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TEACHING POINTS.

a. V. "a. 1t was virtually witchcraft that was
charged against Jesus. He was, by the lawyers,
charged with being sold devotee of the Philistine
Beelzebub, traitor to Israel.-The scribes, who
had made such an ignominious failure of their en-
deavor to convict Jesus OF Sabbath-breaking, now
hoped by this more fearful accusation, which ap-
pealed SO powerfully to the superstition of the peo-
pie, to bring Jesus to speedy ruin.
o. " $3.50. The characterization of the
crime of the scribes as blasphemy against the Holy
Spirit perfdy toward the Voice within,-was
not in its nature a statement of finalities.-Such
a conscious sin against light, such wilful darken-
ing of the heart is not in the nature of things easily
forgiven. No lenient word is spoken toward this
sin in the Mosaic Law. There is no grace for this
sin in formulated Christian law. There can be no
waving of its natural penalty in the invisible realm
1t is unforgivable, that is, inexcusable.-Yet out
of precisely that sinful state, Paul was rescued.
Out of lapse into that state of sin Peter was de-
livered.--Punishment in the nature of things,
cannot be endless and be moral.-Every evil car
ries in itself the seeds of its own destructon-To
sin against light, to disregard the Inner Voice, to
suffer dumbague to envelop the moral faculties,
to become spiritually dead in trespasses in sins,
this, in all ages, is the descent into the sinful
state Jesus condemned in the scrbes.
49, V. 31-35. No tenderer hearted son toward
his mother ever lived than Jesus. No brother ever
lived who more tenderly esteemed his brothers and
his sisters. Yet above mother, and brothers, and
sisters, above his home when earthly homelessness
was the alternative, he esteemed his msson.-Un-
der the universal law of sacrifice he gave himself
for the cause of man that is for us.
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rescue him from his predicament. They
have come to take him back to his old
home.
The dense throng outside the house him
ders the progress of the approaching rela-
tives. Word is sent to Jesus within, as he is
surrounded with many who believe in him,
Behold, thy mother andny brethren gVitA-
out seek for thee. Jesus at once interprets
the situation. 1t means that his old home
circle invites him once more. His rela-
tives, who have not understood him as
reformer, but who love him as kinsman,
now seek to befriend him. The attractions
of his peaceful Nazareth-home rise before
his weary heart.
But Jesus renews his heroic life-choice,
by exalting the spiritual bond above the
dearest home-bond, which was as dear
to him as to any human soul. He looks
on his Twelve and, on the other like.minded
believers, and says, Behold my mother
and my brethren.
He will henceforth find his only earthly
home in doing his Fathers will.
His worldwide family is to be composed
of those who share the Spirit with him.
For qOjosoeVer shall do tie aViX Of God,
tile same is my 6rokzer, and my sister,
and mother.
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manifest and manifold. In our eight
churches there are laymen enough to
make it grand success. And l believe
most useful church agency only needs
Inauguration to carry itself with ease
and dignity.
And finally, we need a quarterly con-
ference of the Chicago churches. The
Sunday School Association does not fill
the bill. That addresses only limited
portion of our people. The Fox River
Association has elements Of strength. -
but not the local pride. These eight
churches ought to come together largely
three or four times year, to take coun-
sci of one another about our great Chi
cago church, to seek common inspira-
ton at the altar of our great faith, and
to push forward our common work.
There are many indications that in the
increasing complexities of modern life
church work in the great cities will grow
increasingly difficult. People are looking
for bargain counters in the churches as
we'll as in the stores. Great numbers of
excellent people, intelligent. refined
thoughtful, with fine manners and good
clothes, are passing in continuous
stream through the churches,-h to
day, there tomorrow. somewhere else the
next day.
The old time church largely ran ITSELF
Like an eight-day clock it only needed
to be wound up Sunday mornings. The
church to-day must be wound up every
day.
1t must be kept going.
All the enthusiasms of youth and the
VISIONS of age must be enlisted in it's
behalf.
Its mission is to put the divine into
the passing life of man, to teach us our
divine relations, and make us sensible of
the practical duties of life. The Uni
versalist church of Chicago has largely
done this work.
1t can do much more.
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GENERAL CONVENTION
Receipts For october, 1894.
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

