IS NOT SECTIONAL.
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION AF
FECTS EAST AND WEST.
Iten S. ))ran of w Tnrk Glre nil
View oo the Iturnlnif Iiwae Great
l'rocrr for ItlmetallUm Being Mad
In the ljMtern State.
To the Denver Republican As a Re
publican and an Eastern silver man, I
want to talk to the silver men of the
West, and to entreat them not to at
tempt to make the silver question a
sectional issue. The issue is broad
enough for the nation, since it in
volves the financial question, not alone
for the United States, but for the en
tire commercial world, and it is a mis
take to suppose that all of the people
of the state of New York, and many of
tli Easttrn states, are in favor of the
English system of finance sought to be
forced iijion us by G rover Cleveland
and the moneyed interests of New York
city. It is true, of course, that the
masses, who have been taught that the
money question was out of their
sphere, and that it could only be mas
tered by the great financiers, have
hardly dart-d to assert themselves as
yet. but there is a deep undercurrent
of silver sentiment even in the state
of New York. In the first assembly dis
trict of Chautauqua county, from which
I write, we have just elected by the
largest majority ever given to an as
Sfuiblym in in this district, a member of
th state assembly who is an open and
avowed advocate of the free coinage of
silver at the old ratio, and who made
the fact one of his principal claims to
th consideration of the people in his
canvpes. loth for the nomination and
eWtion. So strong is the sentiment
that his opponent for the nomination, at
the close of the canvass, also publicly
proclaimed his conviction that we
should return to the free coinage of sil
ver, but his conversion coming late in
the day. was not sufficient to over
come Mr. Babcock, who had at the
election over 4,000 majority.
We have in this state a Republican
Editorial association, which meets an
nually the day before the assembling of
the state convention. At the last meet
ing a resolution was brought in, declar
ing in favor of the single gold standard.
Supposing1 myself in a hopeless minor
ity, but unwilling to have the policy f
my paper dictated by any association, i
o.Tered a motion to strike out the reso
lution in so far as it proclaimed gold
to be an honest money, making a brief
speech in support of my motion. To
my surprise, I was sustained by some
of the leading journalists of the state,
and on the motion being put it was car
ried, practically without opposition,
the gold standard people not daring to
call for a decision of the house on the
question. I state these facts simply to
show that the silver sentiment is not
local; that we of the East are consider
ing the question, and that, if wisdom
shapes the policy of our friends in the
West, and they refuse to believe and to
assume that they have the burden with
themselves alone, there is reason to look
forward to a movement all along the
line which will prove irresistible.
In this connection let me say that we
cannot afford to waste much time on the
' conspiracy of 1873." Admitting that
the legislation of that time was fraud
ulently procured, the question of toda
is whether we want to return to the
financial system of that time. The
American people are not all of them
60 full of the spirit of retaliation as thr
Irishman who assaulted the Jew, alleg
ing as a defence that it was a Jew who
had killed Christ, and on being in
formed that this occurred 1S00 years
ago, and that the particular individual
had nothing to do with the event, in
sisted that the act was justified be
cause this ras the first he had heard
of the outrage. What the people want
to know is not whether the act of 1S73
was corruptly secured, but whether we
can honestly return to the conditions
abandoned at that time, and it Is our
duty to demonstrate to them that we
Oiin. Once show to the people that the
ultimate and logical result of the atti
tude of the so-called great financiers
i3 to drive silver out of this country
and out of the commerce of the world,
as has already been done to a very
large extent, and that this policy re
sults in compelling us to pay our debts
in a larger purchasing value than ex
isted prior to 1873; once convince them
that the American silver dollar will
purchase as much tea in China, as much
wheat in India, as much coffee in Mexi
co as it ever would, and that an ounce
of silver will purchase as much, with a
few possible exceptions, in the markets
of the world as it would in 1873, show
ing that the depreciation of silver is
due to the appreciation of the purchas
ing power of gold, and there will not be
gold monometallists enough in the na
tion to carry a ward caucus. It is only
by disguising the real purposes of the
present so-called financial magnates
under the seductive appellation of bi
metallism, that It is possible to secure
even a respectable following for what
has been dishonestly termed "honest
money," and as soon as the people can
be convinced that bimetallism on any
other basis than that In which our con
tracts are based Is in effect a recogni
tion of the gold standard, and can have
no other effect than a continual con
traction of the currency, making us
more and more the servants of Great
Britain, there will be such a revival of
Americanism that there will be no
checking of the current until justice
has been done and the money metals
of this nation are placed upon a plane
of equality in the commerce of the
world.
