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The Oregon Scout.
vol. in.
UNION, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1880.
NO. 5.
THE OEEGOJS1 SCOUT.
An Independent weekly Journal, Issued eve y
Saturday by
JONES & CHANCEY,
Publishers and Proprietors.
A. K. Jones, I J H. Ciiancev,
Editor. 1 I l'oreniau.
kates of sunscmmoN:
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If by any chance subsenptions aro not paid
-till end of year, two doimrs will bo ctiarKcd.
Kates of advertising raado known on appli
cation. Correspondence from all parts of the county
solicited.
Address all communications to A. K.Jones,
Editor Oregon Scout, 1'nion, Or.
Lodge. Directory.
Grand Honor Vallkv Lohok, No. fifl. A. F.
and A. M. Meets on tlio second and fourth
Saturdays of each month.
O. F. Uei.u W.M.
C. E. Davis, Secretary.
Union Lodge, No. I. O. O. F. Keprular
meetings on Friday evenings of each week at
their hall in Union. All brethren In Rood
standing are invited to attend. Ily order of
tho lodiie. S. W. Long, N. G.
G. A. Thompson, Secy.
Clmreli Directory.
M. E. Clintcii Divlno service every Sunday
ntlt n. m and? p. m. Sunday school at 3 ).
m. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening
at 6:30. Ki:v. Watson, Pastor.
PitESiiVTEiuAN Cnuncii Itegular church
services every Sabbath morning and evening.
Prayer meeting each weok on Wednesday
evening. Sabbath school every Sabbath at
10 a. m. Kev. II. Vkunon Kick, Pastor.
St. John's Episcopal Chuhch Service"
every Sunday at 11 o'clock a. in.
Kkv. V. K. Powei.u Hector.
County Ofllcers.
Judge A. C. Craig
Sheriff A. L. Saunders
Clerk 11. K. Wilson
Treasurer A. F. Ilcnson
School Superintendent J. L. Hlnuman
Surveyor K. Simoins
Coroner K. II. Lewis
COMMISSIONERS.
Geo. Ackles Jno. Stanloy
Stato Senator L. II. KInehart
HEI'KESENTATIVES.
F. T. Dick E. E. Taylor
City Olllccr.
Mayor D. H. Kees
COUNCH.MKN.
S. A.Pursel W. D. ncMleraan
J.S. Elliott J. B. Thomnson
Jno. Kennedy A. Levy
Itecorder M. F. Davis
Marshal K. K." ates
Treasurer J. D. Carroll
Streot Commissioner L. Eaton
Departure of Train.
Regular cast bound trains loavo at 0:30a.
tn. West bound trains leavo at 4:30 p. m.
FItOPKSSIONAIi.
J. It. C1UTES,
ATTORrVKY AT BiAYsV.
Collecting and probate practice specialties
Ofllce, two doors south of Postofllce, Union,
Oregon.
It. EAKIN,
Attorney at Law and Notary Public,
Onico, ono door south of J. 11. Eaton's store
Union, Oregon.
I. N. CKOMWHLL, M. 1).,
Physician and Surgeon
Ofllee, ono door south ot J. II. Eaton's storo,
Union, Oregon.
A. E. SCOTT. M. I).,
JPIIYMICIAIV A'Xn SIJIK.'IKL,
Has permanently located at North Powdor,
where lie will answer all calls.
T. II. CRAWFORD,
ATTOKIVKY AT i.AW,
Union, .... Oregon.
M. Raker. T. F. Raker.
RAKER & RAKER,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
REAL ESTA1E AGENTS.
La Grande, - - Oregon.
D. R. RUES,
Notary Public
AND
Conveyancer.
OFFICE State Land Olllco building.
Union, Union County, Oregon.
II. F. RURLEIGII,
Attorney at I.tiu', Its-ill INluto
and Collcclliir ARfnl.
Land Oflico Business a Specialty.
Offico at Alder, Union Co., Orogon.
JESSE IIARDESTV,
J. vr. SIIKI.TON
SHELTON & HARDESTY,
ATTOICMJYM AT MmAXV.
