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"THE" OLDEST HOI
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hare been controversies reg.
te America, but it is now agreed, says
nark la situated In St. Augustine. Fla..
the centre of the old citj. It was bcl
8t Francis. The whole of the solid s
combination of sea shells and mortar
"COO MONITOR."
|>|U uctl? of a Famous Bcacea Bock
ob tko MiMoari.
' A force of men cleaning tbe way for
the roadbed of a railroad blasted away
tbe otber day tbe most historic rock on
tbe Missouri River. Tbe rock stood for
centuries on a bluff just above tbe old
town of Marion, Mo., where tbe new
railroad crosses Moniteau Creek. It
uras In tbe form of a pyramid, eighty
feet high. One sjde resembled very
much the bead of a lion while tbe otber
jras a well-defined likeness of a man.
i There is a tradition among tbe old
people of the neighborhood that this
rock was once worshiped by the Indiana
who came each year to bold celebrations.
Tbey called it "God Monitor."
from which the creek and county
bave acquired their names.
For centuries tbe rock stood there a
beacon and guide for all kinds of river
Waft. How old It was no one can tell.
It was observed by the first French
explorers when tbey came up tbe river
la 1708, and 100 years later Lewis and
Clark saw and wrote descriptions of
It
4 Tbe rock originally bore a queer
painting, which probably was discernible
as late as 100 years ago. The paintlag
represented a frightful monster as
IXDL4X BOOK.
large aa a calf, which bad horna like a
aeer, me race 01 a man. a oouy covered
with scales and a tall like that of a flsh.
The work was crudely executed In colon
which hare long since been obliterated
by the weather.
* The earliest writer who la known to
luure mentioned the blatoric rock was
'tie Anvllle, who described It In a Journal
.written In 1752.?New York Sun.
' Four railway lines now connect Mexico
with the United States. In 188U
there was only one railway In Mexico,
leading from the capital to Vera Crux.
IcKinley Memorial Church
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McKINLKT ME
Washington is to have a church <
dent William McKinley. It will be
mounted by small domes, with a larj
The entrance will be tbrougn a cuiss
that the platform, baptismal font an
2he building, and tbe galleries will t
girders which run from tbe large clu
tlon of tbe cross. The interior of tfc
and from tbe windows on three sid<
ftlgbty-elgbt feet wide and 120 feet 1<
USE IN AMERICA."
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ardlng the location of the oldest house
the New York Herald, that the landon
a tiny, narrow thoroughfare near
It in 1564 bj the menks of the Order of
tracture is constructed of coqulna, a
that is almost indestructible.
A* Old C?roMtloB Hern.
This queer little monument, write*
a London correspondent of the Cincln
j Ny gj
natl Commercial Tribune, is really one
of England's disused coronation
thrones. It can be seen at Kingstonon-Thames,
and Is a very modest seat
compared with the gorgeous irory
throne of the Mogul Emperors. Seven
Kings of England were crowned on
this stone.
TIm ivMtMt of tlM IvMt.
A curious check was presented to tht
cashier of one of the Tonawanda bank*
recently. This check, which was fot
$10, was made payable to "the sweetest
of the sweet." and was presented to
the cashier in the ordinary way. The
cashier, naturally startled by the unusual
expression in the body of the
check, asked in Innocence: "Who is the
'sweetest of -the sweet?'" "I am." replied
the lady. "Kindly Indorse it in
that way," said the cashier. She did.
And. as her husband's account warranted
it. for, like a prudent man. he
had not overdrawn it. "the sweetest of
the sweet" received her money.?New
York Tribune.
The Oath In Norway.
Probably the most curious European
oath is administered In Norway. Tbe
witness raises bis thumb, bis fore*
finger and his middle finger. These
i signify the Trinity, while tbe larger of
I tbe uplifted fingers is supposed to represent
the soul of the witness and tbe
smaller to Indicate his body.
nl; Taking Hit Own.
' Probably the meanest man In tb#
' United 8tates lives in New Hampshire.
I He blacked bis face and robbed his
wife as she was goto? home with his
pay envelope after he had dutifully
given It to her.?Minneapolis Times.
i
A peppery temper is not a thing to b?
, sneered at
to Be Erected in Washington
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MORIAL CHURCH.
erected at a memorial to the late Presl*
cruciform, with four corner tower* surge
central dome as the dominant feature,
leal portico, the auditorium so arranged
d choir will be visible from all parts of
supported by cantilevers resting on
ster of columns that form the Intersex
le church will be lighted from the dome
^ of tho building. The structure is to be
)0g and Its seating capacity win be 1500.
