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' DR.TAI.M AGE'S SERMON s The Eminent Divine's Sunday Discourse. .Subject: "SlKBinfMiM of llio Flower#"? Tlioy lt?*?r lHcMHgM <>r Cln?r to the Heart-sick iiml Despairing?Their Appropriateness nt Obsequies. Text: "If-then <iod so clothe I bo grass which Is lo-day In llto Held, and to-inorrow* Is cast Into tho oven, how much morn will Ho clotlio you, O yo of lilllo lalth?"? l.tiko xll., 28. Tho illy 1b tho queen of Jlible flowers. The rose may have disputed her throne In modern timesiiud won It. but the rose originally had only Ave petals. It was under the long continued and Intense gaze of thu world that the roso blushed luto lis pros J ent hci.utv. In tho Bible train, cnssin nud \ hvssop < n<l frnnklurMiM and myrrii iwul t spikenard and camphor and the rose follow tlio Illy. Fourteen times in the Bible U the lily nienlloned; only twice tlio rose. The joao may now Imvo wider empire, but the lily reigned in tlio time of Esther, in I lio time of Solomon, In tlio lime of Christ, ('a-snr had his throne 011 the hills. The lily |:nd Iter throne in the valley. In tho greatr?t sermon that v. as over pleached there was only one flower, and that a lily. The Iledford dreamer, John Bunyan, entered tlio liouso of the Interpreter, and was shown a cluster of flowers and was told to "consider the lilies." We may study or reject other sciences at our option?It is so with astronomy, it ts so with chemistry, It Is so with jurisprudence, It is so with physiology, It ts so with neology?hut the science of botnny Christ commands us to study when Ho says, "Consider the lilies." Moasurothem from root lo tip of petal. Inhale their breath. Notice the gracefulness of their r poise. Hear the wl isper of the while lips of tiie Eastern and the red lips of tho American Illy, Belonging to this royal family or lilies are tho 111 v of the Nile, t he J a nan 111 v. ihn iLiuly Washington of tin; Sierras,the Golden land Illy, tl?o Glnnt lily of Ncpaul, tho Turk's cap Illy, tho African lily from the Capo of Good Hope. All those lilios hav? t lie royal blood lu tliolr veins, llut I tnka the lilies cf my text Ill's morning as typical of all flowers, and tlietr voico of lioral beauty seems to address us, saying, "Consider the lilies, consider the azaleas, consider tho fuchsias, consider the geraniums, consider the Ivies, consider tho hyacinths, consider the heliotropes, consider the oleanders." With deferential and grateful r.nd intelligent and worshipful souls consider thorn. Not with insipid sentimentalism or with sophomorio vaporing, but for grand and practical and everyday and, if peed bo, homely uses, consider thorn. The flowers are tho angels of tho grass. .They all have voices. When tho clouds speak, they thunder; when tho whirlwinds speak they scream, whoa the cataracts speak tboy roar, but when tho flowers speak they always whisper. Island hero to interpret their message. What have you to say to us, O yo angels of llio gr iss? , Tills morning 1 menu to discuss what flowers aio good for. That is my subject, "What are flowers good for?" 1 lemur!;, iu tho ilrst place, tbey arc good for lessons of God's providential care. That was Chilsl's Ilrst thought. All those flowers seem to nddiess us to-day, saying, "God will give you apparel and food." Wo have no wheel With which to spin, no loom with which lo weave, no sickle with which to harvest, no well sweep with which to draw water, but God slacks our thirst with J I lie dew, and God feeds us with tho bread of t lie sunshine, and God has appareled us with morn than Solomonic regality. Wo r.r? prophetesses of adequate wardrobe. "If God so clothed us, the grass ol the field, , will li not much more clothe yen, O j? of little fa 'ti?" Mi ii and women of worldly I anxieties, take ti 1* mess ago home with r you. How long has God taken care of you,J \ Quarter of tho journey of life? Half the II jvuiiioi