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AT THE TABERNACLE. vt OR TALMAGE DRAWS LESSONS FROM de THE WEDCING FEAST. CID 1ow0AVAny andl Whaft t 11114I as E,:ez %v { Mep: Make Fcirt N oit ii mi.-g ( Ica-cit ,ti c' i ts Obriltiansly Is a V t-. Great 11-p 11 r 11 Every Procer lentien in 161-. BROOKLYN, April 16.--flIcv. I);'- t Talma,ge it his sel manol in thIle Brtwk xI . I Tabernacle tis ' renot'll I r '.l ' e the great sudir noc it 0l, qut wtor th beauty and aititraciven'rs of thce l'~ t,h i feast, the texi, cY On bi'i f-om Luke xiv, 18. "And thiy ;1i witi- -r1 eens<n began to makv- excIl:." After tle inviationt to levce are i sent out the rec tA com-e il . One1 Pt :1? spolOaIzrs for norttii'lucce e - ground. anothrr on another 'touid. !T! amost of the rv'21-elgs ire folltidc dm r i)r ene,avemnent8. So in myl' ;txI ' :0 d banquet was ilirea, jt jvii - IT were circulated, aid now !.o come in. Tbe one givc an r.n!tu l ' ii the other a stcrek (-eal ' -: !Ie; other a domestic retsen.- -a , j o. cons. The:, ricu!i":,' 'an that the Imm ha 1 wanted to see it. 0('"! Ihe th the nCxt dag' 'I'he st: r son b6tin tl;t he ha! of oxen and ie, wat10 to ! :i I them. IIe had nco h;,p t0m iI until he kiewwa th.y N w lod that a Imlanl who I II !. I c (d OXCIt~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~. kiltUiiT1iiiL- o tI'c oxenl en11 Command hA owl) 1!m1.11 sides that, ne iti-h !AVO V1tked w them tog-eth(r and dr1-Aiven1 ih n Cthe way to the lIl:rct. V' I c liwomt:a w.1 , r not as rapid hilen a low. 'Thl m1 m 1 who gave the domeslti reX ' .X Mh had got married. ie ought tHi en his wife with, him. The fact was, the.y 0id 'noc wI "And they all withj, are (is h'n to make excuse.' .f n ( r 1 a great banquet. It is th ' e l'c . and the table reaches a'er o cm spheres. aid the mvit at ccn i ,ut multitudes (cime11 t il it - n u ! drink out of the 01,11ce-s oc !i while other niu!ttulI ehco. ' ci n' the one givinl Lts tip .! t or that apolo.y. 'A i V 'l with one convti lbean to m . CUSe." .I pri4tt e~t t lit mcrnl . Itt- fri as God mlay hel mIe c 1, nn . V apologies which mu I mR t r nc ' < termng thle Crs a !,a Apology te Fir' t- I aml ->t 'ure there is anythlm'! taiable Ii ',I ( h inn religion. It is 1l,Vdel i lc th e l are so many inl ostion, m this day so man y thinll": that s 1 r( ,Iie t i ll sham. A gili(d rutcd myhav e a hollow inside. ' ere is S i ieh uc - ! t ery in physics. inl ethi, m pohies, that men come to thet haijj o()Inruity and after awhile they ullu.v that ined ulity to collide with %)ur' ho v reli-.it'l. But. imly friends. I tink ~(1ll'ion hI mad, a pretty -ool recd in ' i w:. How many wojul i. - as ia'ec; how many pillows (t tile i i cs , l I id a tlt. midnight wilti iues,,; how jj\ man u m struck SaharaI it hauithi 1urm-, n m .gardens of t,he Iln!:,ho it lu he the ChoppedI svia; what Ins h it halth sent stretaminit through'i the ii i i!, storm clotid ack; whAt II.A Id c.c wvater it.hath gathereed icr tir:i- Lt'aiar and Ishmatel; nmnat' wier- th:'n ccri - ander seed it hath dropped all aroucin l t':e camp of htardly beCsteadt .pcih;imn; whit promises it hatth (lnt oult !!he It'oly watchers to keep thie I -itmis burn-ing around (deathhIedsc'; throuighti lt he irkn'<Iie- . that lowers inito th Ie c,rpub:hcor, wit:.[ flashes of resurire'tcni mon! Resid(es that thits r-eh in hat m.t,tl so m~any heCroes, It hc' i *u icnnmet field, die Methodiis!., aer c t ci A 0t'c' ocean wit,h his silver 'tmpttjc' to.,, the acceptabile y'arc ofi th I.n unti !ii seemedl as it' all ocur Ate mrca tit -.i~ would take the kinc 'cdiom ct 'heaven-* by i violene. It senit .e cal. .\shman- lt - ' Africa aloneW, mi a (ci -ns of na i harharians, toi Ht the .'aI-t' l 'I eiv i Eattioni and Chcris0only. It t m i iitJ'h Handel amontti ' u ' Ic wings to the "n t o ' m. :c i i ba - balance to the j:ii 'an ci lm' termuination t-c th: I i'd- ''-' fulness to) the ite an I i I r '' r c It0 to the soil, there i n ' wit' in earth like 'oil' (hr 'I m i - n those Chistctiin' wer <-- c1 I; saw the calslts of! thc I . child, that. wi it'i uniutte.iM'c - lilt awaty In1110 c -.'tave, pin v I c stee him acini no iel 'tIhe ir bi cc h young hearty T!wrcae i-c I' ca~ cc ' n toni! Siehn:iessc wi'! ~- ci'- ic c' Roll1 anid turn oin yl or ld!cw. N>r lief'. The medlieb-em( y 4.-' b 1 r, the sharp. Nc rel.ci. Go'htt I ' to tho sick roomn. I .4 t e 'n -: . Let the fever burnI'l. On ie i: anc. T1here is niotingc. it rcn n! in Atfter awivle deathtc wt cite. Y'u cca on the thcreshtohl. l rd~' ih hn breaking aiway fr c m:te 'civ. aml.i it cl will take fliight- -wh%:'er, whtirthery at There is tio God. nto mit'ic-1(m: als~ th to condueitt, nto ChirN n it h'vc"n, nto in home. N otini in; rli K.' t ;' von are not wvillinig ti acd >'t d a chietnt Itoi theory. And yect the world I;:il ct f'' skeptics. Andl let mei say~'t tere s uio thc class o1 people fort wit'im 1 hav ai warm t er sympatoy than lor' skepiti-'1. We ili thc not know how to treait thmt' *. ' e tIe. loi ride them, we caricatute Itemt. We, ly instead o1 taking thtem Ic th itKMOt t ti u iir of Christian love, clutt-ch thie' it t' h cit iron pinichers of eelesiasutcism, tt falen,if you knew howv lthse min had I iT' falnawaiy fronm (Chridt ilanhl y am~t ihe hr' come skeptics you] wCuic bt(c mc cati rough on themn! Somte were ibrouttght up tt in homes where relig.ion wais o)veirdie. hei Thie most wretchied daiy i the wieek wasd Sunday. Religioni was driven io them in with a trip hammer. They had~ t a ur tht feit of prayer mtm'QCins. 