I've met th

up from the polishing of her poem at her visitor,

ink I did it out of charity," she said, laughing. "He was staying at Oldstead-you know we've been th

cautioned Marjorie. "They've bee

ity's knee, and dragging at her hand; nor d

y reached the age of nine; after which their admiration congealed. Soon, she turned her thoughts again to

nt a crowd-I gathered that from mother. Have you done your sonnet, Charity?" as the other girl ran

nd wearing my new frocks. She asked after you; she didn't know

," Marjorie said. "It suits you,

was forgetting Mr. Pelham. He sings divinely-a sort of baritony tenor, that

ow

ackton seems the fashion there, like an East-End. It was too silly having to be intr

went

t there?

l," laughing; "the boy

baby was quite happy with them; and he was so glad she

forgav

don't be so hoity-toity. Why did you

e young voice took a pathetic tone. "Do you thi

ang up to try and stop an excursion into the drawing-room.

hat girl they were fussing after isn't in with her-only she's got c

ar to mind her uncomfortable position; but when deposited upon Charity's la

me a mile long; we call her Barbe. We found her

aring, and turning to David, "that you'

's petticoats whisk in; so we just ran the pram down the hill, and left it i

aid Marjorie. "Go, David, both of you-run!" she urged, remem

naturedly, springing up. "Come, boys-hadn't

id Marjorie. "But why

anted to go to the Gr

jorie looked down on her skirts disparagingly, not exactly envying the soft summer dress of her friend, but seeing the contrast. Charity could have everything she wanted. Money was never lacking, and she had an indulgent father. Marjorie's father-here the girl's face took on a tender look-had no money to spare. The two boys at Winchest

ssed on to gr

to the new-comer, reprobated his choic

ce. "They've had no bringing up. Their father doesn't look after them, and their mother can't, poor thing. Marjorie i

s morning. Oh! they won't do her any harm, just the contrary," in reply to an anxious question, "if they aren't led away by th

pink prettiness, aided by every careful detail of dress and ornament, faded to nothing beside her. Marjorie had not been dining, but had come in through the conservatory, her wrap over her arm. There was a look of grave purity and freshness about her, that sort of expectancy on a young face which gives a beholder a pang, knowi

y Charity's sof

ch a comfort to have another good tenor, instead of only Mr. Warde. That is he," she

ner of the lingering handshake, some air of

ughed lightly. "Also," lowering her voice, "he is said to fancy Marjorie. I believe it is an understood thing. He want

a sudden wrath at the man-a man much older than himself

peron her during the winter to all the festivities, yet liked to remind her pretty frequently of her, as yet, unintroduced and unimportant condition. The sk

me to persuade Miss

es," Mrs. Lytchett said, dismissing Marjorie and he

got up im

iling up at Mr. Pelham standing beside her. "My little pieces ar

ing that should spoil the perfection of simplicity he was beginning to see in her, Mr. Pelham moved asi

ed away. A delicate melody, in some unaccustomed minor mode, stole through the vaulted room, and M

id and dreamy with the thoughts that filled her mind. They met a look from dark unfamiliar eyes, never again through all her life

with a soft little

he had stood

he Bishop asked,

that i

d delight he had shared with his young wife. Marjorie reminded him of her in some strangely familiar way-in her simplicity, her immaturity, her withdrawals.

, as he turned, and set h

CHAPTER

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v W.W. Tu

creature."-2 Co

en kept at our post and laboured listlessly through a hot and oppressive summer. The wheels of life have dragged slowly. We have felt below par. Everything has been more or less a trouble to us. The routine of daily duty has become dismally monotonous. The zest has departed. Our very sleep is not ref

We have not been long in our changed place of abode, when we begin to say to ourselves and to write home that we feel quite new persons-a different man, a different woman. And when we return our very appearance, our talk, the whole attitude in which we regard life, the eagerness with which we take u

a higher ideal before us. "It has made a new man of me," we say. Old things have passed away. Or we have come under the influence of some pure love, some self-sacrificing devotion, such as made the late Professor Tyndall say in writing of his wife t

have discovered that we have been endowed with the possession of some gift of which we were not aware. Some power has been lying dormant. It h