MM i iiiiniMjimin.'i.'' IIM' JU1I I1J i.cyoflifu? Cau you net trust Him the rest 7^ of the way? (iiiil does not promise you anything like that which the Itomun cmJ juror had on Ills table at vast ex|>eusc?300 1,1 * lit if gales' tongues?but lit) litis |>iomi*ctl to ti?Vp euro of you. Ho bus promised you - j Hit' ni)i\?4|tj(>ji| uot the luxuries?bread, I not euko. ?r God so luxuriantly clothes i the grass of tho r.vi.t, ivlll Ho not provide for you, Ilis living ninl immortal children? lJ lie will. Kg No wonder Mnrt n Luther always lind a ^ flower < n bis writing desk i?.r inspiration! Through tho cracks of the |.i!son floor a flower grew up to ehcer l'icoluhi. Mungo 1'aik, the great traveler and explorer, had his li:o saved by a flower, lie jauk down V in tho desert to die; but, seeing a flower j near by, It suggested (tod's merciful eare, ' and be got lip with new eourago ami "* traveled n to safely. I said tlio flowers are tho angels of the grass. I add now they arc evangels ot the sky. If you ask mo the question, What are flowers good for? I respond, they are | good for tho bridal day. The bride must \ iiuvo I hem on her brow, and she must have them in her hand, Tho marriage altar must ho eovered with them. A wedding without flowers would bo as iuapproV prlulo as a wedding without inu.-le. At k\ sueliatimo they two lor congratulation and prophecies of good. So much of the r l pathway of life is coveroJ up with thorns, I \ wo ought to cover tho beginning with ot* k. nngo blossoms. W Flowers a to appropriate oa such oe^ xL '>sions. for In ninety.nine out of 100 cases j' o the very best fidng that eoubt have H^^jlifplii'il, The world may criticise and '/fUitiyj.ce it IIU iDllplllUilo niltl may lilt B |u eyebrows la surprise and think it might suggest something belter, but tho God 1 who ices the twenty, forty, llfty years of wdded life beforo they have begun nrS ranges for tho best. Ho that (lowers, in almost all cases, nro appropriate for the ? innrringe day, The divergences of dispo-lm lion will become corinspondcnces, reck\ Icssness will become piudenoo, frivolity *V utill I n hirr.pt! Into 1 riit*l i< nlit v. l There lias been many nil aged widowed won! who hud a carefully locked |?nVeau awl In the bureau n box find in tlio Vox u folded ) hi per and in tlio folded / nper n linlf blown rose, slightly fragrant, jAp^U*colcrcd, enrefully pressed, She put it there forty or llfty *yenr3 ago, On the anniversary day of her wedding alio I' will go to the bureau, she will lift the | box. she will unfold tlio paper and to her I eyes will bo exposed tlio half blown bud, and tlie riieniorles of tlio past will rush m upon Iter mid a tear will drop upon the m (lower and suddenly it la transfigured, and there is astir In the dust of the iinlliur mid M it rounds out mid it Is full of life and It 1 begins to trembln in tlie procession up the il elm roll aisle, alui the dead nuislo of a half i I eenturv ago comes throbbing through tlio ttk air, and vnnislied faces reappear and right iinudu nrojollied and a manly volco promI jses, "1 will, for better or for worse," and 1 tlio wedding march thunders a pajvo of I Joy at the departing crowd, but a nigh on \ that anriver nry day sua.tors the scone. i. \ iJndcr the deep fotiihed l?roath thii altar, If V '.ho llowers, the congratulating groups nro 1 scattered, and there is nolhlng left hut a I trembling band holding n faded rosebud, Which is put into the |'iiper and then into I the box and tlie box carefully placed In the 1 ^1'Uremi, and with a sharp, sudden click ot ^iho lock the scene is over. All, my friends, let not the prophecies of the flowers ou your wedding day bo false l l roplieolesl JJo bllud to each other's | ((lulls. Make (hp most of pnoli other's ex* I eellences. Remember tlip yowe, the ring I on the third finger ot the loft hand and tho oilUtllCllOIl 1)1 IUH cnillt I IllOr. if VOW ask me tho question, What i nrfc