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CAPHAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1890 THE TREES OF IUjKSTINB 1 UDLIME LANGUAGE OF THE SCRIPT J URE3 ON THE CEDARS. Ir. Tnlnmco l)rcrlliri llm Hrrnr nil , Mount I.rtmnon nml Ilrilncc. MoriO I.oiuTlirrf Tnim Tim l'rnplioln I.ovril to Ohio Upon Hid Mljihty l'orl. llltooKI.YN, Deo. 14. Today Dr. TalinuRO prrnchwl tho twelfth noriucin of hlmorleti on l'ulrxtliio nml tho mljoluliitf cmmtrli-.i. After dellverliiK It In tho mnrnliiK In tho Academy of MuaIo In thin city, hoiirench. l It nu.aln In tho ovonhiK In Now York, nt tho crvlro held under the, iiUMplccn of Tho GbrUtlnn Herald. Ileforo. rotnnionclnKhlt rrinon Dr. TnlmtiKOiitnted that lit Hpltoof All thn cITorU thnt wero Miik put forth to ttntten tho completion of hi nuw Tatar nnolo, tho work was on no miiRiilllcentn 'caIo nnd tho nccciwlty for ram In Its con tnictlou no Imperative thnt, JiiiIkIiik by prtwont Indications. It would not ho ready for ilcdlcntlon Woro Hrutcr. Ho wiw happy to nay, however, thnt tho htupltallty of. Tho Chrlntluu Ilornhl, through which tlirso Sunday ovonhiKiiorvlccs In Now York lmd l)oon held, would lo continued, mid tho publisher of that Journal had already secured nn extension of tho lease of tho Acndcinyof MuUc, He would therefore bo nblo to hold mrvlccn there overy Sunday evening until tho now Tnboriiiiclo wan Mu lshed. OwltiK to tho Inclemency of tho weather ho would discontinue tho custom of rIvIiik nu nddresi out of doom nftor the regular exercises to tho crowd of peoplo who lmd In'on unnblo to Kiln ndiuUslon to tho Academy; but tho publisher of The Christian Herald wn.t endeavoring tool) tntn tho iiho of n church or public hulhlluK In tho uclKhborhood lu which uu overllow crvlco could behold Dr. TuIiiiuko then ntinuuticed nn his text IVulm civ, 10, "Tho cedars of Ichuuuu which ho hath planted," "nml preached tho following Dermoid In our Journey wo chango htlrmp for wheel. It Ih 4 four o'clock In tho morning nt Damascus, Syria, nud wo nro among tho InntcniHof tho hostelry waiting for tho taRo to start, A Mohammedan lu IiIkIi llfo Id puttliiu his threo wives on board within nn npmtuicnt by thcuifulvcs, nud our party occupy tho main npnrtmuut of ono of tho most uncoiufortnblo vehicle lu ' wh'lcirmortals wero over Jammed and half strangulated. Dut wo mint not lot tho din comforts nunul or disparage tho oppor tuultlea. Wo am rolling out nud up tho mountains of tahnuuu, their forehead under n crown of snow, which coronet tho fingers of thp hottest summer cannot cast down. I CLIMMNO Uf t.KllAKOS. "We nro ascending helKhtH around which la garlanded much of tho lluest poey of thoScrlpturen, nnd nro rising toward tho mightiest dominion that Ixitany over recog nized, reigned over by tho most Imperial trco thnt over Bwnyed a leafy scepter tho Lebanon cedar; n trco ouluglr.ed In my text ns having grown from nuut nut Into tho ground by God himself, nud no human hnnd had nuythluK to do with Its plant hint "Tho trees of Lebanon which ho hath pjnhted." Tho nvunigo height of this mountain Is Hovcn tliousnud feet, but in ono place it lifts" Its hend to nn alt Undo of ton thou sand. No higher than six tliousnud feet enn vegetation exist, but below that lino nt tho right neason nro vineyard nud orch nrds nud ollvo proves nud llowers thnt dash tho mountain cldo with a very car nage of color nud All thonlr with nroinnttrs thnt Hosen, tho prophot, and Solomon, tho king, celebrated ns "tho smell of lobanon." At a height of six thousand feet is u grow of cedars, tho only descendants of thoso vast forests from which Solomon cut his timber for tho templo of Jorusalom, and whoro nt ono tlmo thoro wero ono hundred thousand axmen bowing out tho beams from which' great cities wero constructed. Hut this nation of trees has by human Iconoclnsm been massacred until only n small group Is loft. This race of giants la nearly extinct, but I hnvo no doubt thnt sonio of thoso wero hero when Illram, king of Tyro, ordered tho assassination of thoso cedars of Lebanon which tho Lord planted. From tho multitude of uses to which It may bo