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DAY „*V DIoLOUKbE. iMumrnimi
A rii'u For Cltcorriilnoftft—Tltroo Pre*crl|»-
lion* For ttio c iiro «»♦' Hiiflltjofla l>o
h*rAph Ui'imvliir, M »' 1‘Hrofbd idd4«i«lit k u A
i-,i t,vuo«,i I
tot nt, and it (front Spirit i i. uni .. Awakening. ,
*1T,xt: “Wlu'nrfore doth, a living nmn
complain?” I.iimentiitlony Li 111 ., M'J.
,. bd oM liioi i 1 lio mosl iiiel-
tthciioly book «>f the Ilible! Jeremiah w rote
so many sad things that vfc have a word
named after him, and when anything is
surcharged with grief and complaint We
call It a jeremiad. Put In my to\t,Jore-
mlnh, ns by a sudden jolt, wakoim u« to a
thankful spirit. Gill* blesMngs lire M 0 vntic'll
more mtmm-otie then our .tHOdlii de'Teptc tit tit he fs
hiU*l»fliiOd mtlH lllHt. duYUokl) with it hP r ilitd
sand blessings Hating lifts ought Itml bUshlntd n thou¬
It to perpot-
tjill ijisltiugil rfllelice.gyervtlllng dt itiki. -WlMiKifoikN like criticism dv^tlt it of IlGiig the
imtu coufpliiln?”
Vvhlle brightening, everything In our lmtemn! Ilnani*«*s
js land lias hood set for to tlpN the hist tune fo-.v oi yyahi “iSamu!/’ the
'I'liere has b(‘en lu*ro and i.hero a cheerful
soloist, but t lio grand oliorus has been one
of (dost lament,*kt yoibtuefco, ion. heoompaniod Mlo^it jniiudtnctpHfH. by dirges over
rated
ii''ii*.jiJdyed niechaikism, and ail Lliose
orders described l>y the two short words,
“luivd times." The fact is that we have
been paying for the bloody luxury of war
more than thirty years ago. There were
groat national dlffereuees, and we hail not
enough Christian diameter to settle them
Inin by arbitration battle, expending and treaty, life mid and m, Wn want itnd
Well High sWumpIlig the itiitlomll treit^ilte IlihineeS,
Hud north i.tnd smith, east itnd West, lulvn
bret since been pitying fbMltoiib foul Verify’
llldtllgeiiee In bllrhltl'lslu:
Hut the time Inis eome when this depres¬
sion ought to ond yea, When It will end if
the people lire willing to do two or three
things by waL .if Mnaneial medioainout for
the the people work as roeuperntlon. well ns (Jongress musi joiii til
of Tile lies! politi¬
cal economists toll us that there is no good
reason for continued prostration. Plenty
of money awaiting investment. The na¬
tional health with never so strong an arm
or so clear a brain. Yet we go on gr,inning,
groaning, ptfttlih groaning! tipoil lis t|iee«|, iiitil lilld^cd (tad h»d
mttimi gnlel ds
Tile •><*t tine (leeont hilbifc l>S<akfiutt coitipiilliJInj? tn six liioutlis.
me utci met Is, is, the t.no InlDlr. oi oi complaining * has
become chronic, in this country, rind lifter
all these years of whimper and walling and
objurgation we are under such a momentum
of snivel that, we cannot: stop; !pl jjjr t^hirMi
. T||, fer-i c ri.ro i lib • pirrfcJ idnti
I believe that our individual and National
Ilnauces may be cured of their present de¬
pression. The first Is cheerful conversa¬
tion and behavior. 1 have noticed that the
people who are most vociferous against the
day in which we live are those who are In
comfortable eirerimNt.aTeoM; i have m.ri,ri h
Inquiry ot tlkose persons who are violent, in
their jeremiads against tho$e times, and I
have asked them, “Now, after ail, are you
Hon not making a living?" A fter some hesll a-
and coughing and clearing their throat
t hroe or four l imes they say stammeringly,
“Y-e-s.” Bo that with a great multitude of
people it is not a question of getting a
they livelihood, but they are dissatisfied because
can't make ris much e>.«ne.V ns they
Would like t»3 ttlrike. Tbrty mtve bniy
•t-200(l In the brink, Whel’d they iVoiild like
to have -fTOdd. TJioy citn eh*ar la a year
duly £5000, When they would like to clear
10,000, or things come out just, i'ven Or
In Wish their they frado ilioy get iffUii f-l day wlc ii fluty
could make or “Oh,”
says some one, “are you not aware of the
fact that there is a great population out. of
the employment, and there are hundreds of
good families oT this country who aro
at their wits’ end, not knowing which way
to turn?” Yes, I know it better than any
man in private life can know that, sad fact,
lor it comes constantly t" iriy eye and ear,
but who is responsible for this stale of
things?
