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" TrnuMi 1WB urs CAPITAL CtTY COURIER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1890 " ' VT , "" " f v " r f is fk '', fcv ri BW- ; ',& SERMON MBit TALLAGE. CONTINUATION OF THE HOLY LAND 8ERIC3. The Ilnrlnr'n tlrtcrlpllvn Dliruumrii Ron tlniia In Ktcltn Great Interest Ills Ij1 Hern l'rlntril In Full. UUUOKI.V.V, Nov. S3. Tho Intercut In tho nerlea of fcriuon In wliloh Dr. TulnmKo In tlewriblng Id recent tour hi Palestine and Inculcating KK)rl IrMoim Mlguctcd by Ida thrum Incrciuwi from week to week, There was never no largo n crowd lit any ono of (ho previous rljilit Horniom an thorn wiui today around tlio llrooklyn Academy of Mmdo hi tlio luoriilugnud al'i'liu Christian Herald nervleoln thoovciiliiK, thonlnth er mon. Hit subject wnn "Anions tlio Holy Hills," and tho text, I.uko lv, lit. "Ho enmo to Nnutruth, where ho wnn lirought up." KollowliiK In tho Bcrmont What 11 splendid sleep I hml last night In n Cnthollo convent, my first nlrcp within doors oluro leaving Jerusalem, ami nil ot 11 a iw kllully treated as though wo hml hooit tho opo nud Ills colIrgo of cardinals pass itilt thnt way I I-iut evening tho genial sisterhood of tho convent ordered n hun dred bright oyed Aral) chlhlrou brought out to sing for me, mid It wax glorious! Thin morning I como out on tho stein ot tho convent and look upon tho most beau 1 1 fill vlllago of nil Palestine, IM house of white limestone, (luoss it uiimol Nawi rrth, historical Nazareth, onu ot tlio trin ity ot place thnt nil Christian travelers must boo or feel that they hnvo not seen I'nlcstlnonntnely, Hothlchom, Jerusalem, Nazareth, llnhyhooil, lioyhooil, manhood of hlui for whom I hollovo thero nro fifty million pooplo who would now, If It wero required, march out and illu, whether un iHt nx or down lit tho Hoods or straight throuKh (ho fire, 'J VIIK VI1.LAOIS OP NAZAttKTII. Grand old village U Niuuiroth, oven put ting nsldo lU nivvntt association, First of nil, It In clean; mid that can bo nald of few ot tho oriental village. IU nolghhorlng town of Nahlouf In tho filthiest town I over saw, although Its chief Industry In tint manufacture of soap. Tliey export nil of It. Nntarcth wnn perhaps iiuiiHiially clean tho morning 1 speak of, fur n wo rodo Into tho vlllago iho afternoon heforo thunhow ora whlcli had put our macintoshes to the test had poured Hoods through nil tho lloy under command of tho clouds, those thoroiiKh street commissioners, llesldes thnt, Nar.areth lias been tho sccno of battles passion; It from Israelite to Mo hammedan nud from Mohammedan to kJBhrlstlau, thu most wonderful of the bu lks being that In which twenty-live thou nnnd Turks were hcatoti by twonty-ono hundred French, Napoleon Iloimpnrto commanding, thnt greatest of Frenchmen walking these very street through whloh Jesus walked for nearly thirty yearn, tho morals of tho two tho antlpodcn, tho miowh of ltussla nud tho phiguen of Kgyit appropriately following tho one, tho dox ologlen of ejirth nud tho hallelujahs of heaven appropriately following tho other. And then this town Is ho lonutlfnlly situ ntcU In n great greon bowl, tho sides of thu bowl tho Hiirrouudliig 11 ft con hills. Tho God ot unturu who In tho God ot tho Hlblo ovldently ncooK'd out thin vnlley for pri vacy and HOmratlon from nil tho world during threo most importunt decades, tho thirty yearn of Chrlst'n boyhood aud youth, for of tho thlrtyHhreo yearn of Chrlst'n htuy on earth ho spent thirty of them In thin town In getting ready a ntartllng rebuko to thoso who have no pa tlouco with tho long years of preparation necessary when they enter on nny special mission for tho church or tho world. Tho trouble U with most young men that thoy want to launch their ship from tho dry dock before It Is ready, nud houco so many sink In tho first cyclone. Stay In tho store ns n subordinate until you nro thoroughly equlpHMl. Ho n good employe. In your trndo until you nro qualified to bo nu em ployer. Ho content with Xnuireth until you nro ready for tho bulTotlugN of Jerusa lem. You may got so gloriously equipped in the thirty yearn that you can do mora in three years than most men can accomplish in a prolonged lifetime. .These, little nug l gcstlons I mil apt to put Into my sermon, koplng to help people for thin world, whllo X am clitetly anxious to hnvo them prepare (or tho next world. 