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Show MONDAY SHIMIH. V llliranris by 1 bier Until McUmiiIc. ItellRlons services wtro hellnt tho rlrnscli, mil Like City, rtun lay, June i:ih, Isbj, oummiiii-lnn ut 5 n.ni , I'fraldent Anjm M, Cannon iroaldlug. Tho choir sann Hio liynm beln hlng' Uoms Uoms e slainta. no Isd nor Islnir lesr Itut aiitii yty wee I your way Prayer wasoUVroJIy I.ld.rriimuel l'riday, Tn ohilr sinj Jaaea.ones of tiaintils blrlh, S iw la Klory t iinwa lo esrlti rite Buratnetit wis 3 luilulali red hy thu I'rleathiml of theBltltetitli ward. ILUHl DAVIII JI'ICrIH then was called upjn to addttss the conttregmion. Tho speiker said lie felt wink, lut rellid on Iho sytii athy nud prs)irsof IheHalnls. This ixpresilon was nut merely a mstlir ol lorni, lut It was founded on Hie llrm iiasuranco thst blessluits would bu Lettovi u i In uniwtr toiruyers. ItlsueceeearyforlhoHjInta to dial with facia miner thin theories, to make themselves aciuallileI with their obllnatlousto their Creator. 1'or wet are here on this eulri on sfproba Holt. W11 are I diced lie 1, that we mxy obtain an visitation ly (roving uuraelvia worthy of It. fins makes It iniery forusloiractlcehrillirlin whlih lauelevaluus anl help us lj I roitn is lu 1 very dlteillou. HxakluK of proh'C'ithusieakirriiiiirked tail therowasno rnord of suvagis eir havlLicrlsitifroma condllloii of siv. aiiry to that of civilisation by llulr own iwir without nil Inm clvlllud raws. et clvlllt ttl m ixl.ls Wbi ru did It come from, if baviis launot ilv. Hie themaelves, unlisi wn admit the luitructlon by the Aluiliclily uf thu first 1 ruucnltore ofjthe liuuiiin rare? Wo Ben that (i-oplu wll 1 nro 1 xclllHeil roltl clvllltallou live III sUulll s ill. Thu Inference la that without divine aid no proKrena can lu ma le. I f It be Hue that the eirllrat Invetf lions of our race are Iho unute.t, who siiKKeated llitse Itiveutblis? That luiii coulf notliavo midn liliuailf la held to bo a proof cf the agency of a Divine Crtalor, and that uiankln I con 1 1 not In the first lltataiilo have UvllIzM themaelvis Is iuslly a roof of thu asteutyef a Dlvitieliialruitor. The Iitllerday Hiltita woull ueir have, ot theuiailves, trinted thu ioul uuliweallh we see today HltUuilt aid from find. What ma 1 could I hie own wltlom have Inveutol a relUlou In rleit accord sum wan the V irl of Cod. Our rihiilon tint onlj lain tr(uct harmony Willi the Wortuf (lod, but It baa teen aittatgonlM. 1 In the same manner ns the first (lusnl. riiexi thinks the halter d .y .-liJt cm account fol Wo es OjU sent illn tuiaieniiir lo proaUi thu everlnatlnn; (jispeland 1 r claim It tu nil men mil curry It to all nslloiis retisrstory to thoComlUKOl thu Bill it Miu. I'lila Is what wu sjy and 1ia.ni roveil that we bellove.uuder all Urcumtliucee The ski pile may be aaked. How was this work broiiitbt about? rriallcUm Is liocxtlsnatlonof It.uorls Imposture, Inasmuch ns thousands have uatlttiit that Oo I has again sketi, nud thla testimony lias loon ubuuduiitly con firmed In Ihla day by ucoorapanyltii; signs as Informer das. Joseph Bntltii waa only a weak Instrument. How lanyou imagine htm an Impuator? lie plated hlimelUn antagonlam to all the world, His misaugu cjutalued tho SIlllulrutlis.theSAnie Uoel,the Slme moralllyaathe (Joe,l of former iU)s. How coul I he tell of Ills own Itarnlng Hint nil the sects of the worl I lis 1 coiia astray? Ills slltetnent wan tsull cally