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PARABLES ON PRAYER.
LUKE 11:1-14.
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Central Truth .—True prayer is sure to
receive abundant answer*.
Soon after the lime referred to in the
'<ut three lessons, the Saviour visited
Bethany anil raised Lazarus, the broth
er of Mary and Martha, from the dead.
Thence, to escape the hostile rulers, he
retired to Kphraim, northeast from Beth
el. lie was now on his journey from
Kphraim toward Jerusalem. It was on
this journey that he met and healed the
ten lepers. Again, certain Pharisees
demanded of him when the kingdom
of (iod should come, and to them lie
made a suitable reply.
Turning from the captious Pharisees'
our Saviour addressed his disciples on
the topic thus suggested, lie foretold
the trials his people must first expect
to pass through. Apparently to impress
upon them the importance of prayer as
a preparation for such trials and support j
under them, he added the parable of the
Unjust Judge and Importunate Widow.
That of the Pharisee and the Publican
inav have immediately followed.
(if these two parables, the first es
pecially impresses the duty and privi
lege of persistency in prayer. Its simple
yet conclusive argument is that, if the
persevering petition of the poor widow
secured redress from a heartless and
unjust judge, much more will the per
sistent supplication of his ''elect" pre
vail with the wise, just and merciful
(iod. He may have reasons for present
delay, ami yet he will and does "hear
his chosen when they cry."
It is well at this point to note the i
tendency of modern unbelief to dispnr- |
age petition as addressed to (iod ; to
deny that ho actually hears and an
swers: to reduce the benefits of prayer
to its reflex influence. tur Saviour no
where denies the value of such reflex
influence. It is noteworthy, however,
that he never puts that forward. He
is always inviting us to ask, that we
may receive. It is the eager cry of felt
want, which is commended and en
couraged in the story of tho importun
ate widow.
Just why answers are so often delay- i
ed, and importunity required, the par
able does not tell u. Some reasons are
obvious ; as that faith may be tested,
earnestness culled forth, the heart bet
ter prepared to receive. There may be
a hint of yet another reason in the ex
pression, "though he bear long." Plain
ly this forbearance lias respect to Hod's
suffering people; nevertheless, it is to
ward others—the oppressors, the wrong
doers. (iod delays to vindicate his peo
pie in many cases, no doubt, to give
the longer day of grace to his and their
enemies. That (iod may be forbearing
toward unbelievers, his faithful ones
must be patient. This puts a great
strain upon faith. To maintain it to j
tbe end will not be easy. Hence the j
question : "When tbe Son of Man Com
eth. will he find faith on the earth ?"
The great lesson of the second parable
is equally important. Persistent prayer
is a duty and privilege ; sure at length
to prevail. Hut very much that is call
ed prayer lacks the true spirit. It i
unanswered for the reason that, in
(iod's view, it is unreal.
The defect in the Pharisee's prayer
was not that he stood ; for the publican
also stood. It was not that he gave
thanks ;for we are commanded "with
thanksgiving to make known our re
quests unto God." Nor was it that he
recngni/.ed the baseness of the sins he
enumerated, and accounted it a matter
of rejoicing that he had been kept from
gross outward offences. The trouble
was that be judged himself by other
than divine standards. Being ignorant
of Hod's righteousness and of his own
heart, he was full of offensive pride. In
the sense of asking for pardon, purity
and a right heart, he did not pray at all.
The basis of the publican's prayer was
a deep, pervading sense of sin. With
not a thought of any merit of his own,
he looked to the mere compassion of
Hod. He saw no light save in that.
He could only cry for mercy. And that
cry pointed to atonement by sacrifice;
an atonement familiar to liirn in its
tyjws, and soon to lie made conspicuous
on Calvary's cross.
Thus, this parable is not only wonder
fully graphic, but lull of instructive
meaning. It discloses the spirit of all
true, acceptable prayer. It atlbrds to
us, in the publican's simple, all embrac
ing cry, our Saviour's view of tbe ap
proacb to Hod appropriate to a sinner;
and sure, when uttered from the heart
to command tbe mercy which justifies
and saves.
