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The Oregon S GOUT. VOL. III. UNION, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1886. NO, 9. THE OREGON SCOUT. An independent weekly Journal, Issued every Saturday by JONES & CIIANCEY, l'ubliehcrs and Proprietors. A. K. .Tones, ) Editor. I j 11. ClIANCKV, t Foreman. KATES OP SUllSCUIl'TION: One copy, ono year St SO " " M.v months HJ " " Threo mouths Invarialily cash In advance. If by any chance subscriptions aro not paid till end of your, two dollars will be ohnnrcd. Kates of advertising tuado known on appli cation. , Correspondence from all parts of the county solicited. , Addrcfs nil communications to A. Iv. Jones, Editor Oregon Scout, Union, Or. Iiorise Directory. Guano ltoxm: Vai.U'.v Lonou, No. M. A. P. and A. M. Meets on tho second and fourth Saturdays of each month. xiULt., V. M. 0. V.. Davis, Secrotnry. Union Loom:, No. B9. I. O. O. V. Regular meetings' on Friday evenings of each week at theh' hall in Union. All biothrcn In Hood standing uro invited to attend. Uy order of tho lodge. S. W. l.ONO, Im. G. 0. A. Thompson, Secy. CImrcli nircrlory. M. E. Oilmen Dlvino Fcrvlco evervSnnday at 11 a. m and 7 i. nt. Sunday school at II p. in. 1'rayer meeting every Thursday evening atil:oO. Kkv. Watson, l'astor. I'iifsiivteiuan Ciirncii Itegulur church services every Sabbath morning ami evening. I'rayer mcetlnir each weok on Wednesday evening. Sabbath school every Sabbath at 10 a. m. Kev. 11. Veknon Kick, l'astor. St. John's Episcopal Ciiuuch Scrvlco every Sunday ot 11 o'clock a. in. Kkv. W. K. Powell. Kcctor. County Ofliccrn. Judgo A. C. Craig Sheriff A. 1.. Saunders Clerk II. K Wilson Treasurer A. P. Benson Bchnol Superintendent J. h. Htndiuan Surveyor 12. Simon s Coroner E. II. Lewis COMMISSIONERS. Geo. Acklos Jno. Stanley Btato Sonator L. U. Kinuhurt KUPBKSKNTATIVKS. P. T. Dick .. E. E. Taylor City OHIccrw. Mayor D. B. "cos COUNOILMUN. P. A.T'ursol W. I). Heidlcinan 3.S. Elliott 1. K. Thompson ,lno. Kennedy A. Levy Itceorder M. Davis Marshal K. E. ' ntes Treasurer J. D. Carroll Street Commissioner Ij. Eaton Departure of Trains. Regular east bound trains leavo atf:oOa. m. West bound trains leavo at 4:20 p. m. l'ltOl'KSSIONAL. J. R. CKITES, a'I'Toss.-vb:' at law. Collecting and probato practleo spcclnltlos Olllce, two doors south of Postollico, Uniou, Oregon. It. EAKIN, Attorney at Law ai NGtary Pule. Ofllco, ono door south of J. II. Eaton's storo Union, Oregon. I. X. CROMWELL, M. D., Physician and Surgeon Oflieo, ono door south ot .1. U. Eaton's store, Union, Oregon. A. E. SCOTT, W. D., PBIYSICIAW AIVO ,Si;B:D20i'V, Has permanently located at North Fowdor, whoroho will answer all calls. M. 15AKEK. J. F. IUKEK. BAKER & BAKER, Attoruejs anil Counsellors at Law, AM) REAL ESTATE AGENTS. La Gkandi:, - - Okkoon. 1J. B. BEES, Notary Public -AND- Conveyancer. OFFICE State Land Olllco building, ' Union, Union County, Oregon. II. F. BURLEIGH, Altornny nt tLnir, lEenl I.'nlnto iiml Ollcc'tiiiK' Agent Land Oflieo UusIimws a Specialty. Office at Alder, Union Co., Oregon. AEfSK HAltllKSTV, J. W. BIIELTOSf SHELTON & HARDEST!, ATTOKNKYH AT JLA.1V. Will practice in Union, Baker, Grant, Umatilla nnd Morrow Counties. iibo in the Suiiremw Court ot Oregon, tlu District, Circuit mid Supreme Courts ot tho United Stat. MluiHg nnd Corporation burinoss a epo- uh'lty. . , Offices iu Uuion nnd Cornucopia, Oregon. SHINGLES. Having loaned tho shlnjjlo mill belonjin? to L. I?. Kinehnrt, we tire prepared to fur nish a superior quality nnd nuiko o! shin gles at the following rates: TJoliverod at Union, At tho Mills, $3.25 For M $3.00 Per M Vt'c respectfully solicit n share of tiio patronage. 