an Intlmatlou that lio was at lltleen years of agu lu n toilllonlo correit thilr irrors. A til 111 tho orgmilaallon that he was the Instrument of eliciting, wn siu tlis saiuourrnngrnieiit if K.tles, I'roih 1U, etc.aswaslitillluted In Iho llrat Church ol Christ. The speaker pilu tid to the fact that the Church now la not tusking ton verts by Iho liundnda end llm ihous. auJsaslulhoearly dnysiiflheChurih. Are, thin, he naked, our J.lders Use cat able than our eath trciictiira? If this work was thu work of mnn, thero would be as many chaucea to make converts tmtay as formerly. It was uot tho 1 reaching of ninu that had such marvelou results, butlhu Brlrlt of Uod working through them, and drawing HtoiiaauiU Into Hie Church. This Is Iho only Intelligible exihiua. Hon. The I.ldera lodty are moro learned, but do uot lusku inoru con. vi rts. Tills workcoutl not havo Urn In. tro Juced and malntalnod on tho earth, uuluasUod had oierated on llliclill-drou llliclill-drou so aa tu etttbrace the (losjiel uud gatborhire. 1 he Ooapol Is frietoall who will comply Willi Iho comnianj. mentsol (lod, hut only by the iiowir of the Almighty can the) le Kalhired Into the told. It Is evlfcnt that Oo I ha I a pur 010 In theistabllahmentof this work, anl this was to t repare the world for the si l ond an larance of thu Hun ol Man. Hut wo do notsa) that this reparation Is (lieworkofthel.atUr.djyr'nlntbaloiie. Uoduai'SHll eile lu dlllervtlt wa)a to nee nut lUh IhUkranliurpiiae. It t lo Ills I eo le Ilia voice Is, t'ume out of llsoylinl" Juataa suru as In tin days ol Noah, 1I illricttil tho repsru Hon of an ark ai a refuge fur the failhful, so sure, lu this ila), He rained up tho 1'roilut Joaeh to irrparo a place ol rettigu Iroui lit" coiilm destruction. One of the Itlnlll'ln of the ruelatlotl given was 1 1 in veto tho world Hist our nets here havo sotuo hearing on a future stall, that what wo sow here, uo shall rtiplhcic. lnlUln illnct hsrinon) with revelation. Boms inutile have nn Idea lint tho limit of their obllcatl 10 la to lea 1 11 mirsl life, whore is the Itutli Is, that when (lo I Is ripresintelat jpealilo, oviry one li uidrr obligation to in.oatlgate Die meassgu and, If foulil t) bo whntla clalmiil lot Hi to llateuandoliyli. lite sense l)f oledlinco to tho will of legitimate nuthorlly Is lulu rent with. In all Hut we can illlur conform con-form to It, or rebel ngalns It. Herein Is man's nguicj. Thu iromlse Is (list thore who ulll du thu will if Cod ahull know for thenml-ea The fulfilment of II1I1 irimlse Is nn ovhlenn ol llm truth Of the tmeanji hesrulug of man was not thu cluirau Urlatloolthe Hmjnil Ha (rouched by Jisjs (lur I. rd prove I himself a IrueMinbtll b) sacrllli'liu Jllnnelf, mid llh' H wersdM uutgo forth fur the temp rsl rewords they ruelvei l'hey kuew that tin y had losuirer for their faltbfulliess to Iho Master. Ve Chrlslaully took a firm hold lu the early centurks, notwithstanding tli'J fncU that HsUoctrliiis were obuoslous lo the Uomaus. It Is clear, II Jesus had lireu n meru man, 1 1 Is w ort, would tinve It-en lniosslblo. It was the BlrltofUod that was worlilus:, and the result was tho lrliun ll of thu Church This lead the Sinder to ft cotnur. rou tielwern thu j lllnltlvu Chutoli nnd the Christian ,1 hint Ins of Inlay. Christianity of tuJaj.ho sail, la 110 mora thai n (leluro uf the tint sys lent. The resemblance may t-u Ibtro mute or less, but It Is only n ill lure