MOORE’S  RURAP-  WEW-YORKER. 
FEB.  iB 
Charlotte  Arden  lingered  behind  the  others,  as 
If  wishing  to  speak  to  me.  The  coquette  had  her 
last  snare  set,  1  thoiigtit,  bitterly. 
“I— 1  stopped  to  bid  you  good-by,"  she  said, 
falterlngly,  as  I  approached  her.  How  the  proud 
luce  was  humbled  by  its  blushing.  “And  lo— to 
give  j’ou  this.” 
Hhe  held  out,  a  wliltc  rose— a  withered  white 
rose.  It  was  one  1  had  begged  from  her  hair  the 
niglit  before  at  a  pan y  and  she  had  refused  It. 
“  Thank  you.  It  will  be  a  ch<'rlshed  fsotiveulr.” 
I  spoke  derisively,  for  all  the  bad  blood  in  my 
Itoart  was  aioubod  by  her  crowning  artifice.  The 
words  were  ncornfiil,  but  they  wore  true,  in  splU* 
of  me.  She  looked  up  wltlt  a  shocked  expression 
and  imidfi  a  half-angry  motion  to  snatch  the  Pow¬ 
ers  from  my  hand. 
“  We  have  had  a  very  pleasant  flirtation— have 
we  not,  MLss  Arden 
“  FlU  ltUlOo  !'■  she  faltered. 
“Yes.  This  will  remind  me  of  It  when  1  am  far 
away." 
1  saw  the  mighty  pride  that  si  niggled  In  her 
faeo. 
“1  don't  quite  understand  you,  sir,"  she  said, 
with  dignity. 
“  I  refer  you  for  an  explanation  of  my  words  to  I 
tJie  eonversatlon  you  held  with  Mias  Dili  about  ! 
the  first  day  of  the  term.” 
She  looked  ituzzlod. 
“1  did  not  have  any,"  she  replied,  ■  ;  mo¬ 
ment’s  hesitation, 
“About  flirting,”  1  suggested,  to  prompt  her 
memory.  “  You  were  to  win  me  away  from  8ue 
Llscomb,  1  think.” 
She  leaned  her  head  on  her  liand  a  moment, 
wondering  and  confused:  then  sho  lifted  It  and 
broke  Into  a  merry  laugh. 
“  What  a  n  absurd  mistake  I  And  you  overheard 
UK,  and  have  hotm  lahoilng  under  that  Impression 
all  tliesc  months!  o,  Mr.  Kldrldgo,  how  could 
you  ?" 
And  as  though  some  sudden  reeollecUoii  well- 
nigh  maddened  her,  she  hid  her  taco  in  her  hands 
and  broke  Into  a  choking  tempest  of  tears. 
“  What  la  It,  (’harloWO  ?”  I  Inquired,  softening 
In  an  Instant,  and  feeling  that  I  had  been  acting 
like  a  miserable  fool. 
"  Wo  were  not  talklngol  you  at  all,  sir,”  and  the, 
hot,  blinding  t.ears  flowed  atrosb. 
“Not  talking  of  me!  It  was  all  my  own  Insuf¬ 
ferable  eoucelt,  then  !  Wliat  au - ” 
“  Idiot,”  1  said  aloud,  and  “  monkey,”  under  my 
breath. 
She  drew  up  her  head  a  moment  later  and  would 
have  left  me,  but— but 
Pshaw!  The  scene  won’t  bear  rehearsing.  Char¬ 
lotte  .\rden  Is  my  wife  now.— .S7..  Lrjufs  DPiam'mt. 
AN  OLD-TIME  SPECULATION. 
How  a  Lake  Veesel  was  Sent  Over  Niagara 
Falls-Queer  Passengers. 