Much of that responsibility I put upon
hum in comfortable cffeilmstiiiicris wild by
<in everlasting growling keep public confi¬
dence depressed and now enterprises from
•darting out and new houses from hiring
built. You know very well that one de¬
spondent man can talk fifty men into de¬
spondency, wake while exhilaration one cheerful physician
can up into a whole asy¬
lum of hypochondriacs. J,t Is no kindle hh
to the poorer the unemployed for you to
Join In this deploiatioh. If you have not
the wit and the Common sense to think of
something cheerful 1 o say, then kcepsilenl .
No\V I will make a contract. If the peo¬
ple of tho United States for rill otic week Will
talk cheerfully, I will open the manu¬
factories, | will give employment to rill tho
tmoCeUpicd moil and women, 1 will make a
lively market for your real estate that is
eating you up with taxes. 1 will stop the
long processions on the way to tho poor-
house and the iicnitentiiiry unit J will Kprcini
a plentiful tab fc from M.'iiici to Cjillfornlii
and from Oregon to Bandy Hook, and the
whole land shall carol and thunder with
national jubilee. Hut says some one, “1
will take that contract, but we can’t affect
the whole nation.” My hearers and read¬
ers, representing as you do all professions,
all trades and all occupations, If
you should resolve never again to utter
a dolorous word about the money
markets, hut by manner and by voice
and by wit and caricature and, above
all, by faith in God to try to scatter this
national gloom, do you not believe the in¬
fluence would be instantaneous and wide¬
spread? the world. The For effect Hod's would sake and be for felt the around sake
of the poor and for the sake of tho em¬
ployed quit comfortable growling. Depend upon it, do If
you men |u elrcumstanc.es
not stop complaining, God will blast, your
harvests and see how you will get along
Without a corn crop, and He will sweep you
with Hoods, and He will devour you with
grasshoppers, if and comfortable He will burn circumstances your city,
you men in
keep on complaining, God will Mark give you
Hornetliing to complain about. that!
The second prescription for the allevia¬
tion of financial distress is proper Chris¬
tian investment. God demands of every
Individual state and nation a certain pro¬
portion of their income. We are parsimo¬
nious. We keep back from God that which
belongs to him, and when we keep hack
back, anything from God he takes what we keep
and he takes more. He takes it by
storm, by sleknefs, by bankruptcy, by any
one of the 10,000 ways which he can em¬
ploy. Tfie reason many of you are cramped
in business is because you have no/or
learned the lesson of Christian generosity.
You employ an agent. You give him a
reasonable salary, and, Jo, you find out
that lie Is appropriating your funds, be¬
sides the salary. What do you do? Dis-
eharge him. Well, we are God’s agents.
He puts In our hands certain mon¬
eys. Fart Js to be ours, part is to be
Ills. Suppose we take all, what then?
He will discharge us. He will turn us over
to financial disasters and take the trust
away from us. Thereupon that great multi¬
tudes arc not prospered have In been business withholding Is sim¬
ply because they which belongs Him.
from God that to
The rule is, give, and you will receive, ad¬
minister liberally and you shall have more
to administer, f am in full sympathy with
the man who was to he baptized by immer¬
sion, and some one said, “You bad better
h ave your pocketbook out; it will get wet.”
