6 THE DAILY EVENING TELKGRAril. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AP1UL 1, 18G7. CHARITY THE SUM OF RELIGION. A Dlironrit by tlia Kcv. ' Dr. Nartal, Preached la Trinity M. K. Church, on Sunday. March 31, on the Occasion of Taking the Collection for the tinirerlug People of toe Mouth. (aPJSCIAt BSPORT FOR THE VEMWO TELEGRAPH J 'iriive Is the rulrillliitf ot tho Law." Kouians xill. 10. When Moses, and the blessed Saviour after tiiin, would bum up religion m cne or two pren tinnt and glorious sentences, crowding topoiliT both tnbles ol ths law, iimn'i duties to God and his fellow nttfrtnK both ttie principle and the practiced religion, they tell us that the first errat comtnandmeut is, " Thou shah Iovb the Lord th.v Ciod wlih all thy heart, with all thy bouI, with all thy mind, and with all thy fctreneth," and that the second Is like unto it, namely, "Ihou shall love thy lieicnbor as thy. nell;" Uiat "on these two commandments hang all the law aud the prophets." The Apostle Paul, reduclii.' tho law to a still narrower compass, declares that it is fulfilled tn oue word, namely, love. And the Apostle John, animated by the ame tpint, and tuning even a subuiiier llitrbt, tells us, as it In holy song, "Ood Is love, aud he that dwelleth In love d wclloth In (od and (iod in him." The menmu? of all which seems to be not only that holy, biased, glorious charily is the thief grace in all tue rauire of beino: uot only that it is the very eye and heart aud soul of relicion, but also its very essence, its com pleted mm. This oue divine word, holds aud means aud utters it all. Ou, to net the world-wide raeaniucof that utterance, o catch and be ravished by the sweetness of Us Divine note, to experience it iu the depths of the heart, to live it in the daily doing I Hut let us addiess ourselvp to our text. The theme It furnishes is, that love or charity is the sum of religion. This will appcarif we remember that rclicrion has its eouice, lis inspiration, and its pattern in the Divine nature. Shall we dure attempt to set lorth what that nature in? hnall we lilt our Iceble pencil to draw the Divine character ? Iu a reverent aud humble snirit we think we may. "Searchme the Ahmsrhiy we cauuot tiud Him out to perfection," and jet to conic nmlrrstandincl.V to .God, to coD.y Him. at our great and humble distance, into ourselves, we niust have some truthful conception of His character. With our souls in the dust, let us then ask what is (io J 1 The common sense of Christendom returns answer: "An iutinite and eternal Spirit, almighty, omnipresent, omni scient, all holy." How do His works ppeak ? What is tlieir voice as to His character!' We reply, the world is bpautiful; aud beauty is the natural roiling of goodness. If sin and cruelty sometimes arm themselves with the power of beauty, it i-i oniy ai the robber wears a handsome mask, or a fcatan comes to his work in the dress of an anuel of light. Whatever hardness, or pain, or HitTering, may be ong- to the creation of God is exceptional, and not in the original idea. Nothing, lor example, was put into the animal frame of man tor the ultimate purpose of producing- paiu, but the contrary. The eye is capable oi' trie keenest Buttering lrom evn a slight injury, and yet it was evidently formed, with all its beauty, skill, and delicacy, not tor sullerinc, but tor the delights ot seeintr, and as a mean-f of gathering knowledge and making man happy. Onlvthir.kof the oceaus. of the infinitude of beauty, coining into the soul throueh the eye 1 The tlories ot sky, earth, aud sea, the varying faces of friends, ali picture themselves on the eye, and thence Bend their thrilling pleasures to the soul. The cunning mechanism of the ear can be injured and made to ache; but it was intended as the music gallery, the orchestra of the mind, to appropriate the hum of the zephyr, the trill of birds of everv note, the twuug of the harp, the touch of the piano, the rich blast of the trum pet, the silver peal of church-bells, the voices ot singing; men and smgina women in the sub lime oratorio, the gentle melody, the holy songs aud anthems ot the Church, and the sweet voices of husband and wile, brother and sister, and the fairy, melting prattle ot our little children. Oh, what love there was in the formation of the eye and the oar! ' How the Creator laid the foundations of enjoy ment lor His crcatuies.wheu He gave seeing and hearing to the t-cul ! ' The e;ime ie true in a lower degree, but not less mauilcstly, ol the in ferior senses. Take, for example, the taste. Divine munificence has not on y given us t'ie fiibstantials ot life, the Gelds of corn and wheat, the catrte aud sheep; these gratify the taste in a coarser way. Besides and above these He bus provided the'beautitul and luscious peach, the pear, with its almost melting sweetness, the delicious Ftrawbprry and raspberry, aud other berries with the name, of legion, grapes in