Evening journal., 1893-02-27


Big Literary society-Three Old Resi-
dents Die within Forty Hours-Consul
william B. Berbert's Return.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal
NEW CASTLE, Feb. 27-Rev. L. L.
Barrett. presiding elder of this Whining
ton Conference district, preached stir
ring sermon In the NJ E. Church last
night. His subject was: "Son, remem-
Der that thou, in thy lifetime, receivedst
thy good things, and Lazarus evil things;
but now he is comforted, and thou art
tormented." The predatory remarks Of
his sermon were on character-building
His lesson from the lines Of the text were
as follows:
The parable Of the rich man who Jared
sumptuously every day while the poor
man, Lazarus, lay sick and sore at his
gate, eating the crumbs that fell from
his table, is an example. Now, these
two men, in this parable, were both
character builders. The rich man was
engaged, especially, in this important
work; the rich man has opportunities
that the poor man does not have This
rich man builded character, but what
kind Of character did he buildl Why,
he neglected his opportunities to lift up
fallen man, the opportunities that God
had placed before him Afterward we
have it, he lifted up his eyes in hell,
being in torment. There is but one
place for man who builds a selfish
character to 60. and he went there
When on earth he should have taken In
the sick and suffering beggar, assigned
him to an apartment in his house, sent
.Ir fato huN rtI, ufUio
have bound up the wounds of poor
Lazarus. There was the opportunity for
doing good the neglect to use this
opportunity was his condemnation.
''Now l do not suppose that there Is
anybody here but would say that this
rich man did not do right that he was
an inhumanly- selfish somebody and
ought to have been condemned. Well,
now, my brother, do not be too quick to
condemn him. Let's look at ourselves a
moment Have we used all the oppor.
tunities that God has placed before us
during the past yearY No. Don't you
know, my brother, that you have worked
In the mill or on the farm alongside Of
somebody that was unsaved. somebody
that did not know Christ Did you point
him TO the Lamb of God that taketh
away the sin Of the worldg
Let me ask the unsaved portion of
this congregation, you condemn this
rich man, don't your Did you use the
opportunity that God put before you
this year. Do you know that while you
sat in this church hearing the appeals
from Gods servant and feeling that
yearning desire in your heart to fling
away sin and become a Christian, there
was an opportunity for you just as the
one before the rich mans door in the
form Of the beggar Lazarus"
Trustee Morrison and Trustee wise.
Robert r. Morrison and James NJ
Wise. Jr., two estimahle and eminently
competent citizens and ee.holders
were elected, on Saturday, trustees Of
the New Castle Common to succeed John
White, deceased, and George A. Max
well, resigned. Under the supervision
Of the three new judges, the election was
conducted IN a thoroughly business like
manner and the work Of the election
officers has been highly complimented.
For some time the people have been lax In
their attention to the common elections,
but yesterday they rallied and 547 free
holders and renters voted
When the count was finished in the
evening it was found that twelve double
tickets had been folded, although the
votes Of bona fide freeholders and renters
had been taken. These twelve double
tickets were carefully laid aside and.
after a short conference of the three
judges were torn into shreds. Judge
Rodney announced to the crowd assem-
bled to hear the result that twelve men
had thrown their votes away by trying
TO perpetrate frand
The vote was as follows:
Robert r.. Morrison 2ss
James NJ. Wise, ,Jr ....... ...... ost
Alexander McCauChan .,. 49,. 2 4
Henry holschumaker-........ 1876
In the scattering list were two votes
for William Newlove and one each for
John A. Walls, Harry Rogers, Charles
Hofmann and Julian ID. Janvier.