Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 May 1894 — Page 12

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1S94-TWELYE TAGES.

OR. TALMAGE'S ITINERARY.

XOW OX HIS THir AltOlSD HIE "WORLD. Stops at Little Hoc W, Ark anil Presche to a Vat CnnErrRnllnn Takf for the Snhjrrt of Him Srrmrn -necoverril Familie. LITTLE HOCK. May 20. On his way to California, whence he will start on May 31 on his round the world journey, the Rev. rr. Talmage. having halted here, preached today to a large andiene -n the subject of "Recovered Familie?." The text chosen was I Samuol xxx, 4. 19; 'Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voire and wept until they had no more power to weei. David recovered all." There is intense excitement in the village of Zi klaff. David and his men are bidding Rood-by to their families and are off for the wan. In that little village of Ziklag- the defenseless ones will te safe until the warriors, flushed with victory, come home. F.ut will the defenseless ones be safe? The Foft arms of children are around the necks of the bronzed warriors until they shake themselves free and Hart, an handkerchiefs and flairs are waved and kisses thrown until the armed! men vanish beyond the hills. David and his men soon gt through with their campaign and start homeward. Every night on their way home no sooner does the Foldier put his heid on the knapsack than in his dream he hears the welcome of the wife and the shout of the child. Oh. what long stories they will have to tell their families of how they dodged the hattleax. and then will roll up their sleeve and show the half healed wound! "With glad, quick step, they march on, avid and his men, for they are marching hom. A March and a Yletory. Now they come up to the last hill which overlc-ks Ziklag. and they expert in a moment to pee the dwelling places of their loved one.-:. They look, and as they l.-w.k Ihfir cheek turns pale, and their lip quivers, ami their hand" Involuntarily -oms down on the hilt of the sword. "Where is Ziklag? Where are our homes?" they cry. Al.is. the curling smoke above the ruin tells the tragedy! The Amalekites have come down and con?umed the village and carried the mothers and the wives and the children o David p.nd his men into captivity. The swarthy warriors stand for a few mcments transfixed with horror. Then their eyes plane' to each other, and they burst into uncontrollable weeping, for when a strong warrior weeps the grief is pHllinR. It seems as if the emotion might tear him to pieces. They "wept until they had no more power to weep." Hut soon their sorrow turns into rage, and David, swinging his sword high in the air, cries. "Pursue, for thou shalt overtake them and without fail recover all." Now the march becomes a "double o,uick." Two hundred of David's men stop by the brook Besor. faint with fatigue and grief. They cannot go a step farther. They are left there. Hut the other 400 men under David, with a sort of panther step, march on in sorrow and In rage. They find by the side of the road a half dead. Egyptian, and they resuscitate him and compel him to tell the whole story. He says, "Yonder they vent, the captors and the captives." pointing in the direction. Forward, ye 4'0 brave men of fire! Very yoon David and his enraged company come upon tha Amalekitish host. Yonder they see their own wives and children and mothers and ur.der Amalekitish guard. Here are the officers of the Amalekitish army holding a banquet. The cups are full; the music is roused; the dance begins. The Amalekitish host cheer and cheer and cheer over their victory. Hut without note of bugle or warning of trumpet David and his 400 men burst upon the scene. David and hi3 men look up, and one glance at their loved ones in captivity and under Amalekitish guard throws them Into a very fury of determination, for yru know how men will fight when they fight for their wives and children. Ah, there are lightnings in their eye. and every finger is a spear, and their voice is like the shout of the whirlwind! Amid the upset tankards and the costly viands crushed underfoot, the wounded Amalekitish lie their blood mingling with their wine shrieking for mercy. No former do David and his men win the victory than they throw their swords down into the dust what do they want with swords now? and the broken families come together amid a great shout of joy that makes the parting scene in Ziklag seem very insipid in the compart-" son. The rough old warrior has to use some i-ersuasion before he can get his chill to come to him now after so long an absence, hut soon the little finger trace? the familiar wrinkles across the starred face. And then the empty tankards are set up, and they are filled with the liest wine from the hills, and David and his men. the husbands, the wives, the brothers, the sisters, drink to the overthrow of the Amalekites and to the rebuilding of Ziklag. So, O Lord, let thine enemies perish! The lleturn. Now they are coming home, David and his men and their families a long procession. Men, women" and children, loaded with jewels and robes and with all "kinds of trophies that the Amalekites had gathered up in years of conquesteverything now in the hands of David and his men. When tbey come by the brook F.esor, the place where staid the men sick and incompetent to travel, the Jewels and the robes and all kinds of treasures ar divi 1 d among the sick as well as am nig the well. Purely the lame and exhausted ought to have some of the treasures. Here is a rolie for a pale facd warrior. Here is a pillow for this dying man. Here Is a handful of gold for the wim-l trumpeter. I really think that thee men who fainted by the trunk LVsor may have ndured as much as those men who went Into the battle. Some mean fellows objected to the slik ones baln any of thrt spoils. The objectors sail, ''These men did not fight." David, with a magnanimous heart, replies, "As his part is that go.'th down to the hattle.'so shall Iiis part be that tarrleth by (he stuff." This subject is practically suggestive to me. Thank 'd. In these times a man can go off on a Journey and be gone weeks and months and come baek and see his house untoo. h"l of laceniiary and have his family on the step to greet him If by telegram be has foretold the moment of his comlnir. Hut there are Amalekitish disasters, there ore Amalekitish diseases that .sometimes come down upon one' home, maklnc as devastating work nt the day when Zlklag took lire. There are families you represent broken up. No battering ram smote in the door, no lonnolast crumbled the statues, no flame leaped ami J the curtains, but t) far nil the Joy .anl merriment that once lielonsred to that hous ere concerned the home hau departed. Armed diseases tame down upon the pilctnes of the ncene scarlet fevers or pleurisies or consumption or undefined disorders came and rcized uion some members of that family and carried theru way. 7.lklag in ashes! And you ro ndiout. sometimes weeping ami sometime nraged. wanting to get hack your loved ones a inu'h as Iwtvld and his men wanted to reconstruct their despoiled houehoMs. Ziklag in ashes! Some of you went oft from home. Von counted the days of your absence. Hvery day eemed as long as a week. Oh. how glad you were when the time tame for you to go aboard the steamboat or rull car und start for horn'! You arrived You went up th" street where your dwelling was. and in lh night you put your band

