THE WEALTH MAKERS.
March 20, 164
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BatMcrlbora wlablag
Mb. Kbm'b speech on our first page
U an effort that does him gret credit.
GitOVER and tbe Democratic party
are lo a peck of trouble, If be vetoes
the Bland Seigniorage bill the paty
will go largely over t the ropullsts in
the wont and south; and it be dooa not
veto It it will go over to the Republi
can! la the east.
Brother Brewster, the Irrepressi
ble, baa bad to leavo the Omaha ibid,
but baa taken bit paper to Falls City
and la giving Richardson county one of
the beat pan era that comol to our ex
change table. It should receive the
strong support of the Southeastern Ne
braskans. TBE Increase In gross earnings or re
ceipts of all the railroad between J880
and 1890 was nearly 80 per cent. The
increase In actual payments ot Interest
and dividends was over 70 per cent.
And the increase in stocks and bonds
of steam railroads was over 100 per
cent. By watering the stock the per
centage of profits is kept covered up.
Wit bave seen two copies of the
American Standard, published at Kear
ney; and from what wo bave seen of it
can heartily commend It to our readers.
The more good Populist papers there
are that can find subscribers and sup
port, the sooner will social salvation
bo secured by the industrial
God speed them all.
The Mutual Insurance News is a
ew paper which starts out in tine shape
under the editorship of Mr. J. Y. M.
Swlgart ot this city, the gentleman
who for years had charre of an lnsur
ance department in this paper. It is a
paper (hat every man who carries, or
Intends to carry tire and hail or cyclone
insuranco, should subscribe for, be
cause it will tell blm how to save much
money and be safe besides. The price
is only 25 cents a year. Address Mu
tual Insurance News, Lincoln, Neb.
The profit that is made in the bank
log business, drawing interest on bonds
and getting government endorsed notes
on the bonis to loan as money to the
peoplo, and becoming the depositories
of the people's surplus cash and loan
ing it, is shown by the value ot tbo
stock If the Chemical Bank of New
York city. Sac A dollar ot the original
stock Is now worth in the market about
117, and the capital controlled by It,
luiludlcg deport, is abaut 130.000,000,
WE art) reviving many coniinunle
tlona, and thall bo glad to bave their
nauibrr continue to Increase. It keep
the e liter la clow touch with the io
pie, acquainted with their opinions and
the general needs of the publlo b
withes to rai-h, Hut we wlh t.i say
wo are obliged to make a choice i t the
accumulating Untvrs and manutertpu,
aod U U by no rtwan always the
that contributions nut printed art not
Intcrvetiag and valuable. It occurs
frequently that the intuit aubjn't Is
similarly handled by several, and it
would b a rvputlllua to print more
than ono contribution. Or the matter
baa befit bandied editorially, perhaps,
We think it Wit ti give thw grvauat
potttblo rlVy, We bojm ovr tdoiuf
a I'.l not oonclude botn their tffertag
d vi ni.t print l t would
nut be pkaao 1 Id hiar frvetthem aia.
Nett 'ut It may bo J ul a hat we k4
To all ov,f bw- Int is we say, hurr
w4 Kt tl' ot mHr a4 waat boil
titer, boil it down Wtiilaateead It tuua
We alll then etot aMMudtaj lo our
beat lJf nisat fruat aJl.
THE MAXIMUM KATE LAW.
with Judge Stark
of
Aurora, the editor of this paperstarted
out this week to dUcover if possible
what bad become of the Maximum Rate
Itt. what the prospect was that it wouta
ever be heard from again, and whether
It can posiiblf be any use to again send
eur representatives to tnecapiun noa
pay them for enacting Into law the peo
ple's wllL
Chief Justice Norval of the State
SuDreme court received us very court-
eously, and stated that no case wvoi viog
In any way the Newberry bill bad been
brought before the supreme court of
Nebraska: and the clerk of the court,
a , , aa
Mr. Campbell, to whom Judge Norval
sent us, informed us that, ao far as be
knew, no such case bad been placed on
file.
