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Show A Great Woman. W j Some men believe that after death there will Jijk j!jJ be a real judgment. Others that what is meant h by the judgment is that mortals when they put ,;,f;;J 'M on immortality will start on the same plane on jj .. which they stood here, that If their lives here were '; pf 'I j 'M low and common, it will be from a like low level t j ' i that they will start to make their long ascent in f j-'', the world to come. -;f , Most men are engaged in a struggle to gain ft wealth. Some when they succeed retain their j , ' charitable instincts and line their paths With i ' L 'M gifts which bloom in flowers around them. Some ,1 ! j !;j hope to buy honors with their fortunes and at- f hliif tain to places which they cannot nobly fill and tt ' 1 ' 1 find at last that what seemed so illusive to their j ? ;'. j ' hopes, is, in reality, but Dead sea apples that turr : I ' " to ashes on their lips. There are others who can- ; 'j 1 not give up tho joy of accumulating money, no nf'g matter how, and hope at last, like the receptant ;! . thief on the cross, to buy redemption. j fl What a motley old company of ghosts they j; " S will make on the other side, and if as is believed j);! by some they appear there, their real selves, :rV S their absolute natures exposed, what a shock it jj , will be to some of them to see what company j' ; . fl they kept on earth. '.' ' H But a woman died in London the other day i ' jH whom we believe would fare pretty well were the it. 1 ' , ; old literal judgment to come to her. Perhaps it W il l ifl will not be unprofitable to imagine the scone be- Wfi ' tween her and the judgment angel, something like t'j' $j - ? : "' J. A. "You were born to groat wealth, on ! J9 earth. How did you use your gifts?" ft 'IB ' ; Ans- "To bInd up 1)1,011011 hearts, to wipe away i :ifl fell . J. A. "Tell mo something of your life." ' ''IX' Ana. "I built the Church of St. Stephen's at ' nM"1' Westminster together with Its rectory and , 'I f?J i I schools." : ''M J- A. "Anything else?" wm'1 An8, Gtablishod and endowed the three ' 1 M 1 Ir' colonial bishoprics of Adelaide, Cape Town and ! jjljl ' I British Columbia." ! i " I m f ! J- A. "Aught else?" "H ft?' Ans- 1,1 went down into tuo slums an(1 rescued ' 1 Jb ff thousands of my sister women who had gone 1 4H m'i astray. I established a home and a sewing school ' Jl tl i in tllQ London slums to rescue young girls from . 1 19 rf the streets." M il.'' v Ans. "I tried to bo a little Providence to Eng- i ' ( 'M 1 llsl1 weavera Scotch farmers and unfortunate Irish " - m If fishermen in their poverty and distress, and I ' H IT 1 picked up some hundreds of destitute boys and I M found them places In the British navy." i 19 It' J- A. "Do you recall anything more?" ' ' ' 1 'I HI An8, ljllIlt 801110 model tenement houses in 'Swl London, established a model farm, and when there i .H ll was no other means left open I sent hundreds of ' -iH ' people away to America where work is plenty - 1 M I ? ' and homes can be obtained cheaply." ! fflt'l' ''' J' A" "Can you roca11 anything elso?" i ,' . i-jwi'.' Ans. "No, I did many things that I have for- ' I w! 2 1 gotten, but I lived with the thought that what was i tfSlfv' given me was a trust, and I administered it as i v.! ; wisely as I could." ' ; lis m An(1 lt ls not llnrd t0 ima8mo tllat tlle sravo j'i iiS j angel smiled and pushed aside the pearly gate for ' -fttH IE lier to ontor! tliat ns llQ dld there was a groat I ' if chant of welcome awakened, which harp after ; '!lwT harp took up in measures, sweet, and flowers 'H; m burst through the golden floor and blossomed at ' ')lm tlie feot of Lndy Burlott Coutts- |