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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-05
Money for India's Sufferers.

Mayor Phelan received an anonymous COM
munication yesterday inclosing Sc, to be
turned in to the fund for the famine sufferers
in India. The money was forwarded 10 l. j.
Truman to be applied to the purpose men,
toned.
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SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY.

Ffrst race-Roltaire, Senator Mahoney,
Gold Boy.
Second race The Cheat, Hermoso,
Fodic.
Third race Lovdal, Ransom, St
Aigpon.
Fourth rec Tea Rose, lamar III,
Mainstay.
Fifth race-Buckwa, Ostier Joe, Sat
suma.
Sixth race Nebuchadnezzar, King
William, StrathrOl.
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Escape of Two Burglars.
Two burglars yes terday afternoon went to
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The call" RACING GUIDE.
winter meeting Weather ne, trackfa
Oeo EHan me;m ALDEN earod; PURSES
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Qe0

Won driving TyranGraciosa Time III
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NEW ro-DAY-DRy GOODS.
UNLOADING OVERSTOCK
NEW SPRING GOODS
AT STuPENDOuS REDUCTIONS!

In presenting few samples of the PRODIGIOUS CUTS IN
PRICES that making Great Unloading
MENDOUS OVERSTOCK OF SPRING GOODS so overwhelmingly
successful would that those who
selections will avoid
crowds and thus
THOUSANDS OF MARVELLOUS BARGAINS OFFERED!
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MRS. CURTIS, NEW YORK,
Tells Her Experience With
Ovaritis.

tor !? Then that is
all themore reason
why you shouldn't
tend to yourself at
once, or you will
soon be on the fiat
of your back.
Sharp County record., 1897-06-04
OFFICIAL.

Congressman First District--P. D. McCulloch
residcnce Marianna, Lee County.
Senator, Second Dist-A' j witt POcahOntas
udge, 18th Judicial Dist-.John Is. McCaleb,
Evening Shade
Pros. Atty 10th Dlst-R B. Maxey, Mann
q oth Spring,
sIARP y-Representatlve.-T |, Herrn.
n Judgr-W. q. Murphy.
lerk-Jasper Justus,
Y Sheriff.. +. wilkins Hardy.
Assess0r-Thos II. McCaleb
M IreasuTnr-C. W. Shaver ,..
20. EAaniiner-D b. SpurlOck.
Af TIE COURTS. 49,
n Circuit Court, 'Dist-First Monday In Jan.
nary :nd July. In =. Dlst-SecOad Monday in
february and August.
COunty lourt-lst Monday in january, April,
My and October
Probate Court, S. Dst-st Monday in Febru
ery. May, August and November.
Sharp County record., 1897-06-04
Directory.
RELIGIOUS,

Preaching ut Methodist church first and third
6undays In each month. Rev. W. 5, South
NORTH pastor. Everybody is invited to attend,
fpresching at the Christian church Saturday
Night be fore the second Sund;y in each month,
IN Thos. II. Mlholi and OF L atesvtlle.
Sunday School every Sunday morning Il
81 clock at the Methodist church. Everybody Is
invited to come q. j. WILSON,
81 Miss Ella Craig, Secretary superintendent
Sharp County record., 1897-06-04
THE SPHERE OF THE
MODERN PULPIT.
(BY S. H. BABCoCK D. d.

W w INV WV Va NhAo
The sphere of the pulpit is
the same in all ages and un-
der all conditions. 1t has
one object, the salvation of
men; one message, 1.-The
glad tidings of great joy to
all people," one book, the
Bible and one person, the
Christ, our Redeemer and
Lord. This is the circuit
in which the pulpit is to
move; this is its range from
it's beginning until now and
will be. The object, the
message, the book, the per-
son remains the same among
all people, in all ages, un-
to the end of the world.
Hence IN this connection it
seems to be out of place to
talk Of the ancient pulpit and
the modern pulpit. The
pulpit has one work to do
every where and every when,
that is, to save the people.
Peter and Paul, Augustine
and Chrysustum, Masseton
and Feuclon, Calvin and
Knox, Luther and Mel an
thin, Hooker and Howe,
Smith and Barrow, Wesley
end Whitfield, Asbury and
McKendrer, Paine an d
Pierce, McTyre and Marvin
all preached from the same
book, the same message, for
the same end. Any effort to
substitute other books and
other literature for the Bible,
or any OTHER message that
of salvation through Christ
or any other end than that
of saving the people from
sin through the gift OF God,
which IS eternal life will
serve only to weaken and
destroy the influence of the
pulpit. This is Gods plan
and purpose, inAexible and
eternal, to save men who be-
lieve through the foolish
ness of preaching.
There are two great pri-
mary questions which de-
rnand the earnest and con-
tinuous attention of every
preacher of the gospel; viz.
What is Gods message?
And how can | best pro-
claim it? These two ques-
tions each preacher must
answer for himself. No
man can answer them for
him. Each man must draw
Gods message to the world
through him directly from
the Bible itself. The ser.
mons of other men, how
ever excellent, are not yours
in any true sense, and you
cannot make them so though
YOU commit each word of
these sermons to memory.
These sermons represent
Gods message to the world
through the men w h o
elaborated by pa ten t
thought and made them
fresh and strong and by
bringing them up from deep
mines Of a rich experience.
However helpful they may
Sharp County record., 1897-06-04