KANYHCTIIS BFTORHADF
Scores Dead and Hall ol Goliad,
Texas, Blown Away,
DESTRUCTION IN FOUR STATES
Ballroada and Dwelling! SaflTerad In 31iaftourl,
Vlicon?la aaJ Iowa and Crap*
8a?kli?d Great Damh|?- Building*
Wrecked at Coralcaaa and Alva ?
ClondbanU la Many Place*.
Dallas. Texas.?Advices fron all
available sources are tbat a disastrous
cyclone has swept across Texas, causing
a heavy loss of life and vast damage
to property.
The cyclone Is believed to have originated
on the Gulf coast at a point almost
directly south of Goliad, and to
have traveled in a northeasterly direction
as far as Kentucky. It left
desolation behind in four States, bnt
Texas seems to have suffered most.
The town of Goliad was wrecked, and
many persons were killed or wounded ,
there.
The latest reports from Goliad state
that uin<*ty-eight persous were ktlled
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ULMI 1W lUJUt'TIl U1 IIIT (VI UIMtU. AUV
property loss in tUe city and surroundlog
country will reach $200,000. The
storm swept the city from end to end,
ami demolished 150 stores and residences.
many of which canuot be repaired.
The Jtonn struck Goliad about 3.45
o'clock p. m.. lasting only about tire
minutes, leaving denth and disaster
everywhere in It wake. It came from
the southeast without a warning and
completely demolished a strip aboni
two blocks wide through the whole
western part of the town about a mile
long. Among the bouses destroyed are
the Baptist church and parsonage. Just
built; the Methodist church pnd a colored
church. About oue hundred
hmikAa tvora <tomnlinhed.
A relief train from Victoria. Texas,
took doctors, nurses and medicines and
friends and relatives of Goliad people
and the O'Connor Guards to tbe town.
A reporter who went with the party
says tbe scene which met the eye iu
the western part of the city was appalling.
Between Church and Patrice
streets, which run north and south for
a distance of a mile, only one house
was left standing. Little damage was
done except within these boundaries
over a width of 230 yards. The section
which suffered was the residence portion.
the lower part being the negro
settlement, while the upper part contained
many fine residence?.
At Corsicana three or four houses
were blown down and at Dublin two
or three bridges were washed away.
Tbe storm extended from the Red
River to the lower Gulf coast, six bun.
dred miles.
Goliad is tbe chief town of Goliad
County. Texas, and baa a population
of about two thousand. It is on the
north bank of the San Antonio Rivet,
and twenty-nine miles northeast of
Beevllle. There are seven churches,
two public schools, two banks and a
newspaper in Goliad.
MAM KILLED IN WISCONSIN.
Town of Praitoa and Vicinity Swept by
% Waturapoat.
Preston. Minn.?A waterspout struck
a few miles from here, deluging the
country for miles around. Four unknown
persons were drowned and
Alderman Conkey was killed by lightTKa
iUtitaffa nvnnoi^p la rortr
Mill*. uiiiuu^c ?v |M ?|'V. ?
heavy. Near Forrestvllle, Michael
tVllb?ight. a farmer, lost four children.
hl8 house and barn.
According to reports eight feet of
water swept over Preston, moving several
bouses fifteen to twenty feet from
tbelr foundations. The railroad tracks
were washed out for four miles, and
the railroad station was turned around.
On tbe level prairie in tbe township of
York many farmers lost a great deal
of stock. Near Granger about twenty
buildings were demolished.
WOMAN DWARF KILLS A MAN.
CalU Him to Rli Door at Midnight and
ShooU Him Dowa.
South Framlngham. Mass.?Miss
Nina Danforth, twenty-two years old.
a drawf. living In West Newton, shot
and killed Andrew J. Emery, thirty
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vt*ain uiu, a uiruiau, ui uia uuuir uric, i
The woman waR arrested soon afterward.
She admitted the killing.
Shortly before midnight Miss Donforth
rang the doorbell at Emery's
house. It in a two-tenement building.
Emery lived upstair*. He answered
the call, and on opening the door was
fired at by the woman, who stood on
the step. She emptied three chambers
into ber victim and then, it Is thought,
tried to kill Mrs. Em??ry who bad followed
ber husband downstairs. The
murderer is supposed to be insane.
j SEVZNTEEN.YEAR LOCUSTS ARRIVE.
I The Vintoard of the Arm? Appear* in
tti* Sintthftonlan Orm4a.
Washington, D. C.?"Seventeen-year
locusts" have appeared in the Smithsonian
grounds, covering the lower
hiaucbes of two large trees. Altoona,
Pa., and Nashville. Tenn.. have reported
to the Agricultural Department
that they also have found locusts on
park trees.
Scientists of the Agricultural Depart
lut'iu ?*'(} iiuii wiiiim a i'*w ivr
cunts will appear In Pennsylvania,
New Jersey. Delaware. Maryland. Virginia.
