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1ET TERRIBLE DEATH.
Grand Pnke Serjrius, liiele ol the
Czar, Assassinated.
A Bomb Thrown Under His Carriage
Exploded, Tearing the Victim’s
Body Into Ghastly Fragments,
Littering the Snow.
Me scow. Feb. 18.—Within the walls
of the far-famed Kremlin palace, and
almost underneath the historical tow
er from wiieh Ivan the Terrible
watched the heads of his enemies fall
ing beneath the ax on the famous Red
square, and within a stone's throw of
the great bell of Moscow. Grand Duke
Sergius, uncle and brother-in-law of
Km per or Nicholas, and the chief of
the reactionaries, met a terrible death.
The deed was committed by a single
terrorist, who threw beneath the car
riage of the grand duke a bomb charg
ed with the same high power explo
sive which w rought Minister von Pleh
\e's death. The missile was packed
with nails and fragments of iron and
its explosion tore the imperial vic
tim's body to ghastly fragments,
which stnwd the snow for yards
around.
The assassin belongs to the noted
“lighting group” of the socialist revo
lutionary party, -which has removed
other prominent officials and long
since passed sentence of death upon
Grand Duke Sergius. The grand duke
knew that he stood in the shadow of
death.
When the duke’s carriage was in
front of the courts of justice, where
the walls of the triangle approach
forming a narrow entrance to the
Nikolsky pate, a man clad in work
man’s attire stepped forward from the
sidewalk and threw a bomb which he
had concealed beneath his coat. A
terrible explosion followed and a liail
of iron pelted the prim stone walls of
the arsenal and courts of justice. A
thick cloud of smoke, snow and debris
arose. When it had cleared a ghastly
sight was pmsente'd. On the snow lay
fragments of the body of Grand Duke
Sergius, mingled with the wreck of
the carriage. The grand duke’s head
had been torn from his body and re
duced to a shapeless pulp and tbo
trunk and limbs were frightfully niun
pled. A finger bearing a rich seal
ling was found lying several yards
a » u j
away. Tho crimson tint and sicken
ing smell of blood were everywhere.
Only a few fragments of cloth indicated
that the body had been once clothed.
The coachman lay moaning with
pain beside a deep hole in the pave
ment. The horses, dragging the front
wheels of tho carriage, had dashed
off, maddened with pain, to sink dy
ing before they reached the gate.
Police officials rapidly gathered, but
before anything could bo done towards
collecting the scattered fragments of
the body. Grand Duchess Elizabeth
drove up in an open carriage. She
had dropped her work at the head
quarters of the Red Cross and sped
to the scene of the crime without
waiting to don her outer wraps. She
broke down entirely at the sight and
dropped to tier knees, sobbing bitterly.
The assassin was thrown to the
ground and stunned by the force of
the explosion, but he quickly arose
and ran toward the gate, attempting
to escape His haste, and the blood
streaming from his face where he had
been' wounded by fragments of the
bomb, attracted the attention of a ser
geant of police, who seized him be
fore he could draw his revolver. The
man did not deny his crime, but on
the contrary, gloried in Its success.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 20.—It has now
been definitely decided that the re
mains of Grand Duke Sergius will not
be brought to St. Petersburg for tho
present, hut will be placed in a tem
porary receiving vault of the cloister
of the Cbaudoff monastery, to await
• he completion of alterations now in
progress In tho Romanoff mausoleum
in the cathedral of St. Peter and St
o.ix.io uit; iiuvruieni
will occur, among the tombs of his
ancestors On account of lack of
“pace in tho mausoleum It was decid
• d last year henceforth to bury only
rulers of the dynasty in the old mau
soleum and a new sepulchre in the
new wing of the cathedral is now be
ing built for other members of the
imperial family.
So grave is the danger of a repeti
tion of tho Moscow tragedy that sev
< rnl of the grand dukes have not stir
red out of their palaces since the mur
der, and instead of going to Tsarsko- <
Sclo to at I end the requiem there, they
have participated In special services
held in the chapels of their owl pal j
aces. This was the ease as regards
tho Grand Dukes Vladimir and Alexis.
A special requiem also was held in
the winter p.ilnce that Gov, Gen. Tre
poff might attend. Gen. Trepnff I
known to be under sentence by the
fighting organization of the social rev
olutionists. and so far as can he asce
talned. has not left his quarters In the
palaro ainm the assassination of
Grand Duke Sergius.
