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II MM Uli WS. DB. TALM AGE’S SUNDAY TIIEMR. BMVtbucluidiuur oa tha Proudost Throne of All thn Earth and Then See BUm Graze With the Sheep and . Cattle. Jtoi "The same hoar we* the thing fel firtvealSSm gross momE •nd hie body tree wet with the dew of heaven, tin hts hairs were gi own like eagles’ tent hen, and hie anile liku birds' daws.”- BiiihtoiiV., 88. Better ehede your me lest they be pot oat with the splendor of Babylon, as some morn ing yoe walkout with Mebuehadaeneroa the suspension bridges which honir from the howsetope and he shows yon the vastoeas of Me realm, he the can kind lee the donee with glut lings almost Iran (Tarablo and the great stmts thunder up tbrlrpomp into the ear of the moaareb, sad armed towera stead aroaad, adorned with the spoils of oon qeered empires, Nebuabadntnzar waves his MBd above the stupendous scene end ex chUne, ‘ls sot this gnat Babylon, that I have built lor the bones of tho kingdom by the might of my power end tor the honor of my mQmtyr But la aa Instant all that •ploador la (tone Irom Us vision, for a to** fills hen the heaven, eayia&i “O King jMweehednaeier, to thee It It spoken. The kingdom Is departed from thee, sad they shall drive thro from men, and thy dwelling •hall he with the beasts of the Add. They ■hall ranks tbestoeatenas as oxen aadnvee gw ‘*&£"sL .ST*!"?- “ tu ,IU>B know One hoar from the time that be made the beast bs is on the way to the fields, a maniac, yd WMhtog tetothafororts, ha heroines one tor protection from the^ld!^ndhtaxatta growteg to birds’ clews in order that he mlght dlg the earth far roots and climb tbs trees for nuts, Basse# theretaa groat varisly In tha Scrip tural landscape. In sevsral discourses we have looked at mountains of excellence, bet aowwe look down into a great, dark ehastn of wtekedoess as we come to speak ot Ncbu cbadnessu. God in His Word m*s batons as the beam/ of self denial, of sobriety, of de motion, of courage, and thno, lest weaboeld no* thoroughly understand Biss, ha tntro desad Daniel aadPxal and Pehotah as Ufa— txattaasof these virtues. Ood also speaks to as la His Word as to the hatefUnaes of pride, of (oil j, ol impiety end tear we should set thoroughly understand Him, Introduces Hebaefaadneamr as the Impersonation of these forms of depravity. The former style efehamoteriea lUUtboose, showing us a way Into n safe harbor, sad the latter style Os shammer is a black buoy, swinging on the rooks, to show where reasufe wreck them eel res. Thanks unto Ood for both the buoy end the lighthouse! The host ot Nsbushad peaear is thundering at the gates of Jerusa lem. Tbo crown of that saervd city to strnek Into Mh dust by the hand of Babylonish in solence. The vessels of tbo temple, whfeh had never been desecrated by profane touch, were ruthlessly sstaed for saorileqe sad transportation. Ob, wfut a sod hour when those Jews, at the command of the Invading army, an obliged to leave the home of their nativity? How their hearts most hove been wrong with anguish when, on the day they departed, they near-i the trumpets Irom th« top of the temple announcing the hour fra moraine socrillue and sew the smoke of the ■Kara ascending around the holy hill of Eton; far we 1 they knew that In a far distant land they would nev-r hear that trumpet call nor behold the majestic ascent of tfaa sacrifice* Behold those captive* on tbo road from Jerusalem to Babylon! Worn and weary, they dare not halt, far round about are armed pea urging them oa with boot and shout gad bla-phem y. Aged men tottered along on their staves, weeping that tuey could not toy their hence fa the steeping place of their fathers and children, wonoered at the length of the way and sobbed themselves to sleep when the night had fallen. It seamed as 11 st every Stop a heart brake. Bat at a t urn ot thn road Babylon suddenly springs upon the view of the captives, With its gardens and palaces. • about goes up from the army as they be hold their native city, but not one brass Is ■card from the espttws. These exiles raw Jo splendor there, lor it was not home. Tbo Euphrates did not have the water gleam ot the brook Kedron or the pool o£ fit loam The Willows of Babylon, on which they bung their untuned burps, weronot as graceful as the trees which at the foot of Mount Moriah seemed lo weep at the departed glory of Jedsb. ead