BIGOTRY IN THE CHURCHES.
SOME PLAIN TRUTHS.
Christiana
Cal'el to Account
christian Conduct.
for I7r-
Tt.xr: -'Then said thry onto him, Ray
tow iniummn, nna ne saw, mnnoiein, r
I- 1 1 1. I -.1. I I . 1 t 1 . k. .
b ronld not Ira me to pronounce It right
ti,.. th tnnb hi. .a Lio- . ih. r,.- I
Then they took him and slew him at tbs pas
sages or Jordan." Judges zll. , 6.
Do yon notice ths difference of pronuncia
tion between shibboleth and slbboleth? A
very small and unimportant difference, you
ay. And ynt that difference was tho differ
ence between life and death for a groat many
poop I p. The Lord's people, Ollend and
J'.phralm, pot Into a Rrnat fight, nnd Eph
raim was wonted, and on the retreat came
1o the fords of the river Jordan to cross. Or
der was given tbat all Epbralmltes coming
there be slnin. Bnt how could it bo found
out who were F.phralmltes? They were de
tected by their pronunciation. Shibboleth
wa a word that atood for rlvor.
The Ephraimltes bad a brogue of their
own, and when they tried to say "shlb
boMh" always left out the sound of tho
"b." When It was asked that they say shib
boleth, they said slbboleth and were stain,
'Then said they unto him. any now shib
boleth, and he snlil slbboleth, lor ho could
not frame to pronounce It right. Then they
took him and slew him at thepsssagee of
Jordan." A very small difference, you say,
between Ollend and F.pSrnlro, and yet how
much Intolerance about that small differ
ercef The Lord's tribe In our time by
which I mean the different denominations
of Christians sometimes tnagnlfly a very
small difference, and the only difference be
tween scores of denominations to-day Istho
difference between shibboleth and slbboleth.
The rtfufrih of God Is divided Into a great
number of denominations. Time would tall
me to tell ol the Calvinlsts, and the Armlnl
ana, and the Habbatnrlana, and the Baxterl
ana, nnd the Dunkors, and the Hhakers, and
the Quakers, and the Methodist, and thn
Baptists, and thn Episcopalians, and toe
Lutherans, and the C'ongregntionnllsts, and
the l'resbyterlsns, and the Hpirltuallats, and
score of other denominations of religion
lets, some of them founded by very good
men, some of them founded by very ego
tistic men, some of them founded by vory bad
men. But as I demand for mysslf liberty of
eonaclence 1 must give thnt same liberty to
very other man, remembering that bono
more differs from me than I differ from him.
I ad vocnte tho largest liberty In all religious
belief and form of worship. In art, In poll
tlca. In morals nnd In religion let there be
no gag law, no moving of tne previous ques
tion, no persecution, no Intolerance.
You know that the air and the water keep
pure by constant circulation, nnd I think
therein a tendency In religious discussion
to purification nnil moral health. Dot ween
the fourth and the sixteenth centuries the
church proposed to tnnke proplo think
aright by prohibiting discussion, nnd by
strong censorship of the press and rack nnd
gibbet and hot lead down the throat tried to
mako people orthodox, but it was discovered
that you ennnot change a man's belief by
twisting off his head nor make a man see
differently by putting an tnwl through his
eyes. There Is something In a mnn's con
science which will hurl off t be mountain
lint vou threw upon it. nnd, unsinged of the
fire, out of tho flnme will mako rod wings
on which the martyr will mount to glory.
In tbat time of which I speak, between tho
fourth and sixteenth centuries, people went
from the house of Ood Into the most ap
palling Iniquity, and right nlong by con
secrated altars there were tides of drunken
ness and licentiousness such as the world
never beard of, and the very sewers of per-,
dition broke loose and flooded the churoh.
After srr'.'e (ha printing ,nress wasred,
nd It broko the shackles of the huKoiu
urfnil. Then the.-e eame largo number ot
bad books, and where tbera was on man
hostile to the Chiiatlan religion there were
tweuty men ixady to advocate It, so I
nave not any nervousness In regard to this
battla going on between truth and error.
The truth will conquer just as certainly as
that Ood is stronger than the devil. Let
rror run if you only let truth run along with
It. Urgod on by skeptic's shout and tran
cendnntulUt's spur, let it run. Ood's angels
it wrath are In hot pursuit, nnd qulckertban
agio's beak clutches out a hawk's heart
ilod's vengeance will tear It to pieces.
. I propose to speak to you of sectarianism
its origin, its evils nnd Its cures. There
ro those who would mako us think that
this monster, with horns and hoofs, Is re
ligion. I shall chase it to its hiding place
snd drag It out of thn caverns of darkness
ind rip off its hido. Out I want to make n
listlnction between bigotry and the lawlul
fondness for peculiar religious boltels nnd
lornis ot worship. 1 buve uo admiration lor
nothingarian.
In a world of such tremendous vicissitude
tud temptation, and with u soul that mint
titer awhile stand boloro a throne of in
sufferable brightness, In a dny when the
-rocking of the mountains anil the flaming ot
tho heavens nnd tho upheaval of the seat
shall be among the least of the excitements,
to glvo account for every thought, word,
Action, preference nnd dislike, tbat man Is
mud who has no religious preference. Hut
our onrly education, our physical tempera
ment, our mental constitution, will very
s31uc.l1 decide our form of worship,
A style of psalmody that nmy pleaso me
may displease you, borne would like to have
a minister In gown and bunds and surpllco,
nnd others pruier to have u minister In plain
citizen's npparel. Home are most impressed
when a little child la presoutod nt tho altar
and spnnkieo ot the waters or a noiy bene,
diction "In the name ot the Father, and ot
tho Hon, and ot the Holy Ghost," nud others
are more Impressed when the penitent comes
up out of tho rlvor, his garments dripping
with the waters of a baptism which slgullles
the washing away of slu. Let either have
Lis own way. Oue man likes no noise in
prayer, not a word, not a whisper. Another
man, just aa good, prefers by gesticulation
and exclamation to express bis devotional
Aspiration. One Is Just as good as the other.
Every tuun lully persuaded lu his owu
mind."
