SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1898.
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE.
BATU'fiti'A'V, JANUARY 22,'lMS.
IT
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LOUIS KOSSUTH'S
VISITTO AMERICA
The Hungarian Patriot's Tour of tbe
Untied States.
INTERESTING EPISODE RECALLED
KnthuslaMlo Wolcomo Which llu ltu
colved In Now York Clty"l'ipitlnr
Demonstration nnil Dlunorn in IIIh
Ilnnor"Dicusiniis Provoked by
His l'rcsciioc--Tlio Kossuth Mnnln.
AprojioB of tho present trouble In
Austro-Hungnry with tliulr int'iiiiee uf
new agitation for Hungary' liulc
pendc ice, the following ui'couut from
the New York Sun of the visit of Hun
gary's greatest on. Louis Kossuth, to
the United StutrH in isr.l Is InteroHting.
It Is Louis Kossuth' son who la at thti
front of tho now movement for Hun
garian liberation. The Sun article
says:
When Kossuth wus forced by tieuch
ery to Jlee-lnto exile lie had been saved
from thd wrath of the Austrlnn em
peror, who contemplated his execution
as a rebel, by tho Sultun, who, tinder
Mtlsh Inspiration, gavo lilm asylum
HVonfitanttnoplc. President Fillmore's
aamlnlHtrntlon felt deep sympathy with
Kossuth nnd sent the frigntu Mlsst?-
slppl to the Dardanelles for the pur
pose of bringing him to the t'nlti'il
States. Accordingly he became the na
tion's guest as far as the port of Mar
wlllee, where he concluded to visit
Knglnnd. He wns there murli petted
by parliament, and the public. From
Southampton ho sailed for New York
and had as fellow passenger another
exile In Lola Montez.
Now York had been eagerly expect
ing Kossuth's coming, for Just then
the woes of Cuban patriots were arous
ing popular Impulses, and the Kui -pean
echoes of the revolutions of ist
still lingered through New York's pos
session of Hurlbnldl, and Mitchell,
Meagher, und O'Gormnn from Ireland.
There were many men In congress who
wished some kind of national Interfer
ence In behalf of Hungarian Independ
ence, and when Kossuth arrived con
gress became divided Into non-partisan
factions over that question. In an
ticipation of the arrival of Kossuth,
a Htaten Island military company and
a Hank uniform company of this city,
were ready to receive him at Quaran
tine, and thither also went many Hun
garian residents and a committee of
the common council, which had made
him a gust of the municipality. Dr.
Doane was then health officer of the
port. When the battalion of reporters
in -waiting saw the exile landing from
the health officer's boat attended by
wife and suite of gaily dressed Hun
garian aides they beheld a man of
commanding height and dlgnltied and
Impressive bearing, wearing a single
breasted black velvet tunic with a
standing collar, of military cut, icov
ered with shining black jt button of
bullet shape. Over this garment was
an opened overcoat of black velvet
trimmed with broad Russian fur hav
ing loose sleeves. They also remarked
that ho had a long, dark-hued face,
showing unmistakable expression of
penetrating Intellect. His thin dark
brown hair was seen beneath his pic
turesque Alpine hat, and he had a dark,
luxuriant beard and heuvy and luxur
iant muBtaches. He had largo blue,
magnetic eyes. A carriage and four
conveyed him to Donne's house. There
he was presented to the common coun
cil committee, and In n brief speech he
gracefully nccepted that mysterious
freedom of the city which was lavishly
given half a century ago to disting
uished citizens, but always without the
olden-tlmo gold snuffbox.
GOTHAM'S RIC1 WELCOME.
