Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 11 June 1894 — Page 2
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Chesteen Smith, of Dublin, is
here.
Mr. Freeman is the guest of I*hi
bis brother Roscoe, Miss McCurdy 81 ND A \ S
with Miss Addie Smith, and Warren Oakes with Reta brothers. K. C. Warring went to his home at Mnnon this morning. He will return for the summer school. The class of Del’auw will hold an informal reunion at the residence of Miss Dova Loyd, tomorrow afternoon at four o’clock.
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T in Bannek Times presents this afternoon the news up to date, including President John's splendid sermon of yesterday in the DePaitw commencement exercises. Copies for mailing to friends may be bad at the counting room, corner Vine and Franklin streets, at three cents
each.
W. H. Snyder, ’8.'>, of Brazil, is
i here with acquaintances.
Mananas' MUuC R< V. Willis, of Bloomi tlgtOtt, is
the guest of Rev. Bryan.
Col. John W. Ray, of Indianapo-
lis. is stopping at ladies’ hall.
Rev. W. N. Nelson, of Union City, is stopping at ladies' hall. Miss Smyser, of Knightstown, visited her mother over Sunday. Miss Mcharry, of Crawfordsville, is the guest of Miss Margaret Jor-
dan.
Rev. K. L. Seaman, of (loshen, came yesterday to see his son grad-
uate.
Miss Marion Colburn leaves tomorrow for her home at .Michigan
City.
Misses Teal and Conlogue have returned to their homes at Kendall-
ville.
H. M. Briceland,of the Indianap lis Scii/ii'el, is visiting old college
friends.
Dr. and Mr-. T. A, flood win, of Indianapolis, are visiting the uni-
versity.
F. H. and H. A. Church leave this afternoon for their home in
Ka nsas.
Frank Mann, of Chicago, is the guest of his mother ami Delta Taw
brothers.
Messrs. Wert, Core and Warring, of Blutfton, are stopping at the
Beta house.
Prof. Burris, of Rlutl'ton, is spend ing the week with his sister, Miss
< Ucarwaters,
Messrs. Houts and Littleton, both of ’91, are stopping at the
Beta house.
Rev. Asher Preston. '89, of Knightstown, is visiting his cousin,
Frank Preston.
Mr. Raub and family, of Chal mers, arrived this afternoon for
commencement,.
\N . W. Lockwood and wife, of Peru, are spending a few days with
their son George.
Miss Preston, of Waveland, eame Saturday to visit her brother Frank,
of the senior class.
IL H. Hadley, of ''J.'t, is here for commencement with C. (). Willitts,
of the senior class.
Mrs. M. A. Campbell, of Knightstown, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Schilling, at ladies’ hall.
Guy Walker ami wife, both of 91, came over Saturday from Terre
Haute for commencement.
Max Aber, after passing all his
‘■Jesus L4»ver of My Soul w-as
Among the many commencement the opening music at the baccalauguests are Mrs. Morns, of Jetler- rcate exercises yesterilay. Cotusonville; Miss Wright and J V. mencement Sunday would not sound Wright, of Scipio: Mrs. Foxworthy, right without that familiar old of Farmer City, III: Mrs. Oliver hymn, and yesterday it was sung Smith, ot Fort Wayne; Mr. and with a vigor and with true religious Mrs. Murdock, of Murdock, III., spirit hv the immense audience ami Misses Lion and Kenney, of which assembled at 10:30 o’clock. Newman, 111. The main part of the room tilled ToniKiit'a Conrert. up early, and then the galleries In Meharry hall tonight the fol- were crowded, and when the facIowing festival program will be ren- ulty and visitors filed in on the stage
dered:
PART I. 1. fliaset—Toreador from •‘CarnitMi " < )rchestra. 2 Lomotbe—Droeze of tlx* Night DePauw Quartette. 3. Verdi—“Ernani.” t >relu*Ktra. 4 Wagnpr—Hplnnliig Chorus (“FlyinK Ihiehinan."( Ix»r diet Cl ul) 5. Servais—“Ga Filledu Keaiment.” Adolpti '"chellKehmidt. rt Hotow—••Martha.” < >ruhestra.
there was very little seat ing capacity left. After the opening music. Bishop Bowman, chancellor of the university, delivered one of his beautiful and characteristic prayers. The school of music choir then rendered the “Hallelujah ( horns ’ from Messiah, doing the difficult
number splendidly.
