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'l'nr. clergy of thin city produced: pro-
foullod mica yestetdsy by their
united who. in condemning Mayor
bonhwood and culling forhie resignation.
There war no onetrtnioty about what
they meant and no divieion of opinion
at to the propriety of their
action and the righteousnere
of their demand. The published avi-
denee of the divorce trial has never
hear Mud. and it unquestionably
Mildred the fact of a shameful cou-
eplracy to secure evidence for'the divorce
without involving in thecrlure all parties
interested. Soetronghadpubllcopinioo
bemoagainet having Mayor Lockwood
reprerent the city to its highert
oficiel. that, had he armoured tn preside
ot the council to night. the members
would have retired in u body.
Whatever may he raid of
general morality or the perversity of
hut-on nature, anything aloe then re
Ipectlble conduct on the port of othcialo
will nothetoleruted.
The rteamer Australia has brought but
Ill‘ht relief tothe Wmiudoof the
American people. who have been kept in
the M by the administration regarding
aubjret in which every citizen feels the
deepest interest. Referring editorially
“the“, orrather lack ofoewe, from
m. the New York Prear raye: "The debt
would be dictator in theWhite Home
.dhtaflecrrtavyof Statehoveuooud
l utitnde towerd the notionio this
flaw-lino flair which a British or e
“a" premier would hardly dare to
mt» They deny tothepeople.ina
tI-eol W mflhthoowledgu
ol the We bovine. to which the
”matinee! andwhioh would not
hm loo multinational rmoarchy.
The m of Grover Cleveland it
dopotie; it it Ina-nuptial: thatheir
thematic not the Iervootof the
Idle-t and it i obviously inspired
dtllv hya- tIIoieot iodidereuoe for
”abhor by an upped-onion of
m ehovld the come truth
branch-own."
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you; no wmhiliediafoothallpuru.
“activism oathe field or»-
DMII biotin which ultimately re»
Iliad Io moth, While the game. no
Mil Amulet. my be in“ dapper—
o- than that played in England, the
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Barron". Nov. 19.—lo the Tabernacle
Rev. Dr. ’l‘alutage delivered
oneofhlelnoatunlque and ureful aerutoul
from a tent never before preached from.
Subject. The “I fa” of the Blble. The text
choeeu was Exodus xxxll. at. "If thou
w'lltf e their ruin—and If not. blot me.
I pray t out. of thy brush." .
There I- lo our Englleh lwgnagea email
conjunction which I pmpoae. by God's
hel . toheul out of In present lnalgnltleoncy
not upon the throne where It belongs.
And that iii the conjunction “If." Though
made of only two letters. It is the pivot. on
which everything turns, All time and all
eterrtltyare at Ito dirtpuul. We Ilurit In
our utterance. we Ignore It in our appreclo
tion.nud none of us. recognizes it a: the
moat tremendous word In alltho vocabu-
lary outlidc of those wordll which describe
deity.
“III" Why. thnt'wortl womke aaa trump-
etnong words. now appearing here. now ap-
pearin there, but having no value of Its
own.w It really but a mllllonalredorn of
worlds. and In Its train walk all planetary.
stellar. lunar. aolar dartinles. If the bout of
leaves rnedu wn'ertight. In which the Infant
”controlled the Nile. bud sunk. who would
have led lmel out of Egypt? If the Red
tea had not parted for the escape of one
hoetandthm more together for the sub
Influence of another. umrhl the book of
Exodus ever Imvr- been written! If the
old on which (‘olnrnbun sailed for America
hat gone down in an Atlantic cyclone.
how touch longer would It have taken for
the dimmer}: of this continent!
if Grouchy had come up with reenforoe
manta In time lustre the French the vic-
tory at Waterloo, what would have been
the fate of Europe? If the Spanish armada
had not been wrecked off the count. how
different would Ime- been many chapters
In English history! If tho bottle of Ilflfltr
lugs. or the bottle of l’uluma.or the bottle
of Valruy. or the battle of Matau run. or the
battle of Arty-In. or the battle of Chnlone,
each one of which turned the World’a dee
tiny, had been decided the other way!
rm! tsr’rstn‘ or "ll‘."
If Shakespeare bud never been born for
the drntna. or Handel had never been born
for movie. or 'l'ltinn Ind never been born
for pointing. or Thorwaldmr had never
been born for sculpture. or Edmund Burke
had never burn born for eloquence. or IEoc-
rotea had meter been born for philosophy.
or Blockttnno hrvl never been born for the
law. or Cogmlicus had never been born for
astronomy. or Luther had never been born
for the reformation!
Oh. that conjunction "If!" How much
hudepentled on It! The height of It. the
h of It. the length of It. the breedth of
it, the ltnurenalty of it. the Infinity of It—
who can Wire! It would mmp any-
thing but. omnipotence. But I must eon—
flue mylelf today to the “In" of the Bible.
Ind In doing so I shall rpealt of the “If" of
overpowering eat-neurons. the “If" of in:
erednlity. the- “if" of threat. the “If" of or.
gnmnttnti' rt, the “if" of eternal elxnlfl'
manor rm matlyof there ”lie" or I can
cornptwl In the time thet maybe reasonably
ollotted to pulpit discourae.
