Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 18 June 1897 — Page 8

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Ross Bros. 99c Store.

Dr. M. E. Greene

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EYE, EAR, NOSE and THROAT

Ufi'U 1IOI H9 to 12 i. in. 2 In 1 p. in.

Joel litock, Orawfonlsvillo, I ndiana.

A, C. JENNISON

THE ABSTRACTER.

LOANS MONKY ON MOttl'C AG KS, SELLS 1 .*I-: A I. KSTATK OF ALL INDS, INSOKRS PliOPKUTY AGAINST KIKK.

See Ins complete Abstract Hooks. The lx-st olace to have deeds and morttrapes prepared us well as A HSTRACTS 01' TITLK

A. D. Hard, IVI. D.

PHYSICIAN and SURCiEON. Otlires 1 'evidence 5 "I S) N a^hinyfton st, 'JO." W.Main St. '1 el phone !iS 7. Telephone _SS. I0i'*.? iJ uu r.*»—s to 1 a. in. '1 lo 5 and 7 to 'J in.

Prompt, attention jriwn t,o all calls, both Jaj or tiijrlit. or wni ry.

F. B. GONZALES, DENTIST

OlTsce 131 East Main Street

Over liost's Jewelry Store.

Telephone No. 290.

THE BEST FENCE

For All Purposes, Farm or Lawn, is

Page Woven

'Wiire

Made from the best hard steel wire, will turn any kind cf stock, looks well and none beats it for wear. Sold and guaranteed by C. T. Smith, Crawfordsville, Ind. For full information as to prices, etc, a postal addressed as above will receive prompt attend tion --s" •.J-'-'** ux •*.

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To call ond sec us and our new

line of Scrccn Doors, Screen

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Reliable

Stove.

WM. THOMAS.

115 East Harket St.

A SPECIAL

French Kid Shoes, button or lace, black and all colors, newest dime, quarter and half dollar toes: all sizes, all widths, a regular S-100 shoe during the Spring Sale at S3

•Fine tannery calf, lace or congress shoes, new spring style in browns, wines and blacks. Custom made •^oods, equal to any S4.50 shoe for style or service. Special price is t3.

At the

Old Kelly Shoe Store

125 East Main St.

WEEKLY JOURNAL.

KSXAULISII KD IN" ISIS.

FRIDAY, JUNE IS. 1897

PERSONAL MENTION.

Short ItuiiiH Kuliitivt) In the Comings »«d Uoing* CriiwfiiriNvllle l'eople mid Their Kriemln.

Harrie Pontious is in the city. L. F. Ilornaday is in Indianapolis. —fc\ P. Mount and wife ar. in go1). Citv.

vY. llartmau is over from Gas

—IJ. A. Condit has returned tOyTerre Haute. .'aines Statesman has returned to lJeru. —George C. Ashman has returned to Frank fort. .Miss Maude Scott is visiting in Indianapolis.

Miss Mabel Speed is visiting in Covington. —C. li. Landis has returned to Washington, I). C. —Rev. A. Blair has returned to Terre Haute. —Rev. 0. P. Fusou is'visiting friends in Waynetoivn. —Mrs. A. E. Kastlack has returned from Lafayette. —It. A. Hays and family are visiting in Campbellsburg. —George T. Howell and family have returned to Iloekville. —M. C. Kline and Henry Kline have returned from Chicago. —Miss Edith Coons is visiting Miss Lilith lluues in l-'ranlcfoit. —Mrs. C. S. Denny and daughter liave returned to Indianapolis. —Mrs. H.J. Webster, of Waynetown, is the guest of W. 11. Webster. —Chas. E. Lacey and wife are visiting at their old home in ISlull'ton.

Harry Maxwell and wife will arrive here next week for a visit. —Geo. F. Hughes and wife have returned from a visit in Greenerstle. —Miss Belle McMullen has returned to Lafayette after a visit in this city. \Ym. Bonnell and family will leave in a few days for their future home in California.

