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VOLUMES VIII.
FRANKLIN. N. a.' WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 21, 100.3.
N QMISEK 4.
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HOW PROVIDENCE
Baton th home Is seated,
liufore Ins footlights blaza, V .
JjfMore tha ourtatn rises, ? '
liwtore the ninsio plays,
"-IM.il-T, '
...iw L mill Mention 3, f
i-or some set! fits refleotfoni ' ; -I
WHUt to spiel to JOSJ.
In youth I always argued
'4'b.at every aireamitance '"'
Afiti tree human destiny v;,h
Viae but the work el ikiM' j -But
years have taught mi better
, And now la riper age,
. 1 the band of Providence t
Buprenie upon tbe stage.
For thirty years I've pondered.
On suitalM, Hies and wings' '
Droits and seta and properties,
Prompters aad mils and rings, -Tanle
and chairs and sofa,
Trap and tbrona and tree, j
Business and (nil and enter ..:!,
Aud exit L. U. E. '
For thirty years I've watched 'em,
la nohle and deadly deed
Old man, souurolte and walking gent,
Character, heavy and lead,.
Groans and laagbi and stotet, !'
Crosses and frowns and aside.
Old DiiBtan's stamD and Kins Rlobard's limn
And Hamlet's fearsome stride, ;
Story I Black Chief, f
3
Daring Exploits of Qwbah, an Ashante Warrior,
Bf town -
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Few references to the Uvea of Indi
viduals who vvere carried from Africa
to the Amorlcaa In the days of tbe
slavers can be found In the annals of
the slave trade, trat one may obtain
- glimpses of two or three of them,
here and there, and of the Incomplete
stories that may be written front these
' glimpses there is one that seems worth
preservation -the titory of Quobah, an
Ashantee war chief.
,'" In the year 1805 the slaver brig Co
' ... rallne, owned In Boston, and command
ed by a man known as Capt billing
(his real name .was Maurice Halter,)
entered the Rio Volta. on the west
coast of Africa, with a cargo of rum,
guns, ammunition, cotton cloth,' and
trinkets; ' Here a small schoonerwas
chartered tor a voyage up the fiver,
and In this the captain and a part of
ti n r'"v,nroceeded as far as the Ash
t Males, a place of pet?
liabitant.. Thoje 'Jta
siave lor Taie in Malee
) make a cargo for the schooner, and
after a consultation with the king' of
the region, a mid into the interior
Njplnnned, Por.thls raid the king
supplied the nW-nl fcf d. Capt.
Willing supplied the aiiiiiOWMt to
bacco, but Willing ana several u
whites went with tbe expedition.
to ono of these, a wy anowy ag
' PhlUi toAt, we. are,M.j3rTor an
. account of thn incidents of the Jour-
soy' - , .
The party that marched away into
: the forest' included many soldiers
armed with muskets, women to care
' for the camps and cook the food, and
' cows that supplied milk and served as
pack animals. There .were , also a
' number of slaves whose duty It was to
Carry extra arms and the supplies of
ammitnltlrn. Tbe whole party num
bered ISO people. . , t ', N , , . .
At the head of these raiders was
Quobah, the war chief of Mslee, and a
'- noble negro. His size and strength
. were conspicuous: His skin was M
n" K' the HeaJU-Q
sy SW'yS
nd of com., on lu.
woolly tall rinJ, ,n
and was kept gloosy
His had was Jr
fi. His teem nau
cheeks showed
.' and these marks
otis by borders of
Hod In a loose sack
low cotton cloth
' and he wore a red
tHssol on his head,
t a huge sjiear, which
t ried, and' musket,. a
.(1 war club that were
ia, vho were careful to
him at all times while
i..k anaTwhTtemen alike It
. was a very pleasant excursion, for two
- cr three days. Tba boy saw with de
li!' tit the red monkeys that leaped
chattering from limb to limb in the
trees overhead; the birds - of finest
plumage that were captured with the
hands alone, tbe flowers of gorgeous
colors that were seen a they marched
along a beaten trail. '
Ip fact, the party v 'p so merry that
feilJors from Dahomey surrounded
- them oae evening. Some of the merry-makers
escaped, but when the fight
ing was over the.suryjvors who bad
not escaped found themselves secure
ly bound as slaves to the attacking
,; party. ' " ;' . ." '
Among these slaves were Quobah
and tbe white boy. It had taken a doz
en warriors to dowp the giant Ashan
tee, and then they succeeded only af
ter he was repeatedly struck from be
hind as he leaped to and from among
his assailants. . And so unconquerable
was his spirit that when marched to
ward the Dahomey village of Yallaba
his captors found it neceasary to fast
. en his. arms to bis side by means of a
stone wooden hoop that was tightened
by a wedpe driven down between his
back and the hoop this in addition to
the rawhide thongs used on ordinary
prisoners. t
At Yallaba ruled a king raid Mam
niee "an old black man, dressed In
red nuiBlIn," Mammee's most sacred
f"lish was a scarf woven from the hair
.f many human beings and beasts, and
ornamented with the feathers and
': " h of birds and . Hie teeth of fero
nt)us'"8",l""a!s and deadly rrptiles.
This he : ."lio?M "Added to his prowess
in war ami protoctod him from ene
mies, but his piipsts told him tbat 1(3
powers could be Rreatiy Increased If,
c -i T -(ival, the splendid
r, ( Minhali, were sacrificed, to tbe
(tf the scarf. Quoliali was con
! lo llo by torture, but when
Kin? 1
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WATCHES .THE PLAY.
for thirty years I've studied
Productions grave and gay,
Opera, tragedy, drama. .
Comedy, fnroe and playj 1
Parquet, lobby and foyer,
Balcony, box and aisle.
And over the tout ensemble
Kind Providence seams to smile.
For when did the leading lady
i Forget hr entranoe cue.
