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The Yale Expositor.
J. A. Menziks, Publisher.
TA LE,
Mien
Profesijo Roentgen should turn his
light on tho Turk.
The growl of the British lion has sub
sided into a soft, kittenish purr.
Girls and billiard balls kiss each
other with Just about the same amount
cf real 'feeling.
Many a weary and sleepy dad ts envy
ing the New Jersey man whose baby
slept six weeks.
The man who tells you he has seen
better days has : undoubtedly experi
enced worse nights.
We can't afford to go to war -with
England. It wouldn't do. What should
we do with our heiresses?
The politician never begins to talk
about "rising above party" until after
his party has quit electing him to of
fice. Portraits of Emperor William can
now be had for half price in London.
This should be a lesson to unruly grand
children. Of course there may be an aldermanlc
ethical standard, but if there Is the
average man would have to stoop over
to reach it
It Is evident that the queen can say
nothing as gracefully as any of her
trained diplomats, and say it in Just as
many words.
When Mrs. Chang looks over her
1,000 dresses it must be a bitter thought
to her that her husband is without a
yellow Jacket.
Owing to tho fact that the Turks are
experiencing a feeling of lassitude the
sultan has decided to grant amnesty to
the Armenians.
We are able to announco that the
women are still in Washington, in spite
of the declaration of Senator Hill to the
effect that they ought to go.
Will Prior, who eloped with a girl
on twelve hours' acquaintance, may
properly be said to have been a3 pre
vious as hi3 name indicates.
While the sultan and Queen Victoria
are writing pleasant letters to each
other it Is perilous for any one to even
feed tho oppressed Armenians.
Very courteous burglars they have in
Indiana. When they called on Gov.
Matthews they left their cards, but
that was about all they did leave.
The Valkyrie Is for sale and can bo
had for what her sall3 cost. Even at
that her notoriety will prevent any
great rush of would-be purchasers.
Hetty Green is suing two Chicago
men for selling soil from her farm.
Hetty is bound that nothing capable of
being turned into dust will escape her.
Having paid his money to be a real
editor, Mr. Astor undoubtedly has Just
cause for complaint, and we are pleased
to see that he Intends to get his money's
worth.
Every time they discover a gold mine
in Georgia somebody starts a news
paper on the spot. This is wise, for it
generally takes a first-class gold mine
to run one.
It has long been conceded that
money talks, but never was it moro
eloquent of patriotism and loyalty than
when offered for the purchaso of our
new national bonds.
Another dead line has been drawn
across Cuba by Gen. Marin and tho
insurgents are breaking across it Just
as has been their habit in the past.
Spain is asked for more troops.
A temperance banquet was given to
the mayor of Southport, England, re
cently, at which the drinks were orange
champagne, ginger champagne, lemon
ade, ginger ale, glngerette, water ine
and coffee.
Three times as manj American horses
have been sold in England this year
as were called for in 1894, and their
average price at the ports of shipment
has been $155. They are used chiefly for
draught in London.
It appears to be the fate of every In
trinsically good movement in our day
that it has to run tho risk of becoming
a fad. We are face to face with what
may be called a municipal extension
fad. Every city In tho union is bent
upon swallowing Its blanket, like the
eccentric boa constrictor. The real
problem before most of our American
cities is not how to spread them out
thinner, but how to govern them better.
It is not more territory that they need,
but more wisdom to make the most of
what they have.
There seems to be something of a
natural antipathy between Mayor Pln
gree and the Judiciary of this country.
He has sat down upon a number of the
Judges of Michigan and now the wear
ers of the ermine in Chicago have tak
en a fall out of his honor..
The coal pool Is formed for no other
purpose than to extort from tho people
of this country more than the coal la
worth. If there be no law tbat can
prevent tie carrying out of such a con
spiracy nfcdeu legislation has been
crimlnalfyTiiegltfcted.
A GltEAT CARTOONIST.
GILLAM'S PICTURES WERE PA
MILIAR TO EVERYBODY.