Alter appropriate scripture reading, introducing his theme, President J. P. I). John delivered the
CART II.
1. Maasenct—“Pleuri'S min yens" ("l.el'id!")
Misnu Marion For nit*.
2. l.lMt—4 (incerto In E Flat for Pianoforte ■ baccalaureate address, which was
and Orchestra.
Walter Howe Jones
a. Howe—Trio—“sins *« the (treat Jehovah's by i he audience and the gradual-
Praise."
MinaeH Dtiniiihue, Hanker and Rowley
4 Buck Qtaid Night. Del'auw Quart«‘Yte.
listened to closely and attentively
ing class. The seniors made a departure from the usual custom, and
w.wo , , this year marched into the hall just V\aldteurel—Maltz (A summer l-.veninK i # J oruiiestra j at tlie opening of the exercises orrgoic. vote wearing their Oxford gowns and Portland, or.. June 11.—Complete mortar-board hats. The discourse returns from ‘Jo counties and nearly j_i: i .i , , , . . r y delivered to them on vesterdav was complete returns trom tiie remaining * •’ seven give Lord a plurality for governor full of sound wisdom and parting J i'» s'Xci? rr* •'»■"■ »„.i
! the sermon will have its lasting ef-
Kfeinor.e to n iiitngiHg. fects on all w ho heard it. We re-
of 14.5MS.
yet to come
this.
Wn.KKsBAK.iic, Pa.. June 11.-Jacob I)r(K i lH .«. lt herewith infiillMiller, a baker, hung himself from a tree * >r(KjU( ‘ 11 nerewltU 1,1 11111 •
yesterday, tlie act being prompted by j TI1 K si’Bi imii Y of a orkaTConvktion, the di.-gnu - i* arising out of a quarrel in "Then Nebucliadaexzar, the kina, vra^aston
which he tiecame engaged at a picnic
Saturday night.
Ished and rose up In haste and spake, and sunt unto his counsellors. Old not we cast three men into the midst of the tire:'” They answered and said unto the kina, True O
km a.'
Two-Thirds of Them Drowned.
Bkkwstkh, X. Y , June It —Four out 1,e “ n » w,r « 1 and said. Ts>. I se.- four men
of « party of six were drowned jester-,
day afternoon by the ut«.ettmg of a boat ,H hketheSon of Uod/ "-Uaniei ill; u. 2... on Tully Foster reservoir, three girls Peter may safely venture to walk on and a b*>j\ the sen. if the God of the waves be
1 under his feet. The Widow of Xain
(iUilstone Ret ..red to Society. may iinttincliingl y follow tlie bier witliLondon, June 11. — Mr. (Hadstone out the city gate, if the funeral train gave a dinner party yesterday. This is may only meet Jesus by the way. the flrst social function he has attended Stephen may fearlessly'preach the since the recent oi>eration on one of his truth in the midst of flying stones if lie eyes. can only gaze into heaven and see the
— '■"ii "i nan standing on tbs right hand Today's lochi Markets. ! of GimI. Abraham mav walkwithcon-
[Furnisheil the Daily Bannkk Times tltient step as Isaac follows liim to the daily by It.tV. Allen, manager of Arthur V*' 'Uunnit of Mt. Moriah, provideil he
Jorilan’s poultry liouse.'
