Ligonier Banner., Volume 24, Number 51, Ligonier, Noble County, 3 April 1890 — Page 7

THE EASTER MESSAGE. Once more the promise of the spring, The quickening and awakening Of sap and shoot, ‘ And tender root. ; i Once more the,miracle of birth Along the length and breadth of earth; ; Once more the breath P Of life for death. Released again from winter’s doom " Of frozen days, from Lenten gloom, ‘We seem to stand : In some new land, _ And fresh the breeze that blows abroad ' That brings the message of our Lord, : . The Heavenly breath Of life for death. Oh ! spirit folded in thy sleep, Y - Oh! soul long buried fathoms deep Beneath the old Material mold, Fling off the load that, year by year, . Has vailed thy sight and dulled thine ear; And as the lark : Doth, soaring, hark . To Heavenly sounds, so hearken thou To that low voice that calleth now. Across the dark, : Oh! wake and hark. The night goes fast! Oh, wake and pray, For 'tis the dawn of Easter Day, ‘When Heaven doth lift Above the drift : Of self and sense; when budding earth Renews the parable of birth; . . When Christ doth wake . With us to break The bond of sense, which is our pall, Doth wake and wait while He doth call: * Oh, here and now ! ' Awaken thou!” i . - —Nora Perry, in Youth’s Companion. : (Q EASTER BLOSSOMS. The Romance of Two Boxes of Flowers.

: [Written for This Paper.] 66°)\ v'@ @\OU will be sare N 7 L&/ to send them R \HJ /¥4 Saturday after(Eah So\ WWP Y v AL SR noon without NN I} cail, and be : «{,‘.7////\‘l;;{/41!‘,’4_:? § { careful to have : “\\,{’.',s%"‘\,?2/—'»“ ’ them packed so //é){ﬁﬁ% i that they will ey ) * 3 ; /A ‘./:w £ keep fresh until .' ’;';‘;;,“ ' the next day?” Tt 3%/47, 33 (¢Certainly, /‘W?*w IS, SIT. . ! . e //_«\ W=y “And here’s my card, /9\ < which I' should like to :‘ ®4A. have you put in the box ] Ey‘.)’* with the flowers.” Jrac Al mght osie The foregoing conversation took place between Jack Storrs and Smith, the florist. The first-named gentleman, having tender regards for a certain young ' lady, had several days before Easter determined upon a visit to the horticulturist’s to make sure of a choice pick from the many fine blossoms on sale there. . ! 1

-He was exceedingly particular, -as most youmg men under similar circumstances are, and had ordered several dozen Jacqueminots, her f:worit;er flower. He paid the florist’s fat bill without a murmur and departed, self-satisfied and happy in the thought of the surprise and delight with which his fair inamorata would; receive this thoughtful compliment. ;

“He lived in another world, almost, for the remainder of the week,. being hardly able to wait until Sunday “when he could «call and tell her the old, old story that is ever new. ! At the florist’s Saturday all was bustle. and confusion. Notonly were .there numerous orders to fill and deliver, enough to keep Bill, the errand boy, busy dll day, but the store was continually thronged with a heterogeneous collection of humanity with a -great diversity of tastes waiting to secure their modest little parcels of nosegays. by * The order in which we are particularly interested had been as carefully packed as the great rush would allow and Bill was receiving instructions as to its delivery, and was told to step lively, as another large box (was awaiting delivery to its destination at the other end of town. He started at alively gait, but as the distance increased between him and the store his speed correspondingly decreased. However, he was making good headway when some one sang out:

‘ ‘‘Hello, Bill! Rather hustlin’ to-day, ain’t you? Jimminy, but yours is no snap! What's you got in the box—posies? Let’s have a peep, won’t yer? The guvnor.’ll never know” (this with a sly wink and cunning chuckle meant for the group of boys an the corner, and indicating that he was proficient in all the questionable arts of the street gamin). :

Bill, although acquainted with Dan, and, boy-like, admired his questionable accomplishments, knew his mother disliked him and was averse to his having any thing to do with him. He also knew his employer objected emphatically to his loitering when senton an errand and really meant to keep on without stepping, when Dan said:

“Can’t you hole up a minnit, or is yer -gettin’ so high-toned yer can’t talk to yer old fren’s what' used to be good enough to :assocerate with? I'se got somethin’ to show yez what ’ll make them eyes©’ yourn water with enwiousness. But yer can’*see it till we all has one peep as the flowers. What I'se got

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their eagerness he found it difficult to remove the cover. Finally this was ac complished, however, and then all wanted to occupy the best position to see. 1t commenced with a gentle crowding, and was followed by one of the boys on the outer edge giving a little push and the next .fellow giving a still harder push, until, seized with .a sudden and mischievois impulse, two or three of the boys gave a tremendous shove against those standing next to Bill, who was holding’ the precious box, and ‘despite all they could do down they went and the box shot out into tha street, distributing its contents allalong the pavement and gutter. A lively wind was blowing at the time, and the way it sent those blossoms flying was a «caution. Bill, dazed and speechless with terror at the accident, seemed unable to make a move, and before he could recover his scattered senses his friends: had each grabbed a flower and ran. . After the first fright was over he began to consider what was to be done to extricate himself from this predicament. There was only one thing he could do, he thought, and that was to put a bold face on the matter and say nothing about it unless found out. _ And Jack, in blissful ignorance of the fate of his present and what its loss would, in the days to come, mean to him and his adored, waited with impatience the coming of Easter. ' : | Sunday came at last, however, with warm southern breezes. and a cloudless sky; one of those 'bright days when a ‘‘young man’s fancies” are. supposed to “lightly turn to thoughts of love.” “That morning Jack made his toilet with particular care and was ready for church a full half-hour before time for services, a thing of which he was seldom guilty. He thought to take it leisurely and reach the church none too early, but love is impatient, and as he approached the church the bells were yet chiming forth their sweet, glad Easter greeting to a saved world. ‘ v

Jack was a modest young man, fond of seeing and not being scen, and so settled himself in a pew in the back part of the church. The edifice was most beautifully and artistically decorated and festooned with rare plants and flowers. The pulpit platform was one great bank of blooming foliage. It was a sight both refreshing and lovely and Jack could not help enjoying the scene, though his thoughts were far away.

The organ pealed forth in response to the animated touch of the enthusiastic organist, the choir and congregation rose to join their voices in one glad burst of hosannahs of praise to God in the highest whose Son had died and today is risen, but still the one Jack most wished to see came not.. He had been casting furtive glances im the direction of the door, and as the great concourse of people was singing the last line of the hymn he was rewarded by seeing her enter. But—was it possible? Could he believe his eyes? ' Yes; they had revealed only too faithfully the true condition of affairs. The confusion of thoughts thatecame rushing upon him made his brain whirl round and round, and ere he could regain his composure she had passed up the aisle to her father’s pew, never deigning a look or smile in his direction, although he was certain she had seen him. « =

The agony of that long and, to him, almost endless hour! Will he ever forget it? The air was stifling; he could hardly catch his breath. And how he hated himself and Lydia and every body else. - :

But finally the last hymn was sung, the last prayer said, and he was breathing the fresh air once more. As he became more rational he began to suspect that ;. perhaps, through some possible oversight, the florist had not filled his order. No soomer had he reached this conclusion than he started with haste in that direction.

‘‘Storrs? Storrs? Why, most assuredly, sir. Box of flowers to young ladv in B. street, to be delivered Saturday p. m. Were they not received?” *“Well—er—l eouldn’t say positively. That is—l mean she did not wear them this morning,” said poor, confused Jack, blushing violently. . .

*“Of course they were sent. 1 remember now, the boy started early in the afternoon with them and when he returned he said he had delivered them all right.” i Not a word could Jack say. To his mind there was but one version to the whole affair, and in his anger and indignation at the terrible cut he accepted it as the true one. i

The weary weeks and months dragged themselves out, and Jack was seldom seen at the numerous gatherings and socials. Lydiawasmnearlyalways there, however, and entered into the gayeties with a spirit that unsuccessfully tried to be light and happy.

There was an ache in her heart and many a tear fell in ‘the privacy of her own room, where of late she spent a large share of her time. " Papa and mamma noticed that something ailed their darling girl, and, not being able to assigm a better reason for her white face and delicate appetite, concluded 'she mneeded a ehange of air and scenery. This Lydia denied most stoutly, and protested that she was in perfect health.. She knew but toe well what would bring back the sunshine to her bright eyes and lovely face. She knew, but said not a word to anybody. But it was so hard. She could not understand why Jack acted as he did and never came near her any more. Wh;a},t had she done that he should avoid her so? If she could butsolve the mystery, assign some motive for Jack’s conduct!