Capt.  Gilbekt  Pkatt,  a  reteran  mariner  now 
living  In  Belleville,  Ont.,  whose  period  of  service 
on  the  lakes  dales  back  nearly  half  a  century,  re¬ 
calls  an  Incident  which,  though  11  husboeii  almost 
forgotten,  attracted  considerable  attention  In  Its 
day.  Vessel  owners  wenj  then  more  c.onscleutlou.s 
than  now.  They  were  not  Inclined  to  risk  Uie  lives 
of  passengers  and  crew  In  unseuwoithy  era  fts. 
The  owner  on  he  old  schooner  Michigan -then 
the  largest  vessel  on  the  lakes- hit  upon  a  novel 
expedient  for  disposing  of  her.  The  vessel  had 
become  old  and  rotten,  and  wa.s  no  longer  service¬ 
able.  Instead  of  loading  her  and  sending  hor  out 
latA  in  tup  season  heavti.v  insured  to  he  wTCtTked, 
he  chose  a  more  Harmless  plan,  but  one  not  legs 
pi-ofltiible  to  himself.  He  induced  the  proprietors 
on  he  hotels  at  Niagara  Falls  to  buy  t  he  vessel 
and  send  hor  over  the  falls.  This  was  .about  the 
your  1830.  The  proposition  was  eagerly  accepted 
by  the  hotel  proprietors,  who  saw  lu  It  a  capital 
advertising  seneme,  ana  one  which  would  bo  cer¬ 
tain  to  pay  them  well.  The  affair  was  widely  pub¬ 
lished  in  the  newspapers  and  was  the  talk  of  the 
surrounding  country  for  iveeks  and  weeks.  They 
did  not  count  amiss  when  they  .ludged  what  an 
excited  public  curiosity  would  do.  For  several 
da>'S)  prertous  to  the  great  event  the  stages  and 
canal  boats  were  iTowded.  People  flocked  thlttuu- 
from  all  parts  of  the  country  to  wltnes-s  the  novel 
spectacle  of  the  largest  vessel  on  the  lakes  going 
over  the  falls.  The  hotel  kcepiT.s  reapf'd  a  rich 
harvest.  So  great  a  crowd  had  never  before  boon 
seen  at  that  ramous  resort  . 
On  the  appointed  day  the  .Michigan  was  t/owed 
out  Into  the  rapids  In  the  presence  of  a  vast  num¬ 
ber  of  people  who  lined  the  hanks  or  vlKllcd  the 
scene  upon  the  numerous  excursion  boats  whicli 
were  called’  into  rcqul.sltlon.  The  task  of  lowing 
the  V6.s3ei  Into  the  current  was  intrusted  to  a 
Capt.  Hough,  ivlih  a  crew  of  half  a  dozen  oarsmen 
selected  by  himself.  This  wasa  rather  haz.ardous 
ent(.“rpr1se,  and  Capt.  Praiu  who  was  himself  one 
of  the  crew,  sayahls  heart.  ahno.sl.  failed  him  when 
they  set  out,  though  he  had  gladly  volunteered 
for  the  fsorvice. 
There  had  heon  placed  on  the  .schooner  scvui’ul 
animals,  lu  atvordaiuje  with  the  programme, 
wlilch  had  been  widely  udvertlsed.  These  consists 
ed  of  a  biHTalo,  three  bears,  two  foxes,  a  raccoon, 
a  cal,  and  some  geese.  At  her  bowsprit  was  the 
American  ensign  and  at  her  stem  the  English 
Jack,  the  Canadian  hotel-keepers  having  Joined 
in  the  enterprise.  There  were  .also  some  effigies 
displayed  on  board  to  give  the  appearance  of  a 
crew,  and  to  make  more  real  the  st^enc  or  a  vessel 
with  alien  board  making  the  terrific  plunge.  Just 
before  the  tow-line  was  cut  the  animals  on  board 
were  turned  loose  Just,  as  the  vessel  entered  the 
rapids  two  of  the  bears  plunged  overboard  and 
actually  succeeded  In  swimming  ashore.  The  third 
one  climbed  the  ma.st  as  If  to  get  a  better  view  of 
the  scene. 