The Strike Spreading.
St. Petersburg. Feb. 18.—The strike
Is extending. About 6.400 employes
of the Nevsky thread works joined in
the movement. The strikers now to
tal about 30.000. The temper of the
men is more Ihreatening and Cossacks
have been called out.
Appeals For Peace.
Bt. Petersburg, Feb. 18.—The Em
press of Russia has received froai the
women of Moscow an address piteous
y appealing to her as a woman and a
mother to use her Influence with the
imperor to secure peace.
__ A
FIRE IN INDIANAPOLIS.
Property Destroyed to the Amount of
$1,100,000 in Wholesale District.
Indianapolis. Ind.. Feb. 20—For
four hours the wholesale district,
bounded by Georgia and Meridian
streets, Jackson place and the Union
depot sheds, were menaced by a fire
which started in the wholesale ware
rooms of the Fnhnley & McCrea Mil
linery Co.
At 9:30 o'clock three general alarms
brought into action every department
In the city and suburbs. When the
fire was brought under control eight
buildings, among which wore three
hotels, had been completely destroyed,
causing a loss estimated at 91,100,000.
The following are the principal
losses as estimated by a prominent
insurance man: Fahnley * McCrea,
building. $125,000; loss on stock. $260,
000; insurance. $290,000. A. Kiefer
Drug Co., building. $70,000; stock.
$225,000; insurance. $245,000. Grif
fiths Bros.*. building. $50,000; stock,
$150,000; insurance, $100,000. EL C.
Dolmetsch Co. building. $50,000; stock,
$40,000; insurance. $05,000. Sherman
house, building. $45,000; stock, $10,
000; insurance, $35,000. Savoy hotel,
building. $20,000; stock. $10,000; in
surance, $15,000. St. Charles hotel,
building. $12,000; stock. $10,000; in
surance. $11,000. Muir Millinery Co.,
building, $5,000; stock. $10,000; Insur
ance, $13,000. Total loss. $1,100,000.
GEN. STOESSEL.
Lieut. Below Characterizes Him As
a Coward.
Victoria, H. C., Fob. 20.—Aboard tho
steamer Tartar, which arrived hero,
were Lieuts. Below and Bondy, offi
cers of the Russian cruiser Sevastopol,
captured at the fall of Port Arthur.
They were released by the Japanese
after giving their parole. The cap
tain of the Sevastopol and a number
of other prisoners recently released
are expected to reach San Francisco
shortly. I.ieut. Below’ characterizes
Gen. Stoessel as a coward. "Tho
world will know Stoessel as he Is,"
said Below. "He is a cowurd. Stoes
sel was burrowed a great deal of the
time in a cave. The real heroine was
Madame Zouhoneli, who, when her
husband was killed, took command of
a battery of three 11-inch guns at a
point commanding the water supply
and held them until she was also
killed."
St Petersburg, Feh. 20.—According
to a dispatch from Mukden, special re
ports have been received at that place
stating the surrender of Port Arthur
occurred against the wishes of most
officers of the garrison.
THE DYING CONGRESS .
Effort to Be Made to Consider the
Statehood Bill in Conference.
Washington, Feb. 20.—The Renato
this week will consider the motion to
appoint conferences on the joint state
hood bill. The general understanding
is that this action will prevail and
that the bill will go to conference. In
case the committee recedes from the
important senate amendments a sharp
contest probably will ensue.
Nothing but absolutely necessary
legislation is the order in the house
for the week. This legislation so far
as can be indicated in advance will
consist of the completion of the naval
appropriation bill on Monday and con
sideration of the river and harbor and
sundry civil appropriation hills, a pro
gram which will occupy the week.
The statehood hill is to he consid
ered In conference, but there is noth
ing to indicate that an agreement will
he reached before the session is in its
last moments.
The public buildings bill Is to be %
matter of contest between the com
mittee on rules and those members of
the house who are enthusiuBtlc in its
support.
THOMAS W. LAWSON.
Senator Fisher Received a Telegram
From the Financier.
Charleston, \V. Va., Feb. 20.—A tel
egram received by Senator Fisher,
member of the legislative committee
Investigating the Standard Oil corrup
tion charges contained, in the Klllott
letter, from Thomas W. Lawson. Bos
ton. states: “I would do anything
possible to wipe Standard Oil’ and
the 'system' from the face of tho
earth. The pooplo of West Virginia,
ns elsewhere, ran depend upon mo
now or any time to do any and every
thing in my power to free them from
the devilish oppression of theso
things.”
