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CAPITAL CITY C0UR1KR, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, i8qo.
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REVISION OF CREEDS.
SERMON OF DR. TALMAGE, DELIV
ERED SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 1890
"Tkimi Him, mill Vet Hint lo," John xl,
44, tin- Tt-xt of tlm lllitoonnwt. Which It
litre IUHirll In Full Tim New Twber
tiHclfi to tin Ilrxiljr In P-ptrmlier.
llnooEt.YN. March !!. At tliu TiiU-niacle
this morning tlio Nov. T. Do Witt Tnlningo,
D. D., wild ho thought tho new llrooklyn
TabornncU would bo dcdleutod In September,
aiul Hint tho Idea would bo carried out of
building tho church by subscription to Tho
Clu iKtimi Ht'rnld,of which ho has becomo
editor, nil tho subscriptions up to a hundred
and fifty thousand to bo paid to Mr. John
Wood, treasurer of tho Tubenmclo, Fulton
street, ucnr Concord, llrooklyn, N. Y. Tho
subject of his dlfeourso was "Revision of
Cteeds," and ho took for his toxt John zl, 44:
"Looso him, and lot him go." Dr. Taluiage
raid i
My Hlbto Is, nt tho place of this toxt, writ
ton all over with load oncll marks tuado last
DuccmW nt Uothauy on Uio ruins of tho
houiso of Mary and Martha and Lazarus. We
dismounted from our homos on the way up
from Jordau to tho Dead boo. Huthany was
tho summor evening retreat of Jesus. After
jwiulliig tho day In tho hot city of Jurtisnloin
ho mould coino out thcro almost every o oil
ing to tho house of his threo friends. I think
tho occupant of that liouso were orphans,
for tho father nud mother are not mentioned.
But tho noil mid two daughters must havo In
herited property, for It must havo been, Judg
ing from what I saw of tho foundations and
the size of tho rooms, an opulent homo. Laz
arus, tho brother, una now tho head of tho
household, and his ulsters lceudod on him
and uero proud of him, for ho was very jp
ular and everybody llkod him, aud those girls
wore splendid girls. Martha u first rate
housekeeper and Mary n spirltuullo, some
what dreamy, but affectionate and as good
a girl as could bo found In nil l'ulostlno. Hut
one day Lazarus got sick. Tho sisters
woro in consternation. Father gono and
mother gone, thoy feel very nervous lost thoy
loso their brother also. Disoaso did Its quick
work. How tho girls huUK over his pillow I
Not much sleep about that house, no deep
at all. From tho characteristic otherw hero
dovclopiHl I judgo that Martha prepared the
medicines nud made tempting dishes of food
for the poor appetite of tho sufferer, but Mary
prayed and sobbod. Worms aud worm gets
Lazarus until tho doctor announces that bo
can do no more. Tho shriek that wont up
from that household when tho last breath had
boon drawn and tho two sisters wero being
led by sympathizers into tho adjoining room
all thoso of us can Imagine who huvo luul our
own hearts broken. Hut why was not Josus
there as ho so often had bectif Far away In
tho country districts preaching, healing other
sick, how unfortunate that this omnlpo
tent Doctor had not been at Hint domestic
crisis In Dotluiny. Whou nt last Jesus arrived
In Bethany, Lazarus had boen burled four
days nnd dissolution had taken place. In
that cllmato tho breathless body disintegrated
more rapidly than In ours. If, immediately
after decease, that body had been awakened
into life, unbidiuvors might havo wild ho was
only Iti a comatoso state, or In n sort of
trance, nnd by somo vigorous manipulation
or powerful stimulant vitality had lieon re
newed. Nol Four days dead. At the door
of the sepulcher is n crowd of !eoplo, but the
threo most memot able nru Jesus, who was tho
family friend, and tho two bereft sisters. We
went into tho traditional tomb in December,
and it is deep do wn and dark, and wl tli torches
wo explored it. Wo found It all quiet that
afternoon of our visit, but tho day spoken of
in tho Bible there was present an excited mul
titude I wonder what Jesus will dof Ho
orders tho door of tho grave removed and
then ho begins to descend tho steps, Mary and
Martha close after him uud tho crowd after
them. Deeper down into thu shadows and
deeperl Tho hot tears of Jesus roll
over his cheeks and plash ujxm the
back of his hands. Wero over so many
sorrows compressed into so smull n t.pace as
in that group pressing on down after Christ,
all thu tlmo bemoaning that ho had not coino
before J Now all tho whispering nud all tho
crying nnd nil the hounds of shuttling feet
are stop)od. It is tho siluncu of oxpoctnuay.
