Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 8, Jasper, Dubois County, 3 November 1893 — Page 3

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C JO, lubliMlip. JASPER. INDIANA THE OLD FARM-HOUSE. Far away from nolso anil bustle, Mid the greedy strifa for Kola, There stands a little ealUKo That k low anU brown and old Tho doorars'a full of posies. Or tfa tear, eUl-fantilofied klaO, Tno "lay-locks" unil thu rase, 'Tis there you'll surely Und. IHrds from tho sunny south-land, No place e'er reach so soon. Ami tho apple trees, In spring-time. Are a wilderness of bloom. Though were are many children, Within that cottage small, A mother'a love Und alwuya A welcome place for ulL But orai amid that household ban Were tempted far to roam; D it found 110 place In any laad Like that dear cottage bom& Stern-browed and energetic mes Anil J the wido world's noise, YTlthln thatshelt'rlng fold again Am only just "the boys." Content ach homely joy to shara Wime iu that dear retreat; They drop the load of toll and rar. And find a rest most sweet. They tread the aaran old paths again, They climb the fragrant mows; They watch tho sunset from the tan As homeward cotuo tho cows. Their lore a ruling; power displays Puta all their fears to rout, Their hearts are filled with simple falta That leaves no room for doubt. When looking cm their father's face, Tho deep trutt pictured there Will leal hem la tho way of grace, Detter than call to prayer. God bless the sturdy, happy band, Whlls there and as thoy roam The bone and sinew of our land Spring from the farm-houso home. Eliza J. Carr, In Western Rural ICopyright, 1S93, by the Author. URBAN, Port Natal, in 1879 was a gay and festive towu. The hotels were crammed with war riors, the lodging-houses were stuffed with beds almost to bursting, and the very gaol was cleaned out by the whltccoatcd Zulu police for the accommoda tion of timid strangers. If report is to be credited, a very high official indeed took up his feather bed, ia that time of scares, and sought safety every night within the thick walls of the prison. Yountr officers camped out on the lawn of the Royal hotel. All da3' long there was the click of ivory balls, the genial popping of champagne corks, the clank of sabers and the jingle of spurs. Through the drowsy afternoons 6tnart traps rolled out from the yard and went spinning through the leafy roads of the Bcrea, driven by military nondescripts with high collars and waxed mustaches. Ladies with sparkling eyes and hair of a pale yellow held court, and always had at beck and call a string of gay cavaliers. Some three weeks after Ulundi I sat on a veranda overlooking a wido court, wherein a horso dealer from Buenos Ay res us entertaining a crowd of idlers. lie Kid a high-shouldered mustang Inch be iad brought over as a specimen of tl i troopers he could supply, and was M.owing tho various uses to which his wonderful saddle could be put. Suspended from either end by a lariat, it made a serviceable hammock; spread out it served as tt blanket or a tablecloth; thrown over the shoulder it became a cloak; folded up it was again ft saddle. Then he made a cast with his lasso, and swung the bolus, a feat which one of the spectators attempted with signal disaster to his own limbs. "Divil take the thing," he exclaimed, as he endeavored to untie himself. "Won't some one looso me?" Nobody did. all being too tired from laughter to help; so he spun himself round, and the bolus, unwinding, dealt out hard knocks to the helpless crowd. "It's as I towld you," he said. "I'm good at this, and what'a lovely weapon t'would prove in a foight" Skipping away from the crowd he dropped into a cane chair beside me and offered me a cigar, as though he had known rae all my life. "The lazy beggars," he said, ''they Wanted stirrinir ud. and I did it for them illigantly. I'm Capt Fagus, of the Oirish Blower, and am delighted to make the acquaintance' of a fellow-correspondent Yon needn't inthroduce yourself. I know who you arc I just inquired of the bar-man, and by the tame token I'm dhry." He whistled to a waiter and called for two whisky squashes. Capt Fagus was a good-looking fellow, with a sraootk face, flexible mouth and a pair of bright, merry, roving Wack eyes. I felt at home with him at once. iti '1 ucard ve wcrr' k1" mooning away like a sick dog excuse the simileand 1 straightway came along, for companionship's a moighty folae pick-sac-wp. Hcighol It's tocsclf that's in need of tightening." He did not look it In fact, ho winked t a pretty coolie girl who went by with dish of pineapples. I remarked that ne seemed cheerful enough. "Appearances are deceptive. What d yc think if I towld ycz I was in Jove?" He looked at seriously. "Ay, t the truth. Ifa lore that's killing with all iU dUatresaful ciream-

