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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-10-15
j. C. JOHNSON,
ARCHITECT
FRENONT, OHIO.
June q, 7s-tf
An Ordinance

10 conStr1Ict plank sidelCdlE the north side Of
grounds of The Eindidy Union SrhooL 6ufiIfn0
edt othe lOeSt end OF The bridge ouer Eagle creek
SECTION /. Be il ordained By the Council of the
moor pOTufed Village Of FindLdy. That a plank
sidewalk shall be constructed on the north side
east side of the groun S of the Findlay Union
School building east to, and connecting with
the west end of the bridge over Eagle creek
SIC said walk shall be five feet wide
made OF one and one-half inch plank laid
crossWise, and securely nailed on stringers OF
proper size, and be raised TO a proper grade by
posts, planted in the ground, and said sfrfnQers
nalied thereon, and to correspond with the
sidewalk heretofore along kaid part OF said
street. There shall also be constructed all prot-
erIStre-t crossings leading TO the south side of
sald street, the Council deeming II necessary to
build such walks on one side only.
SEC S SAID walk shall be constructed under
the supervision ofthe Board ofImprovements,
Dy tue ow neTs OF lots abutiing on said improve
lnents as hereinafter assessed. within sixty
days after notice served upon them according
20 law, in dt fault whereof the same shall be
cons' ructed by the Street Commissioner. and
the costs and expenses there fshall be assessed
a. flows, and collected according TO law, viz:
ne mt ihFee hundIe ed and sixteen feet OF the
west end shall he assessed upon the lots and
lands on tine north side of said StI eet, abutting
upon said walk and the remainder OF said walk
lbence east upon the lots and LANDS upon both
sides OF said Street, abutting upon SUI re-
mainder Gf said valx
This ordidance shall take effect in ten days
after its first publication. WM.GRiBBEN,
JOHN PARKER, Clerk, protein. Mayor.
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Thirty Years Experience OF an
Gid Aurse.

Mrs. " IusIOH = Soothing SyF Fup il the
prescription of one of the hes, fsmase
Physicians and Nurses in the United States.
and has been used for thirty ais with never
falling safety and success Oy millions Oi mUtu-
els aud children from h feeble I;ifiI %: one
. Elk old 10 the adult IL cOrTecJ- acldiiy of
the heslOmach. relieves wind collie, regulates she
bowels, anu zivr> Is>T. neal tb and cUHifsrf jt
mother and c.IiId, We believe ~ Ju Ec ttc
B - aud Sur.-I Kennedy in the World iu al
,.iiS-> of BlSENTERY and DIAERHOtA ~
CHILbREN, whether IL arises rom Teething
or from any other cause. Full directions for
using Will accompany each botti None
Genuit-e unless the fac-simile 81 tt kTl~ \
PERKINS il ON the Outside wrullc! S'Iit
hY Al MedIcIHt. ist-a3eTs- iU'- e1-'N
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,tanho, ,d How Lost. How SeslOred!
Just published new edition of
DF- s'uIVeFR eIl's Celeb rRseti
ssllN an Lin. l-lItlir.fI f.IlI. LMIflI-

Just published n new edition of
- Dr- s'HIyerR ellis CeiebrRSeti
sSty ON the Tttcic;ft cure with
Isz ont UIedic:ur Oi SPEkMATUKh
OF Seminal Weakness. In. OluHiarl seminal
Loss, IMPOTESCY, M-I-Ia! AID ply steal Inca
pacity, lmpsdimeut, f'' Narragr, etc ai>O,
CONSUMPTION, EPILEP~T and rms, induc' by
Selfindu!gence OF SrNu J extravaganza, etc.
e6-P Price, i'll H -r.tlcri = T-4Op- only xix cents
The celebrated suir.r 80, thi~ 's'i EtiTsts ie Is
say, clearly demOIiSi r4it-- iTr III thI.ty ears
SuccceSsful practice, q lat tine alarming cOnSe-
quenc-s OF Selt-abu>e Tnas be TcijC.,itN cured
without the danger Gus Use of iUfeI'-;,l me Gl-
cine or the application Oi iii- EHli-. t-EIi3lng
out a node OTcuTe Al % 90 = III rC,C iiUiH, and
effectual, by mans 8 which vv.-iN Uil-reI no
matter what hts cOHditi /: ma. b.. a. ~ cure
himself cheaply PTivsJ ely a. d THi-cfStg-
E6-I his Lecture should be- IL ti-v fSudS Of
every youth and every III ~ IA L. i1Hd.
Sent und-r seal, in a pain envelope. 10 any
address, past t-pGid, on receipt Il six cents. or
two post stamps
address tie Publishers,
CHAS. J. &. KLINE q CO.,
I27 BOwery New York, Post-effice Box,
1855.
Jan 23.Tilv
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Notice.

