CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, MAY
3, 1890.
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THE VOICES OF NATUI1E.
DR. TALMAGE DECLARES THEM AR
TICULATE AND HARMONIOUS.
Tlio Armli'iiiy of Mnslo Tlirofigrd lo llenr
tho IlinuUI) 11 Dlvlun I'rciuh 11 Sermon
Aptriiti lute to tliu Scnson of tho Vonr.
Inn, It, l.'l tho Text.
IltiOOKt.YN, April 2T. Tho attrnctlon of
tho mrks hi their new spring time garb,
which nlTccts ninny coiigtcgations at this sen
eon, does not diminish the crowd which tours
Into tho Aciuleiny of Miiulo to hour tho elo
quent prencher. This morning tho grent isll
llco was thronged, us usual, as soon as tho
doors wcrv intoned. After tho rending of an
appropriate passago of Scrlpturo and tho
flnglngof thuliyuiu, "tllory tododon High,"
Dr. Talmago nutiounced us his text Isu. It,
13: "Tho glory of Lcliuuou shall come unto
thtH; tho llr treo, thopluu tree, and thu box
together, to iH-autlfy the place of my sanctu
ary." Following Is his sermon in fulli
TIIK C1LOIIY OK I.KIIANOV.
On our wuy from Damascus wo saw tho
mountains of Ijbiinon white with snow, and
the places from which tho cedar, wero hewn
and then drawn by ot teams down to tho
Mediterranean son, mid then Hinted In great
rafts to Joppn, mid then again drawn by ox
teams up to Jerusalem to build Solomon's
tcmplo. Those mighty trees In my text aro
called tho "glory of iAilmuon." Iuuulinato
nature felt thu effects of tho llrst transgres
sion. When Kvo touched tho forbldileu treo
It seems us If tho sinful contact had smitten
not only that trcu, hut as If the air caught
tho jHillutlon from tho leaves, ami as if tho
snp had carried tho virus down into the very
soil until tho entire earth rocked with tho
leprosy. Under tlmt sinful touch nature
withered. lho Inanimate creation, us if
nwuro of tho damage dono It, sent up tho
thorn nud brier and nettle to wound nud
fiercely oppose tho human rneu.
Tin: cominci or tiik millennium.
Now ns tho physical earth felt thu effects of
tho llrst transgression, so It shall also feel tho
effect of thu Saviour's mission. As from that
ono tnsj in l'iirmlu n blight went fortli
through tho entire earth, so from ono treo on
Calvary another force shall ssxsl out to In
tcrpenotrato and check, subdue nml override
tho evil. In tho end It shnll lm found that
tho trcu of Calvary has tnoro Kitency than
tho treo of l'nrndlso. As tho nations are e van
pellzod, I think 11 corresondlng chango will
bo effected in tho natural world. I verily Ite
llevo that thu trees, and tho birds, and tho
rivers, and the skies will havo their millenni
um. If man's sin affected tho ground, ami
tho vegetation, and thu atmosphere, shnll
Christ's work bo loss powerful or less exten
sive I
Doubtless Ood will toko thu Irregularity
and fierceness from tho elements so ns to
niako them congenial to the race, yet to lo
eo symmetrical nud evangelized. Thu ground
shnll not bo so lavish of weeds und so grudgo
ful of grain. Soils which now hnvo oculltir
proclivities toward certain forms of evil pro
duction will bo delivered from their besotting
sins. Stoop mountains, plowed down Into
moro grndiml ascent, shall lx girdled with
flocks of sheep nud shocks of corn. Tho wet
marsh shnll liecomo tho deep grasMsl meadow.
Cattle shall oat unharmed by caverns unco
haunted of wild beasts. Children will build
piny houses In what was onco a envo of ser
pents; and, ns tho Scrlpturo snith: "Tho
weaned child shnll put Ids hnnd on tho cock
atrice's den."
