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CRAPE ON THE TRI COLOR.
All France Swarms to the Funeral of
the MartyreJ Carnot *
The Appearance of Paris More Like
that of a City en Pete Than One Un
der a Fail—-The Oountry’e Love of
Pageantry Never More Strikingly
Demonstrated. Wreaths Prom Many
Crowned—Heads Beside the Cata
falque—The Procession a Most em
posing One.
Paris, July I.—Amidst the intense heat
of the sun pouring from a cloudless sky,
all Paris and thousands and thousands of
people from the provinces, and from the
various cities of the continent, witnessed
to-day one of the most imposing specta
cles the pageant-loving republic of
France has ever seen. The streets
were thronged from the dawn of
day with every species of citizen,
from the gutter snipe to the resplen
aently attired official, all eager to extract
enjoyment from a typical French holiday.
It was plainly evident that under the real
sympathy and sorrow the French love of
pageantry was intensely delighted and
satisfied. Genuine sympathy was shown
in a hundred different ways, from the bit
of crape on the arm or in the buttonhole,
to the draping of houses and sending of
expensive wreaths to the palace of the
Elysee.
THE CITY EN FETE.
All day yesterday Paris was en fete.
Visitors wore arriving and crowds
thronged the boulevards until a late hour
in the night, purchasing mourning decora
tions and inspecting the wreaths, which
the florists had placed upon the side
walks, tagged with cards bearing the
names of the donors, awaiting transporta
tion to the palace. Thre case Qhantants
and the Punch And Judy shows in the
Champs Elysee were jammed with people,
and in The palace gardens the bands
blared and played all day yesterday to
enormous crowds.
A great number of persons secured ad
vantageous places on the sidewalks last
night, and remained in them all night in
order to hold them. AU of the windows
along the route of the procession were let
out at fabulous prices, and in many
cases, they were put in possession of care
takers until the lessees came to oCcupy
them, lest they should be seized by others
less fortunate. There was a total absence
of stands along the route, though thou
sounds of chairs and step ladders were
rentihg at a franc a head.
EMBLEMS OF MOURNING.
Throughout the city, and especially
along the line of march, thousands of la
borers worked all night decorating build
ings with crape and other emblems of
mourning. The decorations for the most
jpt rt were tasteful and vxpeijsive. Most
of the public buildings were heavily
draped, and the front of the Pantheon
was entirely covered with bla 'k
cloth bordered with white. The
cathedral of Notre Dame was also
draped, though not so profusely
as the Pantheon, and an immense tri
color banner with crape borders and
drapery hung between the pillars of the
edifice. The Palais Bourbon, wherein
the sessions of the Chamber of Deputies
are held, was. profusely decorated with
, crape and tri-ci.lored flags at half mast
protruded from many of the windows.
THE DRAPED FLAG OF THE H BPUBLIC,
From thousands of windows and roof,
•specially in the poorer quarters of the
city, the draped flag of the republic was
displayed, and the shops and even the
small steamers on the river were similarly
dec orated. Omnibus horses carried small
French flags in groups of three and four
fastened to their bridles and other parts
of their harness, and in every other con
ceivable way the high degree of taste in
French art was displayed in the matter
Os decorating. Hundreds of beeraped
American flags hung in front of the Amer
ican shops, and the stars and stripes
were also conspicuously displayed in
front of American residences. The
street lamps on the line of march from
the Elysee palace to the Cathedral of
Notre Dame were also draped with crane
and were kept lighted throughout the
day. The statue of Jeanne d’Arc, in the
Rue de Rivoli, held a drooping tri-tolor
draped with black, and in front of the
opera house were three standards grouped
and a line of flags along the balcony fac
ing the Place de I’Opern. All of'these
decoratfons forcibly recalled the Russian
fetes, though these were not nearly so ex
tensive.
THE PALACE OF SORROWS.
At an early hour in the morning delega
tions began marching to the Elyse pal
ace bearing wreaths and other emblems
of mourning. The streets leading to the
palace were cordoned with police at 7
o'clock in the morning and those who
held tickets of invitation entered through
the door of honor, opening into the court
yard, the walls of which were completely
covered with black hangings, bordered
with whit?, together with tri-colors and
medallions bearing the letters “R. F.”
Over the immense catafalque, which stood
in the center of the court yard was spread
a black band with two large white letters
“C,” and a black canopy, trimmed with
silver and with a silver summit, covered
the coffin. The catafalque was sur
rounded with burial palms and flowers,
and the countless wreaths which had
been contributed by friends and members
of the family. A number of candelabra
Were placed around tho head
of the coffin, on the right of
which were the wreaths sent by
President Casimir - Perier, the Czar of
Russia, the King of Portugal, the King of
Spain, the King of the Belgians, the King
ot Roumanin, the Bey of Tunis and the
Grand Duke of Luxemburg. On the left
of the coffin were the wreaths sent by the
Queen of Great Britain, the Queen of the
Netherlands, the Queen of Portugal, the
King of July, the Emperor of Germany,
the King of Sweden and Norway, the
King of Servin, the Duke of Madrid (Don
Carlos), and the President of the Republic
of Venezuela.
AT THE CATAFALQUE.
