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The Oregon Scout. vol. in. UNION, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1886. NO, 3. ft J' ' mil' THE OREGON SCOUT. An Independent weekly Journal, Issued ovo j Saturday by JONES & CHANCEY, l'ublleliers and Proprietors A. K. .Tones, 1 Kdltor. J J I!. CllANCEV, . ...... RaTES OP SCBSCUIPTION: One copy, ono year Jl 60 mx moiillia l wi " Throo months Inviirlahlv rush In mlrnnco. If by any chance subf criptions are not paid in i unu oi jenr, iwo noimrs win uu uimrKuu, Itites of advertising made known on nppll cation. Correspondence from all parts of tbo county EOllCHCtl. Address all communications to A. K. Jones, Editor Oregon Scout, Union, Or. Lodge Directory. GnAxn UnsiiK Vai.i.kv I.onoE. No. BO. A. F, and A. !. Meets on tho second nnd fourth eaturdays of eneh monlti. 0. F. Bell, W. M, C. E. Davis, Secretary. Union Lodok. No. 33. 1. 0. O. F. Hejrular meetings on Friday oven tups of each week at their ball in Union. All brethren in good utandlngnro invited to attend. Uy order of tlio lodno. . v. 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Keep constantly on hand BEEF, PORK, VEAL. MUTTON, 8AU SAGE, HAMS, LAUD, ETC SHE -:- HOTEL Union, Oregon. Dak. Chandler, Fbopbiktob Having recently purchased this hotel and refitted it throughout, I am prepared to accommodate th& hungry publio in first class style. Call and see me. Lahok Saw rLK Rooms for the accommodation iA commercial travelers. CHRIST'S GRACE. DR. TALMAGE'S VACATION SERMONS. The Beauties of Biblical Com parisons Pointed Out Blessings Bestowed by the Name on Mankind, Saviour's Sjmial to the Kansas City Timet. Tun Hamptons, July 4. Whllo tho Rev- T. Do Witt Tidmni', I). 1)., Is absent from his pulpit In Brooklyn nnd recreating; In tho coun try, he continues to preach, taking subjects suggested by summer scenes and surround ings, his discourses constituting: a course en titled, "Voices ot Gardens and Fields." The following Is tho first sermon In tho scries, preached to-duy from tho text: "My beloved Is unto mc a cluster of caniphlre in tho vlne ynnis of En-Redl :" Song of Solomon, I. 5-1 1. Solomon's song 1ms been considered by many as lit only for moonstruck sentimental ists; written by a voluptuary, the story of a man crazed by a fair maiden; lit neither for family prnvers nor for church. Indeed, we must admit that there were- years In Solomon's life when ho had several hundred moro wives than he was entitled to; but ho repented of his sin and God chofu him to write some ot the best things about Christ that havo ever been written. Besides that I think the criti cism of modern times upou the Immodesty of the lllblc comes vdtk poor grace from a centu ry In which tho writings of "George Sand" comes to their fortieth edition, and Christians cannot get to their prajer meeting because they havo tickets for places of amusement so depraved that they make the "Black Crook" respectable. 4I think, however, as far as 1 can tec, in my stupidity, that tlicro are things turned out upon the comiflunlty to-day that bid fair to do more damage than the Song of Solomon. OI1IUT IIRAUTICH 01' T1IK 1IIIU.K. Hear, now, one of his fresh and lair descrii tions of .Icsus. If I had twenty years to preach I uouldllku to employ ten of them in bringing out to observation those representations of Christ that havo as yet been passed by. I do not know why tho pulpit should hover over a few types of Christ when thero are so many symbols of Jesus that have never been dis coursed upon. Why Miould we employ all our time in examining a lew lilies wheu tho Blblo Is a great garden tilled with fuschlas, and with ihilTodils, mid with amaranths, and with even ing prlinm.