Oh what hnrvests shnll bo ronied when
neither drouth, nor excessive rain, nor mil
dew, nor infesting insects shnll arrest tho
growth, nml tho utmost capacity of tho Holds
for production shall ho tested by nil intelli
gent nml athletic yeomanry. Thrift nml com
petency characterizing tho world's inhabi
tants, their dwelling places shall bo graceful
and healthy and adorned. Tree and arbor
nud grovu around iibout will look us If Adam
and Kvo had got buck to 1'aradisu. Great
cities, now neglected nud unwashed, shall hu
orderly, adorned with architectural sy inmy
try and connected with far distant seiiorts
by present modes of trunsortut!ou carried to
their greatest perfection, or by now inven
tions yet to spring ui) out of tho water or
drop from tho nir nt tho beck of a Morse or a
Robert Fulton belonging to future genera
tions. Isaiah in my text seems to look forward to
thu futuru condition of thu physical earth as
n condition of great Itouuty ami excellence,
and then prophesies tlmt ns the strongest and
most ornamental t halter In Lebanon was
brought down to Jerusalem nml constructed
into tho ancient temple, so all that is beauti
ful mid excellent In tho physical earth shall
yet contribute to tho church now being built
in tho world. "Tliu glory of IuImiiioii shall
como unto theo; tho llr treo, tho pino tree,
and tho box together, to beautify tho place of
my baiictuary."
Much of this prophecy has already been ful
filled, nud I proceed to somo practical 1 eiuurks
upon tho contributions which thu uatfitnl
world is making to tho kingdom of God, nml
then draw somo Inferences, Tho first contri
bution that nature gives to thu church is her
testimony In behalf of thu truth of Christi
anity. This Is 1111 ago of profound research.
Nature cannot ovudu man's inquiries us onco.
In chemist's laboratory she Is put to torture
and compelled to glvoup her mysteries. Hid
den laws havo como out of their hiding place.
Tho earth and tho heavens, sluco they hnvo
been ransacked by geologist and botanist and
astronomer, npcar so different from what
they onco wero that they may bo called "tho
new heavens and tho now earth."
POWERFUL EKKKCT UPON THE ItEI.IUlOUB
W0Ht.II.
This reseurch und discovery will havo tow
erf ul effect niton tho religious world. Thoy
must either advance or arrest Christianity,
make men better or mnko them worse, bo tho
church's honor or tho church's overthrow.
Christians, aware of this in tho early ages of
discovery, wero nervous nud feurful us to
tho progress of science. Thoy feared that
somo natural law, U'foro unknown, would
kinldonly spring Into harsh collision with
Christianity. (Juupuwder nud tho gleam of
swords would not so much huvu been feared
by religionists in electrio butteries, voltaic
piles and astronomical apparatus. It was
feared that Moses and tho prophets would bo
run over by skeptical chemists and philoso
phers. Koine of tho followers of Aristotle,
after the invention of tho telcscos', refused
to look through that instrument, lest what
they saw would overthrow thu teachings of
that greu philosopher. Hut tho Christian
religion lias no such apprehension now.
llnng on fttir tclescoiK's and inicroscoH'
und spectroscopes nud tho moro the better.
ThoUod l liuturu is tho Ood of the lliltle,
and in all the universe und in ull thu eterni
ties he has never once contrudlchsl himself.
Christian inerchaiits endow universities, mid
in them Christ mil profis-sors instruct the chil
dren of Christian communities. The warm
est and III 1st euthuslasiie friends of Christ
aro thu hriiM'sl mid ui"-t enthusiastic friends
of scieuco. The church Intern ai much over
every discovery as the .rid rujolcos. Good
men have found that ti Is no war Itctwoen
scieuco nud religion. '1 it which lit first linn
seemed to be thu woup n of the iulldcl bus
turned out to Ito tho we Kin of tho Christian.
