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After your innlngn today that would be a double pity. for We should look to' nee you tried for tho varsityâ€"and carefully tried " And thenâ€"the telegram. was on. of the largest landowners 1: our part of Russia and had. besideS. but) works in St Petersbnrg and other ounces of revenue. He was. in fact. a Very rich man “Perhaps it's only inoney." suggest- ed Toogood. “Oh. no. it can’t be that. " I sighed It could not. I was euro: for my father “Yes. we'll do that." I said. “I‘m sorry I'm such a fool. but I didn’t know the old man was even i1]. " I believe I burst into tears or made myself otherwise supremely ridiculous The sudden blow was too much of a shock for me in the midst of my deliri~ ons joy Adkins read the message. “Oh. no. old man. " he said soothing- }y “I should say certainly not that. not by this telegram. Cheer up. We’ll wire at once for more news. " “Heaven only knows what it means!‘ : X murmured. “Read it. will you? My 3 head seems to buzz so. I: my poor fa- ther dead. do you think ‘2” From Countess Landnnof. St. Peter-burg.“ 3 Count Buns Landrmuf. Tm’d‘nestono: I Come to me av- soun as pox-1! 16 Will have to I stay Am in terrible dxstressabout your father } “What is it. old man? Not had new; I hope." said Adkins ' I sat and reread my telegram. while the blood in my head seemed to surge and prevent my brain working sum- ciently to grasp the meaning of the words “Good Lord. what's the matter? Look at the color of his face!" I heard lome one say ”Let we sit down a minute and think." said 1‘ I tore open the envelope and read the missive. And then. just assâ€"with many elated Ind joyful school companionsâ€"l pro pzred to depart for that dinner which \\ :3 to crown the glorious day. then 1118 telegram ”By George. Boris." laid some one as the pale. nnwholesome looking docu- ment was handed to me. “your friends are pretty smart with the congratula- tions The match must have been re“ ported in the evening papers. I didn't know we were to beso honored. Did you. Adkins?" "I didn‘t know old Boris was going ‘0 make a century "‘ said Adkins. Then came the congratulations at the pavilion. following the cheers that greet Yb? path of him who retires in glory :mm the wicket. then the refreshing stWer bath and the sense of conviction that this is the supreme moment of one's life. and that if it were not for the hopes and anticipations that lurk in the word “varsity" one might ap- propriately lie down to the cadence of " Nunc dimittis’ and wake no more. Well. it was my last term at schoolâ€" !or i was in my eighteenth year and I was due at Oxford in Octoberâ€"and I think perhaps dear old Adkins may have allowed this fact to influence him a little when he gave me my colors. entitling me to play at Lord‘s After much vigorous play we won the game by four wickets. in which 1 made my first and only “centnry. “ :53 our annnal match against the M. C. C.â€"but stay. You don't know as yet who “we" are Let me explain. “We" Ire (or. alas. were. in so far as I am concerned) the boys of Toddlestone wheel. and it was our glory. as well as the dread ordeal of those who took part in the match. to appear once in the year at Lord's cricket ground, general- ly about the first days of the summer holidays, in order to exhibit our uro- ficipm-y in the great game before the eyes of a delighted and admiring world. The message ran thus comm MW TPE AMERIC CHAPTER I. THE msszxa COI’NT. !: was in the paviliun at Lord's that I received the telegram which has in a way transformed my life. and it all happened like this We were play- :n.- n..- .\__- 7‘ VOL. VII. N BY FPED wuisHAw: a. . 1.132% ,mwflsm AMERICAN mess AssoCim-zon I did feel this. I felt as though some . heavy cloud had suddenly i'allen upon F .Lord 3 my future, blotting out all hope of hap- thh has : piness, present or future. This was - and 1t ‘ ridiculous and foolish. of course. but. one 1'0 P13)” halways inclined in youth. to exag- the M gel-ate the power of misfortune. Mis- '“' 33 5°} fortunes do bow the head for the time , “W9 being. no doubt. but as the tree bent self in time of its load of misfortune. 9 I am with the sudden downfall of snow will. “95“)!