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TVR. TAT,MAGE'S SERMON I!
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SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE oY THE NOTED \ i
DIVINE. J
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Subject: The Ministry of Tears ? Tf Onr {'
Misfortunes Are Horue in the Fijht ,
l,? Spirit They May Prove to Ho Advan- j
tages?Soul Chastened by Sorrow. r
f[CopjTinbt 1901.]
' New York Citt. ? A vast audience 1:
crowded the Academy of Music in this r
city to hear Dr. Talma pre. Discoursing on '
"The Ministry of Tears" he put forth the ;
misfortunes of lite in a cheerful light, *
showing that if they were borne in the a
right spirit they mieht orove to bp advan- e
tage3. His text was Rev. vii, 17, "And 0
I God shall wipe away all tears from their (
eyes." s
What a spectacle a few weeks ago when
the nations were in tears! Queen Vic- '
toria ascended from the highest throne on c
earth to a throne in heaven. The nraysr J
more often offered than any prayer for the
last sixty-four years had been answered. c
and God did save the Queen. All round
the world the belis were tolling, and the *
minute guns were booming at the obse- ?
qnies of the most honored woman of many
centuries. As near four years ago the
English and American nations shook
hands in congratulation at the Queen's
jubilee, so in these times two nations
shook hands in mournful sympathy at the t
Queen's departure. No neople outside *
Great Britain so deenlv felt that mighty i;
grief a3 our people. The cradles of mnny ?
of our ancestors were rocked in Great Bri- 1
tain. Tho e ancestors plaved in ch'Hhood f
on the banks of thr> Tweed, or the Thames ]'
or the Shannon. Take from our veins the 1
English blood, or the Welsh blood, or the t
Irish blood, or the Scotch blood, and the s
stream of our life would- be a mere shal- '
low. There are over there bone of onr f
bone, and flesh of our flesh. It is our Wil- '
berforce, our Coleridge, our D? Ouincsy, a
our Robert Burns, our John Wesley, our *
John Knox, our Thomas Chalmers, our ^
Walter Scott, our Bishop Charnock, our t
Latimer, our Ridley, our Robert Emmet, a
our Daniel O'Connell, our Havelock, our 1
Ruskm, our Gladstone, our good and great
and glorious Victoria. J
The language in which we offered the f?
English nation our condolence is the same t
language in which John Bunyan dreamed <
and Milton sans and Shakespeare drama- *
tized and Richard Baxter praved and ?
George Whitefield thundered. The Prince J
of Wales, now King, naid reverential visit 1
to Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon, c
and Longfellow's statue adorns Westmins- 1
ter Abbev, and Abraham Lincoln in *
bronze looks down upon Scotland's capi- f
tal. It was natural that these two na- ?
tions be in tears. But I am not goine to ^
speak of national tear3, but of individual 4
tears and Bible tears.
Riding across a Western prairie, wild t
flowers up to the hub of the carriage [
wheel and while a long distance from any s
shelter, there came a sudden shower, and t
while the rain wa3 falling in torrents the s
sun was shining as brightly as I ever saw a
it shine, and I thoueht what a beautiful a
spectacle 13 this! So the tears of the r
Bible ere not midnight storm, but rain on 1
pansied prairies in God's sweet and golden a
sunlighf. s
You remember that bottle which David r
labeled as containing tears and Mary's 1
tears and Paul's tears and Christ's tears s
and the harvest of joy that is to snring c
from the sowing of tears. God mixes them; 1
God rounds them; God shows them where 1
to fall; God exhales them. A census is r
taken of them, and there is a record as to 1
the moment when they are born and as to J
the place of their grave. <
Tears of bad men are not kept. Alex- t
ander in his sorrow had the hair clinpcd S
from his horses and mules and made a I
great ado about his grief, but in all the I
vases ot heaven there is not one 01 aicx- \
ander's tears. I speak of the tears of
God's children. Alas, me, they are falling t
all the time! s
In summer you sometimes hear the J
growling thunder, and you see there is a {
storm miles away, but you kno%v from the 1
drift of the clouds that it will not come '
anywhere near you; so, though it may be (
all bright around about you, there is a 1
ehower of trouble somewhere all the time. '
Tears, tears! '
What is the use of them, anyhow? Why '
not substitute laughter? Why not make s
this a world where all the people are well <
and eternal strangers to pains and aches? ]
What is the use of an eastern storm when '
we might have a perpetual nor'wester? Why, J
when a family is put together, not have '
them all stay, or. if they must be trans- '
planted to make other homes, then have 1
them all live, the family record telling a 1
story of marriages and births, but of no
deaths? Why not have the harvests '
chase each otner without fatiguing toil? 1
Why the hard pillow, the hard crust, the c
hard struggle? It is easy enough to ex- .
plain a 6inile or a success or a congratula- 1
tion, but come now and bring all your die- I
tionaries and all your philosophies and all <
your religions and help me explain a tear. '
A chemist will tell you that it is mad? 1
up of salt and lime and other component J
W***" V? n micoac f Vi q nKIrtf i rrrn/^ ion f"C *
?the acid of a soured life, the viperine j
sting of a bitter memory, the fragments of j
a broken heart. I will tell you what a tear 1
is. It is agony in solution. Hear, then, 8
while I discourse of the ministry of tears (
or the practical uses of sorrow:
First, it is the design of trouble to keep (
this world from being too attractive. 1
Something must be done to make us w.ill- J
ing to quit this existence. If it were not ?
for trouble, this world would be a good 1
enough heaven for us. You and I would f
be willing to take a lease of this life for a (
hundred million years if there were no ]
trouble. The earth, cushioned and up- '
holstercd and pillared and chandeliered at f
such expense, no story of other worlds (
could enchant us. We would say: "Let j
well enough alone. If you want to die and j
have your body disintegrated in the dust '
and your soul go out on a celestial adven- 1
ture. then you can go, but this world is 1
good enough for me.' You might ns well (
go to a man who has iust entered the 1
Louvre at Paris and tell him to hasten off ,
to the picture galleries of Venice or Flor- j
ence. Why; he would say. what is the '
use of my aoina there? There are Hem- *
brandts and Kubenses and Titiuns here *
that I have rot looked at yet." No man '
wants to go out of this world or out of '
any house until he has a better house.
