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REV. DR. TALMAGE'S SUNDAY MORN
ING DISCOURSE.
Tim Mnt1ii'itiiillr of llio Holy Sri Iptiirxt.
Tlio I'l;unt Seven ('minted Aliovo All
Ollicrx An lni'il:il mid Mill 1 1 tit -nt
Numeral.
Hiioor't.YN, Oft. SI. This morning nt tho
TalK'rnni'lo, tlm Itev. T. Do Witt Tuliiingc,
D. D., (nvi u riinuin? commentary on th
twentieth i'lmiti'r of Revelation", cuiicvrnlng
tho chaining of the old dragon. Tlio con
Ktvrjntlon Joined In nliiKin tho familiar
1 15-111:1 of Paul Uoili.irt, Ivgliiiilii.;:
(live to tlio winds thy fears,
ItoM nml In) iiiiillsiinyod.
Dr. Tuliimco'ri sermon wn on "Hoven In
tho Itlhle,' nml his text Genesis II, W: "(1ml
IiIosmmI tho seventh il:iy." Tho piwiehcr reildi
Tho mathematics of tlio lllhlo is noticeable!
tho geometry mill tho arithmetics tho wnimn
in livl.lcl: the circle kmI;oii of in Isniuh: tho
curve alluded to In Job: tho rulo of fructlont
mentioned In D.inlol: tho mlo of loss nml
gnin In Murk whero Christ ns!;s tho veolo to
cipher out by that rulo what It would "profit
a man if he gain tho wholo world nml 1 0-0
lila soul." Hut thcro in 0110 mathematical
figure that Is crowned nltovu nil others
in thu Ililile; it is tho mimvrat seven,
which tho Arabians got from India mid nil
following ages luivo tukon from tho Arabians,
It stands U'tweon tho figure hIx nml the llg
tiro eight. In tho Dlblo, nil tho other nuiner
nls bow to it. Overthreo hundred tlinoi h
it mentioned in tho Scriptures, either nlotio
or comouiiilcd with other words. In Helio
sis tho week is rounded Into kovcii tlnyM, and
I uso my text because thcro thin iiumernl is
for tho llrst Introduced In a Journey which
halts not until In tho close of tho Hook of
Kovclntlou.t ItH monument is built into tlio
wnll of heaven in erysollto which in tho
strata of precious stones U tho seventh. In
tlio Itible wo find that Jncob had to servo
iwven yen tii to get Ilnchcl, but slio was
well worth it; and foretelling tho years
of prosrlty nnd fauiino in I'liariioh'n
time tho seven fat oxen were eat
en up of tho seven lean oxen: and
wisdom is ild to bo built 011 soven pillars;
and thenrk was left with tho Philistines seven
years; nnd Nnainan for tho euro of his lep
rosy plunged In tho Jordan hovuii times; tlm
dead child, when Hlishn broathed Into ltd
mouth, signaled Its nrrival liaek into con
sciousness by snoozing seven times; to ths
house that Kzeklel saw In vision thcro wero
flovun 8tps; tho walls of Jericho before they
foil down wero compassed seven days;
Zachnriah describes .1 ntono with seven oyes;
to cleanse n leprous house tho door must l
Hprinklcil with pigeons blood seven times; 111
Canaan wero overthrown seven nations; on
one occasion Christ cast out seven devils; on
on n mountain lie fed 11 muttitudo of eoplo
with seven loaves, tho fragments left lllllng
seven baskets; nml tho closing passages of tho
lUblo are tuagnitlcent and overwhelming
with the imagery made npof soven eliiirches,
fcoven stars, seven candlesticks, seven Reals,
seven angels, and seven heads, nnd seven
crowns, and sox'cn horns, nml seven f plrits,
and seven vlnls, uud soven plagues, and seven
thunders.
Yea, this numerical soven seems n fuvorlto
with tlio divino mind outsido ns well asinsido
tho Illblo, for nro there not soven prismatlo
colors? And when God with tho rainbow
wroto the comforting thought that tho world
would never havo another delugo, ho wroto
It 011 tho scroll of tho sky in ink of soven
colors. Ho grouped into tho l'leindos seven
stars. Home, tho capital of tho world, sat
on seven hills. When God would mnko tho
most intelligent tiling on earth, tho human
countenance, ho fashions it w.th soven fea
tures tho two ears, tho two eyes, tho two
nostrils and tho mouth. Yon, our body lasts
only soven years, ami wo gradually shed it
for another lody after another seven years,
and so on, for wo nro, as to our IkhIIcs, sep
tennial animal'. Bo tlio immoral soven
ranges through nature nnd through revolu
tion. It is tho number of perfection, and so
I uso it while I scaU of tho soven caudlo
sticks, tho seven stars, tho seven seals and
tho seven thunders.