The committee of which Fisher is a
member has finished taking evidence)
but has not yet made Its report.
Mrs. Chadwick's Wealth.
Cleveland. O.; Feb. 20.—Collector of
Customs Leach hns so minutely traced
the operations of Mrs. Cassfe L. Chad
wick during the last fotir years that
ho Is in a position to know that sho
has saved from her many financial
transact if ms $i.000,000 |n cash and
tir»0.000 in Jewels.
House Conducted Memorial Services.
Washington. Feb. 20.—Bitting in
spec'al session, the house of repre
sentatives conducted memorial serv
ices in tribute to the memory of tho
late Senator Matthew Stanley Quay,
of Pennsylvania. Mr. Dalzeil pro
sided.
To Teach Hygiene and Temperance,
Mexico City. Feb. 20.—The women
members of the Anti-Alcoholic League
are contemplating visits to workshops
and large factories for tho purpose of
Instructing operatives In matters of
hygiene and temperance.
■ I
I
.1. A Holloway, n Chesapeake A
Ohio braketn&n. fell from his * **ain at
Mud tunnel and was instantly killed.
Mrs. Jacob Recht. of Mineville. was
attacked by u vicious bulldog and was
almost torn to piece*. It required
pome time to bent the dog off. and
Mrs. Recht was unconscious for sev
eral hours. Chief of Police Wm. Ar
nold killed the dog.
Meredith J. Simms, member of the
county court of Kavette county, has
entered suit for $10,000 against \V. R.
Hardin, delegate from Fayette county,
because of a statement made by the
latter during the course of a spe«*ch
in the house j few days ago.
In line with the sensational charges
made against the members of the
Plate senate, charges were made on
the floor of the senate that Cov. White
had violated the law by receiving a
division of the fees received by Sec
retary of State Dawson, his appoin
tee. a resolution for investigation of
these charges was presented by Sena
tor Caldwell with Instructions that If
found true articles of Impeachment of
the governor should ensue.
Rills were introduced in the house
ns follows: To prohibit the sale of
cigarettes In the state. Reference to
committee was dispensed with: rend
ing to the fees of officers. Reference
dispensed with; to amend the law re
lating to the appointment of commis
sioners in chancery. Referred to ju
diciary committee.
Miss May Mason, daughter of .la*.
M. Mason, jr.. prosecuting attorney of
Charleston, and granddaughter of the
late I'nited States Senator James M
Mason, of Virginia, was married in
the Episcopal church to Philip Speed,
of tlie New York World, formerly of
Kentucky. Bishop W. L. Gravatt, of
this state, performed the ceremony,
assisted by Uev. John S. Airriend, of
Charleston
At the executive mansion. Miss
Katherine Vaughan White, eidesc
daughter of Gov. and Mrs. Albert
Blakesley White, and Mr. William II
Wolfe, jr.. of Parkersburg, were unit
ed In marriage by Rev. R. H. Merrel!,
of the Kanawha Presbyterian church.
.Jhe bride was attended by six ribbon
girls. Misses Bessie Potter, of Glen
tails, N. Y.; Alice Jencks, of Now
IHirt, R. I.; Jean Brown and Ashton
Wilson, of Charleston; Amy Kothe. of
Indianapolis, and Virginia Snodgrass,
of Parkersburg; and the maids of lion
or. Misses Grace and Ethel White, her
twin sisters. Judge Hunter Moss, of
Parkersburg, was best man. Mr. and
Mrs. Wolfe While left on a night train
for Florida, where they will spend
two weeks before returning to make
their home In Parkersburg.
In the senate these bills were intro
duced: Ftelaling to the fees of offi
cers; providing for the registration of
the voters of the state.
Senate bills passed: To establish
a state hoard of education; to estab
lish the independent school district of
Marlin gton.
Another legislative Investigation
will be opened in the West Virginia
legislature as a result of a special
message sent by Gov. White to the
slate senate. He refers to a newspa
per article accusing the legislators of
boodling in connection with liquor and
medical legislation.
.1 G. Lewis, aged 84. committed sui
cide at Byron. He had been ill for a
month, and. leaving his bed. he got his
revolver and shot himself through the
temple.
The largo pumping station that sup
plies water for tin* insane asylum at
Weston burned. A main near the
plant burst and the gas ignited.
