, 1877-11-16

nun tHIfa.eEbIG hHu zen plctFhDu AnycF GHl Or 4ne
hon.e 81 Naal BERTH. whcrcwith Ahlmciech
h.rcd, vain and light ,persuns, which followed
f,n n s1 nt "os 10 Of %dr sspS.
Literally p,ii + money sat!ent wiz thc msr:
rn,!lssinca came mp unto her, and ,aid unto hcs,
iIeth, an;' ~ WHIT mcan. wc 'hnl prevail a:aia.t
hnndrc piees. DC II " s'isec." @ IL she u sans NJ beok.
acyenteenth chapter. second verrc,. ron who ha'!
said unto h,s mutser, The eleven hundred abek.i.
Of silver TINT were taken from thsc;; about which
ss ;ss s I xs T ss s4 Il nine s11,
;,,sr r.. ~, 81 ,hs hsu,,snsy 81 k1g :14
sn!tc ..ns, tIu btu there 10 70 .ha asosnd' sna
wpa hfS Il. tT 'esfs' .. e s,5
'Thuash should receive tiousand shrkels Of
ss rTs hans n ns a.n,s s:s s r. Kns ssd .. r., e
's tho sane S book ehapisr bic M s1Iv.. 9it ver.e "so
syIa cash: 'hc t!te.b'rg oor md .e o1en for
in sansfta, ~ viii oe sven in tic sook Of III.
samasia; md behold .tI,sy besleEsd il, until m
PIECE. Of sII,er:" snbseaaently. When ~ kinx
Va. tr'nght oa, ami tho tribute money ,vas thus
collected III: Kings. 1v.. 10. eo,: And rul.
tue IL Hine Of As.51,a, samc against the lsnt:
M kasdo ns H. % = %' s'aps eapetei 3
wsstn s sae sa s ~ e u s p2
to the k!un Of Assyria.' Nchesniah, thc tioscfnor
Of Judah. who fresised no compensation for his
uoscrnors ssceiscd .'torty ahckc1h % silver" In
The buok Of Jeremiah, Chap. 1x1ii., ttl. sessc,
bought tho held oi iianance. my uncic's son, tIut
WIS In Anhthotl,. and weighed him tue money.
txen .s;entson shsksI. q silver" In !he aays d
pcees q siyer rs:sR f:sn, he II uil ID 70 iSe
10 be etnn1asd Il found in tbo nost eyentiui aud
impressive lespsns in History. namely tho betrayal
of Je.,ts by Jud.s !rcario. ri Thirty picccsof 81
q DID 5ar, ; ena ~ nI.h
the ZANE thirty pieces Of silver" In o,e Ut tle
a. tho money % s.sndsfsi u ii,s ay"st. Like Chsp.
w., ktn vetac: '.Etthee what woman having ten
pieces of silver, y s!e tose one piece, lotsi not
gently til The and H." al Epirsus certain jews
who lad hteoiss bslievefs ev,need tleir SINCERITY
etes Il .yes IL ,hs naas e
xL1. and verse IN, read " follows: "sfany 81
them, also. WHICH used curious art+ brought their
g. CO.. p!cse: Of svst" A.. ansI!y. n tho ihitd
se1 a Eoa "ys q
Five thea; In the name of Jesus Christ, OF
Nazareth. rise up and walk"
might 70 on multiplying ScFIptttral nlith0ri-
tics, but enough IL glyen to bhow that silver ~
Muner "waa current" annnE merchants ,0OO
years beiore anil nearly :, O after The advent Ut
our Savior. AND yet q Natlonal Convention ot
bankers ETcetud tho reference Ut one Of its del
rVatts to q passnge uf Scripture. showing thut
In the DAYS Of King Solonl1n silver was " not
Anything accounted Off for ''tlrfuklug eups,"
with '.appsausrln But while the luxurious
Kings of the Old World rcyclcI iu gold tlrlnk-
tng-cnps, silver WAS the muney current anong
tlICir sM6]cetC. Silver was almost exclusively
the currency of tho American colonies. New
England Was supplied with silver coins from,
I4ond0n. Maryland received its silver currency
from Lord Baltimore, whose "nuperscriI-
tlon y wns Impressed upon tic cotIts.
Tho silver question Is now before Con-
earnestly considered. Tho dEscussion will ea-
tubst, tho fact that silver and gold nre consti-
tutiunal money standards; TINT tho llebka erc-
ated to achieve our national Independence, and
subsequently In thu war with England to tnatn-
tntn that independence, wcfo paid II, silver anil
gold: nntl, Ilnnlly, that tu tile debt created tn
treserye the Unt0lt, our Government stipulated
That lis creditors should rcceivo payment OF
principal aud tntcrcat In cou. With such lanfi-
iNarks to guide tta deliberations, Congress will
Had tho Financial problem Ut tho ,lay ensy OF
solution. Tho repeal OF the law Of 1873 de-
n1oncttzinX silver with clause directing tic re-
coinage Ut tho "Dotiar Ut our Fnthert," will
not only MAXI resumption easy. but Insure the
return vi prosperity tu tue "toiling Millions
whose uncxamptcI privatfons !tavo been cit-
uutcl With exemplary forDcQtuilrc. r. W.