U -orgo Whlteilold wns going over a
Quaker rather roughly for some of bis re
ligious sentiments, nnd the Quaker said:
''(jeorge, 1 am as thou art. I am for bring
ing all mell to the hope of the gospel, There
fore, If thou will not quarrel with ma about
my broad brim, I will uot quarrel with Hum
jihout thy black gowu, Uourtfe, give me thy
liuud."
v In tracing out the religion ot sectarianism
or bigotry 1 flud that a great deal of it oomue
from wroug education In the home circle.
, There are parents who do uot think It wroug
to caricature and jeer the peculiar tortus of
irellglou In the world, and denounce olhei
aecta and other denomination. It la very
oltwil thu ease that that kind ot oduoallou
acts just opposite to what was expected, aud
the uhlldreu grow up, aud after awhile go
land see for themselves, aud looking In tbos
;cliurehn and finding that the people are
good there, and they love Ood and keep Ills
commandments, by natural reaetlou they go
'and jolu those very oliuruhus. 1 could luou.
tlou the names ot prominent ministers ol the
gospel who spent lliulr Wtj lo llfu bombard-
lug other dcnoiiiinntlons.atnd who lived to
faea their chtlttreu preach the gospel In those
very neuomiiiiilloiis. Hut It ta oltau the ease
that bigotry starts In a household, and that
the tuhjotit ol It uever recovers. There ar
luitsof tliousuuils ot bigots tun years old.
i iniitK sectarianism and bigotry tulso
rise from too great prominentia ot auy ous
iiuuuiiuuuiinit iu a community. Alltlie utbet
dunoiulnailons are wrornr. aud Ills denoml
nation is rluht because LU dunomlnatiou is
tha most Witalthv. or tha most nnuulur. ot
the most Inllueuital, aud It is "our" church,
and 'our" religious organlEution, and 'our1'
uholr, and "our" mlulster. aud tha tuan
losses his head and wants othur dunomiuia
lions to know their plaoea.
l ll U rwtt deal laitar la any ooinmualt j
when tha (trat denominations of Chrfsflans
re about equal In power, marehlnt aids by
Ida (or th world's eonqumt. Men outsldo
prosperity, metro worldly power, h o evl
Osnesthat ths church Is aoeeptabls to God.
IMter bam wltb Christ In the manger
then a cathedral with magnlfiomit harmo
nlea rolling through the long drawn alsl
and an angel from hmircn In the fulplt t(
there bo no Christ In the cbnC8l,nd no
Christ In the robe.
Bigotry Is often ths chil l of Ignorance.
Ton seldom floJ a msn with Urte Intellect
who li a bleot. It Is the man who ttlnks ha
knows a (treat deal, but does not, Tbat man
. alm-a Mont
The whole ten-
,, - , "'," 2wa
nency of education and
olvllliiatlot is to
bring a man out of that klndof state of mind
and heart. There was In the for east great
obelisk, and one side ot tha obelisk was
wuite, anotnersma ortne ooeitsa was green,
another side ot tha obelisk wan blue, and
travelers went and looked at that obelisk,
but tbey did not walk around It. One man
looked nt on side, another at another side,
and they cam home each one looking at
only one side, and they happened to meet,
the story says, and they got into a rank
quarrel about tha color of that obelisk. One
man said It was white, another man Mid It
wu green, another man said It was blue.
and when they were in the very heat of tha
controversy a more intelligent traveler earns
sod sold : "Gentlemen, I have seen that
obelisk, and vou are all right, and you are
all wrong, why didn't you walk all around
the obelisk?"
Look out for tho man who only sees one
tide of a religious truth. Look out for tho
man who never walks around about these
great theories of Ood and oternlty and the
dead, lie will bo a blaot Inavliablv tho
ftTan wno omy sees one side. There Is no
man more to bo pit leil than he woo basin
his bead just one Idea no more, no leas.'
More light, less sectarianism. There Is noth
ing thnt will so soon kill bigotry as sunshlna
Ood's sunshine.
Ho I bnve set liefore you what I consider
lo be the cause of bigotry. I have set before
you the origin of this great evil. What are
soma of the baleful effects First of all, It
cripples Investigation. You are wrong and
I am right, and that settles It. No taste for
sxploration, no spirit of Investigation. From
the glorious realm of Ood's truth, over
which an archangel might fly from eternity
to eternity and not reach the limit, the man
shuts himself out and dies, a blind mole un
der a eornshock. It stops all Investigation.
Another great damage done by the sectar
ianism una bigotry ol the church Is tbat It
Alagusts people from the Christian relfslon.
i Now, my Irlends, tho church of Ood was
never Intended for a war barra-k. People
I ire afraid of a riot. You go down the street
I ind you see an excitement and missiles fly
! Ing through the air and you hear tho shock
of firearms. Uo you, tho peaceful and in
dustrious oittzen, go through that street
"Oh, no," you will s.iy t "I'll go around tho
block." Now, men come and look upon this
narrow path to heaven, nnd sometimes sea
the ecclesiastical brickbat flying every
rhltber, and V.ey sayj "Well, I guess I'll
take the brjnd road. There is so much
hnrpshootlng on the narrow road I guesa
I'll try the broad road!"
Francis I so hated the Lutherans that he
mid thnt if be thought there was one drop
5f Lutheran blood In bis veins he would
puncture thorn and let that dropout. Just
is long as there Is so much hostility between
I lenominatlon nnd denomination, or between
I tno professed Christian and another, or be
I iween one cnurcn and anotner, so long men
will bn disgusted with the Christian religion
ind say, "it that Is religion, I want none ot
Again, bigotry and sectarianism do great
damage In the fu't tbat they hinder tha
triumph of the gospel. Ob, bow much
wasted ammunition, how many men of
iplendld intellect have given their whole life
!o controversial disputes whet, If tbey had
given their life to something practical, they
might have been vastly useful 1 Hup pose,
while I SDeak. there were a common enemy
coming up tbs bay, and all tho forts around
tile bsrbor began to tire lnt' nch other, yoa
would wy Cflf ft "Satione-uiclet Why
don't those forts DlSSi Wf la one a i
and that against tha common enemy 'r And
vet I sometimes see In tha ohuroh of the
Lord Jesus Christ a Strang thing going on
church against cburcb, minister against
minister, denomination against denomina
tion, firing away into their own fort, or tbo
fort which ought to be on the same side, In
stead ot concentrating their energy and giv
ing one mighty and everlasting volley against
tha navies ot darkness riding ap through tbo
buy!