When the tax measure came up in
the house of delegates the other day
it was amended to tax oil and gas ac
cording to recommendations contain
ed in the report of the original tax
commissioners. The tax measure Is
an administration bill and passage of
the tax amendment on oil and gas is
considered a victory for the democrats
by whom it was proposed.
At Huntington Bert Thrayer, aged
17. was convicted of the murder of
Samuel Benedict and sentenced to the
penitentiary for life. C'has. Friend,
Thrayer's accomplice, was given a
similar sentence recently.
A measure to lax coal, oil and gat
In West Virginia passed to third read
ing In the house of delegates. Th<>
bill places a tax of one-third of a cent
I iff ton on coal, one-half cent per liar
rel on oil and one-half cent per hun
dred thousand feet on gas. If was
only after a bitter political wrangle
that the measure was advanced to this
stage.
Fred Moore, Mrs. Rose Hogan and
Dido Sampson were taken into cus
tody in Clay county charged with the
murder of laicy Ann Hoggs, an old
woman, committed mysteriously four
years ago. Fearing a lynching they
were transferred to Jail at Charles
ton Two men were tried and acquit
ted for the murder at flic time it was
committed. Moore confessed having
committed the crime with two women
as accomplices.
During a performance the other
night given by the Women’s Musical
Club, at the Carroll club. Auditorium,
Wheeling, while Mrs. I. U. ftillon was
singing, a lighted lamp overturned on
the stage. A panic was started. Or
ganist Kennedy leaped on the stage
and bore the Inmp to the wings, and
Attorney Nelson C. Hubbard, by
promptly locking the exit doors ami
fighting back the frantic women, held
them In check until the excitement
was subdued.
While skating near Prince, James
Bmith, a railroad fireman, broke
through and was drowned.
M
j THE DIVIDED DEMOCRACY.
Double Attacks and Assaults from
the Bear bj former Party
Leaders.
The only way in which the country
feta a chance to remember the name of
the man who headed the democratic
ticket in 12)04 is by the attacks upon
him which are being made by demo
crats. Congressman Raker, of New
■ York, denounces his party for putting
, up Parker last year, and says that the
: men who stood back of his candidacy
| were the heads of the big monopolies
and trusts. Incidentally, too, he re
marks that the republican party to-day
I is showing the shrewdest politics It has
ever displayed. "It is." he says,
“giving just enough rope to the south
; ern democrats and they are hanging
themselves."
This is a double attack on the de
mocracy by a democrat, says the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat. It Is an as
sault on the Hlli-CIeveland-Relmont
element, which is primarily responsible
for the nomination of Parker, and It
hits the southern faction, which has
begun to show some prominence in the
i Pa**fy councils since the smash-up on
November 8. 12)04. Some of the eastern
i democrats have been saying that the
| wa-v f°r the democracy to be saved is
i for the southern wing of the party to
assume the leadership. This robust
! Now York democrat says the democra
cy has too much south In It already.
Primarily, this Is probably an attack
on Williams of Mississippi, the party’s
titular leader in the house, who 1ms
recently developed an Incapacity for
leadership which recalls the old days of
the blundering of Richardson and
Raiiey when in control of their party
| in the popular chamber.
i in* iiuui is. ino tiomocrary is more1
discordant and demorallKcd at this
time eve n that It was In the canvas* of
1904. Hie men who were chiefly re
sponsible for Parker are utterly dis
credited and cast out. At the'same
time the south, from which some aid
was expected In reorganising the party.
Is not contributing nnything except
discord to its councils. The one strong
man in the democracy is William J.
Tlryan. The Cleveland faction Is prob
ably ns hostile to him as It was in 1890.
hut the masses of the party are on his
side, and lie will probably bo nomi
nated in 1908. In that year radicalism
as represented by the Rryanizcd democ
racy. will lie pitted against conserva
tism as exemplified in the republican
party. It is exceedingly probable that
the party which won in 1904 will lie tho
' it tor in 19(>8 also, but the canvass will
be far more exciting that was the one
which ended a few months ago.
PRETTY LITTLE FAN PLAY.
Miss Democracy Tries to Make Up to
the President with Gen
tle Arts.
The attempt of Miss Democracy to flirt
with the president is something more
than amusing. It is amusing enough.