If the hero lay boned by the villain, -
Where the night express eomea tbroaghT
In thirty years' experience
I hare never snea tbe day
When the hero Instead of tbe villain '
Was killed at tbe end of the play
When the tenor loves the soprano
Does she sigh for the barytone
Sot she, for iiie dark contralto '
Has eaught htm for her own. ' 1 '
And when did the heroine fall In lore v
With the comedy, high or low,
Or the whole estate by the long-lost will
To the wloked lawyer go?
Does the husband forgive his erring wife
Before 10:16?
' Does the villain, instead or the good old man,
Turn up at the last alive? - ,
Bo, taking It all together,
Antnor ana plot ana tneme, t
Opera, farce and drama.
." Kind Providence relgus supreme. , "
l'ortland Oregontan
: spsabs.
could be obtained only by an imme
diate sacrifice of the stalwart pris
oner, and late in the afternoon of the
next day, after the lions bad driven
In the planters, Quobah was conducted
to the center of the' enclosed village,
where every inhabitant had gathered
to see Mm die.- -
; Out of the desperate straits into
which he bad fallen Quobah was able
to find a way of escape ; front the
priests. In a most-politic speech be
told the people that tho way to use
him as a sacrifice . was to give him
arms and let him go forth to meet the
lions at the hour when they came in
inarch of further victims. The king
and the priests accepted, the offer,
thinking no doubt that if he were
killed fighting the lions the wrath of
the fvU fatlnh would h avprtArl . Arv
cor.itawAvng the sun sank to the west'
v -Quobah walked forth from
Mown, armed with-
spcaiv sword, and hir light
carblmV, " es paint
ed whit v Jil strain,
the womenN. auwjie soldiers
slsshod theirJB-words andVpears to
gether as hrassed the gate. And the
twwas not yet snut wnen tne male
Hon came to the edge of the brush
and with main up, and tall lashing
from side to side, galloped towards
the wall. But Quobah, who had boast
ed that he knew how to die like an
Ashantee warrior, now advanced to
meet the beast, and finally sank on
his right knee, with his, hand grasp
ing bie huge spear, which he placed on
the, ground with the point well to the
front
At that the bowling of the people
within the village died out entirely,
and the lion crouched and leaped for
ward, while Quobah lifted tbe 0 Int
of the spear so that It pierced ki
shoulder.
. The impact of the heavy brute upon
the ipear broke the shaft Just bele'ff
tlie BeaJUuTiEBhr' by leaping to one
uie nrute, out it was soon
again ready for another
spring, in spite of the steel blade
through Its shoulders. ; Quobah raised
the carbine to shoot the beast, but
before he was able to aim the weap
on a roar was heard in the edge of
the' brush,' and a lioness, with too
large kittens, came galloping into the
clearing. Hearing the approach of
these, Quobah turned to look at 'be
new danger, and as he turned his head
the Hon sprang at him once more.
Quobah saw his danger . in. time,,
and as the Hon landed and fell over
on its wounded shoulder; he fired a
bullet into Ha brain. '. . , '
Dropping bis carbine beside the car
cass of the lion, Quobah drew his
sword and turned to meet the lioness.
An Instant later she rose in a flying
leap straight at the big Ashantee, but
he caught her en the point of hla
sword, thrust ..It through her mouth
into her vitals, and fell beneath the
struggling brute.
For a moment the people on the pali
sade wall supposed that Quobah had
been killed, but when tbe kick of tho
lioness showed that she was in her
death struggles they flocked forth and
released him, badly scratched, but not
dangerously hurt , For this splendid
fight Quobah was invited to become
a member of the King's family. He
might bave become a Dahoman king in
time, but he was a true Ashantee,
and with bis arms restored to him he
walked away alone to his home,
A number of years later (February
13, 1817) tbe white boy, who had been
ransomed by bis uncle, Capt. Willing,
E.tlled from tbe African coast on tho
snip Cabenda for Rio Janeiro with 850
slaves on board. The ship reached
Rio early in April, and on i the 8th
young Drake and an old friend went
to visit a large estate known as the
San Bonlto. The owner of this es
tate was a man named Floss. He had
been an overseer for a Brazilian plant
er, and by. successful ventures in the
slave trade bad acquired the means
for the .purchase of an estate of his
own. Both as an overseer and an
owner Floss had been noted for his
cruelty to the slaves (a common char
acteristic of overseers who became
owners,) and while be waa entertain
ing his kiickU the slaves of the San
Benito revolted.
At the time of the uprising Floss
hirii 'ni d tu be away from the Rremt
house, and for two davs ho suMied
around the plantation, while bis guests
?,!;ti pit mn ',f or two and a f w
l.i. l.ful Horv'ints held the bouse hi e
a fort. ! v. ' '
In
t, the le:td-
tr of t'io i, 1 ( i i. I 1 1
snrl ran him to the mansion
i i a (' r t i v. ' r. "t
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friends to the enraged negroes with
out. '.'..
And when the leader of that negro
r.io!), looking through a blazing room,
saw his enemy,; be charged through
the flames, fear)eist bullets, to reach
htm. It was then that young Drake
saw that the leader bad a high coni
cal head, with wooly balr braided into
stilt hanks, and scars on hla cheeks
that ' were outlined with red paint I
saw that It was Quobah, the Ashantee
warrlOi. In Ashantee words, Drake
revealed his Identity and asked for
mercy. Quobah recognized him, and
granted the request The others were
killed. '
"Go and tell the white king how Quo
bah has rerenged himself," he said.
"Quobah Is ready to die, but he will
be a slave no more." -
Quobah had been captured again by
slavo raiders, and this time had been
sold lo a Rio Janeiro slaver. Floss
had purchased blm, seeing that he was
"a high-strung nigger," had flogged
hitu repeatedly, "to break him in." Of
the details of the raid In which Quobah
was captured in Africa nothing was
learned. Of hls,.llfe after the revolt
on the San Benito estate, it is known
only that he fled with a few of his
raoBt capable associates to the interior
where he Joined a tribe of Indians
and remained wlh them'uninolested.
