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The Newtown bee., 1896-11-13

himself unto our childish love as though by his free way with us our loyalty to prOve." And ,so just as the Son of God showed his faith in man by coming to us on earth let us trust one another until our very trustfulness shall shame the world into nobility. It may be that for us there will be some crosses and some Cal varies. But oh let us remember that the cross and Calvary is the Salvation of the world. E8 Beloved, when the Son of Man comes shall He find faith on the earth |? That depends in a measure upon you and upon me. If we live so as to inspire faith in us as servants of Jesus Christ, if we love men up to higher ideal by imput- ing nobler things to them the day dawn soon may break when Jesus the judge will say to us as he said to the poor woman who besought help from him "Oh woman great i3 thy faith" So to us he will say 'Oh generation of believers great is your faith"
The Newtown bee., 1896-11-13
BOY OF YOURS---

Where do you coho bm? Eycrput him into of tearable, wear-resstng suits? world of mending saved if he wears that kind, and money saved in the bargain.
 Suits for boys from to years, and piece junior reefer and blouse suts $2 to $5, fancy trimming braid and buck les and all. For bigger boys, to l5 years, have and piece suits in rough Scotch goods and clay worsteds at $2 to $l0, and long pants suits for boys II to 19 years, s to $l5, and higher Nobody else cothe your boy we'll or chcapy Our boys clothing department is we'll taken of as the men's-and you know what that is. We have all heavy garments for boys to 19 years Box Overcoat Cape Overcoas Reeers and Uers,any qua ity, any price you may have in mind. We sell Mems Cardgans, Sweaters Canvass Coas Beach Coats, Leather Coats, Reeiers Storm Coats Hats and Caps, Wooen Gloves and AIitts, Hosiery, Trunks and Bags.
The Newtown bee., 1896-11-13

There be the prudent prophets all, The Apostles six and six. The glorious martyrs in a TOW,
 And cOnfHssors betWixt. There doth the crew of righteous men And matrons all consist, Young men and maids that here on earth Their pleasures did resist. The sheep and lambs that hardly escaped The snares of death and hell, Triumph in joy eternally,
 Whereof no tongue can tell. And though the glory of each one
 Shall differ in degree, Yet is the joy of all alike,
 And common as we see. There love and charity doth reign,
 And Christ is all ill all, Whom they most perfectly behold
 In glory spiritual They love, they praise-they praise, they love They "Holy, Holy" cry; They neither faint, nor toll. nor end
 But laud continually. Oh, happy, thousand times weleI,
 It after wretched days, might with listening ears conceive
 Those heavenly songs ot praise, Which to the Eternal King are sung
 By happy wights above By saved!souls, and angels sweet,
 Who love the God oflove Ohs passing happy were my state,
 Might be worthy found, To wait upon my God and King,
 His praises there 10 soundl And to enjoy my Christ above,
 His favor and His grace, According to His promise made,
 Which here interplace. 70 Father, dear." quoth He, 'let them
 Which Thou hast put ofold To me, be there, where, 10, 1 am,
 My glory to behold. Which with Thee, before this world
 Was laid in perfect wise, Have had; from whence the fountain great Of glory doth arise." Again. "1t any man will serve,
 Then let him follow Me; For where I am. be thou right sure There shall My servant be-" And still, If any man love Me,
 Him loves My Father dear; Him do I love; to him Myself
 In glory will appear Lord, take away my misery,
 That there 1 may behold, With Thee ill Thy Jerusalem,
 What here cannot be told; And so in Zion see my King,
 My Love, my Lord, my All; Whom now, as in glass, 1 see,
 Then face to face I shall, Oh, blessed are the pure in heart,
 Their Sovereign hey shall see; And the most holy, heavenly host,
 Who of His household be. o Lord, with speed dissolve my bands, These gins and letters strong, For have dweIt within the tents
 O1 hedar overlong. Yet search me, Lord, and find me out,
 Fetch me Thy fold unto; That all Thy angels may lejoice
 While all Thy will do. Oh, mother, dear Jerusalem,
 When shall come to thee? When shall my sorrows have an end?
 Thy joys when shall see? Yet once again, pray Thee, Lold,
 To quit me from all strife; That to Thy hill may attain,
 And dwell there all my lite: With CheTubim and seraphim,
 And holy souls of men, To sing Thy praise, o God Of Hosts,
 For ever, and Amen!
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he New Jerusalem.

