Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 31, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 April 1898 — Page 6

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Message from the President Transmitting the Report of the Maine Court of Inquiry. A CALM AND DISPASSIONATE RECITAL.

Bfne niiirl FlmU "I hut I tie Main t liebln et by Ihr F.iplualon of Nubmarln f Mim-, l.li.l liy Sut-tjiu'iit 1 t pliwlon of Mitcalne. Itut I -. Not I Ii Ihr Itvi Hif.l:.ini for the I I lilotloii.

Tin llll II I "l Mr.Ttfr. Washington. Miiroh '-. The pretiebnt sent the following iu.v-n.io to eonifrt'Ks: To riir OOWUM Of the I'NiTr.t' StatesMm totM ttaie pi r u t!..- I Mulnete H.ni tortec eer c alar r prcaratatlvn pa r.tcJ nut tli- tJtvtBtBfBl to ti"w (rum the Tlt;t of natl.'f.:i'. sh.;s i" ihr .t: Hiti, tn Beeustomln the n'.'i)i to the pr of our af as Um ayaatwl of food . Lead f oar salpa ta tho fultlllnu at ( the m.-.. n . : n to. tion to Ameriean Interests, even t:iuu.-h no iiuaieill , Bte tie' '. u.er.Vr :.. v st. Atvorfllrtj.-ly. on h. il'li f J irr.i:r hist, after Confer-m-..- with th-- Spanish minister, in whu'h the r ,..-wal ot visit of ottf Mhrahipa t) Sp.uii-h waters im ilioc it nu 1 m-rept-d. the Peninsular autlu.rltlea at Madritl Hid Hjv.iii.i wer'ulx: . .1 tili- purp Of this ruv. rumen! to r-sumt frien.lljr Baval visits .it Cubtt I that m that View the Statue would foi thwltt Ml) al the IK) t