West Virginia. North Carolina,
South Carolina. Tennessee. Kentucky.
Ohio. Indiana. Illinois. Michigan. Wisconsin.
the District of Columbia, and
possibly In other localities.
Brltlth shipment* to Go Oa.
President Roosevelt has determine^
to take no action against the shipment
of horses and mules from this country
to South Africa for use by the British
army In the tield. He liases his decision
in this respect principally on the
report of Lieutenant-Colonel Crowds,
of the Army Judge Advocate General's
Department, who went to Port Chalmette.
La., to investigate the charges
made by General Pearson, formerly of
the Boer Army, which wer? indorsed
by Governor Heard, of Louisiana
Girl Killed by Automobile.
The first fatal automobile accident
at Toledo. Ohio, occurred when James
T. Bralley. a telephone financier, while
speeding in his automobile ran into
May Schooks. a thirteen-year-old girl,
riding a wheel. The girl was almost
instantly killed.
uiraaor rrnivm ARS1BVI (iwini,
Tbe Congress of Smvador has protested
against the award of the Arbitration
Commission requiring the Sal*
radorlan Government to pay United
States citizens $530,000 for cancelling
a franchise.
BEEF TRUST IS ENJOINED '
It Must Rot Regulate Prices Nor
Supply of Meat
Packer* Will Be la Contempt Cnlea* th*
Present Calfonn Arrtnicmenli C?tM
?1 ha Evidence Presented.
Chicago.?The temporary injunction
asked for by the Government against
the members of the so-called packers' (
combine Is now in force. It was issued
b;r Judge Peter S. Grosscup after the
close of arguments In the United States
Circuit Court room. The order gives
the relief prayed for In the bill filed
by District Attorney Bethea on May
10. It is so wide in its scope that if
the packers or their agents continue
with their present alleged uniform
arrangements they will be taken lute
court on contempt proceedings and the
burden of proof will be on them to
show that they hare not violated the
order in any particular. Little opposition
was raised against the Government's
petition. Attorney John 8. Miller.
who was the sole representative of
the packers present, pointed cut some
objectionable clauses In the draft of
an order presented by Mr. Bethea.
These concerned the alleged agreements
for credit, blacklisting and cartage.
Judge Grosscup thought some of these
minor clauses had been made too
prominent, and he himself drew a form
of order that pleased both sides. At
the same time the order was entered
numerous affidavits and other exhibits
were filed for the Government
The evidence ptesented by District
Attorney Bethea. when the case was
opened, consisted of a bulky batch of
affidavits collcted from persons formerly
connected with the packing houses
that have been made defendants in the
suits. The most important of these Is
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me amuuvu oi uuuiei n. jicicuhu,
of Jersey City, N. J. For six years he
was manager for Armour & Co., at
Milwaukee, and manager in Philadelphia
for three years. Prior to working
for Armour & Co. be was with Swift
& Co.
Since 1893, he swears, six general
managers for the big companies bare
been accustomed to meet at least once
a week in the city of New York City
to reconcile differences between themselves
concerning operating their business
and to consider what prices they
should place for the eusuing week on
the meat products which should be sold
in that territory, and for the purpose
of considering the quantity of meats
which each concern bad on hand; and
"when the necessities of the trade
would require they would agree to
curtail their shipments of meat from
Chicago, their design and purpose be
log CO limit me quantity 01 mean iu
sight at New York and adjacent points
and raise the prices."
William H. H. Hoover, Inspector of !
meats and food for the Government j
in tbe District of Columbia, swears
tbat there Is absolute uniformity of J
prices among tbe packers' agents, and 1
there is no sign of competition.
KILLED BY A WATERSPOUT.
3,000,000 Worth of Dob* U
Clutmti ud Other Towns.
Cincinnati, Ohio.?A terrific wind and
rain storm, accompanied by a water
spout, swept over this locality, caus- I
log tbe loss of six lives sod tbe Injur- |
log of many others. Tbe fury of tbe j
storin continued only thirty minutes, j
but tbe damage wrought In that time >
will amount to more than $1,000,000 in i
tbe business section of Cincinnati and j
as much more in other parts of the
city and Its suburbs.
The dead are: Clement Davier, Mrs. j
Flachner, Willie Wlllen, aged four; j
George Becker. Ferdinand Rapp, D. W.
C. Belleville.
Prior to tbe unprecedented fall 01?
rain dense clouds were seen to the
south and the city became as black an
night It was afterward learned that
there had been a big waterspout on
tbe Lewlsburg bills, in the southern
suburb of Covington. Ky. Tbe storm
moved over tbe Kentucky suburbs into
this city, passing up tbe Miami Valley
with damage reported as far as Day.
ton. Ohio.
EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA.
Shock Luttd Twenty Acconda in 8? :
Francisco, Bat Did No Damage.
San Francisco. Cnl.?An earthquake i
shock was felt all over California. Id .
San Francisco It lasted twenty sec !
onds. The only damage reported was !
at Pacavllle. where goods were shaken ,
from the shelves and much glass broken.
The weather conditions on this coast
have been remarkable for several days.
High winds have prevailed everywhere.
Snow has fallen in Arizona and Utah.
In the interior valleys of California
there bare been severe sandstorms.
GIRL RACED TO SAVE A TRAIN.
lUxlt ob HerMbuk and Oat* Waralag
of Bridge on Flra.
Miles City. Mont.?Mary Peden, aged
fifteen, preveuted a serious railway
accident four miles from this city. She
? f Iia V r\W> Iwirn
naw u unuge uu un- uu uic ?viuh>?
Pacific road, and knowing that a passenger
train was almost due, she
rushed to the stable, mounted a horse
and galloped in a race against time to
the station here. She arrived as the
big train came in sight. She uotitied
the agent, who held the train four
hours.
AUvaraa Rapart oa Clear's Canal Bill?
The United States Senate Committee
on Interoceaulc Canals has made an
adverse report on Senator Hoar's bill
lvaving the choice of routes for aD Isthmian
canal to the President.
A Brlda'a Suicide.
Mrs. Josephine Campagnon. a bridt
if six weeks. committed suicide at
Belleville. X. J., by taking laudanum.
By her side when her husband found
her still alive was a letter, in which
sh<t declared that her husband's staying
?way evenings made it so lonely
for her that she preferred death.
Ptspl* Fled From Fart de France.
People at Fort de France. Martinique,
fled from the city because of a second
eruption of Mont Pelee. but the damage
was apparently slight.
Personal Mention.
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, the well
known woman suffragist, is threatened
with blindness.
? *? I A Mx>liklok/vn A#
uaruiuai t au^uuu, aicuuisuvii u>
Westminster, who recently celebrated
bis seventieth birthday in London, has
made two visits to the United States,
in 1803 and 1871.
John Rogers has promised to present
to the Manchester (X. U.) Institute of
Arts and Scieuccs a plaster cast of his
group, "The Landing of the Xorsemen."
which Is now on exhibition in
the bronze at the Brooklyn Institute of
Fine Arts.
THE BIGGEST BUNCO GAME
Swindlers in FaMs Got Nearly $12.000,000
in an Amazing Way.
Tb*7 If era a HnppoMt) X?w Yorker'*
Heir*, and Borrowed on Mtlhlcal
Hocarltlea Is an Empty Safe.
Paris. France.?The interest of all
Pari* is focused on an empty safe nt
iff Avenue de la Grande Armee. The
opening of this safe by M. Cochefort.
Chief de la Burette. and his detectives
brought to light the greatest swindle
of the century. The principals of the
swindle hare fled from Paris, and were
believed to be on their way to America.
The New York police were notitled to
be on the lookout for them.
The empty safe at the mansion on the
Avenue de la Grande Armee, around
which the interest of all Paris now
centres, was supposed to contain 100.*
OOO.OOOf.. left by Robert Henry Crawford
"nti imoHran mllllnrvilre " Thin
vast suni was supposed to bo held In
trust by Mme. Therese Huml)ert. who
under Mr. Crawford's first will was
constituted his sole legatee and who.
on the strength of her title to the fictitious
vast estate, succeeded in borrowing
over GO.UOO.OOOf. from bankers,
money lenders, and others in France
and Belgium.
The case is one which beggars all of
the astounding inventions of Dumas
and ttaboriau. It is the story of a
bogus heritage which was kept before
the French courts for nearly a quarter
of a century, during which time the
author of the bold invention. Mme.
Humbert, daughter of a Toulouse linen
dealer and daughter-in-law of M. Humbert,
one time Minister of Justice, has
succeeded in living on her borrowings
in regal style and being courted in
France's most exclusive circles.
For over a fortnight Le Matin has
been publishing a sensational serial
concerning the financial transactions
of Mme. Humbert, her husband, and
her sister. Mile. Marie d'Aurigmic.
Opinion was divided as to whether the
story was pure fiction or mere calumny.
and so few of the Parisian contemporaries
of Le Matin would touch
it. But me investigation or .u. uocuefort
has settled all that.
This gigantic swindle owes Its existence
to the fact that the civil courts
of France are permitted to place their
seali on property in liquidation without
examining the property or making
any Inventory of it. Added to this is
the story of n great inheritance, numerous
lawsuits, and the amazing credulity
of bankers.
fLEEING FROM MARTINIQUE.
