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I TITE TVEEKLY LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., OCTOBER 31, 1895. HEAVEN LOOKING ON. | 'TEXT or on. t MON AT .l.L'AC L’S Finr- 1 Til' CAPITAL God’s armory. Tin’ sword of flio Ppirit. With that thou muyest drivo him hack AD(1 couquev! But \. hy.spec fy when overy man rml wnu:; :i has a l.tn to tiv’it? K tiuio i f • » Tiornhlo Ur. S'^ihIpt- ::f V/!*tiv».m'S In the IVht'io ICvi-ry Ct-.rUllan Arms. m sympa- wo a iso great u HU Trib-le tol’i lnn<1 —A fin-.it ( Anselic Gaiter Flghtn IIU Linn In the W AAiTTh'GTON, Oot. 27.—Those who know that no clir’th in this or foreign- eonntries has hern ablo to hold tho au diencos that havo assembled when it waa announced that Dr. Talmage would preach will not bo finrprised that vast mnltitndcs attempted in vain to hear hie first sermon as pastor in Washington. The subject of his opening sermon at the national capital was, “All Heaven Looking On," the text selected being tho famous passage front Hebrews xii, 1, “Seeing we also are campus-cd about with so great n cloud of witiuv -es. ” In thi.-i my opening sermon n tho na tional capital I give yon hearth” t Chris tian calmation. I bethink myself of the privilege of standing in this historic church, to long presided over by one of the most remarkable men of tho cen tury. There nro p!< nty of good ministers beside Dr. .Sunderland, but I do not know of any man except himself with enough brain to havo stood successfully and triumphantly -13 years in this oou- ■picucus pulpit. Long distant be tho year when that gosp 1 chieftain shall put down tho silver trumpet with which be has marshaled the hosts of Is-ael or ftheathc tho sword with which he has •truck such m'ghty blows for God and righteousness. I come to you with tho same gospel that ho has preached and to join 3*ov. in ail kinds of work for mak ing tho world hotter, ai d I 1m no to see yon all in your own In nics ni i have yon all come m l sea mo, hut don't all como at once. And without any preliminary disccursec as to w hat I propose to do I begin lo re and now to cheer 3*1 u with the thought that all he:iv‘ n theticaliy locking t n. “^•'oin* are eompu.'- d about wit.i so cloud of wi-nesses. ’’ At the Air.phithc~.tfT. Crorsujg iho Air:-: by li e Mont Cents pass, or linuugh tho Mcnt Cents tunnel, you are in a few hours set down at Verona. Italy, and iu a few m antes begin ernminiug one of tho grandest ruins oi the world—tin; uni] h theater. The whole building sweeps ar iuml yon in a ci’cle. You stand iu the arena where t' o con 1 t was once fought or tho race inn, etui on all sides the seats rise tier above tier until 3*011 count 40 elevations or galleries—us I s-h. 11 see fit to call them—in which sat the senators, the kings and tho 85,000esc ted specta tors. At the sides of the arena and un der the galleries are the cages in which the lions and tigers are kept without food until, frenzied with hunger and thirst, they are let out upon some poor victim, who, with his sword and alone, is condemned to meet them. I think that Paul himself once stood in such a place, and that it was not only figura tively, bnt literally, that he had “fought with hearts at Ephesus. “ The gala day has come. From all tho world the people are pouring into Verona. Men, women r.ud elTildren, orators ami reunion;, great men smd small, then, amis np;>u thousands come, until the first gallery is full, and the second, tho third, the fourth, tho fifth— all the way up to the twentieth, all the way up to tho thirtieth, till the way up to i'.