New York Evening Post. ,
CUAINT AND CURIOUS.
As a rule dwarfs live much ldnger
than giants. The latter usually have
weak constitutions, their' blood circu
lation Is sluggish and they have brit
tle bones. -
In the good old times 600 years ago
there were no seats in Parisian schools,
except stools for the teachers. The
pupils sat on bundles of straw which
they brought along.
: A Swiss enc-lneer has recently used
iineMafullv ' a aiiRnAnalnii hririfift" ffi
making fills in ravines wherejf
depth would make trestle wl----expenslve.
He strings tjpraugia wires
to support crosstesT and rails, and
Upon them backs' the train, so that
tba -bridge only gets the weight of
empt caraV '
Lay winter, during a spell of trees-.
lngfeather, at a quarry in Aberdeen,'
no,- targe stone, weigning six
Ma, bad been drilled for blasting,
the thought struck the foreman
le severe frost might be utilized.
Water lavas pored into each of the
holes anT'it was found after a couple
of days that tbe block of granite had
broken into pieces. .
' St., LoulJuwasu of a man who has
'no first narVj As driver of , tf" junk
wagon, he was mixed up In a street
accident not long ago, and a police
man turning to him said:, "What Is
your name?" 'Wolf," said the driver.
"What is your first name," asked the
policeman. "I haven't any," said
Wolt "Now stop your Joking," ex
claimed the policeman, "and give me
your full name." "I am not fooling,"
replied Wolf, I never had a first
name; I can see no use for one and
never wanted one."
' Among the picturesque features of
life in the Moqui villages are the town
criers, who take the place of the dally
newspapers In civilized communities.
There are two of these functionaries,
one representing the "hostilities" arid
the other "friendlies," the opposing po-
litical parties in the Tusayan villages.
Twice a day these officials ascend to
the housetops and, wrapped In their
scarlet blankets, their figtrres outlined
rtgatnst the clear blue sky. call out in
long-drawn, resonant tones whatever
Announcements or record of town hap
penings may be In order.
- Near Perdun, on the south coast of
France, there is a submarine hotej,
which attracts large numbers of vis
itors every summer. The building la
of steel on concrete foundations, and
has been fitted with large plate-glass
windows, from which the guests may
look upon the beauties of submarine
life at a depth of six fathoms. Elab
orate machinery nt the surface pumps
sea air "to those Immured belov, and
at the. same time drives away the
Impure air through draught tubes, It
was In this hotel that the (amous nov
elist, Richebourg, penned some of his
most thrilling romances when taking
his annual flight from the bustle and
nolce of the Fronch capital. :
, Vood Literals!- In Deaiand.
In Harper's Mr. Alden refutes the
idea that American literature Is on the
decline, and that there is no demand
for good books. The fact (hat so many
books and periodicals are published
which have no relation to anything
which may be properly called litera
ture must. not be taken as an indica
tion "that all publishing enterprises
have that detachment, and are of a
wholly commercial character.1 The
author of a novel that Is real literature,
declares Mr. Alden, gets his share of
popularity. Continues Mr. Alden:
"We have no such constellation ot
great novel-writers as forty years ago
brightened the English"" literary heav
ens. The Interval bag been made radi
ant by solitary stars, now and then of
great magnitude. .We may not soon
see another group as thronged the field
dazzling the view of the last genera
tion; but the skies are nebulously rich
for fresh nuclontlons to satisfy the
eagerly expectant eyes of the Enslltih
speaking people. The demand will
surely be met. W3're not runfessii i
to the Inferuirl'y of our own present
literature as computed with the ,t
(excluding from the retrospect a single
period, as brief as It was brill'..wt.)
On the contrary. In America, literary
'.asto and literary activity are far nt-
vnneed f'licf
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ON JORDAN'S BANK.
Cartons Ceremony by Ituealaa Pilgrims
la the Bolv Land.
The traveler in the Holy Land will
witness few sights which will Interest
blm more than that of the Russian pil
grims at their annual Epiphany cere
monies on the banks of the river Jor
dan. A week before the festival Itself
crowds of these Slay peasants are seen
trudging along the Jericho road with
every imaginable kind of haversack
and carry-all on their backs; Some
of the pilgrims are old and weather
worn, others young and cheerful, while
a few, overcome by sleep and fatigue,
are lying prone along tbe roadside. But
somehow the whole lot, young and old,
manage to' reach the banks of the riv
er In good time for the ceremony.
They : spend the night, perhaps, in
the Russian hospice at Jericho, where
they simply huddle together like aflocTc
of sheep. Before dawn ihs rooms are
empty and the whole crowd has gath
ered on the bank whet-e Greek priests,
who will presently drive a most lucra
tive trade, await them. Tbe princi
pal articles sold are branches of trees
from various sacred spots, stones from
the Mountain of Temptation hard by,
plants from the' wilderness and rosa
ries, with olive stones for beads. To
whatever, religious value Is claimed for
these artices the Russian peasants In
pllcitly give credence, and they will
ingly pay their money to obtain them.
During the hours immediately pre
ceding the ceremony tbe motley crowd
Is occupied in prayer and silent de
votion. To many pilgrims this occa
sion Is one of the greatest life can
bring, namely, to- be permitted not
only to visit the Jordan, but actually
to batho u its sacred watenLffiuTTeTJ
ly chanting is hoardi'the crowd
quickly opens to,) cession of
purple-clad "' kg to the
waters, t"- close in
agsfn- Jveaalong
hful. And
feled cross
r uuA Mne sunace
a . .
vriue stream t. wwa it, andVo sooner
does the sacred symbol touch tfrr-wtM
lci iuuu a uive is inaus into it uy tno
enthusiastic crowd, which splashes
and sprays and dips altogether ' a
strange scene. Such Is the baptism,
and the longer It lasts the greater the
merit, the pilgrim will enjoy.