on the doorbell, and. behold! it waa wrapped win the signal of bereavement, and you found that Amalekitish death, which as devastated a thousand other households, had blasted your. You go. about weeping amid the desolation of your once happy home, thinking of the bright eyes ckwd, and the noble hearts topped, and the gentle hands folded, and you weep until you have no more power to weep. Ziklaic in ashes! A gentleman went to a friend of mine in the city of Washington and asked that through him he might get a consulship to some foreign port. My friend said to him. "What do you want to go away from your beautiful home for into a foreign port?" "Oh," he replied, "my home is gone! My six children are dead. I must got away, sir. I can't stand it in this country any longer." Ziklag ln ashes! A shea of I.ITe. Why these long shadows of bereavement across this audience? Why is it that in almost every assemblage black is the predominant color of the apparel? Is it because -ou do not. like saffron or brown or violet? Oh, no! You say, "The world is not so bright to .us aj once it was." and there is a story of ?ilent voices nd of still feet and of loved ones gone, and when you look over the hills, expecting only beauty and loveliness, you find only devastation and woe. Ziklag in ashes! . One day in Ulster county. New Yofk. the village church was decorated until the fragrance of the flowers was almost bewildering. The maidens of the village had emptied the place of flowers upon one marriage altar. One of their own number was affianced to a mirXster. of Christ, who bad come to take her to his own home. With hands joined, amid a congratulatory audience, the vows were taken. In three days from that time one of those who stood at the altar exchanged earth for heaven. The wedding march broke down into the funeral dirge. There was not enough flower now for the coffin lid. because they had all been taken for the bridal hour. The dead minister of Christ is brought to another village. He had gone out from them less than a week before in his strength; now he comes home lifeless. The whole church bewailed him. The solemn procession moved around to look upon the still face that once had beamed the messages of solvation. Little children were lifted up to look at him. And some of those whom ,h.e had comforted in days of sorrow-, when they passed that silent form, made the place dreadful with their wcepin?. Another village emptied of its flowers some of them put in the shape of a. cross, others put In the shape of a. crown to symbolize his triumph. A hundred lights blown out in the strong gust from the open door of a sepuloher. Ziklag in ashes! A Hally try. I preach this sermon today because T want to rally you as David rallied his men. for the recovery of the loved and the lost. 1 want not only to win heaven, but I want all this congregation to go along with me. I feel that somehow I have a responsibility in your arriving at that great city. Do you really want to Join the companionship of your loved ones who have gone? Are you as anxious to join them as David and his men were to join their families? Then I am here, in the name of Clod, to say that you may and to tell you how. I remark, in the first place, if you want to join your loved ones in glory, you must travel the same way they went. No sooner had the half dead Kgyptian been resuscitated than he pointed the way the captors and thu captives had gone, and David and his meu followed after. So our Christian frienris have gone into another country, and if we want to reach their companionship we must take the same road. They repented; we must repent. They prayed; we must pray. They trusted In Christ; we must trust in Christ. They lived a religious life; we must live a religious life. They wore in Some things like ourselves. I know, now that they are gone, there is a halo around their names, but they had their faults. They said and did things they ought never to have said or done. They were someiimes rebellious. sometimes cast down. So I suppose that when we have gone some things In us that are now only tolerable may l.e almost resplendent. Hut as they were like us in deficiencies we ought to be like them in taking a suXiernal Christ to make up for the deficits. Had it not been for Jesus they would have all perished, but Christ confronted them and said. "1 am the way," and they took it. I have also to 5 ay to you that the path that these captives trod was a troubled path, and that David and his men had M go over the same difficult way. While these captives were liolng taken oft they said, "Oh. we are so tired; we are so sick; we are so hungry!" Hut the men who had Charge of them said: "Stop this crying, (io on!" David and his men also found It a hard way. They had to travel it. Our fri nds have Kmc Into glory, and it is through much tribulation that we are to enter into the kingdom. How our loved ores used to have to struggle! How th'ir old hearts ached! How sometimes they had a tussle for bread! In our childhood we wondered why there were so many wrinkles on their faces. We did not know that what were called "crow's feet" on their faces were the marks of the black raven of trouble. Did you never hear the old people, seated by the evening stand, talk over their early trials, their hardships, the accidents, the burials, the disappointments, the empty flour barrel when there were so many hungry ones to feed, the sickness almost unto death, where the next dose of morphine decided between ghastly bereavement and an unbroken home circle? Oh. yes, It was trouble that whitened their hair! It was trouble that shook the cup In their hands. It was trouble that washed the luster from their eyes with the rain of tears until they needed spectacles. It was trouble that made the cane a necessity for their Journey. Do you never remember seeing your old mother sitting, on some rainy lay, looking out of the window, her elliow on the window sill, her hand to her brow looking out, not seeing the falling shower at all you well knew she was looking into the distant past until the apron came up to her eyes, liecause the memory was too much for her? Oft th big. tl .1 bidden tear. Stealing down the furrowed cheek. Told In eloquence sincere Tales of woe they could not speak. Hut. this seen of weeplnir o'er. Past thl-s scene of toil and pain,. They shall feel distress no more, Never, never weep again. A tall Kffort. "Who are these under the altar?" the question was asked, and the response, came, "These are they which came out of the great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white In the blood of the Ijamb." Our friends went by a path of tears Into glory. He not surprised if we have to travel the same pothway. I remark, again, If we want to win the society of our friends In heaven, we will not only have to travel a path of f;ilth and a path of tribulation, but we will al. have to positively battle for their comrmnlonshlp. David and hi men never wanted sharp sword and Invulnerable nhielda and thick breastplate so much as they Wanted them on the day when they came down upon the Amalekites. If they had lost that battle, they never would have got their families back, I. supiMse that fine glance of their loved ones in captivity hurled them Into tho 1 t tie with tenfold courage and energy. They paid; "We must win It. Kvrrythlng depends upon It. Let each one take a man on (M.lrit of spear or sword. We must win U." And I have to tell you that betwen us and coming into th companionship of our loved one who hare departed thero Is Hti Austerlltx. there Is a (Jettysburg, there Is" a Waterloo. War with the world, war with th? fWh, war with the devil. We have either to cnnqu.r our trouhlea. or our trouble will conquer us. David wif. Ither slay '.he. Amalekites, or the Amalekites will rlay David. And yet Is not the forte tu b takcö worth all tha

