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OF A VISIT TO PATMOS.
'SERMON PREACHED SUNDAY, NOV.
, 8, BY REV. DR. TALMAQE.
Ha Ttlli llitw Hit lf Kg)ril ninl Vny.
Nklng I'ml ItliiHlra llrnrlinl ,n ir.
elan ArrhlplMKi unit VUllnl lti Itlnml
of HI. John's UhikIhIIiiii,
ItlinoKl.YN, Nov. 8. Annverllowlngcon.
Kfcgnllnti at thu llrooklyn Tiihermicln this
morning attested tlm Intercut the religions
iul)lla I taking In theserles of sermons
Dr. Talmnge l preaching mi wlmt ho sr,
epnflrmatory of the Scriptures, during IiIh
tonrfrom thu pyramid to the Acropolis.
TliU morning's sermon, thu fourth or Ihn
rlo, was on the UIhiiiIn of tlm Ureek
arehlelago. Tim doctor took two text!
Act xxl, 0, "When wo had dUcovcnwl
Cyprus we left It on tlm loft liniiili" mid
Hcu'latlnn I, p, "I, .lolin, was In tho islu
.lint I called Itttutin."
Ooislhy, Kgyptl Although Interesting
indliihtructlvi Iwjoml nny country In nil
tho world, excepting thu Holy l.uml, Kgypt
TIW IO 1110 SOIIICM Hill lICprCHXlllg. It WIIH II
pout mortem examination of cities Hint
died four thousand years ago. Tliu iiiiini
mien, or wrapped up InmIIcs of tho dead,
weni prepared with ivfrruiice to tlm Hemic
Mellon day, tlm Kgyntlaiis departing thin
lift) wnlitlllK Hiclr Oodles to liu kept In nx
Kood condition mm posslhlu so Hint they
would h prcscntnldo when they worn
wiled again to occupy them. Hut If when
I'luirnuh come to resurrection liu finds his
body looking iw I saw hit luumniy In thu
museum nl Uonhic, his miiiI will Ix'comu
an unwIllltiK tenant. Tlm Sphinx also
was to mo u stern monstrosity, nstntnu
curved out of rock of rod grnnlto sixty-two
feet high and nhout ouu hundred and
forty-threo feet long, and having tho head
of n man aud tho body of a Hon,
We sat drnvn In thu sand of tho Afrlonu
desert to muily It. With n cold smllu It
has (M)ked down upon thousands of yearn
t of eaithly history, Kgypthin clvlllzntlmi,
Grecian clvllUatlon, Komiiu civilization;
upon tho rlsn aud fall of thrones Inntimcr
Mile; tho victory nnd defeat of the arnilon
ot centuries. It took three thousand years
totnakoono wrlnkloon Its red cheek. It
Isdrcndfnl In Its molldlty. Itaeyeslmvu
never wept a tear. Its cold cars have not
listened to tho groans of tho Kgyptlnn na
tion, tho burden of which I tried to wulgh
liut Sabbath. It heart In atone. It cared
not for Pliny when ho measured It In tho
Unit century. It will euro nothing for tho
ninn who look Into It Imperturbable,
countenance lu the lat century,
liut Kgypt will yet como up to tho glow
of life. Tho Illblo promises It. Tho mis
lonnrle, llko my friend, good and great
Dr. tanslng, are sounding a resurrection
trumpet nbovo those idalu empires. Tliero
will be some other Joseph at Memphis.
Thero will bo Homo other Moses on tho
bank of tho Nile. Thero will bo some
other Hypatla to teach good moral to tho
degraded. Instead of n destroying niigol
to slay tho II rut born of Egypt tho aiiKel of
tho Now Testament will shako everlasting
life from Ida wIiik over a nation born In a
day. When, soon after my arrival in
Egypt, I took part In tho solemn aud ten
der obsequies of a missionary from our
own land, dyliiK there far away from tho
epulchers of Iter father, and saw around
her tho dusky nnd weeping congregation
of those whom sho had come to save, I said
to myself "Hero la self sacrifice of the
noblest type. Here ta heroism Immortal.
Here 1 a queen unto God forever. Here I
something grander than the pyramid.
