P
TRADE INrCBNERAL.
In tho West By Con
tinued Rains.
mrtt" TONE IN THE SOUTH,
H
w
-fcl la the
Kt, I'or the Hohsoii, Thar
Hu Fair Activity Money Kvnry
vare Abundant, Hut I lie Demand
Hmaller Thnn tltisual.
Nkw Yokk, May 7. U. 0. Dun &Ca's
'Weekly Ilcvlcw of Trtulo says: Business
kaa been much retarded throughout
nost of tho wcstdrn Hiatus by unusual
mad continuous rains. Thu movement
of product is thus delayed, but it 1h be
llcrert temporarily. Hooding in tunny
quartern is Interrupted, though on thu
-whole fairly udvnnced for tho season
mad distribution of goods Is checked. A
somewhat batter tone appears at thu
mouth and business tit thu oust is fairly
active for tho season, nlthouf?h in notuo
linen dull and depressed. Money Is
-everywhere nbundunt In part because
the demand Is smaller than UHiial, but
this k in a measure due to the unusual
conservatism of trade, buyers making
many small purchases' instead of larger
fmrchasts and waiting more carefully
for actual distribution.
Boston notes uniicaKonnblo weather
and yet a fair trade. At Philadelphia
the grocery trade la larger than n year
ago. At Baltimore trade Is decidedly
aatlafactory, southern trado being fairly
.maintained and exports exceed thoso of
the previous month. Iron Is slightly
weaker at Pittsburgh and tho glass
trade not punning, but tho hardware
trade in exceptionally good. Tho de
mand for coko is shrinking and prices
.are cat Tradu in dry goods and hard
ware at Cleveland is good and fair In
boots and shoot) and groceries, with In--crcased
demand for money. At Cincin
nati tho shoe business exceeds last
year's, but tho harness trado la unset
tled by labor dlfltcultles.
At Chicago tho "receipts of products
have been generally diminished by bad
weather and dry goods sales arc smaller,
"bat la other lines Miles nro better than
year ago. At Mllwuukeo money is in
Active demand though rain checks ship
ments and seeding. At Ht Paul tho
backward season makes jobbing dull
-and collections poor, butat Minneapolis
tho lambor trade Is good and tho (lour
output large. Italns retard trado at
Omasa, but live stock receipts are al
most the heaviest over known and grain
receipts in ten days greater than in
thirty days preceding.
Baainusa at Kansas City is fair in
rsplte ot bad weather, making rccojpts
light "A,t St Louis trade Is strong and
improving.. At Little Hook business Is
fair. "At Louisville, Improving, with
tobaoM still active. At Now Orleans,
Bomewhat improved with cotton active,
and at Savannah decreased, drought
having affected crops.
Exports, for tho week were a little
IcBBthaa last year and Imports have
'bacnlallttlo larger.
The bHistncsM failures occurring
throughout the country during tho lust
even days number 200 as compared with
iotalaot ail last week. For tho corre
sponding week of lost year tho figures
were 243. '
THE MISSISSIPpTrISINQ.
JBeporU From Keokuk, I sad flrcenvllle,
Ml., M TMt KTOCt.
Keokuk, Ia.,.May 7. The Mississippi
river has bean rapidly Tlslng for tho
pant two day, approaching tho ex
treme hlgtoflrater mark. Last sight It,
atood lfi.i ' . w i rr
The lowlda are Bubmerged; 9rops
ruined; falfaefa have tatten their stock
and famllUihJgh ground for protec
tion. Thair&all levees aloug tho Des
Moinea and.Fox rivers hnvo broken, and
largo tracts of laad are submerged. Tho
main iovco protecting 11,000 acres, is
yet safe.
Alexandria, Mo., Is surrounded "by
water, and travel and trafllo is conduct
ed by skiffs. Tho railroad truokRarq
submerged In places, but tho roadbeds
are aafe. .Should tho rise continue
much longer it will bo a repetition of
tho disastrous Hoods of four years ago.
GnicKNVii.Mi, Miss., Alay 7. Thu Mis
auwinp.rlver poshed-tho hlghrwnter
mark of vl Thursday and thovhlirh
water mark of 1810 was reached yester
day morning, and last night tho gauge
read 43f feet, higher than any previ
ous record, and is still rising at tho rate
of halt un inch in twenty-four hours.
Tallui.au, La., May 7. All tho
levees in East Carroll, Madison and
Tensas parishes urn In splendid condi
tion and holdiug well. Tho river is
risiag about one-tenth every twenty
four hours. No trouble npprelicndcd
:frora tho water.
Lakk Phovwkngk, La., May 7. A
rlseof six- inches alnco Thursday even
ing made tho gauge last evening read
forty-two feet, Tho lovees arc being
bnilt up with sacks of sand wherever
necessary and aetlvo watch is being
kept.
A Half Million Dollar Fire.
