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MM ijmqai n nnnmnii mi "iwimiji "WTW,, 11, fc fl&f A' ,-fl , r,.ir..-.hafc. Hanmt IN XS MIXEVXJTE. I suffered severely with face nett ralgia, but in 15 minutes after appli cation of St. Tacohs Oil was aslccn: I. have not been troubled with it since. No return since 1882. F. B. ADAMS, Perry, Mo. "ALL fllGHTI ST. JACOBS OIL DID IT." TALMAGE'S SERMON. TWENTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY THE BROOKLYN DIVINE. OF An Interesting ami Instructive Review of the History of tlio Threo Taber nacles That Hove Ilcen the Uomo of the Doctor' Church. Brooklyn, April 8. This ia a festival day at tho Tabernacle. Dr. Talmogo Is eolobratingtho twenty-third aimivorsary of his settlement in Brooklyn, in whito flowers ombodded in groan at tho ImcSc of tho pulpit Btood tho inscription, "180'J aud 1802. Dr. Talmiigo'fl subject was "Tho Thrco Tttixraiiclerf, a Story of Trials aiid TrinmpljH," and hh text, Luke - Ix, WJ, "Lot ns mako three tabeniacles." Onr Arab pouios wore almost ilnul with fatiguo, as, in December, 1880, wo rode near tho foot of Mount Hormon in tho Holy Land, the mountain called by ono "a mountain of ico;" by anothor, "a glittering breastplate of ieo;" by another, "tho Mont Ulanc of Palestine" Its top ban an almost unearthly brilliance But what must it haVo been in tho tinio to which my text rcfontl Potor and James and John were on that mountain top with Jesus, when suddenly Christ's faeo 4took on tho glow of tho noonday sun, and Moses and Elijah, who had btvii deud for centuries, came out from t.10 heavenly world and talked with our Saviour. What an overwhelming thro Mosos, representing tho lawj Elijah, :) roprwenting tho prophets, and Cbrii-t. ropresonting all worlds. Iiu)vtuous Peter was so wrought up by . .10 presence of this wondrous three that, without waiting for time to eon elder how prepostoroua was tho proposi tion, ho cried out, "Lot us mako threo tabernacles; 0110 for theo, ono for Moms and ono for Elijah." Where would tiny get tho material for building ono taber naclo. much less material enough to build two tabernacles, and, still lot;:!, how would thoy get tho material for building three? Whoro would thoy gut tho hammers? Where tho gold? Whoro tho bilvor? Whoro tho curtains? Whoro tho costly adornments? llcrraon is a barren peak, and to build one tabemaclo in such n place would lmvo been nn un dertaking beyond human nchiovoment, aud Potor was propounding tho impossi ble whon ho cried out in enthusiasm, "Lot us build threo tabernacles." And yet that is what this congregii tiou havo been called to do aud have done. Tho first lirooklyn Tabernacle was dedicated in 1870 and destroyed by lire in 1B72. Tho second Brooklyn Tabor nnclo was dodicatod In 1871 and do Ptroyod by flro in 1880. Tho third Brook lyn Taboniaclo was dedicated in April, 1801, and in that wo aro worshiping' to day. What sounded absurd for Peter to propose, when ho said on Mount Hor mon, in tho words of my toxt, "Lot us build threo tabornnclos," Wo havo not only done, but in tho inystorions provl deneo of God wero compelled to do. Wo havo been unjustly criticised by pvjplo who did not know tho facts, Fouiotimca for putting so much money in church buildings, and sometimes for not giving ad much as wo ought to this or that denominational project, and no explanation has yet boon nmdo. Before i got through with tho dolivory of ibis Gormon aud its publication aud distribu tion, 1 shall show that no church on earth has over done nioro magnificently, and that no phurch over conquered mora trials, and that no membership evor had in it more lieroea and heroines than this Brooklyn Taboniaclo, and 1 moan to havo it known that any individ ual or religious uowspapor or secular nowspapcr that horoaf tor casts any re flection on this church's fidelity and gon erosity, is guilty of a wickedness for which God will hold him or it rospon alblo. Ono year It was eont out through n syndicate of newspapers that this church was doing nothing in tho way of liboral ity, when Wo had that year raised $IM, 000 in hard cash for religious uhoh. Tharo has been persistent aud konii Bphorla lying against this church. Wo havo raised during my pastornto, for church building and church purpoaos, ftwa.ow, or practically a million dob lam Not an Irish famine, or a Charles ton earthquake, or au Ohio freshot, or a Chicago conflagration, but our church was among tho first to help. Wo have given free seats iu tho morning and eveuiug sorvicoa to 2-10,000 strangers a year, and that in twenty years would junout to 4,800,000 auditors. Wo havo received into our membership G,H57 members, and that is only a small por tion of tho number of those who havo hero boon converted to Uod from all parts of this land and from other lands. Under tho blessing of God and through tho kiuduoss of tho printing press my sermons now go ovory week into ovory neighborhood in Christendom, aud are regularly translated into nearly all tho grout languages of Europe and Asia. Tho syndicates having charge of this wnuoulo publication informed mo n few days ago that my prlutod Benuone ovticy week, In this and other lands, go into the hands of 23,000.000 peoplo. During the lost year, 1 am authoritatively in formed, over 3,000 different periodicals wero