancelles the roses still blossomed1 the sun still shone1 though not so hotly1 on the little twisting paths1 the water nymph still bent gracefully for her dive1 and amongst them all flitted their little mistress4 ,in and out1 gayer1 more restless1 swifter of foot than even of yore1 she wended her way--a laugh ever on her lips1 merry words tripping from her tongue1 and hovering near--,jeannette4 ,life is good1 ,jeannette1 cried mademoiselle1 and gaily she made herself a crown of roses4 ,life with love--yes1 mamzelle1 murmured ,jeannette1 for she was getting desperate over the problem as to how long a young girl could live eating nothing1 or next to nothing4 ,love8 ,bah6 ,jeannette1 what an old sentimentalist you are6 ,yet ,jeannette had heard the sharp1 indrawn breath that preceded the mocking words4 ,and why did mamzelle have to rest half-way up to her room now8 ,jeannette had seen her again and again1 yet never with mademoiselle's knowledge4 ,for if ,jeannette were with her1 then1 setting her little white teeth closely1 mademoiselle did the flights of stairs without a pause2 but ,jeannette saw how the small hand1 once so disdainful of the balusters1 now clung to the support4 ,she saw how the pretty throat throbbed1 how her bosom heaved1 and how the colour left her face2 and1 seeing1 ,jeannette's own face grew grey and lined with care4 ,it is a merry world1 cried mademoiselle1 setting the crown of roses on her pretty head1 and love is superfluous4 ,so is pride1 mamzelle4 ,up went the small crowned head4 ,pride superfluous1 ,jeannette8 haughtily4 ,nay1 it is but proper and right for those of ,ancelles4 ,jeannette moistened her dry lips4 ,it can be bought too dearly1 mamzelle4 ,i--do not understand1 ,jeannette4 ,surely you are forgetting yourself8 ,the eyes were dangerous1 the lips haughty1 but ,jeannette's love for her charge overcame the long reserve and terror of those last months4 ,mamzelle1 mamzelle1 listen to me6 ,he is a good man1 and he loves you well4 ,without him you will pine a---- ,pine1 ,jeannette8 ,pine8 ,suddenly she caught the old servant's wrists between her small1 hot hands4 ,jeannette1 she whispered passionately1 never speak so again6 ,do you hear8 ,i pine--,i6 ,am ,i sad1 ,jeannette8 ,answer me6 ,are my spirits low8 ,n--no1 mamzelle4 ,do ,i not work and read and play as always8 ,y--yes1 mamzelle4 ,do ,i ever droop8 ,no---- ,or sigh8 ,no---- ,or weep8 ,no---- ,then what made you speak so1 ,jeannette8 ,i--,i do not know1 mamzelle4 ,stphanie dropped her wrist4 ,her eyes were burning1 her cheeks flushed4 ,then never dare to speak so again1 she said1 and turned haughtily away4 ,and almost directly she burst into a gay little song2 and ,jeannette1 standing listening1 felt the slow tears of age dropping one by one down her cheeks4 99 99 99 99 99 ,in ,london ,hugh ,michelhurst shouldered his way amongst the busy throng in ,piccadilly1 and in the fog his thoughts turned to the old sunny garden at ,ancelles4 ,he sighed1 then frowned as if such sighing displeased him4 ,his mouth took a bitter curve as his thoughts wandered back to the last time he had stood on the little sunny paths amongst the roses1 with ,stphanie at his side4 ,illustration3 ,g4 ,g4 ,manton ,she turned away with a scornful smile4 ,perhaps it was because his thoughts so often wandered in that direction that his face seemed to have grown harder1 his mouth sterner4 ,four months6 he murmured1 twelve months in a year--say1 forty years--long years6 ,forty years like these last four months6 ,forty years1 forty years6 rang mockingly in his ears4 ,suddenly he paused4 ,forty or a hundred1 ,i will never give in6 he said1 and his mouth looked almost cruel in its set sternness4 99 99 99 99 99 ,spring had come4 ,a soft1 warm1 early spring that brought all the tender flowers peeping out before their time4 ,and in the warm1 trying spring ,hugh ,michelhurst fell ill of a low fever4 ,at the end of ,may he rose from his sick bed1 and refused to be an invalid any longer4 ,but his strength was gone from him4 ,one day he walked out into the country1 and his love was strong on him1 so that he bowed his head1 and felt weak as a child4 ,and suddenly a scent was wafted to him on the breeze4 ,he stood and lifted his head to meet it1 and his face worked4 ,on a little cottage red roses glowed before their time4 ,he had seen none since he was in the old garden at ,ancelles4 ,he stretched out his arms4 ,i give in1 he said1 and he turned and retraced his steps the way he had come4 99 99 99 99 99 ,in a little sunny path amongst the roses he found her4 ,my darling--my darling--,i will live here always--only live with me---- ,his voice broke2 he could say no more4 ,with a little fond cry she nestled close to him4 ,no1 no1 she whispered1 ,i will come away to your ,london as you wish4 ,they sat on the steps leading to the second terrace1 and the water nymph seemed to smile down on them as she bent to take her dive4 ,they sat side by side1 and mademoiselle's pretty head rested against his shoulder4 ,illustration3 ,g4 ,g4 ,manton ,with a little cry she nestled close to him4 ,but1 petite1 you love your home so---- ,my home is wherever you are1 monsieur4 ,you did not think so once1 chrie4 ,ah6 but then you were 'shall' and 'must'--pouting--and now--now you are different4 ,he smiled tenderly4 ,he thought he understood now4 ,we will live part of the year here and part in ,london4 ,there1 my little one--will that do8 ,ah1 yes1 perfectly6 ,come now for a little walk1 he said1 for he had something in his mind4 ,he stopped in one of the twisting paths down which they had so often wandered1 and looked at the old chteau4 ,that ivy is too thick to be healthy1 he said1 but 7sighing71 you like it--it must stop4 ,now that same ivy had been the cause of their biggest quarrel before that last biggest one of all4 ,it shall be cut1 cried mademoiselle1 smiling up at him1 and at once6 ,he looked down into her eyes adoringly4 ,the scent of the roses wrapped them round with softest sweetness4 ,he smiled at her tenderly4 ,yes1 he understood now4 ,he had found the way to rule her4 ,,great ,,anniversaries4 ,,in ,,april4 ,april claims an anniversary which all ,englishmen are presumed to honour4 ,april #bcrd is ,st4 ,george's ,day1 and ,st4 ,george is the patron saint of ,england4 ,yet he was not1 so far as we know1 an ,englishman4 ,he is said to have been a centurion in the army of ,diocletian1 and to have been roasted alive for pulling down a copy of the decree ordering the infamous persecution associated with ,diocletian's name4 ,that distinction is disputed in the interests of another person2 but the fact remains that ,st4 ,george was held in conspicuous honour by the early ,church4 ,his particular place as the patron of the ,english dates from the ,crusades4 ,the story of ,george and the ,dragon has no relation to the incident which couples him to the ,english4 ,some authorities have identified this ,st4 ,george with a certain ,george of ,cappadocia1 ,arian ,bishop of ,alexandria2 but ,mr4 ,baring-,gould rejects with indignation the proposal to confound the patron saint of ,england with a heretic4 ,we are on the ground1 not of legend1 but of history1 in recalling ,st4 ,anselm1 ,archbishop of ,canterbury1 who was born about #ajcc4 ,his day is ,april #bast4 ,illustration3 7,photo3 ,a4 ,f4 ,colbourne1 ,canterbury47 ,,st4 ,,anselm',s ,,chapel1 ,,canterbury4 ,illustration3 ,,william ,,shakespeare4 7,the ,stratford-on-,avon ,portrait47 ,illustration3 ,,william ,,wordsworth4 7,from the ,tablet in ,grasmere ,church47 ,st4 ,george's ,day has memories of other people than the legendary slayer of the dragon4 ,on ,april #bcrd1 #aefd1 ,william ,shakespeare was born2 on ,april #bcrd1 #afaf1 he died4 ,these1 then1 are anniversaries which cannot be overlooked by any person who values literature4 ,our pride is qualified by the thought that all the world of intelligence has taken hold of ,shakespeare2 he is the possession of educated mankind4 ,cervantes does not come of our stock1 but in passing it may be permitted to remember that he died on the same day of the same year as ,shakespeare4 ,it was on ,st4 ,george's ,day1 #ahej1 too1 that ,william ,wordsworth1 poet laureate1 died4 ,the body of ,john ,keble1 the poet of the ,oxford ,movement1 was laid to rest in ,hursley churchyard on ,april #fth1 #ahff4 ,he was deeply influenced by ,wordsworth1 but his name still more definitely suggests another ,english poet--the saintly ,george ,herbert4 ,he1 too1 belongs to this month1 for he was born on ,april #crd1 #aeic4 ,illustration3 ,,george ,,herbert4 ,illustration3 ,,robert ,,raikes4 ,george ,herbert was related to ,lord ,herbert of ,cherbury1 whose friends included ,thomas ,hobbes1 of ,malmesbury1 one of the most distinguished of ,english philosophers4 ,hobbes was born on ,april #eth1 #aehh4 ,the philosophy afterwards associated with the names of ,locke1 ,hume1 and ,priestley owed much to ,hobbes4 ,hume himself--philosopher1 historian1 and servant of the ,state--was born at ,edinburgh on ,april #bfth1 #agaa4 ,charles ,darwin1 philosopher and naturalist1 died this month 7,april #aith1 #ahhb74 ,few ,englishmen have attained to wider fame2 few have ever more profoundly influenced human thought4 ,illustration3 ,,benjamin ,,franklin4 ,robert ,raikes1 in virtue of his work in prisons and his share in the foundation of ,sunday schools1 deserves long to be held in memory4 ,born at ,gloucester1 he died there suddenly on ,april #eth1 #ahaa4 ,could ,raikes have looked into the future1 with what astonishment and joy he would have marked the development in the extent and spirit of this work1 which is indicated by the existence of ,,the ,,quiver ,medal ,fund and its rewards to veteran ,sunday-school workers6 ,a more modern and a greater philanthropist also belongs to ,april4 ,anthony ,ashley ,cooper1 seventh ,earl of ,shaftesbury1 was born in ,grosvenor ,square on ,april #bhth1 #ahja4 ,in and out of ,parliament1 with a zeal which no opposition and no disappointment could repress1 the good ,earl worked for the cause of the oppressed1 the poor1 the sick1 the sinful4 ,he did much directly2 perhaps more by the stimulus of his example4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,late ,,earl ,,of ,,shaftesbury4 7,photo3 ,russell ,sons1 ,baker ,street1 ,w47 ,of institutions associated with the month of ,april1 the ,royal ,academy is one of the most conspicuous4 ,the ,society of ,incorporated ,artists held their first exhibition at the ,society of ,arts1 ,adelphi1 on ,april #bast1 #agfj4 ,from this there sprang the ,royal ,academy4 ,the first exhibition of the ,academicians was held in ,pall ,mall on ,april #bfth1 #agfi4 ,the ,british ,museum has its association with this month1 for it was on ,april #eth1 #agec1 that ,parliament granted the sum of #bj1jjj to the daughters of ,sir ,hans ,sloane1 in return for the collections which were the basis of the museum's vast treasures4 ,the ,national ,gallery also has its link with ,april1 for it was on ,april #ith1 #ahch1 that the present building in ,trafalgar ,square was completed and opened4 ,april has many memories for citizens of the ,united ,states4 ,on ,april #agth1 #agij1 died ,benjamin ,franklin1 politician1 economist1 and natural philosopher2 in ,april1 #ahfa1 began the long struggle between the ,northern and ,southern ,states2 and on ,april #adth1 #ahfe1 ,abraham ,lincoln1 perhaps the most striking personality hitherto produced by the great democracy1 was shot by ,john ,wilkes ,booth4 ,illustration3 ,a ,,view ,,of ,,the ,,national ,,gallery4 ,illustration3 ,,brought ,,again ,,from ,,the ,,depths4 ,,an ,,eastertide ,,address4 ,by the ,very ,rev4 ,w4 ,lefroy1 ,d4,d41 ,dean of ,norwich4 ,thou1 which hast showed me great and sore troubles1 shalt quicken me again1 and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth4--,,psalm lxxi4 #bj4 ,human history had seen but its infancy when the announcement was made that man was born unto trouble1 as the sparks fly upward4 ,and ever since the home of the ,arab chief was devastated2 ever since the day that ,job's heart was broken by the intelligence of the ,sabean slaughter of his sons and daughters1 followed by a conflagration which stripped him of property1 and made a pauper of a prince2 ever since1 the dreary wail of woe rends the air1 and the requiem of life sobs and sighs like ,eliphaz the ,temanite1 ,man is born unto trouble4 ,nor can we allow ourselves to question the dictum4 ,the infant's wail precedes the infant's weal4 ,the cry of helplessness is heard in the cradle4 ,the child's deep sigh anticipates the child's sweet smile4 ,and although sunny childhood sometimes passes as if the pitiless law of hereditary trouble were suspended1 yet no serious thinker can hesitate to accept the proposition1 that trouble is in the ratio in which life's meaning and purpose are experienced1 or divine love accepted and enjoyed4 ,if a man has no trouble1 it is because he has not yet practically realised the significance of existence4 ,he is still free from those social1 domestic1 and personal influences1 the derangement of any of which brings agony by day and sleeplessness by night4 ,or1 again1 it may be because he has learnt the loftiest and yet the lowliest lesson from his ,lord1 by accepting the ,gospel of ,gethsemane1 ,thy will be done4 ,but excepting the persons so classified by social isolation or spiritual resignation1 there is not on earth an exception to the law of the human race being born unto trouble4 ,yea1 more4 ,constituted as we are1 we live in the presence of the grim enigma1 that the object which gave us the highest joy can give us the most excruciating sorrow4 ,nor can that existence be anything else than mournful whose happiness or misery depends upon any earthly object4 ,this statement may be illustrated by every condition in life--domestic1 physical1 intellectual4 ,the genius across whose mental firmament the lights and shadows of history travelled1 and by whom they were arrested1 analysed1 and grouped in their course2 the great brain of the great worker whose intrepid excursions into the realms of the past and the present1 with a view to tabulating the rise of civilisation--the patient and profound ,mr4 ,buckle1 is absorbed by mental enjoyment4 ,he lives1 and moves1 and has his being in men and manners1 among maps and manuscripts4 ,he makes a grand discovery4 ,he keeps the secret for twenty years4 ,he repairs to ,damascus to recruit for literary service4 ,he is stricken with fever1 and dies with the words of his intellectuality on his parched lips1 ,my book1 my book6 ,i shall never finish my book6 ,here his highest joy was his keenest sorrow4 ,so in physical life4 ,there have been men who seemed at one time as if they were created without nerves4 ,their arms were brawny1 muscular1 and mighty4 ,their limbs were firm and fine4 ,they seemed ,god's highest type of organic life4 ,they rejoiced in their strength and in their youth4 ,but disease assailed1 or dissipation punished1 and retribution appeared in feebleness1 exhaustion1 and debility4 ,youthful feats were forbidden4 ,the sports of the past recalled a youth of virtue and purity2 and then came the sigh which told that1 even physically1 the source of our joy becomes the spring of our sorrow4 ,and need ,i elaborate details to establish the place of this doctrine in domestic life8 ,do we not know this from the gloomy history of the orphan child1 the widowed mother1 the bereaved sister1 brother1 friend8 ,you know that to love dearly means to have a skeleton in your house4 ,the object of your love causes a thousand smiles to play in your eye1 and to break on your countenance2 but the shade of that object is mocking your mirth1 and is only waiting a few rounds of the clock to compensate mirth with misery4 ,nor is this all4 ,there are sorrows far more terrible than those of sickness or the cemetery4 ,a living sorrow defies rivalry4 ,it has a fearful pre-eminence in woe4 ,a wayward1 wild1 debauched youth2 an estranged husband2 an embittered1 irascible1 worldly wife2 a stormy1 or1 what is far worse1 a sullen home2 these are amongst the darkest illustrations of the doctrine1 that our sighs are in the track of our smiles2 our delights become our dangers2 yea1 it sometimes seems as if affection became idiotic1 and then1 like the raving maniac1 we laugh and cry together4 ,so we are born to trouble4 ,this being so1 it is important to listen to testimony concerning the remedy which troubled souls have found efficacious4 ,if we have one such man1 able and willing to give his fellow-sufferers a cure for care1 it is surely prudent to hear what he has to say4 ,accordingly1 let me ask you to follow me while ,i try to establish a cure for all afflicted souls from the experience1 conviction1 and anticipation of a royal mourner4 ,i invite you to come with me to the side of a man like one of us4 ,listen to him struggling up the great altar-stairs of faith sustained by love1 and1 as he peers into the ,unseen1 he speaks as if to one warm with life1 charged with ardent sympathy1 and he says1 ,oh1 what troubles and adversities hast ,thou shown me2 and yet didst ,thou turn and refresh me6 ,the first step in this study is to be clear as to the nature of the troubles ,god showed ,david4 ,there was1 then1 the personal and the spiritual trouble of backsliding1 consequent upon his murder of ,uriah for his base purpose4 ,and here we must discriminate4 ,the trouble of ,david about ,bathsheba was not sent by ,god2 ,god permitted it2 but in the heartless and cold-blooded plot in the tyrannical insolence and diabolical dastardliness of its execution--in the coarse1 callous1 and criminal height of its succeeding guilty rapture--it was of ,satan1 of sin1 of ,david4 ,for three-quarters of a year ,david played fast and loose with ,god and conscience2 and it was when ,nathan scared him that ,god showed him the trouble4 ,then came anguish1 remorse1 penitence4 ,then came the sorrowful sighing of the soul--all the greater in the awakening because it had slept so soundly and so long4 ,then came that lamentation over lost virtue1 the penitential ,fifty-first ,psalm4 ,it is the expression of a man lacerated by conscience4 ,he seems to bleed at every pore4 ,the agitation and alarm and agony are piteous beyond description4 ,he appears in this psalm to look in every direction1 and the ghost of his crime haunts him4 ,within1 without1 above1 below1 behind1 beyond1 he can see the furies of justice as the embassied troublers of his life4 ,original depravity1 actual outrage1 a heart black with the ,egyptian darkness of fostered treachery1 the warrior slaughtered by his mandate1 the blood-guiltiness staining his soul1 and then the wail ringing in the ears of ,god1 ,cast me not away from ,thy presence2 and take not ,thy ,holy ,spirit from me--all these may be compared to a spiritual chamber of horrors1 in which ,david found himself after the startling visit of ,nathan4 ,these were some of the troubles ,god showed him4 ,and their cause introduced more of a domestic1 not to say of a political1 kind4 ,the sin brought scandal and reproach on the ,church of ,god4 ,the enemies blasphemed4 ,then ,jehovah1 vindicating ,his character for justice before the world1 avenging the atrocious murder of ,uriah1 sent a series of domestic afflictions upon ,david unparalleled in human experience4 ,one scene--a nameless scene--has its miserable match in the brutal bestiality of the ,empire1 when the sceptre of ,rome was in the hands of a corpse4 ,but the other experiences are easily related4 ,they are as the outcome of a curse which hung heavily on the royal house4 ,amnon1 the eldest son1 was slain by young ,absalom1 who waited two years for an opportunity4 ,this severed ,absalom from home for three years4 ,he then1 by a singular artifice1 returned1 and won the hearts of the people by his consummate and accomplished address1 his handsome presence1 and adroit demeanour4 ,his aged and royal father's statesmen proved false to the king1 and one in particular advised the murder of ,david and a revolution4 ,at length the conspiracy grew in defiance and dimension4 ,david was obliged to flee from the capital4 ,his flight was far more humiliating than that of the ,french emperor from ,paris4 ,napoleon had not to mourn over the treason of his son as the cause of his exile4 ,this was ,david's anguish4 ,he ascended the ,mount of ,olives and looked back upon the city of palaces he had founded and ornamented--the seat for a generation of his power1 his glory1 his happiness4 ,he was leaving it a miserable fugitive1 driven forth by the nation he had established and the child he had reared4 ,he could not1 he did not1 disguise his sorrow4 ,with bared head and uncovered feet the exile began his pilgrimage1 and every step the old king took recalled the crime and sin of earlier years1 while it remained for one ,shimei to load him with the bitterest and most contemptuous execrations4 ,then came the crisis4 ,such of the army as remained loyal engaged in battle with the revolutionary forces attracted to ,absalom4 ,david begged that his unhappy son might be spared in the conflict4 ,the war began and issued in the success of the royalists4 ,the first question of the venerable monarch was1 ,is the young man ,absalom safe8 ,he then learnt that order was re-established1 but at the cost of ,absalom's life4 ,he was accidentally hanged1 and while hanging he was speared by ,david's commander-in-chief4 ,these are amongst the troubles--political1 domestic1 and spiritual--which ,god permitted to fall upon ,david2 and yet this very ,david has courage amid the havoc of holiness1 the misery of exile1 the torture of outraged parental affection1 and political insurrection4 ,that courageous confidence is in a person3 he realises ,god4 ,this conviction is unshaken amid his chequered life and history2 indeed1 all through the din of revolution1 the grief of a homeless and worse than childless existence1 there is one ever-recurring belief3 ,god my help1 ,god my refuge1 ,god my shield4 ,in this belief he brings back to ,god every trouble ,god sent to him4 ,hence we have these psalms1 written by ,david1 as agony after agony swept in upon his soul4 ,nor did it seem to signify how different one sorrow might be from another4 ,the old cry1 the same cry1 is raised to a personal ,god4 ,when ,saul sought his life through jealousy2 when ,jonathan was slain in battle2 when he himself had fallen into sin1 and then was aroused--now by the whisperings of reclaiming grace1 now by the booming billows of divine justice2 when he bowed his head in shame1 and the fierce light that beat about his court gleamed on his dark soul2 when he tottered up the heights of ,olivet1 an impotent outcast1 betrayed by his courtiers1 deserted by his troops1 and exiled by the unnatural rebellion and heartless perfidy of his son--in these experiences1 so fearful1 overwhelming1 and varied1 he saw ,god showing him the trouble4 ,as the hand that sent it was ever the same1 so from the heart that received it there arose ever and anon the same plea--,have mercy upon me1 ,o ,lord2 ,make haste to help me2 ,o ,lord1 make no long tarrying2 ,i am poor and needy2 ,o be not ,thou far from me1 for trouble is near at hand4 ,and then1 as if realising the apostasy1 desertion1 and faithlessness of his friends and forces1 he adds1 ,there is none to help4 ,we know how these earnest and anxious entreaties were heard3 ,thou didst turn and refresh me2 ,through ,thee have ,i been holden up ever since ,i was born2 ,my mouth shall speak of ,thy salvation all the day long2 for ,i know no end thereof4 ,but further4 ,this acknowledgment of ,god as a very present help in trouble is followed by a prophecy1 and that of nothing less than the resurrection--,thou shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth2 so that ,david's sorrow1 when brought humbly and heartily to ,god1 was followed by divine refreshment then1 and hope of resurrection hereafter4 ,and a well-founded hope it was1 because the trouble sent by ,god produced a grand moral result when laid before ,him ,who sent it4 ,it had a purifying influence which made his mind speed on to the resurrection day4 ,in its anticipation he was but yielding to the influence of a life higher than that he lived before his sorrow1 and which sought enjoyment and exercise loftier and still loftier4 ,this he1 by faith1 foresaw1 in the anticipation of that rest to which his trouble sent him1 and for the appreciation of which his trouble purified him4 ,so we have here in the spiritual world an instructive and encouraging illustration of what frequently occurs in the physical4 ,we have purification by pain2 refreshment out of ruin4 ,so have ,i seen this grand law asserting the governance of its ,god in those ,alpine crags on which the stars seem to pause4 ,there on those storm-scalped peaks the climber feasts on the panorama spread by ,god's own hand1 in winding river1 sapphire lake1 everlasting hill1 sentinelled by a forest of pines1 dressed in the matchless sombre of ,alpine green or shrouded by the spotless snows of heaven4 ,i have witnessed the troubles of the atmosphere4 ,the bursting rain-cloud hangs low1 the light recedes1 the darkness deepens1 the wind moans2 and then the full-toned thunder roars1 and the long lines of fire1 angular and electric1 leap from fissures in the firmament4 ,the artillery of the elements is deafening1 and its echoes rumble in the distance like the mutterings of imprisoned spirits4 ,the storm is over4 ,the calm succeeds4 ,the clouds become brighter and brighter still4 ,the sun peeps out here and there in a rift of the heavens4 ,the air is fresh and keen and pure4 ,the vegetation is bright and green4 ,the rivulets and mountain torrents ripple and rush rejoicing4 ,as we see this1 we are reminded of the analogies of ,god's government2 yea1 if we could put a preacher on every peak1 a tongue in every valley1 ,nature would minister to grace1 and from each would come the response of the royal poet to the call of ,god4 ,the world physical would raise the ecstatic antiphon to the world spiritual3 ,o what great troubles and adversities hast ,thou showed me1 and yet didst ,thou turn and refresh me6 ,but these words have a still richer meaning in their bearing upon the religious fortunes of the ,hebrew race1 the ,messianic glory of the ,redeemer1 and the present and future position of ,his believing people4 ,i believe that ,israel's troubles are to issue in ,israel's refreshment1 and even in national resurrection4 ,her captivities and dispersions1 her degradation and exile1 are but the preludes to her rise1 return1 and splendour4 ,god has sworn it2 ,his word is bound to it4 ,his promise is as certain as though it were performed4 ,but we may merely mention this as a conviction1 in order to pass on and recognise in these words the history of ,jesus ,christ4 ,from that cradle and cottage home2 from that carpenter's bench where ,he toiled2 from that country1 with its hills and dales1 and lanes and lakes1 where ,he preached2 from the ,temple which ,he glorified and abrogated2 from the cross where ,he died2 from the tomb which ,he vacated2 from the throne of mediation1 where ,he sympathises1 intercedes and governs2 from earth below1 and heaven above1 the voice of ,jesus sounds o'er land and sea1 filling angelic souls with adoration1 and human hearts with hope1 announcing1 ,o what great troubles and adversities hast ,thou showed ,me6 ,he was betrayed1 despised1 and rejected4 ,he looked for some to have pity on ,him1 but there was no man2 neither found ,he any to comfort ,him4 ,he was maligned and misunderstood4 ,the malice of ,his enemies omitted but one sin in their resolve to blacken ,his character1 and it remained for the patronising blasphemy of ,renan to insinuate that one as possible4 ,he was accused of deceit1 though infallible2 ,he was slandered as a drunkard1 though immaculate2 yea1 the detraction of ,his foes did not spare ,him the agony of being charged with the commission of a sin as disgusting as it is brutal--that of gluttony4 ,he was arraigned as a felon1 and died as an impostor4 ,but beyond all was the sin of which these were but the symptoms4 ,this was the trouble1 great and sore1 which ,god showed ,him4 ,this was the agony of agonies to the sinless1 spotless ,lamb of ,god4 ,its fell pressure is the meaning of the tradition that ,jesus was often seen to weep1 but never once to smile4 ,to this trouble we trace the overpowering experiences of the fainting1 prostrate ,christ in the garden2 of the wailing and woe-bearing ,christ on the cross4 ,yet there was the refreshment2 there was behind it all the unchangeable love of ,god the ,father--,therefore doth ,my ,father love ,me1 because ,i lay down ,my ,life that ,i might take it again4 ,there was the satisfaction of ,his soul1 in saving the race ,he died to redeem by representation2 there was1 above all1 the guarantee of that redemption in being brought from the depths of the earth again4 ,and if we were to follow the history of ,his ,church1 that history would be a living commentary on the experience of ,david and of ,david's ,lord3 divinely sent trouble1 divinely sought and divinely sent refreshment1 issuing in spiritual resurrection4 ,is not this the account many have to give of sorrow1 succour1 and salvation8 ,you were weak3 you are now strong4 ,you were choked with cares1 and sought relief in a flood of tears3 you are now able to leave the burden of your cares with ,him ,who careth for you2 while your eyes1 once red with agony1 are now bright with praise1 gratitude1 and hope4 ,remembering what you were1 and now recognising what you are1 you may adopt the language of ,david1 ,i am become a wonder unto many1 but my sure trust is in ,thee2 or1 taking a fuller view and a finer tone1 you will ring out the litany of deliverance1 and chant the song of praise and blessing1 ,o what great troubles and adversities has ,thou showed me2 and yet didst ,thou turn and refresh me4 ,this present refreshment is a prophecy of future resurrection4 ,it leads all the afflicted children of ,god on to the grand climax in sin1 sorrow1 and all the trouble to which we are born4 ,then the cup of universal affliction shall be full4 ,the waters of our pilgrimage shall be sweetened1 and changed into the bright1 clear1 rosy wine of immortality4 ,then farewell1 sorrow2 farewell1 weakness2 agony1 ache1 desolation1 and sin1 we bid you a final and a glad farewell4 ,then shall rise upon this scene of change and uncertainty1 where pain and pleasure are so intermingled and combined1 the sun that knows no setting1 the everlasting day that knows no night4 ,then shall the children of ,god1 the children of the resurrection1 gathered from every known and unknown region1 race1 and age1 rise to the rapture of the saints1 and1 defying the immeasurable weight of all the ocean's pressure--for the sea shall give up its dead--shattering the manacles with which corruption had long bound the germ of incorruption1 they shall in a moment1 in the twinkling of an eye1 greet the ,saviour ,who loved them1 with a greeting worthy the ,lamb that was slain2 worthy the grandest event in the annals of earth and heaven2 while high above the din of the last crash of worlds1 yea1 louder than the storm which marches on the ruins of creation1 shall rise the anthem of royal and even wretched and relieved experience--,thou hast brought me from the depths of the earth again4 ,illustration3 ,,for ,,the ,,sake ,,of ,,her ,,child ,by ,scott ,graham1 ,author of ,the ,link between ,them1 ,etc4 ,,chapter ,,vii4 ,the ,pity of ,it4 ,on ,saturday night1 in that same week1 ,harold sallied forth at dusk1 with a bulky brown-paper parcel under his arm1 containing a pair of boots which he was taking by stealth to a humble cobbler in a back alley to mend4 ,just because he fervently desired not to meet anybody he knew1 as he turned a corner he almost ran into the arms of ,may ,burnside2 who1 on seeing him1 appeared confused4 ,he stopped and tried to conceal his parcel