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\ Paving Up to City Council ,
The mayor and city council of Nor
folk have the power to pave without
the formality of a petition being pro-
minted to them , according to M. C.
Ilny.on , who studied Into this legal !
question while serving In the capacity
of city attorney.
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The following sentence In the Ne ,
braska law governing cities from 1
5,000 to 25,000 population , vests com
plete power and authority In the |
mayor and city council , the former ,
city attorney Hays , to go ahead ami , i
on tholr own motion , order and con
tract for the paving of a street : [
The mayor and council of any city
governed by this act ( cities of 5,000
to 25,000) ) shall have power to pave ,
rupnvu , or nmendninl.o ; any btroot or
alloy , or any part thereof , In any city ,
and for that purpose to create suitable
paving districts , which shall bo con- .
socutlvoly numbered ; Hiich work to be
done under contract. : p
That Hontonco , Mr. Hazon says ,
gives the mayor and council the right
to pave , without any petition coming
before them whatsoever. And under
IIH ! construction , Mayor Friday and
the city council can go right ahead at
any time and create n paving district ,
ordering whatever streets they deem i
expedient , to bo paved. The sentence
lu not qualified ,
The mayor and council have power '
to Issue bonds to pay for paving the
street. Intersection , hut not until the
IHHUO nhall have been a.-.thorlzed by "
the majority of regular electors at
a bond election.
It Is Mr. Hnzcn's opinion that the
clause In the statute relating to n no- '
titlon , merely gives property holders
power to compel a mayor and city
council to pave , under certain condl
lions. This is the clause referred to :
"Whenever the owner of lots , or1 1
Hinds , abutting upon the streets , or
,
alleys , within any paving district , shall
petition the coancll to pave , re-pave ,
or macadamize such streets or ailoys ,
It shall become the duty of the mayor
and council to pnvo , re-pave , or ma
cadamize the same , etc. "
Further weight Is lent to this con
struction of the law , It IB pointed out ,
by the fact that , In the first sentence
of the statute , the law classes the
power to pave along with power to
"open , extend , widen , narrow , grade , |
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curb , gutter , park and pave , or other- '
wine Improve and keep In good repair !
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and condition , or cause the same to
bo done , In any manner they may' '
deem proper , any street , avenue or al-j
ley within the limits of the city , etc."i j '
Following Is the law recnrdlnE I > av- (
ing In cities of from 5,000 to 25,000
population : I
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The council shall have power to
open , extend , widen , narrow , grade
curb , gutter , park and paye , or otherwise - '
wise Improve and keep In good repair
and condition or cause the same to be
done , in any manner they may deem
proper , any street , avenue or alley
within the limits of the city , and they
may grade partially or to the estab
lished grade , or park , or otherwise
Improve any width or part of any I
such street , avenue or alloy , and may
also construct and repair or cause and
compel the construction and repair , i ,
of sidewalks in such city of such ma
terial and In such manner as they
may deem necessary , and to defray
the costs and expenses of such im
provements , or any of them , the
mayor and council of such city shall
have power and authority to levy and
collect special taxes and assessments
upon the lots and pieces of ground
adjacent to , or abutting upon , the
street , avenue , alley , or sidewalk , thus
In whole or In part opened , widened ,
curbed and guttered , graded , parked,1 ,
extended , constructed , or otherwise
Improved or repaired , or which may
be specially bonefltted by any of said
Improvements : Provided , that the
above provision shall not apply to
ordinary repairs of streets or alleys ,
and the cost of such repair shall be
paid out of the Road Fund , and the
mayor and council are authorized to
draw warrants against said fund not
to exceed eighty-five (85) ( ) per cent of
the amount levied as soon as levy
shall be made by the county com- '
mlssloners ; Provided Further , the
mayor and council of any city gov
erned by this act shall have power
by ordinance , to establish the grade of
any street , avenue , or alley , In the
city ; and when the grade of any
street , avenue , or alley shall have been i
heretofore established , or when the
grade of any street , or part of a street
shall bo changed unless the consent' '
In writing is first obtained by the
owners of the lots or lands abutting
upon the street or part of a street
whore such change of grade is to be
made who represent a majority of the
feet front , thereon , and not then until
the damages to property owners which
may bo caused by such change of
grade shall have been assessed and
determined by three (3) ( ) disinterested
freeholders who shall bo appointed by
the mayor and council for that pur
pose , who shall receive a fee of five
dollars per day and who shall make
such appraisement , taking into con
sideration the benefit , If any to such
property , and file their report with the
city clerk , and the amount of damages
so assessed shall be tendered to such
,
property owner , or their agents. j
The mayor and council of any city
governed by this act shall have power
to pave , repavo , or macadamize any
street or alley , or any part thereof ,
in any city , and for that purpose to
create suitable paving districts , which
shall bo consecutively numbered ; such
work to bo done under contract.
