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T)R. TALMAGES SERMON!
SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED j
DIVINE.
Subject: The Charm of tho Christian
KeliRlon ? It Illuminates and Brlflii,
ens the Lives of Men and VFoinMi
?The Beauty of God'# Love.
[Copyright, 1901.]
Washington, D. C.?The charm of an
exalted religion is by Dr. Talmage in this
<Jiscouri2 illustrated and commended;
text. Job xxviii, 17, "The crystal caunot
equal it."
Many of the precious stones of the
Bible have come to prompt recognition,
fou* for the present I take up the less
valuable crystal. Job, in my text, com;
uares savintr wisdom with a specimen of
topaz. An infidel chemist or mineralogist
would pronounce the latter worth more
than the former, but Job makes an intelligent
comparison, looks at religion and
then looks at the crystal and pronounces
the former as of far superior value to the
latter, exclaiming in the words of my
text, "The crystal cannot equal it."
Now, it is not a part of my sermonic design
to depreciate the crystal, whether it
be found in Cornish mine or Harz Mountain
or Mammoth Cave or tinkling among
the pendants of the chandeliers of a palace.
The crystal is the star of the mountain;
it is the queen of the cave; it is the
eardrop of the hills; it finds its heaven in
the diamond. Among all the pages of natural
history there is no page more interesting
to me than the page crystallographic.
But I want to show you that Job
was right when, taking religion in one
hand and the crystal in the other, he declared
that the former is of far more value
and beauty than the latter, recommending
it to all the people and to all the ages,
declaring, "The crystal cannot equal it."
In the first place I remark that religion
is superior to* the crystal in exactness.
That shapeless mass of crystal against
which you accidentally dashed your foot
is laid out with more exactness than any
earthly city. There are six 6tyles.of crystallization
and all of them divinely or
dained. Every crystal has mathematical
precision. God's geometry reaches through
it, and it is a rhomboid or in some way it
has a mathematical figure. Now, religion
beats that in the simple fact that spiritual
accuracy is more beautiful than material
accuracy. God's attributes are exact,
God's law exact, God's decrees exact, God's
management of the world exact. Never
counting wrong, though He counts the
grass blades and the stars and the sands
and the cycles. His providence never
dealing with us perpendicularly when
those providences ought to be oblique, nor
laterally when they ought to be vertical.
Everything in our life arranged without
any possioility of mistake. Each life a
six-headed prism. Born at the right time,
dving at the right time. There are no
"happen so's" in our theology. If I
thought this was a slipshod Universe I
would be in despair. God is not an Anarchist.
Law, order, symmetry, precision,
a perfect square, a perfect rectangle, a
perfect rhomboid, a perfect circle. The
edge of God's robe o* government never
frays out. There are no loose screws in
the world's machinery. It did not just
'happen that Napoleon was attached with
indigestion at Borodino so that he became
incompetent for one day. It did not just
happen that John Thomas, the missionfKt?r?
Tfaifirirr -fnr an
' outfit and orders for another missionary
jtour, received that outfit and those orders
in a box that floated ashore, while
the ship and the crew that earned the box
were never heard of. I believe in a particular
providence. I believe God's geometry
may be seen in all our life more beautifully
than in crystallography. Job was
right, "The crystal cannot e^ual it."
Again, I remark that religion is superior
to tbe crystal in transparency. We
know not when or by whom glass was first
discovered. Beads of it have been found
in ths tomb of Alexander Severus. Vases
of it are brought up from the ruins of
Herculaneum. There were female adornments
made out of it 3000 years ago?
those adornments found now attachca to
the mummies of Egypt. A great many
commentators believe that my text means
i glass. What would we do without the
crystal?the crystal in the window to keep
out the storm and let in the day, the crystal
over the watch, defending its delicate
machinery, yet allowing U3 to see the hour;
the crystal of the telescope, by which the
astronomer brings distant worlds so near
he can inspect them?
Oh, the triumphs of the crystals in the
celebrated windows of Rouen and Salisbury!
But there is nothing so transparent
in a crystal as in our hoiv religion.
It s a transparent religion. You put it
tto your eye, and you see man?ms sin,
his^ soul, his destiny. You look at God.
and you see something of the grandeur of
His character. It is a transparent religion.
InSdels tell us it is opaque. Do
you know why they tell us it is opaque?
it is because they are band. "The natural
man receiveth not the things of God
because they are spiritually discerned."
(There is no trouble with the crystal; the
trouble is with the eyes which try to look
through it. We pray for vision, Lord,
that our eyes might be opened! When
the eye salve cures our blindness then we
find that religion is transparent.
It ist a transparent Bible. All the mountains
of the Bible come out?Sinai, the
mountain of the law; Pisgah, the mountain
of prospect; Olivet, the mountain of
instruction; Calvary, the mountain of sacrifice.
All the rivers of the Bible come
out?Hidekel, or the river of paradisaical
beauty; Jordan, or the river of holy
chrism; Cherith, or the river of prophetic
supply; Nile, or the river of palaces, and
the pure river of life from under the
throne, clear as crystal. While reading
this Bible, after our eyes have been
touched by grace, we find it all transparent,
and the earth rocks, now with cru
cifixion agony and now with judgment terror,
and Christ appears in some of His 2.56
titles, as far as I can count them?the
Bread, the Rock, the Captain, the Commander,
the Conqueror, the Star, and on
and beyond any capacity of mine to rehearse.
Transparent religion!
The providence that seemed dark before
becomes pellucid. Now you find^ God is
not trving to put vou down. Now you
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.understand ivny you lost inai cimu anu
;why you lost your property. It was to
prepare you for eternal treasures. And
.why sickness came, it being the precursor
of immortal juvenescence. And now you
understand why they lied about you and
tried to drive you hither and thither. It
was to put you in the glorious company
of such men as Ignatius, who when he
went out to be destroyed by the lions said.