flowers gooij for? 1 gnawer, tlioy *u pro good to honor nm) pom fort tho obsequies. Tho worst gash ? ver Iw innile Into tho sldo of our poor enrth Is the gash of tho grivo, It is sq | deep, It Is so cruel, It Is sq incurable, that 1 It needs something to cover it up. Flowers \ for tho casket, flowers for tlio hoarse, flowers for the cemetery. What a contrast \ between u gravo in a country churchyurd, wiili the. fence broken ilown anil tho tombstone ii->111 ut and the neighboring cattle browsing nir.ld Iho mullein stalks and the Canada thistles, and a Juue morning In Greenwood, the wave of rorento bloom rolling to tho lop ol the mounds and then breaking iuto foaming crests of white flowers all around the billows of dust. It is tho dllYeteuce between sleeping under ings mid sleeping under nn embroidered blanket. We want old Mortality with Ills ehl*el to go through all the gravevnrris in Christendom, and while he carries a chisel In oue hand we want old Mortality lo have some (lower seed In tho palin of the other hand. "Oh," you say, "the dead don't know; It make* no difference lo them." I think yut are mistaken. There are not so many steamers and trains coming to n:iy living et:y. as iaero are convoys coming from heaven to earth, anil If thero bo Instantaneous and constant communication b?Iwcen (his world mid tho bolter world, do yoa not suppose your departed friends know what >ou do with their bodies? Whv bad Clod planted "goldonroil" and wild Mowers in the forest nnd ou tho pratric, where no human ovo ever sees them. He planted them there for luvislble Intelligences to look at and admire, and wben invisible intelligences come to look at the Wild flower* n( lli? J ... . nuuun null mo IUOIOlands, will they not iiuiko excursion nnd. Si m ihe flowers which you hare planted lu affectionate remembruueo of thorn? When 1 it in dend, I would Hko to hnvo n lmndful of violets?nDy one oould pluck them out of the rhus, or some one could lift from the edge of the pond a water lllv ?nothing rarely expensive, no Insnuo dlsplny, as sometimes lit funeral rites, whero tie display lake? the bread from tho children's mouths and the clothes from their backs, but something from the great democracy of flowers. Ilalhcr than Imperil catafalque of Itnssluii Cxur, I ask some ouo whom 1 may have helped by gospel sermon or Christian docd to bring a sprig of arbutus or a handful of China astors. it w s left for Modern tlines to spell respect for the departed and comfort for tho living In letters of floral gospel. IMIlow or flowers, meaning rest for the pilgrim who has got to the end of Ills journey. Anchor of flowers, suggesting the Chrlstlun hope which we have as an nnchor of tho soul, Mire and steadfast. Cross of flowers, suggesting tho tie.o on which our sins were slain. If I had my way, I would cover up itU the dreamless sleepers, whether In golden handled casket or piuo box, whether a king's mausoleum or pottor's Held, with radiant or aromatic arboresoeucc. ' The J'.ible snys, "In the midst of tho garden llicro was a sepulchre." 1 wish that every sepulchre might bo in tho midst of the gardou. If you ask mo tho question, What nro flowers good for? , I answer, "For religious symbolism." Have yon ever studied Scrlpluinl flora? The lJildo Is an urbcretuni.lt is a divine conservatory, it Is a herbarium of exquisite beauty. If you want to illustrate tho brevity of the brightest humun life, >oti will quote from Job, ".Man coiueth forth as a flower and is cut down." Or you will quote from the psalmist, "Astlie flower of the Held, so he pcrtslieth; the wind pusset h over It and it. is gone." Or you will <|HUI<9 irom ismnil, "All llesh is grass, ItUll i In- goodliness thcieof is as the llownr of In- 11 i*l.I." Or you will emote from James tin; apostle, "As tin- Mower of tan grass, so ho unseat' atvay." What graphic Bible syn bolisit ! Flowors also afford mighty symbolism of Christ,who compared