BRIBERY CHARGE
AGAINST ALLCS
New York Senate Leader Vigor
ously Denies Allegations of
Republican Insurgent
MADE BY SENATOR BENN CONGER I
i
Made Charges Originally at Meeting j
of Hughes Senators, Who Bolted Re
publican Caucus —Pledges to Keep
Matter Secret Were Broken.
Albany, N. Y„ Jan. 25.—That Jo
tham P. Allds, now President pro te;n.
of the Senate, while Republican leader !
of the Assembly, accepted a retainer j
to hold up legislation, and later al- !
lowed the measure to pass, is the ac- j
cligation brought by Senator Hen Con- j
K'jr, of Tompkins. The alleged act !
h ppened in 1901, and even if proven
I-1..7, the principals could not be prose- J
vuted, under the statute of limitations, j
Immediately upon being apprised |
th it the charge was in circulation, 1
.M'ds denounced it as untrue and slan
derous, and announced that he would
demand that a special committee in
\. It. At the same time he in
timated that he would strike back
with evidence In his possession that
c> fleers of bridge companies with
which Conger Is identified have been
under indictment for bribery here, In
Massachusetts and other States.
Tending the Inquiry, Allds will sur
render the direction of the Republican
u] per house majority to Senator
George A. Davis, of Erie, and devote
his energies to clearing himself of an
imputation which Conger and at least
s-e.'en other Hughes Senators main
tain justified them in not only refus
ing to support him for President pro
lorn., but in declining to participate in
the caucus which forced his selection.
Conger's indictment against Allds,
almost coincident with the implica
tion of Lieutenant-Governor White in
an Irregular insurance deal, has
thrown the machine camp into a
prnlc.
Senator Conger made a statement
th's evening In which he explained
that when he made the charges
nr 'inst Senator Allds he believed that
the implied pledge of secrecy under
which men speak their minds freely at
a caucus would be respected in this
Instance.
COTTON GOQDS GO UPWARD
Philadelphia Learns of "Gentlemen's
Agreement" Made Here.
Philadelphia, Jan. 24. —With the
price of cotton hosiery and underwear
already 50 per cent, higher than It
was a year ago, the manufacturers of
the country have decided to add an
o'her 25 per cent. In order that, as
they say, they may "get some profit
out of the business."
Not only does the 50 per cent, in
crease apply to these two textile pro
ducts, but it will apply to cotton goods
of all sorts. A "gentlemen's agree
ment" to make these advances effec
tive. it is learned here, was put
through in New York, at a conference
be'ween representatives of the Na
t'linal Association of Hosiery and Un
derwear Manufacturers and the
Wholesale Drygoods Association.
A GIFT 0FJ2.1D0.000
Left by Alaskan Mine Owner for
Friendless Children.
Chicago, Jan. 24. —A $2,000,000
home for friendless children in Chica
go is- provided for in the will of Henry
Curtiss Elliott, a mine owner who was
killed by a snow slide in Alaska on
January 4. The will was filed for pro
bate to-day. No definite time for tho
erection of the home is fixed.
RESCUE 118 AT SEA.
Capt.iln, Wife and Crew Lashed to
Masts All Day.
l'dgartown, Mass., Jan. 25. —The
schooner Mertle B. Crowley, one of
the few slxinasters flying the Ameri
can flag, lies a total wreck on the
reefs miles off the southeast end of
Martha's Vineyard Island. Already
the Crowley has broken In two, and
great seas are fast smashing her stout
timbers to pieces. She was bound
fioai Baltimore for Boston with coal.
To the bravery of the skipper, Levi
Jackson, and his crew of four men,
of the Edgartown fishing smack Pris
(,llla Is due the rescue of the fifteen
jersons aboard —Captain Haskell,
Mr:-.. Haskell and thirteen members of
the Crowley's crew. Mrs. Haskell,
11V o the others, had been lashed for
ten hours to the rigging of the bat
tered schooner.
CONFESSES GIRL'S MURDER.
James K. Hall Admits He Killed Anna
Schumacher In Rochester.
