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Remarkable Demonstration When the
Volunteers Leit For South Africa, j
DISAPPOINTMENT IN YEOMANRY, j
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TUerw Will Be Over l.?0.<>00 British
Troop* In tho Field Within 3 Ken |
Week*?Honor* rimmed For Lorii I
Kitchener if New Campaign i* Sue- |
censful?Attitnde of Holland's (Jueen
London (By Cab!f>).?The first 500 Lon- J
don volunteers started for South Africa
Saturday morning and received au onthu- j
elastic send off. Although many stirriug J
Bceues have marked the departure of the j
British troops for the front during recent i
mouths the outburst of patriotism on this
occasion was quite unprecedented siuce i
tho Jubilee.
It is the flrst time in the history of the
movement that British volunteers have i
been permittid to serve side by side with
the regulars in real warfare, and the :
people turned out iu thousands to tlttingly '
celebrate it. Every grade of society was !
represented in the crowds which thronged I
the streets along the entire three miles of j
the line of march to the railway station. I
There were not enough police to keep the
streets clear and the people broke through
the lines and caused an hour's delay.
The Imperial Yeomanry, nfter the flrst I
flush of public applause, is being gauged !
gingery. It is dawning on the minds of
all tb it what Great Britaiu wants are
crack s hots and rough riders after the type
of the American cavalrymen, and frequent i
comments appear, pointing out that the
average yeoman, who is a farmer, does not i
come up tothisstandard, while the average
lordliug, who adds brilliaucy to the force,
is not, generally, much nearer the mark 1
in thiii respect than his yeoman tenaut, !
that both have far less military training J
than the members of the volunteer force, j
and it is a fact that a large percentage of j
the eurolled Imperial Yeomen have never j
served even in the yeomanry What is be- i
tng forced upon the War Office is that 100
colonials accustomed to bushwacking,
cow punching and scouting are worth 1000 '
Euglish clerks and farmers.
The WarOfflce knows the value of its own i
j?ork in carrying out the mobilization I
til.heme and is content with drawing upon |
the regular lines of reserve. The Daily
Chronicle publishes a detailed statement
showing thbt 104,373 men, with 239 guns,
are now in the tield, and t&at, witn (
the troops now at sea or preparing,
to sail, tliere will be an aggregate
strength of 160,000 men, 32,003 horses and
448 guns in the course of a few weeka.
This will be done without stripping India,
England and Ireland of their batUtfp&V
atiffeued by militia, and without catUng.
for more than 10,000 out 28,000 citizen/
soldiers. i
It is learned that Lord Salisbury believes
the salvation of Great Britain's military
system depends on General Lord X|nBh?i
ener, in whom he has loug had implicit j
faith. It has already been planned that j
it Ljrds Roberts aud Kitchener bring
campaign to a successful termination- tbi:
latter, will be brought home to honors almost
equal to those of the Duke otjWelW'
ington. He rill be put iuto the War Offlo*.
au'i will be given a free hand to brush
away the cobwebs which clog the .British
Army. i
Lord Roberts, of course, will not pa neg- .
lected, but by then he may be too oldjfotvsuch
worlc as is outlined for Lord Kitch- 1
ener. Perhaps before this cau be acoom-^j j
plished Lord Salisbury will be out of :
aud Lord Kitchener will be discr^dtpijjl^;
But upon such a rehabilitation by mMOS; ;;;
of the young and brilliant ageat has the
heart of the British Premier beeu sejififSljC''
remains to be seeu whether fate wlli^aable
him to carry it out.
There Is considerable irritation here over.;.
Hoi laud's attitude, which may result In Huk! \
Foreigu Office making another " appoin^- i
Tue youug Queeu is intensely pro-S
Boer, and has written to the Pope, th?'
Kaiser aud the King of Italy, begging ihern
to take the diplomatic initiative " to stop.;;
this cruel fratricidal war;" She has alsoo
shown marks of favor to Dr. Leyds.^tb^r! j
Transvaal representative, who with hUfJjj
agents has bought andshipped m unit ions,*
of war and enlisted officer* withont htaUfii
drance since the war commenced.'
: In Eurone England's onlv real frlaintmH!
(talv, aud she is proving a friend ioiMMH
Fr >!u the first tlie Italian Go
nut every facility at the disposal
British officers engaged in baying ma
aad other tlilu^-i, while strictly I
the neutrality principle afcaiust'-t^Bitojfc1
t-LAIVSMKX TO HELP BOJRKS,
4 Regiment of Cow Pancliers Being Or/
ganized-ia the Welti
Misseipolis, Minn. (Special J.-^-johri <J.\
Alaber, a weil-known cattle man, of Chadroo,
Neb., while here en route to Cbtcaga ?
aud New York. 9ald that he had raised a
regiment of 1000 "cow puuchoW,''; and
plainsmen to go to South Africa aad? help
the, Boers. Transportation w^ CQSt> $200
per maa, and the money has beetf.pledged
In New York", Chicago and O'maua'.
He is on bis way to find out how far tfc*
pledges can be realized on before get*
ting the men together. The plan, he said.
Is to embark tbem as emigrants to
the Transvaal, aad thus escape Federal Interference.
The men are all accomplished
rough riders and crack shots.
Portuguese Republicans Agitate.' ,
Lisbon (By Cable).?The republican press
Is working up an agitation against tb?
iuouarchy on the basis of England's lnter-':_;
ference with vessels outside Delagoa Bay.It
declares that Euglaud's action Is a violatiou
of Portugal's neutrality, and Is due
to the weakness of the existing regime. |
German Squadron Held Ready. / V^j
Berlin (By Cable).?Reports are paly-.c
ilslred from Wilhelmstiafen that the ttrSt,,|
German ironclad squadron is completely*'?
ready to leave for action within twenty-.4lour
hours. (
PLAGUE ENDANGERS MANIU^fM
Three Undoubted Case* Hnr? Appeared
Within the City Limit*.
Manila (By Cable).?Throe undoubted
oases of bubonic plague have occurred
within the city limits.
White a strict quarantine has been established
and huudr*ds of inspectors are making
inspections of the entire city, the population
of the city Is frightfully congested,
and there is no sewerage system here.
