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A e 5 I AN IMPROVEMENT. 'The Tono or Oommorolal Roports Throughout tho Country. C0LLECT10KS SAID TO BE BETTER. The Corner In Corn Kiel No Harm Itnluc- tton of llatitticeln tlioTreiMiirjr Improh. bio That the Drain of Mnuer From the Country Will He Large. New Yoijk, Juno 4. II. 0. Dun & Ca's weekly review of trade, nnyn that tho tono of commercial reports from various parts of tho country imllcnto that business has to Home extent Im proved. Collections throughout tho country tiro better, nnd excepting tho bursting of a spooulativo corner in Chi cago thero has boon no espoclnl excite ment of nny kind In business. Tho fictitious prices established for corn at Chicago lasted just long enough to bring into that market enough of tho actual grain to bury the speculators nnd tho corner broke with great losses, not merely to tho operators, but also to tho broken. Wheat has declined half a conV, tho western receipts being un usually large, though tho exports from tho eastern ports have nlso been quite largo. Oats are a shade lower, pork v products unchanged, and oil a little lower. Tho stock of cotton in tho country continues far beyond tho rec ord of previous years, nnd there is every reason to bcllevu that oven a great re duction in tho yield will scarcely re duco tho aggregate supply for the yenr below tho quantity usually required for consumption. At lloston business Is more active, boots nud shoos nro decidedly stronger and leather very firm nnd at Hartford trade In wool nnd cotton goods Is bet tor, very fair In groceries, and fair In hardware. At Philadelphia there Is an increase In sales of Iron arid hardware is qulto active, while tho dry goods trade has Improved with the weather 4nd wool Is strong. Tho trade in liquors and tobacco is quiet and the de mand for chemicals fair. Trade at llaltltnoro is generally good -with sorao improvement In retail busi ness nnd Increase in the export trado in cuttle. At Pittsburgh ilntshcd products of iron nnd steel are in good demand, though prices are tho lowest ever known and tho glass trade Is fairly active. Tho dry goods trado nt Cleveland Is excellent nnd other trades fairly active except In Iron and ore. At Cincinnati, tobacco sales are unusually large and whisky is active. General business at Chicago Is greatly in excess of last year's record and whllo Tecelptsof other breadstuffs aro rela tival small, there is great increase In wheat nnd Hour, cured meats, dressed beef, lard and cattle. Cold rains still depress trado at Milwaukco, but crop indications at St. Paul aro more favora ble. At Omaha business is very nctivo and receipts of grain aud cattle nro In creased. At St Louis tho recent great flood engrosses attention and interferes with trade. At Kansas City business seems heal thy. Business Is very good at Denver, but still retarded by bad weather at Llttlo Hock and Memphis; Improved u llttlo at .Nashville, but very dull at Savannah. Cotton strengthens at Now Orleans and there is a bnttor feeling in business generally, while Btigur Is in fair demand and rlco steady. Tho treasury has been reducing Its balances during tho past month, putting out moro mouey than It has taken In, and In Bomo quarters attention Is called to the fact that Its cash balances nro lower than at uny other tlmo slnco tho resumption of specie payment. Uut the supply of mouey abroad Is so abund ant, and tho demand in foreign coun tries bo moderate that it seems some what improbable that tho drain from this country will bo largo at any tlmo this season. Tho business failures occurring throughout tho country during tho last jjoven days number 307, as compared with a total of 108 last week. For tho corresponding week of last year tho ilgures were 334. THE RACES. Favorites Mostly Huccessful at Lntonla and Morris l'ark-The Sport at Other 1-oluts. CmcraifATi, Juno 4. Threo out of flvo .-favorites won yesterday. CUntlo C. and iltoso Hoy wero unexpected winners. 