REV. DR. TALMAGE
The Eminent Washington Divine's |
Sunday Sermon,
Subject: “Practical Lessons from the
Life of Joseph,"
Texts ‘They drew and lifted ug
out of the pit and sold Joseph tothe 1shmael-
ftes for twenty ( {f silver
XXXVii., 258, Ay y IS Trnor
land of Egypt." Genesis xiv, ,
You cannot keap a good man down
has decreed for him a certain point of eleva.
tion. He will him to that though it
aost Him a thousand worlds, You sometimes
find men fearful they will not be properly
appreciated. Every man comes to be valued
at just what he is worth. You eannot write
him up. and vou eannot write him
These facts are powerfully {llustrated in my
subject. It wonld be an insult to supoose
that vou were not all familiar with the life of
Joseph-—how his jerlons brothers threw him
into a pit, but sesiug a caravan of Arabian
merchants trudging along on their eamels
with spies and gums that loaded the alr
with aroma, sold their brother to “hess mer.
shants, who earriad him down into Erypt:
Joseph thera sold to Potiphar, a man of in.
fluence and office: how by Joseph's integ.
rity he raised himsalf to hizh po wition in the
realm until, under th a vile
wretch, he was mitentiary
how in i respect and
confides how by interpretation of
Pharaoh's dream he was freed and baecame
the chief man in the realm, the Bismarex
his eonfury: ,
w in the tima of
aph had
house, whi
years of p
had thr
into i
home with t}
under the he
Sin Against th
heen his
tur:
all the
over
96.
bring
ee fa harge of
hurled into the ps
isOn he comman le
the
the ¢ mA
“arid
NN
{eter
their
with th
tion, «
triv
in all §
them !
John Fre
and
to iar wi
and a Erizabet}
KACY « f New inte pri
acy as 1
Philip;
fngel
ping ne
thousand
devoted
spiritaal v
of the
frum
fa oy
nf $ i re . aid
“Now, sup; Me We wen 37 tig in the
eity of RB I while in his gallery asked
him, “What art of painting?’ Would
he take us out in a low aliey and show as a
mere dab o a pretender at paintings,
would he take uz down into the corridors
aud show us the Habens, and the Raphaels,
and the Michael Angoos? When we asked
him, “What is the art painting?” he would
point to the works of {nese great masters
and say, “That is paintin Now, you pro-
poss to find the mere caricature of religion
to seek a’ter that which is the mere preten-
slo of a holy life, and you eall that relizion,
j# the
or
¢
of
together many happy years,
plest time of all our life, You een we are to
he happy together forever, Bo brave now,
ha brave, I will poteay ‘Good night’ to you,
for we shall soon be in the kingdom of our
Father together Persecution shows
heroes and heroines, I wo
pattmunt, und 1 find that
yminations of Christirns which
those great
have heen
whom this gospel has Siessed and Hfted and
erowoned, Look at the masterpieces of divine
grace if you want to know what religion is.”
We learn also from this story of Joseph
that the result of persecution is elevation.
ixn bon jage by his malicious brothers ans
have becomes a governor,
the promise, “Blessed are they that are per.
sequted for righteousness sake, for theirs js
the kingdom of heaven,” but they do not
worldly as well as spiritual success,
true in all departments,
offisial positions through misrepresentation,
Public abuse is ali that some of our pablic
men have had to rely upon for their eleva.
tion. It Bas brought 10 them what talent
for piace and power will never succeed just
violently
haoliad
Na good
altroated
MAN WAS over more
than John Weslay.
sariontured and slandered until
in n pulpit in London,
in the andienca and sald,
Inst might,” and
God whole entaloguas 8 ne
I have ‘harged with every.
Hig followers were hooted
and lad hy every de.
infernal
tter the
rapidly spread
what a ereat he they
what a tremendous fores
truth thay are wielding the
was persecution that gave Seotland to
Preghyterianism, It was persecution that
gave onr and first to civil liberty and after
ward to religious freedom, Yea, I might go
farther back and say it was persecution that
gave the world the great salvation of the
gospel. The ribald moskery, the huneerine
thirsting, the unjust charge, the
fgnominions death, when ali the force o
hell's fury was hurled ngainst the cross, wa
the introduction of that religion which ix
to he tha earth's Aellveranes and our
«ternal salvation. The Stats sometimes sain
' “Come hand, and |
What was the
Faok, and it lost
it hasame in
nid te
Ww hat
hava
and
ArOSN “You w
drunk
“Thank
sam plete,
thing but that!
at and maligont
tnatahlie name that
bunt the he
they
ist
the WW
Wen
siution the
von know
pers
until
have hasome
for God
world over, It
mvent,
take my
will he
enarch went
holine and
nes the State s
rash vou.’