On the next day the Stat-n Islanders
must needs have a procession to escort
Kossuth around Clifton village, first to
a large reception tent and then to the
ferryboat, and on the march appeared
Farmer William II. Vanderbllt on a
fiery horse, na one of the aids to Grand
Marshal MInthorne Tompkins. Every
body In New York who was anybody
had come over to the ferry landing In
the special boat furnished by Isaac
Newton. Kossuth was taken on a trip
around the bay and up and down both
rivers, while Fort Lafayette and that
on Governor's Island furnished salutes,
and the frigates North Carolina and
Ohio fired thirty-one guns. On the
Battery fully 50,000 people had gath
ered around the whole Hist division of
the National Guard, who in their then
diversified uniforms were awaiting or
ders to escort the Hungarlun hero tin
der a floral arch erected by a corpora
tion jobber between Battery Gate and
Bowling Green, nnd thence up Broad
way to Bond street Into the Bowery
and down to the City Hall Park tho
then huge Iron gates of which were
also arched with llowers. After land
ing Kossuth wus ushered Into n bar
ouche with jovial, If gouty, Mayor
Klngsland and equally jolly Morgan
Morgans, Weteh president of the Board
of Aldermen. Then came thf formation
of New York's time-honored proces
sion, composed of three divisions, com
prising the military, some 5,000 strong,
carriages for officials, and pedestrians
In the rear. Decorations, transpatvn
cles, banners, and mottoes were neen
all along the line of march, and al
though tho Saturday was not a legal
holiday, business places were closed.
The City Hall park still showed milch
verdure, and the City Hall Itself was
resplendent with bunting. Tho pieces.
slon having ended, Kossuth, mounting
a horse, reviewed, In company with
Major-General Sandford, the military
before they were dismissed, und he was
later entertained in the governor's
renin by the city authorities, who had
not yet lost their fieedom of junKfi
ing nt taxpayers' expenses. Then Kos
Largest package greatest
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, 'I'll IS . IC. IMlltlJAXK COJU'ANV,
Chll!'P', St, Louis. New York. Hoaton. Philadelphia.
suth nnd his suite were taken to the
Irving hotel, on the northwest corner
of Chambers street and Brondway, to
which the common council had given
cat te blanche for entertaining Kossuth.
In the evening, after Kossuth had been
Introduced at dinner to tho novelty of
blue point, gumbo soup, black bas.",
terrapin and Maryland ducks, he was
serenaded by the German Glee club.
KOSSUTH'S BEARING.
Those who hail inet Kossuth during
the day were not enthusiastic over his
personal bearing, which they had found
to be tinctured with nt least mild egot
ism, streaks of vanity und a nelf-con-sclousness
that seemed to say, "Really,
I deserve all this attention." The fol
lowing day proved that the Kossuth
inndncn hud not applied to New York
alone, but had become an epidemic
elsewhere. Little Newark und big Bal
tlmoie. and boastful Huston and slfepy
Philadelphia cent their deputations to
wait uiioii the Hungarian exile und In
vite him to their respective hospital
ities. Chalrnici made ecstatic speeches
of. welcome In the Irving house parlors
all day and ate munlclpdlly given lun
cheons, while Kossuth In many
speeches of acknowledgment wns
obllgfd to nlr his undoubted powers of
oratoiy. Local Institutions ulso pent
deputations to express sympathy and
congratulations. But It begnn to bt re
marked that Irishmen held aloof, and
notice was nttracted to the fact that, a
battalion of wearers of the green had
refrained fiom joining In the military
parade. Promptly on Monday morn
ing patriotic Mlchuel Doheny rushed
Into print with a long card of explana
tion to the effect that, while Irishmen
recognized Ko&suth an a victim of ab
solutism, and to that extent sympa
thized with him. they twilled his
eulogies in Knglund of the BiltlsU gov
ernment, "which all true irishmen hate
with u deti'Statlon born of the times
of Cromwell and King William." More
over, there was perhaps pardonable
Jealousy ntnung lrlh leaders at tho
previous omlslon nf the. common coun
cil to give municipal welcome to recent
Irish exiles.
On the evening of Dec. 11 the dlnn-r
tendered Kostuth by the city authori
ties tam- off In the Irving house ban
queting hall. The hotel then occupied
the entire Broadway block between
ChntnheiN and Ueade stieets Mayor
Klngsland was of course In tho chair,
heroically preparing to add new pangs
to his chronic gout. There still existed
the old-time fashion of lemoving tho
tablecloth; and when by that operation
waiters had, as usual, discommoded all
the guests and broken sundty plates
and glasses, letters of regret, couched
In highly eulogistic language toward
thn guest (who by resolution had Just
become a national guest at Washing
ton), were rend from Webster, Clay,
Cass. Hamilton. Fish, Seward and oth
er political magnates. Of course. Kos
suth made the speech of the evening,
nnd it proved to be a grand oratorical
effoit and moreover proved as attrac
tive In the reading us In the hearing.