'UOIUXS A KOHKUTS. A. L. COBB, M. D., PHYSICIAN AUD SURGEON. Having perninnently locntcd in Alder, Union count v. Oregon, will be found ready to ntterid to mils in nil tho various towns and settlements ot tho Wullowa valley. Chronic UMnonsos HpofiiiK y. 2-G-My motto is: "Livo and lot live." C. CRAIG, - - Proprietor. (I'nion Depot, Oregon.) Splendid accommodations for conimcr cinl men. Tables always supplied with tho bcHt tho niiirkct affords. 5JlO-Iot and Cold Minhual IlATiis-tSa KENTUCKY LIQUOR STORE ASB SOMA DMCTOBtV. Cor, Main and I Sis., - Union, Oregon. SUIilOI.VN AltlLEV, l'roim. Manufacturers nnd dealers in Soda Water, Sarsnpurilla, GiaRcr Ale, Crown Soda and Oiainpngno Oder, Syrups, etc. Orders promptly filled. G. W. M. L PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Union, Union County, Oregon. OfTicoon A street. Residence three doors south of the Court House. Special attention given to Surgical prac tice. W. R.JOHNSON, CONTRACTOR Affi) BUILDER Main Street, Union, Oregon. rians nnd Specifications for Dwellings. Darns nnd Bridges furnished Kit KB 01' C1IAKGE. Bridge Building a Specialty- All kinds ot Cabinet Work neatly execu ted. Itcpairiug dono on short notice. Xono but tho best workmen employed, nnd (satisfaction guaranteed. Call nnd interview mo. FRUIT AND SHADE TR API'LIC, PKAK. PLUM, PKUXE, PEACH Al'BICOT. CHAIJAl'I'LH, CHUBBV. SHRUBBERY AND SHADE TREES Of woll known varieties, miilnlilo tor thin climate. Can also furnish foreign sorhi at one-third the price asked by eastern can vassers. 1 desire to sell trees at prices that people can afford to buy. Ij, ,1. KOI SI'., Cove, Oregon. Br. Van jflonctecar 132-134 TbM tet, Portland, Oregon IS a regular gradualo in modicino; has lieon longer engaged in the special treat ment of nil Venereal, Sexual and Chronic Diseases thnn any other physician in tho West, ns city papers show, and old resi dents know; S1.U00 reward for any ens which ho fails to euro, coming under his treatment. ly louowim; inn mim i . K HUMAN H N T I ' I' It K in the follow ingcases: NKHVOUS 1H5IJIL1TY. peririatorrliu a, Seminal Looses, Sexual Decay. I-niling Memory. Weak Eyes, Stunted Develop, inont, Lack of Energy. Impoverished Ulood. Dimples, Impediment to Marriage; also Wood nnd Skin Diseases, Syphilis. Eruptions, Hair Kalling, Jlono I'atna. bwell ings Sore Throat, Ulcers, Effects of Mer cury, Kidney and Wadder Troubles, enk Hack, Durning Urine, Incnntinonco. Oonor limn, Gleet, Stricture, receives searching treatment, prompt relict nnd euro for life. NEUVOUS Diseai.es (with or without d ren ms ) , Di -en sed d i sch a rges cu red prompt ly without hlndrnnco to busincsn. DOTH SEXES consult conlldentinllv. II in trouble call or write. Dolnys nre dang erous. Dibenecs of tho Kyo or Ear, Ulcorntion ot Cntnrrh, internal or external, Donfness or I'nrnlysis, Singing or Iloaring Noisos. Thickened Drum, etc., permanently cured. LOST MANHOOD perfectly restored. CANCKUS AND TUMORS pormnnontly removed without the Vnifo or caustic. Medicine compounded nnd furnished to nil patients nt ofllco strictly puronnd vege table. Ouarnnteo ol pkhma.nknt cures in nil cases undertnken. Constitution free nnd strictly conildontial. All correspon dence promptly nttendml to; medicine sent by express to nny address free from expos ure. Call or address Privnto Dispensary Nos. 132-134 Third St., Portland, Orwgon. Terms strictly cueh. Oltlce Jiours 8 n. m. to S p. nt. Dlt VAN is tlie moBi succossiiii v avuii'i. Lull"' nnd Throat Doctor in America. Ho will tell you your trouble without asking -in ..in mioAtinn. ii nd AUltA-Nlo w. capps, m. D., Sargeoii and flomcopallilc Pliysiciar. Umox, Oitnno.N. Will go to any part of Eastern Oregon when solicited, to perform operations, or for consultation. iTleillfliiCH I'll III lulled Without i:tin Cliu rue. Oflieo adjoining .Jones Uros.' Store. Gko. WmniiT, President. W. T. WittotiT, Cashier. -ov- UXIOX, OREGON. Does a General Hanking Dusiness. Buys nnd sells exchange, and discounts com mercial paper. Collections carefully attended to, and promptly reported. u c "3 S o r: o .ti o s o o bi) a s a 2 s .5 t -a to 2 s .2 0) 0 f a a H 'A 2.S , g2 rt 2 a S rt if o o 2 eJ - s s 9 a a pi w MASON & HAMLIN Organs AND Pianos llnoxcclloil "W cnn puvo Kroin VO to ?IiO on tho jL Oil pun-liaso of an Instrument by buyini. tliroutrh W. T. U'KHJUT, Agent, Union, Oga JAMES PAYNE, Proprietor. Having procured tho services ot Mr. M. A. Sickles, a eheeso maker who has had many years' experiuico in the largest fac tories of Wisconsin, I fool confident that j can supply my patrons with a quality sec ond to none on the market. pif Orders promptly Idled. Address, Jami:s Payni:, Cove, Union County. Ore. Tonsorial Rooms Two doois south of Jones Bros.' btoro Union, Oregon. J. M. Johnson, Pnormirroit. Hair cutting, shaving and shampooing dono neatly and iu the best stylo. CITY -:- MEAT -: Mnin Street, Union, Oregon. Benson Bno.'s. Piioi-iiiktohh. Keep constantly on hand BEEK, POlt::, VEAL. MUTTON 3 U SAGE, HAMS, LAUD, ETC. Union, Oregon. Dan. Ciianiilhii, Pitor-niKTon Having recently pttrebnsed this hotel nnd refitted It throughout, 1 inn prepared to uocommodate the hungry public in first elnss style. Cull nnd e me. Lakuk Sam ri.K Rooms (or thu accommodation ot onimo rciul travelers. OPEN TO ALL MANKIND. THE LORD'S SHEEP FOLD IN TENDED FOR THE GOOD AND THE BAD ALIKE. Manj- of tho Souls Most Dosira blo to Be Found Among tho Non-Church-Goors, the In fidels and the seem ingly Lost. Saving tho Shipwreckctl on Life. tlia Sea of Special lottif 7i"tnjii City Timet. Tun Hamptons, Aiur. !". The Icv. Dr. T. DeWItt Talmntre's text to day was John x, 10, "Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold." lie sid: Tliero Is uo monopoly In re ligion. The grace ot (?wl i. not a little prop erty that we may fence oil nnd have all to our selves. It is not a king's park st which we look through a barred gateway, wishing that we might go In nud see the deer and tho statuary, and pluck tho Mowers and the fruit In t lie royal conservatory. No; it is the Father's orelinrd, ami everywhere there nre bars that we may let down and gates that wc may swing open. In my boyhood, next to tho country school house, there was an orchard of apples, owned by a very lame man, who, although there were apples In the place perpetually -decaying and by scores and scores of bushels, nover would allow any of us to touch the fruit. One day, in the sinfulness of a nature inherited from our firct parents, who were ruined by the same temptation, some of us Invaded that orchard; but soon retreated, for the man came alter us at a speed reckless of making his lameness wore, and cried out; "Hoys, drop those apples, or I'll set the dog on you!" CltlltSTIANlTr roil ALL MUX, Well, my friends, there aro Christian men who have tho church under, severe guard. There Is fruit in this orchard for thu whole world, but they have a rough and unsympa thetic way of accosting outsiders, a though they had. no business here, though the Lord wants them all to come and take tho largest imdtherlpest fruit on the premises. Have you an Idea that becnuso you were baptized at thirteen months of age,' and because you have all your life been under hallowed In fluences, Hint therefore you have a right to one whole side of the Lord's table, spreading yourself out and taking itn tho entire room J tell you no. You will hare to haul in your tlhows, for I liall to-day place on either side of you those whom you never expected to hit tlicic; for, as Christ said to tho Jews long ago, bo He says to you uml to inn; "Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold." MacDonald, the Scotchman, lias four or five dozen iiead of sheep. Some of them are browsing on the heather, some of them are lying down under the trees, tome of them aro in his yard; thoy nro scattered around in eight or ten different plnces. Cameron, his neighbor, comes over and says: "I see von hnve thirty sheep; I have Just counted them." "No," nayi MacDonald, 'I have a great mammon- sheep than that Some are here anil ionic aro elsewhere. They aro scattered all nround about. 