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TITF ENTERPRISE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1889,
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ODJBOWN (J EQUATION.
Sermon by Rev. T. DoWltt Tal-
Ilow XVe Vnv licit Harve Our Ornomtlun
'ihe (lrHt Mruggle for 1 noil
Why I tivlil wus I crmltlrd la
Mo. 11 by Ici.d'i Will.
Tlie anhjortof Ir. Tnlmnr-r-'s rr-omt ser
mon vru , ' Our Own l;me :il on," anJ lilii
Uoct, Acts x i'.. 'il: "DhvIiI, nfti-r ho bail
irrvril hi t v. n ifiir-rutlon I'Vtliuwill of
Ood, full on Kiillowinirlmiiiisermoni
'1 but i tt text which, tins for u lo K time
been n nnluir throtiir!) my but in t
until now I ui it IjOcii fully revculod t mo.
pVrinnn lui u h liii'O to lie burn hh wi-11 ss a
time lo di, a wile as well ns a pru e.
l)a Id. cmvi.oy n nl tono liiTr-r and Ulitor
ud rzir t-.ml rlivttiuU-t and -k verm
writer nnil pro;iV- ili l lii ' -t fir the p vi
plcoMil !li v m.d Ihiinwenl lul l Id dnwn
on tlui di iilh'Tn hill of Jw-us.iiinn In tluit
sound sumb rwhlrhr.othlti bin un an-lian.
gellobu, I cim nUrtio. "I);:yiil, nft'tr lie liml
el-red bin own iri'iiomtiou by the will of
Hi d, oil on slwp."
It v. lis invn fr-neratlon that bo hud
on o.l; t ui i, tbo people living ut't'ne time
he ivol. And t.nvt ynU ever tbnuitbt thin
ourn nKiiisli .lies uro tilrfly with V:e p--pie
iiowr tvulldii.- liltiotiHt. of U..I Tt em uto
about four (.'uii' r. tl iin to a c-nturv row,
but In o d il line l.fo wus longer mid tlieiv
wus, jo -hnii, only oiio tretii ration lo h i-on-tury.
TnVir,' 'I -ew faulB Into I lie r ilctl b
tlon, I i:,l.j u ivii;,'1i (Jxcs und suv th-t
there bi:vo li r i nt least ouo In ndi'cd at d
elirhty irnni niunnii ol tbo human li.m.ly.
With mliwiice totln'm we Iihto no o p'.n-
tiiliiy. U e eiin i:o' teach U.e-ii, we cun not
correct tlielr m'iiiikeii, we cm not a iottie
their sorrows wecun not e:ilth 'lr wounds.
Their sepu'chiTi a'-o deaf and dumb to uny
. tlilnz we m u'htsny totliom. Thelntreri-tni-iit
of tl .;i p-n-at nrmy hm pas d oj of
ilirlit. Wo inlnlil bttloo ns b ud as we c.iuld.
not one of tlu-m weald ovorl bis hei.d to oj
wb t wni want 'd.
Iadmitthiit Ism In sympathy with th'i
child, whose father ha ' sud.lenly died, and
who in horllitlo evoulnfr prayer wanted to
continue to piny fur hor father a thou h he
bud Rone Into H aven and no nore needed
ber pruyiTs. Hnd Inoldn? up Into h"r nmtn
er's fuco, said: -,0, uimlicr. I cm not leave
blm all out. I,ot mo say Thank Ood thut I
had a iroud f ut'ior once so I can keep him in
my prayers.' " Hut tho one hundred and
el(hly irenerntlnns have pas cd off. Pnsed
up. Passed down, 'lone forever. Then
there oro (renorutlons to come after our
earthly existence bin ceased, P'rhaps a
bundled and cishty fenoratlons tnore, per
haps a thousand poneratl ns more. Wo
shall not e thoin, wo shall not he r any of
their volo'is, wo will take no part In their
convocations, their elect'ons tholr revolu
t ,theirpatntrophes.tholrtrlumtihs. We
v..il In nowise aff'ct the one hundred and
elt'ht y rc'icrat Ions Bono, or the ono hnndivrt
. and eighty ponoratlnDS to come, excop as
from the g.illorios of Heaven tho former
generations look dwn and rejoice atou
victories or is wo may by our bohavl .r
tart Inflnenros cood or had, that sball roll
on tbrou.'h the advancing age. But our
business Is, like Pavid, to fcrve our own
generations, the people now llvtnir. t'oso
whose lungs now breathe and whose hearts
now bent. And mark you, it Is not a silent
procession but moving. It it "forced
march" at twenty-f ur mllea a day, each
bour being a mllo. Oolng with that celerity
It boa got to be a quick service on
ynur part, or no service at all. We
t not only can not tench tie one hundred
nd eighty generatlena rassrd, and
will not see one hundred generations to
come, but this generation now on the stro
will soon be oft and we ourselves will be
off with them. The fact la that you and I
will have tostart very soon for our work or
It will be Ironical and sarcastic f ir any ono
after our exit to say of us, as It was said of
David, "utter he bod sor ed his own eonera
tion by the will of God, he fell on leep."