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nUBMDENT vVii.r.i AM m kivt.ky Of It.ivana. Tlii fttlOBM) nt a reeelred by the Span sh government nv appreciation of the friendly charueter of th visit of the Maine Ail with notification of intention to return tlie ouru-Kv by e Atakg spiriish aaipa to Um principal ports of the fniteil tü'.-s M'-itnivhle te Maine entered th" port ot HCl iri i on the 0th if Jnnu;iry. h.-r arrival beiiik.' marke! with Bo Kpecial im-t.lent nestiles th" tt'-h.mifQ of Customary Btlutes ar..l eerem-mlil visits The Maine continued In the harbor of Havana il urlnjr the three week folio winu her arrival No appreciable excitement attended tier xtay . on the contrary, a iMUkf of relief ant ronfldenre followed the resumption of the long-interrupted friendly Inter 'our-". So noticeable wai this nt, iic :...!. . " of her visit that the consul general strongly urged that the preseno of our ship in Cuban waters should le kept up hv retaining it at Havana or. in the event of her recall, by sending another vessel thereto take her place. At forty minutes past Bine in the i renltuf of the 15th of February, the Maine ('..-.irnol lij an explosion by which the entire forward part of the ship was Btterly wrecked In this catastrophe two Officers and "Jfttl f her crew perish-il. those who "were not killed outr.t'ht hi, h"r explosion being pruned l.etwe n de ks by the tangle of wrerkBffe and di own' d lv the in. mediate Inkin of the hull Prompt avsStance was rendered by the nelghtiorini.' v-sm'N anehnreil in the harbor, Bid being aapecially given by the boats of the pri'iisli cruiser Althens - XII and the W nl Jlne steamer ( 'It? of Washington which lav not far distant The wnunded were generously cared for by the authorit M of Havana the hospitals tielng freely orx ne! to t1. em. while the earliest recovered bodle of the dead were interred by the municipality in a public cemetery In the city Tributes of gref and nymnathy were ifferrd from ail oftti al Quarten of the 1land. The appalling calamity fell on our people With crushing fore', and for a brief time un intense exelteiii'-nl prevailed which, in a comtnurl'v l'-ss just an 1 self -controlled than oura, night have 1 d to hMty acts of blind resenttoer.t This spirit, however, soon gave way to Cal'ner procesi s of reason and the res.ve to investigate the facts and await the material proof before forming a Judgment as to the causa, the rffpt BaiMtit and. if the facts warranted, the renieslydue This course uoeessarlly reromBMOflBfltseif from theoutet to the executive, for only in the light of a dispassionately ascertained certainty could it determine tlie natura Bnd measure of its full duty in the matter The Baual proce lure was followed, as In all cases of ccaualtv or fli staler to CBtiOMl veaels of any tnaritlme state A naval lrt of no rv was Bt once laftlllBwl atMBpMti of offlcers well Cj i I by rank and practical ezper "i" e I., i.s, h. M.e onerous CSut v imjM.sed upon them. Aided by a strong force of wreckers and divers, tha Court procis-le.l to make a thorough Investigation on the BB deploying every available toeatis fetf the impartial and exa' ! d-termination of the cause of the explosion Its oiieratlons have been conducleil with the almost deliberation and judgment and while IndcpenBentlv feirsued no rW of Information .was bei;.ectis,. nn I the fullest opportunity was allowed for a sln ultanentia Invest igalion by the Spanish authorities. Th- finding of the court of Inquiry was reached, after t wenty-three days of continuous labor on the Hat of March, Instant, and having been approved on theRd by the coinmander-in-Chief oi the United Metel BCvel force on the fcsorth A Ilea til Hattet was transmitted to the BbtfMtl ve It Is herewith Inld liefore the rongrevs to-day avlth the voluminous1 testimony taken before the court Its purport is. In brief, as follows: When the Maine arrived at Havana she was eonductcd by the regular government pilot to buoy No i. to which shn was moored In from five aei one. half to six fathoms of water The etat e of discipline on hoard and the oondltlnn Of her magalnea. boilers, coal bunkers and a to rage compartments are passed In retrlew. With the conclusion that excellent order prevailed, and that no Indication of any cause for en Internal explosion existed In any quarter. At eight o'clock In the evening of February V everything had been reported secure and all was quiet. At forty minutes past nine o'clock the vessel was suddenly destroyed There were two distinct explosion, with a brief interval between them The first lifted the forward part of the ship very BWtMBtlMyi the second, which was more prolonged, is attribute! by the court to the partial ex plosion of two or more of th- forward m.iga 'Ines. Thcevfdrnoc of the divers establishes teal the after part of the ahlp was practically intact end senk tn that condition a Jvery few mtntitea Bftei the explosion The forward pari wan tetepiet iv eaino) 1 1 at I i poBevtten of atiaiuiiaei aatenel cauae thi iBtUnffCf ihe court is as follow' At frame 17 the outer shell of the ship from C point eleven and on-half feet from the middle line of the ship and six feet ab.no the l;eM, Wie n III Its li in, -.1 t..t. has I. veil forced p CO as to be now about four feet aUne the surf ace of the water. iBlltfofe, tCOWt th.rty four cet above where it would tst had the ship sunk tinn.jurcd. The outside bottoti plaUag is Ixnt Into a reversed "V shape the after wing of which, ebout Uiteea feot bruad end IMttf -two feet la

length .from frame 7 to frame , ls doubled Da. k up, 'Ii itself against the continuation of the BMM pletiBf extending f irwurl. At frame is the vertical tof-l If broken In two and the keel bent into an at. le sima..r to the angle formed for the outside plates. This oreak I s about six feet Btatfl the surface of the BBtOf ttBi about lhirt feel above IU noruiai position. In the opinion of the court thi effect cold nave i. i ro luces! only by the explosion of a mine kit uatcd under the bottom of lecamip at

about frui is ,n.l s .iiiewhal on the port aide of the ship The conclusions of the court are That IB totC el t he M aine was not In any resp. i due to fault or tcf UfCBe) OS tbt part of any of the officers or members of her crew. That the ship was destroyed by the explosion of a submarine mine, which caused the partial explosion of two or more of her forward mag tines; and. That no evidence has been obtainable fixing the resiHinaibtilty for the destruction oi the Maine upon any BMOM or persons. 1 have dim ted that the rinding of the court of inquiry und the Mews of th.s government thereon be communicated to the gov ernuient of her m:jest. ike iji.een. und I do not perm t myself g 4t Ubt that the sense of justice of the Spanish i .t; nwill dictate a course of action suggested by honor and t he friendly relations of the two governments. It w .s :h duty of the executive to advise the r. ngress of the result, and in the mcautlme de-

llboia'e c. r,s.,l. ration ; in oktsl.