added to tho list of tliaeo who Huiko this publication, and yet there aro Ministers of tho Gospel nnd religious newspapers that systematically and in dustriouiily aud continuously charge tbi church with idleness nnd eollLshuesa tutd )Arahuouy. I cull the attention of tho whole earth to tills outrago that has boon hoa'xxl upon tho Brooklyn Tabernacle, though mora consecrated, benevolent aud npieudld convocation of men aud women were nover gathered together outside of heaven, J havo uover buforo responded to theso in hut icon aud tirobnblv will wvw rufor to tlieni again, but i wish and asked if wo hud yet selected a plnu tit peoplo Pf thl country and other for our church 1 said, "No, and what onriw to know that what they read wo wuut wo canuot get," "What vtylo Ofiftovrning tho solfiehueie and indolence , of building do you want!" ho asked. wok of bencvuii'iu'e aud lack of Aud taking out a laud pencil uud a let catd against tnyu .except like that of a co.nr- . n towel, tho runbing down by wliu.i uiprovoa circu- lation aud produces good health. But this continuous misrepresentation of my icl0vcd church, iu tho nnmu of Alniighty'God, 1 denounco, while I np ptal to tho fair minded men nnd women to see that justico is done this peoplo, who, within a fow years, have gono through a struggle that no other church in any land or nny ago has been called to fcnduro, and I pray God that no other church may over be called to endnro, viz., tho building of threo tabernacles. I ask tho friends of tho Brooklyn Taber nacle to cut out this sermon from tho nowspapers and put it in their pock.it books, so that thoy can intelligently answer "onr falsifiers, whothor clerical or lay, And with theso yon may put that othdr statement, which recently went through tho country, and which I saw in Detroit, which said that the Brooklyn Tabernaclo had n hard financial strcg glo because it had all along been paying such enormous salaries to its pastor. Dr. Talmago, when tho fnct is that, after our last disaster and for two years, 1 gavo all my salary to tho church build ing fund, and 1 received $0,000 less thin nothing, In other words, in addition to serving this church gratuitously for two years, I lot it havo $0,000 for building purposes. Why is it that peoplo could not do us justico and eay that all our financial strugglo as a church cuuu) from doing what Peter, in my text, ab surdly proitosed to do, but which, hi tho inscrutablo providence of God, wo wero compelled to dc jbuild threo taber nacles. Now, 1 feel bettor that this is off my mind. Tho rest of my sermon will bo spun out of hosanuaiis. 1 announce to you this day that wo aro at hist, as a church, in smooth wntcrs. Arningo monts havo been made by which our jiiiancial difficulties aro now fully nnd satisfactorily adjusted. Our iucomo will oxcocd our outgo, and Brooklyn Tabornaclo will bo yours and bolong to you nnd your children after you, nnd anything you boo contrary to this you may put down to tho confirmod habit which somo peoplo havo got of misrepre senting thiB church and thoy cannot stop. When 1 camo to Brooklyn I enmo to a small church and a big indebtedness. Wo havo now this, tho largest Protestant church in America, and financially as a congregation wo aro worth, ovor and bo yond all indebtedness, considerably inoro than $150,000. 1 havo proachod horo twenty-threo years, and 1 expect, if my lifo and health aro continued, to preach horo tweuty threo years longor, although wo will all do well to roniembor that our breath is In our nostrils, nnd any hour wo muy bo called togivo an nccount of our stew ardship. All wo ask for tho futuro is that you do your host, contributing all yon can to tho support of our institu tions. Our best days aro yot to como; our groatest revivals of religion and our mightiest outpourings of tho Holy Ghost. Wo havo got through tho Red boa, and stand today on tho othor bank clapping tho cymbals of victory. Do you wonder that last Sabbath 1 asked you in tho midst of tho sorvico to riso and sing with jubilant voice tho long motor Doxelogy: I 'raise Clod from whom nil Mowings flow, I'rulso liliu, nil creatures horo below, I'mlso lilm above, yo heavenly host, Praise Ftttlicr, Hon ami Holy Ghost. Yes, twenty-threo years havo passed since 1 camo to llvo in Brooklyn, and thoy have boon to mo ovontf ul years. It was a prostrated church to which I came, a church so Hat down it could drop no further, Through controversies which it would bo usoless to rohenrso it was well nigh extinct, aud for a long whllo it had beeu without a pastor. But nineteen members could bo mustered to sign a call for my coming. As a com mittee was putting that call before mo lu an upper room iu my houso in Phila delphia, thoro wore two othor committees on similar orrnuds from other churches iu othor rooms, whom my wifo was on tortalniug and keeping apart from un happy collision. Tho auditorium of tho Brooklyn church to which 1 camo defied all tho laws of acoustics; tho church had a ateoplo that was tho derision of tho town, aud a high box pulpit which shut in tho preacher as though ho wero dan gorous to bo lot loose, or it acted as a barricado that was unnecessary to koop back tho jwoplo, for thoy woro so fow that a minister of ordinary musclo could havo kept back all who woro thoro. My first