.FARED ESPECIALLY FOR i THE FAMILY FIRESIDE. ' ur Yesterdays ?ntl Our Tn-morrown" Ii? j tho Titi? ?>f Dr. IIopwortli'B Sermon In tho Now York Herald-l>r. Talmago ?ni Trvlnc Life'? Journey Over Again. [NOTE: Tho oue-lbousaud-dollnr prl/.o Tor the host sermon in thu Now York Her nld's coin petition was won by Hov. Wollard G. Woodbridge, p-vstor of tho Central Con gregational Church, Mlddloboro, Musi "Tho Power of UenlleucBs" was tho Hilo of Jlr. Woodbridge's sermon. Fifteen sonnons in nil appeared in lb? Herald's competitive series.] - TEXT: "Kuifleient unto tho day is tho evil thereof."-Matthew vi., 31. lloro is a bit ot philosophy too profound to ho appreciated without, careful anil con tinuous study. lt also contains a stern in junction not to worry over vrhat cannot bo kelped, but, on tho ??thor baud, to make thc host of your circumstances. You aro com manded to lot the past go its way Into tho land of forgetfulness, and not to borrow from tho future the troubles which yon four it may contain, but to live in thu present as far as possible, lt ls a command very dif ficult to obey, and yet obedience ls abso lutely necessary If you would get out of lifo all that God has pul into it. Tho man who lias a vivid romomhranco of his past troubles and who cherishes thal memory deliberately throws a gloom over bis present. If he will cou lino himself to tho ?inly of tho moment he will generally lind that he is quito equal to lt,but if ho collects all tho miseries of yesterday and of tho day before ami adds t lient to the bur dens of to-dir ^? becomes disheartened, and his discon Nhmoiit saps his moral Btronglh and produces moral weakness. You have enough to do to face what ts im mediately before you, and if you conjuro up tho ghosts of misdeeds and ol trials which have been ou.lived you do yourself u seri ous injury ami interfere with your spiritual or business success. In like manner, if yon think you eau master to-day's work, but dampen ymir ardor by wondering how you ure going to (jct through to-morrow, you proilucu ti nervous tension which debilitates and brings about tho very failure that you dread. No mau can carry more than ono dii" '?.t a time. WhoA^Jesus asks you not to iLicmpt lo do so Ho gives yon wiso counsel, and you had better follow tho ad vice. Lifo is not so smooth that you can alford to make lt rougher by recalling tho ad roads o*'er which you have already issed or anticipating tho bad roads over hle.h you will have to pass before tho end of tho journey is reached. You may ho cheerful, and therefore strong, if you will forget the things that aro behind and let ho futuro take caro of itself; bul if you roposo to add yesterday amt to-morrow to to-day you will add what God warns you against doing, and will certainly make a great mistake. It Hie sun shines now, bo grateful und contented. Suppose it did raia yesterday, r supposa wo aro to have a bii/./.nrd to ; or row. You have got beyond-tito min on bo ono hand, and, on t. other, the Imo has not como to'incct the |. Vant. It "s foolish to make yourself rni?<;,?- 3 now jecauso you wara^?loe?o.bfo a few lays lenee. Ono^dn^?J10 labor at a timo~,9 "XHIMI Beru is any enjoy mon': lo-be had, T??^r^r^Btli tin eager grn^p; fox If you sit in tho mirm sumdiino tor only . live minutes it helps you bear thc cold of tho next live minutes". It ls poor policy to Bpoil those llrst Jive minutes by worrying about tho other .?vo minutes. . Let ?b> U'?Stftf?K. There is DolnTTfgTiT connection, with deuth moro wearing than the regret that you did not do moro for ttio ODO who bas gone. This is a universal ex p?rience with those who have any heart. Tho fact of separation seems to have ii mngie in lt, for it ia suddenly revealed to you that Ibero wero many little attentions which you failed toronder,and tho remem branca pierces like a knife. No ono over purled with a loved ono without self-blamo of that kind. But asa general thing it Is all an illusion conjured np by overwrought nerves. lu very truth you did whatever tho circum stances suggested,you did as mucluis hu man nature is eapublo of doing, but in the presence of