CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1890
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OR. TALMAGE ENLARGES HIS FIELD
OF WORK.
Th Crnnkiwl Tlilnit f This Knrlh Ars
to II Mml Nlnilghl, Alike In llntl
nrM, (Internment, Dnmettlo I.lfii nntl
Labnr Aiuwers lit I'rnyer.
llUOOKl.Y.N. Sept, 81. Preliminary to lili
triiiou nt tlio Academy of Muslu In thin
city tlil forenoon ltov. Dr. TnliuaKo an
nounced tlmt until tho now llrnoklyn Tul-
ortmrio wns complete! no would preach In
Hie Brooklyn Academy of MuMc on Sun
day morning, Ho wan glad to milt tlmt by
an arrangement uiailo through Tho Chris.
Han Herald, of Now York city, ho would
be enabled to preach lu tho Now York
Academy of Music, on Fourteenth street,
on Sunday evenings, leglnnlng with tha
evening of Sept, 2a lln also announced
tlmt on next Sabbath morning, Sept, S8,
he would liegln a scries of sermons en
titled, "My Hcccut Journey Through tha
Holy lind and Neighboring Countries;
tVhnt I Saw and Learned,"
nJ Tho uTiJccl of today' sermon was,
"Crooked Things." Text, Isa. xl, -li "Ths
crooked hall bo mado straight."
Geometry, from tho tlmo It was discover
ed on tho banks of tho Nile, which by Its
orcrllow annually obliterated tho land
marks, and tho restoration of thesa land
marks mado such n sclcnco necessary I
My Rcomctry over slnco then has lieon
busy with lines, straluht Hues, curved
lines, lines In angles nud cones and spheres,
but has never bcou tibia to ovolvo any
beauty from a lino that was merely crook
Ail. Tho clrclo and tho suunro wero always
considered admirable, Isaiah recognize
tho clrclo mid says, "Tho Lord nits upon
tho clrclo of tho earth." Tho altar of tho
ancient tabernaclo was "four square," and
tho breastplates of tho priests "four
qunre," and licavon, accordion to.St. John,
Is "four squaro." Hut tho lllblo has no
admiration for Hues that aro merely crook
d. Indeed my toxt In prophesying ths
world's complete rectification declares,
"Tho crooked shall bo mado straluht."
Thoro havo been so many moral earth
quakes that many things have not Into a
terrible twist crooked laws, crooked gov.
ertimcnts, crooked fortunes, crooked dis
positions and many of tho cITorts to
stralghton things havo only mado them
more crooked. And soma good pcoplo sit
down in despair and becomo ncsslmlstlo,
and kIvo up life, and tho church, and tin
world as dead failures. With such lachry.
stoso lchavlor I havo no sympathy. It Is
ft promise of tho Iord Almightyi "Tho
crooked shall bo mado straluht." I pro
pose, as I may bo divinely helped, to men
tlon soino of tho crooked things that nre
Solus to bo straightened.
INJUSTICE AND INKQUAMTr.
Much of tho wealth of tho world is In the
hands of tho prolllgato, whllo many of tho
best pcoplo aro subjected to distressing
privation; and thcro is going to bo a redis
tribution of property. If it wero posslblo
it would bo a bad thing to havo thing
divided equally. Some men aro able to
endure mora success than others, and pros
perity that might not unbalance you might
destroy me, Tho Declaration of American
Independence declares that all men uro
born equal, but tho opposito Is tho truth,
for they aro born unequal. In no respect
Is this mora evident than In their capacity
to euduro success, fluanclal or social. I
bare seen men by tho acquisition of fifty
thousand dollars mado arrogant and over
bearing, and I havo known othcra with
their millions of dollars chlldltko and un
assuming and Christian. Wo would all
be affluent, but the Lord cannot trust us.
1 am glad thcro are those ho can trust.
Much Is said against capitalists, but tlfo
world would be a very shaky world with
out them.
