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ENCAMPMENT
OF G. A,R. HOSTS
Hammoth Coliseum Dedi=
cated at Chicago.
ATTENDANCE ENORMOUS
Program of the Aanual Gathering a
Brilliant Minister and
His Wife Guests of Honor.
The national encampment of the
Grand Army of the Bepublic was opened
at Chicago Saturday night by the dedi
cation of the new Coliseum in which
all the joint campfires, reunions, war
song concerts for the veterans, relig
ious and other exercises for the public
incidental to the encampment were to
be held.
The new Coliseum is on Wabash ave
nue between Fourteenth and Sixteenth
streets on the site of the Libby prison,
and within its w alls were gathered one
of the largest assembles ever in the
city under one roof.
The arrangements for the joint cere
monies of the dedication of the en
campment were most elaborate and
were greatly enjoyed by the 10,000
persons who crowded through the
doors.
A chorus of 1,000 costumed to rep
resent a living flag occupied an im
mense platform at one end of the
building and close by them was the
great band of lOOpieces that were to ren
der the concerts during the week
of the encampment. Jules Lombard,
the famous singer of war times, was
there and sang the “Star Spangled
Banner” from the original manuscript.
The dedicatory exercises comprised
an address by F. O. Lowden, of Chi
cago, a response by Mayor Harrison
and addresses by other local speakers.
The members of the Grand Army and
their friends ponred into the city all
day long on regular trains and innu
merable specials from all parts of the
country. The chief arrival of the day
was that of the Spanish minister, the
Duo De’Arcos, with the Countess
D’Arcos. They were met by a com
mittee representing the Grand Army
and another representing the city of
Chicago and escorted to the Auditori
um annex, where apartments had been
provided for them. The escort on the
way from the depot to the hotel was
headed by the Denver fife and drum
corps.
The principal address was by Com
mander-in-Chief Shaw, of the Grand
Army of the Republic. He talked on
“True Patriotism.” The address
treated of the work of the Grand Army,
the service rendered by the Soldiers of
the republic and the lessons in patriot
ism which are being inculcated by the
organization.
Bishop Fallows delivered the ad
dress of greeting, it being preceded by
a prayer by Dr. F. W. Gunsalaus,
while the Rev. J. D. Severiaghaus
conducted the responsive reading.
The Rev. Dr. E. G. Hirsch delivered
an address on patriotic and religious
lines and the final speaker on the pro
gramme was Rev. Thomas Cor wan
Iliff, of SaIHJ ike City.
The afternoon services at
the Coliseum were for children, and
included addresses by Commander-in-.
Chief Shaw, Bishop Fallows and the
Reo. B. W. Arnett, of Wilberforce, O.
Fully 10,000 people attended.
Despite a heavy raiu the grand
grand patriotic and sacred song serv
ice at the Coliseum Sunday night was
attended by a throng which taxed the
capacity of the immense building to
the utmost. It is estimated that fully
13,000 people were packed into the
hall, and thousands more were unable
to gain admission.
The programme for Monday included
the dedication of the naval arch in
Michigan avenue at 9 a. m., the parade
of the naval veterans, parade of gov
ernment vessels and private yachts on
Lake Michigan, the course being from
opposite the lake front park to off the
center of Lincoln park, a distance by
water of three miles, a naval battle off
Lincoln park and in the evening a
■meeting of the Society of the Prisoners
of War in the Coliseum.
“NOT IN BOSTON/’
Miss Jewett Expresses Herself Re
garding Riots In Northern Towns.
Lillian Clayton Jewett, president of
the Jewett Anti-Lynching League,
comments thus:
“Sentiment against the negro seems
to be growing in the north. For in
stance, take tlu terrible actions of the
New York police, when they so bru
tally handled the negroes with whom
they came in contact during their re
cent riot. New York has a great deal
to answer for. I think it would be
almost impossible for such riots as
have occurred in Akron and New York
to occur here in Eoston.”
