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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, rATLANTA. GA~ TUESDAY JULY G 1186
TALMAGE’S SERMON.
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“Th* Hamptons,” July 4.—[Special.]—
While the Eer. T. Do Witt TUnuge, D. D., is
absent from hil pa [pit in Brooklyn and rocrei
ting in the country, he continued to preash,
takirg subjects suggested by summer Kenes
and anrronndlngs, and his dlsoonrsea coastitn-
tlng a course entitled "Voices of Oardens and
Fields.’’ Following is the first sermon in the
aeries, preached today from the text, “Jly
beloved is nnto me as a cluster of camphlrs in
the vineyards of En-gedi.’’ Bong of Solomon,
Ch. l;v,14.
Solomon’s Song has been considered by
many as fit only for moonstrnek sentimental-
lsts;wri tten by a voluptuary,tho story of a man
crazed by a fair maiden; lit neither for family
prayers nor for church. Indeed, wo most ad
mit that there were years In Solomon’s life
when he had several hnndred more wives than
he was entitled to; bat he
npented of bis sin, and God chose him to
write some of the beatthlngsaboot Christ that
have ever been written. Besides that, I think
the criticism of modern times npon the Im
modesty of the Bible comes with poor grace
frem a century in which the writings of
George Sand come to their fortieth edition,
and Christians cannot get to the prayer moot-
e tickets for places of
lug because they bavo ___ , __
amassment so depraved that they make the
"Black Crook’’ respectable. I think, however,
as far as 1 ran see, in my stupidity, that there
are things turned out upon the community
today that bid fair to do moro damage than
the Song cf Solomon.
Bear, now, one of his fresh and fair descrip
tions of Jeans. If I had twenty years to preach
I would like to employ ten of them in bring
ing ent to observation those representations
of Christ that have as yet been passed by. I
do not know why the pulpit should hover
over a few types of Christ when there are so
many symbols of Jesus that have never been
discoursed npon. Why should we employ all
our time in examining a few lilies when the
Bible la a great garden filled with fuachla*
a (Iiom gntuou uiiou nibu guauutao.
and with daffodils, and with amaranths, and
with evening primroses for the close of life’s
day, and crocuses at the foot of tbo snow
bank of sorrow, and hearts ease for the trou
bled, and passion flowers planted at the foot
of a cross, and morning glories spreading oat
nnder the splendors or the breaking day?
Borne yean ago I discoursed to you about the
"white bain of Jesus,” and some of the news-
papers supposed it war a mere fancy of my
own—tho poor fools not knowing that in Rev
elation, the first and the fourteenth, the Bible
speaks of Christ, "His head and His naira were
white like wool, as white as snow”—symboli
zing the eternity of Jesus.
Terraced on the side of the mountain were
the vineyards of £a -god!. O, thoy were sweet
places! From a shelving of tho mountain,
four hnndred foot high, waters came down in
beautiful baptism on tho floee of the leaves;
thegnpes Intoxicate with their own wine;
pomegranates with juices bursting from the
xind; all frnita and flowers and aromatic
woods—among tho sweetest of these the cam-
pblre plant of the text. Its flowers are in
dusters like our lilac—graceful, fragrant, sym
bolical of Jeans; for “my beloved is nnto me
as a cluster of camphlre from the vineyards of
En-gedl.”
I will cany out the idea of my text, and
in the first place show you, that this camphlre-
plant of tno text was a symbol of Christ, be
cause of its fragrance. If I had a branch of
it and should wave it in your midst, it wonld
All all tho house with Its redolence. The
camphlre, as we have it, is offensive to some;
bnt the camphlre-plant of tho text had a fra
grance gracious to alL The vineyards of En-
gedi bathed in It—the branches, the buds, the
the sweetness
IIow swoet the name of Jssus sounds
In a believer’s sari .
It soothes his sorrows, heats his wounds,
And drives away bis fear.”
The name of Ctcsar means power; the name
of Herod means oruelty; the name of Alexan
der meant conquest; the name of Dsmesthenes
means eloquence; the name of Hilton means
poetry; the name of Beniamin West means
painting; the name of Phidias means sculp
ture; the name of lloethovsn means muslo;the
name of Howard meant reform; bnt the name
ofChrist means love. It is the sweetest name
that ever melted from lip to heart. As you
open an old chest that hat long been closed,
the flnt thing that strikes you is the perfume
of the herbs that were paoked amid the
clothing; so there are hundroit
of hearts here which, if opened, would
first offer to you the name of Jesus. Have
yon not seen him? Through the dark night
of yonr sin has be not flashed npon your
vision? Beautiful when becomes to help, beau*
ilfol when he comet to save. A little child
was cry log very much during the time of an
eclipse. It got so daik at noon that she was
afraid and kept sobbing, and could not be
silenced, until after awhile the sun came out
S ain, and she clapped her handstand said, “O,
e sun! the sun!” Some of ns have been in
the darkness of oar sin: eclipse after eclipse
has passed over our soul; but after awhile the
sun of righteousness poured his beams upon
our hearts, and we cried, “The tun! the tun!”
Beautiful dawn in the straw of the Bethlehem
tive to Egypt I Beautiful with hit feet
Galilean surf! Beautiful with the children
hanging about hla neck! Beautiful in ths
home circle of Bethany 1 Fairer than the sons
of men; day-spring from on high; light for
of the valley—altogether lovely I 01
such a siu pardoner, such a trouble-soother,
such a wound-binder, such a grave-breaker,
that the faintest pronunciation of his name
rouses up ail the incense of the garden, and all
the perfume of the tropics, while the soul, in
itacy of affection, cries out: “My beloved is
ecstacy ... —.
nnto me as a cluster of camphlre from the
Vineyards of En-gedi.”