Who built the great railroads whloh,
whllo they gtvo such facilities of travel,
employ tens of thousands of laborers, sup
porting them and their families? Capital
ists. Who built great ships that stir tho
rlvcnt and brtdgo tho oceaur Capitalists.
Who reared tho thousands of factories nil
over tho land In which hundreds of thou
sands of employes earn their daily bread?
Capitalists. Who endowed your colleges,
and opened free libraries, and built
asylums for the orphan, tho crippled and
the lusanef Capitalists, lint for them
there would not bo an academy of music,
or'a picture gallery, or a freo library, or n
steamboat, or a railroad In America. Who
put the world on seventy-five years be
yond what it would havo been iu enter
prise, In comforts, In educational advant
age, In good things without number? Cap
italists. Tho more money a man gets the better if
It 'come houcstlyand Is employed right
eously. Nevertheless we all sea that then
needs to be a redistribution of property.
Communism proposes to mako that distri
bution by torch and dagger and dynamite.
Throw tho midnight express train off the
track and put the factory Into conflagra
tion; disrupt society, burglarise, assas
sinate. Such pcoplo bellevo neither in
God nor mun nor woman, and they know
how to make things worse, but never havo
made and never can mako anything better.
' aOD'S HKTHOl) Of HKDIBTItlMJTION.
I tell you how there will come a redistri
bution of property. Under the dlvlno
blessing good people will got more alert
ness and acumen and assiduity. Mauy
good people aro kept In straitened circum
stances becuuso they have been Indolent, or
lacked courago to tako honest advantage
of circumstances, and wero too stupid to
get on. With the very samo surroundings
others went on to competency. In tho bet
tej- days to como good men will have their
faculties wakened, and will In conscqucuco
rise to larger share of prosperity, Ou the
other hand, estates wrongfully accumu
lated will dissolve. If not the sous, then
the grandsons will make the money fly,
and it will gradually scatter In their bands,
and become a part of the general wealth.
Then as to vast properties righteously
gathered and there are thousands of them
such estates will contrlbuto toward help
leg the unfortunate, not more by charities
than by helping struggling people into
lucrativo business, and the man who has
amassed enough and a surplus will sayi
"There Is n young merchant without any
capital. I will start him on Fulton street;"
and "there Is a young mechanic who has
no meuus of his own, and I wll put him
on a career of prosperity;" and "there is a
farmer with too big a mortage ou his land,
and I will help him lift tho incumbrance."
The fact Is that If the kindliness and gen
erosity manifested by moneyed men to
ward the struggling during tho last fifty
years Increases in the same ratio for the
next fifty years there will bo a condition of
society paradisiac. We are going to have
multiplication of William rl Dodges and
Peter Coopers and James Lenoxes and
George Peabpdys. So will come redistri
bution, and the crooked will be mode
straight.
Mind this, God never yet undertook a
failure. The old book, which is worth all
other books put together, makes it plain
that God has undertaken to regnlnto this
world by gospel Influence, and If ho has
the power he will do what he says ho will,
and no one who amounts to anything will
deny his power, God has said a hundred
times, "I will," but never ouco has said,
"I cannot," Wo may with our tack ham
mers pound away, trying to mend and Im
prnvoand straighten tho financial condi
tion of tho world, and 1m) disappointed in
tho result because our arm I too '.vcak
and tho hammer wo wield too small, but
tho most defiant dlfilculty will flatten and
disappear when God with a hammer made
of summer thuuderliolts strikes It, saying,
"The crooked shall bo made straight."
(Mil's. IIKM' IN MJSINKSA AITAIIIH.