All dripping with water each shroud
Is now wrung out and stowed away
to serve as the cerecloth when the .pil
grimage of life is over and the body la
ready lor tbe grave. As the traveler
rides away the next day to Jerusa
lem he will see these childlike peas
ants, bedraggled with mud, 'and fa
tigued by constant sleeplessness, plod
ding along toward the holy city, chant
ing and singing as they go, and lean
ing on their sticks of reed. But there
is now a smile on their faces, and Joy
in their hearts' -for bave they not
bathed In the waters of Jordan? Lon
don Telegraph.- .
Cqulnels la vflater. ,
Gray squirrels do not hibernate, but
seldom leave their nests: during the
very cold weather. On mild day in'
winter, however, they come out and
race through the tree-tops and visit
the large stores of nuts which they
gathered and hid away in the autumn.
Red squirrels are smaller, but much
hardier, creatures than the gray ones,
and although fthey, - too, have snug
nests of cedar-bark In the hollow trees,
they Bs tbcm only at night, for no
weather Is so severe as to keep these
little fellows Indoors. They are about
the most provident of all the creatures
In the woods, usually storing away
under brush-heaps, beneath fallen logs
and In hollow trunks far more nuts
than they can possibly eat In one
winter, , They do not put thjsm all
in one place, as a rule; they generally
have. several hoards at some, little
distance apart This' is a wise pre
caution, as It sometimes happens that
one store Is discovered and stolen by
an enemy, and unless there" was an
other -supply to fall back upon the
squirrels might die of starvation.
Woman's Home Companion.
He Ftll.il th Hill. ,
"Why," be asked, when they had
seated themselves alone ' at one end
ot the porch, "do you suppose it Is
that educated women do not marry T"
"But educated women domarry," she
replied. "I knew ot three or four edu
cated women who have married within
the past month or two."
"Oh, yes, ot course, some of them
marry. But why do so many ot them
remain singlet".
"Perhaps it Is because the educated
woman's horizon is broader than thai
ot the uneducated; because she de
mands more." .'
; . "Then it Is not because she looks
upon marriage itself as a bad thing?"
"Oh, dear, no!"
"ABd you have declined proposals be
cause you have demanded much?'"
She tied and untied her dainty hand
kerchief and looked down and blushed
and alntly answered: .
"Yes. One of them was , five feet
three inches and the other couldn't
have weighed more than 90 pounds."
Being six foot four in his socks, he
then spoke out and got her. Phila
delphia Times.
A Career of VTedileil llllnv
If America had a fair at which a
flitch of bacon whs given to the couple
had lived together without qunrrul
ing, the prize would undoubtedly go to
Mr. and Mrs. John lame of WtiKlillig
ton county, la. They have been mar
rieil for 74 yenrs and protest that a
cross word never diirUcneil the hnppl
nesp of their wedded life. Mr, lams
Is 8,1 and his wife Is 92, and they have
10 rlnhlivn, ?i P1 fnti I lelii n and f5
grent ei,ni!i li'Um'u. V;w Yoik (Vn
m.v i 1 A tvou 'T,
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A SIMON FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE" ENTITLED
ffTHE SECRET OF HIS PRESENCE,"
The Rev. Dr. J. Tfllbnr Chapman Deliv
ers an Initmctlta Message Susgeited
by On ot the Host Beautiful Kxprae
alons la the Bible.
New York CiTT.TIie distinguished
evangelist, the Rev. Dr. J. Wilbur Chap
man has never delivered a more eloquent
and convincing message than is contained
in the following sermon, entitled," "The
Secret of His Presence." It was preached
from th tt- "Fin- thnl: dnelletn in tha
ksccret place of the Most High shall abide
under tno shadow ot toe Aimigoty.:;
PSItlm .M.! I, -I'R ':'....-"f'-''..:'i vs.'". .;
To me this is one of the most' beautiful
expressions in all the Bible; beautiful be
cause it is poetic, but more than that for
the reason t'uat it holds up before us one
of the greateat privileges that can come
to the children of God.
There is a difference of opinion as to
who the author ol the rsaims may ne.
We eet into the. wsv 01 thinking tha
r ' i . . i. ' : .t. n..n4
jjhviu wruie 'everyuiuiK hi me l aiike" i
.;jT":r-:KVku .vi but
the nine preceding as well. The ,'
that all the Psalms without am,
wnoe name is etven m tne wtrtnTvt
ing title, hut this rule will notalways hold
tood. This is the Psalntrtluoted by the
devil when he ws tempting Christ upon
the mountain, and it Jfns ever been throb
bing with comfort for every troubled
soul.1; Whoever wrte it, it is beautiful,
and all will agreethat tha lesson tanitht
Is one touching jfr communion with God
and our followakip with Jesus Christ.
It is very to-.u that all Christians do
net occunv itbt same position in this
world, Altsiw saved, and It is by the
same "pucious blood of Christ." But
there is to much more to the Christian
life than simply being- .saved; that is
only jrlie beginning. The blessings here
olteved ate given in a very general way.-
6d is no reanecter of nersons. and so it is
as if He had said, any one who will fulfill
the conditions my have the blessing; and.
as there is only the one condition, namely,
tit we shall dwell in the "secret place
the Most Hip,'' von would think thst
" would acceot, for the promise is thst
we "shall abMe under the shadow of the
Almighty." The blmsings here premised
are not for sll believers, but only for
those who live in close fellowship with
God. Every child of God looks toward
the inner sanctuary and tbe mercy seat,
but all do not dwell there. They mn to
it at times and enjoy occasional glimpses
ot the (ace of Him who ia there to be
seen: but they do not continually abide
in the mysterious presence, and this is
Aossible for every one.