Daniel Greene, of South l'end, has concluded a visit with his brother, Dr. J. W. Greene. —Thomas L. Sullivan and wife and Mrs. Love have returned to Indianapolis after a visit here. —Thirteen cabinets,one framed in an sxio white and gold frame complete for SI. 50 at Willis it Me'Juown's. G-25tf

Mrs. Moss and daughter, Bertha, left for their home in Monroe City Thur.-day tiftera visit with Chas.Gould and wife.

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county, 111., is visiting his sister, Mrs. Howard Staton. Mr. Huffman is a member of the Thirty-ninth General A sse 1 ,'o ,,,-.,11! in s,. t. four th district. /s/®

DARLINGTON.

A big wending in town in the near future. Ollieial resignations are becoming fashionable. lap Faust, of Mace, was trading some here Thursday.

D. V. Pittmun is building a six room addition to his house. IJenry Todd is working for the Wrought Iron Range Co.

Charlie West, of Chicago, is visiting Vs sister, Mrs. Milt Faust. Take notice to Brain Mount's new shingle that he has hung out.

Hon. David McAllister, of Shannondale, was in town Thursday. Miss Goldie Booher returned home Saturday from Kirksville, Mo.

Charlie Shriver, the living beauty of Lafayette, is visiting here. Charlie Ilornackers little daughter Ruth has been bad sick she past, week.

Mrs. Horace Cadwallader, of Logansport, is here visiting parents and friends. \V. B. Mount is now suffering with throat iron tile. Cause, too much laikee.

Fruit tree agents are about as numerous as candidates on the eve of an election. l'.-nf. Chas. Peterson, of Purdue, is spending a part of his vacation at Darlington.

Attorney Charles Johnston was here Monday night as advisory council for the town.

Mrs. Nancy Henry has cone on a vUit to her sou, Blake Chamber, at Dayton, ).

Our K. of P. brethren are arranging for a nice time at their decoration services Sunday.

Every K. of P. is expected to be in his proper place at 2 o'clock p. m., Sunday, June 20.

A tishing party headed by T'nurst Martain, of Lafayette, are camping near the Mote dam.

Dave McAllister and Tom Halloway made free silver speeches near the P. O. Thursday morhing.

Gregg Johnson took the Darlington coach horse over to the Thorntown horse show Thursday.

We now have what is known as the hole in the wall. We are never content without the best.

Jacob Martin it Sons will soon open up a new store here. It will consist of groceries, drugs, etc.

W. N. Bowers, who was appointed justice of the peace a little over a month ago, has resigned.

Mrs. Dick Delaney, of Fickle, Clinton county, has returned home after a visit at John Sparger's.

Silas Bowers is building himself a large and commodious residence in tie Dunbar et al. addition. '....,

The Epvvorth League gave a pink

tea social at Mrs. Nancy Hollingsworth's on Thursday night. A. H. Bowers is taking a vacat'on this whek and J. A. Peterson is running the bank lone handed.

The Battle Ax tobacco agents were in town this week, and now the boys all have new pocket knifes.

Al Hopkins and wife have gone to housekeeping in one of W. B. Lynch's houses north of the saw mill.

Darlington lodge No 180, F. it A. M., have a called meeting Saturday night for work in the third degree.

Miss Winnie Broadlick returned home Kokomo last Thursday taking Master Harry Booher with her.

Mrs. M. E. Smith has sufficiently recovered from her recent sickness as to visit her daughters iu Frankfort

Our colored citizen, Ileuben Coleman, has been bad .sick for more tnan a week but is considered better now.

Miss Etta Wilson, head trimmer at Cox it Lewis' millinery department has returned to her home in Kushville.

J. W. Jackman lost his best horse Wednesday evening near George Seybold's while coming out with a load of logs.

Cash Elliott and family, of Sheridan, have returned home aster few days visit with his sisters, Mrs. Nobles and 1- lannigan.

Invitations have been issued for the marriage of Miss Florence Corns to Earl Cox on Wednesday evening, June 30.

Yoorhees Slifer living over in Boone county had a fine span of mules and a good horse itilied last Saturday by lightning.

Eli Ermantrout, of North Union, was here Wednesday night on his way to the horse show at Thorntown Thursday.