Scientific discussions .1 ty ho divided into
those which are conclti' led, and lioso .h!ch
nru still hi pro.mts, deH'iidlii fop ilcs'lsloti
niton fnltiro Investigation. Those which rro
concluded have luvnrtuhly rendered their vrr
diet for Clirltlnnlty, iinl mi have faith In
hellcvo Hint those which urn Mill In proscou
tlnil will como to mh fuvniablo 11 conclusion
Tli great systems of error urn fulling Ivforu
Uum discoveries. Tlmjf hnvo crushed every
tiling lnt llu lllhlc, nml tlmt lliojr hnvo es
tnltlLshod. Mohammedanism unit viiiiilntii
In tl.clr ten tlioiiHiintl forms have Ikvii proved
fulw, nml hy jjrout natural laws shown to ls
llilostins. Hurled cities hnvo Usui ex
limned ami the truth of Ood foiiml written
on their coillii 11,1k. Iltrtlctt, ltnhliisnu nml
liyiml linvi- hecn not more the apostles of
science llmti thu iitostl of religion The
1I1.111I1 llw of tlio pyramids hnvo oH'tiiil to
preach thu gn-K'l. KxxtIltloni hnvo been
II t till out for 1'iilo.itiiiK, nml explorers lint o
come hni'k to say tlmt thoy hnvofouiiil munii
mountains nml mimn i'i 1 11-., nml mi lho shore
of waters, llv iii and nml v iiik ev iileneus of
our glorious Christianity.
TIIKV IIAVK COVIK HACK IIKMKX KltH.
MiMi who lmi K(,ti' to I'iiIi'MIiio Inlldols
huvu count hack Christians. Thcv w no were
hltliil nml deaf to the Until nt hoinii hnvo
h -01 1 nil to nv Christ again prcachiui; upon
Olivet, mill hnvo Isheld In vlvlil Imagination
tho Son of llml n-iiin walking thu hills ultuilt
Jerusalem. Cuvlgllu onen rcjivti-d tho truth,
hut uftorwnrd said, "1 came to Kgpt,uud
thu Scriptures nml the p rumlds converted
1110." When 1 was in lluyrout, Hyrln, Inst
Deeomls'r.oiir Udovisl American misshmur),
Ituv. Dr. Juiuup, tolil inn of IiIh frluml who
mot a skeptic at Joppa, thu scjiHrt of Jcru
sulem, mill tho unbeliever wild to hit frli'iiil:
"I mil going Into tin Holy li'iml to show up
thu folly of tho Christian religion I 11111 go
ing to visit nil tho so railed 'sacred plnro.t'
nml write thi'in up, anil show tho worlil that
tliu Now Testament Is 1111 l:iiositlnu Umu thu
Hindi's I'roihtllty." Months aftur Dr. Jiw
hiip'rt friend met the skeptic at lluyrout after
li" hail I'liiupli'tiil hti journey through thu
Holy Iind. "Well, how It Itf" said tho
aforesaid gentleman to tho skeptic. Thu an
swer was: "I huvu seen it ull, and I toll you
thu lllluV Is truol Yon; it It nil truul" Tliu
man who went to destroy cniiiu hack to do
fond. Aftur what I myself saw during my recent
absence, I conclude tlmt any 0110 who win go
through thu Holy Land and remain mi un
believer l.i either 11 had limit or mi Imbecile.
Ood employed men to wrlto thu Ilihlu, hut ho
took inaiiy of tho mi mo truth which they
rucori led mid with his own almighty hand
ho gouged them into tho rook and drovo
them ilow n Into dismal depths, and, nx docu
niuiitN are put in thu comer stone of 11 tem
ple, so In thu very foundation of tho onrth ho
folded up and placed tho record of heavenly
tiuth. Tho earth's c truer touo was laid,
I1I.0 that ivf other sacred (sllllcc, In tho namo
of tho Father, and of thu Son, mid of tho
Holy (lliost. Thu author of rovoliitlon,
standing among the grcit strutn, looked iiK)ii
Moses mid wild, "Iet us roooril for future
ages thu world's history; you wrltult there
on papyrus; I will wrlto It hero on thu Ixivvl-
lllTH."
TIIU HTATKI.Y HVCAMOItR.
Aaln, nature oirers an iiivuluahlo coutri
hiition to Clirihtiauity hy thu Illustration hIio
makes of ilivlno truth. Tliu Inspired writers
H'irod upon thu advantages uirerol hy tho
natural world. Trees and rlvt'i-H and clouds
mid rooks hroku forth into holy mid entliii
slastlc utterances. Would Christ tet fortli
the htreiigtli of fnith, hu punts to thu syca
more, whoso roots Kjireud out, mid htrlku
down, mid clinch themselves amid great
depths of earth, nml ho Mild that faith was
strong enough to tear tlmt up hv the roots.