First. the ”If" of overpowering carom
out. My text. gives It. The Israelites
hard. been unruhlplng on Idol, notu'lth'
standing all that God but done to he
and now )Imr-l offers the most v&reut
prayer of all history. and it turnl upon an
"if." "It thou wtlt forgive their aloe—And
if not. blot me. I pray thee. out of thy book. "
01!. what an :averwhclmlugfift“ It warn-
l'nlteh or many: "If than wilt not pardon
them. do not parrlou me. If thou wilt not
help. them to the prontlued land. la. me
never see the rmvullrled loud. If they must
perish. let me perirh with them. In that
book where thou reocrdeet their doom ro-
eord my damn. If they dro abut out of
heaven. let me be shut out of heaven. If
they pdown lutodorltne-l. let me godown
Iotodarknu" Whatvehemenoe audholy
nettle-wren- of prayer!
A umna’e TEAM.
Yet thereon: thoeehenewho. l have no
doubt. have. In their Ill nbeorblna deem
to hsveothem mved, rluked the name prayer.
for It bra riwlt, You muet not make It on»
In you ere willing to balance your eternal
mlvntlou on well an “If." Yet there have
lreenemwherenruotherhubeeutoanx-
loo-tort!» meryofowaywnrdwn
thither prayer hu twunulmd trembled
and pulled on on “If" like thot of the text.
"If not. blot. use. i prey thee. out at thy
mt. Write ht: name In the lamb't
llvloh of Life. or turn to the pure where
myrmmowaewrtlteo IOor m or ”or so
yewrv Ago. and with the black Ink of ever-
la-tlug midnight eraae my tint mute. and
my but name. end all my name. If he
u to go Into rhlpwreclt. let me be towed
tlnld the more breakers. If he moot be
e partner In my hit-Met me be u partner
In Illiwae. [havefnrmnuy year: loved thee.
I) (led. and It has been my upentottou to
or with mart-1M all the redeemelatthe
:ranqrtetotlhuklee. but I new va up my
{Mind piece at the fan-t, my prom:
I-etl mire. and my provoked crown. end my
par-mind throne unle- John. unleet
Home, mum lleury. hula-n my darll
no mo plum them with me. ileum wt
I. no heaven without him. 0 God. ave
my boy. or count me mm the loot!“
That In a comet prayer. and yet there In
a young man fitting to thepewon WWII.
loot. or In the Janeen-they. ortn the top
mm. who has already crushed ouch o
prey" I‘m hie mother‘- heart. lie hardly
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' .. ~- ytuehomel" If lwouldaeltall
than n thl- assemblage who have been
payed home to God by pioua mother-aw
mud up. there would be scores that would
Itaud. and If I should Milt than metre m4
tltnon it would be the testimony of that
New upland ton comlnpluhore from the
with timber: of the whaling ehlp. “My
mother prayed the home!"
run “I!" or maximum”. '
Another Blblo “If” It the "If" of Incredu‘
lily. Seton need it when Christ}: vItallty
wudepreaaod by to dnya’ abstinence mm
load. and the temptat- poluted to some
stoneeJn color and allow Ilka Inovea of
bread. and mid. “If thou be the Son 0!
God. command that these stones he made
brew ” That was npproprlute. for Satan
In the father of that"lf" ol lucrodnlity.
Peter used the name “If” whenmmudlog
onthe wet and allppery deck of o tithing
smack of! LnkeGuIIIt-e. bestow Christwalk-
'lng on the run as though It were on solid All
apavement of basalt. from the adjoining
volcanic hills, and Peter cried. “If It be
thou, let. me come to thee on the writer."
What It prcpmteruus “If!" What human
foot wan cvvr so constructed as to walk on
water! In what part of the earth did law
of gravitation muke exception to the rule
that n man will sink to the elbows when he
touches the vrnvo of river or lake our! will
sink still further unless be can swim! But
Item Peter Iuoku out upon the forlu In the
Illopn of a mun defying the mightiest law
of the unlverw. the law of grnvltrttlou. and
standing era-ct on the top of the liquid. Yet
the lucroduloue Peter cries out to the lord.
“If it be than.“ AIM. for that Incredulotll
“If!" It Isworklngns powerfully In the
latter part of this ulneIoeuth Christian oeu-
Iury rm it did In the early part. of the first
Chrlstlau century.
Though it hnlflll conjunction. It to the big-
zest block today In the way of the gospel
chariot, "III" "Ifl" We Iluvetheolurzlcal
seminal-ion which spend most of their time
and muploy their learning and their genius
In the tummfncturiug of “lie." With that
wmlpuury on! Installed the l‘onluteuch. and
the mImI-Iru. um] the divinity of Jeans
Ch risl. .-\ lumst everybody is chewing on on
"It." When numy a man hows for prayer.
he puts hm Inn-o ml up "If." The door
through “him. pmplu pn-u Into Infidelity
uml mlwluln Itflll ull Inmmruiltlmhns two
doorman. and Ilu- «mu Is mum: of tho letter
“I” and fl)" nlIu-r of tho Iu-tlbx' “f."
l'nx‘lt umrlisrol's >1 H's.
