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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-26

A ND then the open door! Jesus a
~ guest within! A feast of good things!
new purpose ruling the life, and a
new hope filling the heart with Joy!
Yes, but with Jesus in the heart we dis
cover that there are lots of shut doors
which must be opened to admit Him
to full possession of the heart The
work is not all done when the hearts
door is opened. 1t is only begun. We
have admitted Jesus to the vestibule
and all about are rooms and closets
and dark recesses which Jesus wants
to visit one by one and cleanse and
purify and fill with His presence. And
here is the message to the Christians.
Jesus knocks at the chamber and
closet doors within your heart and
pleads for admittance. Every room
and recess and closet in your heart
should become a banQueting hall for
you and your guest, Jesus. Have YOU
wondered many, many times why you
get so little joy and satisfaction out of
your Christian life? 1t is because you
have left Jesus standing out in the
vestibule of your heart and you have
withdrawn to a far part of the heart
AMI are trying to feast yourself alone
upon some pet sin or desire. OF course
you will be unhappy. OF course you
will have doubts and fears. The un-
happiest creature in all the world is
the one who has admitted Jesus to the
vestibule of the heart and who then
tries to keep Him there, while he lives
in the rooms apart from Him. Jesus
is knocking. He wants to come in and
sup with you. Open the door Let
His cleansing power be felt in that
dark corner. Let Him make it a dwell
ing place for Himself. Then will you
know joy and peace again. because
Jesus is admitted to all parts of your
heart
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-26
Receirer Annninted.

Chicago, Feb. 2o.-The Federal AS
pnalt Co. Friday was placed in the
hands of a receiver in bankruptcy by
Judge Kohlsaat, in the United States
district court. This action followed
the filing of petition by number
of creditors
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-26

ISUS a stranger
without, or Jesus a
guest within-this
is the two-fold pic
ture our text gives
us. Jesus stand
ing patiently, long
ingly, lovingly at
t h e hearts door
and k n o C k i n g,
knocking, knock
ing; or Jesus sit
ting an honored
guest within the
heart, partaking of
the hospitality
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-26
Armour Institute Exnansion.

Chicago, Feb. 20.-By a gift of lands
valued at s250,OOO, ]. Ogden Armour
has begun an era of expansion for the
Armour Institute of Technology. AL
most a solid square block adjoining
the present college building Is includ-
ed in .-e tract
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-26
To Come Under Our Flag.
MiIIer's BeIated Messaue.

Washington, Feb. 22.-The navy de-
partment today made public the belat-
ed cablegram received from Capt. Mil
ler, of the cruiser Columbia, dated
San Domingo, February II. Accord
ing to the dispatch the name of the
bugler wounded is Charles Doctor in
stead of Painter, as announced last
night. The cablegram contains no
new facts
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-26
All Mine. Werc Closed.

Kansas City. Mo, Feb. 2O.-Work
was suspended in the coal mines at
Leavenworth, Pittsburg ana other
mining districts in Kansas at noon
Friday, as an expression of respect to
the memory of Senator Hanna.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-26
Mrs. Linhon Not Guilty.

Mason City, Ia, Feb. 20.-The jury
after celebrating "a hours in the case
of Mrs. l. K. Linhoff, accused of mur
dering Edward Bromley on the night
o. August 3, 1901, returned verdict
of not guilty.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-26