At Hnwiirduu, 1'nglniid, Mr. (ilmlstonu,
while hhowlng inu his trees during a pro
longed walk through his niagnllk-ent park,
xilutud out a svcaiuore, mid with a wnvu of
tnu lurid Kill: "In your visit to tliu Holy
IjiukI did you mhi any Kvcamoro more Impre.s
nivo than that I" I coufe.s.st.sl tlmt I hud not.
Its hrauches wcru not moru ruumrknhlu than
its roots. It was to such n trcu as that Jcmis
Khiteil when ho would Illustrate thu power
of faith. ''Yu niigfitsiy unto tilts sycAmoro
tree, 'Ho thou pluckisl up hy tho root and ho
tliou.cal Into thu hea,' iiud It would ohey
you." One ron-son w hy Christ ims fascinated
tho worlil us no other teacher is U-cmise in
stead of using severe argument ho was al
ways telling how Mruethliig In tho spiritual
world was like unto something in tho natural
world Oli. iliuMi wonderful "likes" of our
l-ordl Liken grain of mustard seod. I.iko
11 treasure hid in allehl, I, Ike a merchant stak
ing goodly pearls Kiko unto a net that was
cast )rto th sen. I.iko unto a householder.
KXI'IIKSMVK StMll.ns.
Would Chi 1st teach thu precision with
which hu looks nft , you t, ias ho counts
tho hairs of your head. Well, that Is a long
ami tedious count if thu head huvu tliu aver-
' ago endow iiient. It has been found that If
the hairs of thu head ho black there nruulxiut
I rjO,(KJ, or if thoy lie llaxen theru nru about
1 1 0,0i K), lint God knows thu exact number;
"The hairs of your head nru all numbered,"
Would Christ impress us with thu dlviiio
watchfulness mid care, ho Hjeaks of tho np,ir-
' rows that wero 11 iiulsauco in thosvj time.
They vcro caught hy tho thousands In tint
I net. Thoy wero thin unil scrawny and had
comparatively 110 meat 011 their hones I liev
seemisl uhnost valueless, whether living or
il'inl Now, argies Christ, If my Father
takes caru of them, will ho not tnko euro of
wnif Christ would huvu thu Christian, do
sponilent over his slowness of religious duvel
opuieiit, go to his corn field for a lusson. Hu
watches llrst thu gris-n shoot pressing up
through thu clods, gradually strengthening
Into a stalk, and last of all thu husk swelling
out with the pressure of tho corn: "First tho
blade, then tho ear, after that thu full corn
ill thu ear."
Would David set fortli tho freshness and
beauty of genuine Christian character, hu
sees nn eagle starting from its nest Just af
ter the molting season, Its old feathers shed,
and its wings nud breast deckisl with new
down ami plumes, its body as finely feath
ered as that of her young ones jut Is-gin-iilng
to try the spins I of their wings. Thus
rejuvenated mid rupltiiucd is thu Christian's
faith and hop, by every season of communion
.it!; I! !. "Thy y-.uth is nro-w.sl liku tho
eagle's." Would Kolomon represent tho nn
liowtucu of 11 couteutioiH woman's tongue,
hu points to a leakage hi tho top of his hoiiso
or tent, where, throughout tho stormy day,
tho water comes through, fulling uhu tho
Hour drip! drip! drip! And ho says; "A
continual dripping in u very rainy day and a
('mentions woman uru alike."
Would Christ set forth tho character of
ihov) who make great profession of piety,
hut lmc no fruit, ho compares them to bar
1 en tig trees, which huvu very largo mid
how y leaves, and nothing hut lent es. Would
Job Illustrate deceitful friendships, he sieaks
of brooks in those climes, that wind about in
lilfereut directions, mid dry up when you
wnut to drink out of them: "My brethren
hae dealt deeeittully as a brook, and as tho
tieuiiiof hinoks the pass away." David
when he would impress Us with the dessiml
uiicy into which lie had sunk, coin pines it to
a ipiiigniue of those legions, througli winch
no Had doubtless sometimes tried to walk, hut
sunk in up to Ins neck, and he cried; '1 sink
ill deep iniro when- theru is no standing ''
Would llabakkuk s 1 forth the capacity
which (h.d gies the good man townlk safely
llllid the wildest Items, hu points t the wild
Mitmnl culled the hind walking over slioiterr
! rocks, and leaunig from wild eras t" wild
j crng, by tho iecullnr mnko of Its hoofs nblo
I rnltulv to sustain Itself in tho most dnmrer-
0111 places: "Tli Innl (lori I my strength,
and he will mnko my foot like hind's foot."
