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THE FIRE
GOD
Muuum, tlk* Kin(, Offered*
Up Hie Son
BY THE "HIGHWAY AND BYWAY
PREACHER
(Copyright. 1*0*. by Ut Author. W.AUwn.}
Scriptural Authority.—2 Chron.
Chapter 33, and Apocryphal Book of
Manasses* Prayer.
Moloch the Fire Ood.—The fire rod
Moloch, to whom King Manasseh offered
kla eons, and which sin present* one of
the blackest record* In the life of the
wicked king, was the tutelary deity of
the children of Ammon, and essentially
Identical with the Moabltlsh Chemoah.
Fire gods appear to have been common
to all the Canaanlte. Syrian and Arab
tribes, who worshiped the destructive ele
ment under an outward symbol, with the
most Inhuman rites. Among these were
human sacrifices, purifications and or
deals by fire, devoting of the first born,
mutilation, and vows of perpetual celi
bacy and virginity. According to Jew
ish tradition, the Image of Moloch was
of brass, hollow within, and was situ
ated without Jerusalem. Klmchl (on 2
Kings 23 10). describes It as "set within
seven chapels; and who so offered fine
flour they opened to him one of them;
who so offered turtle doves or young
pigeons they opened to him two; a lamb,
they opened to him three; a ram, they
opened to him four; a calf, they opened
to him five; an ox. they opened to him
six: and to whoever offered his son
they opened to him seven. And his face
was that of a calf, and his hnnds
stretched forth like a man who opens his
hands to receive of his neighbor; and
the priests took the babe, and put It In
tho hands of Moloch, and the babe gave
up the ghost, amidst the noise of the
heating of drums that the dyle* cries of
the child might be drowned.”
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SERMONETTE.
Idolatry was the great sin of
the Jewish nation, and plunged
It to its destruction. The first
two commandments of the de
calogue read: “Thou shalt have
no other Gods before me.
“Thou shalt not make unto
thee any graven Image, or any
likeness of anything that is In
heaven above, or that is in the
earth beneath, or that is In the
water under the earth: thou
shalt not bow down thyself to
them nor serve them: for I the
Lord thy God am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fath
ers upon the children unto the
third and fourth generation of
them that hate mej and showing
mercy unto thousands of them
that love me, and keep my com
1 .•/.■vrdr.ients."
The Psalmist says: “Con
founded be all they that serve
graven images, that boast them
selves of idols.”
Paul, realizing that idolatry is
a heart condition rather than an
external expression and is prev
alent in degree if not in kind
to-day as In the ancient days,
writes this warning:
“Neither be ye idolators, as
were some of them; as it is writ
ten. The people sat down to eat
and drink, and rose up to play,
neither let us commit fornica
tion, as some of them committed,
and fell in one day three and
twenty thousand. Neither let
us tempt the Lord, as some of
them tempted and perished by
the serpents. Neither murmur
ye, as some of them murmured,
and perished by the destroyer.
Nov/ these things happened un
to them by way of example; and
they were written for our ad
monition, upon whom the ends
of the ages are come. Where
fore let him that thinketh he
standeth take heed lest he fall.
Wherefore my beloved, flee from
idolatry.”
This definition of Idolatry by
Paul: “For this ye know of a
surety, that no fornicator, nor
unclean person, nor covetous
man which is an idolator hath
any inheritance In the kingdom
of heaven.”
The closing admonition In the
first letter of the Apostle John
is: “Little children, keep your
selves from idols.”
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THE STORY.
way! Make way! The
lfl king Is coming.”
I he words of the heralds sounded
through the streets of Jerusalem and
caused the gathered throngs to press
hack on either side against the walls
»f the buildings, leaving a clear pas
•ageway in the center down which in
the distance could be seen coining
the royal procession. First came the
trumpeters, the clear musical notes of
their horns sounding above the shouts
of acclaim of the people and the tramp,
tramp, tramp of the horses' feet.
As the royal chariot came opposite
the point where the street broadened
Into a kind of square, affording the
people a vantage point, r.nd which was
now banked with eagvr faces, cheer
after cheer rent the air.
"The prince! The prince!” The
throng shouted and in response to the
cry the king bent down and lifting in
his arms the fair young child riding
at his sid** he held him aloft.
He clapped his chubby little hands
and gurgled In great glee ns his father
held him up, and this pleased the pen
pie immensely Rnd with renewed
shouts they hailed the king and the
beautiful prince.
