Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 34, Number 23, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 February 1892 — Page 3

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INMAjfA. GIRLS IN KNIOKERBOCKEHS, Balr IVHtlHtHitjr Insists Cm KtHHfKliMSC Wrsrls I" Krwtbsrs' Fver fciooe Kve put women into sub jeetloii d petticoats they have lw kicking. Some their khsks the Workl vjlr hi rtl of, k mm Miss Joan of Are, w1k t tested oh being Mr. Joan of Are ,n, wearing the trousers, which women think are the materialised form of a nj:fs privileges. Several of thesw cases the world knows or ami others it huswets. It knows very weJJ though, of fiur.-e, it toe't introduce the subject wlieu drinking a imp of tea with a fair cthat girls often dress lit their brothers' clothes. In the nineteenth century to dress in one's brother's fWthets is to be a dress re former, ami wlier Maklen Auntie used to "pooh-pooh" mikI blush in her Ox t handkerchief, she bow techs thw pri of her makkn apartment ami revels in the freedom of-bhe calls them kniciterliockers. Kra is Eve nineteenth centuryfied, it np to date, ami Iihk all the modern iiuproroments. She, of course, added the scaring of trou&srs to the repertoiae of her furis. "h1 when I called the other morning die told me all about it. "HU mhtrcMi was in," rk! the lacker, witli asiuilf made up of the recollection of pal tips and the anticipation of tip to coaic. 'y dear.1' Raid Eva. rubbing up an til the scent of the white lilac upon me mingled with that of the violet upon her. " was just thinking altout yon (Kra has such an orderly way of think in.') and I want to tell you something. How do you like my dress?" Eva was gowned, very becomingly, Mil' knew the trick just learned by u wonen the other day of expending all the dressmaker's art upon the skirt and letting the bodice take care of itself. Tlic lines of beauty below the waist retealed themselves, equally in action or repose, and Eva was just sueh a sentl ent being as the correct costumer lovee tottirn out An edge of fur round the ikirt rested bewitqhingly on the top of her tiny shoes, that peeped out and out. not unlike the mice the poet talked aWut. A dainty pink silk blouse waist. that low fell at the throat, though jhjrhtly bound in by a linen collar, completed the toilet. Linen cuffs stood out torn the wrist, and allowed a warm, rounded arm. Eva had lost her hair, - . . uj juve or lever, ami u naa come in with every hair having a "contrary" opinion oi us own. .low, nam in is caarming young 4mcl, "rent you, my love, and drink actio of chocolate; I'll be with yon in a minute. "Halloo: cried I, In astonishment. a moment alter, "Where tiki Kra get the new buttons? And blew me, he's jffctty enough to fall in love with ice new buttons was crossing the drawmg-room. bach a buttons! Suck ii iih l a. a in n. rx; mi, hi ,1 . . . .... mt tj t iu. . -. . . . ' " V tniiiv- II v: HI CI ; was arrayed in the richest of coXvtbrown plush knickerboekers. creii up the sides witli bright-colorci silks and finished at the knees will ijows oi nbboas. Urown silli stockings continued from ther flown, and were finished witk daintily made shoes that some how looked a bit effeminate mv-eiiujf np again there was as ex weuingiy girlish waist of plush silk. mhsiicu- with white linen cii.iand col jars, and a brown velvet toqae crown in? a mass of shades et oar grand mothers, it was Eva's self! .mv. mr ilr ' uU v. .i4t. iown and crossing her knees, as thongr she had done so front time immemorial 'don't get hysterical. Yon see, ear est, I always liked boy's elothes, ana J wmc u tnc conclusion soine time a, mere was no reason why 7 Monum t enjoy myself by myself ik ." "J mywir most enjoyed. If ts lrit had intended as to be dressed In we piece, as we have been erroneoual.y since the creation, He wonlda't wre made us in two pieces don't yea Sttt T 1 M , . . . . . - "vi, i iui, i reeeirs my gin nxe in the bosom of my family, "J! ill the glorious freedom of kaicket wers; and, when somebody comes la wiiom I don't know or whom I don't 'rust, that skirt yon saw is put on is n mttanUnd I am oe