'The attoudanco was fair and the track slow. Tho results were: Hipponn, Or .vlllc, Cllntio C, Rose Hoy nnd Plutus. AT HOJIUIS PAltK. Woiuiis Pauk, N. J., Juno 3. Tho talent had all tho best of it yesterday, fourontof tho six races going to first cnoices in wo netting. The wluners wero: Groat Gunn, Two Hits, Mendi cant, Russell, llunquct and Huuimte, AT ST. I.0UI8. St. Louis, Juno 4. Tho attendance was light and track fair yesterday, weather threatening. Tho winners wero: Upman, llrownwood, Nellie Pearl? Leporine and May Hardy. AT OAllPIEht) PAIUC. Cjiicaoo, Juno 4. Tho results yester day wero: Jack Lovell, J. U. Freed, Bull ross, Uessia lllsluud and Dig Man. llljf French Failure. Taius, Juno (. lllondel A; Gurnlor, "bankers of hla city, have failed with liabilities amounting to 3,000,000 francs. Tho failure wan .duo to losses, ou tho bourse. Sadden Death'of a'Cutlllcotlie, Ho., JmAj. Ciollicotiik, Ma, May 4. Mrs. Susan McCorraick, aged 73, a wealthy lady and n pioneer bottler, died within ton minutes after retiring in perfect health Thursday night. Tho democrats of Florida have nomi nated tho following ticket: For govern or, Henry t Mitchell; for supremo Azourtjustlco, Fenwlek Tuylor; for boo .rctai'jr" of state, John L, Crawford; for titato treasurer, W, H. Itloxhnm; for attorney-general, W. H. Lumar. A dispatch from Calcutta says that thus far thero huvo been over 3,000 -Sleuths from cholera. , 'r.t'' "; ; '' THE A. P. HILL MONUMENT. Ceremonies Attending Jts Unveiling at Itlchtntinrt, Va. Richmond, Va., May 31. A monument to tho memory of Gen. A. P. Hill, of confederate farao wo unveiled hero yesterday with great pomp and cere mony. Tho section of tho elty through which tho procession passed, which consisted of military and Confederate artf the a. i'. hill monument. Votcrnus' camps from various parts of tho state, wns partially decorated with state nnd federal colors. Tho long line, which was about half an hour in passing a given point, was heartily cheered throughout tho routo. Whllo the decorations were not as largo us on tho occasion of tho unveiling of tho Leo monument it wns sufficient to mnko tho ovent a memorable ono to all who wit nessed it THE RUSTLER WAR. Lnttlcmcn Again Prepare to Attaok Al leged Cattle Thieve. Douoi.as, Wya, May 31. It Is bo llcved hero that another attack Is soon to bo mndo upon tho so-called rustlers by tho cattlemen. Last night seventeen men from Texas, bevernl of thorn Mexicans, camped at Fort Fcttormnn eight miles from hero. They claim that they nro going to John son to wait for Gcorgo W. llaxtcr's out fit nnd that all tho cattle belonging to tho Union Uccf Co. aro to bo rounded up and driven to Montana. Ofllccrs of Johnson county say that ritlcs and ammunition have been sent ahead for tho use of this gang, nnd other bands of men have been sent into tho county at different parts of tho compnns, nil of whom will concentrate nnd attack tho small ranchmen. Humors exist of martial law being de clared In Johnson county, and in such an event tho Mexicans will bo found to have deputy United States marshals' commissions on their persons. It Is reported that Sheriff Angus, of Johnson county; Jack Flagg.of HulTnlo; Editor Mocller, of tho Huffalo llulletlu, and E. 11. Kimball, of tho Graphic, are on tho list, and that 15,000 each has been offered for their heads. Couriers huvo been sent throughout Converse, Natrona and Johnson counties warning tho settlers of impending danger and that a reopening of hostilities is immi nent. ' WELLINGTON WATERED. Terrlflo Downpour of Italn In the Cyclone- mriicK tny. Wellington, Kan., May 31. The most terrific rain that over visited this section fell between tho hours of 3 nnd 4 o'clock yesterday morning. The water camo down In torrents nnd the streets wero running rivers within ten minutes. Unroofed stores and resi dences wero flooded, adding to the misery caused by Friday's tornado. Those who nro homeless and hud gathered together their scattered bo longings found themselves in tho morn ing without cvon a stlWh of dry clothing. Merchandise in tho dobrls which could havo boon Bavcd with partial damage is now ruined. About twenty promi nent firms occupying rooms which leaked aro moro or less damaged. Thero nro manv destitute mnnln horn who aro suffering for tho want of food, ) viuuung aim suciicr, anu it is an utter 1 impossibility for thoso who still havo , nuusua uiuici mi accommoante