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The Good News.

This is the Gospel, the good news for
fallen men, that there is a Man in the
midst Of the throne Of God to whom all
power Is given in heaven and earth; that
the fate of the world and all that is
therein, the fate of sun and stars, the fate
of kings and nations, the fate of every
publican and harlot, heather and out
cast, the fate of all who are in death or
hell, depend alike upon the sacred heart
of Jesus; the heart which grieved at the
tomb OF Lazarus, his friend the heart
which wept over Jerusalem; the heart
which said to the blessed Magdalene, the
woman that was sinner, Go in peace,
thy sins are forgiven thee" the heart
that yearns after every sinful and wan
dering soul all over the earth of God,
crying to all, "Why will ye die?"
Have l any pleasure in the death Of
him that dieth, saith the Lord and not
rather that he should turn from his
wlckedness and live ?" "Come unto me
all ye that are weary and heavy laden,
and l will give you rest" This is the
message of the blessed sacrament of the
body and blood Of Christ, which tells
you 6at in spite of all your daily sins
and failings you can still look up to
God as your Father; to the Lord Jesus
as your life; to the Holy Spirit as
your guide and your inspirer; that
though you be prodigal son, your
Fathers house is still open to you; your
Fathers eternal love ready to meet you
afar off the moment that you cry from
your heart, Father, have sinned, and
am no more worthy to be called thy
child" and that you must be converted
and turn back to God your Father, not
merely once for all, but weekly, daily,
hourly, as often as you forget and disobey
him. This is the message Of the blessed
sacrament that though you cannot come
to it trusting in your own Righteousness,
you can come trusting in his manifold
and great mercies; that though you are
not worthy to gather up the crumbs under
his table, yet he is the same Lord, whose
property is ever to have mercy, and be
will grant that your souls shall be
washed in Christ's most precious blood,
that you may dwell in him and he in you
rever.-Te Rev. Charles Kingsley.
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all, will not that love reach far
enough to take in even the least of those
who plead the name of Jesus before
Him? All, there is no limit to the love
OF God IN Christ Jesus 1t will save "to
the uttermost." 1t is as infinite in its
breadth I" to all who come unto God
by Him, as in the depths of suffering to
which it descended and the heights OF
glory to which it will raise His redeemed
ones, and its length is as the eternal ages.
This great boon of Divine Love is laid
up In Jesus for whosoever will take it.
We have but to claim it; but to open our
hearts wide to its blessed tide. Nav
more, we are not only warranted but
commanded to lay hold of God and all
His benefits as the portion OF our souls.
He gives Himself to us in the words, L
am the Lord thy God" as the preface to
His commandments, and then demands
that we shall know and acknowledge and
love Him not only as the true God, but
as our God.
He graciously assures us that His
love is special and individual in its
character. He calls Himself the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob. He has redeemed unto
Himself, ga glorious Church, and united
1T to Christ, as one body composed of
many members, yet for each of these
members does He cherish particular re-
gard. Our Lord Jesus pictures this
truth for us, as to himself in the parable
of the shepherd; he calleth his own
sheep ,66y name, and leadeth them out, &"
and tells us: it is not the will of your
Father which is in heaven that one of
these little ones should perish" And
lest this should not be enough to con-
vince us of His tender oherishing Of each
one of His people, he says: "But the
very hairs of your head are all num-
bered." Are not two sparrows sold for
a farthing? ard one of them shall not
fall on the ground without your Father.
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value
than many sparrows." What can trouble
us then? What can be against us? He
who loveth us, is the Lord God omnipo
tent, and orders all things. IRIS.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-09-13
Central 4resbpter1an,
For the Central Presbyterian.