' We'l now, let us look around earnestly,
prayerfully, and In a common aonse way and
see what we can do for nur own generation.
First of all let us se to It tlmt, as far as wo
can thoy have enouib to eat. The human
body la so constituted that three times a
day the body needs fond as much as a lamn
needs oil. aa much as a locomotive needs
tuel. To meet this want Hod has girdled the
earth with apple orchards, orange groves,
wheat fields, and oceans full of fish, snd
prairies full of cattle. And notwithstanding
this, I will undertake to ssy that the vast
majority of the human family are suffering
either for lack of food or the rlrht kind n(
food. Our civilisation la all akew on this
subject and Ood only can set It right
Many Of the greatest estates of to-day
have bwn built out of the blood and bones
.of unrequited tolL In olden times, for the
building of forts and towers, the Inhsbl.
tants of Ispahan bad to contribute 70,000
bnman skulls, and Bagdad 00,000 human
skulls, and that number of peop'e vera
lain so as to furnl-h the skulls. But these
two contributions aildi-d togetbermade only
100,000 skulls, while into the tower of the
world's wealth and pomp and mngntfli-enoa
have boon wrought the skeletons 'of un
counted numbersnf the half fed populations
of the earth, millions of skulls.
Don't alt down at ynur table with five or
six courses of abundant supply and think
nothing of tbnt family In the next streot
who would tako any one of those five
courses between soup and almond nuts and
. Vol they were In heaven. The lack of the
right kind of food is the eauso ot much nf
the drunkenness. Ater drinking what many
of our grocers call off 00, sweetened with
what many call sugar, and catlni what
many of our butchers call meat, and chew,
ing wbat many of our bakera call bread,
many of the laborlngclasses foel so mis rable
they are tempted to put In their nasty pipes
what the tobacconist calls tobacco, or go
Into thedrinklng saloons for what the runv.
sellers call beer. Good coffee would do
much In driving out bad rum.
Adulteration of food bus got to be an evil
against which all the health officers, and all
the doctors, and all the ministers, and all the
reformers, and all the Christiana need to set
themselves in battle array. Ilow can we
serve our generation with enough to eatl
By alttlngdnwn la embroidered slippers and
lounidng back in an arm chair, our mouth
puckered op around Havana of the best
brand and through clouds of luxuriant
, smoke reading about political economy and
the philosophy of strikes! Nol No I By
. finding 0 it who in Brooklyn baa been living
on gristle, and sending them a tenderloin
beefsteak. . Book out some family who
through aickness or conjunction of misfor
tune bave not enough to eat and do for them
what Christ did tor the hungry multitudes
of Asia Minor, multiplying the loaves and
the fishes. Lei ps quit the surfeiting of our.
selves until we can noCV hoke down another
crumb ot cake and begin the supply of
I others' necessities. ..' '
1. 1 " We often sco on a small scale a reoklesa.
ness about the welfare of others whicb a
great warrior expressed on a large scale,
when hla officers were dtssusding him fro
a certain campaign, saylngl ' It would cost
two hundred thousand llvos," replying with
diabolism that can never be forgotten,
"Wbat are two hundred thousand Uvea
lo me I"
Bo far from helping appeaie the world'
bunier, thero are those whom Isaiah do
scrib s as grinding the faces ot tho poor.
You have seen a farmer or a meohanlo put
a scythe or an nx on a grindstone, whllesorae
ono was turning tt round and round, and the
man holding tho axe b re on it h rder
snd harder, while tho wutcr dropped from
tho grind tone, and the edire of the axe
from being rou d and dull, got keener
and koenor, and the mochnnlc lifted tho axe
glistening and sharp and with edge so keen
be must ciintlo'Hy run his flnirer alonir lest
while exnmlnlnn the lmp'oment he out his
hand to tho bona Bo I have soon men who
were put ntralnst the grindstone of hardship,
and while one turned tho crank another
would press the unfortunate harder
down and harder down until he was
ground awny thinner and thtnnor, his
comforts thinner, 111 prop"ets thin
ner, and his face thinner. And Isaiah
shrieks out ! "What mean ve that ye grind
the face of the pnorl" It Is an awful thlrg
to be hun-T.v. It Is nn easy thing for s to
be In good humor with all the world when
wo have no lnclc But let hnngor take full
possession of us and we would all turn into
barbarians and cannibals and fiends.
I am glad to know that the time Is com
ing, Ood hasten It, when every family in
the round world will sitdown at a full table,
and it will b1" on'v a question between lamb
and venison, or bntwe"n pirtrldso and q iall
on toast, and out nf poon - mnde out of Ne
vada silver or California cold the pastries
will drop on ton?"0s thrl'llng with thank
fulness because they have fnll onnu"h. I
have nn idon Hod is going to lot the human
race stav In Its present predio invnit. If the
world winds nn as tt now Is It will b-) an
awful failure of a wo I I. TV barren places
will be Irrk-a'cJ. The potnolon'sis, helnd
of Mod will uriro on tho fruits. The
botanist, Insplr-d of the Lord, will help on
the tr irdons. The raiser of s'nc't will send
enontrh animals fit for human foo l to the
markets, and the last. earf'O.T'kn that r-nds
the world will ntet a binniottni tablo at
which are seated the entire hti'nnn race.
