PICKED UP BY THE WAY. THINGS SEEN AND HEARD IN THE TOWN AND VICINITY. Mutterri of u Local Nature Commented Upon and Placed llefore the KeudorM of the "Tribune" In Large Letters-Some Paragraphs May Interest You. It was on Friday for the first time in several months that I heard any one speak of the electric railway, over which our citizens and busi ness men had such an interest ing agitation last spring. From the tone of the conversa tion, and I am pretty certain the gentlemen knew whereof they were speaking, it is evi dent that the Scranton com pany, which was given the right of way through the bor ough, has sunk into oblivion as far as Freeland is con cerned. As a result we will live in darkness, and the peo ple of the outside towns will be compelled to plod through the slush and snow another winter at least if they desire to visit Freeland. A backward glance at the proceedings which have taken place convinces me that the matter as advocated then was 011 rather narrow basis and not altogether for the best inter ests of the town. It was sim ply a contest between the friends of two companies for the right of way for one, when to have done the matter wisely the both should have been given equal privileges. To have competing companies was not thought of, at least it did not have any prominence, al though to drive trade and make it brisk,almost everyoneknows, competition is at all times necessary. Apparently, to cre ate a monopoly of both trade and railway service within the limit was the end to be at tained. One of the gentlemen re marked that "Freeland mer chants were afraid of the Haz leton business men competing with them in case a through line ran between the two places, and this was the reason they preferred the Scranton company to have the right of way." I have no doubt but the Hazleton men will spread largely here for trade when an electric road between the both places becomes a reality, and until then very little can be said about the loss or gain to either town. However, I have not the least hesitation in saying that the merchants of this place will not be at any loss, because I am satisfied they can sell as cheaply and have the quality as good as can be done in Hazleton or elsewhere and be as obliging to their customers. Notwithstanding all this, every man who earns his money by hard work has or ought to have the privilege of saying how and where it shall be spent. But the opinions of many of the residents of the mining towns adjacent to Free land are, now as then, that their interests were ignored from the fact that the only market intended for them was Freeland, where if the Hazle ton company had been permit ted to run its line to Freeland, without being opposed, they could purchase to the best ad vantage. Then the merchants of Freeland would have an equal chance to compete for trade with those of Hazleton, from the towns of Ebervale, Harleigh, Milnesville, Latti raer and even Hazleton, as in a year or so, when the Jeddo tunnel is completed, work will be resumed at several of these places. From what I can learn the Hazleton company will not at tempt to reach Frceland with their road before the weather opens next spring, and from a rapid transit view of the mat ter there is not much consola tion in this, either for the Free land business men or their cus tomers who reside in the outside towns. The company, it seems, proposes to take care of Hazleton and its business interests first. This has been pretty well demonstrated by the extension of their tracks to almost every town on the south side of that city. On this side the tracks are laid as far as Harleigh, and when Milnesville is reached it is said work will be suspended until the winter season is over. Whether the territory is large enough or not for "com peting lines matters but little, its the lpw which controls the right of way in townships was framed and passed for the pur pose which it so well serves. A glance over it convinces me that there is abundant room for amendment if the men who are elected to the legislature could be induced to serve their constituents with as much fi delity and zeal as they do cor porations. But this is not the rule in Pennsylvania, if any where, and this law which allows supervisors to giveaway secretly and without discussion something which they only hold in trust, as it were, corn forms strictly with many others on the statute books. Centre street, along the live squares from Carbon to Wal nut, lias fifteen vacant busi ness places—a greater number, probably, than at any time for several years. How it came that so many stands on the best business street in town are unoccupied at present I do not know, and can ascribe it only to the dullness which ex isted in the coal trade the past summer. The exhorbitant rent asked for the use of some of the places may have something to do with the question, but whatever is the cause it gives Freeland a poor appearance to see these darkened and empty storerooms. With the coming of