Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 29 September 1893 — Page 7
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WEEKLY COURIER
C. DOANK, lubliMhr. JASPER. . . - INDIANA TO A WOODLAND NOSEGAY. Oh, beautiful blooms from the woodland wild.
i-urpio ami bistro and Raid, You cotno to mo with tho jjrt.ro of n child, And a fragrunco thut never grows old. "Where did you grow i stately and fair, My bcuutlful wlldu'iml HnwiNl
You must rmvo drank (.unshlno and ajIcy air
iniuuu an mo summer nours. What drynds ruvo to you their grace, My tender woodland tlowersj You surely could not havo grown npaco Without their helpful dowers. Dldl'an, whuo sporting In tfceso bowers With the Graces In his train, Help in for you throuch sunny hours, Thu cmblent colors of tho rain? Topaz and opal and rose aro yoo, As I Raze on your putat fair. And jasper and sapphlro lx-arled with dew. And Kold Ilka a maldjn's hair. 1 wonder where did you bourgeon and blowIn what haunts cf tho fairies, dear blooms? Tltanla must havo Uüscd you, I know, Somewhere beneath those hemlock brooms. Oh, dainty flowers from the forest way, You carry mu back to my youth, "When lifo was as bright ns a summer's day, And Heaven was a dream of truth. Tho years com but a rift of tlmo Sineo I, n little barcfoofchlld, Went, whistling rude, unrythtnlo rhyme. To gather blooms in woodlands wild. Frederick M. Colby, In X. V. Obserrcr.
Old Hill fresh men t old fellow then Hill
WRECK on the
road .stopped the
train in front of
Mull's. Themen hud congregated in the bar, the Indies retiring to
their rooms.
in. seen tin? re-
.Muli himself treated tho to three or four drinks, and
was wound up. He was
sauntered
man 01 about sixty, tall. hunt, irriz
zled, threadbare as to attire, smiling
ot visage. A number of the delated
passengers clustered about his chair mid rnmvil iv..r flw. ...-...;. l..-. .,1.1
To-night his stories elicited more mer- .. 1 1
riment man usual, lor there was a wit
in inc room uno was liberal with jorums, and he drew the old man out Mull saw how it would be he would have to let Uill sleep under the .stairs in the upper entry, as he occasionally did when the nicht was verv bad anil
. theie had been extra treating. you were a college man?" the 3fc id, lighting a fresh cigar. Uyilautchetl forth upcAkpadcs -"HJ$ hisschwftetic 'earcnterl'arding his anecdotes with falsely-quoted
.passages oi Jatin anu Ureek.
Don t believe he ever saw th 5
side of a college," Mull laughed over to
young man sitting alone at a small table. "He's the champion liar of the
piuce. The young man paid no more attcn-
nun iu mo lanuiorus advances than he
urn to j mi's stories. He was thinking
or the little fcchool-teachcr who had
promised to bo his wife when he should be able to support her. He had reccnt-
iy "gone on the road," had hoped much
im iuueu to nave ins hopes realized
Aioncyl That was what his mind was
on-moncy. A thousand dollars, and
v. .u.Kir, marry ana take .Mary away from herdnidgerj-. He pulled out his
4."iu-uook ami ten to figuring what a
thousand dollars would do. There, it
raining outside, and his boots leaked. Oh, for money! Old Itill had his eyes on him; never before had a young "drummer" failed to be amused at the stories now being retailed. Rill's amour propre was touched. ' I'm a reader of human nature," he udtlonly Mid. "I'm a seventh son of seventh son. That young man over there at this moment he is thinking
ünr uuicinca anil longing- for
,.!, l0 Ilfjj,t wUh in ,lcr fcd,
young fellow frowned. "Head TnifefVi.-k . i ...
Ii- impcaciimout. a visage that has disclaimed acquaintance with
iur several days. Rut lie is displeased. Xnw. L'cntlcmi.n T .?!! t,.11
yon a story about the time when I was 111 n t.tt..:i i? . .
Mull ....... ...
