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- ,x ' i OLD THAT WHICH IS GOOD." NESDAY. JULY 22, 1896- NO. 29. SPEECH 11 CAUB HEAR PAYING DOUBLE. SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LTCSSOX FOI I JULY 28.- mm MADL A SYNOPSIS OF 1 r '.HE A TH "he Convention and Defeat of the Re cogulzed Candidates. ' It , e!ow is a synopsis o! the speech by Son. V J. Bryan In the National Democratic Con tention at Chicago, 111.. Thursday that mad tim famous anl that nominated him: '31n- Cl!IKAN AND GeXTLIMEIT OW THS CoKviiNttoX: I would be presumptuous, Indwl to present myself against the dis tinui-fi'l putleman to whom you hare listen!, if tbis were but a meeting of bili t this is not a contest among persoup. The humblest citizens in, all the land ,n tne armor of a righteous cam iftronser than all the whole hosts of error that Uify can bring. I como to speak to you in b tkn.se of a cause as holy as the eansj of liberty, the cause bl humanity. (jXu'i ri,lause- . "K 'wr I t-'ure in the history of this country has ili- rt; 'n-vii witnessed such a contest as that ti:r ''is'li which we have passed.- Never in the history of American politics has pre it issue been fought out as this Issue few I ft'ii ' the- voters themselves. On the 4th f,t!i:" March, 1895, a few Democrats, uiost "f th' i'i members of oougress, issued an ad'lrr; t ) the Democrats ol the nation as eertlus tat the money question was the paramount Issue of the hour, asserting also the ri'ht of a majority of the Democratic party t control the position of the party on thi? Varainount issue, concluding with the reluct that all believers in free coinage of Silvfr in the Democratic party should organ lp uu l take charge of and control the policy tf the D:iiieratic party. Oar silver Demo crats wtiit forth from victory unto victory until they are assembled now, not to discuss, not to debate, but to enter the judgment rendere.1 by the plain people of this country. (Applause.) In this contest brother has been arrayed against brother and father against son. The warmest ties of love and acquaintance and association have been disregarded. Old lead ers have been cast aside when they refused to give expression to the sentiments of those whom they would leal, and new leaders have spnituMipto give direction to this .causa of trvtj. (Cheers.) "Thm has the contest been waged, ana we have assembled here under as binding and solemn instructions as were ever fastened upon the representatives of a people. We do not come as individuals. Why, as In dividuals we might have been glad to com fliment the gentleman from New York (Sen ator Hill). Bat we knew that the people for jjOm we spt ak would never be willing to Hit him in a position where he could thwart the will of the Democratic party. Cheers. I say it was not a question of persons; It was a question of principle, and it la not with gladness, my friends, that we find ourselves brought into conflict with those who are now arrayed on the other side. "We say to you that you have made too limited In its application "the definition of the business man. The man who Is employed for waea is as much a business man as hls employer. The attorney in a country town is as much a business man as the corpora tion, counsel in a great metropolis. The 'W'rehant at the crossroads store Is as much a business man as the merchat of New York. The farmer who goes forth in the morning nd toils all da y, begins in the spring and toils ull summer, and by the application of brain and muscle to the natural resources of thb country creates wealth, is as much -a bikings man as the man who goes upon the board of trade and beta upon the price of gratu. The miuers who go a thousand feet Into the earth or climb 2,000 feet upon the eliffs ami bring forth from their hiding places the precious metals to be poured Into toe channels of trade are as much business tten as the few financial magnates, who in a Mck room, corner the money of the world. "We come to speak for this broader class of business men. Ah, my friends, we say not one word against those who live upon the Atlantic coast; but those hardy pioneers who braved all the dangers of the wilderness, who cave made the desert to blossom as the rose --tho.se pioneers away out there, rearing Jneir children near to nature's heart, where they can mingle their voices with the voices of the . bird.-; out there where they have erected pchoolhouses for the education of their young, and churches where they praiso their Creator, and cemeteries where sleep the ashes of their dead, are as deserving of me consideration of this party as any people .