Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 4, Jasper, Dubois County, 6 October 1893 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER

C. DOAXK, lubliHhHr. JASPER, INDIANA WHERE 'MOTflER IS. I bail put away my paper with tbo story half complete. Wfoat were 11 the funded heroes at my feet? to tho baby Paring needs und studied sayings could not be hi- (tear by b.ilf Astir, ptliai of her prattle and tha muilo of her la'iirlu She should be my darin rider mounted with out biot or Mpur Oa my knee, while from tho parlor mother looked and laughed at her; pot my little blue-eyed Amy soon grew tired of l:or bllsi; Ttom my knee she struggled, saying: "I want to go where mother Is." Put a man came from tho city who was hand home, tall and good, And our Amy said sho loved him with her heart of maidenhood: 60 save away our Amy and she went to live with In 111, Till one day they called her mother, when an txnn strange and dim Fined and thrilled her with a longing for the country's quiet ways 6ald !hu d like to make a visit In the coming autumn uays Teil me wncre;- ner Husband asked her, puttin i no in ner minus in in. H Itn a emu smile Amy answered: "I want to go where mother is." I am old and ometlmcs fancy wrinkled face Is just as fair As the dimpled cheek of childhood hiding all Us laughter there. And the silver balr of Amy Is a little dearer grown Than her golden curls, slnco mother went and left us here alone. So I try to comfort Amy, as we bow beneath our loss Teiilug ner the Heart in never without strength to oear us cross. Ana tho grave ts but tho portal of another world than this. Amy only answers, saying; "I want to where mother Is." go Alfred Ellison, In Chicago Hecord. 1 ILL1TS mine's buclcliuard stage was coming over Needle pass in Arizona n couple of weeks ago, and there were only two people on board. Uno was Mike, the driver, and the other was a man going to work at the mine. He may have had more than one name, but told the driver that he was known as Jack, and that seemed to satisfy the man who handled the lines. They were delayed by an accl'leat until darkness cjine 0V1, and then they decided to care p tuntil cRorning' in the trine woods. The horses were unhitched ani the two men spread their blankets ana" lay down. H was their intention to sleep, but somehow their eyes were wide open, and the drowsy god refused to come tlteir way. The strain had been very great on both, and a nervous condition was the result. And as they lav there. looking up at the branches of the pines that plowed red from the firelight against a sky of inky blackness, there was not much wind, but it was enough to cause the prickly needles to move against one another and produce a sound like the distant moaaing of the ocean. Mike heard the sound, and listened to it in the hope that it would aoouie Ms mind and cause sleep. lie paid particular attention to the change produced by every brsath fresh air, and gradually became ecious of an increase in the volume sound. It seemed to rise from tho Httl breaker falling on the shingle to the giant wave dashing against a cliff before the fury of the hurricane. At first Mike thought that sleep was coming nd tried to help it along by continuing the thought, but as the sound increased he sat up and looked into the darkness. He could sec nothing. The sound grew louder, and ho could hear tho crackling of breaking branches. Jack also heard the sound, and both got up thoroughly alarmed. The horses were snaking like loaves, showing plainly that they were listening to a sound they did not understand. Louder and louder, until It had beonie a roar that was all around them nd gradually eoniing1 nearer. At first Mike thought It might bo a storm, but there was absent that weird, whistling Pound always an accompaniment to a storm In the pines. Uut what it was con.d not be determined, and each moment it became more terrible. "Let's run," said Jack. "That's good advice," replied Mike, but which way?" This was tho worst of the mysterious sound; it seemed to bo all round them t th same tJmo and lt coujd not bo m where it carao from. One moment It came from the clouds, the acxtlt was mr their feet, and by a thought it aie from all sides. Suddenly it struck Mikn that w ... a herd of wild beasts of some kind, but :"u k"1 strange that there was no barking or growls nothing but the in--v-ant rumbling and cruckllng. The ram was becoming too intense, and alike concluded to hitch up ami be ready to leave. Ho threw ?"t .t,hc'.,lro andthen went for the horses uc .lack got tho harness in shape. The animals were anxious to go, but Before the harness was over their backs u Heard a branch crack just behind hi m. lie puueü bis revolver and fired "-re Uio sound came from. This only ncreased the roaring sound until It was carening, and an occasional hiss could "0 heard. ?nUS 1'"rr'ant- Kctout of this," a all each man could say to the other, Mhey backcd thehotlc9 n U uut it was too late. CtTi1 COUld what had las WlJu ok"R d roaring '"jMtfcssklstW Miks looksd sil i

