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DR. TALMAGE’S SERKOH. I
against all odds.
Text: “I have finished the work which
thou gavest iu© to do. ’—Jehu xvii, 4.
There is a profound >at.."faction in the
completion of any undertaking. U e put up ,
the capstone with exbileration, while on |
ebe otter hand there is noth.ng more dis- i
heartening than to toil on in wine direction
and find it is a fa lure, or to make a profit- ■
investment, Christ carne to build a 1
highway on which the whole human race
might, if they chose, mount iqto heaven. He
dia it- All the toul mouthed crew who trod
on Him could not hinder him from the
sublime satisfaction expressed in the text:
“1 have finished ths work which thou gavest
me to do. ’
Alexander the Great was wounded, and it l
wa, supposed that he was dying, and the
physic ana were powerless. But in h s dream
Alexander thought he .aw a certain plant
with a very peculiar dower, and that the
flower w s brought and put upon his wound
and it entirely cured him. Awaking from
his si k dream he told his doctor, and the
physician sent out to find the flower that
Alexander had described, and he found the
Kiliar plant and the peculiar blossom, and
rougbt them home and he put them upon
the wound, and Alexander recovered. Well, I
the h.mian race was suffering with the
worst of all wounds, the ghastliest of all
w< unds. the wound of sin. Christ comes to
bring a bal am for divine restoration. He
brought it, but in the application of it, oh,
how many obstacles He found; how much
resistance; what bitter hostilities; what tre
mendous opposition. Now, when we have a
great enterprise, we call our frieuds around
us and they help us draw out the sketch, ami
perhaps they help us in the execution. Christ
all alone started out on His mist ion with all
rbe forces of this world against Hun, and I
propose this morning, if the Lord Will help
iiio, to tell you some of the obstacles that
Christ had to overcome before He could in
triumph utter the words of the text: “I have
finished the work which thou gavest me to
do.”
First of all, there was His worldly occupa
tion. He had to earn his living by carpentry,
a trade always respected and always honored
for its usefulness. But you know very well
that in order to succetd in any trade, occu
pation, or profession, there must be entire
concentration up n tuat one thing, and these
fatigues of car t entry w’ere a hindrance, must
have been a hindran e to this work of Christ.
I know wo read a great deal about what men
have achieved in intellectual dire, tions aud
in moral reform, who at the same time were
compelled to carry on some worldly occupa
tion. But you know as well as
Ido that a fatigued body is a poor
adjunct to a toiling mind. Here came Christ 1
forth to do, what? To upbuil i a kingdom, !
to introduce a new code of morals, to start a
religion which was to revolutionize all na
tions. You know as well as 1 know that if
we are going to accomplish anything in lhe
world we must concentrate upon one object.
Yet here Christ had all the fatigues of car
pentry, while at the same time He had this
tremendous mission, and the fa t that he had
so much worldly wo. k to do must have been
a hindran e. In His father’s carpenter shop
He had only to talk with men who brought
tnings to mend, or who wanted some
article for agriculture manufacture i,
and it was a worldly conversation;
and right out from this carpenter’s shop
Christ is called to be a public speaker, to
stand in ihe face of the mobs while some
blasphemed and some shi>ok their fists at •
Him. To address an ord riy and respectful
assemblage is not as < a*y as s une might sup
pose, but to speak to an exasperated mob,
what courage, what concentration were de
manded of Christ. While the villagers of
Nazareth heard tin thumping of His ham
mer, all nations were to hear the stroke of
His spiritual upbuilding. Mighty men
in those times always hai some
thing in their apparel to indi ate
that they were distinguished some
epanlet, something in their robe, some
adornment of apparel, so those people see
ing su han one coming would say: “Make
way for him; here comes a dignitary, or an
officer of the government. ’ None of the
Cesars would have dared to appear in ordi
nary citizen s dress. But here comes Christ
in a plain coat. It was far .rom shabby b» ,
cause I find that after lie had worn it a great
while even then the gamblers thought it
worth raffing about, the question being
whose shall it be. But stdl it was a plain
coat, just as you and I might wear, an 1 He
went out like an ordinary man, ofttimes,
on what seemed un ordinary mission.