PRACTICAL SI'OOESTIONs.
1. There is much of present com
fort without prayer. It is Hod's delight
to bless. By his goodness he would
lead men to repentance. Nevertheless
it is God's will that we should persist
ently pray. For true and lasting good,
we must ask if we would receive.
2. The widow's plea was just. Ours
must be just, and supported by some
divine warrant. Hod has taken great
pains to make known his will; to be
sure of answers we must ask for things
agreeable to thakwill.
J, A noteworthy characteristic of the
genuine believer, ia that he atwaya prays
and never faints.
4. Faith which still trusts though
answers are long delayed, is difficult of
attainment. Under such a strain the
Psalmist's feet well nigh slipped. It is,
therefore, a good thing to keep in close
relations to the promises; and to re
member that it ia the Heviour who bids
us persist in prayer, and hold fast to
tbe divine faithfulness.
5. True prayer ia humble as well as
persistent.
6. Tbe form of prayer may for a time
bo continued by a self-righteous man ;
hut even this is likedy sooner oi later to
bo surrendered. Self confidence feels
no need of higher help; self-approba
tion, none for mercy. I his explains
much of that disparagement of prayer
which just now abounds. It also ex
plains the tendency to its neglect in all
hearts. ...
7. The first and great fault of the
Pharisee was, that lie compared himself
with standards of his own choosing,
and not with the perfections and law of
Hod ; that bv which we must all at last
he judged. This is the all too-common
way. It accounts for much self-ignor
since. It is the short road to present
comfort and self satisfaction. But it
leads away from Christ, and not to him.
It spurns the mercy without which we
perish.
8. Tho divine mercy ever has been
and is the true ground of confidence
for sin-burdened souls. The sinner who
has learned to look to the merits of the
one sacrifice, sees in it a sure ground of
joyful and never failing trust.
The crowning good for any soul is
to he justified of God. Pardon, favor,
and life eternal are included in this.
It is to he forgiven and saved. There is
uone so poor, or despised, or old, or
young, that it may not ba his. It is
not forced upon any. It isTreely offer
ed to all. Truly, penitently, "ask, and
ye shull receive."
Til K KNGIJSH < ONSKKYATIVK.
A CHAOTIC Assr.iiiu.AiiK or vr.s AND VEAS
VKM H'ITUOI'T COI.ICV OR II HA INS.
I'rum Hi*- l.<>iii|oft h|'* tutor
So completely was I.ord Beaconsfield
the party's chief that his mere exis
tence concealed from his followers and
the country the weakness of his lieu
tenants. They might break down with
out diminishing his formidableness in
the popular House. Their lineaments,
indeed were hardly seen. No Liberal
felt as it lighting Sir Stafford Northcote,
or Sir Richard Cross, or Mr. Stanhope,
or Lord George Hamilton, hut one of
those men with Ixml Beaconsfieild's
broader shadow projected before him,
concealing his precise size, hiding his
weaknesses, veiling his wrilhings in as
suring shade. The country, gazing at
Lord Beaconsfield, anticipating his act
ions, watching for In* word*, hardly per
ceived how terribly the Conservative
party in the Commons na* over match
ed in statesmanship, in experience, in
knowledge, in capacity for debate. It
lost sight of tip* disagreeable truth
disagreeable, we mean, to Liberals as
well as tbeir opponents- that in the
Commons the great Conservative party
have lost aide men till, amid the uni
versal mediocrity. Mr. Chaplin is a sort
of leader, and Mr. Gibson a tower of
strength and Lord George Hamilton a
conspicuous iigure. The melancholy
reality will be revealed now. and it must
treble the bewilderment of the bereaved
party. They have men in the Peers,
but where are they in the Commons?
