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THE' MORNING- OBEGOfflAN, MONDAY. OCTOBER 14, 1901.
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HIS INITIAL SERMON
'PK. H. J. TALBOT PREACHED AT
. TAYLOR-STREET If. E. CHURCH.
Site Rev. Dr. John 2fcNaIiy Discussed
the Rmarriaee of Divorcee at
Cathedral Otker Services.
Br. J. H. Talbot, .the recently appointed
fcastor of the Taylor-Street- Methodist
Episcopal Church, preached his first ser
jnen here yesterday, and occupied the pul
pit both morning and evening. Dr. Tal
fcot is one of the best-known clergymen
of the Middle West, and comes to Port
land from the Indiana conference. He
has served In Indianapolis and Evans
ville churches, and "was presiding elder
of several Indiana districts at different
times.
Dr. Talbot spoke yesterday morning
from the text, "The kingdom of God Is
at hand," Mark 1:15. In part he said:
"The Bible makes .much of the king
dom of God, as all readers of It know.
The prophets "beheld and spoke of Its
rise, progress and glory. ' Christ's dis
courses were given up to a delineation
of its characteristics and a statement of
its requirements. We may profitably
cpend this half hour in considering some
of its features.
"First of all I call you to notice that
It has a great purpose to work out. Other
kingdoms have as their purpose to pro
tect their possessions against assaults
Srom without, and to secure the rights
of their citizens among themselves. If
any attention Is paid to Intellectual prog
ress or to moral improvement, it is only as
these things minister to better temporal
conditions. But the kingdom of God has
as its .purpose to renew the individual
life, regenerate the nature and Inaugu
rate the reign of high and holy princi
ples, which will renovate society at last
and will purify all civil conditions until
cnore than primeval happiness shall be
testored to the earth.
"In the next place, mark the unique
method by which ltg great purpose Is to
be wrought out. The kingdom of God
pays little attention to civil or social
conditions primarily. The Roman Govern
ment was corrupt to the last degree In
Christ's day, but he organized no con
spiracy for its overthrow. Society was
rotten to the core, as shown by the char
acter of the prevailing slavery and by
the utter degradation of the marriage
relation; but Christ organized no society
or the reform of society. The kingdom
of God pays little attention to forms,
rules, ceremonies and such like. Jesus
laid down no law for the regulation of
the number of fasts or the length of
prayers, or for cerenionles of any kind;
but, passing by the masses as found In
governments and as represented in soci
ety, he singled out the individuals and
made a straight dive for his heart.
"'Through the reason, the affections, the
Imagination, the will, he sought to se
cure the spiritual regeneration of the in
dividual. This illustrates the method of
the kingdom of God. Not outward reform,
but inward regeneration, is Its method.
Christ refused to become simply a re
former. He did this that he might pur
cue the more far-reaching method of spir
itual renewal. The church of today does
well to refuse to become simply a reform
institution. It does reform government
and society, but Its chief purpose is the
Bplritual renewal of the individual, and it
does well to stick to its work.
""In the last place, note the singular re
quirement made of those who would ac
quire and retain citizenship in the king
dom of God. Possessions cannot secure
citizenship. Sometimes they stand in the
way of it. Christ said to one: 'Sell all
you have and give to the poor, and you
ehall have treasure in heaven.' Profes
sion cannot 6ecure it. He said: 'Not
every one who saith Lord, Lord, shall
enter into the kingdom, but he that doeth
the will of my Father in heaven. Nor
can social position secure it. Christ said
fco those in highest social positions:
The publicans and hajlots go into the
kingdom of God, and ye are shut out.'
But whoever would enter and abide in
this kingdom must have an all-controlling
desire for it. 'Seek, 'strive,' 'deny your
eelf, these are the pivotal words. It is
DO easy matter for the selfish, proud,
stubborn, to comply with such terms.
But Christ has shown these are the suc
cessful ones. When he was asked, Who
is greatest in the kingdom?' he said:
"Except ye become as little children ye
cannot see the kingdom of God.