ell the fragrance that descended frees the faengisg gardens upon that great •tty wee not ro sweatee one breath of the ■ranfe and iranktareae* that the high priset Jdndled la the saaetuazy et Jerusalem. On ft curtain eight, a little while after these captives bad has* brought to his city, Efshsaftadncraar to soared with anight vision. A had man’s pillow Is ant to be stofTsd with deeds end forebodings which keep miking fa the might. HewMljßadtha^theoaglss* down quills. Tbojghosts ot old truosgrrartrawero sure to wander about la the dark ness ead beckon ead Mas. Yet when the morning asms he found that the vision had entirely Bed frora I dm. Proems drop no anchors, and therefore are mat to sail away before vro can fasten them. Bebnebadmraar calls all . the wise num of tha toad into Us presence, demand leg that by their naeromsaey they espials hie droem. They ot rouse fail. Then their fetthtal king banes an edict with as Uttln genes as taecey, ordering the staying es alt the teemed naan of the country. Bet Pastel the prophet comes in with th* inter pretation Just in time to rave the wise men Hy ftfands, tejon sot see that pride ead nig ride to the same saddle? Bee If shushed ■**»» Oft the preedost throes of all the eenhunad then see Uss grass with the sheep and tbo outlet Pride Is commander, well pinned ead comparisoned, but ft leads forth a dark ondfrowsiog host. Tbs arrows from the Almighty's quiver era ape to strike ft rasa when oaths wing. Goliath shakes fats dlag under bare polos do 00l feel the farce of the storm, white those with ml solis sat csftriae at the sodden draecnt of thetsmpsri. Betpcrabettbsrwecxftbeas prondot our sSftssHrss sUaeeenrasivss smaller than ws ero if we tttSSESSsSES arrmif 99 iad mi tbi ***» that m to ftMiftli fata bAm m bi Ms mminnil too HittA** t _ . mem gra *fto #C (HI MV imiwb worn* i iwnow 10101 it ri^TjSSSS£ sal driven oa Urn rooks, when hundreds go down never to rlso sad other hundreds drag their mangled and shivering bodies upon the winter’s raach.u nothing compared to the foundering ol intellects fall o( vast hopes and attainments and capacities. Christ’s hsort went out toward those who were epllepttc, falling Into the flra, or msnl aee cutting themselves among the tombs. Wonro accustomed to be more grateful for physiol 0.1 health than for the proper working of our mind. We an am to take It forgnuited that the Intellect which bos served ns so well will always he faithful. We torget that aa engine of such tremendous power, where the wheels have such vastness of circle and each swiftness of motion, and the least Impediment might put it out of gear, ran only bo kept In ■roper balance by a divine hand. Wo human band coula engineer the train Os Immortal taeuliloft Mow strange it te that ssi memory, on whose shoulders ell tho misfortunes and moormm and oocnrrenocs ot a lifetime are placed, should not ofteser break down, and that the scales of Judgment, which have been weighing so much and so long, should not loco thair adjustment and their fancy, which bolds s dangerous wand, should not sometimes maliciously wave it, bringing into tha heart forebodings and haituolnailoDS the most appalling! Is it not strange that this mind, which hopes so much In its mighty leaps far the attainment of Its oMeeoTsoouldnot bs dashed to pleoes on Its disappointments? Though so (tettoately tuned, this Instrument of untold harmony plays on, though fear shakes It and vexa tions rack It and sorrow and Joy sad loss and gain ta quick sueeessioa beat oat of It their dirge or toes from it their anthem. At morning and at night, when In your prayer yon rehearse the causes of your tbaougivlag, next to tha salvation by Jmns Christ, prate tho Lord fra the pressrvatton ot your reason. See ft lea In this story ol Webuohadnsnar tho nss that Ood makes of bsd men. Thn act loss ot the wicked are used as laatra ! manta tor toe punishment ot wickednera la others or as toe Illustration of some pria dpto in tho divine government Kebn ehndnrasar subserved both purpose#. Even so I Will go boek with yon to toe history of •very reprobate that too world fans aver seen, ana I will show you how to a greet era tent hie wlekadeera was limited In its de structive power and how God glorified Him self la the overthrow and disgrace ot Bis enemy. Babylon Is fall of abomination, and wicked Cyrus destroys it Persia Bits tho cup of Its