PHHHHh MB BII IM BBalW B jffffiSBJ8" S-CTHEMJBgHPySSF? sp-? sr g $ a35SKB ":' i aH' t TffiT PilnrsBiJRfi dispatch. - mi ,o- - t , Si - . PITTSBURG, MONDAT; JAlTOAiY 5 189L 11 SPECIALJIESSAGE To All Ministers and Christians, Calling Upon Them to" Unite in a BOLD ATTACK UPON EVIL. Kev. Dr. Talmagc Emphasizes llic 2feed of a L'eligious Movement. THE EKBMT SEVER SO POWERFUL in Organized EndcaTor to Overthrow Uijhteonsness and HAKE THE SIDLE JIEUELr A DERISION Br.OOKi.Ti., Jan. 4. Dr. Talmage's New Year's sermon is a ringing battle-cry to min isters and Christians everywhere, calling upon them to join in a combined charge on the entrenchments of sin and Satan. It made a deep impression on the vast crowds who heard it in this city this morning and at lhe.service to-night in New York. The en thusiasm at the latter service was increased by the effective aid rendered by a large volunteer choir which has been organized from the andiences, who sang with a volume and fervor seldom equalled. After the sing ing oi the hymn commencing Come Holy fanirit. Heavenly Dove With all thy quickening powers Br. Talmace preached the following sermon from the text, Luke 24:49: "Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem until ye be endued with power from on high." For a ew mouths, in the providence of God, I have two pulpit?, one in Brooklyn and the other in New Yore, and through the kindness of the printing press an ever widening opportunity. To all such bearers uod readers I come with an especial message. The time has arrived for a forward move ment such as the church and the world have never eell. That there is a need for such a religious movement is evident from the fact that never since our world was swung out anion; the planets has there been such an organized and determined effort to over throw righteousness and make the Ten Commandments obsolete and the whole Bible a derision. Meanwhile alcoholism is taking down its victims by the hundreds of thousands, and the political parties get down on their knee:, practically saying: "O thou almighty rum jug, we bow down before thee. Give us the offices, city. State and national. Oh, give us the offices and we will protect thee lorever and ever, Amen." Tho Powers of Darkness. The pandemoniac world, I think, has massed its troops, and they are this moment plying their batteries upon family circles, church circles, social circles, political cir cles and national circles. Apollyon is in the saddle and riding at the head of his myrmidons would capture this world for , darencssand woe. i This is one side of the conflict now rag , ing. On the other side we have the most maghifjeent gospel machinery that the world ever saw or heaven ever invented. In the first place, in this country more than 80,000 ministers of religion and. take them as a class, more consecrated, holier, more con sistent, more self-denying, more faithful men never lived. I know them by the thousands. I have met them in every city. I am told, not by them but ly peoDle outside our profession, people en gaged in Christian and re.onnatory work, that the clergv of America arc at the head of all good entcrnrises. and, whoever else tail, they may be depended on. The truth of this is demonstrated bv the fact that when a minister of religion does fail, it is so excep tional that the newspapers report it as some thing startling, while a hundred men in other callings may go down without the matter being considered as especially worth mentioning. In addition to their equipment in moral character, the clergy of this coun try hive all that the schools can give. All archaeological, rhetorical, scientific, scholas tic, literary attainment. So much fur the Christian ministry of all denominations. In the next place on our side of the con flict we have the grandest churches of all time and higher style of membership, and more ot them, and a host without number of splendid men and women who are doing their bet to have this world purified, ele vated, gospelizcd. But we all feel that something is wanting. Enough hearty songs have been sung and enough earnest sermons preached within the lastsix months to save all the cities of America and saving the cities you save the world, lor they over flow all the I ind either with their religion or their infamy. Christians Outnumbered Four to One. But look at some of the startling facts. It is nearlv nineteen hundred years since Jesus Christ came by way of Bethlehem caravansary to save the world, yet the most of the world has been no more touched by this most stupendous fact of all eternity than if on the first Christmas night the beasts of the stall amid the bleatngs of their own young had not heard the bleating ol the Lamb that was to be slain. Outol the 1,800,000,000 of the human race 1,400.000,000 are without God and without hope in the world, the camel-driver of Arabia, Mahomet, with his nine wives, haviug half as many disciples as our blessed Christ, and more people are worshipping chunks of painted wood and carved stone than are worshipning the living and eternal God. Meanwhile, the most ol us who are engaged in Christian work I speak for myself as well as others are toiling up to our full capacity of body, mind and soul, harnessed up to the last bnckle, not able to draw a pound more than we are drawing, or lift an ounce more than we are luting. What is the matter? My text lets out the secret. AVe all need more of the power from on high. Jfot muscular power, uot logical power, not scientific power, not social power, not financial pouer, not brain power, but power from on high. "With it we conld ac complish more in one week than without it in 100 yean. And I am going to get i I if in answer to prayer, earnest and long-continued. God will grant it me, his unworthy servant. Men anu women who know how to pray, when you pray for yourself, prav for me that I mar be endued with power from on high. I would rather have it that all the diamond fields ot Golcouds, and ail the pearls of the sea and all the gold of the mountains. Many of the -mightiest intel lects never had a touch of it, and many of the less than ordinary intellects have been surcharged with it. And every man and woman on earth has a right to aspire to it, a right to pray for it, and, properly persistent, will obtain it Only a Tew Possess tlie Power. A few men and women in each age of the world have possessed it, Caroline Fry, the immortal Quakeress, had it, and 300 of the depraved and suffering of Newgate prison under her exhortation, repenteu aud believed. Jonathan Edwards had it, and Northampton meeting house beard the out burst of religious emotion as he spake of righteousness and judgment to comr. Samnel Budgett, the Christian merchant, had it and his benefactions showered the world. John Xewtou had it. Bishop Lati mer had it. Isabella Graham had it An drew Fuller had it. The great evan gelists, Daniel Baker and Dr. 2et- tleton and Truman Osborn and Charles 1 G. Finney had it. In my boyhood I saw Truman Osborn rise to preach in the village church at Somerville, N. J., and be fore he had given out his text or uttered a word, people in the andience sobbed aloud with religious