Darlington's next co-operative sale will occur Saturday, July 3. These sales will occur the first Saturday in each month for one year,

Darlington turned out enmasse for Thorntown Thursday morning to hold our annual horse show and spend plenty of Darlington money in the exhibition.

One of the Barron Bros, of your city stopped Thursday loug enough to sell a load of the famous O. K. flour. He was going through on his wheel to Colfax, Frankfort and Logansport.

A party of young ladies consisting of the Misses Fiora Graham. Goldie Booher, Josie Henry, Zola Campbell and Pearl Coons went to Thorntown Thursday morning on their wheels.

Uncle Sam lias placed one of his mail boxes on the dray of John Kersey for the benefit of the general public, who can drop iu letters, assured that they will be safe and mailed on time.

The town board met in special Pesfiou last Friday night and accepted the resignation of O. Galloway as councilman from the third ward. John N. Clouser was elected as councilman instead.

There has been a gang of men here canvassing the country for the past ten days selling wrought iron range. Their price is 809 for a No. S range. Our stove men here sell tlu same range for S!U and S-15.

Report has it that a vacancy aynin exists in the office of Justice of the Peace here in town. Who will be the next man rushed out by his friends, to be slaughtered by his enemies, or by biting off more than he can chew.

The Potato Creek church people will give asocial and festival at the home cf Harper Saturday evening, ('rood music, good ice cream and good strawberries are part of the bill of fare. All are invited to attend, Proceeds go to the church.

Gf orge Buskirk has opened up a f-ort ni' a cold storage house and taken out a government five gut'ou license. This don't mean that you are obliged to drink that much, but that you must buy that much and pay for it in advance—a new way of choking the dog.

Prof. O. H. Griest ha purchased t.he entire outfit of the Darlington

Echo

and will assume command on .lune We congratulate Hjward on his dea, and trust that it may prove a pleasant and profitable venture, and now that he will permanently locate among us as teacher and editor we truly wish him success

The ladies of the Presbyterian mission society at their last meeting presented Mrs. Hugh Taylor with a most beautiful and excellent quilt as a slight token of the appreciation they have for her services in the mission lield. The same is highly prized by her and will serve to remind her in her far away home of the many kind friends she has left in Darlington.

The town council met in regular session at the town hall and trai sacted business until night. F. W. Campbell's term having expired as a member of the school board, V. E Craig was elected for the term of three years, after which the resignations of M. Faust and R. T. M. Gillin as members of the school board were accepted. Doctor Dunnington wus elected to take take the place of Mr Gitlin and the place of Mr. Faust will not be filled until their regular meeting in two weeks. They next contracted with the water company to furuish water for fire protection at SI'- per year per hydrant or S31"-! for tweuty-si.x hydrants. They also granted George

Buskirk the privilege of running pool and card tables in his barrel house. On last Saturday morning Mrs.

Anna

Ford filed an affidavit before Esquire Campbell charging Wesley Boots with cursing her. Wesley then came back at her by tiling an affidavit against her for provoke. On that evening James Ford, the husband of Anna, met Boots in front of Welliever's blacksmith shop and undertook to settle it by main strength and awkwardness. The bystanders knowing them both to be willing, did not interfere and for live or ten minutes they pounded each other until Marshal Booher and Roe Miller arrived, when the}7 were parted and marched up to the squire's office. Boots pleaded guilty to assault aad battery and was given S10.50. Ford pleaded not guilty and appeared at 11 o'clock Monday morning with Attorney Brain Mount and Prosecutor Cave for the State. All forenoon was occupied and-a jury said Ford was rot guilty. Monday afternoon Ford and Boots both pleaded guilty to profanity, receiving each. Ford then

filed a complaint of assault and battery against William Boots before Esq. William Bowers. Boots swore it away from Ivq Bowers and pleaded guilty to the charge before Esq Campbell. Ford also filed a complaint against Wesley Boots for profanity before Bsq Bowers. This case was also venued away from Esq Bo a era and taken before Esq Campbell where Boots was acquitted Tuesday afternoon by a jury, W. B. Mount appearing for the detepdfmt. Four more caes were quashed atdjnow all is serene as a May morn.

R03BED BY HIS FRIEND.