iniquity, sad vile Alexander puts an mid to it. Macedon most bs ohasiissd, and Moody Emilias does it. The BssHlete to he destroyed, sad corrupt Hopoleon accomplishes It. Even so selfish and wicked men «ra often mafia to accomplish gnat and glorious purposes. Joseph’s brethren won guilty ot superlative perfidy and mean boot when they sold Mm Into slavery fra about 97. yet how they must have bees overwhelmed with thn truth that Ood never tonokes the righteous when they saw Be had became the Prime Minister of Egypt! Pharaoh oppresses too Israelites with toe meet diabolic tyranny; yet stand still and sc* the salvation of God. Too plagues de scend, the locusts, end toe belli and tho de stroying angel, showing that there is a God who will defend too cause of His people, end finally, after tho EsrneUtes have passed through the parted sea. behold, In the wreck ot the drowned army, that Gods enemies are m chaff in a whirlwind! In some financial penis the righteotusuffored with the wicked. Houses and stores end shops In e sight foundered oa the rock of bankruptcy, and healthy credit without warning dropped dead in the street, and money ran up the long ladder ot twenty-five per cent, to magh dawn upon those who ooetd not climb alter it. Duller* with pockets fall of osoarities stood shouting in the deaf ears of banks. Men rushed dowa tbo streets with protested notes after them. Those who before found It hard to spend their mono/ were left with* oat mousy to spend. Laborers wont home for want of work, to see hanger In their chair at tbo table and upon the hearth. Winter blr-w his breath of frost through fingers of Mates, end sheriffs with attach ments dug among tha ainden of fallen store* houses, and whole elides Joined In the long funeral procession, marching to the grave of dead ton a nee and a fallen commerce. Ver ily tha righteous saltered with the wicked, bat generally the wicked bad the wont or it. Splendid estates that had come togeth er through scheme* of wiokednoso were dashed to piers* like a potter's Tassel, and God wrote with letters of Are. amid the ruin and destruction of reputa tions, sad estates that were thought Impregnable, the old fashioned truth, which cent atlas ago fie wrote to his Bible. “The tray of the wicked bo turn eth upside down." As the stars In heaven arc refloated fro m tha waters of the earth, even so great and magntfloaot purposes are reflected back from the boiling sea or human passion and turmoil. As the voice of a sweot eong uttered among the mountain* may be uttered book from the cavernous homo of wild beast and rocks split and thunder Marred, so tbo grew hamonles of Pod's providence ore mag book from tbo darkest caverns of this sin struck earth. Sennsokerlb and Abimelech and Stored aad Judas aad Knro and Nebuchadnezzar. though they struggled like boasts unbroken to the loud, were put Into a whore they were com pelled to help draw ahead God’s gnat pro jects of mercy. Again, let m learn the lemon that msn ean bo guilty of polluting tbs sacred vaseeta of tbo temple nod carrying thorn away to Baby lon. The sacred veowls In the temple at Jerusalem were the cups and plates of gold and silver with which tbo rues and oere* monies were celebrated. Tbo laying of fioathen bands upon them and the carrying them off as spoils were an unbounded offense to the Lord of the temple. Tot Kebuohnd nesonr committed this vary enarliaga. Though that wioked king te gone, tha alas, ho Inaugurated walk op and down the earth, cursing it from century to century. The tta of desecrating aaered things to com mitted by those who on sacramental day toko the communion cup, while tbatreonvanattea and deeds all show that they live down fa Babylon. Cow solemn to the flaorameotl It to » Haw for vows, a time for repentance, a time lor fsitb. Hlnal stands noar with tofl«*plttoloud* andOnU vary with it* victim. Tha Holy Spirit broods over the sew. aad tbs glory of htmwo ssaasio gaiber fa tbo sanctuary. Tile to* deed must that man bo who will *>mstn from his idols sad unrepeared follies to Mis hold ot tbs sacred vemww of the temple. Ob, thou Nebuahodaeaanrt Buck with you to descoTSts sacred things who ms the Sabbath for say other than religious purpose*. This holy day was Is* down from heavon amid the tatanso seeularttH# of tb* weak to remind us that we ara Immortal aad to allow os preparation for an endless stats ofhopotaaesh