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Dlt.TAI.MAiiK IX THE WEST
"NO MAN CARED FOR MY SOUL."
CHEER FOR THE DISHEARTENED.
No Chiiiio Attaches to Those Who Arc
Able to Koii<l?at' As?l>t;uicc it They Arc
Not Asht'il?II You llcavcii It
Will Itc Your Own Fault.
Kansas City. Mo.. March tM.?Tb > Rev
T. Do Witt Tulniage, D. J>.. preached in th?
Second Presbyterian church of this place tlii.
morning. lie arrived here yesterday iron
St. Km is, and c stopping over Sunday on hi
way to Toju'ka. Kan. Alter expounding ai
appropriate chapter lie gave out the hymi
beginning:
sa^. of my s >ul.
i arme
battle worn j > had hMT-u in tb
, "TtW' tb? I)oa
c. ve of (>,!l U|Jh the pursuit, n
s^-a. iTterjv^" worn out with the trial
yon "lVM <Tiwl out: " No i?"
X$rX''A # Whtrav o
JZ ,a 'li"S-ur <iro'' U?Wh
Wr am.
J / hospital. 1 saw a great crowd of people ii
the street, and 1 asked: "What isthematterf
and I foundcut thai a poor luU>ring liuitika*
fallen under sunstroke; and ull our eyes wer
tilled with tears at tin- thought of his di>
traded wife and his desolated liome.
We are all s\ ujjKitheiie with physical di
saster. but how little sympathy for spirituu
woes! There are men m this house who haw
come to midlife who have never vet been one*
personally accosted about their eternal wel
fare. A great sermon dropiiod into an audi
eiuv of hundreds e?f thousands will do it;
work; but if this world is ever to l?e brought
to (io-1 it^ will In* ihrough little sermons
preaehed to private Christians, to un audi
en<v of one. The sister's letter postmark**;
at the village?the word uttered in youi
hearing, half of smiles and half of tears? tbt
religious postcript a business letter?tbt
card left at the door when you bail some kinii
of trouble?the anxious look of some oiw
across a church aisle while an earnest sermon
was being preached, swung you into the
kingdom of Cod. But there are hundreds of
people in this house who will ta!;e tlie word
that David used in the past tense, and employ
it iu the present tense,mid cry out; "No man
cares for my soul."
You feel as you go out day by day in the
tug and jo>:I<- of life that it is every man for
himself. You can endure the pressure of
v commercial affairs, and would consider it
almost i in] >ert ;n<-lit for anyone to ask you
whether you are making or losing money.
But there have beeu times when you would
have drawn your cheek for thousands of dollars
if some would only help your soul out of
its perplexities, "fliero are questions about
your higher destiny that uche. and distract,
turn agou.ze }ou anunos. i,et no one suppose
that because yon arc busy all day with
hardware, or drygoods, or groceries, or grain,
that your thoughts are no longer than your
yard stick, and*.-top at he brass headed nails
of'the store counter. When you *p??ak once
about religious things you think 5,000 times
They call yoa a worldling. You are not a
_ i- s worldling. Of course you aro industrious
? and keep bu-y, but you have had jou'* eyes
d _ .oucucd to the realities of the nert world.
? Yfboi" i^ocT 1 wlNliiW
eartlilv engagements, and that you will take?
residence in a distant sphere where all your
business adroitness would boa suj>erfluity.
You sometimes think till your head* aches
about great religious subjects. You go down
the street with Your eyes fixed 011 the pavement,
oblivious of the pissing multitudes,
3'our* thoughts gone on eternal expedition.
Y'ou wonder if the Bible is tra<\ how much of
it is literal and how much is figurative law,
'if Cavist be God, if thee is anything like
retribution, if you are immortal, if a resurrection
will ever take place, what the occupation
of your departed kindred is, what you
will be years from now. With a cultures!
pla-idity of countenance you are on
tire with agitations of soul. < >h, this solitary
anxiety of your whole lifetime! Yrou have
sold goods to or bought them from Christian
people for ten years, and they have never
whispered one word of spiritual counsel. Y'ou
have passed up and down the aisles of
churches with men who knew that you had
no hoj>o of heaven, and talked about the weather
and about your physical health, and
about everything but that concerning which
you most wanted to hear them speak, viz.,
your everlasting spirit. Times without number
you have felt in your heart, if you have
not uttered it witii your lips, ''No man cares
for. my soul."'
There have been times when you were especially
pliable on the great subject of religion.
It was so, for instance, after you had
lost your projierty. You had a great many
letters blowing von up for being unfortunate.
Y'ou showed that there had boon a concatenation
of circumstances and that your insolvency
was no fault of yours. Your creditors
talked to you as though they would have 100
cents 011 the dollar or your life. Protest
after protest tumbled in on your desk. Men
who used to take your band with both of
theirs and shake it violently, now pass you on
the street with an almost imperceptible nod.
After six or eight hours of scalding business
anxiety you go home and you shut the door.
ipiV and throw yourself on the sofa and you feel
vt.? in a state of despair. You wish that some
^ one would come in and break up the gloom.
Everything seems to U> against you?the
i bnnK against v<>u. \our creonors against
j * you. Your friends suddenly income oritibV
cal against you. A!1 ;h?* past against you.
V All the future against you. You make re^
proa'-bful outcry: "No nun cares for my
soul!"
There was another occasion when all the
itoO'*s f,f v-Mrr h'ai" - v mg < ;? ?' for sacred
were compressed sickness, death btisequiesl
You we?< >o lonely that loo jioopl" fuming
*" ir.to the house- did not lavak up the solitariness.
You v.v?v alns<-t killed with the
domestic calamity. A few formal, jierfunctory
words of undulation u. re uttered <-u the
I stairs 1 ?? foiv you went to the grave: but v?>u
wanted some one f<? come aii?.l talk over t$r?
i whole matte]. and recite th" alleviations, ami
decipher the j. s>ojis of t!?- dark bereavement.
No on.* eame. Many a time v<>u could not
-deep until - or oVjo.-k in the morning,
and then your .-iV-p was a troubled dream, it
which were re-enacted all the scene of sick
^ lies*, and parting, and dissolution. Oh, what
. days and nights they were! No man .seemed
^ to care for your >"ui.
There was another occasion when your
heart was v. i v susceptible. There wls a
great awakening. Th.-t* were liundreds of
|??ople w ho peess.-.i into t !; kingdom of (hui;
some of them acquaintances, some business
assoo;nt>y< s. ]?-r!::ij-s some memb'-i? of your
n famdy were baptized by sprinkling or
ininie;>: n <' i i-t:aiiie : c* t! ought of vou,
an-i tr>ev calie<l at your store, but you wer?
mi on business. Tney >top:>ed at your luiuv;
you had gone around to spend the evening.
They stmt c kindly ni'/sage to you. somehow,
by accident, you did not get it. The lifeboat
i ol the liosjK-J swept through the surf uud
ttveryU") . set.rued t-. get hi but you. Everv
thing seen.c to escape ymi. One toueh of
personal svmpvt*ay w >-. i I ?\e p:, . -d yon
into the kingdom of Wh?u on e.,ui
munion day your M i- iab iv.-ut in, and your
sons and daughters went, in'*, ti:*- uliu:<h, \ -a
buried your t?ee m y..ur icrn ii.ep. hj.-f and
sobbts 1; "Why ai.i I c-lr out: Hv.-iybo-jy
seems to get saved but !.: . N- man cares for
loy soul."
Hearken toa revelation 1 have to make. It
is a start ling st at--11101:1 it will so surprise
you that I mn>: prove it a- Tgooa. Instead
?ta I iti?
<
HHHHHMnj^rtii and h*
BBBKmKiiiii:
ee i
he
th'-ir faces would jjlowatui ;!n*ir hearts v\t?:ii.I
" and if' th??v saw you sua,;. on-'step heavenward.
So intricate ami 1" , reaching is this
wv?> of sympathy that I < .aid by "iio v. .id
rouse a great many prayers in your in-half,
i N > one cures for your soul! Why, one signal
of distress <?a your part would thrill this audi
cii'v with holy excitement. It a lx>at in any
harbor should get m distress, from tin* m -n
of war.and from tlu* sloops, and from the
steamers the living paddles would pull to the
rescue. And if now you would lift one signal
of distress all th?*M* voyagers of t.-n-ity
would Ik'ui" down toward you and bring you
relief, llut.no! you are like a sliip on lire
at sea. They keep the hatches down,
* and the captain is frenzied, and lie
' gives orders tiiat n<. on- hail the passing
ships. Hi* says: "I shall !!: land this
11 vessel in Hamburg or on the bule-m ot' tli11
occati. and 1 don't care which." Yonder is a
siiip of the While Star line passing. Yonder
one of the National line. Yonder one
L f.,uit winC; "wall;
? ra!amity>((r
tiio lault of the vc?els that, passing on tin*
! liiirh seas, would have been glad to furnish relief
if it had been only asked.' In othoi words.
I mv brother, if you ini.v> heaven it will i>c
e . .
i your own iauit.
