When we turn to the Bible we find
a definiteness and practicalness con
cerning the higher Ufe there set forth
not characteristic df . what passes for
tiie same ia^rtainijuarters to-day. If
there is less sentiment and self-glorifi
>,0w fc0nsde^e and
exaltation of God’s Word. David says
m He that walketh uprightly and
worketh righteousness, and speaketh
m heart,” Paul Bays
ri#. in God
win heaven,
Saviour,
^genmne
. apart from
ligher life
on whieh
common
clothed me; I was -in prison and ve
came.unto me”. . . for ‘.ina£_
much ob ye have done ft unto one of
the-leastof these, my brethren, ye
bare done it unto roe.” -
.,**** 11118 been general
]«at the higher spiritual life was, at
tainable only under certain ideal con
ditions. Sanctity was associated with
the cloister, and to be deeply religious
one was Opposed to he under the
necefwitv ofe_..
T It w,' i __
nec^sity^withdrawing from so-called
sedttlar aflafrs. But m
-v •. Theta
■meat t^ches an entirely different
new. The holiest men have the most
human sympathies and the highest
service to Christ is through our ordi
nary callings. When the gospel comes
to a man, it does not translate'irim,
bet transforms him. He finds him
selt a new creature in an old world.
His surroundings and material are the
sanie, his use of them is entirely
diflerent. He had been building sel
hsfily lad meanly, but now everv
thought and word and deed are laid
upon the divine foundation and make
for the completion of the structure of
everlasting life.
a wnat everybody needs to under-,
3§*M?d is, that out of the common life
and with divine grace, they may
build the higher life. Not in aome
fbatatic state, but in every day duties,
burdens and joys, is God to be found.
On this basis kitchens and nurseries
are .holy places; field and market
place grant visions of heaven; count
mgrooms are filled with the spirit of
prayer, and ballot-boxes become arks
the covenant‘of purity and right
Jousness. Living the higher life de
praids upon the spiritual use of the
ower life. -r-The Christian Standard,
JUSTICE NOT BUND.
From early boyhood we have seen
ihe emblem of justice blindfolded,
adding the scales impartially ih h&r
adding the scales impartially in h&r
aands, ^We take it that iiiatin* wa»
mmM ,, in ■ .
hen the '4ftbuu&l -sat, j—
nd impartial was administered
'ribunai for the trial of the P*
aaew no difference between men,
he weak as well as the strong codd
md in it a haven of justice, a protec
ion. But we live to learn; things are
lot ha they used to be in this fair land
>f ours. The “ Old Romans ” Jus
ice seems to have passed away and
i new tangled set, a set of grand stand
performers, star actors in cheap shows
:eign supreme. *It has been hard to
convince us of this, hard to afag us
iway from our first impression as to
he judiciary of the land; *gjr:
of tbe rapist. weMjliwo it ru
mored that Judge Banks had said
something of the kind, but we.indig
nantly denied it, and said, while the
seeds of demondization have found
rich spots in every other department
of our government, the judiciary is
still pure, and the statement that
Judge Banks used such language is
false. ‘But the truth can no longer be
denied, we bow in humiliation to the
fact, and here quote .word for word
from the Age-Herald correspondent:
“The most sensational feature^in
the Cases was the charge of Judge
Bank* on opening court. .His decla
ration that “this is a white man’s
government; a white man’s town; a
white man’s court, that would be run
by white men; and you Negroes had
better go home and stay there,” has
already become famous. It attracted
woricbwide attention at the time and
is now a matter of much discussion- p
“Theconvicted prisoners havh given
no notice of appeal.'* ’
We are not surprised that such lan
1 guage should t>e called, the most sen
1 sational feature, truly it must have
the ^rine that .. no coui
justice is the courts of any
or color. A court that is
Negro’s court or the white n
coart, is not a court of impartij
The supreme court of Alabama,
learned lawyers of Alabama, th<
telligent, fair-minded people of
bama will fully agree with us in
idea, -last language^ it att*f
world wide attention at tfee time, and
is now a matter of much discussion.”