"This kingdom is fitted for universal
Conquest It adapts Itself to all condi
tions and ages. Already 'its banner Is
carried over all seas and to all conti
nents. Soon it may be expected that
the kingdoms of this world shall be
come the kingdoms of our Lord and of
bis Christ' At the last he will say to
the vile, profligate, selfish and incorrigi
ble, 'Depart from me.' But to the humble,
faithful and pure of heart he will say:
'Come, ye blessed of my Father, Inherit
the kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world.' "
GREETED STEW, PASTOR,
pentenary Methodist Church Wel
comed Rev. W. B. Holllngshead.
Rev. W. B. Holllngshead, the newly ap
pointed pastor of Centenary Methodist
Church, East Side, entered on his public
iwork yesterday. At both morning and
evening services there were large con
gregations. The altar and choir loft had
been attractively decorated with flowers,
and on the front of the grand organ "was
the significant word, "Welcome." At the
morning service Rev. Mr. Holllngshead
preached on "Our Possessions." His text
Was from I Corinthians 111:21-22-23.
He prefaced his sermon by saying that
B week ago he had stood before a simi
lar congregation to speak his final words,
tout the faces were familiar, while these
be now looked into were mostly those of
Btrangers. Yet he felt at home. He epoke of
the many kindly acts and expressions
that had come to him within the past 10
days, all of which had inspired him with
Slope and encouragement He said In part:
"The Christian has a divine title to all
be possesses. He has a divine guaranty
if he be loyal to God. Our claims cannot
be disputed, but they have the divine seal,
not the civil. Our claims are as certain
as the power and existence of God. The
grandest thought is that we are joint
heirs with the father. All things are
ours, although we may be poor in prop
erty, have no land or home;, yet we are
not poor, no matter how humble or af
flicted we may be. As the Christian walks
forth in this beautiful City of Portland to
day, he will be thrilled with the beauty
of the surroundings, and his soul will be
Stirred with the glory of God. But he
must stand close to God to see all the
glory of the hills or the true beauty In
the flowers "with which we are surrounded
this morning at this opening service.
Only that one in love with God can see
Jthe true glory of his handiwork about us.
"The ministry belongs to the church.
Pastor and people should stand together
with God. There were differences In the
t;onntnian cnurcn. Paul was a logical
reasoner, given to sound disquisition.
Apollos was polished, ornate, eloquent and
brilliant Cephas -was plain and- direct
and on fire with the truth. All three
"were only different in their method of ex
pression, but at heart were advocates or
the glory of God. All were equally conse
crated and all preached the gospel. Min
isters are commissioned to preach the
gospel. You cannot judge the preacher
by his sermons, although you may hear
him through the year. He is the servant
cfthe church. Both are to be helpful
to each other.
"The minister seldom has a home. He
JWho was born in the Methodist minlstry
Jisually has to keep on the move. He
goes from city to city, from place to
place. He is everywhere, and yet is not
anchored anywhere. No one In the world
appreciates little acts of love more than
the minister. The flowers placed In the
parsonage of- this church, all prepared,
gave that home a touch of love as well
as beauty, and were a sign of love to a
stranger In a strange land. No greater
sin can a member commit than to refuse
the newly appointed pastor his heart. He
must be closer to the families of the
church than even the family physician.
He must be with them In Joy, in sorrow
and sickness, at the deathbed and at the
last parting at the grave. Hehould be
among them In the social life.
"A minister should not select out a few
from a church and make these his chosen
friends and advisers. He must be the
companion of the humblest in the mem
bership. All are to have access to him.
Grand men have stood In this pulpit be
fore me. I can only succeed with the
loving co-operation of the membership to
carry the great burden that they bore. A
friend who attended the .funeral of the
late Rev. G. W. Gue said that the funeral
seemed more to him a triumph than a
funeral."
Rev. Mr. Holllngshead closed his dis
course with an earnest appeal for the
loving co-operation of the entire mem
bership. As he opened the doors of the
church a number of new members were
received. At the. close of the morning
services nearly the entire congregation
passed the platform and welcomed the
pastor with a grasp of the hand. The
members likewise were generally pleased
and congratulated each other as well. It
was announced that a public reception will
be given the pastor and his wife In the
church tomorrow evening.