'Tey W(te ei 4tuiffed aind choked with catechismi"c thm T:hey were told by thieir parenCiit tha they were the worst.chtildlreni that evil a lived because they likef ole down ki hill bettor thtan to reard "Pdlrnit ro- acc i greass". They never hieard thir nar'-- tIc eats talk of' religion buit with the cor'n- ti' era of their mouths drawn dlowni antithe li, eyes rolled up). .l Others went In to skepticism Ltrou'tlh maltreatment on the p)art of somet who mt professed religion. There is a man wh'to mt say,:"y prtner in businiess was vol cious in ali religiouis circles but lie cheat et e4 me out of *3,000, and I (ont w ant lii any of that religion." fa There are others who get Into ske ptt. ol clam by a natural persistanc,e in asking 'I questions--why or how? How can God si e ne heing in hree persona Thym. n derstand it. Neither cau I. How I n God be a complete RovereiLn, and ti t man a free avent? They cannot un rstand it. Neithet can I. They cai- m t understand why a holv God lets sin ti me into the world. Netl'er canl 1. LI iey say: "Iere is a grca'. m,'s,er. . re is a dieci->0e of fashion, frivolous ai d --odless ill her dayls-sm lives on (1 he an octimniriin. IIere i- at a, iq(.!.n mot.her traiming her children T - Gcld and for heaven, sit sacrii.nt T ritlike. indispens-thli. 4-emin.iv to W I Iouq.h1,l4 h -de t akes the caior" ce I d res." The qkepti v say, I c.'! ;I phain thlat.." Neithwr e i i I. ! 01h, 1. Can III-w -' r(o I tuevsitskp.cm.Wh hw-a- t feet I have ir.l Ih-I blis'erml ! . v know whet it. is to lavo. in tIlght.s pm 'uredI Illoo olle hI'mr. Thi-re :a'! n il 0hisA allilienic' who wkild 4ive 0 heir 1 OUSnd, (1l d(lt s it th-'. .4"nhlol Ltl i! ick to Ib I- b,'. reli-.-6on tot t ir C0 'er 11 fei c l al.f lle ot, L ) Ih' curicatured, '-tit .16 I . dII 117 ' L i i, Ui ir o)'a's., biu'. e - h hi1)'s. Li-Pn th s Ilh11 I 1 1 hI 'r; h ;It. -mre t.o the call -w S !i Itb MeK Whio tiever ex- a 11 c ev dEtlwvA Wt ('hrist ln;y cdn lr,wnc a Skop"ic; It . n .I a skeptic; ChrltmxUaw it :t kepti(- *-hut vlhi Olv ec b II t hm "Iu" .r 11;0ov c N Id- it l- ahea-i ! -.,''r'for I st'nld iiti in-itnill-! r.e. I c im-n and wimien who hlviti dr'fted av' 'I to sketiem, N threw out nit( Al': I rather ;impta ou h.v the( mem. r v (th 1.t those od Old tine-i wovhii yOl eIt at. vour mother's knee pid sai, ,I li ('VeI1ninI praver and111 those otUter vs of siekuess whein she watch.o ill !It, "lt'l 1-ave you the mlielicinles at, just, I ri-it time and turnetd the pIllom in .' was hot, and with hand long at) r111, 01 to) duit soothed your pains, al(d 'i ta I tat voice you will iever hear again, Ih: s you i-iAn her in the better CoUll c, toi you never mind-you would be I 1 and by-and by tat dyin tn'i where sIlO talked so slowly, catch hit brea!h between the words-by the llories I ask you to como2 i! t.ike the same religior. I 1 was enioulh1 for her, it is good eno:l voll. e I make a better plea; by the and the death throe of the S )I of 0. who approaches you this morniin i t-'-a brow and lacerated hands and ipcd back, crying, "Com, unto mc, I vu wh(, ar-3 weary ind(] heavy laden, iI i will give you rest." 01 her person-s apologize for no, enter inin, tl-c Christian lite becanse of the CM-rtiuiilitty of their temper. Now. Sadmit it is harder for somne people lat ,come Christians than for others. bull, 1eC grace ot (GIoI never canme to a tnoIn tin that it could not elimb1 or to an h.y- t.hal it couhti nolot fata,h,m or to a ondane tha t if. c ub114 not break. The wildest horse that. cve-r tiol iraba'i sands has eni 1rken to 1h*-t Ild trace. The maddest torrent tkimb; in. 111ig mountain shlvilg has been a -ncssed to the milhwheel an:1 th1 I *rv hand, set.ning a tLhousand sltitls iII t-bIzZ7. and a-Clatter, awl the wihdest, .4, Iost ungovernable man ever eateil. Iy the -,race of God may be sl')ubdued atl (lit out ioin ministry of kindnesi as (Gm] eili an August thiderstorm to n ater he wihi flowers dowi in lit gra!s. ioul retsoluition, ireform-iiitor y elt'1)' , i 1not (fleet the chiange, ft tak .s a Ihtier' armi and a miightier' lua t-> hitnd( evil habi~it tiani the hand thatt heat lhe hov of Ulisses, a:ad it t.ikes ai L'ineoner lasso than e ver' liel the b ol,i I viit ny hiumian weC.ions11 :uii ctnteriol hiit',iill.v'I aigainlst thlese T1'uins armiedl liibi uor linountalin.c aint Io haveinl nete of thie gijipf of ('birist tame, unitii -Vtitws ith twoi iich'lanits inNw hii~uinesi. Oie i: th, irnlr:hants was Tuil, he at ke.the L, ir:I t-> Ieach him S uIons, an:1 hie was impr1oe-sedl ih the irt 'tha:t it, was his diuty when1 u s-inser asked 1 or a certain kind o1 I win he had! Hot, but which lie it w his oppi-entli had, to r'ecommiiendt mi to ''4 to that stor.' -ii sup c > ' th.t is ab9nt thie hiard,lst. inth n111i ' )ohld , hi.fat bingi. 