Then His diet was against Him. N’c
cupb arer brought, in a golden chalice, the
wine for Him to drink. He bieakfasted < n
the seashore, first having broiiec| the fl h.
He went out not entertained. I now think
of only one case where He was at a banquet,
and that was far from sum] tuous, becau. e, to
relieve the awkwai k.iess of the host, one of
the guests had to pro vile some wino for the
company. Other kings rode; He walked.
Others had h raid ahead and applau ling
subjects behind; He went among those who
were not influential. Other kings slept un
der an embroidered canopy; He ona sh Iter
less hill. He rode but one-—on a colt, and
that borrowed. Aye, His poverty was l
against him. It lakes money to es- .
tablish institutions; it takes money to
forward revolutions, whether for good or
forbad. Here is a penniess ( hrist. When
His tax was due Ho had to ]>erform arnica lo
in order 11 ]>av the tax. The pie eof mon y
found in the fish. Men of means are afraid
of a penniless projector lest a lo in Be de
manded of them. Here comes Christ With
out a dollar in the world, a Christ who was
born in another num’s barn, and to be buri *d
in another man’s sepul fire. And 1 suppose
people said: ‘‘Who is to pay for this re- '
ligion? Who is to charter the ships
that are to carry the missionaries t
Who Is to pay the salaries < f the
tea (hers. \\ hat! pull down an established
religion? Can it bo done by a penniless pio
jectori” More than that. I want you to
notice the fact that the < onsideration that
He had never graduat 'd irom any school
was aga nst Him. If a man has come with
a diploma from a college, or a certifl* ate from
a seminary or has traveled through loreign
lands, we sav t> ourselves: "He ou .-ht to
know a great deal,anyhow; he ought to have
some information. ’ But here was Christ, .
who had no diploma. He had not attended !
any a ademy where lie could have lea:nel
the alphabet of the language He spo e. The
Jews were sensible when they cried out:
**How hath this man let ers, having neveF
learned?’ And yet, here.with no philosophy
backing at all. He just comes out and He
expects these white haired these gray
bearded men who had studied theology all
their lives long t>b >w before him. We ha e
leame lin our d that a man may be as ig
norant with a diploma as withou: it, an 1
that a * ollege cannot turn a slu i-ard into a
phil oph r. and that a seminary cannot
tea h a tool to pr« a h. An empty had after
the laying on oi th? han Is of the Presbytery
is empty st 11. lut it choke ia 1 the pr ju
dices of those people in old ■ i times that a
man without any scholastic oy»p>r un ties
•hoild cotne forth to tea h a new theolory
and a new religion. and by it revol itioni z e all
nations. Beside that, my friends, we want
to notice that the brevity of His l.fe was
•gainst Him. You must Yemeni -er th tHe
di 1 not live to e cn what we all rnid lie.
At thirty-three years <f a e he e-. ired.
Well, now, but very few men accomplish
mu hf. r t e ( h r h or for this w>u t be ore
thirty three years of age. The first fifteen
Tears a o given to th? nursery aud the school,
then perhaps six years to getting into s > ne
trade, bufefrc-ia or occupation. That brings
you t»twenty- -ne. T.i'.-u after that if in ten
years you corre :t all yoarea ly mi takes aud
get thoroughly < you a« th-* ex
cel ti n. The m who are thoroughly e
ta lisbed in b sines-., occupation profe-sion
or trade, at th>rt_- -three years of age, aie tie
exception, aud that is the tme a which
<hr s quit life The brevity of Hi' ife was
•gainst Him. Men in military life have
• h e ed success and fought g eat bat
tles refore thirty-three years of age. but you
never heard of a 'rreat legislator under thirty
three or at thirty three. It takes prolonged
experience. Ai istotie was old, Lycurgus wa>
o <i. f ene h wa« old. all the great I 'ginlatmi
of th* word I were old Ca Ist was young
It whs against Him. People sad: “It cannot
he this young n au knows more about these
things than those who have be»n s udvi ig
them for twmty.thirtv, f >rtvan lov n tds?v
e ty or ci■fiiiy years of age. It all against i
Him. The «• were < bs‘a le* He ha ito over*