HE door of the heart, then, is the
l will, and Jesus has a three-fold
right to knock for admittance. This
right you cannot deny. Why then
does the door remain shut and barred
against Him? Perhaps you do not
hear the knock? Perhaps you do not
know who stands at the door? Per-
haps you are not willing to take down
the bars that keep the door from
swinging open? Jesus says: Behold,
| stand at the door and knock: if any
man hear My voice, and open the door,
l will come in to him" Do you not
hear that knock, dear heart? Two
things may keep me from hearing the
knock upon my door. 1 may be away
from home, or other noises, and other
things may so occupy my attention
that l am not sensible of the knocking
on the door When Jesus knocks, do
you fail to hear because you are away
from home? There was a time when you
used to hear His gentle knock, and His
tender voice of pleading, but now you
do not hear it any longer. You have
hardened your heart and your con-
science has long since ceased to be
sensitive, because you have so often
refused its message. Your hearts door
does not feel the touch of Jesus as lie
continues to knock, the telegraph line
of your conscience no longer carries
uninterrupted the message to your
mind. In a certain and awful sense
you are not at home. You remember
how you used to be at home when Je-
sus knocked. You refused to hear and
respond, not once, but many, many
times, yea, even scores of times, and
gradually the tender heart has become
the hard heart and the sensitive con-
science has become the scared con-
science. You are no longer at home
You Go not hear the knock or the
voice. But Jesus is standing there
still, He is still waiting to come in.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-26
INDiANoLA's NEW REGIME.
Dr.. Martin Takes Charge of the Post
office There.

Indianola, Miss, Feb. 22.-Tomorrow
evening all mail directed to Indianola
will be put off here and handled by the
| re-esta blished office, with Dr. Martin as
pOStmas ster.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-26
TRAIN ROBBERS FOILED.

Effort Reported Made by Bandits to
Hold Up Northern Pacific Train.
Helena Mont. Feb. pa special
from Billings says that an. attempt
was made last night to hold up North
ern Pacific train No. 1, the north coast
limited, west bound, between Fargo
and Valley City, n. d. A rail was
removed by the would-be robbers, but
they were discovered and fed. A
posse is said to be in pursuit
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-26

| . UT the bars may be up and you do
II not want to take them down to let
the door open for Jesus. There is the
bar of pride. All! how pride some
times keeps the heart door shut and at
last closes the very gate of Heaven
against the SOUL Pride keeps the knee
from bending; pride keeps the head
erect; pride keeps the lips shut tight
The proud heart cannot come into
Gods presence, Or, as James puts it,
God resisteth the proud" If it is
pride that is keeping the door shut
take the bar down. Or it may be the
bar of personal desire. You have your
own purposes and plans, your own
feelings and wishes to crafty; your
own appetites to indulge. This bar Of
personal desire includes worldliness,
sin in its various phases, ambition,
selfishness, and this bar of personal
desire must be withdrawn before Jesus
can come in. And then there is the
bar of procrastination. 1t is an inno-
cent looking bar, but there is ne other
bar which has proved more destruc-
tive to souls. 1t is Satan's last and
effective plea The soul realizes read
lily its need of Jesus, it knows it must
break down the bars to let the door
swing open, but not now is the plea.
Tomorrow, next week, next year
After the soul has been it's master a
little longer After the desires of the
heart and life have been INDUCED a
little more fully. But there is peril in
delay, as many, many a precious soul
has realized when it was too late.
Jesus does not say He will stand at the
hearts door tomorrow. He stands
there now, but tomorrow He may
have withdrawn. This bar of pro-
crastination is a hard one to get rid of.
But be rid of it right now, dear friend.
Do what you know you ought to do at
once. While Jesus knocks, do not tell
Him to call tomorrow, but bid him
enter right now, this very moment
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-26
The Heart and It's Door

What Means to Open the Door and Let Jesus Come In
Copyright. 1904, by ]. NJ. Edson.l

Chicago, Sunday, Feb. 21, 1904.
Text:-"Behold, l stand at the door and
knock; if any man hear My voice and open
the door, l will come in to him, and will sup
with him, and he with Me.''-Rev 3:2O.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-26

there offered, and then becoming IN
turn the gracious host and setting be-
fore the soul a delectable feast of good
things fresh from His Fathers store
house above. Jesus standing without
brings the shadow of possible soul
tragedy, for irresistibly the question
springs forth for answer: Will the
door be opened ere the waiting one
departs? or will it remain closed and
shut and barred forever? Jesus within
sharing in the feast brings the vision
OF that larger, more glorious feast
around which the great company Of the
redeemed are to gather some day in
the Fathers House. Behold" saith
the Lord, and well may man contem-
plate all that these two pictures mean.
Doors shut against the Son of God and
the Saviour of men, and doors opened
TO give Him entrance. Before the shut
door Jesus stands patiently, knocks
persistently and pleads lovingly.
Through the opened door Jesus enters
quickly and blesses richly. Shut doors
and opened doors. The shut doors hold
imprisoned within the sin-darkened
chambers of the heart the precious i'm
mortal soul, the opened doors admit
the Light of the world, and the thrill
of new life and hope is felt with the
Divine presence.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-26

