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THE NENETY ANT) HMS. •
'firm were thirty and nine that eaten• by.
In the shelter ofltie fold;
But one was out on the hilts_ twat.
Far off from tlo gates of gold.
Away on the mountaln&wthl anil bare:. •
Avray from the tender Slnsiterd's care.
-Lord, Mon lukst. here thj Moots and nine 1 L
Are they not enough for thee ?"
liat/the Shepherd made answer; "This of Wet!
Ilan wandered away frotn tne
And although the rtod be Mutt! and s
I go to the desert to had t y eherit-
glut bone rot the ransomed ever knew
Ifo'te.deep were the craters crossed;
N - swhow dark was the night the Lord listswil (tiro
found his sheep that was lost.
Out la the desert he heard Its ery.r. ,
Sick and helpless and ready, to die. ' •
"Lori]. witenee'are those blnotV-arops all the iraY
That mark out the mountain's track?"
"They were shed. forohe who had gone &lei
Ere the sistetaterti could bring . Mitt hack,"
"LorA, Whence are thy bet RO rent. and tore'e'
"They ate piereetl to.hight by many a thorn."
And all through, the mountila thunder-iiVen;
And up from the rocky isteeit t
Thefe rosea • ery to the gate Ni heaven :
"Ite16160! tinitul my sheep:"
And the .614 tis echoed Around the throne:
MrkStet Yor.tirl.'Lbr..l brings bark hi. owni
.—Aa aping by Mr. Santry:
Tut pßoanwrioN PARTY.
Jaae - Ci. Swisshelm flows How it is ,Possible to be
All Bight on tlie,TemeFranco Quation, and at
The Same Tide Remain fine to Republican
Reformer.
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To the Editde Of tk. Pitisinirg - C' m*reiatl
GoVernor Ilartranft and- I have
never setteled our disagreement about
Suratt. So I have a personal
grievance to settle with biro.," and
someday, if we get time, I anibound
to fight out our old fight on that same
.old - line; but, nevertheless, and not
withstanding, he seems to, have made
a, very good Governor. j The, best
interest 'of this State and Nation
seems to me to demand his're-electlon,
and the attempt of the temperance
pebple to defeat him -because he did
notrise the, veto . power to prevent
the repeal of the local-option law is
treasonable as well as suicidat In
tentionally- or unintentionally, .those
people who are aiding to bring the
.old Democracy back into power are
joining with the traitors who are
cursing the boot Cause, .atid those
ranee people who indirectly
vote for the party which repealed the
local-option law, in order to punish
thiose who 'passed' it -and failed to'
maintain it arrainst_siKe n rwhelming
odds, are killing their own cause.
-Gdvernor Manua was not elected
on a temperanke platform; and, as a
llopublican, was in honor bound to,
preserve. the power and prestige of
the party which elected him. That
party sustained a crushing defeat:,
mainly through the intemperate ac
tion of temperance people. Through
this action the enemies of temperance
came into power-in the -lower" house
orthe Legislature, and used -their
power to repeal the friendly legisla
tion of the party lie represented.
For him to have interposed his veto
against the reactionary. flood which
had swept over the 'State must have.
had a disastrous effect upon the
onnization he was in honor bound to
serve; or heot least, had good reas
on to believe that suchi would be the
case, and those who complain that he
was false to a solemn obligation
in order to .render a' doubtful and
precarious service to a cause no
matter how good,lare simply urging
the old Jesuitic doctrine of the duty
of doing evil that good may come.
GovernorJlartranft must be polit
iCally blind, and quite unfit for the
poSition he is in, if he does not know
that the continuance-of the Republi
can-party in power is- necessary to
the' Maintenance of the UTrion on a
basiS of freedoM of the slave._ What
ever hopes we, might once have had
to the-contrary, the past year leave
no room for any other conclusion.
\o doubt this has been his eonvic
lion ever since the war, and if he
had failed to use all lawfulendeavors
to secure its ascendancy, -he would
have been a traitor to his country..
It is.difficult to, see that his veto of
the objectionable bill would have
rendered any real service tp the tem
perance cause. Telnperance people
had shown so much dissatisfaction
with the law, had gone so far outside
of it in their efforts to suppresS in
temperance, that he or any.' one else
might easily conclude that they cared
little forit, and that, like all former
laws for the prOrmotion of tempeance,
it had been weighed in , the balance
and found wanting : but no matter
what was his opinion; or what--were
the facts in the case, his first duty
was to -save the party which lilorte
proposed to enforce the dearly-bought
issues of the war.
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CLOTHS,
GLOVES;
We must have a, country and a
government before ewe Can decide
what men shall or shall not drink, or
Under it. First see ,to it that
they do not pull the house down be
fore you turn your attention to sweep
ing and (lusting it.
Some of my friends say 'to . me:
"How is it that you, an old. Aboli
tionist, are not working fo temerper
anec;when the slavery of intemper
ance:fa so much worse than Southern
bondage?"
The assumption that am not
working for temperance because I am
not; and have -not been t praying on
street ',corners, and am opposed to the.
re-eleotion of the old Democracy, is
.very -like the - lessons my good
friend Oliver Johnson used to read
me t because I was sustaining the
Constitution. Still, we abolished
slavery under the Constitution; and
it is pOisible I might be a friend of
temperance without kneeling in the
mud to pray at, or for, rumsellers, or
workinc , to defeat a* party which
gave some years of my life to build
up, and'which I now consider esseri-.
tial to the existanee of our Govern
ment, I was glad when women be
gan the , 'crusade, and -glad •of the
spirit with which they carried it 'on.
By that movement thousands of
women were aroused to feel that
they have some responsibility for= the
political evils-which surround them.
I am heartily glad, now, to see that
so many of these women- have taken
a good 'step forward, and are trying
to reach an evil by Making votes. ,
=I
e *Oteilti Vority.
Pi*:l 4l aitcott
Principles—an Able Letter Prom the Veteran
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TOIVANDA,I3OFORD COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1815.
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am glad exceedingly, that sq many
of our best and noblest women have
plunged boldly tntO the old "Stygian
pool" of polities. It is nearl3i thirty
years since.' stepped down and in,
and, until the crusatkrs, I seemed to
be the only Woman in the arena; so
it Is with a full appreciation of the
circumstances that I tveltoVAti the
thousands who hakv tkille tort,' side
*With it WWI There is no doubt in
My mind that they will yet tiq good
work in this most important field of
human effoit; but it is not strange
that a veteran who has otitlivell many
a well-fought field, and many a seem;
ingly crushing defeat; sholld see
more sides to the battle than present
themselves to the euthusiattb gaze
of a raw redruit ; ;and I *oil to
*omenth*omenespecially Who, are labor
irt in this third party movem nt, in
taiTying your one idea into Oolities
you have not the Vantage ground
that We bad. n the anti-slaverl strug
gle.