' "Naw Yontc, May 7. At a o'clock this
Tuornlag flames, wcro discovered in tho
paclriaglhouso of Swart.chlld & Sulz
bcrgjei; covering two blocks from
Forty-fifth to Forty-seventh street,
-from First nvenuo to tho river, and in
addition having a largo now building
on the river front. At 7 o'clock tho tiro
waa under control. Loss probably $M0
MQjn There waa a 'strike of about
twenty-ilvo employes last evening, but
It is not .believed that tho strikers ure
in any way to blaino for tho tiro.
MaUaguUhed Uorman Chemist Mead.
TJ-Bi.lN, May 7. lrof. August Wil
"fetelm Ioflfmann, the distinguished tier
sb caoplst, la 'dead. Ho was n mem
hmr'bt many societies,' Including tho
royal aociety of London. Ho was a cor
reafKNMlIag member of tho institute- of
France and un oilicer of tho French lo-
.f fitAwwehUt Victim lleud.
lais,uMuy 7. Paul Hainonod, a
printer vho was lnjurel in the explo
aloi),at Jf, Vory's restaurant in tln
Boulevard, Mn,goutu un . Uo ,nlght of
-April , is doud.
METHODISTS IN CONFERENCE.
Froeee dlnr of the Twenty-fourth Quad
rennial Conference or the Methodist
Church at Omaha, Neb.
Tiik twenty-fourth quadrennial conference ot
thq Methodist church met nt Omaha on May I
with all tho b'shops of America, represent,
tlvcs from every conference In the United
States and many from abroad present The
mooting of thli conference every four years U
s great ovont In the history of tho ohuroh arid ft
usually remains In scsilon several weefcs. A
bishop presides each day, and tho confcrcnco Is
composed of tho bishops and clerical and lay
delegates. This boty legislates for tho ontlro
church and Its proceedings nro of unusual Inter
est. Tho conference was called to order on the
first day by lllshop llowman, who presided for
tho day. Dr. David H Monroo was chosen sec
retary, Tho proceedings wero entirely prelim
inary, tho status of lay dolegalc only being
dlacuwd.
Tub second day's sculon of tho quadrennial
conference (May 3) was presided over by Hlsh
op Merrcll Soon nf ter thi Journal was read a
dispute aroso over tho seating of dologntcs.
Somo of tho scats tint had been set asldo for
tho lay delegates, who-wlihcd to bo stated apart
from tho mlhlsters. had boon taken by minis
terial delegates and a heated discussion aroso
ovor tho qnostton of compelling tho minister
to vacate This discussion caused tho postpone
ment of tho quadrennial nddrcs by lllshop
Foster, At tho nfternoon session lllshop Foss
prcHlded and tho report of tho commission on
constitution was heard Among other things
suggosted by tho commission was n
change In tho nrrnngement of the
discipline No material chango
was recommended In tho rules or la tho word
ing of tho dlselplluo. hut tho commission
thought tho book tould bo arranged to much
hotter advanUgo. Tho roport also rocom
mends that no annual conference should bo
organized with less than thirty traveling min
isters and tint tho concurrent voto of three,
fourths nt tho delegates of all tho annual con
ferences bo sufficient to nuthortzo tho general
confcrcnco to miko changes in tio organlo law
of tho church A committee consisting of ono
frn each nnnusl conferonco was npxlntcd on
tijinpcranco un 1 tho overthrow ot tho liquor
tram J, and a committee of equal slzo was ap
pointed on tho Kpworth teaguo. A special com
mittee was also appointed to consider lho nrdot
ot deaconesses
At tho morning session of tho Methodist con
forenco on tho 4th lllshop Warron presided,
lllshop Foster dollvorod tho quadrennial ad
dress. Aftor referring to tho fact tint during
tho past quadrennial nono of tho bishops had
died or had suffered permanent disability, he
reviewed tho work In foreign lands, showing
that It was In excellent condition nil over thu
world. No schisms, no dissension had npiw irod
In tho past four years Slneo tho last general
oonforenco fully 4l.',oa)moinbonthso been add
ed, a greater growth than has over been known
In tho history of tho church. The total number
of communicants Is now 2,'lKfill. Thu churches
havo Increased Ml In numbor with an Increased
valuation of HH,3JI,3-.'I. Contributions to nit
missionary societies havo increased 1114,13.
Tho address rcoommonJs hlghfer, education In
tuo ministry: dweountonancos fhn continuation
of foreign languages and customs In tho coun
try: deprecates tho legislation by congress to
cxcludo tho Cblneso, und declares that tho union
of tho church north and south Is drifting eloier
togothor. Upon tho admission of womon to the
general conferonco, tho rosult was glvon a fol
lows: Ln(ty-i.'or,U,3i, ugalntt, 16J.HI3;1 tnln
Utorlal-For, fi.009, against, 4,914. Tho report
gttvo an oxhaustlvo review of every branch of
tho church work and recommend d that great
care bo exercised In procuring ministers.
