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We cannot anchor in thy hay.
There la ro holding ground;
We cannot linger by tho way.
Our l-ar«iue is outward bound,
Tet. as we skirt thy blissful shore.
We fain would with thee stay.
For we shall never see thee more.
Sweet Island of To-day.
We know not whither we are bound,
’ We sail the unknown sea;
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Our heart s desire, yet we
Know not our course, with wind and tide
We simply sail away;
Yet we would fain with thee abide.
Sweet Island of To-day,
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neck, and sealing my Ups with a kiss,
cried In a nervous, half-sobbing, half-
taken Mv futar® happiness depended
on my regaining Metta’s cadence
half of her love depended on the blind
trust she had placed in me. 1 was on
my knees before her In a minute and
was saying in tones 1 tried to make
stern and commanding:
• See here, Metta, don’t be a fool.
Do you think 1 would have come if I
had not recognized your handwriting.
Poor little girl, you did try to disguise
it but such things don’t work with
eyes sharpened by love. I knew that
vou had written the note but the idea
struck me as novel, this mysterious
meeting in a down town cafe with my
own wife. So I let you come."
Well if sometimes Metta s childish,
trusting mediocrity of Intellect has
fatigued me, I blessed it that night,
since thanks to it, she credited my
words and saved me from a very
awkward position.
Only I can assure you that I have
sworn off answering pink notes or vio
let scented ones.
STRIKING FACTS ABOUT SLEEP.
SETTLE OUT
COURT
Chicago Judge Gives Humming Bird
Story and Advises Withdrawal
CHICAGO:    Acting as an umpire
and not as a United States judge.
Judge C. C. Kohlsaat may settle the
controversy over the reinsuring and
transferring of the Western Life in-
demnity, which for the past week has
been occupying the attention of sev-
eral judgts and state insurance of-
ficials.
At the conclusion of arguments be-
fore Judge Kohlsaat on the propo-
sition of the issuance of a restraln-
g order against the transfer, the
in a
never
it may —
For a long time I held the dainty,
violet-scented envelope unopened in
my hand. What train of memories
this pink envelope and that subtle
fragrrscy of violet brought to my
blase heart! How it recalled the hot
years of my youth during which I had
sown a rather profuse crop of w'lld
oats. At that time those scented
notes, some pink, some blue, soms
lavender, had formed the bulk of my
correspondence and had carried with
them the delightful touch of intrigue
which a wild youth would naturally
crave. But to-day, why should I re-
ceive one—I, a married man?
I turned the letter over three or
four times, then tore it open and read
the following words written
crumpted handwriting 1 had
seen before:
“Dear Old Tony—Though
be folly to make such invitation to a
married man, I risk it any way. I will
he this evening at 10:30 in room No
16 of the Bon Ton Cafe and will wait
for you. "One who loves you. ^
“Z.
I was astounded. What could this
mean? Who was this myster’ous
■“Z” who could be so bold as to make
such rendezvous at the Bon Ton, one
•of the gayest restaurants of the city .
In my younger days 1 wouldn't have
hesitated a second—but now I had a
wife, a weak, babyish, clinging crea-
ture,’ whose childish ways were some-
what tiresome, that's true, but whom
1 deeply loved. I crushed the note
with an Impatient gesture, then lit
a match and watched it burn, a right-
eous frown upon my brow. Such fol-
lies were not for me. I would not go.
By six o’clock I had changed my
mind and had persuaded myself that
my very life depended upon my going
to that rendezvous. For the first time
since my marriage I was embarrassed
before my wife during the dinner,
which I barely tasted. I oould only
reply in monosyllables to her gay,
childish prattle.
When dinner was over, and as tne
maid removed the dishes, she came
and sat on the arm of my chair and
-with hdr fingers tried to erase the
trown which my conflicting thoughts
had caused to gather on my brow.
“Is my darling worried about some-
thing?” she asked, as her blonde head
nestled on my shoulder.
“Yes, sweetheart,” I replied, thank-
ful that her eyes were lower and she
could not see my face. “I am more
than worried, for I am deeply disap-
pointed. I had planned to spend the
evening with you, as usual, but a
business appointment with a man
from out of town will call me back
to tho office this evening, and it may
be midnight—maybe later—before 1
can get home.
With her eyes still averted from
mine, but with a little quiver of the
body, like a child about to sob, she
-said in disappointed tones:
“You surely are not going out again
to-r.ight. Can’t that horrid business
wait until to-morrow. A married^man
rshould stay home with his wife.
