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OUTLINES.
The Signal service reports a tempera
ture of 40 degrees at Lynchburg, Va.,
yesterday morning, and killing frosts in
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New York
and the Northwest. Fire at Mus
kegon, Mich.; loss $500,000. Secre
tary Blaine was much better yesterday.
Mr. Gladstone has almost entirely re
covered. The Chilian steamer
Itata is reported to have coaled at sea
and proceeded to her destination;
the cruiser Charleston is at Acapulco
taking on coal. Four hundred col
ored men have arrived at the mines near
Seattle, Wash., to take the places of
white miners; trouble is expected.
H. H. Wright, who fled from Clarksville,
Texas, Friday nia:ht. is found to have
ei-.ibezzled a large amount of money.
New York markets: Money easy
at 3 5 per cent.; closing offered at 2
per cent; cotton dull; middling up
lands SJa cents; middling Orleans 9 5-16
cents: Southern flour dull; wheat
stronger and dull, No: 2 red $1 16J
1 IT in store and at elevator; corn steadier
and dull; No. 2, 6970 centsat eleva
tor, spirits turpentine dull and lower
at 39394 cents; rosin steady and
quiet: strained, common to good. $1 60
&l 83.
The last big steel gun forged for
Uncle Sarn will throw a thousand
pound projectile ten miles. It takes
four hundred pounds of powder to
'do it.
Mr. Harrison stated in some of his
speeches on his tour that "the Amer
ican sentiment was never more con
trolling than it is now." He dis
covered this last fall.
A large fountain has been erected
at Milwaukee in honor of Henry
Bergh, for the use of horses and
dog?, but not for men. Horses and
dogs can't drink Milwaukee beer but
men can.
Gen. Lew Wallace has invented a
new fishing rod. That's not what is
wanted. The rod we have now
with the average fish story builder
at the butt end of it will catch fish
enough.
The denizens of Hayti are getting
tired ot President Hippolyte and are
giving him hints by popping their
rifles at him occasionally. This is
not a very polite way of conveying
their sentiments, but it is expressive.
Edwin Booth, the actor, is pretty
well heeled financially. After giving
away 130,000 to' erect the Players
Ciub house in New York, he has in
vestments that ensure him an annuity
of $15,000 for life. He has earned,
spent and lost two or three respec
table fortunes.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, sympa
thizes with our hard-worked Presi
dents and favors reducing their labor
by taking away the power of ap
pointing office holders, and to relieve
him of the necessity of reading bills
passed by Congress by depriving him
of the veto power.
The Illinois House of Representa
has passed an Anti-trust bill. The
Chicago Inter-Ocean, commenting
on it, says "there has been debate
enough on trusts; what is wanted is
legislation to suppress them." Where
is John Sherman's anti-trust law?
As a trust masher it has proved a
dismal failure.
A gentleman, who pretends to
know whereof he speaks, and to
speak for Mr. Harrison, says Mr.
Geo. M. Pullman may have lent the
President the palace cars for his
tour, but that Mr. Harrison paid the
expenses. Lending palace cars for
Presidential tours is a new kink in
the dead head business.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice Bladen county bonds.
R. W. Hicks Flour, sugars, etc.
The Banks Closed Wednesday.
Munson & Co. Gents' outfitters.
MASONic-Meeting Wilmington Lodge
Statement U. S. Branch London
Assurance Corporation.
Inspecting the Seaboard System.
President John M. Robinson, of the
Seaboard Air Line system, General Man
ager Winder, General Superintendent
Myers, and Mr. Moncure, Superinten
dent of the Carolina Central Railroad,
are on a tour of inspection of the rail
roads of the Seaboard system. They
have completed the inspection of theG.
C, & N. road, and yesterday were on the
line of the Carolina Central west of
Charlotte. The will probably reach
Wilmington about the last of this week.
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pally to People and Pointedly Printed.
Mr. W. F. Williams, nf th
Carolina Central, returned last night
irWm a nymg trip to Charlotte.