uncounted variety, color, and flavor; melons without number of the most gratifying taste. These gifts, and others like them too numerous to be counted, present the arat Father to us in the light' not merely of a bone factor and a provider, but as revelling in the joy and delight of gratifying, of plea-dus our fancy, of giviug us more thau is needful, more than is merely comfortable and excellent, o:' pouriug upon us superfluous blessing, eveu the very highest luxury of innocent gratification. Do we not see in all this the heart of tendercst and most delicate lover Is it uot like a lather, who, besides feeding, clotti.ug, educating lus children in comfort, buys the choicest toys for the. little ones, pocket-knives, skates, and ponies tor the boys, aud extra adornments for the girls? God hits added to the world of the tutelul another world of the beautiful. Who can look on all the beauty ot the world, who can hear the warble of its melody, who can think of its abounding luxury, without leeling, without havius it siuk into bis soul that (iod is love ? True, as we have said, the eye and the ear may suiler; true the delicacies of the palate are capable of abu-e. and may become lead iu the stomach aud poison in the blood, but they were evidently made for our delight, and impiess upon us the noly, blessed lesson of the Divine love. Hut even the aUlictious of life have a r-ble where love discloses itself. It the eye which fiaints beauty on the soul's ranvas may smart, I the ear which is ravished by music may ache, it the palate which is gratified by peacu and strawberry may become diseased, it, it uot because sin has come into the a world ? li uot all suflcriuz iu some setae peual ? Cau it bo otherwise under a wise aud righteous Provi dence? We may not be able to show how, if the world had never tinned, it had upver suf fered; but the whole scheme of what we call nature seems to have a benevolent drift : the pain and sull'eriug seem to be incidental, something brought iu uoou and counter to the scheme of nature, trammelling and crippling its operation, aud milking the impression or an alien and hostile force lrom which it proceeds. VS'hat is that hos tile force but sin ? That force removed, orhavmg never entered, the Divine scheme had doubtless proceeded according to Its fundamental idea of perfect righteousness yoked with perfect happi ness. But sin having entered, pain had to folio as a vindication of tho porlect riebteousnevs. of God. And as parents are as full of genuine love when they wisely chastise their children as wheu they caress them, as often chastise ment is the strongest proof of parental love, bo the pain of life, sickness, poverty, trouble; storms, passion, war, are forms and evidences of Divine love. They are Cods loving though severe appeals, when Ilia caresses and indulgences utterly fail to draw us to Himself. ' This idea of God's love, so clearly written on the lace o the world, piaiued into the fibre of creation. l everywhere asserted ii the Scrip tures. Charity is not God, but God is charity. Justice, truth, holiness, power, wisdom, are all in the law; they all move in the domain of love they all find that consummation in love When God created man He made him just, true holv. and in His creation expressed, of course Hi. own holiness, truth, and justice, but the diving impulse lo the creation must have been love. It was holy, blessed love that prompted to create a holy being, and to pour on him the boundless treasures of happiness. Divine love longed to reproduce itself; loused to endow another being, yf tth a portion ol its own unutterable loy. Lovo Jmjdit'S icimmuuictiUoxi, giving; and the eternal Father, even before anv work of creation, loved In the tboueht of the boundless creations of love jet to trabsoire. Ixive is the joy of tho infinite and eternal heart. Before a creature had broken the awful silence of eternity, love was tne atmo sphere in which God dwelt: and where iutelli scnt creutures, tn obedieuce to the Divine tlat, tlist lived, that beginning of creature life was but the expression of eternal love bringing to pass Its own eten.al loving thought. In the Gospel we have onlv the same Idea amplified. As the mould and circumstances of the hrt-t mau spoke of love Divine tn creation, so did the ui ft of Jesus In redemption, as in a new creation. The free creature, wielding his own God-Kiven honors, master ot his own des tiny, cast away the gilts ot Divine love; but that same Divine love stoops to raise him from the fall. "In the lulness ot time God sent torth His Son." "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son" to remedy man's ruin, and by such an exhibition ot Divino love to draw him up out of it. "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved ns and cave His Son to die torus." What is the bur den of the Gosnel ruessaee to the world r Is it aught but the love of God in Christ Jesus ? Is it not