It Uegioan spot to tha hot dsswtcfth* world that gushes with foun talns aad wavss with palm trees. This to the time to shake the dust from the robs odour OfW fwift of sharpen our swords for fatuso conflict. Heaven, that seems so tor off on other days, siighto upon tho earth, and tbo eong of heavenly choirs and tbo taMaon of Kaw%saxatT tat Os Bethlehem, and the hammer stroke of too cerocatar'e weary ton in »««<*> aodtos prayer of Get taetasM. aad thoMt * «totoo Lord With toot to oouon woo umocs uas freer sea or Damps aaa gsyety, tost so, dry shod, we may para be tween the worldly business of tbe pest and tbo worldly business of the futuru But to many tho Bebbnth oomra only an a day fra neighborhood visiting, field ram bling, hotel lounging and political caucus ing. This glorious Snbbaih, which was In tended only as a golden cholloa from which tho thirsty should drink. 1* this moment be ing carrlol down to Babylon. Ido not ex aggerate tho truth when Isay that to lens of rhontaad* there Is no distinction between the Hubbath sad tha week days oxoopt that oa toe Lord's day they do not work, while they rat more largely and dissipate mote thoroughly. Snbbaih breakers are tike hunters who should eompall tbeir bounds to hike root white themselves continue on the weary chase, far men oa the Sabbath allow their bodies, which are merely the animal nature, gum elect repose, while tbeir Immortal astute, which should be fed un i rafreehod, is compelled to ohoso up and down this world’s highway. How shameful ro rob Ood of His dor, when Hr allows men so muoh lawful aecuisltlon, even of a worldly nature, on tha Sabbath, for, al though mea themselves ore oommandedto tern, the oorn and the wheat end the grass grow just as rapidly an tho Sabbath w on other days, to that while they sit In tho sanctuary they ere actually becoming richer ta worldly things Wells you are doing nothing your bonds and mortgages ore all aacmmatating Interest fra your •state Just as fast as oa other dayx men hired by tha month or year are receiving ass muoh wsgea while quiet oa the Bab as they are the hard working Week days, Ho, I say how usutterably moan it is, when God is adding to your worldly estate on the Sabbath as certainly a«ou other days, that any should not be satisfied with toot, attempt to sets# additional secular advan tage from the Lord's day. Have you never ootioed toe eurvous foot that our worldly oc cupation frequently seemsjto be divided Into sections of six days each? Every weak we have just enough work given us to do In six days. God makes just enough breuksln our continuousoeourations to thrust lathe Sabbath. If you have not before notiood, obeerve hereafter that when Saturday night oomra. thoro Is almost always a good stopping place In your business. All things secular and spiritual In proridanse and revelation seam to ray, “Remember the Sabbath day to keep It holy.” When the six days of creation had. passed. God stopped working. even a pure Cower of s white •loud would Ha mans, bees use It was the Sabbath, and, giving aa example to all fu ture times, HeraatstL Just la proportion as awn are wrong will they ho boisterous ta thair religious conten tious. The lamb ot religion Is always gen tle, while tome Is no Hod so fierce as the roaring Hon that goes stout making whom ho may devour. Let Gtbraltsra belch their war flame oa the era, and tho Dardanelles darken the Hellespont with the smoke of their batteries, but forever and ever let there be good will among those who protessto be subjects of tbo gospel of fteatleaess. “Glory to God lu the hisheet. and on earth peaor, good will to moo.” What an emborraratug thing to meet la heaven If we have not settled pur contro versies on earth. 8o I give out fra all peo ple of all religions to ring John Yewof* hymn, In short meter, oomoased in 1775, bat just ns appropriate fra 1897: Blast be the tie that binds Our hearts tu Christian love. The fellowship ot kindred minds Is like to that shore. from sorrow, toll audpato And sin we shall be t»e. And perfect love and friendship reign Through all eternity. CIVIL SERVICE. Xh» Competitive Class Enlarged and Mm finnr'f* 1 ” KeoHv Satisfied. The thirteenth annual report ol tho Givi Servloe Commission has been submitted to tbo President. It reviow* the growth of the Qoveramoot's civil service and important rofonus and extensions contemplated. The