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TALMAKK'S SERMON.
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR ALL WHO
HAVE BATTLES TO FIGHT.
dtilclti In tlio Horn. in Anintilttiratrri
l.lkontMl lo Tlioiu In 71ilcli Clin ulirli-
tlnil Vt'llittnml tliu Amjult. of till)
Tinllr-Morili of 1'iiul.
(Copyright 1112. Louts Kloparli. N. T )
. Washington Feb. 23. This discourse
of Dr. Tnlmage lg full of Inspiring
.oughts for those who find life n
struggle and shows that wo havo many
celestial sympathizers; texts Hebrews
All l.VSeelug we aUo nro compassed
abent with so great a cloud of wlt-
neascs;' I Corinthians xv 32 "I have
fowiit with beasts at Ephesus."
Crossing the Alps by the Mont Cents
pssa or through tho Mont Cenls tun-
nel you are In a tow hours set down
at Verona Italy and In a few minutes
begin examining one of the grandest
ruins or the world the Amphitheater.
The Whnlo building 'sweeps around you
In a circle. You stand in the arena
whero tho combat wa3 once fought or
tho race run and on all sides the seats
rise tier above tier until you count
forty elevations or galleries us I Bhall
see fit to call them. In which sat the
sr.ato(yie kings and the 25000 ex-
ited spectators. At the sides of the
nienaVtnd under tho galleries are the
rages "Where the lions and tigers are
Kept without food until frenzied with
hunger. ami thirst they are let out up
on sqmo poor victim who with his
sword Vid alono is condemned to meet
them. I think that-Paul himself once
stood In such n place and that It was
not only figuratively but literally that
ho ha.l "fought with beasts at Ephe-
sus." The gala day has come. From all the
world the people are pouring Into Voro
na. Every place Is filled. Im-
' menslty of audience sweeping tho groat
circle. Silence. Tho time for tho contest
ha come. A Roman official leads forth
the victim Into the arena. Lot him got
his sword with firm grip into his right
hand. The 25000 sit breathlessly watch-
ing. I hear tho door at the hide of the
arena creak opeu. Out plunges the half
starved lion his tongue nthlrst for
blood and with a roar that brings all
tho galleries to their feet he rushes
against the r.word of his combatant.
Do you know how long a stroko a man
will strike when his life depends upon
the first thrust of his blade? The
wild beast lame and bleeding slinks
back toward the side of tho arena;
then rallying his wasted strength he
comes up with llorcer eye and more
terrible roar than ever only to be
driven back with a fatal wound while
the combatant comes in with stroke
after stroke until tho monster Is dead
at his feet and tho 25.000 clap their
hands and utter a shout that makes
tho city tremble.
To one of the Roman amphltheatrl-
eal audiences of 100000 people Paul
' refers when he says "Wo aro com-
lmssod about with so great a cloud of
wltuesies " Tho direct refereuco in
tho last passage Is made to a race; but
olfewhoro having discussed that I take
now Paul'K 'favorite idea of tho Chris-
tian l'fe ns u combat.
The fact Is that every Christian
man has a lion to tight. Yours is a
had temper. You havo been thrown
by It time and again hut in the
fitrongth of God you havo ailson to
drive It bak. I verily bellevo you
will conquer. I think that the tempta-
tion Is jotting' weaker and weaker.
You havo given it so many wounds
that the prospect is that it will die
' and you shall bo the victor through
Christ. Courage brother! Do not let
tho sands of tho arena drink the blood
of your houl!
Your lion Is the passion for strong
drink. You may have contended
against It for twenty jears; but It is
strong of body and thirsty of tongue.
Take this weapon sharp and keen
reach up and get it from God's armory
tho sword of the Spirit. With that
thou mayest drive him back and con-
quer! Hut why specify when ovcry man
and woman has a Hon to fight? If
thero bo one here who has no hesett'ng
sin let him spenk out for him havo I
offended. If you have not fought the
lion It Is because you havo let the Hon
cat you up. This very moment tho
contest goes on. Tho Trajan celebra-
tion where 10000 gladiators fought
.and 11000 wild boasts were slain was
for the life of tho body; this Is for the
life of the soul. That was with wild
' btasts from tho jungle; this Is with
the roaring Hon of hell.
Men think when they contend
against an evil habit that they have
to fight It all alone. No! They stand
In tho center of an Immense clrclo of
sympathy. Paul had been reciting the
names of Abel Enoch Noah Abraham
Sarah Isaac. Joseph Gideon and Barak
and then says "Being compassed about
with so greet n cloud of witnesses."