Tho catafalque, which blocked the main
entrance to the palace, was guarded by
soldiers and four nuns were kneeling be
hind it. The passage on each side led
to the grand stairs. The delegates ar
riving, passed silently along these
passages after saluting the dead, and
found places in tho rooms above. The
rooms to the right and left of the cata
falque were respectively reserved for the
ministry' of the state and tho foreign
diplomats, and the representatives of the
army and navy, and the courts were
also provided with places in separate
rooms draped in a manner similar to tho
court yard. Other prominent persons and
bodies occupied positions m the ball rooms
•nd owty where. Tho statuary, chande-
SAVANNAH WEEKLY NEWS,
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MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS.
( THE MORNING NEWS. 1
•< Established 1850. Incorporated 1888. >
I J. H. ESTILL, President. )
Hers, etc., in all the rooms were covered
with crape.
Although 9 o’clock was the time ap
pointed for the beginning of the funeral
exercises—the moving of the procession—
delegates were still arriving at 10 o’clock,
completely filling the tree-lined gardens
, '•'ding the pond and the bird house
t en d- The scene in
tn*> 11-S' a most brilliant
one. Jfltw colored uni
forms, their glittering with
decorations, mingled with civilians in
somber evening dress, becloaked attend
ants and judges in black and crimson
gowns. There was scarcely a person
present who was not in uniform or in
evening dress. The presence of a num
ber of cars laden with wreaths, awaiting
their turn to join the procession, hightened
the festive character of the scene,
and it was easy to imagine
that the gathering was for the purpose of
holding a brilliant state festivity. The
roar of the surging city and the beating
of the drums of the arriving military
were faintly heard in the peaceful gar
dens.
FORMING OF THE PROCESSION.
On the west side of the garden, skirt
ing the avenue d’Marigny. the procession
was seen forming. Spectators were
crowding the roofs, windows, walls and
pavements, and hundreds of people
climbed into the trees in the streets, un
molested by the police, who were notice
ably few in number, The crowds were
remarkably orderly. Wine and water
venders did a good business in conse
quence of the intense heat.
At 10:15 o’clock the band of the Re
publican Guards outside played Glazier’s
Carnot funeral march, especially written
for the occasion, while in the court yard
the curate of the Madeline church said
the customary prayers, sprinkling the
coffin with holy water. .As the bearers
lifted the coftiin to the shoulders, the
first gun boomed on the Esplanade des
Invalides and continued at intervals of
two minutes until 101 salves were fired.
From the Rue Saint Honore exit down
the avenue d’Mariginy and through the
Ru Champs Elysee the procession entered
the Palace de U Concorde, headed by
Gen. Saussier, the military governor of
Paris, who was escorted by tfie Repub
lican Guards. Ten cars piled full of
wreaths followed. The first contained
the wreaths sent by members of the Sen
ate, composed of orchids and asters, with
a mauve back ground. In the second car
were the wreaths of the Chamber of Dep
uties, consisting of superb roses, orchids
and lilacs. These cars were followed by
those containing the contributions of the
provincial ’authorities and the foreign
representatives.
Then came a band with muffled drums
and then the wreaths contributed by the
royaltias, all of which were carried upon
trestles by cadets from the St. Cyr Mili
tary school and -preceded by the wreaths
sent by President Caslmir-Perier. The
next in order were the coaches con
veying the clergy, which were immedi
ately In front of the hearse.
THE HEARSE.
The hearse was flanked by a guard of
honor composed of cadets from the Ecole
Polytechnique and was drawn by six
splendidly caparisoned horses. The
coffin was hidden beneath the folds of
silk tri-cotor flags, grouped on the front
and back.
M. Ca root’s servants in livery came
next with the dead president’s family,
his three sons walking in the first line,
and his brother, Adolphe Carnot, and his
cousins and son-in-law behind. Madame
Carnot was not present, being completely
prostrated by the excitement of the past
week.
Behind the family of M. Carnot came
Prqpident Casimir-Perier in full evening
dress, with a broad crape band upon his
hat and a diamond studded plaque and
the grand cordon of the Legion of Honor
across his breast. Following the Presi
dent were his secretaries.
Behind these were the presidents of
the Senate and Chamber, ambassadors,
ministers, cardinals, marshals, dipomatic
envoys, secretaries and attaches, senators,
deputies, personal friends, conspicuous
members of the I region of Honor, mem
bers of the Institute of France, representa
tives of the law courts, the department
of public instruction, and the national
financial institutions, clergymen of all
creeds, prefects of the Seine, Paris mu
nicipal council, municipal councils from
the provinces, deputations from the
army, navy and College of France, repre
sentatives of the French and foreign
press, notaries, auctioneers, brokers and
so on.
THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR.
The plain black evening dress of United
States Ambassador Eustis was in striking
contrast to the brilliant costumes of the
other foreigh diplomats with whom he
walked in procession.
The senators and deputies were in
evening dross, and wore tri-colored
sashes; the judges were in flowing robes,
according to their grade, ermined or of
plain black watered silk, etc., and the
faculties of the schools of law and letters
wore yellow or purple, and the academi
cians green embroidered coats and trous
ers, and carried swords.
A COMPANY OF VETERANS.
A company of veterans from the Hotel
Des Invalides carried a trestle, upon
which was an immense wreath, and were
loudly applauded as they passed. The
procession passed along the Rue de Rivoli
to the Place de Hotel de Ville, and over
the Quai-Gesvres bridge to the Place de
Notre Dame.
As the end of the procession left the
palace an overweighted limb broke from
a tree, precipitating a number of sight
seers to the ground. Several of them
were hurt, one or two badly. The limb
fell with a loud crash, and there was for
a time much commotion in the crowd.