put nnd tho employment of It In tho Scriptures, tho cedar Is tho ill vino fa vorite. When tho plains to bo seen from tho window of this stngo In which wo rldo today nro purchod under summer heat, and not a grass blado survives tho fervid ity, this trco stands In luxuriance, defying tho summor sun. And when tho storms of winter terrify tho earth nnd hurl tho rocks In avalanche down tins mountain side, this trco grapples tho hurricane of snow In triumph and leaves tho spent fury at its feet. From sixty to eighty feet high re they, tho horizontal branches of great awocp, with their burden of leaves needlo shaped, the top of tho trco pyramidal, n throno of foil ago on which might and iplendor and glory sit Dut so continu ously has tho extermination of trees gone on that for tho most part tho mountains of Lebanon nro bare of follago, while, I am sorry to any, tho enrth In nil lands is being likewise denuded. ( HE 8PAMNO Or aOD'B TUKES. Tho nx Is slaying tho forests all round tho earth. To stop the slaughter God opened tho coal mines of England and Scotland nnd America and tho world, prac tically snylug by that, "Hero is fuel; ns far as possible, let my trees alone." And by opening for the human race tho great quarries of granite and showing the human family how to mako brick, God Is practi cally saying, "Here la building material; let my trees nlono." Wo had better stop the axes umong thuAdlroudaoks. Wo had better stop tho axes In all our forests, ns It would hnvo been better for Syria If the axes had long ngo been stopped among tho mountiu or uiimnon. to punish us for our rtkless assault on the forests wo have the disordered seasons, aud now the droughts because tho uplifted arms of tho trees do not pray for rain, their presence according to nil scientists disposing the descent of the, showers, nnd then wo have tU&pyclones nnd the hurricanes multiplied in number and velocity because there- Is nothing to pruvent their awful sweep. Plant the trees in your parks that the weary may rest under them. Plant them along your streets, that up through tho bmnchea passers by may seo the God who first made tho trees nnd then madu man to loolt at them. Plant them along the brook, that under them tho children may play. Plant them In your gardens, that as in Eden the Lord may wulk there lu the cool of tho day. Plant them in cemeteries, their slmdo like a mourner's veil, and their leaves sounding like tho rustle of the wings of tho departed. Let Arbor Day, or thp' day for tho planting of trees, recog nised by the legislatures of many of tho states, bo observed by nil our people, and tho next ono hundred years do as much In planting theso leafy glories of God ns tho lastdriii hundred years have accomplished In heir destruction. When, not long (be fore -bis death, I saw on tho banks of the Hudson in Ids glared cup, riding on horse back. George P. Morris, tho great Bang writer of America, 1 found him grandly rmotlounl, nnd I could understand how ho wrote "Woodman, spare that tn-ul" the verses of which many of us have felt like quoting lu bolllgrrcnt spirit, when under too atrokoof Romo ono without cusoor reason wo saw n beautiful trco prostrated) Woodman, spurn that trwl Touch lint n single Itongli I la youth It sheltered me, And I'll protect It now 'Twns my forefather's linnd Tlist placed It Hear lilt ctit Tlitrr, wonuninn, let It slntul, A Thy ax shall harm It imU r Wicn but an Ml boy, I Kongtit Its grateful simile) In nil their Rushing Joy Here, too, my sisters play'iL My mother klss'd mo here, My father preuM my hnnd rorglro thll foolUh tear. Hut let that old oak stand! My lionrUtrltiK round theo cling, Clnsons thy lurk, old frlnnll Hero shall tho wllJ bird ulng, An I still thy branches lsml, Old (reel tho storm still lirnrel And woodman, lenro tho iKtt Wlillol'von Imml tosnro, Thy ns shall harm It not As wo rodo nlougon these tho mountains of Iehnnou, wo bethink how Its cedars spread their branches nud bre.Uho their nromn nud cast their shndows nil through tho llllile. Solomon discoursed about them In his Ixilnnlrnl works, when hu spoke of troes "from tho cedar troo that