Short Fketrh of tho ArtUt'a L.lfo Ilia
Kurly Work on Leallo'a anl Puck
llrought Judge to tho Front mt
Ouo. '
ERNHARD GIL
lam, tho great car
toonist of Judge,
who died recently
at the home of his
father-in-law, Jas.
Arkell, at Canajo
harle, N. Y., has
been the mainstay
of Puck'3 success
ful rival In the
comic Journal field.
In 18S6 Mr. Glllam, a born cartoonist,
went Into partnership with W. J.
Arkell and bought Judge. From tho
first Issue containing a colored cartoon
from the brush of Gillam tho illustrious
Keppler knew that ho had a giant to
fight. Mr. Glllam proved worthy of
his promise, and he has borne Judge
on his shoulders for ten years now.
Thi9 infusion of talent was backed up
on collateral lines, and ' the paper
forged ahead until to-day it is on a par
with its older companion. Glllam was
by nature a humorous artist. He re
ceived his art education in England
and, like all men of genius in the
funny vein, had early ambition to shine
as doer of divine things. His greatest
't, WW
BERNIIARD GILLAM.
effort In that line, a historical painting
of vast extent, having produced "in
extinguishablo laughter" from all sorts
of critics, Gillam wisely took hia cue,
and by hia genius, directed in the right
channel, he became the foremost car
toonist of tho age. In 1S80 he made por
traits for the Harpers and afterward
passed through many phases of artistic
life in Leslie's and Puck, which were
preparing the way for his final and
complete triumph as a double page car
toonist in Judge. Mr. Gillam was only
85 at the time of his death. Many o!
his cartoons were classic and fetched a
big price. His work had given early cop
ies of Judge a distinct value in the
second-hand market.
THE LATEST IMMORTAL
Jf. Franco Who Ha Upon Cborn to
French Arwriemy C'lmir.
Jacques Anatole Thlbcault France,
the celebrated author who has Just been
elected to the French Academy, was
born In Paris April 16. 1344. His father
was a bookseller, and he sent the son
to Stanislaus College, where he com
pleted his studies. Ho early devoted
himself to literature, and in 187G was
attached to tho senate library. For
a considerable period he contributed
largely to the various periodicals, mag-
nzineK and newsnaners of bis native
city, including the Journals De3 De
bates and Los Tempa. Later he was
called on to cucceed M. Jules Claretlo
on the last named publication. Th9
contributions, which ho furnished
weekly to this paper, were entitled "La
Vie Littraire." They were always noted
for the crisp, bright, newsy and yet
thoughtful manner in which they wore
written. Besides tho heavier writing,
of which ho was the author, Anatols
France has written numerous poeni3,
biographical sketches, studies, literary
M. FRANCE,
criticisms and several novels. Thoss
latter, as with his other work, have
always held high rank among French
literary men.
Reason ItorcU l y Nursery.
Horaco Tetlow of Philadelphia has
been restored Ly a surgical operation
to rraion. Ho uttered the other day
his first Intelligent words since the first
day ol the Ccncmaugh flood, Friday,
May SI, 1889, when hi3 skull was
crushed by a piece cf falling timber.
Since that time he has been an Imbo
cile. Last week a thorough examina
tion was made cf the wound in his skull.
Trephining wa3 decided upon. The
operation was performed on Tuesday, a
bono button, the size of a half-dclla,'
being remove. Tho patient, upon op
ening his eyes, eald: "It cornea from
the dam." Ills mind i3 a blank no to
the occurrences of the last five yars,
but he recall j tho events of his life pro
ceding the accident that rendered hi:a
speechless. fi
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HAVE GOOD CAVALRY MATERIAL
Xtry Many of Oar ' Young Mos A.
Good Rider.