(7 vurea applause. ) It is for these that wespeak. We do no come a3 aggressors. Our war is not a war o conquest. We are flghtlig in the defense o our homes, our families and posterity. fLouc ppiause.) We have petitioned, and our pe-! uuons have been scorned. We have entreat 4 i and our entreaties have been disregarded.' "o have begued nnd they have mockedj nd our calamity came. We beg n : longer.' e entreat no more. We petition no more.' e defy them. (Great applause and con cision iu the silver delegat ons.) "They tell us that this platfoim was made jo catch votes. We reply to them that chang UJ couiiitious make newj issues; that the Principles llpon which rest Democracy are as "wiastim; as the hills, but i that they must' j aPt'ii''d to new conditions as they arise.! wnaitions have arisen and we are attempt- ?.T? nu'et thof!e conditions, "emcometai is a just law. It simply ""enus to put the burdens of government hv 3 u.pon the back9 o' tha people. I am in ,J?r.ofan income tax. When I And a mam bnVri not willing to pay his share of the khn f n the 8vement which protects 1 and a man who is unworthy to enjoy L if810?8 of a government like ours. He' ystnat we are opposing the national bank Kny- It is true. If you will read what IJOmaa Benton said, you will, find that he ua that in searching history he could find oue parallel to Andrew Jackson. That of pm"0' wno destroyed the conspiracies ht t1j ai saved Rome. He did for Bdme bant Jacksoi did when he destroyed the KeC)nSpiracy and Mved (AP- the ria.h?y ia our Platform! that we believe WtP t0 Coia money and issue money is a Wta u of eo vernment. We belle ve it. We torn I u 89 a Part of sovereignty, and cai indirtH' ?'Ith saty, be delegated to private to bnS than we cou,d afford to delegate Enail? ? individuals the power to make u statutes or to levy laws for taxation. Jenerson, who was once .regarded ai Udmocratic authority, seems to have i has .in ll'lnin from the gentleman whi Thov. red uson 1116 Part of the minority telln, th are 0PPOsed to this proposiUoiJ funetL .the sue . of paper money is a Oen?n wf the bank and that the govern-4 loess Tg to 80 out of the banking bu stand with Jefferson, rather than Jssne ofm ' and tel1 them. he did. that th ent ?uy 18 a 'unction of the overn he kovp, hat tne ought to go out of lres ?mplam abat the plank which dej opiSSflu1116 life tenure in office. What beE fi that Plank 13 the life fn11" at SfrS up 111 Washington which x k0mbleV Participation in the benefits the things, th 1 atteitlon to two or three great ? he iiilgentlema from New York says '"thattMo5'080 an amendment provid ectconrr. ?ha?ge ,n our Ia8 shall not thaf a.lready made- Let e remind control6 Kno Intention of affecting which, according to the pres- 418 made payaWf in gold. u$ V i fhim, if he will apply his logic to us, why ? no apply it to himself? He says thathe want this country to try to secure an rf,, iu"onf agreement. Why-doesn't he u wn ne is going to do if they fail to secure an International agreement? There is more reason for him to do that than for us to tail to maintain the parity. They have tried for 80 years for 80 years to secure an inter national agreement, and those are waiting for it most patiently who don't want it at alL ChtoriDg Laughter, long continued.) "Now, myTrlends, let us come to the great Earamount issue. If they ask us here why i it that we say more oh the money question than We say upon the tariff quest lor, I renly that if protection has slain its thousands.the gold standard has slains its tens of thous ands. If they ask us why we did not em body all these things in oui platform Which we believe, we reply to them that when we aave restored the money of the Constitution, ill other necessary reforms will be possible, Ind that until that is done there is no reform fliat can be accomplished. Cheers. Why Is ft that within three months such a . change has come over ihe sentiments of this coun- try? Three months ago, when It was confi dently asserted that those who believed in the gold standard Would frame our platform and nominate our candidate, even the advo cates of the gold standard did not think that we could elect a President, but they had good reasonB for the suspicion, because there is scarcely a State here today asking for the gold standard that is not within the absolute control of the Republican party. ':But note tho change. Mr. McKinley was nominated at St. Louis upon a platform that declared for the maintenance of the gold Standard until it should be changed into bi- Setallism by an international agreement, r. McKinley was the most popular man among the Republicans and everybody three months ago in the Republican party prophe sied his election. How is it today? Why. zhat man who used to boast that he looked Jlke Napoleon laughter and cheering that man shudders today when he think that he was nominated on the anniversary ol the battle of Waterloo. Not only that but as he listens he can hear with ever-increasing distinctness the sound of - the waves as they beat upon the lonely shores of St. Helena. Cheera . "Why this change? Ah, my .friends, is not the change evident to any one who will look at the matter? It is no private character, however pure, no personal popularity, how ever great, that can protect from the aveng ing wrath of an indignant people the man who will either declare that he is in favor oi fasteniug the go' d standard upon this people, or who is willing to surrender the right o! self-government and place the legislative con trol in the hands of foreign potentates and powers. Cheers. 