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5 OVINFIDELJT DR. TALMAGE DI3COUR8E8 ON THE PREVALENT SIM. 16 Ja UeU?s* for a Man to Hull* v> Ood Than tho Kntlr? Human Jta<?~What 1 ' 4Hm Think o( Iii? lllble-Argu- | tuont* A*?in*t Vhlm IMugue. New Yoke, April 5.?Continuing his course of sermons on "ThcTni Pla gues oftlio Cities," Key. Dr. Talmago to-day took for his subject "The Plague of Infidelity." The discourse was daliv ered to large aud appreciative pudlences at the Brooklyn Academy ot Music in the forouoon and the Now York Acade my of Mucslc in the evening, The text ras Kornau? dl,: 4: "Let God be true, ) every man a liar." Chat Is if God says ono thing and the >le human race says tho opposite, Paul would accept tho divine voracity. Tint thero are many in our time who have dared arraign the Almighty for falsehood. Infidelity is not only a plaguo, but it is the mother of pla gues. It seems irotn what we hoar on all sides, that the Christian religion is a huge blunder, that tho Mosaic account of tho creation is an absurdity largo enough to throw all nations into rollick ing guffaw; that Adam and Eye never existed; that tho ancient flood and Noah's Ark wcro impossibilities, that there never was a miracle; that tho Biblo is tho friend of cruelty, of murder, of polygamy, of all forms of baso crime; that the Christian roligion U woman's tyrant and man's stultification; that tho Biblo from lid to lid is a fablo, a cruolty, a humbug, a sham, a lie; that tho mar tyrs who died for Its truth were misera ble dupes; that tho Church of Jesus Christ Is proporly gazetted as a fool; that when Thomas Carlyle, tho scoptic, said, "Tho Biblo is a noblo book," he was dropping into imbecility; that who'i Thoodoro Parker declared iu Music Hall, Boston, "Never a boy or girl iu all Christendom but was prolittcd by that great book,"ho was becoming very weak minded; that it Is something to bring a blush to tho cheek of every patriot, that John Adam9, tho father of Ameri can independence, declared, "Tho Biblo is tho best hook in all tho world;" and that lion-hearted Andrew Jackson turned Into a snivelling coward whon ho ?aid, "That book, sir, is'tho rock on which our republic rests;" aud that Danlol Webster abdicated tho throne of his intellectual power aud reslgnod his logic, and from being tho great oxpoun dor of tho Constitution and tho great lawyer of his ago, turned into an idiot, when ho said, "My heart assures aud re assures mo that tho Giospol of Josus ChriBt must bo a divine reality. From , the tlmo that at my mother's feet, or on my father's knee, I first learned to lisp verses troin tho sacred writings, they have been my daily study aud vlgliant contemplation, and If thero is anything in my style or thought to bo commended, tho credit Is duo to* my kind parents In instilling into my mind an early lovo Oi tho Scriptures;" and that Wtlllam II. Seward, tho diplomatist of tho century, only showed his puerility when he de clared, "The wholohopo of human prog-1 ress Is suspended ot. tho evergrowing infiuences of tho Bible;" and that It is wisest for us to take that book from tho throno in the affections of ulcoun ted mulitudes, aud put it under our foot to bo trampled upon by hatred aud hiss ing contempl; and that your old farther was hoodwinked, and cajoled, and chca ed, aud bo fooled, whon ho leaned on this as a stall' after his hair grow gray, and his hands woro tremulous, and his slop shortened as he came up to tho verge of the grave; and that your mother Bat with a pack .of lies on her lap whllo reading of tho better country, and ot tho ondlng of all her aches aud pains, and re union not only with those of you who stood around her, but with tho children she . had buried with infinite hoartache, ?o that she could re id no more until she took off her spectacles, aud.wiped from them tho heavy mist of many tears. Alas! that for forty and fifty years they should have walked under this delusion and had It under tholr pillow when they lay a dying in tho back room, and asked that somo words from tho old book might bo cut ""upon the tombstone under the i shadow of the old country meeting houso whero they, slcop to-day waiting for a resurrection that will nover come. This book, having deceived thorn, and having deceived the mighty intellects of tho past, must not bo allowed t.o deceive our larg er, mightier, vaster, more stupendous in tellects. And so out with tho book from tho court-room whero it is used in tho solemnization of testimony. Cut with it from under tho foundation ot church and asylum. Out with it irom the domestic circle. Gather together all the Bibles?tho children's Bibles, the family Bibles, thoso nowly bound, aud thoso with lid nearly worn out and pa !;es almost obliterated by the fingers ong age turned to dust?bring them all togother, and let us mako a bonfire of them, and oy It warm our cold criticism, and after that turn undor with tho poloughshare of public Indignation tho polluted ashos of that loathsome, ad ulterous, obscene, cruel and deatliful book which is so antagonistic to man's liberty, and woman's honor, and tho world's happiness. Now that Is the substance of what infidelity proposes and declares, and tho attack on tho Bible is accompanied by great jocosity, and there is hardly any subject about which moro mirth is kindled than about tho Biblo. I liko fun; no man was ever built with a keener appreciation of it. Thero is hcnltli In laughter instoad of harm?physcial health, mental health, moral health, spiritual health,?provided you laugh at tho right thing. Tho morning is jo cund. Tho Indian with its own mist baptizes tho cataract Mlnnehaha, or laughing water. You have not kept Jfour eyes open, or your ear alert, if you mve not seen tho sea smilo, or hoard tho forests clap thoir hands, or tho orchards in blossom-week ogico with re dolence. . But there is a laughter which ?? is deathful, there is a laughter which has t*io rebound of despair. II is not I healthy to giggle about Cod, or chucklo about eternity, or smirk about the tilings of the immortal soul. You know what caused the accident years ago on tho Hudson Ilivcr