The times., 1897-08-22

tefcSti III not OF enlhusla siil, W fliC n any new
writing OF tie suthor f'.The Manxman,
"The Bondm8n" and "The Deems5er' Il
bCunc TO evoke. But these considerations
cannot give il permanency. This is M
creation by reflection. Only inherenc.
can do that, and only by its OWL potency
VIII IL remain.
Mr.. Gaines new work is a romance ot
contemporary life, presenting a problem
pf individual fatalism and personal destina-
aon worked outthrough hasocialand religious
study. II is a long story. though hconstrained
toone volume. Itisin fourparts. and though
The chapters are untitled, the larger di-
visions are named, sequentially, The Outer
World The Religious Life, Tne Devil : Acre.
and Sanctuary.
The CHRISTIAN is John Storm, the son u
4 nobleman, a ManxHan. He is a young
man of tremendous potentality. II gives
up the boHors which the world holds out
to him, he renouDces his father, and his
heritage, and he sacrifices himself TO a
future cclibacy, because OF his great love
OF mankind, his belief in the necessity OF
present social regeneration, has pity fot
the impCtency of woman's position and his
desire TO work out the salutary designs
of Providence by living the life ne would
preach in poverty and denial.
He has grown TO manhood beside the
companion Of his boyh0od, 4 Manx girl
Glory Quayle. She las caught fire from
MS zeal and accompanies him To London,
where their work shall be done, she TO
become a nurse, each believing that they
70 in answer to a Divine can.
Each goes TO his sphere OF action.
John's uncle, the prime minister, believ-
Ing that his nephew seeks the church,
ike so many Others, for the career it offers,
has him installed as one OF the cUrates of
the most fashionable and wealthiest church
es OF the establishment. Glory goes TO
the hospital In these grooves the eharac-
ters begin their freuting, for they are not
congenial. johns ideal staggers at the
hypocrisy Of fashionable religion. He has
great heart and it aches foI the poor, he
has great soul and II reflects to him the
shallOwness and sin of those neac TO him
and he has q great viii ana he dares
speak from the pulpit Of the gilded tab
eruacle the plain, neglected truth of
sin, life and God.
TIE sequel Is inevitable He leaves
ilory, toe, leaves the hospital She begins
o learn herself. The leayen of great,
moving, nervous London is working in her
imple Manx nature. She feels she has
mistaken her vocation. Her impetuous
spirit cannot brook restraint. She Gefies
aeT environment. She flies to the mirage.
She goes into the world.
John feels that, subSeryient TO his great
mission, perhaps collateral with il, is his
duty TO look cut for Glory. But his un-
swerving righteousness is irksoIne TO her.
f-t..opcrIfafSlv vErffh.7 70 .-u l,oreatP 49,
ther and further from him. Finally he
feels thst her inpetuosity has placed her
beyond nin. The disappointment is ter
r5lle- He Iaistakes it for TIE failure OF his
work 1t came coupled with the blow Of
the hOpelcssHess Of regeneration in the
social attitudes Of tie church. Ee flies
10 the other extreme. He despairs Of the
possi5iltyof action. he throws himself on the
possibility Of penaace, and prayer. He
JOINS Brotherhood OF Anglican monks
and becomes the most hun. bic and penlten
tial OF the order. 4 I that time Glory wrote
nome: a jackdaw isn't to be called a re.
ligious bird because it keeps a-cawing
on a steeple, ard John Storm won't make
himself into monk by shutting himself
up n a CELL
Glory was right. The seclusion Of the
monastery gave him time for thought
lie finally leaves it. He tells his uncle.
because Il had come to see that the
monastic sgstem was based OH a faulty
ideal of Christianity. The theory of
nIonasticism is that Christ died to redeem
carnal nature and all We have 70 do is
to believe and pray. But it isn't enough
that Christ died once He must be diving |
always every day-in every one of Us. |
Cod is calling us TO applv Chris |
hanity TO the life of our own time"
And that is what he told himself.
But the real reason was that he still be
lieyed iu his mission Of protection over |
Glory. And he loved that mission. When |
circumstances brought TO his cell the
knowledge that Glory had left the hos
pital' he felt a call TO 90 and find her and |
protect her. When he came out he saw
everywhere, OF every wall, in every
window, ia all the papers, the name Gloria.
liut John did not know it was his Glory.
long vicissitudes size had achieved
greatness, she was q great actress. He
sought her ia vain, for her patrons kept
her wei guarded. In this he saw her |
greatest danger Again he was moved by
one OF those overwhelming tempests of his
great w-tii, and he vowed his consecra tiou
To- the salvation Of woman.
He established Il mission with eDviyon
ng clubs for girls. II was tie IRONY OF
ate thdt just as his cause began to
sro~ his temple was sold over his head.
old Co q syndicate TO build theater; 4
heater for a great actress: the actress
vas Gloria Quayle. But Glory was not a
Darty to it. Light-hearted, Iight-headed,
afaf ~ IA 2 ]
ealizc The line of the shore or the under
currents.
John Storm was now public character
With publicity came criticism IT took
orm IN the mouths of men; the ignorant
Vro-e 1t IN had spelling on the walls of
hleys; the witty wrote itin type. Glory
cad il. She went 10 Johns chapel. She
eard him preach his arraignment OF men.
lls pity and hope for women. She was
moved, and went TO the sacristy to face
i'm. Before they parted that night at
cr door, whittier he had led her. she
Did bin, and he had repeated it out of hfs
wn heart, what both had known always.
'ut had made the terrible mistake of
ever telling-they loved each other.
bdt their ways were far apart and each
ad planned his course This knowIade.
anne TO Glory after the first delicious
ioIaents for she realized that John was
be stronger, and union with him meant
20 TO him, that meant to give up all
he had acquired. She was not strong
Tough for that. She proposed to him ;
trinity Of impossible necessities With
-eakness TO his established standards, but
-onderfnl martyrdom TO self, he ac-
uiescec in all But still Glory could not
ake tie sacrifice.
These blows rained heavily on Johns /