Tbt'l‘l‘ urn. only four Mops ilt'l Wren strong
(mill: and complete unbellef: First. stll‘t‘t‘ll‘
Ilor the idea of the verbal inspiration of the
El ripturcs nrul mluptlhte Idea that they were
all generally Imperviml by the Lord. Sec-
ond. surrender the Idru that they were all
tzrnentlly nupervlsul by the [.0111 and adopt
the theory (but llu‘)‘ were not oil, but part
ly. mpcrvirwd by the Lord. Third. believe
that they mm the gradual evolution of the
nuns. and mm It runs uccnnliug to the. wit
than of the mum In which [In-y lived,
l'nuth. lu-Ilm'c that the “llllt’ Iain lmd book
nu! nut uni) uuuurilay uf crulcncr. hut
pt mil-inner mm Ilt‘bllhlllg lqu I'rllol.
Only four l‘lt‘ild from the stout faith In
Willl‘ll the 11‘; ' ' "rn «liwl l0 ll".- l>1numt cnrr
- on! H Ilrlzltllltl' m the gn-utmt alum)
IN! the door to all that
n. "all Ill-I'ror is mmlr- out of our
II :m .m r of uni-cats ill the minds
;. . pmplomul in those who regard
1 i»: the "II" of incrululity. In
bull. I MW It letter which Iltul
. .azx'n _\~ :lrs mm by 'l'hOIIIuH
:. x (‘Ilqun-rx Carlyle Ill
2: llu- It'lll‘r mm :1 young
' r um not In be published
m... .. I ll. of (furlylu Ilia death
In“. ,. Min :1 plurv. Illc It‘tlrr ought tulle
lllllllI~-I;.‘II. ‘
It u'axult-ltvr In which 'l‘bumnu Carlyle
I ypn ‘M‘N‘ Ihv Inrturm of his own mind
while I‘l'z' In; Li. faith In Christianity.
\vIn’Iu- n! Iln- *vélllll‘ IlIlll‘lIt.‘ uxprt-seus binari-
mlruxlull Iul lIr. (,‘Iutlulers. mul In which
f'urlyle win-hm lllltl he had lhu more faith
II::tI Ilw tut-u: Search minim-r t-t'IIII-utlyox-
l'l’L‘INUi Nu: hill“ IlmI. 'I'lmuum ('urlyleevur
u‘rule In "bin-luv Rosanne." or the “French
Revolution." nr Illa "Life of t!romwoll.” or
lllfl Immortal “I‘Imyn.” Inul Inltlnore wonf
drum! pmwr llmu tlmt letter which bownil
ml Illnuwn u' Mill.“ and extolled the strong
faith of unutlwr
l mmlt- nu mum copy of that letter. with
the umlrmmnllug that II. should not be
publinlml until after the death 0! Thorium
tfrwlylr. but returulng to my hotel In Edin-
burgh I felt nnmsay [out somehow that lot-
II-r ulmuld met out of my pummluu and be
publlellell before It» time. So I took It
hack to Iln- [It-mm by whom.- permlnsloul
bod mph-d II, All rwutoua for It.» firlwwy
Iluvlug vunlnlml. l Willi) It might be pub-
llubud,
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mr. Ilul‘ AND llltl Illllth.
I'erbapu thin Hermon. IIIIdIlthta wny Into
I Scottlnh home. may mum-st Ilrl printing.
fortlml. Ivttel' uhown more mightily than
ttrlylhluul have ever read tho difference
lewwn Hm “I know" of I'rllll.utl¢l tho “I
know" of .iuh. mltl tho "I know" of Thom
tin (fhltluwln. mad the "I ltlluw"uf nil thoeo
wlwlmld willm (Ir-m mlp the “(rcpt-Lon
lIIL'flIll' Imnd. ltllll tlmuumoorlug. lmtorm.
Inn nod torturing “If" of Incmlnlltyon the
ollu-r. I Him the positive faith of that
sailor buy that (.‘u 1min .ludklua of the
ptmtneblnfimtlu plc («I up In nhttrl’lwre.
"(to aloft." Milli (.‘annIu .Iudltlne to bill
mote. ”Milli look out for “realm."
Before the turtle Illld rtmm for up tho rot-
Iltml he shouted; "A wreck! A wreck!"
“Whvrc nwrt'y I" mid Captain .I mlklnu. "Off
the port llmv." It It.» the "flaw”. Illfobooto
were lowermlmml 40 man voluntcorml to
ut out. new the angry m for the wreck.
my t‘rtlm- lmrlt will: a «latch ehlpwreolted.
and among tlwlll u buy of It years.
“Who m't' you?"rutid Cuptnlutlmlhlnn.
The ttlIIIWEI‘ war: “I run nHmtch boy. My
father mul mother urn «loud. and I run on
my wuy lo Aurel-tut." "\Vlmt Imvu you
here?" Mill I'rtptuin .luIIltIlm on he opened
the Imy'u jackrt Iltltl louk IIt-ldof nropo
around the Iwy'o body. "It I» n rorw.”nald
the boy. “lint what In tlfltt tied by thin
rope uml. r gull? mm!" “’l‘lntt. elr. Ill my
mother'n IIIhIe. 3hr told me never to love
that." “(mm you novllevu tam-ml rome-
thlnu elm?” "lint null noted that." “Did
you exp-u “rundown?" “Yes. air. but i
meantto take my lllolher'e Illbledown with
me." "llmvlll‘mIIdCoptaIn Jurlhlnn. “1
mil tote can; of you."