Do not, therefore, allow this ques
tion to degenerate into a mere local
issue. Do not imagine that because the
New York newspapers are clamoring
for the single gold standard in re
sponse to an environment which seems
to be irresistible that the great mass
of intelligent people of the East are
Ignoring the demands of equity and jus
tice, or that they are not ready and
willing to make the sacrifices which
may be necessary in bringing about a
restoration of an American system of
finance. I know the people of the state
of New York, and I know that where the
question is fairly presented to them
they are convinced of the honesty and
the soundness of the position of the
friends of silver. There are two news
papers in Chautauqua county, commit
ted to the restoration of silver to the
coinage at the old ratio the Grape
Belt, published in the city of Dunkirk,
and the Morning News, a Republican
paper, published in Jamestown and
no man would think of being elected
in this part of the state who was hos
tile to this proposition. It is more than
likely that the delegates from this dis
trict will be free silver men.
BEN S. DEAN,
' Editor Morning News,
Jamestown, N. Y.
Snapshot Judgmenta.
The gold moDometalllst press has
given snapshot judgment on two feat
ures of the election result. Silver is
dead, they say; and Grover Cleveland is
the only Democrat left. The gold
monometallists are unanimous in de
claring these dicta. Their unanimity
now reminds us of their unanimity two
years ago, in declaring that all the
country needed to make it prosperous
again was the repeal of the Sherman
silver law which was repealed and
prosperity did not return
that thev are riht now Th
atrainst them. howevpr Conmr.i Mon. !
ltor.
The Colorado newspapers have but
little to say any more about silver,
for various reasons. The subject has
been extensively discussed, and its iter
ation conveys the false impression out
side that the state depends on the sil
ver industry for prosperity, which is by
no means the case. But the silver ques- ! keeper, although famMiar with the
tion is still a live one in the states east ' darkness and the horrors hovering
and south. Such plucky and persistent around the dungeon, is startled beyond
papers as the Topeka State Journal and J ell bounds, and flambeau in hand he
Kansas City Journal daily contained ; rushes through amid the falling walls,
editorial items like this: "Who is it 1 shouting at the top of his voice: "Sirs,
that opposes free coinage of silver at ' what must I do to be saved?"
16 to 1? Federal office-holders, those ' I stand now anion? those who are
who hope to become federal office-hold- ' asking the same question with more or
ers, bankers, capitalists and a few peo- J Iesa earnestness and I accost you in this
pie who never think for themselves." crisis of your soul With a message from
Pueblo Chieftain. j heaven. There are those in this audl-
The sound currency committee of the . ence who might be more skillful In
Reform club has issued another tract. ; argument than I am; there are those
This is Vol. II., No. 23. On the fourth here who can dive Into deeper depths
page of the pamphlet is found the fol- j of science, or have larger knowledge;
lowing paragraph: "The free coiners , there are in this audience those be
claim free coinage of both gold and sil- j fore whom I would v?llingly bow as
ver will cause us to retain both as our the inferior to the superior: but I yield
primary money. I ask you will the
owner of 23 1-5 grains of gold take it
to the United States mint to be coined J
into a dollar when 23 1-5 grains of ;
kuiu win ouy aoout suu grains or silver
in the markets of the world? Will he
not refuse to take it there, when his j fts courteous. He might have rushed in
23 1-5 grains of gold will buy one grain . and said: "Paul and tilas, you vagf-'
more than 371 i grains of silver in the I bonds, are you tearing down this pris
markets of the world? That is all there j 0n? Aren't you satisfied with disturb
is to the question." The answer to this lag the peace of the .-ity by your in-
i m tne asking or anotner question: !