In your business concerns theru aro In-
fluences perplexing. Your nlTalrs may seem
all right to outsiders, for buslnrsN linns do
not advertise their private troubles but
whero otio firm has everything just as they
want it them aro n hundred firms at their
wits' end what to do with that partner
who drawn more than his share of tho
profits, or with that stockholder who comes
in Just often enough to upset things, or
with that disappearance of funds wjilcli
yon cannot aeeoflht for, although you havo
suspicions you cannot mention; or with
that Investment which was mado contrary
to your Judgment because there was a de
termination to push It through, orbecnuso
you aro going behind month by mouth
without any prospect of extrication. Tho
troublo Is putting a wrlnklo ou your fore
head that ought not to appear theru for ten
yenrs yet, and you will lio 40 years old
when you ought to Iki only DO, or (to when
you ought to lio 60, or 70 when you ought
to Iki only (V). Stop worrying; cither by
tha dissolution of that firm or by readjust
ing matters you will bo brought safely
through If you put your trust In God.
When commercial houses fall tho sus
pension Is ndvortlsed, but of tho tens of
thousands of men who aro every day ex
trlrnted no public mention Ih made. Yes
terday was Saturday, and I warrant tlmt
si tho windows of banks, and In counting
rooms of stores, and on every street of
every cltv. God appeared for tho deliver
ance of good men as certainly as when
with his right foot ho trod Iiko Galileo
Into placidity, and mado Daniel as safe
among tho lions as though they had been
house dogs asleep ou a rug beforo a win
ter's fire. Throw yourself ou tho promise
of tho text, or u hundred other texts mean
ing about tho samo thing.
I never yet asked God to do anything but
ha did It If It wero best, and lu nil tho
cases whore my prayer has not been nn
swered I havo found out afterward that It
was Iwst not to havo been answered In my
way. Hut nono of us has tested tho
full power of prayer. It Is a force very Hko
some of tho forces of nature that wero In
oxlstcnco, but not employed. For ages
electricity was thought good for nothing
but to burn barns and kill pcoplo with one
fell stroke, Tho lightning rod on tho top
of houses was tho scar with which tha
world charged on tha thunder storm, as
much as to say, "If you daro to como this
way I will hurl you Into tho ground."
Dut now electricity lightens homes and
churches and cities and Christendom and
moves rail cars, and ho Is u rash man who
mentions anything as Impossible to this
natural energy.
So tho power of prayer was to the world
rather a frightful power, If It was any
power nt all. Hut that has been changed,
mid men begin to usolt In somo things, and
tho tlmo will como when It wU bo used In
nil things, nml there will bo n Hlble in
every counting room, nnd supplication will
ascend from every commercial establish
ment, and when business firms aro formed
tho question will not only bo asked as to
how much this one nnd that ouo put In of
capital, but the question will be asked,
"Do you know how to pray?"
OOD tN EVKUVTIIINO.
Mightier agont than any natural forco
yet developed will bo this gospel electricity,
flashing huavonwnrd fur help, Hashing
earthward with dlvlno response, Qod In
business life, God In agricultural life,
God In mechanical life. God In nrtlstio life.
God In uvcry kind of life. Your religion
for tho most part Is hung up so high you
cannot reach It. It Is hung up on tha
cloudy rafters of tho sky, where you expect
to snatch It up as you finally go through
for heavenly residence. Oh, havo your re
ligion within easy reach now! Religion Is
not for heaven, but fcr this rorld. Once
In heaven we will need no prayer, for wo
shall have everything we want, SVo will
need no repentance, fur we shall havo for
ever got rid of our sin i. We shall havo no
need of comfort, for thcro will lio no
trouble. The Christian religion is not for
heaven, whero everything Is nil right, but
for this world, where so pinny things are nil
wrong.
Washington Allston, whoso nnmo you
recogniso as that of a great American
painter, wo reduced to extreme poverty,
and one day got on his knees and asked for
a loaf of bread for himself nud his starv
ing family, WMIe be was bowed lu that
prayer there was u knck at the door and
u man came in nndsnidi "How about your
painting, the 'Angel Uriel,' that received
tho prite at tho royal academy? Has it
been sold?" "No," said Allston. "How
much do you want for It?" Allston re
plied; "I am done fixing a price, for I can
not get It." "Will four; hundred pounds
be enough?" asked tho stranger. "Why,
that Is more than I asked," said Allston.
