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REV. DR. TALMAOK.
IIII-: I1KOOKI.Y' IDVIM ’s Sl’N
!»AV SKUJION.
hubjeet: “Oblivion un i It» Opfeuts.
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hf,*av.4 rlnutlnj r> n) . IViltliH CXii.,
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■ • -•*» i:! 1 - l J • ' 1 '* m 1 o* w 'f
to- l:i\ T»er.*r- hi I m m : that sw i
• • d/mn t \ r , iin • ft erun-'h-M' in i
v :</ u 4 -. friwi if j *■*, eo I; iMili'M, tales, Vi
l ' i onHfi«*rjt w . h‘ini r ?>«. w > r 1 d w . It*
}j<*l r.vifb up oi »r . of omtiir'e, o,
■ nf < *>■ mtlloofiiu n«. of eorm
d n it ii.' i 'or U '••i ■ • I by v#vi \* • ; *t t an !
all t)if oiir r dirtyiu tn in obib ,on. ft is a
-!• ;* down whle-i cy ryihlng rolls, if l- r»
eo/ifiagi-xfion if) v ‘ldcii everything Is cr»ri
Miami. II Ia n dlrg'* in w,ib’ii nil or • »*•*; rj
fdfty and a period at whio » < v ‘rything sto,’»«.
It Is lh< ; cfcoetery of th- hu nan r e - lr H
the domain of forgetdu n '***• () diyion ..t
tlfu»-oit throw-. « shadow o/er all or in, an l
I would not pr-.»noun - It to-day if • di J no*
*o , ■ arm-d jo th<* H‘r -i,gth of i eter’i-i
(\ jH on your behalf to nit t. » it, to rout it, to
dam/dhih tr.
Vvi,.. ju-d loo’ d th* w iv the \ . nib -s o
4ho earth dlsipp -nr. For nvraUcthcy are to
golhcr, f/*sipirable and lo each other in lis
pcnsablo, nud then tho V ptrt. so n * by mar¬
riage com !<• cst ifdish other hoar nn I
HO hd leave fills life, find a century is h in 4
enough |f) plant a family, develop It. prosper
if au 1 obliterate it, H> the gen Tat ions van
kValk upBro i iw/iv, New York ie , State.str-et.
y. 'stou : (IheHtnut Ptr-wt, f'.iila i»hi i ; tho
H<r,in 1, London , rriioi ^sstreet, Edmbunrh
(Jha nps I'.irin • Uut«r den Lin i *n.
Berlin, and j’ou will meet in this v-ar IH'.U
not c’i • p rson w-io w.vlket it in 17:)3. What
fluent ? AU the ordinary effort at per
pet U it ion are dead failures. Wrtlfer Kcott’s
**Oh| Mortality** may 140 mm 1 with his
chisel to reout the faded epitaphs on tomb
stones, hut Old Oblivion has a ipiickor chisel
with wliU'U lif* can cut out n thousand epi¬
taph* while “Old Mortality” is cutting in oue de¬
epitaph. Whole libraries of Idotfr.iphies
voured of hookworms or unread of the rising
Wit c ration*
All l hr stilus of tho Stores and warehouses
of print firms have changed, unines the
^randsous think that it Is an ndvanta^o to
tf'-cp tho old slttn up, ts* - nise ttt« name of
the nn *stor was mor« co-nmendatory than
the name of the dcsei ndnnt. The «*ity of
(tone* stands to-day, hut dip down deep
enough and you come to another Home,
t'urlofi, nihl eo down still f »rth'*r nn 1 you
will flu I u iliir 1 Homo, .ferusalomstun Is to¬
day, hut <Hp down deep enough nnd you will
find a Jf'rus tJeffi tin h rn • ifh, and 140 on and
deeper down n third Jerus ilern. Alex in Irui
on Hm top of nil Alex indria, nnd ttio second
on itu? top of tha third.
M iuy of the nncient eith^snre buried thirty
feet do- p, or fifty deep, or I Of) foot. What
xv is the matter? Any sp •• ini ealnmity? No.
The winds und wave - nnd s in Is nn 1 living
dust nro uli tin tertnkers and grave diggers,
«ud if tJjo world slants long enough the
|)twnt Brooklyn mi l N nv York an 1 Lon Ion
ivdlt lei v t* on top of ttiem other Brooklyn*
sii I New Yorks nnd Lon Ions, and only a ter
digging atl i bor n * nnd blasting will the
nrchm i*ogiM o« fur distant eonturim come
down »h fur as th© high *»t spir AmerFun ua done* i
an i turrets of our prwnt au
S,lfrh h ., Un¬ T -.■f-rl.r “T"
i lid the
or ; t'har'i ' nrfcR or of M vriborougn, '■
ot nliridntt*s, or of Brin m Kr * ieriek, or c
Cut nn I not on t ttn*i: -r w ill you he.i
Ft ail i thru fit Iin Min I a* id the roll o 1,0)0,
i>00 men Y.Z tho army of T.i ? * ■ s.. Not on >
nnsw an l the 11 li\ iin», t h • ‘1.70).{)U
Infantry iutd the 2O),0tb> eax I rv of the Ys
syrkin ar nv uti ter N<nu *, an l e itt the roll.