At. I. .NATtmiC l'AYH TIltlll'TK.
Job makes nil natural object pav tribute
to tlo oyulty of lilsltook. As J oil go through
poiiw chapter of Job you foul ns If It wen) n
bright spring morning, mid, as you mo tho
glittering drops from tho grass undnr your
foot, you suv with that patriarch, "Whohntli
(('gotten tho drops nf t lie dew " And now,
ns you rend on, ) oil seem in the silent mid
night to behold the waving of 11 great light
upon your path, and you look up to Hud It
the aurora Isu calls, which Job described so
long ago as "lho bright light in tho clouds
nml thu splendor that couieth out of tho
north " As you rend mi, there Is darkness
hurtling 111 the heavens, and the showers
break loose till the birds Hy for hiding placo
nml tho mountain torrents In red fury foam
over thu rooky shelving; nud with thu sumo
oot, you etclalni, "Who can iiiiiiiImt tliu
clouds in wisdom, or who can stav tho I Kit
tles of licuvenf" As jou lead on, you fool
yourself coming In frosty climes, ami,
In fancy, waillug thtoiigh tho snow,
vou say, with that saino Inspired writer,
"Hast thou eutetisl into tho treasures of tho
xliuwT1 Ami whilo thu sharp s!ist drives In
your face, and tho hull stings yourclKs'k, you
quote him again: "I last thou seen the treas
ures of the hall'' In thu Psalmist's writings
1 hear I liu voices of tho sea: "Deep calleth
unto deep;" and tho iimr of forests: "The
Iord shaketh tho wilderness of ICudesh;" mid
tho loud I oul of the black tcuitcst: "The Uitd
of glory IhundiMi'th;" and tho rustle of tho
long silk 011 thu well filled husks: "Tho val
leys uro eovrrisl with corn;" mid tho cry of
wild benstHi "Tho young lions roar after their
prey;" tho hum of palm trees ami cislarsi
"Tho righteous shall Houilsli ULou palm tree,
ho shall grow like 11 cishir in I'buiion," tho
sough of wings and tliu swirl or llns; "Do
minion over tho fowl of thoalr ami thellshof
thu sea."
Tho truths of tlio goRd might havo Ihs'U
prcM'titisl In technical terms, und by tho
menus of dry definitions, but under these tho
world would not hnvo listened or felt. Ilow
could tho safety of trusting upon Christ hnvo
Itoon presented, wero It not tho figure of 11
ns-kf How could tho gladdening effect of
tho g()sH-l havo Itocri set fortli, hud not
Ziiclmrius thought of tho dawn of the morn
ing, exclaiming: "Tliu day spring from on
high hath visited us to give light to them
tlmt sit In darkness." How could tho soul's
Intense longing for Christ hnvo been present
ed so well as by tho emblem of natural hun
ger and natural thirst) As tho hike guthers
Into its IxtHout tlio shadow of hills around,
and tho gleam of stars ulxivu, no, in those
greut dis'M of divitiu truth, all objects in na
ture uro grandly rollectod. Wo walk forth
In thu spring time, and everything breathes
of tho Resurrection, llright blossom und
springing grass stcak to us of tho coming up
of those whom wo havo loved, when in thu
white robes of their Joy and coronation thoy
shall upMur.
And when In thu autumn of thu year na
ture preaches thousands of funeral sermons
from thu text, "Wo all do fade as a loaf,"
and scatters her eleglei In our path, wu can
not help but think of sickness unit tlio tomb.
Kven winter, "Iteing dead, yet bsukcth."
Tho world will not lie argued Into lho 1 ight
It will Imj tenderly Illustrated Into tho right.
