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DR, TALMAGE'S JOURNEY
WONDERFUL ITINERARY OF CHRIST'S
WALK TO NAZARETH.
fUtltcl nmt III firm of Onlllrn lnrr
tttll In lliit HUtnrln Moitutnliu Arniimt
Jmunlrm Awful TniKnllm of tlm
Oldrn Tlnir.
1
OmxiKl.YN, Nov. fl. Today Dr. Talmngo
prcnchcd the seventh of his course of sor
mdii on hN recent tour hi Palestine. Anon
proVlaim Sitiitlnyn tlio sermon wu preached
beforo two Iiitko audience In the morn
ing tt was preached In the Academy of
Muslo, In this city, and nt night Dr.Tnlnmgo
preached It again In the Now Vork Academy
of Music w hlch Tlin Clirltlttii Herald con
tinue to rent for theso services, During
the nix meeting thin fur liolil In Now
Vork 00,000 xoplo Imvo endeavored to
henr Dr. Talmngo prvueh. Of Ihrso 110,000
bnvn liffii nilmlttril nml 00,000 Imvo been
turned nwny for lack of nrcomiiiiHlatlon,
Following In tlm sermon from tlin text,
"So I lifted tip in I no eye tlio way lownrd
tho north" (Kceklol vlll, ft)t
.At 1 o'clock on n DcccmW nfternoon
tbrongli Damascus galo wo nro passing out
of Jcrunnletii for 11 Journey northward. Hot
for.Bcthcl, with It stnlr, tlio liottom stop
of which wan n Htono pillow; anil Jacob'
well, with tn Immortal colloquy) and Na.
ircth, with Its ilhlno loy In Id, father
Nirpvnter shun, ami tlio imwt- glorious Inko
Hint over rippled or flushed
JJIuo CtoHlw, wwt Ortlllwi.
TllO Uko Vtlierd Jcitlft ldVeil to Ih)
ind, Damascus, with Itn crooked street
enllM SlralKht, and n hundred place
charged and surcharged with npostollc,
ivmigi-lltitlc, prophetic, patriarchal, kingly
ind UhrUtly reminiscences.
-tn travel I t)R nlong tlio roml of Piilestlno
t nm lntprccd, an I could not otherwise
bnvo been, with thu fact that Christ for tho
mont pnrt went afoot. Wo dud him occn
ilonnlly on n bout, nnd ouro riding In a trl
oinphal procession, n It In sometime
called, although It seem to mo that tho
bosanniisof thu crowd could not havo matin
rido on a NtuhlKiru, unimpressive and
tunny erratum like that which puttered
irlth him Into Jerusalem very inueh of n
Irlumph. Hut wo aro nmilo tn understand
th'nt generally ho walked. How much that
menu only thoso know who Imvo gone
over tho dlstnnco traversed by Chrlnt,
Wo nm arcuittouu'd to rend that Bethany
In two inlle.H from Jerusalem, Well, any
man tn ordinary health can walk two
mile without fatigue. Hut not more than
onu man nut of n thounaud ran walk from
llethuny to Jerusalem without exhaustion.
It tn over thu Mount of Olive, and you
must cllmli up among thu rolling stones
ind deuce nil whore exertion In necessary to
keep you from falling prostrate. I, who
im accustomed to walk II f teen or twenty
miles without lassitude, tried part of thin
roAd over thu Mount of Olive, and confoHH
I would not want to try It often, nuch de
mand docs It make upon oiio'h physical
norglea. Yet Chrlnt walked It twlcu a
day In tho morning from llethuny to
Jerusalem, and In thu evening from Jeru
inlom to Bethany.
VIKW KIIOM MOUNT SCOPUS.
Likewise, It neumed a small thing that
Christ walked from Jerusalem to Naza
reth. Hut It will take tn fourdayn of hard
horseback riding, sometimes on it trot and
lonictiiue on a gallop, to do It thin week,
riio way In innuutaluoun In thu extreme,
l'o thosu who went up to thu Tip Top
houso on Mount Washington beforo tho
fnllrond was laid I will say that this"
lou nicy from Jerusalem to Nazareth la
like, seven nuch American journeys. Bo,
ill tip and down and noros and rocrosslng
Palestine, Juutn walked. Ahali rode.
David roilu. Solomon rodu. Herod nxlo.
Autony rode. Hut Jesus walked. With
iwollen nuklea and oro muscles of tho
legs, and bruised heel and ntlff jolnu and
panting lungn and faint head, along thu
roads and whero thoro wore no roads at
til Jesus walkod.