Portsmouth, N. H„ Jan. 25. —James
K. Hall, a sailor now imprisoned on
ti e United States prisonship Southery,
confessed to the brutal murder of An
na Schumacher, a young girl of Roch
i 'er, N. Y. She was strangled to
f'eath last August In Holy Sepulchre
Cemetery, near that city, where Bhe
had gone to place flowers on her
hi other's grave.
Hall, who is of Swedish descent and
hails from Minnesota, did not spare
..'mself in his confession. The brutal
ity of his words matchod the brutality
Wl crime.
O!RLS LEAP TO DEftTH
IN SUDDEN FIRE PEG
Shirt Waist Factory Employes Perish
In Philadelphia Blaze —Fire
Escapes Useless.
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 25.—Five
persons—four girls and one man -
leaped to their death in a panic canst tl
by a lire in the four story factory
building at Nos. 208-210 Chancellor
street, near Second and Walnut
streets. Five others received injuries
from which they will probably die,
and many more were k.o serioualy
hurt. The property damage is esti
mated at $50,000.
The dead are Morris I'e.ssun. at-cd
twenty-six, fractured skull; Clara !
Swartz, aged eighteen, crushed by i
fall; Ida Greenberg, twenty, burned ;
and crushed; Rebecca Kaufman, nine- :
teen, fractured skull, and Elizabeth j
Chachkin, sixteen, burned and crusli
ed.
The probably fatally injured are
Rebecca Chachkin, aged fourteen, i
fractured skull, Internal injuries and
burns; Hynian Belokin, aged twenty
five, both legs and arms broken and |
probably internal injuries; Sarah j
Cohen, seriously burned and probably
Internally injured; Philip Poklos, arm
and both legs fractured; unidentified j
negro woman, overcome by smoke and
flames.
Nearly all of the dead and severely
injured were employed in the shirt
waist factory of Joseph Chachkin, I
which occupied part of the fourth
floor of the building. Chachkin him
self was injured. One of his daugh
ters Is dead and another dying.
The flames, which originated in tl.e
elevator shaft on the fourth floor, aie
supposed to have been caused by the
short circuiting of the electric motor
which ran the elevator.
The girls and men in Chachkin's
factory became panic stricken and
jumped wildly from the fourth story
windows. Men on the street spread
blankets and an awning to break their
falls, but in the dense smoke which
tilled the narrow street many fell to
the pavement before the improvised
tire nets could be extended for them.
The building was perfectly equip
ped with fire escapes, and nearly ev
ery window had a rope. These proved
useless, however, owing to the panic.
One man instead of lowering the rope
and sliding down it jumped from the
window with the loose end in his
hands. He died with a fractured sk ill.
Others had tlieir hands burned to he
bone by their rapid descent on t\ o
ropes.
A TREASURE TRUNK
Yonkers Man, Heir to Farm, Finos
$6,000 on Premises.
Reading. Pa., Jan. 21 William Sii■■ *-
fried, of Yonkers, N. Y., heir to tl.e
Radenbach estate, at Bernville, no';r
here, while examining the old farm
house discovered a chest containing
$6,000 in cash.
The greater part of the money was
in coin. There were boxes filled wit'i
quarters and halve--, and other boxe?
contained gold pieces ranging from $1
to S2O. Besides, there were pile* ot
S2O bills. It was never suspected that
there was money in the house, and it
is thought there may be more hidden
about the premises.
KISS GOULD ENGAGED
To Wed Anthony Drexel, Jr., of Ph'ls
delphia.
Now York. N. Y., Jan. 24.—Ai»-
uouncement of the engagement of
Marjorie Gould, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George J. Gould, to Anthony J.
Drexel, Jr., of Philadelphia, was m;i '<;
last night at a dance given in t e
home of Mr. and Mrs. Gould at No.
857 Fifth avenue. Miss Gould is the
first of the Gould children to beco .e
engaged. She made her debut in Jan
uary a year ago at a dance at tho
plaza. Young Drexel is the son o;
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel, of
Philadelphia. In recent years the
Drexels have spent much of their
time abroad.