She would ask to have herself remembered on it with prayers. She treated it as a second birthday. And rightly, for on that day she awoke to herself. She became artistically alive. She felt the inspiration and won the sway she now knew she was given to hold. And this consciousness was not merely the recognition that she was singing better than ever. It was more of the nature of a new fact in her life, a disclosure, a revelation. "It was a step," says her

greatest truth in the world-that in Christ we

re arrested in our headlong and miserable career. Sometimes-nay, thank God, often-we are thus arrested. For a time, the voice of conscience may have been hushed. Our heart is cold and dead, and there is no spring of life in it at all. But

life's course. A bolt from heaven descends on us in the shape of some

e of God, unless the heinousness of his guilt is brought home to him, unless divine light strikes in upon his darkened life, he will sink deeper and deeper into degradation, until, perhaps, he is driven to self-destruction like one of whom I lately read, and who left these terribly touching words behind him. "I am now about to finish a revolting, cruel, and wretched existence by an act of my own. I have broken every law of God and man, and can only hope that my memory will rot in the minds of all who knew me. Drin

f bearing leaf and fruit from the tree. The same soil nourishes it; the same dews feed it; the same breezes fan it. So we ought to have our life fed through Christ from God. If we are in Christ, we shall have the same hatred of sin as He had. We shall be removing ourselves further from evil; we shall ever be getting more like Christ, ever increasing i

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channel left bare. Why? Because it is cut off from the fountain head, from the source away up in the hills near God's sky. And what we wish to do is to open the connection between the two, so that the stream may be fed and do what it is intended to do-flow along in full volume, making melody as it goes and fertilising the region through which it passes. In Christ, we are like the stream connected with its source: like it, we live melodious days and carry music

eed be, try to make life diff

oys and sorrows. He is altogether quite different. What has come over him? Oh, the explanation is a very simple one: he has ceased to do evil, he has learned to do well. He has left some course of sin; he is following after a life of holiness. He has left the service of a bad master-the worst of all masters; he is now serving a new master-the best of masters. He has made the friendship of the best of friends; Christ is his master, his friend, his example. He is in Christ. That is the reason of the change, of the new creation. That is the reason of the sunshine he carrie

upon it as the creation of our Heavenly Father, as the place in which we are to work for Him, making our little corner of it better, happier, more blessed than we found it. Then, too, we shall regard our fellow-men and women quite differently. We find that they are related to us in new ways and with holier, more sacred ties; they are our veritable brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus. We can do

m the Father, bidding us come with him to our happy and eternal Home to meet our loved and lost, to be in Christ and with Christ for ever, with no chance any more of breaking off from Him or losing Him. And, recognising this, we shall go with him with the eagerness of a child to begin a new life, to enter upon a higher existence, to do nobler wor

. Tu

Sunshi

oy to th

ent. By Alfr

bed in their contemplative pastime by the piteous cries of a dog. Barely had they time to look round before a poor, miserable little cur ran past them, followed by an irate youth brandishing a stout cudgel. As the dog turned and co

ly, resenting the

's ma dug, an' I'll d

uth, who, though tall for his age, was not so thick-set as

with passion. "But I'll hae th' dug," and with the word he tried to push past the obstructer. A scuffle ensued, in which the

of the dog, surprised that he ha

er was to cast it

was something about the youth's straight, well-knit figure, his handsome face, and flashing eye that caused him to r

g, an' I'll say naet

not to bea

in his arms and was walking away with it the way he had come. But, turning round when he had gone a few

not their dress-though that betokened rank above the common; it was something more intimate than that; something in the air, in th

om which a few stray sheep and stunted cattle gathered a scanty subsistence. These were Tam's charge. For not far from the little two-roomed cot which he called his home were other huts like it, inhabited by poor, hard-working people

an orphan by the death of his mother, who died broken-hearted at the l

task for the old folks, Donal and Yetta Jamison, to retain him at home, impossible to make him content. They did their best to keep him under control; but it was chiefly done by coaxing, a good deal by petting. This in the end did not lighten their task. Every day Tam became more wayward and diffic

but the old folks, greatly caring, put on their Sunday best, and set out to walk to Braemar to see and intercede with the Queen on the boy's behalf. They found her not at home, and so had their long trudge for nothing. However, one of the domestics