com *. Ave, the fa-'t th it H? rev *rs «d the
world’s maxims was against Him Public i
theory stid: “Blessed is ihe merchant who
owns a castle down on the bank* of the lake
Galilee.” Christ fa d: “Blessed are the
poor.” Public theory said: “Bredis the ,
man who has all kinds of festivi.y. and amid
statuary, and amid all luxuries, lives and
reigns.’ 1 Christ sail: “Blessed are they
that mourn.” Public theory said: “Blessed
is the Roman eagle, the flap of whose wings
startles all nations, and whose cruel
beak inflicts cruelty. v upon all wh) op
pose. Christ said: “Bles-el are the
merciful.” Public theory said: “An eye
for an eye, a tooth for a tooth: if a man
knocks your eye out, you knock his out. if
he breaks your tooth, you break his tooth;
sarcasm for sarcasm, persecution for perse
cution; pay a man in his own coin, wound
for wound.” Christ said: “Pray for them
who despitefully use and torment you ” Was
there anything so revolutionary# Was there
anything that struck the thrones of the world
so violently back? They licit the solid earth
under them; but Christ said: “I uphold the
pillars of the earth.’ They looked at tlie
rnocn. Christ said: “I will turn it into
blood.” They looked at th* stars He said:
“I will shake them down like untimely figs.”
Do you wonder that the world was startled
and overwhelmed? Were not nil these
things agsinst him? After the bat
tle of Antietam fcA when the soldiers were
lying down, thor ughly exh nisted. and one
of them t Id me he did not think he could I
have lifted his hand to save his life, it was ■
told that a favorite general vas coming
along the line, and I * «n ; d they all got up
and thev gave th. * r< using ch ers— |
“huzza, huzza, huzza.' Although a 1 w
n omenta before they felt they cou <1 hardly
lift a ha id to save /heir life. So '
great was the magnetism of some i
men. Napoleon after his first cap- 1
tivitv put his foot on the earth and it
shook all kingdoms, an! 3iii,()o) men gath
ered to his standard. Bit Christ had a more
wonderful magnetism than that. Napole »n
had all around him the memories of Marengo
and Austerlitz and Jena. Hero comes a man
with no parade, no brandished sword, no
peculiarity of apparel, aud compa»a
tively no reputation. I do not now think
of any remarkable person conne ted wi h His
name except his mother, and she so poor that
in the most solemn hour that ever comes t >
a woman’s soul she must lie down among the
( amel drivers grooming their beasts of bur
den. Ah! notwithstanding all this, what do
you see# A man mee‘s Him on the street
some day and says: “Mv father was in g >v
e nment, and my grandfather aud great
grandfather. Who was your father?’
Christ says: “My earthly lather was Jo
seph, the carpenter ” Another man meets
Christ and ho unrolls his scroll and says:
“Here is a diploma from the best s -hool in
Athens Wh're did you g*adnate?” Christ
savs: “I never graduated.” It was as though
s< me little fishing villa o on Long Island
shonld arraign New York. Oh, what a stir
He make*! If you hav > am nd to call it
ma netism of per on call it that, but what a
st rhe makes. Ile comes into a villa e and th ?n
He steps out into the fields,and all the p?o:»le
g' • after Him.and though they had taken only
enough food to last a day, they are so fas
cinated with Christ they folljw right clear
out into the wilderness, and in danger of
starvation. A man falls flat on the ground
before Chri it. and says: “My laughter is
dead, my da ghter is dead. ” A blind man
tries to rub the dimness out of his eye*, and
he says: “Lord, that my eyes might be
opened.” Tne light of day pours through
gates that has no .er before been o;»ened.
And here com s a sick an I fainting woman.
She says: “If I could just touch the hem of
his garment—that is all.” Aud the little
children who always liked th *ir mothers be
fore struggled to ger out of their mothers’
arms. They wanted to go to Christ s arms
and they want’d to kiss his cheek,
aud they wanted to run their fingers
through his hair,an I they put Him so in love
with children that there is hardly a horn i on
earth from which Christ ha* not taken one.
