Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 23, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 February 1899 — Page 7

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KNOW a laaa Hi Norwb K-low Ii IbiKh-lio: but my heart.' merry! Yonder trip aha - net 1 1 u (!iwn The mil Una by the Kuae and fro II With 'tea U red aa berry

I know a 1" In Norwl.h-Iown Httfh-bol but my h art 'a Jolly!

snni.- ..rid MftT f reerOi -d a try to I'uritan '.ir. - ' lu dryan!" vi.il a mock at tri lOM holjr-

it a la In Norwlfh-tema . ,,-ii-ho' but my l..art'" nv try . eyt-a tHal arc winsome brown, (eel a IlKht aa tor thlst I -Uow n. .1 rn'-"kM i pink as the cherry. . .1 lass is Norwich-town ho! but my h.art jtiy' eh I ve a name of no r nown. '.,. ,""' ",'i(1 ,n "I'"" KOVVII. . oll - seel M - r Poll? pa cellaro, in Hirytfa BMW

ami to play croquet with him. llr'd be nice and pleasant and all that, but he nevrr ran;e atiyn .vs near foiling ii to mi of the traps vvc Hrl for hitii W. thou;-1. 1 MM tliat he did take a kbad Of u shine to a rJm . t, rial good-li u itif- girl of about :t(i n. i l Janet l. ane, f roin over Shelby way, w ho wn visit i i us. She'd of in.tde hitn an awful good w ife, at.il I Mtag her praise, all the time, but not hing came of It.' "It's ,n elegant pilf isn't it?" said .I n I, as he ami the widow flew along over the hills and through long lanes in which the innw a drifted al-mo-t t.. he top rail f the feno a. 'Ol. it'.- replied the widow "1 like snow." "go do I. Von pot much to !o in

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II K W idow Darbv.

fair, plump and look inj? far younger than her t". veais, had rid

den into Iowa .1 pi! Kent he-cause her hors- hail ! in-ilf that morning, and Jared ..i to be going in" and had widow ride with him. , ,. what some of the peoj'e , , l.orhood called a "regular , , bach." He had floated ant! ,d womankind ' ,ne . I bit life, and hail open! v set . , .,uv IctiOB that ui n were "bct- - wltboat 'em than with Ym. par ml en it come to marry h g of Ht had held '.o thi conviction had proclaimed it mi boldly (,u-:aTii; tl.a: u.. of the match- - g 'he rural irichb rl.oJ in

I'll be through with all of my in an hour. I ran let sonie- ' if vou don't want to stav in

town that long." i' . that'll Ik rone too long for me. V1 . re -hall I meet you?" "I'll be al Smith V llanscom's dry g odl More any time you say." 'Ue'M i alt it 11 o'clock, then." It w.is three minute after 11 when .fared drove up to the appointed place of mmtlojj "e ifiw :a,i ah (apod into Ibo 1 igh and he wis t in king the robe in around her when she said : "There. Jared, I'm jus' !ike other women: 1'ie forgotten som- t hing.' What is it?" ' I forgot to go around to the post office. I know that there" nothing there for n.e. because one of t!t Stone h brought my mail out lat night, and then '.s no mail trains in until noon; but poor old Jane ( arr cairn- over jut before I left and wanted me to b mre M see if there HR a letter for her. Her daughter is. very sick oat west, and she hasn't had a letter for a week, and Rhe'i. ha!f wild. I couldu't bear to tell ter I'd forgotten to po to the oflice. "I'M drive around that way." said .fared. "Ii won't lie three blocks out of the way. Two or three bo stood idling in

rout Of the po-'t oflice

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r.e of them he chanced to know:

' say. .limmie. run into the i Met BBd see if there's any letter for Mrs. .fane t'arr. You needn't ask for me, for I've l i n around and got my mail." "You might look in box 14," said Mr-. Darbjr. "Mebbe there's a drop letter for me." Ti e boy came out a moment later with a very large sp.ar wl. ite envelope in one hand and a small blue envelope la the other. He grinned as he banded tBea to Mr-. Darby. She g!anced at the blue envelope ai d sai l. joyfu'.Iy: "Oh. fcere'a a ! tter for Jane and it's

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r. i. wa not.likr most avowed won....4Ts, a erabbad, etoaa gaolaad, gly, rynical man. which made lltatqi al! the more unpardonab.e lat e of tat niatcb makers. Ile'd make a r.-al good husband if ! try." tboy said. "Then he bastbe letal farm in the neighborhood, with ' ' t he best l.oiis s 'n it. and moin y it interest, altliough he's nut a bit ii amUtinp). He'll do bia foil aaara u for a neighbor in distress. It i t baoaatr he's too Hit gy to support t af Jar i I Oesn't grt him a will ." Il wiiS a c!ar. crisp morning in IVbirj whin .land rode to the tillage ' t !.. Widow larb vea'id In-side it his in at little cutter. The sleighi . s faa and the air kren and exhilIt gave the widow's plump - i beautiful crimson glow and .- bar bhaob iy aparfcla. She was !. spirit and her laugh r.n.g out nientlj as merry and rippling a l ugh of a child.