that "God is In Christ reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing unto them their tninspieshions?'' b it not that "the love of Cbrir-t lonstraineth us?" And even if "ho that believeth not shall be damned," is it not becau-e he refuses to believe in the love ol God, because he refuses to believe in the very lust power that could save him, namely, Divine love, and in tho very last mani festation of that love, namely, God 'manifest in the flesh, dying on the cross, rising lrom the dead, and si'ting ever at the right hand ot God to make intercession for men ? Charity, there fore, has its hifclRVtexample in God. lie wbo?e image we arc to bear, whether we behold Him in the Scriptures or out of them, is love love when Ho smiles and when He frowns; love v,ben He blesses and when He curses; love when He creates beauty and when He sutlers to come blight and deformity; He is love in His justice, truth, and holiness: these borrow their motive impulses from love. Charity, therefore, in man is a plory borrowed lrom God; divine and human, heavenly and earthly charity are in kind one, howcver'diller iug in degree. That love or clmrity is the sura of religion is seen in Hie tact that' it constitutes the source and blessedness ot the internal Christian life. Indeed, the same is true of the joys of all the forms of inner life. We even lancy it is so among inferior animals. They are happiest when their love is active. Vou hear it iu tho affectionate cluck of the hen amidst her chicks; vou see it in the cherry in the mouth ot the robin, which her heart, as much as her beak, is bearing away to her waiting birdlings; you behold it and leel in almost every form of maternal life into which we are capable of prying: and if the ostrich has become tho em bieru of all that is hard in a human heart, because without :i mother's instincts, the peli can, fabled to feed its young lrom its own blood, has become the figure ot the highest loving eeli'-sucriiice. But to come to our own race, to pass bv the outer forms of lite, with its seeming joys, and to come to tho heart itself". What is its happiness? Is it not its love ? What is tbe lip lit ot jour home! Is it wife, or hus band, or children, or parents ? if so, why ? Ah, these words, if not shams and blinds.meaa lov ! At the root of Lome relations is love; that is the hand of tire which nothing cau Quench, the tie of tenderness which holds, Out not enslaves: that is the attraction of the family fireside; that is the inspiration of labor, converting its hardest tasks into joy. Ob, there is something inellnbly sweet about domestic life, when it is virtuous and hapm ; but the spring and inspi ration ot it is the subtle power of love, that invisible, but mighty something which clings to in e soul, lives in tne ueep cuamoers oi tne heart; which breaks out lrom within like the holy wish ot au angel; which fleams aud swims in the mothers eye, expresses use it in ner Kiss, and in the babe's return ot it; which wraps the whole house into unity like a charm; which gives its holy meaning to the word home, aud over prairies and deserts and oceans, and borders of strunge and far-off lauds, druws the soul back to the familiar scenes of early clays and to parental embraces. The whole law of the house, the power of that law residing in the soul wherever it wanders, is written in tbnt oue word love. Not to multiply illustrations, the same truth holds Iu the Divine life. The highest joy a joy that Humes and blazPs even in tribulation, springs up and abouuas only when we can sav, "The love ot Hod is shed abroad iu our hearts by the Holy Ghost given unto us." 'We may not attempt to dig out this Divine root ol all good in us, and hold it up to your view so as to show you the secret of its life, the flow of its fnp, and how it came to be planted In the soul. There is mystery everywhere, even in the lile ot the meanest insect or reptile that lives; we cannot eveu tell how a grain of corn sprouts what that wonderful power iujitisthat moves when touched by earth, moisture, and suu, and gradually becomes a tumg of baauty. So here, "the wiiid bloweth where it listeth. but thou canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it coeth." The secret of the Lord is witu them that lear; tie shows to them He makes their hearts to over How; but who rise of this new and Divine His covenant; to bonnd and shall explain the tide in the deal sea of the fallen soul ? We ouly know that the soul believes in God; trusts Him through Jesus Christ in one Diviue word, loves Ilim. Loves His blessed attributes, His glorious character, His righteous rule over the world, His gloiious law, His infinitely glorious person. God has come into the soul; has made it His temple, ai:d the first and greatest of all the commandments is. now obeyed, namely, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart." The great gulf is bridged, the wanderiug star is back