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2 A SOLDIER. OF THE RHINE.
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t Dv ST. CEOUGE HATIIDORNF;
CA i ychi. tj hruauvr ! .smitu. New Ywil
iiaiicu xm.
Pan! Plays for Time.
Rhine lander needed no lexicon to
fell Mm fact tint wire us plainly
marked r.s daylight before Ms eyes.
Nu tcvoiur bad Ma cyca fallen upon
tho fico of t dapper cnptaln v. ho
rainn lavt i..onth Into the apart! icnt
behind tho. ohij;rH than the truth
burat upon Mm like a I'.aah.
It was I lie c iiiiU:b!
Tho rater Mid; upmi her free r.s
t.he entered. I ho roo.n told Mm It v.r.s
with Ii't r. !aora nt of eo.-.shh rah. ?
sal;.-faction, time of triumph.
l--.il w.-'s c.'.Im.
l!o l.i.ew t he erl.la of bis life, per
La; had eo:.i.
Thero was a fen mare to bo feared
than tho eluvii: t tli ronti whoso lain;
..boulder Iiq had thrust Ms ready Made
la t'.:o pray of dawn.
It was Ai duty, of rou?fo. to appear
Indignant, r.nd to demand what such
an unanuuinced entree might i lnify.
Tho major vn3 good enough to lis
ten to ruul'K little protc.t. though t li?
onti mpluous smile never or.ee Ictt
his florid fare.
He Veiled to assure the gentleman
that 1. w:it with deepest regret the
ivoMiers oT HIj Majesty the Mmpcror
thin Invaded n private In use in the
rlty rf ?Ulr.. hut tlne wero tlmei
when rll ordinary rule. r.nd regula
tions !iu1 lo ho Rft aside, and they
Jiad N i it f ; i c 1 1 positive swuranc that
tliuyo who ivcto plotting trc.nen
nr;aln"t rr.Tcc. had sought rcfug'.' be
ni ith this i oaf.
i"h one jjamc Paul swept Itrrund
t bowed him Ms mother, pa'c-fai d. yet
b.:.v; tune !ng the v!iu In n.-te:i-bhn.nt.
I'catrlx v. rin;;iii-: her little
band In ore ill may. knowing what
tl.mgcr iiurr: ou r the In ail if lu r
Karl. an:l that latter irwllv ldur.1. per
fntly co A a:ul ahrt, watrhinc the
couri-o of t ( nt.
I'a'il drew out hla papers f parole,
which lie (nrrled aj a proteftloa they
Kave l-.im Iho liVrrty of the city of
Mtz upon certain tondltlon v. hUU
ho had thin far faithfully carried out.
.Monsieur 1e major, will you he
Rood tkhik!i to examine these d.;cu
mer.!i7" lie ii.ld.
Tho o'lkfr cnuiit bipht of the hIit
tiaturo, and felt compelled to Klve
tlu m a (;lance.
"T!iy huh regular encush." he
cruntcd.
-Tluii thhj I. arter all. a mi-tal e?"
TJu fal mpjor fniiled.
"Oh. i'f nonrleur. I do not exceed
r:iy dr.tj4 I i.-sure you. when 1 co:i;e
to p!acr o:i under arrest."
"11 it the cliarK'f ur.ly I have n
r'.r.ht to vlf-il my mctlur and ray ls
t r."
It v a, l.r d.-'.rnly captain who tittor-
'I a tiy :t)d f.--1 nc l I.t eye. ::; rly
:p(.::i the f-ir fare of IU:-.:rl p
i. a;:-. u t'a..L i:ai:inl. the (.iiiativ:' 1
tuay V.Me v. jr'.r:ed whth.r
Mli-hf t:Cd I :ivi been too h: 5ty lift r I
all if otic 0' tti(.-" chiMiae'J thu'i
I u: r: .1 n.t to be Ms r.l.-t---. n li ht j
l.re H t.1'-. KCiue !io;i' of the ether i
pr.-jvln;; nt b ..t a km. InT J
Thi! miju;' vaal.'l'.e 1 almost a
Tpcilly v.'i it had leaped Into 1 inc.
l.r.d f.iiw too far now to tt:rn
haik 4hH nan had sro:nd the
5. The offered hin to n.me la
ut of the wet. nnd the miu-t p.ot enter
n ou:r.plaln( if the deluge overwhelm
ed h!i)i.
"I'aele r ordinary coadltlons of
rou:;' lull not to idol ncalnrt the
of l'inr.rc." retuincd the Trench
ine.Jor Mde-mnly.
"I art arc you J am ready to taVc
7ny oath that not on? word has been
r.ttered l.cro that yon irlsht not l.av
heard IhM Rlnco my parole 1 have
adhered itrlctly to It provision,
-which re(ju!re. that I hold no toru
raur.lratlon Uh the Crrtnan array
oiit.ihl" tf.e r-te of Mctx."
i:e-n vvbllo Tnul waa utterlns these
word iiei Marled r.nd cai-t a t:ddrti ap
prehenlv'c look In the dlrcetlon of
Karl.