0 No one care for your soul! Why, in all tne
:l ag?s there have Ikvu men whose entire bud
n j noss was soul saving. In this work Munson
j went down under the knives of the cannibals
, ; whom be had come to save, and Robert Moj
Cheyne preached himself to death by years
! of ago, and John Banyan was thrown into a
dungeon in Bedfordshire, anil Jehudi Ashj
man endured all the malarias of the African
jungle; and there are hundreds and thousands
j of Christian men and women now who arc
praying, toiling, preaching, living, dying, to
save souls.
s ! No one care for your soul: Havo you
t heard how Christ feels about it? I know it
. was only live or six miles from Bethlehem to
Calvary, the birthplace and the deatbplaeo of
1 { Christ; but who can tell how many miles R
. 1 was from the throne to the manger? How
, I many miles down, h<>w many miles back
, again? The place of his departure was the
focus of all splendor and jomp; all the
| thrones facing his throne; his name the
i chorus in every song and the inseri]>,
| tion on every banner; his landing place a
rattle j>en, maiodorous with unwashed brutes,
j and dogs growling in and out of the stable.
Born of a weary mother who had journeyed
eighty miles in severe unhealth that she
might find the right place for the Lord's nativity?born,
not as otlu-r princes, under the
j Hash of u cuandelier, but under a lantern
j swung by a rope to tl-o roof of tho barn. In
! that placo Christ started to savo you. Your }
j name, your face, your time, your eternity,
in Christ's mind. Sometimes traveling on
mules buck to cscapo old Herod's massacre,
sometimes attempting nervous sleep on the
chilly hillside, sometimes earning his breakfast
by the carpentry of a plow. In (^uaranj
taniu the stones of the lieid, by their shape !
( and color, looking like the loaves of bread, '
i tantalizing his hunger. Yet all the time |
i keeping on after you. With drenched coat '
I treading tho sarf at (ienessartt. Howie. 1 after
: by a bloodthirsty mob. Denounced as a
I drunkard. Mourning over a doomed city. '
I while others shouted at the sight of the sbimi
mering towers. All the time coming on and
j coming on to save you. Indicted as K-inga i
' traitor against government, | term red wit ^
j nesses swearing their souls aw?v insure
his butohorw F'ogg"d, spit on. skipjied in f
! tlieface anr? WAH'HoisWf ofa-rough. *mber, *
j X ~ 1
I the lirst infant step to the last step of mav
! hood on the sharp spike of Calvary a joiirurv !
! for you. Oh, how he cared for your -*?ol! !
By dolorous arithmetic add up the stable, the
w intry tempest,, the midnight dampness, the
abstinence of forty days from food, the i
brutal Sanhedrim, the heights of Golgotha, j
across which all the hatreds of earth and all j
j the furies of hell charged with then- bayonet*,
; and then dare to say again th_*S no one cares
i for your soul.
A young man might as well go off from .
home and give his father and mother no intimation
n* to where ho lias gone, and, cross- '
j ing the sen*, sitting dpwn iti some foreign i
1 country, cold, sick aed; hungry and lonely, ,
' saying: "Mv fat!?er and mother don't cure I
nnvtliing about me.'' Do not care anything .
I alxiut him! Why. that father's hair has
j turned gray since his son went olf. He has !
! written to all the consuls i:i the foreign ports, f
1 asking about tliat s >n. Does not the mother
i care anything about hir.if He has broken her
heart. She has never smiled since he went
awav. All day long, and almost all n\ght.
she keeps asking: "Where is he! Wliera oa x
he lx>f" lie is the first thought in her \?ray? -r
and the last thouglit in her prayer, ilu> tiv>t
j thought in the morning and the last :<.t night. j
i She savs: "Oh, (lod, bring back my lioy! I
j tnust, see him again before I 'lie. Where is !
hef 1 must soe him again before I\iie." Oh.
I d<> not his father and mother catv for him.'
( You go away from your Heawi.ly Father,
and you think he doe9 not care for
you because you will not oven l ivid the letters :
by which he invites you to cciiie back, while
all heaven is waiting, aivi waiting, and
I waitin? for vou to return,. A vomit? man
f * o
j said to his father: ''I asu goiug off; I will
j write to you at tho end uf seven years and
| tell you where I am.'' Many years have
! passed along since that son went away, and
i for years the father has been going to the ;
! dejrot in the village, 021 the arrival of every
train, and when he hears the whistle in the ;
distance he is thrilled with excitement, and '
he waits until all the passengers have conie
out. and then he waits until the train has i
I gone clear out of sight again, and then he j
i goes home, hastening hack to the next train; j
; and he will be at every train until that son
j conies baek, unless the son waits until tho !
i father be dead. Hut oh, the greater patience j
; of Clod! He has boon waiting f*?r you, not sewn j
j years, not nine years, but for some of you. j
! twenty years, thirty years, forty years, fifty |
j years?waiting, calling ? waiting, calling '
unri! nothing but omnijroteut patience could
| merit. We <lo care'1 or yOui1 !?
j bath night, years ago, in my church in Hrook- '
j lyn. a y.?ung man n[ p-aml at the end ? !' the
I p. it *? ?jin and he said t?> me: "I have just come .
j i>tl th?* sea." I >aid. "When did you arrive/" j
Said he; -1 eurue into p"rt this afternoon. 1 |
was in a great ' blow* IT Cujie Hatteras this j
last week, am! 1 thought that 1 might as 1
well g* 1 to heaven as to hell. I i
J thought the snip would sink; but, sir,
I never very seriously thought about
; my soul until to-night." I said to him: "Do j
j you feel that Christ is able and willing to ;
j save you?" "Oh, yes," h<> replied, "I do."
i "Well," I said, "now are you willing to come i
, and !k? saved bv Him?" "I am," he said, j
1 "Well, wiii you now, in the prayer we ate i
alx~>ut to ot]'"r, give yourself to fo>l for time .
and eternity?" "I will," he said. Then we
; knelt in prayer, and after we hail ./or
through praying, h?i told me that t\f> ijreut
| tr:ni>formutton had taken plaee. i ;->uld j
| not douht it. w on the :*?;<. now. i do '
j n<?t know what other port honinygam or
1<>>0, hut 1 think ho will gv.n the harbor of ;
j h?aven. < j
Star of jcviO'V o'er ! billow, y 4
};!' > < the - >i'J fhnt M^hs for Thee: j" 5
Bh'-s fh<- .?iii'?r'> lonely pillow, |
Far. far at >ea
It was >U'Id-n conversion with him fni"
night. Oii, that it might sudden iv>nv<r-i'>n
with yon to-day! (h-d ran save v^ct ta
as \v--'l as h>* an in u (vr-'i'i'v.
']*!:? :'?* a! >? !id'!^n dent hv Mid-hn: cala tnivt >
>add'*n io?<-- Why ti"t -ud l'>n donvi "inr''j
- infinite in .;. ! I c' ii'jb -<
!;< ; '.v i; h , !!??: 11 ' iit | > w r, iuf ! ii * > . .?:'nd v
h-f- 'in ! ii"-.".. ui.^'antni:'->i'vf . ,iij?* ?',i ,.
I > -f. v 'U! - -.i! I !? ll?'Vof hat a, ampifT .Je
"i ;.i'ii will t?> day ? to 'b?i. ! '?: ?!. '
are <-"!intiy and you will bring ui tig y an
families and v-.ur Iri'-n l-. >>Ti ; .on
Tin v l av- lent.I in h'-a1 o: . ?.f
-:-p V"U af" to ?;ti.e T in*
ii'*w> isa-- i ? ?'x? <! He g d'isn >t ;.in
an 1'hus run.- i* ii>>u: the town-, *-otii
-a'.* I" \ - 'id >Jt\"d ' * ' * I iJ'ei'a -/s
"in- li-l'i .v l|0 ' id t tht-s -a j
fl- wm j'.KV out t :?! . km*- ;.? >
v.-lJ-. Ho will !; !> liis family ami his i'l !i?iout.
It is a dtvad'ul l hing h>r a man jttsi (
plant himself in the w?t\ "! life. i:i? n k? ? ;>
bnf-k his rl:ii?lr? i:, !: ?-p had; his i:j..ii::
in life, hark hi> l?nsl;s>u> partn r< ft;
to go into heaven hims.-!f and r--fi:-- t ! t
others go in.
A voting man. at tin- ? ! >>. of a religions
serviee, was asked to d* 1 t he math ?f his
I soul's salvation. Ik- snhl: "l wiil notiion
to-night." Well, tin* Christian nian k< pt
talking with him. ami hosail: "I insist ilmt
to night \*o;i , it take I h?i op f. j.-? llin:."
"Well," .-aid tin* young matt, "if yo? ?j;:i i:
that way. I will reje't Una. i'h' ; . tt-.w.
tho matt* r's settled" On his tvav h- :! - o;
horseback he knew not tiiaf a t. ? hail fallen
aslant the road, and he was going at fail
sjhvi!. and he s:ni -k the ohstae!.- attd dp-pp. !
lifeless. That night his ('hri-tian
*'?e riilerless horv nlnm iiig about tit
I tarn, n?<t. noting s-omt-i iiin^ "
was tb.? M
, Uw, iiiyihh? TT?V ?or> dft?H.*wn?(w m, olu l3v
inn. Oh. Henry! Henry! dead and n?-t
Christian." tlod k<-ep us I'rnm >ii'-ii a
trophe.
PEOPLE WHO ARE KNOWN.
Hits ??t' (Gossip Ciiiiocra i ?;; M<'ii ::n<!