Will practice in Union, linker, Grant,
Umatilla, nnil Morrow Counties, nlso in tlio
Supremo Court ol Oregon, the District,
Circuit and Supreme C'ourU ol the United
States.
Mining and Corporation business a bpe
cialty.
Olllccs in Union and Cornucopia, Oregon.
J.W STRANGE,
DBMTIST
OFFICE Corner Main and A Streets.
Union, Oregon.
All work strictly first-class. Charges
reasonable.
A. L. COBB, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Having permanently located in Alder,
Union county, Oregon, will be found ready
to attend to cnlls in all tho various towns
and settlements of tho Wnllowu valley.
Chronic UifcaM'M u Specialty.
SSJT-My motto is: "Livo and let livo."
0EP0"MI0TEL
A. C. CRAIG, - - Proprietor.
(Union Depot, Oregon.)
Splendid nccominodations for commer
cial men. Tables always supplied with the
best tho market nffords.
?r-IIoT AM) Coi.n MisniiAi, IJatusTSS
KENTUCKY LIQUOR STORE
AIV1 SOIA sVACTORY.
Cor, Main and I Sts., Union, Oregon.
SlIIilt.llAN A: It ILK Y, I'ropn.
Manufacturers and dealers in Soda
Water, JRarHaparilla, Ginger Ale, Cream
Soda and Champngno Cider, Syrups, etc.
Orders promptly filled.
G. W.
M. D
PHY SIC I AM & SURGEON,
Union, "Union County, Orogon.
Ofllce on A street. Residonco thrco doors
south of the Court House.
Special attention given to Surgical prac
tice. W. R.JOHNSON,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Main Street, Union, Oregon.
Plans and Specifications for Dwellings,
Barns and Hridgcs furnished FIU2E OF
CHARGE.
Bridge Building a Specialty-
All kinds of Cabinet Work neatly execu
ted. Repairing done on short notice.
Nono but tho best workmen employed,
nnd satisfaction guaranteed.
Call nnd interview me.
FRUIT AND SHADE
T1R,
APPLE, PEAR, PLUM, PRUNE, PEACH
APRICOT. CRAltAPPLE, CHERRY.
SHRUBBERY AND SHADE TREES
Of well known varieties, suitable for this
climate. Can alio furnish foreign sorts at
one-third the price asked by eastern ran
vnssers. I desire to sell trees at prices
that people can afford to buw
L. J. ROUSE,
Cove, Oregon.
132-134 Third Mrest. Portland, Oregon
IS a regular graduate in medicine; has
been longer engaged in the special treat
ment of nil Venereal, Sexual and Chronic
Diseases than any other physician in tho
West, as city papers show, and old resi
dents know; $1,000 reward for any caso
which ho fails to cure, coming under his
treatmont. by following his directions.
DR. VAN' is the most successful Catavrh,
Lung and Throat Doctor in America. Ho
will tell vou your trouble without asking
vou a sinulo question, and WARRANTS
PERMANENT CURE in the following cases;
NERVOUS DEI5IL1TY, Spermatorrhea,
Seminal Losses, Sexual Decay. Failing
Memory. Weak Eyes, Stunted Develop
ment, Lack of Energy, Impoverished
Wood. Pimples, Impediment to Marriage;
nljo Wood nnd Skin Diseases, Syphilis,
Eruptions, Hair Falling, Hone Pains, Swell
ings, Soro Throat, Ulcers, Effects of Mer
cury, Kidney and Wadder Troubles, Weak
Hack, lluming Urine, Incontinence, Gonor
han, Gleet, Stricture, receives searching
treatment, prompt relief nnd cure for life.
NERVOUS Disonses (with or without
drenms), Dii-enseddischargeHcured prompt
ly without hindrnuco to business.
DOTH SEXES consult confidentially. II
in trouble call or write. Delays aro dang
erous. Dlsenres of tho Eyo or Ear, Ulceration or
Catarrh, internal or external. Deafness ot
Paralysis, Singing or Roaring Noises,
Thickened Drum, etc., permanently cured.
