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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-04-07
HUMOROUS.

Current Neutrality-suspicious. TO, pull
dings.
A boarder romance-Marrying III
landlady's daughter.
Many an old book has to be bouad|
over to keep the piece.
The man who marries for beauty taxi
his wife at her face value.
The further man gets away from!
dollar the bigger it looks.
New Haven News: A cork's ere,
usually means a fishing vessels outfit.
The gatekeeper at the railway eros
ing should be man of signal abilitia|
Opportunities are like vacant loh
They must be improved to be profitable.
Professional whistlers have to whi,th|
for their pay bit they generally sd
it.
If it were true tina. ''time tries al
things" there would be no use fa|
courts.
1t must be very COOL brass band
that can play all the airs drum majq|
puts on.
A rolling stone gathers no moss, but
it knocks out all opposition 4: the .oo|
OF the hill.
A man may be opposed to capi:i
punishment and yet in favor of hanging
up his grocer
Getting up with the sun is ccmno.
practice where there is a teethiac boy|
baby in the family.
In the Volapuk language the wori fa|
dollar is ''doab." Bat it will be JUS. Al
hard as ever to borrow one.
The man who sets out to Study i
woman's disposition can generally lear,
a great deal, but the p.ic. of tuition il
aptto be high.
After the amateur fisherman hu|
ceased telling his story, one has gravs
doubts that there are still as COOL fish
In the sea as ever were caught.
The man who has long ulster newell
breads the winter. nay, he rather we.
comes ii for he is then enabled to coil
ceal the bags in the knees Of hi, trou,-|
crs.
Women hav. much NOR, aiap;abilit|
than men. The girl with the tinies
rosebud mouth can hold from four to siI
six-inch clothespia. between her jaw
on washday.
And now electricity is to be added to
the defensive features of the barbed
wire-fencc. Electricity i, the only
thing possessing the power TO make the |
barbed wirc:cnc a iaorc sh ,ckiag az
fair than It is at present.
The minister was dining with the /
family, and n, said TO Bobby. with az
amused smile: I'm afraid. Dolby. thai |
you haven't the patience OF j, b." mo
sir" responded Bobby, who WIS hun
cry. but Job wasn't Away, helped
last.
n lady, who was skilled pianist
visited friend and was asked to test q
new piano. The hosts little boy was in
the parlor and during an intcrmi,sion in
the playing he was seen to be crying
bitterly. "Why. Georgia, what's the
matter" inquired the visitor. With
voice broken by sobs he rcplied:
That's our piano. an your gettin' all
the music Tut of it,"
Her cheeks are as red as the red June rosa,
And white as lily, her neck, the elk:
And call her the fairest flower that blows
Vor She's always blowing about he, self
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-28
THE sUNDAY-sCHOOL.

As it is the duty of parents to care for and
protect their children, SO it is the duty of
church members to care for the children in
the church by instructing them in the blessed
truths of the Gospel. How better can they
do it than in the Sunday school? 1t is false
idea of Sunday schools that they are for chill
dren only. Who is too old to study the Biblef
And as that is what the Sunday school is
for, why should not every member be in the
Sunday school? We do not realize the bene-
fit we may derive from the Sunday school by
systematic study of Gods Word. Who
knows as much of the Bible as he needs to
know? And how can we study the Bible as
easily and usefully as in the Sunday-school,
with all its lesson helpsP But cannot we read
the Bible at home? Yes, but in such reading
we do not stop to consider, when was this
written? By whom written? What lesson does
it teach? In these things our lesson helps
give us much needed information, and by
mutual study great many facts are brought
out that we would not think of by reading
alone. AS we become acquainted with the
Bible we become acquainted with Christ, and
as Jesus is the theme of the Bible, so he be-
comes the theme of those who read and obey
his gracious word.-Herald of Gospel Lib
erf1,
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LEWIS BIRELY.

