Vul. XVII1
(ijutonla, M. C„ January 7, 1897.
ffiscrass} No l.
THE HEW TEAR'S PROMISES.
MIGHT BAB PBEAOHE8 A GEHTLE
8EBM0I 01 LOOXIBG BAOBWABU.
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Uw Dnjr •* i
•nMI«a am4 «
tk« intbaun »r
<>•<■•» taalk.
St. Loam BoruMu.
Yon »od I m»y be tlmupliUrei ell
the /ear throtjfh, hut there come* n
fine when. w*ftlo|r for the belle in
lug lit lhr New Year, we ere forced
*4 think. Nut to dream about lb*
eaeure of to-morrow, not to rUmi
,er the delicate feaala, not to remem
ber the faacioatlon of Urn game, of the
beautiful woman, nf the dainty diiiioe,
or i lw Sue wioae; but to free diet In
ward monitor, tha oooreience, and
wonder ei»ut the future. Somewhere,
my friend, there n a Lire Bonk that
Ima, wiitti-n ai«ti tlm Aral pugr, your
name. Tlw preface ti ||* of alllhat la
youra by Imindllj; nf your enrirxin
tui'iiU. and the tcmptatlooi that, be
o*u»e lb- fl-*h l« weak, will omel an re
ly e- in- to you. A pri nter belov than
you put down the iiinii and wrote the
preface, but you liare been tilling tha
lea Tea with your own writing, wwoe
tiro re clear, •ometliue* hlurrnd;
Slurred, perheya, with a wine •tllii.
faded out wlih a tear drop, of made
crimaon by your heart *e hlta'd. And
when liuit bunk i» read, liter* will be
•tiolher bO’k opened, and your fate
will be told In you aa tlm leave! of the
great Judvoeut Ih-.k unfold.
THOconn or tijk oli> r**n.
To-ulght, late an hour to vursel!—
derot* su hour, only sixty minutes, to
thinking of tin year gone by. Judge
you res II by tbe law* written 01. the
Mona tahieu so fanny thousand years
ago, and Hr wbst Uw record wunid he
In yonr me book If It were lead by a
stranger. Xmer mind whether yon
era argiMlntrg With Lb ae taw* In the
•xrder lu wbiok tbay warn written or
o«>t—you know the differ an re between
Tlrtu* sod siw, between right and
wrong, wjthent absolute exactness
Take np the took and look at it. 7ou
are fortunate lay friend. Tour life
book la dalntly bound, lie ornari ere
rich in ailrer gilt and your name la
wrought upon it In gem* ot »r*Mi
pries.
T oor urtgttoor’a book Is or com mun
paper, with a poor binding Rut the
great Judge does not decide oy ap
pearances, serf your neighbor has the
same chance that you hare, although,
indeed, bee a or of the flneoeau of ibe
binding, becaoae of the «u« In which
yonr life baa beau spent, more good
deeds should be written in your book,
a>«ne you' borer needed to steal lor
bread, or to to dtshooaet for tho aake
of a few dolkts. Thus* Uwa are old
fasbtoned—aid that which comes after
—It is not a lew fashion.
Look at Ue first law; hive you had
one God or b*ny T Wat It of more
Importance t> you that you slept easily
tbit you ats rich food, that you
adored beaiitful women, aod. perhaps,
made an Idnlol one « ho seemed to you
a little more loeely than all the rent 1
Or did you tow down tu meaner gods T
Did you bent tbe knee to
TUB COP OP OUlDmEM,
of wraith, of lust, or did yon worship
yourself? Vhal s mean gnd la ■■)(!
Poor, weak,tod utterly onataole r iu
tbs boor of Rouble could you tarn u>
•ay one of ties*, your choocn guds. fur
help ? l'srbips you fleeced to have
for your guts those children ofihs
brain, those^ueer. gtraaga beliefs that
lead you—there ? Then, taruiog
over snothsrieuf, do you have to write
yourself do»o a blasphemer ? Hays
you soiled ymr lips with Jsita against
One w* mo«b gi eater than yourself
that you Oialit scarcely to enroll""
Ills name res willi referential bow ¥
Hoar would rou like to hear these jests
and Uwre wbkrd words corns fruui Uir
III* of the eiild llutt tienra yuur ,mCM ?
How would fuu like to havo them said
by the fiHl n whom you 1"V« b«,t jn
all tbs W«rlt ¥ You UOirh h little un
easily. Yo» mutter something ahum
nones*i.»t; lut It lan’t Doneastite, my
friend; then 1» very much of good
sente in It.
Close yow eyes aod Imagine you
were a boy (gain, and t-m yourself hap
py to your -tinday suit, dressed to gu
to church, aod dinging, like the shy
boy you wev. to the baud of your
mother. Tier you sang hymns aod
raised your rote* .a prstae of God, and
after that y«i ceme home aud enjoyed
tbeday In scold way, bearing, proba
bly terms of (t* Mot 1st of the gre«t aod
good rpeo win hove lived. »| well si nf
one Man wlp Wan a boy Ilka you. In
that be wa» human, and who could
sympathise with yoU beoaute of that
humanity; and yet because bo knew all
of your desjfs and dtaeppoinunenu.
because of Ills divinity. He ooula lead
you to greater ambition and wmsols
you under |resist disappointment*.
