tho Enact All Depends Upon Whoa
W and What We Laugh A's—nun-
.lfillo and Rurah'a (Manipulation.
mom! want-1111111 11 1111111111113.
11 I'll. July 15.——1111v. Dr. 'I‘ai-
Vlto is now in Australia on his
qworld journey, has selected as
tor his sermon through the.
_ “Laughter," the text being
. fl ' Psalm cxxvi, 2 ."Thcn VVas
Nth tilled with laughter." and
ll, 4, “He that sittcth in the heavens
ugh. "
‘ slit tlmcn deal the Bible make
- to this configuration of tho fea-
ham and Quick expulsion of breath w hich
mm“ laughter. Sometimes it is born of
W albino and nomctimcs the midnight
lines it stirs the sympathies of an.
owl sometimes the cachinnatlon of
All healthy people laugh. Whether
“flannel the Lord or displeases him, that
. “pant“ upon when we laugh and at what
Minoan. My theme today is the laugh-
”‘0! the Bible—~namely. Sarah a laugh.
or that of skepticism; David s laugh. or
thnt of spiritual cxultation; the fool' s
laugh, or that of sinful merriment; had
or that of inflnito condemnation:
heaven's laugh. or that of eternal triumph
Snnh'n 1111111111211 Laugh.
Scene, an oriental tent; the 111 cupnnti,
old Abraham and S11rah.pcrhaps \V 1111
kind and (lecrcpit.Tl1cir time guests
mthreo angels—tho Lord Almighty one
of them. In return for the. hospitality
nhc'm'l by the old people God promise.
Sarah that she shall become the aneestress
of the Lord Jesus Christ Sarah laughs
la thafacc of God 9111: does not believe it.
Shula aflrightcd at what she hasdono.
0. Shin denies it. She say 9, ‘ I didn’ t lnuzrh.
- ycugo across another ferry.
to change it?
Thy!) God retortod, with an emphasis that
nuanced all disputation, ‘But thou dldst
hull!” My friends, the laugh of slop-
tlclim. in all ages. is only the echo of
Sam’s laughter. God says hcwill a1-
compllsha thing, and men say it Cannot
be Q0ne. A great multitude laugh at tho
mlrlclcl. They say they are contrary to
the laws of nature. \\ hat is a law of 1111-
tun? lt in God' nv‘my of doing a thing.
Yoll ordinarily cross a river at one ferl v
Tontomw you change for one, day, and
You made
the Tale. Have you not the right to
change it! You ordinarily come in at that.
door of the church. Suppose that next
Sabbath you should come. in at lllu other
door? It is a habit you have. Have you
not-n rightoto change your habit? .\ law
of nature is God‘s habit—his way of 111 11115;
things. If he makes the law, has he not
a right to change it at any time he wants;
Alas! for the the folly of
those who laugh at God when he say. ' I
will do a thing.” they responding. “ You
can't do it." God says that the iiilxlu l3
true—it is all true. lli~bop (‘.1_..,._.».
laughs; Herbert Spencer lauglw: >i!i:11-I
Mill laughs; great Herman 1111‘11'1-rs‘1111v.
laugh; Harvard laughs—sofilV! .\ 111-1 -11
manyof the learned lnstilutlom. 11 it 1 l
rows of professors stand on the [-1211 i1-
tween Crhlstlnllity 11nd infidviity. 11111.;11
softly. They say. “We didn't laugh. "
Laughing at Bible Truths.
‘ at was Sarnh' s triek.t‘1od tl nuderc
rom thohemens, “But thou didst lad». ' l1!"
The garden of Eden won only 11 table.
There never was any ark built. or if it
"‘ \wasbuill; it was too 11111.1llt11 h: 111 mo of
every kind. Tim pillarof lire bV' nigh“ 11:11
lilac northern lights, the 111 pit-1.111114
of Egypt only a. brilliant rpm loan at 1111.1»
glory. The sea parted income the wind
blew violently a great while from one di
motion. The sun and moon 1ll1l 111.1 put
Marches out of the Way for l..o~'l111:1
' T‘Jncob‘n ladder was only- horizomal and
picturesque clouds.
I
1' the wildcrncsa. "
Away goon the book of liewlatlnn.
Thu dmtrnyiuvz mun-l
uniting the firstborn in Egypt. was only
cholera infantum llocmnc epldvmlt'. The
T 8“]th of the whale. by positive “1121:4111--
meat, was toosmall to swallow :1 prnplu-I.
the story of the immaculate cola-option 11
check tonll decency. 'l‘ho lame. tl1111lu111l1.
the blind. tho halt, cured by more human
.numry. Tho msurrvuliull of l'hrin'a
friend only a beautiful tilllli. 111 ('hrist 11nd
Imus and Mary and Martha 11111111:
their parts well.