IllsilOP Wai.uhon presided at tho session nf
tho Mothodtst quadrennial conferonco on the
lith. Immediately after tho ending of tho de
votional exercises tho reports of thd westom
book agents and tho board of trustnes were re
ceived. Dr. Moore, of Clnclnnutl, offered a
resolution asking for n commlttco of fifteen on
Judiciary to consider nil appeal and law s Dr.
NOT POLITIOA-,
Itesnlt ofthn Meetliifrof the Kxecu tire Oft
floftrs of the" Farmers' Alllanoa at Illr
tnlnglmm.Alit. The Order Not at'olltleal
Onn-Thif Address.
IlfttJtlNfiHAM. Ala.. Mnv5. Tho Alii-
j anco confcrcnco In this city yestcrdny
dovelopcd nn element which showed
Opposition to nny action which would
'Appear llko Interference with n mora
ot's right to voto according to his
political .sentiments. Tho result of
tho deliberations is an address Issued
lo tho order, as lho address states, by
tho presidents and executive ofllccrs
of Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Tex
as, Louisiana, Vlginia, Mississippi, Ala
bama, Georgia, West Virginia and
Florida together with members of thef
national executive committee, national
legislative committee, natlonnl judic
iary commlttco and President Pol It.
After expressing high hope and oncour
ngement, tlio manifesto runs substan
tially thus:
To havo entered a crucial period la tho his
tory of our gruat movemont la whloh tho great
est! caution, earnest dullbcratlon and strict ad
herenco to our principles nro nocossory to pre
serve Intact this organization.
You nro congratulated ujon tho great h-irmo-ny
Mid Unity of sontlnlent In regard lo alliance
prleclples which prevails within your border
and upon tho fact that a careful canvass of tho
subject at this mooting has shown that practi
cally lho 'members of tho order In theso states
tand squarely upon their demands with tho
avowed determination of hotdlng devotion to
them abovo that to any other method of action,
and that to-day tho numbor of thoso who so In
dorse tho principles of tho alliance Is much grout
er than over before. A sentiment prevails that
thU organization must Ira pcrpelustcd entire
ly free from any partissn entanglements. The
only danger which seems In nny way to threaten
n lack' ot tho fullest development and pros
perity ot tho ordor are thoso which attend tho
disposition of n fow inon and papers to publicly
criticise und condemn others for tholr methods.
This Is not of sufficient extent to damage tho
order but It mars that perfect unity that should
provall and always Injures all concerned and Is
contrary to tho spirit of brotherly lovo and for
bcarnnco that should provall. Anothrr erll
which fortunately prevails only in n ory fuw
localities Is tho disposition of mcmlicr to ccck
political ofllco nt tho hinds of their brethren,
forgetting that prlnclploof thonlll nice doctrine
which declare that lho oftlce should seek tha
man and not the man tho oftlce.
In consideration of theso views as to tho
situation, tho following rules of action aro sug
gested ns well calculated to rnablo this order
to go through tho coming ordeal of a tierce
political contest and come out strengthened and
purlflod:
First I-ct a spirit ot harmony provall and lot
unity of action be tho ruin. Let nono tondemn
I a brother who stands squarely by tho princl-
Hiwui ti.u uiuvi u, nfuun ill uiljr nJ mrf, ,.,,
tngly or disrespectfully of him becauso thov
may; dlffor as to tho Iwst methods of enforc
ing our principles (J rant to every brother
honesty ot purpose-
Socond Let fcaltr to tho principles of tho
ordor bo tho truo and only test of membership,
and lot thoso who value their partisan uniiln
tlons moro thantholr alliance obligations bo In
formed that their order demands their strict
and full devotion, t4 Its principles and leaves
each to his own choice .of mothods, but that tho
method can In no ense control tho principle, and
therefore all who affUltto should accept us su
premo tho principles of tho order.
Third Kvcry member who taKcs tho obliga
tion ulways administered to thoso who Join Is
llrst told as a condition precedent, and upon
which all that Is to follow U predicated: That
It ihsll in no way Intorforo with' your political
or religious liberty." Therefore thU ordor as
such or any of Its branches has no right to tako
ABOVE ALL OTHERS.
Dr. Talmngo Upon tho Boautlos of
tho Saviour's Namo.
A Title That Is Kasy, Ileautlrnl, ntossed,
ItadurliiK and Abovo All Other Names
It Stand For Tenderness
and Sympathy.
Moore asked thit tho committee bo appointed i Zunv ,n l it.w , ... ,Z S... .n
bv tho conforenco Instead of bv tho blshons. He I n.ny Ptlsan, political or sectarian religions uc
made tho point that It Is not good law for u
court ot appeals to bo appointed by a body
whose acts nro to bo rovlowcd. Dr. Moore's
action caused a sonsatlon and a aharnlv con
tested tight was tho result Dr. Uuckley al
leged that tho position of Dr. Mooro was falla
cious and dofended tho present manner of ni
pointing tho commlttco. Dr. Pullman, of New
York, omphaslzeil Dr. Mooro'a points. "Wo aro
often accused," ho said, "of bolng undor the gov
ernment ot a hierarchy, or aristocratic govern
ment, and wo must do something to dtsabuso tho
puoiiomma or such accusations."
tlon. Wo itrgo upon tho brotherhood ot all re
form organizations and all good citizens who
brllovo as wo uo that tho enactment or laws
based upon our demands Is for the preservation
of tho free Institutions of our government and
to rcscuo the masses from degraded servitude:
that they uso all hqaornblo means to secure tho
:lcctlon of men to our national legislative coun
icl who stund pledged to work for tho passage
of such laws.
