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toned or Involved 10 this text. As great r1ier

toned or Involved Ia this teri. As great r1ier
must be surrounded by great statesmen AMI sup
ported by great people. so this great doctrine OF
Rtonement must te surrounded by fundamental
truths. and 1t must be supported by vast prepara-
ton and most extensive appliances for its proper
handling. its proper presentation. Look at the
mighty truths reaching out of eternity and out Of
man infinite ~ant To grapple and appropriate
this doctrine God righteousness. justice. man.
freedom, sin moral government. accountability,
immortality. Judgment. the incarnation. the dying
Of the Son Of God, forbearance, mercy. pardon.
salvation. eternal life These are an infinite pat
rimony In themselves the inheritance OF the be-
lever Forty centuries full OF struggling phllos
ophers never turned the telescope OF human
thought upon such blazing and amazing galaxy.
Only God can spread such armament above us.
and train our eyes to mark the march Of this
mighty host Once 70 have considered these
truths Il TO ~ fcrev. elevated above the plane OF
mere nature. and llred out OF the darkness Of
mere beathenism iIenceforth God hath ser forth
Jesus for your atonement Forevermore pardon
and heaven have once. at least. been within your
reach
Let everybody hear me-. Art thou philoso-
pher. lost In the depths of thy own reasouiusg
Hear me For TINS statement that God has set
forth lis Son a. propuiaton for our sins In such
n statement that II u be true II does not matter
whatever else b. fa'. - and II IL be- false II does
not matter what else b. true. Art thou scholar
wcaried with the weight Of thy knowledge Hear
me Though thi, mag seem 20 thee rs % did 20
tie Greeks toOlishneSs yet IL f. the wisdom Of
God Art thou a sinner tormeuted with thy
gloom ani guilt ready NJ times "a break lq with
a suicides hnud. aud firr' from thysnf into the en-
svathing darkness of endless despair Hear mo.
Thou needcst not to die jesus Christ mas died
iu f,pI eha forf Hie md for
bearance tor the remission Of sins that are past
There Is a way OF escape There Is straight and
narrow way up To life, eternal life For by thiS
atoucmert God Is able "a oe just. And justly
him. whatsoever he may be. however deeply mired
IN corruption and lost to all honor that believeth
IN Jesus Art thou believer walking with
trembling and ANXIOUS step fearing lest such
ricne, should prove too great 10 be thiney Hear
me- By THIS token thou mayest hope for all
things let everybody hear me This Is the
good news Tor all men God has made an atone.
ment Tor al men through faith IA the blood OF
Jesus May God help all to hear and believe and
he saved
The Rev John f Robinson Of India.
read the closing hymn All Hail the
Power of Jesus Name and Rev DR. r
Rust Of Ohio pronounced the benc-
dictlon
Bishop Fowler WAS born in Canada in
1881, but was reared in Illinois and edu.
Gated tor the las When converted he
studied for the ministry and was licensed
in the Rock River conference in 1861 He
has risen steadily and RAPIDLY and in 1854
was ordained bishop Ills home is in san
Francisco, but As bishop his travels are
extensive"
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cmigrates. Only ono white Car r.,
oeen shot. and he was very badl,
wounded but the public do no, know Nh
he was or whether he was killed "a ~
one In the immediate neighborhcod !.
missing Altogether they have whipreS
and banished some fifty persons in N.
ono county, including one woman VIZ
was whipped for abusing her mother IN
law
Crawford county. from east 70 we.,
covers the entire change Of rock form,
ton from Dovonian 10 the coal me,,
ures. while from north 20 south il a,
tends from the highest table land IN ,ls
Ohio river level thus IL has moro aArpn,
cliffs. deep hollows and steep unpublished
hills than any other county IN a..
state, and abounds IN elf shelves
and caves. Of which the wonderful w
and0tte' il known 20 scientists al ovc.
the world II is also celebrated A. ia
only comfy boz the central wcst probably
tho only county in the United States
that does not contain n single c0 .0-ai HOP
son. Il is thus the anrpodes oi Beau'or.
county. ;. C.. which contains fourteen
negroes 10 one white Long befn. tto
war. says an old citizen. "Craw.o ser,
O. made up her mind sho didn't want
no uigCcrs. aud YOU bee she didn't rot
emmy, nuther For many years ticro
was one in tho county bin Boo died
Lcavenworth the county scar g., nice
fniet place Of perhaps 1000 people an
the Ohio and fourteen mile. Cr.m ire r,.il.
road. with an average of seven Lili,toth.
mile The people generally approve u
the White Caps
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the strongest in the state of Ohio IN Nom
bershp. influence and wealth he has
held several high offices in the order pro
yious to 1856. when he was elected
supreme chancellor. at the session Of the
supreme lodge which met III June in that
year at Toronto. Ont 1t is needless 20
state he is bcnding every energy 20 make
the fifteenth biennial couclaye u success
IN every particular Mr Douglass is also
an active member Of several other leading
benevolent AMI secret organizations. hay
ing reached the thirty second degree.
Scottish rite In Frremasoury
Justus II Kathbone. a native OF Deer
field. Oneida county. y \, was The
founder Of the order Of the Knights u
Pythias f. was While engaged in teach
ing school it Eagle iarbor, Lake superior,
Mich. in the winter Of 1850 and 1861. that
l.r i;atboone prepared the ritual when
was atterward accepted and used IN
founding the Knights Of Pythias. The
first lodge was organized in the city OF
Washington, D. c., on the 10Th of Febru
ary. 1864. by Mr. Rathbone and seve.al
other fellow clerks of the different depart
ments. The growth OF the order has been
remarkable since that time.
The following are the entries for the
competitive prize drill that will be a