From Mr. Campbell's office we went
to the room of the Slate Board of Trans
portation and found Secretary DI1
worth who talked freely regarding the
Maximum Rate law federal court cases,
and tbe proceedings thus far.
The history of tbe case or cases Is
brlelr as follows:
Tbe Maximum Rate act was to go In
to effect the 1st of August, and in July
tbo managers of the different railroads
n Nebraska revised their schedules, to
conform to Its requirements, uui on
the 20th of July the C. B. & Q. company
commenced legal action against trie
State Board of Transportation to hang
the matter up till other suits could be
begun.
Between the 29th of July and the 10th
of August, 1893, five other suits were
Instituted, begun in tbe federal court,
and Judge Dundy granted the prayer of
the plaintiffs for an Injunction against
the execution of tb law pending the
final bearing of the questions raised.
The suits were by Frcdrlc L. Ames and
other stockholders vs. tbe M. P. R R.
and the State Board of Transportation;
Oliver Ames and other stockholders vs.
tbo U. P. system and the State Board.
Tbero were also three other suits insti
tuted by the stockholders f the other
Nebraska railroads against their own
. m.i. T. . t
managers ana tne dibwj jru i
Transportation, just like the cases par
ties to which we bave named.
The course of procedure in federal
courts gives the plaintiff or plaintiffs
90 days to prepare and submit their
ease, 00 days more for the defendants
to make reply, 30 or 60 days more still
for the plaintiff's rebuttal, and as much
more time as either party seems to need,
The court is never in a hurry, but
usually the one party or the other in a
suit is anxious to bave justloo done, and
so pushes tbe case to a final hearing
with all possible dispatch. In this case
(each of the cases being like all the
rest,) however, take notice, tho plain
tiffs, tbe railroad ttocjcholdtTt, and the
defendants, their managing tmploye,
were really one party whose Interest
was being served by delaying tbo case,
because the Injunction enabkd them to
collect transportation ra'es higher than
the Maximum Rate law allowed. To
be sure the Board of Transportation
was also one of the defendants; but it
was a Republican board, and according
to the best knowledge and bullet of the
people, Rasewater and many Republl
cans, as well as official acts being in
evidence, the Republican State officials
represent not the people, but tbe rail
roads. So it has been apparently a
sham lawsuit between masters and ser
vants the sole object being to secure for
the servants by moans ot the Dundy in
junction a chance to commit a respect
able sort of highway robbery In the in
terest of the masters or plaintiffs.
Tbo law was passed over a year ago.
It was apparently just in line with the
State Constitution, which expressly
declares that, reasonable maximum rate
aws may from time to time be parsed
fSoe Art. XI. Soc. 8). It was not to
take eff.'f.t till August 1st, whloh
afforded amplo time to rai o questions
regarding its constitutionality and test
the claims ot the railroads in tho courts,
Whatever evldenoa could at any time be
brought was lying around looso all the
time. But instead of desiring the ques
tlon of i-qulty speedily decided and
claims adjudicated by tbo proper court,
they put off beginning action as long as
poMtiblo. No action was taken till tbe
29th of July, two days bofore the law
was to tako effect, aud all the interven
ing tlmo ha be a covered (not used),
and tho ond even of taking testimony
1 rot yt. After long Intervals of
doing nothing the lawyers for the rail
roads and the Slato Bord of Transport
ation get together and swear a witness
or two and record bis teatlro ny, then
th whole matter via l a again, if a
wllnofs rcfuM lo rv hlecwa car tro
to Lincoln aud feotol bill, the Ibard ot
Iransporiation aonietlatva takes a
notary and stanosraoher and goes to
him lo collect kelloHtuy; and same-
tluu II baa the tscunn that tivcro aro
no fund la band to py for suuU a trip,
and to it ta dlayad till wonoy ts obUlu-
rd, tr it suit tbelf coavolonr It
d't'aa'l waiter a fartblrg Utthe tr.ria
brw of lb IWrd whthrwbo4 Wp
ar aot, became their aalarla ga k
jt tbe tamo,
lV Attorney Ourra), KH'rtary
D.t'worth and J hi U WU!r, a'u-r
a)foBth Bw4 of Transportation,
la Wl aatr la the aul'a a'alttt the
ait.f d that tbe f- d.ul court
pirUdVUoo la tbe tea aid eaa
Mull ktitru i the aotioa aavl
Iloar.m
a jn
r
hear and determine tbe matter Inrolv
A thfireln. The indiclal power of
the United States eourU were
restricted by the Eleventh Amendment
which decrees that "TA judicial power of
thi United States thall not I construed to
extend It any suit in law or eguity. com
menced or provcuted taa'uut one of the
United Stales, by citizens of another state,
run citizens or subject of any foreign
state." Then why did not Hastings,
Dllworth and Webster take the neces
sary steps to com tel Dundy and the
plaintiffs to drop the case and dissolve
the In function? The writer Is not a
4 ,
lawyer, and, perhaps for that reason,
takes the liberty to use a little unawed,
nnworshipful-of-judiclal-dlctums In
dependent sense; and that tells blm that
there being good grounds for denying
that the federal court had jurisdiction
in the case, the defendants should have
applied at once to tne suponorvournvr
a "Writ of Prohibition" and prohibited
both Dundy and bis injunction.