Law is the organization of brute
force. Southern slavery was orga
nized'brute force. We fought it
with its own : weapons. The: slave
was •deprived of freedom byl brute
force; he was hunted With Mood
hounds, caught, inatmeled, held ht
der the lash, Ihd the: slaves Of the
South been enticed to become 'slaves
by wiles, no matter how cunning,
and had it been optional withF 'them
to contiitue slaves or
.be free.,l I do
not think . 1 should have neglected my
own business to_ prevent 'theii free
'don, of choice. I certainly :;.hould
not have invoked thedaw.to pivVent
the slave•-catcher chrittiting thbiti Into
subjection, On .the ether haild, if
the liquor dealers shcaild make laws
-which authorize, them to 'chase men
with 'bloodhounds, catch, manacle,
and drag them into their dens,l then
force open their jaws, pour their "liq
uid damnation" down their throats,
aiid fOrcibly abstract the money from
their pockets, I shall bind myself to
dO my utmost endeaviii to have that
law repealeti, and to, meet force with
force ,in rescuing their •,victlins; but
my mind is not clear Its to . bow 'the
moral, or immoral, forcesaised dram
sellers are' to be met by the physical
forces represented in legal. Time
was that I hoped much from theta,
bat experience leads to the conch' ,
sion that; it would be very unwsie to
blear Or e‘'en ri9lt ally serious loss to
any, good cause in the hope , of Check
ing drunkenness by prohibition.
JANE - 0; SivissuUN
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SPEECH OF HON. G. A. GROW
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At the great Mass Meeting in Philadel
phia on the 2.51.11 inst., lion. GALCSI,I.% A.
G now delivered the following able and
eloquent speech. For several year's Mr.
finow has been occupied in businesit pe,r
suits, and only enters Ole political field
now that he realizes t tlie great danger
wide! threatens the country throxrli in
thienees of the Democratic leaders '? We
commend the speech to the eareftil pe
rusal of all candid men :
Fellow Citizens: Accept my grateful
acknowledgments for the cordiality of
this greeting.
Withdrawn for years from all paricipa
'ion in politics, wholly absorbed in indus
trial pursuits, I come before youthis!time,
on the invitation of your committeel only
from a sense of duty such as every good
citizen owes to his country. With views
unchanged on all questions of national ad
ministration, I shall call your attention
Only to a brief consideration of the pilau
chi] questions forced into the party?ssties
of the day, leaving all discussions o State
policies and qualifications of candidates to
those who are to follow me. When the ir
repressible conflietbetween freedoni and
slaVery, which for almost half a century
shOok the republic with its earth q uake
'
throes ended in the emancipation of ' a
race, I hoped that the whole people, with
out partisan rancor or sectional bate,
would turn their undivided ittenthin •to
the encouragement of the industrial Inter
est, the deVelopment• of the natural re
sources and the promotion of the lalior of •
the country.
We had then just passed specks: fully
the third of - the three great stages !inci
dent to national distance. In all nation
alitid a people have first to carve o p t a
national existence. That our fathers did
iu the revolution. Neit, they have to
prove their ability to maintain their po-
sition at the fireside of nations by repell
itg all external aggressions. That !was
done in the vindication of the inviolabili
ty of American citizenship when,in The
war of 1812 we scouted the lion' of the
proud mistress of the seas front our shores.,
Next they must prone their ability to
themselves against themselves, by
suppressing all domestic violence r . The
grassy mounds of half a million_ hero
martyrs will stand forever a monument of
that achievement. In each of these trials
the great requisite of the nation was ithe
heart of oak, a nerve of steel. [Applause]
- The institutions of free elective govern
ment are again ou trial. The capacity of
man for self government is now to pass
it‘severest test in this issue forced upon
the country by the Democratic party of
Ohio and Pennsylvania, whether the peot,
pie have honesty and - virtue enough to:
-discharge faithfully all national obliga
tions by self-imposed burdens of taxation,
In this trial it requires for the successful
issue only the common honesty that lbf::.
longs to uncorrupted human nature.
THAT TIIEREI . D.tS BEEN CONTRACITIOS
NMI),
The first assumption, that there {has
been Wcontraction of the eurrency r is!not
true in fact, for there has been no Con
traction. What do we mean by curreney?
It is that which is used to make ;the
exchanges of commodities and propeity.
It may be paper, it may be coin, or both.
Today we have in currency, all paper,
threeJumdred and eighty-two millionsi of
legal tenders, in round numbers, $50,6110,-
000 of fractional currency; of bank circu
lation, $345,000,000; making the wh i 4e
circulation medium to-day $777,000, .
There were $74 0 ,00 0 , 0 00 in 1873 , S 6 V
000,000 in 1867 and $31,2,000,000 18 .
We have a greater volume of circulation
today than at any preceding period in the
history of the country, and more ill.
double, that of any period previous tp
1860. So that the present disaster to t'
business of the country cannot be the
suit of a contraction- of currency, and if
general bankruptcy is threatened" it is
not from this cause.
WHAT FRODLtED THE r.ucic.
Whit:then has produced this depression
in business?, First,. the war that deiitrcii ,
cd so largely the productions of industry,
in calling from every branch of busines
men to the field to uphold the ... standard a
the Republic. The war increased prices
by making a greater demand, which stim
ulated production. That; of itself,
.841. ;
ulated the productive industries over a
previous period. The enhancement of
prices was still further increased by the
issue of ; large amounts of irredeemable
paper. These two things stimulated all
the productive industries, but when the
war ended and the men from the field
went to work as producers, these indru
tries still continued their production, anil
thus they tilled the markets of the corm
try with a large sar...les,or products, and,
thejlemand not being equal to the supply,
the production went On until Abe stock
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was too large to be carried by the manu
facturers and producers. Hence came
the first great failure, that of the
Sp es,' satielt ttnpttlreti the business
confidence of , the country, with store
houses filled from cellar to garret with
products for_which there was no market:
Vi hen productloWis, larger than demand,
prices of uerdslty Alts" t ailil 4hen
prices 11,4.11 thets be bithtt ettrian
meitt, of products, or the manufacturer
himself must sub m 4 to large losses in
continuing.- DepresMon in business came
from over productio. stimulated first by
the war, and then bi inflation of the cur
rency. ,
MUT ON ONII PRODUCTION ON DUNI
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There bras itoo much of everything.
