The Ocala Evening Star (Ocala, Fla.)
July 13, 1895
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CALA A O to O o Vol. l.No. 22. OCALA, FLORIDA, JULY 13, 1895. F rice Five Cents PUBLISHED EVERY DAY5 IN "THE WEEK EXCEPTING SUNDAY. P EVENING 4 IN AND ABOUT THE TOWN. Somethings You Know and Some things Ycu Don't Know. Joseph McCaa was in our city yesterday. J. R. BJackinston, of Inverness, is in Ocala today. E. K. Foster, of Savannah, was in the brick city yesterday. W. A. Riche, cf Savannah, was at the Ocala house yesterday. W. E. Sinclair is again on his feet from a few weeks' illness. Sim Smith, from Homosassa, came up to see the sights today. H. K. Griner, assistant post master of Dunnellon, is in town today. Mrs. Percy Williams, who has been visiting friends in Quincy, is again at home. 1 A frreat manv of our people will take in the excursion to Fernan dina tomorrow. Hurrah for the Plant system It brings the people. Our town pre sents a lively appearance today. A. T. Priest, one of the best known citizens of Inverness, was registered at the Montezuma yes terday. Miss Ada J. O'Bannon, Homo sassa' s most charming young lady, cams up with the excursionists today. Fred Saussy, one of the first of ficers of the old S. S., O. G. rail road, is in the city visiting John Dozier. A special train on the Florida Southern passed through Ocala Jast night, and stopped long enough for supper. Several offi cials of the road were on the train. Misses Hattie Sherman and sis ter, Margarette Jackson, Jennie Brooks, Kate M. Bell and Miss Pearl Taylor, of Inverness, are among today's arrivals from Inver ness. Mrs H. Stacy, at corner of Mag nolia and Fifth street, will want a few good gentleman boarders at $3-5 Per week, Best of accom modations in town for the money. 17-tf The first of the excursion trains on the Plant system via Dunnel lon arrived about 5:30 o'clock this morning, bringing a goodly num ber of early excursionists, who of course will get the worm. Two teams are now under course of organization for the At lanta contest. The first practiced along Osceola street last night, and the second is being made up by P. B. Dukes, which will prob ably begin practicing Monday night. There is plenty of good material in both teams, and there will 'be a strong probability of winning the championship. Nice Sweet Grapes, Pears Ap ples, Honey Peaches, Plums, Mel ons, etc., at Charles Constans'. Frank Harris, a colored man, aged 25, was struck by a bolt of lightning near Martin last Thurs day and instantly killed. He took shelter under a tree, the bolt came down the trunk of the tree until it reached his head, burning his hair, then followed his body and passed out the toe of his left foot, tearing the shoe and making a hole in the ground a foot deep. Sumter County Times. o-- j An Enjoyable Event. On account of lack of time ves- j terday this item was crowded out R. E. Yonge and wife gave a delightful party in honor of the birthday of their daughter, Mrs. Charles Sage. Mrs. Sage came home Thursday for a visit to her parents. There were about 25 guests present at the party, music and refreshments being furnished. Miss Comstock rendered some ex quisite pieces. Will Condon fa vored the company with a cornet solo, and Miss Comstock and Charlie Miller rendered a duet which was highly appreciated. Little Miss Alice Youge, a prom ising musician, also played some of her favorites, and to finish up the evening Mrs. Sage performed a piece in a very artistic manner. A Star reporter called on Prof. Otto Grothe yesterday, and the nrnfessor verv kindlv showed him i rnrn urn nis mnnrarnrv. wn rn is one of the best equipped establish ments of its kind in the state. The professor has a steam crusher for pulverizing rock, also a gas plant of its own, so that he can run sev eral analyses at once. The labora tory is most abundantly supplied with all of the modern improved appliances and latest discoveries in chemicals. He also has in his physical laboratory, which is an entirely separate institution from the chemical laboratory, one of the finest microscopes in the United States, through which he promised to show the inquisitive reporter the wonders of a mosquito at an early date. The professor is a na tive of sunny I7 ranee, and under stands the art of conversation so well that he can make even as dry a subject as chemistry interesting. Excursion Rates to Crystal River and Homosassa. The Plant System will sell tick ets to Crystal River and Homo sassa. one fare tor the round trip, every Saturday, good until the fol lowing Tuesday. For local and through tickets call on C. F. Faires, city ticket afrent, Ocala House. H. G. Haycraft is again at home from looking after and gathering in his flock of 1,000 excursionists. We have not counted them, but from the appearance of our streets we should estimate them at about that number. When Brother Hay craft says, "Let there be an excur sion' we generally see something very much resembling one. Judge C. M. Dupree, a Citrus county farmer, is in town today. Hon. M. V. B. Vanness, repre sentative from Citrus county, and charming daughter, Miss Sadie, called on the Star this nTorning and encouraged