“No,” said he, “I want to go down under
the wave with everything. 1 want to con¬
secrate my property and all to God.” And
so tie was baptized. What we want in this
country is more, baptized pocketbooks.
The only safe, investment that a man
can make in this world is in the cause of
Christ.. If a man give from a superabun¬ respond
dance, God may or he may not
with a blessing, but if a man give until he
feels it, If a mart give until it fetches the
blood, if a man give until his selfishness
cringes and twists and cowers under It, he
vsrtlblo jjioujrltb s Woollen koo mon who
are tljflit-nHt^'lwiw ...............Iwitn- to K»w With
"WumliK hi! (Mr t'tfMmittt.f . Hilt wnlt.
Butblonly iu that man t> hint or,>
tiling goes wrong. UI 13 health fails,
° <lomi»Al(ti r his i vavon Htiulo* is <14* til roil oil, or a
(MiMrt him. or a mill-
ItUflit . of rimim ! '"If kind drops upon h
I ho mattor? (mil Is punishing ' him . 7 f* ■; '.“' It t* f
H innll Imurt 4 >,Iuohm. Ilotriodto olu-.nt Clod,
anil God worsted him. So that ono of i ho ro-
oifoMor M’rifnv tjhociirypf G toil uviM'iV'dl jiulfyitlual and national
1 ’ to nj y, li.b't Wlie;*n j*|F you
hostowod >t 1 on thoomiMM v v't
God lows to ho trustl'd, and ho is wry apt
to trust hank again. Ilo says: “ That man
knows ln»w to hundlo monoy. Ilo shall havo
moro monoy to handlo.” Ami very noon
tin* property that was on t he market for a
grout wit I in f$t'ih a piitvliristo', and Ihcluoid
that wris riot u^ort.ff rmff'ri tluiti /Illy rUntn
ii pti liG-tV jj th'llrir (,‘t {i of goes do'ijldc's to par, tho and aluo.o‘f the Opening his housn, <»f
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or In liny tho \\ v ay pi limlllldii G<M. i Vs.->s him, (tv A
Gma* man Hilda out that secret
ho goes iju to' fortune. , There arc mon
\vlu»ni ! kno^n Who for fipii yoars lmvo
boon j,tying to pay God Tln*v have
(hoy never.been ii bio to got II paid, for Just, as
\\Vto taking out from ono fold of tlodr
jiookoti*(u»K hill inystn,Piously pooIvyGu somehow i’k there In
some other fold of tholr
oilmen larger hill. You toll mo that, t'hris-
11 n i,i generosity pays in tho world to oomo.
I toll von It pays m>\v, pays in hard oash,
pays m Uovn’riliui'Hf *..... 11 HU 013 . You do
not holiovo it? Ah, that: is whin. ii.oop3 yon
hack. I know you did not holiovo it. Tho
wholo world and Ghriahuidom Is to ho ro-
eonstruotokl on this subject, and as you arc
a part of (•hrlstoiulom lot tho work begin
In your own soul. "JJut,” says some ono,
‘i don't, believe flint theory, hooauno I
hitth jfo.hii for. goneh.riis d,ml ( l haw Uod boon propahL losing
money tm\ yoitrs;" Tlioil
yh'ti, tluit Is all.
proinis*;, f’hopjp du<»t<) '‘('list fhy dfi d )>fk*ad joko dpi what h tlioyVators, Isiicllvlno
and it. will ivtuin ?,o thoo tith'r nmil^dnys.”
What did God moan by that? Tlioro Is an
allusion thorn. In Egypt whon they how
♦ho corn, it is at a timo whon tho Nile is
owrllowing ItS |W.ilk* ( and. ami thoy lid sow tho
sood corn on tho wators, as i Nilo ho-
gins to rooodo tills sood corn strlkos In tho
oarth and oonios up a harvost, and t hat Is
tho allusion. It sooms as if thoy am throw¬
ing tho norn away on tho wators, hut aftor
HWliih* tlioy giilliorlt up In a harvest. Now
sityfi Hod 111 Ills word, M flimt Uiv broad
lipml thd tutors, ifiid diflny It deys." sliall II homo niity
hark (,d thoy lifter throwing^
setilfi to’.yoii that jrott i(ro It dway
grodii oil eharit hw, lixii If will ytohl on' it oirttli Imrvost.oJ' dmi
and In gold hoitvon. it harvest eoiihl a
harvest If moil appro-
cl lit o' tliilf j/rnl dot dii that, we would havo
no more trodhln iih alt ludlvhtudl or nn-
tional llnanoos.