pain, all the peril, all the beseigement? Look! Who are they on the bright hills of heaven yonder? There they are. those who sat at your table, the chair now vacant. There they are, those whom you rocked in infancy in the cradle or hushed to sleep in your arms. There they are, those In whose life yotir life was bound up. There they are, their brow more radiant than ever before you sawIt. their lips waiting1 for tMe kiss of heavenly greeting, their cheek roseate with the health o' eternal simmer, their hands beckoning you up th steep, the feet bounding with the mirth of heaven. The pallor of their last sickness gone out of their face, nevermore to be sick, nevermore to cough, nevermore to limp, nevermore to be old. nevermore to weep. They are watching from those hights to see if through Christ you can take that fort and whether you will rush in uron them victors. They know that upon thi3 battle depends whether you will ever join their society. Up! Strike harder! Charge more bravely! Remember that every inch you gain puts you so much farther on toward that heavenly reunion. Victory or Death. If this morning while I speak you could hear the cannonade of foreign enemy which was to deppoll your city, and if they really should succeed In carrying your families away from you. how long would we take before we resolved to go after them? Every weapon, whether fresh from the armory or old and rusty in the garret, would be brought out, and we would urge on, and coming in front of the foe we would look at them and then look at our families, and the cry would be, "Victory or death!" and when the ammunition was gone we would take the captors on the point of the bayonet or under the breech of the gun. If you would make such a struggle for the getting back of vour earthly friends, will you not make as much struggle for the gaining of the eternal companionship of your heavenly friends? Oh. yes, we must join them! We must sit in their holy society. We must sing with them the song. We must celebrate w-lth them the triumph. Let it never be told on earth or In heaven that David and his men pushed out with braver hearts for the getting back of their earthly friends for a few years on earth than we to get our departed! You say that all this implies that our departed Christian friends ure alive. Why, had you any idea they were dead? They have only moved. If you should go on the 2d of May to a house: where. one of your friends lived and find him gone, you would not think that he was dead. You would inquire next door where he had moved to. Our departed Christian friends have only taken another house. The secret 1? that they are richer now than they once were and can afford a better residence. They once drank out of earthenware; they now drink from the King's chalice. "Joseph is yet alive." and Jacob will go up and see him. Living, are they? Why, if a man can live in this damp, dark dungeon of earthly captivity, can he not live where he breathes the bracing atmosphere of the mountains of heaven? Oh. yes. they are living! 1 'til nt. Yet Pursuing. Do you think that Paul is so near dead now as he was when he was living In the Roman dungeon? Do you think that Frederick Rob?rtson of Brighton is as near dead now as he was when, year after year, he Flept rcated on the floor, his head on the bottom of a chair, because .ie could find ease in no ether position? Do yon think that Robert Hall is as near dead now as when, on his couch, he tossed in rhysical tortures? No. Death gav5 them the few black drjps that cured them. That is all death does to a Christian cures him. I know that what I have said implies that they are living. There is no question about that. The only question this morning ia whether you will ever join them. Hut I must not forget those two hundred men who fainted by the brook Kesor. They could not) take another step farther. Their feet were sore; thMr head ached; their entire nature was exhausted. Hesides that, they were brokenhearted because their homes were gone. Ziklag in ashs! And yet David, when he comes up to them, divides the spoils among them. He says they shall have some of the treasures. I look over this audience this morning, and I find at least two hundred who have fainted by the brook liesor the brook of tears. You feel as. if you could not take another step farther, as though you could never look up again. Hut I am going to imitate David and divide among you some 'glorious trophies. Here is' a robe. "All things work together for good to those w-ho love Clod." Wrap yourself in that glorious oromise. Here is for your neck a string of pearls, made out of cry?talized tears. "Veep4ng may endure fur a night, but Joy cometh in the morning." Here is a, -'oronet, "Ho thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." Oh. ye fainting ones by the brook of iDsor, dip your blistered feet in the running stream of God's mercy. Hathe your brow at the well of salvation. Soothe your wounds with the balsam that exudes from trees of life. Ood will not utterly cast you off, O broken-hearted woman, fainting by the brook Resor. A shepherd finds that bis musical pipe is bruised. He says: "I can't get any more music out of this instrument, so I will Just break it. and I will throw this reed away. Then I will get another teed, and I will play music on that." Hut (Jod says He will not cast you off because all the music has gone out of your kouI. "The bruised reed he will not break." As far as I can to.'l the diagnosis of your" disease, you want divine nursing, and it is promised you, "As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you." (Sod will see you all the way through, O troubled soul, and when you come down to the Jordan of death you will find It to be a thin a brook es Hesor, for Dr. Robinson sajs that in April lienor dries up and there is no brook at all. And in your last moment you will t as placid as the Kentucky minister who went up to Hod, saying in the dying hour: "Write to my sister Kate and tell her not to be worried and frightened alxiut the story of the horrors around the deathbed. Tell her there Is not h Word of truth in it, for 1 am there now, and Jsus is with" me, and I find it a very happy way, not because 1 am a U"xd man. for I am not am nothing but a poor, miserable sinner but 1 have an Almighty Saviour, and both of His arms are around me." May Cod Almighty, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, bring us Into the companionship of our loved onti who have already entered the heavenly land and into the presence of Christ, whom, not having seen, we love, and so" David shall recover all, "ami as his juirt Is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff."

