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4 ‘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.”