It is with the desire that I misht learn
the ksson myself as well as bring It to
vou, and with the almost unutterable
longing that we roifrht know how to abide
lb the "secret of His presence" that I
have brought you, the nuhiect. May the
Lord help us every one.! Jl hev bees on
the i mountain tops (, Christian expert
ence. when I have teemed to see tha face
of Him who loved me and gave Himself
for me, and I am sure that vott can say
the same; birt the text mvs that we may
abide there in our thoughts while we may
be all the time in toe very thickest of tha
fight for God, .
l like the verse, fixer? word is sweeter
than honey in the honeycomb. It ia so
rettful to know that there is any nlace
in the world where we nay abide. There
is also something very winning to me in
the fact that it i( a secret place, for that
surely means that God has aomithing that
is lust intended for me, and for me alone.
When I am ehera. I am awav from tha
world. It is th place Mrs. Brown dis
covered wnen the wrote tbe beautiful
hymn.
. "I love in solitude to shed
The penitential tear;
! ' And all Hit promises to plead
When none but God can hear."' .-
There it something about the word
"shadow" that always interests, for there
never hat been a shadow without the
light; thus the "secret place" mutt be a
place of brightness. It it a place where
God is, for the nearest of alt things to me
at I journey in the sunlight is my shadow,
and he who walka in my shadow or rests
in it must be very near to me; so that
when I am in the shadow of God. I can
reach forth my band and" touch Him'; I
can lift up mine eyes and see Him face
to face. I know there is a sense in which
God is always near na. He is in all things,
and He it everywhere. ' But then it tome
thing about tho "secret of His presence''
to which every one it a ttranger until
he bat dwelt tuere.
In the 110th Psalm the psalmist teems
in the first part to be writing ot the
presence of God in a general sort of wsy.
At another has said. Ho had been beat
ing out the golden ore of thought through
successive, paragraphs of marvelous power
and beauty, when auidenly in the fifty
first verse he seems to have become con
scious that He of whom he had been
tpsak-ng had drawn near and waa bending
over him. The sense of the presence of
God was borne in upon fait inner con
sciousness, and lifting up a face on which
reverence and ecstasy met and mingled,
ho eried: Thou art near, O Lord!'" If
we could only attain unto this how strong,
bow happy, how useful wt thould be. It it
possible at Well for those of us who are
In tba very midst of perplexing caret at
for the priest or tha taint; for since the
Master bkis us all to abido in llim, and
does not limit either Hit meaning or the
number of people who may obey, I am
absolutely certain that it rests with me
and with, you to determine whether we
shall take advantage of our high privil-
The typical reference must be to the
holy place of the tabernacle, vjfcteh the
priests were privileged to enter; but Fever
auiiroa us that we have become in thit
new dispensation "a holy priesthood,"
to that it it poisible for us to enter on
that ground. If this interpretation ia al
lowed, then it is something, too won
derful almost to describe, to Which we
re bidden, for in the tabernacle just be
yond the veil was the glory cloud, and
all the magniKcence that could be wrought
in gold and stiver, purple and fine linen.
But I am persuaded that even that wat
at notbiug when compared to that which
awaits us when we enter the secret place
of God. The writer to the Hebrews tells
us just how we may enter. "Having,
therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into
the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by. a
new and living way, winch Ha bulb couse
eratcd for us, tlnot'Kh the veil, that ia
to any, Ilia HimIi," how easy it all seems
when we look at it in this way! A
Christian is all wiong according to tha
text if he thinks that all the lite here be
low 1uii.it be turmoil and strife, for there
is nn ahiiiing even here, and a sweet,
undisturbed communion even in the nndut
of tho tempest. A dwelling place la a
home, not a temporary shelter to which
one may run for1 momentary relief, as the
bulls fly to the bmiulm of the trees
in the midst of the storm and then leftve
&?'iiii when the storm has punHetl. It is
tne idea of a home. Whut can be mora
restful and comfortable? ft he Hebrew for
tha expression "ahull abide" is "shall
pnns tne mlit." Is it ntt a won
durtul tiling that the exsienencea that
have seemtd to us to be loavcii ba
pMm below, but hiivo been ns fh-eunj as
tun shadows wt'eput-r tno hilMid', in iy be
with us ail tho turn- W hut pune in so
ri'Hfiul cs your home? 1 know tnm is a
trt tout comes In ono tup moment ha
pi i H the po fi m t ii -f is t 'ill tfis
.1 I
'Lhia li lii pro
filled; bt.iiv'i
if they were not in tho Bible: but it is
the picture of the mother bird shielding
the little ones. What no vara, eo com
fortable, as the mother's wings, or the
nest that love has made? But listei to
this: if you Will only dwell in the "secret
place," vo shall abide under the shadow
of the Almighty: and as if that would not
be tender enough to woo ns, we are told
again, "He shall cover thee with His
feathers', and under Hit wingt thou lhalt
trust." -
Horn is the place for explanations.
There we tell our secrets. If the people
of the world do not understand us, our
loved ones in our hornet do.
II.
It would be Imnossible for one to read
the verset immediately following the text
without being impressed with , the fact
that the most remarkable- results will
follow our abiding and 'dwelling in the
"tecret place." - . .
In order that the subject may be the
more practical and helpful I desire to sug
gest tome things which will turely be ours
when we fulfill tht conditions.
1. In the "secret place" there it peace.
"In tha world ye shall have tribulation,"
iwter said, "but in Me ye shall
iwave peat-ati j have read that a eertain
insect has fmhjower. to surround itself
With a film OI SmMM.AMmnaA.nJ In -vkinK
it drops into the rnib. of mnddv, atag
nant poola, and remainsSHburt. And the
believer mav he thus nrrMtifAl b tbe
atmosphere of God. and while He is In the
midst : of the turmoils of the worlff he may
nxa overflowing with th'?ence
ot toa, berawis""" wii mm.
it It it ever to nwniaTTTneEv F. B.'
Meyer tells ns of I,awrence. the timnlev
minded, cook, who said that "for more than
aixty years he never lost the sense of the
presence of God, but wat nt conscious
of it while performing the duties of hit
humble office as when partaking of the
Tjord't Supper." What peace he must
have had! .