Hero Is that which thrills the heaveoi
Hero I a specimen of that which will yet
re the world."
GOODIIY TO EOVI'T.
Goodby, Egyptl Thi sermon Hnd tu
on the steamer Minerva in tho Grecian
rcblpelaKO, tho island of tho New Testa
ment, nnd Island Paiillnlan nnd Johati
nln in their remlnlNceiice. What Hrad
Imw'a directory Is to travelcrx in Europe,
and what tho railroad guide la to traveler
in America, tho Hook of tho Acta In tho
Bible la to voyager lu tho Grectan, or, as 1
hall call It, tho Gospel archipelago. Tho
Bible geography of that region Is nccuralu
without a shadow of mistake. Wo aro
ailing till morning on the same waters
that Paul sailed, but in tho opposlto diieo
tlou to that which Paul voyaged. Ho waa
alllug southward aud wo northward.
With htm it was Rphesus, Coos, Rhodes,
Cyprus. With us it I ravened, mid it I
Cyprus, Rhodes,, Coos, Ephesus. There lu
no book in the world to accurate as the
Divine Rook.
My text say that Paul left Cyprus ontho
left; we, going in an opposite direction,
nave It on tho right. On ourshlp Minerva
were only two or three pasHenger besides
our party, so wo had plenty of room to
walk the deck, and oh, what a night was
Christmas night of 1880 In that Grecian
archipelago island of light above, Islands
of beauty beneath I It Is it royal family of
Islands, this Grecian archipelago the
crown of the world' scenery set with sap
phire and emerald and topas aud chryso
prasus, and ablate with a glory that seem
let down out ot celestial landscapes. God
evidently made up his mind that Just here
he would demonstrate the utmost that can
U done with Islands for the beautlllcatlon
of earthly scenery.
The steamer had stopped during the
night, nnd In the morning the ship was us
quiet at thi floor, wheu we hasteued up
to the deck nnd found that we had anchored
off the Island of Cyprus. Iu : boat, which
the untlvet rowed staudlug up, as Is the
custom, instead of sitting dowu, as when
w4 row, we were boon landed on the street
where Paul and Itarnaba walked and
preached. Yea, when at Antioch, Paul
and Raruaba got Into a light as minister
sometime did, aud sometime do, for they
all have imperfection enough to anchor
them to thi world till their work Is done,
I say when, because of that bitter con
troversy, Paul and Raruaba parted, Rar
nabaa cauie back here to Cyprus, which
was his birthplace. Island, wonderful fo
history! It has been tho prize sometime
won by Persia, by Greece, by Egypt, by
the Saracens, by the Crusaders, nnd last of
all, not by sword but by pen, and that the
pen of the keenest diplomatist ot tho cen
tury, Ird Reaconslleld, who, under a
lease which woa as good as a purchase, set
Cyprus among the jewels of Victoria'
crown.
We went out into the excavations from
which Dl Cesnola has enriched our Ameri
can museums with uutlquitie, and with
no better weapou than our foot we stirred
up tho ground deep enough to get- a teur
bottle lu which some mourner shed Ids
tear thousands of years ago, and a lamp
which before Christ wa born lighted the
feet ot tome poor pilgrim on his way.
That Island of Cyprus hat enough to set
an antiquarian wild. The most or Its glory
Utheglorv or the past, and tho typhoid
fever that sweep Its const, and the clouds
ot locust that often blacken lu klen
(though two hundred thousand dollars
were expetded by the Rritlsh empire in
a year fot the extirpation of these nox
Jeua lutecU, yet falling to do the work),
nnd tlm frequent change of governmental
maMer hinder pi tiperlty,
GVrilUH Wll.l. VKT COMK TO UOI).
Rut when the Island of the sen comn In
Ood, Cyprus wilt como with them, and thu
agricultural and commercial opulcuco
which adorneil It lu nue mist will hi
eollpied by tlm agricultural and commer
cial and religious triumph of tlm age to
come. Why U tho world so stupid Unit It
cannot seo that nations are proiieretl In
temporal thing In proportion a t hoy am
prospered lu religion things? GodllucM I
prolltnhtn not only for Individual, but for
nation. Questions of tariff, question of
silver bill, questions of republic or mon
nrchy have not o much to do with a na
tion' temporal welfare a questions of re
ligion, (llxi Cyprus to Christ, glvu Eng.
laud lu Christ, give America to Christ,
give the world to Christ, and ho will glvo
mem nil a prosperity unlimited. Why I
Hrookl)ii one of thu queen cities of tlm
earth.' Itccuuxu It I tho uueen rllv nf
churches.