lone 0t the very few native hymns of Scot land. It is, in various forms, great favorite with the Scottish ipeasantry. It is by some said to have been written by David Dickson, who died in Edinburgh, A. D. 1862; but there seems strong reason to believe that 1t is Of much older date,
The Newtown bee., 1896-11-13

Text, St Luke ls s, "Nevortholcss when the Son ot Man cometh, shall He find taith on inc earth>"
 With these words our Lord and Mas ter closes his parable of the poor widow and the unjust judge. We generally con slider that the teaching of this message that we should be earnest and impOrtu nate in asking the Heavenly Father for the blessings that we need, There are however, other lessons to be learned from these words of our Saviour. The unju,t judge you will remember was one who had neither fear of God nor regard for man. He only granted the poor woman request to save himself from the worry of her continued pleading. He had D. faith in Gods retributiOn for his own in justice. And Christ, turning from such an example, says, "When the Son of Man COmeth shall He find faith on the earth? Did not the Divine Master here unveil one of the secret springs of human well and evil doing? Is 1t not a fact patent to ev. cry thinking man that when there is no faith on the earth or in any nation that then is the time when injustice and inhu. manity and cruelty of every sort rule and reign in human relations. As the blot. ting out of our sun from our solar sys- tenn would bring desolatiOn and death to our beautiful earth so the total eclipse of God from man turns him to a savage once more. So to-day with this question of our Lords ringing in our ears want to discuss with you Faith on the earth. :" To begin with let us see some of the evi- dences of lack of faith in God. Some Of our western papers tell us that last year there were 10000 murders and 5000 sui cides in our country. Of those who took their own lives the largest per cent were men who were educated and were phys icians. For, strange though it may seem, the class of people whose business it is to save life are most ready to take their own lives.
 WHAT IS THE REASON FOR IT?
 If you look at our methods of science to-day you have your answer. Many of our sciences ignore God. A docCor laugh at you when you tell him that life may
 
 be spared in answer to prayer. In spite of the fact that James says that the "prayer of faith shall save the sick and the Lord shall raise him up," and that God spared Hezekiah because he prayed, ! our medical fraternity as rule scorn the l idea that God may intervene to save life. l Their science knows no God. They talk l about the Yiability of tho red corpuscle ] and the danger of arterial aneurisms and 1 the necessity of peristaltic action in the dreodenum or the jeiunum or the ileum and rattle of dozen other terms calcu- lated to scare man to death but they do not say word about God, and the mo- faith in science has crept into the church and Is ooiling itself aboutthe heart of the Christian to strangle his belief in God.
The Newtown bee., 1896-11-13
The Home { ircIc.
 OUR sIRIHDAYS.
OUR EIR1HDAYS

Like n -huttlr 10 and ITO, Thus our uIrthduy~ come and go; Come to bring us Joy or pain, tto --hut uv'or return again. Elrs=irE- crown the coming yenr Flll your heart with hope and cheer, F1owcr- rich their perfume shed, Like incense sweet upon your hcu1. if before another year In Gods presence yuu appear, May the summons from inc throne Be most wclcomo-"ChUG,c come home. There from care and pain yCull rest, Anh with Christ forever bIcst With the ransourd you will sing Glory 10 our Savior, King.
 sarah IT, smith, Bridgcpo {.
The Newtown bee., 1896-11-13
A LITTLE MONEY
Goes long way in OvercOating you here anytime---especially this week. Going to sell a good many Over coats at such prices as these.