CLOYS B. WILSON, whose place ofresidence
- is wholly unknown. is notified that Mary
j. Wilson, his wifi, on the 26t n day OF A ugust,
A. D 1872 flied her petition in the office of the
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within
and for the county OF Hancock, State of Chic.
charging the said Clogs B. Wilson with wilful
absence from his said wife for more than four
years last past, and askirg that she may be di-
vOrced from said Clogs B. Wilson. Also, for
The custody of their children. and other eauit-
able relief. Said petition will be for hearing
at the reXt term Of said Court. to be held Oc.
inher l2th. A. D. 1873. NARYJ. WI LSON
J. A. BoPE. Atty. aug 2T-6w
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Mayors Proclamation.

To The Electors Of the HlcorDorot.d U;,,,,oo ~
Findldy
w HEREAs, the Office of Boronob Clark ~,
w the incorporated village of FfndIay has
become vacant by reason of the Resignation of
Jesse Wheeler, the Clerk ofsaid yIIia1e ybioh
resignation has been accepted nv tSe n ntDn
Council of said village ~ 'Ho iDsn
1heTg3Te, l; William Gribben, Mayon of
saIu NnIHse, IN pursuance OF the statnte in
such cases made and provided, and in nnrsn. n.
ahce a resoi utlon passed by said CouuciI- DO
heIeDy issue this, my proclamation that a
in said village, on COUNCIL Ioom
Monday, October 4, 1875,
to law. " 01AiI VIZ SnSSS, ts11IIordlng
Mayor OF the Inc rpOraied Village Of FfcdIav.
september o. A ID. IS75-2w
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Partition Notice.

hAVID EDWARDS and Margaret Shaw OF
~ Colfax county, Nebraska, will take n tice
Inat petition was filed against them on the
80 day OF August. A. ID. 1879, in the Court of
common Pleas. within and for the courty IF
Hancock, and State OF OHIO, by Winfield s
scott, and is now pending wherein said Win
lleid y Scott demands partition of the follow
Ing real estate, to-wit: The south west quarter
OF the south east quarter of section twenty
Two, in township two. south, range eleven
east, IN hancock county,Ohlo, excepting there
from fifteen acres of of the south side OF said
described tract, and at the next term of said
court the said Winfield $. Scott will apply for
an order that partition may be made of said
premises subject to said dover
WINFIELD s. SCOTT, Petitioner.
HENRY BROWN, Atty.
Dated this 23d day OF August A d. IS75-GyT
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EAEEFs' CGTCERT0 PARLOB ORIGINS