All  the  animals  sccmtHl  greatly  frightened  and 
ran  f»r)m  one  end  of  the  deck  to  the  other,  much 
the  -•inme  as  a  human  crew  might  have  done  under 
similar  circumstances.  In  an  agony  of  despair.  The 
vessel  swept  grandly  down  the  rapids,  plunging 
ov(ir  the  llrst  fall,  shipping  a  little  water,  righting 
herself  and  moving  on  In  iliic  style.  In  going  over 
the  swond  rapid  the  mast  went  by  etto  board  and 
the  be.ar  with  it,  and  neither  was  again  seen.  Wie 
swung  around  and  pre3cnt**d  her  broadside  to  the 
foaming  w.aua-s.  she  had  evidently  staruck  a  rock 
and  was  stationary.  Here  it  was  Ihonghl  her  ca¬ 
reer  was  '‘nded  and  the  aflalr  was  over.  But  she 
stopped  only  a  moment.  The  force  of  the  waters 
swung  her  around  and  she  moved  on,  st,ern  fore¬ 
most,.  Gn  the  third  rapid  sJic  bilged,  but  canlcd 
her  hull  apparently  whole  straight  to  the  Horse¬ 
shoe  fall,  over  which  sho  plungad  stern  loivmosi 
to  the  foaming  abyss  below.  8hc  was  smashed 
Into  a  thousand  fragments.  None  of  the  beasts 
on  boaiM  were  ever  heard  of  more;  but  the  geese 
tui  ned  up  all  right  and  were  soon  seen  on  the  bank  | 
below,  quietly  oUlng  their  feathei’s.  as  if  tUcri' 
had  not  been  much  or  a  .'■:howcr  after  all.  one  cf 
theefllgles  w'a.s  also  found  uultijiired,  iliiwlng 
his  arms  about  uud  knocking  his  kne,(!K  Htgether 
lu  the  eddies,  but  all  the  others  h.»d  disappeared. 
The  scene  wasa  most  thrllllug  one.  The  great 
crowd  of  spectators  watch  I  a  I  tlio  progress  of  the 
vessel  with  breathless  lnren»Ht.  !jn(l  gave  a  greui 
cheer  ns  .she  made  the  llnal  plunge. 
- -♦♦♦ - 
•‘GO  WEST,  YOUNG  MAN,  GO  WEST." 
The  name  of  Horace  Greeley  Is  connected  so 
often  with  the  words,  “Go  West,  young  man,  go 
We, St,"  that  the  one  Is  seldom  thought  of  or  spoken 
wllliout  the  latter.  The  phrase  “  Go  We.st,"  may 
have  been  n.sed  often  In  Mr.  Greeley's  paper,  but 
tlio  origin  of  the  wonls— the  incident,  that  brought 
them  liiHt  being  and  made  them  a.s  f.amlllar  n.s 
houstthold  words,  Is  iiotgcrienilly  known.  It  may  ■ 
be  of  smuc  little  Interest  to  Ut'KAt  readers,  and  so 
we  givt‘  It. 
Tom  I.iucolu  was  an  otil-and-out  specimen  ol 
l,be  New  York  ea.sy,  devll-niay-care  hangers-ou. 
He  always  hud  some  position  about  the  Custom  i 
House  or  City  Tlall,  and  Gieeleyi  In  hl.s  iiccullar 
tvny.  hnd  taken  a  strong  fancy  to  him.  Greeley 
called  Lincoln  Tom,"  and  Tom  called  Greeley 
“Horace,”  whenever  they  met.  If  Tom  by  his  too 
easy  ways  lost  hla  hlne(?ure  of  bookkeeper  or  dep¬ 
uty  something  or  other,  he  went  at  once  to  the 
dingy  lllUe  room  In  the  Trlbuin-  building  and  had 
a  scaslon  with  Horace,  and  the  result  was  ILut 
Tom’.s  name  w,us  very  .soon  on  the  pay-roll  of  some 
departmtmi. 