1 WllKltF. CHHtST WAS A HOY. All Chrlst'n boyhood was spent In thin tillage nnil its surroundings. Thuro is tho ery well called "Tho Fountain of tho Vir gin," to which by his mother's sldo ho trotted along holding her hand. No doubt about It; It Is tho only well In tho village, and It has been tho only well for threo thousand years, This morning wo visit It, toft tho mothers hnvo their children with them now ns then. Tho work ot drawing water in nil nges In those countries lias been women's work. Scores ot thorn arc waiting for their turn at It, three great and everlasting springs rolling out Into that' well their barrels, their hogsheads ot water In floods gloriously abundant. Tho well Is surrounded by olive grove-sand wldo spaces In which people talk aud chil dren, wearing charms on their heads an firotectlon against tho "evil eye," are play ng, and women with their strings ot coin on either sldo of their face, and In skirts ot blue nud scarlet nud white and green move on with water Jaw on their heads. Mary, I suppose, almost always took Jesus the boy with her, for she had no onosho could leavo him with, being In humble cir cumstances mid havlug no nttendautn. I 0 not bellevo there wan ono of tho nur itwadlng fifteen hills thnt tho boy Christ tUi not range, from bottom to top, or ono cavern In their sides ho did not explore, or ono species ot bird flying across tho tops thnt he could not call by name, or ono of all tho species ot fauna browsing on tho&o steeps that ho had not-recognized. You ce It nil through his sermons. If a man becomes n publlo speakor, in his ora tion or discoursed you discover his early wherealmuts. What n boy bees between 7 and 17 always sticks to him. When the npostlo Peter preaohes you boo the fishing nets with which ho had from his earliest days been familiar. And when "Amos delivers his prophecy you hear in It the bleating of tho herds which ho had in boyhood intended. And lu our lord's ser mons and conversations you see nil tho phases of vitlngo life nud the mountain ous lite surrounding it. They raised their own chickens in Nazareth, aud lu after time ho cries: "O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! how often would I have gathered thee as k hen gnthereth her chickens under her wings!" Ho had heon his mother open tlio family wardrobont tlio closoof summer und thu moth millers Hying out, havimr de stroyed thu garmouts, and In utter years ho siiys:'"ltyluot up for youreelvi-s treasures on earth, where moth doth corrupt." lu childhood ho hud Been n mile, of flowers, whltd as thu snow, orredftsthollame, or blue as tho ken, or green ns tho tree tops, and no wonder iu hli manhood sermon ho aid, "Conblder tho lilies." Whllo ono day ou n high point where uow htand the tomb of Nob) Isinnll, ho had been winging pust him so near ns almost to Hurry his hair tho partridge nud tho hunpoonnd tho thrush and tho os prey and thu crane and tho ra ven, and no wonder afterward lu his man hoodherinon ho said, "Heboid tho fowls ot tho air." In Nararolh and on the road to It there are a great many camels. 1 seo them now lu memory making their slow way up tho rlgzng road from tho plain ot I'lsdraelou to Nar.areth. Familiar wnn Christ n llh their apenrauco, also with that small Insect, tlingnat, which lie had hfeu his mother strain out from n cup of water or pall ot milk, and no wonder he brings af terward the largo quadruped nud tho small Insect Into his sermon nud, uhllo seeing tho l'liarlsees careful alwiut small sins aud reckless nlxiut largo ones, cries out; "Woo unto you blind gulden which strain outn gnat nud swallow a cainell" UK KNKW AIIOIIT TIIK HIII'.KI. Ho had In Isiyhood seen the shepherds get their (locks mixed up. and to lino not familiar with tho habits of shepherds and their Hooks, hopelessly mixed up. And n nhccpstcalor appears ou tho scene and dis honestly demands so mo of thoso sheep, when ho owns not one of