railroad. It was an in toxicated man who lor a joko pulled the string of tho alrbrako and stopped tho train, at the most dongcrous point of tho journey. But tho lighting train, not] knowing thero was any im pediment in ?Jie way, came down, crushing rait of 1 the mangled victims the immortal souls that went speeding instantly to God and judgment. It was only a joke. Ho thought it would be such fun to stop the train. Ho stopped itl And so Infidelity is chiefly anxious to stop tho long train of tho Bible, and the long train of tho churches, and the long train of Christian influences, while coming down upon us are death, judment, and eternity, coming a thousand miles a minute, coming with more force than all tho avalanches that ever slipped from the Alps, coming with moro strength than all the lightning express trains that ever whistled, or shrieked, or thundered acroos the continent. Now, In this sentiment of Infidel : i I cans-ot jO'U, and 1 propone, to ons whv I cannot First. I canuot Ixj nn in t ide 1 bccauso 1 infidelity has no good substitute for the [ consolation it proposes to take away. | You kuow there are millions ol' people ( who get their chief consolation front tnls I hook. What would you think of n cru sade of this sort? Suppose a man should I resolve that he would orgauize a con sniracy to destroy all tho medicines from all tho apothecaries and from all the hos pitals ol the . arth. Tho work is done. I Tho medicines arc taken and they are thrown into tho river, or tho lake, or the I sea. A patient wakes up at midnight in a paroxysm of distress, and wants an anodyne. "Oh," says the uurso, "the anodynes are all destroyed; we have uo I drops to givo you, hut instead of that I'll I read you a hook on tho absurdities of I i .or phii ir, und on the absurdities of all remedies." I3ut the man continues to \ '.lh<* in pain, und tho nurse, say.--: "I'll continue to read you some discourses on I 0 odyncs, tho cruelties of auodynes. the Indeceec'es of anodynes, the absurditios of anodynes. For your groan, I'll give you a laugh." Here in tho hospital is a patient having a gangrened limb ampu tated. Ho says, "Oh, for ether. Oh, J for chloroform." The doctor says, "Why, thoy aro all destroyed; wo don't have any more chloroform, or ether; but 1 have got something a groat deal bet'er. I'M read you a pamphlet against James I Y. Simpson, tho discoverer of chloro form as an niucsthotic, and against Doc tors Agnow, and Hamilton, and Hos?ck. aud Mott, and Harvey, and Abornothy." "But," says tho man, "I must have somo auajsthotlcs." "No," says the I doctors, "they aro all destroyed, but wo have got something a great deal better/' "What is that?" "Fuu." Fun about medicines. Lio down, all ye patients in Bcllovuo hospital and stop your | groaning?all yo broken-hearted of all tho cities, aud quit your crylug; we have tho i a(hulk-on at last! Hero is a doso of wit, here is a strengthening plaster ot I sarcasm, here is a bottle of ribaldry that you aro to keep well shaken up and take I a spoonlnI of it alter each meal, and it I I that does not euro you, hero is a solution I . of biasphemv iu which you may batlio, j [ aud hero is a tincturo ol dorislon; Tick- I lo the fekoloton of dcatlrwith a roparteo! Make the King ol Terrors cackle! For | all t'io agonies of nil tho ages, a joke! M ill ions of pcoplo willing with uplifted I hand toward heaven to aflirm that tho | Ciospcl of Jesus Christ is full of conso hit ion for them, and yet infidelity pro poses to tako it away, giving nothing, absolutely nothing except fun. Is thero any greater height, or depth, or leogt.i, I or breadth or immensity of meanness in all God's univeric! Infidelity is a religion of "Don't I know." Is there a God? Don't know. Is the soul immortal? Don'tknow. If I we should meet each other in the luture world will we recogni/.o each other? I Don't knowl A roligion of "don't know" f ?r tho religion of "I kuow," "I know In whom 1 havo boliovcd." "I know that my Kcdcemcr liveth." Inlldelity proposes to substituto a religion of aw ful negatives for our roligion of glorious I positives showing right belbro us a world I of reunion nnd ecstasy, aud high com panionship, and glorious worship, and stupendous victory; tho mig'htiest joy of earth not high enough to roach to tho base of tho Himalaya of uplifted splen dor awaiting all thoso who ou wing of I Christian faith will soar toward it, llavo you heard of the conspiracy to put out all the lighthouses on the coast? Do you kno.v that, on a certain night ot next, month, Eddystono llghthouso, Bell Kock llghthouso, Shcrryvoro lighthouse, Montauk lighthouse, Hattoras light house, Now London lighthouse, Barno gat lighthouse, and tho G10 lighthouses on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts aro to bo extinguished? "Oh," you say, "what will become of tho ships on that night ? Wont will bo tho fate of the ono million sailors following tho sea? What will bo tho doom of the millions ofpassengers ? Who will arise to put down such a con spiracy?" Every man, woman, and child in America, and tho world. But that is only a fable. That is what iufidelity is trying to do, put out all the lighthouses on tho coast of eternity, letting tho soul I go up tho "Narrows" of death with no j light, no comfort, no peace?all that coast covered with tho blackest of dark- I ness. Instead of the great lighthouse, a j glowworm of wit, a firclly of jocosity. I Which do you like tho better, O voyager J for eternity--the firefly or the lighthouse? I What a mission infidelity has started on.! The extinguishment of lighlhousos, tho brcakiug up of lifoboals, tho dismis- I sal of all tho pilots, the turning of tho in-1 ciiptionou your child's grave into a farco J and a lio. Walter Scott's "Old Mortal ity,!' chisel in hand, went through the I land to cut out into plainer letters tho J half obliterated inscriptions on the tomb- J stones, and it was a beautiful mission. I But infidelity spends its tlmo with ham- j mor and chisel tryiug to cut out from the I tombstones of your d? ad all the story of I resurrection aud heaven. It is the icon- I ocla8t of every vil lago graveyard, and of I every city cemetery, and of Wostmin-} stcr Abbey. Instead of Curistian con- j eolation for tho dying, a freezing sneer, j Instead of prayer, a grimace. Instea.l I o.' Paul's triumphant defiance of death, j a going out you know not whero, to ttop j you know not when, to do you know not. what. That is Infidelity. Furthermore: I cannot bo an infidel, because of tho false charges Infidelity is all the time making against tho Bible. 