Rlludfold mound lead me Into any city
of thu earth so that I cannot seo a street or
a warehouse or n homo, and then lend mo
Into tho churche and tliun remove thu
liandagii from my eyes, and I will tell you
from what I sen IiinIiIu tho consecrated
walls, having seuu nothing ouUlde, what
I that city' murchaudUo, It literature,
lis schools, It printing presses, It govern
ment, It homes, It art, It sciences, It
prosperity or It depression, aud Iguo
rami) and pauperism and outlawry, Tho
altar of God iu tlm church Is thu high
water mark or tlm world" happiness. Thu
Christian religion triumphant, all other
interest triumphant. Tho Christian reli
gion low down, all other Interest low
clown, bo I thought on thu evening of
that day wo stepped from thu lllthy street
of Urnaca, Cypru, onto tho boat that
took tin back to tho stentnur Minerva,
which had already la-gun to paw thu wave
llko a counter Impatient to Iw gone, and
then wo moved on aud up among tliu In
lands of thi Gospel archipelago.
Night camu down on land and sea and
tlm voyage beenmu to mu more and mora
HUggestlvo and solemn. If you are pacing
It alonu a ship' deck In tliu darkness and
nt sea Is a weird place, and an active Imagl
nation may conjure up nlinost any shape
ho will, and It shall walk the eu or con
front him by tlm moki-tack or meet htm
minor tliu captain bridge. Rut hero I
was mono on snip' deck In tho Gospel ar
chipelago, nnd do you wonder that thu sun
was populous with the past aud that down
thu .ratline Rlblu memories descended f
Our friends had all gone to their berths.
"Captain," I ald, "when will wu arrive at
tho Island or Ithodeaf" looking out rrom
under lit glazed cap, ho responded In sepul
chral video, "About midnight." Though
It would Iw keeping unreasonable hours,
I concluded to stay on deck, ror I must see
Rhodes, onu of thu Islands associated with
tlm uamo of thu greatest missionary thu
world ever saw or over will seo. Paul
lauded tlmre, aud that wa enough to make
It famous while tho world stands, and fa
mous iu heaven when tho world has be
come n charred wreck.-
A WONDKItKUl, IIIBTOIIY.
Thi Island ha had a wonderful history.
With six thousand Knight or St. John, It
at ouo tlmo stood out against two hundred
thousand warriors under "Solymau tlm
Magnlllcent." Tho city hud three thou
sand statue, and a statue to Apollo called
Colos.su. which has always since Wii con
sidered one of tho seven wonder of tho
world. It was twelve years in building
nnd was seventy cubits high, nnd hnd n
winding stair to thu top. It stood II fty
six year and then was prostrated by an
earthquake. After lying lu ruin for nine
hundred year, It wa purchased to Iw con
verted to other purposes, and tho metal,
nuiKiiiiiK seven nuiiureu ami twenty thou
sand pounds, wa nut on nine Immln-il
camel and carried awny. Wo wore not
permitted to go ashore, but tho lights all
up and down tho hill show where tho city
stand, ami nine boats como out to tako
freight nnd to bring three passengers. Vet
all tho thousands of ye.ars of Iu history are
eclipsed by the few hours onlays that Paul
stopped there.
As I stood thero on tho deck of tlm
Minerva, looking out upon tho placo
whore tho Colossus once stood, I bethought
myself of tho fact that thu world must
have a God or soma kind. It I to moan
lullulto pathos this Colossus not only or
Rhode, but the colossi in many part of
thu earth. This is only tho world's blind
reaching up aud feeling after God. Foun
dered human nature must havo a supernat
ural arm to help It ashore. All the statue
and Images of heathendom are attempt
to bring celestial forces down Into human
affairs. Rlessed bo our ears that wo have
heard of an ever present God, and that
through Jesus Christ ho come Into our
heart and our homes, aud with more than
fatherly aud motherly Interest and affec
tion ho I with tit In alt our ttrugglea and
bereavements aud vicissitudes. Rhodes
needs something higher than tho Colos
sus, and the day will como when the
Christ, whom Paul was serving when ho
sailed Into tho liarlrar of Rhodes, shall
take possession of that Island.