Hens
Sprlnirs, choice Cocks, yotiiiK and culls
Cocks, old
Turkeys, hens, choice fat Turkeys, young, choice fat. Turkeys, old toms
Ducks Oeese, choice f. f. slhs and over .
iieese. i>iuckni
F.ggs. fresh, subject to haiidiliiK
Butter, fresh rofl
^ tind the way to the spot that shall be v [ known through all t »■ ages to come as
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il’ Jebovah-Jireh The Lord Will Provide. • Daniel may hasten with triumphant "■■■ jj j pace to the lion’s lair, if the God who a formed the ravenous beasts shall go bes fore him to fake away their thirst for
j blood.
3" I And w hen tlie trumpets blow on the plain of Dura, the three sons of the Hebrew- may proudly stand erect before
a an.iaiin Line Kxcunion*. thi* golden image t»f a temporal king, To Terre Haute, June 20t11, return if.wTthopen window tow ards Jerusalem, limit 21st, ai'eouut meeting <>f Princes l*"’' M ) a ' ‘b’" 11 before the King
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loHuftulo, N. Y.. June 2drd and24th, Babylonian furnace, seven times more return limit June 2Htb, one fare for I r,, lC' ,1K tl,an ' vo,, L H the God of Fire round trip, account Knights of St.John, "* tl1 llle cover of bis
Jamegtown. N. Y., June 10,17and 18.1 „ .' , „ ,, , , But who shall tell tin* Widow of Xain
return limit June 2,, one fare for round that -he shall meet the Wonder Worker trip, account Order of Blks. i on her way to the tomb; or Peter, that To Kokomo, Dill., July Band 4. return tlu> "'ove- shall become a solid floor belitnit 7th. one fare for round trip, ac- n . eath hili 01 • ste | ,,,en that the rain
1 * ot Nif.fltlPfi wIlMll nikgstl til** I.......
eount Sons of Veterans.
Is this True, >lr. Alter'.* f'rawfordsvillu Journal
liidano Williamson, of Grcencastlo, will probably be thedemocratii*
caniliilate for joint repregentutive i' <,eo * l, 8 ,,,(t
m ami Clav exumin,,tlon8 ' I'eturned to his home
To Warsaw, I ml., July 17th to August 1st, return limit Aug. 2d. one fare for round trip, account Spring Fountain Assembly. To Denver, Col., June loth and 11th, )28.15 round trip, returning June 23rd, 30th and July 10th only, account Institute of American Homeu'pathics.
of stones shall open the gates of heaven to liis vision; or Abraham that a lamb shall be caught in the bushes on the slopes of Mt. Moriah; or Daniel that the lion’s jaws shall be paralyzed, or Shad i aeh. Meshacli and Aheilnegu that the flumes shall not burn beyond the
cords that hind them?
of Montgomery, Putnam
Subscribers should insist i>n having a receipt from the carrier boys for every dime paid. Receipts are given to the carriers and they are not authorized to take monev with out giving a receipt. tf
OTICETO ELKITKK LIGHT HIDDEitS
in Missouri last Saturday.
Messrs. Raub and Field entertained a few of their friends at the
Delta IJ ball Saturday night.
Misses Swoveland, of Tipton, and Miss States, of Dayton, Ohio, are
gui'sts of Miss Mattie Harvey.
Mr. A. L. Redurtha, of the Peru
Itij; Four F.xcurKionN. M nneie .1 one 12 and 13
$2.85
Very low rates to California are nowin eft'ect.
It is easy to go forward if one see the end from the beginning. It requires no great exercise of courage to jump into tlie *ea, if we are securely engirdled with a life preserver; and’ it is easy | enough to walk into the flames If we know in advance that the smell of tire
Homeseekers* excursion June 5 to Alabama, Florida. Georgia. Kentucky,
w ill not come upon our garments; but nothing short of an omnipotent convic-
tion can inspire us with the spirit of martyrdom, as we stand in the face of
NchIisI proposals will be r.s'elv.sl by the ./owr/jol, will 1,4. her,. (()•
< ominnii Council of the city ot (ircrncastlc, !
^ morrow for the commencement ex-
ercises.