My friends, there is not a ilm'tl‘lm‘ or
ltntcmcnt of God's holy word that llilH not
been derided by tho 1~keptieis111«villa-day
I take up this book of Kin: .iaun's‘ 11111:.
lntlon. Iconslder it a perfect liil1l1». 11111
here are skeptics who want it. torn to
pieces. And now, with this Bible in my
hand. let me tear out all those portion
which tho skepticism of this day dent-11111.1;
shall be turnout. What .~h:1l| 1:11 lint"
"Well," says some one in the. audience,
“take out all that about the (‘l‘i'llllnll and
about the first settlement. of the world ”
AWnygoos Genesis. ”Now," says Home
one, “tulle out all that about. the miravu
loan guidance of tho children of Isrnrl in,
Away 1111119 i'TXodus.
f'Now,”says some one i'lM' in the 1111
dicncc, "them are thing‘s in Ih'utvrmw'uy
and Kluge that are not lit to 1111 f‘l‘lul."
Away go Deuteronomy and the lx'invza.
“NOW," guys come “no, "(bu book of .llill
II n (able that ought to come out. " Away
[all the book of Job '\on,"1-'ay11 Hilllli‘
can, “those manager in the. New TV «111
meat which imply ihedivlnitV of .i1 111: ~1
CW ought to come out. " Away 1:11 the
Evangelina. “Now, " aaya flilmi‘ one. "tho
book of Revelationwlmw prepmtn'nnwi it
represents a man with tho 1111111111111111~r his
{act and in sharp award in idle hand."
Nm‘.’
m are a few pierce left. What. abali we
th thorn? “Oh," 14:11-14 fillllli‘ man in
till; It lllenoo. “I don't believe 11 mm! in
the B o. from one end to the other."
j.” In“ none Now Von havoput
, 'i 111311111111110111111111111town
E11111: darknwa of eternal midnight
‘ How do 3101 ilko it?
111. hlcrricat Lnngh 111 an.
Butlthink. 111 friends. no bad lx‘ttor
“Inhifl Bible «little longer intact. It
a pretty well for a good many
Then thorn are old people who find
to have it on their iape, and
the 1111111111 in it Let us kl'l‘p
nourloelty If the Bible in to be
with“ of the school and out of tho
mm1m that men no more swear
_, W it in to bcput in a dark con-i :lor
. fifty library. the Koran on one
and the writings of Confucius on tho
tr. than. let as each keep a cepy for
, elm might have tmuhiol, and
' 'Mwnnt to be under the delusion:
. our, and we ml at «19,111.11
2 thiidcluiiionof ho 1111111111111
r (italic right 11111111 11111011 it
. ’ .whatannwtuithlngitin 11.
la Mahmud but his Revolu-
at him. Alter nubile the day
ii any hey mini”
i. [Mi
la, midthflrcelt
8w.»
filming of mrythins 'nbou, God will
thunder. “natmhondldst laugh!" lthink
the most laminating laufihcr at Christi-
anity I ever remember was a man in New
England. Bo made the word or God necm
ridiculous. and he laughed on at our holy
religion until he came to die, and then he
said. “My life has been a failure-«a fail-
ure domesticaliywlhavc no childrenzn
failure racially. for I am treated in tho
ntreots like a pirate. afaliuro profou-
lionally because I know but one minister
that has adopted my sentiments.” For a
quarter of a century he laughed at Chris-
tianity. and ever since Christianity has
been laughing at him. Now. it in a mean
thing to go into a man's house and steal
his goods, but I tell you the most gigantic
burglary cvcrlnvcntcd is the proposition
to steal these treasures of our holy religion.
The meanest laughter cvor uttered in the
laugh of tho skeptic.
People “'11:; Eruny 3 Funeral.
The next laughter mentioned in the
Bible is David's laughter, or tho expres-
sion of spiritual cxultatlnn. “Then was
our mouth filled with laughter. " He got
very much down sometimes. but there are
other chapters where for four or five times
he calls upon the people to praise and ex—
ult. It was not a more twitch of tho lips.
It was a demonstration that took hold of
his whole physical upturn "Then was
our mouth filled with laughter. " My
friends. this world will cher be converted
to God until Christians cry less and laugh
and sing more. The horrors arc apoor
bait. if people are to be persuaded to
adopt our holy religion. it will ho because
they have made 11p their minds it isa
happy religion. They don’t like a morbid
Christianity.
