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THE ASHBURN ADVANCE.
H.D. SMITH. EDITOR.
U PRAISE
FI DEWEY
A Naval Victory
Unparalleled!
Eleven Spanish Warships
Sunk and Hundreds of
fhe Enemy Killed.
REPORT RECEIVED AT WASHINGTON
Alter ;i Long Delay, and Causes
Unbounded Enthusiasm and
Rejoicing Throughout ihe
Whole Country.
The state and navy departments re¬
ceived several dispatches Saturday
morning from Hong Kong announcing
the arrival there of Dewey’s dispatch
boat, the McCulloch, and subsequent¬
ly two reports direct from Commodore
Dewey.
Secretary Long gave the newspaper
men at 10:30 o’clock the following
translation of the first report, written
by Dewey immediately after the great
battle:
Manila, May 1.—The squadron ar¬
rived at Manila at daybreak this morn¬
ing. Immediately engaged the enemy
and destroyed the following Spanish
vessels: Beina Christina, Castilla,
Ulloa, Isla de Cuba, General Lezo.tho
Duero, Correo, Velasco, Mindanao,
one transport and the water battery at
Cavite. The squadron is uninjured
and only a few men were slightly
wounded. The only means of tele¬
graphing is to the American consul at
Hong Kong. I shall communicate
with him.
Signed, Dewey.
The second report from Commodore
Dewey was given to the public an
hour later. It read as follows:
Cavite, May 4.—I have taken pos¬
session of naval station at Cavite on
Philippine Islands. I have destroyed
the fortifications at bay entrance, pat¬
rolling garrison. I control bay and
can take city at any time. The squad¬
ron in excellent health and spirits.
Spanish loss not fully known, but
very heavy; 150 killed, including cap¬
tain of Beina Christina. I am assist¬
ing in protecting Spanish sick and
wounded. Two hunched and fifty sick
and wounded in hospital within our
lines. Much excitement at Manila.
Will protect foreigu residents.
Signed, Dewey.
Other dispatches announced that
Dewey cut the cable himself and that
he w as in complete command of the
situation. It was also stated in private
dispatches from Dewey that he was
not in need of anything.
Was Joyful News.
Notwithstanding the fact that every¬
body had been in momentary expecta¬
tion* of cable advices from Commodore
Dewey, Washington was thrown into
the wildest excitement by the issue of
extra papers early Saturday morning
announcing the arrival of McCulloch
at Hong Kong with dispatches for the
government from Commodore Dewey.
The publication telliug of of terrible newspaper mortality ’dis¬
patches the Spanish and the escape of
among Americau and ships from
the men se¬
rious injury, added to the excitement
nnd to the intense satisfaction with
which the long expected news was re¬
ceived. dispatch the merely
The fir- st wa9
formal report written by Admiral
Dewey the day of the battle. The in¬
formation it contained of the condi¬
tion of the squadron and the men
e d almost too good to be true.
The fact that such a battle could
occur without serious injury to the
ships of our squadron and without
some loss of life had never been enter-
taineu. department it
the navy was con¬
S fidently thco*ming expected that there would he
f or a list of officers aud men
vim d ’ ed doin S battle for their
I count: v. and it seemed almost beyond
* °* the *’bo
belief th at men
- were to a greater or less extent expos¬
ed to the fire of the enemy’s ships and
| F fpigj, - . eT fal and shore batteries, seriously not one was in¬
none were
jured.
ASH BURN. WORTH CO.. GA.. FRIDAY. MAY I:!, 189S.
In ihe general rejoicing of the offi¬
cers of the navy over the safety of their
fellows and of the families of officers
whoso homes are iu Washington, the
entire city joined.
Iu irni'iy respects this battle of Ma¬
nila will go down in history as perhaps
the most remarkable in the history of
ihe world.
At-the embassies and legations Com¬
modore Dewey’s reports were read
with great interest aud served to re¬
new the high tribute of tho foreign
authorities to the gallaut American.
WA1{ PARAGRAPHS.
A Erief Compilation of Daily
Occurrences.
The cabinet has decided to notify
Commodore Dewey not to recognize
the insurgents in the Philippines.
They are irresponsible, and onoe they
had control, dives and property would
not be safe.
