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ARE ABOUT EN NERYTHING ;

the outward is emphasized-the husk, the shell. Jesus takes the probing knife and thrusts it straight into the heart, clear in as far as the haft. That is the man, He says; that is the real man. If you are taking account of this mans stock, you are not taking account of the real man. If you are thinking of how much this man is going to leave, you are not thinking of the real man; for do you not know that he will be compelled to leave everything? If you are estimating this man as you know him, as his closest friends know him, as his wife knows him, as he knows himself, there is yet one esti
 mate of him to be considered (and it is the most important, toO), the estimate of God, who judgeth the heart.
 A traveller stands by the giant geyser, the boiling spring, which with it's spurt- ing dashes forth it's sparkling flood hun- dred feet in the air. What beautiful sight! The flaky foam is so white, the dashing spray is so like crystal. "I'n spoil that beauty for a moment," says tLG bEdNGI1SI anu IIC bdhSS SutuC O1dCh mud and throws it against the leaping column of foam but the leaping column filings back the mud with quicker mo- tion than it left the travellers hand, and it's daky foam appears more snow white than before. II think, Says the vile man who loves his vileness, "I'll corrupt that boy with his Sunday school ways he's too good for ;" so.he utters before the boy obscene language and foul oaths II think, ''says some fiend, ''I'll wreck the character of this pure girl, she's too good for me 1T think, ''said willy Satan, ''I'll de- stroy the influence of this One whom I know to be the Christ, He is too pure and sinless for me- But from the rising col umn of purity in these lives the mud of slanderous hate is dashed away, for, like the springs of the. geyser out of the reach of what can harm, untouched, unpollut. ed, the true life is hidden in the heart.
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ycu see the tmphusi, If the whole ser
 mon as plainly as if the words were printed in italics and displayed before your eyes? "As he thiuketh iu his heart
 SO is be" "Out of the abundance of the
 heart the mouth speaketh." ''keep thy
 heart with all di igence, for out of it arc
 the issues of lfc,'' But those thirgS forth from the heart, and they dettlc the man." In the olden time when the enc
 my had broken in at the gates Of city
 or had battered down the walls, they did
 not stop near the gate to plunder but
 made straight for the citadel, which was
 in the heart of the city, and capturfd
 that. The heart is the citadel of our be- ing and should first be taken, as in Rev 0lutionary days Col Ethen Allen took
 the heights of Ticonderoga, "in the name of God Almighty The heart is rhr fountain of word and thought and life,
 and the stream must be pure atits source. | To-day naturalists sometimes remove the brain from certain of the lower animal5
 and examine it, and some of the Iunc-
 tions of life in the animal go on; when they remove the heart, the life-current at once ceases. So with man religious. 1 Iy, anatomicaIIy, the heart is his life.
 i In Jesus words the emphasis is upon ! the hear. not upon the conduct, the
 manner of life. That is generally the
 way; Jesus looks upon one side, the world on the other. The world says the outward is everything; money is about everything. How much, we are contin-
 uaIIy asking, does that man possess 1 We rate men almost solely according to 1 what they nave. That man is a mil 1 lionaire." In fact, we lay so much stress 1 upon this thing that it is hard to dlssOci-
 ate many men from their mOney-bags. i So many dollars and the names of cer-
 tain men seem synonymous; we never speak of one without thinking ot the
 other. Who was Jay Gould? He was a man worth 8 great many millions of dol
 lars, and that is about all we know of him, When he died, his name died and
 the principal question at his death was,
 what disposition did he make of his mon-
 ey? With the world, houses and bonds and farms and estates
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sweetness into his heart. Fanny Crosby, blind Fanny Crosby, whom God has loaned as a precious treasure for little while to this world touches the scaIes of other eyes far more blind than he] own, and 10. the scales drop away, and a light streams into the darkness of the soul. such light AS never shOnc on sea or shore, since it is the light from the Cross. There is a life now below the frozen mould of the earth. 1t is buried there, hidden there; soon it will be struggling upward and bursting the hard shell. So there are lives hidden and buried beneath the hard crust of the worlds sin and shame. They are ob- scureL by impurity, they are covered by wretchedness. They do not love their darkness, they do not love their shane. They desire the pure heart-Iove of few other human beings, nay of one other human being, though not such one as their poor Wretched selves. Believe it, my friends, some impure souls love their impurity, but all do not. There is many Topsy, who was not ito the manor born" but only "growed up some bright morn" in the midst of vile ness, who is longing for some gentle Eva to throw her arms around her neck and say:
 70 TOPsY, WANT YOU TO BE GOOD. ' There is many a poor girl find ing herself, she hardly knows why, in life which dear Charity for bids us describe here, who is yearn- ing for the example of Mrs White more to be repeated again in her case, that she may be reclaimed by love.
 "BIessed are the pure in heart" An! the world knows it, feels it. The pure in heart, the heavenly-minded, the self sacrificing, the lowly, are the world E conQuerors to-day. m that lies the beau ty of the spring time, the purity of it's first rich blooms, the clearness of it's limpid streams released from the bind ing letters of ice and snow, the sweet ness of it's zephyrs, the fragrance of it's flowers. In that lies the beauty of the Christian religion, not it's grand cathe- drals, not it's attending millions, not it's choral p9ans of praise, not it's spreading conquests from sea to sea, but it's hospi- tals that care for the sick all unreward- ed, it's sweet messengers of mercy who go from dark alley to dark alley and from dingy tenement to dingy tenement all unnoticed, and it's gentle ministries of helpfulness that the morning newspaper does not record. "Blessed are the pure in heart," for they bring blessing to others. So the missionary goes to the poor Indian in his wigwam, and the h. dian sees that the missionary has not come for love of ease, or love of money, or love of fame, or love of friends-that he has left all these behind, that he may tell how Jesus died to save the red man, and how in looking up to the hills he may get strength to overcome his taste for fire-water which the white man has instilled within him. ''Blessed are the pure in heart," for they bring blessing to others. And 80 Christ comes to a lost world, and the world sees that He came not for love of ease, not for love of fame, not for love of self-aggrandizeme He left all these behind, ,or they do not in anyswise belong toI His character, but that
 HE CAME TO EXPRESS
 the love of His pure heart.
 'tBlessed are the pure in heart" Don't
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NORWICH, CoNN., Feb. 6, I806 THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,,
 Atlanta. Ca.
VT. l.. ( ktlSi ROY k. Box l54, Norwich, Conn.