The foreign-born citizens who have
been engaged as riding instructor at
the various riding schools in and
around New York and elsewhere have
not been hesitant in their disparaging
remarks of the American cavalry, saya
the Rider and Driver. While the United
States does not boast of a large stand
ing army, we have no hesitancy In say
ing that the few regiments of cav
alry that have seen service on tho plains
will not only comparo favorably with
the mounted men of other nations, but
that for the particular kind of work to
which they have been trained they are
without equals in the world. We havo
had no reason to keep men in training;
but if put to the test we could certainly
raise a magnificent array In a very short
time. Unlike the early days of the re
cent rebellion, we would have plenty of
horsemen to call upon.
Whereas In earlier day3 equestrian
ism was unknown, comparatively
speaking, it has In latter days become
so general as a means of exercise, recre
ation and health that old and young aro
fairly good riders. The various sports
of polo, hunting and racing have served
to stimulate interest in equitation. The
militia troops themselves and the best
militia troops formed throughout the
country, notably squadron A of New
York, are also factors.
All of these sources would be drawn
upon for officers, rather than for private
soldiers. They do not represent a large
number In comparison with the force
necessary to cope with a foe, but they
would certainly prove a valuable
nucleug on which to build.
The argument is used against us that
the citizen soldier would stand no
show with the trained and disciplined
soldier of Great Britain. We must ad
mit that the odds would be against us
at first in tho same ratio that maintains
in any contest where the amateur meets
the professional. However, we may find
consolation In the fact that the general
average of Intelligence would prove a
weighty advantage in our favor when
once we had set our minds and bodies to
the task of becoming professional.
WASHINGTON GLADDEN.
Tho l)UllBru)h04t lecturer ou Sacred
nl Kflt'zloiiB Question.
Rev. Washington Gladden, D. D of
Columbus, Ohio, Is one of the hardest
working of semi-public men. In pre
paring sermons and lectures and deliv
ering them, writing books and news
paper articles, he finds employment for
from fourteen to sixteen hours daily.
His writings and addresses, while on
public questions, are strictly not of the
class denominated as sensational. He
has never been obliged to withdraw
any of his more forcible utterances or
explain his more radical statements.
This is an uncommon record for an
REV. WASHINGTON GLADDEN,
orator. Dr. Gladden has enjoyed much
vogue as a writer on economic ques
tions and on laws and their adminis
tration. His labors for the purification
of society and municipal reforms have
been of the utmoBt value. His latest
work Is entitled "Ruling Ideas of the
Present Age." Others aro "Burn
ing Questions," "Who Wrote the
Bible?" "Tools and tho Man,"
"Workmen and Their Employ
ers." "Tools and the Man" is a com
pilation of lectures on industrial and
cognato subjects. Much of Dr. Glad
den's best work has appeared in tho
magazines.
Concernlaq; Kchombarsk.
An interesting fact in connection with
the famous Schomburgk line, which has
escaped observation, is that the man
who provided the British government
with that boundary came to this coun
try from Germany when he was 22 years
old, and after working for some time as
a clerk in Boston and Philadelphia be
came a partner in a Richmond, Va., to
bacco manufactory in 1S28. The factory
was burned and Schomburgk drifted to
the West Indies, where, after unsuc
cessful ventures, his botanical work at
tracted the attention of the London
Geographical society and ho secured
means to explore the unknown region
of the Orinoco. Ho remained there
from 1833 to 1839 and discovered the
Victoria Regia lily and many other
plants. This work led the British gov
ernment to commission him to suggest
a boundary between Venezuela and
Guiana and to make further explora
tions. The line was drawn and he was
knighted by the queen for hi3 services.
Philadelphia Prces.
Old EnglUh Co'n.
Gold coins were introduced in Eng
land by Edward III. in 6 shilling pieces,
nearly equal in size to tho modern sov
ereign. Nobles followed at C shillings
8 pence, and thence tho lawyers fee;
afterward there were quarter and half
nobles. Edward IV. coined angels,
with a flguro of Michael and tho dra
gon.
Rn1Uh UI1 Piece.
Henry VIII. coined sovereigns aud
half sovereigns of tbo modern value.
Guineas were of the same size, but be
ing made of .superior gold to sovereign!
guineas passed for 21s and in 1793 at
fiik
JESUS STILL REIGNS.