Then, when nlf"t dropped Its eariain
and tbs ttais plowed it op, you went
to sleep eas«y, toeaoae you were bsppy
sad you »sm
u*Trr n>tina you w*»* oooi>.
You «pau your eye* and »i»ru* your
ahdokJara id lay; ~Tiinr» ha*r
cbaa**di Iva dIBaraut *•**'> ous*» »
mao." p#»’t you wlah you wer*.
|my agamy H'n* ar« your Sunday*
ip*nt now > you aleep Is** In tlia
|Oora'«i 1*0 awaken wb*« U*
nbureb* «r» laUlag out: paat dtaalna
ttoni kWM JOJ .^ u for
braah^i «a4< ** you would *uy, you
drag tbroujk tW day wf*ho» and
«lpb l« Monday. | woadar haw the
Sunday' *111 aa tboy ar* <W
.rTltwd npou y**r r.lfu D°ok * That
boo* **■■ *a r**d before all lb* world,
and d« you jbln* you wilt bo prood uf
tb* a*«o"»t of •*»•* day* f
T*o» I bar* °°U)e* lhal oooi round
■want «1Ui pro«|*a. iba only one.
How I**! y0a bor orrd U“o*> who**
paw* no bo*rJ Too O'10** four
faitior aa Mo-f»«Mon*dt a* «n»elhln*
id a *•*•• T** tbtp* y«* l**r» douu
pout duty ta y#*e a arbor If you aoud
ner*n ocomtonal piw.ea% bu* tb. m
never comev to you lb* though* of
what you really night do. of what
lory hoped fov; nfhuw they counted on
Vnur being when you wrm a man. not
only the dearly beloved tun, but tba
"lend Win counaelor; the one to
wbom they ooold torn with tbetr aor I
Jews and fl.nl ayapethy; the one to'
^ they oi.uld bring their planawia
»T*D^^^ffrATll*TIC OXLIODT. '
1 do JK»t believe ya\i care to lotk Hi
that old-fa*lil<<iit-<] pioture nf ynqr,
mother that la In an old album iitwnii
some papers that are never disturbed.,
»li«r» y.-u, aq awkward boy, are. Id !
• he picture, leaning B-side Iter. Yon.
had Just gotten ovrr a long llliMM.
and thl* picture of you wni Ukan be-!
cause both fattier and mother (eared ■
that death might claim you for fit'
own. and they loved you to well they
wanted to have you always at least in
a picture. Death hasn't taken y«q:
away from them, but the world has— ■
Hie world wun tie aeMbbucas sad tte
greadliwaa owns you so snllralf1 that
you have forgotten tee mot her who
tvr* you In pain and tbo rather who
loved her becatua* sbe was yuur mother
more than he did wbra she wpa simply
hla wife. You were the tie between
two hiving hearts, and wbat have you
Ui'iwu as an evidence of your gratitude
In them ? My frleud, when that page
of your life la nwd you will oover your
face w)Ui your hand*.
TO HIOB TOOK XUtMB.
Y-'U think alaj.it murder. That, of
course, is counted cot of your life—U
•l ? How many tlpsas ha ye you struck
an luofTeosive animal ? How maqy ,
rluie bare you hurt with hitter wools ?
And whal have you killed In yourself y
x our lanoovDOn. your bops mid your l
laitb. You bam murdered tbe beat of 1
ynjrself; and you stand a murderer aa *
great in the eye* of God e» tbel non |
who killed hie fellow man. Ha dJd It la
■ be quiek spasm of auger. You bam1
killed gradually and slowly the good that i
•a* lb you and you have burled whalyou
killed so deep that I woed-r if, evuo,
now. It cau he resurrected. That I
seventh lew. Whal about the tax* :
you dropped from your hands an hour I
ago * Would you like to ofllsr It to
ibe pretty girl who made bar debut I
this afteruoouf Whal about the pic
ture that yon displayed toe group of .
your fellows? Wbat about the foul
slur? which eaust-d the clubhouse to
iluu with laughter aa y.m told it ?
And them, wbat about the women
wmiae mtiida you bars stained ? You '
pride youraell on never having led aa
lunooani woman lut-> coiumtlUng ab
sulufe evil. But you, and men Ilka
you, mesa her
KTKPM TO WICK KPN Baa VIST KAST.
You |uy hrrtbedoub ful oomplneeul
—you murmur to her the Jaar-sbat'
baa dnubhi meaning, aod juu urge bar
lo oulttvata an eaay inauurr with muu
tbat certainly makvc the draOeul to
the devil very teuoli quicker. How
dues that page look? Taka up an-kber.
Are yuu iunoeeut of stealing ?
Where la lbs tltoa you rhould have
given to tbe poor T How about the
doubtful deal to tbe stock market ?
