Capital city courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1893, February 14, 1891, Page 6, Image 6
.ii"wisssssBsssssssssssssjssssssssj I 6 CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 14, iSoi. TIIEU'SSONS OK WINTER. ALL SEASONS HAVE THEIR LESSONS t FOR THE CHRISTIAN. Itrstitlriit IniitKrrjr of Ihn llllilr, Truth Ins; l.rmin rmm Naturr Ihn Hnimsol tlmnon mill Mount llrrmmi Tlir Ior of St. Ilrrimnl. Nkw Yoiik, hVli, , Tho remarkable movement initiated by 'I'hti Christian Herald mtvIcm In tlui AundiMiiy of Mitnlo t growing npneo, nnd negotiations uro pending fornddltlonnl accommodations nil Klgnntli) scale, I)r, Tulmnge's sermons Kro net thousands of llm MMiplu of Nmv York to serious thinking on religion mat torn. At every scrvleo now itiun nml women rise, In nil parts of tin- homo to I linnte tlirlr tlcslro thnt tliu Christians present would imy for tln'lr conversion, Mini after tho regular worvlcu li concluded they siecdlly occupy the orchestra clinlrii while Dr. Tnlmnge nnd tliu largo corps of workers who nru helping liim listen to their dinicuttlcn and glvu then ndvlre. Tonrful eyes nnd convulslvo sobs licnr testimony to tlio earnestness of (lie fieckers. The-New York Herald estimates t hut itur Ihg Jitnunry nlonu over n thousand persons ..declared their irsolvo to llvo Christian lire. Dr. TnlmnRoV sermon thin ovoiilng, which he also piwiched In thu Brooklyn Academy of MiihIo In tlio morning, whs from Job xxxvlll, ii, "Hunt thou entered Into tho treasures of tlio snow'" t' Grossly maligned In thoncanou of winter. Tho spring und summer and iiutiinin have hml tunny ndinlrem, but winter, hoary hrnded nml wlilto bearded winter, hutii hnl iiioroiiicmlci thnn frleudn. Yet with' out winter tho human race would Ixj Inane nnd effortless. You might npeuk of tho winter us tliu mother of tcuicts. 1 take Una the father of 11 whole family of pliysl cat, mental nnd nplrltunl energies. The moat pcoplo thnt 1 know tiro strong In pro portion to tho nuuilier of snow ImnkR they had to climb over or push through In child hood, whllo their fnthern drove tho Med loaded with Iokh throiiKh tho crunching drifts high as tho fence. At this season of the year, when wo are no familiar with tho snuw, thoso frozen vapors," t bono falling blossoms of thonky, those white unguis of the atmosphere, those poeiui of tho ntorm, thoso IHiiiin Mid Odys eys of the wlutery tempest, I turn over the leave of my Hlblo nnd though mont otitwaa written Inncllmo where hiiow seldom or never fell I Hud many of these beautiful congelation Though the writers may Mldoni or never have felt tho cold touch of tho nnowtlako on their check, they had In slgui two mouittaliin, tho topn of, which were suggestive. Other kings onttlmea tako off their crowns, but lib ation nnd Mount Hcrnion nil tho year round and through tho ages never lift tho coronet of crystal from their foreheads. Tho lint time wo 11 ml n deep fall of hiiow In tho Hlblo Is whoro Samuel descrlU's n fight between Uennlah nnd a Hon in n pit, ml though tho nnow may havo crimsoned under the wounds of both man ami brute, tho shaggy mounter rolled over dead, and the ((hint was victor. Hut tho hiiow Is not fully recognUed In tho Hlblo until Clod In terrogates Job, tho scientist, concerning Its wonders, saying, "Hast thou entered Into fee treasure of tho snowr" I Jon, TIIK LKAIINKII SCIENTIST. 1 rather think that Job may hnvo exam ined tho snowllake with a mloroscoie; for, although It Is supposed that the nilcroncoHi was Invented long after Job's time, there had been wonders of glass long before the nilcroscoiw and telescoio of later day were thought of. So long ago n when the Col iseum was In It full spndor, Nero sat In the emperor's box of that great theatre, which held a hundred thousand cople, and looked at the combatant through a gem In his finger ring which brought everything close up to his eye. Four huudred years before Christ, in the stores at Athens, were sold powerful glasses called "burning spheres," and