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They Elect Delegates to the National
Convention at Philadelphia,
i GOV. ROOSEVELT IS INDORSED. I
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' The Republican State Convention Was J
Held in New York City?President Mc- I
Kinley's Administration Indorsed and
Ql) Kenomination Urged?The Delegate*
Elected?The Platform Adopted.
New York Citv (Speolnl).?The Republican
State Convention met in the Graml
Central Palace here and elected delegates
/ and alternates-at-Iarga to the National
I Convention to be held in Philadelphia,
J and also Presidantial elector? and tho
/ electors for the Congress districts in tho
.State. The convention held two sessions.
The machinery of the convention moved la
the most expeditious fashion. Tho committee
on credentials, for Instance, had
not a contest to present. This is the first
Instance of tne kind in a great many years.
i: The delegates elceted to the National"
Convention are a3 follows:
At Large?Thomas C. Piatt, Cbauncey 31.
Depew, Theodore Koosevelt, Benjamin B.
Odell, Jr.
' Alternates?George H. Roberts, Jr., of
Kings; James A. Roberts, of Erie; George
) J. Smith, of Ulster; John Ralues, of Ontario.
J The Presidential electors chosen are as
I follows:
I -.At Large?Edward II. Butler, Erie;
m JFranklin H. Mitchell, Mouroe.
For the Congress Districts?1. Samuel J.
V Underbill; 2. Samuel Holland; 8. Michael
1 J. Dady; 4. C. H. Russell; 5. John Kissel;
I 6. H. 0. Fischer; 7. Joseph Simonson; 8.
William E. Billings; 9. H?rman J. Katz; 10.
Prank Eiifoile; 11. Samuel S. Koeuig; 12.
Arthar P. Sturges; 13. James Yearance;
14. E. W. Bloomingdale; lo. Willlam
Sherer: 16. F. V. Millard; 17. Clarence
Lexow; 13. John M. Cordts;
'19. Petor McCarthy; 20. Samuel L. Muason;
21. W. S. C. Wiley; 22. Royal Newton; 23.
;Wllliam T. O'Nell; 24. D. 31. Anderson;
25. Robert McKinnou; 26. William G. !
? Phelps; 27. Ransom B. True; 28. Robert
Bushby; 29. F. D. Sherwood: 30. Churle3
F. Prentice; 31. George Eastman; 32.
.Christian Klinck; 33. George Urban, Jr.;
34. Herbert C. Rich.
I The usual committee to All any vacancies
that may occur was appointed.
I Senator Elsberg, who was the temporary
chairman, "and Representative Sherman,
who was the permanent chairman, both
declared iu their speeches that Roosevelt
would he renominated for Governor. Mr.
Sherman thrice referred in glowing terms .
'to Admiral Dewey's achievement at Manila,
. land in each case his words Of praise were
receivoii w?n suouce.
, The platlorua adopted by tlio convention <
Is, In part, us follows:
^ The Republicans of New York, represented
in their State Convention, congratulate
tbeir fellovr-tountryraen at the beginning
of another National campaign that the
;plcdges on the faith of ,which McKinley
and Hgburt were elected four years ago
have been redeemed. There Is 110 louger
controversy as to tbe value of auy Government
obligation; Gold as the National
standard of value is now established in the
;law.
j Referring to the enactment of the gold
law embodying the principles enunciated
In the St. Louis platform, it continues:
j Public confidence tbat'tills would be so
and the fact that it is 30, taken in connection
with the passage of tariff laws which
cupplled to the Government the revenues
it needed and to the country's industries a
,' healthy and sufficient protection, account
' for a prosperity which has been National
in its scope and which gives to the HcKIa* '
ley Administration a distinction no. less'
significant of competency in Government
than the success of the nrmy and navy. ,
The administration of President McEinley
is unqualifiedly indorsed. It is then
stated that the splendid business condii
tions which began with McKlnley's elocJ
,tion, and which still obtain in every State
T !of the United States, vindicate the country'3
judgment upon the issue created in the op
posing party platforms in the last national I
eloctiou.
,, T'.itf platform pays a tribute to the w<Jrl? j
of the executive departments of tlie Government
and to the valor of our soldiers
and sailors in the ^Spanish-American War.
! Referring to the new issues arising oat
of the war with Spain the platform says
|tbat it would have been the odCfcard's part
|to remove Spanish authority without ourselves
assumioff responsibility for the preservation
of public order uud the fulfllljment
of internal obligations. A policy has
been pursued upon which the Republican
Iparty confidently appeals to the patriotic
judgment of the American people. It 13 a j
policy characteristically Ainorlcan.
1 Regarding our new possessions, tho j
(platform declares that tlve lndependeuco ;
of Cuba, pledged to Cuba, and proclaimed i
jto the world In the declaration of war, has I
been secured and advanced by every pub- '
.110 act; that in Porto Rico, whicb has be- j
|come for all time American territory, civil
'government aud liberal laws have been ,
Provided; that tho insurrection in the j
hillppine Islands has been overcome.
) The platform calls for the renomlnatlon j
of President McKlnley in these words:
;Under the administration of William Me- j
Kinley the material interests and the j
(p^e?tlge of the Unltod States have notably
.huvuucbu tiuu mo rvepuuimnua ui i*ew I
York with unanimity call for his renomlna- J
tlOQ.
j Upon State matters the platform in- i
Idoisds the administration of Governor j
Roosevelt, and says that his acts have jus- !
tifled that public confidence in his Integrity
which was so strong a factor in tlio
election of 1893.
The State issues which will be discussed
in the coming campaign were left to the
State convention which will nominate
State officers. But public attention is
'called to the record of the Republican Legislature
which has just adjourned.The Leg- '
islature of 1900 has distinguished itself fly
a rocord which has been almost entirely
free of criticism. Its legislation, clean and
necessary, has satisfied the constituencies
lepresented and the people at large.
iThe platform concludes:
' The Republican Party goes to the people
in this election with that confidence whioli
proceeds from the faithful and satisfactory
performance of duty by every offlolal in
the State who holds "his commission in Its
name and by reason of Us support.
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IllinoU'a Flag Law Unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court at Springfield, III.,
has decided tbat the Illinois Flag law is
unconstitutional and an Infringement upon
the personal liberty of citizens, depriving
them of privileges Implied by the State and
Federal constitutions.
Against Co-Ed Societies.
The girl students of Swarthmo^e College,
at Philadelpnla^re worried because of an
rr iralWHft hhfl RrkltPll Mfimi fT A TO
lUUUiaUVU V? MWMWQV.W .,
to them that3e<R0tr%ocletl93 must be abau- [
donod at tbe end of the term. There are
three womes's soclotles ia the college,
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta
and Phi Kappa Phi. The Board of Managers
think that the societies interfere with
social life among tne girls, only about onethink
of them being members. Tbe boys
will support tbe girls In an effort to bare
the ordi^r withdrawn, as tbey fear their
fraternities may next come under the ban
Boer-British War Xotes.
i Boer raiding parties have operated sucjaessfully
in the southern part.of the Orange j
irree State.
