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HlSHI.KiVH HEitB HITTERS.
A 1'liOI'HKT IS NOT WITHOUT
1 llniiir Hiiv in 111 wn country."
Tine ami yet like most truisms it lia- tU ex
ceptions. Tim most HlriMiix illustration of
this i found iu the reputation acquired by
Mishit-.!' lb-lb Litters iliiriu? the tucnty
tivc years it has been before I he pt-eplc.
;reuiiiK from .small lK-j;iiiniti- amdmplya
local r.-iiietly, it has nt-:ulily worked its way
' tin; Ien-most nmk anions lb" standard
medical jucparatiiiiisel Umaxe; yet. newheic
is it mere highly regarded than rixht here at
home, in .the scenes el ill cailicst victories
ever tllsc:isi Yeu can scarcely Hnd a mm,
woman or child in l.:nicidi-r county, who, at
bemc time or ether, ha net ut;d II, ami the
testimony et all 1 Kiveu iu IU praise. Tlies
tiiriiKT, tin: mechanic, laboring men awl we
men, the int-i chant, the. clergyman,! hi; banker,
the lawyer; people In every walk ami condi cendi condi
tie:i .! lite are all alike la'niliai wilb its
meiiU.
The lien. Tiiaddcus Stevens, member el
t;eiif;ies trein Ibis district, suU'crin;; from an
HllWth.uet Hie Kidney, could line lcliet in
nothing else. Iu a letter te a fiiend (new iu
our )o..fcM.ieii) lie writes: "MISIII.KK'S
IIKICIt IIITTKKS i.rflic Mast uenilrrjiil com cem
bhi'ilinti if iiicdiriii'il lirbx 1 err uw."
The lien. A. I.. Ilnyt--, Law .lutlf el the
Coiiitsel l.ane.ister feunty, u itf.s: "1 have
useil it my-ell ami In my lamily ami am satis
llc'l that itx rriwttttinn i'. ii'it tinmrrileilj"
Hen. Ueerne Sanderson. Mayer el Lancas
ter city ler in years, wiilcs: "It has lipeeme
familiar as a household word, ami a neeessary
:tddilieu te the metlieal reijuirenicnts of every
lamily. fit m;i epinh-H it iTIIK 11KST P.KJI
KIY KVI.lt INTKOUIICKD."
Jacob F. Fl-ey, es., Sherill' til l.anca.iler
eeiiuly, was cured el Kh::iimatiui.
.1. u. Stein ha'is;r. Superintendent til tin;
Lauca.-lcr County lle.-tpital. Iodides te its
success in thaliiisUlulieu iu the trealiuent el
lrsM--.sia, Kidney liis'-ases, Liver Complaint,
Ifhciimutism, Asthma ami .c.reliila, anil this
ti'sliimuiy is etnlerscil Irein a li!.:: csiierience
.hy A. l-'airer, c-., Steward of tlie Lam-aster
County Almshouse.
Tin jiroprU'terH liae iu llieir io-u5e.Meh
thousands til letters anil ccrl ideates Ireui per
sons in every M'eiitni or Hid eeuntry who have
lieeu eitretl et various Diseases, ami it is their
pieud beast. Hint they have never published u
line that was mil. genuine, nor u name that
as net authorized. Seme el" these, read tikis
miracles, ImMhe facts are indisputable. One
id the most leniarkablu is Hie c.t-t-el' Isaac
SaltBfV, til Maycrstewu, Lebanon enmity. Fa.,
cured et Hereditary Scmlula, aggravated by a
perk diet. We have I we large jars el scabs
which lit; saved ami brought te us as a curios curies
it. He has net two square inches en his en
tile li'itly that is net marked with a scar, yel.
Mi-bler's llt-rb Killers cured him.
Te-day ilis sold liy druggists ami country
-lereuecpers in almost every town, village ami
hamii-1 tiirougheiit Hie length ami breadth e!
tlii Kivat enimtry, ami eveiyu'hcic the same
yeitlict is n-cerdcii.
Tlieiisands e laiuilics lar removed Irein
pliVfieiaiiH rely upon it lu every emergency
ami it never rails them ; with it in the house
they lee, yes they Unon, llicv are sale against
Hit; attacks efdisease. II has eainetl, it pes-ses-esaml
uill cei tin ue te tleserve the confi
dence et the people.
A piepiralleu thus approved alike by the
iinsst prominent ellleialsaiitl tin; great mass
el the ceiiitiiimily must i wishes merit. Iu tact
A (jkrtain mum.
tin piirilying Hin IJIed ami r.eeiellens A
OHICK AM AltSOI.lITi: (nunc ler IVJS-pep-.tn,
l.lver Complaint, 'ill I i -eases or the
Kitlneys, Tramp In the Stomach and every
term et Imligtstieu A SllltlO KII:IV ler
Intermittent Fever, Fever ami Ague, ami all
ether periodical Oemplaints. AST IMMKUI
ATK IJFXIMF ler Pysenlcry, Celic, Cledei-.i
Merbusaml Kindre.l IHsease.s. It. is a I'l'IlK
AKI V.IIOI.KSOMK STOMACHIC ; AN
ii.Ni:;i!Ai.i.t:i avi'KVMy.mi, a tonic
WITHOUT A K17AI. ANI A TANACKA
ter all Hiseascs el the Lungs, Heart anil
Threat. IT CI'KhS Fe'ver ami gue with
grealcrceit:!ii!tythanuiniue,antlin tlienvcr
Jiottems el the West has largely superceded
1'iat long considered spe.'ilit. ter Chills ami
Fever, ami the various tonus tit M alalia.
tts leiitlciicy te tlirect action upon the Kid
neys rentiers its use peculiarly henellelal in
all lieaes el this nature. It prevents the
loiuiaMen el IS ravel, ami where formed will
dissolve ami ntmove it. The aged and feeble
will find it most comlerting ami strengthen
ing, it remedies tin; liviiucnt neces.-ity for
gettitm up at night and will ensure sound
sleep.