1 'erhaps the slander that has made the J most impression aud thai- somo Chris-1 tians have not been intelligent enough I to deny is that tho Biblo favors polyg- J I nmy. Docs tho God of tho Bible uphold | polygamy, or did he? How many wives I did God* mako for Adam? Bo made one wife. Does not your common sense J tell you when God started tho marriage J institution, ho started it ns he wanted (it continued? If God had favored poly ' gamy he could havo created for Adam !fwo wives, or ten wives, or twouty wives, just as easily us ho made one. | At tho very first of tho Biblo God shows himself in favor of monogomy and nn j tagonistic to polygamy. Genesis 2: 24: I "Therefore shall a man leavo his fattior and mother and shall cleave unto his 1 wi(o." Not his wives, but his wife. How many wives did God spare for Noah in tho ark? Two and two tho birds; two i nnd two tho cnttlo; two and two tho I Hons; two aud two the human race. If I tho God of tho Biblo h id favored a mul tiplicity of wives, ho would havo spared a plurality of wives. When God first iaunched tho human race, be gave Adam I ono wlfo. At tho second lau'.ching of I the human raco ho spares for Noah ono wile, for Ham onp wlfo, for Shem one wile, lor Jabhet one wlfo. Docs that look as though God favored polygamy ? In I .evil ie.ua XVlii, 18. < ?od thunders his prohibition of moro than ono wife. God pormlttcd polygamy. Yes; just as ho permits to-day murder nnd theft and arson aud all kind of crimo. He Eormlta theso things as you well know, ut ho does not sanction them. Who would daro to say ho sanctions them ? Because tho presidents of tho United! States havo permitted polygamy In Utah, ] you are. not, therefore, to conclude that thoy patronized it, that thoy approved it when, on the contrary, thoy denounced It. All of God'n anciont Israel knew that the God of the Biblo was against polygamy, for in tho four hundrod and thirt y years of their stay in Egypt thero J la only ono caso of polygamy recorded? j only ono. All the mighty men of the } Bible stood aloof, from '-polygamy, ex cept those who, tailing into tho en no, were chastised within an inch of their I fives, Adam, Aaron, Noah, Joseph, Joshua, Samuel, monogamists, lint f get well punished for it? Road the live? of those two men, and you wi'l como to the conclusion that ill the attributes of God's nature were against their be havior. David suffered for his cranes in the caverns of Adullara and Massada, tu the wilderness of Mahana'uu, in tbe bcreavemeuts of Ziklag. Tbe Bedouins after him, sickness after him, Absalom after him, Ahltbopel after him, Adon tjah uflcr him. the Edomltes after bint, tbo Syrians after him, the Moabites after him, death after blm, the Lord God Al mighty after him. The poorest peasant in -til the empire married to the plainest Jewess was happier than the king in bis marital misbehavior. How did Solomon get along with polygamy? Head Ins warnings, in Pr ?verbs, read his selt-dis gust in Ecclesiastes. He throws up hla hands in loathing, and cries out: "Van ity of vanities, all is vanity," His seven hundred wives nearly pestered the life out of him. Solomon got well paid for his crimes?well paid. I repeat that all the mighty mou of the Scriptures were aloof from polygamy, save as they wcro pounded and Hailed, and cut to pieces for their insult to holy marriage. If the Bible is the friend of polygamy why is it that in all the lands where the Bible predominates, polygamy is forbidden and In the lands where there Is no Bible, it is favored? Polygamy all over China, all over India, all over Africa, all over Persia, all over heathendom, save ns the missionaries have dono tbeir work, while polygamy does not exist in Eng land and the Uulted States, except in defiance of law. Tho Bible abroad, God honored monogamy. The Bible not abroad, God abhorred polygamy. Another false charge which infidelity has made against the Biblo is tha t it ? antagonistic to woman, that It enjoins bor degradation and belittles her mis sion. Under this Impression many wo men have been ovorcomo ot this plnguo of iuQdelity. Is tbo Biblo the enemy of womnn? Como into tho picture gallery, tho Louvre* tho Luxembourg of tho Bl olo; and seo which pictures nro tho more honored. Here is Evo, a perfect woman, as perfect it woman as could bo made by a perfect God. Hero is Deborah, with her womanly arm hurling a host into tho bailie. Hero is Miriam, lending tho Israeli I ish ore lies Ira on tbo banks of the Rod Sen. Hero is motherly Hannab, with her own loviug band roplenisbiug the wardrobe of her SOU Samuel, the. prophet. Here is Abigail, kneeling at tbo .not of tho mountain until tbo four hundred wrathful men, at tho sight of her beauty and prowess halt, halt?a huriicane stopped ut tbo sight of tho water lily, a dewdrop dashing back Niag ara. Hero Is Ruth, putt'ng to shnmo all modern slang about mothers-in-law as she turns her back on her homo and her country, and faces wild boasts aud exile and death, that sho muy be with Nuomi, her husband's mother. Ruth, the. queen of tho harvest holds. Ruth, the grand mother of David, Ruth, tho ancestress of Jesus Christ. The story of her vir tues and her lifo sacrifice the. most beau tiful pastoral ever written. Here is Vashti, dotyiug tho bacchanal of a thous and drunken lords, and Esther, willing to throw her lito away that sho may deliver her people. And here is Dorcas, the sunlight of eternal famo giluing her phil anthropic neodls, aud the woman with per fume in a box, made from tbo hills of A1 abas Iron, pouring the holy chrism on the bend of Christ, tho aroma lingering all down tbe corridor of tbo centuries. Hero is Lydin, tho merchautess of Tyrian purple, immortalized for her Christian behavior. Here is tbo widow with two mites, more famous than the Peabodys and tho Lenoxes of all ages, whdo hero comes in slow of gait aud with cureful attendants and with especial honor and high favor, leaning on tho arm of inspir ation, ono who is the joy and pride of any homo so rarely tortunate as to have ono?an old Christian graudmother. Grandmother Lois. Who has more worshippers to-day than acy being that over lived on earth, except Jes is Christ? Mary. For what purpose did Christ per form Ills first mirnc'o rpon earth? To relievo the embarrassmout of a womau ly housekeeper at tho falling short of a beverage. Why did Christ break up the silence of tho tomb, and tear off tbe shroud aud rip up tho rocks? It was to stop tho bereavomeut of tho two Beth any sisters. For whoso comfort was Christ most anxious in the hour of dying excruciation? Fora woman, an old wo n.