"I am the wheat, and the teeth of the
wild beasts must first grind me before I
can become pure bread for Jesus Christ,"
or the company of such men as "that ancient
Christian martyr" who, standing
in the midst of the amphitheatre waiting
for the lions to come out of their cave
and destroy him, and the people in the
galleries jeering and shouting, "The
lions!" replied 'Xet them come on!" and
(then, stooping down toward the cave
where the wild beasts were roaring to get
c t, again cried, "Let them come on!"
'Ah, yes, it is persecution to put you in
glorious company, and, while there are
many things that you will have to postfone
to the future world for explanation,
tell you that it is the whole tendency
of your religion to unravel and explain
and interpret and illumine and irradiate.
Job was right. It is a glorious transparency.
"TJie crystal cannot equal it."
I remark again that religion surpasses
tbe crystal in its beauty. The lump of
crystal is put under the magnifying glass
of* the crvstallographer, and he sees in it
indescribable exquisiteness?snowdrift and
splinters of hoarfrost and corals and
wreaths and stars and crowns and constellations
of conspicuous beauty. The fact is
is so beautiful that T pan
think of but one thing in all the universe
that is as beautiful, and that is the religion
of the Bible. Xo wonder this Bihle
represents that relision as the daybreak,
as the apple blossoms, as the glitter of a
king's banquet. It is the joy of the
,-whole earth. J
People talk too much about their cross
iand not enough about their crown. Do
,Vou know that the Bible mentions a cross
tut twenty-seven times, while it mentions
;a crown eighty times? Ask that old man
,';what he thinks of religion. He has been
la close observer. He has been cultivating
'an aesthetic taste. He has seen the sun'rises
of half a century. He has been an
early riser. He has been au admirer of
1
cameoe an<* ooraT? and nTl kind? of Ticnuti* 1'
fill thing*. A?k him what ho thinks of re- j
licio:\ and ho wi'l tell you: "It is the most
beautiful thine I ever saw. The crystal j
cannot c<pial it." i '
Beautiful in its symmetry. hen it
presets CJod'r. character, it does net present
Him as having love F'*e a trreat protuberance
on one side o? His nature, hut i
makes that love in harmony with His justice?a
love that will accent all those who
come to IT'tn and a justice that will by
l- t> _?i;
no mean* clear the guutv. .m-iiuuiui .en- (
gion ir. the sentiment it implants! Beau> |
tifnl relicion in the horse it kindles! Beautiful
religion in the fact that it proposes
to garland and enthrone and emparadise
an immortal spirit! Solomon savs it is a
lilv. Paul savs it is a crown. The Apocalypse
savs it is a fountain kissed of the
sun. Ezekiel says it is a foliaged cedar.
Christ says it is a bridegroom come to
fetch home a bride. While Job in the
text takes up a whole vase of precious
stones?the topaz and the sapphire and
the chrvsoprasus?he takes out of this
beautiful vase iust one crystal and holds
it up until it eleams in the warm light of
the eastern sky, and be exclaims, "The
crystal cannot equal it!"
Oh, it is not a stale religion, it is not a
stupid religion, it is not a toothless haz, as
some seem to have represented it; it is
not a Meg Merrilies with shriveled arm
come to scarp the world. It is the fairest
daughter of God, heiress of all His wealth,
her cheeks the morning sky, her voice the
music of the south wind, her step the
dance of the sea. Come and woo her.
The Spirit and the Bride say come, and ,
whosoever will let him come. Do vou
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azree w:in ooiomoa aim ?a.? >? 10 ? ...... |
Then pluck it and wear it over your heart.
Do you aeree with Paul and say it is a (
crown? Then let this hour be your coro- |
nation. Do you agree with the Apocalypse
and say it is a SDriniring fountain? |
Then come and slake the thirst of your ,
soul. Do you believe with Ezekiel and j
say it is a foliaged cedar? Then come un- (
der its shadow. Do you believe with ,
Christ and say it is a bridegroom come to (
fetch home a bride? Then strike hands ^
with your Lord and King while I pronounce
you everlastingly one. Or if you j
think with Job that it is a jewel, then put j
it on your hand like a ring, on your neck J .
like a bead, on your forehead like a star, j '
while, looking into the mirror of God'a i j
word, you acknowledge "The crystal can- |
not equal it." j ,
Acain. relieion is superior to the crystal | i
in its transformations. The diamond is | j
only a crystallization. Carbonate of lime ! i
rises till it becomes calcite or aragenite. j 1
Red oxide of copper crystalizes into cube9 j 1
and octahedrons. Those crystals which j I
adorn our persons and our home3 and our |
museums have only been resurrected from I I
forms that were far from lustrous. Scien- ! I
tists for ages have been examining these ! I
wonderful transformations. But I tell j <
you in the gosnel of the Son of God there i i
is a more wonderful transformation. Over (
souls by reason of sin black as coal and t
hard as ir.->n God, bv His comfortine grace, c
stoops and says, "They shall be Mine in '
the day when I make up My jewels." i |
"What." say you. "will God wear jew- I i
elrv?" If He wanted it He could make j
the stars of heaven His belt, and have the j !
evening cloud for the sandals of His feet, i
But He does not want that adornment. 1
He will not have that jewelry. When 1
God wants jewelry He comps down and I {
digs it out of the depths and darkness of j
mi. 1 n nf | (
sin. mese suuis cue an vj).im.u/^nw?o %? . .
mercy. He puts them on, and He wears t
them" in the presence of the whole uni- J
verse. He -wears them on the hand that J
was nailed, over the heart that was j ?
pierced, on the temples that were stung. j '
"They shall be Mine," saith the Lord, "in i ?
the flav when I make up Mv jewels." | 1
Wonderful transformation! Where sin ; J
abounded grace shall much more abound. ; *
The carbon becomes the solitaire. "The (
crystal cannot equal it." ] x
Now, I have no liking for those peonle
who are always enlarging' in Christian I ]
meetings about their early dissipations, j
Do not go into the particulars, my broth- ! I
ers. Simply say you were sick, but make j
no display of your ulcers. The chief stock j J
in trade of some ministers and Christian i j
workers seems to be their early crime3 1
and dissipations. The number of chickens I
you stole make very poor prayer meeting j J
rhetoric. Besides that, it discourages | *
other Christian peonle who never got j 1
drunk or stole anything. But it is pleas- J .