agaiu in its orbit, the prodigal is again in the arms or his reconciled Father. That love of God shed abroad in the the heart is the chief part of Divine charity. It is the highest joy of the saint-i. When they rise highest on the w ii.gs of closet communion with God; when the soul is wrapt iug iu holy song, or lost in prayer whose thoughts and feelings are too great lor the vent of human language; what is this fervid and exalting impulse but love, love of tho Divine, love of tne all-perfect, all loving, all coudc'cending God ? Thic i? n part of Divine charity which is out of the world's sight. When they are told of u, its possessors seeai to speak In au unknown tongue. The ien-ou is obvious; but one of the parties to this Divine communion of lovo is visible, and to the world only what Is visible is real. With the world God is an abstraction, au ideal being, aud uothiug more. Men of the world, who walk with the veil on their hearts, and who are deal aud dead to heavenly voices, see only the second part of charity, and, indeed. only the outer and coarser halt ot that. By the second part of charity, we mean that enjoined in the second great commandment, which Jesus said was lie unto the tirst; thatcommaudment, glorious and jet terrible, is, 'Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself," elsewhere divinely interpreted i by the words, "What soever ye would that meu should do nr to you, do ye even so unto them." The keeping of this second great commandment, tho second part ot Diviue charity, consists in the right feeling and the right acting towards our lellow-meti. This charity towards men is the complement and truit of the higher charity, tho love of God. When the love' of God is shed abroad in the heart, 60 also is the love of men. But what is the connection between loving ari infinitely holy andabsolutely perfect being, and loving an impeitect and sinful one like our selves? Is the first table ot the divino law, regulating our relations to God, the essence of the whole law, so that obedience to that first Is virtual obedience to all ? O, Is the love of God the principle of universal beuevolence, as it is of universal justice, truth, and purity! We answer, both. The law is manllold. and yt one. He that otfends in one point ia guilty of all. The i-pirit of obedience is oue. It loves not particular duties to the neglect and disparage ment of tho rest, but loves obedience, In loviuir the source ol the law, the great Lawgiver hltm self, lhe second table of the law, love to man. muFt therefore follow the first, love to God, jiut ss the motion of one part of a wheel implies th uiouou oi the other parts; just as the movement ol the hub involves that of the spokes. A similar remark implies totharof b-nevolenc. The Inve ot God, radicn.ly and serumully, con lams the love of man; it is the principle of unlvf" al benevolence; indeed, it is the loi.n tain ot nil the virtues, colli ot religion in the stricter sense and of practical morality. It is piptv "t is obedience.lt is pity, it Is mercy, even to tie forgiveness and love of our enemies. The blessed Jesus well rebuked the narrow and puitefl Jews of His own day, when He de clared "It hHth been said Tbou shalt lovo toy neighbor and nate luiue enemy, unt i "jr u,. nu Love your enemies, ao goon ramcui ." ate VOU, anil n) iui mem mut Mv-fivw...-.j find evil entreat vou." Paul, in the twelfth chapter ol Romans, ries into sublime and touching eloquence when rt commands the same divine virtue, ami ends his exhortation by savit g. "Therefore, if thine euemv hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink." But in the thirtecntuchapter ot First Corlnthtani, In what may be called his beautiful ode on charily, he surpasses all that has ever been written ou that subject : "Charit y suffereth long and is kind; charity envietti not; chanty viuiritctb nor'itsplt, Is not pulled up, doth not behave unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thlnketh no evil, rejolceth not in Iniquity, but rcjolceth in truth; beareth all things, believeth till things, hopetli all things, endure! b all things; charily never faileth." Charity, therefore, holy Christian benevo lence, wishes all good to all, does all possible and la win I good to all, not excepting even our worst and bitterest and most injurious enemies. This is the doctrine of charity; it is the oppo site or all exclnsivenesj; ot all nnrrownes, oi nil avarice, and especially of ail malice aud revenge. But while we make charity thus intense, we do not mean to make it weak ; we do not intend it shall overthrow justice or truth. The loving God, the very ground of whose character and being is love, is also inflexibly just. It is He that hath denounced eternal death as the doom of the finally Impenitent. Such a law, suoh justice is essential to the broadest charity. To allow sin to go unpunished, or to be punished lightlv, would be to leave the