mora 'cabined, itbed, confined, bsund in.' " out. Era." iy T. waaWW W your lover?" "Good jrracious," ,he creamei, "there is Harry. Lei ft out of here before he sees me; 1 Wouldn't M. T ,. t h should know about this.,, And dashed the erettv bor. comin coming privacy of her skirts, ami u." nt t"ees of tlie late oatbarst exISi? cly' ,r,,ilt-r b,S8h "T "r wks. Hany was annonnoed Imme"Wj. As Era sat down she dejntf y withdrew a tempting little noe-.ip. poor Harrj never guessed revolution that little skirt eonFeeling I was m the third perPlural number, abjective esse, gov 1 hi' the imperatire aeaessity of hour. I uU .j; V.. rtch. . v Me Kaa. u WllSt (lu LJ1- J t. I pi. -i pray, as Jml what clam do as!l be4eg?N fe waaapaaat. The- mtUr ra !rl lUe 1h. . vn loast," y si led oat the kaarv oi ot im Mass. Texaa -A mn- wkea inn 4 vl Komee Mx 'havea't

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foKowtaf wwt wrttUM ter (lu. una. tenet Waakiagtoa' lsmuffsrallea tsawsel " r mummik ttoMMi twatyMve 101m and imitlmi durt ts nmm ( uw WtM;nHt iny from Um .ewJrHy bor u ' Hail, briaht awjrfcto day t lAtHK simll Aiseriw Thy iH-Aioe r-Munt. Joy to ear native land! It every heart eximotl, For WHbIua, Iwaa mthattwy trowa'dl Ceiewteia'n chlMn.a, asttl Miokl. st fwr tke ink Yimr ckkrftam etmml T1m matclikitM hvru'M atah, Nw mine jir platMHtM k(h; With trutnitMi, rend (fee sky, Ami martial drums. ' IltaHtrtotM warrior. Ml : Oft did thy won'. ikmuUO'er Imww of foes. Cene. aad fresh laurels emia., StiU dearer make thy mm, Loo imworw.l mw Hw truntiet blows. ' Thrice wekome to tMs skera, . Our ader row mo mere, Hut ruler thou. J Ok, truly good awl great! I-on Uve to sbwl our state. "Whew eouuMH aoaors watt To deck thy brew. . Htiftk'd be tke t'.la of arms: Kincffurth the olive's ebarma Shall vrar irclute. Tbew jf bores a htstd stall ewa Uiwullk-tl by s thrMH OHrnuoh lov'd Waahlngtea The icreat, the jfcod!" -cfl STORY FORUK whiter of 1779 was approaching spring. But it was still dismalv cold, and all dky '.nerc iiail been a drip, drip of chillj rain around a two-story farmhouse which clung to a New Jersey hillside. a short dfetanee from Morrietown, where the American army under Gea. George Washington was encamped. Hope Howell, a thonghtfal-faced lit tle girl of eleven, dressed in n plain, homespun gown, sat by the bedikhs of her feeble 'grandfather, and strove earnestly to divert the invalid's mind I from the noises whiok came from the kitcitu downstair. Sever mind, grandfather,'' she said, comfortingly. "They are American soldiers, ami will not harm us. if they are rude. If Gen. Washington only knew how thev are behaving; I know he would seud them away. There, don't mind please don't!" she pleaded. bending orer the nervous sufferer aad stroking the gray locks away from the ge.l face. A hoarse voice sang a fragment of an rmy song: boisterous cheers followed; then the exchange of jokes was re sumed by the trfcopers seated around the kitchen fire. These sounds all penetrated to tfca chamber above, disturbing the peace of the sick man and awakening fresh prehensions in Hope's young heart. Twice that afternoon she had crept timidly downstairs and had asked the men if tkey wouitin t please oe quiet for her sick grand father's sake. It is due those soldiers to say that they respected the little girl s request and tried to obey her. But some hard ekkr they had found in the cellar played havoc with their resolutions to quiet p,H and they indulged in such a rough kind of merriment as wouia have vastly surprised themselves in their sober moments. "As if it were not bail enough to ar rest my brave son on suspicion of his being a traitor," moaned the old man. his grandchild tried to soothe him, "they must suspect as of being tones and guard our home aa if we were ia aetual league with the enemy. It is dreadful to bear!" "Yes, grandfather, it is hard for said the child; "bat plaase try not to worry. Father is not a traitor, and he must come el ear of the charge," de clared Hope, with a flash of her dark "Ilcava bless you, Hope!" replied the old man, placing a trembling hand on her crown of BHt-brown