Pike County Democrat, Volume 27, Number 12, Petersburg, Pike County, 31 July 1896 — Page 3

TALMAGE’S SERMON. (k. Discourse Upon the Power and Inf^uenoe of Heredity. Whose Sob Art Thou. Thou louag Mur From Count leu A|m Mu Hu Inherited HU Trntta From HU Ancestor*. Rev. T. DeWittTalinage delivered the following sermon on “Heredity” before his Washington congregation, hasing it*on the text: Whose son art thou, thou young men?—X Samuel, XV11., 5& Never was there a more unequal fight than that between David and Go iiath. David, five feet high; Goliath. 50. David, a shepherd boy, brought jnp amid rural scenes; Goliath, a warrior by profession. Goliath a mountain of braggadocio; David a marvel of humility. Goliath armed with an iron a pear; David armed with a sling with smooth stones from the brook. But you are not to despise these latter weapons. _ There was a regiment of alihgers in the Assyrian army, and a regiment of slingers in the Egyptian army, and they made terrible execution, and they could cast a' 'stone with as much accuracy and force as now can be sent shot for shell. The Greeks in their army had slingers who would throw leaden plummets inscribed with the irritating words: “Take this!” So it was a mighty weapon David employed in that famous combat. A Jewish rabbi says that the probability is that Goliath was in such contempt fh* David that in a paroxysm of laughter he threw his head back „ and his helmet fell off, and David saw the uncovered forehead, and his opportunity had come, and. taking this sling and swinging it around his head two or three times, and aiming it at that upcovered forehead, crashed it in like an eggshell. The battle Over, behold the tableau: King Saul sitting, little David standing, his fingers clutched into the hair of decapitated Goliath. As Saul sees pavid standing there holdiug in his hand the ghastly, reeking staring trophy, evidence of the" complete victory over God’s enemies, j the king wonders what parentage was 1 honored by such heroism, and in my j text he asks David I his . pedigree: ] “Whose son art thou, thou young

man?” The king’ saw what you and I see. that this question of heredity is a mighty question. The longer I live the more I believe ?n blood—-good blood, bad.blood, proud blood, humble botnl, honest blood,- thieving blood, heroic blood, cowardly blood. The tendency -may skip a generation dr j two, but it is sure to come out. as in a j little child you sometimes see a similarity to a great-grand-father whyse picture hangs on the wall. That the physical and mental and moral quali- ■ ties are iuneritable is patent to any ; one who keeps his eyea open. The -similarity is s<» striking sometimes as to be amusing, tireat families, regal or literary, are apt to have the char- i actertistics all down through the j generations,.and what is more perceptible in such families may be seeu on a smaller scale in all families. A thou- j Sand years have no power to obliterate ■; the difference. The large lip of the house of Austria is st-ou in ail the gen- ; erations, and is called the llapsburg lip. The house of Stuart always means in all .generations cruelty and bigotry and sensuality: Witness Queen of Scots. Witness Charles I. and Charles 11. Witness James I. and James II., and all other scoundrels of that line. Scottish blood means per* •istence, English biojod means reverence for the ancient, Welsh blood means religiosity, Danish blood means fondness for the sea, luitan blood means rooming dis-po-it!'>n, Celtic blood means ierviditv, Konmn bi<»-id, m ans conquest. The . Jewish faculty for accumulation you may trade clear back to Abraham, of whom the Bible says **he was rich in silver and gold and cattle.” and to Issiac and Jacob, who had the same .characteristics. Some families are characterised by longevity, and “they have a tendency of life positively Methuselish. Others arc characterized by Goliath ian stature, and you can.see it for one generation, twogenerations, ] live fieuerations, in all the* genera- , lions. Vigv>rous theology runs down in the Hue of the Alexanders. Tragedy runs in the futui'^'of thtc Kembles. Literature runs on in the line of the Trollope*. Philanthropy runs on in the line of Wilberfofcea. Statesman- , •hip ruus on in the liue of the j Adamses.