Lewis Birely, pioneer of Pleasant town.
ship, Clark county, o., died at his residence
on Saturd ay, Jan.7, 1888. He was born in
Shippensburg, Cumberland county, Pa, Oct.
2, 1903. He was son of Philip Birely, and
grandson of Lewis, ST., a native of Germany,
emigrating to America in 1870. Lewis, Jr. /,
was educated and lived until fifteen years of
age in his native town; then moved with his
parents to Middletown Valley, Nd, where
he learned the trade of shoemaker, and in
that way made his start in life. May 10, 1925,
he was married to Miss Sarah Schenck, of the
same State, with whom he lived peaceably
and happily for nearly fifty lone years, and
were only separated by her death, which oc-
Cured March 3, 1876, the present editor of
The UNIvERsALIsT officiating at the funeral
services. This union was blessed by nine
children, all now living, the eldest being
sixty-two years old, the youngest forty-two;
also thirty three grandchildren and twenty
two great grandchildren Mr.. Birely moved
to Springfield, o., in Oct, 1889, and worked
at his trade, and in the following February
he bought and moved upon the farm on
which he died. Here he amassed quite
comfortable estate. In religious belief he
was Universalist until the last moments of
his life, and in this faith he died. He was a
kind husband and father, of steady habits,
and robust constitution; affable in manners,
loved and esteemed by all who knew him.
Mr.. Birely leaves behind him name and a
character that his descend ants may point to
with just pride. His funeral was largely
attended, and was conducted by Rev. F. M.
Yates
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-28
THE MASTERS COMMAND.

TELL NO MAN.-As they were descending
the Mount of TRANSPORTATION, JESUS SOL
EMMY charged the disciples that they tell no
man what they had witnessed till after his
resurrection. Not till then would they be
able to understand it. The progress of truth
may be hindered by proclamation before
its time. The premature announcement of
JEsUs' Messiahship during his lifetime, and
before the people were prepared to compre-
bend its spiritual import, would undoubtedly
have led to popular outbreak and wrought
disaster to the Masters cause aud kingdom.
JESUS repeated in substance what he had said
before, when he had also commanded their
silence, that he must die and rise again be-
fore his Messiahship could be safely pro-
claimed, or could be really understood by
the disciples themselves. But they do not
yet understand even this. Mark informs us
that they obeyed their Masters command
and "kept the matter to themselves" but
that they questioned what "the rising from
the dead could mean" They could not yet
understand that the Messiah would really
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-28
THE TEACHERS MEETING.

So many people imagine weekly teach
ers' meeting to be utterly impracticable that
it is particularly refreshing to hear from
such a meeting has been proved entirely
practicable. The superintendent of the Ain
slie Street Presbyterian Sabbath school,
Brooklyn, writes in a far from hopeless way
of his teachers meeting. He first speaks of
the diligence employed in keeping the teach
ers in mind of the meeting-by pulpit an
nouncements, press advertisements, and pos
tai cards. Concerning methods of conduct
ing the meeting, he says:
"The meeting is always opened by singing
and prayer, after which the les son is read by
some teacher or teachers. Generally the
teachers are furnished with number of
questions on the Sabbath preceding the
teachers meeting (which, by the way, is
held on Tuesday evenings). Sometimes
these questions are assigned to particular
teachers; again, they are expected to fill out
such questions in writing, and at all times a
general discussion is had ON the prepared
questions. Then, we have had the lesson
taught by picking each verse to pieces, and
gathering such thoughts as present them
selves. Again, where the lesson has many
verses, it is divided into several divisions or
headings, or at times the golden text is taken
as the keynote, and the teaching is clustered
around it. Again, the lesson has been divided
into a precept, a promise aud a prayer.
These varieties have been adapted according
to the fitness of the theme to the text for
such division. No discussion is allowed on
disputed points, but a brief and respectful
hearing is given to both sides, and then such
matters are left with the teachers, and the
next point is taken mp. Very few of the
teachers absent themselves from the lesson
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-28
CHARLES EDMANDS.