Itlillair on th Co vr catcher. "I have ridden on about every conceivable part of a train that It Is possible to ride on." aald Arthur L. James, a railroad man, to a St. Ixiula Cllohe-Demo-crat man, "but I don't think I will ever try to ride on tho cowcatcher of a locomotive again. 1 tried it once last Bummer, and that was enough for me. I thought I would ride there for a few miles Just for the fun oT the thing. Kvery thing went all right for the first few miles, and we wire going at a pretty lively :llp, when turning a curve I beheld several cows vlanding lit the middle of the track Just ahejid of us. There was no way for me to mcapo from nty position, ho I Just shut my eyes and held on. I'll U-t a thousand thoughts rushed through my head In the few, seconds it took for us ' to reach the spot where the cows were. I Just got one glimpse of a huddled up figure before we struck them. Then there waa a thud and in an Instant the front of the engine looked like a slaughter house. was drenched with blood. How I csraoed without being knocked off Is a miracle. The engineer at once stopped the train and I was mighty glad to leave my perilous poaltlott. 1 changed my loth for a pair of greasy overalls and a Jumper that lelongcd V th fireman and made th rest of my trip In tho baggago car."

SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.

LESSON IX, SECOD W'AIITKR, lTEHXATIOVIL SUR IE, MAY 27. Text of the Lesson, Ex. Ill, 10-20 Mfmorj Verses, JO-Iii (.olden Text, Ian. xll, K Commentary by the Jlev. D. M. Mearns. ' 10. "Come now, therefore, and I will send thee unto I'haraoh. that thou mayest bring forth my people, the 'children of Israel, out of Egypt." We are in this lesson about eighty years farther on than in the last, for Moses remained at the court of Pharaoh till he was forty, and then forsaking Egypt he kept sheep in Mldian for feity years (Acts vii. 23. SO). He is now at Mt. Horeb. and God is talking to him out of the burning bush the bush that burned with fire and was not consumed (verse 2), so suggestive of Israel's whole history. To vnderstand this lesson it is' necessary to read acts vii. 21-31; Heb. xi. 21-27. 11. "And Moses said unto Clod, Vho am I that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Kgypt?" Three great I's In one little sentence show that Moses did not take in the greater I of the previous verse. When he was forty he supposed that the people of Israel would hsve understood that he was their deliverer (acts vii. 2"o. but he was then running before he was sent. Now when Hod rould send him he is unwilling to go. Such is man even at his best. 12. "And He said. Certainly I will be with thee, and this shall be a token unto thee that I have sent thee. When thoi hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye Fhall serve God upon this mountain." The great lesson of our life is to learn that we are nothing, but that lod is everything. The promise of. His presence is to my mind the greatest of all promises for this presr-nt life. Consider it well as it was afterward given to Joshua, to Gideon, to Jeremiah and to the apotles by the Lord Himself (Josh. I. 5; Judg. vi. 1; Jer. 1. S. 19; Math, xxviii. 20). To many of us it comes with greatest power in the words of our golden text and lsa. xli. 13. IS. "And Mnsps said unto Clod. Rehold, when I come unto the children of Israel and shall say unto them, The Ood of your fathers hath sent me unto you, and they shall say unto me. What is His name? What shall I Fay unto them?" This was a far greater consideration than the "who am 1" of verso 11. Moses now asks God: "Whom shall I say that you are?" Jesus was always saying that the Father sent Him. You will find Him referring to It over thirty times in the gospel by John. In His prayer He said concerning the apostles. "As Thou hast sent Me into the world" (John xvii. IS). How little we seem to appreciate it! 14. "And God said unto Moses, I am that I am. And He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I am hath sent me unto you." Some one has compared this great name of God to a blank check for any amount, like the promise of John xiv. 11. "If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it." See Jesus filling it in such passages as John vi. 4, CI; viil, 12; xiv, ; xv, 1, and often where we read "I am Ho" it is really "I am." the "He" being in italics, as in John iv, 20; viii. 24. 2s. 15. "The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you. This is my name forever, and this is my memorial unto all generations." It seems to refer to His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to give them the land (IV. cv, 8-12). a covenant which Is as lasting as his covenant with day and night (Jer. xxxiil. 