Wu tried to get n now homo other than
that on which wo had ridden on thu Jour
ney to tho Dead sen, for hit hod faulU which
our clooo acquaintanceship had developed.
Dut after Bomo experimenting with other
quadruieds of that species, and ilndlng
that nil horses, like their riders, havo
fnulU, wu concluded to chooso a snddlo on
that beitnt whose fnulta wo wcru most pro
parel to pity or rcalnL Wo rodo down
through tho valley and then up on Mount
Scopus and, nn our dragoman tellt its that
thin la tho Inst opportunity wo nlmll Imvo
of looking at Jerusalem, wu turn our
horse's head toward tho city and tnko a
long, Mid and thrilling look at thu relig
ious capital of our planet. This in tho
moat Impressive vkwf of tho most tronien
doua city of nil time.
On and nround thin hill tho armies of tho
crusnders at tho first night of tho city
threw themselves on their faces In worship.
Hero moat of tho Iwsleglng armies en
camped tlio night beforo opening their vol
leys of death against Jerusalem, Our Inst
took! Farewell, Mount Zlon, Mount Mo
rinh, Mount of Olives, Mount Calvaryl
Will wo never eo them again f Never,
Tho world Is no largo and ttmo Is so short,
nd thero aro so ninny things wo havo
never seen at nil, that wo cannot ntTord to
duplicate visits or seo anything more than
once. Farowell, yonder thrones of gray
rock, nud tho three thousand years of
architecture and bnttlcflclds. Farewell,
incrcd, sntigulunry, triumphant, humllU
ntcd Jerusalem! Across this valley of tho
Kedron with my right hand I throw theon
kiss of valedictory. Our last look, like our
first look, an ngttntlon of body, mind and
lout Indescribable.
TUB COltl'SK CUT tNT6 TWELVK 1'IKCKS.
And now, llko ICzeklel In my text, I lift
upmliioeyes tho way townnl tho north.
Near hero wns ouo of tho worst tragedies
of tho nges mentioned in tlio Illble. A hos
pitable old man coming homo nt evuutldo
from his work in tho Ileitis finds two stran
gers, n hnsbnnd nnd wife, proposing to
lodge in tho street liecmiso no shelter is of
fered them, nnd invites them to como in
nnd spend tho night In his home. Dur
ing tto night tho rufllnns of the neigh
borhood conspired together, ami sur
rounded tho house, nud left thu wom
an dead on tho doorstep, and tho
husband, to nilly in revengo tho twelve
tribes, cut tho corpse of tho woman into
twelve partn nud fcent u twelfth of tt to
ench tribe, nud tho fury of tho nation was
roused, and a peremptory demand was
inndo for thu surrender of tho assassins,
nud, tho demand refused, lit onu day twen
ty thousand people wcro left dead on tho
field nnd tho next day eighteen thousand.
Wherever our horso today plants his foot
in thoso ancient times n corpse lay, nnd thu
roaU wore grossed by red rivulets of car
nngo. Now wo pass on to wheru seven youths
were put to death and their 1 todies gib
beted or hung In chains, not for nn thing
theyihnd themselves dono, but as i. repa
ration for what their father and grand
father, Saul, hud done. Hurlid was denied
these youths from May until November.
Rlzpab, tho mother of two of thchodead
boys, appoints liomelf nn KPiitlnel to guanl
the seven corpses from Iwik of raven and
tooth of wolf nud paw of Hon Klin pilches
n blnrk tent on thu rock cltmo by tho
gllils'tn. Jtlxpnh by day nltn on tho
ground In front of her tent, and when
a vulturn begins to lower out of tho
noonday sky seeking Itn prey among tho
glbbctn Hlpah rises, her long hair Hy
ing In tlin wind, nnd swinging her
arms wildly about shoos away tlin bird of
prey until It retreats toltstytia. At night
sho nsts under thanlmdow of hi" nt, ami
sometimes falls into n dnnrf.Kfor half
sleep. Hut tho step of nJncVul 'sng tho
dry leavuHor thopantlugof n l.vcwuiirouften
her, and with tho fury of it rD'nlao sho
riisiios out upon tho nxk crjlng, "Awayl
Awayl" and then, examining tho glbltels
to nee that they still keep their burden, re
turn again to her tent till some swooping
wing from tho midnight sky or somo
f trawling monster on tho nick again wakes
tor.