a shaggy pony sto

ous. Thinking that the Queen had sent her, they apologised very humbly for the boy's misbehaviour, saying it did not arise from any badness in him so much as from wilfulness and daring. They hoped the Queen wouldna be severe on the laddie; he

ent on, the tears

gs, and been posted as to his restlessness and discontent. It was a long and interesting human inventory, wound up with the declaration, tearfully attested by both Donal and Yetta

this Tam?" asked the Lady of Bra

and down for him, neighbours joined in the search; but it wa

nger. But the boy cannot be far away; so when he is foun

s a last word, ere the Lady rode away, they begged that she wou

to do her utmost

old crofter and his wife, both of them bent with toil and drooping with care, once more made their way ove

se was congregated a little party, chiefly of children, preparing to set o

cognising his antagonist of three days ago, steppe

! You haven't forg

a barely a

inst me for throwing your s

lf-closed teeth; but this time he allowed his blue

hands and be friend

aw, and they clasped in

onishment; and before they had recovered their self-possession, the Lady who had called at the hut on Tam's account issued from the house,

unagate, did you?" said sh

r Fargus found him at night in a ca

y, Tam?" said the Lady

as si

ou need not

rt him"-with a nod in the

little of the red juice out of my nose, and

smiled at his brother's sally, as

htly, and at the same time so funnily. His poor grandparents, however, were shocked at hi

ks in place of the one I threw away," adding, with nice diplo

aid he would not

se not to think of ever running away

strike Tam as

bide on the croft

wish to be when

a soldier, l

ned breath; Dona

im to go for a soldie

and deed for their

eep your grandson to com

trembling lips could hard

ike to go away to the wars, as your father and your uncle

plied Tam. "But I'd like to be a

d eyelid in the little group, whereof Tam, for

use, his interlo

s of serving the Queen than by be

his eyes, when he lifted them up to meet the Lad

now, to attend her or the children when they drive about in

care of a donke

hake hands," s

the Queen wouldna hae m

y n

donkey-boy, an' I mi

o learn. And if you did your best th

do my

better than that,"

to mek' him her donkey-boy, or to 'point him to any sic positi

nk nae mair o' runnin

y. "And now, after you have had some refreshment, which I will ask them to give you, yo

CONC

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essings of the Israel of God are concentrated here in Him, through Whom alone we are justified

Jeshurun."-Deut. xxxiii. 26. "Peace-

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hor of "Lays of Iona," "The

omposed by Sir Ge

f St. Paul'

mod

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thy Lord

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thy "days

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nd blooms

fruits of

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beneath t

llence a

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sts rave a

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are thine

and love

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clear that a warning, as well as an encouragemen

CE NOTES

g Temperanc

in London as a publisher, he had learnt to value the printing press as an aid to temperance work, and not a few of the pamphlets, tracts, and broadsheets which played such an important part in the early days of the propaganda, owed their origin to his enterprising initiative. By-and-by he was in a position to command his own printing machines, and as early as March, 1846, he launched the Teetotal Times and Monthly Temperance Messenger, which was followed in July, 1848, by the Standard of Freedom, of which a temperance column was a leading feature. Anyone who takes the trouble to look over these early publications cannot fail to be struck by the comprehensive and statesmanlike grip of the drink difficulty which they pr

CAS

er and Founder o

NG E

ly intended for undergraduates, while the other will be open to the townsfolk. On November 4th by permission of the Lord Mayor of London, the Mansion House will extend its hospitality to the Police Court Mission of the C.E.T.S., and Bishops, Members of Parliament, and Police Court Magistrat

. F.

and Fry, Bak

Y CLO

d Mr. Hills' temperance labours during the past ten years have made his name a household word. He started out with the settled conviction that the greatest need of the time was the union of the temperance forces; and in the face of difficulties and obstacles which would have disheartened ninety-nine men out of a hundred, he has ceaselessly concentrated his en

H EX

ry large business and are extremely popular. The movement was commenced in 1874, the first stand being opened on a site granted by the Harbour Commissioners, for a nominal rent, near to the berths of the cross-Channel steamers. As many as 10,000 persons have patronised the stands in one day. The hours of opening an