Sabbath in Brooklyn was a sad day, for I did not realise how far tho church was down until thou, and on tho evening of that day my own brothor, through whoso pocl.ot 1 entered tho ministry, died, and tho tidings of his dea.130 reached mo at 0 o'clock iu tho ovonlng, aud 1 was to preach at half past 7, But from that day tho blessing of God was on us, aud iu threo mouths wo began tho enlargement of tho building. Before tho closo of that year wo resolved to construct tho first Taboniaclo. It was to bo n temporary structure, and, there fore, wo called it a taboniaclo Instead of a touiplo. What should bo tho stylo of architecture was tho immediate ques tion. 1 had always thought that tho amphitheatricul shape would bo appro priate for a church. Two distinguished architects wero employed, and after much hovering ovor designs, they an nounced to us that such a building was imiKKsiblo for religious purposes, us it would not bo churchly, and would sub ject themselves aud us to mtnous criti cism; in other words, they wero not ready for a revolution lu church archi tecture. Utterly disheartened as to my favorite stylo of architecture, 1 said to tho trus tees, "Build anything you please aud 1 must to sutiritlod." But ono morning a young architect appeared at my houso pMoflftry jlrlt uu tho part uf this taunh U from top to bottom and from Ud t taru ffthchood -dastardly false fetfc4MWUc' faUekooO, Wfet U ter uu volopo from my pocket, in lues th.tn u minute, by a fow curved linos, I indi cuted iu tho rough wlutt wo wanted. "But," 1 said, "old architects tell mm it can't bo done, ami Unitf i: t.- u- '.n your trying." He said: "1 can do it. How long can I have to mako out tho plans?" 1 said, "This evening ut 8 o'clock every thing is to bo decided." At 8 o'clock of that evening tho architect presented his plans and the bids of builder and mason were pre sented, and in fivo minutes after tho plans woro presented thoy wore nnanl-inr-jvly adopted. So that I would uot : !io way of the tmstees during tho 1 went to Europe, and when I got .a .. tbo church was well nigh done. .Jut hero came in a staggering hin drance. We expected to jwy for tho new church by the salo of tho old build ing. Tho old ono had leen sold, but just nt tho time we nuu;t havo tho money tho purchasers backed out, and wo had two churches and no money. By tho help of God and the iudomit nblo nnd unpuralloled energy of our truntces (hero and there one of them present today, buf the most in a better i world), we got tho building ready for I consecration, and on Sept. 2."), 1870, , morning and evening dedicator' serv icer wore hold, and in the afternoon tho , clul. ben with Hwcot and multitudinous voices coiiM-'crated the placo to God. Twenty thousand dollars were raised that day to pay a flouting debt. In tho morning old Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, the glory of the Episcoiul church and tho Ciirysostom of the American pulpit, p eaclied a sermon which lingered hi its gracious effects as long as the bnilding stood. He road enough out of the Epis copal prayer book to keep himeelf from being reprimanded by his Lishop fo' prenchiug at a non-Episcnpal service, and wo, although belonging to unother d.;uomirution, responded with hearti U'W), us though wo wore used to the liturgy "Good Lord, deliver us!" During tho short time wo occupied that building wo had n constant down pour of religious awakening. Ho. auuahl Ten million years in heaven will havo no power to dim my memory of the glorious times wo had in that first Tabernaclo, which, because of its invasion of tho us ual stylo of church architecture, was called by some "Tulniiigo's Hippo drome," by others, "Church of tho Holy Circus," nnd by other mirthful nomen clature. But it was a building perfect for acoustics, and stood long enough to havo its imitation in nil tho largo cities of America and to completely revolu tionize church architecture. Peoplo saw that it was tho common sonso way of seating nn audience. Instead of putting thoin in an nngular church, where each ono chiefly saw tho back part of somebody cbo's head, tho audionco wero arranged in eomicircle, so that thoy could see one another's faces, nnd the auditorium was a great family circlo seated around a fireplace, which was tho pulpit. It was au iron ntruc turo, and wo supposed fireproof, but the insurance companies looked nt it, and after wo had gono too far to stop in its construction, thoy declined to insure it, except for a niero nothing, declaring that, being of iron, if ' inflammable material botweon tho shouts of iron took flro no cngino hoso could play upon it. And thoy woro right. During thoso days wo educated and sent out from a lay collego undor our chargo somo twelvo hundred young men aud women, many of them becoming evangelists nnd many of them becoming regularly or dained preachers, and I meet them in all parts of tho land toiling mightily for God, Ono Sunday morning in Decombor, 1872, tho thermometer nearly dowir to zero, I was on my way to church. There was an oxciteniont in tho struot nnd much smoko in tho air. Firo engines dashed past. But my mind was on tho Kormon 1 was about to preach, until some ono rushed up and told mo that our church was going up in tho snmo kiud of chariot that Elijah took from tho banks of tho Jordan. That Sunday morning tragedy, with its wringing of bunds and frozon tears on tho cheek of many thousands standing in tho street, and tho enmh that shook tho earth, is an vivid as though it wero yesterday. But it was not a perfoct loss. All wero anxious to do something, and as on such occasions sensible peoplo aro apt to do unusual things, ono of tho mombers, at tho risk of his lifo, mshed in among tho fallen walls, mounted tho pulpit and took a glass of water from tho table and brought it in safoty to tho street. 