'Ir'iu'i'hlyi convert-ed tto God, he restolvyedI dii th i' VeryV thing'., andt being aAke.i I e -ll n kiil of' goodls which he lia-1 0, e d. -You zo to such andi such r.,-ai yout wvdl get. it."~ AIler' It No. 2 found' t,besec is II co'mi n I set, and hIe 10ou11d naha.1int No. 1 badt been u .t I. tii a2 h: sought the same' ii. N iv they aret itt>dt friends1 ItK h>rs-, then g'ace t,f God -v ch miign t their disposition. 4 assomec one, "'I have ai h!, .I '444, impelituous naiturLe, and)t rc nCaL't .44) iVIthin! fir mie."' Do ii kno w that Mit'fi LuAther and114 Ro Newto and4li~l Richard Baxter were C e1u)11, all C c1nsu inrg naiturcs5, yet 1ihttit usefullnes*d (h, hOw maitly mo lmvse beentl hIu.:nacious anid hard to maet, andt ir'ascible an d mor)1e bothiered t )iut the miote in thieir nlCighlbor's ctye aii abIout the beam like shipf tinber heir own eye, have been entirely suiie.d hby the gralce of God anti have ind out that "g'iodliness is pllttale the file that now is as wvell as toi life whlichi is to cume."'' 'eter, with natuire as tempestuous its I seau that lie onice tried to walk, ati one t 4k of Christ went out and wept, bitter Iluchl harvests of gerace may gr >w the tfi)tol) of the jaggedl steep, antd eks~ of C2hriisti an gracets may ind (pa uts. 'age in fiels of bramble and rock. ~ouldh y~our ffispositioni may be all a tie with fretfulness, tiouAh you have empeiir a-gle am with quick lighitinius, au.li y>' a1iivarice b)e like that oh t.he rise leech, crying, " Give!'' though mutable impluirities have wrapped you1 all conisuming fire, (God ciui drive it devil out of' your soul, and oyvar the 1144 andl the darkness he can say, "Lot I iti' be light,'" Converting grace has lifted the dr'iuik- , I fr(omi the ditch, and snatched the c t ro)m thie hand of t,he assassin, andt a ase keys firom t,he burglar, and In e piestiferous lanes of the city met, it iiaughter of sIn under the dim lamp- I 'hit and scat,tered her sorrow id her guilt wit,h 1.he words, 1'ny Mlls are forgiven-go and sin no ore." For scarlet sin a scarlet atone O'huer persons apologize for not enter the Christian life because of tile in. naistencies of t,hoae who profess re. lion. There are thousands of poor rmers. They do not know the nature 'soil aor the proper rotation of crops. heir corn Is shorter In the stalk and naller In the ear. They have 10 less mahels to the anre t.han their neighbors. Ut who declines being a farmer becaus icre aro go iin my poor f.Armers? Thern are thousandq of incompeten crehants. T'ley buy at the wron imc. Thoy '!-t civated in the sale c er 1Y)0 h:. B'Ory 1)11 Of "1o10d is < lm i ):i- ' dists0r. Thev -il arte V1hih- and _-> mut of buiiinel-.~ B11, whl -chnc-3 to I ai merchaint because Oher -i so m-ivyi V llue>potit mrciaits here ae th.umdaIdl of, p)>Or lawyors ivY 4-:'m v daw la declaration tii i I s' i 'i . I s',. Tliey clvn ot re ,'vT .jst d m '. Th"I'loy clunnot heli d 0141', o.' Iv'> 1h11inestice o . i'o .e's Thev a-'e the worit evi :e' ".i'i' 'n c v4- which they rc . B. llut w1o (L .ele tO be It laIW t h .- i hw;r -I s* n i uy illX ) U . i -v ver:-y U '1.r! a re teon i O ih 1111m:4 c op'V who declvinc beig rili'ious b m-w ' rv !rese iany ulnwort v Chri: Ill. N -> , I say if i-i1 -A;ical. Po '7 1r u->ollon, a ainst jiltri4prut ice- poor phy,,iciani are tioth!n.- tigain! vniie - re rs axre nothin !l profesoi oV -eJ ,,ion are noth: S nI ie vou Ia vi, been iding alm n1 a St1 Fs'r Ilik- h1 V hv aswuip, an1il yc AVO seen liAhs t h-:t kindled over 0, ayd Ive t:i.on -i j~v which are cal il acko'-hmirnor will-'-h.w h, se lIh Ia rne merely 'li-.onious llin 4.l. Mv Ue'rndi, <,; Noul, wily to l'a )i \1 will Valit a bct UT ihilt dhal I i ol-o'i-thel-visp whihdc) (1 li 14,'en obarat4rI': dedChrwstialnR ]," lations froi jisolnOUs trc,33 in 0 e'ghbl) 'r's _ trilcin will mui;tk(,, a very pm rilni Uo.. our vould.i. Sickness will coeii, and we will 1 iished out toward the i'%d se;t whit livides this world from the next, ati lot I he inconsistency of Christians,bI he rot of fait i will wavo back t ie w ers as a eoiander vhpel.3 its ho 'he jiu(gnient wilt come, with I hundersl)l solpinitit-4, attended I virst'ing inonllitail's and the deep 1:ang it ,.rth<i :tkes, .r't skns will lIV b or-! the feet of GOO like sparks 'ro Ab- wnvil, ail ten thoisand burni i)lds shall blaz lik h aiiners in 11 ra._-k of (iod omnlipIO-itnlt. ()h, tiI .vf will not fop aid s:y,. "There was noan Chrislian; there was a coward 'risti;n; there was a lying Christia1 here w:ti an