25. 2f.), and which He will yet fulliill with His whole heart and soul (Jer. xxxii. 41). 1 "Go gather the eldfrs of Israel to gether and say unto them. The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob, appeared unto me, paying. I have surely visited you and seen that which It done to you in Egypt hat God says Il will do Is as sure as if it was already done (lsa. xiv, 24, 27). He had said He would visit them and bring them out of bondage (Gen xv. 14; 1, 24). His covenants are on His part ordeied in all things and sure (II Sam xxiil. ü), and though we may fail He abideth faithful. There is nothing done to His people whii-h He does not count as done to Himself, whether it be good or bad (Z h. ii.. 8). 17. "And I have Faid, I will bring you up out of the afiliotion of Egypt unto a land flowing with milk and honey." See also verse 8 and chapters xiii, .1; xxxiii, 3. It may have seemed to Israel for many a long day that God had forgotten them, and that their afflictions were more than they could bear, but hear Him In verse 7, "I have surely seen the u;tliction of My jooplo and have heard their cry, for I know their sorrows." So today He sees all the sufferings of Ills ufllicted people and of the oppressed everywhere, and He will deliver, but He urges patience till He comes (Jas. v. 7. ). IS. "And they Khali harken to Thy voice, and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him. The Lord God of the Hebrews hath met with us." The rest of the verse states the request they were to make of the king of Egypt. It was Jehovah Himself who was giving all this to Mos.-s out of the midst of the bush that burned with fire, but was not consumed (verses 2 and 4 ). It was, liow.'vr, only when Moses turned aside to see the strange sight that God rpoke with him. There are many strange things in our daily lives out of which God would fpeak to us If we would but turn aside a moment to hear His voice. He tries again and again to gain our attention, but we are too busy to hear. 19. "And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go no, not by a mighty hand." And so It turned out. for when Moses and Aaron went to I'haraoh with the message from the Lord his answer was, "I know not the Lord; neither will 1 let Israel go" (chapter V, 2). The Lord seaieheth nil hearts and understandeth all the Imaginations of the thoughts (I Chroii. xxxiii. 9). yet He does not compel, but leaves each one free to obey or disobey as they think best. He Is not willing that any should perish (II Pet. III. !0. 20. "And I will stretch out my hand and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do In the midst thcreor, and after that he will let you go." Pharaoh hardened bis heart and refused to humble himself before God (chapters Ix, 34; x. 3). The Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart by laying upon him command which he would bot obey (x. 2', 27; xl, !. Id), and this led to multiplying the Lord's wonders. Greater wonders than those of Pharuoh's time are yet to bt? wrought In connection with the restoration of Israel from all lands, and a worse than I'haraoh I yet to tie dealt with, but the whole earth shall yet be filled with the glory of God (Mic. vii, 1.1, It!; Jer. xxlll. 7. R : Rev. xiii, 5, 6; xvll. 14; Ps. Ixxil, IS, Vi). Pounded Hcllulon Into.lllrr). The new muscular Christianity has mnny advalltnes over the older time prcaiihlng method of gathering convert P.) Christ, but among the old school ininlnwra of the gowiiH It H not so popular a It nilnht be. hut. then. tu It U only recently that college athletic- have lieconie P pul ir, the objection of the now gr.-iy-halrel donilnle Is pcrluip not very surpiislng. There recently visited Huff .tin a young theol tglcal student who came from a New Jersey town, and though an episcopalian he wa.s a Ktaduate of historic old Princeton, where ho w,is a leading spirit In all Kind of h-nMhfiil sport. !' attend' I a mllon meeting, tind upon lielng introduced to tha nuKromllon of worshipers the Introducer told or Die voting non's exploits In the foot ball Hel l and the base b ill illnnion I. It happened that at Ihe loeet'ng there was a local hruiMcr wb h"d the repuiutlon of hiving chewed up all the aspirants for tlwtle honors In th" locality. The bully remarked to Home of hU companion lli.it altlioiiKh the nilniMr miitht ba a Rood foot ball player he cjiiII bat him Into pulp without half trying. The young mlntaior liearl of tho bowrt and

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This Machine is fully warranted and money will be refunded 3. same as No. 4, except with two drawers instead of four, will SENTINEL one year lor S16.00.