I' t then the Widow Uarbv was pro-

aolii t Im g insioe!

" "O wilt thou l. my valentine pan r and for.-vi r aye. Ai l MrlM thou tafca tbta heart of oulat. Al.d kiv. me lallte to-day?" 1 i i ir uns another verse but before she l.ad read it. tht Widow Darby erb d out ".lared Kent, that'a your baliilarrttiag sod von Rota) not try to deny it!" 'I'm not trying to deny it. Vou'll fl i'il m i aiue signed in full to tin- nest ver-e on the ot her page." 'lliia waa the next verse: If .' my an-wer i to be. M liart witu joy will till. If no,' I yet ahall be your friend And I shall love you Mt 111. " 1 Ik y had reachi il the outskirts of 1 lie loan now. Jared brought the horse to a ataadotlH. and 10 Ml "Is it yen or no, I.ucy"" She looked ut him with shining eyes, and laughing face for a moment. 'lin n she laid one of her mitteiied hands on the -:. . e of the great fur coat he wore. and laid: "I think it is yes. Jared." He turned Iiis horse's head toward t he tow n. "Wbere are you going?" she asked. "hack to the ninlstera. it's Yah ntir.e's ijay. you know, and if you are taf be luv valentine, I want you to-day." An hour later they stopped at Jane Carra gate. Bba came skurryit.g out for her letter with her apron OVOf her head. "I brought you a letler, Jane,

and I got a valentine," said l.ucy. holding up the big. whit' envelope. "I got one ulso." said. Jared. as he put an firm around his wife and kissed her. - J. . Barbour, ii Detroit Free Prooa HER LAST VALENTINE.

rrark. How ':.: .l ine will lie!

here weil, I declare ! She burst into a merry lantrh as she looked at the big white. embosd etiTelOpC lbs b"V bad lOfal the truth when he had gone back to his comrades and said with .1 titter: "Sh '.- got a alentine!" "Who in the land ever sent me that thing?" said Mrs. Dar!);, holding the . i. ve lop out a! arm' length. "I didn't een know it w., let. tit e's day. If it isn't the gre.it. idea that I should get a toll t-.tii.e." "1 don't know why you shouldn't," Old Jared. "Oh. becOMsa I ban 1 guess sinie child acut it " "May be Of." "No one :e could have had so little gumptioi.'" said the widow with anotaer biagb. "llayba. there's one of these comic valetitines inside of it some ridiculous thing about s widow likely " "W l.v don't you open it and see?"

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Ibf los of her husband and Mi' nursi im i" ... -.. . f her children, but time bad! !rew forth a dainty creation of lac. bfff gra f. and she was too wise j paper, tinsel and bright colored etn bi r life in gloom and grief I Isoss 1 pictures loss of those who st re beyond i "How i rr'. ctly ridiculous'" slie wiid.

"The idea of anyvm- bfirtg ninny enough to ser.d an old womun like me a thing like that!" "inu rr not an old woman." Tm s:" Wll. I'm older than that, ard I don't call myself an old man. Many a woman around here would lie glad to get a vnler.tinc.like that if the MMttf really nirnnt it." TeO, Od " ni were the yi I di r " "I'm not vain enough to think that and not foolish enough to say it if I did think it " "No. 1 t 11 tblal that yon nre.Jari'd. fbH I wonder who could have sent me

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and sorrow . lu.il a comfortable little home and ' w acre of land adjoining Jared " t She had known Janil all of ber barf not once had sh thought of Ml a possible successor to J! llarby "tared will never marry anyene." aa I ad said. "He isn't of a marrying -i'ion. Some men ore tbnt way. "I 1 1 1 thry lack to make 'cm what (iod ' ' "i! tl ey shouid be My husband I 01td to talk over Jared a pod ' .'. aid we did our full share to get t:'nl for 'ife with a good wife. 1 Oaed to invite lote of nice cirls.

