6 THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT. BELLEFONTE, PA.,, MAY 4, 1899, —————— A LESSON FROM LIFE. Dr. Talmage Eulogizes the Late Jus- tice Stephen J. Field Religious Training Laid the Foun dation of His Character — The Great Divine's Tribute to a Departed Friend, (Cepyright, Louls Klopach, 15%) Washingiwon, April 3, One of the most notable characters of sur time is the subject of Dr. Talmage's discourse, and the lessons drawn are inspiring. Text, 2 Samuel, 3:35: “Know Ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?” Here is a plumed catafalque, foliowed by King David and a funeral oration which he delivers at the tomb. Concern- | ing Abner, the great, David weeps out | the text. More appropriately than when originally uttered we may now | utter this resounding lamentation: “Know ye not that there is a prince and agreatinan fallen thisday in Israel?” It was 30 minutes after six, the ex- act hour of the sunset of the Sabbath day, and while the evening lights were being kindled, that the soul of Stephen J. Field, the lawyer, the judge, triot, the Christian, as Our departed friend from a land. at morning from mate which amid all the of a life in peace from Aun those honor t« cal cir presidential chair, an literate many of the of hi the pa- minister's He knelt and e rn laste that tage to God is world’s emancipatic row is Ten Con foundatior law, Germar can law which to which the y, often heard in bridge were his century after, & gown justi the supreme court of the United States he unrolled his opini books, ler constant as ns. Bibles, hymn catechisms, family prayers, at- mosphere sanctified, are good surround- ings for boys ' and if our laxer ideas of igion and Sabbath days and home training pro- and girls to start from duce as splendid men and the much-derided Furita Sabbath and Puritanic teachings have produced it will be a matter of congratulation and thanksgiving. Do not pass by the facet that I} not yet seen emphasized that Stephen J. Field was a minister's son. N¢ standing that there are co: ceptions to the rule—an have built up a stereoty on the su omen as twith- bject statistic deniable prove that a | of ministers’ sons tur children « them honors wielded influ scepters an honorable Hubertus de la Feld, coadjutor of Wil liam the Cone Let us thank God for such families, generation aft eration or right and g arentscar $ traces years to er ger Ruch « the brate, prayer BONS ar queens ever Let their with which ad con secrated for a lor while, by the 4 deed disgraced and biasted. Look out how you rob Your CONE they handed to you unsullied 88 trustee to that name add something worthy. Do something to honor the old homestead, whether a mountain cabin ar a city mansion or 4 country parsonage. Rev. David Dudley Field, though 32 years passed upward, is honored to-day by the Christian life, the service, the death of his son Stephen. rated ancestry of the name Petter Among the most absorbing books of | the Bible is the book of Kings, which again and again illustrates that though piety is not hereditary, the style of pa rentage has much to do with the style of descendant. It declares of King Abi- | Jam: “He walked in all the sins of his father which he had done before him,” and of King Azariab: “He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.” We owe a debt to those who have gone before in our line as certainly as we have obligations to those who subsequently appear in the household. Not so sacred is your oid father's walking staff, which you keep in his memory, or the eyeglasses through which your mother studied the Bible in her old age as the name they bere, the name which you inherited. Keep it bright, I charge vou. Keep it | suggestive of something elevated in character. Trample not underfoot that which to your father and mother wasdearer than life itself, Defend their | groves as they defended your cradle, | Notice also that our illustrious friend was great in reasonable and genial dis- sent, Of the 1,042 opinions he rendered none was more potent or memorable than those rendered whiie he was in small minority and sometimes in a mi. | nority of one, A learned guished lawyer of this eountry said he | would rather be the author of Judge Field's dissenting opinions than to be the author of the constitution of the United States. The tendency is to go with the multitude, to shink what oth. ers think, to say and do what others do. Sometimes the majority are and it requires heroes “o take the nega. tive, but to do that logically and good humor requires some elements of make up not often found in judicial dfs- senters or, indeed, in any class of men. The Declaration of American lnde- pendence