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every side he saw dozen atures. A close look con Hit they were mount-tin terrapins, but singly, hnrinless. Hi hud seen them before, and looked upon them as Rut here was a new side to tho animal's nature, for these wcro ferocious and of extraordinary size. Those generally seen on the desert of Arizona are seldom over two feet long, but many of these would measure four. The creatures come up from the gulf of California, and often spend years in the desert They carry water with them like a camel, and after it is gone they seem to be able to get along without it They have bee seen 200 miles from the gulf, and they must frequ -Lily be years away from their element. These wtro the animals that now threatened tho two men, and in an instant it went through Mike's mind that trtiey were different from those he had generally seen. They were surely older, and had very likely come from the gulf in a company and got lost. Now they were huntingand were angry und hungry. At any rate, it was a serious fix. Tho horses became frightened and jerked away from the wagon and started off. They ran to the edge of the circle of ugly heads, and then ran around looking for a way out, while the turtles snapped at their legs. There was no way out, and at last both horses made a fold dash over the creatures, their hard hoofs crashing over the shells for several minutes and then ceased suddenly, showing that they had reached tne oilier side and very likclv were safe. Nearer and nearer the turtles came. and Mike and Jack soon had to climb into tho wagon to keep out of theii way. 1 he turtles crowded around the wagon, and the wagon was the only place of refuge. Mike thought tho turtles might move on, and did all he could to frighten them bv shootinrr at them. It was almost dark, as the firo had been burning low, and as Mike could not aim none of the bullets took effect on the turtles' backs. They soon j their efforts to get at the men. At last there was such a number all around that the wagon commenced to move anil was forced to one side until the hind wheels were broken. There was no hope of escape except to do as the horses had done, and tho chances were very slim. Hut they had to do it, and started as soon as the wagon broke. Jack landed squarely on a turtle's back, but Mike slipped in between two of them, and it was several moments before he was ready to start- Then they jumped from one turtle to another for some time, and it seemed to the men ns if they covered the earth But they kept on and knew that unless they fell they were safe. boon there began to be a little space netween iho turtles, and it appeared as li they were getting to the edge of tho herd; but they discovered that the turtles were also going in the same direction they were. Still there wa s noth ing else to be done, so they kept on. It was hardly possible to sec, but tho two men were both aware that they were getting out of the pine fores though the direction they were travel ling was unknown to them. Suddenly THEY CKOWOKD AltOUXD THE WAOO.V. Mike, who was in the lead, stepped on a rock that he mistook for a turtle and fell forward down hill. They had reached the edge of the canj'on.nnd, as ther were not so many turtles, had a cli mice to climb on a largo rock out of reach of the creatures. Here they had a chance to look around, and saw that the sk3 was overcast with clouds and that they were safe unless the turtles stayed around until they were starved. Hut there was a little water in tho bottom of the canyon, anil down tho turtles tumbled as fast as they could, appearing to havo forgotten all about their possible victims. Most of them had reached the bottom, but not before a rainstorm came up, and as Mike and Jack were still unable to leave their place on the rock they were drenched to the skin. Uut that was a good deal better than being eaten by turtles. And, as they sat for an hour watching the turtles pass them on the wa3 to the bottom of the canyon, the rain poured down and daylight made iu appearance. After the last turtle had passed they were compelled to sit there where they wcro for some time to allow the storm to abate a little. They put in their time watching the turtles rolling over one another in the pooLs at tlte bottom of the canyon. Suddenly there was a roar like a cyclone tearing through a forest, and, looking up, the two men fcaw a wall of water several feet high tumbling over the bowlders. It was a cloudburst that find caused s freshet, and it was all tumbling on top of the turtles. It passed over ths turtles like a Niag ara and in a moment they were all being churned Hlie chips. Their shells were cracked and broken and they rolled over In the wildest confusion. Hut it only lasted a moment, and then the water rolled them down the eanyon out of sight of the two tat the rock. Hy Uiis time the rain had ceased and Mike and Jack went to look for tkal horsss. San Francisco Cali