Death had conquered, but now thu vanquisher
of death confronted tho tcouo. Amid tho
awful hush of tho tomb thu familiar namo
which Christ hnd often had upon his lips in
tho hospitalities of tho villugu homu carno
back to his tongue, nud with a pathos and an
almlghtiuessof which tho retain vctiou of thu
last day Khali bo only uu echo, he cries;
"Lazarus, coino forth I" Tho ejus of tho slum
borer oH.'ii, uud ho rises aud comes to tho
foot of tho steps and with great dltllculty bo
glns to ascend, for the ceiemvuu of
tho tomb aro jet on him aud hU feet
aro fast nnd his hands are fast, and
tho Imiiedlmeuts to all his mot omenta nru
o great that Jesus commands: "Take off
these ceiemeuU; remove these hindrances;
unfasten thuso gravo clothes; looso him, and
let him got" Oh, I am so glad that after tho
Lord raised Lazarus, ho went on aud com
manded tho loosening of tho cords that bound
bis feut bo that he could walk, nnd thu break
ing off of thu cerement that bound his hands bo
that bo could stretch out his arms In habita
tion, uud tho teurlng off of tho bandage from
arouud his Jaws so that ho could spunk. What
would resurrected Uio liavo been to Lazarus
if ho had not boon freed from ull thase crip
plcmenU of his body I I mn glad that Christ
commanded his complete emancipation, say
ing: "Losso him, and let him go,'
CHUISTIANS DUT HAL UI1EHATKD,
The uufortunato thing now Is that ho many
Christians aro only half liberated. They havo
been rutted from tho death und burial of sin
Into spiritual life, but they yet havo tho grave
clothes on them. They uro llko Lazarus, hob
bling up the stairs of the tomb, bound hand
and foot, nnd the object of this bermon Is to
help free their body und free their soul, and I
shall try to obey tho Muster's command that
comes to mo uud comes to every minister of
religion: "Ixoso him, and let him go." First,
man aro bound hand und foot by religious
creeds. Let no man misinterpret mo as an
tagonizing creeds. I havo eight or ten of
them; u creed about I eliglou, a ci eeil about
art, a creed about social life, a creod alxut
government aud so on. A creed Is something
that a man lielluves, whether it lie written or
unwritten. Tho I'rusbj terlai church is now
agitated uUiut Its creed. Homu good men In It
aro for keeping Itbucuuso It wusfiumedfrom
tho belief of John Calvin Other good men
In it want revision. I am with uUtlur purtj.
Instead of revision I want suhUtutIiii I
was sorry to havo thu question disturbed at
all. Tho creed did not hinder us fiom offer
ing thu pardon mid thu tomfortof the (impel
to ull men, and the VtmIntoi Confession
has not Interfered with me one minute Hut
now that thu electric lights havo bin u turned
on thu imerfoetlona of that creed -and
everything that man fashions U imperfect
let us put the old creed lespectfully aside aud
get a brand new one. It Is Impossibly that peo
ple who lived hundred of years ago should
fashion an appropriate creed for our times.
John Calvin was a great md good man, but ho
died three hundred and twenty-six yeauuga
Tin licst ccutiutcs of Bible study havo come
si to i then, und explorers havo dona their
woi K, nud jou might us well havo tho world
golwick and stick to what Holtert Fulton
knew about stenmbeatH, and reject tho
suhicquunt Improu'tncuts In navigation J
and go bark to John Outteuburg, tho In
Venlorof thu alt of printing, nud I eject nil
modem uuwpiicr prows; and go back to
thu tin 4 when telegraphy was tho clot ntlug
of signals or tho burning of bonllriwou the
hill tojm, unit reject thu mnguetlo wlro which
Is tho toiigtioof nations, as to ignoieull tlm
cxegeU's uud tho philologists nud the theolo
gians of tho Inst three hundred and twenty
six J ears nnd put our head under the sleet o
of tho gown of a Hlxtceiith etmturj doctor. I
could call tho named of twmitt iMug l'res
bjterhni ministers of lellglou who could
mako n better creed than John ('oh In. 'Hie
Nineteenth century ought not to I mi culled to
sit nt tho feet of tho Hlxtifiith
THK 8AMK, HUT UHKll IUKKKIIKHTI.Y
"But," )im nay, "It Is thu sumo old Bible,
and John t'ulvlu had that us well us tho pre
cut student of tho Scriptures." Yes; so It Is
the Ninio old siiu In tho heavens, but in our
limn it huKgonu to muklug duguorrvotjiMu
and photographs. It Is thu saino old water,
but In our century It has gone lo running
steam engines It Is tho same old olectrlcltj ,
but in our tune It has becomo n lightning
.otiil errnnd Iwy. Ho it is thu vld Bible, but
now applications, now uses, now Interprets
tlons. You must rememlx-r that dm lug thu
last three hundred Real's wonts hate changisl
their meaning and some of them now mean
inoro nnd somo Iosh. I do not think that
John Calvin boliovcd, as some say ho did, In
tho damnation of Infants, nlthough somo of
the recent hot disputes would seem to Imply
that there is such a thing as tho damna
tion of Infants A man who believes
hi tho damnation of Infants himself
deserves to loso heaven. I do not think any
good man could admit such a ossibllltj
What Christ will do with all tho babies in tho
noxt woi Id I conclude from what ho did with
tho babies In Palestine when ho hugged them
nnd kissed them. WhoUHomuof you grown
iksjiiIo go out of this world your doubtful des
tiny will 1st uu embarrassment to ministers
olllcluting nt your obsequies, w ho will have
to be cautious so as not to hurt surviving
friends. Hut when tho darling children go
there nro no "Ifs" or "buU" or guesses. Wo
must romembcr that good John Calvin was a
logician nnd a metaphysician and by tho pro
clivities of his nature put somo things In uu
imfoi tunato way. Logic hus Its use und mo
tnphjslcs has Its use, but thoy uio not good at
muklug ci cuds A gardener hands jou a
blooming loso, dewy fresh, but a severe bo
tanist comes to you with a roso and says: "1
will show jou tho structure of this roso."