Is lu I;b nnon oven unto tho hyssop that sprlugeth out of tho wall." Tito Psalmist says, "Tho righteous shall grow llko a cedar in Ili nnon," nml In ono of his magnificent dox ologles calls on tho cedarn to praise tho Lord. And Solomon says tho countenance of Christ Is excellent as tho cedars, and Isaiah declares, "Tho day of tho Lord shall lo upon nil tho cedars of Lebanon." And Jeremiah nud K.eklel and Amos and Keph nulah ami Zecharlah weavu Its foliage into their sublliucst utterances. As wo ride over Lebanon today thoro Is n howling wind sweeping pint ami a dash of rain, all tho lietter enabling us to ap preciate that description of u tempest which no doubt was suggested by what David had seen with his own eyes among these heights, for its n soldier ho carried ids wars clear up to Damascus, and such a poet as he, I warrant, spout many n dny on Iiobanon, Ami perhaps while ho was seated on this very rock ngulnst which our car riage jolts, hu writes that wonderful de scription of a thunderstorm: "The voice of tholiord ispnworfulr Tho voice of tho Ird Is full of majesty' Tho voice of tho Lordl hrwikcth tho cctlnrn of Ijobtinon. Yen, the Lord btvukc th tho cedars of Iycbanon. Ho makcth them also to skip llko a calf, Ioh nnon nnd Slrlon llko n young unicorn. Tho voice of tho Lord dlvldetli the Unities of lire." As tho lion 1st l.o monarch of the Ileitis nnd behemoth tho monarch of tho waters, tho cedar Is tho monarch of tho trees. And I think ono reason why it is so glorified all up nud tlown tho Bible is becauso we need more of its characteristics In our religious life. We havo too much of tho willow, and nru easily lietit this way or that; too much of tho aspen, and wo tromblo under every zephyr of nssault; too much of thn brambhi tree, aud our sharp points stlngitml wound; but not enough of thocetlar, wldohraucheu and heaven aspiring nud teniiest grnp pllng. Dut tho reason these cedars stand so well is thnt they nro deep rooted. They run their anchors down into tho caverns of the mountain and fasten to tho very foun dations of the earth, nnd twist around and clinch themselves on the other side of the deopesuluyer of rock they can reach, And that Is't'ho illHereico between Christians who stand and Christians who fall. It Is tho difference, between a supcHlclal char acter nnd ono thnt has clutched its roots deep down around nnd ttut'er tho Hock of Ages. TUB HOCK KOOTlil) CHRISTIAN. Ono of tho Ixdinnon cedars wis examined by a scientist, nnd from Its cHtcuntrlo cir cles It was found to Isi thlrty-itvo hundred ,.... w .ltl .....I dilll u .. ...1 1 ., . . till tliiimi lu JUIIO J,, III,,, ,1 P.,llltK, I, lilt ,W,UlJ , sucii a tiling as uvermsiiug Bii-eugiu, ami such a BtnuchncHs of Chrlstlaf character thnt nil tlmo nnd all eternity Instead of being Its demolition shall lie lt opportu nity. Xot such nro thoso vacillating Chris tians who nro bo pious on Sunday that they have no religion left for tho week day. As tho anaconda gorges Itself with food, nud then seems for n long while to lie thoroughly Insensible, so thoro i-.ro men who will on Sunday get such n religious surfeit that tho rest of tho week tluy seem thoroughly dead to all religious emotion. They weep In church under u chanty ser mon, but if on Monday a subject of want presents iUelf at tho door tho ls-ggar's safety will depend entirely on quick limbs nnd an unobstructed stairway. It takes nil the grace they can get to keep them from committing assault aud buttery on those Intruders who como with pnlo faces nnd stories of distress nnd subscription papers. Tho reason -thnt God planted these cedars In tho Hlblo was to suggest, to us thnt we ought, lu our religious char acter, to be tlecp llko tho cedar, high llko tho cedar, broad branched as tho cedar. A traveler measured tho spread of tho boughs of ono of theso trees and found It one hundred nnd cloven feet from branch tip to branch tip, and I havo teen cedars of Christian character that through their prayers nud charities put out ono branch to the uttermost parts of America, nnd another branch to tho uttermost parts of Asia, nnd theso wide