That boy llmmnmrtt/ed a certainty and h
eonlldenco that I Ilka. JIM. In pro rtlon
mt you have frw "W‘nf Inerednllty u out
religlon will you find It I: wmfurteb ere-
ltllon. My full null unquvnurmlntt truth In
It In founded on the (not that It abuts. and
unstable In time of trouble. ldo he
have than any man who ever lived
Illa-log: and Imperltythen l tum re
aired from lit-d and the world. But I
travelled trouble animal: to allow meop-
rortunlty (or nhdlnu out whether-ome-
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will do. But when the worldgeta afteryou
and dot-men your heat decdr. when bank-
ruptcy taken the place of large dlvldenda.
when xou fold for the last. sleep the “ill
hands over the atlll heart of your old father.
who bu been planning for your welfato“ell
than yuan. or you clone the eyea of your
mother. who bu lived to your life ever
lines betore you were born. removlng her
I lee because the wlll have cluevb
in the home to which the ha. none, or
you In the lost Ills: to the child recital
and the flower: that plle the casket
looklng no natural and lifelike u ehe ever
did reclining In the cradle. then the only re-
ligion worth anything is the old fashioned
religion of the scenario! Jesus Christ. '
I would give more In such a crIeIa for one
of the promises expmeml to half I verse of
the old book than for a whole library cou—
tuiulng all the prmluctlone of all the other
rellgions of all dream The otherrellglonl
are a tort of cocaine to benurub and deaden
the soul \vlllle bereavement and mlafortuno
do their work. but our mllglou Ia lnaplrt
tion. Illumination. tmpormllsotion It I! a
mixture of sunllght‘ mu! hltllelujah. Do
not ndulterme II. with one drop of the lino-
ture of lucmlullty.
Another llible "if" Is the “ll" of eternal
significance. Solomon gives us that "If"
twice in one sentence when he says. “If
than be wise. thou shalt be wise for thy-
self. but If thou ecornoet lIIml alone shalt
he says. "If thou lmdst known In this thy
duy tho things which belong unto thy
pence. but now they are hidden from thine
eyes.” Poul gives us that “II" when he
anye. “If they slmll enter Into my rent."
All those "lfel" and (I score more that I
might recall put the whale rosponsibllltyol
our salvation on ourerIvL-a.’ Christ's will-
Illguees to pardon—no “If" nboul. that.
Realms of glory uwulting tho righteous—
(It) ”If" about thnt.
The only "If' in all the ewe worth a mo
ment's consideration In the “if" thut ab
tnches Itself to the questan as to whether
we will ncrt'pl. whether we will repent.
whether we will bellow. whether we will
rise forever. In It not time thnt we take
our t-Icmul future on that wlvell In It
not time that we vatlrpnle that “if." that
miserable ”If,"thnt Ilmnmlmtn‘fifl” We
would untullow this uncertain “if” to stay
long lumlythtnu riveof Importance. Let
some one. my In regard ton railroad bridge.
“I have muons fur Asking if thnt bridge 1!
safe." and you would not CI‘OSS It. Let
some one my. "I lmvo reasons to reek If that
steamer in trustworthy." and you would
not talu- parsnip: on It. '
Let ramm- unu suggest in regard to It prop-
erty (but you are about to purchase. "I
haven-mun to real: if they Gilli give It not]
title." and you would not pay 5 (I Iur
down until you had some skillful real es
tato lawyer examine the title. But 1 al-
lowed for your! of my lifetime. and some
of you have allowed for years of your life
time. all “If" to stand tossing up and down
questions of Normal druiuy. 0h. (ll-chic!
Perhaps your arrival here today may do
chic. Stranger things than that huvu put
to flight forever the “II" of uncertninty.
Till: hllNtht'S .um‘lxo STORY.
A few Snlvlmtll nights ago In this church
It mun pussiug at the foot of the pnl )lt
mid to me. “I um (I miner from Englnm ."
and then he puAht-d back his coat elecve
and said. “Do you seethutacoron my Brut!"
l sold. “Yes: you must. have had an awful
wound there MIIIIL' time." He said: “Yin-l;
it nearly cm: mu my life. I was In it mine
in litlglzmd I'm (rt-t underground and three
Iuilm from tllenllnftof the mine. fillll llmvk
fell on me. mnl my fellow lnlmrt‘r prird ml
the rock, nml I won bleeding Imleuth. uml
he look It mmspaper from around his lumb-
con and bound It nround my wound uml
then helped me over the three mile: ullllrr
grpund to the nhnft. whom I was llfml Io
thump. and when the newrlpopcr was taken
ofl' my wound I read on It mluethlnx tlmt
MW.“ III) .. :1. and It was oneuf your eer-
mum. (2w: night." he mid M be phoned
on, leaving mo tmnuflxml with gmlrfnl
emotion.