universe unpro tected; and while it might seem to be charily to the oilenders, would be cruelty to the universe. The same is true of human authority and human law. If the yuaner theory, denyiug that war can ever be right, were adopted, there could be no security. If a civilized nation were to accept it, and act upon it, any inconsiderable tribe of savages might come in with their im plements of war, overthrow the f tate, rob the citizens, ai.d make them slaves. If we say the civilized people would' be too strong tor the savages, we abandon the Quaker ground, for the savage violence could only be resisted by armed force, aud that would be war. The Quaker theory, therefore, however it may look In.nrivate life, would be unsa'o lor the State; lts'charity would only be charitv to the worst people, and cruelty to the rest. Charity in its broadest sense, therefore, includes justice; the wicked must be punished as a measure ol charity to the good. This the Apostle 1'a'ul sets torth in the thir teenth chapter ot the Kpistle to the Itomans. In the thirteenth of First Corinthians we have the celestial ode on charity, but in the thirteenth chapter of Romans we are told that the civil ruler is to be "a termr io evil doers," "not bearing the sword in vain." These two views me in perlect accord with each other; the charity that is not easily provoked, that en durelh all things and never laileth. is to be fenced about by the justice that bears the sharp sword of power. Justice, thereiore, is only another lonn of charity; it is charity throwing up its breastworks and making itself secure by power. As the penitentiary is charity for the honest people whose lives and property are secured by the confinement ot outlaws, so is the world of woe, the prison-house of perdition, a charity to the good in the spiritual and eter nal state. And on this ground, and this alone, can a war be vindicated; aud on this ground a musket may be as much a charity as a gratui tous dinner, a fortress as au infirmary. But theso harsher forms of charity, whether iu war or in peace, must be free Horn personal spite. We may sometimes strike, but wo may never hate. The Judge on the bench must grieve for the per.-onal suffering to which he consigns the criminal. If he Jtook pleasure in pronouncing sentence, we should feel that he was unworthy of his place. The nation ihr.t wars, even for the highest right, is only in '.he spirit of the Waster ot all, when it grieves for the blow which justice requires it to deal. But, my brethren, we have said enough to guard the holy and blessed doctriue ot charity; enough to show that the great Christian law of love must be pure at every hazard; enough to show that genuine justice, and truth, and purity are only forms ot charity, Eometimess hard on the outside, but always in stinct with royal gentleuess within. And now aliow a short application of this topic to ihe times and to the service of this day. This morning we take a collection lor our suller iug brethien at the South. War has hushed its dreadful voice, even the legislative strug gle is at an end, and a sad, sad wail oiwant comes up to us lrom those wno were lately in arms ncainst us. What a sublime op portunity is thus ullbrded us to be magnani mous! We collect millions of dollars in this country every year to seud to the heathen. Our well-supported missionary stations are tho expression of our broad aud world-wide Chris tian charity. We love the far-off nations simply because they are men, made like our selves, in the image of God, and redeemed by our own Saviour. What, then, shall we say in response to a call from our own country ? Here are not only human ties, but ties of common history, common country, common language, common religion, ay, aud tie of kindred. The people that dwell ou the Gulf are closely allied to those who tread the banks of tho Ohio; those who till the shores of the James, the Poto mac, and the Chesapeake, are brothers to those ou the Delaware ana the Hudson, we nave been separated in allectlon lor years; both beiore and during the war a great dark cloud divided us. Now, just now, for the first time for fifty years, is a eenmue peace possible. Jlay Heaven oring about a true peace, and weld it firmly in tne tires ot Christian charity ! Way the Churches, parted bv the war, come together again Bap tist to Baptist, Presbyterian to Presbyterian, Methodist to Methodist ! May severed friends come together agaiu in happy union ! I here avow, with all the frankness of which 1 am capable, that I know ot no good reason why the two great Methodist Churches should remain any longer apart. It is my lull belief that lhe only causes lor continued separation must be found in feeling, mostly in pi;ronal leeling. And, then, as to personal friendships, w by may thev not be restored ? I will take the liberty to say for myself, that I have not allowed my heart to be alienated from any of my former