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BRYAN A PROF \NER? "The linking..f the Lord's Supper with apolitical banquet, as was done by Mr. Bryan In a spee h nt LJ rminghnm yes? terday, Will g..::. upon the nerves of nil those who have a respect for things that are hop.-, n it was no sacrilege. It was horribl ? taste, and will stand to Mr. Bryan's Inuliiifi discredit. Ho has made just one qoeech too many."? Charlotte Obaci vor. "What the Lord's Supper is to a Christian, so :i Jefferson banquet is to a Democrat. "For the same reason that a good Christian would revolt nt having the sacrament presided over by an Infidel, for the same raison 1 would object to being pre: cut nt n Jefferson banquet presided over by Perry Belniont."?The Hon. William J. l e y in. In, a recent in? terview . Setting aside all questions of politi? cal opinion, and speaking In nn abso? lutely general way, we do not see how anyone with propi r ri for sa? cred things, i ven though he be not a professed Christian, can fall to be ' shocked at tho remarkable comparison Which Mr, Brynn has in do in his ef? fort to be eplgrnmi The man that can drag the Lord's Supper Into n controversy eonne i d with a political banquet mtisl havt n very imperfect realization if the respect that is due to divine subjects. Mr. Bryan's greatest admirers ore dumb wlln astonishment nt this scinl-blnsphemy. which they ennnot qt'tempt to defend; The sllvei champion w >ui 1 d ? well to bi;I -t his "bon niois" with greater care for the solemnity of the rol lions between God nnd man."- Norfolk Landmark. Now what Is there in the language used by Mr. Bryan that justifies these solemn animadversions, pronounced with nil the gravity of the Sanhedrim? Small success has attended the efforts of Mr. Bryan's political adversaries lo refute his logic heard and read so fre? quently In the late memorable cam palgn. Scoff. :s might mock at tho rhet? orical methods of him whom they de? lighted to call the "Hoy Orator of the Platte," and seek to ridicule what th y would fain say was crude an i sophomo rlc In his style and expression. But the keen, dexterous logic of Bryan, the debater, was approved too often by the Judgment of his hearers on the hus? tings and In the halls of legislation to be whistled down the wind. His opin? ions became the opinions of the bulk of the American public, for it is a fact that a majority of the white people of the United States were hi.-* disciples, and voted to support his views of the economic Issues of the day. Ills private character Is irreproacha? ble. Neither envy r r malice has yet been able to besmirch his escutcheon. But certain of the "Unco guld" have been completely horrified by Mr. Bry? an's similes ami metaphors. He has been held up to censure as an Icono? clast He has been roundly rated for what his monitors declare to be his 6acrllego and Irreverence towards things sacred. An example of this spe? cies of criticism Is cited at the head of this article. We say nothing as to Lie divergence between the views of w. j. Brynn and thoso of Perry Bclmont, nor as to tho merits of their mutual observations. Mr. Bryan states that the celebration of the birthday of Thomas Jefferson Is to a Demccrat what the Lord's Supper la to a pious Christian. Nothing more, nothing less. He might have said, to illustrate the Importance ol this anni? versary lo a sincere' Democrat, that It was to him what the Feast of the Pass over was to the undent Jew, what the Heglra Is to the devout Moslem, or, ns for that matter, what the anniversary of the death of Charles the Second was to an ardent Jacobite. No one can im ftglns that Mr. Bryun meant to asslml Into the sacrament of the Lord's Sup? per to the natal day of Thomas Jeffer? son In point of sanctity nnd Importance to mankind. In this point of view, the criticism is the Idlest of cavilling. There be some who regard the Bible as n fetich; who regard its very lan? guage as possessing in Itself, without reference to its spirit or its purport, a specific charm; who look upon the very letter-press and tooling of the volume as tallsmanlc, and nothing less. Among this class, the allusion by the nominee of the Chicago Convention to a "cross of gold" brought the whole of this hyper-sensntlve cry of critics about his ears. As if, while one Ideal cross were an object of hallowed and awful mo? ment, yet every cross of gold, or