Herein is a marvellous thing, that We know
lot from whence He is and yet He hath opened
nine eyes. John TX 30.
Herein is a marvellous thing,
AS marvellous now as then,
That works of Christ should be perceived
And yet be ignored by men.
Herein is marvellous thing,
The blind restored by His might;
Yet darkened minds refuse to see
He comes from the source of light.
Herein is a marvellous thing,
That they see His works of love,
But do not know that Gods great gift
Has come to them from above.
Herein is a marvellous thing,
Gods light has dawned on the world,
Yet men see not the light sublime,
But sleep in their darkness old.
Herein is a marvellous thing,
That the way to light is found,
Yet men will never cease to grope
And feel their way underground.
Herein is a marvellous thing,
That men should be slaves to doubt,
Should feel the hand of Christ's great power
And yet fail to find him out.
Herein is a marvellous thing,
That Christ should come to His own,
Should come in love so strong to save
And His own receive Him not.
august, 1882. A G.
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US OF the worship of the groves. These
groves were not groups of trees, but one
sacred tree included in a kind of shrine
We read of "groves on every high hill
and under every green tree" Of "the
craven image of the grove;" that Josiah
fetched the grove out of the Temple, and
burnt it, &c. Isaiah had spoken Of
making the groves or the image" This
language could not be applied to group
OF trees, but to a sacred floral image.
The Assyrians did acknowledge one
supreme God-One incorruptible, the
good, the wisest Of the wise. The quail
ties they attributed to God would agree
with our own conception, but the re-
markable quality of mercy was left out
Mercy was quite unknown to them, and
the stone remains showed that the
grossest cruelty and idolatry together
with other vices prevailed For these
things the Assyrians were destroyed.
As in the case of Rome, the height Of its
civilization was the height of its cruelty.
The lecturer then enlarged upon some of
the social customs and amusements of the
Assyrians. Music was much cultivated,
especially by the kings. They INDUCED
freely in the pleasures of the table, and
drank wine out of bronze and sometimes
silver cups. There were vigorous pic
lures in stone of their battles, in which
vultures were employed to pluck out the
eyes of the enemy, and to feast upon the
victims. During the lecture the com
pany followed the Doctor from sculpture
to sculpture, at times resting in hating
places, whilst he explained many of the
subjects by means of diagrams.
At the close of the lecture, the Rev.
DR.. Wright, editorial secretary of the
British and Foreign Bible Society, Of
fered the lecturer most cordial and kind
thanks in the name of the company and
said DR.. Kinns had fulfilled his promise
of pointing out to them that the collec-
ton was interesting, important and in
valuable, and, in fact, had made the dry
stones speak.
The lecturer amply succeeded in i'm
bulng splendid past with new life and
lighting up the memories Of events some
OF which transpired nearly 1000 years
age. The doctors store Of Information
on the antiquities seemed inexhaustible
and he was fain to confess at the outset
OF the lecture that to allow questions to
be asked on the various objects of inter
est would be quite impracticable, mas
much as his answers might easily result
IN prolonging the lecture to midnight.
The privilege of attending his discourse
on these most invaluable records of the
past was great. While listening to his
pleasant descriptions of famous people
one seemed to be moving not amongst
cold and stifened relics, but was able to
enter into the very spirit and manner Of
a remote antiquity. The lessons which
those strange sculptured figures and
monumental inscriptions in the provi-
dences of God are intended to teach us
seemed to live within the mind, furnish
ing abundant proofs not only of the
energy, wisdom, and religious earnest
ness of a great people, but the perfect
truthfulness of the Bible narrative.
London Christian.
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The Christian religion is a sober and
reasonable thing in itself, and should not,
by the ministers Of it, be made to look
wild or senseless.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-21

berry easier for the man who went to
Congress simply to steal, and no accom-
pllce was ever more loyal or obediend
to his superior in conspiracies against
society than was he. And should he
have received the thanks of Congress,
in its representative capacity, for de-
voting himself to this dirty work? The
Democrats returned the proper answer
to this question as it came up for due
consideration. They had been treated,
and The country had been treated by
this puppet Speaker, as neither Con-
gress nor the country had ever been
treated before, and it was proper to no
tice in an unusual way such Unusual
action. They have shown their constit-
ueilts that in spite of short comings they
have still keen appreciation of moral
distractions. The party cannot afford
to be mixed up with anything that may
seem like an endorsement of the offens-
sive acts of this person. Let that be
done by the Republicans of his district,
whowil undoubtedly re-elect him, and
tls-ii5fIc cai1s- -ofs sfiie next House wfIo
will as surely make him Speaker for an
other term if the people will give them
the enabling majority. The soiled fig
ure of .Keifer standing in the foreground
Of Republican success ought to be
sufficiently spectral to warn every hon.
est and patriotic citizen to do all that he
canto prevent the return of a Congress
that will continue to do the bidding of a
most unscrupulous and unblushing job
ber. Boston Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-21
A Proper Act.

Whatever may be said of the action
of the Democrats in Congress upon GER
tain important questions that have
arisen, we think they can at least claim.
without successful contradiction, to
have reflected the sentiment of the
country in declining to take part in the
farce of returning thanks to Speaker
keifer. The formula would have called
for thanks for his impartiality when he
has been SO notoriously partial and
partisan that one man has had COM
plete control of him; for his courtesy,
when he has been so grossly deficient
in gentlemanly characteristics as to ex-
cite the disgust and contempt of all
outside his clique or party who had re-
lations with him in his official capacity.
Among his latest acts of Parliamentary
boorishness and childishness was over
looking Perry Belmont in making up
the Shipping Commission, appointed on
Mr.. Beimonts motion, though prece-
dents are scarce for such an omission.
But it is not for his sins of omission so
much as his sins of commission that the
Democrats refused to extend to him the
usual courtesies. They did it because
it was felt that some rebuke should be
given the man, who in one of the most
responsible and honorable positions in
our Government, had violated every
canon of Parliamentary decency,
and had made the popular branch
of Congress laughing stock before the
world. He was elevated to the Speak
ership in order that he might make job
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-21
A Bad Practice.