' Queen Wiihemlna, of Holland, has sent a
[personal letter of sympathy to General Joujbert's
widow.
A deadly lung sickness has broken out
among the oxen with General Buller'a
army in Natal.
J^Tbe circulation of the London newspapers
has increased from twenty to 1W
per cent, since the beginning of the war In
South Africa.
War correspondents In South Africa say
that tbe land in the vicinity of Klmberiey
la so sulphurous that even ants cannot
exist udoq it.
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HOOPS OBDERED OUT
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i Sent to Croton Dam to Subdir
Italian Strikers.
BLOODSHED AND DEATH RESULT,
The Strike at Croton Dam Ammineri >
Serious Aspect?The Sheriff Appealed
to Governor Koosevelt For Troops?
The Cause ot the Trouble?First Trial
of Strongth Between Opposing Forces.
Niw York City (Special).?The strike
among the Italian employees on the new
Croton Dam for an increase of wages assumed
such alarming proportions that
nearly six hundred troops, over half of |
them calvary, were ordered to the scene of ,
the strike to preserve order and protect
property.
The contested grodnd in Westchester
County is three miles from the Croton Landing
station or the New York Cantrai road.
It is to the east of the road la the Crotoa
Valley. At this point the dam that is to
check the Croton water and form aa immense
reservoir is betDg built. On each
side of the narrow 9tream hills rise to the j
height of more than 200 feet.
The trouble was due to a demand of the |
men for greater pay. They hud been :
working ten hours a day for $1.25 a day, i
and they demanded $1.50 for eight hoars' i
work. There were employed .on the works
about 400 Italians and about 200 men of :
other nationalities. The latter were em- :
ployed largely iu the more responsible |
places and took no part iu the ^trlke. [
The principal leader and spokesman for ,
the strikers was Marcello Rotello. '
The troops ordered to the Crotoa dam, j
almost as great in numbers as tliostrikers, i
urnrn nn thiita- ' '?.>?
Squadron A, the craclc cavalry ^qcrmpany !
of Manhattan.
Troop C, a similar body, of firodklyn.
Two companies of Infantr^'of the First
Rosrlment, one from Yookers.5utd one from
Mount Vernon, i
SherifTMalioy came to NewXork City at
the request of Majdr-Gea'qrai'Boe, commandlng
the National'Guard,'and after a !
aeries of conferences, withr;all theparties !
Interested made a formal; demand upon !
General Roe for the assistance of tho militia.
General Boe had previously communicated
by wire ^vlth Governor Roosevelt,
and the latter was qolek in his response,
alrecting the head driiie National Guard
to grant the demand df : the Sheriff i? oae
was made. .
The cavalry fbroe numbered 350 men and
. officers. Eacl^ man carried a sabre, a revolver
and carbine. Captain C. I. Deber- ,
doise conimaridad TrqUgjgp, of Brooklyn, ;
and Major OllvfljrB. Bufipman commaudThe
SeventhBj^lmelPI>f'this city was
ordered out anfcgent to-ttuMftene of action.
The first blooarover thwHftka was shed
when an unknown man rt??'and killed ,
Sergeant Robert J) oughyji of the Eleventh
Separate Oompany^SHKuntrVoruoa. The
Sergeaut was nuMBpfee rounds with a ,
corporal s guurowMugwv u?uici<?.
An air gun was. flijfiipon. No report
was heard. Sbot iSIflKh tbe abdomen,
Sergeant Douglass fSTT ?p the ground exclaiming
to ills little command:
"Boys, I've been shot; load quickly and
flrel"
A. volley raojctoiit from the mnskots o(
the mllltla meat -#<> answering sliot came
back from the a&sean eneipy. Sergeant
Douglas was taken baok to .the camp and
he died within tan arriving 1
. Strike 1 eader^d?clajed,,it6afjjh mda-wera
violence. Theflb&tlag closoiyfotiMpd u
peace declaration by f
Italians had been getting renjfijlor any
trouble that* raIgb t^'grov JjK of a
strike, nndtfei&oaAftt araririS^HKmnnl- !
tioo. From Sing" 'Slag ?JHHBbUned :
rifles and pistols, and'lijbm^peMby towns
tbey purchased ammunition; They also
bonght threis .cases ?of revolvers from
a gunsmith ln81ogBmifr Wfrne it was ,
known that th^ffiapPBhia, It was not ;
thought thiey We? an w?U supplied as they ;
are until the first ta?tv of strength win
made between depaty^sherThla
test decided to
send a q eogluowas nQaded .
to operate the puaipln^ Mbat the dam.
night, and at TM??n
for an engine to g<r M and bring up
some cars of coal IyligiflBKTtxe fltHkera
saw the engine oome odtraod thlakinsr
that the oontraotora were?*b^ to try to I
start up wtthoot making a'aWBroieat with
them, they swarmed oac of sHnjousea on
the hilt and down the hilWidSHbward the.
works. They came &ra64fflH?h olubs, :
etoues, shotguns and revolVMgfflfe... 1
Engineer Jaooby had
engine out than it was MUflijpnded. Tfeey
threatened to kill hlui tfyu?.M!id there If he
tried to ran the englM^Wfih.liandfal of j
deputy sheriffs who- wer&- present were i
powerlesa to driv? off; t^^rpw^ fU?y
and Jacoby decided to rfctvp."ap ;tmi attempt.
Jacoby left the .enfcfae feiCfthea
the Italians retired toth?hU\tOp, ba^lefc
a guard on watoih to prevent Vrarthftft at
UU cue mil wuoro SIUIUV luv uvuiraiiua i
office was a little knot,jot meoJ-'Oaflj^their
number, wit h. a-ql&sfeea. j
took In the picture and.:
saw the Winchesters. *nd the showtqg^BH
arms made by tbe striteru he said: 98?
"This chiag calls for troops. Jfy OMHw
cannot cope with asituation like thla.^%5w 1
After tbe lucldout had pfosiad and Utile
Italy bill was patrolled by
word was received thera would betft idepredatton
tommifted unless tbari waa an
attempc to put men to work. ' Tha-B&erltt
left for White Plains to.oonsult wwnor
Boosavelt by 'phone in regard to calling
outtrooDs.
As he left thedam to drive Croton
Landing Station ho passed/.ttjjgrogh the
Bowery, where one/were' i
leaaingou ri chatting
Before the Boer i^a^^putatloii left
Milan,'Italy, It iS ataMmgjfo opened, in
the presence otrJlatoqMB^sealed' dis
patohes which tnevawrapfc rrpm Pretoria,
and found Lthc>p!z;itlon to
and the surrdndeif^^^^^^^nrUllery,
General WliiusBm^b London.
General White, commander of the Ladysmith
garrison, arrived In London on a
special train from Liverpool. Ha was immediately
recognized by the people at the
station and enthusiastic illy cheerei.