The royal party was on Its way to
pny homage to the gods whose high
places had been set up within Jeru
salem, and where ceremonial worship
■was carried on in all the voluptuous
ness £nd spl« ndor. of the nations
•bout
Kin* Hezeklafc. Manassas' father,
had left a prosperous and extensive
kingdom, and from the moment of hla
accession to the throne at 12 years of
age, Manasses had displayed a pas
Blon to be possessed of all the glorr
and magnificence of the nations about
him and had encouraged the introduc
tion of every form of idolatrous wor
ship to Jerusalem, setting up the
mages of gods and bringing thither
the priests to perform the rites. With
in the past year he had caused to he
set up a great brazen image of Moloch,
the fire god. and had displayed an un
usual Interest in establishing and per
fecting this form of worship.
On this particular day a new cnapel
to the god was to be dedicated, and ev
*-'r> priest in his full regalia was prea
ent to help carry out the service. The
great brazen image stood on a high
mound and a long flight of steps led
up at the side so that the priest would
able to reach tha immense oub
Btretched arms and place therein the
offerings which the people brought
1 he image was hollow and was so ar
ranged that the fire which the priests
kindled within would heat the arms
and hands to a white heat, and con
sume the offerings therein. Around
the great image there had been erect
ed six beautiful chapels, each stand
ing for a degree In the worship of the
Rod. To tho one offering fine flour
the door of the first and simplest chap
el was opened and he was Initiated in
to the first rites and fellowship wifi
the' mighty fire god. To the one offer
ing turtle doves or young pigeons, the
door of the second chapel was opened
and he was accorded a closer fellow
ship. The third chapel was opened
to the one offering a lamb, tho fourth
to him who offered a ram. tho fifth tc
him who offered a calf, and the sixth
to him who offered an ox.
To this last structure which had Just
been completed by the builders that
week, the king directed his steps aftei
leaving the chariot which had stopped
on the outer rim whero the chapelk
had been placed.
Yea, It is well that the King is the
first to open the door of this, the
sixth chapel devoted to the worship
of the great Moloch,” said the priest
as he received the king and conducted
him to the doorway. To one side
could be seen the ox which had been
provided for the king's offering, and
at a signal from the priest, the attend
ant plunged in his knife to the heart
of the beast and as the animal sank
to the ground almost without a groan
so deftly had the vital spot been
struck—the door before the king and
the priest swung open, apparently of
Its own volition.
'‘Come," said the priest. “Again by
thy devotion thou shalt please the
great Moloch, and win his continued
favor. Six chapels hast thou already
caused to be erected for him, and
there still remalneth one to be set
up to test thy devotion.” And as the
priest spoke the words, his eyes fixed
themselves upon the little prattling
child who had trotted in by the side
of the king.
The father, following the eyes of the
priest, looked fondly down into the
beautiful face of the child as it was
lifted up in confidence to his own,
and his cheek paled as intuitively ho
caught the thought and meaning of
the priest.
“A seventh chapel?" he faltering!y
questioned.
“Yea, thy nation cannot be said to
know and serve the great God Moloch
until the seventh and last chapel hath
been built and to whom should Its doot
first swing to give entrance but to the
king himself?”
“True, but how can I?” and a shud
der shook the form of the king.
“Itut canst thou expect favor from
the god from whom thou wouldst with
hold thy best treasure?”
Nothing more was said, but the next
day the order was sent the prleRt that
the seventh chapel should be built
and it was noised through the city
and nation that the king was to make
the great offering to Moloch, and at
the appointed time, after the chapel
had been completed a great concourse
of people came together in the placo
where Moloch stood. The arms and
great hands relentlessly outstretched
were glowing with the intense heat
which burned Within. The eyes of
the people were fixed upon them with
an awful fascination, which was only
broken by the cry: “The king? The
king!” as the royal chariot rolled up
amidst the blast of the trumpeters.
Down the marble laid Isle came the
king and by his side the little son.
whose hand lay confidently in that of
| his father.
A Rasp of intense feeling swept over
the concourse of people as one of the
attendant priests came forward to take
the little boy while Manasses, fhe
king, turned with the high priest and
ascended the steps to the last chapel.
With neither look to the right hand
or the left, but a blank, intense awful
stare direct before him the kin* stood
before the closed door, the priest re
maining impassive by his side, Hy
this time the priest bearing the boy
had ascended the steps by the side
of the great Image, An intense, awful
silence had fallen upon the people.
They did not even so much as breathe.
The rustle of the priest’s robe was
the only sound which came as he
raised the boy aloft Then a terrific
burst of music from trumpet and drum
wftieh drowned the tiny shriek of the
I ofcild and the groan of the peo
ple, And with it the door swung open
before the king and half stumbling,
half felling, he crossed the threshold
and collapsed In a swoon.
‘•Yea," spake the priest, ns the king
recovered consciousness, "thou haru
graciously honored the great Moloch,
and a hundred to-day have In the
! frenzy of devotion followed tby ex
ample. Great Is Moloch."