Tho four hundred pounds (two thousand
dollars) were paid, ami tho purchaser In
troduced himself as Marquis of Stafford,
who thereafter was ouo of tho most liberal
patrons of tho rescued artist. "Oh, that
all just happened sol" Did It? Tell that
to some Ignorant man, somo benighted
woman, who has never read tho promise,
"Cull upon mo In the day of trouble, I will
deliver thee," or that other promise, "The
crooked shall bo mado straight."
"Well," says one, "you don't apply this
In every direction." Yes, I do. Take tho
most uncertalu thing on earth the weath
er. The Dlblo distinctly says that prayer
controls tho weather. James v, 17, 18; "Ell
as was a man subject to like passions as
we are, and he prayed earnestly that it
might not rain; nud it rained not on the
earth by the space of three years nud six
months. And he prayed again, nnd the
heaven gave rain." Do you say that was
the weat tier of olden time? There have been
Instances In modern times just us marvel
ous, There's not a Christian ship captain
but could give you instances of dlvlno In
terference with tho weather In answer to
prayer.
It has been my good fortune to know
many ship captains. They are In all our
services. They leave their vessels ou Sun
day mornings and join us In worship, I
warrant there aro enough ot tliem present
this morning to take u wholo fleet lu safety
across the Atlantic Whenever I have
heard them testify It has mightily con
firmed me in what I knew before, that God
answers prayer concerning tho weather.
And there have been cyclones that started
up from the Carrlbbeun sea, sweeplngdown
every sail, and every smokestack, and every
mast In their course, which in answer t
specific petition have been diverted and
made to curve around some particular ship,
leaviug that in calm waters, and then re
suming heir original path of destruction.
Tho weather probabilities again and again
have announced n tempest, and wo wero
all lend for It, but to tlm surprlso of most
peoplo tho next day wn saw the announce
ment that the atmospheric fury had
changed Its course. The probability Is It
struck a prayer. The probability Is It
struck a prayer nnd glnnced off. If Kilns'
prayer affect ed tho weather of Palestine
for fort) -two mouths I should think some
body now might havo a prayer that would
affect It for n couple of days.
IIKMAIIKAIII.K ANHWnil TO l'llAVKK.
John Easter was many years ago an
evangelist lu Virginia, A largo outdoor
meeting was being held In that si to.
Many thousands had assembled lu tho
open nlr, and heavy storm clouds began to
gather. There was no shelter to which
ho multitudes could retreat. Thu rain
had already reached tho adjoining fields
when John Kaster cried out, "Hrethren,
ho still whllo I cull upon God to stay the
storm till the gospel Is preached to this
multitude." Then hn knelt and prayed
that thu audience might Ihi spared from
the rain, nud that after they had gouo to
their homes there might come refreshing
showers. Heboid tho clouds patted as they
came near, and passed to cither sldo of tho
crowd, nud then closed again, leaving tho
place dry where tho audience had assem
bled, ami tho next day tho postponed
showcm ennio upon tho ground that had
lieen tho ilny lieforo omitted. Do you say
It only hnppeiled so? I cannot seo what
you keep your Hlhle for, and tho God you
worship Is not my God. Your God Is nn
autocrat, nnd ho Is so far off and so far up
that tho world cannot touch him, and his
throne is an eternal icolierg. My God is a
father, hero and now, and n father will
glvo his child what ho asks tor If it Is best
for him to havo It. I'rny about everything
that concerns you, seculnrltles as well as
nplrltunlltles. Take to God all your an
noyance and perplexities. Tho crooked
lhall tie inndu straight.
Homo peoplu talk na though God control
ed things In general, hut not lu particu
lar; that he started everything under cer
tain laws and then let It take enro of It
elf, asan engineer might start his loco
motive on an Iron railroad track and then
Jump off. What would happen to such a
locon.otlvols what would long ago havo
happened to our world If God had started
It and nfterwanl allowed It to look out for
Itself. Theru no such thing as a general
providence. It Is n particular providence.