Net V • answer. Htund iu iin * tho l,0rt U)))
men of 8 ‘sostris, the l/i ») u mi of Artax
pvx 'k at Cnnax i, the 2,841,0)) men un ter
X* r.v'sut Tliermopxda*, nud c.ill the long
•oil. Not on » a'lsw r .
At th < opnuiii - ot our c’.r'd xv ir t’m men of
the Northern an I Houti*. *ru :ir.nies xv to told
ttmt 11 they fell in battle their nines would
never be forgotten by their country. Out of
the million men who fell In b.ittle or died iu
military bespit ih, yo .1 v.tm 1 >r rill tho nxmes
ot HHK), n >r the n imiw «» f»' >. nor the n ines
of IU), nor th'* Dimes of tl-ty. Oblivion!
Are tiie feH of tho dan mrs who were at tho
bald of tlif Duchess of Hiehmond at BrpsMels
'. ,, h ,1 u , f 1 .nr: Al in .,jh
ArcalUhttcar, h.-ir I th- K tf«ui ot l.-m
lor I 111 nit <I.-a . \d < -at. •\rc l».*J ) '.llM'
MWtb« mroua lou of G i IIU lolosa
All cl..,, !. Otltv o:.. A h.m in-1
In.Ml imiv thcr - > U ne. ■> a bun; on thW
cnrlli Hut «w»- ever live,
In home old f»nil> record a d-a • •»-. ett
rtu.lyin tupttiBav MstnUiUMniy sn-ll .-ut
our n v ne, nut ir-.-n the nv.rh fnh’dm..
with Kreat effort, flu I that Min" i-rwu ,>l
our 111 no W.is tioru so in-n n-re In-twe-n I'M
*n I IHJJ, hut they will .'.u *w no .nor ■ n .put
us than wo know about tho eo'or of a child *
ey S born li-l hlel.t inn vdlnyeml.it..
s’.e.'.u Tell tne sienethi:.-' nl> - it yj.ir croii
,,’r.tuifMh it-t he do? >f. What What year were was his he f. ln.ru:' itun- JJ What n.it |
pn-.u-.'rn.nl ,
y ’ir did he die'.’ An i your ]
imither. Will yon dw 'fim* th© slyla or la j
bet ah© xv or.*, »n I boxv did »bc nud yovit |
gr *at rr.imlfatte r gt't on in «'«••*« "Hi-r - i
co:wpvuioust)l ft? \Xn» It M.»reh xv utner or i
June? ilivion! . That mountain snr;* r-lls ov.-t J
. i
ev . rvtldny. l’.yeu tl»‘ pyr.iuu is are dyui.
Not a div piss -S but th-rs is ehisdel o a *
chip of th it KT.Utlte. *t i" s i is t" u tip nn ;
... - Ih-lar. ’ an 1 w i :t t» u; <* at < >•> o’
Is’,an V is so.u; on »U ar >u 111« • w -• K .1.11
th-, out In nits tiro erunhiUit intoth « t' - |
«n 1 while this is irtnspir c t ... o- - .
of fV world th > ho. e . s *" ,, u • e ■ .,
Is dlv-glni uu l-rth ' ion’■ Inti ’ i e.’t
an inttiu ; its w iy >nt tow ir I t ie s ir.. 1
It s’ pris .A l'.,o ts hear |ieop!-*ty tho d.
: think the w will
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merx'Hu H.'V-tl o’ St* • 4’* tin t K *1
tfouv. Wh«t if ih t .
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xrerv ewer xvrttt nnt pr.ms'l nal pi*
IhthtxdT i'hx' III* tss Wvitil t ©y *. 1 in
»m*nMiy have © u *teJ iu: *iU< an I
all rasrire'i iaipj*sf)l*. Tn foisl
eoH'-rnH of boo’os w i* a m r iiftil Hpide ni?.
M mv of the rttat* an 1 Souoa'xf libraries
t o-'Jay are only mor^umo in w.ji-h dead
books ar; w vitin ; for on* on ? to eo ns aa I
r**o4nb.x the n. Wivit if all the paople
that h ii been born were «HU aliva'/ We
woutl have bom eloowel by our ancestors
often «■'mtunes ago, anltvopln w to ougnt
to have said their last word 3005 years ago
would snarl at us, saying, ‘-Want are you
doing here? T.ior* would have been nr
room to turn around. Home of the past
generations of mankind were not worth re
memberiog. Tne first u vital J hing that
rnany people did was to die, tb'dr cradles
misfortune and their grave a boon.