thoni. "Well," nay tho two honest shepherds, "wo will soon settle! thin mutter," and ouo sliephurd goon out In ono direction nud thu othur shepherd goen out lu tho other dliectlon, nud tho sheepitealer In another direction, aud each one rails, and the Hocks of each of tho honest shepherds rush to their owner, whllo tho sheepslealer calls and calls ngnlu, hut gets not onu ot the Hock. No wonder that Christ, yearn after, preach ing ou a great occnslou ami Illustrating his own shepherd qualities, saysi "When ho ptittcth forth Ills own sheep ho goeth before them, and tho sheep follow him, for they know his voice, nud tho stranger they will not follow, for they know not the voice of tho stranger." Tho stilus n these hills are terraced for grapes. Tho boy Christ had often stood with great round eyes watching tho trimming of tho grapevines. Clipl goes the knife and oft falls a branch. Tho child Christ wiyn to tho farmer, "What do you do that forf" "Oh," says tho farm cr, "that Is a dead branch and It Is doing nothing nnd In only lu tho way, so I cut It off." Then tho fanner with hit sharp knife prunes from a living branch this aud that tendril ami the other tendril. "Hut," says thu child Christ, "these twigs that you cut olT uow nru not dead; what do you do that forf" "Oh," says tho farmer, "wo prune oil those that tho main branch may have more of tho sap and eo Ihi more fruitful," No wonder lu nfter yearn Christ said lu his sermoni "I am tho true vino and my father In thu husbandman; every branch lu me that Uarcth not fruit ho taketh away, and every branch that l'arcth fruit ho purgoth It, that It may bring forth morn fruit." Capital! NoouowhohndiiotlK'euiicouutry boy would hnvo said that. fc?tro:iks of nature all through Chrlst'n sermons aud conversations! Whumi pigeon descended upon Christ's head at his bap tism In thu Jordan it was not thu first pigeon ho had soon. And then lie hits such wide sweep of discourse as you may linng luu from ouo who has stood ou tho hills that overlook Nar.areth, An far hh I under stand, Christ visited thu Mediterranean sea only once, but any clear morning liu rnuld run up on a hill near Nazareth nud look olT to tlio west and soo tho Mediter ranean, whllo there lu tho north In snowy Mount Iiohaiiuu, clad a In white robe ot as cension, and yonder on thu east and south oast Mount Gllboa, Mount Tabor aud Mount Cillead, and yonder lu the south In tho plain of Msdriielou over which wo rodo yesterday on our way to Nazareth. Thoso mountains of his boyhood lu his memory, do you wonder that Christ when hu wanted a good pulpit madu It out of a mountain "seeing tho multitudes hu went up into thu mountain." And when ho wanted es pecial communion with God ho took James and John and l'etcr Into "a mountain apart." II K WAS A COUNTItV 110 V. Oh, this country boy of Nazareth, como forth to atone for tho sins ot tlio world, nnd to correct thu follies of tho world, anil to stamp out thu cruelties of tho world, nud to Illumine tho darkness of tho world, and to transfigure tho hemispheres! So it has Ih'ou tho mission of tho country boys in all nges to transform, and Inspire and rescue. They come into our merchandise nud our court rooms nud our blading art and our studios nnd our theology They lived lu Nazareth boforo thoy entered Jeru salem. And but for that annual Influx our cities would have enervated and sick ened and slain tho rno3. Late hours and hurtful apparel and overtaxed digestive organs and crowding environments ot city lifo would hnvo halted tho world: but tho valleys aud mountains of Nazareth havo given fresh supply ot health and moral In vlgoratlou to Jerusalem, nnd thu country saves tho town. From tho hills of New Hampshire and tho hills of Virginia and thu hills ot Georgia como into our national eloquence tho Webster nnd the Clays and tho Henry W. Gradys. From tho plain homes ot Massachusetts and .Maryland como Into our national charities tho George Peatmdyn aud tho William Corcoraus. From tho cabins ot tho lonely country re gions come Into our national destinies tho Andrew Jacksons and tho Abraham Lin coins. From plow Iwy's furrow aud vil lage counter nnd