CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY JANUARY 10, 1891.
"TAUKKKACl.K PUMUT.
KtW YEAR'S SERMON DY REV. DR.
TALMAGE.
M Nprsk 11 f tit tilth! llrlurnt ttis
Fuwri 11 f Light nml thn I'nwers of
Unrkiim Vlirlnllnn Nrnl thn Help
Thitt Cninrt fnun On High.
HliOOKI.YN, .Inn. 4. Dr. Tnlumgo's New
Year's ecriuou l 11 ringing battle cry to
minister mid Christian everywhere, call
lug upon them to Join In n combined
c'.inrge on the lutreuchmeut of sin anil Sa
tan. It iiimlo n deep liiiiri'-iliin 011 the
rnst crowds who heard It In this city this
'morning, mid nt Tlio Christian Herald scr
vlro tonight in Now York. Tim cuthusl
ANtu nt the Intter service wns lucrcnied by
tUo effect Ivn nlil rendered hy u largo vol
unteer choir which Inn Ix-cn orgnulxcd
from tlio nudleneos, who sung with n vol
tinio nml fervor seldom ninnlcd, After the
singing of tlm hymn commencing,
(Vmn, Holy ftplrlt, lirnttMily iloTfl,
,j Willi nil tlijr quickening inmrns
Dr. Tnlnmgo preached the following sor
mon from the text, I.ukti xxlv, -tit, "Tarry
ye In tho city of Jerusalem until join) en
dued with Mivcr from on bight"
For n few month, In tlio irovhlincu of
(Sod, I have two iiilil(n, 0110 in llrooklyn
nudtho other In Now York, and through
tlio kindness of tlio printing press tin ivr
wldcnlnit opportunity. To all such hear
ers and renders 1 coiuu with nil fk.'cIii1
message. Tim lima has nrrlvitl for n for
ward mowmient such ns thu chuif'hnud
tlio world Imvu never win. That there is
a need for Mich n religious movement In
evident from tlio fart that inner mIiicu our
world wait swung out umuug tho planets
hnn thrru Ikmui miicIi an organ Ui'd and do
tiTinlned elTort to overthrow righteous
neM, and make tho Ten Commandment
obsolete ami tho wholu Hlhln a drtlslon.
Meanwhile alcoholism Is lakliiK down Its
victllliN liy the hundred of thousands, nnd
tho polttiral parties get down on their
knees, practically saying! "O thou al
mighty rum Juki wo how down before
theel (llvo um tho olllceit city, state and
national, Oh, give us tho ollieos, and we
will worship thoo for uver And ever,
Amen."
Tho Christian Sabbath moanwhllo, ap
pointed for physical, mental And spiritual
rest, Is being secularised And abolished.
As if tho IniiI publishing houses of our
own country had exhausted their literary
filth, tho French mid HuhiIiiii sowers have
Ixhmi Invited to pour their scurrility and
moral slush Into tho trough where our
American swine nro now wallowing.
Meanwhile thcru an.' enough house of In
famy In nil ourcltlos, open and unmolested
of tho Inw, to Invoke the omnipotent
wrath which hurled Sodom under a deluge
of brimstone. The paudemonlao world, I
think, has massed Its troops, and they uro
at this moment plying their batteries ukiii
family circles, church circles, social circles,
political circles and national circles.
Apollyon is In tho saddle, and riding nt
tho head of his myrmidons would capture
this world for darkness nud woe.
TDK MINISTKUS OK TIIK UNITKU HTATKS.
That Is one side of the conlllct now rag
ing. On tho other side wo have tho most
niAKulltccnt gospel mnchluery that tho
world ever saw or henvon over Invented. In
the llrst plnco there are In this country more
than eighty thousand ministers of religion
And, take them as a class, more conse
crated, holler, more consistent, more self
denying, more faithful men never lived. I
know them by the thousands. I have met
them in every elty. I aiii told, not by them,
but by people outside our proferslon, peo
ple engaged In Christian And reformatory
work, that tho clergy of America are at the
head of nil good enterprises, nud whoever
else fall they may be depended on. The
truth of this Is demonstrated by tho fact
that when a minister of religion does fall,
it Is so exceptional that tho newspapers re
port It as something startling, while a hun
dred men In other callings may go down
without the mutter Ixdng considered as es
pccially worth mentioning.