Himself to tho ancient queen, the Illy, and the modern queen, the rose, when He raid: "I am the rose of Shutou and tho lily of tho valley." ltedolent like tho one, humble like tho other, f.ike both appropriate for the sad who want sympathizers and for tho rejoicing who want banqueters. Hovering over the marriage ceremony like a wedding bell, or folded like a chaplct on the pulseless heart of tho dead. Oh, Christ, let the nerfuine of Thy name he wr.ftedjall around the earth ? idy* and rose, lily nud rose?UUtil the wilderness crimson into a garden and tho round earth turn into ope great hud of Immortal beauty laid against tho warm heart of God! Snatch down from.tho world's banners eagle and lion and put on Illy and rose, lily and rose. But, my friends, Mowers have no grander use that when on Easter morning wo celebrate the lo^nlmullon of Christ from tho catacombs, Tho Mowers spoil resurrection. Tiicr? Is not n nook or <-ornor in all tho building but Is touched with tlie inccuse. 'l he women carried spices to the tomb of Christ, ami they dropped spices all around about the tomb, and Irom those spices have grown all the Mowers of Easier morn. The two white robed angels that hurled the stone away from tho dopr of tho toinb hurled it with such violence down tho hill that it crashed in tho door of tho world's sepulcher, and millions uf dead ahull come forth. However labyrinthine the mausoleum, however costly the sarcophagus, however architecturally grand tho necropolis, however beautifully parlerrod the family grounds, wo want them all broken up by i he Lord of the resurrection. The forms that we laid away with our broken hearts must rise again, Father and mother? I hey must come out, Husbands and wives ?they must come out, Brothorsnud sisters ? they must oome out. Our darling children?they must eoino out, Tho eyes that with trembling lingers wo closed must open in the lustre of resurrection morn. The arms that we folded in death must join ours In embrace of reunion, Tho beloved voice that was hushed must bo returned. The beloved form must oome up without its infirmities, without its fatigues?it must c.uno up. Oh, how long it seems for soino of you! Wnlllng ?waiting for the resurrection! How long! How long! I make for your broken hearts to-day a cool, soft bandage of lilies. I ooinfort you this day with tlio thought of resurrection. When Lord Nelron was buried In St. Paul's Cathedral in London, the heart of all England was stirred, Tho procession passed on amid tlio sobbing of a nation. There wero thirty trumpeters stationed at tlio door of tlio cathedral with Instruments of music in hand waiting for tho signal, and wlieu tlio Illustrious dead arrived at tho gates of St, Paul's Cathedral those thirty trumpeters gave or.u untied blast, and then all was silent. Yot tho trumpets did not wake tlio dead. Ho slop; right on. Put I linvo to till you what thirty trumpeters could act do for one man one trumpeter will do for nil nations. Tho ages liavo rolled on and tho clock of tho world's destiny strikes !?, 10. II, 12, and ti:no shall lie no longer! Heboid the archangel hovering! lie lakes the trumpet, points it this way, puts Its lips to his lips, and then Mows olio long, loud, terrific, thunderous, reverberating and rosurrootlonnry blast! Look, look! They rise! The dead, the dead! Homo coming forth from the family vault, some from tho city cemetery, some from tho country graveyard. Hero a spirit U Joined to its body, and there another spirit Is Joined to another body, and millions of departed hplrlts are assorting the bodies, and thou reolothing themselves in forms radiant for asoonslon, Tho earth begins to burn, the bonfire of a great victory, AH ready now for tho procession of reconstructed humanity! P., ,,1 ? ..! I /?I. Lm.lo .