Bg and e! !rly- both, to our house tbi The writing on the envelope is d 'hn have Jared eonae o?er to tea svidsaaly diagaassw, and--0, here la

Helped IHiMiiMMilnled l.ltlle oiiian lo Die IZaslee When Ii (nur.

Tin y knew she wa dyirg- the fadeii little aroaaaa la the faded little bedroom She ha'.' c'.un'.' to life as long as she could, hoping for an answer to that Ul ful prayer in her eyes. Mut the atroggie was almost 'verr.ovv; tb wistful eyes were growing dim. "Seel Vf got something for ye, Liddy !" The litlle circle of sjiinster relatives and kindly neighbors parted, and good LTocU BilaO Peterson came arbeexing to the bedside, tbesooaraUIl c.'inging to bis rough Oterooot. II' carri'tl a letter iu his hand -a coarse and dirty eortlopfl sddreaaid iu the -rude. sptOOrliBg penmanship of a man whom M ither life nor education ha riened or retined. "It's from OrsOO Orson, you know." I'ncie :!a added, bending over the couch a lid addressing "he dying w otnat. with the tei.d-r difeetne. or,.- uses to child refl -and death. "Orson?" A smile flashed over the ashen face, and the woman lifted a feeble hand for the letter. She kisaed it and tucked it tuadet the thin shawl that some ! - :g hud bad w rupM-d over her aboold r. -...it.'t 1 open it for ye. I.iddy?" asked one of the won;, n. The dying eyea said "No " "Sh' thinks t0 a valentine from her hay bar.!." avbiepi red one of the neighbors. 'TOadOj is Vali ntine day, yo". koosr. Ijast pear I reaneanber her telling me how s!ie willed (Irson irouIJ tend her a vale r.tiue - ju? some littic thing to show bo? 'bat he loved hr the way be did whc. they were BlTt niarriej." Most likely it' a note aeyiB' be'l ntsy over night anl i-ee the roeeaootbo ice to-nr.isrrow." wa tl. g .ardi! reply. The dying woman folded her shaw! tightly round the preeiona Utter. K '.ook of perfect peaoe lighted her face.

"11. dot - !ove tn. ." shi wh.'spi rev!, "just, he used to!" I'ncie Silas turned away to wipe the mist From hie apecteclee. There was a little flutter';! f aigb ftttu tho bed. "I.ii'dy" bad jrore home. When they drew the i Id shaw! from h. r s! v.i.'d. in tbt-re. tiiri.t pressa d against her heart by botbtbiO blue vint'd hands, was Orvoii's crumped dirty letter. They were soarcdj ab!to take it away from her s'ender. clinging lit gera. "Shai. we open it?" ash-d MissPcnnim.iti. llat women looked furtively al . another, tJaelr oorioaity struggling with their reverenoe "No." said Mis- Ihiggftt, at la.-' "It's L' is sacreii. No matter what it aays. S!ic diel thinkin it was a valhetbon it up. so nobody will ever ki.öw." The ashes of the unread letter flutered white aliout the etove foa a few minutes, and then whirled upthecbim- : ü.sa g ist of IVbrttary wint! roarer! over the hOOOe. And the little, wornout. h'art-hungry woman !ay smiling, av death hat! found her. Jatn I'uckham. iu Detn.'t Fre- I'res.

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An obh ct of ipeeial attention on this daj. Chicago Daily Xewa.

nlrntlne. "Altar1 Iba rvnb crtad "savin Thepo contrasts s'ranc nursue BS Tb aentlm' ntnl mvke m 'augh, -ri , v glnmy -VTaahlnaton Rts

A ROBBER TARIFF. Kepultllian rnilrrlltta llrlaaa I'ruaperlly lo Trail and gSBa aupnllea. The McKinley tariff of IS'JO enabled Aim ricatis to put up tinplate factories. Tin re is no doubt about that. Tinplate was bold as high as six dollars a box. All tOMMMn of tin, and the consumers of li b, fruit und vegetables canned la tin. contributed a bonus to the infant industry. It got on its feet. Now it has grow i. mi great t hat it not only suppliea the home market but exporta a surplus; so rich that it pay s dividends on uormoiiN issues of stock; so strong that it has developed into a most lordly and gigantic trust, which controls every tinplate faciory in the country and advances prices with none to molest or make afraid The tinplate trust must be struck down; and the only way to strike at it is by abolishment of the tariff which supports it. The American Tinplate company has aOOOlred the it large tinplate factories in the Doited State. What they cost nobody knows. Hut they could be duplicated for ITJMXMMO. The trust ia