emotion. It was the power from on high. All in greater or less degree may have it. Once get it snd nothing cau stand before you. Satan goes down. Cari cature goes down. Infidelity goes down. Worldliness goes down. All opposition goes down. Several times in the history of the church aud the world has this power from on high been demonstrated. In the seventeenth century, alter acreatscason of moral depres sion, this power from on high came down upon John Tillotsou and Owen and Flavel and Baxter and Banjran:fed there was a deluge ot mercy higher than the tops ot the highest mountains of sin. In the eighteenth century, in England and America, religion was at a low water mark. William Cow per, writing of the clergy o't those, said: Except a few with Eli's spirit blest Hophni and Phineas may describe the rest. Itcsnlt or Infidel Writings. The infidel writings of Shaftesbury, and Hobbes and Chubb had done their work. But the power from on high came upon both the Wesleys and Lady Hunting ton on the other side the Atlantic and upon William Tennant and Gilbert Tennant and David Brainerd on this side the Atlantic, aud both hemispheres felt the tread of a pardoning God. Coming to later date, there may be here and there in tnis audi ence an aged man or woman who can re member Kew -York in 1831, when this power from on high descended most wondrously. It came upon pastors and congregations and theatres and commercial establishments. Chatham Street Theatre, New York, was the scene of a most tremen dous religious awakening. A committee of Christian gentlemen called upon the lessee of the theatre and said theywould like to buv the lease of the theatre. He said: "What do you want it for?" Tnev reolied: "For a church." "For wh-a-t?" said the owner. "For a chnrch,"-was the reply. The owner said: "You mar have it and I will give you a thousand dollars to help you on with your work." The bar-room of the theater was turned into a prayer-room, and 800 persons were present at the first meeting. For TO suc cessive nights religious services were held in that theater, and such scenes of mercy and salvation as will be subjects of conversation and congratulation amoug the ransomed in glory as long as Heaven lasts. But I come to a later time 1857 remembered by many who are here. I remember it especially as 1 bad just entered the office of the ministry. It was a year of hard times. A great panic had flung Hundreds of thousands of people penniless. Starvation entered habitations tbat had never before known a want. Do mestic lite, in many cases, became a tragedy Suicide, garroting, burglary, assassination were rampant. What an awful day tbat was when the bankswent down. There has been nothing like It in 30 years, and I pray God there may not be anything like it in the next 30 centuries. Talk about your Black Fridaysl It was Black Saturllay.Black. Sunday, Bl tck Monday, Black Tuesday Black'Wednesday, Black Thursdy, as well as Black Friday. A Cry for Pardon and Peace, This nation, in its extremity, fell helpless before the Lord and cried for pardon and peace, and upon ministers and laymen the power from on high descended. Engine bouses, warerooms, hotel parlors, museums, factories, from 12 to 1 o'clock while the operatives were resting, were opened for prayers and sermons, and inquiry rooms, and Burton's old theater, on Chambers street, where our ancetors used to assemble to laugh at the comedies, and all up and down the streets and out on the docks and on the deck ot ships lying at the whar', peo ple sang, "All hail the power of Jesus' name," while others cried for mercy. A great mass meeting of Christians on a week day, in Jayne's Hall. Philadelphia, tele graphed to Fulton street prayer meeting, id Kew York, saying: "What hath; God wrought?" and a telegram went back, say ing, "Two hundred souls saved at nur meeting to-day." A ship came through the Narrows into onr harbor, the captain rtpirting that himself and all the crew had been converted to God between Kew Orleans and New York. In the busiest marts ot our busiest American cities, where the worshiprs of Mammon had been counting their golden beads, men began to calculate, "What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his soul." Tne waiters in restau rants, after the clo'ing of their day's work, knelt among the tables where they had served. Policemen asked consent of the Commissioner of Police to be permitted to attend religious meetings. At Albany mem bers of the Kew York Legislature assembled in the room of the Court of Appeals at 8:30 o'clock in the morning for prayerand praise. Printed invitations were sent out to the fire men of Kew York saying, "Come as Buits your convenience best, whether in fire or citizens' dress, but cornel come!" Quarry meti knelt among the rocks. Fishermen knelt in their boats. Weavers knelt among the looms. Sailors knelt among the ham mocks. Schoolmasters knelt among their classes. A Line of Prayer Meetings. A gentleman traveling said there was a line of prayer meetings from Omaha to Washington City, and, he might have added, a line of prayer meetings from tbe Atlantic to the Pacific Coast, and from the St, Law rence to the Gulf ot Mexico. In those days, what songs, what sermons, what turnings to God, what recital of thrill ing experiences, what prodigals brought home, what burning tidings of souls saved, what serfdom of sin emancipated, what wild rout of the forces of darkness, what victories for the truth! What millions on earth and in heaven are now thanking God for 1857, which, though the year of worst financial calamity, was the year of America's most glorious blessing. How do you account for 1857, its spiritual triumphs on the heels of its wordlr misfortune? It was what my text calls the power lrom on high. That was 33 years ago, and though there have been in various parts of tbe land many stirrings of the Holy Ghost, there has been no general awakening. Does it not seem to you that we ought to have aud may have the scenes of power in 1807 eclipsed by the scenes of power in lb91? The circumstances are somewhat simitar. While we hare not had national panic, and universal prostra tion as in lfioi, there has been a stringency in the money market that has put many of the families of the earth to their wit's end. Large commercial interests collapsing hare left multitudes of employes without means of support. The racked "brains of business men bave almost or entirely given way. The Swift Wings or Blchcs. New illustrations all orer the land of the fact that riches have not only feet, on which they walk slowly as they come, but wings on which they speed when they go. Eternal God! Thou knowest how cramped, aud severe, and solemn a time it is with many. And, as the business ruin of 1857 was fol lowed by the glorious triumphs of grace, let the awful struggles of 1890 be" followed by the hallelujahs of a nation saved in 1891. Brethren in the Gospel ministry! if we spend half as much time in prayer, as we do in the preparation of our sermons, nothing could stand before us. We would have the power from on high as we never had it Private membership of all ChrlstendomI if we spent half as much time in positire prayer for this influence as we do in think ing about it and talking about it, there would not be fe.