death you accuse yourself of things ol which you uro quito innocent, and in doing so you nmko tho parting harder to bear, ll may he well for tho dear ono that lie has gone. Ho has sweet sleep for tho first time in many months. Ile is glad that the bonds of mortality aro broken, that, hu is at lust released', and in tho lower dept tis of your own heart von are also ghnl for his ?nice. But t here comes this thorny thought, that you may luivo been'remiss, and your soul is \\ rung by ii. You do yourself a wron ir. You did what you could. You were loving, tender,gent?o and moro than kind. You have real burdens enough without adding imaginary ones. Your tears naid not be embittered by an accusation which has no basis in fact. Lifo is too precious and too short lo IKI wasted in regrets of that kimi. Tho duties cf thu k' futuro demand your close attention, and you have no right lo think of tho dead e ??pt to recall a sweet relationship and to dream of a ccunion. Live your lifo .ns quietly and ns peace fully as possible. I.ive bi each day as It somes. Other days, whether pusl or tulum, Viust not be allowed to press on your heart. Ibis is Hie noblest policy you omi adopt , policy which eon es to you as a divine .Hon. Lol neither regret nor ?111 ?pation intrude upon von to make you Ir. is evident that there is a plan neeortl Ito which your lifo is arranging itself, icqnnlly evident that if you are reposo rio! trustful, doing Ibo duty of tln), nil .'"'.tors, all medicines, nil snuggle III CTIBIH or accident. Au Admiral ?>; tho Drltlsh Navy was court-martInloil for turning hld ship around tn timo of dan gar, and so Unmaking thu ship. It was proved against him. Hut when his timo caine to bo heard be said: 'Gentlemen, I ?lid turn tho ship around, and admit that it was dani aged but do you want to know why I turned lt? There was a man over board, and I wanted t?> .save him, and I did save him, and I consider tho lib? of ono sailor worth all the vessels of thu british Navy.' No wonder ho was vindicated. Lifo'is indeed very precious. Yea, there aro those who deem lifo HO precious they would like to try lt over nguiu. Tlioy would like to go back from seventy lo .sixty, from sixty to fifty, from fifty to forty, from forty to thirty, and from thirty to twenty. "Tlie fact is, that no Intelligent and right feeling mau is satisfied with bis pus!, life. "Howeversuccessful your life may have binni, you aro not Bill is lied with it. What is success? Ask that question of a lui tel rod different men, and they will give a hun dred different answers. Ono man will say, 'Success is a million dollars;' another wilt say, 'Success is wOrld-wlde publicity;' an other will say, 'Success ls gaining that Which you started for.' Hut na lt ls a free country, I glvo my own dellnition. and say, 'Success ls fullllling tho particular mission upon willoh you were sent, whether to write ii constitution, or invent a now stylo of wheelbarrow, or take care of a sick child.1 l)o what (led ?Mills you to do, and you aro a Biioccss, whether yon leave n million dollars tit death or aro buried at publie expense, whether lt takes Hf teen pages of an encyclopedia lo tell tho won derful things you have ?lone, or your Hinno is never printed hut once, tittil that ia th?? death column, but whatever your success has been, you aro not satlslleil with your lifo. "Dut some of you would have to go hack further than to twenty-one years ot ugo to make a fair start, for there aro many who mn ange tog?;t all wrong before that period. Yea, in order to get a fair stn rt, some won ld have to go back to tho father ami mother and get thom corrected; yea, to Hie grand rat her and grand mother, ann have their Ufo corrected, for some of you uro suffering from bad hereditary influences which started u hundred years ago. Well, if your grandfather lived his lifo over ?gain, and your bittier lived his lifo over nguiu, ami you lived your life over again, what a clut ter ed-up place I his world would bo-a placo Ulled with miserable attempts nt repairs. 