1 know there are morbid people. who en-
joy a funeral. They Como early to see the
friends take leave of the corpse. and they
steal a rldo to the cemetery. but all healthy
people enjoy a wedding ”better than they
do a burial. Now. you make tho religion
of Christ sopulchral and hearselikc, and
you make it repulsive. I say plant the
rose of Sharon along the church Walks
and columbiuo to ciambcr over the church
wall and have a smile on the lip and have
the mouth filled with holy laughter.
There is no man in the world, except the
Christian. that has a right to feel an un-
tmmmeled glee. He is promised every-
thing is to be for the best. hero, and he is
on the way to a delight which will take
all the pmcessions with palm branches,
and all the orchestras harpod and cymbal.
led and trumpeted to express. "Oh.” you
say, “I have so much trouble. " Have you
more trouble than Paul bad? What does
he say? “Sorrowful. yet always rejoicing.
Poor, yet. making: many rich. Having
nothing, yet possessing nil ”11111211." The
morriest laugh I think IeV er in .1rd has
been in the sit kioom of God 5 d1 11: chil-
dren. .
When That dosing was put. upon tho
rack.i1e with red very great torture at. tho
ilrst. >11111ehudy mkwl him how i111 e11-
durvd 1111 that pain 1-11 the melt. lie re-
pill-1i: "When I was first. put on the) rock,
I suffered 11 great deal. but very won 1V
young 1111111 in white Sinful l1y111ysi1b; and
with 11 Sulf and («unforlablc handkerel1i1'f
be “'lpr'll the sweat from my brow. and
my pains were relieved It was a punish
1111~utf11r1111~1ourt from the rack. because
when the pain was: all 1111110 the angel
was gone." (lh. rejoice evernmre. You
know how it in in th1~ army—1111 army in
encampment If today news eonn-s that
our sida' bux‘ bad defeat. and tomorrow 1111-
other portion of tho tidings cornea. haying
we have bad anotlu-rdefvut, it deniorallzes
all the host. lut if the news comes. of
victory today and victory to111orron the
whole army is i111p.'1.<qioned for flu-contest.
Now, in the kingdom of our Lord Jesus
Christ report fewer defeats. Tell as tho
victories~vivrory over sin and death and
hell. Rejoiceevoruum‘. and again I my
n‘jolci‘. l ill-Hero there is more religion in
a laugh than in a groan. Anybody can
groan. butlola111:l1 in the midst. of banish-
ment and persecution and i11deseribahio
trial. that required a David. 11 Daniel, 11
Paul, a modem heroine.
Allin-an Laugh.
The next 1111112111111 mentioned in the lil-
bie that I shall speak of is the. funl's‘. laugh»
for, or the expression of Sinful 1111-1'r11111-11t.
Solomon was very illilt‘l‘t at while. Win-11
he makes :1 1~o11111111~11~on. 1111 all ('uil‘b it.
What. is the. inuuhier of a fool like? llo
says. "It is the crackling of thorns under
:1 pot.“ The kettle is swung. a bunch of
brambles i4 put 11111l1-rit, 111111 the tori-h is
applied to it. and tlu'ro i.» :1 great. “Mar.
and 11 M1: Mayo, and 11 1111111111". and a
quick v'Ktillguidlnu-lit. Tie 11 if is darker
than it was ill-fore l"ool»1’ laughter.
The most miserable thing on earth is a
bad man’s fun. ’l'in-re they are—~10 men
in a harroonr. they have at homo wives,
mothers. daughters. ’i‘bc impure jest
starts at one 1‘111‘111‘1' of the liarroom. and
crackle. crackle. crackle, it. 1111115 all around.
In 1111119111111 mlil'11VV'11tiu-rel11 not one item
of llfillilllll‘h‘l-‘u. They all feel lu-uu'aned. if
they have any conscience left. llavo noth-
ing to do with men or Women who tell i111-
mnrai stories. I have 1111 oonlldem'o either
il1tl1eiri'l1rlstlan character or their mo.
rality. Snail llu'rl'lmont that apriuizsl out.
of the defects of oihere-«caricature 111‘ a
lame foot, or a. curved spine, nrnbllnd
eye, or mil-11f rar-1vili to wet with tho
judgments nf find either upon you. or
upon your children.