If you are constantly engaged so that
you have snid it was imnossible for yon
to enjoy your religion very much because
yon were so busy, still you mav bave this
peace, because . you are in the "secret
place."' I know that it is imnossible for
one to keen two thonahts in the mind at
the same time snd do them both justice;
but there Is tht heart as wtll at the
mind, -and while the-wind is bnsy the
heart may he rejoictnir m all the fullness
of God. Tbe orator it eonar'm's of tha
presence of hit audience, and his heart
is touched by their appreciation whilo
his mind ia busy in presenting the
t 1. . ..-1. 1 1. . t . MaH kA
'I'Iiib tm lm. mhn IT VnHF flfmilll . Inn"'.
all your mind taken up with the botjr
you are reading or awiuying, dui your
heart is conscious of the presence of the
one you love and who tits by your tide.
The mother mav be very btury in one part
of the house; her mind may be greatly
engaged; but tier heart is conscious of the
fnct that her little babe is in another part
of the house, snd the least cry will draw
her to the child. So the mind may be
occupied to the very fullest extent, and
even be disturbed br the things about ua.
while the heart, mav bt abiding in tweet
communion and fellowship with Him be
cause we are dwelling in the "tecret
place."
Those were comforting words of the
Maatera when He said. "Peace I leave
with yon,"Mv peace I give unto you, not
at the world gireth. give I unto vou.
Let not your hearts be troubled, neither
let them be afraid." Eo that I may have
peace even when trial comet. David found
thit to be trite, for in that beautiful
Psalm, the S7th. h says: "Tn the time
nf trouble He will hide me in Hit pavilion ;
in the tecret of His tabernacle will He
hide me." The pavilion Was a great tent
in the very centre ot the camp, and when
he waa there nothing could harm him;
be could be at peace even if he should
hear the sounds of his enemies. But the
expression is even 'tronger than that, for
David says that if it were necessary God
would even put him in' the "tecret of
His tabernacle;" that ia the same as the
Holy of Holies: and who would not have
been safe there? Here ia our "secret
nlace" again, and this it just where God
hat given at the trrlvflcire of golnr. Why
should we be disturbed if troubles ire
about us and our enemies rite up to do
as harm?
8. In the "secret place" there it purity.
If our surroundings wcrt only better in
thit world, our lives, would be purer. It
it very easy to bt good in the company of
tome people we know; they teem to draw
out all the good in ua. To be surrounded
by eertain kinda of scenery it to be lifted
near Heaven; to touch a little child pure
as the angeli. of God is to receive a bene
diction. What could not the presence of
God do for us if only we were all the
time conscious of it? This it just what 1
may have, did I but dwell in the "secret
place." One of the reasons which David
gives for detiring to dwell in the house of
the Lord wat that "he might heboid tbt
beauty of the Lord."
. I with that it might be possible for mi
to make plain to you at I might un
derstand it myself air the beauty that
waits tit in the "tecret place.", Think of
the gorgeoumesi ot the Holy . of Holies
In the ancient tabernacle, which ia a
type of this! The wonderful curtains and
hangings of the place, its blue and purple,
its fine twined linen and threads' of
gold. Think of tbe beautiful veil with the
cherubim, withr the embroidery to fine
that angl fingers mutt have wrought
them, tbe table of pure gold holding the
.bread, and the seven-branched candle
stick? - Who front the outside looking upon
the badger-skin tent would have imagined,
how glorious' it Wat within? So I do not
"think it wiuld be possible to make plain
to yon all (IIM awaits you in the "secret
gilace." He1 who haa dwelt there with God
eould not bit bit Joy if he had an angel't
speech; but this I know, that if you will
but enter in and dwell there, the very
beauty of the place will make you pure,
and yon remember that it is .only uuto
"the pore in heart" that the vision of
God it promised.
I aupposo we might have been with
Jacob when in hisdreara he taw the
heavens opened and beheld the angeli
going up and coming down ana heard the
voice of God, and we only thould have
teen the dreary' mountains round abont.
I doubt not by that we might have
been with Paul when he wat caught up to
the third heaven, and .we thould have
teen nothing but the humble surroundings
of his tent. And I doubt not but that
if Paul were here to-day he would tee
God here this morning, and he would
have walked on the street with Him
yesterday. Is not tha trouble with
ourselves instead of our surroundings or
our timrq? Kvrry permitted sin encrusts
the windows of the soul and blinds our
visionj and every victory over evil clears
the vision of the n. and we can tee
Him a little plainer.
The unholy muu couldot tee God it
be were tet down in the mulst of Heaven;
but men and women whose hearts are
pure see Him in the very commonest walks
of life. And thrro is not a place in the
world if it is right that we should have
been tbsrc, but utter we have passed by
wo may stiy, "UcliolJ, God was in this
place, and I knew it not." And if we can
no. siy it, it is wrong tor us to go.
3 In the ''seeret pmce" there is power.
Oil! tnat we mmht all of us possess real
power! Tint ia our cry by iliiy and by
night, Orui yet there is nothing we may
bae easier. There is no.' promise wnh
which I am familiar that tells us that
we may havo power ol iiiu'iieet or of
human miithl. But there is a promise that
we shall have power after that tne i-- -'V
Ghost "ball eome unon ua, and in the
nlrlrni tn
mgf the
tune it '
. lie lit
oly of,.!
Iv filled tn c
n.lt'M, no tlmt
line i .,''! r
,e to I l'l
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at one
the Bon will reveal Him." Itf it impo;
ible for any one tti enter into the "secret
place" of the Most High except through
Jesus Christ. He said. "I ro the way, 1
am the door, by Me, if any man will, be
lhall enter in."