Capitalized, however, at $.Vl,(K)0.000, of Whieh $20.u0u.ii()(l la preferred stock, and $:0,u00,000 common stock. The trust is expected to make money on this enormous capitalization. The preferred stock ia quoted us high as 102, and the common at 4C bid and .'o asked. The piomi.se of the promoters la said to be for seven per cent, dividends. How will it make the prolit? Hy advancing the price of tinplate. Tinplate could be bought l.v Columbia river salmon canners last September at $3.10 a box. Now it is quoted at $.'(.C5 and contracts cannot be made at that. The salmon pack of the Pacifo coast is some

1.000,000 cases a year. This requires gf 4,000 boxes of tinplate, costing, at 3.C5, 1,18S,600, of which $178.200 is token from us by the advance since September. There are no figures of Pacific coast fruit canners. Probably they do not use quite ns much tin as our salmon canners, but large amounts are used in California for putting up fruits and veiretablcs. If the tin consumption of fruit and vegetable canners ia equal to that of the salmon packers, we are out between $350 000 and StoO.OOO through this latest advance in tinplate. made to j.ny dividends on the swollen stock of the tru-t. Bat this is not the real los to be borne by consumers of fruit. Iivh ;.t d vegetables, and by the Oregon farmer nd the Columbia river IMiermen. We produce iron and steei cheaply anovgh to export it. In fact, are export ti f laics themselves. The duty is superfluous. T his duty amounts to $1.20 a box. On 04S.0O0 boxes of tinplate the Pacific coast .s ghthtd of 1780000 a year. Tor the whole oountry the output of the trust is estimated at 8.0OU.OOO boxes. It will sell this at 11.30 a box more than

it can afford to sell it for. or $9.000.000 in the aggregate, glebed o-it of the pockets of the people und r the tariff. W'e hear a great deal of talk about laws against trusts. They ought to be controlled, no di ubt. When 'bey vioh te laws they should be fit.-.! aa provided in statutes. Whin tiny bribe senators, judges or juries the guilty nfnci.ils should be sent to the peuiten-ti.-.rv. Put these remedies are hardly worth bothering with ns lot ig as the great bulwark behind which the trus's carry on their roblsery is untouched '.he protection accorded them by th" tariff. Men will be elected to eongreaa some of these days, and not so very distant e i 1 her, who will vote to withdraw protection from every one of theot C loaaa! trusts. The repobltfeae party can do this, or it can stand aside for those who will. Portland OrrgOOlOX. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

The late Nelaon Dinglry was not by any nnan a statesman of heroic proportions, but bis shoes will have to be reduced several sizes in order to fit nny of the gang which is now lighting for them. Chicago Chronicle. Alger' alleged attitude in standing by Pagan was tn lie 1 xpt Cted of 1 hi present utterly dlaeredllted tec rata ty of war. Put what shall be said of the prisident and administration which will continue to stand by Alger? Albany Argus. There is uncertainty and wolhling in the administration circi. -W'l.t 11 McKinley came back from his westeru trip, imperialism was in the laddie. Since that time public opinion h;:s been gathering poise and force, nr.d it has had to climb down am wait. -Milwaukee Journal. The men who have been "mentioned-' for the republican nominal ion for governor of Ohio should '.old aconvintion. Thne is a sufficient number of them to tn.iki 1 respectable showing. They might renlic the bopeles-i . - if ci tiling to an agreement among them nJves, a nil resolve to leave the whole

msttir to the vvi-iiotn of .Marcus A. Ho una. Cincinnati Knquirer. The war of the sugar kings ami the rufftf kings is one of th signs of the times from which the pessimists may exnet comfort. So long aa the trusts shall couline their attention to asm! lowing the country they may have things their own way. The real tug of war will take place when the giants .hail have begun to sw allow each othr Then n :y come the consumer's turn to play the nde of giant killer Philadelphia Kecord. The. set n tary of warns the head of the department, is responsible for the camp scandals and the beef contract in two way. First, in so far as he was In -trnmental in procuring the appointment of Improper men who actually bought or passed the poisonous food served to the troop-. s-c mdly. in o far as he was wanting in vigilance In b 1 t 'l,s sulmrd itiates up to a proper di-. barge of their duty. It is not too much to say that practically the whole country regirds (ien. Alger ns the wrong man in the place he holds. -Louisville Courier-Journal.

TRUSTS PROTECTED

Th MeKlalry Aflmlnlalrallaa I alio 1 "a ! ii.' Mi l.oala I'lallvriv 1 Ik I. Her.