LOST MANHOOD perfectly restored.
CANCERS AND TUMORS pesmnnently
removed without tho knife or caustic.
Medicine compounded and furnished to
all patients nt olllco strictly pureand vege
table. Guarantee of i'iuihankxt cures in
all cases undertaken. Consultation free
nnd strictly confidential. All correspon
dence promptly attended to; mediolnesent
by express to any address freo from expos
ure. Call or address Private Dispensary
Nos. 132-1.'M Third St.. Portland, Oregon,
Terms strictly cash. Ofllce hours 8 a. m.
to 8 p. m.
W. CAPPS, M. D.,
Surgeon and Homcopatliio Physician,
Union,
OlIEOON.
Will go to any part of Eastern Oregon
when solicited, to perform operations, ot
for consultation.
niedlcluen Furtiliiel Without ICxtra
Olmrge.
Ofllce adjoining .Lines Dros.' Store.
Guo. WiuonT,
President.
W. T. WituiwT,
Cashier.
-or
UNION,
OREGON.
Does a General Ranking Dusiness. Duys
and sells exchange, nnd discounts com
mercial paper.
Collections carefully attended to, and
promptly reported.
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W. T. WICHJBIT, gent, Union, Ogn
JAJIES l'AYNK, Proprietor.
Having procured tho services of Mr. M.
A. Sickles, a choeso maker who has had
many years' experience in tho largost fac
tories of Wisconsin, I fcol confident that
can supply my patrons with a quality sec
ond to none on the market.
Tf Orders promptly (lllod. Address,
J.oiKH Paynu, Cove, Union County, Ore.
Tonsorial Rooms
Two doors south of Jones Uros.' store,
Union, Oregon.
J. M. Johnson',
Pitoi'iiiuion.
Hair cutting, shaving nnd shampooing
dono neatly and in tho best ttyle.
CITY : MEAT v MARKET
Main Street, Union, Oregon.
Denson Dno.'a - - Pnopimnons.
Keep constantly on hand
DEEF, PORK, VEAL. MUTTONS AU
SAGE, HAMS, LARD, ETC.
AL -:- HOTEL,
Union, Oregon.
Dan. CiiA.sni.BU,
PltOI'JUKTOIt
Having reoently purchased this hotel
and refitted It throughout, I am prepared
to ueeommodate the hungry public in first
class style. Call and see ine. Lakok Sam
I'm: Rooms for tlio accommodation of
omiueruial travelers.
Mmmm
J Mason Ktfatnlin Zflga
CAKING Y0R ALL.
DR. TALMAGE ON THE LORD'S
MERCIES.
Every Single Act of Man's Life
Directed from Above.
Great and Small Events Equally Undor
God's Control.
Sjx-chl to the lumsas City Timr.
Tiip. Hamptons, L. I., Sundny, July IS.
Tho Rev. DeWitt Talnuule, l). i)., In contin
uing his series of sermons on "Voices of Gnr
dens and Fields," chose as his subject for to
day: '-The Cheap Sjiarrow," and the text, Luke
ill, 5-0: "Are not live sparrows sold tor two
farthing, nud not one of them Is forgotten
before God I" Following U tho discourse In
full:
You see the Hlble will not he limited In the
choice of symbol)". There Is hardly a beast,
or bird, or Insect, which has not been called
to Illustrate some divine truth the ox's pa
tience, the ant's Industry, thu spider's skill,
the hind's sure-footedness, the eagle's speed,
the dove's gentleness, and even tho sparrow's
oieauuris and luslgnitlcauec. In Oriental
I'ountrles none but the poorcxt people buy the
sparrow and eat It so very little meat Is there
on the bones, ami so cry toor Is It, what
there Is of It. Tho comfortable population
would not think of touching It any more than
rou would think of eating a bat or 11 lamprel.
Now, says Jesus, It God takes such guod care
of a poor bird that Is not worth a cent, won't
be care for you, an Immortal i
001) CAIIKS l'OU A I.I, TIIINOS.