O.TAHA FOUND WANTING.
Population of the Nebraska City Fell
Nearly Forty Thousand in Decade.
Omaha, Neb., is the first city thus
far counted in the twelfth census to
show a decrease in population during
the past decade. The count of the
population of Omaha just completed
by the census office shows 102,555.
The population in 1890 was 140,452.
This indicates a deerease in ten years
of 37,697 or 26.98 per cent.
OUR OFFICIALS
AWAITING NEWS
Silence of General Chaffee the Subject
of Much Conjecture and Anxiety.
•
CHINESE CUTTING WIRES
Rumors That Other Powers Have
Declared War Is Not Believed.
A Washington special says: Up to
Monday morning the war department
! had not received from General Chaffee
j the report requested of him a few c ays
| ago upou conditions in Pekin.
In fact, several recent cablegrams of
j inquiry addressed to the geueral have
not been answered. It may be found
necessary to call on Geueral Chaffee
again for a full report for the guidance
of the officials of this government.
It is supposed that the uncertainty
of communication between Pekin and
Tien Tsiu is responsible for Geueral
Chaffee’s silence. The wires have been
cut between the capital and Tien Tsiu,
and it is probabie that the messages
were sent by courier frem Tien Tsin.
It is regarded as very unfortuuate
that there should be such difficulty of
communication at this time. The de
partment is depending in large meas
ure upon General Chaffee for informa
tion.
It is not believed at the war depart
ment that the two casualty lists, one
dated Tien Tsiu, the 21st, and the
other the 23d, were sent by General
Chaffee in persou. It is thought that
his name was signed as a matter of
form.
A brief dispatch received Sunday
from Che Foo conveying a rumor cur
rent there that Russia, Germany and
Japan had joined in a declaration of
war upon China is not taken seriously
in either official or diplomatic circles
in Washington.
From no official source has.the war
department learned of the departure of
forty Americans from Pekin for Tien
Tsin, as reported in a special dispatch
to a London newspaper.
The war department also has taken
! up the matter of cable communication
and has asked the cable company to
see if the Chaffee messages can be
straightened out, and also to ascertain
if the messages sent to. General Chaf
fee can reach him, and if they cannot
be delivered, why. It is, of course,
recognized that the boxers are inter
' rupting the line constructed by the
signal corps from Tien Tsin to Pekin.
At the same time, with communication
by cable with Shanghai, thence over
land to Che Foo by cable to Takn and
a protected line to Tien Tsin, it is felt
at the department that communications
| should be more expeditious.
A dispatch received at the Japanese
legation from the foreign office of
Japan conveys the latest and most au
thentic information of the situation in
and around Pekin. In a measure the
advices were of a disquieting nature,
as they indicated that the Chinese had
rallied their forces and were preparing
for an attack upon the allies in Pekin.
If it should prove that the allied
forces were besieged in Pekin it would
account for the lack of advices from
Geueral Chaffee.
CONSUL S MUST RETURN.
Representatives Ordered Back to Pekin
When Danger Is Over.
The state department is taking steps
to have all of the American consuls in
China return to their several posts as
soon as immediate danger from anti
foreign outbreaks is passed.
The attention of the department has
been called to statements emanating
from various consuls to the effect that
they left their posts at the direction of
the department. The officials say this
is not correct; that the consuls merely
were permitted by the department to
leave their posts on their own respon
sibility if they considered their lives
were in danger.
ACCEPTANCE WITHDRAWN.
President Could Not Attend the Grand
Army Encampment at Chicago.
OwiDg to the continued pressure of
public business of immediate import
ance, the president was obliged to
withdraw his acceptance of the invita
tion to attend the national encamp
ment of the Grand Army of the Re
public at Chicago and the several in
cidents,to that occasion.
EXTRA SESSION TALK.
Republican Members Being Sounded
By President McKinley.