Ont!  day  Tom  came  swinging  Into  Mr.  Greeley’s 
room,  threw  blmself  Into  .a  cjiatr,  and  In  bis  usual 
tone  said  : 
“  Horace,  I’m  up  a  si  nmp  again,  and  must  have 
a  place." 
Mr,  (Jreeicy  never  looked  up  from  his  paper,  but 
simply  Ixibbed  hLs  spect.oc.los  a  lltUc  and  sal4  .a, 
“  Tom,  liow  long  was  you  l.a  the  Custom  House  ?” 
“Klx  years,  Horace." 
“  How  long  at  the  City  Hall  7" 
“  Ten  years,  Horace,  off  and  on." 
“  sixteen  years.  'Well,  Tom,  how  much  money 
have  you  made?"  | 
“  Not  a  cent,  Horace.” 
'•  Not  a  cent— not  a  cent.”  ttsorae  little  (faltr  ! 
w’ords,  as  the  printers  cull  them,  were  Interspersed  i 
wdihtho  remark,  but  we  leave  them  out.)  “Six-  I 
teen  years  in  oince  In  New  York  (uty  and  never  [ 
Tom  tried  to  tixplain  that  ho  had  been  honest  1 
and  hlss.alary  low,  and  all  that ;  but  ho  might  as  ; 
well  have  talked  to  u  stone  or  a  post.  Horace  i 
Greeley  had  done  with  him.  1 
From  that  day  on  'J'om  and  Horac  e  were  not  on  | 
speaking  terms,  and  wc  hoard  Tomo  say  one  day, 
that  he  never  thought  of  the  old  philosopher  that 
there  did  not  come  ringing  Into  bis  ears  the  pro¬ 
phetic  words,  “Go  West,  young  man,  go  West.” 
This  Is  the  origin  of  the  phrase,  as  Tom  Lincoln  1 
and  those  who  knew  him  well  will  t«ll  you. 
'  - 
SAMANTHY’S  ELOPEMENT. 
“  YES,"  said  the  old  lady,  as  she  wiped  her  eyes 
and  proceeded  to  tell  the  sympathizing  neighbors 
about  the  elopement  of  her  daughter.  “  Yes,  Mrs. 
Blobbs,  you  may  well  say  It  ai”  a  dreadful  stroke. 
I  ain't,  had  such  another  sbotik  sence  that  last 
spell  0’  rheumatlz.  I'o  think  that  darter  of  mine 
would  do  sech  udlsgraz^eful  thing  aftor  all  the  care 
an’  affection  me  an’  her  father  have  ravished  ou 
hor  from  her  Infancy  up. 
“  Did  you  not  suspicion  that  they  wore  contem¬ 
plating  sut!n  a  move?”  asked  the  neighbor. 
“  NO,  we  never  suspicioned  nary  contemplation. 
.\rter  I’d  rnnned  the  conceited  upstart,  off  the 
premLses  with  ft  mop,  I  didn’t,  think  he’d  have  the 
lusui’ance  to  speak  to  Samanthy  agin.  An’  she 
soemo^  txj  appear  so  consigned  that  I  never  re¬ 
spected  her  of  having  any  under  handed  conttr.-  : 
lions.  But  all  the  time— so  l ’ve  heerd  sonce— they  | 
used  to  meet  clandestJnely,  when  I  thought  Sam-  I 
anthy  was  at  mecUn’  an'  decoct  their  plans  to  run 
off  an'  elope.  Well,  Samanthy  has  made  her  bwl 
an’ she’ll  ha  ve  lo  lay  on  IL.  1  wash  my  hands  of 
the  ongrateful  girl  from  this  lime  fortliwith," 
“  Did  you  make  any  effort  to  intercept,  them  7” 
“  No,  yon  see,  we  didn’t  know  It,  or  else  we'd  a 
intercept-ed  ’em  wlihlu  an  Inch  o’  their  lives.” 