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ALL ÜOSH. Tfco ll.tlaiift. of TrlK .YoneiiM fully Ksf Ptfd-SIM M, Mil i:Hll,.. It has been given out that we have an "adverse balance of trade" against us of $3,000.000 for the year ended June 30 last Now it is discovered thiit

uns total includes an error of f 10,000,000 and that the so-called verse" balance is only $.o.ooi).imo. over "adHut it is entirely in order to demand of protectionists, who say the balance of f.V,ooo,ooo is. adverse, that they shall show in what the adversity consists and how we ure to lw hurt by this condition of our trade. The balance being 550,000,000. it cannot figure one way or tho other in s trade so vast as ours is with the outer world. Hut where it exists, no iiintiiT to what extent, protectionist have not demonstrated that it is adverse. Th..v nave merely caned it so. . . , ..... - If wo acquire from abroad more real wealth than we send abroad, we are so much the richer; and this is exactly what happens when we have what advocates of trade restriction call "an adverse balanoc." Their theory is tht nnything that we are allowed to buy from foreigners or to get from them in any way is a dead loss as soon as it is brought into this country. If France or Knglan 1 should make us a present this year of $.'00,000,000 in such merchandise as we badly need, the trade restrictionists would calmly count it into the "adverse balance" against us and proceed to assert that we must inevitably be brought to ruin by it Absurd ns this theory is, it is the fundamental theory of all trade restriction and protectionism. All who hold it think that we ourselves ought to be obliged to create all the wealth we are allowed to enjoy, and to that end they would shut us up in our country as if in a prison. If, by chance, we manage to import more foreign wealth than the amount of our own wealth wi have offered foreigners in exchange, they mourn over it with all the publicity they can secure by their clamorous Stvltt Of illskt in flint tll nrnc.n.m of this wealth brought in from abroad is a certain sign of proaching adversity. existing or apj Spain was tho first country of Europe j to be afflicted with lunacy. It bej lieved that the gold it had stolon from j the Mexicans and Peruvians was real I wealth and that it would be a great misfortune to exchange it for commodities. Therefore it shut itself up inside its own boundaries and shut out all who came with wealth to offer it in exchange. It kept its hoard of gold for some time, and so kept what its imitators call "a balance of trade in its favor." but it lost its trade, lost its supremacy on the ocean, lost the adventurous and enterprising spirit which had made it great? and with this lost the gold for which it had foolishly parted with cver3-thing best worth having. This happened several hun dred years ago, but to this day Spain

has not recovered from the effects of I in spite of the fact that there is to that experiment In "keeping a favors- o fTN and silver outstandingble balance of trade." in tnu L n,tCH Stases than ever before.

The people of the United States are determined to have a favorable balance of trade, but they will not believe . .4. ,,, , , that getting more wealth from abroad thin t Mi., tir! ...... ........ ;.. v-' DV"U ..v.ua ou.ci.ny ........ fl-l . . .11 .1 r 1 ui mi:. Ii. 1 uvy .in i uu tue loreign wealth they can honesty obtain, and the3 have decided in an affirmative the question of whether they shall be allowed to bring it home after having acquired an honest title to it abroad. A balance of trade is useful only for tho nerves of bankers, and then onl3 in gold-grabbing times. If they all understood the truths of trade it would have no possible use St Louis Republic. A WORD TO SOME DEMOCRATS. Kfp Out of thA Trap Srt far Yob by Itrpulillrnii t'ttlauilty Howlrr. We are in tho midst of a panic. There is no doubt of it The republic an calamty howler is abroad attempt- ! tng to make matters worse thun they reaty are because hu is charging it all to the democrats, lie hopes to hold the democrats responsible, at future elections, for every man now idle and for every wage reduction that has oc curred since March 4. If the democratic party acknowledges this lebt it will itself go into bankruptcy at the next general election and would get Its just deserts. I'nfortnnatt-h not a few democratic editors and some prominent ones too. are living led into the trap set for them 13 these same war3 republican howlers. ine nowier savs: "I nis is tue demo cratic panic of ls'.:?. It is due solel3 