This world was hardly a comfortable of place
tAUve in before the middle the last cen
fury. Ho many things have come into the
world that were not fit to stay in. we ought
to be glad they wer? put out. The waters ot
Lethe, the fountain of forgetfulness, ar** a
healthful draft. The history we have of the
wor id in ages past is always one sided and
. anno t p - depsn ie i on. H istory is fiction
illustrate, l by a few straggling facts. In all
the Panthoon the weakest god less is Clio,
the go If less ol history, an i instead of being
raprescuto 1 by sculptors as bolding a scroll
might better be reprusoateJ as limping oa
er u‘<di‘*s.
Faithful history is the saving of a few
things out of more things lost. The imuor
talllv that cornu* from pomp of obsequies, or
granite shaft, or building name 1 after its
founi‘*r, Jomder. or or page of of recognition rgoo^nition in in some som«? ‘m- » n
,. v ,dopcdia Is nn an immortality i'mi'ir atity unworthy unworthy of of
on • -> it nhUion. f<»r it will oeas'i and is no im
mortality at all. Oblivion ^ ,! A 1 1 himdrei ‘ '
v*ar«. v *ar-». Bu‘ o.i’ while a .nn* i r tco^iti/ ? this universal
suh'ner^ea • * of thin 44 earthly who wants to
he forgotten? Not on** of i .
Absent for a few weeks or months from
hom»*. it cheers us to know that we are re
memhered there. It is a phrase we have ail
pronoutii' d, *'f hope you miss-i 111-. " Meet
iiigs-.-,,.. fri-n-l, from whom w- have I.....a
pirtei many years. W e inquire, “Did you
■or ............. and they ay, ••Ves."
an l oill in hy na n ■, an 1 wn feel a delight
fu: s-n.-fe... thrillin' through their ban t
Into our Inn i, an l rtnmin * up iro n elbow
t-» s ! i Mil !**r, ft-i l ih ( *ii t»trtiii r. the one cur
r Tt o* <i‘-:i^ it ft *n iin ' to the brow nn i
th-oth'*r >1 > > fin ; to t>i? foot, movin'*
Mi,., i Vi l r -n iin Gtitri? "trclcs until
f*v ry u ! *rv • ;ii l rum ;tu l c ip i ?ity of bu iy
mH’din inn I ni is p *rm*fato 1 with d*
'•* d
V -.Via. .... 11-ting tli- phi-’ Of my
i...vi" 11, I met «tn-* .■ .10m I hai n..t .-ecu
, a V e l together at t«u years of age,
;«i > i l 1 tip- u'iir pleasure in | ■ u/. 'i ill g liin.
: M’ 1, i" « i 1 I w i", and I eari hardly <l<t
. I,, a j..,, ■,. atler awhile li ■ [inim
i.i | -j,,., ...... y... j,,,, an i>
Witt." We nil like to be remember-il.
New. 1 In.. a to toil v.ni that this u ilivion
m W ..vh I ha. sp 1,|„ its defeats, and
that tiler.- i- no tiiore reason why nn'i w« should
„<’■ l ediviiidli lit. 1 Vividly gloriously
1 111 ■ him (red mini m billion
trillion ija idrillioa qiuntilllon years from
leivv than tint ............ r. nembere 1 six
I a il going lo tell you Imw thething
in I n ill I'*’ d m-.