curls. "We will pray for the vindication of your father's good same and his restora tion to a place of honor ia the American army. It can't be that he must die as a traitor my son, so brave and true." "No, no, grandfather!" azures the little girl. "Ha will not." It required a? light effert Mr Heee to. keep up a sembtaaoe of eheer fulness before tfce htvalid, for her own heart was sorely welched down with troublaa. Only that day bad the us please t mfi neea aroagn tMm ina urnve Albert Howell, the oM man's son and Hone's father, had bea arrested o the serious charge of purposing to reveal the phuM of the A merle a army to Ue eaemy. Me had Breve a valiant seldier, MM

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had jaat Ooa. Uu MMHtUHMd fur yntwo. iHttignasuy denied the charge, but a mysterious papr f0WBd his perwrn made it look very dark ir him. However, be insisted that he knew nothhtg about the paper, dwlarit. ......u 1 . . .1 mast aave beea plaeetl in his Pei wntia he slept. Hut his word was not able him to escape imprison meat, aad nai which he would have to aadergo Uie next day. il iew troopers under a snb-cmleer u ueen heat to wateii the house of the prisoner's father, who was forthwith su&pecUMl of beluga Tory sympathiaer. 1 hey had no orders to enter the l'armhouse.a they had done, but the inclement weather pierced to their very marrow, and made the Ug fl replace ia the wide old kitehentoo invitimr to resist It had been a wearv dav to th nrWnoJ twrmiowB ami a very sad one to Hope and the old grandfather. The presence of the troopers, who had taken poMession of the house below stairs, increased their apprehensions, and it waa not until long in the night that their rude jollity ceased and the nervous sufferer became somewhat quiet Then Hope sang to him soft ami low, as a mother over a sick child. It was not long before she had the satisfaction of seeing the weary eyelids close ovor the sunken eyes. Hut site did not cease her low singing until the regular breathing told her that her grandfather slept Then she rose noiselessly from her seat on the bedside, and, going to the window, looked out into the dark night It was growing chillier without, and the rain had ceased. "I must go," she said, resolutelv. to u ?. . . . - herself. "If I can hut see Gen. Washington I am sure he will not let my father die a traitor's death. He is too good to let such a wrong be done, and he must believe me that ray father would never be guilty of nlavinr false to his own country. Grandfather will be likely to sleeD while 1 am gone." she went on. her brown eyes filling with tears as she looked on the aged sleeper. "It would kill him if father were con demned to die, and then I should die, too." Wrapping a little faded cloak around her shoulders, Hope let herself out of the chamber, quietly secured the door, then descended the dark stairway. As she stole cautiously along the hall, her heart in a tumult of emotions, she saw, through the half-opea door leading into the kitchen, that the troopers were either asleep or heavily dozing. This was as she wished it, for they would not know of her absence from the farmhouse. As quietly as possible she opened and shut the outer door, letting herself out into the night and cold. Then, never pausing to see if her flight had been discovered by the guard, she ran like a frightened fawn under the trees down the hillside. The air was growing keener every moment, and the raindrops, which bow and then fell from the somber old trees on Hope's face or hands, were like lee, and made Iter shiver aad draw her cloak more closely around her shoulders. The. night was very dark, for great. dense clouds of blackness were scud ding across the sky. The merest fragment of a new moon, well down the western sky, with a few faint stars, struggled vainly to be seen and to relieve the darkness. The night 'was wild and full of ter rors to poor little Hope; but, summoning all her courage, she sped along the ktnely path which led across the fields towards Morristown. She had gone almost a mile from her home when she came to a stream swollen into a black torrent by the late rains. She ran along the marshy bank until she found the place where two long planks were made to serve as a bridge for the country folks, who wished to shorten the distance to tomsr Hope started across the plaaka spaa sing the stream. Every moment the tarem, iee-eoia waters, rushing riverward, threatened to sweep away the supports under the planks. But the nine gin, nuea witn ner great purpose, went uauntlsssly forward. She had reached the middle of the stream in safety, when a water-few I arose from almost beneath her, mm flew away over her very head, wfta