TIIH nillllKTB IK AMCtllCA,
A mother wntchlng her dead children
through May, June. July, August. Sen-
tomher nnd October! Whntiivlglll Paint
ers Imvo trletl to put upon canvas thoscono,
and they succeeded In sketching t ho hawks
in tlio sky ami tho panthers crawling out
from tho Jungle, but they fall toulvotho
wnnncM, thocarnestneM, thostipornatural
courage, tho lnnnltoHoUsiicrincoofHI.pah,
tho mother. A mother In tho quiet homo
wntchlng by tho casket of a dead child for
oun night exerts tho artist to his utmost,
but who Is nltlllcleiit to nut tinoit ranvm n
mother for six months of nildnlghts guard
ing hor wholo family, deittl nnd glblictcd
u;9u tho uiottiitaliif f
UO home. It r.nah You must I mi nwfullv
tlrel, You nro sacrificing your reason and
your life for thoso whom you can never
bring Imck again to your bosom, As I say
thnt from tho darkest midnight of tlio
century Itlxpnh turns upon me nud orient
now nam you tell mo to go homer I am
n mother. Iain not tired. You might us
well oxpect God to got tired ns for a mother
to get tired. I cured for thoso lioyswhon
they lay on my breast In Infancy, and I
will not forsake them now that they are
dend. Interrupt mo nol. Thero stoops nn
eaglo that I must drive back with my
itgonlcd cry. Therein a panther I miry
beat Imck with my cltibl"
Do you know what that nceno by our
nmdsldo In Palestlnu makes urn think oft
It In no unusual scene, llight hem lu these
thnni cities by tho Amerlenn sea ronst
them nro a thousand cases this moment
worse thnu that. Mothers watching Ixiys
that thu rum saloon, that annex of hell,
has glblietod In n living death. Hoys hung
In chnlnsof evil habit they cannot break.
Tho father may go to sleep after waiting
until 13 o'clock at night for tho ruined
boy tn como homo ami, giving It up, ho
may say, "Mother, como to tads t hero's no
use sitting up any longer," Hut mother
will not go tolx-d, U is 1 o'clock In thu
morning. It Is half-past t. It Is 13 o'clock.
It Is half-past 'J when ho comes staggering
through the hall.
Do you say that young man Is yet nllvof
No; ho Is dend. Dend to his father's en
treaties. Dead to his mother's prayers.
Dead to tlio family altar where ho was
reared. Dead to all thu noblo ambitions
that ouco inspired him. Twlcu dead. Only
n corpse of what ho oncu was. (Hhlx'tod
before God nutl innn nud angels and devils.
Chained lit a death that will not loosen Its
cold grasp. Ills father Is asleep, Ids broth
ers nro asleep, his sisters nru asleep; but
his mother Is wntchlng hint, watching him
In the night. After hu has gone up to lied
nutl fallen Into n drunken sleep his mother
will go up to h Is room and soo that ho Is
proMrly covered, and Iteforoshe turns out
thu light will put it kiss upon his bloated
lips. "Mother, why don't you go to bedf"
"Altl" hho says, "I cannot go to lied. lam
Illzpah watching tho shilnl"
A l'OISTKI) rOMTICAI. BUdOKBTlON.
And what am tho political parties of thin
country doing for bucIi cosesf They am
taking cam not to hurt tho feelings of tho
jackals and buzzards that roost on the
shelves of tho grog shops nnd hoot nbovo
tho dend. I nm often asked to what polit
ical party l issuing, nun i now ticciaru my
opinion of tho political parties today. Knelt
one Is worse than tho other, and tlio only
consolation tn n-gnnl to them in that they
imvo putrcllctl until they Imvo no more
powor to rot. Oh, that comparatively
tnmo scene upon which Jllzpuh looked!
Sho looked upon only seven of tho slain.
Amerlenn motherhood and American wife
hood this moment nro looking upon sev
enty of tho slnin, upon suven hundred of
tho slnln, upon seventy thnttsnud of thu
slain. Wool wool woo!
My only consolation on this subject Is
that foreign capitalists nm buying up thu
American browories. Tho present owners
seo that tho doom of that business Is com
ing as surely as that God is notdeittl. They
nro unloading iiion foreign capitalists,
nnd when we can get thesu breweries Into
tho hands of people living on tho other
side of tho sen our political parties will
ceaso to bo afraid of tho liquor tralllc, nud
nt thulr conventions nominating presiden
tial candidates will put In their platform
n p'.itnk ns big ns tho biggest plunk of thu
biggest ocean steamer, saying: "Itesolved
unanimously that wo always havo Won
nnd always will bo opposed to alcoholism,"
Hut I must spur on our Arab steed, nnd
hero wo como in sight of Hccroth, snltl to
bo tho plnco whero Joseph nud Mary missed
tho tKiy ,Ieus on the way from Jerusalem
to Nazareth, going homo now from n groat
national festival. " hem Is my child,
Jesust" says Mhry. "Whero Is my child,
Jesus" says Joseph. Among thu thou
sands thnt nro returning from Jerusalem
they thought thnt certainly ho wns walk
ing on In tho crowd. They described htm,
saying: "Hu is 13 years old, and of light
complexion nud bltto eyes, A lost child!"