1 begin to think that it is bolter for each gntierntioii to have only ono chance, and then for timm to pass ott and give another generation a chance. Besides that, if wo we.ro permitted to live life over again, it would be a stale, and stupid experience. Tho zest and spur and enthusiasm of lifo como from tho fact that wo buvo never been along this road before, and every thing is new, and wo aro alert for what may appear at the next turn of Hie road. Sup pose you. a man of ndddh'-lifo or old age, were, with your present feelings and largo attainments, put back into tho thirties, ?ir thu twenties, ?ir iuto the tens, what a nui sance you would be lo others, and what an unhappiness to yourself! Your contempor aries would not want you, and you would not want thom. Things that in your pre vious journey of life stirred your healthful ambition, or gave you pleasurable surprise, or led you Into happy Interrogation, would only call forth from you a ?lisgusted 'Uli, pshaw!' You wop ld bo blase nt thirty, and a misanthrope at forty, and unendurable at .IU?;\ Tho most insane and. stupid thing linnjalnnhlo would bo a second journey of life. "Out yonder ls a man very o2d nt forty -.years ot ago, al a time when hu ought lo tnt buoyant as t?y,r,?;?rir?ag- llogot bad habits on "alni very earlv, nfl? thoso habits have become worso. Ho is^-u-an on lipson dre' with alcoholism, on tire witnatttfvil habits, out with tho world and tho world out with him. Down, and falling dueper. Ills swollen hands in his threadbare pockets, und bis eyes llxed on the ground, he passes through the streets, and the quick step of an innocent child or tim strong step of a young man or tho roll of a prosperous car riage maddens him, and ho curses society and he curses dod, rallen sick, with no resources, he is carried to tho almshouse. A loathsome spectacle, bo lies all day long wailing for dissolution, or in tho nlgh.t risos on his cot ?ad lights apparitions of what Ito might liavo been .and what ho will be. Ho start?; life with as good a pros pect os any man on thc American continent, i mid there he is, a bloat o vi carcass, waiting for tho shovels of publia charity to put him live feet limier. Ho lias only reaped what ho sowed. Harvest of wibi oats! 'There la a way that seemetli right to a mau, but th? end I hereof ls death.' "To others life is a niasquerado ball, mid as at sueh entertainments gentlemen and ladies put on tho gu rb of Kings ami Queens or mountebanks or clowns and nt the elosu put oil* the disguise, so a great many pas.H their whole lifo tn a mask, talcing ?f? i.\u\ mask nt death. While tho masquerade ball of lifo goes on, they trip merrily over 111? (loor, gemine.1 hand ls stretched lo gemmed ham!, gleaming brow bends to gleaming brow. On with thu duned Flush nutt rus tle and laughter ?if immeasurable merry making. Hut after awhile tho languor ol ?louth conies Cu tie- limbs ami blurs tin eyesight. Lights lower. Floor hollow willi sepulchral cello. Music saihlened iu to ti wail. Lights lower. Now tim mask ers ar?! only seen in tho,lim light. Now thu fragrance of the dowers is like thu sicken ing odor that comes from garlands thal liavo lain long in tho vaults of cemeteries. Lights lower. Mists gather in tho root?, filasses shake as though quaked by sudden thunder. Sigh caught in ibo curtain, Scarf drops fr.en tie? shoulder of beauty a shroud. Lights lower. (iver Hie slippery boards In dance of death glide jenloii.-ins, ? envies, revenges, lusr, despair timi death. Stencil of lani [?-wicks almost extingu? heil. Torn garlands will not half cover t.'io llb cerated feet. Choking damps. Ohill;i:?