It it just what Paul meant when he said,
'But now in Christ Jesut ye who some
times were afar off are made nigh by the
blood of Chriat." , ,
There are tome placet in the Bible
where the wav seems plain. "He that
eatetlt My flesh and drinketh Mv blood
dwelleth in Me, and I in him," And
whatever else it meant by thit feeding
on Chrltt, thit certainly ia true we are
to tet apart daily periods ofg time when
we may have communion with the Sa
viour. It it not because we are too
hurried that our vision of Christ is blurred
and indistinat? It it only when the water
it ttill that you can tee tbe pebbly bench
below. You could not go alone with
Chritt half an hour ach day,' or even
lest time, and sitting ttill. look np into
Hit face, by faith talk tn Him and let Him
talk to you, without feeling that for a
little part of tha day you bad been in
heaven, when in fact it wat only, the
"secret place" of the Most High. Christ
would be in yon and. yoa would be in
Christ, even at in tht southern tea thi
tnonges may be teen beneath the waves,
thi tponge in the tea and the aea in the
sponge. Then we eould say with Paul:
"I live. and. vet not I, but Christ hveth
in mi." Again I have read in the Bible
then wordti'He that keepth His com
mandmenta dwelleth in Him. and He in
him " . And I have found that I have
pnly to ge the way I think Christ wants
Ami to go and to do the thingt I think
Ho wants ma to do to be able to stand on
fiithi. very mountain top of Christian ex
perience; ana tnas ui,v aiiuvuut "u7
ot sneaking of the "secret place." Yoa
coftld not go where Christ hat bidden yon
without meeting Him, and von could
not met Him without a blessing coming
with th meeting. ,
- After ill this bat been known, I have
been tdld that the vision ttill tarriet.
Rometirdet that it to try our faith; but
He will come if you wait, for He has
promised. Jf, however, after long waiting
still He thould tarry, take np this old
Book, turn it" Paget with a praver that
uoa mign5ji"',,j ' .' .
might see This Is thi tardea
He walk on, yonjTtM(illim
face to JWlM-ie temple where
He dw jfid knocking at the dooT,
aveny.,11 wait it may twing noise
lesryon its ninges, and He will lead you
jpbsolf into the "secret place."
" How a Business Han ITas Saved
An Incident is related which occurred
during Mr. Finnev'a meetings in New
York City and which well illustrates the
valut of a little tact in the great atmegle
for toult. The big cutlery firm of Shef
field. England, had a branch house in New
York. The manager was a partner nf the
firm, and very worldly. One nf hit clerks,
who had been eonverted'i&.tbe meetings,
invited bis employer to attend".'-0.ue eve
ning he was there, and sat just across. 4,he
aisle from Mr. Arthur Tappan. He ap
peared affected during the sermon, and Mr.
Tappan kept hit eye on him. After the
diamisssl.. Mr. : Tanpan itopoed nnicklv
across thi aisle, introduced himself, and
invited him to ttav to the after-service.
The gentleman -tried to excuse himself and
get away, but Mr. Tappan eengbt hold nt
the button on bit coat and said. "Now. do
ttayj I know you will enjoy if," and be
wat to kind and gentlemanly th tbe cut
lery man eould not wH refuse. He stayed,
and wat converted. Afterwards he said,
"An ounce of weight upon my coat-button
saved tX-aQuL!'- -- - -
Iwoi FTeturtt- , -
It is related that two painters each
painted a picture to illustrate his concep
tion of rest. The first chose for his scene
a ttill, lone lake among the far-off moun;
taint. The second threw on his canvas a
thundering waterfall, with a fragile birch
tree bending over the foam. At the fork
of the branch almost wet with the catar
act's sprav, a robin sat on itt nest.
Henry Drummond, referring to the two
paintings, to nnlike in their make-up,
said: -
"The first was only 'stagnation;' the last
wjs 'rest.' - Christ's life wat outwardly
one ot the most troubled lives that wot
ever lived; tempest and tumult, tumult
and ttmnett, the waves breaking ovor-tt
all the timi, till thi worn body was laid
in the grave.
"But the inner life wat a tea of glass.
Thi great calm wat alwaya there. At any
moment yoa might have gone tn Him
and found rest. And even when Hit ene
mies were dogging Him in the streets of
Jerusalem He turned to His disciplet and
offered them, as a last legacy, My peace,' "
Work, Our Highest Privilege.
Whoever attempts to escape work
avoids hit best friend. We read tha ttory
of man'i toll in tha light of subsequent
revelation, only to find that work it not a
curse, but aur highest privilege. The fact
tnat tne seasons ena urges us on to ao
our best. An endless probation it siinply
none at all. There ia no more pathetic
lamentation in all literature than this.
The rammer it ended and we are not
saved. - Probation it over. The Judge en-
imr b Alfl and ennnts ths nhftflves. Tho
summer ever reproduces itself. They eomen
in their annual succession, nut eacn noios
itt own place. This summer will "be this
but once. Another will come, but it won't
be thit. Nothing it ever repeated. Thi
second resembles thi first, but it not to
be identified with it. The tun never greets
.the. earth twice the same. Probation . is
writtejrtverywhf re. Presbyterian Jour
nal, --v. '
v.' Han't Inftns-
The only responsibility that a oV?"
not evade in thit life it the one hi to
ot least his personal innuence. Man s
consciout influence, when he it on dress
...... . . a . .
parade, when he is posing to impress those
Ol ,U, IT ... I, 1 ,U H ...... .v lUlUtn. 1I1U.V I J ....V. U'---v . ' ..... " '
around him is wofully small. But his Tm- p-' ff :jjj8 steamship Empress of In
eontciont -influence, the lilent, tubtlera-f ThB mmt tn. fwu.
diation of hit personality, the effect ot hit
words and tcts, the trifles hi never con
sidersis tremendous. Every moment of
life hi it changing to a degree thi life of
the whole world. Every man hai an at
mosphere which it affecting every other.
So silently and unconsciously ia thit in
fluence working thst man may forget that
it exittt. W, 0. Jordan.
1 BROtD CLOTH TRIMMING. '
Most of us have noted- the good ef.
feet with which broadcloth faces ever
so many of the handsome new coats.
And some have not been slow to adopt
the Idea for other purposes.