1 have four or live thousand in my flocks. Othur Micep I have, which are uot in this fold." SO MANY CIIKIHTIAN FOMI9. So Christ says to ui: Hero U a knot of Christians and there Is n knot of Christians, but they make up a small part ot the flock. Hero Is the Episcopal fold, the Methodist fold, the Lutheran fold, the Comrreiratloiiul fold. the I'resbj terhui fold, the liaptist and the rciio-napwsi mm mo only ilinerenee be tween these last two being the mode of sheep washing; and so they am scatteicd all over, anil we come with our statistics, and suv there nre so many thousand of the Lord's sheep; but Christ rcsiionds; "No, no; you have not seen more thnn one out of a thousand of my lloek. They are scattered all over the earth, and 'other sheep I have which aro not of thW 101(1.' " Christ in my text was protihesvimr the eon version ot the (Jentiles with as much confi- flcuce as though tliey were ulieady converted, and ho is to dav. in the words of in v text. prophesying tho coming of a great multitude of outsiders that you never supposed would come in, saying to you and baying to tun : "Other sheep 1 have, which are not ot this fold." First In the first plnce I remark that the heavenly shepherd will llud inniiv of his bheep among the nou -church goers. There aie con gregations w here they aro ail Christians, and tliey seem to be completely finished, and they remind one of the bkeleton leaves which by chemical preparation have had all thu green ncn nr.d vcrduro taken oil of them aid uro left cold and white and delicate, iiothlug wanting but a glass caso to put over them. OATIIKItlNO UECltLTrs KVKUY Wlllilllt. The minister of ChrUt has nothing to do with such Christian) but to come once u week, and with an ostrich feather dust oil the accu mulation ot the labt six days, leaving them bright mid crystalline as before. Hut the oth er kind of a church is an armoiy with perpetu al sound of drum and fife, gatlirriug icertilts for the Lord of hosts. We say to every appli cant: "Do you want to be on God' side, the safe and happy slduf If so, come iu thu armory and get equipped. Here M a bath In whtcii to cet cleansed. Here are thu baudals to put up on your feet Here Is a helmet for your brow. Hero is a breast platu for your heart. Here Is a tword for your rlsrht arm, anil yonder is the battle field. Acipiit ynurselvcb like men." There are some here who 'y: "I stopped going to chuica ten or twenty years ago." My brother, is It not strnugu that you cliould le the tlrat man I should taU to to-day' I know all your case; I know It very well. You have not been accustomed to coino Into a re ligion assembly, but I have a surprising an ftouneemvnt to make to von. You are going to become ono of thu Lord's sheep. "01" you y, "It is hnoslllo; you don't know how jar I am from uuvthiug of that kind." I know all about it. I have wandered up and down the world, and I understand your cas. J hare a still more startling uuuouucemeut to make In regard to you. You are not only going to become one of the Lord's sheet), but jou will become oue to-day. You will go from this service to talk with some one about your soul. People of Uod. pray for that maul "Other kheeu I hare, which are uot of this fold." 8AYINO SIlll'WnBGKKII POVIA. Vben the Atlantic went Ui pieces on Mars Rock ami tho people clambered up on the leach, why did not that heroic minister ot the Gospel of whom we have all read, sit down and take care of thosu men on the beteh, wrapping them Iu tlanut-ls, kindling ire for thrm, seeing that they got plenty of food? Ah, he knew that there were others who would do that! He says; "Yonder are men and women freezing Iu the rigging of that wreck. Iloys, launch the boat!" And now I see the oar-blades lend under the strong pull, hut beforo they reached the rigging a women wo