God has no general euro for a forest. It Is'
a euro of ovcry cell of every leaf and root
In that torest. God has no general care of
tho ocean. It Is u caro of every drop of
water lu tho liquid magnitude. God has
no general caro for tho human race. It Is a
caro of every Individual of that raco and
of every Item of Individual history. I
preach him, n God In Infinitesimals, on
everyday God, a God responsive, nnd onu
breath of earnest prayer, though that
breath should not l strong enough to
make u candle flicker, will absorb more of
tho divine attention than If thu archangel
standing nt tho foot of tho throuo should
flap both wings.
OOt) LOVKB THIS NATION.
It li remarkable how many crooked
things aro In tho providence of God Wing
mado stralglrt. Aliout thirty years ago
our national nffalrs wero as crooked on do
praved American politics nnd bail men
and Satan could mako them. From Mio
top of Malno to thu foot of Florida the na
tion was red with wrath. It was wrangle
and fight nil thu way through, and one of
tho mildest things that tho north nnd
south promised each other wns ussusslnn
Hon. During this summer I havo traveled
through New York and Ohio and Illinois
and Indiana nnd Minnesota nnd Kansas
and Nebraska and Missouri nnd Texas
and Ixmlslann nnd Georgia nud North
nnd South Carolina nnd Virginia and
Pennsylvania, and I havo shaken hands
with tens of thousands of people, nnd
talked with men of nil sections and do
green, nnd I havo to tell you it Is all peace,
and lu nil tho states of tho Union you could
not now mntthal n military company of
ouo hundred soldiers to light against tho
United States government, unless you got
your men out of tho penitentiary. Did the
corrupt nud gangrened political parties do
this work of rectification and pacification?
Not It wns by dlvlno Interposition that
thu crooked has been mado straight.
On tho 3d of December, ISM, Louis Nn
lioleou Honuparto rodo down tho Champs
lClyseo of Paris, aud under thu hoofs of his
horso a republic was trampled as tho
rider went to take a throne. It was tho
outrage ot tho century. For nineteen
years tho wrong triumphed. Tho will of
ouo man who wanted to remain emperor
Kept down n nation who wanted a repub
lic Hut September, 1870, arrived, and Se
dan unrolled Its crimson scroll. Tho em
peror surrenders with 83,000 troops, 410
field guns, 0,000 horses and 00,000 muskets.
From that day th ballot box was up nnd
the throno was down. Free Institutions
havo beeu substituted for an Infamous mon
archy. Thank Godl Tho crooked has been
mado straight.
Hut why go so far to find fulfillment of
my text? In all our lives there aro crooked
things that need to bo made straight, anil
each hearer or reader will enumerate for
himself or hen-elf. With ouo it is dilap
idated physical health, and you aro say
ing, "Why cannot 1 be In good health when
I have such opportunities nud such respon
sibilities?" Alas for tho sick headaches
and tho rhuunintlo Joints, nnd tho neuralgic
thrusts, and the lame foot I Hut you will
bo well soon. Lit nt tho longest is an ab
breviated durance. There Is a black doc
tor that will cure you. Somo peoplo call
him Death.
No dUeaso was ever nblo to stand before
his touch. Uso nil tho means afforded for
physical recuperation, but if they fall the
hour of release Is not far away. There need
be no Incurables. Theru Is no sorrow that
Sir.vati cssnot cure. Thorn who in this
world have always been well will not get
the best part of heaven. They will not
havo tho advantage of contrast. They
wero well beforo they left this world, and
why should they be so grutulutcd at being
welt lu tho next world? Hut to those who
on earth wijro hindered or broken down lu
health what a contrast as they step into
that domain whero there has never been
an nchflg brow, or lame foot, or inflamed
museff; or disordered ncrvel For forty
yeav there may havo beeu a stooping in
tliwback, or a twisted muscle, or n curved
spine, or a crooked' limb, but tho promise
boa been fulfilled, "The crooked shnll bo
made straight."