stances. But how was it with you in

tlie war? Business first an pleasure aitor. u fell Into s talk about the adranc of ulundi, and he. let uiu into some se crets for the making of reputations. 'I was with the crawling column on the coast, but, bad luck to it, the divil a chance had I to distinguish myself; but I tell you 1 made tho best of my opportunities." "How was that?" "Uyosee, it was this way; I wrote scrappy paragraphs for tho service pa persuBd always bound thu editor in re turn to say something civil aboutmy.self. öoineuiiug into tins: 'Wo are glud to hear from Capt Fagus, that smart cor respondent, that the men in Zululand are in good health and spirits.' Or this: 'We hear froth Capt Fagus, that excellent war correspondent, etc' I would also write letters to the Times, with my full signature and descrip uon." "And how did that help?" ' How, indeed? Excuse me, but you are young. hj, people say: 'Who. in thunder, is Capt Fagus?' and maybe some clever know-all would reply 'Oh! dontcherknow he's the famous cor respondent for the Oirish Blower. Oct yourself talked about, me bhoy, uuu your iame is made; ana if no one else will do that service for you do it yourself often. "That's simple. Isn't it?" Maybe. But it requires judgment tact, anu tue nclpot an incident now and again, me. What portunity to There me luck deserted I wanted was an opwin the V. C; just one and, believe tae, no one gave me the ghost of a chance. At Ginginhlovc I was burning to make a bould sortie from the laager and rescue some wounded soldiers, but hang me for a Faynian if one ud expose himself. No, sir, aud that's tho truth.' So he rattled on until he exhausted the war and got down to the record of town life, when he returned to his love affair. I'm in love; and it's deuced awk ward that the complaint should come on me when I'm about leaving for the ould counthry. I'm just bursting to con lule in some one. I'll tell you all I will so. I met her at the table d'hote at the inn down the street Dark eyes, black hair and ruby lips the sweetest girl on earth. I surrendered at discre tion horses, foot and artillery!" "But she docs not reciprocate?" "Think she does." "Then why these tears?" "I'll tell yc, if ye'll give me a chance to get a word in. e see though I say it ineself me family in Oircland is the first in the land, with more pride than acres. J. he question is: 'Can I take her to my ancestral home?' Tell me that now." I'm not competent to judge, not having seen the lady and 'otir ances tral home" "True for j-ou; but that's easy reme died. You know me. I represent me family. Come and dine with mc and you'll know her." I went off readily, heartily enjoying the situation, and he, delighted to find listener, fairly bubbled over with jovial confidences. The long tablo in the comfortable inn was crowded with a miscellaneous com pany stolid Dutch farmers, cute spec ulators, army contractors and two ladies. The captain sat opposite the latter, and kept up a running fire of florid compliment directed at the younger ady, who had a certain bold beauty. After dinner wc smoked at our ease under a trailing vine. "Now, you cowld-blooded Saxon, say quickly what yon think of her or I'll strangle you." "She is a very charming girl, if I may y so." "Thanks. I knew you'd agree with me. Hut say, now. ciuin t you remark she was a thriile weak in her grammar? Clips her g's, you understand, and doesn't do her duty by the aspirates." "Those are trilling blemishes from a pretty mouth." "They would never be overlooked at my ancestral home," he replied, gloomly. "Now 1 11 tell you my plan. I've drawn up an ultimatum." "A what?" "An ultimatum." He drew a sheet of foolscap from aa 'nOW WAS IT WITH THE ULTIMATUM 7" official envelope with a most serious air. "Now you listen to this. I flatter mcself it's neat: "Dear Sir (that's her father) Dcar'Slr: As you aro doubtless aware. I am ardently in love with your charming duURbtcr, and it is the wish of my heart that she should become my wife. My family Is the oldest and the proudest in Ireland, and my wife must have no defects. My lore for your daughter docs not bllni mc to the fact that ber education has not been without its defects defects which are inexcusable in this young lady. She has a tendency to drop her h's from one end and her g's from the other. My family could forgive anything but that. Now, my dear sir, 1 would respectfully but urgently propose that your daughter should be placed at onro In an establishment fur young ladies, where she would be perfected In the elegant use of her mother tongue, and fitted for the high honor of a union with my family. Uclleve mo to be, eta, etc." "You surely do not intend lo send that extraordinary document to her father?" "That's my intention. It's only due to me family." "Well, then, send iL in, and prepare to leave the country in a hurry." "D'ye think he'll take offense? But think of the honor of an alliance with the ouldcst fasally in Oireland. I'll ckaace it anyhow." 1 left soon afUr for Maritzburg, a