But how shall I talk of the sweetness of
Christ’s pardon to those who have never felt
It; of tho aweetnees of hla comfort to those
who have refused his promite; of the sweetnees
of his free to those who have turned their
hack upon His love? Now, a great many peo
ple may think this is merely sickly aentimen-
taliim. Jonathan Edwards was a cool man.
He was harsh in some of his opinions, he was
never afflicted with any sentimental ardor,
and yet, when the name of Christ was men
tioned, it threw him tntoa transport. Faul was
n cool logician, with nerves unshaken in
ths Mediterranean shipwreck, a granitic nat
ure, comfortable with tho whole world against
him, shaking his fiat in the face of the govern -
Dents of earth and the forces of darkness: yet
the thought ofChrist thrilled him, transport
ed him, overwhelmed him. John Knox was
unbending in his nature, and hard in some re
spects. The flash of his indignation made ths
qneen shiver and tho duchess quake; yet he
ant down os a little child at tha feat of
Jesus. Solomon was surrounded by
all palatial aplandor—hla ahipa going out
from Enon-geber on voyages of three years,
britging back all ths wondarn of tha world;
bis parks afloat srith myrrh and frankincense,
and a-ruatlo with trees brought from foreign
lands; the traces of hie stapsndooa gardens
found by the traveller at this day. Solomon
aita down in thia place to thiak of Christ, the
whilst seated, there cornea
apices and aromatic woods, and of the blossoms,
in tbrovgh the unlace window, and ho cries
not: “My beloved is unto ms as a cluster ol
campkira from the vineyards af EngedL”i
O, rich and rare, axquisito and everlasting
perfume! Let It in every poor man’* win
dows; plant It oo every grave; pot ita leaves
nnder every dying head; wreath ita blossoms
for every garland: wave Ita branches in evary
bom; and whan I am about to die, and my
band lias cold, and stiff, and orbits upon ths
pillow, let SOM plain and hnmblo soul coma
and pot in my dying grasp this living branch
with clusters “of camphlre from tha vineyards
of En-gedL'
L It to many years sow lines I found tha Lord,
and I mnat in yonr presence toil yon how good
he has been to my aoul. Often iinee then I
have given him a hard throat in hla sore
aide; but be baa been patient with me by day
and by night. It is ths grief of my Ufa that I
have treated him so badly; but he has uover
let mo go. I have assn no wonderful sights,
1 have beard no wonderful sounds. I hero no
no wonderful sounds, I have no
marvelous experience, It has boon a plain sto
ry of patlenoe on his part and of nnworthlness
on my part Some or my dear friends before
“•have had more rapturous exporloncos.
to them has been the conqueror on tho
white hone, or tho ran of righteousness, set-
everything ablase with light or the
ting
bridt
ven sweet bnt very still. Hew shell I do
eciiboit? Ibaveltnow: “My beloved Is nnto
me as a cluster of camphlre from the vineyards
of En-gidt”
But I remark further: This camphlre-plant
of fhe text was e symbol of Christ in the feat
that it gives coloring. From the Mediterra
nean to the ^Ganges the
people of the east gathered
Itdrls* -•
it, dried the leaves, pnlverlted them,and then
used them as a dye for beeutifying garments
or their own persons. It was that fret that
gave the camphire-plant of; tho text its com-
mercialjvalue in tho time of King Solomon; s
type of my Lord Jens, who beautifies and
adorns and colon everything he touches. I
have no frith in that man’s conversion whoso
religion does not color his entire iifo. It was
intended so to do. Hainan has ths grace of
God In bis heart It ought to show itself in the
iifo. There ought to bo this
cluster of camphlre’’ in the lodger,in the roll
of government securities, In the medics, pre
scription, in the lew book. A religion is or no
value to s merchant unless it keeps him from
potting false labels on his goods; or to the
plasterer, unless it keeps him from patting np
a celling which he knowa will crack in six
months; or to tho driver, unless it keeps him
from lashing his bones to eight miles an hour
when the thermometer is at ninety; or to tho
farmer unless it heepe him from patting the
only sound pippins on the top of the barrel, or
to the shoemaker, unless it keeps him from
nbstitnting brown paper for good lasthor in
tho soles. In other words,ths religion ofChrist
is good for everything or it is
good for nothing. Tho grace of God nover
affect* ns by peacemeal. If ths heart
Is changed the head is changed, the liver is
changed, and tho spleen is changed, and the
hands are changed, and the feet are changed,
end the store is changed, and the boose is
changed, and everything over which the man
has any influence cornea to a complete and radi
cal change. The religion of the Lord Jeans
Christ is not a pot of Eyaeinth to be sat in a
psrior bay-window for paasora-by to look at,
and to he examined only by onrselvee when
we have company; bnt it Is to be a perfume
filling ell the room of the heart aa “a cluster
of camphlre from the vineyards of En-gedL”
The trouble is men do not take their re
ligion with them. The merchant Ieavia it
outside the counter lest it disturb tho goods.
The housekeeper will not let her religion trail
its robes in tho kitchen on washing day. The
philosophor will not 1st hia religion coma in
amid the batteries lest it get a galvanic shock.
Bnt I toil yon, nnleas yonr religion goes with
you everywhere, it goes nowhere. That roll-
:lon was intended to color all tho heart and
he life
But, mark yon, it wai a bright color. For
the moat part It was an orange dyo mado of
this camphire-plant, one of tho most brilliant
of all tbo colors: ana ao tho religion of Jesus
Christ casts no blackness or gloom upon tho
soul. It brightens up life; it brightens up
everything. There is no more
religion in a funoral than there
is in a wedding; no more religion in tears than
in imlles. Davsd was no batter when ho said
log out with David: “Beaton nnto ms the
Joys of thy salvation?” For gnat sin, groat
pardon. For deep wounds, omnipotent stir-
ho cried out of the depths of hell, than ho was
when he said his mouth was filled with laugh-
ter and his tongue with singing. The belt
' nown laughed the
men that I have over known
londeat. Religion was intended to brighten
up til oar character. Take ont the sprig of
all her paths an peace.” I have found it ao.