And who knowsbul thnwonln I now lipwlt,
blouwtl of (loll. mny roach wmu Wounded
wuldmpdmvn In tho bluck mine of elu.
and that tlw'w word-r "my be blessed to the
eluuchinu vi llu: wound nml the eternal
life of thr- mnl“ Smite this mutter Instant»
ly. poaltIn-Iy and forevvr. Slay the lust
”If." Bury (loop the lust "If." How to do
It! Fllnp, body. mind and will In It pruyer
a- carpet: u» [but of Mom In the text. Can
you doubt tlm varm'ntnoal of thin prayer of
the text? Ir. ‘m m lmvy with emotion that
It. breaks down In the middle. II. was no
turnout that the trmmlnton In the modern
copied of this “illll‘ were obliged to put u
mark. It lill'llifllll. line. a duel). for an omis-
elon that mil rwvurbc filled up. Such an
abrupt palm. nucb n madden mmpplng all
of tho lil‘lllelltrei
You cannot win“) my text. It It no of-
femlo to ummumllml construction. Ilut
tlmt liltllll put In by the typewttenl ll
mightily Nllflw'hhlvi‘. “If tlluu wllL for lve
their hill Itlwn comm tho datum-“ant If
not. blot me. I pruy then. out 0! thy book."
Home of the mum l-urumt prayrre ever ut-
tered could not be Illlrml rind were poor
rponlnwun of Immuugt'. They halted. they
broke down. they plus-«rd Intowbe or protru-
or alliances. (ind cum nothing (or the urn»
tax of prayers. nothing for the rhetoric
of pruymr. Oh. the wordless yml Ii
they were Illlt'ti up. they mm d reach to
the rainbow Ilmt arches the throne of (ind.
A deep nigh may mean more than a whole
ilturgy. Out of tho 110.000 word» of the
Englleh lflliflllllflu them my not be It word
enough expn'mlve for the will.
The mmt (ITI'IJZIVB prnyeni have heard
have been prayer-n that broke down with
emotion~t w ymmlt man for the III-It time
rlrlnxln a prayer llli‘t‘llflfl and mylng."0h.
Lord Jemrnl” nml then titling down. but!-
Ing the tune In the handkerchief; the peni-
tent In the Inanry room kneeling and my-
Ing.“(io1l ill‘I p me.” umI getting no further;
the broken prayer that started a greotro
vIveI In my church In I’hIIadt-lphla. A
preyer may have In nIer tho grim-future:
of an Addlsou. «ml the nubllmlty of It I‘ll:
ton. and tho cplgmmmhtlo force at on Elm
em. and yet be u fullure. having abort-
;(mutl pnm'l'. but Im hditmlll‘ W.
hortrontul power man In: the-or man;
but noperpendlcnlnr mwer reaching the
our of (loll.
A GREAT Iiitl'lllllllll‘ll I'ilAYlZIl Alilfllltll'l.
Between tin- um and the Inst mum
al my text there wuupltrorytm of earnest
om tori mighty for Words It will like
half of on oil-mm to tell of all the nor-were
of earned. and truthful Irl’ftyei'. In Mela»
yum-mu Ilm‘lli‘ I.Ivlnmom. In Melon. re-
eortlt the prayer or) montobe marveled:
“Ill Marchublrlhdey. My Jame. my God.
In life. my all. I ngvlln dedicate my whole
or “other. Accept. me. andmnt.0m
«one Father. that on this year In gone)
tug finial: .I'Ilf tank. In Jeane' name I an
When the one” went looted [Aw
l out out round hull no hit
and Hum
I
”newton the
- “in 0*
Tomlinton’s Pharmacy H
benrlt." Chriut given no that “If" when u
" ‘ '. Ill ml
N 3 “va villus.
V ' RANGES.
AND
HIIT'MII HEATERS.
Gaeollne Stoves.
GASOLINE,
'BY THE ON OR BARREL.
Factory and BoaIWork
. A SPECIALTY.
IlIlltsIllnrton 8t.to.llormll.lt‘l
auulo
- \
their lino—and If ml. blot. me. Ipray tilde.
outofthyboolr." God did neither, Aethe
following verses elmw. ho punished their
tint. but i am mm did not blot out one let
tler‘of the name of Moses from the Book of
l e.
There ll only one kind of prayer to which
you need toput the “it.” and that In the
prayer for temporal blessings. Pray for
rlohea. nod they may engnlt no: or for fame.
and It may bewltcll us; or for worldly luc-
om. Incl It may destroy us. Better ray. “If
It behest." "If I can make proper use of
It." “If thou meat I Hood It." A wlfe.
praying for the recovery of her husband
from Illncaa. rvlnmpml her foot and sold
with Irlghtftllemphnele: "I will not lutvo
him dle. God «hull dot take him.” ller
prayer was answered. but in a few years
after the community was Islmckod by the
(act that ho bull In A moment of anger
elnln her.
A mother. praying for n son’s recovery
from Illnem. told the Lord be luul no right
to take blunnnd the boy recovered. but
plunged Into nll abominations nnd died a
renegmlu. llelter In all such prayers and
all prayers pertaining to our temporal wel-
fare to put on "If." saying. “I! It be thy
will." But In praying for spiritual good
and tho snlvnliou of our soul m1 uml never
Insert an “if." Ourspirltuul welfare is euro
to befor the best. and army with the “Ila."
run 51x "Ira" Amour sown.