Proscription tho third, for I ho cure of nil
our individual and national financial dis¬
tresses, a great, spiritual awakening. It is
ho mere theory. Tho merchants of Mils
country worn oosillvcly domont.od with tho
monetary « xeMuhoii! hi ItffV?. d’horo novor
before nor si mu* has boon such a staf.o of
/liiancfal doprossiem as them was at that
time. A revival came, and 500,00!) people
were horn into the kingdom of God. What,
came after the revival? The grandest
financial prosperity wo lmvo ever had in
tills omintry. Tho lineal, fortunes, tho
lurgrtst, fortunes In the United Matos, lmvo
boon iikilde since 1H07, '‘Well,” you itnd say,
"jVluH vivid lifts. VipirltUitl ImpmvmieHi. h^fintvomant ro-
rdvivill?” tfi <id with monefriry <l<».
ilnd Mifclt to Tile t •ligion
of .fosiis (hirlat, Ims it dirc-.t, t mdemey to
mfiko men lionost, lind sober and truth tell¬
ing, ill,id lire not, honesty a;,id sobriety and
truth tolling iluxlliai:leM of irtat“rlnl pros¬
per! ty^
If we could havo an awakening In this
country ms in the days of Jonathan Ivl
wards of Northampton, Husking as in the days »»f
Dr. Finley ,,f Hidgo, as In the
days of Dr. Grinin of Host,on, the whole
laud would rouse tea higher moral tone,
and with that moral tone tho hoimst luisl*
neHH enterprise of the country would come
Up, Vod say a great awakening Ims an
tilflUoilCe llpoil the filtllre World. I fell yoll
it, hits rt dll'-.d lullUejiCf upon the ilnamdal
walfani (if this world: Tin! religion of
Christ Is no foe to sin* *essfdl InisliiesM.
It is its best frleml. And If there should
come /j, great awakening In this coun¬
try, and all the hanks and Insurance
companies and stores and o III con and
shopHshowld close up for two weeks and
do Diddling but attend to i lie public wor¬
ship of Almighty Mod, after such a spirit uni
vacation t,tin laud Would wake up to such
dreamed (Iminelsl of, prosperity Godliness ns Is we profitable have for never tho
life that, now Is as well as for that which Is
to could; Ui.it, my friends, do not put too
much emphasis on Worldly success ns to
let your eternal affairs go at loose ends,
I have nothing to say Ug.ilnst money. The
more money yoU get the better, If It comes
honestly and goes use,hilly. For the
lack or it sickness dies without medi¬
cine, and hunger lluds its coflln in
an empty bread tray, and nuked ness shivers
for clothes a ml fire. All this minting Pi rado
against money, as though it had no practi¬
cal I. 1 RO, when I hear a man indulge in It,
makes me think tho best heaven for him
would bo an everlasting poorliouse. N<>;
therein a practical use In money, but while
we admit that we must also admit that it
cannot satisfy the soul, that It cannot pay
for our ferriage across tlm Jordan of deal 1 1 ,
that. It cannot unlock the gate of heaven
for our Immortal soul.
Yet there are men who act as though
packs of bonds and mortgagor could bo
traded off fora manolon In heaven, and as
though gold were a legal tender in t hat
land where if, Is so common that they make
pavements out. of It. Salvation by Mhrlst
is the only salvation. Treasures In heaven
are the only incorruptible treasures. Have
you ever ciphered out that, sum In loss and
gain, “What, shall it profit, a man If he
gain the whole world and lose Ids soul?”
You may wear line apparel now. but tho
winds of doath will 11 utter It like rags.
