SYNODICAL SERMON,
Preached at the Opening, of the Meeting of:the
Synod of Pennsylvania, in the Third Pres
byterian Church, Philadelphia, October 17,
1865, by the retiring Moderator, REV. B.
B. BOTOEKIN.
[PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF SHE SYNOD..I
* * * * " Necessity is laid upon me ; yea
woe is unto to me, if 1 preach not the Gos
pel."-1 CORINTHIANS ix. 16.
I suppose there is sufficient oneness of
view respecting this text, to justify me
in assuming that the writer here meant
to characterize the. Divine call which
pressed him into the ministry of the Gos
peL I suppose he meant to speak of it as
addressed to his soul with such urgency
that he could not resist, without becoming
false to his relation to Christ, and burden
ing his own conscience with a feeling of
woe. I might sustain this view of the
text, from the terms used, the relation in
which it stands, a❑d from what we know
of the writer's personal introduction to the
ministry; but I presume that I have no
need to do it.
I may assume, further; that while this
may have been .an extraordinary ease, so
far as regards the degree of the the urgency
employed, there is nothing in the nature of
the influence which constituted this Apos
tle's Divine call to the ministry, which dis
tinguishes it from God's usual mode of
bringing forward those whom his Spirit
consecrates for the work. If this last point
does require discussion, such discussion
will be more or less involved in what is to
follow.
These views of the text will form the
basis of some remarks respecting the cha
racter of the consecration implied in an
obedience to the Holy Spirit's call to the Gos
pel ministry. I intend first to take a gene
ral view of a true self-consecration to the
ministry, and then speak of it with special
reference to the wants of our own times.
The profession of the Christian ministry
has this peculiarity among the vocations of
life, that when rightly assumed, it has been
in obedience to a spiritual leading—an im
mediate call of the Holy Spirit addressed
to the heart. God; it is true, calls men
into other employments of life, but in these
latter eases, the leadings are rather provi
dental than spiritual. Generally, something
in the associations of a youth, something
in his inborn tastes, or in the openings
before him, guides his choice of a calling.
Among the callings of life, the work of
the ministry has peculiarities which are
radical; hence it is not strange that
God has distinguished the call to it by a ra
dical peculiarity. It is only a fit arrange
ment that it should consist of an imme
diate supernatural influence upon the heart
—the Holy Spirit's direct , operation upon
the soul, burdening it with the feeling,
" My work is there, and nowhere else; and
however low it may bring down my worldly
aspirations, or cost what it may of self
denial, I may not neglect it except at the
price of anguish of conscience and peril of
my soul."
The true power of this Holy Spirit's call
has not reached the heart of the young man
who, pondering his future course of life,
says to himself—" I may follow the plough,
some mechanical art, or the business of
commerce ; I may become a teacher, a phy
sician, or a lawyer; or, as I am a professor
of religion, I suppose I may become a min
ister of the Gospel. These callings are
alike open to my choice : in which of them
may• I expect to pass best through the
world ?"
If there are ministers who chafe under
the hardships of the ministry, who com
plain that the Church does not provide
them with pleasant parishes, who acknowl
edge no obligation to preach unless they are
thus provided for, and, carrying out this
principle of 4C no pay, no preach," are dumb
Sabbath after Sabbath, and who fill our ears
with the complaint that the ministry is
crowded, they aro probably those whose
first consecration to the work was made
only upon such principles as draw men into
the other honorable pursuits of life.
God sometimes assigns to his devoted
ministers pleasant earthly allotments, but
these allotments are too rare to justify any
one's venturing upon this holy profession,
until he is sure of a self-devotion which
will endure hardness as a good soldier, and,
counting the cost, resolve all the ambitions
of life into Christ and his cause. A spirit
like that which wrought upon the heart of
Paul, throws all other callings out of the
range of choice, loading the heart, of its
subject with the feeling that all themorld
has but one vocation for him, following him
into the night watches, and chasing sleep
from his eyes.with the solemn impression—
" Necessity is laid upon me; yea woe is
unto me,
if I preach not the Gospel." Its
spirit is beautifully expressed in the well
known missionary chant :
" My soul is not at rest.
There comes a strange and secret whisper to
my spirit, like a dream of night,
That tells me I am on enchanted ground.
