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The times., 1897-07-19
Man SHOULD LIVE FOR MAN
j. L. McCreery as an Agnostic in
Search of Happiness.
Mind Is Its Source and Its Capacity
for Pleasure Depends Upon
Its Development.

At Typographical Hall j. l.. Mccreery
addressed the Peoples Church in the role
of IAN agnostic in search OF happiness.
He began by q brief analysis of the
powers and faculties of the human mind,
iDasmuch as it is the mind, whether or
man or beast, that njoys. Every faculty
ess entiaIly different from the pleasure
arising from the activity or any oeher
faculty The powers andsensibflitieswh which
man possesses in common with the brute
creation find in their exercise an enjoyment
that is brief in duration and of lower
grade than the enjoyment resulting from
the exercises of the intellectual ana
esthetic faculties 1t is not nee essafy
10 buy book on psychology TO learn titat
tnepleasm e of Archimedes upondlscoverlng
the secret of the law of specific gravity,
which led him in his ecstacy to run naked
through the streets of Syracuse from his
bath to the palace OF the king; of Keplef,
" lien the laws that govern the revolutions
OF the planets dawned upon him; or
Michael Angelo. when his soul was fired
he gave expression in the paintings upon
the ceiling OF the Sistine chapel; or the
poet. In giving utterance to words that
breathe and thoughts that burn, and are
destined to render him immortal-are OF
O higher grade and quality than the pleas
ures OF the gourlnand or prize fighter
And the highest class CT faculties, the
alturiStc faculties, in their exercise
AVA ken still higher grade of happiness.
The sources OF enjoyment in the universe
are infinite: Inan's capacities for enjoy
ment are infinite; every faculty TO which
he gives wider and higher culture sets
another chime of joybells ringing in his
soul. 1t is not necessary TO be great
man or woman in order to acquire this
culture or the altruistic faculties, from
which arises the highest grade Of hap
piness One who possesses the conscious
ness of having scattered kindly words and
deeds wherever opportunity has offered, OF
having been u blessing and not q burden to
humanity, viii never as k the foolish
question, us life w orth iiving?" To
such a one, HES pathway as he looks
back upon it is paved by suRbeans, bor-
dered by flowers, and canopied by stars.
His command 10 HIS disciples was. 'tGo
work In my vineyard" In order 20 i'm
press His teaching that nothing that needs
doing for the benefit OF humanity dis.
honorable or degrading. among His latest
acts on earth He washed His disciples
feet. When savage tribes make war upon
their neighbors, upon reducing them to
subsection they compel the members Of
the subJugated band to serve as slaves of
the yictors, whence arises among them the
idea that labor is degrading, while tn
live upon the fruits of the labor OF others
is honorable. But anyone in a civilized
land who looks upon tie matter In that
light may console himself with the re-
Election that he fingers on the moral plane
OF the Apache and the Hottentot, and has
not yet acquired the faIntest apprehension
OF the spirit that was IN Christ Jesus.
The times., 1897-07-19
SOURCE OF MANS STRENGTH.
An Instructive Sermon at the Grace
NJ. f. Church.

NJ. E. Church.
Rev. G. Y. Leech, D. D., pastor of Grace
NJ. E. Church, corner of Ninth and S streets
northwest, preached yesterday morning
from the text Nehemiah viii:10-"The
JOY of the Lord is your strength
The conceptions of a man. said Rev.
Leech, have vast deal to do with his
life and character. We see it constantly
illustrated III the career OF nations none the
less than In those of individuals. 1t ap-
plies to religion with immense force. This
isan ageof startlingideas Many men drink
In that which is new without questioning
Here We should have q care Test
everything. Unless absolute proof is given
you are safe i'll walking in the old paths
A new and prevailing idea is that religion
must be a matter of cheer No dyspeptics
are wanted. Much of this we hear from
young people 1t is correct IL we under
stand what is meant in the Bible by cheer
The cheer of religion always relates to
spiritual motives and results, not to mere
animal or intellectual love.
Christ is said never to have Smiled, but
He did rejoice in spirit. The Christian, be-
cause OF assured salvation, should have
such cheer He should never have moral
dyspepsia. Religion is good for physical
dyspepsia and all other ills.
ut helps to cure them. Do not let the
religious life Of the young degenerate into
mere trolley party JOY The spirit Of the
church is offer: more important than mere
doctrines. We hear much now OF Chris
tian unity. This too much relates to mere
The times., 1897-07-19
THE CHURCH AND SCIENCE.
Drawing Nea rer Together, Says Rev.
Howard Wilbur Ennis.