Layard, the explorer, found a magnifying glass amid tho ruins of Nineveh and In the palace of Nlmrod. Whether through magnifying Instrument or with unaided ye 1 cannot say, but I am sure that Job somehow went through the galleries of the snow flake and counted Its pillars and found wonders, raptures, mysteries, theol ogies, majesties, infinities walking up and down Its corridors, as a result of the ques tion which the Lord had asked him, "Hast thou entered Into the treasures of the aaowf" Oh, It Is a wondrous meteorl Hum boldt studied It In the Andes, twelve thou sand feet above the level of tho sea. De 8aussure reveled among these meteors In the Alps, and Dr. Scoresby counted ninety six varieties of snowflake amid the arc Ilea. They are In shape of stars, In; shspe of ooroeeta, Id shape of cylinders; art glob alar, are hexagonal, are pyramidal, an castellated. After a fresh fall pf mow, la one walk you crush under your" feet Tutllerlef, Windsor castles, 8u Pauls, St. Peters, Bt, Marks, cathedrals, Alhambraa and Sydenhum palaces innumerable. 1 know it depvuds much on our owu condi tion what impression these tying metaors of the snow make. I shall not forget two rough and unpre- tenaing wooa cuts wnicn 1 saw in my boy hood side by side; one a picture of a prosper ous farmhouse, with all signs of comfort, and a lad warmly clothed looking out of the door upon tho first flurry of suow, aud his mind uo doubt filled with the sound of Jingling sleigh bells and the frolic with playfellows lu tho deep banks, nnd he, clapping his hands and shouting, "It snowsl It snows!" The other sketch was of a boy, haggard and hollow eyed with hunger, looking from the brokeu door of a wretched home, ami seeing in tho falling flakes proph ecy of more cold nud less bread and great er privation, wringing his bauds and with tears rolling dowu hi wan cheeks, crying, "Ob, my God I it suowsl It snows!" Out of tho abundance that characterise most of our homes may there go speedy relief to all whom this wiuter finds In want and exposure. COD IN TIIK SSOWFLaKK. And now I propose, for your spiritual and everlasting prollt, If you will accept my guidance, to take you through some of these wonders of crystallisation. Ami untioe first God iu the little. You may talc alpenstock nud cross tho Mer de Glaos, the sea of lev, nud ascend Mont Blanc, which rises into tho clouds like a pillar of the great white Throne; or with urctio explorer ascend tho mountains around tho uortli pole, nud nee glaciers a thousand feet high grinding against glac iers three thousand feet high. Hut I will tr.ke you on a less pretentious journey nud how you God In the snowfluko. There Is room enough between Its pillars for the great 'Jehovah to stand. In that one froseu drop on tbo tip of your linger you may llud the throne room of tho Almighty. 1 take up the snow In my baud ami sue the cours ers of celestial donilulou pawing these crystal puveuiento. The tektcopa Is grand, but 1 mtut con- i that lam quite us uiucli lutore&tei. in the microscope. The one reveal theunl verso altove us; tho other Just as great a universe Is'iirath us. Hut the telescopo overwhelms inr, whllo tho inlcroscnpocotu fortn me. What you want and I wnnt es pecially In n God lu littles, If wo were neraphlnor nrchnngellc In our nature we would want to study God lu the greit; but nuch small, weak, shortlived Is'lugs a you nud I nro want to Hml God In tho littles, When I nee tho .Maker of the uuiverne giving himself to the architecture of a Miowllake, and making It shafts, lu dome, it curves, s walls. It Irradiations so perfect I concluilu ho will look after our luslgulllcniit affairs. And if wo are of more value than n sparrow, most certainly wo nro of morn value than an Inanimate miowllake. So tho Hlblo would chlelly Im press us with God In tho littles, ltdoe not nny, "Consider the clouds," but Itnayn, "Consider tho lilies." Itdoe uottiiiy, "He boid tho tempest!" but "Heboid the fowls!" and It applaud a cup of cold water nud the