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\ SOME SUNDAY SERMONS
I A Missionary From Cairo Talku
About the Mohnmmotnns
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BELIEF
An IntcrcMhiK Dlqcniirno Hv Iter
' C Ilnryhit "Tlic IJlUlc ns ft Stuinli-
Iiiir IIIuok " llio Suliluut or
i Ilcv Iitninr'8 Sermon
llio MoliniiiuiptniiB
Tlio Kcv Dr Andrew WnUon , professor
of tlio tlieoloelcnl Bcinlnnry at Cnlro , I'gM't ' ,
delivered a very interesting sermon or ml-
dress upon "Tlio Mohauituot.ins" at tlio Cen
tral United Presbyterian church ytslcnlay
mornliiR Dr Watson has been Tor twenty
clfilit years onKVRcd l tlio missionary work
In Uejpt mid Inn a vast fund of ltitorinntioti
iconcornlnj ? tliu millions of followers of tlio
false prophet KsJDt , snld Dr Wntson , Is
tbo most Interesting country In tlio world ,
with the exception of Palestine , to the tour
ist , tlio historian nnd the student of thublblo ,
Its history Is contemporaneous with tlio his
tory of the world , l'pypt wasncicat na
tion , ndvnnced In learning , art , architecture
nnd politics thousands of J cars before the
western nations wcro born , and wbllo many
of the eastern nations were composed of
eavnpo tribes She wns the scat of learning
nnd the mme of mjstory down to the time of
the 1'tolomys. Hut ull of this Rrcntness has
disappeared DR.\pt Is no loniror an Imlo-
pemiont nation nnd her people nro but little
bettertliuti slaves
'Iho Jircsout natives of Euypt Dr \ \ atsun
aays nru plaiirlv of Aslatio origin , but hive
bCLOinb so badly mixed up with Tuiks ,
Arabs and negroes as to liavo lost almost nil
race characteristics , Tlio average Ugjptlan
Is of a palo brown color , lins receding fore
head , wldu mouth , thick lips , nnd heavy ,
straight eyebrows IIo is generally docile ,
almost to laziness All stimulus to activity
has been removed by 2,000 i ears of oppres
sion and servitude
The most prominent characteristic of the
Egyptian , Dr Andiows thinks , is their re
ligious sonllments , They are all believers
Itiiidollty and skepticism were unknown In
Egypt until IntioUuccd by thn Turks and
English The common people rue ignorant
Only about otio-twuutlcth of thorn cm read
nnd write Thcro are no menus for the
diffusion of knowledge except by the efforts
of the mission schools such as the one with
winch Dr Wution is connected mid which
Is supported chieily by Mr McCaguo of this
city , 'lhoro mo eight high schools supported
by the government in the cities of Egypt ,
but the general masses derive no bcnulit
from them Tno common schools are licentious -
< tious to the lownsl degree , They are
deceptive mid hvpoiritlcal in the extreme
Egjpt was a christian nation until tlio
reign of Constantine , when tlio sitnplo rules
of chilstinu worstiip were given over for
Bliowv forms , and the worship of Jesus wns
finally lost , altogether TUcn in the seventh
ccntuivcamcMohummcd , the false prophet ,
nnd millions fled to his standard Iho Mo-
liamtnciliuis mo not heathens , llicv believe
! in one Clod , but their conception of him Is
very different fiom the christians idea of
x God 'i hev deny that God has tiny justice
Wlintovcr ho docs is right , and if ho bouda u
Elnguo they must not llco from it They
ave no idea of atonement They sock for
piventis , butnlwaj'3 by imposing obligations
upon themselves , such us fasting , giving
alms to the poor and mailing the annual
1 Jouruoy to Mecca , 'iho Mohntmncdan prnvs
regularly , but ho docs it as n tusk and not ns
a pleasure ns christians do Ho docs not
pray hi secret , but offers his supplications In
publio and boasts of thorn Ho gives alms ,
cot with the christian Idea of helping his suf
fering fellow man , but with the Idea of se
curing Gods mercy in his behalf
'J ho homo lifo of the modern Egyptian , ns
pictured bv Dr Watson , is anj tiling but edi
fying , The women are treated us slaves and
nro used only for thu pleasure of their hus
bands , and can bo divorced , abused or oven
hilled nt will A parent looks upon a
daughter as a calamity and sells her to the
( highest bidder
• \ Dr Watson closed by telling of tlio good
work that is being done by the mission
schools in Egypt , and urging iho support of
these Institution ! .
Villi ROMAN OA'IHOIjIO BELiIILP
Changes \ \ hlcli Have Occurred In the
I.n-t Ci-uiurv.