as well as he could1 whilst talking volubly2 and ,may stammered and fidgeted1 like one detected in a guilty enterprise4 ,her aunt had that day presented her with half-a-crown2 and1 wishing to make a frock for ,doris1 she was on her way to buy some wonderful material she had seen marked fourpence three-farthings in a cheap1 common shop she would not have cared to enter by daylight4 ,miss ,waller would have fainted at the idea of her niece being seen going into ,whittaker's1 where everything was ticketed ,alarming ,sacrifice6 ,so1 the boots weighing on his uneasy conscience1 and the fourpence three-farthings on hers1 they continued to blush and stammer until ,harold summoned up courage to say that it was rather late1 and1 if ,mrs4 ,burnside was going home1 he would escort her1 if she wished4 ,she hesitated1 loth to lose the chance of bargain1 and then said-- ,my aunt is dining out1 so ,i need not hurry back2 and ,i wanted to go to a shop--,whittaker's1 do you know it8 ,i buy rubbish there occasionally4 ,he did know the shop1 which was close to the alley wherein dwelt his old cobbler4 ,if you don't mind1 he said eagerly1 ,i'll leave you a moment1 whilst ,i do an errand hard by1 and meet you when you've done your shopping4 ,so he went off1 delighted at solving the problem of the boots2 for no man appears to advantage when hugging a clumsy parcel4 ,having duly effected her purchase1 ,may rejoined him1 and1 as they strolled towards ,victoria ,square1 informed him that they were starting for ,london on ,monday4 ,i know ,i shall hate it6 she added1 with a sigh4 ,he sighed too2 but what could he say or do1 bound as he was1 hand and foot8 ,july is rather hot for ,london1 he answered discreetly4 ,lulu wrote yesterday1 and may ,i suggest1 if you have leisure1 she would be delighted if you called to see her8 ,i will give you her address4 ,the flat is very tiny1 of course1 but---- ,but infinitely preferable1 ,i am sure1 to ,victoria ,square6 retorted ,may bitterly4 ,the burden of life seemed intolerable that evening4 ,are you1 then1 so unhappy there8 he asked1 startled4 ,how ,i wish---- ,he checked himself hastily1 and ,may stifled a sob which rose in her throat4 ,very few people are quite happy1 it seems to me1 she said1 trying to speak calmly4 ,there is always something4 ,yes1 but you--you ought to be happy1 if there were any justice in the world6 he burst out impetuously4 ,you deserve a sunny1 sheltered life1 free from worry and care4 ,will you believe it is the hardest of my trials to be able to offer you nothing but barren sympathy8 ,it is very good of you to sympathise with me1 ,may murmured gratefully4 ,so few people do4 ,they look at my clothes1 and decide that anybody dressed as ,i am1 and living in ,victoria ,square1 must be happy4 ',lucky ,mrs4 ,burnside6' they call me4 ,he remembered how enviable1 in the early days of their acquaintance1 ,may had seemed to him1 and thought how mistaken are the judgments of this world4 ,a great pity swelled his heart as she said ,good-bye2 and he tramped back to his dreary rooms doubly depressed1 both on her account and his own4 ,how he longed to be able to free her from her shackles1 and offer her a happy home1 independent of ,miss ,waller6 99 99 99 99 99 ,i must say1 ,may1 nobody would think you were going to ,london to enjoy yourself4 ,do1 for goodness' sake1 try to look a little more cheerful6 said ,miss ,waller sharply1 as they took their seats in a reserved first-class carriage on the ,monday4 ,mr4 ,lang1 to ,may's great relief1 had returned to town three days before1 so they were spared his company4 ,you are the most ungrateful girl ,i ever knew4 ,illustration3 ,do try to look a little more cheerful6 ,i'm sorry you think so1 aunt1 but---- ,it would serve you right if ,i washed my hands of you entirely1 continued the irate spinster4 ,but ,i am too kind-hearted2 my sense of duty restrains me4 ,i should be better off now1 if ,i'd been more selfish and less considerate for others4 ,but ,i'm well aware it's useless to expect gratitude in this world4 ,and1 with a heartfelt sigh for the wickedness of this generation1 ,miss ,waller arranged the air-cushion more comfortably at her back1 and1 placing her daintily shod feet on the opposite seat1 commenced to study a newspaper4 ,may sat watching the deep-green summer landscape flit by1 with pretty much the same feelings as a convict might experience while going down to ,portland guarded by warders4 ,the knowledge that ,mr4 ,lang awaited them at the end of the journey took all the colour out of the blue sky2 and the sleek cattle standing knee-deep in water beneath the willows1 seemed to mock her by their animal freedom from care4 ,for herself1 she cared little2 but there was ,doris to consider1 and the thought of her helpless child harassed her throughout that miserable journey4 ,,chapter ,,viii4 ,the ,recluse4 ,enforced idleness is1 to an active mind1 the greatest misery conceivable4 ,harold ,inglis had in him a vast capacity for work1 and therefore found it doubly bitter to have to spend his days lounging about1 waiting for the patients who never came4 ,he was afraid to go out lest he should miss a summons1 and unable to sit down to read or write1 so continually did he find himself listening for a ring at the bell and ,ann's voice announcing a patient4 ,he could not even tranquillise himself with tobacco1 for he had given up smoking on account of the expense4 ,he returned from an errand one afternoon to find an elderly manservant waiting with the intimation that ,sir ,edward ,vane1 of ,the ,towers1 was ill1 and would like to see him4 ,he knew ,sir ,edward by name as a wealthy and eccentric recluse1 who lived alone in a big house just outside the town1 and was liberal in doctors' fees4 ,not a little flattered1 he promised to come immediately1 and was about to turn in at the lodge gate at ,the ,towers1 when he encountered ,dr4 ,selwyn1 another local medical man1 with whom he was acquainted4 ,been sent for by ,sir ,edward1 eh8 asked ,selwyn1 with a broad grin4 ,yes4 ,wish you joy4 ,you may not know it1 but he's already tried every doctor in ,beachbourne1 and quarrelled with them all in succession4 ,i wouldn't attend him again for any money4 ,good-bye1 and good luck to you6 ,in some trepidation1 ,harold knocked1 and was admitted through a handsome hall into a spacious sitting-room1 littered with almost every conceivable object4 ,on a sofa reclined a grey-haired man about sixty1 whose tanned face1 speaking of long residence in the tropics1 was disfigured by a look of fretful ill-health4 ,a retired ,anglo-,indian1 distinguished in the ,civil ,service1 ,sir ,edward had seen more of the world than most men4 ,you're not in partnership with anybody here1 are you8 he asked1 when ,harold had examined him carefully4 ,no4 ,all the better4 ,a more wretched lot of impostors than the ,beachbourne doctors ,i never came across4 ,for years they've been tinkering at me1 and1 after all1 ,i'm worse1 instead of better4 ,what are doctors for1 if they can't cure one8 ,harold was discreetly silent4 ,sir ,edward had a complication of maladies1 beyond any medical skill to remedy4 ,my father lived to be ninety1 continued the invalid4 ,and why can't ,i8 ,i don't think1 for my part1 ,i should wish to be so old as that1 diffidently returned ,harold4 ,it must be so sad to outlive all one's friends4 ,i have no friends1 was the grim reply4 ,only some greedy relations1 eager for my money4 ,i've a good deal to leave1 he added1 looking keenly at ,harold4 ,and when ,i take a fancy to people1 ,i'm liberal----,they say here that ,i'm always quarrelling with my doctors2 but it's the doctors who quarrel with me1 and will air their own particular fads1 instead of trying to cure me4 ,are you married8 he asked abruptly4 ,no4 ,a good thing1 too2 you've more time to attend to your patients4 ,hewett used to bore me talking by the hour about that ugly wife of his4 ,do you understand fossils1 and such things8 ,my room's in an awful mess1 as you see1 and ,i should like to have the specimens arranged a bit2 but ,i can't trust the servants4 ,the place was indeed crammed with all sorts of curios1 many exceedingly valuable4 ,by continually asking for one possession after another1 ,sir ,edward had ended by accumulating all his treasures in this one room1 which he never left1 save for his bedchamber adjoining4 ,a most untidy place it was2 the curiosities being heaped on chairs1 shelves1 and the floor1 without any method4 ,i am very fond of fossils2 and if you wish them arranged1 it would give me great pleasure to help4 ,hewett wanted me to make a clean sweep of them2 interfered with the flow of his precious fresh air4 ,like his ignorance6 ,did he think ,i wanted to sit and stare at an ugly wall-paper all day when ,i was tired of reading8 ,do you read much8 ,yes2 chiefly ,sanskrit4 ,in my day1 ,indian officials had to be not only gentlemen but scholars4 ,well1 as ,harold rose to go1 ,i'll have your prescription made up1 and shall expect you again to-morrow4 ,i will come1 and hope the pain will be easier then4 ,he detailed the treatment he desired1 and was giving a few final directions when the manservant opened the door4 ,miss ,geare has called1 sir4 ,will you see her8 ,oh dear6 pettishly exclaimed ,sir ,edward4 ,she'll stay an hour1 prosing about her dogs4 ,for mercy's sake1 don't go6 detaining ,harold4 ,help me to entertain her1 and get her away soon6 ,she was to have been my sister-in-law1 having been engaged to my brother ,adrian years ago2 and since in an evil hour ,i settled at ,beachbourne1 ,i've been fairly persecuted by her4 ,in another minute the little lady tripped smilingly in4 ,well1 ,edward dear1 how are you now8 ,i heard you were not well1 so ,i just came to inquire4 ,i'm better now1 thank you1 returned ,sir ,edward gruffly4 ,i've given ,hewett the sack1 and this is my new doctor--,dr4 ,inglis4 ,do you know him8 ,oh1 yes1 he has been attending me4 ,i'm sure he has done me good1 and ,i hope you'll benefit also1 ,edward4 ,you can't think how kind ,dr4 ,inglis was to my darling ,bijou when he broke his leg6 ,having attended ,bijou1 it1 of course1 follows that ,dr4 ,inglis will cure me1 sneered ,sir ,edward4 ,how is the amiable ,miss ,pepper8 ,she's waiting outside with the dogs1 as you said you wouldn't have her here4 ,she's a faithful creature2 ,i wish you liked her a little better1 ,edward dear4 ,i never was fond of vinegar1 ,catherine4 ,oh1 don't be so sarcastic1 ,edward6 ,i never was clever2 but you make me feel like a little girl again1 when my governess scolded me4 ,there were tears in the watery blue eyes2 but they did not seem to touch ,sir ,edward4 ,the remedy1 my dear ,catherine1 is exceedingly simple1 he blandly rejoined4 ,i know ,i'm a curmudgeon1 unfit to associate with such an angel as you4 ,why then should you inflict upon yourself the unpleasantness of coming here8 ,why not stay away1 to enjoy the more congenial society of ,miss ,pepper and the dogs8 ,so you don't want me1 ,edward8 ,i think you're very unkind1 returned ,miss ,geare1 evidently wounded1 but with a patient dignity ,harold had not expected4 ,he noticed that ever since she entered her gaze had wandered1 at intervals1 to an oil-painting of a fine-looking young man in uniform which hung over the mantelpiece4 ,but ,i know better than to take you at your word4 ,you are all ,i have left--my dear ,adrian's brother--and---- ,she broke down1 and wiped the slow tears of age from her eyes4 ,sir ,edward gave an impatient sigh1 and ,harold interposed4 ,allow me to remind you1 ,miss ,geare1 that my patient has had a very severe attack1 and the quieter he is the better4 ,everything depends on that4 ,i must go home now2 and may ,i request the pleasure of your company to the gate1 if you are ready8 ,yes1 do go home to ,bijou6 fretfully murmured the invalid4 ,and ,miss ,geare1 after bestowing an affectionate farewell on the unresponsive ,sir ,edward1 allowed ,harold to politely conduct her to the lodge gate4 ,poor ,edward6 she began1 as they went down the drive1 he allows illness to sour his temper1 and it's such a pity6 ,but ,i take no notice--he's my dear ,adrian's only brother1 and ,i can't bear to stay away from the house4 ,did you see the portrait over the mantelpiece8--that was my ,adrian4 ,i was young1 and pretty too1 in those days1 though you mayn't believe it---- ,i quite believe it1 said ,harold kindly1 touched by the spectacle of this forlorn old age4 ,adrian was so proud of ,edward4 ,he was so much thought of in ,india1 and is very1 very clever--but not equal to my ,adrian--oh1 no2 nobody ever could be as handsome and noble as he was6 ,when ,i heard he was killed in the ,mutiny1 ,i thought ,i should die too2 ,i think it must have killed something inside me1 for ,i've never been the same since4 ,i get confused1 and ,i can't remember things----,yes1 ,i'm coming4 ,very sorry to have kept you waiting4 ,the humble apology was to ,miss ,pepper1 who1 with a most unamiable countenance1 was standing just outside the gate4 ,miss ,geare hastily said farewell1 and ,harold could hear her companion scolding her vigorously as they went down the road4 ,but1 as he thought of the faded1 antique love story which had ended so tragically1 he could not but feel sorry for poor little eccentric ,miss ,geare--it was so evident that the best part of her had been buried in her lover's grave4 ,her eyes must have been rather like ,may's1 he thought1 before sorrow had given them that vacant expression2 and then he wondered1 for the hundredth time1 what ,mrs4 ,burnside was doing in ,london1 and whether she thought of him as often as he did of her4 ,,chapter ,,ix4 ,vanitas ,vanitatum4 ,arrived in ,london1 all ,may's worst anticipations were realised2 for ,mr4 ,lang accompanied them everywhere1 and she had not a minute to call her own4 ,he assumed an air of proprietorship which made her blood boil4 ,you ought to do this1 ,mrs4 ,burnside--you should see that1 he repeated from morning till night2 and1 as ,miss ,waller invariably pronounced all his suggestions charming1 it was useless for ,may to rebel4 ,so ,london proved the same weary old story over again--a life of outward glitter and show1 of softly rolling carriages1 of sumptuous dinners1 and reserved seats2 and within1 dust and ashes1 and ,dead ,sea fruit6 ,may talked and smiled1 but it was mechanically2 her heart was far away4 ,she asserted herself sufficiently1 however1 to declare her intention of calling upon the ,inglis girls in their flat in ,west ,kensington4 ,she had written to ,lulu1 who sent her a pressing invitation to come on ,saturday afternoon1 when they were at leisure4 ,miss ,waller instantly denounced the scheme as a wild-goose chase1 asserting that ,may was certain to lose her way4 ,they were still discussing it when ,mr4 ,lang came in from ,palace ,gardens1 as he usually did first thing in the morning1 ostensibly to ask what they wished to do1 but really to order them about at his sovereign will and pleasure4 ,well1 ladies1 what's the programme for to-day8 he began4 ,may turned round from the window of the handsome drawing-room for which her aunt was paying a small fortune1 thinking1 as the morning sunlight fell upon his podgy figure1 that ,mr4 ,lang grew uglier and more common-looking every day4 ,i have promised to go and see my friends the ,inglises this afternoon1 she announced firmly4 ,illustration3 ,this is my new doctor--,dr4 ,inglis4--p4 #eji4 ,and who may the ,inglises be8 ,some girls who live at ,west ,kensington1 returned ,may1 colouring at his lordly tone4 ,their brother is a doctor--a very unsuccessful one at ,beachbourne1 put in ,miss ,waller irritably4 ,they are very poor1 and live in a poky flat4 ,what ,may can see in them ,i can't imagine2 and ,i'm sure she'll get lost if she goes alone4 ,i can take a cab1 aunt4 ,by a perfect miracle she had a few shillings in her pocket4 ,i'll tell you what1 pompously proclaimed ,mr4 ,lang4 ,you shall go in a cab1 ,mrs4 ,burnside1 if you really must1 and ,i'll call and bring you back in my carriage4 ,eh1 ,miss ,waller8 ,oh1 what a splendid idea6 gushed the spinster1 brightening2 and1 though ,may protested earnestly against troubling ,mr4 ,lang1 he was resolute4 ,then he carried them off to inspect a picture in a ,bond ,street shop which took his fancy--a seapiece1 with violently ultramarine waves tumbling about the canvas4 ,may considered it a most irritating production1 and boldly said so2 for1 despite her aunt's frowns1 she refused to flatter ,mr4 ,lang4 ,he took her criticism very good-naturedly1 however1 and insisted on their coming to luncheon with him at a fashionable ,regent ,street restaurant1 where only ,african millionaires and suchlike could afford to go4 ,but at length ,may's ordeal was over1 and she drew a great breath of relief as the lift deposited her at ,no4 #ah1 ,windermere ,mansions4 ,lulu herself admitted her1 evidently delighted to see her1 and announced that just then she was alone4 ,esther isn't back yet1 but ,i expect her every minute1 she explained4 ,mabel1 our chum1 has gone to see some friends4 ,we don't keep a servant1 but a charwoman comes morning and evening4 ,our flat is a mere cupboard1 as you see2 but1 such as it is1 you are very welcome4 ,she conducted ,may over it1 and tiny it certainly was2 only one sitting-room1 a speck of a kitchen1 three small bedrooms1 and a bathroom4 ,but it was very comfortable and homelike2 and1 though many of the articles were merely of wicker and bamboo1 it was furnished with a taste which betrayed the instincts of gentlewomen4 ,how ,i envy you6 exclaimed ,may1 as she sank into a chair in the cosy little sitting-room4 ,and then1 to ,lulu's consternation and to her own intense disgust1 she burst into tears4 ,lulu looked quite alarmed2 for the modern girl reserves all such exhibitions for the privacy of her own apartment1 and tears and hysterics are as much out of fashion nowadays as poke bonnets and sandalled shoes4 ,it is not that the new girl can't feel1 but that she considers it undignified to cry4 ,illustration3 ,to ,lulu's consternation 444 she burst into tears4 ,forgive me1 apologised ,may1 blushing furiously4 ,i'm overtired--,i've been doing too much in this heat4 ,i feel quite ashamed to be so foolish4 ,we'll have tea directly ,esther comes2 that will revive you1 replied ,lulu cheerfully and she proceeded to light a dainty spirit-kettle which formed part of a most inviting tea equipage4 ,may watched her enviously1 thinking how sweet and homelike it all was4 ,she had never known a real home since leaving her father's house4 ,her married life was a horrible nightmare1 and ,victoria ,square was little better2 and if she yielded to pressure and married ,mr4 ,lang----,but no6 that would not bear thinking of6 ,there's ,esther6 cried ,lulu eagerly1 as a latch-key clicked in the hall door4 ,may had expected to find ,miss ,inglis handsome2 but she was not prepared for such a young goddess as now swept into the room1 with a stride of long1 well-knit limbs which made the place seem ludicrously small4 ,esther ,inglis would have attracted notice anywhere1 with her splendid1 keen-cut1 dark face and stately poise of head2 and her family might well be proud of her4 ,she was better dressed than ,lulu1 in a plain but well-fitting gown which was very becoming4 ,tired1 dear8 asked ,lulu affectionately1 as her sister1 after greeting ,may1 reclined her tall figure in a basket-chair4 ,rather2 that is1 ,i've a ,saturday afternoon kind of feeling4 ,the office was very hot1 and the new man can't quite manage the telephone4 ,where's ,mabel8 ,gone to see her friends at ,richmond4 ,give me your hat1 dear4 ,she removed her sister's outdoor garb with a deft motherliness which charmed ,may4 ,miss ,inglis was clearly accustomed to being waited upon2 but it seemed quite natural1 with her splendid face and figure4 ,,chapter ,x4 ,mr4 ,lang meets his ,match4 ,and how is ,harold1 ,mrs4 ,burnside8 ,esther asked as they sipped their tea4 ,may gave as favourable an account of his progress as she could1 to which ,miss ,inglis listened thoughtfully4 ,i'm afraid he has an uphill struggle before him1 poor old fellow6 ,without capital1 it seems to me1 you can do nothing nowadays8 ,are there many doctors at ,beachbourne8 ,a good many2 and1 of course1 it takes time to make a practice4 ,it's always the same old story--want of money6 sighed ,esther pessimistically4 ,nowadays the competition is something dreadful2 and what will it be for the next generation8 ,why1 ,esther1 you seem in rather a croaking mood6 remonstrated ,lulu4 ,well1 my dear1 going about daily in trains and omnibuses1 and having to run the gauntlet of every man who thinks that because a girl works for her living she can't possibly be a lady1 doesn't tend to sweeten one's view of life4 ,i suppose there are annoyances in every lot1 diffidently put in ,may4 ,but there are--there really are--worse things than being obliged to earn one's living4 ,you must be so happy here1 able to do just as you like1 with nobody to worry you4 ,esther's brow cleared4 ,yes1 it's something to be independent1 nowadays4 ,and it's too bad to bore you with my grumbles1 ,mrs4 ,burnside4 ,i don't often indulge in complaints1 do ,i1 ,lulu8 ,we three really have a jolly time here2 and my salary is to be raised twenty pounds a year1 beginning from next month4 ,oh1 ,esther1 how splendid6 ,yes1 we must go on the river1 or have some dissipation to celebrate it4 ,oh6 who can that be8 as a loud knock resounded at the outer door4 ,my aunt thought ,i might get lost1 and a friend of ours--,mr4 ,lang--offered to call for me1 said ,may1 flushing4 ,he is earlier than ,i expected--,i hope you don't mind his coming8 ,oh1 dear1 no6 nonchalantly responded ,esther1 as ,lulu bustled out to admit ,mr4 ,lang1 who entered with his usual bumptious self-confidence4 ,but when his eyes fell upon the superb figure of ,esther1 he was palpably surprised4 ,may introduced him2 but1 while ,lulu gave him a friendly greeting1 ,esther barely condescended to acknowledge his existence4 ,miss ,inglis1 late of ,mallowfield ,hall1 was not to be put down by a vulgar plutocrat4 ,i must apologise for coming rather early1 ,mrs4 ,burnside1 he began1 but ,i didn't quite know how long it would take to get here2 ,i never was in this neighbourhood before4 ,don't you find it rather out of the way8 he continued1 addressing ,esther4 ,it is rather inconvenient1 especially as we don't keep a carriage1 she coolly returned4 ,a keen observer of human nature1 she had taken ,mr4 ,lang's measure in one haughty glance4 ,nice little place1 though1 he added patronisingly1 intending to be very polite4 ,that drapery over the mantelpiece is a good idea4 ,did ,liberty do it8 ,i did it myself1 with a few yards of cheap cretonne and an ounce of tin-tacks4 ,really6 ,how clever6 he exclaimed1 not perceiving that ,esther was covertly laughing at him4 ,old miniatures1 too6 ,are you a collector8 ,i am2 ,i've got some lovely ,cosways4 ,oh1 dear1 no6 these are only some of our ancestors4 ,my father has the best ones1 down in ,cornwall4 ,i've rather a good collection at my house in ,palace ,gardens4 ,you've seen them1 haven't you1 ,mrs4 ,burnside8 ,it would give me great pleasure to show them to your young friends1 if they care to call some day4 ,thank you2 my sister and ,i are working all day1 and have very little time4 ,i am not specially interested in miniatures1 except those belonging to our family1 replied ,esther coldly4 ,may inwardly rejoiced at seeing ,mr4 ,lang meet his match for once4 ,i believe you have a brother out in ,south ,africa8 presently asked ,mr4 ,lang1 turning to ,lulu4 ,yes1 at ,johannesburg4 ,he's on the staff of the ,victorina ,mine4 ,i believe ,i've met him somewhere4 ,rather good-looking1 with dark hair1 isn't he8 ,he must know me2 ,i'm so well known out there in connection with the ,springkloof ,mine4 ,have you heard of the ,springkloof1 ,miss ,inglis8 ,yes1 answered that superb young lady1 fixing her eyes steadily on him4 ,i have heard a good deal about it from ,jack4 ,he was over in ,england last summer4 ,i'm often going backwards and forwards to ,johannesburg1 continued ,mr4 ,lang2 ,i should be glad at any time to take charge of any parcels or letters for your brother1 if you will let me know4 ,this is my ,london address1 and he laid his card on the table4 ,thank you1 we couldn't think of troubling you4 ,no trouble1 ,i assure you4 ,i should be very glad to oblige any--any of ,mrs4 ,burnside's friends4 ,may crimsoned beneath his significant glance and the scarcely veiled scorn on ,esther's fine face4 ,how these girls must despise her for associating with this horrible man6 ,unable to bear it any longer1 she rose to take leave4 ,i hope we shall meet again before you go1 ,lulu said wistfully2 but ,may dared not press them to come and see her aunt1 knowing they would only meet a chilly reception from ,miss ,waller4 ,i will write and let you know1 she answered hurriedly4 ,perhaps you young ladies might like a drive in the ,park occasionally8 suggested ,mr4 ,lang4 ,i'd be very happy to send my carriage4 ,thank you1 responded ,esther1 who appeared to be spokeswoman on all occasions4 ,my sister and ,i work for our living1 and have no time for such dissipations4 ,i am employed in a ,city office4 ,then it's a shame you should have to work--that's all ,i can say1 warmly rejoined ,mr4 ,lang4 ,a woman's place is at home1 in a handsome drawing-room1 with every comfort about her--not jostling about in the crowd with men4 ,handsome drawing-rooms and an idle life are not within the reach of every woman1 nowadays1 ,mr4 ,lang1 coldly responded ,esther1 as they shook hands2 and the next minute the door closed behind them4 ,horrid man6 cried ,esther wrathfully1 when the visitors had gone4 ,didn't his insufferable patronage make your blood boil8 ,he might well ask if we knew him by name2 of course1 we do--too well1 for1 according to ,jack1 the ,springkloof ,mine was a byword on the ,randt1 from the way in which the original owners were cheated out of the property by ,mr4 ,lang and his syndicate4 ,i remember he mentioned this ,lang as a man who was well known at ,johannesburg to have mixed in many shady transactions4 ,what a pity that nice ,mrs4 ,burnside should be obliged to associate with him6 ,he evidently admires her2 but1 to tell you a secret1 ,esther1 there's somebody who admires her even more--and that's ,harold4 ,poor ,harold6 ,how can he ever afford to marry8 ,mrs4 ,burnside is dependent on her aunt for everything1 isn't she8 ,yes1 and her aunt intends her to marry ,mr4 ,lang4 ,poor thing6 ,i can see she is simply miserable at the idea of it4 ,esther took up ,mr4 ,lang's card1 to read the address4 ,he might well say ,west ,kensington was out of the way6 ,if he ever comes again--,i don't mean to be at home4 ,and she tore it into the smallest fragments4 ,,chapter ,,xi4 ,on the ,island4 ,this is what ,i call perfectly delightful1 pronounced ,miss ,waller solemnly4 ,she looked meaningly at ,may1 who stood near1 looking her best in pale blue1 with a big white hat1 but her niece pretended not to hear4 ,a week had elapsed since ,mrs4 ,burnside's visit to the ,inglis girls2 and it was again ,saturday afternoon4 ,it had been a week of absolutely tropical heat1 exhausting to a degree2 and ,mr4 ,lang1 noticing ,may's pale cheeks1 had proposed a trip up the river in his steam-launch4 ,so1 with their mutual friends the ,wingates1 and some other people1 they were now bound for an island some distance above ,kingston1 where they intended to land and have tea4 ,after the scorching and crowded streets1 the river1 with its green1 tree-shaded banks1 was indeed a pleasant change2 and1 had she been free from care1 ,may would have greatly enjoyed watching the numerous gay boats and launches filled with happy holiday-makers4 ,but the presence of ,mr4 ,lang--vulgar1 fussy1 and pretentious--spoiled everything1 and she avoided him as much as possible1 greatly to her aunt's disgust4 ,the island at which they presently arrived was very small2 and so crowded with people that at another time the scene would have amused ,may4 ,they landed with some difficulty1 amid the crowd of skiffs1 punts1 and canoes1 which were moored to the banks2 and had to walk warily1 not to tread upon their late occupants1 who were now grouped round every variety of tea equipage1 arrayed in every kind of costume4 ,one or two people1 ostentatious like themselves1 were attended by liveried servants to turn the whole thing into a burlesque2 but the great mass had spread their tea with their own hands1 and it was comical to see how their ideas of a picnic varied4 ,here would be a homely meal with thick enamelled tea-things1 huge chunks of bread-and-butter1 and shrimps or watercress for a relish4 ,next door would be an aristocratic party with a silver teapot1 fairy-like china1 expensive cakes1 and fruit on artistic dessert plates4 ,here a stout materfamilias1 purple with the heat1 struggled to satisfy her hungry brood of eight with hastily buttered rolls2 there a pair of lovers1 oblivious of all else1 sat partaking of nectar and ambrosia1 in imagination a thousand miles away4 ,everywhere was good humour1 laughter1 and happiness4 ,at last1 after his usual bustle1 ,mr4 ,lang contrived to secure a vacant spot for his party2 though not without an angry argument with some plainly dressed people who1 with scant respect for ,african millionaires1 declined to move their common delft tea-service to make way for his costly ,dresden4 ,whilst the footman spread the cloth ,may sat abstractedly gazing over the sunlit river1 when suddenly she caught a glimpse in an approaching boat of a figure which made her heart leap4 ,surely that stalwart young man in flannels1 rowing two girls towards the island1 was ,harold ,inglis6 ,with consummate skill he steered his cockleshell craft to the bank1 then helped his sisters out1 and1 carrying a basket1 came to find a place to sit down4 ,what a handsome girl6 murmured more than one of ,mr4 ,lang's party as ,esther advanced with her queenly gait4 ,may1 delighted1 rose to greet her4 ,how wonderful to meet you here6 exclaimed ,miss ,inglis4 ,harold had to come up to town on business1 and we persuaded him to bring us up the river4 ,so glad to see you again1 ,mrs4 ,burnside1 said the young doctor as they shook hands2 his honest ,english face flushing as his glance met hers4 ,that glance and that handclasp seemed to throw a flood of light upon the secret places of ,may's soul2 for suddenly she realised that she loved him better than her life4 ,he was1 and always must be1 the one man in the world to her4 ,miss ,waller was not pleased at this addition to their party2 but she could not interfere when ,mr4 ,lang pressed the ,inglises to join the circle assembled at tea4 ,nor could they well refuse3 though independent ,esther insisted on making use of the provisions they had brought with them4 ,harold stationed himself beside ,may1 as a matter of course1 and contrived1 under cover of the lively chatter of the rest1 to tell her about the new patients he had secured at ,beachbourne1 and hear what she had been doing in ,london4 ,it was a very harmless1 matter-of-fact conversation1 but it drew down many jealous glances from ,mr4 ,lang1 which ,may perceived1 but did not heed4 ,why should she not enjoy this brief moment of happiness8 ,shall ,i see you again before ,i leave8 ,i'm going back on ,monday1 ,harold observed wistfully1 when the tea-things had been packed up for the return journey4 ,illustration3 ,if he ever comes again6 ,but she shook her head1 knowing it was useless to invite him to call upon her aunt2 nor could she promise to visit ,windermere ,mansions4 ,we shall be returning the end of next week1 ,i hope1 she answered hurriedly1 sorry to seem so inhospitable4 ,i shall be so glad to leave ,london6 ,now1 ,mrs4 ,burnside1 interrupted ,mr4 ,lang1 bustling up1 your aunt's invited me to dine with you at eight2 and if ,i'm to be back in time to dress1 we must look sharp4 ,sorry to have to say good-bye to