SMALLPOX KILLS 1,000.
Record of One Chinese City for n
Week.
Araoy, China, Jan. 25. Native re
ports estimate that a thousand death?
from smallpox, principally among
children, have occurred at Chang-
Chow, one of the largest cities of
China, during the last week.
Joseph A. Graham Dead.
Salisbury, Md., Jan. 25. Joseph A.
Graham, a widely known editor an l
author, died at his home here to-day.
lie was at different times connected
with the Kansas City Times, the S*.
Louis Republic, the Philadelphia
North American and Public Ledger,
the St. Paul Dispatch and the Omaha
Bee.
12 Children In 9 Years.
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 25.—Two
girls and two boys arrived at tho
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wilson,
In this city, yesterday, making twelve
children born to them In nine yea s.
They were married twenty-five
years ago. Two sets of triplets and
one pair of twins have previous been
aorn to the couple.
Washington, Jan. 25. —Manoeuvre?
are not the only activities of the h-it
tleship fleet now at Guantanamo. A
regiment of seamen and a battalion
•if murines encamped ashore for a fort
night for small arm target practice
and drill and 4,000 men who cannot
jwim aro being instructed.
IVORY FROM SIBERIA I
Found Buried in Mud of Rivers and
In Great Northern Swamps.
Discussing the production of ivory,
Vladimir Fedoreff of St. Petersburg,
Russia, said Siberia furnishes a large
quantity of ivory to the markets of
the world but that the production of
it belongs to another age and to a
species of animal that does not now
: exist.
I The ivory is cut from the tusks of
: mastodons whoso skeletons are lound
! frozen in masses of ice or buried in
! the mud of Siberian rivers and
1 .swamps. The northern portion of the
, iiiiiutry abounds iu extensive bogs
| which are called urmaiis. in these
i arc found the tusks of the mastodon,
from which it is inferred these ani
| nuils lost their lives venturing upon
' a surface that would not bear their
j weight.
Even to wild animals urmans are
| foi bidden ground. The nimble step-
I ring, broad hoofed reindeer can some
j tin os cross them safely in the slim
j 1: or time, but most other large ani
| ir.als attempting to do so would
| quickly be engulfed, and this may be
j a partial explanation of the remains
\ of the mammoth and the rhinoceros
I which are so abundant and so widely
j •: ff'.tsed through these northern marsh
| I nils of Siberia.
I:i the museum at Tobolsk are
j run erous specimens of mammoth
v throughout that region they are
j ! . :io means rare. When an ice pack
! down a river bank or Hoods
trs up a frozen marsh or the sura
er thaw penetrates a little more
.'!>ly than usual Into the ground
eof these antediluvian monsters
; o likely to be exposed.
In many cases the remains are so
i and well preserved, with their
shaggy hair and underwool of
■ iMish brown, their tufted ears and
j ■! ;. curved tusks, that all the abort-
I , : ncs and even some of the Russian
ettiers persist in the belief that they
| .e specimens of animals which still
live, burrowing underground like
o'os and dying the instant they are
itted to the light.
A Billion Matches Per Day.
A careful estimate results in the
S lusion that the United States
! !. ~n:;ges to strike just about one btl
! I'.jn matches per day, in spite of the
! e'.ti'. tricity, gas, and cigar lighters in
j u.e. The actual number seems to be •
I 9..J 000,000. This would give every
! :."in, woman, and child in the country
| twelve of the little fire-sticks during
:! i twenty-four hours. These matches,
ii.-.ird in a single day, represent about ;
two car-loads of the best pine timber
and would weigh about 30,000 pounds.
Twenty tall trees must bo cut and
split to produce the huge pile of lit
tle splinters required each day, so that
iii the course of a year a considerable
aiea of forest would be consumed. It
one day's consumption of matches
conld be placed end to end they would |
extend for a distance of about 30,000 j
miles one and one-fourth times the
distance round the earth.