Home Ruler leads off at $1o the best overcoa t r possible to make for the money. The king of low priced coats. In black or blue.
 Excellent KcIscy Melton and Irish Freze garments shaped right and made right for people of good taste two sorts, SIP and $l33O
 The $5 Kcrseys with satin lined shoulders clay weave body lining where comes, and Skinner lined 8eeves the kind that don't wear out, The very newest and nobbic~t in gray and brown diagonal Cheyios KcrSeyS and Mclton~ fl~hion's fancy, handsomely trimmed and Iincl-wonlcrd coats SlS Becrand better 520 black or blue Kerscy~ and Ncons grey mixtures and rough wor~ted~, Lined heavy farmers satin, with satin shoulders and wool body linngs all with Skinner lined sleeves At $25 and $50 the finest examples of the talos you find anywhere. Real tlior-made ovcrcoats with all the excusiyeneS and slnarnes of the tailor shop at half the tailor's price. Worth seeing Every good underwear is here every price. As low 48c, lecced lined, white wool and heavy bal briggan garments. Nothing better for health fort than Wrghs Sanitary garments. Cotton fleece lined, S9c, shirts have double single breast, which, ever you like. Wright'z wool fleece lined costs $l.50 the garment. Finer kinds up to $50 the garment Stoneman's Glove Fitting You cant find any better Got into your heavy suit yet? All wool suits start at $G5O and go as high S25.
The Newtown bee., 1896-11-13
Faith on the Earth.

SERMON BY REV CHARLES II. SMITH
 OF PLYMOUTH.
The Newtown bee., 1896-11-13

by your coal of love to Christ. If we
 would only arouse the divinity and not
 the demon in man how would faith in
 God and faith in one another increase in the earth. We shall waken Gods angels in human souls when we trust in them. Many man has been drawn to better life because some little child with trust- ful clinging fingers drew him back from sin into the way of holiness. You re- member the verse of the hymn that we sometimes sing oh see how Jesus trusts
The Newtown bee., 1896-11-13

LEADS Is IN SICKNESS TO TRUST THE DOC
 TOR AND TO DISTKUsT GOD.
The Newtown bee., 1896-11-13
BELIEVE THATEYEN THE DoUBrERs

want to have more faith. It was. Goethe
 who said If you have any faith give me for heaven's sake share of itI Your doubts you may keep to yourself, for I have plenty of my own" Better Chris bian living will give more faith in Jesus Christ in the earth. If every profeased
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-15
THE SIN EATER.
A Curious Funeral mite which Formerly
Obtained In wales.


