Lost And Saved; Or, Nellie Powers, The Missionary's Daughter.

much to the delight of the captain , and much to the gratification and pride of Mr . Evans , it began to lull . The clouds began to part in the sky , and a faint light lit up the scene . The wind rapidly diminished its violence . Soon the clouds broke aAvay altogether , and the sun , which many aboard that A'essel had never expected to see again , sloAvly came up out of the sea . When the first lig ht broke on the troubled Avaters , the look-out forward sung

out , " Land ho . " Eveiy eye searched the Avater , and there , about five mijes off the port bow , Ai'as the island of South Georgia . "Had Ave changed our course , Mr . Evans , Ave mig ht have had the pleasure of picking ourselves out from among the rocks on that lovely beach , " said the captain , humorously . As the day gradually claimed , the spirits of the creiv began to revive as they saw all danger past , and Sam Watson even attempted a joke , but it only occasioned a passing remark .

The captain and the officers took an inventory of their losses , and found they had lost ' the quarter boat ; ad the loose spars Avere gore ; two water butts , that stood on deck Avith the cask of salt junk , had been thrust throrgh the Avaist by the seas which had sAA'ept the deck , AA'hen the brig AA'as thrown on her beam ends . The foretopmast and the topmast rigging had gone by the board , and altogether the "Sparkling Sea" Avas a sorry sight . Still the men , did not complain ; they thanked God that their hVes had been

spared , and set about with a will to repair Avhat damage had been done the-best they could AA'ith the means at their command . "Mr . Evans , " said the captain , after he bad overhauled what feAV spars remained in the hold , " Ave shall have to go barefooted , as regards our foretopmast , until Ave reach Honolulu , although Ave wiU not make quite as good time as Ave Avoidd if Ave had it . "

" Yes , that ' s the Avorst of our losses , " replied the mate , " and I deeply regret it . " The mate cast a SOITOAVM look up to AA'here the topmast ought to haA'e been . " It Avas as good a stick as Avas ever cut CIOAAUI East . " " When you say the topmast is our greatest loss , you forget the loss of young Wright ; Ave could ill spare him , poor felloAV . We are UOAV two men short , and if Ave keep on this Ava 3 ' , there vvill only be a small company of us left to take the vessel into port . " ( To be continued . )

What Is Truth?*

WHAT IS TRUTH ?*

. EI BBO . S . BESAVICir . T HAVE read with some degree of interest the tAvo articles of B , . W . Bro . Otto IQotz _ on " Tolerance , " and your editorial remarks thereon . I am not disposed to say anything that would provoke any further discussion of the interminable question of tolerance and intolerance ; but B . W . Bro . IOotz has raised a neAv question Avhich demands the attention of every Craftsman ; because it is presented in a form that must destroy

every A'estige of reliability in the practical nature of experimental science , art , anil experience , if his definitions of TEHTII be admitted to be true . Bro . Klotz says : "The fact is that , Tairan BEING AH ABSTRACT IDEA , it has itself no limits , but for the time being has a limit in every man ' s own brain . Thousands of things are by the uneducated and uncultivated minds taken as truths , which the man of science rejects :