IrfpLds by the terrible occurrences of the last lew years. I have been deeply Interested for my country, I have labored earnestly or her welfare, 1 have done it with a burning zeal, I have spoken oiteu, and spoken strongly. I felt strongly, bnt cau call Ood to witness that I have not been separated in feeling lrom any whom I ioved and lespecled boiore. And I am ready, it only I may be permitted to renew tho old friendships, to sit again at the old firesides aud to take sweet conmel with the friends of my youth in the Houtberu States. But, however they may feel, by tho blessing ol Heaven I shall permit no rancor in my own breast, but stand ready to rub out all unpleasant scores aDd start afresh fiorn the last happy hours of the lime before the war. In attestation of this feeling, let us make our contributions this morning to our sutl'ering brethren iu the South, hoping that the whole land will soon be united cordially upon its new bBsis; that the bloom ol prosperity will speedily return to the desolated States; that the wastes will be built up again; that the sad past will ouly be remembered as a lesson by which God has taught us wisdom; that a spirit like that of George Peabody may fill the land with colleges and schools tor the education of all the people; that the two sections may vie with each mlipr in generous forglvings and forgettings; that all prejudices of caste may perish, and, finally, that the law of love, uiviue cnaruy, unristian charity, may be the ruling force of the natiouul life, binding ihe churches, the States, and all the people In dissolubly and forever into one. Oh! divine cliHrity. with thv mightv root In God, aud nlh thy glorious branches dropping fruit and shedding fragrance in the mountains and valleys of humanity, thou art indeed tne bond of perfectness; the source of the highest lnw: the iullillinor Ol' tbn 1b w th HonMi nf nre- lurilce; the overthrower of caste; the cement of nearis; me nuciric wire oi nauouj; tne oan dago, and lint, and balsam of all human wounds: thP"picturciortbeatiiude.' '.'the infancv ot ulorjj" the foundation and soil of the Divine attributes; tne spirit of the gi ntl and soblime Jesus. Oh, that in tho presence of so sublimely sad a spectacle as we are ihts day called to Qon sider, we may renew our vows to tnee, divine charitj: to wear the uniform; to mprch to thy music, to speak thy laneungp, giving thy tone even to the severest truths, and to be ever per vaded by thy spirit, so tnat sternest )ustice itself may always oe moistened with thy gracious tears. l.et us lilt to neaven mis prayer or imarics Wesley, and in it join ourselves with all that love our Lord Jesus Christ : "If pure, essential lovo Thou art, Tby nature into every heart, Thy loving self inspire ; Bid nil our sltnole souls bo one, Culled in n bond unknown, lUiptlzed with heavenly fire. . "Still may we to our centro tend, To spread Tby praise our common end, To help eiicu other on; Com pun I ns thro' the wilderness, 'to share a moment's pain and seize An everlasting crown. "Jesus, our tendered souls prepare; Infuse the softest social care, l he warmest charity. 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ZELL A CO., Publisher, 8 9 mwslm Nos. 17 and 19 S. SIXTH (Street. HE WORKING MAN'S SONDAY, AND HOW B TO bPEND IT. lSiiio., paper. Price, 10 cents. In cloth, 2S cents. A very sensible and seasonable volume, treating of a subject ot great interest to all classes. Just published and for sale by THE AMERICAN SUNDAY SCIIOOL UNION, 3 30:il No. 11:!'- CIIE8NUT (Street, Philadelphia. BILLIARD ROOMS. Bum. BIRD. BIRD. Alter several months' preparation, Mr. C. liIKU has opmied bis new and spacious establishment Inr the entertainment of his lriends, and the public in general, al Nob. Kuf and 607 AKC11 (Street. The tirst and second floors are lilted up as Billiard Kooms, and iiirnislied with twelve first-class tables, while the appurtenances and adornments comprise everything which cau conduce to the comfort aud convenience ol the players. In the basement are lour new ami splendid Howling Alleys, for those who w ish to develope their muscle iu auilcipatluu ot the base-ball season. A Hestaurant Is attached, where everything iu the edible line can be had of the best quality, and at the shortest notice. The following well-known gentlemen have been secured as Assist ants, and will preside over the various depurtmeuiajQ PltKb.K. O. WDODNUTT, SAMUEL DOUGLAbd JOHN HOOD, WILLIAM ill. UlULMUiUS HKNKY W. HUN CAN. PHILIP GHUMKRKCHT, Kefltauratenr. While Mr. lilltD will hold a carelul supervision over all. lie ventures to say that, taken all In all, there has nothing ever been started iu Philadelphia upproachlng this establishment iu completeness of frrangemeut aud attention to the couilort ot the public. s t lm C. BIRD, Proprietor. HENRY S. HANNIS & CO.,' Nos. 218 and 220 S. FRONT Street, OFFER TO THS TRADE, IN LOTS TO SUJ2 Two Thousand (2000) Barrels