-i's for the close of life's day, anil crociihcs at the foot of the tnow hank of sor row, and heart's cafco for thu troubled, and passion llowero planted at the foot of tho cross, and morning glories spreading out mi ller tho splendors of the breaking day 1 Somo years ago I discoursed to jou about "tin; white hairs of Jesus," and t-omu of the newspapers mpposed it was a mere fancy ot mv own the poor fools not knonlng that In Bevelatlou, the first and thu fourteenth, thu Blhlu speaks of Christ, "Hli head and Ills hair were whlto like wool, as white as suon" symbolizing tho eternity of Jesus. Terraced qii the side of the mountain were the vineyards of Eu iredi. O, they were sweet palaces ! From a shelving of tho mountain. 100 feet hlirh. waters camo down in beautiful baptism on thu faces of the leaves, tho grapes Intoxicate with their own wlno, pomegranates with juices hiirsthie from tho rind, all fruits and (lowers and aromatic w oods among tho sweetest of these the eamphlru plant of tho text. Its flowers are In clusters llko our lilac -graceful, fragrant, smybollcal of Jesus; for in v noioved is unto me as a cluster of cam- puire from tlio vineyards of En-gedl." Cllllisr s NAMU MKANH U)VK. I will carry out the Idea of mv text, and In the lirnt ulaeo hhow you that this camnhiro plant of the text was a symbol ot Christ, be cause of Its liMgranee. 'if I had a branch of It and Miould wavo It In your uildst it would till all the houso with Its redolence. Tlio cani phlre as we have It Is offensive to some, but me caiupiiiro piani. oi me text nan a iragraneu gracious to. all. The vineyards ot Eii-gedl bathed In It the branches, tho buds, tho blos soms, dripping with tucetness, typical ot tho snceiness oi uunsi. How Bwrrttlic namouf JclUt HOUniU In a bi-llcver'a car! It rooiliei lilx Burrows, licnU Ills wouada, And drl fhiiwu)- liUft-ar. The name of Cicsar means tiower: Ihe mums oi Jierod means cruelty; tuenamcor Aluvau tier means conquest; Din namo of Demos thenes means eloquence, the name of Milton means ixR'irv: uio name ot Jieiijamiu West means painting; the mime of 1'lildlas means scuiiiiure; ino name or Jieetlioren means music; tho name of Howard means reform: but the name of Christ means love. It Is tho sweetest name that ever melted from lip or ucari. as you open an oiu cncsi mat una long been closed, the first thing that strikes you Is tlio perfumo of the herbs that wero pacKcu amiii tue doming: so mere are hun dreds of hearts hero which If oncned. would first otter to you the iiume of Jesus. Havo you not seen hhrt I Through the dark night of our sin nas no not nasiieii unon xour vision! ieautlful when ho comes to belli, beautiful when he comes to save. Till! I.IUHT OP THE WOJIM). A little child was crvliur very much durinir tho time of an eclipse. It got so dark at noon llial all. i ti-tia iifiif1 nt.il L'ant c1ililw nml could not be silenced, until after awliiio the tun came out agaiu, anu stie claimed lierliauils ondsald: ' O, the ftinl the mill" Somo of us have been lit the darkness of our sin; ocllpso after eclipse has passed oyer our toul; but after awhile thesiin of righteousness xiured his beams iion our hearts, and wo cried: "The sunt the sun I" Beautiful dawn In the straw oHlhc Hetlilehem khan I beautiful In his mother's nhawl, a fugitive to Kgyptl ncauiiiui wuu ins ieei in mu uauiean sum beautiful with tlio children banging about his neck! beautiful III tho home circle of Bethany I fairer than tho sous of men; day-spring from on high; light for those who Bit In darkness; rose of Sharon; Illy of the valley altogether lovely I 01 ho is such a sln-pardoner, such a trouble-toother, such a wound-binder, such a grave-breaker, that the faintest pronunciation of bis namo rouses up all tho Incense ot tho garden, and all the perfume ot tho tropics, while the, soul in ecstacy of affection cries out: "My beloved Is unto mo as a cluster ot cam phi re from tho vineyards of Kn-gedl." rowKii ok this kaviouu'h kamc. But how rhall I talk of tho sweetness