The New Orleans has been added to
the Flying squadron in the place of
the Columbia now detailed on scout
duty off the north Atlantic coast.
It is reported from Madrid that
Spain will send more warships to
Mauila and attempt to drive the Amer¬
icans away.
Upon the opeuing of the Vermont
legislature resolutions were passed re¬
garding Commodore Dewey’s victory
aud heartily indorsing the patriotism,
patience aud statesmanship of Presi¬
dent McKinley.
The big auxiliary cruiser St. Paul,
with Captain Sigsbee in command, has
been ordered to do scout duty along
the middle Atlantic coast.
The secretary of the navy has or¬
dered Naval Constructor Wm. L.
Knapp to sail on the City of Pekin to
the aid of Commander Dewey. He
will take with him a corps of skilled
workmen from the Mare island navy
yard at San Francisco, also a full sup¬
ply of steel plates, machinery, tools
and all materials required to repair
the vessels. He will also raise and re¬
pair all sunken and captured vessels
that can be made useful.
Anti-government demonstrations in
Spain are frequent and general. The
army is unable to cope with the peo¬
ple who march the streets crying for
“Cheap bread,” “Down with the
taxes,” and “Death to the thieves,”
stoning the houses, burning govern¬
ment property and raiding the baker-
ies.
The administration has decided to
garrison and fortify Manila and the
other ports so heavily that they can
protect themselves.
Admiral Sampson’s fleet has sailed
from Key West. Destination un¬
known.
President McKinley has issued an
order directing that all the hospitals of
the marine hospital service be used for
the reception and treatment of sailors
and soldiers of the navy and army
wherever a necessity therefor exists.
A thousand Adirondack riflemen
have formed a regiment and offered
their services to Governor Black, of
New York.
A small mutiny occurred on the
Alamo of the Mallory line when
the firemen and coal passers learned
that she was about to sail for Cuba.
They claimed she was not properly
protected to meet the enemy and re¬
fused to evork. The commander of the
West Point engineers placed the mu¬
tineers under arrest and they quickly
came to terms.
Camp Northen, at Griffin, was select¬
ed by Governor Atkinson, of Georgia,
as the location for mobilizing and
mustering in state volunteers.
The big French liner Lafayette, of
Santanazarie, with a full complement
of passengers and a general cargo
bound from Corunna, Spain, was cap¬
tured off Havana by the Annapolis.
The Lafayette was heading directly
into Havana and was captured only
after an exciting clia.se. It soon de¬
veloped that a mistake had been made
in seizing the ship and Washington
authorities ordered an immediate re¬
lease.
The story that the British admiralty
has been notified from Washington to
remove British residents from the Ca¬
nary islands and the fact that the
British cruiser Caribdes has been sent
there gives strong proof of the admin¬
istration’s intention of attacking them.
Fort McPherson, near Atlanta, Ga.,
has been chosen by the war depart¬
ment for the location of Spanish
prisoners.
President McKinley has issued an
order directing that all the hospitals
of the marine hospital service be used
for the reception and treatment of
sailors and soldiers of the navy and
army wherever a necessity therefor ex¬
ists.
A dispatch from Buenos Ayres says:
“The Spanish torpedo gunboat Tern-
erario, which has been, it is alleged,
undergoing repairs at Ensenada, on
au estuary of the La Plata, thirty-five
miles from here, and which was said
to be without a crew and disabled,
sailed Friday, probably going north¬
ward.”
Let ai enter jour name on our sub-
loription books.
n
.
SIXTEEN PRISONERS RECEIVED AT
FORT JUDDERSDN.
TRAN FERRED FROM KEY WEST.
Airivai Witnessed By a Groat Throng
of Patriotic Americans—Hons
Objected to Search.
Sixteen Spanish officersaiulprivates,
captured by tho navy of the United
States, arrived in Atlanta, Ga., Sun¬
day night, accompanied by a guard of
twenty-five men, aud were at once
placed under lock aud key at Fort Mc¬
Pherson barracks.