Perhaps the most, enthusiasm after the
200 champagne corks had popped was
expended over the toast "Hungary Be
trayed, Hut Not Yet Sold," which wns
l-'-spondcd to by the Uev. K. S. Chapln,
who was equally eloquent post-ptand-ially
or in the pulpit or lecture room.
A queer Incident occurred toward the
close of the .toasts when that of The
Press was reached. Simultaneously
arose Editor Henry J. Raymond of the
newly established Times and General
James Watson Webb, editor of the an
cient Courier and Enquirer. The form
er had been assigned by the commit
tee of urrnngements to the toast, but
the latter made claim to the honor, as
the oldest member of the city prew.
Both were determined men, nut Webb
had the louder voice, anil for some
time tlieio ensued a babel; but a mem
ber of the club, whispering to Webb
that Raymond was booked for the
toast, tho senior at once withdrew. The
Incident affected Raymonds oratory,
and he did not do himself full jus
tice, ENTERTAINED BY THE PRESS.
At tho ensuing day a deputation of
Cuban exiles and of Austrian residents,
who had sympathized with the Hun
garian revolution, waited unon Kos
suth and prei-ented addresses. About
this time Kossuth applied In a speech
i formateiial aid in behalf of Hungavian
freedom. Whereupon, Horace Greeley,
j In the Tribune, started a popular Kos
j suth loan which some enthusiastic per
i son took up and issued certificates of
stock to be subscribed fur in aid of a
I new Hungarian uprising. These pro
j ceedings brought protests from the
Austrian minister at Washington to
I Sceietary of State Webster and from
, the Austrian consul heio to the news-
pupeis.
Kossuth banqueting being the order
of the day, another dinner ut the Astor
House was tendered by the press, the
poet Bryant presiding. The features
of the occasion were the decorations
thioughout the corridors of tlowers and
Hags, nnd the division of the dining
room Into temporary alcove. or mar
quees, Turkish and Hungarian with
viands, wines, nnd waiters to mutch.
The menu was the most elaborate
which New York had ever known, and
In vnrlety of gastronomy has probably
never since boon surpasf-ed even by
Delmonlco or Sherry. Kossuth was
heard to say that the press dinner sur
passed even the one given him at tho
Loudon Mansion House. The press
having rcnumbeied Kossuth as a for
mer editor at Pesth, the New York bar
remembered him as a Hungarian law
jer with another banquet In Tripler
Hull, a building then standing on
Broadway, opposite Bond street, and
used for concerts, lectures and public
assemblages, Chief Justice Samuel
Jones tho second presided with his ac
customed dignity, tempered with mild
Jollity. Edwnrd Sandford (then the
pride of the New York bar nnd des
tined to be drowned shortly nfterwatd
by tho sinking of tho Collins steam
ship Arctic) made the address of the
evening w Uh such sui passing eloquence
nnd fervor that when Kossuth rose to
lespond he seemed to be embarrassed
by the oiatorlcnl competition nnd cer
tainly did not do himself Justice. Vet-
economy. Made only by
i
BY
Secretary of
(The author will publish nil Examiner,
containing one hundred questions on tho
leKsous ot this quurter. The Examiner
will bo mulled In March to uny address
In any quantity at 2 cents per copy, und
tnuy be used In oral or written review in
a class or by un individual. Orders
should be bent to Dr. J. K. Gilbert, D.
D., not later than Feb. 1, that the mulling
list niuy bo prupaied.)