All Who Can Do Ho Arm Gattlnc Airi)
From the Island.
Castries, St. Lucia.?The Norwegian
steamer Helga. Captain Braastad, arrived
here from Fort de France. Martinique.
She was tilled with refugees
from that port, and reported that owing
to the continuous fall of heavy
stones and other volcanic matter there,
the inhabitants of Fort de France were
d* I?
IKTIUK I k UUI lUU lUWi4.
Fort de France was covered with
ashen, stones were falling, and a tidal
wave added to the terror of the population,
which was flying to the
bills.
Point-a-Pitre. Gaudeloupe. ? The
steamei Horten arrived here with 200
refugees from Fort de France on
board.
Later the French steamer Salvador,
with 1000 people from Fort de France,
urrived here. The refugees wL'o have
reached here by this ship and the Horten
are in a pitiable condition.
It was reported at Fort de France
that some people had been killed at
Carbet. on the west coast, while Basse
Pointe, on the northeast coast, is said
to have been completely destroyed.
The refugees report further that all
the vessels at Fort ?le France are taking
people away from the Island.
Every one who can do so is getting
a n uj.
The streams of boiling mud and the
tire from the last eruption of Mont
Pelee destroyed all that remained of
the northern part of the island. accordIns
to the refugees, and Martinique
seems destined to complete destruction.
TORTURED BEFORE HER DEATH.
GlrU Con few to Ravine 6omt<l and
ftcaldod Aged Mrs. Ballsy.
Mount Holly. N. J.?Justice Hires of
Talmyra committed to the county Jail
here Lillian Hoger*. Hester Rogers and
Blanche Henry, the girls accused of
having beaten and tortured Mrs. Isabella
Bailey, of Wrightsville, before
her death.
The girls are aged nine, twelve and
fourteen years. Mrs. Bailey was an
aged woman, who was helpless from
paralysis. After she died it was fouud
Wilt' liuu infcu ui'itiru uuu luai un
clothing had been set ou Are. The
girls. who were usually her only compauioDti.
were accused and were arrested
on a charge of murder.
The autopsy showed that the cause
of death was independent of anything
that the girls were concerned In. They
confessed, and have been committed on
charges of atrocious assault. Tlicy
heat, scalded and burned the helves*
woman, and say they did It simply to
tease her. They were very sorry when
brought to ihe Jail here, and wept
and cried so they could be hear'1
block away.
RpUndld Trade Condition*.
The favorable condition of genera*
trade is attested by tfce continued increase
in bank clearings outside of
New York and by the steady gain in
niilro.nl earnings shown by recent
weekly and monthly reports.
Earthquake in Flotilla
Almost continuous shocks, presum
ably caused by an earthquake, w. re
felt at St. Augustine. Fla. The earthquake
was accompanied by a succession
of sh.?rt but decisive reports at
intervals of about three minutes for
three hours, like distant cannonading,
seemingly from far out at sea. The
sounds were unlike thunder, having no
reverberating roll, and were accompanied
by decided tremors, while the
sky in the southeast wan suffused wi.h
a glow.
Minor Mention.
Six uncles married nieces in Berllt.
last year, and one aunt a nephew.
Tlie Scotch miners have resolved to
contest three seats at the next general
eiecuuu.
Colored organizations of Baltimore.
Md.. gave a street parade in honor of
"Joe" tJaus, the new lightweight champion.
Judge John Hopkins, of the Massachusetts
Superior Court, died recently
at Millhury. Mas*., from cancer of the
intestines. He was sixty-two years
old.
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DR CHAPMAN'S SERMON
* SUNDAY CISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
PASTOR-EVANGELIST.
Aobjtct: rihte't Question?UtMDi Dnwa
From Hli Failure to S?*M twlntlonIn
Sight or th? Kingdom of God. BeInMd
to Enter It.
New Yoek City.?'The following sermon
is one prepared for publication by the Rev.
J. Wilbur Chapman, America'* best-knewn
evangelist, who in now preaching to overflowing
congregations in this city. It is entitled
"Pilate's Question," and is founded
on the text, Matt, xxvii, 22: "What shall I
do then with Jesus;whicb is called Chri*t?"
It would not be possible for us either to
understand or appreciate this passage ot
Scripture without studying that which immediately
precedes it, and likewise that
which follows. Next to Jesus Himself the
important character on the scene is Pilate,
who asked the above question.
One never thinks of him without a shuider,
because he is one of the men who
came so very near to entering the kingdom
of God, and yet, after all, miserably failed.
He came very near taking his plsce with
Joseph of Alimathaea and with Nicodemus.