The voice of my departed Lord, Go teach all
nations!'
Comes on the night air, and awakes mine ear.
Why live I here 7 The TOWS of God are on me,
And I may not stop to play with shadows, or
pluck earthly flowers,
Till I my work have done, and rendered up ac
count.
Henceforth then it matters not if storm or sun
shine be my earthly lot,
Bitter or sweet my cup,
I only pray, God make me holy, and my spirit
nerve for the stern hour of strife !'
And when I come to stretch me for the last,
It will be sweet that I have toiled for other
worlds than this."
In one word, the inwrought exercise un
der which the, heart burns with love to
Christ, and, because of this love, breaks
forth in unutterable longing for the salva
tion of 'the souls for whom Christ died, and
is then wrought to an unconquerable desire
to spend all of life in preaching Christ to
those souls—this constitutes the Holy Spi
rit's true call to the ministry, and this also
tones the heart's consecration in response
to that call.
It is true we are accustomed to speak of
a twofold call—the call from 'the Holy
Spirit and from the Church. The last has
simply this weight, that it is confirmatory
of the reality of the Divine call—one test
of its genuineness, instituted by the Church
noting under inspired command to provide
guards for its own purity and stability.
There is no spiritual influence „upon any
heart but has its simulations. But in the
case under review, it is of special impor
tance, both to the individual and to the
cause which he proposes to serve, that the
Spirits should be tried whether they are of
God. Hence, under apostolical example,
and•other sanctions of the New Testament,
we have this well-arranged feature in our
Church polity , that those who suppose'
t h em „N e d called by the Holy Spirit to
preach the Gospel, should submit that call
to the examination and judgment of the
ecc lesiastical authority, and the suffrage of
the Church. It is a test of its reality, not
simply suitable, but also provided by the
wisdom of Gott; and hence to go forth dis
regarding this ordeal, would be a montemn
ing.of•tire ordinanot of God.
But this secondary call of the Church
does not materially modify the great truth
which I am anxious to bring out from the
higher fact of the Holy Spirit's call, viz :
that a true consecration to the work of the
ministry goes in advance of all prospects,
respecting specific fields of labor, or amount
of wordly support. This was true in the days
of Paul; nothing has - since occurred to
make it less true. In honest response to
the Divine call, the Heaven-elected minis
ter has stood up before his Lord and said,
" Here am I; send me." This was his
first preaching contract, his covenant en
gagement with God, to live and die a
preacher of the Gospel. This contract is
far back of all parish engagements; it is
unconditional as regards them; and hence
it can never be disturbed by any of their
inconstancies. The parish call may be
a good index to a field of labor; the
fulfillment, or the failure of parish
contracts may very properly affect the
movements of a minister. But the terms
involved in a true acceptance of 'the Holy
Spirit's call to preach the Gospel, forbid 1
any minister from falling back into the
pew, simply because he fails to secure min
isterial employment, in places, and under
conditions, to which he supposes his talents,
or the cost of his education, entitle him.
His Lord said to him : " Go, preach the
Gospel." He did not say; Go, preach to
a refined, intelligent, and appreciative con
gregation ; to the people of . some pleasant
locality; to communities which give to a
minister honor, position and generous tem
poral sustenance. Such allotments may, in
the providence of God, become his; but
the point which I urge is, that they form
no part of the conditions under which he
gave himself to Christ for the work of
preaching the Gospel. He is sent into a
world which has every kind of field, and
all varieties of society and living. There
are frescoed temples, unadorned rural
churches, log o t ' 'ins, and open mountain
sides in the wil iaess ; abodes of civiliza
tionak and refinement, and of barbarism, and
somewhere in such a world, he knows
nothing where/ God has a field for him.
And God's providence will arrange for
him both his form and field of labor. He
may call him to the desk of some depart
ment of church enterprise, to multiply min
isters or sustain them in their work. God
may put the pen in his hand, and bid him
preach throUgh the press to many thousands.
He may be sent into 'the halls of learning,
there to' work for his Lord. But generally,
almost always in fact, with the living voice,
God's first and best instrument for bringing
truth to burn on the hearts of men, his Mas
ter would have him fullfd his solemn vow,
somewhere -and under some conditions, to
spend his life in preaching Christ to a dying
world—unless stayed by some absolute Di
vine prohibition, to live and die a preacher
of the glorious Gospel of Christ. So that
when he is gone, it may be said of him—.