*an, a wrinkle-faced woman, a woman who in other days hid hold him in her arms, his first friend, his last friend, as is it very apt to be, his mother. All the pathos of tho ages compressed into ono utterance, "Behold thy mother." Does tho Biblo antagonize woman? If tho Biblo is so antagonistic to wo man, how do yon account for tho diller cuco in woman1,, condition in China and Central Africa, and her condition in England and America? There is no dif ference except that which the Biblo makes. In lands where there is no Bi blo, sho is hitched like a beast of bur den to the ploughs, she carries tbo bod, sho submits to indctcribablo ind.gnitles. She must be kept in a privato apartment and .if she como forth she must be care fully hooded and religiously veiled as though it were a shame to be a woman. Do you not know that the very first thing the Bibie docs when it comes into a now country is to strike off tho skackles ot a woman's serfdom? O woman, where nro your chains to-day? Hold up both your arms and let us seo your handcuffs; they are bracelets of gold, bestowed by husbandly, or fatherly, or brotherly, or sisterly, or loverly atlcction. Unloosen the warm robo from your neck. O wo mnn, and lot us seo tbo yoke of your bor.da<ve. Oh, I find the yoke a enrcenct of silver, or a string, of cornelians, or a cluster of pearls that must gall you very much. How had you must all havo it. Since you put the Bible on your stand in tbe silting room uas tho Bible been to you, O woman, a curso or a blessing? Why is it that a woman when sho ig troubled will go to her worst enemy the Bible? Why do you not go for comfort to some of the groat Infidel books, Spi noza's Ethics, or 11 nine's Natural His tory of Religion, or Paine's Ago of Rea son, or Dedro's Dramas, or any ono of tho two hundred and sixty volumes of Voltaire? No, tho silly, deluded woman persists in hanging about tho Bible verses,"Let not your heart bo troubled," "AH things work together for good," "Weeping may endure for a night," "I am tho resurrection." "Poaco, bo still." Furthermore: rather than invito I re sist this plaguo of infidelity because it has wrought no positive good for tho world, and is always a hindrance. I ask you to mention tbo names of tho merci ful and the edeatioual institutions which infidelity founded and is support ing, and has supported all tho way through: institutions pronouucod against God ami tho Christian relllgion, and yet pronouncod in behalf of suffering hu manity. What are tho names of them? Certainly not the United States Chris tian commission; or the. sanitary com mission; for Christian Georgo H. Stuart was the presld mt o? tho one, and Christ ian Henry W. Belows was tbo prosidont of tho other. Whore nro the asylums and merciful instituions founded by in fidelity' and supported by infidelity, pro nounced against God and the Bible, and yet doing work for the alleviation of suffering? Infidclly is so very loud In its braggadocio it must havo some to mention. Certainly, if you come to speak of eduoaMohol institutions It Is not Yale, it Is not Harvard, it is not Princeton., it is not Mlddletown, it is not Cambridge or Oxford, it is not miyin stituttion from which a diploma would not bo a disgrace. Do you point to the vereitle? as exceptions? I have to tell you that all the German universities to-day are under positive Christian iiituieuce, except tho Universi ty of Heidelberg, were the . rulllanly students cut and man and mangle arid murder each other as a matter of pndc instead of infamy. Do you mention Girard college, Philadelphia, as an ex ception, that college established by the will of Mr. Girard, which forbade relig ious instruction und tho cutruue-o of cler gymen within its gutes? My reply Is that I lived for seven years neur that college and know many of its professors to bo Christian Instructors, and no bet ter Christian influences aro to be found in any college than in Girard college. Thero stands Christianity. There stands infidelity. Comparo what thoy have done. Compare their resources. There is Chrintianity. a praver on her lip; a benediction on her brow; both hands lull of help; tho mother of titousands of colleges; the mother of thousands of asy lums for tho oppressed, tho blind, the sick, tho lamo, the hnbeo le; the mother of missions for the bringing back of the outcast; ths mother of thousands of re formatory institutions for the saviug of tho 4 ; tho motlier of'innumerable Sab both schools bringing milllous of children undor a drill to preparo them for res pectability and usofuincss, to say noth ing of the groat future. That Is Chris tip nty. Hero is Infidelity; no prayer on her Hps, no benediction on her brow; both hands clenched?what for? To fight Christianity. ;That is tho entire business. Tho complete mission of infidelity is to fight Christianity. Where are her schools, her colloges, her asylums of mercy? Let mo throw you dowu a whole ream of foolscap papor that you may fill all of it with tho names of her beneficent institutions, tho colloges and the asy lums, tho institutions of mercy and of icnriilug, founded by Infidelity, aud sup ported nlono by Inllcdllty, pronounced against God and tho Christian rollgion aud yet in favor of making the world