Horses are now be;ng inoculated to secure
antitoxin serum. Dr. Eddy, an expert,
is unwilling yet to state that there is
no dauger of an epidemic.
Seventeen Went 1'olnt Cadets Discharged.
Seventeen young men left the Military i
Academy at West Point, N. Y., a few days i
ago, having been found deficient in their
studies at the examination just closed aud
being accordingly discharged, as follows:
Cooley, of Michigan, auil Preutls3, of New
York, of the second class; Snrague, of New
Ynrk! Tlurnmn nf Knntnnirv nf
Illiuois, aud Barry, of Teuuessee, of the
thir<l class; Coury, of Ohio; Fridge, of
Mississippi; Hascall, of New Hampshire;
Burnett, of Alabama; Itiussiucr, of Massachusetts;
Ge'ale, of Iowa; Crou. ot Mlohipan;
French, of Kansas; Lacy, of Indiana;
Falier, of Pennsylvania, aui Brant, of Nebraska,
of tlie fourth class.
Boet-lftritUh War Notes.
About twelve hundred British subjects
are still iu the ltand district.
The British have already lost in killed,
wounded aud prisoners nearly 8330 men.
General Joubert, the Boer General,
denies tliat he has ever protested against
the use of lyddite.
An appeal has been made to Americans
for fuuds to establish a British hospital
base at Cape Town.
Queen Victoria has approved the adoption
by tbe Royal Irish Fusiliers of the
motto. Fausrti-a-Ballapti.
Tfc^ British Government is threatened
with i Mai famine, tbe most ?<w/ous d*jvelODSifcAt
of recent weeks.
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SAMOAM TREATY RATIFIED
Arpr:vod by the Scnat* Ap.q? Twc
Hours' Debatj
Artor an rxclianse of ltattRrntlon* TFitTi
Great Itritaln ami Germany We
Will Take I'oasenaiou.
Wasjii.w.tok, D. 0. (Special).-Without
the formality of a roll call, tlie Senate ratifleil
the treaty under which Great Britain
will withdraw from the Samoau Islands j
and the sroup will bo divided between the
United States and Germany.
Six speeches in all were made on the
treaty, three, by Senator.* Davis, Foraker
and Spooner, advocating ratification, and !
three, by Senators Bacon, Money and Till- I
man, opposing the acquisition of more |
territory by the United Slates. Upon the j
conclusion of the *p-<eches, the Senate, by ;
its vote, showed itself so overwhelmingly j
iu favor of the convention that ratification ;
was announced without further proceed
in es.
There is reason to believe that the ;
administration, anticipating ratification, j
has made arrangements for the extension :
of American sovereignity over Tuttilla, I
Ofoo, Mnna and Rose Islands. Nothing ,
will be done until after an exchange of j
ratifications with the Berlin and London !
Governments, whea instructions will be '
cabled to Commander B. F. Tlllev, com- j
manding the cruiser Abarenda, directing :
him to take possession or the islands iu ;
the name of the United States.
Commander Til ley will Issue a proclama- j
tion to the inhabitants of the Islands, setting
forth the purposes of the United Statos .
In connection with theirgovernment. Tutuila
will be regarded as a naval station,
and Commander Tilley will be its first Governor.
jnow tnat the Senate una ratified the !
treaty the three governments will make ar- j
rangements respecting their consular representation
in Samoa. The abrogation of
the treaty of Berlin will naturally lessen j
tha duties of Consul General' Osborn, who
will probably be recalled and a consul ap- I
pointed in bU stead.
FATHER ENDEAVOR" CLARK'S TRi?. j
vV JTT7
He Will Go Aronnd the^World in the Iu* 1
terest of Christian Endeavor.
Eosto.t For the third time Dr.
Francis E. Cflnrk, "Father Endeavor" ;
Clark, aalie is often called, started on a 1
tour iu the interest of the organization of !
which b&js-tbe leader. After leaving Bos- ;
ton, he nod bis wife goes direct to San |
Francisco, whence they will sail for Japan. !
They will be in Japan nearly a month, at- j
IjMdiug meetings and conventions in j
various parts of the country. In reference ;
to the remainder of the trip, Dr. Clark
3ay8: -r, , . I
"From Japao, the trip to Cliirfa will be ,
made about the middle of Marcb. Here ]
Christian Endeavor is particularly stroug. i
By Jane 1 we.pill have to leave China, j
taking the new Trans-Siberian Kali way i
across Russia to Europe and including tea
dkys of river travel and about twelve by j
rail, to St. Petersburg!!. .-Thence we go to ;
England, in,time to gteet the arriving |
Americans, who will pour into London for !
the Nineteenth International Christian En- j
deavor Convention, July 14 to 18."
P/\fNAaDnli\if fl%ic? ham fimh'An Ti r /"! 1 f* tO.** >
said: "The spectacle of 4000 or 5000 Amsr- i
fcans crosjinjr the seas with this object ia
view will be without precedent. And the '
fact that 12D[0 or <1500 of tliera will go practically
in whole steamer loads will ba ad- !
ditionally noteworthy."
wirtd as hostages to' preveot retaliation by j
the natives.
SETTLERS CO TO CANADA.
Nearly 14,000 With Sii.OOO.ooo Left the
Uuited States (.a*: War.
Tobonto, Ont. (Special).?The Superintendent
of Immigration has received re- j
pprts from most of hia agents in the United |
tote* and estimates that nearly H,000 set- I
Ifata from the Republic have become resi,wkts
of Canada during the ^
Conservative estimate places tUe-m<U of
these persons at $2,000,000. mffix
* The prospects for inoreasinJkfcfiemmber
Of setjtlers from the United Stjrtes during
'the season of 1300 are very eaoonrwrlng. i
Kansas and Arkansas sup pi sweater !
part of those who came.
ALASKA MAY BE CU^WjMeL
Suggestion Is MikIo to Create .
tory ol Sewari!-, jJBj
y Washington, D. C. (Special).?TftaNsSnnte
Committee oa Territories cousidereil a bill
itenting three judicial districts for Alaska
and for a revision of the laws or the United j
States applying to the Territory. A rum* j
ber of Alaska men wero present with the j
committee.
