The Middleburgh post. (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, July 01, 1897, Image 3

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U ELOQUENT DISCOURSE
' mi t"yer alM That If
ob Trial For HU LI fa He
p - . . . ..
-atd rrrier nry oi wraitn
Kathrr Than Om or Clergymen?
'Bring Zenas the lawyer," Titua
rnr1)f'.l"n ' tne law ' bw Intro-
I 1 r . . i. : .1 .. .. , 1 .. !.. i. . i
Va ana nu m tuv iapuai
ai youns men Joined It. and at this
Sato Various parts of the land other
jr.U an- tiiUnjf their diploma for that
trinii prnfeanton, and Is it not appro,
iii that I addreas such young men from
rni and relitflou standpoint, a upon
fut now rolling the re.iponMblllti'w of
STfilllnif represented la the text by
i.CTitr
'JJfgH admire the heroin and rigorous
Jta dMltMTnfctj "n mjv Ul ma cum
' .ha Innt tura nf !, U.JIU.
- fQllV " J" ' " .IVUIIU!-
uaa " fowerlnR in the cyclone; as
rr be atnnd unaaumeu amid the
Cables of the palace before thick necked
JL ,urrounded with his twelve cruel
v. when we find him earning his
Llhood with his own needle, sewing
airtloth and preaching the gospel In the
iSnrtiow; as when we find him able to
Itethettilrty-nino lashes, every stroke of
rtk-li idoheil the blood, yet continuing In
wLioDary work; as when we find him,
fLtJtaw of the consequence to himself,
ujfrin temperance lecture to Feliz,
JiOowrnnient inebriate. But sometimes
L nti-ha tfli'i'l'' o( the mild and genial
TfeotlW nature. It seems t lint he had
friend who was a barrister by profession.
Uome wus Zenns, and he wanted to see
a fi-rlmps he had formed the acquaint
ioitiilt lawyer inthe courtroom. Per
jrt fomntimes, when he wanted to ask
qantion in regard to Iloman law, he
t to thl Zenas the lawyer. At any rate,
( bid a w.irm nttnchment for the man,
it provides for his comfortable escort
,1 totrrtainment as he writes to Titus,
BrinZcnu the lawyer."
Tblsman of my text belonged to a pro
Mion la which are many ardent Buppor
oof Christ and the gospel, among them
Urkstoiw.the great coininentntor on Eng
!iliw. an-1 Wilberforce, the eraanclpntor,
id the late llenjnmln F, Lutler, attorney
uilo( New York, nud the late Charles
taMOcy, the leader or tlie rtilludelphia
f iDilLiiiei jiihuocs aiarstiau nna Ten-j-n
and Campbell nud Mr Thomas More,
fodiwior i lie i rum on mo Hcaiiiim, sny-
U to hi. iiKiia.n executioner: "riuck up
cam;, i"11". a"J do y"r duty. My nook
wrjshort. lie etiruiui, tlieretore, and
am strut awry.
imouc tin nugiitiest nums tlint ever
ti. lin innila by tongue of bnrri.tter
n tx-i-npl'-ns In behalf of the lllble uml
stoianlty, as wlien Dnnlol Webster Htood
lie Supreme Court at Washington plend
; in t !iv famous (iirurd will case, do.
.ui-iagauy attempt to edtu-ntetho peo-
mtliout giving tneni at the same timo
,nl jontluit-nt ns "low, ribald ami vulgar
Unaml inlldelity;" ns when Knmuel L.
Uthard. of New Jersey, the leader of the
1mm in hi? day, stood on the platform at
fctwtou college commencement advocnt-
the literary cxeellency of the Scrip-
trwa when Edmund Kurke, in the fnm-
triul of Warren Hastlugs. not onlv in
rislfof the English government, but In
ill! of elevated morals, closed Ills speech
the midst of the most nugust assemblage
gitnereii in nest-muster nan by say
"I Impeaeh Warren Hustings in the
am-of the House of Commons, whose
ktional character he has dishonored: I
(plea him In the name of the people of
lit, whose rights und liberties he hns
wted: I Impeach blm In the name of
Ian nature, which he hns disgraced.
thuname of both sexes, nnd of everv
kik, and of every station, and of everv
lution In the world, I impeach Warren
pilars.