Designs of Merit
r
I AWN-DRESS.—Of course, this dress Is made up without lining hi elthei
A- bodice or skirt. Our model is in white lawn, but colored lawn or whit*
spotted or printed muslin would be equally suitable.
The skirt, which 1b slightly full at the waist, has a deep-gathered flounce
thnt is trimmed with insertion; It Is gathered at the top, then set to Inser
tlon. which Is Joined to the edge of Bklrt below the three tucks; the top ir
gathered to a waist band fnstMied at the back..
The bodice is cut to the waist, nnd is Joined to top of sklrt bnnd; it haE
a yoke of open-work embroidery outlined with insertion; the lawn is tucked
three times between band and yoke. The lawn sleeves are also tucked, the
tight-fitting lower parts being of embroidery to match the yoke. The waist
band fastens at the side under a rosette, from which hangs e knotted end
finished with tassels.
Materials required: 10 yards lawn 36 Inches wide, 1* yards embroidery
18 lncnes ^ido, about 8^ yards Insertion.
Design for Linen.—Here is u semi-princess dress of linen in a soft shade
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IB edged outs do with embroidery edging about two inches wide; this is set
under a beading of embroidery, through which narrow ribbon is threaded;
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nv ra,i I "'f, “ tJny,t‘,cks extending over the hips; tucks are also made
cner the shoulders, and in sets of three round the sleeve. The fastening Is
in center back. *
Hat of fancy crinoline, trimmed with ribbon and ostrich feather tics
Materials required: for the dress, 7 yards 42 inches wide. 4 yards ern
broidery, 4 yards insertion. ^ m
WAYS OF CLEANING CHIFFON.
Material Requires Care In Cleansing,
and Some Time Must Be De
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Chiffon should to washed In Bonp
lather by carefully rolling and press
ing between the hands, then rinsed In
clean water and stiffened in gum wa
ter, one tablespooaful to a quarter of
a pint of water.
Roll In a cloth to absorb Rome of
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To iron chiffon, it must be placed on
the table wrong side up and Ironed
along the selvedge, as ironing across
would displace the fibers and destroy
the appearance of the delicate fabric.
When the chl/fon is being Ironed it
ought to be held tightly up in front
of the Iron to remove crinkles that
are produced by washing and to make
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Chiffon ties with a natural crepon
crinkle should not be ironed, but In
stead the ends should be pinned out
on a table, the tie Just stretched
enough to permit of the crinkles fall
ing into their natural shape.
When dry fold It without pressing
the folds lu, air and put carefully
away.
LINGERIE WAIST.
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Dnlntjr waist. of linen batiste made
*ltb groups of forks and elaborately
trimmed with embroidery and cluny
lare
Hat Brim* Turned Up.
Hat* are turned up at all angle*
around the brim, and the small hata
are made by turning up the brim of
an ordinary size hat very sharply at
earh aide, while the brim In front
sod at the bark la quite narrow;
sometimes the brim Is turned up at
the right side (while the trimming Is
exclusively on the left), and some
times at the bark.
CHIFFON FOR THE SLEEVES.
Gives Right Touch to the Transpar*
ent Materials So Popular in
Hot Weather.
The fashion of wearing transparent
sleeves Is certainly a comfortable one
during warm weather; hence Its great
popularity, for these sleeves cover
every type of arm Imaginable—arms
ho fnt they resemble small bolsters
thin arms, white arms and sallow
oneH. Indeed, until one lias spent half
nti hour in the shopping district it is
hard to believe there could bo such
a variety of nrins. The fashion may
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able one if the wearers would only
back the sleeves with a thin white
chiffon or mousselino de sole. This
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uro white, black or a color.
A novelty in parasols is being
shown by a Broadway house that will
appeal to patriotic young women. The
covering is of the regulation tan kha
ki. embroidered with emblems of ths
different regiments in scarlet mercer
ized thread.
Another novelty displayed at ths
name shop is a line of very pretty raf
fia belts at $1 each. For wear with
a tan linen or a pongee frock these
rafflla accessories are considered very
smart.—Washington Htar.
To Stretch Curtains.
1 se a quilting frame or a curtain
stretcher converted into a quilting
frame by tacking strips of ticking or
any heavy material doubled to Inch
width on the inner edges of the frame
where pins have bt*»n. Temporarily
pin the curtains on four corners and
at intervals on side, then sew them
on, instead of pinning them, with a
basting stitch. Heallopcd edged cur
tains can be sewed on two at a time
and three or more plain edged ones.
Tt is surprising to see no peaks In
scallops or straight edges and with
less labor and time spent and wph
no Rore fingers.