us with their smiling faces. Miss Sadie is an old-time playmate and highly ap preciated friend of this paper's re porter. Grand Cheap Excursion on the F. C. P. to Fernandina. Special train leaves Oca'a Sunday, July 14, at 7 a. m. Returning, leaves Fer nandina S:30, giving 4 to 5 hours at Amelia Beach. The finest beach and best bathing on the Atlantic coast. Go and enjoy the sea breezes. Fare for the round trip, Ocala and Citra, $1. Prof. L. M. II at ton, of Inver ness, made the Star a pleasant call this morning. He reports everything in a dull condition, the Hamburg phosphate mines having shut down. DimiJ) m RESIGN. It is Rumored That the Receiver of; the First National Bank Has Gone to Washington for That Purpose, J. K. McDonald, receiver of the First National bank, leaves today j for Washington, where he goas on business. It is rumored that Mr. McDonald will resign and an Ocala man will be appointed re ceiver in his place. This may cause a small-sized sensation. But no one will be hurt and it may 1 prove beneficial to all concerned. Mr. McDonald, during his brief stay in Ocala, has proved himself to be a clear-headed business man, and a perfect gentleman, and we j shall regret to have him leave. For Sale. A good Jersey milch cow, giving two gallons of milk per day, with 3 months old calf, This is her second calf. Also a good mule. The above property is of fered at a bargain. Call on or ad dress the Star, Ocala, Fl a. John Gambrell, the pioneer of Homosassa, is in Ocala today. Pears and Bananas, fresh and fine, at Charles Constans'. J. J. Brown, of Crystal River, is among the excursionists. A fine lot of young chickens re ceived today at Gray's. Col. N. Barco, of Crystal River, is in Oca a today. Henry Brooks, of Inverness, is in town. Take your music to the Witness job office and have it bound into a book with your name in gold on the outside. A Green Young Bachelor, j He was a bachelor, wh le the i other man upon whom he was call-! ing was a young married man, and j the visitor felt like a fish out of! water. j The year before they had been inseparable chums, with the same j tastes, the same habits. Now everything was changed. The young benedict seemed to be just as sociable and talkative as ever, but his old chum was ill at ease. He felt like making a bolt for the door, and with difficulty re strained himself. His nerves were at high tension, and he sat watch ing the door pathetically, expect antly, like the felon awaiting the coming of his executioner. The door opened finally and a woman wearing a white cap and apron entered with a very young baby in her arms. "Here he is," said the married one. "Here's my son and heir. Isn't he a beauty, Jack, eh Jack made some idiotic remark j about the baby's sex. "Oh, yes,"said the father. Had n't you heard? It's a boy, of! course." I "Oh, certainly, I might have! known," Jack gasped. "It's got hair on its head." j The father laughed, but Jack looked solemn. x j "Baby's got a tooth," said the I father, proudly. j "Only one queried the bache- j lor, and then he had a bright idea. "Of course, that needn't worry j you," he said "I should think you j might get a false set pretty cheap. Such a small kid, y' know." Phil adelphia Record. Watches, Jewelry AND OPTICAL GOODS. Gleaning, Repairing and Engraving. GUARANTEED FIRST-GLASS WORK. North Side Square, Ocala, Fla. xn ihrea u.$. w eine, George D. City. Market Grocery; is the best place in the city to buy your fresh groceries. A complete line of Staple and Fancy Groceries constantly on hand. I keep every thing in the grocery line. Country Produce, Chickens and Eggs bought and sold. Bread, Pies and Cakes fresh from the bakery. Gl V IC 31 .V CAIvIv AAD 153 Coxviiscgjd. One Door North from City Market, Ocala, Fla. Hih Grade Goods, Low Grade Prices. Repairing and Engraving. All Work Guaranteed at A. E. BumCtt'S, Jeweler. Merchants' Block, Ocala, Fla. SDo "1 I ll J ii j p. j i j n a and eat up the food your Yankee Novelty Let toe We manufacture All Kinds of SCROLL WORK, BRACKETS, MOULDING TURNING, "WINDOW and DOOR FRAHES, CABINETS, and all kinds of Carpenter and Job Work. A full supply of Rough and Dressed Seasoned Lumber Constantly on Hand at LOWEST C7VSH PRICES. ru Ln u ru NORTH OF F. C. A P. GEO. A. DEAELR IN ry Goods, Notions, Shoes, FINE DRESS GOODS, Laces and Embroidery, Trunks and. Valises. Agents for Buttericks Patterns OUR MOTTO: We study to please our customers. Ocala, Florida. FULLER DEALERS IX ape ana tmcY Groceries. Corn, Oats, Hay, Vegetables, Etc. Chickens and Eggs a Specialty Butler BlockCorner Orange Avenue and Exposition St. Ocala, rida Courtney's Not ru ibs Worn You to Death ru n ru ru family should have, when the in ru Works Are putting: up such Nice m Window and Door Screens "j for so Little floney. U ru ul ru in u 9 DEPOT. onAI a tri a NASH, CL7VRK, .Etc. i 4