That last sentence sounded as a re-
proach to my already alarmed con
science, but I again forced it to sil-
ence by assuring myself that my sole
laughing voice:
“Oh, I know that all women of our
set envy me, I have everything I
want but, oh Tony what I care for
the most, what would kill me to lose
or share with another, is your love
I could not live if I thought that you
could even think of another.
That old nuisance of a conscience
again raised a reproaching voice and
I was about to say that business
could wait and that I would not re-
turn to the office, when a vision of
that pink, violet-scented note passed
before my mind's eye and my good
One of the Most Mysterious of *n«
Ways of Nature.
“Shakespeare," said a scientist,
“called sleep the ape of death. That
is a striking name for a striking thing.
Sleep is a wonderland. I-<et us ex-
plore iL    ,
"Self-hypnotism Is a mysterious
force that we can exercise on our-
selves in sleep alone. We are all
self-hypnotists. We a”, on certain
nights, tell ourselves firmly that we
must not oversleep, that the next
morning-at 4, at 5 or 6 precise-
ly we must wake up. Our sleep-
i«cr selves respond to the hyp
appointment of a receiver and a gen-
eral accounting from the officials, .lie
court suggested that the warrinc at-
torneys “get together" and see if the
entire matter could not be settled out
of court.
“The main question here is to pre-
serve the right and property of the
policy holders," said Judge Kohlsaat.
"Why cannot you gentlemen leave all
personalities out of this case anil set-
tle the matter out of court? You are
now engaged in personalities, until it
reminds mo of the chase after the
humming bird,
it was dead.
GOLDEN text.
glad.—l’sa. 126-5.
I The Prophecies of the Return.—
Even before the beginning of the ex-
ile when it was only threatened
there was joined with the warning a
promise of restoration. See La. *
and 11. Assyria the oppressor should
be destroyed like a cedar, though it
towered like the huge cedars of 1-eb-
anon (La. 10: tM9. '->4. S3 34; romp
E7ek. 31: 311). The point of this
prophecy lies in the fact that the ce-
dar. although "the grandest of the
daughter, of the forest, yet wi n
once cut down, never springs up again.
Isaiah again and again prophesies the
return (chapters 40-66)    »»
names Cyrus as the one through
J whom it should come. Through Eze-
When it was caught k(ej fnnu. promises of the new ne
LESSON THREE—OCTOBER 15.
The Lord hath done great tilings for us. whereof
w ucu *1 WHO    Kifi    ...... I
U was ueuu. I suggest that you get whlch would render the return m •
together and settle this controversy ly possible (Kzek. 11 and
out of court, thus doing away with pictures the valley of dl?’
all this publicity, which is harmful tc hollztng the condition o !’™‘    ^
the good will of the company.”    ttvity, again coming to 1 *
the good
Attorneys representing
both sldOF tmn (Kzek. 37). See Kzek.
20, 33. 34
Isaiah, is
clations of sin, through appeals to do
♦o accept tho suggestion of the court.
NO McCALLISM IN MISSOURI
better through promises and visions of
__ , hope, to make the people return splr-
New York Life President Must Resign Itually to God,. that they might return
Or Bars Will Go Up
JEFFERSON CITY, MO.:    W.
of the
D.
tn-
notlc suggestion made the night be-
m v st ertous and ^r"klng'isn't it? Still I Vandiver, superintendent
morTmysSeriousTnd striking, though, surar.ee department of Missouri in
more mysterious    I probability will take action to re-
voke the license of (he New lork
Life Insurance company to do busi-
ness in this state, along the same
lines adopted in Nevada and Colorado
Unless certain money improperly
diverted from the New York Life's
trust funds are replaced and Presi-
dent McCall resigns his office, Mr.
Vandiver says he will undoubtedly
take action within a few days.
When asked what action the Mis-
souri insurance department would
take, Mr. Vandiver replied:
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is the fact of our keeping track of
the time somehow in our slumber.
How on earth do we do that?
“It is impossible to do without
sleep. Men have slept standing, even
running. They have slept in battle,
under fire, with guns roaring on all
sides. They have slept in unendur-
able and deadly pain.
“There is no torture equal to that
which the deprivation of sleep entails.
The Chinese are the cruelest folks on
earth, and the most ingenious of tor-
turers. Well, the Chinese place the
deprivation of sleep at the head of
their torture list.    ___ ,    .