The President appropriates the United
States steamer Despatch to his personal
use in travelling by sea. That vessel is
at his beck and call like private car
riage on land. AS in duty bound, she
broke down to keep up the fair fame of
our magnificent navy.
The Secretary of the Navy appropri-
ates the United States steamer TalIa-
poosa for his personal use on a pleasure
excursion, which is ingeniously de-
scribed as inspection of navy yards"
He began by inspecting the voters at
Norfolk, who are ordered to support
Malone. He inspected the voters at
League Island and Philadelphia, who
are ordered to sustain Don Cameron in
Pennsylvania and Secor Robson in New
Jersey He inspected the voters at
Brooklyn, who are ordered to stand by
the Stalwart ticket. He will inspect
the voters at Kittery in behalf of Blaine.
And if there were yard in Mississippi,
the enterprising Secretary would run
down there to inspect the voters for
Fort Pillow Chalmers, with whom he
has formed a political partnership.
Mr.. Folger appropriates to his per-
sonal use the revenue cutter Grant for a
trip from New York to Washington, and
his First Assistant appropriates her on
the return voyage.
These public vessels are treated by
the President and the Cabinet as per-
sonal conveniences. A ship of war
ordered about as the chief of a bureau
or head clerk orders carriage, or a
brougham fraudulently procured IS a
wagon for carrying the mail.
This practice began under Grant and
Secor Robson. 1t was continued by
Hayes and by John Sherman; and we
are sorry to see Arthur and Folger fol-
lowing in such footsteps. Nothing bet
ter,was to be expected from William E.
Chandler, who organized the villainy by
which the vote of Florida was stolen in
| 1S76.-M Y. San.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-21
ADDITIONAL NEWS.

ALEXANDRIA, September 1S.-The garri-
son of Aboukir, ordered to proceed to
Kafr-el-Dwar to surrender, marched out
last evening. An eutire regiment, with
arms, moved off eastward to join Abdallah
Pasha, at Damietta. The remainder of the
first detachment, about one hundred
and fifty men, reached Kafr-el-Dwar
at eight this morning Many others had
escaped on the way, carrying off two or
three rifles apiece. The rest of the garri-
son, numbering five or six thousand, ar
rived at Kafr-el-Dwar at noon. They were
disarmed, the men being dismissed to their
homes and the officers detained
ZAGAzIe, September 1S.-The Khedive
has sent dispatch commanding all re-
peCt to be paid the British troops, who
came as friends, and urging all persons to
return to their usual calling.
On the night of the 18th inst, 5000 per-
sons gathered in Chattanooga and de-
| manded the Taylors, the murderers of
Sheriff Cate, the rumor having spread that
| they had been captured and jailed, but
| when the Jail was examined the rumor
was found to be false. The reward now
offered for the arrest of the Taylors is $16,-
500.
A FEW evenings ago reception was
SlNoll dI INT UOlue VI SIliel INCL
vile, at which Melville met his wife and
family for the first time since his return
from the Jeanette expedition. Melville
refused to be friendly to his wife, although
both she and her daughters begged with
tears in their eyes for the old love. After
the guests had departed, in face of the
pleadings of the heart-broken wife Melville
went from the house into the dark
ness, it was thought, never to re-
turn to the family again. The cause
for his anger seemed to be in the
fact that Mrs Melville had used some OF
his salary to support the family during his
long sojourn in the Arctic regions. The
next day after the scene at the Melville
home, a reporter called and found Mrs.
Melville PROSTATE from grief, lying in her
I'd crying and sobbing. She said she had
en- left without dollar in
e world, and a large family to
support, and she, too, the wife OF
Chief Engineer Melville, whom all the
world is now looking up to as the hero OF
the hour. Well, the sequel has come. A
dispatch from Philadeldhia, dated Sep.
tember 1s, says: "Dr. Longstreth, the
Melville family physian, and DIR. Bartle-
son to-day gave certificate of insanity in
the case of Mrs. Melville, wife of Chief
Engineer Melville, and she has been
placed in the Norristown Insane Asylum.
Her children accompanied her to the
asylum, and then returned home. Chief
Engineer Melville telegraphed for his
sister in New York, who will hereafter
take care of his bone and children"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-21
Venus.