Then an hundreds in this boose who have
found it so.
I remark again, that the eamphire plant of
the text was a symbol of Jeans Christ, bocsni*
it is a mighty restorative. Yon know that
then is nothing that starts nspintion so soon
in one who haa fainted es camphor, as w* have
it. Fut npon a spang* or handktrchiof, tho
effect! an aimoct immediate. Well, this cam-
pbln plant oftho text, though somewhat dif
ferent from that which wo have, was a pun
gent aromatic, and In that reepsol it became a
tj pa of our Lord Jean* Christ, who is the
mfghtieatofallreatontlvea. I bavo carried
this camphlre plant into tha tick room, after
the doctor, haa held their consultation and
said then was no hope and noth
ing more eonld bo done, and tho sonl
brightened np under th* splritnti restorative,
Thoro la no fever, no marasmus, no neuralgia,
no consumption, no disease oftho body that
uv wubuujjiwuu, uu uisvmu VI »un iftiuv »uas
the grace of God will aot help. I wish that
over every bed of pain and tbrongh every
1 - * *■ - cm we might swing this ’’olna-
hospital of distress wo _ _
ter of aunphiro from tho vineyards ofEo-go
dl.” Christ’* hand I* tho softest pilloifp
Christ’s pardon Is tho strongest atimulas,
Christ’s comfort Is tho mightiest anodyno,
Christ's salvation Is the grandest restorative.
tier than his physical
'’Art thou weary? Art thoo languid? Art thou i)ro
ii t ■« mm to receive mo, win no «ajr me naji
Not till earth, and not UU heaven pass a war.
,iu fie s
Finding. following, scoping, struggllng.il
Saints, apostles, prophets, martyrs, answer-** Yes!”
Nero tarred and put pitch upon the Christ*
Ians of his day, and then set them on lire,
that they might illumine the night round
about the palace; but while they were burn*
ing and the crowd beneath were jeering,
louder than all the noise went up the song of
praise and triumph from the dying martyrs.
John Bradford came out iu the presence of
the Instrument of tortnro that was to put him
to death, and said: "I am a Christian now.
I have never been before.” And so, again and
stain, the Lion of Jndah’s tribe has torn to
pieces tbe wild boasts of martyrdom.
This grace ia also a restorative for the bach*
slider. Who do yon mean by that? yon say.
I mean yon who used to frequent tho house of
God, bnt seldom go there now; yon who once
used to pray bnt never pray now; you who
once sat at the holy communion, but tako uot
tho Lord's cup now; 1 mean you who once re*
joiced.in Christian society, bnt now sit amid
scoffers. Backslider! Ob, what a suggestive
word! Backslider! From what bavo you slid
back? You slid back from your fathers faith,
Irom your early good habits. You hsvo boon
slidiug back from Christ, from tho cross-
sliding back from heaven. When a man begins
to slide he knows not where ho will go. You
have been sliding back toward darkness. You
have been sliding back toward an unblessed
grave, toward a precipice, tho first ten million
miles of which downward are only a small
part of the eternal plunge. Yon were, por-
__jpwreck in the town. It may be that the
dub blasted you; it may be that fashionable
society destroyed yon: it may be the kind of
wife whom yon married. You have no more
hope for heaven now than if yon had lived in
Central Aala and never beard ofChrist and tho
judgment. Ob, where fs that Bible you
used to read? Where is that room where you
used to pray? What have yon done with that
Jesus whoso voice yon once heard? Oh, mur
dered hears! Ob. massacred privilege*:
dead opportunities! Wake np
oh.
no* ud shriek in that mu's oar an
til he shall routs himself from ths horrible
lomnitnbnlism, walking aa he does, fast asleep,
within an inch of hdl. Oh, that ho might
rry outnow: “Golden Sabbaths, corns back!
Communion seasons, coma back! Woelngsof
tbo Holy Gboat, come back!” But they will
net com*, (tone! gone! gone! Sorrow will
come, but not they. Oh, that yon might aave
tho few remaining years or your lib, and con
secrate them to Christ I have ana tad tights,
I have heard sad aonnds; bnt I tall you tha
gbaatliset thing outride tha gats* of tha
damned b a backslider's deathbed.
Do yuu
aot fieri like having applied to your taut this
divine restorative? Do 70* not fori like cry-
psrdoPt tw r
gory. For deaf ears, a dlrino anrist. For
blind eyes, a heavenly oculist. For tho dead
in tin, tho upheaval of a great rerarrectlpn.
Bnt In the heavenly world wo shall fori tho
chief reatoiative power of religion. This is a
planet of weeping we are living on. Wo enter
npon life wilh a cry ud leave it with a long
sigh. Ifl could gather up the griefr of this
audience ud put them In one (entente end
then utter it, it would make everything bo-
tween here ud the throne of God ehndder end
howl. The eerth Is gashed deep with graves.
As at tha close of the war, eometlmea we sew
a regiment of one hnndred ud fifty men, the
fragments of the thousand man that wentoat,
so, u I stand before yon
I cannot hat realise the feet
that yon are the fragments representing hun
dreds of regiments of Joyful associations that
have been brokeinip forever. Oh, thia is a
world of sorrow! Bnt, blessed be God 1 there
will bonoaorrow in heaven. The undertaker
will have to have some other barinera there. In
therammertime onreltlee have bills of mortal
ity wbleh are frightful; sometimes in New York
a thousand deaths in a week; eometimei it has
been two thensud in London; bnt in thet
greet heavenly city there will be not a tingle
case of richness or death; not
one black dress of mourning,
but plenty of white robes of
Joy; hud shaking of welcome, but none of
separation. Why, if one trouble should at
tempt to enter heaven, the shining police of
the city wonld pat it under everlasting arrest.