To cure this wish to stay here God must ?
somehow create a disgust for our surroundings.
How shall He ao it? He cannot afford
to efface His horizon, or to tear off a
fiery panel from the sunset, or to subtract
an anther from the water lily, or to banish
the pungent aroma from the mignonette,
or to drag the robes of the morning in
mire.
You cannot expect a Christopher Wren
to mar his St. Paul's cathedral, or a Michael
Angelo to dash out his own "Last
Judgment," or a Handel to discord his ?
"Israel in Egypt," and you cannot expect 1
God to spoil the architecture and music of a
His own world. How, then, are we to be
made willing to leave? Here is where 1
trouble comes in. *
? After a man has had a good deal of i
trouble he says: "Well, I am ready to go. J
If there is a house somewhere whose roof f
does not leak, I would like to live there. J
If there is an atmosphere somewhere that J
does not distress the lungs, I would like to j;
breathe it. If there is a society some- J
where where there is no tittle tattle, I J
would like to live there. If there is a 1
home circle somewhere where I can find |
my lost friends. I would like to go there."
He used to read the first part of the Bible |
chiefly. Why has he changed Genesis for 1
Revelation? Ah, he used to be anxious
v chiefly to know how this world was made ?
and all aSnnf it? construction. '
Now he is chiefly anxious to know how r
the next world was made, and how it looks c
find who live there, and how they dress. ?
He reads Revelation ten times now where j
he reads Genesis once. The old story, "In 1
the beginning God created the heavens 1
and the earth," does not thrill him half I
as the other story, "I saw a new heaven '
and a new earth." J
I The old man's hand trembles as he turns 1
over this apocalvptical leaf, and he has v
to take out his handkerchief to wipe his 0
Bpectacles. The book of Revelation is a ^
brospectus now of the country into which c
tie is soon to immigrate, the country in c
which he has lots already laid out and F
tvenues opened and mansions built.
It is trouble, my friends, that makes us 8
feel our dependence upon God. We do r
not know our own weakness or God's f
itrength uniil the last plank breaks. It is *
contemptible in us that onlv when there 1
is nothing else to take hold, of we catch 11
pold of God. Why, do you know who the 4
Lord is? He is not an autocrat seated a
ar up in a palace, from which He emerges "]
ince a year, preceuea oy neraias swinging
words to clear the way. No; He 13 a
ather, willing at our call to utand by us .
n ever/ crisis and predicament of lite. I 1
ell you what some of you business men
nuke me think of. A nian is unfortunate
n his business. He has to raise a good
lea! of money and raise it quickly. He I
lorrovvs on word and note all he can borow.
After a while he puts a mortgage on
lis house; after a while he puts a second
nortgage on his house. Then he puts a
ien on his furniture; then he makes over
lis life insurance: then he assigns all his e
property; then he goes to his father- f:
n-'nw and asks for help. Well, v
laving failed everywhere, completely t
ailed, he gets down on his knees j
.ml says: '"0 Lord, I have tried S(
vervbody and everything: now help me [,
>ut of this financial trouble!" He makes
iod the last resort instead of the first re- p
ore. ^ i
A young man goes off from home to earn
lis fortune. He goes with his mother's "
onsent and benediction. She has large
vealth, but he wants to make his own u
ortune. He goes far away, falls sick and
ets out of money. He sends for the hotel i>
:eeper where he is staying, asking for lelience,
and the answer h? gets is. "If you b
!o not pay up Saturday nicrht you'll be re- v
noved to the hospital." The young man J
ends to a comrade in the same building;
10 help. He writes to a banker who was p
1 friend of his deceased father; no relief. n
j... _ 1.j. 1 1.? ?,.,..1 !.
>atuiua\ iiiu,tn. uumes. uuu xs? ui'/icu ov/ j
he hospital. Getting here, he is frenzied c
vita grief, and he borrows a sheet of
>aper and a postage stamp, and he sits
iown, and he writes home: "Dear mother,
am sick unto death. Come." Tt is twen- "
y minutes of 10 o'clock when shs gets the 8
ptter. At 10 o'clock the train starts. She a,
s five minutes from the depot. She gets :
here in time to have five minutes to
part. She wonders why the train that o
an go forty miles an hour cannot go (J
ightv miles an hour. She rushes into the A
io?pital. She savs: "My son, what does ti
ill this mean? Why did you not send for t!
ne? You sent to everybody but me. You y
;new I would and could heip you. Is this, C
he reward I get for my kindness to you (j
itways?" She bundles him up, takes him f,
10me and gets him well very soon.
Now, some of you treat God just as that r
'oung man treated his mother." When you
ret into a financial perplexity you call on P
he banker, you call on the broker, you
rail on your creditors, i'ou call on your .
awyer for legal counsel, you call upon u
sverybody, ana when you cannot get any
lelp then you go to God. You say, "0 1
jord, I come to Thee! Help mo now out '<
>f my perplexity." And the Lord comes, E
hough it is in the eleventh hour. He L
;ays: "Why did you not send for Me beore?
As one whom his mother comfort- ^
th so will I comfort you." It is to throw k
is back upon God that we have this minis- is
ry of tears. t
Again, it is the use of trouble to capaci- t
ate us for the office of sympathy. The ti
>riests under the old dispensation were n
iet apart by having water sprinkled upon n
;neir nanas, teec ana neaa, ana oy me a
sprinkling of tears people are now set a
ipart to the office of svm[tathv. When we 3,
ire in prosperity we like to have a great
nan.v young people around us. ana we r(
&ugh when they laugh, and we romp
vhen thsy romp, and we sing when they .
ling, but when we have trouble we like J!
)lenty of old folks around. Why? They
enow how to talk. Take an aged mother, *"!
eventy-five years of age, and she is almost *
>mnipotent in comfort. Why? She has a
jeen through it all. At 7 o'clock in the
Homing she goes to comfort a young 1
nother who has just lost her babe. Grand- i<
nother knows all about that trouble, ii
fifty years ago she felt it. At 12 o'clock d
)f that day she goes over to comfort a
vidowed soul. She knows all about that. J
she has been walking in that dark valley [
;wenty years. At 4 o'clock in the after- t
loon some one knocks at the door, want- u
ng bread. She knows all about that. j.