better. "Oh," you say, "a ream of paper Is too much for tho names of those institutions." Well, thou, 1 throw you a quire of paper. Fill itali up now. I will wait until you got all the names down. "Oh," you say, "that is too much." Well, theu, I will just hand you a sheet of lotter paper. Just till ujr tho lour sidos while wo are talklug of this matter, with tho names of tho merciful institutions and the educational institu tions founded by Infidelity nnd.supported all along by Infidelity, pronounced gainst God aud tho Christian religion, yet iu favor of humanity. "Oh," you say, "that is too much room; wo don't want a whole sheet of I paper to write down tho na.nes." Per haps I had better tear out ono leaf from ray memorandum book, and nsk you to fill up both sides of it with tho names of such institutions "Oh," you say, "that I would be too much room; I wouldn't I want so much room as that." Well, theu, ?qppose you couut them on your ton lingers, "Oh," you say, "not quito so much ns that." Well, then, count them on the Augers of ono hand. "Oh," you say, "wo don't want quite so much room as Hint." Supposo, theu, you halt and couut on ono llugor tho n amo of any institution fouuded by infidelity, supported entirely bo infidelity, pro nounced against God and the Christian religiou, yet toiliug to make tho world bolter. Not one! Not ono! Is infidelity so poor, so starveling, so mean, so unless? Got out, you misora blo pauper of tho universe! Crawl into somo rat hole of everlasting nothingness. Infidelity standing to-day amid tho suf fering, groaning, dying nations, aud yet doing absolutely nothing save trying to impede those who aro toiling until thoy fall exhausted iuto their graves In trying to mako the world - bettor. Gather up nil the work, all tho merciful work, that inlidclily has ever done, add it all to pe'her, aud thero is not so much nobilty in it as in the smallest bead of that sis ter of charily who last uight went up tho dark alley of tho town put a jar of jelly for an invalid appteite on a broken stand, and then knelt on the have floor, praying tho mercy of Christ upon tho dying soul. Infidelity scrapes no lint for tho wounded, bakes no bread for the hun gry, shakes up no pillow for the sick rouses no comfort for tho bereft, gilds no grave for the dead. While Christ, our Christ, our wounded Christ, our risen Christ, the Christ of this old fash ioned Bible?blessed be his glorious name forever!?our Christ stands this hour pointing to tho hospital, or to the asylum saying: "I was sick and yo gave me a couch, I was lamo and ye gave mo a crutch, I was blind and ye physiclan od my eyesight, I was orphaned and ye mothered my soul, I was lost on the mountain and ye brought me home; inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these, ye did It to rae." But I thank God that this plaguo of infidelity will be stayed. Many of those who hoar me now by tho Holy Ghost upon their hoarts will cease to bo scof fers and will become disciples, and the day will arrive.when all nations will accept tho Scriptures. Tho book is going to koep right on until the fires of tho last day are kindled. Somo of them will begin on one side and some on tho other side of tho old book. They will not find a bundle of loose manuscripts easily consumed like tinder thrown into tho fire. When the fires of the last dsy are kindled some will burn on this side, from Genesis toward ltevelation. and others will burn on this side, from ltevelation towards Genesis, and in all their way they will not find a single chapter or single verso out of place. That, will bo the first timo wo can afford to do without tho Bible. What will be the use of tho book of Genesis, descriptivo of how. the world was made, when the world is destroyed V What will be the use of the prophecies when they are all fulfilled V What will be the use of the evangelistic or Pau lino description of Jesus Christ when wo see him face to face? What will be the use of his photograph when wo have met him in gloryV What, will bathe use of the Boole of ltevelation, stand ing as you will with your foot on the glassy sea, and your hand on the ring ing harp, and yoiir forehead chapleted with eternal coronation, amid tho ame thystine and twelve-gated glories of heaven? The emerald dashing its green against the beryl, and the ocryl dashing its bluo against tho sapphire, and the sapphire throwing its light on the jacinth, and tho jacinth dashing its lire against the chaysoprassus, and you and I standing in tho glories of ton thousand sunsets. Old Oonfeils to the Ueicuo. Nashville, Tenn., April 2.?At a meeting of Frank Chcatham Bivouao Confederate Veterans, yesterday after noon, tho following letter was ordered sent to the Secretary of War: Association ok Confedicuate ) Soldiers, Tennessee Division, [ Nashville, Tenn., April 2.) Hon. J. H. Proctor, Secretary of War, Washington: Deau Siu?In caso of any serious complications with Italy, Frank Cheat ham Bivouac, Confederate Soldiers, of Tennessee Division, 850 strong, hereby tender its services to the United States. By order of the Bivouac. J. W. MoMunuAY, President. The letter was written on a Bivouac letterhead, with the flag of tho Confed eracy displayed across the top. - Italian! to Destroy rittuburjr. Newcastle, Pa., April 3.?A natur alized Italian named Gabbarrlo, who owns property at Wampum and is held In gopa repute, has made public a story of his having been approached by somo of his countrymen with a proposition to join 20,000 Italians in a plot to capture and destroy Pittsburg. .Gabbarrlo says every Italian in AHeghaney and Beavery Counties has been similarly approached IL . <rv-'-^. .-Jk W. H. GIBBES, Jr., & Co., COLUMBIA, S. C. SOLE AGENTS for LiDDEL & CO. Ai.ho l>i:\i.rim In Engines of nenrlall inako.'Looinotlvo ami Tubular 1? >ilor?, TVaotlott ami oth er Mounted Engines of tho host and latost improved stylo, S?w Mills, Grist Mills, Olms, Bosk Cotton Presses, Slnnglo Machines, PlRinors und Wood Working Ma chinery, Brick Machinery* Cottou Seed Oil outfits, ?