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eni.ap.etMd aad nemsBflBaa. aaW a ameasa tea Hon irl aervomdy. The planks were beeomlag H'j wre t raw was freesiaf them, and before she could ave Herself, her feet slipped and she realised that she was Jailing. Jtot she esught the edges of the alaak and held o firmly, while trying to draw herself up from the dark, gargling current into whieh her feet ware plunged. The fragment of a moon freed Itself iron the sable clouds ami dimly light en vae scene, revealing the white-faced, terror-stricken chihl eliaging to the ley planks. One moment she el ting in awful peril, then a tall figure stepped out on the planks, ami she was lifted by a pulr of strong arms ami carried safely to the opposite bank. There was a strength ami gentleness la the man's touch which strangely thrilled and reassured Hope. Looking up, half shyly, as the moon continued to lend her feeble lie-ht. Hope's clear eyes scanned, her rescuer. He was tall, very erect, and wranned in a gray cloak. There was something majestic about the man. and as Hope looxed at the half-ooneealed face, child though she was, she was impressed with its rentle dieuitv ami unusual force. My child," and the tall figure bent over her kindly "it la a dark, cold night for you to be abroad Where do you live?" "Hack there on the hill," answered Hope, pointing across the stream. ''Had you started home?" he questioned her, gently. "No. sir. I was going to Morristown." "Have yoH friends there, whom yea wish to see?" "No yes, sir that is" Hope stopped in confusion. Perhaps she was saying too raueh to a stranger. The man evidently understood her, for he said, reassuringly: "Do not mind telling me. I am year friend." One glance into the clear eyes, bent upon her so kindly, told Hope that.she might trust him implicitly. " "I have started to the amp," she said, simply. American "What takes you there so late?" "My troubles." And there was a pathetic tremor in her voice, which caused the man to place a hand compassionately oa her damp, dark curls. "And whom did you hope to see there?" "Gen. Washington." "Gen. Washington is not in the habit of receiving visits from little girls, at such late hour?," lie replied, with a wondering smile in the clear, gray eyes. "Oh!" she exclaimed, pathetically, a sense of her impropriety suddenly dawning upon her. "Well, never mind, dear. Trust me with your troubles. I have great influence with the commander in chief, and may be able to help you." "Oh. do you know Gen. Washington, sir?" she cried, brightening and catching one of his hands, hopefully. "Yes, my dear child, I know him well." "And sill you tell him my troubles, and help me?" she cried, eagerly. "I will help you. Now tell me. dear child, what has driven you forth this disagreeable night to seek Gen. Washington at his headquarters." And he took her little, chilled hands and held them sympathetically in his warm, shapely ones. washixtc?" Thus urged, Hope tokl her story of how news had reached the farmhouse of her father's arrest oa the charge of his Iwing a traitor, how it had affected the fe-ble, old grandfather, and how the troopers had come to guard their house, terrifying them with their rude behavior. "What is your name, little one?" her listener asked, when she had finished briefly outlining her troubles. "Hope Howell," she answered. "And your father is" , "Albert Howell." "Do not worry any longer, Hope. I give you my promise that Gen. Washington will do all he caa for your father." "Oh, thank yea, Mr! God will be good to you. gave my father, far there is no braver soldier, jse truer Amcrieaa, m all the colonic. Kot one!" she said, with earnest, dUatiaf eyes, "The father of such a daughter cannot be very bad? no matter how dark m the suspiekm east upon him," remarket! the man, mare to himself them