When confidence is. uinbountted n surplus
of product lift bb itir Middle, but
when tontidenie is :Mica shaken credits
are restricted, and then comes stringency
in the market; land depression in business..
The railroads feel the effect first; when
production is diminished; because there
areless prcidtfcti to transport from the
points of prothibtion to the marts of trade.
There n* Ibisikinell td bandit the goods in
all their trainiii, and-there are fewer-men
employed to carry them to the consumer.
When confidence is -shaken men coin
menet) economizing, and when that be
gins a general panic, as it is called,
spreads over the land. There are forty
millions of people in the United ,States,
half males, men arid boys, and 'half fe;
males, women and rirhis Supposing that
each wilinati aid girl has one dress less
this year than last year; calling the aver
age for each dress ten yards,' that makes
two hifndred million yards less wanted
this yet than last. If each man and'boy
buys bne coat less this year than lie had
last year, as there are twenty million of
men and boys, if we rail the cost of each
coat on an average ten dollars each, then
there is two kindred million of dollars
less in the demand for Manufactured Pro
ducts of that description. So in. every
other class of commodities used by a pea
pie the demand is diminished immense
ly When eVetybo4 ColnhieaCe's• lo e4ono.
mite. The railroads, not being supplied
with the traffic they had before, on ac-,
count of this.kind of reduction, have less
earningtand consequently less profit op.
their business. And this is tree of every
kind of busineis, The manufacturer of
woolen goods; making less cloth,
buys less wool, and the producer
of Wool is thus deprived of a mar;
ket fot his product ! Tim manna&
tnrer of iron makes less, so the producer
of coal must curtail his production ; and
so through all the avenues and chan
nels of labor and business.' The railroads
fail to pay the 'interest upon their bonds
where they are built in sparsely settled
parts of the country; because those diS,t
tricts feel the stringency most. The de;
nand for manufacturing products, falling
off leaves a supply of these products on
the hands of the manufacturer. Then
folloVr &Nits or bliSitlei4 htitikcs, unabbi
to carry their' large stocks.i • This iti the
cause Of stagnation in the productiobs in
almost every industry. Confidence and
credit are shaken by the failure, until
moneyed men - refuse tO loan except on the
most undoubted. security, and no money
seeks an investment any channel of
productive industry, for everything_ there
is overstocked, and it seeks no new enter
prise, because of the uncertainty of our
currency, till it is brought to a specie ba
sis.- Hence the large amount of idle gap;
ital. It only requires about five per cent.'
of the amount of actual exchanges to be
in money, but without confidence it re
quires the hundred per cent in money to
do the business.
WIIVMONEY IS CIRCULATION
Everywhere We have over-production,
want of confidence, and an irredeemable
paper circulation twiCe as great as it over
was before in the 'history of the country,
and greatly in excess of-the present wants
of trade.
But where is it? In the banks, of
_course. When the bank makes a $lOO bill
how does it get out into circulation? By
some man who deSires to buy commodi
tiei, desires to go into business, to devel
op resources: Some man makes a loan
of the bank . and i gives - his note, payable
at a future day, and receives this $lOO
bill. With it he buys $lOO worth Of cloth
ing. The num thatisold the clothing buys
$lOO worth , of boots with the mony re
ceived for the clothing. The matr-that
sold the boots buys $lOO dollars worth' of
hats with it. The man that sold the hats
owes the batik $lOO, arid carries that same
$lOO bill back to,. the bank and pays his
debt. The bank has transferred the debt
from the man who sold the boots to the
man who just bought the clothing, and
thus three men have $3OO worth of troll
erty that has . ,been` exchanged between.
them by the use of a single $lOO note, and
the note is back in the bank again, and
stays'here, until some one desires to use
it in a Similar way. If the man that has
• the clothing cannot sell it, ho has to "car
ry them,''' as it is called, or if ho lands no
purchaser before his paper matures at the
bank, then he fails, because he cannot pay
his debt to the bank for the money he
borrowed: Hence, to-day, the industrial
interests
. of the country, having piled - up
the enormous amount of goods awaiting
purchasers, find themselves with these
goods on. their hands un l a I),ein meet their
engagements. The mo ey s not taken
front the banks, for thela e . , Viithat no one
desires to invest in the commodities.
The banks, if theyfollow their legitimate
business, do not go into the marts of trade
to buy property. They furnish exchanges
for doing that by others, and for the risk
of furnishing exchange is what they
charge their interest." , They deal in inter
'est bearing paper', and it is from, the.in
terest on money which they furnish , for
others to make exchanges they derive that
profit which they pay Unit' stockholders.
So when currency, is not for bu
siness it remains 'with those who issue it.
And that is the case to-day. So, 'while
'them is plenty of paper money there is
no call for it by business interests, hence
is is scarce in circulation.
THE SEE VICE 31011EY PERFORM
How is Money used in tee business trans.
actions of life? Here are-two pieces of
paper.' Otte is stamped "one dollar," the
other is stamped "one hundred dollars ; "
yet .the two pieces of paper are of tho
same size, the same general appearance,
and intrinsically are of indentically the
same value—no more, no less.
In-the transactions of business, which
is but an exchange. of 'property or com
modities, paper or coin is used to facili
tate the exchange and is called a circula
ting medium. Without a circulating me
dium, trade and commerce could not be
carried on, except by the exchange of the
commodities themselves. So that if a
man who manufactured hats, and that
was the only commodity lie had, and ho
wants a horse, if there was no (as it is
called) circulating mediums, the only way
he could get a horse would be to make
hats enough to buy one, and :limn find it
Man who had one that suited him and
who was willing to take hats for the horse.
Then he would deliver the hats and take
the horse. But the difficulty of finding
a man that would want so many hats at
once, for the mirchaser of the hats • could
only dispose of them to some one- who
had some commodity be might want,equal
in value to one or &Mae even number of
them, for the bat could not be divided.
lgo it could only be exchanged for a com
modity of equal value.