TDK UNHAITI1.Y MAItlllEI).
Ill many u domestic life are dlfllculttes to
be r moved. Theru aro thousands of
matches that were lint made lu heaven.
Somo of tho loveliest women havo been
uulted to somo ot the meanest, men nnd
some of tho grandest men to tho most
worthless women. There may bo nosufli
cteut jnuso of divorcement, but theru has
never been any accord. For t hem tho wed
ding march ought never to havo been
played. Tho twain divergent in sentiment,
thu north pole nud the south wlo might
just as well have been married. A twist of
nettles would have been more appropriate
than a L'arl.'iud of oruugu blossoms. The
unutterable mistake was mado to please
parents, or for tho acquisition of estntc, or
for heightening of social position, or from
thorough thoughtlessness. I call tho at
tention of such to tha rapid dissolution of
families.
This thought, which Is n suducsn to n
happy marital state, might Iki consolatory
to those unequally yoked. A very short
path Is the path of lifo. Tho rolling years
will glvo quick emancipation. Hverybody,
for discipline, must havo somo kind of
trouble, and that Is your trouble. Put lu n
song now and then to cheer your spirit.
Mako tho best of thlnu. Find lu God Hint
pence which no ono elu can bestow. Tho
days and mouths and years aro crowding
past, and thu last, of tho procession, so far
ss you nru concerned, will soon havo gono
by. Heinemher that some of thu best men
and women who ever lived have had tho
samo lifetime of misfortune. They boro
up under It and so cnii you. Tho expira
tion of thu lifo of ono Of you will, nfter n
while, remove tha affliction. Let tho ono
Hint remnlns mako no hypocritical mourn
ing at tho obsequies of thu ono that goes,
or Imitate thoso whom wo havu all no
ticed, who fought Hko cats and dogs all
their married state and then could not get
organs to sound dirges doleful enough, or
furnishing stores to prcparo weeds black
enough, or tombrtono cutters to chisel
epitaphs eulogistic enough.
It ts a matter of congratulation that tho
unhapplest conjugal relation will termi
nate. Tho crooked shall lie mnde straight.
In tho nges of tho world when peoplo lived
flvo or six or eight or ulna hundred years
audi consolation for any kind of trouble
would have liccn Inapt, It would havo
brought no relief to somo of thosoold patri
archs to say, "You will havu only suven hun
dred years mbro of this." Hut llfu has been
abbreviated by thu cutting off of century
nfter century until wo enn cousolo people,
whether their troublo Ihi llnnnelal or social
or domestic, by saying It will not Iki long
before thu crooked shall bu madu straight,
OOt) WIM. ItKLIKVK TUB SOItltOWFUL.
Hut to those who were oucu happily
united ou earth but aro now separated tho
same thought conies lu a good cheer. Not
Jongseparntedl Tradition says that two
bells weru molded ami sent from Spain for
a distant laud tochlmu in a church tower.
Hut whllo lu n storm nt sea ono of these
hell was wrecked, aud only ono reached
tho shore nud was hung lu tho church
tower. And somo people thought that
when standing on tho land they heard that
bell.rlngliig for worship or In a wedding
peal they could at thuname tlmo hear from
thu sen thu lost bell ringing nn it In ru
iiponso. Somo of our friends and kindred
have crossed thu stormy sea, aud aro lu tho
tower of God ou high. Hut wo nro still in
thu tempest, nnd sometimes thu surges
'jent over us, but our souls aro still in ac
cord with thoso who aro gone, nnd they
ring down to us and wo ring up to them,
and theru is a sympathy between us that
can never die.