and ho proceeds to tnko It auirt, aud
pulls off tho leaves uud ho snjs: "There
nro the iotals," und hu tukos out tho
anthers und ho says: "Just look at tho
wonderful structure of these llornl pil
lars," and then hu cuts thu stem to show
you tho juices of tho plant. Bo logic or metn
phsics takes tho aromatic roso of tho Chris
tian ivllglon nud snjs: "I will just show you
how this loso of religion was fashioned;" and
It pulls off of it a piece und Bns: "That is
thu human will," uud another piece mid says:
"Tills is Ood's will," nnd another pleco nnd
suj s: "This is so orelgnty," und another ptoco
umlwijs: "This is free agency," this is this
nnd that Is that. And while I stand looking
ut tho frugmouts of tho row pulled nart, one
whom the Murjs took for u gardener comes
in and presents mu with a crimson roso, rod
as blood, nnd snjs: "Inhalu tho sweetness of
this, wuir it on your heart and weur it for
uter" I must confess that I prefer tho rose
In full b ooiu to tho rose pulled apart. What
a tlmu wu havo hnd with tho dogmatics, tho
aM)logetlcs uud tho hermeneutlcs. Tho defoct
In homu of thu creeds Is thut thoy try to tell us
all about tho decrees of God. Now tho only
human being that was ever competent to
handle that subject was Paul, und ho would
not havo Utn competent had ho not boen in
spired. I liellovo in tho sovereignty of God
und I bellov o In man's froo agency, but no
ono can hai monlzo tho two. It is not neces
sary thut wo harmonize them. Every sermon
thut I huvo ever heard thut attempted such
harmonization was to mo as clear oh a Lon
don fog, us char us mud. My hi other of the
Nineteenth century, my brother of tho Six
teenth century, glto us Paul's statement uud
leave out ioui own. Iletter onu chapter of
Paul on thut subject than all of Calvin's In
stitutes, able mill honest and mighty us they
uro Do not trj to measure eithei tho tlironu
of God or tho thunderbolts of God with jour
little stetl K'ii, What do jou know about
thodecieesl You cannot pry ojien thu door
of God's tternul counsels. You cannot ex
plain the mysteries of God's government
now, much less tho mysteries of his irovorn-
incut flvo hundred quintillloii of jenrsugo.
I move for a creed for ull our denominations
mado out of Hcilpturo quotations pure nud
simple. Thut would tuko the earth
for God. Thut would 1h) Impregnable
ugalust iulldullty uud Ajiolljonlu assault.
'Hint would bo liujoud human criticism. Tho
denomination, whatever Its namo lie, thutcuu
rise up to that will bo thu church of tho mil
lennium, will swallow up nil other denomina
tions uud lie tho one thut will lie tho brldu
when tho Bridegroom cometh Iet us make
it simpler and plainer for jiuoplu to gut Into
thu kingdom of God. Do not hinder eoplu
bj' tho idea that thoy may not huvo been
elected, Do not tag on to tho ono essential of
faith in Christ uuy of tho innumerable non
essentials. A man who heartily accepts
Chi 1st is a Christian, uud thu man who dues
not accept him Is not n Chilstinu, uud thut is
nil theru Is of It. Hu need not bellovo In elec
tion or reprobation. Ho need not believe in
the eternal generation of tho Hon. Ho uood
not believe In everlasting punishment. Ho
need not belluvu In infant baptism. He need
not believe in plenary Inspiration. Fuith in
Christ is the criterion, is the test, is the pivot,
is the iudisiiensable. But there aro those
who would mid unto tho tests ruther
than subtract from them. There aro
thousands who would not accept Hrsons
into church membership if they drink
wine, or if thoy smoko clgurs, or If they
attend tho theatre, or if thoy play cards,
or If thoy drive u fast horse Now 1 do not
drink wine or smoko or attend thu theatre,
never played a gumo of enrds and do not
drive u fast horse, although I would if I
owned one But do not substitute tests
which thu lllblu does not establish There is
ono pussugoof Hcilpturo wldo enough to lot
ull In who ought to enter und to keep out
nil who ought to bu kept out: "Itoliovu hi
thu Loul Jesus Christ uud thou shult lie
sated" (Jet n man's heart right uud his life
will lo light. Hut now thut thu old creeds
have been put uiidei public seiiitiny, some,
tiling nidieal must Ui done Homu would
split them, miiiiii would ciimi them, some
would elongate tin in, somo would ablueviute
them. At thu piesuut moment and In the
present slinpe thuj aie a hindrance Lizaius
Is alive, but hampered with thu old giave
clothes. If jou ant one gloiiou church,
fieo and uucucumlxred, take olf thu cere
iciits of old eci lesiastlcnl vocnbulai j- Ixo
her, and let In r go'
IKIUITb AMI KKAlia
Again, tlieie ale Christians wlio aio under
sepulchrid sludoits nud hludurad uud hop
pled by doubts und fears nud bins long ago
reKuted of What thoy need Is to undei
ttnud the liberty of tho sons of God, They
eud moiotlmu under tho shadow of Hlnal
tlmu nt the haw of Calvary. They havo been
singing tlw only poor hymn that nuwton
ovor wrotoi
Tin a n)lnt I long to know.
