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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
1880
I
THE USES OF TROUBLE.
ERMON PREACHED DY DR. TAL
MAQE, SUNDAY, OCT. 27.
A bWeottrao Ill IToii tho Iterrtit ADIIn
tlon 8tiRVirtit lijr ttm Cungreiintltiit of the
ropnMr Itroolcljm Dltlnn A l-nrgo Con.
ftrrgatlon Present.
Drookltn, Oct. 37,-Tlio Itov. T. IKi Witt
TalmaKO, D. D., preached to nn overflowing
congregation nt tlio Academy of MtuliUoday
TUN COMINO TAIIKIIHAGI.K.
Uoforo preaching hosnld tlintn mUtakoti
otlon wns nhrond thnt the Inmirnneo on his
destroyed church wmciioiirIi loichiilld. Tim
repetition of disasters left m In debt Wa
tiavojirartlcnlly built throo churches slnro I
amo to llrnoklyii. First, the original Talwr
nncln. 80011 nflor tlmt wo miutonii enlarge
ment tlmt cot nlniost n much n n church.
A fow years after It nil burned, Then wo
put up tho building recently destroyed, nix)
rcnmi it in n tlmo when tho wholo country
irns In Its worst flunuulnl distress. It wm
tllCM) lentcd disasters tlmt loft UK III debt
My cougrcgntloti hnvo ilono iimKiilllceutry,
luit nuy cliui-ch would bo In debt nfter no
many calamities. Now for tho lint tlmo wo
ro out or debt Ilut wo iki1 nt leant 0110
hundred thousand dollar to build a church
largo enough, nml wo call on eoplo of nil
creed nml nil InmU to help.
Iloforo I help dedicate n now church we
mint Imvo ovory ilollnr o( It paid. 1 will
mover ngnln Iw (sister of n church In debt
It hns crippled us In nil our movements, nml
1 shall iinvcr ngnln wenr tho shackles. 1
havo for thu Inst sixteen year pronchud to
ftlwut llro thouwind jxxiplo sitting nml stnud
lng, twice n Hitbluitli, but everybody knows
tlmt wo need n plnco tlmt will hold eight
thotisnnd. 1 shall not bo surprised If somo
man of wealth shnll styi "Hero nro n hun
dred thouimid dollnrs If you will put up n
memorial structure, nml call It nftor tho
iinmoot my departed fnthor or child wIium
memory I want put Uiforo nil iintlom nnd
lor nil tlmo." And no it would bo dona
ALL TKA11B TO UK Wll'Kll AWAY.
Dr. Tnlttingo's toxt wnsi "God ntiall wlxi
way all tonrs from tholr eyes. "Ilov. vll, 17.
llesnldi
Riding ncroM n western prnlrle, wild
flower up to tho hub of tho carriage wheel,
lid whllo n long dlstanco from nny shelter,
thero cntno a sudden shower, nud whllo tho
ruin Was falling In torrent, tho sun was
fclulnR nn brightly ns over I sawltshlno)
stud I thought, whnt n beautiful sjioctnclo
till III 80 tho tears of tho Illblo nro not mid
sight storm, but rain on pntnled prairies In
Ood's sweet nnd goldon sunlight. You ro
member that bottle which Dnvld labeled as
containing tears, nnd Mary's tears, nml
IVmlVi tours, nnd Cnrlst's tears, nnd tho har
vest of Joy thnt Is to spring from tho sowing
ef tonrs. Qod mixes thorn. Ood rounds
tfaam. Qod shows them whoro to fall. Ood
xhslos them. A census Is tnken of them,
tad thoro Is n record as to U10 moment when
they nro bont, nnd as to tho plnco of tholr
grave.
Tears of bad mon aro not kept. Alexander,
la his sorrow, had tho hair clipped from his
bones and mules, nnd umdo a great ado about
bis grief; but in nil tho vasos of honven thoro
Is not ono of Alexander's tears. I speak of
the tears of tho good. Alas, no I they aro
falling all tho time. In summer you some
times hoar tho growling thunder, and you too
hero is a storm miles nway, but you know
from tho drift of the clouds that It will not
como any whoro near you. 80, though It may
be all bright around about us, thoro Is a
bower of trouble somewhere nil tho tlmo.
Tears! Tears I
Whnt is tho usoof them anyhow! Why
ot Kubstltuta'laughtor! Why not make thU
world whoro nil the peoplo aro well nnd
terual stranger to pain and aches I What
is tho uso of an eastern storm when wo might
baro a periotunl nor'westcrl Why, when n
family is put together, not Imvo thorn all stay,
or it they must ba trautplautod to mako
Other homes, thou havo them nil livol tho
family record telling a story of marriages and
births, but ot no donths. Why not hu vo tho bar
vesta chnso each othor without fatiguing tolll
Why tho bard pillow, tho hard crust, tho hard
trugglet It iseosy enough tooxplalnuBmllo,
r a kuccees, or a congratulation; but, como
avow, nnd bring all your dictionaries and all
Tour philosophies and all your religions, and
kelp moQxplaln a tear. A chomUt will tell you
that it ia mado up of salt and lime, and other
component rts; but be mlsves tho chief in
gredlent thoncldof a sourod life, tho viper
lee sting of n bitter memory, tho fragments
at n broken heart I will tell you what a
tear U; it is ngony in solution.