Thou halt fallen in thine armor,
Thou servant of the Lord 3
Thy last breath crying, Onward !
Thy hand upon thy sword."
The vow registered over his name in heaven
is,• that he will preach, the Gospel.
I now come to what I regard as the more
important point of the present discourse,
viz : that no lesser consecration than this
will meet the peculiar wants of our times.
You may read in the standards of our
Church this sentence--" The pastoral office is
the first in the Church, both for dignity and
usefulness." This was written in a former
century, when there was no • open heathen
world laid at the feet of the Church, or at
least the Church had no thought of the
magnificent proportions of its work in that
direction. It was also a time when, in
Christian lands, a regular attendance upon
some place of worship was customary with
the people at large, the chief question be
ing, to,what church, and whose ministra
tions sall I attach myself ? It was writ
ten by men who enuld not anticipate the
characteristics of a future age, and who had
no thought of the time when the masses
would deVert the sanctuaries, and keep•out
of the reach of pastorates, and when, in
stead of their running after the Gospel, the
Gospel would have to run after them.
I might speak of many and wondrous
peculiarities of our times; but these two—
the indifference of the great multitude of
sinners in Christian lands to regular sanc
tuary ministrations, and the opening of the
world to spiritu'al conquest, are sufficient
for the point in hand; sufficient to speak
the loud call of the age for the really self-.
sacrificing of ministerial consecration.
1 speak what I believe to be now the gen
eral conviction, that the ordinary pastoral
work of the Church is not meeting, and is
not likely to meet, the necessities of the case.
Let me, however, be understood. I do
not mean that pariah organizations, with
their pastorships, have declined in import
ance. Specifically they are just as import
ant ai in any past age—on some accounts
more so. As points of concentration and
diffusion of Christian power for enterprise;
as conserving and promoting the interests
of religion in given localities; as giving
compactness to the Church, and definite
ness to its efforts. I know not how we
could dispense with organized parishes, with
their settled pastors. They are, to all ap
pearance, a vital feature in our pystem, and
one that should be pushed fast along the
track of Church extension, as the most efi
cient garrisoning of our conquests.
But the supposed pre•envilience of the
pastorship, as distinguished from other
modes of ministerial service, is not settled
by Divine prescription. It may be more or
less true, or not true at all, according to the
varying .phases of Christian enterprise,
moulded by the providences of the ages It
is not
e ertain that the New Testament con
tains one account of what we technically
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY,
This faith in roviaing God is the
handmaid of the s up liff 7 consecrating grace of
which I have spoken. And this believing
that God was in earnest when he promised
verily to feed those who trust in him,
and do good, is half the battle in meeting
another oft embarrassing question—where
shall I find a field ? Dr. Beecher, while in
Cincinnati, inquired of a young minister,
why he was not at work. He replied that
he was anxious to be employed, but he
could find no field. "No field I" replied
the hardy veteran, "why the whole West is
a field, and here it lies right at your feet."
Casting all their worldly cares upon Him
who feeds the young ravens and clothes the
lilies, men who are content to work for
eternity rather than time, may find fields
on every hand, or what is still better, may
carve out their own fields, finding, if • need
be, some wilderness beyond Jordan, in
which to preach; but finding , also some
Mount Pisgah from which often to look
over into Canaan, and bye-and-bye some
Bethany from which to ascend to glory.
I can only say, further, respecting the
true ministerial self-consecration, that the
term a pastorate, or one precept concerning
it. If so, it is only in the vaguest terms.
The term pastor, as applied to men, is there
used but once, and then without anything
in the connection to define it. Our pastor
ate system is simply one of those sound and
far-reaching points of polity which the
Church has adopted, acting under her
Lord's general commission to bind and loose
in arranging the internal order of God's
house.