>...1 ..II III.U un.ij; ...... ...... .... I he Christian dead folldw, battalion after battalion, nitlloa uftpr nation. Up, up! On, on! Forward, y*? ranks of God Al 111X111y! Lift up your heads, ye everlasting pates. and let the conquerors come in! Resurrection! Itesurreotlon! And so I twist all (he festal flowers of I ho chapels and cathedrals of n|| ^hrlston-; ilom Intq ono preat phain, and with that chain I hind the Raster morninp of 18'J'J with theeloslnp Kasttu* of (ho world's history resurrection! 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"Yes, my dear," he continued, "I feel somewhat conscience stricken when I think of how silent I am, as a rule, about all those qualities of mind and heart which you possess. As 1 go about among my friends and talk with the brilliant and cultivated women who shine with such splendor, how glad it makes me to think that you are not as they! (Jive lue the quiet, simple woman, who is content to stay at home, who lives but for her husband, and who prefers the domesticity of the home circle to the artitleiality of society. No one knows better than I do that when you go out you suffer greatly in comparison with other women, whose glamor of intellect blinds the senses. Beauty in women 1 can admire?indeed, 1 do admire it?and yet, after all, 1 psefer you. What do I care tf you are not beautiful, when I know that you nrc good? What difference does it make to me if you cannot be ?.irri.? ??,.i .... .....I I...... I I you try with others? Ilello! what's the uiattor?" 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The sultan hail witnessed a test I of the wonderful shooting of the rapid- i i lire arm, and was duly impressed with; j seeing the small weapon deliver itself i i of C?(X> shots a minute without being ! touched by human hand save the first i ! pull of the trigger. "Wonderful! Wonderful!" he ex- ; 1 claimed in nmnxement. "1 must have j some of those arms." Some time later Mr. Maxim received : i an order for an expensive patteru of small field gun. lie made two, beautifully chased in gold, aud of marvel pus wpyknuutship. What the sultan ! co.Ultl wuut of such expensive outside I trappings he did not know, but tliov ? - V were duly sent to Turkey, where they now rest lu the royal n\usQuin. "Ah! They sheot too well," the Sul, tai\ is reported to have said when ask ed why they were not used lu the field. "They are better where they are."? New York Tlmea. ilSlHmlln Mwildl money fofuntlet! by your in HEALTH and beauty are the glories of perfect womanhood. Women who suffer constantly with weakness peculiar to their sex cannot retain their beauty. Preservation of pretty features and rounded form is a duty women owe to themselves. The mark of excessive monthly suf- THE ering is a familiar one in the faces of young American women. EM AOF ' Don't wait, young women, until your good looks are gone past recall. SOFFCOtN^M Consult Mrs. Pinkham at the out Start. Write to her at Lynn, Mass. Miss Edna Ellis, Higginsport, Ohio, writes: "Dear Mrs. Pinkham?I am a school teacher and had suffered untold agony during my menstrual periods for ten years. My nervous sys torn was almost a wrecK. i sunerea witn pain in my siae ana ? had almost every ill human flesh is heir to. I had taken treatment from a .-** number of physicians who gave mo no relief. In fact one I r ( \ eminent specialist said ^^ .me, I must submit to I ?w1 j! f I (|^B the advice given L ^ ^ 11 If p. / nie an<^ now I v I /j/ \ Buffer no more \ 1 /y / V. during menses. I ^ anyone cares 1 &/ 1 N about my case, I Si I \ \ / ft ~ will cheerfully answer all fix W letters" f J \ / ' Miss Kate Cook, 16 Addison St., Mt. Jackson, Ind., writes: "Dear Mrs. Pinkham? I am by occupation a school teacher, and for a long while suffered with painful menstruation and nervousness. I have received more benefit from Lvdia E. Pinkliam's Vegetablo Compound than from all remedies that I have ever tried." Saw M i 11 s TIZAKURE 2SSS I OQ Tfl *tQOQ flfl "I)y(?