Wbat do you tkiuk you would have
hmn if your last tuvwtojeol bad felled
and you bad been discovered Tbe
polite world would have called yuu an
e in i-enter—tbs more crude people
would have said you wart a Ullef, but
as Uis van lure was a suoocta aod you
did Dot disturb Uie tnorvy that be
longed to others. you c<,ulJt yonrself
free from blame.
Are you? lo the greet Judgment
Bonk iulent and act are synonymous.
You bava au Idee that you leave gos
siping to women; there U no fees to I dm
koeaip wbo compare with a mao Ilka
you. Yuu say things tbat a woman u
afraid to bint. Of tha young woman
who ta overflowing with happiness,
wbo Cau not keep bar joy to berwir.
nod wbo believes tbat ail mao are goo
lieotsn like her husband end her lath
er, you spank with a shrug tbat means
uiudi and a sneer that tells ell tint ta
In your uwn wicked mtud. Yuu are
always
BGAumq falob aqaikox
UOOU WOMB*.
U ia purl of your inrun, cyn1o.il belief
to d«uy purity to women. It ia part
of your dastardly unfalth to claim
Unit s» m*n la decent. You arc (are
that every kindness aliown lias a hid
den motive. On, how • [neared this
page la I Soiled and emtrthed Butt I
rending it becomes abomlurbie.
Iiidad, I diup the book, I, who am
human, cannot Ury you lay longer with
<h»>e stone tablets as the questioner*.
Brit you will be tried, and that book
will make or mar your future. But
always Uwri> ia given to you a choice
U'«l la mure merciful than mss. He
rvceyou this cbaooe to read your
life-book, to sec. as li' e loo in tig.
the (lory of your llfo unfold, and He
says; "Hspsnt and do better while
there la vet time.'• VFbet ere you go
mg to do? Now tile time has eome
for you to decide. Tfas new Book le
white end clean, aad on It i« written:
•*Tiie Story of i&st »•
A year’s record What wUl It be ?
You are to write it, end It la in y«ur
power Ui Bll it with a history of kind
ores done, of mercies shown, of good
glfu glveo, of an Inoraealng fslth, and
of a sweet and pure life Bow oau
you long for anything sterf How oen
you, orlgnally kind ,>f heart and auung
of bretw. be e»tUfl*d to kill yourwag
for the benefit or the b~btl worlds
For after ell. even the world respects *
geod mao. It may he eyi'ilcal, It may
•*e bitter; It o»«y h«V» vejry litiie faith;
Imt it bub# with tvsnaet before that
mail who %««!* the t£«k of bis Lite a
olear one, e pWan ooe, sod on« fu|l of
faith, hope and parity.
Tlte Hew Veer baa ;
XHl. my ftleed and
•herevar yoo B»J
year will *« __i
M»e ■ r set eat of o« poiOBaUoo*_a iron
knowledge of ooreelepa. Then w* will
S? *ere to make a better pf, p**'
* o« will forglr* far grsaeh|ug to
r™. W>y frlced; I «t«ot iw|p Al
*•« tU tint wlw-ltr umT m.rtVd
“• ••* day of the ymT, It r«ad|
••Bye hath eotoeee Mrwr heard,
nlUter h«v* etitered Into til* baurt of
Mn the tblega which U»d held pr»
ared for vltem thut dive Him.*' And
liuetm-d Idol [ mad remind rotl, be*
•re Uw bell* raiit in mother year,
aid before tint fread book >u opened,
jiftb* wlednin of nwdlng Uie book
oarbed‘•lMU." We have dou« it to
'relber; we lu*ve cla»te-d hand* end
pmmwed e*eli to lielp rde outer, end
I “ *» *>H begin with belief la lion in-1
iltjr, fallb Is God, end * great willing- i
u*« to bold op whoever U wa»k. and
in lift op that one who fej'e uvl give
hl» Miotber cltenor. Then, if we try,
own If we do not neoaed lo It alt. we •
may rtti amend that on tbe black
P<w nf tba Jadamant Book there
wlU not be writun your ntmn. or that
nf your neighbor, or that whlod be
longa to Bab.
A MNIMII niP.
A Washington diepateh says that
Henetnr-elecl Mont; of Mississippi, at
pivaant a rwmbar of the foreign re
latino* oommlttee of tbe house. left
for Culm laat Saturday to Investigate
I be •liuatlon on the Island on hta iim
acc'innt. Qn wet itrtnrd *rlth the
rrcnaaary letteni, iisaaporti. eta., eud
It waa bl« Intention, after lamming all
hn cold |n Havana, to atk for a Span
tali escort to >ake him Into tbe Interior
under a flag of Iron*. Id tba rvrnt
thv flag and rwoort are denied, bn my*
be will proceed on his own raapnnalMI
lly and do the tarn he can Vo get all
tlie Infm matiou possible. A* the ram
eon for hie vltit be e«y» that be can gat
bo "(tloial information from President
Cleveland or Hnorstary Olney, and be
wants to be In a position to vote
lote llgently on tbe several Cuban
resolutions sow pending.
■ •■■a**, aa (Mb )UL
St. tools kwuuio.