widow's two mite, and nyn tho hair of your head uro nil uumlK'red, l)i not fear, therefore, that you are going to mi lost iu tho crowd. Do not think that bcoiiuso you estimate yourself a only one inowllake among a three days' January mow storm thnt you will be forgotten. Tho birth and death of a drop of chilled vnpor I a certainly regarded by tho Ixird m tho creation nnd demolition of a planet. Nothing In big to God ami nothing I imall, What make tho honey Industrie of South Carolina such a source of live lihood and wealth? It Is because God teaches tho Imlylmg to inako an opening lu tho rind of tho apricot for tho U'c, who cannot otherwise get at tho Juice of tho fruit. Ho God semis tho lailyliug ahead to prepare tho wny for tho honey Ih-o, Ho .cache tho ant to blto each grain of corn Mint, she puts In tho ground for winter !ood lu order thnt It may not tako root tud so ruin the little granary. Ho t cache .he raven lu dry weather to throw pebbles I nto n hollow tree, thnt tliu water far down iiud out of reach may coiuu up within tlio reach of tho blrd'H beak, What a comfort that ho Is a God In littlest Tho emperor of nil the Itttsslns lu olden time wa looking nt a map that spread before him his vast dominions, and ho could not Hud Great llrllaln on tho map, and ho called lu his Heerotnry and nahl, "Where Is Great llrltaln, that I hear so much about?" "It Is under your thumb," said tho secretary; nud tho emperor raised his hand from tho map nud saw tho country ho wan looking for. TIIK tNKINITK IIKAI.M OK OOP. ' And It Is high time that wo find this mighty realm of God close by nud under our own little linger. To drop you out of hi memory would bo to resign hi omnis cience. To refuse you his protection would Ihi to abdicate his omnipotence. When you tell mo thnt ho Is tho God of Jupiter, nud tho God of Mercury, nnd tho God of, Saturn, you tell mo something so vant thnt I cannot comprehend it. Hut If you tell mo ho Is tho God of tho suowflnke, you toll mo something 1 can hold and measure nud realize. Thus tho smallest Kiiowllaku con tains u Jewel enso of comfort. Here is an opal, nu amethyst, a diamond. Here Is one of the treasures of tho nnow. Tako It for your present and everlasting comfort. Ik-hold, also, in the hiiow tho treasure of accumulated power. During a snowstorm let nu apothecary, accustomed to weigh most delicate quantities, hold hU weighing scale out of the window nnd let one Hake fnll on tho surface of tho scales, nud It will not even make It tremble. When yon want to express extreme triviality of weight you nay, "Light us a feather," but a'suowlliiko is much lighter. It Is Just twenty-four times lighter than water. And yet the accumulation of these flakes broko down, a few days ago, in sight of my house, six telegraph poles, made helpless police and Uro deimrtment and halted rail trains with two thundering locomotives. We hnvo already learned so much of the power of electricity that we have become careful how we touch tho electric wire, and in many a case a touch has been death. Out a few days ago tho snow put Its hand on most of these wires, and tore them down as though they were cobweb. The suow saldt "You seem afraid of tho thunderbolt; I will catch it nml hurl it to the grouud. Your boasted electric light adorning your cltle with bubbles of lire, I will put out as easily as your ancestor snuffed out a tal low candle." The snow put It linger on the Up of our cities that were talking with each other and they went Jnto silence, ut tering not a word. Tho snow mightier than the lightning. In March, 1888, the snow stopped Amer ica. It suld to Brooklyn, "Stay home!" to New York, "Stay hornet" to 1'hllndelphla, "Btay bonier to Washington, "Stay home!" to Richmond, "Stay home!'' It put Into a white aepulcher most of this nation. Commerce, whoso wheels never topped before, stopped then. What was the mutterf Power of accumulated snow take. On the top of the Apennines one lake falls, and others fall, and they pile up, and they make