of Christ's pardon to thosa who have never felt It; of thu sweetness of Ills face to those who have turned their back upon His love! Now a great many people may think this U merely sickly sentlincntallsin. Jonathan Edwards was a cool man. He was harh In wine of his opinions; he was never ullllcted with any sen timental ardor, and yet when tho namo of Christ was mentioned it threw him Into a transport. Paul was a cool logician, with nerve unshaken iu the Mediterranean shlii wreck, a granitic nature, i-oiufortabhi with the whole world against him, shaking his (1st in tho face of tho governments of tliu earth and the force of darktio yet (he thought of Christ thrilled him, Iramportcd hliu, over whelmed him. Johu Knox was unbending lu his n at a re and hard lu omo rcupccts. Tho flash of Ids Indignation luade the iiueeii shlrer and tbo duchess nwke, vet he at down a a lit tle child at tho feet of Jcjuk. Solomon was surrounded by all palatial splendor his ships colnir out from Kzlon ceber on voyages of three vcars, bringing back all the wonders of tho world: his narks afloat with myrrh and frank incense, and a rustle with trees brought from foreign lands: tho traces of his stupendous gardens found bv tho traveler at this day. Solomon sits down In this ulaco to think of Christ, the altogether lovely and tho altogether lair, ami whilst seated mere comes a urcam oi the spices and aromatic woods and ot the blossoms In through the palace windows, and he cries out: "Mv beloved is unto mo as a cluster of camphlro from the vineyards of n-gedi." Tim iticHKST or am, ni.usstxaft 0 rich and rare, exquisite and everlasting pen time I J.et it in every poor man's winuow plant It on every grave;' put Its leaves untie every garland; wavo Its branches' lu every homo: mid when I tun about to die, and my hand lies cold and stiff, and white Uou the pillow, let some plain and humble soul como and out In mv dvimr irrasn this Uvimr branch with clusters "''of camphlro from tho vineyards vi Aii-gcm." It is manv vcars now since 1 found the Lord, and I inust'ln your prescueo tell yon how good no nas occn to my soni. utien sinco men have given hhn a hard thrust In his sore side but he has bceu patient with me by dav nnd by night. It Is the grief of my life thatt havo treated him so badly; but He has never let mo go. I have seen no wonderful sights, I havo heard r.o wonderful sounds. I havo no mar velous experience: It has been a lilalu story of patience on his part and of uiiworthlncss on my part, some oi my dear menus neioro mo havo Jiad moro rapturous experiences. Christ to them has been the conqueror on tho whlto horse, or tho sun ot righteousness, set ting everything ablazo with light; or the bridegroom, coming with lantern and toiches, To mo it has been a very ouiet and uudemon strativo experience. It has been (something very sweet, mil very Mill. How shall 1 do scribe HI I have It now: "Mv beloved Is uu to me as n cluster of camnhiro from the vine yards of Kn-gedl." MV.MII0I, Or TUB OAMIMUltl! PI, int. But I remark further; This caniphlre plant oi me toxi was a symiHii ot i nrisi in mo met that gives coloring, l'ront the Mediterranean to the dances tho people of Ihe east gathered It, dried tho leaves, tmlverlzed them and then used them us a dye for beautifying garments or their own persons. It was that fact that gave the camphlro plaut of tlio text Its com mercial value in the time of King Solomon; a typo or my i.ord .icsus who ucautlilc3 and adorns and colors evervth ug ho touches, have no faith In that man's conversion whoso religion does not color his entire life. It was intended so to do. If a man has the graeo ot God lu his heart It ought to show Itself In tho inc. mere ought to no mis "cluster ot cam phlre," iu tho ledger, In the roll of government securities, lu tho medical prescription, lu tho law hook, a religion