The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 03, 1904, Image 2
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': Gibraltar's
200 Years
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Taker; by Rooke in 1704 as an
Af ertliought. Now Briv
turn's Bride.
By KolmJ Mo?lll In |h? Ninternth Centnry
and Afiar
P?August 4. 1704 tcew
style), the Rock of Gibral
I ( ) I was captured by Groat
L-V/ I Bvitaiu. and it lins re
*^1 ItHi mained in her possession
W from tiiat day to this. Among the
" many possessions scattered all over the
globe that are coinpris?xl in the British
Empire to-day there is none that 1
the nation holds with greater tenacity (
for reasons both of sentiment and of
material interest and none that it
would lose with more poignant shame
and sorrow that the redoubtable strongheld
we took from Spain at the beginning
of the reign of Queen Anne.
The fact that throughout the eight- '
rentli century, wtym so many conquests
hi both hemispheres changed
hands backward and forward in successive
wars and under successive
treaties, Gibraltar, remained perma
ticntly in the keeping of England,
might seem to prove that British seuti??Anf
u/IHi foirowl iA if U'O C fpAttl tllO
lirst tbe same as it is to-day. But this
is far from bavin? been the case. For.
although at the end of 200 years of
our possession of the fortress, at a
time when the imperial instinct of '
Englishmen has become more con- J
sciously developed and more deeply ingrained
than ever before, and at the
same time more intelligently appreciative
of the true meaning of sea power
and alive to the strategical requirements
of its maintenance, the reteution
of the key of the Mediterranean has
become an essential article of our political
creed, it was a considerable
time before the immense value of the
acquisition was fully railized by Brit- ;
ish statesmen.
It seems strange enough to us to remember
that King George I. and liis Ministers
were ready to give up Gibraltar
merel/ to secure Spain's acquiescence
in the arrangement by
which the Quadruple Alliance was j
anxious to make some pettifogging
modifications in the shuffle of terri- 1
tories efT^cted by the treaty of Utrecht, 1
but it is still more extraordinary that '
, 50 dear-sighted, patriotic and high- '
pointed an empire builder as Lord
Chatham himself should hare made a
similar offer as an inducement to
Spain to help us to recover Minorca?
and this, moreover, at a time when the
fortress has been in our hands for
more than half a century and its vital
importance to our growing maritime
supremacy bad already been abundantly
proved in the naval wars of the
pericd. Happily the Spaniat-ds were
as blind as ourselves to the supreme
importance of the position commanding
i.he road from the Atlantic to the
Mediterranean.
The truth is, as readers of Mahan
<l<r -iot need to be reminded, that the
importance of sea power and the nature
of the foundations on which it is
based were very imperfectly grasped
even by Eugland in the seventeenth
and the first half of the eighteenth century
and scarcely at all by any other
European power. Occasionally at intervals
some statesmen like Colbert
in France, or Alberoni in Spain, had
more than an inkling of the truth. .
but no nation except England made ,
deliberate and sustained efforts with a
view tc maritime development. Even .
England cu* so rather by instinct than
.">y insight.
Of this blindness to the true prin- .
dp'es of maritime policy the taking of .
-ti'braitar and its history during the
following three-quarters of a century .
afford a striking illustration. Jr.st as
toe vast importance of its acquisition
was at the time underrated both by
England and Spain, so its actual capture
by the former was an afterthought
?n. i at mnv almost be said> au acci
lent. It became a British possession in *
fhe first instance because at a time
when we happened to be at war with ,
on.' of the rival claimants to the Spanish
throne our admiral in the Medit- *
te; mean happened to have no parti- |
cclar objective iu view, and. having
failed in his only enterprise of that
year, was unwilling to return home,
with a fine fleet that had done nothing r
for the honor of the flag. So he thought r
he might as well make an attack ou a
<J ileal tar as do anything else. Nev- ,
crtheless. his action has to be reck- ^
ored among the notable "deeds that' r
won the empire,'* aud one that ou its' ^
bi-ceuteqnary deserves to be hold in T
remembrance. .
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Gr>1'od Lion Cte?k>.
A i explorer, who has often, by com*
pulsion, eaten the flesh of animals not. 1
generally used as human food, says ^
that grilled lion steaks arc delicious
e.nd iQueli superior to those of the ii- 0
ger; that the flesh of the rhinoceros, j1
properly prepared, has ail the good
jualiiies of pork; that the trunk and
feet of young elephants resemble veal.