The thought lie el tome to Mm that
fif-t.rlhly l.o bad uneonotlously broken
tho rplrit of 1U parole by Peeking tho
c on.pany of ono whom be knew to be
In Mf-tx ncllnn for the Crown l'rince.
It wan a uul nnfortunate ftetlon on
his pari, fcinco boitllo cyea were watch
Int: him, cycfl that v.erc quick to catch
the uliRhtihl tnavo and Interpret it to
tult thtlr fancy.
Not in tho fat major did thr krn
eye btlonr-tbal worthy w.ij endoav
jrl!S to exiled bis fcattned rrnre.
nn 1 carry out hit prearraused p.'.rt In
the program what I'nul r..-8eried had
In a me I'.surc thrown bl:n oT the track,
and ho Cld not feci cjulte easy after
:veJr.e: the i.lp nature at the bottom cf
the parole.
Had I'.nil been left tloa with th?
?.ol Iter be mlht bavo won oat.
I'ait theio was anedb'T with whiir.
he l ad to e'eal. one po. iet fed of n mtn 1
ro nubile end a hcirt t-o fH'e 1 with
Ideas of icvcnpo tht the barrl-T he
inl-ht rnLiei would po down before tin
.nttiKk us thous'i mr.de of straw.
! Riv Ih woman fcMde np to th"
major, who eagetly bent 1.1 i lirad to
JlKten.
Paul f'jnrrd tho wor.t, or had h no;
rren ber f.lancc toward Karl with th
-arrr loch of a. bnv. k r..M kln In prey.
J'h kne", or hrl r:'red th tr'ith.
nd t:r.n iiokv ppvtinr: the old fool of a
major.
That this iv to co ll i be disrove;rl
liy n hln; 1e fclinre, f'.r ihr podicr
ruffed out Ma ftout foTi aa though he
jad b-en s-.fl J'-n'-y Invritel wllh the
coveteil cross of the I,e.!o:i of Honor.
The eeiuntevs Mepprd hack.
t)ne lla.- h of he r eyen Paul had, an J
the baleful J.uk r-t a snared hlra.
Was this her Imur?
liifeatrd by fortune In Ih rlln. would
the accomplish Mi eb f.trvtlon In
Metz. tviii w!.i:. the r.iiiia of his M
low hoidl::; fui;:i rvir the llhlne were
p:"indlf;: way beyo:id the forts and
beatli:;; the ih-vll's tattoo In the d tT
r:!ned e.'.fti t to :i'-.uir thi ur.-en.I r of
MacMahei'i's; r.:i,. nr:ay?
"Me'ri! I nr." s .-.: i th rr.aj.ir. :-:li!!y.
"the imliit y-::i have al .aiiC . may he
w.'l take:;. Lut I a:iiat ai.-.w ynu
y ur 111.. : ;y. Perha:.i yo j h- I I
ui tci'ii.i nt Ion v.l:h the :a . ith
out. last via ;! ati.n.-e;- the raii.e aj
te the . pies wlthsn?''
Paul ril.'cnt, for ho hardly knew
what to say.
"Vast do net fprak. monrieur yo:i
t-.eltly cirait thf e harr.e theiTfure.
you r.Mj.t not prt.feft If we b-ad )oa
ha . k nsiln to your prl.-on."
The major knw. then, tint he had
been l:i a dunson p'U'haps w-m
i'.lfo nv.-aro of 1.U e nascnunt with
Conrad.
"Me :ih ?ri:r le major, I cany here th-
freedom rf the tit. v. jir'r.ed hy t!;?
ora::.ai:da:.t. Mar. hal llazaisi-. wlii.te
linraturo you know. I rely i:pon that
I'.irort to t:.ke me where 1 plea e
wilhia the rlty wall;;. Ym; have h. i n
indi'tnceil hy (, in. who hat-a rte to
:aake thii iwre.t. lait, M. h r.;aji r. 1
;-.t and urea iuy i!'.::!!y t , ut i
the i!ty of Mn a-d I , fy y,:u
anvyi i;:e. I wa;:i plain! lh'.
if yen e n! r ei':" r.f ;!;- a., ;i t ia'. e
a haad en ia'- i.n -..iii th" i r.. to
:t Her. Iacaii. e :r.y h.'; i in i1t:i.: a
from j( :. I. i" wo:. a. a I have hi - a j;en-e-rouhly
allowed to carry cri.. si r.; v :
uriv..'.:! thi:;,: la ih. i rf a pil.-on-er
on pajo!.1. " j on :e I He he.- "
a rev:.!vr that eir.taisite 1 u'i'ts.
more than eiaai",h to ii:;Lh a!l tt.'.u
who are i.pp-jr.ed to me. .'u,!i a. I
shoul j regret .ri li r;; the nrat apart
iaeni:i of tr.y moth r. and ileprivin:
you rf w hat you evidently lie e l. I
::ln!l he under the rilr.ful n-erslty n
rcattenn"; your bsains ish.iit t'ah pl'.re
If you p.-;-, l. t. I an wlUin-; to r.o to
th c ommasviant and s tirre-.nii-r my
celf. h.st mii.'it ohj'- 't to b ai::i!r.? the
prl.M-a.r of ono I l.n..v; to h
a.-e unerupulour. cs yen W w :aan."