“ after a day or two. cast its burden and ’ well 3' stand upright once more to the winds of 301‘ part heaven. IO does the young heart free it- in the I general- howwer heavy. and perhaps gradually summer forget that which once seemed too great “1' '2" to be borne. l 1 want for I walk in Kensington gar- dens to pass away the time. and it was while standing gloomily on the shores of the Round pond. watching the sail- ing of some tiny yachts. that some one tom-Led me on the shoulder I turned and saw Percy Morris the most unex- pected and yet perhaps the most entire- ly welcome person I could possibly have seen at the moment. for Percy wasâ€"â€" had beenâ€"my gr: arest friend at Tod~ dlestone. He had left last term on ac- count of his father's death and his mother’s unexpected poverty. and I had missed him badly He had been to Russia with no mvre than once during the summer vacation. and I felt that n cumulus of my story into bisqu- - When a man disappears in England ‘ or America. one goes and drags the ' nearest pond and gives notice at the : police station. But what of a disappear- ance in Russia? Alas. a man may dis- ‘ appear in many ways in our countryâ€" or could. for. though but a few years have passed since the time of which I 'write. things are improving by leaps ; and bounds; light is spreadingâ€"God's light of civilization One’s first thought in such a case as my father's Would. of course. be a mixed oneâ€"spies. nihilists. police. Siberia. I passed rapidly in i thought over all these things in the first : shock of that word “disappeared." In a word. it was hopeless to attempt to conjecture what the meaning of my mother’s message could be Such at- tempts only led to a feeling of helpless despair. and I tried to postpone all con- s‘deration of the matter. But I banished the idea with scorn. My father stood high above such things He lived in an atmosphere wherein such matters had no existence He had no cause to fear either the police or the revolutionists. He was beloved by his peasantry. for he was an enlightened and indulgent landlord. In the country he was a power. In town he was uni- Versally respected He took no part in politics. however. and could scarcely therefore come under the ban either of those who ha ted or of those who admin- intend the law 551 per annum. The Flushing express started from Victoria at 8 :30 tonight. I should catch it without fail Poor. dear old mother in distress and father disappeared! She wanted me. however. That wan enough. She must have me. poor dear. as quickly as the railway could take me to her. Oxford might go hang. There was timo onough for Oxford. Poor. dear mother! She must indeed have been in more strait tohave sent me such a message as this! Hero in tho tologrun. my mother’- ipsissima verba: Father dilappmed. Cannot explain. Coma soonest possible. I want you. Afraid must ro- nounco Oxford present. Make arrangements possiblo rotun Inter if happier circumstance: My mother replied by noon of the following day thatâ€"but stay. I have the astounding message by me to this hour. The reader of my memoirs shall enjoy the advantage of being utterly puzzled and bewildered. just as I man. for assuredly the message was one of the most surprising and bewildering that ever schoolboy received. for school- boy practically I still was. though ac- tually I had left Toddlestone the day before yesterday. Thus in name I Was a Russian count. , In religion and in upbringing and in every taste and sentiment that I pos- sessed Iwas an Englishman. I sent my mother a long telegram from the hotel I entreated her to let me know whetherl ’ my father lived whether Oxford was to be given up finally or provisionally only and whether I could stay a day or two just to collect my things. buy clothes. and so forth lwas allowed to be baptized into the English communion. to which.of course. mother belonged. and for which my fa- ther had the greatest respect. perhaps more than for his own branch‘of the church. Consequently I was from the first an Englishman. and an English- man ] remained. for my parents placed me at school at Toddlestone at the age of 10. and I had remained there ever since. only returning to Russia for such of my holidays as my parents did not pass with me in England. yachting and had brought her home to our huge estates near Kazan as his bridc I was the only child By special permission of the czar (Alexander 11. who was still reigninv w hen I was born) I would not go to the dinner lest 1 should throw a shadow over the rest of the party. but I returned to the hotel and sat down to think quietly over this blow and its possible nature and conse- quences. I loved my father intennely Ho vn- - Rug-flan. all hit: name would indicate. and so. of course-in nameâ€" waa I. But my mother was English My father had met her at Cowes while Do not apologize too much for not havlng called before. Your neglect to do so has probably not been observed. So we dined and drove to Victoria. and Percy law me off, promising to (allow by the name train tomorrow or I!!! 48.1- Informal callers should be most care- ful to avoid the hours for meals. of my friend. At Toddlostune be and I had been known as Fidus and Achatel. He would come as a guest at present. If afterward it should turn out that mother required some one as agent or dark or whatever you