Our old friend French Mn-
Queen, of Clinton", is in the citv. a
whole-souled and genial as ever.
Bishop Watson, Mrs. W atson
and Drs. Patterson and Carmichael left
for the Episcopal convention at New
joern, yesterday.
The friends of CaDt. T. T. Bow-
ben, of the "K. S.," will regret to hear
that he has had a relapse and is again in
oea witn the "Grippe.
Capt. Walter G. MacRae Left
for South Carolina last evening where
he will be engaged for some time as
civil engineer on one of the railroads.
"Gum" Cronly and "Fraud"
Empie were both welcome visitors at
the Star office-yesterday. Thev are
among our most useful and respectable
setter-zens.t
Among those who reDorted for
duty Saturday night, were Col. W. C.
Jones and Major Walker Taylor, who
cheerfully joined the boys in "making a
night ot it.
Our venerable fellow citizen
Mr. Donald McRae responded auicklv
to the military alarm Sunday morning,
ana ottered his services for any duty
that might be assigned him.
Rev. A. A. Edwards, of Bruns
wick county, one of the oldest subscribers
on the Star's books, called at the office
yesterday. He reports the crops about
two weeks late, but in much better con
dition since the recent rains.
Rev. Dr. Hoge met with a cor
dial reception at the hands of the peo
ple of Wilmington. Irrespective of de
nominational connection, they listened
to his sermons with deepest interest
and pronounced them among the ablest
they had ever heard. Dr. Hoge left ior
his home in Richmond yesterday morn
ing. -
Mr. Thos. D. Meares, accom
panied by his daughter. Miss Mary, xne
of his sons and young Victor Boat-
wright, left by the A. C. u., vesterdav
afternoon, for Norfolk, where they will
stop a day or two with Capt. Wm.
Sharp, where Miss Mary will leave them
and proceed to Boston on a visit to
friends.
The following were among the
arrivals in town yesterday: C. W. Mc
Clam my, "Scott's Hill; A. W. Suder,
bumter; t. .rowers, Willard; J.
McMillan, Teachey; A. H. Slocumb,
Favetteville: O. L. Clark. Clarkton; Tas.
Lesesne, Abbottsburg; W. Homan.
Morehead Citv: S. L. Presson, Char
lotte; J. W. Morrison, E. J. Moore, Jr.,
Fayetteville; JA. Mims, Asheville; C
W. Hanks, Charlotte.
Stocks of Naval Stores.
Stocks of naval stores at the ports,
May 16th, are reported as follows:
Soirits TurDentine Wilmington, 1,764
casks; New York, 1,075; Savannah, 9,037;
Charleston, 1,747. Total, 13,623 casks.
Rosin Wflminjfton, 15,395 barrels;
New York, 12;826; Savannah, 36,977;
Charleston, 7,045. Total, 72,343 barrels.
Tar Wilmington, 6,349 barrels; New
York. 1,342. Total, 7,991 barrels.
Weather Forecasts.
The following are the weather fore
casts for to-Cay:
For Virginia, fair weather, slightly
warmer, south winds.
For North Carolina, fair weather, ex
cept showers in extreme west portion,
slightly warmer, south winds.
For South Carolina, showers, slightly
cooler, except stationary temperature
on coast, variable winds.
THE LIGHT INFANTRY.
Mayor Bicaud Thanks the Company for
Services Rendered Saturday Night.
Mayor's Office,
Wilmington, N. C, May 18.
Capt. W. R. Kenan, of the Wilmington
Light Infantry:
Dfat? Sir: I take oleasurein tender-
tnn tr, vnn and vour company mv sin
cere thanks for the very valuable ser
vices rendered during the unusual oc
currence of last Saturday night, and
subsequently in preserving the peace oi
the' city and preventing any conflict.
The successful suppression of the un
lawful and riotously disposed crowd was
largely due to the presence and influ
ence of your organization, and in ten
dering my thanks I wish to assure you
of my desire to do everything in my
power, both individually and officially,
to promote the welfare and efficiency of
your company and the happiness of its
members. Kindly convey my profound
appreciation of their service to each
member of your organization and ac
cept my assurances , of high regard for
yourself. Very truly yours,
A. G. Ricaud, Mayor.
Yesterday's Weather.
