VOL. XX. NO. 53.

CAPE MAY CITY. MONDAY MOKN'ING. AUGUST 3!. ISM.

PRICE 3 CEN’IS.

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COSFECTIOSERT. ETC.

MONT BMITII, MANUFACTURINQ

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THE CORNCHIR OF EGYPT. I

wlm-S Dr Tali

bli. tLauu

' •-I . nip. of h!«.iXL-rai’

uy lace, except your brother be with you." Tbla anumier, having cruMcrl rigblmn ofi rc ' lie Umti-d SUrtes—north, south, eaKt niuT *' i

nn.ir.1 ' Hutwddlci

t dUiual cry that ii

in In the land* referred to by 11 u Egypt but ghaaUy'tnnilue' 1 Tliecnllle inruuiliig IntlH-atn. ii-n niid cblldrvu awfully nl.i .•■■r .Not the falling of one cn

Med; tfaepnaV id nnxh-ly and

niggle—bread! Jnc

land 1

nil ages,

' of Kg.' l'i In

I .be pr.

ing l«w

r iu that time they Imd a large con nd it wru full. To that crib the rom^tbc region* rouud ntKHit—tho> ivy; wlirn the money was rxlianalcr

fririnU. tbla world I* farm n. It draw not yield a ainj I satisfaction. It i* dying, bitten. The fact limt li d( iu tbe life of lbe Kugllab comt the world bonoml him—did fur him limt tiie world coulc

c Uidled Slate*. He 1

Did yet, a

liim entirely happy, u a* completely salintii

! lien dinliDv cm l and ilbotigbl a mill (keep ludoo

I bur*t forth in l_ out. with it all the buttertliej

He

U*1 t

d by

not her. that 1 d •ublic and cut by

Id not lake a drive for a fi Terry without belns^vvert s mr clliow tionr broken. 1 I got olT nnhamied. I a covenant with Arnold, which I :hi wa» u. make my fortune withoi ng ki* Instead, than In an lucredili of time—I think tlilrt.en iiionthsd for bun twenty tbou*atid poum >r myself one. 1 am prnmudrd that erv to aet np asa begga

re off eatlnp

the 1

l of I

world did rvcrythtl

iat it could do. and yet lubh

was In ecatacy. : toil and all tl

pretid

ir his v

I dashed tin

uidte seal pi lire

Is poor oom|*-nsation. poor imti.factioii. l K ’ or solace. Famine, famine in all Hit earth, not for seven years, but for six thousand. Hut, blessed lie God. then I* a great corn crib. The laird buill it h is In another laud. It is a Inrse place. An angel ouce measured it. and a* far as I can calculate It Iu out phrase that cnrncrib Is lift ecu hundred mile* long and llfieeu hundred bnuad and Rflren bimilred high, and it is full. Food for all.nations. "Ob!" any the ptsiple, "wr will start right away and gel this supply

except your In

life utiles* we bring w Ill-other, the leml Jew without him we shall f Uie eornerih. and our

iicnt, for frti

iat corncrili there come* th "You shall not sec my fa it her I*- uith you." Inoth 10 such thing a* getting fro

s of the wilderness: Heine Jesus, all Hit II swing open Is-forv

never lie nick." That doe* not give yon much comfort. What you want Isa soothing power for your-present distress. Iss-t children, have youf 1 come to you and tell yon that In ten year* perhaps you will meet those loved one* before the throne of Gist. Hut there Is but little condolence In

without them.

car* is *

it Is

.tty Whs

ymiiathy now—present help 1

have lost dear ontrt them Do

SupiKM I come to you and say by way of condolence. "God is wise." "Oh." you say. "that give, me no help." Suppose I come to you aud say. “God. from all cter nity. ha* arranged till* troablr.” “AhI” you any, "that dor* me no good.” Tlirn I vny, "With the swift feel of prayer go direct to the com crib for a heavenly supply.”

•ay. “Lord, help me. Ixird,

otpfor

Hut no help yet. No com-

yet- 111* all dark. What 1* I he mat. terr I Imre foumL You ought to go to God and oayt "Here, O l-ord, are the wounds of my soul, and 1 bring with me the wounded Jesus la-t hi* woumU pay for my woands, his bereavemeuta for my liereavemeiita, hi* lonelinew for my loins liucas. his heartbreak for my hrarthreak. O Gall for the sake of the Ixml Jesu* Christ—the God. the man. the llrnjamin. the brut her—deliver my agoniud *ouL O Jesu* of the weary foot, ease my fatigue. U Jesu* of the aching head, heal mj aching head. O Jesu* of the llethnny *1*. tern, roll away the stone from tbe doorol our grave." That 1* the kind of prayer Hurt brings help; and yet how many of you are getting no help nl all, for the reason that there i* in your soul, perhaps, a secret trouble. You may never have mentioned It to a single human ear, or you may have mentioned It to some one who Is now gone away, and that great sorrow 1* still In your soul. After Washington Irving was dead tlwy found a little box that contained a braid iif hair and a miniature and the name of Matilda Hoffman, and a menus thing like this: "The world after that was a blank to me. I went Into the country. Inn found 110 peace in solitude. I tried to go into society, hut 1 found no peace in socicty. There ha* been a horror hanging over me by night aud by day. and 1 am

afraid to he alone."