.notwithstanding nil tho plens which
proiession uns ma.le in lielmlf of God
the church and tint gosoel nud tli
lite of mun, there bus come down
Mgti the generations nmoug muny peo-
uuimuru anu wicxeu preju.iiee against
So long ago ns in the time of Oliver
niwll it was decided that lawyers might
niieruie parliament nouse ns members.
they were called "sons of Zeruluh."
learned Dr. Johnson wrote ua epitaph
,n nl tl I ... I , 1
it vt m--m iu uieso worus:
find rorks wonders now nud then.
uert-iiesa lawyer, an honest muul
frohandri-d yenrsiigo n treatise win Is-
uu me iiue, -iJooiiisaav Approaeli
mth Thunder and Lightning tor Lnw-
a ur-jiiii iient i-titriviiiiin .,r .,
tury wrote In regard tot lint profession
uni.: i nere is among us a society of
InbM ut, from tlielr v,,nti, in ti... tt
I Tim, n - It - i I.
.,iji.uiib s uiey are paid, ly
luiniiuiiiTii uir nil iTiiriirkun t iu
k JlHii lillltlr lu ntl.lt.1 LV-.- u
I i . u 1( lllirj. j; Ul t.
w: itmy neighbor has a mind to my
i ho til-..j n i i . . J.
- u,..-., mwjer io prove tllllt
"(Ut to have mv tu,xv (mm nu r ,,,.,f
'auothcr lawvei tn ,ii,r...i .t..i. 'i
r"!siusi an ruies ot law tlint u man
p.micaK tor Himself. In pleading they
l dwell upon the merits of the cause.
-tv -.iri-umsiances, loreigu thereto,
instance. t)wv An i,.t ti. ni .....
ll 1 J uui .like tim nnuuesi
tO KUOW Willi! tltlrt mv. n,ln
lion,.., I... " " v" .r' .
r -v ul wiicuier ine cow De red
witt her horns long or short or the
F AfttT that Hll.U u.llr.Mrn n...
piimeto time, nnd in twenty years they
fc-uii . society iiitewise tins
hiii .1 . JurBO" 01 ineir own, in
"W their laws are written, and these
lr...L -i- -'1""!" iiiuikjpiy, wuere
flfrhivinni.fn....i..i Z' j
t that It will take twelve years to decide
Ifor ti . 10 me uymy auces-
- .. urrunuua ueiongs to me or to
"mi -, uir."
W t things to show you that thero
" J " "'- going on aown against
r, -'u irom generation to genera-
munorii ontne ground that
'0D1ih n.n ,,,, ,ii.,a .,
"nt to lu.v un.i i. 1
kiui. -1 ' " 1,u"1' lulv arraign
K i.i", w""t t0 e8,nI'e the conse-
i ,J l erune, anu as long as thut
r- nil It 11 U'flfa ...III 1 .. I....' 1 . .
r-Willi ,Jn,u WfBO.JUHt so long
fcr . f cl"s,i"9 of men who will affect
Nnnt i sl"80 tne lt'Kal profession.
Ink. 7 1 1 a ,u 'ner countries, put
I'?', ''"K ul wide acquaintance
iln.iT proiession. 1 nave found
li-irm l'ur'"s. 1 tarried In one
f " offices for thi-iw tt. l,... .1......
Z I r1'.'''' ll,w'ers- Insurance lawyers.
alum lawyers, nuu i
?, . ? ClRSS 01 mon more KKnlnl
titloB 1 1 nere are lu tnut
liobn 1 our 0?""lmt'on. men
ltrii f V ona m',n "ul 11 1
Med 1. "'i ' 'KF"y OI.mr I Ie an,
,i, 1 V "ouueu justice administered
)i hi. .rotnBr uav8 my ubmlt
,,',' 7 01 ,twulve luwyers than to a
iwelve clergymen. T'he legal pro-
ihi il . . 11,18 le8S vlolenoe of prelu
"wtobefoundtnthe sacred caU-
Clu:J kowf-er, no man who has more
rmt7. "I rt'sponslblllties than
Plh. a ?,nd he wuo "empt8 to dls
I ji utlcs of his position with only
K r" 18 malt',, vefy 8rat
liatk.. . "" fs '"8 scores 01 men who
f i-roiession made eternal ship.