In addition to their equipment In moral
character tho clergy of this country have
All that tho schools can give. All archico
IorIcaI, rhetorical, scientific, scholastic,
literary attainment. So much for the
Christian ministry of nil denominations.
In tho next place on our side of tho con
flict wo have tho grandest churches of nil
time and higher stylo of uiembc.rshlp nud
lore of them, and a host without number
f splendid men and women who are doing
their beat to have this world purified, elo
TAted, gospcllxed. Ilut wu all feel that
omethlng is wanting. Knough hearty
ongs have been sung And enough earnest
sermons (preached within the Inst six
months td save all tho cities of America,
and saving tho cities you save tho world,
for they overflow all the laud either with
their religion or their Infamy,
C1IRI8TIANITV UA8 YKT MUCH TO WIN.
Out look at some of tho startling facts.
It is .nearly nineteen hundred years 'since
Jesus Christ cam by the way of Bethle
hem caravansary to save this world, yet
the1 most of the world has Iron no more
touched by this most stupendous fact of
all eternity than if on the llrst Christmas
night the beasts of the stall, amid the bleat
ings of their own young, had not heard tho
bleating of tlio Lamb tbnt wits to be slain.
Out of tho eighteen hundred million of the
human race fourteen hundred million nro
without God and without Iioh In tho
world, the came' ((river of Arabia, Ma
homet, with his nine wives, having half as
many disciples aa our blessed Christ, nud
aaore people are worshiping chunks of
painted wood nud carved stone than nro
worshiping tho livlug and eternal God.
Meauwhlle, the most of us who uro engaged
in Christian work I speak for myself as
well as others nro tolling up to our full
capacity of Ixxly, mind nud soul, harnessed
up to the hist buckle, not able to draw a
pound more than we nro drawing or lift
an ounce more than we are lifting.
What is tho matter? My text lets out
the secret. We nil need more of the power
from on high. Not muscular power, not
logical power, not scientific power, not so
cial power, not financial power; not brain
power, but power from on high. With it
wa could accomplish more in one week
than without it iu a hundred years. Aim
I um going to gut It, if lu answer to prayer,
earnest anil long continued, God will
grout it me, his unworthy servant. Men
and women who know how to pray, when
you pray for yourself, pray for mo that
I may be endued with power from on
high. I would rather have It than nil the
diamond fields of Golcouda, nud nil the
pearls of tho sea, and nil tho gold of the
mountains. Many of the mightiest intel
lects never had a touch of it, nud many of
the le&s than ordinary Intellects have been
surcharged with it. And every man and
womuu on earth has a right to usplro to it,
a rly lit to pray for it, and, properly per
sistent, will obtain it.
Power from on the level Is u good thing,
such power am I may give you, or you may
give me, by encouraging words and ac
tions. I'ower frorp on ')'j level when we
stand by each oilier lu any Clirlsiliin un
dertaking, Power from on the level when
nl her pulpits are lu accord with ours.
Power from on the level wlieiitlioivllgliius
mid secular press forward our Christian
uudei takings. Hut power from on the
level Is not siilllclotit. Power from on high
Is what wo need to take possession of Us.
Power straight from (lod, .Supernatural
power, omnipotent power, all conquering
power. Not more than nno out of a thou
sand of tho ministers has It continuously.