Hoar 1110, then, whllo I dlscourso to you ot
tbeuAMof trouble
WX MUST LX1VI THIS WOULD.
First It U tho design of trouble to keep
this world from being too nttrnctlvo. Some
thing must bo done to mako us willing to
quit this existence. If it wore not for
trouble this world would bo a good enough
beaveu for mo. You and I would bo willing
to take a lease ot thU life for a huudred
jfcllllou years, it thero were no trouble. The
arth cushioned and upholstered and pillared
tusd chandellered with such expense., no story
et other worlds could enchant us. We would
My: "Let well enough alone. It you want
to die and hare your body disintegrated in
the duet, and your soul go out on a celestial
Adventure, then you con go; but this world
is good enough for me." You might as well
go to a man who has just entered the Louvre
at Paris and tell him to hasten off to the
picture galleries ot Venice or Florence,
"Why," he would say, "what is the um ot
aay going thero t There aro Rembrandt and
Rubens and Raphaels here that I haven't
looked at yet" No man wanta to go out ot
this world, or out ot any houso, until ho has
m better house. To euro this wish to stay
hero, Ood must somehow create a disgust for
or surroundings. How shall he do itt He
cannot afford to deface his borison, or to tear
off a fiery panel from tho sunset, or to sub
tract nn nuther from the water lily, or to
banish tho pungent aroma from the mig
nonette, or to drag tho robes of tho morning
in tho tnlro. You cannot expect a Christo-
5 her Wreu to mar bis own Bt Paul's cathe
ral, or n Michael Angclo to dash out his own,
"Last Judgment," or a Handel to discord his
"Israel in Egypt;" and you cannot expect
Ood to spoil tho architecture and music of his
owu world. How, then, are wo to bo mado
willing to leave. Here is whero troublo
eomes in. After a man has had a good deal
of troublo bo says: "Well, I am ready to go.
JX there k a houso somowhero whoso roof
doesn't leak, I would liko to llvo thero."
If there is an ntmobnhero somewhere that
dees not distress tho lungs, I would like to
breathe it It there Is a society somewhere
where thero is no tlvUe-tattlo, I would liko to
Uvo there. If thoro it a homo circlo some
where v. hero I can find my lost friends, I
would liko to co there" Ho used to read the
Ant part of the I3iblo chictly, now bo reads
the las? pai t of tho Rlblo cjilcuy. Why has
be chausod, Genesis for llovclationf Ah, he
used to bo anxious chlifly to -know how this
world was made, and all about Its geological
construction. Now ho is chiefly nuxlousto
know how tlic next nor Id was made, and how
it looks, nud 'wloillvo thero, and uowtlioy
dm, Horeadi) Revelation ten times now
br he reads' GenWiS once. The r'tl sto- y,
'In the beginning (lei created tho heavens
itid tho Mirth," does not thrill him holt as
iiuch as tho other story, "I enw a now
enven nnd a new earth,"
Tho old man's hand trcmblm ns ho turns
ver his ninvnlyptla leaf, nnd ho ban to tnko
)lt his handkerchief to wlpo his fccfnclc,
flint book of rovelntlon Is a i)roectus now
tit thn country Into which he is to soon linml
grnto; the country In which ha linn lots al
ready laid out, nml nventies nMncil, nud trees
planted, nnd mansions built. Tho thought of
Hint blfwod plnco conies over mo mightily,
nml I ileclnra tlmt (f H1I1 Iioiim wrro a great
ship, nml you nil wrro pitpxengcr on lionnl
It, nnd ono hand could launch Hint ship Into
thoglorlosof honven, I should bo tempted to
tnko tho rcaixmslhlllty, nnd launch you nil
Into glory with nun Mrnko, holding on to tho
ldo of tho liont until I could gut In myself.
And yet thero nro xx)plolicro to whom tills
world Is brighter than honven. Well, dear
nouIs, I do not blnmo you. It Is natural,
(lilt, nftnr n while, you will bo ready to go.
It wns not until Job had been worn out with
bcrcnvcmentH mid cnrl.iucles and u ct of n
wlfo that ho "anted to mm Ood, It wns not
until thn prodliral got tired of living ninone
tho hogs Hint ho wanted to go to his father's
houso. It Is tho ministry of troublo to uiuko
this world worth lew, nml heaven worth
more.
OUIl IIKI'KNDKKCK UPON OOD.