Hev Mr Harsba yestordav preached the
following sermon , tlio text being taken fioni
Acts xvil , 19 : May wo know what this
nowdoctrlno is I"
Out of the twenty-six nobloraen who sub
scribed to ttio Miiirnn Clmi tu twcnty-tliico
could not write their names and wcro lienco
under necessity to maico their signs This
iriny bo mentioned as a sample tact to show
the Ignoranto resulting from the middle
nges A pall of darkness rested even upon
the minds of tbo upper classes wnich Is hard
for us to comprehend , surrounded as wo are
by tbo light and education of tbo ninoteentti
century I shull not pause to Inquire who
was to blnmo for the bad state of affairs of
five centuries ago Protestants say thu
Catholics wcro chargeable wltlf'tho blind
ness of the peopla ; and Catholics claim that
ttioy only accepted a state of affairs that de
scended to them from the bad economic sys
tem of preceding aces , and if It had not been
for thera the truth would liavo been utterly
lost in the whirl of the awful night The
monastery , they claim , wus the ark to heal
th o word of ltfo and the Implements of civili
zation over tlio treacherous waters of mo-
tllovnl society Wo may stand nsido and Jet
tbo two parties light it out Wo uro con
cerned with another inoulry
Thcro is olthcr nil immense amount of pre
ludlto on the purt of Protestants orolso thcro
is need of Instant and decided action against
tbo Uomnu Catholics If what Uov Mr Mer
rill implied in his ' 1 hauksgiving sermon bo
literally tto bo feared that the present ,
growth of the Koiium church moans in a
short time a new persecution nnd war of ro-
liplons , why tlion wo Protestants need to in-
• tituto nn instant sluughtor of the Innocents ,
• lliolr families are usually larger thau ours ,
ttioy do not materially sutler from apostacy ,
and the outloou is dark iudood if wo are ull
to ho butclieied or burned when they como
to liavo nmalorlty in the land Thcro are
10,000,100 of them now nnd overbody admits ,
themselves included , that tbov have no les ?
a purpose in vlow than to capture this whole
laud for the pope , ' 1 hey certainly have the
best managed church on earth , as the school
bouses and uuunorics and convents on
every hilltop buftlcicutly prove If
they have one sixth of our popula
tion nnd most of the finest building sites nt
present they will linvo one half our popula
tion and mora building sites In a century or
J t\vo , and " then will como the gloomily-antici
pated sluughtor of tender Protestants It is
time Mint wo did something vvkilo wo have
tbo power in our own hutids ,
For my part 1 do not bellovo that wo have
anything to four oveu though ull the
prophecies of Kouinn Cathollo multiplication
como true ; aud 1 want to toll you why , To
do this ) ot mo ask your attention to a very
interesting occurrence that recently took
place
On a certain day , a your or two neo , a
French packet from Now York to Havre
bud on board what novcr wus carried by any
• hip before ( wo American cardtuals , Ouo
of them was the Canadian , Tasoli-
crcau , and the other was the Utiittd
Btute * cardinal Gibbous They were
equully-rcd hats , they were equal in
diL-nUy und authority In tbo couueils of
the Koinan ' church ; yet tboy represented
JUBt opposite Ideas as they paced tbo dock
of the beautiful boat The Canadian repre
sented the old wuv of doing things und
the old forms of belief : Cardinal Gibbons
presented ( ha now in both particulars ' 1 ho
ono had ] ust caused to bo puhllshei through
bis dloceso pt Canada a "maudouienl" setting
ting forth that on account of the principles ,
organization , aud statutes of the ICuights of
1-Jibor , that association is to bo relegated
among those which are prohibited by the
Holy See The ether cardinal , with true
American Independence and push , was on
Ills way to have the decision of the pope re-
• eluded I will not pause to point out fully
what a chnnifa In Cathollo affairs this Jour
ney of Cardinal Gibbons indicates , though
, cutis jnoro face it is evident that some won
der bud occurred in tbo Uouian world whou
ouo ofiho college of cardinals was ready to
novo n change in tbo infallible uttornnco of
an infallible pontiff , IIo uuw that it would
Vsver do to oppose so • iroujr an organization
as the Knightfl of Labor , nnd bis memoran
dum ou the subject led the pope to changa
his decision and grant his blessing to the as
sociation which bo had formerly excommun
icated
1 shnll not gd Into the particulars of this
remnrkablo paper of Gibbons1 further than
to say that it contains this valuable quota
tion from Cardinal Manning ) "Intholuturo
eta the church will have to deal not with
princes and parliaments , but with the
masses " In that statement I sco the new
principle1 laid down by the two most enlight
ened cnroinals on tlio earth today , nnd the
sure prophecy tlliit the lloninn ehurch is
waking to the fact that the pcoplo need nnd
demand nollco and consideration , It has been
nlwnjs so with both monarchies nnd heir
orchlcs ; they huvo hod It nil thnlr own way
until the supreme moment of thu pcoplo bad
como Hint moment to the Itoniaii church
is at hand , and our American cardinal is
among the lirst to sen it
Thcro has been no change lu the thcolocy