Great crowds. surrounded him and he
shoot liands with at many as possible.
Lack of Pt>r#Ci?nii in Porto Kico.
Three thousano^people are dying in
Porto Rico for ladk of medical supplies
and the inability:, of many districts wUere
the population reaches thousands to sup
9ort a resident physician. ?
Tlie Labor World.
The English working-man has 278 working
days.
Half tne striking miners In the Pittsburg,
Penn., coal district have returned to
work.
' Seventeen per cent, of the watchmakers
in the United States are women. In 1850
all were men.
The Building Trades Council, of Chicago,
is trying to end the industrial war there
through arbitration committees.
' The section men on the Erie Railroad
'have received a voluntary advance ia
i wages from $1.15 to $1.25 a day.
i The Parisian cabmen have petitioned the
! authorities for permission to raise their
fared durira Ui* Ejnoaltion month*
DR. TAMAGES SERMON.
SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE Br THE NOTED
DIVINE* '
Subject: The Remrrection of Christ?The
of Spiritual Gladness and Refreshment?Victory
Over Death and
the Grave?The Mission of Flowers.
[Copyright 1W0.]
Washington, D. C.?This sermon of Dr.
Talrnage rings all the bells of gladness,
especially appropriate at this season, when
all" Christendom Is celebrating Christ's
resurrectioo; text, John xix., 41, "In" the
garden a new supulcher."
Looking around the churches this morning,
seeing flowers in wreaths and flowers
in stars and flowers in crosses and flowers
in crowns, billows of beauty, conflagration
of beauty, you feel as if you 9tood in a
small heaven.
You say tbese flowers will fade. Yes. but
perhaps "you may see them again. They
may be immortal. The fragrance of the
flower may be the spirit of the flower; the
body of the flower dying on earth; its
spirit may appear in better worlds. 1 do
not say U will be so. 1 say it may be so.
The ancestors of those tuberoses and
camellias and japonicas and jasmines and
heliotropes were born in paradise. These
apostles of beauty came down in the regular
line of apostolic succession. Their ancestors
during the flood, underground,
afterward appeared.
The world started with EJen; it will end
with Eden. Heaven is called a paradise of
God. Paradise means flowers. While theological
geniuses in this day are trying to
blot oat everything material from their
Idea of heaven, and, so far as I can tell,
their future state is to be a floating around
somewhere between the Great Bear and
Cassiopeia, I should not be surprised if at
last I can pick up a daisy on the everlasting
hills and hear it say; "I am one of the
glorified flowers of earth. Don'c you remember
me? I worshiped with you on
Easter morning In 1900."
My text introduces us into a garden. It
is a manor in the suburbs of Jerusalem
owned by a wealthy gentlemaoof the name
of Joseph. He belonged to ?}e court of
seventy who had condemned Christ, but
l??* '???^ an t-Kfl .nnnof lira A ? Kalnr* a I
IIu U(IU vyicu 1U mo 'uvgaiitw, vi, uuiug n
timid man, had absented himself when tho
vote was to be taken. At great expense he
laid out tho garden. It being a hot climate,
I suppose there were trees brond branched,
and there were paths winding under these
trees, and here and there were waters dripping
down over the rocks into flsh ponds,
and there were viues and flowers blooming
from the wall, und all around the beauties
ot kiosk and arboriculture. After the fatigues
o! the Jerusalem courtroom, how
refreshiug to cocao.into this suburban retreat,
botanical ana pomologlcall
Wnuderlng in the garden, I behold some
roclcs which have on them the mark of the
sculptor's chisel. I come nearer, and I
find there is a subterranean rece33. Icome
down the marble steps, and I come to a
portico, over which there is'an architrave,
by the chisel cut into representations of
fruits and flowers. I enter the portico. On
either side there are rooms?two or four or
six rooms of rock, the walls of these rooms
having niches, each niohe large enough to
hold a dead body. Here is one room that
is especially wealthy of sculpture.
The fact is that Joseph realizes ho cannot
nlways waMc thl? garden, and he bus provided
this place for his last slumber. Oh,
what a beautiful spot in whlc^h to wait for
the coming of the resurrection! Mark well
this tomb, for it'fs to be the'most celebrated
tomb in all the ages. Catacombs of
Egypt, tomb of Napoleon, Mahal Tnj of India,
nothing compared with it. Christ has
jusc uoou rauratjrou, auu ma uuuj win ut>
thrown to tbe dosrs and the ravens, like
other crucified bodies, unless there be
prompt nud efficient hindrance. Joseph,
the owner of this mausoleum in the rocks,
begs for the body of Christ. He washes
the poor, mutilated frame from the dust
and blood, shrouds it and perfumes it.
I think that regular embalmment was
omitted. When la olden time n body was
to be embalmed, the priest, with some pretension
of medlcul skill, would point out
the place between the ribs where the incislon
must be made.aud then the operator,
bavin? made the iapislon, ran lest he be
slain for a violation of the dead. Then the
other priests would come with salt of niter
and cassia and wlno of palm tree and complete
the embalmment. Cut I think this embalmment
of the body of Christ was
omitted. It would have raised another
contention and another riot.
The funeral hastens on. Present, I
think, Joseph, the owner of the mausoleum;
Nicodomus, tbe wealthy man who
had brought the spises, aad the two Marys.
No organ dirge, no plumes, no catafalque.
Heavy burden for two men as they carry
Christ's body down the marble stairs and
into tbo portico and lift the dead weight to
the level of the niche in the rock and push
tbe body of Christ into the only pleasaut
resting place It ever hnd. Coming forth
from the portico, they close tho door of
rock against the recess.
The government, afraid that the disciples
may steal the body of Christ and
piay r^burrootiuij, oruor iuu sem ui iuo
san'hedrln to be put upon the door of the
tomb, the violation of that sen), like the
violation of the seal of the Government of
the United States or Great Britain, to bo
liftfoved with great punishment. A commuiy
of soldiers from the tower of Antonia
u detailed to stand guard.
At the dooz of tne mausoleum a fight
takes places.which decides the question
for all graveyards and cemeteries. Sword
of lightnUijf against sword of steel. Angel
against military. No seal of letter was
?nr mora easily broken than that seal of
VffiigilntUMirin on the door of the tomt\
:s shroud of fine linen,
ie pavement, moves out
isrsinthe dooiway, adpen
air, comes up the
jecomes forth InworkfS'It,
from the fact that
tasonry can never mend
>rever it Is u broken
give this piece of marble to a- dead Christ
Instead of ? soft pillow for thellVtag Jesus?
If they tad expended half the value of that
ton^tftomake Christ comfortable, it would
not have been so sad a story. He asked
bread; they gave Him n s' oue.