like to call it. then Percy would step forward and say. “Will I do 2" This decision of Percy’s comforted In} gre§t_ly. for I was very fond indeed Then I went at him tooth and nail nnd almost compelled him to accept tho suggestion. and presently he did con- sent. He could not be ready, he said. in time to start with me tonight. but he would come tomorrow or next day. By that time he would get his passport and luggage together. It was rather short notice and might be a bit of a shock to his mother. but she would quite under- stand. “You. old man. " he ended. "I'm on for it. " “Don't tempt me too sore. or I shall fall!" he laughed. “Well. but"â€" I said. struck with I sudden idea. “We shall require a stew- ard badly until the old dad turns up again to look after things Why not come and help us? I promise you I fair reward if my dear old mother has any- thing to do with it. which she certain 1y will. " “I most heartily wish you were com‘ ing over with me. " I said. “Look here,” I added. “Why not come?” “Oh, I couldn't!" he laughed. “Mat- tersâ€"my affairs are too important for that, or rather my want of affairs!" of asking after his Yet he was very badly off. indeed. I had heard. and, a: his words showed. he was without im- mediate prospect of employment What a selfisi: _brut-e I was, for thc last hour I had talked hard about my own afiairs a‘ud by! neygr even thought “I mean work, " he explainedâ€"“a living. I can get £1 a week as a clerk in the city and that's the best ofier 1'" had as yet Jolly prospect. isn’t it ‘1” “There are nearly; alwavys matches at Lord’s or the Oval," I said. “and than are the theaters!” “Hang it!" he laid presently. “I wish I was going with you. D’yon know this is the most hopeless place in the world to find anything to do in." "I see." said Percy. and we walked on awhile in silence. taking the nearest route to my hotel. I told my friend my intention of starting tonight. and he promised to dine early with me and no me off at 8 :30. “The thing is.” I tried tocxplaln. “I shouldn‘t like to think he wan here, free on his own hook. as it were, bo- canse then. why shouldn‘t mother know about it. and I and all the world for the matter of that? It would mean that the dear old man had gone dotty. you know, and I’d almost rather anything had happened than that. " “Then I’d swear it wasn’t dad." I cried. “for the dear old man would soon- er perish than walk up Piccadilly look~ ing like the honnder you describe!” “Oxford street. ” Percy corrected. “0: even Oxford street. " said I. “But stop. old chap! You seem to b. anxious it shouldn‘t be your father," laid Percy. puzzled by my attitudo. “Wouldn't you rather know he wan over here. safe and all well. thanâ€"well â€"heaven knows where 1" “Well. to be entirely straight"â€"Per- cy hesitatedâ€"“l remember now notic- ingâ€"well. you know how very particu- lar your father is about dress. and so on Today he did look difierent in that respect. He wore a Tyrolese hat and '3 seedyish coat; he didn't lookâ€"you howâ€"quite so distinguished as usual â€"that's allâ€"and he hadn‘t shaved.” “Ahâ€"almost! You are not absolutely certain. then '1" “His double. then. and another Rns‘ aian. too. for ‘10 enamel-ed in Russian. ‘Zdravstvuiz’ at of course that might be a coincidence. if it were not that I am ready to swoar to it that he was your father and no other, or almost ready. perhaps I ought to say. " I jumped at the Iittie point of implied uncertainty. “I can't believe it of old dad. Percy, " I aaid. “You must have been mistaken. old man; you mistook some one also for him. " “That’s the funny part of it." said Percy. “He didn‘t stop to talk, and your pater is generally so kind and nice to me. Instead of taking my arm and having ache! and probably standing mo presently a rare lunch, he nodded. jumped into a hansom and drove away." “Go on." I said. “in heaven’s name: What did he say thenâ€"where did he go?" “Yes. I did. I met him in Oxford Itreet and capped him and said. ‘Zdrav- ltvui. graf" (Got (1 morning. count). “andâ€"well. he sevmed a bit surprised and looked me over as though he didn' recognize me. but he returned my salu- nation"â€" “Impossible!" I gasped. “You could not have, old mum Why. how could the dear old governorâ€"no; it‘s impossi- ble! You didn’t 51931: to him 1” CHAPTER II. m COUNT’S DOUBLE. When Percy made this astonishing announcement. I subsided into one of the seats that surround the pond. It was too bewilderingly unexpected. I felt for a moment so utterly. helplessly amazed that I hurt, either laugh or cry. “Why, man alive.” he said. “I saw your father this very afternoon. I thought you must be staying up her. with him and was just going to ask you about it." pathetic earsâ€"for he knew my peoplo â€"would do me a heap of