a mountalu of fleece oa the top of a mountain of rock, until oae day a gust of wind, or even the yolce of a mountaineer, sets the frown vapors into action, and by awful descent they weep everything In their course trees, rocks, villages as when in 1837 the town of Uriel, In Valals, was buried, and in lt34, in Switzerland, three hundred soldiers were entombed. These avalanches were made up of single snowflakea. What tragedies of the snow have bees witnessed by the monks of St. Bernard, who for ages have with the dogs been busy lu extricating bewildered and overwhelmed travelers In Alpine storms, the dogs with blankets fastened to their backs and flasks of spirits fastened to their necks to resus citate helpless travelers, one of these doge decorated with a medal for having saved the lives of twenty-two persons, the brave beast himself slain of the snow on that day when accompanying a Pledmoutese courier on the way to his anxious household down the mountalu, the wife and children of the Pledmoutese courier coming up the mount ain In search of him, an nvaluucha covered all under pyramids higher thuu those un der which the Kgyptluu monarchs sleep their sleep of tho agesl What an illustration of tho tragedies of the snow is found In that sceno between Gleucoeand Gleucreran ono February lu Scotland, where llonald Cameron comes forth to bring to his father's house his cousin Flora MacDounld for tho celebra tion of a blrthduy, and' the calm day turns Into iv hurricauo of white fury that leaves Ronald aud Flora as dead, to be resusci tated by the shepherds! What an excltlug struggle had Hayurd Taylor among the wintry Apennlncsl BUSSIAN SNOWS AVENGED JOSKl'lItNK. In tho winter of 1813, by a similar force, tho destiny of Kurope was decided. Thr French ,irmy marched up toward Moscow five hundred thousand men. What can resist them? Not bayonets, but the dumb eletiieutn overwhelm that host. Napoleon retreat from Moscow with alouttwo hun dred thousand men, u mighty nucleus for nuother campaign after ho gut hick to Paris. The morning of Oct. It), whun they start for home, 1 bright nml beautiful. The nlr Is tonic, und although this Kukslau rnmpnhu has Is-eu a failure N'upoleoti will try ugaln u somi. othur direction with nls host of bravo surviving Frenchmen, Hut a cloud comes on tho sky and the nlr get chill, and one of the soldiers feels on his check n miowllake, and then therein a multiplication of these wintry messages, und soon tho plumes of the ofllrer aro decked with another stylo of plume, aud then all the skies let luoo upon tho war riors a hurricane of suow, nud tliu mart li becomes dllllcillt, and the horses llud it hard to pull tho supply train, uml tho men begin to fall under tho fatigue, and many not able to tako nuother step Ho down lu the drifts never to rise, and tho cavalry horses stumble and fall, ami one thousand of the iirmy fall, and ten thousand perish, and twenty thousand go down, nud llfty thousand, nml a hundred thousand, and a hundred ami twenty thousand ami a hum Ired and thirty-two thousand die, and the victor of Jena and brldgo of ImII ami Kyi an and Austerllt., where three great armies, commanded by threu emperors, oirrondorcd to him, now himself surrcn tlon to tho Hiiowllakes, Historians do not seem to rccogul.o that Hie tide In that man' life turned from Dee. 10, 1801), when ho banished by hideous llvorco his wife Josephine from the palace, nud ho challenged tho Almighty, and tliu Lord charged upon him from thn forlroscHof tho sky with ammunition of crystal. .Snowed under! Hllllons, trillions, (.milrllllons, (ulntrllllons of (lakes did the uork. Aud what a suggestion of acciimii I .the power, and what a rebuke to all of Us who get discouraged because wo cannot do tuucli, nud therefore do nothing! IK) VOUII HIIAItK KOll OOII. "Oh," says some one, "I would like to stop tho force of sin und crime that are marching for tho conquests of tho nations, but 1 inn nobody; I hnvo neither wealth nor eloquence nor social power. What