frozen and dead. She was washed off. ooor thlnirl Hut he tars: j "There Is a man to tare," and he crlriout: "Hold on Aro mluulei longer and I will tare vou. Ste.iilvl Steailrl filvn me vnnr ' hand. Leap' Into the life lo.t. Thank (iod, he Is saved 1" So there are those here to day who are safe on the shore of God's inrrey, but I see there are mhiic who are ireezlng in the rigging or sin, and sur rounded bv perilous storms. l'ull awav, my lads! Let us reach them. Alas, one Is washed off and gone! There Is one more to he saved. Let us tmsh out for that one. "Clutch the rope. O dying man! Clutch It as with a dcath-irrlii. Steady now on the Mlpperv places. Steady! There! Saved! Saved (" Just as 1 thought. For Christ has declared that there are some still In the breakers who shall come ashore. "Other sheep t have which are not of tins fold.'' ri.ntisn in tiik woitt.n's ska. Christ commands his ministers to be fisher men, and when I go tWhlng I do not want to go among other cliurehei. " but into tho wide world; not sitting along a small creek where eight or ten other iersons are sitting With hook and line, hut, like the llsherinen of New foundland, (ailing oil and dioppliu; net away outside, forty or fifty miles from (hore. Yes, there are non-church goers hem who will come In. Next Sabbath they will again tie In the religious service. They aro this moment be ing swept into Christian associations. Their voice will ho heard in public prayer. They will die in peace, their lied surrounded by Christian sympathies, and be carried out by devout men to lie buried, and on their grave be chiseled the words: "l'reelous In the bight of the Lord Is the death of His saints." And on resin rectlon dar you uill get up with tho dear children you have already buried, and with your Christian parents who have already won the palm. And all that grand anil glorious history bcrlns now. "Other sheep I have which are not of this fold." Second I remark again: The heavenly shepherd Is going to find a great many of his sheep among those who are positive rejectors ot Christianity. I do not know how you caino to reject Christianity. It niny have been through bearing ineodoie ParKcr preach, or through reading Kenan's "Life of Jesus," or throuirh the Infidel talk of some young man in your store. It may have been through tho trickery ot some professed Christian man who disgusted you with religion. I do not ask vou how you became so; but you frankly tell me tint you no reject ii. THVINO Till: VIKTl'ES Ol' ItELIOION. You do not bellevo that Christ Is a divine being, although you admit that He was a very good man. ou do not believe that the lllble was inspired of God, although you think that there are homo very fine things iu It. You be lieve that the Scriptural description of lvicn was only an allegory. There are fifty things mat t nenevo mai you no not believe. And yet you arc an accommo dating mail. livervnouy mat Knows you says that of you. If 1 thould ask you to do a kindness for me, or If any one else should ask ol you a Kindness, you would do it. xsow 1 have a kindness to ask of you to-day. It Is something that will cost you nothing and will five me irreat delight 1 want vou hv cxnorl- meut. to try the power of Christ's religion. If I should come to you, and you were very sick, and doctors had given vou un and said there was no chalice for you, and 1 should take out a little bottle and say: "Here is a mcdlelro that will euro you; ft lias cured fifty people, and it will cure you," you would say: "I nave no confidence In It." 1 would say: "Won't you take It to oblige mef" ""Well," you would say, "If It's any J.iceoinmodatlon to you I'll take It." My friend, will jou he Jilht as accommodating in matters of religion ltr.i.viNo on Tin: divinr i-iivsiuian. There are some of you who have found nut that this world can not satisfy your soul. You are like the man who told me after the