Abrolmm‘o pmyvr for the rescue of Sodom
wasu gmml pruycrin some respects, but
there were IIIK “It's" In It. ur”penuiveu~
turns," which llli'flll this some thing. “Per-
ndveuture there Inn y be 50 righteous In the
city. pomdt'omuro 45. perndveuturc 4-0, per-
otlvelllurolll). pcrmlwmurc 20, {wrmlventum
Ill" Timon six perrulvcuturm. Illnso all
“it'll" killed thept‘nyer. hurl Sodom wc-ut
down and went under. Neurlyrlll the pray-
era that. were rumweml hurl no “lie" In
'them~lbe pmyer of Elijah tlmt changed
dry weather to wot weather. the prayer
that changed Ilrzokiuh from it sick man to
a well man. (In: prayer IImI. Imlml sun
and mmn Mllmut Nlllllilflg the universu to
pieces.
0h. rally your run! for n pmyer with no
"lfe" In It! My in substance: “Lord, llmll
host prumimal pinion. and I tulle It. Here
rm: my Wound»; llml illulll. Ill-re Is my
Illiminmiz Ifi'l'l‘ildll‘ it. ”t'l'i} one my chains
of burning; by lln: L‘mpcl hummer strike
[In-m off. I an: flu-inn to I'm City of
Refuge. nmi I am sure llxl'lln’lllir right way
Thanks In: In Iiml. l mu fret-1‘
Olil‘t‘, lz‘, llw luw. my Imp” u on» :lII'tII’l.
llut llm‘.'. In (Slum. l Iiw ugnlzt.
Willi the Mosaic t‘fll'llf‘xllli'é‘r of my text.
and without ilw Milla'llti “ifs," 11-! net cry out.
for God. Aye. l! \vunln fail us. lrt no tulle
the sugar-elm; of {Int printer's. duel: of the
text.ntnl ltllll I!\'.‘nl‘lill::\ filil‘llt‘l‘ implore
punlounud comfort and life olullwnvon.
ForIIlis tlsrl'lnblugu. uII of wlmm l klmll
meet In Ilw Irv-t jvzv‘rznu‘nt, I don- noL rsfl‘vr
the prayer of my lvhl. and N) I change It
and my, “lwnl (Ind. fultzévu our rains and
write our numoq In tho bowl; of thy loving
renu'mbmlm». from \\ hic'n they :‘Imll never
be blotted not." '
WILL DODGE MELLO.
new New Brulllnn I Irv-t Will Try and
Avoid a ltotth- at Sun.
NEW YORK. Nov. L“ I’m: limx Minister
Mend-mm \‘IsiII-II the .\m lwfnn- ,nllu
Mill'tl. Ile Milli Imum mun: l rim the
booth which Ill'l' will: from this roll-dry
to lirnzll would rmwh their purl of II: a! lun-
lion wlth-mt trouble, Ilv. lumn‘I-r, ianf
thoopillinu that i! llw \‘i.-Ihvmy rlmncos
to meet one of )II-Ilu'n \ mwls. am it In thr-
Aqnidnbnu. the will mulmllmully Ix- ~unk.
“Wello not t'xpm't :my suvh Illing. how-
ever. for the Nirtlu-r ly \\ ill do Iwr ‘4: .t In
Iwup Hill of the \Hly. 5110 L. Izu. II! In lut-
tlu with a muddy; like : Lu .\<;1II'I.I‘.»III!. but
lulu sure. that who could «In-frat Inns! uttlm
other vow-ls belonging In Ilw insurgent
fleet."
The wound ember of thr- urw III-m ‘
fleet will. according to hliuidvr All IIII‘ .
bt' n-mly fur smiling mmu- (lulu IIIe‘. lclllor
part III this wrrk Shh will lull-“v 'Ill'l‘l'iiy
In the com-Ito of tho Nimlmmy. and untll
elm sail. the llruzlllnu minister will rr-~
umln In thin clty hurl-Jug nfwrtlwurrungr—
month.
On Saturday ho rrcrin-«l I\ IIIflleicil frmn
the governmental party in llruzll nutllnu
that the sltlmtlun had not nutterInlIy
changed wllhln the wt»! fr-w “who. III-
(lIIl not. thert‘furv. bellew that tIu-ru- Iv any
truth In the report that )lt‘llf) lma ulroruly
puI nut. to rim-I. tho Iww vrulnr-rn.
The llratillnll rnlnlvlrr Mutt-d that the
nruluoru Whit-ll iiIlVG f‘t'l'i‘lllly hi't'll pun
chuml by the Brazilian gnvrmuwnl w-mhl
rendezvounln otmuf the northern pox-tent
Brita“. and that they Would be mm. In all
probability by two of the lltrguut Will'tllllp'i
there. This Ilrnzlliauwcht tnrmch port.