Tho :!rht of Paul's revolver rather
;tr.;c-rtd the major, who l.a 1. of
courre, nil dreamed that a j r ii-'e.n r
on pan 'e ecu'd prrp riy be pir... ts. 1
of so dani:criii.t si -..eat on.
IIi linl ed to t!.e door, ep' tip I It.
rivl bawled o :t an order fo- half a
ua7en v; H1 men to c.un- Irsto the
n; art:::: r.t.
At th .:"r:e ti:no Paul r;-:;r:nl t-
rr.y a f- w woiit, t l .a i:'.;in! tint
:'.:m 1 J:t lo have tie :..ua: ;,y ;ir
u her i " h. 1 t!r"";l.t i i t --
he n h.-v.
It wa: a fai.-.t !.; e f T r-f ;:j m
Wil li I .ill! V."a i O I !o J .
only t!.'" ii.-: ;e. - --- n : i . i a f fTa. r
i.e.:l.l a-.or.t fir hl::i Ki;it.. It any
ese li r -e v. ii..'. vrr.
lb knew hhr.'".auiie ! i.: t. i
to work, on e;.; in to !r a; c.
major': e,.;i. !. i! :..;.a I for a l.i r.T" .
bodyerard went.
With m a-iy a tlor 'n -', r:t to
oecy hl: ia el: a;: I a'l. ne wu:M on!
tr.a'. e Hure that Mt; own pre-c.e-'in e
ran wr.s Will out nf ran:" win a ti:'
word to snivr.nee and fail u;.on the t'.o
men v.uuld l e niven.
All Ithln. hinder e oi:'d do was t i,
lay thi? rll max as Imij as po.-iahte.
and me:!iwhllf pray In Mr. heart that
ron.e fair uea?uie of nueeeiii n:int
accompany Mi rnother'n mission.
One thins Mjrp:ld Paul.
Thlj concerned Karl.
Th? ycuns Octrar.n had appeared n
be taking no Fteps toward i:i Ir.jj hlnt-
Mlf.
Could it be that he was In n-.ensnr
Hlupefled by the a'arr.itn e on lit! ns?
Paul tl:oi:c;hl not.
He bad known the other for some
time. ad felt Mire he wa.s rot maibz
cf filch "yoor material that the pres
ence of danger would depilve hltn f
hU tuual Htrrllnj? pood Mn.;e.
Was he indifferent?
I! had miKh to live for, nnd even
tho cv.rtorr.ary Oerman phlKmath:
tempera r.-.cnt ecu: hi not account fer a
yotir? f!le.w with a mvo.-d heart tt
tiRnlr:,': b.lmrc!f to death ro calmly.
ThArp niafbe oralthlll hack f If.
peihrp? he wa.v vat.i lnr his lun c.
ar.d vr.en the o!d major and Ms
Kaardi wrre taught r.ppin."; he :rer.ni
to Ruddenly falv-niro I ato life, make
one mad piliu; through the e'.oar
wl.bh Paul's mohr hr. I ;t opn
ml. tkln- his chaa.e w.tli pm .vita;:
bnil'jf.e. attempt tn fapM.
At b. .' t It was a huraird ai. pame.
with the o!.'.s three to nr.c npalnst
him.
Ail yet. viint eif 1 1: a t were r.nt
they ten to on? h wt,ti!i le hi:::.'; o.
shot if he rename d?
ho Paul was ready te rre h'.sn f.lt
p.'ir.t Into t.r Mf!: ties lynd tho
d or. and frit even In a co.nMUe.n to
five hlri Ms bh! Irs and r.o d wisa'a
There wis rom'thln nhuut Karl'a
roo!irs. that v.arn:ed the ucklei ed
Ms hcr.rt unl r;nve hlra rer.rwel id-i-Tdeneo
fv.r tho yi.unj Clrrran !)' '.' r
had tli" eor.T. br.t np; aranec of a
man whe" pe..c .od fa'th.
At !ra. t there wes not nr. nt'in c!
that c- a'ltjr ea'.l'd f-nr abov.t hie ( 3;:.
.olllrn. t'.o Pmil !evr."d hlrr. tf o the ti-k.
wMrh was om f tho st.ar.ci:t Id Ll:
wholo auTrntr.rcntj career, of epcll
binding tho enen:y.
F.eernd coanted. nnj as to a min
ute, it war. preelou. beyond words.
Perhaps the major mlpht bu a littlo
more amennLIo to r'-a on now that he
had thing in hl.s own hands.
The rpcll-bindlnjr beau.
Paul crushed down hli bona fldo
feollr.r-i and bent his cnrigln toward
cajoling the raa:i who held their des
tiny In tho hollow of his hand.
