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Dignity of Man,

The above was the subject of the even.
ing sermon at the Baptist church Sun.
day evening preached by the Rev. j. G..
Lemen, who chose for his text the frat
two verses of the fourteenth chapter of
and the twenty.ffth and twenty-sixth
verses of the eleventh chapter of st.
John: "Man that is born of woman is of
few days and full of trouble. He cometh
forth like a flower and Is cut down he
heeth also like a shadow and c~ontinueth
not" Jesus said, II am the resurrection
and the life. He that believeth in me,
though he were dead yet he shall live,
and whatsoever liveth and believeth on
me shall never die. Beiieveth thou this2"
He spoke substantially as follows: Job
says that man is of few days and full of
trouble. He speaks these words in the
midst of trouble. He had tasted of Joy,
he had been a man of wealth and power;
he had a family to love and be loved by.
But his wealth was taken from him; and
he himself was laid. upon q bed of sick
ness. In this condition he cries out that
mans life is full of trouble.
Solomon also having experienced to the
very depths all earthly pleasures, cries
out that life Is q failure, and that all is
vanity and vexation of spirit. WhaV is
there in the wealth of earth? 1t cannot
save US from pain and disease; it cannot
save as from death; it cannot bring US
perpetual JOY. We are simply slaves to
it's power. What is there in fame2 To-
day it shouts "Long live the Kingl" To.
morrow it will shout just as loud when
the kings hoad falls from the block and
a usurper mounts the throne. The name
of Washington is not spoken of as of
yore, but has become only a name of his
tory. Lincoln, to whom this and this
age owes 30 much-who like the God.ap.
pointed hero that he was-stood fearless.
ly between two angry and opposing
forces, that threatened his destruction
and his country-holding out one hand
to stay the msddened rush of southern
hordes that sought the nations life. blood,
and stretching out the other over the
north to quiet the fiery zeal of extremists,
who were urging measures upon him,
right and proper, In and of themselves,
but ahead of time, and therefore threat
ening destruction to the cause that every
loyal heart held dear-this great man Is
fast fading from the memory OF mankind.
Garfield, whose fame so short a time
ago that 1t seems but yesterday, encir.
cled the globe, in the hurly.burly of the
race of greed for power and place, is
comparatively forgotten, and his grave, |
q newly-made one, already gives place to
other shrines whore hero worshippers
pay their devotions.
Blaine, a man of rarest mental gifts,
of highest culture, a statesman who
stands at the head of statesmen in this
or any other country; q typical American
whom England fears, because she knows
that he would not permit her 10 insult
the American flag, or trample upon the
rights Of American citixsns in the
interest Of her arrogant lord
ly class, fndS himself out
stripped In the race for the
presidency, by "a man whose only claims
to a national reputation is the accident
OF a nomination at the hands Of a national
convention representing a party 80 long
out of power and with 80 little hope of
obtaining power that the leading spirits
of that party thought it scarcely worth
their while to seek tho doubtful honor of
q nomination at their hands.
The God of this world bestows her
gifts in such a blind and underestimate
that they are no evidence of the
of che character of the one upon
whom she bestows them.
But, in the next place, even if the God
II this world bestowed nc favors save for
merit. would the possession of wealth and
lame be evidence Of Dignity Certainly
reason must answer mo" What crea.
ture whose life is bounded by three-score
years and ten cannot be paid TO DO a dig.
Allied ereature2 THAT man who il content
70 labor for that which pertains TO time
iss no dignity of character, no matter
shat his auccess. Only q broken column
It last fifty represents his life-work. |.
l present to you then chtista az the only
md and object of life, the seeking Of /,
vhich is an evidence of dignity OF char. i
.eter in the seeker, for the nero fact that
man seeks Christ is an evidence of