They were asked if there was any senti- |
mentln favor ot dlvidiug tlie.'ferritory at
4$t:.St. Ellas, makiug the southeastern por- |
tffln the Territory of Seward. The reply |
Sjgjfc'that the people believed such a division j
^rould be necessary at some future lime, i
P^PrCanlil l'rsiierve Cuba'* Troen.
General Rlus IIivera. Secretary of Agri- j
culture, Industry, and Commerce, has ad- j
dressed a communication to Governor !
General Wood, at Havana, advising that j
steps be taken immediately to protect I
Cuban forests belonging to the public do- j
nrtiin. Ho urges that he be empowered to
u;-r inunpotore. at a saiarv of S20C0 I
euch, with instructions tc locate pnt>lic !
property and to consult with the officers of |
the rural guard in the various provinces j
as to tne best methods of preserving the !
trees, which are now belug used at the j
pleasure of the iirst person who dosire.s tc i
cut them.
Dr. Bedioe Has lCeRigtieil.
The resignation of Dr. Edward Bedloe, j
United States Consul at Canton. China, |
lias been accepted by the Department ol ]
Slate at Washington aud Robert SI. Me- !
Wade, of Philadelphia, has been selected as j
his accessor.
Naval Cadet Dismissed For Hazing. j 1
Naval Cadet J. F. Maxwell, of NodH
Carolina, has been dishonorably dispfjjiH
from the Naval Academy at AnnapffljP-'
Md., as a result or a c'Ourt-mart|A^flBBP[
found him guilty of participi&tlotf^uK^^
Christmas haziug.
l'rominent Feopio. .
.Tolla D. Rockefeller has given J
to Columbia University iu New'York Cltyj
for a chair of psychology. %
The German Emperor's favorite saddle j
horse is an Irish hunter. H* is a brown j
gelding, bred in the United States.
In 1883 three men, now well known, were
friends together at the University of Strasburg?Rontgeu,
Paderewski aud Tesla.
Bishop Satterlee (Episcopal) of Washington,
i* a lifelong rriend of Secretary ol i
War Root, with whom he went to school j
when a boy.
Thomas Dunn English, the author of '
"Ben Bolt," says that no author should at- I
j tempt to write poetry until thirty ->r a
novel until after fortv. I
A
FARM PRODUCE EXPORTED
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Figures Showing1 to What Countrie?
They Go.
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Great Britain ami Her Colonie* Taku
More Thau One Half? KiglityPer
Cent. Sold in Europe.
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I WASHINGTON, U. v. lopnuinij.?i-muix ? *.
Hitchcock, Chief of the Section of Foreign
Markets in the Department of Agriculture
i In a report oa the distribution of the agI
ricultural products of the United States,
I says:
"The agricultural products exported
! from the United States during the Ave
v?ars 1894-1898 had an average annual
value of 4063,536,201. Of these
enormous exports, about sixty per cent,
fouud a market in the Uuited Klug*
dom and its various dependencies. The
sum paid by the British people for the
American farm produce purchased during
the period mentioned reached as high as
8403,953,854 a year. In the five years under
consideration the United Kingdom
alone took more than one-half of all our
agricultural exports, the consignments
credited to that country 'orming about
fifty-five per cent, of the total shipments,
and having an average annual value of
$362,407,701.
"Germany, which rank3 next to the
United Kingdom as a market for the products
of American agriculture, received
about thirteen per cent, of the exports for
1894-1898, the average yearly value
amounting to $86,320,274. France, with
purchases that averaged .$13*988,790 ayear,
was the third country in importance. The
sxports to France, howe#ver, formed only
about 0.6 per cent, of the total, and were
hardly more than hnlf as largb as the shipments
to Germany. The shipments to
Germany, on the other band, were less
than one-fourth th<* size of those to the
United Kingdom. These three countries?
the United Kingdom, Germany and France
?received together nearly seventy-tive per
cent, ot me total agncunui-iii
"Tht? annual records of exportation show
that, with very few exceptions, the leading
foreign countries materially increased
tbeir purchases of American agricultural
products during 1894-1898. In tbe total
value of the agricultural exports there
was an R.ivanpe from f6S6,633,747 in 1894
to $853,507,942 in 1898, making a gain of
3221,874,195. The countries of destination
that contributed most of this increasewere
the UDlted Kingdom, Germany,
France, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands.
Japan, Italy, Denmark and British
Africa.
"Our exports of farm produce to the
United Kingdom increased $82,588,854 during
tbe five years, advancing from $356.006,251
In 1894 to $433,595,105 in 1898. This
was decidedly the largest gain recorded,
although the shipments both to Germany
md to Prance showed an important
growth. In the case of Germany there
was au advance from $72,934,332 to $119,425,720,
and in tbe case of France trom
641,911,333 to 475,327,096. The gain for
tbe former country was $40,441,338, and'
that for tbe latter $33,415,203. ' .
"A summary of tbe agricultural exports
for 1894-1898. showing the total for each
:outluont, brings out the faot tha&kbdut
jiglity-elgbt per cent, of all
luce shipped from the Unlted'~M09^BMG|
ug the live years mentioned wilflMijfiBft
ii Europe. The value of tbe sbfp#83ts $
European countries from 1861 to l^. ^ Jj
. lu-ive.averaged $536.953.907 a year. InflfefM
It'reiched as hJgh^.#76l,870.7to/|tiw?^
tug an increase' 6f\J>195,5SS,939 ov?"th"j?
ralue (ot 1394, whichviras $566.281;843. Tftfl
ihief part ot tbe remainder went to Can-i
uia auci cue otuer norm auinncau i
.ries, ail average annual value of $48,724,257,
and comprised slightly more than
;even per ceut. of the total. Tlie records
!or the five years show oulv a slicjht gain,
in 1394 the value was ?53.727.457, the folowlo?
year it fell to $43,773,619, aud then
tlowlv Increased until in 1S33 it amounted
'o $5G,71G,7o4."
DEATH IN BUZZARD'S PATH.
?eop!o and Stock I'erUh in New Mexico'.*
Severe Styrin.