W in iy bii'l'l t!in ‘mv■ irhvstint? r **nf.*‘n
-ran ■ •. er.lM style, it. inb. the suoer
■1,1 -------- th ,S) b, who 11 w, do liin I
iid^'sln fii, world You mm romvmber
t mu’ to min, an I ir-oVrnin I, ulty
wai--h w ■ a iiv eall men,ary I, in 'lio future
11 st in : i-a *' • ...... i ,r oi ’ ■ • ’ Nothing will a', 4 '' »! : ii
.......toil gr i, ,i ,-.t e.dos-iai fa-ultv. Did
i hi h-i v.d low pay her r i) .' Did you
lb, I for Hi it mill r h . -I from pro > i <i
pin-........ ho-,.- ■ v. Did vou ii
. , I fall,.,, a ,i-i - -
iv -i , " - , i < . ( • ,i -,
-— r
»u
m in, tip ? I by the «»!tingei u *v Oi
j the in ) 1 v* mirk *f, th if ti.ii-s wjt! f offer
ttW iiie be bettor^
Bid V i !<• i i u Lvij? tfitan of strast into
a ml in'-4 u. mis ■ i. u t r in • XiO: i saiil ic
her:" S i h *r do I eon h* uu tho *; go an 1 siu
no more t Bid y ui tell a m-ui, clour ilis
four 14.‘I £ his noywar iness and hopeless
and plot! r r suicide. s;i: • U\ th-*t th tt for f.>r Idm him w;w ur*i« noir nair
by a lav * in XV .th, 1 1\ i ■ ;■ - i t Wd<s ;uii«
u ‘ mi5;it
H'inf :r t '■(litip'is pr.-Wr* in o', gr iviyir.fi. what ars
mtlogiums in llioi-i w.io, j hr nth
Is ill tlmir noitrlH, w.ntiir.i unr.-il biogn
plii.-s 111 the a|.-ii,-.i (deity librirv -iinb .-in
Iiavi, pnr.il with to ill tiiu th Jmp-rish-ibhi illu-niu -.1 momorlei rn vou
tb'i . ol
Puis- to ttii-.u vou dll SIM kill lues-un/
■ - -
-ior tle-rc an- Mini- things th,- giorul.'-l ..|
hoax.*u e.'iunut .... do,atil 4 this is oas of . them. .
n.cv cannot f-.rKi-t au .Mrtl.lv fcln-lmis,
tayB ,,a rt that I
T.i.-v huv - n-. to.n to hurl into I
obllvksn that boaefaotioa [
„., s | or ^„„.. s th9 inh-jhifmti 0 I I
Ma | W> wil< » vt.-n 1 (tie islun i i.osn.'taMtv
when In. nn l other, with him h.-nl fell added I
, ( ,. lipw ,..., (]r , ni . hi| ,. r liu „ n t
gh lr ,, ? Hu th-v.etl.n of the hlc-iwiv- i
, n .,„ ou Ih „ riV1 1 t 0 J, i for«..:ton tho i I
tlo , I Simar.tan with a mcdica-nont of oil
nn | w in - no 1 a free ri 1. . . tin. ho.t.drv’> i
u , lv „ tUo K .yllsh sol Ii rr who w in im to
Go 1 fre.n the (Irime.in battlefields for-ott-ii
fioren ... Nhthtln ; lie/
Through ail eternity will the Northern and
Southern s-Mters ter'et the Northern and
southern women w.io admitiist -r- l to the
d v j n « beys in blue an I (tr.iv atwr the awful
u.. :i[s , u I’.jxn's-i'* an l I’entwviv .mix an 1
Vi r ^ n ia an 1 {', *or?l». wdi-ix turned "v-*rv
heu'i 'an I b in, md s n* i into a hospital,and |
i ‘
ui • »n»;idiir* th-- Sa-iq m um i. and th-*
James, an 1 the Chattahoochee, ant tile Si
v.mni,i with brave blooi’f The kiufn-ss-s -
',. , . do to ft nir-will si m I as Ion; In tim an- I
r e uath-i oi others as the gates of heuveii
wdl st-m t as th . “House w f q , BV ’.I tnsious’’
w .il -tan t, as 1 us tii" throa • ot God wilt i
' j ! ,
ynoth-r defeat of oblivion wifi be found j
in .'ut to- ■- tari-t t of thos. w.i »m wo r- -i'. I
u or st' i tr i der is eternal fi Sum
ii.U , -n »- • m l trails
n n’* a hi t u m pro n »o I oi.o ho'«tcu i ,t > -
mi „ a di S • I
-» ilk >ur.i; >oas m ui fM'iw*. o rvstro .- of i
'l**? XX’ “somn - tv ii iwimti)/ j j
.has mi. Hot la i nas
rm.r iin; it, o- n > mortal toogu • mav j
r w shit into tianmei- ,>n K i'ii o>r •
a! go yjir w>ri u it 1 I
't *> x* , rc j
it r ;*«. tn.it s ,
a. oa it Will j
D> >4 >*•* tlx *: SU »N
> in tUa >ry o t v it s
htv. 4\ a th it it for * v i t!xu yojL iu i
him to C , ttlM S KI, fix r i
wor), ta
to th 4\t N lit V?vt!
s mu* a h' y m&m. It I
xro’.i on firt» ka xtr.x i n: C ir. *r VV 1
I>iamx *sl an) ballt 8t. Paul as it will
kfi 'iva in, alt bwav *n that you w
stra n^ni iiity ot' bUiLiin^ a to n: le fi n
W«»t<*v'h a S iY)V.h put a
'.iu tnct in th* o* a p :
r ify lor Christ in » prayer m
% w.BOti, an) ai*s.
nothing fan) a 1
ire ha) tx*en ec.ar.vHar tnnl iin4 w.th a mi
v»r.xi ill it b * fir . -x ox r 1 -
.xf the 0 *nturn v > .* ia tiaaaa^** or brinf do«rn.