Oft It causes nnxlous thought
)o 1 love the Iird or no,
i in I his or am I notf
Iong to know, do joul Uhjdojon not
fludoutl Go to work for OimI, and jou wilt
very xn Ibid out, Tho man who Is all tho
tlmu feeling of his pulso and looking nt Ids
tongue to mii whether It I coated Is morbid,
nud cannot bo phjslcnlly well 'Iho doctor
wlllsaj. "Go out Into tho fresh nlr nnd Into
nctho life, nud stop thinking of jourself, and
jou will get well nnd stiong." Ho there nro
jssiplu wlio nro watching their spiritual
sjmptoms, und they call itself examination,
nnd thoy get weaker uud slcklui In their
faith ull thu time. Go out nnd ih something
noblj Chilstinu Take holy exeiciso uud
then examine join self, nnd Instead of New
ton's satin nine nuil bilious hjimi that I flist
quotisl, jou will slug Newton's other liyinni
Alnnitliig gnuts how swis.t tho sound
That saisl awn tch llko me'
I onis) km lost, but now nut found,
Was hllliil, hut now 1 sisi
What liuiliy of you Oil Istiaiis most lussl Is
to gut j our grave clot lies off I rejoice Hint
j'ou huvo Urn brought from tho death of slu
to the life of tho Gospel; but jou need to get
jour hand Iimimi uud jour feet looso und jour
tongue looso uud your soul loose. There Is no
sin thut thu Blblo so arraigns and punctures
nnd llugulhitoK ns the slu ot uuhellcf,nnd that Is
what Is the matter with jou. "Oh," you say,
"If you know what I onco wus nnd how ninny
times I havo grievously strajed, jou would
understand why I do not come out brighter."
Then 1 think you would call jourself the
chief of sinners. I am glad you hit ukii that
term, for I huvo a promise that Ills Into your
caso as tho cogs of onu wheel lietwccii tho
cogs of another wheel, or ns tho key (Its
Into tho labjrluths of n lock A mail
who was once culled Haul but uftcr
wnrds Paul declared.- "This Is a faithful
saying nnd worthy of nil ncceptntlon that
Christ Jesus enmo Into tho world to sate sin
ners, of whom I mn chief " Mark that "of
whom I am chief." "Put down your over
coats and hats aud I will take euro of them
whllo jou kill Htephon" so Haul said to tho
stonersof tho first martyr "I do not rani
to exert mjself much, but I will guard your
surplus npimrcl whllo jou do thu murder"
Tho Now Testament account snj-st "Tho wit
nesses laid down tholr clothes at a young
man's feet whose namo wus Haul." No won
der ho said: "Blnners, of whom I am thu
chief." Christ Is used to climbing. Ho
climbed to tho top of tho temple. Ho climbed
to the top of Mount Olivet. Ho climbed to
tho top of tho cliffs about Nnriuuth. lie
climbed to the top of Golgotha. And to the
top of tho hills aud tho mountains of your
trunsgi esslou ho is ready to climb with
paidon for ovory ono of jou. Tho
groan of Calvary Is mightier than tho
thunder of Blnal. Full receipt Is offered
for ull jour Indebtedness. If onu throw a
stone nt midnight Into n bush where the
hedge bird roosts, It Immediately begins to
slug; and Into tho midnight hedges of your
despondency theso words I hurl, hoping to
awaken j-ou to uiithom. Drop the tunes in
tho minor key nnd tuku tho major. Do you
think It pleases tho Lord for you to lie carry
ing around with jou tho debris nnd cnrcuiwos
of old trunsgi esslousl You mako me think
of somo bhl thut has hnd a temjx-stuous time
at bou, und now that It proposes another oy
ngo keow on Its davits the damaged HfolxmU
nnd tho splinters of n shivered mast nud thu
broken glass of a smashed skylight, Mj- ml
vlco Is: Clear tho decks, overboard with all
the damaged rigging, brighten tqi thu suited
smoko stacks, ojien n now log Ixiok, haul In
the planks, lay out a new com so nud set sail
for heuven. You havo hud tho spiritual
dumps long enough. You will please the
Lord morn by being hnppy than by being
miserable. Huvo jou not sometimes started
out In tho ruin with jour umbiella and you
wero busy thinking, (ind you did not notice
that tho rain had stops.sl, und though it hud
cleared off j-ou still had jour uinbiollnup,
nnd whou jou discovered what you wcru
doing jou felt silly enough! That Is what
somo of jou uro doing In religious things.