feature of the occasion: Lafayette divi-
sion. No. !. Lafayette. Ind; Indianapolis
division. No ,, Indianapolis. Ind. Lochiel
division. No II, Egin. Ills; Hastings
division. No 4. Hastings. Neb.; Cgur Do
Leon division. No I. Wheeling. W. Va;
Louisville division. No. l, Louisville. Ky.
Ceur De Leon division, No 9, Lancaster
O.; Miami division. No. IS. Toledo. o.;
Mystic division. No. u. Louisville. Ky;
Star division. No 9. st. Louis, Mo; Chi
cago division. No. s. Chicago. Ills; Aga
memnon division. No. II, Lima, O.; New
Albany division. No. 8, New Albany.
Ind. Many division, No. IS. indianapolis.
Ind. Fort Dearborn division, No. |, Chi
caco, Ills.
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| coo within a century. II Is claimed-and
, their children were the most enthusiastic
| anti Britons Froude insists that one
| half Of Washington and Gates armies
were of Irish exile stock-'Scotch Irish
and though we must discount TINS
somewhat owing To Froudes peculiar
bias. yet II is undoubtedly true that the
PRESBYTERIAN Irish settled in the colonies
with feelings very unfriendly to the
British Tories One glorious fact con
coded by the harshest critics The Pres
byterian churches in i775 SO were mani
nous for American independence The
utmost research in those states where
Toryism was rampant has failed to show
a single Presbyterian minister who was
unfriendly to the colonies. though it is
possible. Of course, that some individuals
were Tories.
Long Island South Carolina and New
York city received another interesting ele-
ment about lGSj-l.00 In the former
wear Louis XIV. Of France. revoked the
edict of Nantes. and some 400. 600 French
men fed from their country Many OF
these camedircct to South Carolina; others.
after brief stay in various parts of Europe,
came 70 Long Island and New York city.
4 French Pres byterian church was estab-
lished in New Yorl; city in 1858. one on
Staten Island in 1855 one at Charleston,
: c., in 1856 and at Boston and New
Rochelle, n. Y. soon after The first Pres
byterian congregation in Philadelphia met
in a ware house in 1902. and in 1903 there
was still but one congregation there, now
there are 1901
Two memorable epochs remain to be
noted Sept. II. l117. the first general
synod met at Philadelphia. and organized
four Presbyteries, in 1929 the general
synod adopted the Westminster confession
of faith, striking ont the passage giving
magistrates power in the church and de
claring as the doctrine Of American Pres
byteriansm that church and state should
forever be kept distinct This is be
lieved to have been the first formal
declaration of the American doctrine by
any representative body in the New World,
and ninety years more passed away before
the principle was fully incorporated in
the laws of all the states As soon as the
Revolution ended the Presbytcrians of all
sections began TO move for national or
ganzation. il was soon completed. and the
iirst general assembly met in Philadelphia
on the third Thursday of May. 1859 The
unhappy divisions of north and south are
well known and recent, and as all other
divisions have been healed. the hope that
the bundredth general assembly will be
rs truly national as the first is one in
which all patriots will surely join. be their
faith. their locality or their politics rs
they may For such a happy reunion all
true Americans will hope and all Christians
rrav. J Il. BEADLE.
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Rev DR. J. r Day. Of Newburg. ~ Y.
Rev Dr. J. C. w. Cox. of Iowa. read the
hymn. When Survey the Wondrous
Cross and after the singing DR.. f. Nc
Chesney, who presided, introduced Bishop
c. II. Fowler, of San Francisco. who read
his text. then laid aside his glasses and
spoke an hour and quarter without ref
erence to manuscript, holding tho rapt
attention of the vast audience to the last
word His text was:
Whom God hath set forth to be a Precipitation
through faith in his blood 10 declare his right
eousness for the remission Of sins that are past.
through the forbearance al God: to declare, say,
81 this time his righteousness, that he might be
just and the justifer Of him which believeth In
Jesus.
His exordium was sublime. thrilling
every hearer, and is here presented as in
effect an analysis of the whole sermon:
This f. Pauls great statement OF tho Atone
melt Here We have Gods justice and righteous
ness, mans sin and help.essneSs, Gods forbear-
ance and pardoning mercy through faith in the
Iropitlating blood Of Christ We are in the midst
OF a group Of majestic ideas. There Is hardly o
single truth in the whole round OF human thought
worthy Of absorbing the attention or firing tie
ambition OF au immortal being that Is not men
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Of Mr.. Bcechers enemies. and has n'.si
since been looked upon with favor b}
those friends OF Mr.. Beecher who contm
ned stead fast in his support Both "eT
Congrcgationalists both eminent men.
indeed. while Mr. Beecher lived they wero
tho two most prominent Congr sa,JcN
clerrymen. Both were members Of mo
CONGREGATIONAL society. As soon as inc
charges against Mr. Beecher werc fornn.
lated DR.. Storrs left that association ana
started another. which was disband'd
ONLY few months ago DR. Storrs never
appeared upon any public platform. either
for church or other purposes. win W
Reecher after the Tilton charges "efS
made public After Mr. Beechers d'S.h'
however he spoke very kindly from h'
pulpit of the dead preacher.
Dr. Storrs has at times appeared I'm
the lecture field. and has been one 81 we
most prominent Of the old school lecturers
who held possession Of the lecture ls-1
before il was given over 20 sensailoliai'7's
He has published both some Of BIS ss'
mons and his lectures Az the opening 81
tho Brooklyn bridge DR.. Storrs was '''
orator Of tho day.
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eminent Law