A inumber ot persons were prostrated
by suntroke. including a member of the
president'* military household. There
were other minor accidents, but on tho
whole the day was remarkably free from
casualties.
AT THE CATHEDRAL.
The procession arrived at the cathe
dral of Nortre Dame at 12:30 o'clock.
Only the tolling of the sonorous bell was
heard as the column disappeared slowly
within the massive doors. The nave and
sides of the cathedral had been draped
in black heavily, fringed with silver. The
walls were sprinkled thickly with
shields bearing the letters “R. F,” (Re
public of France), and “C.” (Carnot.)
Black banners dotted with white tears
hung between the windows. As the
procession moved up the aisle the
tolling of the bell was gradually lost to
hearing amid the pealing of the organ
under St. Saen’s masterly touch. While
the strains of the funeral march w'ere
filling every corner of the great
building the line of mourners walked
slowly by the crape-covered pulpit. There
Casimir-Perier, chief of state, had an
isolated seat. On tho left was the clergy
and behind sat the delegates in the pro
cessions. Monsignor Ferrat, the papal
nuncio and personal representative of his
holiness, together with the papal secre
, taries, attracted the most attention from
the galleries for they appeared in all tho
glory of thoir Vestments ot office.
THE REERESENTATiyEB OF THE CHURCH.
The coffin had been placed on the cata
falque, surrounded by a forest of candles.
Near were the great men of the papal
hierarchy Cardinal Languenix, the
archbishop of Reins: Cardinal Richard,
the archbishop of Paris, and the arch
bishops and nishops from Lyons, Sens
and Beauvais. Beside them were the
Persian canons, curates and the Armenian
patriarch. They appeared in all the pomp
of the church’s vestments. As they
advanced, to tfle catafalque they recited
prayers. Opposite President Casimir-
Perier’s seat they all bowed and he re
sponded with a deep inclination of the
head. The priests, high and low. gath
ered round the catafalque. The liturgi
cal prayers followed, the president stand
ing with his head reverently bowed.
Dean de I’Escaille celebrated low mass
at the high altar. Meantime St. Saens
brought forth in wonderful tones from
the organ, and the choir sang Gounod’s
“Morset Vita,” “De Morselmors Et
Vita,” “Dies irae” and parts of “Pio
Jesu,” from the organist's requiem mass.
At the moment of the elevation of the
host the master of ceremonies approached
Casimir-Perier ana bowed profoundly, to
intimate that he might stand, and the
president did so.
THE NATION’S GRIEF.
When the bell sounded the invitation to
meditation the president bowed low, and
as the heads of the mourners, tho
diplomatists, the generals and the judges
sank forward, the scene illustrated im
pressively the nation’s grief. The light
came but dimly through the stained win
dows. The shadows of the heavy black
hangings rested upon the whole assem
blage, deadening the brilliancy of the
uniforms and robes of office. After
the short sermon, the Archbishop of
Paris extended bis hand and gave abso
lution. The bearers took the coffin and
bore it down the aisle, the clergy with
lighted tapers in hand accompanying it to
the door. All the bells in the city were
tolling as the procession formed again and
moved on to the Pantheon. It was
2:45 o’clock when Gen. Saussiei'
and his staff at the head
of the column approached tho
buildjug. The throng was enormous, but
impressively quiet. There were occa
sional shou ts for Casimir-Perier, but the
president silenced them with a depreca
tory wave of the hands. Within the Pan
theon a huge black canopy fell from the
ceiling to the floor, and under this the
body of the dead president was placed.
T£e draping was the same as at the fu
neral of Victor Hugo.
The entire procession had not reached
the Pantheon before the funeral orations
commenced.
DUPUY’S ADDRESS.
Premier Dupuy, during his remarks
said: “President Carnot gave his life
for his country. Ho died for France and
for the republic. 'He was struck down in
a cowardly manner, and with savage vin
dictiveness. The people concerned in
this outrage must be reduced to power
lessness.”
Addresses were also made by M. Challe
mel-Laeour, the president of the Senate,
and M. Dehahy, the acting president of
the Chamber of Deputies.
Gan. And’.e.delivered the last speech,
and after a march past of the troops, who
had taken part in the procession, the
casket containing the remains of the mur
dered president was lowered into the
vault, and all then dispersed.
Mme. Carnot remained at the Elysee
Palace withhbr daughter and the wives
of the members of the military household
after the funeral procession had started,
and at noon, when mass was celebrated
for the repose of the late president's
soul, the chapel was draped with black
and the widow manifested the greatest
anguish as the Abbe Kossinet officiated
at the sacred ceremony. t
A GRACEFUL DEED BY THE KAISER.
Count Munster, the German ambassa
dor, informed Premier Dupuy and Foreign
Secretary Honoteaux this morning that
in observance of M. Carnot’s funeral.
Emperor William to-day pardoned the
French officers, Degouy and Dagnot, who
were arrested as spies off Kiel last year,
and were condemned, after a trial
at Leipsic, to fortress confinement.
M. Dupuy told M. Casimir-Perier
of the emperor’s act and tho president
said to tell Count Munster that the
emperor had, by his consideration,
touched the hearts of two great nations.
During tho funeral the news spread rap
idly. The comment everywhere was that
the emperor had done a graceful deed
which would allay some of the bitterness
between Germany and France.
A MOURNING SERVICE AT BERLIN.
Berlin, July I.—A (solemn mourning ser
vice for M. Carnot was held in the cathe
dral this morning.