To hear Mm tall; one mljjht hav
been pardoned far entertaining n
srave nupldon that his ancestry, in
stead of datin,; t uik to ed 1 Holland or
Mime Huteii country extended to tho
famr.u region ef IUarney Castle.
For truly Ilhlnelandcr did himself
proud upon thi.5 oecahlon. when the In
eeaMvo that rpuircd him on w;i3 llfo
If.
Wo rapidly he talked that the rr.ajcr
was not ahlo to i;ct a word In cdsc
wbe.
fevcra! tln.es hi half rr.'r.. d the arm
holding thr.t sword ef authority, ns
tiioua he wrvil J fain r.lv. tho klr.nal
b r a i!c la en :!1 hide:'.
Put t! lar.J-r wa.t a rrenchman.
w'th Ri! the i i.i.rc y that d!st!n;ul h
cd Aa i-ountryn-.cn from the barbarian
outer world, and em his life he eould
not treat a toMirr and a centb man
with co fnat divre-Fpi't as to break
In upon the thnal ef his dkecourao
with an order fcr 1:1 j arrest.
So he raited.
ivir.ys are often daPRtous. and In
this ease the old itphotbm heeciel
pee uliarly surrei tlve.
Kor eb-iay was what Paul der.tred
the hope of It oiled hU tongue, and
srve htm an rloepaenc! he had never
before known he po:-hes,s'd.
The wreith who stands with tho
aivfl about ki neek. .reanninK tho
hcriron to pee i,o:ne cloud of dust that
fnl:;ht betckrn the advent of gome
courier bearing a n prl -ve. would ap
preciate th" f. ' ilr.Ki of Paul Hl.Ir.e-landi-r
as he rr.ih avc'ie 1 to so hold tho
fat majur by the power ef his elo
o'.i'nie that the re'!. Iter wouli delay
:i vin ; l.l.e : i:;.-il until tl: hopM ft r
air iM'l of in. .vtome r e n the sao of
;k tlo'i.
At tir t Counte:-.; Alrnee listened to
hi" I'.jv." of eo:;;5 liii.enta with atonlsh
n:i nt. tlnce : he hr. I m ver su.'peeted
the yiM::it Arv riciu capahie i f such a
r :i:n.r:;al le fi'ort.
Cirr laa'.ly. a the noted th." srpnrir.o
effi cl of hid lniiiuKue upn the major.
.he In pai to fill w:ii" apprehension
her end iai,:ht be defeated after
all.
.She frowned and utarr.pcd her little
fv.t. whereat the major Ptarted and
need hastily toward her.
Then enrued a pantomime between
t:e two. he r-hrugins his hhouiders
as thonph asserting his unwlllingncas
to ni t v Idle Paul kept up thl.s flow of
elo'pienee. while the woman polntc I
to the Ann rit an nodded her head
vehemently and again stamped her
f-'ot in a temper.
Paul raw It all but he did not let
little thing like thhi disturb him.
lr tallied on. even f.u.ter than be
fore, talk. J In a way that must havi
convircid any Jury and even inclined
the J":.!ge l:i his favor, talked as a
lawyer who m Mora found oeearlon to
lo jo In eh-i'in' e.f a elient. for Paul
a,.-, 1 ob;i: .,: i.ia iiwn life in tho Lal--.:.'.
A f v." minute b r.t the rao t wxs all
he war.:'-!, ami. I'lanka to his K.irprld
i.:,: taetlcf. he won.
Ho kid l.rt the i.'ajor in ru.rer. :e
Ju"t ti.rie full n.Inu'i'v.. loaded to tho
nuzz'.e all the while with an eirde r for
Kt'.on. yet finding no opportunity to
le How It erit unle-i; he i lintc to forp"l
in w::. u ;,e 'atlea.an. r.nd he. woiiid
.'oi'ncr die than do that.
Put pat knee ha.:-. Its llmltji, evrn in
a pol.te Prenchi ian. tin I Paul, seeing
1 ita puff e)Ut his eheek:. knw tho
time of probation hed ri ached Its end;
but a sensation of iat!f faction camo
over him when he heard tome ono
edattrrln up the Ktalrn, bocio one who
prerently purhed Into the room un
announced. (To be continued.)
AN?R V Y 3 CO UN DTI EL
rr-il Tlir Iran In 1'ilion. bt 5IJ
15.01)0 hy II.
"Or.s of the nervlcut and at tho
rarae time one cf tho most dare-devil
escapades I ever heml of was pulled
off out In Akron several ycara ago,"
remarked I. S. lllolgett, an attorney
from the oatmeal metropolis, at tho
New Willard the other eve ning. "There
used to be a fellow in Akron who wa
a crook, if there ever was one, and yet
he wn n man of honor. Ho eould
borrow CP.ooo from rny bank In town
nn hl word, and nolody would ever
lohe by loaning to him, but If he got
n cnuee te do a man or r.n Institution
that e-ould afford to be done he never
falbd to mpke the be.t of It. Hks
motto war. 'Never beat nnyone on an
holi. f t debt.