Wrulthy

Ti*ihm*ss*'«':ih

It*:il. With a Iliim-

iiHT ami His Monry Stolen. St. Lous, June IT.—J. D. Collins, a wealthy Temics-seeuii. was lured to his probable death here by a mail whom ho had known since his boyhood, and with whom he has been on timis ol' intimate friendship for six years. His assailant is Martin Ensley of Memphis.

Ensley induced his companion to visit Merimac Highlands, a summer resort 15 miles from here. On the plea ol' illness he led him to a clump of bushes about 7,} yards from t'lu? hotel. There, stepping behind his victim, lie dealt him blow after blow on the head with a hammer.

Stooping over the prostrate body Ensley tore from a vest pocket a roll of bills amounting to '(1,00(1. He stepped outside the bushes and handed the money to an accomplice. Then the would-be murderer ran down a path leading to the Merri.mae river, lie. afterward returned to the hotel with another party, claiming that lie and his friend had been assaulted and robbed. Ensley was immediately arrested and taken before his victim who recognized him. Ho was then taken to jail.

BATTLE OF BUNKER HILl

01*crrai»M» of Its Ou« Hundred Twi'iity-SfiMniiI Anniversary. Boston,June

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IT.—The bat tie of Hunk­

er Hill was remembered today with the observance of its l'.'0d anniversary. The celebration was one of the most successful ever held iu the Charlestown district.

As is always the case on the eve of the celebration, every organization and many private individuals in the Charlestown district kept open house last night. The district is profusely bedecked with flags and bunting. The chief events today were the carnival parade and the presentation of the bronze statue of Victory to the battleship Massachusetts by Governor Wolcott on behalf of the commonwealth.

Journal Des Debats.

Pauis. June IT.—The Journal Dos Debars, commenting yesterday on the Hawaiian annexation treaty, says: ••Only Great Britain and Japan have enough interest in Hawaii to oppose its annexation, especially Great Britain. In these times of imperial unity there will probably be lively regret at seeing the American republic installed, in an important, position in the space between Canada and Australia. Japan is nor ill a position to oppose American ambitions.'"

ut iuir Kat es.

St. Paul, .Tune iT.—A blow was dealt] -\J yesterday by the Soo line and Canadian Pacific railways to their American compt li'ors, which is calculated to cause great demoralization and complications in passenger affairs. The oneway rates made by the Son and Canadian Pacific are as follows: From St. Paul: Ni-^v York. SIS Boston, *1!) Portland, Me., sl!» Buffalo. si\!: Montreal, SIT.

THE MARKETS.

Vi'. 1 c!'(hi .Market-. l'ui'iii~lii'(IJr.\ «':isuy ,V I ishrr Ii 11 i!»i lvu- 1:»1 l.n! Main SI. Trltp!ii]nt M'.ei.

Trie markets yesterday were very quiet and within a narrow raDge. July wheal opened at OS

Corn—

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to Co and then steading advanced to ii.ic, the high point for the nay, ciosiug at 'jSii. Corn and oats quiet.

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July .. 3.00-2 3.72 3 00 3.72 3.02'-^ Sept .. 3.72 3.82 3.05 3.82 a. 721$ sboi t-ribs— ,1 uly ... 4.30 4 40 4 30 4.40 4.35l*j Sept ... 4.35 4.47 4.35 4.17 4.3 7'/»

MISCKLI.ANEOCS MAUK12TS ASH (iOSSl!'. Opunimr .Liverpool tsihlo—Wheat i|u!i r, unchiiiiued to

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loner: corn steady, uuzliaiiKeil

to !-4d higher. Clo-inf: Liverpool cable—Wheal unchanged, '.id higher.

Noithwesturn receipts—To-day, Minneapolis, 1-10 cars: oi week ago. 152 ear's: one jinii- 171 cars IJulut.li—'To-day, 70 ear: one week a go. li'J oa's: one yeara^o, litt cars.

Receipts at (JhiCHiroWheat. Corn. Oat.-,. To-dny's 16 cars -1.8 cars 28:i

Kstimated to-morrow—Wheat, 4,000 bu corn, '2S-1,U00 bu: Oats, •J32,0tiJ bu. Shipments—Wheat 25,000 bu Corn, 312.000 bu oats, -4 02,000 bu.