Whenever the owner of lots , or lands ,
abutting upon the streets , or alleys ,
within any paving district represent
ing three-fifths of the feet frontage
thereon , shall petition the council to 1
pave , re-pave , or macadamize such
streets or alleys , It shall be the duty ,
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of the mayor and council to pave , re- I
pave , or macadamize the same , and
In all cases of paving , re-paving , or
macadamizing , there shall bo used
such material ns n majority of the
owners shall determine upon ; Provid
ed , the council shall bo notified , In
writing , by said owner , of such deter
mination within thirty (30) ( ) days next
after the passage and approval of the
ordinance ordering such paving , re-
paving or macadamizing , In case
such owners fall to designate the ma
terial they desire used in such paving ,
Te-pavlng , or macadamizing , In the >
manner and within the time above
provided , the mayor and council shall
determine upon the material to no
used. The cost of paving , macadam/- !
Ing or ro-pavlng the streets and alley
within any paving district shall lie
assessed upon the lots and lands es
pecially benefited thereby In suci ! ills-
trlcts In proportion to such benefits
to be determined by the mayor and
council under the provisions of thin
act.
The assessment of the special
taxes for paving purposes herein pro-
vlded for , shall be us follows the
total cost of the Improvement shall
be levied at OHO time upon the pro
perty and become delinquent as here
in provided ; one-tenth ot the total cost
shall become delinquent In fifty (50) ( )
days after such levy ; one-tenth In one
year ; one-tenth In two years ; one-
tenth In three years ; one-tenth In four
years ; one-tenth In live years ; one-
.tenth In six years ; one-tenth In seven
years ; one-tenth in eight years ; one-
tenth In nine years. ICach of said In
stallments , except the first shall draw
Interest at the rate not exceeding seven -
on (7) ( ) per cent per annum from the
time of the levy aforesaid , until the
same shall become delinquent ; and af
ter Hie same shall become' delinquent ,
interest at the nito of ten (10) ( ) per
cent per annum , shall be paid thereon ,
as In case of other special taxes1 ;
Provided , that for the purpose of payIng -
Ing the cost of paving , re-paving , or
macadamizing the streets , avenue or
alleys in any paving district , exclusive
of Intersections of streets , or avenues ,
or spaces opposite alleys therein , the1
"mayor and council shall have power ,
and may , by ordinance , cause to bo
Issued bonds of the city to be called
"District Paving Bonds of District
No. " payable In not exceeding ton (10) ( )
years from date , and to bear Interest ,
payable annually , not exceeding a rate
of seven (7) ( ) per cent per annum , with
Interest coupons attached ; and in such
case shall also provide that said spe-
clul taxes and assessments shall constitute -
stitute a sinking fund for the payment
of said bonds ; Provided that the cost
of paving , ro-pavlng , macadamizing
any such street , avenue , or alley , pro
perly chargeable to any lot or land
within any such paving district , ac
cording to the feet front thereof , may1 i
bo paid by the owners of such lots or ,
lands within fifty (50) ( ) days from the |
levying of such special taxes , and
thereupon such lot , or land , shall be
exempt from any lien or charge there-
for ; Provided , However , that when-
over the owners of lots or lands abutting -
ting upon any street , avenue , or alley ,
within the city , representing three-
fourths of the feet frontage thereon.
shall petition the mayor and council
to pave , re-pave , or macadamize such
street , avenue , or alley , without cost to
the city , and to assess the entire cost
of paving , re-paving , or macadamizing
any such street , or evenues or alleys ,
including Intersections of streets , or.
avenues , and spaces opposite alleys , | '
against the private property within
such district , or districts , it shall be
the duty of the mayor and council to
create paving districts which shall be
consecutively numbered , and to pave , '
re-pavo , or macadamize the same and
to proceed in the same manner and
form as hereinbefore provided for lu
other district paving ; Provided that
the mayor and council shall have power
or to levy the entire cost of such pav- i
ing , re-pavtng , or macadamizing of
any such street , avenue , or alley , In
cluding Intersections of streets , or
avenues , and spaces opposite alleys
aganist the private property within
such district , and to issue "District
Paving Bonds of District No. " to ,
pay for such paving , re-paving , or ma
cadamizing , in the same manor and
form as hereinbefore provided for in
other district paving bonds ; and said
bonds hull be Issued to cover the en
tire cost of so improving said streets
or avenue , and intersectiono , of the
same , and spaces opposite alleys. The
aforesaid bonds shall not bo sold fen i
less than their par value , and If said
assessments , hereinbefore provided
for , or any part thereof , shall fall , or
for any reason be Invalid , the mayor
and council may make other and fur
ther assessments upon said lots or
lands as may be required to collect
from the same the cost of any paving ,
re-paving , or macadamizing , propory
chargeable thereto as heroin provided. ,
The cost of paving , re-paving , or ma
cadamizing the Intersections of
streets , or avenues , and spaces oppo
site alleys In any paving district , ex
cept as hereinbefore specially pro
vided , shall' bo paid by the city as
hereinafter provided , but nothing hero-
in contained shall be construed to ex
empt any street , or other railway com
pany from paving , re-paving , or ma
cadamizing with such material as the
mayor and council may order , Its
whole right of way Including all space
between , and one foot beyond , tholr
outer rails as its own cost , whenever
any street or avenue shall bo ordered
paved , re-paved , or macadamized by
the mayor and council of the city as
provided by law.
