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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. .ATfcSNTA. (iA.. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25 1884. TWELVE PACES.
RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE
PR. TALMACE AT THE BROOKLYN
TABERNACLE.
A Kuttrly Dif eonrs?? Upon the Subject of Liberty of
BtUglous Belief an* Vlseasalon???Seoummsm,
Its 2Vila aud Caraa-Errora Not to bo
Feared. if Truth Lett to Combat (t,
Eeooxi.yn, N. Y v November 23.???[Special.]
The opening hymn in tho Brooklyn tabor-
mole this morning was
"How pleasant thus to dwell below
In fellowship ol love."
Before-the oennon Dr. Talmage expounded
the story of David and Jonathan. The sub
ject of his discourse eras religions intolerance,
and the text was Judges xii: 0: "Then said
they onto him, ???6sy now shibboleth;* and ho
said sibbeloth, for ho could not frame to pro
nounce it right. Then they took him and slew
him at the passages of Jordan.** Following is
ihe sermon in full:
Do you notico the difference iu these pro
smneidtions: shibboleth and sibbolcth ? Very
???light and unimportant difference, you say;
hot tho diffcrenco of pronunciation was the
difference between the life and death of many
. people. Two of the Lord's tribes, Gilead and
Ephraim, got into a fight. Tho Fphrairaitcs
were worsted, and in their retreat camo to the
fords of tho Jordan to cross. Orders wsro
given to destroy all tho Ephraimites who at
tempted to cross; but how should it bo known
who were Ephraimites? They were detected
by their pronunciation. Shibboleth was the
word for "river.** It seemed that tho Ephra
imites had a peculiar brogue, and that in pro
nounoing the word shibboleth tho/ always
left out the sound of the "h.** As tho troops
on retreat came to the Jordan they wore askod
to pronounce the word shibboleth, and if they
amid "sibbolcth/??? they were known immedi
ately as Ephraimites ond wero destroyed.
"Then said they unto him, ???Say now shibbo
leth;* and he aaid sibbolcth, for ho could not
frame to pronounco it right. Then they took
hiip end slow him at the passages of Jordan.**
'What a small diffcrenco between these tribes
cf Gilead and Ephraim, and what intolerance
with that small difference! But tho diffcrenco
between tho tribes of tho Lord iu ourtiino, that
In, between ono denomination and another, is
otten of no more importance. The church of
God is oil divided up into a multitude* of do-
nominations aud sects. Time would fail ine
to cptak of tho Calvinists, aud the Sabbata
rians, and tho Armenians, aud tho Sweden-
borginns, and tho Baptcnaus, und the Hunk
ers, and the Shakers, and tho l???arkeritos, and
ihe Methodists and Baptid* and Lutherans
and Presbyterians and Spiritualists and scores
of other denominations of religionists. Some
cf these denominations wero established by
very good men, some by very egotistical men
some by very bad men. Between some o
them there is only a diffcrenco iu words; bo
tween others a diffcrenco as wido as between
truth and error, between light and darkness,
between heaven and hell. Bomo of these be
liefs 1 could in no wise adopt, aud yet so long
as I demand liberty of conscience for myself,
I n.'ufct allow liberty of consdieuco to every
other man; for 1 must remember tbit ho does
not differ more from mo than I differ from
him.
1 shall this morning advocate tho largest
llbeity m all religious belief aud discussion.
In art. in social lile, iu politics, in religion, let
there be no moving of the "previous question,???*
no intolerance, no thumbscrew, no gag law, no
persecution. Yon all know that the air an!
the water sro. kept pure by constant ???circula
tion, and 1 believe thero is a tendoocy in relig
ious discussion to purification aud moral
health. Between the 4th century and the 10th
century the church of God proposed to keep
out error by prohibiting tl 1 religious discussion
and by a strong consorship of the press, and
rack aud gibbet, aud hot lead poured down the
throat to make people orthodox; but tho world
found out that you canuot change men???s be
liefs by twisting off their heads, or ro&ko them
are things differently by putting, an awl
through their ryes. Thero is something in
every man???s conscience to upheave tho moun
tain thut you would throw upon it, aa-i, ua-
singed of the fire, out of the flame to make red
wings on which the martyr shall mount to
glory.
Jti that very time of which I speak, between
the 4th aud 10th ceutury, mon went from tho
churches of God into tho most appalling in-
iqttiry, and right by the altars of Christ flowed
a tide of druukenness and licentiousness that
the world hss never seen equalled, and tho
very sewers of perdition broke Jooso and del
uged tho church with filth and wickedness.
the shackles ?? __ ,
a good many bad book^fcpt right after them
there esmen great man^healtbful books; so
that where there was ono man to denounce the
Christian religion there wsro twenty men to
advocate it. 8o, my friends, I have no ner
vousness in regard to this great war going on
between truth and error. Let error run, if you
only let truth run along with it. Urged on by
skeptics' shouts and trausceudentalist*' spur,
let it run. God's angels of wrath are in hot
pursuit, and, quicker thou eagle's beak clutch-
cth out a bawa???s heart. God???s vengeance shall
tear it to pieces. Let error run, if you only
let truth run along with it. ...
In this great conflict between the right and
tho wroug tho right will triumph just a* cer
tainly as that God is stronger inuu tho devil.
Let us have no tear, then, that the error of tho
world is going to overcome the truth of the
church. God is ruling In the world, and all
shall be well. I ain very gled that people do
rot ail think alike in matters of religion.
V hat a stupid world this would bo if all pi.*oplo
were alike. I will never see through your
eyes. You will never bear through lay cars.
2??o inan con lord It over our consciences.
1 propose this morning to speak to you of
sectarianism???its origin, its evils and its cures.
3 Lore are those who would make us tniult
that this monster with horns aud hoofs is reli-
3 ion. I shall chose it to its hiding place and
rag it out of the caverns of durkuess and rip
cfl iu hide. But I want to make a distinction
between bigotry and the lawful fondness lor
ptculiar religious beliets and forms of worship.