Again: It Is tho usoof troublo to innko us
fool our complete !oomlcnca tioii (lod.
King Alphomio until that, If ho had Ihmjii
iircwut nt tho creation, ho could have mndon
lietter world than this. Whnt n pity ho wns
not present, I do not know whnt (lod will
do when roiuo men ilia Men think thoy can
donnythtng until Oixl shons thorn thoy can
do nothing ntnlL Wo lay our great plans,
nnd wo like to oxocuto thorn. It looks big.
Oml como nnd takes us down. As Promo
theUH was asMiultod by his enemy, when tho
Innco struck him It ojienoil a great swelling
that had threatened his death, nml ho got
well. Bo It Is tho nrrow of troublo tlmt lots
out great swellings of pride. Wo never fool
our de)oii(louco ujion OckI until wo got
troublo,
I wns riding with my llttlo child nlong the
road, nnd alio askotl If sho might drlvo. I
said "Certainly." I haudixl over tho reins to
her, nud I had to admire, the glvo with which
sho drove. Out after n whllo mo met n team,
nun wo nan 10 turn out 1 no ronit was nar
row, nnd It wns sheer down on both sides.
Hho handed tho rolus over to inn nud said, "I
think you had better tnktt charge of tho
horvo." Bo wo nro nil children, and on this
road of lifo wo liko to drlvo. It gives ono
such an appoarancoof siixrlorlty nnd powor.
It looks big. Hut after n whllo wo moot somo
obstacle, nnd wo Imvo to turn out, nnd tho
road Is narrow, mid it Is sheer down on both
sides, nnd thou wo aro willing that Ood should
tnko tho reins nnd drive. Ah I my frlomls,
wo got uiwot so often bocauso wo do not hand
over tho reins soon enough.
Can you not toll when you hear n man
fray whether bo has over lind nny troublo!
can. Tho cadence, tho phraseology Judicata
It Why do womon pray lietter thnn meul
llecnuso thoy havo had moro troublo. Dctoro
a man has any trouble his prayers nro oetlc,
and ho begins nway up among tho sun, moon
and stars, and gives tho Lord a great deal of
astronomical Information that must lw highly
gratifying. Ho then comes on down gradu
ally over beautiful tablelands to "forever
and over, anion." Ilut after a man has had
troublo, prayer Is with him a taking hold of
tho arm of Ood and crying out for help. I
havo heard niest prayers on two or throo
occasions that 1 remember.
Ouco, on tho Cincinnati express train colnir
nt forty mites an hour, and tho train jumped
iuo irncK, aim we were near a ciioam cigbty
foot doen; and tho mon who, a few minutes
boforo, had been swearing nud blaspheming
Qod, began to pull and Jork at the boll rope,
and got up ou tho backs of the seats, and
cried outi "0, Qod, savo us." Thero was
another time, about eight humlrod mile out
At sen, on a foundering steamer, after tho
last iirouoat nail boon split liner than kindling
wood. They prayed then. Why is it you so
often hoar pooplo, in reciting tho last oxperb
enco of somo friend, say 1 "Ho mado tho most
bcautuui prayer 1 ever lieanlr' What makes
It beautiful! It is tho earnestness of it Oh,
I tell you a man is In earnest when his
stripped nud naked soul wades out In tho
soundless, shoreless, bottomlost ocean of
eternity.
It lsjroublo, my friends, that makes us fool
our dependence ujon Ood. Wo do not know
our own weakness or Ood's strength until the
Inst plnnk breaks. It Is contcmptlblo In us
when thero is nothing olso to tako hold of
thnt wo batch hold of Qod only. A man is
unfortuuate In busluesH, He has to raise a
great deal of money, nnd ralso It quickly, no
borrows ou word and noto all he can borrow.
After awhllo bo puts a mortgage on his
houso. After awhile ho puts a socoud inort
gago on his houso. Thon ho puts a lien on
his furniture. Then ho makes ovor his life
insurauco, Thon ho assigns all his property.
Thon ho goes to his father-tn-law anil ask
for help I -
Well, having failed overywhoro, complete
ly failed, ho gets down on his knees nud snysi
"0 Lord, I havo tried evorybody and every
thing, now help me out ot this financial
trouble." He makes Ood the last resort in
stead of the first resort There are mon who
havo paid ten cents on a dollar who could
havo paid a hundred cents on a dollar It they
had gone to Ood in time. Why, you do not
snow who the Lord Is, Ho Is not an autocrat
leatod far up in a palace, from which be
unerges once a year, preceded by heralds
twinging swords to clear the way. No. Out
a Father willing, at our call, to stand by us
In every crisis and predicament of life.