Free OLD RYE WHISKIES Ranging from THREE to TEN years of age. ALSO, Six Thousand (6000) Barrel, in Bond, DISTILLED IN 1886 AND 1S Liberal contracts made for lots to akbivb, of this a year's manufacture. t9mwf4m p "THE NEW BANKRUPT LAW E. II. TIIARP, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW, No. 82 8. THIRD Street, , Will devote special attention to the prosecntlon of VOLUNTARY aud COMPULSORY proceedings In BANK RU PTCY. . . AliENClES In all the large cities In the United tHlen. Kim TTNITED STATES REVENUE STAMPS. IJ Principal Depot, No. 804 CHEBNUT Btreet, Central Depot, No. UU B. FIFTH Street, oue door below Chesnut. t-stsbllsbed lS6i. Hcvenue Stump, o! every description constantly on li Mid Iu anv amount Widwrs ttf Alalia Express piomptly attended to HJpi.Kl'l i., DtUUlNVi, c I U r0 II O U SEKEEPEH9. I have a large stock of every variety ol l'UUNlTUHE, Which I will sell al reduced prices, conslMIng of PLAIN AND MARHLE TOP CO'lTAUK BCIT8, M'ALNU'l CTIAMItEK Bl'l IB. PARLOR HI 'IU IN Vir.l.VEl' PLfSH. PA1UOK r-tnslN HAIRCLOTH. PAR LOB KLITM IN RE1-S. Mdcbr.ards. Kxtenmon Table, Wardrobes. Book caa, Mallresaea, Lounifen, etc, etc. i. i. ;i SiTii:, ( 1 N. E. corner SK( ONI and RACK. Streets. JQSTABJLlSIIi:i3 1705. A. S. ROBINSON, French Tliite LouklnpUlasscs, ENGRAVINGS. PAINTINGS, L1UWLNGS ETC. Kauufactnrer of all kinds ot L00XIN0-QLAE8, PORTRAIT, AND riCTTJBB FEAJKE3 TO 021) ER. No. OlO CI1KSNUT STKKKT, TH1BD DOOR ABOVE THE CONTINENTAL, PHII.ADKl.rMIA. 8.') STOVES, RANGES, ETC. QULVER'S NEW PATENT DICEF BAND-JOINT 1IOT-AIH FUHNACi:. BANUES OF ALL VIZ EM. Als", Pbllcgar's New Low Pressure Steam Heating ApparatuH. iursaieby CIIARLF.N WILLIAMS, 610 No. 1182 MAKKKT Street, THOMPSON'S LONDON KITCHENER; OH .KUKOPKAN KANUE, for Families, Ho- telH, or Public JiiHMiuuoiiH, in i WMiv Dl FKUKNT S1ZKH. AIno. PbllailelpbCnltmiKes. li ot-AIr Furnaces, Porttvble Heaters, Lowdm( ratm, Flrebourd Stoves. Bath Hollers. Htewhole Plates, Hollers, Cooking Stoves, etc., wholesale and retail, by the nianiitaoiurers. Mianrft iv i ihmihuin, 11 17 stutbtini No. flitl N. SKCOND Street. COAL. THE GENUINE EAULE VEIN, THE CRLE brated PP.F;sTON. and the pure hard OKKK.V WOOD COAL, F-gg and Stove, sent to nil pnrte of the city at pi'su per tun; superior i.ilii iuii at aii'75. Fach of the above articles are warntnted to (five per feet satisfaction in everr respect. Orders received at No. 114 S. THIKL) Street; r.iupuriuai, ISO. tan WASH- Ifttl'iua Avenue. - it b W. PATRICK & CO. NO. 304 N. BROAD ST., DEALERS IN LEHIGH AND SCHUYLKILL C0AJ EAZLET0N, KAHAN0Y, EAGLE VEI2T, AH RE-BR0KSH 6T0VJE, Alwayaon hand, under cover, antlfrcelrom DIKT BLATK. CSiligniwHn QOALI COAL! COAL! J. A. WILSON'S (Successor to W. L. Foulk.) LEIIIVII ANI SCHUYLKILL F A MIL'S COAL YARD NO. 1517 CALLOWIIILL NT., I'HILA. Attention la called to my HONEY BROOK LEH1UH and RE-BKOKEN bCD.UVLK.ILL, both superior and unsurpassed Coul. Coal and Preparations he Bt In the city. 92-Vira HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING. PAINTING. THOMAS A. FA11V, 1IOISL' AMI PAINTER, (Late Fahy & Bro.) No. 31 North Til HID Street, Above Market. OLD BRICK FRONTS done up, and made to look: equal to the Unesc press brick. Samples at the shop. City iiml country trade Biillclted. 8 11 p R E N C H ST E A M scouRiisra. ALDEDYLL. MARX & CO.. NO. 13a SOl'TH ELEVENTH STREET AND NO. 510 It ACE NTREET. 81 mwf pEIRCE'S PATENT SLATES, Warranted superior to any others In use. HUI1I1 XOISELESNIt UlltAULEIII Cauuot be broken by falling, and NEVER BECOME GLOSSY. These Slates have been unanimously-adopted by the Board ol Control tor use iu the I'uljlic.Schixilaln Phila delphia, and also by the school authorities of Balti more and Washington. Also PKIKCK'S PATENT SLATE SURFACE. The only Patent Stone Surlace for blackboards now beiore the publlo. Warranted to give satisfaction. J. N1CWTON PKI Kf.'K it CO., No. A-Zt N. KLKVKNTH Street, Caption. Beware of the Imitation Books and Pasteboard Slates ottered by aitenls, and which are made to resemble In appearance our slated goods. The genuine are all either labelled on the back, or the pack uge la labelled aud marked, Patented February In. im,8. 14fmwilmrp QONSUMPTION CURED. USE IIASTING'S COMPOUND SYEUP OF NAPTLTA BOLD BY UTOTT A CO., AUEXT8, No. Sa North SECOND 8tr Mm J EITH & PICKETT commission merchants;) AHD DEALERS IS WHALE, BPERM, LABD, EN0IJTI, 8PWDLE, AND , MACHINERY OILS. Also, Agents lor Manhattan Axle Gieaae Company. Ifo. 134 South DELAWARE Avenue. 1 SOw imam LUMfctH. vr ? -KI.V.CT WHITE I'lNE BCURD3 I CO I . AND1I.ANK. ttw s-, M, -4, t, 2, 8, and 4 1wh CllOICK PAN KL AND 1st. COMMON, l tvt km 4-4. 5-4,M,2, ?!j,,x, and 4 tneh WJI1TK 1 INK. FANKI, PATT U.N PLANK. t,A Hl.K AND SCPKIUOR ST(M.'K ON UAn6 -HUILDIXUJ BUILD1NCJ J.CO . HVlI.DlNu: . LtMllKll! LCMHKUl LUMBER 4- 4 CA t.Oljl aS A rUttWIMH, 5- 4 CAKOI.1NA KLOOtUNH. 