Whenever the mayor and council
deem it expedient , they shall have the
power , for the purposeof paying the
cost of paving , re-paving , or macada
mizing the Intersections of streets , or
avenues , and spaces opposite alleys
in the city , to issue bonds of the city ,
to run not more than twenty (20) ( )
years , and to bear Interest payable
seml-annually , at a rate not exceed
ing six ( C ) per cent per annum , with
coupons attached , to be called "Paving
Bonds of the City of " and which
shall not bo sold for less than their
par value , and the proceeds of which
shall bo used for no other purpose
than paying for the costs of paving ,
re-paving , or macadamizing the Inter
sections of streets , or avenues , and
spaces opposite alleys In the city ;
Provided that the aggregate amount
of such Intersections paving bonds
issued in one year shall not exceed
the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ;
and Provided Futhor that no such
bonds shall bo Issued until the ques
tion of issuing the same has boon sub-
mltted to the electors of the city , at
a general or special election held
therein , and authorized by a majority
of all the electors voting at such
election. .
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The mayor and council may , In their
discretion , include all the real estate ,
to bo charged and assessed with the
costs of such paving , ro-pavlng , ma- 1
cadamtzing or Improvements in the
paving districts hereinbefore provided
for , but are not required to do so , and
the mayor and council may , In tholr.
discretion , in determining whether thai |
requisite majority of owners who are
hereinbefore authorized to petition for
paving , re-paving , or macadamizing
and to determine the kind of material
to be used therefor , having Joined in
such petition and determination , con
sider and take Into account all the
owners of real estate to be charged
and assessed with the cost of Improve
ments , or only such as own lots , parts
of lots , and real estate that In fact ,
abuts upon the part of the street , or
avenue proposed to be so Improved ,
FRIDAY FACTS.
J. N. Wicks returned from Omaha.
Jus Marty of Dallas was in' the. city.
Miss Edith Pasowalk nas gone to
Fremont.
. M P. Weatherby was nt Verdlgre on
business.
A. Buchholz returned from a busi
ness ' trip at Omaha.
Miss Martha Radncnz of Hosklns
called i on friends here.
Misses Alvlna and Martha Lucbke
of , Pierce were In the city.
Al Lindsay returned from a visit
with relatives at Crelghton.
11. F. Barnhart returned from Pierce
where ho had boon In the Joyce case.
He was one of the counsel for the de
fense.
Miss Frances Gallagher has gone to
Inman for a few days' visit.
Miss Anna Nelson of Hosklns was In
the , city visiting with friends.
Mrs. Carl Barstaedt of Randolph
was lu the city visiting with friends.
Al Dognor and Mayor Friday are at
Lincoln attending the hardware deal
ers' < convention.
Mrs. T. 1C. Odlorne returned from
Sioux City where she had been visit
ing with friends.
George Schiller , father of R. F.
Schiller , has left for Central City and
North Platte to visit relatives , after
which he goes to his home at St. Louis.
Mrs. G. R. Steawnrt and her son
Lament Steawart , who were here vis
iting with the John Phlnney family ,
have returned to their home at Nick-
erson. ,
C. J. Fleming has installed public
telephones in his place of business.
Louis Buckendorf has accepted a po
sition ; at the C. J. Fleming drug store.
S. S. Ilayman , state manager of the
Modern Brotherhood of America , was
In the city enroute to Butte to or
ganize a branch of that order.
Ice skating was enjoyed last evening
by a number of young Norfolk people
on Blue lake.
A. L. Anderson , constructing engi
neer of the Nebraska Telephone com
pany , was in the city looking over the
local plant. He left to Inspect the
Columbus olllce.
Mrs. John Bauriedel died suddenly
nt her home on ISast Madison avenue
early this morning. The funeral will
probably take place Sunday afternoon
from the Christ Lutheran church.