ail or them. , A largo force of tinners, carpontors, brick and stono masons, glaziers and laborers of every kind aro at work re building tho partially wrecked build ings. Tho city will rlso from its ruins llko It did a few years slnco from an nsh pile. SLAVIN-JACKSON FIGHT. In the Tenth Itound Jackson Was Declared the Victor. London, May 31. Tho National club was crowded to suffocation last night with spectators anxious to witness tho Slavin-Jackson fight Tho cntrnnco becamo so obstructed that the owners of tho building refused to allow any iiioru u omcr without a ticket. Two hundred policemen kept ordor in tho club house, whero a surging mass had assembled with tho expectation of being admitted. After tho first fow rounds It wns evl dont that Slavin had no chanco against tho bigger man, but ho always camo up plucklly. In tho tenth round Slavin was knocked holplcss against tho ropes, being in a terrible condition from tho fearful punishmont ho had received. Jackson tipped tho scales nt 103 pounds and Slavin at 183 pounds. Juckson's seconds wero Parsou Davies, Joo Choynskl and Jom Young. Slavln's seconds were his brother Jack, Tom Williams and Tom Hurrows. Mr. Anglo wns referee. Tho contest was ono of tho fairest seen in a long time. The Hanta Fe Wreck. CmoAao, May 31. In tho accident to tho Santa Fo at Lemon t Sunday night EnglneorW. A. Isbell was instantly killed. Nino passengers wero badly and flvo slightly Injured us1" follows: Charles L. Elder, right sido bruised; Mrs. Charles L. Elder, his wife, faco cut; Charles 11. Fanning, head bruised; J. J. Allen, right leg Injured; Mary Kll patrlck, injured nbout tho hips and in ternally; Holla Feeloy, back injured; Mrs. Maria Illssell, head and back in jured; Mrs. R. Enlngley, St. Louis, cut about tho faco and head; C G. Duke, Peoria, loft arm cut aud badly burlsod, WK52f '- 'VV1 vP STORM NEWS. A Family of Eight Killed at Da rango, Tox. Dire Ileports From Oklahoma and Knsoi A Mall Train Htrept From tho Track In Austrla-rassengrrs lladly Injured. Temple, Tex., Juno 3. Tho storm Tuesday evening proves more sevens thnn wns supposed, reports of damage coming from as far east as Duraugo, at which placo many houses wero wrecked, and that little place nlmost wiped away. Tom Weathers, wife and six children wero killed outright, tho only surviving member of tho family Iwlng their young est child, nn Infant, which miraculously escaped. Tho storm took a peculiar freak at Fnyctto Murrol's. A panel door of tho house was cut In two, but no other dnmago wus done, except to thu stock house, one half of which wns cut off. IN OKLAHOMA. GuTimin, Ok., Juno 3. Reports nro just beginning to como In of tho great damage done by Monday night's storm. In County A hall as large ns hen's eggs fell for some time, breaking windows, destroying vegetables and killing somo llvo stock. Tho llttlo town of Carney was nlmost completely wiped out, but as the houses were all smnll frame structures, nobody was seriously Injured. At Hrltton, south of here, the school house nnd the residence of Henry ltutt wero both completely wrecked. A num ber of farm houses near thero wero also damaged. At Orlando three houses wore blown over and ono man 'Injured and east of thero In Payne county many farms wero swept clean of buildings and although a number of people have been moro or Ichs injured thero is no account of any deaths. IN HAltPElt COUNTV, KAN. IIaiu'ku, Kan., Juno 2. Reports are coming in from portions of tho country ncrctoiore thought out oi tho range of lant week's .cyclone showing that tho wheat crop is moro badly damaged than nt first thought Unofficial reports giro tho wheat acreage of Harper coun ty nt 100,000 acres this year. It Is now i estimated that out of this at least 4,(100 aro totally destroyed and 0,0011 acres will make but half a crop. Many of tho farmers lost their all and nro utter ly destitute. Tho heavy rnlus of Sun. day, Mondny nnd Tuesday have'rulned J thousand oi dollars' worth of household goods and garnered wheat which tho cyclone left exposed. Tho destitution of this elty and surrounding vicinity becomos moro apparent each day and financial assistance from tho outside is necessary. An appeal has