The weather records of the Signal
Office give the following report of the
range of temperature, etc, yesterday:
At 8 a. m., 67"; 8 p. m., 67"; maximum
temperature, 73; minimum, 56; average
64; prevailing wind, southwest. Total
rainfall, .0.
WILMINGTONN. C, TUESDAY,
LOCAL DOTS.
Items of Interest Gathered Here
and There md Briefly Noted.
For other IocaLnews see fourth
page.
The Produce Exchange will be
closed to-morrow a legal holiday.
The banks will be closed to
morrow, the 20th, it being aiegal holi
day.
-T- A notice of Rev. Dr. Mendel
sohn's work, "The Criminal Jurispru
dence of the Ancient Hebrews," is una
voidably deferred until to-morrow.
A meeting of merchants, sub
scribers to the fund to contest the
"Schedule B" tax, will be held at noon
to-day at the Produce Exchange.
The "All Americans," Capt
Bellamy Harriss beat the "Hunch
backs," Capt. Pierre Agostini, in a game
of base ball yesterday. Score 11 to 9.
Dr. Wood's Bible class will
meet at 8:15 this evening at the Y. M.
C. A. rooms as usual. The International
Sunday School lesson is studied and all
are invited to attend.
Stonewall Lodge, K. of P., will
have their excursion to Carolina Beach,
on the steamer Wilmington, to-day.
Boat leaves here at 9:30 a. m., and 2:30
p. m. Leaves Beach at 12:30 and 6 p. m
No Wilmington paper was ever
represented by a more thoroughly com
petent corps of special reporters than
those (three in number) who reported
the sermons of Rev. Moses D. Hoge,
D. D.
Justice R. H. Bunting received
a telegram from Southport stating that
the mate of the schooner Addie"Snow,
wanted here for assault and battery
boarded the vessel yesterday morning as
she was on her way to sea.
The fire last night, at 9:15
o'clock for which an alarm was turned
in from box 34 was in a wood house on
the premises of Adam Brown, colored,
Seventh and Walnut streets. It was
Speedily extinguished and the loss was
trifling.
Unity Tent No. 60, I. O. O. F.,
will give a lawn party to-night at Mr.
Hill Terry's house, corner of Sixth and
Bladen streets. Refreshments will be
served at the usual prices, A large at
tendance is expected as it is tor a good
purpose.
Wednesday, the 20th inst., be
ing a legal holiday, the postoffice will be
closed from 12 m. to 6 p. m. The car
riers will make three deliveries 5 a. m.,
9:30 a. m. and 12 m.; and three collec
lections, at 4:30 and 9:30 a. m. and
5 p. m.
The steamer Wilmington will
make the first trip of the season to the
Blackfish waters Thursday. Here's a
good chance for every young man who
don't mind going around without his
breakfast. The indications are that a
big crowd will go.
A fancy dress ball will be given
by the Cronly Pleasure Club, at Cronly,
next Friday evening. The committee
on invitations is Messrs. Theo. Clute, J.
T. Lamb and S. D. Croom. Floor man
ager. Jas. W. Moran; assistants, J. L.
Bundy and H. B. Jewett. v
The Seaboard Air Line will sell
reduced rate tickets to Laurinburg for
the District Meeting of the Y. M. C. A.,
from all stations between Wilmington
and Wadesboro, and between Gibson
and Sanford. Wilmington, $4.80; San
ford, $3.60; Maxton, 50c; Wadesboro,
$2.20. Tickets on sale June 11th, 12th
and 13th good to return till the 15th.
FOR CAROLINA BEACH.
The Excursion of the Wilmington Light
Infantry To-Morrow.
The, members of the Wilmington
Light Infantry have made every arrange
ment for the comfort and enjoyment of
those who may join them in their grand
excursion to Carolina Beach to-morrow.