wood, or stone, were a thing of superstitious veneration. Thieves were wont to hang upon crosses, and crosses of divers kinds nre among the Insignia that have often, in one sense or another, hung upnn thieves. The species of irrever? ence that marks Mr. Bryan 1ms no ter? rors for us. We nre sure, from what' is known of his character, that the mind and her.rt of the man is as sus? ceptible of religious awe as those of most men, not even excepting his crit? ics. I INHERENT POWER. We regret that we have not seen the | opinion of the Supreme Court of Ap? peals of Virginia, submitted with its recent decision, refusing to obey the legislature of Virginia and pronouncing null and void that boery'a action In reg? ulation and restriction of the absolute and unlimited power claimed by our courts In matters of injunction and contempt of court. In last Saturday's Richmond Times we were editorially Informed that the court had made a ? decision holding that the act of the Virginia Legislature, depriving courts (in eertalti ease;) of the powers of pun? ishing contempts of courts, is void and of no effect," and upon thin a deluge of adulation and eulogy was poured upon the court and its decision, without any further de? tails or Information. In the Times of the Sunday following we are told spe? cifically that the act of Assembly nul? lified by the court is "the famous anti-injunction bill was Introduced in the Virginia Legislature on February 2, lss.s. the Richmond Dis? patch explained that this bill was 'de slgncd to carry out the declaration of the Chicago platform against govern? ment by Injunction, and to render Im? possible in this Slate those sweeping injunction orders which have become KO common In recent years in some of the States of the Union.' " But, practically, the fact that we as same the annulled act to be that em? bodied In the Code of Virginia as to contempts, makes no dilference on the main point raised by the court's re? fusal to obey the legislature and re? volting against the authority bestowed on that body to erect courts and "reg? ulate" them. For the court, as the Times Informs us. mnkes no pretension to any constitutional warrant for its action in this case, but, speaking through Judge Keith, says: "That in the courts created by the Constitution there Is an inherent power of self-defence and self-preservation; ;liot this power may be regulated, but cannot lie destroyed or so fur dimin? ished as 1.1 be rendered ineffectual by legislative enactment; that it is a pow? er necessarily resident in and to be ex erelsed by, the Court Itself, and that the vice of an act Which seeks to de? prive the court of this inherent power is n.d cured by providing for its ox erelse by a Jury: that while the Legis? lature has tlie power to regulate the jurisdiction of Circuit, County, and Corporation courts, it cannot destroy, while It may confine within reasonable bounds, the authority necessary to the exercise of the Jurisdiction conferred." The same constitution that authorised the legislature to create courts, also authorized that body to "regulate" their jurisdiction and that of Judges, "except ?o far as the same is conferred by this constitution." The constitution Ihep confers among other things. Juris? diction as to "the constitutionality of a law;" but it Immediately adds to this a proviso requiring a majority of the judges elected, necessary to declare a law unconstitutional, and that "to de? clare any law null and void" must be "by reason of itf repugnance to the Federal Constitution, or to the Consti? tution of this State." Judge Keith would have surely shown this repugnance to one or the other, or both, of these constitutions, if he oiild; but there Is no such repugnance, and on the contrary, several fatal re? pugnances between fundamental pro Visions of both, and the pretensions f=et up by the courts and Judges with re? st.t to contempt and Injunction, wherein all the guarantees of both as to liberty and property, if not life, as tp "due process of law," "trial by jury," the right to call and examine witnesses in self-defence, Ac, are all set at naught by a pretended "inherent pow? er" utterly repugnant to all our con? stitutions, institut.'s. principles and the spirit tif our free self-government by representation. There are no such inherent rights or powers, except in the people; nor I? the slightest recognition given