PROMPT, CERTAIN AND POWERFUL
in ilseilcels; it i-. se mild and gentle in it
.
operations that it may be given with absolute
b.ifety te the youngest child.
1,AIHKS, tihl ami young, itiarrictl ami
single, in every walk ami condition el lilts
will tint! its (n't'Oiienal use highly beneilciiil.
The weary aches, the pains iu the back and
shoulders, He; sinking, all gene reelings,
nausea ami headaches, Mill be avoided ami I he
pallid cheeks el the weak and debilitated will
rival the rose a ml peach in Ihe. !iiightue.-:s and
d'licacye! their bloom. In a, word III
NATURE'S OWN ASSISTANT,
SOI.U ONIIT IN ItUTTMH
Kncle.-ctl ina yellow wrapper. Sen that the
cork is covered by a I cent proprietary stamp
trein our wn private dale, bearing a finely
engraved portrait of lr. II. Mishlcr
It is sold bj all Druggist ami Storekeepers.
Try it.
SOLE PROPRIETORS,
I. ANCASTF.lt, VA.
A WORD TO MOTHER
It your eliild has worm, you will lind
I'KOF. I'AKKKK'S 1'I.KASAST IVultll
SYIHIF, the Sate-st, Sjieediest ami Surest
KcniCdy. IT DESTROYS ASM UKMOY'iSS
THKIM WITHOUT FAIL. Xe Caster Oil,
Mngntsia or any ether alter physic is rc
iuircd. It i se pleasant that even the
youngest child will take, it readily.
Ask for Prof. Parker's Pleasant
Werm Syrup ami Take
Ne Other.
Sold by all Druggists ami Stei-ekccpets.
Trice 23 cents per llettlc.
iianrastri- Jntdligcnrrr.
SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1831.
GOVERNMENTAL WEAKNESSES.
KIUHTI-MUSNKSS KXAI.T KTIl A NATION.
A .Sermon I'reaclmtl in Hie First ISelermed
Church of Lancaster en Sunday
Alernlug, July :' 18I, by
tlie I 'a slur. Iter. ,1.
A. I'eters.
ISai.v .x wiii : VI. " Itlessetl is Hit; nation
vili.'ise ijeil is the Lord.'
Wc slaml te-lay upeti tins tbie.slield of
tliat national festival, niten wliieli, as a
nation, for new inure- than a century, wc
have been accustomed te celebrate our
civil freedom. Our Iieaits always throb
with emotions of patriot!.: pride at the
mention of the name of our country ; be-"
cause it is the land of our birth, the home
of our childhood and our matuter years
the land dearer te us above all ethers be
neath the sun.
Patriotism is a natural virtue, but like
every natural virtue it needs the sanctify
iug- energy of Divine grace in order that it
may have fice scope and reach
its true end. The atmosphere of
a genuine patiietism is freedom,
but it must, be a true freedom. There is a
proverb that " he is a free man whom the
truth makes free, and all aie slaves be
sides.' The proverb is true only se far as
we recognize the fact that .lesits Christ is
" the tiulh." In every ether sense it is a
perversion. Christ alone has given, and
can give, te man political or social free
dom. He has net, indeed, drawn out a
scheme of government, ami slumped it
with His divine authority as guaranteeing
ficcdem. The New Testament asserts
nothing but two necessary elements of
man's life as a political or social being.
I.
(I) The existence of some government,
which it. is tin; consciciiteus duty of every
geed citizen te obey, bu it assembly or
president, king or emperor the ' higher
power " te which every soul is te lrj sub
ject, because " there is no power but. of
Ged, and the powers that are ordained of
Ced ;" and (2) the fact of the inalien
able, indestructible freedom of the indi
vidual Christian under mil form el gov
ernment. Uy virtue of the trim law of his
life the true Christian is independent of
outward political eircum.stance.s ; and hav
ing that law and living accetding te it,
the creation of new civil institutions, when
necessary, becomes only a question of
time. The doctrine of Christ His own
doctrine of the worth and dignity of re
deemed man, is like leaveu deposited in
the corrupt mass of humaii society, and by
it in time the world cannot but be leavened
politically, as by it, it is leavened in ether
ways. This preeess has been going en for
centuries ; it is stilt going forward. Wc,
as a nation, ewe very much te it mere,
icrhaps, than any ether nation iu the
world. My purpose iu calling your atten
tion te this subject te day is te help you
as citizens te recognize and acknowledge
this fact.
" IJlesscd is the nation whose Ced is the
Lord."
The truth taught iu this declaration's
as true te day, after the lapse of three
thousand years, as it was then, and, if any
lmX,uterc firmly established by the accu
mulated historical evidence of the ages.
The teaching of history corroborates the
truth taught by the I'salinistef old. Loek
back through the annals of the world's
history, as nation after nation has arisen,
played its part en the stage of existence,
ami then, it may be, crumbled
into decay, and what is the plain, simple
lessen taught by the jieti of the historian?