-.r f ly-'-y tdfiee is filled. | Immensity cf audience sweeping (he great circle. Silence! The time for tho contest 1ms come. A Reman official leads forth the victim into the arena, i Let him get his sword, with liiin grip, into his right hand. The 25,000 sit breathlessly watching. I hear the door at the side of the arena creak open. Out plunges the half starved lion, his tongue athirst for blood, and with a roar that brings all the galleries to their feet he rushes against the sword of tho combat ant. Do yon know how sirong a stroke a man will strike when his life depends upon the first thrust of his blade? Tho wild beast, lame and bleeding, slinks hack toward tho side cf tho arena. Then, rallying his wasting strength, ho comes up with fiercer eye and more ter rible roar than ever, only to be driven back with a fatal wound, whi’e the • combatant comes In with stroke after stroke, until the monster is dead at hia feet,and tho 25,1)00 people clap their bauds and utter a shout that makes the city tremble. A Lion to fight. Sometimes the audience came to see a race, sometimes to m o gladiators fight each other, until tho people, eompas- niouato for the fallen, turned their thumbs up as an appeal that the van quished he spared, and sometimes the combat was with wild beasts. To an nmphitheatrical audience Paul refers when ho says, “Wo are compassed about with so great a cloud of wit nesses. ’ ’ The fact is, that every Christian man has a lion to fight. Yours is u bad tem per. Tho gates of tho arena have been opened, and this tig r has come out to destroy your sonl. It has lacerated yon with many a wound. You have been thrown by it time mid again, hut iu the strength of God you havo arisen to drive it back. I verily believe you will con quer. I think that tho temptation is getting v.eater and weaker. You have given it so many wounds that tho pros pect is that ii will die, and you shall be victor, through Christ. Courage, broth er! Do not let tiie sands of the arena drink the blood of your soul! Your lion is the pai-siou for strong drink. Yon may have contended against it 20 years, but it is strong of body and thirsty of tongue. You have tried to fight it hack wi h broken hot tie or empty wine fla-k. Nay, that is not th** weapon ! With oho horrible roar he w ill sc 7,0 thee by the throat and n ml thee limb front hiub. Take this w< ipon, sharp and ken—rtooh up and get it from one here him spn If you hi cause vo w ho h as no bisetfi k out, foi him have .vo not fo’,; ; ,Iit tho l'l a have let the lion ig about lions. Paul fought with beasts at Ephcfus. The Api>1ruf.o of tt:o Prophet*. In the ancient am] Loti cater the poo- itp or! ri 1 p' oited t] ;,! to- ’ ilerica to the They are keeping places for us. After we have slain tin k';"; to f ail ns, s. This vt ry moment ti c oi mr t goes on. Tho Trajan celebration, where 10,000 gladiators fought and 11,000 w ild boasts were slain, wits not sotniifica struggle as that which at this moment goes on iu many a soul. That combat was for the life of the body; this is for the life of tho soul. That was with wild Leasts from the jungle; this is with tho roar ing lion of hell. Men think, when they contend against an evil habit, that ’hey have to fight it nil alone. No! They stand in the center of an immense circle of sympathy. Paul had been reciting tho names of Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, I.