Receipts of hogs—37.000 left over. 7,000: eMimated to-morrow, 28,000. Prices—Light, $4.25f" 3.50: Mixed. Heavy, iii.KV. 1.42 Hough, $.-!.16S.3.25.

Receipts of cattle, 10,000. Prices—Beeves 3.8oS45.10 Cows and heilers 1.4.1.1

Steers 2.80&4.15 Blockers and feeders 3.40®+.3j

Heceipts of sheep, 10.000. Visible supply of wheat, corn anil oats in granary of principal points of accumulation at lake and Atlantic port and in tran-it—

June 14, 1807—Wheat 22.G8t.000 bu. Corn. 11',,62 1.000 bu. Oats, 9. 750,000. June 8. 1897—Wheat 24.450.000 bu. 14.000,0110 bu. Oats, 9,420,000 bu.

June 13, 1807—Wlicit49,480,000 bu. 0.430.000 bu. Oats. 8,438,000 bu.

Chickens Sprlngclilclis Turkeys, hens Turkey toms Ducks... Geene Countrj hams Side Meat.. Shoulders hard per pound. Potatoes

Corn

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Craw fordsville dealers were paying tho foliwiuir nrleos lor iirnilunn nn Tlni rurtu lowing prices lor produce on Thursday Wheat per bushel Corn, Oats, new Kye Timothy Hay Butter

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VICTORIA' IS BLIND

Her Sad Affliction Announced to the Public.

HOPED T0 KEEP THE NEWS BACK

Annouiu'eiitPiit Was Mado on Authority of the lioyal Physicians—Tin? Trouble is ol' Keeent Culmination —Will Not liide

Alone In the Juhilce Procession and Will Be I'nahle to Uespnnd lo (ireetiny s.

London,

June

IT.—The

whole aspect

of the coming jubilee has been suddenly changed by the painful information which conies from a source that makes its impossible to doubt its accuracy.

It is announced on the authority of one of the roya! physicians attendant upon her majesly that "the queen is almost totally blind." No details of the sad news are vet available beyond the

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fact that the affliction is a recent culmination, though it had for some time been threatened.

If the cause of her majesty's blindness is cataract, which is the commonest form of impaired sight in advanced age, it, of course, is possible to cure ir by a simple and delicate operation. No information is yet vouchsafed on this point. In fact, ir was hoped that the pitiful truth that the aged queen would be unable to see the millions of her subjects who will pay homage to her next Tuesday would be withheld from their knowledge until after the jubilee.

This is the reason why she will not ride alone in the procession, and why she will not leave her carriage at the services to be held at St. Paul's cathedral Tuesday, and it is semi-ofneially announced that she will be unable to respond to the greetings that will be extended to her along the line of the royal procession. It also explains, possibly, the recent revival of the gossip of a regency under the Prince of Wales in the near future.

TOOK HER DAUGHTERS PLAC^

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»'i-i'.v I'.lopi'- Willi .Mini Wlui tvmlril Mnrr.viiii Her iJauijhti, r. Gi:kknu\ ivy., June IT.—Johnson W it a us a a a widower, courted Matilda Berry, Ifj years old, not-withstanding the objections of tho mother, who was a widow. An elopement was planned and Mrs. Berry learned ol' ir. She bound and gagged her daughter, then went to her daughter's window and answered Mr. Whitley's sr. unions. He pnr her in a buggy and drove several miles t-o a minister. During the ride Whitley tiied to converse with' his soon to be bride, but she would only cry and cling to his arm. Arrived at the minister's house, rhey were married

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the porch, in tiie dark.

Then his bride threw back her veil and he discovered he had married the mother instead of the daughter. lie lias decided to make the best of it.

GEORGIA BANKERS.