blacksmith's forge come mast of our city giants. Nearly all the Messiahs lu all departments dwelt in Naz areth before thoy camo to Jerusalem. I send this day thanks from these cities, n.ottly niado prosperous by country loys, tothu farmhouso and tho prairies and tho mountain cabins, and tho oliscure home steads ot north nnd south and east and west, to the fathers and mothers lu plain homespun if they bo still ullvu or tho hil locks under which thoy bleep tho long sleep. Thanks from Jerusalem to Naza reth. Hut alas! that tho city should so often treat tho country boys as ot old tho one from Nazareth was treated at Jerusalem) Slain not by hammers and spikes, but by Instruments Just as cruel. Ou every street of every city the crucifixion goes on. Ev ery year shows its ton thousand of thu slain. Oh, how wo grind Ilium up! Under what wheels, lu what mills, nnd for what an awful grlstl Let tho city take letter care of these boys nud young men arriving from tlio country. They nro worth saving. Tiey jwro now only thu preface of what theywjilHi If, instead of sacrificing, you help illssiii Hays ns gratid us t he onu who with his elder brother cllmlied Into a church tower, and not knowing their danger went outside ou soma timbers, when ono of thoso timbers broke and tlio boys fu'l, and tho older boy caught ou u beam and tho younger clutched thu foot of tho older. Tho older could not climb up with tho younger hanging to his feet, so the younger said: "John, 1 am going to let go; you can climb out into bufety, but you can't climb up with mo holding fast; I am going to let go; kiss mother for mo nnd tell bur not to feel badly; good-byl" And ho let go aud was so hard dashed upon tho ground hu was not recognizable. Plenty ot such brstvo boys coming up from Naza reth! I.ct Jerusalem bo careful how it treats them! A gentleman long ugn en tered a bchbol In Germany mrl hu bowed vwy low before tho boys, and tho teacher wild, "Wiy do you do thatr" "Oh," said the visitor, "I do not know whnt mighty man may yet bo dnvetoped among them." At that Instant tho eyes ot ouo of tho boys Hashed lire. Who was it? Martin Luther. A lad ou his way to school passed n door step on which sat n lamo and Invalid child. The parsing boy nald to htm, "Why don't jou go to school!" "Oh, I am lame aud I can't walk to school." "Get ou my back," said tho well Iwy, "and I will carry you to school." And so ho did that day and for many days until the invalid was fairly started ou Iho road to an education. Who wan thu well boy that did that kindness? I don't know. Who wnn thu Invalid ho cnrrledf It wan HoWt Hall, tho rapt pupil orator of all Christendom. Hotter glvo to thu lsiyn who como up from N'aza roth to Jerusalem a ciowu Instead ot a cross. tiii: (iu mill tutor. On thin December morning in Palestine on our way out from Nazareth wo saw Just such n carpenter's shop as Jesus worked lu, supporting his widowed mother, after ho was old enough to do so, I looked In, and there were hninmornudHuw and piano and auger and vlsu nud measuring rule and chisel and drill nnd adze and wrench nud bit and all tho tools of carprntiy. Think of Itl Ho who smoothed thu surface of tho earth shoving a plane; ho who cleft tho mountains by earthquake pouiidln a chisel; lie who opened thu mammoth caves of thu earth turning on auger; ho who wields thu thtimlcrlolt striking with a hammer; hu who scooped out tho lssl for tho ocean hollowing a ladle; ho who Hashes tho morning on tho earth and make thu midnight heavens quiver with aurora constructing n window. I cannot under stand It, but I Ndluvo It. AHkeptlosahl to nil old clergyman, "I will not bullovu any thing I cannot explain." "Indeed," said tho clergynlan, "you will not liellvo any thing you cannot explain. Please to ex plain to mo why some cows havo horns nnd others havo no horns. "No," said tho skeptic, "I did not mean exactly that, I mean that I will not beliuvu anything I havo not seen." "Indeed," bald tho cler gyman, "you will not bellevo anything you hnvo not seen. Have you a backbone?" "Yes," wild thu skeptic. "How do you knowf" wild tho clergyman. "Have you overseen IU" This mystery of Godhead and