1 . "We go forth confident that we shall win. Why? Because upon the paramount issue in this campaign there is nor- a spot of ground upon which the enemy will dare to challenge battle. Why, if they tell us that the gciu 'andjird'is a good thing, we point to their pvlform and tell them that their platform pledges the party to get rid of a gold stand ard and substitute bimetalism. Applaused. "If the gold standard is a good thing,-why try to get rid of it? If the gold standard, and I might call your attention to the fact that some of the very people who are In this uutvuudu louny iluu wuu ion you we uuui o declare La favor ol international bimetal- sm and thereby declare that a gold standard s wroncr .ind that the DrinciDle of bimetal- sm is better, these very people four monthi go were open ana avowed advocates ol th gold standard and telling us that we could not legislate two metals together even with all the world. "I want to suggest this truth, that if the gold standard is a good thing we ought to declare in favor ol its retention and not in favor of abandoning it; and if the gold stand ard is a bad thing why ' tbould we wait until some other nations tre willing to help us to let go? Here is the iSne of battle. We care not upon - which issue they force the light, we are prepared Jo meet them on either ifsue or on both. If they tell us .that the gold standard is the standard of civ ilizazatkm. we reply to4hem that this, the most enlightened of all the nations of the earth, has never declared for a gold stand ard, and both the parties this year are de claring against it. Applause. If the gold standard is the standard of civilization, hy. my friends, should 'we not have it? So. if they come to meet us on that, we cad present the history of our nation. "More than that wecan tell them this, that they will search the pajies of blf t jry In vain to find a single instance in which the com mon people of any land have ever declared themselves in favor of a gold standard. They can find where the holders of fixed invest ments have. Mr. CarlMe said in 1878 that this was a struggle between the idle holders of idle capital and the struggling masses who produce the wealth and pay the taxes of the country; and, my friends, it is simply a ques tion that we shall decide upon which side shall the Democratic party fight? Upon the side of the idle holders of idle capital or upon the side of the strug gling masses ? That is the question the party must answer first and then it must be an swered by each individual hereafter. "The sympathies of the Democratic party, as described by the platform, are on the side of the struggling masses, who have ever been the foundation of the Democratic party. There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that if you just legis late to make the well-to-do prosperous that their prosperity will leak through on those below. The Democratic idea has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosper ous their prosperity will find its-way up and through every class, and rest upon It. "You come to us and tell ut that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard. I tell iyou that the great cities rest upon these broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities tend leave our farms and your cities will bp ring up again as if by magic. But destroy bur farms and the. grass will grow in th streets of every city in this country. My Iriends, we shall declare that this nation it 'able to legislate for its own people on every question without waiting for the aid orcon senkfLany..Qjths. nation on- earth. Upon that issue we expect to carry every single State in this Union. "It is the issue of 1776 over sgaln. Our ancestors, when but 3,000,000, had the cour age to declare their political independence ol every other nation upon earth. ,8hall we, their descendants, when we have grown to 70 000 000. declare that we are less independ ent than our fore-farthers? No. my friends, it will never be the judgment of this people. 'Therefore, we care not upon what llnei the battle is- fought. It they eay bi aetallsm is good, but we cannot have it till some nation helps us, we reply that instead of having a gold standard because England has. we shall restore bimetalism and then .let Eueland have bimetalism because the United States has. (Applauses It they dare U come out and in the open and defend the gold standard as a good thingre shall fight then to the uttermost, having behind us the pro ducing masses ol this nation and tie world. HavSg behind us the commercial interest aka the laboring interests, and all the toil inYmasasVhall answer their demand! fofriold standard by saying to them, jot Sail not press down upon the brow ol Jtaj i this crown of thorns. ou shall not cruef f j mankind upon a croesof gold. HoboHj Can Tt e member. - Miss Wlllard says It is no longer con sidered a breach of courtesy to de cline a drink In Kentucky. When was the experiment ever tried? IuJ?vile 'CommercisJ..