Um ilT,M t.he men wn. with the
J hind under their arm. have vlo-
VnthlZ lule ot tu8 eternal Ood.
K M trlbuna'8. who ghalV shiver
mi tT LZ? Thurlow announcing
"l?r ?" JWy government inthe
W loii He.!. my earthly sovereign,
t.hl 'J?'1 and looping to
E wJB6MMM"-' Witnest Lord
i0,Tind tn wckleM. Wit
JK MMKencle, the exeorated
ai. ifaaBi no that until tbla
nj ' ebuwhTart, jdi.
bargb, tha children whMla throngh the
van 01 ine tomo, crying-:
' Bloody Ifackemie, come out it you danr.
i.111 1 no anecK ana a raw tne Dar.
No other profession mora hm.Ii h
grace of Ood to deliver them in their
temptations, Xp comfort them in their
trials, to sustain them in the discharge
i lueir amy. none 1 would nave yon
bring the merchant to Christ, and while
I would have you brinut the farmer to
Christ, and while 1 would have you
bring the mechanic, to Christ. I addraxa
you now In the words of Paul to Titus.
"Bring Zenas the lawyer." By so much as
his duties are delicate and great, by 'so
iiiueu uwi ut. uwu vnrisiiau stimulus ana
safeguard. We all become clients. J do
not suppose there is a man fifty years of
age who has been in active life who has
not been afflicted with a lawsuit. Your
name is assaulted, and you must have legal
protection. Your boundary line! is
niTnueu, anu tne courts must re-cs
tablish it. Your natent is in.
fringed upon, and you must make the
offending manufacturer rtav the nenaltr.
Your treasures are taken, and the thief
must be apprehended. You want to make
your will, and yon do not want to follow
the examnle ot those who, for the sake ot
saving iuu rrom an attorney. Imperil t250,
000 and keep the generation following tor
twenty years quarreling about the estate
until It Is all exhausted. You are struck at
bv an assassin, and yon must invoke for
nim tne penitentiary. All classes of per
sons In course ot time become clients, and
therefore thev are all interested In the mor
ality and Christian Integrity ot the legal
profession. "Bring Zenas the lawver."
But how Is an attorney to decidn'as'to
what are the principles by which be should
conduct lilmsolf In regard to his clients?
On one extreme Lord Brougham will aO'
pear, saying: "The inuoceuce or guilt of
yourciient is nothing to you. You are to
save your client regardless of the tormeat
the suffering, the destruction of all others
lou are to know but one man In the worl
your client. You are to save him though
you should bring your country Into confu
sion. At all har.ards you must save your
client." So says Lord Brougham, but no
right minded lawyer could adopt that sentiment.
On the other extreme Cicero will come
to you and suv, "You must never 11le.nl the
cause of a bod man," forgetful of the fnet
that the greatest villain on earth ought to
have a fair trial nnd that an attornov can
not be judge and advocate at the same
time. It was grand when Lord Krskine
snerlfled his attorney generalship for the
sake of defending Thomns Taine in his
publication of his book called "Tho Bights
of Mnn," while nt the snme time he. the
ndvoente, abhorred Thomas Paine's Irre
ligious sentiments. Between these! two
opposite theories of whnt is right what
shall the attorney do? (iod nlone enn
direct him. To thut chancer)' ho must be
nppeiinnt. nnu no will get an answer in nu
hour. Blessed Is that attorney between
whose oftlee and the throne of Ood there Is
perpetunl, reverential mid prayerful com
munication! That attorney will never
mime an irrepiiriime mistake. True to the
habits of your profession, you say, "Cite
us some authority on tho subject."' Well, I
quote to you the decision of the supreme
court 01 nenven, "it any lack wisdom, let
hlin nsk of Ood, who giveth to nil men lib
orally nnd upbruldoth not, nnd it shall bo
given mm."
Wlint 11 scene Is the oftleo of n busy nt
torney! In nilditlou to the mon whoeome
to you from right motives, bad men will
come to you. They will offer you a largo
ii-o lor counsel in tlio wrong direction.
They want to know from vou bow thev
can escape from solemn marital obligation".