Simply this, that every nation that has
conformed its life according te the prinei
pies of law, justice, eeuity, right and
truth, which are the eternal principles, or
esscntials,iii the character el Ced Himself,
has fullilled the mission for which Ced
gave it an existence ; and although it may
have passed away from the theatre of time
its memory, like that of the just, has been
blessed among men. And, en the ether
hand, every nation that has failed te act
en these fundamental psi-teiples of right
eousness has become a reproach among
the nations of the earth. The decree has
gene forth against it, as against Uelshaz
zar in his revelry, " thou art Weighed in
the balances and art found wanting ;"
ami lehahed, " thy glory has departed,"
has been written upon its record.
l!ut, let us leek mere closely
at this (dement of national .strength.
It is said in the text te be
the acknowledgment, or !he possession,
of Ced in ether words, it, is te be riyhl
with Ced, or in a state of jtistilicatieu be
fore Him. Out, for us, who live in thcdis thcdis
pensatien of the Cespel, wc knew that the
only righteousness possible is that which
comes, net from abstract conformity te
law (" for the law is weak through the
llesh"), but, that which comes by failii in
.leus Christ, in whom alone Ced has de
clared Himself ever well pleased. There
is but one salvation for men, whether as
individuals or in the organic capacity of
nations, and that is the salvation which is
alone through Him, who came te fnllii all
law and all righteousness. "There is none
ether name under heaven given among
men, whereby we must be saved ; and
ether foundation can no man lay than that
is laid, which is Jesus Christ" these are
fundamental truths, which are absolutely
essential for a nation, as well as for the
individual man. It is a grave error te
imagine that theautherity of Christ, should
extend enlv te the individual, or, at
farthest, te She family, but net te the
state. Vhat did the Saviour mean when
lie uttered these words of solemn author
ity te his disciples, " Ge jre therefore, and
make disciples of all the nations, baptiz
ing Mem into the name of the Father, and
the Sen, and the Hely Ghost ; teaching
them U observe all things whatsoever
I commanded you?" The injunction
is net simply te teach some in
dividuals among the nations, but the lan
guage j,s plain and unmistakable Chris
tianize ixll nations. Dees He net therein
ivc expression te His will, that all nations
of the earth shall be gathered together, as
one great family, under Him, te whom
"all authority is given both iu heaven and
en earth." Yes ! if a nation is te be saved
at all, it cau be saved only through Him,
who iu the visions of the anciunt seer, was
" the desire of all nations," and m whom
aloue is the hope of all the ends of the
earth. There is but "ene mediator be
tween Ged and men, the man Christ Jesus."
Bringing the sentiment of the Psalmist,
therefore, into the focus of Christian light,
wc may see that Christianity alone can be
the true clemcut of strength in the nation
al life of a people. "Blessed is that na
tion "only, whose Ged is "the Ged aud
rather of our Lord Jesus Christ !"
I am aware that much of, if net all, this
is in direct antagonism te the notion, se
prevalent among us, that the leaven of
Christianity should net permeate the poli
ties of the land. The plea usually made
is somewhat en this wise : there arc numer
ous classes of citizens among us, who arc
Jews, or Unitarians, or who make no pro
fession of religion at all, who refuse te
recognize the divinity of Jesus of Nazareth
and who consequently repudiate the re
ligien of which He is the Alpha and the
Omega, thelirstaud the last, the beginning
and the end. We arc told te take heed
lest there shall be any thing iu the govern
ment of this country that might give of
fense te this large and respectable class of
our fellow citizens.
Politicians appreciate the value of an ar
gument of this kind, particularly en the
eve of some impeitaut general election.
But this reasoning is used net only by
third and fourth rate politicians ; it is
sometimes heard from high places in the
political world. Kven the customary proc
lamations (if our chief executives recom
mending the observance of a thanksgiving
or fast day have been marked with an "ap
parently studied effort te recogni.e Chris
tianity as little as possible. The least
recognition of that Name which te the
Christian believer is above every name is
oft-times tee apparent. Even the com
mon phrase " in the year of our Lord " is
frequently emitted, Such emissions, and
ether neglect, may possibly occur trem
mere oversight. However that may be,
one thing is certain small apparently as
such things scum te lie they indicate, at
least, a tendency which often causes the
Christian check te blush aud the Christaiu
heart te ache. These state documents are
often certainly bread and liberal enough te
suit every shade of public opinion, Creek
ami .lev ; circumcision and uucircumcis uucircumcis
ieu ; barbarian-, Scythian, bend and free.
But, let us leek for a moment, iu the
light of the gospel, at the true value of
this, and every ether objection that can be
raised against making Christianity mere
of a riding clement iu our national organ
ization and life. Fer us, as Christians,
the gospel of Jesus Christ must
be the touchstone by which te
try every question of morals, whether
iu our individiuil or social capacity Let
ut sit at the feet i id learn wisdom of St.
Paul, who is go 1 1 .iiillierity when we get
en gospel greii.id. Imagine him preach
ing the everia- 14 gospel in the city of
New Yerk, or Philadelphia, or Washing
ton te day as he did of old in the streets
of Corinth, Athens and IJenie. Think
you that he could be long among us with
out milking the same discovery that he
made at Athens, viz. : that we, tee, in
our national capacity, have an altar with
the strange inscription, " Te the unknown
(Sed !" And would net that inscription
furnish him a theme as it did then, for a
direct appeal te us as a nation : " Whom
ye ignorantly worship, Him declare I
unto you :" And furthermore, would net
the application of that appeal.be te us as
it was then "Jesus and the resurrec
tion. ?" And in all this, would he net
seem te many of the wise men of this na
tion, as he seemed te the sages of Athens,
" te be a setter forth of strange gods ?"
Imagine one el our shrewd politicians tak
ing him aside ami saying te him, "The
doctrine of Jesus and the resurrection
may de very well for a man's soul, but it
won't de for the soul of the nation. We
have a large aud respectable class of our
fellow-citizens te whom this doctrine is
an e.Tense, and the least said about it the
better for the geed of the country."