Twenty years ago I known man who
was particularly skillful in iadtatlnu tho
lameness-Vol a neighbor. Nut lonuauon
non of tho skillful mimic had his leg a111-
putated for tho V'ery defect which bio fa-
thcr had 111l111lok1-d years before. l do not
lay it won a judgment. of God. »-1 leave
you to llllllil) your own inference.
Snail111erri111entbtm1ofdleaipationdhat
which Marta at the counter of the drinkinu
matourant or from tho winoulaas in tho
homo circle. the manlllin Bimpcr, tho moan-
ingicna joke, tho natnrnalian gibberish, tho
paroxysm of mirth about nothing which
you sometimes see in tho faahionabic club-
room or the exquisite parlor at 12 o'clock
at night, are the crackling of theme m1-
dcrapot. Such laughter and each sin
and in death.
When I was a lad, a book came out on-
titled “Dow Junlor's Patent Sermone.“
It made a meat. stir—a very wide laugh
--oll over tho country, that book did. It
WM acaricature of the Chriltlan ministry,
and of the word of God, and of the day of
Judgment. ()l1,woi1ad agmatinugh. The
commentary on tho whole thing is that
the author of that book died in poverty,
lhamc, debauchery. kicked out of society
and cursed of Almighty God. The laughter
of each man is the coho of their own data-
nation.
A Montcalm“ Longh—
Tho ant laughter that I ahaii mention
no being in the Bible is the laugh of God’l
condemnation, "lie that 111ch in the
nil him." A
ingot «mun: 11611111..» 311111111111
humi- Ilmll laugh " Again, “'l‘hn Lore
. ”1g" ., .
- w wl
. ; gmvwlhgtc to hill aim all that h
mm
out or the 1111111111111. 1.11 MM 1115
mm is revealed. and the foundation bov
”gins to rock. Finally the whole thing in (lo-Mll-
moiishod. What in the matter! Iwill
tell you what thcmattcr is That 111111111
of ruin is only the leverlwratiun of God's
laughter.
In the money moriert there are a great
many good men and a great many fraudu-
lent men. A fraudulent man there says.
"1 mean to have rayiuillion." . Ho goes
to Work reeklmn or Loncsty, and he gcto
bis-1 first lineman. llo 1111111 after awhile
his 3200,0111). Ai‘hr awhile he gets his
5111103111). “Now-(j he says. “i have only
one more movo to nudge. and I shall have
mymililon." lie gallium up all his re-
sources. he makes that one last grand
more, he falls and loses all. and he has
not enough money of his own left to pay
tho coat of tho ear to his 11111110. People
cannot understand this spamuodio revul-
sion. Sonic said it was a sudden turn in
Erie railway stock. or in Western Union,
or in Illinois Central. Sonic said one
thimr and 51.111111 another. They all guessed
wrong. I will tell you what it was, “He
that uittctb in the heavens laughed. "
A 1111111 in New York said ho would he
the richest man in the city. He left his
l11111estVV'orkns 11 mechanic and got into
the 1-in councils some way and in 10
years 1~tolc $il’1,ooil.oiltl from the city gov-
ernment. Fifteen million doilarsi He
had the legislators of tho state of New
York in the grip of his right hand. Sus-
picious were aroused. The grand jury pro.
seated indictments. The whole land stood
aghast. The man who cxpicted to put
half the city in his ycst pol i11t goes to
lilackVV-ell’s island goes to Ludiow htrect
jail. breaks prison 11nd goes at ross the sea,
is rcnrrcsicd and brought back and again
remanded to jail. Why? “liethdt sittetb
in the heavens laughed."
Rome was a great empire; slho hm]
floral-c 11nd Virgil among her poets; she
had Augustus and Constantino1111111111.:ller
emperors. But what 11111111 tho defaced
Pantheon. and the Forum turned luton
cattle market, and the broken walled Col
iscum, and thcurohitectural skeieton of
her great aqueducts? What was that
thunder? “Uh!" you any, “that was the
roar of the battering rams againxt her
walls." No. What was thatquivcr? "Oh!"
you say. "that was the tramp of hostile
legions." No. Tho quiver and the roar
worn the outburst of omnipotent laughter
from the defied and insulted heavens,
Rome defied God. and he laughed her
down. Thebes defied God. and he laughed
her down. Nineveh dolled God.11111l he
laughed her down. Babylon dolled God,
and he laughed her down.
A Laugh and a Smile.