Signed . Wii.i iam Mi Kim.it. Kxeoutiva Mansion. March fa, HM iieport of ii. a Cecal cf lBcjciry Tlic fullowinjr It the full text of the report oT tlie enurt of iuiuir : 17. s. s. low.. rxBtrt Bats, i K I v W ts i . Fla.. V MoNLAV. March 21. IK.H 1 After full and mature consideration of all the t. stintony before it. tlie court finds as follows: 1. 'l t.at ti e I i. :, ,i t.,t. n bat:l ship Maine arrived in the harbor of Havana. Cuba, on the Iwcnty-tlf th ilav of January, URM, BBtt was taken to buoy N .. t in from live a id a half to s.x fathoms of water, by lue rafftÜBf govcrumetit pilot The I'n ted States consul general at Havana had notified the tu:', ell (it tiiat place, the previous evening, of the inteuded arrival of the Maine. - The state of discipline o:i board the Maine wa excellent : anil ali or lers and regulations In regard to the care and safnty of the ship were Btrictly curried out. All ammunition was a. owed away in accordance with instructions, and proper care was tali' n whc;.cer ammunition was handled. N "th.n.- is -tovved in any one of the magaftota or shell rooms which wan not i ermltted Ui be stowe.l there. The maga.ncs and shell-rooms were ahvays lo-kisd after having been opened ; and after the destruction f the Maine the keys were found in their proer place in the captain' calm., everything having been rt'is.rtcd secure that cvuuiug at p m The temperatures of the magazines and shellro uns in ie takee daiiy and reisirted. The only tca'az.ne w hich had an undue amount of hi at was the after ten-Inch magazine, and that did not explisle at the time lim Maine was Oestro yed The torpedo warheads were all stowed In the after part of the ship, under the ward room and neither caused nor participated In the destruction of the Maine. The dry gun cotton primers and detonaters were stowed in the cabin aft. and remote from the scene of the expiosl .n. The waste was carefully looked after on board the Maine to obviate dauger. Special orders In BffjtBl to th.s had been g.ven by tho commanding officer. Varnish- s dryers, alcohol and other combustibles of this nature were stowed on or above the main deck, and BMM not have had anything to do with the destruction of the Maine. The mdieal stores were stowed aft under the ward room, and remote from the scene of the explosion. No dangerous stores of any kind wer atowed below In any of the other store rooms The coal bunters were lnswvtod. Of those bunkers adjoining the forward ma.vaz.ines and shell rooms, four were empty, namely, HU B4 Bis. M A1& had leen In use that day. and A 14 was full of New River coaL This coal had ien carefully inspected before receiving It onboard. The hunker in which it was stowed was accessible on three sides at al times, and the fourth aide at this time, on account of bunkers Bt and M being empty. This bunker A lrt. had BBM inspected that Jay by the engineer officer on duty. The fire alarms In the bunkers were in working order, and thrn had never been a case of spontaneous combustion of coal on board the MBine The two after boilers of the ship were in use at the tirn- of the disaster, but for auxiliary purjHtses only, wit h a comparatively Ion pres. aure of steam, and being tended by a reliable watch

.CAHT SAMPSON. OF I HK Iowa. President of the Court of Inquiry. These boilers could not have caused the explosion of the ship. The four forward boilers have since been found by the divers, and aru in a fair condition. On the night of the destruction of th" " everything had twen reported secure ! night at 8 p. m.. by reliable persons, through the proper authorities, to the commanding officer. At the time the Maine was destroyed the ahip was quiet and. therefore. MMN liable to accident caused by movements from those on board rxpiisi. .ys 8. The destruction of the Maine occurred r.t 9 40 p m.. on the fifteenth day of February IsW. In the harbor of Havana. CttBB, being at the time moored at the same buoy to which she had been taken upon her arrival. There wer- two explosions of a distinct!-, different character, with a vrrv short bit) .1 a tlnct Interval lietween them and the fort u I part of the ship was lifte I t.. . marked degree .it the time of the first, explosion The first explosion was m .re in the nature of a report like that of a gun: while the second explosion was more open, prolonged, and of greater volume This secon 1 explosion was. In the opinion of the court, caused by the pai t al explsioeof two or more of the forward maga7.ines of the Maine. COSttllTION or th e sun k 4. Tha evidence bearing on this, being principally obtained from direr, did not enable the court to form a detinue conclusion as to the condition of the wreck, although It was established that the after part of the ship was practically intact, and sank in that condition a very few minutes after the destruction of the forward part. The following facts in regard to the forward part of the ship are, however, established by the testimony: The portion of the port side of the protective deck, which extends from about frame .10 to aloul frame 41. was blown Ui art. and BOM :,. port The main des;', from al. ut frame ;ti to about frame 41, was blown up aft. and slightly over to starboard, folding the forward part of the middle superstructure over and on top of the afier part This was, in the opinion of the court, caused by the partial explosion of two or m re of n , forward magazines of th Maine. 5. Al frame If the outer shell of the ship, from a point eleven and one -half fe-t from the middle line of the ship, and alt foot above tea