COIN AND PAPER CONTRACTS
The difficulty, in fact alMost imposibil
ity, of carrying on trade in that way in
duced the adoption of some , medium of
exchange that should be recognized by
all, or of some certain value at which it
should be received for horses and bats, or
in exchange for any other species of prop
erty. Hence comes a circulating medium
called currency. It ,may .. be paper, or it
may be coin, But if it is paper, as the
paper has no intrinsic value, or compara
tively none,it is only worthiif the promise
it bears is taken off s what it would sell
for to be manufactured into some ether
form of paper. So a paper currency has
no value except in its promise. So when
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you receive a paper dollar in payment of
a debt duo you, that debt is not "paid.
you have only changed debtor's' . Instead
of the individual of whom you reedited it
owing you, it is now the maker of the pa
per who the de ,t, akd - that Velltin
ues to be the otte till the pOrAett Who fetch
theCper promise reCeives tittletlnt in
col ~ ornb kind 'of ItPt prullPrik
it a .00, the
payment of a debt than a payment in , pa.
per? The coin represents the actual la
bor necessary and indispensable for its
production ; first, in taking the ore from'
the, bowels of the earth, and, and all the
subsequent labor necessary to convert it
into coin, and the world coments and
agrees that that amount of labor is worth
and it could none procured at a less cost
than the ntrlqopt stamped upon the coin.
So through the flighted 'World it lids that
real intrinsic value, for the reason that it
is impossible for it to be produced fur a
less sum. And besides. it has the same
value, or nearly so, for use bathe mechan
ical arts that it has for coin:
The cost of - paper, that ' is; its, intrinsic
value, is.comparativeli nothing. 'lt costs
no more, to maim a $43000 bill, thnn a $5
One,!. The printing-press changeii 'the .
amount of the-promise ssmply by chang
ing the numerals that mark it. The coin
dollar needs no 'endorser. The paper one
is 'worthless without it: The 'corn dollar
runs through the commercial world by its
own inherent strength, and hears upon
its Taco its real value. The paper didlar
has not strength to stand' alone andbears
u'on its fate billy a tfOlnis( Which; if its
fulfillment is indefinitely postponed, is a s.
worthless as the rags of which it is made.
Irredeemable paper, established as a cir
culating medium, is the direst curse that
ever paralyzed the energies of a nation or
palsied the arm of industry.
A coin dollar represents a certain weight
'of metal)
. afid that sane weight of metal
you can exchange in the cat - abet:vial 1101.10
anywhere for an equal weigh tof• the - same
metal in the coin of 'any country, and it
is wit subject to . ruinotts depreciation. and
is indestructible It may be worth a lit
tle more il one E.'onntry !Imo in another,
by raison of cost of transportation, , n it
the difference is trifling, and it is really
worth its value weight for' weight• the
world over. • Hence it has been wade
the commercial, nations of the world ale
currency to represent real values. - The
currency we now use represents a premise
in the shape of a national bank note : a
prothise resting upon the assets of.the
bank and upon the United States bonds
deposited to secure ltc relonmticm; ; Po*
with a Government treasury hulk? It
is 'alien upon nothing. It is. not a wort
lie
gage upon an. thing, for can you sell any
farm, rriage or horses on a fail
man'sWre to pay a t asury note of..the United
States,? It is only upon good faith.by
the people; and that is just what is on trial
to-day.
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WHAT.CREDIT
~ TO GIVES THE PAPER
iicivEt?
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Ohio and Pennsyivatia call
can people to the consideration of, this is
sue, and the liana box is to fix the Char
aCter of credit to be given to this paper
representation.
Paper representation ,based ,upon coin.
for its • redemption has this advantage
with all people—whenever a want of con
fidence falls dpon a community its effects
are less, with such currency, for it is d Cir
culating medium based on a gold value,
and interchangeable the world over. But,
treasury notes will be affected in the esti
mation of money circles by every election
held in this country, until they are made
payable
The Democratic party of Pennsylvania.
propese to change the - :Natiomsl currency
and substitute for r it. the legal tender
treasury notes:. To add to the $382,000,-
000 already issued $345,000,000 more to
fill up the circulation that the National
banks now have, making.' $727,000,060 of
treasury notes to be issued, and not one
of these protected by a coin dollar,unless it
• is proposed to fill the treasury with's'727,-
000,000 of coin to be held to redeem them.
Without that what security is there they
"would not depreciate, as all large issues
of irredeemable paper ever, have done,
from the Mississippi scheme adopted by
the regent Orleans, the assignats of Louis
XVI., and the Continental monerof our
fathers.
Even now the dollar of this republic, in
the zenith of its power and boasted great
ness; is worth ten s cents' less in our own
markets than the dollar of poor Mexico,
rent by dissensions - and torn by revolu
tions for sixty years.
In the transactions of business, in trade
and commerce, is it wise for us to disre
gard the wisdom of the ages and tlia ex
perienie of all time? if it were a good
policy to change our - bank currency into
treasuryuotes,. could it be done without a
breach of good faith upon the part of the
Government?
THE PLEDGE OF FAITH'.
I quoteethe pledge of the Government
Made to its creditors in the Act of ;lithe
30th, 1804 : -
• SEcTros 2. * *- * Nor shall the to
tal amount of United StateS notes issued
or to be issued, ever exceed four hundred
millions of dollars. -
'lAlso Act of February 25th, 1862, au
thorized the legal tenders and provided
that all duties on imported goods shall be
paid in coin, and the coin so paid shall be
set apart as a special fund and, shall be
applied as follows :
First—To the payment in coin of the
interest on the bonds and notes of the
United States.
Second—To the purchase or payment
of one per centut* of the entire debt of
the United States to be made within each
-fiscal year after the first day of July, A.
D., 1862. •
EFFECV ON LAnon
The evils of irredeemable paper fall.
heaviest upon labor, for the dealer in
commodities takeSinto consideration the
'liability of the fluctuation in the price of
gold, and he,must add , to his price to
guard against loss in that way. Thus it
passes.through the hands of all the deal
ers, until it reaches the consumer. Ho
has nothing but his labor to sell, and he
doesn't fix the price of that ; lie has no
way of making up this additional price
he pays on everything for this risk in the
fluctuations of the price of gold. So the
result of irredeemable paper to him is the
same as. if the money he gets depreciated
while in his possession. For instance, he
takes a silver dollar, and. while he has it
ten or fifteen cents is worn; off, so when
he passes it lie can get - ,only eighty-five or
ninety cents for it.
IThe national banknote is to-day sent
out to the world. It is uo lien upon any
thing, remember; no mortgage,upon any
thing except a promise to pay; and it only
his credit because of faith in that prom
ise. Whether that faith be given or not
is the issue of the hour, and the American
people have to decide it at the ballot-box,
for they are now called upon to determine
whether or not they amsufficiently patri
.otio to submit to self-imiqlekd burdens of
tatation.