POINTS OF SUPERIORITY. INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL SEWING MHCH1NE Haa the latest design of bent woodwork, with keleton drawer cases, made in both walnut and oak, highly finished and the most durable made. The stand is rijtid and etronz, having brace from over eaeh nd of treadle rod to table, baa a large balance wheel with belt replacer, a very easy motion of treadle. The head is free of plate tension 8, the machine ia 60 set that without any change of upper or lower tension you can tew Irom No. 40 to No. 150 thread, and by a Tery elightchange of dice tension on face plate, you can eew from the coarseet to the finest thread. It bas a eelf-eetting needle and loose pulley device on band wheel for Minding bobbing without running the machine. It is adjustable in all its bearinars and has leas eprincra than any other sewing machine on the market. It is the quickest to thread, being eelf-threading, except tha eye of needle. It Is the easiest machine in changing length of stitch, and id very aiet and easy running.

Address all orders to THE SENTINEL, Indianapolis, Ind. P. S. This Machine is shipped direct from the manufactory to the purchaser, saving all cMdle men's profits.

made a compact with the bully that h? would meet him In the local club-room, and the consi leration was that in the event of the bully being defeated he was to to church regularly ftr three months, and if the younsr minister were vanquished he was to ;ay Stome penalty. The niht of the encounter arrived, anl there was a larcre atton lajic of .prts to ste the parson knocked out. The contest was not a Ions one, fur the buily stood only three rounds of punishment. When he cr'ed: "Hold! Knoutrh!" He paid the penalty Imposed and now is one of the must earnest worshipers at church, having been entirely weaned from his pernicious environments, and one of his wannest friends is the young parson who knocked him out. Buft'ilo Express. n.v:t;EKi op iwctohy m st. I'nlookcd for I?xploloiis Are Frequently Ilcportrtl. Each development of manufacturing processes appears tu augment the tire hazard, not merely by reason of th dancrers lnciKnt to the increased peed of operation, and also to the concentration due to the Kreatrr units of larper buildings, but more especially to the greater amount of dust thrown off by the more rapid manipulation of the stock in the new methods of manufacture. The comparison of the readiness nf Uinitlon cf the shaving to that of the log holds good in all combustible material; name'y, the finer the subdivision, the greater the facility of ignition and the gn-ater the rapidity of combustion. The severe accidents occurring in those lines of specirj manufacturing using powdered wood and pulverized cork, so that these substances can be classed as explosives under such conditions, illustrate the occurrences resulting from such ehange conditions. it would be trite to make any references to the explosives of grain dust In 'flouring mills or of hop dust in connection with the manufacture of malt; but there are continually occurring instances of the explosion of materials not ordinarily included in the list of explosives. Hn which are ,made so solely on account of rapid combus tibility entirely due to subdivision. A lew days ago an explosion occurred in that portion of a print works where the cloth was received intti the stabllshmrnt "In the gray" directly from the mills without any treatment, nnd was being wound into large rolls preparatory to the processes oarrlon In that establishment. The short, im; cotton libers were shaken out of the cloth as dust by the rapid winding to such an extent that it became necessary to put h ventilating hood over the machine. An electric spark at the belt ignited sonic of the dust, and it produced an explosion which blew off the roof and wrecked the contents of the building with such violence as to seriously injure live men at work in the room. With tiie oi l method of opening und picking cotton by which It was blown into tt "gauze room," there were numerous Instances of explosions occurring in connection with such lires. but that cla,ss of accident has b'n very much reduced by the present method of iapper pickers, which wind the cotton into it relatively compact cylinder. The explosion of cotton libers in n.'ipping rooms are still of freunt occurrence. Within recent years a tire starting in the c.irl room of a cotton mill produced an explosion which was exceedingly violent and spread the flames to an extent beyond the M-ope of the fie pparatus und compassed the destruction of the mill. The explosion from dust in the various forms of continuous driers used In textile mills have been such ns to require the utmost precautions by way of construction an. I continuous cleanliness in orJer to secure conditions of safety. When the facinir dust accumulating on the trusses of a foundry was being washed from the hca.m by n stream from tire hose, when the works were shut down during an enforced v.ucatioii, such as has occurred during recent times, the dust filled the building and was Ignited by the lire at the p.rtablu forge. Where repairs were under wa y. . 1 ;rt such fires are not by any means confined to the dust of ordinarily recognized combustible materials. Kires huve been known to occur Ui the dust of Iron thrown out from the tumbling barrels usej for polishing tucks by their attrition on each other. One form of the well-known parlor fireworks, which produces such a bright fulguratlon, is merely the combustion of linely dl vi 11 steel, whose temperature of Ignition Is no low that the hand can be held, not only with impunity, but also without any sensation of h"at directely in the .scintillation of the fireworks. The finely powderel xlnc. known as "zinc auxiliary," which is use 1 In connection with the rejuTtnstion of the imiigo dye Vats in the coloring of cotton, is so rapidly oxidized by a mall amount of moisture that fires produced In that manner are of frtjneiit occurrence, and the UaiiRer Is sj well known tht many lines of witter transportation refuse to take this material under tuny condition whatsoever. These lrvt nrwi.i Illustrate the demands which the present practice f underwriting requires in connectlmn with a technlctil knowledge Hnd practical experience upon the fundamental principle connected with nearly every brnoh of manufacturing:, and of the Horace of material contributing to siioli industries. The remark attributed to Lord l'roiin'hain. that a lawyer xho-ul I know mwiet'hlng of thing us a necessary qualification for a praei Itloner at the bur, might also be extended to essentials In the optiiuticnt of an underwriter. N. V. Journal of t.Vmm-rce. A Noble Aim. larkr "Poor old Itrownley! He's bepom Insane. I hear, working at that tHephnne Invention." I'.at ker "What a he trying to Invent?" l'arker "A Vvie for preventing people from callln you up when you don't want to talk with them. ' -ruck. Ktlilent Improvement. Aunt "1 your dster Improving in her music?" Small Nepliw "f gnetso. Th perme nex' door bus tbx-HI not to rnyvc." ijtrect &. biullh'e (J ood Is'cwa.