Gordo, N. Jr. (Special).?Details of the
>lizznrd which swept over Southwestern
N'ew Mesico indicato that it was the seversst
storm ever experienced In that region
A stretch of territory fifty miles in
irldth, with White Oaks ami Nodules for
lie centre, seemed to suffer the most,
lithough the severity of the storm was
!ui!y felt throughout the Sacramento
UountatifregioQ. Toe velocity of the wiud
was terrible, all roads and trails we're obiteruted,
and the driving snow luadtr-lt"-'
impossible for travelers to see their way iu
;he storm.
When the storm abated, wagons which
lad been abandoned, were found strewn
til over the section. Several fatalities are
reported, including the driver of the White
Daks ami Lincoln stage, and many sheep
serders have lost their lives. Thousands
)f head of stock perished, and it te estinnfail
Hii? t-ha In-ia will :!!? _rre??ftt? over
ssob",000*
ITALY ASKS REPARATION.
IVuuU the Government to PuiiUh LouUW
aim Lynchers.
Washissto.v, D. C. (Special). ? The
.talian Government has signified to the
Jovernment of the United Stnte3 ia the
polite aud courteous method Icuowu to
xiodora diplomacy, it wisli chat the persons
jullty oflyaohlng the lire Italians ;it Tulu.ali,
La., last spring, should be punished.
As under the existing law the trial and
prosecution of suou casus as this is left entirely
to the State authorities, the National
Ipvernmeut Iswellnlgii helpless to meet
twrequest oftbe Itallau Government.
The President will probably make fresh
representations to Con?re3S urging the
speedy passage oftUe pending bills inteadto
remove from State courts jurisdiction
in cases where persons claiming treaty
protection are the victims, aud transferring
jurisdiction over thein to the Federal
' ourts.
MONSTER TRIAL OF BANDITSFour
Hundred Uisfomlitiiliii fuel ikJuijj i
Many Prominent F?rmiii*.
Rome (By Cable).?Sassari, iu Sardinia,
Is the scene of a monster trial of bandits
who infest the island aud the numerous
neraon* iinetnad o? onenlv or covertly abet
tine tlieui.
Thervira 400 defendants,including landlords,
wealthy tradesmen, statu audjmuuisipal
official* aud many women.
The witnesse< number 190!). the documents
comprise 293 Iar;,'e volumes aud 1-9
lawyers are engaged.
A huge wooden buildin:; was erected for
the trial. Two-of the old judges resigned
rather than undertake it. A third ouly
cousented ot promise on immediate p;jmotlon.
Senator Hannn on National Issues.
Senator Hauua stated ift Philadelphia^
where the committee iu charge of arrangements
for the Republi*an convention began
Its work, that the National issues would
be the prosperity o( th? working people of
the country, and the reteutiou of the
Philippines.
San DumliiK" 1'ay* t'rauce.
French deb; oi45S,Q09 iu liquidation
. 9*?''"^ Nuref.
There are - many American eye lists lit;
Cuba, aujl these will form &nucleus tori
Cuban cycling league.
As for 1999, the general opinion, boriyL
out by facts, is that last year was the boflj
"bicycleaeason since 1996,
m at table sales year.
Over thousa^^^^^H^^^^^^^H
have MHMH
distaim^HMflfif^BH ICBKHB
ci>i,:jraraH I^BH
wheeli
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'''MSSIBHHiHi
I of sorrow, but the breaking up of tbe arc*
tie of frozen grief in tLie warm gulf stream
Cf ^cousolation. Incapacity to weep is
inaouess or death. Thank God for the tear
glands and that the crystal gates are so
easily opened. Oh, tho wonderful hydraulic
apparatus of the human eye! Divinely
constructed vision. Two lighthouses at the
harbor of the immortal soul under the
shining of which the world sails In aud
irops anchor.
What an anthem of prai90 to God is the
human eye! The tongue is speechless aud
a clumsy instrument of expression as compared
with It. Have you not seen the eyo
flush with indignation, or kindle with enthusiasm,
or expand with devotion, or molt
with sympathy, or staro with* fright, 01
leer wlHi vilinlnv or droon with sadness.
DE. TALMAGFS SERMON.
SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.
auhject: Lights or the Face?The Marvels
of the Human Kye Prove tlio Infinite
WlBdoin of the Creator?Divinely Constructed
Lighthouses oi the Soul.
[Copyright, Louis Klopsch, 1900.1
Washington, D. C.?Id thU discourse Dr.
Talmage, in his own way, calls attention
to that part of tbe human body never
perhaps discoursed upon in the pulpit and
challenges us all to the study of omniscience.
Text, Psalm xciv., 9, "He that
formed the eye, shall He not see?"
The imperial organ of tbe human system
Is the eye. All up and down the Bible God
honors it, extols it, ilIii3tratos it or arraigns
it. Five hundred and thirty-four
times is it mentioned in tbe Bible. Omnipresence?"the
eyos of tho Lord are in
every place." Divine care?"as the apple
or tue eye." in? ciouus?"tuo eyeiins ot
the morning.'* Irreverence?"theeye that
raocketh at its Father." Pride?"oh, how
lofty are their eyes." Inattention?"the
fool's eye in the ends of the earth." Divine
iuspeetion?"wheels full of eyes." Suddenness?"in
the twinkling of an eye at
the last trump." Olivetic sermon?"the
light of the body is the eye." This morning's
text, "He that formed the eye, shall
He not see?"
The surgeons, the doctors, the anatomists
and the physiologists understand
much of the glories of the two great
lights of tho human race, but the vast
multitudes go on from cradle to grave
without aDy appreciation of the two great
masterpieces of the-Lord Ood Almighty,
If God had lacked anything of infinite
wisdom, He would have failed in creating
the human eye.; Wo wander through the
earth trying to see wonderful sights, but
the most wonderful >slght we ever see is
not so wonderful as the instruments
through which wejteeit.
It has been a strange thing to me Tor
thirty yearB that'bobb scientist with
enough eloquence andfljpagnetlsm did not
go through the countrywlth illustrated
lecture on cnnvasVtliirty feet square to
startle and thrill and overwhelm Christendom
with the marvels of the hjumau eye.
Wo want the eye taken from all its technicalities
and some pne.wbb shall lay .aside
*11 talk abont the ptervgomaxlllary fissures,
the sclerotica ana the cbiasma of
tho optic nervejmd.tn plain, common parlance
which you and.I and everybody cau
'Understand present tue subject. We have
learned men trho have been telling us
what our origin is and what we wero. Oh,
if some one should come forth from the
dissecting table and from the classroom
oI the university and take the platform
and asking the help of the Creator
demonstrate the wonders of what we are!