What, think you, would be the answer
of the stern old apostle of ju.sti ju.sti
lieatien by faith? Methinks it
would be about the same te day as
it was of old.. " I am debtor both te the
Greeks and the hat hat inns; both te the
wise and the unwise. As much as in me
is, I am ready te preach the gospel te you
that arc at Reme also. Fer I am net
ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is
the power of Ced unto salvation te every
me "lh.it believelh, te the Jew first and
also te the Greek." What though Christ
crucified be unto the Jews a stumbling
block and unto the Greeks foolishness,
yet Paul invild preach Him nevertheless,
"unto them which are -called, both Jews
ami Greeks, Christ the power of evil and
the wisdom of (bid." Paul evidently
knew and preached but one gospel. In
his estimation, Christianity a'ene can save
a nation as well as the individual man
Let, us then net be afraid lest the pewar
of our holy Christianity may exercise tee
much iullueiice iu the politics of the laud.
It is that alone which can save us from the
political corruption te which we are new
exposed iu high and low places. Let the
ballet box be baptized mere wi'.h the
spirit of Jesus Christ ; ami let every
Christian voter go from his closet of prayer
te cast his vote, directly or indirectly, for
the cause of righteousness and truth. Let
both our law-makers and our law-execueors
lie Christian men te make laws and
te administer laws se as te hasten the
coining of that day predicted in this Boek
of books, when Jesus Christ, is te icign
king of nations as lie new reigns king of
saints. As the worthiest ermine of our
judiciary let. the vote; id .Christian justice
and Christian righteousness alone be worn.
Let our national constitution, which wc
fendiy call the magna charr.a of our
liberties, recognize the name of Jesus as
'the only begotten of the Father lull of
grace ami truth." Let our common
schools and our highe. institutions of
Icai-iiim? b imbued with mere of the
spirit of Christ, without which all knowl
edge is but, sounding brass and a tinkling
cymbal ; and thus' only will they indeed
become fountains from which will issue
streams te make glad the city and herit
age of our Ged. In short, let Christianity
be the bone ami sinew iu our national or
ganization, aud the whole land pervaded
with the light and truth that stream from
the hallowed cress of the Uedeemcr of
men.
Docs net our whole history as a nation
stand pledged te fulfil this mission for
Christianity among us? Was it net a
Christian nation that discovered America?
When Christopher Columbus, the great
Geneese, took possession of this western
land in the name of Castile and Loen did
lie net rear the standard of the cress as
his feet touched these shores? Was net
our laud peopled during our colonial his
tery by these who lied from religious per
secution at home te this asylum where
they might worship their Ged in jwaca?
Let the story of the Mayflower aud Ply
mouth Heck, of the Huguenots of France,
of these who fled from Switzerland, from
Germany and the Netherlands te people
the shores of Pennsylvania, New Yerk
and New Jersey ; of the people who colon
ized Maryland; Virginia and the Carolinas
let the story of all these, as well as of
many a weary emigrant since theso early
days, who has reared his peaceful Christ
ian altar in our Western wilds, tell the
tale.
Aim be, aise, iu every -war uueugu
which we have passed, from the Revolu
tion te our late civil contest, has-net the
heart of the people always felt that, next
te the cause of the country, the cause of
Ged was at stake ? Loek at theso " dark
days of '70," as we have learned te call
them ; days which are said " te have tried
men's souls" was net the watchword of
these Christian patriots who achieved our
liberties "Ged aud our country"? Aud
all along in our civil history, in the decis
ion of every momentous question of politi
cal policy, may we net discern the linger
of that Ged who rules in the history of
the world, guidiug and controlling all
things, cither directly or remotely, in the
interest of the kingdom of His Sen? Ne !
it is net asking tee much for the Christian
church te claim that Christianity shall be
mere and mero the ruling spirit in our
national life. This has been premised and
LANCASTER, PA., SATURDAY,
vouchsafed te us by our history from the
very beginning.
And this has ever been our strength.
We have been blessed only as we have had
Ged before our eyes, aud have made Him
the guiding principle of our life. It is se
still. The true element of strength iu our
national life is net in our widely extended
territory, stretching from ocean te ocean,
and from the frigid te the torrid zone ; it
is net iu the unbounded fertility of our
soil, which makes our laud the granary
for almost the whole world ; it is net in
the still unexplored mines of our mineral
wealth ; it is net in our boasted progress
in civilization, in art or science our tel
egraphs, our railroads aud our ocean
steamers ; it is net iu a standing army and
navy, nor in our boasted free institutions ;
wliieli, we imagine, are the envy of ether
nations it is iu none of these iu which
our ttieiiL'th as a nation lies, but in what
ever there is among us of the life and
Spirit of Jesus Christ. "Blessed is that
nation whose Ged is the Lord !"
. II.
But, secondly, whilst our hearts may be
justly touched with emotions of patriotic
pride of our country, her origin and her
illustrious history, her deeds of prowess in'
war, her thrift and industry and progress
111 peace ; of the position winch she occu
pies among the ether nations of the world ;
whilst, as Christians, our hearts may glow
with gratitude for whatever evidences of
Christianity there may be in our national
life, let us net shut our eyes upon the
faults that may be he easily seen in our
national life, theso things that oft-times
seem te stand in the way of our claiming
the blessing of the text. As a people, we
have our faults, and it behooves us, as
Christian citizens, te leek at. them calmly
ami dispassionately in order that we
may watch for the welfare of our
country, and pray that her infirm
ities may sjieedily be healed by
the leaves of that tree of life which arc for
the healing of the nations. "Sin is a re
proach te any people." is the unqualified
declaration of this Werd, which wc pro
fess te make "a lamp unto our feet and a
light unto our faith " iu every sphere of
life. Sin is weakness, sin is disease, sin is
death in the body politic as well as iu the
individual man. Christianity, the only
true religion given among men, is for the
cure of this abnormal condition every
where, both in the national organism aud
iu man's spiritual, moral aud physical
constitution. If, therefore, Christianity
aloue be our strength, whatever there is
of sin among us, whatever there is iu our
life opposed te Christianity, must of ne
cessity be our national weakness. It may
help usy by the grace of Ged, te leek at a
few of the most glaring evidences of this
weakness.