to the threat of tariff reform. It Is alread3 worse than the panic of 1873, and is hourly growing worse. The repeal of the Sherman act will not st-3 the devastating progress of this free trade care. Nothing will stop it bttf. the point blank declaration of President Cleveland that the McKinley tariff shall not be touched for one 3ear from date. He alone has the power to sa3 the word that shall remove the uncertainties tha have closed hundreds of banks, put out the fires In thousands of mills nnd cot tpellcd millions of men to accept lower wages, If It did not throw them entirety out of work. Let him say it! Thousands arc starving. Socialism and nnnrcUg arc rampant Our whole industrial, financial and political system Is on the brink of ruin." I'p jumps tho frightened democratic editor tos:i3 that "a certain elemcntof the republican press, in its efforts to create a more serious scare than is at all necessar3, that the republican party may reap a little temporal advantage, is making itself ridiculous. Half the stories of mills closed and men out of cmp1o3mcnt uro sheerest lies. "If the partisan papers had been fair in their comments on the situation half the actual failures would not have occurred. Theso papers destuw confidence through vuhar and inexcusable tying. Some of them are overstepping themselves. At this time of tho year It is customary for man3 mills to shut down for short periods, sometimes for tfce purpose of making repairs and renovations, and sometimes because the fall trade has sot assumed definite proprUSS. This raar thy are all herald-

edtnd the magnitude of each enterprise exaggerated. Correspondents are anxious to earn money, and knowing that partisan newspapers are looking for calamity news, they furnish St to or ler. Neither Is money so tight. The republican papers, have been howling about there being no money to buy grain with. Onu of the larg'e-t commission houses in Chicago is .soliciting business and ottering to pay nil ilnrfta on grain. The men who cannot get drafts paid must have very poor credit and standing in Chicago." The democrat who talks and writes in this manner is making trouble for himself and his future. He is trying to under-estimato the calamity, because he thinks it must rest upon democratic shoulders. The republicans have trot

' i,,st w'-'re they want him. lie i nas tacitly admitted that the demoI eratie is the guilty party. It is it easy for a confessed criminal to prove his innocence. If he is innccent (as is the democratic party) he should first, last and always assert his innocence. If he does not do so, public opinion will be against him; this in the e ise of the democratic partj-, would oe fatal, Lot the republican culamity howlers make tilings as blue as th;' denire. The result will be bad on the country, but it will conic home to roost beforo 1S94; and, if the Sherman silver purchase act is repealed unconditionally by Septcmlwr l.r, as now seems probable, these fire-alarm republicans 111:13 be eating ealamitj crow before next November. This is n currenc3 panic. On every other score conditions are favorable Prosperity will again be our guest as soon as we bid farewell to our false friend the cheap dollar. Republicans will then stand condemned (and doubly so) out of their months. We will enjo3 democratic prosperity due to the repeal of republican legislation. It will then be manifest to the unthinkingwhat is now evident to tho thinkingthat the present panic is due to lack of confidence in the soundness of our curronc3. The present calamlt3 may not Ik as bad as Is represented bv republicans. Vut !t hcx ? c.ar?7P that wiu h,nk tho - democratic ship if tiken aboard. Tho ! republicans are attempting to unload ' to it so that thty can save their cargo of McICinleyism. Don't allow them to do it The present is a financial panic. If It were due to a tariff scare we should havo more, rather than less, money with which to do business. At least one-half of our manufacturers, merchants and business men are using borrowed capital. They sell on credit ami discount for cash the notes which the3 'obtain. If busine.-- were at a standstill because of uncertainties in regard to the tariff, there would be less demand for capital, money would be a drug in the market and interest would , be unusually low. On the eontrarj-, ' money never before commanded suck , high rates of interest, in times of peace, , as during the past few months. And JJs,ncRS wams w ?o on; this is what mikcs thu enand for money. It can"Jlof1 . "f V. iTi0" scarcity of money and the fabulous rat!S Ä interest Those who posset ... ,,, . . . . money win not, lor ordinary interest. ... . . . .. f. ' i pari, wiiu iL for more than a few da vs. until they are certain that it will 1 re turned for 100 and not 50 or CO cents on the dollar. Here is tho cause of the present trouble. Husiness