What did Intolerance accomplish against
the I'.aptlst Chur:h? It laughing scorn and
tirnde could have destroyed the church, it
would not have to-day a disciple left. Tha
Lnptlsts were burled out of Uoston in olden
times. Those who sympathized wltb them
were imprisoned, and when a p Jilt Ion was
offered asking leniency In their behalf all
the men whosignod it were indicted. Has
intolerance stopped the Baptist Church?
The last statistics in regard to it showed
23,000 churches nn 1 3,000,000 communicants.
Intolerance never put down anything.
In Euglnndatlnw was made against the
Jew. England thrust back the Jew and
thrust down the Jew nnd declared that no
Jew should hold official position. What
came of it? Were the Jews destroyed? Was
their religion overthrown? No! Who be
came prime minister of England? Who was
next ID the throne? Who was higher than
the throne because he was counselor an i
adviser? iilsraell, a Jew. What were we
celebrating In all our churches as well as
synagogues only a few years ago? The oue
hundredth birthday anniversary of Monte
flore, the great Jewish philanthropise. In
tolerance never yet put down anything.
Hut now, my Irieuds, bavlug shown you
tho origin ot bigotry or sectarianism, au 1
having shown you the damage it does, I
waiit brietly to show you how we are to war
ugaiust this terrible evil, and I think we
ought to began our war by realizing our own
weakness and our imperfection. It we
make so many mistake in the common af
fairs of life, is It uot possible tbat we m t .
make mistakes in regard to our religious
affaire? Hhall wo take a mau by the throat
or by the collar bevuuso he cannot see re
ligious truths just as wo do? In the light ot
eternity it will bo lound out, 1 thluk. thero
was something wrong in all our creeds aud
soiuethiug right in all oar creeds, but sluco
we may muke mistakes lu regard to things
of the world do uot let us be so tvotlstlo au i
so puffed up as to have un i lea that weenu
not make any mistake in regard to roligtou
theories. And then, I thluk, we will do a
... . . - -- 1 - -
great doiil to overthrow the sevtarlau from
our heart and the sectariauisiu irorn tne
world bv ohlelly eulurgtug lu those thlugs lu
which wd arec r.ithor tU.iu tboso la wnlca
we differ.
Perhaps I might forcefully Illustrate this
truth bv calling your attention to au tno
tleut which took place about tweuty years
ago. Due MouJay uioruiug at aooit i
o'clock, while her IM0 passeugers were sound
asleep in ber berths dreaming ot home, the
steamer Atlantlo crashed Into Mars Head.
Five hundred souls in teu iniuute landed la
eternity ! Oh, what s -ene! Agonised uiea
aud women ruuuing up aud dowu tbettaug
way audolutchtug lor the rlggiug, aud tho
plunge of the helpless steA'ter aud theclap
piug of the bauds ot the merciless sea over
the druwulug aud the Uoai threw two conti
nents luto terror.
Hut see the bruvs quartermaster pushing
out wltb the lifeline uutll he guts totbn rook,
and see these lUh-ruiou gathoriuj uo tho
shipwrecked aud takiug thum iulo the cab
lu aud wrapping them iu the Uiuuels suu
aud warm, aud see that luluUter oi the gos-
mii, with llirou other muu, gottiug luto u
lluuoat aud imshiug out for the wreok, imlU
lug away across tho surf nud pulling away
' uutll they saved ou tuoro mau, aud thoa
geinug iaoa wun uiui 10 tue snore, inu
those men ever lorg.g that ulght, aud cau
they aver forgot thulr oompiiUloushlp lu
Iierll, oouipaulonshlp lu struggle, ooiupan
onshlu lu awlul oalastropha aud rescue
Never Never I In whatever part ot tbs earth,
they moot they will bo friends when tbey
Caution the story ot that ulght when tho At
utiu struuk Mars HsaX Well, aiy Irieuds,
our world bus guat luto wscs Alpwsc-
sin drove It on tha rocks. Tho old thin has
lurched and tossed in tha tempest ot 600(1
rears. Out with tho lifeline I I do not care
what denomination oarrlea It. Out with the
lifeboat I I do not rare what denomination
rows it. Ride bv able. In the memory of
tommon hardships, and common trials, and
tomtnon prayers, and eoicmon tears, let us
bo brothers forever, ws most oe.
And I expect to see tho day when an ne.
dominations ot Christians shall Join hands
tround the cross ol Christ ami recite tho
treed t "I believe in Ood, the father Al
mighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and
leaus Christ, and in the communion ot
Mints, and in life everlasting. Amen !"
NEWSY 0LEANIN03.
CLironu has fomalo trtmpt.
Tnr bicycle rage has spri I to la lit.
Cnicsoo's present area Is 1J square miles.
Oar.sr Dbitsi has eighty profU-sharloi
Arms.
Csa-riac Is 2':i cents la Cheult, Ger
many.
Fichu and Ecuador are "spoiling for a
fight."
Prnu. Irelonl. has neither cable not
electrlo oars.
Aximits securities show a substantial
g.iin In London.
ATt.TA. Oit., Is going to have a new
eight-story hotel.
Tun Populists failed to carry a sln?lo
county in Arkansas.
Nsw Yobk Citt Is overrun with, buyers,
mostly from the rtouth.
Thx nw Criminal Court lint'?, New York
City, was formally opened.
Tilt Mld-wlnter Fair surplus Itetpwtll
t amount to about li tl.OK).
Gicbm A-!lr;M!t colonics In Kansai aro
roturnlug to their old homes.
CoxTixrcD Improvement In buslnost Is
shown by the trade reviews.
Tnr Peary relief eitp litlon hat beon r
ported "as well" at Oolhavn.
Tns Salvation Army It planning a cam
paign In the 11 twailan Islands.