-Z..--;"----- - TP. J. Bryan, Democratic Nominee Arthur Sewall, of Maine. THE CANDIDATES. Sketches of the Demooratio Nominees for President and Vloe President. Mr. Bryan was born in Salem, Marion ounty, IU., on March 19, 1860. At the age of fifteen he entered Whipple Academy, at Jacksonville; in 1877 he entered Illinois College, and graduated valedictorian in l881. For the next two years he attended the Union Law College, Chicago, studying in the office of Lyman Trumbull. After grad uation he began practice at Jacksonville. In 1887 he removed to Cinooln, Neb., and became a member of the law firm of Talbott & Bryan. He was elected to Congress tn the First Nebraska District in 1890 over W. J. ,Oonnell,'of Omaha, and was re elected in 1892 over Allen W. Field, of Lincoln. In 1894. iMr. Bryan declined a third nomination, and ;was nominated by the Demooratio State Con tention for United States Senator by the 1 unanimous vote of the convention. The Be i publicans, however, had-a majority in ..tho j Legislature, and Bryan was defeated for the iSenatorehip. Since Mr. Bryan's Congress jterm expired he has given nis time exclu sively to spreading the doctrine of free silver, i He tint appeared in the political arena of Nebraska in the campaign of 1884. when he stumped the First district for J. Sterling Morton, nominee for- Congress. The same year he declined a nomination for Lieutenant-Governor. On July 80, 1890, he was nominated for Congress and wrote a plat form on which he ran. Nobody but himself thought he could be elected. He stumped the district on the tariff issue, and won fame as a political orator throughout the State. This Deautiful .language has been used by an 'admirer to describe his graces as an orator: Mr. Bryan lives well in a commodious dwelling in the fashionable part of-Lineoln, Neb. His family consists of Mrs. Bryan, (Ruth, aged eleven. William J. Jr., aged six; land Grace, aged five. The study In which tMr. and Mrs. Bryan have desks, is a very at tractive room. It Is filled with books, staua jry, and mementoes of campaigns. There are two butcher knives which Mr. Bryan uied in .the campaign with Field to refute the latter' boast of the effects of nigh protection, antra sxwalx Arthur Sewall was ' born at Bath, Me., November 25th, , 1835. He has been a life long Democrat and has been ehaIrmanvof the Maine Demooratio State committee for many years. His residence is the Sewall estate in jjath. which has been in the possessionrof the Bewail family since 1760, -when his great grandfather took title only three removes from a grant by King George. Mr. Sewall married in 1859. His wife was Emma D. Crookee. of Bath. There are two children Herold It; and Wo. D. Herold M. was ap pointed during Mr. Cleveland's flr.-t adminis tration United States Consul - General at Samoa, but has sinoe gone over' to, the Re publican party. Mr. Sewall has been engaged most of his lifo.in ship-bull dlig and ship-owning. In the early days he built wooden whjalera and coasttrs for which the State ot Maine was famous. The firm has been Sew&a & Son for three generations. Mr. SSwall p president and principal owner of the Bath National Bnk. He was president for nine years of the Maine Central Railroad. He resigned the latter position two years ago. He was at one time president of the Eastern Railroad and has still quite eon Vderable Interests in raioaJtdiarsilroadUlldlng. 7 of Nebraska. for Vicer President. SOUTHS CONDITION OP TRADE. Manufacturers' Expect an Early Re newal of Activity New Industries. The Tradesman. Chattanooga, Tenn.. has received a large number of letters during the past week from Southern manufacturers in regard to the present condition of trade and the outlook in industrial circles. These re ports are in the main encouraging. Although! the unsettled flnanoial question tends to de-j press business and the usual midsummer dullness prevails, the prospects are still en-r couraging for an early renewal of activity. Among the most important new industries' for the week are the 'Spring Mountain Im provement company, J Little Bqck, Art.. capital V5U,uuu; the i ocanontas jsiectno company, Huntereville.lW. Va., t200.000; the Direct Navigation companv, Houston, Tex., capital $100,000; a flOO.OOO cotton mill at Greenevllle, Ala.; a 1 10,000 elevator equip ment company at Roanoke, Ta., a 40-barrtl flouring mill at Tbompkinsville, Ky., and the Cisco (Tex.) Oil mill, capital $75,000. , Other industries are as follows: Electric light plants at Lafayette, La., and Marion, 8. C; electrical manufacturing works at San Antonio, Tex.: a fertilizer factory at Linton. -Fla.. and flouring mills at Culler, N. C, and Ottobine, Ya. A grain elevator will be erect ed at Pudaoah, Ey ; ice factories at Harri son, Ark., and Brookhaven; Miss.; iron mines will be opened at Jacksonville, Ala. ; plow works will be located at Lynchburg, Va.; a rice mill at Crowley. La., and a cotton gin at Marianna, Ark. i A handle factory will be built at Dobbin, W. Va. ; a sash and blind