Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1891 — Page 4

THE REPUBLICAN 'l: jr . • : Thhbsdat, April 30, 1891

331te8C I XOI3'2r CORPORATION OFFICERS : M*?** 1 ...Abraham Simesos ....CSarlks G. SriTLKtt lfSMurer .... . ..C.C Starr { lft-Wapd j. n. Vasmta. _ „ I M Ward j u. Wasson. Counel linen <B<l Warf1....... E. H Morgan. - *} *t*>War4 .Paris Harrison. ISthWard Emmet Kakkal judicial Cireolt Judge Edwin P. Hammond, Prosecuting Attorney.. .... JohnT. Brown. of i ourt —First Monday in January; TUr&Mcmdayin March; first Monday in June; bird Mandat, ** October. „ JASPER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION CnstopherOool, Trustee, Hanging Grove tpRobinson. Trustee. .. ..Gillam tp. **??«*» M. Hershman, Trustee Wal fcer t p JjF.ltiff, Trustee ........ Martoh tp. Tru5tee......... ....:. Jordan tp. Nehemiah Hopkins Trustee Newton tp. J. F. Bruner,trustee ...Keener tp. H*bb Pant son. Trustee Kankakee tp Si D < l * rk Wheatflc.d tp. jj n> -.?-.Rg?tlif er < Trustee.. Carpentei tp. HezeklaU Kesler, Trustee., ....Milroy tp, Trustee,..., Union tp. ?• Coover..,. fiemington, >....■■■ Bensselaer, • • F. warren County Snpt COUHTT OFFICERS Clerk J am *8 F.lrwin PHn.ur Blub. Auditor .-. .....Grorge M. Bobinpon weusttrer I. B. Washburn Recorder..... Jambs F. Antrim. Surveyor ...James C. Thrawls. Ooro»cr ...R. P. Benjamin. Bkpeiintendent Publ’r Schools J. K Warren (IstDistrict...P. M.Quirky. OMHulssinners \)d District .. .J F. Watson. t»d District O.P.Tabor. Oo**mi**io**rt ’ Court—first Mondays in March runs. September and December

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Prof. J. L. Campbell ami Hon. Isaac D. Dunn have tendered to the governor their lesignatioas as members of the Momence Rocli, commission, io take effect May 1. The other member of the commission, J. S. Kennedy, has not resigned. Messrs; Campbell and Dunn desire to retire from the commission on account of the action of the last legislature in providing that the members of the commission, should give bond to complete the work of removing the obstruction in the Kankakee river with the money already appropriated. A most unreasonable and unjust stipulation, aud their resignation is entirely justifiable, The commissioners had, after endless pains and trouble, succeeded in getting matters into shape where it seemed certain that the $70,000 or SBO,OOO job would be done with the 840,000 appropriaation; and to require them, under such circumstances, to give - the enormous bond required, was unjust aud unreasonable, in the last degree. They were fully justified in resigning.

PROTECTION FOR THE FARMER.

There seems to be no limit to the efforts of free trade attorneys to prejudice farmer voters against the policy of Protection for home industries. A commonly employed means to thiß is urging the farmer to believe that our tariff legislation is framed with the view to discriminate in favor of manufactured products and against the products

jof agriculture. As there is not a 'single clause in the lawsuficeptible of such a construction; mane but I the unwary will be misled by the j charge of discrimination against j the’farmer’s interests. . j Some id erf* of the extent to j which farm products are directly t protected can be gained by a glance at statistics within reach of all who care to inspect them. And the honest student of these figures is likely to be qhite forcibly impressed by the necessity for maintaining adequate barriers against, foreign competition so long as the home market of our farmers is menaced by products of foreign rivals. During the last fiscal year foreigners sold in the United States over $42,000,000 worth of farm products, without taking into the account more than $16,000,000 worth of wool imported. Here are the items: Animals (other than breeding) $ 3,255,05 Breadstuff's 5,729,000 1 lax and hemp seed... .it 2,883,764 „ fibers 10,189,474 Hay.. 1,142,887 Hops 1,050,696 Meats and dairy products 1,998,009 Leaf tobacco 12,579,813 Vegetables 3,794,462 Total $42,632,717

There is not a single item here that could not just as well have been grown by our citizens, and because of this fact our tariff required foreign competitors to pay for the privilege of selling here. They were accordingly charged the snug sum of fourteen ana a half million dollars, and to that extent they were forced to lighten the taxes thatotherwise would have been paid by the citizens of the United States. And it is this arrangement that free trade attorneys denounce as an outrage, and join with foreigners iu demanding to have repealed. The farmers gave their answer-in 1888. Let that decision be affirmed as often as the question is presented.