In mfrtymom through tin-Ir Hptlwl than
their fightlnu pom-r. ’l'lw bunt-I which
gotrmu hem are capable"! u npml of H
know. while Mellu'rl WM!!! cannot nwnm
later than It or If» knot», at Il-m-t time
which could nt'fnrll ultypnlotII-ul nppml-
tlou to tho Nielhcruy or the llrltnnnlrt
The precaution» taken In ulpplylnu the
vuuelr to nurmlvely un-I-mbmlly lllt'ltll
that they wIll ntny at Mt I'ltllltll' tlum fut-e
a bottle with any of hh-IIn'» bugger wnr-
ehlpe. WWW.-.“
RAILROADS sundown.
col-torture" Worked (If! over “00.000
Worth of Impu- 1‘Ielrrtn.
CIIICAIIO. .‘ov. Ell-«II. Inullvged born that
counterfeit ticket: to the amount of over
“00.000 have been mrcrptml mince not. I by
the Baltimore and llhlu. Ill-Iv. Mullet Plato.
l’lttabnrg nml Wetter" and other mall-m
railroad». 'l‘llo I'mmturft'lt In each one
wall Ito good that not only were the tickets
accepted without qtmtlnn. but woropmmi
by the tlIIIIIItII‘I of the mall».
dltoovered In mm» of the "there through the
duplicate numbering. In one tiny nearly
300 dupllcaterl tlcltott admired up In the
onllectioru, and a panic reigned In the no-
dltlng department.
New Yorlt and mu worth till. the one
«life collection showed the cum puny loud
honored at Iruet 05,400 Worth of tleltnltl.
for which II. had not recelvell n cent of rot-
till“.
The mod» are determined tobrtuu the
criminal» in
lnale in the penitentiary for lung terms.
Thereilno way at knowing: Imwmauy
lichen were cold by the eunuterteltere.
which were honored for tron-portraiture.
A III. M of' “rupee.
lll'fl'mm. KM. ”Mummm
troll Almeria. brings the
It‘ll" '
The first Intlmminn of cmlkmlnenn mu
Each of the ticket» read from Chicago to
union and are bunting the
cunt jointly. Iptodnte they hnvn ”mulled
one QIIJJIIIIII recurlnpprmrf nhlch. it. In
confidentially believed. will land tho crim-
Tlld rollroarle now have» In their momentum
about tenmwom. more then belt of
mm tom tier 0‘
Int . at»
”mete.
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Imported OILS
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Finest Assortment of FISH to
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Thatinteto to h
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m
toorder at tho". notice. We have on hand
line at the latest pattern mouldlugs to whlc
we respectfully cell your attention. Prices an
reachable
or In couelstent with first class
work.
Walton 8t Nickerson,
34 Main 8t. Ilorwalll. Bonn.
auzfiflrn
t! Wuhlnkton Street.
t KNIGHT B'l'itll’l‘. NORWALI. m
Iteeldencefi Elm street- Wfi . ’
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Undertaker.
Oppoelte Earle WWW
The Hawaiian Government lies
Already Contemplated It.
ANOTHER RESOURCE FOB DOLE.
Dluppolntetl by the lloporte From nono-
lulu, the Admlnletntlnu nu flotilla: to
Offer~PrevIour lpenulutlou May Have
Been Wrong.
» SAN FltANCIfiCO. Nov. 20,—A newspaper
oorreopoudent at Honolulu sends the fol.
lowing. which won written It few hours be-
fore the stemnm' Australln left Honolulu
for San Francisco on Nov. 11:
The new minister bus made no sign as to
the Cleveland‘s policy In regard to us, but
he gives mysterious hints of some un-
pleasant duty yet to perform. What this:
III we cannot learn. I know that the gov-
ernment. has received nothing from him up
to the eteoulor'n leaving. either officially
or otherwise.
The paper also mntnins the following
Interview with H. W. Soverence. ex~1fllltetl
Stowe consul general at Honolulu, who no
rived here on the Australia;
"What. will theprovlaiunnl government
do when a lltlllllflll la mode thot the queen
be restored?” '
Mr. Severance replied. “They will prob
nblyat'uuce cancel the t-xcquutur of the
minister mulling remix .‘Il.’ illhlll‘d demand
and cause him In rvtm n Iw Illiw country."
“And as m the, ”am .. '
"()II. the will but '.
“What do you 1mm:
been killed‘v"
“Nu, nothing of Iiw kind." Raid Mr.
Sevemnvo. “There will In: no bloodshed.
She u ill bu out of the country. like will
llllVl' bum (II-portal. This Irlnve wzul con-
template-I. and it was won spoken of In the
newspapers. but it was considered Inad-
vlmblv. for than it mm believed that the
grout l'uiml 5min». mould linen to reason
flIJll purl» Izm~lz Monument Would not be
IIBCt’titifll‘y. ’I'lte provisional government.
filltlltiri null} In curry out tllu suggestion
this "Illllll'lll IL sums ilt‘f‘t‘hslll‘y for the
safety uf this power?! that now rule the
Island."
“What elfvct will the letter of Secretary
Gresham have (-u the unvemmc-ut'sfiction
when it nachos Honolulu?"
- disposed of.”
mm: the will have
prised warn the queen departed the next
duy."
No New: at “'ulllngtun.