It to stated with patriotic gusto that
tor salt of dot tot Major M. Kinky
will war at thr tnaagoi atlea will to
■ ada wholly or Am-ricari material b*
American workman.
An Bsfteni manufacturer is cw
making of wool elippod from the back
of Amarlean sluvp a plron of olotb just
torgu enough for oar Ctrl. The olotlt
will be Sect to Major Mr Kinky's tall
or sad will be ina'tu lnv> a ault in
wnleli all the malrrul will o-xne from
Arnnlcaii alio pa
toe refrain from suggesting that
undur the system of pr.itrotiou f.ir
which McKinley area responsible Ur
rrpieaenl.itlV'- American ault was
made of shoddy; and that hr ought to
asleh to bis material to ha inaugural
‘,’1.l4i'_t.D»ni»jcratic reform has made
it rosathl* vi gat an sail wool Aatrflcan
telt for tlia apostle of protection, al
Uiouglt the price Is still high.
But to* President eUel airould not
•top with mq Atoanonn lull lo taking
stags as the rr preset) tell re of Aioeri
caniso. HU syndicate manager did
not hesitate to appropriate the Ameri
can flag and degrade It to the oars of
politics. Major MoKinley shuold elab
orate the Idee and bars a red whlte
aod blua shirt and odtor. wiihahan
“khe handkerchief to match. The
typical American beadgr*r to the conn
tt A ooon-aklu oap. a pair of
Uncle assn boots and toe greet smd ot
Btets for e watch obersa would com
plete e ooitome which would be omlcn
toted to Ore the American beert with
petrtoUe pride.
When a aUtaemsn starts out to be
Mm typical Amerloan ha ought to go
i*601* ‘TP4®** Major lie
Kl°**y taking tbe uetb of office Id U*
role of Uncle Bern, clothed Id A marl
cao garmacU and drooreted with this
American flag, would old a fitting
climax to tba petrloilsm-and the old
flag oespaigo of the Hanna syndicate
»"d ao appropriate iDlroductton to the
•Miael when tbe syndicate rules tbe
country.
Rahtpaa,, Irmt-i l>UM l»r«ia aata#
. j MsRb
imiwdalpki* Tim®. '* s
A and atof j oonei fro* the Faolflc,
that the laland of Juan Frrnaudek ban
dlupp-amd In tha aea. It wee aBpayial,
captain Uat wV) ha had actually M
lira laland afnk In an Raitliiuakrj cat
flimoMi repeal na am (Iran to manner,
**d "i* treated Ilka • to
|J»( froM Cub* But now enmaa an
American Ulpprr Into bn FraSdledo,
wl‘b n confirmatory report. Ha pro
to hare known Joan Famnodre
•nd to bare expected to are It on Ita
way fro® Auatrnlla, tratba Ballad right
orar where It ought to bare been and
•»*"0 «»«<>» uf It. .
Tbp iaWt of tbla dlMpprecaooa
itcrd not be pointed out to any fiiand —
nod who la not hit friend ?-of It,bin
wMi Groaoa. Kxptorere abd gaugmph
are hare deeerlbwd Juan Fernaodvx and
narked It on urn main, bat ■ It woo
Crooeo who made it known to thu
world, and it to on bla aoonunt only
that It le remembered. If DaFoe bad
a anoeraaor what a ebanee there would
be for a tuppMretary Tuyaga aiA *»
aoeoont of the miraouiooe eaeape frodi
tha anbmargad laland I
Ooa thing la orruin: It will not do
tool wlLh t m4 ooM. No on* caa lull
*hat the md •*(! bk. Enaudionil
CaUrrb, ohroule Wuoebtlle,Tt Ml oon
• owiKtqn, Invariably iX|t
•ban on, ia®vqi<ivia h«w ewelJy bed at
ssatSSncsujTi
wttjt prompt fi4 oovti
but a try,, » er 5» paau i« . tnV
ownpRrtd »itlT the dleaetreaa affeeta
puu«b. I tried ahaoet erorythMig.
vdy. »ad owe 60 rent batik* <* It cured
rfur enle by J.l. Curry
Oo. Dretgleu.
ARP ON CHURCHES.
QUOTES DEO SWIFT 01 A PAS
TOI WITH0U1 A FOLLOWIIO.
■Ill Arw in Atlanta mnaMiiiilnii
Thera U an old English rhjcM which
•«r»
uiMLSjrattrtu
Dmo Swift added two 11m, which
"A <!«*“*• enrwm ■ pastor
Are Ilka a dog stabuui a oaaur.*'
This Qu u* batter lug we ban loat
oara and are now groping sroqod la
■eareb of soother no*. Calling a
praseber la always a perplrxing and
rffibarraaeiag thing to do. Wbat la
Ue beat mode of prooadoro baa long
6fe“ .* r**T4 *MM the
oh are baa. Ttiara are some objrotiooa
to every m-tbod Umt baa been triad.