On tho first elevation of tho ancient
amphitheater on the day of a celebra-
tion sat Tiberius or Augustus or the
rolsnlng king. Bo in the great arena
of spectators that watch our struggles
und In the first dlvlno gailery as 1
shall call It sits our King one Jesus
On his hca-i aro many crowns. Tho
Roman emperor got his place by rold
blooded conquests but our King hath
come to Ms place by the broken hearts
Scaled and the tears wiped away und
the souls redeemed. The Roman em-
peror feat with folded arms Inikffe:
unt as to whether the swordsman or
the Hon beat but our King's sympa-
thies are all with us nay unheard or
condescension ! I see lilin come down
from the gallery Into the arena fo help
ns In the fight shouting until all up
and down his voice Is heard: "Kent
not! J will holp theo! 1 will strength-
en theo by tho tight hand of my pow-
er !"
I look again and I seo tho angelic
gallory. Thoro thoy are the angel
that swung tlici swnrd nt the gate of
Eden tho same that Kzekiol saw up-
holding tuc throno of God and from
which 1 look nway for tho splondor Is
Insunprable. Hero are the guardian
nngols. That ono watched a patriarch;
this ono protected a child; that one has
been pulling a soul out of temptation!
All these aro messengers of light!
Thorn drovo the Spanish armada on
the rocks. This turned Sennacherib's
living hosts Into a heap of 185000
corpses. Those yonder chanted tho
Christmas enrol over Bethlehem until
the chant awoke tho shepherds. And
theie holler and mightier than all Is
Allchuel tho archangel. To command
an earthly host glvos dignity but this
one Is loader of tho 20000 chariots of
God and of tho ten thousand times ten
thousand angelB. I think God gives
command to the archangel and the
aichangel to the seraphim and the
Foraphim to tho cherubim until all tho
lower orders of heaven hear the com-
mand and so forth on the high behest.
Now bring on your lions! Who can
fear? All the spectators In tho angelic
gallery ato our friends. Though the
arena bo crowned with temptations wo
shall with tho angelic help sti'Iko
them down In tlw name of our God
and leap on their mili-n carcasses! O
bending throng of bright angelic faces
and swift wings and lightning foot I
hail you to-day from tho dust and
atnifsle of the arena!
I look again and I seo the gallery of
tho prophets and apostles. Who are
those mighty oas3 up yonder? llosca
and Jeicmlah and Daniel and Isaiah
and Paul and Peter and John and
James. Thero alts Noah waiting for
all the world to como Into tho ark and
Mosos waitins till the last Red sea
shall divide nnd Jeremiah waiting for
the Jews to return and John of the
apocalypse waiting for the swrarliif
ot tho angel that time shall bo no
longer morions spirits: Yo wore
howled at yo wero stoned yo were spit
upon! Thoy haye been In this fMit
thomselvos and they aro all with us.
Daniel knows all about lions. 'Paul
fought with beasts at Ephesus.
I look again and I see the gallery of
the martyrs. Who is that? Hugh Lnt-
Imor sure enough! Ho would not
apologize for tho truth he preacned and
so ho died the night before swinging
from tho bedpost in porfect gleo at tho
thought of emancipation. Who Is that
army of fiG6G? They aro tho The-
ban legion who died for tho faith.
Here Is a larger host in magnificent
array SS1.000 who perished for Christ
in tho persecutions of Diocletian. Yon-
der Is n family group Follcltas of
Uorao and her children. While they
wero dying for the faith sho stood en-
couraging thorn. Ono son was whipped
to death by thorns; another was flung
from a lock; another was beheaded. At
last tho mother became a martyr.
Thero they aro together a family group
In heav&n! Yonder is John Bradford
who said In iho fire "Wo shall havo a
merry supper with the Lord to-night!"
Yonder Is Henry Voes who exclaimed
aB ho died "If 1 had ten hoads they
should all fall off for Christ!" The
great throng of the Inartyrs! They had
hot lead poured down their throats;
horses wero fastened to their hand3
and other horses to their feet and thus
they were pulled apart; thoy had their
tongues pulled out by redhot pinchers;
they were sewed up In the skins of an
imals and then thrown to tho dogs;
they were daubed with combustibles
and Ect on fire! It all the martyrs'
stakes that havo been kindled could be
set at proper distances they would
make the midnight all tho world over
bright as noonday! And now they sit
yonder In tho martyrs' gallery. For
them the llres of persecution have gono
out; the swords are sheathed and the
mob hushed. Now they watoh TusfljMth
an all observing sympathj. TheJflSiow
all the pain all the Irmtlqoali: the
privation. They ciy: "Courage! .The
Are will not consume (h loqfhji. can-
not drown; the lions cannqt 'devour.