There is a great difference
God’s laugh and his 5111ile. ills ~111ii1- is
eternal beatilude. lIan1ilL-1ivsl1i-11David
sang. and Miriam clapped the eyudlzdc.
and Hannah made garments for hr «111.
and Paul tun-defied. and John kindled
with apocalyptic vision, and win-11 any
1111111 lift»; anything to do and dot-s it well
h. 't ween
”is smilo'! Why, it is the lidh of May.
til-111ml: or: b.1r1iw in full lilimni it '1‘
11111r11i11,:i1r11:1l<i11,z 111111 rippli11,: 11:;1 it 14
in own at high 11111111.11li the lli‘ll.‘ in' mini:
the 11111r1'i11'11' pea]. Iiuf his 11111.11111-1-
may it 11e11~1'f:1llonusl It Hannah-1111111-
ti1111f111'uu1'211d; it. is 1V \\'1'lhlllll.'il‘x\1'1‘l)'. \\'11
111ayIV-t flu» mlirinl laugh at 11s, and all
our l'illlllillillmls may laugh :1! 11%. and “'1‘
may be made the turret for il111111x'l‘ri1111'11t
of earth 111111 lu-ll. but “(Kl forbid that We
hllillllll over 01111111 to the fulllliuli'nt of ill"
pruplwsy against iii-\n'jV-Irtl‘zrsnf tho truth.
"I will laugh at your calamity.”
li11t.111y frauds-.11” of 11s who reject
Christ and the pardon 11f tl11~ gusxwl 1mm
com:- under that trl'nu'ntious bombard
1111-11t. Uml 11111115 1111 all to repent. lio
cui1n-ll~ he. 1111mm. he ilnporlunes. and
11111 liu‘ for 11s H11 1-111111'5 down out of
111- 1m 11. Ho puts all flu-World's 31111111111111
shoulder. be Plllrl all tinV'nrid's sorrowou
the other sbuuhh-r. and then with that
Alp nu one .4110 :11111 that lliluzildydnn iln‘
11ll11~rl1oatarH up the hiil'hm-k of .lerumr
11-111 to i‘11'lll\"\'1‘ 11111' :21i1'11111m. lie puts the
palm of his rlgbl foot 1111 111111 11111;: spilw,
and beputatl11-p..i111oi’ l1i~zl11ftl1mt 11111111
olln-r lulu: filllkl‘. 11111! tiu-n.wiii1 lli‘ilmmls
Hmlli'll \xllll l1lsu.‘.‘1 l'luoil lu' ui'sfh'lllull'ri.
saying" "Look. 111 l. and l11-1-l \l'1tl1tl1e,
i'l‘lllt-xull w“ of 11y ~.11'1'1ii1'1- ln‘ill x'uwr
up all your sine Wilh my dying 1:111:111l
VV'lll .-.'.vz1llo\v upall your groom Look!
lev'” lint. a thnus-uul 11f 1-11111111'115'11111'
lira-i; 1'11 that. and tin-11 tin. 11~11-1~111' invira
111111 1111'11511111111111- l1'.'.111lyomiiwus, I'm“.
swim like 11si111111111 limunzh tln- flr~t (lup-
t1~r1vi l’rnV'm‘m " ‘.11'-1111.~l l have ('iillml
11111] _1‘«- reiu mi. 1 ll;1\1'1~ll\l1'b1'tl out my
rl.:?1t l1;1l11l and no 1112111 recorded. but ye
have .Nl’f 1d lillll’llll all 111y1'nm1~'1-l and
would 11111111 of my rV-pmoi’, l aim will
laugh at your calamity ’ (lb. wind 11
lllliLEll that in-«n (li'l'll 11mph; 11 long, 1-1-1’1-1"
lwrnlinu laugh; 1111 111'1-1'11'l11'1111i111; 1-1111211
find 11mm \Vl‘ may llM'l'l' lli“il‘ il lid! in
this day of 1111-reif11l visitation yivlll your
hunt to Christ that you may slit'illl all
your life on earth Under 111-. Mode and
(Ml-ape forever tho ibulldrr of ”11' lauizh 11f
i‘md'h indignation.
Au lit: null ltcemery.
'liw otlur i: l1.ll1i1'r 11111111111111-1l in the
Illhlt -tlu~ 1111i} 111111 I hlllill 5111111111411
beau-1124 iauithtrr, or the «21111-1 »»l~111 of
1'111'11111 triumph. ('hrlxi raid to i114 illm’l
plea, “Hiram-1| :m' yt‘ that \Vw'p now. for
ye abail laugh." 'l‘l1ntnmi11-11 1111- know
positively that we are not. to spend our
days in heaven tiuuiiuzlonu int-terpnainm.