good. Ishow- ed him my telegram. He started. ('10 in com.) "OH, WAD SOME POWER OMRMEE ()NT., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1900, What right has any man or woman to deface the temple of the Holy Ghost? What is the car? Why, it la the Whispering gallery of the hu- man soul. What is the eye? It is the observatory God constructed, its telescope sweeping the heavens. So wonderful are these bodies that‘God names his owu attributes after dif- lerent parts of them. His omnis- danceâ€"1t is God’s eye. His omni An intelligent Christian man would consider it an absurdity to 'knecl dOWn at night and pray and ask God’ protection “hilc at the same time he kept the windows of his bcd~ room tight shut against fresh air. He would just as soon think of go- ing to the top of his house and leap- ing oil and then praying to God to keep him from getting hurt. Just as long as you refer this whole subject of physical health to the realm of whimsiculity, or to the pastry cook, or to the butcher, or to the baker, or to the apothucary, or to the clo- thier you are not acting like :1 Chris- tian. Take care of all your physical forcesâ€"nervous, muscular, bone, brain. cellular tiSSUe â€" for all you must be brought to judgment. coat? It was because he knew that with pneumonia and rheumatism he would not. be worth half as much to God and the church as with rcSpim- tion easy and foot rn-e. The Christian man says to himself, “If I hurt my nerves, if I hurt my brain, if I hurt any of my physical faculties, I insult God and call for djre retribution." Why did God tell the Levites not to offer to him In sacrifice animals imperfect and dis- eased? I-Ie meant to tell us in all the ages that we are to ofl'er to God our very best physical condition. and a. man who through irregular or glut- immus outing ruins his health, is not offering to God such a. sacrifice. Why did Paul write for his cloak at Troas? Why should such a. great man as Paul be anxious about a thing so insignificant as an over- a. positive Christian duty. Whether we shall keep early or late hours, whether We shall take food digesti- ble or indigoslilile, whether there shall be thorough or incomplete mas- tication, are questions very often re- ferred to the realm of whimsicality, but, the Christian man lifts this whole problem of health into the account- able and the divine. He says, "God has given me this body, and he has called it the temple of the Holy Ghost, and to deface its altars or mar its Walls or crumble its pillars is a God defying sacx-ilege.” He sees God's caligraphy in every pageâ€"an- atomical and physiological. He says,: “God has given me a wonderful bodyi for noble purposm." l My design is to show that practi- cal religion is the friend of longe- vity; I prove it. llrst, from the fact that it makes the care of our health It is said in Isaiah lxv, 20, “The child shall die a hundred years old." Now, if, according: to Scripture. the child is to be a hUndred years old, may not the men and women reach to 300 and 400 and 500‘? The fact is that we are more dwarfs and skel- etons, compared with some of the generations that are to come. Take the African race. They have been under bondage for centuries. Give them a chance and they develop a. 'l‘oussaint l'Ouverture. And if the white race shall he brought out from under the serfdom of sin what shall be the body? What shall be the soul? Religion has only just touch~3 ed our World. Give it full pchr for a few centuries, and who can tell what. will be the strength of man and the beauty of Woman and Lhel longevity of all? cionce in attempting to improve hu- man longmity. Adam lived .930 wars. Methuselah lived 969 years. As late in the history of the World as Vespasian there “ore at one time in his empire 45 people 135 years old. So far down as the sixteenth century Peter Zarian died at 185 years of age. 'I do nnt say that. re.» Union will ever take the rare back to antediluvian longevity, but I do say that, the length of human life will be greatly improved. The fact is that men and women die too soon. It is hinh time that religion joined the hand of medical ,_ -..- V‘.»_v, buy“ for the cars, good for the spleen, good for the digestion, good for the nerves, good for the LillelCS. “hen David, in another part of the Psalms prays that religion may be dominant, he does not speak of it as a mild sickness or an cumcintion or an at. tuck of moral and spiritual cramp. He speaks of it. us "the saving health of all nations." while God in the text promises longevity to the pious. say- ing. “With long life will I sutisf_\ him." iREHGION AND HEALTH Through the mistake of its friends religion has been chit-sly associated with sickbetls and graveyards. The Whole SU‘JJUCL to many people is od- orous with chlorine and curbolic acid. [‘here are people who cannot pro- nounce the word religion without hearing in it the clipping chisel of the tombstone cutter. it is high time that this thing Were changed and that religion instead of being repn} sentetl as u hcul‘s‘: to carry out the «loud should he represented as a chmiot in which the living are to triumph. Religion, so far from subtracting from one’s vitality, is u glorious adâ€" dition. It. is snnilive, curative, h_\'- gienic. It. is good for the (was U‘DOt] THE GIFTI‘E GTE US, TAE SEE ()ORSELS AS ITHERS SEE US.