I tell you what somo of you business men
make mo think of. A young man goes off
from homo to earn his fortune. Ho goes with
his mother's consent and benediction. She
has largo wealth, but ho wants to mako bis
own fortune. He goes far away, falls sick,
gets out of money. Ho sondsfor tho hotel
keeper whero ho is staying, asking for leni
ence, and tho answer he gets is: "If you don't
pay up Saturday night you'll be removed to
tho hospital" The young man sends to a
comrndo In the same building. No holp. He
writes to a banker who was a friend of his
deceased father. No relief. Ho writes to an
old schoolmate, but gets no help.
Saturday night conies and ho is moved to
the hospital. Getting thero ho is frenslod
with grief, and ho borrows a shoot of (taper
and a postngo stamp, nnd ho sits down, and
ho writes homo, saying: "Dear mother, I
am sick unto death. Come," It Is ten min
utes of 10 o'clock when sho gets tho letter.
At 10 o'clock tho train starts. 8ho is five
minutes from tho dejwt, Sho gets thoro In
time to havo fivo minutes to spare. Sho
wonders why a train that can go thirty
mlleauu hour cannot go sixty miles an hour
Sho rushes Into tho hosplttL Bhosajs: "My
son, what docs all this n.eanl Why didn't
vou send for mol You so.it to overybody
but mo. You know I could and would help
'you. Is this tho reward I get for my kind
ness to you nlwajsf' Sho bundles him up,
takes him homo nnd gets bltu well very soon.
Now, somo of you treat Ood Just us that
young man treated his mother. When you
get into a financial perplexity you rail ou
I ho bnuker, you call on tho broker, you call
tu your crodltors, you call on your luwycr
fur legal couiiwl, jou cull upon everybody,
ami when you rniiuot get uny help then you
VO Qod. You say, "Oh .ord, j como to
theo. Help me now out of my perplexity."
And tho Lord comes, though it Isthoolavcnth
hour. He snysi "Why did you not send for
mo beforof As ono whom his mother com
fortotlt, so will 1 comfort you." It Is to
throw us iMick Uon mi all comforting Ood
that wo Imvo this ministry of toars.
TllOUntJt MAXEfl UH HTlirATIIETia
Agnlm It Is the use of troublo to cnpncltate
us for tho odleo of sympathy, Tho prlosta
undor tho old dlnpetnatlotl wero sot n;irt by
having wnter sprinkled 011 their hnuils, feet
nnd heads, nud by tho sprinkling of toars
looplo nro now sot npart to tho onlco of sym
jwthy. When wo nro In prosperity wo like
to hnva n grunt ninny young ihjojiIo around
us, nnd wo laugh when thoy laugh, and wo
romp whon thoy romp, nml wo slug when
thoy sing; but when wo Imvo troublo wo liko
plenty of old folks nroiiml, Whyt Thny
know how to tnlk. Tnko nn ngml mother, 70
years of ago. nnd sho Is almost omnipotent In
comfort Why I Bha has been through It
all. At 7 o'clock In tho morning she goes
ovor to comfort n young mother who has Just
lost her bnbo. Grandmother knows nil nttotit
that trouble. Plfty j ears ngo sho felt It At
13 o'clock of thnt day she gons over to com
fort n widowed soul.
Hho knows all nbout thnt Sho has boon
wnlklug In thnt dark vnlloy twenty years.
At -I o'clock In tho afternoon somo one knocks
nt tho door wanting bread. Sho knows nil
about that Two or throo limes In hor llfo
sho cntno to hor Inst loaf. At 10 o'clock tlmt
night sho goes over to sit up with somo ono
severely sick. Sho knows nil nbout It Sho
knows nil nbout fevers nnd pleiirMcs mid
broken lioutw. Sho has leeii doctoring nil
hor llfo, spreading plasters, nnd jwurlng out
bitter drops, nnd slinking up hot pillows, nud
contriving things to tempt n ioor npiwtlto.
Doctors Alteruuthy nml Rush nml Howickniid
Hnrvoy wero great doctors, but tho greatest
doctor tho world over snw is nil old Christlnn
woman. Denrmol Do wo not romumbor her
About tho room when wo wore sick In our
boyhood f Won thoro nny ono who could over
to touch n soro without hurting Itf And
when sho lifted her sjwcUcles ngnlnst her
wrinkled forehead, so siio could look closer nt
tho wound, It was threo-fourths hcnloiL
And whon tho Lord took her homo, al
though you mny Imvo been mon nud women
DO. 40, 60 years of ngo, you lay on tho collln
lid nnd sobbed ns though you wero only 6 or
10 years of tigc, Oman, prnlso Ood, If you
havo In your memory tho picture of nu hon
est, sympathetic, kind, self sacrificing, Christ
liko mother. Oh, It takes thoso woplu who
havo hnd troublo to comfort others in
trouble, Whoro did Pnul got tio Ink with
which to wrlto his comforting oplstlol Whoro
did David got tho ink to wrlto his comforting
psalms? Whero did John got tho ink to
wrlto his comforting Revelation f Thoy got
It out ot their own tears. When n man has
;ono through tho curriculum, nnd has token
course of dungeons nnd Imprisonments nnd
ihlpwrocks, ho Is quallllcd for tho work of
lympathy.