As time wore on they drifted farther and farther apart, until the breach became' so wide that scemingly nothing could bridge it and restore the lovers to each other again. i . . Jack’s bosom friend, Charley Walters, knew there was something wrong, but for the life of him he could not fathom the mystery. He was too considerate of his friend’s feelings to dwell on a subject so evidently painful to him, and but for a few little slips Jack had unconsciously made he knew practically nothing about the affair. | Summer and autumn had come and gone, winter was fast going, and as spring approached Charley was no nearer a solution of his friend’s depression than he had been months before. They were speaking of the early spring that was promising, and Charley said:

> “Well, the Lenten season is nearly completed, and with the revival of society’s gayeties I want you, my friend, also to throw off this melancholy spirit and be cheerful again as you used to be." :’5 e i

His friend sat silent for a moment as if mentally debating some question, and then replied:

“I never told you, Charley, why I have changed so within the past year. I have hesitated so long because the subject is a most painful one to me, I tell you

now that you may understand and not insist that I go with you into society.” He told the entire story faithfully and wound up with: “It was a terrible blow to me to be treated thus by the girl I loved so dearly. To be sure I never intimated by word of mouth that I cared for her, but how could I speak when I loved her so intensely and knew not that my love was in the leastreciprocated.” : “But is it not possible that you might be mistaken? Perhaps 'the flowers never reached her,” said' his sympathetic friend, in a vain endeavor to comfort him.

“Ah! but I made sure of that by going to the florist’s afterward. How can I enter into the pleasures of the season when my heart is so heavy and sad? I'm obliged to you for your kindness and sympathy, old fellow, but really I can’t.” -

Thus ended the matter for the present, and Charley went home for the night. L He was not so certain of Lydia’s dis‘like for his friend. Had he not noticed the sad, listless expressicn that appeared at times upon her face despite her endeavor to hide it? Was he not more capable of rendering a fair judgment than his love-sick friend? Didn’t he know a thing or two about such affairs, even 'if he had mnever been really in love himself? Yes, Charley thought gO, and lay awake long after midnight thinking and planning. Suddenly he sat up in bed with a jerk and his fist flew out and came down with a crack on his shin that but for his enthusiasm would have made him wince. “I have it!” he exclaimed, ~and turning over he went peacefully to sleep. . The next few days he carried about with him a -certain air of mystery, and when he met his friend Jack a curious smile illumined his features. But Jack, poor, dear, blind fellow! was oblivious to every thing excepting his own great grief, and suspected nothing. ‘ 1t was Saturday afternoon, the day before Easter, and we find Charley making his way rapidly across -the street to the florist’s, evidently trying to avoid detection. - -

When he reappeared a good-sized box reposed under his arm and a generous smile suffused his always pleasing countenance. From his actions it

would almost seem, if one did not know honest, jolly Charley Walters, that he

NN 77 N 3 A I”M!' ‘-..--\\.‘;! 1 ,"‘*ﬁibj‘ i NI/ il i| | A / I ‘@,"’_Jiﬁ\\v & U g g RIL (Rt AN g LT LSSI oL ] i \\“\\y\\ Y /- : gﬁ%ﬁ G el te I T AT 5“"—3;3' . SN EORSSYRY (e vl.,:‘k e oo\ \SRER T v Al Pl Il < R . L, T R SHE EXTENDED HER NEATLY - GLOVED HAND. . - was bent on sSome evil mission. He slipped around the corner, whispered a few mysterious words into the ears of a youngster standing there, transferred the box he was carrying to his willing hands, took a silver piece from his pocket, gave it to the boy and was gomne. Next morning Jack must go to church. Charley awon’t- hexr to any thing else. The church was, decorated much as it was last Easter, the congregation was much the same, as was also the service. They are seated in one of the back pews and are glancing around when—what is the matter with Jack? His actions are quite alarming; but don’t be apprehensive, dear reader, for what he sees is only a very pretty young lady with a happy smile on her face and a lovely bunch of roses nodding at her corsage. Just such as he had sent her the year before. Has the past year been all a terrible dream and is this that first Easter, thé day on which he had expected to be so happy; or is the present scene an optical delusion, the vision of a disordered brain? While all this and much more was passing through Jack’s brain Charley sat composedly back in his seat apparently much engrossed with the speaker’s remarks, and when the congregation was finally dismissed he detained his friend in the vestibule of the church on one pretext or another until Lydia approached. To Jack’s utter amazement she stepped forward, extended her neatly-gloved hand frankly, invited him to call, gave him. her sweetest smile and was gone before he could utter a word or make a move.