I mi . up to ’’’ o'clock p in , Tiicndtiy, July 10th, IHWI, for lijfhtiiivr the sticctH of said city hy
elect l icit) as f ollows:
Lights to mu all night, Philadelphia moonlliritf whctliilc, with pro rata compensation for IlKhtina on any nlirht when tiotltlisl by
Haiti eit >.
IJ»rht‘s to run all nitrht. all dark or cloudy
nlirlits
ItiddeiH may hitl on either or both of the above propositions for the terms of three and
live vears
Ith'ls may be made on a basis of 05 minimum ami 1m<> maximum candle power are liahts to he loctitt‘<l at points in said city desiir
The senior class day exercises occur tomorrow morning. All seats have been reserved and marked off.
ii a ted l»| the < ommoii ( ounell.
Among the guests at ladies’ hall from N’i'w Albany are Mr. and Mrs.
Said eky will iiIhu require from 12 to 251 wen- » ri *
ty cnndle power lneaiid«*Heent IlirhtM, which N. T. DuPailW, R(*V. A. W. ( Ollins
may be included In bids, Kaeli proposal shall I . . , , . be for the price of eacli !i|(ht per aiinuni. a ml Wife tttHt KOV. Falbott.
A eei titled eiiiH'k of $5<i or a i)ond with free- j
imbi si-cnrity miiihi be incjiidiii withciioh hid. | Among the commencement visit-
Louisiana. Mississippi, North and South I 'avert if wc'or 'l| h Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, one i ing to stifle the voice of God in the fare; return limit 20 days. | soul; but a disaster which may overBvansville, June s amid !> *4.35 i whelm us il we move on under the di-
N- Y ..
tbl.t»8. I towards impending doom ; while uncerTerre Haute. June 20, $1.05. tainty of deliverance, or especially, asClevelanil, Julv !»to 11. *9.45. lurance of disaster requires a voice as - •"•■ A h„„ a"r, tide of Homeopathy at Denver the Big self-sacrifice. Four will sell excursion tickets to Den-j . The sons of the Hebrews chose the ver, Colorado Springs or Pueblo and i nv 'sihlc God rather than the visible
"T- *
tor other dates an I particulars see j But there is something that burns H7-tf F. P. Hukstis, Agt. j hotter, deeper and longer than furnace Ares, and they choose the flames of the Home Kxriiraiini t<> the souiii. furnace rather than die tires of an out-
the hhme to he tt>rfeitc*d if the hid is accepted |
f T ,ml ooll,,llc * m,, ,,lK,lw, wl " ,ln ors from Crawfordsville are Rev.
thirty day«.
Biadei
iH miiHt state in th«‘ir hid tlie earliest J \y
date when they can beiflniiKhtlnif under their ' • • »
emit met.
The < miunon Cuuneil of the city of Greencastle, I ml., reserves tlie rlfrht to reject any I and all bids. AKTHt K Til ID M »p, 1 17«-12t ( tty ( Ivli Kiigitieer. Greencaatle, Ind., May ui, 18iH.
at ladies’ hall, and
Mr. Smith with his son Lee. Among the guests from Indianapolis are Halstead Ritter with
July 5, August 7. Sept. 4, October raged con«4‘ience, not knowing whether
2, November 6 and December 4 the sevenfolil heat would I'onsume fheni - ■* fare for the rouml trip to ail points in j w i|| not say that a conviction is the Kentucky (south of Louisville and Lex- greatest thing in the world. It i-e,i-,
ington) Timiic ssee, Mississippi, Gi-orgia, to toss otf sweeping sentiuiees, sueli
Alidiama, Florida. North Carolina, '‘Thi*. that or the other is the ereatc-r Soul Ii Carolina ami Virginia. A Do to thing in the world.” But there is u . New Orlean.. Tickets good returning greatc-t flung in the world. Love is twenty days from date of sale. Stop- greater than faith or hope for it is akin overs allowed south of Ohio river. j to them, and, therefore, comparable
J. A. Mii hakl. Agt. ' witii them. But love is nt>t greater
greater than of Milo it
an
or worse, with compass box reverses ii but purpose, with conviction, i.q
hope of the race.