It la Ilka tba alaotlon of Jodgaa of oar
coartn; olus Liases In mjr reoollaetlon
tbe mode of tbair election ban bwo
ob*and in Oaorpta and now tba praoa
and tba people are bowling far another
obaoge. But tha eiiorahet don’t
cbaDge. Tliay think U bettor to ta
dorn tba otij-otluoa rather than abandim
tlm faltb nod formal* of their father*
The MaUwdieu gal tbair preaobers
from tba bishops end tbe pwipbi have
UM 0 ..Ilea |n Um aateetlou If they are
disappointed they make on complaint,
for thay koow that tba year will soon
paaa nod aobanga wilt aoo* Tba
rotation must go on. Tbare la on
Interregnum. They are tievrr without
a preacher. Tbla plan saves Urn people
soma embarrassment. It Is hard upon
tlm prreealiar*, and esimsislly apon Ibrir
wires and children. H i par nanvnt
ainKje; t»« lioma attacAiaeaut ao vine
and ng tree; no o-lgiibors of Inrtw
atandiug who have imam true and triad
■n elokuee* cial h-alih. By tba time
ibay begin to kiniw them isl t> love
Umo Um y*~r la gone and they maat
separate. Dr. Johns*hi. tbe great
phihmipbor, saidi “I have always
l*«ked apon it aa tbs worn o-nriltluo
■>f mao's diwtlny that persons are ■>
often P*r»i aaeuudsr Just as limy become
happy in euob other’* aainity " M*-lh
odist preacher*' wlv,-. and oinldrvo are -
the gyp-lec **f the eosreh. I bivsel
ways ay*upauilsrd with Uwia.
Another •Mij-r-tioo t*> tba Wraleyan
reatt»*i*l la tbe biah.ip'* lack *if Informe
Iluii as to thnnawlc of tbe different
chiitahaa «ti*l Um qu difloat lout of tba
preachers tn b-arelg ed Of coarse ha
lias to c attail ym rider* and three
h«ve Uwlr favorite*, thalr antlago
mates, their likes nixl dislikes, and tbo
appoint iseutainmeUmw am disappoint,
•oeuta a»d cause heart borntug* that
are smothered, but felt. We sea by
the papers that Rev. Robert To*>mba
Dubose, a grandma of hob Toombs,
was given six llttla seaUsred colintry
churches for tba coming year, and ha
•ays ha cannot take tba burden, fur bis
health la very poor and the winter's
trarel from church m church would
endanger lilt lffa. It looks like some
body • sight to have known tbit before.
8ums 40 years ago a Mr. Grerea write
a sarcastic, uuklad book afeml Um
power of tlm bishops over tbe people,
end plot un-d a great tree wheel revolv
ing horlt intally and the bishops altUng
on It to dIgnited oaaa, wblls tbs wheel
retted on tbs bo wad shoulders of tba
hombla preacher*.
Tbe EptooopeHaaa gat Utalr praaob
ars Irons the bishops, too, but they
don’t rotato. neither do they get far
away from railroads or elvilitstloo.
They era tha moat devoted aeatarlana
°f all ClirlatlAa denote In itlona-de
vntrd to tbair church, Its vaneraMe re
nown, Its rlisol* nod traditions—da
voted to tbair blsfaopalmost to IdoiaUy.
An l-dlffemat preacher 1* all tba
same to them as tha moot eloquent
dlTiiia, for they perform gs gjuoh of
tba ti-rytoe at ha does, and only used
blm (br a leader. If bento read Um
ritual panting well and poet tbe com
reunion ha It alt right with them. It
>• an aOm Irakis fre to re la the ritual at
this oh arch that tba paepla both yuuag
and old taka aa prominent a part tn Um
"yvlca. I asked a eritlosl cynical
frimd one Juoday morning where be
was suing U such a burry. “I’m gnlag
op in my obqrcb to worelilp—G *d not
sa>« be. I road Um other day
ab-ral an old Unharmao who bad Inked
a grsot liking to an Bpisoopai praaebar
who was Ashing In kit imtghborbo id.
and he aodoplau hi* Invitation ta o<iais
sad hear him preaob In a neighboring
church nont^«hb*th He pat on hie
bait oVilh-e oad rode tilt old mare to
Um little ob*pal and took a front saal
and triad to be devout rnr tha Orel
lime lo bis lira. After the w-rviee was
aver ha took tha pmaolf-r by tha bond
and said.- ’'Well, parson, 1 promised
to com*, and t c-nm. I didn’t anAar
■Und m noli of wbat you wan Saying
end doing, bat Iris and sot with you
Um Iwnt I could.” I have alw*rS
thought that there was meat too much
nalog’ an' e-nttn' iu that church, and
mil enough In thn others. Ws look a
IIIUs city boy with 0* to ohurab last
Monday, ft wan Ills ftrst adventure of
that kind, but ho had b>«n going to
S£r»-i~^russL”*M
are siylag tbair prayers,” atm replied-1
Bo ba bytfrd his bead and rape*tad:
-Twlnkla. tvflnkls. Hula star ”
the B »pU*ta hayo 'h* m-m* democrat
ic mrih*«l **f palling a jwegoberTjt |S
pa|l wlwgt they pmaae and every mere
bsr tarn a vote. They keep him aa l-uig
as It Is moiaally agreeably and either
party om dtmolva Um relationship at
pipsatira. U# poogsr, tlnp It always
Tire emh*rr*mu*s..t *u.qt getting rid
>p powfleagtc P**a*brr, Imi thare M
aap way u»al Is ►nerelly-•,
They esq starve him eat. Tbla method
will move him aa vfrataally as smuklaw
s rabbit oat of a Wiew trim.