80 you boo it was uot a total loss. Within nn hour from many churches camo kind invitations to oc cupy their buildings, uud hanging against a lamppost, noar tho dostroyod building, before 12 o'clock that morning, was a board with the inscription, "Tho con gregation of Brooklyn Tabernaclo will worsl)ip tonight iu Plymouth church." Mr. Boechor mado tho opening prayor, which was full of commiseration for mo and my homeless (lock, and I preached that night tho sermon that I intended to preach that morning in my own church, tho text concerning tho precious ala baster box broken at tho feot of Christ, mul sure enough wo had ono very pro clous brokun that day. Wo woro, as a church, obliterated. "But arise and build," said many voices. Another architect took tho amphitheatrical plan of n church, which, iu tho first instauco, wns. necessarily somewhat rlo, and de veloped it iuto au elubornto plan thnt Was Immediately adopted. But how to ralso tho money for such au oxponsive undertaking wus t Ve quest ion oxponsivo uot because of i...j seuseless adornment proposed, but expensive liecnuse of tho immeuso Bizo of the building needed to hold our congregation. It was at that tlmo when for years our entire country was buffering, not from a financial tunic, but from that long con tinued tlunnuml depression which all business men remember, as tho cloud huug heavy year after year and com mercial ostablisliments without number went dowu. Through what struggles wo passed tho Eternal God aud somo bravo souls today remember, Many a tiuio would I have gladly accepted calU to somo other field, but 1 could not leave tho flock in tho wilderness. At last, after lu tho Interregnum having worahipod In our beautiful Academy of Music, on tho morning of Feb, 23, 1874, tho nnniVHrsnry oi ,.n who comiuorod lniw-i.j.i.. . ,iu I on tho Sabbath that always celebrates tho res urrection. Or. Byron Sunderland, chap lain of the United States senate, thrilled us through awl through with a dedica tory sermon trom Hnggai H, 0, "Tho 1 glory of this houso shall be greater than ; that 0: tuo former, ealtn tno bora 01 Hosts." Tho comer Ftouo of that building had been laid by tho illustrious and now en throned Dr. Irenreus Primo. On tho jlatform on dedication day Kit, among others, Dr. Dowling, of tho Baptist church: Dr. Crook, of tho Methodist church: Mr. Beechcr, of the Congrega tional church, and Dr. French, of tho Presbyterian church. Hosaunab! An other $3T,,000 was raised ou that day. Tho following Sunday 828 souls wero received into our communion, mostly on co.ifofetriou of faith. At two other com muuions over COO souls joined at each ono. At another ingathering 028 souls entered this communion, and no many of those gathered thiougs have already en tered heaveu thut wo ospoct to feel at homo when wo get there. Myl tnyl Vou't we Ih glad to tee them the men and women who stood by us in days that were dark and days that were jubi lant! Ila-tumialil The work done in tl: it church on Scherni'ihom stivet can uevor be un done. What sat iiicea on il:o part of many, who gavo almost till the blood camel What hallelujahs! What victo ries! What wedding inurches played with full orant What baptismal What sacraments! What obseijuic.-.! Ono of them on a snowy Sabbath afternoon, whon all Brooklyn seemed to sympa thize, and my eldest son. bearing my own name, la- beneath the pulpit in tho last sleep, aud Florence Rice Knox Bang, mid a score of ministers on and around tho platform tri;d to interpret how it was best that one who had juot como to manhood, nnd with brightest worldly prospects, should bo taken, nnd wo left with a heart that will not cciiso to ache until wo mcet"vhcro tears never fall. That secoud Tabernaclo! What a stu pendous roininiscencol But if tho Peter of uiy text had known what an under taking it is tobuild two tabernacles, ho wonld not havo proposed two, to say nothing of threo. As an anniversary bennon must needs be somewhat auto biographical, lot mo say 1 havo not been idle. During tho standing of thoao two Tabernacles fifty-two books, under as many titles, made up from my writings, wore published. Dming that timo, also, I was permitted to discuss ull tho great questions of tho day in nil the great cities of this continent, 'and in many of them many times, besides preaching and lecturing ninety-six times in England, Scotland and Ireland in ninety-four days. During all that timo, as woll as sinco, I was engaged in editing a religious newbpaper, belioving that such a peri odical was cupablo of great usefulness, nnd I havo been a couatunt contributor to newspapers and periodicals. Mean while all things had becomo easy in the Brooklyn Tabernaclo. On a Sabbath in October, 1880, 1 announced to my con gregation thut 1 would in u few weeks visit