about 80 pounds, though lis frame is
larger than is indicated by his weight, and
lie possesses great physical strength
Lyman Il Ray, candidate for lieutenant
governor was born in Vermont. but early
settled in st Charles. in Kane county.
where he was employed IS clerk in a
dry goods store. From there he removed
TO Grundy county. and engaged in mer-
chandsing on his own account until last
January when he retired from active bust
ness. In 1872 lie was elected to the Hi
nois legislature, and ten years later was
sent to the state senate. Mr.. Ray is 80
years of age.
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TO veteran actor VINO had looked ont
from that stage on the fashionable audi
enres which there drink delight from
standard opera and classic drama. the
view from the same place that Sunday
afternoon would have been a startling
novelty Directly below him in the pen
he would have seen a score of reporters
and as many delegates. back of them the
whole 6oor filed with Methodist preach
ers and eminent laymen. presiding elders
and doctors Of divinity. college professors
and professional revivalists, men eminent
in the pulpits of many cities and scattered
among them a few preachers Of the old
Peter Cartwright stamp with here and
there q general. ex governor prominent
journalist or well known politician All
around them the boxes and lower circles
were filed with ladies'. n very few
gentlemen among them while IT the
top of the house were men and boys of
that class which is accustomed to go out
between the acts But no one went out
after Bishop Fowler had spoken his first
sentence On the front Of the stage were
Gen Clinton Fisk the preacher of his
day. two or three bishops and the pre-
centor. behind them the drop curtain.
The view bordered on the Sublime and
there was no need Of scenery To heighten
the effect Such was the scene from the
stage front
"l'rom the southwest corner of the room
the view was really grand while the
bishop was speaking From that point
his commanding figure appeared well out
to the front. and behind him appeared the
boSes and circles on the North sIde-all in
fine relief from floor 70 skyiight. The
audience except in the circles above the
boxes. contained substantially the same
clements as attend the daily sessions Of
the conference. and the fervent Amen
Lord grant it, and other responses TO
the bishops fiery sentences, showed the
body to be thoroughly Methodistic. The
singing was congregational. led by a pre-
centor and accompanied by the great or
gan and it seemed IS if almost every one
in the room joined in the great volume of
harmony President Spence Of the Grant
Memorial university. read the opening
HYMN. %. for a Thousand Tongues TO
Sing Rev DR. Leroy VI Vernon offered
a prayer. and then came most effective
reading of that sublime chapter in Isaiah
describing the sufIerings Of Christ, by
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trips Mr. Strecter bought land near
New Windsor. Mercer county MS llo
stocked farm and has been raising stock
ever since lie is nova largo land owner
a model farmer and a successful stock
raiser Mr. Sirectcr was. while IN col
logc, p ready speaker. but the Duties Of a
stock grower are not such as 10 develop
this talent During tho War for the
Union De- was a war Dcmocm, iu ioi2
he vas elected 10 che st,to legislature
serving on the committee on education
and agriculture and taking an urtive par,
be- railroad legislation TO prevent et.
tor'ion end unjust discrimination " u
WAS tho time OF the Granger movement
and Mr. Strccter Joined tho Changers
I'm 1873 Mr. Strceter severed All hts old
political affiliations. and became inter
esicl in tho forming Ut Che Labor party
The Grcouback movement followed the
Grancars movement. and To- 1873 be was
andilato for congress on that ticket.
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The latest reported outrage was the
whipping of w. II. Toney at English.
Jackson Goodman got warning and the
editor of The English News was notified
that $50 lashes will be presented 10 any
person who buys or sells votes next No
vember
These arc but sample cases Only
twice have they acted as if they meant
to hang; but in both cases the accused
escaped Another man who expected d
visit from the regulators slept ont in The
woods tor four months When they sim
ply want TO warn man they leave q
bunch of switches at his door, with ono
of their white caps; and II he is wise
he takes the hint and reforms O
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regiment Joseph Ffcr served until dis
charged in 1864. During the siege Of
Vicksburg. when the Confederate Gen.
Johnston threatened Grants rear and
sherman attacked Johnston's works at
Jackson. Miss, young Fifer fell Shot
through tho lungs by a Mimic ball. and
anne very near dying from the wound
When his term OF service closed tifer
vent to Bloomington and entered the
Wesleyan university there. After four
years of study during which lie sup
ported himself and studied law at the
same time. he was graduated, and with
IN additional year of study Of his profes
sion in 1869 began practice for himself at
Bloomington.
Since that time Mr. Fifer has been an
eminent lawyer, states attorney and
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KNIGHTS OF PYTl4lAS.
Their Biennial Couclave to be He'd ia
Cincinnati tn June.