&nii that stewed boa eonslr.etor is a p
spieudid substitute for rabbit. t
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Oarer Way of Tellinjj Tiino. i
In Malay ilie natives keep a record g
o? ;inie in a remarkable manuer. f
floating in a bucket tilled with water y
liiey place a cocoanut shell having a o
fit.nrll perioration, through which by a
slow degrees the water finds its way tl
inside. This opening is so propor- tl
tioncil that it takes just one hour for a
the shell to fill and sink. Then a v
watchman tab's out. the shell is einp- p
tied atn^ th; operation is begun again. s
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AGAINST MAIL ORDERS. .
Counlr.v Merchant* Fifflit Catalogue
lloniei Through Local Werkliei.
Cronin Brothers. owning n general
store at Morris, III., a town between
three thousand and four thousand people.
publish large interesting ads in
the local newspaper, advocating buying
at home and offering to sell at
same prices as the large Chicago
houses, if freight, etc.. be added. The
announcements are so large as to
make their reproduction an impossibility.
In the paragraphs below, the
gist of one of tlieui is given without
display:
We propose to meet the prices of the
department stores or catalogue houses.
All we ask is that you deal with us
on the same basis that you deal with
catalogue houses, and give us the same
amount of time to get the goods which
it would require to get tlieni from
them. Plank your money down when
you order the goods and we will meet
each and every price they make and.
furnish you the same goods at the
same prices they offer you.
We will go further.
We don't ask you to take any goods
where mistakes are made in ordering.
We'll shoulder the mistakes. If any of
you have ever had anything come
wrong you know what a nice little job
it is to get it corrected, no matter Jiow
willing the firm is to uo so. It takes
correspondence, stamps and freight on
the goods to get them exchanged, to
say nothing of tlie loss of time.
Some people prefer to buy away front
home because it sounds big to he able
to say they ordered from Chicago, etc.
We know of one party who is actually
paying more for goods bought away
from Morris than he could buy .them
of his dealer here. This kind of people
we can do nothing for. but the kind
who are ranking the dollar go just as
far as they ran. we can and will do
something for. Give us a trial on the
proposition wo make, if you are one
of those who have been buying away
from home. Bring your catalogue with
you. If we fail to furnish the goods
without a r^-.sonable excuse don't give
us your confidence again. Try us once.
We don't fear the result. We are
residents of Morris. We are your
home merchants. We help pay taxes.
We have to live and consume some of
your products.
Is our proposition wrong?
The whole trouble about our people
about Morris is the same with which
so many communities are suffering.
That old slow-conch credit. Some of
It so slow we never get it. No merchant
can sell goods cheap on that
plan. The dollar invested in goods toilay
and sold for cash to-morrow can
be invested in more goods the following
day and the same process of sale
may be repeated, but the dollar invested
in goods to-day and sold on
credit to-morrow is tied up just so long
is you don't got it back, and its earning
capacity is stopped for the uier
" Can
;baut until tie gets u u. ?<.??.
rou wonder why the catalogue house
Pas the advantage in price over most
)f your home merchants? The catalogue
house won't trust you: oven demands
the money iu advance with no
?oods in sight. Your home merchant
nften trusts and often to his sorrow.
?ven though 100 per cent, sometimes
l>e his profit. Many times a seeming
profit of 25 per cent. 011 goods sold to
1 good man turns out to be merely a
small interest 011 the money invested
because of slow pay. Treat your home
merchant like you arc compelled in
:reat your catalogue house and we
:hink you will get better results.
Omnivorous Folly.
Wallace Maxfield's parrot, it Is said,
s receiving a remarkable education.
It is understood that Mr. Muxficld is
;eacbing the bird to toll some of his
jest stories. "As my parrot will live
:o be nearly a hundred years old. barring
automobile rides." said Mr. Maxield
the other day. "I have plenty of
inie to teach her before she dies."
It is further understood that the
drd is now studying the second verse
>f the story about the G. A. R. veterin
who had his face so full of bullets
hat it turned the edge of the razor to
ihave him.
"What does your parrot cat?" was
isked Mr. Maxfield the other day.
"Well." answered Wallace, as he
arefully adjusted the ash of his pipe,
'anything that is suitable for an elc>hant
is fit for my Polly. She'll eat
mything from bananas to Jacc curains."?Lewiston
(Me.) Journal.