They como to you wanting to know how
they enn fail advantageously for them
selves. They come to you wanting to know
how they can mnko the insurance com
pany pay for a destroyed house, which
they burned down with tlielr own hands,
or they come to vou on the slmnlo errand
of wauting to escape payment of tlielr
nonest ueuts. mow, it Is no easy thing
to advise settlement when by urging liti
gation you could strike n mine of remuner
ation. It Is not n very easy thing to
dampen the nrdor of nn Inliaineil contestant
when you know through a prolonged law
suit you could got from him whatever you
nsked. It Is no ensv thing to nttemut to
(llseourngo the suit for the breaking of n
will In the surrogate's court because you
know tho testator was of sound mind nnd
l)0(ly whon be signed the document. It re
quires no small heroism to dons I ouen
heard nn attorney do in nn ofllce lu
western eltv.
I overheard the conversation when he
said, "John, vou can go on with this law-
suit, nnd I will see you through ns well ns
1 can, nut 1 want to tell you before you start
that n lawsuit Is oqunl to n fire." Under
the tremendous temptations that eomeupon
tint legal profession there are scores of men
who nave gone down, nnd some of them
from being the pride of tho highest tribunal
of the Stnto hnvo become a tllsgrneo to the
Tombs courtroom. Every attorney, In ad
dition to the iiiuute sense of right, wants
the sustaining power of the old fashioned
religion of Jesus Christ. "Bring' Zenas the
lawyer."
There nre two or three forms of temptn
tlon to which the legul profession Is espe
cially subject. The (lrst of nil is skepticism.
Controversy Is the lifetime business of that
occupation. Controversy muv be Incidental
or accidental with us, but with you it is
perpetual. ou get ho used to pushing the
sharp question "Why?" nnd innklng uti
nlded renson superior to the emotions that
the religion of Jesus Christ, which is a sim
ple nintter of faith, nnd above human ren
son, although not contrary to It, hns but
little chance with some of vou. A brilliant
orator wrote a book, on the first page of
which he announced the sontlmeut, "An
honost Ood Is tho noblest work.
of man." Skepticism Is the might
iest temptation 01 tne icgnl profes
sion, and that man who can stand
In that profession, resisting nil solieltn
tions to infidelity, and enn be us brave as
Oeorge Briggs of Massachusetts, who
stepped from the gubernatorial chair to
the missionary convention, to plead the
cause 01 a. dying race, tlien ou tils way
home from the convention, on a cold day.
took off his warm cloak and throw it over
the shoulders of a thinly clnd missionary
saying, "Take that ami wear it; it will do
J 011 more good than it will me," or, like
udge McLean, who can step from the su
preme court room of the United 8tnto9 on
to the anniversary platform of the Ameri
can Hunduy-school union, its most power
ful orator, deserves congratulation and en
comium. O men of the legal profession, let me beg
ot you to quit asking questions iu regard
to religion and begin believing! The
mighty men of yeur profession, Ktory and
Kent and Mansfield, becameChristlnns, not
through their heads, but through their
hearts. "Except ye become as a littlo
child ye shall in no wise enter the kingdom
of Ood." It you do not become a Christian,
0 man of the legal profession, uutil you
can reason this whole thing out in regard
to Ood and Christ and the Immortality ot
tho soul, you will never become a Christian
at all. Only believe. "Bring Zenas tho
lawyer.
Auother mlghtv temntatlon for the leanl
Erofesslon Is Habbath breaking. The trial
as been going on for ten or fifteen days.
The evidence is all in. It is Saturday
night. The judge's gavel falls 011 the desk.
and he says, "Crier, adjourn the court until
iu o oioejc Monday morning." On Monday
morning tlie counselor Is to sum upthecase.
Thousands ot dollars, yea, the reputation
and life of his oliont, may depend upon the
suooess of bis plea. How will be spuud the
intervening Sunday? There is not one law
yer out ot a hundred that oan withstand the
temptation to break the Lord's day under
such ctroumstanoes. And yet it he does be
hurts his own soul. What, my brother, yon
eannot f before 12 o'olook Saturday night or
after 12 b clock Sunday night God does not
want you to ao at an. - nesiaea mat you
want the 14 hours of Sabbath rest to give
you that electrical and magnetic foroe
which will be worth more to you before
the jury ihan all tht elaboration of your
cws on inn saerra aay. My intimate and
lamented friend the late Judm KeiUnn i
his Interesting reminiscences of Kufus
unoate, says tnat during the last ease that
gentleman tried in New York the court
adjourned from Friday until Monday on
account of the illness of Mr. Choate, but
the chronicler says that on the intervening
Sabbath he saw Mr. Choate In the old
"Brick church," listening to the Rev. Dr.