Christ, like most of the world's benefactors,
wa? appreciated bettor after. Be was
dead. Westminstor Abbey and monumental
Greenwood are the world's attompt
to attae by htfdtyn to the dead for wrongs
o the'lhrlag.. v,'^et's corner: In Westminster
Abbey attempts to pay !or the sufferings
of .'Grub street.
Go through that Port's corner in Westminister
abbey, There is Handel, the great
musician, froih whose.-ir.uBic yop hear to?iy;
but while I Iodic at his statue I cannot
help but tbmk of the -discords- with which
his fellow muslcltifctrted to destroy him.
There is.tbo tomb of Joha Dryden, a beautiful
monument;'?,but 1 cannot help but
think at seventy.J'&ars of age he wrote of
bis being oppressed in fortuno and ot the
contract that he bad just made for a thousand
verses ut sixpence a line. Aud there,
too, you find the monument of Samuel Butler,
the author of\"Hudltii[as;" but ^hlle I
look at his monument lu .Poet's corner I
cannot but ask mTself where he died. In
& garret. There J safe/ tti? costly, tablet in
the Poet's corner?the oostly tablet to one
of whom tho celebrated^W&Her wrote: "The
old blind schoolmaster, John Milton, has
just issued a tedious poem on t(te fall of
man. If the length of it be no virtue, it
has none." There is a beautiful monument
to Sheridan. Poor Sheridenl If he could
have only discounted that monument for a
mutton chopl
Oh, you unfltlal children, do. not give
your parents so much tombstone, but a
few more blankets?less funeral and more
bedroom! If five per cent, of the money
we now spend on Burns's banquets could
have been expended tn making the Uvlag
Scotch poet comfortable, be would not
have been harried with the drudgery of an
exciseman. Horace Greeley, outrageously
abused while living, when dead is followed
*
toward Greenwood by th<* President of thg |
United States and the leading men of the
army and navy. Massachusetts trios to ]
atone at the grave of Charles Sumner for |
the ignominious resolutions with whioh
her legislature denounced the llvlnpj
Senator. Do you think that the tomb at
Spriug.leld can pay for Booth's bullet?
Oh, do justice to the living! All the jus?
tlce you do them you must do this side the
gates of the Necropolis. They cannot wake
up to count the number of carriages at the
AKoanutoa nr fn nnMna thn n nil ah nf fhn
Aberdeen granite or to read epitaphal commemoration.
Gentleman's mausoleum in
the suburbs of Jerusalem cannot pay foj
'Bethlehem manger and Calvarean cfoss
and Pilate'3 rufllan judiciary. Postmortem
honors cannot utona for ante-mortem
ignominies.
Again, standing in this garden of th<
sepulcher, I am Impressed with the fad
that floral and arborescent decorations ar<
appropriate for the place o{ the dead. W(
are glad that amoug flowers and sculptural
adornments Christ spent the short time ot
His inhumation. V
I cannot understand what I sometimes
see in the newspapers where the obsequiej
are announced and the friends say in oon>
nection with it, "Sendnoflpwere." Bather,
if the means allow?I say If'' the mean*
allow?strew the casket tflth flowers, thfl
hearse with flowers, the grave with flowera,
Put them on the brow?it will suggest
coronation; in their hand?it will meao
victory. ', :
Christ was buried in a garden. Flowera
mean resurrection. Death is sad enough
anyhow. Let conservatory and arboretum
contribute to its alleviation. The harebell
will ring the victory; the passion flowei
will express the sympathy; the daffodil
will kindle Its lamp and Illume the darkness.
The cluster of asters will be the
constellation. Your little child loved
flowers when she was living. Put them la
her hand aow that she can go forth no
more aad pluck theal for herself. On suashiny
days tafce a fresh garland and pat It
over the still heart..
Brooklyn has no grander glory .thaa Its
Greenwood, nor Boston than its Mount Auburn,
nor Philadelphia than its Laurel
Hill, nor Cincinnati than its Spring Grove,
nor San Francisco than its Lone Mountain,
But what shall we say to those country
graveyards with the vinos broken down
and the slab aslant and the mound caved
in and the grass a pasture ground for the !
sexton's cattle? Indeed, were your father r
aad mother of so little worth tnat you cannot
afford to take care of their ashes? Some
day turn out all hands and straighten the
slab aud bank up the mound and cut away
the weeds and plant the shrubs and flowers.
Some day you will want to He down to
your last slumber. You cannot expect any
respect for your bones If you have no deference
for the bone3 of your ancestry. Do
you think these relics are of no importance?
You will see of how much impor- j
tance they are In the day when the arch- |
angel takes out his trumpet. Turn a^l j
your cemeteries into gardens.
Acaln. standing in this carden of the '
new sopulcher, I am impressed with the !
dignity of private uud unpretending obsequies.
Joseph was mourner, sexton, liveryman
?had entire charge of everything. Only
four people at the burial of the King of the
Universe! Oh, let this be consolatory to
those who through lack of means or
through lack of acquaintance have but
little demonstration of urlef at the graves
of their loved ones. Long line of glittering
equipage, two rows of silver handles, j
casket of richest wood, pallbearers gloved '
and scarfed, are not necessary. If there ]
be six at the grave, Christ looks down from
heaven and remembers that is two more
than were at His obsequies.
Not recognizing this idea, how many
small properties are scattered and widowhood
and Orphanage go forth into cold '
charity! The departed left a small prop- <
erty, which would have been enough to 1
koep the family together until they could '
take care of themselves, but the funoral j 1
sinenses absorbed evervthinc. That went I 1
for crape which ought to have gone for
bread. A man of moderate means can
hardly afford to dio In any of our great
cities. By all meaus, do honor to the de?
parted, but dc not couslder funeral pageant
as necessary. No one was ever more lovingly
and'tenderly put away to sepulehet
than Christ our Lord, but there were only '
four people in the prooeasion.
Again, standing in this garden with a 1
new sepulcher, I am Impressed with the 1
fact that you cannot keep the dead down. f
Seal of sanhedrlu, company of soldiers J
from the tower of Antonla, floor of rock, '
roof of rock, walls of rock, door of rock, (
cannot keep Christ iu the crypts. Come j
out and come up He must. Come out and f
come up He did. Pjreflguratlon. Firs; '
fruits of them that slept. Just as certain* (
ly as we go down iDto the dust, just so c
certainly we will come up again. Though [
all the granite of the mountains were piled '
on us we will rise. Though burled amid
the corals of the deepest cavern of the
Atlantic Oceaa, we will come to the sur* '
fac<\ 8
With these eyes we may not look into '
the face of the noonday sun, but we shall
have stronger vision, because the tamest
thing in the laud to which we go will be .
brighter than the sun. We shall have f
bodies with the speed of the lightning. 1
Our bodies Improved, energized, swiftened, !
clpritiod?mortality, immortality. The* "
nf Hio nravafnlran ft(T ita hfncAl ftlld '
flu us flat Into the dust.