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Thp FvpniiKr Gtnv Make arule and Pray God to I ne evening icir help you to keep itf ncver, ,t PoS- PORTER HARDING, Publishers. SUBSCRIIT10N SO CENTS PER HON'TH. $5.00 per Year. 5cts. per Copy at News Stands. Build the railroad Springs. to Silver Philadelphia has got the bond fever and offered a million dollars' worth for sale the other day. j 1 Tjir indications at present are A that the Cubans will ultimately win their independence, though it will be a dearly won victory. Come to Ocala, the most pleas ant place in the state to live. Come quick, for she is going to boom and the boom will be permanent. It is estimated that 7,000 acres of land in Marion county have been planted in long staple cotton which will yield 1,000,000 pounds of staple. Sumter County Times. The brick city must not fall be hind in the procession. Let her ;sue $100,000 in bonds and spend e money in giving employment 1 her laborers and in a way that s II advance the interests of the 1 he iNews savs rowdyism is rampant in Ocala. In this connec tion it might be pardonable to state that two very able preachers have recently resigned their pas torates there. Tampa Times. Notwithstanding what the News says, there are no more rowdies in Ocala than in anv other town of sible, to lie down at nisht without nor n f tr GCtr T lioi'A rv n rl f I ft-r J A .x.r Jl.jr j JL (-4. V A A 1 C4. one human being, at least, a little wiser, a little happier, or a little better this day." You will find it easier than you think and pleas anter. Exchange. Baptist Young People's Union of America, at Baltimore. For the above occasion the F. C. P. will sell round trip tickets on July 16 and 17, good until Angust 5, 1S95, at $27.20. If parties desire to go via Savannah and steamer, on sale July ir and 12, at $24 round trip, limit August 5. If vou have an old book that you j tit tt i 1 1 wish "to preserve, tPke it to the; vv x x wllctlllU, Witness job office and have it bound. D. E. Mclver, UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER Ladies5 5, ana entiemeirs A. H. R. Fredrick, M. D. Physician Surgeon. Diseases of Women and Children a Specialty. Carrying a full line of Undertakers' Supplies, Wooden and Metallic Board and Lodging. Caskets, Burial Robes, etc. Orders bv mail and promptly executed. Miller Block. teletr raph Opposite Post Office. Miss M. J. Wilson, Any person desiring a nice home j with one acre of land set out with j bearing fruit trees, can secure one j by paying a small amount of cash j and easy monthly payments. En- quire at Star office. j Cheap Rate to Macon, On July 15 the Plant system will sell round trip tickets to Macon for only 9 70, with limit until July 22, 1895. For tickets call on j C. F. Fa ires, City Ticket Agt., Ocala House, i F J. Huber, I Ticket Agt., Fla. So. Depot j The New Brunswick Restaurant, Misses Richards Hallelt, Proprietors. Board $3-5 Per Week. Regular Meals 2s Cents. Hot lunches, coffee, etc., at all hours of the day and night. Ex tra dishes served at moderate prices. Open Monday. Haisley block. PRIVATE BOARDING HOUSE. Office opposite Arlington Hotel. Ocala, Fla. R. D. Fuller, Dentist. Office over Nicest Location in the City. Special Low Rates by the Week and Month. Merchants' National Bank. For Sale Cheap for Cash, A horse five years old, well broken to both double and single harness, would make a good saddle nag if properly trained. She is medium sized, light chestnut color and has no white spots except one on her forehead. Also a I5UCKCOAKD BUGGY, nearly new, which has been used very little. It is a nice vehicle for a truck farmer or dairyman. The buck board is at Mr. King man's wagon works, and Mr. Percy Williams will take pleasure in showing it to any one desiring to purchase. For further information Red Oak House, Board and Lodging. 1 Nice, large, airy rooms, best of i table accommodations, pleasant lo cation, one block south from F. C. P. depot, on Magnolia street. Rates from 75c. to $1.50 per day. Special rates by the week. D. S. LITTLE, Prop., OCALA, FLA. MRS. T. J. OWEN, OCALA, FLA. PRIVATE BOARDING. James Chace, Dentist. Office over First National Bank, her siz and as to the preachers, I apply at this office, or to Room 6, they left because they wanted to, and they didn't go to Tampa either. Frederick House, corner of Broad way and Pine streets, Ocala, Fla. T. R. Davis, a merchant of Ce dar Key, has built a boat to bring Ho for the Beach The Plant System have on their T 1 summer rates to t. retersourg, his goods in from Mobile, because I Tarpon Springs, Clear Water, and the market is a good one and he for points on the east coast, for rates to an summer resorrs can on J CT I H I HITKT7W 1 1 r Lt f A nrf r t is ciaimeu uy many liic uiait FJ s Denot. or will go into tne service ot tne Lu- Q F. Faires, City Ticket Agent, ban insurgents as a sort of block- Ocala House. ade runner in taking to them mu nitions of war. She has amid- Prof. A. Hfl. enrioii will give private instruction in any branches to a limited number of pupils. An excel lent opportunity for students to prepare for required exam ination next session. 