"n.T evening h was r.t the depot
talking to the e xproaa nu rrenger, who
wr.s a friend ef his. The mrssenger
p-hed rn Iron box Into the wagon and
raid: 'There's 00 in that box; don't
yo.l wish you had It? Thsl i.l;ht tho
rrnt'.esnanly crook cnterti the cxprejj
eompany's einife and crarktd the tato,
i'drlnt the mone-y, which he took
horn" and burled In realed tomato
c."iii In hla laelc yard. Of ecur.'.e, ho
was arreted, and after a long trial
was sentenced to flvo years, his record
ar.d the nrsernger'g itory convicting
bin. Ho was pardoned after ttrvlng
three yrars, camo home, ar.d dug un
the money. H wan in big. yellow boys,
nr.d that evening ho walked over to
the me.s-ienrer'a hoiife, rang tho hell
ard rhook the note in his face, raying,
'There's your f.'.oCO; let'a eo you ct
It.' PM'.adlphU Times.
A rran may crorY, but tho last thins
he dots em earth Is to call for a
preacher.
TAUlAdK'IS SERMON.
CHRISTIAN DEATH A3 THE CN
TRANCE TO FULLER LIFE,
Kloquant i:atr Dlarour rrh from
t'urlnthlitn, "llaitlli la KwallowoU I p
In Victory" Why Hnuli W Doubt
Th.U ioi ("uu Ul ta from I'aailt?
(Copyright. !':, Louis Klopm h, N. Y.)
, WakhlsuUon. March 3J. The. Chrb-e-'
thin view e f death as the entrance to
a fuller lifo is presented in tlila blas
ter db'Courac by Dr. Talrnao from the
text 1 Cor. xv. ."1, ' Dath is swallowed
up in vhtory."
About 1.S70 Haster mornings liave
wakened the earth. The rojal court
ef tho h'aljbathj is raudo uji of flay
two. l'lfty-one art? prince a In tho
j royal hoiuche id. but Ka.-tcr Is queen,
h'ho wvara ilc!:r illad::n, Bhe sways a
r.:oro JewiUd scipter, and in her
railo naile ns are irradiated. Ho at
, widcome the le v.hia, af'.er a harsh
I wii.tirar.d late i prln:. .ae s ecu to
step out of th sun bank rather thaa
tho eon:-i rvato.-y. to emo enit e.f tho
north Instead of tho south, out of the
arctic rather than the tropics, dis
mounting from the ley equinox, but
veiconio this q uenly day, holdln,;
high In her right hand the wrenched
off bolt of Christ's scpulchcr and hold
ing high in her left hand the key to
j nil the cemeteries In Christendom.
My text U an ejaculation. It is ep in
j out of halleluiahs. Paul wrcto on lu
his argument about tho resurrection
j and observed ! the laws of logic, bat
when he cime to write the words zl
the text his fingers and his pen and
the parchment on wiiLk ho wrote took
f.rc, and he cried out, "Death Is swal
lowed up in victory'." It Is nn exclt-
. ing thing to uu nrn:y routed uul
flying. You have read of the l ienrh
fa.Lng back fro:n dan. of Napoleon j
track of ro.OOt coip.-es In the hnow
bank;; of Uu.-.-la, ef the retreat cf our
armies from Mana.Kas r f th" five
klnu-a tumbling over the reeks eif I!'th
horr.n with their armies while the hall
norms of heaven and the swords of
; Joshua's hvst btr"ck thi ra with their
fury.
In rny text Is a worse discomfiture.
: It feems that a h!ack giant propoe-l
1 to ce nqtiT the earth. He githcnd for
his ho. ts all the aches and pains and
' malarias and cancers and distempers
'. and epidemics of the ages. He man n
ed them down, drilling them In the
' northwest wind and amid the sluah of
temper. He threw up barricades of
j grave mound. lie pitched ent of char
, nal house. Some ef the troops marcti
j ed with slow tread commanded by
cenioimptlons. fome in double quick
command of pneumonias. Some he
took hy lonj besb incut ef evil hahit
and some by one btreike of thr- lattleax
j of casualty. Wllh bony hsn l h"
J pounded at the door of hospitals and
; 8iekr'orns, and won ail the victories in
all the great battlefields of all ef th"
five continents. Forward, march'
ordered tho conqueror of ior.Ticro:.
and nil the p?;jrra!s and commanders
in chief and a!l the pnx:dnits nnd
hP.ifcS and sultans and czirs dropped
under the f tt of his w:-.r ciiarg r. Put
ono Chrl.-traas ;ii ;ht 1.13 untagonlM
was born.
' As rao't of the pl.i-ues and sick
r.e'..s and despotism;! ri.'m- o-jt i)f ti.e
ca.t. i wa? appropriate that the r.e-v
co;:queror ihcahl come on", of tho m
quarter. Power Is givn l.'.ni to awak
en all the fallen of all the eentuiles
and e.f nil lands and marshal them
;:?air.st tho blaik g:i.nL 1'kbls have
already bee i wen. but tr.e la.-t day
of tho wcrld's cxhter.it? will s o th
derisive battle. When Cur.st hall
lead forth his two brlga lc. the b;l
gr.de of the rLcn e! -ad an I the brUa.b
of the celestial host, th"? black jrlatit
will fall hack, and ih brigade frcri
tho liven sepulchera will tr.ke him
from beneath, and the brigade of des
cending immortals will take him
from above, and death shall bo swal
lowed up In victory.
