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in the first place i want you tn look upon “mm the queen. A blue rihâ€" hon. l'nyod with white. drawn around her furvhead. indicated her queenly position. It was no small honor to be queen in such :- rcalm‘as that. Hark to the rustle of her robes! See the blaze of her jaweis! And yet, my friends, it In not necessary to hnve palace and real robe In order to he queenly. When i see a woman with strong iaith In God. nnttlng hu- i‘oot upon nil mean- ness and nelfinhnm and godien db- plny, going right forward to carve Christ and the race by n grand and glorious service. I any: "That woman in a queen," and the ranks at heaven look over thq hattlemenu upon the coronation, and whether she coma up from the shanty on the common: or the mansion of the fashionable man. I greet her with the shout: ”All hail! Queen Vaahti." What glory was then on the hm of Mary of Scotland. or m of England, or brunt of ruln to miter! mm “.131“, and rel to receive l applause o 6’25? rnllons who shalmseuploadmlrelhls martyr to klngly Insolence. Well the last "7.3ng of that feast la gone; the lad garlind has faded: (he. lust arch has MIL-n; "m last tankarrl his been destroyed: and Shnshan I: 3 mln; but as long as the world stands there wlll he mullllndhs of men and women, fl- mlliar with the Bible, who will come lnto lhls plrture gallery of God, and admlre tho divlno pom-alt of Vnsml lhe qnonn, Vazhtl the rolled, Vashu. the sacrifice. V’aslxtl, the went. la anoint pan 0! Ibo ml." ova-m lanlm ll nun-lulu; lln mum at firth I! I hand Drunk" Alma-rerun nn to In nrvorm: "1m so mu m ma Valul tro- that In» and wilt m "not. and bring bar In llula haunt vlll the mm. m M me tllsplny her beauty." The wrunrn Im- modlnlely um lo obey flu- Hug‘n coup mand; but there in - ml: In (Mental mlely (In no volun- mm: amt ln publlc clan! hula. her he. veiled Yet her: run I glad-la llnl no one tlnrv. dlmle. ammllng lhal Vashll rune l1 "veiled helm Ihe multllmlo. However. more in II Vmu‘n ml 1 prlnclplo um regal “In Ahnmms, more brllllnl than "no cold 0! mm. ulna, 01 more mlth than "us realm of Penn. um com-landed her to Ms- olI-y lhll order M the ling; and so all "M rlghltomms and hollm and‘ Mal! of In nature rise- np Into one sublime retinal. She an: "I will no! go lilo the banquet Hannah" 0! course Alum was Intimate: and Vast“. robbed at her mum and her est-in, la drive: for“. In poverty and tn rn‘ltalllno baptism upon flowering thrulw- tho-n rolling down through rkunmln of marble. and wtdontu out hen amt than tnto pool- Ivtrttu with tru- Anny mm cl tonln Ion-Imus, bards-mt «uh mirtet ant-tum. hy- wrtcuau. and many cotoml nann- ttn. ”rat: or run-t hlnl and bout anon" up untd wmttu o! "outta. The um alt-d vtt nprtrotl and al- moudn‘ The but I MINI up with apflrou amt data: and an Ind mun. amt ”mourn-tn. Halon tut-fully "th vtttt in». of and; The man tutor- at Kalam- Itltng th- mm- and IMUI‘ mould. tho mm In MIND. tat-Ids Ink! "on trmrtm Wm: trout tho rant nt- al [mun mvt flMrnl. t- bottle; o! "and mm amt lltrntmm run 0! mm. and tumm- Ind tall-rd. o! loud com. TM musk rim MIMI sad the nwlt’y Mun mt tut. Ind" (rut-amt. and um um nu numbed tho rhnl Inch tam-Md the but». and loud" than I" ‘ tutu-r mtm an that tum-uh 0! MM tartan-mm. tho ubhk cl took. and tin so»: of the tin-huh. E stand amid the palaces of Shunhnn. The pinnacles um aflamo with the morning light. The columns rise tes- tooned and wreathed, the wealth oi empires flashing tram tho groves; the ceilings adorned with im- ages of birds and beasts, and scenes or prowess