Tut long drought It enming great lost to
farmers and dairymen In New York.
Tits fa ls this year among the rich people
of the East are blcvcles an 1 catooatt.
It Is now estimated that ChleaTo't drain
age canal system will cost ti5, 001,0'),).
Tnr. financial conlitlon of T-xvt mer
chants Is said to be b -ttnr than for years.
Caixc In Japan an 1 Japanese In China
are under the protection of A-n?rlcaa con
suls. 8t!rlast May at least 11,010 French-Canadians
living lu the Unite! Hiatos hav-t re
turned to yuoliec.
BMoxr. from forest fires beiame sa d-ni
In lloston, Masi., that art.:l:ial Unt w.n
necessary at uoon.
Anvirrs from China Indicate that th" war
tarty Is now In poW'ir nn 1 a vIidu? p lii'-y
i to be pursued.
F.Nousit wheat crops are looking very
bad In consequence of atmoit contlnujn
rain for three weeks.
The English apple crop Is reported to ho
very snort. Last year's was tu-i Usavit
known In twenty years.
riTTsnc so cotton tie manufacturers fin 1
they can compote with forjl,"i manufac
turers without protection.
Tat first ocean cable evr laid In N-rr
York Bay hat Just been put down by th'S
Commercial Cable Co-np tny.
Tbx California drle 1 apricot crop this yar
will reach the enormous total of li.000 ton,
or noarly double that ot any previous sea
son. Fssarso pleuro-pneumonl.t tho Belgian
Government has ordered quarantine of all
American cattle for forty-rive days after ar
rival. , Miss Eliiibiti H. W. Loan, who died in
squaior ,n lirooiuva, liw! eiJ.WO hi fcifii 4?
Koutn Berwick, Me., which sho left to Mrs.
T. UeWitt Taltnage.
Tax National Treasury hat been lifted ont
ot the financial rut. The Treasury receipts
for August foot up more than ten tutiiion
dollars in excess of expenditures.
Thc establishment ot a permanent bureau
for the exhibition of the resources of the
Southern States w.is decide. I on by the de
velopment convention at Wasalngton.
Ir Is estimate I that on an avjra,-e 4)00
bushels a day, conrainlu Vr oysters to the
bushel, or in all 10,000,00 ) a day, are re
ceive 1 In New Yorn C.ty aloae during tie
season.
As unfailing sUn of tho revival of busl
ness is the increas -l demand fr money at
the hanks an I its In -Meat higher r itss for
101ns. iuisu tne dustiness coulitua re
ported. Tb P.ev. Vr. Hurts-ll arrive 1 &t S i Y rii
City from Koine, anisii'i that 1111 Aposto!! :
leiegntlon would Lo e.-t.iMI-the.l t y us
upon all questions a!f:liu ttu Uo'iiau
c'uureh in ta:s country.
Hr the burning of !h-j h "iie of . Irene
Taylor, at South A.-toa. Mm.. t,v. ,.r.,
destroyed priceless beir.ooms .1 j 1 historical
article ot colonial times invu led for tae
Massachusetts llittorlc.il Soci .rv
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Crvvs Vic;o
:t v "ivs over f I WO a ye.it in
doctor's fees.
Si:Nrou Ck vrLUl
aa 1 Kill ar wir u
p-rsoa al fricu Is. j
Tiio.mvs I'.itt.ET ALmt:o:i g-ts Si' for .1 .
ro vii of tw i verse. I
Tiiivo 11.. the Miorl Kini, U del I. Hi
dc.ith was due to lutl ien n. I
lr is es;iei til th-it the K'nperor .' Ci ;r
ai my travels a'out It. 000 mi!e a ve.ir. !
lUim IiJ'm.b will heautifv Iloxifv. N".
(T.. the birthpl.i ot hec father, by hull luu
lake. I
I'.'foLls 'I'll. the vo-im artist who is
r.a.nig s ne m: .1 r-put itioa asas 'u ptor,
s a de.tf mute
The llvin-i w ir tlnverno's are Hpragu ', of ;
Uho e llaa I . t'urdu, o! I'lumylvauia, au 1
UglMshy, o! Illinois.
Coi vt t'.vi'Uivi's organ, the It uehhote. Is
. , 1 K 1 1 1 lilt, 1 II 1L ' 1 II ... ' : 1 1 ' 1
BOlw,.u f.;tu ,, ;IU lionuanv.
. I. . I. . .... . l ... ..f K..u- 1 nt I. it, 4
CiKSKUvu IUbiiisoi has hal his hair and
arhis'i-rs so oloidv ero(.pd that Uls lult
aiate Irieu Is scarcely rwoiiiz hliu.
. It was the boast of the late John Arklns,
l tho Kix-ky Mountain News, that he went
hroug'i the wr w.thout rislui aov tho
rna't of corporal.
A msraron" annmiu's thn death at Kildy
urt. lfwlau I. of l.ieuteii i:it Hum. ovuer of
hs cutter tiilatn.1. whl.;a co upetol for tho
Vuierio i's eu; in lss !.
It Is sai l that the D1I0 Southern ltilhvav
nas the vouu tcsr railwav saoeriuteii lent in
ho wor.L His na'ne Is ll unr i'. Un; au l
be is tweuty-throe y.,rs of age,
A wn corr.stooa lent, lu tho person of
luhau Italph. has gone out Ja;uu to
gather iuoldeuts of the Oriental oo.uoutloai
,'or the beuollt of Uarpur'a Weekly.
Tuk dlplo na eouferrinr the fre t lorn of
the u liversity town of Jeu oa Priu ie bis
mirolt is the thirty-:lrst ilo.nrui.it of lb'
kiu I ro.i live I by thi ex-) lau mi lor.
Havu-klJ. KtuKviiy. lowi's w ir Uoveruor,
lludufowdiysao itt Iowa City. H'lhal
been failing gradually for son tltn. lie
was boru leo mi'mr 'i Hi t. II was l'rojl
dout Uur.lold's Se.ireury ol t: latorior.
aiu( nieu uua.