Mennwhl'e, snpnnseth it somenf the nnerijv
wearo spondlng in useless ami unavailing
talk about tho hr-iidqu nt'on should be ex
pended in m 'rvi ul uiitiviutions.
I have re ul that, the battle Hold on which
more troops met than on any olhur In tho
world's history was the battle-Hold of Lelp
sic, 161 OW men under Nnpilo n, 'Bo,003 men
under Hchiv.trz.'berg. No no. Tho great
est and most terriHo bitt'o Is now being
fought all the wor d over. It is tbo struggle
for food. Tbo pro nd tone of the finest
pissage In ono of the great musical matcr
pieces, the nrtlst says, was u?r?otoil to him
by thee y of the huiiKry p p lace nf Vienna
as the King rode through, nod they shouted:
"Bread I (Jive us ore id !" Andall through
the great harmonl-s ot musical no.ulemy
and cathedral, I hear tho pathos, tho ground
tone, tho tragedy of uncounted multitudes,
who with slroaml g eyes und wan cheeks
and broken hearts, in behalf of thems -Ives
and their families are pleading for bread.
Let us take another look around to sco
how we may sorve our generation, tat u
see as fur a" possible that they liavo onou th
to wear. God looks on the human race and
knows just how many Inhabitants tho world
has. Tho statistics of tha world's popula
tion are carefully taken In civilized lunds,
and every fow years offlisors of government
go through the land and count how muuy
people thore are in the United Btutes or
England, and grent, nccumcv is reached.
But when people tell us bow mnny inhabi
tants there are in Ail 1 nr Africa, ul best It
must be a wild cue-s. Yot Hol knows the
exact number of people on our p'anot and
He has made enough apiwrnl for each, and
If there bi fifteen hunrt -cd million, fifteen
thousand, fifteen hundred and fifteen peo
ple, then thero Is ennu.'b op-nrol for fifteen
hundred million, fifteen thoumnd, fifteen
hundred and fl'tnen. Not sloiichy apparel,
not rag-red apparel, not lnsuOlciout apparel,
but appropriate apparel
At loa-t two suits for every being on the
earth, summer suit and a winter suit. A
good pair of shoes for every living mortal.
A good cent, a good hat, or a good bonnet
and a good shawl, and a complete ma cullne
or feminine outfit of apparel. A wardrobe
for all nations adapted to all climes, un 1 not
a atring or a but' on. a pin or book or an
eye wanting. But, alas I whore are the good
clothes for three-fourth of the human race.
The other one-fourth have appropriated
them. The fact I , there needs to be and
will be a redistribution. Not by anarchistic
violence. If outlawry had Its way, it would
rend and tear and diminish until. Instead of
three-fourths of the world not properly at
tired, fnur'-f iurths would be In rags. I will
let you knew how the redistribution will take
place. By generoilty nn the part of these
who have a surplus and Increased Industry
nn the part of those sufforln-r from deficit.
Not ll. but tho large majority of oisea ot
pov -rty In this country are a result of idle
ness or drunkenness either on the part of
the piesent sufferers or their ancestors. In
most rases tho rum jug la the maelstrom
that baa awallowed down the livelihood of
those who are In nigs. But things will
change, and by genen sity on the part of
tbe crowd' d wardrobes, and industry and
sobriety on the part of the empty wanl robes,
there will be enough for all to wear. God
bus dene bis part toward tho dressing of
tbe human race. He grow a surplus of
wool on the sheep's bock, and flocks roam
tbe mountains nnd valleys with a burden of
warmth Intended for transference to hu
man onmtort, when the shuttles of the fao-
1 tories reaching all tho way from the Cha-
tohoncbe to tho Morrlmso shall buve spun
and woven It And lioro come fortfl tbe
K cky Mountain goat nnd tho cashmere
and the beaver. Hore are tho merino
sheep their origin traced back to
tbe flocks of Abrahnmlu and Puvldlo
times. In white letters of snowy fleece
God has been writing for a thousand years
His wish that thoro might be warmth for all
nations. While others are discussing the
effect of high or low tariff or no tariff at all
on wool, you and I bad butter see if in our
wardrobes we bave nothing that we can
sp ire for the ahiverin or plok out some
poor lad of the street and take blm down to
a clothing store and lit blm out for the win
ter. Don't think that God has forgotten to
send ice and snow, because of this wondor
fully mild January and February. We shall
yet have doep snows and so much frost on
the window pane that in the morning you
can not see through It; and whole flooks of
blizzards, for God long ago declared that
wluter as well as summ ir shall not cease,
aud between thla and tha aprlng crocus we
may all have reason to cry out with the
Psalmist: "Who can stand before His
eoldt" v
Again, let ua look around and see, how we
may serve our generation. Wbat short
sighted mortals we would be it we wore
anxlona to clot a and fiied only the most
In-lgnlfloant part of a man, namely, his
body ..while we put forth no effort to
clothe and teed and save his soul. Time is
little pieoe broken off a great eternity.
