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‘THIRST IN ;\ CAVERN.”
Dr. Talmage’s Son. oi at the
Brooklyn Tabernacle.
-OH THAT SOME ONE WOULD GIVE ME
Brooklyn. NuvemU-.r 27.—[Special.]—This
morning at at the Tab'-rneclo, after explain
ing appropriate passa.;cs of Scriptures, the
Bev. T. DeWitt Talmage, D. D., gave out the
following hymn, that was sung by the congre
gation with great heartiness:
“B’j -ir 1 in R->rrow rm 1 in *!n
At hell s dark door we lay;
But we arise by gr.we bivine,
To see a glorious day.”
The subject of the sermon was “Thirst in a
Cavern and the text: “Oh that one would
give, nte drink of water of the well of Beth-'c
]>etu, which is by the gate!”—2 .Samuel xxiii.,
U.
War, alwaysclbdressing, is <-specially ruinous
In harvest time. When the crop* at c ail re.idy
for the sickle, to have them trodden down by
cavalry horses and heavy supply t.ains gully
ing the fields, is enough to make any man's
heart si< k. When the last yrt at v. ar broke out
in and France ai d Germany were
coining into horrid collision, I mde aero-s
their golden harvests, ami >aw the tents
pitched, and the trenches dug in the very
midst of the ripe fields, the long s< vtheof bat
tle sharpening to mow down harvests of mon
in gnat winrows <4 the dead. It wa-s at this
season of harvest that the army of the I’hili -
tines came down upon Bethlehem, ll;.rk to
the clamor of their voices, tbn niching of
their chargers, the blare of their trumpets, ami
the cla-h of their shi< Id ;!
Let lia id and hi nmn fall back ! Th'? Lord’s
host sometime- b es the day. But David
knew where to bide. Jlc had been brought up
in that country.
Be; ue inquisitive,and they know ail about
the leg <»n whei. < hey w. i e born and bi” Jit
up. It you should i■< b.i< t > th • old home
stead, you cruld, x itb ;.< ;»• eyes shut, ! ml
your vi ay t<> t!.e : .<‘ad« i the •rehard or the
pill 1 .n« : of t.’;( h • .with wh di you w i
familiar tbii i > or forty years ago. ;•>>, Has id
knew lip'i '.c of A<iu!!anj. Pci! ips, in L
bo;-ho< «.l .he had pl:r. <d“h • •• und- a-' k ”
with I. i .'!■ a I ..b -ii the old ,<ve; ami
though otl i m iit ndL. vc known it, David
did. Trav-d is say there is < nly <nc v.ay <*f
getting ini that rave, und that is by av< iy
jmri-r.v puii; but David was stout ami shad;,-
headed, and * :l I 5 o< r.- d ; ami so, with his
thr* brave st.'ll < tli< er . Ik? goes along that,
path, l ia'.i the way into the ave, si's
down, look.; around at the roof mid
the dark pa > js of the mountain,
feels very weary with the f<uc>d
march ; ami water be must have, or die. Ido
not know hut there may have be« ?i droys trick
ling down '.lc hie of the cavern, or that llivra
may haw be( 11 some water in the goat skin
slung to hi; girdle ; but that was not what he
wanted- H” want* d a deep, full cold drink,
Ru< h as a man g< t < only out of an old well with
moss covered buck* t- David remembered
that very near that cave of Adiillani, there
Wa i f’ucli a well as tha' awi ll to which ho
Used to go in boyhood the well of Bethlehem :
•ml ho almost imagine -that ho can bear the
liquid plash of that w< 11, and his parched
tongue moves through his hot lips as he say* :
•’Oh. that one. would give me drink of the
water of the well <4 Bethlehem, which i- by
the gale”’
11. w 1 no <M>nei said than done. The. three,
brave staff otlicers bound to their feet and
start. I’iaxe s.d<liers will take even a hint
from tin i < onimamler. But between them
•nd the well lay the host of the Philistines;
•ml whatc< uld three nu n do with a great ar
my? \<t wl ere then’ is a will there is away,
find, \\Uh th-ir sword* slashing this way ami
that, tho\ make their path to the well. While
the I’hili .t m i are amazed at (beseeming fool
luirdim -8 of those three mon, and cannot
make up their minds exactly what it
means, tho three men have come
to the well. They drop tho bucket.
They bring up the water. They pour it in
the pail, and then start for the eave. “Sion
them I” cry the Philistines. “Clip them with
your sw<»r«l? ! Stub them with your spe ars’
Stop tln-e three men!” Too late! They
have got arc ni l the hill. Tho hot rocks are
•phislu d u ith tho overflowing water from tho
vessel as it t • cat tied up the cliffs. Tho throe
men go along (ho dangettnis path, and with
cheeks (lushed with the excitement, and all
out of breath in their haste, they fling their
BWords, red with the skirmish, to tho side of
the cave, and cry out to David: “There,
captain of the host, is what you wanted, a
drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by
llio gnt<*.”
A text is of nouse to ma unit ss I can find
Chi ’init ; and unh I ».in bring a Go pel
out of i’h e word*, that will arouse ami com
fort ami bl •. I lull w; h I had nevi r seen
them; for your time would be warded, am!
•ga n-4 i- y soul the dark record would be made
that tl i «:.iy I st< h! before agn at audience o(
•inning, suOming, and dying men. ami told
them ol no r i > u•. By the cross of the Son of
Go<l, bv th»* i hron.’of the eternal judgment,
that d’.ll n t bo' May tho I rd Jesus help
tne to t 11; ’ t’.e tru’li today ’
You know that .airier pigeons have some
time letters tied under the wing, and th< y fly
hiimlic i • oi ini; - huml'.c I mih sinani
hour irr\ mg a me* are. So I have thought
I Would I Io to have it now. O, heavenly
Dove! bring under th\ wing today, to my soul,
•ml to the -oitlsof this people, some mesaag ■
id light, ami love, and p< are!
It is not an unma’.al thing to see people
gather aruaml a well in summer tine*. bhe
husbumlimm put ■< down his cradle nt thd w< 11-
curb. The builder puts down his (rowel. The
traveler put ■d■ vn he. p.-.- k Th< n one draws
the water bn ail t'.e rr t. him elf (.’.king tin’
very last. The c; >.. passed atom d, and the
fires of thu-; al. put out . the tinv« h r start . n
hi« journey, ami the workman takes uphX
\uid< n.