Tbe adjustiuuut ol tuo wifgo soaio betwooa
window gloss uiuuufuoturors and workora, by
tbe luou aooopllng u teduotiou ot 4i per
cent tueeu tho approval of tho workers and
the uiaautaoluriuit oouooru. Tho iaiou art
tiiaukfui that U wa uo iuot
SABBATH SCHOOL
INTK.KVATIOXAi, LKKSO
Mil T KM I II'". I J 10.
roil
Lesson Tent r".!rus at .laooh's Well,"
John lr.t D-Utt-r.olden Test.
John I v., 14 Com
mentary, .Tesn. bavin? le't Ju Va fe go Into
C.alilee, tn passing throe, tU H amarla tots to
rest nt Jacob's well. If the sixth hour of
vert" H Is the name as the sixth hour of chap
ter xijr.. H. It wasfl o'clock In the morning
when Ji-siis, resting on the well, meets the
womsn of Hamarln, who had com" out to
draw water nn I asks hrr to give film to
drink. This verse ts the woman first re
sponse to Ills request.
10. His reply is thnt If she knew who nske.1
her, even the irlff of do I, she would have
asked Ifim for living w iter. If she had ever
rad the Scriptures nn I memorised Jer. It..
II. she might n have thought of the wor Is
of the Lord. "Thev have forsaken Me, tho
fountain of living waters."
11. At In the case of Nlco lemns, M Is
talking with a natural person who cannot
understand spiritual tblmr. She can only
think of this dei-p well and this water by
which they how are. Ilut she who wondered
that n Jew should ask anything of her Is now
asklnir sotiethlng of Ifim for already lie hat
Interested her In n water she knowt not of.
12. She knew so'Tiethlng of Jacoh and the
story of this well and begins to spenk of
what she knows. She calls him "our father
Jacob" nnd acknowledge him as a great
man, the giver of this well from which he
nnd his had drunk, but the dea not know
the flod of Jacob.
M. Jesus does not fake np the qtif ion of
the romr arali vo greatness of Himself nn I
Jacob, but keeps to His subject and the
woman's real nee I, whli h is living wstr.
The womsn knew thnt while this was a rw
well and good water she had to come aattl
and again, because of her and others' need,
but perhaps she had sometimes thouh of
and felt adoeper tliireC thanthat of the body.
14. Here Is surely something strsmre a
water that will k"ep one fro-n ever thirsting,
because it will hen well in them, ever spring
ing up, and twicn In a single acnten -e He
speaks of It as "the wat-r which Its will
give." He ha I naked her for water, but He
hns water to give which she knows not of.
Paul tells us that the rock from which Israel
drank In tho wilderness wis Christ ("I Cor.
x., 4), r.n 1 the same soirit says that If Israel
had only har'ene, to (10 I If - would have
satisfied then with honey from the rook ( Ts.
Ixixi.. 11,
15. She is not interest-vj enough to ask
Illra lor this water, but onlv In or Ich tr
I save her making journeys to this wsll for
herdallv need, sue thinks of nothing yet
I beyon I th" natural water for the n..,., ,,f the
tiody, for she . still earn il, and the n itural
I man is wholly ovupi'M with. "H w shall I
1 ot tain somewhat to ear an 1 drink an I
I wear.'" Jesus sal I elvwh'ro how to make
' sure of thse w.tho'.t auv anxious care
i (Math, vl., :il 51,'.
j l'i. In order t make her see her need of
tho living w iter which He longs to un e her,
j He will no show her herself, an 1 therefore
; this reqii st. Thi re Is no sen lin for the
physician till we know that we are tie
there is no sense of a need of righteousness
i belter than our oivn till we see that our dh
I is filthy rags. l'herefore the Spirit's lint
1 work Is to eenvlnc'i of sin ( John xvi., s, ;).
l. Hr conscience is arouse I she has
her attention called to her mnnner of life.
What we nre is manifested lu what we do.
Yet she would hide from Hitn If she could,
for It Is the gar teu of Eden story o'er and
o'er again. The guilty are .afraid an I seek
to bide from tied, liy her answer, which
was true, she would cover up If she could
the real truth, ilut covering slu will not
prosper. It is only by confession irn 1 for
saking tbat we obtain, inerey (.Trow xxviii.,
13).
1". The eyes of lira now search het
tEroogh and I"V '"t all things are
naked and op ;t'',h eyes of Him with
whom wohav ' H b. Iv.. I I ; r.uv. 11.,
11, 23). Themes uXiTiuhJ hid which shall
not be manifested 1 Mark iv., sunt
your sin will tlud you out (Num. J '..23',
0 Lord, Thou bast searched me au. iowri
me nnd art acquainted with all my ways
(Vs. CXXXIX., Hi.
l'i. 11 iving sen herself in all her sinful
ness, she now looks upon Hun with a nev
light, for the light fro n linn h i 1 s'loue up
on her. Like Isaiah, s:ie has s-eii li-r uu-cleauni-ss,
liecausoslm has looted upon tin
King itu. vi., V. J )h hal hear I ( linn.
1 ut when he looked upon Hon tlieu he .10
horred himself 1 John xui., o. i .
'20, Yet she would evade tiie miin Issue hy
a jjesttja of piace. lik those wu" w'wu
shown t'.ieir siu.u.n s -.v .Mild t iru it . tT !iy
say.ng, I do not beion f yi-ir -niir'n. ir,
Waicb ciiur-ii do y 'uttimk is the rik'tit one.'
or iy a .utrov'.-riy ,u !. what various peo
ple tielleve.
'.!l. lie di.scar Is a'.l pestcm or : an I
holds her face to ! 1 ' sr'.ta "'.)l. it Is not
aq'icst'ou l what tin fathers did or taught
or believed. bit only a 'pititoo, of
what the t it h-r c ' li nan N. lucre are
creeds ui.iuy oii 1 '.unreins many, so
called, but only one iol, fie t'.uu.r ol
all, who is aljovu all au 1 tur ju jtj ,ul au I iu
i.1 1 Lih . iv. . ii '.