Sir Siatf ird Northcote, with Lord Bea
censfield behind him, did passably well
—a smooth, adroit man, with some vig
or, though he o often stumbles, whom
Mr. Gladstone spares it good deal, and
who. if his boys are not too refractory
and the lessons all are set, can manage
well enough, but who must, whenever
he opens lit* lips, look at the opposite
benches with a deep, though it may al-o
he a humorous dismay. What will be
come of him with Loid Beaconsfield
away, or of his party He is there and
f>esidea him there is no one who can
even affect to lead. Sir Kichard ("joss
preparer! the Water bill, Mr. Stanhope
i* still hut a man of promise and Lord
George Hamilton is In statesmanship a
boy. The Conservatives must remedy
this situat.on, and how are they *to do
it?
The I uke of Richmond cast* no
shadows into tho House of Commons.
Take the very bet view of Conservative
prospects and they have to fight for
many years an uphill battle. Tins Par
Lament ha* five year* yet to live. It is
perfectly possible, as matters stand
throughout the world, that it may be
able to attend to internal reforms, in
which Liberal* are strong, and in which
their coure is pretty definitely marked
out for them. The Conservative* will
want to do battle against that course,
to reduce its popularity with the coun
try, to whittle away the strength of the
Ministry until, when it* hour arrives, it
will fall with a crash, and through
whom are they to do it? Who is to
give them the patient and persistent
energy needed for such a fight ? There
is no chief left ruling in both houses,
and no Peer less than !>ord Beacon*
field can be present in them both. The
Conservatives will have to choose new
chief* in (he Common* or invest the
old ones with more authority, and
while the second alternative is more
than diffirult, the first one is impossible.
They must wait till the slow operation
of natural selections reveals the worth- '
iest to survive, and while they are wait
ing they may fall, as in the beginning
of obstruction they showed a visible
tendency to do, into a very dangerous
anarchy. Take tins Land bill, (icrhaps
the most difficult problem ever put be
fore suCh a party. It is ojniosea in its
essence to every idea they have in the
world—except, indeed, their idea that
Ireland is a separate planet, where four
dimensions nre possible, and two plus
two may be five—yet opposition to it
may involve destruction. The hill must
either be suffered to pass, or fought with
extreme adroitness, ft it i* to pass,
who are to be trusted to fight that re
sounding battle in the Commons which
will give the peers the courage to take a
desperate resolve ? The men are not
there, and with the disappearance of
l/rd Beaconsfield disappears the mi*t
which has concealed the fact alike
from the party and tho jieople. The
Conservatives have not only to make a
leader, but lieutenant* for him, and to
perforin the Utter task in the highest
creative way—that is, without material
on which to exercise their power. That
they will ultimately succeed we do not
doubt, tor conservatism i* a political
theory which, while there are men who
look h*ck to the past or are content
with the present, will never die; but
for the time they have more to do than
to fill up the succession which now ex
cites so many hopes and fears.
Tint aor who yearn* to be a man mint
act manly.
BPKKCH OK
HON. < Vltl S T. ALFXANDKH,
In the Semite qf /'> nnsylrttnia, Aj>ril 27, 'HI,
ON TIIB
Memorial Resolutions relative In the
late liov. milium lllglrr.
Mr. President, in xpeuking to the
resolutions, just read, I desire to pre
face toy remarks with a briel biograph
ical sketch of the subject of them :
" William I'igler was born at Sher
maiiburg, Cumberland county, Penn
sylvania, in I>aceinber, 1813, His pa
rents, Jacob Bigler and Susan Hock,
sister of Judge Dock, of Harrisburg,
were of German descent, and were edu
cated like most children of their origin
in both the German am) Fnglisli
tongues. While very young his parents
removed to Mercer county, having pur
chased a large tract of wild land, in
the hope of building up their fortunes;
but tiie title proving defective, they
found themselves in a short time bereft
of everything but a small farm. The
children bad a severe struggle with life,
mid William drifted into a printing of
fice. f rom 1830 to 1833 be WUM em
ployed by bis brother John, in the of
fice of the C'R.VTKK DBBOCKAT, published
at Itellefonte. At the end of that pe
riod, influenced by the advice of his
friouds, among whom was Andrew <i.