humanity Interallied I cannot under stand and I cannot explsln, hut t bellevo It. I am glad there are so many things wo cannot understand, for that leaven some thing for heaven. If wo knew everything hero heaven would Imi a great Indolence. What foolish peoplu thoso whon.ru lu per petual fret Imtiiuso they cannot understand all that God says and does! A child In tho first Juvenile primer might an well burst Into tears because It cannot understand conic sections. Inthlswoild wo nro only lu thu A II C class, and wn cannot uow un derstand tho libraries of eternity which put to utmost test faculties archangellc. I would 1hj ashamed of heaven If wo do not know mure there, with nil our faculties In tensified a million fold aud at tho reuterof tho universe, than wo do here with our dim faculties and clinging to thu outside rim of thu universe. CA.VA IN 0AL11.KI:. In about two bourn wu pass through Canu, the vlllagu of Patent luu whoru,thu mother ot Christ aud our Iord attended tlio wedding of a poor relative, having como over from Nazareth for that purpose, Tho mother of Christ for women aro first to notice such tilings found that the pro visions had fallen short anil sho told Christ, and ho to relieve tlio embarrass ment of tho housekeeper, who hud Invited more guests than the pantry warranted, became tho butler of the occasion, aud out of a cluster of u few sympathetic words squeezed n boverngo of a hundred aud twenty-six gallons of wluo iu which wan uot onu drop of intoxicant, or It would havo left that party an mnudlln and drunk an the great centennial banquet iu Now York, two yeurs ago, left senators, aud governors, and generals, and merchant princes, tho dilTorcucu between the wluo at tho wedding lu Cana and tho wluo at tho banquet in New York being, thnt tho l,ord made tho ouo and tho devil madu tlio other. Wo got oft our horses and examined somo of these water Jam at Canu said to lie thu very ones that held tho plain water thnt ChrNt turned into tlio purplu bloom ot an especial vintage. I measured them aud found them eighteen inches from edge to edge and nineteen Inches deep, and de clined to accept their identity. Hut wu realized the immensity of a impply of n hundred aud tweuty-slx gallons of wine. What wan that forf Prooubly one gallon would have been enough, for It wan only nn additional installment of what had al ready been provided, and it in probable that tho housokeepercould not havo guessed more than ono gallon nut of the way. Hut a hundred aud twenty-six gallons! What will they do with tho surplus? Ah, it was Just liko our lxmll Thoso young people wero about to start lu housekeeping nud their means wero limited, nud that big supply, whether kept iu their pantry or sold, will bo n mighty help. You kco there wan no strychnine or log wood or mix vomica In that buvcrago, and, an the Lord made It, It would keep, Hu makes mountains nnd sens that keep thou sands of j cam, and certainly ho could make a Isjverago that would keep four or five yearn. Among the arts nud Inventions ot tho future I hope there maybe bomeouu that can press tlio Juices from tlio grajni and so miiiglo thorn and without one drop of damning alcoholism that it will keep for years. Aud tho more ot It you taku tho clearer will bo tho brain and tho healthier thu stomach. And hero is a re markable fact In my recent Journey I traveled through Italy nnd Greece aud Kgypt and Palestine and Syria aud Tur key, nud how many intoxicated people do you think I saw In all thoso live great realms? Not one. We must iu our Chris tianized lauds havo got hold of somu kiud of leverage thnt Christ did uot make. m.Aii iik was Tin:i;r.. Oh, I am glad that Jesus wan present at that wedding, and Inst December, stand ing at Cana, thnt wedding enmu back! Night had fallen on tho vllhigound its surroundings. Tho bridegroom had put on his bead a bright turban aud a gar laud of (lowers, and bin garments had Ist-n kiuade fragrant with frankincense and cam phor, mi odor widen thu oriental especially likes. Accompanied by groomsmen, ami preceded by a kind of musicians with flutes and drums and bonis, and by torches In full hluzo, host-inn (of