"Want the I-'iinnees "rjlmiina: ed From l'..lilie~. Wakm Si'KiN'tis, Ga., June IT.—The Georgia Bankers' association convened here yesterday. Eighty members answered to their names. Several resolutions were brought up. The legislative committee suggested a new banking law, calculated to throw a greater safeguard around banking. It suggests that a line of ."jo.000 or not less than one year in the. penitentiary be the penally for receiving deposits in an insolventbank. It proposes to give the state officers more authority. Many resolutions have been adopted, one to eliminate finances from politics and suggested that a commuted of financiers be appointed who will decide the money question.

GUILTY.

l'rank llutler, the Australian Murderer, Convicted. Sydney,

N. S. W., June. IT.—The jury

in the case of Frank Butler, charged with the murder of Captain Lee Wcller, yesterday renderedja verdict of guilty. Butler attempted to cut liis throat with a piece of tin, but was seized before ho did himself any serious injury. Later he made the most violent insistence to liis keepers while oil the way to the courthouse.

TOLLGATE RAIDERS.

First Two Kver Sentenced Get Twelve Years luich. Pakis, Ky., June 17.—To tho Bourbon circuit court belongs the distinction of sentencing the first tollgate raiders ever tried and convicted in Ken tuck}'. George Anderson and "Will Wright, negroes, have just been given 12 years for setting fire to a tollhouso located on the Harrison, Bourbon and Scott county lines.

ISelieveri to Have Been Abducted. Kinmundy, Ills., Juno 17.—Pretty Little Hattie Ward, daughter of Duke Ward, a coal miner at Sandoval, Ills., suddenly disappeared from her home Saturday night, and it is supposed she was alxlue-! ed. Tho little girl is 13 years old, wi'li long golden hair. .Nothing has been heaid ol her.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL

LESSON XII, SECOND QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, JUNE 20.

Text of tin- l.tsson, Itoin. xiv, 10-21—Mem-ory Yri'ses, 1!)-21 Coltlen Text, Roni. xlv, 91—Commentary by the liev. 1). M.

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10. Hut- why dost thou judge thy brother, or why dost thou set nc naught thy brother:- For we shall all stand before tho judgment seal of Christ.'' Having mado plain in the first pan of this epistle the sinlulni.- of all men. and ihat while by good works no one can be sa.ved (!,nl saves freely lor Christ's sake all who rcceivo s: llim, He in these closing chapters sets forth the hie thai should be lived by those who are saved. The tendency to lnolc around us andcriiieise ami judge others is very great". 11. is the same spirit that, led ."-innm 1 er to ask, Ar.d what shall this man do:-" (John xxi, 21.) To which our Lord replied: "What is that to tlice? Follow thou Me." In 1 Cor. iv. 5. we are plainly instruet-ed lo "jndce nothing before the t-ime until the Lord conn-." 11. "For it is written. As I. live, saith

the Lord, every knee shall how to Me, and every tongue .-hall confess loiiud." This is from lsa. xlv, 23, and is also quoted in I'hil. ii,

10.

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Inasmuch as there is but one