M\ li iei.'ls. uc e<»mc t day around the Gos
pel well. e put down our pavk of burdens,
•ml o t Ui: < nt- of toil. One man must
draw the >\at« i o«r ti who have gathered
•romoi t! < v.i !1. I will try ami draw th<>
wa er I'd iv, ami if, after I have poured out
from tin I . m . !• untain ! r ymir s ml. I just
ta ac ol it mysc’if, you u ii no; I . griige no* a
•’drink tr> 11 il - uatci of the Well oi I‘ethlc
liem, whivh is by the ~a’e.”
This Go>p« I well, like, the well spoken of
in the text, is a we’ll cd Bethlehem. Dax id
had known liundrc/s of xxelis of water, but
ho vanted to drink fr< m (hat particular one,
•nd l.e thought no!Mil; ould slake his thirst
like th it. Xml n .'s-» \our soul and mim- can
get a< .s ss to tho I ou;a.tin open lor in and un
vl' io !»>• '<, ,v e niust ; I’hat fountain is (he
vi. Hit Bctl 1.1 n. Itu.isdugin the night.
It v\as dug le. the. I“I t <>f a lantern I'ae star
that liii’i.; •. \ u oxer tho m .' mr. It x\as doe
Hot at the u: >• • t C ■ .1 \s pal.u >. not in the
park «>f 1 l< 1 ' 1 big 1 n a hot. It «...
dug in a :-a n. 1 i.e ..I<.s l ie u t ■ir xxc.ov
he...:- ! ']•-! U .<■ XX . ..... ;
•heph< ids. 11 1 ■ I s • .. the h< ax
eilsxxero ;\d x. th ' s oi music, came
doxxu t•S. e 1 . ■ pen I r of lhe well.* Tim
•nge’.s • ( (.01. .<t t’o 1u t gush «,(
the living User, dippi d their ehalievs
of jew inti. If. ami d « tin- h. aith of earth
•ml !.■ uv« n, a *’ x .- . d “Ghux to God n
the high. ’ .0. .. . . • Sometnu.K
in our n 11 .an th ' xxa’er D bnuight
thr- .gh t!,.- x t .f :. . to the xvry m -
tnls vt tl . s. 1 <■ title. but this well in
the B- th’e’.o m bam wa not so much forth >
beast* that ’ h a> h r <mr ia< < , thirst smi:-
ten, d< < ri-traxelod aiid sniYiiutu k. Oh.
iny soul, w.ary with *n. > >op d«nvn ami
dillik l-slay < U of that Bethlehem well!
”a- the 1.. rt p u 1 ..oi wati r
‘ I ’Beth after Thee, O
G<»d ’ You w uhl 1 ’ otter umlerstaudim.’
of this an ih<- V’e. ud. <\s n Mhmr
time. Il< r. c uu’ a \ u J »'• Ir. I! ,
hour.d-aii . oon (lie ram. .itb vs h-.o . d
and '•/ah I o’, : it h fa- <<i oat n>
eyes an- a ioo, in J. . i*_> t,, n ;e ;s .. .
from it* f< .1 ang 1. mh. la-< V i’ ia <’
Uster llu ■ . - : Mil u pmn v; intoSoh oeu’
Ukr. ami -,M 1,. •. . . p . ~ liO Lr \: . r>
•ml H p t' blown itn In wl ; i d mouth urn'll Cm
imstn is.: ..J, hu'imi .ed 11 in - , ■ \
•nd 11 a. iMMibl .i. tl v han uOit
th< ■ •
•iT*tio •. O < o Oh Ilm- me \\ er fr .1
that ’ ■ I .•; ' : V. .
J •
that *i- . xv r’i>’ ! • wM ‘.i.\ I.
Wat- r. > ng. .in a ;m- . nd v. le. - 1
U»b< -r • ’ • th, h. • \
1..h; , .. . u ,i,
Os » ■ ’ *i. \\ ), • 1< u . .. .| , •
V-tl- 1 -.'ia.i m . a t . ■ Ju .1
five lub drink cd tic wat r of th- well of
Bethlehem which is by the gate.”
-Xgain, this sja 1 well, like the one ‘•poken
of in th' t< xf, is a < antured well. David re
im* mb ;. d the t’me when that goo! waiter of
I I- ;h.'i !.em wa in the possession of Ins am fs
! t r\ Il's father drank then*, his mother
i drank therm He remembered how the vvMcr
:.a :• d when he was a boy, ami came up there
ircm pl.r . Wc never forget the oi l well we
u-cJ to <! ink < nt of when wc were boys or
gn! '1 cere w:r something in it th at bicss' I
the lips ami n ;c Led the brow better than
anything v.<• have found .since. As we tlihlk
oi that (Lar old well, the incnn ties
of the past flow into each other
like crystalline drops, sun-glinted, and ail the
more we rojuc aabcr that the hands that used
to lax hold the rope, and the hearts that beat
against the well-curia arc still now. V»’< never
g< ! o -r 1 Ik- c reminisi <n« s. George I'. Mor
ri- ■ '..ent soni'-W’riter of this country, once
said ’ > me that Ms song, “Woodman, Spare
that I n <•,” w;r sung in a gn at concert hall,
ami the memories of early life so wrought
1 ii lhe audiem-e by that song that, after the
sinking was done, an aged man arose in tho
audi me, overwhelmed with emotion, and
to! : ‘ Sir, will you please to tell me whether
the woodman really spared the.tree?” We
never forget the tree under which we played.
We never forget the fountain at which we
drank. Alas for the man who has no early
memories!