There U r.' sa iaw art m the wort) tnau
mrohiteotarx*. With poooit an i rult» an) com
ptss th- % «r.?h«t * 't sit* dotro aU>*a * an I in si
aaxi exolvt's fr .' -4 his 01ra t rain -x
thadraT, or a Notion if copilot. or a massive
home before he leav *s that tn >le, an 1 then he
goes out an I unrolls his plans, aa i ''oils ear
pen * era an) masons an) ortwins of all sorts
to execute his design, and when it is finished
be walks around the vast structure and see*
the completion of the work with high sutis
fa nion. and on a stone at some corner of the
building the architect’s nime may be cbisde 1
Bat the storms do their w>rs, an t time, that
takes down «iverythfaig, will yet ta^e down
that strnetusb until th*=*re snail not be on-:
B tone left u'lon another.
Bat there fa a soul in heaven. Through
your instru mentality it was put ther.i. Un
der Go is grace you are the architect ol its
eternal happiness. Your name is written, not
on one corner of its nature, hut inwrought
j j nfo its of eveW fiber wash and out energy. the story of Will what the
storms winter
you have wrought upon that spiritual stru'*- land,
ture? So. If here are no storms in that
and there is #■> winter. Will time wear out
the inscription which shows your fidelity?
No. Time is past, and it is an everlasting
1 now. Built into the foundation of that irnper- built
ishahle structure, built into its pillars, the
into its capstone, is your name—either
name you celestials nave on earth or the name by
j ! which shall call you.
I know the Bible says in one place that
God is a jealpus Go 1, but that refers to the
work of thoefc who worship some other god.
a true fatbf-r is not jealous of his child.
J With what penciled, glee you show the ship picture child your
; child or a toy your
. bowed u „„ 0 u vm out, , or m recite the noble deed yoai
J child child aceompUshe.H accomplished 1 And God never was
I jealous of u Joshua, nev^r was jealous of a
j ” Paul, never* * jealous * of - — Frances Haver
vas a
i ^1, never ,yas jealous ot a man or woman
who tried t> heal woun Is and wipe away
tears and lift burdens and save souls
anti while ?!! is of j?r.ve, and your sel -
abnegatin'' utterance will be, ; \ot unto
ns. not u giorv . ,, nt )mt shall' Thv n , me
q j.or.l, uiv von alwars
f.-,.| a hmvonU sati.'aetton in every
good thing you did on earth, and if leono
,.i„ M i„ )ru . tr0!n -ath. should tweak
through the^ales of heaven and efthee one
record of y ? ur earthly fidelity, methinks
< hnst woult take 011*01 the nails 01 Iiis
own cross ant write somewhere on the crys
taJ. or tin* aiacthyst. or tho jacinth, orth?
the dirysoprasus, vour name nn«i l just rinhtoou* un-lerit
Insert ptim of my tejt. 'The
shall be hdd in everlast ntr remembrance.
Oh, thi- ‘l|aracter biHIdin^ ! \*ou and!
arc every munient busy .n that: tremendous
“"upation T-imo- miking me better or
worse, auil shallShrough I »>n making *ou better or worse.
and we nl eternity bear the
?x ..ark of this Henedi-t-onor Masting.
bet otliers im- tiis ffronmi of heaven—
tliosa who have more mghtilv wrought fot
Go i aril the truth 'ml it will be heaven
enough for you and me ii ever tirni anon we
meet some radiant soal oi the boulevards ol
the great ein who shall sty .- “Vou Imlped
me one... ion cueourasr4 me when I was
m earthly struggle ,1.11 not know that I
e
J ,et 1,1 n fot jou. vri 1 ' win mu.n witu w tb
he iv-dily glee and say ; ’ll. f ha! Do y„u
really romomoerthat falki Do you reniem
( ir,stian fa\ .Ifttion.' 'fit a mrnnon 30a
have! AVI, y. that must hum be,. tt down there
in Brooklyn million or New O rf.-.M ntlei-tten the
thousand years n». An 1 nn
mver will be. “A,n « .1 as long as that,
but, I r. memoer it as tt'eil s though it were
'o./th's tm. inisoiraraeier einr—l-r bu’.l-lii-' iiudiiK. Tho in stru"tura sum turn
listing , in lup-nlen of posing nmtnrh-s. m
'lop.-n lent of crumbling iruisoi a n.-. ixi'le
]•■ ndent of t> who-« umv-.-rsc.Vm-ii pbindiry syxtem. Aye.