to them und, r our system of Federal or State government, i'et Judge Keith rallies this imaginary power. In the court against the inherent and constitutional right and power of the people! Every? body knows that this "Inherent" right or power claimed by Judge Keith, In theory and practice, grossly violates the Inherent rights and powers of man. upon which our government is based, and every guarantee, of our constitu? tions, State Snd Federal as to our rights of property and personal liberty. We repeat, there nre no inherent rights except those possessed by the people; and the constitution was designed chiefly for the purpose of excluding all such pretences; by definitely llxing and conferring, or granting, or delegating, or visiting and defining all rights, pow? ers and privileges to be exercised by any public officer, department, or branch of government. Judge Keith, or tho Supreme Court of Appeals, might as well attempt to set up "divine right" again In this country, as his equivalent doctrine of "Inherent power*'?and he had some sense of thir*. as shown by his avoidance of the term "right" and resorting to tho word "power." Hut there is only one power superior to the constitution and the people, and that is divine power: nnd If that does not interpose unmistakably. It Is puerile to have recourse to ''in? herent power" against the power that, in conjunction with the constitution, makes and unmakes courts, "regulates" them, nnd may Impeach and remove and disqualify judges for maladminis? tration, corruption, neglect of duty, or othor high crime or misdemeanor. The courts and judges may Illegiti? mately conceive and declare themselves this, that and the other, and their ju? risdiction and power and duty thus and f.q, or otherwise; but there is not a scintilla of warrant for.their conception of this, that and the other, or of thus and so, or otherwise, except as "con? ferred" by our constitutions or our legislature. Their jurisdiction, power, duty and right or privilege, are all "conferred," and none and nothing of these can by any reason be, or become, "inherent" in them. 11 Is so "nomi? nated In the bond," which neither courts nor judges can amend or alter honestly or with Impunity. They are what they are created by constitution and law, no more nor less; and minis? ters and sworn custodians of these, they arc doubly bound to respect, obey and uphold them, In letter and spirit. The Court of Appeals of Virginia does not attempt to claim that the said Act of our Legislature is unconstitutional, but that it deprives them of their "INHERENT ROW ICR"; that is to say, their "divine right"?their Kingly power. The Court of Appeals of Virginia, or any ether court in this country; or all of them put together, have no "In herein power." It has no power at all. none whatever, excepting only that which is CONFERRED by our Federal and State Constitution*!, and the laws enacted IN PURSUANCE THEREOF; and the constitution requires (as we have hereinbefore stated) that "to de? clare nny law null and void" must be "by reason of Its repugnance to the Federal Constitution, or to the Con stitutign of this State." Tet the Court of Appeals of Virginia declares the said Act of our Legislature null and void on the ground that It deprives them of their "inherent power''?an assumed and self-arrogated power. M'KJNLEY'S NAVAL MINION President McKlnley's recent letter of sympathy, condolence and commenda? tion to Rear Admiral Sampson, strikes the public very much as a like letter from him to Eagan would, sympathiz? ing and condoling with him. and highly commending him and his beef. Com? mending Sampson for "disinterested no? tion" sounds very much like similar commendation would of Kngan for "diligence and enre" in supplying the army with embalmed, rotten and mag gotty beef, which even buzzards would fly from; and complimenting Sampson highly for "consummating * * the destruction of the Spanish fleet," is a conspicuous example of inveracity and contempt e>f the facts, and public opin? ion that should rank him side by side with Sampson as a twin brother in morality and honor. McKinley expresses tho "highest ap? preciation of your" (Sampson's) "ser? vices as Commnnder-in-Chlef of the Atlantic Naval forces during the Span? ish war." What these "services" are may be located with those others for which the unknown "Captain" Samp? son was thus rushed over