Broadcloth is especially well suited
for bands and facings on most any ma
terial except light weight silk, Other
smooth cloths may serve, but they
aren't as rich. Some house dresses
and lounging robes may be bettor
trimmed in velvet, but you'll be sur
prised to find how many will be tha
softer and lovelier with the cloth, Tha
$3 quality Is the one to be chosen, and
as a rule very little ot it la required.
A lovely afternoon Iron In white
shows b.uula about the neek and
shoiili' "S In Gieoiiin eff-et; tlu'O
b.indj aie of pile-t blue, wllh a de-lr,n
r'ti-il. d o.it in p. oris. Gold or s,her
tii sue i , Ilijiia shows up ex'iuWtolj
on a wnlta cloth bund. The clevoi
! -.... i i. y t r t
t n't ) ' "f. rioi-il i .i if.- r l
It I il f l'i -i I! I '
!.: i , i v.
SIGNS OF CENIUV
A wise man who had studied long 1
Desired to achieve reuowni
He sought attention from thi thronHI "1
But did not play the orank or elowo. J
He trusted to hit work alona, ' i
And went unnoticed and unknown. j
At last he donned a gaudy Coat i
And wore a hat with spreading brim;
He tore the eollar from hit throat , , i
And people ttopped to notice tilnv , 1
Hi let hit hair grow long and nfodo . . ;",
Men wonder at the part he played. ; ,
Thus showing eccentricities
That often made him blush for shame,
His work took on thi strength to please,
Thi world wat buty with hla name.
That whloh before had won no pruiBe -
Served now to gladden and amaze. ,
Chloago Becord-UeralJ.
, ' HUMOROUS. '
Nell He "wants the earth. Belle
Why do you say that? Nell He told
me I was all the world to blm. . M
TomYou say she la costing you
more and more every day, and yet you
cannot live withoufher? Dick (sadl"
Yes; It seems that all necessities' of
life are advancing these times. ,
She I wonder, daddle, why llttlo
men generally marry such large wom
en T Father I expect the little fol
lows are afraid to back out of the tB
gagements. k ' 1
' Harduppe What is your Idea ol an
optimist? - Borrowell A man , who"
lends money and expects ' to get . It
back. ,
Mrs. Blobbs My husband is awfully
jealous, , Mrs. Slobbs That must be
horrid. Mine iop't Jealous a bit. Mrs.
Blobbs Thtf jBHSe horrid, too.
He It'
W who Is getting married
seems so unimportant. She Oh, he's 1
a mere ringer.
Blobbs I don't see bow you, tan
laugh at all of Borely's chestnutty
stories. Slobbs I have to.' I owe blm '
money. .-.
. The Deacon What la your record
for rapid marrying? The Minister
Five knots an hour. 1
Mrs. Muggins Does your husband
ever lose his temper? Mrs. Bugglns '
Oh, yes; but he always finds it again. '
"At last I am at the end of my '
troubles," ; exclaimed : the optimist.
"Which end?" gloomily asked tha
pessimist. '
: Rogers You don't bave much com
pany at your house, do you? Blake .
No. Should like to, but the thing is
Impossible. . When our cod1clrs-fc
day pit, of course Mrs. Blake cannot t
have company you know; and on
other days the cook objects to it 1
"It's strange." : "What's strange?"
"The Incongruous and antagonistic
associations of money." "How Is
that?" . "Why, cold cash and a hot
time to frequently go together."
She (getting tired) Speech Is silver,
but silence Is golden. He Welt, If
speech Is only silver, one can better
afford to waste It
"My good man," said the prim Indi
vidual, ''why do you Idle your time ,
away? .Today is ours, but remember ;
tomorrow may be others'." "G' waa!" '
responded Plodding Pete, derisively.
''Ain't tomorrow hours, too T'V ;
Mrs. Startuppo- tTft8Bfi)ri"rl?ual
htiw bT'my. daughter fetting on with f
her music? Do yor think she will
ever become a great singer? . Profes
sor Madam. It ver bard to say. Mrs.
8. But. surely she possesses some ot -the
qualifications? .; Professor Ach!. r
Yab, madam; she hat a mouth.
Friend I anderstand that boy yon i
engaged to attend your phonograph
was the limit for stupldness? .Show
manYet; he broke all records. .
Kate How the wind Is whistling.
Tom Well, I'd rather hear the wind
whistle than a boy. Kate Why? '
Tom Because the wind never whistles
ragtime. ,
"Would you call stealing a kiss lar
ceny?" queried the Inexperienced young
lnan'
I suppose so," replied the mar
ried man, who waa bustling from dawn
to dusk to support his family. "What
Is the penalty?" "Why, I stole a kins
one time and was sentenced to hard .
labor for life."
.1
Real l Sarpmta Canght
Two sea serpents, a male and a fe-
o"2and the other
.i ;.,... iii1i ......'
i" - i L :.v :
me off th Japanese coast, ace,,..
v;l. won- jwuvu
i Information hnmifrht in thin ptutn
dla. The wJ'"S were sent to. Osahi
where they were placed on exhibition,
tn the carcass ot one ot the serpents
were found the remains of a human be
ing. The fishermen bad a long, des
perate fight with the serpents, and
several nearly lost their lives, but flu
alry dragged them to the shore In thch
nets, tn which they bad become en
tangled. They-bellowed with rage and
Anally were killed by many rifle shout.
The showman who bought the enr
casses proposes to take them to Ti ' '
for the inspection of tbe emperor, wb
haa expressed a desire to .see tu.
0u the heads of ct h serpent
tsity-four fangs, the lie est of v
was seven Inches. Tbey aluo h. 1
about two feet long and a hoi ,
forehead. -
Kluihffier as a French Millif.
During tits short stay In 1 1
cont.ly Frptielt papers made mm i
the si ory that I.md Kithoi, r
Xom-'it lit tho rni'i s of 1
army (lining to.) l'n. i '.
story Is a pretty ono, Ihs j
lived at t! t, t". .o i i 1 . n, t 1
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