Venus is becoming very brilliant in
the evening sky, throwing her fiery
neighbor Mars completely into the shade.
In the telescope she now resembles the
moon when it is little past half full.
Through the autumn she will continue
to grow more and more brilliant, until
she appears as thin crescent, silver
bow. Then she will disappear as. a
star, to reappear on the 9th of December
as black dot on the sun. AT that time
she will have to face such a bristling
array of telescopes as was probably
never before turned upon any celestial
body. Almost every civilized Govern
ment has fitted out expeditions of as
tronomers to observe the transit from
various parts of the world; and in west
ern and central Europe, North and
South America and Australia thousands
of telescopes will be trained upon the
sun from public and private obserV-
atories, roofs, back-yards, lawns, city
parks and street corners. Everybody
will want to have at least one good look
at Venus upon the suns disk, for all the
world will be talking about it, and
neither we of this generation nor our
children, and but few even of our grand
children, will behold another transit OF
Venus, for the next occurs in the year
1904. After it is over the astronomers
will set themselves down to figuring;
their calculations will extend through
months and even years, and at the last
they will probably announce that they
have not yet obtained exact knowledge
of the distance of the sun, that they
believe they are within about 100, ,00C
miles of the truth, and that at the next
transit of Venus they hope the astron-
omers of the twenty-first century will be
able to reduce the limits of error to
so, 900 miles or less. There are, how
aver, other methods. of measuring the
aua's distance, which it is hoped will
lppg before that time give more salts
factory results.-N. Y. Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-21
THE WAR IN EGYPT.

ZAeAzIe, September 14.-9 p. m.-Eng-
lish troops are now entering Cairo. Gen
eral Wolseley to-day, in reply to a depu-
dations of chiefs from Tel-el-Kebir, who
asked that the country be spared the hu-
initiation of further advance of the
British, said he would occupy Cairo to-
night; that in a few hours he would
dispatch the first train there with troops.
This has since been done. The Sui
tan has telegraphed General Wolse-
ley, offering congratulations on his splen-
did victory, and requesting him, now that
the neck of the rebellion is broken, to stop
the march of his army into the interior.
General Wolseley sent a telegram in reply
in which he referred the Sultan to London
for a response to his request. All the enc
my's magazines have been blown up, and
all military stores destroyed.
TEL-EL-KEBIR, September 4.-British
casualties in Wednesdays battle-Killed,
officers and As men; wounded, % officers
and $50 men. Enemy's loss estimated at
1,5OO killed and wounded. General Wolse-
ley has gone forward on his way to Cairo.
Staff officers start for Cairo to-day.
PoRT SAID, September 1.-THE English
advance guard arrived at Cairo by rail.
They were received enthusiastically. AL
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-21

The boys have started new enter
prise in Blakely,, Ga-the trapping of
ants They sink bottles down even with
the ground into which the ants fall but
can't get out. Successful trappers catch
about pint per day. The bottle con-
tains small amount of kerosene oil,
and when the ants are emptied out they
are cremated.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-21

"A lately introduced fashion in En-
gland is to include with invitations TO
dinners OF other gatherings in the coun-
try, time table of the railway which
will carry the guest to and fro.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-21

The new Duchess of Westminster,
wife to one of the richest men in Eu-
rope, was married in dress of white
foulard, costing seventy-five cents yard.
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Born Of the West Virginia Senators
voted for the Tariff Commission bill that
passed The Senate on Tuesday. The bill
provides for u Commission Of nine mem
hers, to be appointed by the President and
confirmed by the Senate. They are to in.
vestigate all tho various questions relating
to thCagricultural, commercial, mercantile,
manufacturing, mining and industrial in-
tercSts Of tho United States so lar as the
same may be necessary to tho establish
mcnt Of judiCious tariff or tho revision
OF The existing tariff aud also the existing
system OF Internal Revenue laws, upon
tho scale Of justice 10 all interests. This
Commission is 10 report to Congress in
January, 1888. The members Of It are to
receive $40 per day and their expenses. We
notice that Mcssrs. Camden and Davis
both voted against the Harris amendment
to the bill providing for this commission,
which amendment directed 1t to make an
investigation with reference to a tariff
based upon the principle Of the lowest rate
Of duties, which, when added to other sour
ces Of revenue, will raise all the revenue
necessary for the legitimate purposes Of tho
Government This vote would seem to in.
dictate considerable tariff on the part Of our
Senators, although We notice that Bayard
voted the same way, as also Voorhees,.
The fifteen votes cast agninst the bill were
MI Democrats. Van WyCk, Republican,
would have voted against it, but was pair.
ed with Hill. Twenty-seven Republicans
and eleven Democrats voted for It.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-31

land all for the Que purpose Of making
money to take back to China.
sixth-w Wherever they thicken every.
body else Trims tout. The Chinese quarter
in San Francisco Is an infected district-a
moral and social plague spot. Americans
and Europeans fly from il rs from the
sight Of small pOx flag, In that quarter
they burrow like molcs and pile in together
like sardines In box.
For these and other reasons that could
be named we are opposed to holding out
the hand OF welcome or encouragement &c
these people. We have incongruous Gle
mentS enough in the country, whites and
blacks, TO tax all our powers OF civilization
md assimilation, without adding this ir
reconeilable and forbidding element.