You have got so used to sadness that though
tho ruin has stojijKsl you still havo jour um
brella up Come out of tho shadow. Ascend
the stairs of jour sepuleher. Htep out Into
tho broad light of noonday. Wo come nroiiud
you to help i emote jour grave clothes nud n
voice fiom thu heat ens, ti emulous but omul
Kitont, commands "Iiomi him, nud let him
go."
MOHK UOOD ADV1CU
Again, my text has good advice concei nltig
uuy Chrlstlun Imiiqiorcd und bothuied nnd
Ixiutid by fear of his own dissolution To
such tho Book refers when It spiuks of thoso
who through rear of death woro all their
lifetime subject to Iximhigo Tho most of us,
even If wo hut e tho Christian Iiojmi, mo cow
ards ulHiut death. If a plank rail from a
scaffolding nud just guides our hut how jrnlo
wuliMik. If tho Atlantic ocuiii plujswtth
tho steamship, pitching It toward the heavens
and luting It suddenly drop, how oven thu
Clu 1st Ian passengers pester tho steward or
stowuidess us to whether there Is any danger,
ami tho captain, who has lieen ull night on
tho bridge nnd chllhd through, coming in
for n cup of coffee, Is assailed with a whole
buttery of questions us to what ho thinks of
tho weather And many of tho liest people,
are, us Paul says, throughout their lifetlmo
In bondage by fear of death. My brothers
oud sisters, if wo mado 'nil use of our re
ligion wo would soon gel over this.
Bucked up by tho teachings of jour
Bible, just look through tho telescoio somu
bright night nnd see how many worlds thoro
nro and rellect that all you hat u sten, com
pared with tho number of worlds In exist
ence, uro less than the fingers of jour right
bund as compared with all tho lingers of tho
human race. How foolish, then, for us to
think thut ours Is tho only world lit for us to
stay in I think thutall the stars are Inhabited
aud by beings like tho human race in feelings
nud sentiments, and tho difference is In lung
respiration and heart tieat uud physical con
formation, their phjslcal conformation fit
for tho cllmato of tholr world nnd our phjs
lcal conformation tit for the cllmato of our
world. Bo wo shall feel ut home In nny of
the stellar neighborhoods, our physical limi
tation hat ing ceased. Ono of our llrst real!
zatlous In getting out of this world, I think,
will bo that hi this world wo wero very much
pent up und had crumped apartments and
weio kept on tho limit. Tho most even of
our small world Is water, und thu wuUr says
to thu human race: "Don't comu hero or jou
will drown." A fow thousand feet up thu
ntmosphcio Is uninhabitable, and tho utuios
pherosujsto thu humu.i nice. "Don't comu
up heioor jou uiuiiut breathe." A few miles
down the earth is a furnace of the, ami tho
(Ire says. " Don't come here or jou will burn."
Thu cat tins of thu mountains me full of poi
sonous guses, und tho gases saj "Don't come
herooi jou will honsphjxiuted " And, cross
lug a rail track, jou must look out or jou
will lie nushed. And, standing bj a steam
boiler, j mi must look out or jou will lw
blovtuup And pneumonias uud pleurisies
and consumptions uud npoplexiis go across
this earth in Hocks, lu drotes, in he.ds and It
is a world of equinoxes and cj clones und
troves Yet we uro under the delusion that
It Is the only place fit to stay In Wo want
to stick to tho wet plank mtdoccun while the
great ship "The City of God," of tho Celes
tial lino, goes balling past and would gludly
tnko us up In it lifeboat. My Christian
friends, let mo tent olf jour dcNiudenclc
uud flights about dissolution Mj I ml
commands mn i cgurdlug j on, snj Ingi " Ikiso
him, nud let htm go."