You see these peculiarities m all j generations- Henry and Catherine of i Navarre religious, all their families j religious. The celebrated family of ' the Casini, all mathematicians. The J celebrated family of the Medici, grand.- j father, son aud Catherine, all remark- j able for-keen intellect. * The cele-J bra ted family df liustavus Adolphus, { all warriors. This law of heredity as* eerls itself without reference to social i or political condition, for you aome- I times find the ignoble in high place j and the honorable in obscure place. A j uescendvityf Edward L atoll -gatherer, j A deacendent of Edward 111., a door* ] keeper. A descenuaut of the duke of ! Northumberland, a trunkmaker. Some j of the mightiest families of England | are extinct, while some of those most : honored in the peerage go back to an-; cestry of bard knuckles aud rough ex- j terior. This law of heredity is entirely independent of social or political j conditions. Then you find avarice j and jealousy and sensuality and fraud having full swing in some families. The violent temper of Frederick William is t’ e inheritance of Frederick the Cireat. It is not a theory founded by Worldly philosophy, but by divine authority. Do you not remember how the Bible speaks of a chosen generation, of the generation of the righteous, of the generation of vipers, of an untoward generation, of the iniquity of the fathers visited upon the children unto the third and fourth generation? So that the text comes to-daT with the force of a projectile

hurled from mightiest catapult, “Whose son art thou, thou young man?" Well, says some one, “that theory discharges me from all responsibility. Born of sanctified parents, we are bound to be good and we can not help otirselres. Born of unrighteous pan* entage, we are bound to be evil, and we can not help ourselves.” Two inaccuracies. As much as if you should say: “The centripetal force in nature has a tendency to bring everything to the center. The centrifugal force in nature has a tendency to throw everything to the periphery, and therefore everything will go out to the deriphery.” You know as well as I know that you can make the centripetal force overcome the centrifugal, and you can make the centrifugal overcome the centripetal. As when there is a mighty tide of good in a family that may be overcome by determination to evil, as in the case of Aaron Burr, the libertine, who had for father President Burr, the consecrated; as in the case of Pierrepont Edwards, the scourge of New York society 80 years ago, who had a Christian ancestry;.whil^, on the other hand, some of the best men and women of this day ■ are those who have come of an ancestry which it would not be courteous to speak in their presence. The practical 'hud -useful object of this sermon te to show you that if you have come of a Christian ancestry, then you are solemnly bound to preserve and develop the glorious inheritance, or, if you have come of a depraved ancestry, then it is your duty to brace yourself against the evil tendency by all prayeraud Christian determination, and you are to find out the family frailties, and in arming the castle put the strongest guard at the weakest gate. With these smooth stones from the brook, I hope to strike you, not where David struck Goliath, in the head, but where Nathan struck David, in the heart. “Whose sou art thou, thou young man?" There is something in all winter holidays to bring up the old folks. I think many of our thoughts at such times are set to the tune of “Auld Lang Syue." The old folks were so; busy at such times iu making us happy, and perhaps on less r«&ource made their sons and daughters happier than you on larger resources are able to make^your sons and daughters. The snow lay tw<> feet above their graves, but they shook off the white blankets and mingled in the holiday .festivities

—the same wrinkles, the same stoop of shoulder under the weight of age, the same old style of dress or coat, the same sihile, the same tone of voice. I hope you remember them before they went away. If jnot, I hope there are those who have recited to you what they were, ah(l that there may be in your house some article of dress or furniture with which .youi associate their memories. I want to arouse the most sacred memories of your heart while I make the impassioned interrogatory in regard to your pedigree: “Whose son art thouthou, thou young man?'" First, 1 accost all those who are descended of a Christian ancestry. I do 1^t ask if your parents were perfect There are no perfect people now, and 1 do not suppose there were any perfect people then. Perhaps there was sometimes too much blood in their eye when they chastised you- l»ut from what I know of you, you grot no more, than you deserved, and perhaps a little more chastisement would have been salutary. Bat you are willing to acknowledge. If think, that they wanted to do right. From what you overheard in eonversations, and from what you saw at the family altar and at neighborhood obsequies, you know that they had invited tiod into their heart and their life. There was something that sustained those old people sujieruaturally. You have no doubt about their destiny. You expect if you e ver gel to-Heaven to meet them as you expect ’to meet the Lord Jesus Christ. That early association has beep a charm for you. There was a time when you got right up from a house of iniquity and walked . out into the fresh air because you thought your mother was looking at you. You have never been very happy in sin because of a sweet, old face that would present itself. Tremulous voices from the past ac-; costed you until they were seemingly audible, and you looked around to see who spoke. There was an estate not mentioned in the last will and testament, a vast estate of prayer and holy j example and Christian entreaty and : glorious memory. The survivors of the family gathered to hear the- will