servleo was over: "I have tried this world and I found It an Insufficient portion. Tell me of fomcthliig better." You liuve come to that. You are sick for the need of dlvlnu medicament. Now I come and tell you of a physician who will cure you, who has cured hifudrcds ami hundred who were, sick as you arc. "Oh," you say. "I have no confi dence In Illinl" Hut will you not try Himf Accommodate me In this matter; oblige inu in this matter; just try Hint. lam very certain He will cure you. You reply: "I have no special confidence In Hun; but if you ask mu as a matter ot accommodation, introduce Him." So 1 introduce- Hlm-Christ, the physician who has cured more blind eyes, and liualcd inoro ghastly wounds, and hound up more broken hearts, than all tho doctors slnco the time of Ksculnplus, That divine physician Is here. Are you not ready to try lllin? Will you not, ns a pure matter of experiment, state your case Inifore lllranow! Hold nothing back fiom Him. If you can not pray, It you do not know how to pray any oilier way, say: "O Lord Jrsus Christ, tills is a strange thing for mu to dol I know nothing about the formulas of religion. These Christian people have been talking so long about what Thou canst do for me, 1 am ready to do wnaievcr i noil coininamiesi me io do. I am ready to take whatever Thou com niandest me to take. If there bo any power In religion, as these people eay, let ma have tho advantage of It" following nniHT mi'.n's l'linrRrTS. you try that experiment? I do not, nt tills point of my discourse, say that tliero is anything In religion; hut I simply say, try it try it Do not take my counsel or the counsel of nny clergyman, If you despise clergymen, l'crhaps we may ho talking professionally; perhaps we may bo prejudiced iu tho matter; perhaps wo may be hypocritical iu the utter ances; perhaps our advice is not worth taking. Then take the counsel of bourn very restieeta hie lariuen as John Milton, tho poet; at Will iam "Wllberforcc, the statesman; as Isaac Newton, the astronomer; as Itobcrt Hojie, tho philosopher; ns Locke, tho metaphysi cian. They never preached or pretended to in-each; nud yet putting down, one his tele scope and another Ills parliamentary scroll, ami another his electrician's wire, theV all de clare the adupjedness of Christ's religion to the wants and trouble of the world. If you will not take tho recommendation of ministers of the goseI, then take the lecommetiilatlon of hlglily respectable laymen. 0, men skepti cal and struck through with unrest I would sou not like to have nunc of the peace which broods over our souls to-day 1 know all aluiut your doubts. I have been through them all. I have gono through all tho curriculum. I have doubted w hether there Is a God, whether Chrlkt is God. 1 have doubted whether tho lilble wm true. 1 have doubted the Immortal ity of the soul. 1 hare doubted my own ex istence. Ihavo doubted everything; and yet, out of that hot dcocrt of doubt, I hnve como Into the broad, luxuriant, siiushlny laud of Gospel hope, nnd peace, and comfort: so I hare confidence In preaching to you ami ask ilia; you to come in. No I'KAcri rou Tint iNrinnr- Howercr often you may have spoken against the lilblr, or however much you may hare caricatured religion, step ashore from that rocking and tumultuous fca. if you go nway adhering to your infideli ties, iou will uot sleep ono wink to-night You do not want tour children to coum up with your skepticism. Yon can uot afford to die In that midnight darkness, can you? If you do not bellevo In anything elsu you bfllere In love a father's love, u mother's lore, a wife's lore, a child's love. Thru Jet me trll you that God loves you inoro than them all. O, you must come In. You will come In. The great heart of Christ aches to hare you come In, and Jesus this very moment whether you tit or stand looks Into your eyes and says: "Other thcop 1 hare, which are not of this fold." Third Again I remark, that the heavenly shepherd Is going to find a great many Miccp among thoe who have been Cung ot evil habit It makts mo mad to see Christian people give up a prodigal as Intl. Thero are those lio talk as though the grace ot God were a chain of forty or titty Hubs, and after they had run out there was nothing to touch a very bad case. If they were hunting and go. oil ttie tracx ol me ueer tliey would looc inng.