can I do?" My brother, how much do you weigh? Asiiuichasasiiowlliike? "Oh, yes." Then do your share. It Is an aggregation or small liillueuce that will jet put this lost world back into the bosom of n par doning God, Ala that theru nro so many men and women who will not use thu one talent ticcnuso they havu not ten, and will not give u penny because they cannot give a dollar, and will not sj"ak a well a they can because they uro nor eloquent , nud will not bo u su(uvllakt) Imjcuiiso they cannot bo nu avalanche! lu earthly war the gen erals get about, all thu credit, but in the war for God nud righteousness nud heaven nil thu private soldiers will get crowns of victory unfailing. When we reach heaven by the grace of God may wu nil arrive there I do not think wo will lie able to begin tliu now song right away because of tho surprise we shall feel at tho comparative rewards given. A wo aro being conducted along tho street to olir celestial residence wu will begin to ask when) live some of those who were mighty on earth. We will nsk, "Is .So-nud-so hero?" And thu answer will ho: "Yes, I think ho 1 lu the city, but we don't bear much of him; ho was good nud ho got lu, but ho took most of his pay In earthly applause; ho had enough graco to get through tho gate, but Just wheru ho live 1 know not. Ho squeezed through somehow, although I think tlio gaes took thu skirt of his garments. 1 think ho lives lu one of those back street lu one of tho plainer residences," Then wo shall see, n palace, the door steps of gold, nud tho windows of agate, and tho tower like tho nun for brilliance, and chariots liefore the door, nud people who look like princes nnd princesses going up nnd down the steps, nnd we shall say, "What- one of the htenirchn lives hero?" Thnt mut lie thu residence of n Paul or it Milton, or some ono whoso name resounds through nil thu planet from which wo hnvo Juet ascended." "No, uo," ny our celes tial dragoman; "that I tlio residence of u soul whom you never heard of. "When she gave a charity her left bund know not what her right hand did. She wan mighty In secret prayer, nud uo ono but. God aud her own soul knew It. Sim had more trouble than anyltody in all the land wheru situ lived, nud without complaining she bore it, and though her talents were never great, what she had was nil conse crated to God and helping other, nnd tho lord Is making up for her earthly priva tion by eiecial rapture here, and the king of till country bad that placo built especially for tier, tlio walls began to go up when her troubles and privations aud coiisccrntlons began on earth, and it ho happened what n heavenly coincidence! that the last stroke of tho trowel of ame thyst on those walls was fclven the hour she entered heaven. "You know nothlngof her. On earth her name was only once in tho newspapers, and thnt among the column of the dead, but she Is mighty up here. There she come now out of her palace grounds in her chnriot behind those two white horse for a ride on tho banks of thu river that Mows from under the throne of God. Let mo see. Did you not have In your world below nn old classic which says something ubout "these are they who coino out of great tribulation, and they shall reign for ever and ever?" rEAUM ON TIIK FOltKIIKAPS OK TIIK IttOIIT EOUs. A we pass up the street 1 find a good many on foot, and I say to the dragoman, "Who are these?" And when their name is announced I recognize that some of them were on earth great poet, and greitt' orators, und great merchants, and great warriors, ami when I express my surprise about their going afoot the dragoman says, "In this country people nro rewarded not according to the number of their earthly talents, but according to tho use they made of what tlioy had." And then I thought to myself: "Why, that theory would make a snowtlnke that falls cheer fully nud In tho right place, aud does nil the work usslguud it, a honorable a a whole Mont Uluuc of Hiiowllakes." "Yes, yes." says tho celestial dragoman, "mauy