Tho soven goldon candlesticks wero and aro
tho churches. Murk you, tho churches never
were, and never can lie, candles. They nro
only candlesticks. Tlioy aro not tho light,
but they nro to hold the light. A room in
tho night might havo in it llvo hundred can
dlestick, and yet you could not seo your hand
lieforo jour face. Tho only ttsoof acnndle
tiel;, nnd tlio only usj of a church, is to hold
up t!ie light. You seo it is a dark world, tho
night of sin, tho night of trouble, tho night
of superstition, tho night of persecution, tho
nhjlit of poverty, tho night of sickness, tho
night of death; nye, nbout llfty nights havo
Interlock! 1 their shadows. Tho wholo race
goes stumbling over prostrated hojHwnnd
fallen fortunes, and empty Hour barrels, and
desolated cradles, and death bods. Oh, how
much wo have uso for all tho soven candle
sticks, with lights blazln;; from tho top of
eaclioneof them! Light of pardon forulUiut
Light of comlort for all trouble! Light of en
couragement for nil despondency I Light of
eternal rielioi for nil poverty I Light of rrscuo
for all persecution! Light of reunion f.ir all
tho bereft! Li;;htof heaven for all tho dying!
And that light U Christ who is tho Light that
shall yet irradiate tho homisphens. lint
mark you, whoa I say churches nro not.
candles but candlesticks, I cast no slur on
uaudlosticks. I Iwllovo in beautiful can
dlesticks, Tlio candlesticks that God or
dered 1'ji tho nnelont taboimelo wero some
thing exquisite. They wero a dream of beauty
carved out of loveliness. They wero mado of
hammered gold, stood in a foot of gold and
Lad six brunches, of gold blooming all along
in six lilies of gold each, nnd llpsof gold from
which tho candles lifted their holy lire. And
tho boit houses in any city ought to Ik tho
churches tho best built, tho best von
tilated, tho lMt swept, tho liest win
dowed nnd tho liest ehandellorcd. Log
cabins may do in neighborhood i where most
of tlio peoplo livo In log cabins; but let thcro
bo palatial churches for rogions whero many
of tho peopk live in palaces. Do not havo u
better plaeo for yourself than for your Lord
and King, Do not livo in a parlor and put
vour Christ in a kitchen. Theso seven can
dlesticks of which I spoak wero not undo out
of IK'vvter or iron; tluy wero golden candle
sticks, and gold i not only a valuable but a
bright metal. Huvo everything nlut your
church brijlit yjur ushers with smiling
face?, your music jubilant, your hand-shaking
cordial, your entire scrvico attractive. Many
woplo feel that in church they must look
dull in order t lo reverential, and many
whoso facei in other kinds of nssemblugo
show all tlio diHoreut phase of emotion,
liavo in church no moro expression than tho
back wheel of a hearse. llrlghton
up and bo responsive. It you feel
liko weeping, weep. If you feel liko
smiling, biuila. If you feel indignant
at sumo wrong n&salled from the pulpit,
frown. Do not Icavo your naturalness and
resiliency homo liecauso it is Kuudny morn
ing. If, s olllcers of a church, you meet
people at tlio church door with a black look,
and have tho iiiuslo blnuk, and tho minister
in black preach a black sermon, and from In
vocation to b.'iiedictlou have tho Impression
! i' V. f uv will como, and thoso who do como
i. ill n uli they bad not romo at all.