66t. Best of accommodations, quiet and homelike. j Also have desirably located Cot-; tages to rent. 1 OCALA. FLA. Mrs. D. M. Hick's ;E-F-Brown-M-D- MILLINERY iy s,go,. EMPORIUM; W. n. Lucius, We carry a complete and well as sorted stock of Up-to-date Millinery Goods at the Lowest Cash Prices Call and examine my stock. Box 3S2, Ocala, Fla. Millinery. Phe latest. Treatment of Cancer a specialty. B PATRONIZE ships a 1,000-cell battery, which, in a great emergency, urives a uyim- Pmnrietor of the onlv first class mo wnicn senas me lime vessel Colored Barber Shop in the city through the water like a needlefish I have taken charge f my old darts. Gainesville Ledger. stand on Exposition t., tnree uoors WfSt 01 rirst iarionai ianK .building and solicit your patronaere Backward, turn backward, O I am fully prepared to do Shaving, time, in your flight: let it snow Hair Cutting and Shampooing in once again, just for tonight. Soft- tne latesJ styje- Vniy nrst css en the soil where the sun-kin- has lain oh, let me slush in the mud once again. I am so tired of bear ing this heat tired of even at tempting to eat tired, so tired of dust in my clothes, really the skin is all burnt from my nose. Back ward, turn backward, to season of snow, mercury, fifteen to twenty below; turn on the breeze from the cold arctic zone fan me until I am froze to the bone. Make my life happy, but cool me complete shut off the heat, mister, shut off the heat. GALA HOUSE BARBER SHOP, q. v. m o c o Y, PROPRIETOR. The oldest and best established Barber in the city. Only expert workmen employed. GAS GAS W. G. Barry, p i Practical Plumber and Contractor. Stalls 1 and 3, City Market, will keep constantly on hand a full j supply of j Florida and Western Beef j Pork, Mutton, Chickens, Eggs and j Vegetables of all kinds. Try our Silver Churn Butterine on Ice. Phe IfOv7est Prices, AT Mrs. G. A. B rows. T. A. YANCEY, Butcher, City Market, Ocala, Fla. Fish, Game and Poultry. Northern and Florida Vegetables. New York, Chicago and Florida Meats. Orders from a distance given special attention. The low rate of interest which m m,v mn rnmmnnH i Pvriti'no- I Barrvs patent air and gas bur- r u 1 ners are cleaner, cheaper, safer the alarm of European bankers, th d or asoline. Pioe as of isary Th p obiem is easy. The general to buy a stove. Estimates furnish- situation aU over the world, in- kjaujiav-L1UM t tnan wooa or gasoline, ripe j and they are gravely discussing the lights, fire places and all kinds caucs vvhch brought it about, i stoves for heatincr. Not necess; anteed. TRAINED NURSE. ducv;d by .ese same bankers, is one that makes borrowers afraid to borrow. They see no way by which they can make any money on borrowed capital. They dis- trust a policy which is squeezing down, values of aH substantial prop- Mrs. L. C. Clark, Trained N,urse. crty of widespread ovvnership and Best of references all over city squeezing up that which belongs and from all local physicians. Call to and is manipulated by trusts. at Woolf s Bakery. All correspon Tampa Times. dence answered promptly. The Boston Tonsorial Artist, Who is upstairs in the Large, Cool Rooms in the Gary Block, is able to please all customers. Come and see me. Hair Cuts, Shaving and Shampoo ing done in first-class order. Wffl. JAHES. Gary Block. Ocala, Fla. Thomas J. Clary, Justice of the Peace, First District, Marion Co., Fla. Office in Court House. Prompt attention given to all Civil and Criminal Cases under my Jurisdiction. OCALA, FLA. W. H. Marean, M. D., Homeopathic Physician and Surgeon. Electro-magnetic and Massage Treatment employed in treating Chrjmic Diseases. Diseases of Women and Children a specialty. Office, corner of Second and Main streets. Residence, corner of Second and Watula streets, OCALA, FLA. John G. Reardon, Attorney at Law, Albert Wright, Will practice in all Courts. Union Block, OCALA, FLA. James D. McConnell, Attorney at Law. Attorney at Law. Room 3, Merchants' Block, Office in First National Bank Block, Charles Constans, Foreign and Domestic Fruits Melons on Ice delivered to any part of the City. Vegetables and all kinds of Country Produce. Candies, Nuts, Tobacco and Cigars. Stop when passmg and examine my stock OCALA, FLA. James H. Hill, OCALA, FLA. E. P. Allen, attorney at Law. Attorney at Law. County Judge's office in Court House. Room 3, Merchants' Block, OCALA, FLA. OCALA, FLA.
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OCALA Planing Mills At junction of all Railroads. firs. M. D. TAYLOR, Proprietress. All kinds of Builders' Materials -at hard times prices. Jeweler and Engraver. SPECIAL PRICES. At Carlisle's Drug Store, Central Hotel, ;Mrs. Maud Duran, Proprietress. Service and Cuisine first class. Best Private Hotel in the Town. Special Low Rates by the week. VT. P. Lloyd, Attorney at Law, 13 roolc v i 1 1 o Will Pkacticc in all Courts. G. J. HAGOOD is now selling WOOD CHEAP FOR GASH 1 Load 2 Loads 5 Loads io Loads oo 75 oo 50 i 4 7 Yard on Ocklawaha Avenue. SniTH HOUSE Large, cool and comfortable 'rooms nicely furnished. Best of accommodations for the general nnrl trnvelincr mihlirv Rates T.OO per day or $4.00 per week. North Magnolia Street LIDDON BROS., luaveryiniee First National Bank Block, Ocala, Fla. Fine Livery Turnouts and Saddle Horses. Charges Reasonable. 