"Would anybody in the markets of the
world possessing 37U4 grains of silver
take any less than 23 1-5 grains of gold
for it when he could bring it to the
United States mints and have it
a. uunar wnose purcnas- ;
in power would be equivalent to the '
- 6ixiUa ul Kuiu. it mis is an
mere is to tne question," and we are !
willing to concede that it is, the settle- j
ment is not difficult. Topeka Journal. !
Sidelights on the Conspiracy.
Mr. Harvey: In the interrupted "pre
sentation of demonetization I had
called the attention of the people to the ! find explain that; if this be true how
ondition, morally, of congress at the ! can that be true?"- no such man finds
time of the passage of the act. I had re- j the way to heaven. The question of
ferred to Impeachment charges against ! the text was decent, courteous. gentle
Vice President Colfax in 1873, for fraud j manly, deferential. Sirs,
in connection with legislation; to the j Again, I characterise this question of
resignation of Secretary of War Bel- i the agitated Jail-keeper by saying that
knap for bribery, 1873. I now proceed, j it was a practical question. He did not
after first stating for Mr. Horr's infor- j ask why God let sin come into the
mation, that Del Mar, the English his- j world, he did not ask how Christ could
torian, says that the act of 1816, demon- be God and man In the same person,
etizing silver in England, had a clause j he did not ask the dootrine of the de
in it that it might be reinstated by the crees explained or want to know whom
king; that that clause, giving a right to j
reinstatement, was repealed in 1871, and
that the act in which it was repealed
was within two weeks in the hands of
Mr. Knox, the comptroller of the United
States treasury (applause), and was in
part the basis of the act in this country.
From the Great Debate.
Silver the rirstMoney.
Mr. Harvey: The Chicago Tribune,
which will be regarded as good author
ity by those believing in its present pol
icy, said, on February 23, 1878:
"In 1792 congress enacted that 3714
grains of silver should constitute the
American dollar; that this dollar should
be the unit of value of American money
and be a legal tender in payment of all
debts, public and private. During the
eighty years that followed, though tho
size and quantity of pure metal in the
gold coins were changed more than
once, the silver dollar, the American
unit of value, remained unchanged."
I now read from a text Look on fin
ance by Roswell G. Horr, page 42:
"The first unit of value in the United
States wa3 the silver dollar. The act
of 1873 made the gold dollar the unit of
value, instead of the silver dollar."
From the Great Debate.
The Bonko-Steerer Again.
President Cleveland has asrain tried
the old game of persuading the Ameri- j found th1 lere were Persons in that
can people to invest in his reburnishel ' Prison who. if the earthquake had de
gold brick. About one-half of his 22,090 ' Btrre them. would nave found their
word message is expended in assuring ' caso desPerate. He is not question
the dear innocent people that if they j Ins about them- The whMe weight of
accept this glittering gold brick it will hIs H"tIon turns on the pronoun "I."
cure them of thr "financial iiinpsa " Wnat sna" I do?" Of course, when
His co-partners in the crime the
money lenders are clapping their
hand3 with joy over the earnestness
and skill in his presentation of the
case, but we venture to predict that the
manufacturers, the producers and work
ing men generally in the United States
will refuse to be the foolish victims of
this gold brick bunko steer's game.
Ex.
ONE GREAT QUESTION.
IT IS: WHAT MUST I DO TO
' SAVED?
BE
Or. Ta Image Preaches o the Crying
Need of the Time Teople Are Starr
ing tor that Ther Know Not What
It la Religion.
ASIIINGTON,
Dec. 2'J. 1835.