The great conquerors of hi-torv men of purpose; the great pliilahthe,
pists and reformers are ‘j ™
conviction. The countless m ls ' J of humanity, seeking their ends. are men and women of purpi>se, more or less absorbing; u equally. Hie other hosts of the iinkn,,^ anil the unsung, who stand ready t i
s»e, own
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ounce. The Venus of Milo is not | crucify themsehes for the truth's greater than Raphael’s Transfiguration, are men and women of conviction, mo> The mountain is not greater tlian the | or le— controlling. Conviction -t„.„ diamond. They are too utterly unlike not with purpose; it is a purpose tak. to be -usceptihfe of sweeping l ompari- j ing fast hold upon God. son. Tlie mountain weigh- the more. There was purpose with Herodj a . blit it cannot be polished so as to sparkle when she commanded her daughter tu In the sunlight. ask for the head of John the Baptist i, Love D the greatest thing of its kind a charger; there was conviction with in tlie world, or in tlie universe; but John the Baptist when he spoke tD
in die world, or in tlie iimver-e; om oonn iuc «o'-o m- spoke tl,. love i-not greater than duty, for tlb' truth to her and tlie adulterous Hero,! tu.i ■ ,r ill,-, ruble. Thev are ! in full view of tlie certaintv r.li.,, i
two or ineommensurable. 'I’hey are I in full view of tlie certainty that both God-like, and. therefore, both must go to the executioner’s block, i i .. ... i. ....... rant- .if L.-trcF tn in^i* onp’.-i ninl L
great: but each in turn grow- out of is better to lo-e one’s head and keep |,j,
i o.,l.,.>.li- ..nnaeienee Minn to lose his COnseli'n,.,
II ^ l l r N/ v, v - ’» | - -- -
Hie other, and each in turn is subordi- j conscience.^ than to lo-e ids conscience nate to the other. Love God and you ! and keep his head. John the Baptist'. i i /...1 i will he,,11 urpee belter on lli>rodius‘ ..1,
nate to the other, i.ove i.ou anu you aim seep m-in n.,, •.••un me naptisf, will olM'.v him ; obey God and you will head were better on Herodias’ charge, love him. I.ove your neighbor and you ! than on the shoulders of a moral eon. will do a our dut, to him; do your duty ard. i’lie guests of Herod sneered « to him and you will love him.' Hie bloody spectacle and cried in deri-
'in the ion, “sueli is the fate of those who insul
to him and you will love him.
The greatest thing of ii- kind
....i i .. eonviction,—an over-inaster-1 the king’ : but the angels ot God nr :
World i** a ronviuuun,—an uvci- i mv: i»*v
ing. far-reaching, heaven-horn eon vie-j the ascending soul of the hero at th*
: v ft I gates of heaven, and Christ himself d,,.
tion. And what is a convictionf - , is not a whim. It i- the very opposite, clared that a greater tlian Job Whims and conviction- have only one Baptist had not arisen among men. point in common: thev both look Conviction is not passive stiibhorniK.