LVo or three times in her life she came ?
;o her last loaf. At 10 o'clock that night t
ihe goes over to sit up with some one severely
sick. She knows all about it. She T
cnows all about fevers and pleurisies and j
jroken bones. She has been doctoring all j]
icr life, spreading plasters and pouring *
>ut bitter drops and shaking up hot pil- J
ows and contriving things to temot a poor w
inpetite. Drs. Abernethy and Rush and
rlosack and Ilarvey were great doctors, C
jut the greatest doctor the world e%-er e
:aw is an old Christian woman. Dear me, e
lo we not remember her about the room Jvhen
we were sick in our boyhood? Was p
;here any one who could ever so touch a f,
sore without hurtinz it? -And when she ! f
ifted her spectaelcs against her wrinkled ?
'orehead so she could look closer at the ^
round it was three-fourths healed. And
vhen the Lord took her home, although r
ou may have been men and women thirty,
:orty, fifty years of age, you lay on the n
:of!in lid and sobbed a? though you were c
>nlv five or ten years of age. a
Your troubles are educational. I go *
nto the office of a lapidary, an artificer in "
jrecious stones, and I see him at work on ^
>ne precious stone for a few minutes, and s
le puts it aside finished. I see him take c
lp another precious stone, and he works t
>n that all the afternoon, and I come in p
lie next day and still find him working on o
t, and he is at work on it all the week. ]
[ say to him, "Why did you put only t
wenty minutes' work on that one precious r
itone and put a whole week on this c]
>t'ner?" "Oh," he says, "that one upon <
vhich I put only twenty minutes' work is
>f but little worth, and I soon got through *
vit'n it. But this precious stone upon
vhich I have put such prolonged and care- e
iui work is of vast value, and it is to flash a
n a king's coronet." So God lets one man a
50 through* life with only a little cutting
jf misfortuneT^iftr he does not amount to C
nuch, he is a smai^-Spul and of compara- !
;ively little value, bllt-^this other is of 1:
jreat worth, and it is cut of pain, and cut t
>f bereavement, and cut of persecution, i:
md cut of all kinds of trouble, and s
;hrough many years, and I ask, "Dear ](
'iOrd, why ail this prolonged afid severe s
process'/" and God says: "This sdul >9 of ^
nfinite value, and it is to flash in asking's j
:oronet. He shall be Mine in the- day ^
vhen I make up My jewels." v
V?? ? ,??11 >h? C
ood becomes more delicate at the last. J -j
iave fed you to-day with the bread of con- ^
;olation. Let the table now be cleared,
tnd let us set on the chalice of heaven. v
>et the King's cupbearers come in. "Oh," *
;ays some critic in the audience, "the fi
^ible contradicts itself. It intimates again t
md again that there are to be no tears (
n heaven, and if there be no tears in heav- t
;n how is it possible that God will wipe d
tny awav?". I answer, "Have you never d
ieen a child crying one moment and laughng
the next and while she was laughing P
;ou saw the tears still on her face?" Ana f
jerhaps you stopped her in the verv midst
>f her resumed glee and wiped oft those t
lelayed tears. So I think after the heav:nly
raptures have come upon us there
nav be the mark of some earthly grief,
md while these tears are glittering in the ~
ight of the jasper sea God will wipe them d
iway. How well He can do that! v
Friends, if we could get any apprecia- t
ion of what God has in reserve for us, it J
vould make us so homesick we wutild be a
mfit for our every-day work. Professor
Leonard, formerly of Iowa University, put
n my hands a meteoric stone, a stone
hrown off from some other world to this. r
iow suggestive it was to me! And 1 have a
o tell you the best representations we
iave of heaven are only aerolites flung off
rom that world which rolls on, bearing
he multitude of the redeemed. We anayze
these aerolites and find them crystalizations
of tears. No wonder, flung off
rom heaven! "God shall wipe away all
eats from their eyes."
Do you not this moment catch a glimpse
the to1 vers? Do you not hear a note of
he eternal harmony? Some of you may A
emember the old Crystal Palace in this .
rity of New York. I came in from my
ountry home a verdant lad and heard in
hat Crystal Palace the first great music
had ever heard. Jullien gave & concert
here, and there were 3000 voices and 3000
>layers upon instruments, and I was
uightily impressed with the fact that Julien
controlled the harmony with the moion
of his hand and foot, beating time
vith the one and emphasizing with the
ither. To me it was overwhelming. But
11 that was tamp pomnared with the scene
nd the sound when the ransomed shall -J
ome from the east, and the west, and the (
lorth, and the south, and sit down in the (
:ingdom of God, myriads above myriads. )
alleries above galleries, and Christ will
ise, and all heaven will rise with Him.
nd with His wounded hand and wounded 5
oot He will conduct that harmony. "Like / ^
he voice of many waters, like the voice of 1
nighty thunderings, worthy is the Lamb] 11
hat was slain to receive riches and honour ?
nd glory and power, world without J
[HE SABBATH SCHOOL
NTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MARCH 31.
ieview of the First Quarter, Isaiah liii.
1-13 _ Golden Text, He is Despised
and ltejeirted of Men, Isaiah lili., 3?
Summary of the Twelve Lessons.
Introduction.?The lessons this quarter
*nhr;ice but six (lays in the life of Christ;
rom Saturday eveniirg, April 1, when tie
raa anointed by Mary at Simon's house,
o Friday afternoon. April 7, when He
;ied on the cross and was buried by Joeph.
But what great and stirring events
ave occurred in that short space of time!
Lesson 1. Topic: Honoring Christ.
Mace: Bethany, it is six days before the
'assover, and Jesus is at the house of Siion.
the leper. While sitting at meat
lary anoints the head and feet of Christ,
sing a pound of very precious ointment,
alued at about $50. The disciples are
idignant, anu think it should have been
old and given to the poor. .Jesus reukes
them, and commends the woman
ery highly. Judas agrees to betray
esus for thirty pieces of silver, or $16.98.