is oi no value to a merchant unless It keeps him from putting falso labels on his goods; or to tho plasterer. unless It keeps him from putting up a celling which ho knows will crack lu six months; or to tho driver unless It keeps him from lashing his horses to eight miles uu hour when tho thermometer Is at ninety, or to tho farmer, unless It keeps him from put ting Hie only sound pippins on the ton of tho barrel: or to tlio shoemaker unless It keens hhn from substituting brown paper for good leather in tlio soles. In other words: tho re ligion of Christ Is good for everything or It Is good for nothing. Tho graco of (Jod never affects us by piecemeal. If tho heart Is changed, the head Is changed, and the liver Is changed, and tho spleen Is ehnnged, and tho hands aro changed, and tho feet are changed, and tho storo Is changed, and tho houso Is enanged, and everything over which tlio man nas any iiiuticnce comes ton compicioaud rad ical cnaiige, nill.IOIOX OOOl) KVKIirWIlKRB. Tho religion of tho Lord Josus Christ Is not a pot oi uyaeiiim to no set in a parlor hay win dow for passers-by to look at. and to ho exam hied only bv ourselves when we have comiianv: but It Is to bo a perfume filling all thu room of mo ncari as -a cluster ot camphlro from tho vineyards of Ku-gcdl." The trouble Is men do not tako their religion with them. Tho mer chant leaves It outsldo tho counter, lest It ills turb tho goods. Tho house-keeper will not let her religion trail its robes lu the kitchen on washing day. 1 ho philosopher will not lot his religion come In amid the batteries, lest It get a galvanic shock. But, I tell you, unless your rellglou goes with you everywhere it goes no where, 'that religion wus intended tocolorall the heart and the life. Hut, mark you, It was a origin coior. j'or mo most pari it was an orange dye, niado of this camphlro plant, ono ot tho most brilliant ot all tho colors; and so the religion or .Jesus Christ casta no blackness or gloom upon tho souh It brightens up every thing. Theru Is no more religion In u funeral than thero Is lu a wedding; no moro religion iu tears than In smiles. David was no hotter when ho said ho cried out of tlio depths of nen, man no was wueu uo said mat ins moitlli was filled with laughter and his tongue with singing. Thu best men that I havo ever known have laughed tho loudest. Kcltglou wus In tended to brighten up nil our character. Tuko out tho sprig of cypress from your coat and put in "a cluster ot cumphlra from tho vineyards oi r.ii-gcui." iiuimiou'N "wnya nro ways or pleasantness and all her paths arc peace." I havo round It so. 1 hero aro hundreds lu this houso who havo found it bo. A Sl'lltlTlTAL ItlSSTOltATIOtf. I remark again that the camphlro plant of tho text was a symbol ot Jesus Christ, hccaitso It Is a mighty restorative. You know that there Is nothing that starts rostorattou so soon I u ono who has fainted as camphor, as wo havo It, Butujioii a spongoor handkerchief tho effects aro ulmojt Iinmedlate. Well, this camphlro plant of tho text, though somewhat different from that which wo have, was it pun gent aromatic, and In that respect It becomes u typo of our I.ord Jesus Christ, who Is tho mightiest of all restoratives. I havo cuirlcd this camphlro plant Into tho slek room after tho doctors had held their consultation and said there was no hnpo and nothing moro could bo done, and tho soul brightened up under tho spiritual restorative. There Is no fever, uo marasmus, no neuralgia, no con sumption, un disease of tlio body that tho grace of God will not help. I wish that over every bed of pain and through every hospital of distress wo might swing this "cluster ot camphlro from tlio vineyards of Kn gcdl." Christ's hand Is tho softest pillow. Christ's comfort Is tho mightiest anodyne, Christ's sal- vaiiou is mo grauuest rcsiorauve. n maKes a man mightier