factory at Salisbury," N. C.;. a saw mill at Berne, Ark., and a saw and planing mill at Culler, N. C. The enlargements include an electric light plant at Yaldosta, Ga.; flouring mills at New ton, N. 0.; Wataujra Valley, -Term., and Floyd, Va.; glassworks at Falrmount, W. Va.; ccal miniee at McHenry, Ey., and a match factory ut Vicksburg, Miss. New buildings reported are: An audito rium at Chattanooga to cost f 10,000; a 1 12, 000 boiler house at Newport, Ey.; a 1 10,000 church at Atlanta; Ga.; a t20,000 church at Harper's Ferry, W. Ya ; a 20,000 courthouse at Madisonvllie, Tenn.; a $15,000 hotel at Fulton, Ky., and a $20,000 jail at Frandlin, La. : ; . WOULD GIVE BRYAff 5 MAJORITY A Table of the States the Democrats Confidently Expect to Carry. ' ' The following table has been prepared at the Democratic headquarters, showing the States which they expect to carry together with the aumber of electorlil votes in each: Alabama 11, Arkansas 8, Calif omia 8, Col orado 4, Florida 4, Georgia '13, Idaho 3, Kaosas 10, Kentucky IS, Louisiana 8, Maine 6, Maryland 8, Michigan 14, Mississippi, 9, Missouri 17, Montana 3, Nebraska 8, North Carolina 11, North Dakota 8. Oregon S, South Carolina 9, Tennessee 12, Texas 15, Utah 3, Virginia 12, Washington 4, West Vir ginia 16, Wyoming 3 total 228. As 224 electoral votes wilt decide the mat ter, this combination would give Bryan a majority of 5. The silverites place Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and South Dakota as doubtful They have a total ot 75 elec toral votes, I A GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM. New Addition to Agricultural Build ing Erected With That End In View. The addition Vo the Experiment Sta tion wing of the State Agricultural building will be begun at onoe and fin ished as soon as possible. It will be completed by. tbe early autumn. This extension will be forty by seventy feet. The committee calls it the expansion oijhe experiment station. The execu tive committee of the state JJoard of Agriculture, which has been in session at Raleigh, disposed of the usual amount of routine' business. OoL W. F. Oreen, of Franklinton, chairman of the Board; Dr. W. B. Cape hart, of Avooa; Br. J. L. Nelson, of Lenoir; Capt. R. W. Wharton, of .Washington, and Mr. F. H. Fries, of Salem, were present. Prof. J. A. Holmes, State Geologist, appeared before the com mittee, and requested that the "exten sion be built in suoh a way as will ren der convenient an addition to the State Museum, which will be requested of the next State Legislature. It is pro posed to add a distinctly geological de partment to t&e museum. Prbf. Holmes has collected a large number of fine geological specimens that can now find no plsse in the museum. They are stored away- in cellers here and at Ohapel Hill. All these will be put on exhibition if the Legislature grants the extension. The entire cost would be lees than lg,6(X. . State Horticultural Farm. Dr. H. B. Battle and some of the force of the experiment station are at Southern Pines, taking photographs of the growing crops at the new horti cultural experiment farm. The dif ferent plats on which various fertilizers have been used will be photographed for comparison. There are only . two or three farms of this kind in the country, and the farm at Southern Fines is at the head of the list. In August a grand rally of fruit-growers and truckers will be held there. This is intended to he an "experience meet ing," after the fruit and truck crops are gathered, and farmers ean look back on the season, and see what caused their successes and their fail ures. Mr. J. Van Lindley and others prominent in the State Horticultural Society are the promoters of this Au gust meeting. . Beginning of a Rate War. ; The Seaboard Air Line Wednesday announced that thers would be an im mediate redaction of 33 per cent r in all its rates, both freight and passen ger, on every part of the line. This announcement created a decided sensa tion, but it was no surprise, as the Seaboard has always led in the making of lower rates. This action is thought to mean the beginning of a great rate Ijwar, for the Southern will, it is said, meet' the cut at every point. Mean while the Seaboard people are rushing to catch the first fall of -business. Railroad Assessments. The railroad commission increases the valuation of the Norfolk and Caro lina Bailrobd from $3,500 per mile to 810,000, and that of the Norfolk k Southern from $6,000 to $7,000. The rolling stock on the 722 miles of the Atlantic Coast Line is assessed at $951, 000 an increase of $33,000, .and ita depots at $199,000, an inoreese of $10,000. Of tie new railroads, the Henderson ville & Brevard is assessed at $2,500, the Caldwell & Northern at $1,500. ' N. Y. Hop-Growers Prospecting. Mr. A. J. Jones, of Warren, the promoter of hop raising in the State, and a party of Northern hop-growers are in Bichmond county on a pros pecting trip. The industry is probablz better developed in Richmond than in any other county in tro State, and the lands thire seem