Many matches are now imported i
from Sweden, Norway, and Austria, |
in which countries the manufacture j
j cf the "safety" match is a great in
dustry. These countries export about j
■!O.OOO tons of safety matches per
y • r. A "safety" match is presumed
to strike only on the prepared surface
of the box, but as a matter of fact it
tail be struck on a pane of glass.
The Main Thing,
ll ii'.olph Spreckels, of S.in Francis
co. has sold his racehorses because of
his aversion to racetrack gambling.
"If gambling were but a mere inci
dental to racing I should not mind,"
said Mr. Spreckels at a San Francisco
dinner, "but gambling is essential to
racing. It dominates it. It dwarfs
|it like the case of the fountain pen.
"A girl, you know, gave her intend
ed a cheap fountain pen for Christmas.
Son e weeks later the young man said
to her:
" 'My dear, do you remember that
fountain pen you gave me?"
"'Yes,' said she.
" 'Well,' said the young man, 'do
j you mind making me a suit of over
alls togo with it?'
"In my parable," concluded Mr.
Spreckels, "the ion is racing and the
overalls are gambling."
"Plymouth Rock" Sheep.
George Parnell of Wingate, In;].,
, who scooped in all'the prizes in tho
I Cheviot class with his pretty white
j nosed sheep, wouldn't feel that he had
| been to a show unless he varied the
monotony by having fun at some oth
er person's expense. When asked by
inquisitive lady visitors from the city
: < garding the breed of his sheep
George replied with all seriousness
that they were Plymouth Rocks. "I
luive often heard of that kind of
sheep," said the visitor adjusting hor
no.-e glasses in order to get a closer
'■■■ poction, "but I never saw any be
fore."- Shepherds Criterion.
Vv'l.y She Lengthens Their Ropes.
Once upon a time a Girl who had a
G. "d .lob and a Big Salary, and no
ono Hut herself to Spend it On, Got
carried to a Tight Wad. She never
Hi plained to her Friends, being
>; cud and But It is Noticed
V>t. whenever She sees a Cow or a
; 'f tied in a Field with a Short Rope,
v :h The Grass eaten off as far as
."'r Mouths can Reach, she Sheds a
\iit Tear of Sympathy, and then
| rMiens their Ropes. Atchison
I "u'.e. _
Change of Evils.
P, nd Parent "Children are such a
sing in the home." ' You bet they
Why, since we're had two chil
li ".i my wife has scarcely any time
to play the piano."
l'" TIPPING HIS CUSTOMER.
I
Fruit Stand Man Got an Idea How to
Change a Big Bill.
The fruit stand keeper near the fer
ry slip had made a fairly large sale,
but when the-customer handed him a
five dollar bill his face became
gloomy.
"I can't change that," he said.
"Well, get it from the ticket ofllce,"
said the buyer; "and hurry, because
the boat will be going out in a min
ute."
The fruit seller took the bill and
went over to the ticket window. The
agent refused to change the bill and
said:
"I've refused you a hundred tln.es
before. I tell you I won't do it."
The stand keeper didn't want to
lose the sale and it looked as if lie
was going to. Then an idea struck
him.
"Here," he said to the buyer, "you
take the bill and buy your ticket with
it and I'll let you take it out of the
price of the fruit."
So the customer got his ride free.
The Lesser of Two Evils.
On the first Sunday of their visit
in Chicago the successful merchant
escorted his parents to a fashionable
church. Some of the hymns were fa
miliar, and in their rendition the vis
iting pair contributed heavily, with
the credit for volume in favor of the
father.
Although not always in correct
time, and sometimes in discord, yet
the joy of the good couple leaped forth
in joyous praise, and they did not see
the glowering looks of nearby wor
shippers or the flushed face of their
devoted son.
"Father," observed the merchant
that atternoon, while his mother was
taking her accustomed nap, "in aur
churches the congregation does very
little singing; it is left entirely to the
choir."
"I know, my boy," said the old gen
tleman, as he lovingly placed a hand
on his son's shoulder, "that it was
very embarrassing to you this morn
ing. but if I hadn't sung as loudly as
I did the people would have heard
your mother." —Youth's Companion.
CROSSING CONTINENT BY BOAT.