and conquest. The walls are hung with shields. and emblazoned until it seems that the whole round or splendors is exhnusted. Enchnrchis I mighty imp oi‘architecturai achieve- ment. AGolden stars. shining down on glowing erahesque. Hangings of em- broidered work in which thingies the blueness or the sky. the greenness ot the grass, and the whiteness of the sen-foam. Tapestries hung on silver‘ rings, wedding together the pillars of marble. Pavilions reaching out in every direction. These tor repose, tilled with luxuriant couches. into which weary limbs sink until all In- tigue is submerged. These for carous- sl, whore kings drink down a kingdom It one swallow. Amusing spectacle: Light at silver dropping down over stairs oi ivory on shields 0! gold. Floors of stained marble. sunset rod end nigh! black, and inlaid with gleaming pearls. Why. It seems as it n heavenly vision of amethyst and la- rinth anti topaz and rhrysoprnsua bud descended and lighted upon Shushan. it seems an it a billow oi colrstlni glory hnd dashed cienr over heaven's batik-tickle upon the. metropolis of Persia. in rouncctlon with Win palm-c thorn is u garden where tho mighty men of ion-ixn land» aro sonic-d nt .1 imnqueti l'nult-r the spread of oak and limit-n ntul nmrln, the tables nro nt- rnngcti. Tho bro-nth oi honeysuckle and imnkim‘omu- illls the nth Founâ€" taiun Imp up into the light, the spray nlrurk through with rainbow- lnlllng TALMAGE’S SERMON. "WOMAN sacmncaD-"ruasuu- 4561' FOR LAST suuoav. ‘to luau: Yul-n. “to Own. “or. flu In" with n- Crow- loyal: for 8h. Wu Fall I. [Al-k Upon”â€"hfllor. 1‘: I. ‘ ' Again: i want you to consider Vnshti the earriflre. Who is this i see coming out of that palare gate of Shoshan? it seem: to me that l have seen her he- iore. She comes homeless homeless iriendleee. trudging along with a hrok en heart. Who is she? It is Vashti the sacrifice. Oh. what a change from renal position to n wayi‘arer‘l crust. A little while no. npprored and sought for; now. none so poor as to acknowledge hrr amnaintzncsship. \‘anhtl the sacâ€" rifice! Ah! you and l have see: it many a time. Here is a home emptiaced with beauty. All that refinement and hooks and vealth can do for thnt home has been done; but Ahasuerus, the huebnnrl and father. in taking hold on paths of sin. He is gradually going down. After awhile he will flounder and struggle like a wild beaet in the hunter‘s netâ€" ; further away from God, lurther nvny iron the right. Soon the bright apparel of the children will turn to rage; eoon the household eon; will become the mobbing of 3 broken heart. The old story over again. Bmtnl Centaur: breaking up the marriage tenet oi upithne. The house full of outrage and cruelty and ehominetion. while trudging forth from the palace gate are Veehtl and her children. There are home. that. are in danger of such a breaking up. Oh, Ahmerua! that you should stand In a home. M u diminut- ed lite destroying the peace end oom- tort of thnt hone. God forbid that your children thould em have to Again: I want. you to consider Vashii the veiled. Had she appeared before Ahaenerul and his court upon that day, with her face uncovered. she would have shocked till the delicacies oi Oriental society, and the very men who in their intoxication demanded that she come, in their sober momenta would have despised her. As some flowero mm to thrive but in the dark lane and in the shadow, and where the sun does not reach them, no God tip- point- to moat womanly natures h re- tiring and unobtrusive spirit. (lod once in it while tloea call on innht-lio to a throne, or