Women of 3Ioro or 2.ess "N??t? .
Oliver Wendell Holmes says that hewnoner
offered pay for a poem in praise a
j certain stove polish. hut declined.
The wife of Senator Jones, of Nevada, i?
jj)e principal mover in the cstahiishnt nt of a
homo at the capital for a!?an?lo:io<l La!>e> and
children.
The Princess of Wales is passionately fond
of the odor of cherry blossom, and London
socierv ladies now can y tiny vials of tin per
fumenhout their person.
Es-Oovonor tY.rtin was recently call-d
ujkmi by a soldier's widow, for whom he had
secured a pension, and given a half <lo/en
kisses in public for th?> assistance lie had
rendered.
"PJori 1'Ion's" second son. Prince Louis Nu
poleon, who wants 1o go with the Italian
army and tiif.it Arabs at Massowah. has entirely
renounced his French citizenship in
favor of Italy.
The late Mr. \V. II. Vunderhiit promised to
jwnsi'm his coachman if the latter would for
swear drink. The man kept sober for sotnmonths,
but Mr. YamWbilt wa.- tinaliy com
]ielled to discharge hilt-.
Dr. Jutikor, the famous Russian explorer ? !'
Africa, plays the tc-ordeon. This bumble
fact considerably modities the bubbling joy
over his escrt)K? from the barbarians of the
dark continent.
E. ;P. Roe, tlio essayist aiid novelist. is
working haixl in Santa Barbara, Cai. ii<denies
himself tia.1 callers during the day
and remains at his writing desk from -> o'clock
u. m. to 4 in tin' afternoon.
Ex-Judge Edwards Picm-pant thinks that
the power which the French law gives to :?
husband vvfr his wit,-, when r'-iore are it"
ante-nuptial limitations, can aln.,>st be compared
to the power of the slaveholder ov.-r
his alave.
Private advices from London stub' that
Martin F. Tupi>er ir almost ei: tircly broken
down in health, lie can neitli -r read, writ-*
nor sjK-'ik intclligiblv. th<-uglr liis mind i>
clear, tic will l?e TV next July..
F-ii* Fitzjames Stephen has :> ban loncd his
inanition of writing a ;n.>n..-r: .:u <>n * V.rh !c.
iiis i -iations with Cai iyde w?*> ^ c- itfr'itft
that t-- * . * ai litera?nv.-,
iMU'tant addition t" V- ?
... , . n. -Simon ( nil..--. ?i:. who
" have seen !mn since hi. ret ar-* from !' -: ~
to l)c?neg:.l, ar" tpjoted as .suyj.'.ig thai lv
,TT,-?.tttv slioni-.nT for" 'Wirt nnn'-o mm tout Surah.
Femhurdt is a genon-us .- be
has coll\>> rutd ;<>Ii> bcfoiv tri-in g. an-' :?i '
eats u hourly breakfast. w.th eiar?*t. She
dines wel'. at *? and lias a slipper after lhca.iv
hours, ifsually nothing more than bouillon,
cold :th> its and fruit ant! souk times t-'i raniu.
Miss Kate Field does not oelieve in Lady
Habep.ons "reform dross." She sent over to
Londc-11 for one of the "divide, i shirts." put it
on, a' el went out for a vmlk. It began t->
rain. She trietl t<> hold ti?- garment upon;
of V ie mud. but tvui'ln't. It v as worse than
the ordinary dress. When she got home it
wy s terribly bedraggled, -ind she sold it next
d e y to a second hand ilea .er.
Fatti was in St. Pa; .1 the other day and
gave a concert. After ? he had. sung "llome.
Sweet Home" a proir.iin nt-citizen in a pn-m
iuent seat arose and we it out. He did not go
to get n clove. He wet -t. I.cause, as he sai-i.
he never exj>eeted to hear Fatti again, and
"he always wanted to .vraeml*-.'- her with tho
i mclodvof that smug ri: iging in his soul."
; " ... ...
I Iiiobard l'enistun a .as an act'>r in l:is
j younger tiuys. I?ut I'naJly retired from t! ?
stage after winning :i ;h<t prize in the Hai
vana lottery which n ?lted liini .< ;">< >,o()U. lie
| then purchased a st oek farm in Kentucky,
purchased the stcJlion Foliovvorafl. and
>tarted to raise hor? vs. His hospitality and
generosity exeoede* 1 his ability to sustain
them, and lie tinallv wandered hack t> t'liiiadelphiaami
has im v U*en living in i> ?vrrly.
lie is now an inma a of the l-'omst Home.
HIS LAST SK1IM0N.
- XT
LAST PULPIT WORDS OT REV.
HENRY WARD BEECHER.
Delivered in S'lnuoiitb Churcli, Itrooklyn,
011 Sunday F.veiling:. Kel>. ~7? Resolution
and the Nece ssity of Living: u [> to l-'i\e<l
Sta udards.
"A: id he sail unto iiis disciples: There v a?
a Cert uin rich man whic h had a servant, an i
the s; jut* was accused un to him. * # * Ni
serva nt can servo two u tasters, for either la
will bate the one and Ic ve the other, or elshew
31 bold to the one HI :d despise the other
You cannot serve God an I Mammon."
Tt xt?Luke, xvi, 4, tbo tirst clause: "i an
reso iv.-d what to do."
I read in v?>ur hearing this narrative, thi
Jfir ihleof our f.< >rd. The unjust steward l:a?
l**e -j ncciN'ii, a..l rightf" dly, of hctmyius
w; >s?isli.?d tin* tliee:. j had c. and b<
co nunuiied with himself is ni as the result o
tn at. and locking over ill the circumstances
be said, yj ? resolved ^ ha t to do."
"What be vest>1 vet 1 : > \vj is not verv honest
'1tituasveryr.hr il r solved*to mala
1 ')f fll! t!' -f his lord. !!
?'aii-.'tj the ;u up a . - ' :> <; .vith them i:i -:.-i
fi. way g ? t,? | . . . .. . !jt nlih/aii 'us
{nititmi to hi. v, although lie an<
tih'V eh. t t m . h ma-lo hi* oWl
ti'Nt wa nil aiui ... ;* praix-1 in:u-n-'
Josijs, f ,u? tii- man 'hat ?>w. ie<l p;"
is tiit*? in... When '.o ii'Mi .i that h* > !. ! i
hutisol f; - Well, th:f i< siiro w.l; that i-can
hihg; that is wW*' nni tho?: mill* m on iJ iv
*i;td raa , atv wi>ci tiiau t:
i-iuU clI h^^B'iat l- t" M :v. liK'M "a ii-> a:
tuttiit ,o tn worM I v reasons. for worMly \\ a*o:is,
very much wi*?r than tlx m* :i 'initi?' *"
?i from ilie 1'i^hfst moral considerations.
f*>;v t that thai (hoy havo >ei rt-il is -.mipiv
"I am r? s iv. ?i what to.do."
Wh'iT, thou, is th?* nature a resolution
.hat is th- so.ij.o of it, the i"t "> At w hat
arc the ilr.-nv h.iol: * Th** ? -It '< ^ i i :?! *
those .juostiotis a;:y ! ': fjow Ji_rln >:] ?;. : ho pat it
many of ns. No*, .our h11 t makim; up
j otir iniri't is o.puv,ii.- it i" f.'i Jtm;.: : p i;
| Wri??ji a man ro* .-< * v.* nto.atis. *?io:;i . moat.
| t" >!" soniot hii:^: .ml nil ro? .lutio:-., ?
j shouM oa?ry, n.'i si:.;p. V iho eiol 'i_ >. ai-.
J the ojpn'ho ati'l iio.s-v.:'. uomiis to. v. "
j ;> i i or I'.V ;Ir:iili^r i>
j ! i .TV s..|o at-.: t? : t.. ? .<n th
>ihor. without anv in- rm. -ti.;:.* m - ii:*
it, woiil-l ()# t"!lv !! " - ! ! r , ! : . t. ...
i..w t.. -or., marko- ?.l! !hi he rut- ! .;
i:np!i**<J stop? 1>\ which ".hat res- hit i. I: I!, i 1?'
carri? ) .'lit an- jn.vnh ?i n:i!v .kiiiit - I:'.
J A ! . < .In:ioji i. a par; ? s- , t.n
j things, 1111? -in(? .ij:>: "ipi.-\. aro < .
I > ."! ?! ! v rov.->|ijtj.<ii ?.na\ .
i :it.!\, we os . !" ton-; it-i? I * !;
i
tiuii.t-r of r. s ji'.-t S".
i vt j-.. * I,,,>| ;..|
! _ i j 11, :ii . a|o,..%| \\,-t i . .j ap: i
.Nal 11 .it I s. !u> .i,~ .1 llii i'I 'i too *i* i.'?
1 I *\ll 1! V I... . f\ ^ t J .V I ul l [ 1 ' ' .. ' I 1 O*
i
HWHWU? - ? ? .
>:' a man t>> step to the door and see n stranger or
a friend: he resolves ir??! ? i!; although the rvso1':ti. :i
is latent in such a sense hy repetition, be is
T.t>! c* "lisri.iiis of making up his mind.