Tell them what religion is like. When tho
mother tried to tell her dying child what
heaven was, she comparisl it to light. "Hut
that hurts my eyes," said tho dying girl.
Then thu mother comparisl heaven to music.
"Hut any sound hurts 1110; I mn so weak,"
said tho dying child. Then she was told that
heaven was liku mother's nrins. "Oh, tnku
inu there!" she wild. "If it is like mother's
arms, tnko mo there!" Tho appropriate
simile had been found at last.
NATUIIUH LAWS) DKKKND THE CIMUHTIAN.
Another contribution which tho natural
world Is making to tho kingdom of Christ Is
the defense and aid which tho elements are
Couitellis to give to tho Christian tcrsounlly.
There Is no liny in nutyre but Uswor.11 for Up
Clirlstfuii's defense. In Jul) this thought is
presentisl as u Itargniu niiulo Is'twini tho In
nnlinato creation ami thu righteous man:
"Thou shall Iw III league with dm stones of
tho Held." What 11 grund thought Hint tho
lightnings, and thu teins.'sts, and the hail,
and tlio frosts, which nru lho enemies of un
righteousness, nro all mnrshulcd us tho Chris
Hun's Itodygunrd. Tliuv light for him. They
htrlku with an arm of tho or clutch with their
fingers of Ico. Kverlastuig peace is declared
between tho fiercest elements of imtuio nud
tho good man. Thoy may in their fury sis'iu
to Is- Indiscriminate, smiting down the
righteous with the wicked, et they can
not damage tin Christian's soul, although
thev may shrivel his bode The Wintry blast
that howls about your dwelling, you may
call your brother, ami the nth wind com
ing up on a Juno day by way of a llowcr gar
den, you may call jour sister. Though so
mighty hi elrciimfereiico ami diameter, tho
sun und thu moon havo a special charge con
corning you "Tho sun shall not siiuto thee
by day, nor the moon by night." Klemeiits
nud fm ces hidden in tin earth are now har
uosmsI and at work in producing for vou food
ami clollun.'. Some grain Held that you
uuver saw presented you tliUday with your
morning meal. Tho great earth and' tho
heavens m o tho busy loom at work for you;
mid shooting light, and tilvery stream, and
sharp lightning two only woven threads hi
tho great loom, with God's foot on the shut
tle. The same spirit that convertisl your soul
has also converted the elements from enmity
toward you into inviolable frieudsliip. nud
furthest stnr ami deepest cavern, legions of
everlasting cold us well us climes of eternal
summer, all havo a mission of good, dlieci or
Indirect, lor your spirit
TIIK HTUDY OK NATfllE AShlssTH IIBI KllOUrt
TllOUl.lirs
Now 1 infer from this that the study of
natural objis'ts will iucieiiso our religious
knowledge. If David and Job ami John and
I'aul could not afford to let go without obser
vation one passing cloud, or rift of snow, or
spring blossom, you cannot afford to let them
go without study. Men and women of (hsl
sks eminent in all uges for fnith and zeal
Indulged in such observation -I'uyson and
Haxter und Doddridge nud Hannah More
That man is not worthy thu name of Chris
tian who saunters listlessly among these mag
nificent disclosures of dl vino power around, ln
lieath and alsivu us, stupid and unilistructod
Thoy aro not worthy to live In a desert, for
Hint 1ms its fountains nud palm trees, nor 111
regions of everlasting Ice, for even thero the
stars kindle their lights, nud auroras Hash,
and huge Iceltergs shiver In tho morning light,
nml (iod's ower sits lltou tliem us usui n
greut white throne. Yet thero uro ChrUtluiis
in thu church who look iiui ull such tenden
cies of ininil and heart as soft sentimentali
ties, ami Ihs'OUso they believe this printed
revelation ot (i.sl nro content to l) Infidels in
regard to all that has been written in tins
great bo. k nt the universe, written III letters
of stms, 111 paragraphs of constellations, and
ititistrutol with sunset and t homier el-.nd and
spring 111 iruiiig
IIO.MIIMIII.I. ISJNITIUN OK TIIK PilUlhllVN.