-rrtaries enough to takedown tbe names of those who would want to give In their names for enlistment We would hare hundreds of cases like those re cently reported when a man said to an evan gelist,"! am a lost sinner. Pray for me. My wi e has been a professor of religion for years, but I knew she did not enjoy religion, and 1 said If that was all there'was in re ligion, I did not waut it But for the last few days she has looked and acted in such an elevated and glorious spirit that I can got stand it away from God. I want the same religion that inspires her." Come! Cornel all through the United States, and all through Christendom, and all around the world let us join hands in holy pledge that we call upon God for the power. Oh, tor the power 'from on high, the power that came on Pentecost, yea, for ten thou sand Pentecosts. Such times will come, and they will come in our dav if we have the faith and the prayerand tne consecration. The Time and PlaceTor Action, A the power from on high inlS57was more remarkable iu academies of music and ly ceum halls and theaters than in churches, why not this winter ol 1891 in these two academies of music, places ot secular enter tainment where we are, during the rebuild ing of our Brooklyn Tabernacle, so grandly, and graciously treated by the owners and lessors and lessees; why not expect, and why not have the power from on high, comforting power, arousing power, convictinz power, converting power, sariug power, omnipotent power? My opinion is that iu this cluster ol cities by the Atlantic coast, there are 500,000 people now ready to accept the gospel call if, freed from all the convention alities of the church, it were earnestly and with strong faith presented to them. In these brilliant assemblies there are hun dreds who are not frequenters of churches and who do not believe much, if at all. in ministers of religion or ecclesiastical organi zations. But God knows you hare struggles in which you need help and bereavements in which you waut solace, and persecutions iu which you ought to have defense, and per plexities in which you need guidance, and with a profound thoughtfuluess you stand by the grave of the old year and the cradle of the young year, wondering where you will be and what you -will be when "rolling years shall cease to move." Power from on high descend upon them! Men of New .York and Brooklyn, I ofler you God and heaven! From the day you came to these cities, what a struggle you have had! lean tell from your careworn countenances, and the tears in your 'eyes, and the deep sigh you hare just breathed that you want reinforcement, and here it is, greater than Blucher, when he reinforced Wellington, greater than the Bank of England, when last month it reinforced the Barings; namely, the God who through Jesus Christ is ready to pardon all your sin, comiort all your sorrows, scatter all your doubts, and swing all the shining gates of hearen wide open, before your redeemed spirit. Come into the Kingdom of God! Without a half second of delay, come iul Not Power From the Level. At the first communion after the dedica tion ot our former church, 328 souls stood up in the aisles and publicly espoused the cause of Christ. At another time 400 souls; at another time 500; and our 4,500 member ship were but a small part of those who within those sacred walls took upon them selves tbe tows of the Christian. What turned them? What sared them? Power from the level? No. Power from on high. Bnt greater things are to be seen if ever these cities, and ever this world is to be. taken lor God. There is one class of men and women in all these assemblages in whom I have especial interest, and that is those who had good fathers and mothers once, bnt they are dead. What multitude' of us are orphans! We may be 40, 50, 80 years old. but we never get used to having father and mother gone. Oh, how often we have had troubles that we would like to hare told them, and we always felt as long as father and mother were alive we had some one to whom we could go. Now I would like to nscif you think that all their prayers in your b'ehalf have been answered. "No," you say, "hut it is too late, the old folks are gone now." I must courteously contradict you. It is not too late. I have a f. lend in the ministry, who was attending the last hours of an aged Chris tian, and my friendsaid to the old Christian: "Is there no trouble on your mind?" The old man turned his face to the wall Tor a few moments and then said: "Only one thing; I hope for tho salvation of my 10 children, but not one of them is yet saved; yet lam sure thev will be. God means to waituntil -1 am gone" So he died. When my friend tola ol tne circumstances eigui oi tne ten had found the Lord, aud I have no doubt the other two before this have found Him. Oh, that the long-postponed answers to prayer for you my brother, for you my sis ter, might this hour descend in power from on high. The History of Unanswered Prayers. Tbe history of these unanswered prayers for you God onlv knows. They may have been ofjercdin the solemn birth-hour. They mav have been offered when you were down with scarlet lever or diphtheria, or mem branous croup. They may hare been of fered when you were sound asleep in the trundle-bed, and vour mother came in to see if you were rightly corered in the cold win ter night . They may have beeu offered at that time winch comes nt least once iu al most everybody's life when your father and mother had hard work to make a living, aud they leared that want would come to them and" you. They may have beeu offered when tbe lips could no longer move and the eyes were closed for the long sleep. O, unan swered pravers of father and mother, where arojou? In what room of the old home stead have they' hidden? O, unanswered prayers, rise in a midst of many tears into a cloud, and then break in a shower which shall soften the heart of that man who is so hard he cannot cry, or that woman who is ashamed to prayl O, armchair of the aged, now empty and in the garret among the rubbish, speak out! O staff of the pilgrim who has ended his weary journey, tell ot the parental anxieties that bent over thee. O family Bible with story of births and deaths, rustle some of thy time-worn leaves, and let us kuowof the wrinkled hands that once turned thy pages, and explain that spot where a tear fell upon the passage: "O, Absalom, mv son, my son, would God I had died for thee'l" Good aud gracious God! What will be come of u, if after having had such a devout and praying parentage, we never pray for ourselves? We will prey. We will begin now. Oh, for the power from on high, power to move this assemblage, power to save Brooklyn and Kew York, power of evangelism that shall sweep across this con tinent like an ocean surge, power to girdle the rourd earth witjt a red girdle dipped in the blood of thf cross. If this lorward movement is to begin at all, there mutt he some place for It to begin, and why not this place? Aud there must be some time for it to begin, and why not this time? A Pleasing Sense Of health and strength renewed, of ease and comfort follows the use of Hyrup of Figs, as it acts in harmony with nature to effectually cleanse tho system when costive or bilious. For sab in 50c and $1 bottles by all leading drug gists. Ibox City beer is a very popular brew. Unexcelled for purity and nourishment Physicians recommend it Dealers keep it SIVTP TUB PEOPLE'S STOKE FIFTH ATENUE. January Clearance Sale. Come now for bargains iu misses' and children's cloaks and jackets. Campbell & Dick. Back ale is preferred by many. Try Iron.City Brewery's make. At best bars. MWF Use "O'K" shoe blacking. 