Golden candlesticks! Heour up the six
lilies mi each branch, and know Hint tlio
more lovely and bright they are, tlio more, tit
Ihey nre to hold tho light. Hut n Christies
church Is n il.iiungo to tlio world rather
llinu 11 good. Cromwell stabled his '-ivnlry
horses in St. l'aul's cnthnlrul, nnd tunny
now use tho church ns a place lu which to
"table their vnultles nnd worldline.". A
worldly church Is-n candlestick without the
aiiillc.niid it lind Its prototype In St. .Sophia,
in Constantinople, built to tlio glory of God
by Constantino, but transformed to Imso uses
by Mohammed tlio Second, lluilt out of col
ins! maible; a cupola with twenty-four
windows Muring to tho height of ISO feet;
thois'lliug 0:10 great bewilderment of inosnle;
jnllcriessupiKirted by eight columns of or
phyry nnd sixty soven columns of green
isvr; nine bronze doors with a!to rllivo
work fascinating to the eye of nny artist;
vases nnd vestment incnisted witli nil man
ner of precious stones; Knur walls on llro
with liidseribable siileudor. Though labor
! was cheap, the bui'dlug cost one million llvo
hundred thousand dollars. Lisleslastieal
j itrueturo almost suH'rnatural in tomp
sml majesty. Hut Moliaiiimedauis'ti torn
1 lowu fiMin the walls of tint building nil
tho saintly ami Christly images, nnd
'high up in the douio the llgure of tlio cross
was rublssl out that t lie crescent of tlio bar
barous Turk might bo substituted. A great
;hurcli, but no Christ! A gorgeous candle
Hick, but no candle! Ten thousand such
hurrhes wou'il not glvo tho world as much
light as otio homo mi'd.) tallow candle by
which last night soma grandmother in tho
' .'Ighties put on her glasses and rend tho
psalms of David in largo typo. I'p with tho
1 sburches by all incaiiHl Hundreds of them,
thousands of them, and tlio more tho letter.
1 Hut let. each one bo 11 blaze of heavenly light
making tlio world brighter and brighter till
the last shadow has lisapicnrad, and tho last
at tho suffering children of God shall havo
reached tho land whero they havo no need of
1 candlestick or "of candle, neither light of
I tho sun, for tho 1inl God givctli them
1 light nnd they shall reign forever
and over." Seven candlestick, tho coin
pleto uumlicr of lights! "Let your light
so shlno lieforo men that they seeing your
good works may glorify your l'ather which
Is in heaven."
TIIK SKVUtf HTAUS.
Turn now In yout Hiblo to tho seven stars.
Wo aro distinctly told that they nro tho nnu
liters of religion, Homo of them nro largo
stars, some of them small stars, some of them
sweep a wide circuit and some of them a
small circuit, but so far 11s they nro genuine
they get their light from the great central
ami around whom they make revolution.
Let each ono keep in his own sphere. Tho
solar system would Ihi soon wrecked if tho
stars Instead of keeping their own orbit should
go to bunting down other stms. Minis
ters of religion should never clash. Hut in
all tho centuries of tlio Christian church
some of these stirs havo loon hunting an I'd
ward Irving or a Horace Uushnell or an Al
bert Harnes; nml tho stars that wero in pur
suit of the other :.tars lost theirown orbit and
some of them cou'd never again Unci It. Alas
for tho heresy hunters! Tho liest way t de
stroy error is to preach tho truth. Tlio best
way to scatter darkness is to strike alight.