‘“What does it mean, Charley; what shall I do? Am I awake or is this all a dream?”’ | :

“Never more wide awake in your life, my dear boy,” chuckled Charley, ‘‘ard as to what you're to do, I can only give this advice: Accept this gracious ‘nvitation without delay. And until I see you again, good-bye.” We will not follow Jack as, with light, quick: steps that he has been a stranger to this long while, he goes to the home of his loved one. We will leave him in peace with her and will not listen to the explanations and tender words that are spokon during this, the happiest moment of their lives. When next Jack sees Charley he has to seek him at his own domicile, and he goes at him with a good-natured rush, preceded and followed and interspersed by the discharge of a whole artillery of happy laughter. : “Confess! you rascal! you scheming, jolly meddler. Who sent those flowers and put my card with best wishes written on it into the box? Who laid the neatest, nicest, happiest, luckiest plot in the world and carried it out to the satisfaction of all parties concerned? Oh! I've found you out, and now you'll have to congratulate me, old boy, and promise you’ll be best man at the wedding, which Lydia, dear little girl, has consented to attend with me in the near future.” WiLris S. EDSON.

4 The Imperious ¥awn, Two rosy lips each other press ; And two deep dimples deeper make; Two eyes, with struggling lids, confess 'Tis hard to keep themselves awake; Two rosy lips more tightly drawn— The little lady will not yawn. ;

Two rosy lips that slowly yield And part, and meet, and part anew; Two eyes, whose drooping lids are sealed As flowers elose when falls the dew; Alas! her “will not” all is gone— - The little lady needs must yawn. . —Henry Moore, in Bt. Nicholas

THE LAW OF LOVE. ° fnternational Sunday-School Lesson for . April 8, 1890. i LESSON TEXT—Luke 6:27-38. i ; "GOLDEN TEXT—AS ye viould that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.—Luke 6:31. ~ TiME—Summer of A. D. 8, a few days or weeks after the last lesson. ‘ PLACE—According to ' tradition the Sermon on the Mount was spoken on the Horns of Hattin,. or Mount of Beatitudes, a squareshaped hill, about sixty feetin height, with two tops, near the center of the West coast of the Sea of Galilee, two or three miles from the sea, ‘and seven southwest from Capernaum. Jesus, between thirty-one and thirty-two years of age. John the Baptist, thirty-two years old, imprisoned in Castle Macherus. L PARALLEL AcCCOUNTS—Matt. 5:43-48; 7:1, 2. 'INTERVENING HISTORY—The call of Matthew, soon after the last lesson (Luke 5:27, 28). (His feast was probably later.) The plucking of the ears of grain on the Sabbath and the discourse occasioned thereby (6:1-5). The man with the withered hand (6:6:11). The calling of the twelve to be apostles, the morning on which was preached the Sermon on the Mount (6:13-19). , '

- THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT—This sermon is given both by Matthew and Luke, but Matthew’s is much the fuller, occupying one hundred and seven - verses to Luke's thirty. This sermon is Christ’s inaugural address, setting forth some of the principles and laws of the new Kingdom of Heaven. CIRCUM®TANCES—The time had come for a new stage of development in Christ’'s work of redemption, and He prepared for it by spending a whole night in prayer upon a mountain. In the morning He selected from those who believed in Him and had followed Him twelve disciples, including the four He had chosen & ghort time before. These were to be especially trained for the work of founding the ncw Kingdom. He then taught them and the people some ‘of the great principles of His Kingdom. To-day’s lesson is a part of this address. -ExPLANATORY.—I. The Law of Love as Applied to Enemies.—Vers. 27-29. 2. But I say wuntoyou. Emphasison the I. Contrasting Jesus teaching with the false views of the scribes, who said: “Thou shalt love thy neighbor,” quoting from Lev. 19:18, and then added their own teaching to this, “and hate thine enemy” (Matt. 5:43). Uilo you which lear. (1) To every body, not to the twelve alone. (2) To you who listen with the inward as well as the ottward ear; in whom prejudice, selfishness, a wrong will, do not dull the hearing of the soul. ZLove your enemies. Dr. Hopkins, in his Law of Love, describes love as (1) desire, the common element of all love; this desire is rational love, being awakened by ‘‘a perception of worth, as distinguishea from worthiness.”. (2) An inclination toward or ‘complacency in the object loved. This also is a gommon element in all love. In rational’love this ‘“‘propension of mind” toward the being loved is a spontaneous desire that he should-attain the end or purpose of his being.. But (3) the main element of rational love, and that which makes it rational and free is ‘‘a choice, for the being, of his end, and such a devotement of ourselves te him —hat is, to the attainment by him of his end and good—that we shall be willing to make sacrifices for it, as we would for our own.” Applying this to our enemies, to those who have precisely the opposite feelings toward us and our welfare, to love ° our enemies is (1) to desire their. good, : sincerely and from the heart, because we perceive the importance to them of their highest good. (2) To voluntarily devote ourselves to their attaining their highest good, so that we are willing to make sacrifices for it as we would for our own. Now these inward feelings, both of love and of enmity, will express themselves in various ways, as described in the commands which follow. Do good to them which hate you. Who detest, pursue with ‘hatred, act out their inward feelings of hatred. Not only your feelings, but your actions, mustbe exactly contrary to theirs toward you. Solomon in his Proverbs (25: 20, 21), and Paul, quoting the same in his Epistle to the Romans’ (12: 'RO), give an example of the way to fulfil this command: *‘Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink; for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.” (28.) Bless them that curse you. Speak words of peace, kindness and love to those who revile and insult you.—G. W. Clark. Thisislove’s answer in words to the words of hatred.. And pray for them. Bear them upon your heartss to the good Father of all, seek the highest influences for their good. Which despitefully use you. ‘‘Treat you abusively.” The Greek word implies the coarsest insults. — Cambridge Bible ¢‘Hostile speech,accompanied with hostileaction.” —Clark. One form of this isexpressed in persecution (Matt. 5:44). 29. And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek. This is a further manifestation of hatred. Offer also the other. The general principle ‘‘resist. not evil” (Matt. 5:39; 1 Cor. 6:7; 1 Pet. 2:19-23) impressed forever en the memory and conscience of ‘mankind by a striking paradox. That it is only meant as a paradox in its literal sense is shown hy the .fact that our Lol Himself, while most divinely true to its spirit; did not act on the letter of it (John 18:22, 23). The remark of a good man on reading the Sermon on the Mount: ‘“Either this is not true, or we are no Christians,”” need not be correct of any of us.—Cambridge Bible. Now there is no example of patience more perfect than that of the Lord; yet He, when He was smitten, said not: “Behold the other cheek,” but ‘“ifl have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou Me?” (John 18:23), hereby showing us that the turning of the other cheek should be i the beart. Indeed, the Lord wasready not only to be smitten on the cheek for the salvation of men, but to be crucified with His whole body.—Augustine. See also Paul’s interpretation of this command by His conduct (Acts 23:8).

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Now with regard to Railroad Facilities Grand Junction is to-day the terminus of the Denver & Rio Grande nagrow guage from Denver westward, and the terminus of the Rio Grande Western from Salt Lake City eastward, and also of the litgﬁe Book Cliff Railroad. The Denver & Rio Grande and the Colorado Midland are now building a broad gauge road down the valley of the Grande to meet at ‘Grand Junction the broad gauge road now building from Salt Lake eastward. All of these broad gauge roads are to be completed by next June, the grading being now practically completed and track-laying commenced. These thus give an outlet in-every direction| for this season’s crops, and in a short time several other trunk lines will be built here, fully a dozen others having already made surveys or now making them with a view of either terminating at this point or passing through. Representatives of two large Smelting syndicates have been here within the past few days, wig a view of securing suitable sites for-the erection of Smelters. More anon. W W. F.

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