As we inovo oil up through this archi
pelago, I am reminded of what an impor
tant part the island have takeu In the
history of thu world. They are necessary
to the balancing of the planet. The wo
hemisphere must have them. As you put
dowu upon a scale tho heavy pound
weights, nnd then the jsmnll ounces and
no ouu thinks of despising tho small
weights so tho continents are tho iiouihIk.
aud thu Islands are thu ounces. A contl.
neut Is only a larger island, and an Island I
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what part tho Islands have taken lu the
world's history you will seo when I remind
you that tho Island of Salamis produced
doioii, ami mat tlie Island of Ohio pro
duied Homer, and thu Island of Samo
produced Pythagoras, and tho Island of
Coos produced Hippocrates.
UK I.ON0KU TO HEK PATMOS.
Rut there Is one Island that I longed to
seo more than nuy other. I cm afford to
miss tho prluce among the Islands, but I
must see the king of the archipelago. Tlm
one I longed to seu is not so many miles in
circumference as Cyprus or Crew or Paroa
or Naxos or Sclo or Mityleue, but I had
rather, In this sail through the Grecian
archipelago, tee that tliiiu all thu others;
ror more of the ulories of heaven Imuliul
thero than ou all the Islands aud continents
siuce me world stood
od. As we como to ward,
quicken. "I, John, wa
It I feel my pulses
iu the Island that f called Patmos." It U
a pile or rocks
tweutv-eiuht mile In dr.
cumrerence. A tew cypresses and Interim ;
-... ,.....,,, .. ,,..., ui ui mu unrm, aim
one palm tree sprer.ds Its foHnge. Rut the i
barrenness aud gloom nnd loneliness of the
isiaud made it a prison for the banished
evangelist.
Domltinn could not stand his ministry,
and one day, under armed guard, that
minister of the Gospl stepped from a toss
ing boat to these dUinul rocks and walked
up to tho dismal cavern' which was o be
his home aud the placo where should pass
before him nil the coutllcts of comiug time
and ull the ruptures of a coming eternity.
Is It not remarkable that nearly all the
real rovclnti iiisof Miislo nnd poetry anil
rllglon hnvr 'wen made to men In banish-
religion liavr 'wen made to men In banish
ineiii no r aud Mlllou banished Into
lillnilui-sNt Reuthoveu banished Into denf
nessj Dante writing hi "Dlvlna Com
media" during tlm nineteen years of ban
Ishmtnt from hi native land; Victor Hugo
writing hi "le Miserable" exiled from
homo and country on tho Isla.id of Guern.
sey, and tho biluhtust vision of Mm fnim-..
have been given to those who by sicklies '
uriMirrow were exiled irom tliu outer world
nto room of suffering. Only those who.
niivo ueuii imprisoned iy very hard sur
rounding havu had great revelations made
to them.