. ..... us wincing with a portly man
-uouumra own age. Rut what a Wlerence between the two 1 Here was
tleman. "Can yoa supply me
paper and an envelope?" He took what was handed him ft ml moved toward the door. Oh his wav mit the noise around okl Rill attmcteii his attention, die looked that way for an instaut, then turaed the kaob of the door an;i disappeared in the ttossage beyond Old Rill, while he rattled on, had
iooi:eU and listened. It was said that the more he drank the keener became his wits. Without vouching for the truth of this, it is certain that he misled not a word that had been said bv the gentleman to Mull, and he had iio'ticed the expression on the face nf thf.,n.
commercial traveler, who had also heard the colloquy between the landlord and the gentleman with the valuable package. Rut when the gentleman parsed oat of the bar the young fellow also left the smoky atmosnbe r,. aril irMnl inln
- 4 - ' V. . fc IUIU tlie lKissaL't mi Ii -.. I.:.-
' n IWiH. Refore him walk-wl
v n v HMUt hat ease of gait wealth bestowed independence almost amnnntinrr
solence!
The gentleman entered the room
next to that assigned to the vounjr
jti.ui. im irieu to i nu im
ooor. ii had been thU Afr tl,..n t,
had made h im solicitm; fn ft,.. . -
Of the little nankacrnt vu .nt.i t. .
. Ci ' ' WUIU UV In that package?
1 lie door swuai? nnen in inli -
and theyounir man plsnml tuI
gentleman turned to the door. nrb..n
the young man stepped into an embrasure under the stairs on the opposite side of the passage. A miaute later, the gentleman not coming out, the yonng man went into his own room and sat down in thi latr u;u
How long he sat there he did notknow; when he roused himself all around was quiet.
There was a shuffling out in the passage, and he listened. It was old Hill; the company down-
n.m uroh-cn up, anii .lull had not the heart to turn the old fellow out into the rainy, cold niirht. lmi 5.i v..
sleep under the stairs in the s-nn,l
story.
The younr commercial it-,
. . - , " .v . , xj.img nis door, saw him navigating- alon to the embrasure.
"Great .Scott',, taii i:n
himself there, "ifs goo-1 to be wellhoused. Rut I'll not be here Inn-
For iustashe wnt ht.c-.:- , :..
hand came into the bar and told Mull the passengers might go on about three
creature fclpSn- B8dr the stain op. pofcite the ealthv man's, mm..
t,t A,Ivat. CUCe tfef Xohbj? wan took oil
" mere was a buzxlnj? in his carx h openol his door ami saw the IIbt streaming from the crack la the
uwr lie iook,Hl into the room. I he blue-plush box was on the table, asdat the table sat tho owner ef the packap writiB-a letter on the paper Mull had furalshtxl 15 .
the man had fallen asleep as he wrote; his eyes were closed, hk cheek
on the table. The young raaa flew over the stairs. Ohl tum
uuiter taera. the man whn wnni.i tfi..i.. i.
acwcsed of any depredation. Another mute and he had ati.wt .t.
man sleeping at the table, had the box in his haad, was out in the entry, in his own room, trembling like a leaf He sank upon the edge of the bed holding the box to his heart. What was in the little box? Suppose he had been fooled! He strack a match and lighted his lamp. He opened the plash box. Two magnificent diamonds flashed in hU
! 1IU lr. t.t. . ...
- "uu.i.arv was assareo. He lwkt?l 1- 1- . 1 . 1 . . .
, .... MBgHi-u-men ne leit a touch upon his shoulder. Old Hill was m the nom. He took the box from the young man. "I saw you do it all." he said, hoarsely. "As I am, you can be. I once did as you have done, only no one saw me do it. I loved a woman and by mv dishonorable net I forfeited her love. I will take these baubles tn tli m-., ....
took them from."
The VOM II commptfTnl
his hands before his eyes. "Oh, ray God!" he sai.K ami
- .uikiit; me. Marv!"