I lufi 1 , also, tho transcendent Importance
of Chrit s lehgiou. Nothing i so far down,
nud liotli 11,; i so high up, nml nothing mi tar
out but t 'si makes it pay tat to the ( nrislian
lollgioii It sn.iu and tempest not .Inu-.i'
lire expis ted to piiiisc (il, sllpp s. wai li
vxiHsi't no tioiuae from ;.mr souli U heu
UimI hns wrltiiMi his truth iiikiii everv thing
nround ou,iupKiso yon iiodld not menu you
U os'ii j our eyes and rend It r
Finally, I learn from this subjis't what nu
honorable snltiou the Chrlstliu occupies
when nothing Is so great nud glorious In un
turo but It is made to edlfv, defend ami In
struct htm Hold up your heads, son and
daughters of tho lord Almlghtv, that I may
wsi liovv you lsnr your honors. Though imw
you luav think yourself Ullbcfilenihsl, litis
spring's soft wind, and next suimuei 's hnrvcsl
of bin lev , and nott autinun's glowing fiulls,
llllil liett winter's storms, all S(asous, all ele
ineiits, rephvruml etiiis'lyilou, rose's htcuth
ami thiimleri'loiid, gleaming light ami thick
darkness, ale sworn to defend you, ami co
hot Is of angels would lly to deliver ou from
ienl, mid the great Ood would imshmith his
swoid ami arm tho universe In your cause
rather than Hint hat in should touch you with
0110 of Its lightest lingers, "As tho mount
ains mound alwitit Jerusalem, so the Lord s
around about, his K'oplo from this time forth
for ev ei more."
Oh for inoru sympathy with tho natuial
world, und then wo should always haven
llllile os'ii Ixforo us, and wo could tnko a les
sou from tho most Ihs'tlng cliciiiiistanccs, as
when a storm caiiin down iikiu ICiighiud
Chuiles Wesley snt III a ihhiih watching It
thtoiigh an os'ii window, and, frightened by
tho lightning mid the thunder, a little bird
Hew hi and nestled In tho bosom of thosacrnl
hm'I, nud, us ho gently strokisl It and felt the
wild beating of Its heal t, ho turned to his
desk und wioto Hint hymn which will ls
sung while tho world Insist
Ji-sus, lover of my soul,
U't 1110 to thy bosom lly,
While the lilllnns near me mil.
While the leni'sl still Is high;
llll ', 11 1111 Sailoni, hide,
I II! Ihesloiin nf life lie ulsl,
Hafe into the haven guide,
(I leeeive mv soul at last
Dr. tint) Wnllier.
"How did I linpH'ii lo take up the di ess nv
form ciistiiniul" suld Dr. Alary Walker tho
other day; "I will tell you. When I wns
a little girl I Ihs'iiiiio Intcreslisl In 11 lot of
ini-dlca! Itonks which my father hud In tho
house. That was at Oiwego, N. Y., fifty
yours ago. .My father had oucostuilfod medi
cine, though ho never practiced Ho was 11
dress reformer, llols'llevisl In hygienic food,
In sanitary dross, In many things which the
(ssiploof that day know little about. From
him nml from my familiarity with tho laws
of health drawn from lho misllcul Istoks I re
ceives! tho inspiration to tnko up tho dress re
form. I never worn a corset, nor did any of
my four sisters, while wo wero at homo. Aly
parents supKtrtisl mo In my determination
to show tho world Hint I wns In earnest, that
I had tho courage of my convictions, by
wenrlng the reform suits. I will never for
get the day 1 llrst upsurisl on tho stns't In
one of my own costumes. It was not as man
nish asMimo suits I hnvo sluco worn, but It
was In fear ind trembling tlmt I 0huks1 tho
door of our house nml started for tho side
walk. I was faint ami dl.zy, ami nothing
but tho sheer exercise of will pjwor kept me
on my fisa or coutlmusl my limits In motion.