1 have no admiration for a nothingarian, iu
a world of sueh tremendous vicissitude and
temptation, and with a soul that must alter
awhile stand before a throne of insufferable
brightness, In a do/ wbeu the rocfciug of tho
B cuntains end the flaming of the heavens aud
the upheaval of *\be sea shall be amaug the
least ol tnc excitements, to give aocouut for
every thought, word, action, preference aud
dislike, that wan is tuad who ba?? uo religious
preference. But our early education, our
physical temperament, oar mental constitu
tion, will very much decide our lorrn of wor
ship. A style of j>salntody that may please
me mi y displease you.
Some would like to have a minister la gown
and bands and surplice, and others preier to
have a minister iu plain citixen'a apparel.
Borne are most impressed when a little child is
presented at the altar and sprinkled of tho
waters of a holy benediction in the name of the
Father and ol tho Hon nod of the tjfuty Ghost,
and others are more impressed when the peui-
Unt cornea up cut of the river, hia garment*
dripping with the waters of a baptism ( which
???Unities the wash log away of aiu. Eitueri*
right in hfs opinion, let either have
his own way. One man likes no noise in
prayer, not a word, not a whisper. Another
n>an, just as good, prefers by gesticulation aud
exclamation to express hia devotional aapiro-
th??n*. One is just as good as the other.
"Every Iran Is fully persuaded m hia own
mind/' Kow In our neighborhood, on Oxford
street, we have quiet. Every neighbor prefer*
bit own home to any other home, aud vat he
la in peace with all in* neighborhood. I have
no idea that I will promote the prosneritv of
my household by apaettiag somoMjr dbt???o
home, nor baa my neighbor any idea that ha
will benefit hia bomehv injuring my homo.
Each oae preferring his own heme the better,
yet kind and gooff neighborhood. How sa It
ought to bo In tho kingdom ol Christ. Prefer
ence for religious homes, but large-hearted and
Christian neighborhood. "Peace on earth,
good will to men." George Whitfield was
going over a Quaker rather roughly lor some
of his religious sentiments, wheu tho Quaker
said; "George, I am as fhou art; I am for
bringing all men to tho hope of the gospel;
therefore, if thou wilt not quarrel with me
about my broadbrim, I will not quarrel with
thee about thy black gown. George, give mo
tby band."
In Xracing out the origin of sectarianism or
bigotry I find that a great deal of it comes
from wrong education in tho home circle.
There arc parents who do, not tbiuk it wrong
to caricature and leer ttfo peculiar forms of
religion in the world and denounce other sects
and other denominations. It is very often tho
case that that kind oi education acts juit oppo
site to what was expected, and the children
grew up and alter awhile go and aee for them-
selves, and looking in those churches and
finding that the people are good there and they
love God and keep his commandments, by
natural reaction they go and join thoso very
churches. I. could mention the names of
prominent ministers of the gospel who spent
their whole life bombarding other denomina
tions and who lived to sco their children
preach the gospel In thoso very denomi na
tions. But it is often the case that bigotry
starts in a household and that tho subject of it
never recovers. Thero arc tens of thousands
of bigots ten years old.
I think sectarianism and bigotry also ariso
from too great promincnco of auy one denomi
tion in a community. All tho other denomi
nations arc wrong and his denomination is
right, bccauso his denomination is tho moat
wealthy, or the most popular, or the most in
fiuential, and it* ia "our" church, and "our???
religious organisation, and "our" choir, and
"cur" minister, and the man tosses his h&td
and wants other denominations to know their
places. It Is a great deal better in any com
munity when (ho great denominations of
Christians aro about equal in power, marching
side by side for the world's conquest. Mere
cutsido prosperity, mere worldly powor, is no
evidence that tho church is acceptable to God.
Better a barn with Christ in the manger than
a cathedral with tnaguificcnt harmonies roll
ing through the long-drawn aisle and an ungel
from heaven in tho pulpit it there be no Christ
in the chancel and no Christ iu the robes.
Bigoiry is often tho child of ignorance,
seldom find a man with large intellect who is
a bigot. It is tho man who thinks ho kuows
a great deal but docs not. That man is almost
always a bigot. The wholo tendency of edu
cation and civilization is to bring a man out of
that kind of state of mind and heart. There
tins in the far cost a great obelisk, aud ouo
side of tho obelisk wau white, another side of
tho obelisk was green, another side of tho obe
lisk was blue. And travelers went and looked
at that obelisk, but they did not walk around
it. One mun looked ut ono side, auothcr at
another side, and they ca'mu home, each ono
having looked only st one side. Aud they
happened to meet, the story cays, and they got
into a rank quarrel about tho color of I nut
obelisk. Ono man said it was white,
another man said it wat green,
another man said it was blue, and when they
were in tho very best of tuo controversy a
moro intelligent traveler came aud said:
"Gentlemen, 1 havo seen that abolish, and
you are nil right and you are ail wrong. Why
didn't you walk all round the obcliskr" Look
cut lor the man who sees only quo side of a re
ligious truth. Look out for the man who
never walks round about these great theories
ol God ond eternity and tho dead. IIo will bo
a bigot inevitably???the mao whoonly sees ono
side, 'ibero is uo nmu more to bo pitied than
he who has just ono idea in his ho ad; no
more, no less. Hotter vacuity overthrowing
the Philosophical theory that an entire vacu
um is an impossibility than just quo idea wuu-
dtriug around about in perpetual loneliness
and bachelorhood, wailing through tho desert
ol tho mun's intellect. Better no idea at all
than only ono idea. ' Run up your schools and
your colleges and your universities. Moro
light, lets sectarianism. Thero is nothiug
that Lwill so soon kill bigotry as sunshine???
God's shine.