-r among the banks nnd the bushes for the lost gam- than they have been looking for that Imt soul. People' tell us that If n mart has dcl.rliiiii tremens twice he can not be reclaimed, that after n woman has fallen front her Intciiritv rhe can not be restored. The lllble has distinctly intimated that the Lord Almighty Is icady to pardon four hundred nnd ninety times; "that is seventy tunes seven. noli s mi:i:cy to Tin: i.owkst. Theie ate men before the tlironeof God who have wallowed in every kind of sin; but, saved tiy ttie grace ot .lesus and wnsued in ill blood, they stand there radiant now. There? aie thor-e "who plumrcd In the Very lowest heli ot abomliiutou, who for the tenth time have been lilted up, and llualiy. liy ttie grace o God, they btand In Heaven gloriously rescued, by ttie grace promised to the chief of sluners 1 want to tell you that Goil loves to take hold of a very bad case. When the chinch cast you oil, and when the cliihroom casts you off, and when boeiety casts you oil, when busuics associates easts you olf, and when father easts jou oil, and when mother casts you oil, and when everybody easts you off, your first cry for help will send the eternal God clean down to the ditch of your buffering and shame. The Good Templars can uot save, you, although they are a grand institu tion. The ' Sons of Temperance can not save vou, although they aie mighty for good. Signing the teniperancu pledge can not save you nltlioug 1 bellevo in it. Nothing but the grace ot the Eternal God can save you, and that will it you will throw yourself on ta it. A man said to mc: "I'tiicss God helps me I can not be delivered. 1 have tried ev erything, sir; but now I have got into the hab it of prayer, and when I cotno to a drinking; saloon 1 pray that God will take me safely past, and 1 pray until I am past He docs help me." For every man given to strong drink thero are scores of traps set, and no ono hut the everywhere present God can see that man through. TUB CATACOMIIS OF AJIBIUCA. O, thev talk about the catacombs of Na ples, and the catacombs of Koine, and tha catacombs of Egypt the burial places under the city where the dust ot u great multitude, lie; but I tell you New York has its catacombs, Nashville has its catacombs, nnd New Orleans Its catacombs, and Ilostou its catacombs, and l'hlladelphla Its catacombs, and every town, and city neighborhood its catacombs. They arc the underground restaurants, full ot dead men's bones and all uucleaullness. Youdc man, you know it God help you 1 There fit no need ot going into the nrt gallery to see la skillful bculpturo that wonderful representa tion of u mail and ids sous wound around with serpeuts. Thero aro families represented' in tills audience that nre wrapped In the mar tyrdom of frang and scale and venom a living, Laocoon of ghastlincss and horror. Whatira you to do? Do not put your trust in bromide, of jKitasslum, or in Jamaica ginger,, or anything else that apothecaries can mix', l'ut your trust only In the Eternal God, mid He will see you through. Some of you do not have temptation every day. It Is . periodic temptation that comes every nLc, weeks, or every three months, when It seeme as If the powers of daikuess kiudlo around vour tonirue the fires of tho pltl It is well enough at such a time, as some ot you do, to, seek medical counsel; but your first and most importunate cry must hu to God. If tiia, fiends will drag you to tho slaujhtcr, nuke