 HE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,,
 Atlanta, Ga.
 GENTLEMEN :-Wheu wrote you the latter part of December, my mother Was, according to the honest belief of three physicians, on her Ieathbrd: she could not retain either food or medicine on her stomach, and it did not seem reasonable to think there was anything but death to re- Iieve her. The doctors informed us she had a cancer in the lower bowel and there was no cure for her. She showed such vitality for a person to be so near death we thought there must be something to help her, and reading of others being saved by the use of your $. ;. s., we thought it would do no harm, if not some good to try it. so we informed her of her condition, just as the doctors had in formed us, and left it with her to try your remedy or not, as she saw fit. She concluded to try it and from the first dose or two, she began to brighten up, and improve; she can now get up, everything or anything she wants and hopeful that the cancer will pass away in due time by the use of your s. s. S., which she will now gladly take. You may make this letter as public as you choose, and the more so the better, as too much praise can not be given your valuable remedy.
 Yours truly,
 GEO. L. CROsGRovE.
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The aboveis but sample of the many

The aboveis but sample of the many letters we receive daily in regard to various deep-seated blood diseases which other remedies do not touch. Contagious Blood Poison, Scrofula, Ec- zema, Rheumatism, and Tetter, are ob- stinate blood diseases, and only a real blood remedy will have any effect what ever upon them. s. s. s. (gudranteed purely Uegetdble) is a real blood remedy and never fails to cure any disease hav- ing its origin in the blood, it matters not what other treatment has failed. Valuable books can be obtained by ad- dressing The Swift Specific Co, Atlan- a, Ga.
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BpTsrOKD TO BRIDGEPORT.


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381 Man St., Bridgeport.

". L. Mitchell moves his family. this week. from Bridgeport to Uu5on City, ra where he has largr interest ju whole- sale hay. produce and live stock hu-i- ness. All eastern business will hereafter be done direct with Union City ctIce. His large acquaintance in New England wish him success in his new home.
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 Cancers.