Chine** Burial Cuilomi.
When a rich r.ud important Chinanan
dies his funeral is coudueted with
nuch pomp and spleudor. His friends
ind relatives, instead of sending
vreaths, send innumerable banners.
These are made of white silk, with incriptions
beautifully worked in black
civet, and express the senders' good
vishes to the deceased, himself or to
uembers of his family for many genrations.'
On the day of the funeral
hesc banners are carried by hired
aen, who are all dressed alike for the
occasion. After the funeral, which
asts several hours at the cemetery, is
.vor thn banners are all brought back,
nd eventually grace the rooms of the
ate Chinaman's house.
An Accurate Timekeeper.
The best timekeeper In the world is
aid to be the electric clock iu the
lasement of the Berlin Observatory,
vhich was installed by Prof. Foerster
1 1SG3. It is enclosed in an airtight
:lass cylinder and has frequently run
or periods of two and three mouths
rith an average daily deviation of
illy 13-1000 of a second. Astronomers
re making efforts to improve even
his and to secure ideal conditions for
he clock by keeping it not only in
n airtight case, but iu an underground
ault. where neither changes of ternera
ture nor of barometric pressure
hall ever effect it.
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Conventions and Association*.
i__ junNE interesting feature ot
Isl Is! educational work is the
|| holding of conventions in
v-J connection with the build
I ins of object lesson roads.
While the work is in
progress, a convention is called and
the people come from far and near to
witness the work of road building and
listen to instructive addresses. Such a
convention seldom adjourns without
forming a permanent organization.
Mainly in this way good roads asso ciations
have been formed in all sections,
and by them the work *of education
and agitation has been carried
on.
At a great National convention for
consideration of the road improvement
question, held in Chicago, in November.
1900. the National Good Iloads Association
was organized, and it has
sir.ee grown until, with its affiliated
State, district and local associations,
it is without doubt the greatest organization
of the kind in existence.
But it is not the only National organization
of this kind. The American
IloadmakerV, of which the Hon. James
H. Macdonald. of Connecticut, is President,
is organized in nearly every section
of the United States, and its recent
annual convention at Hartford,
Conn., wAs attended by several hundred
delegates.
In 1901, an international congress of
persons interested in road improvement
was held at Buffalo, in connection
with the Pan-AmerUan Exposition.
All sections of the United States
and several foreign couutries were represented.
It would be impossible in this brief
review of the good roads movement
to even mention the many important
i! ?1.! -I- I hnl.t
convenuuus nun-u untc mu u,..v*
since the great Chicago meeting of
1892. But no history of the movement
would be complete without some account
of the National convention held
at St. Louis at the time the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition was dedicated.
In the number of leading public men
who attended and participated, this
gathering far exceeded any of its
predecessors. Addresses were delivered
by President Roosevelt, Hou. A.
C. Latimer. Colonel "William J. Bryan,
General Miles and by several Congressmen
and Governors of States, as
well as many other men of National
prominence.
National Aid Movement Launched.The
most significant feature of the
St. Louis meeting was the launching
of the National aid plan. Colonel W.
I*. Browniow, of Tennessee, hud given
this plan prominence before the country
by introducing a bill in the Fiftyseventh
Congress providing that the
Government should co-operate with the
States in the improvement of the roads,
and pay one-half of the expense.
From the first this proposition attracted
much favorable attention, especially
among the rural population.
But the idea was fairly launched on
its National career by the convention
at St. Louis. It was, in fact, the principal
theme of discussion and the senItment
for it was well-nigh unanimous.
Good Ilonds in Congress.?The St.
liUUin n/in ciuiuu nvmuu a vvuuu*4,iw
representing all sections of the country
to go to Washington, lay its demands
before Congress, and argue in favor
of the Nation's help in the work of
improving the roads. Last January the
Committee on Agriculture in both the
Senate and House granted public hearings
to this committee; and the Senate
has since issued a report of the
hearing for distribution to the people.
On the whole it must be said that the
advocates of National aid made out a
strong case, and the report contains
n large amount of valuable information.
The Senate committee has since decided
by a vote of six to one to make
a favorable report on the Latimer bili,
with some amendments, and this report
will go- before the Senate for
action at the next session.