ITALY S TRIBUTE. •
Rome, July I.—The whole diplomatic
corps accredited to the Vatican and
quirinal gathered at 1.1 o’clock this morn
ing in the French church, where a requiem
mass was celebrated for the dead
president of France. King Humbert
had delegated the chief of his
household toirepresent him and Premier
Crispi, the foreign secretary, Baron
Blanc and Ministers Farini ana Biancheri
were present as representatives of the
government. The entire French colony
were present. Cardinal Rampolla had in
tended to go, but upon learning that Pre
mier Crispi would be there he changed
his mind. On the government offices all
the flags were at half mast.
HIGH MASS AT WASHINGTON.
President Cleveland and the Leaders
in Official Liss Present.
Washington, July I.—A solemn requiem
high mass for the late President Carnot
of the French republic was celebrated in
St. Matthews’ church at noon to-day in
the presence of President Cleveland,
tho diplomatic corps and repre
sentatives of all branches of the
government. Invitations had been given
by the French ambassador, who, with
his official family, were there in the ca
pacity of the mourners, and the familiar
and always touching ceremonial for the
dead of the Catholic church took on a
deeper significance, because of the cir
cumstances under which it was given, and
the assemblage of distinguished men.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND PRESENT.
President Cleveland and Secretary of
State Gresham walked together, followed
by Private Secretary Thurber and were
given the front pew to the right of the
aisle. After them came Secretary of the
Nary Herbert and , Attorney General
Olney. In tue first pew to the left of
the aisle was Ambassador Paten
otre in a glittering uniform with
the cross of the l.egion of Honor suspen
ded by a red ribbon from his collar; his
handsome young bride, the daughter of
James Elverson, of Philadelphia, wearin"
deep mourning, M. De Coinmines’ first
secretary of the French embassy, and M.
Jules Boeufvo and Marquis De Cham
bruu, also of tho embassy.
Directly back of the representative of
the French Republic sat the ambassadors
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, JULY 2, 1894.
of Great Britain, Germany and Italy, and
back of them the court uniforms of the
rest of the diplomatic corps made a block
of showy colors in scarlet, blue
and green, with embellishments of
sliver and gold lace. A touch
of oriental qunintness was given bv tho
legations of China and Corea, their mem
bers arrayed in showy silk robes. After
the diplomats were seated a score
of officers of the arjny and
navy, in blue uniforms with
gilt trapping and clanking sworas.
Across the aisle to the right, in somber
contrast to the glitter of diplomats and
military men, were the civil representa
tives of the government. Justice Harlan,
the only member of the supreme court
in the city, who had been a mem
ber of the Bering Sea commission, which
sat at Paris, and the senators and repre
sentatives in congress. Conspicuous
among them were Senators Morgan and
Sherman of the committee on foreign re
lations, and Representatives McCreary,
Hitt, Hooker, Geary, Price and Van
Voorhis of the committee on foreign af
fairs.
TH&. SERVICES.
Whiled robed acolytes lightod the can
delabra which stood in front of the chan
cel rail, where the bier rests during
funeral obsequies, candelabra which
were knotted with crape and standing
seven feet apart as though a coffin
was between thenj- Then they
moved about the altar with their tapers,
touching tire to the> candles there. As
the first bars of the requiem mass came
from the choir loft, a line of priests filed
in and took tneir seats at the
side. Three o! them wore vestments
of black and gold. One was the
celebrant of the mass, Father T. J. Ker
vyck, the assistant pastor of St.
Matthews; Father Brennan of George
town University officiated as deacon,
and Father Fletcher of the Church of the
Immaculate Conception as substitute
deacon. From a circular stained
window in the roof the altar was
flooded with crimson fight, incense
fillea the air, the fine voices of the sing
ers brought out the full beauty of the
solemn hymns, and while the priest
chanted the Latin ritual there ws pro
found silence, exceptjthe rising and kneel
ing of the congregation.
After the requiem mass the crucifix
was borne before the black draped can
delabra and the prayers for the repose of
the soul of the dead president were re
peated by Father Kervyek.
At the close of the services, the congre
gation remained standing, while Ambas
sador and Madame Patenotre, as repre
sentatives of the family, passed out of the
church, followed by the president and
secretary of state.
England’s New Lord Chief Justice.
London. July I.—lt is officially an
nounced that Sir Charles Russell, who
recently succeeded the late Sir Charles
Bowen as lord justice of her majesty's
court of appeals, has beon appointed to
succeed Lord Coleridge, who died on June
14, lust, as Lord Chief Justice of England.
POPULISTS AT WORK.
The Effort - They Jko Making to Ap
pling County.
Baxley, Ga., July I.—The leaders of the
Populist party in this county are making
desperate efforts to organize for the com
ing campaign. They are especially at
work trying to organize the nogroes.
Friday several of them bad a meeting at a
negro school house, about four nflles from
here. J. J. Robertson, one of the leaders,
made a speech abusing tho Democratic,
party and Mr. Cleveland, and made
special complaint against the “big” salary
of the President. Before the meeting
closed, some kind of instrument was pro
duced, and those present were requested
to sign it. Several of the negroes present
signed tho document. We do not know
what was contained in the paper
signed. The leaders of tho’ party
met here yesterday and held
some kind of meeting, what was done has
not yet been made public. A ceriain ne
gro who claims to be a leader among his
people, said a few days ago that the ne
groes who voted, would vote for
' Hines for governor. If the issue is
squarely mado in this county between
the democratic and tho populist parties,
it will go largely democratic.