4-4 I1H.AWAI1K U.OOHINU, 6- 4 Dl- LAWAIlK U.OOKI N(J Wlll'll'- PINK H.OOK1NU, ASlt KI.OOIUNH. WALNUT 1-LOOKING, bl'Ul CN YLOOUINU. SThP HO ill . KAIL I'I.aNK. PLAHTK.R1NU LATH. ) i cl tn C K DAll AND CYPBE8 JLCJVj I . SI I1NULKS. LONU ChiiAU tWlNOLFA. SliOKT CKDAK SHlNOLJUi, COOP 1 It M 1 1 N u LK.H. FINK ASi-OK'lMKNT FOR SALE LOW, No. 1 CF.DA K LOOS AN D POSTS. 1 Ct"r7 T.Uair.EIt FOIt UNDERTAKEN JLOU I . Ll'MHKR FOR UNDKUTA K K.KHt JIFD CKDAK, W ALNUT, AND PINK, 1 RAT ALBANY LUMBER OP ATX KJNHl -LOU I ALBANY I.I'M liKK OK ALL KJtNDtfl Sf.ASONKl) WALNUT. DKY rOFLAJK, CUF.KRY, AND ASH, OAK PLANK AND ItOAllDS. M AHOUANY, KOPKWOOD. AND WALNUT VFNEERR 180' P -l KlfllVlPUA HIAll ij r V. 1 lftrr.1 I. ClOAK-HOX MAN UFACTURlCKtt. r-.fr, l l TiAV f . VTTD , 'TTTTPnc Sl'ANIMl CKDAK liOX HOARDS. -f CAT SPRUCE JOIST! spruce joist J.UU I . KFHLCK JOIMT 1 ; FROM 14 TO itt FEfcTT LONG. BUFKKIOK NORWAY SCANTLINGI. WAULK, liROI HKR A CO., 11 22fimrp No. 2AQ SOUTH S'I RKKT. pa 11. W I L L I A M S, LUMBER MERCHANT, SEVEN! LLMI1 ASb SPHiXG GARDEN STREETS OFFERS A SII'EHKIU STOCK OP BUILDING LUMBER AND II AUD WOODS, 3 8 tmwlm Suitable for the Spring Trade. C. P E K K I N S, LUMBER MERCHANT. fuccetsor to K Clark, Jr., NO. 324 CHRISTIAN STREET. (YuKtr.Dllv on band, a laipo and vrlcd assortment Euilalim Lunilitr. fiA MISCELLANEOUS. .j ASTI HCS'S COMPOUND SYIIUP OF XJAPTLIA CCltES COUGHS AND COLDS GIVE IT A TRIAL. For sale by all Urst-cluss Druggists. DYOTT A CO., AGENTS, 8 81m No. aa North SECOND Street. CO RN KXCHANGE BAO MANUFACTORY, JOHN T. D A I L K Y fc CO.. IIKMOVKD TO N. E. Corner of MAltKET uud WATER Streeta, PitllitilelplilH. DEALERS IN BAUS AND BAGGING Ol everv Description, lor Grain, ;Flour, Salt, Super-Fhusuliuttt of Lime, Bone Dust, Ktc. Large and small GUNNY JiAUS constantly on band, aiiitfj A luo, WOOL SACKS. John T. Baii.ky. Jamks Cabcawbv. Oi O ARCH STREET. OAS FIXTURES, U4 CHANDELIERS, BRONZE STATUARY Etc. VAN KIRK & CO. would respectfully direct the attention of their friends, and the public generally, to their lurye and elegant assortment of OAS FIX TURES, CHANDELIERS, uud ORNAMENTAL BRONZE WARES. Tlione wIshlnK iiundHoiiie aud thoroughly uiuile Goods, at very reasonable prices, will tind 11 to their advuuUtge to give us a cailbetora purclittBliiK elsewhere. N. B. Soiled or tarnished fixtures relinlshed with gieciul care aud at reasonable prices. 2216111 VANKIRK & CO, riTLBR, WEAVER & CO, MANUFACTURERS OP Manilla and Tarred Cordaee, Cords, Twines, Etc. No. 23 North WATER Street, and No. 22 North DELAWARE Avenue, PlllLAllKLr'HlA. Edwin II. Fiti.kr, Michau Wutii, Conbai F. Clothikk. 2 Hjf QEORCE PLOWMAN. CARPENTER AND BUILDER1 Mo. 88 CAKTEIt STREET, And No. 141 DOCK Street Machine Work and Millwrlghting promptly nt tended to. .jVi PHILADELPHIA SURGEON ' BANDAGE INSTITUTE, No. 14 Nt NINTH Street, above IIuiIim R. a. EVEKETT, alter thirty years' practical experience, guarantees the skilful adjustment of his Premium Patent Graduating Pressure Truss, and a variety ot others. Supporters, Elastic Stockings, Shoulder Braces, Crutches. Suspenders, etc. Ladles' apart mentM conducted by a Lady OTTON AND KLAX, " SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, Ol all numbers and brand Tent Awning, Trunk, and Wagon Cover Duck. Als Paper M&nuluclurers' Drier Felu, from oue toaevm feet wlue, Paullnp, Belling, Sail Twine, etc. JOHN W. EVERMAN & CO., ' No. lt'8 JONES Alley. ALEXANDER 0. CATTELL A CO.' PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS. No. ll NORTH WHARVES No. 27 NORTH WATER STREET, PHILADELPHIA. ALEXANDER ft. CATTK.I.L, ELIJAH 8. CATTBU WILLIAM S. GRANT, COMMISSION MERCHANT, NO. 3 8. DELAWARE Aveuue, Philadelphia, agent run Dupont'a Gnnpowder, Refined Nitre, Charcoal, Eta VA', Buker & Co.'B Chocolate, Cocoa, and Broma. Crocker Bros. & Co. 'a Yellow Metal Sheaihlna Bol U, and Nails. 1 24 AMERICAN LEAD PENCIL ICOIHMHT. . NEW YORK. Factory, Hudson Cltv, N. J. WHOLESALE SALESROOM, No. 34 JOHN Street, N, Y.' All styles and grades of Lead Pencils of superior quality are manufactured, and otTored at fair terms to the Trade. The public are Invited to give the AMERI CAN LEAD PENCIL the preference. The Pencils are to be hud of aU the principal Sta. tloners and Notion Dealers. ASK FOIt THE "AMERICAN LEAD TENCIL." Itkstimonial. SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL. ; Knoinekk Department Yale Coli.ki. November 16 lsfid. f I have always recommended the Farkh nr,7?.. lead pencils as lhe only pencils Tmtedor hiiTgrala menial and malhemati'cal Urawlm? but S0" thorough trial of the Amubicam T P.ybm.,,'1?' Pencil manufactured by llii AM t ku?i S",,WD PENCIL CO.. N. Y I lind them superior nJ.1 Iii use. even to the Fabkh or the ofd K,".ny kebland lead 1'eucll, being a .ulrtor nIu8H.Vu.1- an , LOUIS BAIL, Professor of Drawing, ic AlUPenctls are stain ped , "AMERICAN Lp PENCIL CO., N. Y lo?ktofi'nUlU'Wtthonl the exact nneot the'nrnj. 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