HltAVlcxI IIKAtKf'
tlcutculi innety-ihe pu out Isdtei t hit it
this iioi l i, thousand per cent liettei, it
million mi cent, bettor. Tnkp Hie glnddist,
bl igl lest, most jubilant dujs ton etit luul
one nth mid compress them nil into one hout,
nud lint hour would 1st a lispiluu, u fust
day, a gloom, n honor, uscomsirisl with Iho
jssirest hour thoy huvo had In heat mi since
Its Hi i tower was built or Its llrst gates
swungoi Its Mist song cm oiled "Oh," jou
say, "thai inny l ti ue, but 1 am so afraid of
dossing otel fiom this woi Id to the next,
and I fear the snapping of thu cold between
soul and IknIj " Well, ull the siugisms and
phjsli Inns and scientists dccluio thai there Is
no p mg ut tho pat ting of (he IhsIj uud soul,
nnd nil the ssmlng lestlessuoss ut the closing
hour of lite Is involuntary and no distress ut
ull Aud 1 agree witli the doctors, for what
the) suj Mcoullliued by thu fact that srsous
who were drowned or worn submerged until
nil consciousness tlcpnrtod uud were after
wards l ususi'ltntcd declare that theseusatlon of
pissing Into tiucouscloiisuess wus pleasuiuble
lather than distressful Tho cage of the ImkIj
has a door on easy hinges, nnd wlieti Ihatdooi
ot tho phjslcal cage ojhius thu soul slmplj
puts out its wings mill soars "Hut," j-nu sat,
"I fear to go because thu future Is so full ol
tnjsteiy " Well, I will tell j on how to treat
the iiijblcilcs, Thu mysteries have (caws I
Isitherlug mn, for I dons thu judges of jour
courts often da Thoy henr nil thu aiguiueuti
lu tho case und then siiyt "I will take these
pupeis nud glvo you my decision next week "
Bo I huvo heard nil tho ui gmnents In regard
lo tho next world, uud some thliigsnrn imctr
tuiii nnd full of mjstery, nud so I fold up the
papers and i eservo until tho next world in
decision about them, I can there study ull
tho mjstcrlcs to Isitter udtuutnge, for the
light will bo lietter uud my faculties stronger,
nud I will nsk tho Chrlstlun phllosopheis,
who hutu hud nil tho ndtuiiluges of
heaven for centuries, to help me, uud
I may Isi srmltlrd mjself humbly to
ask the Iird, ami I think theio will
bo only one mjstery loft, thut will bo
how ono so unworthy ns myself got Into such
nn cmuptuicd plneo. Comu up out of thu
.sepulchral shadows. If jou nro not Chris
tians by faith In Clu 1st come up Into the
light, uud If you uro nlready llko I.uzurus,
reanimated, but still have jour gravo clothes
on, get lid of them. Thocomiiiuudls: "Iooso
him, nnd lot him go." The only part of my
nsjent joutuoy thut I reully dreaded, al
though I did not say much ul'iout It Isiforo
hand, wus tho lauding ut Jnppu. That Is tho
liortof entrance for tho Holy Lnud.und there
uro many rocks, uud in rfiugh weather people
cannot land at ull. Tho honts taking thu (ie
plu fiom tho steamer to tho docks mutt run
between reefs thut looked to mo to bo nlsjut
fifty feet aMirt, uud onu mlsstroku of an
oarsman or nil tiuuxectsl wuvo lias some
times been fatal, nud hundreds have perished
nlong those nsfs. Besides that, us wo left
Port Buld tho evening before uu old trnveler
said: "Thu wind is just right to glvu jou a
lough lauding ut Joppn, Indeed, I think
you w 111 not Is) able to land nt all " Tho fact
was that when our McdlUrrnuouu stunner
ilropMsl anchor near Joppn and wo put out
for shore in tho small Ismt, tho water wus u
still islhouuh It hud Ixsn sound asleep a hurt
dred jeurs, nud we lunded ns easily us I i-niuv
on this platform. Well, jour fears huvo
pictured for jou uu appalling arrival at thu
end of jour vojagoof life, uud thoy say thut
tho sens will run high uud thut the breukeri
will swnllow jou up, or that If you reach
Canaan at all it will 1st a very rough landing
Tiio t cry opiosltu will Ihj true If jou huvo thu
eternal Ood for your iHirtlou. Your dlseui
barkatlon for tho promised laud will bo us
smooth ns wus ours ut Palestine last Decern
tier. Christ w III meet j on far out at sou ami
pilot jou Into complete safoty, and jou will
land with a hosnnuu on ouo side of you und
a hallelujah on thu other
"Lnnil ntiiuul '" Its fruits nro wnt lug
()'( r the hills of fadeless Kreen,
And the living waters lining
Shon-H where lieateuly forms are seen.
Hocks mill storms I'll fear no more.
When on that eternul shore;
Drop the anchor! furl thu sail!
I mu safe within the veil I
Woes nt it l Ml Ut.
"A man might us well Ui a hangman as a
dentist, ns fur us expecting uuy gratitude for
his sci vices," remarked uu aggrieved mom-
ber of that unappreciated profession "I
have worked for hours over n buck filling in
n woman's mouth, where I had tout ally dis
locate my neck und tie my backbone Into u
liowknot, nnd ut tho cud, If I ventured to
straighten up wKh u sigh of relief, I hate
Iks'ii row nrded with n stony glare of Indig
nant condemuutiou.