In regard io a great many of the acta of a
man's iifo. celebration that is to say. the action
of t l*i- i.raii: has l^foin-' so common t hat it takes
place ? h in.nt any appreciable appearance of tak
ing place. A multitude of things if one pets in
a crowd, ami a man woiiM strike him. his defense
is not the result of rcilertmn. and yet it was in
him as a result ot experience to protect himself;
and. if it in-a shadow, it is just the same, for a
shadow s-ems like a substance, and la- puts himself
ill a ludicrous uttl'ude of defense; he smiles,
and he-^oes on. hut the action of the mind, the
lineotisc;.>u> 'lehrat ! >n. is there.
As. lor instance, in things that apply to the
now. t hat are .in>'>>mjioi:nde>l and simple, a man
resolves arid e\- ?*?11 s almost at tlie same momen:.
Tii" chi'i 1 eails fr>>m above "l-'ather."
and incidentally iln-re is r, thought whether he
shall or shall a- i answer, yet the train g >e.s oil
>.\ I'll..;;: : a" I replies. ? ::. what " ' ?r
I he ca'l has - Me to him for help, and h" in
staully. -IV th ' las' echo of 111 ?;tsn 1 dies out
' hi.? . i- -m his :? :. on his v.ay. Put th-*s>
a:-. . Ih.t.gs; ihev are jhe | rimalo
nmn. Tirtna?i ai'ilj. bivmtllg .m,
rhTA, rrr
mmmm' >,> will ^\sl hyp"h<;* riut
itlg. I>!|! I. lll-.prov 1 ,'o'S ' I1' ^ *,TI1?
-.-..T . : ill,,! s'"nny. ami th.
K - .. nil- ii". - > mihiil; wneil lie WSIKcS UJ
as r u.:^ win n !,- ? in t. l? ij. Thereur?* a ytrc.a'
many it-rat 1 -u-?t imt come. < ?r the man re
> i|v.> :hat t morr ov h- will ^ to market
in i, !:! its i*.in; he waits; it is noon, and thoi
Tim.- r.... little: ""A;i?! come strain." An.
puts i' .iff' until li.i1 ? :<! moruiiu;. So lietwcer
tin' r.-s iliit! ami tin- niirht for one takes hol<!
up >:i 1I .ittier t h. r-- is a delay and t!i * intenne
N"o>. as i iT'i .>ii m life, as society itself he
t:?..r?- .:ji .\ :!i/.nti;>n is growth in
. >?njj i- >c:ty rs th--thin.,-s that you resolve to d.
.rn..*t.> ii" ar?' largely i:i their times and art
i ._r-:r hy Vans' and erTeer. ivsolutioti->|.r.';"i.i::./,'iV;'S*
>0 i.?n^ spacs nn.l s<> much
int''ri::"di:.T:s:n ; ? s'niewha! different from tlit
!ir?.r r.'s.ilv.'
t t'.-'i. in.m::s a purpose. the will if.
< ;!': and it ineh.d. s in it. s.lso, .all mdisjiensnbh'
i::ti iaiii-.ii.arc >! p<; and s.'tii" res.>!utions execute
; hei:.s- ivs immediately: s .me w it It s. .me delay;
>..'ii.' w ith 1 'ir.'del.ay; som-', t urou.fh many suhor
dinate r>-solidions, that .-aery our tlu* primary
one vn-i .a iu.au m.r. t >!< ,- at a critical moment
that ?\: ?> !: vii! ?: Terniinc th-".v' hole character
of his life; io - may d-ten.iiiie in anyone
dnyle, tin.al moment that which will take the
aiii'ie of l:is life 1,1 carry'into effect. This is the
ease . f ten thousand When my father was
v.;img. a had he was I.fought up hy. substantially,
an uncle . h Lad in him all that was noeossary to
: 11.1kc l.iai !i:tt he was in his professional life.
Put he . ! In't .! i:; lie v.as careless; lie was heod|e>s;
lie was foryettul of tilings external; and so
I Tele I.i .t in 0:1c in..; nino, going out. found
tli.it l."i'U' -a:! lal" vitii t!i?* I torses the night bef.n'e
vi- : iag s. young company . the bridle was
plae. >1 .0.-r th'- water t rough and the saddle was
1 thrown down In hind the stal.le door, and the
h.irx-N tun..-! in without a halter, and he said,
a )h. v.ell. i.yman will m-v.-r make a farmer: lie
' is n-.t tit f .1 for it." And s > talking in the orchard
' with him on.* day. h" say s; J.ymari, h..w would
you like To 0.1 t<> No answer They
weiit on a king all day. Next day, about tint
same la-ur. us tin v w. re working together m the
orelia'v!. !.j tmiTisays: "1 w.jiM like to go, sir."1
That s.-Tjle.! i;. In that beginning was a purpose
hat shaped liiTeren*. !y i.is whole life; it never
e;.\e ..1:;; i! branched in every direction; he
made what Ii--was; that was ..win;; to the part'
ing: by u--t. la- woui-1 h.;\e been a niisoral.le far;
nier; !. inside a t.-I--r;i'.-!\ good minister utul u
; tol.-ralily ? I father.
t So, tiie:. a ni.au may foiati a resolution without
tiois--, without parade, I -tn that with infinite se
I -;:i--tiees in i! s development. it UnlV ilielude in
itself a short p:\..vss and un intermediate; it may
'f .'i 'otijr process; it ti:;iy include in:
ii ;elf th.- wh ic sc..;,.. ,.f n:an s lit'.-, and tliriow
ten ! hotisrunl ri""?Inti<>t-s will Ik- I u*i::?.* ! success
. iv.lv : .carry the jrrcai primary resolutive
v. hi.'li a r: :..i mala..
1 ,i?. ^.-n.-ra! ocaiiti.-r .>(' t !? resolutions which
men make are < i every _ri*;i ! : evenu frail woi-ei-i
v..i:-;;': ; ia tl:i- ls>..si.-roiis March win.!, may find
f !' ! tii.it i-- !) a.h ' Is-.! 1 her inViT Jj|p..
, .\ ; as i> .1 t -n,ity so a i-?
i-.is s. !:> ! iuie<"N " ism tliosc
I"! t:.!- purl ? <? *;
, v.t r.- : : iii.-.l in a iii'.iiv-M ..f i nn<i i'avt*
. n..;!iisi;; 1. ft of ?hem when the excitement eooJs.
' Till*. .' i- tii?l:t*>iiii v also arising from disability of
.rani/;:! i- :i: I hat is r . say, u nam may lv< sirs
oi'l-'iMi wh.ii' .'iic .'lass <.i ofT' i'is is heinjf pro
iiii;::i'! iii ilia! irood lie may form a resulu'?
>!l. "but ! > r;i.iri''iw s>uie til'T l)les?v-l. beautiful
tiuaa' r a. eome up, ;r.;.i ::> is just as siis.vptibli*
. of that, ami tIs.- seoondnn state ?f miu-.i obliterates
lin'iiis;. A rutin :s under the iul!iu*nce of
aaisi--. an : all !iis per]run under t hat power
; i : i::t'ti -o, bat. in- a:-.'! by, the outbreak of pol
a h: a:.;. ,n> pat ri < ..on. as it is called, and h:.s
aio.wls I'h.m.'i'. an.; d hose early sensations at lirsi
ar i. > loader > pi-rat ve *i) ?m him; another potv
* :*!*.il 1 inl!::i*xi ?'ausi'S di.cri'ssioti. There nr.inacv
ia. a who lmve such ancillary elements
I .ii : _T it ti Ivar upon their wills an<l their tent
p.-rami'iits t ha: tin y are almost persuaded to !k<
t"Iii'i-!iaii.-, atii! tiinik th"y will 1>.\ hut, coiuit
; o n.- in a hurry, fall in with company,
.ii;.'. 'lie <i: y following business instincts
; and inter-sis. It is like atioth.-r sceio lliat day.
; s.. t!i.r?' is tins ehatu'eablenoss in men.
. Then thf <! < r am" ..f j'ih- power came fr.cn the
net arc . i he mil!-.! Tit-re is, h> ovever, t iiis idea
i:ot to !? i;-? ! . :; .! ! lie uistinet.on between tit.'
: man's willing and his wishing. A u'reat many
people tliiid: thai a wish is a resolution. <Jh.it
has mm.- into a ( roverb. "If wishes were horses,
then In cent's :.ii;;lil ride." A man wishes he
1 >veie rich, hut he is to., ia/y. and lie never will !>e;
! a m.us wisii -s t.hat h kn-w m..re: probably never
' will; he is la/v: a man wishes that lie eouM have
.mtrane" into certain circles in society, but the
s;.-ps requisite he it-vcr v.ill have pnticmv ot
w is.j .m to Mi:- Y?<u mio'nt just as w. ll carry ti
eand!" around th- ti? l l ami tiiink i! is atjrieul
tare, lieeau-e it is li^ht shining <>n 'Tops. Thous
mid- of pe. ].!> 1 hiuk tin y wisii to In* Christians
they don't. That is the interpretation jjivei
mueli . f tli*- instruction of .Jesus. Men eaine ti
' j him and said: "Lord. v.e will follow thee whither
\ r t!: .it o."No, you won't: you doii'i
! l.mov. tliat lam destined t?.? siitTeriti^, poverty
: | ; >n. n; \ >u ui.nn i nt*i i ..... ......H .
| !> :i i> v;;l j). rs.'!i:i_r?* sh'*w.T honors mu
I " "Aii." >;-\s ' ii'*. "! w ill follow thff, hut
I sulfa?" in-* lifxi." Aii tli-Tf :s that "if" and "but'
i i:i 111'* T-ii ;In"Miii'l jsay. "J would l?'i
j <'hristian if." and thai ii. '1 v.ant to !? ?
t"aristlaii. hut" * ?*s. t hat. satilas it attain. An*,
.soi'urist was surround*-.! hy swarms of parsons
! tollov.in,' him ir.-ir.i i. wishing ami wishing, wit!