If the material • -e-ns nil
together Ilk- on-< pi-.irf ma.'bfctwy.
should i f. - - i it that
:
ti-v-op-G ■ : Tv" i'o n'-iiUth- j
I . ir ",o-mn'hv
.onUi ,
; h]1 xhi - an l mo-'-n .n,i •: trs
; tumble likot ! i's mldnii'hiexjtri*at Aelita-
1 bull, that would not tmi i us and j
hu « G*o 1. for Go 11» fnvmpil.' ‘nn
an 1 memory ar 1 immomh mvl 1 over over Gist tout j ;
grave ^ r o-> of °‘ a a wrecked wreck *\ nmtlhti mntfiai uatvers:? imivt*rs:* might mr,dit i «
truthfully .nr ’ , iy bo (,• written, ijritf.n, ‘*X« “i(‘ righteous ri-r itt ■ snn.ll shall 1
(ir 1 ‘a-sr wT% r ^TZi>eath. thin s-qml- wr \
s'ump fhw in tho dust i - own I
! O, Eternity, rolhn till the last star i
has stopp-ij rotatlttg, ,-ni.tlio last sun is ot- |
tihgiiHdcJ on tho supp-rt pathway, night. an I j I
the last noonrhM illu iXielthe last
«»'-• ns many y -ars b.a» P’is«-’ I as all the
s-ribes that BV.W took pn v*
■ : M ,; M- : Mi'ii‘'oM , :o - - Vi -M
!>ow--r to . u’i-. <r->n jiy smtlln gl-n-y tho
of anvthing wf huvo done to bring
Tlr-r- K anotlinr an U non complete do¬
feat for o iliv.on. nn 1 tint in in th-heart of
GoJ liimsalf. You hari soon a sailor rotl up
9;<-eve an! show jbi his ann tattooid
" ritil the Ago re ofe iHor.to *hln—perhxp* Yon
»•*<* first ons in which ha over sailed.
have seen a soldier r.ll up his Soova nml
show you his arm tntpood with the nyur*
» ( " fortress which Ir was yirrisonoil. or
the face of a great fWeral under woo an ha
IourM. You have men many a hand tnt
I 00 ’" 1 w, th the face of i loved ono before or
after marria«e. nstneworld. , ,,
This tattooiu? is almost ftsoi-i
ft i* some colored liqtld pun-tured into the
flesh so indellblythat nothin? can wash it
out. It may have tie«n there fifty years, but
when the man sons i|to bis coffin that pin
ture will go with bim*n hand or arm. Now,
c ' r0i »«y» that he h?9 tattooed us upon ms
Imn-U. There eau b# no other meaning m
the forty-ninth eh*ft?r of Isainh. where (»o i
says, “Behold, I hire graven thee on tne
patmsof iny hands!’ “I cannot open
ii was a» much as to say ;
My band to help, but I think of you. lean
uot spread abroad .My hands to bl>««. but 1
«Mnk of you. Wherever i (to op and down
the heavens I take these two pictures of vou
with Me. They are *0 inwrought into My
Issing that I caunot lose them. As loa; as
My hands last the memory of you will lust.
Not on the back of My ban Is, ns though to
nuuoun n< vou to others, but on the palms of
«>’ hands’ for Myself to look at an l study
»»•« love. Not on the p ilrn o, one ban J
3 -Iojjp, but ou the palms of both baa (is. for
while I nmlookin; unouono hand and think
«' 5'«u, t must have the other hand fr-9
10 protect you, free to strik, > isftck v.uir
enemy, free to it if you fait P. f: ns ot Mv
hun is indclihly aUoo>l! An I . f
hold the win.Is 5' Hy first no eye * 1
the ins ntioa of your S ,ame a c
y ur face, an l though I holdt! i o *i v \o
toilow of Hy ft»n i its MHoan : -» i:i >t
w i out tb« t i of M '
old. I hiix-e ravea tin? tae ”
My hwn is.* 5 ’
V .”.At joy, wb;U Jjrt: aor can thp*r»3 bo ci ,n
%z .e to ttia: of bam? ran tne
into-Hest au) k n lost aa i loveliest an
ilerv-; aa t most afteetioj onto n-4 in
nn vrss? Ttiink of it. to hoi l an ev ’rl^tinc
»ia tha heart 0o-i. Tnoh-artoft* J:
beamltut palace in the universe.
r '! th** are:.! oniil srne Dilace as
b -.an I as that il h« Let him <*rnmtiie up
j*ii tJha stars f vest ern hr ht sux) io-ihoitow
niiTht, an) put them as mosaics f«*r
'-ueb a p.uu * Hoar. Let biuita ait the >uu
r y, H & tii Nun?.*:? of i»H iho days au i th*’
nuror* 5 * of all tho nijfhts aai haa^ them as
cph'xUstorx at its wtu iow*.