of these pearls that you llnd on the foreheads of tho righteous, anil many of the gems In the Jewel case of priucu and princess, aro only thu put rilled snowllnkes of earthly tempest, for God does not forget tho promise made In regard to them, 'They shall bo mine, said tho 1ml of hosts, in tho day when I tunke up my Jewels.' " Ac cumulated power! All tho prayers and charities und kindnesses nnd talents of all the good concentered and compacted will bothoworld'sevuugcl!.nt!on, Tills thought of tho aggregation of tho many smalls into that one mighty is nuother trcnsiue of the snow. Another treasure of the hiiow is thu sug ,'ustlon of tho usefulness of sorrow, Ab auuee of snow hist winter mado all nations sick. That snowies winter has not yet ended its disasters. Within a few weeks it put tens of thousands Into the grave, and left others iu homes and hospitals grtdu ally to go down, Called by a trivial name, the itusshiu "grip," It was nu Inter national plague. Plenty of hiiow means public, health. There I no medicine that so soon cures tho world's malaria as thesu whito H-llets that tho clouds administer pellets small enough to bo homeopathic, but lu such largo doses as to Ihi allopathic, and lucltlug. soon euomjljjo e J.U'dropath- Ic. Like a ipongo, every (lake nbsorbs un healthy gate. The table of mortality In Now York aud Hrooklyu Immediately less ened when tho snows of last December Im gaii tn fall. Tho suow is ono of tho grand est nud best of thu world's doctors. TIIK III.KMINOH or WINTHIt. Yes, It Is necessary for the land' pro ductiveness. Great snow lu winter aro generally followed by great harvests next summer. Sclentllla analysis has shown that suow contains a larger percentage of ammonia than tho rain, and hence It greater xiwcr of enrichment. Aud besides that, It In a white blanket to keep tho earth warm. An examination of suow iu Siberia showed that It was a hundred degree warmer under tho hiiow than ulmvo tho nnow. Alpine plant perished In thu mild winter of Kngluud for lack of enough snow to keep them warm. Snow strike back tho rich gases which otherwise would e.v caMj In tho nlr nud bo lost. Thank God for tho hiiiiwh, und muy those of Fobruury lie as plentiful as those of DecemlN'raiid Jauu nry hnvo been, high nml deep nnd wide nnd enriching; then tho harvests next July will embroider with gold this entire American continent. Hut who with nny analogical faculty can notice that out pf such chill as tbo snow comes tho wheat, without reali zing that chilling sorrows produce harvest of grace! The strongest Christians without nny exception nro tlioso who were by lierenve inents or sickness or poverty or persecu tion, or nil of them together, snowed un der, nud again and again snowed under. Thesu snow storms of trouble! .They kill thu malaria of tho soul. They drive, us out of worldly dependenco to God. Call tho roll of nil thu eminently pious of all the ages and you will find them tho sous nnd daughters of sorrow. Thu Muronltes say that ono characteristic of the cedar tree Is that when tlio air I full of snow and it begin to descend tho tree lift Its branches In a wny better to rccelvu the suow and bear up under it, uml I know by much observation that thu grandest cedars of Christian character lift higher their branches toward God when thu snows of trouble aro totnlug. Lord Nelson' collln was inudu out of tbo masts of tliu ship L'Orleut iu which he had fought so bravely, nml your throno lu heaven, O sulterlng child of God, will be built out of conquered earthly disasters. What gave John Htiuyuu such a wondrous drwuni of the celestial city? The Bedford penitentiary. What gave Itlchard Maxtor such power to tell of the "Saints' Everlast ing ltest,"iiud to give his Immortal "Cull to tho Unconverted?" Physical disease which racked every nerve of his Iwily. What mado Georgo Whltelleld so mighty in sav ing souls, bringing ten thousand to God when others brought a hundred? Perse cution that caricatured and assailed him nil up nml