'Orders by Telephone or otherwise will receive prompt attention. FOR SALE. Inquire at the Aired Hotel, -where also accommodations for the traveling public will be found. Wt 11 f r iil.o faiinak Cheap City Lots Florida's Favorite Melon, I Fame," Florida's I Melon, on Ice, delivered part of the citv at Grav's avorite to any Xice j lot of chickens just received. Jersey Block Ice Cream is still in the lead. Exposition street. BAKERY AND FANCY GROCERIES Trade Solicited: Baptist Witness Building, corner Fort King and Osceola street. j. w. City Market, Dealer in all kinds of Florida and Western Meats, Poultry, Vegetables and Fish. Bring in your Produce and try my Goods. The World Renowned SINGER SEWING MACHINE which has been for a season with out a representative, is now to be seen and bought of its local agent, W. H. BARRETT Office, Ocala Drug Store. divards DEliLERS IX Chicago and Florida Meats, Turkeys, Chickens, Eggs, Sausage and Country Produce. Stalls 6 and 8 City Market. OCAI, I J.N. Edwards Son Davis Brothers, faith in immaxuel REV. LYMAN ACCOTT'3 DEFINITION OF CKm: tia::;ty. I Preaches Upon the Theology of John Whitttor :it Plymouth Church, Drool; lyu A L:f Ilalher TIijiii a Creed A Tcxt.-It was needful f.-r mo to vrrito unto you and exhort j'oti that yo .should earnestly contend for tho faith v. hich was once delivered unto the saints. Judo iii. By tlic faith onco delivered unto tho saints the apostle does not mean a creed or system of theology formulated and given to tho stints. It is very clear that lie does not mean this, because no such creed or system of theology ever was formulated and given to the saints. There is nothing like it between the lids of the Bible. It was not a Hebrew cus tom to formulate its faith in a system of doctrine. We are not to suppose that Jude refers to something like tho for- miliary of law inscribed upon the tablets of stone and handed down through Mo J ses, because there never was such a for mulary of doctrine handed down through some other prophet or apostle. There are i innumerable expressions of spiritual faith in the Bible, but not a formulated statement of the doctrine for whicli the I church is to contend earnestly. No, that is not what faith ever means in the New Testament. Faitli is spiritual life, tho perception of tho divine, a realization of tho infinite and the eternal. It is ex pressed by Paul in the text, "Whilo wo look not upon tho things that are seen, and by tho autlior of the epistle to the Hebrews in tho tcxt, "Faith is tho sub stance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen. It is the revelation of God, or tho perception of God, or the truth that God has revealed and man has perceived, but it is always a personal experience in the heart of the individu al. It .is fx seed planted which takes on many forms and many growths. It may express itself in any one of very many forms, but it is always faitli in God a living experience of a living God. This has been once for all implanted in the heart of humanity. For this the church is to contend. I came across, tho other day, a new embodiment or ex pression of this faith in the biography of John G. Whit-tier, and I wish to read this confession of faith coming from him. I read as though it were one con tinuous theme. It is not. It is. three ex tracts from three separate writings, but they havo a natural and philosophical connection, and I read them as one WhittlerV Theology. "God is one, just, holy, merciful, eternal and almighty Creator, Father of all things. Christ, the same eternal one, manifested in our' Jiuinanity and in time, and the Holy Spirit, tho same Christ, manifested within us, the divine teacher, the living word, the light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world. "The Scriptures are a rule, not the rale, of faith and practice, which is nono other than tho living, omnipresent spir it of God. Tho Scriptures are a subordi nate, secondary and declaratory rule, tho reason of our obedience to which is mainly that we find in them the eternal precepts of the divine spirit, declared and repeated, to which our conscience bears witness. They testify of Christ within. We believe in the Scriptures, because they believe in us, btcauso they repeat the warnings and admonitions and promises of tho indwelling light and truth, because we find the law and prophets in our souls. We agree with Luther that 4 the Scriptures are not to be understood but by that very spirit by which they were written, and with Cal vin that 'it is necessary that tho same spirit which spoke by the mouth of the prophets should convince our hearts that they faithfully delivered that which God committed to them. "My ground of hope for myself and for humanity is in that divine fullness of love which was manifested in the life, teachings and self sacrifico of Clirist. In tho infinite mercy of God so revealed and not in any work or merit of our nature I humbly, yet very hope fully, trust. I regard Christianity as a life rather than a creed, and in judging of my fellow men I can use no other standard than that which our Lord and Master has given us, By their fruits ye shall know them. Tho only orthodoxy that I am especially interested in is that of life and practice. This is one of tho latest formularies of that faith onco delivered unto the saintr faith in Immanuel God with us. This was tho faith of Calvin God the source and fountain