FALSE A VO FOOLISH ntOMISiS.

luttered troubles! J

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Jacob and hi. family very much d bread, but u hat a struggle it would give up this son. The orientals are hr rit:twnilingofthe fathpr aiiThcse ►on* keep reiterating iu hi* curs the IDcemnit of the Egyptian bird. "Ye shall not see my face null-** your brother la- with yon." "Why did you tell them you hud n brotherF" said the old man. complaining and chiding them. “Why, father." they said, “he asked n* all shunt otir family, and we had no Idea he would make any such demand upon us a* he ha* made." “No use of asking me,” mid the father, “I caunol. I will not. give up Hen The fact was that tbeohl mao had children; and when there has hern bet nieut In a household, and a child Ink make* Uie other children in the household more predoiu. So the day for depa was adjourned and adjourned and Joumrd. Still the horror* of the famine Increased, aud louder moaurd Uie cattle aud w ider open cracked the earth more pallid liecamc the chreks. Jacob, in deapair, cried out to hi* •Take Hrnjamiu and he off.” The older son* tri.vl to cheer up lheir father. They *sld: “We linvn.sirong arm* nod a stout heart, m.d no harm will come toUcujauiln. We’ll sec that he gels back again.” "Farewell!” sahl 1 he young myn to the fatb a tone of summed good cheer. "Kw e 111" said the old man, for that has more qnaver* in It when pronounced by the aged than by the young. Well, the bread |iany—the brendembasey —drive* uplu froulof thccumcribof Egypt. These corucrilw are Oiled with wheal and barley aud coni iu tbe husk, for those who have traveled in Canaan and Egypt know that there I* corn there corresponding with our Indian main. Huzza! the journey Is ended. The k.nl of the eornerih. who I* also the prime minister, comes down to these arrived travelers, and says: “Dine with me today How 1s your fathrrf Is this Ben laniln, tbe younger brother, whose pre* cnee I demanded.*" The travelers are In iruduerd into the palace. They are worn and bedusu-d of the way. and servant* and a towel In the other, aud kneel down before lliese newly arrived travelers, wash Ing off the dust of the way. The butchers and poulterers and caterers of the prime minuter preiure the repast. The guest* are seated In small groups, two or three nl a table. Uie food on a tray; all the luxuries from Imperial gardens and orchards aud aeqaariam* and aviaries are brought there, aud are filling chalice and platter. Sow is tbe time for this prime er if be has a grudge against Bcuja > show- iu Will he kill him. now that hr has BTm in his liaudsf Oh, not This lord of the aorncrib Is sotted st bia own table, and he looks over to the table of bia guest*, and he sends a portion to each of them, hut sends a larger portion to Heujamln. or. os the Bible quaintly puts it. "Benjsmfn's mess ws* live times so much as any of theirs." He quick aud send word back with the swiftest camel to Canaan to old Jacob that "Benjamin is well, all I* well; he l« faring sumptuously; the Egyptian lord did not mean murder and 'lesth. hut he meant deliverance and life when be announced to us on that day. -Ye shall not see my face unless your brother be with you.* ”

frank and cu

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iwJllacknowl

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pardoned, you say. Hon* Through tin •nervy of God. Wlmt do you mean by Hit merry of Godf Is it tbe h-tting down of* bar for tbe admission of nil, without rc sped In characterf Hr not deceived. I si* a soul corning up to the gate of mercy and knocking al the eornerih of heavenly sup ply. and a voice from within sayn, “Art you alonef" The sinner replies, "All alone.” The voice from within say*. "You shall not sec my pardoning fare unlcsi your Divine Brother, the Ixird Jesus. U With you.” Oh. that Is the point at which so many are discomforted. There 1* u< mercy from God except through JesuChrist. Coming with him we are accept ed. Coming without him. we lire rejected Deter put It right tu his great acrnioL liefore the high priest* when ho thundered forth: “Neither is Hi other. There I* no ot I

> dyiq*

gate, all the storeh swing o|ieu before yu I right iu calling . yesl Rachel 11 vis I . give a name to Hint. Ing kiss she calh-d ward Jacob chniign called him Benjamin

"Son of My lUgbt Ha:, Christ the Son • * " row* of Rachel h

child 01

.it* licajaniiuf Oh.

him llenonl After I Ills name, and hi The meaning of Uu sou of my Pain." Tbr the father gave wm