Tho principality Of Wales has within
living memory possessed nn official
known M the "sin ontor." says Lon
don journal II wns tho practice for n
rolntivo--usunlly II woman--to put ON
tho hrcnst uf deceased person qunn-
tity ~ bread and cheoso and bccr, nnd
tho ain cater was scnt for to consume
them nnd to pronounce tho everlasting
rest OF the departed. II was believed
that In doing this ho absolutely ate and
appropriated to himself tho sims symbol
lied by the vinnds. aud thereby pre-
vented their disturbing tho ropose of
tho sinner who had committed them
Such mn arrangement would obviously
leave nothing to bo desired on the ono
side, hut how IL worked un the other
we nrc not told. Whit was supposed TO
bo tho condition Of this spiritual under.
takor after tho ceremony was cuncludodp
Did his Appropriation" Of tho dead
man 4 sins imply sort of moral nssimi-
lntion uf thom, answering tu his phys
icnl assimilation Of tho bread and
chocsop Tho question would obviously
he ono Of some importance to sin eat
or in large practice. If the responsible
ties Of his profession were ns great M
they would appear to have been on this
hypothesis, ho would need to rotiro
from IL carly and to devote u consider
able portion Of his closing years to ro.
pontanco and good works.
Again, IL IL natural TO ask what hap
al Il q
fashionable" sin eater. Would any ono
among his professional brethren under
| take to eat his sins, oven in tho first
flush of satisfaction produced by stop
ping into his shoes? II 30, then, indeed,
has the opithet Of gallant" beon right
| ly bestowed upon little Wales. IL IN ns
though ono doctor succeeding to anoth
er's practice should consent To assume
the moyal responsibility for his late col
leagues treatment Of nll his deceased
patients in addition to his own similar
burdens
We yield to none in admiration Of the
quiet and homoly heroism of tho mod
ical profession, but we doubt whether il
would enable them to face such an or
deal as this As to the Welsh practition-
ers to whom wo have compared them,
we shrink from pursuing tho analysis
further. Il is evident that, rs in the
schoolboy game Of "conquorors, where
stone which can smash tho smasher,
Of, say, 40 other stones takes over all
its conquests. and becomes itself d
"forty so the responsibilities
of these unhappy men might accumulate
ut an alarming rate. Ono hardly dare'
to contemplate tho informal condition
Of the sin cater Of sin cater who had
in life attended long series Of Other
sin eaters. Tho cheese would be almost
converted into Welsh rabbit before ht
had got 1t down.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-15
QUEER JAMAICA WAYS.
How Ono Woman Fsiicd In Rome Go no
ps the Romans 10.

~ tur ttbUthUN FVs
"when In Rome, do ns tho Romans
do," says tho old distich. but IN these
days Of universal travel IL In somewhat
necessary 20 know beforehand the man
nora and customs " tho native inhabit-
ants uf the countries that nre visited.
~ have eaten with chopsticks with
mandarin's wife and daughter In China
and sat cross legged with tho Persian
ladies In Tehernn and smoked mar
gilcs," said mn American woman who
was nothing II not cosmopolitan, "but
I never failed TO adapt myself SUCCESS
fully to the customs of tho country un-
Ill reached Jamaica, in the West In.
dies had lotters 30 ono of the mng-
mates thoro, aud upon delivering them
1 received prompt invitation TO broak-
fast aud 10 osprnd tho day. Tho hour was
not mentioned. bat ~ the people were
French | supposed Of course II was ~
o'clock, n In fourohetto, nt which tlmo
! presented myself only 10 find that l
hnd been expected at q. However, my
entertainers were most hospitnblo, and
thoir usual frugal luncheon Of cake,
vino aud fruit was evidently supple.
montcd by moro substantial viands for
my benefit After luncheon | was asked
II | would like 10 take nap. "A hnd
Just arrived ! assured my hosts that |
mover slept In the daytime and proceed.
ed 10 mako myself M agreeable ~ p0ssi-
bio. My entertainers ondcavorod TO bo
cheerful, but there was something In
tho atmosphere that made me aware
that I hnd committed n solecisn, and
thnt had guessed rightly was worry mp
parent In tho relieved looks Of tho fam
lily when I said that thought did feel
tired and would he glad 10 rcposo my
self little. 7 was Immediately oon-
Quoted 10 IN apartment which had owl
IDENTIFY been arranged with tho oxpoctn-
tion that I would go regularly 20 bed,
aud wishing mo n good rest the lady
and gentleman of the house left mo for
tho whole afternoon.
about one Of tho daughters came
TO fetch me in fresh toilet, looking
very nice aud making mo foel very
tumbled and uniidy In consequence. Sc
after I had been shown the gardens
which were really lovely, / began tc
make mes adieux. But you must stop &c
dinner they urged; 'wo quito expect
cd you. But l thought they had had
enough Of mo and persisted in my rofus
nj. / thought they parted from mo ruth
or stiiIly, and in driving over tho lont
avenue which led up to the house met
n number Of smartly dressed people
who. afterward learned, had been In
vited especially to meet mo. SO miss
( cd Il all around and gave no end o.
trouble and offense, oil because did no
Just know Jamaica habits New Yorl
/ Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-15
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.