tho Holy Land and that the officers of tho church had consented to my going, and the wish of a lifetimo was about to bo fulfilled. The next Sabbath morning, about 2 o'clock or just after midnight, u member of my household awakonod mo by saying that thoro was a strango light in tho sky. A thunder storm had left tho air full of electricity, and from horizon to horizon overything seemed to blazo. But that did not dis turb mo, until an observation taken from tho cupola of my houso declared that tho secoud Tubornacle was putting on red wings. I scouted tho idoa and turned over on tho pillow for unother sleep, but a num ber of oscited voices called mo to tho roof, aud 1 went up and saw clearly de fined in tho night the fiery catafalquo of our second Tabernaclo. When I saw that 1 said to my family: "I think that ends my work in Brooklyn. Surely tho Lord will not call a minister to build threo churches in ono city. Tho build ing of ono church generally ends tho usefulness of a pastor; how can any ono preside at the building of threo churchohV" But bef oro twenty-tour hours laid passod wo woro compelled to cry out, with Potor of my text, "Let us build threo tabernacles." Wo must have a homo somewhere. . Tho old site had cea.-.eu to bo tho cen ter of our congrega.ion, and tho center of tho congregation, us near as we could find it, is whoro wo uow stand. Having selected tho spot, should wo build on it a barn or a Tabernaclo U'uutiful and commodious? Our common souse, as well as onr religion, commanded the hit ter. But what push, what industry, what skill, what solf sacrifice what faith in God woio nocos3ary. Impediments and hindrances without nuiulicr were thrown in tho wuy, and had it not been for tho porbovoranco of our church olilcials and tho practical help of many peoplo and tho prayers of millions of good souls iu all jiarta of the earth aud the blossing of Almighty God, tho work would not have boon done. But It is done, aud all good peoplo who Iwhold tho structure feel in thoir hearts if they do not utter with their lips, "How amiable are thy taberuiiclos, O Lord of Hosts." On the third &ib bath of last April this church was dedi cated, Dr. Hamlin, of Washington, preaching nu inspiring sermon, Dr. Wen doll lrimo, of Now York, offeriug the dedicatory prayer, and some fifteen clergymen during tho day taking part in tho services. Hosaunahl How suggestive to many of us nro the words iolled out lu flowers abovo tho pulpit "1800" nnd "lSOr for thoso dates bound what raptures, what griefs, what straggles, what triumphs! I men tion it us n matter of gratitude to God thut lu those twenty-three years havo nibsod but one Sabbath through physical indisposition, and but threo iu the thirty- six years of my ministry. Aud now, Having reached this twonty-tbtrd uiilo- f tone, I start anow. I havo in my mam orandnm books analyses of more bor mons than I havo ever vet preached, uud CLEAN! txx If you would bo cleau nud hayo your clothes dono ii in tho nonteSlnnd dressiest manner, take thorn to tho SALEM STKA MUNOKY whuro all work ildtib lv wliito labor nnd in thn nwt pmmpriiifuuiur,. COLONEL J, OLMSTED. I have'preuohed. u uar as 1 can tell about 8.800. During these past years 1 have learned two or three things. Among others 1 havo learned that "all things work to gether for good." My ponHlve mode of preaching has fometiiuert seemed to stir tho hostilities of all earth and hell. Ford ing called upon fifteen years ago to ex plore underground New York city lift that I might port the evils to bocom- buttod. 1 tu with me two elders of my chn.-ch and u Now York police cominis fioiibr and a policeman, and 1 explored and reported the horrois that needed re moval, and the ullureme.its that en dangered our young men. There camo upon me u outburst of assumed indig nntiou that frightened almost everybody but myself. That exploration put into my chnrch thirty or forty newspaper correspondents, from north, south, east and west, which opened for mo uow avenues in which to preach the Gospel that otherwise would never havo been opened. Years passed ou and 1 preached a series of sermons on Amusemeute.'wnd a false report of what I did Bay and ono of the sermons raid to have been preached by mo was not mine in a single word roused a violence that threatened me with poison nnd dirk and pistol and other forms of extinguishment, nutil the chief of Brooklyn police, without any suggestion from me, took possession of tho church with twenty-four policemen to see that no harm was done. That excitement opened many doors, which I entered for preaching the Gospel. After awhile 01 me an ecclesiastical trial in which I was arraigned by peoplo who did not like tho way 1 did things, and although I was acquitted of all tho charges, the contest shook tho American church. That battle mado me more friends than nnything that ever hap pened and gave me Cliristendom and more than Christendom for my weekly audience. On tho demolition of each church wo got a better and a larger church, aud not a disaster, not a carica ture, not a persecution, not an assault, during all these twenty-three years but turned out for our advantage, and ought I not to boliove that "all things work to gether for good?" Hosannah! Another lesson 1 liave learned during these twenty-three years is that it is