We associate God with revolutions. We
can see a divine purpose In the discovery of
America, In the invention or tho art of print
lug, in the exposure of tho gunpowder plot,
In the contrivance of the needle gun, In the
ruin of an Austrian or Napoleonic despotism;
but how hard It la to see God In tho minute
personal affairs of our lives I Wo think of God
s making a record of the starry host, but can
not realize the Ulble truth that ho knows how
many hairs aro on our head. It seems a grand
thing that God provided food for hundreds of
thousands of Israelites In tho desert; but we
:an not appreciate tho truth that when a spar
row Is hungry God stoops down nnd opens Its
mouth and puts the beed In. We aru struck
ivlth the idea that God lills tho universe with
his presence; but can not understand how He
fiicnuips In the crystal palace of a dew drop
or llmls room to stand, without being crow ded!
between the alabaster pillars of a'pond Illy.
H e can see God in the clouds. Can wo see
led In these flowers at our
feet? We are apt to place God
511 some great f tage or to trv to do It ex
pecting Him there to act out ills stupendous
projects; but we forget that the life of a Crom
well, an Alexander or 11 Washington, or uu
archangel, Is not more under divine inspection
than your life or mine, l'oinpey thought there
niust be a mist over the ecs of God because
lie so much favored Cu-far. lint there Is no
inch mist. He sees everything. We say God's
path is in the great waters'. True enough 1
but no more certainly than he Is In tho water
.11 the glass 011 the table. We say God guides
llie btars In their courses. Magnllleent truth 1
but no more certain truth than that Ho de
rides which road or street you shall take In
coming to church. Understand that God does
not sit upon an indifferent or unsympathetic
throne, hut that He slti down beside you to
day, and stands beside 1110 to-dav, and no
liTalr of our lives Is so inslgnllleaiit but that It
U of imiortaiicc to God
OCCI I'ATIOXS I'IXI.1) IIV IIIJAVE.V.
In the llrst place God chooses for us our oc
cupation. I am untaxed to see how many iieo
plo there are dissatisfied with the work thev
have to do. I think three-fourths wish they
i;re In tome other occupation, and they spend
a great deal of time in regretting that thev
?ot In the wrong trade or profession. I want
to tell you that God put Into operation all the
Inllucnees which led you to that particular
fholce. Many of you are not in the business
hat you expected to he In. Vou started for
tlio ministry and learned merchandise; you
started for the law and you lire a physlcfun:
1011 preferred agriculture and you became a
mechanic. Vou thought 0110 way; God
thought another. J Jut ou ought not to sit
down and mourn over the past. Vou aro to
remember that God - a beneficent God, a kind
Uod, a loving God-arranged nil these circum
itances hv which jou were made what ou are,
Hugh .Miller sas: "I will bo 11 stone
masmi." God says: "Vou will be a geolo
IClst." David goes out to tend his father's
sheep. God calls him to govern 11 i.utlou
Baul goes out to hunt his father's ases, and
heroic he gets back llmls the crown of mighty
dominion. How much happier would wo bo If
jve were content with the places God gave us I
bod saw jour temperament and all tho cir
cumstances by which you were surrounded,
and I believe nine-tenths 0r you ure In tho
work you are best fitted lor.
AicitA.si.iNo am: minutest dutails.
I hear a great racket In my watch and I find
that hands and wheels and springs are getting
out of their places. I send It down to the
Jewelers and say: "Overhaul that watch, and
leach the wheels, the spring, and the bauds to
mind their own business." Vou know a man
having a large estate. He gathers his working
hands in the morning and says to one: "Vou
go and trim that vine;" to another. "Vou go
and weed those How era;" to another: "Vou
plough that tough glebe;" and each one goes
to his particular work. The owner of the es
tate points the man to whut he knows he can
do best, and so It Is with tho Lord, He calls
us up and lnts us to that field for which we
are best fitted. So that the lemon fur to day,
coming irom tins sunject, is: "Stay chcriui
wnere uoo puis you."