10 cts. every where. THE PEOPLE'S STORE, FIFTH AVENUE. January Clearance Sale Come now for bargains in winter, also in muslin underwear. Campbell & Dick. Moke Pilsner beer is sold each vear by the Iron City Brewing Company. Order by mail or telephone 118C. MWFSu The Winter Term At Curry 'University op-ens January 5. Classical, normal, English bookkeeping, shorthand aud typewriting. x WHY QUAY IS- .QUIET, And Don Cameron Maintains Silence Upon tbe Elections Bill. INCIDENTS OP THE NEW TEAK. .Cnrlons Happenings at Soue of tbe Official Inceptions. THREE SENATORS' S0XB IN TROUBLE IFItOM A STATS' COIIRESPOX DEXT. I Washington, Jan. 4. It is astonishing how things get twisted and turned about in process of hatching and weaving. Here it lias been assumed for weeks that Senators Quay and Cameron would rote against the elections bill, and now the former writes to an inquiring admirer that be has never de cided to do any such thing, and the latter writes to another admirer that he has never informed anyone whether he would vote for or-againsttbe bill, notwithstanding tbe fact that Colonel Shaw, the "Nestor of the Kow," sent an interview with the Senator to his paper, in which Mr. Cameron was made to declare positively that he would rote against any such measure in any form. V The truth is, both of the Senators desire Jo do exactly what they think their constituents want them to do, but they are not willing to gauge the sentiment of their constituents by a few quotations from country newspapers, which merely speak the mind of their more or less brilliant editors, or by a mnss of anonymous letters published iu an opposition news paper. Docs Not Inspire Enthusiasm. Senator Cameron is not a man to inspire enthusiasm. Few papers warm to him with any degree of fervency. But his reserve is natural, and he deserres praise for refusing to put on that veneering of cordiality which is the most contemptible sort of hypocrisy. Personally I could wish him to be more communicatire in the interests of the vast public which reads The Dispatch, but knowing as I do the reckless misinforma tion that is given out in regard to the con duct and opinions of publis men I can for give anyone in his position for refusing ab solutely to talk for the press. ' An illustration of this misrepresentation is found in the story that Quay is lukewarm as to Cameron's re-election. I am well assured that Quay is as true as steel to his old political associate, and that he would take the field for him were it not ab solutely certain tbat Mr. Cameron will be re-elected without an opposing vote two weeks from next Tuesday. Will Cameron be as loyal to Quay if the latter shall desire a re-election? A great deal of fnss is made in regard to the silence and absence of the Pennsylvania Seuators. I would that about 40 more Sena tors, and they the chic's among the whole lot, were as silent as the Fennsylvanians. As for influence in legislation no Senators are more successful tban they in getting through measures in which they are inter ested. For instance, the Senate would still be discussing the tariff bill had not Quay taken the reins out of the hands of Hoar aud Edmunds and engi neered the bill to its passage. Yet if better men can be found for their seats no good citizen should object But who is the better man? The opposition appears to he slow at bringing anybody to the front Let them trot out their candidates and if he can show in what way he will be an im provement we will all throw tip our hats for him. Incidents of tho Now Tear. What a day of slush and fog and rain and unmitigated gloom was Hew Year'sUayT No wonder the mists got into-the brains of some of the callers. Two or three tunny in cidents came under my notice. A well known society young man wns standing near me at the President's reception. A society beau, somewhat ancient, rushed up to him and exclaimed: "Here, fellow, get my overcoot at once, will you?" The young man was dazed, speechless, open mouthed. "Well, well, what do yon stand gaping there lor? Get my great coat, will you?" repeated the old beau. "I'll see rou first," almost shouted the young roan. "Who iu thunder do you take me for?" It was then tbe turn of the old beau to grow confused, and q'ter measuring tbe young fellow for a moment he stammered: "Good heavens! J beg a thousand pardon". I don't know why I did it No, you don't look it a bit, but I took you for a waiter." A Similar AfEilr at Morton's House. At the "Vice President's reception a Penn sylvanian here in a good fat office, a young man, and with none of the air of a servant whatever, had a similar experience. An army officer in brilliant uniform stepped up to him and said: "I'd like to have a glass of wine, if you'll be so good." "W-wh-whal?" gasped my friend. "I would like to have a class of wine," repeated the officer with emphasis. "Well, go and get one it you wanHt," said the Pennsylvanian savagely. "Oh, I beg your pardon, I took yon for one of the servants, "said the army officer, growing very red In the face. "And 1 beg your pardon," said my friend, "for I took you for Mr. Morton's coachman in fresh livery." For a moment the officer looked as though he would faint When he recovered his breath a little he said: "Look a-here, my mistakecame by way of my short sight, and yonv'e more than'got eveu with me. Will ymdomethe honor to drink a glass of wine with me?" "Oh, certainly, my dear Colonel, with great pleasure," was the readyresponse. Tells One Upon Himself, I am assured tbat John Hoy, the poet, tells this one on himself. At a great crush at the house of a high official ot the administration Hoy found himself engaged in conversa tion with a gentleman unknown to him. Things did not prosper, aud at length the poet remarked: "Awfully .dry. isn't it?" "Horribly," said the other. "I'd like to-get away," said Hoy.' "So would I," said the nn known. "Well, suppose you and I slip out," sug gested Hoy cheerfully. ' "I'd like to, but I can't; I'm the host," said the other lugubriously. Three sous of very- conspicuous Senators started out with the determination to moke a day of it and then swear off. They held themselves together very well till evening, and then lingered rather long at a grand res idence where they were well acquainted. A very pretty and lashionable young hostess dispensed tbe rich contents of the punch bowl. Suddenly one of tbe three gave an Indian war whoop. He was done up, crazy drunk. His friends, not nearly so far gone, hustled him out. He could not find his hat among the many hat, or could not recog nize