implire Chistiu." I hat <lay, asl ow, "It' thott be wise, thl 'hlt-t be( wisei'or thys elf, but if th: cornz.est t bott alonii shall hear it." Why, if brot her, tlie inconsisten( f Ch ristianIs, so far fron. b9ing an a rinne:i, to kuvp you away fr-m Go mIght ti b' al. argutnent to drive vt ) hiion. Te best p aco For a skillf .oilor l:in a eiipihborhood whe hey are wl pw)r dot )ors; the best plai Lor in vnt piiii sinrsg iierchait to opi Iis tore is in a pl.wei where the bv g,iin makers fio vwi undertand tht b-iioes, Ii - te bt pla-v for y< KNv-ho wat to lecomie t lie illuistrio an.d omiplvt Chri.stian, the best pla forl] yole is tdown am1i ils w:ho arv III(, l'mpetent and so; . hI r persons a polorriZe for not I a'' :I Chij his bratilse they la t us ioi..m1h rillgiozi miudli"d t braiin ()I Iih, al-k ointint. or I rippi-d t pt.: ilf I fli withoir, or thickviltd t t lw.r!w ofth i or,ttar, or IV#"LkPI1Vd t ariii if 1 he ierclh:int, or s-aattered t brivis (I I' I twyer, or Interrupted I d to (31 1iw meirtit. They bolt th store doors ainiSt it and I lt it ba store, <:u II lli 0, mir1 f; [etorv' inl I hs wiorkad-ty workld will he!p y to do :ayi lng you olight to (10. Sinii liy ai kl; It (01n s:nb a stipt: it C tIly a 0c:lu ig c 1 ii work a pull ey; ml1 Iairshal a1 host. It is as applr1pi t'' to the astr.oon-r as hiis teli'.scop othe ebiiinist as hki 'bratory; Ia 31 teri as his lanle:1' to ihe chilid as5 h mn irlibHs: I rihe granii fatlier as- his sta No !lt' to it' rel Igiouis here' '3 iVe Ii) ilmi not to be re'itijous. 'n niigiit as wvell have no clerks ini yoi 30orel, no0 book's in your litbrary, un pa) iss on your shipj, no ilte ini It it I. b-. nio that li'r you i' headh,no coat I' lir w':ek, 11o shai.us for yoitr feet. I ie erI I ra;vel on toward eter'nit v bairehea, 'I and~ loreftoot.'di anid htoise]les's ar ionli 'h -83ai I molfr'lidless' thIian to birmigh bite wvit hout. religion. I)idt reiigion nu1ik(' li:lligh~ any le.ss I s':rtesn iin, or llaivelock aniy less of v'>hiier, or' iri'niell aniy less of' a me th, 't, 0or Wst any l'ss ot a p)aintel Itt-ligimi is the bst Iecuarity in evei >trgrun1. 1!, i5 the sweete. note1 'very song: it is ti'mL'righItest gem very coronet. No '.ime11 to) be rel igiom WhIy, yoit will have to talke iime1 to I uick, .t is lroubled, to (lie. (har wor ounly the wiharit ll'o-,i wAhi wela o emi0:I1rk f'or lhe ien. N a ft me to a ,i-nue to buy:t limpan3di timi it f. .hatu walk Ithr"ough t hi dlarkness5 whit >thierise will e' i liitiined onily I hi' whitenen' -of 01 he I *)mblstonWs ? ) .imel to educalete t he '.YI for' he 'Ivenl iplendorsi', or' tthe thand( or choral hairj >i' the ear for everiasti ng songs, or il 1)1 ou fr hionor, glIor: anid imm 13ontalit: )nio wvouill think we hiad1 tune I uot.huling else. Othuei personsli apologize for riot c ering the Chirist ianlife I bec.mse it ime enough yet. That Is very li hose9 perSons who s&'ndo their r-egr( mtd s:iy: "'I wilt comec in p3erhlItps at r l'? o'clor'k. I will nlot be theire at t peninig (it the banuijuiet, but I will here at , the close." Not yeo' Not y( Nowv, 1 (10 not give any douleful vie f this life. There Is nothing in ni inre, nothing inl the grace of' (c hat tends(t towaV&rd a dolefuli view iiman lifte, 1 have not iiuncth sympr hiv wi'ith Addison3's deiscript.io of131 i Vision~ o)f M irzi," vwhere he repr'eseni mnlife as being a tbridge of1 ho Iredi arches, and both end(s of 1 >ridg~e covertd wvith ('loudsl., anid 1| a1ce coing on, thet mfost of them f*a ng dlowni through the( fIrst span at II (31 them tall ing (10wn through ti atst span. I t is a ver'y dlism.' l)pictmi havel rnot much01 symipaithiy with ti ip)anishi proverb which says, "'The si s good, and the earth Is good-th vhich Is bad is betweofm the carth at he sky." But while we as Christian people a >oilund to take a cheerful view of li ve mrust also con tess Itihit life is a gre mtcertainity, and1( that manll who Saj I Ca!u't become a Christian becau here is time enioughi yet," is running isk InfInite. Y'ou do not perhaps ret e/ the fact that this descending grai it sini gets steepe?r a[nd steepeIr, a1 hat you are gathering up) a rush ai relacity which after awhile mnay n maswer to the brakes. Oh, liy frnt >e not among those who give thi vhiole life to the world arid then gi heir corpse to God. It does riot seem fair while our pt ies are In full play of health that serve ourselves and serve the wor mndl then muade God at last the prese f a collin. It (does not seem rigtth we runu our ship from coast to coi carryang cargoes for ourselves a: then when the ship is crushed on t rockso give to Gocd the shiyered timbe: 3 dying pillow to repent-better that than never at all, but how much better, t how much more generous, it woula z have been if he had repented 50 years f beforel My friends you will never get over these proarastina'ions. r lere is a delusion. People think, I can go on In sin and worldlines-, but. n