If all the sorrow* of life, mailed and swarded
nnder Apollyon, ehonld attempt to foroo that
gate,one company from the tower would (trike
them back howling to the pit. Boom in
heaven for all the raptures that ever knoekod
at the gate, but no room for tho 1100110(1 an-
noyuce, though slight aa a rammer insect.
Doxology bnt no dirge. Banquotlng, bnt no
“fnneral baked meets.”
No dsrknea st all; no grief at all; no ilok.
nest at all; no death at all. A sonl waking np
In that place will is?: “Gan It be that I am
here? Will my head never ache again? Shall
I never itamble over a grave again? Will
Inevcmy goodbye to loved onee again? Can
it be possible that the stream Is pest, that the
bank is gained, thet tbe glory le began?
Show me Jesae that I may kbe His foot."
When tbe clock of Christian suffering has ran
down, it will never be wound up again.
Amid the vinejarde of the heavenly En-gedi,
that will be restoration wlthont any relapse.
Thet will be day without any raceaedlng
night. That will be “The Saints’ Everlasting
Rest 1"
DROWNED OFF THE CONDOR.
The Facts About tha Death of a Famous
Confederate Bfeesengor.
From tbo Philadelphia Times.
Under the caption of “Wilson’s Man Duvall”
an trtiele In Tbe Weekly Times of a recent
date purport* to giv* a short sketch of tha lata
Mrs. Boee A. Greonough, formerly of Wash
ington, D. C„ who wu famous during tbo lata
civil war as an agent of tbe confederate gov
ernment, ud was imprisoned as a spy In
Wubington by Secretary Stanton. Thearticle
represent* her as having loaded a steamer In
Baltlmom with supplies for the confederates
and allege* that tbe vessel npon whloh Mrs.
Greenough had taken passage, ostensibly for
Brasil, was “captured off Charleston while
trying to run tho blockade.’' It further state*
as follows: "Tbe captain reported that In a
storm off Capo Hattoras Mrs. Greonough ven
tured on deck ud wu carried ovorboard by
a wave that swept the ship." Tbe statement
lut quoted is erroneous in several particulars.
Mrs. Greenhow, as her name is spelled in
ell Ibe records here, wu a passenger on tbe
British steamer Condor, a blockade runner,
then plying between tbe ports of the Baha
mas and tbe confederate Atlutie peris, which,
on the night of Friday. September 3d, 1801,
ran aground off Fort Fisher, North Carolina,
In attempting to enter the Cape Fear river at
New Inlet (now closed), about twenty miles
below Wilmington, N. 0. Mrs. Greenhow,
feering capture, ud being the bearer, u wu
then laid, of Important dispatch os for tho con
federate government, Jnstatod, despite the re
monstrances of the ciptain of the ship, upon
going uhoto in a boat In tho breakers, which
were rolling huvlly, the host was capsized,
and Mrs. Greenhow, who seems to here beta
In some wsy entangled In It, wu drownod.
Her body wu recovered, wu brought to Fort
Fisher, properly cared for, and wu rant to
Wilmington for interment. Bbe wubnried In
Oehdalo cemetery, a beautiful spot, whore her
remains still lie, and her grave wu an object
of tender cere to tha ladies oftho Wilmington
Soldiers' Aid society daring the existence of
that association.
on nxu body.
Around Mis. Grccnihow’s person wu found
a money belt containing a hundred English
sovereigns, tbe weight of wbleh may nave
had to do with her death. And this belt, or
satchel, together with her tranks, which wen
also recovered, were taken possession of by
Colonel William Lamb, then commanding at
Fort Fleher, who delivered them toanadmin
istrator appointed by tho court at Wilmington
to taho chargo of ths unfortunate lady'e es
tate.
Among Mrs. Greenb iw’a cdects wen many
drosses, frees ud srl roles of wearing apparel,
all of which were raid si psbllosuction by
her adminlstrstoi by order of coai t. The
article. won han.I.uno—mu/ efthom cosily
—ud, u all rach good* wen
extremoly scarce ud In gnat de
mand in tha confederacy, Ibeir sale attracted
much attention. The atiowubtid In Bti-
eigb and the interest svlneed In It and tha
excitement it crested can be tally understood
only by ladles whom s stringent blockade
had for nearly fonr yean ent off not only
from tbo “latest atylc.” and articles of ele
gante, bnt from many things of ordinary com
fort and necessity. The ades-raomt were
thronged for days before tho aria by parsons
eager to examine tbo coveted treasures. Or
ders and limits were there Irom nearly every
place of conaequenca In tbs south. At tho
atio the bidding wu setive ud spirit
ed, any ladles—u It Is said U often done
at auction ulea by their sox—having raised
their own bids uvtral times.
A BKABXn or ixroBTANT wsws.
Tbo Impression that Mrs. Graanhov’a ex
treme anxiety to attempt tbo dangerous land
ing from the straudod ship wu caused by tbo
fact that aha had In her poiaesrion valuable
papers ud Information for ths confederate
government—which It wu important that abo
should deliver m person—wu probably cor
nel, for u soon u It wu ascertained that ahe
hail been diowued, ths following telegram
was sent to ths confederate authorities at
Kicl<moT.d:
tVIuuxoTOX, V. C, October 1, XSSI.—Eton. G. A.