the head of superior men and officers, with high re? putations and noble records?above Dewey. Schley, Watson nnd others? and who did nothing ns "Commander In-Chief" but show a zealous daring to capture unarmed vessels ami an eager avidity to claim his lion's share of the prize-money,- as he lias shown n simi? lar disposition to engross the glory of exploits which were wholly performed by others, whom he has meanly sought to despoil. "It was in recognition of your services," says Mr. McKinley, "and of your gnat skill that I recom? mended you to the Senate for the ad vnn emenl which you had earned." Gracious heavens! This Sampson (With a p) has done great services and exhibited great skill, which the Presi? dent is able to "recognize," though nobody else con, and yet cannot "rec ognlze," what everybody else does, the favorite's Immcastirenble meanness in seeking to thrust himself in front of Schley and the other real heroes in the Santiago sea-fight, before the public, although ho knew nothing of the tight itself,?in fact, "not in it" at all. I' this a man to he President of the Fulled States? and to be endorsed into a fecund term? w ith such favored min? ions as Ilnnnd, Algcr ami Sampson as his Piers Gaveslons over belter, abler ami truer men'.' At the present writing the prospect? of Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, for going to the United States Senate or the State penitentiary are about evenly divided. Agulnaldo may oongratirl-ate himself on not having a navy for Admiral Dewey to wipe out. VlRGlNlM-PIbOTS (Copyrighted, IS99.) DIRtCTLD BY PKOF. SEYMOUR EATON. 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Beginning In the age of Elisabeth, purltanlsm had slowly but surely made its way Into the life of the English people, reaching the climax of its pow< r between 1640 and 1650, and then declining in Importance nfter the restoration, to reappear with renewed force In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Speaking In general terms it was an nttemnt on the part of an ever-increasing minority of people to reform and purity the life of England, the political, social and religious life? in short, to bring about a real refor? mation where there had been only a pretended one. It is only in recent years that the full significance of this movement has been realized. There was much that was un? attractive in the puritans, much that was crude, narrow and Intolerant, but, on the who!-, the cause of liberty and righteousness?what Milton called the "good old cause"?depended f<>r su cesa upon the heroic conduct of these strtlnge people. Matthew At-.told said that in DUrltanlsm the Hebrew theo? cracy was attain realized in history. They, too, were the elect of Jehovah, and they read the Hebrew bible as the only word of Clod. One of the lirst glimpses we L'et of Milton is that ol the 12-year-old hoy reading at mid? night his old testament in the original, and when in his old age he wrote his poems his subjects and many of his thoughts wer.- from the same book. Cromwell at the head of his Ironsides charged the hosts of the enemy uttering the words ef the psalmist and In the council chamber found nothing better to quote than Isaiah. Bunyan must have known the bible by heart, for his books are so saturated with its lan? guage and thought that it Is difficult to tell what Is original and what borrowed. Verily. English people were then "the people of one book" and "the Lord salth" was their highest authority. I have referred to Milton. Cromwell and Bunyan. If one would understand the puritan movement in all Its phnses he must study the lives and sayings of these men, for they are Puritanism in OLIVEU CItOM WELL. curt ate?Milton, tho pamphleteer nno poet; Cromwell, the man of action and power, and Bunyan, the preacher and prophet. Milton, with all his enthusi? asm for art and culture, was wander? ing amid the classic scenes of Italy un I contemplating a journey to the yei more classic scenes of Greece, when the still, small voice of Duty called him back to take part in the coming con? flict between purltanlsm and its oppo? nents?with what splendid weai ins diil he wage war! Cromwell, a raw country lad, w ith a sens ? of his past Bins and of his obligation to (? ill, or? ganizes the Ironsides and mokes ths royalists feel the might of those who fear the Lord and causes tin- name ol Jehovah to resound