returning at the end of awsek, I found ' the gallant captain seated on a log, the t in terested spectator of a duel between Indian gamecocks, both armed with murderous bludus. Their shackles stood out like enormous ruffles, the long tail feathers drooped and the gleaming eyes Hashed like Ut e under the Herceexeitementoftlie battle They met together in midair, there was a scatter

ing of feathers, a fierce thrust-home. ami one of the gallant little birds was stretch...! mit.it. .t ... - U.VHIT, aa e.xeueu. coone, picked nun up. tnrtist n finger into the gaping rttvai.l .-4 i..t. ...1 a 1 t a rLiivii"ii uiu enus logemcr, ami piacen uio oinl aside, where it stag - gercd to its feet weak but valiant

mro joMio nie epitome of war," swallows its Bible whole, finds soph cnlil I. ...... t,rri .....

o.u u.-. j. iifse uirus nave no real cause for enmity, they have no feathered harems to defend, or stores of golden grain, yet at commsind they rush to battle. Upon mo word when ye see the tragedy of glorious war played out in a cockpit it makes you weep." His merriment of a fewdays back ha? given way to a fit of moralizing. "How was it with tho ultimatum?" I asked. "Och, bad luck to it!" "It did not answer then?" "It did not The hc other contracting power uiu not receive :civo it in a proper Sirit." ."The father ueciareu war i toiü you so. "Did you, then.' I would not havt credited you with so much sense. lie rOKTIOX OF MY RKAIt OUAltl) IJf THE MOUTH OF THE CAVAMtY." declared war to the knife. Turned out his light cavalry from the kennels, called out his infantry in the person of a ferocious Zulu stable boy, and came out himself with a fearful implement they call it a sjambok. I executed a masterly retreat, leaving a portion of my rear guard in the mouth of the cavalrv." 'I can't say I'm sorry for you. Young ladies are not to be won by ultima I turns." And mc a member of one of the ' ouldcst families in Oireland," he ex claimed, tragically. "Oh, now, that father was unreasonable. He said he wanted no one to offer him impertinent advice about his daughter's education, and he had the blessed impudence to curse me and my ancestral home. 'Twas then the war broke out, and my partiality for bananas and ripe lips re- t ccived a cruel blow. See that pool of ! foul water on the fiat? Well. I went straight off there to drown mesclf and me sorrows, but there was a prior claimant in the shape of a poor divil of a bloated dog, and so I thought better of it and drowned tho ultimatum in stead." A BIRD OF THE SEA. The Mate's Story of Mother Chicken. Carey's The mate had a romance of his own , to tell of the Mother Carey's chickens. lie had first a great deal of romance about them to dispel In the first place. they are not liovcriug about the watei for the love of it There is no poetic intention in this continual haunting of the salt waves. Far from it The birds are simply feeding themselves. And what, think you, are they feeding upon? Upon the drippings of oil frotn the machinery of tho steamer, which rise to the surface in its wake; and when you see them lingering so lovingly for an instant, seeming to float upon the water and kiss it, they arc scooping up this unpleasant sub stance with their beak. The mate says that, if you were to catch one of these birds in your hands, you could not for weeks eradicate the evil odor tfiat it would leave there, lie told a pathetic I story of a little dog winch lie had aboard ship once, and which worried sonic of Mother Carey s chickens that were brought aboard, and after that, for the space of at least a monin, tnc nine dog hated the world and himself, and received nothing 1ml lcicWa whrrn hn i had received caresses, and thereupon wisely abjured the worrying of "old sailors' souls" for the rest of his life. The mate's own romance about the Mother Carey's chickens was this: He declared that they never went ashore or near the shore under any circum stances; that they breed at sea, carry ing their eggs under their wings until they hatchsd and nourishing their n ... 1 voting mere. lie avcrrcu nrmiy ana on his word as a mariner and an officer that he bad seen the bodies of females of this species which were carrying their newly-hatched young close under their wings, and the bodies of other females with tho unhatched eggs there. This was certainly a most interesting story. The mato was a seafaring man of r-jiirs, solidity and char-,

