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INTERESTING LECTURE AT GRINDLETON


BY. CANON-BULLOCK. .


On .. Tuesday , night there was. a good at­ tendance .of parishioners assembled, at Schooli, .Grindletpn, to hear a. lecture on the above subject by .the Rev,..Canon Bullock, cf


,the .orinqieton, ,t n Leeds. T , ,lectu ,o


THEr.;:Gy.T:HE,ROE-; Tl^EsL ; E.RIDAV, ^; FEBRUARY,; 4, 1898. . TESTING A .IVOMAN’S.LOVE.


turn,” he had told Irer,^^d now. the chm^ the village clocks fellj' ‘softened by-distan(^, through ,.)th^ stills


the-dusk.


“I must succeed, I will succeed!” he said. .


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“ But,,whether I am rich or poor,..at nine o’clock in; the evening of'Midsummer. Day,


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- XIIS lilCc bjJUKtj U lc nUrUb ilC.lclL UliauiUj cUtU tne, she^showed liim. that she understood,


His face spoke the words he.left.unsaid, and will find -me^’aiting: here for you. «


“And when .yoiL come,.back, ^ ,


... ---- - . ^ ------ .G -erald,^you


The Vicar occupied the chair, and spoke He stooped, and pressed. his-lips to hers.’ of the pleasure he-had in welcoming Canon instant later he loo^ned his ;arms.: and


Bullock-an old friend-amongst them, af- ^:'||^™tte°lvent to join.the dead: years. ter several promises.. Canon Bullock, he Then, just as Gerald’s return-was looming said, .was known not. merely as an eloquent near eno^h to stir them trith^a^^


. . ' As the last note died away a man’s figure


appeared round the bend in the lane, and ad­ vanced ,.s\yiftly: towwd.s her.


three years hence,:! will come back, and when not even a labourer’s; it was in rags, such as I come, please God------”


It was not a gentlemaiVs figure; it was , a, tramp might wear, rags redened with the


^ iu jy Man proposes— I 'i


And yet slie recog- was evident.


Instead, it had conquered him. •


. Ye^ I but he needs .encouragement. '• It has been- through no fault of his otvn,


of. that I’m certain,” said the girl to'herself, feverishly-claspmg and unclaspmg her hands. “ Circumstances liave been too,strong for


• * 1 .» It jj, p r G raid!” 11 . n ._ I .1 iM ^ herse°f Ld^Lr own disappointJ


lecturer.and preacher„but more in I^eds for ^ ^ ° f jh ad c^L^Ua st" , S s^lt the word ment, ^urd only ren^.mbered ^ "'=is her lover his Christian work amongst the.,lower classes, ^ capital C, but his explanation as to the Canon, Bullock, in opening his. lecture, nature of it was vague. All he said was that


. ^ ®an(Tstrive°to m k e him forget


ways been, and, he supposed, would always be in the world.


corrupt. use o f . the world had become ried with it such an atmosphere of this about


wona nau ueuuuic it, that God’s truth shrank from it.


and Man; earthly desire; and money. pido, or.desire, was the word-symbol of the s^ond pc.wer, and it was a, word that by the i tn


It was a


no word in either the New or the Old Testar ments.


tlie U t uiympus. n wus lmu, ui Cupido', or desire, was^ a heathen


deity of uncertain origin, but the idea, deified in tlie name was most closely associated tvith the Gods of Olympus.


so


These were the love of God Cu­


at?


M . J A M B S , THE BOROUGH


Grocery & Provision Stores, 6, I Church Street, Clitheroe.


T EA . as he was going “ up country,” where mails .^heididnot^ayggle;tofcee.lyrsglf from him till they heiwd it from his o4 lips,.^ ck r f


steeped in earthly, sensual passion, and car- the little I havi^ I shall come home just the .•ii^r-1 .irifV* eit/'Vi ot*.