Canoe May Traverse South America
from Ocean to Ocean.
An official of the Geological Survey
at Washington, in describing the gold
fields of Western Colombia, has inci
dentally pointed out a route by which,
In the wet season, a man might go in
a canoe from the Atlantic to the Paci
fic across the northwestern part of
South America.
The proposed route follows the riv
er Atrato to the divide, which lies in
• series of swamps, and then, by way
of one or two smaller streams, reaches
the river San Juan, which empties
into the Pacific.
Eastern Highbinders.
An ordinance just passed in Java
falls heavily upon Chinese secret so
cieties in tiie Dutch Fast Indies. A
1 fine of 100 guilders' or three months'
! Imprisonment is the penalty for every
I Chinaman found In possession of se
cret society documents or emblems or
icaight wearing the distinguishing
marks of these organizations.
Those who preside over the meet
ings of such societies, allow meetings
j to be held in their houses or fail to
i Inform the authorities of such gather
ings being held incur similar penal
! ties. The latter also fall upon China
men who recruit for these societies,
supply them with money or gi\e them
help in any way.
Curious Indian Tribes.
The government of Fasten Honga)
and Assam Is publishing a seric of
manuals on the relatively unknown
peoples of eastern India and its bor
ders. Among those are the Miktrs,
j who live south of the Ilrahmaputra
IMver, and the Meitheis, who inhabit
j Manipur. The costume of the ?..ei
! thcis women Is picturesque. Those
| people are also Interesting for hav
j ing suggested to British officers the
j charms of the game of- polo. A curl
' ous custom among them is the selec
tion of a man who gives his name to
the year, and during twelve months
j bears all the sins of his people. His
| personal good or ill fortune Is sup
poped to influence the luck of the !
whole country.
Feminine :'rop«nsity.
! There is a prominent clergyman iii
Richmond. Va„ who has a happy way
of enjoying his own disadvantages*
Never a handsome man. Mr. C—
was severely battered in a railroad
wreck, in which he suffered the loss ,
of a foot.
Soon after marrying a beautiful !
woman the ill-used minister met an j
old friend on the street, who ban- j
j toringly asked: "C —, how in the i
world did such a pretty girl come to j
marry you?"
1 "Oh, ladies like remnants!" was :
the cheerful reply.—The Circle.
Exceptions.
I "You don't have to lie enthusiastic
to succeed in some things." said the
j boarding-house philosopher; "1 once j
i saw a man achieve a speed of a mile ;
a minute sliding down a mountain
side, without the slightest effort on ,
his part and without having had any !
ambition to do it."
|
Shooting Stars.
The popular term "shooting star"
covers a number of phenomena that
are very similar, like meteors, lire
balls and aerolites. Meteors r.'nd
aerolites actually strike the earth
very often. Luminous meteors or ac
tual shooting stars do not come near
er than fifty miles from the earth.
NEW YORKJIAHKETS.
Wholesale Prices of Farm Products
Quoted for the Week.
Mil K Per quart, 4'4c.
fH'TTFR —Western extra, 35@36c.;
State dairy, 26@29c.
CHEESE— State. Full cream, special,
17 V2 @lßc.
EGGS State. Fair to choice, 3-1®
■loc.; do, western firsts, 30@33c.
APPLES- —Table sorts, bbl., $2.25(g)
■4.50.
DRESSED POULTRY—Chickens, per
11)., 15@23c.; Cocks, per lb., 13V£c.;
Squabs, per dozen, $1.50@5.00.
HAY —Prime, per 100 lbs., $1.15.
STRAW—Long Rye, per 100 lbs., 80(g)
POTATOES State, per bbl., $1.50@
1.75.
ONIONS White, per crate, 25@50c.
FLOUR Winter patents, $5.50@6.00;
Spring patents, $5.50@6.85.
WHEAT—No. 2, red, $1.30; No. 1,
Northern Duluth, $1.22%.
CORN—No. 2, 72&74 c.
OATS Natural white, 53%@55V&c.;
Clipped white, 54@)58c.
BEEVES —City Dressed, B@llV£c.