“Oh,’’ he says. I must have them Ia n *o
ing to make Hea en of these. To one cedar
that 1 plant in Heaven. I plant.fifty white
lilies. The children loved me on earth, aid
now I have come to a throne, ought not I
to love them? f)h. wee in mother, hold not
back that child. Lav it on mv loving aud
sympathetic bo->om. Os euch is the Kingdom
of Heaven.”
On ’o more I remark, lack of organization
was against Him. If men are going to carry
out any great project thev ban I togeth r,
and their sue ess is generally in proportion
tn the completeness of the organization.
Who can tali h>w much can be accom
plished by a lar_,e number of men banded
together for a right object. Christ had
no su h association, no one to back
hi n up. If ]>e q»le catne into His
company, all right— if they went awav, all
well. Wh n t iey came, no load salutation.
When they went awav, no following o’
anathema. Peter left Him, and wha did
Christ do? The Bible says H * Io >ked at him.
T.iat is all. Oh, my ir ends d I anyone e er
start throughsu ’h obstacles and run through
such obsta les to achieve such success? Not
withstanding his worldly o cupation
was ajainst Him an 1 His trade
and His diet were against Him, an 1
His poverty wa- against Him, and His lack
of s hoolin was a ainst Him, and the
brevity of His liie was against Ili n, a id thi
leversal of public n.a<ims was against Him,
and lack of organization was against Him.
yet you hear His voice th s morning ringing
through the ages in everlasting cadences:
“I have finished the work which iho i gavest
me to do Oh yes, Christ is a
conqueror. See how He con juere 1 all the
for es of nature. Tne Atlantic Ocean —wh it
a terrible shing it is in its wrath. .How the
ocean will take down the Spani h Arma la.
or the Pre’ident, or the Central Ameri a as
e&s.ly as it coal I swallow a l’y. Bat 1 have
been told by tho-e wh) have visited
Asia M nor that a storm on those
inland lakes is worse. And yet
Christ came and He looked at one of tho*e
gna inland seas in cyclone aid the sea
crou bed before Him an I li :ked His feet.
He knew all the winds ami th * waves. He
be *koned and thev ca ne He frowned
and they fled. Tne heel of Hi' foot
made no indent iti n on the solid!'el
water as II- walked it. In the ba k
part of the I oat sound asleep, “oh,’ you
say. “po< r man poor Christ. k o tir d sound
asleep in the i.a k par of th * boat.” B.t He
routes up. He coma* to the prow of the
boat He looks out. He has two words, one
for the winds and the other for the s ;a. aud
fie says: “Pea e, be still ’ atiu inn wave,
crouch like whippet spaniels at his feet]
y; r //(o/u-/ Lc< e Dea ! I.ehold the man
Behold the Go I!
M s ieme done much f r the ax
lev.at oi of rheu i ati a.l nents and io cure
diseas d blood: but when the muscles ar - ail
withe ed up no human power c m ever re
store th *m. Wh.-n the hand and the arm are
deal, they are nerd. /• t here i* a j ara ytic
in th- j resell re of Christ. Arm p rfeutl*
u eless, heiplf i. (.'brist it. lie couid
no see any .hi ■ %o£ that kml without pity*
ing it. He >av> to this man with the
paralytic a: in, ".-t e -h forth thy ha»'d.
He stret he.l it forth who e es tne ether.
E Ue is! Behold the God! And there if
the fish of the -a. No human v i-cxe.*
comman h.■<! a s?i> oi of fisn, or.t Chri*tl
voi e marshals the finny tribe, an I the?