Ben Skalowsky , an employe of the
Al Degnor hardware store , hud his loft
foot badly crushed Friday , when a
heavy iron weight with which he was
working slipped from his hold. No
bones were broken.
Glen Steven , former wire chief of
the Norfolk Nebraska Telephone com
pany , and Miss Orela Walsh were niar-
rled at Kearney last week. Mr. Steven
is connected with the telephone com
pany with headquarters at Shelton.
Arrangements for the joint meeting
of the hose companies of the Norfolk
lire department at the city hall this
evening have been completed. A good
program has been arranged. A din
ner and smoker will be enjoyed by the
firemen. The hook and ladder boys
will bo guests of the hose companies.
Funeral services over the remains
of Mrs. Henrietta Feldhahn , who died
at her home six miles northeast of Hie
city a few days ago , took place at the
home at 1:30 : Thursday afternoon.
Rev. J. P. Mueller delivered the fu
neral services , after which the remains
were interred in the old Lutheran
cemetery , east of Norfolk.
Rev. J. P. Mueller narrowily escaped
being dragged to death when his horse ,
attached to a buggy In which he was
driving to conduct funeral services ,
ran directly Into the four-horse team
of John Adams , east of the city , Thurs
day afternoon. The buggy was badly
smashed , but the minister clung to
the reins and with much difficulty and
wonderful presence of mind guided
the horse out of danger , but himself
was dragged and badly bruised. He
was able , however , to attend the fu
neral and deliver his sermon.
How would you like to take a trip
to Washington on Uncle Sam's ex
pense and earn money while you are
doing this ? If you take the examlna
tlon March 5 for additional ofllce force
of the census bureau at Washington
In connection with the coming census
you can take advantage of this delight
ful experience. This second examlna
tion became necessary because there
were Insufficient applicants for the po
sitions from some of the southeastern
and western states In the first exam
ination on October 23 , last year , to fill
all positions which such states are entitled -
titled to. Nebraska Is entitled to for
ty-two appointments , while only tweir
ty-three were examined. This oxauv
ination is very simple and any one
with a common school education can
easily pass It. The positions last not
loss than three months and up to three
years , with a chance to remain In the
civil service and got opportunity of
promotion , with a salary not loss than
$900 per year. V. V. Light of the lo
cal postotllco has all the information
necessary for these positions.
Why Be a Suffragette ?
"I don't know why any woman
wants to be a suffragette when she
can Join the Daughters of the Amerl
i-nn Revolution and run for president
general. " said Mrs. Donald McLn In
Introducing the new president rcnernl ,
Mrs. Matthew Scott
"Perfect happiness reigns. " Mrs. Mc
Lean said. "As far ns'l know , with
cue exception many years back , there
has never bwu an Incoming and out
going president general who were on
speaking terms before. "
HERE'S S. E. GROSS AGAIN.
"Chnnteclcr , " Like "Cyrano , " Was
Stolen , Chicago Man Says.
Chicago , Feb. 12.- Just at the mo
men ! when critics see a golden orb
of success rising to the call of Kd-
mend Rostand's "I'hantecler , " the
Frnnch playwright's long heralded
masterpiece , a cloud looms on t'lio '
poet's horizon. As players in the
dramatist's bizarre company are hid
den behind feathers of barnyard fowls
so the Inauspicious shadow conceals a
Nemesis of other days. I'nmasked , It
iM'comos Samuel IJherly Gross , former
millionaire real estate operator ol
Chicago and author of the play. "Tho
Merchant Prince of Cornville. "
Ciross ) asserts U'.at his drama gave
Rostand the Idea , the plot , the charac
ters , and even the scenes for "Chan-
tecler. " Several years ago Gross
charged Rostand with pirating from
"The Merchant Prince of Cornville"
the poetic drama , "Cyrano de Her-
gorac. "
Mr. Gross points out things similar
In the two plays , and calls attention
to what he thinks is proof that "Tho
Merchant Prince of Cornville , " Is not
only the father of "Cyrano de Her-
gerac , " but of "Chantecler" as well.
Throughout Gross' play farmyards
and the domestic fowl therein figure
prominently In the discussions by var
ious characters. One entire act is
given over to arguments as to the var
ious traits of animals. In another
scene birds are Idealized ; In another
the characters masquerade as ani
mals.
The second act of "Chantecler"
shows a night scene in which owls
play leading roles. Gross asserts that
the first ten lines of "The Merchant
Prince" picture this scene completely.