Ltd him take all the nv'.'rt. na I all the
i:vk”S. atil all th- oreaas, ant toss them into
tfte foantaiaso: iht* palace ■■■iun. Lee him
take all tile soi.i o’nr; tne mil* am naag it m
its chan leliere, and ail the pearls of all the
seas, an 1 all lue diamonds of all the fields,
an 1 ifitli tnem arch the doorways of that
palace, and then invite into it all the glories
that K?lber ever saw at a Persian haaqoet. or
Daniel ever walked a-nou,- in Babylonian
eastles, or Joseph ever witnessed in Pharaoh’s
throneroont. and then yourself enter this
castle of orohangelic construction, and see
how poor a palace it is compared with the
greater palace that some ot you have already
found in the heart of a loving and pardoning
God, and into which all the music, and all
the prayers, an 1 all the sermonie considera¬
tions of this day are trying to introduce you
through the blood of the slain lamb.
Oh, wher- is oblivion now- From the
“/ T,ecome at so“g
which no man or woman or child who loves
:he Lord need ever fear. Oblivion defeated,
Oblivion dead. Oblivion scpnlehered. Bat
I must not be so hard on that devouring
monster, lor into its grave go all our sins
when the Lord for Christ’s sake has forgiven
them. Just Wow a resurrection trumpet
over them when once oblivion has snapped
them down. Not one of them rises. Blow
again. Not a stir amid all the pardoned Notone in
(quities ot a lifetime. Blow again.
or them moves in the deep grave trenches.
Buttotbis powerless resurrection trumpet
a voice responds, half human, halt divine,
on 1 it must be part man mi t part God, say
ing “rheirains and their iniquities will I re
m-anber no more. ’
Thank God for this blessed oblivion' Ho
you see I did not invite you down into a eel
iar. but upon a throne ; not into the grave
yard to which all materialism is destined,
but into a garden all abloom with everlasting
remembrance. The frown ot my first text
has become tho kiss of the second text. An
nihilation has become coronation. The wring
ing hands of a great agony have become the
slapping bauds of a great joy. 1 not requiem
^ jlhm iwe^jbecoims th.)gwod
mar, ' tl * aj! l
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stnur,. Uie lit) n wl . ts °
eternn. tr mp .
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wnniT “wnlV fil? Ur bamd CUlft o TUDnWCDC 1 IlnU W£nd«
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Fifteen People Killed ar.d Many In
Jiiieu . ,,»» DJ « explosion* . ,
an
A special of Wednesday from Bar
,. e lo na 1 .Spain, 1 says: J Tuesday night,
during ... the ,, performance of William
Tell, ’ at the Lyceum opera house, a
place much frequented by y the elite of
n Larce.ona > society, two , bombs, . pre
suniably loaded with dynamite, were
thrown from tho gallery. One ex
nloded p with n ft a terrific terr reDort rei ort. Almost vimo t
every person in the house sprung to
shrieks f 1 f ^ *”***’ )
and crjes ot agony * * rose from
tne lower part, ol tne Housi, ana it was
known that many persons had been
jujm*ed.
T ’ BOME bodies , in one heap.
When the wreckage was in some do
greo cleared away it was found that
fifteen dead bodies, of which six were
those of men and niue the. corpses • of
women. 1 ho bodies of the Indies lay !
close together, their bright-colored
syeaing n j dresses uresses, iae laces s and a.nt j jewelry ury,
gloves, finery lints and bonnets and other
drenched in flood and torn in
“xt iy-.,',
ftuiihntioil is reported that soon after the ex
of the dead began that a
large proportion of tho killed belong
ef i to one family who bad taken a nnm
^ of tioket . it is presumed, tho forming birth
n theater party in honor of
day of one of those lying there shat
to iWh bv the anarchist bomb.
The only persons who retained their
presence of mind wore the officials pres
^ They ' knew that the outrage o as
the work of anarch •> and • * determin
the of the .
ed to prevent escape miscre
flnts gome ran to the gallery and
,
surrouaded that part from which tho
bomb had been thrown. Several eus
pi,-i, uislouking persons were placed
„ u der arrest, and when a close exam
mation
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Official Figures front Ohio.
;
j A special Ohio, of Thursday The official from returns Colum
■ b s, save:
j arc in from three-fourths of unofficial the eighty- fig
| tight counties, and with
I urea from the remaining counties.
j i Governor McKinley’;, plurality isplaeed
at 83,791, and his majority over all at
j > >.- ,). The senate will stand: Re
i publicans, *25: democrats, 5. The
| house: Republicans, Bfi democrats,ul.
The Seale Signed.
A Pittsburg special says: After
| two davs* session three of the largest
rollingttr ill plants in Mahoning valley
Saturday night signed the scale sub¬
mitted by the National Finishers In
ion. The scale is practically the one
agreed upon by the amalgamated there .‘-S'- -
ciation, with the exception that
is no time set for its expiration-
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.