"SER3IONS IN LEAVES."
Pleasing Service at MIzpafc Presby
terian Church.
The Rev. Jerome R. McGlade, pastor of
Mlzpah Presbyterian Church, East Side,
conducted an Autumn service yesterday
morning. The church had been appro
priately decorated with Autumn leaves,
accentuating the thought of the sermon.
The text was, Isaiah lvl:4, "We all do fade
as a leaf." He said in part:
"There is no more eloquent voice nor
any more beautiful sentiment In nature
than that which comes to us in Autumn.
Sermons are preached from every hill
side and dale, by the wayside or In 'the,
deep-tangled wild wood.' This Is indeed
a time to 'go forth under the open sky
and list to Nature's teachings.'
"The prophet Isaiah drew his illustra
tions from the midst of court scenes, or
from the heart of nature. He takes the
leaf as an emblem and preaches a pointed
sermon. The first sermon that the leaf
preaches which I name Is that suggested
by the prophet Israel's prophet was not
particularly sentimental. The condition
of his people Is too desperate for senti
ment Sin has cursed and blighted the
national life. He is humbled at the
thought He sees the leaf falling to
earth to be an emblem of Israel. And
so Isaiah preaches his sermon. Sin still
blights, curses, causes to decay. Many a
life is like the blighted leaf. It Is faded
permanently. It is fallen Into waste
places. It Is trodden underfoot.
"Like Byron whose days were in the
yellow leaf
The flowers and fruits of life were gone.
The worm, the canker and the grief were his
alone.
So is often the pitiable condition of the
life of man.
"The Autumn Jeaf preaches a sermon
upon the brevity of life. One brief Sum
mer rounds out Its existence. And so
human life is brief. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, in his 'Last Leaf,' mirrored his
own life. At four score he wrote: 'I have
lasted long enough to serve as an il
lustration of my poem. I am still one
of the very last of the leaves which
still cling to the bough of life that bud
ded In the Spring of the nineteenth century-'
"The brevity of life Is marked In so
many ways. So many voices hum it
Into one's ears: '
All life Is brief;
"What now Is bud will noon be leaf;
What now Is leaf will soon decay.
"The poet sees the state of man to be
today putting forth the tender leaves of
hope, tomorrow the fruition, and then the
killing frost, which 'Nips his root and
then he falls.' If this be the state of
man, how pleasing the thought and fact
of immortality; of mortality completed
by Immortality; of life, with its 'withheld
completions,' made perfect in the im
mortal realm.'
"The Autumn leaf preaches a sermon
upon humility. It has been only a leaf,
and as such, It has been content to fill
a leafs place in the world. It may
have sheltered from the storm or turned
aside the fierce rays of the sun from
a traveler's head. It may simply have
helped to round out the full foliage of the
tree, or have been a vital organ to in
hale the breath of life for the parent
stem. Its mission has been humble; it
has been content
"So Ruskln said: 'We men, In what we
presume to be humility, compare our
selves with the leaves; but we have no
right to do so. We who live for our
selves and neither know how to use nor
keep the work of past time may humbly
learn, as from the ant foresight from
the leaf reverence.' The leaf teaches us
to be humble enoUgh to fill that place
In the world assigned to us.
"The sermon preached to us by this
eloquent preacher Is concerning life's
fulfilled mission. 'Leaves have their time
to fall. It is God's time his
set time. It is only a brief
moment yet it is all the time there
was given. Is It not true also that pe
who metes out days for the leaf has
something to do with the measure of
man's life? Are we not immortal till
our work be done? Only let us seek to
fulfill life's mission; ,to do with our
might what our hand finds to do; to be
efficient servitors of the, King. As our
times are In God's hands, let us leave
them there only let us work while it Is
day, since the night cometh when no
man can work. There have been those
who have completed a life's work In a
few years. Life's fulfilled mission de
pends not upon length of years, but upon
alertness and eagerness to seize opportu
nity and upon diligence and faithfulness
In the performance of duty. Let us re
member that that life Is long which
answers life's great end. The Autumn
leaves with their October tints, 'brown
and yellow, and russet red,' preach a
sermon upon the characters which man
through the passing years of faith and
hope has formed. The beautiful hues
suggest the perfection of Christian char
acter. And is it not true, as of the leaf,
its bright colors Increasing with altitude,
and predominating on Alpine summits
so of life, character being made the more
beautiful through trial, sorrow and suf
fering? The purest streams of human love
Flow naturally never.