“  I  mean  did  you  trj’  to  have  them  stopped  when 
you  found  they  were  gone  ?"  I 
“  Yes,  indeed.  Father  telescoped  to  five  or  six 
towns,  an’  give  their  presCHpclon— cost  him  lots  o’ 
money,  too ;  but  he  said  he  wouldn’t  mind  spend- 
In’  the  price  of  a  cow  to  get  samanthy  back.  But 
wo  never  hoerd  nothin’  from  them,  and  I  told  fa¬ 
ther  to  let  ’em  alone  and  they’d  come  home  after 
a  while  with  five  or  six  children  behind  ’em.  But 
1  tell  you,  Mrs.  Blobhs,  they  sh-ant  set  a  foot  In 
this  house  except  over  the  dead  body  of  my  de¬ 
funct  corpse.  You  Just  remember  that.” 
— - 
EVERLASTING  FTBE. 
IMhe  neighborhood  of  Baku,  on  the  Caspian 
.Sea,  there  la  a  phenonx-non  of  a  very  extraordi¬ 
nary  nature  called  the  everlasting  tire,  to  which 
asertof  Indians  and  Persians  called  Gaurs  pay 
religious  worship.  It  Is  situated  about  ton  miles 
from  the  city  of  llaku,  In  the  province  or  shlrvan, 
Oh  a  diy,  rocky  piece  of  ground. 
On  It  I  here  are  seven)  1  ancient  temiilcs.  built  of 
stone,  and  supposed  to  Itc  all  dedicated  to  flro, 
there  being  one  among  them  lu  which  fln'-wor- 
shlp  Is  iiow  carrlia!  on.  Near  the  altar  there  i.s  a 
large,  hollow  cane  from  the  end  of  which  Issues  a 
blue  flame.  The  worshippers  nflllnn  that  tills  fl.ame 
has  continued  ever  since  the  deluge,  and  th!!y  be¬ 
lieve  If  It  were  Bui>prvs.sea  In  that  place  It  would 
break  oul  In  another. 
At  a  short  dlslfifice  fmin  this  temple  there  is  a 
horizontal  gap,  two  feet  from  the  ground,  about 
Blx  feet  long  and  three  broad,  out  of  which  comes 
H.  conHUnt  name  of  the  color  of  that  In  the  temple. 
When  there  Is  a  strong  wind  11  rises  to  the  highl 
of  eight  feiri,  but  Is  much  lowertneiibncr  w  eather. 
'i'ho  earth  .around,  foi  Ujoro  than  two  miles,  ha.s 
this extruonllnnry, property,  tJmt  by  taking  up  two 
or  three  IncliesOf  the  surface  and  appbdng  a  light¬ 
ed  lamp,  the  part  uncovered  Iramedlulrdy  lak  ' 
fire,  even  before  the  flame  Ijouclies  It.  The: 
make  the  soil  hot,,  but  do  nntconsuiac  It  nor  .aiTect 
what  Is  ni'ar  with  any  degree  of  heuu 
It  Is  Siild  that  eight  horses  w  ere  once  consumed 
by  this  tire  under  .a  roof  wliorc  tho  surface  of  the 
ground  had  been  turned  up  and  l».v  some  accldonl 
had  IgnlUyl.  If  a  cano  or  tube  of  iiaper  be  set 
about  two  Inches  Into  the  ground,  closed  with 
earth  below,  uud  the  top  of  It  touched  with  a  live 
co.al.fi  flame  will  liumedlalely  Lssui'  forth  without 
consuming  1  be  tube,  provided  the  edges  be  covet  ed 
with  clay.  Three  or  four  llghl^fd  caucs  will  boll 
water  In  u  pot,  uud  aro  sometimes  used  to  c<X)k 
victuals.  The  flames  have  a  sulphurous  smell  but 
are  inoffensive. 
A  MAN’S  NEIGHBORS. 
The  Kalelgh  (N.  C.)  Nows  reports  that  Rev.  Dr. 
Pritchard  of  tluit  city  refenvd  In  .a  i.hanksgrt’lng 
sermon  to  n  eonversiition  held  some  .vears  ago  be¬ 
tween  Dr.  Thomas ‘k.  Skinner,  ronnerly  of  Ra¬ 
leigh,  now  of  Georgia,  and  an  antl-mlsslonarylsl. 