of the I'oinaii church , and thcro is likely to
be none They bellovo In what Is known as
the Augustlniati system of theology , of
which Calvinism is only nnothcr name To
this they have added many slranco tenets ,
all glowing logically out of their first ami
supreme mistake that Potcr was the reckon
on which Christ built his church Prom
Peter follow necssauly nil the other "P's , "
viz : Pope , priests , penatico and purgntory
Some would put in also persecutions , but 1
am not so sure of that bolng aloclcnl ami in-
hctcnt portion of their system The less
said by us Piotcstants about persecutions
the better
To this theological s.\ stem liavo boon ndded
certain corollaries bv the successive councils
of the Roman church Thcvnre : Baptismal
regeneration , prnj ors for the dead , prayers
to Mary and thn saints , papal lufalibllity and
the doctrine that Koine is the only true
church , out of which theto is no salvation ,
'Ihoso corollaries result fiom tbo mistakes
already Indicated , and they nro offensive , of
course , to every Protestant heart I do not
yield to any man in my adhcrenco to tlio
slmplo teachings of the Now Testament , nnd
my opposition to any form of belief that is
contrary thereto Hence I cannot give as
sent to these mistakes and corollaries of the
Homlsh doctrine , though Lam perfectly wIII-
in it to grant that they grow loiiically out of
their ilrst grand assumption that Peter was
the foundation of the churchi and f want to
conduct my opposition to those errors in all
duo courtpsy
In addition to these mistakes and corollar
ies of the Aligustiniau theology hold by the
Uomlsh chuich , thcro are certain positions
which I may call lcsultants from their faith
For example , they bellovo that the end justi
fies the moans aud In olden times used to act
upon this maxim in both temporal and spir
itual things Tliuv bellovcd in the usefulness
of Intrigue , and the Jesuits huvo ucquliod
qulto n reputation from their skill in this
line They believed In the temporal power
and l ulcrship of the pope nnd the cardinals ,
who were princosof the sevcial countries
wheic they resided They believed in the
union between the church and the statu ,
vvhoio it could bo effected to advuntaeo to the
former , and it was their custom to dictnto to
princes and kings in ull matters where their
voice would bo heard They were accus
tomed to deny the bihlo to common people
on the ground that they ( the people ) could
not understand it without the help of the
church And then they lind a way of pcrs
ccutlng these who did not bellovo as they
did nlthough this pleasing costuin was qulto
as popular amoing Protestants as with them ,
Now , the point I make is this : Tno Homan
Cathollo church believes on ull items of its
theology Just as It has from the davs of the
council of Trent , and in all probability will
hold to them until thn millonium ; she will
teach what I huvo ventured to call thorn , as
I look at them , mistakes und corollaries until
a wiser spirit moves upon the face oE their
religious life ; but they nro drifting mote
and inoi o away from the things I have c died
resultants , and the tlmo is not far distant
when these will no longer bo known nmong
men Who dofuudstho doctiiuo of the end
Justifying the moans in this century ? What
has become of the temporal power of the
pope ! What American Catholic holds to
the union of church and state In this land , or
would at all desire lti Of this Caidinnl Gibbons
bens sajs : "I novcr wish to boo the day
when the churcn will invoke or rcccivo gov
ernment nid to build our churches or to pay
ourclerirv : in proportion as state national
would Increase the sympathy and aid of
the faithful would diminish " As to the
reading of thu bible the same eminent au
thority said lcccntly in a sermon : St
Charles Uorromeo says , The bible ought to
bo the garden of the priest ' 1 Bay it ought
to bo the garden of the lalotv , too What Is
good for us Is good for you " And of perse
cutions Cardinal Gibbons says , in Ins book
called The Faith of our Fathers , From my
heart I nblior nnd denounce overv species
of persecution of which the Spanish inqui
sition may have boon guilty , " and again in
reference to the Mnssucro of St Bartholo
mews day , " 1 have no words strong enough
to oxpreds my detestation of that inhuman
slaughter ; " and of the nets of Protestant
persecution ho says with nduurablo gentle
ness : " 1 know full well that these acts of
cruelty foi m no part of the creed of the
Protestant rbuiches "
I verily bellovo that thcro is Just ns much
danger of a Methodist persecution In tlio
twentieth century ns of n , Hainan Catholic
petsccutlon The old times when such
things could bo hnvo forever passed , the
musses of the Cathollo people are becoming
enlightened , and for ono I say : Lotus not
bo frightening ourselves with bugbear pre
dictions or stultlfjing ourselves with un
christian Joalouslot , but lot us try to so
tench and so Uvo the pure and slmplo truth
ub it is in-Josus Christ that no man shut
care to go to the virgin when bo llnds out
that ho can Just ns easily go to our Lord
direct with his a\\\s \ \ ,
Tlio Illlilu ns a miiiulilluc nioalr
Hev Mr Lamar preached the following
sermon yesterday from Isaiah , Ivii , 11 :
