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tianaral Item has given the Spaniards
a shock by sending Bermudas and Salas
acme the trucha with 1.000 men.
The Cuban leader himself has not yet
tried toeroae the ill mile harrlarof trench-
ca. toms and forts which the captain geno
oral has thrown nurture the narrow part of
Cuba to lmprlaon the dread mnlatto caval-
ry leader In the eastern and of the island
and force him to surrender or light 40.000
tipanlah troops with his half naked and
hungry followers.
normal il'eyier's offer of pardon to all
insurgent leaders who surrender with
their arms in Pinar dol lilo within 20
days was published in tho he of woakem
lng tieneral Mecca But t a rebel com-
mander knows his brother Jose is on the
other side of the troeha with 6.000 men.
fie also knows that Generals Gomez and
Calisto iiarela are organizing columns in
Panto Principe to relieve him.
General Iiaceo will never surrender. He
sends word to Havana that he will cross
the trochs when he is ready and that the
immense h‘paniah army massed along the
barrier cannot compcl him to make the
assault until the right day arrives
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mutant. General Naeeo is deliberately
waiting in Pillar del lilo in order to keep
one-third of the whole Spanish army idle
at the western extremity of Cuba. while
llamas. Galina Garcia and other com-
manders organize an army and thorough-
ly drill their columns in tho central and
lantern provinces.
Even now a rumor reaches me thht a
large town in the east has been tnkcn. but
rumors are abundant. and trustworthy
facts are scarce.
it is wrtain. however. that the power of
the insurgents in the cast is increasing
daily, and that Genera Macao's heroic po-
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great strategic plan of campaign.
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. negro followers. who will; consent to
. nothing but complete and unconditional
lndcpandcnoa. .. ,. .
The cap a general believes. that ,l_f
fierlcral no is conquered now the W
will end in slew media. But‘the truth
it rim the downfall affine negro element
in the patriotic armi’would mean a aud-
den increase of the.” .. ,element. .
¢ , (ioncrnl If . p’WMos In the Cu-
‘ ”Whom has had much
fl. do with tho conhervative attitude of
pygmy prominent white Cubans. who dread
, , proapect of independence with a gov-
d'nmettt largely controlled by thoblacks.
They have the example of ,San Domingo
find Haiti always hefom their eyes.
So much for the captain general'a plan
of smashing the revolution. On the other
hand. if General Macon crosses the trocha.
: as he may do in afew hours. General Way-
? lcr‘a l-anipalan will be a complete failure.
1 and thousands of men will join the rebel
l army.
3 Neither force in the field seems likely to
; master the island. The war must be ended
‘ by the interposition of soxue other power.
it is absurd to say that the insurgents
.; have established agovernmont in the sense
. of a sovereign power. and it is just as ab-
} aural to call the operations of their army
brigandage. ’I‘bcy room through the coun-
3 try from one end of the island to the oth-
. or. enforcing their decrees and wasting
. the rescuer-cs of the enemy. They burn
. plantations and villages, and they hang
' traitors to their cause. But it is all done
according to their proclaimed laws.
llmvo taken pains to investigate this
i branch of the subject. and l have read
; many of the orders issued by the insurgent
' generals. I have also talked with respon-
sible and reasonably impartial eyewit-
nesses arriving from all parts of the is-
land.
Rebellion Ia Gaining In Strength.
i Spainconnot restore order in Cuba. The
l military censors may suppress newspaper
correspondents. but they cannot hide the
. fact that the rebellion against the Spanish
‘ crown is gaining strength instead of grow-
ing weaker.
The grievances of the Cuban people are
real. Spain has ruled her colony with
despcratonnd shameless injustice. In spite
4 of its natural wealth and the vigor and
. intelligence pf its inhabitants the island
; is overwhelmed with debt.
l Go into the houses of the poor in Havana
Q today and ask why so few young men are
". to be seen. and the women will tell you
. they are in the field fighting for liberty.
(in into the almost deserted Cuban clubs,
} and ask where the young doctors, lawyers
. and nlvrcllauts have gone. and you will
learn that they are officers in the Cuban
. army. There are runny doctors leading in-
; surgcnt columns. '
5 There is no front and no rem-to the mil-
; itery situation. There is fighting every-
(where. And yet Spain says there is no
war in Cuba.