Kow, having shown you tho religion of big
otry, just look abroad in tho .church and sco
the damage bigotry has, done. It cripples in
vestigation. Tho different denominations of
Christians wero intended by holy rivalry and
honest competition to keep each other wido
awake. Suppose ono denomination of Chris
tians should garble tho word of God, all tho
'other denominations would flv
out In righteous indignation. It
was so intended ty be. While each denomina
tion of Christian# is to present all tho truths
of the Bible, it seems to mo that God has giv
en to each denomination an especial mission
to give particular emphnaia to some one doc
trine, and so tho Calvinistio church must pro-
si nt tho sovereignty of God^and tho Armani-
on churches must present man's free agency,
aud tho Episcopal churches must present tho
importance of order and sublimo ceremony,
and the Baptist churches must present the ne
cessity of ordinances and tho
Congregational churches must pro-
sent tho responsibility of tho
individual member and tho Methodist church
mnst show what holy enthusiasm and hesrty
congregational singing can accomplish. While
eoch denomination of Christians must sot forth
all the doctrines ol tlie Biblo, I feel it is espe
cially incumbent upon each denomination to
mt particular emphasis on somo ono doetriuo.
Jut you seo that a man Is a bigot who shuts
his eyes to all the lossons ho might loam from
other denominations. You are wrong and 1
am right and that ends it. Ko taste lor explo
ration, for investigation; no disposition to rea
son the matter over. And from the realm of
God's glorious truth, over which an archango!
might fly from eternity to eternity and never
reach tho limit, tho man shuts himself out, a
bhml mole under corn shock.
Another great damage done by the sectari
anism and bigotry of toe church is that it dis
gusts people with tho Christian religion.
Now, my friends, tho church of God was nev
er intended for a war barrack. Hoopla aro
afraid of a riot. You go down tho street and
you see an excitement aud missltos flying
through tho air and you hear the shock or fire
arms. Do you, tho peaceful and industrious
citizen, go through that street? 'Oh, no,' you
aay; *l*fl go round tbe block.' How men
come and look upon this narrow path to heav
en end sometimes see the ecclesiastical brick
bats fifing every whither and they say, * Well,
1 guest I'll take the broad
road, lor there is so much sbarpshootiug ou
the narrow road; J guess i'Jl take the broad
road, I havo more admiration for a Spaoisn
'bull fight, and think it moro useful aud hon
orable than tho contest of curniverxis ecclesi
astics. Francis I. so bated the Lutherans that
he said U he thought there was ouo drop of
Lutheran blood in hi* veins ho would punc
ture them and let that drop out. Just as long
as there is so much hostility between denomi
nation and dcnomlnotiou, or between ouo pro
fessed Christian and another, or between one
church and another, just so long will meu bo
disgusted with tbe Christian religion, and say
if that is religion 1 want none ofiL
Again bigotry and sectarianism do great
damage, from the (act that they hinder the
triumph cf the gospel. Ob, how much wasted
ammunition I How many men of splendid In-
teBcct have given their whole livee to contro
versial disputes, when if they had given their
lives to something practical they might have
been vastly ucefof. Suppose this morning
while I speak there were a common enemy
et ming up the bay through tho narrows aud
all the'fof U around Kcw York began to fire
into each other???you would cry out: "Ha-
tional suicide! Why don't those forts blaze
awoy in one direction end that ageinst tbe corn-
moi??e nemy," and yet I sometimes see in the
??? lurch of the Lord Jesus 'Const a Strang*
thing going on: Church agtiost church, tmo-
isrer against minister, dcaomluatiou against
???lenominitfon, firing away into their own fort
or the forts that ought to be on the asms side,
i'l steed of concentrating their energy and giv
ing one mighty end everlasting volley araintt
tbe navies of darkness riding np through th*
bay. 2 go oat sometimes iu the enmmer and
I find two beehives, and these two beehive*
???re in a quarrel. I com* near eoourh not to
he Hung, hot X coma joat near enough to hear
i ha controversy, and ana baehiv-
come iu between them and T say, "Stop this
quarrel. If you liko that field of clover best,
go there. But let me toll you that that Live
which gct3 the moat honey is (he beat hive.???
fio I ccnio cut between Uio churches of tho
Lord Jesus Christ. Ouo denommatihn of
Christians says, "That field of Christian doc
trine is tbe best;" and another says, "This
field of Christian doctrine is best." "Well," I
say, "go where you get tho most honey."
That is the best church which gets the most
honey of Christisu grace for the heart aud tho
most honey of Christian usefulness for the life.
Depend upon it intolerance uovor puts down,
any denomination. What did it do against
the Methodist church? That church was per
secuted ond nearly all tho pulpits ol Great'
Britain closed ngaiust her ministers. The very,
nemo of tho church was given in derision.
There are in tho Astor library, Now York, I
am told 707 books and pamphlets against
Methodism kept there merely os a curiosity.
Did Intolerance destroy the Methodist churou?
Bho stands either first or second, 1 do not know
which how, in numbers in all (no earth while
slio hss nu n not only in placea??of religious
trust, but ot secular trust, lutolorance against
the Methodist church has lilted it up.. What
is the use of trying then that spirit of intoler
ance. Let us havo division ot work. Let us
attend to Christian work and let satan do all tho
work of intolerance. IIo is lively and ho
is active, and he is industrious, aud he under
stands ecclesiastical Jaw. IIo will attend to
that.
Wbat did intolerance accomplish against tho
Baptist church? If laughing, scorn, if tirade
and denunciation could have dostroyed that
church it would not havo a disciple to-day.
Rev. Leonard Bcrnkop, a Baptist minister,
burned ut Saulisbury because he was a Baptist,
iu his dying moments saying: "1 am roasted
enough on that sido; turn mo over now; tho
fire don???t hurt compared with tho otornal
glory." Rev. Mr. James, a Baptist, because
.he was n Baptist, drawn ou a hurdle from
Kewgsto to Tyburn. His dead
body lilted on %ho city gates. Ills hoad lifted
on a^olo and set up in front ef tho place
where he used to preach. Rev. Obadiah
Holmes, a Baptist minister, and because ho
was a Baptist, publicly, whipped and two
men coming up and shaking hands with him
they got whipped, and tbesurgeon who dress
ed his wounds pursued as a criminal. Four
hundred Baptists were put to death in Flan
ders ond lUllnnd because they were Baptists.
Even Richurd Baxter lost his balance on tho
subject and ho said that the Bnptists were as
bad as murderers because they put people un
der water and they caught their deaths
"1 cold. lie wrote these words:
Tbe ordinary praetico of baptism
overhead aud in cold water, ns necessary, is a
plain breach of the sixth commandment.