Great excitement In nit tho crowd. Noth
ing so stirs folks us tho news that n child
Is lost. I shall not forget the sceno when,
In n great outdoor meeting. I was preach
ing, and somo one stepped on the platform
nnd said thnt n child was lost. Wo went
on with thu rollglo.v sk-rvjee, but nil our
minds wuro on tho !wt child.
After a whlK a muubroughtnn tho plat
form n IteiviUftil little tot thnt looked llko
a piece of Ifiiven tlroniied down, nud said,
"Hero Is tJi'it child." Anil I rorgot all that
I win pron;hugnboitt, nmt lifted tho child
to my sho.lUlcr and snltl, "Hero Is the lost
child, nnd the mother will come nnd get
her right Kvrny, or I will tnko her homo
and ndtl her to my own brood!" Anil somo
cried nutl f"tnu shouted, nnd amid nil that
crowd I limtftiitly detected thu mother. Ev
erybody hud to get out of. her way or lie
walked owt Mats wcro nothing anil
shoulders tWiVri nothing and heads wcro
nothing In w pathway, and I realized
something ot wlwt must have been Mary's
anxiety when sh'i lost Josus, nnd what her
gladness when sOi' f mi nil her boy lu tho
tenimo of Jerusalem ViUt.tr.f- wth t lioso old
ministers of religion, ShainmhL HiHcl mid
Hettrah.
IKK Cllll.I) I'KAYIU) KOlt IS CAlll'.l) FOK.
I bear down on you today with it mighty
comfort. Mary and Joseph said, "Whero
lu our Jesusr" nnd you Miy, "7hero Is
lohuf or whero is Henry? or whero U
George?" Well, I should ont wonder If
you lountt nmnttcrn winle. Where? In
tho wiliul jIiicc whero Joseph nud Mary
found tliel boy lu the temple. What do
I mean by that? I mean, you tlo your
duty timnrd God nutl towartl your child
nnd )ou will find him after nwhllo In tho
kingdom of Christ. Will you say, "I do
not havo any way of lulliieuclng my
child?" I answer you have thu most tro
meiidous lino of Influence open right Ik
foru you. As you write a letter, ami there
aro two or three routes by which It may
go, but you want It to go tlin quickest
route, ami you nut on it "via Southamp
ton," or "via Han Francisco," or "via Mar
seilles," put on your wishes nltotit your
child, "via tho thronu of (Ind." How long
will such a good wish take to get to its
destination? Not quite as long ns thu mil
lionth part of a second. I will provolt.
Tiu promlso Is, "Hjforo they call I will an
swer." That means at your first motion
toward such prayerful exercise tho bless
ing will come, nnd If tho prayer bo inndo
at t() o'clock at night It will bo answered
live minutes beforo ten. "Heforo they call
I will answer,"
Well, you say, I am clear discouraged
nlsmt my son, and lam gettlngon in years,
nud I fenr I will not live to see him con
verted, Perhaps not. Nevertheless I
think you will find him In thu temple, tlio
licuvcnly temple. There has not Itcoii an
hour lu heaven tho last onu hundred years
When patents lu glory had not had an
uoiiiicctl to tliom thu salvation of children
whom they left In this world profligate. Wo
often havo to say "I forgot," but God has
never yet ouco said "I forgot." It may lo
after tho grass of thirty summers has
ijrvvticil tlio top of your grave that your
son may lxi found in tho earthly temple,
It may Ikj fifty years from now when some
inornlng tho towers are chiming tho matins
of tho glorified In heaven that you shall
fjiid him lu thu higher templo which has
"no need of candlu or of huh, for tho Lord
God nnd thu Lamb nro tho light thereof."
Cheer up, Christian fnthcr and mother!