lake yo up tbo stumbling blocks out of the
way of my people "
It Is qulto unusual for a mlnlstor to preach
more than ouo sermon from the same text
Particularly is it very unusual for him to
preach three or more sermons In succession
from the same text I have known Instances ,
howovcr , where the minister has preached
from ouo text uvery day for n week Moody
tolls us of a young cvungclist who came to
Chleaco to help him in soma meetings , who
preached about two weeks from John ill , Hi :
For God so loved the world that
Ho gave His only begotten Son
that whosoever bcllevotli in IIIm Bbould
not perish , but have ovorlastiug lifo " It is
said that these sermons resulted in numbers
of conversions every night One is quito
prepared to believe this when bo under
stands the rich and inoxhaustlblo nature of
Gods love The fact that ono man can
preach from one text ilftcen nights continu
ously strikingly Illustrates tbo fact that the
bible Is like the living fountain of water
Evorytlmn you go to it you can get your pall
full If ton thousaud go to the same foun
tain each can got his pall full How many
million liavo como to the fountain of truth In
John 111:1(1 : ( , and gotten their souls full ,
1 have felt it necessary in preaching these
Boritions to do what farmers in the tlmbor
country call now ground tleariug" In order
to tbo making of a crop These stumbling
blocks must bo gotten out of the way of the
pcoplo before the scod of tbo gospel
can bo planted in their hearts und lives so as
to produce a crop of goodness I am qulto
aware that the host ondouvors to lioln any of
you nro unavailing pxeept ns the Holy Spirit
gives tbo seeing eye and the understanding
heart Mny IIo grant you the vision of
fnitb and the understanding of love lob
servo : First That tbo bible Is often a
stumbling block , Hcio again wo are ra-
minded of the truth that whether a thing is
a blessing or a curse , a bolp or u liindrauco ,
depends upon the use wo muko of it , or the
attitude which we stand in towards it Tins
is why Jesus always insisted upon humility
and teachableness of heart as a condition to
receiving any rovulatlou , or the using of
truth with profit Wheu wo are captious und
disobedient , and full of a sense of our wis
dom , God can not make us any revelation ,
nor can IIo make us understand the ono IIo
bus given The reason why the bible is a
mumbling block to some souls is because
tboy go to Us invosticution us if tbey thought
God bad invited them to make a bible
Hence whatever there Is In its teach lugs
which Is In conflict with their narrow in
terpretation or limited version , tboy nro in n
state of mind to reject it nnd stumble ever it
to their ruin 1 am nuro I am not speaicing
nt random when I assert that there are pcoplo
uboul us wbo , though they have never given
d single , veok of earnest , loving , prayerful
study to the bible , uro ynt qulto full of
• opinions concerning what they doom the
defects of tha bible And they know inoro
about it than any of thu most learned min
isters in this city , It seems hopeless to try
to do such people any good , They liavo placed
themselves bojoud the palo of Instructions by
their uotcacbubloness Is it not sad that
a love otter ' from God such as tbe bible Is
would be perverted Into n weapon of destruc
tion Jesus foresaw that this would bo so
when Ho snld , The stnno which the build
ers rejected , the snmo is becoino tbo head of
the corner " This is the Lords doing , and
It is marvelous in our cyc9 : therefore , I sav
unto you , "Whosoovcr Minll full on this
stone shall be broken , but on whomsoever It
shall fall , It shnll grind him to powder "
The same sun that brings the flower to iu
unfolding and clothes It with tints of beauty
can nl'o blast it so that it cannot come to
fruitage The same rain thnt descends In
fruitful showers upon the prepared soli also
boats the unprepared soil to such liiudncsa
that nothing will germinate and grow
theicon
It Is thernforo of tlio utmost Importnnco
what is thu attitude iu which wo stand to
Gods truth Upon this depends whether it
is his love iuttor or bis thunderbolt , 'lhoro
mo not n few things in the bible over , which
pcoplo stumble I ctnnot discuss them all ,
I trust I mny let light in on some of them for
some of joii ,
Lotus notlco the othnologv of tlio bible
Thin is a cause of stumbling to niiinv , There
nro pcoplo w ho got stoutly interested in the
race question , and they think they llud n
great conflict between the ethnology of the
bible nnd thnt of science Hy ethnology wo
mean that phase of scripture teaching which
relates to the division of the hutmin fniullv
into rnccs the origin nnd relations and dif
ferences which characterize thrill It is Baid
that scientific ollinology has provr-u conclu
sively that the bible ethnology is wrong , because -
cause the bible is supposed to make all thoraces
races of men descendants of onn pair It
is said in Genesis that God created man in
his own Imago : male and femnlq cre
ated ho them " And iu Acts Paul says :
"IIo hath made of ono blood all na
tions of men to dwell on all the face of the
earth " Now , say the objectors , "It is hold
that your bible teaches the one pair theory
as accounting for the axistenco of all the