airnr-bl.y adapted to hop-gro ring. It is hopad that iheie New' York hop-growers will pitoh their tents right hre in North Carolina. Anotrr $1,000, for Trlnltv. Rev. A. P. Tjer, finaacial agent of Trinity CoUeyt, Iias recolvsd another handsome dotation for Trinity. If r. J. T Nelso-i, oae of Person couaty's Btaunchept sad trnest citiwis, has given Trinity College cne thousand dollars to cai&blis'i a Loan Fund scholarship.. ' ' Committed feulside. At AshevillC, Abtabvu Ewvi, ft clothier aged 45, committed soiosd by throwing bir&self from a bridge into the Swancanoa river. He had ben espondet for 6qme im on account of business efffirs. He was a native of Posen, Germany. - - - - Used a Hog Trough as a Boat. At Scotland ITeck a colored boy was drowned ou Mr. W. F. Bnftenrorth's river farm. Tie lnd was covered in water and tie boy wa-r using a h-x; lrou6h for a bOf. rvaen it capeixed and he was drowned. Mr. B. H. Woodeil, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of this State, is hat tag hir new quarters fitted up in Raleigb, according to the resolution passed at the recent" meet tog of the Grand Lodge. - Number of Idle Spindles tn the South. A circular letter received from T. H. Mar tin, secretary of the Southern Textile Asso ciation, states that of the 2,500,000 spindles; in tjhe South 1,923,000 were stopped for vary in tr terms. The factories operating them are located as follows: Alabama. 138.000 spin-; dies; Georgia, 460.000; North Carolina, 670,-; 000; Tennessee, 80,000; South Caro'ina, 478.- 0 .0; Virginia, 103.000; Mississippi, , 39,000;) Kentucky, 21,000; Louisiana, 57,000. . Some; of these agree to close until Aug. 1, other lot J 69 days and the remainder until Oct. L .J Lessonrextu "God's Promises David, 3 Samuel U.,4fl6- Golden Textt Psalm lxxL . i 1 Commentary ; ; 4. "That night the word ot the Loro cans unto Nathan." David .had a son call Natlan. in whose line was Mary, the mothe of our Lord (II Sam. v.. 14; Luke lit, 81) but this ir another Nathan, who was t prophet in the time ot David and is fin' mentioned in verse 2 of this chapter and al terwani over twenty times in this book an In I Kings. ; The greatest thing about hit was that he was a messenger for God. L verse 3. however, he seems to have given i message from himself which was not in as cord with the mind of God.. To be alway under the control of the spirit ot God, ana SDeak onlv the words of God. and An the things of God, is a life that was seal only in our Lord Jesws Christ. 6. "Go and tell my servant David, Thu satth the Lord." , Arain In verse 8 the Lord says, "My servant David," and in verses 19. 21, 25-29, David soeaks of himself ten timet as "Thy servant." In Isa, xllL. 1, God says of His Son, "Behold My servant!" To be a whole hearted bond-servant, of the Lord Jesus Christ is the highest position in tht line of work for God that He ean enjoy. At to fellowship and real communion, we an His friends, but as to service may we be tru servants. 6. "1 have not dwelt tn any house sines the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt." As David dwelt In his house of cedar and had rest from all his ene mies he contrasted his surroundings with those of the ark of God dwelling in a tent and had it In His heart to build a house for the ark. Nathan's word, "Do all that is in thine heart, for the Lord is with thee," was very encouraging, but the Lord is now talk ing differently to David. The wisdom of the beet ot men is not always the wisdom of God, and many a work that looks good is not a part of God's plan, or If It is the time has not Dome for it. 7. "Spake I word with any of the tribes, saying, why build ye not me an house of cedar?" It Is not for the servant to suggest to his Lord what should or should not be done. The servant is to be "willing and obedient" and ready to do whatsoever our Lord the King shall, appoint" (Isa. L, 19: II 8am. xv., 15). If we thus hold ourselves ready to walk in His ways, that is all He asks of us. : ' - - t - 8. "I took tho from following the sheeo (o be mler over rav oeoDle. over I&raeL" : h Is well to remember whom we were and what we were when God called us. It is well to continue little in our own siarht and never think anything of ourselves. " Wbu called to special service for God, we must near mmina wno cans us ("x took thee.) and that He has In view for us some special work. In this ease it was to be "ruler over Israel." . 9. "And I was with thee and have out off ill thine enemies and have made - thee a ireat name." See how God did everything, and every instrumentality was simply that which God saw fit to use. Whatever was done He was the dooer" of it (Gen. xxxix.. 