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THE INFLATION
The results of changing this currency
into national bank- notes would be that
you increase the volume of irredeemable
pape.r, depreciate the paper, and the day
would come when, as predicted by the
Democrats, when greenbacks were first
issued, the currency would be as worth
less as Continental money, especially if a
portion of the American people proposed
to repudiate it. This inflation movement
is an attack upon the credit of the nation,
anklet it be understood in money circles,
that the American people are about to
break their pledges on resumption if they
continue an inflated currency of irredeem
able:PaPer, and the consequence will be
that the bonds of the. Government held
abroad will come home to be sold at what
ever•priee they will bring: The deprecia
tion of paper will bring with it a depre
ciation of the Government bonds; and
with It bankruptcy and wideipread ruin.
Why should not the • Government do as
every debtorAoes, commence Sometime to
paY, its Over-due notes? That i$ all that
is askedz--not that it should pay them all
' too*, or tomorrow, but that they should
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eomnience. - What credit; I wOuld like to
know is given to you as individuals? If
you glife your .note to-day for: what you
bUyond whenit matures you propose t 4
*ienevf it indefinitely, how long 'will yen
have any credit?; • - . , • ;
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EFFECT OF FREE-BANKING.:
It it a duty of tin General Govermnent
prdtitie for the people it etnind and se 7
urs tir e ud. ethig itictlittta.- The: States are
kohl t emittinchiSS Of eredk
and It was always qiienitli . 4 #hether
State a banks were • constitutional, fof
the States themselves could not make bills'
Of, credit, how could they authorize any
body else to do it ? It being • the duty: of
the General GoVennnent"to coin . money
and fir. the •value thereof and. sapmvide a;
late, secure and rellablecirculati rig media nr
for thh peclplei in what way can it best
disdnirp that duty? 'Not, In my ,Jude
tboutil by converting Half lilt(' Mt- itn-inensq banking institution; but by requir;
ing f raii it does now, ample security to pro'•
tect tf)e bill holder against loss and allow
any otic to bank that will furniSh the Fe-
Curityi That destroys all monopoly in
banking and ,furnishes all the elasticity it
tieetls+,l, What eVilk would result froin an
attempt by tliii llOferrment_to rszillate
the volume-of currency so P.Cbti it
equal to the watitS of trade ? -
ONE MAN' POWER OVER ifoxEl
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Whir could determine w hen tolunie of
money; is equal to the wants iof, trade?
Qne Man at W:Olin:4on must be elutlied
•dith the power of determining If he is to
have the eupetvislott of issuing the curren
ey.fOr'o.lib etßuttep Mere be honest and
ever so intelligent could he determine and
regulaie that - as well as 'the wants of the
husinelisitself. under a free banking sys
tem, Iliac if more currency . was wanted,
And itscoUld tie profitably employed, self
-interoit.woUld furnish the desirettaraount
by ett Otercise of banking. facilities? That
Woultilsave the extreise of .wt vast • and
danget4AN a ptliltr HA iiil*l),t , to -LEVl
late the country by one man. , 'the tiem
oerati party' in the days of its glory, mi
ller the lead of its:heroic chieftain, won
its proudest
. triumPli in warring - upon
the !tamers of such a power conferred on
iliac brit diremtors, and . for la tut - trier of
n'eentiiry it was VlZ:ln.t4its . oUt almost eve
ry politilal battle-field undet 1)0 Illntelarti
of hard limey, and no regutifor of
currency except, the wants of trade 'itself.
Tile free natal banking systeM furbish
cs suelt a regulator without the cortigat ;
hig.inttuence of a:government bureau.
lone Man to say.wlifn to issue [more cur,
Fenny, .when to contract, would be a . most
dangerous power, even in the 'hands -of
tiie stricica!itP , rstyf ci would bp the,
official One man to-nay writ nrfother to;.
MorroW, and it would be a woOder
was not In Some way controlled by money
broker* The'dillicnitylo-day iii Overn
ncnt affairs is to get than honeSt enough
to, 'pay put five thousand dollars of "public
Money ;without cheating: [Laughter and
applaufte.)
i The Clovernment L.; the poorest of all
inttrunietttolftlai fi!lr the transaction of
blisinegs.
I'ltE moot nEttoic • ViAiiill,t96; •
IA paity.with such a policy, _a - policy
that if carried into the administration of
MO government -Would cover it with •dis
honor and make its name a hissing and a
brword among the - nations, appeals to
the vot4r for the support of its Candidate
beptuse,as Judge he pronounced the sen
tience ofl the late im felons t> onvicted by a
jury in Ids:court. Has public.virtheiti our
day fallen so low that, for the diScharge
byian Official of the plainest and most
common Of his efeiy-day duties the high
est homrs'.of the State itft to be laid at
his feet 1) If so, - then indeed is the litlt-
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loci. for the-future of the Republic gloomy
and sad.e. Forages the world paid homage
to the stern virtue and inflexible manhood
of the Unman judge who, in obedience to
ditty, condemned his only child to death,
then resigned his position; and, broken
hertrtedo, returned to his humble home.
This well-merited homage is paid to the
heroism that could in obedience to public
duty silence the pleadings of the - holiest
affections that tendril around the heart. ,
Butt if the highest. honors of the people
are to bestowed for the simple dis
charge of the plain .iluties of every-day
life,! what need then should be • awarded
to hint who, bidding adieu to kindred and.
all that i 4 near and dear, and. taking ,his
young lifiin.his • hand on the tented field
where sliO, and shell fall thick and fast,.
strewing the ground with dead and dying
comrades; perils all in defence of the life
of tlie Republic ?
policies,•principles and measures of
iulmtnistratiou in a government like ours
are paraniount to all, personal considera
tions. 31en are indispensable, it is true, in
administiting Governments ; • yet in the
great movements of the people—moral.
social or iSolitical—the individual is swept
along by the tide as waifs •are borne •on
the bosoni of the mighty vleep when it is
stirred by!the tempest and the storm.