towards action ; but they look w ith diflmotive and spirit. They start
emit j—
from the same point, but it is the re motc-t chance that they start in the same direction, and equally remote that thev continue to keep their eve- on Hie same mark. You may prophesy the direction which a great conviction will take, hut w ho can tell whither tlie latest caprice will wander? You do not need to be told what Paul will do when lie stands before Agrippa; but you are not certain what Peter is going to do when he comes away from the Garden of Gethsetnane. A conviction is the cannon ball starting anil i-outinuing along the line of aim; a whim is the bomb exploding in open air and sending its scattered fragments in every direction. A conviction is the majestic steamship with prow towards port; a whim is the sailing vessel, tacking against adverse winds. A whim is the weather vane, pointing north with the north wind; a conviction is the magnetic needle pointing to the north with the east wind, the west w ind or tlie south wind. Nay, even the magnetic needle w ill sway to the right or left by local attractions or disturbances;—a genuine conviction is, rather, the very axi- of the earth, pointing to the North Star in storm and sunshine, hy day and night, through winter and summer alike. Whim* are of spontaneous birth : convictions are born of deep experienci*. Whims, like soap bubbles, though attractive, are for the moment; convictions, like the solid globe, are for the ages. It was a whim of Ahasuerus that he should hold out the golden siaqiter to Queen Esther as she advanced unhidden to his throne; il was a conviction tiiat impelled the heroic queen to risk her ow n life for the lives of her people. It was a whim w hen the Egyptian princess, in a moinentnrv outburst of pity, rest* an infant from the bulrushes of ihr Nile; it was a conviction when the stalwart Hebrew ‘ refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, e loosing rather to sutt'er affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.” I t was a w him when the multitudes, their erv of “Hosanna in the Highest” still echoing in the air, shouted in the ears of Pilate “Crucify him, crucify him”; it was a conviction, high as heaven, broad as humanity and enduring as eternity.
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or active obstinacy. Stubbornness atw ob-tinaey imply an unreasoning an ! unreasonable adherence to a eour-e. \ man may be stubborn and ob-tiiiati. when he knows he is wrong; but one i. never possessed of a conviction when he even doubts the correctness of hi. position. A man may be wrong when he is under the dominion of a conviction. but he does not believe that he i. wrong; on the contrary, he firmly 1*. lieves that he is right. Obstinacy i, liable to la* wrong; conviction is likely to be right. The ditt'ereiice between obstinacy and misplaced conviction /. that the one holds on w hen it suspecter even knows that it is heading in the wrong direction, while the other reverses it-engine when it discovers its error, and counts it no humiliation to put on full steam in the new direction. Conviction is concerned witli reaching its ultimate destination, and is nut tenacious as to the mute it takes; obstinacy is concerned chiefly with the route it may happen to have selected, whether the road lead to its destination or not. Obstinacy glorifies the means; conviction, the end. Obstinacy say. “Better mv means with no end, than any end without my mean*.” Conviction says “Give me the end. whether it
come by my means or not.”
It is not always easy to determine just where stubborness ends and conviction begins. Stubbornness becomeconviction when it takes hold upon an enlightened conscience; but one must he sure that ht* has given his conscience every possible opportunity for illumination. Tlie man who puts forth all the effort in his power to ascertain the law, whether it be the law of God or of men! and acts in exact accordance with thi-. his best knowledge, is innocent in tinsight of God, even though he violate everv statute on the books of earth ami heaven. Let him he sure that he haexhausted every means of finding light, and then if conviction seize upon him.
let him go forw ard at any cost.
To be right is a great thing; but hon-
e>ily, intelligently anil conscientiously to think we are right, is still a greater tiling. I would rather have been wrong when I clearly thought I was doing right, than to have been right when 1 clearly thought I was doing wrong. So f ir as my own conscience is concerned. I would rather aim at a tiger and a> ci-
when the Son of Man sethis face i dentally kill my friend, Hian to'aim at
I my friend and accidentally
towards Calvary. I my friend and accidentally kill tin* A 4 oiniction I-more than an opinion, dangerous beast. I would rather have P'nioiis are as i-onimqn as the sands a cle.ir conscience, though harm of the seashore; convictions are as rare i from it. than an evil conscience thou-di as diamonds. Opinions are forest good eame from it. In the sight "f
leaves; convictions, the bio mi of tlie century plant. The gold miner must washout a million grains of sanil before he finds a grain of gold; and you may search through a million opinions and not find a single conviction. Bvervhodv has opinions and inanv of them, hut not everybody has convictions! Indeed, the man of convictions will hud tiiat his opinions are vastly in the majority. Even Saul of Tarsus, both D'fore ami after he saw the light from heaven, had a thousand opinions for every conviction. But one of a man’s convictions is worth more than all of Ins opinions combined. A man will not go to the stake for an opinion, hven Galileo, strong a- he was. -aid outwardly, "‘the world does not move ” while inwardly he said, “it does move after all.” A man will not go hungry becaii-e of an opinion. He will not allow himself to be laughed at, or scourged or imprisoned for a mere opinion. But for a conviction he will not flinch before the upturned lip of scorn,
heaven, I should not in tlie one case he guilty of the harm, or in the other !*• credited with the gooil. I would rather be Saul of Tarsus, conscientiously consenting to Stephen’s death, than Judas Iscariot, with a smitten conscience consenliiigt . the death of Christ. H ar m came from Saul’s act and good from that of Judas; but Hie real acts tliemsclves are as wide apart as the poles. / would rather he the innocent Joseph starting forth with his father’s blessing to bear fraternal greeting- to his brethren in Shechem, even though the sight of his coat of many colors put murder in their hearts, than to be any one of hi- brethren selling him into slavery, even though the slave afterward rose to the second place on the throne of
Egypt.