Finally, brothron, remember that devotion to
iur principles can only bo emphasized and our
(nflucnco mado effective by voting for our dc-
mauid thaUt o"chu ch n.tead of r'ullng SotaE.1,
ittr w. ,i,v h .... f mnrU t , ii 1 tho brotherhood in tho north and groat north-
Itself was rulod by a sot of officers. In the IIS
members of tho Episcopal board arc but twenty
onn pastors aud four laymoa and tho othors
draw salaries as ornccrA of the church, Theso
olghtr-clght consist of presiding elders, -book
agonts and othors, non-prrsldlng offlccr,,,or
ovor nlnoty per cent, of tho board. Dr. Leon
ard, of Nobraska, furthor supported. Off
Moore's substitute. Ho considered thfl.dole-;
gates tho poors of tho bishops. After farther
dobato tho resolution was amended to meot'ob
lections. Amotion for tho oppolntmont of u
special commutes of ono clergyman and, ono
layman from each dlstrlot and threo lavmon at
large to consider lho equality ot representation
In tho conferonco was adopted. A "resolution
from tho Chicago German conferonco pro
hibiting mombont from Joining sqeret order
was referred.
A SET OF FALSE TEETH.
An Unfortunate Arrldent Which Happened
to a Kansas City (lentloman.
Kansas Citv.Mo., May 4. A. J. Hugg,
who lives out on tho East side, met with
a singular and distressing accident Sun
day morning. Mr. ltugg swallowed a
set of false tooth, lio U now nt tho pri
vate hospital of Dr. Uobrgo llalloy ori
bust blgnth street where, it is expected,
an operation will bo performed. It was
stated last night that Mr. Rugg was
resting well und that tho operation
would not bo mado Immediately ns Dr.
llalloy wished to await developments.
it is thought, however, t,lmt the. tooth
will have to bo cut out. '"
Mr. Uugg Is a woll ,to do man ulmut
60 yours old. lio went to sloop Snnquy
night in the best of health and ns usual
left his false teeth in his mputJi. ,Ho
was uwakened at 5 o'clock In tho
morning and found that thu upper sot
ot teeth hud slipped hnlf way down his
throat and lodged. He dressed Imme
diately und went to tho houho of Dr.
Hulloy. Tho teeth wcro then too fur
down to be drawn out with instruments
und so It was decided to cut open the
throat. Mr. Uugg was placed under the
InUuoncu of ununusthotlu iiudtho throat
was operated upon, but It was too late
as tho pressure of tho muscles had
forced tho teeth down Into tho atomueh.
Mr. Uugg has not suffered greatly
slnco tho teeth worked down Into the
stomach, but tho throat is badly lacer
ated and ho is unable to eat. Vhlle It
is posslblo thnt an operation may not be
necessary to remove tho teeth, It is not
at nil probnblc.
Floral Corps Hudson lining Prepared.
Wasiiinotox, Muy r. Oovernment
Landscape Uardncr Drown is preparing
designs for tho t reproduction on the
lawn of tho pension ofllce building nuxt
September of tho corps budges in Mow
ers. Tho central bed will represent the
O. A. It. budge, the flowers selected
duplicating tho original colors precise
ly. Tho bed is to bo sixty feet long und
ilftcen feet wldo.
Tho danger of an overflow at Mar-
cclllos, 111., is past, tho waters of tho
river having subsided. Tho damage
west and assure them that our hearts beat In
unison with them In their efforts for Industrial
freedom aud we will stand by them In all lauda
ble efforts to rodoem tha country from tho
clutches of nrimntznd canltal and that wn will
Stand with thorn at tho ballot box for tho en
forcement of our demands.
i Signed by all members ot tho conforenco.
THE EIGHT HOUR BILL.
Mr. Tarsney Presented to the House a He
port In Itegard to It.
Wariiixoton, May b. Mr. Tarsney
presented to tho house a roport on his
bill relating to tho limitation of tho
hours of dally servlco of lnborers and
mechanics employed upon public works
of the United States and tho District
of Columbia, constituting eight hours
ns a day's labor. Tito report says
that tho basis of tho movomont looking
to tho shortening ot tho dally hours
of servlco of those engaged in physical
lalwr are: First, to give noeded oppor
tunity for physlcalrccupcrutlon; second,
to ulford such laborers nn opportunity
for tho society of their futilities and for
social and intellectual employment;
third, in an overcrowded and congested
labor market by expanding tho oppor
tunity for obtaining cmploymcntglvlng
a more general and moro equitable dif
fusion to tho wage product of tho labor
of audi market,
THE VILLAINOUS GRIP.