Courngo down thero l'i thdfarona!"
What? Aro thoy all Rooking f This
hour wo answer baclfr tlfe salutation
thoy give and cry. 'Will gs nnd
daughters of the (Ire " g 
I look again and I My- another gal-
lerythat of emlnei t Christians. What
strikes me strangfy ft thejSlxjng in
companionship of bos$ Whoon earth
could not agree. Thqra 1s Albert
Barnes and aroun I blm tho. presbytery
who tried him frr heterodoxy! Yon-
der nro Lyman Boecher andf the church
ourt that dcnoi need iilml Stranger
ban all. there are Jfhrffcalvln end
James Armlniu.! Vj'ho would have
thought Unit tb would sit so loving-
I.- together? There are George Whlte-
IkM and the ministers who would not
let him come Into their pulpits because
i hey thought him a fanatic. There are
the sweet lingers Toplady Montgom-
ery Charles Wesley Isaac Watt and
Mrs. Slgourney. If heaven hnd had
no nuiiie before they wont up. they
would have started the singing. And
theio the hand of missionaries David
Abeel talking of China redeemed; and
John Scuddfr of India saved and Da-
vid Braluerd of the aborigines evan-
gollzcd; and Mrs. Adoulram Judson
whoso prayers for Burma took heaven
by violence! All thoso Christians nro
looking Into tho arena. Our struggle Is
nothing to tholrs! Do we In Claim's
cause suffer from the cold? They
walked Greenland's ley mountains. Do
wo suffer from tho heat? Thoy swel-
tered In tropics. Do we get fatlguod?
Thoy fainted with none to rare for
them but cannibals. .Are wo persecut-
ed? They wero anathematized. And
at they look from their gallery and seo
us falter In tho presence of tho lions
I seem to hoar Isaac Watts addrosslng
us In his old hymn only a little
changed:
Must you bo carried to the sklos
On 'Unvery beds of caso
Whilo others fought to win tlio prlzi
Or sailed through bloody seas?
Toplady shouts in his old hymn:
Your harps yo tiombllng saints.
Down by tho willows take;
Loud to tho pralso of lovo dlvlno
Bid evory string awako.
While Charles' Wosloy tho Method.
1st breaks forth In words n lltllo va-
ried: A chaigo to keop you have
A God to glorify
A never dying soul to snvo
And fit It for tho sky!
1 look again and I seo tho gallory ot
our departed. Many of thoso in tho
other galleries we havo hoard of but
theso wo know. Oh how familiar tl-gir
incus: wicy sat at our tables up
walked to tho house of God In 0&-
puny. Have they forgotten us? Tho3c
fathers and mothers started us on the
road of life. Aro they caroless ns to
what becomes of us? And thoso chil-
dren do they look with stolid Indiffer-
ence as to whether we win or lose this
battle of life? They remember tho
day they left us. They remember the
agony of tho last farewell. Though
years In heaven they know our faces.
Thoy remember our sorrows. Thoy
speak our names. Thoy watch this
fight for heaven. Nay I see thorn rlso
up and lean over and wave before us
tholr recognition and encouragement.
That gallory Is not full. Thcv aro
'.(coping places for us. After wo have
Slain tho Hon they expect the king to
call us saying "Como up higher!" Be-
tween the hot struggles in tho arena I
wlpo the sweat from my brow and
stand on tiptoe reaching up my right
hand to clasp theirs in rapturous
handshaking while their voices como
ringing down from tho gallery crying
"Be thou faithful unto death and you
shall havo a crown!-'
But hero I pause overwhelmed with
the majesty and the joy of the scene!
Gallery of the King! Gallery of an-
gels! Gallery of prophets and apostlos!
Gallery of friends and kindred! O
majestic circles of light and love!
Throngs throngs throngs! How shall
wc stand tho gazo of the universe?