Once more. A conviction is more than a truth; it is a truth incarnate; a truth inwrought into the intellectual, moral and spiritual fiber of a man. A truth is of no force until it becomes concrete. We hear much about general. tJf.Drnul nr lit 1 wn.wn . ... .1 n .
“ "«"*"«* * rfa" S' l !« r «l t",rh i- . general’ .IlSitJ f , . . 1,1 A comes forth from tlie region of abonviction does not -cize <>n idh.. stract generality and finds its home in
. . "ft “eize on little souls. It comes not to the coward but to Hie brave. A million seeds go to
the Imsom of realities. An eternal truth is only an eternal possibility, tin-
n.mgh, and perish for every flower that f' 1 11 Dikes hold on the Cnee oVc-re-' •looms; but H.e one flower that survives r 116 ' 1 Hungs. A necessary truth is a IhurCi m ° r '' l lal 'Hie countless germs "ece-sary blank until it come* incontiat disappear. A million opinions tH' t with a concrete world; it is a mirpass away unperpetuated, for the one ror ’which sends forth no images until conviction that to the throne, hut ^ « substance. R ’
thH ,- r, ' main * ,R worth The laws of the universe are flth
ill the opinions that disappeared. called the thoughts of God. Since God D Peter expressed an opinion when he '''^'"fe^he sum of his thoughts is incapmi"I: Lord, 1 am ready to go witli a ,le of ""‘rease. He has, therefore, alnee both into prison ami to death ' ' Vrt y 8 P°s»es-ed all knowledge, both actbut that opinion took wings when the " al “'"l potential. The laws of the uni-
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»i>» orr-mi, „„r* .'mr*!/: partnre is at hand”; and that coi.v ictmn wavered not under Hie edge of the executioner’s blade. " A conviction is more than a mere purpose. There can be noeonviction without purpose, but there mav he ,m,i-po-e without conviction. The devil is full of purposes, but he is empty <>f lo.mcMo,,-. Purpose grows out of ambition; eonvlction is rooted ineon science. Purpose is born at the sight n,. r r nV, n : co " victi,, n at the si.rbt ,f
verse, therefore, were present to ids infinite mmd iluring all the eternity antecedent to the creation. The law of gravitation antedated the appearance of matter in the universe, but until Hie coming of the atoms that law was a dead letter on the statute books of the Ginmscient Lawgiver. And what, even now. avails tin* law of gravitation apart from matter? It is only as God spheres his truth within Hie atoms tiiat the planets sweep in majestic curves around their central suns. What were Hie physical universe apart from gravitation? And equally, what were gravitation apart from the physical universe:' If God should withdraw liiii'- , l "'om matter and securely lock hD aws within his own infinite bosom, the ''"Hil- would go back to chaos, an l hD
.* ■. oi exaltation* con i • . ,,u ‘^‘'K to rnaod, tin i m p,...!!!’ :,t . the vision „fintv }? w ?. sl " , <'"to nonentity. The truth o!
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