ant to know that those who were farthest j *
down have been brought hiehest up. Out j f
of infernal serfdom into eternal liberty. 1
Out of darkness into light. From coal to
the solitaire. "The crystal cannot equal [
il " . . , t
But, my friends, the chief transforming x
power of the gospel will not be seen in c
this world and not until heaven breaks | c
uoon the soul. When that light falls upon i c
the soul, then you will see the crystals. ]
What a magnificent setting for these jew- ?
els of eternitv! I sometimes hear peonle +
? - ?j. e I i
representing neaven in a way mat, i* iai i j
from attractive to me. It seems almost a | \
vulgar heaven as they renresent it, with ;
frreat blotches of color and bands of music c
making a deafening racket. John renresents
heaven as exquisitely beautiful. 8
Three crystals! In one place he says, j
"Her licht was like a precious stone, clear j
as crystal." In another place he savs, "I | s
saw a pure river from under the throne, I r
clear as crystal." In another place he f
says. "Before the throne there was a sea j
of glass clear as crystal." I
Three crystals! John says crystal at- t
mosphere. That means health. Balm of t
eternal June. What weather after the
world's east wind! No rack of storm- \ r
clouds. One breath of that air will cure f
the worst tubercle. Crystal light on all s
the leaves; crystal light shimmering on t
the topaz of the temples; crystal light I
tossing in the plumes of the eouestrians e
of heaven on white horses. But "the c
crystal cannot equal it." John says crys- 1;
tal river. That means joy. Deep and e
ever rolling. Not one drop of the Potomac ^
or the Hudson or the Rhine to soil it; not 1
one tear of human sorrow to imbitter it.
Crystal, the rain out of which it was made; c
crvstal, the bed over which it shall roll
< *-1 1 *
ana riDpie; crystal, us lnnmie sunuue. | v
"Oh." says some one, putting his hand | *
over his eyes, "can it be that I who have | I
been in so much sin and trouble will ever j ?
come to those crystals?" Yes, it may be? | t
it will be. Heaven we must have, what- a
ever we have or have not, and we coir.c r
here to get it. "How much must I pay
for it?" you say. You will pay for it just
as much as the coal pays to become the
diamond. In other words, nothing. The
same Almighty power that makes the crys- ?
tal in the mountain will change your heart, t
which is harder than stone, for the prom- 5
ise is, "I will take away your stony heart, i
and I will give you a heart of flesh." i
"Oh." says some op_, "it is just the i
doctrine I want. God is to do everything, f
and I am to do nothing.' My brother, it 1
is not the doctrine you want. The coal j i
makes no resistance. It hears the resur- i c
rection voice in the mountain, and it . (
comes to crystallization, but your heart re- j 1
sists. The trouble with you", ray brother. | i
is the coal wants to stay coal. j i
I do not ask you to throw open the dooi
and let Christ in. I only ask that you
stop bolting it and barring it. My friends. 1
we will have to get rid of our sins. I will
have to eet rid of my sins, and you will j t
have to get rid of your sins. What will | s
we do with our sins among the three j s
crystals? The crystal atmosphere would \
display our pollution. The crystal rivet 3
would he befouled with our touch. Trans- i
formation must take place now or nc 1
transformation at all. Give sin full chance i
in your heart, and the transformation will ]
be downward instead of upward. Instead 1
of a crystal it will be a cinder. C
In the days of Carthage a Christian girl
was condemned to die for her faith, and a
boat was bedaubed with tar and pitch and
filled with combustibles and set on lire,
and the Christian girl was placed in the I
boat, and the wind was offshore, and the
boat floated away with its precious treasure.
No one can doubt that boat landed
at the shore of heaven. Sin wants to put
you in a fiery boat and shove you off in an
opposite direction?off from peace, off
from God, off from heaven, everlastingly
off, and the port toward which you would
sail would be a port of darkness, and the i
guns that would greet you would be the
guns of despjvir, and the flags that would
wave at your arrival would be the blackflags
of death. Oh, my brother, you must
either kill sin or sin will kill you. It is no ?
exaggeration when I say that any man or ,
woman that wants to be saved may be
saved. Tremendous choice! A thousand :
peonle are choosinz this moment between ,
salvation and destruction, between light ?
and darkness, between charred ruin and
glorious crystallization.
HTE SABBATH SCHOOI
NTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENT!
FOR OCTOBER 27.
subject: Joseph and HI* Brethren, Ger
xlv., 1-15 ? Golden Text, Rom. xll
21?Memory Verges, 4-7?Commentar
on the Day's Lesson.
Introduction.?This chapter, which con
iains the unraveling of the plot, am
wonderfully illustrates the mysteries o
;hese particular providences, is one of th
nost interesting in the whole account. II
jaw that his brethren were confoundci
it his presence, that they were strucl
ivith his present ooiver, and that the;
reenly remembered and deeply deplorei
their own guilt. It was necessary to com
:ort them, lest their hearts should hav
jeen overwhelmed with overmuch sorrow
How delicate and finely wrought is th
ipologv he makes for them! What h
lays also concerning his father shows thi
tvarmest feelings of a benevolent am
Slial heart.
1. "Joseph." Joseph is now thirty
nine years old; he had been in Egyp
twenty-two years, and had been governo
af Egvnt nine years. "Could not refrain.'
The Hebrew word is very emphatic am
jignifies to force one's self to do some
;hing against nature. Joseph could m
longer constrain himself. The severity o
the inflexible magistrate gives way to thi
natural feelings of the man and thi
brother. "To go out." That is, all o
the Egyptians. This was, 1. In orde
that he might, give free and full scope ti
his feelings. 2. It was the oart of pit
lence to prevent the sins of his brethre;
trom becoming known.