Cheer up! Whom Joseph nnd Mary found
their boy you will find yours In tho tem
ple. You seo, God could not ulToril to tto
otherwise. Ono ot tlio things hu has posi
tively promised lu tho lllblo Is that ho will
answer earnest anil believing prayer. Fall
lug to do that ho would wreck his own
throne, and tho foundations of his palace
would glvu way, and tho bank of heaven
would miHxuid payment, ami tho dark
wonl "repudiation" would bo written
across tho sky, and the eternal government
would 1hi disbanded mid God himself would
become an uxllo. Keep on with jour
prayer, unit yon will yet. find your child In
tho temple, either thu templo hero or tho
templo above.
A CIIIIISTIAN WOM VN'B I'llAVnt.
Out cm the western prairies was a happy
but Isolated home. Father, mother anil
child. My tlio sale of cattlu quite n largo
sum of money was one night in that cabin,
nutl tho father was away. Atohlwrwho
hail hoard of tho money onu night looked
lu nt the window, nutl thu wifu nutl mother
of that homo saw him and sho was help
less. Her child by her side, she knelt down
mid prayed among othur things for all
prodigals who were wandering up and
down the world. Tlio robber hoard hor
prayer ami was overwhelmed and en
tered thu cabin nmt knelt besltlu her
nnd lK'gnit to pray. Ho hail como to
rob that house, but tho prayer of that
woman for prodigals reminded him of his
mother ami her prayers boforo ho becamo
it vagalvoiid, and from thnt hour hu began
n new life. Years after that woman was
In a city lu n great audience, nnd the ora
tor who cumo on tho plat form ami plead
gloriously for righteousness anil God was
tho man who many years beforo had looked
Into thu cabin on the pralrlo ns n robber.
Thu speaker nnd tho auditor Immediately
recognized each other. After so long a
tliuo u mother's prayers answered,
Hut wo must hurry on, for thu muleteers
and bnggago men havo been ordered to
pitch our tents for to-ulght lit Bethel. It
is already getting so dark that wu have to
give up all Idea of guiding the horses, and
louvo them to their own sagacity. Wo rldo
down amid mud cabins and Into ravines,
whom thu horses leap from depth to depth,
rocks below rocks, rocks under rocks,
Whonl Whoal Wo dismount in this
plnco, memorablo for many things lu Hlblo
history, thu two mora prominent a theo
logical seminary, whero of old they madu
ministers, and for Jacob's dream. The
'students of this Hcthel Theological semi
nary were called "sons of tho prophoto."
Hero tho young men wcro fitted for the
ministry, nnd thoso ot us who ever had tho
advantage ot such Institutions will ever
lastingly bo grateful, nnd In thu calendar
of saints, which I read with especial affec
tion, are tlio doctors or divinity who blessed
mo with their care.
I thank God that from theso theological
seminal les thero Is now coming forth ,i
magnificent crop ot young ministers, who
nro taking thu pulpits In nil parts ot
tho land. I hull their coming, and toll
thesu young brothers to shako oft tho som
nolence of centuries, nud get out from un
der thu dusty shelves of theological discus
sions which havo no practical bearing on
this age, which needs to get rid of its sins
'anil Imvo Its sorrows comforted, Many of
our pulpits aro dying of humdrum. People
do not go to church lwcnuso they cannot
cmluro tho technicalities and profound ex
piuuatlnusof nothing, and sermons nlsiut
thu "eternal generation of the son," and
tho tllirerencu between sitb-lapsariiiulsut
and nuprn-lapsarlauUm, ami about who
Melchlsedeo wnsn't. Thero ought to lw ns
much difference between tho modes of pre
senting truth now nud In olden tlmu us be
tween n lightning express rail train nod a
canal boat.
Years ago I went up to tho door of n fac
tory lit Now Kiiglnnd. On thu outsldu door
I saw tho wonls, "Noiiduilttuncu." I went
In and emtio to another door over which
wero tho wonls, "No admittance." Of
course I went in, nnd emtio to the third
door liii.crlbed with tho words, "No admit
tance.'' Having entered this I foil ml the
neonle Inside making nltis, liciiuttful plus.
usctui-;,lus, and nothing but plus. So over
tho out.Jddoor ot many of tho churches
has 1x111 pN-rtlcully written tho wonls,
"No udmlttunet " Somo have ci-iend and
havo come to tht Insldo door, nud found
tho wonls, "No admittance," Hut, per
sisting, they hnvMComc; Inside, and found
us sounding out our Ht.u niceties of lielief,
pointing out our llttlo?!(Tcroucc of theo
logical sentiment limning pins!