no you realize that Jesus, the King.
- stands at your hearts door knock
ing? The story is told of Peter the
Great, of Russia, who was fond of
dressing in peasant garb and going
among his people, that one day he
knocked at the door of a house and
was refused admittance and turned
away. What was the distress and alarm
of the people in that house when they
realized that they had turned away the
king. If they had only realized that
it was their king, they would have re-
ceived him with open arms. And oh,
soul, if you would only realize it. the
Saviour Who is knocking at your heart
is the King of kings and the Lord OF
lords Those two men who walked
from Jerusalem to Emmaus did not real
ize that the stranger who met them
was Jesus, but when they invited Him
in to abide with them their eyes were
opened and they knew Him. And it
Will be so with you. You do not realize
that it is Jesus knocking at your heart.
You know there is an unsatisfied long
ing, the sense of lack which this
world cannot supply. You have a con-
ciOusness within your inmost heart of
need which only God can fill. 1t is
Jesus knocking. You do not realize
Who it is that is there. You do not
understand what it means. But just
open the door and invite the stranger
in, and you will soon learn as He sups
with you and you with Him that it is
your Saviour and your King Who has
been seeking admission.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-26

CIRST OF all what is the door which
| when shut proves an impossible bar
rier to Jesus? What is It that keeps
Jesus on the outside? What is it that
prevents His bTin nging the hope of saliva
ton, and the joy Of His presence into the
heart and life? 1t is that tremen-
dous something which we call the
will" 1t has pleased God to en-
dow man with such a faculty as
the will. And this will of man has the
power to lift him up TO Heaven or cast
him down to hell. If the will shuts out
the Christ and declares that it does not
need Him and can get along without Him
the soul is rejecting Gods claims and
losing its only hope Of salvation and
eternal life. If the will is yielded to
the Christ, and He is permitted to
enter the heart and rule in the
life, then does the soul begin to know
what Jesus meant when He said: He
that believeth on the Son HATH eternal
life The will is the door. Jesus
knocks, not that the will may be de-
stroyed, but that it may swing open. may
yield TO Him and give Him entrance. So
many, many dear souls are hindered by
the thought that to yield the will to
Christ means to lose the will entirely.
But never was there greater mistake
made, never did a soul misunderstood
God more, than when it believed that
a man loses his will and his personality
when he surrenders to God. When l
knock on the door to my home, it is not
with the intention of destroying that
door do not want it to open to me that
l may wrench it from its hinges and
throw 1t aside as useless and undesirable.
That door has very useful function to
perform 1t is absolutely necessary tc
the completeness Of the house. With
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-26

the knock is heard. The recent awful
theater tragedy in Chicago brought q
solemn, death-like hush over the city.
The most careless and frivolous and
Indifferent were made to pause and
think of the more serious side of life;
they were made to realize that it was
not all of life to live or death to die.
And as people were checked in the
rapid rush of modern life and the
headlong race after pleasure, the
knock of Jesus was heard. He wanted
to come and change the current of life
so that it would flow Godward, and
many, thank God, when they heard
the knock opened the door and let Je-
sus come in. But others would not,
and Jesus stands without, still knock
ing, knocking, knocking. Why is the
door not opened? 1t may be because
you do not realize Who is there, or
because you have not withdrawn the
bars which are holding the door shut.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-26