•» i t cne uiing turns out uauiy, anu x csorviA Ro wrt.ir>r1 iiri


word, also, it was to be remarked, tliat found mise, with you on Midsummer Day.” _ . Coincidentally, trouble came to the inmates


of Lavender Lodge. It came to Miss Pen­ dleton, that is to say, for at first she unsel­ fishly strove to hide her difficulties from


It was thait of the Evelyn,hoping thatmatterswouldrightthem-


rosy-cheeked plump boy with wings and a. bow selves in time, and the girl need never know. and arrow. That which we call Love reigned Pecuniary losses compelled her to mortgage


were not. “ If the thing turns out badly, and I lose


same," he wound up. ■ “ TM ork my passage to England, rather than fail to keep my pro­


l wni*!? tuv oassHiTe f S


sire drew bis head down—down upon her breast, and kissed his brow, and smiled ten­ derly upon him with a smile .that was akin to


tears. “ I wonder you don’t shrink from me,” he


cried." Great heavens what a home-coming 1” “ Don’t speak so bitterly,” she said. “ Is


my love; no tiling, to, you? In poverty or in wealth, it is yours. And you.have returned to us in health— we should be grateful. It might have been much worse. Dear Gerald, I am so glad—so glad that you’ve come home.


very largely in the doings of Olympus, which j^er little freehold proiierty— the tiny house auntie is tiiuting. i„.ome............................ the heathen regarded as heaven itself, and and grounds that had always been her home,


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even had altars erected to it. When God, phe fraudulent bankruptcy of a lawyer com- who reigned supreme in heaven, came down pleted her misfortunes, and made it impos- to earth, he was cradled in a manger in a sibje to conceal the truth any longer,


stable, because there was no room for Him “ i am mined, my dear,” she told her amongst the chUdren of men. The third niece. “ Matters have been going wrong for


one in which everyone was interested. might be, and was, of different kinds, for al- The la\vyer’s bankruptcy brought^ some


Tt .


powe^ Money, was an attractive tide, and a long time, but now the finishing stroke has • 1. r-t- ---- iifop


though we knew it principally in metal, it thing else to them besides ruin. It brought was also of pajicr, shells, and of anything by the mortgagee of Lavender Lodge ^Jacob which barter could be carried on. The oripn Pickering, Esq., cheesemonger and pronsion of coin itself was lost in antiquity, and while dealer, of the City of London.


it was thought die earliest mention of it was j je came himself because it was Saturday where in the Old Testament Abraham bought afternoon, and he fanci^ a trip into the coun- Machpelah for 400 shekels of gold, the lec- try, and he did not believe in paying a solia- turer thought that shekels referred to weight tdr to do what he could do as well himsejt. rather than stamped coinage. In speaking Middle-aged, prosaic, as he was, he fell in of the various races and dieir coinage, the joyg tvith Evelyn. lecturer drew attention to ourious traits of


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nation.Tl character. He said that wherever ulterior,modve in his willmgness to al- the Romans had been, people who followed (-hem time in order to P^y


they were in the habit of throwing it about One day the elder-lady learnt the reason ot promiscuously. The Jews were altogether apparently disinterested generosity, different, however, for'in digging foundations « q-he fact of it is, Him Pendleton, Ive


, , , . . . lin. Thf' « InCC HTlfl TVg mORCV GR'


first, neither aunt nor niece suspected j V^'


them with excavations could always find Ro- ^es. They only thought how kind-hearted he man coins scattered about profusely, as though


„p


about the grounds where they had been, it taken a fancy to your niece, he said, bnes _-------------- vvrofcs


^ Pnmf. > > ^


He raised his head, and looked at her long and earnestly, ivith an expression in his,eyes


diat: puzzled her. “ Evelyn,, you are a woman in a thousand


--a, pearl above price. God bless you, my


faithful love!” Hand in hand they walked up the path and


into the house. Miss Pendleton sprang to her feet with her


iiand to her heart, as he entered. Then she sat and understood, and ■ a great tenderness aiid.comp.assion ivas in her face and voice. “ My poor.Gerald, welcome home!”


No more, reproaches from her lips Aan


from .the girl’s. I t , never occurred to either of them to condemn; they only pitied and strove to console him for the hardships he


had, endured. “ And you mustn’t leave us any more, con­


tinued Miss Pendleton. “ lYe (Shall be so: glad to liave you, shan’t we, Evelyn? We have niissed. you SO, my boy.” Scarcely had the words passed her bps,


when the .two women exchanged a, lightning chance of recollection. Swift as it was, he intercepted it, and asked its meaning. It seemed cruel to wound him by talking of their difficulties knowing that he was as


Our Motto is to be as


R E D M A Y N E l-'V


Buy from the Maker and save Intermediate Profits.