Old Rill left hire ar.d entered the next roots. He must have made a noise in going in, for the gentleman awofr. n,i
confronted him. At the same moment a gong sounded below. The train was readv. The gentleman tar net! from Hill and gave a quick glance at the table. "Here it is." said Hill, and held out the blue-plush case. The gentleman took it from him, his face set and hard. He irathp nwl nn lite
wraps and prepared to go to the train. At the door as he left th. rmm t,.
paused an instant ns though he would say something. But he cheeked him
self, and with a dark. fnrbt,?,, l.i.
he went hurriedly down the passage-
v.ay so .ae stairs.
SUGAR TARIFF.
A TOCCH cro.v HtS pnocLDnn.
1 1
RK TIKACHED OVEK.
a1 ?nified man, full of honors, hasten-
.e. IO nis wife after n Jew months
Topcnn travel to recruithcalth in
with by overwork in hisnro-
0IJ- He held In his hand a small
I'uisn box.
andlord," ho said, " I am anxious
n l)v m your fireproof safe. 'S conslderabl.
tut MCaro 10 kccP itin ny room all
I in ..
, V d Mu " thI s humble
roof ur WalIs aro a urelar-
nart. "' ?very ftot special
i t. ina commercial hous.
ra," aailla Um m
In the morning, in which case Hill must before that time vacate his place: for it was a rule that none of the kic
should ever find him sleeping there ua-
oer ine stairs. Nevertheless, huddled tin tn Vn
- TM, . . "
rm, i.ui couiu not coax the sleep he had a rieht to exnect In mneuint;nn
of the hospitality below. Strangelv enough his mind flitted to the youngman who had sat alone in the bar, and to his expression when the gentleman was talkinc- to Mull. A sham
light came from a door open about an inch, a latchless door. Hill
that that was the room of th rnnBl.
commercial traveler.
l.ill clasned his hands
knees and watched the arrow of light.
Was it the nresumed stnrv nf tliU
young man, or was it a new tale, to be told to some future sratlurir.f 5 V
bar, that revolved in his brain?
J here was a twor. nrond f..llnr
tnat story, in love with a brantf -1,
had promised to be his wife. His
wealthy classmate Ls nivsntl in
girl. Then there comes the day when the girl's father is on the verge of bank
ruptcy, and ihe lover knmv it. H?t
wealthy classmate is fond of himba
given him a kev to the hnnu vW. i,.
lives, to great is their intimacy.
That nicht the lover resolves tn m
his friend and ask for a loan to bridge over the bankruptcy. Admitting himself to the house he finds that his friend has been suddenly called to another city to be irone a month- Th.
lover goes to a desk to write his request to him. when in a drawer lm u.M.
great pile of monej his friend has neglected to send t bank, and some government bonds as v. elL And the bank
rupt cannot wastl In a month the friend returns: the lover tells hi -l,t
he has done.
'Go away!" sars the fiNnd. Vn.
have gone too far. Can vou reoar
the money?"
"Not now." is the answer. "T -111
work for it and pay you."
The friend turns from h!m- TUn ir.T-
reads the meaning of this, and he leaves town that night. He writes to Ellen, his betrothed, and receives no r!-
He learns that the officers of the law are on his track.
M
five years he is back again. Ellen has married the wealthy classmate
ivhom the lover took the monev tn um
her father from ruin. That was the
story Rill thoucht of as he htiikllo.1
unoer me stairs.
He smoothed his hand over hi fa
"Curse It! 1 mutt .Wn " 1,1
his eyes still fastened on that arrow of light Still streaming frara tkr Snl.
open door. "I will leep; 1 mm!, carse
it all!"
In the dark room, eot ia the light
one, there hsd Hwn fn i.,-
thouirht of the littl
thought obtruded noon bv aremUU.
wace of a wealthr hub irltt. .
Old Rill vawned and lnnt-M
him. What a pleasant, warm room it was! "And as for that bed that has not been slept in," he said, "it Ls positively disrespectful to neglect iL" There came a v.veenof rain a-airm t,
dow. I wonder," said Hill, "if 3Iull would be any the wiser if I turned in for an hoar or two? I har.-; t... :
a bed like that for years. First let me dows the glim."