was a dissenting opinion. The Free Church of Scotland, under Chalmers and his compeers was a dis- I'he Bible Old Testament and New Testament a protest the the would have destroved the Pu senting movement itself, y 18 ngainst aries nt a dissenting spired book repeated For law be KS ten ages to regard s the snap of pistol and bang un were not ur re usual responses quired courage of the hi Behind ghest metal a dry goods box, surrounded | | fon N es, Judge Fie What exciting An infernal | began Areer other. ( nmett's wh | stretch all } Oakley is said to be one of the logicians of the age ich a Pho as Emmett is a Themistocles. and Web sm on ster i% As ambitious as Caesar He w ill not be outdone by any man if it is with in the compass of his power to avoid it. Come to Washington. It will bea combat worth witnessing.” The su- preme court has stood so high in Eng- land and the United States that the vices of a few who have occupied that important place have not been able to disgrace it, neither the corruption of Francis Bacon, nor the eruelty of Sir George Mackenzie, nor the Kabbath desecration of Lord Castlereagh To that highest of all tribunals Abra ham Lincoln ealled our friend, but he lived long enough to honor the supreme court more than it had ever honored him. For more than 34 years he sat in the presence of this nation and of all nations a model judge. integrity, devotion to prineiple, charae- terized him. hand. No profane word ever scalded his tongue. No blemish of wrong ever marred his character. Fully qualified was he to have his name associated in the history of this country with the greatest of the judiciary, As at 12 o'clock day by day on yonder | hill the gavel falls in the supreme court- room, and it is announced that the chief justice of the United States and the as- and distin. | wrong, | in | ; Yice Field's penetrating and | how do you account for the Christian | faith of Stephen J. Field, whole shelves | of the law library oceupled with his’ Fearlessness, | speak to the bereft, especially to her No bribe ever touched his | day when as a stranger he was shown | changed churches, but did not ebunge socinte justices are about to enter, and | all counselors at the bar and all Bpes tators rise to greet them, and the officer with the words: “Oyez, oyez, announces that all is now ready oyez!" | for a | “God save the United States of America,” 80 1 wish we hearing and exclaims could in imagination gather together those who have accupied that high ju- diciul place in this and other lands, and they might enter, and after the fulling of some mighty gavel had demanded at- tention we could look upon them- Marshal, the giant of American juris- prudence, and John Jay, of whom Daniel Webster sald in commemoration: “When the spotless ermine of the ju- dicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself,” and Rutledge and Cushing and Ellsworth and Joseph Storey, called t) Valter Scott of common law, and Bir Matthew Hale and Lord Eldon and Lord Tenter- den and Sir James McIntosh and Mans- field and the long line of lord chancel- lors and the ilges from both of the sea, and after they had sir places great in our quickened shed cases of might bled ve the 1 It nour 1d hav for he was a logician, If t} anything ur ere had been in it have because he was a good rea- If there had been in it anything that would not stand research he would have exploded the fallacy, for his life | was a life of research. Young men of Washington, young men of America, Young men of the round world, a re ligion that would stand the test of Jus- all-ran- sacking intellect must have in it some. thing worthy of your confidence. I tell You now that Christianity has not only the heart of the world on its side, but the brain of the world also Ye who have tried to represent the religion of the Bible as something pwsillanimons, reasonable, he would rejected it soner magnificent decisions? And now may the God of all comfort | who was the queen of his life, from the to her pew in the Episcopal ehureh, to this time of the broken heart. He religions, for the chureh in which he was born and the chureh in which he died alike believe In God the Father Al. mighty, Maker of Heaven and earth, and In Jesus Christ, His only begotten Bon, and in the communion of salnts, and in the lite everlasting. Amen. LOVE THE STAKES. They were “pardners,” and whether the claim was “paying” or losing it mattered not; both were apparently happy and contented. Occasionally Pete would start out on a jag to do the town, but Jim would scurry around end eventually corral his companion before serious trouble commenced, One night after a particularly hard day's work, Jim noticed that his pard- ner was quieter than usual, seemingly lost in study-—something quite unlike his nature, “What yer thinking about, Pete?" “Fine gal at the Big Ruby Cafe Just came up on the boat this morn- ing ] am dead stuck on her, Told her my prospects but couldn't get ‘next.’ She said that I looked like a boozer and wouldn't tie up to anything ‘steady.’ Well, 1 did have a me to-day aud particularly good either; turn to get breakfas but after but a on the licker wasnt It was xt Pete's morning, | putting like the looks of Lhe ‘fc first “What's that*™ gotting whiter at eried Pete bh every minute ones? He never had four ones. or four nything. Why, he tossed the bunch back ‘cause they was no good. and drew five" Yee, | know.” mld not understand the game, but remem. the hand. “That's what he had and his first cards are at the bot! he pack now As she spoke she drew rd handed them to Pete four aces and a king "My God!™ gre 8 sobs This ia hunt my pard!” and he only Patty w bered them forth aned hetwean I must dashed out of crestfallen 5 the cabin I kn¢ {to return wed It all along that yer want 1 each ether, 100." be cried Never mind,” sald Patty, with » woman's strange philosophy, “Jim sald that It would come out all right, ant | guess it wi'L"” Ard Pete? He took a new brace, In \ few years cleaned up a new pile and Ing ont. Patty proved a trues and lov. ng wife apd with more congenial sur. mdirgs 1% frur on a brighter hue who 4'd | m of | There were | inPain? in tho Back? Then probably the kidneys, {tho Ohost? Then probably the lungs. (3 tho Joints ? Then probably rheumatism, No matter where it is, nor what kind; you need have it no longer. It may be an hour, a day, or a year old; it must yield to Dr.Ayer’s Cherry pecioral plasicr (tear srr It is a new plaster. nat he Dems RECORDER red to announce Jd.Ca N Hanrer, of Bellefonte bor candidate for Recorder, subject to the de of the Democratic County Convention We are authorized to announce the name Boib A. Mise. of Bellefonte boro. as & ¢ didate for Recorder, subject to the decision | the Democratic County Convention TREASURER To the Democracy of Centre Co «1 am a | candidate for the nomination of County Treas urer, and would respectfully solicit your In | fuenece and support. Successful or not. | an yours, W.T SPEER Bellefonte, Pa Atl the coming Democratic primaries and County Convention | will be a candidate for | Treasurer and would respectfully solicit favor | able consideration of my candidacy J.D. MILLER Walker Twp Weare authorized to announce the name of | HLA Moos, of Howard boro, as a candidate | for Treasurer, subject to the decision of the Democratic County Convention EDITOR DEMOCRAT «Please announce my name as a candidate for County Treasurer, sub ject to the decision of the Democratic County Convention Yours respectfully, Moshannon, Pa J. TONER LUCAS We are authorized to annovnes the name of Joux KE. Hosen, of Philipsburg borough, as a candidate for County Treasurer, subject to the decision of the DemoeratiofCounty Convention Garman's Empire House, MAIN STREET, TYRONE, PA. | AL. 8. GARMAN, Proprietor. Everything new, clean and in. viting. 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FONTE, PA THE PENNA, STATE COLLEGE eautiful ane tgheny Region 10 both sexe other CApenses Yery ow LEADING DEPARTMENTS of STUDY AGRICULTURE and AGRICULTI Ky CHEMISTRY BlOLOGY BOTANY and HORTICULT! CHEMISTRY CIVIL ENGINEERING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING « MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MINING ENGINEERING HISTORY and POLITICAL SCIENCE INDUSTRIAL AKT AND DESIGN LANGUAGE and LITERATURE Spanish and lalla optiona German and English, (required MATHEMATICS and ASTRONOMY MECHANICAL ARTS: combining shop work with study MENTAL and MORAL SCIENCE Mil ITARY SCIENCE theoretical and prae tieal FREPARATORY DEPARTMENT fe T8) Fall term opens September 12 courses four years i formation, address GRO. W ATHELTON, LL. D. president Slate Ooliege. Centre County. Pa S{BEEZER Sic MEAT MARKET Allegheny St., Bellefonte, Pa. Undenon Tut b free nats Board pwr and RE Latin French ia twe Mo Regular or catalogue or other In We keep none but the best quality wnnenf BEEF PORK and MUTTON All kinds of Smoked Meat, Sliced Ham, Pork Sansage, ete. If you want a nice Juicy Steak go to PHILIP BEEZER BOARDING AND LODGING. No. 117 East Hion Srager. I wish to announce to the public that 1 have located at the above address, and am prepared to furnish Ladin and Boarding. Single meals, by or week, as red. Rates: Meals 20 cents ; 6o cents per day ; $3.50 per week. x 2 IB S. BICKLE, Opposite County Jail, Bellefonte, Pa.
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