At his residence at 90 Monroe street,
Springfield, ILL.,, Thursday, Jan. -, 1883, Mr..
Charles Edmands, in the eightieth year of his
age. Funeral services took place, DR.. R. O.
Bayly officiating. Saturday, ] an. IA, at P. M,
from the residence. The deceased was we'll
and most favorably known as one of the no.
blest works of God-an honest man. In the
declining years of his long and useful life,
extended beyond the "threescore and ten,"
until entering the fourth score of years, he
has been afflicted, but with it maintained the
native characteristics which marked his
years, and made them precious to a long line
of loved ones. Surrounded, perhaps, as but
few of his age have ever been, he was the
center of attraction and affection to several
generations. While tears of sorrow have
dimmed the eyes of affection, gratitude fills
the heart of love with gladness, that death
came to those they love in ripe old age.
Charles Edmands, among the solid, industri
GUS business men of Springfield, was prom
inent figure, and was known and respected
throughout the community as a man of honor
and integrity. He was born in Charlestown,
Mass, and first came 20 Illinois in 1888, max
ing his first stop in Quincy, going from there
to Griggsville, where he lived until 1841, re-
moving next to Springfield, where he went
into the stove and tinware business, in which
he continued many years. Mr.. Edmans leaves
to mourn his loss an aged wife, one son,
Charles H. Edmands; three daughters, Mrs.
Hannah Hill, of this city, Mrs. John 8. Flem-
ing, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Mrs. Su-
san J. Warren, of Dowlis, Kansas. With
these also are his step-daughter, Mrs. Capt.
@. Hopkins, and STEP son, Thomas J. Dennis,
of Chicago. The descendants of Mr.. Ed
mands number over one hundred people, ex-
tending to great grandchildren. By all of
them he was truly beloved. Mr.. Edmands
being strong Univ ersalist, his aid and en-
oouragement was always given to that church,
of which his wife is now member. He al
ways lived the life of God-loving man, with
true respect and faith in the Christian relig-
ion. To is aged wife, and to the bereaved
children and numerous friends the Univers-
alist church extends its heartiest sympathy,
speaking also for the entire community in
which he was SO well known and 30 highly
respected. r. @. BAYLY.
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die. They must themselves wait for the res
direction of their Lord to open their dark
ned I'm erstandings to comprehend his spir-
itual authority and power. They rejected the
thought of his murder from their minds, be-
| ing inconsistent with their conceptions of
the Messiah; and even though he had shown
| a power over death, the revivals they had
seen had been but temporary. They could
not yet comprehend life over which death
has no more dominion"
ELIJAH.-In view of the fact that JESUS
was undoubtedly the Messiah. the disciples
appear perplexed by the teaching of the
scribes and the general expectation founded
on the prophecy of Malachi (iv. 81 that the
prophet Elijah would reappear as the herald
of the Mes siah. This question was suggested
it may be, by the scene on the mountain,
which they are epjoined by their Master to
keep secret. JESUS declares that the scribes
are correct in their teaching, but that Elijah
had already come in the person and ministry
of John the Baptist, who was unrecognized
and rejected by the ruling Jews and put to
death by Hero1, the Roman governor. The
restoration of all things" described by the
prophet as a turning of the hearts OF the peo-
pie, fathers and SONS, was fulfilled in Johns
ministry enforcing repentance and reforma-
ton as preparation for the promised king
dom of heaven which was coming near at
hand.
THE CROSS FORETOLD.-In abiding to
the fate of John, JESUS again fir de occasion
to predict his own death. His herald had
been unrecognized, and his work of restora-
ton, which applied to the inward heart and
life was misunderstood and misrepresented
by those who were looking only at outward
things, and the desires of those who rejected
his mission and ministry of reformation were
accomplished by his murder. So their muir
derous desires would be accomplished by his
death, having misunderstood and misrepre-
scented the nature and authority of his spir-
itual kingdom of truth and righteousness,
and failed to recognize in him the true Re-
deemer of Israel-the Messiah of GoD whom
their prophets declared.
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had given them away to those 1 considered
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study, and we hope at an early day to have
all present. In addition to the help derived
by study, the social advantages of such
meeting cannot be over estimated. 1 am
sure that much of the good feeling and har-
mony for which our people and teachers are
noted, is due to the existence of the teach
ers' meeting. THE Westminster Teacher.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-28
oArARRH, CATARRHAL DEAFNESS AND HAY

oATARRH, CATARRHAL DEAFNESS AND HAY
FEVER.
Sufferers are not generally aware that these
diseases are contagious, or that they are due to
the presence of living parasites in the lining
membrane of the nose and eustachian tubes.
Microscopic research, however has proved
this to be a fact, and the result is that sim
pie remedy has been formulated whereby
catarrh, catarrhal deafness and hay fever are
permanently cured in from one to three sim
pie applications made by the patient at home.
A pamphlet explaining this new treatment is
sent free on receipt of stamp, by A. II.
Dixon & Son, 303 West King street, Toronto,
Canada.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-28
MAKING 1T CLEAR.