Goin? to the table t.- nt .v.
lamp he noticed the partly-written letter OTer which the rentlman bail foll.,
asleep.
A word at the top of it arrested BilL The word was "Ellen." Ellen had been the same of her of years ago! "Dearest Ellen." he read. "I am re
tained for a few hours by an accident on the road. ... I have with mc a couple of diamonds which I will put in your ears on the anniversary of the day that gave to mt the most loving and faithful of wives. . . . Anrl nntr !
me tell you of an incident that occurred in this house to-night. In the bar beneath my room I chanced upon a man, a drunkard, a sot, asocial pariah. As
J write to yoa I 'can hear the laughter raised by his ribald stories; men are plyinc him with liquor to have him tell them. I went to the bar for the paper on which I write this. Voices, it is said, rarely change. At any rate. 1 knew his voice. I looked cloaelv at th
Cktckmat. the Kmr Tra,t by MkUl AU usr Free er by a Jlaty ef 7.1g Oat bu Haw Nuar. There has Wen a good deal said about the sujrar duty; and, an in every tariff measure, there are two ways to look at It. from the tariff reform and from the protectionist sides, respectively. As long- as so large a proportion of all sugar used in this emmtrr -nc
outside of it, the sugar tariff might be
vw"a. a revenue duty, and thus
noi oe especially criticised as an essentially protective measure; though tho policy of so heavy a taxation amounting to nearly 100 per cent.upon what has become th niwacum. n .
to breadstuffs, might be questioned. Ith the dcvelnnmont )w....
- ....... i . vi , Ul our Horida plantations and of tho lcet sugar industry of the west, there seems to be for the first
that we may yet produce a lanre nro-
portion of tho siifn
.Meanwhile, we admit raw sugar free, we pay a bounty of two cents n-mmm.!
o:, its equivalent proluced here, and
we impose a duty of one-half cent per, pound on refined sugar-thus givin-
mu oonusto the American su-ar refiner, who pets his raw materials upon the same terms as the foreigner and his labor ehe ipar per ton of product than any competitor in the world. I have no special prejudice against trusts. I have never been able to understand the easuisirv that. ,1mi,.t,,1 ..
man for getting the" taritf to put the' money into his noeknt nn.i
demns him for taking every precaution to see that the money results do get into these pocket. Indeed, if any one ls fool enough to work for a protective tariff and then consciously lets its pro
ceeds sup through his lingers, he strikes me as an Esau who, having sold his birthright of principle for a mess of
K-recns, is so superlluously foolish as to forget to carrj- off the pottage. At the same time it seems to mo that the sugar trust ought to be made an example of, to the extent at least of depriving it of special privileges, after it has had the effrontery to use them as it has done. To impose a tax of seven sixteenths of a cent per pound upon raw sugars imported would compel the sugar trust to pay a trifle less extra for its raw materials than the extra bonus secured it by tariff on refined sugar the product of rifi
somewhat more than seven-eighths of
me raw material. The result, therefore, would be
gain 01 tia.iwu.lMO a year to our treasury without the addition of a mill to
the cost of sugar to any inhabitant of
uur country; wane tho sugar trust
woum still be enabled, and interested,
10 control the market of this country
as now, but would Iks confined to the
legitimate profits of enterprise and
economy. More than this, the lxmntv
Ü I at least debatable whether tin moderate revenue tariff proposed hhouhl not be imposed on the raw biignr, loav ing tho rate on refined sugar to remain as simply a cotii)ensatory rate, at the present figures. A tariff of 20 per cent on all sugars, raw and refined, would 1
acceptable equivalent; as. also, except
ivvenuu purposes, would bo tho putting of all SU-:irs nn tlw. f-. 1,. rm.-
McKinley plan, giving- tho sugar trust free raw material and then giving- it one-half per cent a pound protection, is the one that will not be adopted. John DkWitt Wahnes.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
OUR ONLY SALVATION.
now paid by our government could fee
reuucea oy nearly, if not quite, the amount of the duty imposed upon raw sugar and thus, say, one-fifth of the to
tal expenditure for sugar bounties saved without decreasing in the least
me enective bonus now secured to the domestic sugar producer. I am aware of the tremendous oppo-
o.uuti mai mere womu be to such a
measure. The resources of the sugairustare practically boundless; and unless this matter is thorough K- no'itnt,.,!