tho bride's home. Thin river of llro Is uu by another river of fire, thu torches of tho bride and brides fiinids. llninlH'uu mwwe i.i: I'.ainbeau. Thu bride 1 1 lu whlto rolni and her veil not only covers her face but envelop, her body. Her tousseau is as elaborate as the re bourw t ot her father's houso permit. Her attend nits are decked with all tho orna ments they own or can boriou ; but their own p'ivonal charms make tamo tlio Jew els, for Uiom) oriental women eclipse In r lit t met 1 vencu all others except thoso of our own laud. Tho damson io-u is iu their iheek, nud tho diamond In thu luster of their eyes, and tho black ness of tho night in their long locks, aud lu their step Is tho gracefulness of tho morn ing. At tho first sight of tho torches tit tho bridegroom and his nttendautn coming over tho hill tho cry rings through tho homo of tho brldo: "They nro iu slghtl Get rendyl Heboid tho bridegroom comethl Go yo out to meet him." An tho two procen slons approach each othur tho timbrels strike and thu songs commingle, and then tho two processions Imtoiiio onu nud march toward tlio bridegroom's houso. nnd meet n third procession which In made up of tho friends of both, bride nud bridegroom. Then alt enter tho houso and thodanco Is-glus nnd tho door In shut. Aud nit thin Christ uses to Illustrate tho Joy with which tin ransomed of earth shall meet him when ho comen garlanded with chimin ami robed lu tho morning nud trumpeted by tho thuuilern of tho Inst day. Look! Thero ho comen down olT the hills of heaven, tho bridegroom! And let un start out to hall him, for I hear tlio voices of tlio Judgment day sounding! "Heboid, tho bridegroom cometh! Go )u out to meet him!" And tlio disappointment of those who hnvo declined the Invitation to tho gospel wedding Is pre sented under tho llgutu of a door heavily closed. You hear It slam. Too late. Tho door Is shut! AND NOW roll I.AIU: tlAI.II.HU, Hut wo must hasten on, for I do not mean to closo my eyen to-night till I boo from n mountain top Inko Unlike on whose banks next Sabbath we will wor ship, ami on whoso waters the following morning wu will taku n sail. Ou nud up wo go lu tho severest climb of all Pales tine, the ascent of the Mount of Kent linden, ou thu top of which Christ preached that famoiiH sermon ou tho blesscds blessed tills nud blessed that. Up to their kueen tho horses plunge, In molehills and u sur face that, given way at thu first touch of tho hoof, nud ngnlu nud ngnlu thu tired boasts halt, an much nn to say to thu riders, "It in unjust for you to mako us climb thoso steeps." On mid up over mountainsides, wheruiu thu later season hyacinths and daisies and phloxes aud anemones klndlo their beauty. Ou nud up until ou thu rocks of ii6k liaiialt wu dismount, and climbing to the highest peak look out ou an en chantment of scenery thnt scums to Iw the beatltuden themselves arched Into skies nud rounded Into valleys and silvered Into waves. Tlio view Is like that of Tenuesseo nnd North Carolina from the top of Look out mountain, or liku lliutof Vermont nud New Hampshire from tho top of Mount Washington. Hnll bills of Gulileol Hall liko Gennisaret, only four miles awaj! Yonder, clear up ami most conspicuous, is Safed, tho vury city to which Christ point ed for Illustration in tho sermon preached hero saying, "Aelty'set onn'hlll cannot bo hid." Thero are rocks around mo ou Ibis Mount of lleatltudes enough to build the highest pulpit tlio world ever saw. Ay, it Is tho highest pulpit. It overlooks all time and all eternity. Thu valley of Hattin iK'tween here aud I-akuGulllcu Is auamphitheatre, us though tho natural contour of thu eartli had in vited nil mil Ions to comu and sit down aud hear Christ preach u sermon in which thero were more startling novelties tliau were uer announced in all thu bcrnious that weru ever preached. To thoso who hoard lilm on this very spot his word must havo seemed tlio contradiction of everything that they hud uver heard or read or experi enced. Tho world's theory had been: lllessed urolliu arrogant; bles-ed aro the supercilious; blessed aro tho tearless; bless ed are they that havo everything their