Upper Sandusky, o.. So; Ireland, Ind S1.5O;
Swedish. Minneapolis, So; Pawtucket. r. l.,
$l2o; Haverhill, Mass $40; End Rochester, N
Y, $751; Boone, Ia, IS; Whtesville. N. Y. So;
Webster. N Y, 81; Roxbury, Mass, $25;
Hoopeston. ILL.,, $40; Danyers, Mass. SIS; Oak
Park, ILL.,, SIS; Henderson Grove, ILL.,, $3.50;
Buffalo. N. Y, 500; Oswego. N. Y, $5; juno
ton City. Kan, $40; Leroy ILL.,. SIP; "Balou"
Providence, r. l.. So; 9Th Brooklyn, 81 Calais,
Me-. $40; Hopbottom Pa. So; Mansfield Mass,
81; Manchester, Mich. 50; So. Weymouth. Mass,
S24; Maiden, Sl2; 1st Lynn. $50; Oneonta, N.
Y, SIS; Baltimore. Nd, SO; Linesville, Pa.
$40; Dunstable, Mass So; Woonsocket. r. L.,
$50; Franklin, Mass, SSs.11. Total SCOOPS.
Special Contributions.
Calais Me-. 50.
Missionary Boxes.
New Hampshire Convention, S2.ss.
Sunday School Mission.
Seneca, Kan, 81; Oh. Messiah Philadelphia,
$3.50; Newtonvllle, So, Shawmut, So; East
Eddington, Me-, S105; 'Ballon, Providence,
SOc GAINESVILLE, Mass, 81; Muncie, Ind, 50.
Total $l9.35.
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No1.-s2o; So; $40; 50; So; S.; ST. 80; $40; 50;
$40; 81; s2 81; SIS; ST. 81; 81; ST. $40; 81; 81; 81;
sl5s.s5; 80; 50; So ST. ST. IS; soc; $40; SIS; So;
s.; So; So; SAG so; So; 81 SO; 81 81; s1O-s5O6-
So No 2. 81; 50; SOS; s5 81; So; SO; 50; s.; $40;
50; s25; 50; s25; ST. so; so; IS; S.; 81; $50; SO;
IS; So; &c. so; 50; 81; So; 50; 50; SAC; 50; $40;
s.; So; So; 81; ST. 81 49, $40; 80; 81 so; S31; 81
81; 80; 50; 8; So; S1O-S416 so. No. 4. $3.50; 3d.
$780, $3.50, 81; s41 so; $50 IS; 50, 81; Soc ss1,
GO; $3.50; S2.-S999. 95. Total, 81 .322. so.
Foreign Missions.
Oakland, Cal. IS; 1st Chicago. ILL.,, SIS; Au-
burn, Me-, IS; Shawmut. Boston, S1O West
Haverhill. Mass. ST. Mt. Washington. $3.50; list
Lowell, 81; Pawtucket, r. l., So 2nd Proyi
dence, S1.-S59.5O.
For Shizuoka School.
Alo. Perrie. 50; Mrs. E. L. Spring. S12; Dr.
Katherine Miller. So; Mrs. II. M. C. schoepf
Sis 1870. Total $3.50.
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Ministerial Relief Eund.

New Hampshire, Convention, s1I;,- Illinois
Convention, S17.4; New England Conference,
si619; Second District Conference, s15 so. To-
til S6OO3.
Theological Scholarship Fund.
N. Y, s.; Mass. $500; Mass. $40. Total 1915.
Norfolk Church Building.
Palmer Mass, s. s., $40; Rev. T. Polk, So;
Danvers. Y. p. S. C. E.. $40; Rev. II. w. Rugg,
d. ID. S25. Total, $50.
Other Funds.
ct" Fund, $780,
Interest.
1856; 500; 500; s66.5o; $685. $780, .s75; $50;
S150.7s; SG2.50. Total. 81 2G4.7s.
In ALL one month, "a, 215.57.
G. DEMAREsT. Secretary
MANCHESTER, N. II.
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INTRODUCTION.
MARK 5: 22-35.