branched Christians will keep ou multiplying until all tho eartli is overshadowed with mercy. Dut mark you, these cellars of Lebanon could not grow It planted in mild climates aud In soft nlr nnd In irefully watered gardens. They must hnvo tho gymnasium of the midnight hurrlcnne to develop their arms. They must play tho athlete With a tliousnud winters before their feet are rightly 'plnnted nud their foreheads rightly lifted nnd their arms rightly muscled. And If there bo tiny other wny for developing strong Chrlstlau character except by storms of trouble, I never heard of It. Call the roll of martyrs, call the roll of tho prophets, call tho roll of tho apostles aud see which of them had an cosy time of It Which of these cedars grew lu tho warm valloyf Not ono of them. Honeysuckles thrlvo best on tho south side of tho house, but cedars In a Syrian whirlwind. ItESISTANCK TO EVIL UltlNGS STltEKOTIL Men nud woipen who hear this or rend this, insteadot your grumbling because you nave It nurd, thank tiod that yon are in just the best school for. making heroes nud heroines. It Is true both, for this world and tho next Rock that baby In a cradle cushioned nnd cnuopiedj graduate him from that Into n costly high chair and glvo him a gold spoon; Bend hint to school wrapped In furs enough for un nrctlo ex plorer; send him through anollego where he will not have to study lu order to get a diploma lwcauso his father Is rich; start him in a profession where ho liegius with an ofllco, the floor covered with Axmliister, and a library of books lu Husslun morocco, nud nn urmo.1 chair upholstered llko n throno, nud nu embroidered ottomuu upon which to put his twelve dollnr gaiters, tt;d then lay tipoti his table tho best Ivory clgnrholtlor you can lm pnt frtvu Brussels and have standing outside Ms door u prancing span that won tlio prlreut the hone fair, and Icavo him estate einiigh to mako hlui Independent of nil struggle, nud what will become of html If ho do not dlo early of inanition or dlssl-, patlon ho will live n useless life, nud dlo nn lliilainented death, nud go Into a fool's eternity. Hut what has boon the history of most of tho great cedars lu merchandise, lu art, lu law, In medicine, lu statesmanship, In Christian usefulness? "John, get up nud milk the cows; It's Into; It's half past fi In the morning, Split nn armful of wood on your way out so thnt wocan build the Arcs for breakfast. Put your baro feet on tho cold oilcloth, nud break tho Ice lu your pitcher before you can wash, Yes; It has been snowing titiddrlftlngngaln last night, nnd wo will httvo to brenk tho roads," The Itoy's educational nilvnutnges, n long oak plunk wV bout nny back to It, In country school house, ami slovo throwing out more smoke than heat Pressing on from one hardship to another. After a whllo n posi tion on snlary or wages small enough to keep life, but keep it nt Its lowest ebb Starting In occupation or business with prosperous men trying to fight you back at every step. Hutnftcrn good whl.o fairly on your feet und'your opportunities widen-, lug, nud then by somo sudden turn you nro triumphant. You nro master of tho situa tion and delimit of nil earth nud hull. Tin: fcnoot. rott iikuoks. A Ixibauou cedar! John Milton on Ids way up to tho throno of tho world's sacred poesy must sell Ills copyright of "Paiadlso Lost" for tfJ In throo payments, And William Slinkospcnra un lili way up tube acknowledged tho greatest ilrainatlstof all ages must hold horses at tho tloor of the t-ondon theatre for u sixpence, and Homer must struggle through total blindness to Immortality, und John Huhynti must cheer .ilmself on tho way up by making iilluto out of his prison stool, nnd Canova, the sculptor, must toll ou through orphanage modeling a lion lu butter beforo ho could cut hit statues lu marblo. And the great Stephenson must watch cows lu the Held for ti few pennies nml then become tistoker, and nftcrwnrd mend clocks beforo he puts tho locomotive ou Its truck und calls forth plaudits from parliaments and medals from kings. AM Stevens Is picked up a neglected child of tho street, nud rises through