David thought < f that well, that iioyhood
well, am! he w.'Wied a drink of it, but he re
membered that the i‘hi!isiines bad captured
it. When tho.u- three m n trii d to come
up to the well in behalf of David, they saw
mv,ords gleaming .around about ii. And tins is
true of this gosj cl well. The Philistines have
at tim*’- captured it. Whcnweeome to taken
full, old-fashioned drink of pardon and coin
fort, do not their swords of indignation and
s.'ir< •ii I’. a? Why, tm skeptics tel! us t.hat
we < a»i';ot *<,no to that fountain. They ,ay
the \ •.Her 1; m t lit to drink anyhow. “Ii xou
are n-.»liy thirsty now, there is tho
w*-ll ol philosophy, there is the well
of ail, there is the well of
s.'iem c.” The.; try to substitute, inste.ad of
our bo . hood faith, a modern mixture. They
<iy a great many beautiful thing* about the
boul, ami they try to feed our immortal hung' r
on ii- e h ave , am! mix a mint julep of world
ly stimulants, when nothing will satisfy ns
b ( “a drink < i the waters <d' the well of Beth
i l.em, which hat the gate.” They try to
: ; us Im husks, when the Father’.’, banquet
i > r< a<ly, am! the best ring is taken from the
casket, ami the sweeto t harp is struck for
the mu ic, and the swiftest foot is already lift
ed :<u thedaue. They patronize hoax en and
abolish h»4l, ami try to measure
1 tvrnity with their hour-glass, and the thrunc
of the great G<»d xvith their yard-stick! I ab
hor it. I tell you the old Gospel well is a cap
tured xvell. I pray God that there may bo
somewhere in the cb <:t host three nnnolnt<*d
m< n, w ilh''.nirage enough to go forth in the
strength oi the omnip<*.‘ nl God. with the glit
t<u ing sw<»rd - «•( (rutli, to hew the way back
ay .m; » 1 hat old well. I think the tide is tin 11-
ing. ami ti.al tlie old Gospel is to take its
pl. *- again in the family, ami in the univer
si'y, and in the legislative hull. Men have
tried woildly philosophies, and have found out
that they do not give any comfort, and that
they drop an arctic midnight upon
the death pillow’. They fail when there is a
di ad child in the house, ami when the soul
conics lo |e ip Into tho fathomless ocean of
eb rnip.. they j i\e to the man not so much as
a broken .par to cling to. Depend upon it,
that w II x. ill come into our possession again,
though it has bon ( aptured. If there be not
three anointed men in the Lord’s host with
enough consecration to do the work, then the
M.woi.is will bap from Jehovah's buckler, and
th« eternal three will descend—God the Fath
er. (b>d the Son, God the ll»)y Ghost—con
quering for our dying race the
way back again to " “the water of
th< well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate.”
“11 God be for us, who can bo against us?”
“Il God spared not his own son, but fr< < ly
gave him up for us all. how shall he not with
Mm also freely give us all things?” “Fori
am persuaded that neither height, nor depth,
m»r an?/ I , nor principalities, nor poxvers, nor
thin:,.; present, m»r things to come,” shall take
from us, into linal captivity, the Gospel of my
ble <1 Lord Jesus Christ.
A ain, tin (iospel well, like the one spoken
of in my text, is a xvell al tho gate. The trav
eh r . tops the camel today, and gets down and
dips out of the valley < f the east some very
beautiful, clear, bright water, and that is out
of the very well that David h nged for. Do
you know that that well was at the gate, so
that nol-ody could go into Bethlehem w ithout
go ng right past it? And so it is w ith this
Gospel well it is nt the gate. It is. in the Hist
place, at tho gate of purillcation. We cannot
wash away our sins unless with that water. I
take tho responsibility of saving there is no
man, woman or child in this house today
that has <'s< aped sinful defilement. J>o
you ;>.y it is < utrageous ami ungallant for
mo to make m• h acb..r;,e? Do you say: “I
ha,e m .ei slukn, 1 have mvr blasphemed, I
have mv< r c«»mmitted unchastity, I have
mx ( r bei n guilty of murder ?” I reply, you
have < mmittcd :• sin xvorso than blasphemy,
wo -o than unehastity, xvorsethan theft, worse
than mnrd.-r. Wx* have all committed it. Wo
I .1 t'.ij n’er-.i’ifsdthc Lord, and that
i. d<« i ‘ed. Xml if tl < 1 is anvono who dare
topic.M ’ not guilty” to the indictment, then
the hosts ol heaven w ill bo empaneled as a
jury to r< mb r a unanimous vt rdict against us;
. n*. guilty all. With what a slashing
s’.-oi <■ that <». <* p.i-s ige cuts us away from
Ml <nr pit tensions. “There is none
that doet’.i good no, not one.” “Oh,” says
s -me •■in-, “all we want, all tho race, wants, is
t lo; :.>< nt.” Now I want to tell you that
tin'ra ede . Hous w ithout the Go-pel into a
Sodom, .1 Live Points, a great Salt Lake City.
II alway s deveh»ps downxvard. and never up
ward, • xeept as the grace of God lays hold of
it. Wit!, then, is to become of our soul with
out Chri t? Punishment. Disaster. But I
bl. ” . my Lord Jesus Chri t that there is a xvell
at tin? gate of purit'n at ion. I’or great sin,
g! sit pardon, lor eighty years of transgres-
G u. an eternity of forgixeness. For crime |
d» ep :i - hell* an atom rmnt high as heaven; .
t!iat wln ie sin abounded, so grace may much |
m ie;!> umi; that as s»n it •. m -I unto death, 1
< n o max ;.,r e e reign thioiig’a righteousness 1
u'.iiot ernal life by Jesus Chris! our L«»rd. !
Aug lol' tin < 01. ant, dip thy wing in this '
I' 1 . fount.dn todax, amt wave it over this ,
soiemn as-em'i Ligc, that uur to ils may be
w.o’ted 11 “the water<4 the welloi Bethlehem,
xxhi- his by tin gate.”
f' urtlier, I remark that this well of tho gos
pel is at th- gate of comfort. Do you know
xxheiv David w.lB wh-u lie uitercd the words
of tin'text . liv xxas in the eaxe of Adullam.
TLat D wh< re *«mm o< you are now. Has the
world alwa.xs g<»ne suiouthiy with you ? Has
it it xer pursued you with slander? Is your
health al wax- good? Have your fortunes
iu-\vr p< i t ncil ? Are your children all a'-.ve
and well ? I < tin te < ne dead lamb in the fold ?
Xiv \ -.t i ■ .-.mt of the way to the cemeteix ?
Haxe you i .cr beard the boll toll when it
Mvmpd as if every-trokv of the iron clapper
b. at y. u be -at? Are the skits as bright when
\<>u lo a into tin m a they used to lie wlnm
otb 1 eyes, now <!< ?,ed. u>eAtolook into them?