When I began to preach, my sermons on
thosubjoctof troublo wero all pootio and in
Mini-blank verso; but Ood knocked tho blnnk
rorso out of mo long ngo, nnd I have found
out that I cannot comfort pooplo except as I
mysolf havo boon troubled. Ood mako me
tho son of consolation to tho jieoplo. I would
rather bo tho means of soothing ono erturbod
spirit today, than to play a tuno that would
Kt all tho sons of mirth reeling in tho dance,
I sm an herb doctor, I put Into tho caldron
tho root out of dry ground without form or
comeliness. Then I put In tho Itoso of 8hnron
nnd tho Lily of tho Valley. Then I put into
the caldron somo of tho leaves from the Tree
ot Llfo and tho Dranch that was thrown Into
tho wilderness Marah. Thon I pour In the
tears of Uethany and Golgotha; then I stir
them up. Thon I kindle under the caldron a
flro mado out of tho wood of tho cross, and
ono drop of that potion will euro tho worst
sickness that ovor Afflicted a human soul
Mnry nud Martha shall receive tholr Loutrus
from tho tomb. Tho damsel shall rise. And
ou thu darkness shall break tho morning, and
Qod will wlpo all tears from tholr eyes.
You know on a well spread table, tho food
becomes moro dollcato at tho lust I havo
fed you today with tho broad of consolation.
Lot tho table now bo clonrod, and lot us set
011 tho chalice of heaven. Let tho King's
cup bearers como In. Good morning, heaven I
"Oh," says somo crltio In tho audlenco, "the
Olblo contradicts Itself. It Intimates again
mil again that thero are to bo no tears in
heaven, nnd if thero bo no toars in heaven,
how Is It possible that Ood will wlpo any
awavl" I answer, havo you novor seen a
child crying ouo moment nnd laughing the
next; nud whllo sho was laughing, you saw
tho tears still on her facet And (icrhaps you
stopped her In tho very midst of her resumed
gleo nud wlpod off thoso delayed tears.
So, I think, after tho heavenly raptures
havo como upon us, thero may bo tho mark of
somo earthly grlof, nud whllo thco tears are
glittering in tho light of tho Jasper sea, Qod
will wljw thorn awny. How well ho can do
that Jesus had enough trial to mako him
sympathotlo with all trial. Tho shortest
verso in tho Olblo tolls tho storyi "Jesus
wept" Tho scar on tho back of eithor hand,
tho scar on tho arch of either foot, tho row of
scars along tho lino of tho hair, will keep all
heaven thinking. Oh, that great weeper Is
Just the ouo to slleuco all earthly trouble and
wipe out all stains of earthly grief. Oontlot
Why, his stop Is softer than tho step ot the
dow. It will not be a tyrant bidding you to
hush up your crying.
It will be a Father who will take you on
bis left arm, his face gleaming into yours,
1 While with the soft tips of the Angers of the
right hand ho shall wipe away all tears from
your eyes. I have noticed whon tho children
get hurt, and their mother is away from
home, they go right past mo and to her; I
am ot no account So, when tho soul comes
up Into heaven out ot tho wounds of this llfo,
it will not stop to look for Paul, or Mccs, or
David, or John. These did very well once,
but now tho soul shall rush jast, crying:
"Whero Is Jesus! Whero Is Jesusr Door
Lord, what a magnificent thing to dlo If
thou shalt thus wlpo away our tears. Mo
think it will take us somo time to get used to
beaveu; tho fruits of Qod without ono speck;
tho fresh pastures without ono nottlo; the
orchestra without ono suap;ed string; the
river of gladness without one torn bank; the
aolferiuos and tho saffron of sunriso and sun
set swallowed up in tho eternal day that
booms from Ood's countenance I
Why should I wish to linger In the wild
When thou art walling. Father, to receive thy
child J
Sirs, If wo could gut any appreciation of
what Qod has In rescrvo for us. It would
mako us so homesick wo would bo unlit for
our everyday work. Professor Iconard,
formerly of Iowa uulverslty, put in my
hands a meteoric stone u stone thrown ou
from somo other world to this. How sugges
tive it was to mo. Aud 1 have to tell you
tho best representations wo have of heaven
are only aerolites flung off from that world
which rolls ou bearing the multitudes of tho
redeemed. Wo analyse theso aerolites, ami
find thorn crystallizations of tears. No won
der, flung off from beaveu I "God thnll wipe
away all toars from their eyes."
IX) YOU UMIKIWTAND IICAVEN't) OLOUIESf
nave you any appreciation of the good ami
glorious times your friends nro having in
henvenl How different It Is when tlieygt
nows thero of a Christian's dontli from whut
it Is hero. It Is the difference between e 1
tvnkUU! t.vd coming Into port livery thing
depends tijon which sfdu of tho river you
stand when you hoar of a Christian's (loath.