C'urtin, since Governor ol the Common
wealth, he decided, though not without
many misgivings, to remove to Clear-
Held and commence the publication of
a political paper. Young Bigler bad
no money, but be- possesxsed about
everything else rocquisite to the publi
cation of a paper. With the aid of his
friends he secured some old type and a
second-hand press; then, as lie used
to Ray, he 'started an eight by-ton -Jack
son paper to counteract the influence
ola scven-by nine Whig paper which
bad preceded him into that mountain
ous region.' This paper was called the
CltiirHi 'l Itnnorr'it. i'igler did nearly
all the work, writing the editorials, set
ting the type and working tiie old hand
pro. With all these drawbacks tin
publication was a very spirited one, but
it was not a source ol immediate wealth. <
Ho was deep in politics, however, and
soon acquired a reputation for good
judgment ami sincerity. His uniform
courtesy toward everybody made hull a
general favorite, and it was said of hun
(bat lie was a real back woodsman, n
good hunter and the l-est mark-man
with a rifle in all the country—accom
plishments winch in those day* by no
means detracted from his influence as a
political leader.
" in 1836, or shortly after, Mr. I'.iglcr
having married a daughter of Alexan
der It. Heed, of Clearfield, disposed of
Ins paper and entered into partnership
with bis father-in-law in mercantile bu
ines. He engaged in his new pursuit
with Ins usual industry and energy, and
in a brief period plAced himself In the
front rank of the merchants and deal
•rs in lumber in that section. From
184.1 to 18-Vt, he was by far the largest
producer of lumber or square timber on
the West Branch of the Susquehanna
river. But his previous active partici
pation in polities and his well-known
views on public questions kept lorn
prominently before the people. He
was an anient advocate of a convention
to amend the State Constitution ami
was presented frotn his county as a del
egate to that body, but he declined to
be a candidate.
"In 1841 he wax nominated for tlie
State Senate, and though much to hi
pecuniary disadvantage, he accepted
the nomination. The district was com
posed of the counties of Armstrong,
Indiana, Cambria and Clearfield, and
be wax elected by a majority of over
three thousand. Though opposed by s
regularly nominated candidate of the
Whig party, lie received every vote in
f'learfield county save one, a result un
precedented in the history o r politioa.
The term ol service ujsan which lie now
entered covered a period of unusual
difficulty in the management of the
affairs of the Slate. He wax elected
"x|eaker of the Senate in the spring of
Is |3, wax re-elected at the o|w>ning of
the session in 18ft, and in October fol
lowing was returned for a aAcond term.
Mr. Bigler did not desire again to be a
candidate, and so disinclined was he to
continuing in public life, that lie had
instructed the delegates from Clearfield
to the nominating convention to with
draw his name, which they did; but
the delegates from the other counties
comjiosirig the district conferred the
nomination on him notwithstanding,
and he wax elected by a vote much
larger than the regular party rote. In
IMS his name was presented for Gov
ernor and he received a large vote in ,
the Democratic nominating convention 1
of that year; but the choice fell ujion
Morris I ongstrcth, then a (anal Com
tnissjoner, who wax defeated bv William
K. Johnson. In 184'. Mr. Bigler was
appointed one of the Revenue Com nit*
sioners, whose duty it was to adjust the
amount to be raised by taxation in the
different sections and counties of the
State.
" At the succeeding election for Gov
ernor, in 1851 Mr. Bigler received the
Democratic nomination by acclamation
and was elected after a wartn contest,
in which Governor -Johnson was his op
ponent. Not only were questions of
State concern involved, but discussion
turned upon the fugitive slave law and
question of slavery in the Territories.
Mr. Bigler was at this time but thirty
eight yenrs of age, and it is something
of a coincidence that at the time of his
election as Governor of Pennsylvania,
his brother John waa chosen Governor
of California. Governor Bigler'a admin
istration wax characterised by the vir
tues of the old time Governora, especial
ly maintaining rigid economy and strict
accountability in the use of public
moneys. He took a firm stand against
the practice of putting good and bad
legislation together in a single bill for
the purpose of getting the bad meas
ure* through, and it was owing to his
exertions that * bill was passed forbid
ding the passage of any act which did
not fully state in ita title the subject
matter and which contained more than
one subject, thus breaking down for
ever this most pernicious system.