afRer awhile I will repent, and then it will be as though I had come at ihe - very start." That is a delusion. No a one ever gets fully over procrasti- a ition. If you give your soul to God some other time than this, you will en ter heaven with only half the capacity b C' lorenjoyment and knowledge you might - have had. lere will be heights of bless ediesi you might have attained you wil never reach; thrones of glory on s which you might have been seated, but o wh ch you will never climb. We will never get over procrastina tion, neither in time nor in eternity. I We have started on a march from a %v hich there is 1.0 retreat. The shadows of eternity gather on our pathway. k - low insigntlcatit is time compared it with the vast eternity! I was thinking F of thii while coming down over the i. Allhghany mountains at noon by that woidertul place which you have all v heard described as the Hlorsesh'oe, a de- I pression in the side ot the mountain C where the train almost turns back iL again upon itself, anti you see how ap propriate is the description of the j llorseshoe, and t hinking oil this very a wt.hnme and preparingr this very sermon it seened to n as if the great courser of eternity speeding along had just 1 struck the monn aiim with one hoof and ,.,ole on into illitmiftablo space. So short is time, so insignilicant is evrth, ircm)ipared with the vast eternity! This morning voices 1t1 down the e skev, and all the worlds of light are a ready to rejoice at your disenthrall- t Imelit. iusti not. into the pres once ot the King ragged with v t sin when you may have this robe g of righeousness. Dash not your foot to pieces against the throne of a t cru.ilied Christ. Throw not your crown of life oil the battlements. All the scrie:o3 of God are this mom-nt Iready with volunes of living light to record the news of your soul emanci pated. t le 'The Columbilan IS011. it Mrs. John E. Bacon, of Columbia, a gives out the followin- to the public: laving been appointed byi the (ov ernor to represent South Carolini on tho _,eneralcommittee in charre of the "1Colunibian Liberty Bell,'' which is to b. placed in the most appropriate posi- t tion at the World's Exhibition, I desirei r- to call attention to this unique creation, I Ll and to ask contributions irom the people u throughout the State for the advance ient, of this lau.able undertaking. re The tollowing is the proplied use Of e the bl: "it shall riu at, eunrise and m1 sunset; at 9 o'clock in the morning on r- the anniv_-r.;aries of the (lay on which ir great events have occurred markln the world's pro-ress towar.I liberty; a, 12 A o'clock on the birthdays of the erea:.ors 2 of bLerty'; itl at l1 o'clock it will toll on the ani'versaries of their death.'' Its mission ik "to pass from place to W. place throughout the world as a 'nis. rk sionari V of freedom' '' and then return to he Washi'.ton, Nhicll Wi1. be its home. lie Mrs. Cleveldil has a.--ep', d al iiv lie tatioa to release the meltId mass from he the furnace into tihe Columb*a' 1berty he Bell mould. by touchin-.t a button in the Ie White llouse at Washinton, 1). C., at Air the hour when President Cleveland is to ,1 op.m the Wor'ld'e Fair, anm i ,e Wes ,' en UIon Te'legraph C>mnpany has beenl reti to give tile cessary C)iiCLnetin by electric wire. Sim.dil mi cotributionsii only, are exp'c ted, from It al penniy up,var'iid. TLhey are to be 01 it First. M-iteirial that, canI be a p)art, of t- the bell; articles of' hisicii interest, will it be par'ticular'ly apprei'ciated --go0ld, sIi' 1- vol., 1)ronzle',, C->:>per. Lii ati I nick he can a e;be fused. eC Se:nld. OU' mUonev with whlich to pay r Sfor the bellI. S In forwariiding nmaterial ti be mlItedI inotebell, p'ease send fullast hmstori c.ml deLsciption. Tlihis will ba enteredl in carieliully in a book whiichi will accompa o ny the bell whierever it goes. In order e that then bell shlallI be cast April 30 .h - >r Mai 1st beinig the anniversar'y oh the - iiinamration of George WVashinigton, -I I- Prie.sident of t'a UJnit.ed States--all 1 dl conitribution s111 t, be son', bet.>rc April o 30. Adklres commiunicati )os and coo i,rib)utions to Mrs. Clark Wariog, Chap ter Ilegent, D). A . It., 81 Laurel street,, 'a Columubia, S. C. 'y BmtUssElv., April 17.