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SIDE-LIGHTS.

The Divine Meaning of the Cross
Careless seems the great Avenger; history's
pages but record
One death grapple in the darkness twixt old
systems and the Word;
Truth forever on the scaffoid. Wrong forever on
the throne,
Yet the scaffold sways the future, and behind
the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow, keeping
watch above his own. LOWELL.
Bearing His Cross.-He was nearly dead.
Every few steps he staggered, as if he would fall
A stained gown, badly torn. hung from his
shoulders over seamless under tunic. His bare
feet left red splotches upon the stones. An in
scription on board was tied to his neck. A
crown of thorns had been crushed hard down
upon his head. making cruel wounds, from which
streams of blood, now dry and Dlackened, had
run over his face and neck. The long hair,
tangled in the thorns. was clotted and thick.
The skin. where it could be seen, was CHASTITY
white. His hands were tied before him. Back
somewhere In the city he had fallen exhausted,
under the beams of his cross, which, as a con-
demned person. custom required him to bear to
the place of execution; now a countryman
carried the burden in his stead. Four soldiers
went with him as guard against the mob, who
sometimes, nevertheless, broke through and
struck him with sticks and spit upon him. Yet
no sound escaped him, neither remonstrance
nor groan.-LEw WALLACE, IN BEN HUR.
What Jesus Endured for INSTRUMENTATION
was an unspeakably horrible death. AS Cicero,
who was well acquainted with 1t, says, 1t was
the most cruel and shameful of all punishments.
Let 1t never" he adds, "come near the body of
Roman citizen; nay. not even near his
thoughts. or eyes. or ears" 1t was reserved for
slaves and revoutlonaries whose end was meant
to be marked with special nfamy. Nothing
could be more unnatural and revolving than to
suspend living man in such position The
idea of 1t seems to have been suggested by the
practice of mailing up vermin in a kind of re-
vengeful merIiment on some exposed place
Had the end come with the first strokes In the
wounds, 1t would still have been an awful
death. But the victim usually fingered two or
three days. with the burning pain of the nails in
his hands and feet, the torture of overcharged
veins. and, worst of all, his intolerable thirst,
constantly increasing. 1t twas impossible to help
moving the body, yet every movement brought
new and excruciating ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
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CHAP 3.
a Dan. 3, ~
Lu. "a
) Ki. 4, so
lSa. II, 10
: Lu. 2, n
4 Mum. "a, n
lisa. 50, 3
? Ps. 2,
Chr. 81. "a
2 Nal al
l Mic S, 2
John I. ~
! Rev. 2, q
| Or,Jeed.
lisa. 10, II
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CHAPTER l.


The 6sneaiooy of Jesus Christ: IS Mdrys
uliracIious Conception; Jesus is born: 81 %
his names
TIME book of the ageneration of jesus
i Christ, bthe son of David, the cson
of abraham.
Q Abraham begat isaac; and isaac be-
gat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and
his brethren;
Than and dPha'res begat Es'rom !;
and Es'rom begat A'ram;
4 And Aram begat Amin a-dab and
Amin 'a-dab begat Na-as son and Ma
as'son begat Salmon;
5 And Salmon begat B0 OF ! of Ra' chab;
and Bo6z begat O'bed of Ruth; and
O'bed begat Jesse;
6 And 0Jesise begat David the king ;
and David hthe king begat 0lo-mon of
her that had been the sgUe of U-ri'as;
z And Solomon begat Ro-bo' am and
Ro-bo am begat A-bIa; and Abb a begat
Asa
s And Asa begat Jos'a-phat; and JOS
a-phat begat Joram; and Jo'ram begat
OH as;
o And 0-zras begat J6'a-tham; and
Jo'a-tham begat Achaz, and Achaz be-
gat Ez-e-ki'as;
10 And jEz-e-ki'as begat Ma-nasse
and Ma-nasses begat mon; and Anon
begat Jo-si' as;
II And iJo-si'as begat Jech-o-nlas and
his brethren, about the time they were
carried kaway TO Bah 'y-lon.