The Atlanta Constitution’s special
Washington correspondent wires his
paper as follows: -
There is a strong probability of con
gress being called together in extraor
dinary session. For some days tjie
president has been considering Jhjs
and has, throngh letters, been sound
ing prominent Republican Jet?ders.
The views of a number of theseiiave
already been received, but-it is "prob
able that no final decision will be |
reached for a few days yet, within '
which time others will be heard from.
POWERS LANDED N JAIL.
Convicted Kentuckian Removed From
Georgetown to Louisville Prison.
Former Secretary of State Caleb M.
Powers, convicted of complicity in the
murder of Governor Goebel, was re
moved from Georgetown, where his
trial was held, and placed in the jail
in Louisville Friday.
In talking to reporters at the Louis
ville jail, Powers said: “I want you t-o
say that you found me handcuffed
like a beast of the field.”
MOB RAMPANT
IN OHIO TOWN
Then* Intended Victim, a
Rapist, Spirited Away.
1 INNOCENT BLOOD IS SUED
Two Children Killed By Stray Bullets
Fired In an Attack On the JaihCity
Building Burned-Military Called.
In Akron, Ohio, the heart of the
boasted western reserve, a mob Wed
nesday night sought the life of a negro
prisoner and in a conflict with the
authorities blood was shed.
Two persons were dead and another
dying shortly after trouble began!
One of the victims was a baby four
years old, shot while lying in its car
riage. Many persons were wounded,
more or less seriously.
Louis Peck, a negro, was put in jail
Wednesday morning on the charge of
criminally assaulting the little six
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Maas. A report that he had
confessed spread rapidly, and Wednes
day night a mob gathered. Not be
lieving the statement of the sheriff
that Peck had been sent out of the
city, the crowd sent committees
through the city prison and the county
jail in search of the negro.
JAII. FIRED UPON.
This proving fruitless, the mob
gathered in front of the city prison,
where the mayor tried to iuduce them
to disperse. Some oue fired a shot nt
the prison. Other shots followed, and
for a few minutes there were terrible
scenes. Two persons are dead from
bullet wounds, and several are badly
wounded, one of the latter fatally.
Shortly after midnight the mob
broke into a hardware store and stole
all the firearms and ammunition they
could find, including guns, rifles and
revolvers, and proceeded to the city
building aud opened fire on the de
fenders and finally set fire to the
Columbia hail, wnich adjoins the city
building.
At 1:30 a. m. riot held full sway in
front of the city building. The mob,
composed mostly of young men, kept
op the work. Columbia hall was burn
ed to the ground and the city building
was blazing. The fire department was
called out, but was unable to do much
work, a one fireman was shot and the
rowdies cut the hose at everv oppor
tunity. *
The mob was continually shouting
aud hurling stones at the city build
ing. The trolley wires aud some ol
the electric light and telephone wires
in the center of the city were cut.
The mayor telegraphed to the Cleve
land police department for forty police
men. The office of the Morning Jour
nal-Beacon, opposite the city building,
was partly demolished by stones and
bullets.
At 1:45 a. m. all the. officers who
had been penned u} in tbe city
building for two hours, escaped
through a rear window and ran for
their lives.
The mob that broke into the Stan
dard Hardware store was made up
mostly of boys, who carried away
hundreds of rifles and much other
property.
The number of people wounded may
run up into the hundreds.
Dynamite was finally used in front
of the city building. The first charge
fired smashed all the windows in the
city building and did much other
damage. All the prisoners were re
leased from the city prison.
CALL FOR TROOPS.
Governor Nash, at Columbus re
ceived the following appeal from the
mayor of Akron to quel the riot in
that city:
“Akron, 0., August 23—12:50 a.m.
—To His Excellency, Governor Nash,
Columbus, O.—Serious riot. City
building attacked by a mob of several
thousand. Three or four people killed,
eight or ten seriously wounded. Have
ordered out both local companies.