races , 'llio physiological facts show that iu
structuio , mental composition and moral
tendencies they are utterly distinct The
book , therefore , which professes to ho from
God , should have taken into account these
diffeicnces iu presenting Its theory of crea
tion "
Well , to begin with , let mo say that the
bible does not doclnio that only ono pair was
created The passage from Acts does not
te.ich the ono pair theory The word blood
is not in the original It simply sijs "bo
hath made of ono that is , himself ill na
tions of moil " And the booic oE Genesis
contains intimations of ether peoples besldo
the Adamlo family ; such , for instance , as
the poop.o fiom whom Cam got bis wife , ntid
the sons of giants " 'lhcso intimations arose
so strong that should it become necessary to
boltevo this supposed scientitlo theory of
moio limn ono puir'I ' could still bohuve the
bible und bcllevu that thcoiy Hut Hcientillo
ethnology has not yet said vou must bellovo
in the creation of mora than ono pair Whllo
It docs show that thcro are some striking
differences , it also shows that there are so
many correspondeacios us to mnko the com
monly iccelved theoi v oi the races the best
wo know of I think you will agree thnt
morally aud structurally the Mongolian
Negro and Caucassi.in are so much allien
that wo can believe , in tlio abscueo of ovl-
denco to the contrary , that God could and did
diverge these three iaeos fiom one pair lor
tiurposos of his own glorv Therefore , let
Gonesls stand , and lot Paul's teaching stand ,
and let the scientific facts stnnd ; they all
throw light on ono another If it should
como to pass that the real truth is differ
ent from that which wo now receive ,
it will bo found that llio blote is
on the siuo of the truth For Gods truth in
revelation und Gods truth In creation uro
ono and the same They cannot bo In con
flict We may have to alter our interpreta
tion of the bible , but wo shall novcr have to
alter nn iota of the bible itself
Again , the geological teachings of the
bible are stumbling blocks It is said : The
Initio teaches that God created the heavens
una the oaith iu six days , whereas sclontilie
geology makes it plain that the world was
ages upon ages In being fashioned " As wo
go through the crust of the oartli wo Und
that geology unfolds many great epochal
periods in the process of creation Down at
the bottom wo have the Aoio ago that , s ,
tbo Silurian ami the ago of moUuslts Next
wo have the Paloozaio age that Is , tho'ago
of fishes and carboniferous deposits , such as
mountain limestone and mlllstouo grit , coal
and sandstone Then the Mcsozoic nso nnd
thoiiitioduction of reptiles , the upper and
lower chalk | beds nnd the green stones , and
the Oolites , and the sandstone with foot
priats In it Then the Cenozoio age that is ,
the period of ma'nmals , the common clays
and alluvial soils and fossil deposits ; nnd
later , the age of man Each of thes periods ,
thus dist nelly marked by science , must
have consumed ageiy perhaps millions of
ages periods Inconceivably long "
So this stumbling block seems too huge to
bo rolled out of the way ; but Gods vvoid is
equal to the emergency I tutu back 10 Gen
esis to sco w hat it does say I look over Its
original tongue and inino eyes are opened
1 ho opening words of that wonderful book
stand out unique nnd unapproacliablo
for their grandeur and glorv Let us
note : In the beginning iGod created
tno heavens and the earth " As another
suvs , "lhomns opened the book of God with
the announcement of a truth which no pie
ccss of hnm in reasoning could have renched ,
und with a declaration of a fact which no
philosophy could have unveiled Nothing
can exceed the grandeur of the thought ;
nothing surpass tuo appropriateness of the
words , " Loaning back ucross the vvido
waste of nil the ages past this soMcnco of
dlvino subllmitv , "likou majestlo archway ,
stands at the closing bounds of eternity past
bojono it sllenco , darkness and ancient
night ; nnd out of it issues the periods and
scenes nnd events of tune "
"In the bogmning , " When was thotl
How far back In the past is not stated ; und
ni'lther docs the record uffird any clue by
which it can bo ascertained That thcro was ,
however , a beginning , science owns She
lays her hand upon that glittering truth ,
und as with the other she turns over the
leaves of geology and calls attention to the
corrcspoudonea of the two revulatlons they
are one This creutlvo act , recoided In tlio
llrst of Genesis , was qulto distinct fiom , and
long anterior to the nctsTncluded iu the six
days work The detailed account of creations
tion's order is graphically clvon First ,
The act of brlnelng matter into being Its
condition was empty nnd waste Second
Separation of the fluids into the waters
above and the waters below Third The
separation nf the land und water on the
earth and the appearance of vegetation that
is the lowest order Fourth 'I lie sun , moon
and stars Fifth Animal HTo , beginning
with these inhabiting tlio waters , and going
on to winged species ou the land Sixth ,
The torrential anlmjls.ln ascending grades illl
man is reached , with his dominion over nil ,
This is the order of creation us the Holy
Spirit opened it to tlio mind of the writer of