2. "Went aloud." From the fulness o
liehlv excited emotions. This is the usua
tvay in which Orientals express excitei
feelings. "Heard." This may mean th
servants who may have been within th
sound of his voice, or "the words ma;
Dnly signify that the report was brough
to Pharaoh's house." V. 16.
3. "I am Joseph." The natural voice
:he native tongue, the long remembere<
features. would all at once strike the ap
prehension of the brothers. "Troubled.1
They betrayed their terror by shrinkinj
is far as they could from his presence
i'he memory of the sins they had com
nitted against Josenh came upon then
tvith great force. They were greatly sur
prised to find their brother on an Egypt
an throne. They knew* they were in hi
sower. If he should treat them as the;
sad treated him there would be no hopi
for them.
4. "Come near to me." He invite
(hem to his free favor. So our Joseph ii
:he fjospel bids us come to Him. The gos
)el message is, "Come unto Me:" it is th
?ntreatv of love. "Sold into Egypt." I
vas impossible to evade allusion to thei
:arly wickedness, but this Joseph does ii
i spirit not of angry upbraiding, but o
devated piety and tender charity. Chris
eminded Peter of his sin in order to snov
low full and complete was the forgiveness
fohn 21: 15-17.
5. "Be not grieved." He spoke o
:hcir having sold him?not to wound thei:
eelings, but to convince them of his iden
;ity; and then to reassure their minds hi
raced the agency of an overruling provi
lence in his exile and present honor
'Did send me." God used their evil t<
accomplish Kis purpose. He did not nee(
;heir evil; H2 has a thousand ways of ac
lomplishing His ends. "To preserve life.'
STot only your lives, but the Egyptian/
md the people of the neighboring coun
;ries. The principles laid down by Josepl
ire, 1. That while sinners are encour
iged to hope in God's mercy, they are !ef
vithout excuse for their sin. 2. Tha'
jrod is able to make use of the wicked
ictions of wicked men for the advance
nent of His work.
6. "Neither be earing." "Shall b<
leither plowing nor harvest." (R. V.]
'Ear" is an old English word meaning t<
>low.
7. "Great deliverance." That is, thai
rou, who are now but a handful, 'escaping
his danger, might grow into a vast multi
ude.
8. "Father to Pharaoh." "His princi
>al counselor of state, and to have the au
horitv, respect and power of a fathei
vith him."
9. "Go up to my father." "He desire;
hat his father might speedily be mad<
rl irirte Kia lifa nnrl
lonor."
10. "Land of Goshen." Probably thi<
listrict had been allotted to Joseph bj
he king of Egypt, else we can scarcely
hink he could have promised it so posi
ively, without first obtaining Pharaoh's
lonsent. Goshen was a part of Egypt
:ast of the Nile, well watered and fit foi
attic. and therefore most proper for th<
Israelites, not only for present use, bul
ilso that in God's time they might with
he least disadvantage return to Canaan
'.t was very fertile, for it was stated tc
;e the best of the land of Egypt.
11. "Nourish thee." It is the duty o:
'nUdren, if the necessity of their parents
[oes at any time require it, to support anc
upply them to the utmost of their abil
ty. "And thy household." In verse IS
iosepn speaics or tneir nousenoias,
howing that each of the patriarchs had
low his own family, besides the still largei
amily belonging to Jacob.
12. ''My mouth." Up to this time he
lad spoken to them through an interpreer,
but now he speaks in the Hebrew
ongue.
13. "All mv glory." He enjoins thi?
iot out of pride, Dut from love to his aged
ather, knowing what pleasure it would
rive him. It would also be an assurance
o his father that the promises made could
ie carried out, and it would make it
asier for the ten sons to confess the
rime and deceit of the past. "Ye srhal!
laste." It had been twenty-two years
mce Joseph had seen his father, and it
vas only natural for him to ask them tc
lasten their journey.
14. ''His brother." Benjamin was the
mly one who was full brother to Joseph.
15. "Kissed all his brethren." As a
oken of love and forgiveness. "Talked
nth him." "They were now at rest, the
>ast forgiven, the present full of hope
md they could now tell the thousand
'nines Joseph wished to know about them
md learn his history from him so as tc
epeat the marvelous tale to their father."
Forty-one Tears a Tcacher.
After forty-one long years of service a;
\ public educator James R. Dewey has re
ired. It was forty-one years a so last
September that he took up the higher ed
ication of Chicago children. He was borr
n Westfield, Mass., in 1832. and was_ grad
lated from Williams College in 1S54. A
'ew years later he took his degree at tin
jar. and in 1880 he began the study oi
nedicine in Chicago Homeopathic Medi
:al College. When Dr. Dewey wont tc
Chicago in 18G0 it was to practice law, bul
le drifted into teaching. During his serv
ce he worked under seven different super
ntendents and three principals.
'opulntlon of German Empire, 5G,345,00(
United States Consul Monaghan reports
o the State Department from Chemnitz,
aying that the German census, which
tarted on December 1, 1900, and has just
?eeD finished, gives some interesting facts.
Je says: "There are 442 cities with a poi>dation
of between 10.000 and 100.000 eacli
'n 1S1C, the German empire had 24.S33.90C
nhabitants; in 1835. 30.114.000. and in
900. 56,345,000. In the year 1816. Prussia
lad 13,709,000 inhabitants: in 1855, 21,320,
100, and in 1900, 34.463.000."
Defending Our New Possessions.
Orders have been issued convening
)oards of army officers to examine and re
)ort upon the fortifications necessary ir
:he Philippine and Hawaiian Islands. Th<
Philippine Board will meet at Manila a1
:he earliest date practicable. The Ha
ivaiian Board is to meet at Honolulu, a'
the call of the president of the board, ti
larefully consider and report upon thi
subject of the defense of Pearl Harboi
md the harbor of Honolulu.
Annual Report of Bll>le Society.