Oh, my brethren, death and the grave 9
aro not so much as I hey used to be; for c
while wandering in this garden with the J
new sepuicher I And that the vines and "
flowers of the garden have completely cov- a
e.ed up the tomb. Instead of one garden 5
there are four gardens, openlng'into each ?
other?garden of Eden, gardou of tne
world's sepuloher, garden of the earth's J
regeneration, garden of heaven. Four '
gardens. -Bloom, 0 earthl Bloom, 0 5
heaven! Oh, my friends, wake up to glnd? '
ness on this Easter morning! This day, if 1
I interpr$$ it right, means joy?it means
peace wit& {leaven, and it means peace with
all the world.
Oh, bring more flowers! Wreathe them
around the brazen throat of the cannon; :
plant them in the desert, that it may bios- ?
sotn like the rose; braid them into the ;
mane of the returned war charger/ No j
more red dahlias of human blood. Give
us white lilies of peace. All around the J
rtoffh a^flw Ifl atttom A n H annn t"h A I I
rough voyage of tho church militant will 1
be ended, and she will flail up the heavenly "
harbor, scarred with many a conflict, but ?
the flag3 of triumph floating from her top- j 1
gallants. All heaven will come out to | 3
grefct h-sr Into port, and with a long re- f
verberayng stout of welcome will say: 1
"There ehe comes up the bay, the glorious c
old ship Zion! After tempestuous voyage c
she drops anchor within the veil."
"NAVY DEPARTMENT EMPLOYES.
3
Secretary Long's Interesting: Statement l1
Transmitted to the Senate, 3
c
An Interesting statement has been pre- |,
pared at the Nuvy Department at WastI- ^
ingt$aJp response to a resolution of the 3
Sen^tft^cnlling upon all the departments f
for | record of the number of persons em- {
ployed, ciassiflel as to age. Between 14 t
and If'.yeMftlnalaslve there are 9 em? t
ployes; botire?a. 20 -and 29 years, 118; be- ^
tween 90 an^39 jeare, 144; betweeu 40 and
49 yeajtk^J-ibetr?reen 50 and 59 years, 66;
betwaflMfeand My etas, 20; between 65 and
69 Uaw, 7;'t>e&ween IB and 74 years, 7; between^j>
aaj^fv years. 6; above 80 years, 1.
.' The HVenupo Hge of the 458 employes of
tfee depart (Sent 1&.39 40-229. There are 393 f
mala ^mpfoyos an U7erage age of i
38 81-liJl, and M'lemala employes of an
average age of W56-65. Most ol_ the fe- ,
males are employeflfa the Naval war uocords
office. Notwithstanding there are 40
employes over 60 years of age, of which
qumber 6 are. over 75, Secretury Long
reports that there are no employes
on the rolls peraanently inrapacitated
for the performance of manual
labor. Ia tbe State Department there are
0 employes between 60 and 64 years of age,
:i like number between 65 and 69, 1 between
70 and 74, and 2 between 75 and 79,
but all are reported to be mentally and
physioally fit.
Strength of Foreign Missionaries.
The total missionary force under leading
Christian societies doing strictly foreign
work was 14,210 last year, and the total
native force was 54,420. There were 20,223
schools, With 944,430 pupils, and the income
for the year was $14,513,972.
A "Lnry" Baft to Cross the Pacific.
A rait to contain 14,000 piles Is now being
coustmoted. at Seattle, Wash., by a8an
Francisco firm to be towed to Japan. TOM/1
completed the raft will be 635 fe<tf!t$r,
flfty-thwa feet in diameter and will 0?Qtain
H.000.00tfoet-*4.|iMnb?c. . - '
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THE GREAT DESTROYER.
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Hard Cider?An Episode Which Iteveals
the Utter Heartlessness of the Average
Itani Seller?Opened Hit Bur to n
Drunken Man Despite a Wife's Plea.
What aiJs that mau? He walks with a
swagger
So very pronounced It is almost a stagger;
Now,that lie is tipsy dou't erarbo thinking,
For how can that be when lie's only been
drinking
Hard cider:
What makes him sullen, so savage, and
" cross,
And for words of profanity ne'er at a loss?
What makes his breath so oCTonsive nad
strong?
He doesn't drink anything all daylong
But hard cider.
What.makes his face such a cardinal red?
Suggesting the thought that he ought to be
bled;
His eyes look exactly like ripe melon seeds,
And to care all these ailments it must be
he needs
More hard cider.
A Typical Saloon Keeper.
No one will accuse the Post-Standard, of
Syracuse, N. Y., with being an organ of
any temperance society, hence we give the
following story as related by one of Its
staff a place in out colamns:
"Don't drink anything more to-night.
Please doa't."
"Stop your infernal whining and come
along. I guess I know wheu I've had
enough."
It was 1 o'clock In the morning, cold and
stormy. A young woman, bareheaded,
thinly olad and shivering inside a ragged
blanket shnwl that was thrown over hex
calico dress olung to the arm of a big,
halklng fellow, evidently her hasb&tid; '
who made his way unsteadily toward a.
hitrtrth nf oalnnna nnh fnr frnm fliA liAflPf nf
the city. :
The words recorded above and a rough '
shalfa ot the slight girl whom he held firm- ;
ly by the shoulder were the man's answer
to her tearful pleading.' He staggering, she
beseeching him to return, they passed the ;
fliitlron corner of the block ut the lntersectloo
of and Genesee streets, neithed> 1
observing ft silent figure muffled, t* the
chin In ft warm ulster, that stood in ihft: ^
shadow ot the building watching thgm. J
This man was the proprietor of on? of the '
saloons. He stood still until Iiesawtlio '
pair halt before the door of his place, :
which had just been closed for the night. !
A late pedestrian who had observed all <
three approached. The saloon keeper, <
whom lie knew by sight, remarked cnsu^
ally:
"There's trade headed for my place. I'll
have to go over and open up."
Still the distracted "Woman's pleadings
and the man's churlish replies could be
heard, but It made no difference to thefeaf 3
loon keeper. Soon a light was burning 3
over his bar. . . . 3
The late pedestrian heard the souncftjf a '
scuffle, the saloon door swung open and '
the girl, crying as if her heart would '
break, burst out of tho place, disheveled, '
aud ran up the street. After a little the 2
light in the saloon went out, the intoxl- ?
cated man emerged, staggering more than I
before. Then the saloon keeper also came
out, locked the door, buttoned his warm ?
ulster up to his chin aud with a satisfied 1
and contented air started toward home. .
Driven to Blindness by Drink.
Thomas Ward, the Yale graduate, whc
was told by several Camden (N. J.) physl
:laos thut, unless l^e stopped drinking, he '
ivould become blind, has been uuable to '
rtrif fnmnhflnn Racnrrl Ift^q n f fchfl Z
result to Ills eyes, he became drunk again ]
find lav all nlgbt In the city jail.
Ward, while drunk, became involved In
i fight, and received a blow under the eye *
ivhlch cut a big gash in his cheek. He (ell ?