TflE 11 . 1.;Tir OF THE UOUR. •
The grave duties of the hour arc econo
my in public expenditures„ honesty and
fidelity in lidnainistration, and - the return,
of the cuiteney tcrfa specie, baSis, so as to
save the public credit froni dishonor, and,
thereby lktliten the burden_ of taxation;.'
and• Place the industries of the country on
a solid and sure foundation, thus • ena- .
bline, labor to enjoy -the fruits of its toil.;
Jo addition, the higyest patriotism de
mands that we do all in our power ,to aid
in building up the broken Commonwealth,
whose fields were wasted and homettdeso
lated iin the havoc of war.: AU nations
have had 'their day of. disaster. For long
Yearsitbe soil of Englanj was red wits
the blood tif her best citizens' in the war
of the Roses, yet the star of her empire,
though t betiming through the mists of civil
War; still shines on with undimmed lustre.
A. party' vlctorions in a:carnival' of blood
eaunOt, in.this age, conceit itself into a,
partylof p4rpetual hatei. Hates and 'ran
cora must, of course, some day have an
end. 1
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Standing, then, by the green graves of
the ' fallen JheroOs of both sections, and
dropping altear' at. the disconsolate , fire
side where !affection still mourns the un
returning brave; let us bury With •the he
roic dead ;the animosities engendCred in
the 6nfliet, and, while pointing to' the'
past as a beacon warning for. the future,
let uslremeMber that toe are all Anierican
citiZens r , gl , Orying in the traditions- of a
common ancestry, and vying with each
other in deeds of patriotic devotipn for
the advancement of the greatness and .
glory_ ()f • the republic, and henc6, forth
bound together as one people, hombgene
ens irt ideas and institutions, fro in the
gulf to. the 'lakes, and from ocean tolocean
with' one union and one destiny now and
forever. [pima applause.] I-
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Tax foltOwing is thd creed WI
by - the recent Conference.in Iloi
which, eight Old Catholics,
_t4
Greek Catholic's, twenty Angll
and ahonti fifty Christians of i
.
denoreinations took part.: • I
In rega.pl, to the Holy Ghoit;we a
the doctrine of JOhn of Damaseusi
the old undivided church, it -is con
in th&folloiving propositions:
1. - The Holy Ghost proceeds fri
Father as - the Beginning, the .Caus(
the source of the Godhead.' .
2. The Holy Ghost proceeds frd
Son, beCauge iu the Godhead there it
one Beginning- and one Cause,. o
which; all that .is in the • Godhead
ceeda.!. ~ .i -..-,, ,: -
3. The Holy Most proceeds fro
Father thrdugh the Son. . . -!
4. The Holy Ghost is the image 1
Son,, the linage of the Father; wive
from the' Father and abiding in, th
as a power Which emanates. froin'hi 1,
li. Tho Holy Ghostis the personal eme•
nation: of the Father, belonging t the
Son,
but uOt from the San, becaus it is
the
breath of the month of the GQ, head
which!speaks the Word (Logos). -
O.- The Holy Ghost forms the nee-,
tiori et,tha, Father , and the Son, a d is
connected ithreugh . the Son livitlf the
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Father.; 1 ~
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Among - the &Wes of• the Republi-11
eats - patty, - for !the performance bf
which it 'stands pledged :before the
world, are the following: ! !
To preaerve the national Union,..'
and prevent: the disciples of the Cal•
holm doctrine of State Rights froth
obtaining perwer:, .•
11.• To maintain 'the ton.stitntiOn,,
iisforse the larivs, in a spirit Of
justice. . •
• a. To 'protect; every citizen,
secure to:him the enjoyment of •libl
'political rights and privileges.
To matte freedom a.. reality, by .
securing t.o all law-abiding :citizens,
freedom of apee(lll . ; free:lota • of press;
.-freedom .of ballot.
5: To proiltW ; iiiieral system of
education, by ;,establishiti•i• Free
Schools thrOugliOnt,tile
6. To reinove, I t fis - ralv as poSsible all ,
class or race predju!ces. and to de
velop
a spirit of :rivalry. having for ;
its tinsis, merit and manhod.
• 7. TO s'oore ei!onong in the public
expenditnreS, an liortest• collection, of
the' revenues, and . a faithfulAA im
partial perfOrmanee of public duty.
' 8. To, reduce the burdens of tax
ation, national, system • of re
trenchment, by the !protection - and
oneotoragement of horati industry, and
by a Sotiiiit FiSsteti* of currency. •
• 11. - To elevate the sVorhing man, •
by setting A gotid , example in the
employment! anti payinent of lab Or.
, 10. To encourage; and develop the
:twit:Altura' interests of the nation, ;
by a 'wise and liberal system of in,
tcrital ifHp'rottretits. that will belie,
tit the people thid 10(4.44 them froth
monopolies. ;
I L To setain• t*or honest sand in:
dastrions .- settlers the. public lands,
and to eneoutagir emigration to: the
e 4, tied Siontli, by liberal, home
stead laviS. 7 i
12. TO
r estabiisli Nat-urn:Al feeling
tetweed . the North and the 7,ontit,
making bethseetionsmutally depen
dent upon mach other;L by enacting
equitable laws ; anal by fosterin't, , and
rewarding. that spirit of, loyalty
tlhich .begetS true patriotism, and On
which the : ' flit,nre safety of the tnicin
: 1 ,
depends.
These are among the sacred dtit4e
of the Republican party. To rightly
perform then], will require, in the
future, aS:iu;the 'past ; the hearty co
operation ; of good men.. every where.
No - local jealousies should come lie
. tiFeen the citizen and these' saero
duties. '2llteti Witt , have proven un
faithful to the people aild lo their
trusts, mist be laid aside but the
great -party 'of liberty and, lustier.
must not be sacrificed. Its-banners
must be borne alcift in ' and
its princiulessnterwoven in our laws
and civilization. Its past record, is it
record. of human fidelity to the ricL,
blest attributes of humanity.. It
•reads like 'a Chapter of Seripture4
tic% in Wisdbin ; fffil of earnest plea;
dings for.Divinc justice: To destroy
such a' party, in Order. to totted a
few faults- ' or, to satisfy private' mal
ice, would be to apt out the sun, be
cause a few : spots Have been discoyer-.
ed ati its surface. • Purify the parkt-;,
select the best amen , for office ;
strengthen it iii et'ery weak point ;
;make. it again,a ;living., vitalizing ,
power in ; the land ; and it will be,
come, the instiiratiOn that shall lead,
the nations the world to a higher
plane of civililation..!
TIIRRE„ are those who are driven
by thelardtimes i tolthOughtlessly ex
press the, Opinion that* change even
.to Democracy' would be for the bet
ter. They :, do net come to this•con
clusion.by any iirocesS of reasoning,
but, as one would invest in a lottery.