Gardiner Spring.
I do not know whether, on the following
day, Rufus Choate won his cause or lost it,
but I do know that his Sabbatio rest did
not do him any harm. Every lawyer Is en
titled to one day's rest out ot seven. If he
surrenders that, he robs three Ood, his
own soul and his client. Lord Castle reagh
and Sir Thomas Romilly were the leaders
of the bar In their days They both died
suicides. Wilberforce accounts tor their
aberration of intellect on the ground that
they were unintermittent in their work, and
they never rested on Sunday. "Poor fol
lowl" said Wilberforce in regard to Cas
tlereagh; "poor fellow. It was mon
observance ot the Sabbath!" Chief
Justice Hale says: "When I do not
properly keep the Lord's day, all the
rest of the week Is unhappy and unsuccess
ful In my worldly employment." I quote
to-day from the highest statute book in the
universe, "Remember the Sabbath day to
keep It holy." The legal gentleman who
breaks that statute may seom (or a while
to be advantaged, but in the long run the
men who observe this law ot God will have
larger retainers, vaster Influence, greater
irofnsslonal success than those men who
ireak the statute. Observance ot the law
of God pays not only spiritually and
eternally, but It pays In hurd dollars or
bank bills.
Another powerful temptation of the legal
profession is to artificial stimulus. No one
except those who have addressed audiences
knows about the nervous exbnustlon that
sometimes conies afterward. The tern pta
tlon to strong drink approaches the legnl
profession at that very point. Then a trial
is coming on. Through the 111 ventilated
courtroom the barrister's health hns been
depressed for tlnys nnd for weeks. He
wants to rally his energy. He Is tempted to
resort to artltlclul stimulus. It Is either to
get himself up or let himself down that this
temptation comes upon him. The flower
of the American bnr, ruined In reputation
and ruined in estate, said in bi last mo
ments: "This Is the end. I nm dying 011 a
borrowed bed, covered with n borrowed
sheet. In a house built by public charity.
Bury mo under that tree'in the middle of
the field, thnt 1 may not be crowded; I al
ways have been crowded."
Another powerful temptntlon of the legal
profession Is to allow tho absorbing duties
of the profession to shut out thoughts of
the great future. You know very well thut
you who have so often tried others will after
nwlillo bo put on trial yourselves. Heath
will servo on you n writ of ejectment, nnd
you will bo put off these eartlilv promises.
On thut tiny all the affairs of your life will
le presented In a "bill of purtieulnrs." No
certiorari from n higher court, for this is
the highest court. The (lav when Lord Kx
eter was tried for high treason; tho day
when the house of commons moved for the
Impeachment of Lord Lovnt; the dnyswheu
Charles I. nnd Queen Caroline were put upon
trial; the tiny when Robert Kmniet was ar
raigned ns nn insurgent; the day when
llleunerlinsset was brought Into the court
room because he had tried to overthrow the
United States (iovcnime nt, and nil the other
grent trials of the world are nothing coin-
pared with the great trial In which yon nnd
I slinll appear, summoned before the Judge
of quick and dead. There will be no plead
lug there "the statute of limitations," no
"turning state's evidence." trying to get
off ourselves while others suiter; 110 "mov
ing for a nonsuit. The case will come on
Inexorably, and we shall be tried. You,
my brother, who hnvo so often been ndvo
ente for others, will then ueed an advocate
for yourself. Have vou selected Hlin. the
Lord Chancellor of the Universe? If any
man sin, we have 1111 advocate, Jesus Christ
the righteous. It is uncertain when your
case will be called on. "U ye also ready."
i.oni Asuimrton and .nr. Wallace were
lending barristers in their dnv. Thev died
about tho same time. A few months before
their deeenso they happened to bo in the
same hotel in a villnge, the one counsel
going to Devonshire, tho other going to
ijolidon. They had both been seized unoii
by a disease wiilch thev knew would be fa
tal, ond they requested that they be carried
Into the same room and laid down on sofas,
side by side, that they might talk over old
times nnd talk over the future. So they
were carried in, and, lying tnero on op
posite sofas, they talked over their old
contests lit the bar, ami thou they
talked or the future world, upon which
they must soon enter. It was said to have
been a very nlTocting and solemn Interview
between Sir. Wallace und Lord Ashlmrton.