22. 1'hi.s miyuig, "Salvat 10:1 is of the
Jews," aiou ( vvitn, " .,: niou is it the Lor I"
(Joueh II., J , iU 'i lles tile whole story of
whom t j worihip, !or tie I has .-noseii inr iul
as the peopie sw are to Mil the unfit wit 11
fruit, un 1 J Tusal"iu as His llinuc, au 1
J jsuj Jt tllii UlUu Jl J X lull to sit uu tuot
thrum 'Isi T.-li., 0 , f ir. ill., 17 : Luko .,
32. I I ; lleh. Vll.. II .
i'l. 1 led. the V ither. has revealed Ifnnseif
lnC.iri.st. tor Ood w is in Christ 1 II C )r. v.,
I ' , an 1 Jons said. ' H 1 that hatll seen Me
ha'li s-oii tin V ithcr " 1 John xiv., 'l'. It is
tiof the fathers ' are to wu'ship, nor saints
nor 111 -N, hut only the Father, revealed 111
t.'hrisr. He is the w iy .111 I has sanl, N
man c,i u,,iii unto tin father but by Me."
li. No outward forui worship can !o
acc.-ptaole to Col. It mu-t ho froai the
heart iu tin power of the Spirit. liven tin
sacrillc -M courii lu led in tunliiw becnimi vam
obligations whim tiny bccainii a mere form
(Nn. I., llll1. A. 'vorship t Ilut is 'uughl by
the precept ot muu oris merely a 111) wor
ship, while the heart goeth a'ter coveteoiis
ies. ia abomination to Ood Lsu. xvx. , IJ,
II : li'ek. xxxiii., H. ').'.
'2o, Once more sin trios to ova bi the Insuo
by s.iyiu0, "Wueu Christ loiuos, lie will tell
us."
2u liy this word of Christ tin controversy
is ended. There staii Is boioro tins wouiuu
the "1 Am" ot the law and tho prophets, and
the one quesdou now is, Will sin accept II 1111
or reject linn.' title accepted Htm as tin
C'lirmt (.verse JO) itiid through her testimony
many mote believed iu Hun is the Christ, tho
Saviour of the world versus J'J-tl). -L jssou
Uolpor.
First Kim in Two Mouths.
Tho roiimrkahlo drought throughout th
Wont, which ho.s liutlud for 111010 than two
uoiitlis, was olbK-iituliy brokeu Thursday
night whou a furious ruin was o.piriouc-J.
iho rum urit iiicluded allot lowii.tho norih
ru part ol llliuoi.-, meet of Mh-higaii uud aLI
l Witinou.-ilu, o.voopl llio uortUsntoteru pot
liou. M..'. Nwol.l' SlIij jjor.
Tho ovx-'ulivo uud lluaiK-o eouiuiltteo of
tho Lakg Shore aud iiieUig.tu Southern rail
road ou Mouday oloelud. l. W. Caldwell,
gouerai uiituaur of ihoio.ii. Mr. l uldeell
u preaiduut ol tho NK-kol i'la'.e ro t 1, aui hud
pruiiouaiy served tho feunsylvauiis ioiupsuy
a.s geuotitl u.aiiAior wi the Uum sI ot i itu
buig. In 'rauo tha forag-s crops, artlfljlal and
natural uieaiows, promise so weil that no lui
oottatiotu ot luy will b aosry talsyoar.
KEYSTONE STATE CDLLINGS
THE STATE FAIR.
Cloudburst at Bethlehem-Dolegatos to
the Farmers' Congress.
?OTnr.a roxtt strikf.
In ths south end ot the field the men came
out Tuesday again and Benny nil the plant
south of t'nlnntown are idle once more. The
strike was s stunning surprise to most of the
operators and to the people generally. " fat
as can be learned tbe strike Is not authorized
by tbe district authorities, l.arly 1 u.-sdnv
morning the men legnn to gather at
the Iirownfb-ld works. Several brass
bands tiipenred and there was some
firing of dynamite bomlM lu certain quarters
where that sort of missionary work was suj-
posed to 1)0 needed, and I lien the proees,,n
of strikers moved. Marching from plant to
plant the strikers called out the men at work
until nearly every oven in the southern t-tt l
Of tbe region was deserted.
-
no:oAT brt.r.oAtrs.
The governor has appointed honorary dele.
gates lo thn nntlonnl farmer s roii;rres, to
meet at l'arkcrburtf. V. a. oetolr X
Among them are tin following: M. S. Illy- ,
holder, Leeehbllrg; K. t4. Ve(aild, llenvef. j
H. K. Mehl, Bedford; frank tll.ieg ow. Ilell- I
woods W. H. Illddle. Itutler; John .1. i'homa. !
arrolllon: Leonard Ithotn, t enter Hall. ;
Frank Msntor, Kxpitlon: i. I('ixid. '
InlontowB: Major II. 1'. Herrlnfon. WsD-s- !
burg; (reorge o. Ilotchenson, Warriors Mark' ',
J. Met r. .-n. Krostsbur aud llnry 1".
James, I rank llu. I
a MxwiAsrt.r. r-or.r irn. j
James Ii. Marsh, famous as the New Castle 1
poet, died Sunday night at the age of SO I
years. Many of his quaint poems have t,e.n
copied in the leading papers of the t nlte.l j
fstatee, was a schoolmate of the la'e
Hon. John II. f o(T, the great lecturer, and his
first wife, who died tunny yars ago sv 1
maid In the employ of Ooieen Victoria. He!
was married six times and was nearlv blind
luring the last twenty years of hLs life.
. s -
Tbe heaviest storm In 1 yars hurt on
Bethlehem (Saturday evening. For three
quarters of an hour rain fell In torrents light. .
aingflasbed and thunder roared wlva darknes
.iverspreod evirythlng Hail fell in great
auantittes and did much damage. Fountain ,
Valley eree, in the western part of tin town. :
overflowe,! and water four fcjt deep enb'red. I
the hotels, stores and residences, doing tnou- j
Mnds of dollars damage. Along .se-ond !
rwt water was ever six feet deep. Hundreds
of families were flooded out. 1
Not since the I'mherger mur I -r In isss .an 1
the moonshine whisky troubles in ls.'Ki-lS'.M .
has nny crime occaslone.! so mueu eg.t,.
ment as themurder of H r-nit .lo-eph V ism-v ,
in the mountains near Weavers M.i;, -even
miles southeast of l.igonier 11 I'liurelay last
by Mrs. Iilubach. The sentiment of tin com
munity is that it wa.s justifiable.