it A Night In a Cell. As they gave up the search the young hopeful seized the silk tile of auother'caller and put his font through it. Out in the street he wanted to fight anybody, knocked bis friends right aud left, pulled two or three tree boxes to pieces, aud then ell into the arms of a policeman. His friends offered collateral, which was refused, as tbe young man wns exceedingly abusivr, and they went their way, leaving him in the cooler. Not feeling that they had enough fun the two went to a poker room. The jiollce, who had been watching tbe house for some time, made a descent, or ascent, upon the poker players, gathering in the' Senators' sons and many others. The two young statesmen by inheritance were thrust into the same cell -with their companion of the day and early evening, and he, now well sobered, greeted them with a cordiality that savored of sarcasm. By some means they convinced the police captain of their identity, were released on collateral, and went home rejoicing In 'the thought that things had turned ont no worse, and that they were on the police reg ister as John Smith, John Thompson and John Brown. They have sworn off for a year. E. W. WARRING CHURCH-GOERS. TWO BELIGIOUS SQUABBLES DBAGGED IHTO A CHICAGO C0TOT. The Trouble In tho German Evangelical Church First on the Boards Fears That Two Rival Pastors Will Attempt to Oc cupy the Same Pulpit Chicago. Jan. 4. Judge Horton had two separate and entirely distinct church fights in his court Saturday. First came a big split in the membership of the First German Emanuel Church. The fight grows out of the conflict over the authority of Bishop J. J. Ether, which stirred up such a row in a German churcb. At present Bar. Gottlicf Fuchs, an anti-Esher divine, holds the fort, but to-day the opposi tion took the fight into the courts, and Judge Horton issued an injunction restrain ing Fnchs from announcing from the pulpit the calling of a meeting lor tbe purpose- of electing a successor to Trustee J. J. Bitter, who has been incontinently denoted by Fuchs and his adherents in a manner, it is aHeged by the Esher adherents, wholly un befitting a Christian spirit It is farther alleged that the Fuchs party have secretly connived to get the church into debt, and have refused to allow the com plainants to help support it All this is done, it is said, in order that the church may be gotten into debt and thereby sevirjd from tbe .Evangelic il Alliance. To retain jurisdiction orer any disturb ance that might occur to-day at the Pres byterian Englewood Church, by reason of a change of pastors, growiug out of the re markable feud in that congregation, Judge Horton, after disposing of tbe Erangelical conflict, refused to dismiss the bill brought by tbe Englewood elders against the trustees and pastor, bnt dissolred the injunction so as to gire the trustees full power to control the affairs of tbe church. It was feared that the new appointee, Rev. John De Witt, and tbe old pastor, Ber. Hugh Spencer Williams, would attempt to preach simultaneously in the church. A FIGHT FOE MILLIONS. The Lively Contest That Is Promised Over the Estate of John A. Davis. Butte, Mont., Jan. 4. A new move, and one that promises to be interesting, is to be made in the fight for tbe millions left by the late A. J. Davis, of this city. The contesting heirs will attack, tbe will pur porting to have been lost by tbe deceased. Attorneys of Helena representing the inter ests of Henry A. Boot and Marie Cum mings, heirs to Davis' estate, bare served notice upon the attorney for John A. Davis, administrator, that Monday they will peti tion tbe court for tbe appointment of a com mission to take the testimony of 22 witnesses residing at Eldon, In. The contestants also announce their purpose to go into an ex haustive induiry relative to the character and reputation of J. C. Conce, the only liv ing witness to the making and signing of the will alleged to have been executed in 1866. A close perusal of the papers filed im plies the conviction on the part of the con testants that tbe signatures of Job and James Dagis, signed to the will offered for probate by John A. Davis were forced. The contestants also propose to Investigate the history of the won an Caroline Burgett, mother of the girl known as "Pet" Davis, alleged to be an illegttimateachild of the de ceased. Miss Burgett married a man named H. V! Smith in later years and dis appeared tor a long time. She was subse quently located at Gainesville. Tex., and is thought to be somewhere in the Lone Star State now. DEADLOCK IN A SCHOOL E0AED. Each Member Supports His Own Candidate for Teacher. The school board of the Allen sub-district school, Thirty-first ward, got into a dead lock on Saturday night The board met with three objects in view, to discuss the building of a new schoolbouse, to elect a representative to the Central Board of Edu cation, and to elect a teacher to fill a vacan cy in room No. 4. During the course of tbe meeting it was developed that there were six candidates for the vacancy on tbe teach ers' list Every member of the board-was the champion of one particular candidate. Tbe election of a teacher was the first bnsi-. ness taken np, and tl e first ballot resulted in no choice. Another billot was taken, with, the same result. Then ballots came thick' and fast, and everything else was lost sight or. The board kept on balloting until neariy 12 o'clock, and, as there was no choice, and it became evident that no choice could be made, the board adjourned to meet again this week. The number of ballots taken was 15 HE COULD HOT INHEHIT. A Case in Which a Father Killed a Child Who Owned. Property. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 4. Tbe Supreme Court has rendered a very important de cision, holding that a father who had mur dered his daughter could not inherit her property. A man named Shellenberger lived with his second wife in 18S6. He had two children, who owned 80 acres of valuable land near Nebraska City, which they inher ited from their deid mother: Shellcnbergerclaimed to inherit the girl's interest in theland and deeded his rights to Frank Itntisonj, his attorney, for his de fense. Shellenberger was afterward hanged by a mob. Banom brought suit in parti tion and Judge Mason, of Lincoln, was ap Jiointed to defend the son. Tbe court be owtdecided for Bansom, bnt the Sunretne Court held tbat the father's blood was tainted by the crime and confirmed the title to the son. COUNTY FUNDS G9NE. They Were Deposited lfl a Sonth Dakota Bank, Which Has Failed. Faulton, S. D., Jan. 4. The Faulk County Bank failure of December 23 is a bad break. It is the third bank failure at this place within three months, aud is much the worst of the three. Over $13,000 of county money was on de posit and goes down with this bank, jind fears are entertained tbat tbe county will be the loser. Died in Convulsions. Deputy CoronerBerry yesterday investi gated the sudden death of Michael Keefer, aged 7 weeks, at the home of his parents iu Cross alley, Allegheny. The cause of death was found to be convulsions. HOKSFOBD'S ACID PHOSPHATE. Believes Indigestion, Dyspepsia, etc. Infants' embroidered