-aac, Joseph, Gideon and Barak and then Says, “Being compa t d about with m- great a cloud (if witnesses.” A Cloud of VVltnrFse*. Before 1 get through I will r’mw you that you fight in an arena around w hich pie get r.o e: from tho p: aicua: "A it “One more . *v< 1 back!’' “E pre aid sin ■11 in t : T e t: H; j < vw*n e!” “Look out!” a!” t > in that nsfolic, they Daniel crus “T..v < iod will deliver thee from »i:r* **r. ttzza! Ihr/.v g lleiy, prophetic and cannot keep their puce out, aren and ; 01 1 < u t ipt right hand io cl.. ; hr ink hi king, v bill rii:a ug dov. u Bom lion they expect the ng, “Come up high- la d stnr gins in the .cut fir::. 11!} brow r;e. reach.i g up my 1 tk- its iu i.ip arcus • their voices como the gallfly, eying, Scrofula, Sak ' tin R. S. LIPSCOMB, 'l- 11 circle, in gailer.es above each other, the kindling eyes and all the syrrpa- thclio hearts of the age. , and at eve: y victory gained there comes down lie thundering npplae.etf a great multi tude that no man can number. “Bei: g compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses. ” On the first elevation of tho ane’ent nmphiibeater, on the day of a celebra tion, sat Tiberius, or Aupustr. : , or tl 0 reigning king. Lo in the gnat airna of spectators that watch our stru; gl and in the lim divine gallery, as 1 sh .ll c. 1 it, sit : (jur king, one Jc-us. On 1: 1.: ;. i are usury crowns! T!:n ihman 1 rip : r g- * his place by cold ’..bunded co::<:i’.c. - , but Oiir kin hath come to Isis pkiae Ly tins laoken lausds healed, and the tr:."- W’prd uv>ay, and the souls ttd (laid Tl.o R. ii.an empen.r sat, ; ih fob'- 1 arms, uiditTou'Mt us to whetlar t. • swordsman or the Ion bo:.’, but < king’s syi. pa. hi( s arc all with ns. 1* unheard of e ndc (t u. i- from the g t e an' d iv n au ra t(; he until all v heard: “Ft will .itrengt Cif my ],ow er : ■ Tl’f y gave to the men in t’-o arena, in t!io (,bh n lime, fond to thicken th-’ir bit • d. so tin 1 it v.t aid fe w tdowly, nr- 1 that for a i agtr time the j.c pie 11.': gloat ov! r the scene But our king h no pirn: arr in our wounds, for we arc blood Tj t . into ■ us in the fight, tb utiug, i and down lbs voice i- m t I w ill he Ip thee! 1 a n thee by tho right hand ti e mouth tf tic lions!” David ex claims, “He will not sufi’er thy foot to bo moved!” Isaiah calls cut: “Fear not! I am with tl.eo! Bo not dis mayed!” Paul exclaims, “Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!” That throng of prophets and apostles cannot keep still. They make the welkin ring with shouting and halleluiahs. I look again and I see the gallery of tho martyrs. Who is that? " T ngh Lati mer, sure enough! He would not apolo gize for th- tiuth preached, and so ho died, the night before swinging from the bed po: t inn Heet g he a! Tie I In dit of emancipation. Who aie ti at aim, of G.OOti? They* are tbo r l bebau hg *’ who died for tic failh. Ib re is a hug c host in magnificent array—' ‘ 1 000— v ho pcrisln d forChiist i:i the pt rsten- t > us < f I’m cb ti: n. N ' m’« r is a family gioup—I < bcitj.s t f Borne n:d ht relbl- c! t u. While tiny ware dying for t!i ) f...ih she stt od diconnig ng tla in. On s<n was whi’ptil totitaih by thorns, am 'her was Ih.ng from a tot k, rnotln r v : la lieadt (1. At la tile motlarle- caine a imir;yr. There liny : 1 ■, ii g< ;h- e: —a family grt up 111 in John Brack id, v, • o “ V, o sball ha >0 a n.e t! e Lord ti n glit. ” V • os, w ho t .a hi mod i 1: i ti 1 lit. (is, 1 ;h y s 1 :' i i r Christ. ” Tiie p. - | 1: i;(yr.s! f J lit y had d> v, n t!k ir 1 hn .its. In ; to the r hand:; and olin f 't, cud t!:::>- tin y \ ( T. ty had ill r tongi • it .ih t piu mm; ti.i y ■ the sk ns ot a:: nials the di gs; ti y weir «! bm,;ibies and s-t on 1 tyrs’ sokes <1 could be a-; at t ould make tin over bright s;s t e.t yombT in tl ihon b.nbful unto death, and you have a crown!” CcnqinToi'* Ttirougli