Among the saddest memories connect
ed with our Christian ministry we reckon
the memory of two persons with whom we
were acquainted, who believed, and to the
last persisted in believing, that they had
committed ''the objectionable SIM" One,
a young man, ended his mortal life by his
own hand the other, mature woman,
mother of children needing her guidance,
worried herself into an asylum, thence into
a premature grave. These persons we
knew by personal association many like
them we have known by less direct evil
dence. The imagined offence of the young
man, which he believed to be beyond for
giveness, was his uniting with the chulc CHI
in childhood without having been the sub
ject of a miraculous conversion; the i'm
agined offence of the other, the mature
woman, was slightly questionable ejacu-
lation on jamming her fingers while shut
ting drawer. Both these persons were
nevertheless regarded by their most init
mate friends as utterly guileless and excep-
tionally nnocent.-HOw came these,
and how come many such as these, to be-
ceivably horrible doom? "They have
constitutional tendency to hallucination or
mania" say the preachers whose preaching
of the Divine hatred has been the occasion
of their mental ruin. Perhaps, in degree.
Yet it is not to be denied that the merci-
less doctrines they have heard preached
have aggravated, rather than corrected,
their inherited wrong tendencies. They
believed the inhuman doctrines they have
heard their pastors preach. Their hon.
esty, their consciousness, their devo-
ton, under direction of the doctrines
labeled Orthodox" at least contributed to
their earthly ruin. 1t would be a frightful
testimony against obsolescent so-called
Orthodoxy" to fairly estimate how many
souls its terrors have ruined.-TO learn
therefore what the Masters teaching
really is, from which ruinous differences
have been drawn, must be an upward step
in intelligent faith.
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NOTES FROM OUR HE1GHBoRs.
CLAFLIN.
From the Leader

From the Leader.
Frank Roesler is on the sick list.
Too much swimming
John Barths' little girl cut her wrist
quite seriously last week.
If the Great Bend News man does
not quit calling US the "Banner" we
will GO over there and s'pi'' form for
him one of these days.
The carpenter work on Traylor's S
house In Cleveland township is almost
completed and the plastering will soon
begin. The residence is a fine two story
one, 2S by 28.
An eastern man has figured it out
that 10 per cent. of failures in business
circles are of firms which do not adver-
tise. Here is food for thought for
every business man.
The immediate vicinity of Claflin has
been better favored with rains than any
other part of the county. Almost every
shower of Importance has contributed
heavily to this neighborhood. That is
why corn and rough feed is in better
shape around here than elsewhere.
Max Schlessinger, sixteen year old
boy living with his parents, short dis
tance northwest of town, met with a
serious accident last week. He was
trying to decap a shell, when it exploded
the charge striking him in the leg
between the hip and Il e knee. DR..
Campbell dressed the wound and fiished
out SIS No. I shot. AS inflammation has
not set in, there is at this writing every
indication that the young man will
speedily recover.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-30
ELLINwOOD.