Mine Daisy Major, a brunette-. -itVen T"ars
ld. who h. is been 'Stmu.tr"ss at Wiaipum .
fourteen months, is charge,! it!i having
itolen s i.TiW from registered letters and from
.he postottlee. Sin bought jeweiry and Mne
'lothlng with the money. Il-r fatlUT is 1
nerchant and will make good the loss.
Michael H )llobougti, one of the strikers 011
itreet work at KittHiining. ;iesaultei li.irrv
Fon yt be, a boss. l'inday aiteruooti. heai
aim severely and eneweil off his ear. lie
was arrested and bound over for ''our'.
Phillip Fink, a well known Republican pel
It I cl an of Altoomi. 40 years of ag. Is lying at
his home in 11 dying condition, suffering from
lockjaw, tilepping ou a rusty null is tin
taiute.
A cn.arver was utsueu ny me ssuie oenart-
ment to Perfeetlon mauufa-turlng eompauy
3f Allegheny, capital 1.000. The concern
will manufacture show i'aa ami auKlvintr.
Two negroes held up Dut,w Hhlpler O. nr
Ituffodale, WestmonOaiid bounty, aua re
lieved hunof hut watch and -e Tiien they
anoeked him down and beat , ,? infusible.
1
Word from the Pine i..k lumber region '
ays thni thousands of .b,,lrs worth of umber
(;vis been deMroy.!. I'uminingH and li-ll- 1
nail I:;'!, ?4.'MI rfh of h.irK burned.
In a Lehi lailev raiiretd
WilHiharre, l-raui 1 iiT-naii.
Tree near
1 pa. "iu-"r
f Wlikeeoarre was Killed. 111 1 Mil'
1 llremau lnit!y inir'"l.
y Ilea le.
rrohlliltioai.st.s 1.0111 strong paraded
.tp-ets of Wilk' -oarrc. I.al'-r Miev .v-re
Ir-eised by National 1 'h.uruiaii I'lcun
. harles lie vicv.
i'i
ui'l Matt Savage, ...,t ,r . tin 1 ".arle.d futiii
-Hint, wils nun, ii". 1 ;,,r -.n.ii' in vie
I'hlrty-four Ii li.-trict n r.r-ii.' xifiri.av
lioruiilg oil the "Itpi.'l lial' 1.
Peter Ifcnuinger. 1 -nsttc..' tn 1 11
Vcrtmn town-nip. 1 nni.11 I "nuuy. a-.-rs
found di'll I 111 D"'l It limit" l"at 'i l l' i.e.
lieurtdl.sca.se .li,"l iii.n
lieorge I'. Worn, 'lie 'll !' : I ill 1 .1 lailK'T
ind lliiancicr, wno -va- sent to vie K.u-i"ni
I'eiiiteutiary lor aiippipri.iting i.uuii -'.rt
. tn s bus bn u release. J.
The stores of i:. II. l-'V'tiuig it -cut l ie
I.. E. IJyi-r. of N'-w Iv using 11. A' -t n r"
.nud itouiity, S"r" .'iiiM-,1 hj vn -:i-r:I 11
exwutioiis.
Thomas I'lerncv escaped .roin the -h.ir 11
jail, 11 '.vu" uif"-t", 111 II iiioari, .. ',U"ii
hack to .Stl trii and scut totuo a r.'io-' i r
.vilo-bcatiug.
1 James Oii-io'v. in "id 'nil" I'U'mI ;- v-
papT man. del Ih.ii'siliy 11 II irr'-i',; !!
Miiaitualli j! Ii"i.ini. aid lieu'. 7, yars
of age.
Tin kcitic i
luring tin "ii
i 0 tine Joi;s.
ii.
Ml
r
.ain fin
I '11"
nt
nf.i.n.- ''
i.s -I
digging
l-'llll :Y
:i- d-
-ju.ooo.
Jimopli Neil, -t sum m.t
tr-Ui.-ll i'lj'silav vis ri.n.
. '.Vll
d to
'.avi-in. 11 ib hr-Huer. Joita. wns ser
jurod.
s.y i:i-
Fifty Italians eiiipi-iv-d
a th
e -..vi-rilgi
works by llarnmei Jt j. 'in.
.Vrnistroiig -.-omily. -tr'i-'.
viork o.'a.el.
at
Ki't. inning,
i .i.l street
a
lturglars rol.lh'd
Vlittiioburg, W.-si:in
Iiiioks and uol'-s
.J.icb Small's
r-l tu-i ci.iunty
aggri'gatmc
house
at
f tii-uiey,
lu 111 u-f
Tbo fi.irtieth anu i ll state fair do,,.,! al
Meudvilio ou Naturday. It was a gn-at cvhi
bitiou, but poorly attcud -l, aud a tluiiucial
lailure.
jin the Allegheny county jail mi i ridaV
uioruiug :Jt rLs.mers were removed to ths
workhouee und live lo tho pcuitcutiary.
At New Wilunugton. Lawrence eminty.
Lut llartuiau's h.r- rau off. He was throwi'
a4 vt the I'Uggy itnd fatully injured.
Dill I'tKNTlKVsX lt Ills Wife's
French muld Now, I.Uette, don't
you lircuthe attyttiltii: to anybody that
1 Kave you these cur-ring Llsetto
Never-four; I am discreet. It Is
now over three mouths ao that your
son fc'iive me a pair of bracelets, but
I never said a word at out them to
any body. Urow u I nkf' Week Iy.
"IK you tiellevo le second sight?"
asked liumley of Jack Tott, and tho
other answered grimly: "I aw a man
with four aces tho other nltfht, and I
hall not try a second sight for omo
ttm3.VIoiton CommorclaL "-i
Hon us or uidox.
The coward" strikes with a sneef.
Many rcformi rs fear tbe bsthtuh.
Coiimon sense is most uncommon.
Lyme; is not alwavs an acquired
lialu't.
('tipiit isn't n dealer in ncronil haml
gOOil.S
No man ever yet wrote too short
aentenco.