2. Topic: Christ announced as King,
'lace: Jerusalem. Jesus and His disciles
journeying toward Jerusalem; two
isciples sent to Bethphage to secure a
olt; the colt is brought to Jesus; the disiples
spread their garments on the anilal
and set Jesus thereon; the prophecy
i Zech. 9: 9 is fulfilled; a great multitude
liout "Hosanna!" and spread garments
nd strew branches in the way; Jesus
leanses the temple; children praise Him.
3. Topic: Christ confirming the faith
f the Centiles. Place: Jerusalem. The
rrceks at the Passover desire to see Jesus.
i 1 foil .Ioci:a -Tpftiiq
inurew uuu i ww?? wvu?.?,
eachcs the people; tells of His death and
he glory to follow. As a grain of
;heat must die before it bears fruit, so
'hrist must die in order to save the world,
'hrist is troubled in soul; God spake
;om heaven.
4. Topic: The great commandment,
'lace: Jerusalem. Jesus still in the temle.
The Herodians, Sadducees and Phar>ces
ask Him hard questions, testing Him.
ill are silenced. The great commandment
i given by Christ. We should love God
upremely. Sin, the world and the self
fe must all be renounced. We should
>ve our neighbor. Christ questions the
'harisees: How is Christ both the son of
)avid and also David's Lord?
5. Topic: The duty of watching. Place:
loant of Olives. The subjects of Christ's
ingdom are likened to ten virgins. Christ
? the Bridegroom, and the oil represents
he grace of God. The foolish virgins had
he lamp of profession, but lacked oilrue
spiritual life. They endeavored to
lake good their preparation at the last
loment, but it was too late. The wise
re the true Christians who not only had
profession, out the love of God in the
oul.
C. Topic: The duty and reward of faithillness.
"Place: Mount of Olives. The taints
are given and Che master takes his
jurney. Two servant make a iarge gain,
lie third buries his talent. The master's
cturn, though delayed, is certain. So
'hrist will surely come again. Two servants
come to their master and bring the
ilcnts given them and as many more,
'hey are commended and rewarded. The
lie servant has no increase, but hard sayizs
and excuses. He is cast into outer
arkness.
7. Topic: Christ our Passover. Place:
erusaleni. It was Thursday; Jesus sent
'eter and John to Jerusalem to prepare
he passover supper; they found a large
pper room where they made ready; in
he evening Jesus sat at the table with
lis disrinles: He told tliern that one of
hem should betray Him; they were sorowful
and every one asked, "Lord, is it
?" Jesu3 said it would have been better
3r that man never to have been born;
le then told Judas that He was the one;
udas left; Jesus cats His last supper
,-ith the remaining eleven.
8. Topic: The sufferings of Christ. Place:
lethsemune. Jesus and eleven disciples
nter the garden; eight are left near the
ntrance; Peter, James and John go with
lim into the garden. Jesus agonizes in
rayer; His sweat is like blood: He prays
or strength; an angel is sent; three
imes lie asks llis disciples to waHi with
lim; three times He finds them sleeping.
Vre should watch and pray.
9. Topic: The arrest of Christ. Place:
lethsemane. It was in the middle of the
ight; Judas and a band of Ilontan soldiers
ame to arrest .lesu.s; they have torches
nd weapons. What a picture is Juda? of
fallen human being! For years he had
istcned to the teachings of his Divine
laster. He had seen the multitudes fed,
ea calmed, and the dead raised.. He
ould not help but know that Jesus was
he Son of God; and yet, for a few paltry
ieces of silver he enters the quiet retreat
f the Saviour and covers His face with
isses as a sign to the officers that He is
he one they are seeking. What hypocisy!
To what depths can a fallen man
escend! Jesus shows Himself to them;
hey fall backwards to the ground; Jesun
sks that His disciplcs be permitted to go
Iieir way; Peter cuts oft* the servants
ar; Jesus tells Peter to put up his sword,
nd heals the ear; Jesus arrested, bound
nd taken away.
10. Topic: The accusations against
Christ. I'lace: The palace of Caiaphas.
esus is sent from Annas to Caiaphas the
tigh priest; Peter follows afar oft and
hrice denies the Saviour; the Sanhcdrin
3 hastily summoned; false witnesses are
ought and are found with diiTiculty; at
list two testify that Ho said He could detroy
the temple and build it in three
lays; Jesus is silent; Caiaphas asks Him
f He is the Christ; Jesus replies that He
s; Caiaphas rent his clothes; Jesus is
ondemned to death.
11. Topic: Pilate seeking to release
esus. Place: Pilate's judgment hall,
[esus is taken to Pilate, the governor.
[*{io investigates the' charges and find*
h&m false: Jesus is sent to Herod, who
ndsS.no fault with Christ. Pilate calls
he pePP'e together and desires to release
'hrist; >bey demand that He be crucified;
hree tirrt^s Pilate urges His release; they
emand tfte release of Harabbas, a .mur
erer; Pilafep yields; washes his hands.
12. TopicY Closing scenes in Christ's
arthly life, n Place: Mount Calvary,
'hrist on the\cross; mocked by the soliers;
vinegar Offered; the superscription;
he two thieves frucificd with Christ; one
ailed on Jesus,\the other confessed his
ins and asked \ to be remembered in
Christ's kingdom J _ the prayer answered;
arkness from 12 fill 3 o'clock; Jesus cried
'"ith a loud vojop and died; the centurion's
estimony; Jo<ep?h b.-gged the body of
esus; wrapped It in lii en and laid It in
new sepulchre. !
Suffering Au"onK Zunl Indians.
An appeal has freen scut to the Departnent
of the Interior at Washington foi
iid for the su?eriug Zuni Indians in
Sortheastern Arizona and Northwesterr
sew Mexico. A report from Apache
'ounty says tl^'at some of the tribe near
iolimiih is ipi ? fearful condition from
ick of food and clothing, ltations at the
gency are totally inadequate, and whites
lave been contributing supplies. Last
ummer's ' drought destroyed the Zuni
rops, an"' the Indians traded nearly all
heir blankets and clothing for food. As
result the unusually .severe winter has
auscd /much sickness and death.
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, A British War OIHce Blunder.
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AiP aiinosi unexanipieu i:usl- ui uj.iw...