But gush by pressure from above,
"With God's hand on the lever.
"Lastly, the Autumn leaf does not
necessarily preach melancholy. We may
poslbly be Impressed with pensiveness
and sadness at the falling leaf. It Is
quite possible that such .feelings steal
over the soul, but It should not harbor
them. Sadness only comes with the re
flection that life has failed, like Macbeth,
whose way of life had fallen into the
sear, the yellow leaf; who, instead of
troops of friends, found 'curses, not loud,
but deep.' "
LIFE OF J. R. K. SELLWOOD..
Dr. ran "Waters Paid Tribute to His
Services as an Educator.
Services at St. David's Episcopal
Church. East Twelfth and Morrison
streets, were held yesterday morning In
memory of the late J. R. N. Sellwood,
a pioneer educator. Appropriate music
was sung by the choir. The Rev. George
B. Van Waters, D. D., rector, spoke
on the "Life and Services of J. R. N.
Sellwood," taking his text from Matthew,
xlll:24, "The kingdom of heaven Is likened
to a man who sowed good seed in' his
field." In part he said:
'We are told here of the manner in
which the kingdom of God is carried on.
It is like the process of sowing seed and
garnering the harvest As a man soweth
so shall he also reap. If by his words
and life, man sowsthe seedNof truth, in
God'3 time will appear the harvest
"All this is a proper prelude to the
consideration of a life that was ever care
ful to scatter the seeds of truth. James
R. N. Sellwood was born September . 1,
1841, in Wendon, HI. His parents devoted
him to Christ while yet an Infant, be
ginning thus early to sow the seeds of
truth. His first 12 years were spent In
the town of his birth 4n faithful atten
tion to religious and secular Instruction.
These years powerfully influenced his
whole life. In 1856 he Immigrated to Or,
gon with his parents by way of the
Isthmus of Panama. When about 18 years
old Mr. Sellwood had a strong desire for
a college course, and in 1860 entered the
preparatory school of Willamette Uni
versity. He was graduated In the class
ical department and received the degree
of A. B., July 21, 1866. Among his class
mates were H. H. Gllfrey, one of the
chief clerks In the United States Sen
ate, also the late Samuel -L. Simpson.
"At the age of 31, Mr. Sellwo6a"was
elected president of Philomath College,
and besides the regular duties of this of
fice he taught Latin, Greek and mathe
matics. Some of the brightest pages of
the history of the college were chron
icled during his administration.
"Mr. Sellwood taught In the public
schools of Oregon for 16 years, and his
work as a teacher here and elsewhere is
PREACHED FIRST SERMON HERE.
Dr. J. H. Talbot.
interwoven with the records of the early
history of Oregon. Prominent people of
this city and of this parish today were
pupils of James R. N. Sellwood. The re
sult of the seed-sowing of early days Is
seen in the lives of men and women now
living.
"From the beginning of the existence of
this parish before 1870, Mr. Sellwood had
been In Oregon 12 years, and his family
name was familiar in the little town of
Portland. The history of St. David's
Church cannot be written without his
name appearing. He was always ready
to do; he was ever happy In doing some
kind of Christian work. It was not al
ways on the lines of parish work. He
was charitable and large hearted enough
to do the Master's work anywhare. For
six years he was president of the Young
Men's Christian Association. His example
was an Inspiration and blessing to pu
pils, teachers and officers in the church
where he worked.
"Probably the brightest side of his llfB
is to be found in his domestic relations.
His devotion to his family was -particularly
commendable, and his love and
Christian spirit was shown. In the rear
ing of his children. Not only In this was
he an example, but also In his faithful
church attendance and Sunday observance.