Thcro is In immensity room enough for all
tho star1, and in tho church room enough for
nil tho ministers. 1 no ministers who give up
righteousness nml tho truth will get punish
ment enough anyhow, for tliey am "tho won
dering stars fir whom is reserved tho black
ness of darkness forever." Hut I should like in
n minister when I am dying to lioablo truth
fully to say what a captain of tho Kugliih
army, fallen at tho head of bis oolumunud
dying on the Egyptian battlefield, said to
Gen. Wo'.esley who camo to condole with
111 111 : "I Imvolcd them straight; did'ut I lend
them straight, General" God has put us
ministers ns captains lu this battlciield
of truth ngalnst error. Great at last
will Iw our chagrin if wo fall load
ing tlio peoplo tho wrong way; but great
will bo our gladness if, when tho battle is
o'ver, wo can hand our sword back to our
groat Commander, saying. "Lord Jcsusl Wo
led tho eopIo straight; didn't wo lead them
stralghtf Those minister who go olf atu
tangent and preach somu other gos-nd nro
not stars but comets, nml they flush across
thohenvens n little while nnd mnko jieoplo
stare, and throw down a few meteoric stones,
and then go out of sight if not out of exist
ence. Oh, brethren in tho ministry, let us
rememlwr that God calls us stars, and our
business is to shino and to keep our own
sphere, and then when wo get dono trying to
light up the darkness of this world, wo will
wheel into higher spheres, and in us shall lx
fulfilled tho proml 0 "they that turn ninny
to righteousness shall shlno as tho stars for
over and over." Ah! tho ministers nro not
all rccksnilfs uud canting hypocrites, us
some would havo you think! Korglvo me, If
having iu your preseneo at other times gio-
rilled tho medical profession, and tlio
legal profession, uud tho literary profession
I glorify my own. I havo sisju them iu their
homes uud heard them lu their pulpits, and
n grander array of men never breathed, and
tho Uiblo llguro is not strained when it culls
them stars; uud wholo constellations of glo
rious ministers havo already taken their
places on high, whero thoy shino oven
brighter than they shono on earth; Kdwurd
N. Kirk, 01 tho Congregational church;
Stephen II. Tyng, of tho Episcopal church;
Matthew Simpson, of tho Methodist church;
John Dowling, of tho llaptist church; Sam
uel 1C. Tnlinugo, of tho PrusbyU;rinn church;
Dr. Do Witt, of tho Reformed church; John
Chambers, of tho Indejiendent church, and
there I stop, for it so litipiens that I havo
mentioned tlio soven stars of
churches.
tho boven
. I pass on to another mighty Hiblo seven,
uud thoy aro tho seven seals. St. John iu
vision saw a scroll with seven seals, and ho
heard an nngel cry: "Who is worthy tolooso
tho seals thereof f Tuko eight or ten sbeetu
of foohcap pajier, iwto tlicm togetlwr nml
lull lUL'IU llliuii M'ruii, nnu iiau uiu ftuuii ub
tm vcu UilTurent plucca bvim with K'aling
;ax. Yoti unroll tho noruU till you fouio to
ono of thoM) umU, ami then on can go no fur
ther until you limit: that bonl; then unroll
again until you -romo to another heal nml you
cau no further until ou break that senl;
men you go on mini nil uio njvuii kwiw mo
. ... .11 II .1 I
lirOKUII, HIUI WW UVJIU'IIIH Ul IIIU IIUIIU EV.1UU I
is ivvi-alwl. Now, that wroll itli soven
ixmiIh liclil liy tlio unjjel was tlio iirojihooy
(if what mis to como on tlio eartli;
it nu-uiit Unit tlio laiouledgo of tho flit tiro
was uuh.Uoil, nml no man anil no nnsol wiw
worthy to open it; but tlio Hiblo sayn Christ
opoULHl it and broUu all tho hoveu n'lils. Ho
broke tho fliM wal mul unrolled tho teroll,
mid there wus a iKiiiitlni; of n uhito liorw,
nml that meant roiority and triuuipti for
tho llomau I'liipire, mid mi it really i-uiiiu to
pass that for ninety j em's vlrtuoun emieroM
sueeeeded eneh other, Nerva, Trajan and An
tininus. fhrist iu tho vUion brol:o tlio
seeoud seal and unrolled again and there woa
a ixiiutiiii-; of a red horse, mid that meant
bloodshed, and to it really camo to jxiks,
mid tlio ir.it ninety years wero red with
assasluatioiw mid nurs. Then Christ
hrcLo luo third bcal nnd unrolled it
mid there was u paiutiug of i liliiek liorte,
whleli iu all literature means famine, opjires
lion and taxation; and to it really came to
pass Christ went on until ho broke all tho
M".on seals nnd opened nil the si'ii-ll. Well,
the flit mi' of nil of lis la a Fcaled n-roll, uud I
ntn glad that iiii one but Christ cm ihmi IU
Do tmt let us Join that class of Clititians In
our day who nro trjing to hiv.il; the n'vcu
seals of the future. Tliey niv trjing to (ns'p
into things ihey lime no business with. They
try to foretell what Is going to come to
them ntxtjw lint is going to como on the ea.'th.
They know nothing about It. Christ is tho
only one who can break the seal ol the future.