For lie closing dis
course of the year,
Rc. Dr. Ta Image
chose a subject
which appeals to the
unconverted every
where, viz: "The
Philippian Jailer."
The text selected
war.: "Sirs, what
must I do to be saved"" Acts 16:30.
Incarcerated in a Philippian peniten
tiary, a place cold, and dark, and damp,
and loathsome, and hideous, unillum
lned save by the torch of the official
who comes to see if they are alive
yet, are two ministers of Christ, their
feet fast in Instruments of torture, their
f. boulders dripping froni the stroke of
leathern thongs, their mouths hot with
inflammation of thirst, their heads
faint because they may not lie down.
In a comfortable room of that same
It may be j DU,dinK' an(l amid pleasant surround
e record Is ' ,ngs' is a pald officer " tne Rovern-
ment whose business it is to supervise
the prison. It is night and all is still
in the corridors of th? dungeon save
as some murderer struggles with a hor
rid dream, or a ruffian turns over In his
chains, or there is the cough of a dying
consumptive amid .ae dampness; but
suddenly, crash! go the walls. The
two clergymen pass out free The jail-
to no one In this assemblage in a de
sire to have all the reople saved by
the power of an omnipotent Gospel.
I shall proceed to characterize the
question of the agitated jail-keeper.
And first. I characterize the question
famous doctrines? And are you now
going to destroy public property? Back
with you to your places, you vaga
bonds!" lie said no such thing. The
word of four letters, "Sirs!" equiva
lent to "lords," recognized the majesty
Bnd honor of their mission. Sirs! If
ft man wlth a captious spirit tries to
fin(i the way to heaven he will miss
It. If a man comes out and pronounces
all Christians as hypocrites and the
religion of Jesus Christ as a fraud, and
asks Irritating question. about the
nysterious and the inscrutable, say
ing, "Come, my wise man, explain this
Cnin married, or what was the cause of
the earthquake. His present and ever
lasting welfare wa3 involved in the
question, and was not that practical?
But I know multitudes of people who
are bothering themselves about the
non-essentials of religion. What would
i you think of a man who should, while
discussing the question of the light and
heat of the sun, spend his time down
in a coal cellar, when he might coma
out and see the one and feel the other?
Yet there are multitudes of men who.
In discussing the chemistry of the Gos
pel, spend their time down in the dun
geon of their unbelief, when God all
the while stands telling them to come
out into the noonday light and warmth
of the Sun of righteousness. The ques
tion for you, my brother, to discuss is
not whether Calvin or Arminius was
right, not whether a handful of water
in holy baptism or a baptistery is the
better, not whether foreordination and
free agency can be harmonized. The
practical question for you to discuss,
and for me to discuss, Is, "Where will
I spend eternity?"
Again, I characterize this question of
the agitated jail-keeper as one personal
to himself. I have no doubt he had
many friends, and he vas interested in
their welfare. I have no doubt he
a man becomes a ChrisMan, he imme
diately becomes anxious for the salva
tion of other people, but until that point
is reached the most important question
is about your own salvation. "What
Is to be my destiny?" "What are my
prospects for the future?" 'Where am
I going?" "What shall I do?" The
trouble is we shuffle the responsibility
ft upon others. We prophesy a bad
end to that Inebriate, and terrific ex
posure to that defauTter, and awful ca-
i tastrophe to that profligate. We are
so busy in weighing other people we
j forget ourselves to get into the scales,
j We are so busy watching the poor gar
! dens of other people that we let our
own dooryard go to weeds. We are so
busy sending off other peoDle into the
lifeboat we sink in the wave. We cry
j "fire!" because our neigh Dor's house is
i burning down and seem to be unin
. terested although our own house is In
the conflagration. O wandering
thoughts, disappear today. Blot out
this entire audience except yourself.