promulgation ot the law oa tho sab ot political assessments and toft commis sion's warning to employes daring toe eam pnt-TTi tbat they ftonla not t» farced to con tribute to political funds, the report says, had s most salutary effect. . __ Xa tha test four years the removals from competitive positions at Washington ware less than two per cent, a jmr, not Including those from neoemaryreduction* in the]fores, la the Quote*tiled and exempt rerrlw at Washington tbs removals are believed to have aggregated *® th e four yew at leost total approximate number of positions In the civil breach of tho Government to 178*717. Otlhcs* 87,107 ore in the classified service MdEUeiOunolasslfiod. Os these not yet elasrified 68,788 are postmasters of the fourth olsra, whom tho oommlsstou would lnolnde in the competitive close. The commission Is of opinion that when tho fourth-class postofflow shall bs Included la toe class! float! on by executive order, too (bur years’ tenure of office sera are repealed and regulations In mMcaraful operations ta all the deportments requiring promotions to be based on the effletenoy of employes, the reforms In executive civil servloe will ho 0, th. ,1-UM service daring the year ending June 89,1898, 11,870 persons were examined, of whom W,- 499 passed and 6084 were appointed. THE WEALTH OF CUBA. Her Priatepal Kesoorcee Are Sager and ‘tobMaih The distraction which the war la data is now causing and the devastation of her crow Is ol vast oamseqswiee to tha United Statue. Tho importance ol the island In point of commerce la tmmrmae to this coun try, ra esn best be Judged by a gteneo at tbs statistics of her resources. The wealth of Cuba lies, to a groat extent, in her sugar and tobacco crops, but she possesses other impor tant products whose production and export havobocn rapidly dsvalopsd ot recent year*, and which will constitute lu the future tae means ofpaymeat far large Imports, Amen, 7 the exports from Cabs In 1891, one of the test jrssra fra whtoh the official figures aro available, wore #1,700.000 In mineral prod ucts, #817,000 la timber. #700.000 la bananas. OMO.uCOJ Iniptmapptes.4i6O.ooo la coffee and ssfes HteSS n £uJr^2iSfSto member of too Board Tot «om to California far Ms baaith. iT6 re- SSSrS-SrS MftHsTwwrkSsilwu? 25fo%&teEy El lIR UY LITTER. REQUIRES FIVE HUNDRED MIL. LION DOLLARS FOB A DINNER. SAGE OF BARTOW LIVES HIGH. Writes es Kaowtodgs, Its Acquisition oaft Dissemination—n* U Pleased With The Question Department. Thrao to no column la a newspaper that Is so attractive and tnxtr jutlve as that devoted to questions sad answers. Indeed. J any I Thrao are books enough, of couise.bui the 1 nIMBC “ ? f tfai psopte have not get them and e . ana ? a ? **““• Cyclopedias are expen rive, but rinioet, every euaorasfol newspaper Is well equipped with such works andean readily referlo them and answer the Ques tions correctly. H I wss nunfasting about tote because of the eagerness with which my own family peruse all toe questions In the Constitution and the Home and Farm and thou make research to answer them. I once hod quite a valuable library, but about thirty-lUroe y«aa ago some vandals calling themselves soldiers did feloniously take, stool and carry It away,and I havo not been able since to supply Its pluec; nevertheless, we have more hooks than the average family and find great com fort in them. Tbs Evening Constitution promisee Its leaders a symposium of ten historical ques tions every week—and while the people are seeking toe answers, they unavoidably come serosa much interesting and valuable Infor mation. My folks hsd to rood tho biographies of ail the presidents, from Washington to Jackson, before they found out which of them was married twice to the same lady. Tbte a good method of diffusing knowledge, and It Is gratifying to note how many re sponses are mads by the young people. It fa a pleasant mode of teaching without oon- MrMat or diseipliue. The reward is small wit tho acquisition of knowledge is profit*- ble and enduring. Then there Is a dare, a faster, * competition about it that makes U flttt *** “ old man’s vanity more toon to be appealed to for informoto-n con eeaung such things. He la proud to have the young people look up to him as • phi losophy, a historian, a scholar. Solomon mys: "Get wisdom; get under standing. Lord Bacon says: “Knowledge fa power,” and Shakenpeore