been issued by tho mayor asking for aid. AT WELLINOTON, KAN. Wellington, Kan., Juno 3. J. C Thomson, chairman, and E. 11. Martin, secretary of tho relief committee, havo Issued an appeal to tho public asking for aid in behalf of tho stricken com munity which they officially ropresent IN AU8T1IIA. Vienna, Juno 3. Tho mall train from Arnm to Urod wns struck by a cyclone yesterday whllo at tho Nowska station. Tho terrible forco of tho wind is shown by tho fact that two of thu car riages composing the train were lifted bodily into tho air and hurled down nn embankment, causing the greatest con sternation among the passengers. Other carriages wero knocked over by the violence of tho storm nnd were bad ly smashed. Twenty of tho persons on tho train wero badly Injured, somo of them fatally. KANSAS CROP PROSPECTS. The Latest Inlbruiiitttn In Krjrnrd to Wheat, Outn, Corn and Fruit. Topeka, Kan., Juno 3. The Kansas Farmor publishes to-day crop reports from its correspondents throughout tho state. They indicate a wheat acreage about equal to that of last year. Tho condition of tho wheat crap has improved generally blnco tho lost report Very few counties report insects of nny kind. In somo counties tho wheat on bottom lands has suffered from wash ing out by floods, but in trenoral tho damage to this crop by tho execssivo rains has been less than was to be ex pected. Tho harvest will be later than usual, but unless somo Injury not yet developed comes upon tho wheat, tho prospect is that a fairly good crop will bo harvested. Harvest will begin In tho southern counties nbout Juno 30. Tho ncrengo of oats Is rather lighter than heretofore on account of lateness of tho season and excessive rains. This crop Is later than usual, but otherwise In good condition. Corn is very backward on account of cool wet weather. Tho acreage will bo larger than usual, oven If planting has to bo extended well Into June. Tho growth of the planted has been slow. Ample tlmo remains, however, to mnko a corn crop with a favorable season from this tlmo forward. The fruit crops aro below tho average. A Harbor's Ite.ully Itarnr. Cleveland, O., Juno 3. Charles IT. Seymour, a prominent furniture dealer, died under peculiar circumstances. Tho Immediate cause of death was blood poisoning, contracted through a cut In flicted upon his faco with a razor whllo In a barber shop. Tho virulent poison spread to all portions of his body and formed Innumerable ulcers both inter nal and external. Nino physicians labored over him in vaiu. Ht. Joseph Men Surely Drowned. St. Joseph, Juno 3. Over 500 men nro dragging tho Missouri river to-day in tho vicinity of tho jvater works pump house in vain search for tho bodies of Henry Luchslnger and Cashier William .Jordan of tho Commercial bank. All doubt of tho men having been drowned has been bottled as their broken boat has been found on tho bank of tho river. Four Inches r finow Fell. Huao, Col., Juno 3. A heavy snow storm prevailed at this placo Inst even lug, and during tho night four luche-v of snow fell und covered tho ground. M has turned verv cold. i SPECIAL PKAYER. Thunder, In the Bible, Is the Symbo of Power. Bt. James nnd 8t. John Were Catted "The fcons of Thunder." Tho Itellclou l'oivfr In thn Church Has a Hiding l'lnce-llr. Tal- mngo's Kernion. Dr. Talmngo took for his sermon last Sunday, Psalms lxxxl, 7 : "I nnswered theo In tho secret place of thunder." It Is past midnight, nnd 3 o'clock In tho morning, fnr enough from sunset nnd sunrlso to mnko tho darkness very thick, nnd tho Egyptian army in pur suit of tho escaping Israelites aro on tho bottom of tho Red sea, its waters having been Bet up on either side In ma Bonry of sapphire, for God can mnko a wall as solid out of water ns out of grnnlte. nnd tho trowels with which these two walls wero built wero nono tho less powerful becnuso invisible. Such wnlls had never before been lifted. When I Baw tho waters of tho Red Sea rolling through the Suez canal they wero blue and beautiful and flowing llko other waters, but to-night, as tho Egyptians look up to them built into walls, now on ono sido nnd now on tho other, they must havo been frowning waters, for it was probablo thnt tho Bnmo