not necessary tt) preach error or pick flaws in tho old Bible in order to got an audience; tho old Book without any fixing up is good enough for mo, and higher criti cism, as it is called, means lower reli gion. Higher criticism is another form of infidelity, and its disciples will be lieve less and less, until many of them will land in Nowhere, and become the worshipers of nn eternal "What is it?" Tho most of those higher critics seem to be seeking notoriety by pitching into tho Biblo. It is such a bravo thing to btriko your grandmother. The old Gos pel put in modern phrase, and without any of tho conventionalities and adapted to all the wants and woes of humanity, 1 havo found tho mightiest magnet, and wo havo never lacked an audience. Next to the blessing of my own family 1 account tho blessing that I havo al ways had a great multitude of people to preach to. That old Gospel 1 havo preached to you these twenty-three years of my Brooklyn pastorate, and that old Gospel 1 will preach till I die, and chargo my son, who is on tho way to tho ministry, to preach it aftor mo, -for I remember Paul's thunderbolt, "If nny man preach any othor Gospel, lot him be accursed." And uow, as I stand here on my twonty-third anniversary, 1 see two audiences. Tho ono is mado up of all thoso who have worshiped with us in tho past, but havo been translated to higher realms. What groups of children too fair and too sweet and too lovely for earth, nnd tho Lord took them, but thoy seem pres ent today. Tho croup has gono out of tho swollen throat, and the pallor from tho check, nud they have on them tho health and radianco of heaveu. Hail, groups of glorified children! How glad I am to have you come back to us today! And horo sit " thoso aged ones who do parted this lifo leaving an awful va cancy in homo and church. Whoro are your staffs, and whoro nro your gray locks, aud where your stooping shoul ders, yo blessed old folks? "Oh," they say, "wo aro all young ngaiu, and tho bath in the river from under tho throne lias mado us ngilo nnd bounding. In tho placo from which wo come they use no staffs, but scepters!" Huil, fathors aud mothers in Israel! How glad we aro to havo you como back to greet us! But the other audionco 1 soo iu imagi nation is mado up of all those to whom wo have had opjiortunity as a church, directly or indirectly, of presontiug tho Gospel. Yea, all my parishes scorn to como back today. Tho peoplo of my first chargo in Bellovillo, N. J. Tho peo plo of my second chargo in Syracuse, N. Y. The peoplo of my third chargo in Philadelphia. And tho jieoplo of all theso threo Brooklyn Taboniacles. Look at thorn, and all thoso whom through tho printing press wo havo invited to God and heaven now seeming to sit in gallorios above galleries fifty galleries, a hundred galleries, a thousand galleries high. 1 greet them nil in your naino and in Christ's name, all whom 1 havo con fronted from my first sermon in my first village chargo, whoro my lips trembled nnd my knees knocked to gether from affright, speaking rom the text, Jeremiah i, 0, "Ah, Lord God, be hold 1 cannot speak, for I am a child!" until tho sonuon I preach today from Luko Ix, S3, "Lot us make threo taber nucles," thoso of tho ist and tho prea out, all gather in imagination if uot iu reality, all of us gratofnl to God for past mercies, nil of us sorry for mUiinproved opportunities, nil hoiwful for etorunl raptures, and while the visiblo nnd tho tnvisiblo audiences of tho present and the past commingle, I give out to bo sung by those who are here today, and to lw sung by thoso who shall read of this scene of roininlnceneo nud congratu lation, that hymn which has boon roll iug ou since Isaac Watts started it one hundred and fifty years age: Our doit, our help In ntfvs uut. Our 1iohi for ) ivirs to como. Our ihelter front the ttoriny blast, Aud our eternal borne. . l.urky FcHt. rVrtuunte l tlie nwn or wurou reilnic In umlirlti-rnltlrii o-itliy who cotpw. Ihn ilnMdut oiure. Nt on in tt tiiiio naud UiH-H. Wtiim the endemic I a ivrlodUxi! amt tt hie ieutt ththtUmi, It i Jut a common 10 toe ule ooiiimuiiliiej HUtlirluir from It h ulnrte 1ml vlilnuK. Tlie lutwl vlnroUK con-illutktn U Dm lwfStilBt li- h.iwtiuirh I, a ttrin feebtortllMirJfiv , A a uimui r pro tie'lon iwalu-il alaitx, UoM.lte-x Klvuiaeti Klitfn ' !i mp-wn.- imjla.il f 2UJ J.1 w,n l"' uj fttrm of ma. I Uilitl l'.ae Implatilrd lu the tnn. aud even In re Uhu vrlieie ntiMiMi couipUlHUitnt wl nllk-Hnut andtleadly WWll HS IH l!)ltiU Oi Ittliaitut. Hut i. ' ittttiBi1 I twirls enn.i'y. Kb J ilr . tfHrJ'kMlt'(t)rirttlM5Mrt .Vols4 ettttretnutk It a aiiniiin ,, , yvtiHxe ot oLruntv lu414tUii. liver "August Flower The Hon. J. W. Fennimore is the Sheriff of Kent Co., Del., and lives at Dover, the County Seat and Cap ital of the State. The sheriff is a gentleman fifty-nine years of age, and this is what he says : "I have " used your August Flower for sev " eral years in iny family and for my " own use, and found it does me ' ' more good than any other remedy. " I have been troubled with what I " call Sick Headache. A pain comes " in the back part of my head first, " and then soon, a general headache "until I become sick and vomit. " At times, too, I have a fullness " after eating, a pressure after eating " at the pit of the