'k QUEEN DETHRONED. ft

g deihroDed. and dnwg gl 1t«ii for all oonditioai and •a; tort. Eatber i. 11-1*, '‘Bring tba qaecn. bef or* tb* king with

the morning li «MtocB*4 and-

tdcrned with inagae of bird I and aoenee of proweei Tba walla an bong ’

JBllar* m maruio

I ant In errrj dlrectii

L gliad with laxnrianl couchee. in which

I waaty limba alnk until all fatigue I aabmerged. Thoae for oarouaal wl I kings drink down a kingdom

I awallow. Amazing L. Mlrar drlgplng dc ■ iwwy oa ahlild.- of g W* * goarble. aunaot i | and inlaid with f ■ ooessotioc with th ■ garden where the

aign land, are seat* to tba spread of

lei Light of

jgriiialdaaf gold. Floarsof staioad marble, sunset red and night black, wad inlaid with gleaming pearl.

CUa the air. Fountain, leap up into th< light, the apraj atrnck through with rainbows falling into crystalline bep-

_ ■ 81 lad with . The baskets piled up with apricots and Stef ' acacia. The bright

Wins front the royal rata of Ispahan and * ™“ '>ott)es of tinged shell and lily Sol si leer and flagons at solid gold. The music ad the rerelry breaks -

sr than all other Toieaaare hiccough of the Inebriates, tba gabble of tola and tba aosig of tba drunkards

Vaaktl come in nnrallad before the multi toda Bowerer, there waa in Taabti' tool a principle more regal than Ahaeue ''' ■* "a gold of

a the world a there win be multitudes of met woman, familiar with, the Bible, who will oome Into thi. picture gallery of Oad and admire the dirine portrait of VashM the queen. Taabti tba relied. Taabti to aaerlfloe, Taabti the silent.

.so God appoints to moat womanly nature* a retiring and unobtrusiTe spirit. God coot in awhile does call an Isabella to a throne or a Miriam to strike the timbrel at the front of a boat or a Marie Antoinette to quell a

the front of an a: . _ out: "Op, up! Thie is thedayin which the laird will deliror Siaera Into thy hands " And when the women are call-

berede positions, God prepares them for it, and they bare iron in their soul and lightnings in their eye and whirlwind.

strength of the Lord omnipotent in their right arm. They walk through furnaces aa though they were hedges of wild flowers, and cross seas a. though they

ally. Dorcas would rather make a gar ment for the poor boy; Bebeoca would rather All the trough of the camels: Hannah would rather make a coat for Samuel; the Hebrew maid would rather gire a prescription iorKaamon's leprosy; the woman of Sarepta would rather gather a few sticks to cook a meal for famished Elijah; Phebe would rather cany a letter for the inspired apostle; Mother Lois would rather educate Timothy in the Scripture's When 1 see a woman going about her daily duty, with cheerful dignity preaiding at the table, with kind and gentle hut firm diadpline presiding in the nursery, going out into the world without any blast of trumpets, following in the footsteps of him who went about doing good —I my, "This i. Vashti with a veil on.". But when I aw a woman of unblushing boldness, londToioed, with a tongue of infinite clltter clatter, with arrogant look, p—enng through the street* with the step of a walking twain, gayly arrayed in a eery hurricane of millinery, 1 cry out, "Taabti has lost her roil!”, When 1 aee a woman, struggling for political preferment, trying lo force her way on up toobnapicuity amid the mas- 1 online demagogues who stand with swollen fists and bloodshot eyes and pestiferous breath to guard the polls,. wanting to go through the loaferism and defilement of popular aoreroignt who crawl up from the saloons greasy and foul and Venn In covered to decide questions of justice and order and civi lisatioo—when I see a woman. I who wants to prem through all horrible scum to get to public place power, I ssy: "Ah, what a pity! Ti baa lost her veil!" When I sw a woman of oomcly tuna and of adroitness of intellect endowed with all that the schools do for her and of high social position, yat moving in society with supercilious ness and hauteur as though she would have people know their place, and with an undefined oombinitloa of giggle and strut and rhodotaouiade, endowed with allopathic quantities of talk, hut only

newly discovered principle, wailing tor tbe coming of more intelligent sswrinns, wilting that mrai should b at to lightning rod and cotton gin steamboat and telegraph, waiting for long years through the scoffing of philosophical schools in grand and magnifi-