That public sentiment is generally
favorable to the National aid proposition
is shown by the fact that it has
been endorsed by the Legislatures of
six States, by the National Grange, the
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress,
the American Mining Congress,
and by State and local conventions and
organizations of many kinds in all
parts of the country. "
State Aid.?No history of this movement
would be complete without some
reference to the State aid plan. In
fact the greatest actual accomplishment
of ?thc movement is that it has
secured the adoption of this plan in
ten States. The essential features of
this plan are tl^e creation of a State
Highway Commission, and the co-operation
of the State with .the counties
and towns in the work of road improvement.
each bearing a fixed portion
of the expense, though, no two States
have adopted exactly the same plan.
All the northeastern States from Maine
to Pennsylvania and Maryland have
adopted State aid, and the results secured
are so satisfactory that the popularity
of the plan increases every year.
In New Jersey the State pays onethird
of the cost of road improvement,
n rwl IIia T.AnrSclofiivn tiaw onnrnnrlofAC
CI1UI (lit UC^IiJJUlUlt ?W?
$250,000 annually. In Connecticut the
State pays two-thirds of the expenses
and the annual appropriations are
$225,000. Massachusetts spends nearly
hulf a million a year, the State paying:
three-foucths of the cost. In New
York the State pays one-half the cost,
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and {he last Legislature wade an
propriation of ?(?00.000 for this purw
pose. Pennsylvania's last Legislature
appropriated $0,300,000 as a State fund,
to be expended during six years, the
State paying two-thirds of the cost
of the roads built. All the other States
in this part of the country have adopted
this plan in some form. In these
States the sentiment for National aid
is strong, it being argued that the only
ideally perfect and just system of eo,
operation in road builJing is one in
which the Federal Government enters
as an active factor.
A High Aim.?The good roads movement
has been steadily gaining in force
for a dozen years, and during the past
two years it has gained at a greatly
accelerated rate. The aim of its
friends and promoters is to make an
rtinl nf llm lirwpir nti tic mece-mpfl 1 mPtll
ods ot' road work now in vogue in
nearly all parts of the country, and to
substitute therefor scientific methods,
intelligent supervision, and co-operation
of Nation. State and local community
in a united and co-ordinate \
effort for the improvement of the roads j
throughout the whole country This is <
a high aim. and the undertaking is a 1
stupendous one. But who will say that ]
it is too great for the Americau people 1
to accomplish? 1
AN HISTORIC WATCH. '
. Tim* Piece Made For King Chaile* t*l 1
Still Kiiiinintr.
There is in the possession of Wilfred ,
Powell, who represents the Britioh eni- ]
pire at this port, a timepiece that told <
off the hours for England's toy a; Liar- j
tyr. ,
After his victory over Charles II. t
Oliver Cromwell wrote exultantly to '
England's Parliament, telling how the
enemy was beaten from hedge to
hedge till lie was finally driven into i
Worcester. There were 7000 prisou- j
ers among the spoils of that tight. The <
royal carriage iu which the king had t
been carried was there, too; and In 1
that handsome carriage was the royal '
carriage watch, which also fell into ,
tlie nanus or rue victorious v^rum v,en. 1
This timepiece of royalty, which 8
still ticks after a career of 2H2 years. '
was made in 1010 for King Charles I. ]
by the royal watchmaker of that time. t
King Charles I. was beheaded two c
years before his son Charles II, was i
defeated on and escaped from the lield r
i of Worcester.
It is of the oldest watch making pat- J
| tern, being made entirely by hand, s
and costing in its day a good round 1
| sum of tnon^y. The case is of solid sil- 1
j ver, ornamented in beautiful pierced c
; filigree work, and there is an outer v
j case of copper with a handsome leath- ?
j er cover, silver studded. The royal j;
; watch runs thirty-six hours with one a
j winding. Only one hand is used in f
i designating the time,
j There is a silver bell enclosed within
the silver case, on which the hours J1
are struck. There Is also an alarm at- j,
tachment. The watch is four and one- v
half inches in diameter, aud one and t
a half inches thick. p
Cromwell kept it as a personal pos- j,
session for years. But after the res- p
toration It fell into the hands of Jos- 8
eph Kipling. Esq.. of Overstone House, t
North Hants. England, an ancestor of h
Rudyard Kipling. Joseph Kipling was C
also an ancestor of the present owner ?
of the watch.?Philadelphia Telegraph, $
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WORDS OF WISfOM.