"The next day It was a little easier, but
though thu world has thought 1110 lmrdeiiisl
ami bra.en, I have never ws'ii tho day when It
was not a trial to 1110 lo upH'iir in public in a
rule n dress. Kvery Jisr has cut 1110 to the
quick. Aluuy times huvu I gone to my room
and wept after Is-ing publicly derided. No
0110 knows, or will uver know, what It has
cost mo to llvo up to my principles, to Im
consistent with my convictions and docliirn
Hons; but I havo dono it, and am not sorry
for It. For nearly thirty-live years I have
worn somo form or other of reform suits. 1
have exMTlniontisl with different garments,
nud hnvo worn everything from hlou-u'S nud
bifurcated trousers to a man's legular outfit,
high hat und all." Ami hero the doctor,
wlio is now lying seriously 111 at Washington,
smiled rather grimly at. tho tall hat hanging
on tho bureau, conscious that sho may uuver
again hnvo use for it.
Husk Was 11 "Itiissler."
As I lookcdut Secretary Husk In tho F.hbltt
house thu other night the Incident of his
wrestling match with James A. Garfield came
to me, mid I resolvisl to settle tho question,
which I huu never seen buttled In thu news
puH'rs, which of tlio two was tlio vlclor.
Tho general told 1110 tlmt tho match took
place at Newark, O. Ho was then HI yours
old and was driving a stage, while Garfield
was a boy leading a mule on the canal,
"Hassling" (that Is thu wuy Governor Husk
pronounced it), said ho, "was very common
In those days, nml it wns tho most natural
thing in thu world for two young follows like
myself und Ourlleld to try a rassle. Tho re
sult did not affect our friendship, and ull of
the Isijs tiled their strength in this way."
"Hut how did it turn out, governor" said
I. "Which whlpMf"
"That 1 don't like to hay," rcplhsl tlio see
rotary of agriculture, "and It Is hardly a full
question to ask."
"Oh, well." 1 replied, "Garfield was a very
strong iiiuii. general, and you need not u
ushuiuisl of having had an unsuccessful eon
test with .1 man of his ealilier,"
"Well," continued tho general, laughing
und slightly nettled nt the thought that he
might 1st Is-ateii In 1111) thlngw"! will say that
I wns never dow nisi In 11 rnsslu until I was";j,
nml this hitps'ucd wlum'-Iwas lit. I won't
Niy anything about this Ourlleld rnsslu more
than this 1 was a cIom) friend of Garfield's
from tlmt Hate to his death, though I did not
iius't him again until the os;n!ug of thu war.
When wo wero in congress together hu uwsl
to call mo stagu driver, and 1 generally re
plied that I was not ashauusl of it, but
thanked the ird Hint ho hud given mo four
horses to mniiage Instead of condemning un
to steer mi insignificant Isihtnil mule,"
Fruiik ( Cm MMitcr's letter.
Nn turn I (ins.
Natural gas was discovered in paying
quantities and its "Itoom" ticgiiu In lts,
At Hie end of thns) years its annual displace
incut of coal was l'J, 1H1,0)0 tons, esthnabsl
in value at &M,UM),(llli), which Is Ix-liovisl to
tie only alsiut half thu rate of tho present dis
placement. There aro now inure than nine
thousand miles of mains, exclusive of smaller
convey ing pipes. Tlio cheapness of the gas
and the enterprise of strongly comstiug
cniiqianics huvu ttccii tin- principal stimulants
ill Its lUtrislllClioll Till seoolllpetltlolls have
resultisl in the rapid ucquiiciucut und do
velopmeiit of territory, and in very man)
eases gas Is furnished freti u coitsuuiers
Not counting tliu hundreds nml thousands of
companies that have organized to prospist.
Ixire wells, striku wuturuild quit business, the
total eupltaliJitlou in the name of natural
gas 111 this country excissls luo.mio.Uu).
Clucago Heiald.
.til. Uullum's CkIiiiii.iUoii.
Mr. Halfoiir threatens to give us a new
pal Imineiitnr) catchword A liuiidiisl tunes
lie Sll) III olie sss'll, "Vol) Well, sir." II
marked his divisions of subjects !) 11, ki
suit ,li I, lolls and the progress of his oiuloi
cul siragrapha. "1 lio' I havuiiuide it ele n
to the Iioiim). Very well, sir," v.ii-. said ov or
and over again. SirChaihs Hnsv ;r eaten
word i, "Iel tlmt iiss," Mr William liar
emirt's "A ah!'' Mr. Govaen ehsirs Ins
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