own way; blessed aro thu war eagles; blessed nru thu persecutors; blessed ure thu popu lar; blessed nro tho Herods and theCa-sars and tho Ahabs. "No! mil no!" says Christ, with a volco that rings over thcsu rocks aud through yonder valley of Hattin, aud down to tho opaline lako ou onu side, and tho sapphire Mediterranean ou thu other, and across Kuropu in onu way, aud across Asia in thu other way, aud around thu earth both ways, till thu globu shall yet bo glrlded with tho nine beatitudes; lllessed are tho poor; blessed are tho mournful; blessed nru thu meek; blessed nru thu hun gry; blessed nru thu merciful; blessed nru thu pure; blessed nro tho peacemakers; blessed nro the piecnied; ul vised aro thu falsely ruvlled. Do you see how tho Holy Lnnd aud the Holy Hook lit each other? God with, ids left hand built Palestine and with his right wrote tho Scriptures, the two hands of thu Hiimu Mug. And In proportion ns Pales tine is brought under closu Inspection, tho Hlblo will bo found more glorious nud moru true. Mightiest book of the piust! Mighti est I loo I; of tlio future! Monarch of all 11 erature' Thu proudest works ot Renins shall decay, And reason's brightest luster fade auny; The sophist's art, Iho poet's boldest Hlghl, Kliall blak In darkness and conclude in nllit; Hut faith triumphant nver time shall stand, Hhall Krasp the sacred volumo In her hand; Uncle to Us source t hu heavenly girt convey; Then in thu lUxxl ot rjlry melt iiway. A .Station Muster mill tho Nobles. An amusing Incident occurred on a south ern railroad in Knglnud iu connection with tho Duke of Norfolk nud the MurquK of Hutu. Thu duku and marquis weru fellow travelers, aud whou the train btopped nt station a companion Joined ilicui iu tho person of the station master himself, who was going for a Jaunt some twenty miles further up the Hue. The duku and tho station master, who weru both dimin utive men, and therefore fond of talk, soon got Into conversation, whllo tho marquis, n tall, robust until, wiu inclined to bo re ticent, until hu found Ids friend, tho duke, up to his ears in conversation, when hu himself Joined, addressing most of ids con versation to thu strnnger. At length thu train arrived at H , and tlio marquis bid a hearty farewell to tlio duku, and, with a kindly adieu nnd a shake ot tlio band from thustranger, tho marquis quitted the carriage, while Ids dispatch box nud wraps weru secured, to thu surprise of thu station muster, by a tall, powdered foot man, aud thu train soon glided again out of thu station. Silence was uot, however, long mnlutuiucd,the station master breaking out with tho question, "I wonder who that swell was?" "That," replied his compan ion, "was tho Marquis of lluto." Thu an swer seemed to dumfoiiud thu stntlonmas ter for a time, but presently hu exclaimed: "So that wero a marquis, was ho? Well, uow, I do think it kind of him to talk to two such snobby little chaps as us, don't you?" Thu duku nodded his assent aud had a good laugh. When tlio train drew up again liisgruoumTnhly bid Jiis companion "Good by," and, on alighting on tho platform, w.u received with thu greatest deference by a timing of Jesuit priests, this incident again setting thu station master thu task of in quiry, who Inquisitively asked a lirot her olll cial "Who that llttlo bloke was." "That," replied the guard, "Is the Dukoof Norfolk." Tho station muster, after this, declared ho would never travel first class again as long us ho lived IiOtnlon Society, Slguorr ls,it,tho Itallnn prime minister, Is it man of iO, tall, thin and surprisingly r.etlvo for quo of his yearn. He laughs In cessantly. His mouth Is large, his eyes aro piercing and ho U completely bald. Ho wears Jowcle-l rings on every lluger and his shirt btmU are diamonds. 