' v:t>-i,.iis .1 arn-fs ot' a\aitahi!ity in thatn. and In
J? 11 ! 1 i 11 ;111 n!f: ha w..uld hnva i!->tliiu>c to ,1.
with thani. "l.ot hi.n tak<* up his <tois atnl fo|
> ! .w ma. w iio>o,-\ar would ha my disaiida." 'l'h-r>
is xotuut hiinr t do. soiin tliiii^: l > provo and t.
i wish Thal'a is a L'raal distillation haiwvall wisil
iti:*. t ham and v. iliin^: for w ii.-i: a mail wills tin
i11"! aarri. < v. it It it (! iastriutiaut loatTua
Vmi! wid; tidia;ii 'Itrist iati: do you will P
s Y..ur wisiiiru; i- t:intali/.a:i<a. if will
1 aa-.uj.hdltuata
- ; N . V. . I ' a / ; V' ! I n ! a .|| ,S!I tll'.llls
' ma -ivatast snt'sfaafiot;. that i-> to iy, wa wall
t niaoa : in- i iiristians. and bai:i_' a ('hristian i;
.. simp:', pu': :n^\ i atrs.-lf in tiio.sa ralationsTo your
| sa!f. to \ ur fallow jjsaii and t > j-ir th.d fo|
' wlliali you wafa ara;?.t-d. 1 hd you airl' lllidartal.t
to'aka a; art a w .'a!.' T-i.n '.ary ?-asv. 1'i.
yon avar undartnka t? put j*. toaajhar a^aiti? Thai
. i 'Il"t atlSV. Yotl doti't know v.'iiiaii M'rawpH,>
. ' 'II W t:ta!l i; yolj don't l.llow a;<aat!y wllitfi
ta'u, and t hat i? t i..i* !: t!*i*:_* ! > wi'! .'it io^athai
hut that of 'i;a'i t was n:a iaiid ? aai
v.diaal wax'1 o;;a ulna a:: ! tooiiaanwa
i'i-t it ;. on a tifiha*u (nj.'ilior, aaai>rd
?; :o 11;.- u.t"tt? : ti.o :ji ik'-r. it will p-.Tfortu
ati i : ' i".i: a : til Now. a man was huil'
, wit I: a irr-arir >) al tsiofa ?:,ra than var a wata|
! w i -. 11 ha- iatinlta ral.itions to himsalf. A hiat:
W .'!> 'Il.'l'I o i;; . v. jr li ;ili-;i. ;illd t llafa is olllv out
wai a:. 1 . : a t?; ;:i.-i;oti v.lda.'i m-n ran liva lo
? ' " <. i< **
?:i is--; a mi \x < have a !?>t,
at. ::j ,!.-<i|s. in tin- ?1[-l IVs
! a- 1 i !. - . !.nt it: t iie Nc-.v wit}:
ol. aivr eiii|.;ia>is a.:: I ! s.?jm.: tleft
i; iiax _'..t ! > !ix ;.m nri our .a mm,
v. ;sif t'ii* im-'rl.tcia^ ri*lati"!i3 ami xvha; j..,t!ia
minan! -spirit i:t *.x ?ii<*h xxe a:v to treat t
i'i! i -halt t!:v li.-rrhl^r as thyself." S- It
1<>\*n:i i- ' > !? t!ii- \;:? ami typo o?
till' v\ ! if*i xoii are t?> ^ivc t<> all people.
.. i v.- km-w >?-rf?vt!v xxellthat xxearontlituieeil
to v< l.r_*lifr ' - i:;,'s than mail ami to tin- in\
sml" sav.s as *v?-i' as to the visiMe; nti-i
.v- . .. w !:i i iii' nr.- mi? ,.f j->1 III wit';
, in .i;irs.'iv?> ;111 1 to our
la-.^-tii">r- an i ! "in <! Now. 1 say it is rea<
i?i ' !' .-it w-vifiil-l r.<i to !iv-? after this
I <:!>o*i -,i i?i 'i ?! w,'| ,> i Till- i.? rea>
I \ im.o . ::ma I>:it. to ;he weak.
< ia i-t ia:i;?y is t?. 'hm.; I'lif ] -ratf, ami it is
m-; is .?t n':' ! a uriti ? >'?> .!:i:tj* .I !i.-i*at|s?
In- f .'il l a. aii-t - a tiiiow all ? Iii- >_-ni i> tstai
tii 111' * I'll- !' 1T !i:A' I- wall- of *i|.' Ilia! n'.
i T: m-i ia !- i.-i':;t in- :;x1 it^ in t!>os" relations
em a. w ' oatfi lia:tiio|ii/.a:ion of
- o a .!. ii 'iniii'Mi' ,.!)!>f our relation-, to ..?r
i :'o,'. !ii,'_o io'i .if ..||;- ,, J. to the
t.:*>:i ? \11 I I - '.'tliif is foa.-oiMlile; J
- . - t i'.ili i it ! it.i! it I a s ft it t la- itiij.fi-i;t _
... .' an . :' ! lut; .Mill-.-- f..r lilt h 'i;_rh,
! i. 11: .t ;ti -. t - > >iis. a unit: m ot l.-i.-r to ins
! 1 i- ' ik : !!. ilv.-'-;ui'iii|.| t !i-- xx life,
I i i ! . i I 'i i'i !i> i- I (a- |os**r ia >\x, I -lit si if
j !. ' : . \ r i 111 max' ti inli. l.e.-im .a In* runs
; -i-,'.i ;t i.-vi'i?t- l period ami taeu rufx>rjii3.
that t.-tissipattoti is ;n: ,v>. no. no; ttu
causo?i>k u*id rand ri:n :i:!>t-rrn!i-->i!sly. as is
were:* '.le-re is tna.iv a man the* has grumble.
at -laars ul tIi** u.tJf -j
,-eurs ' 11 know that- th-re are the s-wviiteen
year IsIk- they lay rh.-ir e^.s. ami ih ej.-e>
lie inotiia; in the ground for Seventeen y.-ars;
then' natch and .-.in.- A mmi iiwv In
evil is lay t!i" ?%' _ > that w ill hatch tw.-atv
years'" that, an I :ts a jt? ii> :-al truth 1 think i:
deistrabie by ai ttial ? r%.-it:?-:i ua 1 ex
juriti that the tni'< happiness of a tuati
ii.-a ihat s-l! C')ii!r.>!. in that virtue, in
that arrity. it; tha* love |*>wer win-!:
is th?i ll?*ce < f reh;,*i-.n it-elf. I; is n..t l.-u 'i
ine y<>t\ vhif.ai, it is n..t len.-tiitr.; y.air v. rs.-of
fattljja n>t item.; tisr-'unh -i.
r.ehievt t. "Th"ii siialt love the 1. rl tic.
(hvl af1' neighbor a.s rhys< if." Therefor,'
veil it" . yourself. am! h- that lifts lii:us< i:
sh<>\v t by partiality toward the hover an!
wor^ures in hltnsi'lf. but rnvari his wlioh
sclt -'Vdir understand:!!,:. t!ie moral jjowei
andfa. nii'l spiritual i:i hitti. Now. \v!i?-n ji
tnanhis presented to him ami h * > ur,;-,l t.
; entcli a Christiaa life as the only hom-mblt
. oa<\ n!y on** that lias the ;;reatost satisfaction
he >?aly (.n-:!i.tt carri.-s in it tiie ilea
of ill.j ^ralttu i toward 'i "! '. w rhoinrht
r lessl, hvl 'hut. Tonight ?' ? ,y.
> . th"re ^ '.at sac thil? Tr><?kiinr
sphere'1 f ifetocme. I am i. ! ? me
to do in niin l n '* a n~- ,]ut i- *n meanMini
w s hi.les. how many i.ien eat; say to
nielli. ? a;n resolve ! what t <h> I hen
are ve: ,.f you that would say. '! utn res- .ivc
t not tourist ian" That is a very ha/ar..,>n
thi!iL"eh .vry few Mi -n eareto revive. Met
rna'An the other hand. "I hope some tun
i to iKjristi.in: 1 t*?sometimes as if ! w>?iil
t lilc? I wish i v. as .me*." jis>t u> a la/
i man i he had the products of indu-try. Ru
! !:,v,v ihi'Ii are there here tonight t!:at e.t
sav, i resolved u!ia:t>? d-\" "lam n*-,.-Ive
wliar-."