Is there some trunk or drawer in your house
t ;at you go t > only on anniversary days, wh- n
t uere comes brat ing against your si»ui the surf
of a -real <H« . n <»( agony ? It is the eave of
Ad. am! iliveaxv of Xdui’ain! Is thvie
some David hole who.»e fatherly heart way
xvaru \l"ilom has broken? Is there* some
Xb a am here who is lonely because Sarah ts
<L 1-1 in t • f imilv-plot of Machpvlah? After
thiityor for.y y« ars of companionship, how
har-lr. was tot them to part! XX'hy not have
txx. . a’s in tlm Lord’s chariot, so that h»th
the old lolk, might have gone up at once ?
My ag I mother, in b<-r last moment, said to
nix 1.1. < r, 'l'at.hcr, wouldn’t it be nice if we
<• . d :-oth go t*\gether?” No, no, no Wo
mast part. Ami t!.< iv are wounded hearts
lo r 1 nay. I‘he xvoild t anm t comfort you.
XX lai alitbi mg yon ? Nothing. Nothing.
T e • aive thex try to put on \<»ur wounds will
u t - k I hex cannot, with their bungling
mu . er\, mend (lie bn :• <ll U-nes.
; -i p. nr. t N uunathite, and Bildad. tho
' d t • amilMp’iaz, the Tvmanitc, come in,
a d : '.’k, and taik, and talk, but miserable
< ' “ s , i-ih, y all. They cannot pa ir
1 . ' the - we of Adullam. They cannot
bi g a s;lc i’-opof waC r from “the well of
I*C .1 •’ te > 'omf it at the
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. NOVEMBEK 29. 1887.
• I will draw ,nu up a promise, fresh and on,;],
out of the v,«•?)': “I am the :e: m.r<vi <>n ami
the lie: he t1.a.l b .'weth in ,u though he
v.vre <L ad, yi t -J.j. Wh- t i • ur
trouble? XL,-: -hy d is the int lm ti*<-f o'd
age. I wiildia ?. you a proud • : "D<-wn •<>
' ■ I .mi ith tlieo, to luxury b drs will I
. carry theo.” What is your tro-.!-!-? “O. ,”
• yo ■ say, “f 1 .. ;j a widow.-*! fo.J. .nd my
cliiidr' n cry fur bread.” I bring up this prom
ise: “Leave thy fatherless children—! will
' pieservc them alive, ami !ut thy .vidowH trust
, m me.” I buu.k tbrcugli tho armed ranks of
j your sorrows today, ami 1 ring to your parched
lips “a drink <4 the v. at r of the well of Beth*
1 lehem, whi< h is by the gate.”
Again. Ideg< ■ j (,-i well is nt the gate of
, heaven. I ha e not heard yet one single in
telligent account of the future work I from
1 anybody who d ■ not Li iic-vc in the Bible.
■ They throw such a fog about the Mibject that
I do not want to go to the skeptic’s heaven. to
tho transcend* ntalisl’s heaxu n, to the worldly
i philosopher’s heaven. 1 would not exchange
j the poorest room in your house for the linest
heaven that Huxh y. or Stuart Mill, or Dar
j win over dreaimsi <4. Their h* aven Las no
Chrifct in it ; ami a heaven without Christ,
I though yon could Mweep the whole unix’erse
( into it, would be a hell! Oh, they tell us
there are no songs there : there are no coroi a
j lions in heaven—that is ail imagination. They
I tell us we will do there about what we do
1 here, only on a larger scale—goometrize with
clearer intellect, ami, with alpenstock,
Igo clanib* ring up over the icebergs
!in an eternal vacation. Rather than that, I
i turn to my Bible, and I find John’s picture of
; that good land—that heaven which was your
- lullaby in infam y—that heaven which our
children in the >Sabbath-school will sing about
1 this afternoon ;jibat heaven which has “well at
the gate.”
After you have been on a long journey, and
you come in, all beduhted and tired, to your
home, the jirst thing you want is a refreshing
ablution ; and I am glad to know that after
wc get through the pilgrimage of this
world tl.o liard, dusty pilgrimage—
v.v will find a well at the gate. In that one
wash,away will go our sins and sorrows. I do
i-t cure whether cherub, or seraph, or my own
depart' d friends in that blessed land place to
my lips the cup, the touch of that cup will be
Me, will be heav<n! I was n ading ol Low
the ancients sought for tho fountain of per
petual youth. They thought it they could
only find ami drink of that well, the old
would become young again, the sick would bo
cured, ami everybody would have eternal ju
vem-scem e. Os course, they could not find it.
Eureka! I have found it-“tho water of the
well of Bellilp/hein, which is by the gate.”
J think wc had both r made a bargain with
those who h ave, us, going out of this world
from time to time, as to where we will meet
them. Travelers parting appoint a’place of
meeting. They say: “We will meet at Rome,
or we will meet at Stockholm, or Vienna, or
Jerusalem, or Bethlehem.” Now. when wo
come lo stand b.y the death-pillow of those who
are leaving us for tho far land do not let us
weep as though we would never see them
again, but let us, there standing, appoint a
place where we will meet. Where shall it be?
Shall it be on the hanks of the river? No!
The banks are too long. Shall it bo in tho
temple? No, no! There is such a host there
ten thousand times ten thousand. Where
shall we meet our loved ones? Let us make
an appointment to meet at the well by tlio
gate. Oh heaven! Sweet heaven! Dear
heaven! 1 feaven, where our good friends are!
Heaven, where Jesus is! Heaven! Heaven!
But while 1 stand here there comes a revela
tion of feeling when I look into your eyes and
know there are souls here dying of thirst, not
withstanding the well at tho gate. Between
them and the well of heaven there is a great
army of sin; and though Christ is ready to
clear away to that well for them, they will
not have his love or intercession.
But I am glad to know you may come yet.
The well is here—tin' well of Heaven. Come;
’do not care ’now feeble you are. Let me
take hold of your arm and steady you up to
the well-curb. “110, every one that thirsteth,
come.” I would rather win one soul to Christ
this morning than xvear the crown of the
world’s dominion. Do not let any man go
away ami say that I did not invito him. Oh,
if you could only just look at my Lord once;
if you could just see him full in the face; ay,
if you could only do ns that woman did whom
I read about at the beginning <4 the ser
vices—just conic up behind him and
touch his feet—methinks you would live. In
northern New Jersey, one winter, three little
children wandered off from home in a snow
storm. Night came <m. Father and mother
said, “Where are the children?” They could
not be found. They started out in luiste, and
the news ran to the neighbors, and before
morning it was said that there were hundreds
of men hunting the mountains for those three
children, but found them not. After awhile
a man imagined there was a place that had
id been looked at. and he went ami saw tho
tLr e children. He examined their bodies.