ra $50 Ersr rrcsf bc1.Iliial tn s-y ls
[Tsf~ al perfect n gcue sgaZ maze.
E&as- au- Ey-sC CEz2Ess sssoss IS t.
ZN Efzs ever pIurS. IA any c.
ETFSyS55-ssys.s II gan. II Is prCGaced syG eS-
Ei f7s.sszs -T.s-ltl tr1 set cf reeds, peca-
Aszs=-zs- - Isr-Fly voiced, TIE EEs
SSSs-e--= FEf'It of J-bicb Is nIfsSE
kSSsfs ss,esz-- - CEsAss1IfNSs and SOU A.
s7-rf ss-IIzlsEEN&s, while trs
til,szIF-E5' + E75s as.--. ATEssN Ofr.e EiCs
k-s;. Il NAN VOICE Is So
t.iss,s ~ -. S----s.-s rEiSB. WATERS y
z.zzsi' (. Il .sscrzl : NEW ORCHESTRAL
Stfk tE VESPER, GRAND ard
49, ----- VIAL.EsSFE ORGANS
- Z IN Uuiaue French Cases.
S--zl-s@----= ccTnbine PURITY or
VOTCINC --'.f crc,c vsluuse Of tone; suitable
fCr PA sssGts p CRU RCH.
WATERS NEW SCALE I1~ANOS
hare great power end Ele singing tone we al
modern improvements and are &c Ii-sA ~
AMOS MADE. These Organs ca0 Iif.ll93 a :
warranted for six years. PRICE EALikEl-ts-
LN low for cash CT Fart cash an balance -
msntiiy payments. SeccnG-ftnnI instr
al great baTgnsus. Pianos and Organs - Etut
until paid foF rs neF contracts AGENTS " 49, -
TED. special Inducements 20 the trRee. a h9~
ernt discount O. Z11rhr-s fs 'rr Chrfrches 1ool-,
LO,lgss, stc. ILLUSTRATED DC.tI4EOGUFSh4LLED.
HORACE WATERS = SONS,
Ssf Brrnd1vay, New EoTs- +. o. bO< SGS4.
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Children Often Look Pale and
Sick
from no other cause than having worms in
the stomach.
BROWNS VERMIFUGE COMFITS
will destroy Worms without injury to the
child, being perfectly WHITE, and free from
all colOring or other injurious ingredients
USUALLY used in worm preparations.
CURTIS & BROWN. Proprietors,
No. 2l5 Fulton Street, New York.
Sold by Druggists and Chenlsts and dealers in
medt' ines at TWENTY FIVE CENTS Box j'y
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Why will Yt N Safer /?

To all persons suffering
from rheumatism eural-
lgia, Cramps in the limbs,
or stomach, Bilious Collie,
Pain in the back bowels OF
side, we would say, THE
/ HOUSEHOLD PANA-CEA
and FYMILY LINIMENT is
of all others the remedy
YOU want for interna and
leXternal use. 1t has cur, Il
the above complaint in
lthOuauds of cases. There
is no mist axe abOutit Try
lit. Sold by all Druggists.
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80 Acres Timber Land, On the Bal
tfmOre & Ohio z r., 3 l 2 miles west
of North Baltimore. " God Comfy. U
Good Neighborhood. School
House and SaH Mill close by.
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N0iCGtQ Teachers

All examinations VIII commence promptly
at O'Clock a. M, and close precisely at /. PM.
No inter mission will be given at noon, and
no applicant will be allowed IN leave the ex
animation room more thar five minutes at
one time, until his manuscripts are completed
and handed to the examiners.
Each applicant is requested to bring with him
the following articles. One good lead pencil,
an eraser, "a knife, a fee OF fifty cents, a three
cent postage stamp ami written recommend
alton fsom his last employers sr ffQiF hi last
teacher.
The examiners will furnish all other need
ful requisites. The law amended requires
all applicants To pass q satisfactory exaLnina-
tion in Theory and Practice of Teaching. Or
biography, Reading. Writing, Mental Arith-
metic " Wrltten Arithmetic, Grammar. GeOgra-
ply and any other branch they may be- quir-
ed to teach. Printed questions will be given
in each of the above branches also In History,
Algebra, bookkeeping, Physiology. Philosophy
and any branch called for.
Each applicant must pass solely upon his
merits The examiners therefore desire that
no petitions, signed by halt the district, asking
us 10 grant certificates to this and that person
be sent TO us. They will have no weight with
us iD the future.
BY ofder If tiie Board.
July 10, lS75m6f ''"J r. RAGZ,
f. J. SHELDEA,
J. A. PITTSFORD.
County Examiners.
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SperiaI ,ldtire golnmq.
OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE.