If you tand on thlssldoof tho river you
mourn thnt thny go. If you stand oil tho
other sldo of tho river you rojolco thnt thoy
como. Oh, tho differenro between a funeral
oil earth ami n Jubilee In heaven botwecu
requiem horo and triumphal march thore
pnrtlng hero nml reunion thorp. Togethcrl
Hnvo you thought of Itf They nro togothcr.
Not ono of your departed friends In ono
laud, aud another In nnothor land; but to
gothcr In different rooms of tho snmo houso
tho houso of many mnuslous. Togothcr!
I novor nppmclnted thnt thought so much
as when wo laid awny In her Inst slumber my
sister Barah, Standing thero In tho villngo
comotery, I looked around nnd saldi "There
Is father, thero Is mother, thero Is grand
father, thero Is grandmother, thero nro wholo
circles of kindred;" nnd I thought to mysolf:
"Together In tho grnvo togothcr In glory."
I mil so Impressed with tho thought thnt I do
not think that It is nny fanaticism when somo
0110 Is going from this world to the next If
you mako them tho bearer of dlimtches to
your friends who nro gone, saying: "Glvo
my lovo to my jKirenU, glvo my lovo to my
children, glvo my lovo to my old comrades
who nro In glory, nml tall them I am trying
to light tho good light of f nlth, nnd I will Join
them nftcr awhllo."
I Ix'llovo the mciwogii will boilollvcrcd; nnd
I bollavo It will Increnso tho glndncMof thoxo
who aro Iwforo the throno. Together nro
thoy, nil thulr tears gouo. No troublo gut
ting good society for them. All kings,
queens, prlncos ami princesses. In 1751
thoro wns n bill offered In tho English parlia
ment proposing to change tho nlmnuna so
thnt tho 1st of March should como Immedi
ately nfter tho ISth of February. Ilut, oh,
whnt n glorious cliiiugo In tho calendar when
all tho yearn of your earthly existence nro
swallowed up in thu eternal your of Ood I
My friends, tnko this good cheer homo with
you, TIioho tours of borenvcmuiit thnt course
your check, nud of persecution, nnd of trial,
nro not nlwnys to bo thero. Tho motherly
hand of Ood will wIjm thorn nil awny. Whnt
Is tho iiko, on tho wny to such n consumma
tion whnt Is tho usoof fretting nbout any
thing! Oh, what nn exhilaration It ought to
bo In Christian work. Sou you tho pinnacles
against tho sky! it Is tho city of our Ood,
nud wo aro nppronchlng It Oh, lot us bo
busy In tho fow days thnt shnll remain for us.
Tho Saxons nud the ilrltotis wont out to bat
tle Tho Haxons wero nil armed. Tho Drlt
ons hnd no wcnious at all; nnd yet history
tells us tho Ilrltotis got the victory. Why!
Thoy went Into bnttlo shouting three times,
"Hallelujah I" nml nt tho third shout of
"Hnllolujnh" tholr ciiomina fled panic struck;
nnd so tho Britons got tho victory.
And, my friends, If wo could only appreci
ate tho glories thnt nro to como, wo would bo
so flllod with enthusiasm thnt no (xmcr of
earth or hell could stand boforo us, nud at
our first shout tho opiosliig forces would be
gin to trcmblo, nml nt our second shout thoy
would legln to full bnck, nnd nt our third
shout thoy would Ih routod forovcr. Thoro
is no power on earth or in hell that could
stand boforo three such volleys of hallelujah.
I put this balsam on tho wounds of your
heart Rojolco at tho thought ot what your
doparted friends hnvo got rid of, nnd thnt
you hnvo a prosjicct of so soon making your
own oBcniio. Benr cheerfully the ministry of
tears, and oxult nt tho thought thnt soon It Is
to bo ended.
Thoro wo shall march up tho heavenly street
And ground our arms at Jesus' feet.
A rarlslun Joke.
Tho many acqunliitancos of Mr. and Mrs.
Reynolds, prominent members of tho First
Baptist church of this city, aro telling an
amusing story in which the two wero tho
chief characters. Tho scono is laid in gay
Paris. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds recently mado
a longthy Eiiropcnn trip. While In Pnris
thoy wero patrons of a foshlonablo hotoL
For sevoral mouths previous to leaving for
tho tour nbroad Mrs. Reynolds assiduously
applied nil her ouorgles to studying tho
French language, Sho was an unusually npt
scholnr. Whon tho tlmo for leaving homo
cumo Mrs. Reynolds' tenchor congratulated
her upon tho rnpld manner iu which sho hod
mastered tho lanuago, nnd Mrs. Reynolds
personally bolloved sho was proficient enough
to coo with tho Parisians in tholr own
tonguo when tho great metropolis should be
reached.
Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds spout many a pleas
ant day In Paris, and only havo In.romom
branco ono brief half dny of agonizing mis
ery. It hapixmod this wayi Iu Parisian
hotels tho attaches aro sunvo aud obliging.
Ono nfternoon Mr. Reynolds Journeyed down
town nlono. Whon Mrs. Roynolds found
herself ready to leuvo her npartments sho
turned to tho bright eyod waiting maid, and,
with tho liost French at her command, told
tho girl to toll hor husband, whon ho returned
to tho room, that sho had gone down Into tho
public parlor, whero sho would wait for
htm.
"Out, mudamo," ropllod the girl with n
knowing smile and a low courtesy. It was
ovldoiit thu girl had had such commands
given her before,
Mrs. Reynolds passed down to tho publlo
parlor. Sho waited a full hour for her hus
band and by that tlmo became very nervous
over his non-appearance Sho went upstairs
and wont out upon tho vorando. When
nearly opposite her apartments sho heard
strango sounds from within. Passing quickly
to tho window sho was thandorstruck to see
her husband pacing tho floor at a lively gait,
gesticulating wildly with his hands and mut
tering savagely. Ever and nnon ho would
try tho door. It would not open. Mrs. Roy
nolds ran to his assistance; opened tho door;
the girl was found, and then followed gen
eral explanations. Mrs. Roynolds' French
had tripped her up so to speak. Tho girl un
derstood hor to say sho should lock her hus
band In tho room whon sho returned, and she
obeyed ordors. Doth Mr. and Mrs. Roynolds
afterward enjoyed tho Joko hugely.
Thereafter, however, Mrs. Roynolds in
sisted that tho lauguago of her forefathers
was good enough for her. Minneapolis Jour
nal. A lilt 8liow fiiiccestlon.
Tho agitation in the tiewspapors of New
York for suggestions for n grand central Idcn
for tho World's fair of Ibty, with a reproduc
tion of tho Klffol tower Idea clear out of tho
question, has resulted in a lot of chimerical
Ideas that would seemingly havo emanated
from Bedlam. Tho suggestion that n hole
1802 fetit duen tm tint In ulitnli ulnvn.r..,.
could Im placed, was no doubt thu sarcastic
effort of some one to got as far away as iiossl
ble from tho Klffel tower idea. But one sug
gestion struck mu us not only practicable, but
iu every way admirable, and that was with
tbo results of recent urchoiological researches
In Arizona, New Mexico, Old Mexico nnd
Yucatan In vlow, thnt nn ancient Pueblo of
tbo prehistoric American Ihj constructed 011 a
large tract of land surrounding a mammoth
Ideal Toltw touiplo, to be constructed ou an
Iron frmiMwork of cement In imitation of
stone, and utilized as n grand nrcha.'ologlcnl
museum, ninbraclug thu relics of Toltoc, Az
tec, mound builder aud thu red man of 700
yenrs ngo Such nu enterprise is feasible)
and distinctively American. Interview iu
St touts Qlobo-Dcuiocrtit
1 To 1 er:uto tho unfortunate Is liko throw
Ins tloii'w on ouo fallen luto a well.
XONAUD W. JEROME'S POSITION.
Ill Ili'Toi-iit : Uarltig nml fiiilnnjtnt
I'nrliiiiPK nnd Mlfnrlltilr.
Hi-IaI (VrrpomJMire.
Ni:v YoltK, Oct. ni. Loonnrd W.
Jcronio hurt recently resigned tho presi
dency of thn Now York Jockey club
tho new racing orgnnlztitloti, which is
sale) to Imvo tlio llnost cottrso In tho
world nnd wns rc-clcctcd president of
tho Coney Island Jockey club. And
thereby ImngH n tnlo.
I'oimnl Jcronio, brother of tho Into
Larry Jerome tho greatest wit nnd
practical joker thin country lina over
produced nnd fnthor of Lady Randolph
Churchill, can fairly bo termed tho
father of tho Amcilcaii turf. While, of
course, It cannot bo claimed for lilin
that lie Ih tho first man to hnvo started
running racing In America, yet It can
lie justly inserted that when this great
est of Hjiortfl hnd lost Its opiilnrlty
through tho chicanery which had de
bauched It, It wan ho who, unaided,
lifted it again to tho piano of Its former
respectability.
For n wrlod of thirty yearn prior to
tho closo of tho civil war tho turf was ta
booed by decent peoplo. It was the cus
tom In thoso times to run races In lienta,
ami It wns not unusual for those who
found thnt thoy had bet tho wrong way
to purchapo tho winner of thu first heat
define lie mado litn second trial.