"ANOCLB ABCEXDISli J.UV DESCENDING,"
Hut most dUtlngitJncd wns Bethel for
thnt famous tlrenm iv hlch Jacob had, lib
head on a collecting ot stones. IIu hud no
trouble In this toely region In finding n
rocky pillow. Tbiiro Is hnnlly anything
else but stono, X'et thu peoplo ot those
lauds havo it via1 ot drawing their outer
garment up ividr their head and face, anil
such n pi Ho a- I Btipposu Jacob had iiiider
hit htvl. Tho piural was used lu tho
Bible, sdory, ami you find it was not a pil
low or stone, nut or stones, i suppose, so
thnt if ono proved to bo of uneven surface
be would turn over In thu night and taku
another stone, for with such a bind hihtir
hc would often chitngo in tl;o ullit. Well,
lliat tilglit Gotl built In J.-tt-ob'u ihe.nn a
long f k'..dtd ladder, tlio fret of It on
rlthernldo of the tlretl pilgrim's pillow,
and tlm top of It mortised In thu sky. Ami
bright iiinortalscamo out from tho can
ties of mhcr nud gold nutl put their shin
ing foot on the shining rungs of tho ladder,
and they kept coming down and going up,
a procession Isith ways.
I suppose they hud wlngn, for the Hlblo
almost always reports them as having
wings, but this was n ladder on which
they used hands ami feet to encourage nil
thosu of us who Imvo no wlngn to climb,
nnd encouraging us to lielluvo that It
wo will use what wo Imvo Gotl will pro
vitlo a way, and If wo will employ tho hand
nutl tho foot ho will furnish thu ladder.
Young man, do not wait for wings. Thoso
unguis foldetl theirs to sit jvv you wings aro
not necessary, I;t. all tho peoplo who havo
hunt pillows hanl for sickness, or luinl
for poverty, or hunt for porslstenco know
that u hard pillow In tho landing place for
angels. They seldom descend to pillows
of eiderdown, They seldom build dreams
In thu brain of tho onu who sleeps easy.
Tho greatest, dream ot all tlmu was that
ot St. John, with his head on tho rocks of
Pntmos, nnd lu that vision ho heard thu
seven trumpets sounded, nutl snwnll tho
pomp of heaven In procession cherubic,
seraphic, architngullc. Tho next most
memorablo ami glorious dream was that of
John Hiitiyau, his pillow thu coltl stono of
the floor of Bedford Jail, from which he
saw tho celestial city, and so ninny enter
ing It ho cried out In bin dream, "I wish
myself among them,"
rtONO 1JY HUNO THI.Y ItOSK.
Tho next most wonderful dream was
that of Washington sleeping on tho ground
ut Valley Forge, his head on n white pit
towcase of snow, wheru ho saw tho vision
ot u nation emancipated. Columbus slept
on weaverV pillow, but roso on tho lad
der lot down until ho could seo a now hem
isphere. Demosthenes slept on n cutter's
pillow, but on thu bidder let down nrnsu to
seo tho mighty assemblages that wero to
Imi swayed by his oratory. Arkwrlgbt
slept on a barber's pillow, but went up thu
ladder till ho could seo nil Knglantl qtinko
with tho factories he set going Akeusido
slept on u butcher's pillow, mid took the
ladder up till hu saw other generation.!
helped by his scholarship.
JAhn Ashwnrth slept on u poor maii'ii
pillow, but took the ladder up until lie
could seo his prayers ami exertions bring
lug thousands of tho destitute lu Knglantl
to salvation anil heaven. Nearly all thosu
who aro today great in merchandise, in
statesmanship, In law, in medicine, In art,
In literature, were unco at the foot of thu
bidder, and 111 their boyhood had a pillow
hard nn Jucob's. Tlio-j who iiro born ut tho
top of thu ladder nru apt to spend their
lives In coming ilowu, while thosu who are
at tho foot, anil their helid ti'i a Isiwlder, if
they havo the right kind of dream, nro nl
most sum to rise.
I notice that thosu angels, either lu com
ing down or going up on Jacob's ladder,
took It rung by rung. They did not leap
to the bottom nor jump to thu top. So you
nro to rise. Faith added to faith, good
deed to good tlced, Industry to industry.
consecration to consecration, until you
reach the top, rung by rung. Gradual go
ing up from u block of granito to pillar of
throne.
That night at Bethel I stootl lit front of
my tent and looked up, ami tho heavens
wcro full of ladders, first a ladder of
clouds, then u ladder of stars, nutl all up
anil down tho hen veils wero angels of boun
ty, angels of consolation, angels of God,
nsceutllng nnd descending. "Surely, Gotl
Is In this place," snld Jncob, "unit I knew
It not." Hut to-night Gotl Is lu this plnco
nml I know it.