1 hNoNNh uhN hNii' hNcS ~
preacher must master in his
own thought; grasp in his
own faith; formulate in his
own words and illustrate,
expOund and enforce with
all the emphasis of full as.
surance. Doctrinal preach.
ing is the need of the times.
We have a surit of star
preaching, sensa iona |
preaching, metaphysical
preaching, retorical preach
ing, literary preaching, es.
Nay preaching, emotional
preaching, skeleton preach
ing, und plageristic preach
ing. Let us have a revival
of doctrinal and evangelical
preaching. Let us 60 on
our knees to the Bible and
in humble dependence upon
the Holy Spirit let us find
the message which G Cd
would have MS deliver to the
people. Let us seek the
fervor of Isaiah, the emotion
! of Jeremiah, the sternness of
Amos, the courage of Elijah,
: the directness of Peter, the
logic of Paul, the eloquence
!. Of Appolos and the loving
!, tenderness of John. Above
Hall let us seek the enduement
J 1of power, without which all
!. Our abilities natural and
} acquired will be Of nothing
worth; but with which, even
the poorly furnished of us
!, will be made workman who
} need eth not to be ashamed.
With such a ministry saliva.
2 ton is a certaintv-then
shall both save thyself and
, them that hear you. The
salvation of souls depends
: under grace upon the chara.
cter of the preacher and the
quality of his message. But
with these conditions secur.
ed there is nothing left to
, complete the great and
glorious work but the will
and faith of these who
hear. Christ has done his
great work once for all, let
us do our work confident
that though we may sow in
tears we sh Ill come again
bringing our sheaves with
us.
| have traced in as brief a
manner as | could the sphere
of the pulpit, only looking,
however, Mt those distinct
i've features about which, is
it seems to me, there can be
no controversy. There are
many subsidiary questions
which might be asked and
answered if time allowed but
| will content myself with
one; viz, what is the relation
to politics? Some i'll
answer let politics alone.
The preacher must have
nothing to do With politics.
| so far agree in this view
as to say that the preacher
should never under such
circumstances b G C o me a
partisan. II h e preacher
.kn,,1J ,,ot IN ,hcnrbal ia thp
Sharp County record., 1897-06-04

! pdiS sol ebf skOVqt uiuCHt9
family government, NUM-
cipal government, national
government, d n d world
wide government, This
platform of principal is to
be preached jim all nations
until it shall SO far prevail
that the kingdoms of this
world shall become t b e
kingdoms of the Lord and
his Christ. This is the
broad platform upon which
each preacher is called and
appointed to stand. He is
not to back down from his
|
principals because, forsooth,
a political party teaches to
the contrary and for fear
that he will be called a
politician. He is not to
tone down his message be-
cause civial statues are in
conflict with his gospel.
If sin and crime run riot
in high places, this is no
reason why the preacher
should modify his state
ment of divine truth. If an
Ahab, sins we need an
Elijah to say Thou art
the man." If iniquity is
entrenched in the law, if
great sins find patronage in the
example of the learned and the
great, it is all the more binding
upon the ministry to voice the
truth of God in love always but
in thunder bolts if nothing else
will do. The time must come
I and will come when the truth of
the gospel will express itself in
the statues of the land and be
enforced by all the governments
of the earth. 1t is the preachers
duty to hasten the coming of this
glorious day. The times de-
mand men of breadth and power
able to meet with a pure and
unctious gospel, every phase
of error and sin whether it comes
under the specious guise Of
science, in the authoritative form
Of law, in the powerful combin4=
tons Of greed, or in the giant
iniquity Of the saloon. The pull.
pit has here a function to per-
form that cannot be ignored or
relegated to others. However
powerful and far reaching the
press may be in moulding
thought and determining these
economic policies which come
within the domain of morals, II
does not and cannot speak to-
men with the authority of the
pulpit. am free to say that the
press both religious and secular,
is necessary and invaluable in
the fight against all forms Of
political corruption, yet, the
pulpit must ever be found in tho
forefron OF the battle and the
clarion calls Of our great com.
mander must resound among tho
ranks Of Israel summoning the
hosts Of God to valiant fight and
certain victory. 1t is q fearful
reflection, yet nevertheless, too
true, that mere partisanship has
such controlling influence upon
the secular press that il cannot
be trusted in the Eight for moral
and religious reform, AS
preachers we must have an
eagles eye to 500 tho truth, II
loving heart to rejoice in the
trnth, q mighty faith to embrace
the truth, a John the Baptist
| ao,,,ar.o to ,1ofapl tba tsi,th opd
Sharp County record., 1897-06-04