So Patmo. wild, chill unit hlenk add ter
rible wa thu Iwst Island lu all tho nrcht
lielago, thu best placo lu all tho earth for
iitvino revelations. Ileforu a panorama -can
Iw succi'HNfiilly wen, tlm room lu which
you lt must Iw darkened, and In tlm ore '
eueo of John wa to pas such a panorama
a no man ever before saw or ever will seo i
in this world, and heucu thu gloom of hi
surrounding was a Imtp rather than a
hindrance. All the Niirrouudlugs or the i
plncu affected St. John' Imagery when be
speak of heaven. St. John, hungry from
enforced abstinence, or having no food
except that at which hi appetlto revolted,
think of heaven; and iih thu fanilslied man
I apt to dream of bountiful table covered
with luxuries, so St. John say of thu In
habitant of heaven "They shall hunger
no morn." Scarcity of fresh water on Pat
inos and tho hot tongue of St. John'
thirst lead him to admlru heaven as lie
says, "They shall thirst no imim." i
St. John hear thu wave of thu sea wild
ly dashing iigalnst thu rook, aud each
wavu ha a voice, mid all thu waves to- I
guther maku a chorus, ami they remind
him of tlm multitudinous anthems of
heaven, aud ho says, "They aro llko tho
voicu or many waters." One day, as hu
looked off upon thu sea, thu waters were
very smooth, as It I today while wo sail
them In tho Minerva, and they were llku
glass, ami thu sunlight seemed to set them
on lire, ami there was u mingling of whltu
light aud luteiisii llamo, and a St. John
looked out rrom hi cavern lioiuuupon that
brilliant sen Im thought of thu splendor of
henvun aud descrllws iheui "As a sea or
glass mingled with lire." Ves, seated in
thu dark cavern or Putmns, though homo
sick and hungry ami loaded with Do
mltlan' anathemas, St. John was thu most
fortiiuatu man on earth Iwcauso or thu
panorama that passed before tho mouth or
that cavern.
TIIK I'ANOIIAMA I'ASSKS.
Turn down all tho lights that wo may
Jwtter seo It. The panorama passes, and
lot thu conquering Christ, robed, girdled,
armed, tlm Mash of golden candlestick and
seven star lu his right hand, candlestick
and stars meaning light held up mid tight
scattered. And there passes a throne and
Christ on It, aud thu seals broken, and tho
woes sounded, ami a dragon slain, and
seven last plague swoop, aud suven vials
are poured out, and thu vision vanishes.
And wu halt a moment to rest from the ex
citing spectaclo. Again thu panorama
moves on before thu cavern of Patmo, and
John tlm oxllu Bees a great city represent
ing all abominations, Kabylon towered,
palaced, templed, fouiitalned, tollnged,
sculptured, hanging gardens, suddenly go
ing crush! cnwhl and the piper ceaso to
pipe, and tho trumpet cease to trumpet,
aud tho dust, and tho moku, and the hor
ror II 1 1 the canvas, while rrom above nnd
beneath are voice announcing, "Rabylou
I fallen, is fallenl" And wo halt again to
rest rrom tho spectaclo.
Again tho panorama passes before tho
cavern or Patmo, ami John tho exllo sees
a mounted Christ on a snow whltu chargr
leading forth tho cavalry of hciwon, the
long line of white chargers galloping
through tho nceuo, thu flattering of hoofs,
mu ciiiiKiug or nruue mi, and the Hash of
spoars, all tho eartli conquered and all
heaven lu Doxology. And wu halt again
to rest troiu tlm spectaclo. Again tho
panorama passes before the cavern of
Patmos, mid John the oxllo sees great
throne lifted, thrones of martyrs, thrones
of apostles, throne or prophet, thrones or
patriarchs, and a throne higher than all on
which Jesus sit, and ponderous Iwioks are
0wned, their leaves turned over, reveal
ing thu names or all that havo ever lived,
tho good aud tho had, thu renowned and
tho humble, thu mighty and thu weak, and
at thu turn or every leaf thu unlvurso Is In
rapture or fright, and the sea empties its
sarcophagus of all thu dead of the sunken
shipping, and thu earth gives way, and thu
heaven vanish. Again wo rest a moment
from thu spectacle.
The panorama moves on before the cav
ern or Patmos, and John thu oxllu beholds
a city of gold, and a river more beautiful
than the Rhliiu or tlm Hudson rolls
through It, aud fruit trees bund their bul
lions ou either bank, aud all is surrounded
by walls In which the upholstery of au
tumnal forest, ami thu sunrises and sun
sets of all the ages, and the glory or burn
ing world teem to bo commingled. And
the Inhabitants never breathe a sigh, or
Utter a groan, or discuss a difference, or
frown a dislike, or weep a tear. Tho fash
ion they wear Is pure white, and their fore
heads aro encircled by garland, ami they
who were sick are well, and they who were
old are young, and they who were bereft
are reunited. And as the last llguro of
that panorama rolled out of sight I think
that John must havo fallen back into hi
cavern nerveless and exhausted. Too
much was It ror naked eye to look at.