his consecrated gonitis to lie one of tho moat Illustrious clergymen nnd his torians of tho century. And Hlshop Junes of tho sumo church in boyhood worked his' passage from Ireland to America, nud up to n usefulness where, (u the bishopric, ho wns second to no one who over ndomed It Whilu lu banishment Xeiiophou wrote his "Anabasis" nnd Thucydldes his "History of the Poloponncslnn War," nnd Victor Hugo must bo exiled for ninny years to tho Island of Guernsey licforo ho ran como to that height lu the alTcctlons of his coun trymen that crowds Champs Klyseesand tho adjoining boulevards with ono million mourners ns his hearso mils down to the Church of tho Madololiiei. Oh, St Is a tough old world, and It will kocpyou back ami keep you down and ktep you under as long as It cunt Hull sons nud daughters of the II re I Stand, nsthonuvll when tho stroke of stalwart ni'-n falls fierce nml fant; Htormx hut more ihs-ply toot ths onk nhose lirawny arms einhraco tho blast; Stand lilts na nnrll; nolso nuil heat are born of earth nnd illu wlt'i limn; Tho Mini, IIIvO 0xl, Its rotirco ami se.it. Is solemn, still, serene, suhtlmn. Thirty years from now the foremost men in all occupations nud professions will be those who are this boor In awful struggle of early life, many of them without live dollars to their iiamo. So lu spiritual life It takes n course of bereavements, persecu tions, sicknesses and losses to develop stal wart Christian character. 1 got n letter a few days ago saying: "I havo hardly seen a well day since I was born, nnd I could not write my own name until I was 50 years of age, and I am very poor; but I am, by the grace of God tho happk'st man lu Chicago." Tho Hlblo speaks of tho snows of Lebanon, and nt this season of the year the snows there must bo tremendous. The deepest snow overseen tn America would be Insig nificant compared wltli tliu m l hi est wlntw of snows on thoso Lebanon mountains. The cedars catch Lhltskyfull if crystals on their brow nud on yelr long arms. Piled up In great hesps are those snows, enough to crush other trees to thu ground, split ting tho branches from tho trunk ami leav ing them rent und torn, novor to rise. Hut what do thu cedars caro for thesa snows on Lebanon? Thoy look up to tho wlnturskles and say: "Snow onl Empty the white heavens upon us, und when this storm is passed let other processions of tempest try to bury us in their fury. Wo havo for five hundred winter.? been accustomed to this, aud for thu next II vo hundred winters we wKl cheerfully take all you hnvo to send, for that Is tho way wodovolop our strength, and thnt Is the way we servo God and teach nil nges how to endure nud conquer." So I say: Good cheer to nil peoplo who nre snowed under! Put your faith (u God nnd you will come out gloriously. Others may lo btunted growths, or weak Junipers on tho lower levels of spirituality, but you nre going to bo Icbanon cedars. At hist It will bo said of such as you: "Theso are they who came out of great tribulation and had their rolio' washed nnd made wliltp In tho, blood or the Inmb." Till! 0 It K AT MAN'S FALL. Hut whllo crossing over theso mountains of IImuou I bethink myself of what an exciting scone it must bo whon ouo of the cedars (loci 'all. It does not go down llko other trees with n slight crackle that hardly makrs tho woodsman look up, or n hawk tlutttt: from a neighboring bough. When u cedar falls It is thu great vont In tho calendar of thu mountains. Thonxmcn fly. The wild beasts slink to thuirdons. Tho partridges swoop to tho valley for es cape. Tho neighboring trees go down un der tho awful weight of the descending monarch. Tho rocks nro moved out of their places, and tho earth trembles as from miles around nil ravines uud buck their sympathetic echoes. Ciusli! cr.ishl cnisht So when the great cy.Iiuu of world ly or Christian influoiicu fall It U some thing terrlllo. Within tho past few years how many mighty and overtopping men have gone downl There seems now to bo an epidemic of.morul disaster, Tho moral world, the religious world, thu political world, tho commercial world, nru quaking with the fall