keel, when In tta normal position bat

t .n e t up so as to be now about four fori above the surface of the water, therefore about thirty-four fe-t ab where It would be had the ship MUtik uninjured. The outside bottom plating is b. :,' mo a reversed V abape. the after wing of which, about fifteen feet looed and lhirty-t wo fe.-t in Mtftfl Jr.. in frame 7 tu frame 2ai, la doubled back upon itaelf against the eoiit.uuul.iiu of the same p.al.ng ex'.cudlBf forw few At frame the. vertical l..el I hrul.cn la two and the flat keel bent into un angle slm.lar to the angie foriie-d by the outside but t. .m plating. The break is now about six feet below the surfuivnf i'ii- a'T at. about thirty feet above its normal Bt .s:tion. latbeop '.I'll of the court th s eTe ".could have Mta produced only by the explosion of a mine aituatisl under the bottom of the ship at abo.'t frame IS, and BefBMTBJM M the pert aide of the ship. 6 Tin-c .urt tlnds that the loa of the Maine, on l c asum named, waa not in any respect due to fault or negligence on the part of any of tl:o officer or members uf the en w of aaid veasel. 7 In the opinion of the court th" Maine was destr iycl b, t he explosion of a submarine mine, which oused the pa Hal explosion uf two or m- re of lu r forward etagaatBl I K The court h is been unatil" to obtain evidence tiui' th" respousitil.tv f .r the destruction of toe Maine upon any pc rsoa or BOrBOfMa W T HtMPtilB Cepteia v n . rrotliMit A. Maiiiz, Lleutenant-Commandet, 1' S. N . Judge-Advocate. The court, having flnis'ie.i the l:iq ilrylt was or: re I in liiake, a.lj iiirne I utlla in '. i a -. a . t the action of thu convening author. ty. T. Sampso, Captain. I s X . FTaaklff t A. Maiux, Lieutenant-Commander, V !? X . Ju lc -Advocate.

t'siitu Staies Ki n situ' Xrw Yobb,

Spain's Reply to President MiKin. ley's Latest Demand Received. A VAGUE AND UNSATISFACTORY ANSWER.

1 l 1 amp New Y. IBS, i Mareh int. V Oi r H i v W i s r Ki.a. )

The proceedings ar.d tiud.ti-s ,.t the court of injuiry in the above case aro apumvod. II Sit AHD. Hear-Admiral. Commander-ln-t h.ef of tha Cn ed States Naval Force on the North Atlantic Station.

The Testimony sent In. I..o. W sin N.i ii.N.M;nvh M, The .1. 'termination wus rem :. oil curly in tli .lay to setiil la tho tisttmnny tnken liefore the Meine boMfd of Ittqairj to BtwoaptUMi the report. Members of the foreign relations committee of t tie senate inado vio-orous protest BfBifMl ÜM former praffTfdBUfM, Mftaf Ihfit it WOttld be a rent ileal of n fftTM to refer to that committee the lindins of t be t otirt and (rithhold the testimony, riieeotuinittee ilesired the testitnyny at the earliest possible moment. It was also pointed out that tlie it hholding1 of the ?c.itimony wottld be construed by some pt-r-sons to tiM.-an that an attempt was bein ir made to keep rom OOftfjreM and the people testimony which was roparde.t u sensational. The first plan adopted, if carried oat. of having1 the testimony printed before beino; sent to congress, won'.d not have delayed to any froal extent its . -ms, deration, as all the documents, will have to be printed before taken ur in the committee.

An Hrroneous I mpresslon Corrected. W asiiino tow, March 29. One of the main points trottfht out by the testimony in the Maine ease, which will o to mngnm to-day with the rIort of tlio board of inquiry, will correct an important impression which lias prevailed all over the country. The testimony will prove that the battleehip't poeition waa not changed after she entered the liarlnir. She waa MOOfMl lot buoy and remained there until btowa up. The atatcment has li-eu nttflc repeatedly in the press that her position was . -hanged the night before the ex ploaion by the direction of IfM harbor tnast r of Havana.