For thirty years gentlemen sternly net
their faco against racing. Two attempts
wero innuo 111 fiow xoric to revive mis
sport ns tho pastime for respectable peo
plo, but tho recollections of tho past
wero too vivid, and two failures wero tho
only results. It wns whllo this dark
cloud hovered over tho turf that Leonard
W. Jerome, then 11 man of I in men so
wealth, nud with tho keen iiporting pro
clivity of n truo gentleman, determined
upon n resurrection. Thero was no ono
to glvo lit tn 11 helping hand, nnd bo tin
aided on tho 21st of September, 1801, nt
a personal oxpondlturo of moro than
$500,000, bo Inaugurated tho now famous
Jcronio Park track.
His determination was to mako it n re
sort for ladies oh well as gentlemen, to
glvo it n club houso Rtirroundcd with nil
tho social rigiducss of tho most exclusive
organization, nud to mako even tho sus
picion of fraud in tho racing of horses
not only bo odious but so severely pun
ishable as to removo nil possibility of
tho slightest nttcinpt nt chicanery. It is
needless now to narrato tho successful
result of that experiment. Doubting
friends flocked around tho master mind.
ejaculating only, "Wo did not know you
wero going to do it this way.' Fashion
smiled upon tho project. Money rolled
into tho now association s coffers. Racing
was again mado tho foremost sport of
America.
Tho story of its subsequent Btrides a
tnlo tho narration of which is only made
posslblo by Mr. Jerome's efforts is told
in Now York having tracks at Mon
mouth park, at Coney Island, nt West
chester, nt Jeromo park, at Brooklyn, nt
Elixnbctli, at Linden, at Clifton and at
Brighton bench, all within easy travel
ing distanco of tho metropolis; a story
emphasized by successful courses at
Saratoga, at Pitnllco, at Ivy City, at La
tonin, nt St. Louis, nt Chicago, at Lex
ington, at New Orleans nnd Minneapolis;
a story thnt tells of millions of dollars in
vested in horseflesh, of millions of dollars
wagered on horseflesh, and of hundrds
of thousands of peoplo shouting and
gesticulating ovor tho panting struggles
of tho noblest creatures God has madu
Fortune, howover, has her whirligigs.
Thu Leonard Jeromo of today is thowime
truo hearted gentleman and tho name up
right sportsmnn of twenty-flveyeara ago.
but ho is not tho sumo millionaire. The
story of his financial shipwreck can be
told In two words Pacific Mail. Jerome
Park today is only Jeromo Park In name,
for tho foot of tho stranger is upon it.
It is this condition of affairs which
has mado Leonard W. Jeromo's yearly
Kilary of $13,000 as president of the Coney
Island Jockey club an itoin in his finan
cial calculations which is not to be de
spised. That position ho has occupied
for mnny yenra past Recently ho, with
many others, had good reason to believe
that tho famous Jeromo trnck will be
taken by the city of Now York as tho
site for a new water reservoir. Tho then
existing commissioners favored tho con
demnation of tho property.
To John A. Morris, who lias mado u
fortuno of many miliious by tho manipu
lation of tho Louisiana lottery scheme,
Leonard Jeromu expressed his belief that
tho Jeromo track would bo seized, nnd
that n now track in that vicinity would
bo immensely profitable. Morris was
quick to act upon tho suggestion, nnd
Mr. Jeromo was mado president of tho
new racing association, which was
nnmed tho Now York Jockey club.
Work was begun at onco, nnd as the re
sult of an expenditure of between $1,300,
000 und $1,400,000 thero was constructed
what good authorities clulm to bo tho
finest racing track in tho world.
Hut Mr. John Hunter, enjoying a year
ly salary of $10,000 as tho president of
tho Jeromo Park association, did not
look kindly upon tho destruction of tho
enterprise of- which ho Is tho well paid
head. Mayor Urant appointed now com
missioners with different views concern
ing tho reservoir sito, and, ns a result,
when tho new trnck wns opened, Jcronio
Park still lingered ns a rivnl and an ol
stacio to its financial prosperity. John
A. Morris is human, and consequently
John A. Morris is vexed. Rumor has it
that ho foolishly Inys at Mr. Jeromo's
door tho blnmo of his non-paying invest
ment, and rumor stronger still says that,
in return for more than a year of tho
mofet arduous labor given up to tho crea
tion of tho new truck, a work mndomoru
onerous by thu ncciimulnted years of Mr.
Jeromo, tho father of tho American turf
has received, to iibo tho oxact language
of ono of the best known racing judges
in tills country. "Not ono dollar and a
half."
Fact, however truthful rumor may bo,
has it that Mr. Jeromo wus kindly in
formed lecently by tho directors of tho
Coney Island Jockey club tlmt ho must
decide between it and its Westchester
rival. His conclusion wns prompt. Ho
instantly resigned tho presidency of tho
now raco trnck, ami wnsngiiln elected to
wntch over tho destinies of th Coney
Island association.
And this is tho tnlo which hangs upon
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