It iloosn't take a snake Ion; to grow
fresli teeth.
There arc an many new things nniler
tilt? sun as over it.
Ignorance is always frying; ta tell
nioro than it knows.
It's a ilirty principlo that won't
htand a poo l washing.
It is a waste of lireath to whisper
kind wor la in ilea l ears.
Ilenth is a ejreat pjualier. Ever
man ri let nt his own funeral.
All have hear 1 nf the .leath knoll of
hops), Imt never hear I it rio.
It does not rust half st much to
clean a street as to keep it dirty.
Woman will take, alvantagt of aa
opportunity; a man will take tho op
portunity. Nn woman ever lost her heart, to
find it again in a-s oo l repair as when
she lost it.
The lover who will lie to his sweet
heart cannot n depended upon ti
make a truthful httsliand.
A young" man thinks he knows it all
aliuiit the tune ho reaches twenty;
after that he lie-ins to Aud that hia
memory is failing; him.
There nro not as many old maiila
who want to lie wives as there are
wives wlin want to lw old maids, ls
rnii.se. there are more wives than oLl
ma;. la in tho w rid.
A ILihliit Miner.
The famiins silver muiits of Potosi
in Smith America were dtsooverod by
an Indian who wan in pursuit of an
antelope. Ho was elimlnn tho steep
slope of a lull, and seiod it Imsli t
help himaolf up. Tho plant gave way
and he started to full ImeU vnr I, lint
liy a desperate eiTort saved himself,
and failing fofvar I eut lu uose)
ftcjnuiHt a pr ijeettn lodije of stone.
,St.o)ptno; to staunch the llow of
blood, lie ehiineud to look nt the stono
whieh hud ilouo the duimige, wluiu, to
his iiHtonialiment, he ler.'uivod it wiw
ulnio t pure silver.
Thm story nut- be npochrrjihul, lint
a fnle whieh from Mcmou ia tolerably
well iintlieiitieate I. Aeeordnig to tlua
narrative, one of thn richest minus m
that land of tumoral veiitli was found
by a rabbit. An lu.liua '-vus hunting
rabbits, and his dog; chnsed one to
hiiie in a hillmde. The Iiidiun hiim
tuted for ii mnmtint ivliethur to dig ont
the rabbit ho hud soon eutor or 40 in
pursuit of another. Doturmminif lln
allv that one rabbit 111 a hole wa
worth more than half it
t A
, k.ii: i., 1,., -,,
) HiiUnlti. ho
1
dozen spadefuls of earth lie j. for
gotten all about the rabbit, for he
made the thrilling discovery that he
wae hail'llni',' almost solid silver. The
man dropped and run to his employer
with the liiteiliLfonee, tho bitter re
turning '.VI th linn to the .spot to noa
f.r himsi'if in I verify the discovery.
Tile rulibit escaped, it leant it la sup
posed it, for it .'titers no more into
the story, but ita memory ih pre
served tn tin- name of the nunc, which
beitm translated mt 1 Ea;iiHii siuilloa
til- "Uan'nit. s Poll. "
It -V'Hii.l !n" been vil for the Tn
inia if hi- !i.rl escape 1 'Viinii tho ra'j
ijit lid, for, iccord.ng f) tin o -.
the poor ici.'i'v w i in ir lor" 1 '..0
pu.l;ur l, 'Vlio li-s.r 'd t 1 keep -c
cr-t f the iniiic, i;t I a-.t ai'rn ' 1 '-
tile Illdlllll lUlUt ri-V.-al If, 11. V "
1 i'lvi-ruiii-'iif :ui-;'r -t .-, 1:1 ail :. f.
itai.r til" :t 'lo if pa:-'- ''. t .-'"o-.;u
hi. Sj v Y ir . J'l'ii'ai!.
lie Flicked III1 Uoliiier's 1 1
"riu-r-j n 'put..' a liiT reiicc
Stattl,' IU tile uarlv Ii.vs of ' .
Hill Ii')"," stud W'llll.iui M- i -i
OWU'T of the st l,'0 lill'J I'JUt. .' .
Ca.it lero to I'ki ili.
'When 1 came l.oro frun '
I -so I. I drift" I ah. mt a Int. e
.1:..
ii 1
r j in
il
r
went into til.' service of Charles
l,a i.,!iim, t!'.c ui ui nli was aftorwar-l
killed by dcriiiiic Cix. Ho was t!io
mill- r of the loudest st l,'c line inCali
forma at that tunc. It ran with ro
l.ivs lr iu Sm .1 isc t I.os An ,'i'los.
"I r'iiii"iili"r mi , in a loudv eo.tst
ra:..;" eufiyo'i. tlir-iu'h wlncli th
roil wound, c hil a ltttleeierieui
that was thnlliti,' for tin- m ii'-ut. It
was about M o'eiocit nil i a 111 loultght
niht. I wasju-t ji'i'tui,' tin horses
tlirmigli. Tin st.i,'. f ill of pas
sen. rs, 1111 I there was a heavy treaa
lire bos.
"Just as I got nrouud a ben I in th
ron 1 1 saw it ligure of a man ou horse
back Mtaiidiiu by the side of tbo road.
He yelled to stop, and 1 saw a gun
barrel gleam iu the moonlight. Tui
horses Were tfoiu ' at a speed that mitfhl
bo called breakneck, and I just luada
up my mind to take the oliauce of get
titiij through. I saw tho i?uu rised to
the fellow eshoulder as wo approached.
I had my long whip iu my hand, ami
with a desperation born of peril of tha
moment I made a vicious swipe ut him.
"I don't know how it occurred, but
the lush wound itself around tha gun,
aud us wo dashed by tho whip M
drawn taut, nnd I kuew it had euught,
no held fust. 1 was nearly pulled out
of mv seat, but the K'" Wl1 draped
from" tho robber's hnud aud fell to tha
ground, at tho same time it was dis
charged by the shock. It rattled
aloug the road for quite a distauoe be
fore tho whiplash unwound itself. I
don't know what tho higliwayiuaa
thought, but I'll het ha was sui
prised." San Francisco Call. t