-yS. Kool still. Hands closed. Voleos Mushed, lives shut. Lights out. "Vdlllig tntin, ns you cannot live ,'lfoovef again, however you may long to "??" SO, bu sure lo liavo your ono lifo right. Thora i.s .lin this assembly, I wot not, foi we am litado up of all sections of this land and from many hinds, sumo young man wini hus gone away from homo anil, perulpa limier some little spite or evil ^erMiusiou of another, ami his parents knot not when he is. My son, gs hound_Y>M not go tu sea! Don't go to-night w&f^MycoL.niiiy bo tempted to go. Oo home!?Tour rrttbor will be gla?l to soo you; and your'mother 1 need not toll you how she fools. How I would like to make your parants a presont of their wayward boy, rc^ntaut and In his right mind. I would Uko to write thurn a letter, and you to curry tho letter, saying: 'Dy tho blessing 6% Ood on my sor mon i Introduce to you pu? whom you have nover seen before, for ho Las become n now ?.reaturo In Christ Jesus.' My boy, ge homo and put your tired., bend on thc bosom that nursed y?u is beyond doubt t ono of the moBt useful v.nd notable men i out n Bystcm of education that is adaptoi mun who has attacked thc problem. His of this system to tho requirements of hip tho conditions of both raced in tho South How ho carno lo work out tho system Tuskegee, Mr. Washington tolls in nu a ho oxplains more fully than ho lms before basis of thoTukegeo system. Hinco it wi growth, a good proportion of tho urticlo Aftor u narrativo of his own awakening unfolded itself,-beginning with uothin economic fallacy that lay at tho fouudnti to tho master and to tho slave,-was its < was a necessary part of tho pbiloBOpl degrading. Tho start i ug poi ut in tho ol ovation of and moral value of thrift. Tho first sh vorsnl bondage of a credit system,-whk bocnmo a dobt system,-to quit "libiu' Tuskegee expressod it. The revolution in education, in praotic in fact,-that has como from tho appin brought this about in this sectiou of A "caro and culturo of men" ns can be foo It was this revolution,-by discoveri mndo it especially appropriate that Harri Mr. Washington. Not yet past forty, i him, his work as ho explains it in his and historic place among tho builders of Prejudice. Prejudico io ono of tho most cruel forces iu tho wor^d. Ho who is con trolled by prejudice against another . person is in no Qt condition to deal fairly'with that person. Ho will not give him the ci edit which is duo to bim. The prejudieedAevson is too blind to seo tho other's ro^Haerits, nov can ho nu derstund.thjd^^Br. Now it is a patent fact thai Hiero JBflK^t deal of rank und K UCUL ML 1 llliJL lulu . unrjj pWT^H%fndico against ns aa j ajflHP? woujf? notT'be" iittO .lg. WjrJ tmWORTre is a greater and worse vir ulent prejudice7 against us than thero is against any othor people, for very bit ter and persistent prejudico prevails against some othor ruecs. But race prejudico ?S not a one-sided afluir, lt exists in all raaos ugaiust othor races. Wo must., licknowlodgo that our own race is somewhat prejudiced against others, oven against the white race, lt is probable that we ore espe cially prejudiced 'towards those who manifest particular prejudice towards us. This is quito natu ral. Bv.t can wo not as a people do something to lesson tho extent of the prejudico against us ? Wo think so. Wo muy do so by refraining from show ing resentment towards them who prej udice leads them to mistreat us. Wo may treat them so kindly that they will bo compelled to believe that wo aro a great ?kal bettor than they supposed wo wore. Great kindness kills great prejudice. -The American Baptist. "What Poola These Mortals He." Tho whitj din's civilization sustains the sumo relation to the boasted civil ization of the Negro in America that a lamp post docs to a telegraph polo. This beiu-r true, greater ilion is tho reason why N egroes of every td md o of complexion and condition rhould quit thoir nonsense, bury their prejudices and work together for tho uplifting of tho whole race. Ono drop or ono mil lion drops of Negro biood maUe us all kin. and wo cnn only escupo uar rela tivos by a systematic courso of lying and deception and a liberal uso of fuco bleach and hair stwiighteners. As Shak ospcaro says. "What fools these mortals be." Bruce (?lit in Star ol' Zion. Home for Aged Colored Women. In tho United Charities' organization in New York, a project has been dis cussed for Homo time oi' providing a homo for aged colored women who have saved some money but not enough to tako caro of themselves. Tho project has Anally assumed definite shape through tho assistance of poveral well known New Yorkers, who have pledged $30,DOO for thut purpose. An option has been secured on tho Heed mansion at Bath, Mo., mid a committee will yisit Hath to examine tho property. The owner of tho property, Dr. Ciui!, of New Jorsoj*, ?ells tho property nt a nominul price, ns he is heartily in sym pathy with tho mo vernen t.