Nuhucnt W ts"Ns - W. hNF''s
Toric.- Secrets Of strong ilvcs.-Lukc VII,
1879. CA temperance meeting suRscstcd)
Tho strong life or character That IL sct
before us In our topical reference M our
model for finding the secrets of strong
lives IL that uf John the Baptist. Hard
ly could n better have beon chosen, par
ticularly to apply tho subject Of temper
nnce We not only have tho life of John
as testimony of the nobility of his char
ncter, but we have remarkable declara-
tion Of the Lord Himself In favor of
this opinion. This is n pleasant testi-
mony, too. from the fact that II cniuo
ns Il tribute 60 John just after he had
intimatod his doubt concerning Christ
In the highest terms Of unmcasurod con-
fidcnco Christ speaks Of him, declaring
that "nmong those that are born of
women, there Is not greater prophet
than John the Baptist" Whom Christ
spoke of John In such glowing terms,
we need not hesitate TO take his life ns
model one To illustrate the secrets OF
strong lives
One secret Of n strong life, ns Illus
tratod in John, is the Willingness to nc
cept privnton. John lived for years IN
the wilderness, with nothing TO crafty
taste, with barely sufficient to sustain
life and with only the toughest kind OF
dress. This privatiun was necessary that
he might perform the wui which God
had for him to do. Ono secret uf strength
is willingness to endure hardships, to
suffer privation The opposite weakness
In this particular makes many weaE
men, particularly ns n result Of intern
perance Mon will not suffer privation,
they will not deprive themselves Of that
which satisfies their physical appotitcs,
and the result il weakness, whereas they
might have been strong, influential men
IL they had endured privation.
Another secret Of strength Illustrated
IN John is moral courage. John had the
courage Of his convictions. He oven de
uounced the king and queen for their
sins, as well as tho common people
Moral courage is nn absolute necessity
TO guard against the evils OF intemper-
anco. Scarcely boy grows to manhood
without being tempted again and again
TO indulge in strong drink, and ho must
have the moral courage to refuse and To
stand by his refusal, or he will fall be.
meath the temptation.
Another secret is willing subjection Ia
the will of God. John did to tho very
best Of his ability the work which God
had laid out for him to do. He was
faithful, oven to death, to the work
committed TO his charge. II we follow
the path that God lays out for us in life,
in His way, our lives will be strong in.
deed.
Bible Readings. FIX. XIV, 1, 2; I Sam.
xvii, 82-37; Ps. xviii, /, 3; xvii,
xviii, Z, 8; xxx, II; Xvi, 1; xviii,
81, 30; Job xii, 1926 lisa. xii, Q; xl,
29-3l; Prov. x, 90; ii Cor. xii, 0, 10
Eph. Iii, 14-io; Phil. iv, 13, IA; I Pet.
Y. TO-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-15
Treasurer Upton's Request.

Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, as treas
urer, has sent out her annual letter, re-
minding the members Of the N. A. W.
8. A. that their contributions are now
due. Accompanying this letter. Mrs.
Upton has sent out printed slip which
reads as follows: "Do you not know
some believer in woman's political ad-
vancement who may not care to take an
active part in local, state or national
work. and yet who could become mem
Der Of the National American society II
you asked her personally or sent her the
inclosed article Of the constitution
Will you not try to get one contributing
member9 Will not every member act ON
this suggestioni"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-15