cold weather I have good hopes of seeing them tilled again. The outlook for better and steadier work is reported to he good, and the consequent revival of business which will follow may make the future brighter for the merchants, who have stood the financial stringency remarkably well. ■ Those who could not persevere have retired without the aid of Sheriff Walters. My reference about six weeks ago to the surveying and probable extension of the D. S. & S. to Stroudsburg has finally reached Philadelphia, and the l x ress last Friday pub lished it as it appeared in these columns, with the additional information that it is thought if the line is begun it will be continued on to tidewater. I have not yet learned anything further, and as the company has made 110 statement upon the rumor it is likely the matter is still under considera tion. I believe the road will eventually connect with all the principal eastern lines or may go to the seaboard itself, but I think it is destined to run much farther west than it can east. As usual the Plain Speaker bit off more than it could com fortably masticate when it tried to raise a political storm over my allusion to the lethar gy of the Democratic voters of this locality. On Tuesday it floundered around like a fish out of water, and its rattle brained effusions as to what constitutes editorial utterances gave unmistakable signs of its bewildered condition. A "sor ry that-I-spoke" flavor was the prominent feature of the arti cle, but, true to itself and its policy in controversies, the pa per could not reply without misstating what has already been said. Here is one of its twisted sentences: He says the Plain Speaker's editor erred when he said that the opinion of the editor of the TRIBUNE need not be taken as a final decision. Such nonsense shows how necessary it is that somebody's imagination should be muzzled. Another paragraph too rich to go without reprinting is this: That the "Sannterer" or whoever you choose to call him made a bad break, lis wiggling position clearly shows, and thanks to the Plum Speaker, which has no axe to grind, and is therefore a fair and impartial judge of the situation, the effect of the TRIBUNE'S bomb shell wag very dismal, and the TRIBUNE'S "Sannt erer" will think up some other scheme. ' There is a mixture of mag niloquence and false modesty in the above, and, if the staff can evolve nothing more to the point, I think it unjust to waste time and space replying to statements devoid of sense and truth. Some people do say strange things when laboring under suppressed excitement, and a great deal should be al lowed by the public when its sensibilities are jarred by ex pressions of that kind. I trust the assistant editor Mr. Burke, will succeed in bringing the Speaker back to the position from which it strayed when its editor deluded himself into believing that he was the political Solomon of the lower end. SAUNTERER. "Orange Blossom" is safo and harm less as flax seed poultice. Any lady can use it herself, bold by A, Oswald. HIS FAREWELL SERMON. (Continued from Ingo 1.) speculate on the various problems of nutionul and social life; to discuss moral enterprises, to seek for scientific, historical and theological knowledge rather than for the biblical; to take u text from the scriptures and then go hither and thither for the material for the sermon; to substitute the glitter of rhetoric born of a desire to please men, for the "Are" and the "hammer" of the word of the Lord. Nor is the pulpit wholly to blame. For the relation between the pulpit and the pew is somewhat reciprocal. If the sentiment of the people is foreign to the scriptures; if they clamor for brilliant preaching; if they want merely in tellectual food and stimulants; if they desire a man to draw and All the pews and increase the Anancial income of the church, is it any wonder there should be even good men beguiled? But imparting instruction on the multiplied and multiplex scientific, literary, metaphysical, theological and political topics is not the busi ness of the pulpit. But why have we not sought to preach morality? We have. But after all there is only one sin which keeps Christ and heaven out of the human heart; only one sin that keeps any individual upon earth out of Christ and heaven. It is the sin of unbelief. I read in this book, "God is no respector of persons." I read in this book, "For there is no difference between the Greek and the Jow." I read in this book: "Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified." I read in this book: "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be dammed." It is then neither our morality nor good works that lifts us into heaven; nor our transgressions and iniquities that casts us into hell. It is faith in Jesus Chrsit that saves; it is unbelief in Jesus Christ that condemns us to everlasting despair. I have ten dollars in greenbacks; you have a thousand. We are in I'aris. We are hungry. We enter a restaur ant. I place on