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be in want of a THE SENTINEL has made your wants.

One Huffier, with Shirrer Plate, One Pet of 4 Plato liemmers. One Binder, One Preeaer Foot. One Hemmer and Feller,

One Brailer root, One Tucker, One Quiltor, One Mate Gauw, One Slide for Braider, One Oil Can (with Oil), One Thread Cutter,

NAILED TO THE CROSS. paimti. i:ri:Hii:crc or Tin: i.ate DR. 'nil 1. 1 a m ijiu:di:mkvi:k. fntnei' Sinmilinx in India SpiUed Him by Iiis Hand nnd I Vet nnd 'Mien Ho Fainted An American Miner's Awf iiI-ufTcrliiK -111 ( rind tiers I.nppril Off IHn Fluster nnd Toe 11 I'nrl nt the Torture n ledicnl or itrKinl Aid Afforded Him by the riarbnritiim. The body of a man who, had been crucified, and who had survived the ordeal and lived for years afterward, left Tacoma. Wash., the other day for interment at Salt Lake City. The remains were those of Dr. William Ilredemeyer, who years ago was crucified by an uncivilized tribe in Ilurmah, India. The burial at Salt Lake City was by the side of bis first wife, Annie May Savery-Mearyone-Ev-ans, says the Chicago Times. His second wife, born Miss IVnelope McVlckar, accompanied the body, which was escorted to the train by members of sixteen fraternitier, including 12 women, who were members of Itebckah lodges, and the Pocahontas of th" order of Hod Men, and the Pythian Sisters. Dr. Ercdemeycr was a great fraternity man. He was a member of nearly every sot ret order in existence, and had he lived a week bmger he would have perfected the organization ir. Taconia, of the Heptosophs. Hut paralysis carried him off, and with his rifdit hand peacefully over bis breast :u& he lay in his cojjin the jtccd scar left by thS' who crucified him could plainly be seen. Hundreds saw the scar, and thought it a. dreadful sight. The right-hand soar was not as long; as the b-ft-hand one by an inch. Hoth were between th' lx.iies of the thumb anil f oivfingei, in the thickest part of the palm. The left-hand scar w.ts two and a half inches loajr, and on both sid 'S of the baud the scars stood out lik' miniature mountain ranges compared with the size of the hands. Th s rratvi t p ridges f the ugly marks wore white and pronounced, like siiowcapinM peaks. When I trod -meyer was crucified ther was no antiseptic surgery to kill the putrefying microbes in the air while the Wounds wef" being treated, and thus avoid irritation and unsightly scars. For twenty-four hours after he was uuoilled he received n treatment of anv kind. When the wounds were drcss-d he was unconscious, anil for several days it was thought he would die. Ilredcmeyer was a quiet, uncommunicative Prussian. Members of his family and his close frbnds km w f his. crucifixion, but Tai ia jx-ople were in abs - lute ignorance of the facts until Predemeyer's record -f his own lifo was found among bis papers a Tut his death. He was a graduate of the university of llonn. and bad previously qualified as :i nKmbvr of the Prussian jiU.nct r engineer (Mips. Tint was i:i IS'.L'. The next year be entered tiie Dutch-India, pervice as a mining engineer und exITt, and advanced step by step in his chosen profession until in 1S0S, when the king of upper i Ulrica h made him chief engineer of the famous ruby mines in the northern part of the country. r.re.demeyer had headquarters at Medea, in the ruby mine district, where hisapphires are also found. The mines are jealously guarded and all the precious itoi.es Ixdong1 to the king. From the ruby and sipplrre harvest the king realizes from $.'.(), 0"0 to $7.".i"0 a year. North of Medea in the lofty mountains there wen some ruby mines which the king; had not had prospected by smh an eminent oxjx-rt as Hredemeyer. In fact, no white nun bad ever ventured into the mountains of the north, where dwell the h ilf-clvilized (Si:igphos, who. while recognizing the authority of the king, were unruly and larbarl liredt 'tueycr's advent was the signal for t?i cat excitement among th Singphos. They had never seen a. white man. and notwithstanding Hredemeyer proclaimed his mission under authority of the kins, the Singphos were not n.itiftied. Their cupidity got the better of thMr loyalty; they thought more of their rubies and sapphires than they did of the king's mandates. They decided to crucify the white man If he did not flee from the country. A handful cf soldiers w re with Mrodemcycr. In all the country, which then had .l.f'fto.noo lnhabltmts, ihe king had but l!t.0 poldhrs. The Slngplms were not afraid of them. Hrcdenieyor refused to leave the country until he hid earried out the orders of the king. The Singphos declared war. The soldiers wr nt Into ambush, only to treacherously loimndor the mlnlujc expert when the natives swooped down upon them. While the soldiers were fkurrylnif about for reinforcements iha natives

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ATTACH M ENTS Accompanying Each tYIachino ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Attachments In bracket are all interchangeable into hub on preeeer brt Pix Bobbin. Feven Needles, One Large Screw Pnrer, One Small Screw Drifer. One Wrench, One Inetructios Book.