We have not had anything Just like it in
our affairs before, says the Washington
Star. The lady who protested too much
la widely celebrated. Maybe Miss Dem
ocracy would do well to reflect upon that
ladylT history and fate. Mr. Roosevelt
has heard of her, we may all be sure. Be
sides. he is not just out of school, and
should not bean easy catch. A little fan
play, a handkerchief adroitly dropped, a
furtive glance or two, eyes that smile
and smiles with eyes in them, should not
be deadly with a beau who has been out
for a year or two and knows all the signs
and the way around. Who knows but
that while he Ls enjoying the affair he is
yet entirely safe and has no thought of
straying from his true allegiance?
Miss Democracy is, or seems to be, of
the opinion that tho president is foot
loose and Taney free. Bhe imagines him
In position to go where he likes, with
whom he likes and generally to do as he
pleases. This belief is founded upon the
president’s announcement that he will
not stand for another term, and his ex
pressed intention to be tho representa
tive of all the people. She sees him
therefore without trammels or obliga
tions of any kind', and accordingly makes
pleasant play for his attention.
Hut is not that a mistaken view of
matters? The president Is In office now
under promise of carrying forward his
party’s policies, and he begins his new
term in March under instructions re- '
reived at the polls In November. He is I
not a free lance by any means.and prob- |
ably has not the slightest thought or de- I
sire to become one. That he desires the
approbation of the opposition party is j
likely, but only as the party ntay come ]
to him. and not as a rew ard of his going
to It. He could not go to it without sur
rendering so much of his duty as would
bring him Into such fellowship.
The democratic party of course has no
thoughlof supporting any policies calcu
lated to strengthen the republican party
in power. Both Mr Bryan and Mr. Wil
liams are just now playing politics, and
the only politics open to them. Their
power is small, and has no value unless it
can be employed to divide the opposition.
They will give the president all the help
at their command If he will use It to the
embarrassment of his party, and then
they will promptly desert him.
<• Mr Mr>an, having indorsed some
of President Roosevelt s ideas, possibly
hopes that one day the compliment will
be rcitimed.—Washington Star.
trW> shall be surprised if the south
does not come to understand that Its
feeling towards tbe president Is based !
on misapprehension. He will not abate
his convictions. He will not yield his
manhood. But we believe that with the
free, frank, open utterance of his real
thought and his honest purpose he will
disarm misunderstanding, and we e*
pect that the south will come to regard
has as «. true and sincere friend.--,
Philadelphia Press 1
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| PLATFORM BY MR. BRYAN.
Mad® Up of « Little of Anything
Good Enough to
Stand On.
William J Bryan is still busy formu
lating a platform for his party .or reiter
ating the planks of his ow n. w ith the air
of one who would dictate his party's
platform, says the Chicago Chronicle.
Mr. Bryan adheres to his position that
while ‘ the principles of bimetallism re
main true the need of that ism is “not
so crying" now as it was because of the
immense Increase in the production of
gold. This implies that the need is still
crying and- therefore not to be omitted
from the democratic platform.
Asked whether he was u socialist, he
answered for the democratic party as
who should say: “The democratic party?
It is I.” or "1 am it.’ He said: "The dem
ocratic party believes in some measures
the socialists believe in. That does not
make it socialistic. It believes with the
populists on some points, but it Is not
therefore populistic. We are said to he
now in uccord with the republicans iu a
few matters, but we c&u’t be accused of
being republicans.”
So Mr. Bryan—or the democratic par
ty. which is the same thing—is a sort of
baRket picnic party—a little or every
thing cold and not much of anything
good, it is a party of scraps and odds
and ends picked up as they come aud
without consistency or coherency.
Good advice to the republican party
would be to beware of the few matters
with which the democrats "are said to be
now In accord.” Anything that the Bry
an democracy is in accord with is to bo
regarded with suspicion and handled
with tonga.
For instance, there is the proposed
railroad legislation. Mr. Itryan is in
accord with that and urges his followers
in congress to vote for it if necessary iu
order to secure its enactment. Wo may
learn the renson from hia statement that
he believed the unfair discriminations
and rebates could never be cured except
by public ownership. A measure w hich
in Mr. Bryan’s oplnoti would lead up to
that consuminatIon of state socialism
may well bo turned over by u republican
congress to an expert in infernal ma
chines with instructions to inspect thor
oughly and eliminate the dynamite.
NEW DEMOCRATIC SCHEME.
Contemplating a Move to Put the Re
publicans in nn Embarrass
ing Position.