“Sleep is a state of rest. The heart
rests in sleep. The heart is a rhythmic
muscle, not one that never
but one that works at short shifts,
like a puddler, a moment on, a mo-
ment ofT. Well, when we sleep, the
heart’s shifts of rest are redoubled.
It works then, one on, two off. getting,
indeed, pretty nearly as much repose
as we do.
“The brain in sleep becomes pale
u.    t    , and sinks below the level of the skulk
resolution came to naught.    I must j ^jjen we are awake the brain is high
know the author of that letter.
“This expresses my opinion of what ^ an(j ba(j learned the lessons
is right in the premises, and what I | ^ e^,e waB intended to leach. The
training and discipline to which God
old pathr. "He hath charged me.” He
accepted the prophecies as a charge
from the Cod of the Jews.
3. "Who is there among you?” The
return was to be a volunteer move-
ment, which in all respects was the
best for the purpose of Cyrus and for
the new Jewish settlement. The "Rod
of Israel . . . which is in Jerusa-
lem." As the chief seat of his wor-
ship.
4. “And whosoever romaineth,” R.
V., "Is left" of the captives, survives.
Connect "in nny place where he so-
Journeth," w ithout n comma, with "let
the men of his place.” his heathen
neighbors, "help him with silver," etc.,
give hint funds for his Journey, and
"tin' freewill offering" in aid of the
temple.
IV. The Return.—Vs. 5-11.    5.
“Then rose up the chief of the fath^
ers." The Return described in to-
day's lesson was under Zerubbabel, a
prince of the royal line of David,
called the Tirshatha, or Pasha (Ezra
2: 63), and under Joshua, the heredi-
tary high priest (Ezra 3: 8). These
were among the "chief of the fathers
. . . and the priests."
6. "And all they that were about
them." Their heathen neighbors and
friends, as in Egypt at the time of the
exodus. "Precious things." Their
personal property must have amount-
ed to considerable, for on their ar-
rival at Jerusalem they contributed
$400,000 in gold and silver for the re-
building of the temple. They had 435
camels, 736 horses, and 6,065 beasts
of burden. These were to carry the
women and children, the temple treas-
ures, and the property of tho return-
ing exiles.
7. "Cyrus the king brought forth
the vessels of the house of the ixird.
"Nebuchadnezzar little thought that
“*” “*    . „nj tup kingdom to i he was unconsciously preserving the
i«*B ZrlTm they had renounced sacred vessels of Israel in a safe and
,)e realtored till they 1had ^ ^ lnvlo,ftble HtronKholll, „„ the day
the s ns ^    ,__thp logons when Jehovah would bring about their
in vlstble reality.
Jeremiah, making the same appeals,
goes farther and points out the time
when the return can be made, sev-
enty years after tho captivity. (Jer.
25: 12; 29: 10).
Illustration. “If the return had no
taken place, Judah would have shared
the fate of Israel; it would have blend-
ed with the East. Christianity would
not have existed. The Hebrew Scrip-
tures would have been tost. —Renan.
II. The Two-fold Preparation for
the Return.    ..    .
First:    The Spiritual Preparation of
the Exiles—It was lmposlble for the
right
believe will
be the outcome.
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I pulled back the hood, and then
started back with a cry.
"Why should I receive one?”
■reason for going was to protect this
tender, clinging girl from some bru-
tal revelation of my past wayward
life ‘M
“Yes yes, I know," I hurried to
reply, “but it is for your sake, little
one, that I must go.”
-Ft)r my sake?” she questioned
with pouting lips, but still without
looking up.    , T- at
“Yes, for your sake, dearest. Is it
not for you I work, to give you al
these fine clothes in which your soul
deiights, this home which Is the envy
of other women, this ”
She threw her arms around my
I bowed to my wife passionate pro-
testations of love, I soothed her half-
hysterical emotion, then getting into
my overcoat, I made my escape.
Instead of taking the car, I decided
to walk down town. It was yet two
hours to the appointed time and I
wanted to collect my thoughts. I did
not feel at my ease, I knew I was do-
ing wrong, yet I felt powerless to re-
sist, and I walked and bit discontent-
edly at my cigar.
When I reached the business part
of the city it was still too early so
I amused myself by walking past the
lighted stores and watching the
crowd which passed and repassed in
never ceasing flow.