They are unable to cope with the situ
ation. Please sanction what T have
done by wire aud ordeir one or two
companies either from Cleveland or
Canton to ctm; to Ajkrou at once.
Call me by phone. If you desire fur
ther information wire me at once.
“W. E. Yovng, Mayor.”
Governor Nash hurried to the exec
utive chamber in tbjb capitol at 1:30 a.
m., and immediately took steps to fur
nish the Akron authorities assistance.
Colonel Potter, of I the Fourth Ohio,
which is now in camp at Minerva park
.near Columbus, w£ ,s ordered to hold
himself in readinef s to move on short
notice, while the ( olonel himself was
summoned to a c [inference with tb<
governor.
REINFORCEMENTS NEEDED.
Line of Communication of Allies Is So
Far Protection.
A New York TrilVune dispatch from
London says: l
The Standard correspondent at Tien
Tsin says the line of i communication
with Pekin is in ail unsatisfactory
state and the force
itisufficient.
Ska: aliai in Cdnese
AMERICAN TROOPS
FIRST IN PEKIN
They Force Their Way to the Palace
Of tile Emprror.
ALLIES IN FULL CONTROL
Remey Cables Casualties—Cap
tain Reiley Among the Killed.
The navy .department received the
following from Admiral Remey on
Wednesday:
“Che Foo, Aug, 21; Taku Aug.
20.—Dickens’ command landing
today. Pekin, 16.—A1l except
imperial city cleared of Chinese
troops. American troops first to
enter imperial city; have penetra
ted to the gates of the palace.
Captain Riley, Fifth artillery,
killed on 15th. Morning 19tli
Sixth cavalry and about 400 Eng
lish and Japanese dispersed about
1,000 Boxers eight miles outside
of Tien Tsiu. About 100 Chinese
killed, five Americans wounded.
Chaffee’s losses six killed, thirty
wounded. Two days’ fighting.
Bemey.”
The navy department understands
from the reference to the palace that
the American troops, after penetrating
the imperial city, were, when the dis
patch was Fent, attacking the Forbid
den City. The above dispatch from
Admiral Remey was made public at
the navy department Wednesday morn
ing at 9:30 o’clock. In view of the
statements therein contained, it is now
absolutely certain that the entire city
of Pekin is under complete control and
mastery of the allied forces.
It is shown that on tne 16th nil the
city had been cleared of the Chinese
troops except the imperial city, which
had already been entered, the Ameri
cans taking the lead. The troops were
at the very gates of the palace and
that, too. ere this, lias fallen.
The imperial city is the last of the
numerous cities within Pekin to he
taken. By occupying this the allies
have complete control.
The reinforcements are being hur
ried forward. The Sixth cavalry has
been mounted and has left Taku for
Pekin. The advance is expected to
he rapid.
Some advance the opinion here that
the allies will be penned in by the
Chinese and they will have difficulty in
getting out. No credence is given to
this belief by officials.
The allies in Pekin now number
20,000.
There is further gratifying informa
tion that the allies left at Tien Tsin
are able to guard that place and are
keeping the Chinese at a very respect
ful distance.
INGALLS’ LAST TESTAMENT.
Will Bequeaths All of His Worldly
Posessions to His Wife.
The will of the late John J. Ingalls,
filed in probate court at Atchison,
Kas., Wednesday, is as follows:
“Vice-president’s chamber, Wash
ington—ln the name of God, amen: I,
John James Ingalls, in the city and
county of Atchison, in the state of
Kansas, gentlemen, mindful of the un
certainty of life und the certainty of
death, do make public and declare my
last will and testament.
“I give, bequeath and devise unto
my beloved wife, Anna Louise, all
my property aud estate, real, personal
aud mixed of every description wher
ever situated, and appoint her sole
executrix thereof without bond, surety
or undertaking.
“In witness hereof I have hereunto
set my baud and seal in the presence
of the subscribing witnesses, who
signed the same in my presence and
in the presence of each ovher, this
twenty-fourth day of August, A. D.,
1889. John James Inoai.ljS.”
“Witness: F. J. Haig, W. P. Clay.”