The bearing of this allusion to our pas
torate system, upon the tone of ministerial
self-consecration demanded by the age, is
this : The country and the world are ready
for such an army of Christian laborers as
never filled the highest vision of the faith
of the former age. The time has passed for
Seminary dreams of pleasant pastorates,
eligible positions, bountiful salaries, and
parish compliments. Such things may be
appointed for our incoming ministry, or they
may not be, as God sees best. Concerning
All this, God . says to them—" What is that
to thee ? follow thou me." The time is
past for men to aay—" I am not going to
squander my costly education, upon fields
where I can can never secure for myself
positioz" The time has come fol. them to
think Tolemrrly that the. Lord to whom they
are giving themselves, has flocks in the
deserts to be fed. He has sheep astray on
the far mountains, and somebody 'must,
climb the rugged heights, torn, it may be,
by the brambles, and with feet bleeding
along the flinty path, and often faint with
toil; but the lost are there, and Christ
came to'seek and to save those lost, and'his
ministers must look them up. And this
work must come to be regarded as just as
high in dignity, as well as usefulness, as
any position which the System of our Church
creates.
This outside work ; as we may call it—
outside of the ordinary parish routine—in
the thronged haunts of our cities, the broad
country, the mountain wilds, the sea, the
land, and the world, calls for far the great
est number of ministers wanted at this
hour. In this city of Philadelphia, on the
next Sabbath, there will be four times the
number of all who are assembled in Christian
churches, needing ministers to search them
out, gather them in assemblies, and preach
to them the strange and blessed love of
Christ for their souls. Who can sit idle
amid the groans of these thousands, borne
along by the Sabbath wind—" No man cites
for my soul; no servant of Jesus comes ,to
our wilderness of sin, to lift before my dy
ing eye the brazen serpent, that I may look
and live ?"
But this kind of work, which now calls,
and will more and more call, for the greatest
number of recruits for the ministry, is a
work for which noMan is qualified until he
comes forward self-consecrated—until he
ha's laid all on the altar, counting and se
cepting the hazards of living and life, con
tent in all things to drink the Master's cup,
and to be baptized with his baptism. I
said that living, as well as life, is to be put
into the stake. How are these men to
live ? I grant to this question all the great
seriousness, which belongs to it. Gideon
,Blackburn, a young minister whose bril
liant gifts might have made him the pride
of any pulpit, turned calmly to what he felt
to be his alloted work in the wilds south of
the Ohio, as they were two generations ago.
He felt that to be his duty, and his way to
heaven. His work there now forms a
bright page in the history of our Church.
He wrought out his duty, and he is now in
heaven.
How did he live ? The Lord had fish in
the rivers, and deer in the forests, with
here and there an opening where the rough
pioneer had his corn-field, and God made
the hardy and often wicked men around
him what the ravens were to Elijah.
I do not mean to speak lightly of the
self-denying minister's exposures of this
kind. I know brethren for whom my heart
has often ached, and I have wondered at
the heroism which has kept them faithful
amid straits and suffering. Often, while
sitting in the Presbytery .and listening to
the reading of some call to a pastorate, I
have felt that there was a bitter sarcasm in
placing the stipulated amount for support
in connection with the sentence—" that
you may be free from worldly cares and avo
cations.'
And yet, through a life-long observation,
I have seen no minister, well engaged in
the Master's work, in deeper self-denial as
regards worldly good, than that Master and
his apostles lived and worked through ;
none whom God forsook in his extremity.
I do not expect our Lord, who owns the
cattle upon the thousand hills, and the
whole wide world, to leave destitute those
whom he has truly called into his work, and
who are doing that work: And I will say,
further, that I have seen' the liberality or
the churches, not to their own pastors
merely, but to the working ministry in gen
eral, expanding as fast as 'the men come
forward who require their bounty. The
means of temporal support, though confess
edly and most wrongfully far short of the
fair mark, nevertheless advance in propor
tion, and I believe more than in proportion
to the increase of laborers. I believe that
the indications of the temper of the churches
in regard to this matter are that, let them
see that any servant of the ministry takes
care of his work, and they will take care of
him.
great want of this work in the world is just
now a special reason why it should be a
life-long spirit. It would not be well for
the Church that even her best men should
live too long. It is one of the laws of all
, enterprise in this world, that time impairs
efficiency, but freshness promotes the vigor
of service. The greatest enterprises of earth
—the administration of the affairs of an em
pire, would, in time, become inert, were any
one sovereign, even a Charlemagne, to
hold the throne from century to century.