Not morn than one out of (en thousand
Christian has It all thu time, (JUeli lu
abundance, these last ten years of the Nine
teenth century would accomplish mciro for
(lod, nud the church, nud the world than
the previous ninety years of this century,
MOIIK I-OWKII VIIOM ON IIKIII NKKDIIH
A few men nud women in each age of
the world have possessed It, Caroline Fry,
the luimortnl tjunkeress, had II, and three
hundred of the depraved nml suffering of
Newgale prison, under her exhortation,
repented and believed. Jonathan Kd
wards had It. and Northampton meeting
house heard tlio outburst of religious emo
tion as ho spake of righteousness and Judg
ment to come, .Samuel lludgett, thu Chris
tlau merchant, had It, and lilsleucfnctlniui
showered the world. John Newton had
it. lllshop Uillmer had it. IsaU'lla Gra
ham had It. Andrew Fuller had It. The
great evangelists Daniel Ilaker and Dr.
Neltletou aiid Truman Oslniru and Charles
(1. Finney had It. In my boyhood I saw
Truman Oshorn rise to preach in tho vil
lage church at Soinervllle, N. J,, and be
fore ho had given out his text or uttered n
word Hoplu lu the audience sobbed iiloud
with religious emotion. It wan tho power
fioin on high, All iu greater or less de
gree may have it. Once get it and noth
ing can stand lsifore you, Satan goes
down. Caricature goes down. Infidelity
goes down. Worldliuess goet dowii. All
opposition goes down.
TIMICU (IP IILKHHINO.
Several times lu the history of the church
and thu world has this power from on high
neon demonstrated. In the hevuuteeiith
century, after a great season of moral de
pression, this imwer from on high catnii
ilown upotidohn Tlllotson and Owen and
Flavel nml Maxtor and lliinynn, and there
was n deluge of mercy higher than thu
tops of thu highest mountains of sin. In
thu P.lghtccuth century, lu Kiiglaud and
America, religion was at a low watermark.
illlaiu Cowper, writing of tho clergy o!
those days saldi
K.xivpt a few with Kit's spirit Itlest,
llopluil anil rhlueas may diworllxi tlio rest
The Inlldol writings of Shaftesbury nud
Untitles anil Uliulili had ilonu their work.
Ilut power from on high can hi upon both
thu Wesleys and Iady Huntington on thu
other side thu Atlantic, and upon William
Tuunaut anil Gilbert Tetinaut and David
Ilraluerd on this side thu Atlantic, and
both hemispheres fult thu tread of a par
doning God, Coming to later date, there
may I si hero and there lu this audience nn
aged man or woman who can remember
Now ork In 1831, when this power from
on high descended most woudrously. It
came upon pastors and congregations and
theatres and commercial establishments.
Chatham Street theatre, New York, was
the scene of a most tremendous religious
nwakenlng.
A committee of Christian gentlemen
called upon the lesseu of the theatre, nud
said they would like to buy the lease of thu
theatre. He said, "What do you want It
for?" They replied, "For a church." "For
wh-n-atf" said tho owner. "For a church,"
wns the reply. Tho owner said, "You may
have it, and I will give you n thousand
dollars to help you on with your work."
Arthur Tnppau, ii man mightily persecuted
lu his time, but n man, as I saw him In his
last days, as honest and pure nud good as
any man I ever knew, Htupied on the stage
of old Chatham theatre as the actors were
closing their morning rehearsal and said,
"There will be preaching hero to-night on
this stage;" and then gave out and hang
with such people as weru there tho old
hymn:
Tho toleu of froo grove cries, escape to the
niimtituln.
For nil that U'lloves Chrltt has opened a fountain.
The barroom of the theatre was turned
Into a prayer room, and eight hundred per
sons were present at the llrst meeting. For
seventy successive nights religious services
were held In that theatre, and such scone
of mercy and salvation as will Isj subjects
or conversation nml congratulation among
the ransomed in glory as long as heaven
huts, lint I come to a later time 1857
remoinU'red by muuy who are here. I re
member It csiicclally, as I hod Just entered
the ofllce of the ministry, It wns n year of
hard times. A,great panic had Hung hun
dreds of thousands of sople penniless.
Starvation entered habitations that had
uever liefore known a want. Domestic
lfo iu many eases became a tragedy. Sui
cide, gnrrotlug, burglary, assassination
wsre rampant. What an awful day that
wm when tho banks went down! There
hits Iteon nothing liko it lu thirty years,
and I pray God there may not be anything
like it In tho next thirty centuries. Talk
about your Hlack Fridays! It was ltlack
Saturday, Black Sunday, Hlack Monday,
Dlack Tuesday, Illack Wednesday, Hlack
Thursday as well as Hlack Friday.