Your sin, is it pardoned? Your death,
is it provided for? Your heaven, is It
secured? A mightier earthquake than
that which demolished the Philippian
penitentiary will rumble about your
ears. The foundations of the earth will
give way. The earth by one tremor will
fling all the American cities into the
1 dust. Cathedrals and palaces and pris
ons which have stood for thousands of
years will topple like a child's block
house. The surges of the sea will sub
merge the land, and the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans above the Alps and the
. Andes, clap their hands. What then
will become of me? What then will be
come of you? I do not wonder at the
anxiety of this man of my text, for he
was not only anxious about the fall
ing of the prison, out the falling of
a world.
Again, I remark: I characterize this
question of the agitated Jail-keeper as
one of incomparable Importance. Men
are alike, and I suppose he had scores
of questions on his mind, but all ques
, tions for this world are hushed up,
forgotten, annihilated in this one ques
: tion of tho text: "What must I do to
be saved?" And have you, my brother,
1 any question of importance compared
; with that question? Is it a question of
business? Your common sense tell3
you that you will soon cease worldly
business. You know very well that
' you will soon pass out of that partner
' ship. You know that beyond a certain
' point, of all the millions of dollars'
J worth of goods sold, you will not handle
? a yard of cloth, or a pound of sugar,
or a penny's worth. After that, if a
! conflagration should sweep all Wash
! ington into ashes, it would not touch
j you, and would not damage you. If
; every cashier should abscond and every
bank suspend payment, and every in
surance company fail, It would not af
' feet you. Oh, how insignificant is busi
ness this side of the grave compared
; with business on ihe other side the
grave! Have you made any purchases
; for eternity? Is there any question so
broad at the base, so altitudinous. so
, overshadowing as the question: "What
must I do to be saved?" Or. is it a
domestic question, is it something about
father, or mother, or husband, or wife,
or son, or daughter that is the more
important question? You know by uni
' versal and inexorable law that rela-
tion will soon be broken up. Father
will be gone, mother will be gone, chll
, dren will be gone, you will be gone; but
after that, the question of the text will
begin to harvest its chief gains, or de
plore its worst losses, or roll up its
mightiest magnitudes, or sweep Its
vaster circles.
Again, I characterize this question of
the agitated jail-keeper as one crushed
out by his misfortunes, pressed out
by his misfortunes. The falling of the
penitentiary, his occupation was gone.
Besides that the flight of a prisoner was
ordinarily the death of the jailer. He
was held responsible. If all had gone
well, if the prison walls had not been
shaken of the earthquake, if the pris
oners had all stayed quiet in the stocks,
if the morning sunlight had calmly
dropped on the jailer's pillow, do you
think he would have hurled this red
hot question from his soul into the
ear of his apostolic prisoners? Ah!
no; you know as well as I do It was
the earthquake that roused him up. And
it is trouble that starts a great many
people to asking the same question. It
has been so with a multitude of you.
You apparel is not as bright as it once
was. Why have you changed the garb?
Do you not like aolferino, and crim
son, and purple as well as once? Yes.
But you say: "While I was prospered
and happy those colors were accordant
with my feelings: now they would be
discord to my soul." And so you have
plaited up the shadows into your ap
parel. The world is a very different
place from what it was once for you!
Once you said: "Oh, if I could only
have It quiet for a little while." It is
too quiet. Some people say that they
would not bring 'jack their departed j
friends from heaven ?ven if they had j
the opportunity; but if you had the op- j
portunity you would bring back your j
loved ones and soon their feet would j
be heard in the family, and the old times
would come back just as the festal days :
of Christmas and Thanksgiving days j
gone forever. Oh, it is the earthquake J
that startled you to asking this ques- j
tion the earthquake of domestic mis- ;
fortune. Death is so cruel, so devour-
ing, so relentless, that when it swal- !
lows up our loved onea we must have j
some one to whom we can carry our ;
torn and bleeding hearts. We need a ;
balsam better than anything that ex- i
uded from earthly tree to heal the pang
of the soul. It is pleasant to have our
friends gather around us and tell us ;
how sorry they are, and try to break up
the loneliness; but nothing but the hand i
of Jesus Christ can take the bruised soul ;
and put It in his bosom, hushing it with j
the lullaby of heaven. O brother; O
sister! the grave-stone will never be
lifted from your heart until Christ lifts j
it. Was It not the loss of your friends,
or the persecution of your enemies, or
the overthrow of your worldly estate
was it not an earthquake that started
you out to ask this stupendous question
of my text?