From Southwest Missouri

Saucoxie, Mo., April 20, 1891. Editor Republican.— As many of my friends requested me to give them a discretion of Southwest Missouri, after I became acquainted with its advantages, I will now state them as I sec and get them from old Indiana and Illinois settlers, as there are many of them here. The timber lands along vhe streams are covered with small broken rock, and look as though they had .been thrown up by some volcanic eruption as they have all been burnt. This iand has been very cheap until of late years; they find by picking and hauling the rock off if makes the best of fruit farms, and is easy of cultivation, and will raise the test grain of all kinds; can he planted earlier than bottom and terrace lands. There is plenty of this land 6 to 7 miles from town that can be bought from to §7 per acre, eovorrd with a tin# growth of Jack oak timber, which the fruit men are buying up ;|cutting off" the timber and planting with apple, peach and pear trees between the stamps. In three years the stumps have rotted out and it makes as line an orchard as if they had gone to the expense of grubbing and breaking. ”160 acres put in tins way in 8 years is a fortune. 1 They tell me the cost of 160 acres 1 treated this wav is about $3,000,

There are many orchards in this county, of from IGO to 300. acres, which brought for the fruit .on the trees the last season from $7,000 to $15,000. The prairie lands and bottom lands ! arc the finest I ever saw, I will not exequ the plains in Tippecanoe Co., 1 would like my friends in old Jas- ] per to see these tine farms for the last month. While they were wallowing in mud, we were plowing here, and ; if they came to town they brought loads of com, wheat, or hay, as the roads are never bad. Now these fine farms can be bought for the same money it will take to get a farm in your state, as there are many places in southwest Missouri, that gi>od lands are cheaper than here, and old residents would like to sell and back out further to cheap lands. The principal crop raised here is wheat, as it never, fails to make a heavy crop; the principal part of it is ground here, by three large flouring mills and shipped in the sack south. Our wheat fields are about as far advanced as yours would be the 20th of May, and all other vegetation the same. Lands will not be sold at present prices very long, as there is no doubt but that there is plenty of lead aud zinc lying beneath us; and Chicago parties alre now sinking three shafts close to our city, and have already struck zinc and are sure of striking pleauty of metal, as there has just been a shaft sunk 4 miles from here aud struck ore in large quantities. As soon as ore is struck land will anvance 30 per cent. The people here are kind and old fashioned, about 50 years behind—put on no style like the northern people. It looks good to see the ladies nearly all wearing the old fashioned sun-bonnets instead of postage stamps on their heads. It reminds me of our old grand-mother’s time when the home-spun was in fashion and we went in for sensibility and not the Almighty Dollar.

request. i The Bible reveals a plan that spaing three worlds, and includes a ssuceesj sion of ages. In 2nd Peter, 3rfi chapter these worlds are each spoken of as a distinct “heaven and earth.” ; # The first world or heaven and earth f ended with the flood.. The second world, or the heavens and earth that ; are now, end at die second coming of | Christ, and the beginning of the day | of judgment. The fires of judgment result in a “new heaven and earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness,” that will be the world to come. The third world, the world without end. This same planet earth is the basis of all three worlds, and though its kosmos order of arrangement changes, the earth abideth forever.” Let the succession of these three worlds ns first, second and third be kept in mind, and it may save from much confusion in the interpretation of Scriptures. No two of them exist together unless it be "in the sense that day and night may be said to exist together during twilight change from one to the other. Hence when men talk of the world of spirits or the Invisible heavens us the world to come, it is because they do not see the revealed plan. The men that lived before the floodeould not by dying pass into the second world, which to them was “thie world to come.” Neither can men by dying pass from the second world into the third world; it is the world to come; we must wait for it as we wait for to-morrow. —~ ■t' THE AGES. 'A' ; ■ ■