Iliblo prophecy was not written to help ns to
tell things in tho flit hit, but to
have us, when tho things ac
tually do como to pass, comparo them with
prophecy and so learn Gixl's forcknnwlittgo
and tlio Inspiration of tlio Scriptures. Hut
you go Into tho study of tho prophecies iu
ord'r to Unit out what is going tohaps'ii 11
year from now, or twenty jenrs from now,
or one thousand years from now, and 1 will
make 11 prophecy of my own, and that is llmt
you will havo your brain uddlol, if you do
not ssitively get Into a public or private in
sntto asylum, whero tils' greatest of cxhuiiI
ers mid preachers of prophecy ended his Hie n
few years since, nnd wlieivyoiimny rcgnlelho
vlsllorsof tlio Institution by incoherent mum
blings over something from Daniel or Revela
tions about tlio leopard which means Giveee,
ami Hie Is'iir which means Mcdo-1'ci'Mii,
nnd (he Inagu with the grmttocs, What a
meiit.il wreck did the crsistcnt attempt to
foH'stull events make of that miracle of
preachers, I'Mward Irving, of Unidon. U
would take several mad houses to hold the
demented ictims of the improper 11-0 of the
prophecies of Daniel nml Revelation. What t
am not those books to Ihi sludlisll Yes. No
part of tho Hiblo is more ininrtuut. Neither
is them any moro iuiortiiiit shelf in that
apothecary's store than tho shelf 011 which
nro the Is'lladoniia nml the morphine, but x
moro careful iu using them than in the use of
IH'pperinent nnd ginger. Keep your hands oir
of the seven seals. Christ will break tlicm soon
enough. Don't go to some necromancer or
spiritualist, or soothsayer, or fortune teller
to llnd out what is going to hnp;en to your
self, or your family, or your friends. Walt
till Christ breaks the seal to Hud out whether
iu your own crsonul life or I ho life of tho
nation or tho life of the world it is going to
lie tho white horvoof prosority or tho rod
hoiviof war or the black lurso of fauiino.
You will soon enough sisi him paw nml hear
him neigh. Take cam of tho present and tlio
future will take enm of itself. If a man llvo
seventy ycnr. his biography is iu a scroll
having at least seven souls; uud lot him not
during tho llrst ton ysars of his life try to
look into tho twenties, nor the twenties Into
thu thirties, nor the thirties into tho forties,
nor tho forties Into thu tlftles, nor tiio llftics
into the sixties, nor tho sixties into tlio sev
enties. From tho way tho yours huvo
got tho habit of racing along, I guess
you will not have to wait n great
whllo lieforo nil tho seals of tho future
nro broken. I would not give two cents to
know long I urn going to llvo, or in what duy
of what yenr tho world is going to 1h demol
ished. I would rather give a thousand dol
lars not to know. Suppose some ono could
break the next seal in tlio scroll of your jier
sonnl history, and should tell you that on tlio
lth of July, lbill), you we.-o to die, tlio miiii
mernfter tlio next; how much would you Ihi
good for liotwts'n this iiiid that It would
from now until then lo a prolonged funeral.
You would bo counting the months and tho
days, uud your family and friends would 1st
counting them; ami next -lth of July you
would rub your hands together and wlilue
"Ono year from today 1 am logo. Dear mul
I wish 110 0110 had told 1110 so long lieforo. I
wish that necromancer had not broken
tho seal of the future." And meet
ing somo undertaker you would sny:
"I hope you will keep yourself froo for
nil engagement tho -lth of July, lb'.K). That
day you will Ik heeded ut my house. Tosavo
timo you might ns well tako my measure
now, llvo feet eleven inches." I am gluil that
Christ dropKsl a thick veil over tlio hour of
our demise uud tho hour of tho world's de
struction when ho said: "Of that day nnd
hour know ct h no iiiuu; 110, not the angels,
but my Father only." Keep your hands oir
tho seven seals.
TIIK SJKVKN TIIL'.VIIKHH.
There Is another mighty soven of tho Hiblo,
viz., tlio soven thunders. What those thun
ders meant wo nro not told, and thcro has
lioen much guessing about them; hut they
aro to como, wo nro told, lsjforo thu end of
nil things, and tho world cannot get along
without them. Thunder is tho sxs-eh of
lightning. Them nro evils in our world
which must bo thundered duwn, uud which
will rl'ipilro at least seven volleys to prostrate
them. Wo are ull doing liltv, delicate, soft
handed work iu churches and reformatory
institutions ngniust tho evils of tlio world,
uud much of it amounts ton teaspoon dip
ping out the Atlantic ocean, or a clam
shell digging away at a mountain or a
tack hammer sniltiir: tho Gibraltar.