The fields are ravaged at will from one
3 and of the island to the other. The air is
1 darkened with the smoke of burning vll-
l logos. The flower of the manhood of Cuba
1 is molesting the soil inch by inch with
Spain's bravest soldiers. A hundred mil-
; lion dollars‘ worth of property has already
i been destroyed. The hospitals are full of
l wounded men, and the landscape'is marked
‘, everywhere with the graves of the freshly
l. slain. '
1' Is this bloody, tumultuous war. or is it
_ trance!
1 Spain has now about 150,000 men in the
5' fluid. and the insurgents number perhaps
50.000. Sclthar army can control the is-
land.
The struggle will not end for years an-
. less the United States intervenes.
‘ Mr. Cleveland can bring this awful
i struggle to a close if he will. Intervention
l would be a blessing to Spain as well as to
. Cuba. The hopes of the rich and the
l prayers of the poor hang on the president's
l action. ,
. This is an tmprenlve moment in Amer-
l loan history.
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the American who was expelled from Cu-
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wismsoros. April u—AI the parks in
Washington are ahloom with hyacinths.
and the gardens are being made, the slmlle
dominant in this subject is very suggest-
lvu and practical. Ilr. 'i‘almagu's test was
Isaiah lvlil. ll. “Thou shalt be like a wa-
tered garden."
The Bible is a great poem. We have in
it faultless rhythm. and bold imagery. and
startling antithesis, and rapturous Iyrle,
and swaetfpastoral. and instructive narra-
tive. and devotional psalm~thought ex-
gjressed in style more solemn than that of
ontgomcry. were held than that of hill.
too, more terrible than that of Dante.
more natural than that of Wordsworth,
more impassioned than that of Pollock,
more louder than that of Cowper, more
weird than that of Sponsor.
This great poem brings all the genus of
the earth into its amount. and it weaves
the flames of judgment into its garlands
and pours eternal harmonies in its rhythm.
Everything this book iouohes it makes
beautiful, from the plain stones of the
summer thrashing floor to thodnughtcrs
of Nuborillllng tho trough for tho annuals.
from the fish pads of Ifoahbou up to the
psalmlst praising God with tho diapuson
of storm and whirlwind and Jobs imngcry
of Orion, Arcturus and the I’lcladcs.
A Beautiful Garden.
lily text leads us into a scene of summer
rodoleuco. The world has had a grout
litany beautiful gnrdcus. Charlemagne
added to the glory of his reign by dooroo~
log that they boostabllshod all through
the realm. deciding oven the names of
the flowers to be planted thoro. Henrv IV,
at liloutpolller. established gardens of be-
wltching beauty and luxurianoo. gather-
ing into them Alpine. I’yruncan and
French plants. ()no of the sweetest spots
on earth was the garden of Shonstouo, the
poet. Ills writings have made but little has
prcsslonou lho world.but hlsgardon. “The
lu-usowrs.” will be immortal. To the raw
and advantage of that place was brought
thopcrfoctlon of art. Arbor and terrace
and slope and rustle temple nml reservoir
and urn and fountain hero had their cmwu-
lug. Oak and your and bowl put forth.
their richest foliage. There was no life
more diligent. no soul more ingenious.
than that of Shonstona. and all that dill-
genco and genius he brought to tho adorn-
ment of that one treasured spot. He gave
£300 for it; hosold it, for £17,000. And yet
i am to tell you today of a richer garden
than any I have mentioned. It is the gar-
den spoken of in my tcxt. the garden of
the church, which belongs to Christ. He
bought it. be planted it. he owns it, and
he shall have it. Walter Scott. in his out-
lay at Abbotsford. ruined his fortune. and
new. in tho crimson flowers of those gar-
dens, you can almost think or imagine that
you see the blood of that old man’s broken
heart. The payment of the last £100,000
sacrificed him. But I have to tell you tlmt
Christ's life and Christ's (loath vvoro the
outlay of this beautiful garden of the
church of which my text speaks. Oh, how
many sighs and tours and pangs and
agoulosl Tell me. ye women who saw him
hangl Tell mo, yo exocutipuers who lifted
him audvlct him down! Toll mo. thou sun.
that dldst hide. yo rocks that fell! Christ
loved the church and gave himself for it.