*c. A lance Stock of (JNGINB FittiiiKH, of all kinds und xl/.os, In Stock Tor prompt delivery an?l at Rock Bottom Pricos. BELTING and PACKING at LOW Figures. A largo stock ?.f Pumps, of nil sizes and styles. BEAUING Mowers, Roapors and Bakes always In stock ja^-Our Mr. K. U. BAUtlllAM, Laurens, ?. C. who is fully competent, will bs plonsod to call to soo you, or answer any communication diroctsit to him, and will sell you as ohoap as It you wore hero in Person. Wo buy for cash anil pay our Traveling Mon a Hillary, thereby saving the Con sumer Agent's Commission?Quick Sales and Small Profits is our Fort. Write to Mr. Hausham, or to us direct, and get prices and discounts. ?tf~(>U\ Englnos traded tor. K. It. BAUGHAM, ) W. H. GIBBES, Jr., & CO., Traveling Salesman, > Lauren*,B.C. ) COLUMBIA, 8. C DY BROS UNDERTAKES NORTH SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE, - - - LAURENS, S. C Over KENNEDY BROS., Store. Keep constantly on hand a largo assortment of Collins and Caskets oth Wood andMctalic, which will be sold low down. Furnished at ny hour day or night. Hearse sent when desired, viyo KENNEDY BROS., Successor to J. M Robertson. ONLY HOME-MADE GOODS FOR THEM lllcliluud'n AUIanco Iteulu? an Important MoTomont. Columbia, S. O, April 0.-The far mers of Itichland County have inaugu rated a very important movement, which they hope will sproad over this and all other of the Southern States. They have decided to use only goods manufactured in this State, particular ly in Columbia, and will confine their purchases to only those merchants who will handle the home manufactured articles. It looks like the genesis of a big boycott against the Northern manu factures, yet they ask them to build fac tories here then they will buy. A largo meeting of the Itichland County Farmers' Alliance was held In Agricultural Hall Friday and nearly all the members were present. The follow ing resolutions wore offered by Mr. Stoeber and unanimously adopted: Whereas, we fully recognize the im portance, not only to the farmers, labor ers and mechanics, but to the peoplo at large, that mechanical and industrial pursuits be fostered and encouraged in our midst. Resolved, That we pledgo ourselves not only to support and sustain all new manufacturing enterprises in this State and county, personally as Farmers' Alliancemen, but will also endear or to induce others outside the Allianco to do the same. Resolved, That wo pledgo ourselves to buy articles of whatever kind manu factured in this State and comity and particularly in the city of Columbia, in preference to Imported articles, and make it also obligatory upon the mer chants with whom wo deal to do tho same;pro/ided, however, that the home manufactced articlo is as cheap and as good as the imported. Resolved, That we further pledgo our selves, in case any merchant, e ce_)t for ?oodand Sufficient reasons, siiouid re use or neg'ect to purchase and keep for salo any of said homo manufactured ar ticles, that we will refuse to trade with said merchant. Resolved, That wo request tho several newspapers of the city of Columbia to arouse tho peoplo to this important measure, and call public meetings for the purpose of passing simular resolutions. Resolved, That the secretary is re quested and required to furnish copies of these resolutions to newspapers of the manufacturing centres of the Union for publication. Resolved, That we extend the right band of fellowship to the manufacturers from tho North, Fast, West and South who will conlldo In these our promises by erecting factories in our midst. Resolved, That the City Council of Columbia be requested to extend such facilities and privileges as may bo in their power to grant to said manufact uring establishments to bo established. ?The State._ MarlaBAHoiin liarbitrlty. London, April 4.?On top of the ac count of the recent horrible massacre by tho Ilova Governor of Nos<uve,Madagus car, comes another story illustrating tho ferocity of those peoplo, who aro nomi nally under French protection. It ap pears that Rannisilofo, Governor of Ma hunoro, had an unfortunate native tor tured in tho most horriblo manner bo cause ho refused to oboy him. The vic tim was bound to a pole, and in that position paraded through the villiago for two whole days. When freed from tho polo ho was placed in a sort of a coffin, hollowed from tho trunk of a trco, and covered with a plank. In the box thoro was nothing but a small holo of about three inches, for tho victim's eyes and nose. The unfortunate nativo was kept screwed down in this collln not less than two months, and actually lived during that time. Ho was fed by tho aperture, hisrolatatives being permitted to give him food. At length, upon tho payment of 100 piastres, tho govern ment allowed the man to bo released. To linns O'MiWlcy. Nkw ORLEANS, April 4.?Tho Vigi lance committee last evening held a meeting and considered what disposition should bo mado of O'Malloy, who ap peared in the, criminal court yestorday morning to V.iswer the indictments found against him, and was roleasod on ?3,000 bail. There was a strong senti ment in favor of hanging him Irom tho Clay statuo at once, out it was finally ngreed that he should bo permitted to stand trial, and if not conyictcd, to be s'-mmarlly dealt with. As the indict ments so far aro framed on such llimsy evidence, an acquittal is pretty sure, if an impartial jury is found. l'lanoi) and Organ*. N. W. Thump, 131 Main Stroet, Co lumbia, S. C, sells Pianos and Organs, direct from factory. No agents* com missions. Tho celebrated Cblckering Piano. Math11slu-k Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of touch and lasting qualities. Mason & Manilla Upright Piano. Sterling Up right Pianos, from 9225 up. Mason & Mainlin Organs surpassed by noue.Ster ling Organs, 850 up. Every Instrument guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' trial, expenses both ways, if not satis factory. Sold on Instalments. Erysipelas? L L. Irvin, of Toomas villo, Ga., says he was ullllcted with /rtipolas for ten ypars and was only toured when I'. P. P. was used. THE LAURENS BAR. H. Y. SIMPSON, attorney at law. la JUI3NS. _-_- 8. Ch W. H. MARTIN, attorney at law. LA?KJSiNo, - - 8. (> J T. JOHNSON. w. K. niCHK