This nation iu Its extremity fell helpless
before the Iml and cried for pardon nud
pvnee, and upon ministers nml laymen the
power from on high descended. P.ugiuo
nouses, ware rooms, hotel parlors, muse
ums, factories, from 13 to I o'clock, while
the operatives were resting, were ooned
tor prajers nml sermons and Imiulr)
rooms, and Uurton's old theatre on Cham
bers street, where our ancestors used to
assemble to laugh at tho comedies, and all
up and down the streets, nud out on the
docks and on the decks of ships lying nt
the wharf people snug, "All hnll tho power
of Jesus' mime," while others cried for
mercy. A great mass meeting of Chris
thins on a week day, In Jayne's hall, Phila
delphia, telegraphed to Fulton Street
Prayer meeting lu New York, saying,
"What hath God wrought?" and n tele
gram went back saying, "Two hundred
souls saved at our meeting today." A
ship came through the Narrows Into our
harbor, the captain reporting that himself
nud nil the crew had been converted to
God Iwtweeu New Orleans and New York.
In the busiest marts of ourbuMcst Amer
ican cities, where tho worahlpon of Mam
mon had been couutlugtheirgohleu Is-ada,
muu began to calculate, "What shall It
profit a man if he gain the whole world
and lose his soulf" Tho waiters lu restau-
rntitM nfti.p tin, idoMliiLf nt tholr iluv's work
knelt among tho tables where they hadV
nvrvisi, I'uiieuiiiuu iukvu i-uiimmil ul uiu
commissioner of police to bo permitted to
attend religious meetings. At Albany
members of the New York legislature as
sembled In the room of tho court of ap
peals nt half-past 8 o'clock in tho morning
for prayer and praise. Printed Invitations
were sent out to the llremuu of New
York saying, "Come as suits our conve
nience U-st, whether iu tire or citizens'
dress, hut cornel come!" Quarrymeu knelt
among the rocks. Fishermen knelt In their
bouts. Weavers knelt among the looms.
Sailors knelt among the hammocks.
Schoolmasters knelt among their classes.
A KiMi.lcmiiu traveling said them was n
tine of prajer meetings from Omaha to
Wnshltu n city, and ho might havcuihled
a line of prayer meetings from thu Aliunde
to the Pai'lllo const, and from thu St Iuv
re i ice to tho (lull of Mexico,
III.KSH (101) Mitt IW7I
lu tlmoilii)s what songs, what sermons,
what turnings to God, what recital of
thrilling experiences, what prodigals
brought home, What burning tidings of
souls saved, what serfdom of sin emanci
pated, what wild rout of the forces of
darkness, what victories for the trutlil
What millions on earth and lu heaven nro
now thanking God for IM7, which, though
thn year of worst financial calamity, was
tho year of America's most glorious bless
ing. How do you account for 18.17, Its
spiritual triumphs on the heels of Its
worldly mlsfortutiuf It was what my text
calls tho power from on high.
That was thirty-three years ago, and
though theiu have been In various parts of
thu laud many stirrings of thu Holy Ghost,
there has been no general awakening.
Docs it not seem to you that we ought to
have and may have the scenes of power lu
1857 eclipsed by tho scenes of power In IMUf
The circumstances are somewhat similar
While we haxe not had national panlu and
universal prostration as lu 18.i7, there has
Ix-cn n stringency lu tho money market
that has put many of the families fit .he
earth to their wits' end. Iiirgo commer
cial Interests collapsing have left tnultl
tudes of employes without means of
support. The racked brains of business
men Imvu almost or entirely given way.
New Illustrations all ovor thu land of thu
fact that riches havu not only feet on
wlilcji they walk slowly ns they come, but
wings on which they speed when they go.