actcr. It was a shock, uicrcforc, to oe - v w.-au told, on the authority of one who really I f11 advances. It wal then learned must know, that this is not true and ni thesc-1 ike the others of thetwenthat tho Mother Carey's chicken, like 1 Vyscven similar wnge-advances-wcro

other marine birds, goes far north to breed every season and hatches its voting in duo ornithological fashion by sitting on tho egg somewhere in the waters of Labrador. lloston Tran- j script "Are those the gloves you bought . .... aa at tho special sale?" "xes.- "er they a bargain?" "Goodness, ncl I . . t 1 suppose thero mast nave wees uuiam mistake, for they art weariag splendidIf." Inter Occam.

TRUTHS. A I'roU-ctlonlut OrKHii live n Wonderful Kxitiiil' Our manufacturers, especially those well shielded by turllV walls, form trusts which exact thu highest possible price frotn the American consumer, while they continue to sell their goods at far lower prices to unprotected for eigners. This is true in regard to ngrl cultural implements, It'lMlflllllV.lU I'lllll. I W " "7 ' . " i ami muuy otner minis oi naruware anu tools. It is plain that in such cases th I tariff becomes wlmt tho New York Triimne calls "an instrument of extor1 tion." The American Economist, tho chief priest of high protection which istry thin enough to justify even this high-handed proceeding of the tariff III- m . . loiuiiea trusts, it lias a column entitled "Tariff Quiz," in which it oxpounds the great economic principles underlying Mclvinleyism. Wo extract the following clear and lucid explana tion of this iniquitous tariff phenome na from its issue of Scptdmber 2U: "xso. 4. If you manufacture goods in this country and send them abroad and undersell foreign manufactures in foreign markets, what good, in sueli cases does protection do? T. S. Owen. Corj respondent American Protective Tariff League, I.ebauon, O., Sept 8, 181)3. "It has been claimed by the party of free trade that nroteetion nr.vnts American manufacturers from shippin , American goods to foreicn countries i and competing with foreign tnanufact ures in foreign markets. Protection does increase the price of goods, which is checked by domestic competition. but the object of protection is to ena ble our wage-earners to find a good and constant employment at wages better than the average rate paid for foreign labor. Protection, 'in such cases' us our correspondent refers to, enables us not only to keep the foreign goods out of our markets, but also enables us to enter the foreign markets and there compete with foreign goods, while at the same time affording more work for our wage earners at better rates of wages than are paid to foreign labor ers. Protection enables more indus tries, thus creating more demand for the products of each and enabling fact ories to run on full time, which cheap ens the cost of product" Any dimple wayfaring man who believes In protection (and such are usually simple enough to be caught on tin hooks without halt) ought surely to feel secure in his position after reading and studying this