Christ. But here I pan. e, overwhelmed with the majesty and the joy of the scene! Gab', ly of the king! Gallery of angels! Galiciy of propla is and apostles! Gal lery t f martyrs! Gallery of saints! Gal- leiy cf friends and kindred! Oil, majes tic circles ot light and love! Throngs! Throngs! Thiongs! How shall we stand the gaze of tho universe? Myriads of eves beaming on us! Mvriadsof hearts beating in sympathy for us! shall we ever dare to tin aga nr shall v e ever 1 ccome (liscourag II .w si. .11 v.ecver f((d lorn lx* With God for ua. and aimois t r prophets and apostles i >r us, i. grc..t m uIs ■ t ti e ages for u ;. a glorified kindred im* r -’, sbml ’ up the i: i*t i (1 <bc? No, ; < .1 < who (i(..i ( i •! isave us! No, ye win - x. in,":i me ; pre. d f th to u '. No, ye pr-i he is a. d r.p;.: i.ls wa: u !!; ; it. r. io us. No, ye 1 a > wlioso ; 1 ”:s me cuvtvetrl ( d uj. No, v.( wTI never 1. V t f !:t ti' ] 1 Hoxv How 1 a ga n? again? ml Ar.d Ail Cthcr deed ais '* * •» sw They f.Tr.y Co c ’ - G, caking simply fr-m xr ” " ’T* p” arilla hai do. e, uj-on! * :m, but in thousand!of cases, • 1/ 317 thit iu is tint bei. re-nv t *.“-** cr. ••*3 of tho UooU, w uatc.-er '.he cs .se. ; • its peculiar (Jo ubiuation, f .v i.or- ti.. 1 and Process, ix ioi-iC*.cs por.tiva medicinal merL Peca’ a’ Lo Itself. It hai cared the niu-t virulent ea m ofScrofala and Sj.lt r.'neum, «ve:i whsa t.'l other prescrip’Ion j and m-dluinta L:'.**o f&i! 1 to do t a / good. Iboml poisouin », fr n,: uhefever mrl- (/fit, yH-’.i toi spov.ci iul cb.r *, purl- L i"3, vit ■ J" t-i. I c, c; ! 1. r ^ 11 u« ? an.i Real Estate I jt, iaCI cMil .lizin^ effect uno-. ;bl ui. II o ru:t_-r j ar.icuU'-s. ■ 10 ua R-. mb sr tbal -•-■.or r • «t : > « * M ndise Broker And Dealer ia The Celebrated No. f Wcheler & Wilson Sewing HachinM. . "( s ami attachments for ail *• .! mak’-.' if iii.ndiiiicf. ■'> L ii \ !ori( x’ -tore. t- Sr vicm -r 1 :U rugn— 1 \( n ! Y«1( (1 iu the 1 !•! :.!1 •ir r. ;] ri 0, to a (<1 me, lie: ll cf hiS 1. M beno of hi of his blood. In nil tlio rrortrh cf err hosrt, Tht‘ Man of Sorrow.i Loro a 1 irt. Once, in tho ancient aniphilhcntcr, a lion xx 1;h one jaw enugiit tbo combat- nut’s sword, and wiili hm otlur paw caught his shield. Tho man took his knife from hia girdlo and slrxv the bea. b The king, sitting in tho gallery, said: “That was not fair. Tho lien must bo slain by a sword.” Other lions were turned out, and tho poor victim fell. You cry. "fchume, eIuuuo !” at finch meanness But tho king, in this case, is our brother, and he will tco that wo have fair play. Ho will forbid the nu king out of mure lions titan we can meet. He will not suffer us to he tempicd above that wo are able. Thank God! Th I: ng is in th-gallery! His eye': arc onus. His In ail is xvith us. Hia hand will deliver us. “Tib red are p.B they who put their {tt: t in him The Auer lie Cx.ii -ry. I look ag*ain, and I eco tho gallery*. There they are—'.ho angel that sxvung the sword at tho gate of Eden, tho same that Ezekiel Fax? upholding tho throne of Gud, and from which I look away, for the splendor is insuffer able. Here are tho guardian angels. That one watched a patriarch; this one -.a i” angelic I 1 p in n ik ox n t 1 tl w all ci m- all the 1: a have bran Inuok 1 is, tiny ) iiun gilt ail t!:c x.c. I r nday! And noxv th> y mariyrs’ gallery. F( r t. em the fires of pcrsccutiun have g : -• oat. The swords are Eh-ath(d and t - mob hushed. Noxv tlr y x atcli t:s x na ; 'i nil ol'sCfV’itg Fympatl y. Thty 1 m xv ail tho pain, sili the hardship, all ti 0 anguish, ail tho injustice, ail the pri\ - t - n. They cannot keep st.Jl. They ( : “Courage! The fire will not consume Tiie 11 >odscannot drown. The lions can not devour! Courage, down thora i.i tho arena!” All Asrr-o In neaven. What, arc they all looking? This night wo answer back thcsalutation they give and ciy, “Hail, eons and daughters < f tho fire!” I look again, and I rec another pal lery, that of eminent Christians. What ttrikes 1110 strangely is the mixing u companionship of those who on earth could not agree. There I see Mart 11 Lather, and beside h m a Roman Cath olic who locked beyond the supersti tions of his church and is saved. Tin .0 is Albert Barnes and mound him the ptv.-bytery which tried him for hetero doxy! Yonder is Lyman Beecher ami i the church court that denounced bin.! I fctranger than all, there arc John Calvin ! and James Armiuius! Who would havo 1 thought they would sit so lovingly to- ! pel her ? There are George Whitefield and : tho bishops who would not let him • come into their pulpits because the,* I thought him a fanatic. There are tho ; fixveet singers—Toplady, Montgomery, Charles Wesley, Isaac Watts and Mr:, j Sigourney. If heaven had had no music 1 before they went up, they would have ! started tho singing. And there the band j of missionaries—David Abed, talking r 1 1 w x. til ciy A . \ \ V k ’ A V Say \\kiK'V\' I WV \\W' ' V W:' S *<^N- -ur-rf T. r r » 1 ) / x r. t ' > * 1 i w jL » Could Not Sleec ni Prof. L. D. Edwards, of Preston, Idaho, says: “I was all run down, weak, nervous and irritable through overwork. I sullered from brain fa tigue. mental depression, cte. 1 be came so weak and nervous that I -(mid slecn. I would t: discouraged and blue. protected a child; that one lias been , „ , , , , , , , pulling a soul out of temptation! All ! o ; V hlDa re ‘ ll ; ei «cd’and John heudder T. . k . . ™.. I rt Ttulin (.fivcil Mini H.-ivid Rr:iinor.l of messengers these arc messengers of light. Those drove the Spaui -h iamada on tho rocks. This turned fccnuacherib’rt living hosts into a heap of 185,000 corpses. Those yonder chanted the Christmas carol over Bethlehem until the chant awoke the shepherds. These, at creation, stood in tlm balcony of heaven and serenaded tho newborn world wrapped in swaddling clothes of light. And there, holier and mightier than all, m .uichacl, the arch angel. To command an earthly host gives dignity, but this one is loader of the 20,000 chariots of God and of the ten thousand times ten thousand angels cf India saved, and David Braiuerd of the aborigines evangelized, and Mrs. Adoniram Jndson, whoso prayers for Burma took heaven by violence 1 All these Christians are looking into the arena. Our struggle is nothing to the rs. Do we, in Christ’s cause, sutler from tho cold? They walked Greenland’s icy mountains. Do \\c suffer from the heat? They sweltered in the tropics. Do wo get fatigue 1? They fainted, with none to care for them bnt cannibals. Are wo persecuted? They were anathematized. And as they look from their gallery and soe us falter in the presence of the lions 1 began taking Dr. Miles’ Nervine and now everything is changed. I sleep soundly, 1 feel blight, active and ambitious. 1 can do more in one day now than lused todo in a week. For t his great good I give Dr. Miles’ Restorative Nervine the sole credit. It Cures.” Dr. :::: <•>' Norvirux is Mold on iiositivo pnar-ui'.i «> that 1lirs:. ])<:: it:’ xviil bonotit. All'.!. . rtatts:: I itat $1 I.G buttle.; f :'.r *.