cashmere caps 35c, 50c; silk cps 50c, worth double, at Bosen bauui & Co.'s. Cbeam ale never tastes better than when the weather is cold. The Iron City Brewery makes the fint At all dealers, uwfsu ABOUT SII CHUKCHES Of Ordinary Size Conld Bo Placed MYithln the Yort Minster. A SITE WITH QUITE A HISTOET. Rev. George Hodes Writes- Entertainingly of the Great File. MIXING OP PEAIERS AND P0TATI0SS IWlUTTIIt TOR THI DISPATCH.! There is small room for doubt tbat the "little wooden oratory," in which King. Edwin of Northnmbria, was baptized at the hands of Bishop Pnulinus, on "Easter Day, tbe 12th of April, 627, stood upon tbe ground now covered by the great spaces of York Minster. For tbe cathedral is set upon a hill; and a bill was the natural center of a town, in those did days when every town was a walled fort, and the middle of the town would be the fitting place for the little church which was to be the scene of the baptism of the King. This ground, then, upon which we stand, as we look up at these great walls and square towers, is holy ground. The photographs flatter the cathedral. It is a vast building, and impressive for its bigness, but it has a very plain and ill-looking central tower. And this central tower is taller than the two fine western towers. The pictures do not show that Tbe per spective brings out the two good towers with fine emphasis, and sets the ugly tower in the background. Over the great west door, as you eo in, are carved figures. The one in the middle is at tired in tbe robes of a bishop. The side statues are in tbe dress of knights. The bishop is giving bis benediction, holtting up two fingers a characteristic attitude, and a significant one; for what is the chutch lor, if not to bless men? The knights have, eacn of them, a big rock in bis band but not to stone the bishop. The bishop was the builder of the west front of the Cathedral, and these good gentlemen in knightly armor contributed the stone from their es tates. Here they are, over tbe great door, holding out tbe symbols of their liberality. Disappointing From the Outside. If York Minster is a little disappointing from the outside, all feeling of disappoint ment vanishes when you get in. A great building, big enough to bold half a dozen of our large churches without crowding; the roof, loftv like tbe sky, and upheld by im mense pillars: stone everywhere, from, floor to ceiling; empty, of course, as the Cathedral naves are, for the most part, but looking all the bigger for its emptiness. I stood within a Minster of old time. Ornate and mtsnty. Like a mount it reared Its moss; front, with ptmiade and tower, Angnstly-beautiful. Tho morning son Throagn noblest windows of ref aleent stain, Mullloueit, and wrought with leafy tracery. Threw o'er the pavement many a gorgeous group Of cherubim, and seraphim, and saint. And long-iobed patriarch, kneeling low In prayer, ' While as his golden finger charged the ray. Fresh floods of radiance ponred on all around. O'er the long vista tne delighted eye. Bewildered, roved transept, and nave, and cbolr. And screen elaborate, and column proud. And vaulted roor that seemed another sky. The poet has not exaggerated tbe glory of tbe stained glass of York, which is the finest in England. Tbe first recorded use of glass in England as a material for windows is in connection with this church, and it has kept its pre-eminence ever since. Especially notable, and lioked for first by every visitor, are the.r.e. slender windows called ibe "Five Sistenc" Tbey are in the wall or the north transept, elaborate in design, add green aud glistening like the sea. They say that five nuns worked .out in tapestry the tracery or tbe flcures, eacli talcing a window. In the same transept, set against the chancel wall, is a fine clock with a chiming bell. The face is painted on tbe stone, and about it in Latin runs the inscription, "The Lord be praised from tbe rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same." Beside this clock, ruauing across tbe entrance to the choir, isth'e great stone screen, which parti tions the cathedral into two parts. One of the Peculiar Features. The choir screen is a peculiar feature of ecclesiastical architecture in England. Tbe "English Cathedral is built in the form of a cross, the long part heinz the uave, the arms being the transepts and the bead being the choir and etiance). The choir is separated from the rest of the church by a great stone wall, with a central door, with ornamenta tion of carvings and statues, and often with a big organ on too ofit So that a cathedral was meant to be two distinct churches- One of these churches, the bigger one, was iutended for the common people, tbe laity;, tt nthoi" ttiM cnmllAr hut mn finnrnft " was for the clergy or the monks. It was never intended tbat the whole cathedral should be used at one time for one service, except upon some very remarkable occasion, wheu the people outside in the nave could hear the singing within the choir and see the smoke oi incense rising from the high altar, and could imagine i hat gorgeous ceremo nies wereteing enacted on the other side of the stone wall. Ontside in the nave were al tars along tbe walls, and masses were being said at them for the souls of benefactors, and before them people knelt in prayer. To-day the altars are all gone, and there are no "kneeling people, and tbe services even on Sunday are all said in the cboirand chancel. In some cathedrals they have a sermon preached iu the nave on Sunday aft ernoons. But the great service is on tbe other side of the stone screen. Here the con gregation sit on long benches running lengthwise with an aisle in the middle. In the midst of the congregation sit the choir boys in their white gowns. You may touch elbows with them, or even with the clergy. You may sit iu one of the canopied stalls where once a monk sat in gown and cowl singing bis prayers. The service in a cathedral has, accordingly, quite a different look from the arrangement of clergy, choir and congrega tion to which we are accustomed. Bemarkable to Look Upon. The screen at York which parts tbe nave from tbe choir is queer. There is a series of stone figures set across it, with stone crowns upon their heads and with the most gro tesque expressions upon their stone faces. These figures represent the early kings of England. Here they staud, as tn the con venient rhyme: First William the Norman, Then William his son, and so on, u dozen caricatures of English royalty remarkable to look upon. If they ha'd been, saints with halos aronud their heads instead of crowns the zealous reform ers, with their axes snd hammers, would have made short work of them. But tbe early kings of England were not saints. Anybody who knows anything at all abont E glish history can bear witness to tbat So here tbey stand, petrified (for theirsins) into spectacles wonderful to the beholder, almost as bad-looking as they were bad-behaving. On Sundav, in the winter, tbe day begins with the clangor of bells. "Great Peter" sends out his mighty voice abroad, and all the little Peters swell the chorus. The ef fect Is uot particularly musical. Down from the bell-towers