If. the garden of the church belongs to
Christ. certainly be has a right to walk in
it. Come. than. 0 blessed Jesus, today;
walk up and down these aisles and pluck
what thou wilt of sweetness for thyself.
The church, in my text, is appropriately
compared to a garden boonuso it is the
pleural choice flowars, of select fruits and
of thorough irrigation. That would be a
strange garden in which there were no
flowers. If nowhere else. they would be
along the borders or at. the gateway. The
homcllost tusto will dictate smoothing. if
it he only the old fashioned hullyhook or
dahlla or daffodil. but if there be larger
lumps then you will find the Mexican
cactus uud blazing ethics and clustering
oluuudor. Well. now. Christ comes to his
garden. and he plants thcmsomo of the
brightest spirits that ever flowered upon
the world. Some of them are violets, in-
conspicuous, but sweet as heaven. You
hovo to search and dad them. You do not
see them very often perhaps,'but you find
where they have been by the brightened
face of the invalid and tho sprig of gerani-
um on the stand and tho nowwludow cur-
talus keeping out the glaroof the sunlight.
They are perhaps more like the raunncu-w
lus. creeping sweetly along mold the
thorns nud briers of life, giving kiss for
sting, and many a man who has had. In
his way some great black rock of trouble
has found that they have covered it all
over with flowery jasmine, running in and
out amid the crevices. 'l‘hcso flowers in
Christ's garden nrouot, like the sunflower.
gaudy in the light, but throvcr darkness
hovers ovor asoul that needs to be com-
fortod there they stand, night blooming
corousos.
But in Christ‘s garden there are plants
that may be better compared to tho Mexi-
cnu cactus—thorns without. loveliness
within. men with sharp points of char-
‘uctcr. They wound almost every one that
touches them. They are hard to hhndle.
Mon pronounce them nothing but thorns,
but Christ loves them notwithstanding all
their sharpnesses. Many a man has had a
very hard ground to cultivate, and it has
only bean through severe trial he has raised
even the slnallast crop of. grace. A very
harsh minister was talking to a very placid
older, and the plecidulder sold to the harsh
minister. “Doctor. I do wish you would
control your temper." “Ah.” said the
minister to the older, “I chutrol more
temper in five minutes then you do in live
ym5.n
Thorns In the Garden.
It is harder for some n to do right
than for other man to dor ht. The green
that would elevate you to the seventh
heaven might not keep your brother from
knocking a man down. I had a friend
who came to me and said. "I dare not join
the church." I said, “Why?" ”th," he
said, “Ilmvo such a violent temper! Yeas
tel-day morning I was crossing very early
at the Jersey City ferry. and Lenw a milk-
man pour a large quantity of water into
the milk can, and I said to him. ‘I think
that will do.’ and he lnsultod me. and I
knocked him down. Do you think I ought
to join the church?"
very seine luau. who was so harsh in his
behavior. loved Chrlltnnd could not speak
of sacred things without tears at emotion
and affection. Thorns without. sweetness
within—tho best specimen of mediation
center I ever saw. ' ,
There are others planted in Christ's gar»
den who are always radiant. always . Im-
pressivs,.more like the rates of do? has
that we oomlonally find, called' lasts
your. hespltals. ' and your institutions
asylum that has over been built.
Nevertheless that ,
m hill 8t.
its. Iathuera and Bant-
Wlm in 0th: in.
‘ is a ion.
of .
tab) fire. When they preach. it is a
Pentecost. When they light. it is a Thar-
muiyha. Whoa theydlv. it is a martyr-
dom. You and a great Imus rum in the
gardens. but only a few "Giants of hair
tie." Mun say. "Why don’t you have
more of them in the ohumh?" I “y,
“Why don't you have in the world more
Ilumholdts and Wellingtousl" God gives
to some ten talents; to another. one.
In this garden of the church which
Christ has planted I also find the snow-
drops, beautiful but will Minus. mm-
lngly another phase of winter. I mean
those Christians who are precise in tlwlr
tastes, unliupasslouod. pure as snowdrops
and as cold. They never shed any tears,
they never get excited. they never say any.
thing raahly. they never do anything pre-
elpitately. Their pulses uoverlluttor. their
nerves never twitch. their indignation
never bolls over. They live longer than
most people. but their life Is in a minor
key. They never run up to C above the
stud. In their music of life they have no
staccato paamges. Christ planted them in
the church, and they umst be of some
scrvloc. or they would notbethcre. Snow-
drops, always enowdrops.