Writ of Prohibition" is the name ol
a writ Issued by a superior oourt, di
rected to the judfe and parties of a suit
In an inferior court, commanding thun
to cease from tbe prosecution of tbe
same, upon a suggestion mat ine cause
originally, or some collateral matter
arising therein, does not belong to that
jurisdiction, but to the cognizance of
some other court.
The matter was momentous, a whole
state was, contrary to lawy being levied
upon (plundered, if the law was just)
by the railroads daily, and It was only a
question of equity rights between citi
zens of Nebraska, a sovereign state.
The corporations themselves, including all
their stockholders, were, in law, citizens of
XebratH and subject to Nebraska lam
and the slate courts; therefore any suits
which tbe plaintiffs, tho stockholders,
might wish to enter should bave been
brought before tbe state courts, There
can be no reasonable doubt that the
superior court would have sustained
this claim and granted a Writ of Pro
hibition against Dundy and the plain
tiffs, the railroad stockholders; and that
if that action in behalf of tbe people
bad been taken tbe Maximum Rale law
would long ago bave been in operation.
Now, what is tbe proHpect? Mr. Dll
worth informed ub that the testimony
was not yet all taken, but he thought
tbe case would come up lor final adjudi
cation before tbe May term of the fede
ral court. Then, if the plaintiffs are
beaten, they can appeal the case, aad
It will remain optional with Dundy
whether or not to require tho railroads
to furnish a bond to cover losses to the
people by illegal carrying rates while
the question of the constitutionality of
the law remains unsettled. Mr. Dll
worth expressed his opinion that if tbe
railroads were beaten in the courts
those who had ia the interim been
forced to pay charges In excess of the
requirements of the law, could by equity
suits collect the unlawful amounts of
tbe railroad companies. But everyone
knows that it would cost individuals to
bring suit against tho corporations
more than it would come to. There
fore, there is no justice, no protection,
no consideration of tho rights of the
whole people, in granting an In
junction against tbe exeoution of
a law like the Maximum Rate law, when
a good and sufficient bond is not at the
state time required of thepm-ty seeking
tho injunction tocov,or gains which on
party ia the case is forcing from the
other party all the while the suit is pend
ing.
A few words to all the citizens of
Nebraska.
How loug will you tamely submit to
corporation rule, to highway robbery,
to the obstruction ef justice, to a power
which brushes aside the laws you have
enacted, and holds your pockets open
for monopolists te go en helping them
selves? Is this a sovereign state, or Is
it a dependency of tbe fedora court
over which an autocrat presides, a man
who was not elected by the people?