The old antagonist la driven hack
Into mythology with all the lore about
1 Stygian ferry an 1 Charon with oar
and boat Melrorc abbey and ICenll
worth castle ar no more In ruins than
Is the scpulcher. We shall have no
J more to do with death than wo have
with the cloakroom at a governor's or
a president's levee. We rtop at such
J cloakroom and leave in charge of a
I servant our overcoat, our overshoes,
our outward apparel, that we may not
bis impeded in the brilliant round of
' tho drawing room. Well, my friends.
when wo go out of this world wo are
going to a King's banquet anil to a re
ception of monarch, and nt the door
of the tomb wo leave the cloak of flV.-h
and the vrrapplnps with which we
n.cet tho storm. of this world. At th
' close of an earthly rp'-sptlon. under
tho brush and broom of t!: porf r, the
e'oat or hat may le handed to iu te t
ter than when wo resigned It, and the
cloak of hutaanity will finally bo re
turned to ua Improved and brightened
and purified and glorified.
) You and I do not went on- bodies re
turned as they are now. We want to
get rid of all their wcakne?s pnd all
their susceptibilities to fallEue and all
their hwncF9 of locomotion. We
want tr'rm put through a chemistry of
foil ann Jfat f.rt col I and ehanginn
fteaaona. out of which Col will reron
itruct them as tnucri better than they
are now as the body of the ro:le?t and
healthlert child that bounds over C:e
lawn In Central Park Is better than the
ilckest patient In llellevno he.-pital.
put as to our foul, we will crors right
over, not waiting for obsequies. Inde
pendent of obituary Into a atnte In
every way letter, with wldr room r.n 1
, velocities beyond computation, the
I dullest of ns Into conpar.lon.ihlp with
I tho Terr best spirits la th'ir very best
meod. In tho very parlor eif the uni
verse, the four walla burn I hel and
paneled and pictured and glorified with
all the fpi lului s that tho Inbnlto Cod
In all the ages has been able to Invent.
Vktory!
This view, of course, makes it of but
little Importance whither we are cre
mated or sepulture.!. If tho latter Is
dust to elust, the former is ash ts tei
nshes. If any prefer incineration, let
them havo it without cavil or prote.-t.
The world may become t.o crowde d that
cremation may bo unlverra'ly adopted
by law ns welj as by g :.?ral consent.
Many of the mlghthst and bet spirit
have gone through this proce.-s. Tho i
rands and tens of t'nemanda of Cud s
children havo lee : cremated P. P.
Pilss ai.d wife, the evangelistic feinrers.
cremated by aceddent at Ashtabula
bridge; John Itodg'-ri. cremated by
per-ecutl in; Latliru-r and Uldley. ere
mated at Oxford; Pothlnu.s nnd Plan
dlna. a idave, and Alrxa.-.d.-, a physi
cian, and their comrades cremr.t"d nt
the onlr of Marcus Aundlus; at bad
: hundred thoi::a'id e,f ChrUfa tl is 1 -!les
cren.atnl, r;nd there ran bo no
aoubt about th rc'irn-c'loii of their
bodies. Whether eut of natural ill.-ln-tegratlon
or cremation we :.kall t-et
that luminous, buoyant. pladome.
traiifrendent, magi.Iflcer.t. Inexplicable
."truetnre ealbtl the re fiurre etlost body,
sou will have It; I will have it.
I fay to you to-day. us Paul said to
Agrippa. "Why should It bo thought n
tiling lucre dlblo w ith you that Cod
should raise the dead?" That far up
cloud, hlgh. r than the hawk files;, high
er than the eagle dies, what Is It made
of? Dre-pa of watr from a river, other
drops from a lake, still other dre-pj
from a stagnant pool, but now embod
ied In a cloud and kindled by the hu:i.
If Cod can make msvh a lu.'trous cloud
out cf water drops, many of tnem ,;
ed and Impure and f: tchrd fro-.i pa ilea
away, eiifi he not tarrport the frn ;
nunts f a human body from the earth
ass l out )f theni b-iihl a radirint body?
Cannot (,o !. who owns ail the rnat rli!
out of which I .e.sws. rauM.li a: . I t'e
are made, ret tloui up again if they
hr.Vf fallen? If a fuanufacturer of t. l-
scopes drops a teleycrpn on the r.o ir
and it breaka, can he not mend It
again po m can re through It? An.l
If Cod elrop. tlie human eye lafo th'"
dust, the eye whh"h he origin Jlly fas'a
ioued. can he not re-.'toje It?
"Why should it be thought itli you
r.n Inciedllde thing that Col fhou'i.'.