He found ti nt the older b<»y had taken
off his coat and wrapped it around
the younger one, tho baby, and
then taken oil his vest and put it around the
other one; ami there they all died, he prob
ably the first, for he had no coat ur vest. Oh,
it \ as a touching scene win n that was brought
t«» light! 1 was on the ground a little while
alter, and it brought the whole scene, to my
mind; ami I thought to myself cf a more ,
melting set ne than that; it is that Jesus, ourel
dcr brother, took off the robe of his roxalty and
laid aside the hist garment of earthly comfort,
that he might xx rap our poor soals from the
blast. Oh. the height, and the <J<-pth, and the
length, and the breadth of the love of Christ!
HE WANTED THE MONEY.
The Mercenary Conduct of Beecher’s F.u
togist.
New Y’ork, November 27. —A curious story
about tho Rev. Dr. Joseph Barker, of London,
xvbo came to this country to eulogize the mem
ory’ of the late Henry Ward Beecher, reached
the public car in Boston today. It pretends to
proxe that Dr. Parker’s visit to America,
ostensibly to scatter tributes of praise over the
grave of tho dead lion of Plymouth, was in
reality a xvell conducted plan to rake in a
number of American slukels. Dr. Barker
will deliver his farewell sermon in this
country in Plymouth church Sunday week,
and will sail for homo tho following
Saturday, December 10. The story says that
when Dr. Barker left London he obtained
leave of absence until the middle of April.
18S8, and that he entered into a provisional
contract with Major Bond, tho lecture agent,
to apiiear on tho lecture platform until the
middle of February next. The sudden short
ening of Dr. Parker’s lecture tour is mainly
« aused by the fact that he not succeeded over
here a.s a lecturer. This failure, it is said, was
i caused by the preacher trying to palm oft’as
. u--’.x s.'iiieold leetv.’i'.s of Ms that liad already
; been published in America.
The story then runs that out of tho $2,000
I* proceeds of the eulogy on Ih ci-Ler SSOO was
for tho ••expense'.” of Dr. Parker and wife
i in coming to America and lix ing here, about
more for the delivery of the oration, and
! other sum 1 r “incidentals. ' It alleged also
j that Dr. Parker reet ived $250 from a symli
! cate for the copyright of tho oukgy and* that
1 ho was paid more for his .sermon in Ply
i mouth church, besides having his bills paid at
the h«'tel St. George. Br<x»klx n. All of which,
i and other insinuations too trivial for publiea
; tivii, cau • 1 a great deal of talk in Brooklyn
I today, and ik» little imliguation among the
1 members of Plymouth church and Mr. Beeeh
i er s personal friends. The Rex. S. B. Holli
; day said tonight that he xxas not surprised to
| ht ar tho story, for he had be< n anticipating it
I for some little tune.
in rn 1: ti:iu:itokv.
. \nother Shooting Match Inwng Indian
Territory liu-tler«*.
Fort Smith, Xrk., November 27.—Another
I of those bliM'dy tragedies fur which the Indian
| 'D rrimrv is tu nJ. occurred today. Deputy.
Marshal Frank Daltcn and T. R. t'ole crossvti
the river into the < her -ke nation, and. taking
I -'iiiuiis on two sides of the tent of a horse
tlii- i ami vxhi-ky |>eddler, named Smith,
called him to come out. Ho rushed out with
a rvxolvur and shot D&hun, whose pistol
»avg t at half-ciH'k. t’ule then shot
s. o h di ad. but he tripped and fell, when ho
in turn was Jiot through the right breast by a
man 1 aned Dixon, who with bis v ito and
• ■ d h.»d cumv out of the tent. Cole returned
the tirt , *ho<mug Dixon in the shoulder and
tin n-ought shelter. In the tight that then
emmd. Dixan’s wife was accidentally killed.
< ’•'!»> 4 .’<!.!>111111101 her*.ran.l ’alton. who wag
lot'disabled to move, was killed, dtspitehis
Pit. ous ai pea’s. Ivon- Lowry. Dixon was
» iptur< I and is in jail, Uut Lowry is still at
0 ' ?
Do yon feel dull, languid, low
spirited, lifeless, and indiscribaWy
miserable, both physically and
mentally; experience a sense of
fullness or bloating after eating,
or of “goneness,” or emptiness of
stomach in the morning, tongue
coated, bitter or bad taste in
mouth, irregular appetite, dizzi
ness, frequent headaches, blurred
eyesight,“floating specks” before
the eyes, nervous prostration or
exhaustion, irritability of temper,
hot flushes, alternating with chilly
sensations, sharp, biting, transient
pains here and there, cold feet,
drowsiness after meals, wakeful
ness, or disturbed, and unrefresh
ing sleep, constant, indescribable
feeling of dread, or of impending
calamity ?
'“a David O. Lowb, Esq., of St. AgaUic, Manitoba,
I dIUUIJS l Canada, says: "About ono year ago, being
! ■ troubled with a terrible bilious attack, Uuttering
I fiTTAf’F l ot ” ie heart, poor rest at night, etc., I commen-
I Uliauh. Jced the use of your ‘Golden Medical Diseov
cry' and ‘Pellets,’ and derived the very highest
benefit therefrom.”
Mrs. Mollis E. Tailor, Cannelton, Ind.,
I I writes: ‘“I think the ‘Golden Medical Dis-
e tsmLanlAL B covery’ is one of the greatest medicines in
rruro S ,lie world. I gave It to my little girl aud
E I t»Ln. jit cured her of the malarial fever.”
Dynpeiwia.—Ttieuesa A. Cass, of Mb., writes: “I
was troubled one year with liver complaint, dyspepsia, and sleep .
lessness, but your ‘Golden Medical Discovery’ cured me.’’