How long will you koep up the farce of
a State Board of Transportation that
does practically nothing to protect your
interests ana enfoice or defend your
laws?
la a succeeding lssuo we shall discuss
the questions of equity raised by tho
parties to the suits above mentioned
Q0LDBU0
TILLINQ
roa EMPTY
HLND3
"To create a vacuum" U what the
KtsWrn goldbug preta calls the coining
of the tolgolorago and the New York
Trl'juna says:
AtU'imit to Inflate the circulation
bave rHatttily t-tuacd a oYadiy con
trao'ioa. Tbe paolo of lSid, la It
immediate origin, was of this sort. The
ta'.k of fr-'rt slivt-r, followed by Secre
tary Carlisle's grave !liulio of lh)
propriety of paying el!vtr only for new
Treasury notes, prompted a withdrawal
of deptM amounting t IMUXxUhH)
trm the banks. The ronwqurnl
shrluklflf of orsdtta prostrated luiut
everywhere, though, the afTocta were
targtly dan even thvn to the expecta
tion that lb tariff would bo hnir4
Kofure PiwUlent Cleveland suffer the
Vacuum bill to bvoeuie a law b ought
lot cnaaldur thather It will (,'aii
anthr dfttruvtiv cvatratittoii.
livr )o4 to taked, uuuiiJ
id a !' t' " U rim bu , I
tl tlnr van t-o uij f o,
a4 fro-n Hw ny l.
fer that pap ' '!ee l-gl
l a lr dollar, or 4 d.i!!ar pmlara
UUH4of ll gold d'V'.au, ar (.a
favloaof the cumin y, tftary dollar
ef the curtvhef tut wade w guid.
ry
according to these priests of tbe yellow
trod. Is a vacuum, a vacuum Into which
property will tumble and prosperity
may be expected to sink out of sight,
Great Is the god of the gold bugs, and
dreadfully jealous, too. The mere tdk
of putting tbe more ancient and honor
able white god back beside "the golden
image" caused (so Its priests say) all
the crash and smash, the stopping of
mills and fall of prices and enforced
idleness of millions, and tbe beggary
and starvation and world-wide ruin and
suffering of 1893 and 4. And the presl
dent is warned that gold will bide its
face from us again, and aa additional
grip of deadly contraction will sieze
and make aa end of us, If he allows
w.OOO.OOO silver "vacuums" to Inflate
the currency.
But observe what a tissue of lies tbe
quotation from tbe Tribuae is. Tbe
silver dollars coined were standard, full
legal tender dollars, not promises to
pay gold, therefore not an Inflation of
the currency. The panic of 1893 was
caused primarily and solely by tbe
goldbug baakers refusing the usual
necessary loans on which commerce,
markets 'and industry, the whole
machinery of production and distribu
tion depend. At the same time the
bankers conspired to frighten every
body while declaring silver money was
destroying borne and foreign credit, tbe
whole dark, damnable, destructive
heme being an effort to get rid ol
silver In order that the power of gold
mitht not have to be divided with it.
No tic 3 how the tariff also is lagged in
by tbe Tribune, just to preserve appar
ent consistency in tbe regular stock,
conventional lying of the Republican
party.
The Tribune goes on to say "The
Vacuum bill Is an attempt to force peo
ple to take sliver certificates in pay-
mcnt of salaries, pensions and all other
claims against the Government," It
says, "The attempt to force them upon
reluctant creditors would inevitably
tend to increase the desire to bold gold
and the notes expressly redeemable In
gold, and to get rid of the silver certifi
cates. That state of things naturally
creates a premium on gold
The president knows, it may ke pre
sumed, that a premium on gold would
mean a tremendous contraction of the
actual currency. It would instantly
take from the volume of the actual
notes that are used and accepted freely
the whole body of gold certificates and
egal-tender notes, oyer $400,000,000 in
amount, or 40 per cent of the whole.
It would, would It? Well, take the
deadly stuff, load it up for London and
et it go down to the bottom of the sea,
for all we care. The prosperity of this
country is not dependent on gold or sil
ver, but on labor ,and neither gold, nor
goldand silver, has ever kept the peo
ple all at work, or given continuous op
portunity to work. It requires money
which can not draw interest to do that.
THE NEW Y0EK BANKERS MEET-
"A largely attended meeting of bank
presidents and bankers was held tbe
17th Inst, in New York city to consider
the d n;er involved in the Bland Seign
iorage coinage bill," says the Tribune;
and it goes on to say, "It was one of
the most representative conferences
ever held by the financial interests of
the city." George G. Williams, presi
dent of the Chemical National bank, a
bank whose capital and deposits amount
to the vast sum of $39,000,000, presided.