A THRILLING SERMON BY REV.
E. TAtKAGE.
Golden Text for finii'fj:
Him Shall the Gathering .. tho hi -p'e
He" Gen., xllx, 0 G v-"U I.'our
ChrUtUu StauuM'tl.
HROUGII n super
natural lens, or
what T mtfrht rail
rt&Jfirm a Prophescopc, dy
$vaVWj7 Dg JacoD looks
corridors of the
centuries until he
cees Christ the cen
ter of all popular
attraction and the
greatest being in
tho world, so everywhere acknowl
edged. It was not always so. The
world tried hard to put him down and
to put him out. In the year 1200, while
excavating for antiquities fifty-three
miles northeast of Rome, a copper
plate tablet was found containing the
death-warrant of tho Lord Jesus Christ,
reading in this wise:
"In tho year 17 of the empire of Tl
bcrius Caesar.and on the 25th of March,
I, Pontius Pilate, governor of the Prae
tore, condemn Jesu3 of Nazareth to die
between two thieves, Qulntlu3 Come
llus to lead him forth to the place of
execution."
Tho death-warrant was signed by
several names. First, by Daniel, rabbi
Pharisee; secondly, by Johanne3, rabbi;
thirdly, by Raphael; fourthly, by Capet,
a private citizen. Thl3 capital punish
ment was executed according to law
The name of the thief crucified on the
right-hand side of Christ was DIsmas;
the name of tho thief crucified on tho
left hand side of Christ was Gestus
Pontius Pilate describing the tragedy
says the wholo world lighted candles
from noon until night. Thirty-three
years of maltreatment. They ascribe
his birth to bastardy and his death to
excruciation. A wall of the city, built
about those times and recently ex
posed by archaeologists, shows a carl
cature of Jesus Christ, evidencing the
ccntempt in which he wa3 held by
many in his day that caricature on the
wall representing a cross and a don
key nailed to It, and under it the in
scription: "This is the Christ whom
the people worship." But I rejoice that
that day is gone by. Our Christ Is com
ing out from under the world's abuse.
The most popular name on earth today
i the name of Christ. Where he had
one friend Christ has a thousand
friends. The scoffers have become wor
shipers. Of the twenty most celebrated
lnP Vl3 In Great Britain in our day,
sixteen have come back to Christ, try
ing to undo tho blatant mischief of their
Iive3 sixteen out of the twenty. Every
nan who writes a letter cr signs a doc
ument, wittingly or unwittingly, hon
ors Jesus Christ. We date everything
as B. C, or A. D. B. C, before Christ:
A. D.t Anno Domini, in the year of our
Lord. All the ages of history on th?
pivot of the upright beam of the Cross
of the Son of God, B. C, A. D. I do not
care what you call him whether Con
queror, or King, or Morning Star, or
Sun of Righteousness, or Balm of Gll-
cad, or Lebanon Cedar, or Brother, or
iTlend, or take the name used in tho
verse from which I take my text, and
call him Shilorh, which means his Son,
or the Tranqullator, or tho Peacemaker,
Shlloh. I only want to tell you that
"unto him shall the gathering of the
people be."
In the first place, the people are gath
ering around Christ for pardon. No
sensible man or healthfully ambitious
man is satisfied with his past lift. A
fcol may think he Is all right. A sens
ible man knows ho is not. I do not
care who the thoughtful man is, the
review of his lifetime behavior before
God and man gives to him no especial
satisfaction. "Oh," he says, "there
have been so many things I have done
I ought not to have done, there have
been so many things I have said I ought
never to have said, there have been so
many things I havo written I ought
never to have written, there have been
so many things I have thought I ought
never to have thought, I must somehow
get things readjusted, I must somehow
have the past reconstructed; there are
days and months and years which cry
out against me In horrible vocifera
tion." Ah, my brother, Christ adjusts
tho past by obliterating it. He does
not erase the record of our misdoing
with a dash of ink from a register's
pen, but lifting his right hand, crushed,
red at the palm, ho puts it against his
bleeding brow, and then against his
pierced side, nnd wjth the crimson ac
cumulation cf all those wounds he rubs
out the accusatory chapter. He blots
out our Iniquities. Oh! never be anx
ious about the future; better be anxious
about the past. I put it not at the end
of my sermon; I put it at the front:
Mercy and pardon through Shiloh, the
sin-pardoning Christ. "Unto him shall
the gathering of tho peoplo be." "Oh!"
says some man, "I havo for forty years
been as bad as I could be, and is there
any mercy for me?" Mercy for you.