Mrs. Er.tZABF.Tfi J. Bushwaw. of Sidney, Ollie,
R j IyCSI a writes: “My little boy was so afiiictcd with liver
a | trouble and other diseases that our family physi-
1 I c * an snid he could not live, lu fact, they all
I 8 thought so. I gave him Dr. Pierce’s Pellets and
t l lcy Bave( j ijjg |if o . \y e j iave a ] go U g e d the ‘Golden
Medical Discovery’ for throat and bronchial trouble, and found
such perfect relief that we can also recommend It very highly.”
m-MCKMoxm. Mrs, Melissa Atwater, of Steuben, ITashinaton
Co., Maine, says: “I was afflicted with dyspepsia,
Mlv* trout nervous and general debility, for which [ took
ftllil your‘Golden Medical Discovery ’ and ‘Favorite
k'tu Prescription,’ six bottles of each. That was some
liFRII ITV t ' vo years ago. It cured me so that I have not
MLuiaiii. had a sick day since. I had been in very poor
health for a number of years, and took much
medicine from physicians, but received no benefit from them.”
Mrs. Mary A. McClure, Columbus, Kans.,
! IVFR MRFAQF writes: “I addressed you in November,
iail&ll Gloullub issl, being afflicted with liver disease, heart
KUil trouble, and female weakness. I was ad
„ " vised to use Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
nFRRT I HfiHRI F Discovery, Favorite Prescription and Pel-
IlCutil inuUDLL. ]pts. I used one bottle of the ‘ Prescription,’
f lvo o f the ‘ Discovery,’ and four of the
‘Pleasant Purgative Pellets.’ My health began to improve
under the use- of your medicine, and my strength came back.
My difficulties have all disappeared. I can work hard all day, or
walk four or five miles a day, and stand it well; and when I
began using the medicine I could scarcely walk across the
room, most of tho time, and I did not think I could ever feel
well again. I give your remedies all the credit for curing me,
as I took no other treatment after beginning their use. I am
very grateful for your kindness, and thank God and thank you
that I am as well as I am, after years of suffering.”
“FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE.”
Thoroughly cleanse the blood,
which is the fountain of health,
by using Dr. Pierce’s Golden-
Medical Discovery, and good
digestion, a fair skin, buoyant
spirits, and bodily health and
vigor -will be established.
Golden Medical Discovery
cures all humors, from a common
i..——.... Rev. F. Asbury Howell, Pastor of the
iHDIuESTiBH. Church, of Silverton, N. J., says: “I was
’ n “ ’ afflicted with catarrh and indigestion. .Boils
Eflll § and bl °tcheß began to arise on the surface of
f| ie s!t j ni an< j j experienced a tired feeling and
Pi nTPRF2 dullness. I began the use of Dr. Pierce’s
ULm I unto. Golden Medical Discovery as directed by him
»—f or guch complaints, and in one week’s time I
beean to feel like a new man, and am now sound and well. The
‘Pleasant Purgative Pellets’ are the best remedy for bilious or
sick headache, or tightness about the chest, and bad taste in the
mouth, that I have ever used. My wife could not walk across
tho tloor when she began to take your ‘Golden Medical Dis
covery.’ Now she can walk quite a little ways, and do some
light work."
Sore Eyes.— Mrs. Sarah A. Turner, of Ogden City, Utah Ter
ritory, says: “My eldest child was cured, nearly three years ago,
of sore eyes, being at the time nearly blind, by your ‘Golden Med
ical Discovery,’ and following the directions m your book.”
|iiii ii ■■in nriimßiiii| j SAAC j, p OWNS , Er,q„ of Spring Valley,
I n HUH 111 nril Rockland Co., N. K, writes: “The ‘Golden
j M ÜBM ULULHa Medical Discovery’ has cured my daughter
faii,ii>inin.-<aT<<a»m»Ka o f a ver y p a <£ ulcer. Three bottles healed
it up perfectly.”
<;<>i!ro, or 'riiiek Neck.—Julia P. Beckwith, of 4<7 TPest
Gray Street, Elmira, N. I’., writes: "After the use of your
‘Golden Medical Discovery’ and "Favorite Prescription/ to
gether with your good advice, my neck has now become
perfectly well.”
CONSUMPTION, WEAK LUNOS, SPOTTING OF BLOS3.
Golden Medical Discovery
cures Consumption (which is Scro
fula of the Lungs), by its wonder
ful blood-purifying, invigorating
and nutritive properties. From
its marvelous power over this ter
ribly fatal disease, when first of
fering this now world-famed rem
edy to • the public, Dr. Pierce
thought seriously of calling it his
“Consumption Cure,” but aban
doned that name as too restrict
ive for a medicine which, from its
F "j ’ J Mrs. Ruth A. Sickles.of Ocean Port, Monmr.nth j
5 IIIhQ I Count!/. .Vcic Jersey, says: "We have used your |
I I ‘Gohlen Medical Discovery’ in our family for the '
I BISFIIxF I ,ast two I'rtv.s. and find nothing else to equal it.
| DiJLaeU. g One of our children bud the pneumonia, and one !
.-..--a lung became consolidated, but by the use of the
•Discovery’ she lias entirely recovered, uud Is uow in good
health.”
Solomon Bitts, of Xorth Clayton, Co., O?iio, writes: “I
have not the w.ir.ia to . xpress my gnititu.l. for the good your
‘Golden Medical Discovery’ has done my
IW | wife. She was taken with the eonsirnptiou,
I ImJSXIIHPTIffiI I and after trving one doctor after another 1
| ut.ivjm.ti nuit, g tinil | lv gave up aU hcp> . of rejjpf r . einp
irv p oor an j having hilt one dollar in the
world. 1 pray* d to God that he might show me something; h;i4
then ic. seems as though something did toll me to get your ‘ Gold *n ;
Medical Discovery.’ My wife took it as directed, and as a result
she is so she can work now.”
bumoji-u v->!•■■■ Waal in? Disease.-Watson F. rt arke, Esq .
hAiPm lof (Box lot). Summerside. Prince Edicunt 4>h»n-i, i
UiiiULU I can., writes: “I would -ike to give you asiight •
9R nnimpo I testimonial for the benefits whiea I have received
£u I übifuo.l from your preparations during the past twelve
in months. When 1 commenced taking your ‘Gohl- -
en Medical Discovery ’ 1 did so at the solicitation of J. A. Gormlie,
druggist, of this place, lie had sold me many other preparations,
always recommending your ‘Discovery.' which I did not take,
owing to prejudice. However, I iinally took his advice and your ,
medicine, and haxe never bcm sorry tor either, as 1 urn to-day a
healthy man, while one year ago I was not able to work and xvas
a burden to myself. At that tinio I weighed 122 pounds, and to
day 1 weigh 117 pounds. Then 1 used to cat about one nu.al a day,
and now can oat four or th eif I danxl to. After all those Im ur
flta. hoxv can I refrain from adding my testimonial, unsolicited,
to the thousands already ia jour possession.**
Cheat Disease.- E. B. Nokman. Fsq., es Anen, G rr»‘T.