’l‘heformulnsliramisliil'nullounofiii-1111111
that mine pl'npln have wunld 11min- me
miwrulllv. I 11111 glad loknnw that lliil
heaven of the lllllio i~1 not only 11 place of
lltllywill‘hhli). but of maunlilm-ul modality.
“What," any you. "will iim rinuing
lmluh 1:11 around the circle of the cured”
1 any yea. para laughter. elm-riot: laugh-
her. holy lltllu’lili‘l‘. it will he a lunch of
congratulation. When we meet a friend
who has auddrniy come to .11 fortune or
who baa not over 111111111 [Uracil-knew. do
we not. almko bands, do We not laugh with
him? And when we not to humor and we
our frienda there, some of them havinu
room up out of great tribulation. why. we
will any to one of them. “The last tlmnl
now you you had been suffering for six
weeks under 11 low intermittent fever."
or to another we will say: “You for 10
yearn were limping with tho rheumatism.
and you Vverc full of complaints when we
saw you ion. I congratulate you on this
eternal recovery. ”
We shall laugh. Yes, we shall cun-
gratuiato all those who have come out of
great financial embarrassnwats in this
World because they have immune million
aims in heaven. Yo nhail laugh. It shall
be a laugh of mammalian. It in just no
natural for us to laugh when we nicer-n
friend we have not neon for 10 years an
nything in potedblo m be natural. When
we meet our friends from whom we have
been varied in or ill) or so years, will it
not be with infinite congratulation? Our
PUEMMB q latched, our knowledge im-
know each other at a fin
WW have been mntfit the
all It fill that? ll 1. Mfi tin, ill”
1111‘ I! . .
ad (I
c Iball laugh.
1 think George Whitefield and John
Wesley will have a laugh of contempt for
their earthly collisions. and Toplady and
Charles Wesley will have 11111111411 or con-
tempt for their earthly 111isunderstandlngs,
and the two (antlers. who were in the laW~
suit all their days, will have a laugh of
contempt over their earthly disturbance
chant 15 line fence. Exemption from all
annoyance. Immersion in all gladness.
Ye shall laugh. Christ says 50. Yo shall
laugh. Yes. it will be a laugh of triumph.
Ohl what a pleasant thing it will bcto
stand on the wall of heaven. and look down
at altar). and hurl at him defiance. and
eco him caged and chained. and we forever
free from his clutches. Aha! Yes. it will
be a laugh of royal greeting.
:1 1.1111311 111 11111111.: Exaltntlon.
You know now the Frenchmen cheered
when Napoleon came back from Elba.
You know how the English cheered when
Wellington came back from Waterloo.
You know how Americana checrcd when
Kossuth arrived from Hungary. You rc-
mcmbcr how Rome cheered when Pompey
came back victor ovcrilUU cities. Every
cheer was a laugh. But. oh. the mightier
greeting, the giaddcr greeting. when the
snow white caV airy troop of heaven shall
go through the streets, and, according to
the book of Revelation, Christ, in the red
coat the crimson coat, on awhlto horse,
and all the armies of heaven following on
white horrosl ()h, When We see and hear
that cavalcadc, we shall cheer. wo shall
laugh. Does not your heart beat quickly
at. the thought of the great jubilco upon
which we are soon to enter?
I pray God that when we get through
with this world and are going out of it we
may have some such vision as the dying
Christian bad when he saw written all
over the clouds in the sky the letter “W,"
and they asked him, standing by his sido,
what he thought that letter “W” meant.
“0h." ho said, "that stands for wel-
come. " And so may it be when “'0 quit
this world. “W” on the gate. “W" on
the door of the mansion, “W" on tho
throne. Weioomcl \Vclcomci Welcome!
I have preached this sermon with five
prayerful wishes that you might see what
a mean thing is the laugh of skepticism.
what a bright thing is the laugh of spirit-
ual excitation. what a hollow thing is
tho laugh of sinful morrimcnt. what an
awful thing is the laughof condemnation.
What a radiant. rubicuud thing is the
laugh of eternal triumph. Avoid the ill.
Choose the right. Do comforted. "liiosscd
are ye that weep now—yo shall laugh. ye
shall laugh.”
Gillhn \‘Vun Surprhfll.