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You cannot use virtue To* a varnish. "
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Whatever soils the soul *?iust be sin. d
A song will outlive ah sermons in jj
the memory.?H. Giles. t
Jest not with the two-edged sword P
of God's word.?Fuller. B
Rulers always bate and suspect the
next in succession?Tacitus. ?
The wonderful thing about a man is p
his power to become.?E. I. Boswortu. *
Evil never tempted a man whom he w
found judiciously employed.?Spurgeon. tl
Thou art poor indeed if thou art not tl
stronger than thy poverty.?James o
Allen. 1 $
When the service of the Lord seems n
hard, it is because we are but imperfectly
performing it.?P. Mercer. ^
A man who does not know how to v.
learn from his mistakes, takes the best 8'
schoolmaster out of his life.?Beecher. ft
When one is sad or out of sorts for
any cause whatever, there is uo rem- n
edy so infallible as trying to make
somebody else happy.?J. W. Carney.
Where there is no mother there can ]g
be no child. Their duties are recipro- o:
cal: and if they are badly fulfilled on jj
one side, they will be neglected on the j,
other.?Rousseau. n
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Fortunes In Broken GIem. ? '
The waste from glass furnaces f? ^
now made useful. Into a fire resisting gj
mold are placed fragments of glass of n
various colors, which are then raised oJ
to a high temperature. The coherent ^
mass thus produced can be dressed V
| and cut into beautiful mottled blocks h
and slabs, forming an artificial marble
of decorative surface. Designs ip re- y
lief can be obtained by pressure while at
the material is still plastic. From Jj1
broken glass a "stained glass" window
can be made by firing, without pi
the ordinary slow process of "leading."
A prosaic soda water bottle in
the final fulfilment of its destiny may tl
dazzle the eyes as brilliant "dia- ai
- - - ? " ^?? li
uioiids" or oiner pmiuus oiuucc.
Thus does the waste come to resemble ^
the most precious commodity if prop- 01
erly handled and utilized.?New York ti
Herald. "
Annual Diamond Output. ^
Mr. Louis Tas, one of the best known w
diamond brokers, estimates the output
of the De Beers mines annually at
$10,000,000, and of other mines at $4,- w
500,000. Add to this the cost of la- bi
bor, the profits of the syndicate, etc., hi
and he thinks that the annual output | dj
of diamoml5 is worth about $35,000,000, 8
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A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
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A STRONG DISCOURSE ENTITLED. ?
"MAN'S CONDITION: COD'S REMEDY."
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An AddreM Delivered at the Mildmay n
Conference by Sir Robert Anderaon, K. 11
C. K., I.L.D.?The Spiritual Helplecs- ^
neit and Uopelrssneee of Man.
London. England.?The followinz ad- si
dress, entitled, "Man's Condition, God's d
Remedy." was delivered at the Mildraay si
Conference by Sir Robert Anderson. K. C. m
B.. LL. D.
The special subject assigned to me is e<
"The Spiritual Helplessness of Man by w
Nature, and the New Birth From Above." w
I am not here to defend the dogmas that w
theology has based upon this truth. What b;
concerns us is the truth itself. I say this it
with emphasis, because of what is passing
around us. ai
And this should be our position in re- C
gard to all the great doctrines of faith, w
The age of creeds is passed. In days of al
chivalry, when men had respect for truth tl
and honor, creeds shut out those who tl
could not honestly accept them. But now st
they avail nothing to protect the gold tfc
against "thieves and robbers." Men will w
publicly, and in the most solemn way, N
pledge their belief in every Christian m
truth in order to gain office in our tli
churches; and as goon as they secure the p<
prestige and pay which office affords, they bl
use the pulpits to attack the very truths Ix
they are pledged and subsidized to defend, .as
This being so, let us abandon the out- th
ivories of our creeds, and, falling back cc
upon the Bible, stand four-square In its bj
iefense. hi
In this spirit I approach my subject. I co
im not ignorant of what theology teaches
ibout human depravity, nor of the contro- ra
I'ersies respecting it which preceded the G<
settlement of our creeds. But on this th
platform I will recognize no authority save it
in open Bible. My reason for saying this m
s because here, as on many other ques- ar
dons, the opponents of the truth owe their ar
vantage ground to what is called Chris- re
dan doctrine on the subject. For the ah
ioetrine is inconsistent with facts, where- wi
is between truth and fact conflict is impossible.