It will go down through the corridors
of time a stain upon the heretofore
spotless ermine of the judiciary of our
State, and Judge ^uks . /will never
live long enough to outgrow the feet
that his was not a court of justice, hut
one which belonged to-a race or class
or color. This language was made in
the opening ot the cdurt, at % time
when it would have.the most exciting
vith the intention of takin*
n Havana province. Mean
reporaed that he has gone to
[t is now known that’in#
targe numbers are in Bavan
and for weeks have been m
presence felt. Possibly bt
of Weyler’s departure from
they swooped down upon it
doing considerable damage
influence. That it prejudiced thei&u
rors against the Negroes can be but
universal conclusion. Now wt
igain repeat, those Negroes are f
if so they should
tring in that quarter reverneraiea
hrough the town. From the noise it
vas concluded that the insurgents were
irovided with, quickfiring guns and
iynamite. . The Spanish soldiers at
he first alarm sprang to arms, and
he fighting must have been severe.
Numerous wounded soldiers were con
veyed to the hopitals, but the actual
result of the incursion is ndt definitely
known as the Spanish authorities are
doing all they can to prevent the facts
from being known. It is supposed
that the bold raid was planned and
executed by Colonel Nestor Arangu
ren, the dashing young Cuban leader
who has made his power felt before
now at the gates of the capital and
throughout the province. V The losing
gents are now numerous in the prov
ince of Havana, and several well
known leaders are there. Arangu
ren’s headquarters are in the neigh
borhood of Gunabacoa, only a M>w
miles from the city, and Castillo who
gained several victories in the "Bait is
now at Mariano, nine, miles south3!
west of Havana with a large number
of Cuban fightem/ Arango is at Cutrof
Caminez, and General' Rodriguez,
chief in command in Havana province,
is near Truco. It is said mat reso^ i
are surrendering to the Spaniards and
that Spanish soldiers aye deserting and.
joining the rebels, - and possibly there
is some truth in both statements,
General Castillo explains it by saying
that insurgent soldiers who are sick or
wounded surrender themselves that
they may receive treatment in Spanish
hospitals, but when they recover th«£
find their way back to the insurgent
ranks, He also says that during the
month twenty-three Spaniards fully
armed came over to fight for the cause
of free Cuba. The General exposes
himself as hopeful of final victory jrt
no distant date. It was reported some
time ago and generally believed that
the prominent insurgent,. Gr'"**’
Quintin Banderas, was killed uk;
at the Papaya Heights in Santa;
province. It is now asserted that
is alive and well and adi
next tt> rape stands lynching ip
„ of outrages.' For the lyncher is
$f nihilist .of morals) law and religion.
He does no good ; he sows dragoons
teeth. No matter whom he lynches, or
for what crime, we lay this proposition
down as broad as it is long, covering
all cases* , An end must be pdt t%him
as well, as to the rapist. Crime has
never yet prevented crime; and the
citizen will) professes to Deneve umi
will ought to go the way of all crimi
nals. Lynchings will never prevent
outrages; but rather tend to increase
them by throwing the friends of the man
lynched into a state o|£ sympathy for
him : and out of this state of sympathy
for the cri minal arises palliation of his
crime.
There is but one remedy for rape, and
that is the death pehaltj^ speedily exe
mpted. But if it is not speedily execu
ted, there is no excuse for th^ lyncher.
The thoughtful citizen realizes that
some delay is necessary,: and that jus
tice demands that time be given, for
i to subside. The man or set of
men who take it upon themselves to in
flict death, no matter what their 'motive,
commit an outmgeous ensue, ana <w
themselves and their State an irrepara*
ble injury. And the public sentiment
that refuses to have meted out to them
the penalty they have incurred, is base,
dangerous, nihilistic. Let no man say,
“ I will not trust my State.” That is
treasou; the writing ,of the finger of
Anarch. We must depend upon the
State as the safe-guard of our rights.
Transgress her laws in one particular,
and you make way for all transgres
sion. Dethrone her, and you pave the
• Way for Anarch to rise to sovereignty.
The menace *of a government of the
people is always the tendency to raini
| mize government, the tendency to be*
' lieve Jhat government by the people
* means license. We must wspect our
^ government; yea^fearit.