PHILADELPHIA GAINS.
Census Count Gives Quaker City a
Papulation of 1,293,697.
The population of Philadelphia, ac
cording to the census just completed
at the census office in Washington, is
1,293;697.
The population in 1890 was 1,046,-
944. The increase during the past ten
years was 246.733, 23.57 per cent.
IRON ORE OUTPUT.
Large Increase Is Shown In Geologi
cal Survey Report.
The production of iron ore in the
United . States for the year 1899, ac
cording to the annual report of the
United States geological survey, just
issued at Washington, amounted to
24,683,173 long tons, un increase of
5,249,997 tons, or 27 per cent over
1898.
Will of C. P. Huntington.
The will of the late Collis P. Hun
iington will not he made public ac
cording to the statement of Charles 11.
T*eed, legal adviser of the late finan
cier.
IS PART OF UNITED STATES.
Interesting Decision Rendered By the
Comptroller of the 'Treasury.
Comptroller Tracewell, of the treas
ury, has rendered a decision in which
he holds that the Hawaiian islands un
der the act constitute
•REV.TVR.TALMAGE
The Eminent Divine’s Sunday
*/ Discourse.
Subject: Spiritual Values—Kavtltly Kiclic*
Are Trantory, But the Calorie** of
Ilea veil* Are K verla*( Ini;'—Compare* the
I’ricelo** Soul With tlie Yuluelo** Body
[Copyright lmu
W ashing TO x. 1). C. From Rorlin,.
1 where he preached in the American church*
| to a congregation comprising many of his
j countrymen are traveling through
| huronc. Dr. 'lVknage sends this discourse,
; in wnich, by original methods, lie calcu
j kites spiritual values and urges higher ap
; premium of tilings religious. The text
j is Mark viii, 36: “\\ hat shall it profit a
I man if he shall gain the whole world and
i lo‘C his own soul?”
e Mer* of all occupations are to Vie found
I in the assemblies of the house of God, but
:u these days of extensive business opera
lions n large proportion are engaged from
Monday morning to Saturday night in bar
gain making. Jn ninny of the families
across (he breakfast fiible and the tea
table are discussed questions of loss and
gain. \ou are every day asking yourself:
“What is the value of this? What is the
value of that?” You would not think of
giving something of greater value for that
which is of lesser value. Yc“ would not
think of selling that which cost you $lO
for $5. If you had a property that was
worth 8115,000, you would not sell it for
S4OOO. You are intelligent in all matters
of bargain making. Are you. as wise in
the things that pertain to the matters of
the soul? Christ adapted His instruc
tions to the circumstances of those to
whom He spoke. When He talked to
fishermen, lie spoke of the gospel net.
When lie talked to the farmers, lie said
“A sower went forth to sow.” When lie
talked to the shepherds. He told the para
ble of the lost sheep. And am l not right
when speaking to an audience made up of
bargain makers that I address them in the
words of my text, asking, “What shall it
profit a ,man if ha shall gain the whole
world and lose his own soul?”
1 propose, ns fur s possible, to estimate
and compare the value of the two proper
ties.
First, I have to say that the world is a
very grand property. Its flowers are
God’s thoughts in bloom. Its rocks are
God’s thoughts in stone. Its dewdrops
are God’s thoughts in pearl. This world
is God's einld—a wayward child, indeed;
it lias wandered oft through the heavens.
But about J9O) years ago, one Christmas
night. God sent out a sister world to call
that wanderer back, and it hung over
Bethlehsm only long enough to get the
promise of the wanderer’s return, and
now that lost world, with soft feet of
light, comes treading back through the
heavens. The hills, how beautiful they
billow up, the edge of the wave white
with the foam of crocuses! How beautiful
the rainbow, the arched bridge on which
heaven and cartli come and talk to each
other in tears after the storm is over!