The Second Regiment band will ac
company them, and Prof. Miller's band
has also been engaged for the occasion.
Messrs. Hinton, managers of the hotel
at the Beach, will prepare an elaborate
dinner sufficient to feed two thousand
people, and meals will be served at 50
cents each.
Besides the target shooting for prizes,
there will be a sword drill by twelve
members of the company, foot races,
etc. The steamer Wilmington will
make three tripsTeaying the city at 10
a. m., 2.30 p. m. and 7.30 p. m. The
last boat will return by moonlight.
The excursion is given in aid of the
armory fund of the company.
New Biver Oyster Company.
The directors of the New River Oyster
Conipany met in this city yesterday.
Mr. A. J. Howell, Jr., sent in his resig
nation as secretary and treasurer of the
company, assigning as a reason the
pressure of other duties in connection
with the W.r O. & E. C. R. R. Co. The
board placed on record their regret at
parting with Mr; Howell and elected
Mr. T. D. Meares to fill the vacancy.
The issue of 800 shares of additional
stock of the company was reported as
taken by some of the old stockholders.
RETROSPECTIVE REFLECTIONS.
Facts and Comment on the Disturbance
Saturday Night Plans of the Officers
Well Laid and Skillfully Executed.
The Star does not wish, nor
does it intend, to be unfair or unjust to
the negroes. The well-disposed and
well-behaved portion of the race have
its hearty sympathy, and in its criti
cisms its object is to deal fairly with all
But it does not intend to let the im
pression go out that any white man had
1 any serious intention of attempting
bodily injury to the prisoner Huggins,
if it can prevent it.
All the officers and about 45
privates of the Wilmington . Light In
fantry responded tothe military alarm
Sunday morning, and remained at their
armory until about 6 o'clock a. m
They were ready to "report promptly."
The Mayor, Chief of Police, and the
Sheriff were on the ground all night
with a strong detachment of the police
and a force of special deputies. All are
entitled to the thanks of the people of
Wilmington. There was very httle ex
citement, but a more determined body
of men was never assembled in this city,
It is but fair to state that they all exer
cised the utmost coolness arid forbear
ance. And there were no mistakes made
by the"officers in charge of the civil and
military forces. The plans were all well
conceived and were skilfully executed
No wiser step was ever taken, in
a similar emergency, than that taken
Sunday morning, when it was decided
to summon the Wilmington Light In
fantry to report at their armory, near the
scene of the disturbance on Princess
street. This was done after consulta
tion with a number of conservative and
discreet citizens who were almost unani
mous in the opinion that the time
had arrived when the military should
be called out. They argued that
it would never do to wait un
til a riot began, in which it was
possible for many good people to be
killed or disabled, and which, in all
probability, would have been ended be
fore the company (a majority of whose
members, not anticipating any trouble,
were in bed asleep when the alarm was
turned in,) could have reached the scene.
It was emphatically a movement in the
interests of peace; and the result proved
that if had precisely the effect that
it was intended to produce. It re
moved all apprehension of any serious
disturbance.
It is claimed, by some of the ne
groes that the demonstration made by
them Saturday night and Sunday morn
ing was caused by reports that white
men had said they intended to lynch
Kit Huggins, the driver confined in the
county jail. Possibly, some of them may
have been influenced by these irrespon
sible reports But at no time during
the night was there the slightest
evidence that any such movement
was on foot. At no time was
there any really large gathering of
whites. They made no demonstration
whatever that could lead any one to be
lieve that they had any evil intention;
and when the critical point was reached,
about one o'clock Sunday morning,
there were very few whites present
except those who were engaged
in the discharge of their official du
ties. Not only this. Many of the
negroes received the most positive
assurances from the Mayor, the
Chief of Police and the Sheriff that
no violence to Huggins was contem
plated, and that none would be per
mitted. On the other hand, the ne
groes assembled in large groups,- at
different points in the vicinity, and
finally marched by the jail repeatedly,
as if in defiance of the officers of both
the city and county. Many of them,
too, made insolent and entirely uncalled-for
remarks that were well calculated
to create trouble.