When the church bells called to divine
worship nq Sunday picnic nor pleasure of
any kind could allure him from attend
ance. In closing I can only say, after the
contemplation of such a life, that In
Christ's fold he finds perfect rest."
CHURCH AND DIVORCE.
Rev. Dr. McNally Preached on This
Theme at the Cathedral.
Rev. Dr. John McNally, in the course of
a sermon In the Cathedral yesterday, on
faith, when contrasting the weak and
doubting faith exhibited by the Jewish
ruler, described in the gospel of the day.
with that of the Centurion, as related In
the eighth chapter of St Matthew's gos
pel, took occasion, while pointing out the
present-day dangers to that implicit faith
which should guide and sustain the con
sistent Christian, to refer to the leading
editorial in yesterday's morning paper. He
said:
"The convention at present being held
in a neighboring city -has no special Inter
est to us, as the most Important questions
under discussion were settled finally and
Irrevocably some 1900 years ago, and we,
the universal church, are the undying wit
ness and the Indestructible bulwark of
that settlement. But, unfortunately, the
contradictions and Inconsistencies exhib
ited in this convention are employed by
those outside as an opening to attack the
teachings and rulings of the church.
"Now, we know that these people do
not constitute the church, any more than
a rotten and fallen-away branch consti
tutes a tree. Nevertheless, a silly remark
to the effect that 'pity for Innocent
women should not Influence the house,'
alleged to have been uttered by a member
of this convention during the discussion
of the momentous question of divorce, Is
made by the leading editorial in this
morning's paper the subject of what to us
can be looked upon in no other light than
as an insulting and unwarranted attack
on the teachings of the Holy Scriptures
and the church.
"The scribe who thus presumes to dog
matize for the benefit of the public, and
to elucidate his view of the 'Iron-clad
rules, laid down with more or less real or
fancied authority 'from St. Matthew and
St. Paul,' and coming to us from 'the dark
cloisters of the Middle Ages,' after ex
posing for our scrutiny some of the coun
sels found in the writings of the above
named apostles, proceeds to garble the
teaching of St Paul and of the church
on the question of marriage. 'St Paul,'
he says, 'regarded marriage as a mere
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Pears'
To keep the skin clean
is to wash the execretions
from it off ; the skin takes
care of itself inside, if not
blocked outside.
To wash it often and
clean, without doing any
sort of violence to it re
quires a most gentle soap,
a soap with no free alkali .
in it. y
Pears', the soap that
clears but not excoriates.
Sold all over the "world.
sexual act,' therefore as a degraded state.
Now, St. Paul never did this. On the con
trary, he elevates It in the fifth chapter
of his epistle to the Ephesians, where' he
says: "A man ehall leave father and
mother,' and shall adhere to his wife, and
they shall be two in one flesh. This Is
a-great sacrament; I speak In Christ and
In the church," to a plane from which
modern "reformers' of Christ's truth and
law have succeeded in degrading It in
practice almost to the condition which he
falsely alleges was the teaching of the
apostle.
"St Paul tells us that virginity Is a su
perior state to that of marriage, and I
would like to see the man, usjng his rea
son and his conscience, who would say
otherwise. Again ho says: 'He (St. Paul)
had no conception of its true nature as
we know it . . . had no hint of the
Christian family of today, the bulwark o
the state.' No, surely, If the apostlevcouid
come to us from his heavenly home, and
give his opinion of the present state of
that 'great sacrament,' as unravelled by
the dally proceedings of divorce courts,
with their story of sin and shame, or as
witnessed in the millions of childless fami
lies, whose influence, as baldly portrayed
on the same editorial page but a few col
umns over, does not show up famously
as a substantial bulwark of the state,
he would surely admit that this new ex
perimental science of human perversity
adds materially to the Infusion of divine
Inspiration which his pen transcribed
nearly 2000 years ago.