The holiest enterprise, while yet this side
of heaven, cannot withstand the operation
of this law of progress. It is the wisdom
of God which passes the Gospel along from
hand to hand. Thus each successive laborer
is spurred by the thought that, if he wculd
not carry the thriftless_talent to the final
reckoning, he must do= work fast. It
matters bu little that n die, so Jong as
the everlasting Gospel lives.
But, brethren, this shortness of our hire
ling's day 'does speak of cause for enduring
consecration. It not only bids us work
with a whole-souled devotion, but work on
to the end. It presses upon us the motive
which our incarnate Lord applied to him
self, when Said, " I must work the works
of him that sent me while it is day : the
night cometh when no man can work."
Christ spoke this from his assumed human
nature—a nature like ours, susceptible of
the wear of labor upon physical energy,
and its depressing influence upon the spirit.
Like us he could toil and tire. As truly as
any of us, he could feel that toil is toil, and
that the natural longings of a wearied body
and mind are for repose. It was in this nature
that he spoke of his duty and his resolve
to work while it is day—to work until the
sun should be gone down, for it is not night
until. the sun has fully set. Our call to
follow him in this to the end, comes from the
lips of worn-out veterans, from the coffins of
those wEo have died in the harness; but,
more thim all, it comes from the stirring
voice of the Spirit to the true minister's
soul.
The reward is not alone that to come.
It is ever present. It is heard" in the ex
clamation from the minister in life, in
death, and sent back from the other side to
this mortal shore. "0, the 'unspeakable
privilege of preaching Christ to a dying
world!'
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and examine before purchasing. 1009-3 m
wrir.T.TAlvr YARNALL,
rmPORTER AND DEALER IN
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
No. 1232 CHESTNUT ST., S. E. COB. 13TH.
SUPERIOR REFRIGERATORS,
PINE TABLE CUTLERY, WATER COOLERS,
FAMILY HARDWARE,
IRONING TABLES, &a. ac.,
BROAD AND CHESTNUT STREETS,
Pw I INT M 9E° .M' ..A. ,
AND EVERY VARIETY OF
Goods delivered in any part of the City, or packed securely for the Country
MANUFACTURER OP
WAREHOUSE,
PHILADELPHIA
STOVE . STORE.
DEALERS IN
kripuriz ant( Btakutio.
SELECT CLASSICAL in EIRE EIJOL,
S. E. cor. of Thirteenth unit Locust fits
PHILADELPHIA
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1865-6,
Sessions Commence September 11th and February Ist.
This School has been in operation for the last ten
years. On entering upon a new decade. new facili
ties, and improved accommodations will be afforded.
The Principal will bestow the closest personal at
tention, care, and oversight upon each pupil, and in
the work of instruction will be aided by the best pro
fessors and assistant teachers.
Thoroughness in every study which is undertaken
will be insisted upon as essential to true progress and
right mental development.
Pupils will be prepared for any class in college or
for mercantile life.
Elementary Studies and the Modern Languages will
receive full attention.
The School-room has just been fitted up with new
furniture of the most approved pattern. and a fine
inclosed play -ground on the premises, also gives un
usual value and attractiveness to the location of the
school.
All other desirable information will be furnished to
those interested on application, either personally or
by letter, to
B. KENDALL, A. IL, Principal.
` FREDERICK FEMALE SEMINARY,
FREDERICK CITY, MARYLAND.
This Institution having passed into the hands of
the undersigned, late Proprietor of the Young Ladies'
institute, Wilmington, Delaware, will commence its
Twenty-first Scholastic Year, on MONDAY, the 4th
of September.
For Circulars, containing view of buildings and
other information, address
1005-6 m REV. THOMAS M. CANN, A. M.
THE WEST CHESTER ACADEMY
AND
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MILITARY INSTITUTE,
AT WEST CHESTER, PA.
Will commence the next scholastic year
ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH.
For Catalogues, containing terms and full particu
lars, apply at the Office of the AMERICAN PRES
BYTERIAN.. or to.
WILLIAM. F. WYERS, A. M., Principal.
No charge for tuition is made to sons of Clergymen
and young men preparing for the Ministry.
YOUR LADIES'SEIIINARY,
Southeast Corner of Church and Milner
Streets,
WEST CHESTER, PA.
MRS. C. C. CRISMAN, - - Principal.