the counter my ten dollars; you your one thousand; but neither of us with that sort of money can purchase a penny's worth. So, if at last we come to the door of heaven and have not our hearts washed in the blood of the lamb; if we have only morality and our good works for a recommendation we shall verily not be able to enter the kingdom of God. And so you see friends, how believe ing this we have sought simply to proclaim the gospel of Jesus. I recall a king who once asked a courtier what made a certain French preach er so famous. "Your majesty," ans we red the nobleman, "he preaches the gospel, and that is the scarcest thing in France." I fear that this is only too true, not only in France, but in England and America. And this is one reason the cause of our Hisen Lord does not make still more rapid progress. What the people need more than ought else is to hear the blessed gos pel of the Son of God. Yes, about Jesus whose blood eleanseth from all sin. Jesus, the only loundution of the church. Jesus, the source of gladness. Jesus, the "balm for every wound." Jesus, the "Bright Morning Star." Jesus, the "Sun of Righteousness," Jesus, the reform for all wrongs. Jesus, the grand center of the uni verse. Jesus, the one universal keynote in the unending song of the unfolding and eternal ages. 111. ID the third place we have aimed at the savin# of souls, and the Lord hus wonderfully helped us. I uin aware that there are some oburches quite content; quite satisfied, to toil on year after year without the presence and music of new born souls, and still have faith and keep working. I may be radical; what of that? I am, however, firm in my opinion that any eliur h which does not bring men and wo men and children to Jesus is a tremendous failure. I care not how imposing and costly the edifice, how learned and eloquent the preacher, how sweet and charming the music, how well dressed and jeweled the congrega tion, how cultured the church members, that church is a failure over which the angel must sigh, and the Christ who died for human redemption sheds scalding tears. * * * For what purpose did the Son of God leave the glory of heaven and come into this would? Why did lie die upon the accursed tree? Oh, was it not to seek and save the lost? For what purpose did he call and commission men to go into all the world and preach the gospel? Was it not that the world might be saved? The highest glory of the church is to have it said of her here and yonder, "This and that man was born there." 1 believe the greatest shame of a church is not to be the agent of suviug souls, and preparing them for heaven, * • • IV. Then, too, the Lord hath helped us in our endeavor to bo an aggressive and uncon ventional church. We huvo believed most tirmly in the local church being the instrument chosen of God for tin- redemption of men. We have been in .hearty sympathy with its reform that would elevate society and raise the fallen, and a foe to the wrong. We believe that "the church organized by the Lord Jesus, organized upon the plan made known in the new testa ment, is the social nucleus, is the society which is the cure for all the ills of the world." This all the people will see after awhile. It can not possibly bo otherwise. Yes, we have sought to be an aggressive people, yet not as much so, as Baptists, as we ought to have been. One of the greatest surprises to the citizens of Freeland was our undertaking the erection of a church cditice without a single dollar to begin with ami carry it through to such great success, and a still greater surprise to the people was to see the number of men brought into the church, saved from sin. I can say I beliove truthfully that no church has been a greater blessing to this community than the Bethel Baptist church. For proof of this ask the leading merchants of the place, who now get the dollurs instead of the saloons; visit the happy homes and see the joy and conteutment there where sorrow and misery reigned, and for this reason there is need of this church and the support of every good man to help sustain it. We have not tried to imitate others; but have no objection to others imitating us. No two churches in one place should try to work just alike. God bless those who try with the charms <>t sweet and elevating music to save some; God bless those who strive with the power ol logic and the sway of eloquence to save souie; God bless those who take upon themselves the herculean task of converting critics, aud metaphysicians, and philosophers, and scientists, and moralists, for heaven; God bless them who are fishing after the wealthy and noble. I say again, from the bottom of my heart, God bless them ail in their work. V. Then, too, the Lord has helped us to demonstrate the unity of the spirit in the hond of peuee. Considering from our stand point that the ehureh is made of individuals; that we have our peculiar idiosyncrueies; that we inter pret scripture not ull alike; that Baptist churches believe iu uud