"It is needless to go over the whole
ground and expose all the fallacies of
this virulent attack on all that we hold
sacred, 'but we must emphasize the fact
that such newspaper articles are' a se
rious menace to the faith of our people,
and -as such It la our duty to warn you
and protect you against them. When the
Jewish ruler believed, his whoje house be
lieved with him, and it is your duty, my
dear brethren, to guard the faith of those
under your charge, that no insidious poK
son such as Is here contained should creep
In to rob their young minds of Christ's
saving faith. Unfortunately, they are too,
often not thoroughly Imbued with Its
teaching, and to the wavering ones, when
It appears tiresome and unentertainlng,
the reading of Tom Paine, or of an article
such as the editorial above described,
with its dogmatic style and plausible as
surance, strikes them as rare wisdom in
deed. It is your duty therefore to pro
tect them, and to safeguard In every con
scientious way yourselves ana your homes
against such pernicious teaching."
"KNOWW AND READ OF 'ALL MEN."
Lord Bishop' of Newcastle Prenched
Sermon at Trinity Church.
A large congregation greeted the lord
bishop of Newcastle, Dr. Jacob, at Trinity
Episcopal Church, yesterday morning. He
delivered an eloquent sermon, speaking
from the text, II Corinthians 111:2-3, ."Ye
are our epistle, written in our hearts,
known and read of all men. Forasmuch
as ye are manifestly declared to be the
epistle of Christ, ministered by us, writ
ten not with ink, but with the Spirit of
the living God; not in tables of stone,
but In the fleshly tables of the heart"
"The epistles of Paul," said the speaker,
"usually follow the same model. The
scheme of one epistle is much like that
of others. Paul opens with a salutation
of affection to the church addressed, then
follows with a statement of the doctrines
that he desires to teach, following that
with an exposition of the moral principles
which he desires to enforce, ending with
another salutation of affection. In the
second epistle to the Corinthians, Paul
points out the difference be'tweeen living
epistles and those written in pen and ink.
Surely the people to whom his words
were read were surprised when they
heard, 'ye are our epistle.' At the words,
'written in our hearts,' they certainly
must have felt as If this were a problem
to be solved. This phrase they must have
soon perceived was an allusion of deep
affection. They must have understood
that the message was first written In
Paul's own heart, and that he was pass
ing it on to them.
" 'Forasmuch as ye are manifestly de
clared to be the epistle of Christ,' in this
the point of view Is somewhat changed.
Christ stands forth as the real writer,
while Paul is the minister of the church!
The epistle of Christ Is written in a lov
ing spirit, as Paul says: "Not in tables
of stone, but -in the fleshly tables of the
heart." It wa3 engraved first on his own
heart, and then on his hearers as well.
"Yet, when Paul's metaphor was thor
oughly understood, the most important
application that could be made was con
tained in the words, 'known and read of
all men." The metaphor Is one of con
trast The epistle of pen and ink is con
trasted with the epistle of the living
Christ engraved on the hearts of men.
The people are said to be the 'epistle
known and read of all men.' Paul did
not mean that his writings would be wide
ly read, but that the people of Corinth
the Christians would be observed of all
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men; that they would stand as the repre
sentatives of the new faith, and that all
their deeds and actions would have a
peculiar significance to the rest of the
world.
"Eplstle3 of flesh and blood are not
read the same way as we read the epistles
of Paul; first, the salutation of affection,
next the statement of doctrine, following
with the exposition of moral principles,
and ending with a salutation. When the
world begins to read a man it looks first
at hl3 life. If his life stands investiga
tion, if he is unselfish, If he Is a Chris
tian, and loves and honors the truth. If
he Is a man of humility, of charity, and
consideration for others, then the world
may go back of his life to seek the doc
trines and teachings that have aided in
making him so. If we find a man of
purity, of humility, of fine and noble
character, we may Inquire vwhat doctrines
caused, this moral life. What is back of
It? The Corinthians lived in a great and
wicked seaport. They were in a position
to spread their influence all over the
world. Paul knew this, so he addressed
his people in this way. It is the same
way with modern Christians. They are
known and read of all men. The revela
tion of Jesus Christ, they represent in !
nesn and Wood, In a concrete shape. So
It is also with communities, with cities,
and nations, who stand for Christianity.
If we forget the terrible responsibility
that Is resting upon us as the representa
tives of Christianity, then we are for
getting something that we will have to
answer for before the bright, bright
throne. In our private and public life we
must strive to Illustrate the doctrines
of Jesus Christ If we fall In this we are
hindering the great work of the church.