read, and this was to be kept and that j was to be sold, and it was “share and share alike.” But there was an unwritten will that read something' like this: “In the name o? God, amen, I : being of sound mind, bequeath to my children all my prayers for their sal- ; ration; 17 bequeath to them all the results of a lifetime’s toil; I bequeath to them the Christian religion, which has been so much comfort to me. and 1 hope may be.solace for them; j I bequeath to them a hope of reunion when the partings of life are over. •Share and share alike,’ may they inherit eternal riche*. I bequeath to them the wish that they may avoid my errors and copy anything that may have been worthy. In the name of God who made me, and the Christ who redeemed me, and the Holy .Gijost who sanctifies me. I make this my last will and testament. Witness all you hosts of Heaven. Witness time, witness eternity. , Signed, sealed and delivered in this our dying hour. Father and Mother.” You did not get that will.proved at the surro- | gate’s office, bnt I take it out to-day ; and 1 read it to you. I take it out_ of the alcoves of your heart. I shake the dust off it. 1 ask if you will accept that inheritance, or will you break the will? f Oh, ye of Christian ancestryl You have a responsibility vast beyond ail measurement. God will not let you off with just being as good ’as ordinary | people when you had such extraordiI nary advantage. Ought not a flower

planted in a hot-house be more thrifty than at flower planted outside in the storm? Ought not a factory turned by the Pousatonic do more work than a factory turned by a thin and shallow mountain stream? Ought not you of great early oppor* tunity be better than those who had a cradle unblessed? A father sets his son up in business. He keeps an account of all the expenditures. So much for store fixtures, sO much for rent, so much for this, sd much for that, and all the items aggregated, and the father expects the son to give an account. Your Heavenly Father charges against you all the advantage of a pious ancestry—so many prayers, so much Christian example, so many kind entreaties—all these gracious influences, one tremendous aggregate, and he asks you for an account of it. Ought not you to be better than those who had no such advantage? Better have been a foundling picked up oft the city commons than with such magnificent inheritance of consecration to tur‘n out indifferently. Ought not you, my brother, to be better, having had Christian nurture, than the man who can truly say this morning: “The first word I remember «»v father speaking to me wasau oath; the first time I remember my father taking hold of me »vas in wrath; I never saw a‘ Bible till I was ten years of age, and then 1 was told it was a pack of lies. 1£he first 20 years of mj life I was associated with the vicious. I seemed to be walled in by

sin and death.” Kovr. my brother, ought you not—I leave it as a matter of fairness with you—ought you not to be better than those who had no early Christian influence? Standing as you do between the generation that is past and the generation that is to come, are you going to pass the' blessing on, or are you going to have your life the gulf in which that tide of ^blessing shall drop out of sight forever? You are the trustee of piety in that ancestral line, and are you going to augment, or squander that solemn trust fund? Are you going to disinherit your sons and daughters of the heirloom which your parents left you? Ah! that can not be possible—that can not be possible that you are going to take such a position as that You are very careful about the life insurances, and careful about the deeds, and careful about the mortgage, and careful about the title to your property, because when you step off the stage you want your children to get it all. Are you making no provision that they shall get grandfather's or grandmother’s religion? Oh, what a last will and testament you are making, my brother! “In the name of God, amen.. I, being of souud mind, make this my last will and testament. I bequeath to my children all the money I ever made and all tbe horses I own; but I disinherit them, I rob them of the ancestral grace and the Christian influence that I inherited. I have squandered that on'my own worldliness. Share and share alike must they in the misfortune and the everlasting outrage. Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of God , and men, and angels, and devils, and all the generations of earth and Heaven and hell, July, 131*0.” Oh! the power of ancestral piety, well illustrated by a young man of Mew Y’ork >vho atteuded a ‘prayer meeting one night and asked for prayer, and then went home and wrote down these words: “Twenty-fiifc: years ago to-night my mother went to Heaven, my beautiful, blessed mother, and I have been alone, tossed up and down upon the billows of life's tempestuous ocean. Shall I ever go to Heaven? She told me I must meet her in Heaven. Wheu she took my hand in hei> and turned her gentle, loving eyes on me, and gazed earnestly and long into my face, ami then lifted them to Heaven in that last prayer, she prayed that 1 might meet her in Heaven. 1 Wonder if 1 ever shall? My mother's prayers. Oh! my sweet, blessed mother's prayers. Did ever a boy have such a mother as I had? For years 1 have not heard her pray until to-night. I have heard all her prayers over again. They have had in /act a terrible resurrec