explanation. Sup pose he analyzes it to extract from it as many simple truths ns.is possible Protection does increase the price of goods. It also cheapens the the cost of the product It increases prices that wages may be higher. It cheapens cost to "enable more industries." It keeps foreign goods out of our markets. It also enables us to enter foreign markets and there compete with foreign goods. Corollaries to above are: Protection increases prices at home to raise wages, but higher wages causes cheaper cost of production and thus jt enables us to sell cheap in foreign ..,,,,. markets. This cheapness causes more demand for our products and enables factories to run4on full time. Therefore, protection not only protects our dear labor from the cheap labor of Europe, j by preventing our markets from being inundated with cheap foreign goods, , but it enables dear-labor goods to undersell cheap-labor goods in their j own markets. In time, then, pro tection will deprive foreigners of both our and their markets and leave them with nothing to do but to pay our tariff taxes and to consume our protection goods. Verily protection of the McKinlcy-tax-the-foreigner brand, is the greatest economic discovery on record. It will not only upbuild tho industries of the nation that adopts it and bring high wages, prosperity, exemption from taxation, and good luck to all that abide therein, but it will strike terror into foreign industries and enemies and, nt last wipe them from off the face of the earth. O, thou great and mighty McKinley, who hast discovered this law of economic univeiso whose application brings peace and good will to all except those unfortunates not under its protective wings to thee will wo sing songs of praise forever and ever. Uvr.ox W. Holt. MUCH LIED ABOUT INDUSTRY. Klr Manufacturer Iliny Denying- Ntatt tnrnU of Over Zcnloim I'rotf rtlontat. More thnn two-thirds of the glovos Mde in this country are made in Fulton county, N. Y. About 200 firms there employ 6,000 or 8,000 in factories and .1,000 or 4,000 more in their homes. McKinley raised the protection duty on gloves from 50 to an average of about ftrt per cent after making dutiss so high on many kinds of cheap gloves that they are no longer imported. Of course protectionists like to point to Fulton county to show what protection has done. Last year when tho American Kconomi.it was engaged in its desperate search after wage advwaccs, under McKinley rule, it took the lilicrty of naming two glove manufacturers who had raised wages since 1890. These two firms enjoyed much freo advertising in republican papers and all went well until one day when the 'Reform c senin representative to uiovers"KC V .Ty'i u,c fw ,-"u "- "--' usuai, a nercascu ine wages of a few new n,Bn"8 from the country tho proTiou wiUr ftn,i who had worked at very low wages with the expectation that they would receive more when their terms of apprenticeship were over. Many were the lies told about the dependence of tho glovo industry upon protection during the campaign of 1802. Ihm NaW York Tritmaa sent oh I iu