My subject to-day puts you sblo by hide
with those men in your profession who
have departed this life, some of them sken-
ticnl nnd rebellious, some of them penitent,
childlike nud Christian. Those were wan
dering ftars fur whom Is reserved the
blackness of darkness forever, w hile theso
others went up from the courtroom of earth
to tho throneof eternal dominion. Through
Christ tho ndvoente these got glorious
acquittal. Iu the other ease It was a hope
less lawsuit an unpardoned sinner versus
tho Lord Ood Almighty. Oh, what disas
trous litigation! Behold, he comes! The
Judge, tho Judge, the clouds of heaven,
tho judicial ermine, tho groat white throne,
the judicial bench, the archangel's voice
tllllt Hlinll U'llLn t lie ilenil Him nrl.iv "SVit.i..
ye blessed; depart, ye cursedfthe acquittal
or the condemnation. "And I saw the
dead, small and great, stand before God,
and tho books were opened."
LIVED WELL ON SIX CENT MEALS.
In Fifty-One l)uy Four Students Ex.
peildeil Only 38.U0.
Client) living and good Hvlnir Is what the
fourstudouts of the Y. M. C. A. Training
School lu Hpriuglleld, Mass., who have
ooiiniuu tuemseives tor the Inst eight
weeks, with the aid of one of Edward At
kluson's Aladdin ovens, have hud. An av
erage cost per meal for each person of six
cents, an average week's board of 41.20,
did not preclude their having wholesome
and appetizing fare.
How they lived can be judged by tho
bills of fare. For breakfast they usua'ly
unti mnn. cocoa, oread and Putter nnd
some cereal. Roasts, stews, soups, baked
beans or eggs constituted tho chief arti
cles for dinner, nnd tho cooking begun di
rectly after breakfast. Dessert consisted
of some kind of pudding, with dates and
llgs. For supper, bread und butter, cake
and some fruit sauce, with lemonade, made
up the bill of fare.
from April 22 to June 13 an account nt
everything purchased was kept in Itemized
form. This demonstrated that the total
expense during that period was only
W.C0.
FICHTING CRASSHOPPERS.
A Bounty of Fifty Cent a Bushel to Be ON
fered for the Insect.
State Trrlirntlon Cnmmlaulnnnr r?lirn..A
of Kmlfli riflbnln hns limf Hhipn.J
Ldmuuda County, where he has been di
recting measures to destroy the grasshop
pers, which have alarmed settlers there
and In Brown County, l'rofessor Hnundors,
nf tllH MtntA Afyrletiltiirnl f-nllAf... la am .k
. .. ., M Jil v 110
ground superintending the work. Four
teen "hopper dosers" nre In use. Crude
petroleum Is shipped by the railway free
and used in the work. One can gather
about A llllsliel nf fra.iuiliniinMia In I.hh
minutes. They move across the road like
a ig gray Dianitet, anu nave already done
much damage. The Commissioners will
offer a bountv nf flftv citnta a ImuhAl fn.o,.
insects. .
Bleets Senators by Popular Vote.
Next September, for the third time Rnnth
Carolina will elect a United State Senator
By a popular vote. . .., . .
TOPIC FOR SUNDAY, JULY 4.
"ConucraUd Patriots: What will Tkty dr
Deat xxxii. Ml
Daily Bladings.
Patriotism.
June iS. Christ's patriotism. M&tL
xxlil. 29-39.
June 29. David's patriotism. Ta.
xxxtil. 12-22.
June 30. Nehemlah'a patriotism. Neh.
11. 1-20.
July L Solomon's patriotism. 1 Kings
ill. 5-14.
July 2. Ellsha's patriotism, i Kings
xlil. 14-19.
July S. Samuel's patriotism. 1 Sam.
.vltl. 10-22.
July 4. Consecrated patriots: what
will they do? leut. xxxll.
1-1S.
Scripture Verses. Neh. I. 1-4; Ps.
xvl. S, 6: xlvlll. 12. 13; cxxxvll. 5. 6;
Matt, xxlll. 37: 1 Cor. 1. 2; Kph. II. 6.
19-22; I'hll. III. 20; Heb. 111. 1. 2, 5, S.