FFEE STAN

-RAPER M

ontroversialist he was literally without a rival. The winning personality of James Hayes Raper carried all before it. He was unquestionably a platform king. Nothing could be more charming than the extraordinary facility with which he rapidly placed himself in touch with an audience; and he possessed in a rare degree the gift of being able to make an acceptable "last speech" in a programme. The Committee charged with the promotion of a memorial to these temperance worthies is

H.

bert, West

esto

F. R

liam Coles

use Be

USE BE

r, Author of "

to point out paths which should be avoided than

e differs so widely that it would be futile to try to set up a positive standard of beauty. Furniture has its fashions, too, though the

ntable fact that this very quality is often-I may say generally-deficient even amongst the most cultured classes. The bubble

en simple in general form. Next, good design is always compatible with sturdy service, and can accommodate itself to the most fastidious notions of convenience. Thirdly, every articl

um is admissible. All these secure cleanliness. Warmth must next be suggested. To obtain this, we lay down rugs of various colours and hang heavy curtains. An oak chair, solid to look at (N.B.-Curves in furniture should suggest repose, which is out of place in a passage), a chest to hold rugs and cloaks, a small, narrow mirror to lighten up the gloom, and you have all that is necessary. A few brass dishes on the wall, a tall palm by o

been unaltered, and its beauty consists in its suggestions of utility. Traditional work is mostly beautiful, as evidenced by the fact that the lines of a plough have always been the admiration of artists. Plainness is not ugliness, and the dresser, glorified, is now one of the necessary beauty spots even in our d

ould like to see reproduced in many a home. Just an ordinary square chamber, with two straight windows looking out on a lawn; a round table, its centre encircled with flowers; a plain sideboard, guiltless of plate-glass, but enlivened by old silver wine coolers, napkin rings, and goblets; a wide brass-bound fireplace with hobs; a high mantelpiece, surrounded with a brazen grating; a screen, and a few fine chairs. The beauty of it-and it was very beautiful-consisted in fitness for the end for which it was designed. The walls were covered with a light-tinted background for pictures

essing-table, its toilet glass flanked with brass candle-holders, and its jewel drawers fitted with old beaten drop handles; it, as well as the wardrobe, was enamelled white. A frame screen of the same purity, its yellow silk curtains dependent by tiny rings from tiny rods, stood before the dressing-room door, and effectually shut away all washing apparatus. The floor of this room was polished all over (kept in order by weekly applications of beeswax and turpentine). On it lay white Kurd and Scinde rugs. The mantelpiece was wooden, and the chimney corner decorated with shelves p

ina, and paper frills cut out to look like lace-away with them! A plain brown jug full of real daisies is far more beautiful than a glass bottle covered with varnished pictures and filled with paper or silk imitations. One bit of quaint crackle or Venetian ware on our chimney-piece is restful to the eye; highly coloured shams are distr

he Tabernacle built for glory and for beauty in the far-away desert, He made it in the most artistic, most serviceable, and most simple of forms. Look at the description of those golden candlesticks, with their golden almond-shaped knops and elegant branches. Think of the

TURE

HOOL A

ATIONA

ive Anecdotes

Manasseh's Sin

xiii. 9-16. Golden

been taught to do right by his father; good seed sown, but choked by tares of s

ter and spoil. Just an age to need good advice and guidance. But many to lead hi

et up idol in house of God itself (ver. 7), besides seeking counsel from witches, etc. (v

his people's hardened against God by sin; so God sent captains of King of Assyria, w

ut? His father-how little he has copied his example; his home-how he has forfeited it; his life-how wicked it ha

pentance, he confesses his sin as David did (Ps. xxxii. 5); he asks forgi

es. Best of all, put away idols, repaired Temple, offered sacrifices; did all i

true sorrow. Confess to God all

ent

to the service of Christ. One day he met a miner whom he had long been trying to bring to repentance. He persuaded him to enter the church; and there, kneeling side by side, they prayed for a long time, not ceasing till

th.-A Tempe

v. 10-19. Golde

bs" or wise sayings. The early chapters are especially intended for the you

the result of a godly life, e.g. to those who honour parents

Abraham paying for burying-place (Gen. xxiii.

ks, as it were, with shackles on legs. A Christian is held up by

he Divine Word, in Whom is all knowledge (Col. ii. 3)

of Eve: of Lot choosing to live in wicked Sodom. The disastro

to good-day and night plan evil, e.g. thieves, drunk

Good seed brings forth fruit "with patience," i.e. gradually (St. Luke viii. 15). Christ increased in wisdom as He grew taller and older (St.