than his physical distress. Art thou wearjrr Art thou lingular Art thou soro dlHiritiAeilV "Como to me,' lallli one, "and coming, boat rest." Iflmlc hlui (o receive mp, will he y uio uuyy nui imi vnrm, mm jut-h un iiohvcu pu awnr. Fladhnr, following, kecpluif, tiruifgllng, U He sura to bleu? Bilnu, tpoitlri, prophctt, martyrs, aniwer "Veil" OIIACK FOK TUB 1UGK8MDKU. Hero tarried and nut pitch lipou theChrlstlans of his day, and then set them ou fire, that they might illuminate tho night about the palace: but while they were burning aud the crowd beneath were jeering, louder than all thu noise went up tho song praise ami tryumph from the dying martyrs. Johu Bradford came out lu the presence of the Instrument of torture that wus to put him to death and said: ''lam a Chrlstlau now. I havo never been before," And so again and again, thu Lion of Jiulah's trlbo lias tori) to pieces the wild beast of martyrdom. This gruco la also a rentorntlvo for the back- r.llder. Who do you mean by that I you say. I mean you who used to frequ -nt the Iimimi ot Uod, hut whloni go there now; you who once used to pray but never pray pon t'yim who oneo tat ut thu holy communion, but take not thu. Lord's cup now; I mean you who once nt-Jole-'.'d lu Chratbm society, hut WW fit lanld KOHvrs. nueKumari w, wiihi h iigviit! void I Buekslfdi-r! 1'ioiu what havo you slid backl You hove slid hack from your father's faith, from your early good habits. You havo been sliding back from Christ, from tho cross sliding back from heaven. When a man be gins to slide he knows uot where ho will go. You have been sliding back towards darkness. You have been sliding luck towards an unbless ed grave.towards a precipice, the first ten million miles of which downward are only a small part of the eternal plunge. You were, perhaps, professors In the country; you havo made ship wreck In the town, it may bo that tho club blasted you; it maybe that fashionable society destroyed you; It may ho tho kind of wife whom you married. You have no more hope for heaven now than If you had lived In Central Asia nnd never heard ot Christ and the Judgment. PKAVI.VO roit 1AST MOMENTS. O, whero Is that Bible you used to read! Where Is that room where vou used to pray! What havo you done with that Jesus whoso voico you onco heard! O, murdered hours! 0, massacred privileges I 0, dead opportuni ties! Wako up now and shriek In that man's ear until ho shall rouse himself from the horrible somnambulism, walking as ho does, fast asleep, within an inch of hell. O, that he might cry out now: "Golden Sabbaths, come backl Communion seasons como backl Woo Ings of the Holy Ghost, como backl" But they will not come. Gone 1 gone I gone I Sor row will come, but not they. O, that you might save tho few remaining years of your life, and coiibecrate them to Christ. I have seen sad sights, I have heard sad sounds, but I tell you the ghastliest thing outside tho gates of tho damned Is a backslider's death bod. Do you not feci like having applied to vour soul tills divine restorative? Do you not feel llko crying out with David: "Kcstoro un to mo the Joys of thy salvation?" For great sin, great pardon. For deep wounds, omnipo tent surgery. For deaf ears, a divine aurist. For blind eyes, a heavenly oculist. For the dead hi sin, iho upheaval of a great resurrcc tiou. NO SOIlltOW AFTr.lt THIS 1.1 FK. But In thu heavenly world wo shall feel the chief restorative power of rellglou. This Is a planet of weeping wo aro living on. Wo enter uixm life with aery and leave It with a long sigh. If I could gather up tho griefs of this audience nnd put them In ono sentence aud then utter it, It woirid make everything be tween hero und the throne of God shudder and howl. Tho earth Is gashed deep with graves. As at the closo of the war, sometimes wo saw u regiment ot one hundred and fifty men, tho fragments