Happy Relief for Young Men fTOm tie
effects OF Errors and Abu~e> -. early life. Man
hood restored Impedin n,e Bt~ 10 arriag- Ie-
moved. New method of treatment New and
remark able emedlvs. books aud tIIcul az
ARD ASSOCIATION. 4I9 y. Ninth ST., Phila-
de- phia Pa.-tn Institution having a high
reputation fOT honorable conduct and profess
iOnal skill.
May p. 10
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Notice

SOPHIA PREDMORE. Oft the state Of Mime
AJso'a, JOhE BonEau, Of Hancock cD-Dty- -
X bert BOuiiaIn, whose pIGce Of residence ls
Unknown but who iSs supp ssd tOTeslde IN TIE
State Of Kansas and Walter johnson Bon nam
OF Licking cOsnty, O.,-a'l heirs Al Law Oi h1o
ert Bonham- Sen, decreased, viii take io'lce
that n the 1T day of September, IS.2, anna
Bonham. the widow OF Said Robert BHIhtii
SEN, deceased, II ed in the Office OF the CierE
OF the Court OF Common Pleas Of HancOch
county, Ohio. her petition against thtun, ask
Ing that her dover be assigned 10 her IN the
Northwest quarter Of SrctIcn G. e-eyen, ,tDNnShiP
one North Range Ten East aud The East nan
OF the Southeast quartes Of section Two tD"it-
ship one. North Range Ten Fast. IN mar epch
county. Ohio. Said petition VIII BE- ior near
Ing the next term OF said court, ara -al1
heirs are requested to appear and answer - ,s'lI ~
petition on or before the 3rd Saturday alieI
''' VI ANNA BONHAM.
BY HENRY BROWN her Att'y.
Sept 3-Ga-
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ofand wholesale an
M Retail Dealers IN the Celebrated , =: ?,
nOHT WHITE LINE. the best brands o. O.
ment forsalc. Also manufacturers Of rec
stone Of all kinds shapes aud sizes for bniid-
ing purposes. The besi Building Material now
in use. once near L. :. & !. X. K. Fremont
ohio. June Z, IS75.
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50 Acres TIMBER LAND
In Orange TaWn=lip-bi:I aGdi
dry 3-1 miles from STALLION
On Tie Pittsburgh. IA. WayUe IL
Chicago Es.se. Fine Oil Farms
on three sides Of IL.
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This Farm is Jheap!l!

ON HDEC in Pleasant township. 3
CSO a u EIC niles from the Baltimore
4 ohio L 4. about miles north OF Ne
Comb with fifteen or slZtTeu acres
cleared. Fine orchard. Tea acres dead
ened in 1874. fine, dry farm. adjDiE-
Ing the North Rlcga-
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5Findlay Jef6rSOlial.

One trial will convince the most
skeptical. The JEFfERS0EIAN has a
circulation in Hancock county one third
larger than any other paper. and is
read by just the class advertisers wish
TO reach
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Administrator A Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under
- signed has been appointed administrator
OF the estate Of Cyrus Shuck, late Of Washing
Ton township, Hancock county, Ohio, deceased.
JOSEPH Dill LERY.
aug II. las5.-E 3W Ad ministratOr
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EEFNEED u ~

DR.. C.ATER d CO., F'ar.:.s! chemists,
EOFEIE, Mss. p. 5. r.
Ecr SAFE By ALI DECCll5Fs EVERY WHERE
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IILA5hI; .tp'. ID, I't"
This is an important subject, and one
W ich Oranges, Farmers Cubs and in
diyidua. farmers Throughout the country
should investigate. This association Of
farmers recently becoming 50 popular
and successful inaugurates i Tew era in
the progress of American Agriculture,
and for every movement tending - this
end we are heartily CAD and sincerely
welcome its promoters.
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Ayers Cathartic Pills,

For the r.icf and
r;.rc ut IilpcrGEge-
ucats in the stOm-
ach, liver, and bow
els. They are q mild
aperient, and an
excellent purgative.
Being purely vege-
table, they contain
nOmercUry OrWiIe-
raj whatever. t.ush
serious si-kuC-- au,i
sudeFiugi- prevent
ed by their timely
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a.. JUNE. D. :. Jt
D. L. JUNE & SON,