The Encampment.
A report has gained currency that the
new grounds would not be ready in
time, and that, in consequence, the En
campment could not be held at Wrights
ville this year. The report reached the
Star from "Charlotte, and it was jfur-
ther stated that a movement had been
inaugurated to secure the coveted prize
for that city. The Star has received
the information from an official source
that the new grounds would have been
ready in good time; but it was thought
best to have the Encampment at Sea
side Park again; and through the kind
ness and liberality of Mrs. Fred. Poisson
that beautiful place has been secured.
This is positive and official.
Audit and Finance.
The Board of Audit and Finance
met in regular-session yesterday after
noon.
The Board concurred in the action of
the Board of Aldermen in awarding con
tracts as follows: -
To W. L. Parsley, for merchantable
lumber, at $t2.50 per thousand feet.
To Samuel G. Hall, for specific print
ing, at $58.50.
To Jane Sheehan, feeding prisoners, at
7Jc. per meal.
Bills for current expenses, amounting
to $502.88, were audited and approved-
MAY 19, 1891.
THE TRANSFIGURATION.
Bey. Moses D. Hoge's Sunday Morning
Sermon at the First Presbyterian
Church.
.On Sunday morning, a day of cloud
less Teauty, Dr. Moses D. Hoge
preached at the First Presbyterian
Church to a large congregation, repre
sentative of all denominations, from
Mark 9:7, "And a voice came out of
the cloud, saying, This is my beloved
Son: hear Him."
It was in the midst of the 'splendors
of the transfiguiation, when the Lord
was engaged in converse with celestial
visitants, that from out of the cloud of
glory overshadowing them the symbol
of the Divine presence then came the
voice, "This is my beloved Son; hear
Him." It was the Father's attestation
to His delight in His Son and in His
ministry. It was His inauguration as
the supreme Teacher of the world: hear
Him. It may not be improper to write
a book entitled, "Christ and Other Mas
ters." There have been other masters
and teachers, but there h'as been only
one Christ. Though His ministry was
the shortest of any that have shaped the
religions of the world, there has been no
influence so far-reaching, none uttered
truths so momentous, nor supported
them by sanctions so solemn. Time
only brings new confirmations of the
truths that He proclaimed and of their
adaptation to all the needs of humanity.
As one of the world's greatest secular
and military masters puts it, "The dis
tance between Christ and all other
teachers is infinity." Though the in
fluence of His personal ministry was
confined to the narrow limits of Pales
tine, yet the outcome of it has been
Christendom; and the Christendom that
Christ created embraces all the progres
sive nations of the world all the na
tions that have just laws, free institu
tions, and that have learned the science
of right living. Christ put a new face on
the world because He gave it a new heart.
He gave it a new orbit in which to revolve
by making Himself the centre. It is of
this personal Christ that I would speak
to-day to show that in learning Him we
learn all essential-truth in epitome, yet
an epitome so comprehensive that it
embraces all that we need to know ot
God, of the world, of sin, of death, of
life, and of the eternal future truth
that will never need to be supplemented,
that can never be superseded, but that
is adapted to all changes, to all ages, to
all civilizations and destined to lead our
race on to its highest possible develop
ment. Deeply conscious of my inability
to present such a theme as it ought to
be presented, I am encouraged by the
words of one of the greatest of living
preachers, who says, "When I speak
of Christ all that I can say seems like a
mist to hide Him, but I remember that
he is the Sun of righteousness and
can drive away the mist that we may
behold the King in His beauty." May it
prove so to-day.
Knox-Little tells an incident of
Charles Lamb, when he and some
friends were discussing how they would
meet some of the great men of other
days, if they were to enter the room.
Finally, some one said: "And how
would we receive Jesus Christ?" "On
our knees, of course," said Lamb.
Yes, the world has had kings and
bards and statesmen and heroes, but
only one Christ. Him we crown Lord
ot all, and rejoice that His star will one
day .shine resplendent on the forehead of
redeemed humanity.