Madrid Newspaper Optlmlatle. Mvi'iim. March 2S. The official tMWBpfiPstri are somew Jint ojitimistic in t heir references to the solution of the 'uban dirtiiMiUy." although they emphasize the opinion that the recrudescence of the far eastern question is unfa. voran! to Spain. ",ii diverting the attention of the Kuropan powera.'"

I nder Herlnus ( harf ttV ORKFixr Asri.K. last, Mareh 3H. Clarence Snyder, apreil M y ars. a ton of eCotUMilfOM hewis Snv.ler. an old and well-known citizen of t hie city, is in jail, charged with the larceny of a mail sack from the Itig l our depot and the burglary of l'ier. v s drug atore and Allen BroB.' dry goods store.

Capt. -Igsl.ee Starte Northward. Ta mpa . ria.. Mardi Jt- The hteamer Olivette brought from Havana. Sunday, the ii maining officers of the battleship Maine, including tapt. C D. S. ;st.ec. his elerk. .1. H. S. FJoldeO; Ideut. W. Tyler ( heveriua, executive "ilieer; Lieut. Kay. paymaster, and Surgeon a II. Honneberg.

Holland Huhtiiarlne Itoat Tftst Xf.w YotUt, March 29. The official test of the II.. ".ami submarine boat waa ien in the Matin Island sound Sunday. 'The test u.is thorourrh. and waa a success in every pnrticular. It was made tinder the insjiectlOB of Lieut. Sargent, of the naval auxiliary board. Ordered to i.mman.l the loaiillo r"tet, WAsiiiM.roN. March 2s. Commander Horace Himers '.ias been detaehed from command of the navy yard and ordered tocommanil the Mosquito fleet, to be formed of all small craft that can carry a gun. The Cincinnati and Castine have arrived at Key West. fruit Jar Factory Humeri. Muncik. Ind.. March 2 Tank No. and factory No. 2 of Ball Hroa.' fruit jar workt burst. Sunday, and the 300 tons of molten glass tired the factory, w hielt was practically destroyed. The loss will amount to from 84U.OOO to $60,000, with 22,000 insurance. Fatal Fall Downstairs. Tkkrk Hautr. w . March 28. -Prof. M. Seiler, who. until two years ago, was a member of the faculty of the Indiana stat normal school, fell downstairs at his home in this city, Sunday, and ilied soon afterward from the shock. Mould llennnnre II aa riraoy. London, March 28. It it reported from 'iadrid. on apparently otTcial authority, that the government of Spain, in case the United States stope th5 flo tilla fleet now en route to Cube, will denounce it aa aa act of piraojr.