Before the characters of "Tho Mer
chant Prince" begin a dissertation on
the habits of barnyard fowls Bluegrass -
grass , secretary to the merchant
prince , says :
"It is the martial bird of morn ,
brave Chanticleer the vocal light
house of the dawn. Six times has the
rooster crowed. And yet again he
crows seven times , mysterious num
ber ! "
Reviews of "Chantecler's" premier
spoke in enthusiastic terms of the second
end act , where "In the upper branches
of a blasted pine in the heart of the
forest an owl calls the roll of the birds
of night. "
Gross quotes from the first page of
The Merchant Prince : "
"In yonder wood that guards the sea
cliff's wall ,
Whore sullen shadows shrink away
and flee
Before the rising sun's advancing
spears ,
The day-detecting owl hath turned his
back
Unto the light , and sought the shelter
ing cowl
Of Ivy web about the oak tr.ee thrown. "
Throughout the "Merchant Prince"
the players were wont to refer to and
discuss the habits of fowls and ani
mals , and a hurried glance through the
pages of the book of the play show
such bits of dialogue as :
"Here , amid these scenes of thrift
and beauty , bustling hens , pensive
geese , lowing herds , crocks of cream
and gleaming llshes , we'll wander ,
hand In hand , spending our full orbed
honeymoon. "
"See , this is my stately dairy farm.
Here , once , the wild goose , while he
plucked the toothsome grass from its
banks of verdure , listened to an In
dian maid. "
"The donkey took the bouquet for
an offering of beau's hay. "
"Yonder valley would be a capital
place for my emporium of sea pigs. "
"The pig is the most useful of our
domestic animals he turns the corn
fields into bank notes. "
"Strip that bird of his plumage and
in less than seven revolutions of this
magnificent star of ours he will have
fewer followers than a vanquished
rooster. "
"Upon the first streak of dawn our
common meadow lark has been known
to climb the heavenly vaults. "
"To fancy night as a black sea in
space through whose clouded elements
grim visnged hawks plunge. "
"I feel like a rooster in an iron
nightgown. "
Dr. Bear Will Return.
Dr. Alexander Bear is coming back
to Norfolk.
The doctor has written to a business
man with whom he is intimately asso
ciated , that he will return to Norfolk
the latter part of April for a prolonged
stay , and It Is said that this extended 1
visit will very probably result In the
family's resuming permanent residence
here.
here.Dr.
Dr. Bear and his family left last fall
for Richmond , Va. , to make their
home. But after forty years of life In
Norfolk , the doctor found things lone
some elsewhere and it is believed by
intimate business associates hero that
ho will not return to the south.
Dr. Bear had been a prominent fac
tor in Nebraska democratic politics for
many years. He was once in the state
senate and was at one time regent of
the state university.
Depot Rumors in the Air.
It is rumored that the Northwestern
will build a now depot and headquar
ters building at the foot of Fourth
street at the Junction in the spring.
The Information that the railroad com
pany will build this now structure
comes from various reports circulated
in the city within the past three ds'iys ,
and some state the rumor originated
from very good authority.
With the rumor that the Northwest
ern will build comes the report that
the Union Pacific also is arranging to
build a now station. This niattor has
been taken up by the city council and
also the Commercial club , while the
railway commission Itself recently or
dered a new Union Pacific and M. &
O. depot hero.
QOO ooo
PHI PIT . . .
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FEDERATION VALUE
Sermon by
CHARLES T. The Church Militant's Surrender
RUSSELL to the Church Triumphant.
Pastor Brooklyn
"Say ye not , A Federation , to all llim K
Tabernacle.
Vvlioni lliit ( K-ople shall lay , A 1 "cileralion j
neither ( ear ye ( licit ( car , nor be adnij"
( luiah viii , 12) ) .
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Brooklyn , Feb. 0 , The fourth and
final meeting for the consideration
of doctrinal surrenders necessary to
Church Federation was held today ,
Brooklyn's largest auditorium , the
Academy of Music , being crowded.
Pastor C. T. Russell , of the Brooklyn
Tabernacle , delivered the address as
follows :
Having viewed during the past three
Sundays what the leading denomina
tions would need to sacrlllcc in the In
terest of Federation , we come today to
the final discussion of this series The
Church Militant and Triumphant and
her Interest lu the Federation move
ment. Let UK endeavor to take so
broad a view of this subject that there
will be no room for disagreement on the
part of true Christians of any denomi
nation.
Unnecessary as It may bo to explain
to this large and Intelligent audience
the significance of our topic , The
Church Militant and The Church Tri
umphant , 1 must think beyond the
thousands present of the millions who
to-morrow will receive reports of this
discourse from that great channel of
the world's progress , the secular Press.