From the Advocate.
c. c. Christianson had his foot caught
in a horse power and had it badly
bruised up one day last week.
Fred Hare was thrown from a horse
into wire fence and one of his legs
was badly lacerated by the wires.
Word was received here last week
that Mrs. VIM. Scott had died at Troy,
Ohio, where she and her husband were
visiting.
Mrs. Peterson, who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. H. J. Roetzel, left with
her children for their home in Okla
homa, last week.
Steve Sanko who is going with a
threshing machine on the south side,
had the misfortune to get one of his
hands hurt Sunday evening.
H. A. Smihausen left Monday for
Wichita, where he will visit for a few
days, after which he will return to this
city with his wife, and will teach the
Catholic school again this winter.
DIED-On last Saturday evening at
7:3o o'clock. of typhoid fever, Mrs.
Adam TrItch, age II years. The
funeral took place on Monday at pm.
in the Lutheran church, and the
remains deposited in their last earthly
abode in the city cemetery in the pres
enc of host of sympathetic friends.
Frank Krieger's home was saddened
by the death of his little seven months
old baby, which died at I o'clock Mon
day evening. The body of the little
one was laid to rest III the Elliuwood
cemetery Tuesday afternoon. The
parents have the sympathy of their
many friends in their sad bereavment.
P. B. Kimpler showed US a peculiarly
arranged dipper with a long handle
which somebody had been using to steal
wheat from their elevator. He does
not know how long the stealing has been
going on, or how much has been stolen.
1t was a rather clever scheme, and the
fellow must have been frightened away
suddenly, otherwise he would not have
left the instrument that gave his little
job away.
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NUMBER %.

struction. Jack Pilkington will super
intend the work.
w. H. Davenport, general manager
OF our creamery, was down from Eads,
Colorado, Friday. He went over to the
Bend Saturday to look up the prospect
of putting in skimming station over
there.
The Great Bend city council has
passed an ordinance forbidding the use
of water from $3.50 in the evening until
O'Clock In the morning. This is sup.
posed to be in the interest of the many
joints over there.
A patch of ground sitxy feet square,
if properly irrigated, will raise enough
vegetables for an ordinary family. If
you doubt this statement go around and
see Rev. Stewards garden patch. 1t
Will pay you to see it anyway.
Herman Peugh met with serious
accident yesterday morning. He was
cutting corn with his father and brother
and left them TO drive some horses out
of the field. One of the horses kicked
him in the face, breaking his nose aud
lnJurlng his eyes somewhat.
Someone has remarked that the rea-
son we are not having more rain this
summer IS on account of the contro-
versy of the churches-the elements
not knowing whose advise to take.
Some argue in favor of sprinkling and
others immersing. When this question
is settled permanently the weather clerk
will have basis upon which to figure.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-30
HOISINGTON.
From the Dispatch.

rom the DlSpaIcn.
Good times are coming. Don't get
discouraged but SOW more wheat.
Cutting corn and putting up hay is
the order of the day with farmers.
]. E. McQuillen had foot badly cut
one day last week by a sled corn cutter.
A. P. Greene and family expect to
go down TO the Strip in short time to
spend the winter.
The shortage in the corn crop this
year is greater than the entire wheat
crop of the country.
Every farmer should have an irriga-
ton plant with a capacity of at least an
acre so he would have a good garden
to fall'back on in dry years.
The EImdale Sunday school will give
a picnic at the Henry Baker grove on
Saturday, September Ist. Everybody
invited to come and have a good time.
Justice Kniseley has the contract fo1
the carpenter work on Joe Boiselfs fine
stone residence now in course of con-
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I He S6IeCOIOu OF q HoW C0iI UI fII {
mittee resulted as follows:

Leaving the following townships I'M
represented: Albion, Buffalo, Cleve-
land. Cheyenne, Great Bend, South
Bend, Union, Wheatland and Wash
burn. Moved that in these townships,
the central committee select the COM
mltteemar; seconded and carried.
Moved that all nominations be made
by informal ballot; motion received a
second and prevailed. Motion made,
seconded and carried, that the dele
gates present be allowed to cast the
full vote of the delegation.
Informal ballot for county attorney
resulted as follows: Total number of
votes cast 1I5, Jas. w. Clarke Il, VIM.
Osmond A. 1st formal ballot: Total
vote 107, Clarke 81; Osmond 43. Clarke
was declared the nominee, and on mo
tion of Mr. Wilkinson, properly sec
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-30
ALBERT,