will mend ; rapide upon the repeal of the Sherman act Hvito.v W. Holt. I THE SPIDER AND THE FLY. What is tho remedy A joint rottolutlon by this con?rc--i declaring that no radical ehanne shall be made In the tariff darin? It life would restore bulws. tetter of Senator Frye to the N Y. Press. "Won't you walk Into my parlor!" said the spider to the fly, "'TU tho prettiest Uttls parlor that ever you did spy." Said the voter to the spldir: I really must aay nay, My father's blood was suchet! away in Juit that very way. Ho was a worthy man and good, and tolled all the day Much work he did, and willingly, for very little fay. But of that little, spiders took, from ever dollar, tlthf. In dutle laid on all we wore. I've often seen him writhe. For never to a shop ho went without the penalty Ho paid, in prices duty raised or artificially Hy the profits manufacturers could clap on at their wUl Oa all ihey sold, though made at nomo, e'er, they helied fill the tilt And n we little ones ffrew up, nd wanted ever rose and pressed more nnd more. These bolUcred prices him full sore To level thin, at first of nil, his beer ho had to Mop, And then he failed, and even had hU baccy far to drop. Uut still tho leak crew burger and ho sacrificed In vain: The more ho stinted of himself tho duties wemed to pain. Illankot and shirts, our coati and vests, and all that wo did wear Were taxed and taxed, and home-made goods went up as if they were. At last tha poor old boy gave up, completely wearied out: Tho taxes on commodities had put htm to the rout. He couldn't save a penny from tho pittance that he earned. And from his fate, and lots like his, a lesson wo have learned. We know the xpidcr and his ways, his parlor's lovely, true. Made lovely by the blood ho sucked from hosest tollers, too. Vo'ro goln? to destroy that web, that's tanzled many a one; The lesion of the father's not been wasted os the son Jack Plain, in American Industries A Slio.ldy I'roof. The Manufacturer quotes the Jtccord as asserting that "during the last two or three 3cars the production of shoddy clothing has been enormously stimulated In this county by the exorbitant Incrcnse of duties on woolens by the McKinley tariff" and adds that "the statement is, of course, unlrue." To prove its untruth the Manufact urer quotes figures to show that the imports of shodd3 Have largcty fallen off. There is no relevancy that we can sec In this contradiction. If'tmythlng, It affirms the Record's statement What's the matter with the Manufacturer, anyway? Philadelphia ltccord.

SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Cardinal Vanneutelli, head of at ecclesiastical part), and who has been mentioned as loco's successor, has resigned his post at the Vatican because of differences with the pope The "benefit of clergy" was a legal custom which allowed priests to with draw their cases from a secular to an ecclesiastical court. Tho evidence 0 being a clergyman was an .ability to read. If n man could read onty a singlu verse ho was entitled to the benefit of clergj. Since the death of Ilishop Crowther, the negro bishop of western equatorial Airica, that seo lias been vacant, pend ing the settlement ,of a somewhat animated discussion, within the juris' diction Itself, as to the proper succe Mon whether a white man or a black man. Churohman. The Mctho4i.it Episcopal church ouin is tnaktne preparations to coUv brate its jubilee. June 8, 18SU will make fifty years since the adoption of "the plan of separation." in pursuance 01 tne provisions of which the Methodist Kpiscopal church south became a separate ecclesiastical jurisdiction. christian at Work. Notwithstanding that upward oi 13,000 English sailors visit the port ol Odessa in southern Russia annuaty, and that there Is a resident Emrlish population there of 320, there is no Protestant place of worship. An effort is now being made to raiso funds foi the erection of a church, and the municipal authorities of Odessa have donated a site for the purpose. One feature of the "World's fair t tendance which mnny visitors remark is the presence of so many Catholic Sisters among the sightseers. The monastery of La Rabida, where the relics oi Columbus and the valuable loan collection of the pope are placed, seems interesting to them, and a group of Sisters in their convent dress complete the picture in the patio of that build ing. Congregationalists in New Hampshire have gained in membership less than seven per cent, since 187'J; Moth odists in tho same state have gained but soven per cent in twenty 3ears, and the llaptists have gained fourteen pei cent since 1872, though thej- have losl twelve per cent in 1844. On the other hand the Episcopalians have more than doubled in number in New Hampshire iiunng me last two decades. The corner-stone of the First Pres byterian church at Seattle was laid recently In