After the
has
than
find that
hia
aan lt
1 will
inde
"rn
noes. ed the tw
svenis are nnkad tog
vd men look back and grou
gs in your life th at
od isolated, One andivided
ies from the garden of Eden
to the eross of Calvary, and thu
kingdom of heaven, There is a relat
tween the smallest insect that hums in the
summer air and the archangel on his throne,
God ean trace a direct ancestral line
from the blue jay that this spring will
build ts nest x the tree behind the
house to of the floek of birds
whieh, when Noah hoisted the ark’s window,
with a whir and a dash of bright wings,
went out to sing over Mount Ararat, The
tulips that bloom in the garden this spring
her a thousand thin
RAED)
of eveats reac
iti bee
some one
star on one slae of the universe
side of the universe and say,
leaf in t
Each event in cur life is con-
nected with every other event In our life
Our losses may be the most direot road to
our gain, Our defeat and our victory are
twin brothers,
The whole direction of your life was
changed by something which at the time
seamed to you trifling, while some occur.
to be abused,
isof all generous and reasonable mento
gather about those who are persecuted and
defend them, and they are apt to forget the
fauit of those who are the susjects of attack
while attempting to drive back the slander-
ers, Persecution is elevation, Helen Btirk,
the 8coteh martyr, standing with ber hus-
band at the place of execution, said: "Hus.
band, let us rejoice to-day. We have lived
but little. God's plans are magnificent be-
yond all comprehension. He molds us and
urns and diréets us, and we know it not,
Thousands of years are to Him as the flight
of a shuttle, The most terrifle occurrence
does not make God tremble, The most trium-
phant achievement coes not lift Him into
mptare. That one great thought of God goes
out through the centuries, and Nations rise
and fall, and eras pass, and the world
changes, but God still keeps the undivided
mastery, linking event to event and century
to century. To God they are all one event,
irke,
in
, whan
the
waitad
ninn
Groat and marve ous ire Thy we
Lord God Almighty! 1 was yenrs ago
New Orleans at the exposition room
n tele was sent to the President of
d Sinter, nt Washington, and we
pom fl Hye aq or twenty minutes, and th
Pro mtg answer cane back, and the pre.
wid ir ¢ offlcer waved his han ind
the «yena! wig sent to Washington
wore rendy to have the machinery
and ths DMreddent
strie button, and ir
great Coed ipntom +X
rn rolling. It was ov
ing { 15.000 0 vie atunpe dl and
em
\ 1 '
lkerelile
that
wriad,
flneor an the ale
wheel beg
ine
tha rt
frou 1000
from now
sh the ac
ftv i
now, " 006) 000
touch sounding throu
Wo arn fo this «
laying up for the future During
snven vears of Josaph prennread
tha famine, and eame he hat a
crowded storehous The wi men
in n worldly reansct is divided into vear
plenty and famine, eldom that
man through life without at
SAVAN ven lenty During th
sa bare a rich
nll the
Every he
from VaR re
algo le propriety
the
for
of
:
fe of m
PARAS
ra of
busines
Know
it ¢
make spor na furn
voeRrs v
You scarcely
comes from,
ar
w hare
pn es 80 fast
nto
contract few %
with large divid
{tal
nmtent with a
nly an few hur
more eap
Ar
p'enty, N
or tha threater
do
f
man ther
ing to Salve
How
Smallest
fo YM
nt
Board is Try
tain Them on the Ae
PLENTY OF HAY IN THE
Reports From Points Throughout
Leading States,
riz from points throughout the
Ray !
ing hay States and Canada, received dur
the present week by the Hay Trads Journ al,
of Canajoharie, N. Y.., indicate that abr
twenty-five por at. of the marketable hay
fs till t f reard. In the face
wort erop st year, the
consi ter«d a large percestags, but
of ail kinds have br ught low prices,
ors have uead grain and coarse fodder, of
which there was an abundance, and fed
sparingly of hay This, together with large
shipments into the seabo rd markets from
Canada, accounts for the present surplus,
Advanced prices of $2 to #3 a ton over last
season have drawa to the markets an ample
supply, and, as Canady has about thirty per
cent. of her crop still on hand and warm
weather is approaching, the scales of prices is
being barely mainta‘ned,
A
farm.