tDId"lU8 -Ntd say EtV.
Howard Wilbur Ennis.
THE Flea of the World was the sub
ject or all interesting discourse yesteI-
day morning at the Western Presbyterian
Chprcu by Tie pastor, the Rev. How ard
Wilbur Ennis. During the invocation, which
preceded the sermon, DR. Ennis also
prayed that prosperity be. restored and
peace reign over the land, and that capI-
tai and labor work hand in hand to-
gether for the common good and the ad-
vancement OF God : Kingdom.
In making the announcements he also
called special attention TO the Cuban
mass meeting TO be held in the afternoon
at the First Congregational Churcn, and
extended an invitation TO the congregation
To attend.
The Rev DR.. Ennis took his text
from Matthew 2: / :; and Herod ''sent
them TO BethIehe and said, go anu
search diligently for the young child,
and when We have found him bring
me word again that l may come aud
worship him also
Before entering upon the discussion of
his text DR.. Ennis spoke at length or the
advanced age in which we live and the
rapid progress daily and yearly being
made in the confirmation of Christian
truths. Ali this. he said, only demonstrat-
ed that the more we come to understand
the dead past the more We are made to
believe ii a still living past. We lock
back and ponder On the great minds of
the past while we are daZZled with the
grandeur ana brilliancy OF the hour.
The church, the reverend speaker said
is growing closer and closer to science,
While at the same time science is getting
closer and closer to the church. Thelatter
recognizes in science a helper, and as a
consequence is demanding more knowledge
Of it's students. Man hurries, but God
does not, and in the fullness of time
knowledge exact and knowledge revealed
Is coming together.
In conclusion Ur. Ennis, in speaking OF
the falling off and backsiiding OF converts
attributed it chiefly to the lack of kEowl-
edge They stop studying and searching
fer the light too soon. ins tead of diligently
searching for the how and why Deep,
thoughtful study he said, was necessary,
not alone for our own satisfaction but to
enable Us to explain all to others who may
inquire.
The Rev. DR.. Ennis announced that next
Sunday would be the last on which he
would be present before going on his sum-
mer vacation.
The times., 1897-07-19

Were black and blue with bruises and her
hemosrliase, which frightened the gallant
wife-beater from proceeding further.
lit is true that since the complainant
left your oIairix he has several times re-
quested her 10 Tejcin him. But he has Ut
no time sent her the money on which to
Return, ana she has not felt disposed to
take her fathers resources In this behalf.
1T is true that during the period be-
tween May ID, 1887, and the present
she has received six letters from him, of
which the three first at least are
cpuched in the most endearing terms,
beseeclhng her To return, and telling her
in the most moving language how lonely
he is without her.
1.-The eaiI ure TO inclose the mea MS
which would have enabled your oratrix
TO rejoin the complainant is nothing with
which sue is unfamiliar. Bat she is at
a loss to understand this sudden access
OF devotion, unless it proceed from the
fact that he misses his usual pugilistic
exercise upon her figure, and fears lest
hiS health be impaired by his loss of op-
portunity To practice his peculiar species
VI diiiStlGs, Ut ulitSS Ullt Drains Ok HIS
aStute lawyers were back of the hand
OF the cliert, making his case for him in
advance, so that these beautiful epis-
tolary eff1sions might be used in support
OF the plan which was even then being
prepared
She has been informed that upon at
least one occasion during this embroglio
Mr.. Edmund WaddiIl, jr., has kindly rem
dered his client the small service of reliev-
ing hH' from the task OF composing a let
ter for himself, and knowledge of this
fact when coupled with all the ether cir
cumStances which have been forced upon
her attention Heads her to suspect at least
that behind the hand OF Esau is the voice
of Jacob in this transaction. But the last
letter hardly veiled threat.
From its general tenor and from her
knowledge of the nature of the complain
ant, she is disposed to concede that this
was possibly the unaided composition OF
her husband. However, she is not anxious
to he contentious on this point She VIII
produce these letters on the trial, and
then the eminent counsel may claim even
the last one as their own, should they be
desirous of doing so.''
The times., 1897-07-19
"DEvILS IN CREEDS :"
1he Solar Myths of Antiquity Ma
teriaIized by TheoIogIaus.