practice independency to a marked degree, it is a little surprising that alter two years and seven months we should be so well united and dwelling together and tonight parting so delightfully harmonious uud at |>euoe among ourselves. I know not a single member of thiß church but kindly speaks to ine, uud for whom I do not have u heart-full of love. And then we have been not only at peace among ourselves, but with other Chris tian churches in this village. I am a Protestant; I am u thorough Baptist, and believe in pastors sometimes prcuchlng the doctrines of their church. I have done this. I believe people in general have the greater respect for ministers | and church members who bolicve something, and then hold tenaciously to that bollef. I VI. Hitherto hath the Lord helped us, and consequently we have not paid much attention to criticisms. No man, 110 organization, no institution, no church can hope to have every one speak well of them. The master said: Woo unto you when all men speak well of you." And you may be assured that ministers and that churches are serving the devil quite satisfactorily against whom sometimes some unkind things are not said. There Is a story of how some soldiers, during the war, saw a light, and the captain said: "Fire on that camp!" They did. They opened musket and cannon. But brighter and brighter the light grew. They fired faster and faster, until after awhile the light proved to be the moon. The man in the moon Just looked on, smiling, and continued his journey in the God appoin ted orb in the sky. Brethren, sisters and friends, when we have been fired at and upon we have tried to move along In what we have considered our divinely appointed work, and have always found that after awhile the musketry and eanonoding of the critics have ceased. We have not tried by any slight of hand performances to bring about quick and startling results. We have kept In mind that all real solid, permanent growth takes time. Shakespeare says: "Small herbs have grace: Great weeds do grow apace. And so, methinks, I would not grow so fast, Because sweet flowers are slow, And weeds make haste." Now the Lord, who hath hitherto helpeth, will help in all the future. Hath He not said: "I will never leave thee or foresakc thee." This some great God, who hath In the past been your guide and counselor and helper, will cheerfully and lovingly still be yours in the future. 1. Be loved in the Lord, be fursighted and j venturesome Into good work. Is it not the re- ! mote, far-off motives that are among the j most effective? If any are nearsighted and j think they must shape their lives and service ! by looking at things nearest, Just barken to those words of Peter: "He that lacketh these things is blind and cannot see afar off." Now you know that men and women who have succeeded in every department of human thought and effort, have ventured. If Colum bus had not started upon that remarkable voyage—well you know the rest. If the eagle bad remained In the shell—well, you know. * * * And if you should scttlo down now, # * * "We are to expect great things," said the Immortal Carey, "that we may achieve them." May you begin at once planning. 2. Continue in doing individual work; con tinue in making it a point of your business to bring some one to Christ and Into the church. If the world waits for a few minsters to bring all the unconverted to Jesus, it will wait in vain. This was recently said by a member of a Protestant church In Paris: "For you must know it is a rule In our church that when one brother has been converted he must go and fetch another brother; and when a sister has been couverted she must go and fetch uuother sister. That Is the way 120 of us have come from atheism and darkness to simple faith iu the Lord Jesus Christ." There you have one of the great secrets of the wuy # * 3. Again, have a strong and abiding faith in the promises of God. General Sherman once said: "That General Grant's distinguished characteristic was his unbounded fuitli In his own ultimate sucoess. I never saw anything like it. If Grant was to have an arm or a leg shot off and a bullet through his body, and shoiibd lie helpless on the battle field, he would still fully expect to get up, mount his horse and win the day." And such absolute belief in ultimate success insures it. Now something of tills "absolute belief" we shall need; and there will be 110 presumption in it; for it is simply taking God at his word. Don't you know that faith is the strongest force in the world; and the next strongest is doubt. The only thing that can hinder the Son of God in the work of human redemption is unbelief. I read over hero that it chained His hands and sent Him from the ancient city sorrowful and unsuccessful. "He could do 110 mighty works there because of their unbe lief." Doubt is the enemy of God. Doubt paralyzes, cripples, destroys. Doubt opens up hell, shuts up heaven. Faith opens heaven; closes hell. Faith is the victory that over comes