A COWARDLY MURDER.
An Augusta Negro Kfllad By a Black
He Could Have Whipped.
Augusta, Ga.. July T.—Ed Henkle and
Henry Nicholl, in company with pther ne
groes, were gambling to-day in an old
blacksmith shop, on thekiutFrirts of the
city, when they got into a t>uarrel and
fight, iHenkle had Nicholl down, but
said he did not want to hurt him, and let
him iup. Nicholl immediately seized a
stout piece of timber and knocked Henkle
down and beat him over the head several
murderous blows, from which ho subse
quently died. Nicholl escaped.
MEMPHIS IN A GALE.
Electrio Wires Down and Steamers
Blown From Their Moorings.
Memphis, July 1.-—A wind storm of un
usual severity swept over Eastern Ar
kansas and the western portion of Ten
nessee to-night. Telegraph, telephone
and trolley wires were prostrated in
Memphis and street car traffic seriously
crippled. Steamboats were blown from
their moorings on the river and drifted
helplessly down the river. Coal barges
were sunk at Jackson Mound Park.
LUCK LUCKY IN LOVE.
An Augusta Girl Elopes With a Sa
vannah Operator.
Augusta, Ga., July I.—Miss Emma
Hill, daughter of Mr. Hill of the Georgia
railroad, eloped to-day with F. A. Luck,
a telegraph operator of Savannah. They
were married by Judge Getzen in North
Augusta, on the Carolina side of the Sa
vannah river. They left for Saviyinah
to-n igh t.
Friday's Storm in Coffee Oountv.
Pearson, Ga., July I.—-Friday the ther
mometer registered 100° in the shade
from middle of the morning until middle
of the afternoon, falling to 90°, where it
remained till after dark. At 10 o'clock
p. m. a heavy squall came up, accom
panied by incessant lightning and
thunder, which was for a time ter
rific. Reports are now coming in
from the country of much damage done.
A house was crashed by a falling tree
but fortunately killed no one. Much
turpentine timber was blown down ; also
a great deal of corn. Fences on many
places were blown to pieces, or otherwise
injured. On one or two turpentine farms,
the negro hands with their families went
down into their wells which were nearly
dry, and used them as storm pits.
GARDEN OF THE CHURCH.
Talmage Preaches on a Text from the
Songs of Solomon.
Some of the Flowers Planted in the
Garden of Christ—The Roses and
Snowdrops Among Christians—The
Passion Flower of the Cross the
Most Beautiful One in the Garden.
Brooklyn, July I.—Rev. Dr. Talmage,
who is now nearing Australia, on his
round-the-world journey, has selected as
the subject for his sermon through the
press to-day, “The Royal Garden.” the
text being taken from Solomon’s Song's,
v., 1: “I am come into my garden.”
The world has had a great many beau
tiful gardens. Charlemagne added to the
glory of bis reign by decreeing that they
be established all through tbe realm—de
creeing even the names of the flowers to
be planted there. Henry IV., at Mont
pelier, established gardens of bewitching
beauty and luxuriance, gathering ipto
them Alpine, Pyrenean and French
plants. One of the sweetest spots on
earth was the garden of Shenstone,
the poet. His writings have made
but little impression on the world; but
his garden, “The Leasowes,” wilt be
immortal. To the natural advantage of
that place was brought the perfection of
art. Arbor, and terrace, and slope, and
rustic temple, and resivoir, and urn, and
fountain, here had their crowning. Oak,
and yew, and hazel put forth their rich
est foliage. There was no life more dili
gent, no soul more ingenious than that of
Shenstone, and all that diligence and ge
nius were brought to the adornment of
that one treasured spot. He gave three
hundred pounds for it; he sold it for sev
enteen thousand. And yet, 1 am to tell
you of a richer garden than any I have
mentioned. It is the garden spoken of in
my text, the garden of the Church, which
belongs to Christ, for my text says so. He
boughtit, he planted it, he owns it. and
he shall have it. Walter Scott, in his
outlay at Abbotsford, ruined his fortune;
and now, in tbe crimson flowers of those
gardens, you can almost think or imagine
that you see the blood of that old
man’s broken heart. The payment of
the last one hundred thousand pounds
sacrificed him. But I have tn toll you
that Christ’s life and Christ’s death were
the outlay of this beautiful garden of the
church of which my text speaks. O, how
many sighs, and tears, and pangs, and
agonies! Tell me, ye Women who saw
him hang! Tell me, ye executioners who
lifted him and let him down ! Tell me,
thou sun that didst hide,ye rocks that. fell.
“Christ loved the church, and gave him
self for it.” If then the garden of the
church belongs to Christ, certainly he has
a right to walk ih it. Come then, O,
pleased Jesus, this morning, walk up and
do wn these aisles, and pluck whr.t thou
wpt of sweetness for tHyself. •
The church, in my text, is appropri
ately compared to a garden, because it is
a place of choice flowers, of select fruits
and of thorough irrigation.