terialized by TheoIogIaus.
Major James Albert Clark at the Theosoph-
ical Had, IN Columbia Theater Building,
last night spoke on Devils in Creeds.,,
and maintained that the solar mvtbs II
ancient religious which could only be
understood ny students OF the occult lore
or the east had been grossly materiaIiZed
DE- superficial teachers OF ereefiS until
Caristendom presents the anomaly OF hav-
ing the highest ideal ia the Nazarene and
the lowest Conception in a personal devil,
not excluding the tOlerism OF tribes the
auimisin of primitive races, and the super
stition OF the darker ages.
The Christian fathers exercised a keeuer
search into the mysteries than do the mod
ern expounders OF creeds Origen. the
most scientific Of his day and class. held
that even devil might repent and be saved
FHghtful havoc was made Of reason when
the personal devil school fought for the
restoration of the book OF Revelations To a
place in Holy Scripture after II had been
ruled out by the synod OF Laodiesa It
required ecclesiastical wfre-puHing border
ing on moiern methods OF political fill
clustering ia the succeeding councils OF
Hippo and Carthage To reinstate it, and
following this. in 397, began the growth
of the devil which has differentiated into
creeds, each partaking OF satanic attributes
according to the measure of sanctffied hate
and bigotry in the formulated teachings.
1t is evident in the study and research
of theoSophy that the more Closelyand care
fully the mGltifOm devils are scrutinized
the more the impression gains thatit was
the intention originally to cite a mythical
narrative rather than an historical fact.
Then, as Tow, the contest between a
mans higher and lower nature was an ex-
traordinary phenomenon and an exhaust
less problem.
With the advancement OF civilization We
learn readily that man has no hell but
what he makes.
The devils who inhabit hell must there.
fore owe their tenancy to man.
The times., 1897-07-19
DUTY. OF THE WORLDS MAN.
DR.. Fiske breaches on What He
Owes TO the Churcbtnan.

Owes to the Churchman.
at the Gmtoh Temple Presbyterian
Church yesterday Dr. Fiske preached on
WHAT the Churchman Has FAIR Right
to Expect of the WoTld's Man. In clos
ing his sermon he said: The rankest dis
believer, laying out a town in the West,
sets off some good lots for a gift to the
churches He knows that no decent
people will come to live where such
privileges are not solicited I've seen
that done IL scores of town-plats from
Ohio to the Pacific by men who had not
the slightest religious interest. Now, if
the church be OF so common advantage
to the Interests of order property, morals,
personal security, education, civilization,
Is 1t a fair thing FOR the world outside
to leave the little bands of churchmen
to bear the great burthen of their creation
and maintenance? If, as is widely be-
lleyed, the spiritual and eternal welfare
of men, their own and their chl,iren's
final salvation, turn largely on the power
and extension of the church and the truth
it is set to proclaim;if the Gospel, as most
thoughtful men imagine, be the grand
way Of earths final glory and mans
consu,nmation. then how can any man
withdraw his hand from amplest. enthu-
siastic, and constant support, in all pos
sihle ways, OF this the chosen instrument
OF God for bringing In His king dom. for
liftinl up His children TO their divine
heritage, and for the redemption Of the
whole earth from all its evil? We have
a perfect right TO insist that every man
who thus recognizes the vast value of the
church to the community at large shall
pnt his heart under and lift sturdily Y in It's
support. in its firm establishment where it
is not, aud its vigorous maintenance where
it is II is a shame for man who be-
lieves thus 10 leave 10 Others the labor
the caie. and the cost OF the mighty
work. He is shirking''
The times., 1897-07-19
DE LONE DIMES wooDFoRD.
The Spanish Minister Entertains
Our New Minister to Spain.

The Spanish minister, Senior Dupuy de
Lone, entertained last night at dinner at
the Spanish legation Gen. Woodford, the
newly-appointed minister to Spain: Mrs.
Woodford and Miss Woodford The iu-
spiration of the dinner was the usual
tender OF courtesy 10 a departing diplomat
by the representative of the government
to which the diplomat is accredited.
The dinner is said to have been, how.
ever, one of the most splendid of the
social functions of the season Those
present were Gen. Woodford, Mrs Wood
ford. Miss Woodford, Portuguese Minister
and viscountess santo ThyTSo, Judge Day,
First Assistant Secretary of State; Mr.
Adee, Second A ssistant Secretary of State,
Minister Of Colombia and Mrs. Rencifo.
IL rgentine minister, Miss Drain, Mr. SoIer,
first Sc cret tary Spanish legation; Mr.
Gaiarza. secretary Spanish legation; Mr.
Almeida, attache.
The times., 1897-07-19
"GoD, WHOSE I AM"
Sermon of DR.. Stricken at Ham
line NJ. T.. Church.