-M e e t ni ings In f:tvoir of universal suif .n lraure are being halhl thrnoughout the1 t~country and great excitement prevails | Ie at all of them. IEverywhiere speakers id de:hlire that theo time has come for the1 113 do wn-troddlen workingmnan to assert e- his right to a voice in thle government W of the c mintry and imnpassionedl appeals >r one madoe to those wvho live by toil to ,h leave their work ando to join the great >y dlem;onstration! now in progress. [o in the Charlero D)istrict, noted for its ly coal and inldustries, it is estimanted that >s, 30,000) miners are empjloyed. Work in Ite the minires miay be said to be at a standi- i r still, for 20,000) of the mlners have quit or work and are asserting, very often in a riot)us mainn, their right to vote f or n1- membeltrs or the Chlamnber of Deputilies. is Most of these miners are mniserab)ly se poor, and they andt thleir families are ts bound to suIffer ill this fight for prnnci it pl1e. lint the men on strike are firm in le their dletermilnation to secure what ,e they believe are their righlts, and are t' wilting to suiffer deprivation to gain y thecir ends. yThe cotton yarn, lace, linen and Swoolen mills andI factorit in Graim of mont, Eaist Flanders, are affected by a. the moivement, a large , number of m operatives in these Industries having ts joinetd in tile strike movement. -An imiportant.Investigation. WAOsmlNWrON, April 18.-)uing the cl osinIg house of thle Senate, among other contingent expenses auithorizied, dwas an approprikfton of $5,000 for the eC Committee on Agriculture to investig -* ate the causes for tile (depression that Sexists ini cotton and agricultural indus Y tries. T1he committee will meet to. tmorrow and apportion the arppropria htionl between two sub-co;nmittees in chlarge of two branches of inquiry. It re has alreadly b)een agred that Senators 0George, chairman, and Hate and l'roctor t shall institute an lnnqiry In the direction s, of cotton and othler fibrous products se n ta ,'effer, as chairman, anId Roach a shouild conduct thlat devoted to whleat and other cereals. Thlese two commit eteesi wilt make a peisonal Inspection of dthe territory in which these two great Sprodiucts, cotton and whlelt, are most .produced, and submit a report to the ir net esin which w'll indicate what ir lgisatio isnecessary, in thefir opinion, VOto remove the evils that are now claim led to exist,. _______ eFat,al Leap. 3d BInLMIN(IiiAM, AI:a., April lfi.-JTames at Linnehlan, a young jeweler from Boston, at dreame:J early this mornling thlat the at house was on tire, and jumped out of a ld three:story window. lie fell on the be pavement below and broke his back rs, and is now dying, lHe had been troubled is with somnambulism for some time. THE GOVERNOR RETURNS. - . A ,i Tells Pattleulars t,f his Trip North day and West arri COLUMBIA, S. C., April 15.-Gover- the r)r Tillin- i oturned yesterdav from his stri hiskey insteetton tour in the North ly d Ad W(,st. lie camn 'ram Iticlhimotid o ad was accompnied by Snator Irby, ed I ho rem'ined in Columbia last night, dial at will go on to Laurens this morning. M G'oveinor Tillman cime back with a mo ery severe cold but, ouf side of that he fra wei tid his trit) was a very pleasait n.e as well as prolltable. IIe tec ld Mr. Tri xler first visiked Thi1 ,ouiville, where they inspected n crrn whiskey distillery wiLl a capacity and 1 10 000 ga'lons a day. All tle whis- ous cy in this establishment is of' high 1011 roof, all the fusel oil beinw taken out of exc by menns ot charcoal. The next place the isited wai a bix distillerv in Cinciunati, d rith a capacity of 21,000 gallous a (lay, in C ;verv department was visited a,in( the the flicials were very courteous in furnish i! information. The next plat-e visited wsx- PitLsburg. ust above the cit y in the Monongahela .l ralley is an old f.ishioned rye whiskey Ii istil!ery, run by an old man wh h-9s 'i ecin mik mi whiskey for forty years. r whi~kevMr. t was thou-_ht that he should know far oinetiung about the business ani-I a visit Fas acordingly paid him. Severeal wel reweries were also visited in the differ nt cities. L-trge bottling works were Iso visited in Pittsburg in order to see y lie procesi and allow the proprietors rep nt opportunity of knwing what was ker ranted and tr mak3 bids. Several ( thu lass manufaetories were alao visited. aC Govirl-or Tillman siid that no c,)n- litn ract had been made, for samples had t.) Pri4 e first sent here and analyzed. A ome of these samples have already ar ived and others would follow and the a nalysis would be begun at once. Rt erring to the report in the Journal that le ley c'uld not make a contract because lo" lialers wouldn'L trust them, Governor to Nilinan said that that was untrue. The wa )tate would be able to get all the whiE- iltL :ey and beer f.hat was wanted w-thout Col .nv as-istance from a iy newspaper or - 11 onriefor ot one. lie said thit sincehis trip lie k-ew aore about whiskey and beer tWan he ad ever known before or expected to :now. lt,Merring to the meeting of the aouthern Governori in Richmond, he aid that it all depended upon the peo- WV ile whether it would result in any prac. ical bendlit. As far as lie was con ermed lie had derived great benefit from Br( is association with the Governors, as it ave him an opportunity of learning the I,i( ondition of the South and the various awa now enirced in this sec,ion. tegister. LaI AU Marked For laath. ATLANTA, April 15.