The British and Foreign Bible Society's
tnnual report states the year's issues at
i.915,000, a reduction of 133.000. This,
iowevei\ is due wholl.v to the Chinese
risis. Hie tailing on mere is zou.wu, s<j
here is a considerable gain in other fields,
"oreign sales in twenty-seven countries;
hrough S12 colporteurs, were 1.600,000.
r
j I THE GREAT DESTROYER [
5 50ME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
It Poem: Lost unci Found, by C. B. Bots,,
ford ? I-e^al View of Murder Com*
y mltted Under the rnfluenc ofKum ?
Drnnkenneas No Excn9e.
i- James was her onlr son.
j A brieht and noble bov,
f A widow's trust and pride,
e A doting mother's joy.
e
'i Hp wag at home and sehoo!
k Tioth dutiful and kind,
V Of honest, open heart,
1 Of bright, inquiring mind.
e Thf mother's wealth of love
She lavished on her hoy;
To whom she fondly clung,
e Her only earthly joy.
e
Without his father's han<T,
Its guidance and restraint,
f. Sad change in time she saw,
r And heard her son's complaint
>1
j That home was not as bright
As scenes upon the street,
> Where folly's songs were sung,
f Hard by the scorner'a seat.
e
2 Corrunt companionship.
With evil leaven fraught,
r In body, spirit, soul,
0 Its subtle poison wrought.
The voice within at first
< _ Condemns the lighter drink3;
Yet reason as he may,
He through indulgence s;nks.
e
e The mother patient bore
y The folly of her child;
t Her heart, its agony
Suppressed to accents mild
1 She summoned all the strength
? Of self-denying love,
That home, with added charms
I Its sacred worth might prove
But Satan, subtle fiend,
i1 By sin's delusion charmed,
His victim blindly led,
His captive's fear disarmed.
q Until debased, he trod
Of hell the very brink!
3 And in his ravings cursed
^ And fought the demon drink! .
e The mother's tortured hear*
t In agony now broke;
r And to his double crime
1 The son in horror woke.
f
t But mercy spread her wing?
7 And brooded o'er the loss:
And now, redeemed, he clings
A contrite to the cross.
r The mother's tears and prayers,
Preserved a pledge on high,
2 Now fall in dews of grace
Prom out the answering sky.
?Temperance Advocate
j ?
1 The Ttum Crazed Murderer.
? The Tacoma (Wash.) Ledger apt-ones
some events in the criminal courts of that
State, declares in strong language its con
i?fAvi/infmn no f? 1*
> IUL1UJ1 IC^lUllIIlk; IillVAJV-OUUU UU ? 4?v?v.
in defensive evidence of a confessed murl
derer. It says:
l "When a man commits murder there in
i no excuse involved in the statement that
he was drunk or crazv at the time. The
man killed bv a drunkard or a lunatic is
? as dead as though he had been killed bj*
r any other means. The rights of a dead
. man are not, considerable. Every case is
to be considered from the standnoint of
l the man who is still alive. For this reason
. the homicidal drunkard and lunatic is not
. entitled to excuse for his acts.
"Not long ago there was a murder in
this county. It was the fourth murder
committed within as many weeks. An efr
fort has been made to show that the as- i
sa.?3in was intoxicated or that, from other I
3 causes, he was mentaiv irresponsible. The |
, effort should be in vain. The fact is clear
[ that a murder was committed. No other j
fact is necessary. Murder is the crime the j
}v public rebels against. It has become tired I
r of the habit, of bloodshed. The men j
guilty of yielding to the habit are dancerous
men. It makes no difference that |
} they can plead the circumstance of having
taken a drink or two.
< "Whether or not the nrisoner was drunk
j is a matter of not the slightest conse\
ouence. The courts have to pass upon this
i deed. For this deed there is a prescribed
penalty. All th? pub'ic asks is that the
J penalty be meted out.''
When the Supreme Court of the United
j States in October. KS7, declared that the
} general use of intoxicating drinks "may"
[ endanger the public safety and that the
prohibition of their sale for that reason is
I perfectly in accord with American princi'
pies, the question as to "whether or not
[ the nrisoner was drunk" was thus de.
clared a "matter" of exceeding consequence
to the public and society in gen,
eral. The paper supporting a party that
! legalizes and protects this menace to the
public safety, is to that extent both legally
and morally responsible for every
, murder committed by some poor victim
of that damnable traffic. The "rights" of
a weak live man are just as sacred as those
of any other and the fundamental principles
of the civilhed state recognize that
his protection and preservation are two of
its most inviolable trusts. ? The New
Voice.
Alcohol In Relation to Women
T- it-. fU? OiloxtAI-ltr
f XII CIIC lcllCOl It 14 111 ?/C L VI bUC V^UWiVkUj I
Journal of Inebriety there appeared an ar- |
I tide on Alcohol in Relation to Women," '
by Heywood Smith. In it he gives stati6- j
i tics tending to show that intemperance is ]
[ far more prevalent among women than |
> among men. These statistics are taken
mostly from the records of private re1
treats and reformatories, and while they
, would seem conclusive evidence that there
> are more drunkards among women than
' among men we can hardly agree with him
in this statement. When a woman becomes
a habitual drunkard she is usually '
placed in a sanitarium at once by her fami
ily, if she has one, and if not, is given over
to the protection of the State. The habitS
ual male drunkard, on the contrary, 1a
more his own master, objects strenuously
i to confinement, and hence as a rule remains
at home, protected anu cared for by his
^ family, and in nine-tenths of all such
| cases living with them until he dies. Thus
t his case does not 20 on record. Ilis crime
is not so heinous nor so offensive to the
> curious mode of modern ethics, which pre:
scribes or.e set of moral laws for the woman
and another for the man. We think
that if all such cases were reported the
sum total of inebriate men would far sur- I
t>ass that of inebriate women.?American
j Medicine.
i
Lord Roberts Encourages A1>sllncnc?>.