you1 ,miss ,inglis1 he added1 turning to stately ,esther with his most patronising air4 ,i wish ,i could ask you to come back in the launch with us2 but there's so little room4 ,thank you1 ,i prefer a rowing-boat4 ,i thoroughly disapprove of steam launches on a crowded river like the ,thames1 calmly responded she2 whilst ,miss ,waller gasped1 open-mouthed1 at such effrontery4 ,imagine a beggarly girl in an office daring to address such criticism to the great ,mr4 ,lang6 ,the lovers had perforce to separate1 for the rowing-boat would1 of course1 be soon left behind by the launch4 ,may took her seat with a sinking heart at the prospect of ,mr4 ,lang's company for the rest of the day2 and ,harold was so silent all the way home that ,esther commented on it as they disembarked4 ,so this is the end of my little treat in honour of my rise of salary6 she ruefully remarked4 ,i thought it would be pleasant on the river2 but ,i feel almost sorry we came4 ,certainly1 ,mrs4 ,poyser was right in her opinion of 'pleasuring-days4' ,,chapter ,,xii4 ,reprieved4 ,now1 ,may1 began ,miss ,waller in her most portentous tone1 on ,monday morning1 ,i must have an explanation with you4 ,i'm going home this week1 for it's ruinously expensive being here2 and to-day ,mr4 ,lang is coming for his answer4 ,without any beating about the bush1 ,i expect you to marry him4 ,oh1 aunt1 don't--don't6 entreated ,may1 wringing her hands4 ,i cannot marry ,mr4 ,lang4 ,what childish nonsense6 ,fancy refusing a house in ,palace ,gardens1 and all that money6 ,i can't and won't marry him4 ,very well1 then1 you and ,doris must find another home4 ,i have pinched myself to keep you in luxury2 but if you will be so wickedly blind to your plain duty1 ,i wash my hands of you4 ,i don't care one bit for myself1 aunt2 ,i could earn a living1 ,i'm sure1 and ,i'd gladly do it4 ,let me try1 pleaded ,may1 ,i will promise never to cost you another penny1 if you will only be so kind as to give ,doris a home until ,i am able to keep her myself4 ,which will not be till ,doomsday4 ,talk of earning your living--what rubbish6 ,why1 you haven't even one decent accomplishment4 ,no1 if you leave my house1 ,doris goes1 too2 ,i won't have the little spoilt monkey left on my hands4 ,but1 aunt---- ,besides1 think what advantages you could give ,doris if you married ,mr4 ,lang--the best possible education1 horses1 carriages1 ,continental trips1 everything6 ,if you really cared at all for your child1 you couldn't hesitate for a minute4 ,it was a clever argument1 and it made ,may waver as nothing else could2 and ,miss ,waller did not know whether to be glad or sorry that just then ,mr4 ,lang himself was announced4 ,don't go1 ,miss ,waller1 he began1 as the spinster1 after a few casual observations1 was about to leave the room4 ,i've nothing to say to ,mrs4 ,burnside you may not hear as well4 ,your niece knows by this time that ,i am anxious to have her for my wife4 ,i want to marry and settle down now1 and ,i can promise you1 he added1 turning to face ,may for the first time1 a most luxurious home--you've seen it--both for yourself and your little girl4 ,your aunt wishes it1 ,i know2 and ,i hope1 ,mrs4 ,burnside--,may--you'll make me very happy by saying you'll be my wife before ,christmas4 ,he came closer1 and would have taken her hand2 but she started back4 ,her aunt's basilisk eyes were fixed on her1 to add to her discomfiture2 but she said as firmly as she could1 ,i am very grateful for your kindness1 ,mr4 ,lang2 nevertheless1 ,i must refuse your offer1 for ,i do not love you1 and ,i could not marry any man unless ,i did4 ,now1 really1 ,miss ,waller1 remonstrated the plutocrat1 turning with an injured air to the wrathful spinster1 ,i call this too bad6 ,it was understood between us that you would prepare ,mrs4 ,burnside1 so that it might all be plain sailing4 ,i'm not accustomed to ask and be refused1 ,i can tell you4 ,may must have lost her senses to reject such an offer1 ,mr4 ,lang1 returned ,miss ,waller1 with an annihilating glance at her niece4 ,she is an ungrateful1 undutiful girl2 and if she refuses you1 ,i will have nothing more to do with her4 ,well1 rejoined ,mr4 ,lang1 with a gulp1 as if swallowing something very nauseous to the taste1 ,i must confess ,i didn't expect to be sent to the right-about like this4 ,however1 young ladies often change their minds2 and perhaps1 when ,mrs4 ,burnside thinks my offer quietly over1 she may alter her opinion4 ,i've great faith in your persuasions1 ,miss ,waller4 ,i've just had a telegram1 saying a fall of rock has damaged the machinery at the ,springkloof1 and ,i'm wanted out there1 so ,i must sail for the ,cape at once4 ,i expect to be away some months2 by ,november ,i shall probably be back in ,england4 ,i give ,mrs4 ,burnside until then to consider my offer2 ,i won't look upon this as a final rejection4 ,i'm sure1 when she thinks of all ,i'm in a position to offer1 she can't be so foolish as to refuse4 ,how kind--how generous6 exclaimed ,miss ,waller1 as ,may stood in stony silence4 ,i promise in my niece's name that when you come back she will accept you4 ,i hope we shall see you again before you leave8 ,well1 no1 for ,i've a lot to do before ,i go4 ,but ,i'll write to you2 and as soon as ,i possibly can ,i shall return for ,mrs4 ,burnside's answer4 ,illustration3 ,how wonderful to meet you here6--p4 #eac4 ,as if in a sick dream1 with this threat ringing in her ears1 ,may mechanically tendered him her limp hand in farewell4 ,when they were once more alone her aunt said in crisp1 dry tones3 ,i shall return to ,beachbourne on ,wednesday1 and make arrangements for spending ,august and ,september in visiting amongst our friends in the country4 ,we have plenty of invitations4 ,i have said all ,i need say on the subject of ,mr4 ,lang4 ,meanwhile1 you can choose between ,palace ,gardens and every luxury1 and a life of starvation and beggary for you and ,doris4 ,despite the apparent calm with which ,mr4 ,lang had taken ,may's rejection of his flattering offer1 he was nevertheless in a very bad temper when he left the house and jumped into his victoria4 ,he was not accustomed to rebuffs--which made the fact that he had just been rejected by a penniless widow1 only saved from actual want by her aunt's charity1 doubly galling4 ,i'm mad to care so much about a pale-faced girl with nothing to say for herself2 and ,i really ought to do better4 ,i could easily marry a lady of title1 or anybody ,i choose2 and it would serve her right if ,i went straight off and proposed to somebody else1 just to show her that rich husbands don't grow on every bush6 ,revenge is always the first thought of a mean mind which is smarting from a sense of injury4 ,mr4 ,lang chuckled over this idea for some time1 and the result was1 that when ,esther ,inglis entered their one sitting-room about half-past five that day1 she found ,mr4 ,lang seated in the most comfortable chair1 awaiting her4 ,she instantly assumed her thorny manner2 but it had no more effect than it would have had upon a rhinoceros4 ,i've come to say good-bye for the present1 ,miss ,inglis1 he airily remarked1 as if his visit were a matter of course4 ,i leave to-morrow for ,johannesburg on business2 and as ,i shall probably see your brother1 it would give me great pleasure to take charge of anything you may wish to send him4 ,esther's handsome face relaxed4 ,really it was very kind and thoughtful of ,mr4 ,lang1 who1 with his influence1 might prove a valuable friend to ,jack4 ,it is very good of you1 and in his last letter ,jack asked us to send him some collars and ties2 they are such a fearful price at ,johannesburg1 and not good4 ,but they are not bought yet1 and you say you leave to-morrow8 ,yes1 but the shops will not be closed for some time1 and my victoria is at the door1 if you will honour me by using it to go where you wish4 ,esther hesitated a moment2 but the opportunity of saving expensive and troublesome postage1 besides serving ,jack1 was too good to lose4 ,mr4 ,lang rose1 and indicated a box lying on the table4 ,illustration3 ,oh1 don't thank me4 ,i've brought you a little fruit1 ,miss ,inglis1 just sent to me from my country place near ,dorking4 ,my head-gardener prides himself on his peaches and nectarines2 but ,i must leave you to judge4 ,oh1 thank you6 cried ,esther1 with sparkling eyes2 for she had not tasted a nectarine since leaving ,mallowfleld4 ,in a moment she had undone the satin ribbon which tied down the lid1 and was feasting her eyes on such peaches as she had seldom seen4 ,as you seem fond of fruit1 ,i'll give orders to my gardener to send you a box periodically1 observed ,mr4 ,lang4 ,oh1 don't thank me2 ,i shall be away1 and somebody may as well enjoy it4 ,and if you'll have the parcel and letters ready1 my footman shall call for them to-morrow morning4 ,he accompanied ,esther down to the street1 where his beautifully appointed carriage was waiting2 and it must be confessed she enjoyed finding herself seated behind a spruce coachman and footman once more4 ,you will take this lady's orders1 pompously commanded ,mr4 ,lang4 ,keep the carriage as long as you like1 ,miss ,inglis1 and ,i'll not forget about the parcel4 ,so manifest was his desire to propitiate1 that ,esther could do no less than bid him a civil farewell1 with the hope that he might have a pleasant journey4 ,then she rolled away1 looking so much at home in the smart carriage that ,mr4 ,lang gazed after her admiringly4 ,by ,jove1 how well she sets the whole thing off6 ,looks like a lady used to carriages all her life4 ,may ,burnside really isn't a patch upon ,esther ,inglis2 there is no mistake about that6 ,had ,miss ,waller only been there to hear him1 she might well have trembled for the success of her darling scheme of marrying ,may to a rich man4 ,,end ,,of ,,chapter ,,twelve4 ,illustration3 ,,easter ,,egg ,,rolling ,,in ,,washington ,going to ,mr4 ,president's6 ,that is what the hundreds of little boys and girls will tell you any ,easter ,monday morning1 should you chance to stop them and ask their destination as they go toddling along the streets of ,washington with baskets of eggs hanging on their arms and a glad delight shining in their eyes4 ,they make up a very mixed crowd1 these children6 ,there is the dainty little miss in richly embroidered frock and wide silk sash1 with one tiny hand held tightly in the grasp of a big negro nurse and the other hand clasping lovingly a basket of pretty coloured eggs2 there is another little girl in a very clean but much-faded gingham or print apron1 trotting along at her mother's side--the mother dressed1 perchance1 in shabby black1 belonging to the class known in the ,southern part of the ,states as the poor whites2 there is also the trio of little darkey girls1 dancing merrily along the sidewalk1 swinging their egg-baskets as though with intention of spilling the eggs over passers-by1 yet never quite dropping them1 and singing the while as they keep step-- ,tra la la la1 tra la la la1 ,easter ,monday morning6 ,there are nice1 smart-looking little boys1 strutting along proudly in their first pair of knickerbockers1 with pockets bulging out with ,easter eggs1 their black nurses walking just a few steps behind them2 there are the poor white boys whose clothes are patched and boots worn with toes protruding4 ,on other days they sell newspapers1 black boots1 and do odd jobbs to earn a few cents1 but on ,easter ,monday morning they somehow get together a collection of coloured eggs and go to see the ,president4 ,then there are the little black boys1 some smartly dressed 7for many of the coloured people of ,washington are well-to-do71 and others as shabby as shabby can be4 ,but no matter4 ,are they not provided with ,easter ,monday eggs and going up to the ,white ,house to see ,mr4 ,president1 who every ,easter ,monday gives over his beautiful lawn to as many little boys and girls as like to go and see him1 and roll their eggs over the grassy slopes that look out over the ,potomac ,river8 ,illustration3 ,lester ,ralph4 ,,the ,,invasion ,,of ,,the ,,president',s ,,lawn4 ,on no other day during the year does ,washington present so interesting and picturesque an appearance as on ,easter ,monday1 and it is the happiest day of all the year with the children of the ,capitol ,city4 ,in ,england1 of course1 ,easter ,monday is always a ,bank ,holiday1 but not so in the ,united ,states4 ,in ,new ,york and other large ,american cities banks and shops and schools are open as usual2 but in the district of ,columbia1 where ,washington is situated1 it is a legal holiday4 ,that in itself makes it a happy time for the children4 ,then1 add to the joy of having no lessons to learn the fact that they are allowed to take dozens of coloured eggs to the ,white ,house lawn and play the games of egg-picking and egg-rolling as the specially invited guests of the ,president of the ,united ,states1 and it will be easily understood how festive an occasion is ,easter ,monday to the children of ,washington4 ,not even the oldest inhabitants of ,washington can remember the time when the boys and girls of the city did not celebrate ,easter ,monday by egg-rolling1 although the children of fifty years ago rolled their eggs down ,capitol ,hill1 under the shadow of the magnificent ,capitol building1 instead of on the ,white ,house lawn4 ,year after year the children of former generations trudged up the great hill with their egg-baskets over their arms and had the happiest times imaginable with their ,easter games4 ,one ,easter ,monday1 however1 about twenty years ago1 hundreds of boys and girls went to ,capitol ,hill with their eggs just as they had done in previous years1 when they were astonished to be hustled off the grounds by special messengers and policemen from the ,senate and ,house of ,representatives1 who declared that the distinguished ,senators and ,congressmen in convention assembled had made up their minds that their door-yard was no longer to be disfigured for days after ,easter ,monday with broken eggs and vari-coloured shells6 ,they were weary of having their highly polished boots smeared with yolks of eggs1 and ,easter ,monday egg-rolling in ,washington was to be ended6 ,then there went up all about the precincts of the nation's ,capitol a loud wail of anguish and wrath from hundreds of childish throats1 in which the numerous nurses and attendants joined4 ,many boys and girls gathered on the steps of the building1 sobbing in disappointment1 some of the larger boys throwing out direful hints of vengeance to be wreaked on the heads of the nation's law-makers2 but the stately ,senators remained stony-hearted1 in spite of it all4 ,in the midst of the tearful hubbub the ,president's carriage drove past1 and ,president ,hayes 7the then head of the nation7 drew up near the portico to inquire why the children wept instead of rolling their eggs on ,easter ,monday4 ,a chorus of voices informed him that the nasty ,senators wouldn't let them play any more because they messed up the grounds2 and then again from the throng of little ones confronting the ,president there arose fresh outbursts of grief and indignation4 ,illustration3 ,lester ,ralph4 ,,going ,,to ,,mr4 ,,president',s4 ,never you mind1 children1 said ,president ,hayes soothingly4 ,you may come right up to my house and play in my back yard4 ,then the mourning was turned to rejoicing4 ,every child knew that in all the city of ,washington there was not so wonderful a back yard as that which belonged to the ,white ,house4 ,its beautifully kept slopes were ideal places for egg-rolling1 and then there was the great fountain in the middle of the lawn6 ,so when the ,president's carriage started to return to the ,white ,house1 it was followed by several hundred boys and girls swinging their egg-baskets1 and singing and shouting out their gratitude to the ,president of the ,united ,states1 who was going to let them play in his garden4 ,i doubt if ever an ,american ,president had an escort of which he had such cause to feel proud as that which accompanied ,president ,hayes to the ,white ,house gates on that memorable ,easter ,monday4 ,illustration3 ,lester ,ralph4 ,,on ,,the ,,way ,,to ,,the ,,white ,,house4 ,outside the gates they were kept waiting for about an hour1 while the ,president gave his hurried instructions to the gardeners to put the place in readiness4 ,at eleven o'clock the gates swung open1 and from that time till six o'clock the children rolled their eggs4 ,ever since then ,washington children have gone regularly every ,easter ,monday to play in the ,president's back yard1 each of ,president ,hayes's successors having kept up the custom of inserting in the ,washington papers each year an invitation to all the children residents of the town to spend the day rolling eggs on the lawn4 ,in ,president ,hayes's time his own children joined in the sport1 and during the last term of ,president ,cleveland the ,president's little girls1 who were considered too young to roll eggs with the elder children1 were kept on the back portico with their mother or their nurse1 where they could watch the progress of the games4 ,two years ago1 on ,easter ,monday1 ,i spent the day on the ,white ,house lawn1 watching the big ,presidential children's party1 as it is called4 ,the gates were opened at a little after ten o'clock1 and during the day there were several thousand children playing in the grounds4 ,many of the children1 besides carrying their baskets of eggs1 carried also their luncheon-baskets1 and when tired of games they sat about on the grass1 picnic-fashion1 eating bread-and-butter and cakes and hard-boiled eggs4 ,i should here mention that1 although the ,president does not consider it necessary to make any rules for the preservation of order among his young guests--it being taken for granted that all children invited to the ,president's garden will behave in their very best style--he always requests that those who accept his invitation to roll their eggs on his lawn will be particular to bring with them only eggs that are thoroughly hard boiled1 for in the game of egg-picking the use of raw or soft-boiled eggs would be1 to say the least1 most inconvenient6 ,the game of egg-picking is a very simple one1 although it is entered into most enthusiastically by the boys and girls4 ,the children separate themselves into groups of eight or ten1 then seat themselves on the grass at the top of the slopes and roll their eggs down to the bottom4 ,the eggs that make the descent without getting cracked or picked may be brought back and re-rolled1 until they do get cracked or until the game is over1 while those that get picked are placed back in the baskets4 ,the boy who can hit his neighbour's egg and pick it without picking his own is looked upon as something of a hero4 ,of course1 toward the end of the game many of the players drop out1 all of their eggs having got picked4 ,very often the players are reduced to two who show themselves particularly expert1 and then there is great excitement watching for the winner4 ,besides the game of egg-picking there are egg-ball games1 egg croquet games2 but plain egg-rolling1 which consists of rolling eggs down the slopes1 going after them1 and rolling them again and again1 seems to be the favourite amusement4 ,then1 too1 the children engage in jumping the rope and other similar amusements4 ,although many of the children spend the entire day on the lawn1 numbers of them remain for a couple of hours only4 ,by this means the grounds are not kept so crowded as they would otherwise be4 ,the hours between three and five o'clock1 however1 are considered the most enjoyable1 as during that time the ,president always arranges to have the ,marine ,baud to entertain the children with music1 and it is at that time also that the ,president makes his appearance out on the back portico to greet the children4 ,it is1 of course1 thoroughly understood that so busy a man as the ,president cannot spend his whole day with his young visitors4 ,he entertains them by turning over his grounds to them1 and they enjoy themselves in their own way without molestation4 ,on the afternoon of the ,easter ,monday which ,i spent in ,washington ,president ,mc,kinley came out on the portico at about half-past three4 ,he took off his hat and waved it to the children1 who all gathered as near as possible about the portico and shouted out-- ,howdy do1 ,mr4 ,president8 ,howdy do1 howdy do8--the boys taking off their caps and the little girls waving their handkerchiefs4 ,how do you do1 children8 ,glad to see you1 and hope you are having a good time6 shouted back the ,president4 ,illustration3 ,lester ,ralph4 ,,president ,mc,k,i,n,l,e,y ,,greeting ,,his ,,young ,,visitors4 ,splendid time1 ,mr4 ,president1 and thank you for your invitation1 called back the delighted little guests4 ,that's right6 returned the ,president1 laughing4 ,i hope you'll all come again next ,easter ,monday4 ,thank you1 ,mr4 ,president4 ,good-bye1 good-bye6 shouted the children4 ,then ,president ,mc,kinley went back to his duties of ,state and the children returned to their egg-rolling4 ,mrs4 ,mc,kinley sat on the portico most of the afternoon watching the merriment4 ,occasionally a little boy or girl would edge up to the portico1 and push a blue or red egg through the railings1 saying3 ,please1 ,mrs4 ,president1 ,i've brought you one of my eggs to keep6 ,mrs4 ,mc,kinley accepted the little presents with the sweetest of smiles and a ,thank you4 ,at about two o'clock in the afternoon the ,white ,house lawn looked like a large picnic ground4 ,some of the children had brought napkins to lay upon the grass when they should be ready to eat their luncheon1 and on the napkins they spread their boiled eggs and bread-and-butter4 ,one little girl1 when ,i complimented her on her daintiness1 explained3 ,i does it so ,i won't get eggshells on ,mr4 ,president's grass6 ,my mamma told me ,i must be careful1 cos it wouldn't be very nice if the ,president of the ',nited ,states had to go round to-morrow picking up eggshells after me6 ,during the afternoon there were several slight accidents at the fountain4 ,some of the children delighted in digging all the meat from their eggs through the smallest possible aperture and then floating the empty shells in the lower basin of the fountain where the water was undisturbed4 ,in trying to keep their improvised ships from sailing away1 two little girls fell into the water1 but they were quickly rescued by their nurses and taken home to be dried4 ,at five o'clock the crowd began to disperse1 and at a little past six the small guests of the ,president had all left the lawn and were on their way to their various homes4 ,such a variety of homes1 indeed1 they went to6 ,some to magnificent mansions on ,connecticut ,avenue4 ,their fathers were high ,government officials1 ,senators1 members of the ,cabinet1 and their mothers well-known society women4 ,other little boys and girls went to very humble homes and minded their little baby brothers and sisters while their mothers got supper2 and then there were the homes in the localities given over almost entirely to the negro population4 ,before the ,war their parents and grandparents had been slaves1 little dreaming that their descendants would ever be invited along with the children of the aristocratic whites to play in the ,president's back yard6 ,by the way1 what a sight that back yard did present on the morning following ,easter ,monday6 ,there were four gardeners busily at work with rakes and brooms and baskets4 ,they were gathering up the litter of eggshells1 breadcrumbs1 bits of paper1 lost playthings1 and tiny bits of muslin and calico that had somehow got torn off the dresses of some of the children4 ,at the fountain one of the gardeners was fishing out pieces of string and floating shells4 ,it was four o'clock when the garden was finally picked up and shorn of its festive appearance4 ,it was then absolutely spick and span1 and no one could ever have guessed that the day before it had been a playground for several thousand children6 ,,elizabeth ,l4 ,,banks4 ,illustration3 decorative ,,forgiveness4 ,within a spacious hall1 before a fire ,whose flick'ring light danced weirdly on his brow1 ,stood ,peter mutely brooding o'er his vow ,to die with ,christ1 though thousands should conspire ,to wreak their vengeance1 profitless and dire1 ,on ,christ and all who faith in ,him avow4 ,with sin the soul of ,peter struggled now1 ,when1 ,known1 or not1 to ,jesus8 men inquire4 ,i know ,him not--thus1 falsely1 thrice he swore2 ,and think you that because this weak man fell ,the ,god-,man would deny him evermore8 ,christ looked upon him1 and that look did spell3 ,for thee ,my soul shall on the ,cross be riven1 ,and1 therefore1 ,peter1 is thy sin forgiven6 ,,louis ,h4 ,,victory4 ,illustration3 ,,our ,,roll ,,of ,,heroic ,,deeds ,the above picture records a brave attempted rescue on the part of ,private ,frederick ,lakeman ,banks1 of the ,london ,rifle ,brigade4 ,when on the way to the ,rainham ,rifle ,range some time ago1 ,banks and several of his companions were attracted to this spot by the cries of some bystanders1 who stated that a child had fallen into the thick muddy water of the tidal creek and had disappeared4 ,banks immediately threw off his coat1 plunged into the filthy water1 and after a three minutes' search succeeded in finding the boy4 ,unhappily1 the child was past help2 but1 all the same1 the gallantry displayed by the rescuer was rewarded by the bestowal of the ,bronze ,medal of ,,the ,,quiver ,heroes' ,fund4 ,illustration3 ,,miss ,,lucretia',s ,,new ,,idea4 ,h ,v ,brock ,a ,,complete ,,story4 ,by ,m4 ,h4 ,cornwall ,legh1 ,author of ,the ,steep ,ascent1 ,etc4 ,i4 ,so poor ,annie is dead6 ,miss ,lucretia repeated as she laid down the black-edged letter which she had just read through for the third time and wiped her eyes with a handkerchief already damp and flabby4 ,poor ,annie6 ,so soon after poor ,edward's death too6 ,and now ,i wonder what will become of poor little ,amy8 ,she repeated the adjective which seemed most appropriate as often as she liked1 for she was only speaking to herself4 ,miss ,lucretia lived alone in a very small house1 which was one of a row1 all just alike1 with a bow-window apiece for their glory1 and a little bit of garden and a fence and a gate4 ,they were called ,primrose ,cottages1 despite the fact that there were no primroses about them4 ,thirlambury was a very dull1 behind-the-age little town1 and people thought ,miss ,lucretia a very dull1 behind-the-age little lady4 ,she thought so herself2 for she had always taken life meekly4 ,lucretia was the only one of the three sisters--of whose happy girlhood together the old maid was thinking as she wiped away her tears--who had been at all meek4 ,constantia and ,ann had both been strong-charactered1 masterful girls1 in accordance with the traditions of their family4 ,with ,constantia this decided turn had met with the happiest development4 ,it had enabled her to manage to perfection a husband and family1 and it was with pardonable pride that she now looked at her six successful sons and daughters1 all brought up just as they should have been1 physically1 intellectually1 and morally2 of whom the last had just left the nursery for the school-room4 ,with ,ann the family characteristics had gone in the wrong direction4 ,her strong will had led her to marry a very unsatisfactory little man1 whom his family finally exported to ,new ,zealand1 with her and their four children1 rejoicing over the happy riddance4 ,out there ,constantia did not like to say1 providentially1 though that was the adverb which suggested itself--the four children took diphtheria1 and every one of them died4 ,when the grass had grown green on those four graves1 another child was born--little ,amy--and ,aunt ,lucretia was asked to be its godmother4 ,and now1 there was this child of five years old left without either parent4 ,they had not been first-class parents1 but ,miss ,lucretia did not think of that2 her heart being of too old-fashioned make for such philosophy4 ,an orphan1 poor little dear6 she said to herself1 and her handkerchief became damp again at the thought4 ,constantia has arranged already about her being brought to ,england1 ,miss ,lucretia soliloquised4 7,being alone1 she had got into the way of soliloquising47 ,how prompt ,constantia always is6 ,and now what will become of the child8 ,it was not an idle speculation4 ,miss ,lucretia was revolving something in her mind--an idea so new1 so absorbing1 that over it her eyes dried1 and she put back the letter into its envelope with untrembling fingers4 ,i am sure ,i could do it6 she said at last1 speaking aloud this time1 and with a great deal of determination4 ,a child of five cannot cost much to keep1 and there are many little ways in which ,i could reduce my expenditure4 ,then she relapsed into silent thought again4 ,she was making deep calculations1 wondering how an income which just sufficed for her and her faithful ,fanny could be stretched at the four corners so as to cover the expenses of one more member of humanity4 ,such a little member that in a large household she could be received and fed and clothed for some years to come without any perceptible difference in the outgoings2 but this was a very small household1 and the matter had to be considered4 ,miss ,lucretia's income was of the kind described as modest2 but she was a careful manager1 and1 as everybody knew how poor she was1 nothing was expected of her in the way of entertaining beyond a quiet cup of afternoon tea1 and the promoters of charity lists went away from her door contented if she only gave half-a-crown4 ,she always did give the half-crown1 and a penny to the organ-grinder who came round weekly1 and sixpence each to the butcher's boy1 the baker's boy1 and the grocer's boy at ,christmas2 the same every year1 not allowing herself any wild excursions of charity till the regular subscriptions had been provided for4 ,but it was not in her philanthropies that ,miss ,lucretia proposed making her substantial reductions4 ,there were a great many little luxuries which could be curtailed4 ,regarding food1 people would have said that no one was more economical than ,miss ,lucretia1 but ,miss ,lucretia herself knew better4 ,it was true that there never was any waste in this little establishment4 ,a pound of meat was never ordered when three-quarters of a pound would do2 and every scrap of food was eaten4 ,but the meat and the milk and the butter ordered for #d1 ,primrose ,cottages were always of the very best4 ,the eggs must be newlaid1 and not selected4 ,the pot of jam--preserves1 ,miss ,lucretia called it1 with old-fashioned elegance--in which she and ,fanny indulged once a fortnight1 must be of whole fruit in syrup2 not the marvels of cheapness in two-pound jars4 ,why1 thought ,miss ,lucretia now to herself1 should ,i buy butter at eighteenpence a pound1 when they say the ,normandy butter1 or the ,brittany1 is really excellent8 ,and it does seem a sinful waste to give two shillings for tea when one can get it quite good1 the ,vicar's wife tells me1 at sixteen-pence4 ,indeed1 ,i have seen phenomenal tea at a shilling4 ,and so on4 ,the little lady proceeded with her reductions till she was quite convinced that ,amy's coming need make no real difference in ,fanny's comfort--the question which had pressed most upon her mind4 ,then there were ,amy's clothes to be thought of4 ,well1 they would not cost much4 ,there was a gown hanging up now in the cupboard which might be cut up for her4 ,then there was a crimson merino dress which ,miss ,lucretia had bought last summer for the ,vicarage garden-party--not without some misgivings as to the choice of so unwearing a colour1 but with the solace to her conscience of knowing it could be dyed4 ,that would make a sweet little frock and cloak for ,amy2 for the dress had only been worn twice1 and its wearer had held it up very carefully out of the dust4 ,miss ,lucretia went up to the little box-room opening out of her bedroom1 and turned out a number of old treasures--things she had kept ever since her girlhood1 carefully folded1 wrong side out1 and covered with tissue-paper4 ,here was her bridesmaid's dress for ,constantia's wedding--that would cut up into a lovely ,sunday frock2 and here was a piece of china silk which had never been made up till ,miss ,lucretia grew too old for white dresses2 and other things that would all come in4 ,yes1 she would have no difficulty in dressing little ,amy1 and making her look just as smart as the children at ,beaconsfield ,mansion when occasion arose for it4 ,she hoped the occasions would arise1 that her child would be asked to parties1 like other children1 and with a new interest the old woman thought of the different families of her acquaintance4 ,and now about a room for ,amy4 ,the little box-room must be cleared out1 and that would make a charming nest for her4 ,the old chintz with the rosebuds on it ,miss ,lucretia had just taken from its paper would be the very thing for curtains4 ,a little bed would just fit here behind the door1 and a washstand there1 and so on4 ,miss ,lucretia planned it all out with absorbing interest4 ,the question was1 where was the money to come from for buying the furniture8 ,there were certain things in the box-room which could be sold4 ,miss ,lucretia's harp2 she never played on it now1 and harping was out of fashion1 so it would not be wanted for ,amy4 ,and that portfolio of engravings--and---- ,she had soon marked out enough of her treasures to make the furnishing of the little room an easy matter4 ,then she went downstairs and divulged her great project to ,fanny4 ,her co-operation was very necessary1 and her mistress approached her a little timidly4 ,fanny1 ,i am thinking of having a child to live with me4 ,bless us6 ma'am1 a child8 ,yes1 my poor sister's little orphan4 ,fanny's heart was warm4 ,she listened to ,miss ,lucretia's plans and wishes without any crushing comment1 but at the end she remarked1 ,well1 ,i should have thought as ,mrs4 ,dalrymple would have taken her2 she is so rich and with that big place and all2 but if she don't feel disposed that way1 and you do1 ma'am1 well1 ,i suppose the poor little soul had best come to us4 ,that was quite enough1 and now ,miss ,lucretia hurried out of the house1 and into the ,high ,street1 to inquire about the price of children's beds4 ,it was early in the day1 of course1 to enter into such details1 but then1 the whole affair was so interesting that they could not be put off till to-morrow4 ,as ,miss ,lucretia walked down the ,high ,street1 she was attracted by a toyshop1 and found herself straying into it to inquire the price of a doll in the window4 ,it would be very silly to buy one so soon1 and before any of the necessaries of life were provided for4 ,but the temptation proved too strong for her4 ,she went in and bought it--the first present she would give to her child4 ,miss ,lucretia spent an hour in the furniture shop4 ,she had to arrange first with the proprietor about the sale of her own belongings1 and then to choose the furniture for the room4 ,she found she wanted only the prettiest1 nicest things for ,amy1 though the cheapest for their solid value would have been her main object if for herself4 ,then there was a lovely paper1 with nursery rhyme pictures all over it1 which so fascinated her that she ordered half-a-dozen pieces of it to come on approval4 ,altogether1 it was a most exciting afternoon1 and ,miss ,lucretia came home with a springing step1 and radiant eyes1 and a general bearing of youthfulness1 such as she had not known for the last twenty years4 ,a bright golden glow had suddenly overspread the grey landscape of her life1 such as the sun sometimes throws at sunset1 when it looks out from under a cloud at the end of a long grey day4 ,before the post went out1 she wrote a letter to ,constantia1 announcing her intention of taking ,amy for her own1 which gave a delightful seal of finality to her decision4 ,,ii4 ,i could not have believed that ,lucretia would be so foolish4 ,just fancy6 she wants to adopt ,amy6 was ,mrs4 ,dalrymple's comment1 as she read her sister's letter2 and everyone at the breakfast table exclaimed4 ,it is a very generous idea1 remarked ,mr4 ,dalrymple mildly4 ,he had always been a mild sort of man1 and marriage with ,constantia had not made him less so4 ,generous6 yes4 ,lucretia is always generous4 ,you know the difficulty ,i had in stopping her giving expensive presents to the children2 but it is so very foolish4 ,i shall write her a letter1 of course1 and tell her that we intend to have ,amy ourselves4 ,poor ,lucretia6 ,fancy her with the charge of a child6 ,so ,constantia wrote her letter4 ,it contained about a quarter of the words that ,lucretia had used1 and was very sensible1 kind and decided4 ,there was no answer required to it4 ,great was ,mrs4 ,dalrymple's surprise1 therefore1 when by return of post came a reply1 not of acquiescence1 but setting forth the other aunt's superior claim as godmother1 an idea which1 as ,constantia remarked1 was simply absurd4 ,i shall have to go to ,thirlambury myself1 she said3 though it is not very convenient4 ,it was often not very convenient to go to ,thirlambury4 ,illustration3 ,then she divulged her great project to ,fanny4 ,h ,v ,brock ,in the meantime1 ,miss ,lucretia had been indulging in her new day-dream1 till every bit of her life had been remodelled in anticipation1 and brought into harmony with her coming work and responsibility as an adopted mother4 ,already she attached to herself that beautiful title1 the missing of which had been the sole sorrow of her life4 ,as a young girl1 ,lucretia's day-dreams had not been of lovers1 but of marriage2 the joys of children clinging round her neck1 the merry voices about the house1 the little feet pattering up and down4 ,and now she counted the days to the one coming so near1 when she should feel the real warm arms of little ,amy clasped round godmamma's neck1 and fold the child in her own with the new wonderful joy of possession4 ,she felt that she could hold up her head again among women1 and that the life which a week ago had seemed to hold nothing more except advancing infirmities was full of new possibilities and ever-increasing interest4 ,miss ,lucretia lived again4 ,miss ,lucretia actually bought the bed1 which the shopman had urged her to purchase at once1 or it might be gone1 as he had no other bedstead for a child4 ,as ,miss ,lucretia relinquished one after another of her own comforts and conveniences1 the blessedness of giving grew more and more apparent to her4 ,nothing in life had ever given her a joy like the joy of this sacrifice4 ,four days had passed so1 and ,miss ,lucretia was just planning which plot of the small garden space allowed to a ,primrose cottage might be spared from beans and cauliflowers to make a flowerbed for ,amy1 when a ring was heard at the door-bell4 ,miss ,lucretia answered it herself1 as ,fanny was out1 and there stood ,constantia6 ,illustration3 ,there stood ,constantia6 ,miss ,lucretia was always delighted to see her sister1 and made the most of her rather infrequent visits4 ,but to-day a kind of misgiving came over her at the unexpected sight of ,constantia's smiling face2 and a sensation of defeat as ,constantia uttered1 in her brisk1 cheerful voice1 the words1 ,and how are you1 ,lucretia8 ,you didn't expect to see me8 ,lucretia welcomed her1 as usual1 and took her into the little parlour1 which was drawing-room or dining-room according to the time of day4 ,it was drawing-room now1 and the dining-table stood folded1 with a cloth and some ornaments on it1 in a corner2 everything was as neat and carefully arranged as it always was2 each chair in that particular spot which experience had proved to be the best for it4 ,how nice and tidy you always look1 ,lucretia1 was ,mrs4 ,dalrymple's first remark1 as she sat down with a genial laugh in the visitor's arm-chair4 ,you must be struck with the difference when you come to ,the ,towers4 ,with six children1 it is impossible to keep everything in its place6 ,miss ,lucretia asked after the six children1 categorically1 staving off the subject which she knew very well had brought her sister to ,thirlambury4 ,the girls are as well as possible1 answered their mother1 massing them1 for brevity2 and they are all looking forward so much to having ,amy4 ,mrs4 ,dalrymple was a person who took bulls by their horns4 ,she always knew exactly what she intended to do with the bull--the great secret of success in life--and was quite sure about its being the best thing that could be done4 ,but ,i intended to have ,amy1 answered ,miss ,lucretia1 in almost as firm a voice1 but putting herself at a disadvantage at once by her slip of the past tense4 ,yes1 ,i know you did4 ,you wrote me all about it4 ,it was exceedingly kind and good of you to think of such a thing1 but1 of course1 it was quite out of the question4 ,as ,i told you when ,i wrote1 we intend to take her4 ,didn't you get my second letter8 ,yes1 and ,i saw by that you did not quite understand mine to you4 ,i wrote in a hurry1 and ,i suppose ,i did not make myself clear4 ,constantia ,dalrymple was under the impression that she was the most truthful of women4 ,you made yourself perfectly clear1 answered ,lucretia1 with a quiet dignity which was not usual with her4 ,but before you spoke of taking the child1 ,i had made up my mind to do so4 ,i have spoken to ,fanny about it1 and she is perfectly willing to accept the extra economies we shall have to practise1 and any trouble ,amy will give her4 ,of course1 ,i shall take charge of her myself4 ,how good of ,fanny6 ,i have always thought she must have enough to do with the whole work of your house1 and she works a good deal in the garden1 too1 does she not8 ,miss ,lucretia looked a trifle uncomfortable4 ,i think ,fanny will enjoy having a young life about the house1 she replied1 rather hurriedly2 just as ,i shall myself4 ,constantia smiled4 ,it was not exactly a nice smile1 but perhaps she did not know that4 ,i do not think either you or ,fanny have had much to do with children1 she said4 ,it is all very well to have them with you for a few hours at a time1 when they are in their best frocks and on their best behaviour1 and you have nothing to do with them except amuse them4 ,but when you have the whole responsibility of a child1 and are obliged to look after her from morning till night1 it is a very different thing4 ,of course it is1 said ,miss ,lucretia4 ,it was that very fact1 comprising as it did the constant demand on time and thought and labour1 with all the rich reward of corresponding affection from the child in its dependence1 that made the sweetness of this dream of motherhood4 ,but ,lucretia could not put this into words4 ,she was never very fluent with her deeper ideas1 which were1 perhaps1 instincts rather than formulated notions1 and she was least fluent of all with ,constantia4 ,and how could you ever afford it8 went on ,mrs4 ,dalrymple4 ,lucretia explained her scheme of retrenchment1 and all her little plans4 ,but you won't be able to go on dressing ,amy with your old things for ever1 said ,constantia4 ,and1 then1 there will be hats and boots and shoes4 ,she may be ill1 too2 children have to go through measles and whooping-cough1 and that sort of thing3 how will you afford to pay the doctor8 ,lucretia was silent for a moment2 ,constantia had such a very convincing way of saying things1 and making all that was unpractical and visionary appear so2 but she was not really vanquished4 ,i think one must trust for that---- she began1 at which ,constantia smiled again4 ,how about schooling1 too8 ,a girl's education is a very expensive thing nowadays4 ,i am sure ,edie and ,gwendoline have cost us as much as the boys4 ,amy is only five now1 and for some years to come ,i think of teaching her myself4 ,the present tense this time1 for she was on her mettle4 ,you know we were very thoroughly grounded by ,miss ,cox4 ,that is a long time ago1 ,lucretia6 ,yes1 it is a long time1 but ,i suppose the principles of grammar and arithmetic are the same1 and ,i have not forgotten how to read6 ,it surprised ,mrs4 ,dalrymple to see her sister pluck up so much spirit1 but this defiant attitude did not affect her4 ,there was in her such a certainty of being in the right1 and of causing the right to prevail1 that she was able to take all ,lucretia's opposition very quietly4 ,it was obstinate of her sister to hold out like this--weak people always were obstinate--and it was extremely foolish1 but her surrender was only a matter of time4 ,lucretia went on talking1 urging her suit in a way that would have struck some people as pathetic1 but ,constantia was not much given to seeing the pathos in life2 her view of things in general was optimistic1 and unless a sorrow was thrust before her she did not look at it4 ,constantia let ,lucretia talk on until she naturally ceased1 after repeating herself a good many times1 in the way that peculiarly weakens a cause4 ,then she brought up her reserve force4 ,but do you think it would be good for the child to be by herself1 just with you and old ,fanny8 ,fanny was ten years younger than her mistress1 and ,lucretia realised how very old fifty-nine must be4 ,constantia paused a moment4 ,then she went on to point out all the drawbacks of a bringing-up such as ,amy must have with two old maids--not using the term1 but dwelling on the characteristics implied in it4 ,what would you do with the child if she were naughty8 ,mrs4 ,dalrymple asked by way of a test question4 ,she is sure to have a strong will of her own2 you know what poor ,ann was4 ,miss ,lucretia could not answer the question1 naughtiness seeming to her as multi-form a thing as illness1 and the treatment for either depending upon its form and cause4 ,she replied that her idea was to bring the child up on a system of love2 a vague answer which did not satisfy her sister4 ,bringing up children is not such an easy and simple matter as people might think who have had no experience4 ,here ,constantia herself stood on a firm foundation4 ,and it is much more difficult to bring up one child by itself than when there are others for it to consort with4 ,then ,mrs4 ,dalrymple proceeded to dilate on the smallness of ,primrose ,cottage1 which was certainly a very poor little place compared with ,the ,towers4 ,there ,amy would have the grounds to play about in2 she would share the girls' governess1 ride on ,gwendoline's pony1 and ,nurse1 who had been so splendid with ,bertram and ,edie1 would only be too pleased to have a child again4 ,it always makes her and me quite unhappy to look at the empty nursery1 said ,mrs4 ,dalrymple1 though the children have only flown into the schoolroom4 ,there was a weight of truth in every sentence ,constantia uttered1 which made it strike like a battering-ram against the walls of ,miss ,lucretia's airy castle4 ,at last she gave a little cry--a cry in words3 ,oh1 don't tell me that ,i mustn't have ,amy6 ,i do not say that you must not have her1 answered ,constantia4 ,as you say1 you are the child's godmother1 and the elder of us two4 ,i leave it for you to decide4 ,only1 ,i want you to think which would really be best for ,amy4 ,released thus1 suddenly and unexpectedly1 from the paws of the cat1 the little mouse of ,miss ,lucretia's soul ran trembling into a corner1 while the cat smiled1 sweetly enough this time1 as those may who have won the game4 ,it was a good cat1 too1 which had only been doing its duty4 ,at this moment1 ,fanny came in1 bringing tea1 and ,mrs4 ,dalrymple greeted her with her usual warmth and kindness1 rejoicing in the anticipation of eating some of that delicious home-made cake which was always so much better than they could get their cook at ,the ,towers to make2 asking with sympathy after ,fanny's rheumatism1 and giving her an abundance of those smiles which were so taking2 while ,lucretia sat1 looking old and small and withered1 with a face that seemed as if it would never smile again4 ,she had come to her hour of sacrifice2 the great sacrifice of her life4 ,even with ,lucretia the age was not past when sacrifices may be lit up by a golden halo of romance4 ,there had been a halo round the sacrifice of all her little comforts which she had already made in will for ,amy4 ,the love that prompted it had turned the self-denial into a part of the joy of her prospective guardianship4 ,but round this sacrifice there hovered no such brightness4 ,it was only like herself1 a poor1 common-place1 drab-coloured thing4 ,no sense of heroism could attend it2 common-sense demanded it1 so ,constantia had proved1 but1 even with ,constantia's provings1 ,lucretia could not have offered up her precious sacrifice upon the altar of common-sense4 ,but the other altar1 which stood hard by1 the altar of love1 was one that she could not thus disdain4 ,the result of the pitiful struggle was certain1 or ,constantia would not have given the game into ,lucretia's hands2 but ,lucretia was not sharp enough to see that4 ,to her the whole brunt of choosing was as real1 the action of her will as decided1 as if a long habit of unselfishness had not made any other course impossible4 ,it was better for ,amy that she should go to ,constantia4 ,then to ,constantia she must go4 ,i suppose you are right1 she said at last1 in words as commonplace as befitted her unheroic sacrifice4 ,i was sure you would agree with me when you came to think about it1 ,constantia answered1 gently now1 for it was part of her system1 the one1 perhaps1 which had made it so successful with her children1 never to use unnecessary force4 ,i am sure a month hence you will feel very glad that you have not a child turning your peaceful life and your pretty cottage upside down4 ,there was no use trying to make ,constantia understand2 and1 if she could have understood1 it would have made no difference4 ,miss ,lucretia said nothing4 ,it was time now for ,mrs4 ,dalrymple to go1 and1 finishing her second cup of tea1 she wished her sister an affectionate good-bye1 with the promise of a hamper of game from ,the ,towers1 where they were just going to have one of their big shoots4 ,illustration3 ,she had come to the great sacrifice of her life4 ,h ,v ,brock ,perhaps ,i might have done it more kindly1 ,constantia thought1 as she drove in her cab to the station4 ,but it was such a foolish idea4 ,i am glad ,lucretia saw it for herself in the end4 ,miss ,lucretia went upstairs with slow1 old footsteps1 after her sister had gone4 ,the last red glow had faded from her landscape1 and everything was grey again1 a shade deeper grey now1 as it must go on growing deeper1 till the night4 ,she went into the little room1 and1 as she looked at the little bed which was never to hold her child1 a tear came up into each of her eyes and trickled down her cheeks4 ,the doll lay on the bed1 wrapped up in the white muslin that was to have made its underclothes1 looking like a tiny corpse4 ,it seemed to ,lucretia like her dream of motherhood as it was now1 the dead body of something that had never really lived4 ,she went to the window and looked out on the grey1 darkening landscape1 and over it there twinkled one faint star4 ,she stood watching1 and the star grew brighter1 then another came out1 and then another4 ,for a long time ,lucretia looked up3 then she knelt down1 looking up still4 ,the far-off light from the stars seemed to be shining on her face as she turned it to ,fanny1 when that faithful woman came up at last to bring her mistress down to supper4 ,miss ,amy is going to ,mrs4 ,dalrymple1 she said1 quietly1 and with a little smile4 ,my sister left it to me to decide whether she should go to ,the ,towers or come here1 and ,i gave her up to them1 ,fanny4 ,i am glad she is going to my sister4 ,she will be happier there4 ,illustration3 ,,some ,,famous ,,easter ,,hymns ,there can be no two opinions as to the most famous ,easter hymn4 ,in almost every church throughout the land1 and in most chapels too1 there arises1 every ,easter morning1 the well-known strains of ,jesus ,christ is risen to-day1 ,alleluia6 ,there may be an occasional difference in the wording of a line here and there1 as the hymn appears in various hymnals1 but practically it is the one hymn which binds all ,christian congregations together on ,easter morning4 ,it is our ,easter greeting one to another1 in the joy and hope of that blessed day1 like the greeting of the pious ,russian on the same morn1 who salutes every passer-by with the words ,christ is risen6 ,illustration3 7,photo3 ,w4 and ,d4 ,downey1 ,ebury ,street1 ,s4,w47 ,,the ,,rev4 ,s4 ,,baring-,,gould4 ,illustration3 7,facsimile of part of the original manuscript of ,mr4 ,baring-,gould's ,easter ,hymn47 ,on the ,resurrection ,morning ,soul ,body meet again1 ,no more sorrow1 no more weeping1 ,no more pain4 ,here awhile they must be parted ,and the ,flesh its ,sabbath keep1 ,waiting1 in a holy stillness ,fast asleep4 99 99 99 99 ,o the beauty6 ,o the gladness ,of that ,resurrection ,day1 ,which shall never1 thro' long ages1 ,pass away4 ,on that happy ,easter morning ,all the graves their dead restore1 ,father1 sister1 child ,mother ,meet once more4 ,s4 ,baring ,gould4 ,it is strange1 therefore1 that no one has even an indistinct notion as to who wrote this famous hymn4 ,its author is1 and long has been1 unknown2 and1 equally strange1 there is almost the same to be said of the composer of its famous tune4 ,for the tune is as great a favourite as the words1 and1 in fact1 whilst the words do occasionally alter1 as stated1 the tune is ever the same one we know so well4 ,the honour of being its composer has by some been ascribed to ,henry ,carey1 but there are no certain grounds for the assumption1 fine musician though he was4 ,so completely has this tune associated itself1 however1 with the hymn that few people are aware that some collections of hymns have alternative tunes to the great song of praise for ,easter ,day4 ,but even ,monk's tune to it in ,hymns ,ancient and ,modern1 takes quite an inferior place2 it is seldom1 or never1 used4 ,illustration3 7,photo3 ,elliott and ,fry1 ,baker ,street1 ,w47 ,,dr4 ,e4 ,h4 ,,turpin4 ,possibly the immense popularity of ,jesus ,christ is risen to-day depends on two things4 ,firstly1 the words are extremely simple--a little child can understand them2 secondly1 the tune is one of the very best congregational ones of any collection4 ,were ,i asked to name the next favourite ,easter hymn1 ,i should certainly give the palm to one of the most beautiful hymns of the ,church of ,christ--a hymn which has solaced and sustained the hearts of thousands in their dark hours of grief for the loss of their loved ones1 just as it has rejoiced the hearts of so many loving servants of the ,master at their ,easter festivals4 ,i refer to ,baring-,gould's touching hymn ,on the ,resurrection morning4 ,the comfort derived from the sweet words of hope and promise in this hymn by members of the ,church militant here on earth will never be known till that ,resurrection morning4 ,the ,rev4 ,sabine ,baring-,gould has kindly given me1 for ,,the ,,quiver1 a copy of the manuscript of this hymn1 and a few notes about it which cannot but prove interesting4 ,it was composed on ,may ,day1 in #ahfd1 he says2 and1 certainly1 that is appropriate enough1 for do not all poets sing of ,may ,day as a special day for the awakening and rejoicing of nature8 ,horbury1 that robust ,yorkshire village where ,mr4 ,baring-,gould was then the curate1 was the birthplace of ,on the ,resurrection morning1 as it was of what has proved one of the six most popular hymns of the world1 viz4 ,onward1 ,christian soldiers4 ,so ,horbury enjoys no mean fame4 ,no one speaks more lovingly of ,horbury than does its former curate1 now so famous2 and ,horbury--church1 chapel1 and non-connected--is proud to a degree of ,sabine ,baring-,gould and of the fame he has for ever given its name by these and other noted hymns4 ,illustration3 ,,on ,,the ,,resurrection ,,morning4 7,facsimile of ,dr4 ,turpin's ,musical ,setting47 ,it will be noticed that there is a word or two slightly different in the author's copy from those of the usually printed text4 ,in one case his manuscript is not perhaps the better4 ,which shall never1 through long ages1 pass away1 is not1 in the writer's opinion1 grander than ,which shall not1 through endless ages1 pass away4 ,dr4 ,e4 ,h4 ,turpin's fine tune to ,on the ,resurrection morning has the merit of exactly suiting it4 ,all can sing it1 and that makes it so popular4 ,the composer1 with great kindness1 has also allowed me to reproduce his manuscript of it here2 and it is only fair to say that did the renown of the celebrated organist1 as a composer1 depend only on this one tune1 so linked to the hymn1 it would not easily perish whilst joyful hearts on ,easter ,day1 and sad hearts at the graveside of loved ones1 join in singing ,on the ,resurrection morning4 ,illustration3 ,come1 ye faithful1 raise the strain4 ,s4 ,john ,damascene4 ,arthur ,henry ,brown4 ,,facsimile ,,of ,,the ,,composer',s ,,original ,,setting4 ,to the ,rev4 ,j4 ,m4 ,neale1 who died about the time when ,baring-,gould wrote the hymn just spoken of1 the ,christian world is indebted for three splendid ,easter hymns4 ,of these it is difficult to say which is the finest1 though perhaps1 being quite original1 we should give that honour to the well-known ,the foe behind1 the deep before4 ,every section of the ,church of ,christ sings with deep and solemn pathos those beautiful lines-- ,no longer must the mourners weep1 ,nor call departed ,christians dead2 ,for death is hallow'd into sleep1 ,and every grave is but a bed-- following so closely on the joyful strain of ,christ is risen6 in the preceding verse4 ,illustration3 7,photo3 ,william ,gill1 ,colchester47 ,arthur ,h4 ,brown4 ,to this hymn innumerable tunes have been composed by musical people of various degrees of ability2 but it has always seemed to me that by far the best are the two tunes given to it in the ,wesleyan hymn-book1 and1 curious to relate1 the composers are both ministers1 the ,rev4 ,olinthus ,r4 ,barnicott and the ,rev4 ,sidney ,j4 ,p4 ,dunman4 ,and it may safely be said that the singing by an average ,wesleyan congregation of this fine hymn1 to either of these fine tunes1 will not be easily forgotten by the person who hears it for the first time4 ,the two other famous ,easter hymns of ,dr4 ,neale's composition were really translations from the ,greek4 ,nevertheless1 they are grand translations1 if one may say so4 ,the ,day of ,resurrection--best recognised when sung to the tune composed by ,berthold ,tours1 the celebrated composer is a regular favourite at ,easter-tide2 but even more famous is the other hymn from the ,greek-- ,come1 ye faithful1 raise the strain ,of triumphant gladness4 ,this hymn may safely be placed amongst the most popular of ,easter favourites1 and1 like so many others1 whilst excellent in its words1 it owes not a little of its fame to its fine tune4 ,this latter was composed by ,mr4 ,arthur ,henry ,brown1 of ,brentwood1 and was called ,st4 ,john ,damascene1 under which name it still figures in the various ,church hymn-books4 ,mr4 ,brown told me that the tune was composed in less than a quarter of an hour6 ,but he also told me that even that was eclipsed by the tune ,st4 ,anatolius--does any hymn-lover not know it8--to ,the day is past and over1 which was composed in five minutes6 ,truly that was an inspired five minutes1 for which the ,christian ,church has reason to be thankful6 ,to the late ,bishop of ,lincoln1 ,dr4 ,christopher ,wordsworth--who that knew the saintly old man did not love him8--the world is indebted for the ever-popular ,alleluia6 ,alleluia6 ,hearts to ,heav'n and voices raise1 which always goes with a good swing on ,easter morn4 ,its tone is victory from beginning to end1 and there are few more beautiful ,easter verses than the first one of this hymn4 ,sir ,arthur ,sullivan composed its tune--the one best known1 ,lux ,eoi--and the very lilt of the music seems somehow to suggest the work of the great musician who gave us similar swinging tunes for ,onward1 ,christian soldiers 7,st4 ,gertrude7 and for ,the ,jubilee ,hymn4 ,but ,sir ,arthur tells me that ,lux ,eoi was not composed especially for this hymn1 but for another one less famous4 ,the rapidity of ,sir ,arthur's composition is only equalled by that of ,arthur ,h4 ,brown1 already mentioned4 ,the gifted composer of ,the ,golden ,legend thinks long before he puts pen to paper1 and often defers doing this till the last minute1 as we say2 but when he does get started1 he goes at it as few composers can1 and will polish off the introduction to an oratorio in a night6 ,illustration3 7,photo3 ,elliott and ,fry1 ,baker ,street1 ,w47 ,,the ,,late ,,bishop ,,wordsworth4 ,when ,i survey the wondrous ,cross1 that splendid old hymn of that splendid old divine1 ,dr4 ,isaac ,watts1 is probably one of our very oldest hymns that is at all well known to-day4 ,everybody sings it1 for everybody knows both words and tune3 ,englishman1 native ,african1 ,brother ,jonathan1 converted ,chinese1 all sing alike from the heart1 after they have felt the real significance and power of that death and resurrection-- ,love so amazing1 so divine1 ,demands my life1 my soul1 my all6 ,rockingham1 the tune to which this hymn is eternally wedded1 was composed by ,dr4 ,edward ,miller4 ,there is a magnificent roll and stateliness about it which suits the words perfectly1 and the wonderful magnetic force which comes over one as one listens to six thousand people--led by1 say1 ,mr4 ,ira ,d4 ,sankey1 singing ,when ,i survey the wondrous ,cross--was well described by the nameless slave in ,america1 who1 hearing it thus sung by a crowd1 and being reproved for humming the tune as the people sang1 said1 ,massa1 it no use2 me must jine in6 ,illustration3 7,photo3 ,j4 ,c4 ,schaarwchter1 ,berlin47 ,,sir ,,arthur ,,sullivan4 ,a living hymn-writer of no small fame--the present ,archbishop of ,york--has given us one of the very finest of the hymns for this season4 ,though not popular in the sense that ,dr4 ,watts' celebrated hymn is1 yet there are few more charmingly beautiful lines1 suggestive of ,good ,friday and ,easter thoughts1 than are found in ,dr4 ,maclagan's hymn1 ,lord1 when ,thy ,kingdom comes1 remember me6 ,this hymn is one of the best-known of the ,archbishop's1 though1 of course1 his most famous one is the ever-beautiful ,the ,saints of ,god1 their conflict past4 ,we cannot pass by without notice the ,rev4 ,john ,ellerton's ,welcome1 happy morning1 and the ,rev4 ,f4 ,w4 ,faber's very sweetly sad ,o come and mourn with me awhile1 which1 of course1 is a hymn for ,good ,friday4 ,the tune to this was written by the celebrated ,durham man to whom the ,church of ,england 7and all denominations7 will ever be in debt for some of the sweetest hymn-tunes the world has ever known--,dr4 ,j4 ,b4 ,dykes4 ,and it was fitting that he who composed the beautiful tune to ,our blest ,redeemer1 for ,whitsuntide1 should then give us another ever-famous tune to ,faber's grand words4 ,illustration3 7,photo3 ,t4 ,heaviside1 ,durham47 ,,the ,,late ,,dr4 ,j4 ,b4 ,,dykes4 ,let me close this brief account of some of our finest ,easter hymns by just recalling one or two of our finest ,easter anthems4 ,of course1 the first1 par excellence1 is the immortal ,i know that my ,redeemer liveth2 and equally with it1 from the same oratorio of oratorios1 is the ,hallelujah ,chorus4 ,of these what shall be said8 ,shall it be told again how ,handel thought he was in heaven when he wrote them8 ,or shall we note that the ,hallelujah ,chorus is one of the three pieces of music in the world on hearing which every ,briton stands up and doffs his hat8 ,these are the ,national ,anthem1 the ,dead ,march in ,saul1 and the ,hallelujah ,chorus4 ,in the first he pays his tribute to his earthly sovereign2 in the