All the mines of Australia and Brazil,
Btrung in omwnini.'irtofi, aro not worth to
you as inuc.!i hh tlm fmarl of grmit j»rFm.
You rufrmmlmr, I HiippoHo, tlm Contra! Homo Amorlca? your* ago, A
tho Hhlpwrtmk of
rAorm oamo on that vuhhoI. Tho Burgos
tr/iinpMfl tlio <lock and .swept down through
tho hatohoH, and tlioro wont up a
liun<lro<l voiced doath shriek, Tho foam
on tlio jaw of tho wavo, Tho pit ching of
tho steamer, though It would leap a
mountain. Tho glare of tlio signal rockets.
Tho long cough of tho steam pipes. The
hiss of extinguished furnaces. Tho walk¬
ing of God on tho wave. Oh, It was did a
stupendous spectacle. Hut that ship
not go flown without a struggle. Tho pas¬
sengers stood In long lines f rying to fail! It.
out, and men unused lo toil tugged until
their hands were Mistered and their muscles
were strained. After awhile a Ball came In
sight. A few passengers got off, but tho
most went down. The ship gave ono lurch
and was lost. life
Ho there fire men who go on In a
fllie voyage they are making out of it. All
is well till some euroclydon of business
disaster comes upon thorn, and thoy go
flown. The bottom of this commercial sea
Is strewn with tho shattered hulks. But
because your property goes shall your soul
go? Oil, no. There Is coming a more
stupendous shipwreck after awhile. Tills
world God launched it 0000 years ago, and
It Is sailing on, but ono day it will stagger
at the ery of “Find” and the timbers of
the rocks will burn, and the mountains
flame like masts, qnd the clouds like sails
In the judgment hurricane. God will take a
good many off the deck, and others out of
the berths, where they aro now sleeping in
Jesus. How many shall go down? No ono
will know until It is announced In heaven
one day: “Shipwreck of a world! Bo many
millions saved! Bo many millions drowned!”
Because your fortunes go, because your
bouse goes, because all your earthly
sions Lord Almighty, go, do not through let your soul the go. blood May of
everlasting covenant, aavo your souls!
tub saiiiuth school.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR AUGUST I.
I.crkou Text: “I’m'ilV Ministry In f*or»
Inlli,” Arts xvlll., 1-1 l-fioltlmi Text 5
1 Cor. Hi., I I— Commentary oil the)
f.eiMon by tho Key. Dr. I>. !H. Stearns*
st ill led and O.Qut rolled by liid HbMt, ii and if
tho Spirit had ttol now wanted him in (lor*
rnth (ctmpim lie Would JvJ not 7 hflVt ). Thus • “JTerod Also him to may go
know His wav forus. ft vH< are honofltiy
living unto ilim who has bought tio bo
set apart for Himself, thep wberever He
woul.i havo u*i to go the door will ho open
and the way plain, and where He docs not
fcmnf MS Do will close t ho tioor am I hinder
hs going.
.‘2. And found d ee:l;tlu Jew named
Apulia, Duly. born In I’ontus, lately "onto from
\vitU (lie his wife Priscilla.’’ Then, a.:‘
now, wore made to move on.
They had chosen Mo rutr instead of their
MeHsh l i!l), and instead of n>st, wllh J b Gliri -t
Woitid fh*vo given them, tluyy havo boeil to
Mils day driven /dth»*r and thither and [ pel r-
seeuted in many lands. 1* biwrlllen, I
xvhll command and 1 will sift (or eg use to
iihivi ! In' house of Israel among all na¬
tions.” It Is ais.; wMUyij, “Ilo that scat¬
tered Israel will gather imd," ‘*nd, again,
“I will plant them upon their land, ;»nd
limy shidl killed! no moro be pulled up ontoftheii
land I .hijjVe given them, salth tin!
Lord thy God” (A nh.;V . I), 15; Jor.
10).
0. “And because he was of the same e'i nff
lie abode with tliem and wrought, for by
their occupation they wore tentmakors.”