Wbat are we doing for the souls ot this
present generation I Let me say it Is a gen
eration worth saving. ' Most magntfloent
men and women are in It We make great
ado about tbe Improvement in navigation,
and in locomotion, and in art and machin
ery. We remark wbat wonders of tele
graph, .and telephone, and stethoscope,
What Improvement I eleotrio light over t
tallow oandlel But all tboe Improvements
are insignificant compared with tlx
improvement in the human race. In oldea
times, onee in a while, a great and good j
man or woman would come up . auu
the world has made a grout fuss about it
ever since, but now they are so numerous
wescarcalv speak about them, we, put a
halo about the people of the past, but I
think If the times domaodod them tt would
be found we have now lli'ltig In the your
1889 fifty Martin Luther. OftyGoorge Wa h
tons, fifty Lady Huntington, fifty Ellza
both Frvs. During our civil war more
splendid warriors in North and South wore
duvelo)ed in four years than the whole
world doveloped in the previous iweuij
years. I challenge tho four thousand years
before the flood and the eighteen cen
turies after the flood, to show me the equal
of charity on a larire scale of George Peabody.
This generation of mon and women is more
worth savin thin any of the one nunuroa
and eighty generations that have pas-ted off.
But fohere ahull we begin! With our
solve. That la tho pillar from which we
must start rrosoott, the blind historian,
tolls u how I'lzurro sai ed bis army tor the
rljht when thoy were about dosortlng htm.
With bU sword he mado along mark on the
ground. He nld: "My men, on the north
side are desortlon and death, on the south
side Is victory; on the north side Panama
and poverty, on tho smith side Peru with all
It riches. Choose for yoursolves; for my
parH goto tho south." ritonping across ihe
line one by 000 his troops followed and
finally his whole nrmy. Tbe sword of God's
truth draws the dividing line to day. On
one sldo of it are sin and ruin and death,
on the othnr sld'j are p irdon and usefulness
and happiness and heaven. You cross
from the wrong side to the right sldo
and your family will cross with you, and
your frlonds and your associates. The
wiy you go they will go. If we re
not fared, we will n ivnr save any one else.
How to get saved 1 Be willing to aocopt
Christ, and then accept Him instantaneously
and forever. Get on the rock first, and then
you will beab eto help others upon tbe same
rock. Mon and women have boon saved
quicker than I have bscn talking ahout tt
Whut. without a praycrt Yni. What with
out tlmo d'liborately to think It overt Yes.
What, without a teart Yes bnllevol That
i-iall. Believe what! That Jesus died to
save you from sin and death and hell. Wlf
yon! Do you! You have. Somothlng mikes
mo think you have. Nr.v lk'ht has come
into your countenance. Wolcomol Wel
come! Hall! Hall! Slvod yoursolves, how
are you going toaare others! By testimony.
Toll It to your family. Toll It to your busi
ness associates. Tell It everywhere. We
will successfully proncti no more religion
and will successfully talk no more religion
than we ourselves have.
Tbe most of that which you do to benefit
the souls of this feneration, yon will effect
through your own behavior. Go wrong, and
thut will induco others to go wrong. Go
right, and that will induce others to go right
When tbe great Centennial exhibition was
being held in Philadelphia, the question
cume up among the directors as to whether
they could keop tho exposition open on nun-
days, when a director who wa a man of the
world, from Nevada, arose and sal I, his voice
trembling with emotion and tear, running
down bis cho'ks: "1 fool like a returned
prodigal Twenty years ago I went West,
and Into a region where wo had no Babbath,
but to-day old memories come back to me,
and I remember what mv glorified mother
taught me about keeping Sunday, and I seem
to bear hor voice strain and feel as I did when
every evening I knelt by her side In prayer.
Gentlemon, I vote for tbe observance of the
Christian Babbath." And he carried every.
thing by storm, and when the question waa
put, "Hhaff we open tho exhibition on Fab
bath I" tt was almost unanimous, "No,"
"No." What one man can do if he does
riTht, boldly right, emphatically rlchV
What If we could get tbit whole generation
saved I These pople who are living with
us tbo same year and amid the same stupen
dous event and flying toward tbo future
swifter than eagles to their prey. We can
not stop. They can not stop. We think we
can stop. We say, "Come now, mv friend.
let us stop and dismiss this subject," but
wo do not stop. Tbe year does not stop,
the dav does not atop, the hour does not
stop. The year is a great wheel and there
is a band on that wheel that keeps it re
volving, and as that wheel turns, it turns
three hundred and sixty-five smaller
wheels, which are the day, and then
each ot those three hundred and sixty-
fire wheels turn twenty-four smaller
wheels, which are the hours, and these
twenty-four smaller wheela turn sixty
sma ler wheela which are the minute, and
these alxty smaller wheels turn sixty more
mailer wheels, which are the second and
they keep rolling, rolling, rolling mounting,
mounting, mounting, and swiftening, swift
ening, swiftening. O, O d I if our genera-
tlnn i going like that and we are going with
them, waken u to the short but tremendous
opportunity. I ronfe-s to yon that my ooe
wish is to serve this generation, not to an
tagonize It not to damage It, not to rule it,
but to serve it I would like to do some
thing toward helping unstrap it load, to
top it tears, to balsam Its wound and to
Induoe it to put foot on the upward road
that baa at it terminus acclamation raptur
ous and gates pearltne, and garlanda amar
anthine and fountain raiubowed and do
minion enthroned and ooroneted, for I can
not forget that lullaby In the closing word
of my text: ' David after he had served bis
own generation by the will of God, fell on
aleep."