We have numerous inquiries in re- gard tu <. <. x. in gases of internal cancers. such H- cancer uf The womb, ease Httart- 1Nt~,.. organs. the doctors generally admit that il i~ iucurahle. We mah, Ip h"H~t uf what x. x. x. will iu in ~ll,ll c:.-..~. a~ the following lrJ- trr~ w, nrI ar. worth more than lol- Yrr,- of claims tlu We might make. Read them rar,Iu''y:
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NuruIcil CoNN., Dec. 30, 1895. IUE SWIFT SPECIFIC tU.,


 Atlanta, Ga.
 GFNrJrvrN :-WiI yru kindly mail inc your book on blood poison, skin di~ra~r- and cancer: My mother, 70 to - years of aE., has a cancer in the rrrlulu Two oJ our best doctors here have given her ul,. and ~Hy the sooner she dies jI.r hrtt,r ,or herself, and if -hy lives long >h" will die in agony. While l q" not know that they are wrong in their opinions, am not sat eicd with them. and believe your ~. x. S., if il dnr> Ijut cure her, will at least relieve Ter ~u she will die peace fully. got her started on your <. < <. yesterday, and what want of your book iS points as to bathing or injecting. Will be pleased to hear from you soon.
 Yours very truly,
 C. l.. CKosGR0vE,
 Box l54 Norwich Conn.,
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Bridgeport Steamboat
 Company.
STEAMER NUTMEG sTATE

STEAMER NUTMEG sTATE. Leaves Bridgeport every night except sunday r O'cIot k, .uolu foot 01 south avenue LraNc- New York every lay ,exctut sun day Il a. Ill.,, from Pier 5j, Eazt River.
 STEAMER ROsEDALE. Leaves Briagepo3, at >.ul a. ID. Returning leaves New I urk Pirr39. East River, foot of Catherine street, ar ?. m., foot OI East slst street. East River. at 3.I5 D. III. On Saturday, Pier 5", ?. ul.. East 3lst street 2.l5.
 FARE 5n centa EAC CkNION IlChEI 15 cents
 lGO0u Cntil I-7el.r Boat connects with the Berkshire division train leaving Bridgeport at 6.25 on Saturday evenings only.
 Western and Southern Freight taken from Bridgeport al New ork rates, and bills lad ing given.
 N. k, " EDGE, Ell. CONNFLIY
 ABi Supt.
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This, as you at once rec egnize, k one
 Of the Brattudo-, and the Boatitudcs
 form the introduction 10 the Sermon on
 rhe Mount I can hardly tell you how
 much if meant io me jn the explanation
 of much did not understand before,
 when first learned the setting of this sermon on the Mount, Matthew does
 not give it; Luke does. Luke was Gen. tile physician, and the cxactDess of his profession is shown in the exact and CT derly arrangement of his Gospel, Luke gives the setting in the 9th chapter. In the l2,h verse it reads; And it came to
 pass in those days that He went ouo into
 a mountain to pray. and contiuucd all night in prayer to God" Why did Jesus continue d whole Light in prayer Tie following verses tell: And when it WAS day, Ho called unto Him His disciples,
 aud If them He chose tWelve." Luke's narration of the sermon on the Mount 1 follows soon after. That WAS it's occa- ion; it,was given by Christ a5the time of His choosing of His disciples. It i@ Lhc first ordination sermon, so far as know. 1 on record, It wa~ Jesus code of ustruc- | tious to those who were to he His mes sengcrs; it was their constitution, the draft of their principles. Gods Kingdom had now been ushcrcd in. It was to be gin it. march through the world, and the Twelve were to be its generals and Iead- CTS. Il.e kingdom was to spread; but not to -pread by force If bayonets, but by force of principles. Here a7p the~e principles, given in the 5.n, G h, 7th chapters of Matlhrw'e Gospel Tbe Bc- attitudes form an introduction, ald have i chosen one of them u5 my text.
 liner" is a great do4l in this Sermon on the aouur that seems unreal, It is too l ideal, people say it is not of this world. it belongs somewhere else, Lo some other world; or, if jt has any roI ncction with l this world, its principles are something
 to look up to, not to reach, just as, in traveIug through Palestine, one looks up to the snowy crest of Mt Ucrmou which he never hopes to scale. 'Whosoevcr
 shall compel thee to go mile, go with
 him twaiu.'
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The Home Circle. WHY THE PURE-HEARTED ARE
 BLESSED.