The fifteenth biennial conclaye Of the
supreme lodge. knights of pythias, will
DC held in Cincinnati. beginning on June
- next Accommodations have been
engaged for 10000 persons Six thousand
lodges will be represented 1t is estimated
that some 5000 persons will hocI, TO Gin
cinnati in order to attend the meeting
and the ceremonies.
Howard Douglass the supreme chancel-
Tor of the world. ia native OF Cincin-
natl. where he was born Jan. II. 1916
he was educated in the public and high
schools of his native city. but was obliged
20 fOrego a collegiate course on account Of
illness He was admitted to the bar at
the early age of u years. and few attor
neys in the west Of his years and expert
encc now have larger clientage or more
lucrative practice He was several times
elected member of the school board. the
board Of education and the worl,house
board but has always refused nomination
for any political office He was president
of the board Of education during the un
Drccedented floods of 1893 and 1884 on the
Ohio river. and il was mainly through his
forethought and prompt action that thou
sands who were homeless and destitute
were sheltered and provided for in the
public school buildings of Cincinnati
Although Of a slight build and weigh
ing not over 100 POUNDS. he IS amply
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in Mclean coun
~. his. where his
father opened a
farm. Here liv
ing in a log cabin
young fiier spent
four years. Then
upon the opening
Of the war be went
TO Bloomington to
enlist in ;he Union
rmy. The Thir-
= third Illinois
golunte in
which he was en-
rolled. was one of
the best in the
nrvira In This
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Alison JENNEs sTacCrER.
He il Mentioned Tor tho Presidential
Nomination by tho Labor PARTY.