. And what lovely sleep it waa! Unflllal
Absalom did not trouble it Ambitious
Adonljah did not worry It Persecuting
Baul did not harrow It Exile did not till
It with nightmare. Since a red-headed boy
amid his father's flocks at night he h d not
bad such a good sleep. At seventy years of
age be lay down to it He bus bad many a
troubled sleep, ns in the caverns of Adullam
or In tbe palace at th- time his enomies were
attempting bis capture. But this was a
peaceful sleep, a calm sleep, a re-tful sleep,
ji glorious sleep. "After he had served
bis generation by the will of God. be fill
on sleep." O what a good thing is deep
after a bard dav' workt It takea all
the aching out ot the head, and at) the weari
ness out of the limbs, and all the smarting
out of tbe eyes. Prom It we rise (n the morn
ing and It is a new world. And if we, like
David, serve our generation, we will at
life'a close have most desirable and refresh
ing sleep. In it will vanish our last fatigue ef
body, our last worrlment of mind, our last
orrow of soul. To the Christian's body
that wa hot with raging fever so that the
attendants must by sheer force, keop on the
blanket, it will bo the oool deep. To those
who are tbln-bloodod and shivering with
agues, It will be tbo warm sleep. To those
who, because of physical dlsurlors, wore
terrlfl d with night visions, It will be the
dreamless sleep. To nurses and doctors and
mother who were wakoned almost evory
hour of the night by those to whom they
ministered, or over whom they watched, it
will be the undisturbed sleep. To those
who could not get to bed till late at night
and must rise early in the morning and
before getting rested, it will be the long
deep.- . ; . . . t,
Away with It Away with all your gloomy
talk about departure from Ibis world. Ifw
bave served our generation it will not In
putting out into tbe breakers, it will not ba
the fight with the King ot Torrorsi It will
be going to sleep. A friend writing ma
from Illinois ay that Rev. Dr. Wlngate,
president, of Wax Forest College, North
'.(' .. 1; ' . . ;.iV ' ."
v ; ".! .. :
Carolina, after a most useful life, found bis
last day on earth his happiest day, and that
In bis lust moments he seemed to be per
sonally talking with Christ as friend with
friend, saying: "O, how delightful It is.
I kuew you would bo with me when the
time came, and 1 knew it would be sweet
but I did not know it would be aa sweet
bs it is." Tho tact was bs hod served hi
goner itlon In the Gospel ministry, and by
the will of God he fell on sleep. When in
Africa. Majawarn, the rervant looked
Into the tent of David Livingstone
and found him on hia knees, he stopped
buck, not wishing to distu b him In prayer;
und some time after went in and found blm
in the same posture and stepped book again,
but after a while wont In and touched him,
and lo! the grent traveler had finished bis
lost Journey, and he hud died in the grandest
and tnightiost posture a man evor tikes on
his knees. He hod sorved bis generation by
unrolling the scroll ot a continent and by
the will of God fell on sleep. Grimshaw,
the evangelist, when a-kedhowbe felt in
his lat momonts, respondod: "Aa happy
as I can be on on earth and as sure of glory
us if I wore In It I have nothing to do but
to stop out of this bed Into Heaven.' Hav
ing served his generation in successful
evangelism, by tbo will of God, he tell on
sloop.
In the museum of Greenwich Hospital-
England, there is a fragment of a book thut
was found in the Arctic regions amid the
relics of Sir John Franklin, who had per
lsiied amid the snow and ioe, and tha leaf of
thut piece nf tt book wus turned down at the
words, "Whan thou passot through the
waters I will be with tbee." Having served
Ills generation In the c iuso of science and
discovery, by tho will of God bo foil on sleep.
Why will you kocp us all so nervous talk.
Ing about that which Is only a dormitory
and a pillowed slumber, c inupieJ by ungels'
winsal Sleop! Transport lag sleep I And
whnt aaloriuu awulieuimrl You and I have
somotlmos been thorou rhly bawlldored after
a long and fntlgulug journey; we have
atopiicd at a frio.id's bouse for tbo night
and after hours of complete uncon
sciousness we bavo opjneJ our eyes, the
high risen snn full in our faces, and, be
fore we could fully collect our faculties,
have s dd: "Wbere am I, whose bouse is
this, and whose are the.w gardcnil" And
then it has flashed upon us In glad reality.