TO TRAIN P.CEONS FOR
& Birds to Be Utilized by the Navy
Department,
Secretary Herbet, of the United State:
Navy. ndded a novel ohapter to our naval
strategic tantio: when he signed the order
adopting a messenger pigeon servies for count
WAR,
Homie
are shortly to be di-tributed in groups among
about twenty different points along the At-
Hore they will be kept fo
quarters as permagent homes, to which they
will return when liberated from vessels ply-
ing the seaboard. Having been thas domes.
tieated they will be placed aboard coasting
vessels and ovrefally trainsd to find their
The coops will
Wasnington.
Two Dead in a Barsing Room,
James F. Flynn and Miss Josephine Man-
ning were found dead fa the latter's room
in Salem, Mass, Both had been shot, and a
bed in the room was os fire, It is believed
that Fiynn killed the woman and himself,
Mise Manning's family lived in Topfield;
THE PACE THAT KILLS,
Carry Tons
The amount of
ried by some of the
visiting Now
tonish many
t hie
of Baggage.
baggage
commercial
York would certainly
familiar
representa] ves
The rail
150 pounds bag
and makes |
over tha
Faust Work and Vant Yating Make Three CXCORN
Score Years and Tea a Ripe Old
Age These Itays,
who are not
of the
wholesale
From the Cincinnati Enquirer,
too fast,
This
Customs
The
fast and
American people live eat too
too
us un
ght | the larger houses
road company
drink fast, has brou
of train of
stomach disorders that
many nervous an‘ allows
difficult t
Investigation and ehomionl analy a
upon
issued
every pound
Hartford n
ng 1 850
gage to each ticket
charge for
amount, Recently
Carry
nro very
manage,
sis to discover such compounds as will One
those suffering from such {Hs has resulted io § was charged with
the discovery of Dr, Williams" Pink Plils for -
> » t . or over 1.500 I
Pae Pe ple, which has taken very high rank
18 a speci fle remedy I'he men having charge
H p Owens, & traveling man thirty years | department at a local deg
6 «gr seal “ Om \
of nage, wh ) ir well known io this community a man ocasionally who
and wenesrally Hked because he is a bight '
envrgatie voung fellow, resides with hi
nt 335 Central Avenue, Cin
He hus a vietim of
h took the form of
hely
i ound
winndsg above
ao]
and one-1e
folks th
settled w
if 1
crowd
pounds or one
nother
Ohio,
whic
tion,
fered
tent ifle
enthusinstio
reporter
“1 wm
Annati,
dysppris
continuous constipa ¢
and, strangely enough, his mother suf fan
from the same trouble Mr. Owens but
«d to the merits of Plak Pills in
way, and sald to the Enquirer
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
jeal ills which vanish before pro er
forts- gentle efforta— pleasant ¢ lorte—
rightly directed. There in rt =
the knowledge that so many forms of
givkness cre not due to any actual dis
( but simply to a constipated condi-
t f the system, the pleasant
family laxative F ig promphs
ly removes. That is why it is the onl
remedy with millions of families, andis
everywhere esteemed so highly by ail
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects arc due to + fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
Cieaninuess, wii 00 Gel
the
organs on which it acts. Mis therefore
all important, in order to get its hopes
ficial effects, to pote when you are
chase, that you have the genuine article,
ternally. s hich ix manufa ure 1 vy the Cal fornia
and sold by all rep-
health,
Dureagy 11
ink this \ f
enezuelan af
ithout trouble,
Mr. Jan
old .
owe her
“Rome
will be
I'm dogon
as th
made
80¢ On
do,” sald
ann ost about tt!
som,
roo for the
glad to say anvining I ean for Dr never
Williams ink Pills, because they did me
great good nnd other people ought to know
of thelr virtues a & medicine io st ’:
troubles, 1° was some time when |
a heavy fealing in my stor and I grew
very constipated. 1 did not consult a do
tor, but having heard of the Pink Pills |
bought 8 box of them In two or three di
the heavy iewling (lo my sie {
and my bowels were
tO uss me
well, Kino
ally ir
favver get w
t i Mother was siso troubled it } WALDISG, Kimvaw & Marvin,
digestion aud the Pink Pills the me | iggists, Toledo, Oli
b
v did for me 1 i her, aldn’t they atarrh Ca in taken ir
prrels
ght!" ~Indiana polis
tt
Vil
Td
WwW
Ago
nach How's Thin!