a Miriam to ltrilte the timâ€" brei at the trout at a host. or e Morit- Antoinette to quell n Pl'ellt'h rush, or r. Deborah to stand at the (rant 0! an: armed battalion. crying out, “Up! Unit This in the day in which the Lord will deliver Steel-o into thine hand." And when women are called loom-it outdoor worlt and to Mlt‘ii heroic position. God prepares them tor it; out! they hal‘l‘ iron in their with anti lightning In their ryr. and whirlwind: in their breath. and the borroweJ otrength oi the Lord Omnipotent in their right arm. They whilt through iuroaru out though they oere hedges of wild-flowâ€" en. and erase real on though they were ohlmnerltu sapphire; and all the hot- pleo oi hell down to their dungeon oi the pump at her womanly indignation. [lot there are the eacepilona Geneal- Iy. home would rather matte n ur- mroi tor the poor boy; lteht-rra would rather fill the trough (or the rant-ll; linnnah would rather wait: a mat tor Samuel; the Hebrew mold would rather uvo o pmerlotlon tor Nanme'l top- my; the woman at sonata would rot» or [other A low elicit. to roots 1 Deal for intoltheti Elijah; l'heho would reth- er marry a letter tor the inspired ape.- llr: mother Loin would rather educate Timothy in the arriptnrwl. When i on a women gain. about hrr daily duty“ with cheerful dignity prv-ldiuu at the tehte. with Hort amt gentle. hot firm titer-loll” meitllnx in thoI nunery, go- tnu out into the world without uni blast oi ling! to lot w'_n¢ to the loot- rte“ an! hiiw a not aho7it doing aood l soy: "Thin ls \uhtl with a roll on." not when i no it women at unhinshing holdnm loud-mired with o tongue of infinite rlitler‘clatter. with orment loot. passing through the streets with the urn of n tolling- henna. early errand in it very hurri~ one of rnitlinery, i cry out; "Vashti hat loot her reti!" When I see a woman of comely features. and o' admitting oi lntellert, and endowed with all that the ‘orhoolo ran do for one. and at high on. ‘r‘loi amnion. rel, moving in minty with enperelitononras and hit-Item. as though ehe would how- people know their piece. end an undefined comhtnr tlon of giggle and etrnt and rhodotnon- lode. endowed with allopathle qnatr titles of tollt. but only homeopathic in‘ lnitrslmals of new. the terror of dry- eoods clerks and railroad conductors. discoverer: of eignltieant meaning in plain conversation. prodigiea or badl- axe and innuendo ~i soy: "llooit! look! Vaehti has lost her ten!“ one RBI-37“.} .â€"y1w-q-_. lunar trance, or Catherine 01 nun-ls, oom- parod with the worth at some 01' our Christin mothers. many of them gone into gloryt~or of that vow-n men- tioned in the Scriptures. who put all her money in the Lord’s treasurytflr oi' Jephthah's daughter. who made a demonstration or unselfish patriotism? â€"â€"â€"or of Abigail, who rescued the herds and locks of her husband?-â€"or oi Ruth, who toiled under a tropical sun (or poor, old, helpless Nnomi!â€"~or oi‘ Florence Nightingale, who went at midnight to stanch the battle-wounds of the Crimea?â€"â€"or of Mrs. Adonlram Judson, who kindled the lights of sai- 1 Vstion amid the darkness of Burundi? :â€"~or of Mrs. Hemnns, who poured out her holy soul in words which will (or- ever he assented with hunter's horn. and oaptive's chain, and bridni hour, and lute's throh, and cul'tow's knell at 3 the dying (lay?