Bays: “I think tho ‘Golden Medical Discovery’ is theta st nudi- ,
cine for pain in the ch*‘st that I have ever known. lam sound ;
and well, and 1 owe it all to the ‘ Discovery.* ”
iti w - R - T>avis. Esq., of Bclh'ilte. Fid., writeß:
VYORTH SIOOO 7V -
A Datt* r I worst ease or consumption. I nmnowsour.d
fl Cut !Lu« I and well, and have only spent three dol ar-j.
—— i m-HAfwagaJ and I would not take th: u thousand C< ii/.rs
•nd Ik) put ba< k where I was. lam endeavoring tu have ail my
m ighbors keep your remedies in the bouse.”
Golden Medical Discovery is Sold by Druggist?. Price sl.o'l ; . F H;. <>r Sis F. Ub f r
WORLD’S DISPENSARY KEDJSAE. f." K ’• 7 . f
nq. < > a si:Uu street, m rAi,o, N. v.
If you have all, or any consider- I
able number of these symptoms, [
you are suffering from that most
common of American maladies—
Bilious Dyspepsia, or Torpid Liv
er, associated with Dyspepsia, or
Indigestion. The more complica
ted your disease has become, tho
greater the number and diversity
of symptoms. No matter what
stage it has reached, Dr. Pierce’s
Golden Medical Discovery will
subdue it, if taken according to
directions for a reasonable length
of time. If not cured, complica
tions multiply and Consumption
of the Lungs, Skin Diseases, Heart
Disease, Rheumatism, Kidney Dis
ease, or other grave maladies are
quite liable to set in and, sooner
or later, induce a fatal termination.
i 1 Webber, o. lorl:sliire, Cattaraugus
I UKH I p°” writes: ‘‘l wish to s- a few words
« I ln P'mse of your ‘Golden Medical Db. every ’
° IJISR"!’ I anfl ‘P'easant Purgative five v<. ;l rs
a previous to taking them I was a sufierer: I
j , a Bcv( , re p;ijn ju lny » continually;
was unable to do my own work. lam happy tTsuy lam now
well and strong, tuanks to your medicines.”
A n weaveb, Esq., of sm Avenue,
0 b'f-K I -4S- 1", “navi:- used your
IlirmiL 8 C-olde-n .■jwLad Discovery’ m my family, £
H hEflßlOnr. H ? CSi f? • t 0 to the great -relief allorded
I22ZZZ!2±J ]>y it in cases of s:ek teffln he. As a chil
—dren’B remedy, for coughs ! colds, I have
likewise found it all that could bo desired, its; employment
having uniformly availed to promptly check any attacks of
that kind.”
Dyspepsia.— .Tamfs L. Colby, Esq., of Yvrafan. tfmistnn Co.,
Minn., writes: "I was troubled with ineim :i n, I w,r< : , ; -i
heartily and grow poor at tho same time. I n ..1 b
burn, sour stomach and many otlu r I’is-agrceab!.: symptoms c:
mon disoisb r. 1 c-mmr-nced tnximy
f Invigorates aiia 1 y ll iio ' v n'eo'fr.mi'mb
I n “ I dyspepsia, and am, m fact, healthier than £
a SWTFM R have been for live years. 1 weigh mie Isun-
B Ei.’- -iUI-ffl, died and seventy-one aud one-half ;mds,
MMnmesl : nd have done as much work the p.e-t cum
mer as I have ever done in the same length of time in u'.y life.
I never took a medicine that seemed to tone <:•> the muscles
and invigorate the whole system equal to your ‘ Discovers- ’
and ‘ Pellets.’ ”
M rs. Parmelia Brundaoe, of Ist Locle Street,
0 I Loekport. A’. Y.. writes: “I was troubled with
i I chilis, nervous and general debility, with frequent
I ISESiItTV | sore throat, and my mouth was badly cankered,
g UtulLllla I My liver was inactive, and I suffered much from
Bneas.-snxxmsi dyspepsia. lam pleased to stiy that your ‘Golden
Medical Discovery’ and ‘Pellets' have cured me of all these ail
ments and I cannot say enough in their praise. I must also Fay
a word in reference to your ‘Favorite Prescription,’ as it has
proven itself a most excellent medicine for w<;:k females. It
has been used in my family with excellent results.”
Chronic Diarrhea Cored. D. Lazabre, Esq., 275 and !77
Decatur Street, New Orleans, La., writes: "1 used three bottles
of the ‘Golden Medical Discovery,’ and it lias cured me of
chronic diarrhea. My bowels are now regular.”
Chills and Fever.—Rev. H. E. Mosley, Montmorenci, S. C.,
writes: “Last -August I thought I would die v .‘th chills c ,d
fever. I took your ‘Discovery’ and it stopped them in a very
short time.”
Blotch, or Eruption, to the worst
Scrofula. Salt - rheum, “ Fever
sores,” Scaly or Rough Skin, in
short, all diseases caused by bad
blood, are conquered by this
powerful, purifying, and invigor
ating medicine. Great Eating
Ulcers rapidly heal under its be
nign influence. Virulent blood-
•Tti" I Mrr. Ida M. Strong, of J irtsr.-orf ft, Lid., writes:
I KIP-JOIHT I “ My Ut J le ♦ boy h£Ul ’-*'-■=> with i.ip-jeiKt
I SIH MU1.51 g disease for two years. When ho commenced the
I Rlt i ra* t E li? 8 of y? ur ‘Golden Medical Discovery’ raid
is UluUtit. a Pellets, he waa confined to bis bed, and could
taMBT-n: not bo moved without suffering great pain. But
now, thanks to your ‘Discovery,’ ho is able to bo up all the time,
and can walk with the help of erutehes. lie decs not suffer any
pain, and can cat and sleep as well as any one. ft has onlv been '
about three months since he commenced using vonr medicine
I cannot And words.with which to express my gratitude for the
benefit he has received through you.”
aoMWßßasm Skin Disease.—The “Democrat and News,”
I A TCQPIDIC h • CambriJf::, Maryland, says: “Mrs. Eliza
| il ItillllDLG § Ann Pool®, wife of Leonard Poole, of B’ill
* fieri-winn I ic l> nsb l ur ?’ Dorchester Co., M’„ has licon cured
I firrL iUTiDM. I 9J a bad case ot Eczema by using Dr. Pierce’s
I Goiden Medical Discovery. The disease ap-
peared first in her feet, extended to the knees,
covering the whole of the lower limbs from ft A to knees, then
attacked the elbows and became so severe as to pro™ rite her.