of Icbanon cedars. K Is aw ful. We nru compelled to cry out with Zecharlah, tho prophet, "Howl, (lr trees, for the cellar Is fulleul" Some of the smaller trees are glad of It When some groat dealer In stocks goes down tho small dealers clap their hands and fcuy, "Good for hlml" When a grunt political leader goes down thu small politicians clap their hands and say, "Justus I expected!" When n great minister of religion falls many lit tle ministers laugh up their sleeves und thlnl. themselves somehow advantaged. Ah, beloved brethren, no one makes any thing out of moral shipwreck. Xot n wil low by thu rivers of Damascus, not n syca more ou tho plains of Jericho, uot an olive trco in nil Palestine is helped by tho fall of a Lebanon cedar, Hettcr weep nud pray and tremble und listen to Paul's ndvico to tho Galatlitiis when ho says, "Considering thyself lest thou also bo tempted." No man Is safe until ho Is dead unless ho be divinely protected. A greater thinker than .Lord Francis Ilncati the world never saw, and ho changed thu world's mode of think ing for nil time his "Novum Organum" n mlracloof literature. With $08,000 salary nnd estates worth millions nud from tho highest Judicial Isiiich of thn world, he goes down under thu power of bribery nnd confessed his crlidu nnd was sentenced to tho Tower and tho scorn of centuries. Howl, fir tree, for tho cedar Is fallen! W1HK.WASNNC! MOIIAL 1IUINS. Warren Hustings, rising until hu been mo governor general of India und tho envy of tho chief public- men of his day. plunges Into cruelties ngnlnst tho Imrlmriu peoplo he had been sent to rule, until his iiamo Is chlelly associated lth thu criminal trial In Westminster hall, where upon him came the anathemas of Sheridan, 1ix, Edmund lliirke, thu English nation and nil tlmo. Howl, llr tree, for tho cedar Is fallen! As eminent instances of moral disaster are found in our own hind nnd our own tlmo, Instances that I do uot recite lest I wound thu feelings uf thoso now alive to mourn thu shipwreck, let your Indignation ngnlnsttthu fallen turn to pity. A judge lu one of our American courts gives this experience. In n respectablu but poor family n daughter was getting a musical education. She needed ono more coitrso of lessons to complete that education. Tho father's means wero exhausted, ami so great was his anxiety to help his daughter that hu feloniously took somo money from his employer, nud going homo to his diuighter snld, "Thoro is tho money to complete your musical education." The wlfu und mother suspected something wrong and obtained from her husband thu whole story, and thnt night wont nroiind with her husband to tho merchant's house und surrendered thu wholo .miottnt of tho money nnd naked forgiveness. Forglvo ncss was denied and the man was arrested. Tho judge, knowing all tho circumstances, and thnt thu money had all been returned, suggested to tho merchant hu had better let tho matter drop for tho sakoof the wife aud the daughter. Nol lie would not let It drop, nud he did all hu could to mako the case conspicuous nnd blasting. Thu Judge says that afterward that same inexorable merchant was beforo him for breaking the law of tho land. It Is a poor rule Unit will not work both ways. Lot him thnt stand etli take heed lest ho fall. Not congratu lation, but tours, when n cedar has fallen! Yet there Is ono cednr of Lebanon that ulwnys hits nnd always will overtop all others. It Is tho Christ whom Ezeklol de scribes ns a goodlycedar, nnd says, "Under It shall vo m u nil fowlof every wing." Mako your nest lu that great cedar. Then let tho storms beat, and the eartli rock, nnd tlmo end, and eternity begin, nil shall bo well. ALL NATIONS TO ItKST IN IMS 8IIADOW. In my journey up nnd down Palestluo nud Syria nothing more Impressed me than tho trees tho terebinths, tho sycamores, the tamarisks, the oleanders, the mill bcrrys, tho olives, tho myrtles, the palms, tho cedars all of the tn explanatory of so much of thu Scriptures. And the time Is coming when, through an Improved arbori culture, the round world shall boclrciim ferenced, engirdled, embosomed, empnru; tlised