power that lifted them up might suddenly fling them prostrate. A great lantern of cloud hung over this chasm between tho two walls. Tho door of thnt lantern wns opened townrd tho Israelites ahead, giving them light, and the bnck of the lantern wns townrd tho Egyptians, nnd it growled nnd rumbled nnd jarred with thunder; not thunder llko thnt which cheers the earth after a drought, promising tho refreshing shower, but chnrged and surcharged with threats of doom. Tho Egyptian cnptalnslost their pres ence of mind, and tho horses renrcd and snorted nnd would not nnswer to their Mts, nnd tho chariot wheels got inter locked and torn off, nnd tho charioteers wero hurled headlong, nnd the Red sea fell on all tho host. The confusing nnd confounding thunder wns in nnswer to tho prayer of tho Israelites. With their backs cut by tho lash, nnd their feet bleeding, nnd their bodies decrepit with tho suffering of whole generations, they had asked Almighty God to cnsepulchcr their Egyptian pursuers in ono great Fnrcophngus, nnd the splash and tho roar of the Red sea ns It dropped to its natural bed wero only tho shutting of tho sarcophagus on a dend host That is tho meaning of tho text when God says: "I answered theo in tho secret place of thunder." Now thunder, all up nnd down tho Tilblc, is tho symbol of power. Tho Egyptian plague of hall was accom panied with tills full diapason of tho heavens. Whllo Samuel und his men wero making n burnt offering of a lamb, and tho Philistines wero nbout to attack them.it was by terrorizing thun der they wero discomfited. Job, who wns a combination of tho Dnntcsque nnd tho Miltonie, was solemnized on this reverberation of tho heavens, and cried, "The thunder of his power, who enn understand?" nnd he challenges the universe by snylng, "Canst thou thunder with a voice llko HI in?" nnd ho throws Rosa llonheur's "Horse Fair" Into tho shade by tho lllblo photograph of a warhorsc, when ho describes his neck ns "clothed with thunder." Re cause of tho power of .Tames nnd John they wero called "the sons of thunder." Tho law given on tho basaltic crags of Mount Slnal wns emphasized with this cloudy ebullition. The skies nil around nbout St. John nt Pntmos were full of the thunder of war, and tho thunder of Christly triumph, nnd tho thunder of resurrection, nnd tho thunder of otcr nity. Hut when my text says, "I answered theo In the secret place of thunder," it suggests thero is somo mystery nbout tho thunder. To tho ancients tho cause of this bombarding tho earth with loud sound must havo been moro of a mys tery than it is to us. Tho lightnings, which wero to them wild monsters ranging through tho skies in our time havo been domesticated. Wo harness tlcctricity to vehicles, nnd we cngo it in 'amps, nnd every schoolboy knows oome thiug about the fact that it is tho pas sago of electricity from cloud to cWud that causes tho heavenly racket which wo call thunder. Uut, after all that chemistry has taught tho world, thero are mysteries about this skyey reso nnnco, nnd my text, true in tho tlmo of tho Psalmist, is true now and always will bo true, that thero Is somo secret ubout thu placo of thunder. To one thing known nbout tho thun der thero nro n hundred things not known. After nil tho scientific batter ies havo been doing their work for a thousand years to como nnd learned men havo discoursed to tho utmost about atmospheric electricity nnd inng- netlo electricity and galvnnlocleetnelty nnd thermotlo electricity and friction electricity nnd posltlvo electricity and negative electricity my text will bo ns suggestive ns it is to-day, when itspcuks of tho secret placo of thunder. Now right nlong by a natural law thero is always a spiritual law. As thero is a secret placo of natural thun der, thero Is a secret placo of moral thunder. In other words, tho religious power that you see abroad in tho church in tho world has a hiding place, und in many eases it Is never discovered at all. I will use a similitude. I can glvo only tho dim outline of a particular case, for many of tho remarkable circumstances I havo forgotten. Many years ugo thero was n largo church. It was char acterized by strange und unaccountable conversions. Thero