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staff to (ilorursvillu wno rtpcatei set eral columns of statements, many of which had been shown a dozen times before to be false and which were denied by the largest and oldest glove mnnufactusers there. Then, after the election and after tho appearance of the Keform club's propoed tariff bill, tho glove liars again claimed the Held. The New York Press sat up a howl

I about the proposed duty of 35 per cor . on gloves. It said: "This would be nt gloves. It said: 'This would be a death-blow to one of the most prosperous industries of this state. In Fulton county alone fully .'!0,000 persons depond for a livelihood either entirely or in part upon glovo making. The labor cost of glove making is something like 150 per cent more in this country than in Europe. The reformers propose to meet this by a '-Vi percent duty, or onesixth the difference between the foreign and American wago rates. Under this bcheilule the foreign manufacturers would take complete possession of the Amcridnn markets and close every glove-making establishment in tho country." These statements, like those in the Tribune and other protection papers, were made without the advice or consent of the leading glove manufacturers. Thus Mr. Lucien Littauer, tho largest manufacturer of gloves in the United States said, in lbSS: "We can do jnst as well, pay our employes just as high wages, and conduct just as prosperous a business under a 40 per cent as under a 50 per cent tariff. All this Is demonstrable if a man will sit down and think it out for himself." Mr. 1). II. Judson, of Oloversville, tho oldest and greatest and at present tho second Inrgest manufacturer of gloves in this country, said in 1888: "Under a 40 per cent tariff wo shall still have aa advantage over foreign manufacturers of from CO to 75 cents per dozen. That is to say, we will continue to pay about double the wages paid in England, and turn out gloves and mittens at frotn 00 to 75 cents a dozen cheaper than the English manufacturers. A a matter of fact, the tariff does not afloct the manufacture of heavy gloves the gloves for the million, I mean. On tho very finest qualities it dees have an effect, but there are only one or Ivo firms in this vicinity that make that class of goods." Another of thelai'gcst manufacturers of Fulton county said, in 1691: "There is no real foreign competition on mors than 10 per cent of the goods sold here. Fully two-thirds of the heavy goods made in the UnitediStitesare of a class of goods neither produced nor consumed anywhere else in tho world, tiloves to protect the hnnds of common laborers are unknown outside of this country. More than 00 per cent of the ladies' gloves imported are of a class öf goods not made hero, nor will they be made hero in your or my time." Of course such cruel statements as these from the ungrateful manufacturers themselves did much to cool thn ardor of over-zealous protectionists. They were not howevor, sufficient to prevent the protectionists from yielding to the temptation to send up a ca lamity howl on behalf of gloves daring the late financial paalc. This last lie has just been nailed, as is evident from the following from the Boston Ilercldt A few days since tho following ap peared in the columns of the Boston Journal: 'In the exuberance of cam paign oratory last fall, Daniel B. .Tudson, of Oloversville, N. Y., promised to give employment to all persons in that 1 1 !!.. 1. .1 A piuce wnu uiiiiv ue mruwp ou uz work by reason of democratic victo-. Now there nro about 10,000 persons who nre asking him to redeem his promise; his own factory is shut down. and at last accounts he was on his way to implore tho ways and means committee to deal gently with the glove Industry.'" A gentleman of this vicinity reading the above, and having serious doubts of its veracity, sent a letter to Mr. Jud son inquiring into tho source and received the following reply: GI.OVKUSVIM.E, N Y., Sept. 2?, 1681 N truth In tho above ahatovcr. Factory has no bepn shut down No ueti promise ronJo. Nor an application for work ha been made. Hav not been to Washington, nor do not Inter J in Ko The clipping vou Inclose l.i a spccln on or republican calamity howling with not tho leas) foundation of fact. Yours, etc.. John Ii Jvnsow, For I). U Judson. The Inst remark of Mr. JttdsonV seems well to summanzo fnefs vrith regard to tills precious paragraph, nrwell as many of its kindred frauds. 1' is false in general, false iti particalars false, indeed, iu every item of its insertion. Bvmvv W. Hoi.T. "Won't Srrm to Cw." It has been hard work in some cases to get tlje manufacturers to enter protests against the revision of the tariff. The Indianapolis Journal came out tfle other day with a Washington dispatch introduced by such head lines as these: "Don't Seom to Care; Indiana Glass Manufacturers Neglect their Opportunity; Not One has Notified the Democratic Tariff Tinkers at Washington that He Desires to be Heard." Tae correspondent complains that not a word has been heard by the ways and means committee from any of the manufacturers in tho natural gns be7t of Indiana, and that ''although there arc very large plnte glass establishments at Kokomo, Alexandria and Nev Albany and other places, no intimation has been received from cither or them that a hearing was desired." Equally derelict arc the flint and limeglass trade, and the window glass, fruit jar, and bottle manufacturers. "It would seom," says tho despairing correspondent, "that the manufacturers in tho gas bolt arc confident of their ability to successfully compete with the manufacturers in any other part of tho country under any kind of a tariff law, and that they arc defying the competition of Europe, which tho democratic majority in congress proposes to invite under their new law." Of course there could be no greater disgrace for Indiana than to have a or manufacturers enterprising enough to beat the world. N. Y Evening Post There has been a heavy advance in the price of rubbers and rubber boots. Great is tho rubber trust and McKhilef k ita nropheb