ot tho thousand men that wont out, so. as I stand beforo you I cannot but realize tho fact that you are the fragments representing hundreds of regiments of Joyful associations that havo been broken up forever. ), this Is a world of sorrow I But, blessed be God! thero will bo no sorrow In heaven. The undertaker will havo to have some other busi ness there. In tho Bummer time our cities have bills of mortality which aro frightful sometimes In New York 1,000 deaths In a week; sometimes It has been 3,000 iu London; hut iu that great heavenly city there will be not a single case ot sickness or death ; not one black drcsa of mourning, hut plenty of white robes of Joy; hand-shaking of welcome, but nono of separation. Why, if ono trouble should attempt to enter heaven, tho shining txillce ot tho city would put It under everlast ing arrest. THE SAINTS' KVKIII.A8TINO ItKST. If all the sorrows of life, mailed and sword cd under Apollyon, should attempt to force that gate, one company from tho tower would strike them hack howling to tho pit Boom In heaven or all tho raptures that over knocked at tho gate, but no room for tho smallest an noyance, though slight as a summer Insect. Doxology. but no dirge. Banqueting, but no "funeral baked meats." No darkness at all; no grief at all: no sick ness at all; no death at all. A soul waking up lu that placo will say: "Can It be that I am hero? will my head never ache again? Shall I never stimiblu over a grave again? Will I never say good-byo to loved ones again? Can it ho possible, that tlio stream Is past, that the bank Is gullied, that tho glory ts begun I Show mo Jesus that 1 may kiss his feet." Wheu the clock of Christian suffering has run dowu, it will never he wound up agaiu. Amid the vine yards of tho heavenly Kn-gedl, that will be restoration without any relapse. That will ue day without any succeeding night. That will bo "The Saints Everlasting Best I" An Unsuccessful Failure. Tho hubit of failing with full pockets got something iu tliu niituro of a back ut not long sinco in u small Texas town. Tho tinforttumto mini kept 11 qtnull grocory storo. Ho sold out thu stock for enali, put the money in his pocket, und settled down to have a nivo qliiot tinio of it. His principal creditor Houston niotcliiint, having arrived in tlio town, called ou tliu bankrupt, Ho was a well drensod gentleman, but there wiw a gritty sort of a look about lim. "You say thoro aro no assets," ho re marked. "Nairy dttrncd asset." "I think there should bo somo assets. nnd that I ought to be u preferred cre ditor." "Thoro nro no assets and all my cre ditors aro deferred creditors. Tlio only asset that l'vd got for my creditors? is a Waturbury watch, and it will tako six months to wind it up. You can havo it. if you want it," "1 want no humbug about this. Whoro Is tho money you got from tho siilo of tho irrocorios?" "It's rliiht hero in my pocket," said tho bankrupt. "Well, you aro a cool ono." "I've jrot tho money rlcrht Iiorc, and I'm going to keep it," replied tho bank rupt, tapping his pocket wot it in.your pookotr ' "Yos, in-greonbacks." Tliu creditor nlaced Ids hand iu his own pocket,iiind looking, steadily at the bankrupt, said: "I've (jrot my pistol in my pocket don't you iuovo and it never tails. If you don't givo mo the contents of your pocket I'll give you thu contents of mine," and beforo tho ustmlshed bnk- uiit could reply ho was looklnr down. tho muzzle of u pistol that stMmeU to bo as big as n flour barr.d. Tho Houston man got his m9M. Tlio unfortunate bankrupt guy tfciA his failure was the most oompIftUi fftU ure on record, and ht fwls s soro m man who lias poundwl his finger wilh tack hammer. Ttxm SijXyng. It Is not pleasant to WttUmpUt ttutt American wmmm, mm( a Churchill, hi hvlphc M Hritkh I'KilIatHHWry Brotlw &wo)w iwHwhsn Mia try AmwhMuts wUl Imi witter - the Jtybt 1 I 3