down England, and dead verml'i thrown lu bin face when ho wu preaching. What mellowed ami glorlllcd Wilder force's Christian character? A financial misfortune that led him to write, "I know not why my life In apared so long, except It be to show that a man can bo a happy without a fortune ns with oue." What gave John Milton such keen spiritual eye sight that ho could sea tlio battle of the ungels? Extinguishment of physical eye sight. What is tho highest observntory for studying the stars of hope and faith nnd spiritual promise? The believer's sick bed. Wiiat proclaims tho richest aud most golden hurvests that wave on nil the hills of heavenly rapture? The snows, tho deep snows, the awful snowsof earthlycalamlty. Aud that comforting thought is ono of the treasures of thu snow. THE 1.MAC1K OK I'UIUTV. Another treasure of thu snow Is the sug gestion that tills maiitlo covering tho earth Is like the soul after iti forgiven. "Wash me," said the Psalmist, "and I shall be whiter than snow." My dear f rlond Gash erle IK- Witt went over to Geneva, Switzer land, for tlio recovery of his health, but the Lord had something liettcr for him than earthly recovery. Little did I think when I bade him good-by ono lovely after noon on thu other aide of tho sea to return to America, that wo would not meet again till we meet lu heaven. As he lay one Sub bath morning on his dying pillow in Switzerland, the window open, ho wa looking out uon Mont Blanc. The air wa clear. Thnt great mountain stood In Its robe of hiiow, glittering lu the morning light. nnd my friend said to his wife: "Jen nie, do you know what that hiiow on Mont Blanc make me think of? It make me think thatstho righteousness of Christ and tho pardon of God cover nil tho sins nnd Imperfections of my life, ns that suow covers up that mountain, for tho promise is that though our sins 13 as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow." Was not that glorious! I do not care who you are, or whero you are, you need na much a I do thnt cleans ing which made Gasherlo Do Witt good wlille he lived nnd glorious when ho died. Do not take It as the tenet of nn obsolete theology thut our nature is corrupt. Wu must be changed. We must bo made over again. The ancients thought that snow water bad esiecial power to wash out deep g tains. All other water might fail, but melted hiiow would make them clean. Well, Job had great admiration for snow, but he declares in substanco that it be should wash his soul in melted snow he would'stlll be covered with mud like a man down in a ditch (Job ix, 90). "If I wash myself In snow water, and make my hands never so clean, .yet shalt thou plunge me In the ditch nud initio own clothes shall abhor me," Wo must lie washed in tho fountain of God's mercy be fore wo can 13 whiter than snow. "With out holiness, no man shall see the Lord." Oh, for tho cleansing power I If there be in all this audience one man or woman whose thoughts hnvo always been right, nnd whose actions are always right, let such n ono rise, or if already standing, lift tho right hand. Not onel All we, like sheep, have gone astray. Unclean! unclean I And yet wo mar !e made whiter than suow whiter than that which, on a cold winter's morning, after a night of storm, clothes tho tree from hot torn of trunk to top of highest branch; whiter than that which tills hour makes tho Adlroudacks, ami tho Sierra Nevada and Mount Washington heights of pomp and splendor lit to enthrone an archangel. Iu thu time of Graham, thu essayist, lu ono mountain district of Scotland an uv- erugo of ten sbepiienis perished every winder lu thu suow drifts, and so ho pro posed that ut tlio distance of overy mile a pole fifteen feet high nnd Willi two cross plecis bo erected, showing tlio points of the soinpnss, mid a bell hung nt the top, so that every breeze would ring It, nnd o tho lost ono on tbo mountains would hear thu sound uml tako thu direction given by this polo with tlio cross pieces midget safely home. Whether that proposed plan was adopted or not I do not know, but I de clare to all you who nro in tlio heavy and blinding drifts of sin and sorrow that there is a cross near by that can direct you to homo ami peace and God; aud hear you not tho ringing of tho gospel bell hanging to that cross, saying, "Tills I tho way; walk yo In It?" -r-- ' H. W. BROWN DRUGGSITHi) BOOKSELLER The Choicest line of Perfumes. D. M. Peri) V Finest Flower nnc1 Garden Seeds. 