of all authority. This was tho faith of Wesley God the emancipator and liberty giver to all mankind. This was the faith of Bcecher God the inspiration and the source of all love. But whether it is God love giver, or God as liberty giver, or God as law giver, it is still God God with us. And it comes to us today from this man who was poet and prophet and re former and saint poet, writing with a beauty of form second only to that of Longfellow and with a profound spirit ual experience not equaled, I think, by any other American poet prophet, for the prophet is a man of insight, no foresight merely, and no man ever saw deeper into tho heart of humanity and the heart of nature than John G. Whit tier; reformer, giving himself, with a courage which most of us do not realize, because we read his poems in the quiet of our homes, to the great cause of his time, and saint I wish I could recall the long but too short afternoon which I once spent with him in his summer home. I wish how many times I have wished! I had written down, when I came from that conference, his talk to me of the inner light and lifo of God in the soul of man, which I vainly eudcav- i ored to get him to write for mo and for j the Itirger public. I want this morning j simply to repeat tho confession of faith of this, poet, prophet, reformer and Faint, interpreting it a little to you in ruy poorer words. In the first place, then, with all tho j saints in all Mines, wo believe not mere i ly in God, we believe in Immanuel God with us. That is tho difference be tween Christianity and theism. Theism is belief in God; Christianity is faith in Immanuel God with us. This is tho very heart cf Christianity God with us. You might imagine men living on tho dark side of the world wondering whether there is a sun and debating tho question, and. if the world never re volved on its pole, sitting in the dark ness all tho time they debated tho ques tion. To sit in tho darkness and debate with ourselves whether there is a God that dwells somewhere else, but never shines 011 the world with his love and never illumines tho heart Cf man, that is idle. Christianity is not merely faith in tho sun, but in a sun shining en the world. In tho second place, and as a result of this, tho doctrine of tho Trinity is not a mere bit of mediaeval scholasticism, though it is sometimes so thought to be. A great deal that has been said to be the doctrine of the Trinity is mediaeval scho lasticism. A great deal of church debate on the question of tho relation of the three persons to one another is debate about the unknown. But when the poet and the prophet and tho reformer and tho saint of the nineteenth century sees a vital truth in the doctrine of the Trin ity, let us not shut our eyes and think ho also has fallen into mere scholasti cism. There is a profound spir i tual truth in this doctrine held fast by the church of God. Wo believe that God camo into human life, not merely sending a mes senger, angel or archangel, human or superhuman, God himself came into hu man life in order that he may bo seen, known, i:v; vehendcd, loved. This is tho vital tin t, and whether one believes in this v i t'iic ves in it make.-; a great difference in the unritual experience. 1 can see no middle ground between tho doctrine cf Herbert Spencer, that God is tho unknown and unimowuble, and the doctrine cf evangelical Christianity, that G-cd has revealed himself in it hu man life. Because all that wo know or can know we know through the intetprota tion of human experience. If God de sired to make himself known to his chil dren, there is only one conceivable way in which he could do it by entering into a human lifo and enabling us to see the Deity so interpreted. All idolatry, all idol building, whether of stono or wood or brain creation, is tho endeavor of men to interpret God in some form which they can comprclicnd. The doc trine of the incarnation, tho doctrine that God is one and that Christ is that same ono God come into human life, is this that all this groping cf men after God is not a vain, futile, idle, useless thing; that God has come to men in an swer to their cry, first inspiring and stimulating the desire and then corning and responding to it. Christ is God manifest in the flesh, the divino hu manized. When you kneel down burden ed with sorrow or wit h sin, try to phrase your prayer as if there were no such revelation; think of tho universe, think of tho infinite one that pervades all space, shines in all stars, floats in all clouds, blooms in all flowers, moves in all life. Can you carry to such a one such an all pervading, universal pres ence? Can you carry to Him your sor rows, your troubles? You must frame or take some image of the infinite and eternal one. But kneel down and think of Christ as he walked by the shore of the sea of Galilee, picture him to your self in your imagination, look up into his eyes, talk to him as one man talks to another. Prayer blossoms instantly and becomes tho natural utterance of the soul to tho divine. Knocking; at the Heart. But God has entered into human Lie in this one human lifo that ho may ou ter into all our lives. And so God with us