addition to the articles usually placed in corner-stones for the edification of remote posterity this ftone contains a blank book in which Uiis statement is written: "A bank has never failed In Seattle to date. We have just passed through a comtnercia' Bnd financial panic which has been world-wide. There has not been a fai ure of any kind In Seattle." In some mountainous and in hospitable regions of the west tht most important vacation of the public schools occurs in winter time and continues from January to April, because at that season snows are so deep anu storms so frequent that most chil uren are unaula to make their waj to school. The summer vacation is short but the hardship of attending and teaching school in summer time is not great, as the summers of those regions are, lor the most part, delightfully cooi. . 1. a . xnc pope nas esia unshed a nevi rule for the Ilencdictino order 03 appointing an abbot primate. Among tne Jtencdictincs the several congrega tions have each possessed an absolute autonomy, and the individual ablieys wno are associated in a congregation nave eujoyed almost the same power. The order will thus be brought more into touch with the Vatican, althouel; the new primate is appointed as the re sult of a conference held in Rome last April by all the ablnits and presidents of the various congregations throughout the world. J he first primate is the abbot of Mardesous of the Heuron con gregation. He will also be abbot of the new pontifical college of St Anselm at Rome, a structure now being built on the Aventine. A DISAGREEABLE FAMILIARITY Mr. Cirratliratl Objects to Nome Few Tiling ami Apparently to CJood Effect. "It is most singular," said Mr. 0 renthead, "that some people havo the pow er or making themselves disagreeable and offensive in such a vnrietj of ways. I recall an example of this in connection with my new suit of clothes. Now, I can not dress In the height of fashion. On the contrar3, 1 am a man whose object iu life is to attract as little attention as possible. For this reason, although not having correct tastes in the matter of wearing apparel. I make use of my faculties an a keen oliserver, and generally succeed in being dressed with some regard to tho pre vailing mode. "I purchased a new suit of clothei the other day at a ready-made establishment It was neat but not gaudy. and arrayed In it I would not have at tracted attention on Fifth avenue as ap illy-dressed man. hi fact, I rathei prided myself upon ni3 selection. 1 have seldom seen suits for eight dollar and fortv-fivo cents, which were so neat and well-Ktting. No sooner had I ar rived at my placo of business that daj than I was nccostcd by one of mv ac quaintances, who is peculiarly versatile in his ofrensivencss. 'Hello. Ureat head!" he yelled; 'hcnrcl vou comino for blocks. Hy gee, you look like n fifteenth ccntur3 astrologer covered with constellations and horoscopes. Fits like the tarpaulin over a truck on wet da3. Who built it?' Then he deliberately turned down my coat col lar until iw conld'sao the label stitched to the lining, and in a loud voice proclaimed the name of tho ready-made clothing dealer from whom I hntl purchased the suit "However, I have caused that man tc discontinue one way of making htmseli offensive. He has Informed the attendants of the hospital where he Is spendkg the summer that ho will neves a,-aia reako emarki about ecccBtria tits mt iras."-N. Y. Tri.ana

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. TütrniatloM! Uuua for Orteber H, IMS lli'ilempllon la Christ Komas atlU-'Jit. Specially Arranged from I'eloubefs Kotes.1 (JouiEN Text. Hein; Justified freely by His prace through the udempttoa that U In Chrlt Jeus. Horn, a.-'.'i. Tnu Cocusr. or Thought. Tho subject la, how men can bo saved from sin. They cannot bo saved by the deeds of tho law, for n- a matter of fact thoy havo all failed in obedience to law. What havo the Ucntlles acnleved under tho law of conscience and of nature theso Koman citizens whose ßlory U in their lloman, law? lli-hold, for answer, tho awful picture In l;2l-3i Hut tbo Jews, exalted In privilege, with! their book of the law and their divine training, looklny down from thia height upon the heathen have they become holy by the law? No: for they In their measure break the law of Ood as do tho Gentiles (chajti'i. Hut Is there- no advantage in twin a Jow then, and In possessing tho law of Oodf Certainly (3:1). Hut if men sin In sptto of this law they are guilty beforo Ood, and must be condemnod by Him. They can see their portrait in thslr own Scriptures (3:9-19), All are under sin. Tho whole world Is rullty before God. Ily the deeds of tho law can no llesh bo Justified before God. Is theri no remedy then! no salvation' Yes: God has provided a way in Jesus Christ, who manifests tho dlvlno righteousness, who has made atonement for sin through Ills blood: and byfalthlnllim all who believe aro JuatlUed, forgiven tho past and made holy In heart and Ufa tESSOX NOTES. The Need of a Way of Salvation. Ever since the fall of man God had been working in two parallel lines for his redemption one with the Gentiles through conscience and natural law, the other with the Jews through a divine revelation and training. First, the Gentiles. The moral condition of the Romnn empire, amid tho glory of its military achievements that made Rome the mistress of the world; in the height of Its Intellectual supremacy, producing works which have aided the education of the world for eighteen centuries and are still a part of the training of ever y educated ner