10 And after they were brought to
Babylon, Jech-o-ni as begat Sa-la thi eel /;
and Sa-la 'thi-el begat lZo-rob' abel;
IS And Zo-rob' bel begat A-bi'u nd /; and
A-bi'ud begat E-li'a-kim; and E-li'a-kim
begat 4 z3r,
IA And A'z6r begat Sad6c and Sa'd6c
begat A'chim and A chin begat Eli nd !;
Is And E-h'ud begat Flea Ear; and
Ele-a'za begat Nathan; and Mat than
begat Jacob;
Is And jacob begat Joseph the hus-
band of Mary, of whom was born Jesus,
mwho is called Christ.
II So all the generations from A'bra-
ham I'd David are fourteen genera
tons and from David until the carry
ing away into b'y-lon are fourteen
generations; and from the carrying
away into Bah y-lon unto Christ are four
teen generations.
IS Z Now the birth of Jesus Christ
was on this wise: When as his mother
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-06-06
Birds That Perch on Billows.

Sir Edwin Arnold, in an account Of
his voyage to America, which appears
in the London Daily Telegraph, says:
Every day we see playing round the
ship and skimming up and down the
wave hollows companies of lovely little
terms and sea swallows. the latter no
larger than thrushes. These fearless
people of the waste have not by any
means followed us from the land, living,
as gulls often will, on the waste thrown
from the vessel
"They are vague and casual roamers
of the ocean, who, spying the great
steamship from afar, have sailed close
up, to see if we are rock or an island,
and will then skip away again to their
own free and boundless business.
Yonder tiny bird, with purple and green
plumage, his little breast and neck laced
with silver, is distant 1000 miles at this
moment from drop of fresh water, and
yet cares no more for that fact than did
the Irish squire who lived twelve miles
from lemon
IF his wings ever grow weary. it is but
to settle on the bosom of great billow
and suffer it for time to rock and roll
him amid the Kissing spindtrift, the
milky, flying foam and the broken sea-
lace which forms and CLEANS and disap-
pears again upon the dark slopes. When
he pleases. stroke of the small red foot
and beat of the wonderful wing launch
him off from the jagged edge of his
billuw, and he fits past us at 100 knots
an hour, laughing steam and canvas to
scorn, and steering for some nameless
crag in Labrador or Fundy. or bound, it
may be, homeward for some island or
marsh Of the far away Irish coast.
"Marvelously expressive of power as
is our untiring engine, which all day and
night throbs and pants and pulses in
noisy rhythm under the deck, what a
clumsy, imperfect affair it is compared
to the dainty plumes and delicate mus
cles which which will carry that pretty,
fearless sea swallow back to his roost!'
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Here is Something Worthy of Your Attention.
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
SAINT M ATTHEW.

Mary was espoused to Joseph, before
-lthey came together, she was found with
child of the Holy Ghost.
10 Then 10 seph her husband, being a
just man, and not willing to make her a
Ipublick example, was minded to put her
away privily.
20 But while he thought on these things,
behold, the angel of the Lord appeared
,Iunto him in dream, saying, 10 Seph,
thou son of David, fear not to take unto
thee Mary thy wife: for that which is
Isconceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
81 And she shall bring forth son, and
thou shalt call his name aJE'SUS: for he
q shall save his people from their sins.
% Now all this was done, that it mighr
be fulfilled which was spoken of the
Lord by the prophet, saying,
% Behold, "a virgin shall be with child,
and shall bring forth son, and 4they
shall call his name Em-man u-el, which
being interpreted is, God with US.
"a Then Joseph being raised from
sleep did as the angel of the Lord had
% And knew her not till she had
brought forth her firstborn SOD and he
called his name ESUS.
. CHAPTER Q.
gss re io E s2ar' Is S Hs,S S cavs Is ne s s
dreR: 10 CATist brought out Of Egypt
INOW when aJe'sus was born in Beth
lin le-hem of Ju-de'a in the days of
Her cd the king, behold, there came wise
men from the east to Je-ru' salem,
2 Saying, Where is he that is born
King of the Jews9 for we have seen his
d star in the east, and are come to wor-
ship him
j When Her'od the king had heard these
Thugs, he was troubled, and all Je-ru sa-
lem with him
4 And when he had gathered all the
e chief priests and Jscribes of the people
together, o he demanded of them where
Christ should be born.