"Oh!" says some ono hero, "I have a
grand ancestry, tho holiest of fathers
and the tendercst of mothers, and for
my perfidy there i3 no excuse. Do you
think there la any mercy for me?"
Mercy for you. "But," Bays another
man, "I fear I havo committed what
they call tho unpardonable sin, and the
Bible says if a man commit that sin
he Is neither to bo forgiven In this
world nor the world to come. Do yoH
think there is any mercy for me?"
The fact that you havo any solicitude
about the matter at all proves' positively
that 'you have not committed the un
pardonable sin. Mercy for you. Oh!
the grace of God which brlngcth calva-
The grace of God! Let us take the
surveyor's chain and try v measure
God's mercy through Jesus Christ. Let
one surveyor take that chain and go
to the north, and another surveyor take
that chain and go to the couth, and
anoher surveyor take that chain and
go to the east, and another surveyor
-ke that chain and go to 'the west, and
then make a report of the square mlle3
of that vast kingdom of God's mercy.
Ah! you will have to wait to all eternity
for the report of that measurement. It
cannot be measured. Paul tried to
climb the height of it, and he went
height over height, altitude above alti
tude, mountain above mountain, then
sank down In discouragement and
gave It up, for he saw Sierra Nevadas
beyond and Matterhorns beyond, and
waving hl3 hand3 back to us in the
plains, he says, "Past finding out; un
searchable, that in all things he might
have the pre-eminence." You notice
that nearly all the sinners mentioned
as pardoned In the Bible were great
sinners David a great sinner, Paul a
great sinner, Magdalen a great sinner,
the Prodigal Son a great sinner. The
world easily understood how Christ
could pardon a half-and-half sinner,
but what the world wants to be persuad
ed of is that Christ will forgive tho
worst sinner, the hardest sinner, the
oldest sinner, the mo3t Inexcusable sin
ner. To the sin-pardoning Shiloh let
all the gathering of the people be.
But, I remark again, the peoplo will
gather round Christ aa a sympathizer.
Oh! we all want sympathy. I hear peo
ple talk as though they were independ
ent of it. None of U3 could live without
sympathy. When parts of our family
are away, how lonely the house seems
until they all get home! But alas! for
those who never come home. Some
times It seems as if It must be impos
sible. What, will their feet never again
come over the threshold? Will they
never again sit with us at the table?
Will they never again kneel with us at
family prayer? Shall we never again
look Into their sunny faces? Shall wo
never again on earth take counsel with
them for our work? Alas! me, who can
stf.nd under these griefs? Oh! Christ,
thou canst do more for a bereft soul
than any one else. It i3 he who stands
beside us to tell of the resurrection. It
is he that came to bid peace. It is ho
that comes to us and breathes into us
the spirit of submission until we can
look up from the wreck and ruin of
our brightest expectations and say:
"Father, not my will, but thine be
done." Oh, ye who are bereft, ye anguish-bitten,
come into this refuge. Tho
roll of those who came for relief to
Christ Is larger and larger. Unto this
Shiloh of omnipotent sympathy the
gathering of the peoplo shall be. Oh,
that Christ would stand by all these
empty cradles, and all these desolated
homesteads and all these broken hearts,
and persuade us It Is well.
The world cannot offer you any help
at such a time. Suppose the world
comes and offers you money. You would
rather live on a crust In a cellar and
havo your departed loved ones with
you, than live in palatial surroundings
and they away. Suppose the world of
fers you its honor3 to console you.
