Christian herald and signs of our times . acts while in office. A petitionfor his retention was signed by every judge ofevery court in the city, by all the prominentmembers of the Bar, and by nearly every im-porting merchant in the collection district, butthis General Arthur suppressed. Alter General Arthurs removal from theCustom House he engaged in the practice ofthe law, and in the direction of Republicanpolitical affairs in the State, being Chairman ofthe Republican State Committee. At theChicago Convention of 1880 he was nominatedto the second place on the Republican ticket,and elected. W
Christian herald and signs of our times . acts while in office. A petitionfor his retention was signed by every judge ofevery court in the city, by all the prominentmembers of the Bar, and by nearly every im-porting merchant in the collection district, butthis General Arthur suppressed. Alter General Arthurs removal from theCustom House he engaged in the practice ofthe law, and in the direction of Republicanpolitical affairs in the State, being Chairman ofthe Republican State Committee. At theChicago Convention of 1880 he was nominatedto the second place on the Republican ticket,and elected. When President Garfield died onSeptember 19th, 1881, General Arthur becamehis constitutional successor, and was duly sworn,in as President of the United States. Manyfears were entertained when he commenced histerm lest his previous relations with partisanpolitics would render his course in the Presi-dential chair injurious to national interests ; buthis conduct throughout his term was singularlyjudicious, dignified, and patriotic, When he. The Late Ex-President Arthur. left the White House he stood higher in theestimation of the people than he did when heentered it—a record almost unique in the historyof the Presidents. In person he was over sixfeet in height, broad-shouldered, athletic, andhandsome. He was a member of the EpiscopalChurch. THE WAY OUT. A NEW SERIAL Rev. Leander S. Keyser.* {Continued from page 735.) Among Old Friends. The last day of school was now near at child in a boarding-school far away from ahappy home, no prisoner serving a term in apenitentiary had ever looked forward to the dayof release with more yearning than Leroy hadanticipated this day. He could scarcely realizeit when it came at last. He rose early, spent along period in prayer, and then went out for awalk before commencing the duties of the tried to shut out of his mind the thought ofits significance, but it would force itself on hisconsciousness and caused the hours to
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