out it the house would be unsafe and un-
inhabitable. And it is so with the will,
the door to the human heart God real
ICES more perfectly than do you that
that will is necessary, that it has func-
ton to perform which cannot be dis
pensed with. Without the will the heart
is unsafe. Jesus knocks not to con-
denim, but that He may come in and dig
Nifty and strengthen that door, that He
may increase its usefulness. The will
with God behind it is a mighty factor
for good in the world The will with
God shut out is dangerous and destruc-
tive.
JESUS has right to knock for ad-
y mittance. First of all because as
the created work of God we belong to
Him. | have right to knock upon the
door of my home because it belongs to
me. 1t is my home, and, therefore, l
have indiSputable right to knock, and
when | knock l expect to be admitted.
Jesus has right to knock at the door
of your heart, because you belong to
Him by right of creation, and when
He knocks He has a right to expect to
DS duHllIleu. ana IN tlo second pldCe
Jesus has right to knock for admittance
because of the need within that heart
The heart may not be really conscious of
that need, but the need is there, neverthe-
less. There is degree of hunger which
becomes Indifferent to food and fails
longer to feel the gnawing pangs. And
the heart is often unconscious of and
Indifferent TO its need, but the need is
there. And Jesus has a right to knock
because of that need. But the
fact of the need within is not all the
warrant that is needed for knocking for
admittance. If curiosity brings me to
the door, if l knock because l wish with
prying eyes to witness the suffering, then
may my right to knock be questioned.
But if l come bringing supplies which
shall satisfy the needs then is my claim
of right to knock fully established. And
when Jesus comes to the heart and
knocks, it is not only because of the
need within, but because He is fully able
to supply that need. Jesus does come
to the human heart and knock for ad-
mission. He is knocking at your heart
even now while these words are being
spoken, and He has right to knock be-
cause you are Gods creation, because
your soul has an undying need, and be-
cause He is abundantly able to supply
that need
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-02-26

~ back-slidden church of Laodicea,
which has become worldly and rich in
perishable gold, but which is poor
and blind and naked" in the eyes
of God. 1t was lukewarm in its
love and devotion to its Lord, and be-
cause it was neither cold nor hot" the
Lord declares: 81 will spew thee out of
my mouth" But following this declara-
tion of rejection, Jesus goes on to plead
with the individual members of the
church to repent, for Behold, l stand
at the door and knock; if any man hear
my voice. and open the door. will come
in to him and will sup with him, and he
with Me" Jesus is dealing with the in
diyidual. Primarily our text is ad-
dressed to the back-slidden Christian
Jesus has been crowded out of the heart
and the life by the cares of this world
and the deceitfulness of riches" but He
longs to come back again, and so he
stands at the door and knocks for ad-
mission. But ii is equally true that He
seeks out the unsaved sinner and as per-
sistently and lovingly knocks at the
door of his heart. To the one who has
never accepted Christ as Saviour, He
comes and pleads: Behold, 1 stand at
the door and knock; if any man hear My
voice. and open the door will come in
to him. and will sup with him and he
with Me" And it is to such we want to
bring a message. We shall have a word
10 say to the Christian who is keeping
His Lord without the chamber of his
heart where some pleasure, some ambi-
tiOn, some sin is being harbored, and in
6ulged. but first of all we desire to pre-
sent Gods claim to the unsaved to try
to bring them to see who is standing
without their heart knocking for admit
tance. to endeavor to show them what
the shut door means and what the open
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-28
Inv TELEGRAPH 10 THE rn1BuNE. ]

Dallas Tex June 27.--W II. Ellis, who went 10
Furope with the missing Kent Loomis. had an ad-
,.onturo,,. career in Texas He is less than forty
wears aid and was born in San Antonio Tex. lie is
a complex mixture OF white and black blood. He
has the looks and dash of 4 Spaniard, and is good
lingtst speaking French Spanish. German and
English fiuently After attending the public negro
school he obtained his higher education by per-
.onal effort in reading and study
lie headed the scheme fifteen years ago to col
onize the negroes of the Southern States in Old
after he had left il most of the members who had
not died from privations tramped back 10 Texas
and the old South.
Ellis played a strong hand In Republican politics
IN Texas, and in 1885 stood by the late Wright
C.,ney in the memorable contest in the State
yention at Austin when Cuney's enemies tried un-
succesgfIlIly 10 unhorse him the Republican
leader in the state. While Quincy lived Ellis was
al the front in negro politics. When Cuney died IN
1897 his followers went to pieces and Ellis drfted
to New-York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-28
MYSTERY AT ASTOR HOUSE
Letter Says Guest Is to Commit Sui
cide-He Has Disappeared.
CHARLES z. COURTNEY.
Cornell.