From Johnny So So.'
R. ]. Carter visited in Kinsfev over
Sunday.
H. Nordman was a Bend visitor last
Saturday.
Ed Bel6eld is seriously i'll with
typhoid fever.
]. Teten visited Hutchinson on
Thursday of last week.
Whooping cough has got ''holt" in
our town; but the afflicted are all doing
we'll.
l don't think it is proper for any one
to strike a match to see who is passing
them in the dark.
H. Gallon says this town is so lone
some he will have to go to Great Bend
to spend his Sundays.
number of people will be taken
into full membership at the German M.
f. church neyt Sunday.
You may talk about your high rolling
prairies and sweet smelling flowers, but
''Smokum" takes the cake.
Will admit that Charley Haas has
made one of the best mashes; but the
question is: Will anyone interfere?
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Saving on Sugar,

Under the sugar schedule incorpo-
rated in the new bill the protection Co
the Sugar Refiners' association, known
as the Sugar trust, has been reduced
75 per cent. Last year under the Nc
Kinley law the profit of the sugar refin-
ers was S27, 100000 Raw sugar came
in free,but the sugar growers were paid
bounty of 2 cents pound, amounting
last year to S15, 900, 900, all of which
came directly from the pockets OF the
people. The new schedule places an
ad valorem duty of 40 per cent on raw
sugars, with Is of cent on the refined
and 1-10 of a cent added from countries
paying an export bounty. Under the
new schedule the protection to the re-
finers is 1-5 of cent per pound. Esti-
mated on basis of last years business
the trust would have made about So
600, 900 if the new schedule had been
in effect, as against the S27 ZOO, 900
made under the Mckinley law.
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onded, the nomination was made
unanimous.
Informal ballot for probate Judge:
Total vote S7, as follows: Isaac Mar
kel 8. J. Fl. Bement A, A. 81. Baker
20, F. G.. Strothman s, A. a. German
1, G. Toepke8, w. Gagelman 4, d. B.
Palmer 4. Baker. Strothman and
Toepke withdrew. Motion made, sec
onded and carried, the rules be sns-
pended and John Bement be made the
unanimous nominee of this convention
for probate judge.
Informal ballot for clerk of the dis
trict court: Total vote 112: w. 2.
FEEDER Is, S. H. HedEick 6, Joe WEIGH
18, John A. Barth 20, VIM. Steckel A.
FEEDER, Welch and Barth positively de-
clined to be candidates before the con-
vention. and the rules were on motion
suspended and Mr.. Steckel unani-
mously declared the nominee.
Informal ballot for county superin-
tendent: Total vote l12, w. B. Lucas
lO3, G. O. Bullock 9. Rules we're on
motion suspended, and Mr.. Lucas
unanimously declared the nominee.
Motion made by Mr.. Roetzel, Sec
onded by Mr.. Strothman, that we make
no nomination for representative. Mo-
ton withdrawn. Moved by Roetzel
that the rules De suspended, and the
power given to the central committee
to make a nomination. seconded and
carried Roll call demanded; total
vote 116, for 56, against so; verifcation
demanded: total vote 1O1, for 694,
against 81. Carried.
Convention proper then adjourned.
w. P. FEEDER, Sec.
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NOTES.