,|ui'j<!ciin^ is reported from Liverpool,
t appeals that the British War Ollice
under the impression that the Liverc/ol
Volunteers were still in South Africa,
Jhd kept a new Special Service Corps on
faiting orders until it could be ascer.uiucd
whether the Liverpool Volunteers
pjuired strengthening. The Liverpool
Volunteers returned to Liverpool lour
nonths ago.
Sev*n-^Insted Scliooner.
A seven-masted schooner will be built
his year by John P. Gordon, of Franklin,
>le. Tho dimensions are: Length of keel,
35 feet; beam, fifty-four feet; depth of
lold, thirty-two feet; draft in light trim,
igh^een feet; about 4000 tons net register.
?he estimated cost is $155,000.
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. GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN.
1 PRECNANT THOUCHTS FROM TH=
WORLO'S GREATEST PROPHETS.
I Give My Heart to Thee ? The Diamond
Kule ? The Power Hint Draws ?Not
Wlint I Would Have Clioxen ? When
Prayer* Seem UielesM?Doing the Work
I give my heart to Thee,
(J Jesus most desired!
Ami heart for hoart tin* gift shall be,
For Thou my soul hast tired:
Thou hearts alone won Ms t move:
Thou only hearts dost love,
I would love Thee as Thou lovest me,
0 Jesus most desired!
What offering can I make.
Dear Lord, to love like Thine?
That Thou, the (Joil. didst stooi> to take
A human form like tniue!
"(*ivi? me thy heart, my sou":
Behold my heart?'tis done!
I would love Th?e as Thou lovest t
0 Jesus most desired!
Thy heart is: opened wide,
It.s offered love most free.
That heart to heart I may abide.
Ami hide myself i:i Thee:
Ah, how Thy love doth buru,
Till I that love return!
I would love Thee as Thou lovest me
O Jesus most desired!
Here finds my heart its rest.
Repose that knows no shock,
The strength of lova that keeps it blest:
In Thee the riven Rock,
My soul as girt around,
Her citadel hath found.
i would love Thee as Thou Iovest me,
O Jesus most desired!
?From the Latin of an unknown author.
Translated by Ray Palmer.
The Diamond Kule.
A Rule better than the Golden Rule?
Yes, oae of as much more value than
that as diamonds are more precious
than gold. Apply the Golden Rule to
the "greatest tiling in the world"?love.
How would it read? "Love others as
you would have them love you." How
would the Diamond Its:!.* read? Let us
take it from the lips of Christ: "I
would that ye love one another as I
have loved you." Here h a new standard,
a diamond standard, for loving.
Our highest conception of the love of
others for us. according to the < Jolden
Rule, would be love equal to that which
we feel for ourselves. But, after all,
how imperfect, how inadequate, how
blind and limited, is the love of any one
for himself! One might wish for himself
a thousand good things, and after
ih?m nil discover that
Iii.s best and most enduring good had
not been promoted. So human beneficenice
as a measure for mutual human
love' is very narrow aud inadequate.
We should love one another iu a deeper
and wiser way than that. The Golden
Rule of love is only the human way of
loving. The Diamond Rule of love is
tit.; divine way of loving. '
The Power that Draw*.
"And T, if I be lifted up," said our
Lord a few hours before His death,
"will draw all men unto Me." We are
greatly troubled in these days over the
indifference of multitudes to the services
of the church, and many are the
devices resorted to for the purpose of
persuading the people, and especially
men, to attend them. But all these devices?which
we n-jed not here particularize,
for they are known to all?are
ephemeral in effect, because, however
ingenious and pleasing at first, they
soon pali upon the taste. The only attractive
power that has yet never
failed, and never can fail, is the uplifted
Christ. The preachers who today
arc niosi faithfully holding up the crnci- |
lied Lord as the s:nner\s only hope are
those whoso ministry is most effective
in winning the attention of the people
ami persuading men to be reconciled to
God. This is the method prescribed by
divine wisdom, and 110 device of man
. an impair* upon or successfully supersede
it.?Examiner.
N'ot What I Would Have Chosen.
My life 'is not what I would have
chosen. I often long for quiet, for trading
and for thought. It seems to me
to be a vparadise to be able to read,
to think, go into deep things, gather the
glorious riches of intellectual culture.
God has forbidden it in His providence.
I must spend hours in receiving people
to speak to me about all manner of trifles;
must reply to letters about nothing;
must engage in public work 0:1
, everything; employ my life on what
seems uncongenial, vanishing, temporary.
waste. Yet God knows me better
than I know myself. He knows my
gifts, my powers, my failings and weaknesses,
what I can do and what I cannot
do. So I desire to be led. and not
to lead?to follow Him. I am quite sure
that He has thus enabled me to do a
great deal more, in what seemed to be
almost a waste of life, in advancing His
kingdom, than L would have done in
any other waj'. I am sure of that.Xorniun
McLeod.
Wli?n Pravers Seem Useless.
Wo reap as wo havo sown. We suffer
where we have sinned. At such
times our prayer is not literally answered.
Ity the voice of the spirit, by
a spiritual instinct, we become conscious
that it is useless to pray further.
Though we pray, not thrice, but three
hundred tim\s, the thorn is not taken
away. But there is a sense in which the
prayer is answered. Our suffering is a
lesson warning men in all after-time.
We are permitted from Pisgah's height
to scan the fair land we long for, and
are then removed to a better. We have
the answer given,to us in the aftertime,
as Moses, who had his prayer
gloriously fulfilled when he stood with
Christ on the Transfiguration Mount.?
Rc-v. l'\ It. Meyer.
Poinir the Master's Work.
And ns they went forth to do their
Master's work, counting themselves now
no longer their own, but His?how the
personality of each stands out, strong
arid distinct! There is no possibility of
mistaking Peter for John, or John for
l'aul. The Master's word is spoken by
them all, but the voice of each is his
own. The humble fishermen and the
tent-maker have been recognized all
over the world, have made themselves
each separately felt by their character
and their words, as no statesman or orator
ever has. They lost their littleness,
and found their greatness iu ChriJt.?
Lucy La rcoin.