Tho men were the first captives
taken by Captain Sampson's blockad¬
ing lleet off the coast of Cuba. There
are sixteen of them in all. Seven offi¬
cers of General Blanco’s army, one
naval officer from tho Spanish cruiser
Alfonso XIII and eight non-commis¬
sioned officers and privates. The offi¬
cers are: Colonel Vincente de Cortejo,
Third cavalry, Principe; Lieutenant
Emilio Mato Cabeyn, Third cavalry,
Principe; Lieutenant Baldomero Zam¬
brano, Fifth battalion; Lieutenant
Juan Giminez Bftmos, Ninth battalion,
Soria; Lieutenant Cleto Miila Castro,
Alplionso XIII, Lieutenant Pedro La-
pido Alvosly, Third battalion; Lieu¬
tenant Juan Gouvalez Vorgu, Twenty-
second battalion.
The non-commissioned officers and
privates are: Sergeant Enrique Al-
mos Olio, Third cavalry, Principe;
J nan Caballero, Twenty-second cavalry,
Cadiz; Jose Nunez, Ignacio Sova, Val¬
entine Martiuer, Andreas Gomez,
Gaustino Albest and Carlos Olivar.
The Spanish prisoners were taken
by the cruiser Nashville from the Span¬
ish schooners Bareo and Mar a few
leagues out of the harbor of Cienfue-
gos in the province of Santa Clara
some two weeks ago.
As the Spaniards alighted from the
special car in which they came, in the
very teeth of 1,000 overjoyed Ameri-
5®/
a.—
o
CAPTAIS F. E. CHADWICK,
(In command of Rear Admiral Bampson’s
flagship, the New York.)J
cans there to give them a proper re¬
ception, they presented a cowed and
downcast appearance and evidently
looked for rough treatment at the
hands of the crowd.
Accompanying the prisoners was a do
tncliment of ten stalwart men from the
Twenty-fifth infantry under the com¬
mand of Lieutenant Moss.
Colonel Hem y Cook, who has been
ordered to return, with the headquart¬
ers of the Fifth regiment, to Fort Mc¬
Pherson, will he in command of tho
post as soon as he arrives. He will as¬
sume charge ef the post and the men
stationed there will have supervision
of the prisoner’s of war.
Upon arriving at the prison it was
decided that the officers and men
should he searched before going to
their cells.
Colonel Vincente De Cortejo, rank¬
ing officer among the Spaniards, imme¬
diately stepped forward and in perfect
French denounced the idea of search¬
ing an officer of Spain.
“We are men,’’ he exclaimed, “In
our country thieves and cut-throats
are searched, but honest men, never.”
In equally good French Lieutenant
MosS replied that his orders were to
see that every prisoner was searched
and that ho could not go behind the
commands of his superiors.
This practically ended the commu¬
nication between the two and one by
one the Spaniards were carried out
and subjected to the galling process.
AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
Holding of Both Civil and Military Po¬
sition g Prohibited.
An interesting question has arisen
at the war department in connection
with the appointments to military
places in the volunteer army of per¬
sons who now occupy federal positions.
It comes up particularly with reference
to Assistant Secretary Itoosevelt, Con¬
sul General Lee and Representative
Wheeler, of Alabama.
The judicial authorities of the war
department say that when a person
holding civil office returns to the du¬
ties thereof after having been sworn
into the military service he ceases to
be an officer of the army.
I'AI.MAGK’S SERMON.
THE GREAT DIVINE’S SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.
An Appropriate Toplo—The Great Need ot
Reform—Cltnrehes Must Change t<
Work For Good—Religion That WilJ
Make a Revolution In the Family,
Text: "These that have turned the world
upside down are cotno hither also.”—
Acts xvtl., <j.
Thorn Is n wild, hollowing mob around
the house of Jason, id Thossnlonloa. What
has the mnn Clone so greatly to offend ttie
people? Ho has boon entertaining Taul
aud lUs comrades. The mob surround the
house and cry: “Bring out those turbulent
preachers! business! They They are interfering with our
They actually nro ruining our religion!
are turning tho world upside
The that charge was true, for there Is noth¬
ing so interferes with pin, there
nothing so ruinous to every form of estab¬
lished iniquity, there is nothing that has
such tendency to turn the world upside
down ns our glorious Christianity. The
fact is, that tho world now is wrong side
up, aud it needs to bo turned upside
down in order that it may bo right side up.
Thotlinawas when men wrote books ell-
titling them "Apologies for .Christianity."