Under the wise direction of Lord Rob- I
erts the English Government i? making j
special effort.* to increase the moral and |
physical tone of the army by reducing in1
temperance. The War Oirice requested
i railway companies to co-operat* to pre1
vent returning soldiers being treated to
intoxicating liquors. The Great Eastern
and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Kailway
companies issued six-penny tickets,
which may be purchased for giving to soldiers,
who can with the same obtain non
' intoxicating beverages or food at a cheap
rate.
i
t Dr. Einz, M. D., professor in the Uni^
versity of Bonn, says: "This Hooding the
3 stomach and brain with beer so prevalent
J ainontj our young stu<lonts; this habit of
drinking between meals, especially during
the forenoon; this daily beer drinking for
hours at a stretch customary among preat
numbers of the lower and middle classes
i in Germany, I regard it all as a national
; evil, whether considered from the hygienic,
, economic or intellectual point of view.
! "The habitual beer drinker is just as
> much an alcoholist as the habitual s-.-hnans
drinker, the only difference being that the
i former has less excuse, as he is not driven
to drink through the hardships of existence,
as is often the case with the latter."
GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN
PRECNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLD'S CREATEST 'PROPHETS,
Poem : Honors?Ono of the Corner Stone?
of Character Is Toleration ? The Ncp
Nature That Christ Only Can Give ?
l?e Patient TVith Othera.
When God shall call the muster roll,
As heroes He'll mark off
Some who ne'er chnrzod at Waterloo,
Or stormed the Ma'akoff.
St?rs. garners, crossos. rihbons fade;
New orders have unfo'd:
The widow's mite. St. Martin's cloak,
The cap of water cold.
The hearts that saved the world by love
And hourly Calvaries bore,
The mother martyrs, queenly host,
Are marshaled to the fore.
Earth's black robed throngs are clad in
white;
Their brows a light adorns?
A radiance of diamond.
Crowns of transfigured thorns.
Some humble folk we know quite well,
But passed with scarce a nod,
Now rank as heaven's nobility?
The chivalry of God.
Tis thus with irony divine,
Earth's judgments are reversed;
When God shall call the muster roll
The last will be the first.
?George Alway, in the Outlook
Balld After God's Pattern.
No one has ever made any great auvauw
in anything worthy of a man who imagined
that the horizon of his thoughts
wa9 the limit of human intelligence. We
mav* all learn some things from others,
and he who goes to such a school soon ascertains
that mysteries not dreamed of in
his nhilosophy are everywhere, as well as
teachers to unfold them. Truth often
wears a veil which needs to be rent In
twain from top to bottom by some humaD
hand divinely sent to us for that purpose.
As none are perfect, this fact should
teach us to be natient in dealing with the
character of others, as one of the chief
elements of success in building our own
after God's pattern?Jesus Christ?who
was, and is, and always will be the chief
cornerstone in such work. We find no
harsh word of His except to those who
willfully ignored the truth in favor of error.
Hear Him: "Woe unto you, scribes,
Pharisees, hypocrites. How can you escape
the damnation of hell?" While to
the penitent sinner, whom these selfrighteous
character-builders would have
stoned to death under Moses's law, Ha
uttered these words: "Neither do I con?
demn thee; go and sin no more."
Human nature has a way of its own,
aptly illustrated by the case or a divorce
trial before a California judee. The contestants
were old friends of the judge, and
had lived together for fifty years and
raised a large family, when the wife, worn
out by the bad temper of the husband,
applied for a divorce on the grounds of
cruelty. The judze tooK tne woman into
bis chambers, and heard her story, and advised
her to try the Gospel remedy of
heaping coals of fire on her husband's
head, to which she replied: "Thank ye.
jedge, for the advice. I've tried bilin
water and it didn't work."
Without the new nature which only
Christ can give, a large section of man
%nd womankind are much addicted to the
"bilin' water" cure for human ills. It
never did and never will work.?J. v
Farwell, in Ram's Horn.
A Pare Heart Fixed on Right Objects.
What i3 there in this wotfd more desirable
than a good name? Fame and riches,
often the consorts of depravity and disgrace.
are but for a day, and frequently
the ill sources, similar in power, or disaster
to the natural elements which tend to
make character. Fame, unexpectedly, may
smile upon us, and as suddenly depart,
likewise wealth; or, they may be the longripening
fruits nutured with years of incessant
labor, to decay at last, and perish
with the waning of our mortal existence.
Where all the seeds of worldly glory and
lust must rot, the plant of true character
flourishes in full bloom.
What makes character? It is every-day
life; each word, each action, each look and
even thought, from the moment of our
waking until the angel of sleep hovers
over our pillow, from the cradle to the
tomb. Let others say or think of us what
thev will, our character is what we are.
No earthly possession is so desirable,
so praiseworthy, so noble as this divinelv
human accomplishment, nor more abundant
in the pleasures bestowed upon its begetter?embracing
every quality requisite
to^ worldly enjoyment, even in seasons of
amiction ana sadness, ana upon wiucn rest
all our hopes of happiness hereafter. If
our heart be pure, our aim in life will be
a Christlike one, and our lives will constantly
reflect that haven to which we are
wending, as we strive to uplift, exonerate
and ennoble others.?New York ObserverFault
Finding.
The world will never be much improved
by continual and severe criticism. If this
were potent in bringing about better conditions
it would long ago have become a
veritable paradise? inhabited only by beings
without a single fault. Find fault
with every little mistake of your child, impress
him that he is bad and you will soon
perceive a decided change for the worse,
but praise his good traits, show your appreciation
of his worth and a decided im1>rovement
will soon be perceived. Everasting
fault-finding begets weakness, discouragement,
failure and wrong, while
/?A?vir.Aon^ifirtn ironArofao a 11 n ao a
strength, encouragement and right. "Finally,
brethren, whatsoever tilings are
true, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever
things are lovely, whatsoever things
are of good report, if there be any praise,
think of these things."?Methodist Protestant.
Liking TVhat You Hfive.