When the sinner thinks: "My sins are
out of measure sinful, and my heart is
Juip<I " \i-tiv think .mil
remember that in Christ there is mercy
out of measure merciful, and grace out
?f measure powerful.?Thomas Hooker.
It melts the heart to think that God i.?
ns full of mercy as I am of sin: he is as
free to forgive as I am to offend; he
hath daily mercies for daily sius.?John
Mason.
The Wltconsln-Michigan Boundary.
It has just been discovered that a strip
of laud of 250,000 acres, near the boundaiy
between Wisconsin and Michigan, lies in
neither State. The discovery has been
made that this strip was originally included
in Michigan, but was not in the
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survey wneil IIIC oiiii.e ui tviavuuaiii ??.T
laid out. The; question has arisen as to
whether or not official acts, such as marriages
and land transfers, in the strip arc
valid, and the matter will probably be laid
before the Wisconsin Legislature.
France Fears a Paper Famine.
The scarcity of pulp wood in France is
seriously interfering with the paper industry
there. It is expected that paper will
have to be imported.
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fHE GREAT DESTROYER
30WIE STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Po?ui: The Two GIjimos?The WC3re in |
Kn;Ianil About Arsenic in ISeer Did
(iood Work For the Cnuse of Sobriety
?Brew of the Doailly Stuff.
There sat two glasses filled to the brim
On a rich man's table, rim to rim.
One was ruddy and red as blood,
And one was clear as the crystal flood.
Said the glass of wine to his paler brother,
"Let us tell tales of the past to each
other.
I can tell of banquet, and. revel, and
mirth,
Where I was Icing; for I ruled in might.
And the proudest and grandest souls on
earth
Fell under my touch as though struck with
blight.
From the heads of kings I have torn the
crown,
From tha heights of fame I have hurled
men down.
I have blasted many an honored name:
I have taken virtue and given shame;
I have tempted the youth with a sip or
taste,
Which has made his future a barren
waste.
Far greater than any king am I,
Or than any army beneath the sky;
I have made the arm of the driver fail.
And sent the train from its iron rail;
r 1 1 1 ,.l. /U,(.n uun
I nave muut: i;uuu niitf/a gi/ uuun ?n- ov...,
For they said, 'Behold how great you be!'
Fame, .strength, wealth, genius, before me
fall
And my might and power are over all.
Ho! ho! pale brother." laughed the wine,
"Can you boast of deeds as great asinine?"
Said the water glass: "I cannot boast
Of a king dethroned, or a murdered host;
But I can tell of hearts that were sad
By mv crystal drops made light and glad.
Of thirsts I have quenched, and brows I've
laved,
Of heads I've cooled, and souls I've saved.
I have leaped through the valley, dashed
down the mountain,
Slept in the sunshine and dripped from
the fountain.
I have burst my cloud fetters and dropped
from the sky %
And everywhere gladdened the landscape
eye.
I have eas?!d the hot forehead of fever and
pain:
I have made the parched meadows grow
fertile with grain.
I can tell of the powerful wheel of the
mill
That ground out the flour, and turned at
my will,
I can tell of manhood debased by your
brew
That I have uplifted and crowned anew.
I cheer, I help, strengthen and aid;
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I gladden tne neari 01 man mm mam.
I set the chained wine-captive free;
And all are better for knowing me."
These are the tales they told to each
other.
The glass of wine and its na!e brother.
As they sat together, filled to the brim,
On a rich man's table, rim to rim.
?C. W. 0., in the Ram's Horn.
Arsenic in Reer.
A recent letter from a London correspondent
told us how the scare in England
about arsenic in beer had done more
for the cause of sobriety in a week or two
than the combined efforts of all the tem
pcrance societies in a number of years,
i'here is nothing surprising in this state
ment, in view of the evidence given at
some of the coroners' inquests upon victims
of the poisonous liquor, and pub
lished broadcast in the newspapers. One
of the professors of University College,
Liverpool, testified the other day that he
had made a calculation of the total amount
of arsenic found by the inspectors of the
local Government board in the course ol
their investigations during a period of
thirty weeks. The result was a mass of
rather more than four tons, or 300 pounds
for each week, enough to kill some millions
of peoole, if divided into equal doses and
administered at once. Figures like these
appeal to the dullest sense, and it is likely
to be a long time before the great body of
beer-drinkers rccover their o'.d confidence
in the national tipple. The full extent of
the scare and its consequences will not be
known until the report of the Royal Commission
is published, but some of the facts
already made public by Government inspectors
are sufficiently striking. In Manchester
alone there were 2<>00 cases of arsenical
poisoning, and at least thirty-six
deaths. Some of the patients confessed to
having been in the habit of drinking two
gallons a day, but most of them owned I
up to a daily consumption of only a gallon
or so. As might have been expected, the
brewers' dravmen suffered conspicuously, I
in spite of the fact that the human system.
with constant practice, can be trained
to absorb considerable quantities of the
drug. The original impression was that
the deadly stuff came from only one or
two breweries, but it seems that arsenic
was detected in beer manufactured in no
fewer than fifteen of the principal towns
in the Midland counties. Small wonder
that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is bemoaning
a falling off of hundreds of thousands
of pounds in the beer tax, or that
the temperance ranks have been largely recruited.
But what will the British workman
do? Will he turn teetotaler, or wili
he take to spirits instead of beer? In
that case his last state will be worse tliaD
his first.?New York Post.
Responsibility of the Kitchen.
It is not so much the saloon which
makes drunkards, although it helos a bad
cause along. The kitchen is the place
where most of our drunkards are started.
Parents may set to their children a good
example of temperate habits; they may
send them to public schools, to church and
tem|>erancc lectures, and try to keep them
away from saloons and out of temptation.
But as long as from ignorance or shiftlessness
they fail to supply their children's
bodies with the proper food in well-bal* j
anccd ration, refuse to them a reasonable
quantity of succulent \-egetables and acid
fruits, and iteglect to instill into them the
main principle of hygienic living which
forbids excesses in eating as well as in
drinkinc, they must be primarily and
chiefly held responsible if such gross mistakes
result in producing blood clogged
with impurities, morbid cravings and
C .11.. /wor.inrllllorpnpp in alcoholic
liuuujr tit i/.vi ? ...
drinks.?Vegetarian Magazine.