~and scores and hnn- ‘ drods of women, unknown on earth,‘ who have given water to tho thirsty and bread to the hungry and medicine to the sick and smiles to the discour- agedâ€"their footsteps heard along (lax-l; lane and in government hospital and in almshouse corridor and by prison gate? There may he no royal robewthero may be no palatial surroundings. She does not need them: for all charitable men will unite with the crackling lips or fever-struck hospital and plague- hlotched lauretto in greeting her as she passes: "Hail! Hail! Queen oi Vnshti." The Gospel Is the some] of ulna”, but there In no nlvwon without ro- panunco. Man Is and from III, but not and In Ill. Thorn an In a chap at aunt-11". l. W. Bulk“. It In “Didi! comma to be he: am war should be as much denounced u shvery, nnd that the function of a rightem government will be to pre- vent war. to forbid it and render It impactingâ€"739v. Wulaco Hitting. minim-rd Gambling is stealing number‘s prop- erty without just mnrn. He who win: $1.000 from moth" betting on . horse race, a (no bank or a game of cards ha given no return for what he has receivedâ€"Rev. Bl. J. Breaker. Dlm In this country divom ls wickedly common. In Connecticut and Dakou the giving or withholding of divorce I. practically in the hands of the judges. There is net! need for I unireml [aw of divorce applicable to all dates.â€" Rev. G. C. Jones. Methodist, Duisburg, Pa. ”pd-Io.- The work! I. coming every day to h a better place to live; human "to non sacred and note worth living. because Christianity is fast ginning the earth and In examining more and non n gracious Influence on mankindrnev. "You haw made my two sons drunk- nrdn. You have made their mother a Monumental woman. You I." mule much more Um! I can melon. but you'll get the run account can. day!" "You In" undo mm than that." qnlefly remarked u listener. "What in mur‘ V“ th- quick to- A 9mm liquor denier In bonding to 1 (M. o! m- mull. mr his moon 0! the amount 0! may In had made. "I lune nude ".000 In tho In! (hm month," ho laid. unmet Jena. 0! Now "napalm. In I nrnp book. um Inch" (Not. 0! cupping- "on pmhlblllon pom which he an a to mow hl- sma- mum- tho annulus. of nan-nun. "\\'0 Mn no don ”7‘ the “MI-M. "that his lnldchlldna um In new urn-ed of "Mr mad- man" Mnlnru an. named at tho lolly o! mmmmm; Not my chlldnn Io-dny an banning of n.“- mum an!" Inn- beum no war. m "In In min. when u will I. mun-Mend u [ml a Magnet to have km n union or brute", :- (o In" mutant-Dd u mello- block for an tab at in.“ hemp." During the war 1 went to lingers- town to look at the army, and l stood in the night on a hill-top and looked down upon them. I saw the camp-tires all through the valleys and all over the hills. It was a weird spectacle, those camp-fires, and I stood and watched them: and the soldiers who were gath- ered around them were, no doubt, talk. ins of their homes and o! the long march they had taken and ot' the bat- tles they were to tight; but utter awhile i saw those campfires begin to lower; and they continued to lower until they Were all gone out, and the army slept. It was imposing when 1 saw the camp- fires: it was imposing in the darkness when I thought. of that. £1:th host asleep. Well. God looks dowu tram heaven, and he sees the fireside: o! Christendom and the loves ones goth- erod around these flresldes. These are the campfires where we warm our- selves at the close 01’ the day. and talk over the battles of life we have fought and the battles that are yet to come. God grant. that when at last these fires begin to go out and continue to lower until finally they are extin- guished, and the ashes or consumed hopes strew the hearth or the old homestead, it may he because we have Gone to sleep that last long sleep, From which none ever wake to weep. 0. woman! does not this