them do it on your knees. Oh, Godl now tliat the paroxysms of thirst is coming again upo that man, help him. Fling back into tho pit. of hell the lleud that assaults his soul thlcl moment 01 my heart aches to see men got ou in this fearful struggle without Christ CIlllIBT'S SAVINO I'OWiSIt WONDIIOUS. There, are here those whoso hands so trem ble from dissipation that they cau hardly hold,, a hook, and yet I have to tell you that they, will preach the gospel, and ou communion day carry around the consecrated bread, accept-, hie to everybody, becausoof their holy life audi their consecrated behavior. The Lord is go-, lug U) save you. Your home has got to be no-, built Your physical health has got to be re stored. Your worldly business has got to he reconstructed. Tho church of God is going ta rejoice over your dlsciplcshlp. "Other sheep I have, which are not ot this fold." Whilu 1 have hope for all prodigals there are some pcopla for whom 1 am uot so hope ful. I mean those who have been church-goers all their life, who have maintained out ward morality, but who, notwithstanding? twenty, thirty, forty years of Christian ad- vantages, havo never yielded their heart taJ Christ. They aro gospel hardened. A er- mon has uo moro effect uikju them than the shining ot thu moon upon thu city pavement As Christ says: "Tho publicans and harlots will go Into tho kingdom of God beforo them.'' They have resisted all the Importunities of Di vine mercy, and have gono, during these thir ty yearf, through most powerful earthquakes of religious ieellug, and thuy aro further away from God than ever. After awhile ther will lie down sick, and eoiiic day it will bo told that they are dead. No liupol Hut I turn U outsiders with a hopo that thrills through my body and soul. ' Other bheep I have, whlcfc arc not of this fold. HAVUII UY Tlir, (IO0D SIIIU'IIUKI). You am not gospel hardened. You havo not heard many scrmous during the Inst few years. Asjou came into a religious meeting; to-day everything was novel, and all the set vices aro suggestive of your early daj's. How sweet thu opening hymn sounded in vour ears, and how blessed it is In this place. Everything guggestlvo of heaven. You do not weep, but thu shower Is not far off. Yon sigh, mid jou have noticed that there hi always a blgh lit the wind before tho rain fulli. There are tlioso hero who would give anything if they could find relief in tears. They say: "O, my wasted life! O, tho bitter pastl O. the graves over which I havo stumbled! Whltlicr shall I Jly? Alas for the futurol Everything Is dark so dark, so dark I (iod help mol God pity inol" Thank tho Lord for that last utterance. You have bcgttu to pray, and when a man begins to petition that scu ull heaven firing this way, nnd God steps lu and beats back the hounds of temptation. Into tho kennel, uud around about the poor wounded soul puts tho covert of Ills par doning meicj'. Hark! I hear something full. What was that? It Is tho bars of the fence around tho sheepfold. Thu shepherd lets them down, and the hunted sheep oC the mountain bound In; soma ot them, their fleece torn with tho brambles; some at them, their feet lamu with tho dogs, but bounding In. Thank Godl "Other sheep L have, which uro not of this fold." JIow It Happened. An old citlzon of this county, who was Justicu of tho Ponco for ono term about twenty yours ngo, was asked th other day If ho niatlo n success us a law olllclal, "Woll, sotno folks think I didn't, ho replied. "For what reason?" "liocnuso out of twcnhjljght ense nppoalcd to tho Circuit 0iu't twouty Boveu' woro rovorscd on ih."' How did you acooilnffor that?" "Why. Hint tho Circuit, Judges mad twonty-soven gravo errors, and let on tho twenty-eighth to convince ma that thoy had nothing against me per sonally! Detroit Free iVeaa. The Seltntifie American calls aUUo to the fact that tobacco blludaM Is bMuhag a. common uilUctloa.