If, when he knew that Jesus was
the Son of God, he had bared his own
back to the smiters, or bad gone himself
to be crucified, there would have been no
name in the early history of the church
to outshine his. But instead of being in
the presence of God. to-day, he is undoubtedly
in the lost world.
When Jesus passed by the cross and
went through the tomb of Joseph of Arinathaea,
and made His way to the place
of ascension, not far from Bethany, and
left His wondering disciples. He toolc with
Him into the skies His hands that had
been pierced. His feet, through which the
nails had torn their way, His tide, thrust
through with the spear, and against which
the beloved disciple had leaned. In a
word, He took with Him His body. But
there was one thing He left; when hanging
on the cross, from His head. His hand.*.
His feet and His broken heart the blood
catr.e trickling down, and not only stained
the rocks upon Calvary, but left its mark
upon the world as well, and leaving His
blood there, the world is to-day responsible
for it. That same blood is upon both the
world and men, either for their condemnation
or for redemption.
In a remarkable book which came ac-os*
the teas some years afo, bearing the title
of "Letter* From Hell." and having an introduction
by George MacDonald, tne celebrated
Scotch preacher, there is a story of
Pilate in the lost world stooping down to
wash his hands in a running stream. He
keeps on, it would seem, almost for ages,
if time were measured as in this world.
Some one touches him and says:
' "Pilate, what are you doing?"
Lifting his bands, which become red like
crimson as soon as they leave the water,
he cries out with a shriek, which echoes
and re-ech.->es throughout the world of the
lost:
"Win they never be clean' Will they
never b?cle*n!" _
foor mate: tney never win, ior me
blood of the Son of God is on them for
condemnation forever. He began to wash
bin hand* when he said to the angry mob:
'Take ye Him. and crucify Him, for I
find no fault in Him."
He ii still washing his hands to-day, but
in vain.
There are special ways of treating tests
of Scripture, one of the easiest rf which is
to take certain words in the verse and emphasize
them, and make each word define
the outline of the sermon. My text can be
treated in this way, and the first word to
emphasize would be,
"WHAT."
Reading the text with this in mind wc
find it saying^ _
"What shall I do then with Je*u*r~
The inference is we must do something.
We can not be indifferent. The man who
say* that he will not accept Christ, neither
will he reject Him, has rejected Him in
the very position he takes. There is no
middle ground in this matter. We are
either for Christ or against Him. and we
must decide which position it shall be.
The next words to emphasize would be
"SHALL I DO."
The particular part of the expression
that is emphatic u the personal pronoun
Religion is a very personal matter, and
judgment will be, too. There is no one
whose eyes shall light upon this printed
word but trho shall one day be called to
an u:?ount for bi? rejection of the Son of
God if be fails to acknowledge Him before
r? t_ i L:.k ..4 !? > ?;u
men. iucu imi? j?*u?, m^u uuu ?>.,
and ignorant, for all come* the question.
"What shall f do?"
The next emphatic word would U?
-THEN."
It might be used ;n two ways. Wc have
ma Jo a cLoic? between two things, and
choosing on: then it naturally follows that
wc must do something with the <~ther. It
is caey to understand that choosing one
implies .h'' -ejection of the other. But it
mighi also jS taken as a word deocribing
some future time, and I would like to have
it meao. "What shall I do in the day of
judgment with Jesus Christ?" When the
moon shall be turned into blood and the
sun shall be black as the sackcloth of hair,
when the "elements shall melt with the
fervent heat"?"What shall I do then?"
In the sixth chapter of Revelation we read
that in the last day men shall cry out and
say to the rocks and hills: "Fall on us,
and hide us from the face of Ilim that sitteth
upon the throne, and from the wrath
of the Lamb: for the great day of His
wrath is come, and who shall be able to
stand?" But in the closing part of Revelation
we are told that there will be no
rocks and no h.lls to fall upon the lost and
shut out the vision of the face of the Sor.
of God. and they must s?e Him whether
they will or not. Him whom tfcey have rejected.
Him from whom they have deliberate!^
turned away.
The nent emphatic word is the name
Jesus. "What shall I do then
WITH JESUS?"
That waj His earthly naire, and d"?:|?1
??.>? t;f- ' Tim., .hair <v?::
rnucu 111? caillli; !> <.. ?
His name Jnim, for He shall save His pev
plc from their sins," an<i His earthly life
came to its climax in His sacrificial death
upon the cross. To pay the penalty of sir:
His life was given up, and if we fail to accept
Him a* a personal Saviour, we deliberately
take our stand with those wh :<
have nailed Hin to the cross. When we
tand before Gad we shall be called to an
account for this chiefest of all sins. For
to reiect the Son of Cod is to crucify Hun
The last word to emphasize would be
His anointed name, which is
"CHRIST."