The times being, hard, they think
"something,: may 'be, will turn up by
taking the fearful chanCes of a cfiange .
They -take' their - chances in a lottery
in which there is not. single prize.
Democracy has: carried the country:
- t,l a dozen - w orse panics than this.
All the hard tiMes that have come to
us is chargeable to. Oi's party which ;
tipw again seeks to get into power,
not because it presenfi a good plat-;
form' or sountl . policy, but simply
be
cause some . Weakeople think that a
change erenlo Democracy might help
us somewhat. Canvass well the
chances you take before you commit
the deed. Thii is the same Demo-
Cracy that used every effort .to ruin
our country. If it had not been for
the very partyyou now seek to change
from; you would,have neither eonntry
credit or work. Among the innumer
able array jof employes of the gov
ernment is therp here and there a
- dishonorable rascal? How Much
worse would it be if `you opened the
flood gates to the hungry Democracy
to fill their erimeiateci. coffers?
Gov. JE4ELL has given another
evidence oil his fitness for the posi
tion of a Cabinet officer, by prcividing
I. • •
fast mad trams on th trunk lines.
The mails are, now carried from ...Siew
York, to Clkaigo in 26 hours. Gov.
JEWELL is one of those oilicials who
t• i t 1 t
give their nne,, aen s and energies
for the benefit: of the people.
I :
NOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL
X,ESSON,S.
OCTOBER IQ, 1875.
ST. 'ions - xiii: 1-9 , 7'-dOLDEN.T.E..*T;' r.lllLir7 , . 11:5.;
,forth
ian, at
reuty
scans,
other
FOLTIaII QtrAETE.R. NO. /I
" Here begins the third main part of
the gospel of Johnsetting foith the glori
fication of Christ :as the suffering High
Priest and the -victorious Sing. It is sub
divided into three sections. The first
treats of his private glorification in the
midst of his disciples; the foot-washing,
the parting discourses, and, the sacerdotal
prayer,. chaps. - .trill- xvii; the second, his
public glorification in his passion and
death; chaps. and !six; the third, his
full glorification in hiS resurrection and
reappearance 'among his disciples, as the
pledge of his abiding presence to the end
of time; chaps. xx and (Schad.
1 The time of-the; footlwashing was the
evening before the,cruciflition; "Such an
evening occurred but oncel in the.world's
history—the fulness ofeteinity itself nwt
condensed into afew fleeting moments."
The place was the "large upper room"
injornsalem in, which Christ met with his
disciples to observe the Passover. The
owner of the house has been . identified
Iv some with Joseph 4t 4Timathwa, by
ccept
as- in
, hied
the
, and
I the
• only
•It of
Pro-.
am
ftlio
ding
Soti
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I:
f 1
1
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ni He :Wis. certain
disciPle;_!arkld v:14., " .1
•"germs* feast 41
,tlur,
I over.".- That!,;; asle*Plained In
fore beginning to eti the .- f*Juil.i:mcAl.
.They l liad - taken their : : jilrices on th 6
linit were ready partake IltitsulY•
ppi-whei this incideni occulted. /"Jesm
2 knowing that ids liOr was Owing' that,
be shetdd deinst I.lyr MI6 world i(1 the
Father.."specia 'muse "or; the inuni• •.
IlfriCe of leis death seized hii 3 Oiind. .This
inflame.il his love to Ads "
irpflove)l his own Iv* , were ii the
loved , them unto thi: Ile slunv ,
his unfailing, increasing love at ° tbr .
1 ! very encland crisis ? 4. his life by Nr:tshing
feet.l • What selflenuneittiori 1 U ,
ifOrgot himself as tlia end
. (11a• ricer
/the MOO , warmly 'JO C10 1 ; 1 411
14: Cattt@ 4ftti to Ist ininisten.Nl woo, tot •
1,41 111/1/ISter. ti '
•
,„ ~. . I "
I s V . O ur: rarr.usavermort t hrst
Iclause is Ineorreet." :f it should :read either - ,
'and su pper leaving, "±)t.. ""sui=•,:`:
TI • f; • r•-iclv l
ply being . " E r
lamb and the nnleavenec i l brewl, op - .
!the table-4 they had not becnn to l ea
M t
:it. Why this break h'nit delay - in the'ol;-
i
. e.err.knee?. , " The deSit having alreallS'
!
""I.!:Ctit et! It inio the heart) rtilat dull:b.••
,sthrgested .. (put int*, ,ne heart)
I:ft:alio% the son or S' icon,
,'iota} knew j from thil3 fact tlpit
lii !I—it. , was very mai., • Winn; he Ivonlit
' : 1.14 he must du quickly;. If h.it;wouhl te+
tibi his self-denying •
hu inust Might
dit to prevent. Itenee. ‘‘lie riseth rot I
stliper, - etc; v.:. it-is interesting to.
[
trace the development .of the iiuy in thr
mind or dtidast. First4he DeVit.
or ..suggested the' th'inght . I.)Eltravai,.
This Judas harboredlr some ilay.4
the pUrpoSe to'betray r,Was noel (kilned. in
' 1 - • i I
til this That slay evening; v.; , r f ".• • It i•••
trtie that. udas had 'ebvetianti.4l - ,mtith tdr -
• Pitests on Tue . slaY;•litit lie did -not s iris
will entirely to S'ltan,.mitil:this
over tiight. (Compat+
•
(V. 3). •t‘ Jesus ktf?•wing,- etc: .-Tli;• .
although Jesus knr"iv that the Fatli(4 .
had given things' id'
hinfitito his hamis. •
etc." This is added ir enhance the'ty',;.' r
Ond condescension oriVie act. .Coimccon i•
prtiesistent giai . y--"tli'at he
forth from 054 his Combs' nti ,
' diatorial imp•giying to God''',
lie yet lininbled tvasli the fi•ki'.
..... ...-o mgrs It o,
of his-disciples, and ev:en of hi lay meth !
tlatin,- , ' at' that Very Ilittlit his betray:Al;
thilips ii; 6-7. - 11 , , • -'_ ' - , - :,;
' (V. 4). "He risetl:( from the siwifcf . ::
//It, form the - icinell .I•ltere 14t,waii re4;',it.'l
big proparsf4vy to .;ating. the l'asch:,:i,
1-
Meal: "and laycth ankle his outer g:it
ntent,' his muffle ... 1 4 .1 it0 4: t; f ies e ril...,ll.