CHRIST'S DIVINE AUTHORITY.

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In 1806 every politics! organization in the I'nited States that held a national convention except tbe republican party pronounced against trusts sad combinations in restraint of trade. Tbe republican party was silent oa this question save ss its sdvocscy of a high protective tsriff was necessarily

aflirmation of the theory that trusts and combinations in restraint of trsde are helpul. not harmful, to a people. When William McKinley entered upon the presidency of tbe United Slates he had before bim as a guide tbe proceedings of tbe national republican convention, which failed to pronounce against and tacitly declared for trusts und that part of tbe statutes of tbe Cnited States known as tbe Sherman auti trust law. The republic has had neorly two years of Maj. McKitiey's administration. -:nd it is not difficult to discern that it has been guided not by tbe statute of the United States in respect

of trusts and combinations, but by tbe St. Louis platform. The major is absolutely complacent, and residents of tbe United Slates who find profit for themselves in making lawless combinations have learned the fact to their full satisfaction. During the last year activity in the foimation of trusts was unprecedented in the history of the republic. It is true, as stated in a special dispatch to a leading republican newspaper, "the yearlss waa most prolific of trusts, ltet uruing prosperity brought w ith it an unparalleled outburst of combinations and consolidations. The year closed with more trusts brewing than ever before. A trust craze seems to have developed, in dozens of important industries men are traveling and telegraphing ard telephoning to bring abeut consoiidationa

of competing concerns.' They know it is against tbe Law, but they do not fear tbe law. They know that tbe chief magistrate, with whom the initialive of execution rests, is oa their side, equally lawless with them selves. The enginery of justice in tne UciteO States, urged to the utmost activity in the prosecution of some insignificant violator of a federal statute, rests in ab solute idleness when the Sherman law is mentioned. It is the president's duty to take care that the laws are faithfully executed. He has been presented to the people of the United States as extraordinarily conscientious. Manifestly . this characterization of bin is untrue, for r.o consrient ious chief magistrate with the knowledge that violations of federal law- are of daily, notorious and scandalous occurrence would fail to employ judicial machinery to bring the

offenders to b .ok. -C -' hr-.fc.cle.

WOE FOR WOOL MEN. ihr MayajAss lassal la iintins n Kita Ina I. fleet on an Important liitutirt.

On the same day the Ohio Wool tirow ers' a; ociation and the National Wind Macufacturt r' association held their annual meeting and put out thtir statements as to the condition of the wool growing ai d wool manufacturing industries for tbe past year under the Dingley tariff bill made in their interests. In each case the statement was ami Of vvoe. a bit:. reoMpJalot against existing conditions, and a declaration that unless something radical is don.

espective in-

and that quickly, tht r

dustries rill be ruin ... The pre itlent of the I Khbl Wool (j rowers' association said the wool tariff of the act of Jn iy 24, ItfT, -- .. n ..-.ire of "fuil and adequate protection. " is a failure and in practice a fraud. He claimed prices of wool are lower thau in any period in the last 4o years, ex cept for a brief time under free woo: He said tbe present tariff law was in tended u be the best for the manu faeturers they ever had and better foi them than for wool growers. He insisted that part of the prohibitive duties should be takin from manufactures and should be given lo wool. He claimed that prices are fixed by tbe manufacturers and imported wools arc supplanting the American product. The association aereed with him and adopted resolutions on the lines of his address. At the seme time the report of the National Wool Manufacturers' association was. being read in Itoston, in which the year just closed was described ss being with all classes of mills "a year of small business, of much anxiety and often of hardship and emharra wnenU Tbe number of failures and assignments in tbe wool manufacture have been larger probably than in any previous year since tbe panic of 17. These many disasters among woolen mi Us are tot due merely to the bad business condition of tbe current year. They are tbe culmination of a series of years of short buiness at less than living prices.. In tbe year and a half since the new tariff became operative tbe import have been tbe smallest in quantity for &o years and not of a character to disturb the market for staple goods." There is a total disagrment between the woo', gt d wt.oi tnanufact 11 r ers on all points but one hat it was the worst year experienced for a very long time. On that there was perfect unanimity. And the Dingley high protective tariff has been in operat.on a year and s half. Cleveland Plain Dealer.

imperially Arranged frorn I'eloubat'a Note OOLOCM TKXT -Th.v la Indeed tha Christ, tho Havlour of the uria. -Jett a 1. THK SECTION inrludea the hole disaster, the mlra-l at Ke heads, and the disCa ursea flu out of It I.liMSo.N NOTE. Jew. a was accustomed to go up to