. 35); they confuse right and wrong. Example: Saul, blinded by prejudice against

eepest, arise from the dead, an

that I may behold wondro

and Fol

rom the well-stacked piles. A calculation was made, and it was found that he had worked harder and spent more time to get fuel in this way than if he had ear

-The Book of

xii. 8-20. Golden

but, unlike him, began well. Now about eighteen years old. Already been two ref

ry again. Now Temple cleansed under superintendence of Hilkiah, high priest. Rubbish turned over; large "roll of a book" discove

reports the collection made for the repairs, how the work is going on, and the discovery. He reads the book aloud. The King much moved by the words of the Law and Go

d of God is qui

of Judges, when Deborah was prophetess (Judges

because of their sin. Had forsaken God-turned aside to other g

d weep for the people's sin. God has heard him-he shall be spared

same. He must punish sin.

ds warning by His Book, Hi

e die? Return

ble a

sked her how she liked learning her task out of the Bible. "Oh," she said, "it is not a task to read it; I love it." Seeing his surprise, she added, "I thought everybody loved the Bible." The arrow went home. Hone pondered over her remark

-Trying to Des

i. 20-32. Golden

Jeremiah the prophet warns in vain of coming destruction-is hated by nobles-

our instruction. Great excitement this day in Jerusalem. Large assembly of people heard-princes heard and were afraid (ver. 16); King Jehoiachim is told of

nd; the roll is read. The King is angry; after hearing three or four columns he stops the reader, cuts the roll into pieces with penknife, flings them on the fire. Some of princes appr

ll written; more severe judgments. God laughs him to scorn. This is his punishment:-The King shall have no heir to succeed him. He s

's Word shall n

of trying t

ty of coming j

Word

, and a few days afterwards he said, "Wife, if this book is right, we are lost!" More eager than ever to see what the Word of the Lord was, he continued to study the book, until one night he joyfully exclaimed, "Wife, if this book is true,

t Ar

hristian L

nty Med

mond is the veteran of the county of Essex, having completed fifty-four years' service at the Wesleyan Sunday-school, Bradfield; whilst to Mr. William Fletcher belongs the ho

. Gill, C

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arison to the living victors they may be said to be at least unhonoured, have often been the real winners of the battle. It was over their dead bodies or ove

ton and Sons

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goldfields of the Yukon, and many boys-both young and old-will follow with breathless interest the numerous wonderful adventures which are related therein. From the same publishers comes an equally interesting story of an English boy's adventures in the great French War under the expressive title "Face to Face with Napoleon." There is plenty of romantic incident in this story, and as the author, Mr. O. V. Caine, has carefully verified the historical portions of the work, it will serve the double purpose of entertaining and instructing. Our old friend, Mrs. Emma Marshall, is to the fore with an excellent story for girl

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constitution never recovered from the accident. Once, to his great delight, he was well enough to attend a meeting of the Ministering Children's League, of which he was a member. He was supported on a table, and helped to make a cushion for a sick old woman. But he was soon obliged to keep to his room and his couch altogether. Even then "Mousie" was often thinking of others. "Can't I do a toy for some poor child who has none?" he would say, and with the wool that was given him he would make balls for babies. "It is not Jesus who sends me this pain," he once explained to the friend who pens this brief memory

Mr. W. T

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of Judah, shows how terribly th

sseh seek to protect hi

e in the latter part

ch warns us of the dan

e wise man express the

e find the king sendin

de while the Temple was being

hat at one time the Jew

judgment which He pronounced against the

ntempt against God was Jeho

elty are recorded ag

God punish Jehoiak

QUESTIONS O

ver for every male of twenty years

to obtain money for the restoratio

Chron.

n the grandson of King Joash, and thus has some

rnt offering, on which the fire which came down from heaven was

ng of the Gospel is to bring

Isa.

ezekiah (2 Chron. xxx.

nsed until the sixteenth day of the

tion of Israel and Judah at which any of the ch

s destroyed by God in one night (2

n of Hezekiah (2

riber'

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age numbers that were not

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