1 remark lurther: That God ban arranged
the place of our dwelling. What particular
city or town, street or house you shall live In,
term to be a u.ere matter or accident. Vou
go out to hunt ror a house, and you happen to
pass up a certain street, ami happen to see a
sign, and you select that house. Was It all
happening w? O, no I God guided you In
every step. He foresaw the future. He knew
all (our circumstances, and He selected just
that one house as better for you than any one
of tho 10,000 habitations In the cltv. Our
house, however humble tho roof and however
lowly the portals, Is us near God's heart as an
Alliambrn or Kremlin. Prove It, you say:
Proverbs III., .: "He blessctk tho habitation
ot the just."
I remark further: That God arranges nil
our friendships. Vou were driven to the wall.
Vou found a man Just at that crisis who
sympathized with you and helped you. Vou
ay: "How lucky I was!" There was no luck
about It. God cent that friend just a certain
as He sent that angel to strengthen Christ.
Your domestic friends, your business friends,
jour Christian friends, God sent them to bless
you, and If any of them have proved trult
orous, It Is only to bring out the value of those
who remain. If some die, It Is only that they
may stand at the outpost of hcivcn to greet
you at your coming.
TIIIIUB CIIIOI.KS OH rillBNPS.
You always will have friends warmhearted
friends, magnanimous friends; and when sick
ness comes to your dwelling there will bo
..l.l..a, a. ,!. In' rail. I,,.,, rt
there u'.ll be sympathizer; wheu death come
there will be gentle fingers to cloe the eye?
and fold the hands, and gentle bps to tell of a
resurrection. O, we are compass 1 by a
liodyguard of friends! Kery man, If he has
liehaved himself well Is surrounded by three
circles of friends t luxe of the outer circle
wishing him well, thoc In the next circle
willing to help him, wlulo close up to his heart
are a few who would die for him. God pity
the wretch who has not any friends! He has
not behaved well.
1 icmark again. That God puts down tho
limit to onr temporal prosperity. Tho world
iff finances seems to have 110 God tn It. You
can not tell where a man will land. The atllu
cut fall; the iioor rise. Thelngenlousfall; the
ignorant succeed. An enterprising opening
grandly shuts In bankruptcy, while out or the
peat dug up from some New F.ugland marsh
the millionaire builds his fortune. The oor
man thinks It is chance that keeps him down
the rich man thinks It is chance which hoists'
him; and they are both wrong. It Is so hard
to realize that God rules the money market,
and has a hook In the nose of the stock gam
bler, and that all the commercial revolutions
of the world shall result in the very best for
God's dear children. My brethren, do not
Kick against the divine allotments. God
know-3 just how much money It is best for you
to lose. Vou never gain unless It Is best tor
you to gain. Vou go up when It Is best tor you
to go up, and go down when It Is best Tor vou
to go down. Prove It, you say. 1 will: Ko
maus, vlll., 'JS: "All things work together for
good to them that love God."
MANY l'AUTS TO 1 111: .MAC1IIXK.
You go Into a factory and vou see twenty or
thirty wheels, and they nre going lu different
directions. Tills baud is rolling off this way
and another hand another way one down
and another up. Vou say: "What confusion
in a factory 1" O, no! all these different hands
are only different parts of t tic machinery. So
I go Into our life and see strange things.
Here Is one providence pulling vou one way
and another In another way. Rut these aro
different parts of one machinery by which He
will advance your everlasting and present
wellbeiug. Now, vou know that a second
moitgage and a third and fourth mortgage Is
often worth nothing. It is the first mortgage
that is a good Investment. I have to tell you
that every Christian man has a llrst mortgage
on every trial and on every disaster, and It
must make a payment of eternal advantage
to his .soul. How many worrlmentsit would
take out of your heart if you believed that
fully. You "buy goods and hope 1 lie price
will go up, but you are in a fret and a frown
Tor Tear the price will go down. You do not
buy the goods using your best discretion in
the matter and then say: "O, Lord, 1 have
done the best I could; I commit this whole
transaction Into thy hands." That Is what
religion is good ror, or it is good tor nothing.