says: “Kaowl edge Is the ring with which we fly to heaven. Most of us get our knowledge from books—from the brain of other peon]# Z* * M **•* obtained ft£*£22*“t? 1 ® b6 « v '»M°n *od experience to the bettor kind. Long, long ago I knew w?i d r, h 0 had 60 books and could hardly write hi* name, yet his knowledge of toings around him—of the changes ofthc moon «d the forebodings or the wrathar too habits of fowls and fishes, and the structure of animals was remarkable. I woe glad to be a pupU under suoh ft master. r The oilier day I thought to show off a Ht tie of my learning at toe dinner table It was not aa extraordinary dinner and l asked what did it cost They flgukaTout to be aliout 75 eoftts. Than I remarked that tho capital invested In procuring this unpre tending meal wss not lew than five hundred millions of dollars and gave employment to five million men, for it takes many ships and many railroads. Tho pepper in tote little box wss grown la the Hast Indies, 10,000 miles away. It grew on a little vine about eight feet high and not less than five years old. It wss green when It was gathered, and was then dried In the sun until It turned black. The white pepper Is mode by taking the block shell oft before it fa ground. The vine 1s said to be very beautiful and toe natives use the root for a boverago that In toxtoatos them. Just tike the Mexicans use themagyar plant or the Americans their rye and corn. 80 you see that sluoe the day of Noah the people of every notion have found something to exhilarate or inokethem drunk. Well, it took a ship and 1,000 miles of rail read to bring:lhla l pepper here. Then here is tho tea that is brought oil tha way from China and the coffee from South America and Mexico. Thn codfish we had for break fast oamo from off the onset of Maine. This piece of boiled ham earns from Kansas City This bread was made from flour that wan ground irom-Dakota wheat. This salt camo Smwn tho Indira reservation In Now York to. This Worcester sauce came (tom ndon. There canned peaches camo from California. The sploen that are In the oako the cinnamon end xnaco and nutmeg come from the Moluccas or flplso islands in th« Indian Archipelago. And the cloves the! you uso came from over there. Cloves von mast know, are the little short block hoS nails that tho cobblers drivo In the heels of peasants’ shoes and the spice rrecmhlrettrm so muoh that it took tholr aro not Uie fruit nor the seed of the lran°h,s !<l.tb.Moqaplimkw| auJ tteAlw dovtttrn»isttwT“J* known trees, it fa about .1! and Uvea to be 100 vea® 0 m like to have one faUre there 1s another fragrant fralt oommerce that vouiSlr^ t wait—the citron of it “J!/;™ Daly and tho macaroni butter M d buttermilk,” F T ® on th * t ” uld L '” m '™ *P«S<SS JSuwa- ray wife. "Ws are going to huv# »#m had anvthu. k_. * T dfayy krata Where there ta no It will soon be rime for you to plant your garden nud retaethe harm. The rest of us will take some of the ox a while longer.’’ 80 you see howl tie. I hare lostmy in fluence and scene hope of famUy reform at th* dinner table.—Bui, Aar la Atlanta Con stitution- MUG m_M Mil SINS OP THE STRONG. toms es tbs Ways In Which the Weak Am Oppressed. "Then consulted 1 with myself and f rebuk ed the nobles and the tu.ws and said «mo them, ye exact usury, every one of bb broth. »r. NehemtoU v. 7. This is a picture of hamya society draws more than two teousoud yours ego. It is still a picture of human socle.y. Toe world has netontgrowu its heartache. Lazarus Is stlli at the gate of Dives with his piteous eyes and empty hands, even though the elec tric Ugut falls upon him and the horseless oanrfago rolls by him iu the eirret. The ■*- ruigiununt Du every age. It cejoes the hu man wail that went up from ibe bunks of the NUe, the protest of tho Continental fathers, the hitter cry of the tobere and the poor of modern cities and the stormy wrath ot op pressed millions oa western prairies. The abuse of power, of wealth, ol knowledge, these are the tins ot tbe strong. Belt assertion, personal aggrandisement, materia! expansion areibe prevailing notes of our time The man who succeeds b apt to be the man who gets rich, or who shoul ders forward Imo position, though he himself *}• * glided ruin. The other man, how* everjust or noble, or sacrificing, because he fa not masterful sad dominant, because he does not, like Cain, carry a dub, b