|n')>?li. lut* been Uio lmno of my life for a)! & J I U J) Ja J.UU elxty ypftin, n ml of nil tlio hundred* of rein*ivm. 1it...... ?...i 11 1, ? , die*. I have received more benefit from Tlx*" itil Ililpioxd Itopc and Holt Food. kurothan from any oihcr."?Jons J. 1'Kahcb, SAWS, F1I.KS anil TEKTII in Stock. I)., Cincinnati, O. Engines, Boilers and Machinery 1 All Kinds niul Repair* for *.11110. TI/.AKl'ltK CO., Turpon Spring*, Fl?. Shafting, 1'i.lle.v*, Helling, Injector*, Pipe*, I \alve* hiiiI Kitting*. OOnd WlflVSI LOMBARD IRON WORKSSSUPPLY CO.. i (htrettxk kutt tt#Sm?13?u AUGUST A, OA, __ | B^^SS^TJSSSXi ;elf refrigerant I CJ over no degree* colder tliun lAP tfcs.7. /I JkF Mgjt*mnmi m B A u?crt l? refrigerator* Just liko II* K uoiwinhiiu,,t W U perfect KIlllBlllUte tor fc 7 ""-i"1* Villi. UI Uto ip<l ll Ml lw, *M| |Jg| SKND FOft CIRCIT.ARS. AGENTS WANTED itupotni wmnuiin * >. tv?n? u ?1? *, nimTiL. UMTKltsAI. KFKJtMCKitATI \G (:(|., K. F. .Mcail Cycle C'oinpuuy, UMmi*, III. 8?2 Fluwhlug Avenue, ItUtiOKI.VN, N. V. i M GENTS WANTED [jn tUHES WKThE ill tLSE FAILS. " La? ALA ,n ototy olty '''PI, pillion. Storing imJ n*.?t Cnug!) Syrup. Taste* Good. bso Pg| and conuiy lor A^Ullillilg QlUHt)o ?*; \ > ri ll c..luditnm*- tn<f nil ktudxof Fruit*nnd llshcd. l or term* and territory, nddre** C. LUTHER PUB. CO., Atlanta, Qa. on for Malaria, Chills and Fever, asteless Chill Tonic fa a riibi lasieiess luuiu ever manufactured.. All / ?^lcr so_ca^e(^ "Taster^ADULTS tlfi 'ess" 'on'cs arc iniita-, i\|S FATrtffffcii^W tions.. Ask any druggist about this who is not wiKii? PUSHING an imitation.1 ** ^ CONSUMER. ttpcommeuA w.??,?.?,T....b.p.u.w.J ?? Paris Mboioinb Co., St. Louis, Mo. R ETA 6 LER? Gentlemen:?I write yon a few lines of rr?t? ?..I. i.ih - i'tnie. 1 think your Urovo's Tuteleu Chill i/.,nnftw >,,, 'i'onle is one of the best inedicinrs in the world Paris Mcninvc r-? for Chills and Kever. I have three children f. . ... tint haro boon down with mularial fever for IS "Ontlcrnen:?i hnndlo seven or eight differ- months and have bought Chill medicines of *11 ent kinds of Chili Tonico but i soli ten bottles kjndg HO(j Doctor's bills coming in *11 the time of Urove's to whero i soil on" ofthc others. Ulltil j Rent to town and got three bottles of I sold SO bottles of Grovc'n 4Hill Tonic in <irovc?s Tonic. My children are all wall now ono day and could hnva sold more- if 1i had had nad it was your Tasteless Chill Tonic that did it on hand. Mr. Davo Woods curtd flvo cases j ..nQyt B4y too much in its behalf, of chills with oue bottle. i i? li'.'Si>ectfullv. 1 , xloo JUH.V T. VINYARD JAMKS D. ROBERTS. cotton i. - hi" - II iitBowr? is L HiNEW FLORENCE planter who gets the most cot- I AND ANY OTHER WAGON, ton from a fiven area at the 0 The new Florence has 8prlnva tun iium a givt.ii ciit-cl at lilt ? | underhand Bolster In front and. be . . . t i , ri twi>?n tup uoister nna Axle lniiind wblCh least cost, IS the one who makes f crentesnllve weisht.makestheDraftltght. 6 er, saves the Team nml prevents 76per cent. the most money. Good culti- * handle tut. wv?. vation, suitable rotation, and ? " 'FLORENCE WAGON WORKS, liberal use of fertilizers con-; |t ftni, ,.ceiv? iuii Vriform.uoQ with con, ... ? _ , ^ . O Prices nml Testimonials. taming at least x% actual |1| A Onr Htaalley and Hat* Drvirt r?t? i WOOD 2i?ra3v3 III Vfl I I I " ^ ^ ^ Alto *11 iIin of Oiroalor a V W B B B I ' ? ' _ _ mm ?* th* oeieh?eto4 * v 'Vt'KJ * A ] A a III A a <'. riekM Mill V J| IBfW lloroer*w?rt(wo[xrwill insure the largest yield. I IWW^m FeeliMiMo^a^?iNc!>u Wc will send Free, upon npplication, i amallct nr?.fa,Mi??>w>WmMwhWis pamphlets that will interest 7?very cotton ^.fllcied'with j TK?w.ww'w C..W.U. planter in the South. | ?rM, mm I TnOWpiOR f Cfl Wtftf oekhan KALI WORKS, \\r antkd-com of ond iiooiin tnot k i pa k i 03 Nassau St., New York. '? will not benefit. Hood k eto. to Rtpane Chelate*! | Oo.. Now York, for 10 oompleo and low tootimooUto. erchnnt, so why not try it? l*rice OOc.