An Orelu-ntri. In u lla-illst Cliurrli.
Tho unusual sound of orchestral Instru
ments filled tho First Baptist fhurch Sun
day night, and inndo tho simple "gospel
hymns" seem mom than ever Inspiring to
thu congregation. The innovation has
been made with such successful results
that It Is thu pin pose of the church to con
tinue tho orchestral accompaniments nml
hold regular Sunday evening services of
song. Tho Introduction of other Instru
ments than the organ into thu church wns
not madu without a good deal of considera
tion, although tho Sunday school has hail
orchestral nccompniilmeut for some time,
thu only Stintlny school in tho city enjoy
ing such music, with tho slnglo exception
of that at tho First Methodist Episcopal
church.
It Is tho only Daptlst church in tho statu
which has n church orchestra, and thu
directors think thnt it is, perhaps, tho only
ono south of Boston, whero n full orchestra
Is onu of tho features of tho service at Tre
mont temple, Catholla and Protestant
Episcopal churches havo long inndo itsu of
orchestral instruments on special occa
sions or feast days ot tho church, nutl
within the lust fow yenrs other denomina
tions nro gradually adopting thu custom.
At tho service Sunday night tho orchestra
consisted mainly of stringed Instruments,
hut both stringed and wind instruments
will bo used at thesu services. Baltimore
Sun.
How Iliiinnn Canities Aro Mmtu.
Kvcry ouo knows what a Konian candlo
Is, but few know how this indispensable
adjunct of a Fourth of July celebration is
made. First of all tn thu making comes
thu pasteboard cylinder, which is plugged
up at one end with clay. After the clay
comes u small churgu of powder; then a
"star" Is pushed tight down on thu pow
der, and charges of powder and "stars" nl
teriintu until thu cylinder is filled. Then a
fitso Is attached w hlch communicates with
the powtlei nearest the top of thu cylinder,
which, when it is exploded, semis its
"star" sailing upward. A fuso running
through thu candle connects tho other
charges of powder with thu first nutl ex
plodcs them ouo nt n time, ench one shoot
ing out tho star which Is next nlsivo It.
The stars nro inndo of chemical mixtures
which vary with tho colors which aro pro
ducetl. A red star is sometimes made by
mixing four parts of dry uttriiU) of strontia
and fifteen parts of pulverized gunpowder.
Copper filings chnngu thu color to green.
Rosin, salt ami n stutvil quantity of umber
niuko It yellow. ISmtdl particle of 7.lnc
change It to Vine, nud another nud petlmps
better red can I si madu by using a mixture
of lamp black and niter.
Tlio white stars in thu cheap "one ball
candles" nro merely balls of cotton soaked
with ben.lne. Ktlwanl Marshall lu the
Yottth'o Companion.
A it v I eil ills Tropin to Work Similuy.
A parish clergyman In West Somerset
shliu utiuoii'ici on u recent Sunday mom
lug Mint hu would not pru-ich n mtiuccj Ik--can
e It was moct Inumrtunt that tho hay
should be got In nt oi. re, w Miu weather
showed signs of breaking tip, and accoul
lugly most of tho men In the congregation
ut once proce.ded to tho fields and made
tho best of t.io flue afternoon. Loudon
Tlt-Blts.
Scnntor Joo Brown, of Georgia, Is ono of
thoiunt-t ciuh'ii.s puhllo (lmructors in tie
south, ns well ns onu of the wealthiest men
in tho nation. Ills fortune has li en est I
IllwUd in blg'.i imCO.lXM.CUU. lie is said to
loot; moro liku u dnwiwit-tlic-hccl book
ugeiit than t bcuntor.
1 Fill '"nOT
RUDGE 6c
No. 1 122 N
Agents for Garland
A.
M. DAVIS & SON,
Fall and Winter
Carpets
1112
Most Popular Resort in the City.
Exposition Dining Hall,
S. J. OOKLL,
-o 1 1 -9,
Meats 25 cts.
1 12 1 and
A TWICE TOLD TALE !
The wise man sclecteth the "Bur
lington route" and therefore startctb
aright.
He nrrii)cth himself In purple nnd
fine linen, for lo, nud behold, hu Is
sntiglv ensconced in a"loicrccntcr" on
the famous vcstlbuled flyer, where
smoke nnd dust nrc never k'nowii.
He provldeth himself with a book
from the generous library near nt band,
ndjustetli his traveling can, nud pro
cccdctlt to pass n &.iy of unalloyed
pleasure and contentment.