127 South Eleventh street. Most Popular Resort in the City. Exposition Dining Hall, S. J. ODELL, Manaokk. -o 1 19, i I2i and 1123 N Street. o Meals 25 cfs. $4.50 per Week. . -111 1.1 'jiffmT'-l-.r-'E'V'CT-l'Eia,!.? .- v:rfes.cj3K ir55 mK&Wfj JlKa ITmK ' " ZS lHinsffllik "? ifeHiHFSSfflXlIIHMLflll nil sUfMyiiHfnf u jMlmmlffliiii A TWICE TOLD TALE ! The wise man sclcctctb the "Hur linglon route" and therefore startctb nriglit. He nrrnyctb hltiuclf in purple and fine linen, for lo, and behold, he is snuglv ensconced In a "lower center" on the famous vestlbulcd llycr, where smoke nnd dust nrc never known. He providctli himself with a book from the generous library near nt band, adjustetb Ids traveling can, aud pro cecdeth to pass a day of unalloyed pleasure nnd contentment. nd It came to pass, being hungry and athirst, he steppeth into the dining enr, and by the beard of the prophet, 'twas a feast fit for the gods. Venison, Blue Points, Kcrgundy, frog legs, can vasbacks. Muni's extra dry, English plum pudding, fruits, nuts, ices, French coffee, verily, the wise man waxetli fat, nnd while he llghtcth a cigar, he taketh time to declare that the meal was "out of sight." t occurrcth to the wise -n hat the country through which he journey ed was one of wondrous beauty, inso much that it was with deep regret he noted the nightly shadows fall. How ever, tenfold joy returned ns he beheld the brilliantly lighted car, and the merry company It contained. Verily, It afforded a view of Elysium. ""he wise man retircth to rest. De llclously unconcerned, he sleeps the sleep of the righteous and awakes much refreshed. His train is on time, his journey ended. He rcjolceth with exceeding great joy, as he holds a re turn ticket by the same route, the "Great Hurllngton. A MORAL: Travel by J. FRANCIS, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agent, Omaha. 100 Engraved 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. 11th ami Harney Hts , STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS All Modern Improvements and Conveniences. B. BILLOWAY, Proprietor. 1KA MOBY, Principal Olerk The foolish man huycth a ticket of n scalper. In the morning, behold, he savcth fifty cents; and lo, at nightfall he is out $9.27. lie startcth wrong. With might and main he hurrlcth to the depot, only to find his train four hours late. 1 he peanut boy sizcth him up and scltcth him a papei of an uncer tain date. A he journeycth along, he formcth a new acquaintance, for whomliccashcth a check. Flvn minutes for refreshments. While he rusheth to the lunch counter some one stealcth his gripsack, lie changctli cars, lo these many times, and it strlk cth the foolish man that he "doesn't get through pretty fast," and be be moaneth bis 111 luck. , j Be gcttcth n cinder in Ills eye, and y be sweareth and cusscth full free. He exchangeth three pieces of silver for a bunk In a sleeper, and awakcth just in time to catch an infernal nigger sneak ing off with his boots; the Porter's ex cuse avallclb nothing, and the foolish man straightway puttcth his boots un der his pillow, that no man may break in and steal. Hi8 train runneth into a washout, a hackman taketh him in to the tune of six shillings, and the foolish man liftcth up his voice In great lamentation, for lo and behold, the tavern Is away but half a block. Hcreacheth home weary and hearts sore; his trunk comcth next day mlnut the cover and one handle, he rcsolvch hereafter to travel only by the "Great Burlington." the Burlington Route A. C. ZIEMER, City Pass, and Ticket Ai;eiit, Lincoln. 1 I