I hope apologies that day has passed." We want no
more for Christianity, Let tiie
apologies believe he on tho part of th lose who do
not in our religion, We do not
mean to make any compromise in tho mat-
tor. We do not wish to hide the fact that
tendency Christianity is revolutionary, and that Its
is to turn tho world upside down.
Our religion has often been misrepre¬
sented ns a principle of tears, and mild¬
ness, and fastidiousness; afraid of crossing
somebody people’s prejudices; afraid of making
people mad; with silken gloves, lifting
the up from the church pew into
glory, as though they were Bohemian
glass, so very delicate that with one touoli
it may be demolished forever. Men speak
of religion as though it were a rellned im¬
becility; ns though it woro a spiritual
chloroform, that tho people wore to
take until the sharp cutting of life were
over. The Bible, so far from this, repre¬
sents the religion of Christ ns robust and
brawny—ransacking and upsetting ten
thousand things that now seem to be set¬
tled on firm foundations. I hoar some
man in the liouso suy, “I thought reiigiou
was peace.” That is the llnal result. A
man’s arm is out of place. Two men come,
and with great effort put it back to the
socket. It goes back with great pain.
Then it gets well. Our world is
distorted and out of joint. It must come
under au omnipotent surgery, beneath
which there will be pain and anguish be¬
fore there can come perfect health and
quiet. I proclaim, therefore, in the name
of my Lord Jesus Christ—revolution!
The religion of tho Bible will make a
revolution iu the family. Those things
that are wrong in the family circle will ho
overthrown by it, while justice and har¬
mony will take the place. The husband
wnl be the head of tho houesbold only
when ho is fit to be. I know a man who
spends all the money ho makes In drink, as
well ns nil the money that ids wifo makes,
aud sometimes sells the children’s clothes
for rum. I)o you tell me that he is to be
the head of that bousoliold? If the wifo
have more nobility',.more courage, more
consistency, more of nil that is right, slio
shall have the supremacy. You say that
the Bible says that tho wife is to be subject
to the husband. I know it. But that is a
husband, not a masculine caricature.
There is no human or divine law that
makes a woman subordinate ton man un-
worthy of her. When Christianity comes
Into a domestic circle it will give the do-
minaney to that one who is the most
worthy of it.
Again: in Christianity will produce n revo¬
lution commercial circles. Find mo fifty
merchants, and you find that they have
fifty standards ot what Is right and wrong.
You say to some one about a merchant, “Is
ho honest?” “Oh! yes,” the man says, “he
is honest; but lie grinds the faces of his
clerks. Jle is honest; but he exaggerates
the value of his goods. He is honest; but
he loans money on bond and mortgage,
with tho understanding that the mortgage
can lie quiet for ten years, but as soon as
ho gets the mortgage, be records it and
begins a foreclosure suit, and tho .Sheriff's
writ comes down, and the the day of sale ar-
rives, and away goes homestead, and
the creditor buys it in at half price.” Hon¬
est? When he loaned the money he knew
that lie would get tho homestead at half
price. Honest? But ho goes to the insur¬
ance office to get a policy on his life, and
tells tiio doctor that he is well, when lie
knows thm for ten years ho has had but
one lung. Honest? Though ho sells prop¬
erty by the map, forgetting to tell the pur¬
chaser that the ground is all under water;
but it is the generous iri him to do that, for he
throws water into tho bargain.
The fraudulent man piles up his gains,
bond above bond, United States security
above United States security, emolument
above emolument, pyramid: until his property and, 1ms
become a great thinks ns he
stands looking at it, he Lord It can never
bo destroyed; but tho God comes,and
with His little finger pushes It all over.
You build a house and you put into it n
rotten beam. A mechanic standing by
says: “It will never do to put that beam
in; it will ruin your whole building.” But
you put it in. Tiie house You Is completed.
Soon it begins to rock. call Iri the
mechanic and ask: “What is the matter
with tills door? What is the matter with
this wail? Everything soerns to be giving
out.” Says tho mechanic: “You put a
rotten beam into that structure, and the
whole thing lias got to come down.” Here
is an estate that seems to bo nil right now.
It has been building a great many years.
But fifteen years ago there was a dl Is honest
transaction In that commercial house.