CONTEXT. it Is not easy, peihups not
necessary to settle the precise order of
events at this point in the life of Jesijs,
Some scholars are disposed to take this
sermon out ot Its connection and put It
Immediate);- utter the appointment ot
the twelve (.Matt x, i) as containing In
struction particularly adapted to them
a; that time. Others think the discourse
was delivered earlier, and that certain
parts were repeated on tho latter occa
sion. Whenever spoken, the sermon on
the mount was tho most extensive pres
entation of our liord's doctrine which
I has been pieseriTed for tho generations
I succeeding llim. It contains so many
I utteiances on such a variety of subjects
H8 to merit and receive the commenda
, Hon or nil classes of men. Evidently It
1 was Inli-iidod to coirect the false notions
I on religion then held by the masses ot
the people, through tho traditions of the
! eltlet-H ami the perversions of tho Phnrl-
s es. Wo nhall today study the opening
i part of tlie sermon which deals with the
subject of happiness.
POVEUTV. Jesus was speaking to His
disciples anart from the multitude.
(Verso 1.) He desired them to know tho
secret of personal enjoyment In this life.
Mistake.! views here have ruined many.
He holds that blessedness proceeds from
Inward, rather than outward conditions
(Matt, xxlll, sti), and enumerates seven
particulars. Tho llrst ot these Is pover
ty, not In worldly gopds, but In spirit or
disposition, i Verse 3.) All men uro sin
ners tttum. iil, 2:5), spiritual bankrupts,
but many appear not to bo aware of the
fact (Horn. Ill, IT), and move about with
much claim and show of righteousness.
Happy Is the man who has learned his
real state; who feels his Indigence, de
pendence and unworthiness; who is
humbled and ashamed before God. Such
u man Is prepared for on entrance Into
tho kingdom ot heaven. Indeed, his low
ly frame of mind tends to peaceful en
joyment ot life and to confidence In God
as his only hope.
MOt'HNING. Tho next blessing Is pro
nounccd upon those that mourn; not
those who have mourned, but those who
are mourning. This state proceeds from
the former. They who realize that they
are spiritually poor will experience a ten
derness of conscience called godly sor
low tH. Cor., vll, 10), which Is essential
to the soul's delivery from sin. (Psalm
vl, 1.) This penitence, as It is sometimes
designated, marks tho transition from a
condemned to n .Instilled state (Psalm
xxxll, l-,"i, nnd when accompanied by
faith awakens In the soul a peace un
known before. (Bom. v, 1.) Henco the
Saviour's promise, "They shall be com
forted." (Verse 1.) The tears and sighs
which result from one's conscious un
worthiness shall be succeeded by the con
solation of pardoning mercy, by hope and
Joy In the holy ghost (Psalm 11, 12), a
foretaste of that everlantlng reliclty,
prepared for the saints, when "God shall
wipe nil tears from their eyes." (Rev.
vll. 17.) Tho Scriptures abound In ex
amples of those who have passed from
weeping to Joy. (Psalm xxxll, 11.)
MEEKNESS. Hn who, having discov
ered 'his sinfulness, laments on account
erans of the New York bar remember
"Ned" Sandford as by all odds the
cleverest jury lawyer they have ever
known; not excepting Thomas Addis
Emmet or Ogden Hoffman. John
Cochrane subsequently surveyor of
port, congressman, a civil war general,
reform alderman, and In his old age
a police Justice also made a fiery
speech In denunciation of the two
faced Austrian eagle. Chief Justice
Hornblower, of New Jersey grand
sire of the William II. Hornblower of
the present Bar association spoke for
tho judiciary. Another disagreeable
incident occurred to mar the general
harmony when the Knickerbocker Jur
ist, John Duer, In his speech bluntly
expressed tho hope that Kossuth was
not In this country to stir up Interna,
tlonal troubles between It and Austria.
Many lawyers Interrupted Mr. Duer,
saying that his remarks were unkind
to their guest, and when he persisted
in his line of criticism some of the
younger members of the bar hissed.
Thereupon John Cleveland, a leading
commercial lawyer. Interrupted and
said that so eminent a man as Mr.
Duer. ought not to be treated badly,
while Kossuth audibly expressed the
hope that the free speech of America,
1 so pleasantly different from the muz
I zled speech of Austria, would be re
spected. The Incident showed that
Kossuth's visit wns regarded by many
out of congress as well as In It as a
menace to our friendly relations with
Austria.