D. l. JUNE
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wares have obtained a public celeb
rity is net GnIy enabled TO sell, but
is forced tG sci at REASONABLE rataS.
and to fuTRiSi, & GOOD ar;:rie.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05

river one hundred miles above NewYork' as 10 nave
million dollars that you cannot use. 49,.
Abundance when tile cup Il hed TO the very orlln
and some drops re going There are many people
who have abundance and unhappy. There are men
and women, especially the latter VINO nave many
changes OF rament and yet are not happy Inere are
men who actually commit suicide for fear or the door
house while they have hundreds and thousands OF ao
lars In the bank. man may have an ABUNDANCE VI
everything and vet he may DO miserable. 30 inaa
may happy without an abundance, ama
n man may he miserable with an annnd
ance, and from the Five POINTS 70 ri.n
ave- all these streets ring back the Siviors answer
mans life consist in the things tnat no natn,
| will tell you drop OF love 10 the human sou IL worh
more than nugget OF gold tell you glance OF sympa
thy 10 the solitary spirit is Of more value than the pesen
taIOn OF statue worth thousands or dollars man
life consists In Tho body Is the shortest p't
of him. and will perish and pass away And no man -
TO neglect his body because would DO npossipo io
any man to any intellectual growth unless lie nau
all the senses. l.. -. =, .,.i, "a
The possibility OF loving in a man Is not all BRAIN, Is
NOT all mind. man Is TO be measured rs mucn ny NE
hcart as Inv his brain. Lord Bacon has said. - know
edge Is power" will not DENY his Lordsbips dlctum
but say love Is power. mans lite consists IN wnat
lie IA spiritually, aud also IN what he does man WHO
Is a great being Will be "a great doer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05
THE NJ E. MISSIONARY SOCILTYtS GREAT
CLAIM

SECRETARY DELANO's DECISION IL FAVOR OF ITS
CLAIM FOR LAND WORTH ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
The Secretary of the Interior has rendered
decision giving the Missionary Society OF the Method
LAT Episcopal Church possession OF 200 Of land
at the Dalles OF tho Columbia River, WAsco County,
Oregon. The case to the Secretary on an appeal
from an adverse decision Of the Commissioner OF the
General Land Office. In rendering his decision Mr.. De
lano gives the history Of the claim.
The Methodist Missionary Society established sta
ton at the Dales 1885, and erected buildings, cleared
and inclosed a portion OF the land and used as farm
This and three stations established by the American
Board o1Commssioners for Foreign Missions for relig
ious work the Indians, the Secretary
:. the earliest white settlements in eastern Oregon.
They induced and the nueleI around which gath
cred the flood OF emigration the that opened
ND that section. overwhelmed British influence and Sc
cured the North Western territory to this country.
From 1884 until the missionaries were attacked and
driven out In lsi7 by the Indians the whole North
Western territory was held in Joint occupancy by
Great Britain and the United States the boundary line
not being settled denned" The result contest
IA 10 which country should fnay possess II probably
depended upon the fact which could nrst settle IL with
emigrants." The agents OF the Hudsons Bay Company
and Catholic priests sent from Canada gave their nu
ence in favor OF the British while the Methodist and
American Board missionaries succeeded In attracting
he tide OF American emigratOn that turned scale
In favor OF our Government, resulting In the establish
ment OF the Provisional Government OF Oregon"
which wholly American YThis government continued
until the Territory OF Oregon created In 1913. In
hat year Congress passed act confirming 20
sonary societies tracts OF and Oregon exceeding
GAO acres occupied" Al the OF itho pas
sage OF the the missionaries not residing on
their claims having been driven from them IN December
loi7, by the Indians But the Daes was actually held
as a missionary station until those In charge were
Obliged 10 flee In reasonable fear Of their lives As
station renewed their abors and attempted to- re-
establish their work and their repeated attempts 70
only frustrated by the Intervention OF the mill
tary authorities who had occupied the claim when
missionaries were forced to leave 1t aud had Quilt fort
created by order OF the President which included
$40 Of the Methodist claim Tho missionary NO.
cety demanded and obtained OF the $40 90
for this land
As ths act OF 1si8 could DO compiled with
which N 1850 the boundaries VI tue Methodist Mis-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05