Robinson as a Ltrge plece of WOotiSen+th4
• nearly square, which Was %clapped :, - 11*:!:1:iti.
the body or fastened bout 'the sliouhlej -4
The tunic was worn tind e r this. --Thurlj
I i. , . no necessity to V.31)111tle ii111.0e.:31.155 lit VI:1,
I ally divested, 'himself, as the - trasest ,::I,
slaves." (Schaff).- : 4 ,1 .Ind taking a . towel
Ihe girded himself." Towels were alwayl
ii)vided in Oriental: iOuses_Ter the pur-
Ipose of wash,:, in , " the :feet .after ; xvalkita4.
' the: feet
and one of .tbese, neat at hand, iit-the 'fur l
,
'Milled rootm'Jesns tiMpped around lils;
- I
waist. ' ' • Then he ponl:eth water into the
' bison" --the large Opper 4/flStfll lyide,
i *ilia Oriental bousesla:re alWays providd
ed—"and began to Vv,:asii- the - - disciple s 'l
'ff , ..it." To wash the fek was the work (4 1 ,
' sla Veg.- As they had `nn servant, it . I ...,!. 1 .
, came sinue Ons of the 'disc:intik to do this
service.. !Mt no one in'rere.4l7'smteWlieri"-- I ; ,
Ilieretcona , s in Lnki„ , x341:!2:',... - 17.i • V e iv e •!;- -1, ,
would seem -to_ point to • this- as the I,l'l'y i
[ ,
place. Ilegi.trding iC a. 4! a menial servii-,l r
eacht - one claimed ' preOuinetto over Li, '.
broiher.spostle. ' With: his - clear 'exposi.: 7 '
titi 'rf Chriiliati greatness, .Teints himself '
; rose from the triclinium, ' , axing. '.:l :int ; -- 1
among you as ,he that, nervetit." • • 'A.:a!, -
I ; after the washing was bone he 'gently le
-1 bu L ted their', pride atidantbitiOn (v. i 4):
1 _. , ,lyr e , also ought to wash one''sair)ther%.
feet." ' • t l', 1 ,,
.With whom did 'he *begin ?Oot with..-
l Peter, as Augustine and mann Catholic
I exegetes think, for thi?,is oppo-st d to v. 6, ; ' . :
Clir) - solont - - 'and other 4, -stipp4 that be
began with4uclas: Weshould conject u re '
John, as he - reclined' nearest to Jesus 011'
thecouch.,
. • 1: - '-' . • •
V. 6: "Ma thug waSit 4,41/ filet? '' A l '
,-4 . - 4
protest Loin no
,doubt ioi . revefence, :nal
f yet displaying Petetelsr4haracte*tic ::elf , .'
! will. However 'great this .revetence- foir,-.
theil,ord, he should hale allowed him to'-
1 act-Iris pleasitro without asking any ow's-,
tions. Still: Jesus Is - tender :and gentle. ,
v. -,"4" "Whatl do thou knowestnot, now.
I - 1
but thou shalt learn herfafter." ?,
."Flutt
I do" includes (1) the srashing itself a.:l '
lesson of huiltility and,' ve, ii... PA; (2) its
symlolical . Meaning, i . 9-10 (3) the
great act of love, the a sumption of the H
fopti of it servant. "He eafter" (literally''
"after, these") may m'lm afteria witil...'
and so was terminated With the Saviour's
explanation, Vs. ,12-17; or it may: refer to
' the illumination by the Holy Spirit on the'
day of Tentae,Ost. Perhaps if We unite.
both, we, shall cemeneartest the truth.
..',..
V.B, "Peter saith unto hitti,.,'lleyer..
' never forever: shalt. thoti wash 'nay feet..''
Here Peter is without excuse. Ilis'firSt
protest may be U.Seribed to rcver6nce,. but
! - this impetuous, positive,l forcible; r'efusal
'can condo only . from ,a Perverse,. wicked;
self-will. Even aftev'tho Lord's exiitana -
lion and proriiise,. he will not stilt:MC' He • ,
knows better than Jesus: : i Compare Matt.
xvi:22. - " Jeins , ansivered him, if I wash -
thee' not," &c I Here i's' Will against will; .
',Christ's agai
:longer
Peter : 'S li i If- ,lie' refuses -
any : l ~
longer he separatesllimgelf utterly
I . ,I . .
and forever from his 3la'ster. He 'becomes -,
J: ' • -
guilty of unbelief and disobedience. He
1 . , ..1: , .
proves-that the same mindis. not in him
iwhich is in Christ Jesus ' Hence, - he can
havex no part,With s hrist l ', :choosesll4 on
the other hand his - part :,With Judas; the .
:',.art lof natuni, instead ot''grace.
1
V. 9, "Not my feet onlyi but my hank
and my heaff,;','• This is'. tin. expression of .-
entire subjection. , lie I l eannot bear -Jo'
think' of - eschision from 1 the fellowship
land'ini . ese nee .- * his lordj So he resists
• .;
no longer. Hut as .is generally the ease
-1
with i violentl reaction- h 0 goes too ' flu.. •
tell-Will still `reveals ai least the skirt of
er garment. -=. He 'wants ail the uncovered
partS i of his holy washeit, . /le . goes be
yond 'phrist's:;esign. Ile slows that he . ,
does not comprehend the_SYnitelic import
Of ellrist's net. Hence; the: - en tl
: _g e eor,
4 i .
rectionk in v. ,40. Several - , explanations
have teen given - of this vis e. The choice,
lies between .tiwo. 1. AS fa Man coming
Out 4 a bath ls clean altogether, so the
tlisciples Were 'Clean thro" ; faith in Christ's
word, I(ch. 15Z; but as in passing from
lire bath the fectbecome soiled with dust;
Which only , 'needs to to , Wiished • away in
Order to complete cleanness; se . in their
aifter+perienee pride will adhere to their
iiiinds, which only needs retnoilal by low- i
li.trundedriess 2. The i . )disciples were
clean' : call except Judas) ,lieltuse lathed
irtJestfs' blood ! " Thro' the washing of re
geuerapon their.sini•wereall removed and
only I
el.eausld; they 'were not y j,ustilled but
also sanctified thro' faith in eh** it._ But
each clay 'hrings new slna. Hence they'
have need only,to wash 'them aivay- 7 -the
-Sins #4at cleaYel . -to their - daily walk—and
then they are altogether clean:- Compare,
tile Petition of "ihe Lord's gayer: ."Fer:'•
give atS'our debts,','—i. C.iOur daily debts'
or sins: The lar is, u oubt,:
,the true
, .
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