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VOL XXXIX.
PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY* GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1903.
NO. 8
BIBLE BREVITIES.
Written Tor The Home Journal.
We have now seen that Israel
was successful in the battle of
Rephidivn* in which the defeated
King, Am&lee, was a grandson of
Esau and Ada, a Hittite woman;
and Moses has returned from
Meunt Sinai, (after a stay of 40'
days,) bringing the 2nd tables of
stone ' having inscribed thereon
the decalog. The people respond
ed promptly to the call for free
will-offerings, of gold, silvor, cop
per and wood, and t,heir services
as laborers under the skillful di
rection of the master workmen,
Bezaleel of the tribe of '• Judah, and
Aholiab of the tribe of Dan.
The * 'perfect understanding of
every detail, respecting the con
struction of the Tabernacle, the
work now- begins with an energy
directed, .by unerring council.
’Twa& "about , the first of June
2518, when all things began to
work for the glory of God on
earth, and the Tabernacle was
fiuished and set up at foot of
Mount Sinai, and formal worship
held first on Wednesday April 1st
(Abib 8) 2514,
It may be well to remark that
Israel’s camp at Sinai was’ their
12th camping; their four first
campings were before they crossed
the Red Sea, and during their
stay of 40 years of wandering,
they only obserbed the 7th day or
Sabbath of rest aud kept the feast
of the Passover in its regular time
(14th day 1st month.)
Now I’ll give you suoh descrip
tions of the Tabernacle that all
may have quite a perfect idea of
it. I’ll first speak of the Taber
nacle proper, and use the nearest
measures, omitting the small dec
imals. Conceive a frame for i
house, having only four walls,
and being 49j feet long, 16£ feet
wide, and 18* feet high, having
one door to it, and an arrange
ment for forming a back room
16£ feet long by means of cur
tains suspended. This frame work
.is now walled on the outside with
a heavy curtain of linen of blue,
purple and scarlet colors, and
cherubims of fieedle work wrought
thereon. Also ’tis covered over
head, first, with rams’ slcinsjdied
red, aud above this a second cov
ering'of seal’s skins; the struct
ure is now held in position by
means of ropes which are fasten
ed to pms driven into the ground
(just as you see a circus tent held
up.) The door to this house is 5£
feet wide, which is closed by the
curtains of outside wall* lapping;
inside the house, we fiud it ceiled
with boards of Shittim (acacia i
wood and overlaid with gold, each
board standing on its end, and
stayed by tenons to ribbings of
acacia which are covered with
gold. The partition to form the
two rooms, is of the same materi
al as the outer covering of the
walls, the passage through is clos
ed by lapping of this curtain.
I’ll now speak of the fence
which enclosesthe Tabernacle and
its grounds. ’Tis 18.24 feet long,
and 9,12 feet wide, and 9.12 feet
high—the gate (ouly one,) is 8 684
feet having 4 posts in it for the
hanging of its curtain of fine
twined linen of blue, purple aud
scarlet colors and embroidered
with needle work—the curtains
for the fence, proper, was simply
fine twined linen, and held up by
52 posts having' silver mountings
and hooks for its stays.
■ The divisions fo the Tabernacle
for the service are the gate, lead
ing into the yard (inner court,]
first entrance to house, a door
facing the gate leading into the
Tabernacle of the congregation,
or, again this room is called The
Holy; then we enter the Vail into
the back room, called the Most
Holy. It must be remembered
that whenever the Tabernacle is
put at its Mail, door and gate face
the East.
The only furniture found in'
"the Most Holy is the Ark, a sim
ple box of acacia wood, 4.06 feet
long, 2.786 feetjwide and 2l78 feet
deep, overlaid with gold inside
WASHING-TON LETTER.
Special OorreBpouclonce,
According to the Senate leaders,
...... the anti-trust program of this ses-
and outside, having 4 gold rings. sion of Congress is completed in
on the sides near the corners, ] so far as- the upper chamber is
through which was .two stoves of j concerned. The passage of the
acacea, overloaded with gold, with! Elkins bill is expected in the
which to bear the ark ; in the ark j House. x The Littlefield .bill, it-
are placed the Law and Command-! self too ” mild in its provisions to
men s, (the pentateuch.) j correct any of the trust abuses*
A golden bowl ,of manna, aud has been passed by the House but
Aaron’s rod, which he used before I will be buried iu a Senate cora-
Pharoah, (and the rod put forth J mittee where it will never see the
buds, every spring of the year.)‘light of day. The Senate pro-
This ark has a lid, or covering ]gram includes the appropriation of
of acacea with moulding to cap ! $500,000 for the employment of
RX'nArt nt.t.ornfivs in tho 1 'nrnsmnn-
ov.er the mouth of the ark, and
’tis'overlaid with gold, and on
either end of this lid are placed
two golden cherubs, the one fac
ing the other, and their- wings
touching aOove the center of the
lid; this lid with the cherubs, is
the Mercy Seat.