I'rui UcmII) a I'le for More Time llrfnr i. inn fee leatMelila Not wi.u the I're.l.l. ui. KeMMj Nff the He.l, II. id Kpel-.l- 4 .tiuiot til Wit Lout (he 4 orle-. Whii li is Nol Nom in Session. W siu ,i, . April 1. Spahl' otlicial r jily to lYeshh nt McKinley s hitest dfMlfed in the t nl. .in situ.itiou was r-e-ived in Wa.shiiio on hist ni-rht. Au un. oils parly, comp iin most of the BftbinCl ami si'verai rioee friends of tiie adiuiniatration. waite I till late in tlie cvi-niiig in cpvtatiin of ihve'.opHunts. About 10:30 o'clock the eraf age bewail to come, ia eipbor, and the tfOrh of trttnslation was begun at once. It Wat officially stated, however, that tM intimation ea to .he nature of the rcjdy ci uld Ik- divulged last night. Among tiios,. at tlw White QotUt WCrC HlIor Hanna. Secretary Algi r. secret a ry lllisa. Assistant Secretory oi State Hay. who dilled with the president; Assistant Seer'tary of State Aih'c. to whom was eonInl. il the translation of the BBOBBBgCi Setiator Spooucr and Senator Ahirieh. There was an intense y exp -etant crow d of Mwepnper timr reepoadoftte - largi-r than often fBthort .it the White House at night waiting in the lobby outside the president s office. Hut they were destined to lis.ipp. .iuitnetit, for. after the telegraph iBttrtuaent in the i:.. joining 00M had stc.idilv elat-t-rcd lor half an hour. Mr. 1'ortcr. the president's .secretary, afipeared with the announcement from Secretary Day that it was 'iMpOCtihlc to translate the message in tittM to give out any staleinent to-: tight." The tfJffBt)h instrument was still clicking when the eorretpottaicntst rileil out, indicating that the mntf gW was at l-ast j.iite l-ngthy. The visitors gradually drifted out frotn the president's othco t ill. at midnight, no one was l-ft but Secretary I'orter. He departed half uu hour luU-r. leaving only the telegraph operator ami translators struggling with the mesaage. Adjt.-i len. t irbin came over to the war department ut one oVloek, but did not go into the White House Meeting Secretary i'orter at the d.-or. the two walked home together. All those who hud been with the president were reticent on leaving the executive mansion, most of them declaringthey had mit seen any of the translation of the cipher dicpatofa and that they had no id-a of its purport. The Answer MRiie jiihI I nsat Ufartory. Vasiiii,iin. April L Seaking ol Spain's reply, received last night, the l'ost says-: "it is MOt what he esident. hoping for the best, had expected. It is. at most, a vague and unsatisfactory noli from Minister Wooilfotd. devoting more tpttOC to his impressions of what t'.e Spanish government will und will not do than u formal I1 1 ptfetlow fr..iu the Spanish ministry f its own position. Spain does not accede to the American demands, neither does she positively ami finally reject them. Thu ticstiou is still left open for furthet negotiations. According to the traditional jKjlicy of Spanish diplomacy more delay is rq netted and much ovation is manifested. One of the reasons fur scekir.g for-tln-r tim- is the fact that the ministry cannot act without the ratilieation ol the cortcs. which is not now in session. Counter propositions are also sugf. steil, rather than plainly stated, w hich look to the tddc-trucking of the main issue, which is the immediate and emuplete independence of the islund of Cuba. His now a question with the prsi d.-nt whether he will continue to treat with Spain further along the lines suggested in the dispatch and grant the additional time which is required. No message will Ih sent to congress to-day. 'The reply of t h. Spanish government will be considered at the meeting of the cabinet this morning, and then it will be decided whether an ultimatum will be sent to Spain. I B to this time no ultimatum, in the dip lomatie sense of the word, has Wen forwarded. If sent it will mean that Spain ii ui st . withal 24 hours., anawer speeilicall y as to the demands made by the I nited States In tht ffnl "f u failure to answer or a j"sitive rejection of the American propositions, the president will suggest tu congress the advisability of r gnizing UM independence of Cuba and enforcing that recognition by a military demonstration. 'This will be practical ly a dcclarut ion of yvar. although it will not go literally to that extent. An Act of Humanity Merely sTatCM aln Thinks Differently. Vniii,loN. April I. Uepresentative Wheeler, of Alabama, introduced a bill yesterday uppropriat ing S.'.oo.uoU to pun ha si provisioiia for the uss of the ubnn non-' otnliat ants, nml directing the president to cause them to tie 'nv.-v.t! al once to the starving people, and to us,, as much of the military and naval forces ;is necessary to attain this purpose. It also directs the president to notify the Spanish government that the proceeding is an act of humanity, and not intended as aa eft of wer.