Internal God I thou kuowest how cramped
mid severe and solemn n time It Is with
many. And as the business ruin of ls7
was followed by the glorious triumphs of
grace, let the awful struggles of 1WH) hu
followed by tho hallelujahs of a nation
saved in IWH.
I.ICT US ALL 1'ItAV MdltKt
Brethren In tho Gospel ministry! if wo
spent half as much time lu prayer as we
do iu tho preparation of our sermons until
lug could stand liuforuus. We would have
tho power from on high as wo never had
It. Private tuemlsM-shlp of all Christen
doin I If we spent half as much time lu pos
itive prayer for this Inlluenco as we do lu
thinking about It nud talking about it,
there would not be secretaries enough to
take down the names of those who want to
ivu lu their names forculistmcut.
Wo woulir have hundreds of cases like
thoo recently reported when a man said
to nu evangelist: "I am a lost sinner. Pray
fur me. .Sly wlfo lias been a professor of
religion for years, but I knew sliu did not
enjoy religion, and I said if that was all
there was lu religion I did not want It.
Hut for the last few days she Iiiih looked
nud acted iu such nu elevated and glorious
spirit that I cannot stand It away from
God, 1 want the same lellglon that In
spires her." Cornel Conic! all through the
United States, and all through Christen
dom, and all around thu world let us Join
hands In holy pledge that we will call
upon God for thu power. Oh, for thu power
from on high, the power that camu on
Pentecost, yea, for tun thousand Pentu
costs! Such times will come, and tlioy
will come in our day if we havu thu faith,
and the prayer, and the consecration.
As tlio power from on high iu I8."7 wn
more remarkable In academies of music
and lyceum halls and theatres than in
churches, why not this winter of 18111 in
these two academies of music, places of se
cular entertainment where we are during
the rebuilding of our Brooklyn Tiibcriiiicli1,
so grandly and graciously t tented by the
owners and lessors and lessees; why not
expect, nml why not have the power from
on high, comforting power, arousing
power, convicting power, converting pow
er, saving power, omnipotent powcrf My
opinion Is that lu this cluster of cities b
the Atlantic coast, there are live hundred
thousand people now ready to accept tin
gospel call, If, free,d from nil the couveit
tluualitiesof thu o'.iureh, it were earnestly
and with strong faith presented to them,
Iu these brilliant assemblies there are
hundreds who nro not frequenters of
churches, and who do not bolluvu much if
at all in ministers of religion or ecclesiast
ical organizations. But God knows you
have struggles lu which you need help, nud
bereavements In which you want solace.
and pel seditions in which you ought to
have del. 'use, and perploxltlciu which you
need guidance, and with a profound
thoughttuluess you standby the grave of
the old year, and the cradle of tho young
year, wondering where you will Iw and
what you will be when "rolling years shall
cease to move." Power from on high de
scend upon them!
Men of New York and Brooklyn, I olTcr
you God nud heaven! From the day you
camu to these cities what a struggle ou
have luell I can tell from your careworn
countenances, um!- tho tears iu your eyes,
and the deep sigh you have Just breathed
that yiu want re-ouforcement, ami heio it
is, greater than Blucher when hu re en
forced Wellington; greater than thu Bunk
of England when last mouth it re-t-uforced
the Barings namely, tho God who through
Jesus Christ Is ready to pi.rdon all your
sin, comfort nil your sorrows, scatter all
your il.iubts, nud swing nil thu i-hlulng
gntrs of heaven wide open Isjfore your re
ileenie I spirit. Come Into -thu kingdom of
Godl Without a half second of delay
come lu!
1 1IKY LACK KKLI HON.
Man f of my hearers todi.y are what tho
world calls, and what I would call splcn
did fellows, and they seem happy enough,
nud are Jolly and obliging, and If 1 were In
trouble I would go to them with as much
coulhWnre ns I would to my father, if he
were yst ullve. But when they go to their
rooms nt night, or when the excitements of
social and business life are oh", they nro not
content, and they want something better
than this world can olTer. I umlen.) mil
them fco well I would, without any fe.i of
being thought rough, put my right 'and
on their one shoulder and my left hni.,1 on
their other shoulder and push them Into
the kingdom of God. But I cannot. Power
from on high, lay hold of them!