‘ Washington. Feb. 18. â€"- This scr- mon of Ur. 'l‘ulmuge presents a gos- pcl for Lhis life as \s'cll as the next. and shows that religion does for the prolongation of earthly existence; text, l’salui xci, 16, "With long life will 1 satisfy him." Rev. Dr. 'X‘ulmnge almwn What It Does For the Pro onus-Lion of Earthly lix- iatuuco and How to Make It: Duvolne- Happy. THE GOSPEL OF EVERYDAY LIFE "With Long Life Will I Satisfy Him.” man would to 'knecl and ask the same Suppose a man is all the time Wor- ried about his reputation? One man says he lies, another says he is stup- id, another says he is dishonest, and half a. dozen printing establishments attack him. and he is in a great state of excitement and worry and fume and cannot sleep. But religion comes to him and says: "Man, God is on your side. He will take care of your reputation. If God be for you, who can be against you?" How much should that man worry about his reputation? Not much. If that brok- or who some years ago in Wall street, altar ha had lost money at dawn: “Oh," you say. “here is it man who asked God for a blessing in a certain enterprise, and he lost $5,000 in it. Explain that." I will. Yonder is a factory, and one wheel is going north, and the other wheel is going south, and one wheel plays laterally, and the other plays vertically. I go to the manufacturer, and I say: “0 manufacturer, your machinery is a. contradiction. Why do you not make all the wheels go one way?" "Well," he says, "I made them to go in op- posite directions on purpose, and they produce the right result. You go downstairs and examine the carpets we are turning out in this establish- ment. and you will see." I go dOWn on the other floor, and I see the car- pets, and I am obliged to confess, that,though the wheels in that fee-- tory go in Opposite directions, they turn out a. beautiful result, and while I am standing there looking at the exquisite fabric an old Scripture passage comes into my mind, "All things work together for good to them who love God." Is there not rest in that? Is there not tonic in that? Is there not longevity in that? Now, more than that. is promised to every Christian business man. God says to him; ”I own New York and London and St. I’ctcrsburg and Pek- ing and Australia and California are mine; I can foresee a panic a thous- and years; I have all the resources of the universe; and I am your best friend,- when you get in business trouble or any other trouble, call on me and I will help; here is my hand in pledge of omnipotcnt deliver- ance." How much should that. man Worry? Not much. What lion will dare to put his paw on that Daniel? Is there not rest in this? Is there‘ not an eternal vacation in this? ‘ I want you to call on me in every exigency. I am your fast friens; I could {all back on $20,000,000; I can foresee a. panic ten years; I hold the controlling stock in 30 of the best monetary institutions of this country; whenever you are in any trouble call on me and I will help you; you can have my money and you can have my influence; here is my hand in pledge of it." How much would you worry about business? Why, you would say. "I’ll do the best I can, and then I'll depend on my friend’s generosity for the rest." Suppose you had neighbor who came in u'lcl’lu ox longevity. “With long life will I satisfy him." Again, religion is a. friend of Ion-i geviiy in the fact that it. takes the worry out. of temporulities. It. is not. work that, kills men, it. is Worry. When a man bcwmes a genuine Chris- tian, he makes over to God not. only his affections, but. his family, his bu- siness, his reputation, his body, his mind, his Soulâ€"everything. Indus- trlous he will be. but never worry-j. lng, because God is managing his af- fairs. How can he Worry about business when in answer "to his pray-I ers God tells him when to buy and? when to sell, and if he gain that is best and if he lose that is best? Suppose you had a. supernatural' na:nâ€"L‘.Aâ€"A ___. _. ..... A. Poe died at Baltimore at 38 years of age. The black raven that aligh- tcd on the bust above his chamber door was delirium tremens, Only this and nothing more. There are aged people who would have been dead 25 years ago but for the defenses and the equipolse 01‘ re- ligion. You have no more natural resistance than hundreds of people who lie in the cemeteries to-day, slain by their own vices. The doctors made their case as kiml and pleasant as they could, and it has called con- gestion 01' the brain or something else, but the snakes and the blue llies that seemed to crawl over the pillows in the sight of the delirious‘ patient showed what. was the mat- ter with him. You, the aged Chris-f tian man. Walked along by that un- happy one until you came to the golden pillar of the Christian life.