>, or it viii 1 ■■ ■ "it. '.ii r.aid. on le.'eip!, uf ir ! ■-:> by tuo ]•': Liiitj Mauic; it Co., i:il.'l, art, Ir.d. A SBFiMing Fispla I think God gives comn and to the arch- 1 f SCf,ul t° bear Isaac Watts addressing us angel, and the archangel to the sera phim, and the seraphim to tho cherubim, until all tho lower orders of heaven hear the command and go forth on tho high behest. Noxv bring on your lions! Who can fear? All the spectators in tho angelic gallery are our friends. “Ho shall give Ins angels charge over thee to keep thee iu all thy ways. They shall bear thee up iu their bands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Thou shall tread upon the lion and adder; the young bon and tho dragon t-halt thou trample under foot.” Though tho arena bo crowded with temptations, we shall, with the angelic help, strike them down iu the name of our God and leap.on their fallen car casses 1 Oh, bending throng of bright, angelic faces and sw ift wings and light ning foot, 1 hail you today from the dust and struggle of the arena! 1 look again, ignl I see the gallery of ‘the prophets and apostles. Who are those mighty ones up }*ouuer? Hosea and Jeremiah and Daniel and Isaiah and Paul and Peter and John and James. There sits: Noah, waiting for all the world to como into tho ark, and Moses, waiting till the lust Red e a shall di vide, and Jeremiah, waiting for tin Jews to return, and John of the Apoc slypso, waiting fur iho swearing of tin angel that time shall ho no longei Glorious spirits! Ye were howled at ; y> were sti.ned ; ye were sp t u, on ' 'l hey have hi cn in 1I10 ti lit themselves, and key uro all with us. Daniel knows uli iu his old hymn, only a little changed: Must you be curried to the skies On fioxvery beds of ease, While others fought to win th" prize, Or sailed through bloody sous? Toplady shouts iu his old hymn: Your harps, ye trembling saints, Down from the willows t .ko. Loud to the praise of love divine, Bid overy string awake. While Charles Wesley, tho Methodist, breaks forth in his favorite words, a lit* tlo varied: A charge to keep you have, A Cod to glorify, A never dying soul to save, And lit t; for the sky I I look again, and I see the gallery of enr departed. Many of those in iho oth er galleries wo Lave beard of, but these we knew. Ch, how familiar their faces! They sat at our tables, and we walked to the house of God in company. Have they rorgotteu us? Those fathers and mothers stiu*ed us on the road of life. Are they careless as to what becomes of us? And tho:,o children, do they look on with stood indifference as to wheth er wo win or lose this battle for eter nity? Nay; I see that child running his baud over your brow and saying: “Fa ther, do nut fret.” “Mutlnr, do not worry.” They remembir tho day they left ns. They ren ( tuber tho agony of the last farewell. Though years in heav en, they know our f.;c(.s. They remem ber our sorrows. They speak our names. They watch this tight for heaven. Nay; I Bee them r.so up and lean over and Wave before us their rniignition and tucourugemcLL 1 hat gallery is not full. .v J {of » pv\ V ir 1 3 ivat ia to h e .•■ from a wise in- t- ') proof Corn it o f 4-ahous 1 " ON, (■ C r 41X0 J >*; * k'-'Jli:., 7/ MseemsBts Oa Stives, Heaters, Raa^s, Grates, Etc., and bm now 03 exhiWtio:! the largest and most varied liu ever carrle 1 by any hoiiso i 1 the State, ranging tier some twenty-five different prices, and we will be glad to have you see them before yon bay. ARE just in receipt of letters from several fonadries ad vancing prices cans! ierably, so we think yon mid di well to bnj before o:ir present stock is exhansted. Cut Prices ! C I I u I VA. * V V/ .J v ; v k ! s*!! tu anyoM iiii-. t’hild** 40* i" .ti ll up. C«f- .? • 1; I I ul)C( co a? i O-. Monasito Ii mi per t tiari any tM'lif’n Mhlrta in tos a.