Good as any! Better than many! Cheaper than all


come \\oulcl hive the siime to say Scotch. The Scotchman’s prayer had been «l»ni sure you, are very kind, replied his He to Riortgage. a year, paid quarterly. The love of money ^vheii I tell you that she is already engage


i • i » rAnlif>r1 bi*; He rose swiftlv this racffed figurcjv A y,


gg of y . ^


higher salar)'. Bacon said of riches, “ I can- she may see it in a different light. Of course, day, I nat call r ic lL better than the baggage of Vir- ;f she is so foolish as to ^a,y ‘No, why business . .


tue. The Roman word is better, Impedimen- is business, you know, and without wishing Riches^o


know .th tn.ac we are eounjicici;, left behind, but it hindreth the march; yea, mere}’, sir!I”


and the care of it, sometimes, loseth or dis- unwonted spirit and flushed cheeks, biit I turbeth the Victory.” The lecturer went on -vvould let you sell up the home rather than to speak of the importance of honest money, persuade her by word or look to marry against


and quoted Carlyle, who said of it, “ It was a her inclination.” he g f


it bartered for com or oil, to take a He rose, buttoning his overcoat with a de- . niece of leather, and thereon scratch or stamp termined air, and poor Miss Pendleton re- t


,


5;“ ™ ng.™ ot ™ OK, -ppeus,- po. 1. ip j ,o i„d , c,..hecl - .tepcodon. h»p, .n i h e r e b ^ w ’^ b ^ r gro^s”ale; 'lhe’’[eather '’V ^ n d T rom behind cansed lliem to look


E S H S lS fS


mand cooks t» feed him; philosophers_to overheard enough to comprehend the situa- teach him; kings to mount guard over him, tipn.


.


to the extent of sixpence.” The most She moved from oiifc the shadow into me striking instance of the perversion of coinage centre of the room. She was very white, but was in Tohn -Law, who was bom in Edinburgh she spoke quite steadily, in 1681. He was poor, but in France, where “ You need not wait for your answer, Mr. he went, he became enormously wealthy, and Pickering; you sh.oll have it now. I promise the owner of the Royal Bank, by the invention you that if your debt w not p.aid within the


ble burst, and left France poor. Law dying m . . . a. -------- T. flvinrr in


of paper money. But sooner or later the bub- week after.Midsiinimer^DajvI will many you. -


Venice in 1720 in poverty. It showed that The eventful day had come at last. In a for everv one-pound note issued it was es- few hours Gerald would return, and all the sential to have a sovereign in store to repre- waiting, hoping, dre.aming, franng, would be sent it. The leather pecunia was of value over. If he should have,failed. 1 hey dare only when it represented the real ox that was not speak of that, even to each other— the at home, and a farmer taking out a stamped woman who had been as a mother to him, medallion without that stood a chance of the girl who load pinned life upon his power


* * . , , , . t„ , cominir to grief. The lecturer terminated a to help them.


vm interesting drscmirse by quoting from The time seemed to pass with learlen wings l^nvson’s “ Northern Farmer,” and from Never had the hands crept so slowly rouml


•, , , ■


“ Martin Chuzzlewit.” He also read an ex- the dial. , Miss Pendleton knitted doggedly tract from the “ Saturday Review” to show in her accustomed chair by the open^mndow, how curious and determined to the welfare her brain rus busy as her Angers. The girl of the hum.on race it would be if, instead of flitted, about like a restless ghost. ^ Iheir always being short of money as at present, meals were a farce, they, spoke little; head


ther(2 were to be .an arrangement by which a and heart were too full for words, little more money trere to be given out than Sick tvith e--<=‘tement,andjtjspense. Eve yn M-as needed, by which everyone would have w.atched the morning give place to noon, the all he wanted and a little more. He showed noon till afternoon, and when the sunlight died that this would bring to an end all enterprise, and the long-expected hour approached, phe A vote of thanks was accorded the lecturer went forth unquestionad and alone,


on the motion of Mr. Lancaster, seconded by “ At nine o*dpck..m,^ evemr^ of Mid- Mt Oddie.


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