second he pays his last tribute to the venerated dead2 in the third he acknowledges the tribute due to his ,almighty ,lord1 the ,sovereign of ,heaven4 ,illustration3 7,photo3 ,hills and ,saunders1 ,oxford47 ,john ,stainer ,apart from these two masterpieces of ,handel1 the prettiest and most beautiful ,easter anthem is that of ,dr4 ,stainer1 composed for the cantata ,the ,raising of ,jairus' ,daughter4 ,in a wide experience of cathedral music and anthem-singing by our best choirs1 ,i doubt if there is any much finer musical treat than to listen to the choir of ,st4 ,paul's1 or that of ,york ,minster1 as there rolls forth that most beautiful of anthems1 words and music--,awake1 thou that sleepest1 and arise from the dead1 and ,god shall give thee light4 ,this is1 indeed1 a noble song for ,easter's bright morning1 and well may its words be taken as our special ,easter thought2 for to all of us1 in some way or other1 they must have a special meaning4 ,illustration3 ,,self-,,healing4 ,by ,the ,rev4 ,hugh ,macmillan1 ,d4,d41 ,l4,l4,d4 ,physician1 heal thyself4--,,st4 ,,luke iv4 #bc4 ,we are accustomed to think that the healing virtue there is in herbs and trees was meant only for man2 that herbs and trees were created with these virtues in them for the special purpose of curing our human diseases and ministering to our human wants1 and for nothing else2 that ,god had man in view in the beginning when ,he gave these medicinal qualities to plants1 and apart from man's use of them they serve no other purpose4 ,now this1 which is a common1 widespread idea1 is an altogether erroneous one4 ,for if ,god meant these vegetable qualities and products exclusively for man's use1 the questions may be pertinently asked1 ,why were they so long undiscovered2 and why do they occur in places often remote from human habitation1 and waste themselves upon the desert air8 ,it is true indeed that ,god designed them as remedies for man's ailments1 that ,he prepared beforehand the cures of human ills long previous to the necessity for these cures arising4 ,but this law of mercy was a comprehensive one1 and had a two-fold object in view4 ,god in the first place created the plant complete in itself1 adapted to its own circumstances and requirements2 and in the second place1 it is through this perfect adaptability to its own wants that it becomes generally useful in nature1 and ministers to the necessities of other created things4 ,it is because the plant heals itself first by the remedy which it grows and produces by its own powers that it becomes a medicine to the animal world1 when any members of that world are placed in similar circumstances and exposed to a similar disease4 ,why1 for instance1 does the ,peruvian bark tree produce the bitter principle in its bark from which we have prepared the valuable medicine called quinine8 ,is it not because that bitter principle is necessary to preserve the health of the tree itself in the wet1 malarial districts where it grows8 ,the ,peruvian bark tree grows its own quinine1 and administers it to itself1 as it were1 in order to prevent a disease in itself caused by the marshy places where it is found1 similar to fever in the human subject4 ,the willow grows beside rivers and streams which are apt to cause exhalations and breed influences that are noxious to the well-being of the tree4 ,it has therefore developed in its own bark a febrifuge called salicin1 which protects it from these noxious influences and maintains its trunk and branches and foliage in vigorous health and beauty4 ,and it is because the quinine is good for the tree itself in malarial places that it is good for the fever which human beings take in such places2 and it is because the salicin of the willow guards the tree from the injurious exhalations of marshes and river banks that it is a specific for rheumatism in man1 which is produced by the same causes4 ,the same benefit which the medicinal principle developed by itself works in its own constitution it confers upon man when subjected to the same evil4 ,and so it is with all the herbal medicines4 ,they have a purpose to serve in the economy of the plant that yields them before they can minister to human sickness and disease4 ,sugar was not meant in the first instance to sweeten man's cup1 but to store up food for the plant in order to enable it to flower4 ,tannin is created in the bark of the oak tree1 in the first instance1 not for the purpose of helping to make leather for man's shoes1 but for the purpose of preventing mildew and fungous growths from settling on the bark of the tree and so decaying it4 ,scent is produced in flowers and shrubs that grow in watery places1 not for man's gratification in the first instance1 but in order to deodorise the air and make it fit for these scented flowers and shrubs to breathe and to preserve their vitality and vigour4 ,aromatic fragrance is yielded by the grey shrubs and herbs of the dry desert1 not that the garments of the human passer-by might smell pleasantly of it1 but that it might regulate the temperature1 and keep the plants cool in the burning heat of the noonday and warm in the freezing cold of the night air4 ,such instances might be multiplied indefinitely4 ,indeed1 it may be regarded as a rule of nature without exception that1 whatever properties plants possess that are useful to man1 these properties1 in the first instance1 are not only useful but indispensable to themselves4 ,and it is because they serve necessary uses in their own economy that they are found so necessary in the economy of man4 ,each plant that grows in circumstances where it is likely to be injured by the soil or climate develops within itself the antidotes and remedies against these unfavourable circumstances4 ,it is a physician that heals itself first of all1 that adapts itself as perfectly as possible to the peculiarities of its own place of growth4 ,nature and it are harmonious3 they help each other4 ,the qualities that are beneficial to itself are equally in the same way beneficial to other creatures2 and it helps the world because it has first helped itself4 ,it imparts health all around because it looks first after its own health4 ,all this is obvious4 ,the plant could not exist at all did it not develop those qualities which would minister to its welfare and adjust it perfectly to its environment4 ,but in human economy we fancy somehow that the law is less strict and more irregular1 and can be violated at times with impunity4 ,we think that a man can perform the part of a physician1 and cure others1 although he cannot cure a trouble that afflicts himself2 that he can restore others to health while he himself is unhealthy4 ,we can separate between a man's skill and his personality2 and1 indeed1 there are many cases where a physician who is dying slowly of some incurable disease can yet1 by his knowledge and cleverness1 so treat his patients that he may heal their diseases and restore them to health and strength4 ,but we are usually suspicious of a doctor endeavouring to cure others when he himself labours under an uncured disease4 ,we reason naturally that his first concern should be himself2 and if he fails in doing good to himself by his skill and medicine1 when his interests are most of all concerned and the motive for healing strongest1 how can he hope to succeed in the case of others1 strangers and comparatively indifferent to him8 ,we should not accept with implicit confidence a so-called remedy for baldness forced upon our notice by a person whose own head was in that condition4 ,we should expect him to operate upon himself in the first instance with success1 and then we should feel disposed to venture upon a similar use of it4 ,the proverb says that ,he who drives fat cattle must himself be fat2 and upon the principle involved in that common saying he who would heal others must himself be a specimen of that active1 vigorous health to which he wishes to restore others4 ,in no work1 indeed1 is the personal equation of more consequence than in the work of the physician4 ,three-fourths of the elements that enter into all diseases are spiritual1 and three-fourths of the remedies that must be used for them must also be spiritual4 ,the personal appearance1 character1 and manner of the physician himself are most important factors in the cure of disease4 ,confidence in the doctor is more than half the cure2 and therefore what the doctor is in himself is of great consequence4 ,in the spiritual sphere the physician can only heal others as he heals himself4 ,he himself must be an exemplification of the saving health of ,god's countenance if he is to do good to others4 ,it is just as true in the affairs of the human soul as it is in the case of the plant--that the quality which is beneficial to the soul itself is equally beneficial to the world4 ,it is noticeable1 however1 that there are exceptions to the rule in the spiritual world as there are exceptions in the natural human world4 ,just as there are cases of physicians healing bodily diseases in others while their own disease is unhealed1 so there are cases where a man is the means of saving others while he himself is unsaved4 ,it is not1 indeed1 a matter of supposition1 but of certainty1 that a man may do good while he is not good4 ,hundreds of instances could be given1 in which persons have been the means of quickening1 comforting1 and building up souls in the ,lord1 while all the time they themselves were strangers to the power of truth and ignorant of the love of ,christ in their hearts4 ,ministers have preached the ,gospel for years1 and have been wise in bringing souls to ,christ1 and yet have themselves been castaways in the end4 ,members of churches have been zealous in every good work1 and yet have known nothing of godliness but the form4 ,the very commonness of this thing increases its sadness4 ,we think the case of ,moses leading the ,israelites to the border of the ,promised ,land while he himself was forbidden to enter peculiarly pathetic2 but its pathos is in reality far less touching than the case of the man who brings others to the fountain of life while he himself is perishing of thirst1 who is like a guide-post pointing the way of salvation to others while unable himself to take a single step4 ,but though instances have unquestionably occurred in which signal beneficial results have followed the preaching of the ,gospel by ungodly men1 this is not the normal order of the ,divine procedure4 ,it is personal experience of religion as an inward life1 as a living power in the heart1 that imparts unction to active ,christian effort1 that adds conviction and power to testimony and commendation4 ,he is the man to do spiritual good to others who is able to say with the ,apostle1 ,that which we have heard1 which we have seen with our eyes1 and our hands have handled1 of the word of life1 declare we unto you1 that ye also may have fellowship with us4 ,he is the man to say to others1 ,o taste and see that the ,lord is good1 who has himself tasted1 and from his own enjoyment can say1 ,blessed is the man that trusteth in ,him4 ,it is an unchangeable law and constitution of our nature that we cannot desire blessings for others which we do not really desire for ourselves1 the blessedness of which we have not known ourselves4 ,when we feel the value of our own souls1 and not till then1 we shall feel the value of the souls of others4 ,when we see the ,lord ourselves1 and not till then1 we shall desire that every child of man shall see ,him4 ,it is on this account that our ,lord says to ,peter1 ,when thou art converted1 strengthen thy brethren4 ,simon1 son of ,jonas1 lovest thou ,me8 ,feed ,my sheep2 feed ,my lambs4 ,if we are saved ourselves1 we shall be best fitted to save and benefit others4 ,there is a virtue in true holiness1 there is a secret charm in the wisdom that cometh from above1 which wins our hearts1 and inclines us to embrace a religion which yields such blessed fruits4 ,the man who eminently possesses and constantly exhibits these qualities becomes quick and powerful in acting upon the minds of those around him4 ,the best way1 then1 to do good is to be good1 and to have such a ,christian character as will of itself communicate good4 ,be yourself what you wish your family1 your friends and neighbours1 to be4 ,physician1 heal thyself4 ,god needs physicians1 many physicians2 for there are many destroyers spreading the influence of their ungodly life--a deadly infection--around1 and adding to the disease and misery which man's sin first brought upon the world4 ,let us act as fellow-workers with the ,good ,physician in bringing back health and strength and beauty to a plague-stricken world2 and for this purpose let us qualify ourselves more thoroughly4 ,let us apply the ,gospel remedies anew to our own case which we recommend to others1 that our own profiting and healing by these may be made manifest to all4 ,let us ask ,god to search us and see if there be anything that would prevent us from doing all the good that we might1 any defect of manner or disposition of heart that might cause the way of truth so far as we are concerned to be evil spoken of2 and let us ask the help of the ,divine ,spirit to get it healed4 ,so that thus being made every whit whole ourselves1 we may diffuse a healthy atmosphere around us and make others partakers of our saving health4 ,the ,sabbath is the best day for healing4 ,jesus asked the ,jews1 ,is it lawful to heal on the ,sabbath day8 ,the reply might have been1 ,is it lawful to do anything else but heal on the ,sabbath day8 ,that day is set apart for healing the diseases of the world4 ,it is the day of recreation--re-creating us and fitting us anew by its rest and refreshment of worship for the toil and travail of our weekday life4 ,let us bring to ,jesus on this ,sabbath day all the old infirmities and disabilities which have been a hindrance to the growth of the work of grace in the midst of us1 and ,he will deliver us from them1 and make us new creatures2 and so--set free in newness of health and strength1 with our palsied frame invigorated1 our withered hand restored1 our lame feet made swift in the way of ,god's commandments1 and our world-bound spirit loosed from its infirmity and covetousness1 and enabled to look upward where our true treasure is--let us seek to free others from their infirmities and diseases1 and to make all around us strong in faith and health in the new life of ,god's service4 ,let the tonic that has restored our own spiritual constitution be in all our words and deeds and looks1 to restore the spiritual constitution of others4 ,let the perfume that neutralises the drought and cold of the world be exhaled from all our character and conduct1 so that it may be the means of enabling all with whom we come in contact to resist the aridity and the coldness of the world too4 ,let each of us be so full of ,christ's healing and saving power1 so saturated with ,his salvation1 as it were1 that we ourselves may be ,christ's best medicines4 ,let the words ,physician1 heal thyself be in the very forefront of our profession and of our life throughout all the years2 and we ourselves in such a case will be among the most potent influences for good in the world4 ,illustration3 ,,pledged4 ,by ,katharine ,tynan1 ,author of ,a ,daughter of ,erin1 ,etc4 ,,chapter ,,xvi4 ,,good-,,bye1 ,,sweetheart4 ,beside the ,wishing ,well stood ,anthony ,trevithick1 pale and moody4 ,his eyes were on the ground1 and an old childish habit of biting his nails when he was perplexed or in trouble had come back to him4 ,i beg your pardon1 said ,lord ,glengall at his elbow4 ,i have returned for some things ,miss ,graydon left behind her4 ,these8 asked the young fellow1 pointing with his foot to the little heap of trinkets on the moss4 ,but even in his anger he blushed for the unhappiness of the position4 ,lord ,glengall stooped and picked up the things1 and stuffed them into one of the pockets of his rough coat4 ,he turned as if to go away4 ,then he hesitated an instant and came back4 ,there is no reason why we should be enemies1 he said1 advancing a step nearer4 ,no8 replied ,anthony ,trevithick1 lifting his moody eyes4 ,that depends4 ,on what1 sir8 ,on--a great many things1 stammered the young man4 ,you mean on whether ,i am prepared to stand aside and to sacrifice everything that you may have your will4 ,i know the state of affairs1 you see4 ,i meant to seek you out and tell you1 ,lord ,glengall4 ,i ought to say1 perhaps1 that ,miss ,graydon is without reproach in this matter4 ,neither of us is likely to wrong her in our thoughts1 ,i hope1 said ,lord ,glengall4 ,the question is1 whether you are without reproach4 ,by what right---- began the younger man4 ,hush6 said the other1 with a dignity that was more compelling than his words4 ,we are speaking as man to man4 ,miss ,graydon has told me something of how affairs lay between you and her1 but not all4 ,why did you leave her in the first instance in the position of a half-engaged girl8 ,are you her ambassador8 ,she is dearer to me1 ,i dare swear1 than she is to you1 though you will not believe it4 ,there is no use in beating about the bush4 ,if ,i think you can make her happier than ,i can1 ,i am prepared to give her back her promise4 ,lord ,glengall6 ,a gesture silenced the words on his lips4 ,don't say anything1 please4 ,if ,i do it1 ,i do it for her4 ,and ,i shall only give her up to you if ,i am sure you are worthy4 ,i don't say ,i am worthy1 but ,i have a fairly clean record4 ,as for that matter1 ,i will explain4 ,i was unwise1 but ,i was not altogether to blame4 ,my mother has a greatly loved young cousin4 ,she has been in the house with us since her mother died some years ago4 ,it was a scheme of my mother's that we should marry1 though it was not openly expressed4 ,i did not oppose it4 ,i had no idea what love meant till ,i saw ,pamela2 but ,i had fetched and carried for ,lady ,kitty4 ,probably a great number of people thought we were engaged2 and it seemed to me that ,i ought to set the matter straight before ,i was formally engaged to ,pamela4 ,it would have been better to have let ,pamela alone till you were quite free4 ,yes1 ,i know1 but---- ,there2 you are young4 ,you can't be expected to be as deliberate as an older man4 ,you meant to act straight by her8 ,i meant to come back in a week a free man4 ,when ,i was called away to my uncle's sick bed1 my mother made me promise not to speak1 not to try to clear up things with ,lady ,kitty1 till ,i returned4 ,i did write to ,mr4 ,graydon1 but the letter never reached him4 ,he blushed hotly and paused4 ,yes1 ,i know1 interrupted ,lord ,glengall4 ,when you came back8 ,when ,i came back1 ,i found--,pamela engaged to you1 and my cousin engaged to a great friend of mine4 ,as it proved1 she had never thought of me in that way2 but her affection for my mother prevented her from speaking out4 ,you should have written again to ,mr4 ,graydon4 ,you made ,pamela unhappy4 ,i thought he had not written because ,i said ,i would come as soon as ,i could4 ,then ,i was kept week after week1 till the time turned into months4 ,i am deeply sorry that ,i caused her unhappiness4 ,this is the truth1 the whole truth1 and nothing but the truth8 ,it is absolutely the truth1 and nothing else4 ,very well1 ,sir ,anthony1 ,i believe you4 ,if you had not been straight1 ,i should have held her to the letter of her bond against you and the world1 even against herself4 ,now--in her heart she has chosen you1 and you are a fitter mate for her than ,i--,i resign her to you4 ,lord ,glengall6 ,i do not ask your thanks1 sir4 ,make her happy--that is all4 ,for the rest1 ,i have one word of advice for you4 ,whatever it is1 ,i shall act upon it4 ,go back to-night to ,england4 ,without a word to ,pamela8 ,let her be4 ,i will say what is necessary4 ,you will have to win her again1 young sir4 ,she is not the girl to change her lovers like her frocks4 ,perhaps you are right1 sir1 with hesitation4 ,go1 said ,lord ,glengall1 waving him away1 go6 ,if you speak to her in her present mood1 you will be sorry4 ,let her be free of both of us for a while4 ,you1 too1 will leave her8 ,i shall leave her till all this is forgotten4 ,it will be nothing new for me to set out for the ends of the earth at an hour's notice4 ,you are1 as ,pamela says1 the best man living4 ,stop6 said ,lord ,glengall1 with a gesture as if he could not endure the praise4 ,good-bye6 ,good-bye1 repeated ,sir ,anthony1 turning away4 ,several times as he went homeward ,lord ,glengall stooped to pat the shaggy coat of the terrier who still trotted by him4 ,illustration3 ,pointing with his foot to the little heap of trinkets4 ,you don't know poetry1 old fellow1 he said once aloud1 but there was a poet named ,shakespeare who wrote something about people coming back 'to push us from our stools4' ,i am not good at remembering poetry2 but that young gentleman we have just left has come back to push us from our stools--to push us from our stools4 ,the dog1 as if he understood1 thrust a sympathetic nose into his companion's hand4 ,when ,lord ,glengall reached ,carrickmoyle1 he went straight to ,mr4 ,graydon's room4 ,mary was sitting by her father1 stitching a piece of fine white stuff in the twilight4 ,ah6 ,glengall1 said the invalid briskly4 ,have you come in to smoke a last pipe with me8 ,come and tell me what prices were like at the fair to-day4 ,run away1 ,molly child1 and rest your eyes1 and let ,glengall have your seat4 ,the two men lit up soberly1 and smoked away for a while1 discussing prices and cattle and crops in a desultory fashion4 ,at last ,lord ,glengall knocked out the ashes from his stumpy clay against the top bar of the grate1 and stuffed the pipe into his pocket4 ,i wanted to talk to you about ,pam1 ,graydon1 he said4 ,what about ,pam8 ,only that ,i did the child an injustice in wanting to marry her4 ,i am too old4 ,does ,pam say this8 ,are you speaking for her8 ,poor little ,pam6 ,there were some love-passages1 ,graydon1 between her and your pupil ,trevithick4 ,i guessed as much1 but how far the thing went ,i have no idea4 ,i don't believe in probing into those things1 ,glengall4 ,it is better to let them die4 ,had you any idea that the young fellow might possibly ask for her8 ,i hoped so once1 not because it would be a good marriage for ,pam1 or anything of that sort1 but because ,i thought him a good lad1 and ,i believed in his father's son4 ,i was disappointed that he turned out so different from my expectations4 ,would you be surprised to hear that he wrote to you about ,pam immediately after he left1 and that his mother intercepted the letter8 ,his mother6 ,yes2 she had other views for him4 ,i wonder why she came here1 why she troubled our peace1 and forced her hospitality on ,pam1 who didn't want it8 said ,mr4 ,graydon musingly4 ,to make a parting between the lad and ,pam more certain4 ,she told ,pam he was engaged to his cousin2 and in other ways made the child's visit miserable4 ,my poor ,pam6 ,i remember she hated to go4 ,i am sorry the boy has such a mother4 ,yet ,i remember her a very noble-looking girl4 ,i don't think she was made for mean things4 ,ah6 well1 we can let her be4 ,she is sufficiently punished1 poor woman1 by her son's scorn4 ,that must be a terrible thing to endure4 ,and she is a proud woman4 ,however1 ,graydon1 we are not concerned with her4 ,the state of the case is this3 ,the young people were in love with each other1 and were parted by a fraud4 ,under a total misapprehension1 ,pamela has engaged herself to me4 ,now that the misapprehension is removed1 what is the clear course for me to take8 ,i should ask ,pamela1 ,glengall4 ,pamela is at this moment in a mood in which it would not be safe to take her at her word4 ,the only thing for me to do is to step down and out4 ,glengall6 said ,mr4 ,graydon1 laying a hand on his4 ,don't pity me just now1 ,graydon4 ,frankly1 ,i'm not equal to it4 ,have you told ,pam8 ,i shall tell her4 ,afterwards ,i shall go away till the nine days' wonder is forgotten4 ,glengall1 ,i wish this had not happened4 ,there is one way in which you can atone to me for its bitterness--,i don't mind confessing to you that it is bitter4 ,and that way8 ,you must borrow from me what will take you abroad4 ,you must2 it is for their sakes4 ,very well2 if there is no other way4 ,i shall repay you1 ,i hope4 ,you have plenty of time before you to grow rich in4 ,when you come back next spring1 you must finish your magnum opus4 ,mr4 ,graydon rubbed his hands in boyish cheerfulness4 ,i shall feel equal to tackling it after a change4 ,i'm afraid ,i've been vegetating1 and the mosses and mildew have grown upon me4 ,you have lived1 ,glengall1 while ,i was growing into a worthless old block4 ,it is you who have lived1 said ,lord ,glengall4 ,you have lived naturally4 ,when ,i die1 it is the end of my line1 and ,i shall have no one to close my eyes4 ,when he found ,pam in the drawing-room alone1 a little later1 he drew her to him1 and kissed her hair where it clustered over the white forehead4 ,i have brought your pretty things1 ,pam1 he said1 fumbling in his pocket4 ,and you have forgiven me8 ,i have forgiven you1 dear4 ,he fastened the little chain about her neck and the bracelet on her wrist4 ,you will wear them for me1 ,pam8 he said4 ,i should not know what to do with them4 ,and my ring8 said ,pam1 wondering4 ,i have taken back the ring4 ,you are free1 ,pam2 free as air4 ,illustration3 ,you are free1 ,pam2 free as air4 ,but ,i don't want to be free4 ,you did yesterday1 ,pam1 and you will to-morrow4 ,i have seen ,sir ,anthony1 ,pam4 ,he is guiltless1 and will come again4 ,i do not want him to come1 cried ,pam with a great sob4 ,i sent him away because ,i was afraid if he came to you now you would make him and yourself unhappy4 ,he hated to go1 but he went4 ,he will come again4 ,you will be good to him1 ,pam1 because you love him4 ,now1 good-bye1 my dear4 ,i shall come back when you are married4 ,pamela's hands were over her eyes1 and she was crying quietly4 ,another thing1 ,pam1 he said4 ,i have arranged with your father4 ,he is to winter abroad4 ,sylvia will see to that1 she answered4 ,miss ,spencer has made it easy for her4 ,at least1 we need not take that from you4 ,you have given me great happiness1 he repeated4 ,and now1 good-bye1 my dear1 good-bye4 ,a day or two later ,carrickmoyle was startled by the news that ,lord ,glengall had sailed for ,australia4 ,,chapter ,,xvii4 ,,though ',,twere ,,ten ,,thousand ,,mile4 ,i wish something would happen1 said ,sylvia2 it is the longest summer ,i have ever known4 ,sylvia was wearing black for ,miss ,spencer1 who had passed away peacefully a few weeks after that talk with ,pamela4 ,when the legal formalities were completed1 ,sylvia would be chtelaine of ,dovercourt2 but her interest in her inheritance seemed very slight4 ,by-and-by1 she had said1 ,i shall be glad to know that ,i have money to do things with2 but just at present ,i can only remember what it is that has made me rich4 ,illustration3 ,i thought you were going to marry him1 ,bridget4 ,why not have ,mr4 ,baker or ,mr4 ,st4 ,quintin to tea quietly8 suggested ,pam4 ,i am sure they are longing to come1 and they would cheer you up4 ,but ,sylvia would not4 ,she preferred to wander from the house to the garden with the dogs at her heels1 or to stray from one room to another1 having a desultory chat with her father1 who was now up and about1 or with ,mary1 cheerfully sewing her bridal clothes1 usually ending up with a visit to ,bridget in the kitchen4 ,bridget quite agreed with ,sylvia about the dulness of the house1 and suggested the same remedy for it as ,pamela had done4 ,have a bit of company1 child1 she said4 ,sure1 her that's gone 7the heavens be her bed67 'ud be the last to grudge the young what's natural to the young1 let alone that ,i hear young ,mr4 ,st4 ,quintin's that mopy that they say 'tis to horse-racin' he's took1 wid the design of breakin' his neck by way of divarsion4 ,don't talk such nonsense1 ,bridget1 said ,sylvia languidly4 ,the horse is not born that could unseat ,mr4 ,st4 ,quintin4 ,he can stick on like grim death4 ,but ,i don't feel that company1 such company as ,i could get1 would be any good to me4 ,i don't like young people1 ,bridget4 ,well1 sorra such a house ,i ever was in1 said ,bridget1 scandalised4 ,never mind1 ,bridget dear1 said ,sylvia1 who had temporarily lost her taste for sharp argument with ,bridget4 ,i suppose ,i was born old4 ,listen to her1 cried ,bridget1 an' she wid the lightest feet1 aye1 an' the purtiest face in the barony6 ,between you and ,miss ,pamela1 me heart's fairly bruk4 ,there's ,miss ,pamela1 that ought to be goin' to be married a week from next ,tuesday1 goin' round as mopy as a chicken wid the pip4 ,i never seen such goin's on anywhere ,i was4 ,it certainly is time1 said ,sylvia again1 that something should happen1 and1 short of marrying myself1 ,bridget1 ,i'll do anything to bring it about4 ,indeed1 then ,mr4 ,st4 ,quintin's a pleasant young gentleman1 said ,bridget1 broadly smiling1 though an imp of mischief4 ',tis meself'll not forget in a hurry how he whipped the steps from undher ,grady whin he was pickin' the morello cherries1 an' never purtended he heard him bawlin' melia murther1 an' the ould rogue1 as he was contrivin' to slip down by the trunk1 caught by a twig in his breeches an' held there6 ,as ,i said to ,mr4 ,st4 ,quintin1 ,i hoped he thought then on poor ,mary that's gone1 that often he made suffer1 the crathur6 ,i thought you were going to marry him1 ,bridget1 said ,sylvia1 with the same languid interest4 ,och1 then1 heaven forgive you1 ,miss ,sylvia4 ,sure them was only my jokes4 ,not but what he axed me4 ',the mischief bother you1 man1' says ,i4 ',is it havin' me commit murther you'd be8 ,why1 sure ,i couldn't keep me hands off you if ,i was lookin' at you every day1 an' then ,i'd be tried an' hung for it1 maybe4' ,well1 ,i'm glad you're not going to marry him under the circumstances1 said ,sylvia4 ,but1 all the same1 it is time some of us made a stir4 ,and even then one thing that was to disturb the current of their lives was on its way4 ,the very morning after ,sylvia's conversation with ,bridget there was a large square envelope for ,mr4 ,graydon1 which somewhat exercised his youngest daughter's imagination4 ,come here1 dad1 she said1 when at last he arrived at the breakfast-table4 ,i've been longing for something to happen1 and ,i believe this is really a happening at last4 ,it is my uncle's writing1 said ,mr4 ,graydon1 as he took the letter and opened it4 ,as he read it his face grew graver and graver4 ,poor old ,uncle ,charles6 he said1 when he had finished4 ,his boy is dead4 ,lord ,downshire's letter was very characteristic3-- ,,my ,,dear ,,archie1--,i will not say you have scored again1 but at least ,i have failed with the last card ,i held against you4 ,my boy is dead4 ,i don't ask for your sympathy or your pity4 ,you1 with your healthy girls1 cannot appreciate what ,i suffer4 ,i am racked in the spirit and the body1 and ,i shall be very glad to leave a world that has lost savour for me4 ,i heard indirectly that you were ill after you had been here2 but1 you see1 you have recovered1 and it is my boy that is dead4 ,you are my heir now1 and ,i am too sick of it all to make another attempt to frustrate you4 ,and there is no use continuing in enmity against you1 so ,i shall make you an allowance proportionate to the condition of my heir4 ,i shall not ask to see you1 but ,messrs4 ,lees and ,saunders1 of ,lincoln's ,inn--you will remember ,saunders2 ,lees died last year--have my instructions4 ,mr4 ,graydon put the letter into his pocket when he had read it4 ,something has happened1 ,sylvia1 he said sorrowfully4 ,i am ,lord ,downshire's heir once more2 and yet ,i would a thousand times rather be as ,i was1 and the old man's little son living4 ,but the happenings of the day were not over4 ,sylvia1 going her pilgrimage to ,miss ,spencer's new grave1 was aware of a tall young