Thus immediately previous to the
Christmas of lS.'l New York city under
went a period of Kossuth mania, and
It nffected the holiday presents. Every
New Year's gift associated Itself in
some designation with Kossuth nnd
Hungary. Restaurants abounded with
Hungarian houlash, a savory dish of
boiled beet and vegetables strongly in
fused with red peppers; nnd there were
Kossuth cravats (formidable bands of
satin or sill: wound around the neck,
with ends llherully folded over the shirt
front), Kossuth pipes, Kossuth um
brellas, Kossuth belts and buckles,
Koiuttth purae3, Kossuth Jackets, anil
Kossuth brnld and tassels for wearing
apparel. Then the Alpine hat, with a
certnln pecullnr shape of crown and
brim, soon became, and for years con
tinued to be, known as the Kossuth
hat. Photography was then In Its llrst
decade of popularity, and turn which
ever way a pedestrian might on west
side or east side, the strong features
of the Hungarian hero stared him from
beneath the picturesque felt hat.
Schoolboys cultivated recitations aim
ing to become an orator like Kossuth,
nnd school girls were taught the Kos
suth polku.
Soon Boston and Philadelphia yearned
for him, and to these cltli-H he Jour
neyed, to find new hero worship. Hut
by degrees, as Kossuth journeyed west
waul, his popularity waned; for he was
now practically a solicitor of subscrip
tions, and in after years it became a
question of popular discussion what
wns the lesult of the Korouth loan
fund and whut was done with it. And
when ho re-embarked for his home
ward Journey there were few New
Yorkers at the steamer to speed him
the Kossuth inuiila had become a
thing of the past,
History tells uh of the subsequent
amalgamation of the Hungarian with
the Austrian government, and how
Kossuth for years afterward sulked like
an A'hillex In his tent, and rejected
many imperial overtures; but after the
autonomy in 1870 of Hungary he be
camo u member of Its legislative Diet,
und oddly enough often fought his old
liberal allies.
for Jaimaiy 21
The Beatitudes.
iYlatt. V; 11-32.
J. E. GILBERT, D. D., LL. D.;
American Society of Religious Education."
of It, and II mis the forclvenoss which
God has promised, (I. John, 1, 9) is likely
to become gentle, forbearing, forgiving,
teachable, submissive, which qualities
are Included In the term meekness.
(Verse 6.) This should be distinguished
from constitutional quietness resulting
from love of ease or from defect In sen
sibility and llrnmess; a llnild and pliant
temper, easily deterred fioni good rind
persuaded to evil. Tim meekness com
mended by Jesus Is nut negative, but
positive; not natural, but gucIous. Men
of the most vehement and lmplacablo
dispositions, when they have viewed
themselves with sorrow and looked to
Jesus with ttust, havo learned to curb
their anger, to reuse from resentment,
to make concessions and to forglvo In
juries. Such pooplo Jesus declares "sh'ill
Inherit the earth." (Psalm xxv. V..)
They will be beloved and respected by
their fellow men, and they will extract
from llfo Its real sweets, being free from
many serious vexations.
iUOHTNESS.-Out of all that bus thus
fur been enumerated, there ought to couio
u genuine desire to be contorined to tho
will of God. It was the broken law that
awakened tho sense of pain described
under the terms poverty and mourning,
und led to meekness. Further consld-
orations of that law will reveal Its pcr
, fectlon (Psalm xlx. 7), as the wlso and
I good rule of life, the Just standard of
character. He who meditates upon It
I (Psalm 1, 2), will perceive that under obe-
dlence to Its requliements an absolutely
I perfect society might bo established In
I the earth. Hence, the prayer that the
will of God may bo done (Matt, vi, 10) is
a desire for the highest good of the race.
It Is therefore to bo expected that man
will become exceedingly uuxlous lor per
sonal righteousness desiring It as murh
and truly as food and drink. (Matt, vi,
,"A) To be right, absolutely und always,
Is the highest ambition of a noble man,
tho source of constant blessedness.
ME15CY. No man may absolve an im
penitent sinner without becoming a party
to bin offense. We aie only required to
Imitate God, who forgives on confession.