Therefore it is not an ordinanco of God but a
heincuB sin; aud ns Mr. Craddock shows iu
hit book ol gospel liberty tho magistrate ought
to ri-ttruin it to save the lives of ni?? subjects,
in a word, it is good for nothing but to des
patch men out ol tho world that aro bunion-
some and to ranfccn churchyards. I conclude
if mttrdt-r be a sin theu dipping ordinarily
overhead in England isa*iu;.and if those who
make it men's religion to murder themselves
acd urge it upon their conscience ns their du
ty are not to bn suffered in a commonwealth
any more thou highway murderers, then judg<
how these Anabaptists that teach the necossi-
r of k-ueh dipping are to bo suffered.'* In
cw England tho Baptists were persecuted,
They were driven out of Boston and whea t
petition was sent up.Rsking leniency In their
behalf, the men who signed tho petition
were fined; and it Is a matter of church history
that alter a man had been baptized by imraor.
sion, weeks having gone by, and his death
occurring, tho officiating clergyman was
thrown into prison und indicted fur murder.
21 ow near did intolerance destroy tho Baptist
church ? Well, the lust statistic# 1 saw of that
church was they had 20,000 churches and
about two million communicants.
Engl and persecuted the Jews; England by
law said no Jow should hold any oflliHal oowor
in tht realm; England thrust back the Jew
and thrust down lha Jew. Who was for years
tbo prime minister of England ? Who became
next to Queen Victoria in power? Who was
higher than the throne because its adviser and
counselor? Disraeli, tbe Jew. IntolorAnco
never puts down anything, it puts it up.
But now. my friends, having shown you the
j>ui> wow. uiy inuuui, uoTiug ???????????
origin of bigotry or sectarianism and haviug
rlown you the duiaugo it does, I want briefly
to rhow you how we aro to wnr against this
teiriblc evil, and I think we ought to begin
our war by realizing our own weakness and
our imperfections. If wo make ao
meny mistakes in tho common affairs of lifo,
is it not possible that we may make mistakes
In regard to our religions affairs? Shall we
take a man by the throat or by the collar be
cause ho cannot sco religious truth just ns wo
do? In tho light of eternity it will bo found
out, I think, there was something
???a,it ???lilt field U *!or??r U
lb. twfUtt,??? aid uotb?? bMblr.
???TbU firfd of e tore U th?? lirttlat." I
uu??, a utina, vucro wai ???uuinuing Wrong 111
nil our creeds and something right in all our
creeds. But siuco we may make mistakes iu
reguid to things of tho world, do not lot us bo
so egothlic and so putted up as to
havo an idea that wo cannot
moko my mistake in regard to religious tlioo-
ri??s, and then we will do a groat deal to over
throw the sectarianism from our heart and the
tcetariniiiam from thewsrld by chiefly en
ding in those thing* in which we agree
her than thoso on which wo differ. Now,
here is a great gospel platform. A man comoa
up cn th;s tide tbo platform and eays: "1
don't believe In baby sprinkling." Shall I
throw him off ? Hero is a man coming up on
this fide tbo platform and says: "I don't Delia vo
in tbe pcneveranca ol tbe safnto-." Shall I
shove him off? No, I will say, "Do you bo-
lievc in tbe Lord Jeaus as your Savior, do you
frmt him for (into and for eternity?" He
crja: "Yes." "Do you tako Christ for time
and for eternity???? "Yes." 1 eay, "Come on,
brother; one in time and ono In eternity:
b; oilier now, brother forever." Blessod be God
lor a gospel platform so large that all who
nctive Christ may stand on it.
I think wo may. overthrow tbe severe secta
rianism and bigotry in our Hearts aud In the
church, also by realizing that all tho dcuorni-
natiensof Christians havo yielded noble in
stitutions end noble mcn.Thero is nothing that
so stirs my goal as this thought. One
denomination yielded a Robert ifall and au
Adoniram Judson, another yielded a Latimer
and a Mclvillo; another yielded John Wesley
and tho blessed gummerficld, wbilo our own
(ltLoinintUon yielded John Knox and tbo
Alexander#, men of whom the world
wir* not worthy. How 1 say If
hie Jioneit and fair minded
when wo come up la the presence of such
churches and such denominations, although
they rosy bo diffuent from our ovo, we ought
to admire them and wo ought to
love and honor them. The churches which
ten produce such men and such large-hearted
ehsnty and such magnificent martyrdom
ought to win our affection???at any rate our
respect. 8o come on ye 03,000 Episcopalians
4 u ibis touuiry, and ye 400,000 Pretbyteriaas,
nd ye (CO,000 Baptirts ami ye 2,000,000 Metu-
ediitft??? come on; sbou???dcr to shoulder we sriSl
march for tbo world'* conquest; fer all nation*
are to be saved aud God demands thst jroi
???ud I help do It. Forward, tho whole line in
But there is a better way ol ovarthrowiagtho
?????cUrisuf???m and bigotry of tbe church and
???bat Is by toiling in Christian service right be-
eide people who differ from as.. You uaaaot
get two Christians to hate each other if
tfccy have suffered tegtthes and
???driven for Christ together. Here
f Bod two Christians io angry eontrovsrsv.
A mecseoger comes asking them to appear in
a sick room. There h a mao dying; ne treats
to be preyed for. These two brethren kmel,
one on one sale the bed, the other jo the other
side tbe bed and they com mood
the parting spirit to tbe Lord
???lekvt. Van tbrso two men ever fight again?
Cen they >ever be afigry with eeeb other again?
No. By tbe memory of that dying pillow
they will be brothers forever. And so I am.
glsd when tbe spring comes and thoannirors
???rise in all our great cities take place ami ou
???be same platform there eorae mmLters of all
denomination* ot Christians to plead tbe same
cent*. After I hart been on the platform
pleading tbe same const of charity or mercy
itesideaomaman with whom 1 have always
differed in a thousand things???after I bare
food beside him pleading for the same eoaie.