Ami it catuu to pass, being hungry
and nthlrst, he steppeth into the dining
car, nnd by the beard of the prophet,
'twas n feast fit for the ods. Venison,
Blue Points, Bergundy, frog legs, can
vnsbacks, Mum's extra dry, English
plum pudding, fruits, nuts, ices, French
coffee, verily, the wise man waxctb
fnt, nnd while be llglitcth a cigar, he
tnkctli time to declare that the meal
was "out of sight."
t occurretlt to the wlse-n hat
the country through which he journey
ed wns one of wondrous beauty, inso
much that it wns with deep regret he
noted he nightly shadows fall. How
ever, tenfold joy returned ns be beheld
the brilliantly lighted car, and the merry
company It contained. Verily, ft
afforded a view of Elysium.
The wise man rctirctli to rest. De
liriously unconcerned, be sleeps the
sleep of the righteous nnd awakes
much refreshed. Ills train Is on time,
his journey ended. He rcjolccth with
exceeding great joy, ns lie holds n re
turn ticket by the same route, the "Great
Burlington."
MORAL: Travel by
J. FRANCIS,
Pass, and Ticket Agent,
Omaha.
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in)4r tt?e farsoijil supcrwljlor, ofHORHCE L. L.BLRND,
rsisL arjd will b
year, visitors "" J'Q1 THE ORLEHNS
puppllfd mlty $as, $ot aijd oold water batys,
uuijary, oiiuaro ijaus, bovuuno alley, cto and
Round Trip Excursion Tickets will b placed 07 sal at t vmmeiKem$i)t of ti
tourist 65017 by t Burlli$toi), Sedar fjaplds &. lortijern Railway and all ooijijetli)9 llijes, at lou
rates, to uje joiiowii poiijis 10 lowa and
njijijeapolls, St. paul, aa flVwetoijUa, utytc
lt superior poiijts: veiiowstoijc pars; polijts
WW for A midsummer
passenger nqent. war ijapws. lova, a fcil rjatej to H. L. LcLAND.Splrit le. toua.
C. J. IUES, prt, ai,d iju efL J. E. HHNNECHN. Ctl'l PW i?d Pi. fij.ft,
Something New for the Kitchen
THU
Keystone Freezer
AND.
Beater Combination
ALL FOR $1.50.
AT
MORRIS,
STREET.
Stoves and Ranges.
and Draperies,
0 St Telephone 219.
Manacm'.k.
1123 N Street. o-
$4.50 per Week.
The foolish man buycth n ticket of n
scalper. In the morning, behold, he
s.iveth fifty cents; and lo, at nightfall be
Is out $9.27. lie 6tartetli wrong.
W'th might and main be htirrlcth to
the depot, only to find bis train four
hours late. T be peanut boy slctlt him
up and scllctb him n paper of an uncer
tain date
As be journcycth along, be for
new acquaintance, for whom tic cnsltctli
n check.
Five minutes for refreshments. While
he ruslicth to the lunch counter some
one stenlcth his gripsack. He changctli
cars, lo these many times, and it strik
etlt the foolish man that he "doesn't
get through pretty fast," and be be-
monnetli His III luck.
I. H-' getteth a elm!
A verily be sweareth a
uler In his eye, nnd
1 nml cusscth full free.
I Ie cxchntmetli three nieces of silver for
n bunk In a sleeper, and nwnketh just In
time to cntch an infernal nigger sneak
ing off witlt bis boots; the I'ortcr's ex
cuse nvalleth nothing, and the foolish
man strnightwny puttcth his boots un
der his pillow, that no man may break
In nnd steal.
H'8 train runneth into a washout, a
Imckman taketh him in to the tunc of
six shillings, and the foolish man llftcth
up his voice In great lamentation, for lo
and behold, the tavern Is away but
half a block.
He reacbeth home weary nnd hearts
sore; his trunk Cometh next day mintit
the cover and one handle, be rcsolveli
hereafter to travel only by the "Great
Burlington."
the Burlington Route
A. C. ZIEMER,
City Pass, nnd Ticket Agent,
Lincoln.
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is first clac8 I7 all of its appointments, bei?$ well
elctfrlo bells W H modro' lmprou$mei)ts,steai
positively free fro.n ai)i)oyai)o by mosqulto6.
lyijijcueti Spirit Aa, Iowa; Albert lea, Uaterullle,
Bar lalc ai)d Duluti?, Ili)ijesoM; Slear t?c, Iowa;
and poiijt6 lo Colorado.
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