An Alarming Growth.'
While the crusade against the drink
traffic lias been eminently successful in one
way, saving thousands from a drunken
grave, preventing the formation of habits
of intemperance in countless multitudes
besides, and gradually building up a healthier
public opinion, it yet remains true that
the evil is, in another sense, increasing8teadily.
Population is over-riding reformation.
Alcoholism Among German Pupllg.
In an investigation by the authorities at
Donn, German}-, not long since upon alcoholism
among the pupils in the primary
schools, it was found that sixteen children
out of 100 did not drink milk because
it had no savor. Of 237 pupils from seven
to eight years old all habitually drank beer
or wine, and eight per cent, or these drank
a glass of whisky daily in order to become
strong. As a result of these investigations
it was found that the children most accustomcd
to spirituous drinks were least intelligent.
Tne number of girls who took
whisky with their breakfast was larger
than that of boya.
Wilhelmina Favors Total Abstinence.
No doubt there has been much wine
drunk to the health of the Queen, and the
Dutchman can drain a bumper at slight
pretext when he wishes to, but report na?
it that Queen Wilhelmina is not only herself
an abstainer, but has persuaded her
friend, the Princess Pauline of Wurtemberg,
to take up the same position. Queen
Wilhelmina is the patroness of the tota'
abstinence movement in the Low Coun
tries. It is reasonably probable that she
will, by a temperance regime, preserve
more perfectly her health and her pretty
figure than have some other of the heavydrinking
feminine royalties of Europe.?
The Outlook.
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pESTHOUSE SET AFIRE
Crowd Made Trouble For Firemen
WVin Dti+ 1+ r\iii
" iiv A u u n
Citizens Objected to the Building;'* Site??
Mayor Ordered Work Stopped, lint
Board of Health Stood Firm.
Orange, N. J.?An attempt to set Are
to the ^temporary smallpox hospital in
Orange was made a few days ago. and
John Harrington, a laborer, forty-five
years of age, Is held by the police without
bail. The police say they have witnesses
who saw Harrington light two
matches and apply them to a pile of
shavings saturated with kerosene at
one corner of the building. Some lumber
near-by and the building itself
were also soaked with kerosene. The
| attempt was made at 7 o'clock while
the place was being watched by two
nnlirpmpn and ? tvafphor rlpfilllprl hv
the Board of Health. A -big crowd
was in the neighborhood, and when
the firemen arived the crowd attempted
to prevent the hose from being attached
to hydrants. Louis Dodle. an
Italian, tried to cut the hose and was
arrested.
Work on the hospital was begun in
the morning, and it was inrended to
move the two smallpox patients in the
following night. The building is a
cheap frame structure, and is situated
on a plot of ground an entire block in
extent. As soon as work was started
there was opposition from people in
that part of the city. Mayor Henry
'Stetson ordered Police Captain Leary
to stop the carpenters. Health Officer
William Scliuer immediately made a
formal demand on the Mayor, as the
head of the Police Department, to furnish
policemen to protect the building
and the workmen. The Mayor read
the law and then said that as Mayor
he would have the building protected.
He said his directions to the police captain
were given as a private citizen.
Then delegations of people called on
President John T. Piatt, of the Board
of Health, and urged him to stop the
work and secure some other site for
+ lincnitnl Tho pnnfp.K<ffir hfivinif
received his contract from Mr. Schluer
declined to recognize any one else in
the matter, anu the work went on. In
the afternoon a special meeting of the
Board of Health was held, at which
the health officers' acts were indorsed.
BRITISH AHEAD IN ABYSSINIA.
Their Officers to Join Forces Against
Mad Mullah.
London.?England is again on top
In Abyssinia. This, it is said, is proven
by the fact that Emperor Menelik
has consented that two British officers,
Major A. H. Tracy and Captain
R. P. Cobbold, start for Adis Abeda,
capital of Abyssinia, to act as advis
EMPEF.0R MENELIK OF ABT8SINIA.
ers to the Abyssinian Commnnder-iDChief.
Ras Makonnen, ill his approaching
expedition against the Mad
Mullah, who has been causing a disturbance
in Northern Somallland.
' Menelik will place 2000 men in the
field, and the British will co-operate
with His Majesty's army with a force
from Berbera. The English had long
been overshadowed by Franco-Russian
activities.
> "BLOOD ftAIN" IN ITALY.
Phenomenon Attributed to Dnst From
African Deserts?People Alarmed.
Rome, Italy. ? The phenomenon
known as a "blood rain," occurred in
Sicily and Southern and Central Italy.
It was accompanied by a violent sirocco,
which brought across tin Mediterranean
showers of dust from the
Desert of Sahara.
The atmosphere in Rome was*suffocating,
and tne city was covered by j
whirling clouds of sand. A mirage was
seen. Tire wind felt like air from a
l'urnace. The population declare that
the phenomenon portends an earthquake.
"Blood rain" is not infrequent, and
Is due to uifferent causes. The most
common of these is the lifting of red
dust by storm and its fall with the
rain. This would seem to be the ex
planation In the present case.
'LOSSES IN SOUTHERN STORM.
Tornado Crosses the Arkansas-Texas
Line and Does 9500,000 Damage.
Little Rock, Ark.?A heavy wind and
thunder storm passed over Arkansas.
John Turner, aged twelve, at Pine
Prairie, was killed. The tornado
wrecked everything in its path at
Pine Prairie, which is in the extreme
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duuiiincoiciu pun. v* ?
Every town in Western Arkansas
/suffered to some extent, many buildings
being unroofed. Tlie loss will
exceed $500,000.
At New Boston, Texas, one man was
killed and seven seriously hurt. The
.town was almost demolished.
Agulnaldo'a Reported Hiding Place.
Unconfirmed information coming
from native sources says that Aguinaldo
is In hiding in the Province of
Isabela, on the northeastern coast of
Luzon Island. P. I. American troops
are scouting in that section of the
country.
Seventy-two Pilgrima Drowned.
Duriug a storm on the Black Sea
seventy-two pilgrims were washed
overboard from a steamer and
drowned.
Prominent Peopie.
King Edward is said to be one of the
best shots iu England.
Andrew Carnegie is a generous patron
of orchestral music.