How nimble the feet of lamplighters that
in a few minutes set all the dome of the
night ablaze with brackets of fire! How
bright tlie our of the saffron cloud that
rows across the deep sen of heaven! How
beautiful the spring, with bridal blossoms
in her hair! 1 wonder who it is that, beats
time on n June morning for the bird or
chestra. How gently the harebell tolls its
fragrance on the air! There may be
grander worlds, larger worlds than this,
but 1 think that this is a must exquisite
world —a mignonette on the bosom of im
mensity! "Oh,” you say, “take my soul;
give me that world! 1 am willing io take
it In exchange. 1 am ready now for the
bargain. It is so beautiful a world, so
sweet a world, so grand a world!”
But let us look more minutely into the
value of this world. You will not buy
property unless you can get a good title to
it. After you have looked nt the property
and found out that it suils you you send
an attorney to the public office, and he
examines the book of deeds and the book
of mortgages ana the hook of judgments
and the hook of liens, and lie decides
whether the title is good before you will
have anything to do with it. There might
be u splendid property and in every way
exactly suited to your want, but if you
cannot get a good title you will not take
it. Now, I am here to say that it is im
possible to get a good title to this world.
If J settle oown noon it, in the very year
1 so settle down upon it us a pennailent
possessiSii, J nuiy tie driven away from it.
Aye, in five minutes afterward I give up
my soul for the world 1 may have to part
with the world, anu what kind of a title
do you call that? There is only one way
in which I can hold an earthly possession,
and that is through the senses. All beau
tiful sights through the eye, but the eve
may be I>loturn out; all captivating sounds
through the ear, but my ear may he deaf
ened; all luseiouHiiess of fruits and viamls
through inv taste, hut my taste may be de
stroyed; all appreciation ol culture and of
art through my mind, but 1 may lose my
mind. What a frail hold, then, 1 have
upon anv earthly possession!
In courts of law, if you want to get a
man off a property you must serve upon
him a writ of ejectment, giving him a cer
tain time to vacate the premises, but
when death conies to us arid serves a writ
of ejectment he does not give us one sec
ond of forewarning. He says: “Off of this
place! You have no right any longer to
the possession.” We might cry out, “I
gave you SIOO,OOO for that property;” the
plea would be of no avail. We might say,
“We have a warrantee deed for that prop
erly;” t lie plea would be of no avail.
We might say, “We have a lien on that
storehouse;” that would do us no good.
Death is blind, and he cannot see a seal
and cannot read an indenture. Ho that,
when you propose that 1 give up my soul
first and last, J want to tell you that
for the world you cannot give me the first
item of title.
Having examined the title of a property
your next quest.on is about insurance. You
would not he silly enough to buy a large
warehouse that coulik not possibly be in
sured. You would not have anything to
do with such a property. Now, I ask you
what assurance can you give me that this
world is not going to he burned up?
Absolutely none. Geologists tell us that
it is already on fire; that the heart of the
world is on; great living coal; that it is
just like a ship on lire at sea, the flames
not bursting out because the hatches are
kept down. And yet you propose to palm
oft on me, in return for my soul, a world
for which, in the first place, you give no
title, and, in the second place, for which
you can give no insurance. “Oh.” you
say, “the water of the oceans will wash
over all the land and put out the fire.”
Oh, no. There are inflammable elements
in the water, hydrogen end oxygen. Gall
oft' the hydrogen, and then the Atlantic
and the Pacific oceans would blaze like
heaps of shavings. You want me to lake
this world, for which you can give no pos
sible insurance.
Astronomers have swept their telescopes
through the sky and have found out that
there have been fifteen worlds, in the last
two centuries, that have disappeared. At
first they looked iiwt like other worlds.