22). I rejoice to believe that God has a pre pared life for each of His children, and a prepared service for every moment of that life (Epn. ii., 10), and it we are only willing ana oneenuuy suDjeet to mm tie will work it all out to a glorious consummation, - 10. "Moreover, I will appoint a place for fcy people Israel and will plant them," eta. The fact that when they are thus Diluted they will move no more nor be afflicted any more is in penect accora-wlth many similar statements, such as Jer. xxxL. SS-fc: xxxii., 41: Amos ix.. 15. and still awaits, fulfillment. All events which-to us may seem and may be far In the future are to Him. who sees the end from the beginning, a present reality and are as sure of fulfillment, however un likely it may sesm, as if actually accom plished. 11. -Also the Lord telleth thee that that He will make thee an hocaa." - The word "houa" may signify a dwelling, whether tent, temple or palace; also a place contain ing anything, or one's family or posterity. The following verses show that here it means posterity and kingdom. ' 12. "I will set up thy seed after thee, and I will establish'his kingdom." The' Apostle Peter, filled with the Spirit, said on the day of Pentecost that God had sworn with an oath to David that of the fruit of his loins He would raise up Christ to sit on His throne (Acts it, SO), and the next verse in Peter's termon says He would be raised from the lead. To Abrakam were promised the land ind the prosperity as the stars and as the land, and now to David are promised the kingdom, the throne and the king. i IS. "He shall build an house for my name, ind I will establish the throne of His king lom forever." The church which is being low builded together for a habitation of Jod, through the Spirit, upon the founds ion of the apostles and prophets (see chap ier Hi., 5), Jesus Christ Himself being the thief cornerstone (Eph., it., 20-22), in never tailed a kingdom, but is an elect company ut ot all Nations to rule with Him in His Ungdoro. I ' The kingdom will have Israel, ill righteous, for its center and Jerusalem, he throne of tho Lord, for Its capital (Isa. X.; 21: Jfer. ill., 17). 14. "If He commit iniquity. I will chasten dm with the rod of men," etc. Bishop Xorsley gives this reading: "When guilt is aid upon Him." And Dr. Clarke says, "In offering for iniquity." Of Solomon it sight be said, "If he commit Iniquity," but ot of Christ, and we have already proved rom Peter's sermon that the seed referred to i Christ and not Solomon. 15. "But My mercy shall not depart away rom him, as I took It .from 8auL" Whatever aference there may be here to Solomon it tn only be as typical of Christ in the matter t the kingdom. , David evidently under-' xxd tt of some one in the- far future. See le last clause of verse. 19 and note these ftrious readings. "This is the manner of le man who is God the Lord'1-(Luther). And this is the law of the man," tne Adam lennicott). "And this is the arrangement oout the man" (Horsley). 8tler s com ment a "Thou speakest ofan eternal kingdom t which no man ean be king. He must be tod and man because He is to be My Son, ad yet He is to be King for ever and ever, rhicb belongs to God alone." 16. "Thy throne shall bn established for ver." Gabriel said to Mary that her Son bould sit on the throne of His father David Luke L, 62, S2), and this agrees with Isa. K., 6, 7. ' See in verses 23, 24, of our lesson hapter the story -of "the verlasting latlon." Bead Jer. xxxL, S5-S7, and be inple enough to believe that God means rhat He says. The only solution of the astern question is the restoration ot Israel nd the return of their Mess -so. See Isa, KiU, f. 7. Lesson Helper. : Horrible Railroad Accident. At Logan, Iowa, Saturday twenty-five people were killed and forty injured in wreck on the Chicago' Northwestern road. The train was an excursion composed of fifteen coaches, loaded with Omaha, Council Bluffs and Missouri Valley people and was struck by freight No. 88 and the paiscnger train ditched. The accident occurred three quarters of a mile west of Logan. The Date Not Fixed. .The subrnmitlee of the Democratic noti flcation committee met in the Clifton House in Chicago on Monday, and decided to let the members of the notification committee n turn to their homes where they will be In formed tn a few days as to the time ot noti fying Mr. Bryan and Mr. Sewall ol their nomination. This will be decided by the ex ecutive coadttee of Itie potmcatlan wz mtee . - - TUB RE-PAYING OF OLD NAVAL The nonesty of Mr. Lewis, of Kal- eign, N. C, gave the Nation Nearly 941,00a A proposed doable payment of 841,003 and and an actual double payment of nearly 1 9, CC0 have Just been disclosed in the Kavy Department at Washington, most of it goizjr to the State of Alabama. The facts seem , to be that at the outbreak of the war the old side wheal steamers Da Soto and Bienville, be longing to the New York and New Orleans Cteamshlp Company, were purchased by the government and an appropriation made tor. the payment of their stipulated price. Tot a time the proportionate amount due tie stockholders in the company resident la the Confederate States was withheld by- te Treasury, but in the years intsryea&g be tween 1870 and 1874, au these aroppea southern claims were taxen up ana ptJU Through some blundering proper vouch ers were not filed with the papers la tts have come to the kndwledge ot ex3ot7re- man Chas. M. Shelley, ot