wero no great re vivals, but individual cases of spiritual arrest and transformation. A young man sat in ono of the front, pews. Ho was a gruduato of Yale,brll llant ns tho north star nnd notoriously dissolute. Everybody knew him nnd liked him for his geniality, but deplored Ids moral errantry. To plenso his par ents ho wus every Sabbath morning in cnurch. Ono day thero wus u ringing of tho doorbell of tho pustor of thnt church, and thnt young mau, wholtnod with re peutauco, impioreil prayer and ndvico and passed into couipluto reformation of heart nnd life. All tho neighbor hood was astonished and asked, "Why was this?" His father and mother had said nothing to him about his bouI'u welfare. On nnother nlslo of tho samo church sat nn old miser. Ho paid his pew rent, but was hnrd on tho poor, and had no interest In nny philanthropy. Piles of money! And people said, "What a strug gle ho will havo when ho quits this llfo to part with his bonds and mortgages." Ono dny ho wroto to his minister: "Plenso to call immediately. I have a matter of great Importance about which I wnnt to sco you." When tho pastor camo in tho mnn could not speak for emotion, but nfter nwhllo ho gathered flolf control enough Us Bay, "I havo lived for this world too long. I wnnt to know If you think I can bo saved, nnd, If so, I wish von would tell mo how." Upon his soul tho light soon dawned, nnd tho old miser, not only revolutionized In heart but In llfo, began to scatter bene factions, nnd toward nil tho great chari ties of the dny ho becamo a cheerful nnd bountiful nlmoner. What was tho cause of this change? everybody asked, nnd no ono wnn capable of giving un Intelligent nnswer. In another pnrt of tho church snt, Sabbath by Sabbath, a beautiful and tnlcntcd woman, who was a great so ciety leader. Sho went to church be cause that wns n rcspectablo thing to do, nnd in tho neighborhood whero she lived It was hardly respectable not to go. Worldly was sho to tho Inst degree, and all her fnniily worldly. She had at her house tho finest germnns that wero ever danced, und tho costliest favors thnt wero ever given, nnd though sho nttended church sho never liked to hear nny story of pathos, and ns to religious emotion of nny kind, sho thought It positively vulgar. Wines, cards, thea ters, rounds of costly gnyety wero to her tho highest satisfaction. Ono day u neighbor sent in a visiting card, nnd this lndy came down tho stairs in tears and told tho whole storj of how she had not slept for several nights, and sho feared sho wns going to loso her soul, nnd sho wondered if some one would not come around nnd pray with her. From that time her cntlro demeanor was changed, nnd though sho was not called upon to sacrifice nny of her nmenlttes of life, she consecrated her beauty, her social position, her fnm lly, her nil to God nnd tho church nnd usefulness. Everybody snld In regard to her, "Havo you noticed tho change, and what In tho world caused It?" nnd no ono could make satisfactory expla nation. In tho eourso of two years, though there wns no genoral awakening In that church, many such Isolated eases of such unexpected and unnccountable conversions took plnce. The very peo ple whom no ono thought would bo af fected by such considerations wero con verted. Tho pnstor nnd the ofllecrsof the church were on tho lookout for tho solution of this religious phenomenon. "Whero is It?" they said, "and who is it nnd what Is it?" At Inst tho discovery was made nnd all was explained. A poor old Chrlstinn woman standing in the vestibule of tho church ono Sundny morning, trying to get her breath again before she went upstairs to tho gnlicry, heard the Inquiry and told tho secret For years sho had been in tho habit of concentrating all her prayers for par ticular persons in that church. Sho would sco somo man or somo woman present, nnd, though sho might not know the person's name, she would pray for that person until ho or sho was con verted to God. All her prayers wero for that ono person just that one. Sho waited nnd wnlted for communion dnys to seo when tho candidates for member ship stood up whether her prayers had been effectual. It turned out thnt theso marvelous instances of