5 And they said unto him, In Beth'le-hem
of J1-d@'a: for thus it is written by the
prophet,
6 And hthou Beth 'le-hem, in the land of
J1 da, art not the least among the princes
of Jnda: for out of thee shall come
}, Governor, that tshall rule my people
1 Is ra-el
Z Then Herod, when he had privily
called the wise men, enquired of them
diligently what time the star appeared.
3 And he sent them to Beth le-hem, and
lib
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CHAP. /.
a Lu. 3, %
% Ps. 1872, II
lisa. II, !
ch. %, az
Acts 2, 80
Rom. !, 8
c Gal. ., 10
ID Ruth 4, IS
Chr. ass
Is Mum. ~
I(Josh 6, %
Heb. II, 81
% Sam. i6, |
"a Q Sam. i2,2i
Il Chr. 8, 10
u 2Ki. 20, 81
u Some read,
Jsias beQdf
Jakini, and
Jakim begas
Jeek0Hids.
lchr. 8, Is
4 9 HI. IS, II
Jer. q, 20
Jer. 50, u
Dan. Ia
2 Ezra 8, 2
| Hsg. {, I
m Gen. 8, is
Iss. 9, 6
lsa. SO, 2
John 8, "a
Rom. ., s
Tim. 8, 10
n Ghl. -
Heb. 10, s
% Deut. "a, !
'PLu. I, IS
|2 6sgatsn.
g That Is,
Saviour.
2 Gen. 10, 10
Jer. SO, 10
Dan. Q, "a
Acts S, 81
Heb. 7, rs
I John3
Rev. Us
? Iss. ia
4 Or, his nams
shall Be
called.
8 fsa. s.s
! Tim. 8. l6
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-10
THE NEW BIBLE.

There is soon to be published an en-
tirely new version of the Bible. The
translation is to be made direct from
the Hebrew and not from the Greek. In
a recent issue of the New York Journal
Rudolph Block gives lengthy account
OF the whole undertaking.
The first great work to be done was
to restore the Hebrew text. This idea
originated with Professor Paul Haupt,
Professor of Oriental languages and
literature at Johns Hopkins university
To obtain the services of men who were
competent to do this work was
stupendous task and necessitated re-
peated visits by Professor Haupt to the
universities of England. Germany,
Scotland and Ireland as wei as to those
of this country. Finally he succeeded
in getting the aid he wanted Among
them the various books Of the Old Tes-
lament have been assigned for the pur-
pose of having this text made perfect
1t is pleasing to note that American
scholarship is well represented, Ezekiel
having been assigned to Professor c.
H. Toy, of Harvard; Joel, to Francis
Brown. of New York; Micah, to Pro-
lessor ]. F. McCurdy, of Toronto uni
versity; Habakkuk, to w. H. Ward, of
New York; Zephaniah, to Professor =.
T.. Curtis. of Yale; Zechariah, to Pres
ident w. R.. Harper, of Chicago uni
versity; Ruth, to Rev. DR.. C. A. Briggs,
of New York; Lamentations, to M. JOS
trow, jr., Of Philadelphia; Ecclesiastes,
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HERALD PAGES

Shat rule. You will therefore readily
see the inconsistent position into which
your declared policy would thrust me,
and which 1 can only escape by the
step now taken.
In justice to myself I ought to say
that I believe now as firmly as ever in
the non-union of church and state, and
also that the church should not domi-
nate the state, nor interfere with it's
functions But also believe in the
right of the church to make such rules
for the regulation of its ministry as
it may deem necessary for the efficiency
Of its legitimate church work. knowing
that if those rules became intoler-
able they need be submitted
to no longer than said officers will to
submit to them; and if said rules are
so executed as not merely .'to maintain
proper discipline and order in the
church, but TO dominate the affairs
of the state, it will then be the duty
of the citizens-and they will have the
power-to resist such domination, and
it is my belief they will resist it
effectuaEly.