And I should not wonder If, after we nave
served our generation, and. by tho will of
Gsd, havofullon on-ilenp, the deep sleep, the
restful sleep, wo shiulil aw ike In blissful
bewilderment and for a little whll sav:
"Where ami? What pi ice Is this! Win
huugthls upholstery! What fountains ure
these tossing In tho llcbtl Why, this looks
like Heaven! It Is. It is. Why, there Is a
building grander than all the castles of
earth heaved into a mountain of splondor,
that mutt hi tho pal auu of Josus. And,
look thore, at those walk) lined with a
foliage mnrebeautlfnl than any thin ; I evor
saw before, nnd see those who are walking
down these aisles of verdure. From whut I
h .ve heard of thorn, those two urm In arm
must be Moses and Joshua, him of Mount
Binal and hi:n nf the halting un over
AJalon. And thnso two walking arm in
arm roust be John and Paul, tho one so
gentle and the other so mighty. And thoso
two with tho robes ns hrilliint as though
made out of the cooled off fl im-is of martvr
dom, must bo John Uuss and I'.ugb Latimer.
But I must nol look any longer at those
gardens of beauty, but ex imlne this building
in which I havo Just awakened. I look out
of the window, this way and thut, and up
and down, and I find It is a mansion of im
mense sizo in which I am stopping. All its
windows of agate and its colonnades of
porphyry and alabaster. Why, I wonder if
this Is not the bouso of "many mansions"
of wh ch I used to read ! It is it Is. There
limit be many of my kindred and friends In
tbi 1 very mansion. Hark I whose are those
voices whose are those bounding feetl I
open the door and sec, and lo! they are
coming through all the corridors and up and
down all he stairs, our long anient kin
dred. Why, there is father, there Is mother,
thero are the children. Alt well again.
All young again. All of us together again.
And as vA embrace e-eh other with tbe
cry, "Never more to parti Never more
to parti" the arches, the alcoves, tbe hall
ways echo and re-echo the words, "Never
more to part I Novermoroto part" Then
our glotfied friends say: "Come out wl h
us and see Heaven." And. some of them
boundlngdiead of us and some of themskip
ping beside us. we start down the ivory
stairway. And we meet coming up, one of
tlie kings of undent Israel, somewhat small
of stat re but having a countenance radlunt
with a tbonsand victories. And as all are
making obeisance to this great one of
Heaven I cry out, "Who is he I" and the
answer comes: "This is the greatest of all
the kings of Israel. It Is David, who after
he bad served his generation by the will of
God, toll on sleep."
m m m
READING FOR CHILDREN.
A Word to Mothers About Proper Liter-
tars for Hays and (llrls.
In the education of children, nothing Is
of more Importance than a wise supervlsloi
of their reading. Better might a child tale
into its stomach food which will certalnl
derange it, than to absorb at this critical
oeriod Into Its dovelnpiep mind the wois
than useless, positively J ulclous ' liter
ture." so called, with w.i.elt tbe world U
flooded, and to which, unfortunately, there
Is such easy seems. Muny mothers, carcrul
to the last extontof thelrchildren's physical
development will, with a carelessness per-
fectly astounding, leave the providing of
mental food to tbelrown unaided judgment
A book-lnvlng child of any age will read,
nd It Is the sacn d duty of every mother to
ice to It that good, wholesome rending (
provided. Avoid tho "tory papers" of qu
lionsble character which aro frequently
thrust upon you. C dtlvuto In children
who have It nut, tbo love of reading. This
jun be done, to a great extent by providing
literature In a lino with their peculiar tastes,
sing your knowledge of their fondness for
a certain occupation or pastime as yonr
luido. Reading is too great a privilege too
lollgbtful a ploasure, too powerful an assist
tnt to tbe formutlon of character to bo
lightly neglected or misused. If all parents
looked more carefully to their children'
reading there would bo a devcli.pmont of
sbaracter otherwise Impossible.
Hardly any sacrifice should be considered
loo great to provide good reading, not on j
for tbe children, but for the mothers like
wise. When tired and discouraged, and out
sf temper with yourself and others, drop
your work and all thou-iht of your worry,
ind take up a wholesome. Interesting book
for half an bour. Ten to one, at tbe end of
that time tho world will have assumed a
different aspect, things "will nol seem so
bad, altar all," and a solution ni tne aim
culty will soon present Itsolf. Ambrican
Agriculturist
There la at least one respect In which all
men may regard themselves as equally
favored. To every one la giveu tbe possi
bility of doing bis whole duty of the mo
ment And every one always hss a dutycf
the moment As soon aa the possibility of
doing one act or another fa removed, the
corresponding duty of that moment no
longer exist. But If that duty, ceases be
cause that possibility is removed, another
duty Is immediately Imposed and its corres
winding possibility I opened. There Is
never a time when we are free from tbe
duty of the moment; cover a time without
possibilities or doing tueir outy. o. g-
iime.
The Favorite
Medicine for Throat aud Lung Dl fa
culties bos lung been, and still is, Ayer'
Cherry Pectoral. It cure Croup.
Whooping Cough. Bronchitis, aud
Asthma; soot lies irritation of tlie
Laryux and Fauces j strengthens the
Vocal Organs; allay soreness of tlie
Luugs; prevents Consumption, and,
even in advanced stage of that disease,
relieve Coughing aud induce Sleep.
There is no other preparation for dis
eases of tlie throat aud lungs to be com.
pared with this remedy.