"In March, 1854, he was again unani
mously nominated for Governor, and
entered upon another laborious cam
Cign ; but bis health failed, and be
jr sick in tha northern part of the
Bute during most of the canvass. lie
was defeated by fhn Native American
purty by a largo majority. Tho new
party was very strong that year. In
January, 1851, but a few days after the
expiration n! his Gubernatorial term,
bo was elected President of the Phila
delphia and Krie railroad company, in
which capacity be evinced his usual
energy and industry, and contributed
largely to bringing its affairs ton healthy
condition. He was ulxo, in 1855, elected
to the .Senate of the United States,
where lie served for six years. When,
after the election of Mr. Lincoln, it be
cams apparent that secession would be
attempted, Mr. Bigler was untiring in
his efforts to secure an amicable adjust
ment of the National troubles. He act
ed with Mr. Crittenden in his efforts to
secure a compromise, anil held that the
people of the Southern States could
have no reasonable plea for resorting to
violence until they bad first exhausted
all peaceful means for tho adjustment
of their grievances. In the course of
un elaborate speech upon tin* subject in
the Senate, in February, 18Al.he said:
'As for secession, 1 urn utterly against
it. 1 deny the right, and I abhor the
consequences; but I shall indulge no
argument on that iioint. It is no rem
edy for any one of the evils lamented,
und in my judgment it will aggravate
rather than remove them and, in addi
tion, superinduce others of a more dis
tressing and destructive character.'
He was a member of the committee
of thirteen, to which was referred the
famous compromise proposition of Mr.
Crittenden, and presented and advocat
ed a bill providing for submitting the
Crittenden resolutions to a vote of the
people of the several Slate, which* was
rejected, but which has since been re
garded by sagacious men as a remedy
which would have utterly crushed seces
sion. He was a member ol the Charles
ton Convention of 1 sWI, where be took
decided ground against the nomination
of Judge Douglas. Ho was temporary
chairman of the Democratic Convention
of 1 mVI, and voted h>r tho nomination
of General George B. Mc' lellan. He
was also nominated in the, same year
for Congress, and though defeated re
ceived more than ins party vote. He
was again a delegate to the Democratic
Convention of lhi.s, which met in New
York. He bad the nomination for del
egate to the convention for the revision
of the State Constitution, but withdrew
from the ticket to give place to ex-Gov.
Andrew G. Curtin as representative of
the Liberal Republicans. Afterwards
the delegates at large in tho Constitu
tional Convention reported that they
bud selected him to fill tin- vacancy
caused by the resignation ol S. H. Rey
nolds.
"In 1874 he was elected a member o(
the Centennial Board of Finances, and
the energy ami ability which l.e dis
played in that service are still familiar
to the most of our jieople. In Septem
ber, 1871. be was presented in the
Democratic Stale Convention at I ne
for the Gubernatorial nomination, ami
from the third to tb<- tenth ballot l--d
all tho other candidates. His name
was withdrawn alter the tenth ballot,
and Cyrus L. I'vl-lnug, of Schuylkill,
was nominated.
"In ]ho manifested a warm inter
est in the Democratic canvass for the
I'iesi lenry, and when the election was
seen to turn uj-on the disputed vote- of
< ertaiu Southern Stale", he was request
ed by Mr. Tilden to go to I/rui-iana
with other prominent and sagacious
Democrats to see that the votes cast in
that State were tairly canvassed and
that tlie re-ult was legally declared.