Tbs Presbyterian Mode of sailing a
fWwcbeg Has mask M wuqqknudit after
gkkapHly dna*\btli (abates with a an
bammoMot la the doUgoflt. Tba
>11 Js strictly dr one ratio far am*
oetabrr hat a v-te. tml altar tba oall
laiaada ai-d the preacher .*d«taed aa
paatnr the praa*.rw> loefca the door
and pula Uw key in Its pwket aa l Sava
now that you bar* got him you mat
kaep Mas Mil I a«y imx It to Ilk* tte
law of murrlaga aort dlmne*. It ta
uaay aoojwh to get married, bat It «md
to he quite a difleuit lit lug to gat aa
married. I mr “U used to he ” It la
hut ’each trouble how, uaithar la It aa
mooh tmubla aa It oed to ha fur a
IKO-chet to gat divorced from hie
Chttrcl. If ha feta Urad h- goes. If
«“»»‘“vlilaf 0*11 be gone. If
,U <,°te «»t agm with hla
health be com. If hi* eatery la not
promptly P-U ba goaa, and I m in a
law paper that o peaneber aaya the
"waou why ha ro-lgaad hit pm«W.
mb lug another la that ho hue
Aulahad hla mirk la that community.
That la what tba paper laid. I m u id
Hta tom that chore j. Everybody
•••"ted. I raakoa, aad aa outaldem ta
bomlatud. gags bo dlda’t aay that.,
Whan a nmytartea paatar haa atada
State mind toatenga htehata tkatwo
ted Just aa wall aabmtt aa j
}y “ far tba pcaabytary
wiu ratify It. No aoegrag-tioa should
try tc kssp aa uowUIIh. dte-ktlsAud J
pustor, aad that doaO. Preachers are ;
jurt hamanud will aaak U» uaitar tludr'
condition Tba haat preachers gat Uw
teat places, and thia Is right. It la Uw
unwritten law of tba Church and of tte I
Mate—tha law of bowucsaa aad enm-1
■area and art and aoolaty. For mlute
ter Ini ulenv thane la always room at
tha lop.
1 waa romlnailoc about thrae (Man
beoN>« w« Have 1«ai our praaatwr and
•ra looking emend for another. Ho
bad a call la a bigger aod Bayba a UT
ter place with a larger salary, aod Its
accwptad before wa hardly ku-w ba
was sailed. Ha hadn't dntabed up
tbla ohureh and he knew It. bat 1 nwb
»u waa afraid that It would fl.leh bln
up If ha ataid. for tba t lores ware »>
bard wa aonMu't pay bla promptly,
tboagb wa did tba brat ww cmld
Prraabara waut Mali salary lu the
beak, a lei It ought to he. t waa pres
ent ones Wlwa a prewn-r waa art) at ad.
After Me aemamiy. wneg the puapls
want up to give hia their bauds aad
their benwlleilm.., one old own said;
"May tlie Lord keep you tunable; wa
will ka»vy.Mj poor." And they did.
Pur 40 year* 1 bare been barking far a ;
country Chorch that paid tbr prrecher
a aeffletenl salary oud paid It pfoaptly.
Paying tba preacher la tba ouaolv d
problem end lie' been (rear since
Mere were preachers. Daoreaia and
Onwards oaglit Ui gel la lira rex, fuy
Mry have a bard Has beta. Gobi,
•aitb tails as of lire village preacher:
‘do grret and *n-td a men o> Jonathan
Edwards after 34 years of felUifnl eer
Tioe at tforthaiaptOB was voted out nf .
bit palpit. end Ilka an old lx Tea turned '
oot to r>«* aod die. Wo Sod a good
deal of fault with Dm praentrers sad
sometime* with tbeir wire* end ebil
dreu, but after *11 they areas a dam
tbo beat people wa have got and aet pa
tbs bat exam plea. How aaoa woaMi
we low our morality wiMont Urea.