:abs the chad?" Things all around iu
sugijejit it. Cut of what grew all tlie.
lloweri!? Out of the u;o!d and th
e arth. Hemrn et d! Iteurrec ted! The
rad.ant butterfly .her- did It e t:ue
from? Th" loathsome caterpillar. Thai
.-lhatross that Malt' th tenip.-et w itli
Its wings where did It come from? A
:"en-dess shedl. Nar IlTg rse. Kran'-r.
in a Celtic torab neir a bio k, were
found flower :" ds that had b--n bur
led I'.oim) years. The explorer took the
flower Med and ph-nted It. r.n I it came
vp. It 1 loomed in bluebell and h.llo-ttf'pe-.
Twi thousand years ;:lo bar
lid. y t ;e:-:rn i te (!! A traveler iayr
h.' foi::;d in a mummy pit l;i I-'gyrt
or. 'en ...s that had '. n buib-l t!.-r
r.,i i'" y ars ;iho. Hi brought rhe:.i on
and on ta tta f .lone, iv,i, i... j.
e l them and n thirty daf tin y i-pr.a:.
ii;i. lii 1 1 l years, yet revur;-i in! !
"Why sh ii:l a it be th.eshl a t!ii:: ,
ln redibl. wii!i you that Cod ..ho-.:!. I
rai -"e the Jf.id?"
When- did all this silk cm..? from
the fill; that adonis your pi r.-or.a s.nd
your horr.en? In th" hollow of :i sta f
of Creek :i.l.-) ' :ary brought from chi
na to I-'ureipij the pro r.ltors of thorc
vorr.n t':at now n-pply the silk inir-
kets of iany nations. Th" par'antry
of banr.ete I host and the luxurious ar
ticle.", of eo:ni;creLI e-niporlaai bli.:
Ing out frora the silkworms. And who
shall be r.urprlseil if out of this Ins'.v
nlfliant earthly body, th's insi-nlCcant
earthly life, cvir bodies unfoi.l Into
j-on.ethlns worthy of the coning etvr
mtles? Put silver Into dilute! niter,
and it dkj-cdvc. Is the sliver go:ie
forever? No. Put In somo pieces of
copper, and the silver re-appeara. U
one force dissolve., another force or
ganizes. "Why thould It be thought a thing
Incredible with ynu that Coil should
raise the dead?" The Insects fie and
the worms crawled lat autumn fee
bler and feebler and then fctorpil.
They have taken no food. They went
none. Thy Mo dormant and lr.s:iii
ble, but noon the Fouth wind will bio
the iesurr:ct!on trumpet, nnd the air
and the earth will b full cf them. Do
you not think that Cod can do as much
for oar Uidla aa he deMs far the wasp
and the ppiden; and the snails? This
morning at half-part 4 o'clock there
waa a resurrection. Cut of the night
the day. In a weeka there will b:
a resurrection la all our nardor.:. Why
not r.cme day a re isurrectbm ncald ti e
rravi ?
Kver and anon the- nr? Inctaneis e f
racn and womea rntraueeii. A trr.nee
Is death foilowed hy re:ir reel Ion nfte -a
f w days; fotil s ii;;rrisicn of mfat ii
power ni-d voluntary nctl"i. ilev. Wil
liam Tcnnent. a prrat evince lift of thr
last generation, of who:i Dr. Archi
bald Alexardc r, a mr.a far from bcln
rntln:e ntal, wrote la r.'c.st eulogistic
terms Ii v. Wii'.b-m Tenr.T.t recmed
to dl". His rplrit apparently left the
body. People carr.c la day after eljy
and aald. "lis Is diad. l;e Ib dead."
put the roal that f. d returue!, and
Will Tennent lived to writo what he
had reen while Ii's soul was pon.
It nay ho ioun 1 pr mo time thst what
Is called fusper. led actm:tlo:i o eoaia
te re rtate Is t ri f dnath, riving the ou'.
nn excursion Into the next world, from
vhl h it eon.es back, a furlough e f
few hours granted from the conflict of
life to whit a It must return. Physiolo
gist! tell lis that whlbj tho tcoit cf ojt
bodlea arc hu.it with men woiutrful
economy that we can spare nothing,
and tho loss of a finger is a hlndcrmcnt
nnd tho Injury ;f a too Joint makes us
lame, btlll that we havo two or throe
useless physlial apparatuses, and no
anatomist or physiologist haa ever beea
able to tell uu what they aro good for.
They may be tho foundation of tho
resurrection body, worth nothing to us
In this state to be indbcnensably valu
able In tho next Mate. Tho Jcwlah
rabbia and the scientist.- of our day
havo found out that thero aro two or
thr" eupertluitles of body that aro
some-.hlug gloriously Biiggebtlvo of an
otlu r tat'
I called al my friend's houe on?
tummcr day. I found tho yard all
plied i:p with the rubbhh of carpen
ter j ar.d msoon'a work. The door vvaa
off. The plumberi had torn up tho
floor. The rex f was be ing lifted iu
ci.pola. All the pictures were gone,
and the paper hangers were doing their
wor'c. All the modern Improvement
wen? being Introduced Into that dwell
ing. Tl.eio was not a room In the houe
tit to Ii. In nt that time, although a
mouth befo;-'? when I vl.slwd thathousjo
ever) thin:; was so beautifjl I could
not have supg"jt' d an Improvement.