is not merely God with tho twelve, 18 centuries ago; it is God with you and God with me, God here, God now, God in every true heart, God in every saintly soul, God in every experi ence, God inspiring all that is divine and elevated and noble, God knocking at every heart, God entering into every experience that is open to receive him the ono God, Christ dwelling upon earth the same Christ, the Holy Spirit, inspiring and moving in all human ex periences. Men sometimes say, How can you tell what is the divine Spirit and what is tho human? You cannot. Can you tell how much of you came from your father and how much from your mother? Can you draw a sharp line all these influences from this sido and all those from that? Can you tell how much of your thought camo from Carlyle, how much from Browning and how much from Shakespeare? No. All has been wrought into your life and become a part of tho very structure of your char acter. And this is the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, that God so enters into hu man lifo that he pervades it all, moves upon it all, radiates it all and lifts it up and makes it all divine. Now, this is not a bit of scholasticism, this faith. Tho definitions, yes! tho debates, yes 1 but this question whether God is in tho world today, so that I can climb Mount Sinai and sec him face to face in tho clouds, can go on the Mount of Trans figuration and talk to him, can sit by his side in Galilee, can havo his inspira tion and his comfort and his strength, so that lie will come into my hoiuo to wipe away tho tears, and into my lifo to give courage, and into my perplexities to give light that is not scholasticism. Because we believe in an Immanuel, in a God with us, therefore wo believe in a God in Christ, in a God in the Holy' Spirit, and also in a God in tho Scrip tures. Not the standard, but a standard. We do not believe in' God because we be lieve in tho Bible. We believe in tl.rt Bible bocan so we believe in God. hy is it tliat yon believe in the musical abil ity of the pianist or volinist? Because there is some music in your soul which: the piano or the violin stirs. Why is it that we believe in this Bible? Because there is some life of faith and hope and, love in us which this Bible stirs. And' it stirs that lifo in us because it is a human book. Lifo stirs lifo. and only life stirs life, it is nor. the book it is the man who in inspired. Ic is Moses, it is David, it is Paul that is inspiiv.L So, then, tho nearer we get to th-e heart of Moses, David, Paul, the iieaier we get to Gods heart. And so this modem criticism, which men are so much afraid of, will bring this Bible tioaror to us and make it dearer to us. God's divinity is in man, not vol tho printed pages. And. so, if I can find out what is the life of the inspired man, if I can get nearer to him, if I can see his imperf tactions that tho man saw through a glas, clarkly, that the man only spoke in part, and, some other man spoke thv? other part if I can see humanity with all that belongs to humanity in the utterances of this book. I shall the clearer see. God in it. Just because it is a human book it is a divine book, and God gets nearer to us in it, and it is etili Immanuel, God with us, God in tho prophet, God in the apos tle, God in Moses, God in Joshua, God in David, God in Isaiah, God in Paul, pre-eminently and above all God in Jesus Clirist, and God is seen in all be cause there is something of the divine in as that answers to the experience of God in these souls that speak to us. The Hope of Humanity. This is our evangelical faitli faith in Immanuel, God with us, the hope of humanity. Is it a hard one, a cruel one, a thing for men to reject tvseause it is burdensome? There have been burdens imposed with this faith on the world, but this fundamental faith that God is in his world. God vith us that he has revcaica nimccir m nisTcry; mat no is perpetually disclosing himself in experi ence; that he has uttered liimself in tho inspired utterances cf prophet and apos tle that he lias ccmo and still comes in order that ho may give lifo where there is death, end hepe where there is despair, and tliat out of him there is no hope and there is tio life; tliat no man can live apart from him but no man need bo apait from him is this a hard doctrine or a blessed one? You remem ber in that parable of the prodigal son, i when tho man came to himself and re turned to his father while lie stood still holding himself afar off, hesitating to go en, tho father came out to meet him and threw liimself on his son's neck and. kissed him and said, "Bring the best robo, and the ring, and the shoes, and kill tho fatted calf. This is Christian ity. It is God coming out to man when man turns his face to God. I wish I could put this simple, sublime, eternal, divine faith of the ages co before yon that every one of you would eay, "He shall bo my God, revealed in Clirist, re ceived in tho spirit, interpreted by tho experience, lived in the life my hope, my salvation. TEMPERANCE CONGRESS. All Foes of Alcohol Are Invited to lie Present at Its Deliberations. The fifth international temperance congress against "the abuse of