Senator Warren, of Wyoming, is the
only undertaker in tbe Senatn.
Lord Roberts bad to pay $32o0 in
fees for tbe bonor of being made an
Earl.
Henry M. Stanley is just sixty, and
apparently strong enough to try tbe
Dark Coutiuent again.
Senator Kearns. of Utab. is one of
tbe three members of tLe Senate wbo
part their bair in tbe middle.
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1HBBT F08 MILLIONS 1
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Heirs to the Gilman Estate Clash
in Court, |
QUESTION ONE OF RESIDENCE
The Heir* Aalc For tetter* of Administration
at Bridgeport, Conn.?Law* of
Inheritance in Two State* Involved
in the Long Legal Fight ? Fortune
Estimated at 875,000,000.
Bridgeport. Conn.?A formal application
was made in the Probate Court
in this city for letters of administration
to be granted to Edward L. Norton
and Edward S. Percival, of New
York City, on the estate of George
Francis Gilman, the millionaire, of
Black Rock. The hearing in the Probate
Office was held by appointment.
Probate Judge Nobbs holding court
after the regular hour of closing.
There were present in the party Attorney
Charles S. Brush, Attorney McCormack.
Alfred Gilman, Edward L.
Norton and Edward S. Percival, the
last three heirs-at-law, and George
W. Smith, of this city, who. it transpires
in the last minute, is not an
heir at all.*
The latter gentleman was present
for the purpose of giving the court
and the parties interested local information.
The gentlemen present repretn
Tndo-o Vnhha that there were
llUliLCU IV V uwgv
other heirs present in the city, who
would be sent for if their presence
were required.
Attorney 3rush and McCormack
represented that Mr. Gilman died
without leaving any heirs in Bridgeport.
and that at the present time
strangers were in charge of the local
property. They thereupon offered a
petition asking that a proper persou
be appointeo as temporary administrator
to take charge of the Black
Rock property. The object of the
motion was to force Mrs. Blakeley
Hall and her mother to give up the _ \ 1
possession of the house.
Judge Nobbs denied their petition
for the temporary receiver. The coun- t )
sel then formally presented an application
that Edward L. Norton and
Edward S. Percival be granted letters
of administration on the estate.
The application was signed by all the
heirs-at-law, as follows:
George Gilman, New York City,
nenhew; George McClellan, Northamp
ton, Mass., nephew; Edward 8. Fercival,
New York City,' nephew; Caroline
Scammon. Brooklyn, niece; Ollva
Drew, Lynn. Mass., niece; Nellie Tut- y
tie, Milwaukee, Wis., niece: Lydia R.
Bradford, Skowhegan, Me., niece;
Caroline R. Garozyuski, Brooklyn,
niece; Caroline G. McClellan, Darien,
Conn., niece; Edward C. Norton, New
York City, grandnephew; Minnie L.
Little, New York City, grandniece;
Ellen A. Starr. Manila, Philippines,
grandniece; Mary Ford, California. , <g
grandniece: the infant children of
Milford H. Norton, a grandnephew,
and George Percival, Philadelphia,
grandnephew. *
Unless Millionaire Gilmau left a will
his large fortune will be divided
among persons whom he avoided,
feared and hated. High and low
have the searches been made for any
document that could be filed in the
Surrogate's office. No nook or cranny
where he would have been liable to
place a will to conceal it has escaped
observation.
Gilman's business interests were ' .#
enormous. Persons who are conservative
say he was worth less than
S20.000.000, while others assert that
his property may amount to $75,000,f\nn
mm -n'mlHiv flnrl )tnv
xic n a.? Itij *T vi??.v, ?
figure that may be given is nothing
more than a guess.
His relatives assume that he has
left uo will and have begun a fight
over the spoils on that basis. Should
a will be produced it will be attacked "*
without a question. So great Is his
estate that the allegations of mental
unsoundness and undue influence are
inevitable, with the usual raking over
of every unpleasant feature of his
career.
The Probate Court here assumes that
It has jurisdiction over the settlement
of all the property of Mr. Oilman, of
whatever kind or description, except
real estate situated outside of the
State of Connecticut. The legal representative
of the half-blood relatives '
Intimated that they could prove that
Mr. Oilman was a resident of New
York City, and by producing such
proof, would Transfer the jurisdiction
of administration from Connecticut
to New York. The whole blood relatives
asserted that such a move would
be met with ample proof to the contrary.
Tlie contest will be due to the
fact that the probate law of the States
conflict. Under the statute of Connecticut.
half-blood relatives are exnortfnfnaHnn
in
ciuueu emucy nuu ?- ?
the distribution of intestate estates,
while whole blood relatives are living.
It will be a pretty fight for lawyers.
anyhow, and the estate will be tied ,
up for months, or years until the highest
courts have passed upon the questions
involved.
In the meantime the beautiful estate
here is in the joint possession of
Edward S. Perclval. of New York
City, one of the heirs-at-law. and
Mrs. Blakeley Hall.
No Promoclon For Morgan.
Gunner Charles Morgan. IT. S. N.,
will not go before the Naval Examining
Board ior examination for the
commission of ensign, as his age prevents
it, he having recently passed
his thirty-fifth birthday. This makes
him ineligible for the commission
that would go with a successful examination.
A Kansas Dank Robbed.
The private bank of J. P. Springer.
at Argonia, Kan., was robbed by three
men. who got away with $2600 ic
cash and $4000 in registered Governmint
thfoo nor r>nnt hrmils. The
vault was entered through the brick
wall, and the safe was blown open
with uitro-glyceriue.
The "Wisconsin to Ileplace the Oregon.
The big battleship Wisconsin has
been selected to replace the OregoD
iu Asiatic waters, when that vessel
is Relieved, in the near future.
Doings of State Legislatures.
The Governor of South Dakota has
been given power to remove appointive
State officers of all grades.
Oregon has followed Illinois anc
Massachusetts In providing for the
Torrens system of land registration.
Corporation laws in Texas have been
made more liberal to foreigu corporations
of large capital by a bill just
passed.
A new law in Oregon makes the
punishment for kidnaping imprisonment
for from one to twenty-five
years, with a fine not exceeding $10,000.
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