Then they got deeply red—they were on
lire. Then they got ashen, showing they
were burned down. Then they disap
peared, showing that even the ashes were
scattered. Ann, if the geologist lie right
in his prophecy, then our world is to go in
the same way. And yet you want me to
exchange my soul tor it. Ah, no; it is a
world -i.at is burning now. Suppose you
brought an insurance agent to look at
your property for the purpose of giving
you a policy upon it and while he stood
in front of the house lie should say, “That
house is on fire nov? in the basement.”
you could not get any insurance upon it.
Yet you talk about this world as though
it were a safe investment, ns though von
could get some Insurance upon it, when
down in the basement it is on fire.
Here is a man who has had a large es
tate for forty or fifty rears. He lies down
to die. You snv: “Dint man is worth
millions and millions of dollars.” Is he?
You callup a surveyor, with his compass
and clk%is, and you sny: “There is a
Jiromrly extending three miles in one di
rection and three miles in another direc
tion.” < Is Hint the way to measure that
man's property? No! You do not want
j any surveyor, with oomnnss nnd rhs’ns.
l| Tlipt is not Hie way to mensu-e Hint
! man's property now. Tt is nn undertaker
you need, who will come and put his
finger in luis vest pocket anil take out a
tope dine, and he wiiyktagasure five feet
nine- inches one way feet and a
half the other way. That i the unan’s
property. Oh. no. 1 forgot. Not so much
ns -that,'for he does not own even the j
id.-ioc in which he lies in the ccmeterjn
The deed to that belongs to the executors
and heirs. Oh, what a pronertv you pro
nose to give me for my soul! If you sell a
bill of goods you go into the counting
room nnd snv to your partner: “Do you
think that man is good for this bill? Can
lie give proper security? Will he meet
I his payment?” Now. when you are of
fereu tins world ns a possession I gixant
you to test the matter. Ido not Wail you
to go into this bargain blindly.
you to ask about the title, about the in
surance, about whether men have pver
had any trouble with it. about whether
you rnn keep it. about whether you can
get all or the ten thousandth or one hun
dred thousandth part of it.
There is the world now. I shall sav no
more about it. J.lake up your mind for
yourself, ns I shall, before God, have to
make un mv mind for myself, about the
value of this world. I cannot afford to
make a mistake for my soul, and you can
not afford to make a mistake for your soul.
Christ is glorious to our souls now, but
how much grander our appreciation after
awhile! A conqueror comes back after the
battle. He,has been fighting for us. lie
comes upon the platform. lie lias one
arm in n sling, and the other arm holds a
crutch. As lie mounts the platform, oh,
the enthusiasm of the audience! They
say. “That man fought for us and im
periled bis life for us,” and how wild the
huzza that follows huzza.
When the Lord Jesus Christ ..shall at
last stand out before the multitudes of
the redeemed of heaven and wo meet Him
face to face and feel that He was wounded
in the head and wounded in the hands
and wounded in the feet and wounded in
tbe side for us, methinks we will be over
whelmed.
We will sit Rome time gazing in silence
until some lender amid the white robed
choir shall lift the baton of light and give
the signal that it is time to wake tbe song
of jubilee, and all heaven then will break
forth into “Hosanna! hosanna! Worthy
is the Lamb that was Hlain.”
I calculate further the value of the soul
by the price that has been paid for it.
In St. Petersburg there is a diamond that
the Government paid S2tK),OOO for. “Well.”
you say. “it must have been very valuable
or tbe Government would not have paid
$200,000 for it.”
1 want to see what the soul is worth
and what your soul is worth by seeing
what has been paiu for it. For Hint im
mortal soul the richest bloodftHtt was ever
shed, the deepest groan thgfHßs ever ut
tered, all the griefs of eaflptKimpressed
into one tear, all the suffevfiijW of earth
gathered into one rapier of pain and stuck
through His holy heart. Doe3 it not im
ply tremendous value?
1 argue, also, the value of the soul from
the home that has been fitted up for it in
the future, fine would have thought that
a street of adamant would have done.