:o the floor and the wound was filled with ,
llrt. Iuflamo?atlon.?et In and the sight was ;
llmost destroyed. He was told that if he i
Irauk before the wound healed there would ?
je no help for him. f,
Ward is a well educated man, having p
jeen graduated from tbeYaie law school. *
kVuile in college be drank heavilvt and .
vftor he left school he went from bad to \
vorse. He was full of remorse as he lay
n his cell. But he has lost all hope and
ill belief in. himself. "It Is no use," he
laid, "Tbe appetite for drink is too strong '
or me. I could not give it up. I began *
o drink while I was in college, and, tin- 5
sonsclous or the evil which would result, s
sreated an Appetite which has become my
naster. When I first began to practice I ^
uid brilliant prospect3, but my liking for 1
Irlnk destroyed them all. 3
"It may be that I shall become blind, as ?
ho doctors said I would, but I do not pare
my more. I am worthless, and it does not 1
natter.' *
. i
Alcohol, tlie Skin, and the Heart. :l
A. party of Americans in crossing Sierra :i
Nevada encamped at a spot above the snow i
lne. Some of them took a good deal of '
ipirits before going to sleep, and they la; >1
lown warm and happy; some took a mod- Ji
irate quantity, and they lay down some- !i
vhat but not very cold; others took none 3
f nil nn<l Hinw liv dnwn v?rv nold and T
nlserable. Next morning, however, those G
vho had taken no spirits got up feeling
Iulto well; those who had taken a'little j>
;ot up feeling cold and wretohed, those ><
vLio had taken a great deal did not get up 3:
it all; they hud perished from cold during -i
he night. Those who took no alcohol t
cept their hearts warm at tbe expense of 'J
heir skin, und they remalped well; those ?
vho took much wanned their skin at the
ixponse of their hearts, and they died.? 'I
)r. Carter. ' ^ r<
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Sale of Brandy Drops Stopped. r<
The sale of candy, with the innocent outide
appearance of an ordinary ohocolate r
Irop, but containing, It Is said, brandy, in
itores in the neighborhood of Public *
Icliool 57, Lee avenue and Van Brunt
treet, Brooklyn, has aroused the actlvi- ?<
:ies of the W. C. T. U. A crusade against '
he sale of those brandy drops has just Q
>een successfully finished, and no Jonger J'
s ibis particular brand of confectionery P'
illowed to be sold in the vicinity of that '
cbool. It is said that the sale of the
irnnrlw ilrnnq atnnnad bv two of tha 1 ?
leventy-two special deputy sheriffs ap- *
jointed by Sheriff Walton at the request of
ho W. C. T. U. and other allied organic- 51
ions. The shopkeepers nave sent tb.- L.
sandy back to the wholesale dealers. w
a
prink Slay* More Than Battle. H
Under the present law the consumption J.1
it spirituous liquors in the Philippines Is t ^
lew and growing business. One of om
ontemporaries says: "It is probably not
lutruthful to say ot the deaths of the
>rave boys who have gone there from
lomes In every 8tate of the Union,one-half; ai
ixceptlng those .killed in battle, huvo been
rom the use of intoxicating drinks taken ?<
n United States ships, sold by men from J'
he United States under the protection ol J1
lie American flag."?The Evangelist, New
fork. 01
The Crusade In Brief.
The liquor devil is the same old devfl.
Wine has drowoed more men than water. n
The Society of Total Abstainers, just
oriued in Vieuaa, is the first ever estab
ishod in Au-ttria. B
Under the "Indiana plan," ti..rteen paitf
'evangelist-*" are devotlu,' their entire ?
Ime to prohibition party work in thf ?
loosler State. u
The Board of Ald.irmen of Kenosha, Wis. fc
ecntiy p;issed an ordinance compelling g;
inloonkeepers to post in their saloons a ltai ^
if Hih Itnntcn luihltual rininlriirrfa nf Hi* >t
own, to whom no intoxicating liquors
uuat be sold under any circumstances.
Dr. John Midden, professor of pliyst nl
)tosy In the Wiscomln College of Pbysl ci
ilnns and Surgeons, believes that it is tlx o:
jrovlnce of a physician, even more than o! D
lie moralist or philanthropist, to do wlwil ii
le can toward the suppression of alcohol n
"Beer and nhisky go with the flag to oui
lew possessions and no obstacles are inerposed.
The Government shares iu the
jroflts." Thus boasts a liquor paper,
3hampion of Pair Play. This ouijht to
nake every American patriot blush wltb 0
ibame. m
Priests ip charge of the Polish Catholic di
mrlshes in northwestern Chl6a|fo are or b;
cunlzlng tbeir charges for aafj&a agalns' m
be concert and dauce halts itia beer gut P1
lens of that district, which tboy say are
loingajjreat deal of harm among tbelj at
foun? veor'e. 111
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TIE SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MAY 6.
Subject: .Jeans Warning and Inviting,
Matt x!., "0-30?Golden Text: Matt,
xl., 28?Memory Verses, 28-30?Commentary
on the Day's Lesson.
20. "Then be^an He." After He bad
spoken the works recorded la the first part
ui me cnupiur. 'xu upnraia. ' .iinoune,
and pronounce judgments against them.
The more Go^ does for men the loss excuse
liavo they for continuing In their sins.
Jesus had done all He could for these I
alties, or He could not have reproachod
:bem for their Impenitence. "Because
Ihey repented not." The only%ay to And
peace and favor with God Is by repenting
of our sins. Christ did not upbraid them
because of their sins, but because they did
not repent. The Impenitent heart treasureth
up wrath. Rom. 2:5.
21. "Woe unto thee." It "would be better
to translate these words, "Alas foi
thee!" This Is an exclamation of pity, and
It is evident that our Lord used the words
in this sense. "Chorazln." A town on
the northwest shore of the sea of Galilee.
Its location is not definitely known, but it
was near Capernaum. "Betbsalda." On
the northwest shore of the sea of Galilee,
north of Capernaum. It was the birthplace
of Philip, Andrew and Peter. "If
the mighty wovks." Tte great miracles.
A miracle is a sigu,.a wonder, anda mighty
jeed. Acts 2:22; 2 Cor. 12:12; Heb. 2:4.
'Which were done in you." According to
:his passage, most of the miracles of Christ
ffere done in these cities ot Galilee, and
yet not one is recorded in the Gospels as
laving been done la Chorazln and Beth*
mida. This is a confirmation of John
!r:25. "Had beon done in Tyre and SIdon."
ryre and Sldon were lieatnen oitlos sltuited
on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean
Sea. Their wlokedness was proyerblal.