In th troubled times of Scotland, Sir
John Cochrane was condemned to
death by the king. The death warrant
was on the way. Sir John Cochrane was
bidding farewell to his daughter Grlzsl
at the prison door. He said: "Farewell,
my darling child! I must die." His
daughter said: "No.father, you shall not
die." "But," he said,"the king Is against
me,and the law is after me.and the death
warrant is on its way, and I must die;
do not deceive yourself, my dear child."
The daughter said: "Father, you shall
not die," as she left the prison gate.
At night, on the moors of Scotland, a
disguised wayfarer stood waiting for
the horseman carrying the mall-bags
containing the death warrant. The i
disguised wayfarer, as the horse cam !
by, clutched the bridle and shouted t !
the rider to the man who carrisd th )
mail-bag3: "Dismount?" He felt for j
his arms, and was about to shoot, but !
the wayfarer jerked him from his sad
die and he fell flat. The wayfarer
picked up the mail-bags, put them a
his shoulder and vanished in the dark
ness, and fourteen days were thus j
gained for the prisoner s life, during
which the father confessor was plead-
Ing for the pardon of Sir John Cochrane.
The second time the death warrant Is
on its way. The disguised wayfarer
comes along, and asks for a little bread
and a little wine, starts on across tho
moors, and they say: "Poor man, to
have to go out on such a Btormy night;
it is dark and you will lose yourself on
the moors." "Oh, no," he says, "I will
not." He trudged on and stopped amid
the brambles and waited for the horse
man to come carrying the mall-bags
containing the death warrant of Sir
John Cochrane. The mail-carrier
spurred on his steed, for he was fearful
because of what had occurred on the
former Journey, spurred on his steed.
when suddenly through the storm and
tnrougn me aarKness mere was a nasa
of firearms and the horse became un
manageable, and as the mail-carrier
discharged his pistol in response, tho
horse flung him, and the disguised way
farer put upon his shoulders the mail
bags, leaped upon the horse, and sped
away in the darkness, gaining fourteen
more days for the poor prisoner, Sir
John Cochrane; and before the four
teen days had expired.pardon had come
from the king. The door of the prison
swung open, and Sir John Cochrane was
free. One day when he was standing
amid his friends, they congratulating
him, the disguised wayfarer appeared at
the gate, and he said, "Admit him right
Th rlUtruiciPrt wavfarer rami
away. Th . disguised wayiarer camo
in and said: Here are two let-
ters;
read them and cast them
Into the fire." Sir John read them.
They were his two death war-
rants, and he threw them Into the fire
Then said Sir John Cochrane: to
ti jv...i wv . u nnn.
whom am I Indebted? Who Is this poor
wayfarer that saved my life? Who Is
it?" And the wayfarer
pulled aside
and pulled off the Jerkin and the cloak,
and the hat, and lo! It was Qrlzel, the
daughter of Sir John Cochrane. "Graci
ous Heaven!" he cried, "my child, my
savior, my own Grizel!" But a more
thrilling story. The death warrant had
ccme forth from the king of heaven and
earth. The death warrant read: "The
soul that sinneth, it shall die." The
death warrant coming on the black
horse of eternal night. We must dlel
But breasting the storm and putting out
through the darkness was a disguised
wayfarer who gripped by the bridle the
on-coming doom and flung it back, and
put hi3 wounded and bleeding foot on
the overthrown rider. Meanwhile par
don flashed from the throne, and. Go j
free! Open the gate! Strike off the
chain! Go free! And to-day your lib
erated soul stands in the presence of
the disguised wayfarer, and as he pulls
of the disguise of his earthly humilia
tion and the disguise of his thorns,
and the disguise of the seamless
robe, you find he Is bone of your bone,
flesh of your flesh, your Brother, your
Christ, your Pardon, your Eternal Life.