Pass from the Most Holy room,
through the vail into the . Holy,
or Tabernacle of’the congregation, ’
(which is just twice as large as
the Most Holy) we see the Incense
Altar in front and near the vail;
this Incense Altar is 1.824 feet
square, and 8.648 feet|high,having
moulding around the top, and 4
golden rings to ’'bejir it, and 4 gol
den horns; this ark is also of
acaoia wood, and ’tis overlaid
with gold inside and outside.
See now the Shew Table, stand
ing near and on North side of the
door; ’tis 8.648 feet long, 1.824
feet wide, and 2.786 feet high, leaf
extending outside the legs 8^ inch
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expert attorneys in the'prosecu
tion of anti-trust oases; a law
making anti-trust cases'privileged
in the courts; penalties for grant
ing and receiving rebates on trans
portation charges, provided by
the Elkins law; aud a wholly in
adequate publicity provision - at
tached to the bill creating a ; De
partment of Commerce and La
bor.
Reviewing the “Senate pro
gram,’’ a prominent democratic
senator, who requested that his
name be withheld, said to your
correpondent to-day “Anti-trust
legislation by the republican par
ty was bound to be a farce. It is
ridioulous to suppose that the re
publicans are going to enact legis
lation which would curtail the
profits or be otherwise objection
able to the very interests which
have sent them here and keep
them in Congress. Some of the
provisions are fairly good, The
DLlUAUg vUUOivlv UUV iVgo kuwu j I ~ J O "
and having a raised moulding $500,000 for the Attorney General
j -j._ -J „ 1 I ia oil vicrlit. if if. its rti'm^ovlv ori-
around its edges; also this table
is made of acacia overlaid with
gold, and gold rings with which
to bear it; then see the golden
candlestick just south of the
door—the height of the candle
stick is not given,but ’tis reasona
ble to suppose its height compares
with the table and Incense Altar,
and I shall reckon its height 6
feet; on this candlestick are plac
ed 7 lamps, 6 lamps set on the
extremities of 8 semioircles hav
ing a radii of 10, 20, and 80 inch
es (using the top of candlestick as
a center) the top of candlestick
being one lamp. As we now pass
on Eastward through the door,
we enter the inner court, near to
the door, and in an East and
West line with the Ark of the
Testimony, and Incense Altar
stands]a|copper Laver(wash bowl),
its dimensions are not given,
therefore I' estimate it after the
system of the circles.of the lamps,
and put the height 80 inches, and
top rim .20 inches in diameter and
depth 10 inches. Pass on. this
Eastward line and near the cen
ter of the gate stands the copper
Altar, for daily services; ’tis of
acacia wood overlaid with copper,
and is 9.12 feet square,J|and 5.472
feet high; inside this altar is plac
ed a copper grating, 2Jj feet below
the upper edge and ’tis supported
by 4 copper rings at its corners;
this altar has 4 wooden horses
overlaid with copper, and 4 cop
per rings at its corners for staves
to support it. Pass on Eastward
through the gate and you aie then
in the outer court or camp of Is
rael. C.L.W.
Better Than Gold.
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with chronic indigestion and ner
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of Lancaster, N. H. “No remedy
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more good than all the medicines
I ever used. They have also kept
my wife in excellent health for
years. She says Electric Bitters
are just splendid for female trou
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and invigorator for weak and run
down women. No other medicine
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Try them. Only 50c. Satisfaction
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is aft right if it is properly ad
ministered, but that is a large if.
If, as is probable, it goes tn favor
ed attorneys in the republican
party it will be worse than wasted.
The law for expediting anti-trust
cases is excellent. The Elkins
bill is all right as far as it goes.
It should have been enacted years
ago, however, and will now be
powerless to effect the numerous
trusts which have grown up in the
past because of its non-existence.
The publicity bill is a farce. Sta
tistics are to be gathered, it is
true, but what then? They are
not to be published, except as the
President may direct. There will
be a close relationship between
the statistics published and the
generosity with which > contribu
tions are made to the repulican
campaign funds. It is merely a
great club to be held over the
trusts by the republican campaign
managers. Incidentally, how do
you suppose these northwestern
repuolicans who voted the repub
lican ticket on the promise that
the tariff would be reformed by
its friends feel now? Representa
tive Payne has announced that
there will never be a revision of,
the tariff by the republican party
—well, we will see at the uext
election.
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AND
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aud have no hesitancy in saying
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