The Drift ot Her Prpss and Pros
jenty Er.efly fialei
Happenings of Interest Portrayed in
Pithy Paragraph*.
The World’s Convention of Christian
W'orkers assembled at Atlanta, (ia.,
Thursday morning.. Delgates were
in attendance from all parte of the
country.
Felipe ,.__„__, Hernandez, one of , the lead- ,
ern in the insurrection in Cuba, is in
Itey West, having been Commissioned
, General taenerni farillo cariuo, head neau of ot the the f’nVmn Laban
torees, to raise funds, arms and amrnu
nition, especially the latter.
A Jacksonville, T , r Hu., . special . , of , a at- ,
•
urday says; Another question has en
tered the Corbett-XIitchell contest bos¬
. , , . ,, chanoe
loess, ana that is tne sudden onange
oi base Of the city fnihers, or rather of
the mayor, who now says that the con
testcannot take place 1 in the city ■> limits,
W. A. T. Oliver,who has been pros
pecting near the city i limits of Gads
uen, . Aia., tno past , ten weens , lor f si bU i
ver, lonnu baturday a vein of iiuo
galena, which he will work at once,
H j 8 confidently expected tliut silver
will yet be found in paying quantities.
I he Augusta . . and , ,, Savannah , railroad ,
stockholders met at Savannah Satltr
day to decide upon the question A, of
taking , tlieir road tne ., L*ei)tral . . un
irora
der the optional order of court, or
leavinff it in the hands of the receiver.
Thev 11 decided ie Jta not 01,10 to draw ra out ut *
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Leaders of the Cuban revolutionary
party in New York say they have pri
vate vate advices auv ices from irom their tneir country country which wmea
state that rebellion against the gov
eminent is already under way. Many
think inina. the me movement moveim m. was was prematurely piemaiureiy
begun and for that reason will end dis
astronsly.
Colonel „ , . w Waddell u.n and i Mr. \t t Lyons,
delegates lrom the Georgia StateAgri
cultural Hociety, cal! d ou Governor
Tillman, of South Carolina, Saturday,
and , extended ..is an invitation ■ to him to ,
visit Augusta during the exposition,
X he governor ” was forcedto decline us
t he has several , dispensary »• fights /. . on his x -
hands.
IheKickmond and Dauyule ... ..... Rail
road Company has defaulted in its in
terest on the bonds of tho Northeast
ern " Gail ; road Comnanv wompauj, and uuu nave have so so
ib-iI - (rovernor Aorthon. ihe law
1!o J
diroct tlle governor in such a
contingtncy v snail shall seize seize tho tnoroaa road and ana
* te state snail operate it lot the pur
j iuse of cxtinguuduug its debt
Tlu oupmae cur:, of North Oaro
Hna, Thursday, decided tho right of
0<w,e betwo n the Kaleign a
Western and the (Hendon and bmii
railways in favor of tho latter. The
(Hendon and Gulf is a link of tho lin
portant line between JJurham and
Charlotte, and it is officially stated
that the work of construction will now
soon be resumed,
A suit was filed in the circuit court
at Knovillo, Tenn., Saturday, against
the Southern Express Company ask¬
ing for §50,000 for tho killing of Will
Smith, the young man who met his
death while‘playing a part in the at
tempt at robbery on the KnovUJe The and is
Ohio road ten days ago. suit
father,
Orleans of Thurs
: The Olympic Club hits deci
the amended articles of
Mitchell and Corbett, and
In-tween them will not take
v. The club had made
nff.-r
Mite hell and Corbett threw
into the waste basket and
their own article.,,
and training ex
The club c.iiiiidered thi-;le
und unanimously
reject
dispatch of Hat
: Tin; Teiiiii-vs-'C Coal, Iron
co’.njirtuy is having plans
two nashers to bo constrnct
near future. When
are completed the ovens
I..- st .rt. I. lii-y have a
th. August. Th, re
hutidri d ovens ut th .t place.
it.
When and
, op.-rn: 'ini they will give
employment to about 300 more ne
groes
H -'orian Park* an Dead.
A Boston special says: Frances
Parkmon, the eminent historian, died
a; hi- h xue on Prince street, Jamaica
plains, Wednesday. Peritonitis was
th>- cause of his death. He recently
celebrated his seventy-ninth birthday
in an tm, .stentatioas manner, receiving
a few visitors bnt many letters and
telegrams from all parts of the world.
Folly One Thoosanti Dead.
A cable dispatch.cf Tuesday from
Madrid, Spain, says: The latest de¬
tails concerning the terribia disaster
it Santander Friday show that tha
number of dead, missing and wounded
is fully one thousand.