Parents and teachers cannot be too watch
full lest the children whom they are instruct
ing fail to understand words in their lesson
which seem Enthusiastically Ineligible. It
will never do to take it for granted that
child knows the meaning of the simplest
words and phrases. The only safe way is to
make sure of the truth by frequent and ia
miliar questioning, in order to have the child
give his own understanding of the words
which are in the lesson itself or which are in
the instructors Interpretation of the lesson.
In the recent Sunday school lesson on Jesus
in Galilee, it is said that Jesus walked by the
sea, that he saw men fishing, that he prom
ised to make those who followed him fishers
of men, that he taught and preached and
healed, and that people who were taken with
divers diseases were brought to him to be
healed. A father was studying this less on
with his children at family prayers. Asking
questions of his bright boys, he received
prompt answers in the Language of the Bible
text. They seemed to understand the lesson
facts fully. "What is meant by divers dis
eases?" he asked of his eldest boy. Promptly
the answer came, "The sickness of men who
dive down to the bottom of the sea-" And
that boy was right even while he was wrong.
1t was the Hos: natural thing in the world
for him to connect divers with fishermen and
the sea, and his answer was thoughtful one.
If the Bible translators had given that word
as DIVERSE" they would have guarded
against just this error in its understanding;
but there the word now is as " DIVERS" and it
ought to be made clear to many child who
does not know its meaning. And this is only
a single illustration of truth which would
have many more such illustrations if more
parents and teachers were on the watch
against the errors of this sort to which every
child is Understanding School Times.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-28
St1 4ten1oriana.

THIS column is placed at the disposal of our
readers for the record of bereavement. 1t
is necessary that memorial tributes should
be printed in condensed form. giving only
the outline facts in the life of the departed.
Obituaries exceeding certain space will be
abridged and condensed to comply with the
rule Poetry, original or selected, is never
printed in this column. EDITOR.1
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Create an Appetite

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Boil pimples, ringworm, and all affections
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Give it trial.
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FALLS
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There were hlaments of connection be-
tween Moses and CHRIST. There we're fla
ments of connection between Moses aud Or
binary men. And what then if the radiance
on the face of Moses and of our Lord him.
SELF bore, though in transcendentally aug
mented degree, some far off affinity to that
lambert, or more settled radiance which is
occasionally discernible in the countenance
of such as are in state of high mental and
moral exaltation, rapt, it may be, into &C.
static love or into lofty fellowship with GOD.
If in extraordinary mental and moral exalta-
ton there is often perceptible irradiation,
is it wonderful that there should have been a
very extraordinary effulgence beaming from
the countenance of Moses, and still more ex-
traordinary glory radiating from the human
face OF our Lord? Heavenly beings are often
represented in Scripture as radiant, their
very vestments shining and glistening as
light.-Janes Morrison, DID,.
HEAVENLY vIsIFAETs.-Mosesa and Eli
JAN, the representatives of the Law and the
Prophets which JESUS came to fulfill, appear
in the described scene, talking with JESUS.
The Monitor., 1888-08-03
w. C. T.U. DEPARTMENT.

within them, lasting only for a few mo-
ments while they cast the magical ballot,
because we are told ''the polls are unfit for
women. Politicians, backed by the
saloon, assert it, and men and women ac-
cept it, The ballot is the great uplifter
and purifier, if dropped in by Christian
hands, and SO it is the truest place for
women. who are the home guards of the
nation. For what is our state or nation
but a broadened home? And if we have
time for a drive, we have time to cast a
vote; If we have time to read a paper we
have Opportunity to know how that vote
should be east. Oh, that women and men,
before they come out SO magniticently
about ''woman's sphere. would climb
above their little points of observation in-
to "a purer air and a broader view" and
study this great question of equal suffrage
in light which is unpreiudiced and just.
And oh, that our white ribboned army
would remember that the ballot is the po-
litieal power by which we may free the
land from ram and our sex from slavery.
LAURA NJ LIPPINeoTT PANoeAsT,
County Supt. Franchise.
The Monitor., 1888-08-03
IN. wor,n OF Vote.

.,when the Prohibition party gets strong
enough to amount to something, am going
to vote their ticket Cautious Temperance
aan.
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: whsre = bahii If ip,c,s nee is il crelessly throwne
,y, ~, ,lo,,;ors ,..ht i rahhea Of its virtue
Hna ~ Liberty well might snen folI,wers
,is,v.n
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My vote Is but one, --hNt UNITS MAKE n mics
one man hy the cannon deals death 10 'he
foe
yietion
soa sDcb >nt.S like lpne,s hit hard aS
,bry 70
Your vote is hand reached cut 10 me ial'eh'
or else ITS INK IN Inc cha'" os 'h''r W'';
our Noto Is blessing III some unseen 1'.S'
or elseit's a curse, as the fuIure may show