the world. Faith In ourselves, faith in our being called of God to a certain work, faith in the promises of the Lord will enable the church to "go forth in her might, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with spears." And with your faith couple anentlrodepen dence upon the Holy Hplrit. Have you not noticed this great fact that there is no mark ed Instance of great success on the part of the apostles whore we have not the account pre faced by some such statement as this: "Being tilled with the Holy Ghost." Well, there is no use in our trying anything today for the cause of Christ unless * ♦ * Not sermons, not music, not vast assemblies, not organiza tions, not machinery, not might, not by pow er, but by the Spirit. Bo filled with the Spir it aud then shull cavilling lips become dumb, scornera appalled, jesters made serious; back sliders reclaimed; sinners converted; believ ers astonished and set on fire; the church built up in every department; and the Lord shall be greatly glorified. I tell you if our churches were only filled with the Holy Spirit they might be able to blow up the very gates of hell that obstruct tlio coming in of the King of Glory. I must stop speaking. I have already de tained you a much longer timo than is ray custom. But let mo mention three things which make me sorrowful tonight. 1. This is one: That my work lias been so jK>orly done, and that much must now be left unfinished. My feelings must bo somewhat akin to those of one drawing near the close of life and is overwhelmed. Many kind words have been spoken and a warm grasp of the hand has been given, but none of these things move me. It's the poor sermons preached; the feeble prayers offered; the opportunities gone forever that press upon my soul this hour. First asking your forglvenoss and then that of my Master, let me then ask you, members of-this church, to carry forward the good work along the line of saving souls. You know the sacrament of the old Roman was a rite performed in this way: A com pany was drawn up in line and the oath was read; then a Centurlan would ralso his hand and say "That's for me;" and then another Centurlan would raise his hand and say "That's for me," and so on ulong the lines un til the last soldier had taken the oath. Let us together raise our hearts to God in secret prayer, and then beforo this vast assembly and High God swear eternal adherence to the old gospel of Christ, ami pledge our fidelity to tills church of the Lord Jesus. No, we shall not all live to share the happy results of our labor, yet faithfully toiling until death tor our blessed Master, wo may share in the com fort contained in these beautiful lines of Whittlcr: "Others shall sing the song," otc. 2. And the second thing that saddens my heart Is this: That many of my congregation are still unprepared to meet their God in peace. Oh, they do not know how often this throbbing heart has ached and bled for them. Olj, they don't know how many times I have prayed for the salvation of their Immortal souls! How shall I give thee up, ye men and women who have resisted all my pleadings, FREELAND TRIBUNE. PCULISnKD EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. TlJ< >P. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. SUIIBCRIPTION KATES. One Year J1 60 Six Months 75 Four Months 50 Two Mouths 25 Subscribers are requested to observe the date following the name on the labels of their papers. By referring to this they can tell at a glance how they stund on the hooks in this ofltce. For instance: Grover Cleveland 28June04 means that Grover is paid up to June 28,1894. Keep the figures in advance of thepresent date. Report promptly to this office when your paper Is not received. All arrearages must bo paid when paper is discontinued, or collection will be made in the manner provided by law. A blue "X" on the paper is a reminder that your subscription is due. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. STATE. Judge of Supremo Court, Samuel G. Thompson Philadelphia Treasurer, Frank C. Osbourn ..Allegheny COUNTY. Treasurer, Roger McGarry Wilkes-Barro Register of Wills, Btanley Davenport Plymouth Controller, James W. Ray White Haven Commissioners, Thomas M. Dullard Wilkes-Barre Thomas McGraw * Beach Haven Auditors, y. E. Bennett Wilkes-Barre John F. Neary Pittston FREELAND, PA., OCTOBER 16, 1893. A BIG STOCK OF WAGON UMBRELLAS, FLY NETS, LAP SHEETS, EAR NETS, Etc., Oil hand nt WISE'S. -AJ.I ZECincle of From $6.00 Up. GEO. WISE. No. 35 Centre Street, Freeland. Also Jeddo, Pa. Keiper's Steam Marble Works. COR. LAUREL and MINE STREETS. Monuments, Headstones, selling: at cost for next thirty days. Iron and Galvanized Fences, Sawed Buildinir Stones, Window Caps, Door Sills, Mantels, Orates, Coping, Cemetery Supplies. PHILIP KEIPHB, PROP., HaOeton. T° 11 -IV CONCERN.—TiIIs is to , that my Wife, Susan Houisen, has lctt my bed and board without just cnusc. I therefore caution ail parties not to trust her on my account, as 1 will not be responsible for any debts contracted by her after this date. August Houisen, Butler township. Pa. October 12,1803. T7H)K SALE CHEAP.