Hence I explain that the term Church
Militant signifies the Church In war
fare , struggling with the powers of
evil , while the Church Triumphant sig
nifies the Church victorious , glorious ,
joined with her Lord , the Heavenly
Bridegroom , as his Bride and Queen
in the great Millennial Kingdom soon
to bless and uplift the world of man
kind. I should further add that while
in this discussion we have considered
the various denominations of Christen
dom and their creeds , we must today
Ignore all human systems and creeds.
We must take the broad , general
ground of the Scriptures and recog
nize only one Church.
Nor may we make the mistake of
saying that the one Church Is one Sect.
No sect , no denomination , however
great and influential and numerous
and rich , either In sordid or historic
wealth , can be conceded the right to
appropriate the name which our Lord
gave to all truly his disciples. Surely
none of us Is sectarian enough to dis
pute this premise. We must learn to
jjlecognize the Church of Christ from
'the same viewpoint as does the Head
of the Church. We 'must learn the
force of St. Peter's words lo Cornelius ,
"Of a truth I perceive that God Is no
respecter of persons ; but In every na
tion ho that feareth him and worketh
righteousness Is accepted with him"
( Ads x , ; i-l , ; > . " > ) .
Taking , therefore , the Scriptural
view of the Church , we recognize It
as the "Body of Christ" of many mem
bers , over which he Is the Head. It
is composed of consecrated followers
of Christ irrespective of all denomina
tional lines those who. turning from
sin , accept Jesus as their Redeemer ,
through whom they have forgiveness
of sins and reconciliation to the Father
those who have become disciples of
Christ , taking up their cross to follow
him and who have received the beget
ting of the holy Spirit. Who could
dispute that these are the Church of
Christ ? Who shall say that they must
belong to this Communion or that , or
lose their relationship to the Head.
Christ Jesus ? The apostles never re
ferred to Baptist Christians , Methodist
Christians , Catholic Christians , Pres
byterian Christians , etc. , but merely to
these whom we have described and
whom they styled saints "the Church
of the living God. whose names are
written In heaven" ( Hebrews xll , 23 ;
I Timothy III , 15) ) . Let ns keep strictly
within the lines of God's Word and
avoid the errors of the past. Let us
today consider thla Church as the
Church Militant and prospectively the
Church Triumphant.
The Church Militant.
If we all agree that we have before
our minds the real Church , the Church
of the New Testament , let us notice
that there Is a nominal Church also
and that we are not competent to fully
determine which are the real and
which are the nominal Christians except -
cept by the test which our Lord has
given "by their fruits ye shall know
them. " While the real Church of fully
consecrated believers , faithful to the
Lord and his Word and ( he principles
of righteousness , Is represented by a
very small number , there Is a nominal
Church related thereto as H a shell fi
the kernel of a nut. The nominal
Church Includes those whose manner
( ir whose attendance on worship Implies
a relationship to Christ without having
gone the length of a full faith-accept
ance of him in sacrlllce. perhaps with
out having fully turned from sin even
In their hearts , and without having
made a full consecration to serve the
Ixml. This nominal class may be sub
divided Into believers who are favor
ably disposed toward Christ and risht-
eousness ; others who regard the
Church as merely a moral dub de
signed for social and moral benefit or
Influence upon the world , by counter
acting sinful Influences ; still others ,
bitter at heart , sinful and selfish , hav
ing no faith whatever in Jesus and no
care whatever for morality and n -
ing the name of Christ hypocritically.
merely as n garment to deceive , that
they may the better gain their ends.
Thus wo find the nominal Church to
consist of ;
(1) ( ) Hynocrltea ; (2 ( Moralists ; (3) ( ) In
( intercuts ; ( I ) Seekers after godliness ;
(5) ( ) The true Church , "the sanctified In
Christ Jesus" ( I Corinthians , I , - ) -
"members of the Body of Christ"-
prospective members of the Church
Triumphant.
Fightings Without and Within.
Kvery member of "Ihe Church of the
first-born" was called "to suiter with
Christ" that he may be also later glori
fied with him In the Millennial King
dom. Only those who will stand the
test of faithfulness under sufferings ,
trials , crosses , self-sacrifices , have the
promise of sharing with Christ the
glories of the Church Triumphant.
"If we be dead with him , we shall
also live with him ; If we suffer with
him , we shall also reign with him ; if
we deny him. he also will deny us"
( II Timothy II. 11 , 12) ) .
But why should ( he Church light ?
Is she not commended to live peace
ably wllh all ? Are not Christians ex
horted to war not with carnal weapons
and to be smitten on both cheeks ,
rather than to return evil for evil ?
Where , then , comes in the light ? Who
arc the foes ? Surely none would as
sail a non-resistant !