Gibb; was a ('111111111'r1-iul traw'lcr and
had 1.111110 and journey to the. north. A
fl’Wiltlyr'l ol'h'i'11-11rd illi‘lllllllfi housuboid
was i1113r1-:1>1-d by one—~11 imy. As‘ the
mother 1111.« vol": ill, the (lm-iorwaa re'
111111111-1lioVV'riiv our 11 tried-ram ”donning
iiibllsnf 11:11 114111111111 to lila f;11:1li;1‘.11111l
aim l1'1~1 wit "n' dine»; and asklnu him to
return i1111111~111th115 iitllo d1111y 11»- 111.151
and".
This was do11o,11n1i tho triegrrsun was
given to the servant to send oil. 'i'l1:1t in-
telligent girl. l11-1111: unable to 11.111. put
tl11'1111'.~,~::;:v in Mr 111111111 and forgot all
about it. c The ill-xi il.1y(i1i1i1~1 paid :1 fly»
in}: visit. homo and was gratified to find
his wife:1111if11111iij;111111111111111'11'1iy. After
staylngut l1111111511f1~1v hours. he took his
departure without anything: having been"
said about the telegram. which his wife
naturally suppc‘med i111 llilll received.
A day or [Wu after he budgnne tln' serv-
ant found the "manage in her llur'kt'l. and
after consulting i11-r favorite iiobhy tho
decided to send it of? at once without say:
1111111 word in any one about. lllt‘tli‘llly.
That night Hilllm‘. upon returning to his
hotel. was l111rr1iiul when tho following
telegram. lll‘ill‘lllil that day's date, was
placed in his hand:
“Another addition. a son.
is very ill. lielurn at once.“
“Anothvr'” he gasped. "Great. Jupiter!
Impossible“
lic rushed to the station and took the
next train bump. and dashing into the
homo in astute of frenzy demanded to
know what had happened. 'I‘i11~ Servant
eonh-m (i all 'l'lle 111-.11 day there was a
V'i11-ai1rynt-11u i1111lllu1-111, bum-st girl at
Ullills’caiubihblueni.~i.i1111l11i1'l‘itliits.
Your wife
"ow 1| Itumlun Emperor Financed.
Album:nth-retiu-nlienia‘ lorr11~w~111ol1ey
Ivan 1'1-~1;'111~1i ll11-11'o11'11in favor 11f a 'l‘nr-
fur M11111 11l111 was lmpli/mi under the
name of Fina-1111 Ivan l1'i1ruu'1i1oVV'itl1-
draw l1i1u.«1'if from public affairs. lmtin
reality lll.‘ lit‘lil 1111 to flu-111 and made fbo
new war rail in all the ohmic-rs funnerly
granted to the n1nl1anl1~ries and luiuimprlt'r-‘t.
and all the I'hurturs‘ were rant-vied. ‘l‘liis
curious lllfl'l'l‘i'ulliiill or l1y11'h1-1t1~1-11r name
ii. hliillllil lu' dwiizudiml lmli 1i nearly 11
year. and then l1'1111de1'lar1-d he did not
likeibe 111~1V nylon. and di~111i~~i1111 the
llnpll'll 1| lll'flllll‘ll ll; 'illli tool. ll'l H111 1111 ptvr
VV'-l1i1l1 as a mam-r of but i111i1111ix11'11r
really discarded.
llo issued free-1b charters to the 1111111114-
terieh. but was careful loin-op llill‘k several
film sliver: of the revenues, extol-film from
111111111 of them €10,110!) 11nd from 1.1111111 ollu'rl-l
idolilllilrui1l1-aanl111aliy. We shall Hoe. 114
lV'an‘iV character in unfolded, that this
upoiiation of tho "autumn-rive 11'114 not. tho
only thing in which be rem-111l1ledour1111-11
merry 111111111r1'i1, Henry VIII. lio Vvould
Read his agents into thovariouuprovince».
there to buy up at low prieva the “hole of
Home particular manhodity for which tho
province was noted.
After retaining tho monopoly for a
while he Would sell for 11 high rate. and
oven compel merchants to buy at the prices
honmncd. lie followed a aimilor room
Willi foreign importa, creatinun monopoly.
and forbidding others ”to sell their Mocks
until he buddiaplmed of hieown. liy tbcno
meant he clean-1| 21111.net) rubles in a year.
-Geutlcman’s Magazine.
An Accommodating l‘rewription.
An old follow from the back into came
into a I’lscataquia county «er11: More. not
long ago lwnrinu a bigoid fnaldoned llottio
which he wanted filled with sulphur and
rum. lie was very talkative, and before
tho proprietor could not a word in edge-
wisc ho Went on to explain:
"This is alien; the way I have it fixed.