"My wife liad a distressing cough,
with pal us in tbe side ami breast. We
tried various medicines, but none did
her any good until I got a bottle ot
Ayer's Cherry. Pectoral, which lias cured
her. A neighbor, Mrs. Glenn, bad the
measles, aud the cough was relieved by
the use of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I
have no hesitation in recommending thla
Cough Medicine
to ft?iry one afflicted. " Roliert Horton,
Foreman lkuMight, Morrillton, Ark,
"X have been afflicted with asthma
foi Crty years. Lout spring I was taken
with a violent cough, which threatened
to terminate my days. Every one pro
nounced uie in consumption. I deter
mined to try Ayer's Clierry Pectoral.
Its effects were magical. I was Immedi
ately relieved and continued to Improve
until entirely recovered." Joel Billiard,
Guilford, Conn.
" Six months ago I had a severe hem
orrliage uf the lungs, brought on by an
Incessant cough wiiich deprived me ot
Bleep and rest. I tried various reme
dies, but obtained no relief until I be
can to take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. A
few bottles of this medicine cured me."
Mrs. E, Coburn, lU Secoud St., Lowell,
Mass.
"For children afflicted with colds,
coughs, sore throat, or croup, I do not
know of any remedy which will give
more Sieedy relief thou Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral. I have found it, also, invalu
able in cases of Whooping Cough."
Ann Lovejny, 12S7 Washington street,
Boston, Mass.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
MEFABKD BY
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mais.
Bold t j sll Dm jxiats. Trice $I ; six bellies, ti.
DR.: A. E. ELLIOTT,
WILL OB AT
Frninlla.n).to3p.ni..
The third Thursday o
each month, for the
purpose of treating
Rectal Diseases
WITH TI1B
Brinkerhofl System
Examination and Consulta
tion FREE.
A ('nr (itm run teed fcr every Cimr or
CATARRH
COLDlSSJS
in 1
HEAD. 7 fm
! -k
Ely's Cream Balm
CleBjwoa the Nasal Passa cos. Al
lays Inflammation. Eeals tne Sorea.
Restores the Senses of Taste, Bmoll
and Hearing.
A partial W applied lata sub Mstrll aa4
la am naJile. FrtmOOo. at Drii ar by
SMlL ELY BUOTUKKSS Wura SCtew York.
THE GREAT
German Remedy.
TRUTHS FOR THE SICK.
tor tn.i.u ilriuhh
Hmu will liu inl'i
Billons HnellmleiKwl
for arose where m"L
anSt'LriiiiHlliri'KKx
Hl HlTTKHS Wil
11 will cum TOM.
knit slt or euro. Ii
lever fall.
thsttlnHlsmlsllannt
feeling; It n, n
sw.rmtR niTTEns;
Online tin titiiiuxl
IikxI when vim set
ts Impurltlrs Imrst
t will mre you.
nf utnitign me kii
n rliiiilus,IIIilrliee.
1 ml Hun-. IIi-It on
iitLPima ItirrEns.
liiii-ruiit: u Imari-
nloaelr conduct In
the mills ana work
hD: clerks.wtinil
hi
ml health will tol
not procure stiftlrlcnt
low.
exercise, ami sn wih
sreconflned Indoors
HllLrilUK III VI I K"
Mill cure User Cm
nhould UM M I.VIH'li
ilnlnt. IWint liertls
IliTntmt. TIiotwII
ourafeUi Uwlllcun
not then be a ess aul.
li-klr.
TMNuiIuii"wlIit
Mil. run H Hi rTKR
to suffer from Hheum
twill hutid you up soil
stlsm, as a bottle o
Jmske you strong ami
huij'iiub Hirraaa
It ncrer fulls to core
hllLCIIL'a IIITTKKJl
TJoTnteTTuIiouTsI
twill inste your litooil
oottle.
Tit hi roup
iurs,ricn ana strong,
urnl jour flesh hard.
will not ri'irm iu
TsTCinuTTTicItT
Try biiuiii:k Hit
health, who are all
traaa to-nlsht, and
nra down, shnnld ns-
Ivou will sleep well
mtinit'W IttTTFBS.
Tin rwi rrTTir ffiril
lii.ou went Ilia best Uwllcnl Work Diilill.hmlP
fWd I fat stsnps to A. 1'. Omiwai Uo
jiosma mtmt., mmt "l7 iree. 1
W are now making eay terms and t-v -
eedlngly low prices; alwisbow the flliit)
stock ot Pianos snd Oisns In tlie rjlste.
We are the Northern Ohio Agent for
Decker Bro's Pianos.
B. Dreher'n "
Kranich St Bach "
Sterling
Newby & Evans
Worcester and Loring & Blake
PALACE OBGANS.
New Organs $8.00 per month.
Write for free rstslngue and. InfnrmslioB.
B. BREHEB & EONS, .
347 Supsrior St., CLEVELAND, OHIO
Who fcss a i!S'd tlvt-r Is to at onec t ' I
miuus to caro it. Tiio lunei.ua llio L. .
slgnM to p-.-ifnrn, and oa the r'y-
ei wniraecrirnirt.'"io7 ."-j.
tody, hut the nowt-ra ot tho Jh,w "
2imlii,iuid the hn ctrwuii) -;.v-r
Vest ul yul to jortane; in '! . J.'- .
fho ild rsa IV. rVfc iV r. st.uls rv -tldsinnetl
ant enwn.h. IiWiMi r... i ti ,
ef lr. C. . .iimmc.
n,m, tt tw 1. 1., .il l. ( t J 11' wi. n
nto r:''or.1lnc tr dirmrt firji fscy will "-''
prcvi; -ty (, -,- ,-o: -. Ar niP l 03"n ivt if 4
r i, L....I-. 'l'a"co botudofa-uKKt.