story of Vnehti the out-en. Vashtl the veiled, . Vnshti the sacrifice, Vashti the silent, move your soul? My sermon conver- ges into the one absorbing hope that none 0! you may be shut out of the ‘ puluce gate of hcnven. You can en- ‘ «lure the hardships and the prlvotiuns «ml the crueities and the misturtunel of this life, i! you can only gain Id- miusion there. Through the blood of ; the everlasting covenant, you 8° ‘ through tht-M- gnu-a or flavor no st all. ‘ God forbid that you should at last he ' Intuit-hut (mm the um-lety o! annals. { umi banish-d from the companionship . at your glorlned kindred, and banixhed forever. Through the rich grace of our ’ Loni Jeauu (Turin. may you be enshievi ‘ to imitate the example of Rnrhel no linnnah and Alnlxaii and ihthorah lld Mary and Esther and \'uhti. Ann. ' 'vmnl inur huh. and lure my). point their anger u them on they pun idown the nine: and shy. "Then (on I drunku‘d‘a child." God morbid um in. little ice: would ever have to trudge the path of poverty and wrote):- ednesai God forbid that any evil wirit born or the wine-cup or flu brandy glass should come [0th and uproot that garden. and with a lasting. blister- ing. all-consuming curse. shut torever ihe palace gate against Warm and the children! L. Banks, Methodist. Brooklyn, lull-g III. 0'- I'm-a. DOWNEBB GROVE; REPORTER- Indeed, so may women are now appalling to Mn. Pinklmm for advice, that I. scored Indy scenarios are kept mainly at. work emu-lug the pen volume a! correspondence which come- ln every thy. Foch letter unmet-ed carefully and minutely. as Mrs. Pink- lnln fully realm tlnt a life may do- “wherein-tawny mannequin-ouch“ the nndhm' Should her symptoms be new to her. she writes to a woman, Mn. Pfinkham, Lynn, Ila... who promptly explains her use, um! tell: her free how to gut well. l sens-mm. pupimion. "I“ me” feeling and blues, she at once take. Lydia E. Pinkham‘n \‘cgeublo Compound, feeling sure of obtaining immedhte relief. Dorm“ are willing and unions to help them. but they are the wrongsex to work undvrstandingly. “'hen the woman of (0-day cx- perirnccs such symp- (omn as backache. nervousness, lamb A W'nlkmavn. Ont, man-ham lam Ion-on bundled 9.000.000 nun. Women In being taught by man experience that many physicians am- not successfully hnmue their pecu- lisr ailments known as [manic-diseases. no Gonna-n may-M that. The Basil-h Mrrrln nah-v" urn In- gram A lady m riding mar flar- blton when a nnliemnly hailing par- Ion «Hod out to her that Mr (m- can out of order and nflmd to lnflur It [or her. She non-pied Mu alter and. mm minding the fault. he got on the wheel to show her that n In I" fight. Md rods 0! 17“) the machine. "I I." In. flu [or Ibo In: four wu- vllh Khalil-IBM and mun-M ll":- Irld donor- and all link of mulch-u a" a! witch but lanai. l have and Dr Info [3qu for "u- put-l: Inch w! what-tutu"! do I! the mom am: I'm an" (on Io forum-d In Koy‘n Ito-cunt to other- on awry ma- nIoIIM «- nut." Md lay vim. mm m opium am by mail In as} 1.1 .11.... 3C .3 '23.- v... in {.35 re... 70.?! sax a .c .k w ._.......k_¢,..\... 1...}. it! Dam-lag I" Inn. Cedar and I: tree: In rarely struck by lightning. The beech. the burn. the flr not the chennul also mm to be po- rullarly obnozlouu to the “ban- a! Jon." Then an (rem. however. whkh lope-r to attract rather than (a "ml the "shining nub. TM um: "nomi- ly ornamented In the rumor, n! than 'hlch the lightning :- mm! up! In stun II“. the on, the you, the rim last the bounty poplar. The msmun Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain route w|ll sell round trip licki‘(l on July 1 and 2]. at one (no pl»- 32 to certnln pain” In Kansas. Nebraskl, Wyoming. (bl- ormo. Utah, Mlswun. Arknunu. Tenn Ind walla-an. Th'kt‘l. Ilmlud to 81 dun from date at nlc, with nop- over prlvllcxu. l-‘or pnr'lculnn, m!