come in a place wn re a li tl whfie
before people were fishing and ha ii
iug in n<>t-iing: now tae pen >io a<aia
pull the net. and tney pull un il the net
breaks. There is the gra-e. Tne hinges of
the 'amily -a lit get very ru ty be 'iu tie
door is so seldom op*:ie 1. It is only when
some of us go in to st iv th re or thelis;
steep A knob on the outs'de of the 1 >or of
the family vault, bit no kuoo w.thi i. The
knob on the out id* we open to : ass in. but
no knob on tie insule. fh-*y w o pass in
stay there until the r*s irre t on. Can <t ime
through all that real nandHe said: "Baugh
ter of Ja rus, rise up” She rose up. tie
sail* “Lazarus, come forth,’ an 1 he cane
forth. And He sa;d to th? widow s son:
“Get off that bier and go tome with thy
mother.” Th» son arose and went home with
hi* mother. Tuen Christ pi *ke lup the keys
of d-vitli and fast med them to His ginlle.an l
uttered a voice whi h still r mouu is through
all the graveva~di of tne earth: Oh, d * ith,
I will be thv plague! Oh, grave. 1 will be
thv de : : t>• '
I do not know any better illustration of
the vicarlms miTenng and work of Christ
than 1 coul 1 find in the Brotherhood this
dav here presented and her,* welcomed with
all our hearts. Vicarious suffering. Wo
sometimes talk as though it were an abstract
word, and we try to illustrate it this
way and that way. But it has
been illustrated in the lives of
that profession and occupation perhaps
os in no other. There is not a railroad m
the United States that has not been the s on©
of heroic endurance on the part of railroad
engineers—a scene worthy of poet's canto
and pai »tor’s ]w»u il and sculptor s chisel
and legislator’s appropriation. There he is,
pacing along rapidly. He is at his post.
There has been some wrong order
given, or there has been somo reclclermeas,
somewhere, and there comos the train down
on the same t.a’k against him at the rate of
fi ty mile* the hour. Standing at his post he
says: “Whit shall 1 do#” for h>w much a
man can think in ase *ond. “Shall I jump
and save my lie and bo the support of
my helpless family, or shall I stand
hero and save my three hundred pas
sengers. Oh God . hel’x” He comes to quick
ile *ision, and he submits to th? awful bap
tism of fire an 1 s ’aiding an I whirlwind and
go ‘sup to take h.. place among th» martyrs
before the throne. There is one book tliat
titled: “Tae Martyr Locomotive Engineers
of America.” I am glad they are
putting into a poem a beautiful scone enacted
on one of the Western pra l ies. Au ongin -er
passing along day after dav aw a li tie girl
come out in front of her lather’s cabin and
wav© to him and he waved ba -k. and every
day that was the joy of the old engineer’s
heart, as passingalong in his locomotive over
the prairies the lit.tli child ame and waved to
him and he waved back. But one evening tho
train was belated and it was belat'd until
the darkness came on. and bv tho head I i ht
of tho locomotive, the old cn - inner saw that
little child on She track. Sh 3 had come out
looking for tho old engineer She won
dere I why so long he tarried. She
knew not her pe 1. When the old
engineer saw the little girl on the track a
great horror fro*e his so il. Ho reverse I the
engine an 1 leaned over on the cowcatcher,
and though the train wa-. slowing u > and
slowing un very much, it did seem to tho
old engineer as if it were ga ling in
velocity. But stan ling there and wait
ing for the right moment, with al nost
supernatural clut h ho sei od her and fell
back on the cowcatcher. The trail halted,
the passengers came around to see what was
the matter, and the e lay the old engineer
fainted dead away, with the little child all
unhurt in his a-ms. He had saved her.
Bravo! you say, bravo! for tho o d engineer.
But behold my Christ the son of G id.
When long trains of disaster were c ming
down on tho nations—long trains of ever
lasting woe and darkness and doom, He
wont out in his own Almighty strength and
snat bed us out of the do >m, and snatched
us oit of darkness, Himself pori h ng in the
sacrlfl o. Oh, the grandeur of the vieari m
su Tering of the Son of God wh > laid down
Hisli e for you and for mo. < >h, His g aye —
it is so high, it is so deep, it is so long, it is so
broad. Yes, yes. We have a sympathizer
in this Christ. I know that. Yo.i can iit
tell, my brother, you cannot tell, my sister,
you cannot tell Christ anything about
su Tering. He has ben through it all
You will never have a lal as
heavy to carry as the 1 »ad He carried up th)
bloody mount. You will never have any
suffering worse than that which Christ felt
wh?n, with tongue hot and j arched and
era’ked and swollen. Ht' cried out: “I
thirst!” Ah, you wi 1 never hive any
worse en’inia* than Christ hai.
Tney hailed down His prayers an I t iey
snuffed un with gloe the s nellof His I>l > »l.