I the attempt to get its profits would be j more strenuously resented than would I the attempt to wipe out every cent of protection, by bounty or otherwise, that any sugar planter receives. If, j however, the matter is once understood J by our people, I believe, that this addi
tion to our revenue, this saving in expenses, this cutting off the sugar trust from extraordinary profits levied upon our people by government for its benefits, can be enacted into law.
ii is uouotiess true that no amount
It U to Undo Serial Lfctolatloa-Tba
"ininnt lnUutrlM" Should Happort
It is encourairinir to U-nnw 0
publican in congress has offered a resolution that will comnel thi H.
to show their hands fin tin rntuiil -4
the McKinley bill, which was recommended, not promised, bv the Clil.,,
convention. I'anics like the present
.. never cease wiillo that infamous rind iniquitous measure is on the statute
"vK.v it is a law as invincible as that of gravitation that class legislation is destructive to the very aims and purposes held in view. To-dny tho country is still operating under tho .McKinley bill, that measure of
lorytsm Handed down to us by tho tones of this country under the leadership of Czar Heed, and every day and every hour sees destitution and starvation spreading. The McKinley bill has as assuredly killed the very pets it aims to benefit as if a knife a mile long had been run into tho very heart of industrv. It. Im t5iin,i
building industry; it has killed the woolen industry; it has killed the iron industry: the pottery industry, and brought about a panic hardly secoud to any that ever yet struck tho niin.
try. It has brought wheat to ftO cents a bushel and made a drink of whisky worth more than n pound of wool On the other hand the unprotected Industries are still working along on a solid basis and nnilnrtlin Ktnnmcnn....
doing remarkattly well. There is the
learner industry w th it fr...
and free raw materials, tho paner industry with its free rags, free chotn'cals and other free raw materials, tlie silk industry with its free raw materials, and so on. Hy closely following cause and effect it will be seen that whenever special legislation is resorted to disease and dry rot are sure in time to follow.
16S5 Austria paid as a siiL'ar botinU-
of sugar that was that countrv nml
yet so severe rras thn fhmnoini
industrial Crisis which rcnrn,l J ice-r
that it broke almost every bank in
Austria and utterly paralyzed tho entire industrial svstfm nf that
These facts prove that special legislation in '.he interest of any class in any country is detrimental to the interest of the masses of the people and that any artificial stimulus irivon to tmil. iimi..
the guiso of legal enactments is only one form of leiral rohhnrv. ami tii t
time such robbery undermines the very foundations of trail,.
w M.oiu ivu.i o this undermining process that the entire sunerstructure of
. - wwlapscs almost without warning n ,
uninitiated. Wo are now in the midst of a collapse of this character. Men who have studied economic and industrial subjects have for mnntli mc 1
. ' . w i.fcU publicly nredictinir thp nrnnrmnnn.
the present disastrous effects of unwise A 9 1 i
larni legislation.
üie ucmocrais nave n-ot thron vn,
yet to undo the crime of the tories who have no Vise for the
lhvy must do what they recommended
l p to mo year what was known
on every pound manufactured in
a- . ,m
ijau
1 ..T nwuwin.-.-v-t ime inai no amount ",uf"' wuau nicy recommended of agitation would prevent should this j aml w,,at tlo people demanded of them, matter come up. the most extraordinary ,-et tnem a that, then the roosters we I pressure i?vir bmifrlit n.n I wore Inst frill tvlll ..., ..m. 1
1
jrZlA t
tZJ J
IP
r 1 sr.
iff
It ny'fi
"I SAW TOC DO IT.'
miserable-looking speaker, asd I di-
covereu a laint tiKcncss to oae we knew ia former days. This; crpaturn. tin la
wreck of a man, was the chura of ray .... . J
coiicge iiays, tae man who brought us
together, the man who robbed rae William Tracy." Old Rill uttered a thin, feeble cry. The letter feil from his hands. "It is the man I leved the man who married my Ellen. He will tell her I tried to rob him a second time. I must find him I mmt find him and tell him the truth."