Wa offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fo
sny cass of Catarrls that cannot be cured Uj
adl's Caterers Cure
Carney & (
0., Props, Toledn,
0.
own ¥ (*
yi
yrel than al
on made ir
West & Tui AX,
Ohio
bese 1a with rill patio
wrled becuse I know |
ber the
1p Co. only,
ble dr
ul Igrisis,
If in the
and the sys
tives or other remec
1f afi with any a disease, ORS
y be Anmen ied to Lhe siilifal
ut if in need of a laxative,
id have the best, and wih
form ed everywhere, Syrupof
ighest and is most largely
most +t general satisfaction.
ore nl
j good
161 regular,
n is £ then lage
-5 are not needed.
yment of
tial
» OB!
jans. }
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free by Do,
Money Spent ia Pac ' t Tonle
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we ente
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ngtl
Yen Should 1 « ilisdercorns,
Why
o that
ren times avery
charged me
Tlefore and
Her
After the
Child.
Condition Birth
of
NEPARY, Be 3 *
GERMAN Att
ELIXIR, SRYS
Ce ise
For Skin and BI oot Diseases
AGENTS MAKES PER DAY . :
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
Fa and besetifies the Sale
~ 5 Terurient growth,
ile 4 Restore Gray
Fouthiui Cod ag
Cure sonlp diesases & Lair falling
Boe and $18 a4 Druggiets
ww bor weil
he Higrene
To
Mew
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"DUMPING
0 HORSE LIF
§ yer x rates of
oy v works,
datam Va Li poise
HOBSON & (9...
4 Stone Si. New York.
and WHISKY habits cored. Donk sess
BEE Pv. EB 5 WOOLLEY, aTLAYTA Ga
OPIUM
PEW 17
‘WE HAVE NO ASENTS.
he comes:
er at wheisssls prices Big
anrwhere Jor esse aetSees
bediore sale. Freer rihimg wen
ranied 106 rivies of Cae
riages, oo siyies of Mar
mess 41 stvies Riding Sal
dies. Vrite for cataiagme
ELEMARY
Carriage & Barsces Ng On
Elkhart, ind,
Morphine Habit Cared in 10
to 20 Aare, No pay till eared,
OR. I.STEPHENSE Lebanen. Onis,
SEN X
Ne LY Bp
WB Parr, Seer
“Aye! There's the rub!
And that ought to be enough in sel! to seal the
doom of bar soap. This rubbing with soap
may get clothes clean, if you work hard
enough, but can’t you see how it wears
them out?
Follow the directions that come om
every package of Pearline, and you'll find
that you not only do away with the hard
and ruinous work of rubbing—but that you
save time, and actually get better results.
At every point. Pearline is better tham
soap. But the mere fact that Pearline
saves the rubbing—that ought to settle it.
BEWAR Peddlers will tell you * this is a»
Compound. Before 1 had taken one i good as” or "the same as Pes.
bottle 1 felt the effects. My back did ¥ ine.” IT'S FALSE- Porime is never peddied. If your
not ache so badly, and I felt stronger, | grocer sends you an imitation, be honest—semd of beck, #5
After taking four bottles I felt well.
My ambition returned, menstruations
were painless, leucorrhoea entirely
cured and I could take care of my
babe and do my housework. I shall
always recommend your Vegetable
Compound for all women, especially
for young mothers."—Mrs. H. L.
Goeorp, Oregon, Wis
If Mrs. Goold had been well before
the birth of her child, subsequent
suffering would have been avoided.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-
pound should always be taken before
and after birth, in order that the
system may withstand the shock.
to-day
without the
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Th
letter represents thousands
No letters are publi
request of the writer
confidence is observed.
strictest
e following
“I always enjoyed good health un-
til six months before the birth of my
babe. Then I was very weak: my back
ached all the time. My physicians
said I would beall right after the birth
of the child, but 1 was not, although
at that time I had the best of care.
The pains in my back were almost un-
bearable. 1 had leuncorrheea in its
worst form; menstruations were pain-
ful.
“Any work or care would entirely
unnerve me. When my babe was 11
months old, friends persuaded me to
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Strikes at the Root—when you
take Brown's IRON BITTERS you find it strikes at the
root of the disease. That's the secret of its mighty
success. Whatever the symptoms, BROWN'S IRON
Brrrirs attacks the cause — speedily, vigorously,
effectively—and the symptoms vanish.
GUARANTER.
Purchase money refunded should Baows's Iron Brevens, taken as directed,
1oUeneft any petsan suffering with Malaria, Chills and Pever K
il