His associates from Pennsylvania in
this duty were Mr. Randal! am! ox-
Governor Curtin. Mr. Bigler went to
New 1 'rl.-ar.s at a great sacrifice of per
sonal comfort and business interests.
l-ut in obedience to a profound <-ne of
the gravity of the crisis. In hi* own
words, he felt that he was "a peace corn
mixsioner'' and la-ing such, could not
be influenced by mere partisan consi-l
orations, In all of the proceeding* at
New Orleans he WH a prominent figure,
commanding the respect of both par
ties, and consulted a- an oracle t-y
those of his own |>olitiral faith.
"For several years past ex Governor
Bigler lias given almost lux entire at
tention to the development of the re
sources of the county in which he lived,
and was highly esteemed by all who
knew him. lie was a man of the stur
diest character, honest arid faithful in
doing all that he undertook, and what
ever of good can be said of any man
who goes Irom this life to the one be
yond may be said of William Bigler,
and truthfully."
William Bigter died at hi* home in
Clearfield, August 9, 1880, at for an ill
ness of some months.
The subject of tin* sketch belonged
to a generation now past . the ynungs-r
generation of men are less familiar
with the name of William Bigler than
those older, although for many years ho
slood in the front rank of illustrious
I'ennsylvanian*.
Thus "one generation pa*eth away
and anither eotnetb." Paradoxical a*
it may seem it is true that "there is
nothing constant but vicissitude."
Nothing abides but the great law of
change. Kvery one find* hi# time to
die, and his place of rest. This law ia
immutable. Death bath all season* for
hi* own. It is his pale kingdom. He
crosses the path of the conqueror, and
vanquishes him in a last battle ; be call*
the poet from hi* dreams, the philoso
pher from hi* abstraction* ; be bid* the
sovereign vacate hix throne, and the
statesmen must commit to other hands
the unfinished work of hi* life.
But there is a realm which death can
not subdue, an inviolable temple, which
succeeding generation* store with treas
ures which no vandal hand# can pur
loin. The past alone ia oura. It* gath
ered wisdom and accumulated influence
is the precious legacy which each gen
eration inherit# from that which goes
before. And the best of its gifts is the
memory of great and good men. Such
a man was William Bigler.
The characteristic* of the man were
marked. Tbey stand out before the ob
server like the pillars of some grand
temple. A man of sturdy character, of
perhaps not brilliant but solid attain
ments, honest and faithful in the dis
charge of duty, thoroughly unselfish in
his suns, and strong in the esteem and
confidence of all who knew him, he haa
left a record which haa won the grateful
remembrance of the people of all po
litical creeds. As an orator he was a
persuasive rnuoocr ; as a statesman lie
was notwl (or sagacity, sound judg
ment, ami above all, for sincerity of
purpoao. Pour inning a calm, clear, coin
pri-liensi ve, judical miri>l, be wan espe
cially fitted for tl lß work of the con m it
tee room, that unreported but moat vi
tally important work of a legislative
body. A writer in Harper*' Weekly,"
of .luno 5, IBIS, said of him: "He in
h-MReen and more felt than any g,.„tl„
man on the administration Ride of the
Senate." He wan a safe man because a
wie counselor.
lie was eminently a truo man. He
j wax thoroughly unselfish. Ho accepted
j public trusts only from a sense of duty
! and never to Ins financial advantage.
His public record is that of an honest',
lailbful servant of bis country. Though
decided in liih political convictions, be
never was a bitter partisan. He fear
leasly discussed party topics, and pub
lie nflairs, but on the broad ground ol
principle and always with the courtesy
of a Christian gentleman. Hence it is
that be, although prominent in the
most heated political controversies in
the history of our country, had no per
sonal enemies even among bis political
opponents. It in true, bis administra
tion as Governor of the State and his
counsels in the Senate of the United
States did provoke criticism hostile and
bitter, but no one who knew him ever
doubled bis sincerity and fidelity to
convictions, and to-day the people of
•II parties crown his memory with af
fectionate regret.