(1.) There is the fact of intemperance in
the use of alchohelic drinks. This is net
a mere local sin te be found here and
there among us. It has grown te such
alarming propei liens that it is found
everywhere throughout the land, .from
Maine te California aud from the lakes te
the gulf, among all classes of our social
organization. We are threatened almost
with becoming a n.itien el drunkards.
This form of sin, iu fact, is preying upon
the very life of the nation. Hew many
once peaceful households docs it. turn into
the abodes of wretchedness and wee ! Hew
many widows and orphans does it. annu
ally make ! Hew many young men. the
very hope of the nation, docs it annually
scud te premature graves! Hew many
members of the church does it alienate
from their Christian integrity ! Te see
the extent of the curse of liquor
upon this country, but a lew sta
statistics are sttHieient. It is estimated
from reliable sources that sixty thousand
annually go down into drunkards' graves
in the United States. The amount
of internal revenue collected in this
country during a recent year en distilled
spirits was $.), h'eS15,S0 ; from malt
liquor;; for the same ye.u- ?'J,
1)37,011.78. The aggregate from
both riii ices liO,:57.8C7.5S. It is
further estimated that, the annual expen
diture for liquors in this county amounts
te (he enormous sum of sJIMl.OOO.OOO.
These are alarming figures te every
thoughtful mind. They are based upon
ellicial statistics. Is it te be wondered at
that the times are often hard, and that
people become peer? And net only is this
vast sum wasted ; net only is the capital
invested diverted from geed uses ; net
only is all the industry involved in the
production of liquor taket: from beneficent
pursuits ; but health, morality, respecta
bility, industry and life are destroyed.
But what is our only hope for relief
against this sin? Human legislation has
been tried' We are told that since the
organization of this commonwealth no less
thai! three hundred and forty-two (e!2)
statutes in varied forms and changes te
regulate the manufacture or sale of in
toxicating liquors have been passed iu
Pennsylvania alone. But the continued
presence of these evils, which are net di
minishing but increasing, is a witness
of the ineflieieitey of legislation ler
their correction se leug as public
places for their manufacture and sale are
a legitimate object of government.
Cur only hope against this, as against
every ether form of sin, is in Christianity.
The very best temperance society which
has ever existed is the Christian church ;
the only sure and abiding antidote against
intemperance of every kind is the life and
Spirit of Jesus Christ. Let the church of
Christ iu its relation te this evil then be a
city that is set en a hill which cannot be
hid ; let her light shine before men ; let
Christians cease te dally with the evil
themselves, and by their example help te
raise tho.;e who have fallen into the purity
of a true manhood.
(3.) Anether fact in our national weak
new is the prevailing tendency among us
toward extreme Tiulieuluttlism. Instead
of recegnising such a thing as a national,
organic life, in which liidiviuaals are
bound together and penetrated by historic
laws and' forces common te all citizens,
the notion largely prevails that we stand
related te each ether as citizens, only
somewhat as Feeds piled together without
any connection except the accident of
proximity or the fact that we all belong
te the same heap. This tendency may
also be recognized in the church and with
in the sacred precincts of
well as in the state. The
the family as
whole notion
however, wherever it is found, is a fallacy,
and arises from men putting asunder that
which Ged has ieiued together. In 'His
wisdom, Ged has seen lit te ordain thrce
institutions anions men for the welfare
and education of society. These are the
church, the state and the family, each of
which is an organic unity, and each of
which is bofero any of its individual
members. The individual in each
of these institutions has rights aud privi
leges, but these individual rights are only
r subordinate te and consistent with the
whele body of which he is a member. This
idea of an organic unity iu the life of a
nation is recognized by the common law
of nations. Whatever a nation does, at
auy period efits history, is bind iug, upon
it as a nation through all time, even
though the individual citizens composing
it at that particular period have . passed
away and been forgotten. Take au in
stance in practical politics, viz. : The pub
lie debt incurred during a war. Who is te
pay that debt ? The generation only that
JUL!' 9. 1881.
prosecuted the war aud incurred the debt,
vv the nation as a nation ? Suppose the
generation that conies after the ene 111
which the war occurred should say, " Wc
did net carry en that war, we did net ac
cumulate that debt, we will repudiate it ?"
Who would suffer ? Net the parties sim
ply te whom the debt is due, but the
country itself would stand convicted he
fore the nations of the world of dishonesty.
And se with every ether question iu the
political organization, whenever it conies
te be carried out practically. The rights,
the privileges, the immunities, aud the
duties of the body as a whele are superior
te theso of the individual. And yet, fal
lacious as is this notion of extreme indi
vidualism, it predominates among us te an
alarming extent. Whouever it bears its
legitimate fruit, it shows itself iu the state
in the dectiine of ultra states' rights, aud
the tendency is te cuiminate iu the notion
that auy man is permitted, pro
vided he has the power, te sub
vert the government wheuover it 'does
net suit his own peculiar views.