That one dishonest transaction will keep
on working ruin in tiie whole structure un¬
til down the estate will come in wreck and
ruin about tho possessor’s cars—one dis¬
honest dollar in the estate demolishing nil
his possession. and I have seen it again aud
again; so have you.
You have an old photograph havethoseslgns or the signs
on your street. Why near¬
ly all changed within tho last twenty years?
Does the passing away of a generation ac¬
count for It? Oh, no. Does the fact tlmt
there are hundreds of honest men who go
down every year account for it? Oh, no.
This is the secret: Tho Lord God has been
walking through the commercial adjusting streets of
our great cities; and he has been
things according to the principles of eter¬
nal rectitude.
The time will come when, through the
revolutionary power of called the Gospel, a false¬
hood, instead of being exaggeration,
equivocation, or evasion, will bo branded a
lie! And stealings, that now sometimes
go under tho head of percentages anil
commissions, and bonuses, will bo put into
the catalogue of Ktute-prison offenses.
Society will be turned inside out and truth, up¬
side down, and ransacked ot God’s
until business dishonesties shall come to
an end, and all double-dealing; and God
will overturn, and overturn, and overturn;
and commercial men in all cities will throw
up their hands, crying out, “These that
have turned the world upside down an
come hither,”
The religionot Jesus Christ will produce
a revolution in our churches. The non -
committal, do-nothing policy of the Church
of Cod will give way to a spirit of bravest
conquest, l’iety in this day seems to me
to bo salted down just so as to keep. It
seems take as if the church wore and oblully tf anxious
to care of Itself: we hear of
want, and squalor, and heathenism Outside
we say: “What a pity!’” and wo put our
hands In our pockets, and we feel around
for n tivo-ccut piece, and with u great
flourish wo put it upon the plate and arc
amazed that the world is not converted In
six weeks. Suppose there were a great
war and there were three hundred thou¬
sand soldiers, but all of those three hun¬
dred thousand soldiers, excepting ten meu,
were in their touts, or scouring thotr musk¬
ets, or cooking rations. You would say:
“Of course, defeat must ooino In that
case." Is Is worse than that In tits oliuroh.
Millions of the professed soldiers of .1 enus
Christ are cooking rations, or asleep In
their tents, while only one mail here and
there goes out to do battle for the Lord.
I saw in some paper an account of a
church In Poston In which, It Is said, there
week were a the great trustees many of plain that people. church The next
came out
In tho paper, and said It was not so at all;
“they were elegant people and highly-
conditioned people that went there.” Then
I laughed outright; and when I laugh, I
said, laugh "are very afraid loudly. "Those sickly people,” I
of the sentimen¬
tality of the churches.”
Revolution! The pride of tho church
must come down. The exclusiveness ot tho
oliuroh must conic down! The flnanolal
boastings of tho church must come down!
If monetary success wore the chief idea in
the church, then I say that the present
mode of conducting lluances is tho host. If
it is to seo how many dollars you can gain,
then the present mode Is tho best. Bat if
it is the saving of souls from siu and death,
and eitios bringing the knowledge tho mighty of population God, then of I our
to cry.
Revolution! It is coming fast. I feel ft In the
air. I hear tho rumbling ot an earthquake
that shall shako down, in ono terrific
crash, the arrogance of our modern Christ¬
ianity. whether
The talk Is, Protestant churches
or Roman Catholic churches are eomiug
out ahead. I tell you, Protestants, this
truth plainly: that until your Catholic churches are
ns free as nro tho Roman cathe¬
drals they will beat you. In their cathe¬
drals the millionaire and the beggar kneel
side by side. And, until that time comes
in our churches, wo can not expect the
favor ot God or permanent spiritual pros¬
perity. Revolution
Where and when will that be¬
gin? Hero, and now. In your heart and
mine. Sin must go down, our pride must
go down; our worldllness must go down,
that Christ may come up. Revolution!
“Except a man bo born again, ho can not
seethe Kingdom of God.” Why not notv
let the revolution negin? Not next Sab¬
bath, but, now! Not to-morrow, when
you go out into commercial circles, but
now!