The names of the associated usurer
kings in attendance we have before us,
and could print them, but they would
occupy a third of a column of space,
and we forbear. The preamble and
resolutions, adopUd unanimously, will,
however, prove most interesting read
ing to our people, because they are the
direct, first hand expression ef the gold
monopoly money oligarchy, that power
which rent out tho panlo circular, and
by refusing credit brought on ths
panic of 1893, whose effects in severity
and magnitude have never before been
equalled. The preamble and single
resolution, addresstd to tho president
of tho United States, read as follows:
Whereas, A bill la now before the
prblut Of the United S utra, for Mi
approval or disapproval, wulch pro
villi's for tbo colnugo ot tbe socailed
Uvor stlpnlorHgo, umountlng to tb3
sum of S.),t,l5o,ti31, thereby lntUtlng
tin. currency ol tho country at a time
when money U superabundant, and
making moro dlRteuit the convertibility
ol theeurr"ucy which tho gold rtstmo
ts now ob.iL'cu to carry; and
Whereat, The Intlailntf of our al.
rtnuy rettnntUal currency will not
t-nliauco the value of the al ver bullion
In the puMHkloa of the gorcrnmeiit, or
lnereae the consumption of that metal
i.r tut il to ttta value or any mining In
tereai; and
vwu-rean, o rxmeni tan aecruo
either to the government or to the
finani'lu and commercial Interest u
?h country by allowing the aforesaid
biil to bmome a law, but serloua harm
I likely to ariao therefrom. In so fr a
It Ul impair the credit of tho govern
meal and add to the irvllln)f dU
trunt of our soourltle la Kurope, and
e noourato wiiiurwi or forvigo eil
11, and cause ahtpmeuU ot gold which
would weaken the Traury, which I
tl i)ur;-o of all oui- tabilUr, an I
Whervaa, Vlolou letiWUtion with
lHH't H Ur h Ken tl.a cnuao ol
great suffering to etiolo, aad bnt
I '1 n tiit! n"4 c-', re Hi
. 4'' , 4 r
nH ol too anate ta result t nty in
tP rmftm fvl'l!'! ' Ht ''
!'( j arprt whloh amtartteg lota
life; and
Wrtft A blow al th aimWUty f
tteiMrriiv oul4 UUtotb It
ouaQJoeoa that I being gradually
stiaUUhrd la tuntinw elrclw, and
would letard recovery from the dis
astrous effects of a panio the severity
and magnitude of which baa never
been equalled In this country; and
Wb-r So. The bankers of the city of
rew lork hava always believed in an
honest and stable currency and in
sound principles of finance, and bave at
all times been ready and willing to
come to the relief of the Secretary of
the Treasury whenever tha necessities
of the government were such as to
warrant their assistance; and
Whereas, The officers of the finan
cial institutions, firms and corporations
of New York becama subscribers to the
last loan negotiated by the government
with the belief that the marketing of
the bonds would prevent further infla
tion of the currency b7 the coinage of
tne sorailed sliver seigniorage, and
feeling that, as the loan was made a
success because of their elTorts, they
have a claim upon the administration
for a veto of this bill; therefora be it
ltesolved, That in the opinion of tbe
representatives of the financial Institu
tions of New York who subscribed to
the 150,000,000 5 per cent loan and
made it a success, tbe coinage of the
silver seigniorage would endanger the
nnanctai stability of tbe government,
and would inflict upon a sufferlBg peo
ple pernicious and unnecessary iegls
atlon which would be far-reachinsr in
Its disastrous consequences.
Notce the assumption that these
Shylooks are speaking for the whole
country, and the assertion that there
is a superabundance of money. They
object to "the Inflating of our already
redundant currency," and warn us that
the gold will not carry any farther in
crease ol standard dollars, full leeal
tenders.