The most casual observers must notice
the reaction in our day against system
atic theology and elaborate creeds an
epidemic that has reached even the con
servative churches of Scotland. I do
not intend to discuss that subject to-day,
except to say that the demand
for a shorter creed is something
of the same "tendency that' would
reduce the well-rounded discourse
to a segment and the comprehensive
prayer to a collect. But there is a com
pensation for the reduction of creeds in
the fact that in no age of the world has
the person of Christ been more studied;
in no period has His relation to His own
age and to all the ages, and His influ
ence upon human thought and
progress been better known. No
philosophic historian now seeks to
eliminate Him and His work from the
causes that have led to the world's ad
vance. The attention paid to the study
of the person of Christ is illustrated in
the multiplicity of Lives of Christ that
bllow each" other in rapid succession.
Without disparaging these I believe that
the greatest uninspired Life of Christ is
yet to be written. Some man 'of such
superb intellectual endowment and such
transcendent spiritual insight may arise,
that transfigured by the Spirit of Christ
he will be able to present Christ to us
as He has never yet been presented. As
Dante in his imagined ascent to heaven
measured not his ascent by the dimming
of the constellations passed nor by the
increasing brilliancy of those approached,
but only by the growing clearness of the
ace of Beatrice, so may some one
arise who will ascend into the heavens of
thought and experience and know his
ascent by the increasing beauty of the
face of Christ and he will be able to
WHOLE NO. 7,654
write for us a fuller and truer Life of
Christ. But all human lives of Christ
lack one element, that is the great
charm of the Lives that we have-in the
four Gospels that sense of the sweet
personal presence ot Jesus that pervades
every page an impression that grows
out of the fact that they make no com
ment, but simply report what He said
what He did, and what He was. They
Jet Christ reveal Himself. And this
has made Christ seem to every age the
ideal of what that age thought highest
and best. We know what the Apostles
and confessors of the first century
thought of Christ; we have the glowing
eulogies of the Christian Fathers; and
Farrar finely says that in the middle
ages, to the knight Christ was the
mirror of chivalry, to the monk the
model of asceticism, and to the school
men the exponent of .all philosophic
thought. We know that men who dif
fered about everything else united in
this admiration of Christ men like
Rousseau, Diderot, Marat, Strauss
Schiller, Renan, Lecke, Carlyle, John
Stuart Mill. So Christ's personality ip
the magnet that in every age commands
higher admiration and inspires, deeper
love.
This element of personality runs
through the whole Bible. Moses walks
before us through the Pentateuch as he
marched through the wilderness before
the hosts of Israel. David s. tears an
triumphs pervade the Psalms. The be
loved disciple is real to us whetner lean
ing on Jesus' bosom, stretching forth
hands of love to the little ones in his
old age, or standing in apocalyptic vision
with the angel in the sun. We cannot
forget Paul even when wrestling with
the knottiest problems of his theology,
and if we do he plucks us by the sleeve
with some such phrase as, "I, Paul, the
prisoner of the Lord;" not that he may
obtrude himsell, but that he may asso
ciate the truths he is teaching with the
profound experiences of his life.
And what is Vue of others is pre
eminently true of Christ. It was the
magnetism of His person that drew the
multitudes from distant cities, on foot,
away from their occupations, feeling re
warded if they heard one of His dis
courses. The children seemed to know
that He loved them, and the mothers
saw in His aspect the kindling of a love
akin to their own. It is a striking fact
that we have no record of a woman who
came in contact with Him that did not
trust Him, or of a woman who spoke
an unkind word of Him. There are
three ways of accounting lor this.