Archias, with tho magistrate of Thebes, was
sitting many mighty men, (Tinging drinking
wine. A messenger came In, n
letter informing him af a conspiracy to end
Ills life, and warning him to (ice. Archias
took the letter, tint, Instead of opening it,
put it into his pocket, and said to tho mes¬
senger who brought it: “Business to-mor¬
row!” Tho next day lm read it. Before lie
opened the letter, the Government was
captured. When lie read the letter It was
too late. To-day I put Into the hands of
every man and woman, who hears or
reads these words,a mossago ot life. It says:
“To-day, if ye will hear ills voice, harden the
not your heart.” Do not put away
message and say: “This business to-mor¬
row.” This night thy soul may he required
of thee!
According to advices from Madrid
General Weyler may again he put at
the head of the Spanish army in Cuba.
The former captain general of Cuba is
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extremely popular with the masses in
Spain, as his brutal tactics are in full
accord with their ideas of warfare,
Weyler’s high-handed methods in deal¬
ing with tho Cubans hastened the
present war.
A SPANISH YARN.
Official* Intimate Tlmt Com in odor©
Whs Kutruppod.
A dispatch from London says: Tho
Spanish authorities strongly intimate
that Commodore Dewey was entrapped
at Manila by Spanish gunboats kept
concealed outside of the harbor.
It is believed, however, they were
only trying to make as much as possi¬
ble of the absence of news from the
Americau fleet.
FOREIGNERS ARE SURPRISED.
The Kane of Commodore Ilewey’i Victory
Astound* Them.
Among naval men, military men and
civilians, Europeans and natives in
Hong Kong there is only one subject
of discussion, the brilliant, dashing,
annihilating victory of the American
fleet under Commodore Dewey over
the Spauish fleet commanded by Ad¬
miral Montejo in Manila hay on Sun¬
day, May 1st.
VOL. VI. NO. 10.
THE SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MAY 15.
I.«»»on’;Ti>xt: “W'ntidifuliioKi,” Matthew
*xtv„; 43-iU-Uoldei. Text: Matthew
xxlv., .IM—C'otititifutary mi tile Lesson
of tho Day hy I ho Iter, I>. M. Steam*.
42. "Watch, therefore, for ye know not
wlmt hour your Loril doth come.” The
title ol this lesson Is “ Watchfulness,” mid
If wo consider tho speolnl topic of thin
whole chapter and the next ono, “The Sec¬
ond (Joining of Our Lord,” there is no event
for which wo would more eagerly watch if
we loved it as w* should, uud we would
surely love It if wo understood It. Tho les¬
son committee suggest that it may be
used as a temperance lesson, and If we un¬
derstand tho word “temperance” in its
.Scriptural significance of tho whole matter
of self control there is no truth that tend*
woro to denial of self aud complete self
renunciation than that of tho Imminence
of the return of our Lord. Having uttered
Ills last public word to the hypocritical
Pharisees uud having announced tho deso¬
lation of Jerusalem, Jesus uud His disciples
left the temple and as they did so Ills dis¬
ciples tried to draw His attention to the
buildings and the stones, and the adorn-
lugs, but Ho surprised them by telliug
them that tiie whole tiling would he thrown
down. This led to a question privately
asked Him by four of tiie disciples (Marie
xiii., 3), and tho question led to thi3
discourse, in which lde refers to tho ap¬
proaching destruction of Jerusalem, but
elilelly to events connected with His com¬
ing again lit the end of this age.
4U. “But know this—that If the good man
of tho house had known in what watch the
thief would come he would have watched
and would not have suffered IBs house to
bo broken up.” On a former ooeaslon our
Lord used the same words (Luko xll., 89),
Imt iu connection with watching for His
return from the wedding. In tills sermon
and iu the gospels of Matthew, Mark and
Luke we must remember that tho commis¬
sion was to Israel, and the messengers were
forbidden to go to the gentiles, and while
tlioro are lessons for us all In the Bible we
must not attempt to apply some things
which are specially for Israel to thechurch,
or vieo versa. Truth for tho church concern¬
ing the second coming of Christ is found
obiolly in the epistles. Notice specially
tlmt the coming as a thief docs not or
should not upply to tlui church (I Thoas.
v., 4, 6), tor she is loving His appearing
and looking eagerly for Him and constantly
saying, “Come, Lord Jesus" (Hev. xxii.,
20 ).