1 wish my responsibility as editor
of The Herald to cease with this is
sue.
In conclusion let me say that my as
ISOLATION with The Herald has been OF
the pleasantest character, both with
the recent management and the pres
ent one. and it is with great regret that
this resignation Is rendered.
With l1indest regards. I have the
honor. to be, most sincerely yours
B. H. ROBERTS.
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GALL ARE TALKING OF UTAH"

In the "old days" we remember a
sometimes sung in certain quarters as
| a sort of half defiance to the unpleas-
ant notoriety with which the territory
of Utah was unblessed for so many
years, the refrain of which was For
all are talking of Utah.
1t is still true, all are talking of
Utah, but in a pleasanter manner today
than in the old days; then the talk was
to Utah's undoing, but now it is to
Utah's upbuilding. 1t was then an
injury, it is now benefit.
For example, what can be better than
the following note respecting Utah's
Importance as a mining state found
in THE Fourth Estate" published iii
New York, under the caption, rs Utah
a Dark Horse?"
After so much advertising of Cripple
Creek and other Colorado gold mines,
which seems to have Influenced eastern
investors much less than was expected
because of general distruSt, Utah quiet
ly steps in with claims which, if true,
may succeed in fastening the postponed
attention of capitalists east of the Mis-
stssippi, and give the plume of tri-
umph' to Utah instead of Colorado
Parties interested in mining proper
ties in Mercur, town in Utah, claim
that the richest gold fields in the world
are in that section. c. F. Hathaway,
a broker in the Manhattan building,
New York. is advertising Mercur gold
lands in eastern dailies, and as one or
more of the Salt Lake dailies have suf-
ficient confidence in the reality of Mer-
ours mineral wealth to boom the
latter Utah may prove a dark horse
in the race for the preference and
favor of eastern people.
1t may be that in the past Utah has
been dark horse ''for the preference
and favor of eastern people," but Utah
is no longer a dark horse. We are
openly and avowedly in the race for
eastern favor, and western and north
ern and southern favor. We are in the
race for the favor of the whole coun-
try, and such are our resources, such
the desira bility of our state as a field
for the investment of capital, such the
opportunities for home making within
our borders that we neither fla tier nor
deceive ourselves when we allow our
selves to be confident of success.
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The car was going through the La
Sale street tunnel when the conductor
began to collect the fares. It was an
open car. and about half way down the
aisle sat a prim. elderly woman. Beside
her was a bright. curly-headed boy,
with a mischievoUs look in his blue eye.
The woman paid her fare. The con-
ductOr hesftated:
said.
What do you mean?" she asked.
Hes over five years Old.
why, 1 guess he is" she said,
turning around and looking at him
The boy laughed.
And he takes uD a seat the same az
bigger folks" the conductor went on.
80 he does" replied the: lady.
Madam, you'll have to pay his fare.'
81 don't see why" Indignantly
Hes your boy and
Sir, do you mean to insult me?"
The small boy could no longer re-
strain himself
Il don't belong to her" he laughed.
giving the conductor his nickel, which
he had held in his hand all the time
Chicago Tribune.
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The following paragraph appears in

The following para graph appears in
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
The rumor that about third of Mis-
souri's siiver-plated delegates to Chi
cago are gold bugs in disguise will give
another chance to the Is to leaders to
say the administration is buying its
Democratic enemies up This is bad for
the silver cause. The cheapest thing in
the market. apparently, is the soc. dol
lar man.
No, the is to 1 leaders will not take
the chance to complain about the adj
ministration buying up it's Democratic
enemies, but if the runlor turns out to
be truth, and one-third of Missouris
silver delegates to Chicago are found
in the supreme crisis to be gold bugs in
disguise, the people when they learn
they have been betrayed will look into
each others faces and make very Sc
rl5us inquiry as to how far down the
road to ruin the republic has gone, and
in the determination to "bout face" and
return to a pure representative gov
trayed them may be hanged as high as
Haaman. 1t is not only serious but
a dangerous thing, this tampering with
the will of the people by corrupting
the agencies through which they ex-
press that will
The bare possibility of such thing
merits a more serious treatment than
the gibe about the cheapness of a so
cent dollar man.