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The ease mast receive ratal atteatilem. aad witheet dwhsr." Thea, as, if aememheriag the Utile girl's present position ml discomfort, be saw; e a A nuu oear one, 1 mast carry yea across taese slippery boarrta, aad you safe home. Taking her up in his strong arms, he serried Hope safely over the stream and led her back to the farmhouse. On the threshold he paused, say lag, in nia enet'ry way; "aow, itepc U4i you raa up to your grandfather aad tell him he need fear the trooper no longer. This is act a tory household." Hope hastened to do his bidding, while her gray-cloaked friend called the sub-ofticer of the troopers tc him, T he troopers bestirred themselves before the feoay old fireplace, changed startled glances, while there was a rain attempt to put a suspicious looking jag and several mugs out of sight The conference ia the hall between the tall figure in the long cloak aad the sub-oltieer was short, and the trooper soon returned to his fellows "We are ordered back to headquarters at ones." he announced. ''This farmbouse seeds to be guarded no longer, The tall figure stood majestically aside, while the men filed out Into the darkness and away toward the American camp. He seemed lost ia thought as he gazed after the retreating forms of the sol diers, as if his surroundings were en tirely forgotten. Presently there were light steps hur rying down the stairs, and a little hand touched his arm softly. , "Did you send thea away? "les. Hone. How is your grand father?" he .asked, eomiag back from his reverie. "lie seemed much better when I told him of your kindness to me aad what you had said." 'There is no cause for farther fear, ray child. "You make me very glad, sir," she said, returning the pressure of his hand. "If you will only tell Gen, W ashington about my father, I know , he must find him innocent I will love him always if he saves my father." "He will do all he can for him, and I assure you the promise of a love such as little Hope Howell's will eheer the heart of Gen. Washington through many dark hours and nights of gloom and suffering, before we have seen the last of our eaemy ami complete peace and liberty are ours. God keep you, little Hope," and he stooped and Imprinted a tender kiss upon the child's white brow. Then he crossed the threshold, said: "Good night." and was gone like a tall. gray phaatom down the hillside. As Hope fastened the door, she said to herself, with sudden regret: "Isn't he kind? And I mrgot to ask his name, and now he's gone!" The next day. as Hope was trying to interest her mind in some simple household duties, a trooper rode up to the door and placed a letter ia her hands. Running upstairs to her grandfather, sac erieu. joyfully: "Listen, grandfather!" And in a happy voice she read the followingnote: "It was Gen. Washington himself who promised you last night to do all he could for your father. His ease has been investigated, and I am pleased to inform you that he is innocent. The real traitor in camp, jealous of the chance of promotion which had. come to Albert Howell, has been discovered. It was this fellow who concealed the suspicious paper on your father's person, and cunningly connived to bring about his arrest Of your father's promotion, which is now sure, I will not speak, for he will be with you soon and will tell you all. May the great blessing of peace aad joy rest upon the Howell farmhouse and its dear inmates. Gkokok Wasmixstox." "Isn't he good, grandfather?" "Nobler stroking the nut-brown earls. No American ever revered the memory of George Washington more than little Hope Howell, ner with better .A. II. Gibson, in Golden Dara FO PATTY AND POLLY. Maw arjta WnattMKta Memamserca m Kewar4l Tt Pretty meters. When Washington returned to Phil adelphia after his trip to the east, ia tm, he stopped