J !::vK7JratMitsoeii:Sl.Lciti3.'fTl
HiiYilNG BROS., Pittsburgh
IVORY POLISH 11
PtftrUMSS TKC Er.E'iTH. Ai'. wa IT.
Sc;entir,c,CommonS-n
Tre.-.tm-iit lor Piles, ana
all Jlr.ci?-iofthe Retn-ra
S lioalfawV aimicenrsoiM
(3 u 01 knits or ligsture. Rarely i
u with the pstie&t's critinsry d
without thai
intorferln
dutiel snl
nractlcilty painless. A. M. to 3:30 P. V.
i, :. iii;n.o. .11. Dn
- . nr;.. i.r.Vf;i.AHD. W
T
Whea I ssy Crms I do not mesa merely td
stop Uw-m lor a time, and then hare them ru
turn sirsln. 1 SUM A RADICAJU CUUIL
1 have mads tha disease ot
FITS. EPILEPSY or
FALLING SICKNESS,
A llfe-Inna- study. I W!Riu-r my remedy 19
Cuiik the wont esse. bjuvt others tntva
f.iili,tnorcMn (or not .10 r lvinj aenra,
f-.in-l at once fr a iroai'.te and a KHita Borrn
of di Inkau IBLR Kchboy. UIt Express
snd lot Oillre. It eots too nothing lor a
U11U, and It will euro you. Address
H.C ROOT,M.C..IPcttlT..llrsiYM
t vpARKh'R'8 QIMQSR TOMlOwHbontdiLi
A 1 n.lruti f.-oii.fsu'joil IlkU ninn Miallslnrtli4
Ii .unitiit woroujst-stuf Ctwch.WmkLunir, Artiuiuw
'f.tHp-rr 1'ia, InwartJ lin. KiUamalon. Invaiusili! tee
1J runtsUUMt, sfntstta W t-V iicmv avtul alt MiiM i 4 A-m
01 0. bl tl u BtontAch Mid Uowvltv few. at DrWtn,lU4
S.!riDERCORNS.
Tno r-'f.-;. "Urtwt auui bnt enrfl 1.ir(Ym BunkmLA
. ih Mil jiflttt. rrist: s.i-..i.:fort U lh fr. Ktmr tl&
hium, PRESERVATIVE.
A tkor.iuKiily lovd and wholesome preparsi um
l or arrefttiiijt fermentation, ensbllnr one to hav
rich. rliliiir cider theyesrsroumf. I(sehriiia
the nisrkrt six yi-ars, nnd Is Indorsed hr
aniU who have wed It. It thoroufhly clarifies sol
imparts no fon-k,-n laste. Put up la boxes d-a-ed
for I! srut M frsH. psckSKM. retalllnirat a.ui.l
.V) cts. Hold by dralnr. or sent by mall on ik &
ofpHce. MMAN BRO'S, rasaiiACurrs, Akrsn. O.
Sold by F. D. Ff ll.
ij -
fiirnphort-haiifl. OMHrhooL Virrr u
V e:npl-i iil. Mist milftflM. lw Tuition,
julrk Hut TUnrniiKli Uiitnintion. Tjri
vrt nr mt I Vnn intuitu p. l'iulr the pnMiiiiil
iirt i-n.-it or V. W. WtMlNPt. lAt Prtt
i.ui-liniMl !lt'iHrurof Hun. J U'srrm KtUra
;-s'hi .cr , tvr llntvn of (Smifrm.
.ULISi' COuLECE SHORC-HANO, SpfUofleW.O,
KMnVpn a Tyn-tlr romnlnlnn. I a
t'ltwlid Tonic, nil dims Jioil, Pimp-.
, i--, Peroiuln. .ir-ruri:il snn sll Dioodi
Din-airs. t-olJ bt your LlrurrisL. C
'SeVtrt Medicine Co., Pittsburt,Pa
Islsaut Rome fi-i.
Pi rah. ,j
SOU. iMtmrUfM I
Brntdmof Piaciwi.jr
see Passca io
llouiia We ofttr I
nrr lerteeted W nn
le talent tnm. gunrve
tre owr nereie briK-eifS
a-sJke low prlow, ai
s.11 oa euy urua
Ler eeUkieiie ti
Atinm hna A Y
LADIESPffi
Do Tasur Ows Isyetaa:, at If erne,
Th J illdyeestytbtiic. Tmy siseiilery
where. PrM IO. s patkajtt Tkeyksneeoaa-
lor 8trMir k, Uruthtnass, Aaoant til Park -)
or for P utn. a ml tMnt, a aan-rajlna- QaaliU'
ThafSont V "r mnf: lalfa. ior Uf
E, Vf Adonii also T.D. Frit
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