That would be a strange garden in
which there were no flowers. If nowhere
else, they will be along the borders, or at
the gateway. The homeliest taste will
dictate something, if 'it be the old
fashioned hollyhock, or dahlia, or daffodil,
or coreopsis; but if there ba larger means,
then you will find tbe Mexican cactus
andldark-vemed arbutelion, and blazing
azalea, and clustering oleander. Well,
now Christ comes to his garden, and he
plants there some of the brightest spirits
that ever flowered upon the world. Some
of them are violets, unconspicuous, but
sweet in heaven. You have to search for
such spirits to find them. You do not
see them very often, perhaps, but you
find where they have been by the bright
ening face of the invalid, and the sprig
of geranium on. the stand, and the
window-curtains keeping out the
glare of the sunlight. They are,
perhaps, more like the renunculus,
creeping sweetly along amid the thorns
and briars of life, giving kiss for
sting, and many a man who,has had in his
way some great black rock of trouble,has
found that they have covered it all over
with flowering jasmine running in and
out amid the crevices. These Christians
in Christ’s garden are not like the sun
flower, gaudy in the light; but whenever
darkness hovers over a soul that needs to
be comforted, there they stand, night
blooming cereuses. Butin Christ’s gar
den there are plants that may be better
compared to the Mexican cactus—thorns
without, loveliness within—men with
sharp points of character. They wound
almost every one that touches them.
They are hard to handle. Men pronouce
them nothing but thorns, but Christ loves
them, notwithstanding all their sharp
nesses. Many a man has had very hard
ground to culture, and it has only been
through severe toil he has raised even
the smallest crop of grace.
A very harsh minister was talking with
a very placid elder, and the placid elder I
said to the harsh minister: “Doctor, I
do wish you would control your temper.”
“Ah,” said the minister to the elder, “I
control more temper in five minutes than
you do in five years.” It is harder for
some men to do right than for others to
do right. The grace that would elevate
you to the seventh heaven might not keep
your brother from knocking a man down.
I had a friend who came to me and said:
“I dare not join the church,” I said 1 :.
“Why?” “Oh,” he said, “I haveisuch a
violent temper. Yesterday morning T
was crossing very early at the Jersey City
sorry, and 1 saw a milkman pour a" large
amount of water into the milk can, and I
said to him : ‘I think that will do.’ and
he insulted me, and I knocked him down.
Do you think I ought to join the church ?”
Nevertheless, that same man, who was
so harsh in his behavior, loved Christ,
and could not speak of sacred things
without tears of emotion and affection.
Thorns without, but sweetness within—
the best specimen of Mexican cactus I
ever saw.
There are others planted in Christ’s
garden, who are always ardent, always
radiant, always impressive—more like
the roses of deep hue that we occasion
ally find called “giants of battle,” —the
Martin Luthers, St. Pauls, ’Chrysostoms,
Wickiiffs. Latimers, aua Samuel Ruther
fords. What in other men is a spark, in
them is a conflagration. When they
sweat, they sweat great drops of blood.
Whey they pray, their prayer takes
fire, when they preach, it is a Pentecost.
When they fight, it is a Thermopylae.
When they die, it is a martyrdom. You
find a great many roses in the gardens,
but only a few “giants of battle.” Men
say: “Whydon’t you have more of them
in the church?” I say: “Why don’t you
have in the world more Napoleons, and
Humboldts, and Wellingtons ?’♦ God
gives to some ten talents, to another one.
In this garden of the cburch, which
Christ has planted. I also find the snow
drops, beautiful but cold looking, seem
ingly another phase of the winter. I
mean those Christians who are precise
in their tastes, unimpassioned, pure as
snowdrops and as cold. They never shed
any tears, they never get excited, they
never say anything rashly, they never do
anything precipitately. Their pulses
never flutter, their nerves never twitch,
their indignation never boils over. They
live longer than most people; but their
life is in a minor key. They never run
up to “C” above the staff. In the music
ot their life they have no staccato pas
sages. Chrisfrplanted them in tbe church,
and they must be of some service, or
they would not be there; snowdrops, al- ,
ways snowarops
But I have not told you of the most
beautiful flower in all this garden spoken
of in the text. If you seo a “century
plant,” your emotions are Started. You
say: “Why, this flower has beei, a hun
j dredyears gathering up for one bloom,
and it will be a hundred years more be
fore other petals wjll come out.” But I
have to tell you of a plant that whs gath
ering up from all eternity, and that nine
teen hundred years ago put forth its
bloom new to wither. It is the Passion
Flower of the Cross! Prophets foretold
it. Bethlehem shepherds looked upon it
in the bud ; the rocks shooks at its burst
ing, and the dead got up in their winding
sheets to see its full bloom. It is a crim
son flower-—blood at the roots, blood on
the branches, blood on all the leaves. Its
perfume is to fill ail the nations. Its
touch is life. Its breath is heaven. Come,
O, winds, from the north, and winds from
the south, and winds from the east, and
winds from the west, and bear to all the
earth the sweet smelling savor of Christ,
my Lord .
His worth, if all the nations know.
Sure the whole earth would love him. too..
Again: The church may be appropri
ately compared to a garden, because it is
a place of select i’ruits. That would be a
strange garden which had in it no berries,
no plums, no peaches or apricots. The
coarser fruits are planted in the orchard,
or they are set out on the sunny hillsides;
but the choicest fruits arc kept in the
garden. So in the world outside the
church Christ has planted a great many
beautiful things—patience, charity, gen
erosity, integrity; but ho intends the
choicest fruits to be in the garden, and if
they are not there then shame on the
church. Religion is not a mere flowering
sentimentality. It is apractical.li/e-gtviug,
healthful fruit—not posies, but apples.
“Oh!” says somebody, “I don’t set? what
your garden of tho church has yielded.”