??? * * spintof broiberhooL l
truth by celling your intention to an incident
which took place u few years ago. One Monday
morning at about 2 o???clock, wbilo her V00 pas-
seugers were sound asleep iu her bortbv,
dreaming of home, tlx?? steamer Atlantic
crAfhed into Mars Head. Fivo hundred souls
in ten minutes landed in eternity I Oh, what
ascenel Agonized ineu and women running
up and down tho gangways, and clutching
for tbe rigging, and tbo plunge of tho helpless
steamer, and the clapping of tho hands of tho
merciless sea over the drowning and tho dead
threw two continents into terror. But seo this
brave quartermaster pushing out with tho life
line until ho gets to tho rook: and sco these
fishermen gathering up tho shipwrecked, nod
taking them into tuo cabins, and wrapping
them in tbo flannels snug anu warm; anil seo
that minister of tbo gospel with three
other men TgottiBg into a life-boat
and pushing out for tho wreck, pulling away
across tbo surf, aud pulling away until they
saved ono more man, and then gotting back
with him to the shore. Can these uicn over
forget that night? And can they over forgot
dhi ir companionship in peril, companionship
in struggle, eoni)mninnfhin iu awful catas
trophe aud rescue? Never! never! In what
ever part of the earth thoy meet they will bo
friends when they mention the story of that
awful night wheu tho Atlantic struck Mars
Head.
| L \ie\\, my friends, our world has gone into a
worse shipwreck. Bin drove it on the rocks.
Tbo old snip hss lurched and tossed in the
tempests ot 6,000 years. Out with tho life
line; I do not caro what denomination carries
it. Out with tbo lifo boat; I do not caro what
denomination row.i it. Bide , b y side, in tho
memory of ccrnmou hardships aud common
trials and common prayers aud common tears,
let us bo brothers lorover. We must bo,
wo must bo. God hasten iho timo when all
deoern motions of .Christians shall join hands
around the crocs ofCiirist ond rccito tbo
creed: 1 "Believe in God, tho Fathor Almigh
ty, Maker of heaven and earth and iu Jesus
Christ and in tho communion of eaints and in
the life ever lasting."
"Onesnny ol the lirimj God,
To whore command wo bow:
Fart ol the ho*t have cruised tho flood,
Apd pan ore crossing now."
TnU WOUNDED Di:YOUNG.
Tho Wonderful ttory of Two Brothers fn
Sun Fruuc lsm>.
Bah Fbaxcihco, Cnln., November 23.???Mr.
DeYoung???s condition this evening is more fa
vorable. IIo is resting easy. Jlis nuts* is
normal und bis temperature low. Tho story
of the DeYoungs is a nimuio ono. Tho |>arente
of Charles and M. II. Do Young wero south
erners; or, at least, they went from the south
tofian Francisco with the first tide of emigra
tion. The father was French, tho mother n
Hebrew.
The father was a men limit and afterward
moved to tho village ol Natchitochos, La,
cn the Bed river,whero Charles Do Young was
born. Mr. Do Young was iiustfco<Msful, aud on
liis death lei t his family iu
straightened circumHancet. Mrs. DqYoungro-
niovtd toBt. Lou in; theuoo to Ban Francisco,
wb<*re Charles and M. JI. Do Young for a
while found work as newsboys. Charles after
ward learned type-setting, and his brother
found employment ns book
keeper in a laundry. Tho mor
ris to of Augustus Young, another brother
to Mile. Rose Celeste was perhaps tho origin
of tbe Chronicle. "Celeste" was a tight rope
walker, engaged in one of the places o? amuse
ment in Ban Francisco, whore tho had gono
with cn eastern record of having crossed
Nicgsru Falls on a wire, fiho saw
tho hem fits of publishing a the
atrical psner to "boom" 'tho
amusement business generally, and heriolf in
particular. She advanced nor husband the
small amount of money necessary, and Cuarici
Do Young, with ono printer, "setup??? tho
type for tho first. number or Tho Dramatic
Chronicle, a small four pago sheet, with
fivo 1 narrow columns ou a page
M. II. DeYoung was tbo business manager and
???fivortising agent. In n, lew years tho word
IXrsmallc was dropped from tho tftlo
I feel in my *ool the
tappet help It
il might
Pcrhspal
more forcibly iUnstrate th e
' iJanmllo was dropped from tbo title page,and
tho paper has since been known ua Tho San
Frunchco Chronicle. On tho death of Charles
Bo Young fivo year* ago at the hands of Kal-
loch, (bo paper wo* valued
at $230,000,and M. if. Do Young purchased tho
interests ot bis brothers and sisters, la about
n year after hia brother's death, M. II. Do
Young married Miss Baislo Doano, a school
teacher. As an Instanco of tho success of tho
Chronicle, which was started with a few hun
dred dollars, it so Increased invalid that
in fen years tbe founders rcftised an offer ot
$20i),(too. Two years pgo Fan) M. Newman, a
prominent lawyer of 8an Francisco, was a can
didate for congress. The Chroniclo strongly
opposed him as being a candidate in tho in-
tercst* of the "Hawaiian Bugar King."
Newman was doloated, and no doubt partly
owing to tbo unusually fierce denunciation oy
tbe Chronicle. This perhaps is one of tho
causes that led to the shooting of tho proprio-
tor by young Bureckles. tho son of the "Sugar
King." Mr. Nowman Is now attorney gener
al of the Hawaiian government. ???
DltUCK ON HL4INE.
The Tattooed Mhu aiiwrpljr Criticised l>j the
Colored Lewder* *
FniLADELriiiA, November 23.???Ex-Benater
Bruce, of Mississippi, was seen at bis hotel.
Jle was very Jrank in expressing hie opinion
regarding Mr. Blaine's attack uoon the south.
"That speech ol his at Auguste," said Sena
tor Biuce, "will doubtless be tbo causa of
great uneasiness and mental distress among
tho colored people of tbo south. Fortunately
its effects can only bo short-lived. Much
utterances wore demagogical in tho oxtraino
aid wholly unwarranted. I think 1 oujht to
know something about our peoplo in the smith.
Tho greatest harmony exists between tho white
and colored races. Blaino's chargee of intimi
dation and violence at tho polls are absolute
and unqualified falsehoods.