comes n hoarse, confused, disordered tumultof intermingled sounds, as if the big bells were haviug a riotous fight np. tbere In the skv, each shouting lJutler than tbe other. Take a year-old baby and plump him down a good many times in succession U) on the lower octaves of a piano, and you bear the music of tbe "cathedral chimes" of York. Within, at 8 o'clock, tbey are celebrating -the Lord's Supper, before a reredos of oak sad twrotU, picturing in-tteep relief ud in the colors ot ivory and gold the scene of the Crucifixion. Tbere is a crucifix there, if anybody objects to that The emblem of the supreme fact-ot our religion is set thre behind the altar, tbat all may see it Bnt the service is almost as simple as it was in the days of the Apostle, tbe priest in his surplice and blacK stole standing at the north end af the Holy Table. At 10:30 the'eongregation is assembled In the choir and the procession of clergy and choristers comes in. They sing no "proces sional" as they enter. You do not bear that in England, except on high day or great oc casions. They come in quietly and take their places in the midst of the congrega tion. The Service a Beautiful One. And the service begins a beautiful service, sometimes fairly celestial, all the singing and intoning sweet aud reverent and uplifting. They do not think orer there, as we do, that a choir to be effective must be big. The cathedral choirs are all small compared with boy choirs in this country. There are IS in the choir at York, 6 men and 12 boys. I saw no larger choir in England. The little chorister boys wore dresses in pur ple cassocks, with tbe usual white gown or cott, and with ruffs about their necks. And when the whole 12 went in and out among the congregation, gathering the of ferings of the people, and brought up the silver basins to the altar, the sight was a beautiful picture' All about the great stone pillars, and tbe carved work of the choir; up above, tbe vautted roo'; the ligbt coming iu through the pictured windows; and these twelve, in number like the tribes of Israel, in bright array, standing before tbe stately altar of the magnificent Minster it was a sight worth seeing and pleasant in the memory. The Athanasian creed was sung tbe Sunday I attended service in the Cathedral. And tbe bright-faced little boys sang its catalogue ot curses as cheerily as tbe little maid in "John Ward Beacher" sang the hymn abont "damnation and tbe dead." TJp went their merry voices, clear as larks: "Without doubt he shall perish everlastingly." And -again they sang it, dwelling with sweet emphasis upon tbe words: "Shall' perish, shall perish everlastingly." "As the rose is the chief of flowers, so is this the house of bouses," so run." the in scription in words of Latin and letters of old English over the door of the York Chap ter House. And indeed It is a fair and beautiful building, not needing to be commended by this sort of eulogistic adver tisement An octagonal structure, with painted roof upheld by one great central pillar (or is that at Westminster Abbey?) set about with glorious windows. More interesting, however, is the vestry. Here are kept some of the curious treasures of tbe churcb. There is the Horn of TJlphas, once the property of an elephant, brought here long, tdhe ago by TJlpbas, prince of Deira, who carried a brimming draught of wine therein. TJIphas, suspecting tbat his sons would fight over his estate after he. was dead, anticipated the good advice of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, and care his property away while be was alire. He hrought his. title deeds into the Minster, land gare them to the bishop, and kneeling before the altar, quaffed this huge bumper between his prayers, as a sign and seal of his generous gift That was more than 900 years ago. And here is still the ancient horn. Mixing of Prayers and Potations. Equally curious, and witnessing to the same qneer association of prayers and potations, is the indulgence cup of Arch bishop Scrope, which is thus inscribed: "Becharde arch-bechope Scrope, grant un to all 'tho that drinkis of this cope XLti dayis to cation." The spelling is bad, but the absolution must hare seemed excellent, verily a homeopathic penance, sweet to tbe taste, and yet efficacious in remedy 1 Many must have been the stout hands which lilted this bowl of wood, and set its silver rim against bearded lie. And here- are little chests, handy for "Peter's pencer"' tadeflndeed for that pious' purpose. And an old Bible, with a chain to guard it against too zealous readers, or against thieves thieves who would even steal a Bible! Aud a stout chair, where Princes of tbe Heptflfchy sat to be fitted for their crowns, good for still a half-a-dozen centuries more of good keeping. And finally, a graceful silver crozier, which was presented to the cathedral under "somewhat peculiar circumstances in the days of James II. When it was proposed by the King and his friends to substitute the Roman Catholic religion for tbe ancient religion of the kingdom, now happily reformed, there was appointed an Archbishop of York. And the good -man came, at th head of an elaborate procession, up the old street which climbs the hill to the cathedral, bearing in his hands this fire crozier, made of silver, taller than the stature of a man. And he pounded for entrance at the great west door, and, the cathedral being full of enthusiastic Protestants, the door was opened immedi ately; stout hands pulled at tbe crozier, other stout hands pushed the ecclesiastic, so that at last the .staff and tbe staff-bearer parted company; and they took the crozier in and shut the would-be bishop out, aud kept him out That was tbe end of that G. H. A D1NHEH TO LIKCOLH. Tice President Thomson, Of the Pennsy, Host of the Occasion. Philadelphia, Jan. 4. Vice President Frank Thomson, of the Pennsylvania Kail road Company, last night entertained Bob eHT. Lincoln, Minister to tbe Court of St James, at Corker Hill, his beautiful county seat at Merion. The dinner was given in recognition to Minister Lincoln's attention and'eourtesy to Mr. Thomson while the lat ter was in England. Mr. Lincoln is now on his way back to his official station and stopped here to enjoy Mr. Thomson's hospitality. He is accom panied by Mrs. Lincoln. The cough annihilator is what we are justified in calling Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Back: ale is preferred by many. Try Iron City Brewery's make. At best bars. " stwt THE PEOPLE'S STORE, FIFTH AVENUE. January Clearance Sale. Come now tor bargains iu boy's suits and overcoats. Campbell & Dice. Ceeam ale never tastes better than when the weather is cold. The Iron City Brewery makes the finest At all-dealers, aiwrsu Use "O'K" shoe blacking. 10 cts. every where. Ikon Crrr heer is a very popular brew. Unexcelled for purity and nonrisbment Physicians recommend it Dealers keep it jtwr THE PEOPLE'S STORE, FIFTH AVENUE. January Clearance Sale. Come now for bargains in carpets and lace curtains. Campbell & Dick. Mobe Pilsner beer is solof each year by the Iron City Brewing Company. Order by mail or telephone 1186. MWFSu B.