Dr.  Skinner,  he  said,  was  sollcting  aid  to  foretgn 
inlSHloDS,  and  applied  to  this  gentlemun,  who 
promp1.1y  repulsed  him  with  the  reply,  “  I  don’t 
believe  In  toreign  missions,  and  I  won’t  give  any- 
tlilng  except  to  home  missions,  l  want  what  I 
give  to  benefft  my  neighbors.” 
,  “  Well,”  replied  Dr.  .skinner,  “  whom  do  you  re¬ 
gard  as  your  neighbors?” 
“  Why,  those  around  me,”  replied  the  brother. 
“  Do  you  mean  those  whose  land  Joins  yours?” 
Inquired  Dr.  Skinner. 
“  Yes.” 
“  Well,”  said  Dr.  Skinner,  “  how  much  land  do 
you  own?” 
“  About  rtvo  hundred  acres.” 
“How  far  (loicn  do  you  own?”  inquired  Dr. 
Skinner. 
“  Why,  I  never  ihougnt  of  It  before,  but  I  sup¬ 
pose  I  owu  half  way  through." 
“Exactly,"  Rftid  Dr.  Skinner;  “I  suppose  you 
do,  and  1  want  this  money  for  tho  Chlneso— tho 
men  whose  bind  joins  yours  ou  the  bottom.” 
The  hardened  brother  had  never  thought  of  that, 
and  gave  a  good  sum  for  foreign  missions. 
- - — -  - 
SO  NEAR  AND  YET  SO  EAR. 
Not  many  months  ago,  In  India,  a  gentleman 
and  wife  having  taken  passage  for  England  went 
on  board  with  their  baggage.  Presently'  the  hus¬ 
band  discovered  that  there  was  time  for  him  logo 
ashore  and  SCO  a  mail.  Ho  wont,  and  when  It  oc- 
cuTTOd  to  him  that  it  w.a8  Uriie  to  go  aboard  again, 
he  hailed  a  hoatanan  and  ere  long  found  himself 
on  board  a  large  passcuigor  slilp.  It  was  night. 
A  Sleepy  steward  Inquired  tho  number  of  his 
cabin,  which  he  chanced  to  remember,  as  also 
that  his  was  the  upper  berth;  so  he  contrived  to 
Clnmber  Into  it  without  disturbing  hia  wife  as  he 
supposed,  who  slept  beneath.  But  when  dawn 
broke  and  the  ship  was  well  on  her  way,  a  femi¬ 
nine  voice  was  heard  shrieking  In  terror,  “Sfow- 
ai’d,  srow'ard  1  there's  a  man  in  my  cabin !”  The 
wretched  man,  was  aroused,  uud  the  situation  ex¬ 
plained  to  hlrn.  lie  had  mistaken  the  ship.  They 
were  under  way  for  Australia,  and  his  unhappy 
wife  was  steaming  away  to  England  under  a  fli’m 
conviction  tliat  he  liad  been  robbed  and  murdered 
by  ruffians  who  frequent  the  quays.  When  he  at 
length  arrived  in  Australia  he  could  not  even  there 
relievo  her  mind,  as  the  cable  connecting  that 
country  with  Europe  was  not  completed,  so  that 
about  four  months  passed  before  she  heard  any¬ 
thing  of  him. 
.4  ♦  »  -  — - - 
OF  how  many  cheap,  exqul.slte  Joys  are  these 
live  senses  the  Inlets!  And  who  is  he  that  can 
look  on  the  heauiiful  scenes  of  tho  morning,  lying 
In  the  freshness  of  the  dmv  and  tho  Joyful  light  of 
the  rising  sun,  and  not  be  hapjty  7  cannot  God 
create  another  world  many  tlmos  more  fair  ?  and 
cast  over  It  a  mantle  of  light  many  times  more 
lovely  ?  and  wash  It  with  a  purer  dew  than  ever 
dropped  from  the  eyelids  of  the  morning?— £a- 
wara  Irving. 
liiliktlj  ^raiiiiiti. 