stomach, and 1 ' sourness, when food seemed to rise ' ' up in my throat and mouth. When 1 ' I feel this coming on if I take a " little August Flower it relieves " me, and is the best remedy I have " ever taken for it. For this reason "I take it and recommend it to " others as a great remedy for Dys "pepsia, &c." G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer, Woodbury, New Jersey, U. S. A. TO PHILLIS, IN ENGLAND. Darllug PIiIIIIh, four years old, Wliom for my delight I will picture ns I knew He&d allcht with sunny gold, Cheeks of ro-es red and white. Eyes so large nnd blue! I will fill i:iy picture in With the tales I hear of you, Telling of the hearts you win. What you wear and do; Windfall hunts 'neath npple boughs. Offers bold of grass to cowsl Vet I know not can I, dear, Sco you as you are? English things grow dim and far To tho exile lingering hci e. Sweet how sweet! but faint you Btand Shadow child In shadow landl Vainly I for my delight Fain wonld fashion you aright. With a muI and tt Itttful tc-nso Of the spirit's Impotence. You, as uow you are, I trow, I shall never, never know. Wiser Phlllis. in jour gluo No-sucli thoughts you heed. Thinking uow and then of me Far away across the foam, Happy In yonr childish ci ecd, Soon "big hhip" will bring me home. W. Trego Webb In London Spectator. Griefs aro ever coming to us with the coming hours, and our little strength is only as tho day. Few are Free FROJI Scrofula, which, being heredi tary, is the latent cause of Consump tion, Catarrh, Loss of Sight, Eruptions, and numerous other maladies. To ef fect a cure, purify tho blood with Ayer's Snrsaparllln. Begin early, and persist till every trace of tho poison is eradicated. "I can heartily recommend Ayer's Sarsaparilla for all those who are atlllct ed with scrofulous humors. I had suffered for years, and tried various remedies without effect. Finally, Ayer's Sarsaparilla gave relief and put me in my present good healthy condition." E. M. Howard, Newport, N. II. "My daughter wns greatly troubled with scrofula, and, at ono time, it was feared she would loso her sight. Ayer's Sarsaparilla has completely restored her health, and her eyes aro as well and strong as ever, witli not a trace of scrofula in her system." Geo. King, Killingly, Conn. Iyer's S arsaparilla, TBErAUED BT Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Frlcc $1 ; nix bottk-a, $3. Worth $5 n bottle DR. MILES Jl Restorative gllr JMERVIHE. FASTS! TARTUNG wu"j.'-mg,.fiMm The American people are rapidly bocomtn a race of norrout wrecks, and the I jlIowloKsuKgeibt tbe beat remedy: AlphonsoIIempQlnff.et liatler, I'a- tweara tbat when hit son was ipocctuesa from St. Vitus Dance. Dr. Mlloe Grout Restorative Norylna cured btm. Mrs. J. It. Mlller.ot Valpar lo.ind.,J. D.Tarlor.of Loitaiupnrr, Ind., each jtElnc.l!J pounds from taklnu tt. Mrs. II. A. Card nor. of Vistula. Ind., wascurod ol 40toM oonrul elotis a day, and much headache, dullness, back ache, and nervous prostration, by ono bottle. Daniel Mrers, Urooklrn, Mich., aaya his daughter was ciire.1 of Insanity of ten years' standing. Trial bottle and flne book of rnarrelous cures. FllES at druKKist ThU remedy conutlns no opiates. Dr.Mllos' Medical Co.,Elkrmrt,lnd. T2IIAL BOTTLE FREE. Sold by P. J, Fry, tlruc'giat.Salem. Act on a new principle r.calui i- liver, etomach ml bawls tKrough tht rifnv !. Muss' Priaj tlHt'dily am bUiocsnees, torpid lit tr and constlpa Una. hm-dleut, mildest, ccrextt Op doaos,25 cts. w"iiu t -o at nrUk'KUU. (" 3i. Co., ElUut. htt Fry, drnir.ist, Salem. T.DOSESffe'x I &r eold v D. J. T ! '-x iii . i "": w oLroulti luitluu. liver Liberty fetreet I asi;'-'-'-. i I ' u u f ' 1 1 KeTSFK'iii tWfJ3'2i'i3 iilJtl(4Toii(Ei 't J H 2" Yam 7:H , f 'VI I , ('Itwil.T itl jpl tj t'H a cu CD 3 O P CD b O d- ;'0 I i-J-o to CD fa B P- tr1 70 O ra C5 B 35 CD P et- !x3 5 g oo Q B a. o B" p & CD JO "tr p CD m P B P 0 CD B s P . TO B ct- p p CD O o p- 8 2? B BJ S. cT B P -t CD i W -t p p- n B J CD CO CD o B CD CO r O cn CD CD e- B" CD CT5 O O & w P B P- CD B 3. gi et CO B p CD P et- CD r3 a CD w o p"1 B t CD s- p 3 g CD CD H B- CD P- O - t- P rt-, CD O CD 6 p B CD CD 1 a P- P B P- CD O CD m B B CD CO 6: B 05 P B CD M B O ) in O -n arc? o o P-. 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Le Itlclinn's GoMert Dalsam No. Cures Tertiary, Mercurial rpliUlUe Rhet? matlsm, Tains In the Bones, rains In tht Head, back of the Neck, Ulcerated 8on Throat, Byphllltlo Hash, Lumps and con traded Cords, Stiffness ot the Limbs, an eradicates all disease from the syaten whether caused by indiscretion or abuu ot Mercury, leaving; the blood pure ami healthy. Price 85 OO per Itottle. IjO lllcliou'a Oolden Htianlsli Ant I. doto for the cure et Gonorrhoea, CHect, Irritation Gravel, and all Urinary or Gent tat disarrangements. Price 8i4 50 per Dottle. lri Ulcliau's Golden Spanlsli In. Jectlon, for severe oases of Gonorrhoea, Inflammatory Gleet, Strlctures,&c. Price 81 50 per Ilottlo. be Rlclinn'a Golden Ointment for the cffcctlvo heallnof SyphlUtla Sores and eruptions. Price 31 OO per Box. l,e Itlchau'B Golden Pills Nem and Brain treatment; loss of physical pow er, excess or over-work, FrosthtUon, eta Price 83 OO per Box Tonlo nnd Nervine, Sent everywhere, C O. D,, gocurslr paeket! per express. THE RICHARDSDRUG