There are two tilings, says an old proverb,
you ought not to tret about; First, things
that you can help; anil second, things which
you cannot help. U you can help them, why
do you not apply the remedy I lr you cannot
help them, uu might as well surrender first
as last. My dearbrethern. do imts.it any long
er moping about your ledger. Do not sit
looking so dcsiHmillng iihiii your uns.ilable
goods. Do you think that God' Is going to al
low you, a Christian man, to do business
alone! God is the controlling partner In
every firm: and although our debtors may
abscond, although jour securities may fall,
although our store may burn, God will, out
ot an Infinity iff results, choose Tor you the
very best results.
Till. LOUD KNOWN WHAT IS IllIST.
Do not have any Idea that you can overstep
tho limit that God has laid down for your
prosperity. You will never get one Inch be
yond It. God has decided how much pros
perity you can stand honorably, and employ
usefully, and control righteously; and at the
end or 'lSSfi you will have just as many dollars
and cents, just so much wardrobe, just so
much furniture, just so many bonds and mort
gages, and nothing more. I will give you one
hundred dollars for every penny bcvofnl that.
God has looked over your Ilfo". lie knows
what is best for you. and lie Is going lo bless
Mm In time, anil bless you for etcrr.ily; uud
He will do It In tlio b 'St way.
Your little child says: "Papa, I wish yo-i
would let mo have that knlio. "No," you
say: "It is a sharp knife and you will cut
yourself." He says: "I must have It." "Hut
you cannot have It," you reply. Ho gets an
gry and reil In the face and says he will have
It; but you sav ho shall not have It. Are vou
not kind in keeping it from hliui So God
treats his children. I sav: "I wish, heavenly
Father, to get that." "No, my child. V I say,
"I must have It." God says: '"You shall not
have It," and I do not get it. Is He not kind
and loving uud tho best of Fathers! Do you
tell mo there is no rule mid regulation" In
these things! Tell thut to the men who be
lieve In uo God uud no Hiblc. Tell It not to
inc.
A man of large business concludes to go out
of bis store, leaving lilih li of his Investment
in the business, uud he says to his sous:
"Now, I am going lo leave this business In
your hands. Perhaps 1 may comii back In a
little while, and perhaps not. While I am
gone you will please hxik arterall.i rs." After
awhile tho father comes back and finds every
thing at loose ends, and the whole business
seel lis to bo going wrong. Ho sa)s: "I am
going to take possession of this business-you
know I never hilly surrendered it; and hence
forth consider yourselves subordinates." Is
he not right In doing It! He saves the busi
ness. Tho Lord seems to let us go on In life.
guided by our own skill, and we make misera
ble work of It. God comes down to our shop
or our store, and says: "Tilings nre going
wrong, I come to take charge. 1 am master
and I know what is best, and I pioclalm my
authority." We are merely subordinates.
Till" OlIISAT OOOII INHTHUOTUll.
It Is llko a loy at school with a long sum
that ho cannot do. Ho has been working at It
for hours, making figures here and rubbing out
figures there, and it Is all mixed up, and the
teacher, looking over the boy's shoulder,
knows that he cannot get out of It, and clean
ing the slute, says, "llegiu again." Just so
God docs to us. Our affairs get Into an Inex
tricable entanglement, and He rubs everything
out and says, "Ilcgln again I" Is Ho not wise
and loving lu so doing!
I think the trouble Is, that there Is so large a
difference between the divine and the human
estimate as to what is enough. I have heard
of people striving for that which Is enough,
but I have never heard of any one who had
enough. What God calls enough for man,
man culls too little. What man calls enough,
God soys Is too much. Tlio difference between
a poor man ami a rich man Is only the differ
ence in banks. Tlio rich man puts his money
lu tho Nassau bunk, or the Park bank, or Ful
ton bank, or some other bank of thut charac
ter, whllo the poor man comes up and makes
his liivcsmeut lu the bank ot Him who runs
all tho quarries, all the mines, all the gold, all
the earth, all the heaven. Do you think a
man can fall wheu he U hacked up like that!