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A natural man. i. e., a man who has Tl
lot experienced the new birth, ano who fie
ias not the Spirit of God, may live &
-?C Arilitif iinrl rn/iti f 11/lrt tf/i
lie Ui LUC (Ugliest/ lliuiaiu; ouu iwvuuuv. jv
Scripture testifies that in these qualities
;he Apostle Paul made no advance after (v
lis conversion. It is no answer to this
;o say that in his unconverted days he yc
:ame under the external influences of di- "]
rine truth. The fact remains that they
vere unconverted days, and that with
luch an environment he was able to main- I"1
;ain such a life of purity and piety and
eal, albeit he was spiritually dead in sins. ?Jj
le took to religion as another man might wl
ake to pleasure, or to study, or to trade, ne
ir to drink. But in this, as he himself an
Ieclare8. he was only following his natural
>ent?"the desires of the flesh and of the .
nind." Jn|
Neither is it an objection that such a ']s
use is exceptional. What man has done _ v
nen may do. If the Fall made it impos- cP
ible for men to live pure and upright 811
rves, in would be unjust in God to judge
hem for their vices. r;1
There are two great standards or prin- _
iples of divine judgment. With those
rno hear the Gospel, the conseguences of J
ccepting or rejecting Christ are final and rit
rreversible. As for the rest, men will be
udged by the law of their being, whether
8 stamped on heart or conscience, or as
ormulated in express commands at Sinai. tw
THE NATURAL MAN.
The first three chapters of Romans claim foi
lotice here. The first chapter describes an
he condition in which the mass of the by
eathen world was sunk even in days res
rhen the tide of human progress and cul- tei
ure was at the flood, and when, more- th<
ver, the great religious cults of classic thi
'aganism held up a standard of life as wa
igh as any that apostate Christendom fiCi
resents?cults of which one at least had ref
uch spiritual vitality that three centuries thi
fterwards it bid fair to supplant Chris- no
ianity as the religion (I am not speak- bo
ag of the true Christianity of the true gai
Ihurch of God) maintained its ascend- snj
ncy, it was first by penal laws of ex- Go
reme severity, and second by adopting \y,
he chief characteristic rites and errors
f the Paganism which it thus persecuted, err
These things need stating if we are to "A
nderstand aright the closing words of pe]
he first chapter of Romans. The vile he
radices of the heathen world were not Qh
ue to ignorance. They knew that their th?
eeda were evil. They knew the judgicnt
of God, that they who practiced sncn pr<
hings were worthy of death, and yet they j
racticed them. Ok
But the case of Saul of Tarsus was tea
rholly different. If what men call con- gjn
cience were the arbiter of human con- as
uct; if thnt were right which a man b0i
onestly believed-to be right, his was a iivi
erfect life. As judged by any and every pr(
uman standard, Saul of Tarsus was a 374
attern saint; but as judged by God he pr,
as a pattern sinner. And if you read the
be middle verses of Romans 3 intelligent- ma
r, this is the lesson you will learn from jt
bem: It is pod's estimate of the life the
f the natural man at his best?the life of dec
be upright, pious, zealous Jew under law. p0i
For that which is highly esteemed among J
ten is abomination in the sight of God. the
The story is told of the first Duke of arc
ambridge, that when, in the reading of
be Decalogue, the Seventh Commandment
ras reached, instead of the orthodox re- ?
xinse, he answered, in an aside, that was
lainly audible, "1 never did that." But Fe
ere was a man who could make a like !Y~
;sponse to every commandment in the ?
lecalogue. "As touching the righteous- ?
ess that is in the law, blameless.' Such ni^
as his pround boast. "P
You will say, perhaps, that this only ?
roves that he was utterly blind and dead. .
lut that is precisely what I am insisting
a; that so far is it from the truth that . T
uman nature is hopelessly corrupt and ,
epraved, as men judge of corruption and
epravity, that a natural man may live a ?
fe that would put to shame half the .F
in ral?n(?nr Rv A pnilNP nf tin. .
hristian asceticism and severe penances
?r "punishing the body," these calendar
linta attained to what men deem saint- i
lip. But to this man saintship was as . *
atural as sin was to many of the saints
: the calendar.