Gonesls Ami that is the order of creation
that geology unfolds as wo turn the pages of
her bopk ,
Now as to the six days ever which you
liavo been caviling , both theology and science
have long since agreed that the word day , us
used bore in the accouut of the creation , re
fers to a gioater or lass period of time
They agree that it was customary for the
writers of these times to speau of a day as of
a ponod with no aolinlta limit I can cite
inuny passages to provo that Iho woid day is
used , first , for u past and luturo time with
out limit Second , for n future prophotiu
period without length Third , for an epoch
or period of time in history Fourth , for a
season in tbo year Fifth , for n period In
lire , in remomborlng these truths you will
no more a tumble ever those six davs They
wcro porlods of time long enough for God to
calmly take his time to fashion this world
und fit it for the ubodo of man
As to man being the crowning act of the
sixth day u question or two arises Was ho
made instantly , or was ho evolved gradually
from the lower order of animals ! Wo uro
not told It Is simply said ( Gonesls , 11 , 7) )
thtit"Johovau-God formed the man out of the
dust of the ground , and that bo breathed into
him the bicath of lifo and man became a liv
ing soul " Wo uro not told us to Gods
method ; whether ho made him instantly or
whothcr by process of evolution from
the lower forms And It matters
little thut the scriptures nro silent If you
want to believe the evolution theory ns to
uian's creation , believe It , so long as in roy <
crenco and love you believe in God ns his
Maker , and that God breathed into him u
living soul , which distinguishes him from
all the ether creatures of His
hand Or if you prefer to bo-
lievd that God inaao him in a , wouiont , and
turned htm out of bis hand by a miraculous
act completed und In nis full glory , why bo-
llovo it Our God is nblu to do such a work
in any manner thut pleuses Him ,
If you would like to get a full conception
of what man must hnvo boeu whoa ho stood
forth in the image of God go back to Judea ,
and Uvo lu your thoughts with Christ
Travel with Him Listen to Him , Witness
Ills lifo Hear His words Observe Ills
NEBRASKA CLOTHING COMPANY I
Tuesday morning we will commence one of the greatest clearance sales on II
record It is not very often that we have occasion to mark down our goods II
No competition ever compelled us to reduce our prices for the simple reason II
that our pKces are always away below others , but something stronger than | l
competition The continued warm weather forces us this time to put the knife ,11
deep into our goods The season is fast closing and we have yet a very large I
stock to dispose of In orderto do it we must give you inducements that will I
make you buy clothing in spite of any kind of weather , and we will do it We H
have neverdissapointed you yet Beginning Tuesday morning you can have ll
your choice of thousands of $16 , $15 , $13.50 and $12. 9
Over 3\J \ / LandI ' I
coats 17 / I Suits I
The Overcoats come in Kerseys , Wide Wale , Worsteds , Beavers and fine | l
Chinchillas , many of them lined throughout with silk and satin , also Ulsters of
Irish Frieze , c
The suits are in Cutaways and Sacks and consist of very fine Cassimeres ,
Worsteds , Corkscrews and Cheviots , elegantly made up and all formerly sell * H
ing at $ 2 , $13.50 , $15 and $ .6.50 all go for $9.75. You can see them in our win * jl
dow They talk forthemsslves V
We cannot send samples of goods from this Sale , but will fill mail orders H
promptly and to the best of our ability , when the selection is left to us All or * H
ders for goods from this sale must be accompanied by cash H
WiWrW
STANDS FOR |
What We Wish
To desire the confidence of
the Dear Public , to preserve
our own self respect , nnd to
.subserve mutual interest by
furnlslilrig 'nlways to our pat
rons , the best mnterlnl made
up in the best styles by the
best manufacturers
spirit Stand nt His death , and gatlior np
Ills dying sayings Then answer mo the
n.uo tlon , wus ho not the imaco of Godl It
is said that "in him dwelt the fullness of tno
God bead , " nud that lma.ro which tin in
carnated In his life Ho wishes to restore to
you How Ho j earns this elder brother ,
this risen and exalted Jesus How Ho
yearns to completely restore you to the
dlvino Imago Will you lot Him J Ho says ,
como unto mo all yo that labor and nro
heavy laden and I will give you rest "
Through this door of an obedient faith you
cm como into a knowledge of the Son of
Cod Into n perfect man unto the inoasuro
of the staturoof the fullness of Christ , and
you will bo bencofiirth no nioro carried
about by every wind of doctrlno by the
slight of man , und cunning craftiness where
by they lie in wait to deceive Hut ballov-
Ing the truth in lovu , and speaicing the truth
In love you will grow up Into Ilira In nil
tilings ' ! Then indeed this truth of Oed
which you have been stumbling ever will become -
como a lamp to your fcot , and u light to your
path Theniindeed jou will say ,
This lamp , throngn nil the tedious night
Of lire shall guide our way ,
Till wo behold the clearer light
Of an eternal day "
rorsonnl rnrncrnph * .