PIIILABELPRIII COLLEGIATE lISEETTE
Fbx
- YOUNG- LADIES,
NORTWEST. CORNER OF CHESTNUT and
EIGHTEENTH STREETS.
REV. CHARLES A. SMITH, RR,
PRINCIPAL.
This Seminary has been in successful operation for
several years at No. 1530 Arch street. A new locality
has been selected, not only because it is more 'central
in its relations to the most densely populated portions
of the city, 'but also because the school-rooms are un
usually large and airy, and admirably adapted to the
purpose to which they are designed.
To the present and former patrons of othersl it is
needless to speak of its advantages. To, who
desire to send their daughters to a first-class institu
tion, it will be enough to say, that the design of this
school is to educate, in the only true sense. To secure
this end, thoroughness is aimed at in all the branches
pursued, so that the scholar may understand the
principle involved in every investigation.
The classes are arrann three departments :
Primary, Academic, and CoCollegiate. There are sepa
rate and ample accommodations for primary pupils, as
well as for those belonging to the higher departments.
All the departments are subject to the same discipline
and general supervision.
Circulars containing Courze ef Study, and other in
formation. may be obtained at the Presbyterian
House. 1834 Chestnut street; also. at 1226 Chestnut
street, or address Box 2611, Post Office, Philadelphia.
The next session will commence on MONDAY, Sep
tember 18th, 1865.
The rooms will be ready for examination about the
first of September.
INEIDULETOWN ACADEMY
AND
Family Boarding School for Boys,
As.
MIDDLETOWN, NEW CASTLE CO., DELA WARE.
REV. CHAS. 11. HOLLOWAY, Principal.
MISS G. F. MIISSEY, Assistant.
This Institution will enter upon its thirty-ninth
Year. on the 4th day of September next. A limited
number of young men or boys will be admitted to the
Boarding Department.- The year is divided into two
Sessions of five months each. Terms, per session Sl5O,
one-half payable in advance, the remainder near the
close of the session.
The present Principal is a graduate ofAmherst
College, and is possessed of ample testimonials as to
ability, dkc. The Assistant, who takes charge. of the
Primary Department and Drawing, is a well-educated
lady, of Western New York, thoroughly acquainted
with all the duties and responsibilities of her position.
' The Institution is designed to give a thorough Eng
lish, Mathematical, Classical, and Commercial Edu
cation. It is located in Middletown, about fifty miles
south of Philadelphia, in a beautiful and healthy
country; and is connected with Philadelphia and
Baltimore by the Peninsular Railway Line.
For further information, apply to the Principal-
REFERENCES''
Rev. W.S.TYLER.Prof.of Greek in Amherst College.
Rev. SYL. COWLES. Randolph, N. Y.
Rev. EDW. STRATTON, Greenport, N.Y.
Rev. HENRY J. FOX New York City.
Rev. D. H. EMERSON. St. Georges, Da
Rev. EDW. B. BRUEN, Philadelphia,
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WM. L. GARRETT,
No , . 31 South 24 St., above Chestnut - . E ast
Side,
Has constantly on hand a large assortment of Men's
Boots and Shoes. Oily Made.
Ladies'. Misses, and Children's Balmorals, &o. Be
sides Trunks, Traveling Bags, etc, in great variety
and at LOW PRICES. Men's Rubber
:goeesßol'atBll7gdts.he best quality ofcatuix; 31
COA LI C 0 A LTA
LEHIGH ' AND SCHUYLKILL COAL of the best
quality, selected from the Approved Mines under
cover.
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Prepared Ezprmal.y for store and Family Ufe•
Northeast corner of Passayunk Road and Washington
Avenue, Philadelphia.
ALBERT REMENTER,
1010-ly CALL AND EXAMINE.
HENRY HARPER,
No. 520 ARCH STREET,
Dealer in and Manufacturer of
WATCHES, FINE JEWELRY
,s_T_T,v3Ext,
AND SUPERIOR PLATED GOODS.
CERVltaritirliirE ß Sl D Ahigili
NO. 53 NORTH TENTH STREET, PHLADA.
My central location and the many means of com
munication with the suburbs enable me to take the
Agency for sale and care of Real Estate. the Collec
tion of Interests, ground and boute rents in every
part of the city. References will be furnished when
desired.
1696-3 m.