What 13 tho presidency to Abraham
Lincoln when little Willie lies dead In
the White Houro? Perhaps the world
come3 and Eayc: "Time will euro It
all." Ah, there are grlcf3 that have
raged on for thirty years and are rag
ing yet. And yet hundreds havo been
comforted, thousands have been com
forted, millions have been comforted,
and Christ had done tho work. Oh,
what you want is sympathy. The
world's heart of sympathy beats very
irregularly. Plenty of sympathy when
we do not want it, and often when we
are in appalling need of it no sym
pathy. There are multitudes of peo
ple dying for sympathy sympathy in
their work, sympathy in their fatigues,
sympathy in their bereavements, sym
pathy in their financial losses, sympa
thy in their physical ailments, sympa
thy in the time of declining years
wide, deep, high, everlasting, almighty
sympathy. We must have It, nnd Christ,
gives It. That is the chord with which
he is going to draw oil nations to him.
At the stcry of punishment a man's
eye flashes and his teeth 6ct and his
fist clinches, and ho prepares to do
battle even though it be against tho
heavens; yet what heart so hard but it
will succumb to the story of compa3
cicn! Even a man's sympathy is pleas
ant and helpful. When we have been
in come hour of weakness, to havo a
brawny man stand be3ldo us and prom
ise to see us through, what courage It
gives to our heart and what strength
it gives to our arm. Still mightier Is a
woman's sympathy. Let him tell the
story who. when all his fortunes were
gone and all tho world was against him,
camo home and found in that home u
wife who could write on the top of the
empty flour-barrel, "The Lord will pro
vide;" or write on the door of the empty
wardrobe, "Consider tho lilies of the
field; if God so clothed the gras3 of tho
field, will he not clothe us and ours?"
Or let that young man tell tho story
who has gone the whole round of dis
sipation. The shadow of the peniten
tiary Is upon him, and even hia
father says, "Be off! never come
homo again!" Tho young man
flnd3 still his mother's arm
outstretched for him, nnd how she will
stand at the wicket of tho prison to
whisper consolation, or get down on her
knees before tho governor, begging for
pardon, hoping on for her wayward
boy after all others are hopeless. Or let
her tell the rtcry who, under villain
ous all iremf-n: and Impatient of par
ental restraint, has wondered off from
a home of which she was tl)e Idol into
the murky and thunderous midnight of
abandonment, away from God, and fur
ther away, until sorao time she is tossed
on the beach of that early homo a mere
splinter of a wreck. Who will pity her
now? Who will gather these dishon
ored locks into 'he lap? Who will
wash off tho blooi !rom the gashed !
forehead? Who will tell her of that
Christ who came to save the lost?
Who will put that weary head upon
tho clean white pillow and watch by
day and watch by night until the hoarse
voice of the sufferer becomes the
whisper, and the whisper becomes only
a faint'motion of the lips, and the faint
motion of the Hps is exchanged for a
silent look, and the cut feet are still,
and the weary eyes are still, and tho
frenzied heart Is still, and all is still?
Who will have compassion on her
when no others have compassion?
Mother! Mother!
Oh! there is something beautiful in
sympathy In manly sympathy, wife
ly sympathy, motherly sympathy; yea,
and neighborly sympathy. Why wa
it that a city was aroused with excite
ment when a little child was kidnaped
from one of the streets? Why were
whole columns of tho newspapers filled
with the story of a little child? It
was because wo are all ono In sym
pathy, and every parent said: "How
If it had been my Lizzie? How If It
it had been my Mary? How if it had
ben my Maud? How if it had been
my child? How If there had been one
unoccupied pillow in our trundle-bed
to-night? How if my little one bona
of my bone and flesh of my flesh wero
to-night carried captive into some den
of vagabonds, never to come back to
ir.e? How if it had been my sorrow
looking out of the window, watching
and waiting that sorrow worse than
death?" Then when they found her
why did we declare the news all
through the households, and everybody
that knew how to pray said, "Thank
God!"? Because we are all one, bound
by one golden chain of sympathy. Oh!
yes, but I have to tell you that If you
will aggregate all neighborly, manly,
wifely, motherly sympathy, it will be
found only a poor starving thing com
pared with the sympathy of our great
Shiloh, who ha3 held in his lap the
sorrows of tho ages, and who is ready
to nurse on his holy heart the woes of
all who will come to him. Oh! what
a God, what a Savior we have!