It is not always easy to be content with
one's surroundings or possessions; nor is
it always necessary, lo be content with
such things as we have is not intended to
make us iazy and indifferent to the things
we ought to strive after, but to keep us
peaceful in the place God has evidently
Elaced us. Much unhappiness is caused
y a fretful discontent, which is a condition
of mind different from a noble discontent
that seeks to rise higher and grow
stronger both in manhood and possessions"
?for the 9ake of better service. But here
is a wholesome bit of philosophy which
may serve us in the hour of foolish longing
after things clearly impossible to us:
"If you haven t what you like, try to like
what you have." There is the secret ol
really getting "what you like."?Baptis*
Union.
A Living Voice.
The Bible is not an iron safe to be
opened by those who are keen enough tc
discover the combination; it is rather a
rare and delicate Hover, that must have
certain atmosphere before it cau be induced
to unfold its petals and disclose its
honey cup, and share with you its sweet
perfume. The atmosphere of the book is
the atmosphere of prayer. When you have
entered your closet and opened the win
dow toward Jerusalem ana ieit me neavenly
breeze fan your cheeks?then the dull
pages are transformed into a living voice
and the book becomes indeed the Word of
God.--Lutbenr.
Historic I)at? in Knnsan.
Ceremonies attending the unveiling of
11 monument, erected bv the State to mark
the snot where Lieutenant Zebulon M.
Pike hauled down the Spanish flag and
caused the Stars and Stripes to be raised
for the first time in Kansas territory,
have been held at f'ourtland, Ivan. The
monument is in the Pawnee Indian village,
close to Court la nd, on land donated to
the State by Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson.
The ceremonies were attended by prominet
men from all parts or Kansas. An interesting
relic exhibited was a commission
issued to Lieutenant Pike's father, ZebuIon
Pike, as major in the regular army, by
Thomas Jeffer.ion.
THE AFGHANS' BULEB DEAD
Ameer Abdur Rahman Expired at the
Age of Seventy-one.
i
j nnriT ?n,T. ,l,
otvtnc. anuor\ luuntAi onn/MiM
Event Announced to the British Agent
at Cabal by Ilablb Oullah Eahn, Successor
to the Throne?It Is Feared i
That Russia Will Try to Extend Her
Frontier?A Crisis For England.
London.?Hablb Oullab Khan, eldest
son of the Ameer of Afghanistan, has
reported to the British agent in Cabul
that the Ameer died after a brief Illness.
This is the only news so far received.
Nothing Is known of the state
of affairs in Cabul.
In view of the existing critical situation
in South Africa, the news of the
death of the Ameer of Afghanistan
sent,something like a shock through
the United Kingdom. Great confidence,
however, is expressed on all
siaeg-in tne aDinty or me inaian viceroy
to deal with the situation.
In Simla it Is believed that Habib
AMEER Or AFOHANISTAX.
(His deatl^may have a far reaching effect
on British interests in Asia.)
Oullah Khan, who was regarded by
his father as his successor, and had
long had a large share in the government
of the country, will assume the
succession peaceably. He is in CabuL
For some years, under his father's
controlling hand, he has had charge of
the army, the State Treasury and the
Supreme Court of Appeal-: He is regarded
as a wise and temperate ruler,
favorable to Great Britain, but less
masterful than his father, and for
this reason less likely to be strong
enough to govern the fierce, unruly
tribes or to resist the attempts of his
brothers to seize power.
It is expected that'Lord Curzon will
postpone his intended tour of Burmah
until the- Afghan question settles
down.
The editorials in the morning papers
express confidence that, with a strong
Viceroy and a strong Government at
home, any possible complications following
the death of the Ameer will be
met firmly and prudently.
There is, however, an underlying
current of uneasiness discernible as to
whether Russia will seize the opportunity
to push her frontier forward.
The British troops in India, owing to
the South African war, now are below
their normal strength. It will be impossible
to take any more for South
Africa nnd <-hp nPTTs srlll further will I
encourage the Boers to prolong their
resistance.
Abdur Rahman Khan, the Ameer of
Afghanistan, was bom in 1S30, according
to some reports, and according to
other reports he was born in 1845. He
was a nephew of Shere All, the son of
Afzul Khan, and grandson of Dost
Muhamed Khan. He took part In the
revolt against his uncle, and in 1869
sought refuge In Russian territory. He
afterward became a pensioner of the
British Government, which in 18S0
made him'TUler of'Afghanistan.
KILLED IN TENNESSEE FEUD..
The Figlit Started at the Beffinnlnff of
Church Services.
Knoxville, Tenn.?A bloody fight occurred
at the Union Baptist Church
at Big Springs. Tenn. Services were
being held at the church and COO people
had gathered. Just before the services
began Tip Chadwell went to the
spring, fifty yards from the church.
Rush Morgan was at the spring, and
began firing at Chadwell. Both factions
Immediately gathered, and the
fight lasted half an hour.
Tip and John F. Chadwell and Rush
and Henry Morgan were killed; John p
Morcan and Asa Chadwell were mort- |
ally wounded; a man named Jones had I
his leg broken, and Sheriff James |
Brook and another nun were slightly
wounded. Sheriff Brook attempted to
arrest one of the Chadwells, who resisted.
The leud between the Morgans and
Chadwells has existed a long time.
Last Christmas they met at Walnut
Hills, Va.. and a pitched battle ensued
in which several were killed. Eighteen
months ago they met near the Hancock
lino.
Fighting followed and one was
Killed. Both rhe Chadwells and Mor;
gans are prosperous and influential
I and have large families. More trouble
is feared.
SAILS AWAY IN A SMALL BOAT.
Captain Andrews and His Bride Start For
Spain in a Thirteen-Foot Craft.
Atlantic City. N. J. ? Captain Andrews
and his bride sailed for Spain j
from this place in a thirteen-foot sail j
boat. - '
The boat, the Dark Secret, was built I
specially for the trip. Captain An- j
drews has made tbe trip in small boats
J before, but on bis other trips he sailed
alone.
There was a Dig crowd on the shore
to see the start.
Big Fire In Tampa, Fla.