AN EAST td OUTLOOK. (leftist l. ...nl SuiiiIui sehot I l.rewoa fur April to. ss. Based upoli PetMBttC (MMOtl Kittel TI1K LlCSisoN tuffvrli.jiii uf J.ia foretold Matiinw t n- Head Mattln-w It: 1-2 le Blo Mark I.SI-9; I. I.uks iSJ-rf. iiOl.lKN TKXT.-lle aa btuued fur our Inlnultiea. lac. ISA, BAOTKK TEXT. Now Is Christ risea fro: : the U. ad - 1 '. r It M. TIME Summ, r uf A. U . PLACE on tlio way fr.nn the Pea of fiil,ee t.. i '. -.it . .i I'hlllppl, a city sltuat J ü or Itu uu. is i.urtiiiaal of the bs-a uf liullBb co mm BNT, I. Christ ami 11. t m, and His Victory. Va. 21 -d. "Krom that time forth began JfMQl to shew unto His itlfstlplwi. how that He must gi unto .Jurus.ileni, and sutTer many tilings of Um elders and chief priest find scribes, und bt Uiliid. and be raided ugain tlie third day." The fact of the n-Mirrce-tion is staled in ach of the three cccounts, n ml is emphasized for tlie sake of the faith ami hope of the disciples. 'The antmuuceiiU'tit of Jettte' death so v hocked und tetWsllithfd I'cter that he did not notice the pnunisi d resurrection, or thought of it M some tigtire of speech. So I'cter begun i notice he only "bt-'.in") to rebuke .lentis: "licit far from 'Thee, l.otd; t his -duill not bt unto Thee." The plan of MM binpt ion outlined by ,Ie.- :is y.is, so contrary to ull I'etcr's expetutions and hi. pes, so completely oppoeitC to his pic t urc of t he Mcss.ah BB a glorious triutnphant kisgi that Jesus' say ing was incoticeivabk to i'eicr. It was absurd, ruinous, u dath blow to their own hopes, and a triumph to their enemies. but Jesus turned and Mid unto I'cter, (Jet thee behind inc. Satan:" lie did not call II is aposstle a satan, a devil, but ue looked for the moment through I'cter, and taw behind him His tdd enemy, cunningly making Ml of the prcji. dices und impulsive honesty of the undeveloped nHstle. In this bugpestion, that He might gain the crown without the cross, and attain a kingdom of this world, the ( hrbt saw the rccurr- tice of the temptation which had offered Him the glory of those kingdoms, on condition of BiadfttWiag back fron the path which the Tatlnr had nppoiutcil for liim (Matt. 4:1-11). 'Thou art nn odense:" A stumblingblock Instead of a foundation stone; t hiiiilra'iee by placing the temptation before me. by your blindness in not nndcrstai.dingthc tri: natureaml work ol the Messiah. "Thou savorest not (mindest DOt J the things that be of (.oil:" t.oo's plan of sanation and work of the Messiah, as just before revealed by Jesus (v. IM). 'Hut those thut be of men;" The natural, huiiKin icwof the Messiah, a worldly kingdom, riebe, honor, glory and triumph. II. Th Died plea Mkd Their Cross, and Their Victory. Vs. Ct-lW. These verse contain an often-quoted savin-- of Jesus. It is a .cry terae utterance and means no more and no less than anyone can read upon the surface, but xrhaps it may be set forth n little more atlencrtb and better impressed on the mind and heart by a paraphrase. "Then said Jesus unto His Disciples, If any man will (would, wishes to) come after me (be my follower, my disciple, seek tc attain to my character Red reward), let himdeny himself ) renounce self as master, and accept nie as ma -ter ' . and take up his cross (daily and voluntarily, not merely endure what ia laid MMM him, for the cross ie the symbol of doing a duty at any cost -een at the cost of the most painful dent hi, and follow me (take me for master, teacher, ... ample. beJieve my teaching, uphold my cause, obey my precepts, and todotbis though it had by the way of the cross I. For whosoever will save his life (by doing wrong, by avoiding hard duties and self-denial, by gaining worldly good at the expense of religion anil righteousness) shall lose it (that is, his life, his soul, tlie man himself and his eternal blessediiessi ; and who-oi-MT w ill (w ills to) lose his life (by givingup those outward things which ore desirable and blessed in themselves, which worldly men seek chiefly, nnd which seem to make the life on nrth happy and worth living honors, riches, pleasure, wer) for my sake (multitudes of people lose their lives for gnin, for pleasure, for fashion, nnd ich of these lias more martyrs than my cross ever required; btrt the mere loss of life lias no promised blessing it is only loss incurred for love of me, for the sake of preaching and advancing the llospel whosoever does this) shall save it" shall have a blessedness ant glory eternal; the loss is small, the pain infinite; the loss is of outward things, the gnin is the soul itself. "For (and this is the clinching argument) what is man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose bis own soul '. or w hat shall a man give in exchnnge for his soul?" III. Christ Coming in His Kingdom. Vs. ST-'Js. Then Jesus titrned to the other side of the picture. The time is coming. Be t-!N Ili ; '),'. when all these days of humiliation and the cross will pass away, nnd Jesus shall len triumphant kit e, lb- thtUI ronqucrdenth by the resurrection. The kingdom which seemed so feeble thrn hall rule over the whole earth. "For the Son of Man shall enme in the glory of His Father with His an-g-els; nnd then He shall reward every man nccording to his works." For a man's works nre the inde and proof of his rhnrneter. And, more than that. Jesus nssnres the disciples there nre some standing here which shall not taste of death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.

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