If I refer to the physiological facts suggested
by the former part ot ray text, It is
only to bring out in plainer way the
theological lessons ot the latter part of
my text, "He fhat formed' tlie oye, shall
He not see?"
I suppose my text raferred to the humhn
'eyo since It excels All. others in structure " >
and adaptation. ^The eyes of flsh and rej>?
tilefe-jiarl mol^s. and bats are very simple
things bec&n&'jfrhey have not much to do.
There are loffict# with a hundred eyes, but
the hundredflyjohave less faculty than the
The blactc beetle swimming
tliftflajhtner pond has two eyes under
two eyes, above tho water,
J^thajfeur insectile are not equal to tho
pPVSilan. Man plaSed at the head of
Ml living creatuje3 must have supreme
requlpmeut, while the blind flsh In the Mam*
"moth cave of Kentucky have only an undeveloped
organ of sight, an apo'.ogy for
the eye, which if through somo crevice of
the mountain they should go iuto the sunlight
might he developed iuto positive eyosight.
In the first chapter of Genesis wo find
that God without any consultation created
the light, created tho trees, created the llsh,
created the fowl, but whoa Ho was about
to make man He called a convention of divinity,
as though to imply that all tho
powers of Godhead wore to be enlistod in
the achievement. "Let us make man."
Pat n whole ton of emphasis on that word
"us." "Let us make man." And if God
called a couvenliou of divinity to create
man I think tho two great questions in that
conference were how to create a soul and
how to make an appropriate window for
thnt emperor to look out of.
See how God honored the eye beforo He
created it. He cried until chaos was irradiated
with tho uttcrauce, "Let there bo
light!" In other words, before He introduced
man iuto this temple of the world
He illumined it, prepared it for tho eyebight.
And so after the last human eyo
lias been destroyed In the final demolition
of the world stars are to fall, and the sun
is to cease itsshiuing, and theraoon is to
"tilFU into blood. In other words, nrter tho
humhtt.eyes are no more to bo profited by
their shinfUC'thi'^U.andellers of heaven are
to bo turned out. oSTT^sgducate and to
bless and to help the hum"'in>"?$j}"Sei~anN_tho
mantel of heaven two lamps?a gold lafitn
aud a silver lamp?the one for the day and >
the other for the night.
To show how God honors tno oyo look at
the two halls built for the residence of the
eyes. Seveu bones making tho wall for
each eye. the seven bones curiously wrought
together. Kingly palaco of ivory Is considered
rich, but the halls for the residence of
the human eyes are richer by so much as
human bone Is more sacred than elephantine
tusk. See how God honored tho eyes
when He made a roof for them, so that the
sweat of toil should not smart them and
the rain dashing against the forehead might
not drip into them; the eyebrows not bemliug
over the oyo, but reaching to the right
audio the left, so that the rain and the
swoat should he compelled to drop upon
the cheek Instead of falling into this divinely
protected human eyesight.
See how God honored 'the eye in the fact
nrMsonI<><1 l>v f> iintnmIsts and nilvsiolocrists
tlmt there are 800 contrivauces la every
eyo. For window shutters, the eyelitis
opening and closing 30,000 times :i day, the
eyelashes go constructed that tbey have
their selection a? to what shall he admitted,
saying to tho dust, "Stny out," and saying
to the light, ''Come in." For inside curtain
the iris or pupil of the eye, according
as the light is greater or less, contracting
or dilating. The eye of the owl is blind lu
the day time, the eyes of some creatures
are blind at night, but the human eye so
marvelously constructed ii cau see both by
day and by night.
Mnuy of tho other creatures of God cas
move the eye oulv from side to side, hut tfce
human eye, so marveiously constructed,
has one muscle to lift the eye, :?.ud another
muscle to lower the eye, and c.uother muscle
to roll it to the right, and another muscle
to ro^l it to the left, and another muscle
passing through .*? pulley to turn it
round and rouud, an elaborate gearing of
six muscles as perfect as God could make 1
then.-.
Thtre i* also the retina gathering the
rays of light and passing the visual i:u- '
pressioa along tho optic nervo about tho 1
thickness of tlie lampwick, passing the j
visual impression on to tho sensorium and
ou into tho son!. What a delicate lens,
what an exquisite screen, what soft j
niHhious, wnat wouoerral cliemTsTry ot cue
human eye. The eye washed l>y a slow
ot moisture whether we sleep or
wake, rolling imperceptibly over the pebble
of the oyo and emptying into a bono of tho
uoatrtl, a contrivance so wonderful tlmt it
can see the sun 95,000,000 of miles away
and the point of a pin. Telescipe noil
microscope in the .sime rontrivance. The
astronomer swings and moves this way anil
that and adjusts and readjusts the telescope
until hi- gets it to the right foeus.
The niieroscopist moves this way and that
and adjusts a.id readjusts tho n;nguifyiitftaB
glass :witil it is prepared to do iti^fHN
hut the human evo wIt!ioutj^BH|HB
holds the
the
in .Mout
w
TCiiioh
i f i J mi j
or palo with envy, or Are with revengp, or
twinkle with mirth, or beam with love? It
is tragedy nail coiuedy and pastoral and
lyric in turn. Have you not seen its uplifted
brow of surprise, or its frown of
wrath, or its contraction otpnln? It the
eya say one thine and the Hps said another
thing, you would believe the eye rather
than the lips. The eyps of Archibald Alexander
and Charlos G. Finney were the
mightiest part of their sermons. Goorgo
Whltellel^l enthralled great assemblages
with his eyes, though they were crippled
with strabismus. Mauy a military chieftain
has with a look hurled a regiment to
victory or to death. Martin Luther turned
his great eye on an assassin who came to
take his life, and the villain fled. Under
the glance of the human eye the tiger,
with five times a man's strength, snarls
back Into the African jangle.
But those best appreciate thp value of
.the eye who have lost It. The Emperor
Adrian by accident put out the eye of his
servant, and he said to his servant: " What
shall I pa/you, in moneyorin Jands?anything
you ask me? I am so sorry I put
your eye out." But the servant refused to
put any. financial estimate on tie value of
the eye', and whon the emperor urged and
>urged again the matter be said: "Oh, emperor,
I want nothing but my lost eye!"