JOHNSON A IlICHllY ATTORNEYS AT LAW. OFFICE?Fleming's Corner, Northwea sido of Public Square. L.AURKXS. Hm - - S.O. B A L L A It A L t?, A T TOltlf KYI AT Ii A Vt , LAUKENS, - - - - S.O. Oet.22, 8m Vf. AV. KUXNliDT. ATTeKNICx AT LAW Special attention given to the investi gutien of titles. Laurens 0. H. B. 0, April "HAMB?RG REDEEMED. Governor ltsn Tlllman Cloaca f'p Its Am phitheatre. Augusta, April 3.?Tho Chronicle's protest lias not been in vain. Hamburg has been redeemed. Tho sporting town of the two slates will now havo to retire on its unsavory record and live it dowu. No more cat and dog lights, chicken lights or any other kind of fights will bo allowed to make night or day hideous. This is what. Governor Ti.lman says, aud so it must be. This town of ancient business im portance, but which has sprung lately into national notoriety because of tho cruel animal and chicken fights that havo taken place within its limits, will now resume its waited quiet, so far as wild cat and bull-dog lights arc concerned. A big cocking main between North and South Carolina commenced yester day in Hamburg and occupied a greater part of tlio day, a good crowd being in attendance. Six lights of the main were fought. These fights wero witnessed with considerable interest, as a good deal of money was up on the issue. They resulted 3 to 3, and neither state's cocks could crow over tho victory'. "Af ter these "main" fights fo'.ir spirited hack lights took place, which, Id their turn, resulted 2 to 2, leaving hones still easy. Just before the lights were concluded a piece Of intelligence was received which caused something of a sensation. The news which somewhat startled tho crowd was that an olllcial order had been re ceived by tho local authorities of the town from Governor Tillrnan, calling on them to slop all such lighting and to ar rest those who participated in such sport. This was nows, indeed, and of the worst convincing sort. It was moving intelligence, with tho accent on the move, The main, which was to bo con tinued for three days, it was quite evi dent, could not go on. Fortunately for tho participants, however, they could. And they went. They probably had some uncomplimentary things to say of Governor Tlllman, Possibly The Chron icle, whose stand in thin mnttcr has brought the question to Governor Tin man's attention, came in for a share of the compliments that wero passed. But the procession mo.cd on, just tho same. The h?bt of day will not be heralded in Hamburg this morning by the clarion notes of the chanticleer from tho old North State. Tho tar heel has dusted, closed up his coops nnd quietly gone away. No longer is the message fron the Governor of Smith l/iirolina to tho Governor of North Carolina to bo one of historic con vlvialily. Now it is, keep your gamo cocks on your on dung hill, am. don't, send them into my domain to enter tlio prizo ring. A now battlefield will have to be se lected if tho fights aro to go on to a fin ish. The authorities aro now armed With the law and if auy more lighting is carried on, thoy aro compelled to see that it is stopped. This Is pretty hard on the sports, but it Is tho edict ?f the farmer govornor. It is understood that a now placo :.s to bo selected and that tho fights will be continued elsewhere In Carollua?at some point out of tho reach of Chronicle reporters.?Augusta Chron icle. llandall Pope, the retired druggist of Madison, Fla., says P. P. P. Is tho best alterative in tho market, and ho has handled and sold all the sar mparillas and blood medicines that were adver tised. _ A complete Bedroom Suit for $16.60 freight paid to your depot. Send for Catalogue. Address L. F. Padgett, Augusta, Ua. Th?i?*ft tb? Dtuner ?*??! ! clattering and a chutU. the children answer the dinner bell and rush into the dining rol?m. ?)!i! du gratification a good appetite a fiords as our aoon day's nnal te set before uS. Cut this vacant chair, what does it mean? "Ob, that la Untie Charh ?v'a seat. Ciuess ho don't feel like cutimr, he's got dyspepsia, >ou l;mi\v." Dys pepsia ! horrors! Deliver us from dys pepsia. What's the use oi being pli with such nu aliment anyway? Wlint's j tho u:< ?"*vlng a stomach so irritnt. 'i ond.8ore that ejren ono*\bit of fond gives it distress? Why fiot neul the soreness and allay tho irritation aud strengthen its muscular processes, by using B?U?nk) Blood Balm. U ill it eurer Itcertanly will. Many, many a former dysnepUd owes his enjoyment of life to IJ-li. D. Givo it a trial. S. J. Cnaudlcr, Richmond, Ya., write*: "No ouo cau afford to be without 11. B. B. who wishes an appetite. I couid Bcnrcoly cat a sin^lo biscuit for breakfast, but since taking R. R. H. 1 clean tho wholo table, so to speak." Another Oare for KUcuiuntUin. Lake City, Kla. P. P. P. Mn'fy Co., Savannah, (Ja. Gentlkmkn--! had Rheumatism for over six years", and last May was taken down and con lined to my bed. My legs and feet were bajly swollen and tbo color of a red apple, ami I was in a fearful condition. I beard of I*. V. P. (Prickly Ash Toko Root and Potas sium), nnd.after seoing what the ingre dients were?as the formula is on the bottle?I concluded to try it, and after taking tnree small bottles was able to go down town and attend to my busi ness, and I must say that 1 feel like another man. Am now taking the large size, aud to-day I believe that 1 will soon bo as likely as any man ot sixty-one years of ago can expect to be. A. c. Lako. Totter, Saltrheum and Cancer are all cured by P. P, P. Tbo effects on these diseases are perceptible after tho lirst bottle of P. P. P. was used. notice! Before assuring your life, or investing your mon ey, examine the Twenty Year Tontine Policies of THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY of THE United States. Policies maturing In 181)L realize cash returns to the owners, of amounts varying from 120 to it<; per cent, of the money paid In, besides the advantages Ot the Assurance during tho whole period of twenty years. Tho following Is one of tho bianv actual eases maturing this year: Endowment Policy Xo. 04.025. Issued In 1871, at ane L'7. Amount, ?5,000. Premium, $230.00. Total