So keen was my preoccupation that
I forgot myself in the maze of m>
thoughts and only returned to reality
when my eyes encountered the white
dial of a street clock, and I saw that
this indicated twenty-eight minutes
past ten. I reached the Bon Ton cafe
just as the clock struck the half hour.
As the flunkey showed me up to
room 16 he winked In a knowing way
and said:
“Deuced pretty woman, but so ner-
vous and timid. Hasn’t been a round-
er long.”    . , „    ,
More anxious than ever I followed
my guide. Before No. 16 he paused,
ssyins •
"She’s in there, waiting for you."
“Has supper been ordered?" I asked.
“No, sir. Shall we send up some-
thing, ‘sauterne’ and oysters, fo.' in-
stance, followed by
“Yes, perhaps,”* I Interrupted, hast-
ily. “But wait until I order. I will
ring if we want anything.”
He bowed and left me. All this was
so'familiar and yet so strange, that
my head was in a whirl. “Time to
retreat,” kept saying the still, small
voice of duty, but I had gone too far,
I must know all. 1 knocked.
A sweet voice called to enter,
opened the door and stepped In.
the farther end of the room, a wom-
an sat, huddled In a chair, a dainty
white and pink opera wrap covered
her shoulders, the hood of which con-
cealed both her hair and face. I hesi-
tated my heart thumped disorderly
against my bosom. At last, oppressed
by the mysterious silence, I walked
resolutely toward the woman who had
not stirred since 1 had entered.
"Well, I’m here,” I said in tones
I tried to make stern. “Will you
kindly tell me the meaning of your
note. Who are you, anyway?”
With a quick movement I pulled
back the hood, then started back with
a cry, the mysterious woman was—
my wife!
A peal of hysterical laughter greet-
ed my discomfiture, then Metta’s
voice said:
“So this is the business, this Is the
way you love your wife, this—oh, my
heart Is broken!”
And before I had time to recover
from my astonishment, she had drop-
ped back on her chair, her bosom con-
vulsed with wild, passionate sobbing.
In an instant my resolution was
and full and ruddy.
“Not only the brain and heart, but
the ear glands rest in sleep,
why when we awake we al-
even
That is
ways rub our eyes.
The rubbing is
an instinctive action that stimulates
the stagnant tear glands and causes
them to moisten properly our eyes all
dried from their inaction.”
Wanted to Be In Time.
“I would like to look at some house-
hold goods,” said the tall brunette as
she entered the big furniture store
“You see, I expect to be married
soon.”    ...
“Ah, indeed,” smiled the polite
clerk, “just step this way. We have
special Inducements for young cou-
ples just starting in housekeeping.
When is the glad event to come off?"
“Well—er—the day hasn’t been set
as yet.”
“Oh, I see; the lucky young man
has just proposed and-”
“No, he hasn’t proposed yet,
but-”    TI
“Ah, he is going to propose. How
long has he been calling?
“Well, he hasn’t started calling yet,
but--”
“What is the young man s name.
"Really, I don’t know at present,
but mamma says she thinks some
nice young man will start calling soon,
so I wanted to be in time.”
McCall and Mr. Perkins and all others had Bubjected them would have been
who are guilty of misuse of funds ^ falilire> unless a considerable num-
must resign the trust, and if the case ber of (be jews had become sincere
is within the criminal statutes of New ftn(j (jevoted people of Cod. This
York they should be prosecuted as    ‘ ‘    — •
embezzlers by the New York authori
ties.
“One thing Is certain, they must re
place the funds or they can’t do bust
ness in Missouri while I am superin-
tendent of the insurance department.
Mr. McCall has admitted on the wit-
ness stand enough to convict him of
gross violation of the sacred trust,
and I think the demand for his res
ignation should be imperative."
Oklahoma's Insane
GUTHRIE; Tho quarterly report
of the officials of the asylum for the
insane at Norman has been filed in
the territorial auditor’s office, show-
ing 456 patients now being cared fo?
in the institution. During the quar-
ter seventy-three persons were re-
ceived, a total of 535 treated during
that period. The running expenses
of the quarter amounted to $23,211.20
The report of the institute for deaf
and dumb persons has also been filed
showing seventy-eight pupils enrolled.
The running expenses amounted • to
$12,024.40.
Probing Kickapoo Fraud
SHAWNEE:    J. W. Jenkins
Washington, a special inspector
the interior department, is in Shaw-
nee, investigating nlleged frauds con-
cerning dead Kickapoo lands which
have been transferred to while people.