YeaM ago, at the close of a rellgiotiH h-t-vice
in Brooklyn Tabernacle, a gentleman
most distinguished In appearance, and
with Mtuarkuble cerebral duelopmeut,
came forward with his wife nud daughter,
nud said to mo iu n most courteous and ele
gant way, "Let me introduce you to my
wife And daughter, who wish some coun
sel iu regard to religious matters," and
the three sat down. After I had conversed
w rth the wife and daughter 1 turned to thu
gentleman and said, "Pet hups you have
somu lutereat yourself in these matters)1"
"Noun whatever," was tho reply, polite
yet firm, but before the meeting had
closed ' saw his hand lifted to his forehead
and hu ejes closed, nud I said, "Sir, have
you not changed your mind, nud are you
uot thoughtful on this subject?" Hu saldi
"I um. Since coming to this sent I have
sought nud found Christ as my Saviour,
and I have but one deslru more, Mid that is
before I leave this house to Join my wife
and daughter iu making profession of the
Christian religion, flmvo ih-oii known ns
on the wrong side long enough." What
was It that had come upon hlmf It was
power from on high.
At tlio llrst communion after the dedica
tion of our former church three hundred
nnd twenty-eight souts stoist up lu the
nlsles nud publicly espoused thecausuof
Christ, At another tlmo four hundred
souls; nl another time five hundred; and
our four thousand llvo hundred memlier
ship were but n small part of those who
within those sacred walls took upon them
selves thu vows of thu Christian. What
turned themf What saved theinf Power
from the level t No. Power from ou high.
WK MAY BKK OltKAT TIIIM1S.
But greater things are to be seen If ever
these cities and ever this world is to Isj
taken for God. There Is one class of men
And women lu all these assemblages iu
whom t hnvo especial Interest, and that Is
those who had good fathers nml mothers
once, but they nro dead. What multitude
of us nro orphans! We may be 40, 60, 80
years old, hut we uever gel used to having
father nnd mother gone. Oh, how often
wo havu had troubles that we would liko
to have told them, and we always felt as
long as father nud mother were alive we
had some one to whom we could got Now
I would like to ask If you think that nil
their prayers lu your Isjliulf havu Is-cn an
swered. "No'-j-ou say, "but It Is too late;
tho'old folks are gone now."
I must courteously contradict you. It Is
not too late. I have a friend iu the minis
try who was attending the last hours of an
nged Christian, nud my friend said to tho
old Christian, "Is there no trouble ou your
mind?" The old man turned his face to
the wall for a few moments, and then said:
"Only ono thing. I hope for thu salvation
of my tun children, but not one of them Is
yet saved. Yet I am sure they will be.
God means to wait until I am gone." So
bodied. When my friend told of the cir
cumstances eight of the ten had found
thu Iiord, and I have no doubt thu other
two Ixioru this have found him. Oh, that
the long postponed answers to prayer for
you, my brother, for you, my sister, might
this hour descend lu power from ou high.
The history of these unanswered prayers
for you God only knows, They may have
Is'cu olTered iu tlio solemn birth hour.
They may havu Ih-uii olTered when you
weru down with scarlet fuver or diphtheria
or membranous croup. They may have
liecu olTered some night, when you were
sound asleep In tho trundle bed, nud jour
mother came lu to see If you were rightly
covered lu the cold winter night. They
may have been olTered at that time which
comes at least once in almost evciy one's
life when your fatheraud mother had hard
work to make n livlug, and they feared
that want would come to them ami you.
They may hau la-en olTered when thu lips
could no longer move and the eyes weru
closed for thu long sleep.
Oh, unanswered prayers of father and
mother, where aru your Iu what room of
thu old homestead have they hidden? Oh,
unanswered prajers, rise In. i mist of many
tears into a cloud, and then break in a
shower which shall soften the heart of
that man who is so hard he cannot cry, or
that woman who Is ashamed to pray! Oh,
armchair of the aged, now empty and in
tho garret among tho rubbish, speak out!