At Hamline NJ. E. Church yesterday
morning Rev. DR. Stricken selected as
his text, ..God, whose l am and whom
serve"
..Imminent danger" said Rev. Mr.
Stricken. Twill bring out the real char
acteristics of a man. So when Paul was
shipwreckcd on the high seas, as de-
scribed in the Bible, his superiority over
the sailors was shown.
Every one has a secret inspiration In
lie. and when Faul was shipwrecked he
let Us know that his inspiration was the
fact that he belonged to God and served
Him. In other words, conservation was
the secret insDira ton of his life.
1.-The two features of this conservation
were: He belonged to God and was the
servant OF God. What Guiteau, the slayer
of Garfield, said as an expression of an
insane man might well be used by US,
namely y am Gods man.
IAN life is a ministry. Everything In
nature serves to minister to something
else. This fact was what made Paul
calm in danger, this was his life preseryer
in shipwreck-he belonged to God and
served Him."
The times., 1897-07-19
DIR. JoHssroN,s VACATION.
The metropolitan Pulpit Filled Yes
terday by DIR. Baker.

The services at the Metropolitan Church
Yesterday was conducted by Rev. DR..
Henry Baker Dr.. Johnston, the pastor
of the Metropolitan, is away on his va
cation to Europe President Mckinley
attended the service and large congre-
cation kSs present.
DR.. Baker is member of the Metro
politau congregation, retired from the
active ministry. He is the first on the
quite exte nsive list of minis ters who
Will preach during DR.. Johnston's two
months absence.
Dr.. Baker chose for his subject the
Holy Lands. He has been an extensive
traveller in the Bible countries, and was a
keen observer and student as he went.
The times., 1897-07-19

dogma would not wish unity I'LL tue
spirit OF some churches is changed
Religious cheer is but partial now.
BY and by il will be complete God is now
preparing us. little by little, for the har-
monies of His courts, and the song of
Moses and the Lamb"
The times., 1897-07-19
g 90

$500 Excursions 10 the Sea- $500
shore via Pennsylvania Railroad.
On Fridays and Saturdays during July
and August tickets will be sold for IL a.
M and 12:45 p. m. trains for Atlantic
City, Cape May, Ocean City and Sea Isle
City, good to return until the following
Tuesday Atlantic City tickets good via
Delaware Bridge route.
jy6-tu, ,tb, ,fr ,pm;sun, wed, & franz
The times., 1897-07-19

You may hunt the world over and Won
Will not find another medicine equal to
chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and piarrhoea
Remedy for bowel complaints II is pleas.
ant, safe and reliable. For sale by Henry
Evans, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, 93s
street northwest and Connecticut avenue
and street northwest ana 142S Maryland
avenue northeast.
The times., 1897-07-19
Special Excursion to Seashore via
b. q o.

Tickets to Atlantic City, Cape May, Sea
Isle City, and Ocean City, ~ j., will be sold
for o a. III. and 12 noon, Royal Blue Line
trains, on Fridays and Saturdays uring
tie season, good to return until Tuesday
Following, at rate So for the round trip
je3o-m, W ,th-tiIAu2
The times., 1897-07-19

SO To Niagara Falls and he SO
turn via Pennsylvania Railroad.
Special trains, with parlOr cars, VIII
leave Washington at 7:30 a m. July 22,
August and 10, September and 16.
Tickets limited 10 ten days, allowing STOP
ovef at Buffalo, Rochester and Watkiua
returning. Rate, $40.
Jy12,13 l5, 17,ls 20, ,21e-13, IA, 4,16, ,1s,1s,
20,21m
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-31
COUSIN OSBORNE,

The Hartford Times is sorry about the
case OF poor Cousin William Mckinney
Osborne, who has been appointed Consul
General at London. which position was
WORM $4O,00O per annum before Mr.
Cleveland cut down the fees but now
is 1t only worth $4,000 Our contem-
porary, Erieving over his misfortune in
being appointed to so beggarly a lob.
says that 1t seems hard that man like
cousin Osborne who has held many like
Offices before this, including that of
Police Commissioner of Boston shou]d
nave to get along with not more than
1000 year. Cousin Mckinley has said
TO Cousin Osborne, however, that he
Will revoke Mr.. Clcveland's order. If
Congress can be got to approve the rcvo-
cation. and Cousin Osborne is explaining
to the Republican Senators anu mem
bers Just why he ought to receive seven
or eight times as much pay as they get
ana more than any other Federal office
holder except the President himself.
But suppose the aforesaid lawmakers
should conclude that Cousin Osborne
should try to worry along on $4,000 a
year, and refuse to restore the fees to
the office which Mr.. Cleveland cut off,
what will Cousin Osborne do. refuse the
position? Not much. It may be a great
hardship. but the world is full of hard
ships. and some Of them must be borne
by Cousin Osborne as well as other peo-
pie. If he can't get along on $4,000
there are others" who can.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-31