It is said a number of arrest will he
made.
1
At
Mu>!ng« at Night.
Late, late, so late
We learn the way to live;
Late, late, so late
We find what life may give;
We spend our years with lavish hand
Their worth we do not understand,
Till, late, late, so late.
Late, late, so late
We learn what living means;
Late, late, so late
We prize the dew-hung scenes;
We fling away the coin of youth
And do not learn to prize tho truth,
TUI, late, late, so late.
Late, late, so late
We learn how sweet Is love;
Late, late, so late
We find 'tts from above;
We loiter In forbidden ways
And do not learn to hoard our day»,
Till, late, late, so late.
Late. late, so late
We learn the gold from dross;
Late, late, so late
We learn to kiss the cross;
We prize our youth when It takes flight,
We do not read life’s book aright,
Till, late, late, so late.
—Chicago Chronfcle.
Katy Gets Her Pond
MUSKOGEE:    The old landmark
commonly known as the Katy pond
will soon be only a memory. After
years of litigation its legal status was
settled by a decree In the western
district court, fixing the title with
the M„ K. & T. railway. To expe
dite the settlement of the case the
railway company agreed to pay $4,000
to the other claimants. This settle-
ment of a long standing controversy
rids the city of a dangerous nuisance
and provides a suitable site for tho
new round house, freight depot, ma-
chine shop, cooling station and other
improvements that have been contom
olated for some time.
Pacsed Over the Mayor's Veto
LAWTON: The city council passed
the storm sewer contract over the
veto of both the mayor and president
of the council. The contract was let
U J. O. Severns of Guthrie for $38,-•
700, and calls for 52,000 feet of sewer.
This is an addition to the storm
sewer built by the government out of
the lot sale fund, and is completo
throughout the entire original town-
site.
Plenty of Bait.
“Dear me,” pouted the young wlf*
who was wedded to a disciple of IzaaE
Walton, "I don’t see why a man can’t
go fishing without carrying a horrid
bottle.”
“My husband never carries a bot-
tle,” confided the matron next door.
“How nice of him."
“No, he carries a demijohn. But
my grandfather was a great fisher-
man. He never carried either a bot-
tle or a demijohn.”
“Noble man. He must have been
splendid.1’    ,
“Ves. be always carried a keg.
Restrictions Being Removed
MUSKOGEE: At the United States
Indian agency, seventy-five applica-
tions, representing about 12.000 acres
of land, returned from Washington,
were approved by the secretary of
the Interior, removing the restrictions
from land of the allottees. This
makes the land salable and taxable.
D. H. Kelsey, the Indian agent, says
that the applications for the removal
of the restrictions are being henrd
and forwnrded to Washington at. the
rate of twenty-five per day.
the remnant of which Isaiah so often
speaks. For this providential purpose
they were “sifted as wheat’’ like Pe-
ter at the time of the captivity,
was the best of the people who were
carried captive by Nebuchadnezzar.
He needed men of force and charac-
ter for ills service. Thus (unwitting-
ly as to God’s plans) he took away
not merely such men as “e wanted
and dared not leave behind, but such
men as God wanted, wherewith to re-
plant his Canaan In his due time-
Cowles. “Someone has said that in
looking for seed to plant New Eng-
land, two and a half centuries ago,
the Lord sifted two kingdoms (Eng-
land and Holland) for the best they
had With equal truth it may be said
that the Lord of Providence on the
same wise principle, sifted the Jew-
ish people twice over to get out the
best seed for replanting the land
promise.”—Cowles.
The Lessons Learned. The Jews by
the exile were cured of their tendency
to idolatry. They were taught to set
a new value on spiritual religion.
Their hope lay in the Scriptures, and
led to a renewed study of them. The
exile was the period In which the
guardianship, transcription, and study
of the written Scriptures became the
special care of a distinct class after-
wards famous as the great order of
the Scribes. It led, also, to the estab-
lishment of the synagogue for social
worship and reading of the Scriptures,
with its accompanying schools.
III. Cyrus’ Decree of Return. Vs.
1.4 i "In the first year of Cyrus
king of Persia.” Not his first year as
king of Persia (B. C. 546), but either
as conqueror of Babylon (538) or the
first year of his personal rule at Baby-
lon after his other conquests (536).
"The word of the I.ord b> • ■ •
Jeremiah" (25: 12; 29: 10) promising
that he would bring about a return
from captivity after seventy years.