through the world. Bunyan felt no Interest in the civil and political conflict - we do not even know in which army he fought In the civil war?but when, with the restoration, came the corruption of social life and the "loathsome opposite" of all the pur? itans had dreamed. Bunyan reuttcred the gospel of puritanlsm rind in the forests !?is voice wai heard preaching righteousness and justice and from Bedford jail went forth words of power ?"thoughts that breathe and words that burn." Three more widely different men could scarcely be found. There were but few points of contact between the B holnrly Milton and the almost Il? literate tinker of Bedford; Cromwell was far removed from either, and yet they were all animated by the snme sense- of Coil's omnipotence and man's responsibility; sin and pardon, the eter? nal conflict between G ?d and the devil we>-e living realities to them. The "Holy War" ef Bunyan bus often been com? pared with "Paradise Lost." and many parallel passages mich' be cited be? tween "Pilgrim's Progress" ami the speeches anil letters of Cromwell. It would be interesting to speak fur? ther of purltanlsm. but we are to notice e?;pe dally In this study the character and writings of Bunyan as reflecting this general movement. The principal events of his life are soon told. Born in 1628. he was the son of a tinker who lived not far from Bedford: at an early a so he woe sent to school, where he learned to read and write, though the evidence i* thai in later years he hod lo learn again the art of writing. He was a rollicking, mischievous boy. the ringleader In all sports and pastimes, although he was not altogether so de? praved as In after years he represented himself to have been, in 1615 he went to the war and tor several months he served one side or the other*, lie was married soon after quilting the army and became the father of several chil? dren, one of whom was blind. For the next few years he passed through the religion* experiences of which wc shall speak later. In 1660 he was Imprls tin 1 for preaching to dlasent< rs, and. with the exception of a few Intervals, In1 re? mained in Jail twelve years, urea. bine, to his fellow-prisoners and writing Iiis sermons and books. In P'7'> appeared the first part of "Pilgrim's Progress," j F.T.STON. BEDFORD. (Bunyan's birthplace.) in 1RS2 the "Holy War" and in lfiso "The Life and Death of .Mr. Madman." After his release from prison he be? came a famous preacher, exercising a great Influence over a large Bectlon of England, so much so thai he became known as jie was styled "Blsho;i Bun yani" lie died in 168S from n cold con? tracted on a trip made lo reconcile n father and his Son. The chief Interest In Bunyan's life Is the development of h's Spiritual nn urn as depleted In the "Grace Abounding" and as Implied In "Pilgrim's l'i igri h".' The tirst of these works should lie I by every one who woul 1 i n iw Uli I nl story of his life. Cdrlyle do lines g nlus ns the capacity for tak nt; Infi i te pa ns ' Buhynn was a religious genius, for I"-1 took "intlnlte pains" to '^i ; rellg on" and Infinite pa.us t > keep II ??. 1 i y. mice he lind It. It was sold Hint Socrntes was at ease in 'A\- ?>. Bill Bunynn was not; for several yours he was passing through tin? different i lia* . ? I his re- j llglous experience, ll' has ?? C'eri us; every detail of bis spiritual lifo; riot more minutely dees Georg? Elloi trace! the Inner workings of :? inlnd like j Gwendolen Hnrlnth's, or Browning the changing career of Paracelsus. Kiep by step Bunyan par--.;; from pne expci ICncc to nn .Iber, from the ti-:i" Wli'rn playing nl "cat" he sees tie- vision <f Christ In the heavens and hears a iriys- I terliins voice calling hlrn t ? r u ?? an er till finally he attains to perfi ?? pcuci and rest- it will do nny man good to work out carefully and accurately tho successive steps be makes. The inci? dents are all very vivid in Iiis mind? the very hour of the day, the sc. no, JOHN MILTON. nil the circumstances, are given with the verisim.itude that n minds one of Defoe. 