As Christ He stands at the right hand
of Go(*. o;.r Mediator and Advocate. For
fear that some one should say, "If I should
keromc a Christian. I could not hold out."
God seems to sweep away every false argument
and false h?-po when He tells us that
after we have accepted Hin as Jesus. He
becomes (.'hrist for us. and takes His stand
at God's right hand, nleading tor us in our
weakness, and ever bringing to God's remembrance
His atoning death, that our
many sins may be washed away and for
gotten.
But another outline has also been ?uj:gested
as betnjr a proper oue to grow out
of thin text. The Rev. R. A. Torrey has
made the huroestion that the?*e at* certain
thi:i2M that naturally depend upon what
fc do with Jesus. Of these I make brief
mention.
I. Our acceptance befrre Ood depend*
upon what we do with Jesu*. "He that
l>elieveth on Him is not condemned, but
he that believeth not is condemned already,
because he hath not believed in the
name of the only-begotten Sen of God."
John in: 19.
If we accept Jesus, God accept* u?. It
we reject Jesus, God reject* us. Theme arc
short sentences, but each one is worth a
lifetime of study. The vilest sinner in the
world accepting Christ is immediately accepted
of God. The most upriuht man rejecting
Christ is instantly rejected of God.
The moment we accept we are jiutitie.
from all thinz* from which we could not
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be jusunea oy me iaw oi mow*; ana ju?
titication is more th?n pardon. for i j pardon
there may Htill be the memory of mn.
but when God justifies He "remembers
against us our transgreaaiona no more forever."
II. Our becoming sons of God depends
upon what we do with Jesus. "But as
many an received Him. to them give He
potver to become the aoo* of God. even to
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them that believe on Hii name." JeHm
i: 12.
There u a my insidiooa kind of buuy
miking iU way through the world to-day,
which declares there la such a thing aa (la
universal fatherhood of Ood aai the ?niveraal
brotherhood of man; that Ood ia the
father of all Hia creatures, and that every
ma;i is my brother. This in certainly cot*
tr.iry to the Scriptures. We become soot
of God. not by the lives we lire, nor by
doing good, nor by reading the Bible, nor
by praying without ceasing, but we become
God's aona bv regeneration. This ia the
work of the Holy Ghost, and ia wrought
in ua the very moment we by faith accept
Jesus Christ as a Saviour. It ia not possible
for us in any other way to come into
this world than to be born into it; it it
not possible for aa ever to enter the kifl?
dom of God except bv the new birtfc.
This constitutes us children of Cod.
III. Our having pcace dependa upon
what we do with Jesus Christ. "There
fore being justified by faith, we have peace
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.'*
Romans v: 1.
When we remember that neace is the opposite
of confuaion, of strife, of unrest, we
? At- _
t.e able to ace now greni u ioc dicmibk
which come* to us by the acceptance Of
Ood's Son. We do not think of peace aa
imp'.y an emotion. It ta not an experience,
but it is that which romea to us with the
presence of Christ. He ia our peace, and
whatever >may be a man's positio_ in the
world, if he has rejected Cbriat, or Jin
other words) if he his failed to accept Him.
he must go forever throughout the World
crying, "peace, peace," but for him there
can be no peace.
IV. Our having joy dencndi upon what
we do with Chriat. "Whom having not
seen, ye love; in whom, though now yeeee mK
Him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with'A
joy unspeakable and full of- glory." IM,~v
Peter i: 8. We also remember the wordaH '
of Jrsua when He said: "These words have
I spoken unto you that My joy might re?
main in you, and that your joy might be
.Tor ia better than happiness. People of * ' JS
the world may hare happiness, bat oahr
God's children possess joy. Happineu is
that which happens to come to na, and
those v-ho lay hold upon it are dependeat
up mi their circumstances and sutroundinca*
Joy has nothing to do with circumstance
or surroundings, but cornea to as because
of our faith in Him who ?rer lirea to poor
out jpon His people Hia own presence and
blessing.
V. Our luring eternal life depends npon
what we dc with Jesus. "He that bettereth
on the Soir hath ererlaating Kit; and
he that beliercth not the Son shall sot Mt
.1 n~i m
me; uui mr wiavu vi v?w w
him." John iii: 3d.
By nature we have the flesh with u. and
we ?h*ll always have it with u* until ?v
redemption bodies are bestowed upon US.
It is aatural therefore that there should
N> a constant warring between the life of
God which comes in regeneration and the
old nature which is at enmity with God
and always must be, but it is a great joy to
know that we may every one of na so to*
re-der ourselves to Him who is our Hfe.
that the old nature shall be put down and
held in subjection, and we ooraelTea "be
more than conquerors."