Twenty buildings at Tampa, Fla.,
were destroyed by fire. Tbe property
loss amounted to $200,000. Great excitement
exists in the city on account
<-.f tim ill on thnt thA Hrp is of incendi
ary origin. All the cigar factories are
now under guard.
Many Injured in a Church.
A dozen persons were injured in St.
Peter's Catholic Church at Reading.
Penn., by the fall of a temporary partition
erected as a protection against
the elements during alterations to the
building. A great quantity of timber
and bricks fell inward.
/. .
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M
.
SCHLEY INQUIRrS STATUS
.
The Evidence Presented by the Witnesses
of the Judge Advocate.
?? /'
A Xumber of Facts Have Been Established,
But Some of the Charge*
Hare Failed of Proof.
Washington, D. C.?The eviderte
whiph hns heen offered bv the Judge
Advocate in the Schley Court of Inquiry
has established a number of
facts, and the state of the case is now
about as follows:
1. It is charged against Schley that
when he was sent to look for the
Spanish fleet he delayed unnecessarily
at Cienfuegos in spite of orders to
go to Santiago. It has been proved
that he spent about three days there,
and that he received dispatches from
Rear-Admiral Sampson, some of
which told him to go to Santiago, and
others to remain ai Cienfuegos.
It is also proved that a secret code
of communication with the Cubans,
arranged by Captain McCalla, which
was known to Rear-Admiral Sampson,
was not communicated to Schley; and
that If he had known this code he
could have ascertained in a few houra
that the Spaniards were not there and
have gone on to Santiago.
2. It is charged that when he did
go to Santiago his progress wa9 slow.
It has been proved that 'his larger
shins did not make the speed they
might have made. It has also been
proved that the smaller vessels could
not go any faster than they did, and
that Schley accommodated the speed
of the squadron to these rather than
abandon them. It is now a question of
the court whether Schley was right
in this, or whether he should have left
his small ships to the mercies of the
Spaniards.
3. It is charged that off Santiago he
turned babk on the1 pretense that he
could not coal at sea, when It was
quite possible to do so. On this point
there has been a conflict of testimony
among the Judge Advocate's witnesses.
It has been shown that a few
hours after he turned back the weather
moderated, and he then returned to
Santiago and coaled.
4. It is claimed that the three
scout ships which were detailed to
stay at Santiago and find out if the
Spaniards were there met Schley as he
was coming to Santiago and told him
that the Spaniards were undoubtedly
there, but that notwithstanding this
he made the "retrograde movement,"
mentioned. This* charge has not been
proved by the Judge Advocate's Witnesses.
5.
It is charged that Schley's bombardment
of the Colon was ineffective,
and that he was out of range when he
fired at her. The witnesses have testified
that Schley was out of range of
the Colon, but within range of the
shore batteries. Schley claims that
his real object was to ascertain the v'
"strength of the shore batteries by firing
at the Colon, at the same time
complying as tar as possible with the
orders given him not to risk his ships
under the fire of the shore batteries
until the Spanish fleet had been destroyed.
It has been proved that the
shots of the shore batteries passed
over and near Schley's ships, and some
of the witnesses have testified that
they gained information of value by
the reconnoisauce, while others say
that not much was, learned.
6. It is charged that when Schley >
blockaded Santiago he was in the
habit of withdrawing his ships a distance
of twenty-five miles at night.
This charge has been completely disproved.
The testimony against it is
unanimous. Some of the witnesses
have testified that the blockade was
a little further out at night, but the
preponderance of testimony was that
it was further in at night. Testimony ' , ?
about the actual distance of the
blockade from shore differs widely,
and hardly any two of the witnesses
agree. It has been proved that he
kept picket vessels nearer in shore
than the rest of the fleet by two miles.
7. It is charged that during the
battle of Santiago Schley made a
"loop" which endangered the Texas.
It has been proved that Captain Phillip
thought the Texas was In danger
and stopped his engines. It has
not been established that she was
really in danger, and the witnesses
differ about the distance between the
Brooklyn and the Texas when the
latter stopped her engines. The Judge
Advocate has not offered any testimony
to show that the "loop" was unnecessary
or a bad manoeuvre, but
only that it endangered the Texas.
8. It Is charged that Schley gave no
orders except to his own ship during
the battle. It has been proved that he
gave orders to the Oregon at least,
and that the Oregon obeyed him.
MOBS LYNCH THREE MEN.
White Man Hanged In Montana and Tw?
Negroes In Kentucky.
Helena, Mont.?James Edward Brady,
the man who assaulted a little girl
named Ida Pugsley, in Helena, was
taken from the jail by a mob and
banged to a telegraph pole In the
Haymarket square, about three blocks
from the Jail. The crowd was orderly,
and after the man had been hanged it
quickly dispersed.
There were about 200 persons engaged
in the lynching, aud all were
masked.
Shelbyville, Ky.?jimbo Fields, sixteen,
and Clarence Garnett. eighteen,
both colored, were lynched recently
for the alleged murder of Will C.
Hart, a printer, who was stoned to
death recently. The boys were taken
from the jail and swung from a trestle
within 500 yards of the jail.
Woman YTedi Boy of Sixteen.
Lafayette Smith, aged sixteen, and
Clara Harvey, aged forty-one, were
married by Probate Judge Fagan at
Topeka. Kan. The bridegroom is a
farmer boy of Osage County, and his
father accompanied him to Topeka to
make the request for a license. His
bride's nair is tingea whu giaj.
AVorld-Wide Spread of Plague.
Reports to the Marine Hospital set*
rice at Washington show a continued
spread of the plague in all parts of
the world.
Sporting Brevities.
The open season for deer has begun
in the Maine woods.
Pittsburg is the winner of the baseball
championship of 11)02.
William K. Vanderbil has bought
twelve more Kentucky brood marea
for lii.s racing stud in France.
Sir Thomas Lipton has taken a spin
aboard the old America, which brought
the cup across the sea half a century
ago.
Jimmie" Michael outclassed Floyd
MacFarlaud in a motor paced cycla
match at five miles in beats at Newi
York CJtv.