While there is no authentic portrait or
statue of Christ, there must have been
something very engaging in His counte
nance, very winning m His manner, very
persuasive in His tones. In His dis
courses, too, He spoke of the things
that people wanted to hear, and
spoke with a simplicity that enabled all
to comprehend. And what He said, He
made clearer by illustrations drawn not
from science or philosophy, but from
their own occupations, and from Nature
the book that all can read. And then
there was a dignity that commanded
their attention and respect. He never
laughed or jested with them on serious
things. Recognizing the sorrows and
burdens of men. and always intent on
relieving them, He did not mock their
needs with frivolity and lightness. O,
how His example rebukes those preach
ers who lend ridiculous associations to
the great subjects of sin and repentance,
death and eternity men who wound
Christ in the house of His friends by
courting a grin where they should seek
a soul who degrade the pulpit to the
level of a variety show, and the ambas
sador of Christ into a clerical mounte
bank, But what puts Christ immeasurably
above all other teachers is His amazing
assumption of authority an authority
embracing all realms, all systems,
all regulations, all creatures. Other
men may claim to be lights and
some may shine as stars, but He is
the Sun, around whom not only all stars
but all systems revolve. There was no
attribute of authority that He did not
appropriate, no need or aspiration'that
He did not propose to satisfy, and satis
fy out of His own resources. Compare
Him with the great Greek triumvirate.
How would it sound for Aristotle to
say"l am the light of the world"?
What would we think if we heard
Socrates saying to his disciples, "I ap
point unto you a kingdom"? How
would it shock us for Plato to say, "I
am the resurrection and the life"! Yet
from Christ these expressions come as
naturally as fragrance from a flower, or
as light falls from a star. We are no
more surprised at them than we would
be to hear the Sun (if it could speak)
claiming to, illuminate our system, or
gravitation claiming to bind together
the worlds. Though he took no pains
to preserve His discourses, He spoke
every word with the consciousness
that it would become a permanent part
of the world's thought, and that His
words would escape the oblivion that
has overtaken all others. Sitting on the
slope of Olivet with the Temple and the
tower of Antonia In. view, with the Ro
man sentinel on the ramparts, in the face
ot these two things, representing that
which was most permanent in architec
ture and in human government, He
prophesies the destruction of the Temple,
and of that great power that like a
Colossus bestrode the world, and lifting
His eyes from these to the enduring
hills, and then to the heavens that
seemed the embodiment ot stability, he
says simply, "Heaven and earth shall
pass away, but my words shall not pass
away. Ana not only nave tney uvea
by being translated into all languages
and incorporated into all literatures,
while the great libraries of the
world are vast sepulchres of thought
dead beyond the hope of resur
rection, as His words were spirit
and life when they were uttered,
so they live in the heart to-day. He
oreached Himself alwavs as the sole ob
ject of faith not a system of Iheology,
but, "I am the way, "Come unto ME;
not a plan of salvation, but a personal
Saviour. And the answer must ever
come from the heart, "Thou, O Christ,
art all I want," or in that other line from
Contract Advertisement taken at proportion
ately low rates.
Ten line solid Nonpareil type make one tquare,
the same hymn, "Hangs my helpless
soul on Thee."
And coming into personal relations
with this Christ, a tie is formed between
ourselves and collective humanity. We
look out through His eyes upon our fel
low men, andfeerour relation to them
and our duty to jthera ift a new light.' .
The horizon expands until it embraces
all .those for whom Christ died. The
desire is born to communicate to others'
what we have received, and re
joicing in the light ourselves we
cannot deny the lamp of life to them.
do not know that Paul felt this
more passionately than the other
Apostles, but he expresses it more en
tirely, when he says, "I am debtor" when
he recognizes that if one died for all, all
were dead andjie with them, and that
henceforth he must live to Him'who
died: when he resolves that "as much as
in me lies" and oh! how much did lie
in him he would pray and warn and
weep, (and there is a theology ,in the
very tears of Paul.) until he had circled
the known world with a zone of light.