‘ {on went to the right; he went to the left. This is all the dill‘erence betWeen you. Oh, if this religion is a. protest against all form of dls-‘ sipntion, then it is an illustrious friend of longevity. “With long life- will I satisfy him." I Again, I remark that practical re- ligion is a. friend of longevity in the fact that it. is a protest against dis- sipations which injure and destroy the health. Bad men and women live a. very short life. Their sins kill them. I know hundred of good old men, but. I do not know half a. dozen bad old men. Why? They do not get old. Lord Byron died at Missolonghi at 36 years of age, him- self of his own ancppa, his un- bridlod passions the horse that, dash- cd with him into the desert. Edgar v‘,, 77', -.v., 11‘, an «ax; ‘h. When it. becomes a. Christian duty to take care of our health, is not the whole tendency toward longevity? I! l toss my watch about recklessly and drop it on the pavement and wind it up any time of day or night I hap- pen to think of it and often let run down while you are careful with your watch and never abuse it end wind it up just at the same hour eVery night and put it in a place where it will not suflcr from the vio- lent changes of atmosphere, Which watch will last the longer? Com- nion sense anSWcrs. Now, the hu- man body is God's watch. You see the hands of the watch. You see the fiice or the Watch, but the beating of the heart is the ticking of the watch. 0h, be careful and do not let it run down! it“ ‘ .ub yvvvcl. u. 13 not cmoral trial: you want or morphine that you want. It is the gospel of Jesus Christ. “With long life will I satisfy him." I want to take the strain 03 your nerves and the depression ofi your soul, and I make tWO or three experi- ments. Experiment the first: When ’ygy go out of this world. it does not make any difference whether you have 'lieen good or bad, or whether you be- ;lieved truth or error, you will go straight to glory. “Impossible." you say. "My common sense as well as my religion teaches that the bad and the good cannot live together. for- ever. You give me no comfort in that experiment." Experiment the second: When you leave this World, you will go into an intermediate state where you can get converted 1 and prepared for heaven. ”Imnossi- presenceâ€"it. is God's ear. His omni- potenceâ€"~11: is God’s arm. The up- holstery of thoimridnight heavensâ€"it Is the work of God‘s fingers. His life giving powerâ€"it is the breath of the Almighty. His dominionâ€" "the government, shall be upon his shoulder." A body so divinely hon- ored and so divinely constructedâ€"let us be careful not to abuse it. :xe in and said: "Sir, 2111 on me in every your fast friens; I "Weel, weel." said the girl, ”'avo nae patience wl' ye ava. Yo sud ha a wee! n ma, it's just mt dirt." One wet. day she happened to step into a. heap of mire and returned home thh her clothes much soiled. "What have you been doing?" asked her mistress. “011," said she. “I stepped into I. dumplock o' glaur." "And what's glnur?” "Just clairts." said the girl. "But what's claims?” "It’s just like clabber." "But, dear me, what is clubber?" "Clubber Is drookit stout." "But what is drookit stout?" in. sisted the amazed lady. The Scottish American has a. story of a north country servant girl, who was living with an English family in the neighborhood of Oxford. Do you want reunion? There are your dead children waiting to kiss you, waiting to embrace you, wait- ing to twist garlands in your hair. You have been accustomed to open the door on this side the sepulcher; I open the door on the other side the sepulcher. You have been accustom- ed to walk in the wet grass on the top of the gravel show you the un- derside of the gran. The bottom has fallen out, and the long ropw with which the pallbearers let down your dead let them clear through into heaven. Glory be to God for this robust, healthy, religion! It will have a. tendency to make you live long in this world, and in the world to come you will have eternal life. "With long life will I satisfy him." What do you want in the future world? Tell me, and you shall have it. Orchards? There are trees with 12 manner of fruits, yielding fruit every month. Water scenery? There