After being treated by several physicians for a year or two rhe
commenced the use of the medicine named above. She soon
began to mend and is now well and hearty. Mrs. Poole thinks
the medicine has saved her life and prolonged li< r dew-.”
Mr. T. A. Ayrjss. of East •Well) Market, Dorchester County, MJ.,
vouches for the above facts.
Fever Sores,— Alice H. Crawford, of Simix Rapids. Buena
Vista Co., lowa. writes; “Six years ago I v.es eiirerTof ‘lever
Sores ’ by the use of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery.”
z
wonderful combination of tonic,
or strengthening, alterative, or
blood-cleansing, anti-bilious, pec
toral, and nutritive properties, is
unequaled, not only as a remedy
for Consumption, but for all
Chronic Diseases of the Liver,
Blood, and Lungs. For Weak
Lungs, Spitting of Blood, Short
ness of Breath, Bronchitis, Chron
ic Nasal Catarrh, Severe Coughs,
Asthma, and kindred affections, it '
is a sovereign remedy. While !
“”7 Mrs. jj_ y- Rice, of A’etr'nnr, Vermont,
IjffihTJ fit gsiys: “I feel at liberty (•> neb-new.
UJVUaI v“ I the benefit I received from two bo’i! a of
F’Vr VtSUQ* I the ‘Golden Medical l>i-m ~' wim I, «:;rcd
Slf £ I CQnw J a cough of five years' and dysi cp-
QTlliniMfi I sin. from which 1 had : ■ 'lira !< j
OIARUIHIf. g time. 1 have st -w itr I Or. Vie ,■ t: . .....j
»—»—mm ixf i f Smart-Weed, or V. uter I’epper, ju my
family, with good effect."
Raised Blood.—L. 11. Cox, fsq., of li’r’rs Cr'ifrr, 4 V. y„
writes: “I was troubled with pain in the ch t.cnd mist I qu
titles of b!< and w:;.: unable to do any w -; t j j
I but after taking three bottles of your‘Golt’i n. nf :. w.-.r,'
and several vials of iho * relicts,' I am now able to do .■• i . ~,'do
work, and gain very rapidly."
r—sr—a jf r? . SIATITH 1 OWEN, of Cord,'.-' ’. .<,• >• r.,„ >p,..
3 I liPu | writes: “ I was treat-<1 for i* i<l •. wib.• o. i.’o r.'f
a _ uur,u E the best physicists tor c< ;> - .m...... , w • ,
| ItIICSCC s > n '-’ any 1 ••n< lit. Si n nt> ri em , ■ . .
I UloMaC. | l)r. Piert. Golden M' dic tl >
■•"•■■■•"ra r .iptjon all the gynipt nn ~><•••• ■ • . - ;
lulled. I wish also to report tin-cure of one of my . h<j
wtts a great sufferer fro:.i womb disca.v, mid v'.is p< • ■ am , tly
cured by the use of Dr. Pierce s Favorite I’rescripiK.u.”
r X t^^T a 8 C.‘.nniE S. ;-Tnwri’.L, I'.-tn.. nt .V-u?:.
I fiSTHMA I Colored', writ o I f., !!■ I, . r ... t...l
I ■ mu,.., iupnusoof your •<;<■. n Mi I |i. . ..
I RiiQCn I I" 1 ' 1 found thin it <4 <-4.;. . w :-tli
B IrUfii-U. glt laS leaped i th my him. .1.: 11. . T>. .
lac-MMiaiMsnnoi years ego Mr. St veil wm .üb.clcd wo a whet np
peared to be asthir.a. and err a".id. belli’t- .11. ' . i;. ■ 1... ,■
in breathing attendant upon tl.i" di-tr."om:r melndi w.c .■■■ i|v
increawl. Hut ho began to in prove id <>n. e all r 001.0,.,
the use of your ‘lmeovery,’ai. 1 was entirely <1:. lln woii-
1 derful uiediiino. As for myr If, I lint' no-1 p f.,r , , ..
gem ral debility, and for mi affecti -nos ::>• | • . >.,.
i and I found that it wr.s wi: hoot a rivid for tln sc comp...iiuy. A
j are now never without your ‘Di covery.' "
Mrs. W. If. Nn-Kt.tx. of tfethor,,,, r. v. r . . j
I first began taking your ' r .oritcl'i.- 'ei/'il. In;.'., 1
yavras.’’r aai - oa. 31 1 ' -"ivi. and ‘Pi I: I a. 11 , I
fcu—.-uausil |...;., tl , ;
enjoy. Wh-n I lint v.. I. >'.m 1 v H ., r .. itv D-i.i il„ ;, • .
1 of consumption.”
I Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical
j Discovery acts powerfully upon
the Liver, and through that great
blood-purifying organ, cleanses
the system of ail blood-tai..is and
impurities, from whatever cause
arising. ]t is equally efficacious
in acting upon tho Kidneys, and
other excretory organs, cleansing,
strengthening, and healing their
diseases. As an appetizing,
restorative tonic, it promotes
digestion and nutrition, there
by building up both flesh and
strength. In malarial districts,
this wonderful medicine has
gained great celebrity in curing
Fever and Ague, Chills and
Fever, Dumb Ague, and kindred
diseases.
poisons are, by its use, robbed of
their terrors. Especially has it
manifested its potency in curing
Tetter, Eczema, Erysipelas, Boils,
Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Scrofulous
Sores and Swellings, Hip-joint
Disease, “Whits Swellings,”
Goitre, or Thick Keck, and En
larged Gland;’.,
it promptly cures the severest
Coughs it strengthens the system
and purities the blood.
The nutritive properties of ex
tract of malt and cod ’liver oil
are trilling when compared with
those possessed by the “Dis
covery.”
It rapidly builds up the system,
and increases the flesh and weight
of those reduced below the usual
standard of health by “wasting
diseases.”