Let all earth and heaven break forth
in vociferation. Victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ!
A guilty, weak and helpless worm.
On thy kind arms I fall;
Be Thou my strength and righteous
ness, My Jesus and my all.
FOR WOMEN ONLY.
Wash the face every morning and
evening in warm water. Follow the
morning ablution by dashing cold
water over It. Use soap at night.
If the hands chap wash them in warm
water at night, partially dry them, rub
cold cream well into their skin and don
a pair of loose, fingerless kid gloves.
Thorough drying is half the secret of
pretty hands. In cold weather, when
the slightest dampness will cause the
hands to chap, they should be rubbed
with almond meal after drying with a
towel.
To keep the skin soft rub It fre
quently with cold cream. To keep it
free from wrinkles, massage it once a
week. To keep it clear in color take
plenty of exercise and eat nourishing
easily digested food.
The nails should be soaked in warm,
soapy water every three days, and when
the cuticle is loosened It should be
pressed back and trimmed with a pair
of sharp scissors. The nails should be
cut on the sides, filed In oval shape,
polished slightly with powder, washed
again, dried and polished with a
chamois rubber.
PERSONAL
The German emperor is about to take
to bicycling, and a track for his private
use is being laid down at Potsdam. .
The Prince of Wales receives dally
on an average between five hundred
and six hundred letters, two hundred
of which are begging letters.
It is said that whether at home or
abroad, the Prince of Wales never falls
to glance through a copy of the Londea
Times each morning.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON II, SUNDAY, JANUARY
12 LUKE, 2:40-52.
Golden Text: "Jeu Increateri In Wis
dom and Stature and In Favor with
God and Man" Luke, 3:33 lledeemer
of the World.
NTRODUCTOHY: Th
section Includes John
1: 1-5; Luke, 1: 26-23.
2: 1-52; Matthew. 1: 1S
25, 2: 1-23. The picture
of the whole period,
comprising bis coming
into the world to the
Ume of his entrance
upon his ministry,
should glow before us
In its completeness
and beauty. We should
gather Into it the rec
ords from John and
.Matthew as well as
Luxe. The scholars should. Time, Decem
! ber B. C. C to 26 A. D. I'laces. Bethlehem.
jeTeu V,-
40. And the child grew, and waxed strong
In spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace
of God was upon him.
41. Now his parents went to Jerusalem
every year at the feast of the passover.
42. And when he was twelve years old,
they went up to Jerusalem after the cus
tom of the feast.
43. And when they had fulfilled the days,
as they returned, the child Jesus tarried re
hind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his
mother knew not of It.
44. But they, supposing him to have been
in the company, went a day'B Journey; and
they sought him among their kinsfolk and
acquaintance.
45. And when they found hini not. they
turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.
4C. And it came to pass, that after three
aays they found him in the temple, sitting in
( ahnd tkfngthem VeZZ hear,Dg them'
47. And all that heard him were aston
ished at his understanding and answers.
43. And when they saw him, they were
amazed: and his mother said unto him. Son,
why hast thou thus dealt with us-? behold,
thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
49. And he said unto them, How is it that
ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be
about my Father's business?
50. And they understood not the saying
which he spake unto them.
51. And he went down with them, and came
to Nazareth, and was subject unto them; but
his mother kept all these sayings In her
heart.
52. And Jesus Increased in wisdom and
stature, and in favor with God and man.
Explanatory Notes:
40. "And the child grew." He grew In
knowledge and wisdom as he grew In stature
; and strength, went, in short, through all the
' naturaI gradations of childish and youthful
( deve,opment.Professor Kendrick. -And
waxed (became, grew) strong in spirit." In his
wnoie nature Jesus was a strong, active.
sturay Doy. lie was what we mean by a
real boy," full of life, ready for every boy
ish deed, only he used all his strength and
I activity in pure and noble ways, In helplac
",0 m ju anu iomg actions vo ma
fellows. 41. "And was subject unto them."