"Oil," says some one, "tho crook In my
;ot you have not mentioned, nnd I sit clear
outside of nil tha consolations you havo of
fered." Well, I will tnko after you with
gospel comfort and reach you beforo I
close. Do you think your wound Is so
deep thu dlvlno Surgeon cannot treat It?
Havo you a troublo that ovonnnsters God?
is your annoyance of such n nature that
Ton must suppiess It? Ah, that is what is
killing you. Troublo must bu told, or it
Mings to death tho ono who carries it. If
thero is no man or woman that you can
trust with the secret you can trust God.
Ule away to him. Tell him nil about It.
Lock your door nud tell him nloud, and If
Vou do not get relief you will be tho first
Soul In thu six thousand years of tho
world's existence, and tho only onu of the
hundreds of millions of the human race,
who over called on God for help imd did not
get K In all tho universe, m all eternity
flieru Is not nn exception. Stop brooding
aud commence praying.
I bless my God thnt whllo thero are so
mnny crooked things lu lifo thero are somo
things so straight God himself could
not make them straighten Dlvlno help
comes straight to thoso who will havo it.
Tho angels of mercy fly straight when they
undertake a rescue Tho hour of your
flnnl deliverance marches straight out of
the eternities. And as thu carpenter puts
down his rule on a piece of timber, and
with his ax huws away until tho Inst luo
quality and Irregularity disappears, so
when God In thu last great day shall put
down his unfailing measuring rulu beside
that event which seemed the most twisted
lu our lives or in tho world it will bo
louud out thnt tho last discrepancy has
vanished, nnd tho last wrong has been
lighted, and tho last crooked thing has
been made straight.
Old Time "Circuit Hitler.."
It is Im posslblo for thu presentgenerntlon
flf reachers to appreciate the toils of their
predecessors lu tho west nnd south. Tho
labor of "riding a circuit" was Incredibly
great. Howls were mens bridlepaths
through thu wilderness. There weru no
brlOges. When streapis wero narrow and
shallow they were forded; when deep nnd
wldo thu lonely rider tied Ids clothes lu a
bundle on his head and forced his horso to
swl.n. Often thero was not even n
seir.blanco of aroad, aud tho preacher found
his way by the compass, or, if ho had none,
by tho courm of tho sun by day a id tho
position of ccrtnln well known stars by
night. If he lost his course thero was
nothing for him to do but enmp out all
night. It he had tho means he built n Are
to senro away tho wolvee, bears nnd even
more feared panthers. If tho wild beasts
wero not numerous ho slept, but If ho saw
half ii dozuu pairs of glowing eyes In tho
circle of darkness round his tire he stayed
awake, piled ou more wood aud now and
then shouted end cast flaming brands nt
the "varmints" that camo too close.
Nor wero the discomforts of travel his
ouly annoyances. After a day'3 severe rid
ing ho would reach, long after nightfall, a
settlement where Methodists were In
plenty. Tired almost to death ho enters
tho log cabin of n good brother, nnd would
give all his worldly possessions for a
chance to lay his head ou his saddle and
go to sleep at once. H it not so. The
preacher must Ihi entertained. The old
woman and the girls began hurried culi
nary operations. A boy la sent out of tho
cabin with whispered orders about "that
red pullet." Flvo minutes later the preach
er hears a chicken squall, and knows he
must wait for supper tiefore he will be al
lowed to sleep.
An hour pukses away, relieved by the old
man's inquiries nbout Hro'ther So-and-so
and Sister Such-a-onu on thu same or an
other circuit, and tho weary preacher sits
down to a supper of corn bread burned on
tho outside, dough iu thu middle; fried
chicken swimming In fat, aud rye coffee
sweetened with mnplo sugar. And he
must eat, too, else his host nnd hostess
may think him proud nnd "stuck up," nnd
"too good to eat common folks' victuals."
-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
A prisoner In jail at Freehold, N. J., was
on tho verge of escaping, when, as he has
since explnlned, his conscience smote him
nud he con duded to stay where he was.
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