Several of tlie prominent railroad at
torneys, general counsel for the big
irnuk lines, who have been in Washing
ton for the past six weeks keeping an eye
on prospective anti-railway legislation,
have left the city and returned to their
homes, confident that there will be no
legislation at this session of congress in
imical to railway Interests, says a Wash
ington exchange. The fact that tho
house of representatives will pass a rail
way rate bill does not cause uneasiness,
and these attorneys who have made It
their business to look Into tho situation
have concluded that there will be no
legislation that will hurt.
The democrats of the senate are con
templating a move to put the republi
cans in nn embarrassing position. Ef
forts are now under way to secure, |;
possible, agreement among the demo
crats upon a railway bill if it comesovur
from the house, with an invitation to the
administration senators to Join them in
a proposition to put the bill through.
Some democratic senators who have
been looking into the situation say that
there is possibility of securing enough
votes from western republicans who are
In favor of railway rate legislation to
make a majority of the senate if the sol
id democratic vote could be polled. In
that event the spectacle would be pre
sented of the president of the United
States and a small portion of his party
In the senate, hacked by the unanimous
democratic vote, standing for rate legis
lation which was denied by a majority
of the republicans of the senate. The
democrats say this would be an object
lesson to the country that relief must be
obtained through democrats.
One fault In this plan is that the demo
crats of the house Intend to oppose the
pending republican bill for the regula
tion of railway rates. They will offer the
Havey bill, which was Indorsed by the
democratic caucus, as a substitute, and
Will be voted down. The scheme of the
democratic senators Is to take the bill
that comes over from the house, whlc h
will be the measure reported by the re
publicans of the house committee on In
terstate and foreign commerce.
PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS.
*r Development means expansion
lyet It come. It is Inevitable —Nash
vllle News.
• ^Tariff thinkers usually develop in
to tariff tinkers. Once the disease gcti
Into the system It Is almost impossible
to get It out.—St. flouts OIobe-!)eino
crat.
f^The assertions In many demo
cratlr quarters that the republican par- ]
ty Is carrying out democratic principles
of course |s not true, although very
amusing and significant. It only goes
to show what has often been contend- j
ed that there are a great many demo
crats entirely satisfied to live under re- j
publican rioe.—Troy Times.
t-eThe tariff schedules eontinue to I
wear the serene air of confidence which '
betokens their knowledge that they are i
in the han«s of their friends —N Y I
Mall.
I "I;. is a pretty thankless task to be i
a democratic leader nowadays. Thi* ^
fact Is Illustrated anew hr the manner i
In which his party ass-v-lates are
“Jumping on" Leader Williams of the
house of representatives. And every
body knows what happened to “Tom*'
T^eirart when he failed to elect Parsci
and t..s democratic organs broke out
against him la full chorus.—Tioj
Times.
"Miracfeofthe|;
Loaves and fishes I
Sunday School Laaaa3i farFafc.*, It* I'
Pr«par«d^»y^h«^Hi0hway«s4 1
(C«|>yrl«bt. 1*M. by J. U. Kdavu.)
LESSON TEXT.—John 3:1-14; Memory;
voraes 11. 12 the entire chapter. I
| GOLDEN TKXT-"l am the Living)
"*T*d whlch came down from Heaven.";
Jonn o:Sl.
11MK Nearly a year haa elapsed since
o ir -net lesson. It was Just before the
paasover. April, A. 1) 2a
‘!rA‘ 'K :A llealon on the northeast
'•hore the s,-u of Galilee, not very far
from llethaulda. '
A RKM1NUEH.—Ilud this miracle and
Johna,tCOl,r“° fo,,wwln* been left out by
mPch wouid have been missed
Bon of .iM th,ttt u lhu Christ, the
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The Lesaou Outline.
IHKMK The Hungry Fed.
l'l 1Tn. Vi** WUdernvM with Jesus, vs |-c»
11 TTv1 . ‘ ,,un*ry Multitudes, vs. 6-«.
d) Jesus’ Plana, vs. 6, c
lnt,) J.h° Troubled, vs. 7 ».
111.—The Multitude Fed. vs. 10-13.
tl> Orderly Procedure, v. 10.
G> Loaves and Fishes Blessed, v 11
HnJ KUho'* Olstrlbuted v. |l\
lh® *■ ra«m®»«a Uuthered vs 12 13
1V- The Alultiludo Impressed. v. R
Comparing Scripture with Scriptura.'