at Ux bridge. Mass.. aad was entertained at the home of Samuel Taft The old homestead, with the great oak before the door, remains yet in ponce anion of the family, pre served in eomnaemoration of the dis tinguished visitor. n ashiagtoa waa so well pleased with his reception and entertainment at Ux bridge that he wrote the following letter to Mr. Taft, which k carefully pre served ia the family: "Haktfosd, Xovemker 8, inf. "mr: Being wfenaed mat you save given my name o ae of your som, aad called asotaev after Mrs. Washlactoa's family (Deadridee), aad bewg moreover very much i(efte4 with the HHxfrtMi ihhI intxxwat looks of year two daughters, Patty and folly, I do for these ; seed each of these girls a piece of chintz; aad te x-aity, irno Dears tne same 01 mn. wasiimg toa.and who waited more upon us than le41y did, I ced live Rwiaeaa. with wkiek she may bay herself any little orMuseats she may want, or she may dispose of them ia aay ether meaner more agreeable to herself. "As I iki not give these things with a view to have it talked of, or even of its being knows, the lew there is said a boat the matter the better you will ploaio me: but that I may he sere the chlatc aad mosey have got safe to hsad. let latty, who I dare say is equal to it, write me a tiae tnfermlag aw thereof, directed To the freithteat of the Urn ted States, at Kw York.' I whm yea aad year family watt, sad am year hamwe servant, 0. Wash I aero." The marshal de Bassompierre was employed by Heary IV. oa several emhesshM. tie once told ihe king that when he went aa ambassador to Spain he rode iato Madrid oa the moat beau tifal mme he bad ever seen, which had beea sent by the Spanish monarch lor hht special use. "Ha, he, what a comical sight," laughed out the bolstsrou king; "aa ass upon a mulef" "Yes, 4re," aahl BaeaawaUrre ceoily, "1 repreeentoi yew majlMf." Att tfc

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set M-ai tapesialty Arrsaeed from 8. 8. Qasrtcrtr.) umscm ros rsaavAHr m. mc oe&oax Tkxt. To-day if ys will hear me wmcc, hsfdea act your hcata,Hch, Sj M. Cwmu, Tatrru. The went of car fkt atndes forever, aaalast every eabrt Ui dutrag H or prevent its fetalhacat. TMS.-U December, H tr Ht H, a The flfthyesr of Jehowkim, Us aiatk meam sf the Jewtoh MttckMM year. Tea or twelve years before lh last lessee. Pica TMimlseccf JehoUkim ia Jaruia Ism. KinoaJeboUkiai, of Jadah; Xscusaassnaar, of ltabylon. CiMCUMSTAKCB. Xebuehsdaetasr had banieaed Jerusalem ia the third (Daa. 1:1) sad fourth (Jsr. s:l) years of Jehoiskha. Ifm father was klag of nsbrtoa, hut died while the acted a large tribute, aad returned Ut Bsbytea to take possession of bis kleedom. To-day's losses took place ia his absence 'aad hcase King Jehoiakln was eon tides t that he wcaht escape the thrsateaiags of Joremlsh that Babylon would doktroy Jerusalem. Hm.fs Ovum II a ho Futcus.-JercflUah was tommsndsd to write out the sum of a Is prephoctes during the twsaty-thrse years of his propkssyiuK. The roll, or book, waa rsad to the people at a fast-day serriea la the tsmplc Thsa It was road to the priaeca aad leading aaea eft be nation. Those were sc 1stpressed with the warnings of the prophet that they determined to report to the klrnr. la hepee that he would repeat aad the aatloa he saved. M. "Bsrueh:" Jeremiah's scribe. "Hide thesi" If the klag did not need them he weald try tc kill the prophet aad his helper. M. The court:" The laser court where the kmc re ceived. "Laid up the roll :" Books were cf tea ia the form of a roll. They were afraM. that the king woe id destroy it. K. "Wieter Or. apartments. The lower aad warmer ones. "A Are oa the hearth:" Mot ia a arspiace like ours. They had no ehmiasys The are was in a put of eharseat ia a place hollowed out m the pavement of the court. 9a. "Throe or four leaves:" Or, eelsains, written across the rdL He:" The klac (see Revised Version). Be read only a Httle, bat bunted the whole. JH. "Were net afraid-." The writer is astoabmsd at the dullof their minds aad hardness of their hearts. "Nor ... his servaets;" Mis ,stteadsats, not the priaass. 