- two weeks tzo yesterday Walter Layer, a lid of' F !lghteen, of Wadesworth, Ala., died at er a brief illness. The next day his rother Willie, a young nian of' twenty l ,wo died. Cl> se upon these deaths Johnnie and Itufus, two younger broth- Si, ars died, makInt four in ail, the onl y 3:)ts of Mrs. It. F, L,xyer, a wido-. lady. D Monday Aleck Wilhams, son-in-.law of Mrs. Liyer, and his wife died within an hlour's time of each other. Yesterday Mrs. Cornelia, Mr3. Layer's other mar [iedl dauightfer, was l*yingc very low, and gi ittle hlopes of her rec'>very ent.ertainedl. ( [l'e nuniber of deaths in the family were eveni, as Miss Emmaa, another daughter Lged seventeen, died last Thursdity. Phfe people are becoming so alarmed fiat it is almost impossible to get hell) uflicient to attend to the needs of the end and (lying. Dr. RI. L. Hucdleston f1 Wade sworth iias been the attending ihysician, and has had associated with - iml otheor p)hysicians of skill and intelL ence, but they all are powerless to stay lie progress of' death when once this ha al imalady seizes its victim. 'r.>O Late. CoLUMur A, S. C., A pril 15.-Colum bi ~ot an1 unexpected set, back today Iin he matter of the location of the fe. nale induistrIal college when the gov rnlor nlotilledl the committee that the ity's bid is too late. In his letter lie ays: "Whether right or wrong in (,ir onstrnction of the law, and our dlnty inder it, the board of trustees lof tne Ninthrop Normal and Industrial cal. ege have already decided and announc 'd that, we could not and would not N eceive any additional or supplemien tary )ids for the location of the Institution. iVe will examine the ad vantages of the tree towns which have filed bids in Iccorda:nce' with ouir notice next week mdt will loc:ste the school at orne' of t he >laces. I regret that the city of Co- s umbiai delayed action until too late for 210 1er to enter the race, but I feel that he board is precluded both ini law and pa n morale from entertatfining any addi- (lx lonal bids from any s'iirce." Thei committee has asked for a hear ng b)ef ore the whole hoard of trustees. re 'his ruling will, of course, apply to an North Augusta anid Charleston also. 3reenville News. CoI Bravely S Oid. CmmAar,sTroN, 8. C., April 20. l'here was one very interesting feature W ibout the offering of the rewaird for BI ,he mian who comm?fittend1 a horrible BA rime iiear 19enmark which the corres- GJ )ondhents faileud to nio!e. The people 9 vere naturally very much wrought up ~ >ver the affair, andl determinedl to let E: 10thiing prevent thlem from catchling the sti guilty earty. Senat,or Mayfield, of liarniwell, telegraphed to Governor Br l'illman, asking him to offer a reward of 9 b250 for his arrest. Th'le Governor wire' >ack that he would (10 s0 providled the 'I' 4enrstor wouild uarantee there would be5 If: o flynching in case the field was caught. Em MIr. Mayflei1d qjuickly answered that the IU nen of Barn well were (determinedl to prote'ct 1her womnil, andi would guarantee 1otinmg of the kind. NotwithstandIng his the Governor off'ered1 the amount l) usked, which, added to the $250 ofleredl >y the p)eop)le of Barnwell, made the Bi ewaredl $500.-News and Courier. & 8treet Fight. MIMrris, TENN, April 17.-An old feud between two families culminated n a diesperate and bloody street lIght in Norths Memphis late yesterday after rioon. Some time ago William Wilson / loped with a handsome young woman &. named Ella Benson, sister of Forest ) lBenson. TIhe brother opposed the match, and recently began hiarassinig Wilson by having him arrested on trivi il, trumped up charges. A few days ago Benson swore omit a warrant chiarg-1 ng Wilson with attemptea murder.11 John Lewis, Edward Lawrence and . A, Miller. all rel ittives of Benson were :leputized to serve the writ. When they met Wilson yesterday arternoon he re fused Ito recognize the warrant, claiming that the charges were untrue. A run ning fiIght ensued and when the smoake Dleared away Wilson was foundl to be mortally wounded. is assailants were aresnted., Urged by the Wonen. NTWERP, April ip.-Trhe etriKers to set on fire 400 balit s of cotton on the I du Ithin, and when the gendArimes ved, the inen were biisy spreading lire, while the firemen were lighting Trhero c:i be io qiwston tuat tihe ke at Ant.wPrp wilt have a decidod epressing elYtet tipon the coinmeroe lie port. I'he most serious distirb). e that has occurred today is report rom Bourgerhout, a viilage a short aice fron Antwerp. Many CM11e kers are employed in the vill.ige and iajority of' them have jainert the veinent in favor of universal itf ge. Those who remAined at work e attacked by I he strikers tod!y, the troops were called tip ) to pro the workers and restore order. re was no moral force in their ap rance and they resrtel to a bayo charge. Four strikers were killed fifteen receivwd more or less sert bayonet. thrusts. It is certain that le of the wounded will die. Great itement prevails in the villaite, and strikers threaten vengeance for the th of their comrades. hIere, as in 1y parts of the country, the men are Lu,er instances spurred on to riot by women. Two 11loys and Two ilris. L,1ME1tviLLE, N. J , April 1I.