"A woman ttlll stand more pain than a
man, for a woman bus an Inborn Instinct of
kliowlug herself to thu Isist uilt milage," lie
continued. "A rubber dam or u mouth
strutiheil to Us utmost capacity is not con
ducivo to personnl Utility, nud therefore a
woman will not udd tho fm ther disfigure
iiieut of lack of courage
"I hud rutin i u fiiiiuj experience tho other
day with uu old darky who wuutcd u tooth
pulled. Ills face was elaborately tied up In
red llunnel, and his expression was tho on
bodlmeut of wixj Thu tooth was a hard onu
to haiidlo, uud Just as 1 gavu it thu Muni
jnnk hu gat o a prolonged howl nnd fairly
shot himself thitmgh tho ojx u window onto
tho shed joof taut nth He rolled over this
roof, still howling, nnd flnnlly dropptsl
from it to thu ground ull doubled up like a
black rubber ball All this, InsUud of hurt
ing him, sorted to help his case, for he picked
himself up uud walked off apparently sound
lu wind and limb, uud quite regardless of the
fact that ho had not paid mo
"1 hud a innn onco glvo mo more than I
wanted for pulling his tooth. He was a big,
strapping fellow, nnd I thought thu tooth
would never come Tho forceps slipped off
threo times, but thu fourth time 1 clinched
it. The muii uuver moved nor mado a sound
until the tooth cumu out, when Lo doubled up
his list uud landed a blow on my chest that
slnpHsl mu up against tho w nil as Hit as a
lump or putty Then hu took his hat und
stalked out without waiting to see whother I
eter got mj breath again or not." Boston
(llota.
Hit' Mar or llellllehiiiu.
Astronomical calculations how that wo
shall witness u most luui. tiu phenomenon
in the course of 1MK) A sixth star will Ui
added to the lite fixed stai. foimiug thu con
stellation of Cassiopeia if this stai nppcuis
ui lV.sJ, it will hini, Usui seen set eu turns
since Hie U'giniuug of tho Christum t in li
Miisdiscutuicd lust time bj Tjeliu d Hruho
ui rr,', who ilfhcrlhcd It us u star of extraoi
dliiui t brightness, which outshone the stars
f first magnitude, uud could m nvii in the
light of tin) Hut llflei three weeks the
brightness faded, uud nftei Inning Uontls
ililo for seventeen mouths it disapxured us
suddenly us it hud come The star U on rec
ord (u the annals of 1S(M A D , ami of 04S
A D , dining tho Kmperor Otto's rolgn It
hits been supposed that this hout only lody is
thu Identical Star of Hethleheiu, nud It suems
to appear onco lu about Ulfl years. Cor. Lon
don News,
HARD TIMC8 IN THE CON-CDGRAGY:
Htrlklng I'll (urn of Dip lUlmostxd iiiull
lion of Hu, 'liooia.
In his bisik, "llLvi uud Pull ..r the Con
feiloi uto (1 it et nmeiil," Ml I) it is makes tho
statement tint owing ton sin phis of cash
unused from pnwlous uppioprlmlous uud on
blind In the full of IWU, ii i uppiopi utloii
weie ihs'imsl uit'ossurv to carry thu tieanuy
over until the spi Ing of Iwn I'hn mmter tf
luck of supplies wus litvt'sli , lied during
the winter, und lu u seciel session of con
giess nt lllchmoud thu following exhibit
was mado of the condition or Uti's sub
sistcuco department! 'That tlieio Is not
llieitl enough III thu Houlhein Coiifideincy
for thu in mles lu the field Thut thole
Is not III Yligliilii meat anil In end enough for
thu ui mles within her limits Thut thu sup
ply of brcuil for those armies to Ut obtained
fiom other places dexmds nbsolultdy upon
keeping osiu the rnlltoad coiiueotlons of thu
south
" Flint thu meat must Ut obtulmsl from
libit tad through u s.viHrt, Thut thu trims
hi liitlnn is not now adequate, fiom what
eter cause, to moot the necmsnry denmuds of
the sel t leu
" I hut Iho supplj of meat lo IWi nimy Is
proem Ions, uud If thu nimv full back from
lliehiuoiid uud Petersburg theru Is etery
probnblllly that It will cease altogether "
The huid times lu thu Confederacy worn
known to ut ui y Union sotdlti who cumu lu
contact with tho inuuiyou thu Petersburg
Hues Theio was regular communication Ut-twis-n
theopHislng pickets, uud theio wus nil
epidemic nT desei lions from (hu Confedei ato
intiks, whlrh ulouu would huvo eucoiiingtsl
the Union t loops to ImiIIovu that tho bottom
wusihoppuigotitof thu Conftsluraoy Tho
stoiles wliuh these men told of thu state of
uffnlm lu Dixie inoro than confirimst tho sus
picious that were uwnkeiusl by their action
in deserting their colors Their stoi les hriclty
wero thut tho whole imputation of tho south
had given up ull hope of success uud wanted
tho end to come wsiu; thut only the lenders
who foniod for their heads weio holding
out; thut the fi lends of thu soldiers lu
tho field encouraged them to desert,
aud thut ull of them would desert
ns soon us opportunity offetod, except prop
erty owneis, thut tho prt)Ktrtyof ihmeiiers
was conllscuttsl mid their families turned
ndrlft; that men who leinalnod in the ranks
would not light any more, uud that ull of thu
firing, or neatly all, on thu picket lino was
dune under thu orders uud direction of thu
officers, nud they lu somo cases bundled the
guns themselves; thut many sohlluis when
compollisl to shoot wero caleful not to hit the
target Thoy laid grent stress upon the fnct
that thu southerners would not light again.