tion. Cm: how siie was wont to pray. She prayed as they prayed to-night, so earnest, so importunate, so believing. Shall 1 ever be a Christian? She was a Christian. Oh! how bright and pure and happy was her life. She was a cheerful and happy Christian. There is my mother's Bible. I have not opened it for years. Did she believe I could ever neglect her precious Bible? She surely thought 1 would read it much and often. How often has she read it to me. How did she cause me to kneel by my little bed and put my little hands up in the attitude of prayer. How has she knelt by me and over me, and_ I have felt her warm tears raining down upon my hands and face. Blessed mother, did you pray in vain for your boy? It shall not be in vain. Ah! no, no, it shall not be in vain. I will pray for myself. Who has sinned against so much instruction as 1 have? Against so many precious prayers put up to heaven for me by one of the most lovely, tender, pious, confiding; trusting of mothers in her Heavenly Father's care and grace. She never doubted; she believed. She always prayed ms if she did. My Bible, my mothers Bible, and my conscience teach what I am and what 1 have made myself. Oh! the bitter pangs of an accusing conscience. I need a Saviour mighty to save. I must seek Him. I will. 1 am on the sea of existence, and 1 can never get off from it. 1 am afloat. N'o anchor, no rudder, no compass, no book of instructions, for I have put them all away from me. Savionr of the perishing, save, or I perish.” Do yon wonder that the next day be arose in prayer meeting and said: “My brethren, l stand before you a monument of God's amazing mercy and '•goodness; forever blessed be His holy name; all I have and all 1 am I consecrate to Jesus, my Savionr and my God?” Oh! the power of ancestral prayer. Hear it! Hear it!

PEOPLE'S PARTY PLATFORM. DwllUtiwi of Principles of the Mstlsssl People** Party Adopted at the gfc Louis Convention. Following is the declaration of principles and platform presented to and adopted by the Populist national convention at St. Louis: The Platform. The People's party, assembled In national convention, reaffirm its allegiance to the principles declared by the founders of the republic, and also to th« fundamental principles of Just government as enunciated m the platform of the party In 1892. We recognize that through the connivance of the present and preceding administrations, the country has reached a crisis in Us national life, as predicted in our declaration tour years ago, and that prompt and patriotic action is the supreme duty of <the hour. We realize that while we have present Independence, our financial and industrial independence is yet to be attained by restoring to our country the, constitutional control and exercise of the functions necessary to a people's government. which functions have been basely surrendered by our public servants to corporate monopolies. The influence of European moneychangers has been more potent In shaping legislation than the voice of the American people. Executive power and patronage have been used to corrupt our legislatures and defeat the will of the people.' and plutocracy has thereby been enthroned upon the ruins of democracy. To restore the government intended by the fathers and tot the welfare and prosperity of this and future generations, wo demand the establishment of an economio and financial system which shall make us masters of our Own affairs and Independent of European control, by the adoption of the following:

Declaration of Principles. 1. Wo demand ja national money, safe and sound, issued by tike general government only, without the intervention of banks of issue, to. be a full legal tender for all debts, public and private; a just, eqittable and efficient means of distribution direct to the people and through the lawful disbursements of the government. S. We demand tho free and unrestricted coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the consent of the foreign nations. S. We demand that the volume of circulating' medium be speedtdy increased. to an amount sufficient to tneet the demands of the business and population and to restore the just level.of prices of labor and production. 4. We deaounce the sale of bonds and the tnerease of the public Interest-bearing debt made by the present administration as unnecessary and without authority of law. and demand that no more bonds be issued except by specific act of congress. 5. We demand *uch legislation as will prevent the demonetization of the lawful money of the United Stutes by private contract. & We demand tjhat the government, in payment of Its obligations, shall use its option as to the kind of lawful money in which they are to be paid, and w*s denounce the present and preceding administrations for surrendering this option to the holders of government obligations. ' 7. We demand h graduated income tax to the end that aggregated wealth shall bear Its just proportionot taxation, and we regard the recent decision of the supreme court relative to the income law as a misinterpretation of the constitution and jan invasion of the rightful powers of congress over the subject of taxation. 8. We demand that postal saving banks be established by the government for the safe deposit of the savings of the people and to facilitate exchange. Second—Transportation. 1. Transportation being a means of exchange and a public necessity, tho government should own and operate the railroads in the interest of the people and oa a non-partisan basis; to the eud that ali{ may be accorded the same treatment in transportation, and that the tyranny and present power now exercised by the great railroad corporations which result in the impairment, if not the destruction of ^lie present rights a|nd personal liberties of the citizens may be destroyed; such ownership to be accomplished i gradually la a manner consistent with soupd publio policy. 2. The interest o} the United States in the public highways jbuilt with public moneys and the proceeds of Extensive grants of land to the Pacific railroad*, should never be alienated, mortgaged or sold, but guarded and-protected for the general welfare as provided by the laws organizing such railroads. The foreclosure of existing liens of the United States on these roads should it once follow default in payment thereof by the debtor companies; find at the foreclosure sales of said roads fth’e government shall purchase the same if it becomes necessary to protect its interests! therein or if they can be purchased at a reasonable price; and the government, shall opefate said railroads as public highways for thf benefit of the whole people and not in the interest of the few. under suitable provisions for protection of life and property. giving to! ail transportation interests equal privileges: and equal rates for fares and freights. 3. We denounce ^he present, infamous schemes for refunding these debts, and demand that the laws now applicable thereto be executed aud administered according to their intent and spirit. 4 The telegraph, like the,railroads, being a necessity for thb transmission of news, should be owned and operated by the government in the interest of jjhe people.

a | Third—Land. 1 True policy demands that the national and state legislation su h as will ultimately enable every prudent a|nd industrious citizen to secure a home, and therefore the land sjjould not be monopolized for speculative purposes. All lauds now heldlby rail roads and other corporations In excess of their actual needs should be. by lawful means, reclaimed by the government and held| for ^actual settlers only, and private land monopoly, as well as alien ownership. should be] prohibited. 2. Wd condefnn the frauds by which the land grant Pacific railroad companies have, through the connivance of the Interior department, robbed multitudes of actual« bona fide settlers of the r homes and miners of their claims, and we condemn legislation by congress which <jrlll enforce the exception of mineral land, both grants as well as before patent. 3 3 We demand that bona fide settlers on all public lands be1 granted free homes, as provided in the national homstead law, and that no exception be made in the case of Indian reservations when opened for settlement, and that all lands not now patented come under this demand: ' if Four—Direct Legislation. We favor i system of direct legislation through the Initiative and referendum under proper constitutional safeguards. ’ ■„ Flve--tiener*l Propositions. 1. We demand the election or president, viceI president and,United Stateasenators by a direct vote of the people. *. We tender to the^patriotic people of Cuba our deepest sympathy in their heroic struggle for present freedom had independence, and We believe the time has come when the United States, the great republic of the world, should recognize that Cuba is and of right ought to be a free and independent state. A We favor jbome rule in the territories and District of Columbia and the early admissiou of the territories a» states. 4 All public salaries should be made to correspond to the price of labor and its products. A In times ' of great industrial depression labor should be employed on public works ps far as practicable j a The arbitrary course of the courts In assuming to imprison citizens for indirect contempt and rui,ing them by injunction, should be ! prevented by proper legislation. ?. We favor just pensions for our disabled Union soldier*. & Believing that the elective franchise and J an antrammgiled ballot are essential to goveminent of, for and by the people, the people's party condemn the wholesale syaten^f disfranchisement adopted iu some of the mtes as unrepublican and undemocratic, and we declare It to be the duty of the state legislatures to take such action as will give toll and free Who aadaa bosest oount. e

% While ll« foregoing proposition* eoasttfttte the platform upon which our party stands, sad (or the vindication of which its organisation will be maintained, we recognise that the great and pressing issue of the present campaign upon which the presidential eleotion will turn, is the financial Question, and upon this great and specific issue between the parties, we cordially invite the aid and co-operation of all organisations and citizens agreeing with us upon this vital Question. There was very little applause given any of the various declarations of the platform. The one in favor of recognizing Cuban independence was most appreciated, and after it, it) point of popularity, came the one in favor of “initiative and referendum."