C0.,Ageutr 600 & 611 ItlAniiETT ST., Dan Emactac, CUk. Bids for Itailiug Gapitel. The board ol cnpttol building comrah slwuers Invite sealed proposals lor bcatlni: tbocapltol bulldtDg at, Hal cm. Or., elthe1 by steam or h t wttter Bidders nre to lurnlsb their own plans nnd tpcciflcatlent. Everr bid shall be accompanied with u'i nndPrtaklns with one or mora surleties t:t a. sum equal to double tbo amount of tin bid to be approved by tho board, to Hit ellect thntlf his bid shall be accepted, tbi" bidder will jv riorm the work speclll il therein In nccordnnco with the plans nnrf sprclllcallonH therefor. The right to r Jcct any or nil bldsls reserved. Bids vtlll bo opened at 2 o'clock p, m. Mondny, April ll,lb92. at the executive otUce.Halein, Uregon. HYL.VESTEH PKNNOYEU, GEO. V. MCBUIDE, PHIL. METOJIIAN, Board of Commlsstonere. WM. A. MUNLV, Clerk of Board. 3-10 lm-. Bids for City Bonds. EAIjED proposals will bo received tip to 2o'clock p. m.oftheSth day of Aprl', IJ, by the mayor and city recorder ot tl i city of Salem, for the purchase of 820.01m worth of bonds on the city of Hnlem, On gon, in denominations of SlOOnndupwaro , the interest of these bonds to bepaldt.enii nnnunlly and to run twenty years, and I draw 5 per cent. Interest No bid will bo received for tho bonds below their pi r value. The city ot Salem reserves tho richt to reject any or nil bids. I'.H. IVAKU . Jtayor. 3-lt-td M. K GOtlUELL, Itecorder. J. M, Needham, house paljnting, kalso mining paper hanging natural wood finishing. Leave orders J . Irwin's, rear ofSmlth .v. Hteiner's drug t-toie. JL. C. CKOSS, Butcher and Packer State St. and Court St. The best menf. delivered to all parts of thecltv. PIIOFKSSIONAX. CARDS. GEO. U. BUUNETT, Attorney at law, Salem, Uregon. Office over Ladd i Bush's bank. D'AUOY t BIA'UBAM, Attorneys and counselors at law, Salem, Oregon. Having an abstract ol the recordsof Marion county, Including a lot und block Index oi Salem, they have special facilities for ex amining titles to real estate. Business lu the supreme court and In the state depart ments will receive prompt attention. ST. RICHARDSON, Attorney at law, . olllce up stall's In front rooms of new Bush block, corner Commercial and Court streets, Salem, Oregon. JOHN A. CARSON, Attorney at law. Rooms 3 and 4, Lada tb Bush's hank, v building, Snleni, Oregen. . 8 1 1 r B. F. HONHASI. W. II. HOLBlHSw BON'HAJi A Holmes. Attorneys at Itv. Office in Bush's block, between Biate and Court, on Com'ISt. TIL510N FORD, attorney at law, Sttleni, Oregon. Office up-stalra In Pattca'si block. H. BRAD3UAW, PHYSICIAN AND' . Surgeon, Salem. Oregon. Office lm tiarldge block, upstairs over Williams Jc Englaud's bank. Residence corner SUtto and B. E. corner Winter street. H. YOUNG, M. D., Office formerly , occupied by Dr. itowland, corner Court and Liberty streets. Telephone No. 15. Office heurs: 8 a. in. to 12; 2 to 4 p. m., and 7 to U p. m. Residence 18th street on electrlo cur line. Telephone No. 0. Mo AFEH. 4 BROOKS. I'byslclnns and Surgeons, ilurphy block, up stulrs, Commercial street, Salem, Or. TK- W. B AlOTT, physician and sur JL geou. Office In Kldridge Block, n em, Oregon. Offico hours 10 to 12 a.m.. 2 to J p. m. TJ1 B. PHILBROOK, il. D.,Homeopath!sU J2i. Office 155 Court street; Residence ail High street. General practice. Hpeclat attention given to diseases of Women and. children. T HOUSER, M.D. Physician and sur geon. Practice limited to riisi.-ii of tho nervous system. Cutuirh Including asthma and rupture or hernia. Office In Cottle block rooms II and 12. Office hfittsj from 9 to 12 it. m. and front 2 to b p. m. 11-3-tf. DR. T. C. SMITH. Dentist, W State stret-1, lions of every description. Painless oiera lions a speolulty. It. MINTA H. A. DAVIS. Office hour. 9 a. m. to 11 a. m.; 2 p. m. to 6 p. m. Day or night calls promptly attended to Special attention given to diseases of we: eu and children, office In New Bank lilk., 305 Commercial street. Residence buiue. D" R. MILLER 8. LUND, Eplscopaf itcc toryjcornorChemeketaand Church. Office hours 1 to 3 p. m. NNICE V. JEFFREYS, M. D. Treau went of Ladles and Children a mko luity. Office heurs: to 12, und 2 to -I. Kl dridge block, Salem, Oregon, D. J.'UUH, Architect, Plans, Srcb . ncatlons and superintendence lor all classes of buildings. Office 2U0 Com mercial ht., up stairs. X7I J.McCAUSTIAND.CIvllBanltaryuRd II. Hydraulic Engineer. U. S. Deputy CotUe-Parkhurbt Block, balem, Oregou. CA. ROBERT, Architect, room!l. Mar . quaiu building, rortlaud, Oi-egon. UUSINKsS CARDS. HtKYEMlLm, Proprietors the Porro -. .. .n.luuuunMA1IUEl nnunt, iiil.U i.ivw.iij luramiu uHinmut in tno tuty. JJ0 totiiniercUtl street, Salem, Oregon. QPRAUUE 4 ALLEN. Blacksmiths and p boowboelng ana reivtlrlng. Only lbe best workmen employed. Opposite state Usuranoe building A- Et a. SM ITH & CO., contractors, Sewer- .tec All VnrtF nmmnllo .1.... kji .,- rii :..,: .a t ";?.'" v"" au?ur " pAPT-UYING. 1 make a .peoUl.y or J cajpet-M.wfiig and laying; carpcU tar en nnuml 1jM iii. JT.. -J,'-. n ... elettntng. Leave orders with J. II. L..un or Buren A Son. J. Q. LUHUMAN. fOH-N KNIUI1T, Hlacksmttb. Jir t'Knitelni and rvpalrluga specialty. f'MP tt the sixjt ol Libert) street, iialea., Omr u 2.3M; P JiM,w-llN ix" aunufactuxe otul IT, blAOp i5 State street. r 1! pr I T"