to be our Judge, for the Father hath committed all .judgment unto the Son (John v. 2:.') and hath appointed a day in which lie will .jud -e the world in righteousness by the Man whom lie hath ordained, whom lie lialh raised from the dead (AeJsxvii. ol), it surely becomes us to bow*.) Him in every bought, word and act and let Hid requests and decisions settle everything. 12. "So, then, every one of lis shall give account- oi' himself to God." Kvery man work shall be made manifest, and every man shall r-ceive his own reward according to his own labor (1 Cur. iii, S, IS). '1 he cpisile Is written lo all the beloved of lied in Koine, calhd saints, and I he apostle is calling lhcir attention in this part of the epistle to the handing in of their accounts as the Lord's stewards at. tho judgment seat of Christ. wl.ere. if 1 understand if, none but" t.he saints shall appear. Compare I Tlie^s. iv, It), 17. and I Cur. xv, 23, with Kev. x.\. 5. ii. 13. "Let us not, thcrefore, judge one another any mere, but judge this rather, that no man pin a st uiubling block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way." Only the Lord, who can read the thoughtsof our hearts, is ea able of judging our conduct correctly. "He shall not judge after tho sight "f His eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of Lis ears, bur with righteousness shall He judge (lsa. xi, 3. -1). Hut while we are in some things to reserve judgment we are to try the spirits i* to what we hear taught. for if we bid godspeed to a tuise teacher we are partaker with Him (1 Tohn iv. 11 .Tolm x. 11). 11. "1 know and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus tl: .t tin re is nothing unclean of itscli, but, lo him that csteoineth anything to be illicit an to him it is unclean." The topic especially before the apostle's mird was that of eating or nor cai ing ccrta'-i kinds of lo'.'d (verses 2 Ii In another epistie it was that o! keeping certain da as wt 11 as that of eating and drinking (Col. ii. J(, 17). 15. "Ut t, if thy brother lie grieved with thy meat, ncvvvalkcst thou not charitably, according to love. Destroy not, him wi-'\ thy meat for whom ("iirisi died." Love does not say: "1 can do as 1 please. If others do net lil it. that- is not my alTair. I will not deny myself an innocent enjoy-../ mint bi cause l,i do not like it." That is the self in us which talks that way. Love seekct not ht own and endiin th all things. "Em ti Chr.i-'I phased not Hii. self" ("Rom. xv, l-.u ever sought the glory ol God.altd could ::y. "1 do always1:, those things that please llim." 10. "Let let then your t.'i-od bh evil spoken of." One might say that this or that is good for n.y health, iiml 1 need it. and tiie doctor pi-escribes it. and there i.- nofhing against* it. Weil, le it so. liappy is ... he that, coma in net not himself in that thing which he allowcth. bus ave it to thyself before Clod (verse 22), and do not cause others to stumble. 17. "For tho kingdom of Clod is not. meat and drink, bat righti ousncss and peace ami joy in the liely (ihost." As one has said, the chief bit.* inesj, oi the company for whom Christ died is net eating and drinking, but a right relation l-o tied, our neighbors and ourst.!vcs. Peace and joy come by believing (chapter xv. b' )—thar is, by receiving liim (John i. :l. who is our righteousness .and peace (1 Cor. i. 30

Kph. ii, 1-1 J. All food and raiment neres-. sary for us re made sure to us in llim (Math. vi. :i!-3 ). 18. "For he that in these things servct-h? Christ is acceptable to Cod and approved" of men.." Acceptable or well phasing to(led is the main thing, whet hi men approve or not. When we please (led. the people of th.il who are themselves right' with (led will surely approve, others may?-' condemn. But consider Him who endured..1'1 contradiction of siniu rs again-i Himself lest ye be weary and faim (Ikb. xii, 3). Ko one can he as well pleasing to God as His Uelovid Son. and liis real men from men must be trood enough lor us (John xv, 18-20). Let us continually "serve the living and true (led and wait for His Son from heaven." anilall will be wt 1111 Thess. i, 'J, 10). 19. "Let us therefore follow alter the"filings which make for peace and things wherewith one may edify another," not peace at- any price, regardless oi the right or wrong of il, but the peace which is of God and in fellowship with the Prince of Peace. Even He said, I came not to send peace, but a sword" (Math, x, 3-1). And Lie spoke of trouble even in households for His sake.

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peace and to seek the peace even of our enemies, but it must he in fellowship withs Christ anil never apart from Him. 20. "FYr meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure. But it is evil for liim who eateth with offense. In verse 15 wo had,'"Destroy not him," Hiid here it is, "Destroy not the work of God." Ill Epli. ii, 10, we read that "wo are His workmanship." In what sense can this be destroyed? It cannot refer to the losS-of the soul, for no truly saved soul can ever perish (John x, 27, 28 iii, 1G), But as the judgment sent of Christ is tho place of judging here referred to, where only tiie saints shall appear to bo judged for their works as believers, I lrnve no doubt that I Cor. iii, 14, 15, helps us to understand the destruction here referred to. 21. "It is good neither to cat llesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbletli, or is offended, or is made weak." See also I Cor. viii, 18. This is certainly a very self denying lino of life and looks unnecessarily strict, but tho whole question of our life as Christians is focused in self or Christ, unto myself or unto Hira. "Unto the Lord" is tho only corrcct motto and covers even our eating and drinking (verse 8 and 1 Cor. *31). ..

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