I'aill loved, whon possible, to earn Ms own
fb'uf. bi'ofhj, iiV and he often testiflod billaleit that lie did so
might not, bo a to any ' of
flumf.S TIIohh. Ii., «: flhidhdiadt H Th<iMM. III., 8 ), Hu
yald to the (ddersol at Ephesus,
“Yea, ye yourselv<*s know t hut these h/imls
»:i^o mfufsterod unto' my necessities (Cud to)
them that tiere with mo fAets x.t., H4).
4. “And h«' reasoned IrV the t/ie synagogue
every Sabbath and persuadisl Jct^h and
the Greeks.” lie would talk on the samd
ini oft gr) at 'PlieMsalonlea, showing from tho
Scriptures that ffO'ccl's Messiah had to
Buffer and die and arise from the dead be¬
fore lie could he the Immoftdl foretold, trirtil cm
David's throne who lmd been /IrM
that Jesus of Nazareth had fulHUed every
prediction concerning tho sufferings and
3 }y oiltli in ch/e itnd Mnie fosurreetlon, fulllll and prediction would certain-
klrtgdoih every dtnl tho glory (Aria con-
Oeru/ng 4vll., 2,}); tho III., 21). The church of to-day
flooiris to) think tluit many so culled httruc-
(foiis are’ no^essrtry to hold rtnd win tho
people, but ft Is it fearful mistake, Tho
gospel of God concerning Ills BOn .fesils
Christ out Eord Is enough.
f). “And when Silas and Timotheus vv(*r<^
como from Macedonia constrained Paul was pressed in
the Spirit (II. V. by' the word)
and testified to the Jews Unit Jesus Was
the Christ.” lie had left these two brethren
•ft Horen when ho had gone to Athenp
(chapter xd! j.l 15). But now they have
Joined what comforted him, and he by uih’M their have coining* been some¬ Paul
knew what sorrows were, and lie ttlwvf
wlmt real comfort was. and It Is from tho
heart that, ho speaks of God as “the Father
of morales and the God < f all comfort”
(Ii Cor. "Your 1., 3). blood bo. heads.
(I. upon your own
f am dean. From henceforth I will go un¬
to the gentiles.” This ho said as they op-
f.'osed him with blasphemy, for our Eord
Jesus had taught that If tho message of
Ills servants was not reeelvo'd the servants
were to wipe tho dust off tfidr foot as a
testimony against them and pass oil Id
those who would hear. When the gospel
is faithfully preached, the messengers Christ In (hum are
unto God a sweet savor
(lint are saved and In them tlm!. perish (Ii
Cor. Ii., 15).
7. “And ho departed thence and entered
Into a certain man's Jiou.se, named Justus,
Joined one that worshiped God, whose house when
hard to tlm synagogue.” Ho
one door is closed another opens, and
Whether it ho Just next door, as In Oils
Muse, or across Hid slfoot, or in some other
Pitv Mpfrit or town, or (n some other land, the
of God will lead Ills people, and
they liavd only lo follow where I!-- leadctll,
with no desire hut to |>o controlled by Him
and to please Him.
8 . “And OrispuH, tho chief ruler of the
synagogue, believed on the Lord with all
Ids house, and many of (lie Corinthians,
li.winK, Mloy-I ami w. ca La|,tl/..M."
Orlflpiis was one of the wry few whom
I’unl baptized with Ms own hand i.1 Cor. I.,
14-10), for he.sald that preaching the gospel
wan Ilia .ratl« r limn l,a|.tl'/,lii//.
hot that ho In any way made light ofordi-
iuinccs, ‘le.jiends but ho emphn: i/cd that receiving salvation
wholly upon believing or or.il-
Christ and not upon any or all of the
iianccs* Neither baptism hoi* joining the
Church bor taking the communion can
save or help to save a soul, but salvation Is
through the finished work of Christ alone
wllho.it any possible addition. Paul In tlm
I). “Then spake the Lord to
night by a vision, JJe not afraid, but speak
and hold not lliy peace.” lio said to tho
Corlntlilans In his llrst epistle, “I was with
you la wealtni'HH a.ul in fear ami In mud.
tfomhlbiK" Cl Cor. Ii.. 8), bo flint thorn wns
Homo dominion for ttil.i hpoclnl visit from
his biussed Mnntor and for thla onooumg-
iDtf "Ho not nfralil.” Tlm eyes of tlm Lord
urn over upon IIIh poopln, for tholr «ood
unit to show HIh strength on their hohiilf
(II Ohrou. xvi., II). Jf nccoHunry, Ho will
Bond (liihrlol or oven n hoot of iiiikoIh on
our behalf.