figure1 which had something familiar about it1 swinging along towards her4 ,presently she recognised ,anthony ,trevithick4 ,miss ,sylvia1 he said1 ,i am so glad ,i met with you4 ,i want to see ,pamela4 ,pamela6 with oddly upraised eyebrows4 ,yes--,pamela4 ,i have stayed away as long as ,i could4 ,i promised ,lord ,glengall ,i would give her time4 ,oh6 that is how it is1 is it8 ,yes2 didn't you know8 ,i guessed1 of course1 but ,pam is not the old ,pam4 ,she has been as solemn as an owl1 and as secretive1 ever since4444 ,when was it8444 ,i really think it began about the time of your going away4 ,she used to be the best of good company4 ,what is this for1 ,miss ,sylvia8 said the young man1 touching her black frock4 ,ah6 ,you do not know4 ,miss ,spencer died a month ago4 ,i am sorry1 he said1 with a sympathy which at once made ,sylvia his friend4 ,does ,pam know you are coming8 she asked4 ,no4 ,i was afraid to announce myself4 ,perhaps she will show me the door4 ,perhaps she won't1 ,sir ,anthony4 ,she's fond of you1 you see4 ,oh1 ,miss ,sylvia6 cried ,anthony ,trevithick1 flushing delightedly through his tan4 ,oh1 yes6 she's fond of you4 ,i'm not going to talk about her secrets1 but ,i know how it is4 ,i knew all along4 ,that is why ,i was so vexed with her--when---- ,never mind4 ,you want to see ,pamela1 then8 ,well1 just wait for me a minute outside this gate4 ,i will come back with you then1 and find ,pamela for you4 ,you are awfully good4 ,perhaps ,i'm glad to get rid of ,pam4 ,she's prettier than ,i am1 though some people don't think so4 ,perhaps ,i'm afraid of her stealing my admirers4 ,i believe it is only your goodness to me4 ,and to ,pam4 ,she's not the same ,pam she was a year ago4 ,if you make her like her old self1 ,i shall forgive you even that you left us forlorn and unsquired at that famous festivity for which you should have returned4 ,oh6 ,miss ,sylvia1 ,i shan't believe that4 ,she did not try ,anthony ,trevithick's patience by keeping him waiting long at the churchyard gate4 ,she was gone only a minute or two before she returned1 her basket empty of its flowers1 and her face1 which had gained so much in character and sweetness during the year1 a little overshadowed4 ,when they reached ,carrickmoyle1 she brought ,anthony ,trevithick through the sunny hall where the door stood1 as ever1 hospitably open1 and into the big drawing-room4 ,stay here till ,i find ,pam1 she said4 ,she went upstairs two steps at a time in the boyish way he remembered4 ,he listened with a smile on his face till the sound of the footsteps died away4 ,then he began to walk up and down nervously4 ,pam sat in the window of her own little room with her chin in her hands1 gazing over the summer-dark landscape1 her air listless1 and her eyes apathetic4 ,it is lonely1 ,sylvia1 she said1 scarcely turning her head as her sister entered4 ,you never used to find it so1 said ,sylvia4 ,i remember the time when ,carrickmoyle held all the delights for you4 ,that was when we were little girls in short frocks1 and led poor ,mick into scrapes4 ,many a year ago1 said ,sylvia4 ,when you struck ,anthony ,trevithick with the sun-bonnet that was intended for the red cock---- ,pamela's heightened colour assured ,sylvia of what she wanted to know4 ,pam1 she said1 why don't you make it straight with ,anthony ,trevithick8 ,how do you know there is anything to make straight8 ,rubbish6 said ,sylvia1 with quiet scorn4 ,oh1 ,sylvia6 said ,pamela1 you don't understand4 ,i am tired of love and lovers4 ,i only want to be let alone4 ,i have suffered too much4 ,if you have1 it's your own fault4 ,you'd no business to take poor dear ,glengall when you were in love with someone else1 though how you could look at others in the same day with ,glengall fairly bothers me4 ,and now1 why don't you write and ask ,anthony ,trevithick to come back8 ,i don't want him to come back4 ,yes1 you do2 you're crying your eyes out for him every night4 ,yes1 you are4 ,and why you let all this muddle go on without doing anything to prevent it ,i don't know4 ,i could shake you1 ,pam6 ,what would you have done1 ,sylvia8 ,well1 supposing ,i was in love with a man and knew him to be in love with me1 and supposing he went away and didn't write1 ,i'd never think anything except that the letter was lost4 ,if ,i could get at him1 ,i'd write and ask him what it meant4 ,if ,i couldn't1 ,i'd go on believing in him1 maybe till ,i was old and grey1 and till ,i died1 as some have done--if ,i really loved him1 mind you4 ,perhaps you are right1 ,sylvia4 ,there's no doubt about it1 ,madam ,faint-,heart4 ,but come1 she said1 after a benevolent scrutiny of ,pamela2 come1 you look very nice1 unless you'd like to put on the pink sun-bonnet4 ,anthony ,trevithick is in the drawing-room4 ,sylvia6 ,yes1 ,i know ,i ought to have mentioned it before1 instead of talking nonsense4 ,the poor young man's on tenter-hooks4 ,sylvia6 ,i can't go down4 ,yes1 you can4 ,you shall1 even if ,i have to use force4 ,very well1 ,sylvia1 said ,pam1 rising and trembling a little4 ,come1 don't think about it4 ,do it quickly1 as we used to take our cod-liver oil long ago4 ,let us run down the stairs4 ,there1 you poor little thing6 your hands are cold4 ,the run will warm them4 ,and1 half-resisting1 ,pamela was pulled by force down the stairs4 ,nevertheless1 she entered the room with her head high4 ,how do you do1 ,sir ,anthony8 she began4 ,ah1 ,pam darling6 cried the young man1 coming to meet her4 ,don't give me any more cold words or cold looks4 ,i haven't deserved them1 and if you've nothing else for me ,i shall go away for ever4 ,no1 surely1 said ,pam1 and her sweet voice had a little surprise in it4 ,you didn't really deserve any blame at all4 ,but you did1 for ,i asked you to trust me1 ,pam4 ,i asked you to trust me1 and your faith was brittle4 ,so it was1 said ,pam4 ,well1 said ,sylvia1 as she went out and closed the door4 ,it is plain these recriminations are not meant for me4 ,heigho6 ,i wish ,mr4 ,baker would come along just now1 that ,i might have the satisfaction of refusing him4 ,it is easy to see that ,glengall is as completely forgotten as if he had never existed4 ,no one could say that ,mr4 ,graydon's youngest daughter was not loyal to the absent4 ,,chapter ,,xviii4 ,a ,,proposal4 ,pamela ,graydon had been ,pamela ,trevithick for three years1 when one day in late summer ,sylvia1 still ,sylvia ,graydon1 was entertaining a visitor in her ,london drawing-room4 ,it was ,lord ,glengall1 a shade greyer1 a shade leaner1 but looking well nevertheless1 and brown with southern suns4 ,and so1 he said1 we shall travel back to ,ireland together4 ,it will be a delightful and unexpected pleasure to have your company4 ,you are glad to return1 ,sylvia8 ,glad6 ,it is no word for it4 ,i am hungry for the velvety wind that blows across the mountains4 ,i am so tired of these glaring streets1 of parties1 and dinners and luncheons1 and functions of all kinds4 ,lord ,glengall laughed4 ,to tell you the truth1 ,i am amazed and amused to find your father in the midst of it all4 ,illustration3 ,half-resisting1 ,pamela was pulled by force4 ,papa6 ,oh1 papa is the veriest ,piccadilly lounger4 ,he has returned to it all as freshly as if he had never left it4 ,he discovered troops of old friends--without a misgiving--as soon as ever he came in for the title4 ,he doesn't pine for ,carrickmoyle8 ,now and again4 ,when the desire becomes very strong1 he and ,i slip away to ,euston some evening1 forgetting all our engagements1 and1 for a few days1 our new circumstances1 at ,carrickmoyle1 where ,bridget cooks our chops and makes us potato-cakes just as of old4 ,i am glad to hear ,bridget is still to the fore4 ,she is not a day older4 ,she never carried out her threat of marrying my gardener8 ,mr4 ,grady is still a widdy-man1 as they used to say in the dear country4 ,but to return to your father4 ,the magnum opus has become an accomplished fact4 ,you see1 ,i haven't been so far out of the world as not to have heard that4 ,yes4 ,it has been a great success4 ,he is as much in request at learned societies and conversaziones as he is in fashionable drawing-rooms4 ,to think of the years he vegetated at ,carrickmoyle6 ,happy years1 ,sylvia4 ,i could hardly hope for happier4 ,he will be in soon1 ,sylvia8 ,about half-past five1 consulting a little watch fastened to her gown4 ,you can endure my company till then4 ,i shall try to4 ,but am ,i not keeping you from afternoon calls or something8 ,i saw a carriage at the door as ,i came in4 ,i have sent it away4 ,i was rejoiced to do it4 ,papa will be simply wild with delight at your falling from the clouds like this4 ,he hasn't forgotten me1 then8 ,how should he8 ,the only drawback about ,carrickmoyle has been that we could see from it the cold chimneys of ,glengall4 ,ah6 we shall warm them1 said ,lord ,glengall1 beaming at her4 ,we shall have fine jinks if only you and your father will spend six months of the year at ,carrickmoyle4 ,i am no ,londoner1 and never shall be4 ,but ,i shall be able to endure six months of solitude if ,i know ,i am going to have you for the remainder of the year4 ,you will not long be left solitary4 ,you cheated the country the last time by disappearing again before it had had time to rejoice over you4 ,your return will flutter the dovecotes for thirty miles around4 ,you are very kind1 ,sylvia1 said ,lord ,glengall simply4 ,but you have not told me half the news1 he went on4 ,how is ,molly8 ,flourishing4 ,mick has got his company4 ,he wouldn't leave the service on any consideration1 and ,i think he was right4 ,they are as much in love with each other as ever2 and they have a beautiful boy4 ,ah6 that is right4 ,molly deserved to be happy4 ,she did1 and so did ,mick4 ,mick is a dear old fellow4 ,and ,pam1 ,sylvia8 ,there was no consciousness in his voice4 ,pam1 too1 is a success4 ,she has been a beauty for three seasons1 strange to say4 ,and it is a happy marriage8 ,perfectly happy4 ,they are ideally well suited4 ,i am glad of that4 ,how does ,pam get on with her mother-in-law8 ,fairly well1 ,i believe4 ,lady ,jane keeps herself to herself1 which is lucky for ,pam4 ,i never took to that lady4 ,but she is devoted to the heir4 ,she wouldn't strike you1 somehow1 as a grandmotherly person1 but it is so4 ,there is an heir8 ,yes2 he is two years old1 and he has a baby sister of seven months4 ,ah6 how you young people have been making history since ,i left4 ,i shall not know this new world of your making4 ,you find me changed8 ,lovelier1 ,sylvia4 ,it is nice to have you say that4 ,still greedy for conquest1 even though it is only an old fogey8 ,ah6--with more intensity than he thought the occasion demanded--you never can be that6 ,you are always kind1 little girl4 ,when ,i look into your eyes1 ,i fancy it is the old ,sylvia ,i am talking to1 and not a fine lady4 ,it is the old ,sylvia4 ,the ,sylvia ,i knew would never have worn this--touching a fold of her dress4 ,she would1 if she could4 ,it is only a ,paris tea-gown4 ,she was happier in the prints at sixpence a yard from ,guirk's shop in ,lettergort4 ,happier1 ,sylvia8 ,what have you been doing with yourself since8 ,growing old and faded with trying to occupy several houses at once and doing a great many things ,i detest4 ,she laughed at him from where she sat in her youth and beauty1 and he laughed in answer4 ,where are the lads who used to be in love with you8 ,all married1 except ,algy ,st4 ,quintin2 but he has long given up asking me4 ,we are good comrades4 ,no more than that1 ,sylvia8 ,no more than that4 ,i wouldn't lose sight of him for anything4 ,he is just the same imp of mischief1 as ,bridget used to call him4 ,his coolness is phenomenal1 and his impudence so deliciously incongruous with his cherubic boy's face4 ,there is no one else1 ,sylvia8 ,there is no one else4 ,ah6 you are so hard-hearted1 child4 ,or is it that you will stay with your father8 ,not altogether that4 ,i've seen no one here ,i would marry4 ,yet you have met all sorts and conditions of men4 ,all sorts and conditions1 but not the right one4 ,the right one will come4 ,he might come--he may have come1 and not have found me the right woman4 ,she looked at him an instant2 then she suddenly blushed hotly1 and her eyes fell and rested on the jewelled fingers in her lap4 ,so full was her attitude of yielding and submission that it might well make the heart of a lover leap4 ,a sudden1 bewildering idea came to the man before her4 ,for an instant he was dazed with the shock of it4 ,then he stood up and paced the room in great agitation4 ,sylvia1 he said at last1 pausing before her where she still sat1 a lovely image of submission1 ,pamela was right when she did not marry me4 ,she was right because she did not love you4 ,how could she love me8 ,i might have been her father4 ,that is no reason4 ,love does not take count of such things4 ,ah1 ,sylvia6 ,what has love to do with grey hairs8 ,if there is love1 they are better than gold4 ,sylvia1 do you know what madness you are putting into my head8 ,i cannot know unless you tell me4 ,sylvia's eyes were raised to his with a flash of the old audacity4 ,perhaps ,i dare not tell you4 ,ah1 do6 ,if ,i were a young man and you would do it1 you might turn this work-a-day earth to ,paradise for me4 ,and why not now8 ,illustration3 ,he made a step towards her4--p4 #eeb4 ,ah6 child1 you do not know what you are saying4 ,what could you1 a beauty and an heiress1 see in me8 ,i am glad ,i am beautiful to you4 ,but why should that and the other things stand between me and my happiness8 ,your happiness1 ,sylvia8 ,ah1 yes6 ,you wouldn't see it1 but ,i always thought there was no one in the world like you4 ,you chose ,pam before me1 and even then ,i accepted your will1 but ,i loved you still4 ,i chose ,pam because she was unhappy1 because there seemed no other way4 ,it did not break my heart to give her up1 though it was a blow4 ,it does not hurt me now to hear of her as ,lady ,trevithick4 ,but ,i dare not risk the same thing with you4 ,why8 ,because it would be so easy to forget my years1 and love you with a young man's ardour1 and more than a young man's faith4 ,then why not love me8 ,ah6 ,sylvia1 it is your kindness1 your compassion4 ,i could not endure to be thrown over now1 even though ,i am well on in my forties4 ,i shall not throw you over4 ,look at me1 and you will see4 ,he looked at her1 and made a step towards her4 ,then you will make the world over again for me8 ,and you for me8 ,ah1 ,sylvia6 ,yes4 ,how hard it was to persuade you4 ,there will be lots of people who will want to marry you once it is known you have come back4 ,you might have liked someone better than me4 ,and ,i have waited for three years4 ,you fairy princess1 what do you mean by condescending to a mortal's grey hairs8 ,we shall be so happy1 you and ,i and papa4 ,we shall lead the country life1 though he'll have to come to ,london now and again for his serious 'frivolities4' ,and ,i shall make you care for me4 ,now you do not care for me nearly so much as ,i do for you4 ,you bewilder me1 ,sylvia4 ,ah6 yes1 you will care for me4 ,i shall not let you cheat me4 ,you talk as if my youth were not flown1 you lovely child4 ,it is not flown4 ,you do not mean to say you used up your youth during those hard years that lined your face and sowed grey hairs in your head8 ,ah6 no1 you were saving it up for me4 ,it is too incredible6 ,take time1 then1 to think1 good gentleman1 said ,sylvia1 with laughter dancing bewitchingly about her mouth2 but her eyes were tender4 ,if ,i take time1 all this will take wings like a dream and fly away4 ,then keep it1 said ,sylvia4 ,my life--what remains of it--will be devoted to you4 ,it is time you should say that4 ,you have been going after false fires1 while ,i have been true all the time4 ,you to me1 ,sylvia6 ,i to you4 ,but if ,i had not almost asked you1 you would have left me to single blessedness4 ,ah6 there is papa's ring4 ,he will be glad4 ,he will think it folly1 ,sylvia4 ,ah6 no1 he won't4 ,dear1 wise papa1 he was always anxious for you to marry one of his daughters4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,end ,,tired4 ,on the weary waves of the world ,to and fro ,this tired life of mine has been whirled6 ,in the flow ,and ebb of every dangerous tide ,my thoughts have drifted far and wide1 ,as on a bleak and bare hill-side ,drifts the snow4 ,i sought for rest afar1 afar1 ,but found it not2 ,i dreamed sweet dreams1 if such things are ,sweet which we wot ,are false4 ,i woke again to know ,the weight of an unceasing woe1 ,and journeyed onward1 bending low ,to a hard lot4 ,at length to my weary soul ,i said1 ,soul of mite1 ,the empty restless life thou hast led1 ,in shade and shine1 ,in winter's cold and angry beat1 ,in summer's languid parching heat-- ,poor soul6 ,i said1 ,it is not meet ,such fate be thine4 ,there is a rest1 oh6 my tired soul1 ,far away1 ,we soon may reach that happy goal ,beyond to-day4 ,far1 far beyond those darkening skies ,there is a ,land which ,rest supplies-- ,peace1 endless peace1 that never dies4 ,come away6 ,h4 ,,brooke ,,davies4 ,,light ,,through ,,dull ,,panes4 ,a ,,visit ,,to ,,the ,,earlswood ,,asylum4 7,illustrated from ,photographs by ,cassell and ,co41 ,ltd47 ,this is the first of a special series of illustrated articles on representative philanthropic institutions4 ,each article will describe the scope and work of the institution concerned1 and will in addition contain detailed information as to the methods of admission1 with special reference to the voting system4 ,the young ,queen ,victoria had been ten years on the throne of ,england4 ,in this decade the wheel of philanthropy seemed to turn with increased impetus4 ,it had been set in motion before the dawn of the nineteenth century1 for then asylums for the blind1 the deaf and dumb1 and lunatic had been established4 ,now various institutions and schemes of benevolence were springing into existence in aid of other classes of sufferers4 ,there was still something wanting1 a lady maintained to ,dr4 ,andrew ,reed--a powerful friend of the afflicted and needy2 she asked him to help the feeble-minded4 ,he demurred2 he doubted whether there were sufficient cases to call for a special institute4 ,if she could find six in six days1 he promised to take up the matter4 ,six days produced twenty eligible from their poverty and infirmity1 and the well-known philanthropist kept his word4 ,the ,national ,asylum for ,idiots was inaugurated at the ,mansion ,house in ,october1 #ahdg1 and was established at ,highgate in ,january1 #ahdh4 ,since then it has received upwards of #c1jjj cases1 and the institution now at ,earlswood has served as a model for others in different parts of ,europe and our colonies4 ,illustration3 ,,in ,,the ,,printing ,,office ,,at ,,earlswood4 ,the need of such asylums encircles the world2 for wherever humanity has spread children may be born with inherent infirmity1 or the heart ache and a thousand natural shocks which flesh is heir to may cloud the brightest intelligence4 ,the poor and sick in mind must ever appeal for help to the rich and strong and capable4 ,the mysterious something wanting in intellect is a grievous calamity1 even when good friends and wealth can procure all possible compensations4 ,in a family where the necessities of life depend on the power to work1 it reduces existence to a miserable burden4 ,it was especially for the poor that the ,national ,asylum was established4 ,the pleasant building standing on the breezy uplands above ,redhill can accommodate nearly #gjj patients2 and twice a year1 on the last ,thursday in the months of ,april and ,october1 needy cases1 from five years old and upwards1 are elected on the foundation by the votes of subscribers4 ,there are generally from #acj to #aej applicants1 though funds only allow the admission of about one-fifth of the number4 ,presentations for life may be secured1 but it is a happiness to know that the term of five years1 which is the rule in election1 is sometimes sufficient to teach a boy a trade1 or a girl to make herself useful in housework1 needlework1 or a laundry4 ,patients entered for five years may be re-elected4 ,lately one of them wrote to his friends1 ,it will be soon time to get me in again for another five years4 ,i hope that it will be all right2 ,i like ,earlswood4 ,illustration3 ,a ,,view ,,of ,,the ,,dining ,,hall4 ,why should a boy able to write and to take thought for his own affairs be in an asylum for imbeciles8 ,a visit to ,earlswood would be the most effectual answer to the question4 ,it is hard to know where idiocy begins and ends4 ,there are skilled workmen in the printers'1 tailors'1 carpenters'1 and other departments1 who1 to a casual observer1 betray nothing wanting4 ,many of their exhibits1 as well as specimens of the girls' and women's needlework1 were sold at the ,arts and ,crafts ,exhibition at ,lancaster in #ahig1 where a section was open to institutions for imbeciles1 and seventeen prizes were awarded to ,earlswood4 ,but there are other patients whose limited intelligence renders them oblivious of their own infirmity or their own names2 between the two extremes there is every degree of feebleness of mind4 ,those who consciously suffer least are likely to call out the greatest compassion4 ,it is natural to turn away and try to forget the sight of a human creature going on all-fours1 or of great helpless babies1 without the charm or sweetness of infancy1 sitting up with bibs on1 waiting for the meal for which they cannot ask4 ,illustration3 ,,in ,,his ,,own ,,workshop4 ,it must be sad and painful to a visitor1 the matron said1 to have a passing glance at the worst cases1 but to live amongst them1 as she had done for eleven years1 was full of interest4 ,nearly all were capable of some improvement4 ,a home where everything is done to promote their health and happiness is1 for the weak-minded1 a new world4 ,to be taken from conditions of continual disadvantage1 and placed under the charge of guardians whose first duty is to work and watch for the awakening of soul and mind1 brings hope and comfort into their life4 ,a poor constitution is often added to the disadvantages of the imbecile2 and in families where their friends cannot constantly protect them they are often exposed to teasing1 and driven into fits of fury1 ending in chronic bad temper1 by the mischief or malice of their companions4 ,illustration3 ,a ,,view ,,of ,,the ,,asylum4 ,no one is allowed to tease them here1 a nurse remarked1 in speaking of the patients' affection and their general disposition to get on well together4 ,they are classified1 so that they meet companions on equal terms4 ,the lowest have not the spirit or independence to defy lawful authority2 to the highest but refractory1 degradation to a class below is the most salutary punishment that can be inflicted4 ,they soon try by their conduct to rise to their former level4 ,anyone in charge giving a patient a blow would be liable to criminal prosecution4 ,the vicious or dangerous cases are not admitted1 and the authorities do not encourage the re-election of those who give absolutely no promise of improvement4 ,the vacancies ought to be filled by candidates to whom care and treatment will be of use4 ,in the great busy world outside ,earlswood are muscular limbs dwindling or growing stiff for want of exercise1 and hands framed for skill which are only filled with mischief by the active spirit against whom ,dr4 ,watts left an immortal warning4 ,they need not remain idle1 for special training can supply much that ,nature has denied4 ,illustration3 ,,at ,,school4 ,it requires a great deal of patience to teach this class of pupils a useful calling1 as more than one instructor remarked when the doctor conducted a visitor through the various workshops4 ,some are unwilling to learn2 in ,earlswood1 as in all communities1 each variety of disposition is represented1 as well as every degree of lack of ability4 ,you can't make me work1 you know1 doctor1 one patient maintained1 for ,i am only an imbecile4 ,happily1 in this little world which1 in spite of its limitations1 manufactures and supplies for itself most of the necessaries of life1 all are not ready to make capital out of their infirmity4 ,the master-carpenter lamented the loss of a former diligent pupil1 who had been worth one pound a week to the institution1 and he showed with pride the doors and panels of another1 who he said might now earn his own living anywhere4 ,this clever young carpenter had been at ,earlswood for three years1 and in the workshop for two4 ,he bore a high character1 and was so attached to the asylum that1 when he was at home for a summer holiday1 he came back for a day4 ,yet before his admission his relations had been unable to manage him4 ,the master-tailor called one of his best boys to show the waistcoat he was making4 ,a good-looking middle-aged man descended with alacrity from the table--where1 in the time-honoured custom of his trade1 he worked in an attitude calculated to cause persons of other callings violent cramp in the legs--and shook hands all round with great warmth and friendliness4 ,directly he had displayed a piece of work1 in which his instructor took pardonable pride1 he returned with renewed diligence to his needle and thread4 ,this man's interest in tailoring is so keen that when he1 in his turn1 does duty in the kitchen1 he returns to his cloth and his favourite attitude for every available moment4 ,seated together with the first-class workmen are others1 smiling over their attempts to learn stitching or to make button-holes4 ,they may possibly never get beyond samplers1 but time will show4 ,in the shoemakers' shop similar degrees of skill and industry were manifest4 ,one man held in his hand a finished boot that he had made from the beginning1 whilst others could only be trusted to black and polish4 ,so it was with the rest of the twenty-five trades and callings in which last year #aih men and boys were employed1 each according to his several ability4 ,perhaps the highest attainments are seen in the printing department--the only one that undertakes outside work4 ,besides the necessary printing for ,earlswood and the ,london office1 #bcb private orders were sent out last year1 and a profit was made of #aej4 ,on the occasion of my visit1 a young compositor was not quite ready to show his proof to the doctor1 who inquired what he was doing4 ,he had just set up the programme for a patients' party1 and had made it conclude with ,musicle ,chairs2 he wanted to correct the spelling before it was inspected4 ,one elderly man1 deaf1 with an impediment in his speech and afflicted in mind1 had his own workshop4 ,all around him were evidences of his artistic skill4 ,he looked tenderly at his own drawings1 but the objects of his special admiration were the various magnifiers and reflectors he had designed and made to help him in fine carving4 ,h4,r4,h4 the ,prince of ,wales1 who is interested in ,earlswood1 has lately presented him with some elephant tusks4 ,it was a pleasure to this artist to display the lightness of an ivory landscape brooch4 ,a piece of tortoise-shell at the back1 with a judicious arrangement of the golden and dark blotches1 made it a transparency4 ,when held up on one side to the light1 it was a sunny scene2 whilst on the other it was dark1 with a full moon4 ,illustration3 ,a ,,corner ,,of ,,the ,,kitchen4 ,in spite of gentle manners and artistic skill1 this man would probably be unable to live or turn his talents to account outside an asylum4 ,he belongs to a class who for practical purposes never outgrow mental childhood4 ,years roll by4 ,time brings them grey hairs and other signs of his flight1 but never carries them beyond the need of fatherly care4 ,many with far less intelligence seem to realise this4 ,it is pathetic to hear in some wards the cry of ,mother6 and see a smile of fancied recognition when a stranger appears4 ,one middle-aged woman who called out ,mamma1 mamma6 had some information1 cheerful but incoherent1 to impart4 ,then the name of ,george suddenly arrested her flow of trivialities1 and her face puckered into a grotesque expression of distress4 ,she raised her hand and pointed upward1 saying1 ,george up there4 ,the sorrowful remembrance was1 however1 transient2 the next instant she was all smiles4 ,the eddy on the surface of her smooth life soon caught the sunshine1 but its presence was sufficient to call out fresh compassion for the poor souls whose wits may have been lost under a weight of trouble heavier than they could bear4 ,the sad pages in the life-history of some of the most helpless are1 however1 blotted out of their memory1 or only dimly recalled by a fragmentary remark4 ,the sound of laughter in the recreation-room1 sitting-rooms1 and playground is almost constant4 ,if it shows the vacant mind1 it also bespeaks content4 ,pleasure and enjoyment are circumscribed1 but so also is the capacity for suffering in mind and body4 ,the patients have almost as little temptation to anxious thought for the morrow as the ravens or lilies4 ,in a narrow sphere a trifling event assumes great dimensions1 and the day may be easily filled with pleasures4 ,the delight with which one middle-aged patient said that she was going to have a new dress had all the innocent glee of childhood4 ,a lad who called out ,tick1 tick6 at the sight of the doctor was immediately made happy by being allowed to listen to his watch4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,children ,,at ,,drill ,,in ,,the ,,recreation-,,room4 ,various little treats are planned as rewards for good conduct4 ,in the winter1 those who do well are invited once a week to join in games in the recreation-room4 ,yet the ,head ,governess is of opinion that the little ones are never happier than when they are at lessons4 ,according to their ability1 they go through the course usually adopted in elementary schools1 and have the same physical exercises4 ,the elder girls are employed in housework or in the laundry4 ,many1 no doubt1 enjoy the new experience of being usefully employed1 and industry and willingness are rewarded by an afternoon walk to the town1 a small amount of pocket-money1 and a reward at the ,new ,year4 ,illustration3 ,,mat-,,making4 ,the sense of right and wrong1 and of responsibility1 develops with exercise4 ,of the many letters received last year at ,earlswood from the patients or their relations acknowledging the good results of training1 the ,resident ,physician looked upon one from a man discharged five years ago as the most satisfactory4 ,but for a course of treatment the writer would probably have remained all his life as a burden on his relations4 ,he is now earning ten shillings a week in a grocery business4 ,after making this satisfactory announcement1 he continues3 ,i belong to a ,bible-class4 ,i am also in a club1 so1 if ,i am ill1 my mother gets ten shillings and sixpence per week1 and my doctor's bill paid4 ,with inquiries after old friends1 special love to two1 this patient remains a loving friend4 ,how many men with all their faculties do more8 ,and how many others fall below his standard of duty and gratitude6 ,in days of old1 one out of ten to whom the same miracle of mercy brought new life and health returned to the great ,healer and gave glory to ,god1 and he belonged to a class from whom least might have been expected4 ,a good proportion of the strangers to many privileges1 as the feeble-minded must ever remain1 often live as examples of doing their best4 ,a man is accepted according to that he hath4 ,illustration3 ,,some ,,basket-,,workers4 ,the highest and the only certain principle of good conduct is kept before all who enter the asylum4 ,twice a day they meet for prayers1 and before and after meals grace1 sung in the great hall to the accompaniment of a fine organ1 fills the corridors with music1 in which many of the patients delight4 ,the resident ,religious ,instructor last year found a note slipped into his hand1 addressed1 ,mr4 ,small1 from