C , H. Love of Lincoln Is at the Casey
O , M. Dye of Arlington is at the Casey
O. K. Oauklor oflLlncoln is at the Iaxton
M. D. Welch of Lincoln is at tlio Murray ,
\V. A. Bridges of O'Neill is at the Mil
lard
lard.C. P , Tairclnld of Oonevi is a guest nt the
Casey ,
\V. L. Cole of Waverly Is a guest at tbo
Millard
M. H , Weiss of Hebron is stopping at the
Murray
U. Pltzgorald of iJllchorn Is a guest at the
Murray
O. II Scott of Hebron Is rogiatcred at the
Murray
W. O. dimming * of Cleveland Is at Clio
Merchants
n. A. Oakes of Grand Island Is registered
attbeCasoy ,
11. P. 1'etoraon and T. O. Mead of Chad
rou nro ot tbo Casey
L. 11. Hrltton and George R Shorvvood of
Kearuoy are at tlio Iaxton
W. II Ilutts , N. A. Hakornncl XL D. Watson -
son of Ifoarnoy are guests at the Iaxton
P. J , Homyer and \v. C. Harnos of Ne
braska City , are registered at the Casey ,
Mr , Prank Atkinson of Tim Hub staff loft
yesterday for Chicago on private business ,
Charles II Sturgis , advance agent of tbo
Chip o' the Old Hlock company , is regis
tered at the MUlard
Cozzods Iiotol , $1.60 and $2.00 per day
SYPHILIS
Con bo cured in 20 to ft ) days by tha
use of tha
Magic Remedy
for fnlo only by tlio Uoolc Iteinedy Co ot
Oiuulia Nebiuska Wiltotous ror tha names
and nddii'ss of patients who liuvn boon
enrod nnd from vihom v\o have permission to
lefcr hsphllis Is u iliseaso that lias always
battled tlie skill of the must eminent ) > h > sicl.m-i
and until the ilKiovury ot the Coote itemed/
Co'f > " .MAG10 UBMUIiY , " not ono In titty ever
having the disease liasbeencured Wogu irm-
tco to cuio any uiso that can bo produced
'lho 8 who liavo taken Mercury , Potash , H. S. a.
faucus Alterans or other advertised remedies ,
wIth only tempoiary benellts can now bo per
nmimntly cured by tno use of the ' ' MACHO
llllvlKDY" of the Cook ltemedy Co Omaha ,
Neb llivratnotlmmtlatlons ] t ts absolutely
impossible for any ether person or company to
liavoourlormuluor any lemedy HKeitln eirect
nud results Iho Cook Ilemedy Co , lias boon
treatingpntltnti for four years nnd liavo al
ways glv en perfect satisfaction 'J hey are llnan-
ctnliy responsible , having a capital of ovei
$ .ik,00 > , mukluptholr guarantee good Wo soil
! cltthnmoct obstinate , cases these who liavo
tried every known lemedy una lo t nil hope of
recovery Correspond vIth us and let us put
you lu possession of evidence that conv lnoos the
jnostskentlenl Mark what wumy : in the end
jmi UUHTuseour MACHO HUMBDY" before
you can bo peimancntly cured , it is the moat
heroic blood ptiritler ever Known Write for
imtlnilars Alt letters confidential
PAIITInM Ho sure you nro getting the Cook
UAUIIUil Itomedy Co's Mnulo Itrmcdy ,
None others are genuine Parties claiming to
bo ncents for us are impostors und f i auds full
particulars free Addiess all communications
to .
The Obok Remedy Go ,
Rooms 418 aul 419. Paxtoii Block ,
GB9AHAftEDG/l.JSUr.tiitl ! / ! ;
XltfS'O ' X YTaMEI .
N.W.COR , I3r & DQCGE MB , OMAHA , HEB
tok sua lasnuixx or aii ,
UfailULlIU
APPLIANCES FOR DEFORMITIES AND TRUSSES
B tF eiUU.iApp ratuirtndEfra dIufor8ui-ceiifu '
Treatment of every form of u'itato ' requiring
MEDICAL or BUROICAL TREATMENT , •
NINETY ROOMS FOR PATIENTS '
Board & Attendants Beit Accommodations in V/c.t ,
CO"WRITE FOR OIROULABB on DoforniUt and
? races , Traisei , Olub Feet , Curraturea of fcplie , ill . ,
umora Cancer , Catarrh , Brenchitii , Inhalation
glectricltTi y-aralveia , Epberxr , Kidney , Bladder ,
Xj ; Lar , Bkinini Blood and all Barglcalureratioua ,
DISEASES OF WOMEN , r , ru . c . ' .VnV . S
ws navi LinLr iiiiito i Liisu.li uirimncsTruu
iroiuii uiKlaucuiriiaisiiT ( JTBICTtT • MVATF )
Only neUaMeMedloalln.Utute making a Eiedally of
PRIVATE DISEASES
All Blood Pi.ei.M .ucc.fullr trtUd 0jrplil llle i'oi.oa
removed from ibt..urn wtlfco.t mrcurr fc K 'erillie
t.lil , ir rUilllirurillUll r rtt untile to tl.lt
Bin.beIre.udet betabr eorrcpoodDt illceumuolca-
UonnonOJ.oil.l KalKiaeiorlD.trtui.iiu.rbtoiiiiilleMS-
Br . r > lrMl.ecota.il..oio.l . ate iil > l > < > cre < i4 < r.