He was an earnest man. Thin was
manifest in all Ins undertakings. He
j threw his whole strength into his pur
l-osvs. This characteristic marks his
business relations, his public career,
| and his religious life. "Whatever his
i hands found to do he did it with In*
'might." I'easeles* devotion to public
j uust, and the benevolence of his lieait,
as well a* the superior grasp of his
ninid, have endeared him to his coun
trymen. His life is a witness pointing
the way to us. He has shown that a
man can succeed and be true, and pure,
and unselfish. He ha* shown that in
the midst of political influences, and
commercial connections, a man can
maintain a generous and disinterested
character: that he cn walk la-lore
ram without shame; that lie can l
fit in ami rmt harsh, strong and yet full
<•1 love. He so 'ived in public uirxirs,
where men are so carried aleiut by cur
tents of selfishness and ambition ; be
discharged all his duties to his friends,
his party, his country, Ins God, and
maintained a character bright and spot
less; a memory pure in the sight of
men.
In bi death the State has lost a
nobleman, a wise statesman, a Christian
gentleman. Owing to his kind heart
and generous Spirit, the people of the
county anl town in which he so long
, lived will miss him more than the peo
ple of other portions of the State, But
as time | ise- on the grief of the pun
lie will wear away, and only those who
visit the cemetery in which lie lies bur
i<-d the city of the Clearfield <i-ad,
which he did so much to beautify and
adorn . will note the (set, engraved in
marble, that be once lived. The stu
-lent of history, however, will learn the
j story of his life, and future statesmen
will be impressed by bis example. Thus
be will live though he be dead.
I liose of hi hou-< bold will miss him
most, lie was an affectionate husband,
a kind father. . what a world of mean
is contained in those words. No life so
pure, no earthly joy* so sweet, no Lap
pitiess so completi as are found in the
family or home circle. He has left a
void in a happy borne. The heart that
best responsive to his own is broken,
and bleeds more than all others because
In-is not. His children tni* his fath
erly care and kind instruction. To
them we extend our *ym|saiby. The
t'hristian woman who ah a red his jo; s
and trouble* in life, when her heart
i -inks as she tearfully gates on the cold,
--old tomb in which the beloved is bur
-ed, will l<< cheered by vi-ions of the
world above . for there she sees the
loved one cla-l in the garment* of im
mortality, standing by the throne of
God, joining in the chorus of the re
deemed.
The "Zimmerman","
tr >m th AI!bton Net*a.
AliAutone hundred and seventy year*
ago there came to this country, four
Dutchmen, brothers, named Zimmer
man, leaving extensive property in Hoi
land, which they would eventually fall
heir to. Their direct descendant* in
this country now numl>er between six
and eight thousand souls. The Holland
suthoritiea seised the property referred
to and are still holding to it. There is
a law in that country which provides
that all possessions not taken up by the
proper claimant* shall remain as public
projierty until the real heirs and owner*
appear and prove their right* to inherit
it. In this cae there is the enormous
sum of $75,000,000 at stake, and the .
claim of the heir* is now in the h-tnd*
of a committee of fifteen, headed and
marshaled by Mr. Griffith, of N'orris- j
town, this State, who are looking up
clues, records and papers of value at j
their own expense, provided that in I
case success crowns their efforts they
will receive every fourth dollar, or a
sum total t0518,740,000 as acommiuion.
Both the claimants—who will, if the
scheme pan* ont favorably, receive
about $ 10,000 per head—and the
committee are hopeful of success.
There are two claimant* living with
their families in Schuylkill county.
Due is a resident of Union township,
and is aged eighty-seven years, belong
ing to the third generation, another is
Rev. Zimmerman, who has charge of
the Barnesville circuit of the Kvangel
icai association, and lives in the "Pints,"
Tain aqua, who is of the fourth genera
tion. There are a number of this family
living in Lebanon, liehigh, Lancaster
and Berks county. Some have translat
ed the name Zimmerman into the
plain United Slate* version, t. r- (Jar
jienter, and in consequence are debar
ted from enjoying any of the spoils.
AN t'NKMi.i.s always reminds us of
the man who wants to bet. It ia a "put
up or shut up" contrivance.
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the shows T" " Well sonny, ax a general
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