I want to bring this truth close up to the
heart of those people In this audience who
have to calculate rigid economy, who are now
perplexed how thev will make the old garment
hold out a little longer, with whom the great
question Is not which Is tho bejt Investment
or tho most lucrutlvo security, but how shall
I make the two cuds meet! To euch peo
ple 1 bring the coudoleuco of the Christian
trutn- . , , , , ,
You may have seen a map ou which Is de
scribed, with red Ink, the travels of tho chil
dren of Israel through the desert to the Prom
ised Land. You see how they took this and
that direction, crosicd the river 'aud" went
through the sea. Do you knoWGod has made
a map of your life with paths leading up tc
this bitterness and that ucce, through this
river and across that cal Hut, blessed lie
Uodl the patti always come out ut tho l'rom
Led Laud. Mark that! Maik thatl
SO bUCJII TIIINOS H AOOIIU5NT8. j
I rcmurk again that all thono thlngs.Ujijf
seem to be accidents In our life are nnderJ3
vine supervision. We sometimes seem to te
going lielmless and anchorless. You say: "It.
1 had some other trade; if I had not gone
there this summer: If I had lived in some oth
er house." You have no right to say- that. .T
erv tear you have wept, every stepjou hirer
taken, every burden you have carried, is un
der divine' Inspection, and that event whleto
startled your whole household with horrw
God met with perfect placidity because tm
knew It was for your good. It wn part oX
gteat plan projected long ago. In cternitjo
when vou come to recken up your merclciy
you will point to your ulllietlou as one of joax
greatest blessings. God has a strange wnjf
w !th us.
Joseph found his way to the prfmc minister's
chair by being pushed Into a pit, and to man
a Christian down Is up. The wheat must b
llalled, the quarry must be blasted, tbe UTn
mond inut be ground, the Christian must bef
atllleted, and that single event wbleh you ap
posed stood entirely alone, was a coouectlue:
link between two gteat chains oac -haic
reaching through all eternity past atd th
it her chain reaching through all cleralAp
future, so small an event fastening. to ctci
ultles together.
A missionary coming from India to t&
I'nlted States stopped at St. Helena wltCte ta
vessel was taking water. Ho hail bis Iitthr
child with him. They walked along by an era
hankmcnt and a rock at that moment became:
loosened and railing Instantly killed the childl
Was it an accident I Was It a surprise to God!!
Had He allowed his servant, altera life of con
secration, to come toHlcli a trial! Not aueJa
Is my GihI. There are no accidents in th;
llvino mind, though they may seem so to uv
!od Is good, and by every slnglo Incident eff
Diir life, whether it bo adverse or otticnmcv.
jefore earth and heaven, God will dcmouslniUx
Ills mercy.
MTTi.n tiiivos srn.iK i.omnsT
I hear a man say: "That Idea belittles GxL
Vou bring him down to such little things."'
D, I have a more thorough uppreclatlouot GtS
In little thing than 1 have lu great tkizsgA.
The mother does not wait until the clilM iit
mashed Its loot or broken Its arm, before b
idmlnlsters sympathy. The child come lv
villi tho least bruise and the mother kisiH-5
iiod does not wait ror some tremendous ciUi
In our life, but comes down to us lu our larufc
iislgnlllcaut trials and throws over n Vaxc
mns of his mercy.
Going up the White mountains some jnuzo
igo I thought of that passage In the Klbtc- timX
ipeaks of God as weighing moiiutiUiio In
balance. As I looked at tlfoso great moanl
ilns I thought can It be posslblo that Go
:an put these great mountains In scale! St
was an Idea too great for mo to gnispv ht&
when I saw a blue-bell down by the uialAi
foot on my way uu to Mount Washington, thtti
I understood tho kindness and goodnes oC
Bod. It Is not so much of God lu grct ibtnss
that I can understand, but of God In Utile
things.
There is a man who says: "That t!retrint
rnnnot be true because things do go so f-vry
ivroiig." I reply, it Is no Inconsistency no tliic
part of God, but a lack of understanding rat
jur part. I hear that men ate making sciast?
rery fine shawls in some factory, igo hinca
the first lloor and see only tho raw materia?,
mil 1 ask: "Are these the shawl J tnrrr
beard about!" "No, says the inaiutfatturrnv.