To-dsy tbe south is loyal and peacefol,"
continued Mr. Bruco. "Its people, white aud
black, arc, or wore until Mr. Bluimi fomented
this new antagonism, in the right frame of
mind to enter upon harmonious relatious with
the people of the north. They wero especially
desirous that tbe pleasant busiue???s relations
should not be interrupted. This is exactly
wbat Mr Blaiuo strikes at, and his Auguste
??j <erh has lowered him more U jopular esti
mation than any act of h'i?? life."
All 01 ml* from Hater.
From the Arkauaaw Traveler.
???I see you an building a now hoa*~, Mr.
Brown?"
"Yes, you are right."
"Made the money out of wbftlry, I suppose7"
"No.???
"fo by. you are a liquor dealer, are you notr*
"Ob. yes. nut tee money I???m polling lute this
home was mode oot of the water I not in ton
wbbliy. Every txnt was made out of tho water.
PIQUANT PARAGRAPHS.
INTERESTING ITEMS ON CURRENT
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
JtfystsTtes and Miseries lo Lsr??e Cities- A Leoturs ou
Xfcwspftpen- ih* *x-Urapr????i Bugaas-Tho
???smlnols IudUm-Bt. John's Nclaab jrs-
A Weather Prophet, Sto.
Our large cities aro always coming to the front
with mysteries and miseries of a startllug uuture.
Philadelphia society was sbodcod, the other day,
by Ihe arrest and trial of a lady moving In tbo first
circles. The lady Is very wealthy and has borne a
rpotlcf* reputation. People who have known her
for yean aro familiar with her numerous acts of
benevolence. Slio is apparently of sound
mind, and is tho very last per
son fn the world to suspect of
petty Itheft. Yot this lady wa* detected only a
tew days ago in tho act of stealing five pairs of
stockings in a dry goods store. Tho ovidonco
against her was of the most positive and satisfac
tory nature. Scores of wituawrs testified to hor
good character. Tho judge declined to charge tbo
Jury, and a verdict of guilty was rendered. Tho
prisoner was given a few days by the court
toantngo beraflklts so??? that her business Inter
ests would not suffer during her conlluemout. It
is a sad cose, and itf* impossible to explain such
depravity in one whoso wealth was imflldent to
place her above ordinary temptations.
IViien Horace Greeley was defeated for tho presi
dency bo bad too much principal and common
lenrc to raise a howl and predict all sorts of un
comfortable things for both parties and the ooun-
try At large. The bitterest tbtug ho said was tbo
following: "At last wo shall keep our office clear
of hlathcwkltcs and political begiars, and go
about our daily work with the satisfaction of know
ing that not tho most crodulou* of place hunters
will suspect us of hnving auy oiedit with tho ap
pointing powers." Aud then the oror-worked Jour
naiht cloned his eyes forever. Very different from
Mr. Blaine.
Editor Haixtrad kicks like a mule. He not
only insists that the peoplo of the south are mur
derers aud assassins, but deolnro Hint Cincinnati
merchants who aro cowardly enough t??boll tvo
cthcrwlre are no better Umu murderers and avtas-
tins themselves, Hurrah for Editor HaUtead l
1 letter Thnn Cold.
"My little world fa very mnail,
Beane worthy jour notice, sir, at all."
Tbe mother said.
"My good. Mod husband, as you see,
Apd thes?? tfcnc children at my knee,
It bo look Ut ns so uitatlogly
For daffy bread.
Dor feet that roam.
For (>??? rorti day:
Of true love kt*es fall a score
lie gets. I???m certain, ff not more,
HUD loud on** mart oim at the door,
At twilight gray,
"Oee gets iho slipper* for hts Net,
Another karts him to hU seat???
Ttr big arm chair???
And while tee VhlMrS round Mm kg,
and make tbodeiroht ratter* r ug
Doemtte daughter crown* hJm kt tf
With Mearoatel *
s fair.
"Ah, sir, we are not rich or great.
The owner*??f * ???????' mute.
The mother mid:
"But *c hate iwti-r ui?? tbsufi! ,
tmnhold,
"-VB.U IkUdtT
At tbo Exeter awfm, In England, Bsron Hud-
die*!on, last weak called tho attoutfou of tho
grand jury to tho taw and the foci* booring on tho
(barge agalust Dudley and btevenr, tho mtster
and mate o/the Mfguouctte, who kilted tho buy
Pariur end devoured him Iu order to savu
their own lives. Tho Judge hold Hint killing under
Hu-b circumstances was murder, and that tbo only
hope for the cannibals lay iu the pardoning power
of thBqueen. A tnio bill waa found and tho
trial will soon tako place.
Major Bf.nO. Truman, in hta recent book on
dueling, gives tho origin of "postlug." It doom*
that General James Wilkinson, V. R. A., was tho
first mon to "post" another, his vuulm being John
Kamlolpli, of Koanoke?? Randolph deolluwt a
cbalteuge on tbe pica that ho could notdosceod to
WJlklnron's level, whereupon tbo general posted
this notico all over Waihlngtun: "Hector
unmasked. Iu Justice to my char
acter, 1 denounce John Randolph,
a member of congress, as R prevaricating,
bate, culminating scoundrel, poltroon and cow
aid." California has badn greater number of
duels fought within her limits than any other
state. Illinois never had but ouo duel, and theu
one of tbe principals wph shot dead and tho othor
barged. Generals Washington, Marlon, Adair
and Houston all declined (6 fight
duels. General Nathaniel Greene, Iu 178$, under
tbe sdvlco of WaslitURton, declined to acoupt a
challenge from Captain Gunn, of Georgia. Major
Truman gives tuony Interesting facts
???bout duels fn other countries. Loy
ola, tho founder ot tho Jesuits,
called a man out and ran him through for denying
tbe divinity of Christ. Lord Bilcurrai reoolvo l
Bent diet Arnold's fire and refuted Co return ff,
saying: "1 lea?*- traitors to tho public execution
er." Marshal Ncy-ii ever lost mi opportunity of
fighting.