Too much was It for human strength to
experience.
LAST W0K1I3 OF HAPPY CllltlSTIAXS.
My friends, I would not wonder If you
I lOUlll Imvu it verv h in nr vknti ntt
'awhile. Vo-j will In? tlirmiL.li win. ti.u
world.lt cures iiml fatigues nnd ttruiMtle.
and If you havo served the Iml nnd havo
i done the best you could, I should not won
der If your dying Iwd were a Patmos. It
often ha been so. I was reading of u dy
ing boy who, while the family stood around
sorrowfully, expecting each breath would
Iw the last, cried: "Open tho gates! Open
the gates! Happy! Happy! Happy!" John
Owen, lu his last hour, said to his attend
ant, "Oh, brother Payne! thu long wished
for day has come at last!" Rutherford, In
thu closliig'moiuent of his life, cried out:
"I shall shine, I shall see him a ho Is, and
all the fair company with him, and shall
have my large share. I havo gotten the
j victory. Christ is holding forth his nnm
to embrace me,
N'nw I fei-ll Vnw I nulnvl
Now I rejoice! I feed on manna. I have
nngels' food. My eyes will see my Re
deemer. Ulory, glory dwelleth In Iinman-
uel's land." es, ten thousand times in
tho history of the world has the dying bed
neen made n l'atmo.
Von see the tlmo will come when
you
win, on, child or uod, be exiled to your
last sickness as much us Joliu was exiled
to Patmos, You will go Into your room
not to route out again, for God Is going to
do something better and grander and hap
pier ror you than he has ever yet done!
There will Iw such visions letdown to your
pillow as God gives no man If ho is ever to
return to this tame world. The apparent
feeling ot utieaslnes and restlessness at
the time or the Christian's departure, tlm
physicians say, Is caused by no real dis
great
tress. It Is an uveinsclous aud Involiii
tary movement, and I- think In man
case It Is tho vision of heavenly gladness
too great for mortal endurance. It Is oiilj
heaven hreaklnu lu on tho departing spirit.
You m.sj your work will Iw ilouo null the
time for jour departure wilt be at hand,
and there will Iw wlug over )ou and
wings under )ou,und snugi. let loose ou
ltd- air, and your old rather and mother
gone forjear will ileseund Into the room.
nnd )our llttld children whom you put
away for the Inst sleep )ear ago will bo at
your side, and their kiss will Iw on your
fjreheud, aud you will see garden In full
bloom, and thu swinging open or shining
gates, and will hear voices long ngo hushed.
A SUPCIINAI, FACT.
lu many a Christian departure that you
havu known and I havu known thero was
In the phraseology of thu departing ones
something that indicated tho reappearance
of thoM- long deceased. It I no delirium,
no delusion, liut a supornnl ract. Your
glorllled loved one will hear that von nr
about to come, and they will say lu heaven:
"May I go down to nhow that soul the
way upr May I Iw tliu celestial escort?
May I wait for that soul at thu edgu of the
pillow," And the Lord will say: "Ves.
You may lly down ou that mission." And
I think all your glorllled kindred will come
down, and they will bo lu tho room, aud
although thoe lu health stnndlng around
you may hear no volcu and seo no arrival
rrom the heavenly world, )ou will wu and
hear. And thu moment tlm lleshly bond
or thu soul shall break, the cry will be:
"Follow me! Up this way! Ry this gilded
cloud, past these stars, straight lor home,
straight ror glory, straight ror God!"
A on that day In the Grecian archipel
ago, Patmo begun to fado out of sight, I
walked to the stern of tho ship that I
might keep my I'jciin thu enchantment as
long us I could, mid tho volcu thnt sounded
out of heaven to John tho oxllo in tho
cavern on Patmos seemed sounding lu the
waters that dashed against tho side of our
ship, "Heboid the talwrnaclo of God Is
with men, and hu will dwell with them,
and they shall hu Ids peoplo ami God him
self shall Iw with them and hu their God;
and God shall wipe away all tear rrom
their uyes, nnd there shall lw no more
death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither
shall there Iw any more pain, for tho for
mor things are passed away."