Finally, let me sav that there are three
sentences which ought to be written plain*
ly before every one who is to make this do*
cisitn. or who fails to make it.
Firnt. We must either accept Him or reject
Him.
Second. We must either let Him come
into our hearts, or we must shut the door ''
and keep Him out.
Third. We must either confess Him or
deny Him. "Whosoever shall confess He
before men, him will I confess before My
Father which is in heaven; bnt whosoever
lull Me before men. him will I deny
before Mr Father which it in heaven.*
Matt, x: 32, 33.
There is do middle ground. God pity w
if to-dar we turn a war from Him, for
IT MAY BE THE LAST TIME!
Tho Need of TtadmMM.
The grace of tenderness, for it is a grace,
should be cultivated for its own sake as
well as its invaluable aid in our service for
the Master. True tenderness modulate*
the voice, illuminates the face and present*
the word of life in a spirit of gentlenew,
which win* a hearing for even unwelcome
truths. The world is in need of just such
tenlernew as-was manifested by our Lord,
and we as His dischles can render no better
service to Him than reflecting His tender
sympathy as we pass along life's jour*
ner.
People long for tenderness. Harsh meisures
nerer won a son! to higher things,
Sympathy is the magic key br which wr c
may gain access to hungry, aching hearte.
Tenderness may be ae%*eiopea dt swaying
the character of our Master. He recognised
the innermost longings of wearr
mankind, and met thin yearning with infinite
tenderness and nity. Surely we as Hii
follower* should imitate Hici to the beet
of CT ability along this line. Let as determine
by the heln of the Holy Spirt
never to be betrayed into harshness. The
world it hard and cold enough witjout
you and I adding to its burden. Rathn* let
us seek by tendernesk^nd sympathy to aid
some soul to reach a firmer foundation,
and bring joy and r?eace to *arae little corner
of earth.?George D. Gelwitii.
Good rheer In B?tl*losu ^
It is a harpy thins to lire. It is
happy thing 'o die. Our religion has the
promise of the life that now is and also
of that which is to come. It makes the
world ours and all things in it. We rejoice
in its beauty and its joys, the laughter
of little children, the love of young
nfen and maidens, the grave friendship ol
the old, the confidence of life and the
calm and trust wh^H belong to us all.
Our religion now tc.ls us to look upon
these and all the beautiful things of file,
and to take them, holding them in holiness
as the haopv gifts of our glad God.
And. above all these, and in all these.
Christ is now revealed to us. He was and
He will be. Yea, and He is. No other
day ever set Him so high or loved Him so
dearly. To be sure, there is enough thnt
M dark still, and the shadows could be
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UI UW II Ilea? II* p oauil, UUb ?HW uvut %? W
see the sunshine ana play in it. The Lord
Christ! He is the good cheer of religion
to-day. a* He has been in all day*. If our
good chcer i* better and cheerier than any
of old. it is because we ?ce Him more clearly
and love Him more deariy became w*
have gone a little further in making oar
life Ilu and Him our life.!'?Congregationalism
Meeting the Great Issue*.
He who is waiting to meet a great i.?n?
as it presents itself live* a leisurely life.
There is little for him to do at ordinary
times. Great issues rarely present themselves
as being great, and when they art
before one they do not seem to be of exceptional
importance. The only may to
make sure of meeting great issues fittingly
is by meeting every i?s?e as it should ni
met. Then a little thing met worthily
may prove to be a great thing met as it
should have been met.
" 'Tis only little things
Make up the present day, make up t!l
days,
Make up thy life. Do thou not thercfci*
wait,
Kecp.ng thv wisdom and tiune honesty
Til! great things come with trumpet heralding*.^
Rewards of Llf*.
The man who sees in life the opportunity
to espre?s himself in the largest
terms, who after ascertaining what faculties
he hxs determines to develop them
to the highest possible efficiency, who ia
capable oi seeing the sweetness and jo*
that lie all about him, who, being proud,
doe* not allow his body or mind to be
defiled, he is the one who obtains th<? !)ia
rewards, the big successes.?Mental
Growth and Control.
Trust in God alter* the character. Hope
toward* <?od brighten* lite, and love to
Cod i* the motive of obedience and *errice.
Love beget? confidence and trust.
The ronton :nen do not love CJod i*. their
love of *elf and *:n. The rca*on why
they do not tru*t in C'hrwt and God u,
they prefer to tru?t to their own reajoo.
Stnrere kid Kl(ht.
Some *ee but along the line 01 ameer*
purpo*e and ethical endeavor It u not
enoujh to be *incerc, one must be right.?
" rv- v,.?? ? Pp-aKwfariati Han
I KlffV. i#T. .wmvva, Fraaciico,
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