There are people who think Christ
will come in person and sit on a throne.
Perhaps ho may. I should like to see
the scarred feet going up the stairs of
a palace in which all tho glories of
the Alhambra, and the Taj Mahal, ana
the St. Mark's, and the Winter Palace
are gathered. I should like to see the
world pay Christ ia love for what it
did to him in maltreatment. I should
like to bo one of the grooms of the
chargers, holding the stirrup a3 the
King mounts. O! what a glorious
time it would be on earth If Christ
would break through the heavens, and
right hero where he has suffered and
died have this prophecy fulfilled. "Unto
him shall tho gathering of the people
be." But falling in that, I bargain to
meet you at the ponderous gate ot
heaven on the day when our Lord;
come3 back. Garlands of all nations,
on his brow of the bronzed nations ot
the South and the pallid nations of
the North Europe, Ada, Africa, North,
and South America, and the other con
tinents that may arise meantime from
the sea, to take the places of their
Eunkcn predecessors; Arch of Trajan,
Arch of Titus, Arch of Triumph In the
Champs Elysecs, all too poor to wel
come this King of kings, and Lord cf
lords, and Conqueror cf conquerors In
hia august arrival. Turn out all
heaven to meet him. Hang all along;
the route flags of earthly dominion,,
whether decorated with crescent, or
star, or eagle, or Hon, or coronet. Hang
out heaven's brightest banner, with Its.
ono star of Bethlehem and blood
striped of the cross. I hear the pro
cession now. Hark! the tramp of the
feet, tho rumbling of tho wheels, the
clattering of the hoofs, and the shouts
of tho riders. Ten thousand times tea
thousand, and thousands of thousands.
Put up in heaven's library, right be
side the completed volume of the
world's ruin, the completed volume of
Shlloh'3 triumph. Tho old promlso
struggling through the ages fulfilled at
last: "Unto him shall tho gathering;
cf tho peoplo be."
While everlasting EgC3 roll,
Eternal love shall feast their soul.
And scenes of bliss forever new
Rli-e In succession to their view.
ChrUtlHti Kndeuvor Crnmb.
London's fifteen or sixteen local un
ions of Christian Endeavor have been
federated into a London Council of
Christian Endeavor, with Rev. F. B.
Meyer as president.
A danco was advertised recently ia
the town of Union, S. C. To counteract
its influence tho Christian Endeavor
society held a bright social that at
tracted many of the young people.
All of tho most prominent citizens
and business men of Long wood, Fla.,
aro members of the Christian Endeavor
society. Such is the hold that the or
ganization has gained upon the town.
During a county convention at Do
ver, O. T., thirty persona' expressed
their purpose to lead Christian lives.
A revival service followed tho conven
tion, and eighty-seven other persona
were converted.
Tho District of Columbia Christina
Endeavor Union has Just held its an
nual convention, which was a great
qulckcner of enthusiasm for "Washing
ton, '&6." The time of tho latter con
vention Is July 8-13, 1S96.
The Turkish sword evidently has few;
terrors for Christian Endeavor. Dur
ing the height of tho excitement con
cerning the Armenian atrocities, a Jun
ior Christian Endeavor society was or
ganized at Merslno, Turkey.
Whilo most of the prisoners of the
Huntsvllle penitentiary, Texas, were
giving & mlmtrel performance recently
tho Christian Endeavor society among
the convict held a prayer meeting that
resulted in two conversions.
The King's Daughters' Home for In
curables In San Francisco having out
grown Its present quarters, Is planning
to build a new borne that will accom
modate two hundred patients.
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