These three worlds are subdivided into periods of time called ages, when one age ends and another one is added it is not that the work of the old ages was a failure,but because it has been finished and a new work is to begin . In the first world there was but one clearly marked age. In the second world there were three, first the Patriarchal or one man age, ending at the death of Jacob, national organization of Israel; second, the Jewish age, or the eispensatieu of the twelve tribes of Israel, ending with the rejection and and death of the their Messiah; third, the Gospel age, beginning with the descent of the SpirltPentlcost.and reach- ’ log to the return of Christ to receive Hisbride, the church, to Himself.—John 14-13. It Is often aDd properly called the dispensation of the Spirit in contrast with the letter and law of the Jewish age. These worlds and ages are the framework of the plan of rev a'ation and salvation. Knowledge and salvation are necessarily related to each other. So the Lord revealed Himself in order to save mankind. The truth is gradually and systematically developed (through the ages, in harmony with the necessities of the race in its rise from childhood to manhood. The order of Revalation is first, in type or picture; second in ; prophecy and third is fulfillment. But Christ is the golden thread of all revelation. He is God’s word and there! fore man’s Savior. In al 1 ages preceding the coming of Christ in the flesh, the light of the gospel was that of type and unfulfilled prophecy, and was therefore but a dim light,the iSrst ray of the gospel in fulfillment was at the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. But even this earth life and teaching partook of the shadowy character of the old testament. It was true then as we might expect, that that during all ages from thc creaSion of man down to the beginning of the gospel age, only a few knew anything abont a Savior. Read the 11th chapter of Hebrews and see llie list, during the first world; from Abram to the flood,a space of 1656 years there was but three men of faith, to say thers was more is to he wise above what is written. In the patriarchal age there was more, and in the Jewish age quite an increase; but they had but a dim light attest. The Jewish nation which alone had the direct Messianic Prophecies did not know enough about Christ to expect him or receive him when he did come. Now it would be dark indeed and terrible to contemplate, if all these uninlightened multitudes, were foil accoantof their ignorance doomed to either eternal deatli or eternal torture. And as-knowledge and salvation are related to heaven, being a . condition of perfect light,; to say that these classes- will basaved because they are ignq-

ran&t, i» simply to say Jtbat they will be enlightened and saved aft eg death. But if.the popular teachings of Chrisendom he true, that all hope of the formation of character is confined to this life, what can they, who teach this, do with, the fact that Jesus would not al ow his disciples to carry a carry a crumUof the bread of life UM.be- Samaritans or|t bc- Gentiles. ; > :Matt. 10-Mi Now I ask fyou with their viewWsalvation and damnation was that commission consistent with the mission of the loving Son aud a God of love? But neither God nor Christ nor the plan are inconsistent, and only the popular view is wrong. The plan of the ages shows that the reason why Jesus gave that limited commission and on other occasions spoke in, dark sayings and parables, least men should he converted, tLook at Mark 4 11-12). The reason is because the time had not come, according to God’s plan to save the world. The first thing that Jesus did for the world wan after the rejection of the house of Israel, and that was as their representative, not substitute, of all mankind to die for them and rise again. John 12. 31-33. Now is the judgment of this world thus introduced the ! gospel age, this is the period of the suspension of Israel and for the development of the gospel church. This began with the commission broad and compreliensiv e—“go ye | into all the world and preach the gospel to I every creature." This important change took place after the death and resurrection : of Christ, and now instead of the field of operations being the Jewish nation the world became the field. Math. 13-38. Bat even here there have been many facts andcircum--1 stances tending to limit the spread of the gospel, and its acceptance by the masses of the people, not the least of which may he that even teachers have had such a Umited view of it. But God is not thwarted and the the age accomplishes its mission, the taking out from among the people or the Geutiles a people for his name, that is to be first a ; chast Jvirgin espoused to Christ and Waiting for His return aud marriage, consequently to be his bride.—Acts 15-14. 2nd Cor. 11-3; Matl. 25. 1-1; Rev 21.0-10. Now friends, the gospel age is not the time' of the universal blessing for mankind of i which the prophets wrote and exalting sang, for Paul speaks of this as a mystery not made known in other ages to come. Eph. 2. 6-7. In one figure of speech used as we have seen, the work of that age Is the development of the bride, the Lamb’s wlfeor second Eve, and in another figure it is the development or the body of the promised seed which it was foretold should bruise Satan, ! destroy evil and Its cause and bless all the nation* of the earth. Gen. Ll 5-22 Jesus is

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PURPOSE OF THE AGES.