me4 ,a patient wrote3 ,,dear ,,sir1 ,i wish to ask you1 in a nice kind way or other1 to have two of my hymns on the #eth of ,february1 which is ,saturday4 ,please have them in the evening--,nos4 #ejj and #ecb--;and you may quite expect a nice pocket-book from me4--,your friend1 ,,percy4 ,it is not unusual for boys to ask that their birthdays may be celebrated by singing their favourite hymns4 ,their teacher finds that lessons on the life and miracles of our ,lord always have a charm for the patients4 ,even those unable to read or intelligently follow the prayers can enjoy ,sunday2 then they receive pictures illustrating ,bible incidents1 and can1 at least1 hear the hymns at the evening service1 which in summer is held under the trees4 ,methods of teaching must be adapted to the varied capacity1 but the lesson of the compassion of our ,lord for every infirmity is common to the #fjj patients whom ,earlswood now shelters1 whilst #acj are waiting for admission4 ,one class may enter by payment1 which varies according to the circumstances and requirements4 ,the lowest payment is sixty-five guineas a year1 and it includes entire maintenance and clothing for twelve months4 ,there are no vacations1 unless the friends desire it4 ,private patients do not mix with those on the foundation either at meals or in the recreation-room4 ,some have their own sitting-rooms and special attendants4 ,another class of patients may enter by part-payment4 ,they are elected from a list of candidates whose friends fill a position that would preclude their gaining free admission1 but who are unable to make the ordinary payment4 ,the minimum sum of fifteen guineas is required annually so long as the child remains in the asylum4 ,a large number of subscribers' votes1 #gjj at least1 are required to place a candidate for ordinary election on the foundation4 ,before canvassing1 a form must be obtained from the office1 #cf1 ,king ,william ,street1 ,london ,bridge1 ,e4,c41 in order to see if the case is deemed eligible by the ,board1 whether for free or part-payment election4 ,for the well-being of the community in general1 rules cannot be broken4 ,great disappointment and trouble are sometimes occasioned by an attempt to canvass before ascertaining that a candidate will be approved by the ,board4 ,the receipt of parish relief at any time disqualifies a candidate4 ,certain regulations1 the result of experience1 have been made regarding receiving and maintaining the large family whom the authorities have taken under their care1 and ,earlswood is subject to the inspection of the ,commissioners in ,lunacy4 ,during fifty years the supporters of this institution have1 in a very literal sense1 obeyed the injunction to comfort the feeble-minded4 ,in spite of limp limbs and slouching gait1 the weakest among the imbecile bear the image of their ,creator4 ,can it be doubted that they are as precious to ,him as the conies who1 though but a feeble folk1 find1 under ,his providence1 a refuge in the stony rocks8 ,in their helplessness and dependence1 the afflicted in mind find a place in the heart and affection of their guardians2 and who can tell how many have learnt1 through them1 to hide themselves with all their infirmities in the ,rock of ,ages8 ,d4 ,l4 ,,woolmer4 ,illustration3 ,,in ,,the ,,shoemaking ,,room4 ,illustration3 ,,mother-,,hood ,by ,lina ,orman ,cooper1 ,author of ,our ,home ,rulers1 ,etc4 ,there is many an arrow in my quiver1 full of speech to the wise1 but for the many they need interpreters4 ,so wrote ,pindar long1 long ago2 and ,i1 having gathered many arrows of help and knowledge from the quiver of books around me1 would fain pass them on4 ,in this paper ,i string these barbs to the bow of motherhood1 and trust they may pierce to the joints of the harness4 ,perhaps there is no subject absorbing more attention at the present time than that of motherhood and heredity4 ,never has the cult of maternity been better formulated--never has the practice of it been more carefully studied4 ,in these days of pressure1 writes ,lyttleton1 it is a mother's first duty to her children to secure for them a full seven years of passive life4 ,the best and first service a mother can do her children1 says another writer1 is to maintain the standard of her own life at its highest-- ',allure to brighter worlds1 and lead the way4' ,it is a mother's first duty to provide for each newborn soul an environment which will foster its highest development1 says another4 ,to praise is a part of a mother's first work in the world on behalf of her children1 adds a fourth4 ,i consider it to be the first and most important part of the education of childhood to lead them early to think is ,froebel's opinion4 ,the importance of a mother's influence during the first few years of existence is repeated in ,lord ,macaulay's well-known aphorism1 ,give me the first seven years of a child's life1 and let who will take the rest2 and by ,froebel1 when he says1 ,the most important period of human education is before the child is seven years old4 ,we mothers1 who are ,god's special servants--,his instruments1 as it were1 for the particular purpose of carrying out ,his will for the wee individuals confided to us--are apt to think too little about those first years of a child's life4 ,our children1 from two to five1 are often left to self-education4 ,very little scientific care is expended on them4 ,yet beauty of body and soul would not be so seldom met with1 or so transient as it is apt to be with us1 if we truly educated persons took our children in hand from their babyhood1 instead of leaving them to the most ignorant class of the community4 ,it is usual to speak of the ,greeks1 writes ,peabody in his ,primary ,school1 as if they were of exceptional organisation4 ,their organisation was only exceptional because it was more carefully treated in infancy than ours is apt to be4 ,the laws which govern the growth of the human mind are as definite and as general in their application as those which apply to the material universe1 and we know the basis of all development is a good foundation4 ,this must be laid in early youth1 both as regards the body and as regards the mind4 ,it is so fatally easy to do mischief in those first seven years4 ,the limbs of a sapling are not more easily bent than the budding desires of the infant4 ,the soul instinctively expects love from the first1 and only a mother's exclusively cherishing tenderness ought to be the rule in a nursery4 ,the true educational instinct is but the mother's instinct and method clearly understood in all its bearings and carried out intelligently4 ,this last word opens out a wonderful vista4 ,parents should make the care of their children an object to study physiology and psychology1 says ,peabody2 and thus we find education is always mutual4 ,according to ,goethe1 the child teaches the parent what the parents omit to teach him2 and1 as ,plato adds1 man cannot propose 7or woman either7 a higher or loftier object for his study than education and all that pertains thereto4 ,before leaving this branch of the subject1 it is well for all mothers clearly to understand the difference between education and instruction4 ,the former 7training of the heart7 belongs exclusively to the parent4 ,the latter 7training of the intellect7 to the governess4 ,as ,renan puts it1 ,instruction is given in the school4 ,education takes place in the father's house2 the masters are the mothers and sisters4 ,well for us if we remember that education is always going on1 whether we will it or not4 ,our life1 our morals1 are affecting our children for weal or woe1 whether we realise or shirk the fact4 ,every human life is lifted or lowered by the home it is born into4 ,that magic and omnipotent gift of a mother's influence is an hourly1 unconscious1 emanating force exercised on those around4 ,we always know when we are instructing4 ,we do not always know when we are educating4 ,the realisation of this amazing power is enough to stagger the bravest heart4 ,a mother has to be convinced that the great function of motherhood is not only to guard her child1 to exhort him1 to train him1 but to live her life in the presence of that child as a pattern of what the child should aspire to become4 ,a mother's influence should certainly be at its strongest during the early years of life4 ,it depends on what she is1 and only in a subordinate way on what she does4 ,therefore1 she can carry altruism too far4 ,a mother is of as much value in the sight of ,god as is her child1 and the path in which she has to walk is plainly that of self-sanctification for the sake of that child4 ,this implies seasons for culture1 rest1 prayer1 and the preservation of her body in health4 ,to quote ,miss ,mason on this point1 ,health is a duty1 and any trifling with health1 either vicious or careless1 is really in the nature of suicide1 because life is held in trust from a supreme ,authority4 ,will the years be wasted if we spend them mastering the science of education in our nurseries8 ,nay6 even our personal charms will be amplified by the most entrancing study in the world4 ,the perfect loveliness of a woman's countenance can only consist in that majestic peace which is founded in memory of happy and useful years full of sweet records 7,ruskin74 ,verily we shall have our reward4 ,illustration3 ,remembrance4 ,words by ,,james ,,montgomery4 ,music by ,,gordon ,,saunders1 ,mus4,d4 ,oxon4 #a4 ,according to ,thy gracious ,word1 ,in meek humility ,this will ,i do1 my dying ,lord--,i will remember ,thee4 #b4 ,when to the cross ,i turn mine eyes1 ,and rest on ,calvary1 ,o ,lamb of ,god1 my sacrifice1 ,i must remember ,thee4 ,amen ,illustration3 ,,the ,,ten ,,little ,,indians ,a ,,fairy ,,parable4 ,by ,howard ,angus ,kennedy4 ,once upon a time there were ten little ,red ,indians1 and they lived in a school-house built of logs on the banks of the ,river ,saskatchewan2 and1 if you cannot pronounce the river's name1 just try till you can4 ,the reason they lived in a school-house was that their fathers had gone hunting in the woods1 and their mothers were dead1 so the wigwams were very lonely2 but the children were as happy as they could be1 and enjoyed their schooling as much as any white children enjoy their holidays4 ,the teacher was a sweet white lady from down beyond1 who mothered them all so well that they never even thought of being bad4 ,at least1 only two of them did2 and they never got beyond thinking about it1 as long as the teacher was with them4 ,down at the bottom of the river1 in a deep1 deep hole1 there lived a wicked wizard2 and one morning very early he was prowling along by the shore1 with just the tip of his nose above water1 sniff-sniff-sniffing for the scent of anyone good to eat4 ,now it happened that that morning the teacher had got up very early1 and was sitting on a stone by the riverside1 trying to think of new story-lessons to tell the children2 and the wizard put up his long snaky arm out of the water and caught her by the neck and dragged her down to his cave4 ,then he tied her hands and feet1 and waited for her to drown2 but drown she would not4 ,so he thought she must have a ,testament in her pocket to act as a charm4 ,the ,testament was really in her heart1 which was a great deal better4 ,so when he saw she would not drown1 he was a little frightened1 and offered to let her go if she would give him one of the children instead4 ,you wicked wizard1 said she1 not one of them shall you have6 ,we shall see about that1 said the wizard2 and out he went1 leaving the teacher tied fast at the bottom of the hole4 ,now1 when the children came down1 they were very much surprised to find no teacher2 but they took their morning dip in the river1 as she had taught them to do4 ,just as they were coming out to dry themselves1 a great grey fish put his head out of the water and said--,children1 the wizard that lives in the hole has caught your teacher1 and he's coming to catch you4 ,the children jumped out of the water in a great fright4 ,what shall we do8 ,what shall we do8 they all began to cry4 ,put on your clothes1 said the fish1 after he had gone down for a moment to breathe4 ,that was soon done1 for they had very few clothes to put on4 ,now get on our backs1 said the great grey fish1 who had come up this time with nine others as like him as could be4 ,then the ten fishes humped up their great grey backs1 just keeping their heads under water to breathe with and their tails to swim with2 and the ten children got on1 and the fishes carried them across the big river in a twinkling4 ,now1 children1 said the chief of the fishes1 strike into the wood as straight as you can go till you come to the old brown bear1 and he'll tell you the way to ,fruity ,hollow1 where you'll get your dinner2 but don't speak to the grizzly bear1 for he's the wizard's son4 ,then go on till you come to the old grey wolf1 and she'll tell you the way to the otters' cave2 but don't say a word to the red wolf with the squint1 for she's the wizard's daughter4 ,the fish was quite out of breath when he got to the end of this speech1 and disappeared in a hurry4 ,then the ten little ,indians marched off into the woods1 ,indian file2 and they all kept close together1 one behind the other1 except the two little boys that sometimes wished they did not have to do what they ought2 and they dawdled behind4 ,pretty soon the children got to where the poplars end and the pinewoods begin1 and there they saw the grizzly bear sitting on his haunches beside the path1 with his arms folded smugly across his chest and his cruel face trying to smile4 ,welcome1 little darlings6 the grizzly bear said1 in a voice as sweet as honey4 ,would you like me to take you to ,fruity ,hollow8 ,the children shut their mouths tightly1 and went straight on1 and the grizzly gritted his teeth in disappointment2 but when the two bad little ,indians came straggling along he sat up again and put on his smirkiest smile and said-- ,you poor little dears6 ,what a shame it was for the others to leave you behind6 ,how hungry you must be6 ,would you like me to show you the way to ,fruity ,hollow8 ,that ,i should1 indeed6 said one of the boys4 ,and the grizzly bear sprang upon him1 and caught him up1 and hugged him till the breath was nearly out of his body1 and strode off with him2 and the other boy ran on as fast as he could to catch up his companions4 ,meanwhile the eight little ,indians marched steadily on till they came to the old brown bear2 and he was so fast asleep they could only wake him by pulling his fur1 but they took care to pull it respectfully4 ,all right1 said the old brown bear in a mumbly voice1 ,i know what you want4 ,first turning on the right1 over the big tree that blew down last winter4 ,then he went to sleep again before they could say ,thank you1 sir4 ,when they came to a big tree lying with its roots in the air1 but with its needles still green1 they scrambled over it and followed a winding path down into a narrow valley just full of wild raspberry- and gooseberry- and currant-bushes1 and they picked and ate and picked and ate till they could eat no more4 ,then they made baskets of big leaves and twigs1 and filled them with berries for supper1 and climbed back over the big tree and trudged along up the path4 ,soon afterwards they came upon the squinting red wolf1 straddling right across the track4 ,here we are1 you sweet little redskins1 said she1 with a grin two feet long4 ,the otters have asked me to show you the way to their cave4 ,the little redskins turned almost white with fear1 but they shut their mouths tightly and pushed right on1 and the wicked red wolf had to jump out of the way in a hurry1 for she did not dare to touch children who remembered and obeyed4 ,presently the dawdler came up1 very hungry and tired--for the brown bear had been much too fast asleep to tell him about ,fruity ,hollow--and burst out at once1 without thinking1 ,please can you tell me the way to the otters' cave8 ,then the red wolf leapt upon him1 and knocked him down1 and picked him up by the back of his clothes and carried him off at a trot through the scratching brambles4 ,just where the pinewoods end and the poplars begin again1 the eight little ,indians came upon the old grey wolf1 curled up with her nose on her tail2 and she put up her head for the children to scratch her neck4 ,across the meadow and round the slough1 she said when she had been scratched enough2 and down the stony creek4 ,so when they got to the edge of the wood they struck right across the meadow1 wading knee-deep in the long rich grass2 and then they found a path leading through another patch of poplar wood to a wide green slough--or sloo1 as they call it in ,canada--half-lake and half-swamp2 and they trod lightly round the narrow edge till they found the place where the water oozed out into the creek4 ,down the creek they went1 with the stream purring beside their feet like a kitten in the sun1 and the mosquitoes humming over their heads1 and the silly loose-leaved poplars rustling all around them1 wind or no wind4 ,listen6 said the biggest little ,indian4 ,and through all the purring and humming and rustling came the long low swishing sound of a big river4 ,then the eight little pairs of feet climbed out of the creek-bed1 and crossed a corner of land till they stood almost on the edge of the river's earthen-cut bank4 ,there was a bustling and a scurrying under foot1 and then a row of furry brown little heads popped up from the edge of the bank4 ,come in6 barked all the otters in chorus2 and1 scrambling down the bank1 the children followed the otters into their cave4 ,there was plenty of room1 though the door was rather small1 and a big bed of prairie hay was spread on the floor4 ,we've been expecting you1 you see1 said the mother otter1 when the eight little ,indians were squatting on their hunkers and eating berries4 ,the fishes told us to look out for you about this time4 ,have you made friends with the fishes1 then8 asked the biggest boy4 ,no1 we're not exactly friends1 only allies4 ,we hate the wizard more than we hate each other1 so we've joined to fight him4 ,but ,i wish it was all over1 so that we could go fishing again4 ,gophers are dreadfully dry food1 and they do burrow in such dusty holes4 ,after supper the eight little ,indians lay down in a row1 and all the little otters spread themselves out into a big fur counterpane to keep the children warm4 ,but the big otters sharpened their teeth as soon as it was dark1 and swam down and down and down1 with fiery eyes1 till they came into the ,river ,saskatchewan2 and then they swam up and up and up till they came near the wizard's pit2 and there they climbed out and hid just under the edge of the bank4 ,presently they felt a heavy silent somebody tramping over the grass from the wood1 and they knew that the grizzly bear was coming1 and one of them slipped down to the water's edge to tell the great grey fishes1 who were lying just inside the river4 ,well1 said the greatest of the fishes1 what do you want us to do8 ,for he knew that the otters must take the lead when fighting had to be done4 ,you must pretend to be the wizard1 said the otter1 and tell the grizzly to come into the river up to his waist4 ,we can fight much better in the water1 you know4 ,so the fish put up his head1 and called out1 imitating the wizard's voice as well as he could1 ,is that you1 my son8 ,of course it's me1 grumbled the bear2 and a precious hard run ,i've had with this little wretch4 ,i'd a good mind to stop on the way and eat him myself4 ,never mind1 my dear1 said the sham wizard4 ,i'll pay you well4 ,just bring him in1 will you8 ,the water won't come above your middle4 ,the grizzly grumbled something about the water being cold1 and he thought his father might as well have come ashore2 but he waded in1 all the same1 and the otters dived and swam after him4 ,and when the water was up to his middle the fishes swam in between his legs and nibbled his toes1 and hit him hard on the legs with their great tails1 and toppled him right over2 but still he held on to the boy with one arm1 while he clawed savagely at the fishes with the other4 ,then the otters sprang at his shoulders1 and bit right through the fur and the flesh1 so that he dropped the boy in the water2 and the fishes and otters kept up such a splashing and a jumping and a biting that the bear could not see a foot in front of him1 and the boy dashed back to the shore and huddled shivering under the bank4 ,help1 help1 help6 yelled the grizzly4 ,they've stolen the boy6 ,they're cutting off my toes6 ,they're tearing off my ears6 ,they're flaying me alive6 ,illustration3 ,help1 help1 help6 yelled the grizzly4 ,then the wizard awoke1 and leapt out of his hole1 and came flying to the rescue1 raking the water and the air with his long snaky arms1 and screeching horribly4 ,but before he got to where the grizzly was rolling over and over in a whirlpool of mad otters and fishes and foam1 he heard the voice of his daughter1 the red wolf1 who had just arrived and was calling out 7as well as she could with a little ,indian's clothes in her mouth7 to ask what was the matter4 ,if ,i've lost one1 ,i'll make sure of the other1 the wizard thought2 and he seized the boy from his daughter's mouth and plunged down into the pit1 leaving his grizzly son to look after himself4 ,we must save the boy6 cried the head otter4 ,he's not worth saving1 said the fishes2 haven't we done enough for one night8 ,the otters did not condescend to answer1 but swam hotly after the wizard1 and the fishes followed without another word1 leaving the grizzly to hobble ashore and lick his wounds4 ,none of the otters had ever dared to descend the wizard's pit before1 and none of the fishes had ever ventured within a hundred feet of its mouth2 but now the otters' blood was up1 and they dived like a flash1 and caught up the wizard before he got to the bottom1 and fastened on his heels1 and dug their teeth into his calves4 ,the wizard flung himself round and gripped an otter in each hand2 but they gnawed his wrists till their teeth met in the sinews1 and the rest of the otters swarmed round his neck and cut his head right off4 ,the boy is drowned1 all the same1 said the head fish1 who swam bravely down into the pit when he heard the otters' scream of victory4 ,not a bit of it1 said the head otter2 it's only his badness that's drowned2 the boy will be righter than ever if you hurry ashore with him4 ,so the fishes pushed him up to the air and rolled him ashore2 though it was rather difficult1 as he had not the sense to hold on1 and they had no arms to hold him by4 ,meanwhile the otters had gone down to the very bottom of the pit1 and bitten through the teacher's cords2 and she kissed their wet foreheads and left her dark prison1 and the rising sun flung her a rosy welcome as she stepped out on to dry ground4 ,the squinting wolf shut her eyes and howled1 and fled into the wood with her tail between her legs4 ,the eight little ,indians were having a fine romp with the little otters when the big otters came back1 tired and wounded1 but proud with glorious news4 ,as soon as the story was told1 the head otter said--,now1 children1 it's time to go home1 and the fishes are waiting4 ,no going through the woods this time6 ,as he spoke1 the fishes humped up their great grey backs1 and the children took their seats1 and the procession never stopped till it came to the little school-house1 where the best of all teachers stood smiling welcomes at the door and two shamefaced little ,indians pretended to be very busy at their sums inside4 ,illustration3 ,the procession never stopped till it came to the school-house4 ,then there was a great hugging and kissing and laughing and crying for joy1 while the little otters turned flying somersaults over the desks and played catch on the grass outside1 and the fishes looked on through their water-window1 till the children were tired of play and begged for lessons to begin4 ,,temperance ,,notes ,,and ,,news4 ,by a ,leading ,temperance ,advocate4 ,a ,,model ,,town4 ,could we but do away with intemperance1 the conditions of living would become so changed that we should hardly know ourselves1 said ,john ,bright on a memorable occasion4 ,what would the country be like without public-houses8 ,we can form some idea of the altered state of affairs by taking a trip to the model town of ,bessbrook in the county of ,armagh4 ,here we shall find a thriving1 populous community without any public-house or place for the sale of intoxicating liquor4 ,it owes its origin to the philanthropic prescience of the late ,john ,grubb ,richardson1 a wealthy member of the ,society of ,friends4 ,in the early 'sixties he purchased an estate of some sixty thousand acres1 and there erected the factory which is now world-famed as the ,bessbrook ,flax ,spinning ,mills4 ,approaching the town from ,newry1 the spinning mills form the most prominent feature in the view4 ,the immense range of lofty buildings is of noble proportions1 and for massive elegance compares very favourably with similar erections in the ,lancashire and ,yorkshire factory districts4 ,when the mills are in full work1 occupation is afforded for about five thousand hands4 ,the chief feature of the model town is a handsome square4 ,there are several shops in addition to the co-operative stores1 and the houses are well built1 varying in size1 every family being accommodated with three to six rooms1 according to the number of its members4 ,there is an institute with a capital library1 a recreation room1 a dispensary1 excellent schools under the supervision of the ,national ,board of ,education1 a savings bank1 and half-a-dozen places of worship1 the respective congregations supporting the current expenses4 ,the sale of intoxicating liquors is entirely prohibited1 and1 as a consequence1 there is not only an absence of drunkenness1 but a general freedom from the legion of evils which seem inseparable from the liquor traffic4 ,there is no resident police officer1 and it is only quite recently that there has been any police perambulation of the model town1 this latter being due more to political disturbances in the near neighbourhood than to any outbreak of crime on the part of the inhabitants of ,bessbrook itself4 ,the ,north of ,ireland thus furnishes an excellent example of how to make the working classes thrifty1 sober1 industrious1 happy and prosperous4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,town ,,hall1 ,,bessbrook4 ,illustration3 7,photo3 ,cuwell and ,co41 ,ltd47 ,a ,,view ,,of ,,bessbrook4 ,a ,,village ,,experiment4 ,the ,rev4 ,w4 ,e4 ,bolland1 ,m4,a41 vicar of ,embleton1 ,northumberland1 has1 in conjunction with some friends1 launched a scheme for a model club and hall for the village4 ,the plan contains some novel features1 inasmuch as it embraces a working men's club1 a public hall available for meetings1 entertainments1 etc42 a caf and refreshment rooms1 specially catering for cyclists and visitors2 bedrooms for summer visitors1 and also a public laundry4 ,the catering will exclude the provision of intoxicants1 and it will be seen from the illustration that the architect has planned a very attractive looking house4 ,this village scheme will be closely watched1 and1 if it should succeed1 there can be no doubt that the enterprising vicar of ,embleton will have many followers4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,proposed ,,temperance ,,club ,,for ,,embleton4 ,,the ,,bluecoat ,,boys4 ,in a very short time ,london will be deprived of one of its most picturesque sights--namely1 the tramp of its seven hundred or more ,bluecoat boys to the ,mansion ,house on ,easter ,tuesday to pay their respects to the ,lord ,mayor and ,lady ,mayoress1 and receive a monetary gift1 and a bun and a glass of wine4 ,the ,grecians are given a sovereign and a shilling each2 the junior ,grecians a half-sovereign and a sixpence2 the monitors half-a-crown2 and the other boys a shilling each4 ,the removal of this famous school to the country will possibly put an end to the function4 ,the glass of wine has become a diminishing quantity in recent years2 for1 thanks to the activity of a friend at court1 lemonade was introduced as an alternative a few years back1 and now the teetotal boys have no hesitation in availing themselves of this beverage4 ,the preacher of the ,spital sermon this year is to be a life-long abstainer1 the ,bishop of ,carlisle4 ,,coming ,,events4 ,the programmes for the ,may meetings are now nearing completion4 ,the ,church of ,england ,temperance ,society announces as speakers the ,archbishop of ,canterbury1 the ,bishop of ,chichester1 the ,bishop of ,thetford1 and the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,ridgeway2 the ,national ,temperance ,league relies upon the ,archbishop of ,canterbury1 ,mr4 ,t4 ,w4 ,russell1 ,m4,p41 ,mr4 ,john ,colville1 ,m4,p41 the ,rev4 ,george ,hanson1 ,b4,d41 and ,miss ,agnes ,weston2 while ,sir ,george ,williams will preside for the ,united ,kingdom ,band of ,hope ,union4 ,the annual meetings of the ,scottish ,temperance ,league will be held in ,glasgow on ,april #agth2 the annual meeting of the ,sussex ,band of ,hope ,union will take place at ,lewes on ,april #bfth2 a social meeting of the ,young ,men's ,auxiliary of the ,national ,temperance ,league will be held in ,sion ,college on ,april #bast2 the ,hackney and ,east ,middlesex ,band of ,hope ,union will give a reception in honour of its new ,president1 the ,dowager ,countess of ,errol1 on ,april #bjth4 ,the usual open-air demonstrations in the ,london parks1 promoted by the ,united ,temperance ,council will take place on ,saturday1 ,june #agth4 ,the ,rev4 ,f4 ,b4 ,meyer will preach the annual sermon of the ,congregational ,total ,abstinence ,society4 ,the ,archbishop of ,canterbury and ,mrs4 ,temple will give a ,garden ,party at ,lambeth ,palace on ,july #ast to meet the official advocates of the temperance movement4 ,the ,norwich ,diocesan temperance anniversary will be held at ,norwich from ,october #agth to ,october #bdth inclusive4 ,illustration3 7,photo3 ,russell and ,sons1 ,baker ,street1 ,w47 ,,the ,,bishop ,,of ,,llandaff4 ,,total ,,abstaining ,,bishops4 ,a few weeks ago the ,lord ,bishop of ,llandaff agreeably surprised the temperance workers of ,cardiff by announcing that he had definitely decided to try total abstinence4 ,it may not be generally known that the ,right ,rev4 ,h4 ,j4 ,foss1 who has recently been consecrated ,bishop of ,osaka1 is an abstainer1 and has been an active temperance worker during the whole of his twenty years' residence in ,japan4 ,the ,bishop of ,islington and the ,bishop of ,southampton are also total abstainers4 ,illustration3 7,photo3 ,cassell and ,co41 ltd47 ,,the ,,bradford ,,temperance ,,hall4 ,,the ,,first ,,temperance ,,hall ,,in ,,the ,,world4 ,the city of ,bradford claims to possess the first ,temperance ,hall in the world4 ,the foundation stone was laid on ,monday1 ,march #acth1 #ahcg1 and the building was opened on ,february #bgth1 #ahch1 by the ,bishop of ,ripon1 ,dr4 ,longley 7who in succession became ,bishop of ,durham1 ,archbishop of ,york1 and ,archbishop of ,canterbury74 ,this famous building is still in regular use1 the ,bradford ,temperance ,society being one of the most vigorous associations in the country4 ,a unique feature of the hall is a very handsome painted window in memory of the late ,john ,priestman4 ,it is a four-light window1 and contains four female figures robed in medival costumes1 and representing ,religion1 ,temperance1 ,health1 and ,prosperity4 ,above the central light is an effective portrait of ,mr4 ,priestman4 ,mr4 ,george ,field in his interesting ,historical ,survey of the ,bradford ,temperance ,society1 says3-- ,the hall of this1 the first temperance society in ,england1 has been a battle-field for many conflicts with drink1 and some of the greatest orators have made its walls re-echo with their oratory4 ,it has had amongst its friends