But! have not told you of the mold
lwautlful flower of all this garden spoken
of in the text. If you see a century plant.
your «sanctions are startcd. You say,
"Why, this flower has been lilOyoara gath-
ering up for one bloom. and it will be 100
was more before other petals will come
out." But I havoto tell you of a plant
that was gathering up from all eternity,
and that 1,900 yours ago put forth its
bloom never to wither. It is the passion
plant of the cross! Prophets foretold it,
Bethlehem shepherds looked upon it in the
bud, the rocks shook at its bursting, and
the dead got up in their winding shoots to
see its full bloom. It is a crimson flower
—-blood at tho rmts, blood on the branches.
blood on all the leaves. Its perfume is to
flll all the notions. Its breath is heaven.
Come. 0 winds, from the north. and
winds from the south, and winds from the
met, and winds from the west. and bear
to all the earth the sweet sruelliugsavor of
Christ, my Lord!
Ills worth if all the nations knew.
Sure the whole carlh would love him too.
Fruit In the Garden.
Again the church may be appropriately
compared to a garden because it is a place
of f ults. That would he a strange gar-
dou 'hich had in it no hurries, no plums
or poaclum or apricots. 'l‘hu coamer fruits
are planted in the orchard or they are set
out, on the sunny hillside. but the choicest
fruits are kept in tho garden. So. in the
vvorldoutsldo the church. Christ has plant»
ed a 'gmot many beautiful things—pa-
tience. charity. generosity. integrity—hut
he intends the ’cholccst fruits to be in the
garden. and. if they are not there. than
shame on the church.
Religion is not a more t’fintlmcninllty.
It is, a prdclloal,‘ life giving. healthful
frolic—not ponies, but apples. “0h." says
soluclmdy. "I don't see what your garden
of the church has yielded." In reply I risk.
Where did your asylums come from. and
of mdrcy? Christ planted every one of
them; be planted them in his garden.
When Christ gave sight to Bartlnmus,
he laid the cornerstone :6 'every blind
When
Christ soothed the demonlao of Galilee. he
laid.tho cornerstone of every lunatic asp
ium that has overdwun established. Whoa
Christ said to the sick man. '."l’ako up thy
bed and walk." he laid the cornerstone of
every hospital the, world lips over seen»
When Christ said. “I was In prison and ye
visited me." he laid tho cornerstone of
every prisongrcform assault ion that has
ever been organlzli‘tl. Thb’d ll of Christ
is a glorious garden. and it is full of fruit.
I know them it some poor {full in it. I
know there are some weeds {but ought to
be thrown over the fence. . know there
are same crab apple trees th t ought to be
out down. Ikunw there m some. wild
grapes that ought to ho uprooted. But are
you going to dcslmy‘tho wlmlo gnrdcu be.
canon of a littlo gnarled fruit? You will
find worm cub-n leaves in l-‘ontaluoblcau.
and insects that sting in tho fairy groves
of tho (Ilmmps Eiysocs. You do not tear
down and destroy the whole garden bo-
cuuso there are a low specimens of gnarled
fruit. I admit- therc arc men and women
In the church who ought not to be there,
but let us be just as frank and admit the
fact that there are hundreds and thou-
sands and tons of thousands of glorious
Christian men and Women—holy. blessed.
useful, consecrated and triumphant.
There is no grander. uoblor collection in
all the earth than the collection of Chris-
tluna.
There are Christian men in thlshouse
whose religion is not a matter of psalln
singing and church going. Tomorrow
morning that religion will keep them just
as consistent and consecrated in their
worldly occupation as it over kept them at.
the communion table. There are women
horotoduy of alnlghcr type of character
than Mary of Bethany. They not only sit
at the foot. of Christ, but they go out into
the kitchen to help Martha in hcr work
that she may sit there too. There is it
woman. who has adruukard husband. who
has exhibited more faith and patience and
courage than llldley in the fire. lie was
consumed in 20 minutes. Hers has been
a 20 years' martyrdom. Yonder is a man
who has bcou 15 years on his back. unable
to feed himself. yet calm and [roomful us
though he lay on one of the green banks
of heaven watching the onrsmou dlp their ,
paddle in the crystal rlvcl'. Why. it seems ’
to me this moment as if St. Paul throw to
Dania. Tibetan
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usupomologist‘s catalogue of the fruits
growing in this great garden of Christ— :
love. joy. peace, patience, charity. brother-
ly kindness, guutlouess. mercy—glorious
fruit. enough to fill all the baskets 'of
earth and heaven.