Ifavv It AlUlctcd rtuhermon oil the North
west Coast.
St.'Joiinh, N. 1, May f. Informa
tion from tho northern const depict a
wretched condition of affairs. Owing
to ruvnges of grip last year, tho miser
uhlo inhabitants wero unnblo to gather
their usual cutch of fish. Just before
navigation closed tho government sent
tho people of Flowers Cove sixty barrels
of Hour, lo save thom from perishing
(luring tho winter. Five months they
havo been cut off from tho world by lee.
Early in Fobruary tho people watched
with horror tho consumption of tho last
handful of flour. How they have lived
since, flotl ulono knows. For twe
months tho cry of hunger has been
heard. Whole families had not u crust
of bread. Thero is not a barrel of Hour
on tho whole const between Ilonno Bay
and St. Anthonys.
Itepnhllcaiis Carry Ht, I'aul, Minn.
St. Paul, Minn., May ft. Every nro-
clnct In tho city lias now been heard
from, and tho majority for Wright (rep.)
la 1),70,1 over tho present mayor. For
comptroller, McCanly (rep.) bus over
4,000 majority, and for treasurer, Miller
(rep.) has a majority of nearly ,1,000.
Two yean furo iJIayor Smith's (dcm.)
majority waa tv,400. "v " f
uccenUng.Uu) oflur al a 113,000 purso tc
dono by tho ovci llor bolow thero will , "K" i'isimraoi
probably reach eiOO.OOO. ' , ' car heptcmber 5.
l'rltrhard Is After ."
NkvOiu,KAN8. Mav 5. President Kool
has received u reply froaa Ted Prlt-'hard
uccenung.qu) offer oX a 113,000 purso tc
fljfht Fltlnfmdnsj Tho' fight will oc
In a lato Hcrraon nt llrooklyn Uct. T.
DoWitt Talmago discoursed upon tho
beauties of the titles of Jesus Christ.
Ills text wns from Phllipplans II. 9.
'Tho numo which Is abovo every name."
Dr. Tnlmugo said:
Paul is hero making rapturous and
enthusltistlo description of tho namo of
Christ Thero are merely worldly names
that sometimes thrill you through nnd
through. Such was tho nnmo of Henry
Clay to n Kentuckian, William Wirt to
a Virginian, tho namo of Daniol Web
ster to a New Englander.
lly common proverb wo havo como
to believe that "thero is nothing In a
name;'.' and so parents sometimes nt tho
baptismal altar givo titles to their
children, reckless of tho fnct that that
title, that namo, will bo a )lfetlmo hind
rance or a lifetime help. You havq no
right to give your child a namo lacking
either in euphony or moral meaning.
It Is a sin to call a child Jchoiakim or
Tlglnth-pllcser or by anything thnt is
disagreeable, llccauso you havo had
an exasperating nnmo yourself is no
reason why you should Inflict It upon
your progeny. And yet how often It Is
wo see a namo full of jargon rattling
down from generation to generation,
simply because a long while ngo some
ono happened to bo aflllcted with it. In
stitutions und great enterprises some
times without sufllclcnt deliberation
tako nomenclature. Mighty destinies
have been decided by a name. Whilo
wo may, by a long course of Christian
behavior, get over tho mlsfortuno of
having been baptized with thu name of
a despot or a cheat, how much better it
would havo been if wo could havo
started life without any such hindrance.
When Paul, in my text nnd In other
passages of Scripture, burst forth in as
pirations of admiration for tho nnmo of
Christ, I want to inquire what nro tho
characteristics of that appellation, "tho
namo which is above every name." In
the first place, speaking to you in .re
gnrd to tho nnmo of Christ, I want to
tell you It Is un easy namo. You nro
sometimes introduced to peoplo with
long nnd unpronounceable names, and
you havo to listen cautiously to got thu
nnmes, and you hnvo to hear them pro
nounced two or threo times befwo you
risk trying to utter them; but within
tho first two yoars tho llttlo child folds
its hands nnd looks upward and says
"Jesus." Can It bo thnt In nil this
church this morning thero nro repre
sentatives of nny household whore
tho children nro fnmlliar with tho
names of tho father and mother nnd
brother and sister, yet know nothing
about "that nnmo which is abovo every
namo?" Sometimes you forgot tho
nnmo of a quite familiar friond, and
you havo to think and think before you
get it; but cun you imagine any freak
of intellect by which you should forget
the nnmo qf Jesus? That word seems
to fit tho tongue in every dialect
When nn aged father was dying, ono
of tho children cumo and said: "Father,
do you know mo?" und in tho delirium
of tho lost sickness ho said: "No, I don't
know you." Another child camo and
said: "Father, do you know mo?" "No,"
ho said, "I don't know you." Then tho
Tillage pastor camo in and said: "Do
you know mo?" Ho said: "No, I don't
think I over snw you." Then said tho
minister: "Do you know Jesus?" "O,
yes!" said tho dying man, "I know
Jesus; chief nmong ten thousand is he,
and tho ono altogether lovely." Yes,
for all ages and for all languages, and
for all conditions it is nn easy name.