alter all. That Is Hie illllirencH betwieti Christianity then null no. Morality alono dots nut cunsHtiito Chrlal atilty. II Is part of It, I ut nut all. And a moral obligation Is not morn I lining I ecaiKi It la part of Christianity. Hutb Is truth wherever touud. I ho speaker Iheu said lie was prou I lo he amolia the Iiattemlay Balula. He knew tho tiny would coiuo whin the I. ml would imitil tin 111 for their talllirilltiesatolllm. He wlfhodlutn laughl lite will of (lod and tin nntliled to do II, InorJcrtoliu worthy to neao elate with lioblu bslugs lu a celestial world, It ha! alwayv see lie I iecullar lo hint, how auyluda lould believe that (ikilnid u iuleiin tartli but not n Chur3h. Many think that thu various sects are ihurches, lut It Is iliar thst the Church csnuol ealet wl bout divine sanollon. In ro can we Du 1 the prlucltiUs that Chrlal presided? He said, 'l.xiept ft llisu Ui Lorn again by water and the I Irlt he 1 aim it enter thu klngduni of heaven." ?so sett n hull lhlaexret Hie hatler-iay Balnt'. Thu Ssinker I Hell, elinltteJ what It Is to le Urn ui water and sf Itlt, viz I the limner Ion In wattr fur thu remission if sins anl reception if the Holy (Jhost by the la) lug mi of Imuli. rills la thu condition, without which nuuu can 1 tiler thu Church. Agalu, who has Alsoalles nnd I'rophelspxieitlhu I.alier-iluyBslnls? (he name. Mime may io.slhly have, lut where la the jajwirof their authority au-thority to bo found; l-uriliir, the iromtaH waa Hint certslu mlrachs shniill follow In confirmation of Iho tnachlng of the (I sl. lhcsearentnoti the Balnta, nut this Isauiltur teatlnim) whlih iionerau Kaiiiany, that wu are the living Cliunli if Oil. I he pcs. 1 r closs I hy expressing the aruest wish llm. Hiusn w ho had bi en nolo to et-o tula and li s mbrate thu I rtnclplui of lliu Ocx; el might be faith nil nn I obtain the promises which aru nisdelonll who live according lu the iruiilpleeruveuluJ. The choir eatiit the anthem, "(lad be Menlful unto Uo an I ill. a. Us " llonidlitloii by I.ller J. M.BJedabl. Tho liiM Status of 11 iiiiii 11 hi Islam, IMserrrara Ctnlurg J What 1 Id Christianity do to Improve thu condition ut wottif n? It may In , as It la sold, thatJsius mlxe I familiarly wllti women, and tllsn lined to them about His teachings, llutofl hrlstlau-ill hrlstlau-ill hilts relation to wonauklnl the Kss said thu teller. In tlto eirly tm, when the religion of the pvojlo, high ul low, the lnorsul and edu catvl, lotislaVl oulyof the adoratlouof Iho mother af Jeaus, thu Church of ( hrlst had placed tho sex un lur n ban. Thu "l-athers f the Churcli" wrote iiton the 1 ourruttles of womin, thilr evil lendlliulee, their IliCoucehable malignity; an I rerlulllan, Hist holy saint, diecrltiil Ihiui as 'Ihe devil's gateway, the uuaealrr uf thu forbidden tree, tho deserter of the dlvinu Jaw, Iho deatrojerof Clod's Image man " And Bt. ChrBostou runout cud no-men no-men to 1st a s'neicsssry 1 vil," a natural natur-al temj tntlon, a dtslrabtu cslamlt), ft domistlo peril, a denll) fjiscina Hon, n inluted III," Ihe orthodox Church ixiludid women from the ixeriheof all but the lowest rellgloui fuuctloua. Ihey uero excltidul nbio-luiely nbio-luiely Irom sjiIjIj, they were pro. lilluii 1 from upjiearlng lu public, fr-un going tu liniia or lonijusfs. Tiny were dlrr' lint to remain lueecluiloit,tu obsirvo silence, to obey their husbands aud ton) ply Ultima Iven ti weaving, spinning