Trelihotm, Richmond, V* : Urn. ltosc A. Green-
hnw was an,w lied lait night from the Condor,
ashore nosr Fort Fisher. The bod? Is recovered
end alii he hulled tomorrow. 1’roasc Inform her
rrh hda.
The tidings of ihe Sll-tatcd la-ly’s death w.11
also communicated direct to President Daria, a ,1
it utu understood that his cabinet lntere-tcd
nllmJngton, S. 1
Old Teaspoons Ralilbltad.
Frem the Washington, Ga., Chronicle.
Wo were shown m silver teaspoon by Mrs.
Adclla Smith, which wu over a hundred years
old; it was brought from Maryland hy her
grandmother. She hu three of them; they
are very small, end have the following letters
on the end of the haodle In this wise: M. It.
A., which ire the Initials of her grandfather
and grandmother's names (Mauldin and Ra
chel Amos), who came from Maryland many
yeais ago- Mr*. Thomu Smith, who is a sis
ter of Mrs. Adeiia h'mith, has ths caps, which
are also very small.
A Prominent Attorney’s Tsatlmony.
Dxomy.—My chestnut pony, six years eld,
was affected with anaeaera (general dropsy.)
The caw wu regarded toenreble by several
leading veterinary surgeon, of tba city. Dr.
Johnien was called, ud he prescribed the use
of Chortle Balaam. Two application* or tha
Balsam wore mods. <4 boor* apart, apon all
tbs liasha, sbdomwe, chest and threat. Ia fif
teen oaya tbe core wae complete.
Junox J. K. Foao, Att'y at Law,
117 Pablfr Hqoare, Cleveland, O.
Tb* Oeortle Balsam la for aria la Atfrato by
Uradfleld A Ware, *8 Whitehall strut.
SAM JONES.
Ho Astonishes the Boatles at Rod Rock—
faying* Bordering on tha IUdlcnlena.
Sr. Part, Minn., June 28 Sam Jonos
preached this morning st Bel Book camp-
meeting. The preacher said that unctifica-
tlon is to regeneration what spongo-oaks is to
a solid New Eoghuid dinner. Ho
,, - — —. „„ didn't bo-
■>*70 in men who uw visions, u ho eonld have
all the viaions ho desired by rating a pound of
POfk for sapper. He had hoard of churches
being broken np by too much religion. Ho
wanted recognition here below, for whon bo
got to paradise ud was playing on hia harp
nnder the tree of life he wouldn't
care whether his hearers re
cognised him or not. It wu impossible for
* nun to be good ud carry a bad hurt around
with him. uu audltora here, seeming unim
pressed, he aeked why they didn't shout
“imMl" Itllfstasl nf alltlnw Ikara lll» e 1a»
'•men” Instead of fitting thero like a lot of
br*i* monkey*, and when a man *»id “amen,”
Jones1 remarked: Thero’* a brother that’*
been hit.” If they desired to reach heaven
they mnit quit their meanness. People who
played cards and attended dance* wero en
route for hell. Speaking of satan, Jones said
be was a hard worker, and added: "Look ont
for him; ho’* just puttin’ np on yon, old boss,
because you’ro kind to him,” Tho preacher
concluded by citing the sufforings and fortl*
tudo of Job, to whom God said, after hi* tri
umph over the evil one: "Job, take my arm;
let’a take a walk.”
SABI JONES EXCITED.
He Jumps the Reporter* and Explains HU
Position on tho Tobacco Question,
6t. Paul, Minn., June 89.—'This was, with*
out any exception, the greatest day ever known at
Red Rock. It is estimated that there were not less
than 10,000 persona lnaide the grounds. By 10
o’clock the Immense pavilion, capable of seating
6,0t0 people, waa packed to Its utmost capacity, tho
rests being crowded andovery inch of available
apace being taken.
Tho afternoon service waa held at 2:80, the pavil
ion being crowded to suffocation. After tho open*
ng song Ur. Jones stepped to the front of tho plat*
form and said: *‘I want the attention of yon report
er* over there, I want to say to this oongreatton,
and to all America, that I am not responsible for
the headlines In the papers, nor for the reports of
ray sermons. I’ve no reflections to cast upon them
reporters. Thoy aro
TBSY NICE YOUNG MEN,
but they can't report my sermons at Z deliver
them. They, no doubt, try to do their duty to the
best of their ability, but their reports are neces
sarily garbled. They pick out a sentence hero
and there. I am not responsible for
what they write. Now, these St. Paul
and Minneapolis papers report mo as saying: "It’s
no more harm in the sight of God to ehe w tobacco
In Georgia than to pick yonr teeth." Now, I never
•aid any such thing. What I did say waa, that the
people of Georgia regarded che wing no
more sin than picking their teeth. I ain't such a
fool aa to undertake to aay what God thinks. Now,
all you fellows who think I didn't nee God in my
You who do think 1
on tholr tables.J Ah, 1 know you follows
(looking at the reporters). Now. 1 want to say
•gain that I am not responsible for any reports of
my sermons that ain’t taken In abort-hand. God
face was white with supprested excitement, lie
evidently interpreted the vote asau indorsement
of hla statement.
WHAT JONESIAID.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean'a special reported Mr.
Jones ss saying In hla termon tho day Instore :
The good old sisters used to tell tno Ifl’didvo
up chewin’ tobacco I'd go right to heaven. Mem
jour heart, l’vo had more hard thins a aald about
me since I quit chewing than 1 ever did before.
it’s no more barm In tlio right orGod to chow to
bacco in Georgia than It Is to pick your teeth. Tb«
heat man I ever knew chewed tobacco, and the
biggest rascal never touched It. A man can't be a
gtmlcman end chew tobacco, but be can boa
Christian and chew It. 1 know, for I’vo tried It.
They ask me why I don't preach against tobacco.