And notice also how they remind
Grover and Carlisle that they have al
ways "come to tbe relief of the Secre
tary of the Treasury whenever" the
government would have gone to the
dogs without them; and by way of par
ticularizing they put in a gentle re
minder that they recently bought the
150,000,000 bonds issue, with the belief
based on an assurance from Carlisle)
that they would thus prevent the coin
age of tho silver seigniorage. They
therefore "bave a claim upon "the ad
ministration for a veto of this bill."
THE EVIL OF FALEE STANDARDS.
There is no evil in this world so great,
so bard to set aside from the path of
progress, as false standards. Especially
s this true when tbe standard is sup
posed to be God given.
Jehovah commanded the prophet,
"Cry aloud and spare not, lift up thy
voice like a trumpet and show my peo
ple their transgressions and tbe house
of Jacob their sins."
"Yet the' seek me daily," said he,
"and delight or profess to to know my
ways, as a nation that did righteous-
nets, and forsook not the ordinance of
God: they ask of me the ordinances of
justice; they take delight in approach
ing to God."
And is it not so today? Is not the
church preaching and praying and bap-
tzlng and building temples and be
stowing charity? Is it not professing
allegiance to God's law, and saying,
"Thy will be done?" But somehow it
seems difficult to command the olessiog
of God, and the confidence of men.
Present day preachlr g does not attract
the great multitudes in most need of
friends. The church ordinances do not
seem to make those who tako part in
them or receive them perceptibly un
selfish in the every da affairs of life.
All do business with one another by the
same stlfish rule. And then the church
wonders why Its voice in the sanctuary
is not beard by God and man. Where
fore, say they, haye we repented of sin,
united with the church and mado offer
ings to the Lord, and he seems not to
see, or to take knowledge?
But God's answer is the tame as of
eld.
'Behold, while professing repentance
and the putting away of sin ye continue
to act selfishly, as before, and exact of
others all the labors which oppress and
grieve them. Not with such repent
ance and bowing down can ye make
your voice to be heard on high. Is not
this tho repentance and service that I
have chosen? to loose the bands of
wickedness, to undo the heavy bur
dens, and to let the oppressed go free,
and that ye break every yoke?'
Christians have professed allcglaice
to the law of supreme love to God and
equal love to their nolghbors, and they
frequently mouth the words, but tho
meaning has boon (by the tradltloas of
many centuries, by the customs of the
church fathers) obscured and lost.
What dooa tho law, "Thou shalt love
thy nulghbor as tbyelf," require?
lho ratling away of this present
universally accepted commercial codo
of "rop:ctablo ailflshnesa." Dolug
buttlnes with our fellowmen wo; to
gala of them, but to serve one another
la love and to gain equally with them
The church at present does not r
qalrn Its uum' era to lovo una authtr
when they mut in tbe markei place to
buy and sell labor or property, It do
not leaoh that Caret's dlwlplf mutt
boar one another's dally burden, ths
biirdon ol uppljluf the need ot both
th lody and mlaa, "and so fulfill tbe
law of Christ." It due not k aeti that
tho la of tqual love rtqutrea equal e
srtloa aad piat division ot the labor
ijr jJuc;; or thi (Uo strong uw l
o iglt to protuw more thaa aa eqi
w.v, u. .l.i 1. ,.., U, lor U;
we at f! !ao lei capable. It v
all J tb lrag, the tuontipuiUt and
tuurwr, ti prey upon, the wk, an I j
cvp lhlr Ndr a ChrUtian .Tvr
log. It elleoa and ntlaarlc and
Gst!?ary at hool art largely vib
ported by the usurv which pns'vi th
poor and enthrones the rich. Tu
church edifices and altars are under
monopoly pressure built largely upon )
the "the bodies and souls of living
men," whose groans can be heard by
those who, like the poet Lowell, listen.