(Luke xvll, 3.) But mercy is that attri
bute which restrains anger and prompts
to those deeds that secure repentunce.
(Horn, xll, 20.) It overcomes tho evil
that Is In an enemy, through a deslro
to reclaim him fiom his error. He who
has found metcy ought to cherish mercy
toward others. (Mutt, xvll!, u2.) A shi
ner whom God had pardoned, remember
ing the experiences through which he
passed, nnd realizing the Joy that comes
at the end. ought to look with pity upon
all who do him an Injury nnd earnest
ly deslro that they may pass through the
same states of mind. "Blessed are the
merciful." because of tho richer life Into
which they are ushered. (Verso 7.)
Blessed also because of the clemency
that will be shown toward them both by
God nnd man. (James il, 13.) Nothing
can be morev delightful than to know
that others weigh not our transgressions
except for the purpose of releasing us
from their power!
PURITY. Shi Is frequently mentioned
In Scripture as defilement (I. Cor. vlll, 7),
probably because by It the soul becomes
loathsome In the sight of a holy Ood.
(Hab. 1, 13.) Hence, every act by which
sin is removed is called nurlfylng. (Acts
xv, 9.) And when the sin is taken away
the person Is said to bo pure; that Is,
clean. (I. John, III, 3.) Alas, no man In
this llfo Is absolutely free from sin,
(I. John, i, S.) But through repentance
and faith the heart may be cleansed so
that tho motives shall bo right and good.
i:m;lisii anecdotes.
.Samples of the Stories That John
Hull ("alls runny.
A patty of youiiK men were talklwr
about what they would do were they
wrecked far out at sea, and left buffet
ing1 tho waves without n plank to as
sist them. Each one pave his opinion
except I'addy Murphy, who, upon be
ing1 nsked for his, replied: "Bedad, ye
cowardly set of scalpeens, ye'd all be
after savin' yerselves, an' not thryln'
to save another. "Why, It's I'addy
Murphy that would swim ashore an'
save himself, an' thin come back an'
thry an' save another."
There' Is a good story about tho Prin
cess Victoria of Wales and the duchess
of Devonshire's fancy dress ball about
which the smart world raved In the
summer. The princess was, like many
other distinguished ladies, approached
with respectful Inducements to sell the
dress she wore at the ball, to the man
ager of a theater. The reply was love
ly. The princess did not, she explained,
feel Inclined to sell the dress for two
reasons. First of nil, It would make' a
beautiful tea gown, and then If she
did sell tho gown she would not her
self get the money.
An eminent preacher, who prided
himself upon his ability to discourse
without the aid of notes, once got Into
the pulpit; but, when he found himself
face to face with the congregation, hl.s
Ideas vanished, his mind was a blank.
He tapped his forehead, but In vain;
his Ideas would not come. "My friends,"
he said, "I pity you: you have lost a
line sermon," And he descended the
pulpit steps.
A boy had been up for nn examina
tion In Scriptures, had failed utterly,
and the relations between lilm and the
examiner had become somewhat
strained. Tho latter asked lilm If there
were uny text in the whole IJlblo he
could quote. He pondered and then re
peated: "And Judas went out and
hanged himself."
"Is there nny other verse you know
in the Mble?" tho examiner nsked.
"Yes. 'Go thou nnd do likewise.' "
There was a solemn pause, und the
proceedings terminated.
In the enily part of the queen's reign
a story was current that her majesty
once asked the duke of 'Wellington
what kind of boots he' was in the habit
of wearing. "People cull them Well
ingtons, mn'am," lie answered.
"How absurd!" her majesty ex
claimed. "Where, I should like to
know, would they find u pair of Well
InglonsV" Some recruits were being drilled nt
Alder.shot by a very Impatient cavalry
drill-sergeant. After about an hour of
hard drilling at the sword exercise, the
sergeant gave the order, "Stand nt
euse." No sooner were the men stand
ing at ease than tho sergeant com
menced to complain of their attitudes,
und wound up by Baying: "Why, you
fellows ure like a lot of dummies. I
can get smarter soldiers than you at a
uhllllnir per box."