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This is the comment of the Denver
Republican On the execution OF the
wretch Holmes:
H. H. Holmes the most notorious
murderer of modern times, was hanged
according to law in Philadelphia yes
terday. Everybody will be sorry that
the punishment could be melted out to
him only once.
On the contrary, nobody, except, per-
haps, the writer of that paragraph,
will be sorry that the punishment could
be melted out to Holmes only once, and
he, on the sober, second thought, would
not wish it.
No punishment that could be inafct-
ed on the murderous wretch Holmes
could possibly give any qualification to
society that such a man as he terrorizes.
The death penalty is not inflicted to
satisfy amy desire for revenge, but to
effectively get rid of such dangerous
creatures, and to prevent through the
fear of certain death others from fol-
lowing in the same horrible, reckless
career of crime. But bad as Holmes
was, necessary as it was to rid the
earth Of such a monster, everybody,
instead of wishing that he could be
put to death over and over again, will
be glad there could be but one hanging
for him; that the sudden stop at the
end of the rope does not have to be re-
peated.
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Twenty-seven years ago today the
last spike on the first transcontineutal
railroad was driven. It was at the
Promonbory that the ceremony took
place. It was great event in the in
,dustrial progress OF this country, be-
ing but four years after the close of
the greatest civil war the world has
ever seen. Had the Union Pacific and
Central Pacific railroads been honestly
and economically managed they could
have created a sinking fund that would
have gone far to wipe out their in
debtedness. But they were not, and
the consequence is that both are prac-
tically bankrupt today and one is in
the hands of receivers. But their con-
struction and completion was great
achievement
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CALIFORNIA; Republicans, says the
Globe-Democrat Join Utah in declar-
ing for free silver. Possibly Colorado's,
Mortana's, Idaho's and Nevada's will
take the same course. Yet at the out
side the 16 TO 1 men will not muster
more than an eighth or a tenth of the
St Louis convention. They will get
no favors in that gathering, and, of
course, expect none"
That is rather a gloomy prospect for
silver Republicans in the st. Louis
convention. Yet some Republican stump
speakers last fall said, and many Utah
people believed them, that the Republi-
can party was the only political party
that would ever restore silver as a
money metal.
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what will do to my vineyard: will
take away the hedge thereof. and it
shall be eaten up; and break down the
wall thereof and it shall be trodden
down.
s. And 1 will lay it waste; it shall
not be pruned nor digged; but there
shall come up briars and thorns; 1 will
also command the clouds that they rain
no rain upon it.
Z. For the vineyard of the Lord of
Hosts is the House of Israel and the
men of Judah his pleasant plant: and
He looked for Judgment, but behold op-
preston; for righteousness, but behold
cry.
Professor Haupt says it is extremely
unfortunate that the Bible was ever
published in the form in which it ex-
lists today. He further says there is
absolutely no historical or literary
connection between the Old Tesla
ment and the New Testament, but
each consists of books some of which
have no bearing whatever on the
others, and the consequence is that
the New Testament has established in
the popular mind an idea of the Old
Testament that is foreign to it's true
meaning and spirit. Il will give you
an instance said Professor Haupt,
"and very important one at that
which illustrates what I mean. In
the Old Testament we frequently find
the word 'Redeemer' and Savior
Since those words were written the
New Testament has completely
changed their meaning and signifi-
canoe. They have both come to have
a theological meaning. implying a re-
demption and saving that is promised
to mankind in the next world. Now
in the Old Testament they were not
meant to convey any such meaning
To redeem, as it is used there. means
to free or to deliver, and to save
means to liberate or rescue. These
meanings have both been lost, and
the sense of the writer's entirely mis-
understood"
That the new version is going to
have profound influence on the belief
of future generations, can scarcely be
doubted. 1t will be so radically diff
ferent from the King James version
that it will scarcely be recognized by
the mass of Bible readers and believ-
ers. 1t is bound to make an epoch in
Biblical literature and criticism.
Some three books will be published
this year. Their advent will be
awaited with the profoundest inter