WARRANTY. Every Machine is fully warranted for fire yetrL Any part proving defective will "be replaced free of charge, except ing needies, bobbins and shuttles.

nailed P.redemeyer to a cro?s made of two pieces ,f the native oil wood. Crude pieces of iron, with sharp edges and slightly sharp at the end. were brought, and. using stones for sledges, the natives drove the irons through Bredemeyor's hands and feet. The barbarians were bosid themselves with fiendish fury. In their haste they horribly mutilated the engineer's toes atid fingers. Pcfore the brutal work of nailing- Ilredcmeyer to the cross was linished he became partially unconscious. The shock was almost fatal. The last thins he remembered was the swarming npphos. with their fiat faces, broad skulls, straight, blaclc hair, and deep brown skins, grinning likrj demons, uttering wild shouts and dancing anl gesticulating at the foot of th cross. Some f them were entirely naked, having stripped off their apparel in the hysterical excitement of the capture and crucifixion of the hated victim. 'As a rule the natives wear linen wrapped about their hips. These cloths are called itiies. and as p.redemeyer lapsed Into unconsciousness- he rememIwred that the ir.gies of the masters of the barbaric ceremony were besmeared with his own blood. When Iiredemeyor had ben nailed to the cross the natives prepared to raise it and, fasten it into the ground. At that instant the soldiers happily returned with reinforcements and routed the natives. IJredenieyer was carried back, to Medea. The crucifixion occurred on July 1C, ISO:, at about noon. At noon the next day his wound-; were dressed. The rainy reason had not set in. and it was very warn, and under these unfavorable conditions it was feared gangrene would set In. The sufferer was cared for tenderly. und'T directions from the king, ami being accustomed to undergo great hardships, he speedily recovered, but never again ventured into the land of the Singphos. Fourteen months later. Immediately after he married Miss Kvans at Nagasaki, he was engaged by the Japanese government as a mining expert, but a couple of years later, on account of tha ill-health of his wife, be removed to California. From there h-" worked ii into Utah, prospecting in th mines, locating undeveloped properties which it is estimate.! will make a millionaire of his eight-year-old son. who was born Pi him by his second wife. From Utah P.redemeyer went to Pritish Columbia, and theme back to Washington, thre years ago. v. here be conducted an assaver's office. When his body was removed to thl morgue attention was called to th frightful scars on his hands and feet Three fingers of his b ft hand were pone and his right foot showed sigr-s of mutilation, while the L ft foot looked as II It had been froen until the toes had dropped off. His fing.-rs and the toes ol the right foot bad been lopped off by his cruciflcrs. The toes of the left foot wer frozen off on a prospectinpr trip in Utah. The day of his fun.-ral his casket wag literally covered with frat- mity badges, the gold bullion in which was valued ai jr.iHi. He organized the foresters and the Tcdmen on the Pacific coast, and wal honored with the highest offices conferrcd by several of th- secret orders 18 the Pacific northwest. Au Important I'uint. In a New Lngland court-no-.m one nf ternoon In late spring ther was a. ecen4 of gnat excitement. A witness had testified that he saw the defendant "split tin' up rails" a few hours before the occurrence of the accident for which th defendant was supi-scd to be responsible. "What did he say he was going to do with the rails?" asked the counsel, fixliifT the wandering eye of the wltne.'4 with his stern gaze. Pefore the witness could answer th defendant's counsel was on his feet, insisting that tie question was not allowable. A prolonged wram.de ensued. V llous high authorities for and against rhe admission of the question were consulted and quoted. Meanwhile the witness shifted frorr one 1 t the other and gave vent tc several prodigious yawr.s. Once he wai heard to mutter that "'twas fearful hot," but aside from that he made no rerr-arkt. As the controversy raped higher and hlglier, r.o.ncthlng like a miU pajsed acres his face once or twlc-e, but quickly vanished. At last the court ruled that tho que tlon must be allowed, and whil the defendant's counsel, exhausted with rag, leaned back in his chair and moiT'l hU forehead the query was put once more! "What did the defendant say he wal frying to do with those rails?" "Nawthiu'" drawled the witness. "1 was drlvln' my nle -e-ln-law to ketcti th trila when I see hhn. An naow. If It ain't onconstlto tlon'l, I'd like to e diK'tin. for my legs is Kvilt gin aout." Amll uproirims merriment his request waa (rran tod. Youth' Companion. I'Mlllifnl. Fair Missionary "VVung, why don'l you come to our Sunduychnol?" laundrymnn (apologetically) "I joU Ue wife in China." N. W. Weekly. ,