There was no "half vote" man
in the convention.
Will Feder made a dandy secre
tary, and with Jesse Rasor to keep
accurate tally there was no delay in the
announcing of votes.
Mr.. RoetZel got 1.-The grass in the
snake;" but made the snake squirm, all
the same. It was red-hot wire grass in
the bowels of the A. P. A.
ID. G. Luse as chairman managed
the business of the convention as con
scientiously as though he was judging
the points in coursing race.
There was no ''hilarity'' exhibited
by the republican on-lookers-it was
a serious matter to them. 1t meant
defeat to most of their candidates.
There were a few delegates in the
convention who, as usual, had chip
on each shoulder and searched dill
gently for some one to knock 'em off.
The best thing for the Independent
township delegates to do to heal up
differences, is for each faction to go to
work now and Loyalty support the ticket
nominated. And we believe they will.
The few townships which did not
send delegates made sad mistakes.
They can get themselves right with the
democracy by giving the county and
state tickets good rOuSiap majCrities
There were two or three populists.
and as many republicans, who made
themselves too familiar with the dele
gates. They will find out after a while
that the convention was democratic
pure and unadulterated.
The Mr.. Speck Mr.. Armstrong was
thinking about was not the Speck the
convention was talking about, and the
Speck Mr.. Armstrong wanted to talk
about (but didn'tl was not the Speck
the convention was thinking about
1 'spect somebody made fools of them
selves.
The resolutions are the bravest anc
the most pronounced set of resolution:
ever adopted by the Barton county
democracy Read them carefully, and
stand by them and the party they
stand for, and you will be doing your
share towards setting things right il
this land of the joint and home of The
suffragist.
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DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION

Convention called to order by Fred
Zutavern, chairman of the county cen
tral committee. Call read by the Sec
retary, w. Z. Stoke. Moved by Mr..
Roetzel that Mr.. Zutavern be selected
as temporary chairman: motion car
ried. Moved by Mr.. Wilkinson that
W. 2. FEEDER be elected secretary; mo-
by MIR. StrOthman that the chairman
be empowered to appoint committee
on credentials, one on resolutions, one
on permanent organization, and one on
order of business, to consist of five
members for each committee. Motion
received a second, and was carried
The chair then appointed the following
committees:
ON CREDENTIALS.
w. D. Wilkinson, of Lakin township. p H
Willis, OF Pawnee Rock township; Jacob Thule, OF
Comanehe township Peter Braek, OF Walnut town
ON RESOLUTIONS.
F. G. Strothman, First Ward, Great Bend; VIM.
Gaselman, Clarence township; G. Piller. Logan
township; V. s. Musil, Lakln township; J. stos-
kopf, Beaver township.
ON OhOEb Of bOSlNE EDS
J. Rasor, First Ward. Great Bend; c. Q. Bullock.
Lakin township; b. Hofstaeter Liberty township;
). Trester, Eureka township; j. w. Mexican,
Fourth Ward, Great Bend.
ON PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
w. E. Stoke, Third Ward. Great Bend; joe
Sprinkler, LaHin township; John Bement, Clarence
township; Fat Boughan, First Ward Great Bend;
r. p. Nichols, Pawnee Rock township.
Moved by Mr.. Roetzel that we take a
recess until O'Clock; carried and re-
cess taken.
Convention called to order at 2:35 by
chairman. Nh Wilkinson, for COM
mittee on credentials, submitted report.
Chairman OF commiJtee read the list of
delegates. On motion of Mr. Sprinkler,
seconded 10y Mr. RoetZel, the reading
of the list of alternates was dispensed
with. Report as read was adopted and
committee discharged.
Motion made that ii there were any
democrats here from townships that
were not represented by delegation
such democrats be allowed to cast the
vote of that delegation; motion re-
ceived a second and prevailed. Mr
Baker moved that the names of those
who were entitled to a vote under this
motion sbe called; motion was lost fol
want of a second.
Committee on permanent OrganlZa
tion reported, for chairman, ID: =
Luse; for secretary, w. P. FEEDER: TO
assistant secretary, j. Rasor. Repor
adopted and committee discharged
Mr.. Luse was introduced and thanked
the convention.
Committee on order of business re
ported, and after a slight alteration
report was adopted and committee dis
charged.
Committee On resolutions reporte'
the following:
RESOLUTIONS.
We. the Democrats of Barton count
in convention assembled, hereby reneV
our devotion to the principles and pol
icies of popular government as exem
pified by the record of the DemOcrati
narty In the days of Jefferson an
Jackson.
We endorse the Democratic natlona
niatform of 1892, and believe that
the principles therein set forth wer
enacted into law. it would result in tn
greatest prosperity to the America
neonle wee therefore heartily com