He mshed from the room, from th house, hatless into the pelting rain, stumbling along the dark road. It was said at the coroner's inquest that he mast have tried to board th train as it started and fallen sheer under the wheels. They thought he intended to steal a ride, he was such &
worthless old body. Robert G V. Myers, ia Leslie's Newspaper. Aa Impp-1 Unrat Ih Ilia Speech. Merchant I hate to deal with Ootrox. He is sach slow pay. He hates to part with his money.
Jumpuppe Vet he can make his money talk as well as anyone else whea he takes & aotioa. Merchant I doa't kaow aboat that. It always seems to me that his money stutters. rack.
A shoemaker ia Bangkok has a card ia his wish low reading: "Any re ftptctable mart, womaa w hlhl Ma, Aar ftt ia tku ton
pressure ever brouarht nnon rnnirn.
from being excreisvd through the most
exxensivc anu far-reaching lobby ever
employed. It is to forestall just such resistance as this that I horw the discussion may be pressed now. and upon
one point our friend.s. throughout the country may lc reassured. A year since when this matter was mooted it was plainly Intimated about congress that if it dare thus to interfere with the spoil of the sugar trust those interested in it would contribute
so many millions to the Harrison campaign fund as td overwhelm the democratic candidates, and even more openly as-sorted that their thousands of laborers, reinforced hy tns of thousands of their comrades in sympathy with them, would be finmr ns n knlM lw,it I
nr ssa
against the party that dared to touch
the tu car combine!
If there was anything plain, then, to
in wno nan ;a:cen tiic trouble to ac
quaint themselves with the facts; if
there has been anything demonstrated
since oy the results of the election, ns they appear nnon nn.ilv? tt ?
that, wealthy as is the sugar trust its millions are all too few to make it oth
erwise than intolerable to tlm n-xr-t
mi a K t .... "
. r"" ivvt
in Its support: that, nut mmiif
no laborer tha less be employed, should
me government ata be withdrawn from
it, but that, on the contmrv. tl,n J
- - . m -
creased use caused bv the lmrr nP:
of sugar would necessitate the employment of additional labor, which in turn
womit tenu to raifc rather than de
crease wages: and lastlv. not mR.lr
.L- . . ." . .
mc iaiHjrmg people oi the coun
try in general, and of Hrooklyn and Philadelphia in n-irt J.-nl-,
thoroughly understand this mmdln,, t
be influenced otherwise than in oppo-
eiuoii 10 me trust, but that so far as
me trust ttsei: is concerned, a great
proportion ot its laborers are foreigners, not entitled to vote, employed at wages so low anil in occupations so arduous and unhealthy that' they continually leave and make places for newcomers as fast as they become acquainted with the advantages which this country offers in the great unprotected Industries. Of course the trust might 1 equally checkmated by taking off the duty on refined sugar, which, with raw sugar free as now, is simply a govern meat bonus to the sugar trust In view, he waver, of the aMciaitkM of rermi,
wore last fall will turn tn ,niiii- .i
honey and there will bo plenty in the land within the reach of alL Work man.
PORTER AGAIN.
Tili
Ijtp Ktjprrlntrn.lrnt of the
.Stilt .Mnklnir MntlKt !.