"They would have repented long
ago." Oar Lord intimates that If Ezeklel
aad performed as many miracles in those
:lties, as Himself had In Chorazln and
Bethsatda, they would have repented with
:he deepest and most genuine sorrow. "In
laakcloth and ashes." In the East it was
sommon for .mourners to put on a black
?arment which resembled a' sack, with
loles for the arms, and to put a?hes upon
;he.head,
' *23. ,"M6re tolerable." The degree of
;oar misery will be greater than even that
>'f Tyre and Sldon. Everything will help
:o overwhelm the Impenitent at the bar of
}od. the benefits and favors w hlch they
lave received,' as well as the sins which
hey have committed. "At the day of judgnent'L
The flnal judgment. From this
ve.learn two important truths: 1. That
he punishment to be indicted upon wicked
nfc In thei life to come will not all be
>qual. 2. That great punishments befallng
sinners In tills life "will not screen them
rom the wrath of God in the lite to come.
23. "Thoa, Capernaut?....exalted unto
teaveo." A Hebrew metaphor, expressive
ntne,utmost prosperity, ana tae enjoyoent
ol the greatest privileges. Thlp was
ery properlyospoken of Capernaum, beauso
!q It our Lord bad dwelt, and baa
wrought manyot His most wonderful mlrulea.
It had been dignified above all the
Itles of Israel, "shalt be brought down to
i?U." ' 'Unto hades." B. V. jTenfiporal
udgmenta soon after came upon all ot these
unpenitent cities, and they were so comiletely^desfroyed^
bat their ezaot location
las slnc^-boea In' doubt. Oapemaum was
o be, brought down to a state of dcsolutlon.
7his prediction was literally flulfllled.
24. "It shall be more tolerable." The
estructlon of Sodom occuirad.nearly 2000
ears before Christ, and Jade (verse 7)
ells us that these; people Are-flufferlng'the
ongeanoeof eternal fire, and yet'it will be
lore tolerable for them' at fife judgment
ay than for those who live and die infldels
nder the Gospel.
25. "At that time." It t?ould seem that j
t this point some communication was
iade that pleased Jesus andfle broke forth
ato thanksgiving. "I thanlLThee," I fully
onfess, fully acknowledge TEJm justice of i
'hy'doings. "Thou hast hid theae things."
tospel truth, the things that pertain to i
Els kingdom were not perceived by the
Iwlse and prudent," by the scribes and
'harispes, who were vainly puffed up and
rho rejected, the true light. "Hast reealed
them unto babes." Unto those
who feel tnolr.depenaence on CJoa and
eek His aid." . i
*26. "Seemed good In Thy flight." God has |
ordained strength" "oat of the mouth of <
abes and sucklings." Psa. 8:2. He ''hatlj
hosen the foolish things of the world tri
onfoand the wise." 1 Cor. 1:27. 1
27. "Alt things are delivered onto Me." <
s it He had said, do not be led by the ex- c
mple of your great and learned men to <
light and despise Me, for humble as I ap- I
ear to be, all things relating to the salva- 1
ion of mankind are delivered into My I
ands, even all authority, power and judg- I
tent. "No man knowetk the Son." No i
lan can fully comprehend the mystery of I
je incarnation, tne character ana the.at* i
ributes of the Sen, and the great work He <
as done and is to do in Baving the world.
But the Father." God only can under:and
Himself. "Save the Son." No man
an understand or compehend the Father
i His nature, His attributes and His'provienoes,
save the Son. "Will reveal Him." 1
hose who desire an acquaintance with
od must come to Christ.
28. "Come unto Me." This implies simly
believing in Christ and becoming His '
)llower, or disciple. This is one of the '
tost precious Gospel invitations to salvaon
In the New Testament. "All ye that i
ibor and are heavy-laden." Those labor>g
under a seBse of sin and laden with thn
uilt and remorse of a wicked lifer-such I <
re invited to Christ; not merely to the
tiurch, but to Christ. "I will give you
jst." Every word in this promise is imortant.
1. Best is promised; soul rest; i
3st from sin and cankering enre; rest from '
le fear of death and the judgment. 2.
his rest Is promised to you. Weak thougb
an mair Ka an/i 11? rttA nrt/i aln fill vnf
L/vl mnj wu, nuu uununuj uuu oiutui) jrvi.|
> you Jesus speaks. 3. It la promised
eely, "without money and without price."
; is the Rift of God. 4. It 19 promised with
artalnty, I wilL If you will only "oome
nto Me," nothing?do power on earth,
lalj stop Me, I will Rive you rest. 5. Who
rpmises this? Is He able to perform? Yes,
is the eternal "i" who speaks the word,
ad He alone Is able to save "tinto the utter^
ost." It Is the Son of God who says, I
ill give you rest.
29. "Tate My yoke upon you." Accept
[e and the Gospel I brluR. Christ's yoke Ik,
His will. Our study is to know what He
ills for me. 2. His rule. Liberty in Christ
oes not mean liberty from oontrol, that
jpuld bo lawlessness. The best way to be ;j
ee from sin's dominion is to be well un- j
sr the control of Christ. 3. His discipline. i
re are under His correction and Instruc- <
on; we are In His school. "And learn of ,
:e." .He Is the great teacher, and Ho
(aches humanity. We are to be humble it
ad lowly in heart as He was. i
30. "Yoke easy...rbnrden llprht." The s
nnmandments of God are not grievous to "
le one who accepts Christ fully. It is 3
(?bt because it is borne in love, with a tj
ood conscience, by the help of the Spirit
.'God.
"double"turr~ets~a"ppr6ved. g
eport of Naval Board of Inspection on s<
Admiral Sampson's Invention. *
The Naval Board of Inspection, of which
ear-Atfmlral Frederlok RodRers is Preslant,
has submitted an unanimous report
a the receut trial of the battleship Kear- ft
urge. Concerning the turret tests, the si
oara says: "During
the afternoon of April 3 the G
>ur uuna in the forward turret were fired
multaneously at 4000 yards range, and
iree of the projectiles apparently fell In
le same spot; one fell about Sflfl yards
ayond, but in line. ?
"The four guns from the after turret a
Iso were flred simultaneously, and in this
ise three projectiles fell in the same spot;
tie eight-Inch projectile fell to the right. ?
uring this test the blast from the eight}ch
guns In the superimposed turret did
ot inconvonience the people in the thixjentb-Iucb
turret." fl
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'France Has a New Armored Train. *
France has adopted an armored train. ^
no with armament complete has been
anufactured at the Indret works and been 3<
Ispatched te Cherbourg. The train, drawn
f Conical-shaped engiuos, can travel sixty 0
lies an hour. It presents a strange, sersntllke
appearance, especially in roundg
curves, as the cars are cylindrical In *
iapo and overlap each other like enor- '
ous scales. a
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GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. PRECNANT
THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS,
On I lift Surging Sea ? Sold iers Must B?
AIa<to in llattle?"Iu Go<l IVe Live"?
Christ's CiloriouH SucceM*?The Necea*
aliy of Sect?a I'my?r for Patience.
Soft mist floats over the sombre sea
And hides tho sunshine (uid bides th?
shore;
I trust tbe Pilot who, gatdlng mo,
Has goue this way oeloft.