—A house and lot, situate on the roud leading from Freeland to Up per Lehigh, below Harmony hail, South Heber ton. For further particulars apply to John beh nee, Birkbeok and Johnson sta., Freeland. T OST.-A young hound, white, with durk- J_J brown ears, black spot on tail, a scar under the neck, and answers to the name of Toby. Liberal reward will be paid upon it* re turn to Churles Dusheck, Freeland. I i°Ti' F V! 1 SALE.—One lot on west side of J J Washington street, bet ween South and Luzerne streets. For further particulars apply to T. A. Buckley, Freeland. LOST.— On Sunday, October 8, between Free land and Upper Lehigh, a lady's breuat -1"". Mnder will please return it to this office. TJH)K SALE.—House and lot on Centre street, A? Y reeiand; house, 32x23; lot 125x26. For iurther particulars apply at this office. and entreaties, and prayers and efforts. Oh, Sinai, would thou mlghtest emit thy light ning flashes and illuminate their darkened minds. Oli, Sinai, would thy thunders might go rumbling and crashing through their souls! Oh, quaking and blood-stained Calvary let thy lovo plead with them In this hour! Oh, day of judgement reveal thy awful power. Oh, heaven open and lot theso unsaved men and women see for a moment within thy pearl set gates that swing on the infinite hinges of dlvino love! Oh, place of endless woe, where the lost shall forever dwell, show thyself to these deludrd ones! Oh, Father for the sake of thy beloved Hon, for the sake of those five bleeding wounds which He received on the cross, for the sake of those scared hands He has before Thee on the throne in intercession, let Thy spirit plead once more with these dy ing * * * And here and now we will raise our Ebeneaer and shout: Hitherto hath the Lord helped us; and here again hath He made His arm bare unto the saving of souls. 3. And then last, as memory recalls the fa mlliur faces and the well-known voices of many who once belonged to us but are gone from us my heart grows warm and my eyes moisten, and an inescrlbable feeling of sad ness goes creeping all over my frame. I soe them now as once they looked, and hear them as they talked and laughed. I could but think when visiting the ccmetory and look ing at the grassy beds beneath which sleep a number of this precious flock of God, of that hyinn: " One army of the living God, To His command we bow Part of the host have crossed the flood And part, are passing now." Beloved, when the books are opened and the record of our two years and seven months of united service Is viewed, to each may the Master turn and lovingly say, well done thou good and faithful servant, thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee a ruler over many things, enter thou Into the Joys of the Lord. Amen and Amen. Fill OPENING! FILL MH f —AND— SPECIAL SALE of thousands of dollars worth of men's, boys' and children's unexcelled custom-made line clothing and overcoats, which we secured at a large sheriffs -■ sale in New York city, and now offer it at 60 cents on the dollar. Call and see the tremendous assort ment our immense clothing stock contains and the slashing bargains we are offering in the above and other departments. OUR CLOAK DEPARTMENT contains the largest and most complete line of up to date styles in ladies', misses' and children's cloaks and jackets ever displayed in this region, which we bought for cash at hard-time prices, and therefore we are enabled to sell them fully 40 per cent, less than you can buy the same goods elsewhere. OUR FOOTWEAR DEPARTMENT is now complete with boots, shoes and rubbers at hard-pan cash prices, while in dry goods, underwear, blankets, com fortables, notions, etc., you will find our enormous stock to contain the most complete assortment of the various lines, at prices lower than ever offered before in this vicinity. DON'T FAIL TO CALL during the next ten days while the greatest of our fall openings is in progress and "** secure some of the special bargains we are offering at JOS. KEUBUBGER'S ZBarg-ain Emporium. In the P. O. S. of A. Building, - Freeland, Pa. ORANGE BLOSSOM! 18 A8 BAFE AND HARMLESS A8 A Flax Seed Foultlce. It is applied right to the parts. It cures all diseases of women. Any lady can use it herself. Sold by AT.T. DRUGGISTS. Mailed to any address on receipt of sl. Dr. J. A. McGlll & 00., 3 and 4 Panorama Plaoe, Chicago, 111. Sold, "toy Amandus Os-wald, CFreelsuad.. KELLMER 1* lit) TO (iBAPIIHIC Tlie Finest Specialties in the Photograpliic Art. For Finish i We Can't Be Beat. WITT. fiTT AT? A BBTTE WORK THAN CAN BB HAD VA -L ±J Jjj ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE; KEGION. 13 West Broad Street. Hazleton. Latest Fall Styles —IN— Ladies', Misses' and Children's cms, - CLOAKS • 11 - JACKETS' AT LOW PRICES. JOHN SMITH, - BIRKBEGK BRICK. '
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