They have their llkre aad dtalllu*, aad ,
perh^a their feTorltea lu Mo atiorab,
aad so do we. la tbn nld tiaes they
Pfsaobed for Miallar aeUrlee. The
•■buy wse a secondary «na*nl*nuino.
hat now it to tba Brat. Over M yean i
agu I waul to school loan Irishmen
who suddenly took e uutloh Mat ha !
would cult teach lag and go to preach-,
iug. Ha Bodied a year aad the* ap-1
Pl&d to tba praabvta^atUuluaboa forj
examination mod lloeaae. Tba ooa
miltaa reported favorably and ha vu
•boot to PM* aneoetifaHy, when oM
Dr. Gonldtnc. tbe moderator, leaned
forward nod add: “1 will aak Uia oan
dtdaia n aiaaU question. Brother
Ur«»t do ywo fool ’in your heart that
tbe load baa called yon to preach the
Gcapol to u»a people f” •‘Yea." eM
aakf be, “If they pay at for tt.” Ho
wm not licensed. q* anaQhod too
Book Importanoo to Um pay.
fhera are bqt few loupaoctluimd
teutonics la Uiaoo later yean. Aa
no o (tenober gate a reputation bo
u onlled to a wealthier ohuroh. and ha
*<>•*• U le easy for blm to are that the
way la elver aad h. la the Lord* will
WIhmi tbe (alary II increavod Tbo paw
Ideate In Koaland and Germany era
life loaf and there ta no ohanoe tor
tba»>llega gradaaiaa aave to wait for
their death or .uperaHwaUimi ar fwr
eww obarehee to i» eataMisbed.
The Presbyterian mod# of eaHl> ( a
teutor baa axdxvd rnlaanr nsac*
For a Willie the Vacated cl.creh la all at
aaa, hot ity and by the amdioaiiana tea.
Bln b> eumu lu arid oafarauoea are given
A eorreapoDdrnoe I* had and Inquiries
are nado aa to the appikuiiVa eitsrae
ler ■» • man ai«d n prvnober and a
worker. nod a* to hla Wife nod elitldran.
U It W praettoable hr la Invited to
ooma and pra*eb a trial sermon and
mlaglator a day or tww alth the peo
ple. Tide la a bard eaparlenO* on any
aanaUlya Christian man. f.w be raaliai
that ha t« on trial aiMIhat the Jury la
composed of perhaps 100 aaan ami
woman to whom ha la a at raDear aad
who knew i>othln« of i.la Inner life, bla
waulUxia, bla itrugalra and mla
fonuoaa. The altaallan In egalett
klB. ftw penpla wjy aatera^y ^
Why baton not Itoy Where be toIflka
1‘tV rtifta-wtof a man. tf.vte he
doaa not wear well awl hla paopta am
tired of him Aad ao ha la a anapvot.
T>» teat ef a praaabar from a atnala
you,a<»d •day’* orB-'alatanae Sa
my antolr trial twill t* pr«Mh*r and
Pfl* 0 't wSeteUv aaa U* downf
moll not OnfreqeatiUy ta i hat mm
ar both am disappointed aad awulw-r
rturl» WHntedLTba abarab U split
ft Thera art majorities *i»4 mto-ww
3" ^telly Ibo wFdprlptiona fall
off and the prmmbvf baa'toga or
ftarva. Haney la tba atuew* of church
pyarlty aa wuM aa of wur. The km*
af Boaay la the rant ,4 all -vll and Um
l«* of * la nearly a. bed. It will abi)|
»y(ritual tiff af any
„ TN*W* mamt PMit tat T»r
tar* | >«
WiwtwwtUw MiaUwIlf mo
?£s2r •"■•■■nu ywr
1MBT W-would make op tha Hit la
Uiifl «r»y:
1. t« )»tan itlaail lalitlo—; (a)
TM n^»ti*W-a of a tramp aititrattoa
famwcrn Grant BHtlaa and tbe Unltad
Btaira. (It) Tbo --»,) nTn«f^ir1l
of tha Mourn* doatiiaa ia tba baaad
«7 dlipnta betwree Grant BrUalu and
YaaasoaSa. flew MMrtid by Mr. On»
°» *£ XT. XflflOwt earriad
Mt doitM tty paw jraar.
8 ft4”®!?"* floWUea. Ittaludlap aB
MMirta;: Tbadafmt of Bryan aM
Ua platform.
* TV‘ f<Ua
srs'&sjr p~*~
jj^ViSySiJ^S £t
ss^WffiwcsS5
~”5TW«l»‘'» li—chuTtttt.
Daaaba. «ahlo«tkat rltar oatigaWo
to oataiaama frata tbe Black 8aa to tha
Batalina fmntlar.
a. (a >li«un diipanaetloot: («)
Tta 5T**' «•* *•" m J«aoo, m
Jane ID, *hloh daMroyed 97.000 booan
Jiwm andid-raet.t*d 70 aillea at eoaat
>*■*• (6) TV tnuaptiag ta death X
1.000 paraoae on Iba Kbndyaaky Plata
•laruia tin- aaroaatlna fetal at Moeeov
’SJfAJt^SSWJS:
tie. «ai Jana 17. -trewnlw t74 pmooe.
7. In .aapl>fratl.M and 4ieo aery:
N»aJour -et near tint Ian ta a
pant only tt& milea diataat from tba
In t£> relicinua world tneta baa baaa
not tuna; In paiatlug and aaalptara
noUtiaa; In auaic and tba drama aotb
1o* tbat •» naertape other noblaao
»*•»• aataaMkotbo pradtoitoaMfb
tbat It will bo mmambarod down tbo
J ?*.!?*“'* «Waadlbe tragi*
doing* of Tarbay la *—~r1i aid oC
Hpal.. to Cuba may olalee at laaet »
footoou oa <ha paaa wblab hlatoty de
autaa ta Uw yaar 1800.