the head Of thdtohureh, which Is hi*body, rathe husband is the head of the wife Thus the harmony of the" two figures wife and body are applied to the church. Jesus is the Christ, annointed as a person, and thi church is annointed as a divine system f 6r institution. The practical work of the gospel age has been to bring men and women into this divine institution by faith An its head and obedience to HIS authority For by one spirit are we all baptized into one body, -whether Are be Jews or Gentiles, bond or free, and have all been made to drink into one spirit. Ist Cor. 12-13. And as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ, so because of this intimate relation to Him, He being the seed and our head,;Paul could truly say, and if you be Christ’s then are ye also Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise. Gal. 3.19 2729. As the development of the wife or the body, or the. Christian church is the work of the gospel age the union of that body with the head in the heavens, or the marriage of the Lamb introduces .he Millennial age. Jesus cabs it-the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on tne throne of his glory, we also shall appear with Him in glory . Col. 3.4. This can not take place until after the gathering unto Him—Peter calls it the time of restitution of all things—spoken of by the months of all the prophets since the world began, as I read you. And who will limit its extent? Rather let us rejoice at the exceeding riches of His grace which is to be shown to all who need grace. The elective or selective grace of the ages past finds its justification and glory in the grand object to be gained. The few were chosen, called out, diseipled and exalted to glory. Not that all the rest of mankind s liould he consigned to eternal torture or death, but that all nations should be blessed under the administration of the! few as a royal priesthood. They rule to bless; it can but enhance our high calling in the believer’s heart to know that it will result in bless ing to mankind. The marriage of the La mb or the perfect nnion of the church to Christ, the head having taken place, the manifestation of the Son of God will be due and the complete introduction of the New Jerusl aeon’s reign which must result in theenlightenment and deliverance of the growing creation. Rom. 8.19-39; Rev. 21. 22-24; 22,1-3. Then the blessed truth shall no long* er he confined to the hearts of a few as a well of water springing up- into everlasting life, hut it will be a flowing river from the glorious throne to which all may come and drink. Then indeed' the spirit and the bride say come. This could 1 not be- applicable until after the marriage; ’Till the* the chnrch is a’virgin not a bride.- It may be truly said that the work of the Milleaiau age Is @aty for the living nations, at the hands of all the risen saints, these live and reign during the thousand years,, but the rest of the dead live not again until,‘afterward. Rev. 20. 4 6,. The Millenian age being,the-seventh thousand of man’s history fills God’s week of thousands. Is not this why Paul calls it the dispensation of the fullness of times, in which he declares that all things in- heaven and' earth will be gathered together in Christ. Eph. 1-10.

This pays nothing of the dead nations, those u ndsr the earth while Paul includes them'as in du e liavebowing to Christ and so giorifying God ill e Father who had long before premised that all should be blessed. Phil. 2. 9 11. Then t hose under the earth are to be dealt with after the Millenian aDd its little season are past. This ha rmoniz.es with Paul’s statement in Ist Cor. 15 chapter that Christ must reign until he puts down all rule and authority and power, all living and organized enemies. But yet one and only one enemy remains, death, which is not a living enemy hut a state. But this last eii etny shall be. destroyed; this then must be after the thousand years. The only conceivable way Jor the destruction of the death state to be accomplished is by mailing- its victims alive ia Christ. They can not he - enemies, we know that death was abolished ia the person of Jesus by Ilis resurrection from-the ; dead.and us Jesus was tho representative we may als knowhow it will be destroyed or abolished: ia man. Whoever can see and appreciate this outlineof the ages and see the relation of the different parts of the plan will see a place for the execution of all the threatened judgments of God in aDy age past, present, or future, and yet see that mercy and life will in due time triumph over judgment arid death, lie shall s wallow up death in victory, then there shall be no more death. These grand truths can not stand iu the way of seeking; after. holiness- and life to any one that sees them. To those who don’fcaec them their effects will be nothing. In t iiis-piaa all the passages that Calvinists can quota to sn stain election have tlleir place; so a Iso of all thstArmeniansandUnivorsalists can quote; they are all in harmony. There is nothing hideous in the Bible; doctrine of grace, or favour and Ssalvation. God promised' it To Abraham, the angles announced it at the birth ;.lesusdeclared it. John 12.. 30-31. TSa apostle Paul saw it in the-final utter destruction of all the works of the devil. Sin in the flesh must cease, we are in good company when we proclaim it io all who will- hear it. Then cheer up brethren for beyond the winter we shall find summer;., beyond night we shall find the dav; beyond the sorrow, peace ; and victory; beyond death, the immortal life This is the way of of peace. Peace that is final ; peace eternal; the way of heaven is the way of the cross ; to the crown,, through sorrow; to peace, through death,to the eveil King; in day when the well done shall be spoken, saying, “come yeblessed of my lather inherit thefcingdom prepared for yoa from the foundation of the world.’, Ohl may that be youis. may that he mine to inherit; thekingdom of God in the new earth and new heavens; the world to com e wherein 5 dwelleth righteousness or righteous men and women dwell. Now friends I ask you to accept the new and living way through Christ, the lile giver, that you may have a right to pass through the gates into the city and share with aU.the redeemed of earth in singing the new song thanking Christ for your redemption from mortality to immortality, saving to Christ, thou art .worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof, for thou, wert slain and hath re deemed us to God by thy blood out of every nation, kindred tongue, and people and bath made us unto one of God’s kings and priests and we shall reigu o i the earth. >’es earth, the beautiful earth, with the curse rolled off; and fcsee the King in His beauty, ’tis then we can shout victory over death and the (trave through Christ the life giver. Oh mar I he there to swell the shouts of viejary over death arid the grave, singing, gjpfy to God tn the highest, yea peace on earth good will towa rd ail men; glory to God ,in the big best. Amen, bo licit.