Soft lights shine through tbe shadowy"1
gloom,
Glimmer and fade and glow again; I
Like jewels rare or a rjph perfumo
Are the lives of noffltnuu.
Soft eyes watch over my darkened way-,
They see my loneliness and grief;
Thby see the light of eternal day
Coming to bring relief.. .
Soft hands linger with fond caress
On tear-dimmed eye and whitening hairy
They minister in their'tenderneas
To lighten all my care.
8oft voices pierce the great unknown
And tell of the great uaseeq that lies
Beyond the ken of the mind ulone,
Beyond our touch or eyes.
Bo I trust as I sail o'er ttrq sea of life;
Faith's vision makes my dark way, plain;
I feel tne comfort that follows strife,
The joy that hallows pain.
?Balph Edwin Horn.
Soldiers Must Be Ifad* in Battle.
It is only in strong weather that a man
gets faith. Faith is not an attainment that
droppeth like the gentle dew from heaven>
It generally comes in the whirlwind and the
storm. Look at the old onk3: how is It
that they have become so deeply rooted Id
the earth ? Ask the March winds and they
will tell you. It is not'the April sbowet ..
thfit Hill If ni* iho onrafif Wnw onnoltlna Knf
v??v* i?| VI fcUW OHVVIi iUI?J OUUOUlUt', UUk
It was March's rough wind, the blustering
month of old Boreas shaking the trees to
and fro and causing the roots to bind
themselves around the rocks. Bo must it
be with us. We don't make great soldiers
in the barracks at home; they must be
made amidst flying shot and thundering
cannon. Storms and tempests are the
things that make men tough and hardy
mariners. They see the works of the Lord
and His wonders in the deep. So with
Chirstians. Great-faith must have great
trials. Mr. Great-heart would never hav
oeen Mr. Great-heart if he had not once
been Mr. Great-trouble. Valiant-for-truth
would never have put to flight those foes,
and have been so valiant, if tne toes had
not first attacked him. So with us: we must
expect great trouble before we shall attaia
to much faith.? Spurgeon. ,
"In God We Live."
By creation we aro God's. Called into
existence by tho flat of His power, He owns
us by a natural claim that nothing but an- .
uihllation can annul. And not less by
preservation tban by origin are we God's
in a formal sense. What Ho has done for
us in the continuance as well as In the conferring
of life, establishes His natural possession
of us. As at first, so at every subsequent
moment, He confers existence, i*nd
if He should cease to do so for an instant,
we, not self-supported any more than selfderived,
should that instant drop into absolute
death. It is of His ordaining that we
enjoy all the moans of life?air, light,
food, for the lower, and vitality and inspira:ion
for the higher being. It is the same
merciful Hand tbat "te.npers the wind to the
shorn lamb," the same willing Ear that
UtUlCbU WUU J VUU^ 1UTVU a WUO ^(*UiU
benignant Eyo that "noteth the sparrow's
fall," that Is, also, outstretched for the
3upply of our wants; that Is attentive to our ,
jails, that is w-itchful of all our interests. It
Is not a mere figure of speech, penned first
by the ancient poet anil quoted afterward by
Paul, with evident approbation, that "in /
God we live anil move and have our beinpf."
It is a literal truth which we ought both to
recognize and feel".
Christ's Glorious Success.
iiightly understood, any movement includes
its beginnings as well a3 its fruition,
ind in estimating the success of Christianity ,
t would be unfair not to look back to its
jrigin as well ns to include its present suprenacy.
Thus regarded, Christ'ssuccess In
winning the affection and confidence,the reverence
and the penitent devotion of men is '*
teen to be a phenomenon more striking and
nore splendid than anything elae in humaa
history. perhap3 In the history of the whole
universe. We can form some conception of
aLah^w Kuf mKan ?r* n Anma Ku anH KtT
lb diLcauy, uut nucu uumu, kjj nuu uj f
Into the divine presence, and are instructed
iibout the divine plans and how they have
been fulfill^, then it will be apparent to as,
is it cannot be here, how great, how substantial
and how glorious was the success
3( Christ in His redeeming work.
The Neceiilty of Sect*
No one can in these days work effectively
(or tjie promotion of religious truth and life >
tvho is not allied to some one of the exist- ' ing
sects. Consequently he who fails to
ipprehead the real need of denominations
?na the servioe they render to the world
when conducted a* Christ intended they
should.be conducted, is not making a just
incrimination. Every real Christian is inleed
capable of discerning good in all other
lenomi:;ations than the one he supports,
ind be cordially admits that each one is '
loing good, while he believes and declares
;hat his own sect is the best and most deterving
of support, because, in his estimate,
{represents to the world more truth than
inyV>ther.
A Prayer for Patience.
Forgive me, Lord, that I have made for
nyself so many crosses which thou hast not
ippolnted. My sins are heavy on my back
md my refusals to take up the Cross which
hou hast given have only brought me
leavier burdens of my own reckless choosng.
I confess my sin aud ask thy pardon
ind tby help to relieve me of all needless
veight, to give me my own proper cross,
ind to enable me to carry it with cheerful
ieart and full assurance of thy loving care. .'
lo counsel me and lead me in the way, and 4 ...
ustain me ever for thine own love's sake ?
Linen.
The Most Acceptable Fast.
TJie fast most acceptable to the Father Is
bat of abstinence from wrong-doing In
very way; to deny the demands of pride,
elf-love,"uncharitable thought aud unholy
eeling. In action every one may well conlderthe
words of the prophet of the olden
lino: "Is.not this the fast I have chosen?
o loose the bands of wickedness, to undo
he heavy burdens, and to l*?t the oppressed
;o free, and that ye break every yoke?"
'bis also is good practice for every day and
eason, for the individual and for men lo
heir various associate capacities.
Do not judge Christianity by the wont
hat claims its name; no. nor even by the
est?know it and judge it by Christ himelf.
The true Christian religion is religion
s Christ taught it and lived it.?Rev. I. P.
oddingtou.
As a very little dust will disorder a clock,
nd the least grain of sand will obscure our
:ght, so the least grain of sin which is upon
le heart will hinder its right motion toward
rod.?John Wesley.
Be sure that you are sorry for yo'ir slnsot
8imply that they were so unprofitable,
r that your wrong-doing was discovered
nd brought its penalty.
TO PERPETUATE FAME."
tofeuor Holden'* Monument to Tell of
Ills Wonderful DUcovery,
The Will of Joseph W. Holden, of Otiseld,
Me., who proclaimed in many loclres
that the earth was flat, has been presuted
for probate.
One feature of the will was that a a,
:alian marble monument to cost $300
lull be purohased with the following inirlptfon
upon it:
"Professor Joseph W. Holden, born ia
tisfleld, August 24, 1816.
"Died , nged years.
"Professor Holden, the astronomer, while
boy at school discovered that the earth
tint and stationary, and that-the sun and
oou do move."
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