Lesson Thought.
It la a sad thing and dangerous for
the nation when It has grown so strong
that it feels independent ot the divine
power that has brought It from
weakness to strength, and ungrateful
ly and presumptuously acts without
recognition of the kind providence
that has sustained It.
There Is no such thing as private citi
zenship. Kvery citizen sustains im
portant relntions to his country and to
his fellow citizens, and consecrated pa
triotism will secure faithful fulfillment
of these duties.
Selections.
Our debt .to our country needs to be
linked with the thought of our duty
to t!od. True patriotism must ret on
a religious basis; political problems
must be solved by Christian principles.
Christianity must leaven all our na
tional affairs, or national corruption
will leaven the churt h.
lie serves his country best
Who lives pure lite, nnd doeth righte
ous tleed.
And walks utmlght paths, however
others struy;
And leaves bis sons ns uttermost be
quest A stainless record which nil men may
rend.
Citizenship Involves privileges nnd
tlutictt. Wo enjoy the privileges, and
we are transgressors of tllvlne law,
nnd nre moral cownrds. If imt worse.
If we neglect our responsibilities and
duties.
O land of lands, to tboe we give
Our iove, our trust, our service, free;
For thee thy suns shall nobly live.
And nt thy in ed shall die for thee.
The age culls for men who will place
righteousness and public welfare
above personal prosperity. If the
evils or the world are ever to be over
come, they will In- overcome by the
unselfishness nnd heroism of pelf-sac-rlflolng
love on I ho purt of nil who call
themselves follower of Jesus Christ.
NEWSY CLEANINCS.
There were 1700 dentin in Chicago in May,
The Texas wheat crop this year is put ut
30.000,1X10 bushels.
Mexico's Government has been asked to
rlil tho country districts of horse thieves.
Tolling is the new outdoor game, de
scribed as resembling both golf und tennis.
Nine tons' weight of coppers am taken
every week from the London penny-in-lue
slot gas meters.
St. Louis Mo., has a 'pretty little year-
Villi girl named "Cyelonla," beenuse she
was born tho night of the great storm.
Heart trouble, caused by the excitement
of going for a physician ut 2 a. in. for Ills
wife, killed a sexagenarian or lieamun, .110
The number of metnber of the Kngllsh
rnriiament in IHIM! was (170, divided as
follows: l-.ngluud, 4'Jo; Ireland, 10J; .Scot
land 72.
lteports from 'JlOii planters nnd cotton
Healers indicate tuero Is an increase in
cotton nerengu tills year over last yeur of
V7U,(kxi acres.
J. Nat. llarliin. Senator Hearst's old niln
lug partner of early California days, has
been discovered alive In Mexico. Ho lias
been thought ileud for fifteen yeurs.
1 1 A continuous round trip of eighty miles
over electric roiuls Is now possible at llos
ton, and it is also sabl to 1st tho cheapest
trip tlmt can be made In that region.
rrini-e l.ulgl of Kavoy, who hns started
from San I raneisco to climli Mount I'.lins
carries a rope for scaling purposes which
is a curiosity in Its way. It cost ifriOU.
One hundred nnd eight French Canadians,
In twenty-two families, have left Michigan
for tint Lake Kt. J0I111 region of Canada
where tho Colonization Jiepiirtiueiit gives
JW acres of fund to euch family,
Near Alachua, Via., a man who bad just
put some tools into a chest nt approach of
11 storm was struck by lightning and killed
us he stood under an oak tree, which was
photogruphed perfectly ou his body by tho
uuid.
Switzerland Is to follow Italy and Bel
gium in reckoning time up to 24 o'clock In
place of twice 12. In Belgium, where the
new system was introduced on the 4th ol
June, thero Is much growling at the
ciiange.
Grasshoppers nre threatening the wheat
crop iu the eastern parts of Washington
Ktntu. Homo of the farms have been
stripped of everything green, while others
adjoining. It Is said, have not bueu touched
by tne insects.
Tntrlck lluneheon, the wealthiest land
owner In northern Indiana, died recently
at tho age of seventy. Ho was knowu
widely for his eccentricities. Ho lived with
His brother, both being bachelors, under
tho same roof for thirty years without
speaking to him and died with the silence
unbroken. His fortune is estimated ut
about 1,000,000.
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