An, it. is a street of gold. One would
have thought that a wall of granite would
have done. No, it Is the flame of sar
donyx, mingling with the green of emer
ald.
One would have thought that an occa
sional doxolouy would )mve done. No, it
is a perpetual song. If the ages-of heaven
inarched in a straight.line,-some day the
last regiment might pass out-of .sight. .
Hut no, the ages of heaven do not march
in a straight line, but in a- cirale around
about the throne of Clod, forever, forevcf,
tramp, tramp! A soul so bought, so
equipped, so provided for must be a price
less soul, a majestic) soul, a tremendous
soul.
If a man sell a hill of goods north SSOOO,
and lie is cheated out '•>' it, lie may get
SSOOO somewhere ebe, but a man wbo in
vests his soul invests all. Having that, be
saves nil in the light of iny text, it
seems to me ns it you were offering your
soul to the highest bidder, and J hear you
say. “What is bid for it, my deathless
spirit? What is bid for it?” Satan says,
"l will bid the world.” You say, "begone,
that is no equivalent! Sell my soul for the
world? No! Begone!”
Well, there are a great many people who
say, ”1 will not sell my soul for the world.
1 find the world is an unsatisfying por
tion.” VS hat, then, will you do with your
soul? Home one whispers Here, "J will
give my soul to Christ.” Will you? That
is (lie wisest resolution you ever made
vVill you give it to Christ? When? To
morrow? No, now. 1 congratulate you
if you have come to such a decision.
Oli, if the eternal Spirit of Cod would
now come down upon vou and mow you
the vanity of this world and the immense
importance of Christ’s religion and the in
finite value of your own immortal souls,
what an hour this would be!
What a moment this would be! Do you
know that C hrist has bought your soul?
Do you know that lie has paid an in finite
price for it? Do you know that lb- is
worthy of it? Will you give it to Him
now? ,
1 was reading lately of a sailor who had
just got ashore and was telling about his
last experience at sea. He said: “The last
time I crossed the ocean we had a li rrific
time. After v.-e had been out three or four
days the machinery got disarranged, and
the steam began to escape, and the cap
tain, gathering the people and the crew
on deck, said, ‘Unless some one will go
dov, a and shut off that steam and arrange
that machinery at the peril of his life we
must all he destroyed.’ He was not will
ing to go down himself. No one seemed
willing to go. The passengers gathered at
one end of the steamer waiting for their
fate. The captain said: “I give you a last
warning. If there is no one here willing
to imperil his life and go down and fix
that machinery wc must all be lost.’ A
plain sailor :uid, ‘l'll go, sir,’ and he
wrapped himself in a coarse piece of can
vas and went down and was gone but a
few moments when the escaping strem
stopped. The captain cried out to the
passengers: ‘All saved! Let us go down
below and see what has become of the
poor fellow.’ They went down. Then.' he
lay dead.” Vicarious suffering! Died lor
all! Oh, and ) you suppose that those people
on the si p ever forgot, ever can forget,
that poor fellow? "No,” they say. “It
was through his sacrifice that I got
ashore.” The time came when our whole
rr.ee must die unless some one should en
dure tortu'c and sorrow and shame. Who
shall come to the rescue? Shall it be on3
of the seraphim? Not one. Shall it be
one of the cherubim? Not one. Shall it
be an inhabitant of some pure and unfali
en world? Not one. Then Christ said,
“Lo, I come to do Thy will, O Hod! ” and
lie went down the dark stairs of our sin
and wretchedness and misery and woe,
and He stopped the peril, and He died
that you and I might be free.. Oh, the
love: oh, the endurance; oh, the horrors
of the sacrifice! Shall not our souls go
out toward Him, saying:* “Lord Jesus
Christ take mv soul. Thou are worthy to
have it. Thou hast died to save it ”
God help you lightly to cipher out this
sum in gospel arithmetic: “What shall it
profit a man if he shall gain the whole
world and lose his own soul?”