Jesus, I love Thy charming namo,
"Tis music to my car:
Fain would I sound It out so loud
That Heaven and earth might hoar.
Hut I remark further in regard to
his numo of Christ, that it Is a beauti
ful name. Now you havo noticed that
you cannot dlsassocluto a namo from
tho character of a person who has it
Thero aro somo names, for liuttuncc,
that aro repulsive to my car. These
names aro attractivo to your ear. What
is tho difference? Why; I happened to
know some, persons of that name who
wero cross, or sour, or queer, or un
sympathetic, and tho persons you have
happoncd to know of thnt numo wero
kind nnd genial. Slnco, then, we can
not disassociate a namo from the
character of a person who has the
name, that consideration makes tho
numo of Jesus pnspcnknbly beautiful.
I cannot pronounce tluti namo in your
presence but you think of liothlohem
and flcthscmune and Golgotha, and you
bco Ills loving face and Hear his tender
voice and you feel His gentle touch. As
soon ns I pronounco Ills nnmo in your
presence you think of Him who ban
queted with heavenly hlgharehles, yet
cumo down and breakfasted on tho
fish which tho rough men hauled out
of Gcncsarct; you think of Htm who,
though tho clouds, aro tho dust
of ilia fcot, walked footsore on
the road to Etumus. I can
not speak ills numo in your
hearing this morning but you think
rltrlit away of tho shlulng ono who re
stored tho centurion's daughter, nnd
who helped tho blind man to sunlight,
and who mado thu crlpplo's crutch use-
Sess, and who looked down into the
aughtng eyes of tho babe until It strug
gled to go to him? then, flinging His
arms around it and Impressing a kiss
upon its beautiful brow, said: "Of
such is tho kingdom of Heaven." O,
beautiful nnmo, tho numo of Jesus,
which atands. for love, for patience, for
self sacrificing, lor magnanimity, lor
-.,-ufhlnir that is crood. and irlorious.
and, tinder, and sympathetic, und ktnat
It is iromntio vrith all odors. It is ac
cordant with fcaratrota
Tako all the glows of. bookblndery
and put them around thejpagoon which
that nam is printed. On Christinas
mornlnp wreath it on the wall, Let it
dlnircm ham's stnu'- or. ,-t It thun-
dr owl in organ' diapr.-iw
i aouiuTl well, uutir e
hall pccrn to shine on it, nnd overy
flower shall seem to brcntho it, nnd
mountain And sea, and day and night,
and earth and Heaven acclaim in full
chant, "lHcssed bo His glorious namo
forever." "Tho namo which is above
every name."
Have you over heard In a Methodist
church, during a tlmo of revival, a score
of souls como to tho nltar nnd cry out
for mercy under tho power of just two
lines of glorious old John Wesloy?
Jesus, tho namo high over all,
In Heaven, or earth, or sky.
To the repenting soul, to lho ex
hausted invalid, to tho Sunday school
girl, to tho snow white octogenarian,
it Is beautiful. Tho aged mnn comes in
from n long walk, nnd ho tremulously
opens tno uoor or ins homo, ana no
hnngs his hut on tho old nail, and ho
puts his enno in tho usual place, and ho
lies on his couch, und ho says to his
children nnd his grandchildren: "My
denrs, I ntn going away from you."
nd they say: "Why, whore aro you
going, grandfather?" "01" ho says,
"I am going to Jesns;" nnd, no the old
man" faints a way into Heaven.
And tho. little. child, comes in from
play and she flings herself In your lnp,
and she says, ".Mamma, I'm so side, I'm
bo very sick;" and you put hor to bed,
nnd tho fever is Worse and worse, and
some midnight, whilo you are shaking
up tho pillow and giving tho medicine,
Rho looks up In "your face ilntt says,
"Mamma, I in going away from you."
You say, "Whoro aro you going, my
darling?" And rho says, "I am going
to Jesus." And tho red check that you
tako to bo tho mark of tho fever turns
out to 1)0 only tho carnation bloom of
Heaven.
Hut I remark ngaln, in regard to this
nnmo of Christ, that it is a mighty namo.
Itothschild is a nnmo mighty in. tho
commercial world; Silliman Is n nnmo
mighty in the scientific world; Irving is
n name mighty in tho literary world;
Washington is a namo mighty in the
political world; Wellington Is a name
mighty In tho military world; but
where in all the earth is a namo so po
tent to lift, nnd thrill, and arouse, und
rally, and bless as tho numo of Jesus?
Why, tho sound of that one namo un
horsed Saul nnd throw Newton on his
faco on ship's deck; and that one name
to-day, while 1 speak, holds a hundred
million souls undor omnipotent spell.