and cooking If they ever bi ut out they weru to oe clothud from hiaatofout. hucli was (he ultlou of woiuoti In Christian, y when Marlala to was riHognlnd aud praulcid by allclatiir. In later limes and In the Inlirvnl which Haj.il between the (Aerthrou of tho Wialcrn J.mtlre nud thetlteofiiDdern soclity lu I u rope, 11 lirlol whlih bus In in dccrlbed asoue cf "raplue, falrehooj, lyraunj.hi.t nnd vlu)enii,"Chrlsllaiiil), bi Inlrmluo-lni;couventB Inlrmluo-lni;couventB uud tiiiuiierjes, In some risjects lmproveit the lot of women. Hut the cinveiitswero not always the haunts of vlrtuu nor the Inculcation of itllbuy, Ihe surist saleguar I of chattily. chatt-ily. The HiyMrum l'sifnfioiium,or tl illnryolllieatoralvlliorArchlilahoi lltgnu I, throws a (icilllar light upon the statu uf moralll) and tho jioaltlou uf Hie sex during thu mostglirlsue eorlior llienguol faith. Iho rise uf I'roliatiutlsiu made tiidllldretice lu the status ol wonillt. Jlsua lm I treated woman with liutnutiltj ; lilaf illowers eiclu le I hi r from liiatli e. Thu ke of ihlval l si ueuliy sufpo.uj ten. lend Irotu the begiuillllgul thoelglitli lotheclohuof the (ourteeutll century a period, be It noted, almost ntuchrou oiis vtllh Hiedarsruiilc domination In risln During this iwrlod, tuspliuuf lite halo wlili It nuelry und rouiatttu luvo cat aruund thu londltlo s uf 11 lety , women eru Ihe fro incut sub Juita ut Mulence. I orco nud fraud werethe llstlugliMihlg clinructerlatlia uf thegol len agu uf Ctirlsllau chlv llrj . 1'oligamv wai raitlie I by nil olsae; iiiorgaiiaito and lilt listidul nuarrtais wen uot uiitllnel to tho arl.tocrucy. l.vin t' o ilsrgy lnunily forgeltlng Ihelr vuws of ulilaoj, conirnctid in ro Him onu ligsl or llhgal union History proves luucluslvel) that, uii'il vny recent tiimis, ulgamy was not inuil leruj to rrpitheiujlhhins It Is now. the tin. man reforuura, as IUllstn rioluts out, evens listens Ihe lUtnllili isntiit, ndmltled thu vnlllityol tieiiuoul or na thirl nianlxe loiiliuiporiueously with thu Mr st, lu difviltnf haim and iitltcr similar muses, Chcrlotuague, as la well kimwii, hilsiairnl wles. Under Un-der Juatlnluu ihuchatuilon ol orthi doxy, Iho streets of I mataulliioplu werellio sceniHi uf the grosnst aud most rovolilngculragea. lu the streets of Alexun lria, a woman, wltute uul 1 rimes wire lur I euuty aud her leant Ing, wsatutnloleces by thu fillovt Ing sf ft ( hrlstlau silut. Hal Bt. Cyril written n book on wi men hit would probably lme ugreel with thu Hln lul ghlatur, Minu, wlio deilired that 11 wllu guilty ol dltotelln.cu 10 Iter huaband sliould be toru to leci s I y wlhl ilys where Ihe fuur highways meet. Iii medtiuvil thins, wumun w ere outraged, 1 arrlid Into u tlvlty, tlirown iuloituugeoua, scourged hy the feu al ihlcis ol devoutly Christian I irop1. Ihe) were 1 unit, they weru iDwned, Mshamunxi am eared at this uoouti, It was not bis bus luirs lo go about Iho c unlryrlde unhinging un-hinging ui le's inlndsby aunouncInK the mill edhlto advent 11 the King-domof King-domof Heaacn." Hontllcd himself to evolve cider out ol clmos. lie hnl n-cn the humorallty f Ihu Byrlau ( hrlellana, lie had befuie his uie the ilerravll; of Ihe nil lod Arabs nud Jews, liu restrained Ihe iiwer of divorce; practically forlactu ol)gnmy and coucubllisge. and placed women ouaiieilestsl hsrlly npiroschel fasy what fanatics may) up lo that lime. Mohammed enfoned as ono el thees-Mintlal thees-Mintlal