90 lHS pll ulloll W UOOlS
achievement and holy living;
they are not ours to preach
and we cannot ma Ike them so.
AS preachers we cannot
memorize sermons, we must
make them; We dare not
appropriate the sermonic
creation of others and strive
to palm them off as our own;
we must be creators in this
line ourselves. | make
bold to say that a man who
cannot make a sermon has
no right to preach one. If
he has not intellectual vision
enough to sec a sermon in
the Bible, a spiritual affin-
ity for the truth to rejoice
in it when seen, and power
of expression to put it into
words when seen and felt,
Their it seems to be clear
that such a man has not the
first and chief qualification
to be a minister of the
gospel.
More than this, books of
outlines of sermons are not
to be used or thought of as
an expedient to shorten the
process Of pulpit preparation.
The same rule holds good
here as.in the case of the
sermons of others. A
sermon must be the pro-
duct of the individual preach
ing it. Outlines may be
used as Illustrations of the
methods of analizing a sub
ject and thus improve our
methods of treating a sub
ject. But it seems to me
that we as preachers ought
to consider it as one of the
first duties of our high
calling to know how to
make a sermon from start to
finish. 1t is our duty to
use every thing accessible
sermons, outlines, any thing
that will help to furnish us
with ideas and tools with
which to work; but to make
them substitutes for work,
for individual effort IS in the
higest degree reprehensible,
both Oh account of the i'm
morality of the thing and
the baleful effect it will have
on our own creative powers.
The preacher is the inter.
peter of Gods word to the
people. His life work is to
study to know Gods word
and how to teach it. This
word is a matter af reve.
lation. 1t is none of his
business to go outside of the
revelation for his message.
What is herein contained is
enough to call into exercise
all the powers of his brain
and to stimulate him to the
most potent and continuous
thought, He can afford to
be a man of ole Book that
is to say whatever books he
may study, the purpose will
be to help to the understand
ing mastery of the ore Book,
It contains Gods message to
Sharp County record., 1897-06-04

Impossible TOT any man 10
express that gospel like any
other man. 1t will be our
wisdom then, as it is also
our Guty, each man for him
self to get Gods message to
him for others direct from
the Bible guided by the
Spirit of God. 1t is a most
damning sin ito handle the
word of God deceitfully; but
by manifestations of the
truth we must commend our
selves to every mans con-
cience in the sight of God. "
We as preachers cannot be
loo profoundly convinced
that we cannot travel with
out the circle of revelation
for ourselves; and be able to
formulate in plain and for
ceable and persuasive speech
these oracles of God.
yhe next question how can
l best proclaim it? Let the
scripture answer. Take
heed to thyself and to the
doctrine. So shalt thou
both save myself and them
that hear thee" = h. :
double duty is "a to stake
heed to myself and ,(Ys.tt
take heed to the doctrine
The double result is "(D SC
shall thou save myself ant
(2) them that hear thee
We have in this passage the
inspired direction looking td
the very best equipment ant
the largest success of the
gospel ministry.
Take heed to thyself.'
1t IS a solemn truth, my bre'
there, that the gospel so fal
as we are personally related
to it will be a success OF
failure according to our per
sonal character. We must
exemplify the humility, the
gentleness, the forbearance,
the patience. the sympathy,
the faith. the love, the de.
votion, the heroism which
we enjoin from the pulpit
We must transfer from the
scriptures to our own hearts
and transGgure in our own
lives the beautiful precepts
and sublime doctrines of
him who is the light or the
world. We must first be
men before we can be preach
ers. Manhood true, strong,
valaroud, redeemed is es.
sential in a herald OF the
cross. Paul puts the same
truth in these words: IL
bring my body under lest
having preached to others,
I myself should be a cast
away" If a man would
save Others, he himself must
be saved.
He must take heed to the
doctrine. The word doct-
rine is here put no doubt
for the whole truth Of God
as it bears upon sin and re-
demption. But in its spe-
ciflc meaning it refers to the
great, Fundamental yerities
WHICH are necessary to, COM
Sharp County record., 1897-06-04
SOCIETIES.