A SERMON PREACHED IN THE NEWTOWN CONGRTGATIONAL CHURCH, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH E. 1896, Br THE PAS. TOR, REV OTIS W BARNER.-PURITY OF HEART AND LIFE EVEN HERE.-THE UNIV ERsAI, STRUGGLE TO BE RID OF SIN AND SHAME -PURE THINGS ARE THE BEST THINGS NOTHING HIGHER THAN PURITY OF SOUL.-LONING SOULS INTO THE KINGDOM -THE CITADEL OF OUR ElNG.-TuE UNrOLLUTED GEY. SER.
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girl knows, and every boy and girl and every person everywhere knows that this declaration is true: the pure in heart are the blessed are the happy, their lot is the desirable lot and their life Is a life worth the living, I heard the other day some expressions from Herr Most, the anarchist or socialist (what shall we call him?) which astounded me. These expressions astounded me, not because Herr Most held such views, but because he wished to make them public. Men who hold such views do not usually desire to blaze them. This man said in brief that he believed
 in free love, he would break down the institution of marriage and destroy the
 family bond. He said children should
 receive only the name of the mother,
 since there was no fidelity to the mar
 riage VOW. He said that religion-all
 religion-Was 8 farce, that all this talk
 about a life beyond and future awards
 was deception trumped up by men of
 brains for
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thu early bird that catches before all the nobbost selected have your pick With improvements completed there isn't better for show goods this part the The elevator down stair where the Trunks Bagsec kept and with of way tn, floor show MAMM TH STONK fine advantage. Polite clerks attendance and h do has always been very best to please and mak Everything Furnishing lin of Trunks, Bags
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Text. Mai 5.o, "Blesscd are ,he pune in hcart."
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JUST AS PAUL KNEW

It when he said; "I find then a law, that
 when l would do good, evil is present
 with me-" May say it very reverentIy,
 Jesus Christ, when He was here on the
 earth, could not be pure in the sense that the angels are pure; He could not for He did not then, as they, dwell in very at mosphere of purity. Jesus Christ knew temptation, knew what it was to strug- gle with temptation though'He overcame it. He heard the voice ot the arch-temp- ter speak soft enticements and whisper fond allurements. He felt the mountain pillows of Hell's malicious hate break against His breast. Christ lived in an at- mosphere where hypocrisy was promi- nent and islander cheap and sin hideous in it's forms. Even Christ could not be pure in the sense that angels are, and yet He had 8 most perfect purity of heart and life. He attained that, and wants us to strive to attain that even in the midst of this tempted life. If other deelara. tions from the Sermon on the Mount are ideal, this is not: Blessed are the pure in heart"
 "Blessed are the pure in heart It is needless for me to try to explain what purity of heart means. Every boy and
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THAT Is NOT MATERIAL

1 the same obirctors say; it was never meant to be carried out in literal fact
 "Whosoevcr shall snitc thee on thy right cheek, turn to hjm the other also" The 1 law of n0n-rc.istauce literally carried
 out, some declare, would ruin society
 there could be no government, we simply could not live. But this sermon on the 1 Mount WAS not written in book to be read by philosophers alone, those who l delight to contemplate ideal things. lr i WAS not preached, as too many sermons are, with no practical purpose. It was l preached to the multitude drawn up in 1 solid mass on the slopes of the Horns of l Ua:tin, to the multitude, not to the l Twelve alone, to the multitude gathered
 out of all Judaa.and Jerusalem ana from ! the coast of Tyre and Nid0r, to sick folks, 1 to those who had been vcxed with un- clean spirits. I5 WAS preached to the
 multitude of very ordinary men and
 women, tempted as We are tempted, sin- ners as we are-or worse. This Sermon
 was preached to this multitude for a pur- | pose, for no one will accuse Christ of
 lacking purpose in anything that He did.
 But still we can hardly rid ourselves of
 the thought that very much of this Ser
 mon is ideal. "Blessed are the pure u
 heart" Angels can be pure, we say, Tor
 they dwell in a very atmosphere of pur- l ity and have no allurement to wrong.
 Little children can be pure, we say, for they come, as it were into this world fresh from the hand of God; and, though
 bearing inbred tendencies to sin because
 belonging to this guilty human line, yet
 they can be pure. Yes, little children
 can be pure, and sometimes when look ing upon the face of little child, think
 it the saddest sight in the world; for the thought comes to me how soon that young life will know what this worlds wretched sin means, and know it by the l actual commitment of it, too. We who l are older, who have bufeted somewhat against the hard currents of life's stream, cannot be pure in the same sense as the
 angels, for Wickedness is about us here
 on every side; we cannot he pure in the
 same sense as little children, flor we know
 sin as an ever present fact,