THE  RETURN  HOME. 
I  pobaoed  all  over  this  Joy-dotted  earth. 
To  find  ita  beat  nemr^ay  of  innocent  mirth 
Tied  up  with  tho  benda  of  its  wisdom  and  woiih ; 
And  oh.  Its  chif  f  treasure, 
I  Its  icDcnnost  ploa«iiro. 
Lay  alwayaiat  Home, 
I  fiskftd  a  jioor  widow,  returned  from  the  poet 
With  a  letter  shekiiMed,  trmn  a  far-away  coast. 
What  beart-thrlUinff  oowr  had  rejoiced  her  the  most  ? 
And-  KladncBB  for  mourninir— 
Hor  son  wae  rctarolQK 
To  love  her  at  Homo. 
I  whispered  the  prodigTiI.  wanton  and  wild,  [ohild  ! 
How  rJianxed  from  the  heart  that  you  ^ad  when  a 
8o  teachable,  noble,  and  modest,  and  mild ; 
And,  ihoufrh  «Id  had  undone  him, 
Thank  Uod  that  1  won  Iilui 
By  lookiliK  at  Huitio. 
I  pictured  his  weloomc  from  1ft  arts  that  were  beating : 
The  fond  aiother*»  ghtticn,  and  the  fatherly  greeting : 
A,,..'  •’.•orde  could  not  fell  half  the  Joy  of  Uiat  meeting ; 
Tho  foetal  of  love 
Seemed  to  point  uio  al>ove 
To  tho  Ueavouly  Ifotoe. 
..  .  -♦♦♦. - - 
CHRIST  OUR  EXAMPLE. 
P.y  MAY  MAPEK. 
IT  Is  beautiful  to  contemplate  the  life  of  the  Son 
of  Oon.  The  evening  dews  and  earliest  dawn 
found  the  Saviour  seeking  wisdom  at  His  Father's 
throne.  Tits  whole  life  was  fraught  with  zeal 
and  devotion  rothe  cause  for  which  He  was  sent 
among  the  children  of  men.  I'o  dntw  all  inlo  the 
klngdrun  of  IHs  love  He  would  fain  spend  His 
whole  tiff!. 
His  pleasure  was  to  do  the  n  in  fir/lh  Fnther— so 
dlfferem,  from  the  youth  of  ihc  i>resent  age,  or 
even  of  the  age  In  whli;h  He  lived,  f.'heerf'il  He 
might  b»-,  but  never  gay.  studious  Ho  was,  even 
In  early  chlldbond,  to  an  uncommon  degree.  At 
the  age  of  twelve  wo  rearl  of  fits  silting  with  the 
priests  and  elders  to  learn  of  them,  while  ills 
brothers  and  eompanlons  were  no  doubt  filling 
their  hands  at  the  confectioner’s,  arid  planning  for 
the  merry  dance  and  lubllant  song.  Hnpplnes.s 
for  the  lU'eseiit  iriomeut  wa.s  seemingly  suiflclent 
for  all  tfipir  need.s.  .And  because  of  tiuilr  levity 
and  demoralizing  iDlluenco  He  was  often  put  to 
an  open  shame.  “  Is  not  this  the  oirpentcr’s  son  7” 
was  .asked  In  sneering  tones  and  with  scornful 
lips,  when  He  taught  as  ono  having  authority  and 
not  with  the.  smooth,  oily  tongue  or  the  se.rlbe.H. 
Because  He  whs  apparently  of  low  birth  they  de¬ 
sired  lo  know  nothing  of  His  virtues  or  His  worth. 