\ letter declaring the writer's intention Of
committing suicide was received yesterday by
T. H. Thurston. manager Of the Astor House
and signed Louis P. May. A Louis P. May of
Scranton. Penn, registered at the hotel on Sun
day afternoon. Neither the manager nor the
police are ready yet to believe the ease one of
suicide
Besides the letter 10 Mr.. Thurston there is
another. sealed addressed 10 "Ad,nira! II. J.
May London. England" In a postscript of the
opened letter are directions as to sending this
one.
The letter, written on Astor House station
cry is follows,
Sunday. June 20. 1904.
T. II. Thurston, Esq. Manage Astor House,
Dear Sir: Although I shall not occupy Room
3l6 tonight taking my last long sleep in a
softer cooler bed. l peg TO hcioSe y IN settle
ment OF my bill of 81 90. 1 shall not need the
change.
think the meanest of mean cusses is one
Who goes as guest TO hotel 70 commit suicide.
often messing up a room in a dreadful way and
leaving unpaid bill a motto for all SUICIDES
should be that Of celebrated rat poison, Don't
die in the house"
My satchel and a few effects kindly give to
some Of the help. l would willingly leave you
my watch. not having any further use for the
rme, but--weli. there is a dear woman's picture
in it, and il will stay with me TO the last as
she did. and go with me tonight. out 10 sea,
with the tide
. Very truly yours. LOUIS Y. MAY.
p s. Kindly take three cents from The 80
cents and put stamps on letter in my satchsl to
Admiral II. j. May, London. England, as l find
have no stamps except my stamped envelopes
and they will not do. ! do know IL | can
get Sunday night; can't in my town, Scran-
ton.
Kindly mail the letter when properly stamped.
The letter was inclosed in an envelope of busi-
ness size bearing in embossed red letters, on
the upper left hand corner the inscription.
Louis z. May & Co, 40 ConneI Building
Scranton. Penn" The postmarks showed that
It had been mailed at o'clock Sunday night. at
Station p which is in the Produce Exchange
Building. at Broadway. only a few blocks from
either the East or North river. II was marked
as received at the General PostofTice at IL 81
o'clock and was delivered at the Astor House
early in the morning.
None of the clerks or other employees about
the hotel could remember anything definite
about May. In Mays room the bed was und!s-
turbed. In the valse the letter addressed
10 Admiral May
Rear Admiral Henry John May. G. Il 1892.
+. N, is captain of the Royal Naval College at
Greenwich.
MIR. Thurston telephoned yesterday to the office
of Louis Z. May & Co. at Scranton. He was
answered by woman who =a!d she was stenog-
rapher for Mr.. May. She said her employer
not in Scranton. but she did not know
where he had gone, He had been in business
there for two months. she said, dealing in in
vestment securities. He was not married she
said, and had no relatives in this country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-28
GREAT ARMIES IN TOUCH.
kUROkI'S SHIFT MARCH.
Japanese in Mao-IIen Pass-4
MOUe .4gainst Obu.

General Kuroki's army has advanced rap
idly on Lao Yang and HaiCheng, his troops
by flank movement occupying Mao-Tien
Pass. General Oku is reported to be again
moving northward, passing the mountain bar
ricr and the Russian and japanese outposts
are in touch along the lines of the three forces.
General kuropatzin is said to have sent a
large force from Tashi-Chiao to check Okus
advance
The Russians are still without definite adj
vices regarding the losses of the Port Arthur
fleet, but seem disposed to admit that three
warships were either sunk or rendered useless.
Viceroy Alexief sent another dispatch, which
ended with the statement that the Japanese
warships had been sighted.
Chinese who arrived at Che-Foo from Port
Arthurs neighborhood said that the Japanese
bombarded the fortress on June %, many
shells falling in the town. They reported that
one Japanese torpedo boat sank after the
naval battle.