Alabama, Wao In Mr. Cleveland's first administration was' Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, and he. pre suming in good faith from thai faqt that the eiauns had not been paid, procured powers ot attorney from the claimants, after going out of office. ano prosecuted the claims suc cessfully before the Court ot Claims and Con gress, securing an appropriation last year oi over $41,700 for that purpose. Over 18,600 of claims under this appropriation had been paid away before the fact was disoovered that all the clajms had actually been m'1 over 29 years ago. This was brought abo t through the. honesty ot Mr. Kenelson IL Lewis, one of the beneflelarles, who returned the oheok-seat him for bis proportion of the claim, saying that he had already been paid,' and then the error was discovered. The offi cial explanation of the Navy Department ofi the reason why olalms paid In 1874 were pall' again in 1888 is as follows i. "in mating a settlement ox cne i snares naid In li7l772-'78 and '74. the bills were! made out In the names of tha attorneys, and not In the names ot the claimants, and iha papers relating to these olalms were retainea! at the Navy Department, and were not at tached to the vouchers, according to the present practice . ,"The papers or a portion of them were sent to the Bureau of Construction and Be-1 Dair for safe keeping and it appears that they were not entered on the flies of papers relating to the parens ox vessels, ana were lost sight of in that bureau. "The over-payments maae unaer tnis ap propriation appear to be 88,885. Of this I amount one claim at $1,702, may be correct,! the Investigation of the Auditor Into its val- laitv not bavins teen eonomasa. "The hills in an these eases except that o Mr. Lewis bavins been mad in the names o the attorneys and not in the names of the claimants, the record at the Audltors's office, did not furnish a ready check upon the pay ment when made in the name of the claim ants themselves, it was not unui tne uaie, name of attorneys,: and appropriations; out ot whish the payments bad been made nan been ascertained by this Department in eon seeutaoe of the matter having been brought to attention by Mr. Lewis, that the number and amount of the over-payments was dis covered." One of the persons paid under the appro priation, Mrs. Tn thill, widow of Geo. A. Tut hill, of Mobile, Ala, who received $4,255, re ports she has spent the money. Gen. Shelly is trying to arrange for. the settlement of other claims paid or in process of pay ment. He explains that ihe original pay- ment was made to Mr. Lewis when ' he had Jut come of age and his father's estate was ' in the nanus oi executioners, . wnere it stiu continues, and that his (Shelbey's) power to collect the claim was obtained from the exec utors. When the check reached Mr. Lewis he returned it with ' such information as stopped further disbursements and : enabled the Department to trace the vouchers for the payments made 28 years ago. It is more than probable that but for Mr. Lewis' prompt action the entire appropria tion for these claims would have been dis bursed shortly.. I SILVER IN GREAT BRITAIN. Bluch Pleased Over the Work for 811- f ver in America. . The Bimetallic Leage of Great Britain held" j its annual meeting Monday in London. The i annual report declares that the cause of in- I ternational bimetalism has made substantial 1 progress during the year,- both in Great Brit- aln and abroad. It! mentions resolutions; adopted by the Chamber of Deputies in! France, the 'Chamber of Representatives In Belgium, and the Prussian Diet, declaring for bimetalism. , A large section of the people " there are, however, so strongly convinced ot the urgent necessity for the remonetization of sliver that they are indisposed to wait for international agreement. No party of any importance in the United States favors gold monometalism." ' 1 -M The report concludes as follows: "The re sponsibility for the present and growing dan gers to the industrial life of the nation rests upon those who oppose that monetary sys tem under which oar prosperity advanced by leaps and Dounas." . j To Suspend for Awhile. Secretary Bounsevllle, of the Fall Bi ver Cotton Manufacturers' Association, ot Fall Bl ver. Mass., has received a letter from a Southern cotton manufacturer in which the writer states that 1.918,000 out of a total of 2,600,000 spindles in the South have agreed to shut down 884 per cent, of the time be tween July and October.. j j AND A2S5UJTILY GAVE,' :L rt Tl:3r:3t rra osx otjxx pnai.tra ean oa maeblaM chMptr than yoa jean - Sswlms Kaeile for $ lf.00 and up. call n anr acextt r write us. v. e wait yuVtraie. and It prl " ravr ossuxbc will win, ws wl KuaTatt, TTe c-allense t2ie world to ri tzmzn $50.CO Ceulas f r7S-eVlsO.C 5t or a better $20. - can bay troca c or ear Agents, m . E nu zzzz ssima nimn co.
The Democratic Banner (Dunn, N.C.)
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July 22, 1896, edition 1
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