01 it is a mighty namo. Under its
power tho last tcmplo of superstition
will como down nnd the last Juggernaut
of iniquity will bo shattered to pieces.
Tho red horse of carnage, spoken of in
apocalyptic vision, nnd tho black horse
of death must como back on their
haunches, while tho white horse of vic
tory goes forth, mounted of Him who
hath the moon undor His feet and the
stars of Heaven for His tiara. Mighty
name! It will first ranko tho wholo
enrth tremble, nnd then it will mulct! all
tho nations sing. Mighty namel
Other dominions seem to bo giving
way; France had to givo up some of her
favorite provinces; Spain has lost a great
deal of her power; many of thu thrones
of tho world aro being lowered; many
of tho scoptcrs of tho world nro being
shortened, but every tract distributor,
overy Ulblo printer, every Christian In
stitution established spreads abroad tho
mighty namo of Christ It has already
been heard under tho Chlncso wall and
in tho Siberian snow castle and in the
Brazilian grove and in the eastern pago
da. That namo will swallow up all other
names. That crown will yet cover up
all other crowns. That empire will yet
compass all dominations.
All crimes shall ccaso and ancient frauds shall
fall
Returning Jualtco lift aloft her scalo;
Peaco o'er ths world her ollvo wnnd extend,
And whlto robed Innoccnco from Heaven de
scend. Hut I remark again, taking a step
forwnrd in this subject, that tho name
of Christ Is an enduring namo. You
got over tho fence of tho graveyard and
you pull tho weeds back from the name
that has nearly faded from tho tomb
stono nnd you wish that Walter Scott's
"Old Mortality" would como along nnd
rcchisel It so that you might really And
out what the namo Is. Why, that was
tho namo of tho groatcst man in all the
town, in all tho country in all tho state,
now almost faded from tho tombstone.
And so the great names of this world
either have perished or aro perishing.
Gregory VI., S.incho, of Spain; Conrad
I., of England; Catherine, of Hussia.
Those names wcro oneo mighty, nnd
thoy mado tho enrth tremble. Who
cares for them now? Nono bo poor
as to do them reverence. Hut
tho name of Christ Is enduring forever.
It will bo preserved in tho world's lino
art It will bo preserved in tho world's
grand nnd elaborate architecture, und
protestantism shall yet have its St
Mark's and its St. Peter's. It shall bo
preserved in tho world's literature, for
mere snail oo outer ruioys to writo inej
"Evidences of Christianity." Moro
than all, it will bo embalmed in tho
henrtsof all tho good of earth, aud all
the great ones of Heaven. Shall tho
emancipated bondman evor forget who
sot him free? Shall tho blind man ever
forgot tho Dlvino Physician who gavo
him sight? Shall tho lost and wander
ing over forget who brought them
home? Why, to muko tho world forgot
thnt namo would bo to burn up till tho
Htbles, und burn down nil tho churches
and then, in the spirit of univer
sal arson, go through tho gate of
Heaven nnd put tho torch toull the
temples and manslonsnnd palaces, until
in tho awful conflagration all Heaven
wen down, nnd tho peoplo came out to
look upon tho charred ruins; but even
then they would hear tho namo of
Christ in tho thunder of falling towers
and In tho crash of temple wulls, and
see it interwoven into tho flying ban
ners ot flame, and tho redeemed of
Heaven would' say: "Lot tho temples
and palaces burn; let them burn; we
have J uses left" Blessed be His glori
ous namo forever. "The namo which la
above every numo."
My friends, havo you mado up your
luinds by what namo you will accost
Christ wken you see Him in Ucare-n?
Now that la a practical question. For
you will seo Him, child of God, just as
certainly ns yon sit there aiv I stand
hur. H wli.it name, iv vu made
Sound Jt I up youv mind to call Ch un you
evoty stai-1 tww vuvisl nun in i .cive-u. i,i you call
Him "Anointed One," or "Messiah," or
will you tako somo one of tho symbol!
terms which you rcail in your Bible oa
earthterms by which Christ Wns desig
nated? Somo day perhaps you will bo wander
ing nmong tho gardens of Ood on high,
thd placo abloom with eternal Bprlng
tlme, infinite luxury of lily and rose
nnd amaranth, nnd porhnps you will
look up Into tho faco of Christ and say,
"My Lord, Thdu art tho Hoso of Sharon,
nnd tho Lily of tho Valley." 'Somotlma
thero will bo a now soul como into
Heaven to take its placo In the
ilrmumcnt and shlno us tho stars
forever nnd over, nnd tho luster
of ta useful Hfo will shlno forth tremu
lous nnd beautiful, nnd you will look
up' into tho face of Christ, and say, "My
L6rd, thoti art n brighter star, tho morn
ing Star, thostnrof Jacob, tho stnr of
the Itrdccmcr." Some day you will bo
walking' nnidng' tho'fiAintnlns that tosi
in tho sunlight, falling in crash of pearl
nnd amethyst into golden and crystal
lino urn,, nnd wandering up tha round
banked i-lver to tho plnco where tho
wuter first tinkles its silver on the rock,
nnd from- chalices of 'love you will bo
drinking to honor and everlasting joy,
nnd you will look1 up'Irtttt'tho' faco of
Christ nnd say, ''My Lord, my Lord,
thou art tho Fountain of Living Water."