| likely ito embarrass the present British
Ministry than anything else in lbcentt
years. There Is no war between Dnsia nj
/ and Crete or Greece. ana Ship oyners,
would be clearly within their legal
rights IN entering the ports of either
| country. and yet such will not be per-
mitted by the allied fleets in those
waters. What, then. would be the atti-
tude of England were 81 merchantmen
OF that nation to attempt to force his
way to one of those ports and was fired
upon and sunk, Is 4 question? Would
England resent the action Of the fleet?
Could the British warships remain idly
by and witness the destruction Of q
vessel Of their own country In the pur-
suit Of It's legitimate business without
a1lordinE it protection? These are some
OF the questions which suggest them
selves In view Of the Cretan blockade,
and no man can tell how soon the an
SWer may he in order. Under all cir
cumstances England Is in duty bound to
protect it's subjects, and If such u CON
tinEency should arise as is above sug-
geSted, that nation will have upon it's
hands a complication difficult to solve
No one believes that the people Of Great
Britain would tolerate the Salisbury
Ministry for & day If it did not use all Of
it's power to defend it's subjects under
such circumstances. and yet, under
the understanding between England and
the other Powers concerned in the block
ade what could it do, except to submit
to the outrage and by 1t kill the present
Ministry, or to defend the vessel even
to the extent of returning the fire OF the
allied fleet and thereby bring on a war
between Great Britain and the Powers?
Certainly the situation IS a grave one
for England and graver still for the Sal
isbury Ministry.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-31
Mr.. HARRISON ON CORPORATIONS


In Il recent address President Har.
rison spoke as follows; in regard 10 Tho
corporation laws as they now stand II
this country:
Five slNths Of the voters Of the
country favor Il revision OF corpora
tion laws, limiting the purposes for
which corporations may be organic
cd. supervising the issuing Of stocks
and bonds and putting other re-
straints upon them AN even larger
proportion Of our people would give
their emphatic support to the propo-
sition that tax burdens Should fall
equally upon all property.
They do not now. as every one
knows. Lands. houses. live stocks
, and implements OF trade cannot he
hidden. Stocks and bonds can be.
and the assessor has no way OF
checking the list"
There is q great deal OF truth in what
the eS-Presldent has to say on this sub
jcct, and yet his party has the credit of
fostering and supporting the most OBJ
jectionablc Of corpora ions and trusts at
every opportunity that is offered. and
much that he complains of in the dircc-
ton named is Of that party's creation.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-31
lMpREssIoSs.

watch by night the roaming star
That lures 20 worlds enchnnted;
And Srieve to see my nightly guide,
BY gathering light supplantcd
sink beneath awakening dreams,
The joys ] fondly cherished;
That 1ullcd me in the silent night.
And in the morning persisted.
| feel the chill approaching dawn
That lowers on the morrow;
And bitterly resume my way
In solitary sorrow.
[ drift where'er my fancy flows.
Beguilcd by CLEANS OF gladness;
I sigh TO crush alluring hopes
And bear a. heart of sadness
Realities benunpb the soul,
Obscure iInpulsivc splendoy;
Yet 10 Il sovereign law we still,
Reluctant homage render.
1 yield release 10 social cheer,
Ambitions stirred to anguish;
l mourn because the charms OF night
Are chained to days Of anguish
A BOURGEOIS.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-31
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

One hundred and twenty-five firemen
are required 10 feed the furnaces OF Il
first class Atlantic steamer.
The British admiralty has recently
laid down a new batSleship, to be known
as the Ocean. She is Of the Campus
class, with some new features.
The Republicans are SO much interest
ed in the welfare OF the Virginia farm
ers that they have imposed tax of IS
cents =. bushel on corn and rs cents q
bushel on wheat. Hit-s
Official estimates OF the worlds raw
sugar products for this year is as fol-
lows: Beet, 100000 tons; cane, 2,G55, 900
tons. Stock on hand, 10000 tons; total
S765,000 tons. Estimated consumption
for ensuing year, 100000 tons.
From the Newfoundland fleet comes
news of 4 bad sealing year. Out Of
sixteen steamers fishing in the North
Atlantic eleven have been heard from,
whose combined catches are only q 900
seals, less than Il load for one steamer.