30. "Keae tc sit apoB.thcthroae:" 80 aa to rshra as his sacHis sea. Jebotakim. triad to. hut his ey was becleeed all the time, aad kt three months he was carried away eocttve. I.KSSOX COMMSXT. nrtadfc TAtlf at .Tstmteila Is tA kaan 4mta 41am. rc " v woman as ecu tnroit vwm titp good of the people, but after this there again came times of degeneration, aad under Jehoiakim things had come to a bad pass. This was not because there was bo prophet in-the land to give the king advice; for Jeremiah was still living, and did all that was in his power to arrest the downward course of events. Hut to him the king and his counsellors would give no heed. As instance of this, most painful, and yet graphic, we have ia our lesson for to day. To get a clear idea of the whole transaction, the entire chapter must he read carefully. Notice the triple reading of the words of the prophet, first ia the ears of the people, then In the hearing of certain princes of the land, aad lastly in the presence of the king himself. In the latter ease there was a fire of coals in the room where the king sat, and aa the words of the prophet were read the king in his imbecile rage cut the roll with his penknife, and burned up the obnoxious prophecies. They plead with him not to do so wick ed a thing, bet they apeak to deaf ears. When this pert of the tragedy came to an end, the king gave command ment that Jeremiah should be arrested and thrust into prison. But Jeremiah hid himself from the king's agents, aad so for awhile escaped. Hut this is act the end of the whole matter. Jeremiah calls for his scribe, and again writes the very same words that the king had burned, "and there were added to them, besides, many like words." So the king failed utterly in his effort to extinguish the utterance of this servant of God. It was childish folly for him to think that by sueh actions he could in any way affect the future, or turn aside the judgments that Jeremiah had pronounced. I once read the story of aa infidel who got so angry with the Bible that he tore up his copy and burned it in hht own fire pease. Now it so happened that a part m a leaflet blew out of the fire aad fell near his feet He stooped down to piek it up and throw it back into the fire, when these words met hht eye: "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Word shall not paea away." This so impressed his mind that he eventually changed and beoame an earnest Christian. We are not so bad that. And yet there are some who ia reality doing no better. Sup posing that an absent father were to write a letter to hht child, and bid the efaild do certain right things. Aad suppose that that child were to hum thai letter up, what would you think of that child? Hut supposing that instead of burning the letter up. the child were to read H often, and yet in bo way obey the injunctions, would that be any more filial than to burn the letter up? Would there be much difference between these two children? I think not Well, there are many people who have God's word in their hands, who would not burn 14 up, but who study it Sunday after Sunday, and yet they do net obey what it says. The trouble is not that they do not understand it They do; yet they remain as they ween, and do not be come followers of the Master. What shall we say about such people? Are tltey better or worse than Jehoiakim? Worse! Why? Because they have more light than ever he had. They hare the New Testament aa well as the okl, and. they have the aid of the Holy Spirit to larger measure than he had; and se their responsibility is greater than hht was, and their condemnation will he heavier than was hht if they reject the Word of the living God. Rev. A. F. SehauHer, D. D. rXACTKJAL avMBsTMMs. 1. Revivals of Bible study lead to revivals of reUgkm. 1 There is no greater mistake them to imagine that we can destroy an unwelcome truth by refusing to hear H. S. till God's warnings are given to lead us to repent aad to esoepe the threatened eviL 4. Refusing to hear warnings ie to shut the door of hope aad salvation ha er own faces. I. Nothing caa destroy the Ward ef Oed. It

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