A wi"d of aaatlan nay ba appro
priate ** to oar aatlouta af tba pap.
anutent rank of Hr. Kipling* poana.
It would be anaafe ta brapaat ror tbaae
Nil -railed plaoa In tbo wbata
bndy of Boglleb Utaraiaia. Wa taal
nf ihea aiwpiy tbat Uwy dtaptay awn
ehwmnKt baa* than aay otbar book
pndjiw^ daring tbo yoar la tba £ng
{Mbkagaagi. in Froudb. UUrnu or
in Italian.
Then will probably bo no AlapoU
•boat tlw two tmatte* negotiated and
»»*ltln« abraatura aa tba Matt
• f Mr CUaaland’a Vanesaatea an
•M* end Hr. Otnea* argaaeatn. Ha
future bletorlaa will ba likely to over
look then.
h i i mT-Ul***""
lu the vary taprobabta event of war
with SjMin tba cardan of tbaoaoliat
w..uM necessarily Ml oa ou naval
force. 8a much ridlaale baa beta
heaped an oar ahlpa by our own paopto
that many of them aow actually bellow
we an an lafrrlnr naval pnwor, and,
therefore, that 8p«la would giw os o
r*Od Ogiit.
„ Aa o matter of fact, tha United
**»«•• «®w raaka fourth ia tba
world. Ingtond. Franoa nod (tor
■any. In tba avdar named. NO deal
•>f at ia tba aambar of ariaond and
aonroanred ahlp* of tea Terlooa kinds
aad nl—av. and Italy crowd* ua alnaely
far fourth place. Spain la seventh to
rank. But when wa oonaldvr that cor
*?S!L?,to*ltobtotoi to »•«. »■ uw
Mrloteat aaoaoaf tba term, and that
vba ataUKinv on which cbo oosoortaow
tt bad worn enlisted two yean ago,
the vnat Improve (Boat* and addition#
mada nur navy Is that tlOM would
priSmbly show. If all tha foata wan at
hand fur furUMw cmparlsoa, that wa
am very near to tha top of tha Hat of
naval onwen In point of *q01 parent
*"d uvaiUuiv flaUlag strength.
Spate baa only 11 srmorvd ahlpa, tt
ucarmnred. use armored gunboat. 99
•"’'toxtU, two dispatch
vaowla. to torpedo boots of tba Ant
oan sew in l aloes, and a total aambor
nf guna nt aB gradst of MM Tba
SpooW. ban, .11 told, no], KIM me.
on their active Uat, and a population
tojpaWeof bearing arms nf only 4.900.
0». Of Oils number. 900 000 A the
beat have aimed, lieoa war. in Cuba
aad aoout 80.000 to tba far- dl Philip.
Ptea I elands, when aa hunm oi loa
Wblob proaiiaea to bo aa stobtyw* oa
Ump l» tba Weal lotto* to to ov'crsma.
Onr uarr la *•>« headed by fiof the
•a-wt uerlen aid highly wmatneted
tmtfleohira. only two of which, the
“•to? ‘to* TVaaa. an of lent than
lOOOOteoidlaplaonassitt. We haw 9#
armored resorts aad 91 unarm-med. tin
•pwd nfnneo -* whlehlaUu* tt
J •"•* iv ■#«•«•“ te tW wa ban
M tenet ariatton Uwt
to* atomt aig koote aa hour, a anad
«M>a sou ugh for babor dvtoaaa pur
Or inrpadu beau, hallt gad hnlldtog.
MiHidil 9V_T>o*o »r» of tba
Wow the ipenlah JUvy oa" OfthOMa
la aa b-mr should tea opeortaolty
preaeni liaslf.
tVa we ban nearly 10.000.990 ami
riouWA **“ “*M“"***"** dpatoto
«n. H •• •"». wa ham tha ahlpa, ww
b*w the mva, aad wa baw tha ami
too.
!
an i>u baton theca. tab Ik m t«
aosataatow that Matm.
of Stataa earned ay Bm to tt
*•« u>* eunbar aantaT taTSxtof
t^81.
Ruler aod Bfj^a^T^ba^toSStorMto
otaaj ei*cu>r*l rate laaeob otttn.
Tta Mr-Ktolay f* •
naatteat. PMtwaca,
iMto. hUlee,"
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Ito Bqraa
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Idaho, Ki
H»rth OarotToa, douth CtoraSaTSaS
s.“s2!a ■ijSSf
assar'a
tJunattiea ot KeataokywOl oaSZ.
£•ataatfia af that Buu UtoMh
ThlanafraaaUta takta* (ntom
*«*£• fraaa tha UaKlaler Mima
“r»“ «»••»» Tl afcetonl ntoto
Hnd at «7, aaao riratilaalL JUL-l
hor m»* panlaaa ■trrtHn.ii i
J.Oaiifonitom h%am ataatoea*
11.47ft totaa km tin tk ImmSjl!!
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