In the family, it shews-itself by the child
askiug his father for the portion of goods
that fallcth te him, in order that he may
become a prodigal ; feeling himself con
strained by the family organization he
cuts loose from tuno-henorcd tics aud as-
sociatiens-in order that he may, as he im
agines, be free and set up for himself.
And in the church, the tendency is, if
anything, worse still, because the fruit
age is se much mere pernicieus. It shows
itself there in cutting loose from all creeds
and conventional usages, which have been
sacred for ages, and in the effort te become
extremely liberal and latitudinariau in re
ligious views. Loek at our American
churches. What a bedlam of contending
sects some of them have been iu the past !
What a forest of heresies often in the very
besom of the professed body of Christ !
livery historical Christian denomination
among us has suffered from this tendency,
se that the idea of church authority
among us has been in danger of becoming
almost a myth or a sham. Is it net tee
commonly imagined that, if the particu
lar church te which a mau belongs does
net square itself according te his peculiar
notions, however erroneous they may be,
he has the right te cut loose, aud, if he
see lit, te set up a church of his own? Te
stand by the historical record of the church
through all past ages, te cleave te " the
faith once delivered te the saints," is net
this tee often regarded as putting yourself
into a strait-jacket aud a hindrance te all
free thought? Verily! is it strange that
this laud should give birth te se mauy
" isms," se long as the false notion of in
dividual rights prevails se largely? But
some man may be disposed te ask, where
in is the harm of extreme individualism?
The tendency of it every where is toward
disintegration, revolution, decay and event
ual death. Iu our national life this ten
dency is a sign of our weakness. It is in
direct antagonism te the spirit of Chris
tianity and therefore sin. Is net the bur
den of t.he Saviour's intercessory prayer.
" that men may be made perfect iu one?"
Is net the very purpose of Christianity
that " in the fulness of times Ged may
gather together iu one all thiiujs in Christ,
both which are in Heaven aud which
are en earth?'' If Christianity is net te
sanctify the law of our political life we
must be very certain that the slate is net
embraced iu the "all thiwj" of this
pregnant passage of sacred scripture.
;i. Out of this tendency toward extreme
individualism grows another fault of our
national life, which you will allow me
briefly te notice. I mean the grow
ing disposition te disregard tiie binding
authority of law upon the individual citi
zen. Loek at the plain facts. What a
disposition there is te evade the law of the
laud! I low difficult it seems, sometimes,
te convict the criminal ; and if he be con
victed what a mawkish sympathy there is
among us for him in his crime ! Loek at
the number of convicts who are annually
pardoned from expiating their just dues,
from the murderer down te him who
has been found guilty of petty larceny.
And hew many laws are there upon
your statute book that are virtually
nothing but a dead letter ! Take an in
stance of one out of many, a most, glaring
one perhaps, but for that reason showing
the greater danger of the evil. It is new
almost twenty years since our national
Congress enacted a law declaring polygamy
te be a crime punishable by " a tine net
exceeding live bundled dollars and by im
prisonment for a term net exceeding five
years." During all these years has that
law steed upon our statute book, and yet
has been regarded as a mere nullity by
some who claim citizenship within our
borders. United Slates authorities seem
te wink at the crime, or te be powerless in
enforcing the law. Yeu are thinking of
Utah, but it is net iu distant Utah only
where this law is ignored. It is treated as
a nullity nearer home. Iu the neighbor
ing stale of New Yerk, and in the net
distant one of Connecticut, there exists,
we arc le!d,a system of se called "complex
marriage," which in its enormity is fully
a match for Mermen polygamy. In both
states it is contrary te law, and yet in both
it is tolerated without any effort te punish
the crime. When facts such as these
exist, in the body politic, are we net almost
forced te ask ourselves whether we arc a
Christian fieejile at all ? I need net at
tempt te show you hew utterly this disre
gard of the rightful authority of law is at
variance with the true spirit of Christianity,
whose mission among men is net te destroy
but te fulfil the law. Lawlessness strikes
at the very root of our national life, aud
must he deprecated by every true Chris
tiau citizen.
Aud here I cannot help but refer te that
event of yesterday at the national capital
by which the chief executive of the nation
was assassinated in cold bleed. The whole
land has been shocked by the awful deed,
and every true heart beats in sympathy
for him whose life has been impciillcd,
aud we all tremble for the country. But,
what of the culprit, who has thus ruthless
ly invaded the sanctuary of human life,
aud set at defiance the supremacy of law
and geed order? Arc wc, the people, al
together free from responsibility? Arc we
net our brother's keeper ? Every criminal
is, te a certain extent, the product of his
aen and of the snirifc of the society in which
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5 "c lias passed ins inc. lnisuoctrine may,
! el course, no pnsiicu tee Jar. 1 no princi
ple 01 lice win 111 man can never ue se en
slaved by any thing external te itself as te
destroy responsibility in him who commits
crime. Doubtless we individually have
net contributed any thing directly, or in
way that we can trace, te this particular
misdemeanor. But may we net have con
tributed something te the existing state of
mind, or the state ef.fceliug, which makes
a crime seem natural te the criminal? "If
one member suffers, all the members suf
fer with it." There is a general stock of
moral evil iu the world te which we all cen5
tribute, or from which, by Ged's gracc7
some of us may diminish. There is a vast
tradition of ungodliness, of low motives,
low aims, low desires, low sense of duty, or
no sense of duty at all, and it i) the part
et the Christian te take heed that he does
net add te this mighty tradition of evil,
but that in his own life first he continually
rise superior te it, aud strive earnestly te
elevate his fellow man above it.