tured everywhere, yet waiting watching with his teleaoopo^to see

tne generations who would build his monument and bow at his grave. The

varies, fastened in a pillory, the slow fires of public contempt burning nader him, ground under the cylinders of it printing preas, yet calmly waiting ft the day when purity of soul and heroism of character will get the sanctii earth and tbe plaudits of heaven. A

lence of the storm and the heft i chain and tbe darkness of tbe night, waiting until a divine hand shall be pot storm and release the captive. . abused, persecuted and a perpetual exilo from every earthly comfort, waiting, waiting, until the Lord shall gather op his dear children in a heavenly home, and no poor Vashti will ever be

lence and answering not a word, drinking the gall, hearing the cross, ii poet of the rapturous consunu

Oh, woman, does not this story of Vashti the queen, Vashti the veiled, ” ' ' the aacrthoe, Vashti the silent, your soul? My sermon oonvergt the one absorbing hope that none may be shut oul of the palace i heaven. Ton can endure the hardship, and'the privations and the cruellies i the misfortunes of this life if you only gain admission there. Through blood of the everlasting covenant ;

alb God forbid that you

ciety of angels and banished from snd bamsliLd forever. Through the rich grace of our Lord Jesus Christ may ; be enabled to imitate the examplt

terror of dry goods clerics and railroad conductors, discoverers of significant glee of badinage and Innuendo, I say. "Vashti has lost her veil !"

i (his r

consider Vashti the sacrifice. Who

gate of Shunban. It seems to mo th.' I have seen her before. She oomewhomi leas, houseless, friendless, trudging along with a broken bean. Who is sht' It is Vashti the sacrifice. Oh, what change it waa from regal position to wayfarer’s crust! A little while ago aj proved and sought for; now nones poor as to acknowledge her acquaint-

anceship Vashti the sacrifice! Ah, you and I have seen It many

ms. Here is a home empalaced with beauty. All that refinement and books

wealth can do for that home done, but Ahasoertu, the husband the father, is taking hold on paths In. He is gradually going down.

After awhile he will flmmdcr and strug-

gle like a wild beast in thi

net, farther away from God, farther away from tbe right. Soon the bright

apparel of tbe children will ' saga soon the household sang

ootne the sobbing of a broken heart. Th* old story over again. Brutal Centaurs breaking up tbe marriage feast of Lapi-

than. Tb* house full of outrage

ing forth from the palace gate are Vashti and bar children There all parts ot this land thi

that you should stand dissipated life destroying the _ comfort of that home. God forbid that

hands and have people point their finger at them as they paas daw - and say, “Tber* goes a druni I" God forbid that the little feet

should ever have to trudge the path of poverty and wretchadnesa. God forbid

that any evil spirit born at tbe cup or the brandy glass should <

forth and uproot that garden, and with

all <

against Vashti and the children One night daring oar civil «

ires all through the valleys er th* hills. It was a weird a tola, thorn campfires, and I stood and

doubt tvlUng of their homes, and tbe hag march they bad taken, and to battles they were to fight, bat after

m and the lovad ones gather

of day and talk on ties of Ufa wa have fought at ' are yet te

A BOX OF SCOTCH HEATHER.

mtly.

thick mud made the sidewalks slippery,

and a depressing fog added to t!

pleasantness at things Consequently pedestrian, were wasting no time about

getting to their destinations Suddenly the two were baited by

woman who carried in her band a small tin box. She touched the man gently

"Wouldn't you like to

i bit o'

Untb

moved r.ide. Tbe

but with bent heed hurried came to the men end hi. companion that here was something HO usual. The voloe and manner lingered with them. "Jorel" said the man. "I belie, she's not a fakir. Did you notice hi accent? And I think she said something about heather.” They turned and

bly dressed, but mud and rain soaked her skirts Their rebuff bad i dently made her timid. She did not mediately address others who followed, but passed along with e certain flurried movement The two Interested peopli

"What Is It yon are selling?" inquired

and be oocld see that she reddened i kepbber eyes lowered. She opened box and nervously fingered (he dried

flowers lying therein.

Plainly she had no idea of the market value of her wares The man gave a quarter and took a small bunch, longed to question her further, but dently the ordeal was painful for her, so be said no more, and she slipped

quickly aloog the dismal street head bent over the tin box of dried Scotch hloseoms They asked each other what wst the mlsfcrtnoe which had

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