The church, we say, with its present
corrupted, unscriptural standards, ia
stapding in the path of progress. It
must revise net its verbal creeds, but
its practices; it must throw down Mam
mon and elevate Christ in tbe mart; it
must make love, the real love that di
vides property and labor products
equally, the bond of union between its
members, or It will be ground Into
powder by the on-coming kingdom of
Christ, the kingdom which Is to "fill tho .
whole earth." fi
A MAN WITH A MlSSIOa
There Is a man in Iowa whose name
Is already or soon will be In everybody's
mouth, a man whose voice first stirred
and startled the religious world In 1891.
lie was then but 29 years of age and
was pastor , of the Congregational
church at Lake City, Minnesota. At
that time he (Rev. George D. Herron)
wai Invited to address the Minnesota
Congregational Club at Minneapolis,
and his subject was "The Message of
Jesus to Men of Wealth,"
A few months later a more citeoded
utterance of the same strange but old .
gospel was given by him In addressee
entitled "The Larger Christ," which
drew the earnest attention of very many
to him, and he received calls from six
prominent churches to become their
pastor. He accepted the call of the
smallest, that of the First Congrega
tional church of Burlington, Iowa, and
preached the leveling law of love, apply
ing it to tho every day business affairs
of life, preaching boldly and faithfully
to Dotn rich and poor. He originated
the "Institute of Christian Sociology'
while pastor of this church, and so im
pressed one of his wealthy parlBhoners,
Mrs. E. D. Rand, that she founded fori
his occupancy the "Professorship
Applied Christianity" In the state col
lege at urinnell.
Prof. Herron has given the world six
books, tbe collected addresses above
mentioned, "The Call of theCrosflJ'
A Plea for the Gnsnl Tha vaJ
r , " u ' ' fcfc
Redemption" (reviewed in the Dec. 7.'
1893, issue of this paper ) and a work
just Issued, entitled "The Christian
Society." He is also moving "the dry
bones" and dividing men with the liv
ing voice, in words that are "like as a
fire." He has lust ratumcd from
Rome (New York), which be delivered
a series of lectures before the students
of Union Theological Seminary, preach
ed in Henry Ward Beecher'sold church
and addressed two or three other
gatherings of the city ministers of the
different denominations. He also de
livered his course of lectures oa "The
Christian Society" to the students of'
Princeton Theological Seminary.
Union and Princeton are the two larg
est Presbyterian Seminaries in-the
United States.
Dr. Herron's teaching Is making
friends and enemies, is dividing and
bound to divide even the church people
because it is the truth. He cannot fail U
L - . . f ...
as Luther was, as all men must be, un- F
m.v..i , ,. , , ,r
m mouuiciTcrui men snaii do Douna
and cast out. But he has surely been
given from the Most High a call to
gather men together who are are true,
to divide the world, ani the ohurch as
well, for the great Armageddon battle
or prophecy. It is just ahead of us. -
We are pleased to inform our sub-
Bonoers mas one oi Dr. uerron's ablest f
and most advanced student will in
future contrijute ta this paper brief
reports of the Doctor's lectures which
are certain to be specially interesting
to our readers. Expect soon from this
contributor a report of a late lecture
entitled "A New Conception of Law."
Mrs. Annie L. Dlggs, says in the lav
issue of "The National WatchmanY
our Waehlngton, D. C , Populist papr,
"I want a million people to read 'The
New Redemption.' It is a book written
from tbo etblcil standpoint, that Is des
tined to exert a powerful influence ia
preserving; the liberties and saving the
homes of our peoplo. It will compel
the attention, sympathy and help of a
class tnas baa never before been reach
ed. It Is so extremely valuable In iur
peculiar treatment that I csnMder it
our duly to make a special and united
effort U procuro fur it the largefct pos
sible reading,"
The churches haye o'jt been reached
i'H oreo re&cae j
for jutlce, Thly
111 reach tlu'ia j
me which oa
much by our movement fi
book U the kind that will
and awaken all oouu'ion
be awkend. See uc bonk llt which
advertise It. Addrv ua fur it, and
get It Into the hand of the minister
and I -t church people.
ma was nossn retdblioak
wsites 03
Wo aometlmes get letter fron laen
who think themtetve smart, whloh
areeurl.Mlllea l4td The following,
rroduc4 NrbtimttlifffeUm
. reeWd a fw tU an. The
author lti hlrtiwlt "A Wae llurr.
putneatt," but tit yul U tb vioo
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It r a.l a follow; '
lUtliOU. Nth., March nb
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