Every little, however little it be, certainly
tells. Every life, however insignificant
it be, has its sure, its certain, iufluence
upon the sura total of opinion and feeling
around it. It helps te purify or te corrupt
the atmosphero which we all broathe. Let
us-then return te the habits of mere simple
living. Let us lay aside the weight of a
false life in overy sphore of our social or
guiuzatieu, auu 11111s eiuy cau vv uujiu tu
usher iu the dawn of a brighter day, when
honesty, purity of life, truthfulness,
obedieuco te law and geed order, shall pro pre
vail every where.
(1.) There is ene mero symptom of our
national weakness te which we cannot
help but te refer, and that is the growing
lack of revoreuce ameug us for Ged ami
sacred things. Yeu may see evidences of
this spirit every where, through all grades
of seciety, from the Congress of the nation
down te the village grecery. Hew the
holy name of Ged is profaned among us !
hew the Christian Sabbath is desecrated
both iu high places as well as low ! hew
the very sanctuary of the Most High is
eltcu tilled with levity ! It has been said
that "Yeung America" has bat little re
spect for gray hairs, aud it is te be feared
the saying is net seldom true. Hew
frequently must every thing that is aged,
venerable, tried aud true fall before the
vandalism of this false idea of the " pro
gressive spirit of the age."
As another evidence el this irreverence,
leek at the wide-sprcad spirit of unbelief
in any existence whatever beyond the
grave. Eternity and judgment, heaven
aud hell.aie ideas that arc net found iu the
faith of tee many of our citizens. Yeu
cannot but have noticed hew common sui
cide is becoming iu this ceuutry. A par
agraph similar in substance te this from a
California paper may often be seen in
journals throughout the laud : ' A suicide
mania prevails en this coast aud especially
iu San Francisce. Men iu geed health and
easy circumstances get tired of life, or
fretted about some Jittle thing, ami blew
their brains out. A recent ease was that
of a man of tiue culture, aud great popu
larity, who had a prosperous business and
whose habits were geed. He lacked noth
ing but the ene thing, a Christian hope.
His wealth, popularity aud education fail
cd te make him happy. There was an
aching void tee deep, for them te till. He
would net take Christ into that void, se
he stifle red from hunger of spirit, from
weariness of soul, and he shot himself."
Aye ! that is tiie tale that comes te our
ears from all quarters. It is net only iu
Sau Francisce where that mania some
times prevails. Yeu can hardly take up a
paper from any of our large cities and
towns, but what you And a similar rec
ord. Men for the least pretext a disap
pointment or failure iu business, perhaps
some domestic infelicity, or weariness of
existence any of these is deemed a suffi
cient reason for " shuffling oil' this mortal
coil." But what is the true reason back
of all? Awautef faith in the realities of
the eternal world a want of reverence for
Ced and holy things !
De you ask wherein is a want
of reverence an evidence of na
tional weakness? iu this, that it
underlines all faith iu Ged, iu whom
alone is our hepe as a nation, and even all
faith in our fellow men. There can be no
tiue faith or trust put iu men when we
have lest faith in Ged. Loek at the
French revolution when Ged was ruled
out of the uuivetse by Atheism and Rea
son enthroned as the Supreme Deity.
Every man came te mistrust his fellow,
and through this want of fidelity te each
ether the streets of Paris are said te have
flowed with human bleed. " Have faith
in Ged " must be our true watchword as
a nation. " Them that honor Me. I will
honor ; aud they that despise Me shall be
lightly esteemed," was the judgment of
Ged upon the wicked house of Eli iu
Israel of old. Let his fate, and all like
his, be our warning that we may escape
his destiny and his deem. Truly, " siu is
a reproach te any people."
May we, as Christian citizens, en this
threshold of another festival of civil lib
erty, which Ced, iu I lis providence, is per
mitting us te enjoy, although our hearts
are bowed with set row for the calamity
which has befallen the country, carry with
us from this sacred place these truths of
holy writ. Let us ponder them well ; and
in all our actions strive te de nothing te
hinder the spread of a nat ietial righteous
ness or advance the progress or national
sins. At times you hear much of the
mission efithis ceuutry. What exactly
that mission may be is perhaps premature
yet te predict. She is still tee young
among the nations of the earth for men te
say what Ced has iu store for her. Judg
ing from her past history it is the hope
of all patriotic hearts that her future will
be glorious. But whatever that mission
maybe, of this let us be well assured,
that it can be accomplished only as she
makes Ged her portion. " Blessed is the
nation whose Ged is the Lord."
Aud for you and for me our one duty te
her at all times is the duty of the t'im
t'lin citizen, iu order that we may act well
our humble part toward bringing en that
day in which it shall be declared from
heaven by the seventh angel of the Apoca
lypse : "The kingdoms of this world are
become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of
His Christ : and He shall reign for ever
and ever."
Kmfucsit. l'hyslcl.ins
:u nivacriblng that tried and true remedy
Kidney-Wert ler the worst cases et bilious
iic.-i.-i ami constipation, us well as for kidney
complaints. There. U scarcely a pen-en te be
round that will net in; greatly bcnellted by a
thorough course ofKldncy-Weit every spring.
It yen. leel out et sorts, ami don't knew why,
try u package of Kidney-Wert ami you will
feel like a new creature. fa'tianup'ilis Xrnti
vcl. jyj-lwd&w
Uole li. IS. Cochran's Drug Stere, l-"7 Xeitb
Queen street, for Mrs. t'rcei:utn,,s Xtnv Sit
tinnttl Dyci. Fer brightness and durability el
color,are iiueiiualed. Celer from 2 toSpeunds.
liirectiens in Kngli.-5l1a.11t (icrmau. 1'riee. 15
cent-1.