EVENING SHADE LODGE No. l+3, F. 4
An a. NJ, holds regular communications on
u X the Saturdy before LIST Sunday in each
III v month. K. S. BACON, W. III.
r Metcalf, Sec'y.
EVENING SHADE CHAPTER, No. II, U
JGzE. s.. meets ut Masonic Hall LIST Thurs
n ( day IN each month, ut O'Clock p. m.
IN MRS. kArEHUDDLEST' N, W. NJ
Mrs. WILLIE AULT, Sec'ty.
Asu,uxu> RURAL CHAPTER No. 80, r. A. NJ.
Ey%sE holds regular cOnv0catiOns ut Masonic
KAX Hall IN Evening Shade, the Sd Saturday
<zuAss in each month
M JNO b. MOCALEB, Ii. T.
Sam H. Davidson, See.
- BEREAP LODGE, No. 6Z, !. U. y
HdSFS f. , nolds regular meetings every VI
"a tcrnate Friday night.
@G l.. T. MEDLEY, N q.
Jno. d. Collins. Scc'y.
s$&SSMtaNlzIX EVENING SHADE LODGE
&>Ss$M}g32GH< No 249O, X. Of II
SN1HNN, six meets first Tues
AsSskY E!AEAlssea-- day nights in every
<NHaGlATX~m month.
MI>1ILpE TSSSS W. CAPROL SHAVER, d
"'HW CD. Wilson u
Sharp County record., 1897-06-04
ELLIS MARLIN
3 A r 3 E r.

Nlnglim, Sharing pd 'h0mpoo az dopo
M iEc ljhbtsigIe, hps0r, h nd oH0 VvC.
kNRg 6lldp0eU ~ reasonable DHrtS,
Sharp County record., 1897-06-04

Professional Cards.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-28
The HIGH lax DISCUSSION.

Ia the 5tsaSee-.rs iIersass o; an
nlreIsy sxesaaaIs isx rKis, the property
srEs.s 8! IA; L1ks Gill Be Isr from
: EsSSy =ss. SEsa tax gathering
.lz-s eszst. Tss usg sfAirs are going
I'D nsfs ,as1lt 70 be little or no
ifs1iss u imrf3vemsHt, bscAuss Of
the graz burden Of debt-the owner
snip u resi- estate mere Ia looke1
gpsu ~ ssme as almgat a financial
calamity; csftainly there ars many
men, even among those not specially
ctamped by individual indebtedness,
who would be glad to dispose OF .heir
real estate holdings OF much less than
the assessors value for taxation. Yet
there are In some QuarteTs-not prop.
eIty.holding ones, OF couIse-urg ings
for q further mourning OF public
expense, to involve the taxpayer more
deeply still.
In assuming Its heavy burden OF
tax,s, THE city was 10 liue with other
pisces in the United States. In fact
the tendency is go general throug bout
this country that II 10 now ueing dis.
Guessed by the ADLER financial journals
OF Europe, which take the position
that in the matter OF taxation the
ststee, counties and cities OF this
country are about tacs 10 face
with the alternative o. re,rench.
mont or ruin. referring to tn,
Uuiled States, tire London Spec,
tgtoT, diicour'ins On the question
o. low far the spirit which leads tC
iHcrease Of taxes lie likely to go, ex.
presses the opinion that in another
halt century taxes will be double VIVA
they are now, though now they sr,
ten times what they were in tn,
Union halt century ago. The Eng
llsh writer cannot understand why
tbis condition should be, anu sAys;
wewish some considerable economls
| who is also statesman-Sir Micnae
| Hicks. Beach would do-would explain
| to the world in convincing way The
cause OF the extraordinary change which
has come over the free peoples in the
matter OF public thrift. Men still living
can remember well when In France
every half million of state expenditure
was watched with grudging jealousy,
when Joseph Hume was an object oi
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-28