One of the tests which people hold to be P
nal is that man shall "do his best." anj
fhat more can possibly be expected of '"Y10
im? This man "did his best." and his
est was a "record" that has never been r&e
eaten. What purity of life was his!
That piety! What-burning zeal! What . 0
df-sacrificing devotion to what he beeved
to be the cause of God! But looking
ack upon it all, he writes, "Who was be- A
re a blasphemer." And what a bias- to (
tiemer! tho
And so, when he comes under the Divine Loi
archlight, he declares himself the chief woj
? - o :? ?i.? 1 l;?? ?n
; 51II HITS. OiraillJIUg tile ivug nut \JL an Miv?
le sinners of the race, he takes his place pro
t their head, "of whom I am the first." is o
: these were not the words of an in- is
>ired Apostle in an inspired epistle, we- whi
ight suspect exaggeration. And yet they hea
ily express the well recognized principle of
lat privilege increases responsibility and all
ispoasibility deepens guilt. Of course he as 1
new no better. But that only made his I a
ise the worse, for if ever there was a 1500
ian who ought to have known better it bod
as he. And so he takes his place as pro
chief of sinners." And he humbly adds, mai
I obtained mercy."
And he repeats this. For he was twice
lercied. It is not God's way to put L
iasphemers into the ministry. And so, as and
e thinks of the Lord's "exceeding abun- sha
ant grace" in calling him to the apostle- and
lip, he says, "I obtained mercy, because self
. *
, /
* t
did it ignorantiy in belief." But for ft \
>st, dead sinner a plea like thin avail*
bsolutely nothing. For ?uch. the one
nd only plea is "that Christ Jesus came
lto the world to save sinners."
THE WORK OF REDEMPTION'.
The Epistle to the Romans goes oa to
nfold the doctrine oi salvation. Sijj arligns
the sinner before the Divine judglent
seat, and he stands there as guilty
nd doomed. Salvation therefore can only
c through redemption, and redemption
lust be by blood. But as we have seen,
n has another aspect: it corrupts and
epraves the whole spiritual being. The
nner therefore needs a new nature. H?
iust be born again, born from above.
But these truths must never be separat1.
The Spirit's work depends upon the
ork of Christ. Hence the emphasis with
hicli Ave are told that Christ came by
ater and blood; not by water alone, but
y water and blood?as the R. V. renders
, 'by the water and the blood."
We all know what the blood means. We
"?? "reHppmpH hv thp nrpriotia hlnoH of
hrist as of a lamb without blemish and
ithout spot." But some of us are much
; sea about the water. The water and
le blood are figurative expressions. But
ie figures are typical. Ana if we underand
the types, both will turn our
loughts to the sacrifice of Calvary. The
ater was "the water of purification" of ,
umbers 19. Water that owed its cereonial
efficacy to the sin offering. But
ie sin offering was only for a redeemed
;ople; a people already redeemed by the
ood of the Paschal Lamb. When the
ord returns in blessing to Israel, then,
i Ezekiel 36 teaches us, He will come "by
ie water." But this is because His first
mninfc was not by the water only, but
i the water and the blood. The blood
is already been shed, redemption is acimplished.
>
The two, I repeat, must never be sepated.
And as redemption is altogether
od's work, so also is the new birth. Like
ie Apostle's ministry (Gal. 1: 1, R. V.),
is "not from men, neither through
an." No ordinance or "sacrament" has
ivthing to do with it. Men can fix time
id place for ordinances, for ordinance*
late to earth; but the new birth is from
>ove. The Spirit breathes where He
ills. J
It is to this thirty-sixth chapter of Ezeel
that these words of Christ refer,
iree elements in the new birth are specfid
in the prophecy ?
UJ "i win uprinKiO ciean waier upon
iu. and ye shall be clean." ( . 25.)
(2) "I will give you a new heart."
. 20.)
(3) "And I will put My Spirit within
>u." (v. 27.) "'I
THE WATER OF REGENERATION.*
In Matt. 19:28, the time of its fulfillent
for the man is designated by thci
>rd as "The Regeneration?' And in the,
ily other passage in the New Testament
liere that word occurs, it is used in amotion
with "the water of purification"
id the Ezekiel prophecy. I allude of
urse to Titus 3:5: "He saved us by,
e washing of regeneration and renew- v
g of the Holy Ghost." The word here
ed is loutron. It is mis-rendered
rushing," for it is & noun substantive
d not a verb; and the R. V. gloss (mari)
is misleading, for loutron is never
ed in the Greek Bible for "the laver." . }
it in the Greek Version of Ecclus. 34:25
is used for the vessel which heM "the
iter of purification."