1 haven't got that low down yet. Thorc aro so
many things I see that are worse, 1 een't lowi r
in.vu. if to the plane where I'll denounce tobacco.
There Is nrgatlvo goodness and positive right-out-
new. Of tbo two characters I prefer tho podtlvo.
Now, I’d rather be a good church member and got
off on a big old drunk occasionally, than bo one of
those folows who la never good on anything.
BAM JONES AT UT. PAUL.
Bis Farewell Sermon—Home lleault* or the
Revival*
Ham Jones, the cccontrlc Georgia evangelist,
completed bis labors at Red Rock,Minn., this week.
During hla stay an unuaual amount of religious
interest baa been created, both among professing
Christiana and those outsldo the doors of tho
church, When ho came to Hod Rock, he took
everything by storm, especially the staid old tbeol-
ogbu of a quarter of a century ago, whom he lash
ed unmercifully. Ills eccsntrle sayings end man
ner made a good many good church people throw
up ihelr hands with holy horror at first, but after
they came to know the man better, they Indorsed
him. Aa a result of bis ministries, coupled with
these of his co laborer, Ham Small, about one
hundred and fifty people are under convlotlon, and
lometblng like a score profess to have bosn
rot. verted. The managers of the Red Rock
1'ark e»socUt!on are fbllv alive to the
needs of the people, and appreelatiuga good thing
nben they see Jt, have engaged Jones for two
weeks at the next annual campmestlng. This an
nouncement, made by Jones himself from tbe
platform yesterday, called forth prolonged ap-
plame. The association Is now canvassing for
funds with which to erect a cottago for the special
use of tbe evangelism on the grounds. In his
farewell address, Jones took occasion
to give tho reporter of the Pioneer Pram
a parting shot for sUtlng that there was consider
able donnt among tho people concerning hts
(Jones's) sincerity. Fully four thousand people
ass< mbfed fn the pavilion at 10:;W a. m., and list
ened for an hour and a half with deep attention.
SAM'S VAK EWELL.
After tbe customary musical exercises, Jones
stepped to tbe front of the platform and said:
2 tie verse I shall take for roy text fa very appro-
MttbodUt and, if he hasn't religion, be hasn't got
anything. Our church waa born where religion
J r *finsVB€ , tIt's about time we was a wakln* up
to that fact. We’re putUh* on too much style.
Pome of ua are getttn’ too decent to be religious.
There waa never a preacher on the earth ther
S t have something to aay against. I say, my
ren, this world will have something to say,
hatever they say it don't go to the grave with
SCORING A KEVOETBI.
I fee the rioneer Press says the ptoplo ars In
doubt, and are mightily divided aa to whether
8»m Jones Is In earnest or not. Ky God, that’s
(he worst thing that’s ever been said about me f I
am in earnest. Everybody hero who thinks I’m
in earnest stand up. (The audience rose.l Thank
Gcd for that vote. It's a consolation to me to
know that the Pioneer Press reporter stands alone
on tbe other aide of that question. I say, brother,
t* In earnest. 1 want to soe every man. every
woman, of os stand together and say: "We'll all
about one another. Ob, Lord, foarftilly
wrung it la for ua tossy wrong things about one
another, or to do wrong by each other It'a a base
thing.
HELP ONE AXOTHXB.
. Hein one another and stand by one another, and
don't let a Methodist in tbls country go down Ifl a
dollar or a drop of blood will save him. I'm talk
ing to tramps. Brother, suppose you let the
tramps go up to the New Jerusalem and walk Its
golden streets. Many a fellow In this world is so
troubled about his bread and meat that he's hard
ly tot time to look after religion. Do you know
that If a man neglects a poor fallen brother, what
ever elM he does, that aet’ll make him backslide?
Jesus Christ want on the cross and Into the grave
to keep from backslldlu' yourself Is to see that
nobody else backslides. The more unselfish
we are the moro we’ll help tho world. I believe,
brethren, In spite of my mother’s prayers, God al
lowed mo to go down Into the gutters and then
rahed me up and told me to go to work and save
other drunkards. You may deride the Halvatlon
Army as much as you please, but tho Salvation
Army means that tho onurch haa been recreant In
her duty. If I was a-preacher and had empty
pcwN l r d gets lot o'brass monkeys, or dolls, or
thore little earthen dogs, end set ’em up In the
to one another; stand by one mother; die py
prlatu to my dbcuulon, and a careful hearing will
aid us In tbe meeting today. Many people aay to
me: "It'a easy to be good when 1 alt aod listen to
>ou, but when I getaway my resolutions are all
w I want »y hcl! on this side
of tbe grave. I know we have to take up our
erodes to get to heaven, but when we <lo get
ll.cielt will be a glorious heaven. My text Is
found in Galatians, vl., 9: "Be not weary In well
dot up, for In due time ye shall yeap If ye faint
to that chaplet? These verses are like
bricks lu a wall, each sustains Its right place. You
take a brick out of a wall In this place here and
put It over there ua you mar the beauty of tba
palace. Bo this verse fa tba key to the wbole chap
ter, and opens the beauties of the chapter. 1 find
the very that duty of every Christian Is to ignore
iiimielf, to crurtry himself, to live only for the
fffxyd of others. Its a scriptural (ruth that no Hi
can live happy If he lives only for himself. Hel-
bfihtKM is the (>anc of the Christian lire, and s*l-
f.rhm ra is the principal Ingredient of hell fire.