Are th-n resolved at once to 1
i i 'hris ' ":i:s 1*' a Christian j?! otirey In oi
i sense, in another sense, V--S. No! tody evt
lfarnfat a iil'iv , init an I? -lti:i tli
iav: tin ever amen scholar b\ ! - .list ? :
i liiii titer ?,ai? 1 >.. w it it-?nt fi-s..in: j.ii
i in ai'>L'-N >?:i and a e..:i?iantlv r?*;? i it
?no, aury res-.hit i>>:ss 11; 11*i mg r he main ?.:i
Arc yo-S' lvfii i>> lie a t l.ri-5ian to :hi.; exte
. 1 wiHgi ( > night: "1 am r.snlv.-.| ;us far,
. I have ,t in 1 as faros I know my way. I a
determi. <i 'ii know* I .".ni determined
sijnarc l*e hereafter <>n christian prm.ipl.
_ 1 am res.-, to lie ( hristinii man." Nov.. tl
! may itnv hmelies. I may he a Roman Cat
olie and eVe it, or a 1'rot est ant ami.stay out
) that ehti.and stay out of any other char.
Ttiis re?f-a .1.m.-aii I will )? a ('nristi
like to Js.-heme ?.r that solvine. according
this elm; >r t iiaf rhureh; it siiuj.ly means ii>
simplest!!!, its primary eondit ion. "1 v. ill n
ulate nn'e. Ii.vti insiile ami out. according
the print.*} lf.i'l down for me hy the I/.r.l
Christ.''", not that a very simple thinly 1
l what dot carry with it r It carries, in the ti
' place, th "I will th-Tei'ore liegin by excludi
! everythi that I know will hinder this r.-so
lion; froa ouiseioiisly wicked way, 1 will
as ^ parf the fulfillment, of this ivsolutiot
! will sto;. That is the meaning of the repc
! ance Johiegan and Christ took up. Repent,
' the kingoi of heaven is at hand: that is to s
j 1 will g over every known wrong that
, ineonsist with this purpose tli;it 1 h:
' formed; am going to live as a Chris:
\ man, tvsi Christian woman; urnl if th
j lie that \7-h I know to he fundamentally v.r.
i I shall try out my resolution by repentiti;
[ turning -ay from that. And then, in the n
place, a solution to he a Christian applies
mediate' it is ttoi that 1 will b-* a Christian n
, year, or* and by*, or long time death, hut i
going o.negiiiniiig at once to live, as far,
know ho righteous. Do you in *:t:t. tii-n,
;uko tue i'-. mat areuoces&arv. .*-? ..
to begin yi? attempt to live a Christian lift
saving in sin-rily. ''tied. show no* tin* way; i
tilt* thy hfi;> Aw J'mii willing? Not to say y
;?rayt.*rs: tlfeiuv :'r>'iil many prayers sail
great !>? pru\e>> that arc felt ami
trn?*. Is t^re sincerity in yon? 1 would t?
that you .wo spiritual refilling and the snst
ing povv of the whole Spi: it. that yn h iv.
j certainty'but ho was working i" inotov.ill
j to do hi-'""J tilijasur*'. Aro you ready to I,
j'OBf fjothenby opening the wi.r
j not hapt>-r, nor a km .,
a - nil : !hry '?'?! . nit'-'.a
_ , ,s ,{u'"hUl of^ttt ff.vtl?
""-vrdfop.v.:-..:
Arey. trVijio t'jJr''' ' Testament as.
; > ' '-'"gj**!use ti ,
' lino of J'??!^rTnnsol? -o what it says about !tis
: about aj VT says about crimeaml on
and joalsy, ?* * all ill will ami ovil spenkir
ami ail fjsm?ss in its grasping moods. A
you wii^ to look through thi* Now T?
taniont soo what tho law of tho I>>rd j
Not by dission. (b.d will tako oaro of bis <>y
J defense idoosn't thank you for any help;
j has ho a invasion to thank anybody. Ar?v'?
willing take tho JJiblo just as a ship:*--s'<'
1 takes tlnart? When lie leaves tb- las'si:"'
light am.vos iiisdirocrion lie never say- "k',;
j mendiren or two of tho sailing e"r m>m
j ami thet.d mo tho draught nigs ir'1''* 'Wai
and thelitis.' ilioy have no relabel at :,1' '
his coins' bis actual sailing: bur !' is not g<
iiiiC tor?+? niauy parts ..f ihs ,.pirt and "f hi
1 sailing dtions. Why. no; ho ?iys out his v<a
' ' ago fro if beginning ami i-torv day bo takr
obseria;-'. and thou li?* checks down on t!i
1 i chart joboiv ho is. At noun to-morrow h
j takes aifr observation; not because there
i any no.f reading lib chart, in reading an
1 J book uifigatio-i; not because ho is smdyin
astrem -for the >?ko of anything that is i
astrftno Ho has got a dotiuito purpos'* in lib
after \di lie soils his astronomy, and alt>
which fl's his Ntubs, or t !; ?.< wlucii lay 1:
l-niirsf>!<" .v,"l willing; i" iji r. i m i.i
> : iMurs.-.Iv'byyin,- t?> tii< w-n-il >.f ?;?
i to usi*?i exaeriv what is *-?c)> -i*t ! ??f y>>:
both w niv i" Tvji*ft ami isii ?r yti ar- i
julopt is sensible, that .s resolvin;
' an'wiii! "> '< i'.isi.s ami ! -??>Jnrii>ji 11
on tlwH han-1. an- you, while y??n are w-.j;
1 in;?, 11 yourself, Jtfi* you savim; 1
yours; My i'I.'ht | :?!u of (Soil tsor on if
' best n-oio is my father ami mother
: ther?*'rt*'v?T any Christians t!? -y wore viir
i [ h*"*- my wore real > "hrNtians " Now,
> ina:i""t is inliniteh more to him than tl
VjiyMai is to an;. il-'Vou! Culholie.
? y eotb into the ohureh In-eause you tir
sv:Athy -to an-' kimliy lu-!;. liter.-. Are y?
' wi!t? t?take ti'ivanr.ioe of i.l! these kin-!
1 ll, so k?t you may lie able to kt>eji v our jui
t p,.an.l jur willr Ate you wi!lm^t.. l?e?'in
u,.' Votliiti't tteeii any uioiv km-v.le.l^.. y,
i ]1(j Is-erhroueJit uj? in Christian kmovle,i:
l f;(i the 'ry eiiul'.e; Volt have no f1 n>?< ei
1 ' tjs: you tve in e>sarily none by the averaa
t, what tristiuii life was ami < 'hristi ui tluty.
tre?the is no man here that i;er<l? to ha
alirioM'.l;stmotion: he knows that is hoin
> f.ive obi-i litly to (ioilatalitl love with Jes
(l ist. H ean u man eonie into a stale of em
tnf Caiman by simply saying I will, f..
? > no: b by saying I will feel he ean take r
.rys to-*!. A mau shivers ami says. "Chi
A.1.fevoir-1 not agreeable; 1 am iletennineil
t ffell.vefiie'll " Well. Vol: eallllot L'et over 'tie
? b\ JetviiiniU' it. but if you wjil take ijiuni
' eiV'fchott Now, yi-ur purpose be n
looj,"e's ' iia. fo-i.'1 .mil to be a Christian
.oWfSolv* i" srr ?
; eolug :\K m vself for all tie- Ix-lp I eanm *
the Cl:ri. ii.^tit i.rions that are n-. <
iiiv weakNow, 'ha! .< praet: al. ano hat
miiioii 'se h.?i v.-l'i moral ?-us? 1 >r t
y?>u jjoirtg s?iv. "Well. I will s*v about i
N?>. you , von know it. Ami that thi
' we have inj- times, when a loth dfhtor. 11**!
h'iven a n not f'T ihe sake of paying a *h
but for tsa'ui* of p-tting rid of paying it *.
1 put it off tV,,ur nioiitlw. and then they give
other nott;? ir the greenbuek business,
which th-ipay one note hv giving an??t!
1 There ari?j|t it uilesi i?f people that form an
lution for . sake of not fulfilling a duty, at;
! man says. Veil, I have made up my mind I
going to b< christian ;us soon as I get read
When are-ou going to get ready? It
clouded yoieonscienee ar.d eiouded your reo
i now by prtjsiug to do that, by and by. v.