The Watered Garden.
Again, the church in my text is appro- .
prlatoly culled u garden bccauso it is thor- ‘
oughly irrigated. No garden could pros- l
per long without plenty of water. I have ?
soon a garden in the midst of a desert, yet l
bloomluguud luxuriant. All around us ‘
were donrthnnd barrauucss, but there were '
pipes, aunt-ducts. reaching from this gur- :
duu up to the mountains. and through ’
those nqucdscts the water chum streaming .
down and tossing up into beautiful fouu~ E
talus, until every root and leaf and flower 3
was saturated. ’I‘hatls like the church.
The church is a garden in the midst of a 5
great desert of sin and suffering. but It is
well irrigated. for ”Oil! cycs are unto the
bills from whence comet!) our hclp."
From the mountains of God's strength .
there .flow down rivers of gladuesa.
“There is a river the stream whereof shall
make glad the city of our God." Preach-
ing the gospel Is one of the aqueducts.
Tho Blhlols another. Baptism and the
Lord’s supper are aquarium, Water to
sluke the thirst. water to wash the on;
clean. water tossed high up in the ”IN 0‘ .
af~ Ml
rainbow ground the throne. Oh. was
lhmavuaaatdansoihoroughtytrrlgstsdl
You know that the beauty of Versailles
and Bhataworth depends v mach upon
the great supplxel water. came to the
latter place. Ullalaworth, one day when
strangers are not to he admitted. but by
an inducement which always second as
potent with an Englishman as an Ameri-
can I get In, and thou the gardener went
far up above the stairs of stone and turned
on the water. I saw it gleaming on the
dry paveuwnt, coming down from step to
stop until it cable so near I could hear the
musical rush, and all over the high. broad
stairs it came. foaming. flashing, rearing
down. until sunlight and wave to glue
some wrestle tumbled at my feet. So it is
with the church of God. Everything
comes from above—pardon from above.
joy from above. adoption from above.
sauctlllcatlou from above. ‘
Hark! [hear the latch of the garden
gate, and I look to see who is coming.
hear the voice of Christ. “I am come into
my garden.” I say: "Come In. 0 Jesus!
We have [men waiting for thee. Walk all
through the paths. Look at tho liowu‘s;
look at the fruit; pluck that which thou
wilt for thyself." Jesus comes into the
garden and up to that old man and touches
him and says: “Almmt home. lath"; not
many more aches forthco. Iwul never
leave thee; takeouuragoa little longer. and
I will steady thy tottering stops. and I will
the thy troubles and give time rest.
ourngo, old man." Thou Christ goes up
another garden path. and he comes ton
soul in trouble and says: “l’cacol All is
well. I have seen thy tcdrs.‘ I have heard
thy prayer. The sun shall not smite thee
by day our the mmn by night. The Lord
shall preserve thco from all evil; he will
preserve thy soul. Courage, 0 troubled
splrltl"
Then I see Jesus going up another gar-
den path, and I sue grout cxoltonwut
among the leaves, and I hasten up that
garden path to aw what Jesus is doing
there, and. lol he is breaking off flowers.
sharp and clean. from tho sit-nu, aml Isny,
“Stop. Jesus; don't kill those beautiful
flowers." lio turns to me and says, "I
have come into my garden to gather lilies.
and I moon to take thcso up to a higher
terrace, for tho gnrdcn around my palace.
and there I will plant them, and in better
soil and in better air they shall put forth
brighter leaves and swootcr rodolcnce. and
no frost shall touch them forever." And I
looked up lutobis face and said: ”Well.
it is his garden. and he has a right to do
What he will with it. Thy will lm done"
—tho hardest prayer over man made.