W ht ii I look in tbe taco of the most uuaelilsh man
11 dwindle down Into a miserable, mean
Jlilb' fc!!o
He thinks only of othei
to sny
k r for a at
log Everybody Is for himself. Wo 're
... . runs us. Tbe selfish man says: ‘*f waut to
get al! 1 can for myself. I propose to look after
number one, and 1*1 others do the same.” Tbe
moat unhappy person In the world Is the one whose
eviij movement la In hUown interest. Tho most
uiuatiRfartory job a man ever nndertook is to ran
h grrat big sOO-pound lump of selfishness. Oh,
brethren, get rid of selfishness. Je*u« Christ came
Com n to save us all. Do you know amid all the
)K*»cMlon* of tbls world, Jr*;n never staked off an
aero of ground and said: "Tbls la mine: keep off of
hi rc." ch, my unselfish Lord, help me to ba like
Tbyrtlf.
f'llMXTf AKS AND RKMOION.
I tell you, bretbern, Christiana need religion
more than any one else. We’re playing religion
ail around this land; that’s what tha maUtr.
You've seen children sit down and play supper.
Tbat's tbe way wa're doin’ with religion. Ws taka
pieces of dishes and put little pieces of religion on
and pass them around, and not a single fellow feta
enough to satisfy him- Tba best proof la tba world
of i ha scarcity of rail tlon la tba monopoly of sel*
kin ths church, but some of the member* object.
They take him In. but they turn a cotdjskontdar
to him. and, after awhile, ha seta drank. Then
tome old Pharisee gets up and says: ”1 told you
r,fr**. L Kr
your'HUUfcoMa. IMt taxfraorreU 1
yoofretfIfyoo'r,not data’MtaathlngjMliaabM-
lle only folk. In too world I rauwore MetholUL
t hoto't pH trtw to look after anybody olra- T*w
let, Minay til It, Mara Yw tax, * poor old
one another!
Tha Cowboy Evangelista
Report of bis Kansas City sermon: Now lam
.speaking the troth. I said last night I wu not
gclng to tickle your ears. Somebody said tbo oow-
boy was drunk because he spoke plain last night.
Speaking plain la my way. 1 can't help It, but I
don’t believe It Is a fault. It la not wrong to speak
the troth. If you only knew bow rough I used to
be Just ono year ago, you would think that the
cowboy is coming out mightily. Ono ysar ago
when 1 would come whooping ana yelling Into a
gt, the doors would he rastoned on my ap-
tb. I was lough then, but I have bean im
village, the doors woul
proseli. I was lough then, but I hi
proving mighty fart. Eomebody said I was drunk
because I spoke the troth to him. Well, when you
catch the cowboy drunk, you will ba flying.
Tbhfoanctlflcd business Is auother thing I de
spite. lhere waa an old lady at Keokuk, where 1
a., that said aha was
ask her a few ques- C
- .... —J ADIAUB, nuotu A
waa preaching a short while agu, that said aha was
ranctlfled. llhoughtl would as* ‘
SEVERE IIENEVOLENCE.
How Senator Gaorga Hearst Took Caro wi
Drunken Man and Ola Family.
From tbe Ban Francisco Post.
Senator Hearst is not mean; on tbe eon-
trary, he is generous with his money, bat ho
Is not in the habit of releasing his grip on a
dollar until ho knows where it Is going. For
instance:
"Please, sir, will you assist a poor man who
is out of work and naa a family dependin’ on
him?’’
This Inquiry was made by a fellow who
darted out of a dark doorway near the sena*
tor’a newspaper ofllco one evening last winter.
Tho senator turned a watery eye on the
raiment, and unwashed, shaky hands.
"So you’ve got a family, have you? Where
d’ye live?”
"Hound on Pacific street, sir.” .
"Go ahead and take me there. If you ain't lyta
I'll do the rqiure thing, partner.”
looking woman, and a sewing-machine,
woman wept when questioned. They wai.
poor and often hungry. All thslr troubles
irom* ■’ *■ * ‘ - — —
i tbe drunkenness of the husband. That cut*
ii-iiow mr vagrancy, paiu tuo pui-
"1*11 appear against him tomorrow.
loafer, "If you've a mind to be decent when you
get out, come; to me and I'll give you a show.” ##
And the man, three months later, oldoomo. Un
cle George rent him aud his family to one of the
rnnehes, where, to do the fellow Justice, he has
Avoided tbe bottle and behaved himself.
"1 ain’t opi*#ed U» drlnklh',” the senator Is giv
en to remarking. "If a man can afford It, all
right: hut when ha can’t I go in for tendin' nla
to lstl,"
hree months for tha
EXHAUSTED VITALITY.
-.•Illustratlv, 8amp!t Fr«eI-»>
tbrns, so I said:
Mdjjoucvor sin?”
"1 Miu sanctified,” she said:
"No^ou ® Vcr * iu7 " 1 1* 1 * 1 *** 1 ’
"Did you ever tell a lle7”
”N—n—n—"
"l ook out there! You bad better stop or you
will tell another one.”
Hhe tumbled right onto horsclf then and I guess
Rhe will not try ta play tbe holluesa racket on any
one again, very soon.”
A Joke.
From the Arkansaw Traveller.
Kxtract from a letter to tbe governor of Ar
kansaw:
"I send you by John Cobblctroo, one of my
nelgbors, a quarter of mutton and a mess of young
squirrels. I do this beoanio I like tho course you
have always took. I killed tbe squirrels ylstldy
an' I know thoy air fresh. Thar ain’t nothin'
nicer than young squirrels. I cat 'em somo times
till I am fit to pop. Now let mo say somothing
about tho mutton. It Is fresh and fat an' I hope
you will enjoy It. One of my neighbors lost a sheep
tho other day an' ho haa accused me of stsalln' It.