When the church is engaged In spreading
salvation to all the regions of the earth,
we must remember that upon us rest3
the responsibility of representing those
truths and doctrines In our practical dally
life, not only as individuals, but also as
communities, cities and nations."
The lord bishop then made a stirring
.jplea for alms for the Seamen's Institute,
setting foTth the temptations to the sail
ors that exist all over the world, and
impressing upon his hearers the fact that
by their sailors were the English and
American peoples judged In many of the
ports of the East, where no other repre
sentatives of the Anglo-Saxon civilization
go.
MARTYRDOM NOT IN VAIN.
McKlnley's Death Aroused Nation to
Menace of Anarchy.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10. (To the Ed
itor.) Few benefits have fallen to man
kind, without sacrifice; some times bitter
and heavy, but not without an overshad
owing reward; and in the assassination of
the late President McKInley, this is again
demonstrated.
The Nation has sorrowed and wept at
his death; but parodoxical as It seems, It
Is almost a matter for universal thanks
giving, for it has roused the Nation to the
performance of a duty. After the Presi
dent was struck down by the hand of a
mad assassin, a merciful Providence per
mitted him to live a week with those who '
loved and reverenced him; and where his
ear could hear the lamentations of the
people. He died a peaceful, happy, noble
death; and though his death was prema
ture, it was not in vain.
Fate had laid him upon the sacrificial
altar, for the benefit of his country, and
he did not murmur at the sacrifice. No
one but a President could have filled that
place.
Bright', good and patriotic as McKiniey
was, as Governor, or in any other official
capacity his death would not have thrown
the Nation so into mourning, for above
and beyond his personality was what he
represented the Government.
The blow wa3 struck, not at the man.
but at the Government. It wras not hate (
of a man; It was hate of law, order and '
authority. It was a fiendish desire to 1
strike at that which others revered;
which generations passed had instituted
and baptized in their blood; which follow
ing generations had fought to maintain,
and had succeeded.
Our method of government has few
faults, and these sink into nothingness
when compared with the .glaring defects
of the government of almost any other
nation of the globe. Its administration
has been faulty as human nature Is faulty
but the Constitution of the United States
seems almost to bear the touch of divinity,
so nearly perfect is it, and the blow was
at this! But the blow was not struck In
vain, the martyrdom was not In vain; for
it has roused the people from a lethargy;
and the keen lancet of public opinion shall j
cut tnis cancer cieun ana irue io me
line, from the body of the Nation.
Socialism, Is sanguine, theoretical, vis
ionary, with some excellent points, albe
it, at present Impractical; but anarchy is,
and alw,ays was, an indication of the low
est order of morals and Intellect; a blight
upon humanity; a menace to liberty, and
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LAST WEEK OF
THE CARINIV
Woodmen of (the World Tonight
In theirxompetitlve drills.
Cv: LAST APPEARANCE OF THE
Tribes of Wild Indians
In their exciting war dances and fierce battles.
Xne Yodlers
In their wonderful warbling.
The PoSyscope
Will give a Hfe-IIke reproduction of President McKinley's last speech,
and of his funerals at Buffalo, Washington and Canton.
Two Full Military Bands
Afternoon and evening.
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THE PROBLEM.
OROTHY in the
price of Ivory Soap per cake, but it would
take a mathematical genius to calculate its
true value. For
time, labor, and materials. He must deduct from the
apparent cost the saving in the longer life of the cake,
in the longer life of the washed fabric, in the labor
required, in the time consumed, in the strength ex
pended, in the results obtained. When all is finished,
Ivory is the cheapest soap in the world. It floats.
a disgrace to civilization. It Is the acme
of madness Itself, without the slightest
conception of what liberty means; illogi
cal, unreasonable and chaotic.
If our President had not been slain,
these malicious mad men and women,
would have gone on unmolested, for the
noise of the rattlers of these snakes, has
been drowned by the din of commercial
Ism: but It struck its fangs In that beside
which, commercialism sinks into insignifi
canceliberty, the government, law, or
der, the very life of the Nation. Its fangs
shall bo pulled; Its rattlers shall be si
lenced, and its body shall writhe and
die!