10. “For I am with theo, nmi no man slinll
set on thou to hurt time, for I lmvo much
nooplo In thin city.” It would Boom Hint
thoro wore much dlBliirbnneo mid probnbly J’liul.
throats of violence to tho person of
Of these ho would not he nfruld, for lm hud
already been scourged and Imprisoned and
stoned to death, hut nu the Kjdrlt bud ro-
eontiy been lending him on from city lifjlit to
city lio mlfiht niituriilly think, In tho
Of recent lendings, that ho wus aguln to
inovo on; hence tho Lord's spoclul visit
und iriosHiigo to him. As parallel passages
for our own strength nod encouragement
note Kx. ill., Ii!; Iv„ t'4; Joshua I., ,4; Judge
vi., 1(1; Isa, xii., 10, J<); Jor, I., H, ID; ling.
I,, 18; II., 4; Oon. xv., 1: Math, xxvill., 20.
The Lord’s own “I urn with you; fear not,”
is full of mighty comfort.
11. “And he continued there a year and
six months, teaching the wor l of God
among them." He had. but one theme,
Jesus Christ of Nazareth, His life, death,
resurrection and coming glory, but one
book, the Bcripturos, and but one power, the
Holy Hpirit. Com pare Acts xxiv.. 14; xxvi.,
22; xxvii., 81; then see I Cor. II., 1-5. The
Hpirit will guide us when to go, and when
to stay, and how long to stay, lie will
give us the words to speak, and Mo will do
all the work convincing of sin and right¬
eousness and Judgment. It is ours to bo
fully under His control for the glory of
God. Lesson II'riper.
A (JIJESTI0H OF DATE
Ah to When tho New TnrlfT Law Heroine.
Operative.
The queBtion of the nay and hour
when tho new tariff law will go into
operation, since it was signed by the
president before 12 o’clock Saturday
night, has been raised at tho treasury
The question is a new one so fur as
tariff bills are concerned. The mnttor
has been considered by the
officials and it is very probable
will hold that the new act went into
effect at 12 o’clock Saturday night.
Tlio department, however, lias ten
days before final liquidation in which
to determine tho question.
VOL. V. NO. SI.
SENATE PASSES THE MEASURE
AM) ADJOURNS SINE DIE.
president’s message killed.
The I’erpose for Which flic Extraordina¬
ry SckkIoii of Oongress Was (.’ailed
Has Iteen Accomplished.
Tho tariff bill passed its hist legisla¬
tive stage at if p. in. Haturday when
tho sonato by the decisive vote of 40
to 30 agreed to the conference report
on the hill.
An hour later the president’s signa¬
ture made it a law.
Tho itnnnnncement of Ilia result was
Kraated with oiithuRinsUo applauBe Ly
tlic cfowdod cliamher. This dosed
the tfmit, Irthor for which the fifty-ill'tli
congress asseiuhled in extraordinary
session and after stubborn resistance,
at times threatening a deadlock, the
senate concurred with tho house in a
resolution for the final adjournment of
the se.stiiwi at 9 o’clock j». nl.
Thus the dosing day ivas prolific of a
series of momentous events.
The president’s uiessii^e for a cur¬
rency commission was reeived, but tho
house hill creating the conmiission was
not acted upon.
An analysis of the vote shows that
tho Affirmative vote was cast by tliirty-
ariVon republicans, ono democrat (Mc-
Kncry), one silver republican (Jones
of Nevada), and one populist (Stewart).