41. “Therefore be yo also ready, for in
such un hour as ye think not the Bon of
Man coiueth.” Now, to be ready and
watchful is a word for every believer at all
timos. Having received Christ and become
clothed with His righteousness, wears over
ready for His presence, for nothing more is
necessary to lit us to enter heaven than
His merits only. But we arc expected to
he ever ready for any manner of service
and watchful to see His way and hear His
words (II Ham. xv., ID; I Cllron. xxviib, 21;
Null. 11., 1: Hab. 11., 1). Tills Is not, liow-
ovor, the special thought of tlie.se words,
for the coming of tho Hon of Man, as I un¬
derstand It, Is always His coming with His
saints in power uud tiie glory for tiie special
beuoflt of Israel aud overthrow of tier
enemies. It is never (loath nor Pentecost
ndr the destruction of Jerusalem (Isa. lxvi.,
0,15; Zoch. xlv., 4, 5).
45. "Who then Is a faithful and wise
servant whom IBs Lord hath made ruler
over his household to give them meat In
due season?” Hero is something a child
of God oaii always lav to heart. Two tilings
required of us ure that wo prove faithful
arid wise.
40. “Blessed is that servant whom his
Lord when He eometli shall And so doing.”
One of IBs accusations ot tho Pharisees
was, "Tltoy say and do not” (chapter
xxlll., 3), and His warning In chapter vli.,
21, is, “Not every ono that salth, but he
that dooth.” He was never Idle or indo¬
lent, and it Is Impossible that those in
whom He lias full control can bo either tho
one or the other.
47. “Verily 1 say unto you that Ho shall
make lBm rulor over all His goods.” In
tho story of the taleuts In tiie next and chapter
both the ono who gained live tho one
who gained two received tiie commenda¬
tion: "Well done, good and faithful servant.
Thou hast been faithful over a few things.
I will make thee ruler over many things.
Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” What
can it all mean but that th in faithful sor-
vants will have places in His kingdom ac¬
cording to their faithfulness? Raved by
grace, but rewurdod according to works
(Bov. xxii., 12).
48. “llat aud It that evil servant shall say
in his heart, My lord delayeth IBs coming.”
Whether ull that talk that way are evil ser¬
vants or not wo cannot say, God knows,
but we do know that tlioro are many who
bear Ills name, at least outwardly, who not
only say it in their hearts, but are very bold
to say It with their lips, and even after the
fashion of II Pet. ill., 8, 4.
49. “And shall begin to smite IBs fellow
servunts, and to eat and drink with tbe
drunken.” Tlioro are many Christians both
in the pulpit anil in tho pews who seem to
take special pleasure in the smiting of
others, at least with their tongues, unmind¬
ful of tho word, "The servant of tho Lord
must not Htrivo,” and of that other,
“Judge nothing before the time,” and “All
things whatsoever yo would that men
should do to yon, do ye even so to them”
(( Cor. tv., 5; II Tim. 11., 24; Math, vli.,
12). As to eating and drinking with the
drunken, the Lord sees those who bear His
namo doing even tlBs also, and openly
without shame and In a very literal sense.
It is still true that many wuik whoso god
is thoir belly, who mind earthly things
(Phil. Ill., 18,19). Whether there are many
who weep over them or not, the Jjord
knows . It you are clear of tho guilt of tho
literal fulfillment, remember that there aro
many seemingly lawful things, as study,
business, which Innocent amusement, the bicycle,
etc., are very intoxicating and take
time and strength nnd money which ought
to be wholly devoted to Him.
59, 51. “The lord of that servant shall
come.” Ho may seem to delay and not to
care, but In an unexpected day aud hour
Ho will deni with IBs unfaithful servants.
There may be present dealing tu tho way the
of treading under foot of men, like
savorless salt, or sickness or death, but
these are only partial and except doath
may be with tho desire to lead to repent¬
ance. Tiie great dealing is, as in tiie last
lessons, and also in chapter xxv., 30, the
llnal one, from which there is no appeal or
recall. Beo remarks on the lust losson, and
hesitate not to repeut to your class any¬
thing you then said, or have them tell you
wlmt you thou told them, for these things
must pe oft repeated.—Lesson Helper.
Not at all discouraged by the out¬
come of last season's experimental ex¬
ports of butter, Secretary Wilson, of
the Department of Agriculture, Is
about to resume thorn on an enlarged
scale.