Just Received, at A. Leopold’s, the finest assortment of all kinds of carpets, floor and table cloths, win-dow-blinds, fine lace curtains and chenille curtains. Plow shoes,— Fanners don’t touch a plow i-efore buying a pair that will last jou the season* from Ludd Hopkins.

JOHN W. PAXTON & CO. * ' (Successors to Wolfe & Go ) Dealers m ALL KINDS OF LUMBER! LATH, BLINDS, _ SHINGLES, MOULDING, DOORS, LIME, SASH, HAIR, Ac. Carry Everything Pertaining to Our Line. miLßim MstTBMIjSL • • -•r*LL MIJTBS. Come to Rensselaer and sail at our Lumber Yards, south of the Railroad, examine the quality of our stoeand Jsave money. We* men ufacture our own lumber in the Wisconsin pineries, and know we can give the best qualities for the least money. CLOSE ESTIMATES ON BILLS A SPECIALTY. JOHN W. PAXTON & GOl . . . _ —m— V ' ■ Reiissehr Stock Fan STALLIONS FOR SEASON of 1891.

PLUTO, 1950. Sire of BLUE W1NG—2.254. LEO-2.29R CLARENCE-2; 30. LANCEWOOD CHIEF-2.31f WEDGEBROOK—2.364. JOHN, H. P.—239. OLIVER 8.—2 42. PLUTO, Jr— 2:45f. by WED9EWG9D, 629. Record 2:19. Dam PRIMROSE, (.2 in the 2»30 list; and 5 producing Stallions) Season 189 I at SSO to insure. Royal Cossack 24535 Pour-yeRV- o!d 1 1 nd by DOM COSSACK. 950, Record 2.28 and sire of three in 2.30. Ist Dam*— May Queen. by Ana. Clay, 34, 2d Dam—by Ericsson, 130. 3d Dana—by Davy Crockett. 4th Dam—by Kentucky Whip. Royal Cossack is 16 hands high, a rich bay and has won many premiums in the show ring. His colts are all bays and of good size. Season of 18&1; at S2O to Insure

We have a aompetent trainer and as good a half mile track as there is in the State.. A few promising horses taken on reasonable terms to be handled for speed. Send for Catalogue of Standard Bred Stock for Sale. Address RENSSELAER STOCK FARM, Rensselaer, Indiana,

A. MCCOY & BANDLK have now/on. hand a large lot of store E WES, which they are offerin in lots of ten or more, to suit purchasers, and fc*ed to Shropshire rams or not bred, as desired. All healthy sheep, and warranted free fco.n all diseases. _____ '*• ' Trans.—Cash, or six or twelve month's credit* t& responsible pertmt

CHRISTIAN.

Rensselaer Wilkes* STANDARD. ky ALCANTARA, 929. Record 2.23. The best son of Geo Wilkes— 2.22, Ist Dam-Nena by Nutwood, 2.18 f f. The greatest sire living with 51 in the 2.30 list. Second, third and fourth dam' all producers. J Season of 1891 at SSO; The Season Book Full. PLUTO, RJ., Record 2.45 J. by PLUTO, 1950. B£f Sire of 3 in 2.30 at 10 jeais ofag&. list Dam— by Jim Swigert, - -Son of Swigert, 65(k This is a fine individual and a natural born trotter. He will begiven a record this year. , r*£S eason of 1891 at IO to Insure Season to close July Ist.