conversion were tho result of that old woman's prayers as sho sat in tho gallery Sabbath by Sabbath, bent und wizened nnd poor and unnoticed. A little cloud of consecrated humanity hovering in tho galleries. That was tho secret placo of tho thunder. Thero is somo hidden, unknown, mysterious source of almost all tho moral nnd reli gious power demonstrated. Not ono out of a million not onu out of ten mil lion prayers ever strike a Human car. On public occasions a minister of roll glon voices tho supplications of nn as semblage, but the prayers of nil tho congregation nro in silence. There is not a second in a century when prayers nro not ascending, but myriads of them are not even ns loud as a whisper, for God hears a thought as plainly as a vocalization. That bilence of supplica tionhemispheric nnd perpetual is tho secret placo of thunder. In tho winter of 1875 we wero wor shiping in tho llrooklyn Academy of Music in tho interregnum of churches. Wo had tho usual great audiences, but I wns oppressed beyond mensuro by the fact that conversions wero not moro nu merous, Ono Tuesday I invited to my house flvo old, consecrated Christian men nil of them gone now, except Father Pearson, and he, in blindness und old nge, waiting for tho Muster's call to como up higher. Theso old men came, not knowing why I had invited them. I took them to tho top room of my house. I snld to them: "I have called you hero for spe clul prayer. 1 am in nn agony for a grcnt turning to god of tho people. Wo havo vast multitudes in attendance nnd they nro attentive und respectful, but I can not sco that they nro buved. Let us kneel down and each one pray nnd not leave this mom until wo are all assured that tho blessing will como and has come." It wns a most intense crying unto God. I said, "Hrothren, let this mooting bo a secret," and they said it would be. That Tuesday night special scrvieo ended. On tho following Fridny night oc cured tho usunl prayer meeting. No ono know of whnthnd occurred onTnes dny night, but tho meeting was unusu ally thronged. Men accustomed to pray In public in great composure broke down under emotion. Tho people wero in tears. Thero wero bobs ami silences and solemnities of such unusual power thnt the worshipers looked Into each other's faces, ns much as to say, "What doesull this mean?" And when the following Stibbath camo, although wo were in a secular place, over four hun dred nroso for prayers, nnd a rcllgtoun nwnkening took place that made thnt winter mcinornblo for tlmo nnd for eternity. Thero may be In this build ing many who wero brought to God during thnt grent Ingathering, but few of them know thnt tho upper room la my house on Qulncy street, whero thoso flvo old Chrlstinn men poured out their souls beforo God, was tho sccrot placo of thunder. Tho dny will come God hnstcn lt when people will find out tho velocity, tho majesty, thomultipotenceof prayer. Wo brag nbout our limited express trains which put us down a thousand miles away In twenty-four hours, but hero is something by which in a mo ment we may confront peoplo flvo thou sand miles awny. Wo brag about our telephones, but here is something that beats tho telcphono in utterance nnd re ply, for God says, "llcforo they call, I will hear." Wo brag about tho phono graph, In which a man can speak, and his words and tho tones of his voice can bo kept for ages, and by tho turning of a crank tho words may como forth upon the ears of another century, but prayer allows tis to speak words Into tho cars of everlasting remembrance, nnd on tho other sido of nil eternities they will bo heard. Oh, yo who nro wasting your breath, and wasting your brnlns, nnd wasting your nerves, and wasting your lungs wishing for this good nnd thnt good for the church nnd the world, why do you not go into tho secret place of thunder. "Uut," snys someone, "that Is a beau tiful theory, yet It docs not work In my case, for I am in a cloud of trouble, or a cloud of sickness, or a cloud of persecu tion, or a cloud of poverty, or a cloud of bereavement, or a cloud of perplexity." How glad I am that you told mo that Thnt is exactly tho placo to which my text refers. It was from n cloud that God answered Israel