. Hie

mud*

strangers wa» nothing cntii|s.red with the struggle of God when In- gave up Ida only Son. The omufpulrnt God In a birth throe! Aud wo* not Christ appropriately called “Sou of Hie High! Ilandr" Did uol Stephen look into heaven and *ee him standing nt the right hand of God* And doe* not Paul apeak of huu a* standing at Hie right hand •if God making intercession for u*T O Benjamin—Joiu*! Son of pangl Son of victory! Tbe deepest emoUotu of our soul* ought to be stirred at Uie sound of that nomenclature. In your prayers plead his tears, his suffering*, his sorrows and his death. If you refuse to do it ail Hie corn crib* and the palaces of beaveu will be boiled and liarred against your soul, and a voice from the throne shall stnu you with the annouuuement, "You shall not ms: my face except your brothel My text also suggest* the reason w hy so many people do nut get any real comfort You meet Urn people; nine of them ore in need of some kiud of couihdrnoe. There I* something in their health, or iu their state. la sympathy. And yet the most of tbe world's sympathy amounts to . lately Bathing, People go to the w rong or they go in the wrong way. V" plague was In Koine a great many year* ago. there were eighty men who mu-d themselves to dumb with the I nioiof Gregory theGreat—morally chanted ’* nsclves to death, and yet it did not . the plague. And all the music of this world cannot hail the plague of the human

ml. 1 want to tell you that there ts one salve that can cure the wound* ol Hie heart, and that Is the salve made out of the tears of a sympalbeUc Jesus. And yet some of you will not take this solace; and you try chloral, and you try morphine, and you try strong drink, and you try clutnge of scene, and you try new busiues* association*, and anything and everything rather than take Hie Divine companionship and sym|uithy suggested by the word* ot my text when It say*. "You shall not we my face again unless your brother be with } ou." Oh. that you might understand sonirtliiugof the bright and depth and length mid. breadth and Immensity and iiinnity I go further, and find In my subject a hint as to the way heaven ope us to Uie d» jinning spirit \Ve are told that heaven ha* twelve gates, aud some (suple Infer (rum that foci tlist all the [icojde will go in without reference to their past life; hut what is the u-w of having a gate that I* not Komrtitim to I* ahulf The swinging of * I- lamditional. It is not a monetary condition. If we come to tbe door of an exquisite concert we are not surprised Hurt we must pay a fee, for we know that One earthly music is expensive; hut all the oratoriui of heuveu cost nothing. Heaven I••>-* nothing for Ita music. It I* all free. There Is nothing to lie paid at Ihnl door for entrance; but the condiliou of getting Into beaveu Is our bringing our divine Ik-njnmin along with ua Do you noUce how often dying people call ujkiii Jiwusf It ts the nsuid prayer offered—the prayer offered more than all the other prayers put together—“Lord Jc*us receive my spirit." Oue of our congregation, when asked in tbe closing moment* of his life, “Do yon know us!" said: "Oh. j-es, I kno4r you. God blexa you. Goodby. lord Jeaua, re-

ceive my spirit;” ai

• of ot

have a Christ to call upon. If Jacob’s sons had gone toward Egypt, and hod gone with the very flncatequipage, and had not taken Benjamin along with them, aud to the question they should have la-eu obliged to answer; "Sir, we didn't bring him, as father could not let him go; we didn't want to be bothered m-ilh him,’' a voice from within would hare said: "Go away from us You shall not hare any of this supply. You shall not see my face because your brother Is not with you.”

UAX’S EXTREMITY, COD’S TIME

And if wr come up toward Hie door of lieaveu al Inst, though we come from all luxuriance nod brilliancy of surroundings, and knock far admittance and it la found that Christ is not with us, tbe police of heaven w III beat us bock from the breadhouse. anylng: "Depart, I never knew you.” If Jacob's sons, coming toward Egypt, had lost everything ou tbe way; If they had expended their last shekel; If they hud come up Utterly exhausted to the curncrilis of Egypt, and it bad been found that Benjamin was with them, all the

would have swung open bo-

nd so. though by fatal casualty we may

the eternal world; though

exhausted by pro-

ushertd into tl

ws—if, in that li

J faint aud

our reception; and tbe Lord of that place, seated at bis table, and all the angels of God seated at their table, and the martyrs seated ai their table, and all our glorified kindred sealed at our table, tbe king shall pass a portion from bis table to ours, and then, while we think of tbe fact that It was Jcaus who started ns on tbe road, aud Jesus who kept ua on the way, and Jesus who at hut gained admittance for our soul, w* -dialI be glad if be baa seen of tbe travail of tala soul and been satisfied, and not '»• at all jealous If It be found that our divine Benjamin'* mess 1* five times larger than all the real. Halil anointed of the Lord, thou art worthy. My frieuda, you ace It la either Christ or famine. If there were two banqurta spread, and to one of them only you might go. you might stAutLgand think for a good while as to which Invitation you had better accept; but here It Is feastlug or starvation. If It were a choice between oratorios, you might **J, "I prefer tbe Creation.’"or "I prefer the 'Messiah.'" But here it Is a choice between harmony id everlasting discord. Oh. will you lire dlef Will jou start for tbe Egyptian _ .rucrib, or will yon perish amid the empty barns of tbe Canaaultish famlnef "Ye hall not see my face except your brother