"go up to the noxt lloor." And I go np anir
there 1 begin to see the design. Hut the uuux
says: "Do npt stop here; go up to the top
floor of the factory, and you will see the Jtfcu
fully carried out." I do so, and, haviug w
to the ton, seo tlio complete pattern of an ex
quisite shawl.
CONTIJNT.MBNT AND TUUST BCT-
So In our life, standing down on a low leriSi
at Christian experience, wo do not umlcrettuitfl
Hod's dealings. Ho tells us to go up bltcr
mil higher, until we begin to understand tine
divino'mcauing with respect to us, and wesrifr
yauce until we stand at the very gate etf
Ucaven and there see Gixl's Idea all wtodsIiB.
out a perfect idea of mercy, of love, ot Kind
ness. And wo say: "Just and true are alB
;hy ways." It Is all right at the bottom. Ke
meinber there Is no Inconsistency on tlkMi
it Go.l, but It is only our mental anilsplrituaS
Incapacity.
Some of you havo been disappointed tbi
summer vacations are apt to be dlsappwnfr
nents, but whatever have been your
.ties and worrimeutH, know that "Man's near
Jevlseth his way, but the Lord dlrecteth Ms
steps." Ask these aged men in this churcbS
It Is not so. It has been so lu my own lite.
One summer I started for the Adirondoela
but my plans were so changed that I luidi-d fan
Liverpool. I studied law uud I got luaoahi?
ulnlstry. I resolved to go as a nilssfMisiy 4i
China, and I stayed in the I'nlted Sluti-K tf
thought I would like to be In the east and D.
ivent west all tho circumstances or Iffe, aRI
3iv work, different from that which I expcctoJU
"A man's heart dovlsclh his way, but the UxCi
Ilrectetli Ills steps."
So, my dear friends, this day take IiotnetM
subject. He content with such things as joifi
lave, from every grass blade under yvazr
Vet learn the lesson of divine care and crB
et tho smallest bird flit across your path -nitb-)tlt
thinking of the truth that "livo sparnnw
uo sold for two farthings, and not one eft
them is forgotten before God." Dlesacd bo
Ills glorious iiaiiio forever. Amcu.
Not a Society Man.
Senntor Coko, of Toxns, is
frained, lioavy-biillt man, better atlajpi
2il by nnturo for tho frontier tiiai
lady's drawing-room; not that Iic 3b
wanting in tlio liner soiisibilitFos, butJjs
Joes not like to Uo hedged in am! re
stricted by tlio conventionalities. -wkJela
fashion imposes upon lior votaries. Hjs
wants room to swing himself in end tx
put his big fot down without anj j
prohension that it gets on foiWirdcra
ground.
"Aro you going to tlio roccpticffi to
night, Coko'r"' Heck inquired of Hit
Texas senator last Tuesday.
"No, I ain't," responded the t-intas
in it voico that has tlio ring of manly
earnestness about it.
'I'm not going to any more of.
ruceptions and fal-tlo-rals. Why. lieclv
Icm'mo tell you, the last one 1 won to
I was walking slowly across tlio- rooisv
and presently I noticed a Judy abowiu
and usinilin' at me. Sho wus t
six or oigltt feet off, and, as I didB'ri
know her, I looked to- see- what feiv
meant. She kept on bowln' midsiuilia
and T noticed two follows standin' pnet
tv close to her. I concluded Mutt emir
o'r botii of thorn was astandln' oi k' ,
dress, so I reached over, give out one
it shove, and said: 'Git oil" this- lad
dross.' She kept on bowln1 nud sauna..
I looked again, and by G -d l wiu
standin' on her dross myself. l-waP
n"oln' any mo', for tho way tliowswww
wear dresses now, trailln' along Kt r
six yards behind them, you cau't tl
where to nut your foot. 'Cor. J1
more Herald.
In this country three newspapers- ww
ted to the ellk-worm, six to tht Wwrr-M
thirtv.two to uoultry. Gastronouur t
.rWtjjby three paperi ouil enudy-uiakiu a