This day I lay His cru died heart at v »ir I o it.
Oh, He must have been tremeudo isly in
earnest, or all the obsta le* would ha e
diven Him back. Bit, no, no. H» omes
right on. and He is hero more er tai ily th in
you and I are h >ro, for II» tills a’l ths place
with His prermce, an 1 I put His crushel
hf art at your feet. ( Hi, let it not be told in
Heaven that after all vour onportuities of
a’renting this Christ, and after n’l that
Christ has done for you, you despis-l Hs
grace and puto.Tthis opportunity. Many of
you I see for the fi st time an I the last time.
It is so every Sabbath morning aud it
is so every Sabbath night. I see you
on-e and then never again until th) preat
throne of hidgmen is lift’d and he - shall
come from the North and the South and die
l ast and th) Wes . We will a1 be there.
H iwever deep down in th) earth we may
be b irie 1 we will h •a*' the blast of th ) g eat
trumpet, and we shall co no u > wo shall
comeii). And yet I hive t> tell von this
morning--and it breaks my heirt to
ten yon—that notwdhstan lin' all that
Christ has dme bo au e of His rejehion,
all His magnificent work an 1 all the st >ry of
cro;s and crown and ih >rns are f > ■ son)
people a dea 1 failure. Helena, the E npre ;s,
went out lo find in the Holy Imvl across,
th) iiarticul ir cros* on which Christ wis
crucified, and tradition says —of co irs • theri
was superstition mingled with the tra i.ti >n
—tradition says three crosses wereoxliumi .
They did n >t know whi *h of the throe wis
the cross of Chri-t, so they took a dea I oo ly
and put it upon one cross ail the body
moved not. Then they t >ok the dead b »dy
and put it up m the si -on*! cross, but the
body moved not. Then they t >ok the
dead body an 1 they put it upon the
thir l cross an 1 it sprang into life -it
sprang into life. It may have b en—th it
story ma/ have been mare tradition or super
stition: but it is not a s 100 -stitio-i thatiu the
cross of the Son of God i here is a life giving
power for your dea lso d an<l mine. “Ava o,
thou that sleepe-t, and arise from the dead
and Christ shall give thee life.”
A Sad Difference of Meaning,
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Mbs Be sie?”
S if. (referring to lunch) “How
tbo.ightful of yo i, Mr Short, and how
delicately you put the i ivit it On— and
he hid to run her over to the mar by
hotel and order boiled quail for two.) —
Tld-Ijiti.
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Lady of the House to t amp;—“What
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Tramp —"Ala l , lady I »m so hungry
that I am <ating grass.’
Lady “Poor man. < ome arour.d into
•he ba k yard where the grass is re I
h gh. You can make a lull meal theie.”
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V. ■'T ?>' band work. It. can
V'-.' reudily 1)0 leane d from
tl»o Manual of In-
Btruction. lu tho
hands of an intelligent operator it novel I
fails to properly do its work.
Semi stamp for circular, or 25 cents for
Manual.
I’RICE, ■ - S4O.
With Case and Manual. Size, 7’lx7 in.;
Weight, 3 lbw.
Additional instruction by mail, free, if desired.
U. S. STENOGRAPH CO.,
402 N. 3d STREET, - ST. LOUIS, MO.
Tiin
“HappyThnughl”
RANGE,
With Duplex Crate,
For COAL or WOOD.
The “Happy Thought’’ is the
leader and the best working
Range in the market. It is made
in forty different styles and sizes.
Ask your stove dealer for the
“Happy Thought,” or send for
circular and prices.
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PITTSTON, PA.
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I Tbit Wash
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waahing I bap
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will .In 11... work of I vo .<•]. r He nil. I.H • bo
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bl the m rkoi. la llgln, cotnpiM-t. durable,
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power mnl han few« r worii ln« purl,
huiniinr other mn.lilix. No vliiipw
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p. ~,l n.ol.bv, n .x. • n.v. r, Hend '"'"'“ft
pure lIH.-o , of Tl.r.-lnnc, Kne n.-». H.w MIN.
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THE KOPPES MACHINE CO.
ORRVILLE, O.