is the river of life, from under the throne of God, clear as crystal, and the sea of glass mingled With fire. Do you want music? There are the orntorio oi the “Creation," led on by Adam, and the orator-i0 of the “Red Sea," led on by Moses, and the ora- 'torio oi the "Messiah." led on by St. Paul, while the archangel, with swinging baton, controls the 144,000 who make up the orchestra. ‘ Accept that sacrifice and quit wor- rying. Take the tonic, the inspira- tion. the longevity. of this truth. Religion is sunshine; that. is health. leligion is fresh air and pure water; they are healthy. Religion is Warmth: that is healthy. Ask all the doctors, and they will tell you that a quiet conscience and pleasant an- tlcipations are hygienic. I offer you perfect peace now and hereafter. And then I saw the storm was over. and the rainbow rose higher and higher until it seemed retreating to another heaven and planting one col- umn of its colors on one side the eternal hill and planting the other column of its colors on the other side the eternal hill it rose upward and upward, and, behold, there Was a. rainbow about the throne. I saw the words, “The leaves of the tree of life for the healing of the nations." And along the line of the orange I saw the words. "The day- spring from on high hath visited 113." shall die!" “I will by no means clear the guilty!" Then there Was sl- lence for half an hour, and the light- nlngs were draWn back into the scab- bard of the sky and the earth ceased to quiver and all the colors of the sky began to shift themselves into a rainbow woven out o! the falling tears of Jesus and there was red as of the bloodshedding and there was blue as of the bruising and there was green as of the heavenly foliage and there was orange as of the day dawn. And along the line of the blue I saw the Words, "1 was bruised for their iniquities." And along the line of the red I saw the words, "The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin.” And along the line of the green Well, you defeat me in my three ex- periments. I have only one more to make, and if you defeat me In that I am exhausted. A mighty one on a. knoll back of Jerusalem one day, the skies filled with forked lightnings and the earth filled with volcanic dis- turbances, turned his pale and agon- lzcd face towards the heavens and said: “I take the sins and sorrows o! the ages into my own heart. I am the expiation. Witness earth and heaven and hell, I am the expiation." And the hammer struck him and the spears punctured him, and heaven thundered, "The wagm of sin is death!" “The soul that sinneth it say. "My common sense as well as my religion teaches that the bad and the good cannot live together. for- ever. You give me no comfort in that experiment." Experiment the s:econd When you leave this world, you will go into an intermediate state where you can get converted and prepared for heaven. ”Impossi- ble," you say; "as the tree falleth, so it must lie, and I cannot postpone to an intermediate state that reforma- tion which ought to have been eflect- ed in this state." Experiment the third: There is no future world. When a man dies. that is the last of him. Do not worry about what you are to do in another state 01 being; you will not do anything. “Impossi- ble," you say. “There is something that tells me that death is not the appendix. but the preface: there is something that tells me that on this side of the grave I only get started and that I shall go on forever. My power to think says foreser, my ai- fections say forev er, my capacity to enjoy or suffer forever. 'ygy go out. of this world. it does not [make any difference whether you have been good or bad, or whether you be- lieved truth or error, you will go straight to glory. “Impossible." you et a. pistol. he had taken out. 8. Well read New Testament, there would have been one leSS suicide. 0 ner- vous and feverish people of the world, this almighty sedative. You will live 25 years longer under its sooth- ing power. It is not chloral that you want or morphine that. you want. It is the gospel of Jesus Christ. “With long life will I suLisfy him." and wrote a. farewell letter to his wife before he blew out his brains-â€" if, instead of taking out of his pock- _4. - fi- Scotch Dunk-ct. . RICHARDS, Publisher and Proprietor Ottawa, Feb. 20.â€"The second do- tachment of Strathcona's Horse ar- rived in the city yesterday after- noon. It consists of 142 men and 96 horses. They came on a special train made up of 13 cars, six palace horse cars, five tourist cars, one box car for luggage, and a commissiariat car. Major Laurie, Lieut. Strange and SergL.