WIT AND HUMOR.
Tho blll-pobterls thu mail who will stick
up for the viowt man In tliu community.
Heiidquiiiteis for Indies hats, thu gicat!25
cent store, 111! I O sticet,
Tho iKillceman has a tangible valuo when
ordered to make an nriest bo's
sent.
n "cop?r
Uurconiietltoi8 advertise ladles "cheap
hats as well as good". Wu sell uoo.1 lints
cheap. Great SO cent stole 1121 O street.
If only shu has a soft voice evn a homely
ghl looks entinnclngly pretty lit tho, other
end of a telcphono wire.
Ladles Hue velvet hat milliners prices
1 3.00. We make to order the same lor 3.Ki
nt tho great 'Si cent stoie.
Poet "1 have a little xiem heie, sir, thnt
has been indited Editor" Well, sir, I
would be glnd to see It convicted, but I can't
try It."
Misses cn, usunl pneo fl.OO. The great
25 cent store sells them for 40 cents.
"Money is tiouble" sighed old Ilnnker.
"No It Isn't eitherl"xclniniMl young Danker.
"You enn easily borrow trouble."
uno inai win convince you that wo nie
leaders In ladles line hats at pi lees that as-
tonlsh nil. Great 'S cent store, I I'M O street.
Upson Downes "Last evening I 'was in
troduced to a girl woith three millions."
Rowne do llout "Grout Ca-sarl What did
you dot" Upson Row nes "I asked her ir
sho believed lu 'Jovoat ihst sight.' "
Ijulles felt hats M cents nt the great 2.1
cent store.
"Do jou undei stand how to fix up my
hnlrf asked a lady of her newly hired Jcoloi
ed servant. "Yes, ma'am, I kin llx It up lu
ten mlnuUs." "You will never do for me.
What would I do with myself nil tho rest of
the day!"
Luigcst stock or ilnw aro at tho great 25
cent store.
Tlm Oeeusliiii iiml tlm Mini.
The sublime strains of the "Wedding;
March," phi) ed on thu magnificent organ
by the eminent musician as it uuver Iiml
been pla)ed before wltlijii those walls,
pealed through the churc.t.
Slowly down thu aisles camu the wedding
party. Slowly and iu perrect form tho
principals and their frleiidsni.d attendants
ranged themselves lu rront or the nltarand
stood waiting.
The music ceased, and n solemn hush fell
upon the assembly.
Arrayed In bridal robes whose costly elu
gunce and faultless taste might fitly en
viron but could not add to tho charms ot
her lovely race aud form stood the trusting
girl who was nlmut to give her happiness
into the hands of another.
Proud and happy.wlthconsclousstreugtli
nnd manly tenderness visible In every fen
til re of his handsome face and In every lino
of his symmetrical, well knit frame, stood
the exultant young man who had chosen
her from all tho world as his heart's muto.
The clergyman broke the silence. In deep
tones ho leguu the Impressive, time conse
crated exordium that prepares the way ror
the legal solemnization ot the sacrament
of marriage, and proceeded until ho came
to these ever memorable words:
"If any man can show just cause why
they may not lawfully be joined together
let him now spe.ik, or else hereafter for
ever hold his peace."
He liiused, in accordance with his habit
and tho requirements of tho ceremony,
Slid again a deep hush fell upon tho con
gregation, Tho stillness was broken by a tall, slea
der man with eyeglasses aud a hollow
cough, who rose up lu aback Beat.
"Whllo tho audience Is waiting," ho said,
"I should like to offer a resolution to the
effect that It is thu suusu of this meeting
that the World's Columbian exposition
should not lie opened Sunday." Chicago
Tribune.
Christmas Hints.
Already the little boy begins to insinuate
about Christmas.
"I dreamt last night that you gavo me n
five dollar gold, piece for Christmas and
that pa gavu mo a ten dollar bill,"
".My little boy, don't you know thnt
dreams go by contraries. You will be dis
appointed," said thu mother.
"No 1 won't, ir the dream goes by con
trarles, then you will glvo mu thu ten dol
lar bill aud pa will glvo me tho five dollai
gold piece. I am safe, unyhow." Texa
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