We reply that the facts do not bear
out that suggestion. Our Lord and his
apostles were peaceable and nonresistant
sistant , obedient to kings and laws ,
and yet they suffered violent deaths ,
as well as stripes and Imprisonment.
They had their names cast out ns evil.
And those who persecuted and ma
ligned them verily thought that they
did God service. All who follow lu
the Lord's footsteps must expect simi
lar treatment , because , as Jesus said ,
"The servant Is not greater than his
Lord. " "Marvel not. If the world hate
you , ye know that It hated me before
It hated you. If ye were of the world ,
the world would love his own ; but be
cause ye are not of the world , but I
have chosen you out of the world ,
therefore the world hateth you" ( John
xvlll , 18 , 1 ! ) ) . The Master said , "The
darkness hateth the light , " which ex
plains why the chief religionists of
his time , being of wrong condition of
heart , Instigated ills crucifixion. They
were of the darkness , living outwardly
holy , while in heart they- were far
from consecrated to God. The very
holding up of the torch of Truth was
painful to them , reproved them and
excited their animosity. Human na
ture Is the same today. Notwithstand
ing the fact that heretic-roasting has
become 111.popular and Intolerable to
the world , there are methods of pri
vately and symbolically roasting ,
slashing , wounding and killing prac
tised by those estranged from God ,
though sometimes highly esteemed of
men and wearing vestments only
slightly less glorious than those worn
by Calaphas and Pilate.
"Who Scourgeth Every Son. "
The Scriptures explain that there Is
a two-fold reason why Jesus and all
of his followers are required to suffer
for righteousness' sake.
(1) ( ) It Is requisite to their own char
acter-development that they should not
only profess absolute loyalty to God
and to Truth , but that this loyalty
should be put to the test. Thus we
read of our Lord that though "holy ,
harmless , undeliled , " he was proved
perfect In his loyalty by the things
which he endured by hla obedience
even unto death , even the Ignominious
death of the cross. The same princi
ple , the Scriptures assure us , operates
in connection with all whom ( Sod Is
now calling to be Kinmanuel's associ
ates In the Millennial Kingdom. They
must suffer with him if they would
reign with him. They must walk lu
his steps ( Gaiatlans v , 11 ; vl , 12 ; II
Thessalonlans 1 , C ; II Timothy 1. 12 ;
II , 9 , 12 ; Hi , 12) ) .
(2) ( ) These experiences are designed
of God to qualify us to be judges of
the world during the Millennial Age-
that the Christ , Head and Body , may
be merciful and faithful towards the
people of earth. Likewise It is proper
that the world should know that Its
Judges have thus been tempted and
tried , and are able to sympathize with
them in their weaknesses and In their
endeavors for righteousness and more
willing to help them up. up , up to hu
man perfection than to consign them
to the Second Death.
Although this conflict has lasted for
more than eighteen centuries it has
nut been long for any single Individ
ual. With the Master himself the trial
period was only three and a hall
years. On the whole , as compared
with eternity , the entire Gospel Age of
Sacrifice , as the Master said , Is but
"a little while. " And as for the af
flictions and testings themselves , St
Paul gives the proper thought , saying
that at most they are "light allllctlons
but for a moment and not worthy t <
bo compared with the glory that dial
be revealed In us. " the ovorcomers
( Itomans vlil , 18i.
Tha Church Trlunphant.
The Church In glory and In power
will contain no hypocrites and no
merely nominal Christians only the
true , the saintly , the "sanctified In
Christ Jesus. " Nevertheless It \\ill be
composed of two classes , as Illustrat
ed by the Priests and the Levltes In
the type , ( li Jesus glorified , the antitypical -
typical High Priest , and his faithful
footstep followers , the antltyplcal un-
der-prlesthodd otherwise his "Br.de'
Together these are styled a Royal
Priesthood or a Kingdom of Priests
St. Paul tells us that Melchlzcdek. who
was a priest upon his throne , merely
typified the Church Triumphant- Head
and Body- The l nrlst , "A priest for
ever afler the order of Melehlzedck" -
a priest upon his throne. Muring the
Millennial Age that glorious Priest.
Head and Members , will hlc.-is and up
lift , rule and Judge , the wmld of man
kind , wllh a view to rccovcrlm : M
many as possible , as many as will
obey him , from the ruin of sin , n > i |
death , During the llnmsatid years of
the Melchlzedck reign all the I'amilieu
of the earth will be blessed \\lth op
portunities of return to human perfc
linn and lo earthly Paradise. 'I ho
willing anil obedient will he deslroxcd
In the Second Death. At the Hose of
the Millennium. Christ's Mediatorial
Kingdom will terminate.