-Tho Free man. Must Lie Dono Patiently. It should be tho ambition of overy Negro to measure arms with tho white mau in all that goes to make tip good citizenship, wealth and high position, but it must bo dono patiently, step hy stop. Ono thing well dono is an incen tivo to do another better.-Fort Worth, (Tex.) Item. . Surely if tho raco cnn successfully op?ralo religious and' frntornnl organi zations on tho plan of co-operation, it cnn operato just as successfully busi ness and tinuueial undeitakings.-Tho Elevator. The ambition of tho young man to gamble and tho young woman tu ruin' is becoming nlnrmiij?f?; Cant ~ done, tho ungainly oake ' en bahs.X should bo 'AHniNOTOK. ndustrial instituto, Tuskegee, Ala. j .ed founder and president of Tuskogoo he foromoBt living mun of his race and n America, lie has moro clearly worked I to Southern conditions than any other Bpocial work of course is tho application I own race; but it is no less anplicahlo to i. that is in such successful operation at rtielo in tho Atlantic Monthly, in which explained tho philosophic and economic I is part uud parcel of bis own intellectual is autobiographical. bo explains bow tho Tuskegco school g but n teacher and a few pupils. The ou of slavery,-a fallacy as applied both liscouragoment of thrift. A luck of thrift liy which regarded manual labor tho Negro is to teach him tho economic ip, theroforo, is to work out of tho uni .h with tho population of tho Black Bolt in do ashes," as one of tho visitors to :al affairs, in morals-tho regeneration, :ation of the practical system that bas labamn, is as inspiring a chapt.?" in the nd in the annals of our educational life. ,ng n method of wide application,- that ird should confer au honorary degree on ind with tho boat part, of bis lifo before Atlantic article will givo him a securo American civilization. i Remember Thin. Colored men, you have no money to throw away on circuses, minstrels, balls, frolics, whisky, and other non sense You have children that should bo well educated, and wives whom you should make comfortable by purchas ing homes. Yo-i have colored nows 1 apera thut you should subscribe to, as your homos caunot be classed as in telligent and race-loving without col ored papers in them. You have a poll Aty -Jr 6Vely manly Negro ought to impi- .Prosperity nnd happiness awaits overy coT?rod**"fan? ;.3y that is indus trious, frugal and preserving. -The Light. ---???? Agitation is lu Order. Profane history tolls us that "Nero fiddled while Borne burned. " Itseems the Negroes' condition of today is ana logous to that jingo of Bonum history. Wo aro sweeping onward through tho gates of time, while overy safeguard around our manhood, little hy little tho State? are hedgiug us in, yot hardly a murmur is beard upon tho placid air. Louisiana und South Carolina are the latest accessions to the nefarious man hood grabbing scbome. We must pro test now; men who would not protest against their disfranchisement are not worthy of it. Agitation is in order. Agitate! agitato, or wo perish by our own negligence.--Birmingham Bulle tin. - - The (?rimtesl Inspiration. Tho greatest inspiration to young men may he found in studying tho lives of men whoso immortal mimes were not born to die. Tho deference tc ago that is usually present in youth is praise worthy, but it should not go to tho ex tout of discrediting youth's possibili ties. Many of tho men holding public positions today aro advanced in years, and young mon from this fact, become imbued with the idea that years must bo added to them before they can aspiro to high-places. This is not. truo in tho present, nor hui it been in tho past.