Where did your asylums come
from ’ and your hospitals I and your insti
tutions of mercy? Christ planted every
one of them; he planted them in his gar
den. When Christ gave sight to Bartl
meus, he laid the corner stone of every
blind asylum that bus ever been built.
When Christ soothed the demoniac of
Galilee, he laid the corner stone of ovary
lunatic asylum that ever been estab
lished. When Christ said to the sick
man: “Take up Thy bed and walk!”
he laid the corner stone of every
hospital the world has ever seen. When
Christ said: “I was in prison, and ye
visited me.” he laid the corner stone of
every prison reform association that has
ever been The church of Christ,
is a glorious garqGn, audit is full of fruit.
I know there is some poor fruit in it. t I
know there are some weeds that ought' to
have been thrown over tho
fence. I know there are some
crab-apple-trecs that ought to be
cut down. I know’ there are some
wild grapes that ought to be uprooted;
but are you going to destroy tbe whole
garden because of a little gnarled fruit?
You will find worm eaten leaves in Foun
talnbleau, and insects tha t sting in the
fairy groves of the Champs Eiysees. You
do not tear down and destroy the whole
garden because there are a few specimens
of the gnarled fruit. I admit there are
men and women in the church who ought
not to be there: but lot us be just as
frank, and admit the fact that there are
hundreds and thousands and tens of
thousands of glorious Christian men and
women, holy., blessed, useful, consecrated
and triumphant. Their is no grander
collection in all the earth than the col
lection of Christians. There are) Chris
tian men in the church whose reli
gion is not a matter of psalm
singing and church-going. To-morrow
morning that religion will keep them just
as consistent and consecrated on “ex
change” as it ever kept them at the com
munion-taole. There are women in tbe
cburch of a higher type so character than
Mary of Bethany. They not only sit at
the feet of Christ, but they go out into
the kitchen to help Martha in her work,
that she may sit there too. There is a
woman who lias a drunken husband, who
has exhibited more faith, and patience,
and courage than Hugh Latimer in the
fire. He was consumed in twenty min
utes. Her’s has been a twenty year’s
martyrdom.* Yonder is a man who has
lain fifteen years on his back, linable even
to feed himself, yet calm and peaceful as
though he lay on one of the green banks
of heaven, watching the oarsmen dip their
paddles in tbe crystal river ! Why, it
seems to me this moment as if Paul threw
to us a pomologist’s catalogue of the
fruits growing in this great garden of
Christ—love, joy, peace, patience,charity,
brotherly kindness, gentleness, mercy—
glorious fruit, enough to fill ’all the
baskets of earth and heaven.
I have not told you of the better tree in
this garden, and of the better fruit. It
was planted just outside Jerusalem a good
while ago. When that tree was planted,
it was so split, and bruised, and barked,
men said nothing would ever grow upon
it; but no* sooner had that tree been
planted, than it budded, and blossomed,
and fruited, and the soldiers’ spears were
only the cluos that struck down that
fruit, and it fell into the lap of the na
tions, and men began to pick it up and
eat it, and they found in it an antidote to
all thirst, to all poison, to all sin, to all
death—the smallest cluster larger than
the famous one of Eschol, which two mon
.carried on a staff between them. If the
one apple in Eden killed the race, this
one cluster of mercy shall restore it.
Again, the church, in my text, is appro
priatelj’ called a garden, because it is
thorougnly irrigated. No garden could
prosper long without plenty of water. 1
have seen a garden in the midst of a des
ert, yet blooming and luxuriant. All
around was death and barrenness; but
there were pipes, aqueducts, reaching
from this garden up to the mountains,
and thrpugh those aqueducts the water
came streaming aoivn and tossing up into i
beautiful fountains, until every root, and |
leaf and flower were saturated. That is !
like the church. The church is a pardon
in the midst of a great desert
of sin and suffering; it is well ir
rigated, for “our eyes are unto the hills
from whence cometh our help.” From
the mountains of God’s strength there
flow down rivers of gladness. There
is a riter, the stream whereof shall
make glad the city of our God. Preach
ing the gospel is one .of these aqueducts.
The Bible is another. Baptism and the
Lord’s Supper are aqueducts. Water to
slake the thirst, water to restore the
faint, water to wash the unclean, water
tossed high up in the light of the sun of
righteousness, showing us the rainbow
around tbe throne. Oh ’ was there over
a garden so thoroughly irrigated? sou
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know the beauty of Versailles and Chats
worth depends very much upon the great
supply of water. 1 came to the latter
place (Chatsworth) one day when strang
ers are not to be admitted; but by an
inducement, which always seemed a*
applicable to an Englishman, as an
American, I got in, and then the
gardener wont far up above the
stairs of stone and turned on the water. I
saw the gleaming on the dry pavement,
coming down from step to step, until it>
came so near I could bear the musical
rush, and all over the high, broad stairs
j it came foaming, flashing, roaring down,
until sunlight and wave in gleesoma
wrestle tumbled at my feet. So it is
with the church of God. Everything
comes from above, pardon from above,
joy from above, adoption from above, sanc
tification from above. Oh! that now God.
would turn on the waters of salvation,
that they might flow down through bis
heritage, and that this day we might
each find our places to be “Elims,” with
twelve wells of water, and three score
and ten palm trees.