If  they  llstiene d  to  Ills  eloquence -and  this  they 
did.  not  unfreriuently— It  was  but  to  rrlllclso  Ills 
sajihga,  to  liuruble  Him  Iir  the  dusL  if  by  it  they 
might  make  Him  give  up  irrenehlng  and  praying 
round  about  those  old  Judean  hills.  It  w.as  among 
the  lowlj'  that  His  teiichlnga  were  found  most  at¬ 
tractive  .and  accepr.able.  “The  common  people 
heard  Illrn  gladly.” 
However  much  the  Pharisees  might  desire  ex¬ 
clusiveness  In  their  worldly  pursuits  ari<l  asso- 
CLat/es,  It  was  thi'lr  pleasure  to  see  the  synagogues 
welt  filled  with  tho  humble  laboring  class.  Of 
Uiem  fhey  might  gain  tithes  of  mint,  anise  and 
cummin,  wherewith  lo  fill  their  censers.  But  to 
be  interesusl  In  the  minute  uffulre  of  th^ir  every¬ 
day  life  was  seldom,  If  ever,  In  their  creed.  What 
wondr'T  then  that  tho  young  Prophet,  liiest  and 
lUng  should  draw  all  nations  unto  Him,  from  the 
wealthy  .fow  to  the  humble  GaUloap  1  Ills  sympa¬ 
thies  were  with  tho  suffering  and  tho  oppressed. 
The  .sunset-s  of  JtideA  behold  Him  ministering  to 
the  sick,  healing  diseases,  crmsollng  tiro  afflicted 
by  His  timely  prcrsoncc  and  calm,  gracious  moln. 
Tho  light  of  Mlseoiiucenauce  beamed  aUkoupon 
the  sinner  and  rUo  saint..  No  ono  was  la  Hen  so 
deeply  lu  degradation  but  His  strong  arm  was 
ready  to  raise  the  brother  or  sister.  Did  tempta¬ 
tion  assail  .again  and  again,  often  did  He  for¬ 
give.,  If  the  stumbling  one  but  camo  In  homlllty 
and  sorrow,  confessing  hls  weakness.  Ali  Uls 
energies  were  spent  In  doing  good  to  Hts  fellow 
men.  Born  with  like  pasajoas  as  we  are.  He  had 
the  same  temptations  with  which  to  contend- the 
sttmo  bunilllations  to  endure.  He  mast  battle 
with  iroverry  and  privations;  yet  he  practiced  all 
the  virturorof  putloaco,  forbearance,  meekness  and 
chanty.  Hls  whole  life  was  llllod  with  lessons  to 
l»e  practiced  by  HLh  followers. 
- 
Tur-  Bibi-e  Is  a  ijook  that  should  be  read  like 
other  books,  lu  n  broad  and  comprehensive  way. 
Tho  length  of  the  creation  period,  the  tonnage 
of  the  ark,  the  capillary  relations  of  Samson’s 
strength,  the  guerrilla  skirmishes  of  tho  Judges, 
the  ram's  horn  signals  In  front  or  the  walls  of 
Jericho— these  are  questions  about  which  no  sen¬ 
sible  Christian  cares  a  flg.  What  wo  need  as  re¬ 
gards  the  Billie  Is  a  rational  intorpreloUon  of  the 
hlstor-y  and  Its  doctrines.- ff'.  JI,  if.  .Vurrag. 
All  languages  have  a  literature  of  terror  about 
death.  But  living  Is  far  more  teriiblo  In  reality 
than  dying.  It  Is  life  that  foments  pride,  that 
Inflames  vanity,  tliat  excites  tiro  pasions,  that 
feorls  the  appetites,  that  founds  and  buUd.s  habits, 
that  pstahilshes  character,  and,  binding  up  the 
separate  straws  of  action  into  one  sheaf,  hands  It 
to  the  future,  saying,  "As  ye  have  sowed,  so  shall 
ye  reap.”  And  again,  “As  ye  reap,  so  shall  ye 
BOW,” 
The  sweetest  book  In  aU  the  world,  If  properly 
read,  is  the  Bible.  Its  leaves  are  as  fragrant  as  a 
©d  of  violets  In  full  bloom.— Golden  Rule. 