alcoholic drink" will be held at Basel, Switzer land, Aug. 20, 21 and 22. The fourth congress met at The Hague in 189&. In its circular of invitation addressed to members and friends of temperance and abstinence societies The Haguo standira committee invites all who regard alco holism as a source of diseases, miuerie:? and crimes, and who see it to bvj their duty to oppose tbe scourge from motiva of patriotism and philanthrophy to taJke part in the coming congress. The deliberations of the congress are to be classified in two departments, tho first dealing with alcoholism in its moral, hygienic, social and medical re lationships, and tho second with tho means of prevention, suasion and com pulsion to bo made uso of in combating the enemy. Excepting on matters political or re ligious, free discussion will bo allowed, and the only persons to whom participa tion in the proceedings will be refused are such as aro interested in tho produc tion and salo of alcoholic drinks. Each member will pay in advance a donation of five francs, which will entitle him to copies of all official documents, includ ing reports of the papers read. Such pa pers and the discussion of them may bo either in French, German, English or Italian. The treasurer is M. G. W. Bron ner, Rue de Dornach, BaseL The Star is the paper that will keep you posted upon all current events. Twenty-five cents will get it for one month.
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A pamphlet, issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, says of him: "The fierce disposition is just what might be expected from the solitary mode of life From the time the )oung are half grown and big enough to stare burrows of their own, each individual lives en tirely alone, except during the ihort mating season in early spring. Living alone and in the dark far eleven months in the year, is not calculated to develop a lovable dis jxsitiom To the same causes darkness and solitude may also be attributed the gopher's small eyes and tars, narrow brain case and undeveloped voice." A popular agricultural journal take the gopher as a text, and preaches an excellent sermon on the importance of rural sociability. The tendency among American farmers is to locate on a quarter section. They buy all the land around it that they can, so as to have a& few neighbors as possible, and rhe f-w as far off as possible. The rMi!t of this is a narrow, sel fish life, and 1 do wonder that the sons of such farmers are dis contented and want to get into town. If we would make the coun try attractive, we must try to bring the farmers nearer together and make them more social. But how can this be done? We have God3 plan in the book of Joshua. When he brought the Hebrews out of Kgypt and gave them possession of their promised land he made every man a freeholder. But the allotment of farms and vineyards was such that their owners could live to gether in villages, going out daily to cultivate their fields, and return ing in the evening, so that they could meet in the market place. There were no tenants, and but little shifting of the population, for if a man sold his inheritance it came back to him or to his child ren in the year of jubilee. Our farmers ought to study this divine ideal, and conform to it as far and as fast as they can. Interesting experiments in com bining town and country are now being tried in the orchard regions of California. Where ten acres will support a family, fifty or sixty families can live on the same square mile, and can have their homes so near together that they can meet as easily as those who in habit villages. Such a community can enjoy, with its pure country air, a great many social advanta- It can have a common read room, weekly reunions, con certs, lyceums, etc. Life in such a rural village, with a homogeneous population, would be more health ful, "intellectually and morally, than that of either city or country. It would combine many of the ad vantages of each, and avoid many of the evil tendencies of each. Under no conditions could the ris ing generation be trained with bet ter prospects for meeting the re sponsibilities of citizenship in a free land. One reason that the farminjr element has exerted so little political influence hitherto, is that the farmers have been so isolated. Let the motto be: Smal ler farms more highly cultivated, and colonies of farmers or orchard ists whose ideas are in harmony, and who ran work together not only for their mutual improve ment, but for the public good. A great many of us must live in the country in order to raise food for those who live in towns and cities. We don't want to live like gophers. Hence we must try to change the old conditions as fast as we can and get together in rural communities. Journal and Messenger. CLOTHING N MARKET lk The STAR is the paper for you to read when you want all of the news. hi. wimnns, Tonsorial Artist. Hair Cutting, Shaving, Dyeing and Shampooing Done in Latest Style. Call and give me a trial. Montezuma block, Ocala, Fla. Do you want to invest your money where it will bring you 20 per cent. If so, inquire of I. 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