We find in tho .Manufacturers' Record, a protectionist weekly of Baltimore, an amusing exposure of one batch of tho high-tariff "statistics" with which Robert V. Porter, lato
of the censu5a is stnlHnn- fli ,tn. t..
sues of the Press of this city. He is in the habit of nlncintr nt. tlm "i,,,i t i.t.
editorial columns what he calls "tariff pictures." and it is linnn nno nf ViiA
that the Manufaktur..- i.w..i
pounces. The text nf film rnrT.iia
as follows: "The first six months of 1S9-.J saw twentv-one new tnvtll r
, a tW" rles started in the southern states The corresponding perio.l of 1893, with free trade in prospect, saw only nine." The Record asks "where the Press obtained those figures," which is a totally superfluous question. Porter made them, as he is in the habit of doing when h needs a new "picture." Tlmt 1,.. .11.
not go to any authoritative
them is shown by the Record, which
says that instead of twonty-one new textile companies having been started in the south in t!.. flrvt i.i
...... y'k loi'., the true number v:ik tliir-t,- AM a Mat.
that instead of onlr idno in ik
" mu iruo number was fory eight It ffivcsthu lining nrtil Innif tnn
of each of the forty-clgh, and says of Porter's figures that they are "entirely absurd," and that tho "tixtllo indnstries of the south arn not. ,,tT:..
from freo trade prospects fir any other
cause. It ventures to hope that "tho Press will Im kind
its unfortunate mistak ar..i
. v t v i. HTJ same time reveal tho source of its mis-
Information." The ub.al rrrt,o ....1.1
tlie "tariff nlcturß' hu!
on such a ridiculous system as that?
is. 1. 1- vetting Post
-The Cincinnati Trllmr. it,. ..t
stalwart republlcHtt organ In Ohio, MJ'M "Intelligent protectionist" do
not claim that nrnUfilm. iu .t.
f.-. , . " l'i"llj
inicnticri to aHVime the im. nt
. j. 1
auor." As Mr. McKtaln 1
making that claim tm tlie last ten years, it is now fair to tumimm that ho is not
consKieiTU an lntclllfsat nmt..tit.4
ff hk own ora-A-M. Y. WorR
latrrnatloBal 1h,,h fur October 1, 18s TlioJ'owrr oMh oiprl-Komaa. Ii.i7. Ibpeclally Arranged from Icloulefa Notea.1 G01.DC.V Tcxt.-I aw not ashamed of tha Gospel of ChrUt; tor It I, the pocTr of GoS TiE.-Vrittcn early la the iprlitTof A. D. M, oon after the KpUito to the GalaUaai Jtero was emperor at this tine. 1IC1I. Wrltf An .... 1.
Corinth, at tho close of tho dree monthV reaT &C:aer ' ACtS "teriS-rti lr. In the 1 hoic ot a Corlathlau Chrlitlaa. Galus or Caliu (Itom. td:S3. sec I Cor Tuv 5S2 by su l' aoJ Wrlt"a bJ St LANotiACK-Paul writes ia Greek because .iL , yvsi universally understood nmonc tho half.forclgn poorer classea of the unnorlal city. (S, Greek Ms ,ho more famuÄS Kuaso to Paul, hU natlro lanjuase. awl he could write more perfectly la thU laacuafre (3) Orvclc was by far tlw in ait pcrtect tan5??,,?.rl,,Sh ,t0 emlaln r all age the word of G oil laul had to apeak. The Kris-rr.1: Was Sext by a Christian woman, a deaconess named Phebc. who was about
""""" """oi tue ioris or Corinth to Home. The CiiuucH at Koue was composed of Jows and Gentiles, the latter predominating; Tbo name or tho original founder of the Itoraaa. church has not been preserved to us by hlstorr nor even celebrated by tradition. "Early church tradition," says I'arrar, -Is indeed almost unanimous In asserting that St. Peter was martyred at Itomc, but his visit to tho city did not long precede his death." It ls probable that prlvato Christians, converted In Palestine, even as early as the great outpourin? of tho spirit oa Pentecost (Acts 2; 10), ciado their way to Koaie; but probably the larger number of thoso who introduced tho Gospel at Some wero converted la
7 "" unucr tao preaching or Paul himself. There was continual Intcrconrse between Homo and tho eitle of Greece and Asia Minor. e know too from tho greetlac la chapter 10 that Paul was acquainted with a number of Christians there. According to DrSchatT. tho Jews In ltomo Itself numbered from twenty to thirty thousand aouls. had seres synaRogues and three cemeteries. Tnn OiUECxor the EnsTtE. written to a church to had never visited, was apparently (1) to send a Greeting to his many friends who had gono there, and assure them of his abldln? affection: (2 to rrcpr.-c the way for his visit to them which ho was planning to make; (3i to comfort and Instruct thoso who had been strncgllnR along without any ajwsüo to keep them from error or to leid them Into larger truth. tiic row-En OF gop. Tho End: tlntn sJfc,! i.t