Circumstances might couisj them to remain
lu thu ranks, but nothing could Induce thorn
to do battlu with their old tlmu ardor Tho
condition of thu luuu who enmu into tho
Union camps us deserters attested tho truth
of all that was told ovor the Hues of tho for
lorn asxs;t of things lu Leo's ciimn. A de
serter's llrst net on finding hllusulf lu tho
bunds uf tho enemy wus to npHul for food.
Occasionally thoy wero too modest to throw
themselves boldly uhi tho morcy of an an
tagonist, but tholr furnished faces, nnd tholr
htingiy ejes, wnnderlng wistfully to the
camp chests and sometimes resting ukii n
refuse bono, led their captors to offer food
the mum utthey hud seemed their prisoners.
Often these men wero barefoot nnd somo of
them hud worn tholr trousers legs off hulf
way up to tlio knees. Huch absolute distress
among so largo u iiumbur of men ts syldom
wltntsMHl. And this was not confined to tho
men who came In as deserters. I'vory night
Confederates cumo to thu Union camps, wild
ing through swumiM und risking their lives
where the pickets' bullets lluw, In order to
get biead uud meat which their generous
foemeii kindly guvo out of nn nbundnnce.
George L. Kilmer.
Amm lllcklnsim'ii I Ira very.
It wus lu ouo of the coal milling towns,
nud a crowd of rude, turbulent men hail
guthered to pi event Miss Dickinson from
sjieuklng. At shu Ujpod upon thu platform
shu wus greeted with hisses und screams, und
ns she advanced to the flout tho tumult In
creased Bho did not shrink nor show onu
sign of ftur, her eyes burned with n now
light uud her fnce puled u little, not from
fear, but from excitement With uu tin
daunted nir shu stood there, with hir head
tin own back, her eyes blazing, onuurm bo
hluil her, in tho attitude nil her ndmlrois
know to Ui her own characteristic, stood
waiting for thu tumult to ctasu Budduuly
onu man, more reckless or more inlluuusl
with linger than tho rest, drew a pistol fiom
his Keket uud llrtsl. Tho shot cut off u lock
of her curly hair, but still she not or llinchisl.
Tho look of contempt deepened on her fneo,
and thu firm lips closed more tightly. For a
moment theio wus a thud silence, then n voice
cried out'
"All! but she's u brato lassie, lot's hear
what she bus to say, bojs."
In a second thu title wus turned. There
wus urcsN)iislve cheer, thut wus glttn with
as iimch htartiuessus luul churactt iizsl tho
hisses lie fore.
Bho stotsl conqueror in tills cuiious uud
dangerous conflict of wills. One who heard
hei sajs that she sMiko us though shu wus in
spired, and she curried that audience of men
with htr. Boston Herald.
buy Well uinl l Willi
A short tlmu taforo Dean Btunley's denth
hu closed uu eloquent bermon with a quaint
terse, which greatly Impressed his congregu
tlou On taing asktsl about It afurwurd, hu
said It was doubtful whether the lines wlio
written by ouo of tho earliest Deans of West
minster, or by one of tho early Scotch Re
formers. The dean hail coiiiu upon it by utcldent,
anil feeling that it expressed with singular
felicity tho true Chrlstlun prosrttou tatwecn
doctrine uud character, between good word
and good works, he used It to xiut and adorn
his sermon. Headers of Tho Couquuilon may
ta gloil to odd It to their collections of good
words:
B&y well Is Kisxl, but do well Is belter
Do well seems spirit, say will tlm letter
Su) well Is gotlly, and helwth to please;
Itllt do well Hum l-imIIv. ami l-Iv.. tli.. ,.,,rM ...un
tviy well to silence soinetliiits Is bound,
Hut do w t II Is free on every gruiuiil
Say well has frlemls. some here, some there.
Hut tlo well Is wtlcouie eter) where
II) sa) nell to mull) (Jcl s word cleaves.
Hut for lat k of ilu tti II It often Kates
If su) well and tlo well were Isiuml in one fruum,
Then all wire done, ull were won, mul gullet wero
pnln
Youth's Comuiiiiou
A Unlrk Wltteil llo).
Loss of life was (hei in less pietLiittsl hj tho
prompt i.ciiou of a little ll jtsir-old lud Nor
man hnilih, at Kingston itcentlj Whllo
plajing near tho West Shoie iiulwnt truck
he tliM'oteitsi a muss nt look u Inch ha.l slid
down oter the south Uiuiiil trues in riteh'i
cut. Just uft i tho watchman hud iusms1
Btvliig the Hudson Illtn express rounding
tho curto some ilistuiice iilmve, he mado
fi untie ttli its to wm n t., tngtusvi of dan
htr I'lie nam kiik stopHs jus i; tlmu mid
nns swit. nisi in thu north tiack. Other
trains wero d'tuimst for a time Apritate
cm with 1' W Clement und family on
Uiurd, was attached to thu train. A purse
of money was quickly made up for thu little
fullow. New York Tributio.
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