hu had mo arrested an’ I
now In JalL He como to
my house and grabbed holt of a sheep that I had
jest killed, but I managed to keep enough to send
to you. I am mighty fond of sheep moat, and
when I am right hungry 1 ken eat It till 1 am lit to
pop. My trial will come off In a day or two, an'
IBOW THYSELF,
A GreiitMclIral work on M>utlioo.!,N
Fliyilm, Debility, 1-romaluro
hauated Vitality, Ao., Ai\, and tho
iraultlBR from ImllMTetloniorcxd
tub.MMlally bound in in’,
more than 1S» inraluablo iirrecrintlona, embracing
•Teryyecttabl.romodylnthe pbarraaoopcala fra
all anito and chronic di-eura. li t. emphatically
a book ibr ercry man. ITicooulytiby maU.orat-
TO ALL
Yonn, and middle aged man for tba next W day*,
S: I r o ;d 0 d r « c ,iM»“FjS , K ^ r S eT B'u r ,S5oi!
cf, Boatou, Mara,
tun.ldiy, tun wit top coin tm
oonuxrcxox 355363! i
BIL HALL’S)
I utli to me Im fur a Joke, These folks out here
are tho prsnklestset of pooplo 1 overseen. They
are alius happy when they can git a Joke one
prominent man liko me. I wouldn't ba surprised
if they carry tho Joke ao feres to want to send me
for the legislature. 1 don’t want to 1
they.keep me shut np very long the oroor icuuw
will git ahead of mo. After you eat your mutton I
wlriit you would write a note to the short!! an' tell
him to let mcout. Hay, 1 forgot to tell you that tba
gran'Jury ba« beon lvt Into tha Joke, an' that they
have Drought In a Joke of an Indie “*“* —
nfflv trv mu in' itflu (‘
nent airin’ me.
- r ietment i w
T Dry may try me an' pass the Joko of a sentence
on mo before yonr note gits here, sol wish you
would write out a pardon after you eat your mut
ton, an’ tell tbe Judge that I am free. I know tba
Joke will tickle you, and you may make the par
don read Just as amusin' as you please.”
Reunion of the 18th Georgia.
Ca utkiwvi lms, Ga., J uly 3.—[Special.]—Ths
fifth annual reunion of thin old regiment will
be held at Gartenvllle. Ga., on Friday, July
noth. Every member is requested to be pres
ent or accounted for. The various railroads In
Georgia will give reduced rates to members.
Every confederate soldier now residing In Bar
tow county Is requested to be present that day
to orgairixe a confederate survivors as* ela
tion. Come sverv one of you and bring yonr
fsmlly and friends and let's have one grand
old time. Bring your basket well filled to
spread just such a feast ss will make old soK
Ojcorcjm
Secretary S. A. 18th Ga.
In Dysentery,
Diarrhoea or Inflammation of tbe Stomach and
Bowels, Darby’a Prophylactic Fluid ia a aura
cure. The fluid taken internally sets as a do-
Urgent and internal disinfectant, relieves the
pain and comets tbe oflTenaive discharges from
tbe bowels. In severe casse, when the weak
condition of the stomach prevents Its retaining
any medicine,the Fluid is used as an Injection
with the most marvellous results, giving In-
•tsnt relief and effecting an entire cure.
Jay Gould, Russell Wage, W. D. Dinsmore,
and one or two other kindred spirits celsbrate In-
dc-pcndanct day by a yachting excursion on tba
Atalanta.
A Remedy for I.angDlseaaee,
Dr. Robert Newton, late President ol tb*
Eclrctto College oftho city of New Yorkcjnd
Eclectic College oftho city of New York, and
formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio, usod DR. WM
HALL’S BALSAM very extensively In bh
practice, aa many of bis imtionts, now living,
and restored to health n y the use of this
invaluable medicine, can amply testify. He
always laid that ao good a remedy ought to be
prescribed freely by every physician ae a
sovereign remedy In all cases ot lung diseases.
It eurts Consumption, and haa no equal for all
pectoral complaints.
I WO, III IfltTlI I, tal.U IUIKU.WH.
toiiirm, while tiro ,un kbluea.
M.ka bay, opera
I.KMON KLIXIK.
A I’romln.ot l'.rm.r Writ...
Boarr.TBratiox,Jon»« cooniy. G*,, Jun.30tii>
|w<.—ft. th. rronmni.nrfaffnfi of fti-r (■■ iHru
I ntt>l hr. Mof Icy'. Lemon Bltalr for IrnlliMtioa
i!< Mill} and nwfoua |>ro.;ratioo, liarln, lmou a
arcat loiterer for yean, and triad all k"o«rn ram-
dl<« for lhere dtieaH-*. all of which failed. FIT.
Lottie, of lemon Kllxir made a new man of mo and
rcMored my .uangth and energy ao that l can at-
trad IO my farm with all eaai aud comfort, flafer
any ouc to me. Your friend,.
Wu. B. Khhuoii.
From a Fromlaoat Lady.
I hare not bran able in two ream to wafr or Mod
.ill,Mil auffari!!. meat paio. Bine; taking Dr.
Motley'* Lemon Kllxir, J can walk balfaatila
without Iba lean Incrnrenlanee
Mat. R. H. BuiobwotTH,GrimOjOa.
Tux pretidentwill not fo to Woboro, Kaaa,
lodropa tear u,oa lb* frava of on* if bit aneev
ton who la burlafi there. Daniel Lamoot, IU reply
to tba dllaraa’ Ihrllatiou, aaya In effect that tha
irntdeotfraotlnthatilaf llna of butiucm }ut
now. Too tutyand-too happy-
If tllioo., or (uffarfng from Imparity of
blood, or weak lunyt, aod faar of conxnLption
(rerofolcu, dianaa of tha loop), taka Dr.
Plrreafr “Ooidau Madid Diromry,” »nd it
will con you. BydraggUU.
fiiflLSii
Yor dilator all 1 ]
Frier, 8i ot*GO cl* niul 91.
R JOHN T. UEHOT A 00., Nov Tort..
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