CALVES—City Dressed, 10@16c.
SHEEP—Per 100 lbs., $1.25@5.75.
LAMBS—Per 100 lbs., $8.65(919.25.
IIOGS—Live, per 1100 lb., $9.05;
Country Dressed, per lb., 10 '/2 <2>
12 %c.
"HAIR LACE" NEARLY GONE.
Most Curious of All Fabrics Found
Only on Exhibition.
The most curious lace is called
point Lresse. It is very rare and was
made of human hair. French collec
tors say that it exists in the present
day only in their cabinets.
It was confined to the early part of
the sixteenth century. Margaret,
Countess of Lennox, the mother of the
wretched Darnley, sent from the tow
er, where she was imprisoned when
her son, Lord Charles Lennox, mar
ried the daughter of Bess of Ilard
wicke, a bit of this kind of lace to
Mary, Queen of Scots.
This is a very strong proof of her
belief in the queen's innocence of the
guilt that had been imputed to her.
The little square of point tresse was
worked by the old countess' own
hands from her own gray hair. It
was, in fact, hair mixed with fine flax.
A Suggestion.
A certain retired coal dealer of
Pittsburg is, in the good old phrase,
as tight as wax, but has a passion to
be considered a "spender" and good
liver, never neglecting an opportunity
to refer to his "wine cellar," etc. A
short while ago he snared a well
known clubman and had him at his
house for dinner. A bottle of sherry
was produced with considerable osten
tlon and the glasses filled. The host
held his to the light, then drank, and
smacked his lips.
"What do you think of that, hey?"
he suggested.
"Why— er—very good." the guest
commented, setting his glass upon tho
tabic. "But I say, old man,"he add
ed in a confidential tone, "I know a
place where you can get wine even
cheaper than this!"— Brooklyn Life.
What Cynics Are.
Cynics was tiie name applied to a
school of philosophers founded by An
tisthenes, a pupil of Socrates. The
main tenet of the extreme Cynics was
that civilization is a curse, and true
happiness can be obtained only by
gratifying the most primary physical
appetites which man lias in common
with brutes. The general attitude of
the Cynics, as distinguished from that
of the Stoics, who regarded every
thing in the external world with in
difference, was one of contempt. They
wore not an Important philosophical
school numerically, but attracted at
tention largely by their eccentricities
and insolence. On account of their
contempt for refinement their name
came subsequently to be applied to
any one who takes a mean view of hu
man life.
- BANDIT-SUICIDE IDENTIFIED.
Prosperous Realty Man Who Killed
Himself After Robbery.
New York, N. Y., .lan. 25. —The
search for Vincent Vander Weyde, a
prosperous young real estate broker,
thirty years old, who last Thursday
disappeared from the home of his
! widowed mother at No. 415 West One
Hundred and Fifteenth street, ended
in the Brooklyn morgue yesterday
morning when the robber who on that
same day murderously assaulted a
Brooklyn jeweler and took carbolic
acid when tho police got him was
identified as the missing man. Dr.
Charles E. Dennison, the family phy
i sician and for years a personal friend
| of Vander Weyde, made the identifica
! tion.
A sudden attack of Insanity 1b the
j only explanation the physician can
i give for the young man's deeds. He
| had a good income, no business trou
i bles, and his home life was happy.
Ezra Kendall Dead.
Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 25. —Ezra F.
| Kendall, one of the best known come
dians of the country, who has been
starring in"The Vinegar Buyer" for
' several years, died suddenly at a sani
tarium in Martinsville, Ind. Apoplexy
was the Immediate cause of his death
Bishop FOBS Paralyzed.
Philadelphia, Jan. -0. —Bishop Cy
rus D. Foss of the Methodist Kpis o
pal Church, who lias been honored I.j
every Protestant denomination, w
stricken with paralysis while lie was
riding in a trolley car, and is in a
critical condition in the Hahnemann
Hospital.
The distinguished churchman was
77 years old on Monday.
§SITURDAY§
I NIGHT TALKS §
8 By REV. F. E. DAVISON R
0 Rutland, VL x
LAWS OF THE KINGDOM.