What is needed is thunderbolts, und nt
least seven of them. There Is tho
long lino of fraudulent commercial cstnl
lishmcnts; every btono iu tho foundation, and
ovcry brick lu tho wall, and ovcry nail iu tlio
rafter mado out of dishonesty; skeletons of
Ioorly paid sowing girls' arms In every !xnm
of that establishment; human uorves workisl
Into every llguro of that embroidery; blood
iu tlio deep dye of that proffered upholstery;
billions of dollars of accumulated fraud en
trenched in massivo storehouses uud stock
companies manipulated by unscrupulous
men until tho monopoly is dcll.iut of nil
earth nnd nil heaven. How shall tho uvll bo
overcome lty treatises 011 tlio maxim, Hon
esty is tho best policy Or by soft resjtitiou
of tho golden mlo that wo must "do to others
as wo would huvo them do to usf No, it
wilt not. lti. ilotii, tlinL vvtiv Wlcit. f.t nceileil.
nml what will come, is tlio seven thunders.
1 hem Is drunkenness backed up by a cupitul
mightier than in any other business. Intox
icating liquors enough iu tins country to
lloatanavy. Good grain to tho amount of
(!7,t'0,U00 bushels annually destroyed to
mnko tho deadly liquid. Hrcwcrics, distil
I K,ried( KIIl bhopS( ,, iniacv- i1(,llor tVxoeU
tions, our nation bjiomlii)); annually tuvcu
luuulivd unit forty millions of ilullnra for
rum, rvbultitii; in bankrujitfy, ili.scnsi, jmu
K3riin, filth, usbutsslimtloiiiili-alli, llliinitalilo
woo. Wliat will btop tliouif High !iconW
No. rrohibition laws No. L'luiivliusf No.
Moral tu.'lonl No. Tlitimk'rlolts will do
I W " " v... .
: u. ,wtuail; clso will. Soven tliuiuk-r
IXHDKMTY AM) ATHKISM.
Yonder tire intrenched inlldolity mid ntho
iiiin, with their magazines of literature coir
Inj; ut our Christianity; their Hoo print
ing preies busy day nnd night. There
uro their blaspheming apostles, their
drunken Tom l'alnes and lilcrtluo
Voltaiivs of tho present ns well ns'itho
past, re-enforced by all tho njeisof dark
new from highest demon to lowest Imp.
What will extirpate those monsters of In
(lilelity nml nthebuW John llron's hhortcr
catechism about " ho mado youC or West
iniuster catechism about "What is tho chief
end of nuilif No, thunderbolts.! Tho beven
thiiudeis!
l'or tho impurities of the world cmjKilnccd
as well as cellared, cpaulottcd as well ns
ragged, enthroned as well as ditched; for
corrupt legislation which at times makes our
tstnto mid national capitals a hemispheric
t-touch; for fcuperstltlous that keep wholo
nations iu niualor, leutury after century,
their JlltRrru'iiif 1 rnishlitg, their knives lacs
crating, their watcis drowning, (heir funeral
pyre burulu,;. the seven thunders!
Oh, men nnd women, dislicnrtcdisl nt tlio
bad way thin ;s oltcn o, hour jou not a
m milling diwu tin sky of homy artillery,
coming In on our side, the seven thunders of
tho Almighty.' Don't In us try to wield
them ourM'les, tlu nii loo lasivy and too
llery for us to bundle; Iml God can and God
will; nnd w lieu nil meivy has failed uud nil
milder menus nmeviiausted, then Judgment
will begin. TlmnderlHillsl Di'tid iimhi It,
that what Is not done uudi r the Hash of tho
soven candlesticks will lie dono by tho tramp
ling of the seven thunders.
Hut I leave llils luinrlal ami lnullloteiit
numeral seven, wlieiv the Hiblo leaves It,
ImlxHldcd iu tlio lluest wall that was ever
built, or ever will l ennstrurtcil, tho wall of
heaven. It is the seventh strata of precious
stones that make up that wall. After nam
ing six of the pnvious stones in that wnll,
tho Hiblo cries out "the seventh chrysolite!"