The purpose of the captivity was^ fui-
filled ” R. V., “accomplished.” "The
I ord’ (Jehovah) stirred up the spirit
of Cyrus." How? Directly by his
Holy Spirit, as In many other cases.
This would be no more strange than
the Influence of one mind over an-
other which is a dally experience
among men. 2. By his providence,
gHi.ling Cyrus to see the advantage
of the policy of the return, or leading
such a ruler to the conquering of
Babylon at this juncture. It In quite
possible, it is even implied in the nar-
rative here that Daniel, or some prom-
inent Jew, called the attention of
Cyrus to the prophecy in Jeremiah,
and especially the remarkable proph-
ecy in Isa. 44: 26-28; 45 1.
“A proclamation ... in writ-
ing." The decree was first proclaimed
by a herald, and then put in writing,
so that it might be accessible among
official papers.
2. “Thus saith Cyrus.’ It is prob-
able that the author here gives the
substance of the proclamation, and
not the full official document. “The
lord God of Heaven.” It is natural
that Cyrus should use this title, since
in his cylinder he uses the name of
the Babylonian gods In a similar way-
restoration to his people."—Professor
Beecher.
8. "By the hand of Mlthredath
(given by, or dedicated to Mlthra, the
sun-god). He had these treasures in
his churge. "Sheshbazzar" (flre-wor-
shiper). The Persian name of Zerub-
babel (horn in Babylon).
11. “All the vessels .    . . were
five thousand and four hundred.” This
is more than double the sum of the
preceding numbers—2,499. it is prob-
able that only the larger or more cost-
ly vessels were numbered^ in detail,
and the 5,400 includes a great num-
ber of smaller and less costly ones.
The numbers are given in Ezra 2:
64, 65 as ubout 50,000, of whom 42,-
360 were householders, and 7,337 were
servants. Among them was a com-
pany of singers (Ezra 2: 65, 70). It
is possible that the figures refer to
heads of families, and the women and
children would greatly add to the
whole number.
The Triumphal March Homeward.
"If we may trust later traditions, the
setting out of the ‘Captivity’ for Pal-
estine was joyous in the extreme.
(Read Psa. 126). “Forth from the
gates of Babylon they rode, to the
sound of joyous music—a band of
horsemen playing on flutes and tab-
rets, accompanied by their own two
hundred minstrel Blaves, and one hun-
dred and twenty-eight singers of the
temple (Ezra 2: 41, 65), responding
to the Prophet’s voice, as they quitted
the shade of the gigantic walls and
found themselves in the open desert
beyond. 'Go ye out of Babylon. Flee
from the Chaldeans, with a voice of
singing declare ye, tell this, utter it
even to the end of the earth; say ye,
The Eternal hath redeemed his cerv-
ant Jacob’ (Isa. 48: 20, 21). “The
burst of joy was such as has no par-
allel in the sacred volume; it is, in-
deed, the Revival, the Second Birth,
the Second Exodus of the nation."—
Stanley.
The Heart of the Lesson.
Since the captivity was the result
and the reformatory punishment of
sin, of forsaking the true God and his
righteousness, with the purpose of
saving the religious life of the nation
from utter destruction, as the sur-
geon cuts off a limb In order to save
the life—therefore, It was necessary
that, the captivity should continue till
there was such a turning away from
sin to love and obedience toward
God that there was reasonable hope
of the patient’s recovery through a
long convalescence.
This is a picture of God’s discipline
of his people. He does not love to af*
flict his children. He gives bitter med-
icines in order to bring back health.
His afflictions are to purify the heart,
to ennoble the character, to break
the power of sin, to lead into a high-
er and better life. They must con-
tinue till the lessons are learned; not
till the person is perfect, but till he is
convalescent, till his heart is turned
toward righteousness.
When the set time conies then
there is a joyous return, a revival of
new life, a revival of loving study of
the Scriptures, a coming home to God,
and his conscious presence, to deeper
devotion, and to purer service.
Tho true Christian character when
complete Is a beautiful and costly
temple. Compare Solomon's temple.
The exile’s temple was twenty years,
Herod’s Temple was forty-six
R was liis principle to adopt the god, and 1™    ™ a„ 1 re-
and the worship of the countries ht | g>^“rs *an these for it,
conquered, and thus come not as » wires more
conqueror, but e-“ a restorer of *<-> I completion.