As the Levltes were much more nu
merous than ( heir brethren , the priests ,
so there Is another class In the Church
corresponding -styled "a great com
pany , whose number no man know-
elh , " In that they were not specially
predestinated. These less earnest , less
zealous than the faithful "little flock. "
will reach a plane of glory through
tribulation also , but with less joy.
These , we are told , will bo with ( tin
Bride as her companions. As Levltes
they will serve God In his temple , but
not be members of the temple chuta ,
the Priesthood. These will have palm
branches and be before the Throne ,
while the Koyal Priesthood will have
crowns and be In the throne ns mem
bers of the Body of Christ.
The Church Militant's Surrender.
All the soldiers of the cross , ex
periencing lightings without and within -
in against the powers of sin anil dark
ness and I heir own weaknesses , mirely
long for the time of their "change" In
the "First Resurrection. " They long
for the time when this mortal shall
put on Immortality ; when this cor
ruptible shall have put on Incorrup-
tlon ; when we shall be like our Re
deemer and see him as he Is and share
his glory. Gladly , therefore , do nil
of God's consecrated people wait for
the blessed change promised at our
Lord's Second Coming , when that
which Is sown In weakness shall be
raised In power ; when that which Is
( town In dishonor shall be ruined It
glory ; when that which Is HOWII an
animal body shall be raised a spiritual
body ( I Corinthians xv , .12-44. rci ,
5-1) ) . Surely such , having prayed , "Thy
Kingdom come ; thy will be done on
earth as In heaven , " are waiting for
the King and Clod's time for estab
lishing his Kingdom for the blessing
of the world. No wonder the AK | > stle
wrote of these , "Ourselves also , which
have the first-fruits of the Spirit , even
we ourselves groan within ourselves ,
waiting for the adoption , to wit , the
redemption of our Body" the Body ot
Christ , the Church , through the power
of the "First Resurrection" change.
Thls , will be our ylad nurrcmler to the
Church Triumphant , when we shall
hear the Master's voice saying , "Well
done , good and faithful servants ; enter
ye Into the joys of your Lord. You
have been faithful over a few things ,
I will make you ruler over many
things" participants In the Millennial
Kingdom glory and Its dominion of
earth for the uplifting of mankind
( I Corinthians vl , 2 ; Revelation 11. 2(1) ( ) .
Union or Federation Which ?
I ask you. my hearers , and Indirect
ly I ask the millions of my larger con
gregation whom I address weekly
through the public prints , What ad
vantage will accrue to the Church Mil
itant through the on-coming Federa
tion ? 1 reply that great advantage
will come to the saintly few , not In the
manner expected , but along the lines
of the Divine promise that "All things
shall work together for good to them
that love God to the called according
to his purpose. " The Church Federa
tion , which the Scriptures distinctly
show us will be effected , will Include
the various classes already Indicated :
(1) ( ) Hypocrites : (2i ( Moralists ; (3) ( ) Fol
lowers afar off ; ( ! ) Saints.
But In the Federation the Moralists
and Higher Critics will be dominant
forces. The saintly will less that ) ever
be in evidence and appreciated. The
outward and apparent success of the
Federation will seem wonderful for a
moment , but the results will be disas
trous.
The saintly few. guided by God's
Word and holy Spirit , will awaken to
the true situation and become separat
ed from the nominal mass. Their mis
guided hopes as respects the bringing
about of a spiritual Kingdom on earth
will bo thoroughly shattered , and. more
than ever , they will look to the Ixird
as the source of help and wait for his
Kingdom to come through the Re
deemer's advent and the Resurrection
"change. "
In a word , God's saintly people iw <
no outward Federation , even as II ,
need no crcdal fence * . So far as the-i-
are concerned. Hie sooner all barriers
between I hem are leaped and they
come together as members of one
body , joined lo the one Heavenly Head
and Lord , the bettor. Lei Churchiant
ty produce Its Federation and see Its
folly and failure , as outlined in our
text. But let Hie saints of God draw
near to him and to each other In a
spiritual Union and realize to the full
Hie meaning of the Apostle's words ,
"One faith ; one Lord : one baptlsm"-
one "Church of the Living God whose
names' are written In heaven. " This
condition cannot be attained through
outward bonds , but can be attained
only through drinking Into the one
Spirit obtainable through the proper
understanding of the Word of God
Cause For Surprise.
Rollc-Mr. lllgglns started to kiss
me. last night.
Bculnh-And weren't you surprised ?
" 1 should say I was. He didn't do
It. " Yonkers Statesman.
His Preparation.
"Listen to this charming bit of obit
uary sentiment , " said a cynical bach
elor : "He had been married forty years
and was prepared to die. " ladles'
Home Journal.
We accomplish more by prudence
thnn by force. Tacitus.