\i‘Astnshlut‘. Nov. :nw'f‘he state dor
pnrtmum Is Ives disposed now than over to
take the puhIIB' into its confidence on the
Hawaiian question, In considerlng the
news by the Australia It .«huuld Ix- under
stood that much llmt hm been pllhllslltftl
during the past lu'uwvelis Inna ln‘cn pun‘
coujcrmro :lml surmiw. The port that in
on induhimblr for: is (hm those in the con-
fidence of the mllninistrulion Ilnvn felt and
enmeshed Ibo uImu-lr Ill-I‘lllf'linl‘e that the
Australia would bring new that lax—Queen
Llliuoknlulli hllll nln-ody burn restored to
the throne. Assmtmlh my to Minister
WIIIIs' instructions have been flllllosll.
wholly Inferunu-s from this and from the
“premium in secretary Graham's pub~
Ilshctl letter.
Tho Infonuntlon us to these instructions
sent out lU day-r ngo was rowivetl from
what was belivvnl to be It thoroughly
truslwurtlly uutlmrity. This was that
Minister Willi» mu m 901:}; to induce the
pmvialnlml government to glw way to the
renturmiuu uf llll: ex-qumll. but Wits In t'lll‘
ploy I'm lurt'c. Whiting for tut-flier Instruc-
tions If In- found IL necessary.
hid llulo uuwo Warning?
It in pumible that Mllllph’t‘ Willis had
became convinced In his I‘lllll’l‘ satisfac-
tion. \lilllnul. Loving laid the lllllllt‘l‘ be»
fore l’rrsldl-ul Ilnlr. that the provisional
government cannot be displnuml without
force. and m In.» llt‘lt'llllllil‘ii mwnlt for
further lnntrucuuua.
It. M'Pllltl vortnln At all ovcuta Ilmt Probl-
dent Dole 1 :ul no mllsiplt'lflll when the Au:-
tmlln filtllt‘ll [but it “as tho purpnw of
Minister Willis (u I‘t'nlnl‘t‘ Ibo rquneeu.
It I» not pormblo that Mr. 'l'buratnn. IIn~
wuliuu minister- how. t'ullld have glvr-u
Illlu warning. for varrtnry tlrmhunl‘e lot,-
tel' netuululrd uml rllscmlrrrtml him when
It wuepubllshml and left no opportunity
for him tuwurn ill“ government. Itlmu
been tho chief fmr of tho friend.- of the
provinlnrml “overturn-Int In lilirt muntry
tlmtlu It: Ignurumtu nl lllllllll' Mlllllllt‘lll.
hero and tho that shock uf til" threatened
action by the l'nltwl Sum-s L's. would yield
Itu uutlmrily.
it In true, however, that for mule tllne
post Ilm prnl Ihlnflill tznwmlnl'nl lItlll Ilhtlll-
dulled llII hope of fm’nmlvlr m‘tltm by the
prenrut mllulnlutrntluu toward unnemtlun
and Into been combining menm to put to
tell on n permmmut fooling.
Now. “fill Ileaoh Honolulu Today.
It. may be that the plthllr and the prone
have come to n wrunrx rumours...” M m we
extent of Minister \VHIIW Instructions.
They have euppmled that Ht-trrtltry U reeli-
Illl'a Ivttrr tlrclurluu Mm lw thought
ought to be done. and I‘mlllmt (.‘luvu-
land's decIarutlou that he ngrrul with the
woretury‘e opinion». menu: that they had
dutermlued In pron-HI 'nllh what they rte-
clnrml ought to I» dorm. Sumo [maple be-
lieve that the pnbllmunn nulnt huve been
Intended no on nppuul In public opinion for
Information In tn the mm: In pumre.
Thu choice moms to lie between hhlt oplu-
Ion and tho one that Mlnlntol‘ “’Illlrl had
found It Imprnctlcnblo to carry ulltlnetruc-
tlonl to restore the «moon without using
mourn he won out prrlmml to employ.
llythe regular ttonulem the first newa
of Secretary Gmlmm'n latter would reach
Honolulu by the steamer which left Van-
couver on 'l'llurtdny or the mm uhlch left
San Franclm on Friday.
But on Int Huntley nr Monday a chur-
tmd ntenmer left Ban Fronclnco for [lotto
lulu. having on board hem-paper men and
doubtlena elm tome communications from
Minister Thurston to III» government.
'l‘hln chartered steamer uhould arrive at.
Honolulu todny. This world be after the
next “comer to «rt-Ive at Blur Francisco
had nailed from Honolulu on Thursday
of last week. It It considered that the
chance- ot aotlon by Mlnleter Willie to re-
utore the queen will Inclement-II After the
neweuf the reception accorded mercury
Graham's letter In this country In read In
methodowwm‘m
“I'm! Dill W 'fllle Wool.
Wemxo’rot. Nov. 90.41:. my: and
arena mumltm hopes. to complete the
new tart! bill and re It out to the puhllo
ml the clone of menu week.
when...
A run to meager.
Mil“ it’Wmi'ng‘ginlim
yell t n o t
to a drum wanton In mlohay,
Millard.
WW
.\Ir. $evrrmwv said. “I should not be sur- '
Microbes? ‘
They nrolntho air. In the ‘
water, In your blood and
system. They are the real
cause of disease.
RADAM’S 1"
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routs ovary norm of Glucose. purmoa HM,
blond, yonovutcs the synlom. prumolm
good health or. onu-e.
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command whatltulllduJ . .
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