Tlio chrysolite U an exquisite green, mid In
that seventh layer of the heavenly wall shall
Is preserved forever the dominant color of
thocurth wo once inhabited. I huvo some
times Iks-ii saddened at the thought that this
wor'l, according to science and revelation, Is
to Ihi blotted out of existence, for it Is such a
Usiutlflll world. Hut here In this layer of tho
heavenly wall, whero tho mi'iicrnl seven is
to hocmlnHldisI, this strata of giis'ii Is to bo
photographed and embalmed and crpctu
ntod, the color nt tho grass that covers the
earth, the color of the luliiiu that (ills tho
forest, tls color of Ihotlirpscu. O1111 glauisv
nt that gns-u chrysolite, a million years after
this planet lias been vxtlngi.ished, will bring
to mind Jiut how It looked iu summer Mini
spring, and we will say to thos who wero
lxirn blind 011 earth, ami never saw at till lu
this world, nfter they havo obtained full eyu
sight iu heaven: "If you would know bow
the earth uppearisl In Juno ami August, look
ut that seventh layer ot tho heavenly wall,
thogiTcu of the chrysolite." Ami while wo
stand there and talk, Jj.lrit with spirit, that
old color of tho earth which had moroswiiy
than nil the other colon put together, will
bring back to us our earthly uxH'riences, und
noticing that this giisin chrysolite Is tho sev
enth layer of crystallized uingutilcciicojWo
may bethink ourselves of tlio domination of
tliat numeral seven owrnll other numerals,
uud thank GihI that iu tho dark earth wo loft
Ih'IiIiiiI us wo so long enjoyed (ho light of thu
seven golden candlesticks, ami wero ull of us
)crmittcd to shino uinong tlio seven stars of
mom or less magnitude, und that a.l tho
sovou seal.t of the mysterious future have
lieeii broken wldo om-ii for ns by a loving
Christ, ami that the seven thunders having
dono their work liavo consist reverN'ratlon,
nnd that the numeral seven, which did such
tremendous work iu tho history of nations on
earth, bus Uvn given such a high place in
that Niagara of colors, the vviill of heaven,
"tlio llrst foundation of which Is JasjH-r; tho
tccond, sapphire; tho third, a chalcedony,
tho fourth, nn emerald; tlio lltth, sardonyx;
tho sixth, sardltis; tho seventh, chrysolite."
When shrill these eyes tliy heaven built walls
And pearly Kates Ih'IiuIiI;
Thy bulwarks hIUi salvation strong.
Ami street of shining gold!
NOTE AND PARAGRAPH.
Iwuly ilontl-U nro nipldly liicruiiHlug In
number lu t'liiladelphlu.
Tho death of Davldgi. Wallark uud Wur
rcu ivcnlls mid old MiN-rstitlon mining uctors
that they die in groups of three.
In tho Htomach of n youu girl who died In
I'ortluud, Ore., was mi abscess. In Urn nlc
hcess wus a pleco of India rublwr from tho
heud of u lead euell.
Tho 1'nrscos, ancient llro woi'shipcrH ox
Iivlluil fmm t'ersia, uro tho factors, capital
ists nnd leading merchant of Ilomhuy, whero
there aro tl,(XK). '
Kdltor II. ('. Ilumier, of l'uelc, who, tto
sides the gnieeful verso ho has written, is
the author of hovcral suceessful novels, is
JJ7 years old. Fred Upr, ono of tho chief
caruxmlsts of tho uier, is lit), mid has iv Hil
ary of e 10,000.
Thu Austrian consul at Yokohama reports
great dllTerenco iu commorciul morality bo
tuecn the inerchunt-s of China and Japan.
ThiJuiHiueMi, hi wiys, aro neither enterpris
ing nor upright, but tlio Chinamen aro solid
uud trustworthy iu every respect.
Totter Tnhner, tho Chicago iiiany-tuillion-uire,
was n clerk iu n country htoro nt 18.
When ho reached Chicago at tie oiithreuk of
the war he had a capital of yti.MX). This ho
invested iu dry goods, anil within a few years
ho was able to retire Iroiu buines.s with u
fortune of J'J.OO'J.OOO.
Wal'.;lug Is tho favorite mid almost tin
only recreation of Cardinal Gibbous. He,'.)
nu inilefatigablo o:estrian, and unless ho 1
not silting In tho reception room of his resi
dence ho may usually Ihi found walking up
and down tho narrow brick pavement iu tho
rear of his house.