Oh, stalT of thu pilgrim who has ended his
weary journey, tell of thu parental anxie
ties that is-ut uver thee! Oh, family Bible
with story of births and deaths, rustle
somu of thy tlmuworn leaves, and let us
know of thu wrinkled hands that onco
turned thy pages, and explain that spot
whete a tear fell upon the passage, "O
Absalom, my son, my sou, would God I
had died for thee!"
Oil, FOIt l'OWKlt FItOM ON 111(111!
Good and gracious Godl what will la
conic of us, If after having had such u devout
and praying parentage, we never pray for
ourselves! We will pray. Wo will Isgin
now. Oil, for tho power from ou high,
power to move this assemblage, power to
savu Brooklyn nud New York, power of
evangelism that shall sweep across this
continent like an ocean surge, power to
girdle thu round earth with a red girdlo
dipped in thu blood of thu cross! If this
forward movement is to begin at nil there
must lie some place for It to ls.'gin, ami
why not this place? And thero m.ist Ikj
somu time for it to begin, and why uot this
time? And so I sound fur your ears a
rhythmic invitation, which, until a few
days ago, never cume under my eye, but It
is so sweet, so sobbing with pathos,
so triumphant with Joy, that whoever
chimed it, instead of Isiug anonymous,
ought to Iw Immortal:
Thy sins I bore on Calvary's treu;
Tho strljies, thy due, were laid on me.
That s-ncu and pardon ml-lit be free
O w retched sinner, comul
Hardened w It It guilt, wuuldst thou Ira blestf
Trust not thu world; it gives no rest;
I lainx relief to hearts opprcst
O weary sinner, come!
Come, leave thy burden nt the cross;
Count nil thy gains hut empty dross.
My grnio rru)s all earthly loss
O needy sinner, comul
Come, hither bring thy txsling rears,
Thy aching heart, thy bursting tears,
Tls mercy's voice salutes thlno ears;
O trembling sinner, come!
An Important Operation.
Dr. James S. Barnard, recently called
from Clyde, N. Y,, to tho chair of operative
clinical and onlltial surgery in thu Mary
Hand Homeopathic Free hospital at Balti
more, lias distinguished himself by suc
cessfully performing a unhiuu operation
upon Sebastian Brown, ono of the best
known lawyers iu Baltimore, who over u
year ago, wlilii sitting in his otilce, sud
denly found himself unablo to move. Ho
recovered, btr similar attacks followed.
By a skillful operation Dr. Barnard suc
ceeded lu ext acting from the lower part
of the bowel a apple stem. Philadelphia
Ledger.
A I.nwjrir l'rieit.
Padre C Garcia, thu priest for tills cud
of tho peninsula, while In thu city on this
trip has made Inquiries as to what would
be required to admit him to tho San Diego
bar. He mastered law lu Guadalajara
while at his ecclesiastical studies, and was
ndmittisl there, practicing for a time In in
terior Mexico lieforu coming to thu coast.
He learned that thu courtesy could bu ex
tended to him ou presentation of his cor-
tlilcntu from Mexico, which he will havu
forwarded. Tho padre does uot expect to
practice here, but desires tho honor of ad
mission, San Diego Union.
I'tioiiiigruplis In HosplfUU.
The telephone hits for somu tlmo been
used iu various hospitals as a means of
communication letweeu patients who weru
suffering from infectious disease' and their
visiting friends. It Is now proposed that
the phonograph bu brought Into thu hos
pital for tliu entertainment of thu patients,
nnd It la argued that a phonograph iu n
ward, wiih a largu and constantly renewed
supply of cylinders, would boa source of
amusement and pleasure to the patients,
which would admirably supplement the
hospital treatment. New York Commer
cial Advertiser.
RED CROSS
STOVES
HT
Reduced Prices,
KRUSE & WHITE.