-Augusta Chronicle. ISe rp a ixl Doing. Lot us bo up and doing; though tho way may look dark at times, we must not givo up the struggle, Ood baa not forgotten us. Porty years tho chil dren of Israel wandered in thu wilder ness, but ut last they wei'Q permitted to enter tho promised land. So, perhaps after forty years wo will be free indeed. - Western Outlook. Look After Your Own Interest. Why not tako moro interest in your schools, bornes, ^churches and farms? This going crazy over matters that will profil you nothing! Ch, mon. be sobor, be Bobor-look af ter your own interest sometime. Clive Us (Hood Schools. Good schools are of far moro impor tan co to our raco than any othor ques tion that engagos our attention about election time. Vote for no mun . ho does not favor improved school condi tions. You 31 ust Solve thc Problem. The colored man's fato is in his own hands. Ho must solve tho problem as to himself. Jdlo ologonco will not do ono half as much good in the promises as an energetic pal trey of tho wood sawing kind. -Tho Elevator. To Krect u Monument. Tho colored poople of Philadelphia proposo to erect a monument to Octa vius. V. Catto, who was killed on elec tion day in 1871, just af tor tho adoption of tho loth amendment of tho constitu tion.-National Reflector. Mont (Gratifying Success. The Colored Building and Loan As sociation bns proven a taiost gratifying Hiiccess and baa paid its stockholders handsomely. Why cann?t oth/?r busi noBS enterprises bo inaugurated and. do avoir?--AuatiBta (Ga.) Un?-??, \ .THE tiAKK CITY HOllROU. ?^ECnAs, C., Fob. ,21-22, 1898. Blefp8 tho sword? lu rightcuuB j astioe. dead I That murder foul shoald raino its brazen; hoad, I And u'uovoiigod stalk bodily through tho lund, \ And proudly rniso on bighSits blood orothvt*"?'.Vl[:ivc Y-?.I re:t urticlo of -iiiiw to ix? benni .tiiiiii - Ind 1 think thu IJ Vi lo bc born so."-L'uck. Cy u inns-"Why was worn:; ei-ciited?" Miss Caustic- "i I thal > t ?av ;.. over .h) timi mau could have some une lo binnie for his misfortunes. "-Standard. .".abhat h School Teacher-"How do yoi? know thal our days aro nnm lieriid?" Johnny Srpiaueli - "l'y limiting at thc calendar, ma'am."--. l?uck. Tiic Two-headed dir! (angrily)-"I understand you've been making re marks about mc" "'ho Circassian l.'rinces? (sweetly)-"I said you were two-fueed."-i.'uclc. Dad I o v.*-"ls timi song .Jagg;:.:- is singing one of' lite popular songs of tho day." Lhif?noy-"Yep" Dadlow -"Thou tell him lo sing one ol' tho unpopular ono:*, will you?" Iloxbury Gazette, Drown-"Como, now, do you bo lieve that it is possible for a lawyer to tell the tru?h?" Lawyer P?cese - "Oh, yes; I suppose so. Hut why Bhoulcl there bo any necessity i'cr it?" -Poston Transcript. . Mr. Sa-gliead-"They ray i hat nil beautiful ; :-ip lo aro weak-minded, don't you kn y" Miss Pretty . T . Suplicad; .1 Jltnj^ weal icopffo .i c not be." .That you ni miudr Pud - - . i " ' haijbarous!" site as sue ''"d- .t'apicture of a t^ wouti ' , . ," remarked 'ncr "thc i! ?is advantage a? of fim i*c decoration. ii di obstine? Hie view of tiinxc who li:* to sit h?hind lier at thc .acuter. -Washington Star. "All that ai! you,'' said Urn plain spoken mar., "inlaziness.' '>' > to^lu ant, thou sluggard. Consider hoi ways and bo iv i si*. " "I guess Pl have to," sighed young Avditp. "Pl yon o to my uncle sn ufte nothing left that ? can gi t on."-Odds and Muds. '."Oh, yes; Miss Birdiing v:?..led singer, but uhu will i f?V.* u great artist, you know why not, pray?" "l?oeai:: si rag in nothing Im! Knglis! 'Andi delir! is that so?'' "Yes; r.ut\h abominably ?", ?od Kngi "Whlj', you can ntiderstai ! cv. sho isavs."-Philadelphia L.hn Itevuliitlmtary Schottin?*. RdVi floorgo Canning wr|i)te i\:t .: conni i f tho school of hiiyehilh, whit lie al' . Med just after thu lf.cvoluiiu pether il Meat Oirliuand v boys altt'iidi mol, and hicks of prillliiev of rt m i heigh-,*.*, par cu t.-. the telvn di vere f idren h hand room. ' Tho ' teaching pocilU a? ty.- .. ? ?he ! day. %, * mad, I of varioti shed 1 y till , I and Wis? ?c.ivili-. ? ; m't-il?ogv ?si ).df< Thc say ru stra; slur* ' Hi : ri Iii ? ?i in .-ispell in, mandt'.d tl ?o ii madf h cs i i men by cn . v. ? m : ? <:<.->"' ?ns at a lil wit li a bil ,:i a signal i in churn9 til the 'A * ll syl lilil? ?ctel iud ..h ol arl ?riais , '>taincd. 'xho roi . of tho iarg? 8