It has EIEI‘IIICII as if Jesus Christ look the
bust. From many of your houscbolds tho
best one is gone. You know that she Was
loo good for this world; she was the gun-
:lost in her ways, the deepest in her alive-
tions. and when at last the sickness name
you had no faith in mcdlclncs. You knew
that the hour of parting had mum. and
when, through the rich grace of the Lord
Jesus Christ, you surrendered that trans-
uro you said: “Lord Jesus. take it. It is
the best We have; take it. Thou art wor-
thy!" The others in the houschold may
hnvo been of grosses mold. She was of the
finest.
Tho heaven of your little ones will not
be fairly begun until you got there. All
tho kinslaesseq 5mm: them bylmmortalsv
will mt lmril
they are. the radiant throngs that went
out from your homes. I thrown kiss to the
sweet darlings. They are all well now in
the palace. Thncrlpplcd child has a sound
foot now. . A little lumo chlldsays, "Ma,
will I be lamb in heaven?" “No. my dur-
ling; you won't be lama in heaven." A"
lltllo sick child Rhys, "Ha, will I be Sick
“No, my denr;you won't
be sick in heaven.” A little blind child
says, "Lia, will I be blind to heaveni”.
"No, my dear; you won't be lullud in
heaven. They are all Well there."
I notice that’the tine gardens sometimes
have high fences around them and you
cannot get in. It is so with n king's gar-
dcu. The only glimpse you ever get of
such a garden is when tho king rides out
in his splendid carriage. It is not so with
this garden, this King's garden. I throw
wide open the gate and tcllyouull to coma
in. No monopoly In religion. Whosoovur
will, may. (‘hooso uow between a desert
and a garden. Many of you have tried the
gardcu of this world's delight. You have
found it has bccn a chagrin; So it was
with 'l'hcodoro Hook. He made all the
world laugh. Ile makes us laugh now
when svo read his poems. but he could not
make his own heart laugh. While in llm
midst of his festivities ho ctlnlruntcd it
looking glass, and he saw himself and
said: "There, that is trucl I look just as
I uni—done up in body. mind and purse.“
So it was of Shcustonc. of whose garden I
told you at the beginning of my acrmon.
He sat down umld those bowcrs and sold:
“I have lost my road to ‘lmpplness. I am
angry and cuvlous and frantic and despise
everything around me. justus it becomcsa
madman to do."
IIeartaenae.
0 ye weary souls, come into Christ‘s
gurduu today and pluck allttlohcnrtsoasu.
Christ is the only rest and thoonly pardon
for u pol-tuvbcd spirit. Do you not think
your chance has almost come? You men
and women who have bccn walling year
after your for some good opportunity in
which to accept Christ. but have post.-
poucd it 5, IO." :20. 80 yours, do you not fool
(is if now your hour of deliverance and
pardon aud‘snlvaliou had some? () man.
what grudge bust thou against thy poor
soul that than will not let it lzu saved? I
fuel as if salvation must coum today in
some of your hearts.
Sumo years ago a vessel struck on. the
rocks. They had oulyono lifeboat. In
that lifeboat the passengers and crew were
gelling ashore. The vessel had fouudorol'l
and was sinking deeper and deeper, and
that one heat could not. take the passengers
very swiftly. A little girl stood on the
dock waiting for her turn to got into the
boat. The boat come and wont. come and
want, but bur turn did not scum to come.
After awhile she could wait no longer, and
she lcupod on the tal'frull and thou sprang
into the sea. crying to the boutman: "Save
me next! Save me next!" Oh. how
many have gone ashore into God's mercy,
and yet you are clinging to the wreck of
sin! Others huvoaocopted the pardon of
Christ. but you are in peril. Why not.
this moment. mukoli Push for your im-
mortal rcsoue, crying until Jesus slmll
hour you and heaven and earth ring with
thb cry: “Save me next! Save me next!"
Now is the day of salvation! Now! Now!
This Sabbath is the lust for some of you.
It is about to sail away forever. Her hull
tolls. The planks thunder back in tho
gangwuy. She shoves oil. She floats out
toward the great ocean of cternliy. Wave
farewell to your last chance for hcnvcn.
“0h, Jerusalem, Jerusalem. how often
would I have gathered than as n hon gath-
uu form ffllhthll‘mé
eroth hcr brood under her wings. and ya .
you desolate!"
God Al-
mighty. before“ is too late. rank um
infatuation.
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. would not! Behold your house is left unto '
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