1 l jt fti nllh. 1 RUDGE & No. 1 122 N Agents for Garland Picture Framing ! EvOWEiST PRJGKS. AN ELEGANT LINE OF MOULDINGS. S. El. MOORE, 1114 O St. Scribner's For the coin 1 no year will be special features which the Publishers believe are of very un usual interest and among them the following may be mentioned: Sir Edward Arnold ?.".!!!ri"".,!i'H '" "'" ''i'mlier number the llrst of n series of four Article ..., r,w u Ilium! ,""H,rH rt'cU ,"," t" ri'CCMt J",nt"' Fa,t,ml wllwJli!is"riitW Henry M. Stanley the recent African Kihtotltan held In llo'udou. lioHHwX W f The Wrecker Prof. James Bryce, M,P., j Ocean Steamships wiii i inosiiiueei ni an 111 porinul series somewhat upon the lines of t he Miieeenil 11..11 nud ' - ' """"""' '"""""J'suiiieiieii upon nnd illustrated. Great Streets Is itho title of u novel collection of articles 011 which tho author niul artist will jtlvolhe chnrnelerUtlcs or famous thorouKhfnres. The llrst, on"lAvhrn,, will Hleliurd IliinlliiK I)n s.au.l Illustrated liy Arthur II. Krost .Others iwli rollii London; iloiilenmi, Tarlsj The Conn, Itoiiio. umers win 10110 The price of Scribiur's Magazine admits oj adding a subscription to one's other reading at very small cost. Oders should be sent at once. $3.00 A YEAH. 25 CENTS A NUMBER. Charles Scribner's Sons, Publishers, 743-745 Broadway, New Tork. Most Popular Resort in the City. Exposition Dining Hall, S. J. ODELL, Makackk. -o 1 1 '9, Meals 25 cts. 1 121 and A TWICE TOLD TALE ! "J"he wise man sclectcth the "Hur Unburn route" and therefore stnrtctli nrllu. He nrrnycth himself in purple lyul fine linen, for lo, and behold, lie is snuglv ensconced in a"lowcrcentcr" on thu famous vcstihuled llycr, where smoke nnd dust are never known, H provldcth himself with a book from the generous library near nt hand, adjustcth Ids traveling can, aud pro cccdeth to pass a day of unalloyed pleasure and contentment. And it came to pass, being hungry and athlr&t, he steppeth into the dining car, and by the beard of the prophet, 'twas a feast fit for the gods. Venison, Illue Point, Hergundy, frog legs,cnn vnsbacks, Mum's extra dry, English plum pudding, fruits, nuts, Ices, French coffee, verily, the wise man waxeth fat, and while he lightctli a cigar, he taketh time to declare that the meal was "out of sight." t occurrcth to the wlscn lut the country through which lie journey cd was one of wondrous beauty, inso much tmt it was with deep regret lie noted tlieiightly shadows fall. Uow ever, tenfold joy returned as he beheld the brilliantly lighted car, and the merry company it contained. Verily, It afforded a view of Elysium. The wise man retircth to rest, lie llelotisly unconcerned, he sleeps the sleep of the righteous and awakes much refreshed. His train Is on time, his journey ended. He rejoiccth with exceeding gicat joy, us he holds n re turn ticket by the same route, the "G rent llurliimton." MORAL: Travel by J. FRANCIS, Gen. l'ass. and Ticket Agent, Omaha. Something tfew for tho Kitchen TIIK Keystone Freezer AND- Beater Combination ALL FOR $1.50. AT MORRIS, STREET. Stoves and Ranges. Ma ap-azine. noteworthy for a number of of the World I collaborate to I ho written hv follow 011 liccUt U lu. 1123 N Street. 0- $4.50 per Week. m The foolish man huycth a ticket of a scalper In the morning, behold, he Mivcth lifty cents j and lo, at nightfall lie Is out $9.27. I ,e Btartcth wrong. With might nnd main he hurricth to he depot, only to find Ids train four hours ate. I he peanut hoy slzctli him talrTdie ' h'm " P"per f "" unce " Aslicjoumeycthalong.hcformctli n achcckT' UanCe' fr whom,'licth i,..Fi''':,,."!',V',.L'RPr leshments. While '" "-"" luuie luncti counter some wuc Jit.iicin nis gripsack cars, lo these inSn tm and It sfrTk cththe foolish un' Imt Ic 'doXt Hechangetli moanctli hit, III hick He gcttetli a cinder in hs eye and n:l"VCV,n''ccthfullf?ce A ... -...,..,:, HIrce ,cc . , 1 1. I.. " -" I'"- . - -- - --!-.., mm HYfi " "" ' ' ' f'Per,and awnkcth ins. l i" "" .rV.V "" micmai nlirircr sneak- 1 rY ".-- "" "lid ing off with Ids hoots tger sneak- pirw.nnru.i."r.."' ,,,c. prior ex- the I'ortc ;r;"Y..i.",,0,l,,nBi a' tin iu foolish lnd .PtSir,,lfwln0 mnn'"V break Hi trnln runneth Into a washout n hnckman taketh him in to tl e tun" o" Zi,t.mhV,ra1ueT.ntat,0n,f0 half a block. ,uern" "ay but rn-i.iicni noine wcarv and sore; hi, trunk cometh next day mi lie coyer and one handle, he resolve licnitb ut It- reat the Burlington Route A. O. ZfGMEH, City Pass, and Ticket Agent, Lincoln. X - I' A.'. m- aWhWMMWMiWtt ;&'jMmmm