beplooallLUMlsireired Calleodcoo.uilmute.ad
blaUt/of vourc.e , and we will aend Id oUIo arrrer ouf
rJUUH III rnLlil httrea 0 .cai.e , luMleoerB'B-
Hit ! Olttlaod Wriroc.ili | | qut.l'oull.l. Jdilr.o
OUAHA MEDICAL & BUKOIO AI INSTITUTE
Ulh and Dodge Street * , OSAIIA , B ,
I y EVl vi .n.K . aTSffi a ,
t..le II ouoUloloi ftiU | aiileu . . . Jot boo , , , „ ft ff t Wt ( .
idJreta iiof , U , If , JllblIlH
JjOtk B x-iJ , Detroit , Mich
Fhom Max Meyer < fc Bro , II
The auction sale which is now in progress at our t M
store has caused so many inquiries that we take M
this method to answer the inquiries and inform the public at imm
the same time The object of the saleis not , as some have 'j ' l
asserted , to get rid of our old stock for the best of reasons , |
we have none Nor is it a holiday scheme to get the H
trade but it is as advertised , to close the retail depart , Mw
ment of our jewelry business which Ave have been desirous i m\ \
of doing for * many months , and having failed to find a customer - | |
tomer to purchase the stock entire , and to put the stock into - • | |
to our wholesale department not being feasible , we have \ \ m
determined upon an auction sale of our entire stock of dia- m\ \
y
mends , fancy goods , art goods , and all Without limit or " jjjH
reserve of one single article We invite all to-altend these fH [
sales , which will be held daily for the next thirty days ( if not umm
disposed of before ) and see if this statement is not a fact & !
MAX MEYER & BRO ( ]
EHIEBAUGH & TAYLfJii I
fiiP iiSsil HarflwarlAi ( Sfalis ( II
| / / v SJM P fo gjl A I-arso AsHortmcnt of l MU
m m m um m CHEm 1
S l ICE TOOLS | |
hftSk pamgb Ssy/ AT KO'ITOM PHICUS jH
lJM SKW { f/ | 3T"B { .SD rOIlOATALOaHB J W
Mset&i
HiS i 3 1405 Douglas Street , - Omaha *
DON CARLOS LUMBER CO , 1
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers In j H
Yellcnsr JPlne I
To dtftlers only 21111a Southern Missouri , lloomi , 1. 8 , Mid3. , . D. & National Hunk JliilUlIng Mm ]
Tfleplione list , ( Jmnha foV H
ETCIIINCS JS3 M % tf % % ra-pMHRSON , {
MOULDINGS jw mM W EarPIANoa&OUaANI * W
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FKAMCS , js | IV W Wm .SIIK1' T MUSIC
1513 Douglas Street , Omaha , Nebraska H
FOR MEN ONLY !
C BftCITiUi : FoiLOSTorFAUIHa MANHOOD )
M rUOl IIIC Oen.rel and NERVOUS TJEBILIT7f
fiTTTfJTR Weea-ne. , of lledyand MlndtJtttecti
V e U XtJEl c'ZiT < jre rt.cEeieiln01ilorY < MB - .
Bbbett Holle JUHIIIXJII rvllf Ue led ! ! • • la • l.rfe • • < !
8ite > i ib HfiKAiiimi iimi o mi mi a I'J Kin Of BOUT
aUolul.lt aarilllM llimil TUKlT K T-lUaeai > te ear ,
Ben IHlif * ttum 41 , UlM , Trrltpfl . , eed rerrlin Coaetrl * * .
YunteewrlteUrB * . Hook , ralleif-I.e.lUa , * d , .r r.M4tl 4
( < • Cat tree aiUie . IHII UKieU CCBIII' * > ! > • B *
SHOE DEALERS El
ebrntoit Unod o ( UuuU und Slioeis manufactur
ed byU M. Henderson & Co , ot Chlcacu 1'ao
tores ut Clilcauo , Dixon Ilia mid I on lu Lor ,
\Vis.-bUouil ! writs HAM N. WATfeON , resi
dence , I'liliMONT , NUU , Trmcllns Ken .
JUadiiuarteis lor liubberg
$ i § $5.oo I
A full art of TootU on rulibor for II , irtiarantcod t < > [ H
lixaa will made ae plate * ai > nt out rroiu nny dwital | H
until ) In llila country , mil lor wiiliu rou would l > e > | H
iliarKudorer Iwliu its much , , . , . , | A H
7ci Hi filiscle 1 milium [ ' "In or ilanpr aid lW- r H
out llio uao i lioloforni , una , < Itliuror ulictrjUir , la H
( .blduudkll'irulllnve ttl half ruti-e. lUU
butlHlllUtlllll < < IIUIOltCCl | SUM
DR BAILEY , DENTIST , 1
,
l'uxton llloek , lUlli and 1'aruant Streets < - H
Tuko lilevntor on liitn gtreoU \Um
Ol'liK liVIiN INUS UNTIL i ) O'CLOClCe H