1 give only a few instances o! bis manner of relating bis exp< riences: "Now, therefore, l went on in sin with great greediness of mind, still grudging that 1 could not be satisfied with it us 1 would. This did continue with me ab >u: a jr.. nth or more; but one flay ns I was standing a: a neigh? bor's shop window and there cursing and swearing and playing the madman, after my wonted manner, there sat within the woman of the house, and heard me; who, though Hhe was n very loose ami ungodly w iet' hi yet rirotested that 1 swore and cursed a: the in ist un? godly rate; that she Was made t<> trem? ble to hear me. and that I by mus do? ing was able to spoil nil the youth in the whole town if they came but in my company. * * * Wherefore, while i stood there, and hanging d v t>. mj head, I wished with all my heart that 1 might be n little child again." After this Incident h? becomes n moral man. l ut morality only does no; satisfy him. I "Upon a day the good providence of God railed me to Bedford to work on my caiiing, and in one of tho streets of that town I came where there were three of four poor women silting at a door In the sun, talking about the tilings of God; and being now willing to Hear their dia lotii le, l drew near to Ii- Ii- v. hat they said, for I was now a brisk talker of myself In the matter of relit! on; but I I iny say I heard but un derstoodMiot: for they were far above, "tit nf my reai h. Their talk was about a new birth." lie nfterw ird experiences the new birth, and finally, after doubts and trials, alter n any cllmbings up ttnd fallings down, he Is able to say: "Now was 1 got en high. I saw myself with? in the arms of grhcu and mercy." The expert* nee that l have indicated is found in "Grace Abounding;" it is a ade unb tm\ in "Pilgrim's Progress." Hi re all ? I his experience is taken Into the realm of art. He no longer talks In p i ns of theology, but of life; ab ? i ;' ,; give way to living persons ? H ittj i |) :? h nee",th y rr? personlfl ns) a real as any nf the charac? ters if tic on,; th prosaic places round I 1 >rd h me typical of those that all kind pass on their Journey to tho Celesl I City. Suddenly, by the mngle i ?- is, the experience of one man lint in which all men read their destiny. "Pilgrim's Progress"is one of those I ks ? that every person Is ex pi i I to read and nobody reads, u I yet the characteristics that have made It live in the hearts of the Eng? lish p oplo are still there. I had not r id 'It I r n -vcral years until recently. II Is '' ? a ?r i hoc line interested at llrst, for one has heard Its story s> often thai It is almost hackneyed, '??it If he will but read on he becomes fascinated as by n novel. It Is old, yet foret ir new. The book, notwithstand . the fact thai it an allegory. Is full of dramatic s en s; the climbing of the Rttl DlfVuIty. the battle with Apollyi n, the p . sli ?? Ihrough the Val? ley or the Shadow ??' Heath, the trials and pcrsceittlon at Vanity Pair, the Imprisonment at Doubting Castle, and, finally, the entrance Into the Celestial '"'.?? these h .h will never lose their i> i? sr. Bunyan had the ft'ft of charac rlst ng people by i ;' ,v touches: with - mcthlng of Chaucer's felicity. Ma e hi.ay h is suggested the contrast be "TUIPDE EPISCOPACIE." (Sa of the puritan party on Land and the court bishops.) Iwcen Shelley's characters and Bun van's thq former are represented as real persi nsi niul .mm are the mere ab strn tlons I Shelley's iniiiii, while Bun : .m s i |i:'i.i :. is m? abstractions with nil the ... . und reality of living pei pie. Cti i( o :?" nt, aside from the i , ?! limn ters, are Legality, , Bye-ends and Talkative, to :i only n few. All this in but to say over ngaln that "Pilgrim's Pro? gress" is th'- greatest allegory ever written. Aside from these points that he who runs may note, the careful I :? . ?? the same touch of genius i ? pass ii.es scattered here tnd . throughout the book that tho casual reader might hot notice. 1 give Vfter climbing tho Hill Dir i' n and passing the Lion. Christian ai tin Pain ? Beautiful, where i - Prttd nee. Stlss Charity and Miss PIi y with him about "the Lord f hill.riius they discoursed ? kill til night, and after they had . ; tod I hi msijives to their Lord for pi Itli ;'ohi oik themselves to rest. The pilgrim they laid in a large PI i* lamber wh *e windows opened v I'd t ?!?? ? :< -.! Ihg; the name of the ler was Peai ?. where he slept till i ; ifi<. i :;en awoke and l! r :ht with Apollyon ? in is severely wounded. "Then fame to.him n hand with pome of ive ?." th ? of life, which id K ind ipi ? the wound that lie had received he battle." ? this stu ? :ll in: concluded -.- . 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