lie IL Mentioned Tor the Presidential
Nomination by the Labor Party.
The convention Of delegates from the
Union Labor party for the nomination of
president and vice president OF the putol
States viii be held az Cincinnati on tho
lllhof May One Of the candidate. whose
name viii como before tho convention "a
that Of Alison Jcnncs Strcctcr Nr Sraotor
was born In Rensselaer, county y ! In
1923 though the family came from Mas-a
chusetts Young Streotcr began Ula en
his fathers farm in Al.crny county to
which the elder Strccter removed when
the boy was , years OH The father .ied
I'm 1850 and the SON was Obliged t1 mako
his own way Hearing of kn.> college,.
then just opened 80 Galc- burg H.,
whore there was q labor department en
aiding young men 20 "wort out au etu
cation he concluded 90 eo there Upon
his arrival he found tho working depart
ment was not IN running order Doe know
bow 10 make shingles so he bought trees
and cut them down ard into blocks
on Saturdays and had them hauled to
town In this way be- earned mean, to
attend Knox college for throo year.
In 1910 be- went overland to California
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Nearing His Destination.

passenger-Conductor, how far are we
from Kansas City?
Conductor-Wer there now, sir; just
PASSED Eight Hundred and Fiftieth street.
Passenger-How soon will we get to
the statiOnt
Conductor-Its about az hours ride
New York Sun.
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member CT the Hi
nOiS state senate
He is described as
IS feet in height,
spare in flesh, of a
by. rath er
dark complexion,
keen black eyes.
with a heavy head
of coarse black
hair. now begin
ming to be tinged
with gray His
carriage is erect
lis n oveme nts
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AMENS IN A THEATRE.
A GREAT METHODIST MASS MEET
ING IN NEW YORK.
IL Was Held In tho Metropolitan Opera
House and Was Most Impressive in its
Taken on the Spot.

Methodist mass meeting" writes a New
York correspondent of this paper. lis 3
rather novel phrase. conveying sugges-
ton Of politics; but the particular mass
meeting held in tho Metropolitan Opera
house. New York city. on the afternoon
of Sunday May 6. was all that the phrase
implies. II was 'massed meeting. for
the auditorium Tor as actors would call it.
the proscenium) was literally packed and
all the five circles were filed. even To the
lofty gallery Not less than $500 people
were present. and yet the powerful voice
of Bishop Fowler, suffering from hoarse.
ness though he was. was heard in every
corner Of the immense room. Part Of his
success, of course, was due to the splendid
acoustic properties Of the building.
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supplied with en-
ergy. and Is a
tireless worker at
anything he un
iertakes He has
been a member of
the knights of
Pythias sin c g
1869. and hisname
is a household
word among the
members OF that
order The Doug
lass lodge. No 81.
which he organ
lied and which
l... IL. ,,,,, =.
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4 NcW RailrOad PRECEDENT.

Roswell Miller has been called to the
presidency of the milwaukee, and st. Paul
railroad, made vacant by the death Of
Alexander Mitchell Mr.. Miller was
born in Pennsylvania forty years ago. He
WAS at ono time superintendent of tho
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" a. AT WV ttiAN
Cairo and Vim
cennes railroad.
In 1882 he was
second vice presi
dent and treas
urer Of the West
ern Indiana Rail
road In april,
1888. he was made
assistant manager
of the Milwaukee
and st. Paul. and
two years later
b ecam Q general
N an ager. His
salary as presi-
dent will be S25. .
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with AN oN team
returning two
years later %
Ga'esburg but IN
1853 boz drove a
herdofyoungcat
tle from Gales
burg toCaliiornia
for market. Tho
next ycar he
bought another
drove. and went
through with
them making q
... ..t IsI
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In the Madding Crow Il

"Garrinecr. my watch has storrec' =
yours goingy m Mt
Going Bromley? rs gone! --l F' '''
Free Press
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DR. n. S. sr0RRs.
4 Minister Appointed Member % q Park
Commission.

Rev Il 5 Storrs, who WAS appointed
10 iii q vacancy in the Brooklyn Board oi
Park commissioners, Is ono Of the leading
ministers IN tho Congregational churh.
though now Lc Is one II the oldest. lie
is a largo. loril. handsome MAN. wsta a
very musical voice. which adds grca'I o.
tAo caurm of his delivery boo tho pulpit or
on thc rostrum. HIS church b. the Church
Of the Pilgrims Here be breaches every
Sunday ID an intelligent aud p.lned ron.
eregation. whom Doc holds By his cholar
shin his experience and iis caucstlesa.
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600 Mr. Miller is Of medium height. and
with dark hair and eyes. He has frank,
honest, business like way with him, and
always goes straight at any question with
which he has to deal He will doubtless
make one Of the most popular and Efficient
railroad presidents in the country.