But to return to the Divinely appointed
e of the Jewish religion, What was the !
mbblism of the water? Scripture itself
pplies the answer. The word loutron,
e the word "regeneration," occurs only
ice in the New Testament. I have alidy
spoken of Titus 3:5; the other paste
is Eph. 5:26. Christ gave Himself .y
r the Church, "that He might sanctify
d cleanse it with the loutron of water
the Word." In the type the Israelite ?
iched the sacrifice by means of the wa- ,
; in the antitype the believer reachee
e sacrifice by means of the Word. Hence *
? language of Scripture, "the loutron of
ter in the Word." The water of puri- , v
ation was, as we have seen, the water of
feneration; and it is by the Word that
i sinner is born again to God. It ha4
thing to do with mystic arts or shib- <,
leths after the pattern of ancient Pa- .)
nism. "We are born again" (as the in- ' j
red Apostle teaches) "by the Word of A
d"?"the living and eternally abiding &
ord of God." ~ %
\nd to guard against all possibility of ' ?,
np nr miaannrphension. it is added. -is
.nil this is the Word which by the GosI
is preached unto you"?preached, as
had already declared, "with the Holy ' >
lost sent down from Heaven." Not . ^
! Spirit without the Word, nor the ]
ord without the Spirit, but the Word
cached in the'power of the Spirit.'
n all this the truth of Christianity is
: counterpart and complement of the
iching of the Old Testament. How can'
ners, helpless, hopeless, dead ? as dead
dry bones scattered on the earth?be,
rn again to God? "Can these bones'
6?" was the question which led the ? ^
>phet to cast himself on God. And the1
h chapter of Ezekiel gives the answer: i J
each to them. Call upon them to hear ')
: Word of the Lord. (v. 4). This is' V"*T|
n's part; or if anything more remains' -1
is "Prophecy unto the breath"?pray ^
it the Spirit mav breathe upon these
id. The rest is God's work altogether. v
r "the Spirit breathes when He wills.'" ~
den preach; the Spirit breathesj and:
> dry bones live. Thus it is that sinners' !
i born again.?London Christian.
Look Ahead.
'here is glory for the time to come. 'A ; i
at many people seem to forget that the
it is before us. Dr. Bonar once said
it everything before the true believer is -.4
orious." This thought took hold on %
soul, and I began to look the matter
and see what I could find in Scripture
t was glorious hereafter,
found that the kingdom we are going
inherit is glorious; our crown is to be a
own of glory;" the city we are going :o
abit is the city of the glorified; the
gs we are going to sing are the songs of
glorified; we are to wear garments of ?
ory and beauty;" our society will lie
society of the glorified; our rest is to '3
"glorious;" the countiy to which we; ^
going is to be full of the glory of God
I of the Lamb.
'here are many who are always lookingi
the backward path and mourning over
troubles through which they have: , )
sed; they keep lugging the cares and
;ieties they have been called on to bear
[ are forever looking at them. Why
uld we go reeling ana staggering under
burdens and cares of life wnen we have
h glorious prospects before us??D. L. "<
ody. J
The Opposer of Christ.
.n unloving spirit is the worst treachery .
Christ that we can offer. How often do
se who are full of good works for the ' ;J
d stop to think of this? The harsh
:d spoken by the busy teacher or super- .
indent or pastor i9 a travesty on the
fession such a one makes. For Christ ' <
>ne with God, and God is love. Unlove
anti-Christ. We cannot serve Christ
ile unlove for any child of His is in oor,
rts or words. "And if I have t?e gift' *
prophecy, and know all mysteries and
Knowledge; and if I have all faith, e?
0 remove mountains, but have not love^ ". 'j
m nothing. And if I bestow all my.
ds to feed the poor, and if I give my y
ly to be burned, but have not . love, ift *
iiteth me nothing." "This is J'fy com*
adment. that ye love one another." ;
Pray For Holiness. J
et our prayer be ever for more holiness J
! more fitness for the kingdom. Tbea .
11 the tabernacle of God be with men, Ja
1 we shall be His people, and God Hintshall
be with us.