Alas for tliose for whom a thick aid impenetrable
veil Is drawn across the face o*
the heavens and the face of one's own
kindred.
Thaj was a pathetic scene when a blind
man lighted a torch at night and was
found passing ulong the highway and somu
one said, '-Why do you carry that torch
when you can see?" "Ah," said he. "I
can see, but I carry this torch that others
may see mo and pity my helplessness and
not run me down." Samson, tho giant,
with his eyos put out by the Philistines,
is moro helpless than the smallest dwarf
with vision undamaged. All the sympathies
of Christ were stirred when He
saw Bartimeus with darkened retina, and
the only salvo Ho ever made that we read
o! was a mixture of dust and saliva and a
pray&r with which He cured the eyes of a
blind man from His nativity. The value
of the eye shows as much by Its catastrophe
as by its healthful action. Ask the
muu who for twenty years has not seen the
sun rise. Ask tho man who for half a century
has not seen the face of a friend. Ask In
the hospatul tho victim of ophthalmia.
Ask the man whose eyesight perished in a
powder blast. Ask the Bartimeus who
never met a Christ or the man born blind
-who Is to die blind. Ask him.
Howitaddsto John Milton's sublimity
of character when we And him at the call
of duty sacrificing his eyesight. Through
studying at late hours and trying all kinds
of medicament to preserve his sight he
had for twelve years been coming toward
blindness, and after awhile one eyo was '
entirely gone. His physician warned him
that if lie continued reading $nd writing
he would lose the other eye. But lio kept
on with his work and said after sitting in
total darkness: "The choice lay before mo ;
between dereliction of a supremo duty and
loss of eyesight. In such a case I could not
listen to tho pbj-siclans, not If iEsculapius
himself had spoken from his sanctuary. I
could not but obey that Inward monitor. I
know not what spoko to me from heaven."
Who of us would have grace enough ^sacrifice
our eyes at the call of duty?
T>I, n.xA I.ACA liaun anoKlrt.1
inn, luuuii uuu, sumo ua> u ucou nu>?uiuu
to sou without very good eyes, General
Haveloclc. the sou ot the more famous
General Have lock, told mo this concerning
his father; ia India, whilo his father
aud himself with the army wero oncampod
one evening time after a long marclu, Genoral
Ilavclock called up his soldiors and
addressed tliera, saying in words as near
.i* I can recoiled: "Soldiers are their 200 or
300 women, children and man at Cawnpur
at the mercy of Nana Sahib, and his
butchers. Those poor people may any hour
be sacrificed. How mauy of you will co
with mo for the rescue of those women aft 1
children? I know you are all worn oat,
aud so am I. But all those who will march
with me to save those women and children
hold up your hand." Then Haveloclc
said: ,-It is almost dark, and my eyesight
is very poor, and I cannot see your valsod
hands, but I know they are all up.
Forward to Cawnpur!" That hero's eyes,
though almost extinguished in the service
of God aud his country, could see across
Iudia and across the centurios. But let
anybody who has oue good eyo bo thankful
aud all who have two good eyes be
twice a3 thankful. Take care of your eves
"mid thank God every morning when you
openthem for capacity to see the light. I
do not'tW>uder at the behavior of a poor
man in France. He had been born blind,
but was a Skillful groom in the stables.
A surg30u rfdfL'g up tTff? 5.venjnr -avo
his horses into the care of the bli&d~|l||^
Late at night the traveling surgeon wS^-to
the stables and found the groom still at
work upon the horses, and the grateful aud
sympathetic surgeon resolved lu the morninir
to reward the blind crroom wllhmonev.
lint in the night the surgeon bethought
himself that perhaps lie could glvo the
groom something better thun money. In
themorniug he said to the blind groom:
"Step out into thesunshlne. Yon are forty
yean of age. I could surely hiivo cured
your blindness if I had seen you sooner,
but coine to Paris and I will glvo you sight
if you do not die under the operation."
Paying the pijor man's way to Paris, the
operation was successful. For the first
time t(ie man saw his wife and children,
and haying taken a good look at them lie
turned and said, "Let me look on my
friend the surgeon, who has opened all this
beautiful world to :ne nnd 9hown me my
loved ones." Was not that glorious? Only
those who have been restored from utter
blindness can appreclute the omnipotent
blessing o( eyesight.
The recoil of this question fs tremendous.
We stun 1 at the centre of a vast cirrumforfluco
of observation. No privacy.
On n.?, eyes of cherubim, eyes of seraphim,
eyes o( archangel, eyes of God. Wo may
not bit able to see the inhabitants of other
worlds, but perhaps they may be able to
seo us. We have not optical Instruments
strong enough to descry them; perhaps
they have optical instruments strong
enough to descry us. The mole cannot see
the oagle midair, but the eagle mldskycan
f*oe the mole midgrass. We are ablo to sec
mountains und caverns of another world,
but perhaps the inbubltants of other worlds
can see the towers of our cities, the flash
i>f our seas, the marching of our processions,
the white robes of our weddings, the
l>!ack scarfs of our obsequies. It pnsses
out from the guess into the positive whou
we are told in the Bible that tho inhabitants
of other worlds do come to this.
/ire lhoy not all mim.mering Sjuntrf JJtttll
forth to minister to those wlio shall bo Jl
liters ol s.-ilvatiou?
lint human inspection an<l
'peetion and stellar inspection 11JHHD
asjicctiou iuspectioJ^^H^B^H
tiio
said
GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN.
PRECNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS.
The Tiling* I Mian ? Co-Worker* wYft* ^
Chrigt?Where All Have Equal Kijhtn \
The Revelation of the Father?Charltj
and T>ove the Proof*?A Child'* Trust.
An easy thins, 0 Power Divine,
To thank Thee for these gifts of Thine!
For summer's sunshine, winter's snow,
For hearts that kindle, thoughts that glow,
But when shall I attain to this?
To thank Thee for the things I miss'/
For all young Fancy's early gleams,
The dreataed-of joys that still are dreams,
Hopes unfulfilled, and pleasures known
Through others' fortunes, not my own,
And blessings seen that are not given,
And never wili be, this side of heaven.