I. into tlie VViiUerufbb \\ ith Jesus vs
1-4. The disciples went there with Jesusl
for rest aud quiet conference. The
multitude followed through curiosity.
But whatever tho motive which brought
them they all received a blessing. Jesus
never turns a aoul empty away. The
desert Is often the pJaco of peculiar
m T1,,Km.1 Uman nued more apparent
hM ~.I V no Power ia more manifest
II. The Hungry Multitude. (1) Jesua'i
**ana’ V8< G> G-Jesus was the first to
eight the on-coming multitude. Jesus
sees us when a great way off. Ho
knows the motive that brings us. But
He always has plans for ua. He knows
Just how to deal with each individual
l.llHC.
ine Disciples Troubled, v. 7.—.
Ma thew (H:15) tells us that the dls-,
tlples wanted to send tho multitude*
Ah at* ii* leVhem Hhlft for ‘hemselv**,
Ab. at best, how limited Is our vision:|
how small our faith. In our Christian
work, how many blessings wo lose to!
the multitude because we do not reallz*
Jesus power and Hi. willingness to sup-!
rZ ! "TV, Matt 10:8' The »H!e lad|
*\dy‘Y,eVd h,B 8mnl1
IS a text and a sermon all by himself
He counted little In the eye. of the dS
with"1 “ h*Tent lnto Partnership^
with Jesus and his little became a feast
to satisfy the multitude. So It mav bn
.... pur sift,, our abnuiTL*
seem small, we may have grave mlsglv
Ings as to their being equal to the task
of ministering successfully to the mul
titudes about us. but If we will but put
Into the hands of Jesus our little we will
have the Joy of seeing It multiply under
HIh touch until it has performed Its most
blessed ministry to all about. Our littl*
In Jesus' bauds 1b always sufllclent.
III. Tho Multitude Fed. (1) Orderly
Procedure, v. 10.—it 1ms been said that
"order Is Cod's first law." That motley
multitude must ho subdued and ar
ranged In orderly manner. Paul's ad
monition (1 Cor. 14:40) has striking
Illustration here
(2) Loaves and FiHhes Blessed, v. 11.—*
"Jesus took the loaves; and when He had
given thunks.” Took and blessed-*
twofold act on the part of Jesus that
brings amazing results. Just common
barley crackers and small salt fish, and
yet they fed the multitude as they panned
through Jesus' hands. Just a life given,
In consecration into Jesus’ hands to r#n
ceive His blessing and behold the re-4
suits. A Peter, a Paul, a Luther, a John)
Knox, a Finney, a Moody. He will taka
you and me and use us to the blessing)
of the multitude. John 14:12.
(3) leaves and Fishes Distributed, r.
11.—"He distributed to the disciples
and the disciples to them that wera
set down. The Divine order, always.
From the Master’s hsnd to our*
and then to the multitude. We can
not give to the blessing of others un
til we have received from His hands.
How the knowledge of this ought to
bring us to reconsecrate ourselves to
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(4) The Fragments Gathered, vs. 12.
13—"They were filled." Did ever soul
sit down at table which Jesus spread
without being filled? Ps. 23:1; Phil.
4:19. Bat that Jesus'bounty might not
teach wastefulness He commands:
"Gather up the fragments." This Is an
example In economy which we all havo
ne*»d to remember. Twelve baskets full
remaining gave each of the disciples
a supply to carry away. What a strik
ing Illustration of Prov. 11:24; and
Luke 6:38.
IV. The Multitude Impressed, v. 14 —
Who else but Ood could create food for
the body? The multitude was willing
to admit Jesus’ claims of Divinity. And
the following verses show how they
planned to make Him their king.
But with what motives! They desired
Him because they had eaten of the
loaves and were filled, v. 26. He
wanted them to desire the bread of
life. v. 27. How sad that men should be
satisfied with the bread which perishes
when Jesus would feed them on the liv
ing bread.
The Oolden Text.
"1 am the Living Bread which came
down from Heaven." This declaration
of Jesus commands our attention, be
cause Ood has said that "Man shall not
live by bread alone." When Jesus called
Himself the "Living Bread.” It was to
announce the relations which He was
to sustain to the soul. As a body wav
fed by bread, so He. the Living Bread,
waa to feed the soul, Living Bread to
satisfy soul hunger, therefore. Blessed
are they which do hunger and thirst aft
er righteousness, for they shall he
filled.” "Lord, evermore give us tbl»
Bread