3 Now; why have we written these
1 things to a people who are in no dan
1 ger of joining in a lynching? Because
3 public sentiment makes lynching possi
e ble; because public sentiment can
!- m ake it impossible.'—Biblical Recorder.
iis aoooinn:
i
-JsO Tine pepAi w JUJ :
the time we met the'first stragglers who
had drifted back froin the army, his ap
pearance and his cheery shout of “Turn
back, men; turn back! Face the other
Way!” as he waved his hat toward the
front, had but one resOlt—-a wild cheer
of recognition, an answering wave of
the cap. In no case as I glanced back
did I fail to see the men shoulder . jtbeir
arms and follow us. I think it is no ex- ;
aggeration to say that as hr© dashed on
to the field of battle for miles back the
, turnpike was lined with men pressing
forward after him to the front. * » *
After the* whole line was thoroughly
formed i roae over w
orgefl him to ride down it, that all tbe
m<pi might see him and Imow w hliont
donbt that be had returned and a**
earned command. At first he demurred,
but I was most urgent, as 1 knew that
in some instances both men and officers
,who bad hot seen him doubgid his ar
rival. His appearance was greeted by
tremendous cheers from one «yid of the
line to tbe other, many of the offlcere
pressing forward to shake bis-baud. He
•poke to iheitf alloheeriiy and confident
lyr saying: “We are going hack to our
samps, men, never fear. I’ll get a twist
on these people yet We’ll raise them
outtrf their boots befor* tbe day iB
3Y6T« **
At no tithe did I bear him otter that
“terrible bath” so often alluded, to mi
both prose and ^poetry in jcjmnection
with tfaib: day*, worfc^“#nda^
Ride,” by General George A. horsyth,
D. S. A., in Harper’s Magazine.
Largest Brksk Building. <
“Very few know it, but it is a tact,” 1
explained a prominent builder to a re- 1
porter, “ that tbe pension office building !
is the largest brick building ip th*
world. It has been subjected to ntech
criticism, but it can stand it, for as
time passes along there are many* things’
seen about .it tbat esaaped notice when
it was newer. In all there are over 10,
000,000 bricks in the building. General
Meigs took liberties with bricks that no
other architect had ever attempted. >»•
not only used bricks exclusively for the
building, but be used them in construct'
lug the stairs throughout tbe building,
Ip the matter of stair building bricks
have often beCh used for the riser,- but
the step bas always been of iron, wood.
Slate or stone. In tbe pension office bo th
riser and step are of brick. As a brick
. building,. therefore, pure and simple, it
is unique in oonstmction outside of the.
fact that it is the largest exclusively I
briek building in the world. ”—Wash
:: ington Star.
And nothing to my vision seem
Without its honeyed g«Me. Ubyrf
Uj hdy, beilew’tiHftx aev*r-«u}g
Ifonce tiihtfimktag *£*«»«
Ask God io keep thee ti-oen ite 1
And boy, Wftetej even $
| Hlaxvbmliwmioveium >
Anri given repentance,
A child.wicwjed oy ate
aftfisftfibfirsr
shooter, made reckless 1qr ill sue
perceived' a epvey of. WrttqtikHy!
ing oiitbe other aide of a hedge ad
solved tohdve a*lap «t MM
tion jhey JOl ^,tT0w.,^
“Oh, faith,” cried Pat joyful^, «»
gorra, soty yon made them l'eve that
anyway."—‘•Household Word*. ./•'? %.
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■ Slave dealing ui, OoUftenwi^p^M
we kaoy .’^awayajeaigta, aiMytqe^yiie
of u pasba is not abov© tb© wr©tcb©o
ba«ipesis.: Eicbard~Davey,iti his book,
“The Sultan and His Subject*,” WW
* “ A good .deal of Turkish traffic u»
slaves is conducted in the flowing
manner ' on very well comma cam
mercial principles: The wife of a paane,
as a matter of speoulawoOjptarelMlflma
two or three little girls for a trifle,
either from a slave deater of aomejpoor
woman, generally a^ObpsttiiB, poaBbV.
a Bulgarian >1
bring oji &*r