-Mrs n Burler, of Beaver Brook, neEr irstown, N. J., gave birth to four dren 1ist Thursday morning. Two lie babies are boys and two girls. ;. Bunder is a wile of a young ner, and is but. sixtven years of age. h motli-r and children are doing l. ihere to buy l'iano. and Or".c%us resentingq the world's grrut,eiL i s. Stein way & Sons l'inn(s. Mt shek Pianos, Mason & llani I i 's, Sterui I'anos, M;ison ;nd i1aua Organs, Sterling. Org-tiis. Lowest es always. Kasiest t.rms posible. freight paid. Complete outtit. free. 'e years gruarainee. One price to d nare dealmn-, touey save-i. Ve rio iot, ask tng prices as lany ners do, aind then come do wn. Our tto' One price to all and that. the ,est. We ship on lift(en day;i' trial my depo and p.y freikh% boirh ys it' not satisfactory. Write for strated c,taloie. N. W. '.-imp, nmbia. S. C. * IACIRINERY. Invite the Attvntioi of Buyers to the Following SPECALTIES: wer Brick Machline3 and Supplies. dell Compaiiy's Boss Pressei, Saw Mills, Enines, Boilers, &e le Manufacturing Company's Saw Mills, and Shingle Machines. *qflhar Agricuituiral'I Eng"inles an,d Threshers. 'oluotive and Return Tubular oillers if ting, Belting, Pulleys, &t. erinig Reapers, Biinders and lowe1. -0 t1CES AS LOW UPON M AClhINERtY )lF EQUAL QUJALITrY, AS CAN liE IIAD IN AMERICA. W H. GIBBES, JR., & CD,, COLUMBIA, S. C. - I'."S- P'LEASANTl T1O 11EA Ti'~l'IE SAT18FlACTION WIITAB EF POllcES CoLUM nIA, S. C., March 291, 1803;. r. W. J. ROnnEY, Manager, Ealultable Life Assur. So'y, U. S., Rock lill, S. C. )EAII Sr ii: I have to acknrowledige of you tiemenit of' the T1onitine Policy No. ,296 for $2,500 hel by mec in youar Comn lay, the Tontinje d ividlendl perio:t having )ired. I was perfectly satisfied with the tiemnent, havIng taken the fuill cash srir der value for It, amounting to $614, I I ami muchl oblIged to you foir your irte'sy aind p)rcmnptness in the matter. Yorurs truly. WMr.11. LyYLES. 30D) WVOIKJ NG MiACIJ INERIY. hICK AN]) IfE LRRIEEL STAVE" NNING ''" lAIN TIIRESHIING" CfE IULLING (SINES AND) BOILERS. ute Agency for TIalbott & Sons' E igine's andf BoIlers, Saw andt Grist Mill. ewer's BrIck MachInery. )Uble Screw Cotton Presses. aomas' Di)rect ActIng Steam Prescises, No Belts. omas' Seed Cotton Elevators il and Luimmrus' GIns. gleber'g Rico HIullers. B. Smith Co's Wood-Wor'. ing M acini ery, Planers, Band Sa'.vs, Morilde s. Mortiseis, TIenoner.s-:-comi prising eto~ - Plti etecIpment for Sash, IDoor, anal Vragon FactorIes. Loach'e's P'lantationi Sawv M Ills, v'a Ia ble0 feed. Itlng, Fittings and Machinery SupplIes. WrIte me for prIces. V. C. BADIIA M, Manager, COILUMM 1A, S. C. P t PPMA BRS,Poreos maae ..ra ara,awamna 'A' 44 Padgett Pays the Freight! A large illustrated Citailogue show ing handreds of lesign o r leurit.iure. Stoves and Baby Carriages will be inailed free, if you Inent-.iol thie paper. I will sel you ru IN uri tits, etc., just as cheap as you Can buy them In largo oities, aned pti,y the freigh.to your depot. Here ire a few main )les: A No. 7 flat top Cooki ng Stov o with 20 oooking uttin4il8, toliverti to any depot, for $12 00. A 4-hole Cooking Range with 20 cooking utensils, delivered to any depot, for $1800. A large line of Stovea in pro por ion. "peotal agent for Charter Oak Stoves. A nice Parlor Sull., upholstered in good lush, fashionable colors, tie ,vedanywhere for $30.00. A large line of Parlor ttilt* to seleet frorn. A Bedroom utlt, large glass, bi bedstead, enclosed washlItantI, ful suit 9 pleoes; chairs have ,anie seats, delivered anywhore for $2' 00. Other Maita both cheaper an4 more ex"ealve. 2yds. of yd.-wide Carpet for $7 50. 1 palr Nottinghaam LAes CUrtain P hIoa"na, 2hooks, 10 pins, at A O " WIMW as, '* ..* rt 'e.- 6ftwe tor f0 eenta. No trelght paid an Hhades and Our toins nless ordered in oomseet with other goods. Send ftr Ustalogue.OAddreas L-. 7. PAJDa3tTr 8M Broad Street, Augusta, DU5 ALL 5KI.N AN D 't 11 1% t i . r V. urso al G~'.'d.ku- 3 ~i a. , e.- i,i xrjx oi. 1a0. Mcerz thrt have roti, i Ail rstmrent, C tsrrh, CURES 0 Q - I :4:a atb erh o e loo fi RA RIA 3- rprietors, )r a Trip to thne WVortd' Fair Free. T. X. L. TH'lE EXUELIsOl INIMENTv, 'he~ ireat pal q alleviator, isl strly pu re anid freeO ftrom (ia)tes~ of all l'indt(s, but reliees pint ini all its formsi whent properly applied. Full dircc tions andm guiess card ott a Fre(e Trip to thet W~orld's FaIr tt ith eacIh bot tie, for 25 Cents. Sold by druggists everywh Iere. Six bott es with sIx gue'ses by expr-ess orl1. Ptepar'ed b)y TI. X. 1L. COMPANY, '30 Minm Strt, Cotilumbia, S. (. TIE M %!UIRAY Di'OG COM PANY, Wholesatle A gent, Cohunbir,j S. C. Fu tll patle:tlarsi sentI by mfit 'i for two TO SUT 10 .N T, AMRARD & 00O Augastas tM Sthe firstyear to reducepre ~jTTrTA tmis or increas VIF. . JIL insurance. Great Jl . L&ND, Gen'I Agat 46th YEAR Cmia