Premiums Paid, 84,703. R E ? U J< T S at end of 'Jontino Period in 1801: CASH SURRENDER VALUE, 88,410.111, (Equal to 9170*10 foveaoli siuu paid in premiums, which is equivalent to a re turn of all premiums paid, with Interest at 7J,' por cent, nor annum.) Or, in lieuo cash, A TAID-UT LIFE POLICY FOE 8111,470. (Equal to ?403.80 for each ijioo paid in premiums.) OH, A LIFE ANNUITY of 8033.53 One fact is worth a thousand theories Thero is no Assurance extant in any com pany which compares with this. The Equitable is tho strongest company in the world and transacts the. largest, business. For further Information address or apply to tho nearest agentof the Society, or write direct to W. J. ROBBEY, April 8-3in ROOK HILL, S. O. tFiE LAH?KST S 1 ()CK, MOST SKILLED WOKKMEN, LOWEST PRICES. Sonlli Carolina Marble Works, F. H. MY ATT, Is tho best plaeo in South Carolina or Southern Stati-s to secure satisfaction in American and Italian Marble VVoik. All K ii iii ? Of Cemetery Work a speciality. TAU LETS, HEADSTONES, MONUMENTS, Ac. Send for prices and full Information. F.H. HYATT, April 8 ly OOLU U1HA, W <>. LIPPHAX DHOS., WholeitleI)ro?IiH, Sole Proprietors, J.lppiiinn'ii Work. Savannah.Ok. < t-wriiini?ii in ? ? i-\?mn Pauaett Pays tie Freisht ? \ OltVAT OKVKjt ymat MAT kot AOA1KJ JiK. Kkl EATKU, SO do NOT dhlay, 8 TRlKB Wmi.B TrlF IHON ? HOT." 3 ?? Wide tor (.'.Atatojvue now, and tviy wh&i paoer yon tew this adveiiisomeat la. j UviucinlHT that I sell everything that UOoj to furnishing a homo?nwu'factor ing some things ami buying others la the' largest)'"-sslbto Kts, which euablos me to Wipe oat all competition. liKUE AUK A FEW OF MV ?'MliT UNU BARUAIN8 A No. 7 Flut top 'Cooking Stove, full { size, 15x17 Inch ov. n. litt<vl with'21 pieces of ware, delivered at your own depot, \ tall freiglit charges paid by roe, for1 ;only Twelve i toll&rs. 1 Again, 1 will sell vou a 5 holo Coolln ? t Uango 18x18 inch oven, 18x2? Inch top, fit- ] lied with 21 pieces of ware, for T111U-J 5TEF.N DOl.LAKS, ami pay the freight to] syour depot. i [DO NOT PAY TWO PKiOF.S FOR J YOUR GOODS. |j I will uend you a nice plush Parlor sult,'j 1walnut frame, either In Combination or? banded, tho most stylish colors for 33.80,* to your jalhead station, freight paid. \ 1 will also seil you a nice Rodroiuos ult consisting of Rurcnu with glass, l high! I head Uedsteiui, 1 >Va.shstand, 1 (Jeutrel j table, 4 cane seatchaits, 1 oauo seat and] back rocker all for 10.50, and pay frelghtj to your depot. ( Or 1 will send you an elegant Bedroom suit with large glass, full marble top, lorj 830, aud pay freight. f IN Ice window sluulo on snrlnc roller > 40 j Elegant large walnut 8 day clock, 4.00 3 Walnut lounge, 7.00 iLace curtains per window, 1.00 ?| 1 cannot describe overythhig la a small ^advertisement, but have an Immense store .containing 22,6U0 feet of Hour room, with 'swaro houses and factory buildings in other parts of Augusta, making in all tho lar ?goat business of this kind under oue man- * tagement In the Southern States. Thesol [storeftand warehouses are crowded with? jtho Choicest productions of the best facto-g rles. My catalogue containing illustrations!] oi goods will bo mailed If you will kindly 'say where you saw this advertisement. 1 [pay freight. Address, L. F. PADGETT, IProprietor Padgett's Furniture, Stove 1 and Carpet Store, 1110-1112 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA 1 peoBEP 3 1' ' P. Will purify rind vitalize your ? i,civateagoodappetltsandglTeyour ' ?. i ? >tu Hi tone ani strength. A promhu ut railroad inpulntondontat g rSuvannah.fliifteriug with llalarlo,Dyapep. n iliv, ntid Kueutnatlam sip? ***ir '.".Ling H l\>' I', ho tiQvor felt so well In hla life, and .. feels a? If ho could llvefcrovor, ir ho could ? . Iwaysget i*. P. P." If yon aro tired out fr;..iw.?. ?and '?.j oloao ooulluoHtont, toko P. ..- i are footing b-??*!?.? ?u tho spring lui I <. ut of sorts, tuko P P ? irdl stlvo orgeuor?cd toning up, t&ko P. P. P. lifer with headhcho, indigestion, i lllty and weakness, take I :'. P. P. If you suffer with rervous prostration, uorvos unstrung ami a geuoral let down uf tho Byvtem, laiM . P. P. P. r Hlo l Poison, Rhoumatlsm. Bcrof I i, Old H res, Malaria, Obrouio Female Complaints, tako \ P P P Um it ? 1 ? ^ Prickly Ash, Poko Root and Potassium. Tire bi st bloo 1 purifier i:i the world, -nlo Druggists, - _ Tlio best blood pariflorln m T/.PVMAN IMtos., \V1.a1.>? ?In l*i opriet Lippmam's Ulocic, Savannah, Oa. - ?T'-:;r.v..';*A^:;"-.:v^T?r LOW PBIOBS w ill bo made on TALBOTT & SONS' ENGINES an? BOILERS, Special estimates on Machinery go nor ally at bottom (Uxuves. COHN MILLS, - - 8ll?t0 837?. PLANE HS and MATCHERS, ?200 to ?1,000. SAW MILLS with Hope Pood, Variable Friction or Bolt Feed, 8200 to ?000. Wo particularly call attention to those Saw Mills. They have patent double act ing set works and arc the best mills on tho market. Cotton Gins and Presses at low figures. V. C. BADHAM, (JEN EttAL AGENT, Columbia, S. C. Iluy IhovTalboll Engine, it U the best. Fob 10-1 v. ( C0311*11,1{TK <?'. 1 N13 US 11 IN. [PON THE MOST APPROVED J plans, with Suction Kan or Spiked Bolt Seed Cotton Elevator furnished* & competitive prices. COTTON GINS and PRESSES of best mal eis. Thomas Hay Rakes, Heering Mower, Corbln Harrows and Planet, Jr, Cultivators. A large stock of Portable ami Stationary Ginning and haw Mill Engines tni hand. Male Agents for U. * G. COOPER A OO'S Corlls En? glnos Lane Saw Mills and Liddell Com pany's complete lino. W. H. GIBBES, Jn., & CO,. .Near Union Depot, Coi.UMHtA, S. C i: I! A El) TH KWIJ JFI&IJltl!K. Farm Wagons, complete with l><?dy etc' 3 8-4 in Thhnblo Skin.?:io.:;o :s in Thimble skin. 4i.oo 'd'/ik^ Thimble skin. 42.00 ( y Horse Wagons, ?21.50, ?2<>.50 and $28.<K), Wan anted second u> nono. Write for Circulars. Boggles, Ca^ages, Road Carts, ftc, at 10] r cent1< i than regular prices, Send for CatStlogii?, This offer in for only .".0 days ill ordoi to rcduco Block?so order at once. II 0 L L ? R ?! ANDERSON BUGGY Co.* HOCK RILL; S. C, in writing mention this paper. m mm e^-Aftk for C TERRY M'l 'QQO. - KU MA ,HVU".l.'