Whom Dickens first met Hans Chris.
room, he asked his fellow novelist to
pay him visit nj gadshill. The invi-
tation was promptly accepted and the
guost remained long timo.
Upon many occasions during his pro.
tractod visit Dickens found his patience
put to tho tcst by his now friend.
IN spite ~ Hans Christians many
merits and good qualities, his very
marked poculinriiios inndo him an OK
ccodingly dihicult person 10 entertain.
IIc was extremely sentimental and
emotional, and frequently, for no mp.
parent reason, would burst into food
Of womunish tcars and run away 90 his
room.
A fow days nftcr his arrival ho rang
the bell and asked 10 seo tho oldest son
Of the houso.
Tho oldest SON was away and when
Dickens himself went 10 500 what his
guest desired hc found that Anderson
wished tho eldest son to shave him, that
being tho custom ~ his own country.
Dickens explained that In tho first
place young Charles was absent, and
that, secondly, IL would bo nm expert
mont fraught with danger for him 10
attempt the desired service, M, with
the very best intentions, ho would prob.
obly nearly dccapitato his illustrious
guest.
Under those most untoward circum.
stances Hans Christian, weeping, betool'
himself 10 tho nearest barber shop and
had his beard attended 30 professionally.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-15
DEADLY SHOTS FIRED BY THE SUN.
Tn Ono Instance nm Innocent Man was Son
tenccd 10 ue Hanged.

tenccu 10 I've unnKcu.
I'm u recent paper appeared an account
" u strange accident In which man
was killed by the discharge Of gun
whilo lying asleep ON u lounge In his
room, the weapon being discharged by
reflected rays of the sun falling upon
tho cartridge chamber Of the flroarn.
Since tho publication Of the story u
correspondent from York, Pa, writes
concerning tho accident and refers To II
similar case, In which, through the of-
forts Of clever Cincinnati lawyer
named q. g. Wallis. the person nocusod
Of murder aud scntencQl 10 bo hanged
was set no liberty, the Niruumstnntial
evidence ON which ho was convicted DO.
ing entirely exploded by witnessed
demonstration M to how the accident
really occurred.
Tho York correspondent rcforrod TO
volume q Of Tho Criminal Law Maga-
zine, page COZ, ON which II full account
Of tho case appears. Tho case was that
uf tho state of Tennessee against Avery,
tried In Henry county, that state, aud
IL ono Of the most remarkable In tho
history Of criminal Jurisprudence
In Juno, 1887, Charles Ensloy, the
cousin Of man of tho namo Of Avery,
was killed In his room white lying on I,
lounge, about . o'clock in the after
noon. Tho weapon which caused the
death was u small rifle, sending n 82
caliber ball through Ensley's brain. No
/ ono was In tho house nj the time but
Ensloy An empty rifle wns found lying
ON rack on wall Of tho room In which
the killing occurred, and tho bullet flt-
tod the tube.
Avery was arrested for tho crime, ~
he wns the only living close relative "a
Ensloy, and by his death proflted TO the
amount Of about $4,000 Avery was
tried, pleaded not guilty, but was con.
! victed of murder in the first degree aud
sentenced 20 bc hanged. Ho appealed to
tho supreme court aud engaged Mr..
Wallis to defend him The supreme
court remanded the cnse back To tho cir
cult court ON technical errors. Two
inistrials were brought about, and then
camo the strangest part Of the story.
Tho brilliant Wallis struck the keynote
90 the mystery. In August, 1891, h,
had tho rifle loaded and hung ON The
wall A white sheet with tho form OF B
man marked ON IL was placed In exact
ly the position occupied by Ensloy wher
lying asleep, and u heavy cut glass pitch
or Of water like the ono found In th,
room was placed on the shelf above,
Tho temperature was 80 degrees In the
-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-01-15
Reni EpIeav,r NJ Gce,opc.

Aggressive Christian Endeavor work
is not confined to the land Of the soci-
.ety's birth. The Ynrra Street Wesleyan
society in Geelong. Australia, in its fifth
annual report. makes phenomenal
showing. During the year S,21S visits
were made, an average Of 1868 weekly
sprays and baskets Of flowers to the
number of 1900 were personally dis
tributed and sent by post various meet
ings, numbering 5S8, were held, and
more than 25, persons attended these
200 persons were led to sign the tenn
perance pledge Although the member
ship of tho society is only ell, more
than 5000 in cash was raised.