IHE RAILROADS have given u
some OF the finest specimens Of tue
printers aud engIsver's art which
have been used to describe to tOnrist.
tho beauties anu advantages OF Ulah's
mountain valet; and the Souvenir
OF the Overland Limited, lust nsued
by the Union Pacific, ia one OF t.e
most elegant publications OF the class
Issued that we have seer. The ham =
some title page strikes the eye rs an
exceptionally good thing, but when
the pamphlet is opened 1t Ia discovered
that all tbs artistic 10 not in the cover
the Illustrations within are supefi r
10 that on the outside; being in colsrs
they give a most realistic view of the
subjects illustrated. The letle press Ia
descriptive OF the overland Iouto In
ls47 and in 1896. and OF notable see nee
and places In Utah reached by the
Union Pacific anu its connections. FL.
M. Clay, the Union Pacific agent, il
distributing copies of the publlca ton.
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d. adj to every department OF tho British
governneui. and when every American
boosted that under the Federal system a
citizen WIS almost unlaxed, that pom
sions were unknown and impossible,
and that the idea OF national debt was
army.
/, is not diflioult to noto that high
tpxus and hard times are boon com.
pauions IN the time OF their ul,ima,i
operations, but the ordinary 20 Iitician
would have US believe that there Is u
relation between the latter and the
exiravagant spirit OF public officials
which produces the former, and that
dull limos would be rem1vsd by the
pet financial theory OF fome party,
while the policy Of big public deb Z
and large tax collections could go OF
and net prove burden. Locally, one
Of the chief causes Of persistent fiHat-
cial uepftssion Ia the burden placed
upon property owners to meet public
expenses, some of which In this city
easily come within the ststsment o
* Secretary Morton that "not few
OF those debts for which we nov
sufier terrible taxes were conceived
and suggested by promoters ami speeu'
lstcrs for their twD profit, under the
plea OF the general welfare"
With the situation ss 1t lie, there i.
no opportunity Tor public officials who
wonld retrench to 80 any great
distance in that direction. and find.
ing efforts at economy productive o
comparatively iusigni6csnt resulti
some give wsy to the demand o
others to maintain as nearly az pos.
sible the pace OF their predecessors,
and let the taxpayers foot the bill,
And while this Is going on, the people
are continually restless, shifting IRON
one administration to another, aimless'
ly lodging between political psrties
ieeiing all the time that they are pay
lug more for their government than II
10 worth, aud waiting for change fol
better which does not come.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-28

AT LAST evenings session of Thu
City Council, one member inquired
show about the sprlnkliDg coDtract?"
referring to the fact that 1t was let
when the city had no money on hand,
he evidently not thinking, when he
spoke, of the charges Of bribery In con-
nection Herewith. But his inquiry
called up in the minds OF others the
ugly rumOrs. aud after the Council ad.
iourned another councilman approached
and called the querist at coward. >
Since then, city councillors aud Others
have. been making joc3se remarks
about the hutterlng OF "hit bird }"
and the epliods has given "A new ttarI
to the bribery gossip.
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h > evidences OF civilization were dis.
covered. But that this reasoning 10
not always conclusive 10 a matter
easily demonstrated in many m dern
cities buiIt on the ruins of more ncieni
ones. Destructive ware, the raging
elements, seismic disturba Gee, often
accomplish In a BRIEF day radical
changes on the esrth's surface. Tba,
the remains Of a pavement or vsriouH
utensils and records are found thirty
five feet below the surface no consstvi.
tive student OF arch 90 Ilogy will accept
50 conclusive proof that they were
placed there say 10000 renrs ago.
Some other evidences wou be required
for The Establishment OF a fact OF such
great Importance.
The biblical chronology Ia by all
admitted to present grave diflicu ties,
and scholars may not have succeeded
in establishing q complete and perfect
chain of chronological data nom the
opening events Of the eacred volume
down 10 the present time, but so fat
neither arcl &c logy nor geology has
been In q position u furnish any mo re
reliable Information on that subject.
That civilization dates isr back into
antiquity Is a fact well established by
all recent discoveries, aud the evident
conclusion from this would seem TO bs
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