voted a . T *** oease or brotherbood is weak. «“fc* o * n J n l oh o*right*, too little of du- The subtlw teniptntiou of our Lord’s Jfisse his msicaifieent power and opportunity for pereonai enda The tempta *fou ooues horns to the hast and brareet of mea to tey hold of the power and majesty about them and pervert them to peraonu ends. The sin of toe strong fa Indicated lx polltfa Ml tyranny. The mono ot Loub the XIV. "The state Is myself,” is very popular la out daw We have gotten rid of Kings and nobles bat we are still ruled by political bosses. “A government of tbs people, lor toe people and by tho people” is a good, fa a j nobis principle and we rise to it on rare oc casions, but in the Ota. though the declar ation has been In force aoentury and a quar ter, in mom commonwealths it is stiH “government of tbe bosses, for tho bosses, and by the bo tore.” Party tricks orerridi patriot bra. Office buys vote* and party is exalted above principles We have detbron ed aristocracy, but often w« enthrone the basest of all urlstooraefcs—a hungry mob under tbe name ol majority. Democracy vritbout social conscience, without ethical obligation, without true ideals, fa simply hell on earth. Universal suffrage Is simply tho dlatrte teition of political power. Tbo machine con centrates this power in the bauds ol tbe few •nd thus defeats tho very aim of popular government. Tho spoils of office, special end class legislation, tho modern method of highway robbery, are glaring iustui.oee ol toe sins of ihe strong in tho abuse of tho high prerogative of government Loris industrial tyranny Ires significant Th* world worked Itself Into a rover once oyer tbe thuory of Maltbus that tbo increase of population would outstrip tbo food-nro dueing power «H toe earth. The introduction of machinery however dissipated that fear Seven men aow. with tho aid of ntnohlaery. can produce food enough for one thousand persons. But tho muohlne iteeli brings on other trouble—the problem ot employment Machinery means the Almighty himself doing tbe drudgery of toU for bis children. Now If the Almighty reigned within human hearts au.tbfa would bring good and not evil. Bathe uom not reign there. SulAshnew is upon the Inner throne. The instruments of produc tion, like political power, arc in tho hands of tho lew. Tbe value of tho individual 1s les sened, personality is reduced. The problem of human society is changed by tho machine. An employer may say “1 can reduce wages tenceuta per day to tbe man; with on* thous and employes, that means three thousand dol lars per month, or thirty-six thousand dol lars a year." Let us hopo that this is rarely done. Nevertheless the power nud tho op portunity fa there, and together th..y con«i tuto «subtle temptotfou to the rin of the SlT*?*’ ***s problem. BOW „ t 0 fin^ ,0, ,f. uW ** w>d Willing man, toXhts^' 1 PlVOt or cholTO * lth^ 11,0 ■{'Parent In eom yroat source of a ns or rather a joint condition of Smhdiw* pu *i ll S hl ß**ways— trairtportar L r 'i***"*• ato bands the strang results. An unjust tax ran be im posed upon tbo industry and wealth of the Whole country. Tribute cun be levied on £ trade as sffcetlvely us l»y the roblwr barons. 0t lba mralium. act ot legislature can not create abiding values; there must be a bums of fact undsr *XL° r , , K Wi, ( l *» oof de,jcnd' upon leg !J‘ 0y regardless. ot ,, Longrws fa no protection , T H. WJ, "• Ir y° n ‘tap upon \ 0lt „ <>n ~iIP tb ” hereafter ll *”“• Now la ws of on.* ujid moral mad perrist tragical for.*-. Brotnurhood ta or ik?? ‘ roal 01 Ad n SnUonshipe polUl. e), ludustrlM « r tbl -' ir social, moral •»«* ff* WmiiMs W«> enu not ignore our broth. "" u<a,t without nltlrnutcly brJasingruift ttpOßOhrsclvra. Itmmntty fagloriaedno* dLfati u « friumpto '»»*“- dlvldnals, but by tho larger human follow ■hip of sympathy and h-.lp. . ' KaVrittU Ltuoocx. At an antao-s«>d hunt on the other day, a n.-al fox crossed tw» trail and off went the lioumU 'n po ■«» t Tbfa .0001. to ho ono of flic <leot» that luxury ootaet>od^«^ tt<?r tbfit the more he •»* th# i» mod««. a- «»■; r rrTuS. bounds tho wed better •*“** owners. tor. nu. jM«r J«» tMa tlnetf IMdßtr-Wth. go boot** the Oolond, ift 225Sd‘ <«•«»“ "“ A
Eastern Carolina News (Trenton, N.C.)
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March 24, 1897, edition 1
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