Government ia
founded upon
Jj&: 'y* law. Every
- 1 earthly kingdom
pie by laying
down the principles of the new dis
pensation In a magna charta of faith,
and He does this at the very outset
of His mission in the Sermon on the
Mount. This marvellous discourse is
no mere sermon; it stands alone as
the grand charter of the kingdom of
heaven. It is not to be considered as
a mere series of lessons on different
subjects. It is the answer to such
questions as these: "What is this
kingdom, what advantage does it of
fer, and who are its subjects? What
is required of those that belong to it?
What are its laws and obligations?
llow may we become citizens of this
commonwealth of kings?"
These are questions that were ask
ed then, and have been propounded in
every age and nation since. Hence
the value of the Sermon on the
Mount. In these words of Christ are
found a clear, complete and systema
tic statement of the principles of
Christianity and the righteousness of
the kingdom that He had come to es
tablish. It was addressed to the dis
ciples, but was for the benefit of the
listening multitudes, to whom pos
sibly, it was, by them repeated. Mat
thew, records it in extenso, while the
other gospel writers quote it more or
less at length, in its application to
special cases.
Improvement on Moses.
Every soul of man bears testimony
to the marvelous scope of these words.
Its wonderful summary of moral and
spiritual truth is acknowledged to be
high above all the ethics of ancient
philosophy, and the world's purest
teaching. And it was also immeasur
ably In advance, even of the teach
ings of Moses and the prophets, and
all the old dispensation. While it, in
some sense embodied the Mosaic law,
It selected only what was permanent
In that original code, and enlarged
and improved it, so that it could
truthfully be called "these sayings of
mine." And it was made the su
preme and abiding standard of life
and obedience for all the disciples of
the king through all ages.
Old Law and New.
The ancient law was robed In terror
and sanctioned by tremendous curses,
almost the last word of the Old Testa
ment, was the word "curse." But the
new law of Jesus, begins with the
word "blessed" and repeats it in the
seven-fold chain of the beatitudes.
The old law of Moses was a law that
referred to conduct; the new law re
fers to character. The old law limited
Its grip to action. If a man did not
bow down to idols, did not break the
Sabbath, did not kill, did not blas
pheme, did not commit adultery, did
not steal, etc., the law had nothing
against him. But in the new law, as
laid down by Christ mental idolatry
was recognized, to covet was to steal,
to hate was to kill, to lust was to be
unclean, the thought of the heart and
the desires of the souls were to be
reckoned with in estimating a per
son's loyalty to the king. The man
who is all right within has no fear of
the law. If there was no law at all
against doing rong, he ould not do
wrong. He Is not all the time watch
ing for chances of evil. His heart is
right and hence his conduct.
God's law is a tree of many
branches, full of bloom and fruit. Man
had allowed it to be filled with parasi
tic growths, and these had dropped
poison. Men had piled up rubbish un
derneath It, so that the weary found
no place to rest among its
Birds of the night and bl~
had bullded their nest^' in oranches,
and all the fragrance of its flowers
and the usefulness of its fruitage had
been lost.
Chrl6t came, not to cut down the
tree which God had planted, nor to re
move one twig that belonged to the
tree, but to remove the excrescences,
to clear away the rubbish, to tear
down the nests of unclean birds, and
to put into the tree new life, new beau
ty, new fruit, and ampler expanse of
shade, and to cause the tree to spread
and grow till It filled the earth and
turned the deserts into a garden of
the Lord.
The secret of the new dispensation
Is found in one word — LOVE. By
love all the law is fulfilled. Love pro
duces righteousness which far ex
ceeds that of the Scribes and Phari
sees. Love sheathes the sword of
murder. Love stills the tongue of
abuse. Love stifles the first pulsa
tions of anger in the heart. Love
s«eks the offended'brother for recon
cllatlon before It asks to be recon
ciled to God. Love thus potent is by
the Lord emphasized, and all the
■sanctions of the law are quoted to
show men the majesty and dignity and
indlspensableneßß of the new law of
LOVE.