the cloud over tho chnsm cut through the Red Sea tho cloud that was light to thelsraelltea and dnrkness to tho Egyptians. It was from a cloud, a tremendous cloud, that God mado reply. It was n cloud that was the secret placo of thunder. So you can not get awny from the consolation of my text by talking that waj Let all tho people under a cloud hear It "I nnswered theo in tho secret place of thunder." This suject helps mo to cxplnin somo things you havo not understood nbout men nnd women, and there nro multi tudes of them, nnd the multitude is mul tiplying by the minute. Many of them have not a superabundance of educa tion. If you had their brain in a post mortem exmninntion, nnd you could weigh it, It would not weigh nny heav ier than tho average. They havo not anything especially Impresslvo In per sonal appearance. They nro not very fluent of tongue. They pretend to noth ing unusual in mental faculty or social influence, butyou feel their power; you nre elevated In their presence; you area better man or a better woman, hnving confronted them. You know that in in tellectual endowment you nro their su perior, whllo Itfthe matter of moral and religious influence they uro vastly your superior. Why is this? To find tho rcvolntlon of this secret you must go back thirty or forty or perhaps sixty years to tho homes-tend whero tills man was brought up. It is a winter morning, and tho tallow candlo is lighted, nnd tho fires aro kindled, sometimes the shavings hardly enough to start tho wood. Tho mother Is pro paring tho breakfast, the blue edged dishes nro on tho tabie, and tho lid of tho kettle on tho hearth begins to rnttlo with tho steam, nnd the shadow of tho industrious woman by tho flickering flame on tho hearth is moved up and down tho wall. The father Is at tho barn feeding tho stock the oats thrown into tho horses' bin and tho eattlo craunchlng tho corn. Tho children, earlier than they would llko and after being called twice, aro gathered nt tho table. Tho blessing of God is nsked on tho food, and, tho meal over, tho family Riblo Is put upon tho white tablecloth and a chapter Is rend and n prayer made, which includes nil the Interests for this world and tho next. Tho children pay not much attention to the prayer, for it Is about the same thing day after day, but it puts upon them an impression that ten thousand years will only make moro vivid nnd tremendous. As long as tho old folks llvo their prayer is for their children and their children's children. Day In and dny .out, month in und month out, year in nnd yenr out, decado in and decado out tho sons nnd daughters of that family nro remem bered In earnest prayer, and they know it, und they feel it, and they can not get away from it Two funerals after awhile not moro than two yenrs apart, for it is seldom that thero is moro than that lapse of time between father's going nnd moth er's going two funerals put out of sight tho old folks. Uut whero are tho chil dren? Tho daughters aro In homes whero they nre Incarnations of good sense, industry and piety. Tho sons, perhaps one a farmer, nnother a merchant, another a physician, another a minister of tho Gospel, useful, consistent ad mired, honored. What a power for good thoso seven sons and daughters! Whore did they get tho power? From tho schools, and tho seminaries, and tho colleges? Oh, no, though theso may havo helped. From their superior mental endowment? No, I do not think they had unusunl mental caliber. From accidental circumstances? No, they had nothing of what is called astound ing good luck. I think wo will take a train and ride to tho depot nearest to tho homestead from which thoso men nnd women start ed. Tho train halts. Let us stop a few minutes at tho village grnvoyard and seo tho tombstones of tho parents. Yes, tho ono was seventy-four years of ago and the other wns soventy-two, and tho epigraph says that "after a wsoful llfo they died n Chrlstinn death." How ap propriately tho Scripture passage cut on tho mother's touibstono, "Sho dono whatbho could." And how beautiful tho piiBsngo cut on tho father's tomb Btono, "lUessed nro tho dead who dlo in tho Lord, for they rest from their h bom and their works do follow them, f