Hark! J hear the latch at the garden
gate, and I look to see who is coming. I
hear the voice of Christ: “I am conte
into my garden.” I say:“Come in, O
Jesus, we have been waiting for thee;
walk all through these paths- Look at
the flowers; look at the fruit; pluck that
which thou wilt for thyself.” Jesus
comes into the garden, and up to that
old man and touches him and says: “Al
most home, father; not many more aches
for thee: I will never leave thee; I will
never forsake thee; take courage a little
longer, and I will steady thy tottering
steps, and I will soothe thy troubles and
give thee rest; courage, old man.” Then
Christ goes up another garden-path, and
he comes to a soul-in trouble, and says:
“Peace! all is well. I have seen tho tears;
I have heard thy prayer. The sun shall
not smite thee by day, nor*
the moon by night. The Lord
shall preserve thee from all evil;
he will preserve thy soul. Courage,
oh! troubled spirit.” Then I see Jesus
foing up another garden-path, and
see great excitement among the leaves,
and I hasten up that garden-path to see
what Jesus is doing there, and lo! he is
breaking off flowers, sharp ana clean,
from the steam, and I say: “Stop Jesus,
don’t kill those beautiful flowers.” Ho
turns to me and says: "I have come into'
my garden to gather lilies, and I mean to
take these up to a higher terrace, and for
the garden around my palace, and there
I will plant them, and in better soil, and
in better air they shall put forth brighter
leaves and sweeter redolence, and no
frost shall touch them forever.” And I
looked up into his face, and said:
“ Well, it is his garden, and he has a right
to do what he will with it. Thy will bo
done”—the hardest prayer a man over
made.
I notice that the fine gardens sometimes
have high fences around them, and I can
not get in. It is so with the king’s gar
den. The only glimpses you ever get of
such a garden is when the king rides out
in his splendid carriage. Itjisndt so with
this garden—the king’s garden. I throw
wide open the gate, and tell you all to
come in. No monopoly in religion. Who- ,
soever will, may. Choose now between a
desert and a garden. Many of you have L
tried the garden of this world’s delight.
You havefound it has been a chagrin So
it was with Theodore Hook. He made
all the world laugh. He makes us laugh
now when we read his poems; but h®
could not make his own heart laugh.
While in the midst of his festivities he
confronted a looking-glass, and he saw
himself, and said: “There, that is
true. I look just as I am—done up
in body, mind andopurse.” So it
was with Shenstone, of whose garden I
told you at the beginning of my sermon.
He sat down amid those bowers, and
said: “I have lost my road to happiness.
1 am angry, and envious, and frantic, and
despise everything around me, Just as it
becomes a mad man to do.” Oh, ye
weary souls come into Christ’s garden to
day, and pluck a little heart’s-ease.
Christ is the only rest and the only par
don for a perturbed spirit. Do you not
think your chdnce has almost come? You ■
men and women who have been waiting
year after year for some good opportunity
in which to accept Christ, but have post
poned it five, ten. twenty, thirty years,
do you nqt fpel as if now your hour of ,
deliverance, and pardon, and
had come? Oh, man, what grudge hast!
thou against thy poor soul, that thou
wilt not let it be saved? I feel as if sal
vation must come now to some of your i
hearts.
Some years ago a vessel stuck on the
rocks. They had only one lifeboat. In!
that life-boat the passengers and crew |
were getting ashore. The vessel had
foundered, and was sinking deeper and
deeper, and that one boat could not take
the passengers very swiftly. A iittlo
girl stood on the deck, waiting for her |
turn to get into the boat. The boat came i
and went—came and went—but her turn f
did not seem to come. After awhile she ;
could wait no longer, and she leaped on ■
the traffrail, and then sprang into the
sea, crying to the boatman: “Save me (
next! Save me next!” Oh, how many !
have gone ashore into God’s mercy, ana 1
yet you are clinging to the wreck of sin. '
Others have accepted the pardon of!
Christ, but you are in peril. Why not, j
this morning, make a rush for your Im- j
mortal rescue, crying until Jesus shall I
hear you, and heaven and earth ring with j
the cry, “Save me next 1 Save me next !**
BAYOU SARA ABLAZB.
Almost the Entire Business Portion
Wiped Out by Eire.
Bayou Sara, La., July 1. —Almost tho
ensire business portion of Bayou Sara
was destroyed by fire to-day. A list of
the houses burned follows: Myer's Cen
tral hotel and general store, Freyhaus*
opera house and vacant store, Joseph
Sterns’ livery stable, store and residence,
G. P. Littenger’s saloon and residence,
John Laßoye’s bakery and confectionery
store, A. Harris’ store and express of
fice; B. Farrell’s variety store. Ben
Mauer’s saloon, store and residence,
Mann & Levy’s large general store, Rich
i ard Veal’s eating house, Phillip Pettig’s
! barbershop and news room, A. C. Weil s
variety store.
Sparks carried by the wind set fire to
and caused the destruction of Col.
Thomas Irvine’s residence, and also tho
i old railroad depot on the river front. No
j estimate of the loss or insurance has been
I made yet.
New Postmasters.
Washington, July I.—The following
new postmasters have been appointed:
In Georgia- Fain, Union county, B. N.
Dyer, vice J. P. Collins, removed ; Manor,
Ware county, J. H. Miller, vice B. M.
James, removed; Prescott, Echols country,
> W. H. Starling, vice M. Williams, re-
I signed.
j In Florida—Potsdam, Dade county,
Broster Hitching, vice Otto Stupman, re
signed,
Killed by Sunstroke.
Pensacala. Fla., July I.—Capt. Gullich
sen, of the Norwegian bark Alette, died
suddenly to-day of sunstroke.