teachings of his creed "reeltl fur women," and his follonirs, lu thilr love nnd ruvireucn for his celebr iled daughter, inclslmeil lur "Ihe Lady rf l'nradliK."as thu representative ol her si x. Our "La ly of L ghl" is tliueiu. hollmi ut ol nil thst la I leal ol woman, hood of nil that la iitiie nnd hue and holy In her sex. And she has lieen followid bya I uigsuccesalonof women, who have consecrated their sex by their virtue. Their noulo lives aul works li ive always furnlahiil nu ex. nnile lo the women ol sticcieJIng ngistu VenetaleuuJ follow. "1'arsillae lautlheftetof the luolher," ssl I the 1 ro) bet of Islam. Tula sweet nnd holy tiachliiif v. hi li Inculcnles thst lovo nud devotion to the mother Is the greatest nitoftlety, glviflanme Idiaof thehlgll iKisllloii which women ociuiy In Islam. Tim Arabian ruhet ro. hlbllud the custom of conditional mar Hagts, aul, though at Drat leuitiorary matllsjeii vrere tacitly allowed, In thu thirl yiar of thu Heglra theso also were lorblddett. Mohammed licuted In wotuuii, lu hissisletn rights which they had but belore lioiaeiaed, nud placed lliiKl on a foot! g of rfcct iquallty Willi insti In the exercise of all legal lowersnndfunitlous, It Is a ralumiiy, lliercfori, to say Hist the lslauilorjsteiii bnslowereJ the status cfwiuieu. The teacher who, In an ago when tiu country, no s)etim, nu cumruuiilty i,aveBuy right lu si men, maiden or married, mother or wife who, In a country where the birth of n daughter was confident! a calamity, seiuredto the ex rights whlihare unly iinwlllliigl) nnd under 1 re-uro being concedi d,to Hit m ty the civlllle I nations In tho nineteenth cut.turj linen ea luuglatlludeot humanity. Ulirre la lite spiritual iorlit! 1 nr CAarrt Jris i r I Tho clul) alwai lancles that the spiritual world Is iir yonder hi some other pine , f ir theslmi lo reason that the mind Is at first govirned only by stallsl and tetural Idina. Die clilldlsbntaa of lliu rsca has localized hi nven hi the sun or some gu nt starry ceulir, and liell has U111 disirllsd as sltualshi thu vohnulo tletlhi uf Ihu inrtli or In ivitiiu place where lire nnd brimstone relgti supreme. This of course Is materialism ot a aery low order. or-der. Let a man nak how It Is that he ln.e;iils xlattuce In the tiatiir ll world, where all Ihlnga fall iindir thocste-gurus thocste-gurus cf Hilo mid Baie. The ana wir will ci me haik that It Is licause he hai a IkhO an I c abllltii s 11 al aru of the raiuu etutT and suljut to the samu laws aa all other tlilis,a tilled by fctiu 1 aud tltxs' . Thin lit hi 01 ask whether he line a 11) thing that Is notof the eimeetutl andsiljeittolhesaino lusts, liu will 11 compelled lo nJmll that hu has an organlo consclouanesa which, mhile it prera'csi tlirmgli his Iraln and every faculty of his body, Is uut lu the leait the 1 roduct of or lu tbu least tu be 1 x rlnlucl b) the laws that blng ex. clualvely lo thu malarial body and its world. Ills thoughts may be deep or shallow, br ia I or narrow, yel they con never bu tin aiure I by any llneal,i lane orcullc inetrlinl syitsiu. Ills heart maybe hiavy, or hissplrlts light, jet there la uu way that he can estimate Hum according to troy, or atiolhe larks', or aaolrdupoho weight, fp-.ee and tlnio do not liter Into the essential iiiallllis ot his will and uiidirttand. Ing, albeit aa long ai hu Is hi Iho buty It Is difficult for hint to elevate the will and understanding above the tilings