After about n minute's hesitation one
of the recruits remarked: "1 suppose
there would be JteigeantH unions'
them?"
A well-known Londoner recently
heard that a certain fellow-townsman
of his, an alderman, had died suddenly;
und happening to meet someone whom
lie Juuk to be the deceased man's sou
Jesus pronounces a blessing upon buuIi!
He does not bestow it, but declares that
they havo come into possession ot it.
This must bo evident to all who havo
struggled in vain with their baser na
tures. (Horn, vll, 21.) But Jesus assigns
n reason for this beutltude these persons
"shall seo God." (Verso 8.) They shall
see him everywhere In nature, In provi
dence, In history, in tho word. For, us
sin blinds the eyes (Mutt, xxlll. 17), so
Its removal restores tho sight.
PHACEMAKBltS.-Tho world Is full of
strife because) of sin. (.lumes, iv. 1.)
The pages of national history uro stained
with human blood. Fumllles and com
munities havo been disturbed by innum
erable feuds. What cnemlty, discord and
misery have como to the race, to mar
the best Interests of tilll Who Is not
pained with this spectacle? Who more
deserves pralso than ho who promotes
peace? "Blessed ure they," said Jesus.
Happy In all their interpositions between
contending parties! (I. Cor. xll, IS.)
Happy In tho consciousness that thoy
are doing a good service! Huppy In tho
prospect of a better dav! But happy
because they shall bo held in high es
teem by all being "called the children of
God." (Verso 9.) The peacemaker Is a
benefactor to both ot those who were at
strife, and knew not how to compose
their differences! lie is a benefactor or
the race for ho has conserved energies
that may be used for the good of all.
Ho Is Chrlst-llko who Is called the Prince
of Peace. (Isa. Ix, G), and he helps to
bring in that good day when wars shall
cease. (Micah, iv, 3.)
PERSECUTIONS After mentioning
these seven qualities our Lord icier to
conditions which may result from con
tact with a wicked world. It Is n tuet
that some are so sinful as to hato good-
tioua Iti imi' fnrtrt .Twllu Inlrl tllu iis-
clples that they might expect perseou-
tlou (Mutt, x, 17); the same In kind na
that which had been vIMtcd upon lilm.
In our lesson Ho ussures them that It
would be no misfortune, but. rather, a
blessing. (Verse It) and 11.) For all such i
treatment would only show that they
were part of tho klr.gdom of heaven, the i
members of which havo suffered through
tho whole history of the world. (Verse
32.) Tho prophets were put to death, ul
thnncrh servants of Ood were sent to turn
I people from their sins. (Matt, xxlll, 31.)
Surely a man may relolce to be counted
one of the noble band worthy to sutler
for tho right. (Acts v. 41.) But what
most ought to sustain the heart In such
a trying hom- Is the fact that the reward
Is suro In the world to come. (II. Cor.
iv, 17.) "Heaven's long ago of bliss shall
repay."
REFLECTIONS. Two features of this
lesson uro especially to bo noted. Flrht,
our Lord's words nro paradoxical. Ho
places happiness In those dispositions
and circumstances which men generally
deem incompatible with It. This shows
that human wisdom forms a very Inade
quate and Incorrect view of life. Men go
in the wrong direction from their highest
good to drink at fountains where tho Jiv
ing water may not be found. S"c0ml, It
will also be seen that Jesus, In tho be
ginning of Ills sermon, sketches the va
rious stages of spiritual life, showing thu
progress from sinfulness out into purity
and usefulness. In this Ho has displayed
an Intimate acquaintance with the laws
of the higher nature. His words are
adapted to- unlversul man. They mark
that only pathway along which one may
tread with certainty that at tho end ho
will come into the most exalted and
blessed manhood.
whom he- knew by sight only ho
stopped, nnd In a tone of subdued sad
ness, wished him "Good evening."
"Good evening!" responded tho
gentleman.
"Is it true that your father Is dead?"
"It Is." was the unhesitating reply.
"I'm very sorry very sorry Indeed!"
"Thanks!" came the dry response.
"So was I 20 years, ago; but I'm be
ginning to get over It now."
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