In Paul we see the enthusiasm of the
cross. We hear a greal deal now about
the religion of humanity and the en
thusiasm of humanity. Now when I
look around upon this world so full of
sorrow, I would not disparage any
honest effort to mitigate it, even though
it went no farther than the sorrows of
this life. Yet I do say that all right
minded men must feel a recoil at
pretensions which could substitute
for the cross merely human sympathies
and emotions. If the Bible had not
come to their ancestors, their ungrateful
sons would not have even the intelli
gence to attack the Bible that had
rescued their forefathers from barbar
ism. They borrow its principles and
then discredit it. They hold up the
light but would smash the lantern.' I
can only compare their effrontery to
that scene from the great dramatist
where after the hard-won victory, when
the gallant Percy stood leaning on his
sword, an army fop, bedizzened and per
fumed, comes running up and claims a
share in -the victory that had been won
by a ?nan, and a soldier! Their defini
tion of God is "a power not ourselves
that maketh for righteousness." and
they find religion to consist in "sweet
ness and light." When did you hear of
any of these men going as missionaries
to teach men about the "power not our
selves that maketh for righteousness ?
or who of them could say they had been
"in prisons oft" for the sake of the gos
pel of "sweetness and light"?
Men talk much now of "advanced
thought" and the "religion of the fu
ture." Have thev gained anv Dro-
founder insight than Bacon or Newton
oc Calvin or Locke or Howe or Jona
than Edwards? Have Theodore Parker
and R. W. Emerson and Frederic Har
rison or Herbert Spencer advanced ' in
power of thought beyond them? Much
of this advanced thought has advanced
beyond that hjimilitv, which the late
Canon Liddon declares is the founda
tion of all true progress, and takes un
verified hypotheses for demonstrated
fact. I know not what heights and
depths of attainment the thought of the
future may reach, but it will never give
us anything profounder than Christ's
revelation of the Father. I know not
what progress may be made in that
search for the ideal in humanity, of ,
which we hear so mutSiy but I know '
........ .. .uxju. ... v v.A kiailOLbllU LUt lJUU
of Mary. I know not what forms Of
beauty heaven may contain, but I know
that there is nothing lovelier there than
the glorified Jesus..l know not what ten
der pictures the imagination of man may
yet conceive, but I know that there will
never be anything more moving than the
spectacle of the dear, dying Lamb, and
the sad cross in its solitary, unapproach
able glory. I know not what hopes for
the future may be given to comfort sor
rowing, bereaved hearts, but I know
that nothing will surpass in consoling "
power .tnis picture. "I hey are before
the throne of God and serve Him day
and night in His temple, and" the Lamb
which is in the midst of the throne shall
feed them, and shall lead them Junto
living fountains of water, and God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes."
CRIMINAL COURT.
First Day of the May Term-The Grand
Jury Beturn Not a True Bill Against
Kit Huggins for Manslaughter. ;
The May term of the Criminal Codr
for New Hanover County, Judge Meares
presiding, convened yesterday.
The grand jury for the term is as fol
lows: C. G. Southerland, foreman, E.
G. Glavin, W. B. Cooper. G. W. Rogers,
W. H. Strickland, John T. Soli, Joseph
Sternberger, Benj. Farrow, A. B. Ben
son", Z. Jones, A. C. Nelson, Archie
Fryer, Jos. P. Green, E. T. Suden, S.
M. Moody.
The following cases were disposed of:
Josephine Howe and Maria Garrell;
larceny. Nol prossed with leave.
Hardy Miller; assault and battery.
Judgment suspended on payment of
costs.
Wm. Evans, larceny. Nol prossed, with
leave.
The grand jury returned "not a true
bill" for manslaughter, in the case of Kit
Huggins, (colored) the driver of the
omnibus that ran over and killed Liston
Chadwick last Saturday, and Kit was
brthwith nischarged from custody.
Two colored boys os Spicer and
Chas. H. Robinson charged with as
sault and battery on three little white
boys, were also discharged.
Jno. King; larceny. Guilty. Judg
ment, two years in the State peniten
tiary, i
The grand jury found a true bill against
J. R. Hirshberg and W. H. Cox for gam
bling, and Jno. Martin for larceny. i
The Court took a recess at 5.30 p. m.
until 10 a. m. to-day.
The types, in the report of the
Coroner's inquest in Sunday's paper
made W. A. Franch one of the witness
es; it should have been Mr. W. R. French.
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