I to hl8 parnt8. Tne form of the eXpreS8ton
j "was" with a participle indicates continuous.
habitual obedience. He was obedient to his
i parents, as every cniia snouia De. mere is
ao manliness in disobedience, or In resent
ing the control of parents or teachers. 42.
"In favor with God and man." God gave
him so much favor because he was worthy to
receive it. So long as religion does not bring
its possessor into conflict with the customs.
j pleasures, or sins of men it is very beautiful
nd attractive, even to worldly people. In
its reality It is far more attractive than vice,
when seen in its true nature. On the whole,
the surest way to be in favor with man is
to be in favor with God. Jesus was not only
sood, he was attractive. He had a charm
ing grace in all he did. 41. "Parents went to
Jerusalem evey year," as wisely commanded
Wisely religious people do not neglect to
o to the great religious meetings. 42.
"Twelve years old." The age when Jewish
children were expected to join with their
lders in religious duties. "Up to Jerusa
lem." Not only because Jerusalem was on
hifjh ground, but because it was politically
I and socially up. the head, the highest plaos
i of the nation. So In England they always say
"up to London," no matter from which di
rection or from what height they go. 43.
"Tarried behind." Probably not knowing
when bis parents would leave the city. Among
two million guests it was easy for a party
to become separated. "Knew not of it."
They had perfect confidence In the boy, and
willingly left him with the other boys of hi
ge during the day, and took it for granted
that he had Joined the caravan with the rest,
id. "After three days." One for the Journey
out, one for the return, and one for the
earch In the city. "They found him In the
temple." Not In the temple proper, but In
one of the porches or chambers of the tem
ple area, and belonging to the temple. "Sit
ting In the midst of the doctors," the teach
ers, eminent rabbis who at this season would
be discussing the great questions of the day.
"Hearing and asking questions." Very
much as in a Bible class of today. He
was not putting himself forward, but was
doing what was natural and proper for any
boy. 47. "Astonished." Amazed, 1. e.. thrown
into a maze or labyrinth. Ills knowledge of
the Scriptures. Ms insight into their true
meaning, his penetration into the very spirit
of the truth. I lis answers to their questions
displayed these same qualities. 48. "And
when they (Joseph and Mary) saw him, they
were amazed." Used of glad amazement.
Thayer. "And his mother said unto him."
Privately: she could not rebuke after such
a scene. Van Doren. 49. "And he said unto
them, 'How Is it that ye sought me? Why
.i.i nKn tYtLh nltv Kpnrrhinf for me?
rUil vou ro about the city searching for mel
Why did you not como directly here? Where
tlse could I be than in this holy, bussed
spot?" " Whedon. "Wist ye not." Knew ye
not. "That I must be about my Father's busi
ness?" Where should a child be found but
in his father's house?
An Orthodox CrltlcHiu.
The parson was bending over his
desk hard at work over his next Sun
day's sermon. Presently his young
wife bustled in with a glad smile on her
face. She intended to give him a
pleasant surprise. She succeeded, for
it was her first appearance in bloomers.
"What do you think of them?" she
asl--l gaily. "Are they on straight?"
vi think," he said, observing a hiatus
between the upper and nether garments
and a general tendency to sag fore and
aft. "that you have left undone the
things that you ought to have done and
done those things that you ought not to
have done." Truth.
ODD. QUEER. CURIOUS.
Sir Wilfrid Lawson is probably the
only man in the world who has ad
dressed a political meeting in his night
shirt. Prince Massimo, of Italy, thinks that
his is the oldest family in Europe. He
traces his ancestry to Quintus Fabius
Maximus.
In the department of reptiles of the
Paris Museum Is a new snake which
climbs up the vertical and smooth wall
of its glass cage.