&B. Come it will par you. "Bead ourad. Boocs Buhl. MOBE Pilsner beer is sold each year by the Iron City Brewing Company. Order by mail or telephone 1186. Mwrsa THE PEOPLE'S STOKE, FIFTH AVENUE. January Clearance Sale. Come nqw for bargains in dress goods, v Campbell Dick. Ibok City beer is a very popular brew. Unexcelled for purity and nourishment Pbysicisns retOBKead it Dealers keep it , JCW FOE FIFTY MILLIONS. A Pittsburg Pbysician, Seemingly Serious, Proposes to Bring a SUIT AGAINST THE GOVERMENT Because of a Eefusal of a Patent Upon s Hedical Invention. CLAIUS TO BE AHEiD OF HE. EDISON The following communication, which is sell-explanatory as fir as it goes, has 'been receired from a well-known Pittsburg physi cian: 'To the Editor or Tbe Dispatch: "I notice with pleasure your reference of Edison as a doctor in a recent issue. You hare described how Edison is no longer sat isfied with revolutionizing industry, but has now begun to cast his eyes on medicine. Yon say tb;t his first experiment resulted in the diffusion of lithium salts through an ani mal membrsne by the use of the electrio current, etc. "Permit me to say thatthis is not a discov ery of Mr. Edison's, but tbat I, the under signed, did discover this process over ten rears ago, aud that I employed Messrs. Munn & Co., proprietors of the Scientific American and patent agents, to secure tor me letters patent under the patent laws of tbe United State, and that for certain reasous my said attorneys failed to secure letters patent, although my claim was as follows: A Broad and Sweeping Claim. "First That 1-could macerate a watery so lution of opium gum, and by an electric cur rent convey all of its medical properties to a glass of water, at any distance from- one mile to C0.000 miles. ? "Second Tbat one of my experiments was in pnmping 30 grains of strychnine into the stomach ot a dog. and. by an electrio current convey tbe poison from tbe dog's s stomach to a glass of water,, which experi ment was successfully performed, as the dog did not die while other animals led with the water operated on all died from strychnine poisoning. "Third My third experiment was to chain ten persons together with needles and wire, and then by placing the pure cow pox virus in a glass of water and connecting the cor-' rect circuit and applying tbe electric current, all ten persons men, women and children were inoculated with the cow poxvirus in its most malignant form; indeed, some of those persons threatened me with snit for damages, but when I told them tbat tbey knew it was an experiment, they bad no case they baring agreed to submit to the ex periment and take their own chances on the resnlt. If those persons are still alire they can be produced, as I Performed- the Experiment At Bradford, Pj. A thousand witnesses can be prodnced from McKean connty who can testify of my discovery. I also performed many other experiments. "Tbe daily papers of Bradford, aW.of Philadelphia", New Yors, Boston and I al"si think of Pittsburg, had many lengtby articles on my discovery. I am prepared to prove in court that my attorneys failed to procure letters patent, although my in vention was new. "Mr. Edison haring now appeared with a similar discovery, will prove tbit T was en titled to a patent and tbat the officers oi the Patent Department did me a grievous wrong, when tbev refused any application for a patent. They claimed that the electric cur rent could not be seen, and for this cause they refused me mr patent, at least so my attorneys, Messrs. Muun & Co.. informed me. Any way, I was 'frozen out "I now claim, upon the authority of Mr. Edison's alleged discovery, that I was en titled to a patent for my dUcovery, and that Mr. Edison's discovery is not new but a part of my own discovery and a part of my application for a patent upon general prin ciples, because my application for a patent embraced all ot the agents and remedies in the pbarmacorccia of the United States and of all of her countries. To Sue the Government. "I will now sue the United States for $50, 000,000 damages for having refused me a patent as above described, and I will pro tect my interest against any other person proposing to patent this principle. I can convey the active properties and principles of i any drug or chemical or of any disease to any part of tbe United States of America from tbe city of Pittsburg. The battery that I invented for this purpose contained a Faradic, a galvanic and static current With tbese three currents combined Xcan decomnose aud extract tbe active principles of any drug, chemical or disease, and con vey the same to any remote part of the globe by the use ot the electric current "Wheu the United States Government employed scientific men to investigate the cause why the yellow fever broke out in re mote parts, where no yellow fever had been, and tn.it at tbese remote points the telegraph operators were the first to become victims to tbe disease, while the investigation was nendlng I called the attention of the Gov- -! ernnient to my discorery and claimed that Z could tell them all they wished to know of these principles. I think it cost e Gov ernment over half a million to find oat nothing, while my discovery was ignored. "I am yours truly, "S. G. GlSifEB, M. D." A DPE0 KILLED. Before Being; Brought Sown He Fatally Wounds Two Officers. Missoula, Most., Jan. 4. This morn ing about 6 o'clock, Louis Simons entered a saloon kept by bis brother, .William Simons and Charles Co well. He was partially in toxicated and threatened to shoot both the above. He left0he place and went to his ' room above tbe saloon and commenced to' abuse bis mistresi. Policeman William Houtcbens was called and tried to enter the' room to place Simons under arrest As ba' entered the door Simons shot hf through the abdomen, inflicting perhaps a fatal wound. Simons then returned to the saloon and, indiscriminately firing his revolrer, drove every one lrom the place. He then took all' the money in the till aud faro banks.' Sheriff Houston was called. As toon as the Sheriff appeared on the scene he was made a target tor Simons' revolver. The Sheriff returned the fire, one ball takinsr effect iu Simons' Ieit side, another lhroazb. his left wrist and the third passing through, bis shoulder and right Inug. He died ia about a a hour. Policeman Houtcheu'a re covery is doubtfnl. riH"KHn is THE C0TJBZ ' Demonstration on the Acquittal of a 'Baf for Killing His Father. , Elmiba, N- Y., Jan. 4. On June 13 last, J. Frank Warren was shot and killea by bis 16-vear-oId son, Herbert, at their home in this city about 2 o'clock in the morning, while the father and mother were quarreling. The son. claimed he fired the shot in defense of his mother. After a trial lasting a week tbe jory brought in a verdict ot not guilty. It is ia .accordance with public opinion, snd tbere was a demonstration in the court room. Ibos Citt beer is a very popular brew. r Unexcelled for purity and nourishment Physicians recommend it Dealers keep it, mot THE PEOPLE'S STOKE, FIFTH AVJUrlklm January Clearance Sale. Come bow-for bargains in cloaks, Campbell .; 4y S til .sr, SI? J-.-. Sfi
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