' the cenveni't time comes; and the devil will
to it that it ?ver comes. It is a resolution i
simply meat the feeling of having d**tte \
duty. And ..hink the mo.-t se:in*hth*us m
nesses and Cdionnrablettess thai *m?i very
1 be imagined/hen the parties e. neerned are
yarded, is tha-.es-duti' :i t!iat people form t
at la-;stian. w.,11 .ii^v have wast* d thems*
in the :.ervic.'if se!:is'*.:ies>. ami w h* n they 1
e*>ini? into old ,g** uiai he *>!i their death bed
1 sh*Mil*l fhi-.t mys.*!f \ery me an it, in the
t?er time, I st. ;il?i gnT'i*%r a of peas
i shell out the pies, and send * ii*** pods.o.rt
ne;giil>or as a fresent. That is what men t
to d*> with (lorL they m ear. r * live m \outh
their passions; th<*y mean to live m no id?
after th**ir an ution: they mean t<> ii-*- it
age aft?*r ease, nttd before they die th*\v h*
whip on the rit it sid*and get into heaven. 1
i you e.iuie t?n iniir. sifh eonduet iti n-lari
j men. there is i; >t a s.tvap* that \v.*nM u >'
* that w.as infati .*u*< t * r< pav protection, t
her,, -dii'tion, tl -> minis' ration or <i"d t li:
! all the e|<ati:iel-( of nature at**i tin-Kindness o
; through Josn.s ( 'liris* for tin* ministration*
| ?'>spej; ?!;.i (ii . man deliberately says, v.*
s* ?k all i!i**?^ p,.v ,,;.f ,.t these things .ami :
I res' that isj.n life, and wi-.-o wear** n** !* n
I use t.-. o::rse?jv,.s w0 K,*t. going we will rep
: as t > p*t intl,,heav.-n Tw *? Inir*-)*. elders lr?.
warm trien.Iu .,?,j ye*, one da\ they t'- ll .*u
:ieh other ui|,j ,iro gr*"v ti**re.*r nnt
; eiiille positi" .]v t,, |,.*?t e.aeil of her. a >1 m
!iv morni:ik'\d aiiitii- going b.*hm*l
j ilit? elders h<*a\ ,[ him ii nit? ! -r ' > hint-**li.
j \isf ytje is n li\Vv.. . ,;. lie w III /.I to hell
li'-'ll lbu*vid doodulc . poke III' to hi
< 1 s:ua: "< >n, on. my brother. l:u won't j;u to hell "
: i ho will jo> So hoi!." "Well. but. inv .'.fir
! fellow. (.'? :nav rfi..?::t." "No ? !!. s> hist
i ^
) I an aa enough to <.> it." Itut this is-it is. fan
i ] lidly the condition in which some of you nr..
; : You moan to live hatefully, disol*slieiitIy. .lis
!iop.orah!v. and r.-s in the hist ."state you mean to
j whip up and cr< t into heaven you are "just mean
| Now. on tho ofher hand, bless...} be f ?.? !. he is
j IoUk snfoTUif. aii'l ho is patient. and as wo would
pay a d-l.t. by in-.!:'llmonts. little by littlf. sh>.\v
' in< aii Slio 'iu-.f that v.o endeavor t<> do :r. ho re
sp.-.u . \ .. : to ;. ..... to re{?en: and liv.?
1 .1 i e i.an !" . S.y installment <
j !: \ on'..- ;;t- . : t:..n ? honestly fo >t, h Ail!
I.< a: .vi: j; your i:; ; : .. you; i.j
j uornucvntid your fndi finiifUts; l:o will hear ]>n
j ti-nrly with yo?., and holp y..u fr-mday to day.
j and from month to month, mid from year toyear,
j "Vrowin^ brighter ami bright* r unto the jwrfecf
l day Is s h.-iv any man h"f." that fan sav in re
! .'.H'd so tilo past. ! r.m re.solred that I will cut
j loos., trom or-ry t!ii:;o that I'..is Iv.-n a detriment
j to ni". dishonorable to i;.>d? Is thor.* any man
i that will say in iv,:r.r 1 to th- fulmv. "1 am r.j
solv.'d vhaf to do' 1 r.m resolved to take a higher
! hff. i!f rolil.-r ihal; 1 am de'ernnn d. hy tho
. ! ;< -f ; ;.i.I. tha" 1 will 11\ ? t". sindi a ?" ** "'"'l
.?f ! 11 ' ' "^T
o hot.;.- fiid i"!! <m! of it; u? homo and t.-ll
i your wd'f of if That is thf very thituc you
'< il .n't da t" do. iH-.-aust'when a man has oiico
" . commit: ! himself ho isashamed to i?.. hack; and
' ! if voli a:" avhanus! to t.-ll auylxwlv "1 have made
i up mv mind to live like a (lirist tan man." it iJ
1 I hf.-aus.* you have not imuif up your mini!. When
" ' a man iuis dftormitifd that ho will liv.? a Christian
! 1 i,,'.. p.. will '? vrillim: to show to all that arc
V ! around al??::f tiim. "lam -'oiny to try I have
up IilIIl<I r.? try. i: y ?tI iuiv unun
:J j you will !!?. r m>.?:i y..ur j .-irri-v *Th.? time
'* j is past in whi"h I hnv?< ynvl tin* will <>t tV
:! *:!). and imw. r.> :ii;;!it. I hnvo dctci min-il rfiftr I
. will lM?(jin, w it h th<* help of Cod, to I ire a ('liristiHi:
"* | An* fli.rv any i?f you that. ur>? willing tt
!r i mak?? tfui? n so|v.*y i;,?! help you. K<>r 11 litth
ls j while if will h<* a troublesome thing, for a littl*
"* 'while, hut then easier and easier, with renin
' 1 Herat ion and exhilaration and j. ?v ami final vie
j 'TV."
s They Won the Money.
;u ! Dr. I.ee<is, of Lincoln, Ills., < iff ere 1 $"> t<
the I^ulies'Missionary !*"*,ifty if twenty o
more young la?iii*s would sit together tw
IIS , lioUiN without shaking Twenty six woi
. , tb*' money, in spite of elforts to make tliei
: talk.
'!!! Topnoody Taken Down.
it-.
Mr. Topnoody threw down h:
tut newspaper with a muttered objurgt
ng : *ion, and looked across the table t
?'n his wife.
'u:t| , "What's the matter?" she inquire'
ffir j "This confounded civil service r
"is ' form twaddle makes me sick," he e
' claimed. "I don't see why it is th
'J'l a lot of men can't do their duty wbi
it is marked out plainly before then:
im ! "Did you order that coal to-day
^ she asked irrelevantly, but with
,1S 1 new light shinning in her face.
t-i ? ? M
ndv "I beg your pardon, my dear,
,"iv"i said, piekiug up his paper aga
j;U,i "that's got nothing to do with r'
" said,'
(. . syrviizr icjuiiuuiii
'-Did you order that cf
,Ul.i she persisted. he hesitated
"X?qq^ jjjy /?(. P>ut J 11 do l!
"X loi&fitjtj the morning. "
1 this civil service
savnym
fciufin? . .
I'- I..iw. S!k to me, Topnoodv
h,- about c^1 "erv'C0 reform," 3be sail
rv botlv *'What you wuut to devot(
you?L,me ULK* attention to is domes
fjV service. There isn't a lump o
,V coal in the cellar; the boards are ol
the side fence; that back yard look;
^ like a pig-pen; there hasn't been i
,l stic.k of kindling chopjjcd sine
ii Saturday; you havu't given me a cen
v , of money in two weeks, and the cool
'* is going to leave in the morniDg
>s You may think that's the way to di
i.. things, Topnoody, but I want to so;
to you that 1'ui running this adminis
tration now, and if you don't sto]
: fooling with politics a.nd attend ti
V
i> business you'll hear from head
,!! ijuatters after a fashion that wij
' make your head swim. "Civil servic
- i reform, indeed !"
Topnoodv never said a word; h
^ ; knew better.
If |
a 1 A Scientist and Thi .osopher.
"'I
!? j "I hab nebber twloah dt a noticed,
' ' ' ' 1 1 H,
remarKea a venttruiue uoiw i cnj l;uu l?v
r>
11 man to u bystander at the menugerii
>11 ; J ^
,'.i ; the other day ; "lio.v mud i the moi
hey 'sembies do white man.. I 'spec!
J* : at some time way back in ?le mists o
1,1 j anthjuisy, prob'ly in de epizootic s
i lurian epoc ob do univej.n , and b
. J V ;
i?. j touh de primordial atoms 't.b d? grei
original chaos had 'au'joetl deir w
"i rious present modification s, dat t
,.t monkey must hab ebol.utet I from c
' white man. lu die view o o de ma
*^-rr-r^r wre 9llR(- llUm <
is views ob de scientist* v._. .
,ir.'. ; man eboluted from de mou.key. B
i .
!'~ , dey is all wrong. Nov it am a l
ItlS I
disputed axiurn dat one thing cai
an- come out ob auodder thinp ud1<
J" i it am iiret in dat thing. No' v if
's'" 1 scientists am right, what I want
:tU j ^ . ,
'no , know am dis, ika monkey beiu
i,ns i much smaller dan de white man, h
j7.'" | de white man eber got into de nn
s'''' ; key V '?>/'/'/
thai J
our i
| Avoidance X-JosirecL.
.?b.? . ?
.jv?*s i
iiav? i No matter bow proud er man. i
bo tor-day, let him get druuil,
ter-mor' he won't hold bis be v
n.-au j mightv high. It ain't de feelin '
somebody seed him stagger nn l
< ;]_;?? J DO
' 1 feelin' o' sickness y.'but bab fullen
>vh?n it am simply do feelin' dat ho
f.,.i | been drunk?a feelin' wbut kain't
i described. ^ bab heard men brag
, 1 da bab drunk whiskey fur yours
. wjii bab neber been drunk. He may
\u[', ; kep' de public from tludiu' it out
~' ' mav neber bo 'cased o' drank enn
ii? .-n
wiMi ; but my pinion o' dat man is dat
j him ilar bab made much nn?" olio
".'V r liidin' den ho hub at tellin" do tru
x i h
: ' j . 1/' Tr.i.
in. i". i
Our Women in the War.