Church Be,jeyers, whether Jews or Gcntilcs hao
doubts about eating with who were heathen ana
that alone created much trouble. The Apostle tells
those who were at Corinth how they should conduct
II any Of them that believe not bid YOU 10
feast aud We be disposed TO whatsoever IL ses pe
folo Won eat asking questions for conscience SAKE
But IL any man SAY unto you this Ia offered in sacrtce
conscienoo for tire earth is the Lords and the fulness
thereof. Conscience, I say. not thine own, but
Of the other for why ia liberty judged Of another
man's conscience I" These things which tho corinthians
called Idols must recognize. We Ought 10 mako
this practical ourselves 1t seems to me thdt no man
can help asking why he is placed in the world unless ne
an effect of which there adequate cause lie VINO
has made did 40 with au aim. flato ana Socrltes
and others OF the ancient writer's tried 70 tell us why
we were placed here, but have no adequate means
OF dcducing from their writing any satisfactory tA-
planaion OF the matter. In the savage alone, can
Could God have created for any other reason than
that HIS will should be made perfect through US
Whether, therefore, eat, or drllk, or wnasoNc
do, all to the glory of God" His WORKS gorlif ii,
IN different ways. The heavens and the armament
forth His glory He is glorihed by His most usoVe @
and wicked servants Selhshness Is .he pint VI ..i
being 1t hardens and beiles us. Lot sell DE sWa 5
lowed up in thoughts of others Ihnk oi .hau ct
whom we serve. lie will not use us once anu
us away He loves us, and we love HIN III Io'" I
Those who would make their lives noble, must ne oi
true and religious. Let your religion DC Chs
God;s in Chrsts way Those OF you who are tynE 80
TO live keep your before your eyes cucn VI 30! o
as sometimes doubt from your lives whether sVu ar
CHRISTIANS take courage. Begin on new anu nlsuei
level, aud glorlfy Him with your lives
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05
THE BASIS OF LIFE.

tn Re-, C. r. Deems. D. at The Church Of the StrGng,r.
DR.. Deems, pastor of the Church of the
Strangers preached yesterday morning. Among OF her
things he said:
The basis for our communion meditatiOns this morn
ing Is the 18th Of the 18th chapter OF Luke "a
mans life CONSISTENT the abundance OF the things
which be pOssesselh" The most thrilling word In any
tongue IL that which represents life. The basis OF
thought Ia all thinking is life. The most comprehensive
idea possible Is his idea OF fe for that takes in
even God. 1t Is impossible 10 think OF the existence
even OF God without thinking OF fe and when we come
to ourselves to our own individual life, IL Is the
most interesting well the most thrilling
and the comprehensive OF all ideas. Life to man
the starting point OF everything There Is nothing to
be begun without life The idea OF life Is man the
foundation upon which everything is built, and when
that foundation sinks every superstructure sinks with
1t. 1 wake up in the morning. aud my first
consciousness is that am alive: and long as can
hold 10 life mold Oh 10 every possibility IL can
only live can he anything that other has ever
been for the consciousness OF living Is the
being the pO-sessOr OF all the possibilities. Now the
blessed SAVIOR, In teaching His Oscipes. them "A
lesson which seems 10 be important In age for
every comes up the question IN what does a mans
life consist lie says " Beware OF covetonsness."
coyetousness IL the exceedingly anxiety IN
more than we need: why beware u eovetOusDessi
Because mans life doth not consist In the abundance
OF the things which he hath In the first place. Ia
mean this among other things. that mans life does
not consist In his superuity The great strain OF hfe
the the great temptation or life this
after superuities. We want vast abundance That
me remarkable temptation OF this day What
supcrfuucs Well, think II q man owned thousand
castles each situated on part OF thousand acres
should say nine hundred OF those supsrfiutIes
because without giving himself vast deal of anxiety he
could not live In than one hundred castles.
member the time when any man In America who had
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