1210 O STREET,
H. W. BROWN
DRUGGSITInjl BOOKSELLER
The Choicest line of Perfumes. D. M. Ferry's? Finest
Flower nnc1 Garden Seeds.
127 South Eleventh street.
Most Popular Resort in the City.
Exposition Dining Hall,
S. J. ODELL, Manaokk.
-o ii' 9, 1 121 and 1123 N Street. o
Meals 25 els. $4.50 per Week.
HVnHaiynTflRIHIHr j
A TWICE TOLD TALE !
"he wise man sulcctctlt the "Uur
linglon route" nnd therefore stnrtcth
aright,
' fsjc array etb himself iu purple nnd
fine linen, for lo, nnd behold, he Is
snuglv ensconced In n'iowerccntcr" on
the famous vcstlbulcd flyer, where
smoke nud dust are never known.
He provideth himself with a book
from the generous library near nt hand,
ndjustcth his traveling can, aud pro
cccdeth to pnss n day of unalloyed
pleasure nnd contentment.
And it came to pnss, being hungry
and nthlrst, he steppeth into the dining
car, nnd by the beard of the prophet,
'twas n fenst fit for the gods. Venison,
Illue Point, Hergundy, frog legs, can
vnsbacks, Mum's extra dry, English
plum pudding, fruits, nuts, ices, French
coffee, verily, the wise man wnxeth
fat, nnd while he lightcth a cigar, lie
takcth time to declare that the menl
wns "out of sight."
t occurrctb to the wise ti hat
the country through which he journey
ed was one of wondrous beauty, inso
much that it wns with deep regret he
noted the nightly shadows fall. How
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 retlreth to rest. De
liriously unconcerned, he sleeps the
sleep of the righteous and awakes
much refreshed. Ills (rain is on time,
bis journey ended. He rcjolceth with
exceeding great joy, as he holds a re
turn ticket by the same route, the "G rent
liurlington."
MORAL: Travel by
J. FRANCIS,
Gen. Pass, nud Ticket Agent,
Omaha.
100 Ehgrayed Calling Cards
And Copper Plate, for $2.50.
If you have a Plate, we will furnish 100 Cards irom
same, at $.150.
WESSEL PRINTING COMPANY.
Nebraska's Leading Hotel.
THE MURRAY
Cor. lltli nud Harney Hts ,
STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS
All Modern Improvements nnd
Conveniences.
B. BILLOW AY, Pro-rletor.
IRA HIQBY, Principal Oltrk.
The foolish man buycth a ticket of a
scalper. In the morning, behold, he
saveth fifty cents; and lo, nt nightfall he
is out $9.27. lie 6tartctli wrong.
With might and mnln he hurricth to
the depot, only to find his train four
hours Into. 1 he peanut boy sizcth him
up and sellcth him a pnpet of an uncer
tain date.
A lie journeyctli along, he formeth n
new acquaintance, for wbomhccnshctli
n check.
Five minutes for refreshments. While
he lushcth to the lunch counter some
one stealcth his gripsack, lie changctU
cars, lo these many times, nnd It strik
cth the foolish man that he "doesn't
get through pretty fast," and be be
tnoancth his ill luck.
He iretteth n cinder In liU pv nnl
A verily he sweareth and cusscth full free.
iiccxciiungi-iii inrce pieces 01 sliver lor
a hunk in n sleeper, and awnkcth just in
time to catch an infernal nigger sneak'
ing off with his boots; the Porter's ex
cuse a vallcl h nothing, nnd the foolish
man straightway puttetli bis boots un
der his pillow, that no mnn may break
In and steal.
His train runneth into a washout, a.
hnckmnn taketh htm in to the tune of
six shillings, and the foolish man liftcth
up his voice in great lamentation, for lo
nnd behold, the tavern Is away but
half a block,
Hcreacl)cti home wenry nnd hcartt,
sore; liis trunk Cometh next day minut
the cover and one handle, he resolveh
hereafter to travel only by the "Great
Hurllugton."
the Burlington Route
A. C. ZIEMER,
City Pnss, nnd Ticket gent,
Lincoln,
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