WILLIAM J. BRYAN Baallj Engaged with Speech of Aeeeptnoce— Heavy MnlL Lixcotx, Neb., July 25.—The plans of Mr. Bryan for the campaign are gradually shaping into something define nite, and when the committee on notification fixes the date of the great rally when he will be notified of his nomination as the candidate of the democratic convention he will prepare a partial programme of his movements. From present indications it is probable that August 10 or 13 will be the date of the notification in New York. Mr. Bryan will leave Lincoln for the east about five days before the date fixed for that event. He is preparing the speech accepting the nomination and it will be the effort of his ■ life, exceeding in eloquence and asser- j tion his famous address to the Chicago j convention on July 10. As contem- j plated at present Mr. Bryan will make a through trip to Chicago. From that place he will proceed to Pittsburgh over the Baltimore & Ohio road and ! make an address there. From Pitts- ] burgh he will go to Washington in acceptance of an invitation from the delegates of the District of Columbia to the Chicago convention, and en route to : New York will also stop over in Philadelphia and talk there. From New York Mr. Bryan will go to Bath, Me., where he is to be the guest of Mr. | Sewall for a short time. It is probable that he will make some addresses en I route. Maine audiences are likely to see something of him, and he will then i go westward. The date of his return to Lincoln has not been arranged, i but it is understood here he will | appear in the Nebraska capital | on August 24, when a reunion of grand army men residing in this state will be held. This idea, how-J ever, seems hardly feasible, as it willgive Mr. Bryan a fortnight only at the utmost to visit Mr. Sewall, make a number of addresses, in New England and return to his home in the slow fashion incident to presidential as- ; pir&nts during a campaign, when in- | vitations to speak at places along the I line of their journeys are too pressing to be refused. It is I expected that Mr. Bryan will devote i most of his. time to the states between the Alleghanies and Rocky ' mountains, and he is not likely to re- | turn to Lincoln for a stay of any : leugth.until just before the campaign [ is over. Mr. Bryan told a United Press re- | porter that he had not made any plans j for short trips from Lincoln previous to his formal notification. He is 4©* voting his energies to keeping up with 1 his mail, and in this he finds constant | employment, even with the assistance ! of Mrs. Bryan aud two clerks. Mrs.. : Bryan will accompany her husband ! on his trip to New York and New En- | gland.

Immigration. The gulf between the working classes and the church is largely due to for* ! eign immigration, the people coming, ! from coupTHys where English is not spoken, aikl fir that reason, when they get here, they have no desire to go to church and listen to English preach* ers.—Kev. A. J.Waugh, Presbyterian. Cleveland. truth. The man of truth is the man ot power.< The false man is the weak Lman. The man of truth is the brave man. The false man is the coward. The-man of truth is the leader* The | false man is the straggler and the de* serter..—Rev. C. 11. Thuring, Precbyterian, Cleveland. There are so-called religions homes that are like tombs, joyless. dark, parents long-faced, sanctimonious, I bigoted, forever drawling out heart* less prayers and making Sunday a day to be dreaded above ail daj'S of th* week.—Rev. H. H. Harbour, Baptist, | Columbus, O. Uod’s (jlorjr. Christianity is not an ideal that can not be reduced to practice. A indhcan sell goods in God’s name and in God’s | glory. He can practice medicine, run ; a railroad or lead a great political par* ty for God’s name and glory.—Rev. J. & Hawthorne, Baptist, Nashville. Devout Mothers. A devout, pious mother contributes more to the propagation of religion and the strength of a nation than the sermons of Augustine or Chrysostom or the transcendant eloquence of Burke or Webster.—Rev. F. Riordan, | Catholic, Lawrence* Mass. Happiness. We must give ourselves^to others be* ! fore we shall find our own chiefest joy. The true happiness of life is not found in the getting, but in the giving. And we can get happiness in no other j way.—Rev. Dr. Putnam, Presbyterian, ; Logan sport, lnd. Missions. * Jesns Christ was above all a mission* ary, and no church can be imbued with His spirit and not have a zeal for missions.—Rev. K. C. Reed, Presbyterian, Nashville. Prayer. Prayer is the telephone over which we talk and receive answer. It is the lever by which the rocks are moved.— Rev. F. H. Shedd, Presbyterian, Sioux City, la. Peace. America haa taught the world that the supremely good soldier loves peace and deplores the horrors of war.—Rev. A. B. Rich, Methodist, Dubois, Fa.

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