-Ma_Ԥor Whitehead Were in charge. One hundred and ten more men and the rest of the horses will arrive in about a week. British-Enter Dunlreeht. SterkstrOOm Camp, Sunday, Feb. 18 -â€"-'1‘he Boers are xclixing and General Brabants forces are now entering Dordrecht. In “ah-kin: Rollaved ‘7 Cape Town. Feb. 20â€")“, Kimber- ley a. report is current that. Mafeking has been relieved, but. that the Boers are trying to conceal the informa- tion . Durban. Feb. 20.-The bombard- ment of the Boer position on Hlang- wane. Hill was Continued Sunday, and fighting was still proceeding at. 6 o'clock last evening. It is said that. the British have captured a. hundred prisoners. Heavy fighting was reported ye? Lerday around Kimberley, where Gen. Cronje is said to be holding his own. Captured 100 I'n..mu-rs._ What the Boers Captured, Lorenzo Marquez, Feb. 20. â€"â€" It. appears from advices received here that the loot. captured by the bur- ghers on Sunday near Kofiyfontein included over 3:,OUU head of cattle and a, number of wagons, 18 n! which were loaded for the relief 0! Kimberley. A number of prisoners were also taken. London, Feb. 20.-â€"The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily News, telegraphing Sunday, says: "Lard Methnon's force, I learn, has arrived at Kimberley, having got through from Magersfontein without fight.- mg." 3.20 p.m.â€"â€"Assaulted by heavy ur- tfllcry tire on their front. and flank and attacked on their flank and rear, the enemy made but slight resistance, and, abandoning their strong posh tion, Were driven across the Tugela. I have taken several campS, a wagon load of ammunition, several wagons of storm and supplies and a few prisâ€" A..-“ OHCIS. Chievclcy Camp. Feb. 19. â€" I yes- terday moved around the enemy'- flank. The Qlu-en's, who bivouacked on the northern slope of Cingolo. crossed the ch, and, supported by the rust of the SJCOlld brigade, under Ilifdyurd. assaulted and took the southern end of Monte Cristo. London, Feb. 20. â€" fice has received the 1 patch from Gen. L‘ullcr In the lobbies of the House of Com- moms last evening, however, it was remarked that Gen. Cronje was sur- rounded, that Gen. French had got between the Boer forces and Bloem- fontein. and that he was only await- ing reinforCcments to close in on the enemy. No confirmation of this ru- mor is obtainable, although the gen- eral idea. is that the Government has received important despatchcs. ' It is said' that the War; VOWfficc has received good news from Gen. French with reference to Gen. Cronje. London, Feb. 20. ~â€" '(12.30 a.m.) â€"Thc War Office at midnight an- nounced that it had nothing for pub- lication from South Africa. BULLER DRIVLN‘ THE BOERS BACK. “'ar (Imam [nut-n l‘jncuurazlng From xhv General. Students of topography think the Boers will hardly risk a fight. until they get into the rough country north of Bloemfontein. Meanwhile Commandant Delarey. With the Boers from Colesburg, ‘is hanging on the right flank o! the British pursuing column, seeking to delay their movements and so to as- sist the Boer Wagon trains to es- cape. The War Office message communi- cated to Mr. Luch seems to indicate that Lord Kitchener either has got ahead of the Boers or is about to realize his pian, and that the War Office waits to announce. a. decisive result. The situation as disclosed by cor- respondents ovcr the Free State bor- der is tantalizing: to the public ex- pectation. The elementary facts are that the Boers are trekking mtw’ard toward Bloemfontein, with slow moving baggage trains. and that they are pursued by Lord Kitchener with Gen. Kelly-Kenny’s division. Gen. Macdonaid \\i‘h the Highlanders made a forced march to Koodoos- ra'nd Ford, and on Sunday pushed twenty miles eastward. Gen. French left Kimberley Saturday, going east. along the Modder River. Lord Kit.- chencr is trying to outmarch and to outflank the Boers, thus checking their retreat, if possible, and driv- ing them back into the hands of Mac- dOnald and French. Mr. Wyndham was beset. by 'aqxious members ’bf the llou5u, but, would only reply that, the Government's news was extremely satisfactory. The sole explanation of\ the Govern- ment. withholding good neWS is that. confirmation and more details are awaited. London, Feb. 20. â€"- (3.45 a.m.)«â€" A member of the Cabinet. told Mr. H. \V. Luch last night, that. the War Of- fice has received a. telegram announc- ing that Gen. Creme was hopelessly surrounded. GEN. GRUNJE SURROUNDED. War Office Said to Have Receiv- ed Such a Message. “’1“. However, Await. Decisive Bonn]: Before )lakiu: an uniciul Announce- ment-Bullet Achich-u Deciuve auc. eels Against. the linen In capturm: um. Against. the liner: In Caplurzn: the Boer Panniun at Molno Cristoâ€" \tht the Boers Capturedâ€"310:. :lruthco ’ u I Uttuwu. Mothua-n n! K imberlrr. Moro Cuw Puncher:- In ( ro je ~urruunded? . 20. â€"- The War 01- cd the following des- Dcspntch