In shade trees nnd fruit trees nml I'.nwer trees. Isniiih declares In ono place, "The glory of Lebanon shall bo given unto It;" nnd in nnotlicr place: "All tho trees of the field shall chip their hands. Instead of tho thorn shall come up thu fir trco. Instead of tho briar shall coma up the myrtlo trco." Oh, grandest nrborescence of nil time. Begin I Begin! Oh, I nm so glad that the holy land of heaven, llko the holy land of Palestluo und Syria, Is u grcttt place for trees, an or chard of them, ft grovo of them, n forest of them, St. John saw them along tho streets, and ou both sides of tho river, und every month thoy yielded a great crop of fruit. You know what nn Imposing np-pi-nrauco trees give to n city on earth, but how It exults my Idea of heaven when St. John descrllies the city ou high as having its streets and its rivers lined with them. Oil, tho trees! tho trees! The jas per walls, the fountains, tho temples wero uot enough. There would have been some thing wnntlng yet. So to complete nil thnt pompnnd splendor I behold the up branch ing trees of life. Not like thoso stripped trees now nround us, which llko bnuished minstrels through tho long winter night utter their dolorous lament, or In the blast moan like lost spirits wandering up nnd down the galu. their leaf shall never wither. Whether you walk on the banks uf tho river you will be under trees, or by tho homes of martyrs under trees, or by the heavenly templo under trees, or along tho palaco of thu Kln'niinortal un der trees. "Blessed me they that do his commandments thus they may have right to tho trco of life." Stone. vll Jackson's dying utterance was beautifully suggest ive, "Lot us cross over nnd lie down under tho trees!" How Our Nuvy Used to filioot. Tho proficiency of American guuiiory Is perhaps Ust Illustrated by thu Constitu tion's first action with tho Gttcrricre, in which she wns hulled but threo times, while her antagonist, to use tho words of her com mander, was reduced to n "perfect wreck" within forty minutes from thu tlmo tho Constitution began to flro. This battle oc curred on Aug. 10, 1812. In her notion with the Java, Dec. 'JO, 1812, off thu coast of Brazil, tho Constitution was hulled but four times, nnd with tho ex ception of her innlntopsnil yard ho did not lose n spar. Tho Java, on tho other hnnd, was "totnlly dismasted," whllo her hull was so shuttered and pierced with shot holes that it was impossible to get her to the harbor of Snn Salvador, which wns only a few hours' sail. In her action witli tho Cyano nud Levant tho forces opposed were: Constitution, fifty-one guns, with 1,287 pounds of metal; British, nfty-flvoguns, wltli 1,508 pounds of metal. In this extraordinary action the Constitution was hulled only thirteen times, wliito tho Cyano had every brace and bowline cut uwny, "her main and mlzzcumusts left in a tottering state, and other principal spars wounded, several shots lu the hull, nine or ten between wind ami water." The Levant nlso was roughly handled. Iteforo dismissing tho subject of gunnery wo should tul.u Into consideration; 1. Tho Inferior quality of American cannon nnd shot. S. The deficiency In welghtof Amer lean shut. 0. Tho fact that In two of the four actions between single frigates the English used French cannon and shot, which were 8 per cent, heavier than their nominal English equivalents. Century. The little kln 01 Spain watt runrovetl the other (lay fur desiring to play with hoiuu illity ehihlieii on tho bench. Ills mother mini It wan uuillgiiineil for it king to be teen in hucIi company, whereupon hu replied that ho "did uot want to be a king; he wanted to bo a child." 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THIS IS NO but a bona fide sacrifice sale and if will surely convince you of this fact- GIFTS -- Lace Handkerchiefs, A Silk Dress Pattern, Towels, Plush Setts. fc we arc- offering for Christmas gentlemen has Sale! Opened at 12 tin St., It is all ready for the a first a large w lEtc. a moved and prices will be made to FAKE, you will call prices Talbot JR. OgiclcL 143 South Twelfth St. 1 myKttnMrKiiExzz v jsummm rirtt-