The Scarf,
There •» no end to the variety of
tho scarf. A remarkably pretty one
was in a soft tone of pale blue, tho
enda embroidered In graduated gold
Kpota. Another was In a curiously
patterned green gauze, with blue in
It. This was bordered with dull si|.
ver gauze laid on In a flat band ull
round, and hemstitched. Even more
curious is a gray gauze with the end*
embroidered in overlapping scaly* llko
those of a fish, but In rnother-o’-pearl,
not In the least like the ordinary se
quin. but resembling some of the won
derful Japanese embroideries of the
same kind.
Buttons.
Buttons covered with the material
of the gown on which they are em
ploy'd are the latest development. A
foulard frock just home from the
dressmaker Is trimmed solely with
cords covered with the silk UDd with
buttons of the same orde*.
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The Jam Is Rone;
w*> Unit ourselves
As children nt ths
empty shelves
Where we have seen
nml noticed each
Fair queen who wssi
declared a peach.
And where kings
proven under
hold
As Jelly shook be
neath the mold.
And now wo sigh
with grief un
nerved.
The Jam was al
ways well pre
served.
Some potentates
through stress
and strife
Have been In pickle
all through life.
And some, Impa
tient, sharp, and
cross.
We have considered
pepper sauce.
But he. the Jam.
whs smooth nnd
sweet
As any Jam you’d
like to meet;
We sob before the
"our Jam could always spread himself!”
Although with Ire sometimes ho boiled.
T hln Jam wo wall wim never spoiled
Anil no dark plotters ever planned
lo get him hot and have him canned;
Tho food Inapectora always passed
I The Jam. but he was called at last—
Heath Kttvc our hearts an awful alum
" hen It slipped In anil atole the Jam.
The Jam la Bone; therefore these tears;
No more tho ruddy Jam appears
At any Oriental feast
I'ellKhtlnR all from irrcat to least,
But though wo hear the newa with pain
Our loss Is some one etae'a kuIii,
Weep not tho Jam, we pray, for he
1* spreud ucroaa eternity!
“Sour Grapes.*
(A Piny In One Act and Ono Scene,
by O. n. Pshaw. With Preface.)
(Curtain rises, discovering a young
■woman seated on u mission chair In
a Queen Anne drawing-room with a
Louis Quatorze tnblo and a Louis
Seize bookcase. There are Tew books
in the case, mostly the works of ().
H. Pshaw. Tho girl is dressed iu oxi
dized green silk, a voluminous skirt
being draped gracefully, and her lace
waist fits her snugly. Her labored
breathing Indicates that she Is either
a victim of tight lacing or Is strug
gling with repressed emotion. She
must subtly convey to the audience
the impression that she Is expecting
a caller whom she wishes to see and
still wishes would not come. The
caller. It can be seen, is a young man
who has been wooing her for a long
time. She abstractedly breaks an Ivory
fan into fragments and Is picking her
teeth with one of them when *he
young man enterH. He parts h'.» nnir
away down on one side, wears pearl
gray trousers, black frock coat and a
puff scarf and otherwise betrays his
affection for her. She shudders visi
bly and bites her lips. He trembles
und scratches his head, then speaks.)
He—Mlllicent, will you marry me?
She—Harold, I cannot. 1 eloped
•with your father this morning. Come
to my arms, my son!
Says Little Henry.
Ma says it Is oflle to think of the
poor birds that are sacerflced for hat
trimmings but pa says it is oflle to
I1"*
think of the poor men that have their
digestion kicked info their spine by
ostriches which they are pulling
plooms out of.
A Business Head.
“My boy,” says the thoughtful
father, “I notice that when you get
a penny or a nickel you do not place
it In the little savings hank Santa
Claus brought for you last Otirlst
niHH."
“Not alwnys, papa,” answers the
bonny child,
'Ah! I believe, if I am not mistaken,
that you upend your pennies and nick
els at the little store arouud the cor
ner.”
“Yes, papa,”
“Well, rny boy, if you do not save
your money now, what do you expect
to do when you grow up?”
“ I am going to run a little atore
around the corner, papa. Then I’ll
get ail the pennies and nickels.”
The March of Reform.
”1 have nothing for you,” said the
housewife to the tattered individual
who had knocked on the kitchen door.
“Pardon me, madam,” said the call
er. removing his battered hat and
making a careful bow. “Pardon me,
but 1 am vice-chairman of the soclo
logical and uplifting committee that
recently completed Its Investigation of
the food Industries and row j am
making a tour of Inspection of the
different kitchens, the scope of iny
work Including such affairs as the
manner and surroundings In which
cold chicken, cold cake, cold pies and
to forth are kept.”
Guilty.
TCn* tVashlngton the hero that
K!»?or1ans have drawn him?
His father, when the tree fdl flat,
Thm had the dea.1 wood on him.
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