The negative vote was cast by twenty-
eight democrats and two populists,
Harris nmi Turner. Air. Teller, silver
republican, and two populists, Alleia
and Butler, were present and did not
vote. One populist (Kyle) and one
silver republican (IVtiigreW) were ab¬
sent without pairs, which was equiva¬
lent to withholding their votes.
A long parliamentary battle over
final Adjournment followed the.an¬
nouncement of-the vote. The opposi¬
tion endeavored to score a point by
coinpolling a vote on laying the presi
dent’s message before the senate and
succeeding in this, attached the ma¬
jority for refusing to act on the presi¬
dent’s reeommendat ion.
Th« main desire of tlioro opjjoHiiiff
adjoin nmmit was to secure a vote <>u
the Hairis resolntion calling on the
})resident to atop ihe Mile of the p;ov-
ernnient intere: is in the Union Ua-
oifie railroad. For four hours nu
Acrimonious parliamentary contest was the
waged, gradually tho tactics of
opposition were overcome and shortly
before 7 o'clock Mr. Morgan with¬
drew further opposition and the reso¬
lution for final adjournment was pass¬
ed. ('omplimentary resolutions to tho
vice president, Mr. Hobart, were
adopted and at H o’< lock tho final
scene was enacted by tho formal ad¬
journment of the session.
Signed lt,y tlu) President.
The slop nocessnry to ianlie tin;
Diiiole.y tariff Bill tlm law of tho land
\\iin lnlu’ii nt. tlio wliit.ii Roust) whtru
I’losiiloiit Mtffvinlry aliixcil Li* Hitf-
outure at. 4:04 o'clock, The mern-
hers nf the ciihinet who went in Wusli-
j ,1 t w ,,| lt to I Ho whits llousofibo.lt.
half-past, tlildd , , clock , , and , assemblerl , , ,
o
with 1 lio president in fhe cabinet room,
A fnw niomou t H l H .f„ro 4 o’clock Hop-
rosftntativo . .. ik Diiig.ey . . appeared , aerom-
punied by liepresiditalive Huger, chair*
, niu , 0 f t ho house committee on me
roiieki , ,. , . mils,
They were admitted at once into t he
presence of President McKinley, Sec-
\™ ndarv M y (Inge Attorney A ’ ' y (funeral Me-
*
Kenna, J’osl master < »eneral . ( bu and .
y
Heoretury Wilson. Affej’eonlialgnud.-
| p g H Mr Dingley „; produced a beauti-
^ flUestf . (1 t | mt it 1 , 0 USC <1
for Hie signature. 'Hie president ac¬
cepted it, appended bis signature to
tho bill, asked the date, and wrote
“July 24th, approved,” and tho bill
was an act.
KX EROSION DOES DAMAGE.
A Lumber ,11111 Wrecked and Ono Man
Killed.
A hoiler explosion Saturday eveninft
in the, liniilier mill of Kipp k Kiser, ul
Cortez, i’ll, killed I'ete Duff and seri¬
ously injured ton others.
Tho mill is badly wrecked. A four
toon-foot piece of boiler was blown it
distance of 400 feet. Two hundred
men will bo thrown out of work.
A GHASTLY FIN’D.
■todies of Twenty-six Inf'unls Found In a
Church Tower.
Special dispatches from Madrid
state that the bodies of twenty-six in¬
fants in rough deal boxes have been
discovered in tlio tower of St. Peter’s
church at Hoville.
It, is supposed that wholesale crimo
has been commitied by the church
warden, Orellans and his wife, and
they havo been arrested.
Keene Made Riches Rapidly.
The New York Journal and Adver¬
tiser says that James R. Keene has
succeeded in making $2,000,000 iu
U(J , ar s t„ c l l speculation during the
past few days.
WAS NOT MURDERED.
Anderson’s Wife Found in the Poorliouse
and He Is Released.
Sheriff Shirley, of Tuscaloosa eoun-
lj’> Ain , received a teleginni Satin day
from tho sheriff of Shelby county,
saying that Lucinda Anderson, wife of
George Anderson, supposed to have
been murdered by her husband and
step-son, is m the poor house at
Columbiana as the husband churned,
Anderson and son were accor ing y
released from jail,