Tux discussion of the ailcgod poisonous proper
ties of canned goods has drawn out a comuiunlna
tloi: from Dr. Thomas Btovousou, of London. Tu??
doctor suys that no positive oaso of acute mot-tl
poisoning by cauucd goods la knowu In London
Where persons havo boon poisoned by cstlug earn
lied meats it Is believed that tho moat Itaolf was
tainted before ft was cannod. Dr. Irwlu, of Now
York, agrees with Dr. Stevenson that meat of
inferior quality Is often canned. As to the length
of time provisions can bo kept in tin, tttero Is n
exact knowledge. No doubt food kupt In cans for
a long Urns deteriorate*. It would ho a good !??!*??
to compel msnufnoturers to stamp cans with the
date of scaling. Dr. Irwin docs uot bellsvo that
there fa any cause for siarm.
Tim Be v. Elbert 8. Todd delivered a very sansl
his lecture on newspaper*, In New York, the other
night. Ho pitched into the people who claim
thst tbe newspaper is tbo Biblo of the ego. Tun
builiif??sofautWKp*ncr,!ie said, Is to giro th??
news- 1 here is nothing that It docs not ferret
out, and sometimes the bad seems to have
tbe ascendency. Tho columns of our
Journal* contain accounts nt murder*
robberies end outrages, but they are not objection
able on that score. Almost on the first p*g<s of Ids
Bible w?? find tbs story of a murder. Tire now*-
paper la generally on tbe side ol righteousness end
sgsinst sin. Tbe wicked tear tbs newspapers m ??rv
thou they do tho polios. A new*|>aper U an srh??
of society, and there arc somo people who think
tbst it is slways ou tire sido of evil, but they are
mistaken. It Is untfety that Is bed, and Its boduc**
is t< fleeted by tbo ticwiuutpcr. Tho gorerai ten
dency of tire press Is to#tend up for wuat I* rlgnt.
end it is tho world???s strongest dobras* agalust
wrong.
Tut New York Morning Journal note* that
offi/o fo lders arc brooming good democrats. So
doubt but this won t save ???em iu tho south. Tho
mi els must go.
A gxwsrarXK cofrispondent who has lias spent
several months In this section say??, that the tramp
nuisance fr becoming Intolerable aloof the rail-
way lines diverging from A Umu. Many of Here
tramp* travel in gangs and smalltown* aud lone
ly Ismlife* in the country find them a great nuis
ance. Tbe comptaint is frequently made that the
vagrancy laws of the southern stitei
do mild to hero much effect
upon smb ruffians, but this is a mlstdre.
Gur vagraucy lawn are good enough Tho tniabts
is that they are rarely enforced It Is not pleasant,
however, io see Atlanta held out ai the central
rallying place and distributing point for all the
tramps who come south to spend the winter.
Perhaps a little effective work here and In other
southern t Idea would roll baqfi the tide ot iflfO-
tloi'. Vagrants have no fancy for the conutry
at this wason ol tbe year. They strike
for riths and towns where they caa find shelter,
old eletbe*. free lonchea, whisky and opportuni
ties for barglsry and sneak thieving. Now lea
good lime to take them fn band. If ibis national
tr.mp nuisance Is not abated the country In a
It w years will be at Ure mercy of a horde of home-
it f> ravages, whose trade will be robbery, end
whose wee pot* will be the torch and the conceal-
cffpfsioL
In ber old age the ex-Em pews Koganls fa sn ob
ject of respect and sympathy. It Is now tblrty-fiva
years ilo<e the dazzling beauty first charmed the
gsy world of Parle. Hhe was considered the ivve
Best woman ef her day, 1UI and slender, with ao
xqutritely formed bead, and pcartew meet and
sboakfem, almond shaped, bine eyes, adellcat-
comp'ex ten, tbe sweetest of smites, and locks of
golden chestnut, she was Indeed the Ideal for
poets to dream about and paint
ers to Immortalise. When she became
empress shews* chiefly remarkable for the testo
and spier dor ol her toilet*. 8be never wore a
thabby thing and never sold a wise one. Of Ha
Fed education, narrow-mtndcd aud onlabelfect
ua 1 , her sweet and a inning manners made up for
her feck of accomplishments. Her witty and ap*
I lopristc remarks, so often quoted In the uo wap
pcif, were sll written for her beforehand, and she
was os carefully drilled Iu them as an actress-evgr
was in a new part. 6hc bad no talent ior
anything except dtc??*. Her mind
wm sluggish and refused Co ect, except when en
gaged in the invention OT n uoiv costume. Unfor- *
tiiuntoJy she did not confine her attention to the
fashions. She wonted to take a hand in politic*
And was mainly responsible for the war with
l russla. As a widow her parsimony and bigotry
drove her on to Kululand, where he lost his Ufe.
To-day poor Eugeuio looks like the ghost ot the
dead empire. She is a joyless, faded wreck of
wbat was once the brightest vision of beauty,
Splendor end quccnlineu that ever doiiglited the
world.
In this country public roans are yet in their in
fancy. In Europe Spain bn* the worst highways,
end they were In a bad condition In all countries
a century and a half ago. It was not alsrays so.
A tier the decline ot Homan civilisation but little
attention was paid to highways anywhere for hun
dreds of years. Rome???s roadways were tho best
that the world has ever seen. They were wide,
level nod hard. They extorded from the border*
of Wales to tho bantsnf tho Euphrates, from the
Rhino to tho Atlas mountains. Tthorlus Nero
once started from Lyons and drove northward 200
miles in 21 bonrs. Pnco speed could only have
been made on a fine road and with numerous re
lays of fast hones. Besides ber gnat military
roads Rome built a net-work of cro-w roads lead
ing to the village*. In Euglaud It Is estimated
that the Romans built 2,100 mil* of paved roads.
All ol tho old empires noted for their
lower and civilization had goon -roads. The Per
sians bad highways along which tbo king's cotir-
rfer* rode at a speed of from 79 to 122 Miles a day.
hen a country rotrogadca In civilisation and
commerce its roads ore always neglected. Rail-
roads havo greatly simplified the problem of main
taining hlghVays, but the matter still demands
tho attention of states and statesmen.