The following arc extracts f?-??m a:address
delivered before the wss-'Ciai
tion of the Maryland i ine at d< annual
rennbr. in i'nltimon :n 'hoe
I last month, by <*:;ptair. F. W. h.wson
to jiti audience of l.i-Mvt ,-i: tv.o
and three thousand pr<a>:<' fi,u
; academy of music and was in jpI
greater part a sin-pie narrative of
! facts and incidents. These < \ i:i; ?s
I
| are taken almost at random as ^ivi? an
idea of the style and dn it:
In the writings of Court Moniho!
top r>* "* '' ' :"T popcrorvn
1 "On ??reat occasions, it i
-: * i,(.
im nrnrj-) who \r>.V? IT i
I strongest prom*** r?j 4-{f.T0.
I tion. Tile reason is Unit, with ncr,
j good and bad <jualit;es arc, in pvn{
oral, the result of calculation, uhi c
j in women tbey are impulses spring'
j itig from the hart."
> j Macanly in one of I:is ess us a's
[ j speaks of "that perfect disinterested
| ness and self-devotion of which man
| seems incapable, but which is st
times found in woman."
I This virtue, this perfect disiuteio.-.{.
! ness and sell-devotion, was manifest
, , rid on every side and oti all eirrr
i ions bv Southern \von:en tint iti; tin
I W
tl J Confederate war. Their eotirlann
11 . and fidelity, tiieir tenderness a:u
I courage, their unfailing ciieet fnlm >
, and patience, have 110 parallel in tin
! history of human achievr-im-uS urn
IH ; human sulVering.
l~ i Think for a moment cf the pern!
iar circumstances. The Soldiers <
the Northern side fought as
' : erates fought, and were equally * :
e" | posed to Uie titigno of the marc
x" i and the ha/.ard of battle. f'?ut
! Northern soldier was well f *' u< 1
3D ! clad, well armed. Sw'
"1 711V f! ls JI f i
I? !
ence and wealth. .. ,
>3" tC Coml'lO'i
# i mako bim .S'rcmain ?a??md Ti,.'
; was alloje, on ,ho other Ima.i
he i Con-^ his food i;nil hesj.ks n-.ly
io 1 ?orly equipped in arms and mumi
ti'jn. In a canipaign ho was n,
, often barebacked and bsrefoeic 1
than warmly clothed ami shod.
.Apply the same test to the winipn.
| The mothers and wives, sisters and
r ; daughters, of thu X.-rihotn sol.litis,
j : were wofn with anxiety as tlmS.mfht
orn womeu \veiv. The sword of at
there was a striking"^/M?rt b ut
j ertbeless. The bereavement oi tie*
} '
Southern maid and matron was more
. agonizing than that of the Northern
* matron and maid, because the South
i risked more of its own Hash and
j blood than the Xor(h risked, family
by family. This isj not ail. Apart
! from the fear of ill t.dings of those in
; service, apart from t ie anguish t.nat
| wounds, disease a;id death cm <
i bring:, the Northern women h i.: i .
3 ' ?
j special care or discdtnYoiA 1 u
^ j were in no danger themselves, 'i t -.-it
| was no Milroy no ihitler, no Hut t
' | er, no Sheridan, no Sherman, to up
braid and taunt them; to stiip tin-n
j of their most precious mementoes; n
? steal or scatter liieir scanty store o
' i provisions and burn their horr.ei
j over their head.
i The Southern women dwell in,; ii
| a land which was hedged about will
? * % m inQ ?nH df-ftts. and cut oil from al
(ii Ui IUU --
? regular and expedi!ions cnmmunica
I tion with the lest. of the world, on
j countered every form of hardship am
3" | privation. Living almost alone o
L . their plantations, they were nt ih
J" > mercy of their slaves. It is tr:u- thi
j the slaves were us u rule faiihiu! > n
j submissive, but the peri! existed a
tho same. There was difficulty f?; i
d" the beginning in obtaining such ne.
I essaries or luxuries as could ?;..i i.
ft~ ! home made. As the years went ic
*e j the privation became more an
'8 ' more intense. There was aclu^ 1m,
And behind the black spectre thm
tli(i threat oi rapine and i
j veoge whenever a raiding \ ar
u" ! should come within reach.
a t j Therefore, it is that the lives
?ss 1 "Qur Women iu the ar uie I
t
I yotid thp reach oi comparison, ai
; stand nobly, supremely alone, ud
6t> ! out peer or rival. Physica. tnffi
OW ! jDa the torment of the body, v
! f'
30- ; added to "crucifixion of the soul."
i What was the measure ot their ?
lor, noue but the All-seeing !
could tell. Hut those who w
.... .-.i Imnii.l to t i:
: with them, wuo ma
jiay by ties of btaod or -iilc;??i? kt;
ua' this, at least, that tho Southern
1 so men never hesitated or Inhered; ;
dat ever rich sacrifice on the alter
i' do country but continued then us
>d? tiou to surrender whatever else
hab mained; that, in tine, ihey were j
be ed to the Southern cause to low
dat houor, to obey?lor richer oi
an' poorer, for better and for worse,
1 lab until death them should pail !
, an' Tlie Idoody struggle em!;- i :
es s ; than twentv vears a^-?. Marv i
w id cant chair has been filled, ami ?
rt at I cifui tm.e has l>t. n^Ll Oi
I
til. - fjollM. I'at be :t tn'in MS It) v;\Lileht
the blttcl seed I JicCoij
i
i . i . ..j n^rft at t' o I
It'- . ! w!.-?: hiiVe l>eo?).M For " 1
tis, p- T-.?> f ur.trv u. v.- Iiiit this
(T.ii Tin re is no !h?" 1 n*i f 11 h?
To conrd'y ur.d to
til true, in the measure
t 'h < irat.K*' that was
i<* that is furled forever.
t
tu'hls, ami the
(lj(. jS J,y (o
e?<
?"1 I:< t!:.? X:?;?:.. fo ,1a- nr.- tl*0 ^
V if < C:iti:;' iiJ.-f t,) J })r i I'vnt^f lllti ~ ^
f ij.i: lie: ;.ij,i nlnv/'d t}>
. , -?* ? 8>^c
Sjutiu in sob iters -iiw oUi . ,^V
Oi:it '.< \vl:?> !uet tht'IM fac? to fact
itrue jis tiifv. The heftm
the soldi; t the better the citizen. A
j>i:; 11 blond ?IS
I ]
Yet
ami hide our
denieddenied
H
i<r^ '-'ritHfc,
i<>kcns <f days
we
ajus.
Too ],{.
)>0<>l'ut
nu-et ??d ri^ht
s;:f.:tn occasion as this the *'N
!:.?,, ..!:.f"!,!- "uJ Uie who!,.
" I Iraih.., ' ''" 'f l":rl tbfi Mioge' A
' tl:<; eneiJiY/' It is not
? al>e, but i >r ours-not to Bfl
jj itf; ^iiu, out to .w-t forth in proper* ^^B
!' j light,n5e r,,l,:rs *ka unexajn1
fo't-ij of Southern 'women
the
< n (1 r^BDB^^^^H^B
ail
* y > k a
IP /to the close of the diet I
i km \v women to walk twenties to
i j?ct a, I.-If lumhei of coarsnosty
I ::,.-r w IM vhe!> to f- od theinrving
; liiri, oof :, )'f:d '" c^ tf p ira.SS ?t 4
I thfi' ff" i 'h o... .ii on the P;,.fc9 of
i the wa. : !'! ' < r." 'J^-v rw.chf* booio
>\u .:' ,. Whfcn there, the rod was
; eookisl reVCT?oijfr-ljj| eaten, Uoug^
s->wit to h'- oq.)eU
? ?F ^
( e* ru; !' ''), hut w.ote fthr.efoW letters
j to their sons, it they worjeget living,
fiier:. do th#?r duly and
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moved i ?IhcwI upou the
tr.it! I*'* ?i";J aui imf'Uiitable minds of
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mm ijoj^sanda of
household
' ii:it Southern f>itn;!\^^^^^^H
been
m Campbell
| ? 'i-jTyV^V'-^inirt, sent nine sons
;o Furty-^ecfiini V iroinia^^^^^^H
of cariiest.^^^^^^H
? I :, one of the boys wan
.:'!? ] by a wound ?i St eond son
,f (it:-v:4se. jc is unlikely tbas
; :?.r. than Care or 1.>nr of tbe vh
J ; ii.-.nt rone iiv.--d nntil the close of
i : cruel war. Mr. Anjjo, of I>u!aslii
! ; <' ?U ti 0, ( ill., h?Ki fourteen sonsdrnd
: .;> '! j??\. ii: st-n u-e. Fx-Goveroor
! \\ hi i. (Ip.h'im, of Norttl Carolina,
- ( had tie .-"lis j-j the army, and .his
j sister,the wife of the Rev Dr. 4^^
! ris.-.n, j oe two sons and four solW
; : -.'aw to liie Southern cause, ancrv
' : an]'inothe--e sons in-law were *D. H. ,V
* i iii'l a:d S;onew?'l Jackson. The
d S nrier bino'v, originally fron
j ; h aiiu'eburo District,* South Carolina,'
i ha:! lit y one direct representatives
; in the C'onf"derate service. The
Ma. >;< ;lilies, (f South Carolina, had
,t >..v-three. Mrs. liamrick, of Cleveland
county, Nortli Carolina, had
- vi-r i ! i;11 j i>, aii I'OVfl. Six of them
.! {.?:< : into Service ; the sev*
, ~-rrrr- .
l5.-li.ol Atuju-ti county. Jwtlve ol
: - ' i ia f imilv wore the
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