- dnu "be" Wilson. I). P. A" ll! Adm. amt. Chlnxo. A Illa: ta nthon. A man In Lewlslon, M9,, who had Ms shoulder dislocated In a runaway accldenl. was Influx] lnto the house by a sympathetic woman who hung the disabled [number over the back 01 a chair, ordered hlm to take hold or u lower runs and pull, whlvh he (I'll, only lo and that. the shoulder had slipped back late place again and that ho muld so an about hla buslnwu contort-ably Ind thunlalul. On July 6. 7, 20. 21. and several dates during August, September and October. the Chicago Eastern Illluols R. It. will sell first class round trip lickeln, good 31 days from data 0! sale, tor one [are plus $2 for the round trip. ‘0 all points In Florida and the South. Tracks. trains, time. all the best. For further Information address C. W. Humphrey. N. P. A... St. Paul, Mlnn. City Tlcket 03100, 183 Clark street. or C. L. Stone, 0. P. 1 T. A.. Chicago. !. Held ugly-puny"). loyu writ" The Lulu: hm Amman-one. Biasc Pnrislanfl have a new form of gambling (or amusement. .They set oi! a lot or toy balloons, and bet on the chances at their sailing a certain dis- tance in a certain time. Each balloon bears an addressed postal card with the request that the tinder noio the time and place of the builoon's arrival and mall the card back, A week is al~ lowed for the cards to come in and then bets are paid accordingly. July 7 and 2]. Augult 4 find 18. tickâ€" at: will be sold (tom I" point ln the northwest over the BI; Four-[Route and Chenpuke and OhIo Runway to WI- slnla at one (are plus $2.00 for the round trip. Homemakers uhould take advantage o! “All cheap rate to vlolt the rich farm lands. Vlrglnla never had I cyclone. It has 5 perfect cllmate. cheap transportation. and the best markela In the world. Send to:- rates, (we de- scrlpuve pamphlet and list 0! desirable [arms for sale. U. L. Trullt. N. W. P. A., 234 Clark street. Chicago. WOMAN T0 WOMAN. Homnulen‘ Elevation. South. llalt- run [In-unions. In mu uh mum. ”1‘03. “El"? " ' ' “" ' .WORKEEg m.‘-” mun, 2.000.000maomw NowOmhmmM : , IN NORTH!!!" ARKANOAO. FREE HOMES Marianna-Id Amhnlm mug, mm Cohmhh An Canton». tom». fun untied-mun. uni-"halal machina- of lower Mac. I: (m In; my Con-Ml mu b! ‘ hm A boy in Brunswick, Me, has two armioini legs, and yet he is an expert bicycle rider. [shall recommend l'lto'a Cure for Con. sumpuon In and winesâ€"Mn. Mulllglu. Hammond. Kent, England, Nov. 8, 18'}... Mrs. Mary Abalr, a woman who never had a headache, died recently at St. lslzace, Mich. Standard of the World It is said that a good railroad loco- motive will travel 1,000,000 miles be- low: it is worn out. flaw. (nun-h can In taken Internally. Price. 755 A nnfl~making machine produce: as many nails In a given time n were tormerl)‘ made by 1.000 men. A very rarely lound bird, a whim wild goose, was recently shot at Mathews Island, Me. Ono's o.- a Ban-u “mm-mad be“. I"! u noun: a. Maw-lull Lhn mmlumx elm. n In um.» mu- to. try n. !! Hm Baby Is (mums Tooth. no um um! use "In um um] wall‘lrml "was. In. \Vlumw‘u loom: ' um I' I‘m Clgllgreu 1mm":- “Aflcr n mun nu melted the no u: 40." ma Mrs. Diubmw. “he thtnh every good-looting wow he aw in In love with Mm." "I am sure. my dear." retortod Mr. 1)., “I haw never acculed yourâ€"Deâ€" troit Free Press. .v. . 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