My filcr.d had gone with his family
to tho Holy Land, expecting to come
back at the end of six months, when
the building was to be done. And, oh,
what war. his Joy when at tho end of
six months he returned and found tho
old hou o had been enlarged nnd im
proved and glorified. That Is your
body. It looks well now all the rooms
tilled with health, and we could hard
ly make a tuggestlon. Put nfter awhllo
your soul will go to the Holy Iand.
and while you are gone the old houso
of your tabernacle will be entirely re
eoiistructed from nliar to nttlc, and
'very nerve, muscle and bony ami tis
sue nnd artery rout bo hauled over,
and the old i tructare will bo burnhhed
and nuoraid and raiacd nr.d cnpolaed
and enlarged, nnd nil tiie improve
ments of heaven Introduced, and you
will move luio It on resurrection day.
"Tor we know that If our earthly hou:e
of this tabernacle were dl.viiolved we
havo a building of Co l, a house not
made with hands, eternal In the heav
ens." Oh, wnat a day when body and
eoul meet again! They ar.. very fond
of each other. Did your body ever havo
a pain and your soal not pity It, or
,eur body hav a Joy ami your roul not
re-et ho it. or, changing tho question,
did your roul evi r have nny trouble
and yoi- body not sympathize with It,
growing wan and weak under tho de
pressing Influence? or did your soul
cvrr hav a gladness but your body
eflebrated it with kindled eye and
cheek and f hut it? step? Surely Cod
never intended two such cooJ friends
ta Le lung tieparated.
And mi when the world's Ia.-t Kaster
morning shall come the soul will de
toend. crjln.T. "Where is my l)dy?"
And th Uuly will arnd. saying.
"Where Is my roul?" Arid the Ixird of
the resi-rrc rilon v. ill bring them to-geth-r,
a.:d It vtiU !; a perfert oul In
i p rftit body, Introd.jcfd by a per
f' i t Chil.-t Into a perfect heaven. Vic
tory! Dj you v. .Mide.- that on Master
b.y we ' watko our e hurches with gar
!.!"'a? Do you v. n lor v.e cel- brate It
with ?!.' io-t c ons' crated Viiirp of
r n" that v.e i.... i hivi. ., with the deft
: :Ir.:'-r.e on irgin and cornet and
with d n'') il s that le at thero arches
with the bilhr.vs of souud as th'
i r-a smites the ba i!t at Cinnt's Cause
wv.y? Only the bad disapprove of tho
n-Mirrertlon. A cru"! heathen war
rior In ai d Mr. Mffatt. the mitKlonary,
I rei h about the rejurr cti jn. and h
s:'.id to the ;;;Ij, binary, "Will my
father rbe In the last day?" "Yes."
raid the missionary. "Will all the
bad In battle rbe? said the cruel
chbftaln. "Ye.." fabl tho mlfslon-
ary. Then si!d tho warrior: "Let
me hear r.o morj ah nit th resurrec
tion; th re can b? no resurrection;
there hn'l te no resurrection. I have
slain thousands In battle. Will they
rl.-.e?" Ah. there will bo ruoro lo rise
n that clay than tho.o whose crimes
havo never len repented of will want
to Gee! put for all others who allowed
Chi 1st to be their pardon and their
life and thtlr resurrection it will be
a day of victory.
The thunders of the hist day will
bo the salvo thnt greets you Into har
bor. The lightnings will bo only tho
torches of triumphal rroeesslon
n archln:; down to escort you home.
The burning worlds flashing through
Immensity will bo the rockets cele
brating your coronation on thrones
where you will reign forever and for
ever and forever. Where is death?
What have we to do with death? Aj
your reunited body and soul swing off
from this planet nn that last day you
will Hi deep gashes all up ar.d down
tin hills, cbep gashes all throngh the
valleys, nnd they will b tho cmptiel
grcteK. they will be tho abandoned
sepulcbcr. with rough ground tossed
on e ac h 1 1 !e of theni. and a'ahs win lie
uneven cn th rent hillocks, and thero
will Ik? fallen monuments and ceno
taphs, nnd then for the first time you
will appreciate the full exhilaration of
the text. "Death Is swallowed VP In
v b tory."
Hall th Iord of earth and heaven!
Praise to thee ty both be given.
Th"e we greet triumphant now;
Hall the resurrection thou!
'.nUl Itrtrmia I.lv long-.
There are 10.1 Incumbent of
churches In Kngland who have occu
pied the tame livings for fifty ycara or
raore, and of tfccs twelve have held
their place for rlxty yearn. Their
average Inrome amounts to fLiWO a
year, r.nd In sixteen eases the Income,
after r.fty tors' continuous strvlce. la
between tao PralU of fStiO and J7C3
jc-r.