A mono tho ease* pending before the state depart
ment at Washington is ono of considerable Impor
tance aud rare romantic Interest. Antonio Pelle
tier, tbe petitioner, claims that he hss been dam
aged by the government of Haytl to the extent of
82,(46,480. Pelletier* alleges that in November,
Ifco, be slatted with Iris bark for Rio Kodha, taking
os passenger ono Jmui Cortes. Stormy weather
compelled him to land on tbe north end of 8L Do
mingo, whero ho found the Iisytian tfeg flying.
The authorities searched hfv vessel and nrroitcd
him. Be was convicted of piracy and sentenced
to death. IIo-was also ordered to pay 91,000 In
tinea and Ida vessel was confiscated. IVIlf tier re
mained in prisoa throo years, when be effeotsd his
i-rrapc. Returning to this conutry ho found his
home broken tip. and hia wife married to another
man. His Itemized bill of damages Is us follow*:
Value of vessel, cargo and interest, U>1 wvj; loss in
buMucsf, 1002,000; interest 8827,541; cost
of init, 8279000; real estate, 9229,000; loss ol wife
and two children, 9102,00a Pelletter is ??? French
man and ??? naturalised citlsen. The case baa been
before the auto department a long time, and It I*
to he hoped that ltwiUbo thoroughly sifted and
d(*t??fird of.
lx many American school* pupils ore now taught
to write with both bauds. Tuts mover a bright
pnrsgra} hist to remark that tho Ameriuiu pupil
will novor be ablo to keep up with our constantly
Improving school system until he can study two
Iciiouh simultaneously, with ono ryu ou each
book, sndst thoMmo tlmo take uoteswlth both
hirods of what two able instruuhirs aro saying on
dlfftrent topics. _
The Bcminole Indians have had a hard time for
the past hull century. After they wero whipped
in tho Florida war thoy were removed with their
negro slaves to Uie ludlan territory. When the
civil war broho out they remained loyal to the
union, while tbo neighboring tribes nearly all
ef moused the cento of th^confederucy. The leuf ???
no'es under these conditions found it unpleasant
and uu#ate fo remain In the te rritory, end ar
ranged with Maximilian, who' was then busting
s flairs In Mexico, for lands Across
the Mo Oreude, agreeing in return Ut protect the
border against Apaches and Conronuhcs. On tbslr
way through Texas they met a con federate regi
ment end lost their principal chief. They made
tho trip, however, bnt the speed! downfall of Max
imilian loft them In a had position, aa the new
government would not grant them a reservation.
They kept np a guerrilla warfare on tho
Texts border and finally laid down
tbrlr arms In tho belief that
lands would again bo srsigned to them Iu the In-
dfau territory. Blnc6 then tbe government hss
done nothing for them, and ttre remnant of this
once proud tribe is ou ths verge of starvation.
Gi treral Sheridan baa rolled tbe attention ot eoa-
grra?? to their case end recoin rooiufod action for &
their relief, ^
GfNIItAL SilKNtDAN lU hit MinUtl report Calls
att?? ntlon to tho nse and abuse <d cxpioslvs* In
warfare end in lawless emergenmea. When It J??
possible for a few consptrat ??r* pi carry In their
pcekots explosives sufficiently powerful to blowup
???11 tho puhlfo building* fn a city, It
will be seen that tho question ol
protection against such dsugerotu agendas
becomes very Important. General Sheridan
thinks that tbo Improvements In guns will lead In
(be end to the Invention and adoption ol a msgg*
sine rlflo, and then battles will bwromeaodmlru*-
llve that ncllbtr sldo will be abl?? to Ktiind up be
fore the other. Pitched batiks iu the open field
will be abasdot efiand armies will r??mrt to tho
pick, tbe spade end tbo shovel. Both sides will
Intrench and troops maktugan atteck will be an
nihilated. Belligerent* will adopt tbs
policy ol destroying property wherever
thryctn find It. In futurocavalry will boa aw
ful branch of tbo icrvioe, end our sovernment Is
advlied to give this department of the army move
catc end attention.
br Jour's neighbors are fn inch a furious stub:
of mind that the great prohibition trader finds ft
dangerons to remain at Olathe, or indeed any
where within the limits of Kan**., (u fact, public
fcntimentls so much against him through the
north and west that he may be ooinoeHed to seek
shelter and security fn the law and order-loving
loutb.
A Ntw Erclakd weather prophet of a dyspeptic
turn end with a limited supply of the milk of fiu-
man klndnera predicts a severe winter. Of eounm
people wQl have no patience with the fellow, bnt
It may be well cnongh to bear him out. He
claims that certain phenomena which precoded
herd winter of 1835 ore no v again observable.
The nests of mlcw and squirrels ore built unusually
thick. Cora backs are exceptionally heavy and
tight. The gam on horse cberou. bans lx in
greater quantity than usual. The squirrel has
stated bis onto, deeper than fa ordinary rears.
Coder some oondftfonv these sfgas would be enti
tled to respect But this te a sliuulsryear. Our
red sunsets and our cities and towns all painted
red indicate something. Then the election of a
dtmceratic administration Ior tbe first time In
twenty-four years shows thst we sro beginning a
new order of things. Tbewtater will have its cold
days; but will they not fell to the shore of the
men who got left? Tble Is U# wsy to view It
There may be no science in It, bat there 1s plenty
of solid comfort
Raid mountain has kept remark i'??ly quUt for a
long Ume,but Elk mountain,n**-ir Ashoftlte, 94k,
has recently given tbe people In It* vicinity not a
little trouble. Several reliable wU...**4i*titetbat
few days ago they heard trora-n ione subterm-
ran explosions and a rambling sound ail
along the mountain' rraga Thero
wss a perceptible Jamn/ ol the
earth tor mHe* around. Borneo! two explosion*
were very violent reeembllng muoty thunder-
bolts. The people living in the n ?tahborhood of
Ashcvflfeare said to be very raw* -Iwtarbed by
tbrso strangeramMlngi. butt**??- V I rare famil
iar wltb tbe ontlcsof Beldmoantilu sreest!??4cd
that there Is no danger.
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