Had I too shared the joys I see.
Would there have betn a heaven for me?
Could I have felt Thy presence near,
Had I possessed what I held dearV
/
/
THE SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR FEBRUARY 4.
iabject: The First Disciple* of Jesni,
Joha 1., 35-40?tioUlen Text: John i.,
37?Memory Verses, 35-37?Co in men*
tary on the Day's Lesson.
Introduction.?The choice of His disclMes
was a matter of Rreut moment to
fesus. It was necessary that somo of them
iliouid be witnesses of His life and work
!rom the beginning of HU public ministry,
fie did not choose those to be His witnosses
who were hound hv the trfiHItlnm nf thn
rabblpjc schools. Hs choso mea of simple,
yet strong mind.
Connecting Links.?We have here an account
of John's testimony concerning
Jesus. As soon as Christ was baptized Ha
hurried into tho wilderness, where He remained
forty days. During His absence
Jobn had continued his work, but now at
last he sees Jesus returning from tho wilderness.
35. "Again, tho next day after." On the
day before, the day He returned from the
wilderness, John had borne testimony of
Him. V. 29. The disciples of John did not
appear to be greatly impressed until John
on the following day (v. 35) repeated his
words. Edershelm argues, with seeming
accuracy, that tbis was the Sabbath. "Two
of His disciples." Andrew and John, the
writer, who carefully avoids using his own
name. i
36. "Behold the Lamb of God." See v.
29, spoken In reference to Isa. 53:7. All the
lambs hitherto offered had been furnished
by men; this one was provided by God as
theonly sufficient' sacrifice for the sin cf j
the world. His words would be to them j
equivalent to a command to follow Him. I
How faithful John was in his office a3 fore- i
ruuner! He did Aot think of his own decrease,
he Is anxious to have his followers ;
become true disciples of Christ. He did '
not reckon that he had lost th03e who j
went over from him to Chv.'st.
37. "Tlioy followed Jesus. ' They under- |
3tood John's meaning and Immediately did |
as they were direoted. It would bo well If j
all would immediately follow Christ. We |
should follow Htm as our Redeemer, Pat- |
tern, Guide and Shepherd. They iiay not i
have Intended to leave John's leadership i
permanently.
38. "What seek ye." Je3us knew, but !
He desired some expression from them. |
The meaning is, What is your d )sire? your j
petition, or request? "iUbbl.' Teacher, >
master. "Among the Jews this title whs a <
sort cf degree." They thus at once recognized
His superiority and their ignorauoe.
"Where dweilest Thou." "Where are Thou
3taylng?" He ba.t no permanent place of
abode in this locality. In asking this
question tuey intimate a desire to be bet- j
ter acquainted with Him. Where is the iaa |
where you abide? We desire to re3elveln- I
struotion from you.
39. "Conn and see." A kind invitation !
to them to go with Him to His place of
ubode. If those who "know not the. salvation
of God would come at the ooaimand
Of Christ, they would soon see that with
Hi m is the fountain of life, and in Hfellght
they would see light. "The tenth boar."
St. John was so impressed with the first in'
tervlew with Jesus that he remembered the
hour. There Is a difference of opinion as
to whether thla.Was 4 p. m., according tc
the Jewish reckoning, or 10 a> m.v according
to the Roman reckoning." If Andrew
and John spent the day with Jesus<It must
have been 10 a. m. This was probably the
3abbath dny. , ? ** '
41. "He first flndeth hiafyjaai ..brother."
It is supposed that at the satte time Andrew
went to (lad his brother Simon, John
also went and found htt Mwtber James and '
brought him to Christ. This was a true mis- |
sionary spirit. God's salvation is so good |
that those who experience His love are j
always anxious to bring othors into the |
3ame holy relation. "We have fouud the !
Messlas." Ho speaks oxultlngly. Arousod j
by John's faithful'testimony concerning |
the coming Messiah,-they were ready to re- !
celve Him when they saw a few true mark.? |
of his Messlahshlp. "Being interpreted." ;
Messlas Is the Hebrew word aud Christ is
its Greek Interpretation. - [
42. "When Jesus beheld him." Jesus at
once knew Simon better than Simon knew j
himself. "Cephas ? a stone." See K. V. !
Petros, or Peter, has the same moaning la j
Greek that Cephas baa in Syrlac. The j
uatno was given him to describe his character.
wUich was "stiff, hardy and resolute."
43. "The day following." This, accord- !
ing to Farrar, was the fourth day after His
return from the wijderaess. Jesus started 1
on His return to Galilee, and "on the jour- i
noy fell In with aucther young llsberman, I
Philip of Bethsaida. "Follow Me." This i
command is, in the gospels, issued only by j
our Lord Himself. It is addressed to but
one outside the circle of the apostles, the ,
rich young mau whom Jesus loved. Mark
10:21. How was It that these Galilean
youths were brought with one look, one
word, to the Savior's feet? In part by what
He said, and by what John the Baptist had
testllled concerning Him, and by His very
look.
44. "Bethsaida." "The house of netsJi? ;
so called because inhabited mostlyj^y.^gh. J
ermen. There were two places' by thl? j
name. The town *ro the.^ftiree disci- j
pies, Andrew, PeJ 0% ^^Pbttlp, were born, I
was on the west shi^Mf-ffiosea of Galilee, !
just north of Capej^fim. The other Beth- j
iaidji.jvherhou3aud were fed, is on j
The no'rtheast shore of the sea. Andrew I
and Peter lived at Capernaum. Matt. 8: i
14; 17:24; Mark 1:29. I j
45. "Nathanael." Elsewhere called Bar- j
tholomew. He lived at Cana in Galilee '
Wliuru our IjUTU {Jcnunuou xaia mai ilia*
acle. Cana was about nine miles northeast ,
of Nazareth. "Of whom Moses and the
prophets did write." See Gen. 3:.'.5; *22:19;
.Oeut. 18:18; Isa. 4:2; 7:14; Jer. 23:d; Ezek.
34:23; Dan. 9:24; Micah. 5:2; Zech. 6:12;
Mai. 3:1. These men wore familiar with
the Scriptures, and surely here wn9 a great
array ot testimony with reference to the I
Messiah.