.Air. .1. .Marsh, Hank el Terente, Out., writes :
" IlilieusnefS and dyspepsia seem te have
grown up with me ; having been a sull'erer for
yearn, I have tried many remedies, but with
no lasting result until 1 used your lturdeck
Kloed Hitters. They have been truly a bless
ing te me. anil 1 cannot speak tee highly or
them." l'ricuil. Fer sale at II. IS. Cochran's
Drug Stere, i:J7 Xertii Queen street, I-ancsistcr.
I'epulnrlty.
Themas' Kclcctric Oil has obtained grca grca
penularity, Irein its intrinsic value as a relit
able medicine, iu curing hoarseness, and all ir
ritations of the threat, diseases et tins eliest,
etc. Fer these it is an incomparable pulmenic.
Fer sale at 11. 15. Cochran's Drug Stere, Yil
North Queen street, Lancaster.
JTOR SAJjE.
i MH1 CHAKUJff.
A DES1KAULE COAL AND LUMEEli YARD
FOK SALE.
The undersigned j eirers at private sale a
property consisting of seven Ieta of around in
the town et Springville, Lancaster county, at
the station en the l'ennsylvaiiia lIailrea.il,
about one mile west of Mount Jey anil near
the Lancaster A llarrisburg turnpike. The
improvements are a two-storied Frame Hawse
21x-.il feet, uscd.iis a Itailread Station ami Ticket
Oflice, a Frame AVarchouse vllx'iS loot, and
Ceal and Lumber Yard, with about 210 feet et
Ceal Shedding, New Fairbank's Scaled of 8 ten
capacity; SOD Feet el Itailread Siding. Trestle
work for dumping coal, with space ler exten
sion or same. ISuilillngs mostly ncwand every
thing In geed order. Location plcapnt, in a
UUckly settled agricultural neighborhood anrt
a fast Improving town, with "e,1'"1"?'"
in the town. Has an -abli8l,l,,c"a.11,?i
aud capacity and advantages te te a goeU
shipping business and increase lwciiscr
travel. Price $9.00-en reasonable terms, ler
further inlormaUeua.I.drcssiviji.cKt:u
Spring Garden P. O.,
fu20lm.il Lancaster County, Pa.
Fries Twe Onte.
VI.OTHIltU.
s
U91KT1I1WG SKWI
LACE THREAD
UNDERSHIRTS,
FKATHEIMVEIUHT DRAWERS.
SUSPENDERS,
AT
ERISMAN'S,
TUB SIIIUTMAKfill, '
Mil. 50 MOitTII UUKfcN STKKKT,
N
KW STUCK UK CLOTUINU
FOB
SPRING 1881,
1). B. llestcttcr k Seu's,
Ne. 24 CENTRE SQUARE.
Having made unusual effort te bring lielere
thepublica line, stylish ami well made stock el
BEADY-MADE CLOTHING,
we are new prepared te show them one el Ihc
most uarcluliy .selected slecks of Clothing in
Hits city, at the Lewest Cash Trices.
MEN'S, JJOYS' AM VOUTIIS
CLOTHING!
IS UUKAT VAICIKTY.
1'ieeu Ceeds el the Med Sty II ill Ufdlgus
and at prices within Hie reaeh el all.f
4-liivu us a call .
I). B. Hostetter & Sen,
24 CENTRE SQUARE.
1; lytt
LANCASTER. I'A
TyjKW CI.OTIIIM; SHUCK.
AL BDSENSTEDrS
ONE PRICE HOUSE,
37 North Qiiuuii Street.
GREAT MARK DOWN :
SuiU te Order lermcrly $15; new fl-
Suits te Order formerly I3; new $1.".
Suits te Order formerly fi! ; new $IS.
Suits te Order lermcrly $2.1; new $211.
Suits te Order lermcrly $.' ; new t-.
And every -Suit warranted a Purled Fit.
Trimmed with the. ISesl Trimmings
tin; niurkcl alleid.s.
MercbaBi Tailoring flejianmeiit
is new en a hi. re looting. Every Oarment we
wade loonier this season w;u net only a icr
tccl til. but tin; Klvlc et cut was positively
never etualeil in this city before
Oar Reidy-Made Department
i:i .still II! led with CIIOICK SUITS, which have
been reduced 1 eperccul.l
Wc h:ive the Choicest Letet
WHITE VESTS
DUCK. MAIWEILLE-S AMI KKVEUS1BLE,
ISOTM WHITE AN l COLORED; ALSO
REDUCED 10 PER CENT.
LINEN COATS
IN 20 DIFFERENT STYLES,
hceji ae CENTS IIP.
OUR STOCK OF
Gents' Furnishing Goods
Cannet l llxculltxl iu This City.
)ne visit te my store will certainly convince
you that the above a.v.erlieiid arc true.
AL. ROSENSTEIN
The Leader of Fashion,
NO. 37 N. QUEEN ST.,
LANCASTER PA.
MEMVAL.
OIIA'KB JKlVJSLKy.
LACE PINS, EAR R1NCS
AND BRACELETS. NECK
CHAINS AND HAIR PINK ,
STUDS, SLEEVE ISUTTONS
ANI SCARF PIN
NS OF
SILVER.
AUGUSTUS ICHOAUS,
Ne. ae East King Street, Lancaster, Pa.
jteTJsza.
MOW OPEN SPKKCIIKK UOU3B, ON
1M Europeen plan. Plnluc-Uoein ler
Indies and Gentlemen. Eittninca at Ne. 31
North Duke street. Clam and Tnrtle Sonp Senp Sonp
Lebster Salad. Oyatnrs In Every Style ant nil
the PelicacicH et the Season. We solicit th
I utrenugu el the public. may 7-1 Id