I have sulphur up to M"~'—iadimting
with his finger 1a email space at the hot~
of tho buttie-"an the rest 1 have
of rum. An tide is the way! use it:
When I want a dose of sulphur, w’y, l
101' lhalt’er up More 1 drink, an when I
don’ Wan' noeulphur, w y. i don’ ahak' or.
800l”~—Lcwiaton Journal.
011 What ammo“ mounts.
in the light of God tacos door not
depend on the extent
the effect prmiuccdit not on the pow-mg
dammit” in thmmg'im
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D‘tt‘it‘i‘tiim South Norwalk and New York.
FARE—SINGLE, 40c. ; EXCURSION, 700.
Leave South Norwalk, 7:00 n.1n. Leave New York Beckmnn street 2: lb 9. 111.; filter-
[18372-00 D. 111. Leave East Thirty -flrst street. 2: 40 p. 1111.. Satardny.2 :20 p. m.
Frelrbt steamer. City of Norwnik leaves New York, Monday. Wednesday and Friday at
5: 00 n. m. Leaves Norwalk Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday at 5' .00 p. m. he‘ll“! "“1"“
from 7.00 a. m. to 5.00 p. m. ll t!
POPULAR AFTERNOON SAIL-
Sunday, J uiy 22d.
Steamer City of Albany,
BYE BEACH. BYE BEACH.
250 EXCURSION FARE 256
[ME TSOUTH liflliWillK. 2.00 Music on the boat.
CE—Rontema be ban e ov unf vornbl
for ”1)an ”mm” of “”3037“; 11; d or call postponed should weather pr 0 n 0
801000 ANNUAL BEEATTA
-—-OF THE——
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———-TO BE HELD AT——
0101 P1111181. 811111111, 1111114111094
OPEN TO ALL BOATS.
Handsome Pitchers and Prizes in Gold.
CABIN SLOOPS. CUTTERS AND YAWLS.
CLASS A.~'l‘birly feet and under. aniling measurement.
OPEN SLOOPS AND J!“ AND MAINSAIL BOATS
( LAHS P1. . ’i‘idrtV it at and under. sailing measurement.
(‘ 1 AS“(‘ .~'l WI 111v four fr‘t‘l and under. railing 111ea.~11re1ne11l
(' LASS I). - sixteru tee! and under, calling me asureun at.
CAT It“) BOATS— CABIN.
wThirty Cert and under. 1111i ling measurement.
~'l‘VV'cuty-t'our feet and under. calling measurement. ' 4
OPEN CAT BOATS.
I‘LARR t1. —-Tl1lrtv feet and under sailing measurement.
( l.AASsli.~Twe111y'-mc feet and under. railing measure ment.
CLASS I. —Twcnty feet and under, sailing maaauremenl.
GLAD“; J. —Sixteen feet and under. sailing measurement.
No Second Prize will be given in any class starting less than 3 beats. and no class will be
started with less than two boats. Sailing measurement will be the load waterline and 1-3 the
overhang added. Time allowance will he that adopted by the Ilerveshofl Schedule. No shift-
1111: of ballast will be allowed in Classes A. and B. No restriction 111-1 to ballast in other classes.
No restriction no to sails in Classes A. and B. Only Mn and )Iainsaii in Classes 0. and D.
Mainrail only in Classes 19., F. and (5. Classes: II. and I. Oyster Boats may carry Jib 111111111111
and Topaali only. No boat shall carry more than one man for every three fretof aalllnglenzth
or fraction thereof. not including sailing master.
course FlveMilesto Windward orlaeward and heturn. Entrance For.“
Entry and Entrame Fee must be in the hands of the Committee by ‘J o clock a. m..Wed
nos-day . Auglnt l~t. 1594. Entry Blanks furnished upon application. Race lulled at 103.11).
ADDRESS.
. A. WOODWARD 0R FRANCIS lilTlllllTT, South Noru‘nlk, Conn.
t‘lAS“ E.
CLASS F.
-—-—ASK FOR——
000WN’S $3.00 800E.
And you will see not only a
51 if
Neat and Perfect Fitting $hoe.
But one in which the
Best Material is Used. Combining Durability and Style
Making it the boat 83.008191111110113 Shoe in the market.
EVERY PAIR WARRANTED.
Call and examine them before purchasing any other shoe. at
H. S. BROWN’S,
South Main Street. 80. Norwalk.
JUST RECEIVED A LARGE LINE OF
Baby Carriages,
FROM $5 UP.
Large assortment of Oak Bed- -room Suits, Sideboards, Ex-
tension Tables, Fancy Chairs and Parlor Furniture at bottom
prices.
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