, iiua power has a particular object salvation. What is salvation? Forgiveness of sins, return to God the Father, deliverance from the punishment of sin, welcome to Heaven, restoration of the feoul to its true condition of spiritual health. It is deliverance from the ruin wrought by siti and restoration to tho holy will, the Heavenly character, the loving nature, tho spiritual life and health, the grace and plory imaged in Jesus Christ. Christ the Power of God. I. Christ is the power of God because in the Divine-Human Saviour are all thesourecs of power by which sin can be overcome. (1) Conviction of sin; (2) a way of forgiveness; () a revelation of God and Heaven and duty; (4) Divine authoritv; (S human urmnn !W rt ni
vino aid in the Holy Spirit; (7) a revelation of our danger; (6) a kindling of hope; (0) tho drawing of the love God; (10) a perfect example. II. Christ is shown to bo the power of God by the obstacles it overcomes. Power is measured in two ways by the difficulties it overcomes, and hy what it docs in spite of these difficulties. Now the cleansing of the human heart from sin, the removal of sin from the world, is the most difficult achievement proposed to man. Human art and civilization and labor can do almost everything but this. Here human religions and philosophies are a failure, llcre is that which says: "Tims far, and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves
.u hiayeu. ill. Christ Is shown to he tho power of God by what It has accomplished notwithstanding this obstacle. It has changed the face of the world, it has renovated its morals, it has lifted whole actions to a high stato of civilization, itis renewing the worst of men, and yearly changing multitudes of lives for the better. It has doubled the number of Christians in tho last eighty years. I f you take a map of the world like those made bv the gorernni'-nt eenstts bureau, ami put the countries in white where s tha highest morality and tho greatest happiness, and darken thp color as the morality darkens, and place beside It a missionary map with the Christianized countries in white, whilothe color darkens as the Christianity grows impure, and the countries descend into tho blackness of heathenism, the two mans will almost oi!tlir inm.i
Where is the most of Christ crucified, there are thu purest morality and tho happiest lives. IV. Christ is the power of God, not only in overcoming sin, hut for destroying all other evilssickness, sorrow, death, temptation, ignorance. "To every one that bcliovcth:" Uelicving is the means by which the salvation is received. The light of the sun is abundant for every one who will open his eyes. Water is unlimited for every one who will drink. Salvation is offered to all the world, to every one who accepts it, receiving it In his heart by faith. See next verso. "To the Jew first:" In time. Christ was a Jew and preached first to them, but it was meant "also to
rno urccic," me representative of all Gentiles. PIIACTICAI. SUGGESTIONS. 1. We get much from the study of tho Epistle ns n whole, which we do not obtain hy detached portions. 2. It is a good thing to have tho mind full and overflowing with a great subject. Jl. We .should charge our memory with tho choicest portionsof this Kpistlc. 4. Hero wo havo man's need and God's way of salvation set before us.
fl. What a freight of truth and blessingnhinglo letter carries! Itisquito possible tlint many teachers mig-ht make a larger use of letter-writing to their scholars. C. Ilomans ts a vtry hard, deep, doctrinal book, but out of its hanl rock come some of the rarest gems anil finest gold of practical truths that have ever enriched the life of man. 7. Ver. 8. Every Christian grace as Tirttto, every holy life, and every nobhi deed, enriches the whole Church, yea.
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