40. "Good out of Nazareth." The j
question sprang from more dread of mistake
In a matter sr. vital. He knew that
Bethlehem (Mlcali. 5:2) and not Nazareth
was to be the birth-place of the Messiah. It
has been usually considered that hi-) answer
was. proverbial; but It may merely
have implied, "Nazareth, that obscure and
Ill-reputed town in Its Uttlo, untrodden
valley?can anything good come from '
thence?" Nathanael's objection arose from
ignorance. Or.Ilnarlly all we need U a better
knowledge of Christ and any objections
we may have will melt away. "Come ami i
see." Tbe same reply given by Josus. V. I
39. Philip could not answer his objej- I 1
tions, but still his faith was unshaken; and |
Nathanael was not so filled with prejudice
that he would not Investigate for himsel.1,
Some things cannot bo explained that W3
can see are true. He who candidly examines
the evidences of the religion of i
Cbrl9t will become a believer. No history i
ever published has so many internal and
external proofs of authenticity as this has. J
Those who have never read the Bible, ojJ|
have read it only with a fixed pur^^|^H
gainsay if, are ths ones^tfMI^^HaH
my aeopest lortune, Mgnesi onus,
Have grown porchance from, things I miss.
Sometimes there comes an hour of calm;
Grief turns to blessing, pain to balm;
A. Power that works above my will
Still leads me onward, upward still;
And then my heart attains to this?
To than!! Th?-e for the things I miss.
. ?Thomas Wentworth Higgiuson.
Co-Workers AVith Chrtot,
Christmas commemorates the most important
and far-reaching fact in the history
of mankind?the fact of our redemption
through the suffering and immeasurable
sacrifice of the Son of God. If Christmas
reminds us supremely ofanything.it mast
remind us of this. It is not only the anniversary
of great joy to us, but of the keenest
suffering to another m the story of the agen
?of the advent into His earthly martyrdom,
of the being who willingly sacrificed heavenly
prtiice and r.ipture for the redemption
of our lost aad sinning race. Thi? great
fact, in itself sobering andx profoundly .
impresssive, lays upon us as a race <?.'
reciprocal obligations and calls tj?
sacrifice which can nover be fully
charged. We owe our Saviour loyalty, ser-'v
vice, sympathy, self-abnegation. We owe
all these as co-operators with Him in the
building up of the kingdom whicli He came
to earth to inaugurate.; The anniversary of
Christ's birth reoallstfre grand privilege and
obligation of every oilfe of .His earthly followers
to Him. We are not to forget that we ,
are essential co-workers with Him in the
redemption of mankind. Christmas joy is
good, but so also is Christmas seriousness.
The day is not complete unless it be hallowed
by both. Our joy should imerge into
!>ur sense of responsibility, and should suffuse
it and glorify it with the color of divine
privilege.
Whore All Have Equal Right*.
There Is a country residence in England, (
ffrand and massive in its proportions.a com- /
bination of palace and castle. Walls and )
ramparts surround it; also porters' lodges t
and kennels for dogs: but engraved upon its j
porch In large stone letters is the sweet and (
Inviting word?"Welcome." It has a voice
for.all comers. It Is the first thing that greets \?
the.eye. ft can be discerned at a considers- I
bio distance. It grants free aud hearty entrance
within the spacious building and participation
in its comforts aad attractions.
Old and young, rich and po,or, alike are
/welcome. So all have an equal right to the
manger of Christ. The wise men visit it,
and are made glad. The attendants of the
stable look in and see the infant King. The
birthplace of the Prince of Peace is for tbo
highest as well as for the lowest. None need
be afraid or ashamed of the cradle of tho
Saviour of the race. The lowly spot Is tho
aeritage of humanity.?Presbyterian.
The Il^velatlon of the Father.
There are many who stand yet on tho
other side of Bethlehem and tho other side
of Christmas. To them Christ has not come.
lie is oaly a name?a so lethinpr vague, uncertain,
of whom there are many conflicting
opinions and various thoughts. And to t
many thousands he is less than that. Bat
this is still tho glory of God that Ho seeks
to come into our life as the little child, tho
beginning of a newe.* aud higher life, the
revelation of the Fathor, bringing to tb?
heart peace and breathing into the soul His
own good will to men. . . . Those shepherds
were not great or wonderfully wise
or good m^n. But thoy hoard of Jesus
Christ, the Savior, and "they sought and
found Him. Aud for us, for, every one of
us, there waits this sams Christmas gift?
the gift of God's great love to every man
who will seek aud receive Him.?Mark Guy
Pearse.
Charity and Love the Praofn.
As we look back over tne months whioh
have gone^wjwof us is not conscious, and
^laiUi^onsmusT^ Irials may havo
fTSfalieu him aud howo*.'?! severe they may
have been, of his obligatJSP to be grateful
to the Almighty? Who of :;.V-inde0d- is
not tho-o;ijrlily and profoundly fhankful? -
tln*a shall our gratitude And'* expression?
Only in the familiar way?, to
for their is nothing new under the aun^Od
works of charity and love, done in the naura*-^
jf Christ to those who are needy, are th?r
jest proofs of what we say. Such proofs
iiave nothing of novelty about them, but
-hero may be such a novelty within us, in
:he increased sincerity, earnestness and tenJerness
of our b-jnevolence, that the Master "'V "
.hall see, not only that our gratitude is genuine
but that it bespeaks a true aud permanent
growth in grace and in the joy of the
Lord.
With a Child'* TriMt.
A child appeals to us specially because it
io much needs U9, and the Eternal Chil<lt
Loo. casts Himself upon us in love and in
hope. Love waited Him when He came.
True. He was laid in a manger, but He was
laid there tenderly. He was trustful as children
are trustful, aud there is nothingsoft>us
the heart more than a child's faith.
Most of us grow world-weary. The time
joines when we expect danger at every
itep when the grey sisters enter our houae ,
ind threaten to abide, when our idols turn
to clay, and our eagerly sought prizes drop
dead from our grasp. But wo are healed
from the disease of nardness of heart by a
little child who recalls the old time when we
thought all men noble and all womoMj^|fc^_
Nothing, wo repeat, is
to be once
The
Over