For the American public will not stand
anarchy, when the aim of this small, but
dangerous body of people Is at the Gov
ernment. Not that the pigmy could ever
hurt this giant, but we will not permit
another representative of this Govern
ment to be the victim of its malice. They
have been treated with Indulgence, be
cause the extent of their madness was
not known. We know it now; and the
people will not permit the fountain of
liberty to be polluted by one drop of this
anarchistic venom.
Next to the Government one of the most
treasured of our Institutions has been
the freedom of the press; and this has
been one of the most potent factors In
our advancement: but alas! many of our
papers have taken advantage of the priv
ilege, and degenerated Into journalistic
anarchists; have turned liberty to license,
freedom to indulgence, and run the entire
gamut of Indecency. The name of no
woman Is sacred from its profane touch:
the reputation of no man, where it
wishes to malign, for personal or polit
ical motives, Is safe from its vllliflcatlon
and falsehoods. It has contaminated the
minds of the ignorant, pandered to the
envy of the malicious, and corrupted the
minds of the young, and Its death war
rant is signed and sealed.
The Nation has two festering sores
awaiting the surgeon's knife. They are
the mad and menacing doctrines af an
archy, and the ribald license of the press.
ELLA COSTELLO BENNETT.
Mr. Stockton and the Florist's Cott.
Saturday Evening Post.
It has been Mr. Frank Stockton's cus
tom to pass the Winter months away from
his Summer home. When he and his fam
ily returned in the early Spring after these
prolonged absences, it was frequently
found that the house plants had died
during their absence from lack of care.
Instead of vigorous and flourishing palms
and ferns the majority of the plants were
wholly beyond resuscitation, only a few
The ViradeSas
Celebrated Gymnasts.
ADMISSION 25c, CHILDREN 10c
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nursery can calculate the
he must take account of
pale, spindling growths showing any signs
whatever of life. ,
After several experiences of thi3 kind
Mr. Stockton decided that the less trouble
some plan would be to rent plants from a
florist during the time of his Summer
stay; so the next year a near-by florist
received orders to supply Mr. Stockton's
Summer place with plants. Porches and
grounds were decorated, and the family
congratulated themselves not only on
the beauty of the new decorations, but
also on the fact that there need be no
worry over the future life of the plants,
for when the time came for the Winter
fllt'tlng, they could be sent back to the
florist, and thus the family would be
freed of responsibility for them during the
cold weather
But one night a cow gained entrance to
the premises and the next morning, when
the master of the house appeared, disor
der and desolation met hl3 eye. The hlred
plants were ruthlessly torn and trampled, "
and before Mr. Stockton's mind there
arose a vision of an irate florist demand
ing payment for his ruined plants. But
(as though to prove the truth of rhe as
sertion of Mr. Stockton's connection with
a"lucky start, It was found thit the in
truder who had caused all the destruction
was the florist's own cow!
Wild Dreams of Wealth.
New York Tribune.
Hope springs eternal In the breasts ot
many visionaries, who Imagine that tii ,
may get possession some" day of cnormQ"
estates in England. The latest delusion '
that sort is inspired by a ridiculous fable
to the effect that in the British Court of
Chancery property amounting In value
to more than $200,000,000 Is awaiting proors
of descent to be submitted by American
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gOing DaCK. IU clll JZllltillOll OUtUlUl UMU
some 200 years. How wild and fantastic
are the dreams of such Americans!
"Will Study American Railroads.
NEW YORK. Oct. 15. The White Star
liner Celtic, which arrived today, brought
a party of English railroad men. who
have come here to spend a month study
ing American railroads and inspecting
systems. They are George 3. Glbbs, gen
eral manager of the Northeastern Rail
road: Norman D Macdonald, T. 21. New
ell and E .Worsdell. directors of the line.
"Don' talk io awfully loud, yonn? man."
said the Judge to the lawyer who wa trj-
inf? nia nrsc case jruu muy jiuvu uuuiu
lint TmMo In hllnrl- hut she Is not deaf." 1
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