' Jerusalem to the feast of the Pasaover It is probable that the feast referred to 1 in V. 1 was the Passover, snd that ! Jesus, in common with many of ilia Tour. try men. went up from (ialiled to Jerusalem to celebrate it. On theSabI hath, quietly walking around the city. He came to tbe pool of Ret besda, where were a large number of ick people under the porticos by tbe pool, waiting; for s jsecuiisr movement of the water, which occasionally bubbled up in a ar a mysterious way for s brief time, ar.oi ' vhen subsided. It was here that Jesue on the Sabbath wrought a cure for an Invalid of Z9 years, point ing him and all tbe sick who heard thereof to a better source of healing, a real fountain of health for body snd for soul. Ithesda itself would lead to the Messiah. The fact that Jesus had wrought this miracle on tbe Sabbath, and had bidden the mat. carry his bed on that holy day, aroused the opposition of the Pharisees. Jesus Works, as His Father Works Vs. 17. It, "My Father worketh hitherto:" or until now. For six days the Lord was making Heaven and earth, these days being Divine days of long duration, and ending with the creation of man. Rut God had not been inactive. He has continued the necessary operations of nature, and has been working for the redemption of man. both of which are Sabbath labors. He works thus until now. "And I work. "

Jesus was doing by His works of mercy exactly what Hod has been doing the whole of His Sabbath rest. 1.. "Therefore the Jews sought th more:" They have now a second rea son for their persecution. "To kill Him:" Nothing less thau this would do for them. They eoold have no peace so long as such a man lived. Nothing" less c;jnld keep Him from teaching things opposed to their traditions. "Hecause He not only had broken the Sabhath:" Not so much the laW In any particular case as annuliin.7 she law and duty of Sabbath observance. "Bt said also:" Claiming equality with tiod. w hich was opposed to the Jewish interpretation of tbe Divine unity, but not against real unity. Jesus the J'rveaNr of the Father. V. 20. "Sheweth Him all things :" We have dim visions of God's plans as wa look through the windows of His prophets, but we are r.ot good enouph. nor arise enough, nor possessed of minda lanre enough to understand all of God'a ways with man. any more than a blind man can comprehend all that the eve can see, or a savage in hi. native wilds can be made to know the wonders of civilization, of literature, art and sci1 ence. T.ut to Jr - .od, can reveal all these thirc. "Aril He will shfw Him grfater works than thse:" Such aa the healing of the Impotent man at Ilethes. sr.! liU oth-r n.irnc!es; even the far greater marvels of life from the dead, of change- in the character of men. of a new kingdom transforming tie wor'd. "That ye:" wh nor. rp. -'ion my authority, "may manrel:" For they could lie astonished even if they would r.ot believe, and tbe nuarvt la might lead to faith. Jesus the l.ife-Giver. Like the Father. V. 21. 2t. g4. 21. "For as the Iathr raiscth up the dead:" This is one of 1 tbe greater things. "And quickeneth : " Mak. tb a'.ive. Kiferrirt to the great rsureetion of the dead, and also to the spiritual life from death in sin. and the Father as a source of all life, natural ar.d spiritual. "Kven so tha Son quickeneth:" Maketh alive "whom He vviil:" Of course that power is ex- , ertcd only according t infinite wisdom i BnU love! SkfObl ue stood on s par wi'h ibe Father. 24. "Verüy 1 say unto you: I. who have this power to give life, will now show vou how every one may obtain everlasting life. It shall be given to evervone "that heareth:" attends to witli a r.c p'ive mind. "My word, and bellevtth on Him that sent Me: Accepts Him from bis lieart as Ufa Father, and Teacher ami Lord, and commtta hims If nnto Him to obey Him an.l receive tbe nse-senger He has sent. "Hath everlasting life:" It is already imparted to him. the new life, the Heavenly life that never ends has begun in hie son!, that life which nothii g can deatrov. which endorea beyor.d the rrave. and grows fuller and richer as the nges roll on. Jesus Our Judge. Like tbe Father. Vs 22. IT. 2- "For tbe Father J'icgeth no nun:" Judgeth no man d'rectly. He has transferred IhloalntJ to tbe Son. 27. "Uath given Him authority to execute judgment:" The w..rd for authority include both authority and power! He is to lie the Jodge day by .'vv and at the great Iay of Judgment at the er. ! of the vorid. "Peeaase He ie the (oral Son of mat :" ReingaSonot

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