and workers some of the best men and women of ,bradford4 ,by its agency many a degraded sot has been rescued and restored to respectability in society1 but while the curse of drink remains the work will have to go on4 ,,scripture ,,lessons ,,for ,,school ,,home ,,international ,,series ,with ,illustrative ,anecdotes and ,references4 ,,april #af,,th4--,jesus ,teaching ,humility4 ,to read--,st4 ,john xiii4 #a-ag4 ,golden ,text--,ver4 #ae4 ,so far have had ,christ's active life coupled with ,his teachings4 ,come now to ,his passive life just before the close4 ,to-day's lesson--a sort of active parable--teaching ,his giving up ,himself for man4 ,i4 ,the ,washing 7#a-aa74 ,the time4 ,just before ,christ's last ,passover4 ,supper being at hand 7,revised ,version72 washing taking place before a meal 7,st4 ,mark vii4 #c74 ,always known as the ,last ,supper or ,passover ,feast4 ,his hour for showing ,himself fully as the ,saviour was now come4 ,the cause 7ver4 #a74 ,love passing all knowledge 7,eph4 iii4 #ai74 ,shown by its greatness--loved to the uttermost2 its comprehensiveness--including even ,judas2 its lowliness--doing a servant's work4 ,the act4 ,disciples began to dispute which should be the greatest 7,st4 ,luke xxii4 #bd74 ,christ shows by ,his action what ,his opinion is4 ,the greatest in ,his kingdom are they who serve most4 ,takes towel1 water1 basin2 washes feet of each in turn4 ,who declines to accept the act of service8 ,but unless ,peter submits to ,christ1 can have no part with ,him4 ,he dreads separation from ,him1 therefore is eager now to be wholly washed4 ,christ tells him two things-- 7a7 ,he cannot understand meaning of this act but will hereafter--will add to his faith1 virtue 7or valour71 and knowledge 7#b ,pet4 i4 #c74 7b7 ,he who is washed1 i4e4 bathed 7,greek71 in ,christ's atoning blood 7,zech4 xiii4 #a7 needs only to wash or be washed from daily sin to be kept clean and holy4 ,,ii4 ,the ,meaning 7#ab-ag74 ,equality in ,christ's service4 ,he is their ,master1 but delights to serve them4 ,followers must copy ,his example4 ,service4 ,the spirit of ,his example to be followed--feeding hungry1 teaching ignorant1 visiting the sick and sad 7,st4 ,matt4 xxv4 #ce1 #cf74 ,knowledge4 ,life's mysteries to be cleared up hereafter4 ,duties now1 rewards future4 ,lesson4 ,lord1 what wilt ,thou have me to do8 ,kindness to the ,poor4 ,the great general1 ,sir ,william ,napier1 once met a little girl in a country lane sobbing over a broken bowl4 ,she had dropped it after taking her father's dinner1 and expected to be beaten for her carelessness4 ,suddenly a gleam of hope seemed to cheer her4 ,you can mend it1 sir1 she said1 can't you8 ,sir ,william explained that he could not mend it1 but could give her sixpence to buy another4 ,it chanced1 however1 that he had no money with him1 so he promised to meet her at the same time and place the next day with a sixpence4 ,on his return home1 he found an invitation to dinner the next day to meet someone whom he specially wished to see4 ,what was he to do8 ,he could not do both2 but the child had trusted him4 ,he must do his duty to the poor before thinking of his own pleasure4 ,so he declined the invitation and helped1 as he had promised1 ,christ's little one4 ,,april #bc,,rd4--,jesus the ,way1 ,truth1 and ,life4 ,to read--,st4 ,john xiv4 #a-ad4 ,golden ,text--,ver4 #f4 ,discourse with disciples at ,last ,supper continued4 ,peter1 boasting of his steadfastness1 been warned of his coming fall1 that very night 7xiii4 #ch71 but comforted by thought of heaven to all who come to ,god by ,him for pardon4 ,i4 ,the ,many ,mansions4 ,what they are8 ,abiding places 7,greek74 ,this world passes away--heaven endures4 ,they are many in number--room for all4 ,also prepared by ,christ for all who believe in ,him4 ,christ by ,his death opened heaven to man1 and waits there to receive ,his people4 ,,ii4 ,the ,way to ,heaven 7#d-g74 ,christ the ,way4 ,came to reveal this4 ,none else could make atonement4 ,god's holy ,son alone could1 by dying for sin1 open way to heaven for sinners4 ,he alone lifted up1 gives eternal life 7iii4 #ad1 #ae74 ,christ the ,truth4 ,yet charged that night with blasphemy1 worst of all falsehoods1 making ,himself ,god 7xix4 #g74 ,yet was the perfect truth4 ,exposed hypocrisy of chief priests1 hollowness of ,scribes and ,pharisees 7,st4 ,luke xi4 #ci1 #dd74 ,taught the spirit of the commandments in ,sermon on ,mount 7,st4 ,matt4 v4 #ba1 #bb1 #bh1 #ci1 etc474 ,acted truth in ,his own perfect life4 ,taught ,god's truth to men4 ,christ the ,life1 though put to death day following4 ,author of life2 the world made by ,him4 ,gave natural life once more to three dead persons4 ,gave spiritual life to ,nicodemus1 who became disciple2 ,samaritan who accepted ,his teaching 7iv4 #db74 ,raised ,himself from the dead1 and gives eternal life to as many as believe4 ,lesson4 ,he that believeth in ,me shall not die4 ,,iii4 ,the ,father ,revealed 7#h-ad74 ,cannot be seen by mortal eye 7i4 #ah71 but is seen in person of ,his ,son4 ,christ reveals the person of the ,father full of love and pity to those in need2 full of anger against hypocrites1 liars1 etc4 7viii4 #dd74 ,christ also reveals works of ,god1 miracles of mercy4 ,same1 and even greater1 power of working miracles promised to ,his disciples after ,his departure4 ,also answers to prayer made to the ,father in ,his name4 ,so the revelation of the ,father shows ,him as a loving ,person1 a ,giver of power1 a ,hearer of prayer4 ,what more can ,philip need8 ,lesson4 ,thou art coming to a ,king1 ,large petitions with thee bring4 ,is that ,all8 ,a wounded soldier in a hospital was visited by a clergyman1 who saw that his life was fast ebbing out4 ,young man1 said he1 you are soon to die2 are you saved from sin8 ,no1 sir1 was the reply2 what must ,i do8 ',believe on the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 and thou shalt be saved4' ,say that again1 said the soldier4 ,it was repeated4 ,steadily looking at the minister1 the soldier said1 ,is that all8 ,yes1 that is all4 ,no man goeth to the ,father but by ,him4 ,closing his eyes for a few moments1 the young soldier opened them again and1 raising his right hand1 exclaimed1 ,lord ,jesus1 ,i surrender4 ,instantly his face shone with brightness1 and in a few days the new-born soul went home to ,god4 ,,april #cj,,th4--,the ,comforter ,promised4 ,to read--,st4 ,john xiv4 #ae-bg4 ,golden ,text--,ver4 #af4 ,christ continues to comfort and teach ,his disciples ready for the time when ,he must leave them4 ,i4 ,the ,comforter 7#ae-ag74 ,see the order in the spiritual life4 ,first faith to believe in ,him 7ver4 #a71 then love to cling to ,him1 then obedience to work for ,him4 ,he will help them4 ,he must leave them1 but will not forget them4 ,will send ,another to be with them always--the ,comforter4 ,his person4 ,divine in nature2 equal to the ,father and ,son 7,acts v4 #c1 #d74 ,his name4 ,holy ,ghost1 or ,holy ,spirit of ,god4 ,his work4 ,to aid ,christ's people4 ,how does ,he do so8 ,by helping their prayers 7,rom4 viii4 #bf74 ,by giving counsel1 e4g4 showing how to speak to adversaries 7,st4 ,matt4 x4 #ai1 #bj71 of which ,stephen is an example 7,acts vi4 #aj74 ,by strengthening their souls to do right2 hence called the ,comforter or ,strengthener4 ,also by revealing the things of ,god4 #aa4 ,the ,result 7#ah-bg74 ,consolations of ,christ's people4 ,comfort by ,his continual presence4 ,life present and future because of union with ,him4 ,lessons4 #a4 ,fruit of the ,spirit is love1 joy1 peace4 #b4 ,if any man have not the spirit of ,christ1 he is none of ,his4 ,,may #g,,th4--,the ,vine and the ,branches4 ,to read--,st4 ,john xv4 #a-af4 ,golden ,text--,ver4 #e4 ,this parable one of two only in this ,gospel4 ,spoken in court of ,temple after leaving ,passover ,feast4 ,i4 ,the ,parable 7#a-h74 ,the ,vine itself must be good and true1 planted in soil prepared for it4 ,husbandman places1 cares for1 and watches over it4 ,unfruitful branches must be cut off1 fruitful ones purged--to produce more fruit--dead ones burned4 ,much fruit redounds to glory of husbandman4 ,the meaning4 ,christ ,himself is the true ideal ,vine1 doing always such things as please ,god4 ,the husbandman is ,god1 who placed ,him in the world 7iii4 #af7 and watched over ,him 7,st4 ,matt4 iii4 #ag74 ,the branches are believers joined to ,him by living faith4 ,fruit--the graces of a ,christian life4 ,what are results of union with ,christ the ,vine8 ,life to the soul from life of ,christ4 ,fruit outward result of inward life4 ,answers to prayer4 ,christ and ,his people alike heard4 ,glory to ,god the ,father4 ,,ii4 ,results of ,union 7#i-af74 ,metaphor dropped4 ,christ urges disciples to continue in ,his love4 ,then they will have full joy2 love to all arising from love to ,him2 friendship of ,christ as evidenced by ,his death for them2 knowledge because of revelation of ,father4 ,permanence of results4 ,lesson4 ,are we truly joined to ,christ8 ,what fruit is seen in our lives8 ,joy through ,faith4 ,bunyan1 in ,the ,pilgrim's ,progress1 pictures ,christiana as saying to ,mercy1 ,what was the matter that you did laugh in your sleep last night8 ,and ,mercy said1 ,but are you sure ,i laughed8 ,when she told her dream1 ,christiana said1 ,laugh1 ay1 well you might to see yourself so well4 ,she laughed because she dreamed that she had been welcomed into glory4 ,to faith this is no dream4 ,saved by grace1 adopted by the ,father1 united to the ,son1 taught by the ,spirit1 we have joy in the soul now and a good hope of glory hereafter4 ,,may #ad,,th4--,christ ,betrayed and ,arrested4 ,to read--,st4 ,john xviii4 #a-ad4 ,golden ,text--,is4 liii4 #c4 ,christ's hour now come--has finished teachings--must go forth to die4 ,path of sorrow to be trod--,he does not shrink4 ,i4 ,christ ,betrayed 7#a-aa74 ,the place4 ,the garden or olive orchard of ,gethsemane4 ,note that ,christ went forth of ,his own will1 knowing all before ,him4 ,also ,he went not for concealment1 but for prayer4 ,the band4 ,judas1 ,his disciple1 their leader4 ,a band of ,roman soldiers to prevent a tumult1 and officers of the ,temple police supplied by chief priests4 ,also chief priests and elders1 and a mixed rabble 7,st4 ,luke xxii4 #eb74 ,all had common hatred of ,jesus of ,nazareth4 ,the incidents4 ,jesus comes forth with ,his three disciples1 ,peter1 ,james1 ,john4 ,he asks1 ,whom seek ye8 ,soldiers fall back in surprise4 ,he asks again--they answer4 ,he asks that disciples may go their way4 ,request granted2 ,he lost none4 ,st4 ,peter with sword wounds ,malchus4 ,christ heals his ear 7,st4 ,luke xxii4 #ea7 and rebukes ,peter4 ,note the forbearance and majesty of ,christ2 the loving impetuosity of ,st4 ,peter2 the malice of ,judas and the gratified hatred of chief priests4 ,,ii4 ,christ a ,prisoner 7#ab-ad74 ,the soldiers close in4 ,prisoner bound because of attempt to rescue4 ,the captain secures ,christ1 leads ,him to ,annas1 chief of priests and president of ,jewish ,sanhedrim4 ,lessons4 ,from ,judas4 ,beware of covetousness4 ,from ,st4 ,peter4 ,the weapons of our warfare are not carnal4 ,from ,christ4 ,he loved me and gave ,himself for me4 ,what have ,i given ,him8 ,christ ,loved ,best4 ,a martyr was going to be burned for ,christ's sake4 ,his friends brought out his wife and young children1 and made them kneel in a long row and ask their father1 for their sakes1 to deny the faith and live4 ,but as he kissed them one by one he said1 ,i would do anything for your sakes that ,i might live with you1 but since it is for ,christ my ,lord's sake1 ,i must tear myself away even from you4 ,so he went to the stake4 ,illustration3 ,,short ,,arrows ,,notes ,,of ,,christian ,,life ,,and ,,work4 ,a ,remarkable ,church ,doorway4 ,clonfert ,cathedral1 in ,county ,galway1 can boast a very remarkable and ancient doorway1 which is regarded as one of the finest specimens of ,hiberno-,romanesque work now in existence4 ,the shafts and piers present an astonishing variety of decoration2 every inch of its surface has been worked by the sculptor's tool4 ,above the rounded archway rises a triangular space filled with many carvings1 while the archway itself consists of several decorated semicircles1 one within the other4 ,norman and ,romanesque porches may be found of grander proportions2 but ,brash1 in his ,ecclesiastical ,architecture of ,ireland1 declares that in point of design and execution he had not seen this beautiful porch excelled by any similar features in these islands1 and specially mentions its beauty of design and fertility of invention4 ,the ,cathedral itself has had a long and interesting history4 ,it was founded by ,st4 ,brendan in the year #eeh1 and suffered greatly from the ,danes4 ,it was burnt six times between #gdd and #aagi1 and was plundered thrice between #idi and #ajfe4 ,in #aeda it was almost destroyed4 ,repaired by ,bishop ,wolley in #affd1 it was subsequently altered and improved to some extent1 but no general work of restoration was done1 and consequently it is in great need of repair4 ,to this work ,canon ,mc,larney1 the present rector of ,clonfert1 has set his hand4 ,though small1 the building is very beautiful1 and is now used as the parish church1 the parish of ,clonfert being very large and measuring twenty-seven ,irish miles in circumference4 ,the work of restoration is proceeding in sections as funds are provided by the public4 ,the chancel has already been restored1 and ,canon ,mc,larney hopes to collect a thousand pounds to complete the work on the nave4 ,one need not leave the ,british ,isles to see very ancient and interesting structures1 and a writer lately said it would be worth a pilgrimage to ,connaught to see ,clonfert doorway alone4 ,illustration3 7,photo3 ,mr4 ,a4 ,c4 ,white1 ,clonskea1 ,dublin47 ,a ,,twelfth-,,century ,,doorway4 ,the ,westminster ,choir ,boys4 ,nowhere in ,england do the trained voices of a choir seem to harmonise more perfectly with the surroundings than in ,westminster ,abbey4 ,architecture1 as an old ,german philosopher once described it1 is but frozen music after all4 ,the noble anthems that rise soaring upwards amongst the fluted columns and giant arches1 the hymns of praise that roll through the long aisles seem1 as we listen to the sacred music1 not only to give thanks to ,him who made the earth so bright1 but to ,him who gave ,england such men as lie in the sculptured tombs around us4 ,not far from the ,abbey--some three minutes' walk1 in fact1 through ,dean's ,yard--stands a tall1 red-brick building4 ,it is the choir school1 where live the twenty-four boys of the choir under the headmastership of ,mr4 ,arthur ,hore4 ,to gain admission1 a boy must be at least eight years of age1 possessing a good voice and the knowledge of the rudiments of music2 he will also be expected to read and write fairly4 ,his examination on these points will be conducted by the master of the choristers1 ,sir ,j4 ,frederick ,bridge1 or someone appointed by him4 ,if he passes satisfactorily1 he will become a probationer1 paying #aj a year towards his expenses2 at the end of three years1 however1 he will become a recognised member of the ,abbey choir1 and no further charge will be made4 ,the internal arrangements of the choir house are excellent4 ,on the ground floor are the big class-room and the dining-room4 ,to see the youngsters attacking a joint of roast beef is a conclusive proof that the boy who sings like a young seraph is1 nevertheless1 far from being the wishy-washy individual that he is often represented to be in some poems and sentimental novels4 ,on the second floor is another big class-room containing the school library4 ,walter ,scott is there1 and rows of well-thumbed volumes of ,henty4 ,many years ago ,princess ,alice gave a present of books to the school4 ,for some time they were kept ceremoniously shut up in a glass case4 ,the present headmaster1 however1 recognising that the kind donor would have strongly objected to such a foolish use being made of the volumes1 placed them in the library for general use4 ,on the third floor are the plain1 clean dormitories with their rows of little iron beds and the regulation striped rugs over all4 ,illustration3 7,photo3 ,russell and ,sons1 ,baker ,street1 ,w47 ,,dr4 ,,bridge ,,and ,,the ,,westminster ,,choir ,,boys4 ,a ,chinese ,y4,m4,c4,a4 ,amid the discouragements which the recent revolution in ,pekin has occasioned to those concerned in ,china's welfare--for the movement in question is manifestly anti-reform1 anti-foreign1 and consequently anti-,christian--there are many signs that such opposition cannot radically hinder this country's enlightenment4 ,such a sign is the progress of the ,y4,m4,c4,a4 movement among ,chinese youths1 which is assuming considerable importance1 especially in connection with mission schools4 ,it was found desirable to invite from ,america an experienced worker in this department2 and though it will be some time before this gentleman can speak ,chinese1 there is no difficulty in the matter of interpreters1 native or foreign4 ,yesterday in our large ,shanghai mission church--says a correspondent--there were gathered #bjj ,chinese boy-scholars from various mission stations in and near ,shanghai1 all of whom were either members of the local ,y4,m4,c4,a4 or willing to join it4 ,earnest addresses were given and prayers offered1 both in ,english and ,chinese1 the ,english addresses being admirably translated by a ,christian ,chinaman2 while the bright hymn-singing of these strong young voices was a delightful sound4 ,at the close of the morning meeting papers were distributed to the boys containing questions to be answered in writing1 and a form1 of ,christian engagement to be signed4 ,at the afternoon service many of these were returned most satisfactorily and intelligently filled in4 ,such assemblies have recently been held with much interest and zeal1 and apparently solid results1 at ,nanking and other centres of missionary work4 ,the ,metal ,man4 ,at ,tramore1 near ,waterford1 a place where the ,atlantic breakers dash with sublime fury against the rocks1 there are on one of the headlands three towers1 and on the middle one stands what is called ,the ,metal ,man4 ,this is a figure made of metal1 and painted to resemble a sailor4 ,with his finger he points to some very dangerous rocks that are to be shunned4 ,there are rocks in life's troublesome sea that are ready to shipwreck the bodies and souls of the young4 ,these we should point out to them with as much diligence as does the metal man when ,god has saved us from being shipwrecked upon them4 ,illustration3 7,photo3 ,a4 ,h4 ,poole and ,co41 ,waterford47 ,,the ,,metal ,,man1 ,,tramore4 ,a ,saint's ,rest4 ,richard ,baxter was all his long life physically weak1 and for fourteen years had scarcely a waking hour free from pain4 ,he felt himself continually at the door of eternity4 ,at the close of his life he said1 ,weakness and pain helped me to study how to die2 ,i am going now to see that for which ,i have lived and studied4 ,his death was a fitting end to a life of pain and patience--a fulfilment of his own words3 ,after the rough and tempestuous day we shall at last have the quiet1 silent night--light and rest together2 the quietness of the night without its gloom4 ,the ,quiver ,pictures4 ,the six beautiful plates which the readers of ,,the ,,quiver have the opportunity of acquiring1 and the last coupon for which is contained in this number1 are representative examples of the work of some of the most notable exponents of sacred art among modern ,british painters4 ,the names of ,leighton and ,millais are now familiar in every household1 and great interest attaches to the works from their hands included in this series of pictures4 ,the ,star of ,bethlehem1 by ,lord ,leighton1 was painted in #ahfb1 when the artist was thirty-two years of age1 and four years before his election as ,associate of the ,royal ,academy4 ,the main figure represents one of the magi on the terrace of his house1 gazing at the miraculous light which led him and his fellows to search out ,him1 who was born ,king of the ,jews4 ,christ in the ,house of ,his ,parents is one of the most wonderful pictures painted by ,sir ,john ,millais4 ,it was exhibited at the ,royal ,academy in #ahej1 when the artist was but twenty years of age1 and1 as related in the article on ,pictorial ,sermons in our last number1 aroused a storm of discussion among the critics4 ,the work is a veritable parable in paint1 and1 as its allegories are all fully explained in the article referred to1 we need not repeat them here4 ,the picture has great interest1 apart from this1 as being one of the best specimens of the work of the artist's ,pre-,raphaelite period4 ,christ ,washing ,peter's ,feet1 by ,ford ,madox ,brown1 which was presented to the nation by a body of subscribers2 and now hangs in the ,tate ,gallery at ,millbank1 is a typical painting1 and one of the most beautiful examples of this artist's work4 ,exquisite in colour1 it is a perfect specimen of what a picture dealing with a sacred subject should be4 ,full of reverence and piety1 it yet illustrates the subject fully2 the rugged figure of the apostle1 expressing withal the penitence produced by the rebuking words1 ,if ,i wash thee not1 thou hast no part with ,me1 contrasts strongly with the humility of the ,master kneeling to ,his self-imposed task4 ,the ,remorse of ,judas1 by the late ,edward ,armitage1 ,r4,a41 is another picture to be seen at ,millbank1 and is1 perhaps1 one of the strongest works produced by this artist4 ,the terror of remorse is expressed in every line of the face of the betrayer1 while the cold indifference of the priests1 now that their work is accomplished1 is admirably portrayed4 ,the ,raising of the ,widow's ,son of ,nain1 by ,w4 ,c4 ,t4 ,dobson1 ,r4,a41 was shown at the ,academy in #ahfh1 and fully explains itself4 ,the joy of the mother and the surprise of the beholders of the miracle are well rendered2 but the main interest of the picture1 of course1 centres in the boy4 ,his gaze is fixed upon ,him whose voice has recalled him from the valley of the shadow4 ,the last picture of the series1 by ,w4 ,dyce1 ,r4,a41 was recently added to the national collection1 and was removed from ,trafalgar ,square to ,millbank when the new gallery was completed4 ,it represents the ,apostle ,john taking ,mary to his own home after the death of their ,lord4 ,mary carries on her arm the crown of thorns1 and in the background may be seen ,nicodemus and ,joseph of ,arimathea1 who are just leaving the garden which contains the sepulchre4 ,mary ,magdalene and the other ,mary are seen seated at the mouth of the grave4 ,the picture was painted in #ahfj4 ,public ,charity4 ,according to a recent calculation1 the amount given during the previous year by ,churchmen towards ,christian work of all kinds1 such as ,church ,building1 ,home ,missions1 ,foreign ,missions1 ,education1 etc41 was over #e1gej1jjj4 ,the various ,presbyterian ,churches contributed during the same time for similar work a sum of #a1fjj1jjj1 and the ,wesleyans gave over #ejj1jjj2 the ,calvinistic ,methodists about #bbh1ejj2 the ,baptists over #bjj1jjj2 and the ,primitive ,methodists over #ajj1jjj4 ,of the ,congregationalists and the ,friends no such statistics are available1 and it is estimated that other branches of the ,christian ,church in ,england gave an aggregate of not less than #aej1jjj towards the same work4 ,generally speaking1 all the different bodies contribute in a fairly equal proportion1 directly or indirectly1 to the different kinds of ,christian work--at any rate1 sufficiently so for the comparison we wish to make here4 ,so1 taking the ,church of ,england's returns as our standard1 we find that these proportions are nearly as follows1 #a being our unit3--,church ,building and ,repairs1 #ce2 ,home ,missions1 #g2 ,foreign ,missions1 #aj2 ,educational ,work of all kinds1 #bj2 various ,charitable ,works of other kinds1 #f4 ,illustration3 ,,diagram ,,illustrating ,,public ,,charity4 ,the church 7#a7 represents the money spent in building places of worship4 ,the mission room 7#b7 home mission work4 ,the native hut 7#c7 foreign mission work4 ,the school 7#d7 educational work4 ,the hall 7#e7 other general charitable work4 ,a ,new ,quiver ,heroine4 ,the latest recipient of the ,bronze ,medal of ,,the ,,quiver ,heroes ,fund is ,annie ,healand1 a servant in the employ of ,mr4 ,frederick ,latham1 of ,sledmere4 ,on the afternoon of ,january #bhth last1 two little boys and a girl were suddenly immersed beneath the ice whilst sliding on a pond4 ,on hearing of this1 ,annie ,healand1 who is herself but fifteen years of age1 immediately rushed to the rescue1 and1 plunging in1 succeeded in bringing the little girl to the bank4 ,she then endeavoured to find the two boys1 who were still under the ice1 but was at last reluctantly compelled to give up the search1 through being overcome by the intense cold4 ,the bodies of the lads were afterwards found1 and the coroner congratulated the brave girl for the very plucky manner in which she had rescued one of the party and attempted to save the others4 ,international ,league of ,peace4 ,we are still daily receiving the names of numbers of new members1 and one roll of signatures which has just come to hand measures thirty feet in length4 ,any number of blank forms will be gladly sent1 post free1 to those requiring them4 ,we may take this opportunity of announcing that the first member to send in a thousand signatures is ,mr4 ,john ,n4 ,munro1 of #ej1 ,park ,road1 ,glasgow1 to whom a cheque for ,ten ,pounds has been sent1 in accordance with our offer4 ,,roll ,,of ,,honour ,,for ,,sunday-,,school ,,workers4 ,the ,special ,silver ,medal and ,presentation ,bible offered for the longest known ,sunday-school service in the county of ,devonshire 7for which applications were invited up to ,february #bhth1 #ahii7 have been gained by ,,louisa ,,jane ,,large1 ,cross ,street1 ,northam1 ,bideford1 who has distinguished herself by sixty-two complete years' service in ,northam ,church ,sunday ,school4 ,as already announced1 the next territorial county for which claims are invited for the ,silver ,medal is ,,kent1 and applications1 on the special form1 must be received on or before ,march #cjth1 #ahii4 ,we may add that ,cheshire is the following county selected1 the date-limit for claims in that case being ,april #cjth1 #ahii4 ,this county1 in its turn1 will be followed by the territorial county of ,somersetshire1 for which the date will be one month later--viz4 ,may #cast1 #ahii4 ,,an ,,interesting ,,letter4 ,the following letter1 received from the ,devonshire ,silver ,medallist1 of whom particulars are given above1 will doubtless be interesting to all our readers1 and especially to ,sunday school workers3-- ,in sending the enclosed certificates ,i should like to add that ,i began my career as a ,sunday school teacher at the age of ten1 with a class of four little girls1 and proud enough ,i was4 ,that was some time in the year #ahcf4 ,from that date to the present 7#ahii71 ,i have been teaching continuously in the same school1 except when occasional illness or absence from home for a few ,sundays made a break4 ,i am now teaching the grandchildren of former scholars4 ,many changes have ,i seen2 such a difference in the teaching and general management of ,sunday schools since #ahcf6 ,only two or three individuals are now living who were with us when ,i began my work4 ,,the ,,quiver ,,funds4 ,the following is a list of contributions received from ,february #ast1 #ahii1 up to and including ,february #bhth1 #ahii4 ,subscriptions received after this date will be acknowledged next month3-- ,for ,the ,quiver ,waifs' ,fund3 ,j4 ,j4 ,e4 7#aceth donation71 #es42 ,anglo-,indian1 #es42 ,m4 ,r4 ,b41 ,ipswich1 #ds4 #b;d42 ,c4 ,e4 ,h41 #cs4 #f;d42 ,a ,glasgow ,mother 7#ajeth donation71 #as42 ,e4 ,a4 ,w41 ,petersfield1 #bs4 #f;d4 ,for ,dr4 ,barnardo's ,homes3 ,an ,irish ,girl1 #a2 ,e4 ,j4 ,l41 ,glenageary1 #ajs42 ,x4 ,j41 #ajs4 #f;d4 ,the following amounts have been sent direct3--,a ,well-,wisher1 #b2 ,lila ,noel1 #a2 ,g4 ,c41 #hs42 ,p4 ,p4 ,o41 #es42 ,ruth ,l41 #a4 ,for ,the ,hospital for ,women3 ,a ,thank-,offering1 #as4 ,for ,the ,leper's ,mission ,fund3 ,two ,jersey ,,quiver ,readers1 #ds4 #f;d4 ,illustration3 decorative ,,the ,,quiver ,,bible ,,class4 7,,based ,,on ,,the ,,international ,,scripture ,,lessons47 ,,questions4 #fa4 ,what did our ,lord do as a rebuke to ,his ,apostles when they disputed among themselves as to who should be the greatest8 #fb4 ,in the discourse at the ,last ,supper1 what did our ,lord say is to be the distinctive mark of all ,his disciples8 ,quote passage4 #fc4 ,in what words did ,jesus warn ,st4 ,peter of the temptation which awaited him8 #fd4 ,by what promise did our ,lord seek to comfort ,his ,apostles on the eve of ,his crucifixion8 #fe4 ,which of the ,apostles seems to have been very slow in comprehending the divinity of our ,lord8 #ff4 ,quote some words from our ,lord's answer to ,st4 ,philip in which ,he clearly declares ,his ,godhead8 #fg4 ,what does our ,lord say is the true test of our love to ,him8 #fh4 ,what is the great blessing ,christ gives as the result of the influence of the ,holy ,spirit in our hearts8 #fi4 ,what is the general purport of our ,lord's parable of the ,vine8 #gj4 ,what does our ,lord give as the greatest proof of true love8 #ga4 ,what was the position of the garden of ,gethsemane8 #gb4 ,from what circumstances do we gather that the ,jews expected great difficulty in arresting our blessed ,lord8 ,,answers ,,to ,,questions ,,on ,,page #dhj4 #di4 ,in the parable of the ,sheepfold our ,lord speaks of a porter who had charge of the door1 and of a thief climbing over a fence 7,st4 ,john x4 #a-c74 #ej4 ,st4 ,john x4 #i4 #ea4 ,our ,lord speaks of ,himself as the ,good ,shepherd1 who giveth ,his life for the sheep1 while the ,jewish teachers1 as hirelings1 cared not for them 7,st4 ,john x4 #aa-ad74 #eb4 ,st4 ,john vii4 #ae4 #ec4 ,st4 ,john v4 #ci4 #ed4 ,turning the water into wine and healing the nobleman's son 7,st4 ,john ii4 #a-aa and iv4 #df-ed74 #ee4 ,the fact that the body had been buried three days4 #ef4 ,that it was done to increase the faith of the ,apostles by showing them that there was no limitation to the power of ,christ 7,st4 ,john xi4 #ae74 #eg4 ,so many ,jews believed in ,christ that the chief priests thought of killing ,lazarus as well as ,jesus 7,st4 ,john xi4 #dg-ec and xii4 #aj1 #aa74 #eh4 ,because it would seem that ,martha was hostess at the house of ,simon the ,leper1 where ,mary1 her sister1 anointed our ,lord with the precious ointment of spikenard 7compare ,st4 ,john xii4 #a-c with ,st4 ,mark xiv4 #c74 #ei4 ,st4 ,john tells us that ,judas ,iscariot acted as treasurer for our ,lord and ,his disciples1 but that he was a thief 7,st4 ,john xii4 #f and xiii4 #bi74 #fj4 ,caiaphas prophesied that ,jesus should die 7,st4 ,john xi4 #ci74 99 99 99 99 99 ,transcriber's note3 ,text enclosed by underscores is in italics 7italics74 ,text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face 7bold74 ,small capital text has been replaced with all capitals4 ,minor typographical errors have been corrected without note4 ,irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed4 ,missing page numbers are page numbers that were not shown in the original text4 ,mismatched quotes are not fixed if it's not sufficiently clear where the missing quote should be placed4 ,the cover for the e,book version of this book was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain4 ,the hymns are handwritten on pages #dhc1 #ecd1 #ece and #ecf4 ,there are handwritten signatures by ,arthur ,h4 ,brown on page #ecf1 and ,john ,stainer on page #ech4 ,page #ejh and following3 ,the chapter titles in the section ,for the ,sake of the ,child are in handwritten script4 ,page #eei3 in the evening--,nos4 #ejj and #ecb--;and--the number #ejj is unclear4 ,page #efj3 must be obtained from the office1 #cf1--the number #cf is unclear4