son in Christendom; under the power of a law which is still the basis of civ ilized legislation; amid the triumphs of wealth and luxury, Is portraj-cd in the terrible indictment of chap. 1:21-32. which the contemporary literature at the day fully confirms, as do the start ling revelations from the ruins of Pompeii. Dr. Lyman Abbott says: "'There are six indications of the moral life of a communit3, cither of which is significant; when they all agree iu their tostimom, they affowl a nearly infallible test of its true character." 1. As to industry. "All linnnrnldn industry was dishonorable in Rome;" one half the inhabitants were slaves, wretchedly treated. "The wnges of a day-laborer did not exceed twelve or fifteen cents a day." a. As to social habits. "The accumulation of wealth, in the hands of tho few, was as dangerous a sj-mptom of demoralization as the povert3, tho ignorance nnd the moral degradation of the man3." "The excesses of lust can only be suggested by saying that they paralleled the excesses of cruelty; and these surpass imagination." 3. As to the famihy. "Divorce was as free and as frequent tv the most libidinous advocate of free-lust in our own ago could desire." "Cicero repudiated his wife because he was short of money and wanted a new dowry." "Prostitution became honorable." "Chastity had become a perilous virtue." 1. As to the government It was a military despotism. "The evils of unlimited power havo had man3 tragical illustrations in human hlstoiy, but none to compare.with that afforded by the eighty years covered by tho reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Vltelllus and Domitian." The senate was so abject, and the courts so corrupt, that the people had in them no aid for overthrowing the bitter despotism that crushed them. 5. As to education. "Such agovernment.did nothing for tho education of 3'outh. Rome contained nothing approximating to a public school S3stem." "The ability to write well, if not to read, was a badge rather of tho servile than the honorable class." "Education was confined to a few persons, ar.d limited to few and superficial themes." C. As to religion. There was almost no faith in the gods, though temples were built with increasing splendor. and established forms were scrupulously observed; yet the people laughed in tho theaters at tho popular satires of the gods whom they worshiped in the temples. Cicero and Cajsar were both high officers of religion, though both disbelieved it As usual with tho decline of faith, came the rise of superstition and belief In all manner of portents and auguries. Religion had no practical bearing on the moral life except to degrade It "Worship and vice were not inconsistent." In manycascs worship ministered to vice. Illustrations. The traveler in tho Hartz mountains is sometimes startled by a gigantic appsrition In the clouds which are about him, until he discov ers that his every gesture Is repeated b3 the Image which for the moment aroused, his superstitious awe. The gods of Greece and Rome were but fjigantic reflections cast upon the clouds 03 (treck and Roman life. The gods of Homer and Virgil are not only fcastlnir gods, but ro3stcrlng, bacchanalian, drunken gods. They are not only sen suous, marrying and giving in marriage; they are openly and grossly li centious; adultery and rape aro divino. Jhey arc vindictive, passionate, intriguing, mendacious. They aro deifications of Aliab and Jezebel, of Machiavcllf and Lucrctia Hornia. of Henry VIII. and Catherine do Medici. Well cried Vespasian on his death bed: "Woo is me, for I am about to be come a god." Second, the Jews. The Jews thought that, because they wcro set apart for a higher training, by special reveatlon and care, therefore they would bo saved whether thc3 did right- or wrong. They wcro God's own people; low could they be lost? Rut Raul shows them that salvation Is salvation from sin, and they wcro not saved, from sin. And lest they should not seo this, ho brings a picture of sinful men, Jews and Gentiles, out of their own Scriptures, What is lore without trata ortratk without love? They purify and aobla radi other. W. Ü. Clintoa.