Myriads of eyes beaming on us! Myr-
iads of hearts beating In sympathy for
us! How shall we ever dare to sin
again? How shall wo ever become dis-
couraged again? How shall we ever
feel lonely again? With God for us
and ungels for us and prophets and
apostles for U3 and tho great souls of
the ages for ua and our glorified kind-
red for us shall we give up the light
nnd die? No Son of God who didst
dlo to save lib! No yo angels whoso
wings ate spread forth to shelter us!
No yo prophets and apostles whose
warnings stnrtle us! No ye loved onca
whoso nrms ate outstretched to re-
ceive us! No we will never surren-
der! Sura I must fight If I would reign
Be fnlthful to my Ixird
And bear tho cross wduro the pain
Supported by thy word.
Thy salnta In all this glorious war
Shall conquer though they die;
They seo the triumph from afar
And seize It with their eye.
When that Illustrious day'shall rise
And all thine armies shine
In robes of victory through tho skies
The glory shall bo thine.
My heaiers shall we die hi the
arena or rise to Join our friends In the
gallery? Through Chilst wo may?
como off more than connuerers.
soldier dying in the hospital rosa u
bed the last moment and cried "
here!" His attendants put him
on his pillow and askpd him why
shouted "Here!" "Oh I heard the roll
call of heaven and was only answer-
ing to my name!" I wonder whether
after this battle ot this llfo is over our
names will oe called In tho muster mil
thn lov of heaven lirenklnir miin r.ni-
sniils. shall orv "Hero Iipi-p!"
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WHEELER. OF
Representative Wheeler of Kentucky
astounded the members of Congress re
cenlly by the vehemence of lit attm K
en l'rluro Henry and lord Pancefote
id on the official reception planned
for the Knistr'a brother whom Wheel-
er chararterlicd as a "little Dutch-
man." Congressman Whciicr Is serving his
third term. Ho Is a lawyer by profes-
sion and Uvea ut Padiicuh Ky. lie Is
39 years old and n grnduute of the
Southwestern University at Clarksvlllo.
Tonn. He has never been prominent In
Congress.
Mrro fiction.
Mr. Carnegie has well said that fic-
tion should ho at least a yoar old be-
fore public libraries buy It. In other
words It should not bo burled with In-
decent haste us so much "Immoital"
current fiction Is.
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Mrs. Davis Would Sell Home.
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Successful Frke
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A successful dynamite gun has final-
ly been constructed according lo re-
ports from Hilton Head. S. C where
the tebts were held.
Tho government specifications called
for an onglno which could hurl a pro-
jectile containing 500 pounds of nitro-
glycerin or other high exploslvo a dis-
tance of 5000 yards. Tho Hilton Head
gun threw 500 pounds of nitroglycerin
C000 yards.
The difficulty operating against the
successful construction of dynamite
guns hitherto has been tho Inability
accurately to fix In advance the placo
of concussion. Tho shell was apt to go
off In the gun unless extreme euro was
taken.
The now pnoumntlc gun Is fifty foct
In longth of fifteen Inches horo and It
weighs fifty tons. Tho projectile Is ten
feet long. Five shots of tho largest
size were fired in twonly mlnutos.
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Mis. Jefferson D.ivls wishes tin Mi
slsslppl legislature lo pi'uhaso from
her lleauvolr tho old Da Is homestead
for tho pur-se of a homo foi soldi i
of the confederacy. Mrs. D.nl K .
peolally anxious that the atnti of Mi
sissippl shrill take this action a Mi-
has already refused an offer of $')i00)
from a would-be purchaser In tho
north. She offers the place for glO.inm
if thp state will agree to establish atxl
maintain such a home as she doKires
Clilll'i lli'lnn (innlil
Souorn J nana Ross Be Edwards 1
the Helen Gould of Chill. She shows
her lovo for her country by building
schools churchea aBylums hospitals
and dwelling! for the poor. Her
grandfather and hor husband were
Americans who helped the Chilians to
win their Independence.
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was duo to on accident to tho npparatui
which com!" lied the Inventor to rip the
ellken Imp in order to save him3elt
from being carried away by an unman-
ageable machine.
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It Is said that a foreman stereotype!
In a Londou printing works hat had u
curious windfall. Going to a sale ol
musical l".Htiumenta ho purchased an
old haipi 'hoid for 20 shillings be-
cause holing a hobby for fret-work
he faiu' " tin- wood of the front panel.
Whew J' Kot hi. pus chant' home he
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tbu feuipP hoid had a double back
njfy i.il U.At-un the boards he
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