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International Lratoii for Mavrwber UM -T h iteaiirrectlo Cer. l&iVi-it, ISpeclally Arranged fro Poloubct'a Notes.) Goi.dcn Tkxx Tnaak bo to Ood whlca (tivcth us the victory through our Lord Jcaus Christ I Cor. 15:67 LitiiiT riioa Otiikh SCUIITOH13. Thta chapter should bo read in connection with thu accounts of tho resurrection in tho four GosIl and tho Acts, and 1 Tees. 4:10-17: 8 Cor. 5;SH; 1'lilL 3;20 S1. lSTRont'CTiON. Paul learned from the church at Corinth that there hod arisen doubts, and perplexities concerning tho great doctrtna of tho resurrection, perhaps from tho lntlwnca of tho prevailing Ureck philosophy. This chapter is aa answer and solution. I.F.SHON NOTES. Objections to the resurrection among the Corinthians. First Tho Epicureans among the heathen, and the Sadducces among the Jews, believed that there was no soul us distinct from the body, and uo future life. Therefore, according to their philosophy tho resurrection was an impossibility. The soul went as docs the llame of a candle when it is blown out. Second. Tho Stoics taught, what amounted to the same thing, tho Pantheistic doctrino of tho ultimate reabsorption oi the soul into the divinity from which it had sprung, and therefore tho final extinction of the, individual personality. So a drop of water is absorbed into the ocean. It exists but only as a part of tho great whole. Third. The disciples of Plato, while maintaining the eternal personality and immortality of tho soul, regarded matter as the cause of all evil, tho only barrier between tho soul and Absolute (Jood, a tiling, in fact, essentially and eternally alien to the Divine, and therefore could not conceive of immortality except through the entire freedom of the soul from so malignant and corrupting an influence. Fourth. As in 3 Tim. 2:17, 18, he speaks of Hymencus and Philctus as teaching that tho resurrection was passed already, it is probable that these errorists in Corinth also refused to acknowledge any other than a spiritual resurrection. Fiftlu There were others to whom tho resurrection seemed contrary to common sense and the science of the day (vcr. U5). It was .impossible and absurd. The- Resurrection a Fact Paul begins his famous chapter with a marßlialing of the proofs of the resurrection of Christ. He brings witness after witness, even five hundred at one time, during tho forty days between the resurrection and thu ascension, saw Jesus, touched him, heard Him talk, ate with Him, walked with Him at different times in various places. And many of these witnesses wero familiar acquaintances. Later on Paul himself met Jesus, saw Him, and heard Him. Jesus must be alive. No event in all history has greater or more convincing proofs than that Jesus rose from the dead. Sight, hearing, touch, all combined in the proof. Then the Christian church, and indeed every convert aud every miracle, was a proof that a living Saviour was working ia the world. Why is oar faith-vain if Christ has not been raised? (1.) If Christ has not been rais"'. Iben He has broken His promises and failed in His prophecies, for He repeatedly declared that He would rise again. And if these promises fail, what aro any other promises of His good for? Ho would be either false or incompetent as a Saviour. (2.) If He has not been raised, then there is no proof that Ho was anything but a very good and great man, like Socrates, or Plato, or Luther. He cannot be proved to bo tho Son of Ood, tho divine witness of divine things. It is His power over death, His continued existence. His ever living, that completes tho proof that He Is a Divine Saviour. (3) If Christ is not proved to be immortal, by cont itiing to live, tho strong proof of our iir mortality is taken away. Ho is the pti'itnen that proves thu existence o; he future life. (-1) Then too wc wort Mp u dead Saviour, not a living one. He does not exist for us to trust and love, to be our ever-present helper. (5) Then too there has been made no atonement for our sins, for only the Son of Ood could make atonement, and there Is no Son of Ood. (0) There can be no second coining, no triumph of the kingdom of heaven. (7) Then, as Robertson says, "we must infer also that as the true disciples of Christ in all ages havo led purer, humbler, more self-saerilicing lives than other men, they have attained to this higher excellence by 'believing what was false,' and that therefore men become more 'pure and noble' by believing what is false than by believing what is true." The Resurrection of the Hod v. Them are those who object to the term resurrection of the body, but it is because that term has been regarded as meaning the material body which we now have. Paul's illustration shows exactly what is meant. Our present bodies, he says, cannot inherit the kingdom of Ood, but they shall be changed into spiritual bodies. This change he illustrates by the seed snd plant which grows from it Our future bodies may be no more like our present ones than a rose is like a black seed, or a lily liko a bulb. How, then, is it tho same? Just as the plant grows out of the seed the satno kind of plant always from the same kind of seed. How shall wc recognize each other? Just as a florist seeing a seed can picture tho plant and tho flower that will grow from it; or seeing a plant can immediately recognize the seed from which it grew. LIGHT FIlOM Till: UKSUItUKCTlOX OT cnnisT. Thu resurrection of Jesus is the crowning proof that He is tho Son of Ood. If He could not conquer death aud comu back from Heaven, He could not prove that at tho first Ho cane from Heaven. It proves that we have a living Saviour, sitting on tho right hand oft Ood. It is the proof of immortal life beyond tho grave; that death does loV ead all, but the atml lives after Ut bo.lt dies. (