Thu young Uuko of Newc istlo is said Ut lo
surprisingly moral and religious for a duke,
lie is a devoted churchman, and his heredi
tary los.-.es.slous Include, tlio gift of nilio
church "livings." Ho is SI years old, not at
ull handsome, mid has an income of $:!00,000
ii year.
It is exiecteil thut not moro than 1,000,000
pounds of tobneco will be raised iu Kgypt
tills year, although, on tho average, Ul.OOO,
000 pounds havo lxsm produced in former scn
bous. Tlio ilecreiuso Is owing to tho recent
action of tho khedivo is putting a tux of
$lo7.60 on ouch ueroof ground devoted to this
crop.
The Most llciiiitiriil Woman,
(ieorge A. I', llealy, the artist, wlio enjoys
tho distinction of having painted tho por
traits of more royalties, celebrities uud
beauties than any liwng artist, has Imcii
hiendmg the bummer in tins, his native laud,
lie camo over ill June from l'nris, where his
lininu is, mul has since then traveled 1h,(ko
miles in tho Yellowbtona Turk, Alaska, Wy
oming, Oregon, and all that wild, wonderful
wctt. Mr. llealy is a most brilliant talker,
und if lie entertains his "sitters' us well
as his friends it is no wonder lib art is
in tueli demand. Mr. llealy has painted
more than u hundred portraits, including tho
bhiuin. lights of the pulpit, the bench, uud
tho lienu inonde. When uiked u short timo
ago if lr dared tell whom lo considered tlm
nut iK-alitiful woman lie had ever painted,
he replied: "Tho most licautitul woman 1
icra was the mother of my children.'"
Now York (iraphic.
A Utile (ilil's Itnuo.
Georgia, tho nino-j cur-old daughter of O.
T. Williams, of Tarsons, Kan., savisl thu lifu
of hi r Uiby brother tho other night by her
lemarkablo nerve mid preseneo of mind.
During the teinjHirnry nleiieo ot her p;iivnts
a burning lamp fell into the crib uhii tho
sleeping child, and Georgia, tlio only ono
prc:.cut, instantly been red a blanket from an
adjoining room, and pulled tho baby from
tho lihuing crib mid mtothercd the llro out
of its clothes. Blio carried it into tlio ynnl,
and bho then tnnusl her attention to thu llro
inside the room and beat it out with a pioco
of carpet. Tlio crib und carpet wero de
stroyed, but tho girl uud baby wuro not much
burned. Chicago Herald.
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points ciist, north imil south. Through llekels on moilirii .lay enticht'K. Ilngi(iiiu checked
IhroiiKli lo ilestliiiitlon from nil points east In the Culled Htut mul Caiiuila.
Sleeper accommodations reserved lu tbrougli Tullinaii Talacc cars from the MUtoUrl
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J, H. TKIiKKTS,
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Ita contrul position nnd clo.n founoction with Eunt.prn llnon nt Chlcncro
nnd coiutnuoiri Iiiuu nt ti r:nliiu! pulnu, WoBt, Northwout, nnd South
woHt, muko It tlio truo niid-linU In thnt trutiHcoiitiiiontal cliuln of utool which
unltoH tho Atlantio mul i'uclllc ltd nmiii lined and bruuehnd include Old
cniro, Joliet, Ottuwn. LnSullo, Poorlu, Gonoseo, Mollno and Hock Inland, h
Illinoiti: D.ivoniiort, Muscntlno, V.'u.ililnirton, Fnlrllrld, Ottiimwn, Oflkuloosiv,
Wont Libert,, lowu t'l'v. lioi. Moincu, Indliuiohi, Wlnt. Toot, Atlantic, Knox
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It ulHOOHii-rt iv (IHOICI-: OrTJOUTFt to und f- -in t'v. Piicillc Coast und lntor
miidluto iiliireo, nmklnif nil trannroru In U:d -.i d potd. Tuat TrnlnB of lino
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lust. ul truck of houvy ntnl rail. Iron nnd etono lrldtri'j All aafutv npplluncoa
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n
B. SLOSSON, City Ticket Agent.
1011 O Htrect, Lincoln, Nebrruskn.
!:. I,. I.OMAX,
Ass. tien. T. uud T Agt., Omahk.
rftAJNI
j.ich, bontu mmn tc
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