Somo day you will bo wandering among
thu lambs und sheep of Heaven feeding
by, tho rock, rejoicing in tho enre of
Him who brought you out of tho wilder
ness world into the shcepfold, nnd you
will look up into His faco and Bay, "My
Lord, my Lord, thou art tho Shepherd
of tho Everlasting Hills."
Hut thero is another name by which
you can call Him. Porhnps that will bo
thu namo I have not mentioned yet I
imagine that Heaven is nil full. Every
throno has its king. Every Harp has
its harper. All tho wealth of tho uni
verse has como into Heaven. Thero is
nothing to bo added. Thu song fulL
Thd ranks full. The mansions nil full.
Heaven full. Tho sun will set nflre
with its splendor tho domes of the tem
ple, and burnish the golden streets into
a blaze, aud bo reflected back from ths
solid pearl of tho twelvo gates, and it
will bo noon in Heaven. Noon on tho
river. Noon on tho hills. Noon In the
valleys. High noon. And then you
will look up, gradually accustoming;
your vision to tho sight, shading your
eyes nt tho first lest they be extin
guished with tho insulfcrablo splendor,
until after a while you can look upon
the full irradiation, nnd you will cry
out, "My Lord, My Lord, thou art the
Sun That Never Sets."
Hut at this point I am staggered with
tho thought that there may be persons
in this house for whom this namo hasj
no charm, though it Is so easy, though
it is so beautiful, though it is so potent,
though it is so enduring. O! come to
day, and sco whether there is anything
In 'Christ.
I pray God ho mny move upon this as
semblage now, that we may sco him
walking all through these aisles, thai
tho Holy Spirit may spread his wings
over this auditory. Now is your time
for Heaven. O my friends! meeting
once, perhaps never again until the
books are opened, what shall we say of
this morning's service? Have I told yon
the whole truth? Have yon listened to
the whole truth? Now is your time for
Heaven. Como into the kingdom. If
you never had an invitation before, I
give it to you now. I do not nsk what
your Bin has been or what your wan
dering. This is not pertinent to the
question. Tho only thing is wheth
er you wnnt Christ Come in, the
furthest off. Come, the nearest by.
"Where sin abounded, grace shall much
more abound." Is thero In nil this au
gust assemblage n man who feels lie is
too wicked to come? You nro mistaken.
Como now. "Now is tho accepted time;
now is tho day of salvation."
O ye who nro young! como now. It Is
no gloomy religion that I preach. It
will toko no lnster from your eye. It
will tnko no color from your cheek. It
will take no spring from your step. I
know what I urn talking about I have
felt the consolation of this grace in my
own heart It is not a theory with me.
I know in whom I believe, nnd He
has been so good a friend to
me, I havo n right this rooming to com
mend his friendship to nil tho people.
Ot como into tho kingdom. Do not say
you nro too bad. "Lot the wicked for
sake his way and tho unrighteous man
his thoughts." "Look unto me, all ye
ends of tho earth." How is no going
to do drive yn Into the kingdom? Ho
will not do it If you get in nt all, it
will be because you nro drawn in by
His Jovo. What docs ho say? "Look
unto me, all, vo ends of tho earth." He
was lifted up. What for? To drive?
Nol lifted up to draw. OI como now.
como now into tho kingdom of onr Lord
Jesus.
You have hoard of thai warrior of
ancient times who went into battle
against Christ. Ho hated Christ, und
ho went into buttle, lighting Christ; but
in the battle ho got wounded, he waa
struck by the arrow and he fell, and as
ho lay with his faco up to tho sun, and
tho life blood wus oozing away, ho put
his hand to his heart and took a hand
ful of blood from tho wound, and hold
it up toward the sun, und cried out: "O
Jesus Thou has conquered." Aud if
to-day, iny hearer, struck through by
tho arrow of God's, gracious spirit,
vou rcnllzo tho truth of what I havo
boon saying, vou would surrender
yourself to tho Lord who bought
you; you would sar: "I will no longer
battlo against Christ's mercy. Lord
Jesus, Thou hast conquered." Glorious
namel I know not .what you will do
with it, but I will tell you ono thing be
fore I Btop I must tell it I will toll
yon one thing hero and now, that I take
Hun to bo my Lord, my God.my pardon,
my piece, my comfort, my salvation my
Heaven. Blessed Uo His glorious, nume
forever.' "The namo which is, nbova.
overy namtk"
It Is believed that fully twenty-are
per cent- of the population, of the Ar
gentine republic at tho present, time
consists of European settlers, tuost of
whom now that tho uadesli. Jo ouea
haw bejn compelled fan leave- -nro well
c-lab'.i&hHj and havo all thoK In ,u
I IdeaUci.. w ith the country.
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