ol space nud time -Now, twhen a man Is where Ills thoughts und alteclluna are, wbiru 1 he? AbIo his Isily he Is allied to things I hyslcal; bul at to hit mill I, tils soul, nla real si If, he Is lu Ihu menial, the I ilillictunl, the spiritual world, hell no allelic rcronnut awaits lilm at tin hour of dtath to coueey him to a ills, tant 1 laitvl or starry worl I. The spiritual worl I Is whvriver there Is ai leotli.n nnd tliiughl, I Inn It re It la inrallrl lo mil comspomls Willi the entire nature rialtu of h)slcs, whire nail Hilda lliu la-la ol his thought nnJ exparlriice IHie two worldaaru related Just as man's soul nud body nre re laled. (ioiurat lUMippnlolmeiit, 1 ra'aruw fml n A traveler In Inula lull, a at try ol (huilestrtiitlouof a certain leiuharh lloodthlety tlgir, "lilih lor 11 lung time had rowled alsmt a rtlon of a wi 11 know 11 rt a I, nlimklug the drivers of the 11 itlvu carts aul carrying theiti oil lobe devuurel In the liilglitjuring lutikh . Tin m v h 1 c ohllgej to IrnMl Hi aro ui had enployud vallum until, oil lor Insuring saf.1), One of Huso wnstutraMl In numbers, several carls Kolng lliruugh In sitccesalon Hut nonuof lhie iiienus weruitlecthe. All wutt will, the road wns diao-late, diao-late, liorderul by ungle upon une side, an I wild grassland ujhjii the ilhir. Thej ha I now reacliud llm. loiallty when lliu dnadid dahger lay, mil slowly theiarts inoNeil alouglhe road in their usual apathetic manner. Buddi uly tin re was a loan large I I Kir Isiunded from thu Jtingli, and with exlwirjlnnry riulikuess selicd the dummy driver from his seat up 11 thu ri utmost cart, nu I dragged Ihu unresisting un-resisting vlclltn toward the Jungle. .N'ollilug coul I havu Uin hitler planniil, but there was ono t,oalbl!lt w hlcli had not been takm luto account. So sootier had Ihe llgor roared and bounded uioii Ihe cart, than tbu Lul-lucks, Lul-lucks, tirrllled by thu dreadful sound, at oucu ktatniaiiid oil Ihu roud, and went full galluji nuuu Ihu counlre, ful- lowed by Mr. II bulloiks lu tho wllliat tank. At length Ihu superintendent uf police, Mr. I , whu, iiufurliiuate. ly, had lost uuu arm by an accident, ileliimlnoj, If loe.lble, to ut an en I to thu creature's depredations. Ho uMalncd two covered carls, eaih drawn, aa nana, hi lu lull cks The leading cult wa filled hi front and behind with slroug I are of lashed bamboo, which formed 011 Impervious tagi. In this inguthu driver waa sealid, while Mr. l)-hlm self sat wllh hlsfaCH toward thenar, I re an I to lire through thu ban, should the tiger, nciordlng to Us custom, nttnckthoilrlur of the riar. iiiristiart. I his would linve heeu an txclllug moment for the driver luquislljn, but Mr. I) hnl carefully iterated a dummy, dressed exactly to lierj!.i,u Iho usual iisatlv cnrlasr. Thu bullocks, helms well Iralnu I, would fillow closi! ly in tho rear of the leading iatt, trout which a sIonilld (hot woulJ boob-Inlnud boob-Inlnud thuulil the tiger vmlutu tijein the attack. It was ImjioselMe (0 fire, and slier 11 few si con Is of desperate chatlot rare, Ixilh earls cai-aiied among tin numerous small nullahs of tho broken ground, where I ullotks anl vehicles lay tu siier)atlvo 1 illusion. Tho victorious man eater wai lolt to enjoy a rather dry meal u straw slutted Image Instead or the Juky natlee which he had cx( ecte I. Tho Hgir was subsequently klllel by a native shikari, who watched from n tree ovi r a tied nuiTslo. |